Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-20

Fredericksburg.-Mrs. Frank c.
Baldwin, president, and Mrs. John T.
Goodrich, vice president, of the Wo-
mems Peace League of Virginia, have
left for Canada, opposite Niagara, to
attend the conference of the Canadian
and American representatives of the
peace league. Mrs. Baldwin and Mrs.
Goolrick will be absent about week.
Charlottesville report of the
Hospital BoArd of the University of
Virginia Hospital for the year July
/, l920-July |, 1921, shows a sub
stantial increase in the service rem
dered the State in medical and nurs-
ing attention to citizens over proceed
ing years.
Richmond.-Henry w. Anderson,
Republican candidate for governor OF
Virginia, will formally open his cam
paign with an address at Lexington
on September 5, Joseph L. Crupper,
state chairman Of the party, an
nounced at headquarters today. Mr..
Anderson may make some speeches in
response to invitations before that
time, but the Lexington meeting will
be the real start of the campaign, and
from that time to election day Mr..
Anderson will be constantly on the
go.
LynchbGrg.-The Lynchburg Post,
American Legion, has named COM
mittee to confer with other organiza-
tions here to seek cooperation in the
entertainment of the meeting of the
State division here next year. If this
support is promised, and it is confl-
dently expected, the delegation to the
meeting in Norfolk in September will
be instructed to invite the State con-
vention here for 1922 A. B. Carter,
j. T. Canada, c. F. Everett and L. II.
O'Brien will be the delegates from
the local post.
Danville.-A writ of attachment
was served Wednesday on Mike
Nicholas, Greek, who is held in Jail
charged with shooting and wounding
Miss Minnie Rudder in the basement
of his confectionery establishment
last Sunday. The wounded girl IS
better and will probably get well. At
torneys were retained yestel day and
instituted suit against the Greek
when it was learned that his friends
had begun moving his property out
of the State and were engaged IN
converting it into money. The attach
ment prevented this from being done.
Winchester.-There was a sudden
cessation of swimming and bathing
in the Shenandoah river near Harp
er's Ferry, W. Va, this week, when
it became known that an alligator had
ESCAPED from show and had crawled
into the stream. Those with and
without bathing suits made frantic
scramble for the shore, leaving the
alligator in full control of the stream.
Snapper" Roderick, a local fisher
man, was sent for, and the reptile fl
nallv was hooked and dragged ashore
only slightly injured. 1t has been
added to Leo O'Brien's museum at
Harper's Ferry.
Randolph Macon Wo-
mans College here, according to DR..
Dice R. Anderson, president, is being
beseiged by girls from ali parts OF
the country VINO desire to enter the
college. DR.. Anderson announces as
many applicants have had to be re.
iected as those accepted because of
lack of accommodations With ade-
ouate facilities the college could
easily have accepted 1,2OO students
for the coming session.
Lynchburg.-O. A. Thomas, bust
ness agent for the Virginia Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Union,
and N. B. Rue, field agent for the
farm bureau, will meet farmers here
next Thursday at the Chamber of
Commerce to explain the plan OF
pooling the commercial fertilizer or
ders through the Producers Co-opera-
tive Exchange in Richmond. The ar
rangement is to buy fertilizers Tor the
farmers in less than carload lots with
OUT cOnDCllSdltOll. A3'bii't'
are to be held at Manassas Monday,
Staunton, Tuesday and East Radford,
Wednesday.
Winchester.-A perfectly formed
snake, three inches long was found
lately in the yolk of a hen egg at
Levels, Hampshire County, W. Va,
according to DR.. Hannum, well
known physician of that place. Dr..
Hannum said he visited one OF his
patients, and finding him GONZALES
cent. and his appetite increasing, the
doctor prescribed a boiled egg. On
breaking the shell, the doctor said,
he was astonished 70 see the tiny
snake come from the center of the
yolk. When the discovery was re-
ported to the patients wife. she re-
called having seen large blacssnake
crawling away from the hcnnery a
day or two previously. It is thoug ght
the snake charmed the hen, mark