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together In great fcnWMM on tho top of
thn knob, nnd on the western slde n sln er
011ft extends down for ncarly n hundicd
feet. A gentleman who wns with mo.
called my nllmtlon lo the mnnnor ln
Whlch the Ili.h1n!m-f hnd rlycn the rocks
ln hunilreilfl of plnces. nnd polnted out
tho blulsh CftBt Blvcn tho Btona where
the bolts had struck thom. He pointe
out where mnny ponderoUS boulders fc.id
been .hattered elnoo the flrst of hls
frequent >r Isft*. nnd where groat por
tlons of tho cllff hftfl been hut'led donn
the mountains.
Tlia VIEW. ...
The vlew from thc siimmlt of nh
Knob ls Probably more ex ens ve ,1,,,
y l0 be ^ ??*?**>%??_. \Knld not
s so fnr ns ls posslble when ^UUn?
"rc more favomble; but Ihe boauty and
crandeur of tho view spread out oeioro
U. made rn catch my breath. Ono sceme,
vlVw.ng tho world from a balloon. gvery
detall Of lh. hudscape foi iji B, tO tho
east, south nnd west. wns Vlslble. It^was
a curlous ns woll ns nn Impresshe oxpo
Hence to _fcze out upon thc vast?.?-??"??
of ngrlcutnrnl country nnd Bee cnr
nlcce of wood, evory fleld, overy fenco
"ryfarn, house and outbulld Ing every
village. defincd as clearly as If P''?,c*
o- pnlnted bn a glgantle map. And al
ways ln the background, at the mllol
vlslon wero thc blue mountains, tliett
heftdS buried ln haze. or turbimed in fog
o de..r ,iav the trave er standing on
0 ; top Of Bald Knob C?n see Into the
flvo States of Vlrglnla, Kentucky. West
vlrginlu. TOnnessee nnd Morth^roJW'
But even if lie came on thc FoUrth 01
july he should bring his pycrcoat Thero
lr .. dlfference of many degrees bettjeon
&.' tempe.-atur. iu the valley??...*on
the mountaln crest. Snow jppeaw 1P"?
before rt makes lt:.- appearance, ln the val
lev and remalns untll weeks after tno
vnlleys have put on tho eincrald gnib or
',,rlnr)IFKICrLT TO GET THERE.
The dlfflclly ln reachlne Mountaln Lake
l. responsible for its belng so llttlo
known comp.irntlvely speaklng. I came
5p from East Radford ln company wlth
e-i-Oovernor Tyler, who antcd to g< to
QHc_ to purchase two-yenr-old cattle
- iockers" thoy call them Al the blue
trass 9 country-to take thc place of
'gosthe'had sold ft-^rt^S:
heforo. AVo g"V| off tlle trnln ftt R4PP'e
?_on the Rndford and Pocahontas
dlvlslon of the Norfolk and Western,
.went."two mlles down Now Rlver from
Radford Mr. John Hoge met us wlth
n'carrlage nnd pnlr nnd drovc us to tho
nome of Mr. Harvey Phlegar three or
fo_r mile. sway. Tho drlVO was over
J."va ? ods-that ls over roads through
the farms. We wero all the tlme golng
.irWht up or stralght down It^v.lUm
do to tell the readors of 1 he Tlmes-JJis
patch very much about the roughness qf
that drlve, the steepness of the hlghwaj,
nor tho slzo of the rocks ln Uio road N
had to wnlk down many of tho hllls. J
would not hnve belleved rt posslblo fbr_a
vehicle to have traveled ovor such roads.
Mr. Phlegar gave us a. good dinner and
then Governor Tyler and Mr. Shelton,
Mr. Phlegar's partner, rode out on the
l iil? to lo:>k at the cattle, nnd I stayed
to hear Mr. Hoge and Mr. Phlegar talk
about Giles county.
Gile= Carroll. Grayson and Lee are
probably the most mountanous countles
ln Vlrglnla. 1 should say Giles Is the
rbughest of the four. Sometlmes one
grows pesslmlstic as he travcls through
the county. and ls ready to deelare there
Isn't to be found in the whole of tlle
county enough level land on which tr
whlp a do?. But there ls somo compara
tlvely level land. and some of the farms
are only gently rolllng. But I saw many
lofty hllls. almost perpendlcular. co->
ered wlth blue grass to thelr summlts, on
whlch the cattle wore grazlng. and as
fat, too, as those wadlng in the meadows
of PulaEkl. , ,
Money ls belng made in Giles ralslng
cattle and sheep. About flfteen years
ago the father of Mr. Plegar dled, l.nv
Ing hls son 1S6 acres of land and not .
cent of money. To-day Mr. Plegar owm
1 1(0 acres of land, has an elegant resl?
dence. almost new, on hls farm, and
thc piano in his parlor is of a make that
costs several hundred doilars. He has
n Bawmlll plant on his farm that repre?
sents a consldernble outlay, and the In?
come from his lurnber Is eonsiderab e.
But cattle and sheep ha-.e glyon hlm the
money wlth which to purchase so much
land. and I suspc-ct hc Is dependlns
upon the same to defrny the cost of n
trlp to Florlda thls wlnter.
Sheep ralsing ls hecoming more popu?
lar evcrv year ln Giles. Mr. John Huge,
wlth whom we spent uio night, und who
took US to Mountaln Lake, Intimatod
that he might oventunlly engago very
extenslvely mlslng shoop. Ho has n
flork of oonsiderable slzo now, which has
prnven very profltable. He made $125 off
of the larobs and wool of 250 ewes this
yenr Bufhe. aml hls brother, Mr. Sam?
uel Hoge, "who roHldcn on adjolning
farms, are exfonsi'Ve cattle ralsero, and
I greatly enjoyed a drlve through thelr
fields looklng nt thelr fino hords. Mr.
John Hoge llves In a fine, old homo
inberlted from hls fnther, In n beautiful
valley and Just to thc roar, n distance
of n'mllo nearer the mountaln. ls thc
resldent of Mr. Snm Hoge. n beautiful
place almost hldden by trees nnd shrubs.
1 doubt if thore ls to he found In all
A-lrglnla a home from tho front door of
which there Is such a beautiful vlew tn bo
bad ns the one from the porch of Mr.
Hoge'S resldence looklng south .Tho sun
was but a few hours hlgh as I stood
taklng In the boautles of thc scene. The
nlr was chtll wlth tho frost that had not
yet entlrely dlsappeared. Tho sunshlne
"fell upon 'the green fields, the fallov
land, tho homes and c.ulbuildlngs, und ln
the fnr background tho grand moun?
tains on whose sldes still floatod tho
fogs of the oarly mornlng. From tho
barnyarns nea rand fnr came the ?oun.l
of poultry; the lowlng of cattle, ihe.
blenting of sheep. dogs barklng, nll In-lp
ed to glve ihe bucollo ItB complomenl Ol
sound. I nm well awnre tho foregolng
has not glven a falr conoeptlbn of tho
scene, but no words could do thnt. I
could' feel hearty sympathy wllh Mr.
Hoge'a love of thls falr nulley, expressed
In his declaratlon thnt whlle ho \voul_
ncii almost anything he had ln Uie world,
thi-rc was not i-nough money ln exlstence
to buy hls home.
THB LAND.
AlthoUfa'h lhe land In (illes brlngs good
prlces in the main. though It ls so rough.
Mr, John Hoge recently bought u tract
Of 900 or more nere sof mountaln land,
v-t\\ tlmbered and watered and much of lt
df-.ied and wi -II set In bluSgrass, for
{9,000. He axpects lo make It pay for
ltself in a short tlme from the pustuniH
lt wlll afford the cattle and sheep he
will put on lt
There ls iron and coal und probably oll
Jn Giles, On the farm of Mr. Samur-1
Hoge ls a deposlt of varlegatod marble,
which wlll some day prove valuable. A
hlub of lt whlch i saw ln use as a hearth
lu Mr. John Hoge's parlor wns ol a beau.
llful red co)or, v, :i.ed with- whlto. lt
take.- u lii.c pollsh, Mr. Huge. will have
spi-clineuh of ii ln ihe Vlrglnla exhlblt at
Bt. Louls,
1 l.-ve nander.d far froru Mountaln
Lfcke. about wlili Ii I began thls urtlclo,
i ulUi'ied n, ihe Inacces.lbllliy of tlie
pli.ee. It I- eight uiiles fnun the station
at I'emlroki- to tlie lake. Half of the
way |- over u St.ep trioiinlnin roud. ; l
huvi- ihe oplnlon of a clvll engineer fa
ip.illar wlth the country ti.nt an electrlo
line to the viniinit is perfocily feaslblo,
ni reasonable cost. Wlth an electrlo line
frorn the rallv.a>. and u hotel and necoiri
/riod-tlons us elegant and extonslye as
those at the Vlrglnla Hot Bprlngi, the
piaco would prove as popular. Tha lebe
nnd a conslderabU body (|f land around it
|a owned by u company, whlch-purchase*.
lt at a coht of D0 000
. dld not vl.lt i'-url_bur_r, tlie county
ay I Help You
You Who AreSick?
Jlv help is oiTrrcd on trial. I wnnt tn show each sic.k ono
just whnt Dr. Shoop's l.cstonitivc Cflfl ilo before a sotllemeiit is
mnde. And then, nfter a full month's trcatment, tlio piitient
is to be tho sole judgo.
lf you sny. "I nin no heUer," there is not a penny ot coat
to you.* I alone will assume tho expense.
' The oiTer is unique. Tho way to secure six bottles of iny
Rcstotativo on trinl is simplc. There is no trouble Imt to writo
a postal or a letter. I ltave mado the way to help so ensy, so
simple. thnt. none need hesitate.
1 have published the books shown in the coupon bnlow. lou
nre simply to ?lff_ the coupon, mark the book you need, nnd
inail it to me. That's easy enough, stircly.
Then I -will nrrnnge with a druggi-t nenr you, so that you
con secure six bottles of
Dr. Shoop's Restorative.
Vou mny tnko it a full month on trial. If it succccds tlio
cost to you is $5.50. If it fails tho cost is niino. I will thun
ask tho 'druggist to bill tlio cost to me, and you nlono nro to
decidc. , _,
Dr. Shoop's Rcslorntivo ncts on tho insidc nnrvos. lho
nervos that rontrol tlie vitaJ organs. Uero lics the key to my
bupcoss. This success makc3 it possiblo to give a month's trcat
nient on trial. '
If fniluros were common I would wilhdraw tlio offer. Hut
I do not. You will seo tny ofTcr overywhero yenr aftor yenr.
And lhe ofTer ih so eaaily obtainnble, too. It is much casior than
to cnll a physieiiui, And a physiciau's cnll means exponso,
whether hc succccds or fails.
Did you ovor know of anything moro fnir, moro libcral?
And I want you lo make tho test, too. You will do mc a favor
to write to-day, now, while you have it in mind.
Dr. Shoop's Restorative
At the Doctor's Risk
Dr. Shoop. Box 1383. Book 1 on Dysnopsia
Racine. Wlsconsln. Book 2 on the Heart
Soud mo book No-and Book 3 on the Kldnoys
tclime wboroIcaiiFecurosix Book 4 for Women
bottles Dr. Shoop's Restora- Book 5 for Me (soaled)
tlvo on 30 days' trial. Book 6 on Rheumatisin
Name- >?
Clty-? Sfcato
Street.
Writo plalnly.
seat of Giles. It is a small placo of sev?
eral hundred people, ten mlles from Fem
broke, and nearly a mile from the rail?
road. The town nestles at the foot of
Angel's Hest, tho mountaln whlch has in
icccnt yenrs attracted so much attention
because of tho intermlttent rumbllnga
from its interlor, accompanled Dy severe
carthquake sho'eks, that caused the moun?
taln to rock from base to summit. There
have not been any disturbances of thls
character for a year or two, but there
are many stories of earthquakea in Giles
and surrbundlng countles, nnd I cannot
help thlnklhg that Its rugged, broken char?
acter is largely duo to internal cpnvul
slons.
Wild, mountalnous, difncult of access,
Giles nevertheless offe-rs an attractlve
fleld to the man who wlshes to Invcst ln
agrlcultural or tlmber lands, wlth the cor
tainty of large returns.
WALTER EDWARD HARRIS.
IL
THE CLUBS
(Contlnued from Flrst Page.)
nlsh, once a month, undor oath, to tlio
clerk of the county or corporatlon, a list
of its members, nnd nlso, nnnually, im?
medlntely after tho annual meetlng, a list
of the ofllcors for the ensulng year, whloh
lists should be open to publlc inspectlon.
it was further provlded thut such clubs
should collect an entrance fc-e of not less
than ten dollars, nnd dues of not less
than one dollar per month from each
member, and It wns finally provlded that
the willful or nogllgent falluro on the part
of such club to comply with any of the
above nrovislons should work a forfelture
(i? its chartor.
WAS A RESTI-ICT-ON. i
"Any ono who wlll take the trouble to
examino the old law above quoted and
section H4 of the revenue blll, whlch wlll
Iw found In the ncts, extra sesslon, 11XJ2
'03, pat;,' 226, wlll flnd that every provls
ion oontained In the blll whlch I offored,
nnd whlch wus adopted aa section 111,
waa a restrlctlon upon social clubs, and
simply to that extent amonded the old
lnw, which was in no senso abrogated or
lnterferod wlth. It wlll be seen, there?
fore, that there Is no fault wlth the lnw,
nnd lf 'fako clubs' have been organlzed
since lhe passago of tho revenue blll,
Ineludlng tho Mann blll, they havo been
organlzed, not under the law, ..ut In vlo?
latlon of lt, nnd thero Is no blamo to bo
attaclied elther lo the Mann blll or to sec?
tion 111 of the revenue hill, or to any
othor part of our Ktatute law. If thla
law ls properly enforced, l thlnk thero
wlll be no complalnt of It.
"I supposed, of course, thut Judgo Mann
nnd Mr. Eolkes wero famllinr wlth tho
hlstory of leglslatlon on the questlon of
Kcclul clubs, but It seems that tliey were
not, and thut they both assunu-d that the
hill whlch 1 offered, and whlch was adopt?
ed us section Ht of tho revenue moasuro,
wus the flrst sialule on tlio subject;
v.herens, ln fuct, lt was simply an umeiul
iii, nl of the existing luw provldlng for
the Mi'lct regulatlon of social clubs."
AN ELECTRICAL
LABORATORY HERE
Mr. Frank %. Crown, ln charge of tlie
COUrSO in elecirielty nt tlie Vlrglnla Mo
chanies' insUluie, hus reei ivod a liboral
appropriation for the purohase of oioo
trleal liihliuinents for the Inhoratory.
Tho course wlll crnbruro telephony, telo
grnphy, ineludlng u Marconi system ol
wlreloss telegrapny, A full jaboratory
courso in practlcal electrioity win be in
stltuied, and Instrumenla for uu asurlng
iiho-iaiices, Inductance. ami capacllie.
omployed, Accompanylng lhe [ooturcs
wl|j i.. storooptlcon vlews of practlcal
example* in eleotrlcal work.
I'rof. Hrowii v. 111 cotidiiet (ho suine
course us ihal carried by the Massaehu*
K.-tts Instltute of Tochnology, whloh It
reputed to have ibo iinoHt eleotrlcal lu
reputci to have ihe flnest eleotrlcal lub
CiratOl'les ln tbe world, ,,nc of which eo.it
,-...!).ooo. '/ _ of tlii! inrgest trttnsforill
ers WhlOh has ever been built?CUpaelly
a-Cauo-will tie t'-Med by ttudent. of n,.
i imvetta instltute ot Teolmolucy
this coniluu sesslon.
'J i . eliaiiles' Instltute Offers an uni
pl_ opportunlty, which is in reach of aii,
I., secure u practUul kuowledgo uf -Ii-.
iruliv
HEAVY SCHEDULE
FOR THE WEEK
First Franchise to Be Sold by
the City Council?Other
Matters.'
There is an exceptionally heavy sched?
ule for the comlng week at the City Hall.
The Common Councll meets to-morrow
nljrht nt 7:80 o'clock in regular sesslon,
and one of tho Intc-restlng matters up will
be the sale at publlc auction of the
franchise of the Cltlzens' Ught and
?Powor Company, the first privilege to
be thus disposed of in the Stato under
the new Constltutlon.
Another matter of publlc interest will
be tho resolutlon of Captaln C. Hall to
reduco the membershlp of tho Board
and Common Council, and that will llkely
cause much discussion.
Committee meetings for tho week are
ac follows:
Flnance and Sinklng Pund Commls?
sion, 4:30 P. M. Monday.
Prfnting and Clalms, 7 P. M. Monday.
Water, 6:30 P. M. Monday.
Markets, 7:30 P. M. Tuesdiay.
Improvement James Rlver, 8 P. M,
Tuesday.
Subcommltteo Grounds and (Bulldings,
12 M. Tuesday.
Committoe of Municlpal In$vestigatlon,
?i P. M. Wednesday.
Thero wlll be soveral other important
commltteo meetings durlng the week, but
so fnr thoy havo not been seheduled.
INTERESTS SEPARATED
Payne and Williams' Roads Down in
Tidewnter Sectlon,
Mr. Wllllnm J. Payne, of this city,
presldent of tho Newport and Nows nnd
O10 Polnt Rallway and Eloctric Coni
pany, yesterday mado tlio followlng
statement as to the propertles of that
company nnd the recent noparatlon of
them from the Norfolk nnd Portsmouth
street rallway propertles;
"A complete wlthdrawnl of our Now?
port News and Old Polnt propertles und
lf? allied companies from tho AVIIIIams
nnd Mlddendorf Interests In Norfolk and
Portsmouth was affected ln Now York,
nnd our severnl eompanlos nro now on
tiiTiiy separato nnd Independent from any
of tho propertles In Norfolk or Ports?
mouth, iu which tho Wllllnmsea or Mld
dendorfl nro Interested. Tho officlal nc
tion of the Norfolk companies ratifylng
this separntlon wns taken nbout two
weeks ngo, but tho closlng up of tho
tiunsaction nnd tho dellvery l?ack to
Alexander RrpWn and Sons, aud Wll?
llnm J. Payne of the. varlous bontjs nnd
stocks belonglng lo them, und which
controlled tholr propertles wns not com
pleted untll yesterday,"
Fine Productlon,
"A Noblo Out cast'1 was glven Thursday
evenlng at Danleli' Prlvate Theatre to
n good-slzed hnuto. Thc pleco wns well
pui on, M'r. John F. May as Jerry, thp
ti'unip, currylng off tho honors of the
evenlng'. Ho is olover in both comedy
und pathos, nnd from tho stnrt won the
henris of the audlence.
Others In the enst were: Messrs. J.
Burnett, winis Evans, a. l. Osborne
und tho Mlsses lirudiluld, J.lrasheur and
Lewls,
"lliizel Klrkfi" wlll follow ln short
ordor.
Lecturo and Entertainment,
"8omo Cranks I Met ln Europe" wlll
bo tlio subject nf Rev. XX. II. liennett ln
UnlOn Klallon Cllilrch lecture-rooin Oet.
ii. I&03, nt 8:15 P. M., ror tho beneflt of
tho organ fund.
iSoniu who wlll ushIhI lu lho entnrtnlti
menl are: Mlsses llesslo ftutliright Ilci
tto l-'arlnliott, Kstellr; Hord. Madellnu
Lio.o; Messrs, .1. V. Cherry. Lealle Pnll
lips, .luuies Davls, I-'uhiih, Well ford, Kel?
ley und Master Roy Rlountcamle.
Alleged Fugitive,
Bergeunl Korse, of tho Thlrd Plstrlct,
yesterday arrested, n negro namod John,
vviiii on suBiiicion of imving murdorod a
I iiuiii ln Madlson, N, (.'.
Tlie negro dt-nlos lt, but he wlll |,e
tu-ld for lho North Carolina uuthuritii-s.
The Browns Won.
Tlie Ohureh Hill {.rownlea defeated ihe
wiuggei-B in u splrlt, il game vi-hteniiiy
I by it\a aoorq ot ii to 1.
The features of the game wero ihe
pltcning of Uowiits, for tlio Hruwnlus,
_-nd lho licldln. of Ihu Hlug_.-.;_
T
IN HENRICQ
(Contlnued from Flrst Pago.)
people on that ground. Tho peoplo wlll
deelde between thom,
"The. actlon of tho Henrlco committeo
nmounts to absolutely notblng, so far as
wo nro concorned," snld Major Sands
yesterday. "lt is ns if lt hftd not oc?
curred. AVo nre the party nomlnee, de
clat-0 to bo such by the Domocratlo
Stato Contral Commlttee, nnd ns such we
wlll go boforo tho peoplo, asklng thelr
support."
Tho Henrlco commlttee Itself, hns suf
flclently Indlcatod its positlon in tho re?
solutlons It nnnnuiiced. Mr. Ru'Iln snld
yesterday that tho Stato committeo wo ld
hc ignored. It had no authorlty ln the
prom.lsos nnd Its actlon would cut no flg?
uro ln the party. The nomlnation hnd
been glven to Mr. Todd aa tho mnn en?
titled to lt nnd ho Was the party nomlnee.
Anybody olso who ran ngalnst hlm waa
OUtslde tho palo of tho party. Thls Is ox
actly tho positlon taken by Mr. Brauer
wllh. roforonce to Mr. Todd.
AVhnt tho State commlttee thlnks In an
tinsolved problem. Chalrman F.llyson
wns seon yostcrday, but hnd nothlng to
sny. He sa'd tho Stato commlttee hnd
acted and the affnlr wns settled so fnr
ns It wns concerned'. Another membor of
the committeo declared thnt tho only ef?
fect tho actlon would hnve would bo to
put two men ln tho Held for tho ofllco.
Sesslon ofthe Committce.
Tho commiuc. wns called to ordor
shortly aftor 10 o'clock by Chalrman Ruf?
fln. The membors present when work
wns beg'un wero as follows: Mcssro. Rur
fln, Baohe, Jones, Mlchaels, Wlnston,
Taylor, Anglo, Johnston, Moyer and
Eaves. Mr. Bagby camo ln later.
As soon as the sesslon wns opened Mr.
Rufttn aroso to make n statement ln con
nectlon wlth a publicatlon ln the paper
concernlng him. The paper had quoted
Mm as saylng that ho dld not rocognlze
the authorlty of the Stato Commlttee.
Whlch quotatlon was correct. But It had
further atlrlbuted to hlm the statoment
that tho Henrlco Committeo would not
regard tho actlon of tho Stato oody as
blndlng. This, Mr. RulTln sald, wns not
correct. It was not for hlm to speak for
the Henrlco Commlttee. but for tho Hen?
rlco Commlttee to speak for itself.
There now aroso the question of wheth?
er or not, in tho light of the actlon ot
tho State Commlttee, the order of tho day
-the Investigation Into charges mado
ngalnst Mr. Hechler and Mr. Todd-be
proceeded wlth. Mr. Angle promptly arose
to move that the commlttee proceed with
out paylng any attention to the State
Commlttee.
"I move, Mr. Chalrman," ho sald ln
effect, "that thls committeo proceed with
tho Investigation, moro wlth a purposo
of giving these gentlemen an opportunlty
to exonerate themselves than otherwlso.
I move further that we ignore tho actlon
of thls so-called State Central Commlttee.
(Laughtor.) I call it 60-called bocause it
was not tho regular committeo that por
fcrmed this actlon. It was done by prox
ies, who were substltuted for a purposo."
Mr. O'Flaherty, representlng Mr. Hech?
ler, arose to ask thal the chnrges bo
gone into und examlnod. They were made
after the tlme limlt, but Mr. Hechler
would lnterpose no such technlcal objec
tlon. He was ready wlth wltnesses to dls
prove tho allegatlons, and he courted a
full and open Investigation. It would be
p.n outrago on Mr. Hechler to lot the mat- j
ter drop. Tho commlttee should elther go
Into an lnqulry or should dlsmlss the
charges as unfounded. On hehalf of Mr.
Todd", Mr. Coalter sald hls cllent was
ready to meet' any charges brought
ngalnst hlm and to dlsprove them. But
up to thls tlme there had only been a gen?
ornl suggestlon that he had vlolated the
Inw, nnd lt would bo impossible to refuto
a genornl charge llke thls. If thore wero
no speclftcatlons, the charges should bo
dlsmissed.
Dismissed the Charge.
It wlll be recalled that the charges
agalnst both of the gentlemen were mado
by Mr. Brauer in hls nnswer filed ln the
case of Hechler vs. Brauer. But Mr.
Brauer did not show up now, nor dld hls
attorneys. Tlio dofenso was rea_y, but
the prosecutlon dld not appear. The com?
mlttee itself took a hand and started to
cxamlne into some of the charges mnde.
One of them wns that Mr. Hechler had
promised Mr. Nuckols a positlon of dep
uty lf he got elected. Thls chnrge wns
ruled out on the ground that the offenso
alleged was not a vlolatlon of the Barks?
dale law, and wns not, ln fact, an offense
nt all. So with one or two of tho other
charges.
Meanwhlle, nothlng was seen or heard of
tho prosecutlon. and tho commlttee waa
gettlng tired. A motlon was finally made
by Mr. Moyer that the charges bo dls?
missed. Tho resolutlon was reduced to
writing, nnd wns unanlmously adopted, as
follows:
"Resolved, That in vicw of the fnct that
Mr. H. C. Hechler has come preparod wlth
wltnesses to dlsprove the chargos pre?
ferred by Mr. W. H. Brauer in hls an?
swer to the speelllcatlons llled by the said
XI. C. Hechler, and aff there are no wlt?
nesses present to tostlfy to said charges,
and the commlttee, belng of oplnlon that
tho charges aro unfounded, lt Is hereby
ordered that tho chargos be dlsmlssed,"
ln referonco to Mr. Todd, Mr. Brauer
had1 merely stated that he was "Informed
and so belleved" that ha had been gullty
of vlolatlon of tho Barksdale law. Thls
was no charge at all, ns vlewod by tho
committee. lt thereupon ndopted a sec
end resolutlon, as follows:
"Resolved, Thnt lt is the oplnlon of this
cpinmltteo that there havo been . no
charges preferred against Mr. W. J.
Todd. nnd that the commlttee has, there?
fore, nothlng to Investlgate."
Aftor somo further dlscusslon the com?
mltteo decided to go into executlvo ses?
slon and to settie once and for all tho
matter as to thn certlflcate of nomlnatlon
for the troasurorshlp, Tho gentlemon re?
tired nnd were gone about an hour. Thoro
wero somo pretty llvely speeches nnd
some pretty hot attacks on the Stato
Commltteo. The actlon of thls latter
body was referred to frequently, and tho
words "out und dried" and others of a
like import flgured In a number of the
references. Thero was some sllght divis?
ion of oplnlon also as to whom tho cer
tiflcato should go?Mr. Hechler, as tho
contestnnt, or Mr. Todd. as tho mnn who
recelved lhe next largest number of votes.
Mr. Brauer's Letter.
Whlle thls commlttoo was stlll ln exe?
cutive sesslon und some tlmo aflor ij
had disposed ln ifs own manner of thn
Hechlor und Todd mattor, there e.nmo lo
tho body, by spoclal messengor, tlie fol?
lowing communlcatlon from Mr. Hrntieri
Octobor 3, 1903.
To lho Demnerntlo Oommlttee of tho
County "f Henrico, hearlng tho chnrgftH
preferred. by II. C. Hechlor vs. W. 11.
Brauen
Genlleinen, -Havlng hoon declarod by
tho Democratlc Stato Central Committee
to bo iho regular Dcmocrntic nomlneo
for trensurer of Henrico county, I have
nu dlspoBltlon to further press chargos
against Mr, H, C, Hechlor, and hereby
wlthdi'.iw the samo. Thls enda tho couT
test; f?r 1 have no reason to boll_ve
that Mr, Hechlor or thls commltteo aro
Othor thnn good Domocrats who choer
fully accept tlio doolslon of tho lilghest
authorlty havlng lurlKflintlon nf thls cou
test. I further' trust nnd bellovO that
everythlng wlll be dono both by Mr.
Hechler and Mr. Todd, and by ench and
ever. membyr of tho commltteo to seoure
my < lection as irensurcr ot the wunty, as
wrii as to achloye a -lorimis ?vlolory
tor Pemocracy at tlie-reB'Ular electluii,
Wo know just oxactly what ia right und proper, and wo
provido it with all tho cortainty of ahsoluto knowlcdgo. Wo
can the Clothing, hocauso wo suporviso tho making ; wo can
iu tho smallor ot cotoras, boeauso wo'vo closo alliancos with
those who mako specialties of tho Full Dross Small Woara.
Fashion is co-important with quality in Full Dress?
whether for tlaylight or evoniug?and a Full Dress ward?
robe is nothing short of a necossity nowadays. It has
ceased to be an extravagant luxury?-wo've brought it to a
business basis. Tho prohibitivo pricos of the custom tailor
aro no longer barriers, and you'll pay what worth is worth?
no moro.
Tho social sonson practically mako its debut with tho
coniing Horso Show?so our Full Dross stocks aro at their
fullest now.
^A^ndWh^^^Kin^
Very rcspectlvoly,
(Slgned) AVM. H. BRAUER.
Somo of tho commltteemen were do
eJdcdly indlgnant, and later on exproasod
thelr lhddwiatlon in unmoasurod terms.
declarlng that Mr. Brauer had grlovously
nffronted tho commlttee. AVhen the
paper was read In executlve sesslon mo
tions were at onco made. Ono waa that
rt be "lald on thc tablo"; another that lt
be "passod by"; a thlrd that it bo "rn
turnod wlth thanks"; a fourth that It b?
1 returned with contempt," and so on.
Tho chalrman stuffcd lt ln hls pocket
and the committeo ignored it. as will be
seen by Its actlon.
When the commlttee filed back Into tho
room the announcement of its docfslun
was awalted wlth a good deal of Inter?
est. Rumors hnd been floating around
for some moments, but nothlng wns cer?
taln, and it was not known whether the
commlttee would submlt to the Btato
Committeo or not. The decislon was
soon known. however. The secretary
read for the committeo the followlng
resolutlons:
"It belng tho sense of tho Henrlco
Democratie Commlttee that it was act?
lng under the law authorizlng primarie3
in Henrlco county, and glvlng tho com?
mitteo jurlsdlctlon over the same, we
hereby deny the right of the Stato Cen?
tral Committeo to nny authorlty over thls
commlttee ih the matter of awardlng cer?
tlficates to nominees.
"T C. RUFiFIN, Chalrman.
"J." A. JOHNSTON. Acting Sccy.
"Henrlco County Courthouse, Oct. *!.
1*103."
"Whereas, by a former resolutlon ol
the Henrlco County Democratie Commlt?
tee denving the certiflcate of electlon to
AV. H. Brauer, who, by the returns of tho
prlmary, hold September 3d, 1003, ln the
county of Henrlco, recelved tho largest
number of votes; and
"AVhereas, no charges agamst Mr. w.
J Todd, the candidate who recelved the
next largest number of votes. have boen
speclfied or brought before this commlt?
tee; It is hereby
"Resolved. Tbat thc sald !W. J. Todd
bo declarod the nomlnee of tho Demo?
cratie party ln Henrlco county for treas?
urer, and that tho cortlficato bs, and Is
hereby, awarded hlm.
"T. C. RUFFIN, Chalrman.
"J. A. JOHNSTON. Acting Socy.
"Henrico Courthouse, Oct. 3, 1003."
The vote on thc flrst resolutlon wns
sald by Mr. Ruffln to be practlcally unan
imous* Tho recorded voto on tho reso?
lutlon' awardlng the certiflcate to Mr.
Todd wa? ns follows:
Ayen?Ruffln, Mlchnels, Wlnston, Bnche,
Taylor Bagley, Angle, Jones and John
ston?0.
Noes?Meyer and Eanes?2.
Adjourns Sine Dle.
It waa now conslderably after 12 o'clock.
The three Judges of electlon ln Shu
roakor's preclnct had not yet nppeared,
and it was decided to let thls matter
drop.
The committoe then, nftor passing
through one of the most remarkable
perlods in tho hlstory of tho county, ad
Journed sine die.
MR. BARKSDALE'S V1EWS
Why He Did Not Vote?State Commit
tee Reluctant to Overrule Henrico Body.
Stato Senntor Wllllnm P. Harksdnle, n
mombor of tho State Committee, who
attended Frlday's moetlng of thnt body,
ls still ln the clty. Senator Barksdale
stated last nlght to a reporter for The
Timcs-Dlspntcb thnt the publlcatlon in
Saturday's issue wheroln ho is stated ns
concurring ln tho notlon of tho commit
leo ln awardlng tbe certlfloate of noinina
llon for j/roasuror nf Henrico to Mr.
Brauer wns incorroct. "I have express?
ed no oplnlon ln the maltor," ?ald he. "I
doellriod to voto because I fenred that my
intenso Interest nnd nnxiety in tlio matter
of tho enforcement nnd suecesH of ihe
puro eleotlons law, of whloh I nm the
autlior, would be so llkely to blus nnd
Influence iny concluslons unconselnusly
that I mlght not be able to enst nn un
prejudiced vote, and mlght tbereby do nn
lnjustice." ;.
.'sked whnt he thought would bo tho
offect of tho Stnto Commlttee's actlon on
the enforcement of the lnw, tho Sonator
snld- "l am Katisfied thnt lhe St.ato Com.
mllteomen reluotnntly voted to ovorrulo
tho Henrico County Committee, und
would ha-vo preferred to sustatn lt, hut
that they were sutlsfiod In tholr own
minds that the evldence us disclosed by
the Btenogruphle record was too fllmsyt
and too uncertaln to Justify thom In
Htamplng Mr. Brauer n crlmlnnl.
"I do not thlnk tho declslon nf lhe
Stato Commltteo is a set bnck for the
pure eleotlons luws. On tho contrary, the
commltteo speoifloully ondorsed it unq.uul
ifledly, uud nledge ltself to do Its utmost
In carrylng out Its provlsions. It further
called on all tho county commlttees to
do llkewlse. Thls action practlcally niukct
lba lnw a part nf tho Democratlc party
plnn BQVOrplnff prlmarles, and rendere
it much moro effectlvo In contests witiil>
the party." , ? . ,
As to tbo conflict between the Stato and
County Commlttees lho Senator was ui^
wllllnK to no mioted further than hls
publ'c stalomer.t In tho Stnto Commlttee
imvtinK Of "le effcct of i'aruBnl of tlio
County Commltloe to nocept tlm declslon
nf tlie Ktato Committoe. At thut tlme ho
stated that the County Committee would
Place themsolves beyond tho pnle of the
pomoc-nitic pnrly by refusal tn re.oo_.nl_e
|ls declslon ln tho appoaled case
THOUSANDS ADDED TO CIRCULATION
OF THE TIMES-DISPATCH RECENTLY
(Contlnued frorn Flrst Pngo.)
thelr work and sojourn In thls clty and of
tho many ploasant acquaintancos they
hnve made hero. In fact, two of the corps
not only foll ln lovo wlth Rlchmond. but
lost thelr hearts to Rlchmond glrls whom
they met In thelr work here, and suc
cumblng to the charms of thc city's falr
daughtcrs, they concluded to carry away
somothlng more substantlal than ploasant
rocollectlons, and so won wives In thls
clty. Tho two gentlemen nre Mossrs.
Charles Koch and R. A. Davls, an ac
count of whoso doublo weddlng was pub
li.hed a short tlmo aco.
Story Told in Figures.
Hero nre tho flgures compllcd by Mr.
Corley, showlng dcflnltely the work done
durlng thelr two months' work here, from
August lst to October lst, wlth the gains
mnde ench week. The?c ficures wlll make
a profltnbl. study for advcrtlsers, for
practlcally al! thn subscrlhers thus ob?
talned are prosperous and are patrona:
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AtlgUSt 5th . 457 3 94
August 12th . 1226 fi3 ,C3
August 19th . 1906 1S2 13r''3
August 26th . 2602 300 2054
Bepterhb'er 2d . 3412 36S 24.<
September 9th . 3918 500 30iR
September lCth . 4475 ''08 3469
Stptcmber 23d . 6058 673 4084
September 30th . 52^) 733 4-iO
0<;ol,ei- 2d . 5266 773 43C8
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Crackers.s&S^Hf.4!^c
Salt Pork ppround.7c
Butter. Bu_terfo1rounds.Fr^ 25c
Starch/^fp.m'nT:.4c
Best Leaf Lard, ppround.10c
Mo.hereOats,^h?__?w\9c
Lemons,";r^uloy:.?2c
Herrings,LeapprA18c'.$2.75
f Try our Groon or Mlxed, 7Qr
1 c3. per pound.
Cheese,BPtp?.15c
Chipped Beef,^-..rnns:.825c
Pot'd Ham^Tongue, canslOc
Elgin Butter, {?_?_.22c
ballllOn, 7o.,or4cans.^olj
1/ --.__ Vnlloy Whlskey, oldtt? nn
Kenton _.y_, ??no.,....<>^uu
New Pigs'Feet, I,epo,ind.... 5c
._'_,? ...,.o Gibson XXXX. or
Whiskies. OHcur peppor, "i<l75c
ryo, per quart bottlo.
Wines. ;;SSS^5c
Quart JarSyrupJS?.10c
Lake Herrings ?Ln.8c
Matches &_.4c
Tomatoes, 0P?cn?.6c
Mackerel^^mt,*^^1
Good Brooms ISSSftSS! 20c
5strln?.,'. ___
o Ullman's Roliable, 10 bars 2^q
Cedar Buckets . . 12c
Sour Pickles &,n.25c
MaltWhiskej.'ffi...80c
C..r-,T- bost (.runulatcd Cs.
-.iigar, ]>crpound.
Coffee, pe" l-lb. paokage."C
Starch, ^pZtLT0":.4c
Cardova Coffee,' X. 9c
Sugar, p^Sund.4c
NewCodfish,B.nptmipkg..5c
Preserves,JnmS.!aff:.^.18c
Meal,^She^'r^k.18?v.70c
Hay^pVhu'X^:.85c
C^-nn Sterling lirand, llno I.aun- *)C
oOap, dry, 8 bars.?tDKd
Va. Apple K?;r5&?tld:$3.00
Best Sugar Corn, po.a?.8c
Globe Cond'd Milk, SBcr.n8c
Large CansTomatoes,??, 8c
MaltaVita, packngo.12c
Honey,p^poW::^:... 15c
Vinegar, ^^:.20c
Mixed SpiceSp?orrSSiD8,20q
Tea Dust ^SS^f^^.
Dtrct. North Cnrollna, (_n
IVIUC por pound." i
WholeS weet Pickle Pura.t 10c
Hntn-io Sinall Califorula, Bost Qf
Ildlllbi, Qunllty, per pound-"v
i:;,1A|? for cloaning, por 1 f)r_
rlllOia packngo 5oaml. * UW'
New N. C. Herrings
fejsa.*..$4-50
Green Rio Coffee &y 25c
Kitchen Soap tt"ing'.85c
Witch Hazel Toilet Soap
10c
3 to box.
Try our Snow Flake Patent Family Flour, per bag, 27o 5 per bbl., $4.25
Try our Sllver Klng Patent Family Flour, por bag, 29o 5 per bbl., $4.50
Jefferson Spring Wheat Flour, Ror bag 33o 5 por bbl.,.$5.25
Wholesale and Retail Grocer.
?_ov-.ii.Town Stores s Up-Towii Store 1
iSSw'wUm Btrcel. 506 K-^Mnr^ha,, Streot.
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