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MEET 10 DISCUSS
PRICE OF COTION
Southern Growers at Mont?
gomery Perfect Organiza
j, tion.
Montgomery, Ala., September 12?One
thousand mon, representing every cot?
ton growing State, met to-day In
Montgomery to devise ways and means
to robut the figures ot the Federal cot?
ton report and to secure a better price
for cotton. Thero were present Con?
gressmen and Unltd States Senators,
the Commissioners of Agriculture or
tholr icpreBentatlves from every South?
ern Stato, together with hundreds of
farmers, bankers, business and profes?
sional men of the South.
The organization wus effected by
the cotton growers, and four commit?
tees wero appointed, to be known as
tho committees on resolutions, market?
ing and financing the cotton crop, na- j
tlonal legislation and statistics, esti?
mator and conditions of the cotton
crop.
These committees .consist of the
CommisH'onera of Agriculture of eu.cl?
Btato, t.hreo delegates from each Statu
und President C S. Barrett, of the
Farmers' Educational and Co-operative
Union.
Senator E. D. Smith, of South Caro
ollna, In scathing terms, denounced
tho so-called gambling of the New
York, Liverpool and New Orleans Cot?
ton Exchanges, und declared that the
Southern farmer must gain his nnanclal
Independence of these people. He said
the farmers should demand a fair price
on thlr cotton, and ventured tho asvor
tlon that If the New England farmer
:Jiad such a monopoly crop as the cotton
I crop, be wuold demand and receive SU
'cents a pound for It.
"Senator Smith also made an attack
?upon the accuracy of the government
; crop report. He asserted that the
' bouthern farmer had lost enough
money because of It to establish an
Insurance department to Insure proper
llgures. He also criticized Attorney
General Wlcker.sham's policy regarding
so-called cotton monopoly.
Senator Smith proposes to Introduc*
n bill when Congress meets to require j
tho Secretary" of Agrlcultrrc to show
in his monthly cotton census the
amount of cotton In the field and the
number of bales In warehouses and
-who owned these bales. Throughout
his speech Mr. Smith was heartily ap?
plauded.
The convention was called together '
nt noon Commuiloner of Agriculture]
K, O. Watson, of South Carolina, was'
made permanent chairman.
The convention will close Wednesday!
evening with a demonstration In honor j
t)t Mon. Oscar W. t'nderwood. Demo?
cratic leader of the House of Repre?
sentatives, who will reach this city
with a party of good roads advocates
from Birmingham.
AMUSEMENTS
?> Academy, .Mutluee and Nittbt?"Polly
?f the Clrcun."
BIJou?''School Days."
roily Cornea Duck.
In "Polly of the Circus" 'Frederic
Thompson has surpassed himself In his
efforts to give novel Investiture to tile
Htago story of a child clrcuB rider who
meets with on accident, meets and
falls In love with a minister, marries
him and lives happy ever after. Miss
Ida SL Leon, the youngest .leading wo?
man on the stage to-day, has the title'
part In Frederic Thompson's "golly of
the Circus." which will be seen at the
Academy to-day, matinee and night.
This play was the attraction at the
Liberty Theatre, New York, for one
solid year.
HURT WATCHING GANG FIGHT
New York Slllltla Officer Slay Be Fa- |
tally Injured.
New York, September 12.?Captain j
lEdward Flack, a well known New
York officer of the Stale militia, was |
rushed to a hospital here early to- '
day with a fractured skull, received
"while he was watching a gang fight at
a Harlem street corner. His tnjurlea
are likely to result fatally.
According to witnesses, Flack was
standing a Utt?e too near the partici?
pants In the row and received a blow
which was Intended for one of the
combatants. The lighters all escaped
Jn the confusion.
STEAMER IS TOTAL LOSS
Passengers and Crew of Pacific Liner
Rninoiis Rencued.
Seattle, Wash.. September 12.?The
wooden steamship Ramona. of the Pa?
cific Coast Steamship Oompnny, bound
from Skagway for Seattle, with pas?
sengers and freight, went ashore on
one of tho Spanish Islands opposite
Cape Decision, Alaska, at 8:30 o'clock
Sunday morning and Is a total loss.
Tho passengers and crew were ta?
ken off by the steamship Northwest?
ern and are on the way to Seattle.
Sunday School Figures.
The first meeting of the Methodist
Sunday School Association held since
June shows an attendance of 1,401
members from five schools. The meet?
ing was held in the Broad Street Mulh
(llst Church, and was of more than
usual Interest.
Following is a list of members:
Broad Street. 139: St. James. 175;
Denny Street. 222; XTnlon Station. (137
Highland Park, 228.
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DRINKS POISON
10 ENO HIS LIFE
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.J
Lynchburg, Va., September l>.?Hoy
I Wlngfleld. aged about twenty-eight
I years and unmarried, a tinner by
I trade, attempted suicide this morning
i about 8 o'clock by drinking carbolic
I acid. He died this afternoon.
If the cause of the man's act was
I nt ill health.\ than the cause Is not
known. A note was found in one of
the pockets of hia clothing, which In?
dicated bis purpose when" he went to
the park. As this was addressed to his
mother, the contents wore not made!
public.
ORGANIZED AT CHARLOTTE.
i "flack Home Movement" Takes Definite
Shape.
Charlotte, N C. September 12.?
I "The back home movement" took de?
finite shape here to-day at a meeting
wherein railroad ofnclals. newspaper
men and secretaries of commercial
bodies from all sections of the State
participated. Organization was per-:
fected under the name of "The North
Carolina Home Makers' Association,"
and the following officers were elect
I cd:
; President. United States Senator lAe|
j S. Overman, of North Carolina; First
1 Vice-President, W. C. Dowd, Charlotte,
News; Second VIce-PresIdent, H. B.
j Variier, Lexington Dispatch; Third
Vicc-Prcsldent. Z. P. Smith. Fayetre-1
vllle. Executive committee?Dr. I. NT.]
! Falson. Charlotte; Fred A. Olds.:
'< Raleigh, and James H. Calne. Ashe
vlile Citizen.
A board of governors, two mem?
bers from each congressional district,
was also appotnted.
A secretary-manager will be named
at a later meeting of the executive
j committee.
CHINESE ADMIRAL
AT WASHINGTON
Washington. September 12.?Rear
Admlral Ching. Pin Kwang. of the
Chinese' navy, arrived to-night from
New York, and retired early. He will
[ pay his respects to official Washing
ton to-morrow.
A busy day awaits the distinguished
j visitor here to-morrow. In the fore
I noon he will make formal calls upon
acting Secretary of State Wilson, and
I acting Secretary of the Navy Win
I throp. Return calls will be immediate
[ ly made. Later the admiral, members
' of his suite, and ofllcers of the Chinese
[ legation wll be luncheon guests of
I Acting Secretary Winthrop, at the|
I Metropolitan Club. The party will
I leave Washington In the afternoon foi
j Beverly, Mass.. whore President Taft
I will receive the admiral on Thursday.
A few days later the party plans 10
; pay a second visit to Washington,
1 when the admiral will be token to
; Mount Vernon, where he will place a
] wreath on the tomb of Washington.
I COUNTERFEITEBS AT WOHK.
T-angcrous Gang Believed to Be Busy
on Puelflc Cuast.
Washington. September 12.?The se?
cret service believes that a dangerous
gang of national bank note counter?
feiters, which has been lying low for a
year, again Is operating on the Pacific
coast. A counterfeit ten-dollar not-.?
on the Pasadena (Cul.) National Bank,
brought to secret service headquar?
ters to-day. was declared to be the
work of the same gang which last Sep?
tember counterfeited notes on national
banks -in Los Angeles and El Ctmtro.
Ca.1.1 Portland. Ore-, and Willlamsport.
Pa ,
The activity of . the secret service?
men a year ago stopped the operation
of the counterfeiters
Finger tiro-.ind Off.
Lewis Davl.s, of 1202 Brook Avenue,
caught his linger in some machinery
at the Richmond Paper Box Company,
1333 East Franklin Street, yesterday
afternoon, and it was ground off. Ho
WS* attended by Dr. Hulcher, of the
city ambulance, and ..was then taken
home.
L
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es
entfernen,
IfQualityJfeiO
Is what you wish, this is the
establishment to send all
your Fall orders.
We clean or dye ties,
gloves, ostrich feathers, cloth?
ing, curUiins, blankets, rugs
and carpets.
Mrs. A. J. Pyle
315 N. Sixth Street, Richmond, Virginia
Man Captured in California May
Be Turned Over to
Allied Tribe.
Washington. D. C, September 12.?
Olrlclals of the Indian Bureau hero
are figuring on what they shall do
with the lone survivor o the Vuna
Tribe of Indiana, popularly known aa
the Nogt trine, who wo? captured near
Orovllle, Cel., recently. A report was
received to-day from Charles L. Da?
vis, one of the agents of the bureau.
In which he recommended thut the
lone Yona b"e cared for by some mem?
ber of an allied tribe. This, it was
statQd, prqbably would bo the course
adopted.
"After a year or two." said Mr. Da?
vis, "ho doubtless would be ablo to
lock after himself, become u member
of the band und live as they do." Mr.
Davis reported that the Indian was
before well treated by the University
of 'California authorities, who now
have him In charge, and that he "does
not attempt to get away, but, on the
other hand, evidences a deslro to re?
main with his new acquaintances
rather than eyr.r>s? . himself to those
unknown."
The lone Yana. Mr. Davis believes.
Is the laut of a group of four or llvo
Indians who for yearn past had lived
In the practically Inaccessible haunts
of canyons ulong the Feather River.
Several ycais ago a party of utirvev
or-v the report adds, evidently. drove
them from this seclusion, and In the
attempt to find another hiding place,
vll of them perished but the old man
taker, a few days ago. He Is an ex?
pert, Mr. Davis says, "In Imitating the
culls ol wild animals, showing he has
preserved the wiles of the savage to
allure the wild game to him."
The Yana tribe, according to Indian
Bureau records, alwaya wts a small
tribe, and of a distinct linguistic farn
fly. In 1864 neighboring California
miners, annoyed at some depredations.'
massacred all but fifty of tho whole
tribe, which then numbered about <5,
000. In 1902 only six or se.en re?
mained.
COSTLY NAVAL STATION
ABANDONED BY JAPAN
Post at Port Arthur In Manchuria 11, -
comes of Secondury Impor?
tance.
Washington, D. C, September 12.?
Purely strategical reasons have Induced
the Japanese government to decide
upon the abandonment of a naval sta?
tion at Port Arthur. In Manchuria, rep?
resenting an Investment of many mil?
lions of dollars. That station was built
by the Russians when they were In
control of the Liao Tung Peninsula
Under a nominal iease. from China.!
Even after It was shown to fall of
that degree of Impregnability which j
was the expectation of its founders. I
and fell into the hands of the Japanese
aa an Incident to the Russo-Japanese i
War, the victors did not hesitate to
spend another great sum of money
upon the defenses.
But tho acquisition of Korea by Ja?
pan has made the Port Arthur station
secondary In Importance from a naval
point of view, it was too far Inland to
be of any -use In the defense of Korea,
so the decision has been reached to
abandon the place as a naval etatiou
and to transfer as much of the material
as can be used elsewhere to the new
site selected at Chlhal Bay, on the
coast of Korea, a position that will
command the entrance to the Yellow
Sea and the grea,t Gulf of Pechlll, as
well as afford a measure of protection
to the western coast of Japan and the
Stralt6 of Korea. j
Great docks will be constructed at
that place, which will be reserved ex?
clusively for naval purposes. The
port will be closed to commerce, while
Port Arthur will be released for the
use of ,the merchant marine.
Xeiv Members elected.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Richmond Academy of Medicine and
Surgery was held last night in the
assembly room of the Travelers' Pro?
tective Association building. Ah, in?
teresting paper wus read by Dr.'A. G.
Brqwn. Drs. Wlngrtold and Broaders
were elected to membership.
REFUSE TO CHANGE
COLLEGE CHARTER
^Continued From First Page.)
In last night's meeting, "but I will not
steal for It."
Are Really Methodist.
The colleges, it is claimed, are essen?
tially Methodist In spirit, and It is
claimed that this should be sufficient
for the conference. Dr. Cannon and
his friends, however, desire the nama
to be placed in the charter and to have
the system controlled by the confer?
ences.
Unless a way enn be found to get
oiro.ind the situation as it was pre?
sented at the close of last night's ses?
sion. It. would seem that compromise
is impracticable. The direct question
of amendments to the charter, which
the trustees claim is impossible in law
and In good faith,, seems to bo the
Issue.
The conferees for the Virginia Con?
ference are: Dr. James Cannon, Rev.
W. J. Young. D. D., of Danville; Rev.
W. Asbury Christian, D. D., presiding
elder, Richmond District: John C.
Parker, of Southampton; Frank Tnl
bott, of Danville, and T. J. Barham,
ot Newport News. For the trustees:
Judge K. D. Newman, of Woodstock
(chairman): W. W. Vicar, of Norfolk:
Richard B. Davis, of Petersburg; Rev.
Wiley T. Bledsoe. of Orange: Rev. W.
W. Lear, D. D., of Bedford City; K. F.
Sheffey, of Lynchburg: Rev. M. Bousch,
of Maryland: E. B. Prettyman, of Rook
vllle, Md.; and Rev. W. H. Edwards,
presiding elder. Eastern Shore Dis?
trict.
? .Indue Wnddlll Returns.
Judge Edmund Waddil). Jr.. of tho
United States District Court for tho
Eastern District of Virginia, has re?
turned to tho city, nftcr spending the
summer at the Greenbrler White Sul?
phur Springs.
Police Court Cases.
The enso against Lawyer Hayas,
JTick Jackson and Dudley Payno, col?
ored, charged with feloniously assault?
ing John Frayser with a rock, was
continued In Police Court yesterday
morning to September 16.
William Haston, colored, was
charged with using a sl^cl oh tha
hend of Edward Bishop, and he will
appear before the grand Jury. ?
Lottie Duncan and Robert Blnokwell,
colored, charged wjth ehootlng at Lavl
Rose, were dismissed.
Follow Mrs. James J. Brown to
Newport and There Seize
Pearl Necklace.
Newport, September 12.?Mrs. James
J. Brown, of Denver, a leader In tho
; social set here, lias survived a most
\ unpleasant experience with the customs
] officials in Boston. After experiencing
I considerable difficulty ut tho customs
' house, Mrs. Brown was trailed for
! hours by inspectors, who accompanied
i her even to the gilded gates of New?
port.
f When Mrs. Brown arrived in New?
port the customs Inspectors requested
her to open her trunk at the railway
station and surrender a pearl neck
: lace which she had brought over from
I Europe Later the necklace was re
' turned to Mrs. Brown with a note of
apology from Appraiser Hodges, - of
j Boston.
j When seen at thf Mucchlnger King
; cottage Mrs. Brown told the story of
I her experiences with the customs men.
! 'Two days before the vessel arrived
' In Boston," she said. "I carefully made
, out a list of all my dutiable posscs
I ** ? *
slons.
, ? '
In order to verify the declarations
! I even presented the bills of sale for
I the various articles which I had pur
j chased abroad, but the officials de
mended twice as much as the amount
I had figured. Tho result was that
I did not have this amount in cash.
In consequence I was forced to drive
to a bank before my baggage could
be released.
"I did not object In the least to pay?
ing the amount asked by the go-*ern
ment, but I did rebel at being forced
to rush about procuring the money.
It was noon before I saw my baggage
on the way to Newport. At 4 o'clock
I drove to the railway station. What
I was my astonishment, while walking
I through the station, to be Intercepted
! by ofne-ers from the Boston customs
house.
"They said they had been ordered
by the appraiser to bring back a cer?
tain string of pesrli. "Why, my dear
pion." I told them, 'my baggage' has
c'ready gone aheid to New.por:. If
' you want that streng of rcarls you
mutt go to Newport~for It."
"They said thev must go f> New?
port, and must accompany me. I was
very much embarrassed at o=dng a?"
companled by officers In uniform, but'
what was I to do? On th^ tr'O It oc
cyrred to me that I had pa!3 fo ? the
pearls with money obtained from the
bank by cheek. I produce! the stu:)
of the checkbook and agreed to pro?
duce the voucher in ten da^s. The
Inspectors said they would have to"
bring the pearls back to Boston
"When we arrive J in Newport 1 wl<s
? coinpellea to open my trunks und de?
liver thf pearls. Later the pearls
were tttrned to me, acconv.-anled by
[ a letter of apology."
STATE CAMP IN SESSION.
Patriotic Sous of America Meet at
Lynch hurt;.
{Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Lynchburg, Va.. September 12.?The
State'camp of the Patriotic Order Sons
of America, In seventh annual session
here- to-day, heard splendid reports of
the progress of the order in Virginia
during the past year, selected Fred
ericksburg as the place for the next
meeting, elected officers and adjourn?
ed for a series of arrangements made
by the local camps for the pleasure of
the visitors during the afternoon and
evening.
The camp will be In session to-mor
I row, adjournment probably coming
[during the afternoon, or evening.
The meeting was called to order at
9:30 o'clock this morning, when an ad?
dress of welcome was made by A. E.
! Anderson, who represented the fra?
ternal orders of the city. This was
responded to by State President Thos.
j B. Ivey, of Petersburg.
The annual report of the State presi?
dent, Thomas B. Ivey. was read and
received, after which tho annual elec?
tion of officers took place, as follows:
President, W. R. Bennett, of Ports?
mouth; Vice-president, W. H. Rice, of
Richmond: Master of Forms. C. L.
.Craft, of Lynchburg; Secretary, F. W.
Alexander, of Oak Grove; Treasurer, J.
H. Brunner. of Falls Church: Conduc?
tor. J. P. Turnley. of Spotsylvanla; In?
spector. J. V. Perley, of Charlot'tes
vllle; Guard, A. L. Groves, of Rich?
mond. Trustee for three years, B. T.
Gordon of RIchmonA. National repre?
sentatives for the meeting to be held
nt Reading, Pa., on September 26??A.
C. Nelson, of Richmond; E M. Bunch,
of Lynchburg (delegate at large), and
, Thomas B. Ivey. of Petersburg, and R.i
. C. L Moncure. of Falmouth.
It is the duty of every expectant
mother to prepare her system for the
coming of her little one; to avoid as
far as possible the suffering of such
j occasions, and endeavor to pass
through the crisis with her health
I and strength unimpaired. This she
j may do through the use of Mother's
I Friend, a remedy that has been so
! long iu use, and accomplished so
j much good, that it is iu no sense au
; experiment, but a preparation which
always produces the best results. It
is for exernal application and so pen?
etrating in its nature as to thorougl?y
lubricate every muscle, nerve and ten?
don involved during the period before
; baby comes. It aids nature by ex
? paneling the skin and tissues, relieves
tenderness and soreness, and perfectly
prepares the system for natural and
safe motherhood. Mother's Fricud
j has been used and endorsed by thou?
sands of mothers, and its use will
prove a comfort and a benefit to any
; woman in need of such a remedy.
I Mother's Friend
is sold at' drug
stores. Write for
free book fo ?.
expectant moth?
ers, which con
j tains much valuable information.
BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., A?antf, Ca.
Cabinet Ministers Approve An?
swer to Germany Prepared by
De Seleves.
Paris, September 12.?A momentous
meeting of the Cabinet was held this
afternoon to consider France's reply
to Germany's counter-proposals in the
Moroccan negotiations. The meotlng
lasted three hours. The terms and
rough draft of tho document wore laid
before the ministers by Foreign Mln
I Ister De Seleves, and were scrutinized
I from every aspect.
Although the ministers formally re?
fuse to satisfy public curiosity by
making any statement as to what
passed at the historic council. It Is
understood that the Cabinet accorded
Its fullest approval to tho reply pre?
pared by M. i/o Seleves, which Is no
less explicit than that submitted by
Germany. It sets forth tn the clearest
possible manner France's position with
regard to the question of principle
raised by Germany and says:
"Attention as to tho necessity of
maintaining commercial equality for
all, and of assurance to Franco of
nn absolutely free hand, politically in
Morocco."
The foreign minster will proceed
to Rambouillet to-morrow tj> submit
the decision of the Cabinet to Pres?
ident Falleras. He will then have
drawn up the definite text of'the re?
ply, which will be dispatched from
Paris without delay, and will be In
the possession of th^ German govern?
ment by the end of the week.
Germany Awnlta Answer.
Berlin, September 12.?No further de?
velopments In the Moroccan affair are
expected here pending the receipt of
France's reply to tho German noto
Tho French ambassador, M. Cambon. Is
In Dresden with his family, awaiting
the next movo (by his government.
I Although the public anxieties re?
garding the differences between Franca
and Germany have been largely al?
layed, stocks opened somewihat weaker
on the Bourse to-day, owing to the
unsatisfactory course of the New York
and Paris market.-- yesterday.
A report printed in the foreign press
that the Russian government had with?
drawn great sums of money from
Berlin Is authoritatively denied, and
It Is asserted that the withdrawal of
French credit from German houses has
been much exaggerated In the reports.
Whatever withdrawals were made were
so slight. It Is declared, that they
played no part In the recent stock
marke! panic.
France Holds German Balloonlsts.
Verdun, Department of Meuse,
France, September 12.?A balloon
carrying threo Germans crossed the
frontier and came down to-day In the
village of Rouvres. The balloonlsts j
w-ere detained and the French military
authorities notified. j
It appears that the strangers as?
cended at Frankfort-on-the-Maln for
a purely pleasure trip, but the discov?
ery of numerous freshly taken photo?
graphs In their possession led the looa.1
authorities to hold them.
GRANDSON OF SAMPSON
LAYS DREADNOUGHT KEEL I
Work on the Mounter New York I* .
Commenced nt Brooklyn
Xnvy Ynrd.
New York. September 12.?With tho
young grandson of the late Rear
Admlral Simpson driving the first bolt,
the keel of tho superdreadnought New
York, to be the biggest of Uncle Sam's
fighting craft, was laid yesterday
morning in the Brooklyn Navy Yard
In the presence of an assemblage of
naval officers and yard visitors. Simple
ceremonies marked the beginning of
the wprk of constructing tho great
ship, which Is to bear the name of the
Empire State, heretofore 'borne by a
cruiser.
Tho fact thut the huge battleship
Is to be built here means that an im?
mense sum will be spent at the local
yard In wages and there was gladness
yesterday among the mechanics who
look to the naval station for employ?
ment. It is expected that the New
l'ork will be completed by the summer
of 1914.
The new "peace preserver" is to be
constructed on the same ways on
which the battleships Connecticut and
Florida and the collier Vestal have
been built.
Those assembled at the ways yester.
day to witness the faying of the keel
included Rear-Admiral l.eutze, the
commandant of the yard, with the
members of his staff; Representatives
Culder and Fitzgerald, of Brooklyn,
who were active In having the wo*k
assigned to the Brooklyn yard; Naval
Constructor Robert E. Stocker. who Is
to direct the workers; As-sistant Con?
structor John Bailey, und other naval
officers.
i'he New York Will have a length
of 573 feet, a breadth of 95 feet 2
inches, a total displacement of 27,00t)
tons und engines of 28.000 horsepower.
Her mijor armament will consist of
ten lt-lnch guns. She will ibe one of
the first vessels of the navy to bo
armed with li-inch rifles.
With a displacement of 5,000 tons
more than that of the Florida, the.
New York, when launched, will be the
biggest and most powerful lighting
ship ever constructed for the United
States Navy.- She and her sister ship,
tho Texas, will bo larger in every way
t.haii the Florida, which. It Is expected,
will soon be ready to go into commis?
sion at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. j
WEATHER FAVORABLE.
Report on Condition In National Week?
ly Bulletin.
Washington, September 12.?General?
ly favorable weather prevailed In the
cotton growing States east of the Mis?
sissippi during the week just ended,
according to the nutlonal weekly bul?
letin. Issued to-day by the Weather
Bureau. West of the Mississippi the
weather was not so favorable.
The bulletin summary says:
"V'i the cotton growing States
warmth and sunshine were beneficial,
and the rnlnfnll. though generally be?
low the normal, was sufficient for pres?
ent needs over most of the roglon to
the eastward of the Mlsslsslpnl River,
but In largo portions of Texas thoro
was no rain, and only light showers
occurred In portions of Arkansas and
Louisiana."
Conditions by States follow:
Virginia?Precipitation decreased
from normal In southwest to only
trace In southenst. Temperatures near
90 degrees, showers In mountains
sixth and seventh. Much sunshine In
East.
North Carolina?Warm. Scattered
showers. Few heavy loctil raius. Tem?
peratures above normal. Ample sun
I shine. Conditions favorable.
' South Carolina?Tomperature above
I normal, precipitations C.Jghtly below
normal In northeast, much above In
remainder. Sunshine about normal.
lllnlnrnten Hip.
G C. Dnrdcn. of mil Vonnble Street,
fell from a street car nt Eighteenth
and Main Streets last night and dis?
located hl? right hip. Ho was treated
by Dr. Crowger, of tho City Hospital,
and was thon taken to - the Vlrgln'a
Hospital.
On the
Market!
?the new Crossetts.
Latest in style. Fin?
est in workman?
ship. Highest in
quality. Gun metal,
black, tan or patent
Button or lace. And
comfortable? well,
rather.
$4. to $6. everywhere
Lewis A. Crossett, Inc., Maker
North Abington, Maas.
CORONER WILL ORDER
ARRESTS TO BE MADE
Sensational Disclosures as Investigation Into
Death of Miss Myrtle Hawkins Proceeds.
Murder Seems to Have Been . stablished.
Hendersonvllle, N. C. September 12. j
The veil of mystery that has sur?
rounded the death of Miss Myrtle
Hawkins, the seventeon-year-old girl
of Hendersonvllle, whose body was
found Sunday morning Heating In
Lake Oceola, Is rapidly being lifted,
and as the investigation proceeds the
disclosures made are becoming sen?
sational.
The theory of suicide has been en?
tirely discarded, and murder seems to
have been established.
It Is asserted to-night that the coro?
ner will -otmorrow order arrests to
be made.
Miss Hawkins's body Is to be ex?
humed, and a second and more search?
ing autopsy is to be made. Hal Coop?
er, of Johnson City, Tenn., a promi?
nent business man of that place, to
whom Miss Hawkins was betrothed,
has urgently requested that the re
to-morrow.
It has been shown that chloroform,
and not drowning, caused the young
woman's death. She had been absent
for a week, yet her body when found
had beon In the lake but a short Um-,
and It Is stated the bruises found on
the body are easily accounted for.
Coroner William K. Kirk has an?
nounced that he will reopen tho entird
case, exhume the remains of Miss)
Hawkins, summon a second Jury, and
give the case an exhaustive and com?
plete inquiry.
Rewards are offered by the city and
oounty, and Governor Kltchin has
been asked to offer an additional re?
ward on behalt of tho State, with
which to employ skilled detectives.
Feeling ut High Pitch.
Raleigh, N. C, September 12.?A.
telegram has been received from Hen?
dersonvllle, to the effect that feeling
is nt high pitch against the one who
murdered Miss Myrtle Hawkins, and
asking the Governor to offer a liberal
mains bo not Interred until he arrives reward for his capture.
RAISE $1,000
FOR ATHLETICS
[Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
Woke Forest, N. C, September 12.?
Amid great enthusiasm and with cheers
for the prospects foT athletic teams for
the current Bession, the student body
to-night completed a whirlwind cam?
paign to raise $1,000, In order that all
athletic teams might bo placed on a
firm financial foundation. At 9:45
o'clock this morning, twelve committees
of two each, with two secretaries and
with Eugene Turner as general chair?
man, began to solicit subscriptions, and
exuetly ten hours later the student
body of Wake Forest College, with no
outside assistance, had contributed
! $1,000.70. This probably is the record
for a day's subscription In any North
Curollna college.
At a mass-meeting to-night congrat
t ulatory speeches were made by d'ffer
j ent members of the faculty. The
i executive committee of the Alumni
I Athletic Association nlso gave $300,
j making a total of $1,300.70 for the
day. Practically every student In col
| lege contributed.
Marriage License.
! A marriage license was issuod yes
! terday in the Hustings Court to Bob
Hi Chapman and Bertha M. Bowde.i.
AMERICANS TAKE
LAS! OF SINGLES
New York. September 12.?Americana
won the ^ight to meet the Australian
holders of the Davis international chal?
lenge cup by capturing the Qnal singles
of the preliminary matches to-day on
the turf courts of the Westslde Tennis
Club, of this city, before a crowd thut
numbered more than 5,000 persons.
Both of the closing matches went
through four fast sets, M. E. M-Lough
lin, the young Callforninn. disposing of
C, P. Dlxon, captain of tho British Isles
team, at S-6. 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. while W. A
Larned. the American title holder, de?
feated A. H. Lowe, rated as the best*
singles man on the Britons' team, at
6-3, 1-6, 7-5, 6-1.
The results of the five competitions
In which the Amorican und British Isle*
challengers engaged give the Ameri?
cans four points for winning all of the
, singles, while the British Isles take.
j one point for the victory In the dou?
bles, in which Beamish and C. P. Dlxon
defeated T. C. Bundy and R. r>. Little
yesterday.
/ Reports Bobbery.
.1. W. Khun;, of 22 10 Park Avenue,
reported to the police last night that
he had been robbcu of a lady's hand?
bag, a lady's gold watch, valued at
$75 and a savings bunk, containing $30
or $40. and a bunch of keys. The rob?
bery was Sabl to have occurred some
time on Sunday, but the manner In
which It was committed w.-is not known
to Mr. Krnus. _?
SwuIIowh Poison.
Susie Fox. a colored girl living on
Baker Street, attempted to commit
suicide yesterday morning by Swallow*
i ing a dose of tincture of iron. It was
I said that she was led to the deed be?
cause she had been driven away from
I her home. The city ambulance" was
j c illed anil she was treated by Dr.
! Hulcher and was taken to the City
Hospital. ?
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTO R I A
H.is Expense!
Let me free your prem?
ises ot rota und mice, by
my guaranteed mothod.
1 a?k no pay until the
rat? are none, and my
moderate charge Includes a
full year'* guarantee.
Why not phone mo tc
day for particulars?
Otto Orkin,
Tel. Monroo JU'.'l.
Amer. National Bank Bldg.
Richmond, Va.
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Blunders Sons Co.. E. W. i>.?f? * Hon Co.. tlverm
Waddey Co.. Virginia Hospital. John 1? Williams.
l>r. Clifton M. Miller. Dr. Richard C. Wa'deu. Dr.
Wm. H. I'nrkcr, Win. B. l'Uilnt. Dr. A. W. Free?
man, and many others.