The times dispatch. [volume], February 08, 1903, Image 3

About The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914

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Suit and Pvercoaf Sale
For Small Men and Large Boys
We fincl that we have about twenty
Overcoats and thirty Sack Suits, all
small sizes, from 33 to 36 brcast meas?
ure, Suits and Overcoats that sold from
813.50 to $18, to close them out in one
day we offer them to-morrow only, at
For the Choice.
<^m^f^-@?*ficmto
CITY HALL
NEXT WEEK
The Board of Aldermen Will
Meet Alonday Nlght.
SPEEDWAY RESOLUTION
Loophole in the Action of Grounds and
Buildings Committee Large Enough
to Drive Horse and Buggy
Through.
Monday?Commlttee on Elcctrlclty, 8
o'clock; Caruegle Hlbrary Board, G
o'clock.
Tuesday?Board of Aldermen, 8 o'clock.
Wednc-sday?Subcommltteo on Health,
S o'clock.
Thursday?Oommlttco on Health, 8
o'clock; fcubcomnilttee on transfers, &
o'clock.
Such ls the schedule of Councllmanlc
jnaetlngM outlined for thls week.
Indlcatlons polnt to a rather dull week
in City Hall clrclcs. despite that the
Hoard of Aldermen wlll hold Its regular
monthly meetlng Tuesday nlsht and ln
'uJdltlon tsevenil ccmniltteees wlll get
togcther.
Tho Board wlll prob.-ibly be ln sesslon
for some. tliiu1, aa much'routine buslness
hmu acc'imnliited. but no mutlera of lm.
lxirtanoe or'speclal Interest wlll be con
aldored uiiie?>s Major Otway S. Allen
Ijiiniis up his schiino for Instltutlng an
Invciiljratlon of tlie body wlth a vlew
lp. ascertahi if there has tieen any cur
ruption ompng the members.
>Vs wlll ix? remembered, the Common
CouiiclJ defeated a resolutlon from the
Board. retjuestlns the Legislature to so
nmend the cliarter of the clty as to
glve a commlttee of elthcr branch surh
powers as are now enjoyed by a Jolnt
body froni the Board and the . lower
tiranch.
A? a result of thls lt would bo usele
to havo appolnted a commlttee from the
lioard to jiush an Investlgatlon, but lt
would bo competent for tho Board to
use Its best efforts to have the charter
eo' amended, despite that the Common
Councll does not look wlth favor upon
the scheme. lt is not known whethtr
rany effort along- thls llne will be made.
Major Allen refusing to dlscuss tho ques?
tlon.
If the statements and oplnione of the
ittonicys who aro members of tho Clty
Councll are to be relled upon as correct,
and they generally are, the Bottom
amendment. adopted by the Grounds
Rnd Buildings Commlttee last Thursday
nlght, whlch requlrea that tho speedway
at Reservolr Park shall not bo used on
the Sabbath for Iho purposo of tests of
speed or raclng, is of no effect. In a
?word, it f3 contended that the amend?
ment leaves a loophole which ls quile
large enough for a horse and buggy to
pass through.
. "While the amendment apparently cov
ers the polnt desirod by Its framer,
namcly, the prohiblUo-n of the use of the
speedway on Ihe Sabbath, lt ls the opln
'.on of Alderman John B. Mlnor and
-ouncilman Gilbert K. Po'lock. both of
R-hom are well-known lawy- rs, that any
?ltiz?n may continue to use tho r.ice
-ourse on tne Sabbath. even If the Cou'
?J) adopts the amendment and it finally
oecomes a law.
The wordlng of the amendment, lt
icems,. leaves a blg hole, and practlcally
ltllls its etXckncy. lt says that the
?poedway shall bo open every day In the
week oxcept Sunday for tho purpose of
ipeedlng and raclng. It says nothlng
?ibout Jogglng, runnlng, trotttng, paclng
?sr walklng, and lastly,. does not say that
'the course shall not-be used at all for
any purposo on the Sabbath.
Clty Attorney Pollard seems Incllned
to vlew the amendment as does Mr.
Mlnor nnd Mr. Pollock, holdlng that lt is
entlrely a questlon of grammai- nnd not
law. ln other words, ho thlnks lt Is up
to the keeper of tho speedway to Inter
pret the amendment nceordlng to hls
construction nf tho grnmmar.
However, it is probable that Mr. Bot?
tom wlll strengthen hls amendment when
tho matter comes up for consldoratlon In
the Common Councll,
, It Is hnrrtly probable that tho Camegle
Hibrary Board wlll take uny action at
thelr meetlng to-morrow afternoon, as
t.luy hnvo no dutfes to perfonn nnd are
now nwaltlng tlie action of tho Councll
on .thelr npplicittlon for money sutllcior.t
to purchaao a slte for tho proposed
llbrary.
Messrs. Curtls, Satterfleld nnd O'Nell
wlll hold n moetlnp* "tt'cdnes-lny nlght to
oonslder the charges of lncomnotoncy
pnVerred ngalnst. Mr. J. E. O'Grady,
clork to tho Board of Health.
A SPECIAL SERMOIMI
TO DRUIDS TO-NIGHT
Tho Rov. G. Otla Moado, reotor of
Olirlst'Eplscopal Church, oomcr Twenty
thlrd aucl Vonfthle Streets, wlll to-nlnht
preach a speclnl sermon to Jnfferson
flroro, No. II, and J'efforson Clrcle, No. i
United Anclont Ordor of Drulds,
Tho Drulds of the clty are Invltod to
lolu wlth Jefi'erson Qnivo. und attond ln
l body tho dlvlno worshlp.
Tho Grovo wlll meot ln Sprliigfleld Hall,
twenty-alxth und M Stroots, at 7:15.
I'clock and march to Iho chiiroh.
i Durlng tho puBt slx months the Drulds
9f Ihls jurlscllotlon havo beon forglng
alieud ln memborBhln, and. bafore -the
mectlntr of tho Supreme Grovo In thls
clty next year Virglnia hopes to load Call
fomla, whlch Is now the banncr State.
Speclal servlces of thls nature aro de
slgned to Increase the Interest ln the
order, whose past hlstory ls a most beau?
tlful study. and offers a broad f.cld of
thought ior pastors. A serles of seimons
wlll bo lnaugurated, commenclng wlth
to-nlght ln the _yarlous sectlons of the
clty.
A MUSICALE
Programme at the Monthly Meeting of
Miss Minor's Piano Pupils.
The monthly meeting of Miss Zelle
Minor's piano pupils w.is held Baturday
mornlng at her resldence, when tho fol
lowlng Interestlng programme was very
pleasingly rendcred:
Old-tlme Melrjdy. Esther Bennett.
Duet Study, Margaret Do Jarnette and
teacher.
Scherzo?Sonatlna In G?(Dlabelll) Le
lla Botty.
Andanto Pastorale, Ducllle Culllng
worth.
Nocturne?op. 32, No. 1?(Chopln), Allce
Welsh.
Swlss Melody (Wenzel), Marle Cottrcll.
Valsc de Conccrt (1-ange), Lucle Scott
Nocturne?D flat?(Gutmar.n), Sadlo De
Jarnette.
AVhlrr, Wheel, Whlrr (Jungmann), Ma
bell O'Ferrall.
Amaryllls?Alr de Louls XIII.?(Brls
son), Ellzabeth Scott. /
Pastorolla?op. 13-tGregh), rhoebe Cul
Ungworth.
Tho Muslcal-Conundrum Conte?t afford
cd much amusement while the deflnl
tlons required study.
Sadie De Jarnette was tho wlnner In
the conundruni contest, wlth Allce Welsh,
Ellzabeth Scott, and Lella Betty clope
seconds. Of the begtnners John Fleld and
Esther Bennett deservo speclal men
tlon.
In definitlons Allce "V\'clsh was flrst,
Sadle De Jarnetto second,
The class Is dolng excellcnt work and
wlll mect agaln February 2Sth.
CUPID'S CONTEST
IS LATEST THING
One of the most unlque and charmlng
entertatnments of tho season?"Cupld's
Contest"?wlll be glven by the Ladles*
Mlsslonary Socleiy of the Flrst Baptlst
Church on Frlday, February 13th. from
S to 11 P. M., in the church parlor.
The followlng ladles have charge and
promlse a merry time to all who attend.
but wlll insure no hearts agalnst any
wounds inflicted by one of Cupld's darts:
Beception Commlttee?Mrs. C. E. Wln
go, Mrs. T. F. Jeffrcss, Mrs. W. S.
Forbes, Mrs. Charles G. Bosher. Mrs.
George A Haynes, Mrs. D. B. Janney,
Mrs. G. Harvey Clarke, Mrs. John Eath
am, Mrs. Basl] Gwathmcy. Mrs. A. B.
Patterson.
Cupid's Contest, under the dlrectlon of
Mrs, Lee Lorralne, assisted by the fol?
lowlng young ladles: Mlsses Paullne
Powers, Janle Wingo, Ellse Parkinson,
Kate Turpin, and Carollne Holllday,
The postofllce, under the supervlslon
of Mrs. B. A. Blenner, Mrs. J. D. Rey
nolds, Mrs. Frank Cunnlngham, Miss
Herrlng.
St. Valentlnc has appolnted the follow?
lng letter-carrlers: Mlsses Sallie Cun?
nlngham, Dalsy Hancock, Marle Curtls.
Mary Curtls, Bosa Gary, Belle Walthall
and Jennle McCarthy.
Mrs. Arthur Clarke has charge of the
andy table, and del'cious home-made
candles will be servod by the fair hnnds
of Mleses Loulse Khlght. Coalter and Ida
i~nrlsttan.
Miislc and refreshments wlll be added
to the other attractlons.
~~thITlTnch question.
How a BigChicago Firm Solved It.
So majiy employes "bolt the lunch"
and eat what thoy should not, that they
soon show the offect ln nervousness and
dyspepsla. Thls has attracted the atten?
tlon of managers of the blg stores und
shops. In ono Chlcago flrm an experl
mont on some of the glrls resulted in a
completo solutlon of the question.
Tho woman that roido the experlment
tells the talo as follows: "About a year
ago I became alarmed at tho state of my
daughter's health. Slio was employod
by a blg flrm here and for some roayon
sieadlly lo.st ilesh, grow very norvous,
had no npp.etlte and could not sleop.
"Questlonlng her I found she ata but
little lunch, for at that busy hour sho
was scldom sorved promptly, and the
tlmo belng shrort, sho Just 'bolted the
t'ood nnd rushed back. Sho ato very llght
brcaJcfasts und I could seo sho suffored
from lack of nourlshment. I fclt rospori
slblo for this, nnd Ilnally got her some
Grnpe-Nuts for breakfast.
"I also got a neat loather case hold
Ing two plnt flnsks. Ono I lllled with
milk, tho other wlth cold Postum Coffeo
whlch had beon properly made. Sho also
canied a packnga of Grape-Nuts, Tho
I'ostum she drank Iced wlth a dash of
lemon. She fol'.owed the Grape-Nuts wuu
somo frult, nnd thls made up hor lunch.
"In Bplto of the warni weather sho Im
proved groatly In two woeks' time. She
giilned In fiosh, her nerves wore steady
nnd sho slept swoetly at nlght. Sho nover
felt the old woakness from hiingcr.
"Jn a shnrt tlmo a fow other glrls ln
tho omce trled lt, nnd the effect was so
markod upon all that stlll olhors wero
porsuadod. Finally a room was clenred
out, and tho one hundrod und odd glrN
woro servod daily wlth Grnpo-.Nuts and
hot Postum. lt waa a revolutlon,, but
the managor saw tho good result nnd
adopted tho plan, greatly to the bonellt
of, thp Health of tho employes nnd nt a
savlng ? *n , expense." Narno glven by
Postum Co., Battlo Creelf, Mloh,
THOUSANDS
OFPOUNDS
Tons of Buttor Lylng Idle ln
Cold Storage Now.
A MISTAKE OF CONGRESS
Passed a Law Through Lack of Know
ledge That Has Fostered tho Pro
duction of Oleomargarlne
and Butterlnc.
Complcte demorallzatlon rules ln tlin
local butter market as a result of the
devclojiment of the rather remarkable
fact that the reccnt law dlrccted agalnst
oleomarBarlne, so far from provlng ef
fectlve In Its operation, has turned out
to bo hlghly beneflclal to the
manufacturers of the ndulterated food.
Strango as lt may scem, the congres
slonal statuto, whlch went lnto offect a
few months ago and whlch was expect
ed to make an end of the productloa of
butterlne, ls the very thlng whlch has
now resulted ln a moro extenslve and
proiltablo manufacturo of lt than ever
before,
Incldent to thls state of affalrs, co^untry
butter, the product of tlie farms of Vir?
ginia, Tennesseo and West Virginia, is
a glut on the market aud ls belng sold,
lf sold at all, at a dlsa/dvantagc. The
Rlchmond trado is dlstlnctly demoraiized
and in the large majority of cases pro?
duco men are over-stocked with stuff
whlch It ls slmply impossiblc to move,
when the reta'.lers are handllng butter?
lne. whlch sc-lls so much cheaper. Upon
the adoptlon of tho new oico. law sev?
eral local speculators lald ln largo sup
pl.es of pure butter. expectlng a flrm
wlnter market. The loss to them wlll
be heavy. lt Ls estlmated that there
are In cold storage here as much as 50,
000 pounds of butter, whlch are a dead
weight nnd whlch wlll have to bo dls
posed of at the loss of several cents
on the pound.
L'AWS ON THE SUBJECT.
Before the last act of Congress the law
govcrnlng the productlon and sale of
oleomargarlne provlded that manufac?
turers should pay a tax of somethlng
llke 2 cents per pound for the prlvil
cgo of coloring their ware to make It
look llke real butter. They paid the
tax and put the oleo. on the market
and sold It considerably under tho prlce
of pure butter. Tho manufacturers dealt
directly with the retailers and dld not
employ oommlsslon innn. The retailers
had to pay a license of flS in order to
sell.
Now comes along the new law. - It
wns thought that oleomargarino wlthout
coloring -would present a dirty, unhealthy
looking hiio, whlch would drlve it off
the market. nnd henco manufacturers
were Infonned that for 1-4 cent per
pound they could continue to put lt out,
provlded they didn't use coloring. If
they wlshed to do tho lattcr they would
have lo pay 10 cents per pound?a tax
praetlcally prohlbitory, for the cost of
production of oleomarBarlne would-then
necessltate a selling prlce equal or abovo;
that of butter. Froduce men were jub
ilant and looked to the wlnter for a bli
butter trado, with butterlne out of the
way. As indicated, several local mer
chants, by way of speculatlng, bought
up a lot of country butter?probably 00,
000 pounds?and put lt away on cold stor?
age until they could bring It out and sell
It at tho fancy llgures espected to pre
vail.
But results altogether change the aspect
ot the situation. Oleomargarlne, wlthout
ecloring, In Its natural state, does -not
present a dirty and unhealthy-looklng hue.
Instead of that It is just the opposite.
The rolls are llght cream and are almost
Indlstlngulshable from country butter.
The manufacturers began to turn lt out
ln larger quantltles than ever, because the
new law was really tlie best thlng they
had ever gotten. They had to pay but
one-quarter of a cent per pound tax, ?
whereas under the old law, when they
colered the stuff. two cents was required
of them. Moreover, retailers who wanted
to sell uncolorcd oleomargarlne (expected
to be unslghtly) could get a license for $6.
HAS THE F1ELD,
A month or two ago. when real butter
wa3 rather high and scarce. and, there
fore, wasn't selling in large quantltles,
numbers of retall men took out licenses
and have slnce been selling uncolorcd but
eiine, whlch they get directly from the
manufacturers, and not through commls
:!on men. and whlch goes to the consumer
at considerably less than he has to pay
fcr the genuine article. To-day this state
of affairs is more marked than ever. and
hence the demorallzatlon on the market.
Pure Virginia and Tennessee butter is
cr.rr.lng in. but it won't sell at elghteen
and twenty cont= wholesale when buttor
Ir.u ls going at cheaper than that retall.
Commission merchnnts aro overstocked.
"nd the trado is glutted.
Butterlne is having its innlng and Is
fully enjoylng the pecullar effect of the
law. A conservatfvo estlmate mado yes?
terday by a well known commission mer
chant flxes the amount of butterlne used
hero to-dny nt elghty per cent. of the
er.tire consumptlon In Rlchmond. Produce
men are clear out of it, and farmers can
make nothing by churnlng. Prlccs on
Virginia butter, when It ls sold at all,
have dropped from elghteen and twenty
cc-nts to twelve and a halt and fifteen
cents. One merchant sold 2,500 pounds In
ono lot yesterday at twelve and a'half
cc-nts.
WHAT MR.- EVANS SAYS.
When questloned yesterday about the
matter, Mr. E. W. Evans, of tho flrm of
Evans nnd Company, gave tho facts de
tnlled nbove, The fact that butterlne U
adulternted nnd henco not considered
wholes-onio or healthful ls, nccordlng to
Mr. Evans, the chlof ohjectlon to it. Apart
from thls lt ls Just _as good as country
butter. v
"Tho butter market," he added In con
cluslon. "Is In a worse eonditlon than I
ever saw lt. Everybody ls overstocked
and nobody enn move hls stuff. It slmply
won't sell. Butterlno has the fleld, cer
tnlnly elghty or nlnety per cent. of lt.
1 havo renson to belleve thnt there nro
In cold storage here GO.OOO pounds of real
butter whlch wlll have to he sold at a
blg loss, nll hecnuse the law turned out
to bo Just the opposlto from what we
expected lt to be,"
Vlrglnians Here.
Murphy's?James V. Trehy, Norfolk; W.
S. Thomnson, Norfolk; James Frantz,
Dalovllle; K T. Trltt, S, U Massie, W.
B. Cecll, Pulaakl; W. D. Chtles, Vlrglnln;
W. \Y. 8oward, Dnnvllle; II. G. Barbor,
Norfolk; C. A. Byduor, Diinville; John
B. Estes, Ronnoko: C. E. Mathows,
Lynchbunr; Rntiert Catlett, Lexlngton;
F. T. Willls, Vlrglnln.
Address on Misslons.
Miss Mury I. Orvls, the,State organlzer
of tho Chrlstlan Woman's Uonrtl of Mis?
slons, will spenk to tho latlles of the Thlrd
Chrlstlan Church thls aftornonn at ?!
o'clock. All ladles nre cordlally Invlted
',u bo present. Mlss Orvls ls a graccful
(?Tonker, nnd her addresa wlll hn full ot
Interest to nll engftged In any klnd ot
tnissloimry work,
IN FAYKTTEVILLE
Cumberlnnd County Wlshcs to Issue
Bonds for Rond Mnking.
' (Speclnl to Tho Tlmei.Dldintch.l
FAYETTEVIEDE, N, C? Fobruary 7.?
Cumberland county nsks tno present Leg
Islnttiro for authorlty to lssuo J10.00O ln
boi.rtn heailng & per cent. Intnrest, to run
thirty years, for tho consmictlon and im
provoment of tho county roads. The At?
lantlc Coast Llne Rnllroad tax, brlnglng
In JC2O0, Is regarded ns n good puarantee
for taklng care of tho Interest on the?o
bLndB and piovlrttng a slnkltij* fund for
theli payrnent at maturlty. The deslgn
Is to Ibsuo only JIO.OW of the bonds an
mmlly. not to benr Interest untll they aro
rnarketod. The county wr>iit? the roads
by tho chaln-gang convlct system.
Two or threo clrctnnKtanrpH connected
wlth Utley's voluntary surrender to tho
tuthorltles and hls return to Jail yester?
day show that ho hlmself nntlclpalcd no
mch tame endlng of the blg sensntlon of
hls break for llherty, He states that when
he cmergpd from tho * Jail thn darftness
llrst confused hlm, and then ho was
dnzed by tho glare of tho electrlo lights
that he lost his b'earlngs. Hla plnn wns
to mako for tho p'asscnger stiition, on
upper Hay Street, nnd board the soiith
bfiund traln nt 1 o'clock ln the mornlng.
Instead he went enst, found hlmself ln tho
vlclnlty of the Holt-Wlniamson cotton
rr. 111. and sklrted the lown, probably going
Houth by Mlncral Sprlngs.
Agaln, John McGlrt, the Robeson county
farmer, to whom Utley Burrendered hlm?
self, states that bcsldes the lncvltabte pls?
tol, the latter hafided ovor to hlm a very
Inrgc sum of-money; he deelir.es to say
how much. These things would Indicato
lhat the fugltlve was "hceled" for a long
chase.
At tho lovcly famlly home on Ituguenot
Street yesterday. Mrs. W. 1.. Molt, one of
tho most charmlng and graclous onter
tnlners of Fayettevllle soclety. gave a re?
ception and elegantly served full-course
luncheon, compllmentary to her Blster,
Miss Anlta De BosRct, of W'Umington,
vltli the followlng other giicsts: Mlsses
Jenklns and Maud Morgan, of Klchmond,
Va,; Ellzabeth Calvert, of Collego Park,
Md.; Franpos MacKae, of Chapol HIM;
Ellen and Ellzabeth Underwood, Kato
Erbadfoot; Lllllan Slocomb. Kato Hawlcy,
E!lr.abeth and Fannle Villlnms.
Last nlght at thelr hovpjtahle home on
Bowan Strc-et, Hr, nnd Mrs. John D. Wil?
llnms gave a reception and card party In
honor of Miss Patterson, of Baltlmore,
where the flrst prlze was won by Miss
Ellzabeth Brady and tha "booby" by'Miss
Calvert, of Maryland.
FROM WILAllNGTON
Resignation of Rev. D. P. McGeachyi
Well Known in Pender County.
(Spcclal to The TitneR-DlJpatch.)
WILMINGON. N. C. February 7.?Rev.
D. P. McGcachy, of Eurgaw, N. C, pas?
tor of a group of Presbyterlan churches
In Pender county, has reslgned and ac
cepted a posltion as agent of the Twen
tleth Century Fund of the North Carolina
Synod. Mr. McGeachy was county super?
lntendent of schools.
Last night the ladles of the Flrst Pres?
byterlan Church. of thls city. gave a do
llghtful ,-uid most sumptuous coursc sup
per ln honor of the malo members of
the congregatlon. The guests numbered
130, and lt was one of the most pleasnnt
church affairs glven in AVilmlngton in
some time.
Mrs. Susan Doshcr, an nged lady of
Southport, died yesterday in tho seventy
ninth year of her age.
Another siid death at Southport yester?
day was that of Mrs. Mary Burrl.-:?, wldow
of Cnptaln Joseph Burrlss, and mother of
Captaln O. D. Burrlss, of tlie steamer
Southport.. - ?
that gives liielong satisf action
MERST0R1@US
Tlie most magnificent art
creation tliat the genius and
loftiest aini of man havo given
1 ns. A clussic in pianoforte
Mstory.
The embocliaient of a pcr
fect piano. Tliere is sympa
thy in its siveot tone, thongh
its voltimo is remarkable. Its
caso is that of exquisite dc
sign and iini; h, so thafc it is
an art omamonfc aa -well as
a musical dolight.
m
A largo mnriber of pianos
takon in exchange on tlio
famous CABLE will be sold
this weok from 850 to $150,'
terms 83.00 por month. In
this stock will bo found
WEBER, HARDMAN, F1SCHER,
GROVERSTEIN AND FULLER
and othor weu-kiidyra niakos.
ITho blggeafc nnd oltlent llroiul Stroot
Muslu llouso. ,1. U,?Corloy, Mgr,
uSlui
Ladies9 and Children's
Shoes at Half Prlce.
Everybody knows that May had a fine lot of Shoes. and as the lot was so large
you may expect a good pick this week from the general tables,
A few small lots piled in to quick-selling prices.
4-Or Shoos frn,n IMay'fl f l .50 stock and
t.^*- bKskings from hipher-priccd tablcs,
whero lots wero nearly sold out.
S o 16 N 61 s c 1 c s s
House Shoe.-*, rchlly
worthifQpulr.
$1
.00 f-or njRh"
Cttt Diko
or Storm I3nots,
sold nt Mny's for ?!I
pnir,
MAY'S RUBBERS.
22c
LADJER'
RUBBERS,
Storra Ctifc, sell
40c. olsewhere.
LADIES' 6oo.
STOR 11 r
RUBBERS, 'OOL
all sizes, JKjc.
MIXEDLOT
MAY'S 1 Sr
RUBBERS. lo^
hultes' nnu chit
dren's.
LADTES'
RIJB1JER
ROOTS,
sell $1.78 el.sowhero,
licre $Vi
$1
OUR crfkr Lndles' ?l nnd 81.50 Fancy
HOSE ?->yl~ Stripc, reducetl to 50c.
Mny'fl bcnt Shoes, sold nfc $3,
$.1.50, and f-t, lnco and butfcon, ns
sortctl stylcs,
Pnt-^nt Lofifchors, with dull kld
top, In thls lot nt $1.49 choico.
OUR OWN SPEGIALS
FOR MONDAY.
B^loth, ?VOrenltCrS-10c
Child's Jorsoy Legglns, 50c.
50c. Chnln Bag8,26o,
75c. Chaln Bngs, 50c, >v
Infanfc's Fnncy Bootoes, 10c
p^.pm.nd Black Shoo J Q?
Fimcy Slioo Laces, Whlto and
Black for bolfc uiaklno. 8 c.
palr h' dOC
0Oi~ ^n*s ?argf- tnblo hns lieen gTontly
^.nl. ,b,'"elJt,cd ?>" all-that lot from tho
$1.20 tablo of last weok.
onn-DiiKN's
WKDGB
IIEEL,
laco and btitton
59c
75c
MISSES'
SHOES,
lnced nnd. nutton,
all solltl.
MAY'SSLIPPERS.
Fdt Solo nnd Up
nors, ICid Solo
Slips, *dC
EVENING *-rc?
SLIPPERS, '?5C
from Mny's $2 and
?3.50 stoult.
Opera Too, Stran
Pointed Toeii, ex
trallnoqual.50c
Oholco of May'a
Bost Strnp SHppcrs,
" up $1.00
sold
to
?r?IL 10r Ohlldron's job lot 1SU
HOSHJ ? UC and 15c. Hoso, broken slzca,
10C.
.^BCONOMY
STORB,
311 East Broad St.
TO PUPILS
Sons of Amerlcan Revolution
to Give Gold Prize.
TO STIMULATE STUDY
Open to All High School Graduates of
State Who Write Essay on Some
Subject Relating to Revolution
ary War?The Conditions.
The Soclety of the Sons of the Amerl?
can Revolution haVo mado ?n olter ln
tended to stitnulate atudy hy tlio Virginia
hlgh school puplls in subjects relating
to the Revolutlonary war.
The commlttee from the Sons has sent
the proposltlon and conditlons to Dr. Jo
seph W. Southall, Superlntendent of Pub?
llc Instruction, to be transmitted by hlrri
to tho high schools of the Stato.
The letter ls- given here:
?January 28, 1303,
Dr. Joseph W. Southall, Superlntendent
of Public Instruction, Rlchmond, Va.;
Dear Sir,?Tho Soclety of the Sons of
the Roi-olution of. tho State of Virginia,
wlshtng to encoufago the stiidy of Vlr
glnia's ltevolutlonary . hlstory.' makes a
prlzo offer to tlio groduatlng class of 1003
of tho publlc high schools of tho State,
a. copy of whicii I herewlth enclose./'
If lt meets with your approval, wo shall
be gratif.ed if you will transmit the offer
and the conditions through your office to
tho arlous high schools.
Yours respectfully,
ROBT. F. WTL.LIA3IS, Chalrman,
R. T. W. DUKE, Jr..
CHARLES R. ROBINS.
Commlttee.
THE CONDITIONS.
The proposltlon aud conditlons aro falr
and attractlve:
The Society of the Sons of the Revolu?
tion In . the { State of Virginia olfers a
prlzo of twenty-five dollars in gold for the
best essay written ' on a Revolutlonary
subject by any member of the giaduatlng
class of 1903 of the publlc hlgh schools
of tho State, subject to tho followlng con?
ditlons:
Tho general subject ls limited to the
part p!ayt?d In the Revolution by Virginia
or Vlrglnlana.
Tho speclal subject may be seleeted
from any of tho followlng divlslons: (t)
Causativo or prellminary conditions; (2)
Perlod of actlvo warfare; (3) Post-bellum
perlod antedatlng the pcrmanent estab
lishmont of the rcpubllc; (4) Biographlcal
sltetches.
As the Influence and partlpatlon ot
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson
and Patrick Henry havo boon very tho
roughly written nnd publlshed, theso wlll
he excluded from the Ust of rpormlsslble
subjects.
MUST NOT BE LONG.
Essaya must not be less than 3,008
words nor moro than 8,000 words, and
must be typowritten on ono slde of the
paper only.
Essnys must bo slgned with a nom de
plumo, and accompanlod by a sealcd en
velope bearlng the non do plumo aml con
talnlng tho name and address of the
wrlter. They must also bo nccompanied
by n certiilcate from the prlnclpal of the
hlgh school attended. stating that the
wrltar Ib n member of tlio graduatlng
clnsa or 1908.
All essay a shall bo the property of
tho Virginia.Soclety of tlio Sons of the
Hovolutlon.
ISseays must be sent to Dr. Cliarles R.
Roblns, secretary. N'o. 17 North Flfth
Stroot, nichinond Va., nnd muat bo re
ceh'fld by July 4, :103.
Tho followlng gont emon havo consented
to act as tho comnltteo to nward the
prlzo: .Tudgo 1{. T. W , Duko, Ilon. James
Alston Cnboll, illon, : '. fi. 13. Sinltli, Mr,
R. ICldder Meado, ano. Mr, j. s. Blaek
burn.
H1STORIC SPOONS STOLEN
Washington Sllve.-ware Carried Off by""
t, Norfolk Burglnrs,
fSi)p.'ini to Tho 'niu.Hi)i?|.utcii,i
NORFOI-.K, VA., Feb. 7,?Tha rosldonco
of tho Rov. Dr. liovorly D. Tuokor, rec
tor of St, Puul's JCplscopal Church, No.
12-1 Collngo Placo, wa?) enterert somo tli.io
early Friclay mornlng nnd part of the
famlly sllver, InciuUIng olglit valunhle
tnplospoona, bearlng tho crost of the
Washington fanilly-jnlcoless lielrlooins,
belonglng to Mrs. Tucker-wero stolen.
rfiL?e ln,nrautIers ilrected thelr lmmc
dlato attentlon to the sldeboard, upon
'di , drttw?? ?>?? wWch contalned
tho prlceless rolics of tho FatlwV of Hls
country. One drawer, contalnlns
spoons princlpally. including tlie holr
looms, had been ransacked and tho con
tents looted when tho burglara were
fiightened away by tho rlslng of Dr.
Tucker's son at 5 o'clock to study for
liis comlng examinatlon.
Mrs. Tucker, who beforo her marriage
was Mlsa "Washlngton, Inherlted . the
spoons and the other piecea of tho
Mjt Vernon sllverwaro at tho tlme tlie
servlce was dlvlded nmong tho Washlng?
ton famlly. Her father was tho owner
of the Mt. Vernon estate, and lt wa*i
from hlm that the present ownew?tho
Mount Vernon Associatlon-purchascd tho
hlstorlc ground.
Tlie Jlount Vernon plato Is of Incal
culable value. Its assoclatlon wlth Geo.
Washlngton and the fnct that beyond a
doubt It had been in nlmost daily uso by
hlm puts tlie loss to E)r. Tucker beyond
estlmation.
Tho ploces nre of tlie slender avtistle
deslgn that characterizes tho work' oC
olden tlmo sllversmlths and whch ls
but feebly jmltated by thelr present-day
successors. Upon tho hnndlo of each.
of the stolen spoons Is tho beautlful
Washlngton crcst?tlie "rowels and bars"
?whlch aro perpetuated ln the flag of
the country tho great Washlngton made
and served durlng Its flrst diffcult years.
Although lt lookh almost as If the thieC
or thleves had dellberticUv rieioeted tho
Washlngton plate, thls theory ls ?.nt.ire
ly untenable. as 110 dlsposltion of the
stolen goods Is posslblo. Wliile the Mti
Vernon speclmens aro of almost un
llmlted value to collectors, thoy are so
few in number and so acpurately Identl
fled that it would be Imposslblo to sell
the speclmens wlthout arousing susplclon
and causlng tho approhenslon of the
gullty persons.
DR. WM. S. GORDON
TO LECTURE HERE
Hls Subject wlll Be "The Evo :
lutionand Tralning of
the Senses."
Doctor William S. Gordon. of thls city,
professor ot tho practlce oC medicine ai
tho Univorsity College of, Medicine, will
deliver a lecttiro before the ftlchmond
Educatlonal Assoclatlon on the evenlng of
February 14th at S:30 o'clock. at the Y.
M. C. A.
Dr. Gordon's subject wlll be "The Bro
lutlon and Tralning of the Senses," and
wlll include a dlscusslon of tho anatomy
and phystology of tho senses; the re
qulsltes. for thelr. h'ealthy action; the.ttaio
when tralning of the senses should begfn
and tho methods' used ln. tralning: the
liniltations to tho tralning. of tlie-senses
and lllustrations of sense defects.
The Iecture wlll be lllustratetl by charts
and blackboard drawitiRs, nnd wlll be
both dellghtful and proiltable to all. The
publlc are cordially invited.
Dr. Gay Better.
Dr. G. W. Gay. who has been 111 all
tho week, was much better last nlght,
M:\ Bowers No Better.
'Mr. Bowers was no better yesterdav,
His condltlon was practlcally unchanged.
Every Item a Daily Necessify
AT REMARKBLY LOW PRM5ES.
A,
Dunlop's City Meal. per bushel,
65c.: per peck .....18c.
Best Granulated Sugar, lb..4i[c.
Wliite A Sugar, 6 lbs. for...25c.
Lion or Cardova Coffee, in i-lb.
package .9c.
Good 2-String Brooms, 10c.; 3
String.12c.
5-String Brooms .20c.
Best American Sardincs, can. .4c.
i-lb. package Boneless Cod
fish .?.5c.
6 lbs. Large Lump Starch.. .25c.
N. C. Roe Herrings, per half
barrel . .$3-oo
per dozen .20c.
Star or Red Seal Lye, box.. .4c.
Shoe Polish, large bottles... .5c.
Sugar" Corn, 7c. can; or 4 cans
for.25c.
Whole Sweet Pickles, qt. ...10c.
Best qtiality Brcad Soda, in i-lb.
packages, 2 packages.5c.
California Naval Oranges, per
dozen.15c.
10-potind pail Preserves, home
made ..,.,....55c.
Blackeye Peas, quart.6c.
New Barley, 6 lbs, for.25c.
New Carolina Rice, 6 lbs_25c.
Large Irish Pptatoes, peck..iSc.
Large box Mustard Sardines..6c.
Boston Baked Beans, large cans,
8c.; small cans.4c.
New Drietl Apricots, Peaches or
Nectarincs, lb.^. ...8c.
California Lima Beans, 7c; or 4
lbs. for .25c.
Small Navy Beans, quart... .8c.
Arbuckle's Ariosa Coffee, lb..o?c.
Fresb Country Eggs, dozen..20c.
Large Canned Virginia Tomatoes,
per can .8c.
Try on Snowflakc Flour,'per bar
rel, $3.90; per bag...25c,
Large Canned Table Peaches,
per can..oc
Try our Green or Mixed Tea, ?
regular .60c. kind, ridw.. .40CV.
Silver King Flour, per bag. .27c,.;
per barrel.$4.20
Good Lard, per lb......9c,
God Salt Pork, per db<;j'...'.'90
6 lbs. New California Prunes..25c.
Best Imported Macaroni, lb. .6c.-.
Smoked, Fresh or Cured Cali?
fornia Hams, per lb.irc.
New Virginia Buckvvheat, 4c.;
or 7 lbs. for.-',.25c.
Pure Cider Vinegar, gallon. .20c.
Duffy's Malt Whiskey, bot?
tle.85c.
Blackberry or Catawba Wine,-:
quart. ..-_i0c,
Four-Year-Old Rye Whiskey,
gallon .$2.06
Johnny Cake Soap, n bars. .25c.
Pillsbury's Vitas, 2 pkgs... .25c*.
Honie-Made Preserves, in 5-lb.
pails ..30c
Quart Mason Jars Syrtip, Apple
Btitter or Jcllies, eacb....ioc.
French Candy, lli.6c,
1 -lb. cans Chipped Beef... .iccJf:
Congress Hall Whiskey, in
quart bottles ..."..80c,
Large Canned A s p a r a g 11 s,
v can .:'""'.";.20c.
Large bottles Sttnset Catsup, 3
bottles .o-*Ci
Sour Pickles, per gallon.26c,
Dunlop Brownstiiff or Bran, per
luindred .$1>0t*
Best quality Flat Canned SaU
mon . .oc
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