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THREE
SECTIONS.
EDITORIAL
SECTION.
bTO? ?EES ift I WHOLE NUMBER. 16,243.
RICHMOND, VA., SUNDAY, MAY 17,1903.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
MILLIONS
IN BERRIES
Norfolk the Center of Greatest
Trucking District in World.
MOUNTAINS OF FREIGHT
Transportation Companies Have All
They Can Do lo Handle It, and the
Banks Are Flooded With Money
it Brirgi Into Them.
By WALTER EDWARD HARRIS.
(Special to Tho Tlincs-Dlipatch.)
.NORFOLK, VA., May 1C?"Tho banks
ot Norfolk will ilnd It hard to tako care
of all tho money pouring into this city
and section now In payment for truck,"
said a banker of tills city to-day. "I
mean, wo will fVnd It difficult to secure
Investment for the Increased deposits.
Tho total will be enormous."
Nearly 6,000 gallons of etrawbcrrles left
here In ono train for New York Tuesday
night. About as many went out for New
York by steamer at the same'time, and
tho Boston etcamcr carried nearly as
great a quantity ot tho luscious fruit.
Tho Baltimore boats also tho same tTfter
noon wero heavily laden with the berries,
rontributing to swell ?? Incredible propor?
tions the shipment for a elnglo day.
Tho foregoing refers only to berries.
Rut the shipments of kale, spinach and
cabbage, are as remarkable In point of
Blze, and, united, In point of value, as
well. The truckers are supplying all the
green groceries that go on the tables
in the north these days and", as a conse?
quence, are full in the path of the yel?
low stream that is flowing southward.
lOvery man who has a "patch" of any?
thing growing in the neighborhood of
Norfolk ls smiling, and, however, much
the bank men may worry over Inability
to take caro of the money coming this
way, thero is no sign ot uneasiness on the
faces ot tho truckers.
Thero Is not in all Virginia to-day,
probably, n, more Interesting mile than
that covered by the principal wharves o?
Norfolk. I have seen all of them In the
course of the past six or eight hours,
nnd am quite ready to believe that I saw
In that timo moro gallons of strawberries,
more heads of cabbage, more s?ilnnch.
moro lettuce, more knie, than tho nver
nge man sees In the course of a long
life. I did not know thero was so much
In the world, nnd had not realized how
much of a grass-eating animal fs man to
whom Is given dominion over tho beasts
of the field.
In the month of April, S07.222 barrels of
spinach, grown within a short distance
of Norfolk, wero sliipped to northern mar?
kets.
In tho same month, trains and steamers
carried from Norfolk to the north, 159,
RS7 barrels of kale, grown In this imme?
diate rviclnlty.
Of the entire crop of kalo raised In the
Vnlted States, tlfty-two per cent. Is
shipped from Norfolk, nnd Norfolk sup?
plies'to the American people fifty-one poi
cent, of nil the" spinach they eat in a year.
STRKTKTS OROWPKD,
Thn streets are crowded all day now
with wagons nnd drays piled high with
crates," boskets, boxes and barrels of
truck, jiiHt starting towards tho eager
buyers of tho North. Every species of
rraft that can bo secured to transport
freight Is plying tho waters of the bar
luir on the way to tho wharves, heavily
laden with tho earth's bounty or hurry?
ing back to tho farms for fresh loads of
fruits nnd vegetables with which to help
nllny tho clamor of the hungry nnd ini
?mtlont people of a less-favored clime.
Hundreds nnd hundreds of men nro labor?
ing clay and night to diminish the moun?
tains piled up by wagon and boat, but to
llttlo purpose.
Tho big steamers sail away with their
holes stored to tho utmost capacity, and
with berries nnd vegetables hidden nway
in every spot thnt offers a resting place,
hut other vessels take tholr places at the
wharves nnel wagons and schooners nnd
liloops keep up their trips to and from
tho farms and continue tp pilo in tho
tOioils tho produce that keeps tho golden
(trienni setting towards Nofulk.
I spent an hour to-day watching the
unloading of truck from wagons and
"pouts at tho Old Dominion wharves and
Watching tho negroes wheel the boxes
juul barrels up tho gang planks Into the
li?los of tho steamers, Thoro nro many
thousand square foot of space on tho
wharf and tho package?1 of freight are
?illed high ono upon .another, but It is
by no means nn easy matter to got a
vacant spot whore ono may stand undis?
turbed and observo the busy se onos
iiround him. 11 Is salci tho sensation of
Jielng run over by a truck pushed by a
negro a'oveilore Is chiefly that of humi?
liation, but it has never been claimed that
It has nny humorous features save for
Ilio negro and tho onlookors. probably
threo hundred brawny negroes were at
work at tbo wharves to-day handling tho
freight not Including thoso on tho sloops
hoisting It to Lho platform, nor tho drivers
with loads from near-by tlelds.
? SCI'.NIO OF. ACTIVITY.
The scene was one of utmost activity
A half dosen foremen und two or three
?ollietiu-ii S??enied to bo the only people
Mho were not Btralniiijr their muaolea said
their vocn.I organs. The rumble of the
trucks, wheeled forward under heavy
loads or tholr clntt'.-r down the gang?
plank and across the broiul lloor for new
burdens of barrels and box'.-s; prdfanlty.
pletureflcjue and profound; occasional
laughter, a snatch of song, banter and
Jest, all contributed to the babel that
mado mo wonder whether cotton In those
darkey's ears would noi Increase the
sum of tho day's oct-omplishment.
And constantly In my nostrils was the
delicate and wholly delicious odor of
crushed strawberries, tickling my olfac?
tories as It wa? most likely titillating
those of ol'd Izaak Walton when he said
God could havo made a better '?hing than
a strawberry, but had not done so. This
odor of strawberries Is all over Norfolk
these days. This city of strange, start?
ling and oven terrifying smells for a short
season every year is sue it sweipt by the
"perfumed winds of Araby," and the
sweet scent of strawberries Is all porvad
Ing. A few weeks ago It waa onions.
UP IN TUB MILLIONS.
The. total value of the truck which will
go out of Norfolk thlR year Is estimated
at $0.000.000. It le estimated that the valuo
of the berry crop this year will be in the
neighborhood of three-quarters of a mil?
lion. Tho crop last year amounted to
80,634 crates, or 5,192,040 quarts. Tho crop
this year Is as largo as last year's, It Is
thought, and prices are much better.
Strawberries aro now selling at from four?
teen to nineteen cents a quart- Truckers
ara certain tho price will not be mate?
rially reduced If tho weather continues
coo], ripening the berries gradually. A
week of hot weather would cause all the
berries to ripen at once, and a consequent
glut In the market, though I am at a loss
to see how the steamship companies could
b.Rul a much greater quantity.
Rut whether this or that occurs, the
fact will remain that berries and other
truck this year have brought great re?
turns to the growers. They aro delighted
and so Is everybody else, for truck farm
em do not as a rule hoard their treasure.
The banker referred to In the opening
of this article called attention to-day tn a
striking fact. Illustrative of the financial
strength of Norfolk and the value of
trucking In the sum of this city's pros?
perity. During tho pnnlc of 1893, when
even the New York banks were forced to
compel their depositors to draw only
fmall sums each In tho course of twenty
four hours, the depositors hi the banks
of Norfolk were absolutely unrestricted,
nnd drew ns much as they had deposited.
This was due nearly entirely to the con?
stant, though fluctuating, inflow from the
shipment of truck.
Truck makes millions and millionaires.
I think It Is putting some growers across
tho million mark this season. It Is filling
this city nnd section with money. It ls
making rich and poor and black and
white happy and thankful that the Crea?
tor has blessed their country moro richly
than almost any He has made.
SOMEBODY STOLE
FAMOUS BULLDOG
(Special to Tlie Times-Dispatch.)
OAKi^YN. N. J.,'May 16.?The 'famous
bull-dog "Judge," winner of over $5.000 |n
purses in various lights during tbo past
threo years, was stolen from tho country
home of James Shaw, at this place. Tho
present owner of tho lieast had rofmed
to allow it to take p-irt In any furth.'r
combats, and had given Mr. Shaw charge
of the dog. But despite the care and
watchfulness of Its keeper, it was stolen
by alleged sports, and it Is presumed for
the purpso of a battle.
"Judgo" was the winner of over forty
battles, and some time ago saved the Ufo
of the entire Shaw family, when their
home was burned to the ground at Pcn
bryn.
MEMORIAL TO PRESIDENT DAVIS THAT '
S SUBMITTED BY MR. W. C. NOLANO
VIEW LOOKING STRAIGHT UP MAIN
In view of the fact that a discussion has arisen over
the form of the Jefferson Davis Memorial Arch, it has
seemed an appropriate time to recall to the minds of
Virginia and Southern people "a design submitted by
Mr. \V. C. Noland in the competition of 1896, which
was awarded the third prize.
The general scheme of the monument is a quad
rangle enclosed by a' Doric colonnade. The center of
the quadrangle to be located at that point in Monroe
Park where Main and Pine Streets would intersect.
STREET.
VIEW LOOKING SOUTH ACROSS THE PARK ON THE AXIS OF PINE STREET.
The design as here shown provides a large Greek
Doric main entrance after the order of the "Propylea"
of the -Acropolis at Athens and of the Brandenburg
gate at Berlin. This was designed tn face east direct?
ly down the axis of Main Street.
The other sides ofthe quadrangle have wide open?
ings left, giving uninterrupted thoroughfare in all
four directions, and aJloAY?r?g the statue of Mr. Davis,
which is to be placed in the center, to be seen at a
distance fiom all four directions. The, figure of Mr.
Davis, stands upon a pedestal, which it? Hanked by;
lower pedestals at the four corners. Upon the lower
pedestals are seated allegorical figures, and the whole
group is raised several steps above the level of the
gravel paved quadrangle and walkways of which it
forms the central feature.
The design is adaptable to being carried out at a
much less cost than that originally contemplated J for
the large main gateway shown facing down Main
Street may be omitted, and that side treated simply
the smaller Doric colonnade as shown on the Pine
Street view, ? ? >- ? ? . ry-.-'yv;?
THE NEWS AS THE CARTOONIST SEES IT.
NO COURT
IN AMHERST
Bill Authorizing Designation
Not Signed.
CAMPBELL NOT COMING
Former Judge Detained on Legal Bus?
iness, and His Friends Say He May
Not Press His Proposed Con?
test in the Courts.
Thoro were two interesting develop?
ments in the Amherst county Judgeshlp
matter yesterday. One was that owing
to the fact that tho bill to authorize
tho Governor to designate a Judge to
hold court In case of removal had not
yet becomo law, and therefore there wili
bo no court in Amherst to-morrow, and
tho other was tho failure of former
Judgo Campbell to mako his proposed
visit to Richmond.
NO AUTHORITY YET.
Governor Montague aws yesterday In the
act of designating Judgo John M. White,
cf the County Court of Albemarle, to hold
the regular term of the County Court of
Amherst to-morrow, when he began to
look into the question and found that
he had no authority to do so, the bill
giving tho Governor tho authority to act
in such cases having not yet been signed
by His Excellency. Neither could the
matter be remedied by the Governor,
as tho bill Is yet to be signed by the
President of the Sennte before It can
properly reach tho Governor. So he
decided thnt no designation could be
mado for the present, and that there?
fore no court could be held in Amherst
to-morrow.
MAY GIVE UP FIGHT.
Former Judge Campbell hnd been ex?
pected In Richmond yesterday, but he
sent ?t note to some of his friends here
stating that important legal engagements
detained him in Amherst. It was said
that Judgo Campbell was coming here
with the view to conferring with his
counsel and friends relative to the prop?
osition to take his case to the Supremo
Court upon appeal from the decision
of the Legislature, but now that ho has
abandoned his trip, it seems to be the
opinion of those in touch with the situa?
tion that he will likely abide the deci?
sion of the Legislature, and that ho will
not take the matter' Into court for ad?
judication.
To-rnorrow will likely be the first day
in tho history of tho Amherst County
Court upon which no court was held,
and tho situation comes about by a most
unusual contingency.
THE STORK FLEW
INTO THE THEATRE
(Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
NEW YORK, May 16.?A woman who
sat In tho first row of the balcony at
the performance of "Tbo Runaways" In
the Casino last night gave birth to a girl
In tho dressing room after the second
act. She was attended by Dr. E. M.
Gausman, ?and went borne In a coach
with her mother, who p. .companled her
to the theatre.
The woman was Mrs. Kennedy, ot No.
213 West Thirty-fourth Street. At the
house it was said that the baby was
doing well and that she would be named
Esther Runaway Kennedy.
KOCIAN TO FACE
HIS ACCUSERS.
(Special to The Tlnios-DJspnteh.)
NEW YORK, May 16.?Koclan, (the
violinist, who was recently accused of
carrying away without permission a val?
uable vlo?ln owned by a man In this city,
la to return to this country and face his
accuser. Koclan Is now in Prague, where
he learned only recently that his name
was mentioned in connection with the
missing violin.
He cabled yesterday that ho would re?
turn immediately on tho Deutschland.
AUTO FIRE ENGINE
GOES ON RAMPAGE
(Special to The Times-Disnatch,)
WILLIAMSPORT, PA., May 16.?While
a' new automobile tire engine was being
tested yesterday evening by Mayor Laid
lein and Fire Chief Miles the machine
wont on a rampage, backing down a hill.
It ran into a dllch, upset and threw
tbe Mayor, chief and half a dozen re?
porters to the ground.
Mayor Laldleln had a leg seriously
hurt, but tho others escaped injury.
LAYING IRON
ON MEW ROAD
First Blackstone and South?
ern Engine Arrives.
THE LEGISLATIVE FIGHT
Considerable Feeling Caused by the
Calling Off of the Election by the
Speaker of the House?The
Cow Question Up Again.
(Spoclal to The Times-Dispatch.)
BUAOKSTONB, VA., May 10.?The
work of laying Iron on the new Black-?
stone and Southern Railroad ls going:
forward now, and soon will have caught
up with tho grading force. The first
engine arrived on Tuesday, nnd this
has caused many of the skeptical to take
a diffident view ns to tho building of
tho road. The difllcul?es in securing
rights of way is acting as a hlndranco
to the moro rapid construction of tho
road. Somo of these will have to bo
secured hy condemnation proceedings,
and this is tedious and delaying, since
the matter hns to be advertised before
application can bo mado to court for the
appointment of commissioners. Some of
these have been secured by gift, somo
by ' purchase, and somo by arbitration,
where tho tenus of damages could not
otherwise be agreed upon. It Is hoped
all will be secured In the noar future,
when large forces will bo set to work at
^a'ho'^eglslativo light hero has resulted
in a temporary victory by thoso opposed
in tho candidacy of Hon. H. E. Lee, of
Crewo, In that they have boon ablo to
hive Speaker Ryan call off tho election
irtor ho hud issued his writ, an act
said by the friends of Mr. Loo to bo
without precedent. Somo of thorn aro
very bitter towards what thoy regard
ts a hlgh-hnndcil action, and declare
now that the fight will bo to the finish.
They aso claim that this action has
gained supporters for their candidate
and mndo bis original friends much moro
determined than they originally were.
The fight will now bo continued to the
regular eloctlon In November, or rather
to the primary preceding that election,
and tho indications aro that it will be
hotly contested. This will como from tho
fact that IhoMo who have been activo
In politics, and who are regarded as
leaders in this section, aro on opposlto
sides In this contest and know nothing
elso but to fight, and fight hard to tho
end. Them seems to be an abundanco
of war paint.
This place Is, of course, a dry town
now, the three saloons hero being forcod
to close on tho first of this month. Tho
nearest saloon to this place Is at Lunen?
burg Courthouse ? distance of twonty
two mllos. License was granted thcr<5,
as enough signatures to tho petition re?
quired were secured. Before granting
thorn, hoKveven, tho Judgo summoned
several citizens before him and ques?
tioned them closely as to all tho points
covered by the. new law. F*rom this It
will bo seen that Lunenburg? may still
olalm tho undisputed title, of being the
"Free State," a title she has clalmod
since a date prior to the Declaration of
Independence.
Not only Is this place dry, but there
Is not a saloon near or along the line
of the Norfolk and Western Railroad
between Petersburg and Lynchburg, a
distance of 123 mllos. It Is said, how?
ever, if one is so unfortunate as to bo
bitten by a snake, that there are several
places at which an antidote may be se?
cured.
Since the closing of saloons here, a few
people have been seen suffering from
some affection which hindered their free
navigation or free speech. This the more
charitable now attribute to fits or ver
dlgo. and not to the effects of liquor,
since that cannot be secured.
The amount of fertilizer hauled from
here in wagons during the past week or
ten days has been something enormous.
The bad roads have prevented hauling
until recently, and tho fertilizer being
needed to go under corn and tobacco,
tho farmers were forced to stop every?
thing else and haul their guano. At
times tho wagons would amount to a
drove a half mile or more In length,
This is an unusually large depot for
fertilizer delivery. Aside from the local
factory hero, which sells ? great quan?
tity, several of the other manufacturing
companies have large storage houses
hero In charge of a delivery agent, who
fills the orders sent In by the different
selling agents. Tho delivery agents act
as selling agents also.
On the 5th Instant Mr. H. C. Barrow,
of the wholesale houso of the Barrow
Jones Grocery Company, bought out the
retail grocery of W. L. Johnson. On
the 12thi ho sold the business to J. A.
Ehnore & Co., of Brunswick county, who
will conduct It in the future.
The cow question is very much in evi?
dence hero Just now with the people and
tho Town Council. The present ordi?
nance forbids their running at large,
but has not been regarded. At tbo last
meeting of the Council, a petition, with
many names, was presented, asking for
tho repeal of tho ordinance. This was
I opposed by several citizens, anil tho
I question was put off for a lator meet?
ing. In the meantlmo tho question Is be
! Ing warmly discussed, and a big fight
? Is expected when it is again taken up
I before tho Council. In tho now part of
town there are many vacant lots, upon
which cnttlo and horses can feod. and
those owning cows wish to get the ad?
vantage of this. It Is said as much in?
terest Is being taken In this question as
wos recently shown in tho wet and dry
fight.
MEETING OF
ASSEMBLY
Presbyterians Gather This j
Week in Lexington.
MUCH BUSINESS ON HAND j
Some of theThings WhiebW.ll Be Before j
the Body? Complete Roll of Asserr*?
bly?Other Notes and
Gossip.
The forty-third General Assembly of :
the Presbyterian Church in the United
States will meet at 11 o'clock Thursday
morning? next In tlie churoh at Lexington,
Va,
For many past days great prepara-tione ?
have been in progress for tha entertain?
ment of tha distinguished body, and now :
on tha eve of the meeting prospects are !
bright for a most successful gathering.
The assembly Is distinctly a business-like
organisation, and Its attendance is strict- ?
ly regulated by law, but apart from the .
regularly appointed commissioners there !
will bo many visitors who, though..having
no volco In affairs, will be Interested
spectators. The likelihood is that from
day to day during tho week, or moro in
which the assembly will sit, tho old town
of Lexington, already a denominational
stronghold, will b?j olivo with Presbyte?
rians and Presbytorlanism,
THB MEETING PLACE.
The selection of Lexington ns ' the
gathering placo of tho Presbyterian cause
is a most happy and appropriate one, "
For many reasons It is looked upon aa
decidedly a Presbyterian center, sur?
rounded by Presbyterian influences.
As a point of historic Interost Lexington
ranks among tho first pinces Xn the State.
Here Is located tho Washington and Lee
University, of which, at on? time, Robert
B. Lee, tho Immortal Virginian, was
tho president. In the very church
where the body will sit. Stonewall
Jackson was In his lifetime a deacon,
and the placo whero In tho old days stood '
tho pow he occupied, ls thero marked.
Many other circumstances endear the old
town and Its surroundings to Presbyte?
rians. Dr. James P. Smith, now editor of
the Central Presbyterian, chaplain in the
Stonewall Brigade during the war, prints ,
this week a reminiscent article about
Lexington. His concluding paragraph
makes referenco to Lee. Ilo says :
On happier errands wo havo ooma many
times to Lexington. "We cannot forgot tha
thrill of prido and grateful admiration
of our hero, when, at tho door of tha
college chapel ono day, the greatest of ?
Virginians, General Robero B, Lee called .
us by name, and spoke of the last time
wo had met, just before the break up at !
Petersburg. Collego commencements, the
dedication of the Jackson Hall of the
V, jr. I., and the bridal of a fair young
friend, ara all safely guardad and cher?
ished in the chambers of memory.
???? ASSEMBLY.
Tho Assembly is tho governing body
of tho Presbyterian Church In tho South, ?
It Is the great directing agency, and Is
tho court of final appeal In all matter?
of doctrine and tho Ilka.
The work of tho body Is managed ,
chiefly through a series of uxecutlve
Committees, elected each yoar. These
various committees mid boards are aa
follows: Executive Committee of For?
eign Missions, Executive Committee of
Homo Missions, Executive Commltteo of
(Publications, 'Esecutivo Comnlltteo of!
Education of Ministers, Executive Com?
mltteo ol* Colored Evangelization, Execu?
tive Commltteo of Ministerial Relief, .
Trustees of tho Assembly's Home and
School, Trust?es of the Assembly, Amor
lean Bible Society, permanent Commltteo
on Sabbath, and Superintendent of Sun?
day-schools.
The lino of work pursued by tho As?
sembly ls Indicated by the names of
thoso committees. Representation In tha
body ls from the Presbyteries. Each
Presbytery sends one minister nnd ona
ruling elder, except where It has more?
than twenty-five ministers In Its mem?
bership. In whleh case It senda two of
each.
THE BH81NRSS,
Tl)ls year the opening sermon will bo
preached by tiie> retiring moderator, the
Rov. W. T. Tin le. professor of Systema?
tic Theology I? the Columbian Soml
nnry. The chief business will be th?;
reception of reports from each of the
committees, homo missione, fondigli mis?
sions, publications, ministerial ?ducation,
colored evangelization, ministerial re?
lief, church anil Christian education, and
the home and school, Dining the As?
sembly popular meetings will bo held
and addresses will bo made by the ablest
men available, Reports will 1*5 sub?
mitted from each of tho theological
seminaries?-Union, nt Richmond! Colum?
bia, Louisville, riarksvillo nnd Austin.
Considerable business will coma over
from the ??'13* Assembly. Amori? these
matters will be? tho consideration of a
new "Cutecblam on tha Church." whloh
Ikik been preparine for some years. Tho
Presbyteries will send up their answers!
aa In whether or not the form of govern?
ment shall bo amended so that a thesis
written ?" I-itlii slmll no loiujwr be re?
quired of candidates for licenso. Ancther
Interesting discussion will bo over the
ntiestlon of whether or not overtures
shall he made to the' Dutch Reformed
fluir ??? in AmcniNt In regard'to union
between the two churches, which aro
(CejuunueO, ?to UiovoiHt. .'?*,"'