Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-11-05
STATE NEWS

Charlottesville--ln the presence Of
a large assemblage, including the
sculptor, Robert L. Aitken, Of New
York, the bronze group commemor-
ating the conquest Of the Northwest
Territory by George Rogers Clark
and his Firginians, was unveiled here
Thursday.
The monument is the third gift of
the kind by Paul Goodloc Mcintire,
the first being the Lewis and Clark
group, by Keck, and the second the
equestrian statue Of "Stonewall'
jackson, by the same artist, which
was inaugurated two weeks ago.
Farmville-John P. Flanagan, of
Richmond, spoke in the FarmWll!e
Courthouse on Wednesday night, Nov.
9, to an audience of about sixty peop-
le. His address was in interest Of
Colonel Anderson and the Republican
party. Mr.. Flanagan argued his side
in very able manner, though it would
seem as if the interest here in the
Republican candidate is waning con-
siderably as election day nears, Judg-
ing from the marked decrease Of at
tendance at his speech here on
Wednesday and the overflow audien-
ce which greeted Senator F. Lee
Trinklc on like occasion on last Fri
day night.
Wythevile--Scnator +. Lee Trink-
le, democratic nominee for governor
of Virginia, was a member of box
party at matinee at 4 Washington
theatre with Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson Wednesday afternoon. SEN
ator Trinkle also dined with Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilson Wednesday. Senator
Trinkle and Mrs. Wilson, who was
Edith Boiling, of Wythvi!le, have been
friends since their childhood days.
Senator Trinkle left Washington
Wednesday night and arrived here
Thursday morning. He also spoke
in Pulaski Friday night.
Richmond--Boards of supervisors
of Virginia counties have authority
to prevent hunters from earring game
out of their respective boundaries if
they so desire. it was announced to-
day at the office of the State Game
Commissioner. A ruling Of that ef
feet grew out of a contention in Bed
ford county where the local authori-
ties objected to game killed in the
county being carlid out of the county.
Richmond--A mysterious leak from
the commissary department &c state
penitentiary, through which perhaps
thousands Of dollars worth of state
merchandise passed, was recently
stopped and the "inside" culprit
George Elliott, negro trusty, sen
fenced from Roanoke, brought to task
as q result Of activities of City De-
tectives A. a. Mcdonald. "Cy" Gar
land and W. W. Withers.
Rchmond-Furious barking of a
watch dog resulted in the saving Of
Mrs. Eddie" Jones and her several
children last night about midnight
after their home at Brokcnburg,
Spotsylvania county, had been set
afire, supposedly by member Of a
gand of bootleggers, who are believed
TO have suspected her husband of in
forming on moonshiners about the
Illicit sale of liquor, according to the
county authorities.
Mrs. Jones was aroused by the
dogs loud barking. Discovering that
her home was afire, she called her
children and as the occupants of the
house emerged from the building they
heard a person running away from
the scene.
Staunton-James Terrell. i5. died
as result of burns received when
he fell into a Teaching vat twelve
feet deep at the Gardner Extract
Works, in Basic. He was alone IN
his section of the plant when he fell
into the hot water and before help
responded to his cries he had been
scalded SO badly that death resulted.
He leaves his wife and four children.
-"Individualism in rural
life has got to give away to cooper
ation," said Governor Westmoreland
Davis in memorable address here
last night at the opening meeting of
the second rural life conference which
continue through Sunday.