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Social and ersona i also visited her home in Ich ving for it at several during j honor <>f Furni: the house s. Charles past weck, MISS E LS IIS WISbLlp?fiD. of "8a. blue mil," Richmond county, who .'-pent several weeks In this city recently au the gueut of Mrs. William Northrop, is now visiting friends In Baltimore for the month of Mtnt'li,^ Miwh Wcllford Miss Ml hi red Foster at Alexandria previous to Baltimore, and was gin functions given in her licr. visit to that city# A i Hie rnivcrr.lty. Miss Luuy iMiiinliigton. vl.lJi . V;i? who has been guest ,,r < !olon'el am} Mr Whigo in this city for the left Tuesday morning for the Urilvcrs: By of Virginia, where she will visit! Ill tho home of Profesoor Dunning- I ton Miss Dunnington will remain at tin university .for several weeks be? t?re returning to her home in Farm? vjlle. A ;>;??> ohchtut* Wt'ddlugw. 'I'ln marriage, of Miss Rebecca No'.' i ja Levering', duughtei' of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Plus Levering, to William Win? chester White, son of tho late Char lea Bldgely White hjuJ Mm. White, of Baltimore, will take place on Tuesday. April is. at ? o'clock, In the home of the bride's parents in Baltimore. Hamilton Fairfax, or New York, has nnnounced the engagement of his daughter. Kathcrlue Vun Rcnsselacr, to II. Sehu.vler Cam mann, also of New York, Tho wedding will take place j at Kanter in d nee Church! New York.' Tho announcement is of much inter- ', est, to Virginia society', the brldc-clcct' being widely relate.1 in this Slate. Miss! Falrfarx is a nttco of Henry Fairfax, of | Oak IIIU, Loudoun county, Vn. I'lnttforc itelieraol Postponed. The Pinafore roher;;al seheduled fori this evening has been postponed until' to-ntorrow evening owing to the in- ' clemency of the wcuthor. All taking purl are asked to attend promptly. Ten Boom Hostcnncs. Tin- hostesses at the tea room hi the palm garden of the Jefferson Hotel for ihL afternoon will be Mrs John Hayes. Mrs. William Butherfoord and Mr.?. Godwin Boykln. VI?>!ln Bed tab A very attractive program has been arranged for Saturday afternoon jpit the young Men's Christian Association auditorium, when the members of the violin classes of the i [eqnembourg School of Music will gave n recital TIia children range In age from five to twelve years, and ihc afternoon prom- | Isen 10 he a very pleasant one to those Interested in children's work. The members of the class are ah followy; Class No. I -Mary Lackland, Fllzabr th Balte-... m. Franclu August. Benjamin! I-i< Class No. " ? Kathcrlue Be? lnif.-. i'o< ?hont??'! Wright, Helen? Luce, Lllkuhcth Wood. Grace'Christian, William Wood, Bd ward Whltehead, ?Lavid ConstlRO and Jr^U Tayloi. Iiridce Party nt Jefferson Club. The bridge parties that are held every week on Thursday afternoon at the Jefferson Club have been among Used for Generations The Dunlop Mills; RichmQn^ Opening display of New Spring Nliliiricrvr The Best in FURNITURE Always Sydnor & Hundley, Inc. Boys' $6,00 Reefers, $3.29 LADIES' TAILOR AND SUIT MANUFACTURER, S. W. Corner Seventh 2nd Franklin Streets, Opp. P. O. Madison 5175. Monroe 1035 TEL.- ^x^sc>r#Zif?tfj^ Hofheimer la new located In bis nerr utore, N. W. CORNER TlUHD AND BROAD. $1. FOR $3.50 SOLID OAK ROCKER. Well made and finely finished; saddle teat; extraordinary value at $1.89 Hopkins Furniture Co. 7 and 9 W. Broad Street, -Our Bread has a homelike flavo.v Best ingredients, improved facilities expert bakers are the "reasons why." 516 Ess* Marshall Street, 501 West Broad Street "Stop Cookiua the Cook.' Buy "Direct Action Gas Ranges. Best in the world at any price. RYAN, SMITH & COMPANY ??wit* Sale of Cuff Pins Many beautiful designs in Gold-Plated Cuff Pins. Tins ?special constitutes all of our 25c stock. Special while 1 A they labt . . lUC rnnr"1* ff j the handsomest a ffairs of the winter. I This week the bridge party will tnk? l place on Friday afternoon Instead of |thls afternoon- The game begina I promptly at .'1:30 o'clock, j AI Vlrjt-lnlu Beach Mr. and Mrs. Walter Christian, of 313 South Third Street, are spending 'some time at Fine Top Lodge. Vir ? [ gin la Beach- Among other guests at j PI no Top Lodge Is Miss EllzabcM? ; Fltthcf; also of Richmond. Miss Flsh I er will return to the city the latter ; part of the week. I WnnbluKton Wrddlnu. Invitations were sent out yesterday ' by the German ambassador and Count ess Von tternstoriff, of Washington, D. j C. for the marriage ceremony and re | caption of their daughter. Oouiitesa Alexandra, to Count Raymond Pour talcs, of the German embassy staff. The bride, who Is one of the great? est favorites Washington society has known, has selected as bridesmaids Miss Alys Meyer, daughter of the bso retury of the Navy; Miss Llslo Ahl rich, daughter of Senator Aldtieh; Miss Mary Koutherland. daughter ot Rear admiral Southcrland. and Miss Cecilia May, whose own engagement to Ro? bert Da con was announced a week ago. Count Pourtales and his bride will ?all for Ocrmany March 30. Admiral Webster to Lecture. Admiral Webster gives an illustrate ed lecture this evening at S:15 o'clock la tho lrcture room of the Seventh Street Christian Church. Admira. Webster's subject will bo "China?Its Custuins and Cotum<*es " In and Out of Town. Miss Merle IHrshburK, of Philadel? phia, is vlfMting Miss Edna Heller, of 1&23 West Grace Street Mrs. M. R. Gilbert, of New York, is spending some time in thl3 city as the guest of relatives. Mrs I N. .loucs 13 visiting her fath? er, Or- Turner, at his home at Lancxa, Va. Miss Burford, Miss Charlotte and Miss Frances Bemlss have returned to Richmond, after spending several days at Virginia Beach. Mrs John Skelton William?, who has been the guest of Dr. and Mrs Tun Btall liaylor, in Baltimore, has re? turned to the city. Bishop Robert A. Gibson, who has been visiting relative? in Staunton for a few days, Itas returned to Richmond. Miss Kathcrine Robinson, of this city, Is the guest of Miss Elizabeth Ooghltl, In Frederieksburg. ?lames Tucker, of California, is spendtiig several weeks with his ne? phew. Dr. Beverly R. Tucker, at '.'OS Last Franklin Street Miss Loulle Taylor, who has been a gu;t>t of relatives in Richmond, has returned to her home .in Westmore? land county. Miss Maggie Dabncy hap reurncd to the city, after a visit to relatives in Caroline. Mr. and Mrs 11. G. Northrop have returned to Fredericksburg, after j brief stay in this city. j. Miss Emrria Salley, who has been at the Johnston-Willis Hospital for treat? ment, lias returned to N"W-pe?a News. Mrs. Frank Dabncy. of Caroline county, arrived in Blchmond Monday to spend sonic time with relatives. Mrs. Hannah Straus, who has been visiting in the North for the past win? ter, has returned to the. city. Miss Alcne Baker, who has been visiting friend* here, has returned tu her home In Norfolk county. Miss Ro.-alie Milnes, who has been visiting in Norfolk, spent the past week-end as the guest of Mrs. P.eid, at Virginia Beach. Miss Virginia Tyler, of this city, is visiting Mies Mattle Young for sev? eral weeks, in Frederlcksburg. Mrs- M. L. Anderson has returned to Richmond, after spending several days with friends In Roapoke. Miss Anne Str?ding. who is the guest of Mrs. R. A. Wainwright in Nor? folk, will arrive in Richmond to-day to visit friends. 1 Misses Augustine Allen and Mary Bilisoly have returned to Virginia jj.ic.ich. after visiting the Misses llar ' ward, in litis city. Miss Elizabeth Walker, who has been** visiting at Roxbury, Va., has ro ? turned to the city. BOYS KIM) MISSLVt. TRIO BY EXPIiOBIiXG DEEP CAVE (Special to The Tlm*>k-Dispatcu. I llurrifonburg. Va.. March S.---From Cue ;itt|e village of Quicksburg, Shen undoah county, eoipes an unusual story. A day or two ago Mr. and Mrs. James Sllvns and Dick Fawley, tenants on the A. C. Neff farm, mysteriously disap? peared. Twenty-four hours afterwards Eni molt Tucker, Charles Emswiicr and Len Wllliapis. taking u cue from a missing lantern, went into a big cave in the neighborhood, In search of the party. Far into the cave the three people were found-?cold, hungry and In utter deRPafr. They told their story. They said that their lentern had gone out and they had lost their way, and, becoming exhausted, had sat down to await their fate. The three boys led them back to open daylight and safoty. The cavo is Just across the valley from tho famous Luray Covern?, and is one of tho numerous small caves in this section of the State. The only access to this is by means of a ropo ladder, it wbs but the merest accident that the boy-4 decided to mako a- search in the cave for the ruledng people. lojurlcn Prove Fatal. iSpcclal to The Times.Dispatch, j Lexington, Va.. Match X>.?Robert Buyer, aged fhlrly-eight years, u saw? mill owner and operator, was found dying near his plant yesterday at Nat? ural Bridge. He fell against the car? riage and Injured his head, and when found whs unconscious. He. died before medical did could arrive. He was a jnuj,lve of fc'oiHh Buffulo, KqclibrldBQi Speaker Dowd Expresses Him? self as Well Pleased With Its Work. CHANGE IN MACHINERY ACT Charters by State?Wake County t-j Have Agricultural Instructor. ISpcclal to The Tlmes-Dispa tch.) .Raleigh, N. c. March 8.?it was 2:30 p clock this afternoon when the gavels of the President of tho Senate and tho Sj)e.-iker of the House of Represen? tative* fell simultaneously for tile final adjournment of the ir?ll session of tho North Carolina General Assembly, this haying been the sixty-fourth day of the session; four days more than the Constitution ?Of the State would allow tin- members pay for. This adjournment followed the ratification of the final batch of nets and resolutions passed by the Assembly, there having been passed anil duly ratified during tho session 1.4H0 acts and 55 resolutions. Compared w ith this work for the sc*- | sion just adjourned, it is interesting to note that the 1009 session passed and ratified 1,310 bills and 5G resolutions. In discussing the work of the (Jen era) Assembly. Speaker Dowd said this afternoon that this General Assembly has fully justified his expression In tho beginning of the sess'on that this was one of the very ablest und best Legis? latures the State has ever had. It has tak*?n good care, he said, of all tho State's Interests that needed taking care of. anil has imposed no hardships on any part of Its worthy citizenship. Me added that the people of tho State may well be congratulated on tho legislative conditions at the close of this session of the General Assembly. Lieutenant-Governor Nowlands. pre? siding officer of the Senate, roncurred in this estimate of the outcome of tho legislative session just closed. equalization of Tn.vntion. it is a notable fact that the new machinery act for the application of the revenue ''lcl ?f 'he Legislature just adjourned adds JSOO'per year coch to THE GREATEST results in cases of weak di? gestion are obtained from SCOTT'S EMULSION because when ordinaj7 foods do not digest, it provides the needed nourishment in highly concentrated form. mulsion is so easily digested that its strength is rapidly absorbed by the youngest babe or most delicate adult. SCOTT'S EMULSION is the food that strengthens the race, all druggists or relatives?let them see just how you look to-day. Send them a photograph of yourself or family, 'and send them the best photo? graph obtainable. You'll lind them at Foster's for Photographs all the time. 112 North Ninth Street. Spring Opening For Ladies. ?E. Enders and Son, Merchant Tailors repre-enUni? the Ladies' New York Tailoring Co., of Fifth Avenue. Is now ready to take your order (or tine ladles' bond-made suits Workmanship, style and finish guaranteed. Call und in? spect our suitings and our latest fashionable show plates of Paris. New York. f>04 B. Main St. "ASK MR. BOWMAN' VIRGINIA TAXI SERVICE CO. Special Suit and Fur Values at Baylor-YarborougU Co?'s, 207 East Broad FURNITURE COMPANY SPECIAL SALE 14?9 E. Main St. 117 W. Broad St. in iiiwmiinamiHiumi mm It is better not to be without Butter Nut Bread NOLDE BROS. Drink Panacea Mineral Spring Water Every bottle, cork and cap sterilized before filling. OWENS 6c MINOR DRUG CO., Richmond, yd, th" salaries of tho members of tho Corporation Commission on account ol increased duties that the machinery bill requires of them, ue a State tax commission' These duties Include the appointment In April of each year of a county tux assessor in ?ach county, personal visits on the part of members of the commission to each of the coun? ties to instruct the assessor and the assistant assessors in the townships tind town wards, and the general super? vision of the assessment work the State over, including equalization of] the standards of/ property valuations in lite respective counties. Thte is the. most decided change that the Leglsla- | ture made In the taxing system, and was a compromise between tho leaders i who insisted on a Separate State, tax commission for immediate radical steps to equalize tax valuer- in the counties, or ruther between the counties, and those who believed that the advance to equitable basis should be gradual, j and through the present commission; This is the year for general reassess? ment of real estate in North Carolina, : which recurs every fourth yeur> and very considerable advances arc ox- t pected to be made, in real estate values, and the purpose Is to force a number of counties now considered to have especially low standards of valuation ] (or taxes to ruise them materially. Charter of New?pupcr. Application came to tho Secretary of State to-day for a chartc;* for the Greensboro Dully Nows Company, of Greensboro, tho stoeltholers being tho purchasers of the good will and plant i from the former management that sold ', out to W. A. Hlldcrbrund. George tri. j Crater and others January 25. The new corporation lias $10,000 capital paid In and 1100.000 authorized. The incor porators aj-c W. A. Hiblerbrand, Goo. B. Crater and Chas. II. McNIght. The corporation is authorized to do a gen? eral newspaper publishing business. Another charter issued to-day was for the Merchants* and Farmers' Bank, of Landls. Rowan county. The capital Is S?",.OOo authorized und tlOjiau subscrib? ed by B. O. Ed wards, '). It. Neal and others. Tho two nnhied are to be re? spectively president and cashier of the bank, when organized. Another charter was for the Standard Boiler and Ma? chine Works (Inc.), Greensboro; capi? tal. $125,000 authorized, and $5,000 sub? scribed by O. C. Wysong and others. Wake county leads off with an inno? vation in the way of agricultural ad? vancement, in that its representatives procured from tho General Assembly ;i special act for empowering the County Commissioners and the County Board of Education to provide nn ugri-j cultural Instructor for the county, at a salary of $1.600. lie Is to carry on demonstration work in the various sec? tions of the county, and devote consid? erable time to the agricultural instruc? tion in the rural schools. In fact, tho plan is to have much, if not all, of tho demonstration carried on in connection with and in co-operation with the pub lit: schools. Tho political conventions of both parties indorsed such a de? parture in the last campaign. The presidents of Meredith College, St. Mary's School and Peace Institute here have, gone to Greenville. S. C, to attend the annual convention of the Association of Presidents of Colleges for Women in North and South Caro? lina. PENAR.TH AGAIN DELAYED. Libel Filed by llificbarged Seaman as Venne! I? About to Sail. Norfolk, Va.. March 8.?l'urther com plications arose to-day. delaying de parturo of the British steamship Pe? uarth. which had been held here on demurrage since Saturday, by refusal to put to sea of pine members of hej crew, whose charges that the ship was cyerloaded were held to be unfounded last night by a British naval court which discharged the men with for? feiture of pay. As the vessel was about to sail late to-day a libel against her for wages due was tiled In the Fed? eral court here by John Storey or Overtop, one of the discharged mem? bers of the crow, who, declaring him? self a citizen of the United States, re? pudiated the right of a British court to Pass upon his cu3e, and appealed for trial by a United Stales court. The claim is for six pounds and fourteen shillings. The. libelant says he has been left destitute and penniless by tho action of the British naval court. A deputy United States marshal hastened on a tup; to attach the Penarth before hIic could sal) from Lambert's Point, and caught her. The Penarth will proba? bly get away to-morrow, after giving bond. SUPREME COURT OPINIONS. Decisions in Fifteen Appeal? Handed Down by Vorth Carolina Tribunal. (Special to The Times-Dispatch.] Raleigh. N. C, March S.?Opinions were handed down as follows in the Supreme Court this afternoon, there being a total number of fifteen: State vs. "Richmond Cedar Works, from Tyrrell, error; State vs Euba uks. Horn Craven, affirmed; Hordison vs. Reel, from Pantileo, no error; Jones vs Biggs, from pamlico. affirmed; Tripp vs. Harris, from Pitt, affirmed: Ricks vs. Wilson, from Pitt, affirmed: Daven? port vs. Fleming, from Pitt, affirmed; Morton vs. Blades Lumber Company, from Craven, affirmed: Baxter vs Southern Jobbing Company, from (.'raven, docketed and dismissed under rule 17: State vs. Bunk Rollins, from Anson. docketed and dismissed under rule 17: State vs. .lames Home, from Anson. docketed and dismissed under rule 17; Register Company vs. Lewis, from Edtreeombe. affirmed: Black vs Carter, from Craven, affirmed; Stephen son vs. Bailey, from Wilson, affirmed' Champion VS. Seaboard Air Line Rail? way, from Edgecombe. affirmed. ELK* ELECT OFFICERS. C. It. William* Named as Exalted nqler of Fioanoke Lodge. (Special to The Times-Disuatelbl Roanoke. Va., March 8.?Last night Roanoke Lodge of Elks met for the purpose of electing officers for the year, and it was after midnight when the meeting adjourned. As 1,?, custom? ary, all of the officers were advanced one place. The officers elected are: C. R. Williams, exulted ruler: W. M. Peters, esteemed leading knight; A. J. Weaver, esteemed loyal knight: S. K Snedegar, esteemed lecturing knight: James McFall. secretory; If. A. Pratt, treasurer: S. E. Crap, tiler; E- C. Wat? son, delegate to the Grand Lolgerw/ar rcn Weliford, alternato; M. L- Carter, trustee. With one exception the precedent of tho ledge was carried out, that being the election of the delegate to the Grand Lodge. Heretofore the euntom has been for the rotlring exalted ruler to bo chosen delegate, hut this was de? parted from, and Dr. Watson was cJiO' sen by n flattering vote. Tito officers will he instajlod on the night of the t-cuoud Tuesday in April. Conditions Again Normal. fSpecial to The Times-Dispatch. 1 Blucks'burg, Va., March S.~-Affairs at the V. P I. have renumed their nor? mal condition, and the students ur* busy yvlfli tin? second term cxamitiiV tlous, which begin thia week. GOGORZA GIVEN E?mcs Falls Into Iiis Anns as Mc Alights From Train. NOBILITY SEES EMBRACE Famous Singer Oblivious to .Tlirohg as Their Lips Meet. London, March 8, ?A tall and beauti? ful woman hurried through the ISuston Station and out to the platform half an hour before the Lusitaiiia special ! from Liverpool was due. She was liv ' tensely agitated, but the agitation was that of expectant Joy. She paced up land do\\n the platform. At times her ' face lighted up with an anticipatory smile. 1 '"(? a time another woman, evidently j her companion, tried to keep pace with .her march: but the pace was prohibi? tory, and she stopped, breathless, con? tenting herself with a word or two oevry time the happy beauty went by. By the time the train with the Lusi tanla's passengers from America pulled into the station the crowd had become Interested in the 'mysterious happiness of the woman, whose dramatic manner? isms ied to the belief that she was more than a star?perhaps a planet?of the stage. And this surmise was truo. for the woman was Mine. Emma Barnes. The few who recognized her spread the news, and soon the station was In that state which-would be called "agog" i if the word were permissible. The whistle of the approaching train I brought the beauty to a slop. Sho moved near to the edge of the plat? form Her dramatic, and expressive hands sought each other In a clasp of emotional suspense. The passengers j were getting out of the coaches and heing swallowed up by little groups of welcoming friends. Suddenly the diva, who was now tho j focal point of every eye, as if she had beep under a spotlight, tittered a cry? not a little, foolish, insignificant cry, but a real, welling, musical, grand opera cry, guaranteed to carry to the farthest gallery. A tall, handsome man had just stepped to the platform from one of the coaches. It was Lmijlo do GOgdrza, the baritone. That cry was for him. They (lew at each other. Ills baggage dropped from his hands. He opened his capacious arms. Her arms were around his neck. He embraced her. ")lon Cher!" Orlen the Diva. "Mon eher!" cried Mine, Eatnes. Kid reply wan stifled in tho intensity of the embrace. Their lips met. Time passed. People began to won? der. A horrd oil man, standing nearby, took out his watch- The incoming passengers and their friends stoppe?! chattering to look upon the most won? drous kiss of the age. The solemn thought Impressed every one that a record was holng broken. Soon the Kundry kiss was distanced. The Cannon kiss wan passed at the lirst. quarter. The "Merry Widow" kiss be , canto an "also ran." I And Elinor Glyn was looking on. j She had come to the station to meet j sonic friends, but had left off talking to thepi to witness the little platform dra mu. l.ndy Maidstonc Wu Watching. Arnold Daly, the Princess Hatzfeld and Lady Muldstone-, with her hus? band and her father, Anthony .1. Drexel, who had come to meet Mrs. James 11. Smith, were^ among the other intersted spectators. At last it was over. Mme. Eames 30 ft Bowels? Biggest organ of the body?the bowels?and the most important? It's got to be looked after?neglect means suffering and years of misery. CASCARETS help nature keep every part of yonr bowels clean and strong?then they act right?means health to your whole body. i ?u CA8CARET8 toe a. box for a week's treat? ment. All dmegUta. Biggest teller In the world ? Million boxe? ? month. confidence of our thousands of patrons?maintained by unequalled facilities to render the best Optical service obtainable?is our most valued possession. Prescription Wor?; Our Specially GOOD FOR THE EYES TheS. Optical Co, MAIN AND BROAD AND -and? EIGHTH THIRD Kodak Headquarters I hav* Just finished two bottles of your blood purifier. Mliam. and the good It n?i done mc Is something groat. E ? CHAIS?. 302 .. Clay St.. Richmond. Va. Feb. 17, 1S10. Dressed Lumber, Flooring. Ceiling, Weather Boarding, Moulding, etc. One piece or carloady. If You Don't Get Yours Here Are Three Propositions: Can You Wear Any of These Sizes? 8, %*A, 9 or 10. They are S6.00 Shoes. Patent, vici and dull. Well made. Good block. New shoes. This AT week, a pair. High-Class Edwin Clapp Men's Shoes S6.00, $6.50 and $7.00 regular prices. No better shoes made in this country. All leathers. All sizes. This week, a pair. $4.95 A First-Class $5.00 Men's Shoe One of the best makes on the market. Always sold at S5.00, and a real bargain at that. All leathers. All C*c% QF* sizes. This week, a pair. 11 WEST BROAD suddenly noticed that they were bcinS observed, and she became indignant, expressing the opinion that they could not leave. London too quickly. Her companion, who whs Miss Fanny Fetrldgc. secretary to the diva, then also received a kiss of greeting from De Gogorsja, She patted his back with sympathetic joy. While, the baritone searched for hl3 trunks, Mine, chimes remained tit his side. Neither would discuss the plana for their wedding or the report that they had been forced to settle $100,0(>e upon Do Gogorzu's former wife, now in New York. WILL <JO TO ASHLAND. Frcucrlokjtburj? Mud Appoluted Itull" rnnd Agent?Other Xcng, [Special to The Timos-Dlapatclh] Fredericks burg; Va., March 8.?Ed? win Hi Whltehouse, of this city, has been appointed ticket agent at Ash? land for tb Richmond and Chesupeakfc Boy Railroad Company, ;uul will mull* i ills homo there I T. B. S-pdttswood, of Orange county, I was here to-day on his way to his old I home in Orange county, after spending j tour yeara in Panama in connection 1 with the work on the Panama Canal, j Mr. Spottswood is an expert oh powder ? and has been In tne service of the i I United Slates government in that ca ! pacity. The. Eastern Stuf Chupter, a Masonic order of women of this city, haw elect? ed the following officers: Mrs. Maurice lIRsh, worthy matron; C U. Howard, j worthy patron; Mrs. J. P. Stiff, asso. : elate matron; Mrs. W. H..Brullo. con? ductor; Mrs. Guy T. Cross, associate conductor; bliss Eula Herfderson, sec- I rctary; Miss Annie Mycr. treasurer. DR. J. P. N1*)FF APPOINTED. Will Conduct State Summer School to Be Held at Fredcrleksburg. (Special to The Times-Dispatch. ] Fredericksburg, Va., March 8.-?Dr. J. P. Neff, superitnendeut of city schools 'of Staunton. has been appointed to con? duct the State Summer School to bo held at Fredericksburg, June 27 to July 2$, 1011. Dr. Neff has been connected with summer schools ill some capacity for the past ten years. He is known to the teachers of the Erederlcksburg section of the State by having been instructor at the Fredericksburg Summer School for the. post live years President E. H. Russell and Pro? fessor A- B. Chandler will render every possible assistance to the school, and there is every mason to believe that the. summer school o. toil will surpass all that have prece- i it, not only in attendance, but ip efficiency. The fundamental purpose of the school will be. to give preparation on the subjects of the first, second and third grade certificates. Aside from the primary methods, reading, music and manual training, professional work will be. eliminated and all ener? gies concentrated on the main purpose us stated above. Stato teachers' examinations will he j held in connection with the school, July 20, 27 and 2$. CHARTERS ISSUED Charters were issued yesterday by the State Corporation Commission as follows: Frederick Telephone Company. Win? chester, incorporators: I Funkhouser. president, Lebanon. Va.; IS. It. Mc? Donald, secretary, Middlctown. Va.; II. I A. Richards, treasurer, Stephens City, Va.; George Branner, Star hens City. Va. capital stock: Maximum, $600; min? imum, $500. Objocts and purposes: Operate a telephone line. Tbc Shores Motor Company. Inc., Wythevlllc. Inoorporutors: A. C. Moore, president; L. C. Poole, vice president; W. S. Moore, secretary und treasurer?all of Wythevlllc, Capital stock: Maximum. $10,000; minimum, $2.000. Objects und purposos: Automo? bile business. The Altavista Brick Company. Inc., Altavista. Incorporators: H. T. Walker, president; K. L, Jones, vice-president ? both of Altavista; p. F. Moore, secre? tary and troasurer, Raeford, N. C. Cap? ital stock: Maximum. $10,000; mini? mum, JS.000. Objects and purposes: Manufacture bricks. Th- F er? Publishing Company, Inc., Richmond. Incorporators: J. O. Barrett, president ; C, IS. Harrison, vice president; C. J. Rostrup, sec.rr.lary and treusurer?all of Richmond. Capital stock; Maximum. $11,000; minimum. $3.000, Objects und purposes: printing business. Bui Air Hotei ompany. Ine... New Custl . Incorporators: J, P. Caidwell, president; Charles R. Reynolds, vice president: T. If. iTowerton, secretary; B. R. Caldwoll, treasurer?all of New Castle. Capita' OCK5 Maximum, $25. 000; minimum. $10,000. Objects and purposes: Operate u hotel, Alexander Candy Company, Tnc, Portsmouth. tticorporators: James Alexander, president: C. B. Packer, secretary: W. M Watklns, treasurer all of Portsmouth, Va. Capital stock: Maximum, $15,000; minimum, $5,n0'j. Objects and purposes: Candy business. The Worth El-ctrlc Vehicle Com? pany, Inc.. Richmond. Incorporators: Herman C. Schmidt, president; E w. Cole, vlco-pretdde.pt; D. W. Richards, secretary and ti a?rcr-^?ll of Rieh? oiopd. Capital stock: Maximum. S25.00O; minimum, 95.0^0. Objects und pur? poses: Automobile business. An amendment was authorized to (he charter of the- Pierce Lumber and Manufacturing Company, Inc., of Lynchbnrg. Increasing the maximum capital stock from $50,000 la $75,000, The charter of the Burton .system, Inc... of R'chmond, was ,'evlved, the maximum* capital stock being placer] at $100,000; the minimum at $50,000, i and tho par vii1"? of shares at $50 I The principal oificrf . in Bichmond. Butter Beans A real delicate, small, ten? der, fine garden flavor. 13c can. Hermann Schmidt Monroe 101. 504 East Broad Street PIANOS. Oldest in America. Best in the World. Fifth aqd Grace Streets. Heaters at 20% Discount Jones Brothers & Co., 1418 East Main Street Factory Clearance Sale ?NOW ON Rountree Trunk Store, ' 703 East Broad Sutherland & Cherry Special?Odds and ends Id Furnitur?* Iron Bede, Mattings, Stoves, etc CfoesR te cicso them out. 810 mi as r broad. " Lucca Olive Oil " IN EVERY ANTRY WHERE PURITY PREVAILS. CHASIE TRAFER!, Importer Mad. 4220. 500 West Main St. iiaihtitn. tact? i?" Kitchen Cabinets will lessen kitcijen labor. Try one. Sold by Fourth and Broad. mmM Good as the Name. Virginia Made WILTSHIRE'S 1009 E. Main St. Electrical Shoe Shine 5c A T. pRAY CIGAR COMPANY'S STORE. 836 E. Main Street, ?yoii i? I. ? ii. i ? i ;be? HAVE YOU SEEN THE i AT Pettit & Co.'s? Special midwinter prices for re? upholsiering parlor suites. You can pay us in wccMy or i monthly installments.