Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-18

eral weeks ago. The Fifth District
Democratic Committee will meet in a
few days to arrange for a conven-
ton.
Newport News.-Detective Ser
geant L. D. Price Tuesday morning
pleaded guilty to charge of drunk
enness when arraigned before the
City Manager, and was reduced to
the ranks of the uniformed force. He
ran into a child while driving an au-
tomobile Saturday afternoon, and was
so worried that he took too much
drink, he said.
Charlottesville the Virginia
Grand Camps of Confederate Vet
erans and Sons of Veterans hold
their joint annual reunion here III
October, the statue of Thomas j.
(StonewalD Jackson, presented to the
city By Paul Goodloe McIntire, mil
lionaire philanthropist, will be un-
veiled. The committee had also
planned to unveil the statue of Rob-
ert E. Lee, another McIntire gift, but
the monument is not completed. The
unveiling will take place on October
10. 1t is expected that there will be
at least 5000 people here from every
section of the State.
Charlottesville.-Some idea of the
destruction of the fruit. crop in this
section by the spring frosts may be
gathered from the experience of W.
H. Mehring, large grower of
peaches in the Covesville neighbor-
hood. twenty miles south of the city.
He has an orchard of 4,500 trees and
last year shipped 1000 crates of
prime fruit to the markets. Recent
" he visited his orchards on an in
spection tour and, with the help OF
one of his men, brought back total
of one bushel, representing this years
entire yield.
Norfolk.-Coast guardsmen, who
twice saved the schooner Message OF
Peace and her crew from disaster on
the shoals near Ocracoke Inlet, n. G.,
will likely seize the vessel and an
rest the men for alleged rum-run-
ring, according to word received from
the seacoast line today. The vessel,>
which is forty-five net tons, was said
by life savers to be under British reg
istry, though she is carried as an
American on some vessel lists. She
was bound from Nassau to Jackson
vile when she went ashore at Ocra-
coke, some miles below Cape Hatteras
on Saturday night.
Dungannon.-Mrs. Mary Anne Us
borne of Dungannon, famllarly
known as "Aunt" Mary Anne, recent
ly underwent an experience familiar
TO most every one now, but to her
UNIQUE and unusual, when few days
ago she took her first ride in an au-
tomobile. Though we'll past four
score years she had never entered
car till she was induced by her grand
son, ". L. Osborne, TO enter and take
a ride of few miles through the
country. The experience was perhaps
a little thrilling to the old lady, yet
sch declares that she found the ride
most enjoyable and interesting in this
new tangled" mode of rapid trans
portation.
Richmond-John Brantley, owner
of large still in Greenevillc coun-
ty, is dead as the result of gun
fight with the sheriff and two depu-
ties and two state prohibition Off
GERS. He boasted that he would die
with his boots on. When the Off
GERS showed up at the still, which was
going full blast, they ordered the
three men to ''hands up" All of
them obeyed except Brantley, who
opened proceedings by bringing a
huge pump gun into action. The Of
ficers replied, the first shot going
through his body, striking just be-
low the heart. He died before a ply
sician could reach him. The coroner
empanelled q jury and the officers
were at once acquitted. The officers
got two other stills in the same
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