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-:, r, iuuulise nctivity of iho past two wceks has proven this great storo tho
fl master of a power that must fill every Richmond buymg commumty With a
fcisfaction for ecoiiomy thnt leaves ordinary chances far in the hnckground
?\nd these facilities nre not confincd to any class of goods, but extend to nlmost
oi'v want You must come to the store in order to realize what is going on.
That
C.aim a
Silka that aro as freo from the ordinary price-direotioni ns i{
this was (ho only silk storo in this country. Head tlns list, and
tliftv constitnte but ono out of ien on sale.
50C. SILK CTUFFONS AND
MOUSSELINE DE SOIES AT 29c.
VAKD?1,000 ynrds, in wliito, blnck
fthd erenm, ptire silk, best wearing
qiialities.
75c. WHITE HABUTAI SILK AT
50c. YARD?21 picces. embroldered
in dots and lignred deaigna, eoft and
lttatrous, for whqle dressces and
separntc waists. ?
81.00 MOIRE VELOURS AT 50c.
.YARI>?To close .125 yards, white
grounds, witli atrlpes, in _ pnlcat.
tints, newest largo wjivo dosigna.
88c. BLACK TAFFETA SILK AT
65c. YARD?11 pieccs, bnndaomest
Lvona dye, "gtinranteed to wear,"
fiill lnater, wiilth nnd weight.
75c. BLACK TAFFETA SILK AT
45c. YARD?11 piccea, wear gunr
anlced, Biack Tnffeta Silk, pure
ailk, suitable for shirt-waist auita.
S,.9S BLACK TAFFETA SILK
AT $1.19?150 yarda, Kid Finiahcd
Importcd Dlnck Taffeta, full 27
inclies wide, cxtra heavy kind, for
skirts.
Soc. CREPE MILENA AT 29c.
.YARD?ln ligld blue, pink, black,
lieliotrope, ciciTii and white. cm
broidcrcd in small, neafc designs.
65c. WHITE JAPANESE SILK
A/r v,jC,?200 yarda, full yard wide,
puro'silk and will launder like lincn.
Soc. WASH SILKS AT 25c?2(15
yarda Corded Wttahftble Kilk, in all
tha most popular coloringa, for
sliirt-waiala.
$1.00 CREPE DE CHINES AT
69c. YARD?2,000 ynrds, exquisito
qimlities, in nll tlie popular street
nnd evenlng sliades, includlng bhick,
Bome plnin nnd eomo panno tlniahcd.
85c. BLACK PEAU DE SOIE AT
59c.?These nre tlie best Lyon'a dye,
with a beautiful aatiny aliecn, guar
antced ptiro silk.
$1.50 BLACK GRENADINES AT
95c.?They nro full 45 inches wide,
in embroldered stripe effects, made
of pitro Lyons dye Bcwing silk.
$2.98 AND 83.25 BLACK H.ER
NANI iAT $1.50?Thcae aro in tho
novclty embrofdered effectH, utripo,
Bcroll and llornl dosigns, 45 inches
wide.
50c. SILK PONGEE AT 2.5c.
YARD?These nre the Yanki Silk
Pongoea, in all sliades, for streot and
evnning wear.
$1.00 SHANTUNG PONGEE AT
60C,?'j'hoy nre ln tbe natural bam
boo cplor, the gentiine kind, thnt
liniTidcis, plain and embroidered ef?
fects.
S1.35 BLACK PEAU DE LEVANT
AT g8c?-It's tlie flnest imported
mnke. soft, rhellow finish. atriotly
reveraible, will wear sntisfactorily.
The Sale of Metal Reds Presents Chances
Tha.t Are Rare. As long as thoso aro here you can buy
a White Enaineled Full Size Bed for $1.98, or .one with
woven-wire sp'ririgs and cottoh-tbp mattress for ?4.75. Somo
are 82.75, others io $25.00. All less than they cost to pro
tlnce.
_ and Cases
JS of JK#J
They come to us at one-half, and in most stores the wholesalo
prices would be moro than clouble. Every width, from tho nar
rowest to tho widest, aud idl of thoni tho new productions?the
latest from the looms, incmding all-overs, etc.
5c will buy 0 to 15 Einbroideries.
lc, 9c and 12#c will buy Ernbrbiderios that are worth doublo.
19c, 25c and 35c buys'.Embrbiderios that cost to 85c. Our
hundrods of rare embroidcrio.s about similar price ratos. All tho
loft aisloway is fille'd with them.
Tbe Sale of
on tho hasis of all Colien's
merchandise.
The ninchiiies wo offer are
tlio best, and liavo more up
to-dato improvements than
anv machiiio in the market.
We Mixke Little Prices.
??-,
Wc.doti'Jt .pay' canvaaaers,
We 'dmi't aell on instalmcnt.
We don't spiid instrucLors.
Wo don't pay aai organiztttion'a expense siniply on machines.
"The Riolimonci," 812.50. Drop-Head, S15.00.
" Tlie Lakewood,'-' $18.50, Autoraatio liftaud wosll front, S21.00.
All with full ii'eta of attaclimente, IN ALL a7o MACHINES TO BE SOLD.
All That Want Mattings
for the Summer
Must como now. Tho prettiost
ever offofed lind tho lowost
prices ovor ut any special sales
for years past. Every stylo and
color that is produced.
FANCY CHINA MATTINGS FOR
7C. YARD, USUAL i?>/2c. GRADE.
Jointless Cliina Mattings for 10c.
Heavy China Mattings no seams,
iiHiinl 20c. irrndo, 15c. ?
Fancy Uingo Mntting, always
22 to 2Be., for 13y2c. ynrd.
ClOsO'Woven Cliina Mattings, red,
grecn or bluo. 25c. ynrd,
Heavlcst China Matiings, best
35c. grnde, for 25o. ynrd.
Llnon-Warp "Mattings for lsc.
yard.
Damnslc Llnnn-Wnrp Mattings,
cnrpbt elTents, 25c. ynrd.
LSnen-Warp Nofelty Mnttlrigs,
35 nnd 45o., tlio always flOo. grade.
Orass Mattings, all colors, 3So.
yarid.
Thousands of White
Goods Have Fallen
Into Our Hands.
It is diflicult to belioye that
so many undervalues could be
reachod by a singlo store. And
it promiso's to be the greatest
"White Soason" of all tho past.
WHITE INDIA LINON, tho fin
est 40-inch ever sold for I2y3c,
price 0'/,c
Mcrcerized Striped Mndrris, ini
portcd from Frdnce, doublo width,
newcst 25c. white goods, for 15c.
Yard-\7ido Striped Mddras, 12%
yarda for 8%c.
. 25c, Morcerized Plald and Striped
Mndrns for lOo.
1,000 ydrds White India Linon for
3'/2c.
40 inches wide 10c. India Linon
for Oc.
Wide, Double-Width Wash Chlf
fons, that usually sells for 45c, for
10c.
The Handsome S5c. Iniported
Dotted Swiases for 10c.
There are liundreds of otlier
Whito CooU3 that we want you to
see.
Cohen's Ribbon Store
Has No Bottom.
You aro liable to buy them at
almost any price whenever we
do. Here are a few inslances of
that sorfc of selling.
52 Cnrtons, of nll-silk Louisine,
ln every slindc, 3'/a to 4-lnch, per
ynrd, 10e.
Black TafTeta NTeek ltiTibons for
12l/8o.
Full 6-lnch Finest Black 30c. Tnf
fetn for 25c.
SELF-SHADES FANCIES, 3%
Inelins wido, for 11c.
Persinn TafTetas, nll colorings,
worth 30c, for 10c.
Sasli Width of Soft Luxor Taf
fcln for 38o.
VELVET RIBBONS?These prices
for Monday, per picee of 10 ydrds:
No. IVs for 12?/sc, Id No. 3 for 28c.
All widths belwecn.
No. 5 iSatin-Bnek Velvet for 0c
a ynrd.
Sale of Colored
and Black
This storo is Dotod for its roliahle fahrics. Every pieceiinder
goes tho elosest scrutiny. Every color is ohtainable. EVEltl
BLACK EAJBHIO is reliablo, or it is not sold here. Somo of the
sale prices:
Colored Dress Goods.
ROc. All Pure Wool Mifttral Ef.a
mines, in all tlio new phadcs, for
tho yard, 30c.
French Corded London Twina
Voiles, tliat cannot ho matohed for
loss than $1.25, apecial nt 76c. yard.
50 picces Sllepherd Chccks, thnt
aold for 60 to 75c, will be 37>/2c a
yard.
Plain nnd Lace Effect Brilllan
tines, in crcam nnd blue. full dou
blo width, nt the yard, 48c.
Every new ahndo in All-Wool
Double-Width Frcncli Albatross for
39c. a 3'ard.
Newcat Spring Fabrlca in Silk and
Wool and All-Wool Noveltlea, thnt
Bold for $1.00 and $1.25, cholce for
(11)0.
Silk nnd Wool Cliallicfl, in the
newcst color comblnations, best 39c.
value, for 25c. a yard.
Dark Colored Etnrninea, some
flsh-net effects, thnt aold for 69c,
speciai, nt the yard, 36c.
All-Wool Criish Etnmine, for
tailored suits, looka just, liko Oie
$1.00 ki'nd, for 44c a yard.
Wavo Voilcs, in tho much wantcd
colurs, crcam, plnk and blue, for
10c. a ynrd.
All colora in 54-lneh Brondcloths,
includlng black, good $1.25 klnd,
for SOe. a yard.
The Sale of Black Goods
?will havo
44-inch Sntin-Faced Vcncts for
75c.
50-inch-wlde $1.75 Grcnada Cloth
for $1.25.
ATI-Wool Blnck Chevlot Storra
Scrge, the best 50c. gTnde, for 38c.
The Black London Twine, Priest
ley, flncst $2.00 qtmlity, for $1.50. (
French Voilc, fincat grndc, (hat
aold nnywhere for $1.25, for 85c.
All-Wool Amcrican Voile. will
wear equal to nny made, full double
width, speciai 38c
3ft picccs of Mohair Brllliantvne,
will bo sold Monday, nll of th?m
boat crow blnck?tho 48c. quallty
will lio aold for 29c, the 50c. quality
will be aold for 33c, the 00c. qualky
will be 60c \
Tho 44-lnch Mohnlr Sicilian, thnt
ls nlwaj-3 $1.30, wlll oe aold for
$1.00.
$1.05 Satin Rtrlpe Llnton, new
Frcnch fabric, ia marked $1.19.
The ububI 48c. Black irenriettaa
for 25c.
There aro hundreda of Drcas Goods
at just auch prlcea.
m
Even a little purse can buy a big package of goods.
Black Linlng Pcrcalines, the 20
and 25c. grades, for i2ysc
600 yards Dn:ssmaker's Carn
brica for 2%c.
Black Mercerized Satteen Lin
ings, tha; are ar.c, for 15c.
i2%c. Canvas, 42 inches wide,
for 8V2C.
20 and 25c. Figurcd Scliciaa for
:o!/2c.
$1.12 RUFFLED SWISS MUS
LIN CURTAINS for 65c.
Silkolines, the regular i2i/:c.
ones, m short lengths, for 5%c.
Lace Curtains, that are the
best S1.50 ones, for $1.00.
White Spotted 16c. Muslins for
eVic.
WHITE MERCERIZED 0X
FORTS, that cost 16c, for 8c.
12'^c. White Persian Lawns
for yy,c.
A lot of White India Linons
and Persian Lawns, that cost 9
to i2y:c, for 5%c.
40-inch Persian Lawns for gc.
India Linons, that cost to iGc,
for 9'A,c.
40-inch 25c. White Organdies
for i2'/;,c.
4-4 SEA ISLAND PERCALES,
llght and dark grounds, some solid
colors among the lot, all this sea
son's best designs, for 8%c.
5C Light Calicoes, in shirting
and suiting designs, 5,700 yards
to bc sold for 3%c.
Yard-Wido Madra3, with mer
cerized satin strlpe, fancy prlnted,
the 16 2-3C. grade, tor 8%c
Yard-Wide 10 and 12c. French
Percales, light and dark grounds,
neat, desirable styles, your choice
of the lot, 53/jC.
Best 6c. Apron Ginghams, ln
nll size checks and colors, for
4%C.
Mill-Ends of 4-4 Alpine Rose,
Pride of the West and other
hrands of i2>/2c. Cotton and Cam
brics for 8>/8c.
Mercerized Oxford Suitlng,
whito grounds, neat designs of
black and blue, the 16 2-3C. kind,
for 8%c,
3%c. Fine Unbleachcd Cotton,
not f?v'te a ya:d wide, for 2%c.
4-4 Bleached Cotton, free from
dressing and worth 8c, for ss/_c.
8c. Seersucker Ginghams, in
several designs, for 4-%C
340 DOZEN LINEN FINISHED
PILLOW CASES, some hem
stitched ones among them, 42x36
and 45x36, worth up to 20c, your
pick from the lot for i2i/2c.
280 dozen Linen Finlshed Shets,
72x90, 8ixgo and 90x90, cost up
to 72c, any for 55c.
72 Imported Marseilles Quilts,
heavily embossed, some fringed
ones, cost up to $6.00, your choice
of this lot, $3-50.
136 Crochet Quilts, Marseilles
designs, some nre fringed, not all
nerfect, worth up to $1.25, your
pick for 69c.
With any
Cotton Fabric
you buy on
first floor,
Shirt - Waist
Quantity, or
over, we give
free one of the
newest Paper
Waist Pat
terns. A s k
the sales peo?
ple.
Aiiv slzo you Want.
The MOST C0MPLETE INFANTS'
STORE. Many speciai prices Mon?
day,
INFANTS' CAPS, auch n variety
as never scen before; too many
atyles to deacribe; all aorts and
aizes, ribbon und laco triuiined?
tho usual 50c Cnps, for 35o
Rtylish ? unlinod China Silk Caps
dainty lienistitched tucks flat ef
feet, 'for C5o.
aiildren'a White Pique Reefera
large cbllar with embroidery rufllo:
Bizcs to 4 yoars, for $'l.oo.
Handsome P. K. Reefera, aoteral
stvles, Finb Eembroidery Trirriming
large ncnrl'buttona,, sityliah box
pleiiteci effect, prico $2.48.
Cohen's Notions
Covor a wliolo storo. Theso ro
markablo prices for quick buy
ors:
/gate Buttons, all sizes, 0, 8 and
Oc. ones, are 5o. card.
Whito Boading, 12 designs, for
3c bunch.
Double Initials, so much in do
mand, 3 dozcn sets on card, for 10c.
card. ,
King's Spool Cotton, 3 spools for
6c
Slockinot Dress Shiolds, 6c pair.
H pnpers Hairpins for lc
20 pattcrns Fino Foather-Stitch
Braid for 5c. piece of (1 yards.
Blnck Silk Garter F.laBfic, best
15o. kind, for 8c. ynrd.
10 cases Laundry Snnp, large rnkos
and flno Soap, 2c. cake. (Toilot
Dcpartment.)
10 pieccs Blnck Net Velling, lOo
qualitv, for o 1-2C.
50 gross Large Tenrl Buttons. so
much in demnnd, 3 styles to select
from, for 25c. dozen.
THE QUALITIES OF THE
BOYS' CLOTHING are those sold
by most reliablo house. The
styles aro the newest. Tho prices
in most instances ARE ONE
HALF. Thore are many hundreds
Suits. All-Wool and Summer
Wash Suits na well.
The Better-at-Once
Bought Good.r.
Silk Tapcr Ladies' Knit Vcats
for gc.
(Basemcnt.)
Ladies' Embroldered Handkcr
chicfa, 25 to 50c. ones, for 121/jC
(Main Floor.)
Ladlea*" Laco Lislo , Hoae, that
aro 25 and 35c. onea, for 14c.
60c Table Llncn, all pure linen
nnd cxtra heavy, for 35c.
Rcgular i2yzc. Colored Bordcr
cd Huck Towels for 6'/,c.
Ladies* English Glorla Umbrcl
laa, 25 and gsc, the rcgular 50c
and $1.50 onea.
27 dozen 50 to 75c. Infants'
Laco Caps, choico 35c.
Yard-Widc Wliitc Linen Cam
bric, 35c. quality, for 21c.
(Linen Department.)
Ilcavy Drcsa Cheviots, for
drcEsea, that cost 8c, for 3"/Hc.
& Made Garm ents arsec!d.be
No matter what tho prices woro or however handsome.
$32.60 Tnilor-Madc. Suit* for $20.00.
$15.00 Broadcloth Suita for $10.00.
Most Beautiful $12.50 Suits of
the eeasoh aro $7.50.
All-Wool Voile Sliirt-Waist Suits
are $7.50.
BROADCLOTH DRESS SKIRTS
to be sold fcs $2.00.
$5.00 Cheviot Skirts for $3.60.
$7.50 Mohalr SkiHs for $5.00.
Gradunted Tunic Skirts, that
wero $11.50, now $7.50.
LADIES' TAFFETA SILK
COATS, ncwcst styles, good qual
itv taffeta, for $3.08.
"Peau dc Roie STUc Coats for *??. 00.
TafTeta Coats, that wero $li>.,o,
wlll "Do $7.75.
120 WRAPPERS, of best per
eale, nll Bizes, tbe usual $1.50 ones,
for g8c
The $1.08 ones $1.25.
' The Sale of Shirt-Wcdsts.
Hundreds of Chinn Silk Sliirt
Waiats, various nttrnctive designs,
plain tucked or-lace trimmed, black
or white, nll sizes, for $2.45.
Attractivo Peau de Cygne Waists,
urilined, with rowa-of ailk faggot
ing, large puff Blcoves, latest apring
shades and blnok, for $4.85.
New and Stylish Silk Waists.
round shirrcd y'oke, new collar and
slceves, soft cvenlng bIhuIcs, for
S5.0S.
Lot of Silk Peau de Cygno Waists,
bought to flell quick, aliinotivo in
design, evirrr ! desirablo shade, a
jiretty wnist reddy to wenr, for loss
thnncost of, material, price .$2.50.
Silk Pongco Wnists, natnral color,
cmbroiderod in cherry design, new
idea, prico $4.05.
Handsome I-ncc and Crepe de
Cllino Waists, importcd designs,
from $0.50 to $10.50.
Lot of Whito Pique nnd Crnsh
Rliirt-Wnists, hemstitchod and tuck
ed voke, large pouch slceves, regu
]nr $1.50 Wnist, for OSo. v
Other Wash Waists, of linen enn
vas, well made, largo but tons, n!l
sizes to 41, tho 85c. Wnist, for 50c.
Benutiful White McrceHzed Shirt
Waists, vnrious stylish designs, new
collar and slcevcs, for $1.98.
White Etnmine Waists, embroid"
ered in cherry design, soft, washable
mnfcrinl, cxtra brond sliouldcrs,
price $2.45.
Lndies' Wbito Oxford Cloth
Wnisis, broad tucked front and
slioulders, largo bultons, attractiya
and sorvicenble Wnist, for 70c
Puro Linen Wni*tn, nll tho lntest
designs, and all sizes for $2.75 and
$3,118.
ToStCo?eTor Cotton Fabrics.
Tbe b'asement and main floor must bo visited. Many of them
sold for the cost of tho printing aud tho spaco for them is moro
tjian doubled now. Head tho comparitive prices of what they
ordinarily cost.
Tho new Crepe Kimona nnd Dress
Clotlia, were 17c, speciai prico 8>/2c.
Roal India Linons, in handsomost
printing, on white grounds, 1%
yards wide, 10c. best price ever aold,
for 12y3o.
8,700 yards English Batiste, new
8 l-3c onea, 5%c.
The 25c Oxford Merccrized Clotlia
for 16 2-3o.
Fihest 20c. Chambrie, in Bolid
colors, for 12y2c.
Merccrized Motissclines for 10c
Tmported Dimities, in newesfi de?
signs, will be sold for P2'/2o.
Usual 12VaC. Zcphyr Ginghams
will lu sold for 10c.
18c Merccrized nnd Corded Ma
dras for 10c.
A lot of printed Duck for DreBses
and Skirls, in white ground3, navy
bluo or black, for 10c.
$x.5o FOR THE ASKING?A
card ls glven you, nnd when
punched to the amount of $3.00
is good at THE ELITE STUDIO,
307 Eaat Broad Street, for $3.00
in Ariototype Photoa, or any pur
cbaae over that amount.
"THE FAVORITE" for wo
man's comfort. The DIP WAIST
EXTENDER?and the waist sup
porter holds tlie garments just
where and as you want them. On
practical exhibition.
(Right Aisle?Main Floor.)
In the Bo^rg'dun
Basement.
A md.nuf&xturer's bevKnce stock that does not know hcw to m&wke poor Underwear
for your choosing?be quick. The Price, 29c
Lots, but &ai sizes. The best of them cost 98c. We throw them out
Jiea
has
JJFAQUIER HORSES
ARE WINNERS
LlltlG Jorrlck Sold Wlth Roy
alty Reserved-?The Cav?
alry Cadets.
(Speclal to Tlio TImes-I)l8pntch.)
WAKKhlNTON, VA., Aprll 25.?Ml
nr ii,-,, itniityii'M condltlon U :
t-illy v, yrtt< Hls> auucU !? ou? i*l iu..'
Boverlty that extreme exh'auatlon,result
liip; therefrom, ueema to debnr the pos
sllillity of tho rally necossury lo carry
liim beyond the danger line, Ills broth?
er. General I3pna lliinton, was wlth tlie
slck man constanUy durlng hla 3tay here
lllih Wl ''lt.
Thn telophono llnes of thls county havo
boen mergcd into ono and a oentra) of
Oi'fl wlll Ik> estftbllshed ln Warreiiton.
Ureat Interest la felt In tho srhemo by
m.iny resldenta and many of thom are
taking phones ln thelr housea,
Th<i cavalry gquad Of Hethnl Milltary
Academy, under oommand of Major ltan
lett, gnvn an exhlbltlon drlll on tlie
grounds surroundlng iho Fauquter White
Bulphur Sprlnga last Saturduy.
A protracted meeting la in progreaa at
I ttit, linpilat i.'hiiioh, Kev, Mlllard la con
ductlng tho servloes,
There la much talk about the ooudltto'n
I of tlie roadH surrouiiiiliig the tnwn. 'JJho
! rltlmns wlll meot next Monday and dis
' cusa the matter.
POSTOFF1C R Dl 5CONTINUI? D
Satos of Land In Highland -Large Fish
Hawk Kllled.
(Spetial t? Tl)? Tlme?-Pl?p?tcb.)
MONTURKV, VA., April 15"..-The post
oft'l'o ?it Waycrosu; <>n ii... Siuii.it.,n and
Parlu-n-biirg rilie, lUitvn mlloa east oif
Monterey, b?a been dlscontlnued, the
poatmaeter, Mr, Harry Wilaon, havlng
moved 10 Btaunton, The shop mall route
alojig tho VaJley haa been lengtUonod. so
ac t. have Ui :i'iu.i:(-! .-. i .? terminuH.
Thui.MJiiy fV44 County Court day, Ow*.
ing to the unsettled weaiher, iv.idering
plowlng and aprlng work generally li;i
po -.ii 1k. u goodly crowd uttended tho
.? '::-): hawg, kllled by Mr, Stuart Slmi
!):?; foUovvlpg Iiupjrtant talea, purcluvsea
nnd rereinovals nre reported durlng th.s
woek: , '
Mr. M, K, Mnnzy, of Crnbhottnm, has
sold hls doslrable homo to -Mr. 10. A.
Dudloy tlie former purclioslflg 0 tlna
li.nn ln GroonUrler, nnd tho county wlll
lose Mr. Mttljzy nnd hls Bon-ln-law,
Ueorge \V. Wliitlpck. Near tlio smmi placo
ln Oreehbrler, Mr. Henry Simnions, who
i,vi-s near tlio State llno, hougnt a, *15,?
Oful farm for hls son. Mr. Coo Bevoragn,
of Hiifk Creok, wlll also enst hls lot
wlth tho peoplo of West Vlrglnla. Iiav
Jng purohosed on Knnpp'a Crcek. ln Vo
caliontas.
Tho county loses etll) another old cltl
Bon, ln tlie person of Mr. J. H. Ili<1y,
o? McRowoll, wlfo. with hls fiimlly, 1ms
gone to tlie now lown of Cass, Just ncroaa
the llno,
Mi-. ll.irmon Ulrd, n youns farmer of
Back Creek, who recently went to tlio
Jolins Ilopluna Hospltal, roporta that ho
lniH beon onerated oh, tho supgeons ro
niovliiK a cancorous growtb from nls
M|\ S.'C. Hlavi'ii nnd Mrs. John Page,
of the MoadQW Dalo oonimunlty, havo
been reported on thu slck llst.
Mrs, Amanda A'rbogaat, "f Monteroy,
ls vtHitlng the home ?t \ier son, Mr. W,
M ArbOgast, at Marllnton, W. Va.
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVEN?
TION,
Savannah, Ga., May 7-14, 1903,
i--..r mi- occaslpn thu AJlantlc Ooaat
l.mo wlll sell ih.lu-iii tu ri.iviiuniih, Oa.,
au.i return froni Ulolu.I. M^-SO; from
petorsburg, JH.55, plus S5 cents; llckets <>n
i.al.i May -ltIi. Btli, Otli and 7th, flnul limit
Mav i?tii, except under certaln omiii
tions ext -nsion of I'iiin: iimtt <-.ui i
,,i,i ilnecl untll June !?*? Thla '? l1"" qulck
efit and ino^t comfbrtabla route to Savan?
nah; through pullman Pieeplng and i1*"
\n_ i-.irs. for Pullman aecomroodallona
and Cu|l Informatlon, apply lo any iiKi-nt
oi the company; or
<-. s. I'A.Mi'iJin.i,,
nivi-ion paeaenger Agent,
H'ii fast Mulu Btreet, lUclsmond, Va..
MANY CANDIDATES
IN WESTMORELAND
Nomlnatlng Conventions for
County Offlcers Are Still
Several Months Off.
(Spi'vl'il to Tbo Tlmeo-?Ui>atcb.)
HBATllSViid/K. VA.. April 23.?In
spite of Um faot tliat the tlmo for nom
lnatln.g conventlomi" ls qulte a number
of months off, tho polltlonl Hituailon ln
Wi'Htmoivlaii.l county s becomlng more
Interestlng oach week and tho subject
is belng pretty wannly dlspussed and tlio
candldatoa for tlio numorous offU-es to
| be ||lled by electlon thla fall nre by
no meaiia few. l serYlflg the people by
lilllng a county offlce la patriotlsm.
WestTiiorelaiHl has her ahare of patnois
Just now. Many of tho most jiromliuiit
men of th,. c;ounty are candldates for
somo of th,. ottlces,
Three popular liemocrnta will run for
tho offlpo nf tlio Comniomveiflth'H Altur
1 :.".? ''.,:.,:.,! itobert J- iVashlngton, the
I preaeii) IncumLeni; 0. C, Paker. and \Y.
' T. Mayo, InUicatlons ahow that thero
-vn 111 nlso b? a warm llght (or the she'.'Ifl'a
oilin-. Proni what is lieard nt all pub?
llc gatherfligs. it mny ho Inforrcd that
iln- contuat wlll be very splrited, liut
in no way do Ihlnga Indiciito tli.it thero
wm h ? miy blttcrnesa in the contest,
Ali.-i- ;i careful examlnatlon it Is fund
lhai ihe iiuit crop ls but very llttle liuvt
ln th. Northern Neok. lt is truo that the
major pari ? >! the early peacliea, were
kllled and i .-. ii lleu from tlie trees.
A] , clieri lo ? un\l PtlW frl" iUt' very
Hlightly ,i..ii. ?>:.',i, it at all. Tho dam
afc-a to ihu jieaeU ?i?i>. JSW tmwmit to
)
thoimnnds of dollnrs and the loes wlll
bo hcuvy'to somo of tho fralt growora.
llundreds of laborlng men of tho North?
ern Nock, hnve gono north, whero they
Wlll work untll next wlnter and furmcrs
knowlng how Bcafoe labor wlll ho during
tlio eomlng Hiimmor, are buylng expen
sho lnlinr-savlng mnelilrie.ry and are In
other waya ns far as lt ls pnsslhle ar
ranglng to do wlthout hlred labor.
The demand for horses la greater here
now Utan It hns ever been, Horses not
rcnlly worth $7R, aro brln-ylng 1185, wlth?
out nny trouble. H. 0. Rowe recontly re
turiii'd from Washlngton brlnglng wlth
hlm Btiven horses, nnd 1ms nlrondy mnde
Biilo for tho most of them, gettlng hand
somo prices.
Knrniers ln thls seetlon are of the
oplnlon that tho Engllsh pea crop wlll be
out ahort ono-hnlf thls year. In muny
cases thero ls a hnd stand. nnd the cold
wet weather has been bnd on them.
The heavy frost of Tuesday nlght klll?
ed many thousiinda of tnmato plnnts thnt
hml been aet out. Tho potatn erop here
la a c-omplote fnllure, t":ie sred V.avlng
rotied ln the ground. Many ot tha for
men Wlll plant ovor ngaln.
Tne Board of Suprrvlsorj for North
umlierland county met h-ere Snturdny.
Tho maln business beforo the bonrd wns
concerning tho improvementa of the pub?
llc roads. It was doclrtc-d that nll of tlie
eurplus road monvvy in the hnnds of the
treqsurer bolonglng to Falrlleld Olstrtct,
should be iliiiwn and usod for tho imme
lUaii! Improvenunt of tlio roads of that
dlstrlcf. 0, V, Bettfl, who waa road cori
M'RCtor fo,- Fa'.rliold Dlstrlct hnnded ln hla
rCBignatlop, and I.ee llurgess wlll be ap
polnteq" to llll the iraciincy. wlth a thou
sainl dollar salary.
U. S. liglihouse steamer camo to Tmng
ton recently, I)r. rrltchard. n meiTihor of
tho pighthousp Bo.ird nnd presldent of
Massacliusetts School of, Techriology, was
Ubroad, and had as hls gt|e?t< Or. Ellot,
presldent of Harvard Collego; Mrs. l'rlt
cliett, and Mlsa Ellot. wero ulso nf the
.uuny, 'i'hey aueut the clav; at Irvliigton, i
nnd on the next day viHitod Old Olirlst
Cliureh aud other polnts of Interest.
Miss Julla Eulmnk la spendliig some
time ln Unltlmnre, vlsltlng frlends,
Mrs. Frank Mustard aud wlfe of Ohlo,
aro gucBta of frlends here.
Mlsa Pessle Adntna la spcndlng somo
tlmo In Washington.
Hon. G, Ilardlng Walker ls here for a
short vlslt.
Hon. I-loyd T. Smith, who has beon
spendlng some tlmo at the natlon'a capl;
tal, has returned home.
A BACKWARD SEASON
Red Dlrt to Make More Mud In the
County Roads.
DRAKIS'S imANOII, VA., April l\?The
opinion la very genoral that farm and gar
don work was never known to ho so much
bohind, and woro It not that In auch mat?
ters meniory la treiifhernus and we forgot
tho genoral verdict of an unusunl wet und
Vmckward spring would bo well aiistalnod.
Pesplte the fearftil bad roada, tobUCPO
oontlnues to ho brought to thls markot,
nnd Balas aro falrly good. Conslderablo
tobacco Is yet to ho niarketed.
The niiid force is now at work with
wiigou and ninlea h.uillng In a fresh lot of
red dlrt ln tlio deep holcs to make moro
iiiiil decper miul If t.He ralns eMitlnuo.
There ls now a petitlon eireiihitid for
elgna; ures amoiig our penple aaking tho
I^glslaturo to glve our Hoard of Super?
Vtaors the anthoilty to horrow JIOO.WV) for
tho purpose nf periiiuiiently lmprovlng our
roads. Thls Is a inovo ln the rlght direc
tlnii. Belter roads and bctter publlp
schools ls the need of tlie hour, not only
in Ohai'lotto county, but throughout this
Commonwealth.
The Woman'a Mlsslnnary Soelcty of t-he
Presbyterlan Church meeta at chase Clty
to-day. Miss Mattle Oaynes and Mrs.
Susan M. White, delegatos from tho
church here, left to-day to atu-iid tho
mei tlng.
Mr. 15. H. Ohalkley, the popular agent
of tho Southern Railway, ls slck, nnd Mr.
10. M. Uce. of Scottsburg, hts taken lils
place temporarlly.
aiei'chaiita are rucelvinjg aud fllanlavln
a beautlful nnd varlod stock of sprlim
goods nnd trade Is good. deaplte the
weather, for raln may come and the sun
mny go. but tho demands of fashlon and
ni'cesaitles of Ilfe go on forever.
LYNCHBURG T. P. A*S.
Interested in the T. P. A, Eilition of Th?
Timt's-Dispntch.
(Speclnl to Tho Tlines-Dlsputeh.)
I.VNOIUUIRC:, VA., Aprll 86,?Member*
of tiynohhurg Poal, Travelcra' Protbctlve
Assoclntlon, aro much Interoated In tha
ppeolal edltlon of tho Itlohnioml Tinies
Dlspntoh, whlch Is to bo publlslied in the
Interest of tlio order, Tho i-yiu-hbui-fi
lY.st wils only orgnulzod on January 01 li,
but alnco that tlmo lt hns had a prapn-.
ous growth, nnd now has about rtfiv
flve meml/fi-H. I'rmtloitlly eyery whofe
Hiilo houso 111 the clty Is npiv<--ontcd iu
the orgiinlzatlnu, nnd tho eiithu'slaam tl'.t
ls sliown glvcs promlso of n brlght fu'.uiv.
Members nf tho post vleiv Tlio ThncK
Hispatch nutorprlse wlth a great deal of
I'nvor, nnd the speclal edltlon nf the pap.-r
has thelr best wjslies, Thoy nro looklng
forward to Its jaildieallon wlth mtu-.'.i la
tc-reat. Thoso wlio are lamlllar wlth tlio
history ot' the asgoclatlon doclara that
the growth of tho Uyiiclihurg l'ost will
pompare fnyorably wlth that of any other
post lu tho couiltry, and thln fact is a
sourco of much eucourugement to ihe
iiirnihe.rs. Tlie present offlcers of tho
post nro as follows:
H. S. Ogleaby, presldent; O. S. lOnglo
dove, secretary and tivnsiirr-r; Q, A, 1 >i<i?
guld, fll'St vU-o-presiiU-nt; i', \V. liuiittr,
second, vlce-presidehti Dr, Sainuol <i. i.lie,
posc aurgeon,
ivmmlttco chalrmen?N. P. Hundy,
Knilrosuls; J. AV. Oraddoclt. Leglslatlvoj
J. W. Wood, Pi-cs.;; Q, 1J. Maliood, Hotel;
J. 0. Onbney. Eniploynicnt, and. J. It.
Hrown. Mcuiln-iKhlp.
Pii-ectOl'B-W. H. Wlnfree, cliairinan; A.
I., Beaaley, u. T. IVatta, Jr., J. 'I; Oiu,
Etiid, ii. h. Tliornhlll, (jlintun DeVVlU
JlV. UJid ti. B, AdiMiij,
