Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-10

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having lost no time on account OF
! sickness.
Newport News.-Miss Alese Rus
sell Charles, daughter of R. j.
! Charles, head of the Travellers Pro-
tective Association here, has beer
nominated by the local post of & +.
to be queen &C the Virginia his
torical pageant TO be he'd IN Rich
mond next spring, it was announced.
Danvile.--A large area of wood
ed land is on fire near Chestnut
Level. It became ignited last Fri
dav night from the embers OF fire
Ii to smoke out bees found in a
tree on the plantation of B. l.. Terry.
The fire was reported tonight tc have
spread to large tract of heavily tim
bered land and was spreading.
Spotsylvania.-Sheriff C. 4. Car
ner and Deputy L. W. Hackaday, re
Gently made raia on :he farm OF
B. j. Perkins and w. J. Drew, about
seven miles west of Fredericksburg
and captured a forty-gai'on copper
sti!!. 200 gai.tns of mash and twelve
ra!n.urs Of "white mula" whiskey.
Both Drew and Perkins vera arrest
Ell and brought to Jail 20 await the
action of the grand jury.
Richmond.-Before closing its an
nual convention here this afternoon.
the Virginia Retail jewelers. associa-
ton elected officers and expressed
vigorous opposition to discriminatory
tax against jewelry and kindred
goods. The members voted to sup.
port the program of the national as
sociation.
Lynchburg.-Eugene Davis, alias
Lewis Ferrell, negro, has been ar
rested here for Williamson, W. Va,
authorities on the charge Of the lar
ceny there of $1,000 in cash. The
negro denies any knowledge of the
charge, and asserts that it is q case
of mistaken identity An officer will
be sent here for the negro.
Fredericksburg.-The stockholders
of Tidewater Telephone Company, at
a meeting held at Gloucester, elected
the following officers: S. 6. Miller,
j. M. Lewis, II. e. Hutcheson, w. f.
Corr, T. E. Duval, l. X. Weaver, j.
L. Farinholt, A. L. Withers and Mrs.
w. D. Dimmoch. The directors elect
ed j. NJ. Lewis, president and II. r.
Hutcheson, secretary and treasurer.
Roanoke.-The Norfolk and West
ern Railway Company today an
nounced reductions in the salaries
of officers and employees not covered
by the recent order of the United
States Railroad Labor Board, the
percentage of reduction being, it was
said, generally about the same as
that ordered by the labor board for
members of the various crafts. The
cut is effective Fugust l.
Lynchburg.-W H. Shields. of
Campbell county, formerly a justice
of the peace, is under $4,000 bail Tor
his appearance before the September
grand jury, charged with storing and
selling liquor. Shields was arrest
ed at his home late Sunday night
by Magistrate W. H. Steele and
posse of four men, who <allege they
found him selling a half gallon of
corn liquor to man who was acting
for the officials.
lLynchburg.-With a large mum,
Der of residents of the Campbell
county suburbs asking for annexa-
ton, the City Council has informal
ly decided that the city will take nc
steps until the Hicks bill, which be-
came law at the last meeting of
the State Legislature is repealed.
The law, it is claimed, makes annexa-
ton practically impossible, because of
fipancial burdens it places upon the
city.
Charlottesville.- attend
ing the twelfth annual meeting of
the Virginia State Reunion associa-
ton B. P. o. Elks, held business
session here this morning. The visi-
tors were welcomed by Exalted Ruler
Randolph S. Perry and Judge R. 7.
w. Duke. Response was made by
James V. Parker, of Portsmouth,
president of the association. Follow
ing the parade this afternoon of 10
cal and visiting Elks, the Elk ball
teams from Lynchburg and Harris
burg met on Lambeth field. Lynch
burg won in the tenth ining, i to 3.
There was an organ recital tonight
in the Mcintyre amphitheater at the
University, followed by ball at JEFF
ferson park.
Winchester.-When E. E. Windle,
bathing faddist, of Fishers Hill,
slid off slippery bank into the
Shenandoah river, near Strasburg,
and began struggling to reach the
shore, companions on the bank
thought he was trying to put one