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WATER W'KS
MAGIC THER
Irrigation Creates a City In a
Sterile Desert.
INGENUITY AND DARING
A Virginia Minister Finds Life Worth
Living and Americans the Same in
New Mexico as in the East.
Open Door Hospitality.
(Written for The Times-Dispatch.)
CARLSBAD, TERRITORY OK NEW
MEXICO, July 10.?In coming "out West"
. from Fort Worth, Texas, by the Texas
and Pacific, one soon runs int.) the arid
regions. For hundreds of Interminable
miles, as they seem, the traveler Joui.ieys
In to, region which seems almost a desoli,
which Is a dosort, and much of Which
unti) a comparatively recent period fig?
ured on tho map as the "Great American
Desert." For miles and miles no human
habitation Is vieillie, and when they
appear they remind us how little Is neces?
sary to man. The va-st stretches of end?
less prairies nre solitudes, save for the
herds of cattle and .the florks of sheop.
And from the car windows they seem
to live on sand and mesqulto bushes.
After the Impact of this monotony,
lasting from 6 A. AI. to ? P. ??., striking
incessantly on my wearied Imagination
like the echoes of eternity. I arrived a!
Carlsbad, "The Beautiful," with Its thlrlj
miles of cottonwood trees reaching In ami
out of the town In every direction. And
1 got my first lesson In the meaning of
"an oasis In a desert."
WEARY, DREARY WAITING;
Here, after fourteen years of weary
waiting and hoping, is a vigorous young
town of 2,000 people. An American town,
too, with thirty negroes and a small
Alexlcan outsklrt, lending plcturesquo
ress and pathos, piquancy and sail, to the
situation. Hero the negro Is an alien.
The Alexlcnn Is a brawny, useful peon,
freer and more Independent than the
negro, because never any man's slave.
And when I got there the town and the
west side of tho Pocos River (Rio Peros)
were having a lesson In another scrip
lure: "As pants tho wearied hart for
cooling streams." For tho water '.'which
is the life" was not crossing the. river in
the flumn three miles above town as of
j-ore. The old wooden "flume" had gone
out and tho now one, on which 2fi,000
acres of farming lands depended for irri?
gation water, though constructed, was
not sealed at the ends least and west)
nnd my treasurer was, as president and
general manager of Pecos Irrigation
Company, "up against" the real thing
in the effort to get the dirt, connections
with the concrete structure to hold the
moving stream of water. Aleantlme tlie
thirsty land and the snmpeded Agrarians
were crying out for water.
Now tho "seal" has boon fixed and the
deep canal west of town carries its im?
mense quantities of water to the thirsty
land. One cannot realize the beauty of
the clear streams of water running
through the town, the pasture, the field
and tho garden, without seeing them.
WATER DID IT.
The Pecos River rises In Colorado and
In northeastern New Alexlco, passes Las
Vegas, gradually ncaring the eastern bor?
der, and crosses tho lino Into western
Texas, fifty miles from Now Aloxlco's
southeast corner. Carlshnfl, formerly
Eddy, is the county scat of Kddy county,
and Is named after Cnrlsbnd In Austria
because of the strong "salts" springs
bere. It Is on the west side of the Pecos
River. This river, passing through the
county, crosses ? mesa containing abotu
one-third tho county and skirted on
either side by ranges of steep hills. The
Irrigating plant consists of two Immense
dams, 1,400 feet long and 4S feet high.
They are thrown square across the Pecos
nt. Lakes Avalon and McMillan, six and
fourteen miles above here. Three and
one-half miles above the town the canal
forms n Y. nnd one branch skirts the
foothill east of the river, while tho other
crosses it through the "flume," or aque?
duct. This is an Immense concrete struc?
ture spanning the river in four ina font
Roman arches. It Is 2f) feet wide In the
open, the wall's are IS foot high nnd two
feet thick. The" carrying capacity Is 1,500
cubic feet of water per second.
The east side canal is constructed for 12
miles from the Y or branch. The west
side Is constructed -in miles from the
dam, und delivers water for 2.? miles.
The flume is not nt present taxed to its
c-.pacity.
This town is, I believe, on a solid basis
of growth and development after the sud
experiences following the hoom period.
Though suffering the losses Inciden! to
delayed irrigation, the farmers are going
About their work with courage and hope.
Every one feds now that the water sup?
ply is sure and tini the future is a
mere matter of intelligent brains applied
to scientific farming.
SCIENTIFIC DARING.
We wonder at the "vision," the. daring,
the almr.it recklosa daring with which
1he early triumvirate must have scaled
the dizzy heights '?{ truth In promoting
the fmanclal Bide of the enterprise. Rut
their courage, their persistent promoting,
whatever it may have done with tho
prospects of many persons in the early
day? of the valley, had made the country
what it is to-day, From Eastern Texas
on one hears of Carlsbad BB the placo
to go for enterprise and for work, And
?professor John Dabney Tlneley, ..f Me?
silla Park College, New Mexico, a for
mer Virginian and a Miller School man.
now their expert on Mills, says: "There
Is not a place on earth where a man can
make as good a living as in this galley
on as small an Investment of labor." And
this valley is the granary, the trucking
Barden, the fruit and the feed supply
*tore for sonifc 600 miles of adjacent ter.
rltor?.
To show the striking virtue of the Poco?
Valley peach 1 use the following in
stances: Last summer ihe Wells-Fargo
Bgent at Forth Worth notified the pocos
jhipper "not to send any mora such
peaches here." They ere too good, foi
this market." And Dallas getting hold
of it published this rei on: "Nothing too
good for Dallas." A shipment of the?,,
peaclios was made to the Wclls-Fargn
Diabetes,
Bloating, Gravel, Dull ?*?* Ache,
Kidney Diseases, Urinary Affection?
cured bv taking Stuart's ?In and Bu?liu.
The worst forms of Kidney and Bladder
Trouble, after every Intell gent remedy
hi? failed are nlwavs curable by tailing
StuarftI (?in ami Buehll. H is 11 bland de
?'??liffullv pleasant tasting medicine, that
lets directing on the kidneys and bladder,
nufckly draining out every Impurity, heal*
Inn? and strengthening? the kidneys, giving
hem life and vigor. Stuart's ?In and
Biichu Invarlnlly cures Bright'? Disease
nnd Diabetes even when the patient had
L'lven up hope, or where they had been
rapped to drain off tho accumulated
"d?seased KIDNEY SYMPTOMS,
Acnnizln? pains In the back, swollen legs
or abdomen, discharges from the urethra,
neuralgia of the bladder, burning sensa?
tion or difficulty In passing water, nlso
? frequent desire or even involuntary dis?
charge of the urine, catarrh of the blad?
der, stone In tho bladder, disagreeable
odor of the urine, scanty nnd hlgh-co]
ored; rheumatism, with aches and pains
Iti bones and back. Death may frequent?
ly folio?.?/ these symptom?.
' For any of these symptoms
take Stuart's Gin ami Buchtl,Hand you
will he restored to health, and your kid
tievs and bladder perfectly cured. Stuarts
Olii and Buehn sweetens he urine,
cleanses the Madder, removes all obstruc?
tions from the kidneys and urethra, makes
the blood pure. The holies grade -kid?
ney remedy made, Thoroughly.; tested for
past EO ve?is In hospitals and private prac?
tice. Drtlgelsts 6r hy express. Si. SAM?
PLE BOTTLE, also circular, giving some
of the ninny cures made. FREE, bv wt It?
ine. Stuart Drug Co., Atlanta, Ga. Special
medical advice Riven If you describe your
tmuble Sold In Richmond, ' Va? by
TRA OLE DRUG CO., S17 East Broad
Street. Call or write. Stuart's Gin and
Bucini sent by express.
general agent on tho Pnciflc const. Ho
said: "You know California has the repu?
tation for fine fruit, but these are the
linest, largest and jitlccst poaclies I hnvo
ever eaten." All that the farmer can eell
brings the Middle Western price plus the
freight. There Is no protection like this
anvwhere on earth that I know of.
CONSUMPTIVES' PARADISE.
Another most interesting feature here
Is tho opportunity for consumptives. This
section of New Mexico is nt the mean
deration Just requisite for the victims of
this dreadful disease. Numbers of our
host business men are graduates from
the fatal T. B. New Mexico has done It.
Many ?victims are here now making the
last f.eree fight which means tho passage
Into health or over tho river. If they
come in timo and take tho "open nlr
cure," follow the healthy exercise and
good food regimen they hjive everything
In their favor. But few can stand the re?
turn to the lower nnd sultry sections dur?
ing convalescence. The rule is: Come to
stay. The second breakdown and return
hero seldom ends in anything hut death.
I!ut above all they must come in time.
Just outside of town lives the wife of Mr.
.1. P. Morgan's Paris partner. Her at
ICfc-dants had to hear her off the cars last
fall, To-rlay sho is a strong, healthy
looking woman and Is driving everywhere
she wants to, and is promising well. Two
months ago ? lady came in from Eastern
Texas, too weak to do anything at all.
Now she Is able to do all her work ex?
cept tho washing and is wonderfully Im?
proved. ,
This valley Is the scene of a vigorous
young community on tho ono hand;,it Is
a great sanitarium on the other. Seeing
the vast enterprise of the business world
In reclaiming the desert, one can but de?
sire a like enterprise in a measure ln the
effort to reclaim tho lieriditles of man's
spiritual natura. i ? ? ]-'\%;i
No MORE WOOLINESS."
I came away from my successful and
promising work in West Virginia, with
the greatest reluctance. No man should
desire greater loyalty In service nnrl con?
sideration than was shown by our select
hands of workers then. But the Lord
had said: Get thee out of thy country, and
from thy kindred, and from thy father's
house, nnd from thy penplo unto a- land
that I will shew thee. (Gen. 12:1.) And
so I came, leaving that promising Held to
my young assistant, to whom the details
were providentially familiar. I must con?
fess that I came West with an awe of It
"woollness," much like what tho ladles
East have of it. And tills, too, despite
my remark In reply to a West Virginian.
Ho had said: "I suppose you are going
as a missionary into a country where tho
people are a rough and wicked set." I
said to him; "on don't suppose I am go?
ing away from here to find work among
wicked and rough people, do you? If that
were tho reason, I would just stay where
I ftm so well fixed for th0 business:
There Is no "Wooly West" any more. Of
course, there aro "had men" hero as there
aro there. But with all the local differ?
ences, adaptations to the soil, so to speak
the genus homo-is essentially tho same!
And the dominant factors hero are mado
Of that same culth-atocl, aspiring, essen?
tially moral and religious stuff that rep?
resents tho true American everywhere
else, and so. savo from the distance
from homo, from Virginia. I lind this a
most deilghifui community to live in
?,;? i;,,.1f;1;','"-,ll"ltJ' for the most patient
?ml faithful pastoral worlt. Virginians
know too well the old colonial history
under foreign shepherds not to under
stand'? my task.
muPbpBPWQB OF IHIUG'ATrON
.?,? ,',I:\,"T,7" '.''".' syst"?" 18 mie of the
7, ?? ,,? ' '3'U' lp'ss"ns ?" man's gradual
?me tory oi nature ? ever saw. it? ram.
If.cations, Its momenti,,?is Import to |n
estors, qvery hug about It is nmrvel? is.
vestore. everything about It Is marvelous
I hen when the limner is trending on an
entirely new province, with no precedents
with almost im use for the old soil truths
of Kastern experience, when almost every
forty acres Is an origlimi proposition
to;be handled according to Its own In?
dividual Symptoms or data, Who with
eyes to see can fall to be Interested It
Is, too. tin? strangest thing to f I nel In
niHiiy large areas, that requiring water,
the laud suffers for water. Opinion dlf
fors from four to twelve feet an to
the necessary depth of pon for safe farm.
Ing purposes. Unless there Is sufficient
dentil down to the underlying rock strata
the land Is swamped by irrigation and
is so alkalled as to destroy vegetation, It
is u fact, too, that tho danger of salt
deposits from the water by means of
evaporation Is very dangerous. But by
heavy dilution from the rain and bv the
sandy soils acting as u "sieve" and not
?- .? "filter," as Is the ease with clayey
soils, the nits and other minerals are
swept away, and farming Is profitable.
? pretty problem with the farmer her? Is
not merely the Eastern one of taking wa?
ter out ot the soil, hut how to prevent
the water which la to give life from so
ent?rine the sou by sub|rrlgatlon by
waste ??'^?? the liimils und ditches as to
destroy life, It Is solved by finding tho
nhun of entrance and making deep
ditches. Again, carrying off tha water
properly, in Irrigating, is of the utmost
Importance, The experienced Irrigator
keeps his water moving to prevent
ELECT
SOLD AND REPAIRED.
ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION CO.OF VA.
'Phone 650.
8, 10,12 SOUTH NINTH STREET.
swamping (he upper side hv the time the
lower side has been reached,
OPEN DOOR.
In another sense, G havo swung around
the center of my old scartina point. I
used to say Southern Virginia was tho
finest place m the world for a poor man
to live, because they were all poor, nil
rich, all ihn finest people In their splen?
did hospitality and generous equality I
havo ever seen. But 1 hi.? country is
wide open, the doors arc unlocked nnd
the keys thrown iuviiv, Von walk in and
enjoy the beat the land of fords in tho
ranches without money and without price,
How could it bo otherwise? in "Cow
boy" hind you brand mv calf fof me In
your "round-up" and I brand yours In
mine. I feed your twenty cow-boys, who
are on the prairie near 'me, and In lime
my twenty cow-boys ate oil some one
else. Here tho ri?ht hand nulreacherl,
tho softest voices mellowed Into an al?
most simulation of the sonorous Span?
Isli nnd tho softest eves in the world
nearly bid you welcome. And who aio
thoso people anyway? So free, so frank,
so nnturnl and? so easy? Alen from tho
East; college men; men from overvwheie,
blending the accent or the romance raes
with the softening whirs of the moro
Northern nations, and all combining to
make that, cosmopolitan society which
treats a man ns a innn and for what
he Is. The breath of the prairie Is tho
breath of Cod. pure and succt! The
liberty of .the prnirln Is line! I went
from ? suburban villa vcM'jr-l.tv to tre
tent out on th? plain. In ?lib ono its In
tho other, the heads of tho family feir
(Jod. In the one, a rocking chair. In
the other, the hospitable seat on a wa?
ter keg. In the ono a descendant of the
historic Gallatili, in the other the Sheik
of tlie plains, one-sixteenth Creek Indian,
the other proportions white. This man
Is ns dark nearly from sun tuul wind
burn ns a Mexican. I company here
with the ox-lntorpreter of languages at
the English Court and Ph. D. of ? Ger?
man Fniverslty and with the untura! ?.? ?
of the soil with the suavest Indlfferevo.
The man who Is not immune to the leys
of the horse, the dog, the fishing po'6
and the gun, finds this an Ideal place.
Given ?. little time to got eguippw
for horseback nnd buggy travel and a
man with the Instincts of ? missionary
bred In him under tho Revs. Klnlocli Nel?
son nnd Hi B. Lee, nnd fostered for
fourteen years under that veteran sol?
dier of the cross, Bishop Peterkln, mast
enjoy ? work similar to Rev. Messrs.
Hepburn's In Hanover and Johnston's In
Powhatan.
Yours very truly,
(REV.?) NORMAN F. MARSHALL.
THE WORK OF IRRIGATION.
Tho National Irrigation Association Is
publishing an Interesting serlos of papers
by William E. Smythe. The first, lust
out, Is a suitable accompaniment to Rev.
Norman F. Atarshall's letter above. Air.
Smythe says:
The irrigation law Imposes a heavy re?
sponsibility upon tho Secretary of tlic. In?
terior. That already busy official is
charged with the work of selecting th*
projects to bo undertaken, fixing the size
of homesteads which may l>e taken up on
the public lands lo be reclaimed and
making rules and regulations for the use
nnd distribution of tho water supply. Tho
task Is an arduous and, In some cases,
a delicate one, since there aro often con?
flicting Interests that must bo 'recon?
ciled.
Furthermore, it Is obvious thnt with a
limited amount of money at his com?
mand tho Secretary cannot build works
everywhere at once. Western communi?
ties are proverbially enthusiastic over
their own local advantages. The people
of each valley are prone to believe that
theirs is a little the best valley in all
tho West and that they enjoy tho glori?
ous privilege of living on tho "best soil
that ever lay out doors."
Hence, they are bound to be disap?
pointed when the Interior Department
makes Its necessary, but always difficult,
choice between the claims of rival local?
ities. It Is a case where "many are
called, but few are chosen." And so It
must, be unless tho nation shall some day
decide to enter upon the work on a much
greater scale.
Secretary Hitchcock committed the de?
tails of the new policy to the Geological
Survey, which has long been dealing with
hydrographie problems in the West and
whoso, founder, the late Alajor John Wes?
ley Powell, was the first scientific man to
comprehend tho economlo vaino of the
arid region
RECLAMATION SERVICE.
The Director of the Survey organized
a new branc.lt to take charge of the irri?
gation work, naming it the "United States
Reclamation Servie?." Frederick IT, New
ell, who has been in charge of water In?
vestigations in the Survey, was made
chief of the new service. He has been
trained for a dozen years for Just such
an opportunity as lias now come to h?iii
and tho friends of Irrigation aro pro?
foundly pleased with tho choice.
Air, Newell was confronted with tho
task of organizing and setting in motion
a very largo undertaking. Its field of ope?
rations is half a continent. Its contem?
plated expenditure will run Into tens of
millions. And the number of people
whoso weal or woo will ultimately depend
upon the wisdom and honesty of tho ad?
ministration of this work will bo equal to
the total population of many nn Ameri?
can State and many a European nation.
In other words, It Is a big tiling, requir?
ing the services of big men.
Air. Ne well had tho advantage of wide
familiarity with tho conditions of the
arid region to begin with. Ho was thus
ablo to direct tho preliminary investiga?
tions with little loss of time or money. To
this end, ho brought together large num?
bers of bright young men from various
parts of tho country and pet. them at
work measuring streams, surveying re?
servoirs and canal sites and estimating
tho cost and olllclency of the first pro?
posed works.
These arc tho dam on the Sweotwater
River, In Wyoming, tho dam at Ilio out?
let of Saint A'i.ry Lake, In .Montana, and
the diversion of 11* waters to the M.'lk
I'lvoi, tho construct lor of fie Gunnifetn
River tunnel for tho Irrigation of Un
rompahgro Valley, in Southwestern Col?
orado, tho construction of a chain of res?
ervoirs on tho boundary of California
and Nevada, for the reclamation of land
in tho latter State, and the building of
the great Tonto Reservoir on the Salt
River -.if Arizona.
MILLIONS OF COST.
Ii is estimated that these five projects
will cost about seven rhtlllon dollars anil
reclaim upwards of six hundred thousand
acres of land. That is to say, It will prob?
ably cost about SU an aero to make this
land 111 for the highest cultivation. Tho
money Is not permanently Invested by
iho government, it Is to be returned by
settlors in t"n equal payments over a
period of ten years. There Is no Interest
charge. The government collects Its in?
terest In the form of social and. eco?
nomic gains, which quickly materializo
Into taxable values for the benefit of
the county, State and nation.
The new policy Is yet very young. Rut
marvelous progress has been made during
Its first year. The work has gone on
rather silently without any flourish of
trumpets. And yet nothing more momen?
tous has been undertaken by this govern?
ment lu the way of Internal Improvement,
The nation sei its hand In h task which
has now grown entirely beyond the reich
of privait? offort, If It over were adapted
to that method of development. It pas
undertaken to assert man's control over
the forces of nature In a vast region,
where organized effort must pavo ihn
way before the individual may prosper
G oven get a foothold.
There Is but one thine that stands in
tho way of this creation,of countless small
homes out of arid waste, one thing which
tho nation must yet do before It can
make the future secure for Itt/olf and for
Us multitudinous hnme-seekers. It must
repeal certain features of Its present
land laws, lender which the public, domain
Is being speculated In and fraudulently
absorbed Into large private holdings. It
mast tali? heed of the President's injunc?
tion In his last message to Congress re?
garding tho spoliation, of the public lands
In tho West and readjust Its laws so
that the government land shall be re?
served against tho time that they may
be needed by home-makers.
Pleasure and Business,
In" those pleasant summer days at Oys.
ter H.'iy it rnav bo tuken for granted
that Air. Roosevelt Is not so deeply en?
grossed in tho recreations of his boys
that he has forgotten that thore will
be an ejection next year. The list at
statesmen who have recently enjoyed the
hpsuitality of Oyster Hay would indicate
that the President has.a lively 'appre?
ciation of the fact that there will bo a
presidential campaign ir. 1901.?Baltimore
Sun
Summer School of Methods
More j Successful Than Ever
RICHMOND E RS POPULAR
Professor J. A. C. Chandler and His
Wife Both Make Hosts of Friends.
The Social Side is Most
Attractive.
(Special to The Tlmes-DIspatch.) -
CHARLOTT158VILLK, VA.. July 17.
The fourth week of the .Summer School
of .Methods ended yesterday, with over
one thousand pupils "in attendance. When
tho school shall close finally on the ??1st
Irstnnt, It is thought that a largo niiin
'?er of pupils will ???? been enrolled In
he Inst two weeks of Ilio session.
Professor E, C. Glass, director of the
?roat school, said this afternoon that
In the value of the work accomplished
this session the school this year Is much
ahead of any year since 1SSU, when It
was established.
Teachers are at tho school this year
from fourteen Suites of tho Union".
Of the 117 cities and counties of tho
Slate, PI are represented In the Scfc.inl
of Alethods this year.
There are 29 teachers here from Rich?
mond; 11 from Norfolk and Lynchburg
each; ,T2 from Newport News; 17 frorn
Petersburg, and .27 from the county of
Plttsylvania. It Is needless to say that
Plttsylvania leads over all oilier counties.
The Richmond; teachers have been most
prominent In the work of the school, and
especially In the social features of tho
session, which have been very numerous!
Professor W. N. Hamlett, of tho Rich?
mond High School, has made himself ex?
tremely popular with everybody by his
wonderful versatility. He came up hero
to teach chemistry, but he has done a
llttlo of everything that was calculated
to please or to help. I saw him this
morning hard at work with saw nnd
mallet and chisel, showing a pupil how
lo execute a model In the manual training
school.
RICHMOND MEN.
Professor C. H. Winston, of Richmond
College, teaches physics, and It is the
unanimous opinion of everybody that not
only are his lectures among the most
Interesting delivered, but; that the at?
tendance on his classes Is more regula'r
than upon any other of the school.
Professor J. A. C. Chandler, of Rich?
mond College, lecturos#nn history to a
class of one hundred and fifty or more,
and Is one of the most popular of all tho
instructors. Airs. Chandler Is here also,
and her nctlng In the play "Alabama,"
ptesented hero by amateur?' this -week,
was of such a high order that one less
used fo applause and general commend?
ation would havo had her head turned.
Aliss Nannie Pegram, of Richmond, has
made herself very popular by her reel
la ions before audiences In the Methodist
and Raptlst Churches and at the Kes
wick Hunt Club.
Professor W. H. Thomas', of the Rich?
mond High School, left this week for
Alartha's Vineyard, accompanied by Airs.
Thomas. ? ?
The school opened on tho 22d of June,
nnd will close July 31st. About two hun?
dred toachers have already, been examined
for certificates,''and a-larger number will
be examined at 'the1' end of tho session.
The papers of? those examined wore sent
to tho State Department of Puhllc In?
struction for grading, hut the teachers to
he examined nt tho end of the session
wlli have their licenses granted here.
Dr, J. W. Souths!]. Stato Superintend?
ent of Publio Instruction, was hero a
short timo Thursday, and though he did
not make a thorough Inspection, expressed
himself as most highly pleased with tho
work being done. The,reputatlon of the.
school among educators Is oonetantly
growing. Professor W. A. Jenkins?, of
Portsmouth, who is the secretary-treas?
urer of the school, told mo to-day that
while a number of Inquiries had been re?
ceived for teachers at good salaries, the
demand could not be supplied, indicating
that tho teachers who attend the School
of Alethods have no trouble in securing
work.
FEW SUPERINTENDENTS.
Some disappointment Is felt that, the
county superintendents havo not attended
the school this year. Superintendent
Beckhnm. of Culpepor, and Superintend?
ent Rlley. of Bedford City, have spent
considerable timo here, and declare that
they were both benefited nnd enter?
tained.
The social side of the summer school
Is most Attractive. Tho teachers .are the
objects of special attention In Charlottes
ville, and asido from entertainment at
the hands of the residents of tho city,
they manage to got up a number of af?
fairs among themselves that invariably
provo enjoyable. Concerts, musicales, re?
citations nnd. oilier forms of social en?
tertainment havo been quite numerous.
iBut above all?above tho actual work
of the class-room, to my mind?the teiicli
i is are brought In close and Intimate
contact, Ideas aro exchanged, old ones
rejected for new nnd better, new ones
begotten through tho clash of mind on
mind. It Is not surprising that the
"Summer School" teachers are taking
such high rank In Virginia and other
States.
? LAWN?FETE
National Guards of Columbia to En?
camp at Leesburg.
(Sperl.il to The Tlmes-Plspntcli.)
LEESBURG, VA.. July 18.?A lawn fete
was given this week at "Talbot." the
country home near Waterford of Mr and
Airs. Berkeley Ward, in honor of Aliss
Josephine cook and Aliss Alice Kelley, of
Norfolk, Va. Among those present wore:
Air. and Airs. ('InmiberloJn, Air. and Airs.
Arthur Philips, Air. arid Airs. Robert
Walker, Air. and .Mrs. Henry Gibson, Airs.
John V. Bassell, Mr. and Airs. Samuel
Muore, Air. and Mrs, Harrison Russell,
Misses Edith Walkor, .Table Osborn, Myra
English, Lilias .laniioy, Rebecca, Alarla
and Bolle Harrison, Clara Bellman, Nancy
Winchester, Virginia Clrayson, Leila
Moore; Messrs. William Carter, Charles
Harrison, John Janney, Thomas Fendali.
Wilbur Dormirne, William Aletzger, Carroll
Chancellor and Dr. John Gibson.
Alt'. John F. Simpson and Aliss Rosa
Pearl Costello, daughter of Air. J. H.
Costello, wore married In Lcoshurg on
July IfiUi by Rev. S. G. Ferguson.
The National (?nurds, of tho District of
Columbia, have completed arrangements
In encamp near Lecsburg for a period of
ten days, beginning with July 23d.
Airs. J. P. Almetioe, wife of Colono] J.
P. Allnelrce, of the Southern Railway,
Washington, and two daughters, Airs. Dr.
llollalleld and Miss Claudia Allnetree, aro
guests of .Mr. ami Mrs. C. A. English?
.Mrs. Mollili Hawkes, of Baltimore, Is
the guest of Min? Dorcas Homptsono.
Mrs. VirglnluB Dabney Is tho guest of
Aliss Alice Tyler,
Aliss Judith Gibson, of Winchester, Is
the gnosi of Miss lilla Lake.
Rev. K. s. liiuks, of the Episcopal
Clutch, Is visiting in Boise, Idaho.
Air. and Mrs. lc. C, L, Alolicuro. of Alex
anJf'la. are guests of friends In Leeshurg,
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RAPPAHANNO'K CONFERENCE
Splendid Meeting in the, Tabernacle in
M.ithews County.
? ?(Special ?,? The Ttmes-DU'natch.)
MAthkWS v..\., July 17. J'he Rappa
hr. fiook District Contempt, ol the AI. li.
< hjtich. Sonili heia its annual session at
the tabernacle,' Alathews county, trnTUtn,
?jft-Ml????^^
are now be in;; offered in our Carpet and Rug Depart?
ment in order that we may make room for our large
stock of fall patterns which are are now coming in.
In many instances you can save from 10 to 20 per
cent, by buying that Carpet now.
Refrigerator or Ice Box in the world you should
GET AN ALASKA. We have handled them ex?
clusively for fourteen years with entire satisfaction
to all parties concerned, We now have the third
car-load on hand, in all sizes, ranging in price from
$5 to $135. Prices and quality fully guaranteed.
The cut. price of 20 per cent, still exists on all
of our Porch and Lawn Furniture, Give us a call,
and we will do our utmost to please you.
Chas. G.
419-421 East Broad Street.
EASY TERMS CHEERFULLY GIVEN IF YOU WANT CREDIT
15th and Kith. Thero were present 22
preachers and 2? laymen: Rev. .1. T. Whlt
by. presiding elder, presided, and J. XV.
Davis nnrl .1. W. Minier WOI'O secretaries.
There were prcsnt as visitor:! Rv. R. 11.
Bennett. P. K.'", of the Richmond District.
and Dr. James Cannon. Jr., president of
Blftckstone Female Institute and sporetary
of the Virginia Conference Board of Edu?
cation; The latter mado a fine address
on the subject of education; There was
a very harmonious session, and the hos?
pitality of the good people of Mnthews
was lavish. The proceedings embraced
the usual subjects considered. Rev. A.
B. Sharp, of Hampton, was present In the
Interest of the Virginia Conference Or?
phanage nnd raised a collection~?>t J'JV.
During the ?liscusslon or the temperance
question, on which Dr. Cannon made a
speech, a collection for the Anti-Saloon
League of $113 was raised. .1. E. Daniel, of
Middlesex?, ?was granted a. license to
preach, nnd Rev. C. Tlnsley Thrift was
recommended to the annual conference
for deacon's orders. The following were
elected lay delegates to the next session of
the annual conference: Dr. J. \V. Tank?
ard, R. O. Pentross J. W, C. Davis and
W. R. Sto'akes, and as alternates. J. T.
McDonald, J. W. Mtnter, C. B. Newhlll
and XV. Mc.D. Lee.
The reports from th? various committees
?nowed much progress in almost every
department of church work. The con?
ference will meet next year ln Bowling
SOME ECHOES FROM
T. P. A. CONVENTION
Belated Account of Happen?
ings at the Gathering in
Indiana.
The T. P. A. Convention of the Vir?
ginia Division and especially those who
had the pleasure of attending the con?
vention of T. P. A. at Indianapolis, Ind.,
have not had tho opportunity of public?
ly expressing tho results of the work
accomplished nor tho pleasures received.
Tho business part, ns narrated by the
Terre Knute Express, was that the work
of the convention consisted largr-lv In the
consideration of the various constitution?
al amendments and also In the consider?
ation of the work of tho committee on
revision of tho constitution, such com?
mittee having been nppointed by the
Portland Convention.
The successful attempt to rush the re?
port of this committee before the com?
mittee on the constitution on the first
day of the meeting, and before the con?
vention was completely organized und In?
fero the contents of said report had
in anywise been mado known to the
members. It not having been published
sixty days before the meeting as pro?
vided by article 12, section ?, aroused
considerable Indignant comment.
After considerable, discussion the report
was permitted to go back to the commit?
tee on constitution.
When it came to the adoption of tho
recommendation of the committee on re?
vision of the constitution, the more ob?
jectionable parts of tho committee's con?
stitutional amendments were eliminateli,
while the better ones were adopted; to
gtlier with those contained In the regu?
larly published amendments,
Tho Virginia d?l?gation to the Nation?
al Travelers' Protective, at Indianapolis,
Ind., have returned therefrom and they
say It was one of the biggest ever held.
Owing to the many attractions and Ihn
great amount of business occupying the
u ? tent Ion of the delegates, thorp was no
lime left for side trips, therefore It might
ho said that this was a vory busy con?
vention, as well as an attractive one.
To show the standing of Virginia di?
vision amone the members of the Na?
tional Association. 11 was stated that a
certain Virginia del?gate was made chair?
man of one of the most Important com?
mittees, Constitutional Commit tee. and
the said delegate was made the ''hair
man of the majority caucus that facili?
tated the work of the convention which
adopted measures and selected officers
for the furthering of the welfare of the
association for the coming year, and an?
other of Virginia's sons made two
speeches and delivered a report, nil of
Which attracted much nttenl.lon. nnd re-,
received hearty applause, and many con?
gratulations troni not only the many I.
G ?.?, but also from the mayor, tho
Governor, and United States Senator Bev?
eridge, of Indiana. ,
Tho officers eftosen for tho ensuing
year were as follows:
National president?E? W, Dunham, of
First national vice-president ? Louis
Oelis. Louisiana. ,
Second national vice-president?Joseph
Lovlngsteln, O'oorgla. ? _ _
Third national vlco-presldent-J. S. Beaci,
Oregon, Washington?, ,. ., _? .
Fourth national vIce-presldent-D. A.
McKay, Arkansas.
Fifth national vlce-presldent-Chaiies
Reiinelierg, Missouri.
National secretarj,' and treasurer-Louis
T'N'.lio!;aV"i?rectors-W. A. Kerehoff and
?\; ?. Mt'cnnkln. Missouri! W. R. Jf'>?"
B'i'!iiainn?nKnf?'staiullng committees were
chosen as follows: ,???,??
Rallroads-E. W. Crandall, Missouri.
.l.iKislatlvo-Jolm S. Uarwood, Vlr
B"lotels-J, C. Simmering, Maryland.
Press-J V. Ilodgad, Nebraska. .
Employment"?* W, Pliuroh. Wi?con?
Rev. Homer T, Wilson, of Texas, was
ordered to be appointed national chuphun
under the new constitution.
-t??
Petroleum as a Motive Power.
Tho new French battleship Devastation
Is the first to be completely titled out
with an oli-burnlng boiler plant. In tho
experimente that have been ??????de every-?
tliini; worked satisfactorily. .For seven
hours all the engines and motors worked
without the least hitch, the ova noia tors
and condensers working admirably. I he
petroleum produced SS per ecru, moio
j'owcr than coal. ' '
i" ???? "just received from
.lapilli n full lino of Japanese
Leathers, comprising rich and
KjWfragl handsome effects for hnllH,
Pywaol dadoes, lilirarloq and din In?
rooms. Wo nlso have tho most
complete and up-to-date lino of. Wall
Papers In the South. Avoid tho dust and
dirt, and have yourwork done while away
for the summer.
Satisfaction Guaranteed In Every Respect,
R. B. Brauer,
Successor to
F. L. Brauer ? Bro.
208 North Fifth Street.
'Phone 1653.
and tasty to tho last mouthful yon
will find Ihn rolls L. Bromm bakes
for your health and happiness. No
dyspepsia lurks in our output?noth?
ing but health-giving products of
good flour leaves our doors. You
can count on Bromm's bread, cakes
and pies.
L. BROMM,
516 Ea^t Marshall Street.
THE TWILIGHT
EXCURSIONS
Beach Park Grows In Popu?
larity and West Point has
Many Visitors.
(Kpcrlnl to Tlir Tlmoi-DUpatC-l?.)
WEST POINT, VA., July IS.?Since the
"Twilight Excursions'' have been resumed
crowds have visited Roach Park, and
seemed to appreciate Its beauties nnd com?
forts all the moro for having beeil denied
them for ? while. Tho dancing pavilion
has been enlarged and Improved and the
music, with Prof. Stein uh director is. of
coursed first class. Tho floor is fino and
Is generally filled with dancers, ?
People are everywhere promenading
through the grounds and the town, pat?
ronizing liberally the Ice-cream saloons
and soda fountains, bathing, sailing, row?
ing nnd riding In the naphtha launch and
on the "Carousel," King William pier.
CS7 feet long, Is the much favored re?
sort.
There are many visitors and guests all
over the town, many nt the hotels and
private boarding houses, many renting
furnished houses and housekeeping, and
a great many visiting In private fami?
lles. Alles Livingstone, of Baltimore, Is
the guest of Miss Marie lia igra ve, Mies
Estollo Wallace, of Philadelphia, with
Miss Alice Wilkinson, Miss Mary Lyman,
of Washington, 1). C. ; Mrs. Kelly and
family, of Savannah, Go,, and Mrs. dipe?
lami and family, of Norfolk, Vn., "Dud?
ley's Ferry;" the homo of Mr. W. G.
Brooks.
Miss Rachel?Pitt, of Sparta, ?3. C. with
.Mr?. W. n. Broadus,
-Miss Louise Clayton, of Manchester,
with Miss Marlon Owens.
Miss Soars, of West Appnmattox, with
Mrs. Sullivan.
Miss Maggio Williams, of Richmond,
and Miss Amy Price, of Now York, wllh
Miss ?Josephine Ware.
Many of the "old boys" of West Point,
who are employed elsewhere, are looking
In on their old.friends.
(Messrs. Bruce Ware, of Company O,
Alexandrin; Walter Wilkinson, of Phil?
adelphia; Sheldon Ware, of Now York
O. D, Lino; Kemp Slaughter and Mar?
shall Lewis, of Chesapeake s. S. Co.;
Clyde Ho Fnrgos, Of Washington, D. C;
Colonel nnd Mrs. Farlnholt entertained
Rev, ? lie) pa Hand, Air, and .Mrs. Robin?
son, of Baltimore,
There have boon several yachting nnd
sailing parties and tenuta parties given
to these guests.
Airs. George W. Richardson gave a
handsome lunch to a house party from
Ualthnoro and an excursion to Yorktown.
This week the gentlemen of West Point
went on their annual Ashing expedition to
Broad Rock, in Chesapeake Hay, and
caught a great many Ano Ash "they
say."
The Aliases Hrooks with tholr guests are
now up the Painunkey River on their
naphtha launch, and will visit Rising
Green, the home of Judge Roger Gregory.
Alissos Alnrgnrnt and Jane Rugby are vis?
iting Miss Aitolo Sharp, in Norfolk^. Vn.
To-morrow tho Arst whlto excursion of
the season goes from Wost Point to Res?
ervoir Park, Richmond, under the aus?
pices of tin? Volunteer Pira Company of
Wost Point and tho Frames Ragby Y.
W. C. T. U. It Is expectod to carry a
(argo crowd.
Airs. Tilomas P. Ragby, Air. und Airs.
W, R, pro add US ara at Ocean View at
the Press Association meeting thorn.
Opium, Laidiimm, Cocun? md Liquor bib ?G??
?Iliudnlalib/cWttfera? hod,",u?,r.? '
ir.? lu?lii-M.lAlllgu?uiiutdl.U. !-??>?? ??*1??* t0
n.luril. bt?Uhyr<-?,mKD?lil.out.l..lr?l?r<l'"8?:
Will? for r.itk.l.ii. UH. I.ONUCO.. Atl?>T*,li?.
Cure Guaranteed tor $10.
We tako pride iu tho reputa?
tion of selling reliable merchan?
dise. We buy only reliable
makes, and all wo sell is, there?
fore, dependable merchandise.
NEGLIGEE SHIRTS
in well-known brands, $1.00
each, iu a large assortment of
sizes and patterns.
While we have every variety of
?'S UNDERWEAR,
wo cajl your attention to tho
" NAIHS00K " m our own make
?fine material?cool, and at tho
same timo durable?cut amply
full?SHIRTS, long and short
sleeves. DBAWEHS?all size
waists?every length of leg?as
well as knoo lengths. Wo rec?
ommend especially for drawers.
W,S. Constables Go.
Men's Furnishings,
Shirt Makers,
Merchant Tailors.
CASH or CHIHDIT.?Highest grado
niachlnti on tho market. Try itnntl
you will l'?y ?fc? So? our NIHNV
URIAL tJJOC Machines of all kind
AT ????? cluunudamlruimlro?
V..
EVERY EVENING TO POPULAR
BEACH PARK?60C. ROUND
TRIP.
Special fast train leaves Richmond 5:30
P. M., returning leaves West Point 10:30
P. M. 60 cents round trip, It's a lovely
place to spend an evenlnff. Muele, dano
?r-e. * ?
Sunday trains leave 0:30 A. M., 4 P. it.
