The times dispatch. [volume], August 04, 1911, Image 10

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

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The "Men's Corner"
Contributes a New Underprice for Friday's Special Sale
BROKEN LOTS! LIMITED QUANTITIES!
All such must go the way of other Friday remnants?at cor?
respondingly low prices?in order to quickly clean shelves and
counters for fall stock?.
Many prices are cut to almost one-half?READ!
50c Silk Kour-ln-IIand Ties?
["hi e in a large variety of pat- OC
tern?. ^ lor $1.00; each. OOL
Men's Pure Linen Handker?
chiefs?Fine white hemstitched, .1
regular 25c value, ? for 50c, or 1 '7 _
each. * ? L
The Usual 15c All Pure Linen
Handkerchiefs, hemstitched; 11*?
t-pccial for. 1 1 L
Men's Cool Summer I'nderwear
?Broken size?, in pongees, crepes and
Sea Island gauze, both drawers and
n :-, regularly 50c each. QQ*?
now. ?JUC
Men's Pajamas?-Of fine impotted
madras, all sues a clean-up
of regular $1.50 lines, at <T1 1Q
choice. tl> 1 ? I ?7
Men's Pure Thread Silk Half
Hose?In all sizes, a regular 50c value
everywhere, here in navy, Rarnet,
heliotrope, Rrcen, gunmctal, OP
pearl, etc., pair. *??~/C
A Clean-Up of Men's $1.00 Soft
Shirts-?Natural, pongee and cithers,
in a good assortment of sires;
choice of the lot.
Men's Half Hose, in colors only,
the usual 15c and fc best
values, to be sold for.
Hundreds of Men's Wash Ties,
in colors and white, regularly 1 *}1 n
25c each, for. ' <->.'C
Men's Soft Collars, instead of 25c
each will be sold, in colors 1 OI
or white, for . I/Lid
39c
s onlv,
11c
CHANGE DATE 10
S?ll PRESIDENT
Mr. Taft to Attend American
Highway Convention in Rich?
mond on November 20.
Owing to the Inability of President
WIlMam H. Taft to be present on the
dates originally set. It wm officially
announced yesterduy that the annual
convention of the American Associa?
tion for Highway Improvement wouln
be held here November 20-22, instead
of October 30-31 and November 1, as
decided upon some time ugo.
In response to an Invitat'on ex?
tended Wednesday by a delega?
tion from this city and member*
of the association, the President
utated yesterday that he would
me able to come here on No?
vember 20, which has been decided
upon as the first day of the conven?
tion. The delegation which visited the
White House consisted of Mayor D. C.
Richardson, Vice-president T. M. Car
rlngton. of the Chamber of Commerce; ?
J. C. Hemprfni, e'dltor of The Times- |
Dispatch; United States Treasurer Leu j
McCiting. nnd J. L". Pennybaker. .Ir.. of j
the association. No arrangements have
yet been made as to the length of the
President s stay or his part in the
prosram.
_In connection with the convention,
the Tourinp Club of America is mak?
ing plans to be present w'th a swarm
of motor cars. Membors of the club
from all parts of the United States
are arranging to rendezvous in Wash?
ington the day before the convention,
and to run over to the city on the fol?
lowing day. The route taken by the
party will, it is expected, largely
Influence the selection of a course be?
tween the national capital and this
city.
Par fireitoryv Creditors.
Preferred creditors o; Louis L Orepory.
former cashier of the Atlantic Coast Line
Aal.road, convicted of embezzlement, ha\e
baen paid In full by Receiver \V. W. Bever?
ly, r.arnrd by the Her.rlco county Circuit
Court. Gregory's estate wto. assessed at about
t".0CO. About one-half this sura was suffi?
cient to sattsiy the creditors. who were
paid, while the remainder will be turned
over to the American Surety Company,
which ae-ted as his bor.fismar.
SAVINGS-BANK
RICHMOND
? 1117 E-rVlAIN ST. ???~~3-'
nUtrest to rt^j?r?aito
NEGROES CANNOT
USE AUDITORIUM
City Attorney's Ruling Prevents
Issuance of Permit Under
Segregation Law.
Use of the City Auditorium by col?
ored people Is forbidden by the term?
of the Vonderlehr race segregation
law, according to a report made to
the Council Committee on Qrnutidi and
Buildings last night hy Building In?
spector Beck. Mr. Beck said tlv.:t
after consulting the City Attorney, he
had refused a permit for the us? of
the building to Maggie U, Walker for
a colored entertainment, on the ground
that the hall was located In a section
of the city a majority of the resident.?
of which are of the white race
Members of the committee asked
whether under this ruling the Acad?
emy of Music could be used for a col?
ored mass-meeting. Mr Beck thought
not. as It also Is located In a white
section of the city. He said he was
not prepared to rule whether the law
would prevent the holding of the col?
ored High School commencement at
the City Auditorium or not. Members
of the committee thought that since
the School Board is composed of white
men. and the permit was Issued to
j them, the colored commencement coulu
i be held, to which objoctlum was made
' that in that ease Maggie Walker could
i pet ?omP white agent to apply for the
j use of the buildlrs? The committee
took no action, but several members
were of opinion that the law had
proved more far-reaching than had
been Intended.
The cl?ufse us to public hall? was In?
serted especially to prevent certain
colored congregations from occupying
church buildings on Clay Street?in
fact, the whole law was designed to
stem the movement of colored people
Into Clay Street^
NEW ORDINANCES
Several Recommended, including Creating
I of More Offices.
I At a meeting of the Council Committee
on Ordinance. Charter and Reform last
night ordinances were neommohded to the
Council for adaption, granting permission
for the erection of several stables: giving
police power to the nullding Inspector and
his deputies: providing an additional cierk
In the Auditor's office, so as to provide for
the continued employment of the Assistant
Auditor, who came In with the annexation
of Manchester. ?t u salary of fl.OM, and
i providing for a rierk and stenoerapher In
the office of the Special ..ccountant, the
clerk to take Stenographie proceedings Of
the Council nnd Its- committees when re
i|u;r.-<!. The filary <t fixed nt 57S a month
A subcommittee was directed to report on
j establishments of city scales in the western
? part of the city, several dealers having pro.
I tested that they were now out of the mar
jket'on city business because of the long
i haul to the city scales at Seventeenth and
(ir.irf Streets. Another subcommittee was
I directed to ri port the added cost to the
city of placing street sweepers on a nine
iio'ir day ha?!s. The ordinance providing ?
' park-ke<)>er for Washington Park was
! tabled on objections of members that some
i thing should lirsi lie provided lor him to
' keep.
o
The J. & I. Half-Price Sale Positively Ends Monday Night
And with it ends your opportunity i?> buy J. & L. QUALITY CLOTHES AT SALE PRICES.
Though the -t hing has been heavy, lines arc still reasonably complete, and if you act X')\V you
arc certain to find your size in the style and pattern that pleases your fancy best.
Mens Suits
Prudent buyers arc snapping tip those Fine
Suits AT HALF PRICE, bettor come in and
get yours NOW. Unrestricted choice < f blues
Blacks and Fancies, in Worsted.- or Cheviots,
Fall, winter, spring or summer Weights.
Suits
School open- tri ?! few short weeks, and many
mothers are miking their preparations now?
AT ONE-HALF SAVINGS. J. & L. shod
Suits have no superior for strength and qualities.
Boys
Straw Hats
Here'- your chance to get that neu- top.piece
at half price.
$5.00 Straws now .$2.50
$4.00 Straws now .$2.0?
$3.00 Straws now.$1.50
$2.00 Straws now. $1.00
Manhattan Negligee Shirts
All the new and exclusive patterns
reduced
$1.50 Manhattan Shirts.$1.15
$2.0? Manhattan Shirts .$1.38
$2.50 Manhattan Shirts .$1.88
$3.00 and $3.50 Manhattan Shirts... $2.45
Attached and detached cuffs.
Summer Shirts
}. & L. Negligees, thai sold up to $2.00.
Odds and end-,, but all the patterns arc good;
izes 14 lo 17; they are going fast
GUARDS TO CAMP
IN CHESTERFIELD
Tents Will Be Pitched on Court?
house Green During Beattie
Trial.
NO PLACE THERE FOR CROWDS
Mr. Smith Denies Sensational
Report From York as to Line
of Defense.
Owing to limited accommodation
about Chesterfield Courthouse*, plans
are being made for an encampment of
guards and officers on the courthouse
green. The State militia will fur?
nish the necessary tenu and camping
out lit. and In the space surrounding
the Jail will be pitched the homes of
the guards. Chesterfield county and
Richmond police and the detectives
who have worked on the case.
There has been no suggestion of
calling out militia, for Chestc rfield
citizens are content to allow the luw
to take its course But the officers have
no idea of allowing any .Interference
with witness-prisoners, and propose to
take every precaution against rescue
or escape.
When Henry Beattie. .ir.. and the
witnesses. Beulah Blnford and Paul
Beattlc. arc moved from the Henrico
county, jail to the little jail :it Ches?
terfield Courthouse, they will And It
surrounded with a tenlel city laid out
In military order.
Sheriff Olli tn Chnrce.
The detectives and special officers,
who have been unceasing in their
vigilance, will sleep on the courthouse
green, so as to be handy nigh; ^nd
day. Sheriff c,m and his deputies will
I have charge of U>? Jail, and th?s little |
building is noir receiving a coat of
I paint in preparation for the coming ;
j of the distinguished prisoners. Outside :
! will be the gjuards. to prevent escape
I from within or any de-nonstrutlon
j from without.
, Report had it yesterday that orders
had already been Issued from the Ad-|
Jutant-Oeneral's office for the ship- '.
1 ment of tents to Chesterfield Court-i
house. No one would confirm or deny I
: it. hut It is known that the detect*', ves. |
county, city and special, who have
I worked on the case are preparing to!
live under canvas, with the Jail al-l
ways In sight, while the trim Is In I
progress.
Xot to Exhume nody.
No reason exists, according to of
' ilclals of the Commonwealth, for ex?
huming the body of Mrs. Beattie. Coun?
ty Coroner .1. Ci. I.ovlng made a
thorough examination of the body be?
fore permission was given for its in?
terment He did not appear as a wit?
ness at the inquest, which he conduct?
ed, and has since made no public state?
ment Dr. Wilbur Mercer and Dr. Her?
bert Mann, who assisted at the post?
mortem, were called as witnesses. The
! theory has been advanced that Mrs.
Beattie was stunned by a blow on the
: head before the shot was fired. It is
believed that the testimony to be
' given oy the coroner as to his examl
! nation of the body will settle the point.
: The defense has made no reques: that
the body he exhumed.
( lnlnied to Know It All.
Some correspondent In York. Pa .
notified nearly every newspaper tn the
world last night thnt he would have
the line of Beattle's defense before,
i midnight, adding that it was the first
word yet. Nobody hereabout paid any
attention '.o It. but when the demand
for Information from this end be- j
came so insistent. Harry M. Smith. Jr.|
chief counsel for Beattie. set the thing I
at rest by declaring that any state
ment from York purporting to tell
what the defense would claim was ab?
solutely without foundation and a pur?
! fabrication. When the big newspapers
' got tills statement they were satisfied.
' realizing that Mr. Smith alone whs the
i man to Fpeak. Exactly what the York
man had up hi.- writing sleeve was nor
: known here, and as The Tlmes-Dls
patch declined t.> nibble at his sensa
, lion, few bit.
Verdict for $8,(100.
I In the ease of the Middle Atlantic Imml
I gratlon I'ompan;. egslntt R. Pollard Car
j doza. which has been on '.rial for several
'days past in th-- I.aw and Kqulty Court, a
. verdict was rendered by the Jury yesterday
! for damnirer in the sum of t'.SOO. A motion
' to set aside the verdict on account of mis?
direction by the court was continued for
argument. The action grew out of the sale
of certain timber lands, the suit being for
commissions alleged to be due.
Dorothy Arnold at Memorial.
Dorothy Arnold Is at the Memorial llospl.
j tal. hut she Is not the tnlstilnc New York
, heiress, for whom then- has been a world
I wide search. She is the three-months-old
! daughter of Mr. and Mrs lb.ward A Ar?
nold, of ?il West Marshal! Street.
AUDITOR WILL NOT
TOLERATE DELAY
Warns Revenue Men They Must
Send Books at Once or
Forfeit Pay.
ARGUMENT ON TOLLGATES
Respondents File Final Plea.
Requisition for Escarxcd
Convict.
Unless those commissioners of the
revenue In thts State who have not as
yet forwarded their 1911 assessment
books to the Auditor of Public Ac?
counts can show a good excuse for
their delay, they will stand a good
chance of losing their compensation
for the State's part of their year's
work. About one-third of the books
ol the 340 commissioners have not as
yet been received, although they were
due on July 15. The time of some
commissioners was extended to Au?
gust 1. and not all of these have re?
sponded.
Auditor Donohoo has been making
every effort to reduce the affairs of
his ofllce to a business basis, when
all officers shall be prompt In the dls
curge of their duties. This pollcy
when applied to city and county treas?
urers has already bridged the State
over what might have proved an em?
barrassing time of financial stringency
(.lies l'lnlu Wnrulug,
Some exceedingly plain talk is con?
tained in a letter sent out yesterda>
by ?> Auditor Donohoe to the delin?
quents. He quotes the tax law, which
says thnt "the compensation allowed i
to a commissioner shall not be paid J
Unless he has punctually performed I
his duties in reference to the assess- |
rnent of property and licenses, and !
has made all reports required within
the time prescribed by law, or can
show to the satisfaction of the Auditor
a sufficient reason for his delay."
Captain Donohoe then proceeds:
-he Auditor does not Intend to treat
this law as n dead letter, but, on the
contrary, must be given very good
reasons indeed for delay In forward?
ing to this otTK'e commissioners' books
Which should have been here on or
before July 15, 1911. The penalty
(withholding of compensation) will be
enforced against any commissioner of
the revenue who has failed to com?
ply with the law, ond who does not
ut once forward his books to this
office."
ARGUE TOLLGATE CASE
ItespondcDt? Sny I'ropoMtlou of Com.
puny Im un Outrage.
Final written argument in the cast
Involving the establishment of addi?
tional toli gates on th"* Valley Turn?
pike was filed yesterday with the Cor?
poration Commission by Tavenner & j
Bauserman, attorneys for the respon- j
dents?the towns of Shenandoah coun- i
ty which are objecting to the gates j
The matter is now before the com- I
mission, and a decision is expected
within a short time.
The attorneys wax eloquent In thcit
objection to more gates. These are <
characterized as a nuisance, and to
tolerate them, it is said, "will be the
limit of human endurance. The ten- i
dency of the aae everywhere is to
get rid of toll gates."
Were the matter before the. Legis?
lature. It Is argued, the proposition
would unquestionably bo defeated, it
is characterized us an outrage on the
rights of the people and a discrimi?
nation against Shenandoah In favor of
the other counties through which the
road runs.
Claim Illegality.
Three reasons are given for which
the commission is asked to decide
against the fo ir additional toll gates.
One of tnese Is that u subcommittee
of the board of directors of the Valley
Turnpike Company, and not the entire
board, voted that the gates should be
established. The second Is that the
Legislature has no right to delegate
to the commission ihn power to re?
vise, reoeal und annul a law. while
lastly it Is asked that the petition
be refused because it Is Inndvisablc.
The turnpike company claims t hat
it Is not the intention to charge any
one now using the gates more than
he already pays, since there would be
but one toli for each flve-inllo sec?
tion, it only wishes, It says, to make,
those citizens pay who now use the
road free by reason of the fact thnt
they r3Side on the road on the oppo?
site side of the towns from where
the gates are now placed.
In a statement furnished the com?
mission recently by Harry P, Byrd,
president of the company, it Is set
forth that the average loll collected
per mile over the entire road Is
$H<1.0^. while over that part In Shen?
andoah county ll Is $49.82 below this
average As compared with tnc re?
mainder, a deficit is shown in that
county for the past year of $1.74.'!.70.
The average amount collected per mile
In Frederick county is $-71?.07; in
Shenandoah, $141.20; In Kocklngham,
$194.49, and in Augusta, $212.93.
Will Lilt liMCiC oil ItuadM.
a requesiiou was nonoreu yesterday
by uwvernur atann trout Governor
uiluliiti, wit Worm Carolina, tor saw
cuuiu, a OOloruu -nun. Vtunlud in llali
lux county, A. C, BS an escaped con?
vict from the road force, huvugc Is
In tli? city jail ot i'orlBinoulh, J, a,
House, deputy sheriff, came for the
prisoner.
Krrnr In Verdier.
The verdict ol the, courl-niurtlal held
?it tyUlpuper in the cuse, of Privat?
Vi ooasoii Wilkinson, of Company u.
First infantry, bus boon received at
the office Of the Adjulttnt-Uelierttl, A
technical error, however, was discov?
ered, .:nd It has iieuu returned to Cul>
peper for correction, it U bqliaved
the aentenoe will be heavy, Wilkin?
son I? still confined In the Ktuhmund
! jail.
Bstablbib Own Mess.
For the. ftrsi time, the Virginia rifle
loam at Camp Perry this year will
conduct Its own moss. SO that what?
ever kicks on faro may arlso must be
directed by each Individual against
hlmpelf. A cook will ho taken from
I.ynchburg, and the members of the
team will see how they can handle
housekeeping.
Ones In .lull for Joy Hide.
William Itoblnsnii colored, wa? convicted
In lha Hosting, Court .vratcrdny of Joy rid?
ing In lh(..,i ??? W. O. Ilurion and
seriously .l.in. i .;inK the machine. Uo was
lined ?101 snd noi having the money vvea
seni lo jail.
I
ONE PARKKEEPER
HAD TO APOLOGIZE
Former Would Not Allow Tem?
perance Women to Sell Cream
on Lawn.
; COMMITTEE GETS COMPLAINT
Riverside Overseer Publicly Rep?
rimanded Despite Claim of
Innocence.
Henry N. Farmer, president of the
Clay Ward Actives, n widely known
leader In city politics, and keeper of
Riverside Park, was publicly repri?
manded by the Council Committee on
Grounds and Buildings last night and
ordered to apologize to Mrs. T. F.
Herndon. who claimed to have been
grossly insulted by him op one of the
city grass plots under his care.
?Mr. Farmer protested to the last that
he had done only his duty, and thnt he
saw no reason why he should have
been censured, and members of tho
committee admitted that there were
extenuating circumstances.
The matter came before the com?
mittee on n letter of complaint from
Mrs. Herndon. who stated that she had
been granted permission to hold a
lawn party for the benefit of a tem?
perance organization, ajid to sell Ice
cream on the grass plot at Harrison
and Cary Streets, that triangular plot
being under the supervision of the
keeper of Riverside Park. She went:
to the park during the day with her
husband, and erected poles on which to
string Japanese lanterns and otherwise
prepared for the lnwn fete
Former Threw T?rm Out.
That night when she returned with I
cream, lanterns and all manner of fix?
tures, she found her poles rudely,
thrown In the gutter, and ull vestiges
of preparations removed from the
park. I
Mr Farmer was In charge, and de- |
fended the grass plot against all .-om- |
ers. declaring that such a crowd would
trample down the hedge and Injure the
grass, and he declined to permit the
party to go forward. Mrs. Herndon
charged that he was rude and Insult?
ing, which Mr Farmer denied.
Chairman Batklns last night took
the side of Mrs. Herndon. He had
given her verbal permission to hold
the party and sell >o% cream, as he
had done on many Flmllnr oocnslons
lit many parks. He had not thought
It necefsary to Issue a written order,
believing that the park keeper would
accept her word.
Batklne \fter Park Kerper".
Mr. Batklns asserted that the city
park keepers as a class needed to be
put In their places: that having been
appointed lnrgelv for political reason*,
some of them considered the parks
their private grounds, and made all
manner Of regulations as to their u?o
no! sanctioned by the comm.ic??. The
parks were for the use of the people,
he asserted, not for the benefit of th"
park keepers, whatever their pollilr.t,
influence. i
Mr Farmer protested that he had
not been rude to the women In ch-ir^e
of the entertainment, and that he had
had no notice that the use of the park
had beqn granted r\ny one, and had
therefore refused to allow any one to
make su'li u<? of It He admitted
having thrown the poles, put up in
his absence, into the street, but said
he thought they had been put up by
boys playing on the grass.
The committee decided that an apol
bgy was due Mr' Herndon, and the
park keeper was directed to make It.
Chairman Bntklns said that hereafter
he would grant such permits In writ?
ing, hut he thought it would have re- ]
quired very little effort on the part
of Mr. Farmer to have called him up
and verified Mrs. Hem don's statement 1
before he threw her belongings out
of the place.
NEW ENGINE COMING
Motor to Send It Whirling About When l ire
Hell Rings.
Richmond'! tint motor tire engine has
been1 shipped, and according to advices will
tie here on Monday A day's assembling of
the detached parts wli! be all that will be
required. The manufacturers write that It
will be ready for service tests on Tuesday.
The new engine Ir to be installed at the
Third Street Engine House, which was se?
lected for the trial because It Is surrounded
by fairly level stretches, wdthout hills, and
because practically all the streets In that
section are paved.
The motor eng:ne Is a powerful combina?
tion affair, which. If successful In operation,
should prove of great efficiency, and econo?
my. Its maintenance cost when not In use
Is almost no'thlng, as against the car* of
three horses In the present typo of lire en?
gine.
Preparations have been made for its hous?
ing at the Third Ptrcet fCnglno House, new
doors with a clearance of 12 feet having
been Installed. During tho testing period
the engine will be driven by an expert from
the factory, while u machinist of the Fire
Department is in training. If successful In
operation request will he made for appro?
priations, which will gradually replace all
horse-drawn apparatus with that of the
motor type, both for economy and efficiency.
l.io e Curtain Fire.
Engine rv.mpnny No. 3. In charge of Cap?
tain Chasla, responded last night to nn
I alarm of tire from Ml h,aal Marshall Street,
j A lace curtain In the home of Salvator Ca.
i sattn was Mown too near a gas let. and
[ there was some blaze, but no damage.
Blue Serge Suits
As well as White and Striped Flannel Trousers are
in a general reduction sale. You can also .get a
$4.00 Straw Hat at $1.65.
GANS-RADY COMPANY
RICHMOND REALTY
VALOES INCREASE
Buildings Show Gain of $1,140,
580, or 2.9 Per Cent., Within
One Year.
Ruldlng operations conducted in
Richmond within the past year have
added a total of $1,110,580 to the tax?
able values of real estate In this city.
These figures appear in the assess?
ment books of Commissioner of the
Revenue O. A. Hawkins, tiled In the
olMce of the Auditor of public Ac?
counts.
As a matter of course, there Is no
change this year In the valuation ot
ground, since that assessment was
made last year to *t?nd for a period Of
live years. But new bindings which
are erected a$e added from year to
year by commissioners of the revenue.
In the ]91? assessment the value of
all buildings in tho city of Richmond.
I not exempt from taxation, was as
sessed at S39.07S.375. This year the
} value is placed at $40,216,955, or an
I increase In one year of 2.9 per cent.
Ilrttirn? by Ilnoea.
i By races, the figures are as follows:
.1910?Buildings belonging to white.-.
$37,15;.665: to colored. $1,633,710. 1911
I?Whites. $38,501,815; colored, $1.715,
[ 140.
I The totil real estate valuation In the
city of Richmond for taxation?lots
; and buildings?IS $79,-301.751. Of
. course, there are millions In value.1-,
i belonging to the State, the city, to
churches. Young Men's Christian As?
sociations und various charitable and.,
philanthropic and educational InatltU
: Hons, which are oon-taxah]e.
The total realty valuation In the city
of Norfolk this year, due, It Is stated.
I to annexation, shows a considerable
1 gain The value of hulldlngn Is $22.
; 165,080, against $40.216,956 In Rich
i mond. The assessment of property
owned by colored people In Norfolk has
more than doubled within the. past
year. Jumping from $.'06,990 to $525.
I 090. The gain for the entire city Is
i $1,866,980.
Manchester's valuation was Included
! with Richmond's last year, consequent
j ly t!?e gain is not due to annexation
I here.
DISTRIBUTING BADGES
li%e Rlehmonders Honored With MnnatMii
Jubilee Souvenirs,
Finding that nearly \tf> official badges to
! have been used at the recent Mar.assaa Ni
I (ional Jubilee remain unissued. Lieutenant
I Oeorge C. Round, chairman of the executive
j committee, is engaged in distributing them.
About 400 of the 1,000 presented and paid
I for by Colone! Rotiert M Thompson were
issued during the reunion. All those recsiv
; ing them are recorded in a permanent rec
. ord. which will remain In the Mar.aisas
I Public Library.
I It Is expected that in time the badges.
! winch are very handsome affairs, will be
i scarce and highly valued.
: I'lve of the badges have been sent to It.
I C. Sternes, secretary of the State Roard o!
; Education, for distribution. The recipients
I are sons of e'onfederate veterans or veterans
themselves, and Mr. Htearnes Is especially
I honored because of his authorship of the
I lecture which he delivers un Oenera! Nathan
1 itedford Forrest. He himself is one of the
recipients. The others are to he J. r> Eg
gleston. Jr.. Superintendent of Public In?
struction: w. w. Pale. Adjutant-Oenerai of
Virginia; Judge James Keith, president of
the Supreme Court of Appeals, and Colonel
D. n. Wilson, manager of the B. F. Johnson
j Publishing Company.,
Colone! Wilson is a veteran of the Cnlted
I States Army, w hile Judge Keith was a flrst
j sergeant of Confederate states cavalry In
the first battle of Manasa?.
i EXPECT MORE ARRESTS
? (.rand Jury Making Itiglil Investigation Inte
Colored Hunk.
I The HusMngs '"ourt grand Jury yesterday
I continued Its probln* in'o the affairs of the
i True Reformers' flank. Several witnesses
I were heard, and there ara yet many more
to come. It Is probable that the Investlga
I tlon will he continued Into next week.
According to those In a position to know
about the Inside workings of the True Ro
| formers* troubles, there doubtless will be
j other arrests in the case. In fact. It Is said
I that the Indictment of several of the most
; prominent negroes of this city, formerly
I Identified with the order, is Imminent.
Since the defunct organization was nrst or?
dered to he Investigated. additional evi?
dences 0f crooked work have leaked out
' from day to day, and those interested In
j the matter have bcon most Industriously
? working to get every possible hit iff evidence
, before the grand Jury. There Is but little
I doubt that the ultimate findings of the jury
j will result In nothing short of a sensation
j among the colored people.
Hlg Realty Transfer.
lullen Ounn and others have sold to the
Wnsthum Corporation more than 25i acres
?>f property tn Tuekahoe District, Henrlco
county, adjoining thai of Richmond College,
Tor $50,000. A deed conveying this real estate
has been filed In the office of the clerk of
Henrlco county.
At the Jewelers' Convention
Which has been meeting in Richmond this week, an interesting
talk was on the subject, "The Obligation of Opportunity."
We are always preaching the doctrine of opportunity, and
\vc are glad that our visiting friends discussed the question from
their point of view.
To take advantage of every opportunity presented is a duty
that you owe yourself; a neglect of this is an injustice to your?
self. Begin to fulfill your obligation to yourself NOW.
The American National Bank
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
will help you take the first step. Every opportunity grasped
will make the next easier for you. With a substantial balance
in bank and the established habit of accumulation, you will be
able to mate your own OPPORTUNITIES and fulfill all
OBLIGATIONS;
let I
Industrial, Accident and Health
Insurance Companies Being
Investigated.
Although th* results of a special
Investigation being conducted Into the
affairs of Industrial accident and
health Insurance companies la being
carefully guarded, there Is a feeling
In the Insurance world that a sensa?
tion Is Imminent, which will shake
this branch of the business to Its
foundations. Knough has leaked out
and enough more Is surmised to make
It almost certain thut developments
which .11! come to light within a
short time will make Interesting read?
ing Indeed.
The companies aimed at In the In?
vestigation are thoso which do what
Is called an Industrial business, many
of thorn being active In Virginia.
They collect small amounts weekly
or monthly, cither through agents or
through employers, for which they
promise to Insure the pollcyholder
n gainst sickness or accident. It if
understood that complaints regarding
avoidance of the payment of these
claims, and frequent scaling ot the
nmo mt of the Insurance, prompten the
action of Insurance officials.
\\ III He Ite-ndy Soon.
Colonel Joseph Button. Commissions!
of Insurance for Virginia, returned to
1:1s ofllce yesterday, ufter serving on
a committee of the National Associa?
tion of Insurance Commissioners, which
has this matter In charge. Colonel
Button declined to give any Informa?
tion on the subject, saying that It had
been agreed that no details should be
madt public until all the examinations
are completed. It Is expected that the
reports will be ready for filing before
the annual convention of the Insur?
ance Commissioners, which will meet
in Milwaukee on August 22.
The committee held sessions eaj-ly
lu the present week at the Hotel Man?
hattan. In New York, this business
keeping Colonel Button from the gath?
ering of the State Democratic Com?
mittee in Richmond. The committee,
is composed of C. A. Palmer, insur?
ance Commissioner for Michigan, chair?
man; William H. Httchklss, New York,
t. II. i .rdtn. Massachusetts. V. W.
Potter. Ill'nols. und Joseph B Itton
Virginia. On Tuesday an examination
was had of the aifair-- of the General
Accident Assurance Corporation, oi
' Perth, Scotland, while on Wednesday
I the concerns which were subjected to
! probe were the Or eat Kastern C?a?lty
Company, of New York, and the Amer
j lean Assurance Company, of Phila?
delphia.
The committee then adjourned to
meet In Detroit on August II, when
representatives of the North American
Accident Insurance Company and th?
Continental Casualty Company. Ol
Chicago; the National Casualty Com?
pany, of Detroit: the L'nltcd States
Health and Accident Insurance Com?
pany, of Saglnaw; the Phoenix Pre?
ferred Accident Insurance Company, of
Detroit, the Gennat Commercial Acci?
dent Insurance Company, of Philadel?
phia, und other Institutions will be
heard.
ADMITS IT WAS FAKE
Barnslejr Sarg Nun- that Desperate Men
Didn't Klpnup Him.
After leading Sheriff \V. E. Vlett. of Cum?
berland county. Md.. and Patrolman Gentry,
of this city, over a cold tral! through tha
Eastern part of the Slate for "two desperat?
Kidnappers," C. Wl?ard llarnsley has ad?
mitted that his story of having been spirit?
ed away was a fake; that he had been away
from home on a trip, and had made up the
story so that his parents would not know
the real facts.
8everal days ag, the young map appeared
In poilre headquarters in company with the
sheriff of his county, telling his story snd
how he escaped from thetwosfter a desper?
ate fight. Though skcpt'.-al. Malor Werner
detalVd Gentry lo take up the lrarrh along
with the sheriff. Everywhere they went the
I trail got colder, and the oft-repeated story
seemed more and more Improbable. Oentry
rtnally got tired and put it up to Barnsley,
who confessed that the whoie thing was a
fabrication.
Thoroughly disgusted the officer returned
to his beat, where there Is more action than
? in be fiiund in chasing down phantom kid?
nappers.
IN POLICE COURT
llrltt Case Dismissed, hut Rrilt Ik Serving
Another Sentence.
II. L, Britt, arrested >n warrants charging
him with the theft of a suit of clothes, val?
ued at }25. and $S.Mr from Woodward &
Cj larles, was dismissed in the Tollce Court
yesterday morning. Britt Is now In Jail.
The case of Oscar Deane. colored, charged
with assaulting Roberta Deane, was contin?
ued to August He was admitted to ball
I in the sum of iSW.
Attachments were issued for Sam Buff en -
, stein, David Davis and Annie Davis, charge,!
with assaulting Mrs. Sophia Buffensteln.
j The case came up some time ago. but was
; dismissed on account of the physical condl
i tlon of Mrs. Buffensteln.
1 Jonah Fisher, colored, was fined MO for
assaulting his wife with a knife. James
Keiiev paid the same amount for being
drunk and disorderly.
BELLE HUGHES IN JAIL
j White Woman sen! There for One Dny and
Required to Pay Fine.
Charged with maintaining an obiecnonahie
resort at Too East Marshall Street. Reil?
Hughes was found guilty In the Hustlngr
Court yesterday morning. She was fined si.'.i
and sentenced to the City Jail for one day
Immediately after tho Jury had brought In
Its verdict she was carried to Jail and en?
tered upon her sentence. Up lo a late hour
the fine had not been paid, hut It Is expect?
ed that the money will he forthcoming hv
Ihe time her twenty-four hours Is com?
pleted.
The Rushes..tvooian was arrested some
months ago by Acting Detectives Johnson
and Kellam on this and another warrant,
the latter charging her with the larceny ot
a diamond ring, valued at Sisn. She was
dismissed In the Police Court on the theft
charge._
SMitSeiTrp
New* York and Boston