Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-15
STATE NEWS

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Lynchburg.-Local veterans who
were with the Twenty-ninth DIVISION
in France during the war, and there
are more than 100 of them here, are
making an effort to have a large
attendance from here at the reunion
of the division to be held IN Baltl-
more August 81 to September D.
Christiansburg. James l..
Montague, county agent for Montgo-
merry, recently formed cooperative
club and shipped several thousand
pounds of wool to be manufactured
into blankets. which is said to be
much more advantageous than to ac-
cept the present low price for wool.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. f. Lee Trim
kle, Democratic nominee for COVER
nor of Virginia, forwarded his resig-
nation as state senator from the
Fifth senatorial district, to Governor
Westmoreland Davis today. This
district comprises the counties of
Wythe. Pulaski, Bland and Giles.
Newport News.-W. J. Harahan,
president of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway Company, pledged the
city his support in the development
of Hampton Roads at the regular
meeting of the chamber of commerce
Friday night in the American Legion
lub. He voiced the belief that the
i,wcst period of business depression
is here and predicted that conditions
VII. improve in the near future.
Winchester.-E. NJ. Herndon, Of
Atlanta, Ga, a construction foreman
of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, is in serious condition III
Memorial Hospital here with large
Zone IN his left leg shattered by a
ris:o! bullet, and an employee nGn'e Ell
Owen, also of Atlanta, is in Jail at
Front Royal, Warren County, charged
with shooting Herndon with intent
to kill.
Danville.-The name Of Colonel
Decatur J. Holcombe was today add
ed to the list of possible candidates
for the vacancy in Congress from
the Fifth district. His friends have
started boom for him much in the
same way that others have been
launched. No direct statement has
been received from him. Colonel Hol-
combe is one of the original Davis
men in Danville.
Lynchburg. = After successfully
holding a county fair several years
without racing the Appomattox Coun-
ty Fair Association is completing 8
regulation half mile track on its
grounds and stables have been erect
ed for race horses. These are re-
ported to be filled already with
horses in training for fall races in
the State. The management is MAX
ing big preparations for the fair in
October.
Fredericksburg-Dr. K. Nelson
Goolrick, prominent druggist, died
at local hospital this afternoon af-
ter short illness of acute kidney
trouble. He was AZ years of age and
the son of the late Dr.. w. B. Cool
rick. He never married. He is sur
vived by his mother, two brothers, W.
K. Goolrick and Charles T. Goolrck,
and two sisters, Miss Bruce Goolrick
and Mrs. William Lacy.
Roanoke.-Judge H. c. Mcdowell
adjourned court here this afternoon
until Monday morning after the open
ing arguments had been made in the
case of Fred S. Hoback, former fed
eral, narcotic agent,~on trial for al
legged liquor violations. Attorney
Jack Lee, of Lynchburg, opened for
the defense. and Assistant District
Attorney Clarence F. Gentry made
the opening statement for the gov
ernment.
Richmond.-Millions of dollars loss
has been suffered by the farmers Of
Virginia, and crop conditions are
alarming, due to the drought, de-
clared J. j. Owen, assistant State
commissioner of agriculture, today.
Mr.. Owen said it was time for the
people to realize the food shortage
that will result. In many sections
of the state, he said, desolation has
swept the land. The blue grass re-
gion of the southwest alone has es-
capped the drought.
Portsmouth.-Two negroes, detect
ed Thursday night in an attempt to
rob Seaboard Air Line railway pier
No. here, are believed to have been
drowned when they leaped into the
Elizabeth river to escape special po-
licemen. One of the fugitives, the
police are certain, perished, while no
trace of the other can be found. One
carton of cigarettes was the extent Of
the loot secured by the thieves be-
fore they were discovered.