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?t thi? kind with a ett-anger was pain?
ful?his tesrs were mingled with a
?mile. You could not sit there and
look in his eye? without a wild desire
to forget that crime.
Some -eference was made to Henry's
nerve. "He was naturally a strong,
athletic boy," said the father, "nnd I
have eeen him In close places while
driving his automobile, when he had
to act Quickly and decide between two
or throe moves. But he was cool,
clear-headed and he never failed to
take tho right turn. It was that way
when a boy?he would ride down a
railroad embankment on his bicycle In
a manner which made me a bit ner?
vous, but ho never dt- It with any de?
sire to be spectacular.
"The consideration Wh'ch he al?
ways showed me in particular, espe?
cially since he has grown to manhood
brought my heart closer to him. But
that was his nature. He was kind,
lovable. Ploaso don't understand that
I am trying to put him up on a pin?
nacle. It Is not that. Maybe he wasn't
a model young man. as we use that
term. Of course, he has his faults, but
can't you put yourself in my place In
tho midst of all this and realize how
eager and anxious he was at all times
to lighten my burden. And suspect
him even of this crime -"
It was too much. Every muscle In
the old man's face was making clear
the suffering he endured. He moved
in his chair, ran his fingers through
his white hair, then came bock to a
point from which he had been unex?
pectedly diverted.
Dldu'1 Realise Meaning of Trip.
"There Is no use denying the fact
that I was surprised and grieved when
1 heard that Henry and the Binford
girl had seen each other again When
he told me one day In the spring that
he wanted to go down to the Norfolk
races I euggesied that he ought to go
? that a Utile trip would be enjoyable.
"1 never drcumed that he would soe
her there. Then It has been printed
that he was seen in his machine In
Chimborazo Park on July lb, joy rid?
ing with some girl whose name has'
never been mentioned. There isn't u
word of truth in it. Henry stayed in
the store the entire day. We had
been huvlng a special buIc and were
very busy. Almost without a single
interruption, he remained ut tho stora
every day until we closed; he was
there until c o'clock on week days and
until l? o'clock every Saturday night:
These are facts for which I can vouch,
und every one In my store knows It
Is true."
Atter those tragic four years which
hastened the snow upon his head, Mr.
Seattle frankly admitted thut some?
how he had taken a new lease on life
with his son's marriage, and especial?
ly after the birth of his grandson. No
one could doubt tho devotion In his
heart for Henry's wife.
"One day Henry came and told me
that he was going to he murrled, and
truly 1 was glad," Mr. Beattle con?
tinued. "It meant so much to me.
Ills sweetheart was a dear, lovable
girl, though i did not appreciate the
depth of her character until I had
been brought Into closer touch with
her. We discussed the date??Henry
said he thought the wedding would
be in the Spring, but at my request he
readily agreed to defer It until Au?
gust. We discussed his plans for the
future, and 1 wanted him to cam?
tmd live here with us because there
was ample room and we were com- '
for table, Louise?his wife?simply i
found a plr,.-6 Iii my heart and droo?
ped thsre. I loved her, and while
Hewf'y by nature was not demonrtra
t've, he was devoted to her, und I
tell you as a man, I never heard a
cross word hctween them or never
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"The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen
asleep in life." ? Robert Louis Stevenson.
Wake up and be thankful
that you can get a $20 Berry
suit for $12.75.
Our Vacation Sale means sum?
mer suits now at thinnest prices.
This month is the grand round?
up and clearing out of all our
summer wearables.
Hats, Shoes, Shirts?All in the sale.
heard of one. There is absolutely no
foundation for the unjust, cruel charge
that they were unhappy or could not
live in peace.
"And thon came the birth of the
child?a very happy occasion In my*
life. Just as soon as 1 was permit
led. 1 went to the room and told
Louise that she had brightened my
life, that she had made me very hap?
py. As Louise began to Improve and
got on her feet something was said
ubout taking a trip, but 1 suggested
that they bad better abandon that
idea, that the baby could receive the
best treatment at home. Louise said
she thought 1 was right.
"Three weeks after the baby's birth,
us 1 sat ut h :r bedside holding the
baby In my arms, nnd told her what
happiness she had brought to my
heart, she gave me a grateful smile
and remarked that she was Just as
happy as she cared to be.
?'When Louise got stronger she was
Invited over to Tom Owi:i; s. She went
there on Tuesday. 1 think, expecting
10 stay until Friday, hut some of her
relatives were coining up from New?
port News on a visit, and as my sis?
ter was ill. Louise had them come to
her uncle's near Forest Hill
Lost Time He Saw I.oulnc Alive.
"On Sunday afternoon, after Louisa
had been at the Owens' not quite a .
week, Henry drove my little girl and
myself over there and we stayed
ubout two hours thai afternoon. When
I started back Louise cnnic out to tell
me good-by. I made some affectionate
remark, and I shall never forgot nor
girlish beauty and happiness This
was the last time I ever saw her
alive.
"No matter what has happened, nn
matter what is said. 1 believe she
spoke from her heart when she referred
to her happiness, nnd those words will
always he a comfort to me."
Though It was evident that Mr.
Bealtle's thought were leading tip to
the tragedy that has broken his heart,
he spoke with the manner of a man
who has steeled himself to bear even
more. The Interviewer followed him
without asking questions?without the
grnting sound of a pencil. His words
are still fresh in the m'fid of the roan
who henrd and writes. ile wns Just
preparing to teil for the sir*t time his
story of that fateful night.
"That Tuesday evening I saw Henry
as he drove away In his car," he said.
"After sitting on the porch for a
while I came back into this room
where we are sitting, read the news
nnd then decided ;o go to my room.
I had shaved myself and was Just pre?
paring to disrobe and take a Ivth
when I heard the telephone. Douglas
answered It. His voice was lifted to
my room, and from what he was say?
ing 1 quickly gathered that there had'
been an accident, and that Henry was
seriously hurt. He could not get any
definite information, and I called to
? him to ring up the Owen home, which
he did. I was still under tho impres?
sion that it was Henry who was hurt.
J'.l determined to go to Mr. Owen's
home. Douglas said he would 'phone
for a taxicab, but 1 remarked that It
would take to> much time, that we
QOilld walk over to the Forest Hill cm
line. We got there very quickly and
found the place in the midst of ex?
citement.
Shocked by New? of Death.
"I remember walking Into the house
and seeing Henry lying on a couch In
? one of the rooms with blood on his
face and on lus clothes. As quickly
as 1 C?Uld I ran over, kneeled down
by him and in ked him if he was seri?
ously hurtt. He paid he was not. I did
not know how the accident had hap?
pened, my first tho ight being that tht.
cur had been wrecked.
"Seeing that Henry was not hurt, I
thought of Louise, as I was not sure
that she had beer, driving with bim.
'Haven'l you heard about Louise?'
some one asked, and then I was told
that she was dead. I uttered some
exclamation, and said. 'Well, that is
worse.' and now I hear that that re?
mark has been construed to have an?
other manning."
As he went over the details of that
terrible night. Mr. Beattie showed the
most intense emotion. He was silent
for a time, and then lie to... of hi?
conversation With Henry and of Hen?
ry's account of the killing, from which
( the son has never varied. There may
? be doubt and uncertainty inO mystery,
but there can be no douht of the real
affection which Henry Seattle's father
: had for the murdered K'rl.
It was touching to hear him speak
' in the kindliest terms of lier. She
had come into his life to nolten It. He
baa never forgotten?he never will
forget?those crushing four years of
I long ogo. And now. when misery is
heaped upon him, h'.s hair is growing
i whiter, the lines \n his honest face
t. re becoming deeper, and his walk
?Jess steady. Hut his heart, broken
litfcugh it Is. beats unceasingly for his
'hoy. who is branded with a crime, the
veny thought of which Is Mconeetv
aoje. He Is rounding out his fifty
B0v>nth year, and while lie is gamely
holding or., he is thk Oho pltlflll figure
In' all this thing
Heard Suspicion* from Friend.
There had been a moment or two
j of silence, broken finally by the one
question of the night.
"When did you first hear that Henry
--== I
was suspected of the murder?" he
was asked.
"1 first heard the suspicion on
Thursday night," he answered, as his
face darkened. The funeral of his
daughter-in-law was neld that day. "I
suppose 100 friends ealied during the
evening. One of them took me aside
and asked if I had heard who the ofll
cers suspected. I said I had not. Then
he told me that hjenry was uuspected,
and that in all probability he would
be arrested the next morning. I was'
stunned. Such a thought had never
cr08cd my mind. This friend suggest?
ed that as Henry mlgnt be arrested
it was proper that he be represented
!>>? eounsel, I tclked the matter over
with Henry, again got from him his
account of the tiiooting. which was
Identical with that ho had given me
two nights previous. Henry evidently
felt'that he was under suspicion from
the questions which the detectives had
asked. Of course. 1 have found since
that it had been common gossip since
Wednesday, hut not until that fr?cnd
spoke had I dreamed It.
"Yon enn't imagine one pal t of the
torture through which 1 have passed.
1 have lived in this town for many
years. 1 know the people and they
know me. I know that they feel for
me; that they know what it Is for a
father to face a crisis like this, and
for me to know that they hate to dis?
cuss the ease out of sympathy for
me and mine is a comfort. the full
nature of which I cannot express.
His View Soi Shnkcn.
"Yet 1 know tnnt the public has
formed its opinion?that it is against
my boy. I don't care how strong this
evidence of the Commonwealth may
appear I can no more believe In
Henry's guilt than I can believe that
I will be stricken dead at this mo?
ment Ho Is not thai kind of a boy.
II? had everything to live for.
"He was as proud of his son as I
am: he seemed to be happy. 1 .i,i?i
cunnot believe that he deliberately
planned that horrible crime and per-!
petrated it us they have charged. And
you could not believe it If you knew
him as intimately as 1 have known
him for all these years. I have been
Ml.nt while he has been denounced.
Why, word:; which were out Into mv
im.nth and printed?words*which 1 did
not speak?brought to me a letter
signed 'Justice,' condemning me for
believing In hia Innocence. There have
been thOSS, I understand, who havo
snld that I knew the truth, -.hat I
knew my boy was guilty. God knows
I don't, i'.nd He knows thnt I can't
believe he did anything so brutal.
There must be some terrible blunder.
If 1 could only find the truth, I ho
lleve it would be as Henry said."
Sympathy for ruther.
During all these exciting days, whea
the public was being fed upon ru?
mor, when the case of the Common
wealth was bring presented so ably,
with such eloquence, such strength,
there had not come one word from
the defense. There was hope In a
multitude of hearts that guilt would
be placed elsewhere?that It would
turn away from a man charged with
the murder of one he had sworn to
cherish and love. And this hope is
strongest in the heart of those who
know the father. There are sisters
and brothers and others bound by
lies of blood, but somehow Henry
Beattle, Sr., str.nds high as the tiguru
around whom the growing waves of
sympathy must strike.
One could hut be impressed with the
utter shallowness of this insanity tali;
alter an hour with Mi. Beattle.' One
could not have the nerve to ask htm.
It v.ts .'imply a case where a part
of the publle, at lei,st. had reached
Int.. jho air to pluck a fleeting theory.
Noe once was the name of Paul Beat
tie brought into the conversation. The
fact was suggested to Mr. Heattte that
something about thnt gun could not
be grasped?the thought thnt Henry.
If he hnd deliberately planned the
murder as charged, would Just ns de?
liberately put n chain around his neck
and leave the other end dangling at
lb.- feet of Paul,
Put Mr. Beattle was not asked to
outline the position of the defense.
He was simple giver, an opportunity
to say a word for his son ? to take
those who have condemned him tuto
his confidence. He di,i hot make any
morbid play for sympathy. But the
fact stands that with 'his public ver?
dict there his come no word to con
trover' It?no word except an ? old
father's unswerving filth and .jn old
father's loyalty to one who is sorelv
tried
Loyal Always to Mm.
In all the years that he has lived
in Manchester, now a nart of this
town, there has never hr>?n a stain
upon the Beeltie r.ame Mr. Bent tie
>*ba lived a eienn and rlnVteous life.
He I? a Christian by nature; I'ov
(wenty-ed<i years l-.e has been an elder
in the Presbyterian Church H-s never
lost faith In his Oed when nffllctlor
came upon h'm before; he has not lost
it now. Xo man stands h'.s-hcr In the
estimation of his noighbora?those
shsrn. exacting judces. who make and
brer.k. Not In the whole Southslde ein
there he found one who would spea't
111 of him; not in the whole Routhsldr
there be found one who would
deny htm that sympathy he so richly
deserves. He said l&st night that he
didn't think there was nnv one who
had suffered so much, hut he said it
quietly?an onlotly as he tvotlld have
said his morning prayer. There Is no
doubt but t''; t hjs days will be mode
shorter, but he will go to his end
gamely, loval to his :>on?convinced
eternally that he hns been unjustly
accused. His kindly faro shows the
grief that shakes JMs breast. There Is
no bright light In his eye>i. Keen If
his son should come forth vindicated
before nil men ?even If tin bearded
highwayman should come forth and
confess hi" guilt ? that old gentleman's
heart Is "broken. No Jury, however
merciful, can bring Joy to his soul
again.
RICHMOND'S HEALTH
BOARD'SANITARY MAD'
Charge Ib Made at Meeting of
Farmers in Staun?
ton.
DAIRYING IS DISCUSSED
Field Made Unprofitable by Un?
necessarily Severe Regula?
tions.
[Special From a Staff Correspondent.]
8taunton Va. August 10.?On recommenda?
tion of a special committee to which wn
referred the annuul address of President
Westmoreland Davis ail matters regarding
leglslutlon pending before the Virginia
Farmers' Institute were to-duy referred to
the board of directors w th instructions to
report suitable resolutions at tho midwinter
institute to be hold in l:lchmond in Jan?
uary, about the lime the General ABsombly
convenes.
President Davis appointed as a special
committee to attend the conference of rail?
way presidents in Richmond on September
1. in regard to frolght rate? In agricultural
llino. Waiter B. Hathaway, of Lancaster
county, aud U. Morgan Shepherd, of Rich?
mond.
Use of I.lme Discussed.
An extended discussion of tlio use of lime
for treatment of sour und ncid lands in pro?
pitiation for clover and alialfa wua led by
Prof. Alva Agee. of the feiinsylvanla. Agri?
cultural College. Dr. William C. ritubbs, for
thirty years director of the Louisiana Ex?
periment Station, dlHcueked humus, advlimg
a rotation of certain crops to supply vegeta?
ble qualities In the soli.
The experts asserlod that there was no
such thing as "worn out land" in Virginia.
There is much unproli'.ablu land, gome thai
has been nbused und Impoverished, but
which could be brought back by proper
treatment, sueli as the turning under of,
certain nitrogen-bearing vines and the uso
of lime.
Prof. T. C. Johnion, director of the Vir?
ginia Truck Btatlon. spok<? on growing Irish
potatoes.
The following were elec ?d to composo the
board of directors of the institute: John F. ,
Lewis. Mecklenburg: Dr. Charics W. Grav- j
att, Caroline; \Vc?unore:and Davis, Lou
doun; Janice ilellwood, Cheslcrflold; T. O. j
bandy, Nottoway; Joseph A. Tun er. Roan- !
eke; Major Tynes, Tesewelt; S. A. Wood,
Albemurio; W. E. Hathaway, Lancaster:
James R. Kemper. Augusta. ,
Obstacles to successful tanning were dis?
cussed this afternoon by Rosewell Page, ot ,
Honover; J. 11. C. Dowries, of Chance;
Manager Bodeil. of Curls Neck Farm, and
others.
Mr. Page asserted that farm life *oi ,
made loo hard by unnecessarily long hours
for men and women, lack of household con?
veniences, loo little recreation and a lack >
?t business system.
The Labor Problem.
Mr. Beverley spoke of me difficulty of ]
securing satisfactory labor, saying thai the
young nesro waa un:rn;n?d and untralnahlc,
migratory as the bird. anJ utterly unrell
a'ole. He thought Intensive farming bad
policy with lt'.CCO.OCO acres of Idle land In
Virginia. Importation of foreign labor had
proved a failure, he asserted, the Immi?
grants showing themselves utterly worth?
less on farm and soon drifting to the cities.
He thought tho farmer should use all pos?
sible labor-saving machinery nnd grow for
a'ge and hay crops that do not require con
slant cultivation; raise live stock und fcr
tlllsa heavily, so that what labor is used
Will produce more resu is.
Manager Bodeil urgid deeper p.nufliinr, ns
the remedy for drought, and cave an Inter?
esting areount of his operations In raising
alfalfa.
j A general discussion of dairying In Vir?
ginia followed the statement of Joseph A
Turner that fn per cont. of the butter and
cream used in the Slate was imported, to
the piot'.t of Western farmers, railway and
express companies. Unreasonable regula?
tions of city health board*, which reject
rlenn milk from local dairies, because below
a certain fixed standard in butter tat, and
at the same time admit latgo quantities of
rollk Imported from uninspected dairies in
: other State*, were stnted to be the chief
drawback to entering what should be one
of ihe most profitable, branches of farming
, in Virginia.
?'Sanitary Mud."
? J. F. Jackson said the Richmond Health
Board was "sanitary mail" on the question
of milk. He admitted that previous to sys?
tematic Inspection many of the dairies about
Richmond had been n disgrace to tholr own
, ers, but he urged tome uniform t^tate law
regulating the Inspectors, who. he said,
i should "know their business and noi b"
j juckieg politicians, ?ho know nothing of
I dairying, as we hud ?t first In Richmond."
I By "lighting and /-owing" for years, he
said, those men had been ousted and ren
? sonable inspectors employed. Needless re
; Mructlons were still imposed. however.
? which practically put out of the dairy bus
i Ir.ess men of limited capital, who cannot af?
ford to build new barns to meet the views
of every new Inspector.
Addresses were delivered by W. D. found?
ers. State Dairy and Food Commissioner,
and by Dr. H. f Mayo, animal husbandman
of the Virginia Experiment Station, who
urged a registrntlcin law for stallions to
protect the. fnrmer nnd Improve horse
I bleeding.
? Members of the Institute were entertained
to-night at a sm-.ker and concert by the
i Stonewall Hand at U>psy Hill Park,
j The instilute will close to-morrow about
{ midday, though many members will remain
1 to hear former fio.ernor Andrew -Jackson
I Montague, who Is anr.outiced to make a poli?
tical address In Staunton to-morrow night.
Itobbed of I.urge Sum.
j O. Morra complained to the police
last night that he had been pulled
I Into Rnmcnt Alley, belwten Sroad and
I Murshall and Madison and Jetferson
Streets, by s negro girl and robbed
? of ?30il. The money was ir.a purse
. in his hip pocket, #
Detective Belton was assigned to
! the case, and a short time later he
.'?nested William ritannurd. alias
: "Cheese," and Halite Jones?, both col?
ored, on suspicion of knowing some?
thing about the theft
To Study .\egro Problem.
The- special committee known as
tho segregation domiciliary commit?
tee, whose purpose Is to consider the
advlsnblllty of acquiring new terri?
tory for the purpose of relieving con?
gested conditions among the negroes,
will meet during the early part of
next week. It is probable that tho ac?
quisition of new territory will be
recommended for this purpose. Mem?
bers of the committee are: From the
Common Council?a. L, Vonderlehr,
chairman; Gilbert K. Pollock, Charles
K Richards From the Board of Alder?
men?J, M. K.iln and .1. J. Mitchell.
Xo Racing In Florida.
Tampa, Fla, August 10.?There will
bo no racing In Florida this year. Fol?
lowing the lead of the owners of the.
Jacksonville track, the Tampa pro?
moters definitely decided not to at?
tempt to test the State law against
racing. As the Tampa owners con?
trol the tnck at K?pTrain Park, Pen
sacola. it i:< believed there will he no
I i I that p.>int.
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WEATHER IS VERY WARM
I Despite Heat Troops Stand Day's
Manoeuvres Exceedingly
Well.
ISpecial to Tho Times-Dispatch.J
Camp Sale, Culpeper, Vu-, August 10.
?To-day was one ot the warmest duys
of the Fourth Regiment's encampment,
yet the troops stood the exercises of
the day exceedingly well. Advance
guard und outpost was the schedule
for the forenoon drills, while regiment
in extended order was the order for
the evening.
The special Instructions for olflcers
ivere again held to-du\. at 1 P. M.. un?
der the supervision of Cuptuln Baltzell
land Lieutenant White, United States
Army, Captain Baltzell giving Instruc?
tions In the proper method to be used
In giving commands, while Lieutenant
White Instructed the field olflcers in
horsjmanshlp. Lieutenant-Colonel Sal
omonsky wus again in command of tht
regiment at drill on account of the
slight Indisposition of Colonel Not?
tingham, tho latter In command at re
view.
To-night the officers of tha camp ,
were given a complimentary and In- j
formal smoker at the armory at Cul
peper by tho Catalpa Club. Judge 1
Shuckelford. In a few well-chosen
words, expressed the great pleasure It
afforded the citizens to have the troop*
In tiie vicinity, and complimented very i
highly the most excellent behavior of
all the troops during their stay. Gen?
era! Vaughan. the camp eommnndt.r, re?
sponded for the troops. He was fol?
lowed by several others olflcers und cit?
izens.
Lieutenant Colbournc. who yesterday
was thrown from his horse. Is about
camp, and while sufferir. 3 pain, is rap
Idly Improving, and to-day was ns
Slghed to the Third Battalion as lieu?
tenant-quartermaster and commissary.
The officer of the day was Captain ti S.
Hutchlns; of the guard, Lieutenant \V. I
W. Bain.
[
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House to line up their forces to stand
by .Ir. Taft.
Virginia Polities Hack of It.
The rather startling assertion was
made to-day by a man of standing In
Congress that the Virginia senatorial
light was at the back of the state?
hood vote in the Senate, and that the
same arguments that were used to
put the Flood resolution through the :
Senate cannot be effective with Demo?
crats and Republicans In an attempt
ed passage of this resc'.utlon over the
veto of the President
The story is that Representative
Flood, chairman of the House Com?
mittee on Territories. Is one of the
strongest supporters of Senator Mar?
tin In the latter's fight for re-election
in Virginia. Senator Martin was anx?
ious, according to the story, to uphold
the prestige 01 Flood, his friend, anil to
do this he made a personal appeal to
? every Democrat 'c the Senate und to
I a number of Republicans to vote for
I the passage of the Flood resolution.
It was declared to-day that there
1 axe Democrats In the Senate who do
: not regard this question as political
and who will refuse to follow Senator
Martin to the point of attacking a veto
' of the President by voting to make B
law over his executive protest They,
too, do not propose to be made adjuncts
; of the candidacy of any man for the
. Senate in Virginia or In support of
his supporters in that fight. It is said
I that there nre half a dozen Democratic
^ Senators who will take this stand.
I These, together with Regular Repu>-?
1 licans. will form more than a th*rd of
{ the total vote of the Senate on the
I question, two-thirds b'lr.g necessary
i to pr.ss the statehood liill ovt the
'? veto of Mr. Taft
Don!,rful la the House,
i In the House the indications are
j that the veto of the President would
I be overridden, in spite of the efforts
of the Republican leaders there, al?
though Mr. Dwight was to-day hope
tal that a full one-third can be ob?
tained to stan.i by the Pre.-ldent.
Mr. Tafts fighting clothes are on.
1 and he has not in a loner time ex?
hibited as much willingness to
go to tho country on the propo?
sition Of sustaining his view or
that of Congress on certain q?e.s
a moment's thought to
The bill .'idmlttlng Arizona and New
Mexico to statehood passed its last
legislative stage to-day by the House
' agreeing to the Senate amendments
; to that measure. The bill now goes to
President Taft.
Representative Flood, of Virginia.
: chairman of the Territories Committee,
I spoke in favor of immediate passage
: of the bill as amended, snylng the
amendments made no material change.
The amendments were concurred in
without roll call, both Demicrats and
j Republicans applauding.
3LEASE "G?TS EVEN"
'< Revokes Commissions of Notaries Who
Took Dtimnglui Affidavits.
Columbia, S. C. August 10.?Newspa?
per publication of statements, with
sworn affidavits, that Governor Cole L.
Blouse had been rude to Miss Mary J.
Rogers, railway ticket agent at Helton,
s. c . was followed" co-day by the re
; vocation by the Governor of the com
! missions as notarlos public o' I. K.
I Alexander, who made one cf tho aill
1 davits that the Governor was Im
I polite, arid of J. a. Horton and j. A.
Merrltt. before whom the affidavits of
I Mr. Alexander and Miss Hogers were
j made. Governor Blease issued a state
I ir.ent. saying In part:
[ "I have cancelled the commissions of
I the three notaries public taking part
I in this dirty transaction, and some
I other people will hear from It later.
; Every one who has known mo from
my childhood up will certify to th ??
[fact that I have 111 all times and on
I all occasions been polltn and cour?
teous to everybody and particularly so
to the women, and I am satisfied thai
I my frlonds do not believe tfeut I was
'disrespectful on this occasion."
Times-Dispatch Pony Contest
Nomination Blank
.1
Counts 1,000 Votes
I hereby nominate
Address.
Age.
As a contestant in The Times-Dispatch Pony and Cart Contest, subject to the
rules of the contest.
(Name of person making nomination.)
Under no circumstances will the name of the person making the nomina?
tion be divulged to any one. T1?3 is for our information only.
CONTEST STARTS AUGUST 7.
?od for 5 Votes
In The Times-Dispatch Pony Contest
I Cast 5 Votes for
Name.
Address.....,,,...... ? ?.**..... ?? *.? ? ? ... ?
This ballot must bo voted before August 15th.
iwmwiMiiiimwiifiw ??
WOULD 'INTEREST.
PERMIT CHANGE?
(Continued From First Pago.)
llco the Governor lias to bestow, and
appointments uru probably tuatje in
great measure upon personal and po?
litical grounds. It may or may not
be significant that not a single mem?
ber of the commission since Us cre?
ation has been reappointed, save by
the uovi-rnor who first appointed him.
Unlikely, therefore, to secure reap
polntment, an undesirable situation
arises, and no uiuu should be asked
to face the temptation xvhloh might
arlso to forget the rights and Inter?
ests ot the peoplo.
"In New York State all judges are
elected by the people, yet the de?
cisions of her courts stand as high
as those of any etato. If In a Stato
whose atmosphere Is reeking with a
desire for gain, the people can ho
trusted to elect to Judicial olllce. it
Is a stigma upon Virginians to say
that they are unlit and unworthy to
exorcise a suffrage which .is abso?
lutely essential to their welfare.
Must He Mude llrspounlble.
"The farmers of Virginia should see
that future members of the Corpora?
tion Commission are elected by the
I people, notwithstanding the corpora?
tion lobby. The men wly> havo to do
with our most Intimate affairs and de?
ride questions which mean for our
happiness and prosperity, must be
made responsible t.> the people and
made to render an aceountlng at the
end of their terms. We elect a Gov?
ernor, we elect the Legislature, yet
by some fetich of iho mir.d these crea?
tures of otira are endowed with somo
supernatural power which we are told
we do not possess. Farmers of Vir?
ginia should take the trouble to ns
i certain before the primary whether
I they are sending to the LeRlrUture
i men to represent them or to represent
i special corporate Interests."
CAUSE OF DEATH UNKNOWN
? Coroner Tuvlor Signs Certificate, nnd
Shirley Carter Nclxon I? Hurled.
The funeral of Shirley Carter Nel?
son. Infant daughter of Mr. ind Mrs
R. R Nelson, who died from apparent?
ly mysterious causes In the Memoria
Hospital at 7 o'clock Tuesday morn
I Ing. took place yesterday morning. In
i torment being In Hollywood Cemetery
Nothing definite was brought to
: light as to the cause of death in the
first sitting of the coroner's Jury Wed
nesday afternoon, and nothing fur?
ther will be known until the analysis
of the child's stomach Is completed
by Coroner Taylor. In signing the
death certificate. Coroner Taylor stated
I that death was duo to a cause un
: known.
The Nelsons will not leave the city
for a trip to the seashore, as they
had anticipated doing, but will re
! main for the final work of the cor
' oner's jury. Mrs. Neison Is affording
' Coroner Taylor ail help In his conduct
: of the case.
BROTHER COMPLAINS
.1. Veruon French, of Arvonla, Charged
With L'tterlng Worthless Draft.
! -I. Vernon French, of Arvonla. Buck?
ingham county, was arrested yesterlny
morning by Do-tcctlve-Sovgeant Kol
i lam and Detectives Helton nnd Bryant
? on a warrant charging him with steal-,
ing $2T> from the Anderson-Lev.-is
Gray Compnny and on another war?
rant charging him with obtlining J!0
from Harvey, Blair & Company by
uttering a worthless dral't. French
I may face other warrants to-day, as h?
is alleged to have obtained monev on
drafts from other concerns. The draft
for 325 was made out on the name
of W. H. Hooton on the State Bank
i of Arvonla. Complaint w|,s made by
French's brother, who had hecoim:
? tlrcj of his brother's alleged actions.
Mr. Houutree, Vlce-Presldent,
Henry W. Bounrree was yesterdcy
I elected vice-president of the American
I National Bank to succeed Col. Charles
j K. Wlngo, Who died in March. Mr.
i Rountree. who Is one of the best
I known business men in Richmond,
! has been a director of the American
I National for a number of years.
OBITUARY
Mra. Margaret Sewcll II um ub rlcll.
ISpeelul 10 Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch. J
Lexington, Vs., August 10.?MiH.
I Margaret Sowell Humphries, aged
I seventy-four years, dlcu at the homo
I of her diiu^nter, Mrs. John \V. M'loy,
' of Lexington, Monday nlornlng, aftoc
! a long Illness. Before her murrtug-i
I sac was a MIhh Mcl.'ormlck. daughter
I of Thomas McCotmtck, of Miaway,
: Rockbrldgc coanty. Her hu>> burnt.
I Llewellyn M. Humphries, died in 1900.
: Four duuglucrs and otw son survive,
i They are Mrs. S. M Wllbourn. of
Buens Vista; Mrs. Mtloy and \V. It.
Humphries, of l^xlngton; Mrs Jumi
W. Beard, of Coving ton, and Mrs. o.
C Brewer, of Pulaskl. The luner;il
wns held from Trinity Methodist
Church Tuesday afternoon, conducted
by Rev. Or. W. .<. Hammond, of
Woodstock, former pastor of the Lex?
ington Church.
Mra. Elisabeth Funktion?r r.
Mrs. Elisabeth Hinggold Funk
houser, wife ot B. it Funkh?user, died
Sunday night at her home lti Lexing?
ton, of ncute Indigestion. She was
born in. Baltimore sixty-four years
ago, and before her marriage was .1
Miss Leltch, of that city. The funeral
took pli?co Wednesday afternoon from
her home, ouifclucled by Rev. William
,s. Hanunonu. L>. L> . of Woodstock. Her
nusoand and the following children
survive: C. S. Funkhouser, of Bam
oiote; Marshall Funkhouser, of It.-..
I apoli.s; Mrs. u. W. P.ad.-r. Of Rot k
^rldge. V. Ei Funkhouser. of Texas;
? Mr* W. T. Farmer ami Mrs. it. W.
Dunnlngton, ot Mibsouri; Mrs. R. Les?
ter Hutton and Robert R. Funkhouser,
ot Lexington; Martin Guy Funkhouser,
Jt Washington.
George W. I.ovrery.
[Special to The Tlmes-UlspatchJ
Winchester. Va., August 10.?When
George W. Lowery, eighty years old.
llvng near Winchester, stooped to
Pick up stove wood this morning ho
was Belted with apoplexy and fell
dead. His wife and eleven children
survive.
George llobron.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Harrlsonburg, Va.. August lu.?<jcu
Hebron, sixty-nine years old, va Con?
federate veteran, died Tuesday ut
Powell's Fort, Shenandoah county. Ho
Is survived by Ills wife and aged fatti?
er, James liahron. who Is nlnety-on*
years old.
DEATHS
IfRITZSCHE?Died, nt 12 o'clock, noon,
Thursday, August 10, at her homo.
Barton Heights, PAULINE FRITZS
OHE, nee W AON ER, dear wife of M
R. Fritzsche.
Funeral announcement later.
CLINK?Died, yesterday at 3 P. M ,
MRS. ALMA C. CLINE, wife of
Charles H. Cllr.o. She loaves to
mourn their loss, besides her hus?
band and two children, her mother,
I Mrs. Sadlo F. Pruffer, and Renvllle
fYuffer, her brother.
Funeral from hor late residence,
i 1221 Fast Marshall Stroet, TO-DAY
at 3:30 o'clock. Friends of the fam?
ily are Invited to attend.
I
MICKLEBORO?Died, at the residence
; of his son, J. P. Mickleboro. 3225
Grove Avenue, at -1:20 I'. M. Thurs?
day afternoon. W. L. MICKLEBORO.
in the forty-third year of age.
Funeral notice later.
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