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FJRID?T, DECEMBER 0. 1001.
DEMOCRACY.
*tVe referred tlie other day to an inter?
view which thc Charlotte Observer prl?t
od with ex-Governor Jarvis, of North
Carolina, on Uie proper course to be pur?
sued by tho Democratic party. Thc same
paper now prints an interview with Cap?
tain S. A. Ashc, of Raleigh, one of thc
oldest and most accomplished editors in
the State, in which he says that there Is
always a tendency for a party out of
power to play the role of opposition, and
? that a? tho Democratic party has gene- ?
r?illy been out of power since the war it
has been in opposition so long and so
continuously that it has been, put in the
attitude of being opposed to all measures
which tho country has regarded as im?
portant in its progrcj-s and development.
?'While I believe Republican policies and
measures have been? hurtful," he goes on,
"and havo retarded the progress c: our
industries, and tha* Democratic policle.
would have been much more beneficia?,
yet the Dcmocracic paity has come to be
' regarded as unpatriotic, has n-?t sym?
pathized with progress, has been a paity
of negation, rather than, a virile, active,
aggressive organization seeking to pro?
mote the gr?a?, industrial interests of the
? country."
Thero is some truth in this and yet it
must be said in behalf of tho Democratic
party that it has played a most import?
ant part in the history of the nation and
done a great public service by being an
opposition party, by opposing itself to ;
tho "Republican, party, which has always
been tho party of the classes. It were
idle to deny that the country has pros?
pered under Republican rule. The Re?
publican party is a close corporation
having a fixed policy, and when it has
been in power the business interests of
the country generally knew what to ex?
pect Therefore the country has been
more or less free from agitation under
Republican rule, and this country is so
rich that its int<-*rests can accommodate
-.liiiiise-lves to conditions if only condi?
tions will remain constant for a reasona?
ble time.
Rut thero is no knowing to what
lengths the Republican party would have
gone in class legislation and centralized.
government if it had not been vigorously
and courageously opposed by the g-roat
D??mocracy of the country representing
il?.?? masses. "While tlie Democratic pisrty
has. ;??s Captain Ashe says, usually been
out ?'G ?Kiwi :? ?>?uce thevwnr. it has been a
formidable opposition ami an opposition
to be reckoned with. It has kept the
Ri publican party more or less on its
good behavior and has had .1 restraining
inuuer.ee which canont be computed. And
so we have time and again urged that the
Democratic party is doing a great work
even when out o? power, if only it walk
In its integrity and stand by its prin?
cipies which have beer?? from thc begin?
ning, and by warning the Republicans
that there are bounds beyond Which they
dare not go.
People will stand a great deal for the
salie of prosperity, and when the Repub?
lican orators go upon the stump and
point to the prosperity which has been
under their rule and warn ihe people
against making a change, which may
bring disaster, it Is a powerful argument
and it has had .-ind will have weight with
the voters- Kut prosperity is not every?
thing, nor will the people stand every?
thing for thc sake of prosperity. When
the Republicans beco*??, arrogant and
trample upon the rights of thc people
and show sagas of converting this Re?
public into a monarchy, the majority of
the voters in this country wiil invariably
ally themselves with the Democratic or?
ganization and put the Republicans out
of power regardless of consequences to
business. AVe are a business people, a
nation of traders, as the ?Spaniards call?
ed us, but we are also a patriotic people
and we love justice and Jib-arty and our
God-givtm rights and privileges better
than we love money. The Democratic
party is the great conserving influence
in this nation, and it has saved tho Re?
public and preserved the rights of the
people by this opposition to which Cap
U?u Ashe refers. These remarks seem
<?3 Us timely in view of thc fact that the
Republicans are in control of Congress,
which is now in session. There is a work
for thc minority party to do.
PURE AIR ?? THE CAPITOL
Tho proposal that the Legislature and
Constitutional Convention shall both oc?
cupy tho present hall of the House of
D< ?-.?gales makes it more than ever
necessary for radical action to be taken
that will give some better means of ven?
tilation than that her?Hofore provided
fer this chamber. The number of seri?
ous Illnesses among members of the
LiCglslature last winter was due, in ?T.ir
beli??;". In a very large nuasure to the
impure atmosphere wilh which the Sen?
ate chamber and hall of Delegates were
filled. No adequate means have been
provided for carrying off the air which
has already been passed through Uie Ira?
nian lungs and fur supplying pure air
in Its place.
Au nrticl? in Tlie Times of YTedncsday
points out the efforts that have been
made ? y ???" ?Ma achueetts Institute of
Tcclisiology to find .??. solution for 1!?...?.
problem ef supplying ?.??.:???.? air in suf?
ficient Quantities for large asscmb'y
hails, A professor who has made a study
of. this proposition finds out that in a
larga hail filled with, ?say. twenty-five
hundred people, the rise of temperature
dia- t?) C?. number of hum.m ?being In the
room is from ll xo 3- degr??, s Pahrcahcit.
Tiiis warm and lifeless air rises natural?
ly to th?? t?>p of the room ami then? re?
mains unless -.crac uieuau ;a provided lor
carrying it off and supplying puro air
from the outside?.
Such meana havo been woefully lack?
ing in our legislative meeting halls, with
the result that thc members have, been
forced to breathe air that was already
devitalised, and carries in itself thc seeds
of ?ickne?is. There Is no reform of a
sanitary character that will work more
benefit for less expenso to Uie State of
Virginia than providing suitable venti?
lai ion for thc Senate chamber and hall
of Houso of Delegates in the CapUoi
building. This should be done, if for no
better reason than that of business ad?
vantage. These men arc employed by
the State to do an important work, but
men cannot be expected to work to ad?
vantage when living in an atmosphere
that beclouds the intellect. This matter
is urgent and demands immediate atten?
tion.
A THREAT.
? correspondent writing from Bowling
Green, Va., sends us the following:
Kditr>r of The Times:
Sir,?I was in Richmond last week and
looked in on our Constitutional Conven?
tion. Passing out of the building, I asked
some one near me "when ho supposed
the vote on the Barbour-C?unrles bill
could be had." Thc reply was, '-It will
be pigeon-holed." I replied. "A lot of
you will be pigeon-holed with it." Now,
I have carefully noted the names of the
memorable live- who voted against it in
committee, and when the vote comes in
Committee of tho Whole there will be
other names to marie It does seem to
mo a whiskey lawyer has a lot of cheek
to stand up before that committee and
tell a Christian minister he had better at?
tend to his preaching and let politics
alone while that man of God is pleading
for tho souls of his members. The bar?
room is recognized as the greatest enemy
to tho Ghris?P-? ministers' work, and yet
they are told "This is politics and you
should have nothing to do with it"
Publish or stop. Our name is
"LEGION."
Here are two distinct threats. The first
is to certain members of'the Constitu?
tional Convention, and the second is to
The Times. We do not know who this
correspondent is, for although he makes
threats ho lacks thc courage to sign his
name. It is not our custom to notice
anonymous scribblers, but wc take ad?
vantage of this opportunity to say to this
man, and all extreme men like him, that
threats and attempts to intimidate ac?
complish no good result in this land of
freemen.
This spirit of intolerance has dono the
temperance cause more harm than any
agency that has been employed against ?
it.
? RICK "DEBTOR NATION."
The London Times says that the United
Stales is still a debtor nation in spite of
tho country's enormous wealth and its
great trade balances^ Secretan* Gage, in
commenting on the statement, says that
lie is unable to understand how the
"Thunderer" reached that conclusion. He
points out that in the last four years we
havo piled up a balance in our favor of
$1,600,000,000, and although we have paid
freight charges on this enormous bulk
of trade with Europe, and although wc
have paid insurance and the expenses of
tourists, all these would not consume one
half of the grand total of our balance:
"Say it eats up half Of it." hir. Gage
continues. "This still leaves us a big
balance, which has not been paid back
through the purchase of merchandise
abroad, not in gold exports nor in any
other way.
"The presumption has been that with
this SSOO.000,000 or more we have been buy?
ing back American securities previously
held In English and other foreign mar?
kets.
"While one portion of our people have
a largo balance of traile coming to them,
another class is borrowing money abroad
to carry on large business enterprises at
home. We have tried to get up statis?
tics that would show, by the mportatlon
and exportation of securities, the exact
state of the interchange of trade, but it
has not been found possible.
"We are not an old country. Naturally.
as long as we can use borrowed money
with great profit to ourselves, wo shall
be doing good business by borrowing for
our new enterprises. Wc do not put our
wealth' in securities because we can get
better profits in using it in business. The
more wc borrow, therefore, the more
money wo are making, and tho greater
is cur wealth and our prosperity. Wc
afe a debtor nation in this sense. But our
prosperity justifies abundantly the trade
policy of the nation."'
But Mr. Gage thinks that it makes lit -
\ tie difference whether the Lender? Times
| is rght or wrong. He don't care whether
I our creditors live in New York, or Eng
! land, or France, so long as we can afford
! to borrow money, invest it in American
?
j enterprises, pay interest and gain a hand
I some profit; anel that, he says, seems to
1 represent tho financial condition of this
| country.
CONTEMPT OP LAW.
That is a most remarkable story which
I comes from New Orleans concerning the
| action of the granel .iury in Washington
I parish, Lr?.. A negro v.-as recently burned
; at the stake in that parish; and the judge
? very properly called?thc attention of the
| grand .iury to that fact But the grand
! jury reported that "The men who par
j ticipated in the burning were among the
! best citizens of the county, and nothing
? but a eleslro to protect those who are
! nearest and dearest to them would move j
; them to undertake, such measures."
It is bad enough for these open viola- ;
! lions of ihe law to occur, and worse
I when the "best citizens" of the com
i munity engage in such lawlessness. But
when mob violence is countenanced and
' defended by a sworn grand jury, law
] becomes a mockery and the court might
: as well go out of business and let the
mob rule. If Washington parish, Ixmis
ian.t, is not now under tho rule of the
mob. then wo do not understand the plain
English of the grand jury's findings. It
s in sorrow anel not in anger that wc
say such things about a Southern com?
munity, but facts arc facts, and it is
i worse than use-less to shut our eyes to
Is it possible that we are to lose the
Carnegie Library "on account of poli?
tics?" if so. it will do politics in this
j community no good, and local politicians
I will do well to take that tstaement to
: heart
_
j _
? . What Is this wc hear about a certain
\ element in the State Sonato of Virginia
being "hostile and antagonistic to thc
? State administration as It will bo consti
I tuted after January 1, 3902?" We hope
i that litera is no truth in such rumore.
The Governor of this State and tho mem?
bers of the aeriate aro all true Virginians
and all have the good of tho State at
heart Being agreed on that one point
there should be no suspicion of antago?
nism, but they should all work together
In tho interest of thc Commonwealth.
CURRENT TOPICS.
The Charleston News and Courier,
which is somewhat phlegmatic in tem?
perament, warms up to Dr. Depew in
genuine tropical fashion. It says of his
address at the Exposition:
To speak of tho superb eloquence, the
thrilling voice, tho charming manner, the
splendid diction, of this world-reno\vncd
I orator is but to repeat what ?as been
; said a thousand times before. Those who
? heard him yesterday for thc first time
? realized, not only how true was all they
i had read about him before, but how in
; aelequate any description Is to do full
I jt slice to his powers. It is not our pur
? pose, therefore, to dwell upon the tm
! epicstioned beauty of thc oration or the
? uneusputed power of thc orator, but to
; point out what appear to us to be sall
S ent points of thc address, accompanied
? by some reflections that probably did not
! occur to thc speaker himself, or if they
I did we take it that he did not intend to
j convey them to his audience.
No fault Is to be found with the spirit
! mil temper of the oration. The tone is
! catholic and thc language in excellent j
I taste.
* . ?
Here is a paragraph from, the Chicago j
Chronicle which the Virginia authorities.
may perhaps study to their profit:
Ample investigation shows that the pri?
soners at thc county jail could be sub- |
sistcd for 10 cents a day, including ali I
expenses of food, cooking and table ser- I
vice. Some years ago, when public eat- I
ing-housc3 for tho poor- not mere soup- j
houses, but serving substantial meals
wero established in Chicago the cost ot j
all the food materials used was less than i
3 cents a heael for the 40,^00 or more peo- ?
j pie who were fed. And they were wei, I
I fed. The county is paying 25 cents a day !
? to the sheriff for feeding prisoners. They |
get vastly worse food than the poor re- !
ceived under the old feeding plan, which I
cost S cents each a day. The entire e:;- !
pense of feeding jail prisonel-s is from I
?20.000 to 530,000 a year, which yields to '
the sheriff more than one-naif oi the ?
amount which he is paid. It is not alt
profit, however; ho is unmercifully bled j
for campaign funds.
' * *
So far as material conditions may be
indicated by uank reports, there is not 1
the slightest sign of reaction against the
| high-pressure prosperity that has been i
j enjoyed in the United States for severa;
? years. On the contrary, statistics fur?
nished by the Comptroller of the Cur?
rency denote marked gains is comparer
with reports of last year. The deposits
of the national banks are nearly 3 bil?
lions of dollars, and those of the savings
institutions are more than 2 1-4 billions.
Since March 14, 1900, when the more lib?
eral banking law went into effect, Til
new national banks have been organizeo
with a gross capitalization of 09 millions
of dollars. The savings deposits average
S105 per depositor, tho largest in th?
world, representing a per capita of $3]
for each man. woman and chilel in fchc
country. Relations between deposits and
loans and discounts continue wholesome
and safe. One of the most gratifying in?
dications of the report is that in the past
year only thirteen rcceiverslvps were or?
dered for national banks, and two of the
Institutions thus investigated were found
solvent.
For thc first time since the era of pros?
perity began, there is an embarrassing
surplus in-' the - 'treasury. ? Otherwise
there is nothing to denote, thata reaction
e more likely than it was a year ago.
Sut as the condition of the. treasury w:
? be one of the earliest and one of the
hief questions before Congress in the
current session, there is little to fea;
rrom excessive accumulations.?Kansas
City Star.
PERSONAL ANO POLITICAL.
When .Fernando Wood was mayor o;"
New York in the early days of the war
he issued a Thanksgiving proclamation
that occasioned considerable comment
He saiel practically that he didn't see
I anything to he. thankwul for in the situa
I tion, but as long as the President, had sc"
j apart the day for thanksgiving the peopl?
might gather in their houses of worship
and give thanks if they wanted to.
* *
The alarm which England is feeling over
the increasing sales of American shois in
that country is only another evidence
that, in industrial matters, wo are show?
ing her a clean pair of heels.?Indlanap
| clis News.
I * -?
Miss Julia Morgan, of San Francisco
! has just completed ber studies at the
I Beaux Arts in Paris, and is the first
woman who has been graduated from
that famous institution. >
Attention is called to th? fact that the
? conscience fund is being- swelled this
I year as never before. The explanation
I undoubtedly is that when times ara good
I the awakened conscience tloesn't miss the j
? cash so much.?Cleveland Piain Dealer. ?
? . ?
Queen i/ilo.w.ndra. writes a good letter j
and is extremely fond ci her pen. She j
often sends a ccople of dozen autograph j
^letters In one clay to members of li
numerous family and to a few speciali;.? i
! honored fri? t ?Is Her Majesty uses a ? ir j
! ticular make of creamy white writing ?
j paper, with the address plainly stamped
? in black in one ocirner.
I * * *
! "Lernen-.her," said the impressive per
? son. "that your ancestors have left you
; an honored name."
"Well." answered tho titleel youth, ruo
! fully, "it is all right ou a visiting card,
! but it isn't much at a bank."?Washin:
! ton Star.
Now the Eminent Reformer and the |
! Emancipated Woman were about to be
j wedded.
In fact, the ceremony was being ppr- j
I formed.
I "With this ting," said the Eminent Re
! former, "I thee wed."
Hero there was a breathless hush over
! the audience as the Emancipated Woman |
! made a gesture of dissent, and exclaimed:
"Ar.d this, after your campaign against
! ring rule? Never!"
Saying which she swept out of the
! church.
The audience was divided in its surprise
? over thc injecton of polities into m a tri -
? mony and the sight of an Emancipated
Woman weeping.?Baltimore American.
AFTERMATH.
STROUDSBURG, PA.. Dec. 1.?The
Chestnut R'dge Railroad-, 11 miles long,
has been seid for $31.G,00 to James Deenv
er. of Yonkcrs. N. V.
The railrorti. which runs from Kunkle
tbwn t?"1 lehigh Gap. has on its director?
ate 22 miljicna";es, one being J. Pierpont j
V.oiran. The rolling stock consists of I
or.e locomotive, two box cara, one com- I
? b.'i-aiion ,cjtr one hand car and two flat I
j cars. |
The sale included the New York anrt
j Pennsylvania Brick and Tile Company, \
the product of which the road:*? ballt
to market. Both had been in operation
about'five years when they went into
the hands of a receiver. The P??***g
will take the plant and railroad sut"
iect to a mortgage of $.0,000 each, in
favor of tho Union Surety and Guarani*,
Company, on which bonds aro due three
semi-annual payments of interest, ag
src-gatlng $3,600.?Baltimore Sun.
? . ?
Sue Brcttc-'*I see they have named a
cigar after your leading man!" The
Manager-"Well, I hope to gracious it
will draw better than he does!"-Yon
kers Statesman.
? ? ?
"The Kansas City Journal" says: "lhe
sentlo evangelist who is Christianizing
Wellington at times grows positively
Irresistiblc in his calls to,"trace. .Aa,
ior instance, when he said the other
, nicht: 'Oh. ? can see by your looks that
a lot of you old rednosed buzzards can't
stand it to stay through the meeting
j without a drlnk-and if you want to get
! out, now git'"
? . *
"That man," said the modern Shcr
| 'eck. "came from a. town where they
! have strict blue laws."
; "Hew do you know?" asked the oh- ;
j server.
"Eccausc you will notice that he can't
even enter a drug store without hunting
for the sido door."?Philadelphia Record.
? . ?
Susie E. Jenkins, twenty years old,
or Philadelphia, says: "I have seeh
nearly r?ll the funny shows that have
c.?mc to Philadelphia, iu recent years,
and not c-ne of them coult" make me
laugh., ??lv mother has often tried to
make me la-it,*i by tickling me, but even
that won't vork. Ever since I. can re?
member people have been telling me
funny stories and cutting up all sorts
of cap.rs in the hope that I couiA be
induced to smile: But all their efforts
hav??? been in vain. No; I havo never ;
consulted rs doctor about it. for I have
always enjoyed perfect health. ? want
to exhibit myself in putilc. and offer a
prize to r.ny one who can make nie
!&ugh. Tt must be a que?r sensation."
GRAND LODGE ADJOURNS.
Masons of Ihe State Complete Their Work
and Depart.
The annual meeting of the Grand Lodgo
of arasons cf Virginia, in session at the
Temple since Tuesday, adjourned last
night" at 10 o'clock.
The final session of the lodge was not
so largely attended as those of the pre?
vious days, but was none the less impor?
tant and interesting.
The. session has been a busy one and
a great amount of business has been
trans.ictcd. It is understood the lodge
turned dowiji the proposition from cer?
tain interests to purchase tho Temple for
the indebtedness now on it, and has de?
cided to hold the property, believing the
debt may be paid within the next few
years.
Grand Master Kerns will lea.vo this
morning, and during the day a majority
of the delegates will leave the city.
Ntw Or eans Races.
("y Associated Tress.)
NEW ORLEANS, LA.. Dec. 5.?Glis?
sando, and Beana were the only winning
favorites. Summaries:
First race?six furlongs?Automaton (S
:o 1) first, Masterful (20 to 1) second. Ida
Pensance GO to 1) third. Time, 1:14.
Second race?five and a half furlongs?
Orla (1.5 to 1) first. Lingo (2 to 1) second,
Ben Ilullum (6 to 11 third. Time, 1:08.
Third race?Steeplechase Handicap,
short..?ourse?Glissando (:? to d) first,
Dangetline (S to 1) second, Dick Furber
(3 to 10 third. Time, .1:00.
Fourth race?seven furlongs?Tom
Kingsley (4 to 1) first. Andes (i) to 5) sec
*nd. Vclma Clark (!) to G?) third. Time,
1:27* ?.
Fifth race?mile and a sixteenth, sell?
ing? Beana ("even, first. Banish (3 to 1)
second, Dorothy Lee (10 to 1) thirr'. Time,
1:4S.
Sixth race?one mile? Mr. Phinizey (4 to
1) first, Maisle (S to 1) second, Donator
(10 to l) third. Time, ".--42*4.
Bl? Coal Combination.
(By Associateli Press.)
CINCINNATI. OHIO, Dec. 5.?Wilh a
view to a combination of all the indepen?
dent coal mining companies in the State
of West A'irginia, exclusive o? those in
'he Pocahontas fields, now controlled by
the Norfolk anel Western Road, under
direction of Cincinnati and New York
capitalist.-., arc at work making an in?
vestigation of the property contained in
all the mines.
After they have compi ted this, investi?
gation of the several companies will be
made regarding their earning capacity,
if tor which the result will be known.
It is said that J. P. Morgan is the
??rime ?mover in the proposed combina?
tion.
Twelve ffuri in Wreck.
(G,- Associated Press.)
BIRMINGHAM, ADA.., Dec. *".?A
freight ran into the rear r.f.a freight
and passenger train to-day on the Bir?
mingham Minert.! Railway while the lat?
ter train was taking water near Besse?
mer, resulting- in the injury of twelve
people. The, injured:
J. J. Dickson, agent of Equitable In?
surance Compaio-, serious; W. M. Keith,
serious; Dr. E. P. Laxey, R. J. Tillman,
I. F. Delworth, XV. G. Windh?m, six
negroes.
None of the injured will die. Tiie ca
'loose and passenger coach wsre de?
molished.
Chief ol Police Resigns.
(By Associate? Press.)
COLUMBUS, GA.. Dec. ?.-Chief-or
Polico Wiley Williams, of this city, to?
night tendered his resignation to the
Police Board, to iahe effect December
loth. Chief William*-*, is one of tho four
members of the Board of Directors of the
National Association of Chiefs of Police
of the- I'nited Slates and Canada, and
president of the Georgia Association of
Chiefs of Police.
He had recently been re-elected for his
ninth term ns chief of police of this city.
Ile resigns to enter other business.
AINLY i"\BOUT JleOPLE
The Rev. Mr. McWhlte, of Lewisburg.
W. A'a, who has been called to the pas?
torate of the Second Presbyterian Church
o" Petersburg, will, in all probability,
accept the cai!. He ????? preach in tho
Petersburg Church on Sunday.
Mr. XV. C. Hatcher, the well known
drug clerk, has ryecovered and is now
able to ?attend to business.
A Christmas Invocation.
Come, blessed day, o'er hill and plain,
With peaco and plenty crowned.
And make the old boys young again
The merry world around!
I
Come with your drums and trumpets
loud?
Your never-fading joys.
And usher in a merry crowd
0? old, gray-headed boys.
?Atlanta Constitution.
WILL ERECT POLES
ON THE TURNPIKE
Manchester Gives Petersburg Com?
pany This Privilege,
MAY COME INTO THE CITY,
Ail Waiters Are Adjusted Satisfactorily'
Meeting of thc Chatauqua Circle
To-NIght? Other Items from
thc So jthsidc.
Manchester Eureau, Richmond Tiroes, 1
No. 1102 Hull Street, i
At the meeting of the Street Committee,
held last n.ght in the Council Chamber,
j all difiercnees of minor importance be
| tween the city and the Richmond and ?
j tersburg Electric Company wisi'e settled,
j Those present of the committee wen.
? Messrs. Nunnally, Wakefieid, Broaddus
and Utz. Mr. Frese, vice-president ol
tne Railway Company, was accorded the
iloor, aud presentee! a rough sketch O?.
the proposed construction of poles along
the turnpike. The company promised the
comm.ttee that tho poles snuuld not in
any manner be inc<ju?.*i.cnt to teams
watering at the fountain.
Mr. xsrodddus moved that i..e company
i be allowed to place the poles on th.
? Turnpike out to Hull Street, the centei
I pole be.ng twenty feet from thc fountain
| After much eliscttssion this was earned. [
j Mr. Frese was asked several eiuestions ?
by Mr. Nur.nally as to the construction
of the wires. Mr. Nunnally wrnted to
know how high the trolley and span
wires would be from the ground, ar.d U
a wagon, with a high load of hay. should i
be driven under them, would thc e.river. I
if he -were sitting on top of thc hay, be |
in danger of coming in contac- with thc ?
wire.
After many questions had been satis?
factorily answered by Mr. 1're^o, tin
committee aceed. d to what the. company
asked, and voted to allow '.he Une to
enter the city. The City Engir.cev was in
structeel, on Mr.' Nunno.^y's motion, to
go to the turnpike this mornl'ig and see
lhat thc poles aro not put in ?lie gutters.
The report of the Citv Engineer for
the past month was read, and after much
discussion the hills wero approved.
CONDITION OP 'DELS STREETS.
The condition of the streets was dis?
cussed at some length. Judge Clopton ad?
vocate?], some work on Fourteenth Street
iMr. Wakefieid, who had been silently lis?
tening to the others talk, now took a
hand in the discussion. Ho spoke of thr
condition of the cars of the Passenger
and (Power Company and then called at?
tention to the conelition of Cowardin
Avenue. The Passenger and Power Com?
pany, in putting new rails down, had
filled the street in and the people had to
get out on the sidewalk with their
teams.
Mr. Nunnally spoke for the Passenger
and Power Company and said they wert
fulfilling their contract with the city
I Mr. Wakefieid could not see it in this
j light, however, and did not let up on the
company. No action was taken and th;
I committee adjourned to meet again Tues
| day night at T:,"0 o'cle>ck.
BOTH 'PHONES.
The Manchester Fire Department is to
have an old 'phone hereafter. The Board
of Fire Commissioners met last night
and so decieled.
This is good news to every property
holder in the city, for heretofore, if a.
fire broke out in a neighborhood where
there was not a new 'phone, the damage
might be serious before the department
could jret the message. At the present
time the department is in splendid con?
dition, with new hose and the relief
valve, which keeps it from bursting.
The depot of the A. G L. will hereafter
be kept open late at night for the benefit
of passengers who might want to wait
for a train. A man has been put on
duty there and a good fire kept in the
waiting-room.
...S ARE HEATED NOW.
Greatly to the relief of the traveling
public, the heaters in the cars of Man?
chester were put in operation yesterda^
and the passengers kept comfortable
There had been much complaint in the.
early morning of the ears not being
; heated.
If thc conductors wei-c allowed to stand
inside tho car they could make them?
selves comfortable, hut Uie rules of the
company prohibit this. In crossing the
bridge the wind gets their fingers so cold
that they can scarcely atteint to their
duties.
???G MARKSMKN.
A great rivalry is nov,- ^clng on in the
city between the huntsmen. Every day
parties go out in the country and com?
back loaoed down with game, which
arouses the others, and they go imnir
(bately to try their hand. Manchester
ran boast of having some? of tita finest
r->nrKsmen that are to be found any?
where. Several fine turkeys and ceca -
sionally a deer falls under their Ntier
thig aim.
Mr. and- Mrs. .7, p. MeN.-.mara have tne
sympathy of the entire community in the
loss by deatn of their little son, age tnree
years, who died Wednesday evening at
their home on Ninth Street. The little fel?
low had been sick for only a short time,
and none cxoecled his death so quickly.
No New Army Posis.
fSpec??i: D?spatc?i to 'i'lis Tlm.vO
T.YNClinCRC-, YA.. December 5.?
Eynchburg has entered thc field to
secure the ra?ch-talked-of army pest.
ane?' a movement is already on foot to
I advance this city'r claims in the matter.
| Congressman Otey has been communi
| cated with, and in reply to a letter from
the secretary of the Board of Trade, he
writes:
"I have been to the War Department
in regard to the new posts to be estab
I lished, and am informed by the Secre?
tary of War that no new post is to be
! establishc'i, but, on the contrary, stc-ps
I are being taken to consolidate those now
in existence. The act of February ;_?.
I 1001. providea for a board to make ex?
amination and investigation for the es?
tablishment of four camps of instruc?
tion, which is to report to Congress.
This will reriuirc a good deal of level
land for drilling large bodies of men.
and it may be some time before this
board will report. I. however, fir=4 ~m
letter with the board that now has
charge of consolidating the existing
j posts."
., ??- o
Experiments have h?en made fn the
Swiss Army on the effect of smoking on
the march. The results w?"?? fn fnVor
of tho troops that were allowed to have
their pipes, antl moreover their discipline
was better.
BAY lilNK TO BATIL3IOUK
via C. & O. Railway and Old Point U.
S. Mail P.oute.
Leave Richmond, via Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway, dally, except Sunday, at
4:t? P. M., connecting at Old Po?no with
the superb steamers of th*. Old Bay Line;
leaving at 7:15 P. M., arriving Baltimore '
8:30 A. hi., in time to make connection
With all trains North. East antl West.
Short rail ride and all night on one of ths
finest steamers in southern waters
For tickets and general information ap?
ply at general office? Chesapeake a"?d
Ohio Railwav. Richmond Transie:? Com
Mnv. ?j?d w ??s East Main Street.
SOCIAL and
PERSONAL
The members of the Woman's Club
were delightfully entertr.ined yesterday
afternoon by an informal talk by Sir
Robert Ball, of Cambridge University
England. He briefly sketched tho prog?
ress of astronomers in this country, and
said that Chicago led the ranks. What
he dwelt on principally, was the shoot?
ing stars, and throughout thc talk spark?
ling wit and humor abounded, saving
the talk from any possibility of riryness.
At the tronclusion. a delightful recep?
tion was tendered Dr. Ball during which
Misa Mary Lewis poured cofTec and Mrs.
James Crump chocolate. Among the
specially invited guests were: Professor
nnd Mrs. Boatwrlght. Professor Charles
tl, Winston. Miss Flora Stegar. of Nor?
folk; Mrs. Charles F. Pitt, Baltimore:
Mrs. y?. T. Richardson, of Staunton:
Miss Carrie Harroan. Lexington; Miss
Virginia Roper. Norfolk: Mrs. White
head Ene. Penn.: Miss Louise Nelson.
Louisville. Ky.: Mrs. William Lewis.
Sweet Springs. Va. ; Miss Ernestine
Blew Montgomery. Ala.; Miss Kur
shecdt. New Orleans: Miss Hattie Scott.
Ashland; Miss Wolverton. Bedford: Miss
Lottie Price. Norfolk: Mrs. w C Will
cox. East Orange. X. j.: M?s ?;??G.'?G?
R. Heth. Washington: Mr?. Er?gane De
Rev?s; Mrs. Benjamin Davis. Hunting!
don, W. Va.; Miss Evie Bowcock. Albe
marle; Mrs. H. S. Saundars. Jr.. Shirley
Mrs. Charles S. Stacy. Roncoverte. w!
Va., and Mrs. Benjamin M. Plumer. Phil?
adelphia
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Professor ??. S. Currell. of Y\-nsh?ngton
and Lee University, will lecture before
the Woman's Club next Tuesday night 1
at S:S0 o clock, taking for l?s subject]
"More Beyond In Literature and Ll?e." ?
Members can only bring gen'.lemen es- j
corts, and these In evening dress. It is j
asked to be remembered that no resident
of Richmond will be allowed ..o ue in?
vited, except the chairman's g'jects, on
this occasion.
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The following are the new members
elected to the Woman's Club during ihe
month of November: Mesdames T. Wil?
bur Cheif. E. V. Williams, L. H. Bruce.
Charles Evelyn Smith, F. A. Haughto?,
h. Warren. E. A. Saunders, Jr.. ?. ?..
Baughman, G. A. Sinclair. J. C. Stewarr,
L. M. Woodward, H. A. \Mlllams, Luther
Dawson, Miss Corali? Johnston a:ul Miss
Bliss.
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Miss Hannah M. GUI and Mr. John T.
Lindsay were marrieJ at the home of the
bride's sister, Mrs. E. H. Goodman. No.
'20 East Marshall Street, yesterday after?
noon at 3:15 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Derieux ;
>fficlating. Owing lo the illness of tho
OTlde's brother, the wedding was very
?tuiet indeed, after which they left lm- ?
mediately for their future home, in Hen?
rico.
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A meeting of the Richmond Committee !
of the George Washington Memorial As- ?
relation was held Wednesday at the j
residence of Mrs. Decatur Axtell.
frj. Axtell and Miss Knox were ap?
pointed delegates to the annual meeting ?
of the National Society, to be held in j
Washington on December 13th and lUh.
It was decided to have tho next meet?
ing the first week in January, for the dis?
cussion of an entertainment to be given
? later by the committee. The announce?
ment that it was the last occasion on
which Mrs. Tyler would be present was
received with expressions of deep regret. I
Mrs. Tyler hae always ben a most valu- l
able member of the society and has en- !
denred herself to the committee by her ?
unfailing interest and generous efforts in
its behalf.
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The current issue of Harper's Weekly ]
contains on the front page a handsome
picture of "Mrs. Thomas N. Carter, of j
the Deep Run Hunt Club. Richmond.
Ya , on her hunter, King Carter." The
same issue contains a picture also of
Mrs. Allen Potts, of Richmond, mounted
on her favorite horse.
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Those in charge of the Handerchief
Shower at the Grace-Street Presbyterian
Church had quite a nice little sum aelded
to their low treasury. Among those who
waited on the callers were Mrs.
Villiam Todd, Mrs. Richard Gwathmey.
Mrs. VF. R. Mutter. Mrs. J. VF. Young
Airs. J. Scott Parrish. Mrs. William Con?
table. Mrs. William Chalmers, Mies
v. .deman. Misses Mackintosh and Misses
Christian.
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A reception -will be given to-night
?t the Art Club. A bu.-iiless mect
1 ing will be held and an address by Rev.
I VF. E. Evans, D. V., on "Genius."
The report of the charter committee
will be handed In and plans made for
the enlargement of the club.
The school is in a very prosperous con
? ilitlon and is? under the skilful direc
! flou of Miss Sue Haw.
The club members are expected out
to-morrow In full force, and many in?
vitations have been issued outside.
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Invitations have been issued <o the
I marriage of Miss Yirgle Mitchell by her
j sinter. Mrs. David Steele Hamilton, to
? Mr. Claude C. Barbee, a former resident
! of this city.
| The marriage will take place Decem
I her ISth at 3 o'clock in the First PreS
! bytertan Church of Raleigh, N. C.
? *
Mr. Twohlg Temple, of this city, and
j Miss Nina Davis were married yesterday
a: the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
H. Walker at "Point of Fork." In FUt
| vanna county. A host of congratula?
tions were sent from this city.
Miss Roper, of Norfolk, is visiting Miss
Louise Williams.
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Mrs. Alice Palmer and lier two daugh?
ters, Misses Maude and Vera Palmer, will
for the future make Richmond their
future home, and are residing at No. 313
South Third Street
. ?
Miss Nannie Minor will give an Infor?
mal talk Monday afternoon on "district
Nursing" before the members of the Wo?
man's Club.
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Mr. V.*. T. Ilancofc and Miss Hancock
arc staying with Mr. W. C. Reed at his
lovely country home, lngles'-de, near Kes
wick. While there they will attend the
annual hunt.
? . '
Some of the little children will gtva
a Mother Goos? entertainment to-nsgr.t
I at t.->e residence of Mrs. John Tyler. Nu.
G 516 West Franklin Street, for the benefit
of a needv family.
?" * *
Mr. Alexander G. Ev?hljardt and M.ss
Saphronia E. Tucker, popular young peo?
ple of Church Hill, were married Wed?
nesday night. 4th instant, by Rev. ? ?.
Collier. An elegant recep-ion was f? r
nlshed to their many friends at the trsi
dence of the bride's father, Mr. trank
Tucker.
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Miss Nannie Heth, of Washington, G.
C. anil Miss Belle Harrison ar* the
guests of Mrs. Hog? Tyler and Miss 3e!le j
Tyler. I
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The Woman's Club wilt meet this I
morning. and \ht Emm*. Andrews >
Whist Club in the afternoon. }
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The annual meeting of the confederate j
Memorial Literary Society will b? held
to-day, Friday. Dee. Sth, at ? A. M.. one
hour earlier than fsuat.
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Helping Circle of Kir.g ? Dai?gtiters will
hola its regular niealins 'his afternoon |
NOTICE!
Richmond. *V.?.. D?e. "* Mflt
this is t? cert irr THAT I HAV ?
this day sold to. M'GEE & POLLARD
my businesf-. formerly conducted oy ???,
under the firm-name of a. B. COSP.T
Same'being the machine and foun?lrv
husiness located at Nos. 2201 and 23?"
East Main Stre?et. Thanking mv frl-nrt?
and customers for their generous ?up
port in the pest and recomendlng r->
them my successor!?, whom I belie-.?s
fully competent to take care of any bus?
iness entrusted t?-> them. I am. very
respectfully.
MRS. LIND.A H. COSBY.
hy B. P.. DUDLEY. ?Attorney.
Referring to the abov-\ ire b'g to ad?
vise the termer patrons of the ahov?
plant and the public In general, that *??
nave purchased the business as stat-d
ori date mentioned and shall continue
the same line of business at said loca?
tion. \\f shall be pleased to serve ?all
old customers and respectfully solicit
the trade in general, promising careful
and personal attention to all work en?
trusted to our care. We ar? both practi?
cal men. one in the machine 3hop. the
other In thc foundry and have had wide
experience in the regular line. We hav?
beer, connected with the CaxlweU Ma?
chine Company for seme fifteen year?
and sever our connection only to e?gag*
in business on our own account. Solicit?
ing a trial from all who may need any?
thing in our line, whereby we may
prove our competency for "filling any
orders entrusted to us. Wc beg to
remain.
Ve:t truly.
M'GEB & POLLARD.
?VAMKD
*>V ANT ED. TO HIRE AT ONCE. A MK
?alum-weight horse, suitable for light
wagon work: good attention. Applv ac
I once to SWINEFORD LITillA V.A'i KP.
| COMPANY, 304 ?\*. Broad Str.-et. R'.ch
nu'ii*.. Va
I WANT*?**-), Ry EXPERIENCED MAN
V.? r.an,1I>'? t0 rent or ma-?*"*""?--- rar.n In
??.7??t?,0:'?- ae"*tle*n of Virginia. Ad l.-ess
! ??-? l-Jll^' M''rket. Tenn.
; SPECIAL SUMMEH PRICES ON RE
upholsterlng aad Recovering Parlor
Suites Odd Chairs. Couches, et-. AJ?
?^ei?t55.l.a?**?? ?f -"Overinr shown, and
11* COST9 TOP NOTHING to have our
???,??^&?^?? ?'011 and K*" ?t?mate?-.
C?,HAS? ?,.?'' rJCR?BNS? SON. Aoolv it
store. 41.-421 East Broad Street, or at
faeton?. 100-111-113 ? girhtb Street.
| MONEY LOANED SALARIED PEOPLE,
retail merchants teamsters and board?
ing-house keepers upon their own names,
without security; easy pavments. TOL
MAN. Room 10. No. 1110 Main Street.
? ELI* *W\.\TKI>? 31 mil?.
WANTED. JANUARY 1ST. AXE-?DUS?
trious and competent man who thor
oughlv understands the manufacture
of all kino's of handles from hickory
timber, to take charge of a small plant
in the. country, permanent job to th??.
right party. Wages must he reasonable.
Aodres?, giving full particulars as t.>
experience, references and' age. "HICK
ORY." care of Times.
WANT ED-STRONG HEALTHY YOUNG
MAN or YOUTH to team the florist
business: one from the country pre?
ferred and must board on the prends???,.
Address or apply at M. A. WHITTY,
No. H00 Brook Road.
HI.IjP WANTED?Female.
WANTED, A LADY TEACHER. MFST
be competent to teach Music. French,
Latin and the usual English branches.
THOMAS WILSON. Cades. S. C.
?SITUATIONS WANTED
WANTED?BY A YOUNG COLORED
man of sober habits and Industrious, a,
POSITION as janitor; prepared to
handle several om>?es a-s well. Address
COLORED Y. "VI. C. ?.. city.
M.'-F.T?NO
Elks* Lodge Ro-im.
BROTHERS.?YOU ARE EARNESTLY
requested to be at Elks' Home on SAT?
URDAY NIGHT at 7:30. A delightful
time anticipated.
F. XV. CUNNINGHAM.
Exalted Ruler.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF T" 1
Stockholders of the N.VTURAL BRIDGE
DEVELOPMENT CO. will be held ad
No. HOT E. Main Street. Richmond. Va.
on DECEMBER llth at 12 o'clock noon.
P.. A. LANCASTE?.. JR.. Sec'y.
???. KENT
? P^OrT RENT.
STORE N. 810 East Main Street: broad
| and deep, two stories; side entrance to
?? second floor from front; poss-rsion Jan?
uary i. ?oce.
T. M. WORTHAM fc CO..
Real Estate and Loan?.
"COP. P.ENT.
?A Large PLANING MILL, with o
without the machinery.
M' VE IG H ?t G LI .?" ?.
1112 E. Maia Street
?PECI Al?. None
Richmond. Va.. Nov. 2S. IDOL
MR. -\? ?. GUIGON RESPECTFULLY
announces the removal cf his law off5r.?j
from the Times B.iil-Hng to Suite No. 16.
Merchants c*.nk Bi..?..;ng. New 'Phone
No. 900.
REMOVAL
.!. LEROY SUTHERLAND. FFNERAL
DIRECTOR, has removed hi3 orfico per?
manently- to 101 SAST MAIN STREET.
Both 'phones 613. _
IOUSALE?
FOR SALE-IO SHARES OF THE G???
tal stock ot the Provident Savings Bank
Address A. B.. care this paper.
FOUND-THUP?SDAY MORNING AT
6*30, part of P*?rn<****s. consisting of
b-east strap with traces attached.
?Owner can secure same by provi-g
nro'j-rtv and paying cost of ad?.?. Aa
Ir?ss JOEL ?MICKINGS. 4 XV. Broad
I Street._
L?ST ?5r~STKAYED-FROM VIi-INlTY
of Broad and Twenty-ninth Stre.ts.
Fox Terrier Puppy, whit?*?, marked with
black spots; short tall. Five dollars re?
ward if returned' to W. 5. AYRES ac
W. S Daniel <fc Co.'s. coa i dealers,
j Twenty-eighth and Dock._
~~ ANNOl-.NCEMEN?T
>?r John M. Stansbury. formerly with
Mr. Sam. L. Filman, can now be found
1 at the fancy ?rrocerv of Georee A. Hund,
ley. ?o. 523 East Bro.-ul Street. Carl Wlp
pe'rmat?. Manage:?, where he wtll be
pleased to serve h:s old r.-:en<l-? aad cus?
tomers,
at 1 o'clock. '. the residenci? of Mr?. W.
H Parker. Twenty-sixth and Brood
Streets. Instead of Miss SA Hardwick's.
as previous,y stated. All members ar?
re<-?uested to take notice And be present
as matters o{ importance must be dt'.end?
ed to before the holidays.
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Captain George V.". Plgman and Mrs.
Pign-.an and their daughter. Mi?!.? AcMu
Plgman, are in the city for s fe?*? day?
and aro the guests of Mr. aad Mrs XV.
9. Copeland, No. 200T Grore Avsntw.
Captain Plgman is weil rem*mber?d i-*r?
as having been for several >ear? lb?
popular commander of the monl?or ?e?t?
then located Just below Rlelimocd,
? . ?
?lot'.. Thomas N. Janet? ar.d w:.f? ???
scayin< at Murphy's. Mi*. Jones ?v.?.-. th?
able and pop?-Jar incmb-.r cf the TI?.?i,?9
fron- Isle o? Wight for tv.o sess-on:..
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Miss Helen Christian l*? in N??r Torx
visiting Mtss-Reinhard"?. ?? wti.?e r* <-??""??
Ci."5 she will be one oi tax* i*t-. ?s:n:u.??,.