Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-09-16

Observation-Disclosures of the
United States Marine Corps are now
engaged in making a survey OF the
hattlefields in the neighborhood OF
Wilderness Run, Spottsylvan!a coun-
", a few miles from Fredericksburg
rreparatory to the extensive maneu-
vers to be staged there the last
week in this month. -.
a fore. Of between three and tour
thousand infantryren and artillery
men will leave the marine barracks
Fl Quantico September 26 on theiT
march to Spotsylvania. they wilt
Mitch camp at point about midway
between Quantico and Fredericks-
burg on the first night of the ex- eT
pedition, and plan to camp on the
outskirts of this city on the sseconqf
night en- route. A suitable numoef Oh
machine guns, heavy artillery, aero
Flames. searchlights, signals, COM
missary and quartermaster trucks
eir will accompany the army on
their movement to tre old Civil war
oattlegrounds.
rosentatives and navy officials VIII
come to Spottsylvania from Washing
ION to witness the gigantic Snam pat
tle and be mbardments. Military en-
eincers are completing plans to re-
inforce the bridges along the line OF
march - az to withstand the weight
of the equipment. The, neaVlesI
iaisances and air bombing battles 1oT
guns will be towed by tractors around
by the U. S. Ford. After recon, n,
about 7 days the military forces VIII
q, train for Ouantico and VIII camp
at this city en- route home.
Norfolk, Va.-Whie police officials
weer trying to find NP-l, a police
boat that is supposed to patro! the
harbor of Norfolk, an unldentI 'eu
4O-foot craft sailed into the harbor
and unloaded a cargo of booze. The
whisky craft was sighted while pas
sing the Hampton Roads Naval
Rase. TIE booze, or cases in which
the booze was stored, was seer from
the shore by officials at the Dase;;
Tfev immediately communicated
with Norfolk police. The identity OF
the booze craft has not been estab-
lished, but a completed description OF
her was given. She IS supposed 70
have obtained the booze from a 1or-
eign shin IN Hampton 's"ac
Fredericksburg, Va.-The tobacco
crop in Caroline County IS LOOKING
fine. but the acreage this year IS not
over a third of that planted last year
There was over 100000 pounds
made and sold last year. The esti-
mate this year is a crop of not over
i 200 600, hut better prices are looked
for IRISH potato crop is short.
Farlv potstoes yielded half crop.
The later crop is more promising.
There will be a fair crop OF sweet
potatoes. The late rams nave hclpeu
them. Peas and beans are promising
Corn is not over half crop
Suffolk, Va.-Although the county
authorities had good evidence that
Dempsey Skeeter, whose @rrest was
made Saturday along with mat OF hls:
wife, Lucy Skeeter, was source OF
supply Of corn whisky and apple
brandy to thirsty ones in and near
Suffolk, when called to trial yester-
day. Lucy Skeeter tried to clear
her husband at her own expense.
She declared she found the copper
stills in the, woods, with the worm
ard other appurtenances, and that
rer husband had warned her to get
rid of them. In spite of this. warn
ing" she said, she had made some
cider and when Dempsey was, away
f.om home put. on the stills: and was
making apple brandy. " Her story
aroused the admiration of Justice J..
K. Archer. but it didn't, ;, go down.
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