Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-12

Hampden-sidney-Nearly $50 in
cash, one revolver, and small
amount of merchandise were stolen
from the Hampden- Sidney postoffice
Sunday night, according to Postmas-
ter John W. Rodgers who was the
first person to enter the store this
morning.
Danville-A refund of Sl,5S5.2O
has been ordered by Judge d. Price
Withers to the firm of ". Y. NOEL
and Co. The tobacco concern recent,
" filed petition asking for reliet
and alleging that city and State tax
on capital had been enormously as
sessed and paid under protest. The
State treasury representative were
present and admitted the error where
upon an order granting the reile1
was entered up.
Norfolk-Absence of an Interpreter
caused the continuance today OF the
cass in which Giovanni MeZzano, ltai
ian. and H. H. Pollard and Marshall
Davis are charged with violation OF
the Volstead act in landing thirty
cases of whisky from the Italian ship
Stromboli Sunday night. The trio
was arraigned this afternoon before
United States Commissioner Stephen
son. and the case continued after
partial hearing until Wednesday noon
Bond was fixed at $4,000 in each
case.
Danvile--Four negroes arrested
during the early hours of Monday
morning revealed new wrinkle IN
finding a safe place for crap shooters
They were found in a colored under
taking morgue, rolling the bones re-
pardless of the goulish surroundings
of emptv coffins and a corpse on the
mortuarv table. A policeman. notI,,
fled of the game, listened outside ana
heard we'll known EXPLANATIONS OF
named surprise and earnest eXhorta-
tions TO the worries. He shouldereo
his way in and found the quartet
knee high and the money on the floor.
They were all fined.
Wakefield Bank of Sussex
and Surry. whose principal banking
house is located in this village, but
which maintains branches at lvor and
Dendron celebrated its anniversary
here today, and incidentally present,
cd to its stockholders the new and
spacious banking house, which 1t has
recently crected-One of the finest
bank buildings in south side Virginia.
Ncwport News-One dead is the
result of an auto accident on deadly
Warwick road at A. NJ, today. Mrs.
Mary Gould. Of Thirty-SiXth Street
and Huntington Avenue, was killed
instantly when the auto in which she
was riding ran into the balustrade Of
the cement bridge near Young's
Mill, the railing of the balustrade
having shot straight back through
the car shifting her, while the ma
chine raked down several posts.
neutrality-suspicious. in this!
section. on both the Potomac and
Rappahannock Rivers are preparing
nets for the winter and sprlng sea-
son. Wild ducks have hecn more
nlentiful on the rivers and the creeks
this season than for many years.
One trapper in this section, woman
at that, has caught fifty-one rab-
bits and two opossum on about ~
acres of land this season. in one old
fashioned rabbit gum.
Richmond-One hundred boxes Of
apples, the product of the Rosecliti !
Farm. at WayncShoro, of which
James Craig is owner and manager
were on exhibition yesterday. and
will remain on view today and to
morrow in Murphv's Hotel. The Rose
cliff Farm according to Mr.. Craig
was one of the few orchards to boast
an apnle harvest last fall, the othcr
crons being ruined by the frosts oi
early spring.
notwithstanding visit tc
this city Yesterday, Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Adams. of tho wv nci%hhor-
hood, had the misfortune to lose
their valuable home by fire together
with practically all of its contents
The residence was located on the line
of the Chesaneake and Ohio Railway
seven miles west Of this city. It was
erected in the carly SOS bv the late
Rev. J. Alban Greaves. an En"lisF
clergyman. the first Episcopal rector
to locate in the wv section. It con
tanned twelve or fourteen rooms anc
was valued at $4,000. There was
only 81 son insurance on the buldino
and 81 900 insurance on the furnI
ture.
Richmond-Prior TO assumin" th'
duties of Commissioner of Labor
March !. under anpointmcnt of Gov
nrnor-Elert T. Lee Tr'nklc. .lohr
Hopkins Hall. Jr.. OF Portsmouth, h
has tondored the executive commit
too of the Virginia Federation o
| Tabnr his resignation as nresident
Mr.. Hall is member nf the Cit
Council Of Portsmouth. which unde
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