The times dispatch. [volume], January 24, 1911, Page 3, Image 3

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Will INVESTIGATE
STATE'S AFFAIRS
Committee to Look Into Proper
tics in Which Commonwealth
Is Interested.
CHANGE IN BANKING LAWS
Report of Superintendent of
Penitentiary Made to
Governor.
[Special to Tho Times-Dispatch.]
Raleigh, N. C, January 23.?The Son?
nte to-day passed a resolution offered
by Senator Brown, of Columbus, ap?
pointing a special committee of llvo to
Investigate the matters mentioned In
the report of the State Board of In?
ternal Improvements. Senator Brown
eaid the report shows that the State
has about $214.000 Invested In various
enterprises, the value of which Is prob?
lematical, and that conditions demand
a thoroug), investigation. Involved In
this arc the P'tcte's interest in Matta.
irtuskct Railway, the Statesvill,,. Air
Line and the Elk in ?and Allegheny
Ttallway, in which tho State's slock is
for convict labor for which the. State
paid the State's prison.
A bill introduced by Senator Greene,
of Craven, would increase the expense
allowance for Superior Court Judgeb
}Trom $250 per year to $750.
Ex-judge Ewart, of Henderson, of?
fered in the House a resolution .foi
investigation of the conduct tho
[American Tobacco Company and other
jpreat corporations aa to the observance
of tho State anti-trust law, which ho
Sec-lares to be commonly charged, in
eing flagrantly violated.
Tho bill by Representative Qulckel,
iof Denolr county, to amend chupter
iA:>c,, publlo laws of 1907, by repealing
,;that part that makes employes of rall
fc-oads guilty of a misdemeanor for
"working overtime, is set for a hearing
(Friday of this week before Judiciary
?Committee No. 1, of the House.
It was introduced to-day, rind Is de?
signed to enaole employes to recover
rtarnagCR from railroad.- for injuries
when working overtime, instead of
being debarred through being guilt)
of misdemeanor for the overtime work.
Cliniigrn in HiutUiiiK l.awH.
A bill revising and consolidating the
tianklng laws of North Carolina has
3>een prepared by State Bank Examiner
J. K. Doughton. co-operating with and
having the approval of the Corporation
Commission, arid it will be Introduced
1n the General Assembly early :hl?
tills week. Some of the notable
changes that will bo made In the bank
ling laws now in force, If the bill Is
Tatilled, are the'fixing of $16,000 as
the minimum capital with which a
bank shall begin business, limiting the
loans of the smaller as well as the
large banks In proportion to their
capital and surplus, prohibiting the
paying out of all the earnings in divi?
dends, and requiring the accumulation
r.-f surplus; limiting the amount of
money a hank may borrow, and pre?
venting the habitual borrowing of
money to reloan; requiring directors
to direct the affairs of the bank In
reality, and make ample examinations
every six months; prohibiting banks
from lending money to officers of th>
bank, without the consent of the di?
rectors; providing for the liquidation
of Insolvent banks, under the direc?
tion of the Corporation Commission
and avoiding the big expense of bank
receivership--. State Bank Examine:
Poughton says of his bill, on which
he has been working for six month?
or longer, that it is progressive with?
out being radical, with a special view
to throwing around the banks more
careful supervision, and to safeguard
the interests of depositors and the
business public more than the advance?
ment of the interests of the banks.
However, the V 111 has the approval of
the leading hankers of the State, and
tiooct as the Name. Virginia Made
F. W. Dabney & Co,
Try a Pair To-Day
FURNITURE COMPANY
SPECIAL SALE
1429 E. Main St. 117 W. Broad St.
Electrical Shoe Shine 5c
A T. GRAY
CIGA'R COMPANY'S STORE,
836 E. Main Street.
It is better not.to be without
Butter Nut Bread
NOLDE BROS.
Repairing. Voicing and General
Overhauling.
Let us estimato for you.
Phono Madison 6506.
CRAFTS
Fifth and Greco Streets.
Weakening and Contagious
In an interview with a promi?
nent man who has just recovered
from a severe attack of Bronchitis,
in the presence of his doctor, he
said: "Bronchitis is not only a
disagreeable disease, but it is very
weakening?it seems to poison the
whole system. I was confined to
my house for two weeks with a
bad case, and I became very weak
and lost 10 lbs.; besides, it is very
contagious. I gave it to my wife,
and she had a hard time as well as
I, and I don't believe either one of
us would have gotten off so easily
if it was not for our doctor giving
us Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey,
which toned us up and brought
our strength back quickly. 1 also
noticed I began to increase in
weight as soon as I began taking
it?a dessert spoonful four or five
tjmes a day in a glass of milk with
an egg in it.
"In conclusion I must say I
never believed that Duffy's Pure
Malt Whiskey was as good as it
has proven to be?in the case of
my wife and myself. It surely put
us ?>n our feet. No, I don't want
you to use my name, but you may
refer any oik.- to me personally,
and I will tell them what I have
told you."
Duffy's Pure .Malt Whiskey cor?
rects the defective digestion of the
food, increases the appetite,
strengthens the heart, gives force
to the circulation, cures insomnia
and brings restfulness to the brain
and nervous forces. It is pleasant
to the taste and can be retained by
the most delicate stomach. Our
files contain thousands of letters
from men and women in all walks
of life testifying to the wonderful
cures this great medicinal whis?
key has brought about. It will
help vou?will keep vou strong and
vigorous. Sold IX SEALED BOT?
TLES ONLY by druggists, gro?
cers and dealers, or shipped direct
for SI.00 per large bottle. The
Duffy Malt Whiskev Co., Roches?
ter, NY.
is not expected to receive any for?
midable opposition.
Representative Critically III.
Another member of the General ?As?
sembly Ik at death's door. This time
it is Representative B. 11. Crvimpler, ot
Sampson county, who has pneumonia
and is so very ill that his death Is ex?
pected at any time. Mrs. Grumpier is
with him at his boarding house on
Martin Street Both have thus far ob?
jected to removal to the hospital. One
member, Rev. Mr. Stainback, of Halifax
county, died Just before the General
Assembly convened January I, and one
other. Representative .lohn 1* Stuart,
of Montgomery < ounty, died January S.
A charter was issued to-day for the
Greensboro Playground and Kindergar?
ten Association (Inc. t, with Mrs. K.
Sterhberger, .Mrs. Robert Hpod. Mrs.
Charles Van Noppen as the principal
incorporators. The Miller Bice Palm
Company, of Ash..-villi-, ojianges it:*
name to the Ashevllle Paint and Glass
Company. S. 0, Bradley is president.
A number of prominent business men
of Raleigh and Wake county farmers
are co-operating in the organization
of a movement for providing a "'vis
Itors' headquarters" in Raleigh, espe?
cially for country people who come ?'o
this city to spend the day. A commit?
tee of five lias been designated to
seek out a suitable location and report
to a full meeting of those interested
?it an adjourned meeting February ...
The city school superintendents and
principals of North Carolina will meet
in annual session in Raleigh January
J6-2S. A program of practical interest
is been prepared for the meeting, and
ii is expected that the addresses and
exchanges of ideas will be of great
benefit to the school men.
Ueport on Penitentiary.
A review of his stewardship since
he assumed charge of the State's prison
April. 100?, has' been transmitted by
Superintendent .i. .1. Duighinghouse to
Governor ICItehin. During this time
Superintendent Baughlhghouse says
the prison has earned and paid. Into
the Stale treasury more than double
I'oreenNt: \ irginia?Fair Tuesday;
warmed la north mid west portions;
Wednesday incrcnslng cloudiness, nml
vMirmer; moderate variable winds.
Vorth Carolina?Knlr Tuesday; Ued
iiCHtlay Increasing cloudiness nnd
warmer; motlernte northeast and cnsl
i\ iuds.
CONDITIONS i'BSTBR OA Y.
Monday midnight temperature .. 30
S A. M- temperature . 29
Humidity . SO
Witid. direction . N
Wind, velocity . S
Weather .Cloudy
Precipitation . n
Depth of snow . 0.4
12 noon temperature . 36
:'. P. M. temperature . -10
Maximum temnerature up to 5
P. M. ?1
Minimum temperature up to f>
P. M.'
Mean temperature . !
Normal temperature . ? '?
Deficiency in temperature yes- "
terday . . I
Accum, excess in temperature
since January 1 .
Accum, excess In rainfall since
January 1 .
CONDITIONS IX IMPORTANT CITIVI
Place. Thor. II. T. Weat)
Abilene . 3S 38 Cloud:
Ashevllle . 36 II Cleat
Augusta . -16 52 Clear
Atlanta . 46 ?0 Cleat
Boston . 28 30 Cleat
Charleston . 40 ;>0 Cloudy
Chicago . 36 10 Clear
Calgary . 14 34 Cloudy
Denver . 42 Hi Ciear
delves t?n . IS 48 Rain
Jacksonville .... 52 74 Cloudy
Jupiter . 72 78 Cleat
Kansas City ... 38 46 Cloudy
Knoxvillo . 42 Hi Clear
Memphis . 42 hi Clear
Montreal . 22 24 Clear
New Orleans ... FG .5(1 Cloudy
New York . 30 31 Clear
Norfolk . .14 30 Clear
North Platte ... 28 II Clear
Oklahoma City . It) 44 Cloudy
Pittsburg . 2S 34 Clear
Raleigh . 38 42 Clear
Situ Francisco .. 16 48, Rain
Savannah . 46 01 Cloudy
Tampa . fix 7 1 Clear
Washington .... 30 38 Clear
Wilmington _ 38 11 Clear
Wythevllle . 30 32 Clear
Til MO T A 111.13.
January 24.
High Tide.
Sun rises... .7:08 Morning. ...11:2
Sun seta .4:52 Kvening. ... 12:11
GETS FA VOR ABL E MENTION I
GUS J. KARGER.
Mr. Ksrger Is n veteran nevr?pnper correspondent of Wanhlngton, vrho
been mentioned am a probable private secretary to President Taft.
the amount earned during; any pre?
vious two years. The expenditures,
however, have been larger, on aecouni
of the necessity of replenishing farm
and prison equipment. He also reports
something like $10,000 of convict labor
being expended In the repairing of the
old State Farm dykes, to reclaim the
3,000 acres of line corn lands sub?
merged in the great freshets three
years ago. Of course, the earnings of
the prison Include the State stock that
the .orison has received credit for in
the Mattamuskeet, the Statesvtlle Air
Line and Elkin and Allegheny Rail?
roads, about which there Is so much
stir Just now among legislators as to
value and status.
Superintendent I<aughinghouse re?
ports a reduction in the number of em?
ployes of the prison from twenty-four
to sixteen. He asks for a $6,000 appro?
priation for installing steel death cells'
in the place of the brick temporary!
ones provided by the prison authorities!
when the apparatus for electrocutions
was installed as an experiment two
years ago. i
CHARTERS ISSUED
The following Charter.? were Issued yes?
terday by the. State Corporation Commis?
sion :
Thr Kentucky HcruriC.oj: CorporalIon. Rich
mend. Percy M. Chondler, president; J. K.
Trimble, secretary find treasurer, of I'hlla
tlelphla, Pa.; Ware It. Gay, O. Raymond
Drown and II. II. Chalklcy?all of Rich?
mond. Capital: Maximum, $5,000.000: mini?
mum, 150,000. Object*; Security holding
company.
Virginia Patent Sales Corporation; Itlch
mond. .1. N. Purrvll, preshlent; James 11.
Price, vice-president j S. C. Gordon, .?err*
tary and treasurer-a.:; o.' Richmond, cap
itn!: Maximum, $100.000; minimum, 0
Objects: To manufacture and advertise
street slRns. etc.
W. T. Andernon Elected.
[Special to The TlmesfDispatch.]
Norfolk. Va., January 23.?The board
of directors of the Norfolk Roard of
Trade to-nlcht elected W. T. Anderson
as secretary. While admitting that
he had opposition, the board declined
to make known its strength by giving
out the vote for other candidates. Mr.
Anderson has served as president of
the business body for a number of
years, and is conversant with all of
the details of the work he will have
In hand.
Charged With Anfault.
Ollie Galnes, colored, was arrested
last nicht on a charge of feloniously
assaulting Massie Fitz with a knife,
lie i.i alleged to have used a knife on
Fitz.
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They Give Relief without
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"For four years I was subject
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times so severe I was unfitted
for work. Through the advice of
a friend I was persuaded to try
Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills and
the result has been that I have
entirely eradicated my system of
those continuous headaches that
!. followed a hard and continuous
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! , 26 Doses, 25 Conts.
'? MILES MEDICAL CO., Eikhart, Ind.
W. Fred. Richardson,
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Ui. night._
THE ARTIST'S DELIGHT.
SOHMER
PIANO
LEE FF.RGPSNON PIANO CO.,
HP East Urond.
?PAPER MAN
IS "APPROACHED"
Oflfere? Vacation and Several
"Good Tilings" Xot to Go
Before Grand Jury.
PROPOSITION SPURNED
Speaker Cannon's .Home City
and County Now Under
Scrutiny.
Danville, Iii., January 23.?Speaker !
Joseph G. Cannon's home city and <
county were brought under the ?
scrutiny of a grand jury to-day in the
hunt for illegal traffic in votes. Th?
Vermllllon county grand jury; sitting :
here, heard eleven witnesses. Twelve
more, including Speaker Cannon^ son
in-law. E. X. Dezure", a hanker, are
subpoenaed to appear Tuesday.
The grand Jury to-day heard Dan?
ville's city attorney, accuse! :>f laving
adinitted buying votes, and was giv.-r.
a list of fifty possible witnesses by the
accusers. The city attorney's allege;',
t raftloking, it was testiflej, was in th
interest of the present sheriff. John T.
Shepard, at the last general elect on.
One of the newspaper men told the
jurors he had been approaches to-day
by persons offering him a vacation and
several "good things" tf he would not
go before the t-'tand jury with his
story.
The two newspaper reporters who
last week sent out a story purporting
to contain n "eonfcsslbi." from City
Attorney Fvan.t w. ,Ipm;s that no had
purchased votes, which story later was
denied by Jones, demanded to be al?
lowed to go ! .-fore the grand jury ami
tell their story.
The newspaper men were R. H.
Frankeberger, a reporter for the Dan?
ville Commercial News, who claims to
have secured Jones's alleged confes?
sion, and George A. Martin, correspon?
dent of an Indianapolis newspaper, who
was with Frankeberger when the con?
versation took place.
Frankeberger told the grand jury j
the same story, which, published last
Saturday, brought forth prompt de?
nial from City Attorney Jones and
Sheriff John T Shepard. It was for
Shepard, whose campaign manager In
was. Frankeberger said that Jones ad?
mitted buying the votes.
A part of the alleged conversation,
as given before the grand jury was: I
Mr. Martin: "Mr. Jones, did you have
n list of bought votes and the amounts!
paid for them?" j
Jones. "Yes, I had a partial list of !
those, put I haven't got it any more: |
I burned it." j
Frahkebqrger.: "Can you remember \
the names of any of those votes on
the list?"
Jones: "Not right off, but I might
have my memory refreshed by some ;
of these ward captains: there in the'
Second or Seventh."
Frankeberger: "Dezure was before i
the grand jury and he lost his mem-!
?i;y." ;
Jones: "Well, I could refresh his |
memory on a few points if f had a '
mind to. There's a lot of those fellows |
whose memories could be refreshed on
this thing."
The preliminary to the cop versa t ion
was said by Frankeberger to have been
a statement made by the newspupei
men concerning vote buying of which
he had some personal knowledge. As
repeated to tin- grand jury it was: ;
"Thai tlones had rented a small room
in the rear of tin- butcher shop of li
M. Martin, at 500 West Falrchiidj
Street: that here, on the last election
day, Jones met a number of visitors?
approximately seventy-two?instructed
them how to vote aim paid them: thai
later .Martin, who is Frankeberger a
father-in-law, ami not related to the
newspaper man from Indianapolis,
asked for and was shown rhu list 01
men Jones is alleged to have paid.
It was tills information which
Frankeberger testlllcd he brought to
Jones's olllce Saturday, and upon which
he obtained the alleged confession.
The city attorney has denied abso?
lutely that he confessed, and has said
he would tell what he knows if asked
by the grand Jury. Ills statement was
followed by a subpoena Issued to-day.
dein Three Veur*' Si-ulent'c,
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Wlnston-Salorn, N. ("'., January 23..
Mock Morgan, charged with embez?
zling $15,000 from the, Virginia-Caro?
lina and other guano concerns, was
convicted on one count In Stanley and
sentenced to the state, prison for three
years. fie gave notice of appeal, and
his ball was llxed at ?10.000. Morgan
Is to bo tiled in July on ttVO OtllOI
counts.
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News of South Richmond
South Richmond Bureau,
The Times-Dispatch,
: , Hu:-; street.
Leslie Garber. the white man sent on front
tho lower court on the charge or felony,
wax yesterday tried and found guilty by itir
Brand Jury of the Hit's tings Court. Part a
De was sentenced to one year In the peni?
tentiary.
Garber, who haj been twice before convict?
ed of larceny, la.st month was arrested fot
stealing a Huddle from a mule belonging to
a Chesterfield negro. Barbers brother got
thirty days in prison from the Pol lee t.'ourt.
Hart 2, on the charge of being an accom?
plice.
At th'j same session of the court Edward i
Threat, colored, was conviuteo? of mullcl
ously assaulting Mary Smith, colored, and
sentenced to thirty days in jail and lined $?,
It was proved that Threat murderously at?
tacked Mary Smith on the night of Decem?
ber 7 and nearly killed her before assist?
ance e:juld arrive. Considerable Interest
Avas aroused at the time on account of the
large proportions that the tight assumed, bit
fore the police could brenk it. up, the whole
neighborhood being more or less mixed in
the affair. The court-room was crowded
with witnesses, the majority of whom were
negroes, and nil the testimony wont against
Threat.
John Mnssle, held on the charge of tres?
passing on the property of the Seaboard
Air Lino Railway, wa? dismissed on tin
motion of the defense.
Educating the Public.
Because of universal ignorance of the pos?
tal rules and letters of complaint received
from all parts of the country the Po?t-Offiiu
Department has Issued specla". orders to til'
postmasters in the country to Impress the
rules of Internationa-! postal union on the
mlndB of the people.
Under the rules of the postal union letter*
6int to till parts of the world, except Can?
ada. Cuba, Mexico. Newfoundland, tho Canal
Zone, Panama, Germany. England Scot.anil,
Wales and Ireland and Shanghai, require 5
cents for the first ounce and 3 cents foi
every additional ounce. It Is "only to the
above-named countries that the 2-cent rate
prevails; all others come under the 5-cenl
rate.
The rule thnt has caused the complaint
is thai of the short-postage. Letters st.nl
to Prance, for Instance, with only 2 cents
postage attached, arc liable to a charge
at the other end of double the shortage. In?
stead of the postage due, the penalty being
:t cents, (1 cont'd will be collected en the
short-postage letter sent to France.
Postmaster Thomas Smith, in company
with other postmasters, has been Instructed
to give lh! = bulletin all the publicity possl
ble. In order that the. rir> may be Impressed
on the minds of tnc people.
Supervisors Bold Meeting.
Tie- regular monthly meeting of the Board
of Supervisors of Chesterlleld county was
held yesterday morning at Chesterfield
Courthouse. Aside troni auditing und up
proving the bills of the county, nothing of
particular Importance was tr-atvsiicted tij the
board. Discussion nf the plans for the new
county road was taken up, and the proposed
changes thoroughly examined. The matter
was laid on the table until the next meet?
ing.
Mr. Loving Resigns.
The. resignation of R. S. Loving, ssslstont
deputy treasurer of the city, was submitted
yesterday morning, with the understanding
that it will tak.- effect on February ;r>. Mr.
Loving, who has long had charge o-f one of
the city desks in the South Richmond office
of Collector Hronaugh, was led to take tho
step by the prospect of a better position, and
not by any unpleasantness between himself
and the rest of the office force-.
Several prospective candidates for the posi?
tion made vacant by Mr. Boving's resigna?
tion have already come forth, and will
shortly make their written applications to
Mr. Bronaugh. It is expected that the Ap?
pointment will be announce,! within a couplu
of weeKB.
11 has been given out by Mr. Loving that
he resigned his city Job in order to take :i
position with the firm of II. V. Baldwin,
dry goods dealer, at 120ft Bull Street, as
credit man and assistant manager.
Police Court Quiet.
Vesterd'.iy morning In the Police Court,
Part 2, was a outet session. Charles Boylcs.
white, was lined $2.50 and costs by .Justice
Maurice for lighting In the street.
W. B. Johnson, charged with being drunk,
was dlsmised with a wanting to leave town.
'Death of Ilen.iamlu 51. Tucker.
ilenjamln M. Tucker, thirty-eight year.1;
old. died Sunday at 11 o'clock at his resi?
dence, 717 Decatur Street. The funeral will
be conducted this afternoon at 3 o'clock from
the residence, and the Rev. J. J. Fix and
Rev. O. F. Forrester will officiate: The In?
terment will be made In Maury Cemetery,
Mr. Tucker had been in extremely bad
heul ill for several years, and had gone West
In the attempt to rid himself of his trouble.
He leaves a wife and two children.
Delightful Concert.
The concert rendered last night in tho
Uecatur Street Methodist Church for the
benefit of the new building far.d met withi
a great success. The music was of the high- i
est order, anil the audience most npprecla
HEALTH ASSURED!
There is not hill", makes one feel so good :
as to realize that he possesses a strong
stomach and enjoys robust health '?.
and stall an experience can lie yours-?
sickly folks -if you'll only-take a short
course of
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
Thousands owe their continued Rood
health to its use. 'Why not try the plan
to-day? It is for Indigestion, Dyspep?
sia, Poor Appetite, Belching; Mead
ache, Costivcncss, Biliousness, Colds'
and Crlppe. I
"You sire as well as your stomach." '
HOSTETTER;
^-..-. .. ..no lilt OIMBMIB Ol i? eiuillis. III
thirty voices.
I'ersonnl and (Joneral.
The party of young people, who gathered
In the home Miss Margaret Ellington. 1
East Twelfth Street, to celebrate her birth?
day, spent the evening in games and pleas?
ure.
Miss Annie Rand I for. ?I South Richmond,
is ihc guest of Mis* Kite Mclntoph. of
Granite; Va.
Holten Trego. who has lioen in the Shel?
tering A'rtnn Hospital recently on account
of the Injuries he received from an extend?
ing gastflcne can, Is improving rapidly, and
It Is expected he will be allowed to leavo
the hospital within a week.
Tliomna Hiunt. of Spring Hill, is seriously
ill at the Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Snead took Ocey there to live.
Then Mrs. Martin suddenly interrupted
him.
"The facts were never lo'.d: Tit:
facts werfe never told!" she exclaimed.
"airs. .Martin, i must ask you to be
idiot," said the court. "Your time for
speaking lias passed/'
"In all probability, the real facts in
this case will never be known. The
features of the case,'as 1 see them, are:
The strange conduct and writings ot
yourself ami s'slers, the .frequent use
of morphine, the strange disappear?
ance of your daughter's husband, the
fact that you and your sister did not
furnish the house in East Orange to
which your daughter was taken, thai
you did not give her (he proper kind? ?
of food, your attempts to create the
impression that she committed suio'.do
your hiding away in New York and
your denial that you had ever been in
East Orange.''
Mrs. Mart'n here sprang to her feel
and shrieked: "1 never denied it! I
never denied I had been in East Or?
ange! It is ti lie! It is ,a He!"
This surprising declaration to a
judge pronouncing sentence caused a
sensation In the courtroom, und men
Und women began struggling for a bet?
ter view of the prisoner, as she con?
tinued :
"I never did anything to anybody,
living or dead. O God, that you men
should do these things to women!"
.lodge Ten Eyek here began pound?
ing his gavel In an attempt to restore i
order, while Rev. Mr. Ward la w hurried
over to Mrs. Martin's side and tried to
quiet her. A deputy sheriff finally put
both bands over her mouth and man?
aged to silence her.
She then fell to the door, and .lodge
Ten Eyek adjourned court while the
prisoner was carried to her chamber
After fifteen minutes she was brought
back J? the courtroom. Resuming the
pronouncing of sentence, the judge said
to Mrs. .Martin that she had been gen?
erally vituperative. He pointed out
iltat she hadn't told the story of the
morphine and the bathtub until last!
week, and added:
Points to Conspiracy.
''There is good reason to believe that
a conspiracy existed on the part of you
and your sisters,"
"I haven't told anything; i haven't
harmed anybody: I haven't harmed my
child," walled the obi woman, in a tone
that Wits pitiful to hear.
.lodge Ten Eyek here reached the
point when- he was to tell Mrs. Mar?
tin her doom, tie spoke very rapidly,
.saying:
??Mis. Martin, the sentence of the
court is that you be con lined In State's
prison for seven years."
"1 am innocent! 1 am innocent!"
Mrs. Marlin cried, as four men carried
her out in her chair. "Oh, the treat?
ment you men give to women!"
Attendants carried Mrs. Martin out in
her chair. She continued to protest
her innocence as long as her voice
could be heard in the courtroom.
On the ease of Mrs. Snead. the other
sister indicted. Prosecutor Mott said
he would "^uTfio no action until Mrs.
Martin was in the State prison.
Some time after Ocey Snead's body
had been found, Mrs. Snead, who was
the young woman's mother-in-law. as
well as her aunt, and Miss Virginia
Wardiaw. a sister of Mrs. Snead, wero
arrested. Mrs. .Martin was captured in
a New York hotel. While in prison
Miss Wardiaw committed suicide, by
starving herself,
Xevr System 1? Adopted.
Washington, D. C, January 23.?-?
uniform system of grading cotton
practically has been adopted through?
out- i he 'cotton belt. \ statement is'sucd
to-day by the Department of Agri?
culture shows that twenty States al?
ready have availed themselves of th?
ofllclal grades of cotton Issued by tho
department, and they are being used
In every cotton-producing and cotton
nianufacturing section of the country.
As a basis to their operations the Cot?
ton Exchanges of New Orleans, Mem?
phis, St. Louis. Natchez, IJTttl? Rock
and Charleston formally have adopted
the official cotton grades. That a uni?
versal system of cotton grading will
be adopted throughout the country is
regarded now as certain.
Edward A. Hurley Demi.
New York, January 513.?Edward A.
Hurley, assistant grand chief of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
died of pneumonia Ibis afternoon at
the Broadway Central Hotel hero. His
home wan in Boston.
Mr. Hurley was born and reared at
Susequehana. Pa. He was widely
known in railroad circles
Around the Hotels
Lexington?It. C. Rowan. ProUdonc?
Forge; T. C. Link, Portsmouth: W. .1. West
brook. Danville; Mr. and Mrs. Henry F.usdey,
Ml-s Florence Bnslcy, South Boston: J. I..
Price, Ohasc City; F. S. Farrar, Jetersviile.;
Ji \y. Coilushn, Dhiwlddle; Mr. and Mrs. D
If. Pitts. Scottsvllle; K. T. Morris. Boanoko.
.1. B. CIlHdross, N'i>w|iort Ncwp; IL L. Ktl
muiids, Virgin hi.
Davis?.!. H. Gauhlin. Virginia: Willi?
Thorp, Wltllahtshurg.
Murphy-a?Hen F. Southull. FnrmvlMe;
UN, rIack Martin. Norfolk: H. F. Lambert,
Virginia; E. M. Net tie ton', Covlngton: .J. At.
Murfin. Clifton Forge; G. Ransone, Kilt HH1;
Xathnn Harrison. Danville; W. U. Hat-wood,
Virginia; Mr. and Mrs. John .1. Wood riff,
Somerset: T. Williamson. Virginia; B. G.
Jones, Bueknor; lt. C. Reynolds, Oldflehl;
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Carter, Martlnsvlllo;
\V. Sale. M4 D., Virginia.
Richmond ?Mr. und Mrs. IV. K. Drake,
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Lyrichburg,
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Issuer. Claroiriont; L. M. Geyer, Ivor; J. J.
Siivr.v, Virginia;
Stumpfs?T. D. Page,! Ne wport News; \V.
J; Baxter, Norfolk: P. I". Lee. Norfolk; J.
I). Hodges, MaVtlnsvlllo; It. Catlett. Lexing?
ton.
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