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p?rt II good b loiiii . s year- -above tlio j nVoivufo. in tlio wholesale -lino tlio VCiir; though collections liuvo been j ;soinc\wlUlt ?low. Tlio oiops ami j ?bifli l>Hcos have mc.de th? farmers j c'oiiipiirativcly liulepediint. Thc'y an:, mit of debt as a general thing, and j i:l?,tli In' the banking luMi.tulioht; in | Mio city and in couull... Tlio Spuniidi peanut crop In Uiu Virginia counties : this, year 1? ?ne of tin largest and ever grown, arid Ihn tobacco c.roji, jivost' of it yet i" ho mitrki led, is tho ,,l,r'.t in many :yetir<>. With tho mttnti l?'etmois in line the year has boon a U'v'robporinis ami busy one, a tb. pairiucl A. Mann. of Chesterfield i ': county, rier Mat.a, who have beeil | ! very happily morrle'd r<>r forty-four! : S'earr, wns the. ???vim of an liiloroKtliig.l ' Reunion nn,j ,;i ; Christmas day. ! ; -Tlivro wore present. I ? !?;??;, the pin- j cuts, thirteen of Ibeir lifteeu living j .. children. l\m boliig prevented from at n-ndlng, and tv.elvo uC their grand- { children. The niarrlctl union of Cap-I tain und Mr-. Mann was blessed with eighteen children. thr< c of whom have j.assed away. Of the living ohiljron I now grown to manhood and '.woman lio&l eight are men and seven hie wo- | ..jim-ii," Und the rccoid among Ilia men ' i 'that they have not luunvu tho ' iste of "Captain .Maim Is > ;,,? of the la I j !:>o'wn a nd n t reapericd - ell ic5 county, mid ihe . lecni and] ffcvinfldence of ail hh ? llow-iiien. I?o j . 1ms held liiiinterrnptediy ib.lice oi O. mmis:-ii.iner ol llcvc.une 1'of Ms dis? trict lor forty year,, the ,lathis' of1 13eon giving bur Special Rcrnova ' Sale offering no particular atten-. tion? Well, sir. it will pav von well to ' stop' and consider. When such splendid Suits and Overcoats as \vc have been selling .?II season for SI2.50, SI5, SI8 up ; to ?40 ran be bought for S?S.75, $11.25, $12.50 and $29.75; when our excellent So and S5 Trousers go for $'1.50 and $3.75; when all our good Outfitting is sold for less than it is tvbrth?we say that it is time to "slop" and consider before you ''pass." A money-saving opportunity if y<m act soon. Efrk-Parrisli Go. Clothing, 412 East Broad. \vhl< Ii he- lias mosl faithfully and sat? isfactorily discharged. ' . ! OciilliM and Ulrlhs In December. Tho report of the Health Olltcor for the month ending December 2^0, shows ;t ttii.il of llVfy deaths in tlie city? Whites, eighteen; colored, thirty-two. "'hero wore twelve deaths among in? fants and children under live yours of ;i?n; fourteen of adults between sixty and eighty years old, ami one of over eighty yen's. During the month the coroner Certified nine deaths. Among! ! < :msea unsigned for death wore: Tuberculosis, ten; cerebral hemorrhage,' seven; heart disease, live; I (right's, dis? ease', four. Several eases of diphtheria end tuberculosis were reported during the month. The record shows that the majority of those who died of consumption were cblor'iVd per.-uns, and that the mortality among the colored race almost doubled that among the whites. The nutuiii r of births reported to the Health Department during the month was sixty-two; white, thirty-one; col- j nrod. thirty-one. Mnfrtnge Licenses llefused. Two couples anxious to bo married./ "Fare- [ JJorc' Tourini Ca?, S puts cngcrs, $0-36 !&_/& WI IhiCarfoiilBefrc There's an indtscripable satisfaction in flying over the road in a car pi tin: quality <?>! lli>' 1911 Cole SI!, and the man who owns this robiny, luxuriously appointed car will be proud to show his nnmcplale when in the company of tin: biggest and highest priced cars on tin? market. .N'o man. r what price yon pay for a car, even though it be :.;S5'iOpO, all- you can hope (.6 get is speed, as fast as the road ?'permiis, sufficient power to take the hills easily, smooth, luxu? rious riding qualities, durability and an element of absolute dependability. You are assured .all these when yon invest your money in a Cole SO,; More than that yon get durability and endurance to the 1111J limit 'of mechanical possibilities at far less outlay for operation atid up-keep than is possible with any of the big, high-priced machines. . "The Classiest Car of Them All" Colo Fiver, Torpedo Rondstfer, 30 H. P., $1,500 P.Mac ; To?rtn? Car, SO-3G H. P., . l.GOO "Fore-DofeV Toy Tonnsatt, 30-3B H. P., 1,6130 "Fore-Dor?" Touring Car, CO-36 H. P. 1,660 The records given below of tlte Speed. Stamina and Power that ill- < old SO has shown in races .aid economy tests give evidence p: unusual perfection ii? construction and prove con? clusively i !:?; si is. a car that; will hold up under any and all condiions. The Coje SO hold- the world's 50-mile speed oi Iis class, rnakiiig the grind in l? minutes 4').69 n the M as-apt qua Sweepstakes in the last Van . making (lie. run <-t 126.0 miles without a SPEED record forra - second ??. Ii tferlji.lt (lup K single stop, ENiH 'powered pitted i ^isivd.t:-.. . of moo t of "lire or la si soring, . Cole SO v..-. each yai' jn i Spteidl I : any nu'r-i! r . the CoU SO v. lars more in othc fhnt.-?ic'n a car c; \Vc are now upon *> on the iicc the las:,t/jlinute, i :.<..:.?< i.oujofl' third ,::-'v'i!;it?.\Vj!- \oa \ :-; ?:m\c,/-.\- it pit -The Cole SO the lowest priced, lowest \. the only, one'of iis class?that ever rom idiirance run; yc.t the same car has accohi :<? at lirigilton llr.u ji, maintaining a spcctl ' s ;m hour tor 24 hours without a particle I rouble, the < hit ago Motor Club's liconomy Rim, ? ol 191 in:!,': over country roads, the winner, making a record of 23.6 miles for ??. licbnomy! What more can you ask of nice/ We do not ask you to compare naehmes selling at iis price. Line il up !>50? to Sl'iPpO more, and compare ! at lor point. Il lias the same graceful, the -aine rich upholstering, the same . diichvyoti must pay hundreds of dol Wlten you see them you will marvel i ? iid at its price. orders for spring delivery, and urge lacing yoiirs now. Don't wait' until if v . !,? di appointed and have to take ?ho. ( dor now and he sure that you will apt '(.it v.ani it. Ask us for a demon :6s you i t. 'u-r no obligation whatever. "? ? ?Smit!i??ims nld Company, State Di itributbrs, Temporary.LocVti m, U W. Main Street, Phone Monroe 2672. \ Richmond, Va. ?'Denvers wanted for iy . < r.pied territory.' Write to-day for forms. applied at the clerk's oliico tills morn Ihr for licenses. One was a dashing young couplo from Norfolk, und the other was from LynchbUrg. Tho licenses Were refused, much to tho dis? appointment or the applicants, for tho reason that the law requires such 'papers t<> bo Issued, in ho city or COtlUty wlitre. Ibo prospective hrido re? sides. The couples left, for auouhor point, win-re I ho road to wedlock is not so dlllicult. I iimiu-l It I vc i: vein I ?n Ihm. A competitive examination under ulvil service rules will in- held at tho nost-oillcc in this city oil February 1 for first grade clerical positions in ihn customs and internal revenue service, and other positions, ^ I'crSouul nnil Otherwise. I Among the guests attending' the rc ceptl?n given by" Professor and Mrs. Arthur Kyle Davis, in honor of the debut or* their daughter, Miss Lucy Mcllwafne Davis, were M,r. and Mrs. .Mann 8. Valentino and Ur. and Mrs. .lohn Dunn, of Richmond. A charming -ntcrtaiiiliient and dance w.-re given at the Riverside Cluh last night by Miss P?nal Clulborno. In honor of bef^lrlcnd. Miss Lucille Pax ton, of Washington. Many guests were "?present. Mrs. ltobert A. Martin, jr., enter? tained the Afternoon Bridge Club yes? terday at' her home on High Street. The ri dors of tho Itlversldu Hunt, who were guests of the Deep Run 11 Uli I, of Richmond, this afternoon, were: Hi S. Howard. 13. D. Sydnor, Sid? ney M. Oreen, Jr., lt. R. PcrclVlt.il, M, C, Jackson and I. J. Hartley. N * lie hoard 6t directors of the. Peters? burg Investment Corporation, at a meeting last night, declared a dividend of " per cent. <>ti Hie capital <stoei;, making ?'. per cell I. for the year. .oonday will be observed us a lioli- ; day, am. the bunks, public building;-, .-.no all industrial establishments will j be closed. Ktcctlnn of tlUlcers. ? Washington Camp, 1'alrlotlb Order! Sons of America, last night elected j tie- following olllecrs: President, J. U Traylor; Vice-president, W. D. Temple; j Master of Finance, J. 11. Johnson: Ite i.Ording Socrutliry, Thomas I!. Ivcy; | Assistant Recording Secretary, W. 15, j 'lalbott, Jr.; Treasurer, O, M. King;' Fiiiiuclul Secretary, Thomas S. Sim-' inohs; Conductor, J. M. Valderi; Guards, | Bi I.. llarvcll and .1. C. llarvill; Chap- j lain, I.. A. I.lvosuy. 71 \,.?i Company to lie Chartered. Application was made to-day to the Corporation Commission for .1 charter tor "'The .?ryurit Shoo Company, in? corporated," of I'oiersburg. with an authorized capital of $10,000 minimum, and $ 10,000 maximum. The oliiccrs uro: President. H. II. Bryant; Vlco-Prcsl ilent, C. M. Urlslor; C.encial Munn?er. I;. 11. Bryant; Secretary, B. II. Hoy; Treasurer, Walter feparkllli. These of ncers and C. L. Guthrie; I'. s. Piigh iihd Paid Pettlt. constitute the direc? tors. <iinong Hie ineorporators are. some of the best known busjb{?.?i?? fti?ii in Petersburg. ' Policy '.icV'T'lre Itcports. .-.?'?'"SiTibnor of arrests mode by the ,0,','lle.e of tills city 'luring the year was l:.0, embracing every grade of erlme 1:0111 murder down to .simple viola? tions of city ordinances. 'I Uc/report of the Chief of the Fire De pnrlntent shows lire losses during the year amounting to about $450,000. The great bulk of Ibis loss was sustained this mouth b.V the disastrous confla? gration 011 Sycamore Street. Gladly Hailed by Those Who Greeted Old One just Twelve Months Ago. I * Plowing of whistles, booming of lire I crackers, ringing of bells, shoutings 1 of gleeful urchins, myriads of colored lights from rockets and other coniriv linces made by tho festive Oriental, ushered In the New Year ill Richmond. Th.re were bonfires her?; and there, (hero was much toasting ami many 1 good wishes, but In a few moments peace reigned again in Hie city, and 1911 had been born. Watch night services were held in some quarters of Richmond, but for the most part, because New Year's 1-Jvo was on Saturday, whatever religious o^j Servnrices there may be were reserved until 10-day. There were many pri? vate' watchers, and no doubt the usual number of vows were made. Time for Retrospect. The pnuslnfc of the old year and the birth of the new sfcms especially con? ducive to retrospect. It Is this thing of memory, with Its poignant stings, which gives life to resolutions and which starts the water wagon upon Its lumbering and precarious couraci Same wise ni-Mi has said that he had seen great changes In one year and very little, change In fifty years. The world has already said that 11:1s Is hoi altogether true. Some events which loom big Iii hi.-tory were of passing Importance to the men of the age Which saw them, while others, which seem epochal when tl.ey happen, are merged into a sin '11 part of a great movement In the years which follow, or are lost j altogether In oblivion. Voit'r in It Ich motu], ! So only the future can tell the place 'of l<j in Hie history of Richmond and of Virginia. It has been a year of bus ; Incss expansion, a year In which, in all . Illings material, Ihr- city of the obi i South ami tho new has demonstrated Its position of leadership among the j municipalities ,.| tho country between i the Potonne and the Hull. It )ias j shown ulllclul confirmation of n SO per cent, increase in population within a I decade. In all things by which men eounl progress and material greutnesSi Richmond has made strides during the ! year which has gone, i Vet many of I he ivenU have boon jiisl such as happen any year. There j have been, perhaps, an average num? ber of disasters, all of them fortuhato I ly small and aim dug only one or two I people at a time. Sonic distinguished j citizens have boon burled in lloliy jwood; with every r:tll from ranks ail other mal. h is slopped forward 10 take ?the vacant place, for this Is the rolent I less law 01 life. \ Irglnln's Prosperity. The State has also been singularly prosperous. With bumper crops of ! corn and of app'les. which tier Citizens so),] ill what n few years ago would j have seemed fabulous prices, she Is at 1 taking her place among those I Com nonwealths which have their pari : lli feeding the world, instead fit being ' a purchaser from more thrifty comma 'i"L :. in agricultural'' development j she Is coming'to the front,irind the past year has Bpoir renewed activity In tho , movement for modern methods. The educational uplift is ijo small part or , the Virginia spirt of the age. Tlie I State h?8 learned the lesson that the j schools cklst solely for tho future? I which Is tho chihl. I Yet no city nor Sto/te nor i.iu'on, hardly even an Individual, ran go I through n year without something to be regretted. Inning R/Jo Hie grdvo closed over Hie mortal remains ,of John Warwick D.Milcl, yiyglnia'a moai Detroit, U.S.A. Ford Auto Company, 12-22-10. Richmond, Va. V IMPORTANT NOTICE. Gentlemen: Please lake notice that inasmuch as the prices on our models may be increased on cars delivered on and after March 1st, 1911, that you are advised not to accept any orders from any one for delivery of any of our models after March 1st, 1911, at current prices. Any order we accept for delivery after March 1st, 1911, will be subject to an increase in price, .so should you have any customers who have orders now in for delivery later than March 1st, 1911, please sec that they take their cars prior to that date or that they are willing to. Stand for an increase in price should any be made. We are giving you this early notice so there will be no excuse for requiring or calling for cars for delivery after March 1st, 1911, at current prices should the conditions make it .seem advisable to raise the price at that time. Please send written acknowledgment of this letter and oblige, Yours very truly, FORD MOTOR COMPANY. (Signed) N. A. HAWKINS, Commercial Manager. ^fruity ro*?D. nmccrti^ *iOM"f 0OO0?.\tcfP?re'r . ?u.v?? coutews.Sterine** Therefore, if you contemplate the purchase of a FORD car during 1911 you can save money by having your car delivered before March 1st, 1911. 5-Passenger 3-Passenger 2-Passenger 2-Passenger Touring Car, Roadster, Runabout, Torpedo Runabout, Above prices are f. o. b. Detroit, and include magneto, 3 oil lamps, horn, tools and tire repair outfit. A complete equipment',' consisting of extension top, folding brass-frame windshield, speed? ometer, gas lamps and generator is but $80.00 additional. Telephone Monroe 2855. 1627-29 W. Broad St., Richmond, Va. TO DEALERS.?During the past two weeks we have received over a score of agency applications from Virginia. If you are a live, responsible dealer and wish to handle the car which represents the greatest automobile value ever offered, NOW is the time to let us hear from you. distinguished son. Survivor of a gen? eration which lias none, he hns Joined Leo end Juelcsoiu UillclnlN Wim Died. Within n few days of Ihe end of the. yi ;iv, the State \va:i called upon to mourn ihe loss of Colonel Morton Ma rye. Tho hand of death was laid on Aaslstnnt Attorney-General Bibb; and tlio bench of the Commonwealth has been called upon to i-'lvo up Judge Daniel A. Grlnisley and Judge John K. Mason. Looking beyond the State (ii was obi .Manillas Claudius who said that on New year's Day his patriotism wns as dead a., a mouse, and all men were his brothers), the country bus wit? nessed n political upheaval, which has' retired the party In power for so luaiiy years and put the reins of gov? ernment Into prucllculy new hands. History mr.y ?r may not make mention Of the elections of 1910. I Coitiiucrlng the Air. i Nothing, perhaps, will so (irmly fix Ihe late year In ihe minds of coining generations' as the advance made In ih,. science of aerial navigation. It, was but yesterday since the Wrights lit Fort Mycr were making trials which were regarded as marvelous, ?ml yet lie c would he laughed nt to? day for similar efforts. Aeron'ititles Is ne low llilsg For-hundreds of years; adventurous spirits have been trying lo reud Ihe riddle of tho skies, and balloon* of all sorts and shapes and designs have been launched, must of ? hem wltli disastrous effect: Vet ihe principle was there, n wait? ing solution. As with the steam en- | cine, it needed lust the filial touch to 1 achieve success. It may be that the j oil: who gave their lives to science in : ihe dying hours of the old year will; I.,- ronvmiben d when the statesmen of this era have been forgotten. Ami nils I? New Venr's, Too. Luther .Mem.- V.'ii? loel'ed lip in trta Second Police Stull,hi last night on Ihn chirso o( Rteallhn three ciuurl? of whiskey from the establishment of Patrick McDonough on '.v, ?i llrond Street. The buvcr who knows the different; in automobile? will own a AUen Ave. anil BrovJ Street. VERBOSA "Jt Speaks for Itself," WON THE IIACE, ?nd Captured tho First Prize?Public Favor. THE IOC. CIO All FOR ?O. Havana Filler- -Porto Itlean Wrapper Of.li <.,r n hy rnrop at your dealt Touring Car. $700-?Itoadstcr. $600. I 1627-29 W. BROAD ST. F.vcr litiilt lias been famous for its sure ncaa of doing its day's work every day in the year, aad cvciy.hour of the day* TFRRIFIC RATTLE OLD YEAR'S KNELL Unusual Pandemonium Reigns When the New Year Is Ushered In. [Special to The Tlmr.,-mrpatch.] New fork, January L?The'old year w.int out and the new came In amid !r.-rt:to rut tie, prolonged ersah, a .smash and a bang;, that inoilo it rctoiiibla every other llko oc? casion, excepting that there, was an nliScii ?>i confetti and ticklers that made for coiii forl ..nil safety of i/os. At mid night ohm <,f the blggcJt crowds In the history of New York gut ha red in lower Itroadway to ilsivii 1? tlio chimes of Old Trinity. Thoro was an Imprcislve few mo? ment.-: when the bella began to ring, and tho crowd was actually' quiet and attentive, then the riatter wan resumed. Broadway was n picture. The olr was braclnn. tho sky (us char, and every clco-! trie siun was fully Illuminated from Twen-I ty-third Street up to Pony-seventh. All applications for nll-nlcht licenses hav iiiR h. on denied by the .Mayor the liquor I luw ?as observed aa It generally is on such i occasion*, tlia front doors of saloons hcln;t , closed and bualnosa baths dune at rldo en? trance i. At tho hotels, after 1 o'clock, thore who wanted anything to drink simply ordered the waller to "brine that bottle of win.: I ordered at 11:30." In all the hotels and res? taurants the lights .vcre extinguished, leav? ing tho places In absoluta darkness, at onn minute before 1 o'clock. The orchestras then play id "America,*.' t lie crowds arose, and the lights were turned on. Everybody joined In the anthem. Inspector MeCloskey, In charge of the po? lice arrangements for the night, estimated] that the hotels and restaurants did fl.OOO. t'<> worth or butlness during tho night. Ho said ho had never seen money spent so free? ly. Ha nald I hero ivere between Z.'>MO and I ZO.OOn people In the dining placoa, and that tin avcrago of shout $10 a person was spent. 13. FRANK STOItY APPOINTED. llccomcs Commonwealth's Attorney of . Soul linmptoii (.'?Billy. [Special to The. Times-oispatch.} I Suffolk, Va., December 31.?Circuit Judge McLomore lato to-night an nounccd the appointment of B. Frank Story as Cpmmonweolth'a attorney m Southampton county, to succeed Wil? liam .lames Sehr el I, deceased. There ] were six applicants, including every lawyer of prominence In tho county. I Story in Democratic county chairman and a member of the .1. Peter Holland faction in county poli'.lcs. He support? ed William A, Voting In Hie August congressional primary and Is regarded as a strong organization man In State politics. Judge MeLcmoro said to? night that Story was not an aspirant at first, hut that lie appointed lilm l>e 01 use he is competent and is apparent- ! ly llio people's choice. DEEP SIUENCE REIGNS | Xo Word Una Come from Principal* In I'.lonemelit. [Special to Tim Times-Dispatch. 1 Washington, D. C.i December 31.? Deep silence continues to be observed by the principals in tho Wyllc-Hlcli bbru elopement, which has come to be an nccepted, fact by Washington ko clety. Mrs. Wylle. for whom great sympathy Is universally felt, has partially re? covered from her attack of nervous prostration "following 1t>er husband's abandonment, nnd has tried to make the holidays bright for her young children. It is said on good authority here that the eloping couple loft Canada en routo to England, and thus eluded the watch? ers at New York. Private advices re? ceived hero are lo the effect that Mrs. Hlchhorn and Mr. Wylle were scon n day or two ago In Italy on their way to Egypt. HAS NOTHING TO WEAR Mrs. IfOnRWorrth'n Sew Year'st fiawii lln* Decn Stolen. . Now York, . December 81.?Express company detectives and 'policeman nro iK'ourlng New York to-day for some cluo to tho whereabouts of n gown which Mrs. Nicholas Longworlh' hopes to wear at President Taft'a Now Year's reception at tho Wlilto House. In Anticipation of tlio reception Mrs. Longworth came to Now York some titno ago and tiail her dressmakers measure her for a gown. The gown was finished a few days ago and ship pod by express to Mrs. Longworth. Yesterday the dressmakers received a telegram' from Mrs. Long worth asking why the gown had not arrived. Hur? ried Inquiry <>f the express company seemed to Indicate that It had boon stolen from a wagon during the holi? day rush. If no trace of tho missing apparel Is found before to-night the j modlsts will put a special tori.: dressmakers at work in an effort tq construct a. duplicate of the gown In time for tho reception; Mrs, Long worth declares thai she will not at? tend except in n brand-new gown. EIGHT MINERS KILLED Cable Snaps und Cor? Cru.ih Into Them. Bluefield. W. Va., December 31-? Bight men. two Americans and six Italians, were killed to-day In LIek Fdrll Mine, near Mateawun, V,'. Va. The accident happened while the victims were ascending in an Incline mlno car. A cable far above tho car snapped and live loaded cars shot down the plane, crashing Into the car on which the eight men were riding. Tho latest reports reaC"**.-?! hero arc to tho effect that none of the bodies has been recovered. Two other men who were injured arc expected to die. MANY DISASTERS Severe Winter. With Heavy Snows, Ilr*|>i>n*ililc f?r Sortcrlng. Turin. December 31.?A severe win? ter, with Heavy snows, Is musing many disasters, especially In the province of Cuneo, where, railway communication has been Interrupted, Many avnlanches are reported, and Ii Is feared that there havo been.nu? merous fatalities. Throughout Cuneo tho law courts have suspended their sessions, as travel Is Impossible. County Supervisor?. Th? monthly intethin ? <( she Henclco coun? ty Board ol Supervlnori will tuko ij:.h-'S Tueiilay morr.liiK at the cotirthouiio, IJIrrally Ibid (itxiiN (In. I Key Htnltli, colored, ohnrped with flpiiltnB. s package, containing a ?u!t of eloth.-*, i the Southern_I3jproii? Company, Polle?) ?tntlon hmt .irir ?l?n| und iy. tbttii veiv1 5 AVest Broad Street, Riehl sun It ? Ht mat il'H eilbf ?Igt I niol| will