The times dispatch. [volume], January 25, 1911, Image 7

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BURIED BENEATH
Brakcinan oh Southern Railway
Killed in Freight Wreck Near
Meherrih.
OTHERS NOT BADLY HURT
Engine I.eft Rails at Point Where
Track Crosses Virginian
Railway.
Bui led beneath several' ions of coal,
Herman C. Irons, twenty-four years of
age, a brakejnan on the Southern Hall
way, was crushed to death early yes?
terday morning as engine No. DfiS left
tho rails at Virso. near the crossing of
tho Southern and the Virginian Rail?
ways.
Engineer fj. E. Wilkinson was pain?
fully scalded and bruised, and his lirrF
man. <;. K. Rowlett, who jumped, was
burr. In both ankles. Both were able
to walk to Mchcrrln. thre^ miles away,
and report the accident to the operator
lhhf re.
When they arrived here about 1:2"
o'clock yesterday afternoon, they went
to their homes without assistance.
Iron's body was carried to the home.
Of his brother, E. O. Irons, who lives
nt 7 IS McDonough Street. South Rich?
mond, l-lis parents wore notified at
once and reached the city last night
to accompany the body to Chula,
Amelia county, where the interment
will be made in the family burial
(round.
Due to Split Switch.
Though the cause of the accident
will have to bo determined by an in?
vestigation, It is thought by the of?
ficials and members of the crew that
the derailment was due to a broken or
"isplit" switch. The train wan to have
gone in the siding at Mc.herrln, three
miles further on, and probably was go?
ing at its average speed of about twen?
ty-five miles an hour. As the wheels
left the rails. Fireman Rowlett jumped
and Engineer Wilkinson was throwr.
cleat of the cab. Irons evidently fol?
lowed Rowlett. but as he struck the
ground, the. tender with tho weight
of twelve cars behind it ? buckled" and
its entire contents were dumped upon
him.
The engine turned completely oyev
and was followed by five cars that
went ever the embankment Conductor
.lohn Glenn, who was riding in the ca?
boose was unhurt und immediately
edited the roll of his crew. Irons only
was missing. At first lie was thought
to to under the engine, but a closer
examination showed that this was not
true, While Wllkikson and liowlcti
walked to the station, the rest of the.
? tew dug beneath the coal and found
the body of Irons with his life crushed
out.
Wrecking Trnlns on Seme.
The extra was made up here to fol?
low tin regular freight, So. 7". as
there were ton many cars going South
to be pulled behind one engine. Ordorf
Were out for the train to meet another
a i Meperriii, and when tho accident o<
cur red II was passing along the switches
recently constructed to accommodate
traffic at the junction with the Vir?
ginian,
Wrecking trains were called at onc?
tn the scene of the accident, and in
about three hours the track was suffici?
ently' <lear for trains to paso very
slowly. Luckily the engine, as it turned
over, cleared the track and did not
have to be moved In order to allow
the passage of trains.
The funeral arrangements for Mr.
Irons have not yet been completed
but the burial probably will take place
to-morrow. He was unmarried and
hoarded with his brother, who Is a con
tlu< tor on the Southern. Wilkinson and
Rowloit are expected to be back al i
work in a few days.
IlnnkM in Henltliy Condition.
I Special to The Times-Dispatch. 1
"Washington. D. C , January 21.? In a
Statement Issued by the Treasury De?
partment to-day, the l ti S national
banks doing business in Virginia are
shown to be in a healthy condition.
They have loans and discounts amount?
ing to $S7.7.67,2I6, and individual de?
posits amounting to $75,097,022.
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FOR TARIFF BOARD
(Continued From First Page-)
Dopew, while'opposing the proposition
to so choose the Senators, yet offered [
an amendment which would entitle ail
of the male citizens of the United
States to east their ballots in such
elections.
To him the proposed amendment to
the Constitution, as reported fro... tin
judiciary committee, seemed but an
effort, rnder the guise of popularlzinp
the election of United States Senators i
to permit the States to disfranchise
tinder the Constitution large classes uj
their electors.
?'The title of this proposition," said
the Senator, "is to allow tb'e people to
vote. , ..e purpose and object of th<
resolution Is permanently to prevent
the people from voting in any State
where a dominant power or oligarchy
wishes to disfranchise a certain, por?
tion of tne citizens of that fetale."
Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, took excep?
tion to some of Mr. Depew's remai..a
relative to the disfranchisement of the
negrdo? In the South, saying that the
disproportion of the Southern to thej
Northern vote in the regular elections
was due largely to the fact that as a
rule the Republicans put no ticket in
the field, rendering It unnecessary ror]
Democrats to turn out.
As a consequence of this condition,
he said, that tho voto at tho primaries
was 'always much larger than that
at the legal elections.
"Ifow about thoso who are not per?
mitted to vote?" asked Mr. Dcpew.
"As to that," responded Mr. Bacon
"in Georgia, and i think it Is true
in other States, no man is denied the
rieht of suffrage who has the qualifi?
cations required by the law. No ob- i
stticles whatever are placed In the way
of stich electors; that Is a question to j
be decided by the courts."
Pnj for Rurnl Currier* Knitted.
[Special to The Tlnies-D ispatch.]
Washington, p. C, January 24.?Af
i tor making a hard fight in behalf of
increased pay for the rural delivery
carriers all over the country, half a
dozen Southern House members, among
whom were Lever, of South Carolina;
Hughes, Adnmson, Bartlctt and Bd
I wards, of Georgia, and Stsson. of Mis?
sissippi, to-day secured the adoption
of an amendment to the post-office ap?
propriation bill that will increase the
maximum rate of pay of the carriers
' from |900 to $1.000 a year. At lirst an
effort was made to secure SU200 for
; the carriers, but failing in tills, the
j men who made the light, compromised
: on $1.000.
j During the progress of the debates,
t certain features of the Post-Office De
I partiiient administration were roundly]
' scored, p. H. McG. j
.JUDGMENT FOK DEFENDANT,
! Piirchnse of Future Cotton Crop Re?
garded n.i IIUHlnesH I'rupoNitinD,
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.!
I Norfolk, Va. .January 24,?The sale
; or purchase of a future cotton crop is
> 11?.t gambling, but a straight business
I proposition, when the parties thereto j
! had no purpose to gamble In rnind, is !
I the decision handed down to-day by
I .lodge Alan R. Hanckel, in the Corpo
1 ration Court, in the case of I.. Harvey
I .Son against George W. Taylor, a
I North Carolina farmer. Judgment
I against the defendant for ?1,S11.2S
was allowed.
The evidence showed that Mr. Tay
j lor contracted with Harvey & Son for
: Iiis 1010 cotton crop at from 10 cents
to lOi'. cents per pound. When the
price of the fleecy staple jumped to
15 1-2 cents per pound. Mr. Taylor
shipped Iiis cotton to other brokers
for sale. It was attached by Harvey
fc Son. and the suit followed.
No married "woman's happiness is
complete without children; she
yearns with the deeper longings of
her nature for the joys of mother?
hood. But women who hear children
should prepare for tho coming of
haby by properly caring for their
physical systems. Mother's Friend
la the expectant mother's greatest help. It is a remedy which prepares the
muscles and tendons for tho unusual strain, renders the ligaments supple and
elastic, aids in expanding the skin and flesh fibres, and strengthens all the
membranes and tissues. It is especially valuable where the breasts are trouble?
some from swelling and congestion, and its regular use will lessen the pain
and danger when the little one
comes. Women who use Mother's
Friend are assured of passing the
crisis with safety. It is for sale at
drug stores. Write for free book
for expectant mothers.
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John Allen Asphyxiated in Home
of Friend Who Took
Care of Him.
Estranged from his home arid imme?
diate family, John Allen, nearly
severity-two years or age, was found
dead yesterday morning about lo;:J0
o'clock In an upper room of the store ,
of A. W. Duke, 2020 East Broad Sttect. |
Investigation by the coroner showed
that he had died from asphyxiation. I
lie was- found In a crouching position,* I
as if he had got up and tried to help
himself. But a broken gas tube in
his room told the story, old age had
weakened his mind, and his first, but
futile effort was to help himself. When
found his head was hanging over a
bucket, and the position of the body
allowed that he had been dead only a
short while.
Mr. Allen had been estranged fro..i
his family, according to common re?
port, about seven years
He was cared for by Mr. Duke, who
not only allowed him a room above
j his store, but also gave him three
meals a day In his own home. The
1 old man. during his last days when.
I from all accounts, he seemed to know ;
that death was near, asked for a
reconciliation with his family.
Many friends who knew him as a
member of Pickett Camp, Confederate
Veterans, came to inquire after him
every day.
Mr. Allen's last request was that he j
be buried from tho home of the man j
who had befriended him.
TO APPOINT COMMISSION
Ulli Inquire Into Mental Condition of
.lONepb G, Robin.
New York, January 2 4.?Judge
Swarin, in the Court of General Ses?
sion, this afternoon announced that he
would appoint a commission to inquire
into tho mental condition of Joseph G.
Bobln, the financier under indictment
lor grand larceny from the Washing?
ton Savings Bank, where he was presi?
dent.
Robin's counsel, former District At?
torney Jerome, at the same time an?
nounced that he had withdrawn from
the case, on the ground that Robin
was riot in Hie proper mental condition
to consult with counsel. |
District Attorney Whitman announc?
ed that the report of hiss three alien?
ists shows that Robin Is suffering from
psychosis, and that In their opinion
ho is In no mental ^eondftlon to bo
tried. *3 I
.Mr. Whitman said that he would |
make no objection to the appointment!
j of the commission, although he per- |
son ally thought Robin a sane man,
I but that so long: as he was district at- |
I torney. if Robin were sent to Mattca-I
I wan. be would never be free except
I through the doors of the criminal
courts.
New York. January 24. ? Investiga?
tion of the affairs of Hm Carnegie
Trust Company, one of the Institutions
' which closed its doors because of Jo?
seph Gi Robin's financial operations,
Is to be undertaken by the grand Jurv.
District Attorney Whitman received
j a complaint from the .State Ranking
Department to-day. asking that the
circumstances attendant upon its clos?
ing he investigated. Subpoenas were
issued this afternoon for several wit?
nesses, whose identity is not disclosed.
I but whose appearance is expected to
I morrow.
The Carnegie Trust Company closed
January 7, .Ho*- five years' business
I in New York. It had on deposit at the
I time IS.300.000, Including half a mil
i lion dollars belonging to the city.
BIBLES IN THE BOWERY
AROUSE LITTLE INTEREST
New York Society Place? Good Book
In New Vork Lodging
Holmen,
Now York, January 24.?The New
York Bible Society has about finished
[the distribution of Bibles to the lodg
ing houses in the Bowery and Park
Row. Dev. WUIianri Hubble and R. D.
Sage, of the society, were in charge or
the distribution.
"Will the lodgers read them'.'" was
the question asked of the proprietor of
the Eagle Hotel, a 25-cerit house.
"We make it a rule never to inter?
fere with our lodgers' politics or reli?
gion." ho answered. "Some of the men
will probably read them, but not many,
I think. You see, most of our lodgers
are sailors, and I notice they nearly
all-read 5-cent novels and things of
that kind. But I've had some who
would," he continued. "We had an old
man who lived at the house here for
seven years. The men all called him
'Old Sleuth,' because he told 'em he was I
always searching for a lost word. He
used to spend his time reading the
Bible and muttering to himself, and he
told me one day that he was trying to
tind out how many letter t's there were
In some one special chapter. The
other day they carried him away, a
i raving lunatic. But that proves noth
| ing," said the proprietor. "He mfght
have been crazy in the first place."
At some of the other places the Bi?
bles were not received in so friendly
a spirit.
"And twice a day the chaplain called
And left a little tract,"
one of the lodgers sarcastically quoted
from "A Ballad of Reading Gaol." "You
see," he said, "I used to be a chaplain
myself in a big prison, and I know how
these fellows get religion, 'prison re?
ligion' we called It. It's a mixture of
homesickness and a feeling of impo
tericy. Believe mo, Bo, there's noth?
ing to it."
At the Palma House. f>2 Bowery,
owned by the Astor estate, the read
lng-room was full, but no one held a
Bible. Over in the corner, however,
an argument on religion wa3 In pro?
gress. Ono man apparently was hold?
ing out against the crowd. Most of
them were Spanish sailors and they I
confessed to never having read the i
Scriptures, notwithstanding they were
all deeply religious.
In tho reading-room of the Eclipse
House, which is over Beefsteak John's,
G Bowery, the men showed littlo in- |
terest in tho Bibles. Several of them
wore reading books obtained from the j
free libraries. A young man who sat!
near the stove and who looked as if!
lie had failed to moke poetry pay, was!
asked his opinion as to the possible!
helpfulness of tho Bibles In the lodg-j
ing-houses. He immediately launched
Into an argument tending to show
that no ono understood tho Rlhle now?
adays and that a secret key was neces?
sary. He denounced Carnogio's last
gift of $10,000,00-0 for peace, and
preached a sermon on socialism. The
other lodgers seemed bored, and ono
of them put. on ond to his discourse
by yelling, "Nix on that chatter, old
cocy wax!"
Both Cases Dismissed.
D, J. Bcasloy was dtsmlsnod yesterday In
Henrich comity by Magistrate T. J. Purycnr
from n charge* of threatening the lifo of
his wife, tho woman withdrawing tho war?
rant.
Willie Jone.?, the colored youth, charged
with a crave offenso itpan sevon-ynar-old
Poland rtyne. white, wm also dismissed on
account of iMufflclont evlilonn?.
'yTIE Laundry Bag says:
"Ever wear a saw around
your neck?
"I've seen collars after two or
three trips to the laundry that
looked just about as comfortable.
"They had 'saw' edges.
"I know the reason, too. It's
because the edge of the fabric
next the neck is turned in
flat and sharp.
"They're made wrong.
"No 'saw' edges on Corliss
Coon collars with their 'gutter
seam.' That means the outside
fabric is turned in over the in?
terlining, making rounded edges.
"They're made right."
Hand
Made \JUl\
7 for 25*
Pleads for Decision According to
Justice and Equities of
Matter.
Washington, .January 24.-?For 111 -
third day the Supreme Court of. tho
United States devoted its attention ex?
clusively to hearing oral argument in
the suit of Virginia to require West
Virginia to hear a portion of the old
Virginia State debt of ?33.000.000.
The first argument was made by for?
mer Attorney-General of Virginia Wm,
A. Anderson, tip asked the court to
decide the case not by the narrow
principles of law, but according to jus?
tice und the equities of the matter,
lit then proceeded to defend Virginia
front the charges uf laches in pressing
Its suit against West Virginia.
Mr. Anderson was followed bv Geo.
W. MeClliitle, on behalf of West Vir?
ginia. \le discussed the details of the
master's report as to the expenditures
of money by Virginia, Jn what Is now
West Virginia, and the amount of
money which the present West Vir?
ginia counties had paid into the old
Virginia Treasury, lie also discussed
that portion of tho report dealing with
the population, area and resources of
i the two States.
luvttatloDM tanned.
[Speclai to The Times-Dispatch. ]
MciCehney, Va.. January 21?Invita?
tions have been received to the mar
riagc of Miss Lucio Thurman Crawfor.i.
daughter of Mrs. Mary Susan Crnw
tord. of Roanoke, to lohn Willis Bas
kervllle, of this place. The ceremony
will take piace at 5 o'clock on Tues?
day, February 7. at Trinity .Methodist
Episcopal Church, it?ah?ke. For the
past three years Miss Crawford has
had charge of the music department of
Surinyside High School here and has
made many friends. Mr. Baskervllle Is
assistant cashier of the Bank of Dln
widdie.
XEW POSITION FOR TRUESDALE,
Iteported He Will He Chnirmnn of
Lackawnnnn I'lnnnro Committee,
Scranton. ,Pa.. .limitary 24.?It Is re?
ported here that the directors of the
Lackawanna Railroad in their next
meeting will take linal action on a
plan whereby William IT. - ruesdalo
will relinquish the presidency of tho
road and become chairman of tin.
finance committee at an increased
salary. The following other changes
are contemplated:
E. E. Loomls. first vice-president and
head of the coal department, to oe
come president; Ii. D. Caldwell, second
vice-president, to become first vice
president; Thomas E, Clarke, general
superintendent, to become, second vice
president and general manager; E. M.
R'ne, superintendent of tho Scranton
division, to become general superin?
tendent; Sidney Stone, superintendent
of the Morris und Essex division, to
become superintendent of the scranton
division; B?nnings, assistant superin?
tendent of the Morris and Essex divi?
sion, to become superintendent of that
! division; Bertram Young, auditor ot
j freight and ticket accounts, with oiuce
I in this city, to be retired on a pension;
Ferguson, of Now fork, auditor of dis?
bursement, to become auditor ot nc.ght
and ticket accounts. Other enauges in?
volving less important ofllciols will
also be made if tho directors adopt trie
plan.
Truesdalo recently received an offer
from the Missouri Paclllc Railroad to
take charge of that lino at a greater
salary than he Is receiving from tho
Lack a wanna. The plan whereby ho
would become head or the finance
committee, it in said., increases Iiis
present salary by at least $25,000 a
year and makes his powers greater
and his duties less burdensome. Clarke,
in becoming general manager of the
road, will fill a position that has been
vacant since Truesdale assumed the
presidency, the last general manager
having been William F. Hallslead, who
died several years ago.
CA It TRUCKS LEFT RAIL
AN1> BLOCKED TRAFFIC
When car No. M2, Broad and Main divis?
ion, Virginia hallway and Power Company.
Rkiddcd last night when it turned the curve
from F.ighth Street into Main, the front
truck left the tracks, tying up traffic tot
about llfteen minutes and delayed the thea
tre-goers who had witnessed the perform*
lance nt the Academy of Music.
I ^Vest-bound cars on Main Street were
I forced to take the route up Ninth Street to
I Broad, thence to Seventh and back to Main.
The oast-bound cars were held up until tho
bno which hnil left the rails had been right?
ed.
Building Permits.
Building and repair permits were iusueJ
yesterday follows:
O. F. Kurfees, to erect one detached two
story frame dwelling on the north side ol
Chaffin Street between Sycaxrioro and Straw?
berry Streets, to cost f2,?;0.
A. Vnlknian, to repair a brick dwelling, C(M
West Marshall Street, to cost $600.
Klngan & Coin pa fly, to repair a brick
warehouse on the west side of Fifteenth
Street between Cnry and'TTloclC Streets, to
cost $S?0. '
Daniel .lames, to repair a frame dwellings
I Sil Virginia Street. Fulton, recently damaged
by lire, to cost $i?<\
Winsion thiles In Hospital.
1Master Winston Clatea, of Bench, V.l., wan
operated on at the Memorial Hospital yes?
terday, nod was reported last nlKht to be
la excellent condition.
I Special to Tin- Times- Dispatch. 1
! Norfolk. Va.. January -I.-?-The Nor?
folk baseball corporation was brgaii
I izeu , to-day by President Williams, of
i Uoanoke'i and officers wore named, as j
follows: President and Treasurer,
bWood?rd Allen; Charles Babb. vice-I
president and manager of tho team;
i I'. B. Howard, secretary. The three
j prtlccrs are the board of. diroctors. and
l Claim to be owners and operators of
j the Club.
Mr, Bald? announced a policy of
youngsters for the team, a 40 cent ad?
mission through to the grandstand;
I The sale of Tide than to the Oakland,
Cab, team was also announced. Ex?
hibition dates as follows were added
to the list: Montreal, April 10 and 11:
Vale, April 14.
For .Martlu and SwmiMon.
rspeclal to The Times-Dispatch.1
Suffolk, Va., January 21.?Assemldv
Delegate .1. E. West, now a candidate
for the State Senate, and ?'olonel R L
Brewer, who aspires to*represent N?h
semond county In the House, have both
declared for Martin and Kwanson.
(Continued From First Page.)
Richmond Automobile Club, and the
Times-Dispatch; R. R. 1'owell. of the
Times- Dispatch.
- ewport News?Horace i-.pps. i.te
, Daily Press; E. W. Mllatead, J. u.
j Weaver, Mayor Mary us .Tones, L. B.
: Manville, O. u. Batchellur, C. L>. Nelms,
I E. M. Braxton. C. K. Weaver. W. E.
I Cottrell, S. O. Bland and E. M. Braxton*.
Hampton?M. C. Armstrong. Frank
Darling, and Judge Edgar Montague.
Williamsburg?Captain I* W. Dane,
Colonel I.. W. Lane, R. Hogue, B. F
Wolfe, E. R. Jones, T. II. Geddy, N. E
Henley, R. E. Henley, H. A. Cooley, W.
A. Montgomery, J. S. Charles, J. H,
Stone, R. E. Spenoon J. B. C. Sponcer,
M. J. Hoover. B. D. Peachy, A. Brooks,
R. T. Armistead, T. G. Peachy, B. D.
Peachy.
James City?Warren Marston, John
A. Barnes. Dr. H. U. Stephenson and
William Ece.
York?J. W. Clements, D. R. Nor
ment. D. A. Powers, \V. K Schcnck,
Captain W. J. Stores, George L. Smith
and William Thomas.
AVarwiek?W. O. Curtis and II. A.
j Campbell.
Others came in later. while the
membership was largely increased
during the day.
A committee on permanent organiza
Good biscuits are largely de?
pendent upon good Baking'
Powder.
!
Thus, Good Luck is really j
bread insurance.
That's why you
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pantry shelf of dis?
criminating house- j
keepers.
Your grocer has j
it.
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Our service is the very best in
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Our stock the greatest of Fine
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Our pharmaceutical laboratory
most modern.
Our pharmacists thoroughly ex?
perienced and licensed.
These features place our Prescrip?
tion service in a rlass by itself?and
the cost is no more.
A specialty of our Prescription
Department?the prompt and care?
ful attention to mail order prescrip?
tions?made up and returned the
same day.
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lion was appointed to select permanent
officers and committees, and to report I
j after tho midday recess. The com?
mittee was composed of M. C. Arm?
strong, chairman; George Adams, of
Old Point; H. B. Goodrich, of Norfolk;
O. D. Batchellor, of Newport News;
J. B. C. Spencer, of Wllllamsburg; G.
L. Smith, of York; John A. Barnes, of
James City; J. A. PottB, of New Kent;
Allen Potts, of Richmond, and J. B.
Hubbard, of Charles City.
L, B. Manvllle was then Introduced,
and outlined his plan for tho proposed
highway, having previously prepared
mups of the route. Ho took his hear?
ers on a trip from Norfolk to Rich?
mond by way of the proposed road.
He impressed upon his audience that
the idea was not "to build a scientific
road, but a good country road," which
ho had ascertained by actual expe?
rience would cost only $250 per mile.
Tho road, ho said, would begin with
the Jamestown Boulevard, a seven
mile strip already built from Pino
Beacli to the ferry, where a double
end ferry would bo provided to tho
Ivy Avenue pier, two miles down Ivy
Avenue to Jefferson Avenue, thence to
Thirty-fourth Street, through War?
wick county to L.ee Hall. Ho proposed
to build a road from Lee null
via Halstead's Point to historic
Yorktown. Tho main roan would con?
tinue west from Dee Hall to Williams
burg, and thence to Richmond by the
old Stage Road, a distance of about
seventy tnllea. Only thirty or thirty
five miles of road between Richmond
and Newport News remain to be built,
which he had found would cost only
? 15,000. The new road Is to bo sand
and clay, and the material for the
work can bo had where wanted. His
estimate of $15,000 wns based on a
thirty-foot roadway, properly graded
and drained.
By Mr. Manville's proposition, cacli
county Is to bear its proportionate
cost, without borrowing money by
bond Issues or Increasing the tax
levies. However, the association did
not commit itself to his plan, but lie
will have the work In charge.
The meeting adjourned it 12 o'clock
to attend a complimentary dinner
given by George B. Adams at the
Colonial Inn. The banquet was a
bountiful one. Polk Miller, of Rich?
mond, was present, and for several
-minutes delightfully entertained the
diners.
Committee Report*.
Immediately after the reassembling
>.f the association at 2:30 the commit?
tee on permanent organization ren?
dered Its report, which was finally
! adopted by unanimous vote.
I The name of the organization is to
t ho the Virginia Peninsula Good Roads
Association, with the following offi?
cers:
Frank W. Darling, of Hampton,
president; Henry T. Wood, president
of the* Richmond Chamber of Com?
merce, first vice-president; II. B. Good
rlch, of Norfolk, second vice-president:
J. B. C. Spencer, of WilUamabnrg, third
vice-president; W. E. Cottrell. of New?
port News, secretary, and George B.
Adams, of Old Point, treasurer.
Ferry committee, whose duties shall
be to see that proper ferry facilities
are provided between Norfolk and New?
port News?II. B. Goodrich, chairman;
W. H. Taylor, E. C. Hathaway. IT. H.
Trice, Guy 3. Webb, all of Norfolk.
From Newport News?Walter Ldve?y,
G. N. Wise. E. M. Braxton.
Tho roads committee is composed of
seven divisions, one from each county
connected with the. association. They
are to be made up of the members of
the county boards of supervisors, tho
Commonwealth's attorneys and onei
member from each district in the coun?
ty, the citizen members to bo chosen
by tlte president.
The executive committee, of which
L. B. Manvllle was appointed chair?
man, is to be composed of the chair?
men of the several county committees,
and tho regular officers of the associa?
tion arc to be ex-oflicio members.
The chairman of tlte association was
given tho power to name such othei
committees as should be found neces
j sar'y from time to time. The expenses
of tho organization are to be met with
a membership fee of $1.
General Dl-u'tmslon.
General discussion followed the per?
manent organization of the association,
among those who made enthusiastic
and encouraging addresses being J. W.
Cloments and D. R. Normcnt, members
of tho Board of Supervisors of York;
Captain W. J, Stores and E. C. Rowley,
of York; Warren Marston and -John A.
Barnes, members of tho James City
ubttnty Board of Supervisors; J. A.
Potts, of New Kent; R. T. Armistead,
of Williamsburg, and others, all pledg?
ing their support to the movement
launched here to-day.
The formation of the Virginia Penin?
sula Good Roads Association Is the
outgrowth of tho activities of the New?
port News Chamber of Commerce, of
whlrfi S. O. Bland Ib president. It is
hut part of a gnerai plan to build h
modern public highway between Wash?
ington, D. C, and Norfolk, by the Pe
1 ninsula route. This* will make all the
places of historical interest accessible
! to tourists, as well as affording an
easy moans of communication between
the localities through which the road
will pass. By co-operation the road
iit within the rcafih of_tho counties and
cities Intorested without bond Issue?
' or assuming heavy financial responsi?
bilities, L?. R. Manvllle. of Newport
News, has already built such roads
as proposed in Warwick county, and
makes tho assertion, based on actual
experience, that ho can' duplicate bis
work at $250 per mile, and that the
sum of $15,000 will make a good road
between tho cities of Newport News
and Richmond. County boards of su?
pervisors will bo asked Ifl borrow
money from tho bank on short time
notes to meet the expense of the high?
way.
Resolutions wore adopted hy stand
in* voto thankina the Newport News
Chamber of Commerce for creating: in
I terest in the meeting-, the city and
I county for the use or the courthouse,
j George B. Adams for the complimen?
tary dinner, and the press for'lts in?
terest on behalf of the movement for
good roads.
Member* Enrolled.
Among those who were enrolled a?
members wore:
R. T. Armistcad, L. B. Manville, H.
B. Goodrich, T. H. Geddy. Maryus Jones,
j Ri Ij. Spencer. wl A. Montgomery, M.
C. Armstrong. Allen Potts, Geo. F
Adams. John A. Barnes. S. O. Bland, D,
! Warren.Marston, Elliott Braxton, N. IX ?
Jlonley, J. B. O. Spencer. C. K. Weaver.
I R- E. Henley, T. G. Peachey. IT. N.
Schenck, Geo. L. Smith. J. Clomonts,
I F. II. Bull, J. B. Weaver. J. W. Jones.
; Richard Hoguc, .1. E. Hubhard, H. N.
Stevenson, L. W. noberls, B. A.
Peachey, D. A. Powers, E G. Tyler,
Rev., E. Ruflln Jones. Dr. VanT. Gar
rett, .1. C. Warburton, Guy Webb. H.
A. Co?ley, Horace Eppes, L. W. Dane.
Jr., F. W. Darling. B. B. Burns. J. II.
Stone. R. E. Stead. W. II. Taylor. Jr.,
D It. Nornmnt. R. W. Mahone, Spencer
Lane. Jr., W. E. Cottrell, lt. R. Powell,
E. C. Rowley. Henninghan Harrison.
Thornton. Jones. J. C. Pilkington, F. R.
Savage, J. W. Stores. J. E. Innman, J.
A. Potts, .1. T. Crute. R. F. Wolf. Edgar
X. Helsebeck, O. D. Batchelor.
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