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TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1902.
BRITA1N AND BOER,
With tho ajinouncement from Dondon
that a treaty of peace between Great
Britaln and the Boers has been slgncd
ends one of the most remarkable wars
known to history. When hostilitles
broke out In October, 1S99. lt was gen?
erally eupposed that tho war would be
of short duratlon. One of the British
generals boastcd that he would eat his
Cbristmas dlnner ln tho Boer Capital. It
was known that the Boers were falrly
well prepared for the struggle. but how
could a handful of men in South Africa
continue for any length of time a hand
to-hand struggle with the most power
ful natJon on earth?a nation of infinite
resourccs and having at its command
large armies of tho very best tralned
Soldiers? The world did not know, and
lt Is doubtful if Great Britaln herself
reallzed the stuff of which tho Boers
Were made.
But as soon as the Boers began to give
_n account of themselves the whole
world was startlcd. It was not long be?
fore the whole British army at Natal
was shut up in the town of Ladysmlth,
and reverse foliowed reverso ln such
rapid succession as almost to stagger
Great Britaln and to convince the outside
world that this was not to be a skir
mlsh, but a desperato and costly and pro
longed war. And so indecd it proved to
be. The war has cost Great Britaln a
round sum in dollars and cents and
many of her bravest and best men have
been sacrificed. The whole British peo?
ple long since grew sick and tired of the
struggle, and no wonder thero is great
rejoiclng throughout England to-day that
Jthe war ls at last at an end.
It has been said. and is being said to
day, that Great Britaln was uttcrly un
Justiflable in waging this war. and lt
ls charged against her that it was a war
of greed; that she wanted the rich gold
fields of South Africa and was deter?
mined to have them and control them at
whatever cost. These gold fields are,
of course, a rich prize and Great Britaln
needs them. But they were by no means
the only consideration. Laying asido
tbe question of the rights of English cit?
izens involved, a question which has
been discussed until it is threadbaro,
Creat Britaln was wise enough to see
that her Intcgrity as a ruling nation
was largely involved in tho settlement of
the issue which had been raised between
herself and tho Boers. She knew that
If she shouid back down tlie probability
was that similar troubles woujd arise in
other parts ol her cxtenslve jdomain,
with what result none could say, and so
she determined to meet the issue then
and there and settle it once for all.
Doubtless all her colonists have watched
this struggle with the keenest interest,
and the British Government was deter?
mined that they snould not see anyj
semblance of faltering on her part.
The sterling character of the English
people has given a splcndld exhibition
of itself during this war. It is not in
prosperity so much as in adversity that
tlio true character of man or nation is
made manifest. Although humlliated
and distressed beyond expression at re?
verso after reverse to British arms in
South Africa, at tho monotonous reports
frotn the generals in the f.elds bf "I
rcgrct to state." there wuS never in all
England anything like a popular upris
Ing, anything like a panic, anything re
Bembllng a French mob. The people
received the news with a courage and
Etoicism that commanded the admiration
of the whole world. The rcply to all
euch despatches was another ship-load
of troops, and tho fight went on.
But. while admirlng the British, we
cannot withhold our admiration for the
Boers. They fought as men have rare
ly fought in this world, fought without
hope and under the most trying circum
stances, but they fought with skill and
they fought with tho courage of victors.
They had no great armies with banners.
l>ut they did terrible execution, and upon
eeveral occasions they demonstrated the
fact that the finest cannon of modern in
vention and mechanism are almost
worthless against crack shots. armed
with long-rangc rifles. Their splendld
conduct gained for them the sympathy
of the- civilized world, and eVen those
who wcrc frlendly to Great Britaln
wished in their hearts that the Boers
might succeed. They demonstrated to
the world that they were worthy of in
dependence and capable of self-govern
xnent.
The Boers have been llkened to the
soldiers of tho Confederate army, but
there was this marked disUnction be?
tween them. Tjie Boers continued tho
ptruggle by resort to guerrilla warfare,
simply that they might prolong the war,
ln the despcrate hope of getting some
future benefit from a desultory struggle.
The Confederates, when they satlsficd
themselves that their cause was hope
lcss, laid down their arms and re?
turned in peace to their homes. We havo
often said ln this connection that to us
General Lee was grander and nobler at
Appomattox than ln the midst of his
greatest trlumphs. When he saw that
further struggle was useless ho was un
wllllng that another drop of blood shouid
he shed. and hc had the courage to qult
THE STRIKE SITUATION.
The struggle between the coal opera?
tors of the antbraclte i^gions of Penn?
sylvania and the striking miners reach?
ed an acute etage yesterday. when the
pump-runners. the engineers and the fire?
men jolned tho Btrlkers. A demand on
the part of the United Mine Workers
was made upon the operators to give tbe
pump-runners and engineers and firemen
' an elght-hour day, and tbe demand was
Most of the mes at tlie pumpa
havo now quit work, and lt remains to
bo seen whether or not the operators
can supply their places. If they fall
to do so tho mlnes wiil bo flooded and
much valuabl? property will be either
wholly destroyed or scrlously injured.
Here is an interesting illustration of
the fact that Interests of labor anu cap?
ital, so-callcd, are so closejy lnterwo-1
ven as to be practlcally identlcal. Most
of tbeso men who work in tho mlnes ln
whatcver* capacity have their homes in
that section of the State and are depend
ent upon the mincs for a livelihood. Tha
mlnes to them are what 'crop lands
would be to a colony of farmers who
worked the fields on shares. If uie mine
workers union succeeds ln ita underta
klng to destroy the mlnes, w,hile lnfllct
inu terrible loss upon tho mine-owners,
it will necessarlly inflict a terrible loss
upon tha miners also and upon tho en?
gineers and the pump-runners and all
others who get their living from that
source, to say nothing of the distress
which will be brought upon incidental
lndustrles in that viciniiy. If the minea
are saved it will be In spite of tho efforts
of this organization to destroy them. It
is clearly to tho interest of all concerned,
to the miners as well as to the owners
of the mlnes, that the pumps be kept
going and the waters be kept down.
This, wo say, shows how inUmately
associated are tne interests of labor and
capital ln that section and in all sec
Uons of the country. Tne one is de
pendent upon the other. What hurts
one hurts the other, what helps one helps
the other. No man llveth to himself.
But the great question involved ln the
struggle is this. The miners had a
perfect right to strike, no matter what
their grievances were, no matter how
well paid they were. The Mine work
ers' Union also had a perfect right to
call out the pump-runners and engineers
and firemen. There was no contract
agreement with their employers and they
were under no obllgatlon to work if they
chose to remaln ldle. If the owners of
tho mlnes are not able to keep the mines
from floodlng it is their mlsfortune.
They refused tho demand of their work?
men and assumed the entire responsibil
ity of keeping the pumps going.
Up to this point however, injudlcious
it may be in tho miners to pursue this
course, they are clearly within their
rights. But the operators have rights
also which must Co respected and which
must be protected. As the union men will
not work for them on their terms, they
must employ non-union men in ordor to
Keep their property from being destroy?
ed. They _-tve a perfect right in law
to do this. They have a perfect right
to refuse to employ men except upon
their own terms. They have a perfect
right to employ non-union men, and If
the government of Pcnnsylva3ua does
not protect them in that right, justice
ln the State of Pennsylvania is at a low
ebb and property rights are held in very
low csteem.
REGISTRATION BOARDS.
The Times warns the convention that
it should make no miHtake in this im?
portant matter that it should take noth?
ing for granted and that it should as a
body know that the men who are to per
form this delicate and difflcult task aro
men of character who can be relied up?
on to discharge their duty. Men of char?
acter! What kind of character? Where
ls the man of unnlemished character and
incorruptible integrity to be found who
will be willing to serve as a member of
of a Board of Roglstration and execute
"th? understanding clause" in the splr
it and for the purpose that induced the
convention to engraft it upon the sutt
rage provision of tho Constitution? The
Time^ need not lio'?- to fi>vi such a man
untl it has suceeeded in finding an hon
e?t thief or a truthful perjurer. Men who
will discharge their duty! How would
the Times have them discharge it? Will
the Times kindly defino its views as to
what constltutes the duty of the Boarda
of Rogistration in the execution of the
undorstanding clause?"- Brunswick Ga
zette.
We believe that the new law should
oe aaministrated honestly and courage
ously. We belloi-e that it should be ad
ministcred in such a way as to debar
from the suffrage all negrocs who are
not fit to vote and all white men who
are not fit to vote. Wre believe that some
negroes should be admltted to the suff?
rage and some white men excluded. Wre
can see no reason whatever wluy an hon?
cst reglstrar may not adminlster the law
honestly and without vlolenco to his
conscience. Hence it is that we are urg
ing the convention to appoint none but
honcst men on these important boards.
We certainly do not want the law ex?
ecuted by tiicksters and ringsters and
the tools of cliques and factlons. If so
the law will be a dismal failure, and the
blame will fall upon the Constitutional
Convention.
The Ter-Centenary number of the New?
port News Times-Herald is a splendid
Industrlal edition of that paper. It con
tains thirty-two pages exclusive of the
handsome lithographed cover. The edi?
tion is filled with instructive. matter,
showing the growth and tprogress of
Newport JCews, and the long list of ad
vcitisements indicates that there are
many wide-awake business and manufac
turing concerns in the city of Newport
News and that the business men of that
community appreciate the value of prin
ters' ink. An industrlal paper of this
character is worth much to any com?
munity from which it issues, but is par?
ticularly valuable to a young city Uke
Newport News. The Ter-Centenary edi?
tion of the Times-Herald" will be a reve
lation to many peoplo In various parts
of the country, for although Newport
Nc-ws has becn extenslvely advertised,
it is hard for outsiders to realize that a
city so young should have made such
wonderful nchlevements as tho Times
Herald so cloquently proclalms.
Tho Public Ledger, the oldest evening
paper of Norfolk, announces that its
good-will and book accounts and all its
property has been sold by Messrs. Ed?
wards & Fiveash to the Public Ledger
Publishing Company. The company as?
sumed charge on Monday, and it is pro?
posed to enlarge the plant and print a
better paper. The price will be reduc
ed to one cont a copy. The Public Led?
ger has had an interesting career. It
was founded many years ago by Messrs.
Edwards & Fiveash and Colonel Richard
Lewellen. When It was started it was
ona of the smallest daily papers in the
State, and its size has never been ma
terlally Increased. In lb85 Colonel Xiew
ellcn sold his Interest to tho other part
ners and purchased the'Danville Regls
ter, which he conduoted until his death.
The Public Ledger has managed to pack
more Interesting news into small space
than any paper wo have ever known and
has been emlnently successful as a bus?
iness inBtltution. But there ls a de?
mand ln NorfoiK for a more modern pa?
per at reduced coat, and wo take it that
the new company will meet the demand.
The Norfolk DlBpatch, a very live and
progresslve newspaper, has recently been
enlarged to an elght-page -daily and is
sold on the streots at one cent a copy.
A Chicago- man ran away because hia
wife presented him with fourteen chil?
dren in seven years. He held out so
long as it wasn't anything worse than
twins, but when,"quads" came, on Sep?
tember 29th, he deserted and left his
family penniless. But the family isj not
pennlleas any more, The quads aro the
very warmest attractions ln the museum
and the mother i3 drawing $300 a week,
to say nothing of tho sale of photo?
graphs, which amounts to a hundred a
week more. Some men do not know fam?
ily blessings when they have them.
There ls arTinteresting fight ln the city
of Roanoke between organized labor and
organized medicine. The doctors of the
city organized and advanced their fees
and the employes of the Roanoke shops
held a mass-meetlng on Saturday night
to take action against the combine. A
committee, composed of representative's
for each labor union in tho city, was
appointed to draft resolutions and se?
cured a plan of action. It is posslble
that non-union doctors will be employed
on the co-operative plan.
A citlzen of Williams town; Mass, re?
cently heard a Joke which set him to
laughlng. When he tried to stop he found
that ho was unable to do so. He laughed
for two hours, and then fell asleep Sev?
eral times in the night he complained to
his wife that he did not feel well. The
next morning, after rising, he tried to
speak to his wife, and found that he
was unable to articulate.
Wo wonder what the joke was. ;
CURRENT TOP1CS.
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What Proclamation Has Saved Us.
The new Constitution is to be proclaim?
ed. This is in accordance with the ex
pressed will of a majority of the white
men of Virginia. They are entirely sat
islied with the new Constitution?hence
they want it made the organic law of the
land by the slmplest and shortest way
possible. Moreover, ln decldlng to pro?
claim the Constitution, the convention
has saved Virginia from a bitter. and,
perhaps, a disgraceful polltical campalgn.
It is useless to attempt to dlsguise the
fact that the pleas for submltting the
Constitution to the present electorate
covered a determined purpose to kill lt,
on tho part>of those who have repeatedly
shown that they are opposed to any
and all constitutional reform. It is mor
ally certain that had the convention de?
clared for submission, Virginia would
havo been called on to witness that
most ominous and most dlsgusting of
all signes?white men uslng the negro
vote against white men. proclamation
has saved us from that-Portsmouth
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The Only Thing to Do.
The convention reached a very wise
and scnslble concluslon. in decldlng to
proclaim the new Constitution. Aside
from the inherent virtue and good policy
of such a step, it was undoubtedly in
consonance with the wishes of a large
majority of Virginia Democrats. The
so-called Norfolk pledge did not bother
them. nor were they deterred in express
ing their sentiments by dire predictio?is
as to this mode of putting the new in?
strument into effect. They were satisfied
with lt, abundantly satisfied; and they
recognized the folly of submltting it to
an electorate, a formidable portion of
wnich it disfranchised. True, it might
have been ratified. but such a result was
at best vaguelv problematlcal. unless, m
deed, resort was had to unfair election
memods. This contingency the people
could only contemplate with qulck re
scntment. The idea that their new or?
ganic law was to begin its life stathed
with fraud and dishonor they could not
tolerate. To them, there appeared only
a single solutlon of the problem, the open
and couragcous one of proclamation: and
t_ey: rejoice exceedlngly in the knowl
edge that their wishes have prevailed.?
Roanoke Evening World.
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The Moral View.
From a moral standpoint the course is
proper The convention has full power
in the premises. Is it not better that
it shouid exerclse this power- in a per?
fectly open, manly way than submit the
draft to a vote and have it either carried
or defeated, no matter which, by methods
that we know in parts of tho State are
tainted with .raud? It.seems to us thero
can be no substantial negative to this
question. and that the only perfectly
honorable course under all the circum
stances is to proclaim the Constitution.
Then if the people do not like it they
can get rid of it in a very short time
by amendment or by calling another con?
vention to undo the work of this one.?
Staunton News.
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Virginians Here.
Some of the Virginians in the city last
night were:
At Murphy's: Messrs. Roland E.
Chase, Clintwood; W. E. Mingin, Abing
dons Edward A. Oorman and wife,
Portsmouth; E. L. Baptist, Jr., Boydton:
C, W. Robinson, Newport News; W. H.
Ooodman. Lee; H. W. Magee. Clarks
vllle; J. Horace Smith, Salem.
Among the guests registeredat Mur?
phy's is Colonel E. St. John Goode, oj
Mecklenburg.
At New Fores: Judge W H. Bond, of
Wise; T. M. Hawklns and J. M. Beav
ers Tazewell: C. H. Wood. Norfolk; J.
Heiiry Martln, Caroline; W. E. Gross,
Alexandria,
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Hon. J. D. Elam, member of the House
of Delegates from Brunswick county, is
registered at New Ford's
Watkins?Grillhcrtzer.
(Swrlnl Dlsoatch to Tho Times.l
ALEXANDRIA. VA., June 2.-M1S3
Mary Grillbortzer and Mr. J. Frank Wat?
kins". of this city, were married at S
o'clock Sunday night atthe residence of
the bride's father, on South Patrick
Street. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Frank J. Brooks, of the Second
Presbyterian Cnurch, asslsted by Rev.
Perryman Greon, of Christ Episcopal
Church. Immedlately after the cere?
mony .the couple were tendered a re?
ception. Only the immediate friends and
relatives of the contracttng parties were
present. Tho couple will reside ln FaU>
fax county. '
Has Gone to Old Point.
(By AM>ciated Press.) ...
WASHINGTON.' June 2.?Attorney-Gen
c-ral Knox is rapldly recovering from
the cold which has kept him from hla
office and has gone to Old. Point Com
fort for a few days
SOCIALAND
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PERSONAL.
The iRlchmond Art Club tendered the
visiting sculptors a dellghtful tea yester?
day afternoon in the private parlors of
the Jefferson Hotel. The room was
daintily decorated ln smllax and lilles and
Hghted by red shaded candelabra. The
guests were received by Mrs. E.. V. Val?
entine, Mr. (B. F.Johnson, Miss Bessle Cat
lin, Miss Katherine Mclntire, Miss Eliza?
beth Patterson and Mr. E. V. "Valentine.
Those of special honor being Mr. William
Couper, of New Tork; Mr. Charles Al?
bert Gudebrod, of New York; Mr. George
Julian Zolnay, of New York; Mr, Ru
dolph Evans, of New York, and Mr. Al?
bert Lopez, of New York. During the
afternoon the following vlsltors greeted
the guests of honor and were warmly
welcomed, Mrs. W. J. Behan, of New Or?
leans; Mrs. T. J. Latham, of Memphls,
Tennessee; Mrs. Garland Jones, of North
Carolina; Mrs. M. McGlll Rosenburg, of
Galveston, Texas; Mrs. T. S. McCullough,
of Staunton, Mrs. N. V. Randolph, Mrs.
Edgar Taylor, Mrs. ?lenner, all directors
of the Jefferson Davis Monument Asso?
ciation, and Mrs. J. Alllson Hodges, Miss
Annie Gray, Mr. J. Cabell Brockenbrough,
Mr. A. B. Jones, Mr. Leigh Antrim, Miss
Mario Cranz, Miss G. Loraine, Miss Ella
Bruce, Miss Mamie Baughman, Miss Irene
Fitzgerald, Dr. Greer Baughman, Mrs.
E. W. Baldwin, Mrs. W. G. Stanard, Mrs.
B. A. Blenner, Mrs. A. R. Yarbrough,
Mrs. James Caskie, Mrs. Ronsathall, Miss
Jennie Hughes, Miss Elizabeth Selden,
Miss Belle Perkins, Mrs. J. Taylor Elly
son, Misses Morrison, Miss Alice Lancas
ter, Mrs. G. Randolph Cannon, Miss Helen
Clarke, of Philadelphia, Mrs. A. F.
Huntt, Miss Carrie Lee Campbell, Miss
Wooldridge, Mr. Shepperd, Miss Amy
Tutwiler, of New Orleans, and others.
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An early June wedding will be that of
Miss Arabella Adams Moran. the daugh?
ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Berger Moran,
of Corryn Hall. Charlottesville, and
Lieutenant John Milton Hudglns, United
States navty. Miss Moran, with her young
er sister, Miss Eleanor Moran, who'was at
one time engaged to Prince Colonna, was
a belle at the White Sulphur Springs,
Va., last season. One of the most notable
entertainments of the season there was
the cotillon given by Mr. Moran for his
daughters. The mother of the Misses
Moran was Miss Jane Washington Black
burn, a member of one of Virginia's old?
est families. Miss Arabella Moran will
be her sister's maid of honor, and there
will be eight bridesmaids, to be selectcu
from the oldest families of the Souui.
Lieutenant Hudglns is now abroad study
ing wlreless telegraphy for the govern?
ment, but will soon return. He is a
graduate of Annapolis and an expert
electrician.
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Mrs. Brodnax and Miss Nellie Brodnax,
of (Brunswick, are at Mrs. Duval's for a
few days.
The annual business of the Milton C.
Work Club will be held this afternoon,
and all are earnestly requested to be
present.
The 'followins directors of the Davis
Momument Association have arrlved ln the
city: Mrs. M. Magill Rosenburg and Mrs.
XV. J. Behan. at the Jefferson Hotel; Mrs.
Thomas S. McCullough, of Staunton, who
is with Mrs. Edgar Taylor; Mrs. Gar?
land Jones, of Norfolk, with Miss Minnie
Baughman; Mrs. Edward G. Wood and
Mrs. Cooley. of Florida, with Mrs. Archer
Anderson; Mrs. T. J. Lulham. of Mem?
phls, with Mrs. A. R. Yarbrough, and
Mrs. Rounsaville, of Georgla, with Mrs.
James Caskie.
Those who will arrive this rnorning are
Mrs. Basil Duke, of--Louisville; Mrs. John
P. Allison, of North Carolina; Mrs. John
Y. Leigh, of Norfolk;^Miss Smith, of
Warrenton, and'Miss 'Harrlson, of Co
lumbus.
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Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Meredith. of Staf?
ford county. who are spending the sum?
mer at Virginia Beach. have announced
the marriage of their daugi.cer, Miss
Eleanor Meredith, to Rev. John Maxwell
Robeson, of Farmville. Va., the wedding
to take place June 25th.
Miss Meredith is a very attractive and
piquant girl, and has been a visitor Jn
this city on several occasions, being a
cousin of Miss Dorethea B. Lee. On iier
mother's side she is of the old Virginia
Bankett family, who are so well known
throughout the State.
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Tea was served in the Woman's Club
yesterday afternoon, and among those
who dropped in for the coollng bever
age were Mrs. Charles Davenport. Miss
Claire Guillaume, Mrs. Junlus Mosby,
Mrs. Page Massie, Misses Leigh, Miss
Lily Logan, Miss Ellen Gulgon, Mrs.
Thomas Cary Johnston, Mrs. Beverly
Crump, Mrs. Price, Miss Savage, Mrs.
Lewls Cheff, Mrs. William Chambers,
Mrs. Robert Kirk, Mrs. Larkin Glaze
brook, Mrs. XV. S. Shepperd, Mrs. P. L,
Conquest and many others.
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Invltations have been issued by Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Reinhardt to the marri?
age of their daughter, Miss Josephine
Reinhardt, to Mr. J. Allie Lechler. of
Atlanta, Ga. The ceremony will take
place on Wednesday.
Mr. Lechler ls well known in this city,
having been at one time private secretary
to Captain Westbury.
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The lady managers of the Home for
Needy Confederate Women will hold a
rummage sale at No. 1S19 East Main
Street, beginning Tuesday, June 3d and
continuing through the week.
The ladies are in need of money to
carry on their work through the sum?
mer and will appreciate donations of
old clothing, etc. Donations can be
sent to No. 1819 East Main Street, to No.
315 North Fifth Street, or new 'phone 469
will have some one call for donations.
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There will be an important meeting of
the German Ladies' Association of the
Virginia Hospital at the hospital this
afternoon at 4 o'clock. Mrs.
Von Rosenegk, president of the associa?
tion, requests the attendance of all mem?
bers.
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The graduating class of nurses of the
Old Dominion Hospital was tendered a
banquet Saturday by the Old Dominion
Hospital Alumnae Association, at the
Nurses' Club, 1009 East Clay Street, from
G to 8 P. M. After the banquet they were
also given a theatre party to see "The
White Horse Tavern." The evening was
very much enjoyed by all the nurses and
their friends.
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Miss Cornelia Watkins has returned
from Mary Baldwin Seminary. Staunton.
Va., where she has been all winter.
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The Emma Andrews Whist Club held
Its last meeting for tho season at tho
Misses, Williams'. Highest scores com
pass dupllcate were Mrs. Berne Blair,
Mrs. James Keith, Mrs. Charles Daven?
port. Miss Lulu Williams.
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Miss Amy Tutwiler. of New Orleans, 13
the guest of Mrs. Ivanhoe Slaughter.
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Miss Helen Clark, of Philadelphia, is
the guest of the Misses Morrison.
Mrs. M. L. Harrison and Mrs. D. Mei
siger will leave Saturday for Mecklen
burg and other places.
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Miss Dora Mallory. of Petersburg, Is
spending a few days with her friend.
Miss Burch, on East Leigh Street.
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Miss LIzzle Haw,, the daughter of Mr.
George P. Haw. has returned from the
Mary. Baldwin Seminary, and la at her
home, "Dundee." -
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Mrs. Brydon Tennant la spending ?>
few days at tha Princess Anne Hotel,
Virginia Beach.
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Miss Bessie Doyle has returned to her
home in Norfolk.
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Mrs. Austin Brockenbrough, will en
tertaln the Post-Lenten Euchre Club
Wednesday at 5 o'clock.
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Captain Charles M. Blackford. of
Lynchburg, is the gueat of Major N?
V. Randolph.
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Mrs. Behan, of New Orleans, fs regis
tered at the Jefferson Hotel.
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Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gray are at the
Mount Vernon for two weeks, before go?
ing to Covington for the summer.
Miss Anna Boykln ls Visitlng Miss Gus
sle Nenton in Norfolk.
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Mr. Walter Qulnn, of Newport News, ls
visitlng Mr. and Mrs Charles Theimer.
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The announcement that Mr. and Mrs.
G. L. L. Davis will make their future
home in Philadelphia, leaving the city
this week, ls received with sorrow ln the
social circles of this city, where both
were so extremely popular. Mr. Davis
leaves the city on account of business in?
terests.
A called meeting of the Masonic Home
Auxiliary will be held at the Temple at
11 A. M. to-day. Reports will be received
from the beneflt lunch at Cohen's.
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Miss Rosa Rieger left yesterday on a
visit to New York and Weehawken, N.
J.
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Mr. and Mrs William Wilkins, of Alex?
andria, are visitlng their cousin, Mrs M.
Scott Sublett ,at No. 915 East Lelgh
Street.
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Mr. and Mxs. Ralph Glover who are
visitlng ln Atlanta, are expected home
Wednesday.
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Mrs. Charles Guerrant, of Malden's, ia
visitlng Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Perklns.
Mrs. Sam Bruce? Mrs. William Robert?
son, and Miss Eva Bruce are visitlng
Mrs. Strauchan, at "Point of Rocks."
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Mrs. Randolph and Miss Mamie Ran
dell have left the city to Bpend the sum?
mer ln Amelia county.
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Mrs. Ludwlll H1U spent last week with
Mrs. J. R. Adams, in Blackstone.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. Haines, Of this city,
are registered at the Carrollton Hotel,
Baltimore.
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Mrs. Mary M. Stratton left yesterday
to bring home her nlece, Nellie Jen
nlngs, who spent the winter in Los An?
geles, Cal.
PRESBYTERIAN STRONGKOLD.
Preparafions in Lexington, Va., for the
General Assembly a Year Hence.
fSpecial Dispatch to Th* Ti~-pk.)
LEXINGTON, VA.. June 2.?Mayor W.
F. Plerson fined Robert Sandridge, a
negro. $25 and sentenced him to jail for
twlo months for selling liquor ln chis, a
local optlon district.
Relatlve to the holdlng ln 1903 of the
General Assembly of tho Presbyterian
Church of the South here much interest
has been awakened, and although nearly
a year off preparations are being talked
of. Rockbridge county is one of tne
strongholds of the church and is only
exceeded by Mecklenburg county, N. C,
in point of numbera, which county has
the largest numbor of churches of that
denomination in the United States, and
Presbyterian churches and two adjacent
Presbyterian Churches and two adjacent
to her. borders.
Lexington with her population ls not
oxceeded by any other town ln Virginia
of like size relative to a congregation of
that church, which now numbers 500.
Historic assoclatlons, dating nearly 20J
years ba"ck. when meeting houses and
stone churches were built, play an im?
portant part.
The edifice where tho Assembly will
meet is one of the prettiest in the Valley
of Virginia, and has historic assoclations
bginning with 1745 or Hall's meeting
house. It was within its walls that the
great Confederate General, Thomas J.
Jackson, worshipped, and ln the adja
"cent Sunday-school building taught a
negro Sunday-school, which he himself
founded.
Lexington postofflce continues to be
ono of the all-absorbing questions of the
day by the citizens of Lexington ana
Rockbridge county. Tho fight as to who
will secure the coveted prlze ls watched
aliko by Republicans and Democrats,
and many of both parties have taken a
hand in it.
Each outgolng mail carries some docu
n-.ent or letter relatlve to the demerits or
merlts of the two appllcants, the lncunv
bent, John P. Ackerly, and his opponent,
McClung Patton.
ORANGE FOR PROCLAIMING.
The Louisa Whiskey Contention Has a
Wide Influence.
(Sneclnl Dispatch to Tho Times.)
LAHORE, VA., June 2.?The intelllgent
yeomanry of Orange with one accord
indorse the decision of the convention to
proclaim the Constitution.
Col. George S. Shackleford is hlghly
pleased at Improvement and we, hope
soon to see him out.
Wheat and grass are In worse condi?
tion than at any time since the war.
Farmers who generally buy wlre by tha
fcale will only need a couple of bales
this harvest.
Corn has suffered from the late cold
spell and worms.
Marshall James, of Lahore, ls erecting
a commodlous grlst mill on his farm and
will soon be ready to accomodate a large
and highly pleased custom.
Mayor Perry, of Orange, a substantlal
and progressive citizen, is erecting the
finest dweiling in the village, already
dotted with handsome cottages.
The Louisa "Whiskey Convention" is
knocking the props from under two
erstwhile popular preachers ln Orange
county, and their congregations are al?
ready talklng of their successors.
MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. Walter Qulnn formerly of Rich?
mond, now of Newport News, is stopp
ing with Mr. and Mrs Charlle Theimer,
No 1202 North Nineteenth Street, Falr
raount, weher ho will spend about three
weeks.
Mr. Preston Belvln left Sunday at 2:45
as the representative of Acca Temple,
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, the highest
order of Masonry, to attend the imperlal
meeting to be held in San Francisco.i
Juna 10th.
Dr. George Ross, of this city, will re
spond to the address of welcome to be
deliiirered at the meeting of the Asso?
ciation of Surgeons of the Southern Rail?
way, to be held ln Washington the latter
part of this week.
Mr. C. B. Garnett. dean of the faculty
of the Woman's College and an appllcant
for the B. L. degree of Richmond Col?
lege, has decided to locate in Richmond
for the practice of law.
Miss Ellett has secured Prof. Leo Le
Gray, of England, M. A. of Harvard class
1901, as a member of her faculty for next
session.
Mr. P. Kemper Rector, of this city, left
for his old home in Fauquier. oh Sunday
to spend his vacation with h'ls parents.
Mr. S. T. DIcklnson, Jr., of the flrm
of S. T. DIcklnson, Jr., and Company, of
Norfolk, Va., was In the city yesterday.
He left last; night for San Francisco,
Cal., where he goes to purchase Cali?
fornia dried frults, etc, for this season.
Mrs. DIcklnson accompanles him.
TO BE E
Committee Meets to Recsive
Bids To-Day.
EARLY SESSION LEGISLATURE
Body May Be Called Here Next Month
to Begin Work on New _ Instrument.
To Adjourn Next Week?Other
Convention Notes.
Every Indicatlon now points to the ear?
ly final adjournment of tho Constitutional
Convention, though it is hardly likely that
the body will get away before the middle
of next week.
This seems to be tho more conserva
tivo view, though some of the members
hope to get through by the end of the
week.
In accordane with a resolutlon offered
by Mr. Keezell and adopted by the
convention on yesterday, arrangements
will be made at once for having the por?
tlons of the Instrument already com?
pleted engrossed, so as to avoid delay In
slgning after the work is completed by
the convention.
The Committee on Enrollment has been
called by Chairman Llndsay to meet
at the Capitol this rnorning at 10 o'clock
to receive bids for the work of engross?
ment, and both penmen and printers are
lnvited to be present and compete for
the task. Printers are invlted. becduse
lt is possible that instead of having the
work done by hand, it will have to be
set up in script type. The time is* short
and the work of writlng the Constitution
ou.. by hand would consume many days,
it is thought. However, Mr. Llndsay in
vltes both penmen and printers who are
prepared to bid on tho work to be present.
It ls understood.that arrangements have
been made for the parchment- on which
the new Instrument i3 to bo engrossed,
and when the task shall have been com?
pleted it Is the present programme for
all the members to afflx their names
thereto.
Ono of the most interesting develop
ments ir. convention circles recently ls
tho possibility of an early session of the
Legislature to conform the statute laws
of the State to the new Constitution.
It will be recalle.d that some days ago
Delegate Moore,, of Fairfax. chairman
of tho Committee on the Leglslatlve De?
partment, Introduced a resolutlon call?
ing on the Final Revision Committee to
report an ordinance providing for the
ccnvenlng of the Legislature at the ear
liest date that should be found practi
cable. At flrst but little attentlon was
paid to it, and it was generally thought
that the body would not be convened
until after November elections, but now
lt is said to be not unllkely that the Re?
vision Committee will provide for a ses?
sion as early as July. This, however,
will be a rather Inconvenient season 'for
the farmer members to leave their homes,
and the attendance of members would
not reach the hlgh-water mark before
fall.
The proclamatlon of the new Constitu?
tion seems to be giving pretty general
satisfaction throughout tho State. Ex
Judge Wr. (H. Bond, of Wi3e county, was
here yesterday, and ho gavo it as his
opinion, that both the instrument and the
manner of puttlng the same Into opera?
tion was eminently satisfactory to the
Democrats of the Southwest. "We like
the corporation feature among others,"
said Judge Rond. "and you will hear but
little klcking from our section." Hon.
J. D. Elam, member of the House of
Delegates from Brunswick, is In the city.
He says his people are highly pleased
with the work of the convention.
Hon. A. L. Warthen, ex-member of the
House of Delegates from Clarke and
Warren, and now connected with a prom?
lnent mercantlle house In New York city,
was on the floor of the convention to
day and was warmly greeted by his
friends.
THREE TO HANG.
Diplomas to the Blind?Consolidated
Credit Company Chartered.
(Rpeclnl Dispatch to The Times.)
RALEIGH, N. C, June 2.?Governor
Aycock fixed the date. July 8th. as time
for hanging three negro crimlnals" in
Rowan county. They are Archie Cron
ley, convicted of the murder of George
Davis, and Dick Fleming and Richard
Blanton, who were convicted of breaking
intoa house and committlng outrage up?
on a respected widow who was alone
with her little daughter.
Diplomas were presented to two grad?
uates to-day during the closrng exer?
cises of the State Institution for Blind.
The annual address was by Major B. F.
Dixon, State Auditor, whose theme was,
'Tdeals."
The Consolidated Credit Company, of
Charlotte, is chartered with $5,000 cap?
ital. to conduct a mercantlle agency con
fined to the Stato.
A DELIGHTFULTRIP
To the Pacific Coast via Southern Rail?
way, Southern Pacific
.Tbe extremely low rate of $65.25 for
the round trip Richmond. Va., to Los
Angele3 or San Franclsco. Cal.. with
generous stop-overs. and tho privilege of
returning dinrerent route if desired, is
offered by the Southern Railway. account
of" meeting of Imperial Council Nobles of
the Mystic Shrlne. San Francisco. Cal.,
June 10th-Utb, IiW-. and for those wish
Ing to take aavantage ?rf this special
offering tickets will be on sale May
26th to June 7th, inclusive. final limit
of tickets sixty (60) days from date of
sale. Passengers may avail themselves
of either standard sleeper, in which the
berth rate is $18 through. or excursion
sleeper. in which berth rate is $T.
The route is through the most Inter?
esting section of the South, via the
Southern Railway, New Orleans _nd
Southern Pacific. It Is most interesting
to seo New Orleans. San Antonio and
El Paso, which last named Is Just across
the river from the old Mexican towa
of Juarez, where all the old customs pre
vall.
For detall Information call on C. W.
Westbury, D. P. A., Southern Railway.
No. 820 East Main Street. Richmond. Va.
SPECIAL RATES TO NORFOLK VIA
C. &. O.
The Chesapeake and Ohio are selling
round trip tickets to Norfolk at $4.23.
good until Octber 31st. The3e tickets
are good on the Chesapeake and Oblo
fast vestlbule trains wltn parlor cars
leaving Bichmond 8:50 A. M. and 4 P.
M.
For Friday P. M. trains, all Saturday
trains and Stmdays A. M. trains
round trip tickets will be sold at fol?
lowing special fares: To Norfolk at $3.-5:
Old Point. $3; Ocean View. $3.50. and
Virginia Beach. $3.50; limited tor return
passage to midnlght of folowlng Hon
J day.
GOLF CART.
Our One or Two-Seated Golf Cart. which wo
selected at the New York Carriage Dispiay. ls
the most stylish ever seen in the city. Call
and look at it and our other
FINE CARRIAGES and HARNESS.
The Implement Company,
1302 and 1304 E. fllainSt
Richmond, Va.
~~ M. A. WHITTY,
STORE NINTH AND BROAD STREETS
Green Houses. 1400 Brook Road.
200,000 BEDDING FLANTS.
GERANIUMS. ROSE3.
VERBENAS. ETC,
_HD?PING ORDERS A SPECIALTT.
FUNERAL DESIGNS FROM 51 UP.
c__5__S_s_a
And It Stays Cured.
CAFELERIAN contalns only Cafel_?
and Valerlan, tho two greatest speclflca
for Hysterlcal, Nervous and Braln dis
orders ever known- Cafeino has no ob
jectionable characteristics ln taste o*
odor and is a component part of mosfl
headache preparations. but Valcrlani
though perhaps the oldest and most fa
vorable known treatment for these af
flictions, has for many years fallen lnt<j
practical dlsuse on account of Its nauseoui
odor and taste, but by a new discovery)
lt ls rendered absolutely tasteless and
odorless and ls thus presented ln CAFE?
LERIAN. Cafelerian is offered both aa
an effervencent salt and as a llquid.
Sold at drug stores and at soda foun*
talns. Sample bottleS. 10c.
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Help, Situations
and Exchange
of Personal Property.
Cut out the Coupoa.
See Wants Column.
INTERCHANEAGBLE MILEAGE
TICKETS
Issued by the Atlantic Coas: Line Rail
ru?..
Effective April 25, 1902, 1.000-mile tickets,
form 1 M I, issued by the Atlantic Coast
1 will be accepted for passago over
_ia following lines;
Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Rail?
way.
Atlanta and West Point Railroad.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
Charleston and Western Carolina Rail*
rcad.
Chesapeake Steamship Company.
Columbia, Newberry and Laurtns Rail
road.
Georgia Raiiroaa.
Louisville and Nashvllle Railroad.
I.ouisvllle. Henderson and St. Louis
Railway.
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Loulj
Raiiway.
Ncrthwestern Railway of South Caro?
lina.
Plant System.
Richmond. Fredericksburg and Potomad
Railroad.
Seaboard Air Line Railway.
Washington Southern Railway.
Western Railway of Alabama.
Western and Atlantic Railroad.
This ticket will entltle the purchaser tc
travel over seventeen roads and will al>
low 150 pounds of personal baggage free.
For full information, apply to any agenl
of the company or
C. S. CAMPBELL. ?
Division Passenger Agcat,
gSAVED FROM AN AWFUL FATE.
"Everybody said I had consumptfnn.'*
writes Mrs. A. M. Shields. of Chamhors
burg, Pa. "I was so low after six months
of severe slckness, caused by Hay Fevr
and Asthma, that few thought I could
get well, but I learned of the marveloua
merlt of Dr. Klng's New Discovery for
Consumption. used it. and was com
pletely cured." For desperate Thrcat
and Lung Diseases lt ls the safest cure
ln the world, and is infallible for Coughs,
Colds and Bronchial Affections. Gua?
ranteed botues 50c and $1.00. Trial bot
tles free at Owens and Minor Drug
Company.
C.StO.SUMMERTOURISTS'RATES
Week-End, One Fare, Excursions
Grass Widowers' Rates.
Beglnning June 1st. the C & O Rail?
way will placo on sale Summer Tourlst
Tickets to the Summer Resorts on ar.d
reached bv Its line, limited for return to
October 31st. Also. Week-End One-Fara
Tickets to resorts, stations between Basio
and Alderson inclusive. sold for trains ot
each Friday and Saturday. llmlted to ex
nire with the Monday following date ot
Beginning June 7th, Grass Widows*
Tickets to all stations on main line be?
tween Richmond and Staunton. inclusive.
and on James River Division. east o|
Howardsville inclusive. at a rate of On?
Fare for the round trip will be sold for
trains of Saturday and morning train ot
Sunday on the James River Division and
for all trains of Saturday oa main lina
limited to explre with tno Monday follow?
ing date of sale.
For Descriptlve Folders contaiaing Usta
of Resorts and country places on the
C. & O. Railway prepared to taka
summer boarder3. Appry at Richmond
Transfer Office or C & O. Railway Pas?
senger Office.
VIRULENT CANCER CURED.
Startling proof of a wonderful ad?
vance in medicine is given by druggist
G. W. Roberts. of Elizabeth, W. Va. An
old man there had long suffered. with
what good doctors pronounced Incurable
cancer. They believed his case hopeless
tlll he used Electric Bitters and applied
Bucklen's Arnlca Salve. which treat
ment"completely cured him. When Elec?
tric Bitters are used to expel hlllous,
kidney and mlcrobe poisons at the same
time this salve exerts its match le*?
healing power. ulood diseases. skln erup
tions. ulcers and sores vanlsh. Bitt?r?
50c. Salve 25c at Owens and Minor Dnm
Company,