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PlAti OF IGINIAN
BLQCKED BY RULES
IntcrstatcV Commcrcc Coinmis
sion Will Permit No Advan
tagc to New Coal Fiolds.
TO ADVANTAGE OF C. AND 0.
Commission Dccidcs When and
How Through Routes and
Ratcs Sholild Bc Establishcd.
NEW YOniC, Decombcr 31.?Tho
Vlrglnlan hon boon blocked by the In
tcrstato Commorco Commlsslon In a
plan to opoa Its Kanawha and Rod
Klvor coal fiolds at a sllght advantago
over competltors and to do lt at th0 ex
fenso of th* Chesapcake and Ohlo, with
Whlch lt was soiight to forco thtVmgh
routes and'dlvislons of tho ratcs. At
tho name tlmo the commlHslon ln ro
fuslng tho ploa of the potltloner has
placed ltself upon record on the much
mooted qv'eatlon of whon and how It
aliould or should not excrclse the powor
of compelllng through routea and
through tatcs betwen two or more rall
road companles, a qucstlon that has
glven tmlllc executlves all over the
country much concern, and concernlng
whlch tho commlsslon ln Us rullng
says:
"Whcro nelthcr the Interests of the
publlc nor tho ends of justlco as be?
tween tho partles dlrectly interested
will b> promoted by the.establlshment
Of thmugh routos and Joint ratcs and
dlvlslins thcreof, a propor case for the
oxercio of the authorlty lnvokcd has
rot lecn shown."
Thf complalnant ln tho ense was' the
Lour| Creek Colllory Company, and the
dofejdants wero the Vlrglnlan Com
pnnj and the Chesapeako & Ohlo. Al
thoigh an effort to show that the coal
coribratlon was owned by tho Vlrgln?
lan jwos not successful. It was slgnl
flcalt that Its clalins wero backed by
thaj rallroad company. Tho complalnt
pru/od for through ratcs from Page,
W. Va., on tho Vlrglnlan and that they
bo fhe sarnc as tho Chesapeako & Ohlo
wai making for all of tho mlues In tho
Kajawha distrlct to all polnts outsldo
otffeat Virglnia.
i Chnrglng 10 OiiIk n Ton.
Ikgo ls nlno mlles from the junctlon
of ihe Vlrglnlan with the Chesapeako
& OhJ/v.and the coal company Is payins
10 ccntsja ton to the Vlrglnlan to get
Its coalfto tho Chesapeake & Ohlo
tracks. [The thcory advonced was that
the VlrHnlan, ownlng tho mlne, was
trylng lo compel tho Chesapeako &
Ohlo tobay lt for dellvcring to the lat
ter thefproduct of its own property.
lt woT shown ln the hcarlng that tho
. Virglnljn lntcnded to open mlnos
througj the two dlstrlcts mentioned,
and thjt the road was built for an ln
dependtnt outlet from tho coal fiolds;
also, . hat tho Choeapcake & Ohlo
t-hargijl a swltchlng rate to all mincs
not loeated on Us own branch llnes,
and tiat thls was to compensate the
road !or taklng the coal to Its own
track/. The Chesapeake & Ohlo, how
ever./trles to furnlsh all of the mlnes,
whetier loeated on Its branch llnes or
not, pvlth cars, but owlng to a car
shoragc Is unablo to glve them thelr
full rjuota.
Ol the other hand, the Vlrglnlan hns
an ibut.danco of cars compared with
the mlleage It has thus far in opera
tioi. The coal mines on its llno are,
tbtrefore, abundantiy supplied and ln
thft respect havo an advantage over
th/ mlnes on other lines. It was fur
ttvjr shown that the Chesapeako & Ohlo
his more than It can do to market the
c?al produ'cod upon ito own llnes and
d'?es not caro for the -coal mlned on tho
Vlrglnlan. To compel the Chesapeako
& Ohlo, therefore, to pay to have thls
foreign coal dellvered to it when it
cannot adequateiy serve tho interests
along Its own llno the commlsslon
thought was asklng a little too much.
Would Iteduce Joint Raten.
ln Its rullng tho commission says
further:
'Tho effect of granting the rellcf
Bought would bo to reduco tho joint
through rates from Page on tho Vlr
.glrilan to all polnts on the Chesapeako
& Ohlo, outsldo of West Virglnia, down
to tho separato indlvldual rates of the
lntter from polnts on it i line ln this
distrlct at tho cntlre expenso of the
Chesapeake & Ohlo, and at the same
tlme to relleve the shipper loeated on
the Vlrglnlan of all oxpenscs in reach
ing tho Chesapeake & Ohlo."
Tho commission also speciflcally
rtates that to mako such a rullng as
the Vlrglnlan sought would totally be
to dlsregard tho long-established prac
tice. recognlzed as reasonable and just
tey leglslatures, rallway commlsslons
and the courts, ns well as by carriers,
of allowlng two or more rallroads
whlch make up a through line to charge
Bomewhat more for the through trans
portatton, the earnlngs of whlch must
bo dlvided among them. than would be
dtemed reasonablo and sufllcient for the
transportatlon lf perfornied by a sln
g'.e road.
The effect of thls declslon will be to
qulet the anxiety and apprehension of
rzJlroads generally with rospect to the
l Important power the commlsslon now
. has of compelllng through routes. rates
and dlvlslons of rates. It had been
fcared that tho commlsslon would scek
to establlsh all sorta of through routes
?wherever asked for by shlppers. lrre
?Bpectlve of thelr aotual nceds and pos
sibly ot some tlme-honorcd operatlng
and trafflc prlnclples.
ThunflcTHtorin In linltlmore.
[Special to Tho Tlmes-DIspatch.]
BALTIMORE, MD? December 31.?
'A. typical thunderstorm, with rumbllng
thunder, flashlng lightnlng and fast
pourlng rain, broke in yesterday af?
ternoon on the usual program of wln
.ter woather. For an hour and a half
Baltlmore was subjected to a drench
lng from a storm that ln Its lntcnslty
was deoldedly summery.
II,'. tb I
Whlte Indian
, A white Indian is a sick In?
dian. When the Indian*
first mw a white man they
were sure he was sick.
White skin?-sick man was
their arjument. "Pale-face"
is the name they gave us.
Pale faces can be cured.
When blood is properly fed
the face glows with health.
Scott's Emulsion
is a rich blood food. It
gives new power to the
bone marrow from which
the red blood springs. i t i
AllDru.guUi 50c. and $1.00.
A Happy and Prospcrous Ne at Year
We wcrc immciiscly satisficd and plcascd with the amount
of btisiiicss donc sincc the opening of our yard goods, and
it has given, us great pleasure to wclcomc back all our old
patrons, who wcrc obligcd to shop clsewherc during the short
pcriod when wc gave up 3rard goods. .Also, wc are glad to
wclcome the hundreds of new patrons who have comc to us.
Wc will show our apprcciation by rencwed cnterprisc, encrgy,
cconomy. Grasping with the advanced idcas, studying every
dctail of the coming year, we'll aim to givc the best valucs
obtainablc for the lcast prices possiblc?to givc cntife satis
faction to our customcrs in every respect?service, qualitics
and'-prices. JULIUS SYCLE SONS.
Sale of Fine Embroideries To-Day
Wo placo on salo tho flnest Iot of Embroideries cvor oftered In thls
clty before. All flno match Bets Swlss Nalnsook and Flno Cambrlcs,
mostly hand-loom goods. Prlcca, 10c to f2.00 yard.
Every Cloak, Suit, Furs for Women and Children,
33 1-3 discount _
Men's and Boys' Clothing
Prices that should lntorcst every man, boy and mother. Sce our
wlndow dlsplay. $15.00 and $20.00 Suits for 910.00.
JULIUS SYCLE SONS.
Heard and Seen in Public Places
At least two phaacs of the llquor question
wlll occupy the nttcntlon of the new l*sg
Iblnturc, accordlng to prc-dlctlons that are
hc-nrd around tho hotel lobblcs and other
puhllc pluccs. One la the llcenao tnx
feuture and tho other concernlng the soclal
cluba. Thero Is apparcntly a growlng scntl
Pif-nt ln favor of raiaing tho Stato llcense
to conform wrth recont actlon hy varlous
clties and towna. and a measure of rhls sort
ln expecred ahortly after tho seaslon con
\enes. lt ls not known who wlll offer lt
I.ui a promlnent Senator from anotbor ?ec
tlon has rccently declared thnt the State
might as well get a sllce of the addltlonal
reve.nue whlle It !? golng. Thls Senator wlll
bo on tho Flnanco Commlttee of tho upper
branch, and wlll have much to do wlth
ri.-iniing tho new revenuo blll. As to the
ciub featuro llttle has beon sald thus far,
but It ls known that there Is qulte an under
ctrrent of scntlment In favor of requlring
ail soclal clubs to conform to clty and town
ordlnances with referencu to cloalng. Thls
would mcan that the Westmoreland, tbe
Ommonwealth. the Elks. tho Vlrglnia, tho
All-emarle and other Rlchmond cluba would
have to cloie thelr bars at midnight, and
that the Pledmont, In Lynchburg, would
aus* at 10 o'clock P. M. So far as the
clubs aro concerued. lt la a rcmarkablo fact
that the barmen and tho temperance people
a? a rule aeom to be unlteu In favor of re
?lclring them to obaerv0 tho laws govcrnln^
the cloalng of regular bar-rooms. In the
dvtng houri of the last aesslon a great tan
gle aroae ovor propoaed omendments to the
sbcial club laws <,t the State, and Spcaker
Cardwell left tho chalr In the Houae and
polnled out that the cluba were about to be
unlntentlonally wlpcd out of exlatencc. The
cmendments were at onco wlthdrawn, and
tne law was left in lta Xormer shape.
Colonol Thomas Smlth, of Warrenton, ls
ln tho clty.
Captain W. R. Boutwell, of Norfolk. presl?
dent of the Vlrglnia Pllots' Aasoclatlon, ls
ln tho clty and has eng&ged quarters ?.t
Murphy's, where he wlll remala untll the
oprntng of the new Leglslature next wcek.
Captain Boutwell bellevcs there la luck ln
nimbers, nnd hc has chosen room No. 333
aa the place of hla abode whlle in the city
A* prealdent of the aasoclatlon he la the
Bucctiwor of tho lato Captain Oscar Edwards,
who. barrlng tho lato Colonel U. I.. Boyce,
of Clarlte county, w-aa perhaps the moat
pcpular and succeasful lobb>-lst In Vlrglnia.
N'ew Bnd then nma memher .offers a blll
Inimlcal to the Vlrglnia Pilots' Aasoclatlon,
but up to the present tlmo tho offlccra and
fi>nda of that instltutlon have been nble
to demonstrate Its merits and to provent tho
ac'option of such measures.
II Frayaer, formerly In tho englnecrlng
TREASURY DEFICIT
AT CLOSE OF YEAR
Tlmes-Dlspatch Bureau,
Munsey Bulldlng.
"Washlngton, D. C, Dec 31.
Tho conditlon of the Treasury on
tho evo of 1908 ls vastly dlfferent
from what vlt was on the eve of the
year whlch closes at midnight.'
At the close of the flrst slx months
of the flscal year 1906, there was, in
round numbers, a surplus of $25,000,
000 ln the Treasury.
At the close of buslness to-day.
marklng the end of the flrst six months
of the. flscal year, the deflclt ln. tho
Treasury was something over $8,000.
000.
It ls not thought much attentlon wlll
be pald to these ligures, owlng to tlre
general prosperlty of the country ln
all Unes, but it ls certaln that had
thls conditlon arisen under a Demo
cratic adminlstration the Republican
presa of the country would have told
the fact ln dizzylng headllnes, and
would havo kept on telling lt from
now untll electlon day.
Of course, thero ls not an actual
deflclt ln the Treasury; ln fact, there
aro many other millions in the vaultn.
Tho ligures glven have to do wlth
the tvorklng capltal, to use the ex
pression. The flgures glven show the
excess of expendltures. over recelpts
for tho flrst slx months of tho current
year.
Stntiatlcnl Comparinon.
Tho total recelrfts of the govern?
ment, postal receipts not lncluded, for
tho last six months of the flscal year,
wero $316,181,517.72 at the close of
buslness yesterday. Tho flgures for to
day, which would not affect tho general
result, aro not avallablo.
The total recelpts of tho same char
actor for tho flrst slx months of the
last flscal year wero $326,407,372.95.
In other words, the receipts for ths
correspondlng perlod of last year were
over $10,000,000 ln excess of thls year.
Tho expendltures for the flrst slx
months of tho last flscal year worc
$301,422,622.69, leaving a balanco ol
$25,074,760.20.
The expendltures for tho flrst hall
of the present flscal year were $324..
657,059.67; an excess of oxpendltures
over recelpts of $8,475,541.95.
In othor words the cost of govern?
ment for tho flrst slx months of th',
current flscal year was $23,234,436.9!
greator than tho cost of governmorn
for tho same' porlod of last year.
Fnlled 4o Allot Borid*.
Thero may he some lntorostlng do
volopnients growlng out of the ohargi
made by a Rlchmond capltallst tha
the Secretary of tho Treasury failet
to allot to hlm bonds, though hlsplt
was hlghor than that at whlch man;
hnnds wero allotted.
Sonator Martln, who ls here 'to-day
said ho.lmd recolved a complalnt t<
thla effect from a Rtohmpnd man, ani
had forwarded tho lottor to Secretnr;
Cortelyou. Tho Senator has jrot. recelvoi
a roply. The secretary haa been con
flned to hhj home by. att ? attnek q
department of the Chesapeako nnd Ohlo,
with heada,uarters ln ?hls clty and now a
rctldcnt of Lowlsburg, \V. Va., Is at tho
Jcfrerson.
Former State Sonator Oeorgo S. Shackel
foro, of Orange, ls in tho clty. and Is stop
plnp at the residenco of hls brother-ln-law,
Mr C. C. Walker, No. 905 Park Avonur>.
Colonel Khackclford is counsel for Mlllcr.
th? alleged baggago crook, who ls now In
Jall In Richmond for safe-keeplng, and who
Is under Indictment In the Clrcult Court of
Orange county. charged with changlng checko
on trunks at Gordonsvllle and shlppln;r
tr*m to confederates at other polnts. The
lauyer wMl go to tho Clty Jall to-day and
hold a, conference with hls cllent, tho da-.e
of whose trlal, It Is undtrstood, has not yet
been flxed. Colonel Shackelford was for a
number of years In tho I.cgtslature. havlng
strved with ablllty In both branches. Ho
derllned a re-electlon last fall on the ground
tliat hls prlvate affalrs drmanded hls entlto
tlme. Colonel Shackolford was one of th*
proralnent leadcrs of the last Senate, havlng
been chalrman of tho Democratlc "steering
committee" and the floor lender of the ma
Jority paxty. Ile will probably remain In
the- clty for several days.
General gtlth Bolllng. postmasfr of Pe
ti-reburg-. was in the clty yesterday.
The passlng of tho old year -was dull
nrornd tho hotels. and so far as could be
learned there were not even watch nlght
e.-Tdses at any of them. The Jofforson
nt'inagement bc!le\-es ln dolng things with
prerlslon. and Mr. Fry was happy when he
PHed the last line of the last page of hls
old rcglster Just as the clty bells tolled tho
hour of midnlght. "That Is good luck," hfl
said, as he reuched under the counter and
piouuced a. new reglster for the first guest
who arrlves thls morning.
All tho hotels were dolng whot tho clerka
cnlled a. slow business last nlght. Thlngn
are cxpected te look up next week with tho
airlval of the lawmakers and polltlclans. and
.when the business of tho now year starts up
ln real earnt-st.
Mr. John W. Willlams. clerk of the House
of Delegatcs and- kceper of tho rolls, ar?
rived ln the clty from his ljome In Pear.'a
burg yesterday, and will-remain hero untll
after the adjournment of the comlng sesslnn
ot the Leglslature. Mr. Willlams. after lo
cntlng hls famlly, went at onee to the Capl?
tol and startod to work, arranglng for the
advent of the lawmakers. He has no op
pisitlon for clerk, havlng fllled tho posltion
alniost satlsfactorily for tho past several
tmir.s.
grlp for about two weeks. Failure to
award bonds to tho persons agreelng
to glve the highest prlce for them is
an lmpeachable offense.
CLVTElt rAllK.
The Ginter Company has Just closed
a most successful year ln every way,
and the outlook for tho future of Gin?
ter Park is, to say the.Ieast, very llat
tering. Tho sales have" averaged con
slderably more than $2,000 per week,
and a fortuno has been invested in im
provements.
The month just ended, December, has
been one of the best, all things consid
ered, in both the selling of lots and in
further permanent development work;
elght sales, aggregating over $12,000,
were made,'and a large amount o? pav
lng work, hedge and tree plantlng.
sewer and water service extension, was
done durlng the flne weather of the
past four weeks.
Durlng -1907. nlneteen new resldences
and a very handsome school bulldlng
havo been built, or are now bulldlng,
and elghteen families havo moved Into
the park.
The Ashland road has.two stations
ln Ginter Park, and ls now runnlng
on regular schedule, whlle the First
Street line has lncrensed its service
to a car every ten minutes, and has
lmproved its runnlng tlme, thus brlng
Ing Ginter Park wlthin closer touch
with tho clty, and for all practlcal pur
poses making lt a part of the clty.
Tho 11st of resldents and prflfepectlvc
resldonts of Ginter Park Includes tho
names of many of- Richmond's best
known and most progresslve business
and professlonal men, and tho class of
homes built and bulldlng shows that
they are thoroughly alivo to tha pos
slbllltles of making thls sectlon the
most beautlful and attractlve of any.
Great progress hao been made along
soclal and reltglous Unos, as ls evl
denced by the starting of a new Pres
bytertan church, under' the charge ol
Dr. Strlokler, and the formation of o
new Eplscopal parish, with the Rev.
Frank Ridout, is belng worked out.
Ample provlslon for the soclal needr
of thls up-to-date communlty is belng
provlded through the bulldlng of c
large assembly hall and clubrooms lr
tho new school bulldlng. The assem?
bly hall -will be avallabie for lectures
publlo meetlngs, concerts, prlvate the
atrlcals, etc. The school will ba or
ganized ln the comlng fall, and wll
bo nrst-class ln every respect, to tneoi
tho requlrements of a hlgh-class com?
munlty,
Tho locatlon of Ginter Park, on f
high plateau, overlooklng the clty, li
most admlrable. Tlie permanent im
provements, such as pavod avenues
llned with beautlful hedges and flm
shade trees; excellent dralnage, sewer
age and wator systema, aro unsurpassed
and the same enn be said of the tolo
phono, mall nnd olectrlc Ilght service
nnd many of tho ctty's loading store:
now make dally dellverios, wheroa:
they formorly only did so onee or twlci
a week.
No sectlon of Richmond has growi
and developod so rapldly and harmo
nlously as Ginter Park has ln the pas
twolve months, and as most of tho sur
rounding terrltory is hold by partle
daoply lnterested in keeplng up th!
high standard, a brllllant future 1
predlctod for thls sectlon, and prop
erty horeabovtts will undoubtedly sel
much hlghor |n tho future.
OASTOHIA.
Boari tho __>^Th8,Klnd You Hav? Al.ways Bougti
Blguaturo.
of
OBITUARY
?Ii-rry ,1. Stnne.
Mr. Jcrry ,T. Stonn dled at Wllllam
Byrd Hospltal yostcrdny afternoon at
5:50 o'clock, after an lllness ot pncu
tnnnla bmtlng only a few dayn.
Mr. Stone was a nrlntor by trnde, and
was woll known ln tho clty, At tho
tlme of hls lllness ho wns omploynd
by Mr. Clydo W. Snundcrs. I-fe was
about flfty years old. Ho is Birrvlved
by hls wldow and ono son, Mr. Harry
J. fltorre.
Tho funeral wlll takn plnce Trom hln
resldence. No. 18 South Roblnson
Street to-morrow. Deflnlto arnrngo
menta havo not yet been made.
ISrncNt W. Irby.
[Speclal to.ThoTlmos-Dlspntch.]
SOUTII BOSTON, VA., December 31.?
?lv- 5r?2" W' JFby' ,l?0fl thlrty, and
"on of Mr. and Mrs. Meads A. Irby, of
Vornon Hlll, Hallfax county, Va., tilcd
n Savannah, Oa., early Monday morn?
ing, after an lllness of about four
TTiontJiH. Mr. Irby had llved in Phlln
dclphla, for tho pnst ten yenrs, havlng
been cngaged ln tho rallroad buslness
at that place, but went to Georgia a
rcw weeks ago upon advlco from hla
Physlciana,' hoplng that a change of
cllmate would ald hlm ln regainlng
hls hoalth, but wlthout effect, Tho
end came wlthln tho spaco of a week
after hls arrlval ln Savannah.
To ndd to the sadncss, hls mother
could rrot be Immedlately Informed of
the death, on account ot hor own lll?
ness, caused by a recont stroke. of
paralysis.
The remalns wlll bo taken to Ver
non Hlll Wedncsday, whero the inter?
ment wlll he mado ln the B**-^amlly
burylng-ground.
Mr. Irby leaves a wtfe and tho .'ol
lowlng slsters and brothers: Miss Eva
Irby, of Boston, Masa.; Mrs. E. I*
Knott, of Ashevllle, N. C.J Mrs. Sam
W. Dunn, of South Boston; Mrs, Chas.
C. Bass, of Nathalie, Va.; Mrs. Ed. I*
Wnlton, of Danvllle, and Messrs. John
S. Irby, of Denver, Col.; J. C, Irby and
O. J. Irby, of Pendleton, OVe.; S. A.
Irby. of Phlladelphla; Ratcllffe Irby,
of South Boston, and A. M. Irby and
J. M. Irby, of Vernon Hlll.
Ferdlnand W. Clinndlcr.
[Speclal to The Tlmes-DIapatch 1
BOWLING GREEN, VA., Delember
31.?Mr. Ferdlnand W. Chandler dled
this morning at 8:30 o'clock at hls
home, after an lllness Iasting for moro
than a month. """Ho" leaves a wldow
and two young chlldren, and la sur
vlved by hla father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Chandler, and tw6
brothers?A. B. Chandler, Jr., of Rlch?
mond; John W. Chandler. of Texas.
and two slsters?Mrs. Julia Manz, of
Chlcngo, and Mlss Edyth Chandler, of
Bowllng Green. He was a promlslng
young lawyer, belng a graduate of the
Law School of the Unlverslty of Vlr?
glnia. and the punlor member of the
law flrrn of Chandler & Chandler. He
was a promlnent member of tho J. O.
U. A. M.
The funeral services wlll bo con
ducted at 3 o'clock to-morrow evening
at the gravo in Lakewood Cemetery.
Mri. Archle Samuel.
[Speclal'to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
HANOVER COURTHOUSE, VA., De?
cember 31.?Mrs. Archle Samuel, wldow
of Archle Samuel, who fell as he was
gettlng off tho Chesapeake and Ohlo
traln at Hanover statlon, two years
ago, on Thanksglvlng Day, and Was
crushed under the traln. She was ln
terred ln the famlly burylng-ground at
Bethel Methodlst Church, of whlch she
?was a member, to-day at 3 o'clock.
She leaves three daughters, Mrs. Wcl
ton Jackson, of Rlchmond; Mrs. Ed?
ward Beazley, who llved wlth her at
Holly Hlll, the home, and Mlss Minnie.
She was slxty-flve years old.
Jnmrn II. Carter.
[Speclal to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
NEW CANTON, VA.. December 31.?
Mr. James H. Carttr, known for many
years as one of tho largest and most
prosperous farmers in Bucklngham
county, dled very suddenly Saturday
evening at his home near Hatcher, at
the advanced age of elghty-four years.
He was burled, Monday afternoon at
the cemetery at Mt Zion Baptist
Church (of whlch church he had been
for a long tlme a loyal and consistent
member). The funeral service was
conducted by his pastor, Rev. Robert
WT. Bagwell.
W. II. Sweaney, Sr.
[Speclal to The Tlmea-Dlspatch.I
WILLIAMSBURG. VA., Decembor 31.
-Mr. W. H. Sweanoy, Sr., one of the
oldest general contractors of the clty,
and a cltizen held ln hlgh esteem, dled
late last night Death resulted from
heart disease. from which deceased had
long suffered, and was very sudden.
Mr. Sweanoy is survlved by one son,
Mr. W. H. Sweaney, Jr., and two
dattjrhters, Mlss Nellie Sweaney, ot
this city. and a married daughter llvlng
ln the West.
Iloacoc C. Brumlinck.
[Special to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch. 1
L.TJRAY, VA, December 31.?Roscoe
C. Brumback, son of Dr. J. B. Brum
back, of this county, dled last nlght
at hls home ln Sprtngfleld, death belng
due to consumptlon. He was for sey
oral years a merchant ot Sprlngfleld
and leaves a wldow and one chlld.
Ho was about thlrty-four years of
age.
Mrs. Cnudcll.
[Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
GLADESBORO, VA., December 31.?
Mrs Caudell. a hlghly respected wldow
ladv dled very suddenly Frlday at tho
resldence of her son, Mr. James Cau?
dell.
Mrf*. Hnrrlet Selden Heth.
[Speclal to The Ttmes-Dlspatch.]
WASHINGTON. D. C. Decembor 81.?
Mrs Harrlet Selden Heth, wldow of
Maj'or-General Harry Heth, ot the Con
fedorate Army. dled at her Home ln
this clty early this morn ng. Arrange
ments for the funeral wlll not bo made
?ntll the arrlval of Mr. Charles Sel?
den of Rlchmond, brother of Mrs.
Heth. who is cxpected to reach here
late to-nlght. Tho Interment will be
made in Rlchmond. s
Mrs. Heth had been 111 several months,
and her death was not unexpected. She
was a daughter of Mlles Cary Selden,
of Vlrglnia and had wlde famlly con
nectlons throughout tho State. Sho ls
survlved by one daughter, Mlss Nan
nle Randolph Heth, who ls actlvo ln
Confederate clrcles tn thls clty. . ?
During the day and to-nlgnt there
has been a steady stream of callers
from among tho members of the Con?
federate camps of this clty, the veter
ans wishing to show thelr respect to
tho widow of tho old commander.
Telegrams were recelved here yes?
terday announclpg- tho death of Mrs.
Heth. Her brothers, Messrs. Charles
and R. B. Serdcn, and a nurnber of
more distant relatlves survlve her in
Richrnond. Mrs. Heth was very well
known here' and her death wlll causo
a great deal of sorrow.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles. Selden left
for Washlngton yesterday afternoon,
DEATHS
HETH.?Dled. ln Washlngton, D. C,
December 31, 1907, HARRIET SEL?
DEN HETH, daughter of the late
Miles Cary Selden, of Powhatan coun?
ty Va,, and widow of General Harry
Heth, C. S. A.
Interment ln HOllywood. Funeral
notlce later.
MIEEER.?Dled, at her resldence, No.
700 South Plno Stroot, on Tuesday,
December 31, 1907, at 6 A. M., Mrs.
RACHEL MIEEER, wldow of George
Mlller, ln the soventy-eTghth year of
hor ago, Mrs. Millor ls. survlved by
seven chlldren?Messrs. Hyronlmus
Mlller. John Mlller. - Godrgo Mlller,
Charles Mlller, Horrry Mlller, Mrs.
J. H. Paco and Mlss Mary MlUor.
Funeral wlll take. placo from the
German I.uthoran ? Church, corner
ElKhth and Murshall Streots, at 2
o'clock THURSDAY. January 2, 1908.
Interment ln HollywQOd. Frlends oi
the famlly invltod to attond.
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pnst: , ., ???i'iil' ^
May angels slng thee to thy rest;
Eifo^r atrugglea ontled now at last;
Sleep gontly on the Savlour s breast
erfDNE_Dled, December 31st, at 5:51
P M." at Wllllam -Byrd Hoapltal, oi
pfroumonia, Mr. JERRY J; STONE
agod flfty years. . ?
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CHAPTER XX.?Contlnued
"Don't mentlon lt." said Crunden.
"1 understand what lay behlnd any re
marks you let fall," and he gave a
grunt. "You're uncommonly fond of?
Mr. Jack?"
"Of course I am," said Mrs. Prlce.
"Who could help being fond of hlm?"
Not Mr. Crunjlen. He had trled hard
to help lt?and had failed. Thls young
man's Volco was muslc, hls smllo sun
shino to hlm. Absurd, ridlculous! Old
Crunden struggled valiantly agalnst
yielding to such preposterous sentl
ments?as if to yield had been a base
weakness. It had seemed to hlm llke
the evll spell of the Hlll ltself?now
rulned, broken, and tratnpled down?
rlslng again to enthrall one's mind and
confuse one's senses. Do what you
would to the lord of the Hlll, he could
brlng you to hls feet?force you to
bow before hlm as heredltary Imme
morial overlord. By playlng with the
snobblsh cravlngs that lurk ln even the
stoutest breast, he could twlst one to
the bended knee. With condeecendlng
manner and flatterlng assumptlon of
graclousness. .he could persuade you to
renounce your rlght to bo grlm and
stern and harsh to hlm.
No, it was not that. Crunden carod
nothlng for tho coiidesccnslon harpod
upon by Dowling. Ho was fond of
Jack now, as forty-threo years ago ln
the bullder's yard where hls father
had sent hlm to learn tho trade, he
had been fond of hls rnate?tho good,
strong mate with whom he worked
shoulder to shoulder, who could whls
tle and smlle and clap you on tho
back. and make the roughest Job seem
smooth and easy because you were
dolng it wlth-4iim. Thls young man
was llko that. And he thought of all
the words that were sweet as muslc.
"As between good pals." And the
solld truth behlnd the pleasant sound?
words proved true now by doeds. Hls
pal would not lcave hlm ln the lurch
?would stay with him against self
Intercst; deaf to the chlnk of gold,
blind to tho prospoct of caso, hls pal
must stand by hlm though all the
world were beckorilng.
As between good pals. Perhaps,
Crunden thought, ln all hls long life
ho had never been undorstood so well
as by hls good pal, Jack. His rough
outer caso seemed no barrler, hls coarse
brlstles struok no fear?to Jack: to
all the careless crowd, n hedgehog:
but to Jack, a pat. Wonderful to
thtnk of?with gratitude welllng warm
from tho heart beneath tho hedgehog s
ugly coat.
And he thought of lt qulte as often
as Mrs. Prlce, though he nevor by any
citanco spoke of lt. And why? He
couldn't trust hlmself to speak. Mlght
let fall with hls remnrks something
else?a few toars. It hnd happened
ln solitnry thought: sudden molsture
ln the eyes demandlng grunts and
bandana. Can a hedgehog weep?
Thlnklng of lt now, as hc tramped
neross hls empty fiolds. he brought a
clenchod flst with a loud smack into
the horny palm of hls other hand.
"Take that." he growlod, 'and that?
and that! Thafll toach you to mock
my pal for a hedgehog."
A son could not have dono more
for a loved father. Jack was what ho
would havo wlshed hls own son to be?
ln all things. And he thought of tho
?rroat Sir John and envled him, in
tensely onvied hlm: not for the rank,
tha prestlgo. the respect of howlng
men, whlch even povorty could not
tako. and, ln fact, had not roally taken
from hlm-but for tho^son who callod
"'LUrde^Too, was gratcful to Jack for
stlcklns to the shlp. Although Jack.s
plesenco or absonco was now. of
nourso as with flrmness, oven with
detlance she had assoftod-lmUfferent
Care hoarseaess and sore
1 throat caqsedbycdWor use
] OftfaeVOftS*. *ta?*ljhw*?
to hor personally, sho, noverthcless,
felt Immensely grateful to Jack for
hls fidellty to her father. It was a
line tralt?somothtng calllng for cnn
dld acknowledgment as worthy and
solld. Candldly acknowledglng merlt.
wherever met with, she took occaslon
to thank Mr. Vincent?on her father's
behalf. Without hurry, In duo season
when the opportunty came, sho shyly
thanked hlm.
"Oh, lfs nothing. Mlss Lizzle. Noth
Ing to thank mo for. It's I who ought
to thank your father. He has done
everything for me. I was a dreamer.
and I ,nm awako, . . . Of courso I
couldn't go?after what ho had said."
Whilo he talked, he was fumbllng in
a drawer of his table, and presently
ho brought out a small parcel and
began to unpack lt.
"I never wanted to go. Only I
thought I ought to go?but never
wanted to, really. . . . Mlss Lizzle, it's
such a rotten little thing?that I hard
ly llke?hardly dare, don't you know?
lo ask you to accept lt;" and, tearlng
off tho last paper wrappcr, ho dls
closed and oponed a cardbonrd box.
"But I wish you would. Scems silly
to thrown lt away?and silly to ask
you to tako such a rotton little thlng."
Then with consldorable dlflldonce he
offered T-dzzlo tho plaln gold bangle
out of tho' box. ?,
"I bought lt, you know, when I
thought I wns golng away and per
haps ;mlght never seo you ngaln. Jtlst
a souvenlr?you know." When' I suy
good-by to poople?I always want to
thlnk they'll remcmber me."
"It Is too kind of you. But really
"When I wasn't golng, I thought I'd
throw lt away?hut that seenis so silly.
I got Osborn to engrave It Inslde?
you'll see. If you look. Hlll Rlse?nnd
tha two dates?whlle I was here, don't
you know. Rotten little thlng."
"No, I thlnk It's very pretty."
"It's qulte the worst bnngle I ever
bought?but it's pald for;" and he
smlled. "I used to tick things, you
know. I don't now. Couldn't got tlek
if I asked for it, I supposo. In the
old days I bought qulte dlfferent ban
gles?-protty colored stones?and all
that."
"Oh, thls ls nlcer, as it ls."
"Is lt? Don't chaff. Mlss Lizzle. But
I dldn't want to get anythlng better.
roally?just a souvenlr?no value?be
causo you are qulte dlfferent to the
other poople, and your father wouldn't
have liked it?with the atones, I know
you wouldn't tnke lt, If it'was worth
?anythlng. Thoro lt is?thrco-carut
gold, I should thlnk?no vuliie.
You will tako it, won't you?"
"Yes," said Lizzle. "Thank you very
much, Mr. Vincent."
"Thank you, Mlss Lizzle," said Jack
benmtng. "I did want you to tnlce lt
?Just to show thnt you feel ktndly
dlsposed to me, now,"
"Of course I do?very, very grateful
to you, as I snld. You must know
that, Mr. Vincent."
Jack laughed contentedly.
"Not tho least noed for gratltude?
all the other way round. Only, Mlss
Lizzle, whon you buy your next now
dress, do buy a blue one with whlto
spots. Then, when I soo you wenrlng
lt, I shall know you mean to bo kind
?but, ln splte of my repeated prayors,
you never will buy n bluo ono. You
thlnk my tasto in dress ls bad."
"Yes," snld Lizzle, laughlng. "I'U
wear a bluo dress. No, I don't thlnk
your tasto ls bad."
Another seuson had paased without
tho purchaso of a now dress of bluo
or any other color. But, thnt morn?
ing. upHtairs ln hor room, sho fotched
out one of hor old bluo dresses and
submlttod lt to caroful examlnatlon.
lt was all ln order. Tho bluo showed
suii-fadlng here and there; ln tho wash
tho bluo had lnvndod tho whlto spots
on some purts.of lt; and the muslln
oollar nnd cuffs seemed to ask for r'e't
nowal; but thoro had occurrod no
startllng chango of fuahlon during tht
last three yonrs: tho dress would do
very woll, And Llzzlo longod for tlui
tiprltig days whon sho nilght -wear lt:
as a slgnal of hor vory alncoro gratl
tudo to Mr, Jack for hls klndncss?to
hor father.
LUslo had been; drawlng hor ful
dress-allowance from papa, but instend
of spendlng lt, had been hoardlng.
Papa had inslsted on paylng her ln
prompt cash, and would not hear ot
any cuttlng-down of the domestio
budget. "Don't neglect yourself, Llz.
Keop yourself up to the mark. You
can't be too flne for my mlnd.". But
Lizzio, buying only a few pairs of
boots, gloa-es, etc, and perhaps a hat
per annum, had amasscd a hoard whlctr
ln Its extent surprlscd papa when hls
daughter brought lt to hlm.
"Dad?please. Tlll the lane turns.
When we're out of the wood, you can
gH'o lt me all back?and then I real'y
will be so flne that you won't recog
nize me."
"Elz, my dear, you shouldn't havo
dono thls. No, no."
But the plnch was so severo thls
wlnter that Crunden gavo In. He was
proud of Lizzie for hor misor-trlcks.
and ho consentod- to be dobtor to hls
child, as well as to tho bank, for a
temporary convenlence. Thus the
money whlch should have been car
rled to Selklrk, the draptr, foiind Its
way to tho yard; nnd the* clearod.tho
paysheet of tho lessonf t stait for a
conslderablo nurnber of cucks.
Howevor, thls cheatlng of Selklrk
was not a matter whlch Miss Crunden
could talk about with papa's clerk.
Sho must permtt Mr. Jack to supposc,
If he pleased, that her old frocks wero
new frocks; and that she had been
buying them in all tints of tho raln
bow?except blue.
On Saturday afternoon she dressed
herself in some staunch old brown and
went, for a long walk. Tho day was
brlght and windless?just cold enough
to make all healthy folk cnjoy fast
walklng. Even ln the brlght sunshirro
no ono would havo notlced that her
brown fur' boa. her brown coat. and
skirt wore three-yesr-olders?they Iook
ed alrnost as good ns new. No one
would have noticed that tho brown
tonuo and tho brown gloves wero so
much younger?qulte as good as new.
The gold bangle on her wrist was of
course brand-new.
Sho went,down as far as tho brldgo;
saw thosunshlno ilashlng and.shak-'
ing on-,the muddy wator, n wagon full
of becr from the brewery, Mlss Hopo
on horseback wlth a flushcd face and
disnrrarrged ? halr. soulrmlng ln the
saddle to wrlng the horse's back, whlle
sho whlsperod laughlngly to Mr. Bnnk
er, tho rldlrrgmaster-?saw Indeed all
that thore was to be' seen on tho
brldgo; and then turned, and walked
brlskly up the hlll.
(To he Contlnued Tn-nrorrow.)
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