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Monday, February 3, 1913. R.. f. & P. TO VOTE GROUNDHOG DUCKS AGAIN AS HE SEES HATED SHADOW OF RICHMOND IM RULE FOR PAVING Stockholders "Will Decide \\ cdnesday on Acceptance of Agreement. Building Not Up to Modern 1 Finance Committee Likely to AUDITOR IS STILL IN And This Means Forty Days of Cold, With Snow and Sleet Galore, for Poor Ma n's Prophet Wisely Tells You So. If the ground hog as a weather prophet is without honor in learned 6oclet>. ho has nevertheless, a larger I WAY roUowl?1*' tb** m)cmt of t u H** lor'-" groundfaodM ara taught from infancy CHARITIES BOARD REPORTS MERCHANTS " M ' 11 his tracks burrow to gf apprehensively to the ground be? hind him. There Jay the black out? line ->t his form projected by the noon sftmjr sun. it was the hated shadow that Standards, and Has Worst Possible Location. Designate Streets to Attended to Fir-t. He ARE ANXIOUS Be On Hand Early Our finest Suits and Overcoats are on sale this morning at 33 Per Cent Discount GANS-RADY COMPANY Mo>y Prevent Payment of Sum to State and Counties. \\ ith >nrrender of Exemption. stockholders of the Kichmond, According to the annual report of j For three nights the State Beard of Charities and Cor- | Council Committee He differs Dom these in the fact that went uown jTlto hls bleep. he issues no isothorinlc map? to bul- n.ousands of cltizena in Henri? i Suggests ster his predictions, carea nothing farICounty watched the performance and areas of low pressure, and is Indc- blinked gloomily with the ground hog Ptndent of the telegraph. With no at the noonday nun. It whs an evil li.i.di apo like these to deflect his :>b- onnn It meant forty mure days of ?irnflaaa ha seldom goes wrung aria tor and plenty of rain and sleet At the noon hour y. sterdav. stand- The ground hog smelted it coming and Ftcdencksburg and Potomac Railroad ard Washington time. he crawled promptly went below to wrap the Company will be called upon, at a sleepily out of his burrow and stojd drapeii. s of his couch about h:m and ?-. . a! BIOQtlag to ht hoed Tfldataadai Bp B his hind legs to make his an Me d >wn to pl.asant drtams. 1 rslni "f this week at 11 o'clock la Baal observation. He pointed his nose Barton, deferred n.nketh the heart cated the Richmond C'ty Jail apparent Ihi B Sanaa of the company. In the toward the magnetic pile and Miiffed "ore. but the soren. ss Is tempered with ,v nad not a e|!lgie modern correc 1 * National Bank Building. to th- a|r It smrlled of ic ebergs and wet a eeB4M of gratUude t0 the keen- f0.mu,lve ldeU ,? their minds or reject the compromise pro- ,ain ThtI| ,lr fH,ed s:>uth to the smelling ?round h'-g that comes onaa Bte or reluimuti\c idea in tneir minus. ? ?Ith the Commonwealth of Vir- ,,ut th<> wll,d frmm the Istnmus a year on 1". bruary '-'. to set at rest If they nad such idea the board be . ?h? tux controversy, w hich w ,s' un,Jorn all doubts about - oneng summer Why .neves thero could have been found ;^,!d rrt:^1:;:: r iT-iS iTJ, ^2^*2. - ;;; ? ,n wMch of the board of directors on the one his starboard ay? upon the exa. t cel.- conviction because he believes In his velop It I it, in rial commission rep- tre of the heavens and shifted the oth. predictions nimsei.. The r< tlm th< Slate on the other, the ?ajr must pay to the State the stun of ilt;.'..",64.It, in lieu of all fran 1st god property tax claims to and including the .'tar IfIX and to fur? ther pay the sum of $173.9*>7.;i to the cities, counties and towns through which it runs. It must, further, sur? render forever all exemption from tax? ation it has heretofore enjoyed, and give up every nonrepealable feature of it}- chatter, and must agree to ?Mare, stich amendments to its articles of in? corporation as will put it on a par with all the other railroads of the State, being relieved of its special burdens and surrendering its special privileges. Salt ?l ikin i.o On. Op the other hand. should the stockholders take the unexpected ac- , . lion of rejecting the compromise, the **7 to the plant, stock and equipment uruav afternoon. B r.urr.h. r of mattet a suit for pay men I ofl the accrued taxes, of the Johnston Box Company, Inc., , cf importance to the b--in!;lrig Inter ?5#2 Venable Street. Flames were dis covered shortly before 4 o'clock in the rear of the building by a policeman, who tan to Box Xo. XI, Twenty-fifth . and Venable Streets, and sounded a ! fort, on June 1?. 20 and 21. It is pos generaJ alarm. The blaze had gained ] siDie tiiat tne tankers will take a side considerable headway when apparatus in . l arge of Assistant Chief Baffo ar? rived, and B second alarm was turned | other point. Vfmjt'? sataBaBasssajre Richmond Should ' Want Fund to Continue Broad Make Start Towards Rational j Street Paving Made Scpa Treatment of Defectives. rate Item. this werk ui Finance the will TRACE CRIiME BACK TO CORN-SHUCKING KISS This Is the story of a little mountain | house, but trouble was staved oil by l e ctions, just Issued, those, who lo- hear from various brauch?? of the ffirl> in iove wJth a man v ho ?tands the ">t?-> ferenue of Claude Allen and city government it, regard to their ?, the shadow of death. 1'art. of I? ! ^hV'sS^rl.?wIn, hnamil needs in COBBOCtioa with pre- ; have been told, but most of It will th* box part>. Thomas and Edward" paratlon of the annual appropriation; ntVer bo written. It lias for its setting sataaJ m combat at the entrance to ordinance The Fir, and Police De- a wild and runged country, and for Its gj, were?B'pro ie?'V?Ad,.v,n- "*fV" partments will be heard to-morrow : characters a primitive people. The their arrest. aawattaa t* ** BOX FACTORY* FIRE STATE BANKERS CAOSES BIG LOSS SELECT OLD POINT report, as presented by Pal IalBI J J T. Mastin, la entitled "Soiual Ser? vice in Virginia" It is a boolt of 114 pages, tilled with interesting statis? tics and comment on charity and cor? rectional work In Virginia. As the work of the board becomes m ue or? ganized, the annual reports are more comprehensive. A vast deal of infor? mation Indispensable to social work night at 8 o clock. The School and ( story is tinted with the red of a tiag Health Boards will b<- lizard on Wed- edy that is an old tola, and hinges for nt sday, and oppurtunlty will also be j Its fateful climax upon the stroke of given on that night fur brief state- ( a pen in the hands of Virginia's Gov BMgttfl from the puldi' < h.n Itles which '< crnor. receive city aid, and from any out- j Miss Nellie Wissler?one has only kinsmi slders desiring to be heard in connec- . to see her lo know?belongs not to the visit to Sidna Allen, "saw two"deputy tlon with the buds -; on Thursday i type of newspaper heroine that some- sherirTs taking Sidna and Wesley to night the committee will hear in turn how sprimrs Into life in the chroni- hal'''lruff/- ?"'" ??'? wiath rose i ,, a . 11? freed them fi om their captors, and the departments grouped under su- ' cling of every but national crime She was later arrested and tried for Inter pervision of the- Administrative shrinks from the gaze of the thousands ; fri ing w ith ortlcers in the discharge sff the arrest of Sidna Edwards, who had taken u h. nd. followed the next day. and the Kdwards boys crossed the border llito North Carolina. Their capture a few days later began the train of events which culminated in the lllllsville tiaged>. Floyd Allen. f the two boys, while on a Sustains Annual Convention to Be Held e? is arrayed On the subject of Richmond s alms at Chamberlin Hotel ?.c.? pet..ling it. tlx Supreme Court of the United Stutes. will be prosecuted to a final decision. which may be reached within two years. The amount claimed by the State is nearly twice that agreed to be paid by the rail? road, arid, besides, ao penalty nor in? terest is included in the compromise. The Commonwealth won a judgment in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Vir? ginia in a suit for one year's fran? chise tax. and the railroad appealed on a Federal question, claiming that a ?lause in the Constitution of the Cliited States had been violated. Ratification of the agreement by the stockholders will nut end the chapter There remains the opposi lock before the Woman's Loaajwa of America, at li South Third Street, t. "The Effect of Alcohol The public is invited. pertlna Mllltta. ?neral w. W Sale ant* Johnston Company About $7,ooo Damage in Early Morning Blaze. June 19-21. Damage estimated at more than ! At a meeting of the executive coun $7,000, fully covered by insurance, was ci] of the Virginia Bankers' Associa done by an early morning tire yester- , tiun. held at the Jeffe.-son Hotel Sat csts of the State were discussed. It -??as derided to have the twentieth an house and jail, the report reads as fol? lows, being largely along the lines suggested by the report of the visiting committee, as? printed In The Times Dispatch some time since: Iteport ob City Herne. "As r? .cards the City Home, the com? mittee f, els that Its best function at fiiis time Is: "1. To commend the movement now on foot tj move the lllheltIlIoelB patl who regard her as an interesting link In the fate of the Aliens. Mie speaks tlve Board have be.ii Invited to sit slowly, with the halting speech pecu ?cvith the Finance Committee at all Board, beginning with the City Un gineer. Members of the Admlnlstra liar to the mountain country, and she seldom smiles When she does, there Is a decidedly attractive dimple.. SCo.t?d by the r ailing on the mezza . nine flour of the Richmond Hotel, a " ^-fl'>^.he*rto?* e?*ehlf?* j rdl?at t gure. dressed in deepest mourn ItiK. she impressed one as mournfully three hearings, in order that they may be familiar with the rinamial situa? tion. Will Hurry |l Forward. this we*k. it is anticipated that th* budget subcommittee can complete its pale and fragile' Reporters have been work in another weak, and that the p?, t of her dally life for weeks and ordinance can be reported to a special months, and she regarded the lntru meettaa of the Council soon after lhr middle of the month. For many reasons it -is Braod that the budget b nual convention of the association at ents In the City Home out into the adopted at the earliest possible I me the Hotel Chamberlin. Old Point Com- country to be cared for under modern BO thilt j,iang may oe araparatl ami trip by boat to Washington or to some bringing additional engine compa? nies ami Chief Joynes. Fur a few minutes the firemen had a stiff fight, but the tire was shortly under control and completely out by 6 o'clock. Chief Joynes said he was unable to ascertain just what started the lire. it It caught at the foot tion of Auditor C. Bee Moore to a set? tlement on this basis. In a letter to the Governor, as chairman of the spe? cial commission on the part of the State, the Auditor takes the ground that the Legislature hail no right to pass a law authorizing the acceptance of any sum by the State which is less than the amount really due to it. In inditions. This Is a paramount need "I To emphasize the great neces? sity for a modern city hospital for general medical ami surgical cases, for with the present equipment the work of caring for the Blek city poor Is sion of the latest one with little mure than indifference. t Bshakra Keith la ( laude. If she looked upon the intruder with indifference at first. tn<- mariner soon the spring, and not let 'the work "hang U* Frum a halting exchange ?r;'l.'T[".JC*Vdo over intu the fall and winter as has "f virw? on .tnP latest appeal to th been th contract? prepared and awarded for public work. In of their duty The rest is history. Hoping \gala?l Hope. During the recital of this episode. Miss Wissler forgot for the moment the shadow which hovered over her young life, and permitted herself even to smile at the ludicrous happenings of the corn-husking. It was only for a moment BJm grew silent and rested her head In her hand. "I don't know how long I shall be here-- probably a few days.'' she re? plied in answer to the query. It was . lear that she was thinking of the Oevernor who held the fate of her lover in his hard Sho held out her hand hopefully as the reporter went a way "I hope you will say something good about Claude." she said "I know what Some have been custom heretofore Governor, and formal talk about th The following were present at the meeting: Thomas B McAdams. cashier Merchants' National Bank. Richmond, president of the Virginia Bankers' Association: W B. Vest, cashier Citizen's and Marine Bank. h'\irfj^.p. .of. the. of a stairway in the tear. Bobcrl H Stollz. secretary-treasurer of the company, said last night that greatlv hampered. We are gratified mad'" ui> un<i"r th" ** 9 Chatter amend that the Council committee recognises ?<r>ts creating the Administrative Since this will be the first budget caBe in K?*n,-ra?. th* conversation pro cfeded by easy stages to the life, In so lend, and some have hurt him ao much." "Newspapers are made bv human beings and have human failings and the Carroll County a*, before the ^ ^^J^*' f^B lh?' cumins of the big "h*"^; "I know that, and I'm still hoping,' Here again there was little new to mm* replied. tell The story of the Aliens Is a_ twice-told tale. For nine months ariu ., ? more?since the Ui-starred >?-< "r. * reeoian lo *prah. this need, and we earnestly urge that Board, there la some discussion as to there be no unnecessarv delav in sot- procedure. The charter says that th tllnK this important matter fairly anticipated revenues of the city "The spirit in which the inmates of are to be apportioned to the various the City Home are now being looked departments la lump sums. For sum ? i vsewponr-ive?.fc; Afia~v.dMUkr Ji' -\w 'a'fter"uv'-fhe"??pVesint^iiiahaV^ i7iPVn.HiR.-e comm.tie* n ! executive council. V \aiden. cashier deserving of all praise. There only re- been endeavoring to separate pay roll mains fur the city now to do its full accounts from ?xpens, items, and to Bart. separat? from mere current running t'adeeirable Location. expense* all Items that are In tlu "City Jail.?At the outset, comment ture <jf an inVe,tment or permanent on the location of the City Jail is dls- lmproV(m,.nt. Ttljs luv wlU D(. fon. tinctly in order. Down in a deep ra- ... ... . ,. vine. ,t is bounded un the north bv 'Jr",,u- tnf P** ro" expense items a lone line of new stables, on the bem* mado s-parate from any nrovls *-*? ?-?!?i,ont ImnrnVflllf fctl. he had not found out the exact loss, but thought it-might reach $7.?00. He addetl that it was fully covered by in? surance. "While fire did considerable damage." Mr. Stoltz stated. "I think thnt more was done by water, which V First National Bank. Farmville; Joseph M. Hurl, cashier Citizens' Bank. Blackstotie: J. W. Bell, president First National Bank. Abingdon; C. K. Tif? fany, president Fauquier National Bank. Warrenton: H. N. Phillips, pres? ident Broadway National Bank. Rich? mond: G. R. Ratcliffe. cashier People s day last j _ March, when the single strand of wir-' DouK'-<!' Freeman will speak te .lent i> j'-ais past wie r mail, e cumiiiic.ee n.tt*-.--. running out of t hamlet began BOS nation the broker HlBatrllle horror? light has played It IIBBBBBIB. and the news writers hav. nothing was left u To Miss ?Haart