The times dispatch. [volume], August 10, 1911, Image 12

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The RUG and CARPET Store
of Miller & Rhoads
Has Become Famous Through the Reliability
of Its Stocks
Nothing that even approaches a "flaw.'' a "misweave," a "mismatching of
patterns." or any mishap that would relegate it to the realm of "second quality"
is ever permitted to find a resting place in the Carpet Store of Miller & Rhoads.
By Belling only the very beak of the world-standard makes of Floor Coverings
ue protect you absolutely in the purchase of reliable goods.
You cannot buy a poor or inferior Rug or Carpet at this
store, it matters not what price you pay.
SAVINGS OF 33 TO 50 PER CENT. ARE ASSURED THOSE
WHO
Buy Floor Coverings Now!
It's August Clearing Time, when all the ones, twos and threes, the last
of their respective lots, are ordered to "move on." It is a great opportunity
for housekeepers who have Rue anil Carpet plans for fall.
A Special Sale of New Druggets includes full room size (9x12 'feet),
Tapestry Brussels'at $10,011 and-411.98, worth up to S16.S0, and Axminsters
at $18.48 instead o( $25.00, as well as the smaller sizes, upwards from 79c.
The sale and its economies is the most important Floor Covering event we
have ever held Third Floor.
CHILD TREATED FOR
OPIUM POISONING
But Physicians Testify at Inquest Over Shirley
Carter Nelson That Symptoms Might Indi?
cate Some Brain Trouble.
Although pointed and rather humll- ,
latintr questions, necessary because of
the natur,. i\' the inquiry, were put to
Mrs. Florence Nelson, mother of Shir?
ley Carter Nelson, the hlnc-months
bld infant, who died at T o'clock Tues?
day morning in the Memorial Hospi?
tal after a coma lasting eighteen
hours, and although Drs. E, H. Terrell
and C. A. Blunton lnellned to tno pol
fonlnK theory, nothing detlnite was
brought out yesterday afternoon by
the coroner's Jury.
Dr. Terrell stated that.the child was
treated at the hospital for opium poi?
soning, and both he and Dr. Blanton
were Inclined to think that opium poi?
soning caused death, though agreeing
that the symptoms could be explained
by reference to some Jiraln disease.
Asked About DrURS,
Many rumor? as to the habits of the'
father, Robert Burwell Nelson, and
gossip that the child had been ill
treated caused Coroner Taylor to ask
direct and pointed questions of Mrs.
Nelson in order that rumor nilfrht be
set ;it rest. She was asked if her hus?
band was addicted, ns rumor had said,
tf. the drug habit.
''My It?nbhntl." she replied, "does not
use any of those thing* called dope. ?
The only poison I know of that the
cb'.ld could nosMbly ire; is bedbug pol- I
son and poisonous toys that It might
luck, and it could not have Rotten nny
of these that morning, except the toys
that it had in bed with it." Then Cor?
oner Taylor asked her as to an Indi?
rect charfte that Mr. Nelson had Ill
treated the baby. ,'
"My husband." she answered, "has
never struck the child with a strap
nor threatened to choke it About six !
weeks Ago an officer of the Humane '
Society came to our room (In the j
Querranl Hotel) at our request, bo-l
cause we had been falsely charsed
Wfth lll-trcntlnn- the child. In reRard
to the money said to have been left to
the Infant, amounting to JlS.OOb. It Is
a life Interest of my husband, which
Would descend to my child at the death
of my husband Neither my husband
nor myself benefit by the death of tho
child." .... ? .
That wa?..tha->sJ.st"'of the statements
made by Mrs. Nelror. and read and
signed by her.
Snyf Womnu Gossiped.
Later It was learned from Mrs. Nel?
son that rumors had been started by
one of the guests in the Ouerrant
Hotel, as she alleges, that the Infant
was ?ometinic? beaten by Its father.
She was Informed of the a-osslp. after
an officer1 of tho Humane Society had
? called at the hotel and made a* quiet
investigation a:;d given up the case as
groundless. But she nnd her husband,
she said, became very Indignant, and
called on the officer to learn from
whom the rumor had emanated. He
informed them that the woman who
had made'the charges refused to give
her name, preferring thai she should
appear In the ease only anonymously.
But Mrs. Nelson continued her inquiry
and '.earned the name of the woman
who Is alleged to have done the talk?
ing, and then went to ronsult with
her attorney She was preparing to
tske action against rhc woman, she
stated last night, hut the latter left
the city.
"She locked herself in her room Mp
to train time." said Mrs Nelson, 'but
If she ever returns we shall proceed
to take action against her tn the
sourts."
But whether the gossip, ..f which
Ihere has been much, ytir rumor's have
*>ern bandied from tor.gue to tongue
?or several days, is groundless or based
?ji, fact tray be determined later by '.he
police, for Detective ICrengel was yes?
terday afternoon detailed to gather
?11 tbe eyid'-nce he could In the matter
No mor< definite details are cx
pected, however, until the chemical
analysis of the child's stomach has
? been completed by Coroner Taylor, and
'he process will take two or three
liys. The autopsy performed over tho
infant's body was ne?atlve In char
(.rter. there beinp no traces of poison?
ing or ill-treatment.
Illstor; of Case.
Dr. E. H. Terrell was the first wit?
ness called yesterday afternoon. I le?
ss Id he saw tho child first at 1:45
P. M. on August The child died at
. ? o'clock Tuccday moriilmr In tho
Memorial Hospital, after having ho*n
In a moderate stupor, which arad
ually deepened until death On see?
ing the baby ho called In Dr. Blanton,
Washington and Lee
Stimmer Law School
Lcdtinftton, Va.
?C?0*w.s f?*n? July 1 and Hoses Septc-n
fcer 1 For ftottaer parfjrnfatrs *rMress
^R. GLOKGE a. DENNY, Lexington,
n specialist In children's diseases,
'he mother suggested that her daugh?
ter be taken to a hospital. The child,
said Dr. Terrell, was treated for opium
poisoning, though the symptoms could!
be ? xplalned us being due to brain
disease. The autopsy, he said, did not
positively reveal the cause of death?
But he was Inclined to think that
death was due to opium poisoning,
though he was not positive as to this.
He \ald that the mother showed a
great deal of anxiety when he was
? ailed In. When attending her two
or three weeks ago, he replied to the
luery. she told him something about
money heing Wt to the little girl, but
said nothing as to the relation of this
money to the death of the child. He.
stated that the baby was well nour?
ished, nnd that there was no Indica?
tions of 111 treatment.
Dr. Blanton was called, and he con?
curred In everything that Dr. Terrell
hud said.
Sophie Broadv, thirty-nine years old.
colored, of 301 Preston Street, said
she had nursed Shirley since last Fri?
day. She had noticed nothing strange
in the child's appenrnnce, and never
paw the parents 111 treat It.
Child Warn In Park.
On the morning when she took
Shirley out she took Its bottle of milk,
but did not know how t<? fill it. She
went to Gamble's Hill Park, and gave
the child Its milk at 10 o'clork. after
which she washed the bottle. She re?
turned to the hotel and put the baby
to bed. noticing nothing strange in
its appearance, though it was awake
nnd crying a littlo.
Mrs. Nelson was then called. She
.said the Infant was born In Philadel
r phia. It was always healthy, though
for nhout a month she had noticed a
' disposition on Its part to roll and
' urasp its head. It was In excellent
? health when taken out on the morn
. ing of the fatal Illness. Mr. Nelson,
j she said, left their rooms at !>:t?
] o'clock, and she left later. Mr. Nelson
went to the Jefferson Hotel to do some
I writing It Is said that ha sometimes
I engages In literary pursuits. At 12:30,
after the baby had been brought back
' she went in to see It and the child
was lying on Its face, which was usual.
She saw the child again at 1:30 o'clock,
nnd It had a strange look on Its fnce.
Thoroughly alarmed, she called the
floor nurse, and then Dr. Terrell.
As to the child's milk, she stated
that she half-filled the bottle at 8:18
o'clock, and this was its last food.
She said that there were no sleep-pro.
during medicines in her room. And
? then she was asked as to her hus?
band's habits, to which she replied as
has been stated.
Mr. Nelson was not called on the
stand. Coroner Taylor then adjourn
I ed the jury to convene again nt his
I call.
SPEAKING IN SOUTHWEST
Educators and Physician Oloruss Burn!
Conditions.
Dr. Er.lon Williams. PtHtc Health Com?
missioner, and J. 11. Blnford. of the Co?
operative Educntlnn Association, are on an
extended trip In Blnnd. Tarewrll und ether
counties of Southwest Virgins. At Dul.Un
they were Joined by Prof. .1. V. M.'Conne!!.
n; F.mory and Henry College, and Dr. \V. S.
Nrlshhors, president of Sulllns College.
i Bristol.
I T"irether these well known educators are
j driving over the district mentioned, ad
idiesslng all-day meetings of the citizens
1 Dr. Williams aOc?mpsnle? the party at
'the request of the m fcno! people, He dc
I livers sddrc.??es on health conditions in
tun.) Virginia.
Married |u Washington.
A license to marry was Issued yes
? terday in Washington to Thomas Wes?
ley and Joanna Orace, both of Rich?
mond
The following licenses were also
granted, in Washington to Virginians:
Oeorge Nulm and Nellie Thnrnburn
both of Culpeper, Va.
Willtnm H Horsman anil Almnnla
I Powers, both of Doudoun county. Va.
Heavener C Harper and Ada Archnrt.
both of Hocklngham county, Va.
' Hoher? F. Cadam. of Thurtnont. Md..
I and Lillian Tyson, of Falmoulh, Va,
\\ eil In Baltimore.
V A marriage license was granted in
[Baltimore yesterday to Carroll w.
Shepherd and Miss Susiu L Bastwood,
j of Richmond. The groom is :t talli.r
! VACATION TIME
FOf tt"'Kets. baggage and Taxl-Cab Service
CONSULT
The Richmond Transfer Co.
809 East Main St
Richmond. Vs.
LEAVES HIS WIFE
FOR HER SISTER
Madison County Youth Con?
fesses to an Attempted
Elopement.
WERE TO'MEET IN RICHMOND,
-
Girl Xot Found, but Young Hus?
band Is Held by
Police.
Somewhere In Richmond Mamie j
Weakley. seventeen years old, ofMadl-'
son county, Is anxiously awaiting the
man who admitted Inst night that ho
had Intended to elope with her, and
he. the husband of her sister, Shelton
Nichols, nineteen years old, though "
father of two children, languished all
yesterday In the Second Police Sta?
tion, where he had been locked up by
Detective Krenkel ana Sheriff R. G I
Walk ins, of Oordonsvllle.
The case Is unusual. Nichols is a
fine-looking youth, tall and vigorous
In appearance, tanned to a healthy
color by the sun. Me said last night
that he married 7,anls D. Weakley,
two years his senior, two years .ago,
when he was In love with her and
Mamie. Why he married the one and
now has tried to elope with the other
he could not explain. He shook his
bend hopelessly, and said only that he
didn't know. Me said he was peni?
tent, and Is anxious to return to his
wife, his babies and his home on the
farm where he was reared.
Watchful Fntlier.
Mamie Wcakley and her sister aro
tho daughters of Henderson W. Weak
ley, a wealthy distiller and owner of
n rich farm near Madison Courthouse.
It was he who suspected the des'gns
of his youthful son-in-law and frus?
trated them by following the young
husband to Washington and then re-!
turning on the ?<nmo train with him'
to Oordonsvllle anil finally causing his
arrest In this city.
Nichols made mistakes in his plans. I
and they wont nwry. According to >
his story, he gave, Mamie, !::? wife's !
younger sister. $;? a week ago. and j
she went to Washingt et. ruttensl.V.y to
visit her sister, Mrs. W. A. Campbell, j
of ?11 Sixth Street. Southwest. She
was to meet him in Richmond, ai'd hi
bled himself hither la it Monday morn?
ing, sh'i diii not arrive, and hi went
?-?> Washington to me >t her. There he
encottnti.vd Mr. Wsukley. Rut ho saw
the girl, and they evidently went ovei
their plans again, fo- site was In Rich?
mond yesterday, it Is said, and was I
seen at Elba Sta .1 un the v.tpolhtad
trystlng place, waiting for him in vain
Nichols left Washington Tuesday
night, and on the same train was the
girl's father. Instead of leaving the
train at Orange, as It had been thought
he would do. he continued to Gordons
vllle, and there, according to Mr.
Wcakley, he Jumped from the train
and hid himself beside the railroad
embankment. He boarded the i o'.-io.-k
train for Richmond, and arrived here
yesterday morning. Sheriff Watklns.
J who had been notified by Mr Weaklev,
I followed on the next -train, and nr
j rived In time to see the .voting man
go into the store of U Bush, on Rast
Main Street, where he houcht a suit- j
case, a suit of clothes, a raincoat and j
a shirt Detective Krengcl and Act?
ing Detective Bryant were called into ]
the case, nnd were notified of the elr
cumstances, They followed Nichols up
rind down many street?, and finally ar- j
rested him at Elba Station. When
searched it the police station he was
found to have $1103.90 In his pockets.
He had been shown about the city by
a colored hoy named Charles Harris,
of IHM North Twenty-second Street.
C.Irl Not Found.
But the detectives were unable to I
find the girl, though they searched
' for her diligently all day. Nichols did
: not know, he said, where she was. lie
: had told her, he informed thfc Officer8,
to secure a hoarding place near Elba
; Station, so thnt she would have no
difficulty in meeting him. She was
'seen at the station early yesterday
; afternoon, and. after waiting In vain
j for her sister's husband, it I.-, supposed
I that she returned to her boarding
I hodse.
Mr. Weakley begged him to say
I where the girl e. as, hut he swore penl
I tently that he did not know, and said
he would give anything to know where
J she was. He .seemed thoroughly sorry
I for his deed when seen behind the bars.
, He admitted to the detectives and oth?
ers that he had intended to elope with
\ Mamie, and that they had planned II
i about a month ago.
Nichols's home?he lives with his
father. Is Just across the river from
the tormer home of his wife- and the
present home of .Mamie, lie saw Mamie
often, he said. ;:nd they grew to love
eacn other. His wife became suspl
' clou0, he said, and some time ago up
( braided him for his attentions to her
j slsK>r.
Mamie Weakley. for whom the yearch
j will be resumed to-day, is described us
I being rive feel eight inches tall, ot
[slender build, with dark hair and blue
j eyes. When last seen she wore a pink
.dress, with white stripes, and carried
; a green parasol.
Both the Weakley and Nichols fani
' tiles are hlghlv connei ted In Madison
I county, and tho elopement .has caused
I mu':h excitement in the community in
i which they live. Mr. Weakley was
, much distressed over the affair, but
i offered to help his son-in-law out of
! his predicament it ho would help him
! Und his missing daughter. Nichols
j would gladly aid the father to And the
I young girl, luit Is hopelessly In the
j darn as to her whereabouts.
General Sale Returns.
Adjutant-General \\. w. ffile. who has
! tieen nt Culpeper viewing the work o: the
Fourth Virginia Regltnant, now In annual
encampment, returned to Richmond last
night.
l ine Dlsorderl) Negro.
Edward EII-m. uolored. was lined *:<i and
; costs yesterday by Magistrat? T. .1. Pur
i year In llenrlco county, liefere whom he
was arralgnod on j jl^nrgc ol disorderly
conduct. ?
DAmnjre Bull I lied,
Suit was Instituted ta the Law and
Equity Court yesterday by the Hocar.lger
glzemi r. Company against the E. S. Shelby
Vinegar Company for damages to the
amount 0t tl.000. No declaration was tiled.
Operate on Georgian.
Professor K. C. .lames, dean of a
< oll( t;e at For^yth, Ga., was brought
to Richmond yesterday and taken to
Uie Memorial Hospital, where he will
undergo an operation.
\rf Heavily Fined.
fc>, S. I.ylhgow. whHe, and Ruby Sad
lor, colored, charged with disorderly
conduct, were lined $50 each In Police
yesterday morning. The lines
vtfcra iuiid.
LABOR JOURNALS
ARE CRITICIZED
Executive Board of Federation
Withdraws Its Official
Indorsement.
MAY STARTS NEW PAPER
Virginia Unionist and Industrial
" Era Acused of Bad
Faith.
Acting upon the report of the spe?
cial committee on publications, ap?
pointed at the meeting of the State
Federation of I*ibor. he?d In Richmond
in -Tune, the executive board of tho
Federation has revoked all Indorse?
ments previously given to the only two j
labor publications In Virginia. The
journals affected are the Virginia
Unionist, of Norfolk, and the Indus?
trial Fra, of Roanoko.
These two papers have been the offi?
cial organs of the State Federation of!
l.nbor. and have been so designated at i
the meetings. Charges regarding their
methods of doing business wfcrc made
at the .Tune meeting, and the appoint?
ment of the special committee fol?
lowed. So closely Is It Intended to
guard matter purporting to emanate :
from ufllcial lahor sources that even
future publications nf souvenir pro-!
Kram.? are to be placed under the su?
pervision of the executive board, to bo
Issued through the secretary.
Mny Stnrt \rn Paper.
Indicating that the withdrawal of i
patronage from the Virginia Unionist
and the Industrial Era is regarded as {
positive. It Is further recommended by
the committee that the executive
board "look Into the advisability of a I
labor paper, to advocate tbe claims of .
trades unionism and the principles of I
thp labor movement, at as early a date I
as possible."
The charges upon which the action I
of the board Is based are that a'dver- I
tlsements have been solicited and se- j
cured for the columns of these labor |
papers, the advertisers being left ah- '
der the Impression that they were j
helping the State Federation, whereas |
it Is charged by the committee that ?
the publication enterprises were en- I
tirely private antt for the profit of the |
publishers,
Wrote to Advertisers.
In beginning thr work of Investi?
gating the charges, the committee
sent out circular letters to business
houses throughout the State, mainly
In tie larger cities, asking for infor?
mation as to the representations made i
by agents for the two labor papers In)
securing advertisements. "Informa- i
tlon has renched up." paid the commit.- i
tee In its circular letter, "that adver?
tisements we?e solicited In the name
of the federation, and that the adver?
tisers would be aiding the federation |
In Its work by taking space In said I
publications."
In reply, many letters were received, i
which are now on file with the com- !
mittee It is snld that a number of i
, advertisers said they were, under the ?
! Impression, in making the contract. I
; that the Virginia Federation of 1 abor
[ was to he the beneficiary.
Other Objections.
The committee further feels that the
two papers thus outlawed from or?
ganized lahor circles In Virginia, have
not carried news matter calculated to
aid the cause.
In addition thf- committee Is fits
satisfied with the alleged course of'
the Virginia Unionist and the Indus-1
trial F.ra, in supporting candidates for'
office without regard to their lahor
records. It is argued that labor pa?
pers should be careful In regard to es?
pousing the records of men who of?
fer for office. unless their records
show them to have been friendly to
the cause.
As to the new publication to which
reference is made, the committee says:
"We also desire to call to your atten?
tion that we are working in co-opera?
tion with the Vlrftinia Farmers' Union,
and we&could establish a paper jointly
? with the two organizations that would
be of great service to the entire labor
movement, and one over which we
would have control and would protect
otrr people at all times."
ASKS COURT-MARTIAL
. Forty-two Men of First Regiment Will
Soon Tic Tried.
Official request for a courtmartial
: for the trial of forty-two enlisted
men of the First BatVillon. First Reg
1 lmenl. were forwarded last night by
Major Lawrence T. Price to Colonel
W. .1. Ferry, tho regimental command?
er. The papers must go to General
, C. C. Vaughan, Jr.. before reaching
; the Adjutant-General.
Major Price hopes that the same
court which Is to try the thirteen
members of the Richmond Blues on
August 21 will also sit In the mattet
of his men. All are charged with dis?
obedience of military orders In fall?
ing to report for camp duty.
Of the forty-two members of the
I First Regiment who will face the
court, eleven ;ire from Company A.
thirteen from Company B. thirteen
1 from Company C, and five from Com?
pany F.
TRUE REFORMERS
MUST FACE TRIAL
Five Officers of Wrecked I'ank
Indicted by Special
Grand Jury.
ALL ARE ADMITTED TO BAIL
Report Charges Attempts Made
to Cover Up Deficit Caused
by Criminal Acts.
Charging that "the evidence adduced
clearly shows gross mismanagement.!
misappropriations and malfeasance on
the part of certain officers and trustees
of the association.'- the special grand
jury called to inquire into the clrcum
stances and conditions which caused j
the ruin of the True Retormers's Bank j
yesterday afternoon llnlshv?d its work ,
and returned a report containing a se?
vere excoriation of the officers named
and brought In twenty Indictments. !
True bills wer.i brought In against A. :
W. Holmes, president of the bank: W
P. Burrell, J.' C. Robertson; W. I* Tay* j
lor. Edward Ellis. Jr., and Reuben T.
Hill. Hill was already under Indict- i
ment and is now a fugitive from Jus- j
tlce. Four more indictments were ro
turnc-d against him yesterday all for
grand larceny
A. W. Holmes, prosldent of the hank,
is indicted for feloniously allowing de?
posits to be made nfter be knew that i
the bank was Insolvent: W. I* Taylor, j
grand master of the Grand Fountain,
Order of True Reformers, is indicted ?
jointly with Hill. Ellis and Ourrell for j
grand larceny, sonn- of the money al?
leged to have been stolen having been
pan of the funds of the old Folks'
Home. Burrell. grand secretary of the
order: Taylor, former grand master;
Robertson, general attorney, and Ellis,
vice-grand master, are indicted for al?
lowing deposits to be made after they
knew that the hank was Insolvent. In
Its report the grand Jury states that
j2na,nr.o was misappropriated through
the reckless Irwins and assistance to
the Colored Stale Fair Association, the
colored department of the Jamestown
Exposition, the True Reformers' news?
paper, the True Reformers' Hotel and
the Mercantile and Industrial Associa?
tion and Its branches.
Accused Are Balled.
Immediately after the delivery of its
report and the return of the true bills.
caplar.es were issued for the arrest of
the indicted men. Deputies Bowls, I.a
Touche and Neal were ordered to bring
tlie men into the Hustings Court at 5
O'clock. They were rounded up. and at
the hour appeared before Judge Witt.
Ball was granifd to earh In the sum
of $3.000. The indictments wer* evi
dently expected, for the men showed rtn
signs of embarrassment, and laughed
and chatted with each other until they
were teleased under bond.
It is interesting to note the tenor of
the rf port brought, in by the grand
Inry. Censure of trie severest kind Is
attached to the names of those who,
posing as lenders of their race, are ac?
cused of deluding poor and Unsuspect?
ing negroes Into placing '.heir savings
In a bank which was apparently sys?
tematically robbed by those in control,
it was staled that 75 per cent, of the
depositors were from among the poor?
er classes, who saw their hopes blasted
by th?r dissolution of the bank, and
many of whom, on account of their
age. will be unanle to enter anv other
beneficial order or Insurance company
Much of the documen'nry evidence, the
Jury complained, had been destroyed.
Indictments In Detail.
Tne indictments follow: W. P Bur?
rell, for the theft of a negotiable note
for C100: W. P. Hurrel). J. C. Robertson.
W. D Taylor and Fd.vard Kills. Jr.. for
the thefts of money from R. A. Cr-phas
and others, after it was known that
the h?nk was Insolvent: W. L. Taylor.
R. T Hill, W. P Burrell. J, C. Robert?
son .-:nd Edward Fllis. Jr., for the theft
Of $27,404.36 from the Old Folks' Home.
R. T. Hill, for allowing deposit* to be
made after the bank was Insolvent; A.
I W. Holmes, for the same offense.
Those who composed thr grand Jury
were Captain Charles F. Taylor, fore?
man: Robert Whlttet. Jr., Fritz Sitter
fling. H. W. Ronntree. Colonel John S.
; Harwood, Thomas Blanton, F. B.
Rose, Aaron Eichel. R. P. Vaden and
Abner Coolel. the latter colored
Received .Ocpoalt*
The most severo innmiartc used by the
grand Jury Is as follows:
"When the State Rank Examiner
found that the Institution was hope?
lessly Insolvent, the bank continued
1 to receive deposits.
"By abstracting notes not due cer
: t:iin officers of the bank sought to
have the payments of them nnticifnit-- I.
, in order to cover up the deficit caused
' by their criminal acts."
Judge Williams Here,
j Judge Martin Williams, of Olle? county,
a member of the House of Delegates, was
n v!?itor yesterday at the Capitol. .lud;;*
Williams Is the Democratic nominee for re
I election to the Genera! Assembly, and will
prol sbly he n-;a!r. chairman rt the Com
I mlttee on Privileges and Elections, reirird'
; t'\ as tho most Important po.'lllon in the
? House next to the Speakerxhlp.
Several Bank Notes
' Issued in 1901.
By (Iiis bank came back to us last week when a gen?
tleman brought us a deposit of four hundred dollars,
most of it in currency, which, though signed and
dated years ago, was practically new and unused,
showing that it had not been in circulation for years.
Now if this money had been placed in the
American National Bank
OV RICHMOND, VIRGINIA,
at that time and been allowed to work for its owner
at 3 per cent, interest, compounded every six months,
it would have earned for him one hundred and thirty
eight dollars and nine cents.
Are YOU going to miss the point in this advertise?
ment?
$12.75 For Suits Worth Up to $22.50
$1.45 For Hats Worth Up to $4.00
Many have been sold and many of them remain
for you selection. It's an opportunity you ought
not to miss. ,
Gans-Rady Company
NEGROES GET USE!
OE AUDITORIUM
I
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Grounds and Euildings Commit- I
tee Gives Permission With?
out Discussion.
With the uplnlon of Ass'stant City
Attorney Anderson before it. tho Com?
mittee oh Grounds dud Buildings last
night granted the use of the City
Auditorium to Maggie U Walker for.
August 16, when the colored organi?
sation known as the Independent or
der of St l.uke will hear an address
on "The Possibilities of the Negro
Race," by Dr. Walter Brooks, of
Washington.
Application lirst was mude to Build?
ing Inspector Beck, who is In charge
of tho Auditorium. He denied the;
use of the building, holding that It
would he in violation of the Segrega?
tion ordinance. An appeal was then1
made to the committee which, after:
obtaining the opinion of the City At?
torney, gave Its consent without dls-;
cusslon.
WORK AT FAIR GROUNDS
Shmec Begin I'lepiirntlnnn?Improve?
ments Are 1'lnnueil.
Grotind was broken at the Fair
Grounds yesterday afternoon for tho |
construction of a device designed to |
give entertainment to visitors nt the i
lair In October. Tills will be the first
"show" to make its appearance Upon I
the grounds this year, and In sllh
pie nature Is In line with the other
i m use men t features to he presented by
the fair commitleemen. They Stated
last night tlsit no amusement fea?
ture the least <|UCStionatdc or ob?
jectionable would be countenanced.
Th'e grounds cbmmlttee yesterday
went out to Inspect the work being
done In the shape of Improvements to
the grandstand and the various ex?
hibition booths and buildings. A corps
of carpenters. pluiVibers. excavators,
painters and other workmen were en?
gaged In rushing vast Improvements
to completion.
The committee Is proud of the n?vri
roadways > throughout the grounds I
There is to be no more dust, no more !
mud The roadways ar? of sani and
grovel, tightly rolled, with an oil coat?
ing, and they arc hard as floors. Many
yards of plplntt and sewer connections,
are being laid. Hydrants und pumps I
ere being installed at convenient points
throughout the inclhsure and renting
places are being built.
The grandstand is being repainted
end an additional office ro"tn Is be?
ing erected beneath the grandstand A
private box for reporters will be erect?
ed adjoining the Judees' stand, and
numerous other improvements are bn
trg made.
The space In the big exhibition hall
Is r:t pitlly being filled,, and ll is likely
that all will he taken weeks before
the date of the fair.
A member of the committee stated
last night that Jl'o.Gon had been ex
pended this year on Improvements to
the grounds and buildings.
Rlehmnnder (iet* Contract.
i Gilbert <". white, formerly of Richmond,
but now i resident of Durham. N. C., and
well known In this city, has lust been
s-.vurded a contract of about 1230.<W by the
elty of Charlotte. N. C.. for engineering- a
water-works extension of the Culawba
River.
Mr. White graduated about fifteen years
o?ro from Lehlrfli University and went to
North Carolina after he won his collego
honors.
Tt Is understood that he will remove his
residence from Durham to Charlotte.
ROPQSE TO BUILD
LINE TO URBANNA
Committee of Citizens Named to
Secure Organization of
Company.
Vice-President t. M. Carrlngton an?
Business Manager William t. Dabney,
ol the Chumber of Commerce, reTurnei
laut night from West Point, when
they attended an enthusiastic meeting
called lor the purpose of building a
bridge across the Mattaponl River and
?4 connection by rail with the Ra.ppa<
hannock by way of West Point, ter^
minuting at crbannn.
Colonel John R .launders, of Mid?
dlesex, presided, and besides the Rich?
mond delegation, J. M. IIudFpoth. of
the Southern Railway, also spoke. A
committee, consisting of twenty citi.
zena of West Point and adjacent coun?
ties, was formed und delegated ta
organize a company to put the projeel
through. This committee will meol
in a1 short while at 1'rbanna.
While no promises could be made hj
Mr. Carrlngton and Mr. Dahney, th?
meeting was assured that Richmond
would do all In Its power to see tht
plan through.
BRIGHT NOT CORONER
Pb? wlclnii Snya He Acta for Anothei
nuil la Eligible to Council.
According to Dr. J Fulmer Bright
there Is no merit whatever In th?
contention tbut he is ineligible foi
membership in the City Council, tc
succeed Councilman Wallace Saunders.
It had been suggested that Dr. Bright
is coroner and jail physician in Hen
rlco county.
Dr. Bright says that he does not
bold such positions, but Is merely act?
ing for Dr. W A. Deas during the Lit?
ter's illness. He has. he says, been
a voter in Henry Ward for years, mil
that there Is no doubt whatever as 1?
his eligibility.
SEABOARD EARNINGS
Gain Shown Id Net iih Well ns In Ornsi
Receipts for Yrnr.
Indicating en Increase not only In
gross earnings, but also In net earn?
ings, the financial report of tht r'ei
bo.ird Air Line Railway for the year
ending June 30 shows total receipts
of $21.783,000, This Is a gain of II,
713.233 over the preceding year. Oper?
ating expenses and taxes were $15,
?98,587, against $13,904;478 for the year
before, making the net earnings $8.?
183,438, us compared with $6.164,293, or
' a gain of $210.145.
\ For the month of June. 1911, the
- earnings were $1,714,664, against
I $1,594,673 for 1910, a gain ot $119 991
1 The operating expenses anil taxes were
! $1,239,615, an Increase, of $17.9X0 in the
I same month of last year. Net earn
'. Ihg* show an Increase of $72,041, Sclng
; $478 '""4^. an compared with $403,008 In
June. 1 10.
Prepare for Tax Conference.
Governor Mann Is norv mnktnx prepara?
tions to receive Go\ernorf and other repr?
' ?eniati\es of vartoui .States who are rs.
p*cted here on September S to attend th?
Internationa! Tax Conference. This conven?
tion will last for three dav?. Governor
Mann h?? displayed marked Interest in thf
objects of thlt ornanliitlon. He wan an
. enthuilaitle delegate at the meeting last
: year in Milwaukee, Wl?. ,
Mnrrlnge I.luenae.
A marriage license was Issued yes?
terday in the Hustings Court to Floyd
1 Walter Eaton and Augusta Mario Lohr.
STREET RAILWAY
CONCERN IS SUED
Proceedings Taken Agaicst Use
of Franchise by Richmond
and Henrico.
Two Mils were fllcil yesterday in
trie I-n w and Equity Court, following
suit-; brought i-omc time afro against
the Richmond and Henrico Railway by
Thomas F. Jeffries, .lames D. Patton
?nd others. The suits are for the
protection of the stockholders of thu
Citizens' Rapid Transit Company, now
;lie Richmond and Henrico Railway
Company, seeking to enjoin the com?
pany from the usd of Its franchise
until the demands of the complainants
>:re satisfied.
The blll? sek forth that the company,
authorised by the Legislature to do
liitslnosa on March lit, 190;. made con?
tracts that v. ? re never curried out.
In t'j.)?, they allege, s. L. Kelley,
counsel for the company, being aware
of the value .of the lr.imhise and the
Inability to# gel a new cue. desiring.
rt> Is said to have been stated, to get
rid of "dead wood," decided to form
u new company. :Mid. Without Inform?
ing oilier stockholders, lie and \V. I".
Jenkins Informed' XV. s. Forbes and
JChn C^ Hagan. allowing them the
privilege to participate equally with
them in I lie new enterprise. The pa;
litloreis say that In the alleged trans?
action the other Stookholdc rs were
never consulted.
They claim also that that the trans?
fer changing the old company to the
Rlelynnn'd ard Hcnilco Railway was
Irregular, In that according to law
It could not bo done without the per?
mission of the Str,te Corporation Com?
mission. Which.: the plaintiffs claim,
was never obtslnel.
' IMPORTS OF CLOVER
Richmond Dealer? Handle Large (Juuntitiett
from Germany.
Realizing the Immeimc value of German
clover in the cultivation of fertile ?oll, Vir.
.'Ulla farmcra for tho past several years {
have made a strong demand for It. and t'11
result Is that to-day Richmond seed deal- |
eis are the largest Importers of clover seed I
in the South. It was said yesterday at tho I
office of the collector of customs that since '?
August l.fiil.coo pounds of German clover
seed have been received In Richmond.
The value of this commodity, received
here since Monday, Is placed -at $45,0?), In?
dicating the tremendous demand for It
Clover la ?n tha frsa list.
TYPHOID EXPERT
SENT JO pill?
! Army Physician Will Study
j Rural Conditions Here for
Two Months.
# For the purpose of having one 0'>
the foremost typhoid experts in th?
employ of the National Government
confer with that Stale Health Depart?
ment which has done perhaps the
most successful work jn the country,
Dr. I, L. I.umsden has been detailed
by the surgeon-general of the army
to two months- labor in Virginia. Dr.
, Lumsden has arrived" and is with the
department.
JIls especial purpose will bo to in?
vestigate and study typhoid in the
I rurul districts of this Stato. H>. will
bo aided by Assistant Staie Health
; Commissioner Allen W Freeman, and
' together they will go over the State,
looking up outbreaks of the disease,
tracing their cause, and reviewing tho
preventive measures inaugurated by
i the department.
It Is recognized In public health
i circles that Virginia lias perhaps made
J the greatest Strides in the work ol
elimination of typhoid fever nchlcved
; by any State In tho Union. Rural san?
itation Is given the credit ft;r a large
part of this success, while of course
. the establishment of city departments
; of health Is not minimized In results.
There is no alarming amount of the
disease, by comparison, this year.
While th& figures will not be available
for several morths, It Is believed they
! win show v. material decrease i In the
. number of cases, even from trie ex
i ceptlonnl ilgures of last year.
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