The times dispatch. [volume], January 11, 1911, Image 12

About The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914

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25 Pieces of Fine Cambric
Flouncings Were 39c & 50c
On sale this morning a lot of beautiful Cambric Flouncing.
Just the correct weight for skirts, the best quality material and
workmanship, and for wear and actual service these are OC
the best ever offered anywhere at, yard. /LljC
$1.25 & $1-00 Flouncings
27 Inches Wide, for
On sale one lot of about 2.500 yards of Beautiful Quality
Swi-s Flouncings, in some of the neatest and prettiest patterns
ever shown anywhere; all entirely new designs, firm, well
worked edges.
It would be impossible to describe the real beauty of these
Embroideries, and not one piece in the lot that's not CQ
well worth SI.00 and $1.25 a yard: this special lot at. . DVC
The Finest Quality Nainsook and Sui-- Embroideries, the
best workmansh p, all hand-loom work, insertion and edge- to
match, from 1 to 7 inches, worth from 15c to 25c yard; 1j A
special for 12','c and. WC
Allovers, in dainty patterns for waists, yoke.-, etc;; well
worked on fine Swiss and nainsook. YVe have never been able
to offer such values before for le>s than 98c yard;.this CQ
special lot for. Oc/C
Another lot of Allovers, about 1,000 yards in all. cambric,
nainsook and Swiss, in both large or small pattern-, for w.lists,
vokes. etc. These never sold before for less than 98c
and some as high as Si.50; these special at. 0 %sC
RED CROSS WORK
Will BE ENDOWED
_ I
Richmond Committee Named!
for Work by President
W. H* Taft.
For '.he purpose of conducting a!
campaign i:>i a permanent endowment
fund for the work of the American !
Red Cross Society, a committee .of
Rlchtnonders lias been '.a med hy Pres!-;
fle'rit William H. Taft, who I? als.>
president of the T.?* Cross. The money
!? desigmd to be used in times of war
at of disaster.
Experience I s> demonstrated 'hoi
fact that while the American public j
is willing to contribute gHiero'u'sii1
for relief aft?r gr:at disasters. It s
f.!fn,""jH to obtain n large membership
Contributing; .?mall annual dues. Thp
United States Is far behind other lead
ins nations !n the matter of endow?
ment of its Red Cross work. In the,
constantly recurring disasters, wh-r
small communities are stricken, and
whtre public attention Is not greatly |
concentrated. !t Is found that contri?
butions arc far too small to meet the;
rie*<5.
It has been eoncludrd that the
amount to be raised for each city is
to be 10 cents per capita of the popti- ;
latlon. Every one who contribute*
$i pays for ten of the population, while
?100 pays for l.ooO. Committee's arc
being appointed by President Taft in
all the larger cities, and Xew York
has nlready raised $300.000, while
Cleveland expects to raise 156,000 and
Cincinnati 136.000, Richmond will be
expected to contribute $i;.762.SO.
An active campaign to bp begun
at once. The Richmond committee 1?
composed as follows:
Mrs. Charles E Boiling. Robert
J.ccky, Jr.. John Stewart Bryan, Henry
L. Cabell. K. Q. Heigh. Jr.. ex-Gov
ernor A. .1. Morjfague. Lieutenant ?Gov?
ernor J. Taylor Ellyso!;, Milton K Mar?
cus*. Henry ' T. Baskervlll. John P
Branch. Rev. .lames Buchanan, Dr.
George Ben Johnston, a. H Christian.
Jr.. P. Hi May... F. W. Scott. John
Skelton Williams, Allein Po::?. Colonel
John S. Harwood, John G. Farland.
Judge n. Carter Scott, Captain Joseph
F.. Wtiinrd.
TO STOP VAGRANCY
Fnllre Testerdnr Take In I our Ulfe,.,!
White Mendicant*.
F?!'w,ns out the policy i" t!<| ihn street!
!?f uside?!rahh mendicants, the pollen <<.;
terday arrested (our men charstd w ith h, ?r
glr.g. Wflllam, r.,:t-r known n.? "Bill.''Ban
drum, wm arrested en x charge o( being
drunn ?na a vagrant: Janie? IVhltcmHn.
white, was charged ?Ith ?"-Ine n vagrant;
the ?am? enarsr ?fn registered ?galnitl 0
A. Bowler, and C, H. Mitchell, white, ?r?,
also arieMed on n charge of hegglnfjj .C.
t-ere taken to the Vlrst l'n:;c( Station.
HUSTINGS COURT CASES
Three foraine Vendors < out P led: Two Pentl?
ing Oullty Receive Minimum I'tinlslimenl.
' Three vendors cocaine >???:.? tried y, ..
terday In th* ITiiv-tlngs <"*ourt. and rnnvle
t!on resulted In ell. Maty Klin Norrls, a
co'.rred woman, fifty-five year* ?? . plea led
guilty to the Indictment m l was sentenced
by the eonrt to one icir Mi the penitentiary.
Arthur Goode. colored, pleaded not guilty,
and was convlsttd and soiiteiiced to two
year/ en the road-.
Walter Henderson, colored; p ?? :.?:! guilty,
and war sentenr d bv the court to one year
In the penitentiary.
WE LAUNDER hirts, collars and
in a manner thai defies competition. A
trial and yon will 1><- convinced.
ECLIPSE LAUNDRY.
SEE US
Our Jewelry of .irti>tic designs
and fine quality will suit every
taste.
SMITH & WEBSTER,
612 East Main Street.
Taxi-Cab Service
Day and Niftht.
PHONF.
Madison 4? Day.
Madison 48 Niftht.
Call for the "Alco."
RICHMOND TRANSFER COMPANY.
Jury of Award Selects Prize
Winners for Executive
Comrnittee.
Five designs for Mir Confederate
Memorial Institute or Hat tic Abbey
have now been selected by the jury
of nward as ihe prize-winners In the
architectural contest. The jury com?
pleted Its task yesterday afternoon,
and .lames Knox Taylor, the United
States Treasury's chief architect, who
is a member, returned to his duties
in Washington last nii:ht.
Naturally, ho Inforniut'eh can he
given to the public, at this time. The
members of the Jury do not know
who arc the authors of the designs
which have met their favor, and con?
sequently there Is nothing to he given
out.
The next step will he t<> ? all it meet?
ing of the executive committee of the
Confederate Memorial Association,
whose decision on the matter will bo
final. It will be called within the next
nay or two. to meet at '.he earliest
time on which the members can gather
in Richmond. Probably this meeting
will lit held within the next two
weeks.
The plans selected by the Jury will
be laid before the < "tunilttef. together
with any or all the others if the com?
mittee desires to see them. The Jury's
capacity is advisory only.
Should the executive committee af?
firm the judgment of th Jury, the
contract will bo uward,,l to the first
prize-winner, and the other prizes will
be paid. The work of letting the con?
struction to contract will then be
taken up.
Lieutenant-Governor .1. Taylor Elly
son said last night that there v.as no
lack of beautiful and appropriate de?
signs.
FIGHT IN COUNTY
rurccll-Jenklns < ?** In He Heard hr Mac
1strate Lewis.
Foliowir.i? a j.. ?oiia! encounter, in whlcfl
many blows icf pasted, greatly disfiguring
ih?: countenance of Stephen Pure?-.!, well
kr.??r tr. the l?wer section r.f Henrlco court
ty, William Jenkins, equally well kno-vp..
will lie trlerl Ii Magistrat; I.ejii'i coc.-t
Frldiy morning at II o'clock. The charge
I?. UMitult arti! Iitutry, Pure'.'.' will be '.r.ere
?!t!i ii lil'jiik eye and other evidences that
there was a fight:
I'l . tl'.flleultv arose over th.' old case o'.
"larillttd and tenant." PurcelJ, !l seems
tented a hou-v trom Jenkins some time ?irr
an t ?.%lieii lie moved recently Jenkins claim
nl that rertaln things had been rarrlel
away that were not tart and parcel of the
v . '.' and chattels of the s-iM Purerlli
There .?...? .1 i;or. i deal "f talk on both sides,
and final!) the. men met on Iho public road
end had 1'. o':i according to the Queens
li-'tit rules. Thi decision went to Jenkins.
I.,K Ptircell appt alf d.
PURYEAR CASE TO DAY
Man Who Sliol .leieM" W illiam-. Mii-i
In Court.
The case of B. Krank Piiryear, Indicted fori
the iii?rdei .if .1. ?..-? William* un October f.. \
will he called In the llenrlvo county Circuit
Court tli!? morning at ll o'clock. There ate
hut few witnesses t-, tie examined, and It la1
expected that's decision v.-1 : He reached tills j
aft.-111..or!.
\yilllami wa? kille?1, by Puryeai, who was
then a county off leer, while Oh bis way
fp.m the l"olr tiroundi' It- fo re Magistrate
W, It Ktdwell. who has elhe* died, be v.i,<
ar.pilited. but Com thonw-ea Ith'?-Attorney
.liilirh Ctina bad the <???? certified to the
Krnrid 'uc, nhtrh repderVfl a true bill it
the o^er'-ii: of this term of court.
"SHORTY" GREEN APPEALS
Itroiitl Slreei Mendicant I? Placed I nibr
Hi,ml and l.aw m i Pollock Oofs Surely.
! Mm Kllxabeiii .iohmioii; colored, 'i.arif.d
]w tli .I'm. if..- iitian'tlt) ??! clothes from
Jathe?. pedr.oi: in.- ? " ifcnci d <n sis months
'to .*?.: from tlx pit let Cotirl yeaterday
mornlnc.
I I tu ? against Henry Tajlor. eoloied.
I charged ?Ith jioi I >;? M '?'? frorii K, tv.man'a
iKoni, win continued in January V,.
I William, allaa. Ol^hotty." fir/en) rhsr^'d
with be Kg In If ?.r. tTte* street, nti placed under
!:?' set Irltj for sixth months. II?. ?w.*i?t?'l.
I and Attorney Hilbert K. Pollock went on
Building Permit'
I Building and leprtlr permttl nr-re lesiiod
lyerlord*) as follow*:
! J \v BrownlnK. I" erect n d?t?t-riftd tw-i
.etery h.-tek dwelling en the south tide
Main Rueet between peep liun ?r.d Ph?;.
jheirl .>ti*?te, to ..oft ?;?,!?.
, Mrs Catherine 'iN'ei.l. to r'ripali 'rs:.:?
Irtwfiiinit, ? Hr.-.uh llMfite sir.-M to rt.ai p.".
I .If < I ii?tir n nr e Company nf Virginia, i.,
tr?i.?ti iiit v hulldliiit formerly tf.e vvoiier
jt<>n lirtiel, hereafter !?< be uu-rl ai- un .,ft ? ?
IhulldtiiK by lb'" !'"itipany( t.? rost PC"
lit- 1? M llotifbro. t., repair frame ilwt
line lltl IV.M (Jr.... Mi.el ... ci.St It"'.
I W O, Neil, i<; repair brick stets, 1? ??>jth
(Eighth .^'.fvet, '0 cost 1
CITIZENS REACH
i NO CONCLUSION
Discuss Better C ar Service to
VVesthnmpton, Without Final
Action.
WANT TO KEEP TRANSFERS
I Country Club Proposition May
Be Accepted by Citizens it
Transfer? Are Allowed.
After a lone and tedious discussion
last nicht, the Wcsthampton Citizen?
Assoi Intlon reached no dctlnltc collets'
slon as to bettor rar service. The
committee appointed some time apo to
confer with officers of the Virginia
nallway und Power Compatiy and ob?
tain, if possible, A flfleen-mlnutc sched?
ule during riisli liourii, reported that it
had been unable to .set arty conecssi?u
from the cohipany. It was stated, how-]
over, thai there was a tentative agree
liicht pending between tue Country
Club" of Virginia and the street car
company to run inrs on a tifteen-miti
iito schedule between the dub and
Ninth Street, but a| a Straight ."??cent
fare. A resolution was finally passed
requesting that the Country Club add
to the agreement the right 6f transferi
lo all other line.-'.
Ml Wim? Hefter Schedule. '
AH of tlie Westhampton citizens are
m .'aver of a closer schedule, but the
majority seem to be opposed t.> glv'ng
up the privileges they now enjoy In
the way of transfers, and If they are
t.. be denied these, it looks as if they
will leave the schedule as it is. so fat
as negotiations with the Company a"'
concerned. In the event of failure to
Improve the service wttlt the aid Of the
Country i "itb. the matter probably will
be carried to the Corporation Commis?
sion.
Though there were some strenuous
objections last night to giving up the
labor ami school tickets, the majority
of the ,t.?socialIon will he satisfied with
the Country Club proposition, provided
that the rlvtht of transfer Is allowed.]
'the vote in favor of the resolution was |
in to
Ml C'OMT.I'SION REACHED
IN < ONIIEMNA I ION CASH
Commissioners appointed lo assess dorn- j
nsrn for n strip of laud bclonglllg to Henry'
S. llutrler and she Motlio.ll?: Orphanage
for ihi- purpose of erecting an overhead
bridge it th?- Intersection of the Broud j
Pit..! P.oarl ami the tract,* of Hie Rich
moml. Krederiokshurg nnd Potomac Rail?
road mot nt the count:* courthouse yester?
day niornlnc. Evidence was taken on both
sides, but no conclusion was reached l>y the
commissioners.
Some time ago. at the request of the"
Tteiard of Supervisors, Judge Peon appohdi
the commission tt> look over the land at
report to him. so that the condemnation
proceedings could he carried out according
to lute, it |c understood that Mr. M?tzler
??!.' make a jirotcst; It probnhly will, he
settled In this t?rni of court. The commis?
sion I? composed of T. A. Cury, John A.
Arche:. Tl. T. Monelire, John V. Kasle> and
Oecar E, N?chels.
County Supert l-or* lo Meet.
The llenrlco county Hoard of fjtlpcrvlsors
will meet in regular monthly session this
I morning. The magistrate*' books will he att
Idlted for tlje win ,,f ir>0 and o'her routine
I business traiisieieii.
INSTEAD OF TITLE
Kiln Company's Contention Up?
held by Supreme Court?Two
Cases Areued.
Questions as to the status of a judg
prent securer] as a result of a sale un?
der contract, In view of the failure of
the debtor and th..- transfer of the
property, were settled yesterday by
the Supreme Court of Appeals when It
refused a writ of error In the case of
R. B. Fen I res* against the Standard
Dry Kiln Company; The Judgment
complained of was rendered by the
Circuit Court of the city of Norfolk.
T! e Norfolk Bri'k Company, In which
Fentress ?"?as a stockholder, received
and accepted a proposition from the
Standard f-'ry Kiln Company to fur?
nish drawings for a kiln dryer and
equipment for same Under the terms
1 of the contract, the property furnished
was to belong to the Standard Com?
pany until Tiald for.
Business failure overtook the Nor- I
folk Brick Company, its affairs he
Ing placed In the hands of Fontress.
The Standard Company secured Judg?
ment for the arr.outit of Its claim?H.
2.1.'!.;.*?electing not to regard the
property furnlt>hod hy It ?? Its own.
Wlien tin- effects of the Norfolk con?
cern were sold, they were botii-'ht In
by Fcntress. The defense made hy
Fchiresa to the claim of the kiln com?
pany was that the latter had waived
Its lieh hy taking Judgment. He loses,
however, through the refusal of the
Supreme Court to 'nterfere.
rase? trutird.
proceedings yes.tcrdiiy In court were
as follows:
Smith & Slai^sii against thp Northern
Neck insurance Company, of Virginia!
argued by T, .'. Downing and H. O.
Norrls fo| (lie plaintiff In error, and
hy Frank <;. Newhlll and Asa P. nice
for the defendant In error, and mill
mltt< d
Atlas Portland Ceniesit Company ami
others against the Main l.lne Itcalty
Corporalloh and oth-r": partly argued
fay .lohn I. Jeffries for the appellants,
and hy W. I,. Williams lor the appellee,
And continued to to-day.
NcjcI eases in ??'? called; Norfolk and
Wi stem Railway Company agnlnst
Crull: Buek tiKalnsl Nithee: American
National Bank, of Washington. D. C,
against Taylor: Harris and others
against Clements, road commissioner"
fiouthorh Hallway Co, against Wiley -
McNIcol against the Henry County Min?
eral Company: fllhney h i r>. against
the Arlington Brewing Company; [fay
ti'ir againsi ilaytiijj-^?^Jnir eases Nos.
38 is. Inclusive! on the argument
i 1117 l ast Main .Street.
VIRGINIAN KILLED
Lieut. Anderson Stabbed llim in
Railroad Coach as Lie Was
Leaving Panama.
HEALTH FINE IN CANAL ZONE!
Disease-Carrying Insects Exter?
minated as Result of Crusade
by Government.
How the Panama Canal 7.ono. once
the greatest plague spot on earth, lias I
beeil' changed by ihe United States
government Into one >f the henlthlost;
regions In the world Is told hy Lien- ;
tenant w. D. Alexander Anderson, son I
of Major William A. Anderson, former;
Attdrney-Clenerai of Virginia, who is j
now spending a furlough at his home.!
111 Korth Sixth Street.
Lieutenant Anderson, who is con-!
nectcd with the army engineers, spent
ulnoioen days In the canal zone, cross- j
Big the Isthmus fifteen times. Mr ho-J
i ante fully acuualntcd with ihe oper-j
ntions there and with the methods pur?
sued by tile United States government]
to rid tliis small strip of land between
the seas of the pests which, during
the Kreuch efforts in the \S0s, annually
wiped out thousands of men. Concert?
ed and concentrated efforts have rid
Ihe .-anal zone of Ihe mosquito and
the fly. the last mosquito Having been
hilled by Lieutenant Anderson llltii-!
self. It was the only mosquito he saw. i
It was crawling on n window in the j
railway cur in which ho was riding !
and. with a quick movement, he I
snuffed out Its life.
Cleanliness Music Principle.
According t.i the army ufllccr, clean
linens, which he agrees Is next t? gon
liness, is th.- basic principle pursued
by the government In its methods to'
stamp out dread contagion. Medical'
science has proved that mosquitoes J
carry yellow fever and malaria, and I
that (lies carry typhoid and possibly j
other diseases; The stamping out of!
these Insects has resulted in a reign
of health whore before men waited-!
for tnc en.i they knew would come. |
"The most wonderful thing I oh- j
nerved." said Lieutenant Anderson.!
"was the absence of mosquitoes. They
have been driven out. The next most
rcmarkabis thing I noticed was the
absence of flies, I took my meals In
vvorklhgmeh's houses, and I never saw
a fly."
The mortality during the .Spanish
American War at Chlcknmaugn park...
whore more men died of disease than
were killed In actual battle, was .lue
to plague-bearing tiles, in other camps
the mosquito blazed the trail of death,
an.i the United state-- government
? ailed science to its aid. and Investiga?
tion exposed the enemy which killed
more than the weapons of man. I
i:\pliifiiN the Method.
Lieutenant Anderson explained the]
method .if lidding the country of these
pestiferous Insects. He said that mos- j
qiittocs evolve from wigglctatli, such
as are seen In rain water barrels. But 1
the wlggletalls cannot live without j
air, and they cannot swim up through 1
? dl. AU puddles nn.l pools and swamp j
places where water stands and In which |
the wlggletalls appear are covered j
with cheap crude oil. which kills out :
the spawn at slight expense. This'
work Is supplemented by drainage
wherever that Is possible. The canal
zone In Which the 1'nltod States gov-j
eminent works Is divided Into dis?
tricts, through each of which a nfcgroj
goes every two days, carrying with
him. strapped on his back, a can of
crude oil. The oil Is sprinkled on still ;
and brackish water, and the mosqill- ?
toes are killed?.-xtermlnated. Plies
arc exterminated, he said, by simple
cleanliness. Regulations require that
all houses within the zone shall be
kept clean. All are supplied with 1
garbage cans with tight covers, and]
they arc removed early every morning.
Neglect In this respect Is punishable
hy a small lint, the salutary effect of
which Is soon felt.
Could Do As Much flcrc.
"If the people here," said Lieutenant
Anderson, "would work together :n
an area, say. of nine blocks, flies would
soon be exterminated. They might sur?
round this area, hut thoy would not
come Inside. Files travel only about
400 feet from their breeding place, and |
the travel distance for mosquitoes is
about the same; so you can see how
easily Richmond could rid herself of
these disease-carrying Insects.
"There Is very little malar,a in ths
canal zone." he said, "and when a man
Is affected he is taken immediately to
0 hospital and placed 'n a net-covered j
bed. so that the mosquitoes won't con-!
tract the disease. Mosquitoes catcu ;
the disease from patients and spread
it everywhere they go. Every town
has a free dispensary, and. If occasion
arise, the patient is taken to a hospl-?
tnl. Rut the basic principle lies In 1
keeping everything clean. In drainage:
and In careful attention to the sewage, j
As a result of Ihe work of the United
States government, the greatest plague
spot on earth hns been changed Into a
region healthier than rhc Atlantic sea
boa r.l."
Cunnl Work Progressing.
Lieutenant Anderson said that town*,
varying In the number of Inhabitants!
from 500 to more than l.ono, arc lo- 1
cated every live miles along the strip!
of land. The government furnishes!
home:; ;. Its employes, a room for two;
men for bachelors, and an apartment]
containing four rooms for married
couples. Settlements for Amorlcans,,
foreigners and the .lamnicti negroes
who do the manual labor are separate
and distinct. All Hie foremen, he said, j
nt n Americans, and nn matter what I
an American does, he always hns a!
.??quad of Jamaican negroes under him. I
lie s.>;:i that the work Is progressing
much faster than it had been planned,
and that It would he completed within j
three years, nearly three-quarters of
the work now being completed. Tint
m. ret, work Is about half finished,;
and th" locks will he finished within
; two years' lime.
"In case if emergency." said Lieu?
tenant Anderson, "the .gigantic under?
taking could he completed hy July,
in 1?.."
He spike of the fin" spirit and en?
thusiasm displayed by the ofTleinls an.l
j workingmen, and said that all could
derive It lesson from seeing what la
' being Inn. and how the work Is being
pushed;
Birks F.Htnte ?.in,.-.0<?.
; nieliard tin.iUl Picks. It., and James Hogs
TUcks rniallflid yesterday In lb* Chancery
''.Mirt 1? executors under Ihe will of Itlch
ei.l A. Hicks. The ertnte Is valued 111 MO,
\f m._
Marrlnge Mcense.
A inarrm?e ueensr wna Issued yesterday
t? Milton Qorr and Emily Cosby.
WAIT FAST TRAIN
FOR WEST POUT
Petition Will Ask Better Mail
Service to Tidewater
Counties.
FREIGHT TRAIN OFTEN LATE
Corporation Commission Asked
for Improved Facilities Out
of Richmond.
Irs behalf of many protesting citi?
zens "f sis Tidewater counties, Major
J. N. Stubbs, of Gloucester, will this
morning 'file before tlio State Corpora
lion Commission a petition asking for
an order rontilrlne- tlio Southern Rnll-j
way Company to run an early mornlnz
passenger train hotween Richmond and
West Point. It I? presumed that lntor
a date will bo sot for a formal hear?
ing.
Interruption or mall factlltlos and
general Ineon vciilene < are ctnoplalned
of. The citizens say that they ore en
tilled t-> a train malting stood time
hound from Richmond to the section
referred I?. whereas at present the
early train is a freight, to which I* at?
tached a passenger coach.
F.onvlim Time < hanged.
Until recently this train left Hlch
mond at 1:3a. but it has been .changed |
tto as t'> |env.? at fj o'clock. An nr-,
riihgemcut wits made wherchy the mill,
carriers castbound wait at West Point!
for the arrival .if the train, no matter!
If it Is late. Inasmuch as there is a
groat deal of freight In be handled.
It Is slated that the train Is late In
arriving at West Point most of the
time.
The trouble nrlse-i. according to the
petition, a! no Int.? further on. A dis?
tributing office Is reached with the
Richmond mall, and carriers there lake
It on to oilier places. There again
other mall routes begin; The net!-]
lion pays that while the carriers from
West Point watt for the train, the car-;
rlers which meet shetn arc not required
In wait, and do not tin so. with the
result thai on most days some one or
more malt routes are a day behind with
the mails.
All this operates, according to Major
Stubbs, to still further cut Mils lame
section of Virginia, which already deals
mostly witli Raltlmoro, orf from Rich?
mond.
Mull? Melnyod.
"Bui few people outside of Tide?
water." said Malor Stubbs l.,st night,
can possibly take In the groat linpn-l
sltlon <in the people i.f icing and Queen,
Middlesex. Essex, Lauen.-tor. Mathews'
find Gloucester counties; as to our malls
from Richmond to West Polnl ami ',
thence overland tri the nbovi naihed
counties- Our mall tip to a few weeks
since, left Richmond at 4:30 A. M. on a!
freight train, reaching West Point In!
time for the mall carrier to man
ace fwltb much rush to net the malls
thrnuch in time for a dally mall to j
reach Kinc? and Queen Courthouse,
Tappahannock. Crhnnnn and over to
Lancaster. Sandy Bottom, deuces-tor
Courthouse, Allmonds, flay Hank.
Gloucester roini. Mathews Courthouse,
Glehns, Rrobfiort. Cnbbs Creek, etc.
"There malls run through and give
these counties papers and letters?a
population not less than r.O.OOrt people.
1 have applied to ine Southern and no
relief; I have written the Post ?Office
Department at Washington aid noth?
ing lin? been done. Tin Tlmos-Dls
pateh kindly responded to my letter
and said It would do all It could.
"The Tldewnter Democrat, Snuthsldo
Sentinel. Mathews Journal, Virginia
Citizen and thousands of cltIcons are
protesting about the' mail now leav?
ing Richmond at G A M.. reaching West
Point after in A. M . and giving our
people mail a day behind.
Here in File Pet 11 Ion.
"Ves I ntn hero tu file a petition be?
fore the Corporation Commlislon ask?
ing that the Southern be required to
pul on a passenger train and mall
coach, leaving lllchmond nt 6 A. M.
reaching West Point at 7:30 A. M., and
tlierehy accommodating the traveling
public and giving US a dally mall.
"When the petition is heard before
the Corporation Commission, I shall
ask the Chamber of Commerce and the
business men of Richmond and the city
papers to aid in carrying out this plan.
I hope petitions will be started and
signed in all portions of the above
named counties, asking; for the mall
and passenger train to be placed on
the L-ork River Road, leaving Rich?
mond at ? A. M. dally, except Sun?
day. Send petitions to me so I can
have them when the petition Is heard
before the Corporation Commission,"
Recognize the difference between our reduction sales
and those advertised elsewhere, and appreciate the
different character of merchandise we offer.
At $16 we are offering Suits that sold up to $28.
SIX NATIONAL BANKS
SHOW FINE BUSINESS
Stockholders, in Annual Meeting, Receive Grat?
ifying Financial Reports?Old Directors
Re-Elected, Only a Few Chan ges
Being Made.
AU six of the national hanks opcr-1
atlng In Richmond hold annual stock?
holders' meetings yesterday an re-j
quired hy the national banking act,
ttud In every case encouraging reports j
were made of business conditions, Di?
rectors were elected, nearly all ol
those formerly in charge succeeding!
themselves, and later the directors re
elected officers.
At the First Yatlnnnl. |
At the First National Hank the fol?
lowing directors were elected: T. M.
Cnrrtnglon, s. Dabnoy Crenshaw, A. II.
Christian, Jr., Charles Davenport, I'.
0. Davis. Q. A. Davenport, .lohn C.
Kasby, .lohn M. Miller. Jr., .l?hn B.
Purcoll. T. M. Rullierfoord, E. A.
Saunders, Jr., F. Sltlerdlhg> I. .Stern,
A. I>. Williams, Henry w. Wood, Cole-,
man Worlhum, Fred B. Noltlng and It. I
1. Caboll, the last two being new
names on the hoard. J. B. Mosby re?
tired from the board and was elected a
member of the board of the American
Nat ional.
The directors of the First National
later elected the following officers:
John B. Purcoll, pres'dent: .loht, M.
Miller. Jr., vice-president and cashier;
Frederick B. Noltlng, vice-president;
Charles 15 Burnett, assistant cashier:
.1. i . Jopllu, assistant cashier: \V. V.
rjhelton, assistant cashier; Alex F. Ry
liihd, assistant cashier,
President PurccU's Report.
President Purcell submitted the an?
nual report of the hoard of directors,
showing current gross profits for the
year, $336,153 13; recovered from old
debts. $8,152.78; profits on sale of Untied
States bonds. $706.63; total. $345.071.8-1.
Less: Taxes and cxpciiH-s, $134,972.$';
losses; charges off. $2,117.73: dividends
paid stockholders, $100,000; balance ol
undivided profits from 1?0P. $57,642.34;
carried to surplus fund .ltine 30, 1910,
$100,000; undivided pro fits January l.
1H1I. $f.f..323.4S.
President Purccll stated that the
year had shown a steady increase In
the business of the bank. both In
volume and earning power, and that
though throughout the year the gen?
eral business of the country showed
wide fluctuation, yet the money rate
was unusually steady. The bank
bulld'ng is cnrrled un the books at a
valuation of $42,000, but the assessed
vulue Is $86,000.
Accident to Building.
The report says.: "On September 27
last, owing to excavation:! made hy
adjoining property owners, a port Ism
of the eastern wall of our bank build?
ing collapsed: we had b> seek tem?
porary quarters, which were occupied
for three months. In making the repairs
we took Occasion to strengthen the
witlls and make other needed repairs
and changes, which, when ail bills are
paid will make our hank building ap?
pear on the books at a slightly In?
creased figure, hut far less than the
actual fir assessed value The damage
incurred by the accident Is covered by
a special contract with the adjoining
property owners, to save us harmless
by reason of their operations."
Smith .Made Vlcc-1'renldcnt.
At the meeting of tlie stockholders
of the Planters' National Batik, Richard
It. Smith, for many years; cashier, and
1 regarded as one of the most progres?
sive bank men In Richmond, was made
second vice-president and cashier, Pi
rectors were elocted by the Planters'
Rank as follows: James N. Boyd. P. .1.
Montague, W. J. Westwood, T. William
Pemherton, Morton B Rosenbnum and
Richard H. Smith. The directors elect?
ed .lames N. Boyd, president; .1. .1. Mon?
tague, vlce-pres'aeht; Richard II.
Smith, vicc-prealdent and cashier;
Conway H. Cordon and R. Datlmer
Gordon, assistant cashiers. The batik
reports a capital stock of $300.000,
with surplus and undivided profits
amotint'ng to $1,300,000. The dividend
into lias Increased in the past year
Mrs. Wildbore Gets Verdict for
$450 Against Street Rail?
way Company.
After a trial lasting two days, a ver?
dict wns returned yesterday In the
I>aw and Equity Court In the suit of
Sarah 11. Wlldliore against the Vir?
ginia Railway and Power Company
for damages in the sum of $150. in
a companion suit brought by Robert
N. Wlldbore against the same company
n verdict was returned for damages in
the sum of Sfi7.no.
Mrs. Wlldbore claimed to have been
driving on West Carv Street and lo
have been struck by a street car at
the tnterserfion of Cherry Street, re?
ceiving painful Injuries. The case was
warmly contested, pictures of the enr
In question, Its fender and safety ap?
pliances nnrt blue prints of the street
intersection 'bering Introduced. Sev?
eral physicians were culled lo testify
HS to the nature of Mrs. Wlldboro's
Injuries. The second suit In tho name
of Robert N. Wlldbore Involved actual
loss from damage to the horse and
vehicle.
Buys one of our
$25.00 or $22.50
Suits. Nuf ced.
Jacobs & Levy,
Quality Shop.
Iwan Mueller, a Baker, Sued on
Ground That Eatables Were
Stale and ?>our.
On the ground tlml four crenm puffs
sold to a four-year-old child were stale
nrul Injurious, two suits for damages In
the sum of $2,1.00 each were instituted
yesterday against the baker in the I,aw
and Equity Court. The declaration in?
volves sonic unique points, and while
no direct reference Is made to recent
State laws designed to prevent the sale
of impure food supplies, the suit will
test tlie whole question of the liability
of a dealer for the quality of Lho
eatables he. sells.
Tho first suit is tiled in the name ?f
Grace V. Fletcher, a four-year-old in?
fant, who sues through her father
.lohn W. Fletcher, as next friend,
against Twnn Mueller, a baker, of 110
West Rrond Street. The other action
Is similar In character, and is In tho
name of Josephine B, Fletcher, against
I wan Mueller.
It Ik represented that Mueller is
tho proprietor of a bakery on West
Broad Street: that Mr. Fletcher had
in Iiis employment a. servant girl,
Ooldlc Fields, who, on October 15,
"1010, was sent, to the bakery for font
crenm puffs, which wore purchased for
the smn of 10 cents. The cream puffs
were eaten by the two Fletcher chil?
dren, who inter became violently sick,
and have since continued In bad
health, according 10 the declaration,
which asserts that tho cream puffs
were sour, stale, Impure and alto?
gether until for human consumption,
i' Hoth suits wore tiled by Smith, Man
euro & Gordon.
from 17 to "0 per cent.; paid seml
tinuually, making a dividend payment
of (00,000.
Jeter Jonen Promoted.
At Iho .Merchants National Bank the
only change In tho official force
was the addition of ij. Jeter Jones, ful?
some, time manager of tho stivlngB de?
partment, as tin assistant cashier In
charge of the savings department.
Tho Aierchailts Bank elected tho fol?
lowing directorate: John P. Branch,
James H. Uooley, Charles S. Strlnglel
low, Thomas B. Scott, Fred W. Scott.
Blylhc \V, Branch, John IC. Branch.
Alois llumllton, Samuel T. Morgan, Mil
tori E. Marcuse. William H. White
Thomas B. McAdams, James Caekt?
and M. C. Branch. The vacancies
created by the death of Ucvorly B
Mttnford and the resignation of Colo?
nel a. s. Buford were hot tilled, tits
board being reduced In number. Olll
eers were elected us follows: John 1".
Branch, prosldcnt; John Kerr Branch,
vice-president; John F. Glenn, vice
president; Thomas Branch McAdams.
cashier, .1. II. Perdue and George H.
Kecsee, assistant cashiers; (J. Jeter
Jones, assistant cashier and manager
ot savings department.
tteports submitted by President
Britnt !. showed a capital stock of $200,.
. surplus and undivided profits of
11,067,66').71 j deposits of $8,974,371.81);
on annual dividend rate of 20 per cent.,
paid soml-annually; making a net divi?
dend to stockholders of $ 10.000.
Mostly flues to A merli n n.
At the American National Bank
stockholders' meeting, place was made
on the board of directors for J. H
Mushy, formerly n director of the First
Not onnl. The directorate elected Is as
follows: j. It. Mushy, W. C. Camp,
Oliver .1. Sands. Charles E. Wlngo. Em
mett Hcaton, it. W. Rountree, James It.
Gordon, Edgar G. Ounn, It. 11. l?nr
wood, M. C. Patterson. Charles hi
u ...uorlt an,i A. St. flair Butler.' The
death of Jackson Guy, formerly a direc?
tor of the bank, was reported.
The directors later elected the fol?
lowing olllcers: President. Oliver J.
s.-.nds; Vice.President, Charles E. Wln
go; Second Vice-President, William c.
Camp; Cashier. O. Baylor Hill: Assist?
ant C'ashlors, Waller Holiaday and i>.
W. Durrett.
I resident Sands reported a capital ot
$600,000; total resources of $5.201.686.01;
surplur and profits of $361,603.4?, and
deposits of $3,943,S7o.20. The president's
report also recorded the completion of
the new part of the building, and the
new banking rooms Into which ttie
bank ha- recently moved
ConNolldntIon n Success,
At tho meeting of the stockholders
of the National Bank >.f Virginia the
following directors were elected: E. H.
Addison, E. U Bemlss, T. H. Ellett. H.
Theodore Ellyson, George L. Christian.
T. A. Cary, Carl If. N'oltlng. William T.
nervi, j. W. Rothen, William North?
rop, T. C. Williams, Jr., E. O. Laird,
It. 11. Llndsoy, W. P. Gllnn, Eppa Hun
ton. Jr.. It. O. Rennolds. W. M. Hah
llston, Benj. P. Alsop, B. Rand. Well
ford, S. W. Travers, James G. Tlnsley,
John T. Wilson. James A. Moncuro,
John Skclton Williams and F. D. Wll
Hams.
The directors later elected W. M.
Habllston president; John Skelton Wil?
liams, vice-president: William T. Reel,
vice-president: W. M. Addison, cash?
ier; O. S. Morton, W. H. Slaughter.
John Tyler and J. M. Rail. Jr.. assist?
ant cashiers.
President Habliston's Teport dwelt
at some length on the developments
of the business which have resulted
from the consolidation of the Bank o?
Richmond with the National Bank of
Virginia, which took effect as of July
1 last. He reported a capital stock
of $1.200,000; surplus of $600.000, and
a stockholders' liability equal to the
amount of capital stock, as a guaran?
tee to depositors, making the guaran?
tee fund amount to $3.000.000.
Another Successful Consolidation.
Another succossrul consolidation was
reported at tho meeting of the stock?
holders of the National State and City
Bank, which on July 1. 1910, united
the city Bank of Richmond with the
National State Bank.
The following directors wero elected:
F.. B. Addison. James H. Anderson, J
L. Antrim. James D. Crump. John S.
Ellett. A. R. EUerson. Joseph M. Four
qurean, Horace S. Hawes, S. II. Hawes,
William M. Hill. Edward C. Mayo. Ed?
win A. Palmer. William H. Palmer,
Granvlile C. Valentine, Stewart At.
Woodward.
The hoard later elected the follow?
ing officers: William H. Palmer, presl,
dent; John S. Ellett, vice-president;
William M. Hill, vice-president; J. W.
Sinton. vice-president; Julien II. Hill,
cashier.
A condensed statement of the hank's
affairs shows resources of $6,441,371.20;
paid in capita] of $1.000,000; surplus
and undivided profits of $726.099.3',;
j circulation, $230.000; deposits of .$!,
I 486,271.01.
Pact* About Printing.
I The International Typographies! Union has
i .lust furnished for publication some facts re?
garding the course of ln,?l ruction given un?
der its suspires. The Iden, of course, Ik lo
Improve the methods now employed and to
place printing on a scientific basis. Instruc?
tion Is not only given to voting men, hut to
' men who have been working for a half cen?
tury at tho trade.
IT'S THE BEST.
Gordon Metal Co,,
14th and Dock Sts.