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THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1901-
-CHRISTIAN FORBEAKANCE."
One of the difficult teachings of our
Saviour, "The Prince of Teace." is met
in his saying. "Think not 1 am come
to send peace on earth; 1 came not to
send peace, but a sword. For 1 am
" come to set a man a.t variance against
hid father and the daughter against
her mother and the daugMcr-m-law
against her mother-in-law."
It is indeed hard to some to under
stand how these words could have
come from the same lips that taught
Christian forbearance when he said:
-Ye have heard that it hath been said.
. M eye for an eye and a tooth for
a tooth; but 1 say unto you that ye
resist not evil; but whosoever shall
smite thee on thy right cheek turn to
him the other also."
Yet our Saviour spake the words of
truth when he said his doctrines would
set men at variance. He who knew
what was in man, for die made man,
knew that. His kingdom was not of this
world and that His kingdom would
come here only through great tribula
tion.
The "odium theologicuni." the bitter
ness of dissent, seems to be an insep
arable concomitant of all discussions
of religious principle- There is that
about a religious conviction which
arouses in some minds the most de
termined resistance to all disagree
ment, even though the opponents must
concede to each other perfect sin
cerity.
"We have had a strong touch of this
in the recent discussion of Mr. Pol
laj'd's motion to omit the word "Chris
tian" before the words in that clause
of the Bill of Rights which reads "it
' .is the mutual duty of all to practice
Christian forbearance, love and charity
towards each other."
Mr. Pollard is a professing Christian
and we happen to know that he shows
his faith by his works. His heart's
desire and prayer to (Jod is for thn
'coming of Christ's kingdom, which he
has well said depends not on any leg
islation or authority from man. But
in his tender and Christian regard lor
those who differ with him and his
stout purpose that no preference i'or
any religion should appear upon the
fundamental law of Virginia, he pro
posed, to omit the word Christian in
the clause we have mentioned.
At first blush we were disposed to
'think Mr. Pollard was right, but
further reflection has satisfied us that
the word does not and was not intend
ed to have any other than the signifi
cance of an adjective to describe in a
well-known way a. quality of the mind
jhat is common to all kindreds and na
tions and tongues and religions of"
men.
The use of the word "phristian"
with the word forbearance finds an il
lustration 'in The connection of ■"Spatr
tan" -with "fortitude.''
The history of the Bill of Rights
shows that our ancestors so regarded
• St. That wonderful declaration of the
rights of man was passed June lii,
177ti, when our first Virginia Constitu
tion was under preparation, and it was
readopted -without the change of a
word by the convention of LSI'!), ami
though some changes were made in
other clauses, this one was again
adopted in ipslssiuiis verbis by the
convention of 1851 and again by the
Underwood convention of ISU7. This
latter convention, however, gives no
sanction with most of the people of
Virginia,
After the first adoption of this
clause, in 177(5, the great statute of
religious freedom was passed the 10th
of December, 1785, and in that immor
tal enactment it was declared that
"our civil rights have no dependence
on our religious opinions any more
than our opinions in physics or geome
try." If it had been believed by the
Cramers of this last Matute that the
use of the words •'Christian forbear
ance." etc., in any sense: adopted the
Christian religion, as a part of our or
ganic law, that word would have been
removed. But there Mas no such in
tention from ihe first, and the work of
the founders of ourlree State with re
ligious'freedom, which has twice beea
ratified during an interval of seveniy
. live years— from 177(5 to"lS51— should
not now be -mutilated and the clause
should remain unaltered.
SITUATION IN OliiO.
The Ohio State Journal of Monday
says that a State Convention -will bo
■called to meet in Columbus on July
31st by those who voted the Demo
cratic ticket in 3596 and 1900 and are
opposed . to the action of the Demo
cratic Convention which has just met
It is not to be supposed that a personal
ity of as jrreai force, as that possessed
by Mr. Bryan could be quietly shelved.
Nor on the other hand could a be
supposed that those Democrats who
disagreed with the principles hud down
by the Chicago and Kansas City plat
forms while at the same time main
iAinlng their original attitude towards
the Republican party would continue?
to rote with a party that did not ex
prees their convictions. There was an
Irreconcilable conflict between the
principles actuating the two wings of
the Democratic party. These princi
ples cannot be kept in even the semb
lance of harmony and tap result must
inevitably be the triumph of one or
the other of the two opposing factions.
It required aa unusual exercise of c-n
ergy to overcome the resistance of
fered by the Gold Democrats in '95 to
the adoption, of the Chicago platform,
&£d It -will, under the same principle,
requlrt botJa effort and time to estab
lish the 'Deiuocmtfc party on the posi
tiou held prior to 1890, it that position
Is to be regained, for thVlaw of.dy
namics that action' ar.d reaction are
equal in opjposite forces is aa truViu
'politics ;is in "railroads.
Wo. are by -no. means prepared to
state thai the final outcome of this
struggle between the two wings of the*
Democratic party which is attracting
so much attention In' Ohio at present
will result in the triumph of either
side in the country at large. ■■ Every
indication would seem to point to- a
strong growth in the. South of a senti
ment which is exactly In line wjth
that hold prior to 180(3- The Ohio reso
lutions and convention would seem to
indicate certainly the existence of a
similar state of affairs there, but Mr.
Bryan's followers are both numerous
and strong, and there jnay be forces
making for Those principles of gov
ernment which Mr. Bryan especially
represents that will outweigh the ef
forts made by the Southern, North
ern and Western Democrats to return
to their former faith. For this reason
the convention of bolting Democrats
to be held at Columbus, 0.. will be of
great value as giving some definite
basis from which the strength of the
Bryan followers can be determined. If
the Question be onto squarely brought
before all those who are now voting
the Democratic ticket it will serve at
least the purpose of clearing the party
of those who are not in harmony with
its principles, ■whatever those princi
ples may be. Nothing is gained by un
willing co-operation or fighting in the
dark, and the political situation in
America will bs better and clearer for
having a definite decision on the fun
damental tenets of the party which is
to bo hereafter known as the Demo
cratic party.
ANOTHER TRADE VICTORY.
Another straw which shows how the
wind of successful trade is blowing is
the acquisition of Bryant & May's
mat eh plant in England by the Dia
mond Match 'Company of America.
The Bryant & May Company has beon
in business for forty years and were
for a lonff time the leaders as well as
the pioneers in the match industry.
But, like too many oilier British man
ufacturers, they were content to.
"point with pride"' to their past record,
and that contentment was their down
fall. President Barger, of the Ameri
can Match Company, said "our ac
quirement of 51 per cent of Bryant &
May's business, amalgamating it with
our own. is but a typical instance .of
tlieinillstone which is dragging British
industry to slow but certain destruc
tion.
"England has never afforded a cost
lier proof of her lack of inventiveness
and bulldog refusal to protit by the in
ventiveness of others. When I ex
plained that Hie Diamond's competi
tive ability outstrips its late British
rivals exactly in the proportion of two
to one. it will give; a fair idea of the
whole industrial system of the coun
try/ The Bryant. <& May chairman
had to make the sorry confession that
lie represented a corporation which.
with forty years' experience and pres
tige*, had been defeated by a new com
ing Ahiericau competitor, and when
one of the stockholders said manfully
that English determination would light
American competition to the bitter end."
the chairman sadly remarked that no
amount of English determination could
oven-ome superior mechanical contriv
ances. How great the difference be
tween the English and American
equipment is shown by the statement
oi President Barger. of the American
company, that xhe first thins that lie
; will <lv will be to throw all of the
English machines in the scrap pile.
President Barger s:iys. that he heard
murmurs of astonishment when he told
the Bryant <t .May people that the
Diamond Company pays its Liverpool
manager $.10,000 a year salary. To the
British mind this seems extravagant.
but American indutsry lias developed,
beyond any question, the wisdom if
paying good men good salaries. As a
manufacturer said the other day.
■'What 1 ivant is a man that I can pay
$10,000 a year, aid I don't know where
to lind him. If 1 wanted one at Sit; a
week I could get a thousand, but higJir
priced men are rare."
The American plan has been to take
advantage of every new invention in
the best brains that could be bought in
the tield of management The acquisi
tion by the Diamond; Match Company
of the Bryant & May establishment is
only another proof of the soundness oi'
the American view. '
PERIODICAL CROP FAILURE.
The failure of ihe Kansas corn crop,
according to ilic> Springfield Republi
can, was io be* expected, in accordant
with ihe general opinion \vhkli is held
by the railroad people in ilie graiu
produciuff section oi America that tha
corn crop fails every seven years.
AVIiPU the hot winds were blasting
Kansas torn fields last week a promi
nent railroad man brought this up and
said iliat he had expected what was
happening because since 1600 there
had been a corn crop failure every sev
enth yean except in ISB7, when the
sixth year was the affected one. The
last lailure was in 161)4, and seven
years from 1594 is lyoi. The article
continues:
This is interesting and quite as
worth v of notice as me sun-s>uc theory
01 paiiics, to wnicii serious ecoiiouiists
have paia attention 1 . The tJovernmeiit
recorus ot crop production ~ do nuc go
l>ac«£ oi Ibijfi, uui it may oe noted ih.it
tne corn yield of that year was MJ7,-
IHtUK-U bubhels, in l&tit 7US,iS2O,UOO
bushels: I'roceeding, then,, from 1567.
we have tne ionowing record as to
corn production: >
Yearly Average Corn Production*
* Bushels.
Six years, 186S-T3, inclusive %1,95Q,Q00
Seventh year, 1874 850,1'45,0ti0
Six years, 1575-' SO, Inclusive 1.433,460,000
Seventh year, ISSI :-...1,1JM.916.000
Five years. 18S2-S6, inclusive.... 1^13,000,000
Sixth year, ISS7 '...... 1,466,161,000
Six years. 1688- 93, inclusive 1,816.410,000
Seventh year, 1894... ........ -.1,212,770,000
It sllould be said that the yearly pro
duction during the six-year periods and
the one five-yean period is fairly uni
form, and the averages do not cover
up wide fluctuations in yield. -Thus
there is an approach to the seven-year
Tflnß 'jTJMESi RIGHMGND- VA THUItSDAY# JULY -18 lOOli
Clous' ViiWatttoT in/ the fptty yeaVsi
aside from that^df 1881, was 'Ift' lßoj>>
■\vlien the crpj> rea.chea..oaly"l,4B9,ouu
bushels, a&ftiust over two billions iv
18SU. bince ISO 4 t'lie recorded .jnfild
has arerased*. abdte 2,000,00y,000
bushels, the smallest having- been
l,OO2,9«7,OOO in 1897 and the- largest
2,283.^000 in 1896. -
Foiir yenrs of great agricultural pros
perity-in the stricken region will enable
it to bear the present trouble with
comparative ease, particularly as us
large Winter wheat crop has already
been gathered ill out of danger- Hue
the purchasing power of the people ar
i'eeted has been cut down and the
whole country is thereby more or less
affected with them; while to the grain
carrying railroads it becomes a serious
matter in 'view of their recent inflated
consolidation Bchemes. The -wisdom
of the Burlington purchase in North
ern Pacific bonds a.t 200 cents on Ihe
dollar, for example, thus capitalizing
into bonds the best earning power cr
the Burlington in times of highest
prosperity, may now fairly be ques
tioned.
Crop failure has never yet been a
distinctive force in precipitating a
punic. Most of the important harvest
failures have come when the country
was already prostrate ' from panic.
This was so in 1858 when early sum
mer- frosts effected much damage and
destroyed hopes of a speedy recovery
from the effects of, the panic of 1557.
It was so also hi 1874 and 1594. In
1881. however, vie- corn crop was a
bad failure and the wheat crop partly
so; and the speculative boom begun in
1579 was at its height Still rher»» was
no immediate collapse, and the slump
downward toward the panic and de
pression of 1884 did not begin until
the next year. While, therefore, the
present cloud upon agricultural pros
pects is not likely in itself to prove
profound! v disturbing, unless it dark
ens jrreatly, it will compel a radical
cutting away of further speculative
extravagances. Quite as disturbing as
a partial crop failure is the evident de
termination of organized labor to try
conclusions with: fhe great steel trust,
the most formidable combination of
capital ever known.
Of the European situation and th«
foreign view of our own, the New
York Evening Post's London dispatch
of Saturday says:
It is useless to deny that the markels
here aYe nervous over the outside sit
uation. The chief points of doubt are
the financial outlook hi America and
the condition j>f Berlin. The German,
position is the more easily diagnosed.
It simply means, as has been already
often enough foreshadowed, a positive
lock-up of the funds of large financial
institutions in industrial shares which
cannot now be turned into cash. This
situation is causing serious strain on
the German market's general re
sources, and it is unfortunately proba
ble that the strain will be prolonged.
The position of the American niarkets,
however. Is quite as much an occasion
for nervous doubt. But the feelmsi
here is of a peculiar kind. I may il
lustrate the stock exchange sentiment
of the moment by savins: that financial
London is about equally prepared to
see a bier smash in New- York or a hig
boom. Whatever may be their valuo.
opinions are divided between the
theory that the present depression us
due to anticipated financial trouble,
and that it is caused by elaborate rf
forts of the magnates to obtain con
trol of more railway systems.
<lenrr.nl trade has be?n as yet lit.tle
affected by such adverse circumstaiiLvs
as have appeared. The wool market
is firm :i\jd the mills are reported .is
well employed. The cotton goods
market is fairly strong, and the con
gestion at Fall River continues ma
terially reduced. Business failures
continue light, while bank clearings are
falling off. Iron production on .lu'y
Ist. according lo the Iron Ace. was
slightly below that of June Ist. -but
sUll sraiter than ev?r before known
previous to this time, nud the strike
comes when this industry is at the
maximum of recent activity.
PERSONAL AND CRITICAL.
Air. and Mrs. Harry Lehr will sail
from Cherbourg" to-day for America,
says a special to the North American.
Mr. Lehr said to-day that it was the
-present intention or himsf.lt" and wife to
irpeml thfi remainder of the summer at
their Newport home, which h;is been
placed in readiness for their occupancy.
Gradually the government is doing
away with the distribution of rations
to Indians. In five years the system
will i~e practically abolished. There arc
now in '.he United Slaves -t'S.COO Indians.
Of this number 45^50 draw rations regu
larly, while 12,(503 more are provided for
at various Limes when they are unable
to work or do not i>el liKe it. In the
iatier class are included most of the In
dians who have grown old and have been
deserved by their young relatives.
hTIMORE. July 16.— T0 the great
;e of the physicians and surgeons
Maryland General Hospital. Peter
n, an engineer, who was terribly
1 two wteks ago in a bath of moi
tta metal at the Maryland Steel Works,
is leL'jVLJing unit vvas tb-oay pronounced
cjnval£sc*:m. The man's indomitable
IJliick enabled him 10 pull thrbu^b. Mol
1011 iron or IHO ck-sices Fahrenheit
poured l'rom the receptacle in which it
was enclosed over Wekions body. With
the exception of his- chest and stomach.
there was not an inch of his body that
did not come into contact with the ter
rible liquid. Even the soles of his feet
were burned. Skin and shreds of flesh
peeled, off h:s body.
"Can you pull me through?" ho asked
the physicians at the hospital. They
tolcl him they would try, but it was
"I'll pull myself through, then," said
the suft'erer. and he has, but terribly
scarred. — Nvw York Tribune.
* • •
ST. PETERSBURG, June 2S.— A fresh
case of the horrib'.e tre.de in artificially
oisns"uring children, so i!i.'e in South
riussia, has come to light.
Two beggars have been arrested at the
village of'Matusov (Kiev Government),
accompanied by two little boys, eleven
years of age, stolen from their parents.
One of them had his' tongue cur. out and
both eyes destroyed; .the; other's logs and
arms were fantastically twisted, with
the object of ebeciting the pity of alms
givers; a third child died during the pro
cess.
Purveyors of sucrf artificial cripple's
rereSve several hundred rubles apiece.—
London Express.
AFTERMATH.
A London paper described a rhildren's
excursion as a "long, white scream of
joy," and was called to account oy a cor
respondent, who said that a scream could
be long, but not white. Wheraupon the
editor justified himself by urging that "a
hue is often associated with a cry."
• ~ •
"He's quite a prominent politician here,
!s he not?" inquired the visiting Briton.
"Oh. no;, he's a • statesman," replied
the native.
"Well, what's the difference?;'*
"A statesman, my dear sir, is one who
is in politics becaxisehe has money, a
politician is one who has money because
he Is in politics."— Philadelphia Press.
'• • *
- Here is the swellest thing in: shirt cases
for The Man. Any- man -who has one of
these. may : t>e happy, and h© can
pack the ea«© in with 'a. ' crowd of hla
;wife'« ehirtwatou: without a murmur ; the
«hlrt»; axt sure to iremain immaculate.
•-■■.■•.•■ ■ -
This case is of. leather, a £»«« >*** "
than the;shlrt whfeni'lta* fp'.aed,_with a
stiff leather-covered' board ,"***• ->™
above that, the leather rising- in uccordion
lolds. Into these folds the shirts £ o .with
layers or leather' between, and when the
entire case is Hlled" there are straps to se
cure over the top, and there is a <? onven :
lent piece oftrunk furniture, com Pf!? t ' a Jl ( i
practical, and it only costs JH.SO. or
:courso, it Is imported, and .what more, can
a man ask?
■* • *
"I'm afraid I can't interest my ftvej
year-old Elsie In fairy tales any longer. l^
"And why not?"
"I was telling her about the 'Forty
Thieves, 1 and when i got to the forty oil
jars with a thief in each jar, what do you
suppose she said?" {•)
"I give it up." „, ;y
"She said. 'Wouldn't that jar you? -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.'
* , •
A young officer at the front recently
wrote home to his father: "Dear Father:
Kindly send me £50 at ance; lost another
leg in. a stiff engagement, -^nd am in
hispital without means." "Che answer
was: "My Dear Son: As this is the fourth
leg you have lost, according to your let
ters, you ought to be accustomed to it
by this time. Try to wabble al°n« OI J
any others you may have left. —Pall JViail
Gazette.
« »
William Muldoon. the ex-champion
wrestler of the world and proprietor: of
the sanatorium in Harrison, N. V., ha 3
been made defendant in a suit lor 32,000
damages for alleged assault.
The complainant, Joseph Sudo, of Green
burg, alleges that while he was driving
along one of the highways in the town
of Harrison on June 20th, he heard a
noise behind him. which sounded like the
charge of cavalry. Looking up. he saw
Muldoon and some thirty of his patients
on horseback riding toward \ilm in mes
° Muldoon called to Sudo to move his
wagon to one side. Sudo says chat to
do "so would have hurled him into the
gutter, so he called to Muldoon fediv de
his file into twos. Then, says
doon grabbed his horse by jg^JSS-
He remonstrated, and Muldoon £?«**£
Position on his horse, dealt Sudo a blo_ fc
that knocked out his teeth, made }»« »rt
stars, and sent him rolling °«r theroad
like a ball. Sudo says one tooth lodged
in his throat.-Xew York Tnbune.
THE SDRVEYERS AT WORK.
Have Found a Low Grade for New Railroad
Across Powell's Gap.
(Special IMspatch to The Times.)
STANARDSVILLE, VA., July 17.-Last
Wednesday was court-day,' and, owing to
the busy season, not as many people were
tho was to go free and pay seventy-five
Court night there was a lawn party at
Mrs Stephens' for the benefit of the
Methodist Church. There was a good
crowd. -Miss Sudie Runkie secured the
cake for being the prettiest lady there. It
brought ?1S and was paid for by drawing
lota.
Tho threshing season is going on, out
the yield of wheat is poor In comparison
to the straw made. The recent showers
have made the progress slow, as they have
interfered materially with this work.
The surveyors who are at work locating
tne- railroad through this county, claim
they have made the lowest grading
through Powell's Gaps that has ever been
made yet. They are still hammering on
t'ho Elk-ton route and. have left the moun
tains and are coming towards Stanards-_
ville.
Ths mail, which only goes through to
Barboursville now instead of Gordonsville,
comes daily. The papers did not come
through at first, which was claimed to
nave been due to not having notified all
the officials of the change.
Ths Turkey Kidgc county road, which
was injured so much by the severe, rains,
has been changed by commissioners to
make a better route.
The committee which was to locate a
site for the new Scuth River Church, wh'ch
is to be built, did not agree as to the lo
cation. Two sites were selected, one near
pa.pt Neweomib MtriMullan's gate. The
other near the Widow Teel's, and the
committee divided as to choice of loca
tion.
'.Messrs. Tommio Davis and Zeb. Page and
Dr. K. \y. Sims who v/ere appointed dele
gates from the Star.ardsville and Monroe
E:ctri:ts to the Gubernatorial Convention,
which meets at Xorfolk, are speaking of
attending.
ACCOMAC TRIBE NO. 4, I. 0. R. M.
Tenth Annual Meeting of Chincoteague Red
Men— Address by the Great incohenee.
(Special Dispatch to Tho Times.)
GREENBACKVILLE, VA., July 17.—
Tho Red Men of Ch.inccteag.ue celebrated
the tenth anniversary of their tribe to
day. All of the neighboring tribes on the
Eastern Shore came atid brought their
friends witn them, and a magnificent re
nent.ivri was tendered at the expense of
the home tribe.
Addresses were delivered by the follow
ing d&tinguished speaker?: C'has. O. Con
ley, oi 1 hOidelp-hki. Great. 2ncbhx>nee of
the United £ta:ci: Council ; John W. Cherry,
of Norfolk, Great Representative; U L.
Dirrickson, of Eerlin. Maryland; member
of tho Grea-t^ Council of the Tnited Sta;es;
O. M. Jones, of Chincoteague, Pa3t
Sachem.
N. C. OPTICAL SOCIETY.
Met in An-uai Session at Winston-Salem and
Elected Officers.
(Special Dispatch tn Tho Times.)
WiMSTON-SALEM, N*. C., July 17.—
were elected as follows: President. F.
W. Mahler, of Raleigh: Vice-Presidents.
K. L. nioore, of Greensboro, and H. E.
Voglcr, of Wihston-Salem; Secretary, A.
P. Stalcy, of High Point: Treasurer, W.
H. Leonard, of Winston-Salem. The vis
iting mcrrbers were tc-ndered a trolley
ride to-night. The society will be in
session again to-morrow.
DEAF MUTE CONVENTION.
Alumni of Staunton Institution Met in Bien*
ninl Assemblage.
.'SDeel.-.l DispatcU to Iho Times.)
STAUNTON, VA., July 17.— The alumni
of the Virginia School for the Deaf and
Blind is holding its fifth biennial conven
tion. The first meeting was held last
night in the chapel of the school for the
deaf. President W. C. Ritter, of Hamp
ton,- Va., presided. He introduced Prof.
William A. Bowles, superintendent -' the
School for the Deaf and Blind, who gave
the convention a cordial welcome. Mayor
William H. Lawless welcomed the con
vention in behalf of the city. The ad
dresses were responded- to by S. C. Jones.
Prof. G. D. Everitt, of the school faculty,
interpreted all or the addresses. Quite V
large number of deaf mutes are in attend
ance. The convention will be in session
several days.
Kirklnnd— Holloway.
(.Special DUpatc.l to The Times.)
DURHAM, N. C, July 17.— John "L.
Kirkland; a popular employe of tho post
office here for the past eleven years, was
-married' this morning in." the First Bap-
Positively cured Isy these
little Pills.
They also raKeve Distress from Dyspepsia
Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating. . A per
feet remedy "for Dizzmess, Nausea, 7~)rowsi
ness, Bad Tastein the Mouth, Coated Tongrc
Pain ir. the Side, TORPID LIVER. They
Regulate the Boy/els. Purely Vegetable.
Small PHI. Small Dos^n.
Small Price*
tist Church to Miss Martha E. Holloway,
Rev. Dr. W. C. Tyree, the pastor, offlciat
ihg. The church "was handsomely decor
ated with flowers and ferns. The couple
left on tne 10 o'clock Seaboard train for a
tour of the Northern cities and will be
gone several weeks.
VACANCIES FILLED.
Charles W. Burkett Appointed to Chair of
Agriculture in N. C. A. and Al, College.
(Special Dispatch to The Times.)
HALEIGH, N. C, July 17.— The Board
of Agriculture has elected Phof. Charles
W. Burkett, now of the New Hampshire
Ai and M. College, to the chair of agri
culture in the Korth Carolina College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. He is
a native of Pennsylvania and in honor
graduate of the Ohio A. and M. College.
His salary here will be $2,500.
Prof. Charles L. Stevens *.vas also
chosen to fill the chair of Biology. He
is a specialist in bacteriology, and will be
actively connected with the State Experi
ment Station. He is a Ph. D. of. the
University of Chicago and of the Uni
versity of Munich.
The Secretary of State charters the
following stock companies: Travora Cot
ton Manufacturing Company, of Graham.
X. C, capital stock, ?W0. 000; Boston-North
Carolina Lumber Company, capital stock,
?125,000; Lomers Doiley Company, of West
Durham, capital stock, $50,000; !W. K.
Jones Merchantile Company, of Raleigh,
capital stock, $5,000; Mountain City Cloth
ing Company, of North Wilkesboro, capi
tal stock. $1,200.
Governor Aycock has granted a pardon
to Ransom. Broadie, who has served
seven years. of a fifteen-year sentence in
the State's prison for the killing of Jor
don Wiggins about ten miies north of
this city. Evidence has developed which
is construed to show that Broadie was
amply justified in the killing.
Bids are now being received for the
erection of a dormitory 56x110 feet one
storyi high at the Soldiers' Home in this
city.
SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONVENTION
Air. Eilyson to Address Those of isle of Wight
County.
(Special Dispatch to The Times.)
WINDSOR, VA., July 17.— The four
teenth annual convention of Isle of Wight
County Sunday-school Society will be held
at the Courthouse Christian Cnurch July
i 25th, 1O«>1. A large number will attend.
I They will convene at 10 o'clock A. M.. and
continue through the day. Rev. M. S.
Colonna and Dr. M. E. Broadus will
make addresses in the morning. Mr. Wil
liam Eilyson, of Richmond, will make an
address in the afternoon.
Rev. J. F. Deans, D. D.. is in Rich
mond, attending me Educational Confer
ence, held at Richmond College.
Miss Fannie Branch. Of Suffolk, is vis
iting Miss Marietta King. Miss King gave
an entertainment last evening in honor of
her guest.
Miss Carrie Watkins left yesterday to
visit Miss Bell, of Franklin.
Misses White and Taylor are guests at
Rev. W. E. Allen's home.
Mrs. W. E. Spears, of Chesterfield, and
Mrs. L. P. Woolfolk, of Richmond, are
visiting Mrs. J. F. Deans.
! SHOWS UP AND IS ARRESTED.
Doa P. Hurley Charged With Stealing $1,090
from B. & 0. Railway.
(Special Dispatch to The Times.)
ALEXANDRIA, VA., July 17.— After .in
unexolained absence of several months
Don P. Hurley, formerly superintendent
of the- freight office of the Baltimore and
Ohio Ruilroad in this city, appeared here
to-day and was arrested on the charge of
grand- larceny. The warrant was served
by Constable John Beatley, and charged
that Hurley had stolen $1,000 from the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
The prisoner had been an official of, the
company for along time. Several months
ago he mysteriously disappeared from his
home in "this city, since which -time his
I whereabouts have been unknown to the
public.
Second-Lieutenant Julian Y. Williams,
or" the Alexandria Light Infantry, re
ceived a telegram torn Richmond this
afternoon announcing- that he had b^en
successful in his recent examination i::
| that city for the H>^iena.ncy. To-morrow
j evening in armory hall Lieutenant Wil
liams will be presented with a handsome
sword by the members of the company.
BITTEN BY COPPER SNAKE.
Negro Child May Lose Her Arm as a Result
of the Bite.
(Special Dispatch to The Times.}
WINDSOR. VA., July 17.— A colored man
named Charles Hines came in towri this
afternoon with his little daughter, who
had been severely bitten on the hand hy
a copperhead snake whiie in the act of
going in an old out-house, to look for a
hen's nest. The limb is swollen so that it
Is possible that the arm will have to he
amputated.
RECEIVER NAMED.
Greensboro Telegram Will Be Continued Under
His Direction.
(Special Dispatch to The Time?.)
GREENSBORO, r N. C, July 17.— Upon
the application' of C. G. Wright, presi
dent of .the company, A. E. Scarborough
has been appointed temporary receh'er of
the Greensboro Publishing Company, pub
lishers of the Greensboro Telegram. The
publication of "the paper will be continued
under the' management of the receiver.
Virginians in Washington.
(Special Dispatch to Tbo Timed.)
WASHINGTON, July 17— Virginians
registered in Washington tq-nlght are: C.
R. Guy and wife, Mrs. W. A. Huddleston
and Thomas Lee Mopre, Richmond; Mr.
arid jtfrs. Kinsey, Washington; Rev. Job
Tiirnex, Staunton; J. M. Sloan and Miss
Sloan',; Chase diy, and J. Q.\ Cajr^ent<tr,
Clifton Forger: .';\ .
ONE CENT LETTER
POSTAGE POSSIBLE
-
This May be Result of Changes Just
Put Into Effect.
SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER.
Publications Formerly Classed as Such Arc
Excluded by Orders Issued by
Pootms3ter»Ueneral •
Smith.
CBy Assoclatea Pres».)
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 17.—Post
laaster-General Smith to-day signed
three orders amending in important par
tr.culars three postal regulations affect
lag second-class mail matter. The
changes will effect sweeping and radical
reforms in the department practices and
! methods of treating this class of matter.
The Ilrst order amends section 276,
which is tho general definition, so as to
exclude the sccond-cjjiss publications
which have the characteristics of
books. This amendment is in these
words:
••Periodicals— Publications herein re
ferred to are held not to include those
having the characteristics of books, but
only such as consist of current numbers
of miscellaneous literary matter or both
(not excluding advertising; and conform
to the statutory characteristics of sec
ond-class matter."
SECOND ORDER.
The second order amends section 2SI in
several particulars, the principal One
being that publications, the subscrip
tions to which are not founued on their
value as news or literary journals, and
wiiich, by the general use of premiums
or o-ther considerations, in the form of
chances to win prizes, etc.. to induce
subscriptions, in effect circulate at an
apparently nominal rate, will be exclud
ed from the second-class.
The essential paragraph, of this is as
follows: -The subscription price must be
shown by the publication, and when it
appears from the contents or from the
extrinsic inducement offered that the
circulation of the publication Is not
founded on its value as a news or lit
erary journal, and that subscriptions are
not made because of such value, but be
cause its oft'ers of merchandise or other
certain consideration result in effect in
its circulation apparently at a nominal
rate, such publication does not come
within the requirements of the law for
acceptance as second-class matter."
The third order amends section 301 so
that unsold copies of second-class pub
lications may not be received at the
pound rate to news agents or to pub
lishers.
ONK CENT LETTER POSTAGE.
An explanatory statement given out at
the department regarding this order
says:
ihe action of Postmaster-General
Srhith is regarded as highly important,
it is evidence of the intention of the
Postoffice Department to administer th
law as it is. strictly and properly, and
that abiiiips wherever found will be cor
rected. Los? Indifferent interpretation
heretofore has resulted in the Ic.^s of
many millions to the government. It is
believed that when the effect of the
changes is thoroughly established many
postal improvements will follow and one
cent fetter postage will be made pos
sible."
RUMORS OF FOUL PLAY.
Young ;V.aa May Have Beea .Murdered and
Placed on Railroad Track.
CSr>ecla] Dispatch to Tb« Times.)
DURHAM. X. C, July 17.— There are
rumors of foul play in the death cf
Charles C. Wilburn. v/ho v/as run over
by a Southern passenger train, as report
ed in The Times of the 16th. on Sunday
last. Wirourn ■was to have been married
in West Durham that evening:, and v--.ns
known to have; had forty dollars in r.. ; s
pocket a few hours before the train ran
over him and made a pulp of his he id.
His money was grme and the body lay
across the track, with his coat folded on
the rail for a pillow, and the theory Is
that he was robbed, killed and put on tlie
track to hide the murder: that no man
sober enough to fold his coat and makf^ a
pillow would lie down on the track i::
curve of a railroad, cut. Officers are on
the hunt for clues.
About rifty representatives of the Amer
ican Tobacco Company"s leaf department,
representing the markets of three States,
were given a barSecus at Huckleberry
Springs yesterday.
The recruiting office for th- 3 t'nitcd
States navy is doing good business here,
having ten to twelve applications per iLiy.
Bloodhounds After Him.
(Special Dispatch to Thp Times.)
WINDSOR. VA.. July 17.— caargred with
breaking into ahd robbing Mr. Tobe
Brkfs house, near Zur.i, ...lis afternoon,
of three suits of clothes, one pistol and
$2.50 in currency, an unknown nft: < -> man
is beins pursued with blooanounds under
"Hurricane" Branch, of Suffolk, and Con
stable W. J. Bradshaw, of Windsor, Va.
Postoffices Established.
(Special Dispatch to The Times.)
■WASHINGTON". July 17.— Postcffices es
tablished: Virginia — Da'nteltown, Bruns
wick county, Ashton S. Daniel, postmas
ter.
Xorth Carolina— Curfew. McDowell
county, Isaac L. Reel, pt'stmaster.
JUSTICE JOHN'S COURT.
Ttre Blanton-Piicher Case Postponed- It Will
Come Up on July 31st.
The case which promised to be the
most important- one before Justice
Crutchrleld yesterday— that or" A. C.
Blanton, charged with shooting his
partner, R. M. Pilcher. some two v/eeks
ago at their place of business, near Sixth
and Clay— was not heard. It was stated
that Mr. Pilcher was still unable to ap
pear in court and the case was continued
until July 3tst. Blanton was again bail
ed in the sum of $-,000, his father going
on nis bond.
- The case of the four boys arrested
Tuesday by Detective "Wren— James
ITreeden, /Wade Woodall. Charles Seitz
and Augrust Applewhite— charged with
connection with three or four robberies,
was heard.
Breeden. and Woodall from the evidence
seemed to oe the parties who stole ...e
jewelry from. Jones' printing establish
ment the other night. They were all
four confronted with the charge of break
ing into an office and stealing watches
and money and also with stealing a bicy
cle from Smith. & Webster. The case
had been carefully worked up by Detec
tive Wrenn. After hearing the evidence
Justice John discharged Seitz and Apple
white and put a amah fine on Breeden and
Woodall. He is considering tue question
of sending the last. two to the reforma
tory! Breeden's father w~. .»av© to tell
His Honor to-morrow more about the
charge of .-is having a $75 diamond taken :
from. I. N. Jones' place.
Thomas J.. "Watson (colored) was- sent
on to the grand Jury for attacking and
stabbing .with- a, knife ; Robert Bell (col
ored^ near. Second and Franklia on thfe
x_isl Qnai It ctmw* ™^ m ~ —
jEUL tmr*. hattm or <p^*ja « "g?
VI (B^M^^^ AH 3TC4OMI ****■
WANTED.
WANTED. NICE ROOM IN PRIVATE
family by a youngr man; best references.
Address N. C. R.. Time 3 office.
"WANTED, TO BUT. FOR CASK.
Roller or Flat-Top Desk; also. Tyoe
writer (Remington or Barlock pre
ferred). State price. Address C. caro
Times.
SPECIAL SUMMER PRICES ON RE
upholstering and Re-coveringr Parlor
Suites. Odd Chairs. Couches, otc. AH
the latest styles of covering shown, ard
IT COSTS YOU NOTHING to have our
foreman call on you and clvc estimates.
CHAS. G. JURCrKN'S- SON. Apply al
store. 119-121 East Broad Street." or a:
factory. 10P-111-U3 N. Eighth Street.
HELP WANTED— MaIe.
WANTED, SCO COLORED MEN—
artyera and laborers. Wases, St. 3d per
day; paid twice a n.onth Apaly ---n thi
york to RYAN &. KELLKY. Sel
mont Avenue. Philadelphia. Pa.
wanted for v. s. army: Abie-oodied
unmarried men between aired of "il and
:»': citizens of United States, of good
character and temperate habits, who can
3pe;ik, read .ir.rl write English. For In
formation apply to RECRUITTXG OF
FICE. No. in, b Broad St.
srru.vnoN^ wan ti:o.
WANTED, BY A YOUNG LADY OF EX.
perience. -holding- ftrst-tfrade ceCttflcata
. and with excellent leferencs^, a posi
tion to teach. Private family pre'ferreS.
Branohe?— Latin, French. Enslish and
Music. Referr-:ices Address
Miss ROBERTA WASHINGTON. Wood
ford's. Va»
TOrXG MAN. 20 TEAKS OLD. WISHES
position In office nr business house;
salary no object; wishes merit to ad-
Vance him. Address R. H. A., care this
paper.
LOST AM? I OL'XI).
LOST, ON BROAD STREETT BETWEEN
Sixth and Seventh Str^t*. July 17th. at
4 o'clock P. M.. a LARGE CRAYON
PICTURE. Finder will please leavg
samp at WAGNER'S DRUG-STORE.
Sixth and Broad Streets, and receive
reward.
STRAYED OR STOI..';L\--^R( >M >jv
front yard. July Ift V9QITS 2LUE M.V..
TESE KITTEX. Liberal r-«. ird if re
turned to Mrs. J. T. COSBY, Xo. CO*
West Clay citr^et.
Ml -KTIXGS .
A GENERAL MEETING OF THE
STOCKHOLDERS of the RICHMOND
CARNIVAL ASSOCIATION* will he held
;it tho Carnival headquarters. State
Bank Etuilflinsr. Richmond. Va.. on the
I3th DAY OF AUGUST. IOOt at 5:3fl
o'clock. The object oi this meeting ■
to consider an amendment to the char
ter of the hssocfation. By order of ihs
Board of Directors.
THE STOCKHOLDERS Of THE DOVER
COAL COMPANY will meet on the 30th
V>AX CF JULY. 1801. at th-- law ofrk'«
6£ MARSHALL M. GILLTAM. No. ;;
Kast Main Street. In the city of Rir-h
moml. Va., for the purpose of elfctins a
new Board of Dtrectofj; to tTetermina
whether the company will authorize tin
directors to sell all th^ r>';il :md p»r
sonal property of the corporation and
to have the corporation wound ".v: and
for su.:li othc. tvafrln-? 0'?0 '? as s^-i!i h^
brought before rhe meeting.
This meeting is dallad at tae request
of one- tenth of thr* stockhotder.9
N. TtIAVj-:n. Prtwldent
A MEETING OF" THE STOCKHOLDERS
of thf> [ron Gatn Land .iiu; in., ■■ ••• • ■
meat Company ;vil! no h^i'! a! :;
of William C. Royall. 911 East Main
Streor. Richmond 1 . Vu.. on TfESDaVF,
August ::<>. ;■ ft'i
By order o£ tn« Executive Committee
FOR A.VY KIND OF v:oi\K HEQUtR
ing an accountant or any copying d^m
neatly and promptly, aihir-.'ss I. O. Box
IIS. Richmond. Va.
FOX i;i:.\ i
XpOR RENT.
I 2903 Ea?t Marshall Strp.t. 0 rooms.
modern: pric<\ ?IS<> per annum.
i :2512 East Grace, t> rooms, bath: price.
! S_V'J' per annum.
por.r.AP.n >* bag by.
r> North Eleventh Street
THOX'ri HAI.L.-THE LOOGE-fcOtXU
oi this hail is for r^nt on ;h~ toltowJng
nights: second and fourth Tuesdays.
rirst and third tVednesdays, second m.i
fourth Thursdays. Second arid fourth
Wednesdays, second and rourtti Fridays
|. For particulars apply to D Fl A f.'.i XAN
& BRO.. Severrteßritn and Mafn Stsocs.
Rooms furnished by clay or Wi?ek.
FOR SALE.
BUY A LQT> JKEfI BUIID A
HOIVIE.
SIOO cash, T"at on easy terms, will buy
a NICE IiEVEI. LOT in two squnrps ot
Lee monument. Bound to Increase in
value. Mice place for a horn*. By now
and get them cheap and on easy terms.
FGLLARP A BAOBY.
s^North Eleventh Street.
V\lX T -VBLE HOTEL FOR SALE.
known" aa. Hotel Barnett. Chase City.
Va Snlfnoiid location: now naying
about 1.". p<r cent, on price asked In
rent For fi^scriptinn. price and t»rms
vsrite POTTS .t SAL'XDERS. Chase
City, Va.
PKUSONAIi.
OI'KXEW BOOK SENT FREE. SEAL.
cd fully illustrated: treats of all cor.
ditiona of Men: tells how to attain "Per
fect Manhood." Should be In the hands
of every male adult. Address ERIE 1
MEDICAL CO.. "Book Dept.." Buffalo,
ACADEMY
FAREWELL WEEK.
TO-NIGHT
ESIVIERALDA
CASINO
TO-NIGHT. ■
AH LING FOO
THE AO LOS TRIO.
KI.I>ORA AN'DXOKINK.
LAJIAIt AND GABRIEL.
PKTCUI^G BROTUKKS.
GERTIE WILSON AND MADELINE MA.R
SHALL.
night of June 30th. The affair grew out
of a trouble over a woman.
Jim Harris,- alias Gi'wra! lames (col
ored), was sent on to the jf- r '> :id JJ l«"yl «"y foj
shooting his undo, Walter Diilon.
. Thomas "Croxton (colored) was sent oa
to the grand 'jury, ioe assaulting Jur.Jua
Harris (colored).
The slot machine case against Lewis
MUler, of Broad and Adams Streets,
which was arjjusd a week. aso. was dia
missed aa not proved. Justice John has
announced that the next offender vtUX
eaXUhT^VSQ flna and a jaU term. t«o>
