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Men, have you tried our Ditne Safety Rafsors? They're great We close Thursdays ai 1 P. M. (employees* half holiday), other days 6 P. M. One of To-Day's Bargains in the Harvest Sale $15 Silk Jumper Suits, 9 Not reduced in price here, but new, stylish <? ^?x 7E% Suits sold us last week at a decided reduction ^ ? ?" in price. Extra qtinllty infTclp, ln slrlpes of blnek nnd whlte. mivy nnd irhltr nnd brown nnd ulil.r. Thc iumpcrn tire full plnl.cd nnd trlmmed wltli solid nolov (nffctn; nklrfn full wlrtdi, nlilc plnltrd nnd nittrlicil below Ilie lilim; tvltlfi fold of plnln tnlTeln nroutid tlie hnttom. .111 %li.en 34 li> 40, It's the best value in a Silk Suit that's been obtainable artywhere this summer. Equal to any Suits shown regularly at $15. (Second Floor, Weat.) You can get any PARASOL in the store now from one-quarter to one-half its regular price. $1to $2'98, were $LS0 *? $6'50 COUNCIL REJECTS CUTSHA W MEMORIAL ?Declines, After Sharp Fight, to Place Bust of Engineer in City Hall. TO KEEP MINORS OUT OF BARS Building Code Again Dclaycd. Fund to Advertise Richmond. Wlthout completing- lts calendar. the Common Council sat until a late hour last night, passlng tho appropriatlon for an advertising fund for the clty, and for entertalning the National Prison Congress, and decllnlug by a declsive vote to erect a memorial in the City Hall to Colonel AVllfred B. Cutshaw", the late Clty Englneer. The building code was not brought before the body. as the Finance Committee failod to get a quorum at Us after? noon meeting. After tnklng up the report on tho Improvement of the City Audltorlum ancl referrlng lt to the Finance Commlttee, the Council adjoUrned until Thursday nlght wlth? out reachlng a concurrence wlth the Board of Aldermen In uwarding the deslgns for the Blues' Armory. To Open nnd Wlilpn Streets. lir. H. R. Pollard. Jr., called from the table a serles of papers, securlng the adoption of an approprlation of $10,000 for the openlng and.wldenlng of certain streets ln the annexed ter? rltory, and for the wldenlng of Cedar Street to a uniform wldth of nlnety two feet from Orace Street to Park Avenue, at a cost of $6,000. The ordi? nance approprlntlng $5,000 ns a fund. for the entertalnment of conventions and for a general publlcity campalgn for the advertising of the clty was adopted, as wus an ordinance appro priatlng $2,000 to entertain the Na? tional Prlson Congress, whlcli meets ln thls city in November. Mr. E. ^--Rlcljardson lntroduced a , resolutiot). dj-rectifig the Committee on Electrlclty to a^certaln and report on the feaslblllty of utlll.lng tlie surplus power at the New Pump-House to gen erate current for 103 llghts ln tho annexed terrltory until the proposed municipal plant is ready. Mr. Lynch lntroduced an ordinance maklng it unlawful for any mlnor to enter a saloon or any place where llquor Is sold to be drunk on the premises, providlng a flne of not less than ".a nor more than $25 for each offense. President Peters lald before tlie body tbe reslgnation of Dr. "Ennlon G. "ffll" Jlams. Dr. Frank M. Reade was elect,. ed unanimously for the unexplred term. ? A certiflcate from the Hustlngs Cour txt the qualificatlon o? Judge D. C. Rlchardson as Mayor, to take effsct September lst, was recelved nnd spread. on the mlnutes. Mn.-or Agnlnnt Itlll Honrrtn. A speclal message from the Mayor ?was presented rccommending that the Council abandon ihe present clty seal and return to the orlglnal seal, the message and accompanylng ordinance belng refcrred to the Committee on Finance. A second message recom? mended the passage of an ordinance to prohibit show bllls and posters on houses, fences and hill boards, and sub ?tltuting patent cyllnders belonglng tb vhe clty, on whlch spuce for whito cards of uniform deslgn mlght be rente-d. Tlio Mayor returned without his ap prova} a "resolutlon fixlng grades -of certain streets in the annexed terrl? tory for la-*, . of a proper captlon. Sub Chalrman Pollock, of the Street Com? mlttee. though the objection trlvlal, but the Mayor was sustained. and Mr. Pollock lntroduced the same ordinance Wlth a new headline and it was adopt? ed unanimously under suspenBlon of the rules. ? The Mayor also returned wlthout his approval an ordinance to consulldate tlie street car tracks for one block on South Cherry Ktreet, where two loup llnes have cara gotng ln the samo dl rectlon on a narrow street| The Mayor ; ralsed the questjon whether the paa . -.age of tho ordinance would have the ; effect of extending the franchlse of ! the street car company after January ; 1, 1930. the present date of explration, ' and after oxtended debate the paper ?was sent to the Clty Attorney for an Aplnlon on the lega! questlon ralsed, 1 and the veto rnessage tabled pendlng j Jile answer. The Mayor also presented a veto of the ordinance grantlng the rlght io C. W. Antrlm & Sons lo erect a stable ou j Green Street between I.lncle'i. and Cherry streetR, holdlng that the Blte ( was two close to the City Audltorlum. The veto was sustained. The Commlttee on Finance reporte favorably an ordinance providlng for repavlng Main Street, from Seventh to Twelfth, wlth granlte blocks, lald on .-oncrete, wlth tar and nsphalt fllllng, at a cost of $9,831.78. The apprpprla tlon was unanimously adopted. A horse and buggy was provlded for thc Building Inspector, and an addl tional draughtsman and clerk In tlie Clty Englneer's offlce, and a matror for the City Jall. Mr. Pollard got through an ordl nance to requlre notice of four month. ln maklng clty laws uniform with tlie new State laws ln regard to the sale ol land for delinquent taxes. The James Rlver Brldge Commissior sent in a communication asking thc appolntmcnt of a speclal committeo ol two Aldermen and three Councilmer :o confer with a like commlttee from the Manchester Council with referenc to the renewal or repalr of the Free Brldge, whlch was adopted. Tho approprlation for a landscap artlst wns rejeeted, as was an appro p__ation asked for the Richmond Train ing School for Klndergartners. No IluMt for Colonel Cutslinw. The fight of the evening came ovei the adverse report of the Finance Com? mlttee on the Cutshaw memorial. Mr XV. L. White. patron of the measure asked that lt be iabled, whlch thc Council refused to do by n vote ol 11 to 15. After nn extended debate on the merlts of the proposition tc put a bust of Colonel Cutshaw ln tht rotunda of the Clty Hall, in v.hlrh thc objection was that It was settlng ar unwlse precodent, friends "of the meas? ure made an unavaillng effort to pre? vent its defeat on the floor by mov? lng successlvely that lt be recommlt ted to the Finance Committee, the Street Committee, or sent to the Com? mlttee on Grounds and Bulldlngs. Bu tho Council wns out to ? defeat th< measure, and it was flnally lost bj a vote of S to 18. The proposition to Improve tfie. Audl tcrlum at a cost of $12,000, wns callet up and referred to the Finance Com mlttee, and the body adJourned tc meet Thursday night at 8 o'clock. O'SULLIVAN INDICTED Ilcaler Clinrgeil b.v (iriuid Jury Wltl llei-rl vluK Stoleu Goods, An indlctmcnt was returned by tlu grand jury of the Ilustings Court yesterda: agalnst Dennla O'Sullivan', secretary an< treasurer of the M. Kelley Iron and Meta Company, charging hlm wlth receivlm stolena goods, or, more speclflcally, of buy hig and recelvlng eallroad brasses, truffli ln which la exprcssly forblddon by statute Among the other lndlctments returnec were the followlng: James Blllups; mnll ciot.s- woundlng; Sftllio Braxton, grand lar leny; Mamle Glbson. mallclous woundlng Julla Holmes, selllng cocnlne; Mariu Jack son, 'ulias Mnrla Johnson, Belllng railroat brasses; Sadle James aml Wllllam Thomp sun. mallclous woundlng; Thomas Klng grand larceny; J. ... Kltchen and XV. D Knlght, car breaklng: U.z.klah Scott, house' breaklng; J. A. Tlndev, buiglary (two ln dictment..; Harry Thomas, grand larceny Joseph Wllllams, grand larceny, and Oli Wood. mallclous woundlng. Judga WlU wf|l set all of these cases fo trial at tho openlng ol' court )his mornlng and al thc same tlme will flx Ihe tlme o licarlng the cases whlch havo come up oi appeal from thc Pollce Court, iucluding th appeal of John G. Blnford. tbe agent of th National Llquor Deaiers' Assoclatlon. who 1 t.sting the valldlly of the Byrd law. Insurun.c Company Itevlved. The charter of Iho James Jtlver Flre ln surancc Company was revl'vml yesterday when ln accoi-ilance with the legal requlre mftnta a certiflcate of Incorporatlon wa llled ln the Chancery Court. CKILD IILLEI; Ninc'-Ycar-Old Girl Crttshed to Death by Passcnger Traili on R? F. & P. '? STRUCK BY ENGINE PILOT Tried to Cross Track, but Failed - to Calcitlatc\Distancc?Jury E.xoncrates Crew. .__J_, Laura Austln. a nlnc-ycar-old color ?ed 'glrl, was killed yesterday after? noon at 2.30 o*clock by southbound passengor train No. 0, on thc Rlch ]mond, Fredericksburg- and Potomac I Rallway, neiir the Boulevard crosslng. '.She was struck -by the englne pllot jand thrown some dlstanco from the :track. Hei' skull was not fractured, ;but sho dled of concusslon of the braln ja few mlnutes later -wlthout rcgalnlng jconsclousness. When struck by the englne, the glrl was wlthln a few Inches of her mother, who wus wnlklng wlth her. Tho two evldently iniscalculated the dlstance between them and tho oncoining train, |ns the mother had barely cleared the j track when her daughter was Trurlcd ipast her severai yards from tho road jbed. Tho englneer had no tlme to .shut off steam, thlnklng that tho peo ? ple on the track were on the lookout 'and would get out of the way. The' j train was not brought to a. standstlll | until after It had run soine dlstance' from tho spot whero the glrl was killed. Dr. Wllllam A. Deas, the Henrlco ? County Coroner, was called at once, and jheld an Inquest soon after hls arrlval. |Tho verdict was that the killing was jnccldental. The engineer was exon erated from any charge of carelessness or neglect.. MANY ASSAULT CASES AegroeN Turn I.ooso nnd Crente- Numer ow. Dlntiirbnuc.* lu Flrst Dlstrlct. According to pollce reports last nlght, there was an unusual number of assaults for Monday nlght, most of them belng rocordod ln the Flrst Dls? trlct, where the disorderly element Is ln strongor force. Charles Long, colored, .vas Arrested for assnultlng Octavla, of tho same cognomen. j Henry Wylann\ and Walter Payno, colored, were arrested for belng disor i derly and throwlng rocks. I Ben Webster, colored, was taken ln , charge for having assaulted and kicked i Allce Webster. ]_mmn and Fred Jones, llcorlce-col ! ored, were locked up on a charge of belng disorderly and assaulting Frank Graves. J. C. Cheatwood was arrested on a charge of cruelly treatlng a mule. Cllfton llarrls was arrested on i charge of dlsorderliness and assaulting j wlth a knlfe ono David Barnes. William, Emma and Howard Jack ? son, probably all of the same family, i were arrested on a jjharge of threaten ' Ing to assault one Henry Freeman. DISORDERLY ON CAR Crew Arrest Three Aegroen for "Dlii nrderly Coutltict. Aubrey Carter. Wlllle Morton and Overton Lawrence, all negroes, were arrested last nlght on a charge of be-1 ir.g disorderly on a Northslde Street car. The men boarded the car somo dlstance out end refused to pay thelr fares, whereuprn the crew, Conductor Dunn ancl Motorman Wrenn, place} them under arrest. At Seventh ancl Broad Streets they weie turned over to Offlcers Thomas and Jones and were escorted to the Second Police Station. HAD ROBBING HABIT Woman t'niight Agaln After Belng Rcleascel from l'enltentiary. Mary Braxton (colored), who ls now In Jall ln Washlnglon, witl bt brought back to Richmond at tbe expiratlon of her term to answer to Ihe charge of robblng the home of Mrs. Talley, on Church Hill. Tho woman was located by Delectlve-Sergeant Wren. Bhe bua served three years ln the peni tentlary for robbery, and when released al? most Immediately hlred herself to Mrs. Tal? ley. V. was not long before sho took her departure and ,55. NEW MAYOR QUALIFIES Judge Kiclia"\Non Takes Onth for Term Be? ginnlng Sr|it??mlier lst. Judgo David C. Rlchardson, Mayor-elect of Richmond, quallfied yesterday bofore Judge S. B. Wltt, of the Hustlngs Court, and will assume offlce on September lst. Judge rticharcJs-on uald he was busy dlspos Ing of hls law practlce, and that ho hoped t j leave for a- short trlp to the New England coast bo.oro assumlng the responsibllltles of hls now positlon. Pollce Court Cuses. William Montague (colored) was placed ?under $300 bond for six months In the Po? llce Court yestc-rdnj niorning on a charge of assnultlng William Smith. Adolph Christian (colored) was flned $100 and plueed under .100- securlLy for twolve months for having totea a conoealcd weap or.?a plstol. Raymond Angel, a whlte boy, was sent to the Reformatory for having stolen a blcy cle from G. H. Jordan. 11u.hIiii.mn Men's Club Actlve. Tho committee on conventions of tho Business Men's Club, composed of Messrs. John S. Harwood. chalrman; Frlti* Sltterdlng, John. Stowart Bryan and I. J. Marcuse and XV. S. Forbes, Is actlvely ndvocatlng the passage of tho resolutlon nppvoprlating $12,000 by the City Council for tho Improvement of the Clty Audltorlum. ' i.oxt IliiNCbull Tlokt-f*. Thomas Brown, a young whito boy, wns arrested last night on a charge of belng a susplclous oharacter.v He Is suspeetud of steal ing -a quan\)ty of baseball tickets from an agent on Maln .?'t.eet. Tlio arrest was made by Detectlvc Sergeant Glbson. TAYLOR IEID - OF FFRE BOARD Member With Fine Record Suc ceeds Frischkorn as President. ONCE A VOLUNTEER FIGHTER Handsome Chest of Silver Pre? sented to Captain Frischkorn, i Who Retir.es. Retlrlng after twenty years of con tlnuous and efilclent servlce, Captain John H. Frischkorn was slccfjeded as presldent of the Board of Flre-Com lnissloncrs last. nlght by Captaln G. Watt Taylor, who has perhaps seen more actlve flre se^pe than any man in Richmond. having been a mem? ber of the voluntecr flre flghters In Richmond before tho war, and chlef englneer of tho department for many years. Mr. Joseph L. Levy was elect? ed vlce-presldent of the board. and Captain Charles F. Taylor was dcslg nated to act ln tho absence or lllness of eltlier offlclal. Secretary "Lonnle" S. Jones was re olected for the eleventh term. Mr. W. A. CheatwoQd, the new commlsslonar from Jefferson Ward, appeared ,vnd was seated. Mr. Cheatwood offered a serles of resolutlons on the retlrement of Captain Frlschltorn. recltlng hls ment* a"d efflclenci' l0 tlle depart Followlng the buslness sesslon. Cap taln John H. RedwcJod. of Englne Com pany,-No. _, presented Captaln Frisch? korn wlth a handsomely mounted sll ver bndge sultably lnscribod, entltllng him to the prlvileges of the flre lines bearlng across the centre the words "President. 18S.-190S," whlle below . the word. ?'Emeritus." Captaln Charlm F. Taylor, on behalf of the mon of th? Fire Department throughout the city. presented Captain Frischkorn wlth nn elegant chest pf silver. A number o addresses were made, severai visitors taking part, whlle practically every member of the RIchmond Flre Depart? ment not on actual duty at the tlme was ln attendance. In the brlef buslness. sesslon. the bonrd appolnted as substitutes W. A. Dawson, Truck Company, No. 2; W. A. Sharp, Englne Company, No. 2, and F. D. Gann, Engine Company, No. 7 Substitutes appolnted on probatlon were James A. Donatl, Englno Com? pany, No. 2: 0. C. Hase, Englne Com panv, No. I; A. L. Carson. Englne Company. No. 9, and 'G. W. Blood worth, Engine Company. No. 5. BIDS FOR NEW Y. M. C. A. AreliUeotn Complete Plnux nnrt Are Hemly Xow to Itecclve IIIdH. After months of study on the part of the archltects, -Mr. W. C. AVest, of Richmond. and Seymour Davis and Paul A. Davls, of Philadelphla, and the commlttee and general secretary, tho plans and speclftcations for the building to be erected by the Toung Men's Chrlstlnn,. Association" are com? plete, sealed proj^osals for the erectlon of tho structure at the northwest cor? ner of Grace and Seventh Streets hav? ing been called for yesterday. Proml? nent assoclatlon men who have looked over the plans agree that. they are practically perfect. Blds must be ln by July 27th at noon. Morton Ulllups Mny Hccovcr. Morton Eillups, the son of Mr. Charles J. Blllups, who was badly hurt by a fall from a tree severai days ago, \vas operatod on yesterday afternoon by Dr. I-Iugh M. Taylor, assisted by Dr. VIrglnlus Harrlson."j The operatlon was ontlrely successful, and lt. ls thought* no.w that the boy wlli r'e cover. ... . '? Chlldren nt Ilie Thentre. The chlldren from the l^emale Hii mane Association, under- tho care of Miss Treadway, were entertalned^ at the Colonlal Theatre last nlght. The pictures- wero thoroughly enjoyed, whlch was /shown by the repeated applause from the Ilttlo folk. ? ? n?-?. Looklng Into Bankruptcy Case. Mr. James E. Cannon, commlsslonef ap? polnted ln tho Eaat Coast Lumber Corpora? tlon bankruptcy case. Is conttnulng the tak? ing of" testimony, and expects to flnlsh In a f_.w days. - Ho was buslly at work In tho Federal building yesterday. w ? ? ? ? mr II hW hll I - W potiTicirnu Not Committed to Candidate for Charities Secretary, Says Dr. Irving. SELECT ACCORDING TO MERIT Members Not to ,Be Moved by Favoritism?Given-Free Hand ? by Governor. Keports that thc State Bo^rtl nf Charltlts wOuld In the selectlon of a eetirctary ancl ari esslstant secretary be actuatecl by polltical feeling, and would probably glvo the positlon to ,i"i rnvorlte wlthout due consldnrmlon of tne ofllclency, along with a miillltuc1> of sugKestlOns' to the bonrd ns to how Its affalrji should be admlnlatered, has eaused no little -lIspleRsu.c 011 iho part of sevetal of tho members. Thny are inollned to be irrltated, and resent these reports as a reflectlon upon the capacity of the pnrsonnel of the board. Ilnnrd Hnn .Vn Fnvorll.h. In speakjng of the matter la.t nlght, Dr. Paulus A. Irving, one of the l.lch mond members of tho board, sald: "I Imve recelved letter* from mrm. bern of the board rnlllin. my nt'i-nllon io tlie fact nnil iirntentln.. nsralimt -Ihe attltude of tlie nev-rnpripeM and thc publlc toward the bonrd., In mr opin? lon, ITlK componcd of lilffli-clar-r-, hon? orable men, who npprcfiiitr tlirlr re aponMhlllty nn. tlie fconil Trork that cnn be ncconipllnhrd by Ihe irgnnlsa tlon If It ln properly mnnnecl. It Ih tin bltmrtl ln Mh vlewn conoernlnsr the clec? tion of ofllecrM, nnd tlie inesnbcrs -ivlll come to tlie orrjnnlzntlon meeting com-; inlfted to no cnnillilnte. The selectlon will be nmile nolcly upon Ihe qiiallfl-, c"tlonn of ?Ue Intllvldunl for the pOi,| tlon. "Thc Governor hnn glven tlie bonrd n free linnil, nnd Hnn not Inrtlcnloil hl* prefcrencc for nny cantltdnte for olthcr poHlflon, nllhough lie hn!? hnd n-Mple opportunlly." , ... . The board'wiil hold lts Inltlal meet Ing for the purpose of organlzatlon and** the electlon 'of ?*;???;???*" some tlme between the 16th and -Oth of thls month. _^^ ? "HERE TO STUDY LIBRARY ....nchburg Man AnWg Get Benent o, Mr XV. M. Black. llbrarlan ot the Oeorge M. Jones Mimorlal Library. of Lynchburg, i. stonping at the Jefferson Hotel. Mr. Black who has been spendlng some tlme vWUng the llbrarles or the State comes here from Norfolk. where he spent severai Savs ln the Norfolk Publlc Library. Hls sneclal purpose in vislting RIchmond ls to .,Pfp.ct fhe Htate Library and to feaaU,l himself wlth tho methods of admlnlstratlon employed ln that Institutlon. .,.,',' The ..ones Memorial t-lbrary. whlch ls In charge of Mr. Black. was ojiened on Juno 3c* of thls year. and has a building. eqtilp ment and endowment whlch rcpresent about f 25.000. Wlth a few yoars allowed for de? velopment an.l Krowth. Mr. Black npfci" to have one of the rcpresonta.tlvo publlc llbrarles of the South._ MANY COMING HERE I C'itlzenS. of Xorth went Amlous to Buy Fnrm.i ln Vlrglnlu. Since the publlcation of the Illus? trated booklet. "Old Virginia Along the Chesapeake and Ohlo," the Indus? trlal department of that road has re? celved more than 1,000 applicatlon,s for coples and for general lnformatlon about the farming and industrlal con? dltlons In the Old Domlnlon. From the tone of the letters lt is evident that resldents of the Northwest are anxlous to locate In Virginia. Though the plans have not been made publlc, lt ls sald that severai factory operators have already secured water power op tions near RIchmond. where they will erect plants. PICKETT CAMP 0FF.ICERS C. R. YVIngfleld. New Commnnder, Instull'd With Others Elected Last Mght. Pickott Camp. Coniederate Vcle.rans, held lts annual meeting for the electlon of offl? cers in the camp hall last night. They wero installed by Colonel W. Mlles Oary. Thc new offlcers are as follows: Com? mander, C. R. Wlngtleld; Flrst Lleutenant W. "M. Foster; Second Lieutenant, W. T. llopklns: Thlrd Lleutonant, W. F. Blakey; Adjutant, Robert N. Northen; Quartermas? ter, J. B. Angle; Commissary, C. Zlmmer; "Ureasurer, C. T. Loehr; Chaplalns, P. P. Winston and O. J. Chapman; Surgeon, Dr. J. A. Hlllsman; Offlcer of the Day, R. D. Brown; Offlcer of the Guard, B. F. Elkler, and Color Bearer, R.- E. Tlller. Mr. C. J. Johnson, a member of the camp, was reported very III. GoCg Back Home. Mrs. W. E. Kelley, of Atlanta, Ga., was taken off a northbound ? train yesterday mornlng by Detectlve-Sergeant Wren-in re? sponse to .the request of the chlef of pollco in that clty. Her husband, who was hero al tho tlme, was notlfied, and she left with hlm for her homo. Bereavcrpent In hor famlly ls sald to have tcniporarlly unbal anced here, and she left home wlthout any partlcular destlnatlon. Detectives Recover Shoes. Dctectlve-Sergeants Wren and -Wlltshlrc have recovcred three casos of shoes, alleged to have been shipped by Belmont Pollsco to Hyman Jankel ln Baltlmore. Tho shoes are bolleved to ba some of those stolen trom tho Columbla Shoo Company, and Pellsco Is charged with having recelved thom, knbw iiig that thoy were stolen property. He Is now In Ju.II awalting trlaU ? ? To Meet nt.Jliirton' ]Iei_.hti>. The Baptlst Woman's Quarterly" Mis? sionary Clrcle will meet at Barton Helghts Baptlst Church Thursday af? ternoon at 4:30 o'clock. CAMP SCENES IN CHESTERFIELD AFTER GREAT BATTLE BY THE BLUES Ail Straw Hats At Reduced Prices All Knox Hats. All Split Hats. All Panama Hats, All Sennett Hats, and hundreds of Straws worth up to $4? Choice $1.90 WRIGHT LIKELY ...EMIIMTED Virginia Delegation to Prohibi tioh Convention Goes With? out Instructions. Virginia delegates to the National l'rohibltlot. ? Convention at Columbi-s. L'hio, will leavo here next week wlth? out instructions, but wlth Ihe deter nilnatlon of supportlng thc strongest m..n available for the presldency. Though the State is entltled to eleven representatlvce, it ls ncit yet known whether all named by the State Exe cvtlvo Committee .will attend. Mr. O. Al. Smlthdeal and Dr. T. A. J?usey will go from Richmond, Others ln the party Mill be: "James \V. Bodley, of Staun? ton; Aaron Graham, of Chrlstiansburg; W llllarr. A. Rlfe, of Waynosboro; the i.ev. XI. M. Hoge, of Llncoln; O. C. Kucker. of Bedlcrd Clty, and Dr. R. b. Orimth, of ilaslc Clty. , Alternates will bo named to represent the d.lo guies who will not-./*...' able to attend The Virginia delegation will stop ac Iho Virginia Hotel. Mny Support Ge?r__la Mnn. Whlle the State delegatlon will be untrammeled, and has not slgnlfled its proference, lt Is probable that the cholce of tho convention will be Sea born Wrlght. of Georgla, who led the tempera^e fight ln that State. for flrst place. and Judge Samuel Artman, of Lebanon, Ohlo, as hls runnlng mate. Judge Artman Is the man who handed down the famous decision to the effect that saloons are unconstitutionnl. Seemlngly the only obstaclc iu the way of polllng the largest prohlbltion vote In hlstory for thls pair ls the fact that Mr. Wrlght Is a Democrat nnd has not yet announced hls alle giance to the Prohlbltlonlsts and that Mr. Artman was once a Republican. The party Is determined to act ln harmony and to poll thls year at least 1.000.000 votes. If lts purpose ls ac compllshed the strlde will be great, as Is shown by comparlson wlth the votea cast for Presldent ln the last electlon. Roosevelt's vote was 7.(523.878. Parker's 5.080,277. whlle the Prohlbltlonlsts got only 255,402. GIRL STILL LEADS Mlaa FolkeM Ahead ln Pony Cart Con? test. Massie flelng Second. Eight thousand votes were/cast yes? terday ln The Tlmes-Dlspatch pony and cart contest. The flve coupon feature ln Sunday's Issue Injected new life Into the contest. and was tho means of brlnglng many of the contestants, who had not made a good showlng as compared wlth the leaders, near the top. When the next list of standlngs ls publlshed, Wednesday. thero will be quite a number at the top of the ool umn. wlth only a few votes between them. On account of many requests from chlldren under the age of six years. lt has been declded that hereafter any ohlld not over the age of sixteen can entor the contest. Christlna Folkes Is stlll In the lead. wlth James Pleasants Massie second. Kenneth Goode. and Nlcholas Drake both showed excellent galns yesterday. The contest ls as yet ln lts infancy, and by getting a few subscriptions any new candidate can easlly come. to the front. TAKE UP MAXWELL CHARGES Speclal Council Comrnlttee to Examine Wit? nesses To-Nlght. Charged flled by Thomas Maxwell against Pollce Justlce Crutchfleld will be taken up to-nlght bysthe speclal commlttee appolnted to lnvestlgatb the matter. The sergeant-at aims has been Instructed to summon as wit r.esseB Altornay Harry Glenn, Acting Justlce Oraves, Commomvealth's-Attorney Folkes. Mr. Nelson Cauthorn,- R. E. Gatewood. and Louls Walker, all of whom wero mentioned elther dlrectly or Indlreclly by Mr. Maxwell ln hls oharges. Tho flrsl proposltlon-before the commlttee will be to determine, after a preliminary hearing. whether the allcgations made by Maxwell can be sufflclently subatantlated as to warrant a goneral Investigation of the Pollce Justlce by the Council. Should this not be tho case, it is belleved that tho com? mittee after hearing. Justlce Crutchiield to nlght will reach a conclusion of Its buslness al. one slttlng and formulate Its report. Robbed by A'.otpai]. Whlla on hls way ho?e late Saturday nlght H. C. Gleason was knocked down and rebbed lit Twelfth and Franklln Streets. Hc liad wateh and money, but lost only hls fob. Ho recelved a syvcre gash ln tha slde of the head, whlch tendered hlm unconsclous for a tlmo and kept hlm In all day Sunday. The matter waa reported to the pollce. but Mr.. Gleason ls unable to. descrlbe hH ns sallant. The pollce had endeavored to Keej the aftalr qulet. ' ,' [ T Indictment Returned by Grand Jury in Henrico on Complaint of Wife. Wlth Judge Damet Gnnnsn, of the Chancery Court, slttlng ln place of Judge R. Carter Scott, who ls holdlng court ln Warrenton, the July term of the Henrlco Circuit Court opened yes? terday mornlng. The docket Is rather heavy, there belng soveral Important crlmlnal cases and a largo clvil dcrcket. Next ln Importance to the trial of Sllns Hmlth. for the murder of Wllllam Murphy, postponed from the last term, will bc the caso of Mrs. Frank Don n.lht, agalnst her husband, charging hlm wlth desertlon and nonsupport, an. Indlctrnent belng returned yester? day. Mrs. Donnella swore out a war? rant agalnst her husband last May, Since then he has been out on ball. It Is understood that the husband wl)l flle counter"chargea and employ coun? sel, although he took no steps yes- . terday. Mrs. Donnella, though only about twenty-flve years of ago, was a wldow when she was marrled to Donnella In February, 1906. She has two chlldren by her flrst marriage. Donnella ls a natlve of West Virginia, but at present Is engaged as a contractor, and" Is building soveral houses on Church Hill. He ls sald to bc promlnently connected ln hls natlve State. The case will come to trial next Frlday. Plnuo Movera Indlctcil. Indictments were returned agalnst flve employes of the Stelff Piano Com? pany. charged with enterlng the house of Mr. J. P. Knlght, taking. it is al? leged. a piano valued at $80, and the cover. valued at $2. The nTen are Kverett T. Nlchols. whlte. and Robert Rugg. Wllllam Pleasants. William White and Lee Carter, colored. It is charged that they entered the houso ln the absence of the famlly and con fiscated the property. Others Indlcted. True bills were found agalne* Thomas Jeter, colored, crlnllnal a_ sault. trial July 11th; Henry Jarvln and M. Qulvls, grand larceny. trial July 7th; Rlchard Dennls. nonsupport, trial July 11th; Joseph* Twyne. burglary (three indictments), trial July 13th and 15th: James Roane, burglary (four indictments), trial July 15th, and Landers Waller, felonlous assault, trial July 15th. Smith Case on the 19th, The trial of Smith, whlch has al? ready been postponed twice, ls sched uied to begln on July 13th. Attorney H. M. Smith, for the defense, and Corn monwealth's Attorney Jullen Ounn wlU be ready for the hearing on the data set. Three days will probably be al? lowed for the trial. but as there ls no great amount of evidence to bo heard, It will probably not take up that much tlme. GRAHAM FOR PRESIDENT Hnmpden-Sldncy Board Offer. Poeltloa to Rev. II. Tueker Graham. Although no publlc announcement has been made, it became known at Farmvllle on Sunday that Rev. H. Tueker Graham, pastor-of the Presby? terlan Church at that place, had been offered the presldency of Hampden Sldney Collego by the board of trus tees. He has glven no final or formal answer, but the general Impresslon is that he will accept. Mr. Qraham Is well known and popu? lar, aiid the board Is of the opinlon that he will .be a valuable ald to tho Institutlon. Already tho work of - raising an en dowment has begun, the. sum of $15,000 having already been pledged. It la the deslre of the board to secure $100, 000 by prlvato subscription, whlch would give the college $200,000. BETTER POSITION. Aud Inercnacd Salary aa n Result of Eatlug Rlght Food. There ls not only comfort In eatlng food that nourlshe's braln and body, but sometlmes it helps a lot In la creaslng one's salary. A Kansas school teacher tells an In? teresting experlence. She says: "About two years ago I was ex trorhely mlserable from a nervousnesa that had been' comlng on for some tlme. Any sudclen noise was actually paljiful to me and my nights were made mlser? able by horrible nightmare. "I was loslng flesh-a'U-the time aiid at last was obllged to give up th? school I was teaching and go home. "Mother put me to bed and sent for the doctor. I was so nervous the cot? ton sheets gave me a chlll and they put me In woolens. The medicine I took dld me no apparent good. Flnally, a neighbor suggeBted that Grape-Nuta mlght tje good for me to eat. I had never heard of thls food, but the name sounded gotid so I declded to try it. "I began to eat Grape-Nuts and soon round my resorve enorgy growing so that in a short tlmo I was fllllnga better positlon and drawlng a larger salary than I l)ad ever done before. ? "As I see little children- playiiij around me and anter Into thelr gamea I wondor if I am tho same teacher of whora, two years ago, the chlldren spoke as 'ugly old tlung." "Grape-Nuts food wlth cream has be ooiho a regular part of my clIot, and I havo not been slok a clay ln tho. pnat two years," "There's a Reason." Name glven hy Postum Co,, Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to "Well. vlllo,*' ln pkgs. ' * l-ver read tlie above lettorf A new one apneara from tlme io tlme. Tliejr. nre _r.enuln?, true, nud fall of buiuaa Interest.