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fculng from th* state-room were the caus
Of universal r:ij lymont.
The exercises of the day will open nt
.50 o'clock to-morrow morning, when,
tmdur the auspices of tho Southern Mo
morl::I Society, memorial services to
Jefferson 7>.ivls will bo field. Tho con?
vention will bo called to order .at 12
o'clock by Genernl Gorden. Commaluler
!fi?Chlef. There will he speeches of wel
com? from the Governor of Louisiana
nnd various old soldiers. It Is not likely
that the exercises will comprise mm"
be;, ond tho address of welcome nnd other
hd'drosses. The afternoon S'sslon will
he called nl 3 o'clock and bo in session
?about two hours.
THE BATTLE ABBEY.
A mTtiiitf of tho trustees of the Rattle
Abbey, which will certainly It located
In Richmond, was held this evening. The
;y|iort of the treasurer. Judge George L.
Christian, shows tho sum of WM.OX al
rcadv in hind. Of this SiYVO) has been
?paid In by the oMnto of Charles Broad?
way Rouss. From tbl." source will lo re
celved Mn.OOT more. To Hits must le
added f?o.ooo. appropriated by the city
of Richmond, and $10,000 from the C<
fed?ralo Bazaar, reeetttly hold In Ric
moud, making a grand total of $201,00?,
?I.C0> more tlinn needed. The trustee
Borne timo ago selected Blehmonrl ns the
pince, so r,<i further notion (Hong this
Hue is tiPcoss.iry.
Judge nnd Mis. Christian called on
Mrs. Slonewnll Jackson In Atlanta yes?
terday. Though feeble, she expects to
attend the reunion.
n The gentlemanly hehivlor of the How
ItKoi-f? JUKI t!'0 gTftCO and lenity of the
gentlor Fes of the party were the sub?
jects of liinnv eulogies along the line,
11. D. P.
ALL HONOR TO
OF WESLEY
(Continued From First Page.)
Used. A well trained union choir leads,
but tho congregations, frequently stand?
ing, join In, and for moments at a time
the house rings with the old, old airs so
dear to all. Tho spiritual uplift of these
Inspiring moments is something wonder?
ful.
The Services Sunday.
The first sorvlces of tho celebration
were held Sunday morning, when In euch
Methodist church in the city thero was
preached a sermon on "John Wesley."
Many of the churches had services of
wonderful interest and power. At Cente?
nary, Dr. J. J. Tigert, book editor of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, one
of the intellectual giants In tho denomina?
tion, preached. At Broad-Street also
there wns a distinguished visitor in tho
preson of tho Rev. Dr. W. R. Lambeth,
general secretary of the Board of Mis?
sions of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South. Comparing Wesley to St. Paul,
he declared that he held a world-wide
conception of tho gospel of Christ and
sought the great centers of population
111' their respective eras as the places
where the truths of tho gospel might
nosl wisely be disseminated.
In the afternoon nt 3:30 o'clock the great
u?S?. meeting at Centenary was held. The
?lunch, main floor and gallery, wns filled
:o the utmost. The great assembly
'ormed a notable beginning of the memo
?lal services then beginning. Br. W. W.
t.ear, pastor of Centenary, preached. Br.
IV. R. L. Smith, pastor of tho Second
Baptist Church, made ono of the prayers,
l'he address -was delivered by the Rev.
J. C. Kilgo. D, D., president of Trinity
College. Tho subject discussed by tho
distinguished educator was "The Evan?
gelistic Spirit of MethodlBm." For an
hour or more bo held the closest atten?
tion of his audience. Dr. ICIlgo spolce elo
?li.ently and brilliantly and created a
grunt Impression, Tho music was led by
the Minio ncholr. In charge of Professor
Mitchell.
At niglit four mass meetings were held
in four different parts of the community?
nt Broad-Street, ai Union-Station, at Park
Place and at Central, Manchester. Dr.
Tigert spoke at Park-Place; Dr. Kilgo at
Central; Rev. R. M, Maxey and Rev, It.
,H, Bennett at Union-Station, and Dr.
John Hannon and Professor R. B. Black
well, president of Randolph-Macon Col?
lege, at Broad-Street. The subject dis?
cussed in all the four churches was
"Methodism and Education."
The attendance on all four services was
very large. At Broad-Street the house
?was crowded to suffocation, and the sing?
ing was particularly excellent and effect?
ive. But one fleeting referenco was made
to Randolph-Macon Itself, which Dr.
Klackwell declared to represent the spirit
of Methodism In the work of Christian
education.
The Services Yeslerday,
The Centenary Methodist Church was
?filled with an interested audience on last
night to hear the Rev. J. J. Tigert, D. D.,
?who spoko on "Two Hundred Years of
Methodism,'?'_ ?"
Rev. \V? V." Tudor, D. D.,' presiding
elder of the West Richmond District,
presided at the service, and after open?
ing remarks, In which he bespoke the nt
lendanc? of the people upon the sorvlces,
especially the dny meetings, Dr. Tigert
vas Introduced, and ho held the atten?
tion of the large audience for moro than
cn hour.
Dr. Tigert discussed somewhat In de?
tail the relation of John Wesley's life
to the life of England, and gnve quota?
tions from "The Spectator," which spoko
in the highest terms of tho founder of
Methodism. The dato most generally ac?
cepted os the birth of Methodism is 1730,
when tho first Methodist churoh was
organized in Bristol, England, although
the Holy Club, of Oxford, antedates this
by ten ??yearn, Tho speaker said I' was
not best to rehearse what Methodists
think of themselves, nor to speak of
their past achievements or future work,
hut that he Intended to show what Other
branches of the Christian Church had tu
pay of this great branch, and then again,
to glvo the opinions of lending conserva?
tive Journals. The opinions cited nttrl
hute to John Wesley a very conspicuous
place in the history of England and of
America. Tho beginning of the work
known as Methodism In 17,19 was fol?
lowed by open-nlr preaching hy John
"Wesley, Mr. Wh'ltfleld and others, and
later by the class meeting, which has
lost its prominent pine? in the life of the
?Methodist Church. Dr. Tigert lamented
xh.\> fact, and expressed tlio hope that
the Church would ore long come back to
the class meeting, tlio enter of spiritual
life of ih? Church.
Dr. Tlgeri asserted that the conversion
of the Apostla Paul. Martin Luther and
John Wesley meant mor?? to tho world
than any other conversions, The reoltai
of Wesley's conversion, as recorded In
hi? own diary, was irery fascinating, and
Dr. Tigert supplemented H with enthu
slastlc romurks on the character of the
man.
From carefully gathered statistics wero
Hubniitt?,i to tin ecumenical conferer/'pe,
which met in England in imi. it was
shown that the Methodist Churoh was the
Ian-eft I'rotr-Mani ??oiniiiuiiiori In the
wnrbl.
Tho musi? was eonau ted by Profi isoj?
J. L. Mitchell, and Mr. Shepherd Webb
presided tit do organ.
At 8:80 yesterday aft< rno in, Rev R
T>. Smart, D. D., ol N rfolk, made ?m
? lntercBtlin.? fiddrew on "Tho Contribution
of Women to Method! n " thlch was
lifter.-.i to by a large at : _
Headache
Wliou.ne.s, eour -tomach, constipa?
tion and all liver ills ure cured by
Hood's Pilis
The non-irritating cathartic. Price
?5 cents of all drugslsti oi by ui-Uci
V. I. Hood ?V Co., Uiwt?ll, Alitbs.
ul Ja Fj^*'''?>'!?(.. V-0 >?&
All the hard work of shop
pi nn disappears If you come
Inore. You can be seated com?
fortably nnd every new Idea
for boys' dress is brought for
your inspection?the large
variety is the only thing that
cnn moke you tired.
Suits, $2.?Oup.
WnslinlVlp Suits. 05c. up.
Straw Sailors in abnmlnnco.
Low Shuts for your boys' foot Hint
will wear.
Rev. J. C. Kllgo, 1). P., president of
Trinity Cnllc.yc, North Carolina, hns been
compelled to return home on account of
sickness in the college, and Dr. Tigert
wll rnnko the address tn-tilght at the
Broad Street Methodist Church.
THE PROGRAMME.
During the day and to-morrow the ser?
vices will continuo. In tho morning of
each dny services will be hold from 10
o'clock until 1 P. M. and sermons will
be preached on the distinctive doctrines
of Wesloynnism. The full programme Is
ns follows;
Tuesday. May 19. Rrond-Strcot Methodist
Church, Dr. \V. V. Tudor, presiding:"1-:*).
A. M.. "Repentance," Rev. Asa Drlscoll;
11:00 A. M.i "Justification by Faith." Rev.
L. V. Betty; 12:00 M., "Importunate
Prayer." Rev. J. T. Mast?n; 8:00 P. M.,
"The Methodist Church of tho Future,'1
Dr. .1. J. Tigert.
Wednesday, May 20, Rronrt-Rtrect. Meth?
odist Church: 10:00 A. M., "Regeneration.''
Rev. II. E. Johnson, D. D.; 11:00 A. M.,
"Witness of the Spirit," Dr. John Han
non; 12:00 M., "Christum Perfection,"
Bishop 3. C. Grnnbery; S:00 P. M.?Lovo
Feast?Conducted by \Y. V. Tudor, I>. D.
BROOK TROUT
The Government Stocking the Streams
Near Clifton Forge.
(Sp?cial to The Tlmes-Dispntch.)
CLIFTON FORGE, VA., May 18.?
Thirty thousand brook trout have been
placed by the government In Smith's
Creek, wlilch runs through Clifton Forge.
These fish wore taken from the "West
Virginia hatcheries and entered In tho
above named stream; Mayor \V. F. Tins
ley. J. H. Callahan nnd other prominent
citizens used tholr Influence In tho mat?
ter and ore therefore responsible for this
refreshing of tho fish In this strenm. It
has been mnde a law that no fishing will
bo allowed in the creek for a vear.
The Railroad Y. M. C. A. at tills place
will bo greatly Improved In tho very near
future. Tho building wll be painted both
inside and out. nnd a now equipment for
tho hath rooms will bo put In. ReF.idos
this, new tiling and other Improvr-n-cnts
will be mnde, which will greatly Im. .uvu
the building.
>-?
A Popular Manager,
(?pedal to Tho Times-Dlspotch.)
ROANOICE, VA, May 18.?The usher.-i
nnd door-keopcrs of the Academy pre?
sented Manager-Allen Jenkins, formerly
of Richmond, with nn elegant umbrella
tit the closo of tho Colmrn-Saiytje en?
gagement Saturday afternoon.
Racing at Chicago.
(By Asiioclati'il Prow.)
CHICAGO, ILL., May 18.-Rosult3 at
Worth ;
First nice?five and a half furlongs
Lady Free Knight (0 to 5) first, Ed.
Gulnburg (7 to L second, Belle Juan (2 to
1) third. Time, 1:01 2-5.
Second race?six furlongs?The Forum
(11 to 5) first. Automaton (11 to 1) second,
Optional (35 to 1) third. Time, 1:13 3-5.
Third rnce?inllo?Our Bossle (3 to 1)
first, Safeguard (7 to l) second, Irene Mac
(7 to 2) third. Time, 1:41 2-5.
Fourth race?five furlongs?The Ever?
green stakes?Patsy Brown (8 to 5) first,
Jerry Lynch (8 to 5) second. Time, 1:02 3-5.
Fifth nice?seven furlongs?Dr. Steph?
ens (7 to 2) first, Autumn Leaves (5 to 1)
second, Uranium (3 to 1) third. Time,
l:L'G 3-5.
Sixth race?mile nnd seventy yards
Alfred C. (5 to 2) first, Balrd (C to 1) sec?
ond, Frank M. (8 to 1) third. Time,
1:43.
Helmets and Vests.
In accordance with tho general orders'
the policemen of the city appeared yes?
terday in their now, light, summer hel?
mets and presentid a cuol appearance.
As the weather gets warmer tho Police
Lourd will b.' nsk.-d to take steps reliev?
ing the patrolmen of their heavy vests.
Air. Nolan Corresponds with
Pennypacker.
lily Associated l>rr-n.)
PHILADELPHIA, PA., May 18.?In an?
swer tu tilQ letter of May 15th from
Charlen Nolan, cartoonist of the North
American, asking a retraction of ihe
epithet, "Outcast," used by Governor
1".niiypaclier In his reasons for signing
the Grfnly-Balus libel-bill, tho Goromnr
I ; replied us follows:
"Harrisburg, Pi?., May 10.
''Sir, i'our letter addressed to me has
Just b en received. You are entirely cor?
rect h. Baying that your personality haa
never com? uhdor my observation, and
I may mill that 1 am entirely unconscious
of ever having made, in nny way, uny
reference to you.
"Very respectfully yours,
"SAMUEL; W, i'KNNyPACKER."
"To Mr, Charles Kelan, tlio North
American, Philadelphia, Pa,"
Mr. Js'elan has closed the oorre?pand'
with
reply in which ho says In
ihe case BS now presented
ol ??I.- cinlmcr is this:
irtoon, I signed It with
saw it and studied It.
nan who drew it was u
V"u now say you are
? nit of having referred
mputatlon. ^'hithpr this
er as a logical and vera
tbe public will have to
lint going to quibble Over
shall fc'i ,'e you the benefit
lallty ??nd of all jiretiump
jf the, >? ind?r ami truth?
.-?? t, rnenl I ?liitl. not
? ? ? -.i for your negligence
yiuloni of th.?? new
? ;?? m which Is generally
THE D?Y
Giants Step Down from Top
of Column.
LOST GAME TO PITTSBURG
Chicago Won from Boston and Jumped
Into First Place?Cincinnati Won
from Brooklyn and St. Louis
from Philadelphia?Notes.
Scores Yesterday.
Cincinnati 7, Brooklyn 3.
Philadelphia 5. St. Louis 3.
Chicago 4. Boston 2.
Pittsburg S, New Yoik 3.
Schedule for To-Day.
Chicago at Roston.
Cincinnati nt Brooklyn.
St. Louis nt Philadelphia.
Pltlsburg at Now York.
Standing of the Clubs.
Won. Lost. P.C.
Chicago . 19 0 .07?)
New York . 10 8 .Cfl7
Plttsb?rg .18 11 .C'-'l
Cincinnati . 14 18 .51y
Boston. 12 12 .5?>
Brooklyn .12 it -.402
St, Louis . 8 20 ,28tl
Philadelphia. . 7 19 .2C9
o
NATIONAL LE/tGUE
GAMES YESTERDAY
At Boston: Boston was again out-class?
ed und beuten by Chicago. Wuimor al?
lowed Boston s ix scaltorod lilts, whllo the
visitors pounded Platt und Malarkcy for
ten hits.
Scoro: R. H. 13.
Boston .100010000?2 ? 3
Chicago .100201000?4 10 1
Batteries: Platt, Malarkcy nnd Klt
trlilge; Wei mor und Kling. Timo, 1:41.
Uniplro, Johnston. Attendance. 2,13)2.
At New York: The Plttsburg team won
to-day's game at the Polo Grounds.
Doheny Incensed the spectators by throw?
ing his bat In tho air when Bowerman
was about to catch his pop fly In tho
seventh inning. Clark was called out for
Interfering with Bowerman at the closo
of tlio ninth and Wagner used McGlnnlty
roughly on second.
Score: R. H. E.
Plttsburg.020000100?8 9 2
Now York .0 011000 00?2 3 4
Batteries: Doheny and Smith; McGln?
nlty and Bowerman. Umpire, Emsllo.
Time, 2:05. Attendance, 3,570.
At. Brooklyn: Cincinnati found Jones for
fifteen hits to-day, scoring five runs,
while tho Brooklyns only made three
runs off Harper.
Score: R. H. B.
Brooklyn .011010000?3 7 1
Cincinnati .211000012?7 15 0
Balterle3: Jones and Jacklltche; Har?
per, Philips and Bergen. Time, 2:16. Um?
pire, Moran. Attendance, 2,500.
At Philadelphia: The home team dis?
played more life than usual to-dav and
won from St. Louis by timely bitting.
Score: R. H. B.
St. Louis .200010000-3 7 1
Philadelphia .01000211"?5 10 5
Batteries: Brown and McParlund and
Ryan: Fraser and Zimmer. Time, 1:30.
Umpire. O'Day. Attendance, 2,270.
AMERICAN LEAGUE ?
GAMES YESTERDAY
Scores Yesterday.
Washington 7, Chicago 1.
Cleveland 7 .New York 3.
Detroit 12, Boston 1.
St. Louis-Philadelphia (wet grounds).
Scores Sunday.
St. Louis 9. Philadelphia 3.
Cleveland 9. Now York 2.
Washington 6, Chicago 2.
Schedule for To-Da?;
Was hingt or?-at Cleveland. ,
Standing of the Clubs.
Won. Lost. P.C.
Chicago .15 9 .025
Philadelphia . 14 11 .500
Detroit . 12 11 .522
Boston . 12 12 .600
St. Louis . 10 10 .600
Cleveland . 10 , 11 .470
New York .10 14 .417
Washington . 9 14 .?91
At Chicago: Washington won easily to?
day. Callahan was tho only ono of tlio
locals able to gauge Loe's pitching, whllo
the visitors pounded White hard.
Scoro: R. Hi E.
Chicago .010000000?1 7 2
Washington .003000202?7 10 1
Batteries: White and McParlund; Lee
and Clark. Time, 1:85. Umpires, Car
rutliers and Ilassett. Attendance. 75U.
At Cleveland: Cleveland made it three
mt of four from Now York to-day by
inking the game in easy style.
'core: R. H. 13.
Cleveland .20112001'?7 0 3
New York.001000020?3 8 3
Batteries; Moore nnd Beuils; WUtz,
llowell and Bcvlllo. Time, 1:45. Um?
pire, Connolly. Attendance, 2,667.
At Detroit: Bill Donovan had Boston
under a spell, and might have shut them
ut; his support was perfect,
Score; II. H. 10.
Boston .000000001? 1 4 li
Detroit .G0000700??1_ 14 0
Batteries: Lionovnu and Buolow; Gib?
son and Smith. Time. 1:45. Umpire,
O'Loughlln. Attendance, 3,450.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
GAMES YESTERDAY
At Birmingham I It wus a pitchers' bat?
tle to-day with honors easy at the close.
A bad throw by Lawlnr In the fourth
Inning allowed (Vllks to score, and that
was the lust run of the game. The fea?
ture of tho g?rno was two faBt double
phij'B by u'Brlen and Vuuglian.
Score: R; "HiIB.
Birmingham .ooiooooiio?i 4 1
Brjrevoport .?ooiuooo*-- 1 3
Batteries: Hmlth und' Milnck; Fisher
ami (Jrul'iuia. Attendance, l.uoo ,
AI Atlanta: Memphis Was shut out. to?
day bv the locals. The result was due
to Clark's excellent pitching and to bit?
ting of Allanta. Ehret ul?o pitched a good
game.
Scoro: ? It. H. K.
Atlanta .1 0 1 00 0 0 1 ?? -3 7 3
Memphis.OGoooo?Oo-o o ?:
li.ilitrlns: Clarke und Matthews; Ehret
und Stratton.
At Nashville: After ragged wfirk in the
first three Innings. Nuslivillo settled down
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Danish Cloth, In all tho
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Linen Shooting. 00 Inches
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Another lot of those Lace Lisle
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Block and Colored Lnco and
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Ladles' Black and White Per?
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ones for .
$1.50
and won by brilliant paying. Russell
pitched an excellent gamo, keeping hits
scattered.
Score: R. H. E.
Nashville .12 0 3 0112 ??10 14 3
Little Rock .321000000? 6 12 8
Batteries: Russoll nnd Flshor; Dolan,
Persons and Lynch.
At Montgomery: Montgomery won from
New Orleans bv bunching hits in the
sixth inning. The fielding game of tho
visitors was ragged. Nelthor Brennnn
nor Adams wero effective on the slab.
Score: R. H. E.
Montgomery .000104000?6 8 .2
Now Orloans.01000 2 0 00?3 7 i
Batteries: Brennan and Clark; Adams
and Hurley.
?
Eastern League,
Jersey City 7, Rochester 2.
Buffalo 8. Worcester 2.
Toronto 2, Providence 0.
Baltlmoro 5, Newark 3.
College Base-ball.
Cornell 7, University of Pennsylvania 5.
? ?
ALL-AMERICAN TEAM
IS BEING PICKED
(By Associated Pros?.)
SEA GIRT. N. J., May 18.?With weath?
er and shooting conditions entirely sat?
isfactory, the competition for places on
the All-American rifle team that will be
sent to Blsley, England, to endeavor to
capture tho Palma trophy, began here
shortly before noon to-day.
The work of Private George Cook, of I
Company A, Third Battalion, D. C. Na- j
tional Guard, who holds tho military
championship of the United States for |
rlf.e shooting, In rolling up a total of 212
but of a possible 225 to-day is. considered
littlo short of remarkable. Ho leads his |
neurost compet? tor by six points.
Each competitor Is required to flro fif?
teen shots for tho throe-days' shoot at |
each of the long ranges?800, 900 and 1,000 j
yards. The regulation magazine rlflo Is
used.
Word was received here this evening |
from England that France has entered a
team In the Palma match.
THE BERRIES
(Continued from First Page.)
them picked, one cent a Quart for tho
eruto to hold them, and one cent to get
a quart to market. Tho rest Is clear
money, excepting for a littlo cultivation."
Mr. Bassett smiled most amiably as ho
said this, standing under a shed In his
great strawberry field, the crates nnd
boxes of berries piled high all around
him. Every minute or so as ho talked ho
would bo Interrogated to count tlio bas?
kets of berries tho pickers wero bringing
Into tho shed, and receiving in return
therefor Mr. Bnssett's script, which Is [
current at all tho Norfolk stores, nnd
Will; of courso, bo redoemed by himself
If the pickers desire.
"Potatoes are our mainstay, but straw?
berries arc making tho money this year,"
said Mr. Dassett, "Tho Maryland crop Is
lain a week or ten days, and this gives
us a chance to make markets which usu?
ally would be supplied from Maryland.
Wo nre taking the chanco," and ho smiled
grimly.
The farm of 213 acres on which Mr. Bos?
selt lives Ik Bald to bo worth $100,000,
though only 1G0 acres are being cultivated
"under the plow," ns tho truckers say,
Thli prlco is rather above tho average,
These truck farms nre held to bo worth
on nn average of $300 an aero.
"1 don't believe I would take ?S0Q an
acre for my farm," said Mr. Hardy Duke,
who lives across Western Branch from
Ml". HasMtt. I couldn't blame him. His
fnrm Is one of tho most beautiful spots
In this section of agricultural prosperity.
IIIn pretty homo ts on nn ambience over?
looking the broad Western Branch, nn nrm
of the Bllaahoth River. To tho westward
extend hi? ??35 nores. as level as a floor
and as carefully cultlvnted ns any tiny
gnrdnn. Tlie pino forest Is moro exten.
civ on this tliiui on most of the farms,
nun gives pleasing diversity to tho land'
Rcapo.
l'i'U?N IN TTTD SECTION.
That Mr. Duke wus born only a short
distance from where ho now lives called
attention lo a ? eniaika'blo fact. Nearly
all 11?.--.-? splendid farm? aro owned by
nu n who were horn and reared In this
section, and many have made off the
farms thu money with which to buy thorn.
"When I came out of the Confederate
army in iw,5," said Mr. Duko, "n man who
had borrowed illoo from me "hoforo the war
?tlll owed mo. But be paid mo soon af?
terwards. That was nil I had In the
world. 1 commenced forming In a small
way, and I worked day and night. After
a while I was ?bio to buy a traot, though
I couldn't pay cash for It. Then 1 added
to lt.. nnd now I have got what you see
here," and ho swept his nrm around him
With something which for lack of u bet
ter word Wn term' prldn.
"1 hnvo cleared a thousand dollars ?i
1 Jem' f?r tlih ly-five years," bo said mod
cslly?too modestly, for, according to 1
neighbors, Mr. Duke Is worth well on t
wards a hundred thousand. To mo the
was something very attractive In the 1
tie man of sixty and more?Ills wiry il
ure, battered by war and work; his banc
rough with years of honest labor; 1
face wearing tho unfailing marks of n
verslty, but his oyc3 steady with the llg
of unwavering purpose. He had won mu
In a stugglo agnlnst fearful odds.
It takes hundreds of men to run one
these truck farms. Tho average farm
reader'of The Times-Dispatch, who mis
wheat and corn, and tobacco, and stoc
can form no Idea of the care with wliii
work Is done on a farm devoted to ral
lnir strawberries nnd vegetables. Sin
farms are really only gardens. Thero a
very few garden patches of a hnlf-nc
In upland Virginia in which more weei
cannot be found than In a hundred.ucr
on a truck farm. I walked through
strawberry field for half an hour t
day. carefully searching for a single wee
however small, and did not find one. Tl
growers fight weeds much more vlgo
ously than they do the snakes. On se
eral farms through which I passed to-da
tho hands wero going through the beai
fields nulling weeds. Thev wero looklr
cnrefully In order not to miss even tl
smallest, yet I remarked to. my compel
Ion, Mr. John Capps. of Port Norl'ol
an attache of the American Fertilizer Con
pany, that it was seldom that a mn
stooped to get a weed. The absolu
absence of all growth save that of whlc
the farmer planted the seed. Is ofie <
the most striking things about thei
farms.
DESTROYING WEEDS.
"It costs enough to pay for fertilize
for orops you want, much less wcedH,
said Mr. T. B. Griffin, who, In ndditio
to cultivating a large farm of his owi
also manages several owned by his fat!
er. "Money spent In destroying, weeds J
In the Interest of economy. \\ eeds an
vegetables don't mix. The weeds wl
thrive and the vegetables go to notl
ing." ?
Though there Is but little machiner
used In the cultivation of truck, the ho
Is rather a rare tool on the farm. Th
land Is so level, and the soil so loos
that plows work it thoroughly. A cro
of beans, for instance, may bo thorough
ly cultivated by the plow. But weed
are pulled by hand, the beatiR are gen
erally dropped from the hand, and. o
course, the snaps are gathered for mar
lcet in tho same way.
Still, it requires a largo force to ope
rate a big truck farm. For Instance, Mt
W. B. Carney, who has a magnlflcen
farm and a most elegant home in th
Western Branch section, employs a't leas
forty men on his placo all tho year around
and In tho gathering seat-on hns as man;
as 400 on the pay-roll, it requires fort;
odd horses to supply the needs of hi
place. It 1b not an unusual sight to sei
two hundred or throe hundred people li
a twenty-acre strawberry field gatherini
tho berries for market. Many hands ar?
needed in the potato digging season, an<
pea-pickers and bean-pickers are In grea
demand In season.
Mr. W. F. Wise, ono of tho oldest am
best known of Norfolk county truck grow
crs, likes tho negro labor.
"I find It reliable and In the main ef
flclont," he ?aid. "I do not often huv<
to tell a negro twice how to do a piece
of work. I trent him kindly and Justly
and have no difficulty in getting on will
hlrn. I do not know what wo woulc
do without him In this country.
It Is a remarkablo fact that such s
thing ns a white man picking berries oi
doing any of the work of n common la?
borer on a truck form Is a thing almost
unheard of. A number of truckers sntfl
they had never seen a white man pick
berries. Ono or two recalled that a tramr
had boon known to work at It a day oi
two In order to earn a few dollars to hoir
him on to tho next town.
The negroes malte good wages for pick?
ing berries. Mr. Wise, alluded to above,
told me that a woman told him to-day
that she and hor three children had boeii
making a total of four dollnrs a day since
tho season began. Twenty-four dollars
a week for a laborer's family In tlio
country Is a good income. The
work of picking beuus and pens, and
cutting cabbage; and gathering p?ta?
nos, turned up by the plow, Is about as
profitable in good seasons, The pea crop
tills season Is so poor that good wages
cannot be made picking it at tho custo?
mary price por basket. Sir. Henry Duke,
who cultivates a largo farm nearly oppo?
site Lambert's Point, told mo he had
to pay Ills pickers prlco and a half In
order to havo tho crop gathered. Othor
growers have hod to do the same. The
men and women, who work on the farms
In tho winter and summer are engaged
chiefly In the oyster packing houses In
tlio winter.
FERTILIZER BILLS.
The amount pnld out every yonr by the
truckers for fertilizers would appall
tho farmers of other scellons of Virginia.
Tho fertilizer bill o Mr. Hardy Duke,
to whom I have referred above, amounts
to $7,000 this year. And this, too, on n
farm of which only about 200 a'/ros is
"under the plow." Other farmers expend
about tho same amount for fertilizers.
In view of the fact that all the land
cultivated nt all. Is cultivated every year,
and that the greater portion of It bears
threo or four cropH lu a season, ferti?
lizing. Is a necessity. Tho tru?jters are
not agreed us to whether the land de?
teriorates because of this constant culti?
vation. According to one opinion, llfLdoes
grow weaker: nnothor Is that It holds
its own, while a third Is that It grow.?
more productive because of the ureat
iimounl of fertilizer used on it. 1 armors
In tut? Virginia tobacco bolt are troubled
with their land growing "fertilizer sick.
The disenso bus not mado Its appearance
In tlio land of tho Norfolk 'county truck?
ers, but one cannot help thinking that un?
less tho fertilizer ustd be of exactly thu
Ingredients neiclo.I by tho soil, there will
eventually be a. chungo In Its character,
whether or not tj.ilu change bo accom?
panied by deterioration.
1 um unable to learn that any pinion of
thu work Incident to the cultivation und
gai boring of- strawberries can be done
by machinery. The plant? are set out
In ridges thrown up about three feet
apart. Tho first year they bear nothing,
but are carefully cultivated. Tho sec?
ond year they bear and are scarcely cul?
tivated at all, owing to danger of dln
turblng tho blossoms. Mnny bods stnnd
for three years, though frequently only
ono crop can be gathered.
A factory for the manufacture of Htraw
berry preserves has lust begun operations
at Port Norfolk. It gives employment
to 300 hands, nnd, I understand, tho man?
agement agrees to buv all the berries
offered. Some of tho farmers think tho
price offered for the fruit Is too small.
Possibly I have already said too much
about strawberries, but the tired reador
should bear in mind that I could say col?
umns more. The subject Is vast and raro
ly ottractlve. The farmers form a class
of delightful men?mnny of them edu?
cated und traveled, living In homes of
comfort and no small degree of elegance.
In every house thero Is a telephone, and
in the handsome residence of Mr. W. B.
Carney, for instance, there Is, in addition
to 'phones of two systoms, a private lino
connecting the several farms which he
operates. The farmers may know at any
time of the dny tho exact quotations from
tho produce exchanges of Northern cities,
and mnny of them reccivo at their homos
every hour telegrams advising as to de?
mand and supply In markets sought by
Norfolk county growers.
Some other time I shall tell of for?
tune? mado in truck farming in this God
favored section. I hope to be able also to
wrlto of other crops than berries. But
not now.
WALTER EDWARD HARRIS.
R0SE?T WON
THE CLAREMONT
Smashed the Record for Four
and a Half Furlongs, Cov?
ering it in 1:19 1-2.
(By A ??ocla ted Pren.i
NEW YORK, May IS.?John Bodlne Hast?
ings' filly, Rose Tint, won the Claromont
handicap at Morris Park to-day. her
fourth consecutive win. She smushed the
record for six and a half furlongs by
covering the distance In 1:19 1-2. which is
1-4 of a second faster than Lady Uncas'
time made In 11X11. Rose Tint rushed Into
tho lead from the first eighth and ma-king
all the running won by a heud. Summary;
First mee?hurdle, one mllu and a half?
Arlan -(3 to 5) first. Ahnet (7 to 1) sec?
ond, Draughtsman (30 to 1) third. Time,
2:48 1-4.
Second rnco?last four and a half fur?
longs of Eclipse course?Hazelwood (2 to
1) first, Dimple (3 to 5) second, Monad
nock 125 to 1) third. Time 62.
Third race?last seven furlongs of With?
ers mile, selling?Tribes Hill (7 to 2) flr.it,
Baikal (8 to 1) Becond, Syrllu (6 to 2j
third. Time, 1:27.
Fourth race?Claromont handicap, last
six and a half furlongs of Withers mile?
Roue Tint (7 to 1) first, Lux Casta 15 to
1) second. Lady Uncas (8 to 1; third. Time,
1:18 1-2.
Fifth ruco?the Withers mile?Ynrdnrm
(3 to 5) first, Young Henry (7 to 1) sec?
ond, Dr. ?uylor (-j to 1) third. Time,
1:40.
Sixth race?handicap, mile nnd a fur?
long, ovur the hill?Hunter Raino (13 to
1) first, Carbuncle (?l to 1) second, Mc
W'llllams (4 to 1) third. Timo, 1:54 3-4.
JOCKEY DRAGGED
ON CHURCHILL DOWNS
(By Associated Press.)
LOUISVILLE. KY,, May 18.-Shortly
after turning Into tho stretch to-day
Wavelow stumbled and Jockey Mclner
nov was drugged thirty yards before his
foot was released from? tile stirrup. Tho
boy wiiii picked up unconscious. At the
City Hospital to-night ho was still un
sclous and tho cilancos uro against him.
Summary:
First race?seven furlongs ? Captain
M adeudo (4 to H first, Flora? Bright (4
to 1) second, Tom ICIngsloy (10 to 1) third.
Time, 1:2S 1-1.
Second race?six furlong.?Bollo Mnhone
(7 to 6; first, Mudiuva (G to l) second,
Wine Sap (15 to 1) third. Time, 1:15.
'l'nird race?mile and fifty yards?Shot?
gun (U to 1) first, Lou Wood (2 to 1) sec?
ond, Briers (2 to 1) third. Timo, 1:40.
Fourth nice?Juvenile stakes, five fur?
longs- Stumpy (. to 2) first, Walnut Hill
third. Timo, 1:01.
Fifth race-mile? Rod Couiyn (11 to 10)
first, Bummer III. (3 to 1) second, Loves
Lnbor (11 to 5) third. Tlnio, 1:41 3-4.
Sixth race?four and a half furlongs?
(3 to _) second, Prince of Pilzun (4 to 1)
Hehui (4 to 1) first. Port Warmen (5 to
*) second, Pout Churalu (7 to 1> third.
line, :57 1-5,
V,
Sixth Street Sluggers Defeated,
A game of ball, which was pTayed
yesterduy on tho Tenth Street flats be?
tween St. Peter's Sctiool und the Sixth
Street Sluggers, resulted In the defeat of
tl?o lutter by tho score of 25 to 1. Tho
chief features of the game were the
pitching of Ononl for St. Peter's and the
batting of Jennings for the Sluggers.
Mr. Spencer Very III,
Mr, Branch Spencer, of West Point, la
critically 111' at tho Virginia Hospital. His
children have been telegraphed for.
LUMBER
BOUGH AND PRESSED
THE POSTAL
SCANDALS
Mr. Payne Has Asked for
Light on Charges.
MAY NOT BE SO SERIOUS
Postmaster-General Intimates that Ir?
regularities, Which Were Not Nec?
essarily Criminal, May Have Ex?
isted?Will Not Resign.
(By Aatoclnted Press.)
WASHINGTON, May 1?.?Postmaster
General Payne to-duy sent letters to tha
Comptroller of the Treasury, the Audi?
tor of the PostofUce Department und oth?
er oftlcials calling their attention to state?
ments made by ex-Cashier Tulloch In his
communication of last Saturday. Tho
letters ask for any explanation that
might throw light on the subject.
Mr. Payne said, that he looked upon the
charges against tho Comptroller and the
Auditor as the most serious. lie said If
these oftlcials allowed improper accounts
to bo audited and suppressed Improper
methods, tho facts have noi been found
out.
/"A government ofllciai," he said "may
buy ?omothiiiK whlchiho has no author?
ity to purchase and no authority to pay
for, but the government gets the article
nevertheless. Irregularities do not no
cessarily mean anything unlawful. The
Department may pay out of tho wrong
fund, either by accident or by design,
yet thnt need not be unlawful. He said
In this connection that the cliargu regard?
ing the disallowance by tho Comptroller
of between JSO.OOO and $40,000 was a charge
of Irregularity not of unlawfulness and
he undorstood that practically all of this '
sum had substantially been allowed.
"It is unfair," he suggested, "to make
the publio bellevo that the government
has been cheated out of such an amount
of monoy when It was only a Question of
Irregularity In accounts."
Speaking generally the Postmaster-Con.
eral said the original letters of tho of?
ficials against whom Mr, Tulloch mad*
accusations were necessarily general in
terms, but now that the Tulloch loiter?
furnishes something more doflnlte in the
way of charges, they will have an op?
portunity to make moro dcllulte repllea.
"Mr. Brlstow," he said, "wont very
carefully ovor Mr. Tulloch's charges and
he has selected bucIi things as ought to
bo considered and investigated.
August AY. Machen called at the De?
partment to-day for somo personal pa?
pers he had left In his desk.
Postmaster-General Payne was askcA*
to-day whether friends of Mr. Machen
hud asked that ho bo permitted to re?
sign. He said no one had requested such
action.
"Will Mr,' Machen bo permitted," he
was asked.
"Mr. Machen will not resign," ho re?
plied, "At least It is safe to say that
ho will not ask It."
Mueller Bill Signed.
(I*y Associated Press.)
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, May 18.-<Jo?*
ernoi- yates signed the Mueller bill th?
Chicago traction measure, the threatened
defeat of which by unfair methods of
Speaker Miller's gavel recently led to a
riot in tho Stato House,
-?-_
Rlchmonders In New York.
(fc'lieolsl to The TltneB-Dis.mtcti.)
NEW YORK, May 18.? Manhattan, &
L .Bloomberg and wife; Herald Square.
?W. C. Whltuer.
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?AID P?SHA
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Mugulilcont
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Wednesday
and Thursday
FRA D1AVOLA.
Frltlay
und Saturday
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T-'e Gif?en Company.
MISS HOBBS.
MATINEE TO-MOimOW.