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Bay Set Apart Is Observed
Throughout. th?
. State.
NOBFOLK'S MANY MEETINGS
Sermons Preached ih Churchcs
Yesterday, and Banqucts Will
Be H'eid To-Night.
NORFOLK, January 10.?The Confed?
erate veterans of Norfolk, Portsmouth
and Berkley ln' Beparato church ser?
vlces to-day pald lovlng trlbuto to the
groat general, Robert E. Leo. Tho
4< local tjompanles, A, B, and B. of tho
Seventy-flrst Reglment, ?Ibo celebrated
tho day by attendlng dlvlno worshlp.
ttloquont sermons and speclal muslcal
programs marked the various Bervlces,
Ihe camps and soldlers attendlng in
a body.
Plckott-Buehtinan Camp of Voterans
ahd Sons of Veterans attended speclal
?.?cvlces at the Curnborland Street
Methodlst Church, whero Rev. Willlam
O. Starr, tho pastor, by request, preach?
ed- an. eloquent and acholarly sermon
on "The Character of Lee As a Model
,for Young Men," The traltB of character
"of the great general, hls gentleness,
devotldn and plety were especlaliy
stressed. A patrlotlc program of muslc
was rendered by an excellent choir.
The three companles of the Seventy
ilrst Reglment, Companles A, B, and E,
attended speclal servlces ln memory
of General Lee at Bpworth Mcthodlpt
Church, where Rev. W. G. Parker, ol
Park Vlew. Portsiriouth. chaphtln ol
thc' reglment, preached an eloquent
wirmon on "The Greatest Need of thc
Army," declarlng lt was true and plous
men; like the great Southern leader.
" Speclal Mnslc.
Nicni?yer-Shaw Camp, of Berkley.
and tho Sons of Vetorans, attended
tllvlne servlces at the Armstrong Me?
morlal Presbyterlan Church, where Rev
P. 8, Llngamfolter preached a scholarlj
n'.rmon on the character of General
Leo. The chOlr and Confederate Choli
unlted ln a speclal muslcal program.
Tho annual banqtiet of ' Pickctt
Ruchanan Camp ln momory of GenerA
.Lee wlll' be held to-morrow nlght at
camp hall. Odd-Fellows' Building. ant
the epread wlll be sorved by the ia
?dles ot Pickott-Buchanan Chaptier ol
Daugbters. Tho followlng toasts wll
be responded to'.
"* "General Robort E. Loe, the Incom
j-arable leader of an Incompacabh
host." Harry St. George Tucker.
'The Confederate Army, 00,00!
agalnat J2,SOO,000,*' T. B. Jackson.
"The Confederate Navy. the memorj
of tha iluuntless seamen who salled bo
neath the Southern Cross l# part of th*
hcrltage of our people," W. W. Starke
commander of Plckett-Buchanan Camp
SouB'of Veterans.
"Tho women of the Confedcracy, theli
flora.1 trlbuto annually express theji
?untlrlng love and rorerence for oui
*ucied *i * 1." VT. II. Sargeant, Jr.
Stonew&Jl Camp, Confederate Vetcr
one and Stonewall Chaptor. Daughten
of tho Confedcracy, .wlll unlte ln i
jolhf celebratlon on Monday nlght li
J'ortsmouth. at Pythlan. Castle. Rev
Glles II. Cooke, of Mattbews county, ?
iiutlve of Portsmouth, nnd asslstan
inapector-general on the staff of Cen
tral Lte. wlll be tho orator of the oc
catiou. The "Portsmouth Confederati
'.'holr wftl rendcr a speclal prograr,
of patrlotlc' airs.
LEE'S BHITHDAY.
r.lrl.nitcd Witli All Honofs h! I.ees
liur-JT.
"" [Special to The Tlrac?-DIsi>atch.|
LEEriUURG. VA., January IX?Gen
eral Lee's blrthday wgS-.ielebrated l.or.
yesterday by approprlate cxcrclses
under tlie ausplces of Cllnton Hatche
Camp. Confederate Veterans. A ban
rjuet w'as extended to tho veterans nin
thelr guests by the local chapter uf th
Daughters of tho Confedcracy. Ro
spor.8os were mado to toast3 by Du
lariey Bruln. M. M. Rodetfcr, Majo
JJ. W. Lynn. Judge R. H. Teblu. J. >I
Kilgour and Dr. Russell. of Herndon
Tho uiivelllng of tho Confederate r.ton
ument erected ou the courthouse lawi
wlll take place In Maj'. The monumen
Ib- In honor of the soldlers of Loudoun
costs *>3,000, an0 Is the work of Mt
Sievers, a - sculptOT of New York Clty
MEMPHIS CELEBRATBS.
Rirthday of Lee W?? Celebrated b:
Confederate Vetcrana.
MEMPHIS. TENN., January 19?Th
blrthday of General Robert E. Lee wa
observed here to-day wlth approprlat
exerclses conducted under the ausplce
of the local camp of Confederate Vet
erans. Among the features df the exer
claes was the presentatlon of crosse
of honor by the Daughters of the Con
federacy to a number of veterans.
aiSHOF UANDOI/tPH SPEAKS
. ON* LIFE OF R. E. 1.KI
ROANOKE. VA.. January 19.?Blsho
'A. M. Randolph. of Rlchmond. dellv
?red hls address on "Robort E. "Leo
?t . St Jobn's Episcopal Church to
?night. It was the first part of th
Lee-Jackson Day celebratlon. and ther
was a fulUtur'nout of the Daughters c
toConfedera?;y, the Veterans an
?.- Many were. unable to secur
Beats. - The speaker recelved the closei
attention durlng hls magniflcent ad
dress. . The celebratlon ? will be con
tlnued to-morrow nlght ' when Hor
James Marshall, of Craig, will spea
ut Assembly Hall.
"Lee-Jackiion Day,
. [Hpeclal toThe TIm?s-DIapatch."J
STAUNTON, VA.. January itf.-I.oi
Jackson Day wlll' be, celebrated hei
toTmorrow by the veterans. under th
ausplces ' of.. Stonewrji Jackson Cam:
As' a prellmlnary,\ a sermon we
preached thls mornlng to the veterar
ln_Trlnity Episcopal Church by tl
commander of Stonewall |ackson Cam
the'. Rev. George W. Flnley.-J"}. D., tr
pastor of Tlnkling- Sprl|g Presbyterla
Church. The veterans laTirched to tl
church Ir. uniform, escortea by the We
Augrusta Gtiard and th* Staunton
HUlos.
Tho csterctaen to-morrow wlll bo st
10:30 A. M. ln Iho Bevcrley Theatre.
The address wlll bo dellvered by Col
onol Tom Smlth, of Warientori, com
mandor of tlio Thlrty-slxth Vlrglnia ln?
fantry In tho Clvll Wnr. Tho Rtone
wall Band wlll furnlnh the music.
pAVAKNAII CEMflBftATION.
All tbe Cliy Troops Took Part ln n
Psraile,
^ SAVANNAH, GA., January 19_Tho
Blrthday of General Robort E. Lee
was observed In Savannah to-day by
exerolset* ln whlch tho Ravannuh Vol
itnteer Guard*. the Chatham Artillery,
the Naval Mllltla and the Georgfa Huz
zars particlpated.' The Flrst Regi?
ment of lnfantry and tho Benedictlne
College Cadets jolned In tho paradc.
DIvlne services at Christ Church nro
c.ded the parode. a sermon jm "Gen?
eral Lee, the Christian Gentleman."
bolng dellvered by Rev. Francls Allan
Brown,- the reotor. A feature of the
parade, which was command.d by Ma
Jor XV. B. Stophens. or the GuardH, was
the appearance or the Chatham Ar?
tillery vifh s "ew brittery of modern
Held pjeces Just issued by the gov?
ernment; Vcteran mombers of thol
corps, who had served in the Clvll
War, also paraded. having out the-old.
brass pieces that were presented to
the Chathama by George Washlngton,
br-vlngtmi Celebrates.
[Speclal to The Tlmes-DIspatclt.1
L.EXINGTON, VA., January iD.-?To
morrow wllfbe approprlatcly observed
In Loxlngton as Lee-Jackson Day by
the Confederate organlzatlons of . tlie
town and county.' The members of tho
Lee-Jackson Camp of Confedo.rat. Vet?
erans or Lexlngton, and other Confed?
erate veterans or Rockbrldgo, wlll be
entertalned at dlnner by the members
of Camp Frank Paxton, Sons of Con
federatos. Commandant E. 1*. Oraham,
of tho Sons, wlll act as ton*tm:tater,
and Commander J. Preston Moore, of
Leo-Jackson Cainp, wlll ncknowledge
apprcciatlon on the part of the vet?
erans. Mr. Greenleo D. Letclwr wlll
speak on tho subject, "Robert E. Lee
as a Cltlzen of Rockbrldge," and Mr.
Willlam T. Shlolds wlll apeaU on "John
Lotcher, Vlrglnla's War Governor."
Sermon to Veteran*.
[Speclal f3 The TImos-Ol.patch.]
LYNCHBURG, VA, January '3.?At
St. I'aul's EplBc6pai Church thi, morn?
lng Dr. Willlam A. B'arr, tha rector,
dellvered a speclnl sermon to Garland
Hodes Camp, Confoderato Velornit*;. the
occaslon belng the comm*!morutlon of
General Lee's blrthday. All of thc Con?
foderato organlzatlons'ttf tho city were
rc-presented, and the Home Guard. un
dor Captaln Moon, attende*!. Dr. Parr
paid a hlgh trlbuto to-ttie memory of
Goneral Lee.
Lrr-.lnck.ano Day.
? rfn-cln' to ''he- Tlm..-.Dispatch.]
CHATHAM. VA., January 19.?Lee
Jackson memorlal srrvices, under thc
ausplces or the Rawley-Martln Chap?
ter. Unlted Daughters or tho Confed
eracy, were held. ln the Methodlst
Church thls afternoon.
AV. M. Tredway, Jr., prcslded. and
opened tho cxcrclsos wlth a few re
marks on the llvca of these great men.
Speeches were made bv Rev. V. R. Gas
ton on Lee and Jackson ?h Chrls
tlans; by V. B. Watson. as soldler, and
by C. R. Warren on Lee as a professor.
Wlncheatcr Celebrntea.
lSnf>. . i no Tlmea-DlBpaich.l
TVINCHESTER. VA.. January 19.?
General Robert Edward Lee's blrthday
j was observed thls afternoon In New
": Presbytcrlan Church, by General Tur
s|ner Ashby Camp of Confederate Vet
tjerans, Daughters of the Confedcraey
i and residents of Winchester ln general
. | An approprlate address was dellver
_;ed by Rev. Dr. John P. Hyde, grand
.chaplain of-Vlrglnia Grand Camp. \\ta
I clal music was rendered.
HADFORD NEWS.
I Bis: KleetrJc LlKbr Deal Cloaed?Mln
erul l'airtl DUcnvrred.
RADFORD. VA-. January 19.?Mr. J.
; L. Vaughan, presldent of the Radford
j Wator-Pqwer Company, whlch owns
j tho electrlc power house, the street
| railway and street llghting equipmint.
has closed a deal wlth Mr. J. H. Gray
son, whereby he has purchased the
electrlc power-house, flo*.- mlll,. stor*j
nnd soveral resldcnces owned by Mr.
Grayson at Graysontown. The prlco
pald ls sald to havo been 130,000.
The Graysontown power-house fur
nlsiies power for llghting the town of
Chrlstlansburg, twelve miles away,
whlle the llghts, wlres, etc., were own?
ed by the town of Chrlstlansburg. Mr.
Vaughan and hls assoclates'have also
jiurchased thls property of the munlcl
pallty. and wlll now llght both Rad?
ford and Chrlstlansburg,. and furnish
what power Is needed.for* manufactur
Ing plant6. They wlll also bulld an
electrlc line from* Chrlstlansburg to
Cambria, at whlch place is situated the
Norrolk and Western Railway statlon.
Thls wlll be a god-send to Chrlstlans?
burg, as the dlstance of more than a
mlle has to be traversed by coach after
leavlng the traln.
The people of Radford .are much In
tercsted at present ln the deposlt of
mlneral paint, recently discovered on
tho farm of Mr. T. XV. Stlggleman,
near Snowvlllo, for the development of
which a stock company has been form
cd by Massachitsetts capttallsts, wlth
a capital stock of $250,000.
The board of dlrectors of ^e Southr
west Virginia Agrlcultural and Llvo
Stock. Associatlon met Thursday at
the West End Hotel and dtscussed
plans'for the spring race meet, whlch
wlll *be held at the grounds here lu
May or early June. There wlll also
be the regular Fourth of July meet,
and prospects are bright for' both.
Elghty new machines are belng in
r stalled at the Radford Knlttlng Mlll,
1 which wlll ralse the number to 150, and
wlll necessltato thlrty-flve addltional
glrls.
EXGIXEER SI3ES STRANGE
?WOHDS OV WARXING
f Soeolal to The Tlmes-Dlapatch.]
?WINSTON-SALEM. N.C., January 19.
-The wrlterwas told a story to the
effect that Mr. Levir Matthews. one of
the passenger englneers for the Nor?
folk and Western." a few days ago,
whlle. on hls englne saw a warnlng
'readlng as follows: "Levl K. Matthews
wlll be kllled January 26, 1908." Mr,
Matthews,' whose veraclty 4 is unques
tioned, stated. that , he certainly saw
the above words on the reverse.bar of
hls engtne. "It may have been ima
gination, but I saw lt," sald Mr. Mat?
thews. His frlends are advlstng hlm
not to make a run on that- day, but
he has not decided yet what he wlll
do. ?
Married
Women
Every ?woman eoreta ?
shapely, pretty figure, and
many of them deplore tha
losa of their girlish formt
after marriage. The bearing
of children is often destrnetlT*
_ to the raother'i ahapelineaa.,
0 All of thift can be avoided,
however. by the use of Mother's Friend before baby coints, as this
g-yeat Hmjnent always prepares the body for the strain upon it, and
pregeryea the syirimetry of her form. Mother's Friend overcornes all the
danger of child-birth, and carries the expectant mother safely through
this critical period without pain. It is woman's greatest blessing.
Thousands gratefully tell of thc benefit and relief derived from the
?use of'this wonderful j_.* '
remedy. Sold by all CM mj ?' jt Bm ? ,_O ?
?%rx;-r>sz SwlOtnGtl S
book, telling aU about ,.' taaaa^ m ??. ?
thia liniment, will be tent free.
T*i Bri*tWd RinlitM Ci., Afliili, Ct
WELL-KNOWN MAN D1ES
R. D. JAMES.
GOOCKLAND. C. H.. January 19.?At 2:30 o'olock on January 15, 1903, a
large crowd of sorrowlng relatlves and friends assembled at Elton, Gooehla.nd
county. to pay their last trlbute of re spect to R. D. James." The Impresslve
funeral servlce was conducted by Rev. Lewls, rector of St. Paul's Church. The
caskct. covered wlth beautiful riowers sent by lovlng friends to fado on l.ls
lonely bler, was tenderly borne to tho old . famlly burylng-ground. where bo
was lald to rest aud sorrowlng ones to sleep hls last long sleep of death, until
tho resurrectton morn; "when tho grave shall vield its treasuree and tho sea
givo up Its dead." -
On tho 14th of January. as the gray dawn of the lovely winter morn, uajier
ed ln, Richard Dab>*s James's splrlt took Its fllght to realms beyond the azure
dome. As the death angel stood wlth scytho'Iri hand,-lovlng ones gathered
around and begged that he would not mow him down, but he gently whlsper
cd, "I'm only gatherlng-Jawelo for the Savlour's- crown," Richard Dabbs James
was bornln Goor.hland, March 4, 1SJ9, of excellent famlly'and passed hls early
youth In that county. 'At an early age ho attended the Unlverslty of Vlrglnia.
At the outbreak of the Clvll War he voluntered and Joined the Fourth Vlr?
glnia Cavalry and served hls country falthfulfy. After the war he settled ln
Rlchmond and lived here until 1S70. when he returned to hls natlve county,
and engaged ln practlce of law. He had a large, lucratlve practlce] II. re
presented hls county for several years In the Legislaturo, and was for many
years chairman of the Board of Supervisors. Hc reslgned that posltlon to
serve hls people as Commonwealth's attorney through many years; retirlng
from activo practlce op account of falllng health. Ho was a staunch Demo
crat and was ever rendy to serve tbe Democracy. regardless of labor or cost.
Hls home was famed far and wide for its genuine hospitallty< and many dls
tingulshed polltloians can recall the happy momenJ.s spen.t at Elton. He won
und held tho highest regard of all who knew him. Endowcd as ho was with
sterllng and attractive o,unlltlen of heart and mlnd, hls death ls mourned
not only by hla.falthful, toving wlfe end children, but by n large circle of de
voted relatlves and admlring friends. Ills many noblo acts of hindnesH and
gencroslty wlll llvo on llko the stars I mmortnl.
BEDFORD CITY REPLIES TO
TYPHOID FEVER STORY
.Speclal to Tho TlniCii-DiBpatcli.J
EEDFORD CITY, VA., January 19.?
The Clvlc Improvement League of thls
clty. of whlch Mr. S. S. Lambeth. Jr..
ls presldent, has issued the followlng
statement wlth rororence to the reports
recently sent broadcast with reference
to tho exlstence of typhold fever here:
The reports that have recently beon
glven clrculatlon concernlng the preva
lence of typtioid fever at Bedford Clty,
Va., have caused great .and needless
nnxloty to those who, resldlng elsc
where, have friends and relatlves at
the above namtd placo; and these rer
ports. apart from an understandltij. of
the facts, likewlse havo a tendency to
do thls town unmerlted Injury by
| throwlng susplcton upon Its desirabil
| lty as- a ? business, a resldential and
an educattonal centrc. For tbe above
named conslderatlons tho Clvic Im?
provement Leaguo of Bedford City
de-ems it proper to make -a full state?
ment-of the facts touehlng the health
conditions 'at thls place.
Flrst. There ls no panlc here now;
there haa been no undue excltement at
any time. and there exlst no conditions
whlch arford any Justtflcatlon what
ever for such excltement;
Second. Beginnlng'a llttle more than
two weeks ago,- and r.ontinulng for
a period of somo days, a form of fevor
appeared . ln tho town, chlefly among
the school. children, and the cases re?
ported wero sufllclently nuinerous to
Indicate abnormal conditions some
wliere. -
Thlrd. A prompt Investlgatlon by the
proper authorities of the town" re
vealed the fact that a farmer resldlng
In the mountalnB, about ten miles- frorii
Bedford Clty, near the water course,
which in part sunp.Vs tho town's
water, having a case of fever fn his
family, had, it is to be Iioped, ignorant
ly, permltted thls mountain stream to
be used ln such a way as to communt
cata to .lt the typhold germs rrom thc
slck -room.
It has been ascertalned beyond reas
onable questlon that tho caso of fever
above rererred to dld not origlnate ln
Bedford county, but was contracted'by
the patient while on a vislt to an ad
jointrig- county.
It is further a fact that.the per
son who permltted the contamlnatlon
of this( stream was . himself at that
time, ahd- had been for- some time
hltherto, a pald employe of.the.town
or Bedford-.Clty . for tho purpose of
malhtalnlng clcanly condltlons ln and
around the above-mentloned stream."
It ls not dlfflcult to eee that the
above reclted pollution "of one of tlie
sourcou of the'town's cjrlnklng water
communlcated to-the resldents of the
town the germs of. disease-whlch pro
duced . slckness almost stmultaneously
ln a number. of familles ln the town.
Fourth. The town authorltles took
prompt hold'upon the sltuation, calllng
lrito?'. consultatlon eminent physlclans,
lnaugur$ttng such measures of preven
tlon as are usually resorted to in Hko
emergenci'es, and'In .addition, lnstltut
mg legal proceedlngsagalnst the par?
ty supposed to be guilty 'of pohuting
the 4 town's -water.
The peoplo generally havo also usod
every precaution for thelr protectlon,
with tho result that the apread of the
rever lias apparently been checked as
specitily aa tt orlglnuted
fifth. Tho Xornt of fever produced
1 by tho above named conditions haa been
ror the most part of a mlld type, und
j whlle "there are at present two or threo
i cases of serious illness, no deathg havo
, beon reported up to thls time, with the
posNible exception of a slnglo instance
j among tho negroes,
Stxtn. lt ls deslred especlaliy to
! brlng to tho attention of tho publlc
! the fact that the pollutlon of the town's
, water supply was not due to auy ln
I hcrent Impurlties ln the water Itself,
nor -to any fulluro of the town to ob
| sorvd proper care in this particutar
i department of the munlclyal govern- I
> ment, but that the whole troubie was '
i preclpltaled by commuuteatlti^ to Ihe
4 pure water. the germs of a disease, be
[ tween whlch and the water thus pol
luted, there was orlginally no &ort of
relatlon.
The unfortunate occurrence is such
? as might befall any town regardle3s
? of tho purlty of Its wator supply, and
j we trust that a fnlr"minded public
I may not perniltour town to suffor lu
4 Its reputatlon tor hcalthtulness by
j reason of a t-ondltlon, for the exi.H
tnco ot .whlch the town ls so munl
festly free from blame.
Seventh. In connectlon with the fore
golng we may be permitted tojidd that:
few, if any towns In thls State are
! more blessc-d in thelr .water supply
j than ours. Flndlng Its sourco ,ln .rnoun
I taln .spi ings far above the ' ordinary
i habltatlon of man, tho'water Is pipa.l
j to the town for a dlstance of eight or
; nlne iniles and comes clearand cool to
I ifueiich the thlrst of our people.
Our drinking wator has long been
the prlde of our towuspe'ople nnd tlio
dellght of the. numerous vlsitors who
frequent our town ln the sumnier ;--_'i
son. The healthful condition of thls
general section and ln partlcular tho
freedom of thls town from the scourge
ot fever and other forms of dlseasa,
have been aourcee of comment for a
number.of years. And we can confl
dently hold out to the publlc the as
surance that those charged wlth the
admlnlstratlon of our. munlclpal , af
ralrs- fully realizo thelr obllgatton to
malntaln the reputatlon of the-town in
thls partlcular, and wlll leave no etone
unturned to safeguard ahd secure for
the .future these blesstngs which wo
have so largely onjoyed ln the past.
By. o?-?<? of
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE.
Bedford Clty. Va. HBh
liowrencerllle Notes.
[Special to Th. Tlm??-Dlspatch.I
; LAWRENCEVILLE. VA.. January 19.
?The-Rev. E.? H. Rawlings," presiding
elder for the Richmond District of the
M. E. Church. vlslted thls week at the
home of hls wlfo's sister, Mrs. C. S.
Barrow. of South Maln Street\
Miss Grace Rawllngs.' of Norfolk. Is
vlslting her cousin, Mlss Eva-'-Rawllngs,
pf this town.
Miss Estelle Mallory and. llttlo niece.
Ellzabeth Chambllss, have returned
from an extended vl'itll- to frlenda ln
Concord and other cltles of Georgla.
Mlss'Leda Hamiin has returned from
a vislt to the homo of hor slster, Mra.
E, D. Barham, of Norfolk.
Mrs, Barhatn accompanled her slster
home, and wlll vlult at the homo of her
father, Mr. Wood Mamlln.
Mlss Marlon, Dortch was taken lo St.
Lttke's Hospital, Rlchrrrond, on Mon?
day, where she underwent an operatlon
oti Thursday. MIbh Dortch ls suffer?
lng from an aggravatod case of appen
dicltls, thls belng the thlrd operatlon
wlthln a year her physlclans havo found
necessary. Dr. W. tl. Lewts accom?
panled her, and reports her dolng well.
Attorney Willlam H. Hlll Is qulte
nlek at his honie, on.Church Street. as
a result of a gatherlng on hls thlgh,
whlch was severely Injured a few years
ago in a game of football.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Turnbull and
daughter, Mlss Nellle, spent thls week
in Rlchmond.
Mlss Mary T. Turnbull deltghtrully
entertalned a few friends on Friday
ovenlng at a "taeky party."
On Wednesday evenlng Mlss Vlrgllla
Glazebrook Informally entcrtalnod a
rew friends at cards, ln-honor of her
blrthday.
Mr. Kelley Taylor has returned from
Rlchmond, where he accompanled hls
uncle, Mr. Herbert Taylor. who ls con
sultlng a physician, and will' remain a
few weeks In the city.
TOESTDENTIAl, CANDTDATES.'
All of Those Mentlnneil Are Oroduntrn
of-n Collrpte or I'nlvrrslty.
rsnTinl 10 Tii? Tlmes-filjpatch.l
CHARLOTTESVTLLBr'VA^ January
19.?Every man prominently mentloned
as a prcsidcntlal posslblltty thls year
may be eaid to have tho support of
one or moro colleges. On the Repub?
llcan slde, Secretary Willlam H. Taft
belongs to Yalo, *T8; Senator Joseph B.
Foraker, of Ohlo, to Cornell, '69; Sen?
ator P. C. Knox, of Pennsylvanla. to
Mount Unlon College, Ohlo, '72. and re?
celved an honorary LL. D. at tho Unl?
verslty, of Pennsylvanla ln '05. Vlce
President Charles W. Falrbanks grad
uated from Ohlo Wealeyan ln *72; Sen?
ator Robert M. LaFolette, or Wlsconsln,
took hls- degree at the Unlverslty of
Wlsconsln ln '79. and Secretary George
B.'Corteiyou gradualed from George
town in '95, whtlo Governor Charles E
Hughcs, a member of tho Cornell Lavt
School raculty for two years, gradu
ated from Brown In '81.
On the Dehtocratlc side. WHIInm ,Ien
nlnga Bryan, of Nebraska, graduated
ln *S1 from Illlnois College, at Jack
sonvllle, 111.; Judge George Gray. ot
Delaware, took hls A. li. nt Princeton
ln '59, an A. M. ln 'G3, an LL. D. In
*S9, and also sttldled law at Harvard;
Judge Judson Harrnon, of Ohlo, grad?
uated from Denlson University ln '6*5;
Senator Charles A. Culberson, of Texas,
graduated from tho University of Vlr
trinla In '77; Presldent Woodrow Wilson
gra-duated from Princeton in "js, mm
took a P"h. D. at Johns Kopklns ln '80,
besldes a' number of other dogrccs. Ho
studled law at tho Unlvorslty of Vlr?
glnia. Senator Danlel, of Virginia,
graduated In law at tho University of
Virginia,
a . ? ,
FOR DKTTKR SCHOOLS.
Vnirlla Cotmty to Hcar Mr. Rusaell -on
Thln Sabject.
[Speclal to Tho Tlmes-DUpatch.1
AMELLA, VA., January 19.?County
Superlntendent of Schools Lewis H.
Irvlng has made tho followlng an
nouncement:
Divlslon Superlntendent Russell will
address the citlzens of Amella at. tho
courthouse on Saturday, February lst.
at 2 o'clock P. M., on "The Advantages
of a Modern High School in a Con*imuti
lly," and suggeat how such a system
may bo Inaugurated, and the klnd of
building necessary.
AU citlzens, and especlaliy patrons ot
the schools,. aro urgently requested to
be present and hear Mr. Russell on
thls Important subject. All progresslve
corhrauhltlcs pay especlal attention to
tho very best educatlonal facllities
that can be obtalned, and Intended set
tlers In a community. look espocloll;,
after Its school system and advantages,
The first regular term of the court
for the year wlll be held by Judge
Walter A. Watson on Thursday, Jan?
uary 23d. A .grand jury wlll be cm
punelled to take considcratlon of somo
crimlnal charges.
COLLEGE TIinS?rANS.
Viilverwlty noyi? to Glve nn Ope-ra?Fa
IIIOUH Hi-niilv (hiirun.
rspeclal to ThoTlnics-DlfDatch.1
CHARLOTTESVILLI3, VA., January
13.?Work for the comlc opera "La
Serena," whlch wlll be produced by tho
students of the University ot Vlrglnia,
Is now well under way. The flrst re
hearsal was called Immediately after
tho return of the men from the Chrtst
mas vacatlon; and the men tn college
have responded well. At present- thero
are flfty-odd applylng for. the chorus,
which wlll conslst ot twelve men and
a dozen make-bellevo glrls. Thla large
number out and the earnestness and
entnuslasm that thoy aro putting Into
the work aESures success. Twenty men
or more are trying for the east and
attemptlng to be real Mexlcans, sol?
dlers, or any thlng thelr part calls for;
the materlal Is excellenL Many of the
men have already had experience ln
other colleges and amatour .theatrlcalH,
and are taklng to thelr parts like thc
proverblal ducks to water.
Knvy Contruct.
[? Speclal fo The Tlmes-Dlspatch.l
LYNCHBURG. VA, January 1??
The Booker Tobacco Company, of'thls
clty. the youngest tobacco' concorn of
Lynchburg, has just secured a con?
tract wlth the4 navy for the dellvery ot
100.000 pounds of plug tobacco, to be
used In'the navy'durlng the present
year. Thls- flrm was organlzed last
summer, and its business has grown
so that it will be necessary to shortly
enlarge Its worklng force, and steps to
that end aro already under way.
OFFICERS NOR TH CAROLINA GRAND LODGE
iiraud M.-isicr.
U. N. IIAOKEW,
JJeyuty liruua .Mnntcr.
w. n. h'coy,
Grand Scuioc WnrUca,
SOME cf^
PROPOSED AN ANJ?Lm
LEGISLATION ?cs55p
Apprnprlnllona and Tnxiitloti.
DELEGATE COOKE has a blll to
approprloto $250,000 for tho pur?
chase Of State bonds by the Slnk?
lng Fund Commlssloners.
Delegate Bowman asks for the ap?
propriatlon of $125,000 annually to the
Slnklng Fund for tho purpose
or extlngulshing tho publlc debt
of the State. The amount 'hero
tofore approprlated for that purpose
has been 142.000 annually. Thls blll
passed the House yesterday.
. Delegate Pltts has a blll approprlat
fng $175,000 for tho extlngulshment of
the publlc debt.
Delegate Jenklns haa asked for an
appropriatlon of $3,000 for tho years
190S and 1909 for thc support of tho
ofllca of the Secretary of Mllltary Rec
ords. The appropriatlon made last
session for this purpose was $7,600.
Delegate Page has presented a blll
dlreetlng the Mllltary Board to pur?
chase for the Commonwcnlth a per?
manent campground for the Vlrglnia
Volunteers.
The blll of Delegate Caton for tho
lncroase of pay for Senata nnd House
clerks, doorkeepers and sorgeants
at-arms was reported favorably by
the Flnance Commlttee of the House for
a rnlse of. those salarles to $0 per day.
Pages* salarles are raised to $3 a day.
The llbrarlans or tho Senate and House
wero glven $3 per day, Instead of $2.
The Flnance Commltteo of the.House
has agreed to Increaso tho appropria?
tlon ror the Soldlers' Home to $47,000
annually. Tho present amount ls
$36,000.
Delegate Caton has a tmi to
dlstribute the taxatlon upon the
rolllng stock of rallroads. At
present tho rolllng stock la as
sesaed for tho purpoaes ot local taxa?
tlon at the cities and towns whero tho
prlnclpal offlco Is located. Tho objeet
of the blll la to provtdo for tho dlstrl
butlon of the tissesscd value ot rolllng
stock among tho counties, cities, towns
ond school'dlstrlcts through whlch the
several llnes of railroad pass tor pur?
poaes ot local taxatlon ln the propor
tion that the value of all other prop?
erty than main llno and rolllng stock
located ln any such county, clty, town
or school distrlct bears to the aggre
gato value of all such other property
than main llne and rolllng stock of
such railroad company ln tno e?iat-e.
Thc patron of the blll hns furnlshed
tho followlng flgnres: Tho totnl value
of tho rolling stock of railroads in tho
State ls $22,000,000; of thls $18,500,000
is assesesd for purposes of local taxa
tion ln three cities, namely, Itlchmond,
Petersburg nnd Roanoke. Thls is the
thlrd session at whlch thls blll has
been Introduced. Last session the blll
passed to its eugrossment ln the House.
unnk* Nnd Banklng.
DELEGATE CATON has Introduced
a blll relatlng to corporate and
prlvate banklng Instltutlons or
the State trust, s?fo deposlt, In?
vestment, savjug fund, buildlng. and
loan companles, assoctations and soclo
ties, persons and partnershlps recelv
ing money on. deposlt and dolng a
banklng business. j
The blll places them all under the!
suporvlslon or the Burenu of Insuranco.
whlch Is charged wlth enforcement ot
nll laws relatlny to such ebneerns. The
Commissloner of Insurance ls rcqulred
to keep a complete record of.the flnan?
cial condltion of all such concerns and
to examlne. elther In person or throuoch
hln asslstants. eaeh of them at least
twlce in every year. both wlth refor
enco to tholr flnancial condltion.and to
the observanco of all laws regulatlng
such instltutlons,
The banks aro requircd to furnlsh
all necessary asslstance to tho commis?
sloner or hls representatlves ln tho
exnminatlons.
Penalties are Imposed upon tho of?
flcers of such concerns who fall or
refuse to furnlsh Informatlon to tbe
commissloner wh?ti roqulred, or who
fall to observe the banklng laws of
the Stato. /. ?'. .->;-?;'??'?'?:
Tf examlnatlon dlsclosos that a bank
ls not solvent tho commissloner ls re
qulred to report to the State Corpora?
tion Commission, whlch ls: anthorlzed
to applv to a ?ourt of enulty for a
recelver to wlnfl up the affaira of the
concern. , . . , ..
No banklng concern is permltted to
commence business or to couduct It
without authority from the Commis?
sloner of Insurance. whlch authority
must bo based upon an oxamlnntlon to
ascortaln whether tho capital atoek
has been actually nnid in and all the
renulrements of the law have been
comulled with.
Provision ls made agalnst tha with
drawal of anv portlon of capital ln tho
form of dlvldends, urofits or otherwlse.
and that where there has been any
Iropalrment of capital suspenslon of
business may be rectulred until the
Impalred capital ls made good. All
banks are requircd to keep a nroper
reserve. Overdrafts are llmlted and
loans to dlrectors are restrlcted to
10 por cent. of the csnltal stock pald
ln. Stock of the banks i* prohlhited
a? seeurlty for loans. These instltu?
tlons are exempted from any other vis
itatorial powers than such as are
provlded bv tho blll. The commis?
sloner reoorts the condltion of all
such Instltutlons annually to the Stnte
Corporation Commission, whlch has
th?> sreneral sune'rvtston of tha wholo
subloct. Tbe Commissloner of In?ur
anco appolnts hls asslstants and flxos
their compensation. One of them shall
be an experienced accountant and shall
have, had three years' experience . ln
banklng.
The oxpense ts providod for by a
tax of one-tenth of 1 per cent. of the
capital stock. surplus and undlvlded
proflts of such Instltutlons, whlch. It
Is estlmated. wlll furnlsh a sufflclent
sum to meet the cost of carrylng out
the provlslons of the blll. whlch ls to
go Into effect July 1, 1908.
MUcelinncons.
Senator Garrott has a blll to provlde
libraries In publlc schools ln the rural
dlstrlcts. Whetiever tho patrons and
friends of. any school shall ralso $15
by prlvate subscriptlon, the district
school board shall approprlate from Its
own funds $10 for thls purnose, and
tihali appolnt a managor for the library.
Tho number of Ubrarles is llmlted to
For Sprains or Stralns'
Jto&n's
[iniment
Acts, instantly, relieves
all iiiflarnmation and re
duces swelling.
For Lameness, ..Back
ache, Stiff Neck, Cramp
or Colic, Bruises, Cuts,
and any Soreness, Sloan's
Liniment is unsurpasscd.
Pfiet, 26c, 60a? and $1.00.
Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Maw.
I
flve a year for any distrlct. ,T,he State
Board of Education Is to remit to the
treasurer of the county $10 for th?
purchase of books for each library.
Tbe distrlct boards must appolnt a coin
petent person for each library to ae-./
lcct tho books. Provlslons aro mada
for oxchango of books. Ten thousand
dollars Ib approprlated to carry out
th.4- provlslons of the act. "
Senator Halsey aska for an appre
prlatlon of ?50.ooo, in three yearly
paynionts, to orect n sullablo memorlal
tn the natlonal mllltary park at Gol
tysburg, to commemorato tha deedfl of
Vlrginlans there. Tho Governor and
rour others, to be appolnted hy hlm?
self, aro to select a location, de?l?*n
tma. liiBcrlbo the monument, and cause
It to bo erected, tho actual expensea
nf th*b commission to be pald by the
State.
Senator Sale haa lntroduced'a blll t?
nulhorlze tho judge of a court of any ..
clty of more than 30,000 populatlop to j
dcslgnate. by an order of record, such l
of thc days upon which the clerk'is j
ofllcc of such court may be closed an j
havo been or may horeafter be declared
public holidays.
REAL WORK BEGIN5
IN ASSEMBLY TO-DAY
(Continued from First Page.)
mands of- two years. The present
Leglslaturo mlght arrange the statutea
wlth aupremo wlsdom and, In a year.
conditions would arlso to.mako tomo
further change in the hlghest- degreo
deslrable. Undoubtediy there ls dan?
ger in too many laws. especlaliy ln too
many; Ill-consldered and slo*only laws,
but thero ls also danger In too fow.
Tho Deglslaturc, at prosent stttlng.
blds falr to sot on example worthy of
imltalioit ln the thoroughness and
completonoss of Its work.
WIIOLESALB SHOOTHTO.
Three .llen Engnge In Exchange mt
Shot* anit All Are lnjured.
"[Speclal to Tha Tlmes-Dlapatcb.]
FLOYD. VA., January 19.?T. A.
Ayres, who was brought 'here and
Iodged ln Jall on tho 31st day of Dccem
| ber, 1907, was dlschargcd from cus
j tody by Justlces of the Peace Howoll.
'Agnew and Epperly, for shooting Amos
{nnd Blain .Sutphln, at a store some
. twelye mlles from thls place, durlng;
the Chrlstmns holtdays.
j Ayres, who had gono to tbe store to
mnke some purchascs, found the Sut
phln boys there, who, without any
provocatlon, ralsed a row wlth hlm,
and Amoa Sutphln shot hlm wlth a.
plstol, strlking hlm In the hlp. Ayre?
went to his wagon, got his shotgun,
aud Ilred ono load at Amos. Ayres, who
was hurt rlght badly, crawled some
tlls-tanco to tho fonce, when he notlced"
Bluln coming after hlm wlth a plstol.
nnd he promptly gave him the other
barrel. Both boys wern well sprlnkled.
(wlth shot; but not ba^ly hurt. Ayrow
iat once gavo hlmself up, and asked to
I be brought to Jall, and ln the trial
yesterday was acqultted of the charge.
Tho Sutphln boys will bo indtcted at
the next term of the court for shoot?
ing Ayres.
Kngagement Announeed.
fRpeclal to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
LEESBURG. VA.." January 19.?An.
nouncoment la mado of tho ongagement
of Mlss Hanna K. Henderson, of Alqx
andria clty. to George XV. Laycock,
a promlnent merchant of Hamllton, Va..
mc-mber of tho firm of Laycock &
Thompsonr of that place. The mar-?
riage wlll tuko place at tho brlde'a
home. ln tho city of Alexandrla, on
Wednesday at noon, January 22d. Tho
ceremony will be performed by tho
Rev. S. V. Htldebr'nnd, pastor of the
Methodlst Church.
II. Cooke I'ankcy.
fBpcclal to The Times-Dljpatch.l
HARRISOXBURG. VA., January 19.?
H. Cook Pankey dled at hls home ln
this place early thls mornlng of aclati
ca. He was In hs forty-seventh year
and unmarrled, and is survived by his
mother and two brothers, all of thls
Place. Though he had been totally
bllnd for many years, yet Mr. Pankev
attended personally to hla business up
untll a few months-ago, and at tha"
time of his death had accumulated.
much monoy, being owner of an ice
Plant, a large livery st-file, a flno rea
i idonce and other valuable property
In thls place.
Puruiville Electlous.
rKnc-i,! .0 TheTimea-Dlnpatch.]
FARMVILLE, VA.. January 19.?
Whlle thero- have been no formal an
nounoemeuts made of thelr candldacy.
It ls well understood. ln local polltlcal
circles that. Mayor W. T. Blanton wlll
bc opposed by other aspirants to thls
ofllce In the spring prlmary" eleetlon.
Already. one candidate for the mayor~
alty' has appearcd?though not 'ln a.
formal announcement. Ho la- Captain
H. H. Hunt, who ls popular. wlth a
large clrcle, and wlll. should he oon
tlnue ln the race, make a strong nro
for tho place. .
. . i ? i i
Kngiigirmeiil Aimiouiiccd.
rcj^o^i-,1 to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
?FARMVILLE. VA... January 10.?
Rev. Joseph Wesley Shackford, of
Lynchburg, has announced the ap
nroachlng mnrrlago of his daughter.
Mlss Mary Kingsbury. to Mr. Joseph
E Johnston, of Farmvllle. Tho eer
emonv wlll tako place < on the after?
noon of Tuesday. February 4th at
4:30 o'clock, ln Court Street Matli^
dlst Church, Lynchburg.
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Italneb?Bouglaas.
rSpeclal to Tha Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
.HEATHSVILLE, VA.. January'19.?
Tho homo ot Dr. and Mrs. Ned Ralnes,,
of this place. was on yesterday th*
scene of a very qulet but pretty"wed?
dlng, when their eldest daughter, Mlss
Florn, became tho brlde of Dr. H. T
Douglass, of Rainswood. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Dr. Drls ?
eoll. Dr. and Mrs. Douglass wilj roslde
at Rainswood. J
TWO MEX IN* TROUBLE.
I.o.lgcd tn Jtill Charged Wlth Seriouw
"Mladeniennor.
SALISBURY, . N..' C.. ' Janunry i'-rr
Charged wlth trespass. slanider and s.
serlous offenso against two cblorod
women ln thla clty, H. R. Bryant and
A. Dunham, two well-known young"
niei) here, wero ")idged tn Rowan Jail
last nlgJU lp default of a bond of
$1,000 each. The two men were caught
ln thelr rooma at a well-known board
ing house ln Sallsbury. wlth the two
colored women, whom they had -yitlcciJi
there without tho knowledge of the
tandiord. They were glven a hearlng4
before a Justice of the peace, who held
them under heavy bonds for tho hlgher
eourt. Bryant ls a well-known plan,>
salosman, and has stoofi well In Salls?
bury prlor to hls troublo. Dunham la
agent for an ' lndustrial llfe Inourance
oompany, and was much llked by thos*
who know hlm. The nrtost of the
jmeu cauaeii.'i uina.seusatloa.f-ar jjif, i