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NEWS FROM SUFFOLK AND OTHER PARTS OF VIRGINIA SUFFOLK. Gilligan, the Alleged Murderer, Will be Tried To-day. The- Coso Has Excited, Widespread Interest _?r, Murray Painfully JnJured-I.K>vers Elopo to antes County?Two FunoraU Othor Items Briefly Told. (Special to Virginian-Pilot.) Suffolk. Va., March 12.?A. C. Gilli? gan, an alleged assassin, will have to face a Jury of his countrymen ta-mor row. Gilligan Is accused of shooting down in the night time, December 27 of last year, C. Beverly Turner, father of Miss Isabel Turner, whose lover Gil? ligan was. The victim, who was a well to-do citizen of Islo of Wight county, was Bhot down near his own home. A load of shot was driven through his neck. He was found In a pool of blood dead. An Esle of "Wight grand jury to-tlay found a true bill against Gilligan. The jury examined four or Ove witnesses, among whom were the wife and daugh? ter of the murdered man. Sheriff Robert A. Edwards left to-day , for Petersburg to bring Gilligan down to Isle of "Wight. The petit Jury has been crdered to renort at the court? room at 10:30 o'clock to-morrow morn? ing. The cows is pregnant with Interest. The lawyers are Colonel R. E. Boykln and William S. Holland for the prose? cution and Judge Prury A- Hin ton and S. H. Edwards for the defense. TIMBER SOLD. The timber rights on the poorhouse farm, seven miles from Suffolk, were to-day sold at auction. The successful bidder was Mr. A. B. Cramer, of Suf? folk. The sale was conducted by Dr. Butts and Mr. Holland, a committee of ?the- Supervisors. A DOCTOR RUN DOWN. Dr. Willitun W. Murray, aa a result of a runaway accident, lies to-night at his home, No. 61 Main street, painfully, if not dangerously, hurt. There arc several body bruises, two abrasions on .the head and his back is hurt. Dr. Murray was knocked down and . run over by a laundry wagon, owned by the Messrs. Skinner, at Main .and Washington streets. Tlio horse got soared at the steam laundry on Kilby street and ran at full speed. Dr. Mur? ray did not see the runaway in time. Ho had just started to walk across Main street. He was thrown about twelve feet and doubled up by the wagon axles. The only wonder is that he wns not worse hurt. He was unconscious when carried Into the store of M. Jones & Son. where he was visited by Drs. Whitehead, Phil Hps and Rawles, and afterwards car? ried to his home. ELOPED,TO GATES COUNTY. The pathway to their nuptials at home not seeming altogether ohstruc tlcnless. two young people of Isle of Wight last night started on a journey approximating fifty miles in length. They were Mr. William L. Cone and Miss Dora Saunders. They arrived In Suffolk by the time trades people were opening their Shops. They had come through the wind and snow about twenty-five miles. With marriage as the goal, they did not mind the biting morning air. The young couple took a train here over the Norfolk and Caro? lina road for Gates' Station. They ex? pected to wed somewhere In that coun? ty. The pair was accompanied by a young man, who eloped a few weeks ago, and who knew the "strings." The elopement is said to have been helped because Mr. Zncharlah "Munford, with whom Miss Sounders lived, did not want her to marry. She Is a daughter of S. Saunders. I was told "to-day that two other young people from a nearby village ex? pected to elope to-morrow. JAMES YOUNG AS BYRON. Towards the end of the fourth de? cade of this century there appeared a work on Byron's life and adventures with'the melodramatic "title, -borrowed from Lamartine, "Lord Byron, Man, Angel and Devil." A title such as this, conceived in the worst taste and ex? pressed in language so strained and artificial, can only be explained by the load of exaggeration and fable under which, whether for good or evil, Byron has lain beyond any other poet. The play wrlttcp by Miss Rlda Louise Johnson for Mr. James Young, which is to be presented here Thursday night, Is the result of years of most careful and patient study. It Is historically accurate, and will lie reckoned among the important factors of the Byron Weyhmann, on the 'cello, production will be a pleasing Incident. TWO FUNERALS. A large crowd of fronds assembled at Suffolk College this morning to attend the Unal rites over the remains of the Into Miss Evle Flnney. The funeral sermon was prenched by Rev. W. T. Green, who was assisted by Revs. W. W. Staley, D. p., J. B. Dunn and J. H. ICnblcr. The floral designs were taste? ful and pretty. The interment was In Cedar Hill. These were pall-bearers: Active? S. T. Ellis. W. H. Janes. Jr., R. It. Allen, Dr. \V. D. Wood, J. C. Causey, Jr., John C. Holladay, A. S. Eley. Surry Parker. Honorary?Dr. E. D. Phillips, Genernl Ii. S. Baker. Colonel T. W. Smith. W. J. Cohoon, Dr. H. Wood Campbell, Dr. A. W. Eley, Dr. II. A. Morgan, Lee Britt. H. CLAY WILLIAMS. The funeral of the late Hon. H. Clay Williams was preached Sunday after? noon at Kilt roll's M. E. Church, near Willeyton, N. C, by the pamor, Rev. Starling. The obsequies were conduct? ed by the Masons. The interment was at the home cemetery. These were pall-bearers, they being relatives by blood or marriage: B. G. Williams, SUFFOLK ADVERTISEME'TS JK7?BS YOUNG? ?IN? " L-ORD BYROM " Supported by a company cf 25 people. 1' The piny Is mounted with costly und ciab i' '??orate scenery. A comi'Jcic scenic product. fi vior. One of Lbo events of i.ho season. ? CUy Hall Theatre, Thursday March 15th, ?: jooo. Prices, 25, 35, 60, 75 niwl $1.00. v A RE YOU INSURED WITH WOOIV "ViA WARD & ELAM. Suffolk, Va.? If not, cec or write to them today. They <:'ls?u?3 the best Fire, J^fc, Health und -Accident pc-lid%s. Ali lostses paid prompt SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES Allen'a Foot-Easo. a powder ror tne feet. It cures painful, swollen, smarting, nervous feet and Instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. It's tbo great? est comfort discovery of the nee. Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight or new shoes reel easy. It Is a certain euro for sweating, callous and hot. tired, aching feet. Try It to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. By mall for 25c. in stamps. Trial package freu. Address, ALLEN a. OLM , STEP. Le Itoy. fcN. Y._'_ Lloyd "Williams. Edgar "Williams. O. C. Harrell, H. 13. Cross, J. E. Smith. SAID IN PARAGRAPHS. MIS3 Lucy Clifton Biggs and Mies Annie Pretlow, who had been Mrs. J. L. McLemore's guest, left to-day for their homes, respectively, in Roanoke and Franklin. Mrs. S. R. Gollbart, of Norfolk, and her mother, Mrs. M. J. O'Brien, of Chattanooga, are visiting friends in Suffolk. Mr. Eugene Newsome, of Richmond, passed Sunday with his mother in Suf? folk. Mr. and Mrs. Surry Parker, of Pine town, N. C, are in'Suffolk as guests of Captain and Mrs! George J. Parker. Miss Ava Turner, of Nansemond county, is visiting Mm. Susie Holland. Dr. R. A. Urquhart, of Los Gatos, Col., came to-day for a stay with rel? atives In Suffolk. Messrs. F. T. Jones and C. C. Cohoon left for the North to-night. At the Christian , Church Sunday evening Miss Belle Thompson sang a pretty solo. She was accompanied by Mr. Miller on the organ, with obllgatos by Miss Ballard on the violin, and Mr. "Weyhmann, on the cello. Rev. John Stanly Thomas will be In? stalled as pastor of the Suffolk Pres? byterian Church at 7:15 o'clock to-mor? row night. PEOPLES' FORUM. NOTE.?The People's Forum being freely open to all parties, classes, per? sons, views and capabilities, the Vlr gir.ian-Pllot Is responsible for none of the statements nor opinions ex? pressed therein, nor for the style In jyjt?ch they are set-forth. The ignorant and uneducated shall be heard here equally with the learned. Rights of tho People SufTolk. Va., March 12, 1900. Editor Virginian-Pilot: It 1s the bounden duty of all good citizens to baud themselves together in a patriotic cause and strive at all times to uphold the rights of the people, and banish from office the ringster3 who are now controlling the offices of Nan? semond county. There arc families who have been supported by public ofilce for years. There arc men who are Incom? petent to hold certain ofllccs und farm them out to more competent men. There are men who arc bold tricksters or guilty of malofeasance In ofilce who are lenders, and are elevated to posi? tions of trust and responsibility. Look over the records of these men and see to It that we lay our plans for a change. It Is time that the manhood of our good Democrats should assert Itself. We must have purity In public olllce. We must have better olllcers. The treatment of Mr. Hosier, who was ap? pointed Commissioner of Valuation at the Instance of Senator Shands. Is a high handed outrage. Why should the ringsters have the appointment recon? sidered and Mr. Brltt given the place? Mr. Hosier is a straiglttout Democrat and an honorable gentleman, who would be acceptable to the people. Let I the people be on the alert nnd see If there cannot be made some changes in future. REFORM. PETERSBURG. NEWS FROM ALONG THE APPO MATTOX RIVER. Petersburg, Vn.. March 12.?The handsome new West End Baptist Church, on We\t Washington street, a description of which has been given in this correspondence, was formally ded? icated yesterday morning nt 11 o'clock In the presence of an audience esti? mated at fourteen hundred people. All of the Baptist Churches In the city were closed so ns to give the congrega? tions nn opportunity to attend the ded~ icatory exercises. PETERSBURG BOT SAFE. On the 30th day of last May, Mr. Charles Rlnndfurd, assistant engineer of the United States hospital ship Re? lief, was captured by the Filipinos In Manila bay. Mr. Blnndford is a Pe? tersburg boy, nnd has n sister here, who was very much disturbed from lack of news concerning her brother. Hon. Thomas B. Ivcy opened up correspond? ence with Senator Thomas' S. Martin relative to the matter, and to-day re? ceived a reply that Inquiry at the Sur? geon-General's ollice brought to light the fact that young Blnndford had been re-captured,.nnd wit3 now in the hands of his friends. STABLE BURNED. The stable of Mr. J. R. Barner, on West High street, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning about 3 o'clock. Mr. Barner h>s( his- horse and twenty-five line chickens, which were burned to death. He also had his buggy and a large quantity of feed burned. How the fire originated is not known, but Is supposed to have been of incendiary origin. SUPERANUATED PREACHERS. At the morning services at Washing? ton Street M. 10. Church yesterday n collection was lifted for supernnnated preachers of the Virginia Conference nnd about $135 was contributed. CONGRESSIONAL VACANCY. A special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday after neon, and a resolution adopted asking Governor Tyler to order an election to 1111 the vacancy in the House of Repre? sentatives caused by the death of Hoti. Sydney P. Epes, of the Fourth Dis? trict. BREVITIES. A boys' branch of the Voting Men's Christian Association of Petersburg hns been formed. Mr. H. H. Wrltherspoon has resigned the I1 isltlon of assistant cashier of the Petersburg Savings nnd InsurauceCom pany and has gone to Florida for the benefit of his health. Mr. Peyton 1' >1 Inrd has been billed to IUI the vacancy, and Mr. William B. Stevens had beten promoted to general bookkeeper. Mr. E. E. Hlnckle has been employed as clerk. Dorsey Crowder. who attemnred to commltsulclde-hcr?--At'*-latedtoui''8?.t^ urday night by shooting himself over the heart with a pistol, received only a very slight wound. NEWPORT NEWS Hung Jury in the Assault Case of Frank Benjamin. Insanity Expert Testifies That lie Was mentally Responsible for the Crime - Jury Looked up for Further Dcllbora tlon-UtUcr Mutters. (Special to The VIrglnlan-Pilot.) Newport News, Va,, March 12.?When Saturday night came the evidence of the defence in the case of Frank Ben? jamin, the negro charged with assault? ing Miss Calne, the Norfolk trained nurse, was all in. This morning, at 10 o'clock, upon the convening of court, the argument be? gan, Maryus Jones making the first ad? dress to the jury for the Common? wealth. He was followed toy G. W. Fields for the defence. Commonwealth's Attorney Montague then made a strong argument for the extreme penalty for the brute. Attorney Bassett made a strong plea for the prisoner, arguing solely that his irresponsibility should exonerate him. Captain Fields, brother of G. W. Fields, counsellor for the de? fense, closed the argument. The most important evidence given in the case, outside of the testimony as to the crime itself, was that of Dr. Styll, the well-known expert, who de? clared that the prisoner exhibited not iOne of the five symptoms of insanity, nor was he an idiot. Against this ex? pert testimony was a mass of inexpert evidence given by the boy's friends, ?tending to show that he was weak minded almost to the point of idiocy. There being no question as to the crime Itself, the argument.naturally de? veloped along the lines indicated above. The courtroom was again crowded all day. JURY COULD NOT AGREE. The jury, after helng out an hour and live minutes, reported that they could not agree. Judge Ix?c adjourned them over until In the morning. The announcement was received with unconcealed wrath by the people, and threats of lynching were heard. It is hardly thought possible that there will be violence, however, until the jury has finally reported Its inability to agree, but should the verdict fail to hang the negro there are people In Hampton who will probably try It. LARGE CARGO OF WHEAT. The Chesapeake and Ohio steamer Knight Errant, Captain Jones, sailed to-day for Liverpool with a cargo of 1S0.R27 bushels of wheat. This Is the largest -shipment of wheat made from this port In 'the last eigh? teen months, and one of the largest that ever went out from here. TOUR OF INSPECTION. Rear Admiral Bradford, chief of the Bureau of Equipment, Washington, enme down to-day to inspeot the equip? ment of the battleship Kearsarge,which gave him the rear admiral's salute of thirteen guns as he entered the yard. There Is every evidence that the battle? ship will get away this week. Every? thing has been gotten Into shape for de? parture, and the tests and inspections have been made. It is not known yet where the ship will go to first, but it Is thought that she will proceed to Portsmouth, N. H. A PHYSICIAN SHOT. THE VICTIM OF AN ANGRY PREACHER'S BULLETS. : (Special to Vlrglnian-Pllot.) : Broadnax. Va, March 12.?One of the most shocking shooting affairs that has ever happened in this county occurred near White Plains yesterday morning (Sunday). The wounded man is Dr. Wm. H. Temple, a prominent physician of this county, and the man that did the shooting is Rev. J. E. R. Riddlck, pnstor in charge of South Brunswick Circuit. M. E. Church Dr. Temple had been called to attend the -wifg of Rev. Riddlck Wednesday night and instructed Mr. Riddlck to semi for him nt once If his wife grew any worse. Yesterday morning Dr. Temple was preparing to dress after he had gotten out of bed, when Mr. Rid? dlck rode up to his door. He says that he thought he came to summon him to see his wife and he slipped on his shoes and went to the door to invite him in? side. He was met at the door by Mr. Rld diek and informed that he was to be killed. He then turned around and ran out of the back door, and was pursued by Mr. Riddlck, pistol in hand, and When they reached the back yard four shots were fired into his person?one through the lung, one near the kidneys and one through each arm. Mr. Riddlck claimed before the Jus? tice Court that Dr. Temple Insulted his wife Wednesday night. Dr. Temple domes it most emphatically, and as Mr. Riddlck could not prove that Dr. Tem? ple insulted his wife lie was committed to jail. Dr. Temple was a good man and a good physician. Mr. Riddlck Is a son of Rev. Joseph H. Riddlck, who about twenty years ago was r>nstor of Cumberland Street Church of Norfolk. The son is well known here. His father will have the sympathy of a large number of people here and elsewhere In his present mis? fortune. R0AN0KE. SCHOOL OF METHODS WILL COME AGAIN. Roanoke, Va., Mar. 12.?It Is now supposed to he a settled fact that Roa? noke will have the Virginia School of Methods again this year, beginning June 26th, and lasting four weeks, un? der the management of Superintendent E. C. Glnss. of Lynchburg. The atten? dance last year was larger than ever before In the history of the school, reaching as It did about 800. This year it Is confidently believed that 1.000 teachers will come to Roa? noke during the session- The Lutheran church, with its large chapel auditor? ium, has been secured for the sessions of the school. This church is located just across the street from the Com? merce School Building, the two afford? ing ample room for the gathering._ OASTOniA. Boars th? ~"~yfr&TKinff"Yoii Have Always B?lififil Removed with Maito^ Surgical operations and flesh destroy Log plasters are useless, painful and dangerous, and besides, never cure Cancer. No matter how often a cancerous sore is removed, another comes at or near the same point, and always in a worse form. | Docs not this prove conclusively that Cancer is a blood disease, and that it is folly to attempt to cure this deep-seated, dangerous blood trouble by cutting or burning out the sore, which, after all, is only an outward sign of the disease?a place of exit fo* the poison ? / Cancer runs in families through many generations, and those whose ancestors have been afflicted with it are liable at any time to be stricken with the deadly malady. Only Blood Diseases can be Transmitted from One Generation to Another ?further proof that Cancer is a disease of the blood. To cure a blood disease like this yon must cure the entire blood system?remove every trace of the poison. Cancer effectually aud permanently but S. S. S. S. S. S. enters the circulation, searches out and removes all taint, and stops the formation of cancerous cells. No mere tonio or ordinary blood medicine can do this. S. S. S. goes down to the very roots of the disease, and forces out the deadly poison, allowing the sore to heal naturally and permanently. S. S. S. at the same time purifies the blood and builds up the general health. A little pimple, a harmless looking wart or mole, a lump in the breast, a cut or bruise that refuses to heal ander ordinary treatment, should all be looked upon with suspicion, as this is often the beginning of a bad form of cancer. Mrs. Sarah M. Keesllttc, 94t Windsor Ave.. Bristol, Tear.., writes : " I am 41 years old, sad for three years hod suffered with a severe form of Cunccr on toy Jaw. which the doctors In this city laid was incurable, and that I could not Mve more than six srtontlii. I accepted their statement as true, and had j+ven tip aUJiope of ever being; well again, when my drug Nothing cores Our medical department is in charge of physicians of long experience, who are especially skilled in treating Cancer and other blood diseases. Write for any advice formation wanted, we make ao charge whatever for this service. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, ATLANTA, CA* CAPE CHARLES. COURT MATTERS?WILD GEESE? THE OYSTER TRADE. (Special to The Virginian-Pilot.) Cape Charles, Va., March 12.?The I March term of the County Court of| Northampton began Its session In East vllle Monday. While the criminal and civil dockets were light, and while His Honor, the Judge, the Clerk, the Attor? ney for the Commonwealth and the members of the bar were In conse? quence not overworked, yet this term| has a distinctive and fascinating fea? ture, and it drew a big attendnnce. It is known on the Shore as "Horse Show Court." The llncst blooded stock on the Peninsula (and the Eastern Shore Is famous for fine horses and pretty women) were on exhibition on this oc? casion, and each owner vied with his neighbor in a friendly endeavor to carry off the honors for the best strain of blood, for style and for speed. The month of January was the "Fertilizer" term of the court, for on that occasion the farmers attended to sign contracts for their guano for potato and other crops. A most remarkable illustration of the attraction of brant, wild geese nnd other wild fowl, by the strong shipping lights placed along our Virginia coast, is fOfordcd In the recent experience of Mr. Brown, one of the keepers of Hog Island light, located on the Atlantic coast. Along about tho last of Feb? ruary, says Mr. Brown, the keepers of the light were aroused from their slumbers by the "honking" of geese and brant. The keener, who was on duty at that hour, had ttTcall for assistance, as the fowl, bewildered and blinded by the powerful light, were flying in such numbers and with such force against the glass 1n the tower as to shiver it in every direction. The men procured their guns and fired away at the feathery assailants of the light until their ammunition was exhausted. The result was 2G8 dead brant and geese at the base of the tower. The subsequent Saturday night the Hog Island light was again attacked by brant und geese as before. There was no ammunition at the tower and the force of keepers turned out nnd with their hands captured 150 of the fowl. This was kept up until an Immense flock, fully a thousand, came rushing against the tower with such force that the keepers fled inside for protection. The birds continued to strike the glass tower, breaking It into pieces and put? ting out all the lights in the watch room. * Hog Island is a first-class light and has a powerful lens. It Is a steel tower, 180 feet from the top to mean high water, and can be seen from the bridge of a steamer a distance of twenty-five | miles out at sea. This tower was com? pleted only a few years ago. Mr. C. R. Moore, of Bird's Nest, Northampton county, U. S. Voluntary Meteorological Observer, has furnished the following statement for the month of February for the Eastern Shore: "This has been an unpleasant month, with many dark and cloudy days. Spells of quite warm weather, then cold and then warm again. Maximum tem? perature 60, minimum 12, mean 39.4.1. Rainfall, 3.95 inches; snow. 1.50 Inches. Some early potatoes planted nnd more will be as soon as the weather permits. Wells and streams gaining in water.' The oyster trade on the Eastern! Shore has been quite good the past few weeks, especially from the shipping points In Northampton and Accomac. As a reason for the Increased trade It Is stated that many of the oysters from other sections, especially north of Vir? ginia, have been Inferior In quali Trices, too, have been good nnd the stock better than usual. It is a fact that no finer or better oysters In the world are those of Cherrystone, King's, Hungar's and Mattawan creeks, ?and this without attempting to dis? parage the bivalves taken in other creeks along the shore. Tfhe shipments over the New York. Philadelphia and Norfolk railroad have been very heavy. Among the citizens from the Eastern Shore who visited Norfolk last week were Dr. Vaden. Judge G. S. Kendall, Thomas B. Robinson. Samuel J. Costin, Joseph B. Savage and A. W. Kellnm! of Northampton; G. Wraltcr Mnpp, A. M. Nottingham. L J. Hvslep and Messrs. Bull. Dougherty and Byrd. of Accomac county. The people of th? Shore are quite partial to Norfolk, and were all things equal business relations between the points could be extended almost without limit. Capt. C. S. Morgan, one of the most prominent farmers on the Eastern Shore, who owns a splendid estate on the seaside, near Cherlton. lert last week on a visit to Baltimore. He was accompanied by his wife. Capt. Mor? gan says he is tired of country life, and will, If he can, sell his home in North? ampton and spend the remainder of his days in the Monumental City, where his friends are legion. BREVITIES. Mrs. Caroline Hutchinson died sud ttrB?tCS'G?UGH SYRUP Cvirci a- Cough or-Cold-at -oBC*. -1 Conquers Croup without fall, 1 Is-tlic-best-for-nronchHis, Ortppc.-p toarseuess, Wtioeping-Cough, nrnf for the cure of Consumption. (others praise it. Docnotsprvicribcit. denly last -week at the home of her son, George Hutchinson, In Wardtown. She was In the dining -room preparing supper when she fell In an unconscious condition to the floor. Dr. Morlcy -was called, but could not stay the hand of death, and this most excellent lady passed away a few hours later. She was the widow of the late Capt. William Hutchinson. Mr. Lloyd Brockenbrough, a popular young lawyer, Is quite sick at the home of his..father, Dr. Brockenbrough, near Chesapeake. Little Willie Hurst, of Dec:> Creek, Accomac county, while out gunning last week, had an arm shot off. The unfortunate youth is "a~son of Mr. Tul ly Hurst. Drs- Leatherbury and Rob? ertson amputated the shattered arm. Mr. A. J. Johnson, of Cape Charles, Is now on the rond representing the wholesale grocery house In Norfolk of Hough, Herbert & Co. Mr. Johnson Is a hustler, and will make frequent calls upon the merchants of the Eastern Shore. R. W. Nottingham, Esq., clerk of the county court of Northampton, has re? turned to bis office from a business trip to Richmond. Mrs. I. H. Milllgan, one of Cape Charles' most progressive and stylish milliners, Is in the northern cities se? lecting her spring stock. Of course,this Information is of peculiar Interest to the ladles?and also to their husbands and fathers. Miss Nellie Marshall, of Baltimore, Is in Bridgetown visiting her friend, Mrs. Fred Waddy. Mrs. Clara Culllngsworth, of Rich? mond, Is the guest of Mrs. E. F. Not? tingham, of Eastvllle. Mr. E. T. Leatherbury was back on the seaside last week. He came over from Newport News, where l\e Is en? gaged, and was the guest of Mr. Pres? ton E. Trower. The Ladles' Aid Society of the Bap? tist Church of Eastvllle have an Im? portant meeting at the parsonage at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, March 17th. Mr. A. M. Nottingham has purchased the Miles property In Onancock, and will occupy it in the fall. Miss Julia Nottingham has returned to her home In Eastvllle from a most pleasant visit to her many friends In Cape Charles. The new sawmill being built near Chesapeake Is nearly completed. Mrs. Margaret Luker. while attend? ing Salem Church, near Chesapeake, last week.accidently fell from the steps and dislocated her shoulder. Mrs. Luker is quite old and infirm. A BEAUTIFUL LIFE, AN ELEGANT TRIBUTE TO A SER? VANT. Last Thursday .lust as the sun rose over the gleaming jwaters of the Chesapeake our children's "Mammy," Sallle S. Heywood, passed away In one of those fair cloud mists that 6oftly swept over our country home In Vir? ginia. Her end was singularly peaceful and happy. She had faithfully served two generations of our children; the Smedes children in Raleigh and our own In Boston and New York. From that day In Raleigh thirteen years ago when she took our first born in her arms down to the time our three little ones passed from the nursery into the bustle of child's joyous life, my wife has never known a night's worry with a babe. Aunt Sallie was nurse, mother house-keeper, companion and teacher of life's deep truths. Up to the day she took her bed only ten days' before her death, she was bright, active and happy, watching her last brood of children bud Into man? hood and womanhood, strolling beneath the giant trees on the lawn at Elmlng ton Manor, caring for the chickens and turkeys, or seated by a biasing log fire in her own room In the servant's quarters surrounded by an admiring group of negroes, as she talked with native eloquence of faith and life, love and God. She was one of the most be?llful characters I have ever known. She be? longed to the old regime of the old South, with Its gentle ways. Its lofty dreams. Its scorn for meanness, its chivalry and loyalty to friendship. Yet she welcomed the new and larger life while ?he cherished the beutiful in the old. She was loyal to the negro race, sacrificing liberally from her savings for their churches and schools? and yet I always thought she felt more keenly and pnlnfully, her soul kinship with the white race that predominated in her blood. Her photograph, whose lights and shadows hide the secrets of Tace. shows her as a woman of culture and refinement. She was both. The child of passion unhallowed by the laws of social convention, yet she was a pure woman In every fibre of her womanly nature. By social and poli? tical accident she was born a slave, and yet she belonged to the nobility? to that aristocracy of character larger than classes and clothe3, race or color, that circles the earth sweeping through the centuries to the dawn of humanity and stretching toward through the ages to the hour_of Its redemption, ^ She' bHohgecTTo a generation of ser cants that helped to make Southern life a poem. They are swiftly passing. These women have been a mighty force In forming the character of Southern manhood and womanhood. We cannot too highly honor them. The worship of God Is the aorvtce of man.. All else la pomp and prldo, and hollow form. All honest labor In human service Is the highest expression or religion. Christ said: "I came not to be minis? tered unto but to minister." "As the Father sent me, I send you." It Is just as honorable and noble to sweep the floor and answer the cry of a child as to be the Queen of an Empire, provided the service rendered is the best we can give to our fellow men. We speak her name softly In our home, for a little boy's Mrs quiver and a little girl bursts into tears If It Is suddenly spoken. We shall.not see her like again. THOMAS DIXON, JR., Elmington Manor, Ware Neck, Va., FOR GREAT AMERICANS. A Rather Ridiculous Gift to a Great Institution of Learning. _ _ (From the Boston CJlobeT) The Unlversitv of New York has re? ceived a gift of SIUO.000 with which to build a colonnade f.OO feet long, facing the Palisades, to be known as the "Hall of Fame for Great Americans." The donor Is too modest to be known as anything more than" a friend." To occupy one of the lf,0 panels in the hall of fame will subject the occupant to the pepctual gaze of those who go up and down the beautiful Hudson; but how to got there Is the thing. The name of every aspirant must be sub? mitted to a hundred or more distin? guished judges throughout the country, a majority to decide the choice. In the list of cligibles are Included authors and editors, business men, edu? cators, Inventors, missionaries, and ex? plorers, philanthropists and reformers, preachers and theologians, scientists, engineers and nrchltects, lawers and Judges, musclans, painters and sculp? tors, physicians and surgeons, rulers and statesmen, soldiers and sailors. Should any vacant panel remain after these requirements have been met, the senate may fill them during the ensuing year. It does not appear from the list that politicians and bosses are barred out of the competitive choice of panels, as the term "statesmen" is sufficiently com? prehensive. The donor of this hall of fame for great Americans has evidently filled a long-felt want. It will doubtless prove the means of rescuing from oblivion many a great mind otherwise born to blush unseen, and place him where mil? lions may live to stare at the last rest? ing place of his relief ns they; skirt the beautiful American Rhine. BLOOD POISON CURED BYB.R. B. Bottle Free to Sufferers. Is your color bad? Is your throat sore? Are you all run down? Is your hair falling out? HEADING Have you swollen glands? Havo you pimples? SYPMTOMS. Docs your back ache? Shifting pains? Does the skin Itch and burn? Js thero persistent headaches? llavo you aching in the bones? Havo you ulcers in the mouth? Do humors break out on tlio skin? Does tho hlcod feel hot and feverish? Do the hands and feet puff and swell? Is thero a prickling sensation in the skin? Havo you sores on body that won't healT There Is only one, real |>crmanent cure for Blood Poison and the above symp? toms, and that Is B. B. B. 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