Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-08-04
State News

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1 Lynchburg, Va.-An official re
! port. here brings information tnas
the Southern Railway Is to qulcSe
Che time Of some Of its passenger
trains fr1m Washington to the
South, and that the change wall 5e
made in new schedule to be rut
nto effect August 21.
/ Petersburg, Va.-One of two ne
! nroes captured ait McKenny last
night as slayer of Tingley Elmorc,
postmaster at Tobacco, Va, Mon
/ dav was taken frcm Brunswick
cCrntv iail at LawrencevilIe early
today and lgnched by a mob. The
otller negro was left in jail unmolest
ed.
Harrisonbnrg, Va.-Development
If two cases Of infantile PARALYSIS
in Rockingham county has led City
Health Officer DR.. Howard Arm
strrng to issue a statement warning
all citizens to take every precau-
tor to prevent a recurrence of the
crdemic such as visited this section
five years ago"
Newport News, Va.-The air sta
ion at Camp Morrison is to be
abandoned and the force and equip
mtnt moved to Langley Field under
the army consolidation plan. No
definite announcement of this has
been rlaie by the War Depart :nent,
bat plans lave ben made AMI ap-
proved for such merger.
!,ynchburg, Va.--One hundred
gallons of liquor, stored in police
leaaquarterS here and which the de-
partment has been collecting from
unwilling donors over peri,d Of
rra'?y three years, is to he DIS
POSED of shortly. Either Chief
Smith will pour the liquor into a
sewer or il will be given to the mu-
nicipal welfare department to be
used ct the city hospital.
Danville. Va. THE Danvile To-
bacco Association will hold a meet
ing at the end of this week to deter
mine the date of opening the local
warehouse this fall. At the meeting
will be presented the revised rules
and regulations of the Danvilie man
ket which, it is understood, include
some radical changes. A special
committee has been poundering over
the question for some months with
4 view to bringing them up TO date.
Norfolk, Va.-President Harding
and Assistant Secretary Of The
Navy Roosevelt have been invited to
of the american Legion, to De held
September. Letters conveying the
;Hvitations were sent out today by
Col. Junius F. Lynch, chairman of
the convention committee. The gen
e,al belief is that both will accept.
Petersburg, Va.-Ground was
broken here this evening for new
Baptist Church ito be erected by the
congregation, of the Grove avenue
Church. The exercises consisted Of
singing, "How Firm 4 Foundation"
prayer by the Rev. F. w. Moore,
pastor of Second Baptist Church,
and an address by the Rev. E. C.
Prim, pastor Of Westend Baptist
Church.
Charlottesville, Vu.-The annual
rural life conference was opened
this afternoon at the University of
Virginia by Dean Charles G. Ma
phis, of the summer quarter, who
made a report on rural schools.
There were addresses by DR.. VIII
liam T. Sanger. executive secretary
of the State Teachers Associ atom
and DR.. w. j. Holloway. Maryland
supervisor of rural schools. on "Su-
rervision CT Rural Schols. Tonight
in the McIntire amrhitheatre CO.
operative marketing was discussed
by Clarence Poe. of Raleigh, n. c..
Winchester, Va.-An Illicit still,
with daily capacity Of abo1t 35
gallons Of moonshire liquor, was
broken up Monday in wild and Sc
Guided section of Frederick county
near the West Virginia line. by
Sheriff Tannett and Deputy Wig2ir
ron. Inc Objects alSo louilu SeHciP
barrels IF mash. which they destroy
ed, and three gallons of freshly
nlcLe moonshine liquor. which :hey
brought TO town to be held as owl
dence. The worm also was brought
here and placed in vault at the
cour'ty building.
Fredericksburg, Va.--Thea rricul
tural short course of the Northeast
ern Virginia Boys Clubs has Eeen in
session at the Fredericksburg State
Normal School all this week with
enarly 200 hoys present from Spot
svlvania, King George, Caroline, Es-
sex, Hanover, and Louisa counties.
The classes visited modern farms
enerby. where they were given IN
s;ractions in stock Judging. poultry