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SOLID EXTENSION TA
Worth $4,50. -
During the Holiday
o
Highly polished solid]
Oak Sideboards, bevel=
ed glass, worth $15,
go at $7.50.
PARLOR SUIT. ?5
pieces, were $20, now,
$12.50. Others f/om
$20 up.
BOUQUET STANDS.]
?Polished Oak, 44
cents.
CHINA SET. ? Im?
ported, worth $3.50,
$1.49.
Springs
full size,
rCHEN TABLES.
The 'all over, sold everywhere else for $8.
Mow we are selling for only
Solid Oak, well made, nicely finished,
worth $18.00,
?
?
GREATEST FURNITURE SACRIFICE EVER
OFFERED IN THE SOUTH!
Now is your chance to buy Furniture of all kinds.. Remember 1 have three (}) large stores, and I find 1 have over?
stocked mysel, so 1 must unload, if at a sacrifice. I am offering goods at prices (hat actually make peoples' heads swim.
Everybody knows all my Furniture is new. 1 only opened last spring and handle Oyly
NEW FURNITURE ! NO OLD SHOP-WORN GOODS !
That 1 am trying to put ofi' On the public as new goods. A cleaner stock cannot be shown in the city. Compare my prices
with others, and then come and see my goods bet?re you buy or else you will not know what great bargains you have missed.
These prices are strictly for GASH, and only during the Holidays.
SAIMUBI
331, 333 and 335 Church Street, Opposite Freemason Street.
WOVEN WIRE COTS,
Worth $1.50, now,
Pictures,
23 Cents,
bifgllOniGiBS
9
largest stock, lowest prices,
$25, now,
mm
worth ,^40 in gold; in silver,
$20
ELEGANT WINDOW
SHADES?1,000, all
complete, only 15
cents.
COUCHES.?S25now
$!5; $20 now $10,
$15 now $7.50, $10
now $5, all in . Velours,
WARDROBES?Highly
polished, large size,
double door, solid oak,
worth $20, now $12.50
FLOOR OILCLOTH.?
One yard wide, 20
cents, worth 30 cents.
oubla Bedstead
full size, now,
$1.48
CASE OF COL. STUBBS
General Hunfllo Takes issue With the Coin
millee's Decision.
CAREFUL REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE
Trial Without Notice Of fliu Clini'K?<?
J ' ? *
/ Conviction by li?ni?oi??ta??onr>.o
Ol' Ills A censors CrlllcisSOll?l?Cr|l
IMNirrnoo Involved in lliu Vitnisli
mem I'roiiaiuioctl.
(From Richmond Dispatch, Dec. 15th.)
General George J. Hundley, who de?
fended Colonel Stubbs before the In?
vestigating Committee, .has prepared
?the following critical review of ?the ea :
for Bubmission to the public. This Is
given below:
If this ease was pending in court 1
should not carry i: into the newspapers.
I have never done such a thing, and
?think it would be Improper to do
fain 'this is a ease thai properly com ?
?before the public as the tribunal of last
resort, and I now proceed 'to lay my
client's case before a discriminating
public by a calm and temperate review
of the whole proct-edln
liet us examine, first, the scop. ?
?the Investigation, i'.s alms, and objects
It is supposed, or nlleegod, to have had
Its origin In the Idea that spine mem?
ber or members of the History Commit?
tee, being In the employment of lit
American Book Company, had hind
ed and obstructed, atul were then en
gaged in hindering and obstructing
the efforts of the Grand Camp of Vir
gin la to ha ve suitable and truthful
histories of the great struggle be?tw< n
?the <aites, placed upon the li^:
b?oks, and In the hands of the sell"
children of Virginia. This much Is
clearly gathered from the resolutions
under whleh -the committee acted and
from Chairman "Wood's address.
SCOPIi OF INrVESTiCATION.
As to the scope of the investignt! ??
let us hear Chairman Wtfads hlmsslf.
He says:
"The inves;i?a!ion, gen-tlemen, thrrl
we have to make to-da-y is one in whi? I
a great latitude will necessarily huv<
. to be allowed in the statements made.
We are not slt.ting U> prosecute any on-.
We are not sitting with ohnrges dis?
tinctly preferred by any official hody
with a view of Investigating any par?
ticular Individual. Our scope is a large
one?to see "whether -the rumors said
to <be floating in tiie community 'touch?
ing this History Committee are true or
j false, and we are to find what these
rumors are. The gentlemen on this
committee will doubtless desire "this
' matter -to be probed to the bottom.
? /As far as we are concerned, we shall
endeavor to conduct this Investigation
nnd reach our eoneluslon without fear,
favor, or affection."
And yet. strange to say, it soon be?
came manifest that the rumors which
had been freely circulated ,ft>r days
sand weeks previously to the effect that
?? this Investigation was aimed at Grand
Commander Rtubbs alone, had suddenly
ojrrfftalllzed into fact.
TITOS*} CHECKS.
Suddenly, and without tho xV.-M-sl ?
warning to Colonel Stubbs or hlsj
l friends, ,4)14! Instigators and promoters
oi" -tlic investigation produced before
:>!>? committees the supposed evidence
i of Iiis guilt, In the shape at two checks
dawn by J. W. Womaiik in his frivor,
on tu?? snmo day?to wit. on the I'.th
day of .October, ISO I; the one for ?200
and ,JhC Wthor for $50. lie! it lie remoiii
hercd 'that tin- instigators lind pronio
tera ot the Investigation knew of 11?*
existence of these ohoclcs as early as
I October last, -before >lhe meeting of ttt*?
Grand Camp, at which Colonel Stubbs
was elected Grand Commohder; thai
they sal quietly by ami all mi .1 him i i
1.to ilia: high pllice without
disclosing I heir knowledge of his sup
posed gulll to bis nttd tholr comrades,
in proof "f '.his l here quote fi'.mi Mr.
Greer If. naughm.in's tusUnvcwy:
Mr. Crcer 11. Pa.ich man testified ns
to >:iio two checks that had been put
in evidence. II?? said: "I saw the chocks
first some time early in October, some
?time prec< ding the meeting of the Grand
Camp. I showed them to "me perput?
Contain John Cits ? ma at Hint time.
I have sluoe allowed them to several
others?three others is my recoilee
tlon. >i clo not remember further than
three." .
THAT WAS TMK TI.MK.
Surely that was tlie time to Investi?
gate, if Inyesilgatl n were necessary,
whilst the Grirtnl Camp was in s^s
sloit; and was about to besttow the
{highest honor in Iis v. I fit upon on,'
\vh< ni thi gentlemen deemed unwor?
thy to hold it: ami with the very snriu:
proofs wljlcli tliey subsequently prli?
ft need at their investigation In their
i> isses-'sionl
Surely that was 1 he lime for .Tupiter
t on an a to arise in hla might, shake
his ambrosial loeksi and let his revi-i*
berating thunders reeounft through the
hall. Huicly that \ya? no time for
Achilles \> sulk ami seek bis tent when
'the honor of the Grand Camp was
at stake. Why did thy wait unlli Col
I oncl Stuhha bail been elected to this
posit in, ami then level all 'their flarl?
at him? And wheit they did institute
the liiyestlgaitionj knowing thru ?they
had this Ku'pposiift evidence ngalnsi
Colonel stubbs and hon'o against any
other, why did they not nan!*' him in
their resolution and furnish1 iifrii with
charges and Rpfctfleatlohs?
Hnft Miey 'been i-i pursuit of a com
mon chicfen thief tliey would, linder
the laws of the land, have h?en eom
polled to furnish 'the supposed "thief
with Information as to the charge upon
which he was to he arraigned. As to
i:,lie|r comrade. Colonel sHiibba war. en
IItied to tili,-, und more than this, apart
from th" fuel thai ho was then thclt
commander, he was entitled 'to tholr
brotherly and nrrst tender considera?
tion. He was entitled to information
eJt to the charge, to an Inspection of
the siisnlel ma checks, ar.d the amplest
opportunity to cxplnln ?them: and if.
as has turned out. Wie explanation
ftlacloseil a wrakriewi and a fault in
Lnal brotlior they should have walked
backward and cast over his nakedness
the mantle of secrecy'.
AVI, V I>!1> TU BY WAIT?
Why did thoy wait, by llrolr ta'i!
consent, xay the h-ast. till the man
was elevated to a high, position, with
jhe public raze upon him. and Uu-Si
suddenly make him iho target of tins
.dreadful masked battery? Did any?
body, anywhere, have act Interest In tlc
Stroylng this man who had .served his
country Iii war and In pence constantly
for thirty-six years? 1 trust, for (the
sake of our common humanity, that
tiii.< cannot' !><? Into: but these :ito nil;
grave iitiestlciis that the public are
asking and munt have inf irmatl?ri lipon
before they will even listen to thin ??'me
and cry" raised against Commander
Sttibhs. I turn now from the Instiga?
tors arid promoters of the investigation
to the Investigators themselves?or
rath. r. I 'should sny, to their rulings
;t!)il judgment.
For them a.-: Individuals it Is unnec?
essary t" ?????ly 1 have the highest re?
spect. For one of them, Judge Green,
1 feel the warmest personal friendship, j
and I would hot wound his, or. Indeed,
any man's feelings, for the world, I
shall be careful "not to do so, but their
rulings and judgment nr.- legitimate
subjects of criticism'. 1 cannot refrain
from that, If I would, for the only
thing In this case to be feared is the
weight which the character of these
gentlemen give to their judgment. If
I can shew, however, that their rulings
and conclusions are crrorcoiM, Ilten the
latter ore entitled to no weight what?
ever.
laVlblSNCES OF WEAKNESS.
In my opinion, the very phrarvdngy
of tiie report bears evidence of its
weakness. In other words, the child of
ibis strange and abnormal parentage,
launched upon a troubled world by
these distinguished accoucheurs* bears,
within it ihe ssefls of curly death. 1
had to read the report over twice be?
fore 1 coubl believe the evidence of my
own eyes. I was thunderstruck,'and I
ani not able to fathom the reasons1 for
I hitt singular report even how.
Not being hide; apparently, upon the
evidence before them t>> pronounce
Colonel Stubbs guilty of tin; clia: res in?
sinuated, not preferred; in tlio r ?"?ltt
tlon. under which they noted?to \>lt.
the charge of having been, and then ho?
ng In ihe cniployihent of the Ameri?
can llook company, and of h iving "re?
ceived compensation for such emplDy
ment." they proceeded forthwith lo pro?
nounce agnlttst him the severest; pun?
ishment I; noun to the laws of the'or?
ganisation from which they derived
their authority, rave the Slight addi?
tional incident of drumming him out
? >f ihe b.irnp, They recommended.
Speaking metaphorically, that this high
official be jnibliely stripped of his uni?
form, Iiis epaulets torn from his shoul?
ders and his sword brokeo.
Can there be any more dire punish?
ment thun that for nn honor..ibl? sol?
dier'.' And what veteran Is there now,
living or death who deserved the name
of soldier, who, if he could en iose, had
not infinitely rather be taken out,
placed with h'.a back to the wall and
shot to death with musketry? This
awful fate; by the judgment of the
committee* hangs over him. IS it any
?vomier, then, that lie appeals to the
Grand Council of Veterans, and that
his co tinsel Is forced to present his
cause to the great final arbiter let this
world- an enlightened public opinion?
Let us scan the judgment of the com?
mit tee closely, 1 cannot describe it In
nny other words than these: A judg?
ment by Innuendo. It clear thai He
evidence, did hot Justify a direct con?
vict Ion of tile charge Insinuated, ami so
they convicted him by innuando.
WJlKTtK iNM't.Mt u -\I'l'MAIts.
Here is the clause containing the
innuendo:
"The undersigned further report that
no evidence was adduced In the course
of the Investigation tend'rig directly or
Indirectly t.> reflect on tho conduct or
i character of any other member of the
History Committee, or lo raise even a
suspicion that any oilier member of
the said committee had ever had any
Improper dealings or Intercourse with
any publishing house."
Mail: it woli. The only intimation
ti>at the accused is guilty of the charge
Insinuated is contained in these niul
similar words*: "Thai no evidence was
udduc 1 * * * tending directly or
Indirectly t|> reflect on the conduct or
character of any other member of the
History Committee," etc.
They state, also, that the "conduct,
association and relation of" Comman?
der ijiuhbii "with tiie agent of one of
tli,: ,r publishing houses of the
country" r ?:.?'??:? him unlit for the posi?
tions wh'.eh ho holds. Now, the evi?
dence upon that point discloses simply
these fact.-: That Solohel Stubbs met
Mr. \Vomack at Danville, on the train,
? is he was journeying to Birmingham
lo attend .1 .: ? -tin's of tlie Grand Camp]
if Cohfedcrat Veterans; that upon ar?
riving |ii that crowded little city tliey.
.villi Captain Henry and Mr. George
Booker, took room together in a
Crowded hotel, \yhcro they played sun?
dry games of pol r together, and on re?
turning to Virginia Mr. Woniack gave
Colonel Stubbs two of his individual
checks, for different sums, dated en
the K?me day. Thai is the whole of it.
NO ATTACK ON Mit. WOMACIC
Now, hear in mind, that at that time
?over throe years ago?no suspicion
had 1 ?'!! east lipon llii.s gentleman
i.Womaek), nnd neither I nor Colonel
Stubbs have meant r. how mean to
endorse any of the accusations against
Mr. W imaek. I am s "t given to join?
ing Iii the hue and cry in such cases,
by inclination, education and practice.,
I am induced to bo c?ntont to await
proofs, and in Ihe meantime to be
charitable. With .these accusations 1
have nothii,;; lo do. It does sy;tn,
however, lo lie thought sultioleiit In
sonra quart, n\ cnly to prove the fact
that a ir.tiri (Vug associated with Mr.
Worn.". .Is to coiiilvmn him without any
nher proof- if this be true, and if
every man who has taken any of his
checks In business or play bi oitios at I
?Hire ;?. lit subject f,,V 111 Vri' i i : ?! ioll J
suppose we would hive rnougli investi?
gations not only l> lau the llfelliile of
ill liyiug veterans, but of "the Kons"
?also. To mind, It Is not at all .strange
Ihui Mr, Woniack should have attended
the meeting of veterans, and that ho
should .havo sought t-? Impress cti the
History Committee the merits of his
booku. or ti.it the chairman should
have treated him courteously. That he
should haw dared to play poker with
the chairman was certainly reprehend
Bible 'In both, but 1 suppose there are
of soldlr, who. If he could choose, had
this city, arid I am watching with con?
siderable in ten ,-i to see who picks tiiein
' STUBBS WAS 1MTTA V.I.K.
Much sti ss Is laid oii Colonel Sthbbs'
own testimony, l have read it enrfri
fullj\ lirid l notice one sulking tact.
I All through 11 the man iterates anil
reiterates the fact until it becomes pit?
iable, that nfier all this time lie cnni
hot recall Ihn consideration of those
rhecks, and 1:'' never recalls it until
Mr. George Booker ami Mr. Womdck
nllghtcn h 1 mi as to the games of pok'cr
ami tlie robbery of Mr. Ilctjry nnd the
loan of money to him at tha request of
Mr. Woniack. I assert, without tin
fear of contradiction, that loose checks
furnish no evidence of bribery; niid that
Mr. \Vomoek's explanation is the cnly
satisfactory one, ami is perfectly con
j.sistcnt with tin.- Innocence of both. If.
Colonel Stubbs was willing to accept a
I bribe, lie certainly was not foolis.li
enough to have accepted a check, nor
won hi Mr. Womack, if he Intended to
offer one, have been silly enough to
give it in the fdrni of one check, much
leas two, at the same time. But if one
check was for a gaming consideration,'
and the other for a loaii of moneys as
stated i>y ?.ir. Womack, then i caii
iiiid.crst.ihd the rationale of it.
AS TO TUM COMMITTEE.
As to the rulings of the committee, T
shall have little to say. My profotind
respect i t them Individually forbids
any extended comment. I went Into
Lee Ca nip Hall on the first day simply
. s l .-p.ctator. 1 fi.iw Colon.1 f-tubbs
sitting off by himself, seemingly dasied
and shunned by all, every rye looking
iilmaskance. The toils of suspicion were
beliig industriously woven around him.
Those chocks were brought out from
the mysterious depths of obscurity, and
sprung upon him, after ihr. e years had
rolled by. Like a sudden Hash of light?
ning they came upon him, and Immo
? I'lutely ihe blackness of darkness Closed
around their origin. No man asked
whence they cam - or how they were
obtained, but the thunder always fol?
lows the lightning, and now it re?
verberates among these old Virginia
hills an i vnlieys, awaki nlrig his cum-1
rados and his fellow-cltlxens to a f?ll
realization of the terrible transm'timi.
and they are asking, with um.' accord,
why, whnl bath Ihe man done that lie
should be I mi ted thus?
l saw1 the venerable Captain Glissons
gi upon ihn stand to testify, <lhd read
as testimony n paper with dramatic
lir and effect, which was n, terrible ar?
raignment or prosecution of Colonel
Stubba, not only for being in Ihe pay
of the American nook company ami
betraying his comrades, but for exer?
cising his constitutional privilege in
votti in the House of Delegates for
Mr. MiiHsey, the man of his choice tor
Superintendent of ITihllc Instruction.
NO itBB?ICE CAME.
And no rebuke came from thui com?
mittee. i looked at ti>" old veteran ns
lie sat there, seemingly (taxed, and, as
i did so niy heart sickened, and I left
the hall. The next day, at the solicita?
tion of friends, 1 went there and under?
took Iii? de:', nsc, and for that I have no
ipology to make, "With charity to?
wards nil and malice towards none."
I have executed ;that duly, und now
calmly await the verdict of a gehcrotis
public. The i ipors t<'ll us of the tears
of Colonel Smoot. and c,r the regrets of
nth rs of th<- i immlttec, hi sj>eaking of
.It. it terrible Judgment against my bid
friend, blnssm ite and comrade, but i
am thinking in st of Ihe bitter tears of
his nobio Wife and daughters, and of
A Life Saved.
Marvelous cures of Ihront and lung
nlTections arc made dnily l>y I>r. Hull's
Cough Syrup. Miss Annie. Swan,
Petersburg, Va., writes: "My brother
was attacked by a lm<l cough hud cold,
and it was thought lie had consump?
tion. J>r. Bull's Cough Syrup was
Used) and to our great surprise it made,
him well and hearty. There is no
belter cure in tlio world tlinii this
Syrup.?' 1'/. Hull's Cough Syrup is
sold everywhere tor 2? cents.
aoiiD itv?
Cannon's Phfirinncy, 120 I tute street.
Alfi.il T W<st, I'lii Main street.
Kehl. V Hohnes fi, Co., 7<i Main sueot,
UeistanU'ci Atlantic City Drug yture.
his manly sons, whose hearts have
I'.wrung by this <ir idful tremble of
the husband r>.nd rather. With these
words, my c it done, and I never
discharged om with more satisfaction,
or with a ch trer cotisoience.
GEORG IS j. HUXDIiKTi
hat are You
Going to
Sueh nn opportunity :>? this may never
come again. As a special Holiday offer I
will treat any patients who apply before
JANUARY |sl, at the rate of $."..00 tier
mouth, m< dlclnos lnclud< d,
This Is .lust one-hnlf my usual rate, and
less than one-fourth what specialists usu?
ally charge, if you apply before January
1st you will lie treated at this rate until
cured, but tb's rate will not be given lb
any one applying after New Year's Day.
Mas offices 1 and 2, No. 314
Main street, over Frank &
Sons'.
Specialties: The Eye, Car,
Nose and Throat.
My success in treating Ca?
tarrh lias never been sur?
passed. Consultation free,
MEDICINES FREE TO PATIENTS.
OFFICE HOURS?9 to 12:30, " to 0 p. in.
JOHN S. ETHERIDGE.
Id VERT AND BOARDING STABLES.
BERKLEY, VA.
Having Jusi completed my new stallion
corner Chestnut und I'earl street und
?toefced lli" snmo with some Itrat-claa*
ily.r.gics, CnrriiiKes, Diivluu llors.es, etc.;
l nfn now prepared to furnish goou turn,
oin day or night at luck bottom prices.
Norfolk and Portsmouth trade solicited.
New Phono No. &
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tlhlcliputrr'? KnglMi IMnmoml Hraafl.
:nnyroyal pills
/ifiSk. ?Hei"?' ??<! Oi initnc. A
We Will Show
Commencing
Monday,
?An Entire New Stock of?
Dslricfi Prince of Walss,
i Oslncfi Tips.
Also (he newest shapes in
Ladies', Misses' and Chil?
dren's
HATS.
Both trimmed and untrimmed.
Also Pheasants, Owls and
Birds and Wings of every col?
or.
DOLL HATS, new shapes.
We will give Trading
Stamps.
MRS. R. RIE1S,
162 CHURCH ST.
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