The times dispatch. [volume], July 15, 1911, Image 10

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Great Reduc?
tion Sale Of
9
air
ocas!
Desirable high-grade Hair Goods reduced
to HALF and LESS THAN HALF PRICE
$2.50 and $2.98
Cluster Puffs
$1.50
MrMv* First quality natural hair, in a
'^=.>' good range of shades.
$5 and $5.98 d?Q CA
Cluster Puffs ?PO.OU
Extra size, first quality hair, in a good assort?
ment of shades.
$2 2 4-i nch
Straight Switches *K * ?
Of good quality hair; all shades.
$3.50 and $3.98
Cluster Puffs
$2.50
Fine, glossy hair; nearly all
shades.
1
$3 Straight
Switches .... *K *?
26 inches long; fine and glossy.
15c
25c Hair Nets ..
Extra large size to cover the entire head.
Mrs. Houchings Will Remain at
Institution for Needy Con?
federate Women.
Mr?. I. M. Houchings, protege of R.
E. Lee Camp of Confederate Veterans,
Who was dismissed from the Home for
Needy Confederate Women In April for
failure to abide by the rules of the
Institution, has been reinstated as an
inmate, and has agreed to remain and
to abide by the rules of the Institu?
tion.
At last night's meeting of Lee Camp,
.JRev. James Power Smith; D. D., as
spokesman for the special committee
appointed to acquaint Mrs. Houchings
and the authorities of the home with
the recent action of the camp, 'made
a report. Dr. Smith stated that on
July lb a. meeting was held, nt which
the members of the executive board
of the home. Mrs. Houchings and the
members of the camp's special com- ]
mitte?- wore present At that meeting
an explanation of her relation to the
camp and the home was fully made.
He said that following/the conference
the executive board of the home agreed
to permit Mrs. Houchings to remain
until October, when it will take linal
action on the matter. It seems likely
now that she will remain permanently.
Continues A piiropriatlon.
Without a dissenting voice, the re?
port of the committee was adopted, and
it was ordered spread on the minutes.
This action means the ringing down Of
the curtain on the little tragedy which
for a. lime threatened to cause strained
relations between R. E. Leo Camp and
the Home for Needy Confederate Wo?
men. The camp then unanimously
agreed to continue the annual appro?
priation of $250 toward the support
Of the home.
Mrs. Houchings wns placed In thei
home !>v tfie* eanjp Liter, when called
upon to-.'asrtst in washing dishes and j
performing other tasks around the
place, she rebelled on the ground that
She was maintained by the Confederate'
veterans and would not have to abide
by the rules as did the other inmates'
of that Institution.
Charges were preferred against Mrs
Houchings and were sustained, with
the. result that she was suspended by
the board of managers. An investiga?
tion was started by the camp and a
special committee was appointed to as?
certain the fact.* Nothing was ad?
duced which reflected on the character
or veracity of Mrs Houchings. She
simply misunderstood her position.
BIDDING PUMPS
tVnter Committee Proposes to Increase
Standplpe Mipply.
Bids were opened last night by the
Council Committee on Water for In
Hailing two new electrically driven
pumps to increase the stajidplpn sup?
ply for the western part of the city
Several bids were rejected as not be?
ing In conformity with the specifica?
tions, or not Inclosing the certltlei!
check requited
The following were listed- Sydnor
Pump and Well Company. t.*..7f.f?: W. P.
Longworth & Co., 16.590; Smith-Court'
riey Company, $4,401; Dravo-Doylo
Company, city specifications, $6.491': al?
te; mate bid or. their own specifications;
$5.57.1: ?!. L Lindsay (Inc.), $5,110.20.
The bids were referred to :? sub?
committee consisting of Messrs Miles.
Besehen and Hut., r, w;tii Consulting
Elnglneer Trafford and Superintend* >|t
Davis, for report at a special met?
ing
COST TOO GREAT
Proposals t?.r Water Extensions Tabled
l?j Committee,
Plans for supplying water for us<
Of citizens ar.'I fo" fire protection In
the sections known as Howard's Orove
and MSddox Hill were tabled by 'lie
Committee or, Water last iilnhi he
c<-:se of the excessive cost of laying
the mains and the small number of
water-takers who could be induee i i,
use city water until sewerag?! Is pro?
vided, when city ordinances compel
connections Superintendent Davis r< -
ported that the supply main for Mad?
dest HIM would cost tl.500. and thai
for Howard's Grove $550. The sections
He east of Seventeenth Street along
the corporate limits adjoining the for?
mt r town of Foirrr.o ml
New York and Boston
TRY-OUT DETAlH
LEAVES FOR RANGE
Team Will Be Selected in Week's
Practice at Morehead
City.
Many of the members of the detail
for the try-out In which the Virginia
rille team of this year will be selected
came to Richmond last night. The
start will be made at 9 o'clock this
morning over the Norfolk and Western.
Including the men who will be picked
up in Norfolk, the party which will
proceed to Morehead City. X. C. this
afternoon will number about forty. The
range which will be the scene of the
try-out is at Camp Glenn, near More
head City.
Major Stanley W. Martin, of Lynch-1
burg, will be in command of the de-j
tail. He will gradually weed out the1
men, until by the end of next week the
team for the annual matches at Camp
j Perry will have been selected. The
fortunate ones will then remain a few
I days longer, to give them an opportu?
nity to practice as a team. Unsuccess?
ful men will be sent home from day to
day. In all, twelve shooters and three
alternates will be chosen.
Colonel Charles A. Dempsey, United
States Army, retired, who is on duty
with the Adjutant-General of Virginia
as Inspector of small arms practice, and
who Is the rifle expert of the Virginia
Volunteers, will be with the party,
giving it his counsel.
conch In Seetired*
The detail considers itself fortunate
in having secured the services of Gun?
nery Sergeant Peter F. Lund, of the
United States Marine Corps, who will
go with the detail as coach. The Vir?
ginia teams of the past know Sergeant
Lund well, having been associated with
him at Camp Perry.
Nine members of the Staunton Rifles,
under Captain Ople, came In last night.
This company is at the heart In the
State for Interest In rifle practice.
Richmonders In the detail are as
follows, all being from the First Reg?
iment: Captain Charles M. Wallace,
Sergeant Daniel .1 Maddrea. Sergeant
Paul F Newell. Corporal Oscar L
Woodall, Corporal Charles F. Hawley,
Corporal Ira H. Bullock and Private
Sexton Berg.
PROPOSAL MADE
C. & 0. EMPLOYES
Road Will Increase Wages When
Norfolk and Western Takes
Same Action.
No reply has as yel been received
by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
from Its proposition to Us motive
power employes In reference to the
amount of wages It proposes that it
will grant an advance equal to that
which may be granted by the Norfolk
and Western, nlthotigh the net earnings
of the latter toad are greater than
those of the Chesapeake! and Ohio.
The vote on the proposed strike is
still _ going on all over the system
among the- shop men. It is presumed
that Ihe proposition of the road will
come before the proper committees af?
ter the vote has been taken and can?
vassed.
Decline lu Dualneaa.
The statement of the Chesapeake and
Ohio regarding its proposal is as fol?
lows:
?'The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company granted on Increase of S per
cent, to all employes engaged in the
shops of the company during the year
1910, and Is unprepared to make a fur?
ther Increase at this time, owing to the
lat'se decrease in the net earnings, due
to the felling off in business and the
large increases made last year In the
wages of nearly every class of em?
ployes. The Chesapeake and Ohio Is
now paying practically the same rates
as the Norfolk and Western Railway
Company, and iias made a proposition
to the committee that It will, simul?
taneously with an advance in wages of
shop men employed by the Norfolk anrl
Western Railway Company, grant the
same rate of wages to all employes of
1 Ihe Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Com
i panv e-ngngerl in similar occupations.
"As the Norfolk and Western Rah
| way Company has earned nt the rate
I of about 10 per cent on Its stock dur?
ing the fiscal rear ended June .10, 1011.
and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Com pa ny but r? per cent., the manage?
ment of the latter company trusts that
the fairness of its position will appeal
to the great body of employes, with
whom relations have hore-tofore been
ha rmoniotis."
SEABOARD AGENT
GOES TO ATLANTA
Stuart P. Stringfellow Made
Assistant General Freight
Agent for Road.
Arinoum ement was made yesterday
that Stuart I', stringfoHow, who for
the : ist f?ur years has heen commer?
cial agent in Richmond for the
Seaboard Vir Line, has been appoint?
ed assistant general freight agent at j
Atlanta. The appointment is effective |
on August 1.
The successor to Mr Stringfellow
will be announced within the next
few da\> by Colonel Henry Mi Boykin.
division freight agent for the road.
Mr. Stringfellow lagan his railroad
career with the Seahoard Air Line.
However, from IS94 to 1S97 he was
with the Atlantic Coast Line, going
then hack to the Seaboard. In 1900
he 1-ft the railroad service, hut con?
tinued to resuie in Richmond until
i:i"7. when ho accepted the position of
commercial agent, with headquarters
in this city.
It Is sT.ite ! that Mr Stringfellow he
comes one of six assistant general
freight agents for the Seaboard.
Assistant Oenerul Freight Agent A
.1. Pride, who has been stationed In
Atlanta, has been appointed general
industrial agent for the entire road,
with headquarters in Norfolk. Mr
Stringfellow succeeds Mr. Pride. Mr
Pride succeeds .1 W, White, who has
accepted the position of trafTic man?
ager, with the International Agricul?
tural Corporation. Mr. White's head,
quarters will be in Atlanta.
Fnnndllng Dies.
Four Tveek? agn ? !.al>> itirl was de?frtcd
by ii? Inhuman miither in the ground* of
thr Mamnlc Home On Thursday ?he tf.ed
at ihe Henrlco county almshoiise, and ???>.
I burled in n casket made by Superintendent
n w jnhe*.
When d"?rrtfd the rhittV was Ihlr.ly aid
pcorly clad. There v af-.nothing ubnut 11e
j clothing to give any clUe at to lit identity
* Efforts to :.:.a ire mother b?vt failtd.
drainage survey
10 be complete!
??
All Preliminary Work on Chick
ahominy River Done by
Government.
Well satisfied with the progress of
the surveys for drainage on the Chick
ahominy itiver. G. O. Elliott, chief of
the drainage Investigations division of
the United States Department of Agri?
culture, returned to Washington yes?
terday. Upon his return from High?
land Springs, where he visited the
camp of engineers of his department,
Mr. Elliott talked most encouragingly
of the possibilities of the projected
development.
Not only will the work of the en?
gineers be of such character that at
tue conclusion of the task the situa?
tion will permit of letting the work to
contract without further preliminaries
01 without cost to the landowners up ;
to thai time, but each citizen will I
be enabled to see for himself Just ?
what his Individual gain will be. The I
charts made- up will indle-ate the boun?
dary lines between the channel of the
river, the reclalmable lands and the
iines between the property owners.
The advantages to each individual can
be readily s<-tn
Within a few days the work near
Highland Springs will have been com?
pleted, and the eight men making up
the corps of engineers will move fur?
ther down the river to the third camp?
ing place.
Ilenrlvo Convictions.
Georg? Wooilton, colored, was Riven alx
months on the road yesterday by Mails'?
Irate t-"\vih for Healing a watch from
la nei Murray, Woodaori immediately noted
an appeal ?<? the circuit Court,
Harry Wood, charged with ticapanainc on
Ih? property of ill" Richmond. Krcderloka
burs and Potomac Railroad, uii fined JJ.SO.
William rlark. charged with non-support,
?iii, discharged, the charge against him
Uvl.ni been withdrawn by hit wife.
) .
Allowed $125 Per Month as Per?
manent Income From Former
Husband.
COUNSEL FEE TO BE $750
W. L. Royall Is Recipient?Sen?
sational Divorce Proceed?
ings Ended.
Final disposition of the Tenney di?
vorce proceedings was made yesterday
when Judge Grlnnan entered an order
ln the Chancery Court allowing Mrs.
Emma S. Tenney $123 a month perman?
ently alimony. A final allowance of $750
was made to William L. Royall as her
counsel.
Several weeks ago Mrs. Tenney was
granted a divorce from George O. Ten?
ney, tho court reserving questions of
alimony and counsel fees.
The proceedings end one of the most
widely discussed cases heard In the
Chancery Court in recent years, the
prominence of both parties and the
nature of the testimony giving tho
trial general publicity. Mr. Tenney is
president of the Atlantic Bltulithic
Company. His wife is a sister of the
Dowager Countess Von Krakow, and
both have been prominent In social
and club circles.
Two Suits Prosecuted,
A year or more ago Mrs. Tenney til?
ed a suit against her husband for
separation with alimony. Mr. Tenney
answered with proceedings against his
wife for absolute divorce. A sensa?
tional feature of the hearing was when
William L. Royall, of counsel for Mrs
Tenney, brought charges against Louis
O. Wendenburg, attorney for Mr. Ten?
ney, alleging conspiracy to defame the
good name of Airs. Tenney. Judge
Grinnan heard and dismissed the
charges.
As an outgrowth of the main pro?
ceedings. Mrs. Tenney. through Mr.
Royall, brought suit against the News
Leader for certain publications, which
action has recently been tried and de?
cided In favor of the defendant news?
paper, and against William F. Gordon
for alleged libel, which has not yet
been tried.
Depositions filed on both sides were
of a sensational character. Mr. Tenney
alleging misconduct of his wife with
Col E. C. Gordon, of Georgia. Mrs. Ten?
ney told of a visit paid to her husband's
rooms at the Hotel Richmond, In his
absence, at a time when she was liv?
ing at the Hotel Jefferson. The hotel
clerk admitted her without question to
her husband's apartments, and she
claimed to have found incriminating
letters which were submitted In evi?
dence. She also told of finding among
her husband's effect? a woman's cor?
set, of which mention was made when
the case was argued
Lawyers Were PerMMent.
After two days of argument by coun?
sel. Judge Grlnnan took tho case un?
der advisement for several weeks, his
linal order eommenting on the great
mass of unnecessary depositions and
the numbers of superfluous questions
asked of witnesses.
Following the decision of the court,
giving Mrs. Tenney a divorce. Mr.
Royall raised the question of alimony
and counsel fees, and there was a sharp
contest between the attorneys over a
motion to have an examination of Mr.
Tenney's affairs made. Mr. Royall al?
leged that Mr. Tenney was a wealthy
man. able to pay liberal alimony, while
counsel for Mrs Tenney held that the
means of his- client had been greatly
exaggerated Under the order enter?
ed yesterday, the allowance for coun?
sel fees is final, sevetal payments hav?
ing heretofore been made on account
by Older of the court, and Mrs. Tennev
is allowed permanent alimony from
her former husband of $l.F.no a year,
to be paid In monthly Instalments of
$125.
N EV\fE?gII NE~C0 M P AN Y
Auto Klre Apparatus Too nig for Doors of
V.ngine House.
Secretary L S. Jones, of the Fire Depart?
ment, received a letter yesterday announc?
ing that the new automobile Are enRlne or?
dered some months ego would be ready
for shipment within two weeks.
The engine will probably be in operation
In Richmond before the end of the moath.
Tt will bo Installed at the Third Street En?
gine House ns a lest of the powers and eost
of maintenance of a motor engine as com?
pared with the horse-drawn type. That
engine house was selected as having about
It the fewest hills and the largest percent?
age of paved streets.
One change his been found necessary at
the engine house 'a order lo install the
new apparatus. The patent spring doors
will have to bo enlarged. The present doors
have a clearance of ten feet eight Inches,
ample for the smoke stack of the present
engine, but the ladder construction of the
new machine, which Is something of a com?
bination engine ind hose wagon, requires
a. clearance of twelve feet. The change will
be made at nn'e.
Ham Struck by Lightning.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch ';
New- Canton. Va.i July it.?During what
wag a very mild thunderstorm Tuesday
evening lightning struck and set fire to the
barn and stable of George C. Ftoatwrlght
near Gllllams wile. The building was en?
tirely destroyed, together with Mr. Bom
wrlght's entire hay crop for this season,
which had tust r.een housed. A mule also
was burned to death. Three negro men
who were In the turn at the time were
Slightly (tunned, but escaped serious in?
jury. Mr. Boatwrlght'a loss, which amounts
io about Jfeo. ... partially covered by in?
surance.
Burial lit Cheater.
Deputy Sheriff .1. B. Lyne. of Henrleo,
has gone to Centralis, chesterfield county,
to attend the funeral of his brother. Henry
C. I.yne. which win be held there to-day.
Mr. I.yne died Thursday morning following
a brief illness
GOODS ON EXHIBIT
City Will Be Represented in Dis?
play of Southern Com?
mercial Congress.
WILL MEET HERE IN 1915
Commercial Train Will Visit
This City?C. & O. Ex?
tending Aid.
Richmond's Industries will he fully
represented in the permanent exhibit
of Southern products which w'U soon
be installed in the new building of the
Southern Commercial Congress in
Washington. This announcement was
made yesterday by Clarence J. Owen,
the commissioner of agriculture for
the congress, at the close of a suc?
cessful mission to this city.
It Is planned to have extensive ex?
hibitions 'n the ground door of the
magnificent structure devoted to the
alms of the Southern Commercial Con?
gress. They wjll Include the raw ma?
terials and the manufactured products
of the South. Inasmuch as Richmond
has some of the largest plants of their
kind In existence. It will result In this
city being unusually well represented.
Mr. Owen was much pleased with the
co-operation given him here.
Hun Southern Train.
He had other important announce?
ments to makf regarding R'ct-'ond
This city will he on the itinerary of
the commercial train which will make
a tour of all the Southern States,
starting from Washington early In
the coming autumn. Speakers will bo
on this trip who will he connected
with the congress and Its work, and
will be aided by experts from the
L'nlted States Department of Agricul?
ture, who will deliver lectures on all
branches of agricultural development
along lines similar to those pursued
by the farmers' Institute trains run by
the several States.
Mr. Owen saw President Oeorge W.
Stevens, of the Chesapeake and Ohio,
and secured the co-operation of that
official. Railroads generally are offer?
ing to transport the cars of the party
without charge. The Southern has
already been secured, and the Norfolk '
anil Western Is probably the only other
Virginia road which It will he neces?
sary to call uprrr.. President John?
son is in hearty accord with the work
of the congress. Stops will bo made
only In the larger cities.
nnld Meeting Here.
Another announcement is that the I
last of the five great meetings of the
Southern Commercial Congress Which
have been planned will he heL*? In
Richmond In 131.". This year the ses?
sion wa? held in Atlanta, fifty years
after the beginning of the War be?
tween the States. Nashville Is the
meeting point for 1912 and New Or?
leans for ion. At that time, it Is
exp.-ted. the Panama Canal will he
actually finished and open to traffic,
and trils meeting is intended to have,
especial reference to what this <-nter
prlse means in the development of,
the new South. The trans-Mississippi
country Is to he touched in I?14 at,
Oklahoma City.
*W hlle the Richmond meeting will
he held J(n?t flftv years after the time '
when the conflict ceased, little atten?
tion will he paid to memories the
I pnst. The purpose of this congress is
to look to the future, an 1 the Rioh
| mond meetiner will be dedicated to the
, victories of peace. It Is notlceabl?
j that the gathering in Richmond will
not only be the semi-centennial of the
j ending of the strife between the North
and South, hut will also he the cen
i tennlal of the conclusion of peace he
| tween rhe fnlted States and the
mother country of England.
HEAR TRANSFER CASE
Incidence to Re Tnken for Interstate Com?
merce Commission.
Deposition* will he taken In Richmond
Monday by a sperm! examiner of the Inter?
state Commerce Commission on the petition
filed by W. G. Cosby, alleging that the
P.l.-hmond Trnns'er Corrlpany has conspired
with transportation companies entering this
city In order to effect a monopoly
. Poshy al!ee?a that the railroads are fav?
oring the Itli-hmnnd Transfer company by
permitting onlv its representatives to so?
licit business nt their depots and upon
train?
The ?perla! examiner will probablv sit In
the t'r.lt?d Plates court-room to take evi?
dence.
Police Court r?se?.
?artie Bell* Brown and William Johnson,
colored, appeared veetcrriay In Police <~o;:rt
on a charge of selling i-oraine. and fadle
eas ordered held for the grand iurv. The
hearing of Johnson was continued to July
The i-harp* agalnsl T. I. Halr.es of pass.
Ing a worthless check for MS on Mrs. C. A.
Slaughter and one for t" on F. Galeskl wer?
continued to July IS In order that he might
eimmunlrate with his friends.
Charles Robinson, colored, charged with
wounding Bessie Love, wae sent on to the
grand jury.
In More Trouble.
L B. Phillips, colored, faced another
forgery charge In Police Court yesterday
I morning, when he appeared on n charge of
forping n check lor ilS.T.", on the True Tlf
| formers' Bank, by which he was formerly
employed. He Is alleged to have used the
names of 1.. D. Hodge and W L. Taylor.
The rase was continued to this morning.
There arc other like charges against Phil?
lips, and 'hey are to be heard on July 2S.
Suit Instltuteil.
Suit wns Instituted yesterday in the Law
and Equity Court by the Richmond Scale
Cnmpany against the Dixie Scale Company
for damages in the sum of $l,3fti.
Mnrrlagr License.
A marriage license was Issued In the
Hustings Court yesterday to Landon O.
Johnson and little Lee Clayton.
I To Owners of
Government Bonds
This, bank will receive UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
BONDS on deposit, and will pay 2 per cent, plus the interest
received on the bonds for their use. This is an opportunity
for owners of United State? bonds to materially increase their
income without disposing of their bonds.
Owners of over One Million Dollars of Government Bonds
have deposited bonds with the banks of this city.
Avail yourself of this opportunity.
AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK
I RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
Beginning This Morning
Every Straw Hat in the house is reduced in price.
At $1.65 Hundreds of Hats Worth up to $4.00.
At $2.85 Hundreds of Hats Worth $5.00.
All Panamas Are Reduced.
Gans-Rady Company
CITY WILL SELL
WATER TOSUBURB
Water Famine at Woodland
Heights Relieved by Council
Committee.
Immediate relief of the water fam?
ine at Woodland Heights was author?
ized by the Council Committee on Wa?
ter last night, the suburb being al?
lowed to make a two-Inch connection
with a water main In Semmcs Street
as a temporary expedient, paying for
the water used at meter rates fixed
by city ordinance. A. M. Cover ap?
peared for the people of Woodland
Heights, saying that there were nine?
ty-eight water takers; that two of the
artesian wells had gone almost dry
and a third had not yet been sunk
deep enough to give a permanent and
adequate supply. The water company
offered to hear all the cost of the con?
nections and meter, but would make
no prollt on the transaction, since it
charges its consumers the same per
gallon as will be charged to the com?
pany by the city.
Chairman Mills said that he was
aware that under strict construction
the connection would have to be au?
thorized by the Council, and on ordi?
nance to that effect was recommended
for adoption, but Mr. Mills added that
In view of tho emergency he had no
hesitation In taking the responsibil?
ity of authorizing the connection at
once, and the Water Committee ap?
proved that cour*e.
It was staged that while the Wood?
land Heights tank had never been en?
tirely empty. It had been so low for
the past week that many citizens were
carrying their drinking water from
Fontlccllo und other nearby springs
NEGRO DROWNED
Wa? In Illver for >??lui When Over?
taken by Dentil.
Willie Nichols, colored, of <50<5 F.ast
Main Street (rear), was drowned lit
5:.'tu o'clock yesterday afternoon in
tin .lames River at the foot of Twelfth
Street. Nichols was In the river for
a swim when he was overcome Fu?
tile search was made for his body. It
Is expected, however, that the body
will be recovered to-day.
Wandered Front City Home.
Pavmond Harris, a small pickaninny,
about a yard and a half tall, was pick?
ed uo on the streets l.nt night as
a vagrant and a fugitive from the
City Home Raymond ssld be nrd
just gone out to play, when he found
rut that he cldn't know where he was.
He is raid, however, to have been a
Jft'oquent visitor at tho First Station.
I Raymond's parents are dead. He
knows his name, and that it all. He
couldn't even guess at his age. He
ciied a few minutes, but a package
of candy brought the smiles to 'iis
face, .tnd he was happy again.
Servant ciiorged with Theft.
Virginia Cox. \ Bfteen-ye ir-old col
oted servant plrl, was arrested yes?
terday on a charge of stealing (810
from Mrs. Harry Boone. of .104 North
Seventh Street.
The girl is said to have stolen the
money from under Mrs. Roone's pillow
while, the latter was asleep P.-.trol
man Latham searched her. and found
the mor.ev alleged to have heen Stolen
SAYS CANDIDATE
IS NON-RESIDENT
W. W. Tiller Charges That Simon
Solomon Lives in
Richmond.
In a speech before n small gathering
of voters at Glen Echo last night. \V.
W. Tiller, candidate for the Democratic
nomination for sheriff of Henrlco,
charged that his opponent. Simon Sol?
omon, was not a resident of the county
which he wished to represent, but
lives In this city. Mr. Solomon was
not present to reply to the assertion.
Aside from the mete allegation, Mr.
Tiller made no comments.
The City Directory gives the home
of Mr. Solomon at lini Kluyd Avenuo.
Messrs Solomon and Tiller are op?
posing L. H. Kemp. Incumbent, who
was also present and spoke.
Ijisi night's meeting took place In
the open, when about twenty candi?
dates for office pleaded their raus*
before fewer citizens than their own
number. The majority of the small
gathering was constituted of women
and children.
Silence Could Be Pell.
The meeting was not characterized
by any enthusiasm. Not in a single
instance whs the quiet of the little
settlement disturbed by applause us
the sneakers descended from the plat?
form.
.lohn Camp arranged for the meet?
ing and acted as chairman.
One <f the features was a deba-e
between S M. O'Bannon and H. C.
Hechler, candidates for treasurer Mr.
O'Bannon promised the people greater
things and a more businesslike admin?
istration if elected, while Mr. Hechler
declared that the office which he now
holds Is a model. an<l that its system
has recently been adopted? tn various
points throughout the State. Mr
O'Bannon said he could collect more
taxes, and Mr. Hechler n ilntalned that
he now got every penny It was pus
sible.
HAS DANGEROUS FALL
( nrpenlrr I'rncturcn Splur?I'nnblr In
Rive It evidence.
In some manner unaccountable to
him. George Blackburn, forty years
old, a carpenter hy occupation, fed I
from a forty-foot scaffold at Eighth
and Broad Streets at 5 o'clock >cs
terday afternoon and fractured his
spine.
He was plck'd up unconscious, and
the city arnlular.ee. with Dr. Ta'tor
In charge, was summoned Bluokburn
was still unconscious, but was revived,
r.nd was then taken to the Virginia
Hospital There further examination
disclosed that there was an apparent
fiacture of the spine, besides internil
injuries
Blackburn was unable to to'.'. hfiT
the accident occurred, except that n!s
foot slipped while he was wr.rklr.if
on the scaffold, and he could not (five
Ills address further than to say tr.at
h. lived on Twenty-first Street.
Trial Postponed.
The trial of Mrs. Belle Hugher. mdleteil
on a iharire of running an objectionable
resort on Has: Marshal! Street, was ro?t.
i ponert yesterday In the Hustings Court.
; The .?ontlr.iirtnce was granted because of
! the Illness of one of the witneises.