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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. RISING And many other painful and serious i*ailments from which most mothers suffer, can be avoided by the use of _______________>__? m _f_l mMm "Motlltf,> FfleB<>" This great remedy A ^V F mk ^J ^T is a God-send to women, carrying |_KB___ir __________ iil% I them through their most critical ?rllh-Riw ? ordeal with safety and no pain. No woman who uses ''Mother's Friend" needfear the suffering and danger incident to birth; for it robs the ordeal of its horror and insures safety to life of mother and child, and leaves her in a condition more favorable to speedy recovery. The child is also healthy, strong and pood natured. Our book "Motherhood," is worth its weight in gold to every woman, and will be sent free in plain envelope by addressing appllcation to BflM-JQeli. Re__.-il_.tor Ca. AtlmtojCa. MOTHER'S AT 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 Fac-Similg Signaturo /W?4s*&&5pa%t j_ifU_uj_JU4_aij_i?i [ 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. - ? 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. ___-____.?1 ?? 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 $. Name . Address