Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-08-08

! They fear q suspension OF IafS~
humble ROT plants employing many
men.
Riehmond.-Between ], 100 and i
200 intantrymen comprising the lloth
regiment. Virginia National Guard,
viii 90 into camp at Virginia Beach,
August l0th-24th. Following the re-
moval of these troops the lo5rd regl-
nent will go into camp at the same
place The camp is now being placed
by Major W. L. LePrade, camp quar-
termaSter. $500. ---.Ai..
Newport News.-The negro wing
of the g. D r. or the Lilly Blacks ~
of Virginia will be asked to support
Henry Ford for the presidency OF the
United States in a resolution to be
submitted at a meeting of the district
leaders to be held at Bay Shore near
here. II is understood that this party
will give its support to some white
republican, and it is thought that Ford
may be the man.
Fredericksburg.-William Bernard,
Sr , Of this city, captured the prize
/ bass of the season when he succeeded
i'm landing q specimen is inches long
and weighing nine and one-half
pounds. This fish is one-half pound
heavier than any other caught this
year.
Roanoke.-The Republican State
executive committee met here yester-
day and issued a call for state con-
vention, to be held in Roanoke Sep
TENDER 18th, to nominate. a candidate
for the United States Senate. The
committee recommended that candi-
dates for Congress be nominated in
all ten Congressional districts.
Richmond Nov that the Demo
cratic nomination for United States
Senator has been closed with Senator
Claude A. Swanson victor over eX-
Governor Westmoreland Davis, the
eyes of Virginia Democrats are turn
ing toward the next gubernatorial
campaign which is to take place three
years hence. -Four names, through
political gossip, have been linked with
this contest and the Democratic nomi-
nation. These are State Senators G.
! Walter Mapp and c C'COnor Cool
rick, Acknowledgement John K. Sauu-
ders and Harry Flood Byrd, chairman
Of the State Democratic Committee.
Each one of these men is a staunch
supporter of his party, and each has.
rendered excellent service to his party.
BriStol-The claim has arisen that
the nomination Of John H Hassinger,
OF Abingdon, was not regular in that
the delegates who served at the Bris-
tol convention of the Ninth Virginia
District Republicans last Thursday
were appointed at mass-meetingS held
prior to the Norton Convention two
weeks ago when Congressman c. Bas-
com Slemp was nominated. Demo-
cratic leaders state that the Republi-
cans are guilty of technical error"
in nominating HaSsinger under pre-
vailing circumstances. There is a
! possibility of another convention SC
there can be no question as to the
nomination.
| Lynchburg The apple crop of the
| central Piedmont section of Virginia
| has developed wonderfully during the
! past few weeks, according to conser-
vative information from the apple
/ growers of that section" As a rule it
is thought that the apples will be of
a larger size and finer quality than
IN previous years; in fact it is the be-
lief of some of the larger growers that
the fruit will be rather too large for
the export trade which prefers the
medium-sized fruit. The larger Yorks
are In great abundance and early ad
/ vices seem to indicate that they will
ind ready market in the Southern
States.
Suttolk.1Sergeant Tidwell, of the
/ city police force, had a narraw escape
from death the other night, when, in a
RAID being conducted on a crap game,
ne was shot and slightly wounded bv
William King, negro
Pulaski.-S. W. Cecil has been an
pointed commissioner of revenue for
Pulaski county, to fill the vacancy
| NaUSSU " que Utdln Oh !. Leache.
The appom tment was made by Judge
A, A. Campbell of the Circuit Court.
LynchbuHg - A seven-passencer
/ touring car, bearing a Georgia license
stood abandoned on Church street for
week before it was discovered by
the police. The police, since its dis
covery, have taken over the car and
believe it to be enc stolen in Georgia
and after having been driven this far