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BAPTIST WOMEN
AT WEST POINT
Woman's Missionary Union
Holding Largely Attended
Institute.
rFporinl to The Tlmcf-rJlspatch. |
WBST POINT, VA., Aprll 2.1.?At the
annual meetlng of tho Woman's Mis?
sionary Unlo'1, auxillary to tho Baptist
Genorai Associatlon of Vlrglnla, whlch
mot ln Charlottesvllle lnst Novnniber,
it was the sense of the body to hold
twelve missionary Instltutes In dlffer?
ent parts of the Stato, In localltlcs
wliero most necdnd. The Ilrst Instltuto
wa8 held wlth tho Flrst Church ln
liampton, Aprll "th. Tho socond ls ln
sesslon *iow wlth the West Polnt Bap?
tist Church. Last nlght nn lnformal
prayer meetlng, largely attended by nll
denomlnatlons, wns held, many tnklng
part. Mrs. B. XV. Spencer conducted
the devotlonal oxerclses, nnd an appro
prlate sympoelum, "'The Hoavonly Wny."
Flne tnuslc. beautlful flowers and at
tho close of tho prayer service ai ln?
formal receptlon and a charmtng soclal
half-hour, ndded greatly to a most In?
terestlng occaslon.
Thls mornlng at 10 o'clock the regu?
lar sesslon was called to order by Mrs.
C. V. Wnugh, superlnteiident of the Do
ver Associatlon. Mrs. I*. B. Hughes, 'of
West Polnt, conducted thn opening de?
votlonal exercises. nnd Mrs. G. F. Wil?
liams, of Rlchmoid, led ln prayer. all
Joinlng in singlng the good old hymns.
Mrs. .lullan P. 'Thomas. correspond?
lng secretary of the Woman's, Mission?
ary Unlon of Vlrglnla; Mrs. G. F. Wil?
liams, fiunbeam leader. and Mlss Sue
Herrlng. rccordlng- secretary, all of Rich?
mond, members of tho executlve com?
mittee. aro ln attendance ns teacher*'
or workers ln the institute. Mrs.
George W. McDanlel. State presldent,
at the last moment was kept at. home
hy the Illness of hor littlo daughter,
Mary. Mlss Herrlng, In place of >lrc, I
McDanl*>l. spoke nn "A Survey of tho
Woman's Missionary l'nlon Work ln
Vlrglnla." dlvldlng lt Into: I. OrganIza- |
tlo~i. Whon? 1>>S8. Where? Rlch-1
mond. Why? To glvo Information on
missions, to work systematlcally, to
secure doflnlto alms. II. (1) To stlmu
late missionary Interest; (2) to cn
rourago thc grace of glvlng; (3) to
enllst Southern womon. glrls and chll?
dren In mlsslon work. III. Depart?
ment* of work?State, forelgn a*_d home
missions.
Mrs. G. F. Williams. Sunbeam leader,
next Interested the audlence wlth Sun?
beam plans and methods.
Mrs. .lullan P. Thomas at 11:30 gave
an Interestlng talk on "Mlsslon Study
Classes." using as her outllne. "The
Uplitt of China.**
Mlss Sue Herrlng "noxt talked on
"Blblo. Readlngs?Selectlons for Open-,
Ing Societies."
The last half-hour of the morning
fosslon was devoted to an open con?
gress for questions and answers, con?
ducted by Mrs. Thomas P. Baghy. of
West Point. Many Interestlng thlngR
are yet to como up.
RL'ITS OVEit HAII. INM'HANCE.
Trlol of Flrnt C'n?c Brought Against
Amhprnt Kanners hy Notr Holders.
f SppcU! to Tho Tlmes-Dlfpatch.1
AMHERST, VA. Aprll 23.?The Am?
herst Clrcult Court has been engaged
slnce Tuesday ln tho trlal of the case
of the Greenvllle Banking and Trust
Company vs. W. B. Harris. This is ono
of the "hailstorm Insurance" cases. It
will bo rcmembered that last year a
number of Vlrglnla farmers insured
thelr crops of tobacco against hall In
tho Farmers' Protectlve Assoclation.
'Iho company was afterwards denied
the rlght to <lo business ln thls Stato
by Insurance Commlssloner Joseph But?
ton.
The farmers In Amherst mostly clalm
that they only slgned appllcations for
membershlp In thls company, but tho
Greenville Banking and Trust Com?
pnny Is now suing on negotlable. notes
;overlns a 4 per cent. assessment mado
r,n the policies. It is claimed by them
that the notes were slgned at the same
time as the appllcations, and were at
tached lo them Hy perforatlons. The
bank claims to be an innocen*. holder
nf the notes. The first of these cases
*Ras not yet been concluded. There are
i-c-ven of them pendlng In the court
here.
TRIAL NEARING ITS END.
Case of the Indlan Charsrd Wlth Mur?
der to Reaeh Jury ThU MornlnK.
ISpeclal to Tho Times-Dispatch.1
NEWPORT NEWS. VA.. Aprll 23.?
.Tudg-e Barham'will Instruct the jury !n
the case of Harry Witchew.th to-mor?
row mornlng, and lt is probible that
the fate of the accused Indlan will
be in the hands of the iury etirly
in the afternoon. All the -vldenco is
ln, and the attorneys argued nn iho
lnstructlons thls afternnou.
Wltchewah was re-;allo,l to Ine
stand thls mornlng-. and was cros-s
examlned for two hours hy Comm >n
wealth's Attorney Berkeley. Although
he had sworn that ho beiieved hh
plstol to be empty wlun he shot and
kllled Dora Hall, he admltted that he
told Detective Sergeanr Bridgors that
there was one ball cartvidg- in tho
Weapon. but that he thought thi* cham?
ber un'der tho hammer was ompty. The
?etective sergennt was called ln re
uttal, and tostifted that Wilchewuh
lold him that there" were two ball
:artrldges in the plstol, and that he
(tho accused) thought there was a
blank under the hammer. The court
room has beon llteraUy puolcod wilh
ipectators every day smoe the trial
began.
-_ m-?
PERHAPS FATALLY INJURED
BV A PREMATLRE EXPLOSION
f Special to The Times-Dlspatch. 1
BRISTOL, VA., April 23?Wllliam
XJlover, twenty-slx years old, whose
home is at Watauga, near Bristol, was
toerhaps fatally Injured by 'the pre
wiature explosion of a dynamito blast
ln a stono quarry near Knoxville to
lay. One leg was mangled, necjsal
(ating amputation. Ho has a wlfe aid
ihreo chlldren.
_ASON THE STOMACH
IFTEN THK ..AUSB OF cnEAT
nOI)ir>V DISTItESfi.
t Imllinirs n Feeble .iiomnrh. In
Wlilch Ihe Food l,l.? .'ihIIk. atnl,
nnd Shown Need of Tonlc
TT_.i<nicn..
When the stomach Is feeble the food
len In |t uiitllgesteii, decays and throws
>ff polsonous gases that dlstend the
valls of the stomach, and cause In
erference wlth other organs, espe
?lally wlth Ihe actlon of tbe heart and
ungs. These gasee hnvo other 111 ef
'ects. They nre absorbed hy tlie blood
md corrupt It, srrd so causo aches In
renioto parts of the body and the
'ormatlon of un healthy tlssue every
ivhere. Oenernl hodlly weakness and
oss of weight t-estllt. The'nerves and
he brain are dlsturbed anrt dlscom
'ort . such as dl-izlness, hof flashes,
ileeplessness, Irrltableness and de
tpondenry orlglnate from thls Bource.
Experlenee shows that these trou
iles vanlsh just as soon as the stom
ich Is made strong enough to dlgest
:he food. ln other words, It needs a
:onlc lhat wlll rouse It to do tho work
if i.hanglng the food Into nourlshment.
rhe tonlc used ought. to be one that
iclll agree wlth the most delicate
itomacb.
Mrs. Amella Gwlnn, a nurse by' occu
?mtlon. llves at 3139 A'ernon Avenue,
_*hlc?go. 111. Rhe sald recently:
"When I was llvlng In Terre Ilaute,
Ind., some years ago. I was In bad
icalth for some months, and dld not
know what allerl me, only that I dld
not feel llke myself. My docor sald
I was suffering wlth Indigestion, but
"ie dld not cure me.
"I had severe pains In the stomach.
md could not dlgest any solld ,food. I
had to dlet a'll of the time, and had
?o much gas on the stomach that lt
seemed at times as though my health
was leavlng me. I was greatly run
clown In health and lost ln weight.
"I declded one day to drop the doc
tor's inedlclne and take Dr. Willlams'
Pink Pllls. The flrst few boxes helped
me. and I took them untll cured. 1
ealned In weight. my dlgestion became
good. and 1 have been In splendld
health slnce. I nm jrlfirl to recommend
Dr. Wllllams' Pink Pills. as they are
worth thelr weight In gold.''
The remedy whlch gave Mrs. Gwlnn
complete health can be obtalned at
any drug store or dlrect from the Dr.
Wllllams Medicine Co.. Schenectady,
N". A'.. at SO cents per box. six boxes
for $2.50. Every dyspeptic should
r-ad "What to Eat and How to Eat."
Write for a free copy to-day.
WILL HOT VOTE
ON BOND ISSUE
Provision of Constitution as tc
Poll Tax Makes Special Elec?
tion Impracticable.
FARMAMLLE, VA.. Aprll 23.*?On tht
eve almost of the speclal election or
the question of bondlng Prlnce Edwart
county for public road improvement
comes the rather disconcertlng dlscov
erv ih.it the recent Legislature hat
made such an election practically Im
possible.
One of the acts of that body was ai
amendment of section 62 of the Code
prescrlbing the qualincatlons of voten
in speclal and local optlon electlons
The poll tax requirement for votlns
In geneval electlons by thls amendmen'
.!?o applies to spedial electlons. and f
cunvass of the county shows that .
bare hundred of Prlnce Edward's cltl
zciis have put themselves wlthln thi
r'-<!Uirenient. It was considered. there
fore. that an election on the questior
oi bondlng the county would be futlle
and the polls will not be opened on tlu
.(?tli. as ordered by the court recently.
Thls Is a serious setback to tht
many ardent supporters of the bon
Issue. but lt Is proposed that the elec
tlon be held for the good roads caus.
some time durlng the coming fall.
Asslstant State Highway Commis
sloner Coleman and Englneer Scott. o
tliat department. have been in the
Farmville maglsterlal dlstrlet severa
days of this week survey'lng and mak
lng' speclficatlons for macadamizini
roads. and work wlll be commenced ani
prosecuted as far as the funds ln han.
wlll permlt. Road improvement is th
chlef alm of the present board of super
vlsors of Prlnce Edward. and lt wll
r.ot be long before Prlnce Edward'
red mud roads wlll be converted Int
smooth macadam hlghways.
TO HAVE FEAVEIl SALOONS.
Iucrcnae In Tax wm Cut Do-rn tli
"Xumber In Xorfolk.
[Speclal to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
NORFOLK, VA., April 23.?In th
oplnlon of the liquor men, the licens
tax increase on saloons to $750 wil
cut down the number of bars ln Nor
folk fully one-half.
It ls already concedod that Judg
Hanckel, of the Corporation Court, wi
refuse io grant llcenses to any saloo
agalnst whlch a just complaint is mad<
and it ls sald that a number wlll b
fought by the Anti-Saloon League o
varlous grounds. with good chances r.
success. A number of other saloon
doing a small business, wlll be force
to go 'out of the trafflc, owlng to a
!:<ability to pay the llcenses, totalin
$1,250, heavy rents, etc, and wlll qu
business.
-jpotMylvnnln Fnrms Sold.
[Speclal to The Tlmes-Dlspatch, 1
SPOTSTLA'ANIA. VA., April 23.?M
Frederlck AV. Coleman, attorney, h
sold %o Mr. H. W. Acors the Cranwe
form for $1,025 cash.
Mrs. Susannah Hoge has purchase
of Mr. .... M. Waller his farm, near th
place, for $600 cash.
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"Motherhood," is worth
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woman, and will be sent free in plain
envelope by addressing appllcation to
BflM-JQeli. Re__.-il_.tor Ca. AtlmtojCa.
MOTHER'S
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T
Henry Simmons Locked Up,
Charged with Trying to Shoot
Mr. Williamson.
[Special to Ihe Tlmes-Dlspatch.1
PETERSBURG, VA.. Aprll 2'!.?Henry
Slmmon", the. negro who was shot and
wounded several weeks ngo by Mr.
Thomas A. Wllllatnson while ncting ln
a susplrlous mannor on the latter's
promlses. near Etlrlck, In Chostrrfleld
county, was lodged in the Petersburg
Jnll to-day, charged wlth attemptlng to
shoot Mr. Willlamson thls mornlng. Tt
I* sald lhat Slmnions, havlng recovered
from hls wounds, went to the Wil?
llamson place early thls morning,
clalmlng that Mr. Willlamson owed
hlm somo. money. He is sald to have
drawn a plstol eno nrcd at Willlamson,
who escaped Injury. The negro was
subsequcntly arrested by an Ettrlck
police ofllcer and brought to Peters?
burg.
Petersburg Council. Knlghts of Co
lumbus, has appolnted a comrhlttee to
make arrangementu for tho entertaln?
ment of delogates to the Stato Council,
whlch meets In Petersburg May 12th.
A receptlon and dance In honor of the
vlsltors wlll be' given at the Stratford
Hotel.
The master bakers of the city have
formod an association. with the follow?
lng offlcers: Presldent, E. P. Allg-ood;
Vice-President. C. C. Traylor; Treasu
rer, T. E. Robinson; Secretary, A. F
Traylor.
GOVERNOR ,\T THE CARNIVAL.
GItcb n Royal Welcome and Makea
CapllvutloR Addreaa.
_._. ISpecial to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
FREDERICKSBURG. VA.. Aprll 23.?
At the Masonic Carnlval last nlght.
Master David Love, tho remarkable hov
soprano. of Richmond. pleased the big
audlr-nce In a number of vocal selec?
tlon*/, and also rendered several num?
bers on the vlolln. To-night wns tho
blg nlght of the bazaar. Governor
Swanson was present. He was escort
od from tho hotel by a commlttee of
receptlon, and was glven an ovatlon
when he went on the stage. He de
llwored a brilllant address, ln whlch he
pald an eloquent trlbute to Masoriry,
to Fredericksburg and to the ladle*.
Followlng the address. an Interestlng
program was artlstlcally carrled out.
There were vocal solos by Mrs. A. T.
Embrey, Mrs. A. P. Rowe. Mrs. J. B.
Proctor. and chorus numbers. A beau?
tlful duet was rendered by Mrs. A. T.
Embrey and Mrs. A. P. Rowe. The tam
bourlne dance by ton beautlful young
ladies was a feature. The Opera
House was Inadequate to accommodato
the immense crowd. and many wero
unable to secure admlssion. The evei
Ing's program was known as "A
Nlght In Bohemla."
The followlng composed the com?
mittee of receptlon. whlch recelved the
Governor. and occupied seats on thc
stage during hls address: Clarence R.
Howard. Captain S. J. Qutnn, A. P.
Rowe. General D. D. Wheeler, C.
O'Conor Goolrlck, Judge R. H. L. Chi
rhester, Judgo J. E. Mason, Judge J. T.
Goolrlck. Judge A. T. Embrey. R. C. L.
Moncure. Dr. George H. Chewning,
Maurlce Hirsh. Captain M. B. Rowe.
Lawrence Perry, Colonel E. D. Cole. H.
Lewis Waliace. A. Randolph Howard,
F. M. Aldrldge. Dr. J. P. Stiff. "W. L\
Bradley. G. R. Swlft. Mayor T. P. Wal?
iace. E. J. Smith, E. M. Young. Jr., J.
B. Tlmberlake.
KILLS DESPERATE .NKfiftll.
lale of Wlght Deputy Shoota Batten,
Who Ia Trylnc to Get Platnl.
I Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.1
SUFFOLK. VA.. April 23.?Wlth one
wrist shacklod, and while struggllng
wlth two offlcers who had hlm under
arrest. John Batten. a negro. was.
about 11 o'clock last nlght, shot to
death near Longvlew. Isle of Wlght
county. Four shots were. dlscharged.
but onlv one. whlch was flred by Dep
utv Sherlff R. A. Edwards, son of
Countv Sherlff Willlam A. Edward",
took effect. Thls penetrated the brain.
and death ensued before the arrlval
of a physlclan.
Deputy Edwards. aged twenty-ono.
who quallfled March 18th, and Calgate
Whltehead, son of Deputy A. R. Whlte?
head. both of Smithfleld. had arrested
and shackled Batten. who requested
the release of one hand while he dress?
ed. "Wlth one arm free Batten strug
gled wlth Whltehead to secure hls pls?
tol, and. fearing-he or hls fellow-offlcor
would be kllled, Edwards flred. At an
inquest conducted to-day at the resi?
dence of Mattle Sue Coter. the dl
vorced wlfe of the deceased, by Acting
Coroner M. F. Jordan. the jury return?
ed a verdict that Batten came to hls
death from a plstol wound Infllcted by
Edwards. and made no recommenda?
tlon. The defendant -was dellvered into
the custody of hls father for a pre?
llminary hearlng next Monday, but
was not jailed. The deceased was
arrested on a peace -warrant.
?_? ?
FOR SELLING TO A DRUNKARD.
Negro Flned ?50 ln Frederlckaburg?
Young Lady Accldentally Shot.
TSpeclal to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
FREDERICKSBURG. VA., Aprll 23.
?Mavor Thomas P. Waliace to-day Im?
posed a fine of $50 and costs on Arthur
Brown. colored. charged wlth selling
elder to John Hicks. white, who comes
under the classiflcatlon In the Byrd
law of belng a drunkard.
Miss Susie Carter, daughter ot Mrs.
Robert Carter, of thls city, was ac?
cldentally shot through the arm by a
lad who was aiming" at a cat wlth u
small rifle. The wound, though paln
ful, is not thought to be very dan
gerous. ' ...
Workmen, while remodelltng one ol
the old houses on Prlncess Anne Street
in this clty. found the heavy sllls made
of old tlmber used for ralls of the
Richmond. Fredericksburg and Poto?
mac Railroad many years ago, before
steel ralls were made. The tlmbers
had on them old strap iron on whlcl:
the wheels of the cars ran.^ The tlm?
ber was woll preserved.
SHEH1FK IN A DILEMMA.
Order of Justice ConOlcta Wlth One ol
Court, nnd Offlecr Goea to See Judge.
I Sncclnl to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
SPOTSYLVANIA. VA.. Aprll 23.
Four colored prisoners conflned ln ih?
county jail here under sentence of thc
court were accusod of using vulgai
and obscene language so audlbly as t<
be heard some distance over the vli
lage. and were on yesterday, by ordei
of Justice H. A. Carner, conflned li
the lnner prison and the outslde doon
ordered olosed on them.
Thls shuts off the prisoners fron
ventllation, which Judge John E. Ma
son, durlng the sesslon of his cour
here ' about two weeks ago. dlrectei
Deputy Sherlff Wallls to glve them
Mr, Carner's order belng ln confllc
wlth that ot Judge Mason, Mr. Walll
has gone to get posltlve orders fron
the judge as to what he shall do, ant
whose orders he shall obey.
?
LADY OF FOUR SCORE YEARS
TAKES FIRST 1UDE ON TRAI*
?Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
LYNCHBURG, VA., Aprll 23?Al
though she llved'-wlthln a few miles o:
the rallway slnee the buildlng of thi
old Southslde Rallway, now the Nor
follt and Western, Mrs. Mary Thom
lllll, of Tower Hlll, Appomattox coun
ty, who lsN elghty years ot age, ha:
just had her flrst rlde on a traln. Mrs
Thornhlll ls vlslting her brother, Mr
Joseph XV. Holloran, ln the clty, ant
her rlde here was her flrst exporl
ence wlth a rallway traln,
?? - a
PRICE IS PENITENT NOW.
More Concerned na Day of Executloi
Anproachea?Seeka New Trlal.
[Specinl to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
OAS1TLEWOOD, VA.. Aprll 23?
James Price, Sr., the man oondemnei
.ta-iuuiK. ia t&Jfl coun.t_; on Juno JOt.h
When You Read
Our "ads." you get true state
tncnts. When you come to get
the goods, you find wc live right
up to Avhat we tell you in the
papers.
Wc promisc you the best pos
siblc values in
Spring Suits at
$15.- $18.
ls sald to have become very penltent
In hls cell In the last few days, hav?
lng called for a testeinent to read.
Rev. McPherson and other mlnlsters of
the town vlslt hlm and hold services
wlth hlm every few days.
lt Is sald that Attorney C. C. Burns
wlll carry the case up to the Supreme
Court lf the condomned falls to get a
new trlal. Governor Swanson wlll be
asked to commute the sentence to llfe
Imprisonment.
FOIND HOUSE ON FIRE.
Famlly of Mr. McDanlel, of L-rnch
liurj., Just ArotMcd In Tlme.
[Speclal to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
LYNCHBURG. VA.. Aprll 23.?The
famlly of Mr. R. C. McDanlel had a
narow escape from what mlght have
been a serious flre In thelr home, N'o.
?171 Rlvermont Avenue, thls morning
about 2:30 o'clock. The flames, whlch
were conflned to the lower floor, how?
ever, were dlscovered and controlled
before any one was injured In the
sllghtest or more than $200 damag
was done to the resldence.
The flre was dlscovered by a mem?
ber of the famlly who waiked to a
window and noblded a llght down
stairs. Going to ascertain the rea?
son for a llght at that hour of the
nlght, he dlscovered the upper hall
way fllled wlth smoke. Reallzlng the
danger of the sleeplng famlly he hur
rledly aroused them and the younger
children were hurrled out of the house,
while the older members bent thelr
efforts to stop the spread of the
flames untll the arrlval of the Rtver
mont Fire Department, which put oul
the blaze. The orlgln of the flre Is a
mystery.
ATTACHMENTS ARE ISSUED.
Step to Secure Purcltanc Money .Votei
Held by Black Monntaln Co.
rSm>olaI lo The Tlmes-Dlspatch.!
BRISTOL, VA., Aprll 23.?An attach
ment has been issued agalnst the Da.
by Coal and Coke Company, operatin
coal mines on the Black Mountaii
Railway. in Le* county, A'a., as i
means of securlng purchase trfcn.i
notes held by the Black Mountaln Coa
Land Company. It ls clalmed tli
company failed to meet certain o
these notes at maturlty.
The Darby Company's purchase rep
resents J12O.Q00. The Darby Compan:
ls said to have been serlously han
dlcapped in its operations by unfa
vorable frelght rates, a matter whlc!
is now being considered by the Inter
state Commerce Commisslon.
THE MONUMENT TO ESTES
UNVEILED WITHOUT CEREMON.
IPpe-clal to The Tlmes-Dlsoatrh.]
AMHERST. VA.. Aprll 23.?The un
velllng of the monument to Theodon
Estes took place yesterday at Lovlng
ston wlthout formal ceremony, bu
wlth merely the placlng of flowers ot
hls grave.
For some reason It was not practl
cable to place the monument ln thi
graveyard, where Theodore Estes wa.
origlnally burled. and that In orde
to get a place where the monumen
could be put, hls body was taken ui
and removed to another spot not fa
off. Thls removal took place som
tlme ago.
THROAA'X FROM AA'AGON
AND TAA'O' RIBS BROKE:
[Speclal to Tlie Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
SPOTSYLVANIA, VA., Aprll 23.
Mr. Frank C. Mussey, a prosperou
farmer llvlng near Spotsylvanla, whll
engaged ln haullng yesterday, wa
vlolently thrown from the wagon an
struck his chest against the front c
the wagon and tore two of his rlt
from the front chest bone. thereby iti
fllotlng a very painful wound. inca
paeltatlng him for work. Mr. Mussey
?broken ribs were set by Dr. AVm. *
Harris.
Arrested for Crlminal Assault.
. [Speclal to The Tlmes-Dlspateh.l
LYNCHBURG, VA., Aprll 23.?Dab
ney SIngleton, colored. a barber em
ployed on Elghth Street was arroste
thls morning on the charge of havln
crlmlnally assaulted Lena Hopklm
also colored, In the Rlvermont suburb
last nlght about 10 o'clock. In addl
tlon to SIngleton, the police are look
Ing for two other negroes, whom th
girl also charges wlth havlng assault
ed hor.
Thnt Tired Eecllng
That you have day ln and out, whetht
you work or not, ls a tired fcclln
that healthy people don't have,
It is most common at thls tlme <
year?upon the return of warm weatt
or?but lt comes from a run-dow
condition of the system In whlch tl
blood Is Impuro or Impoverlshed.
It ls burdensome and dlscouraglng
Hood's Sarsapariila and Pllls pos
tlvely remove lt; they purlfy and et
rlch the blood, tone the organs, an
bulld up the whole system.
Thousands of people know thls t
experlenee.
Hood's Sarsapariila and Pllls wl
make you feel better, look better, ei
and sleep better. Accept no substttut
SICK HEADACHE
Posltively cured b
these Little Pills
Tliey also reUe*. e Dli
tress from Dyspepsla, Il
dlgestion aad Too Heart
Eatlng. A perfect ren
edy tor Dlzzlnees, Nausei
DrowslneEs, Bad Tasi
In tho Mouth,. Coate
Tongue. Pain ln tbe Bld
TORPID i^rvER. Tbe
rog-ulat. tbe Bowels. Purely Vegttablo.
SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICI
? Ganuine Must Bear
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T THE
Credltors to Meet at Boydton To
Day to Considcr Matter of
Making Up the Deficicncy.
BOYDTON. VA., Aprll 23.?The cred?
ltors of the Baik of Mecklenburg wlll
hnve a inoetlng hero to-morrow, thei
object of whlch Is to confer nnd see i
what amount each credltor ls wllling
tn surrender tn order to mako up the
deflcleney caused by the overdrnfts of
Mr. B. E. Cogblll.
There I3 a more hopeful feeling here
In regnrd to the flnal otitcome, ns thp
overdrafts are sald to be only $9,1,000,
and Ihe securltles whlch were hypoth
ecated wlth the cashier are moro val?
uable than was generally known. It Is
a source of much gratlflcatlon to the
frlends of Cashier Overbey that Mr.
Boudar, the expert a^couitant, says
that In hls entlre examlnatlon of the
hank's books hc nowhere has found
that any of the money, from the over?
drafts was used for Mr. Overbey's ben?
eflt. Mr. Boudar has completed hls
work ln the bank here and hns gone
to tho branch hank at Chase Clty, and
wlll flnlsli up hls work there, It Is
thought, to-morrow. No one here Is
uhlo to tell whe"i the report wlll he
made publlc, but certalnly It wlll be
mado so In a fow days. Coples of lt
are now belng made.
THE CHASE CITY BRANCH.
Thought Thnt Overdraft of Kershn-rr
Company AAI1I Re Mnilr Good.
[Speclal to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
CHASE CITY, VA., Aprll 23.?The
overdrafts of the Kershaw Manufac?
turlng Company In the Chase Clty
branch of the Bank of Mecklenburg
amount to about $27,000. Thls com?
pany was chartered the 28th of July,
1903. wlth a capltal of $5,000. The
charter was amended November 4, 1904,
authorizlng an Increase of capltal -.tock
to $50,000. But thls additional capltal
was never subscrlbed. The business Is
the manufaetiire of staves. headlngs.
spokes, etc, wlth a planlng mlll. Bob
blns, etcv, ivern made for cotton mllls.
It owns a valuable plant wlth real
estate, buildings, Improved machinery.
sawmllls and material and lumber on
ha'.id, and a conservatlve esttmate of
value would be $36,000. The present
stoekholders are F. AV. Babcock, C. II.
Saunders. C. AV. Gregory, B. E. Cog?
blll, AV. H. Saunders, R. L. Hervey and
C. Haskins. AV. H. Saunders was sec?
retary, but he now llves ln Florlda.
Kershaw sold hls Interest long ago
and went back North. It Is the Im?
presslon here among parties Interested
that the deflclt here wlll be made
good.
Of course, cashlers of country banks
are popular men. and there are no more
high-mlnded-and honorable men than
Overbey and Haskins, whose fathers
and grandfathers The Tlmes-Dlspatch
correspondent has known durlng thelr
Ufetlme. The universal impresslon Is
that the failure of the Bank of Meck?
lenburg should not rest upon and be
borne by these two young men. That
they have been Indlscreet and imposed
upon by too much confldence in oth?
ers no one wlll deny. Nelther proflted
bv their transactlons. and future de
velopments wlll doubtlcss show the
true state of affalrs.
1
Four In the Contest.
[Speclal to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
SPOTSYLVANIA. VA., April -3-?
The contest for the superlntendency of
public schools for Spotsylvanla ls on
in earnest. Four candidates are in
the fleld, and all are in a state of
oxpectancy. Rev. Dr. George H. Ray,
.ohn R- Thurman, J. H. Blscoe and
john M. Holladay aro the candidates
and each one has a following. Rev.
Dr. Ray has taught for a number of
years very successfully and ls very
popular, and Messrs. Thurman, Blscoe
and Holladay are well known over the
whole county.
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Rltl of Moonshlncrs.
TSpeclal to The Times-Dispatch.1
CASTLEAVOOD. A'A., Aprll 23.?St.
Paul, the little town near here, is rid
of moonshlners now. The citizens have
glven the officers of the law thelr
hcarty co-operation, and the moon?
shlners have fled.
Shot .Votuan and Fled.
[Speclal to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
CASTLEAVOOD, VA? Aprll 23.?A
few days ago Isaac AVallace shot and
kllled Mrs. Levy Sykes at her home ln
DIckenson county and made hls es?
cape. They were nelghbors, and the
reason for the act is a mystery.
T
Oi OF THE BEST
Next Exhibition at" Raleigh to
be Projected on Very
Large Scale.
[Special to The Tlmas-Dispatch.]
RALEIGH. N. C, Aprll 23.?At a ses?
slon of the executlve commlttee of the
North Carolina Agrlcultural Society,
which holds annually the great State
Fair ln Ralelgh. actlon was taken that
wlll go a long way toward assurliifi
the greatest fair, October 12th to 17th
that the society has yet held. Stept
wero taken to have the fair grounds
adequatcly supplied wlth water, con?
nectlon to be made wlth the clty hy*
drants. The actlon of the Stato Fall
offlcers in jolning the Virginla-Carolin.
clrcult of falrs, that lncludes blg falrs
ln A'irglnla and the two Carollnas, wa.
approved, lncludlng the offerlng 01
stake prizes In connectloa with tht
race events. The erectlon of a new
machinery hall, 50x200 feot, and tht
equipment of sultable offlces for tht
presldent and tho secretary of the fali
in tho grounds were ordered, the of
flces to be sultable for these offlclal!
to receive and entertain thelr frlend!
ln a credltable manner. There ls everj
indlcatlon thnt the 1908 fair wlll out
strlp all Its forty-elght predecessors.
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NEAA' MILITARV COMPANY
FOR NORTH CAROLIN.
[Speclal to Tlie Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
RALEIGH, N. C? Aprll 23,?An ap
plioatlon awalts the return of Gover
nor Glonn to tho clty for the formatloi
of a mllltary company, to bo admtttei
to the State Guard at AVadesboro, thi
to flll the vacancy caused \by the dls
bandment of tho Maxton Guards, a
Maxton. The Pee Deo Guards ls to b<
tho namo of the new company, am
tho offlcers are Captaln, AV. O. Bennett
Jr.: Flrst Lleutenant, Adam Lockhurt
lt Is uiiilot'slooil that the now com
pany wlll certalnly? be admitted,
?. _
THAFFIC AGENTS IN SESSION.
Ili_.ire-u'iitiitlvcn uf Miiny of tho Hand!
..ttentlins. Ashevllle dlcetlOK*
ASHEVILLE, N. <_., Aprll 23?Pas
senger traltlo agents of the Southen
klKaU.vay_ from aU _-{tr.t_ p? .____? j___ja__-U.
"featt
A Special Demonstration of the Popular
R. & G. Corsets
is On at the Store,
ancl you are most cordially invited to call and talk with our
corsctaire relativc to thc proper corset for every figure. Miss
Fallis gives good advicc to those who have experienced dif
ficulty in gaining corset comfort. Your time will be profit
ably spent. This week we are pushing particularly the
R*G-CORSETS1;
The new R. & G. models for Spring
and Sumuicr, now ready for inspection
at our store, are the only ready-to-wear
corsets which have the true fashionable
shape and the comfort of custom made
models.
Our line of R. & G. models for Spring
and Summer includes all styles and all
sizes, with especially designed models
for ouf-of-the-average figures. The style
shown in the illustration is B 15. It is
for average figures?high bust?deep. hip.
Price, in batiste (B 15), $1.00.
Let Miss Fallis explain the mcrits of this particular number,
to you.
are now ln annual sesslor at the Bat?
tery Park Hotel. ln thls clty. The
meetlng wlll eontlnue two days, and
much bu3lsess of Interest Is belng
dlscussed, Ihcludlng traln schcdules,
summer excursion rates, and sleeplng
car arrangements. Among the repre?
sentatlves present are S. H. Hardwlck,
passenger traffic manager, Washlng?
ton, D. C.: W. H. Tayloe. general pas?
senger agent, Washlngton, D. C.: Gon
eral Superlntendent G. R. Loyall,
Knoxvllle; C. A. Benscoter, asslstant
general passenger agent. Chattanooga:
H. XV. Hunt, asslstant general passen?
ger agent, Atlanta; J. C. Beam. Jr..
general asslstant passenger agent, St.
Louls. Mo.; James Freeman. district
passerger agent, Atlanta: W. E. McGee,
traveling passenger agent, Augusta.
Oa.; S. E. Eurgess, traveling passenger
agent. Baltimore; M. H. Bone. district
passenger agent, Blrmingham, Ala;.;
J. C. Lusk. district passenger agent,
Charleston, S. C; R. L. Vernon, travel?
ing passenger agent, Charlotte, N. C;
B. L. Baylor, traveling passesger
agent, Chattanooga: J. S. McCulloug'n,
JNorthwestern passenger agent, Chi?
cago, 111.; E. D. Stratton, district pas?
senger agent, Evansvllle, Ind.; J. N.
Harrison. district passenger agent,
Jacksonvllle. Fla.; Wllliam Flannery,
district passerger agent, Kansas City,
Alo.; J. L. Meek, division p'asaengor
agent, Knoxvllle; A. R. Cook, district
passenger agent, Loulsvllle, Ky.: J. C.
Andrews, Southwestern passenger
agent, New Orleans; A. S. Thweatt.
Kastern passonger agent, New Tork
Clty; W. XV. Croxton, traveling pas?
senger agent, Norfolk, Va.; . C. "W.
AVestbury, district passenger agent,
Richmond, Va.; A. H. Ackert, Passenger
agent, Savannah, Ga.; R. .R. Crcaghm,
traveling passenger agent, Selma, Ala.i
C C. Stewart, district passenger agent,
at. Louls, Mo.
Ilcanforl County Conventlon.
[Spoclal to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
WASHINGTON, N. C. Aprll 23.?Thn
Democritlc county conventlon forBeau
fort county wlll be held ln the county
courthouse In thls clty on Monday.
May 4th. at 12 o'clock noon, for tha
purpose of selectlng delegates to the
State congressional and senatorial con?
ventions. The clty prlmaries wlll ba
held in the respectlve wards Frlday,
May lst, at 8 o'clock P. M.
OASTOHIA.
Bean the __-_?ThB Kind YoU HaW A,WalfS ^
H*l"<D-NS _fTTTfTW7TTfc CHANS
Make a Winning Bid!
Get the $450.00 Piano
Think of your chance?think of the reward! By simply
putting a bid?by stating what you are willing to give?
you have an excellent opportunity of sccuring a High-Grade
Upright Haines Bros. Piano at your own price.
Bidding on the Haines Piano Ends May 12th.
Up until that date all bids will be placed in a sealed
box. On the evening of May 12th they will be counted by
three prominent citizens, and the Piano given to the highest
bidder.
Terms: $25 Cash, $8 Per Month.
Thus, all may bid. If you fail to bid highest it costs
you nothing.
This Haines Brothers Piano
Is iii a beautiful upright mahogany case, and is fit for any
home. Haines Bros. Pianos are being introduced on this
market by us again after years, and we want the adver?
tising. Read this from the great artists:
EMMA ABBOTT: "Comblne a brll
llancy and perfectlon o? actlon."
GALAESI: "Superlor to all others
I have uBed."
DeBELLOCCA: *'A grand success,"
ETELKA GERSTER: "Great elu
tlolty and evenncss of actlon."
SCALCHI: "Poasesses all the qus.1
Itles an artlst can requlro."
OLE BULL: "Entlrely satisfactory
ln every respect."
Walter D. Moses & Co.
103 East Broad Street.
Oldest Music Houso in Virginia.
CUT OUT AND MAIL TO-DAY.
BID DEPART.1UBXT,
WAI.TEK. D. MOSES _; CO.i
My BUT ls $.
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