The times dispatch. [volume], September 19, 1911, Page 5, Image 5

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Social and
Personal
M
RS. ROBERT Q. CABELE, apent
several days last week in Rich- j
mond after a stay of two;
months at the White Sulphur Springs-:
Mrs. Cabcll is now at the Virginia Hot I
Springs, where she will remain until I
after the first week in October.
At the Country Club.
In spite of the cool weather, a num- ,
ber ot very ileasant dinner parties
wore entertained on the terraces of
the Country Club on Saturday evo-;
rilng, and a great many peuplc came
In for the Informal hop latur In the,
evening. The tables were decorated
with white and scarlet blossoms.
Some of those noted were Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Pegram. Mr. and Mrs.
Walter ilubard, Mrs Oeorge Mason, \
Mrs. Cune, Colonel and Mrs. Fred
Ple-asants, Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Van
derhoof. Mrs- Marlon Lambert, of St.
Lvuis. St. George Cooke, Langstuff
Johnston. Charles Harris. Miss Caro?
line .Mariiii. Dr, Bright, Mr. and Mrs
John Coke. Jr., Mr. Fleming, Mrs
Regesier, Mr. Haynes, Mr. Kirk and|
'.triers.
it.irk fr.ni Europe
Mrs Hcnjamln T. Ciump and her
daughter, Miss Louise Crump, who have
ben spending the summer traveling
abroad witr, a party of friends, re-,
tuincd to tho'r home In Richmond on
Saturday, ihoy sallei from Naples
anfi landed Iii New I'ctk on Thursday,
of last after an absence of three
months In Europe vtslllns pluces of
Interest on the continent and the Brit
Ish Lies. Mrs, Crump and her daugh
(er Will occupy their home. 611 West
Grace .Street, this winter.
Robert \? Daniel, who has been In
England for the I'-int twa months, has1
returned to this country, and is now
in Philadelphia.
Ileturued l? the city.
Miss Anne Reith Royall, who has
teen -.pending mme time with friends
and relatives lit,Northern Virginia, has
returned i<- hir h-,mu :jt West.Frank;
lir. Street Mi*s P.ojall was a guest of
RSV. Dudley Powers, and his daughter,
Miss- Dudley Powers, at th home of
Mrs. J 1*. Britten in Wer re lit on for:
?:severs weeks' r ast. Mists Roy?ll also:
The Flour That
Gives Universal
Satisfaction.
School Shoes
ntfd Stockings
N. W. Cor. 3rd & Broad
^TtH^lrf-.*,.MA-RI-iOfNT. <?3<JjV" M.
1 dozen Hcavv Gold Plated OC '
SAFETY PINS . ?CDC
Worth three times the peice. Mail
order.-. Stamps or coin.
Smith & Webster, Inc.
Jewelers- Opticians,
61i Last Main, - - Richmond, Va"
LET YOUR CHOICE RE AN
ALERT HEATER
They require least fuel and give most
heat.
Ryan, Smith & Co.
MASONIC TEMPLE.
. "EXCELSIOR"
GAS RANGES
arc sold only by
Rothert & Co,
Dreyfus & Co.
Now showing complete assort?
ments of Early Fall Suits.
Ladies House Slippers
25c
ALBERT STEIN
5th and Broad
JOE CASH SHOE AHO TRUNK MAN
. WHO UNDERSELLS
HAVE YOU SEEN
THE
New Method Gas Ranges
AT
Pettit &Co.V
J. Be Mosby & Co.
New Silks aR(l Dress Goods
coming in daily.
Muslin Underwear
Specially Reduced to 69c
Gowns, Drawers, Chemise, Skirts and Corset Covers; regu?
lar $1.48 and $2.38 stock.
spent some time In Loudoun and Kfiu
qulo counties.
Visiting Herr.
Mrs. Cuno Is spending some time In
Richmond and is registered at the Jef?
ferson Hotel during her stay in this
city. She spent a winter in this city
several years ago, and has since been
in Europe and the East- Mrs Cune
has lately been spending a good deal
of time in Japan and China, where
she has been with friends for tho past
several months.
Iteccnt Affair".
Mr. and Mrs. C. Lelghton Thomason
were hoslB at a delightful entertain
and reception given on Thursday ove?
rling of last woek at their apartment
at 306 South Fourth Street. Tho af?
fair was given to Mr. Thomason's large
Bible class A very Interesting must-1
cal program was rendered by Misses i
Bowman, Jones and Kent.
A very pleasing event was given last
week, when a surprise party was
given George B. .'Ga.vzcrt In honor of
his twentieth birthday. Some of those
present were Misses Grace Ganzen,
Ivy Tiller, Sara Woody, Grace Mann,
Etile I^-hr. Julia Lehr. Estelle Hurt.
Grace French. Rebecca Sanderson.
Louise Wooldrldge, Arrena Sanderson,
Carrie, Ethel and Gladys Ganzert,
Raymond Luck, George Bright, Gan?
zert. Richard Meech. ?> ?ley Waters,
Oscar Wooldrldge. Russell Williams.
Guy Williams. Adolph Sanderson. Her?
bert Saunders. William Ganzert and
Mr. and Mrs- George Gantert.
Society Play* Auction Bridge.
Among fashionable Richmond people
who Incline to cards and afternoon
i ard portle?. auction-bridge will be the
game mott popular during the autumn j
and winter- A Richmond woman, Miss!
Alice Morrison Jordan, has arranged1
a most attractive auction bridge score.
Which will be an Indispensable adjunct
to the dainty tables around which
matrons, maids and beaux will as?
semble.
Arrived In the City.
On September IS th* houseboat.
Valetta arrived In Richmond. A. T. La :
Valette, of Hampton, owns the boat,'
wtUch Is a perfectly charming little ;
home upon the water, with all manner j
of comforts and crnvenlences. The!
boat has traveled the entire Jamrs !
River during the teascii. visiting many j
of the oldest ami most historic places j
on the rlvrr. Brandon. Shirley and;
Westover hnve been among tr.em, and j
Mr. La Valette has als i anchored hit- ;
boat for several weeks In Wlllloughby '
Bay and on Hampton Roads.
Among the guests entertained by
Mr La Valette this summer have been
Mr. and Mrs William Randolph Walk?
er, of Philadelphia; Dr. J. T Eussey,
Mlts May Bussey and Robert Bussey,|
of Yonkers, N. Y.i Edmund Morris, cf
New York. Thomas Dutro, of Santa
Barbara. Cal ; Mr. and Mrs Hugh Har- j
rlson. of Westover; Misses Mary and ?
Hazel Bright, Mrs Carter Sampson.
Misses Blanche Ferneyhough. Mary
Gold Miry Johns Woolrldge. E. A.
Barber. Jr., Dr. William B. Hopkins.
Dr. J Fulmc-r Brlgnt, all of Richmond.
Returned From Western Trip.
Mrs W. F. -Jelany, accompanied by
her two daughters, Misses Ida and
Mamie Delaney, lias returned to Rich?
mond after an extended trip through
the West. They visited l>cs Angeles,
Cab. where they were the guests of
Mrs Delaney's brother, W. H Fussell.
a well-known business man of that
place. Mr. Fussell has many friends
in Richmond, where he formerly made
his home.
Approaching Wedding.
The marriage of Miss Ninfa Pandol
flni. of Baltimore, and Frank de Luca,
of thl? city, will be. celebrated at tho
bride's residence in Baltimore on Sep?
tember 21.
Mr. de Luca and his bride will be
at home at 303 East Leigh Street, af
ter October 1.
In and Out of Town.
Mrs. Joseph Bell has retjrned to
Ricr.mond. after spending the sum?
mer with her parents. Colonel and Mrs.
Grenville Galnes, In Warrenton.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawson H. Cooke are
spending some time In New York City.
W. H. Grant, Jr., who has been in
the sanatorium at Clifton Springs. N.
Y.. Hlnce July. Is slowly improving,
and will probably leave there the mid?
dle of next month.
Miss Elizabeth Tyler will leave this
week to attend Holllns College this
session.
Major and Mrs. C. C. Tallaferro. of
Roanqke, have Just returned from a
ten das' trip to Boston, and are stop?
ping at the Richmond Hotel for sev?
eral days before going home.
Charles G. Harris has returned to
the city, after spending some time In
Washington and Warrenton.
Miss Cally Ryland, who spent tho
summer and early fall In England, will
return to Richmond in October.
Dr. John Selby, of Minnesota, is
spending several days in the city at?
tending a medical conference.
Miss Elena Norrls has returned to
her home In Alexandria, after visiting
Mrs. J. W. White for several weeks
here.
Mrs. Robert Witt and her daughter.
Miss Dora Witt, will leave to-day for
Newport News, where they will spend
several days before returning to Lex?
ington.
Miss Olaire Guillaumo, who has been
in Maryland for somo time past, will
return to Richmond this week.
Harvey C. Brown will leave this
afternoon for a trip to England.
Mlssv-Gttrdys Adkins loaves Tuesdcy
night for Greenville Female College,
S. C., where she will be a student for
the coming session.
J. Louis Sullivan has returned to
the city, after an extended Western
trip, visiting friends in Dubuque and
Chicago before returning to Richmond.
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Harring?
ton, Who have been spending the Stim?
mer in Ashevllle. N- C, are now at
the Homestead Hotel at Hot Springs.
Miss Mary Golden, of l^os Angeles,
Cal., Is visiting Mr. and Mrs. O. M.
Mooers, of Barton Heights.
Meek hove returned Irom a stay at
Rockbrtdge Baths.
Miss Lillian Munn. of 721 West Main
Street, was operated on at the Me
mortal Honpltul laat week.
Mrs Harry T. Christian has return?
ed to the city, after spending the sum?
mer in Harrlsonburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hymes, Of]
Gresham Court, have returned to Rich?
mond, after a visit to New York City. ]
DESTROYED I1Y FIRE.
Plant of National Manufacturing Co.
In I.ynchbnrg Burns.
Lynchburg, Va., September 18.?The'
plant of the National Manufacturing'
Company, mattrosa makers, was de?
stroyed by fire late to-day. entailing I
a loss of 120.000. The Insurance w,as'
meagre. The fire caught in a cotton
picking machine, and spread rapidly.
Even the office papers were destroyed.
The plant was remote from lire pro?
tection, and It was practically de?
stroyed when the fire apparatus reached
there. The company will resume work
as soon as temporary arrangements!
can be. made.
Engineer la Killed.
Raleigh. N. C, September 18.?In a
head-on collision on the Atlantic Coast
Line at Smithneld this afternoon En?
gineer A. R. Bell, of Rocky Mount,
was killed. He passed meeting pumt
with train No. 202. but as the accident
was fatal to Mr. Bell the cause is not
known. No one else waa Injured.
Other Folks
?-by thousands, have used
Digestit, chased away indiges?
tion and now eat what they
want. Are you still in the
grip of some stomach trouble?
Give yourself a chance, a
Bquare deal?try
?sold under guarantee to refund
your money if you're not satisfied.
Or if you dont want to risk a half
dollar, write to The Digestif Com?
pany, Jackson, Miss*> for an order
on your druggist for a full size 50c
package, free.
Digestit tablets are small, easy to
swallow. The package is small, con?
venient for the pocket. Any reason
why you should Continus to suffer?
Yeur druggist sells Digestit.
The Best
BREAD
In Richmond
Is Bromm's Bread. The very
best flours, the very latest appli?
ances and expert bakers, who work
by a scientific formula, all enu.
into the making of the tasti*.st,
most nourishing Bread that's
baked in Richmond or anywhere
else.
Bromm
516 East Marshall Street,
501 West Broad Street.
Cole's Hot Blast
Heaters at
Jones Bros. & Co., Inc.,
1420 East Main Street.
Fall Opening, showing dainty, new,
fashionable styles.
F. W. DAHNEY & COMPANY,
Third aud Broad Streets.
SEPTEMBER
IS MOVING TIME.
See Us First for Furniture.
Sutherland & Cherry, Inc.
310 East Broad Street,
"Wrong Side of Street."
purc SAME QUALITY
EVERY DAY
Monroe 1801.
Ask Grocers, Druggists Dealers for
POMPEIAN
LUCCA
OLIVE OIL
Genuine?Pure?Healthful
Anniversary Will Bo on Morning
of Jewish New Year'*
Day.
SPECIAL SERVICE PLANNED
"These Twenty Years" Topic of
Saturday Sermon by
Minister.
Rounding out an even score of years
! as rabbi of Beth Ahabah Synagogue on
j the morning of Jewish New Year's
Day. Rosh iiashanah, Rev. B. N. Cu
llsch, Rh. L>.. will preach next Satur?
day morning on the subject of "These
Twenty Years." The service's" at Both
Ahabah observing Rosh Hashanah will
begin Friday night at 8 o'clock. At
that time Dr. Calisch will preach on
"The Measuring Staff of *J!te." Trie
service Saturday will begin at 10
; o'clock.
Tho regular, choir will be augment
j ed by additional voices under the dl
rection of Moses May, while Professor
Jacob Reinhardt will act as organist.
Elaborate preparations have been made
; to make the services Impressive and
j beaut'ful.
Will Re Holy Day.
i Rosh Hashanah will be observed as
' a holy day by the Jews from the eve
?? nlng of Friday until sunset of Sat?
urday 'lue orthodox Jew observes
i also the so-callca "second day" on
Sunday.
The biblical basis for the observ?
ance of the tlrst day of Tlshri as u
New Year's Day and the most solemn
day of .tie Jewish calendar next to
Yom Plppur, or the Day of Atone?
ment, is found In the reference to a
Zikkaron ("memorial day ") in Leviti?
cus xxiii. 24, which reads: "In the sev?
enth month. In the tlrst day of the
! month, shall ye have a Sabbath, a
memorial of blowing of trumpets, a
j holy convocation;"
Kzra also refers to the day as one
"holy to the Lord " (Neh. vlll. S.>
i Not a mere day of rejoicing, like the
secular New Year. Is this Rosh Has?
hanah- It is a day of memonul or a
i day of remembrance, reminding the
I Jew of the duty of self-examination
j and self-Judgment.
To arouse the conscience to this
i solemn task the ceremony of sound
| Ing the Shofar, or ram's horn, forms
! an important feature of the service.
I Among the orthodox Jews attainment
of this object is also sought by set?
ting aside a few days before the New
Year's Day for the recital, in the
synagogue, of penitential prayers call?
ed Selihot. This continues until the
eve of the day of atonement. These
Selihot (chanted in the minor key) be
: fore dawn in the dimly lit houses of
l worship sound the note of grief and
contrlrion for the sins of the past,
year.
Cnat Sin? In Sen.
In many places the curious oere
, mony of Tashlich. crlginutlng perhaps
I with the German Jews not earlier than
the fourteenth century. Is observed In
the afternoon of New Year's Day. The
worshipers congregate near u running
stream. when the eighteenth to
twentieth verses of the servprith chap?
ter om Mlcah are Intoned, ending with
the phrase which no doubt suggest?
ed the ceremony, "Thou wilt cast all
thy sins into the depths of the sea."
After the solemn services on the
evening of Friday and the morning of
Saturday, the Hebrew greeting Is heard
on all sides, signifying "A good year."
or "Mayest thou be inscribed (in the
Book of Life) for a good year." In
latter years a custom has appear?
ed of sending to friends New Year's
greeting cards of various designs,
colors and Inscription^. When the
earnest devotions of the day are done,
the festival Is made an occasion of
social and domestic rejoicing.
This marks the beginning of the
year 5G72.
PREPARE FOR BIG
WATERWAYS MEET
Committees Named to Entertain
Notable Gathering Next
Month.
Vice-Presldent T. M. Carrlngton, of
the Chamber of Commerce, yesterdny
named the various committees to take
charge of the Atlantic Deeper Water?
ways Association, which will be In
session here October 17 to 20. As ioon
as practicable the chairmen of the com?
mittees will be called together for tho
purpose of arranging the complete
program.
Following Is the list of committees
General Arrangements?T. M. Car?
rlngton, chairman; C. E. Borden, J. G
Corley. J. C. Freeman, Julius A. Hob
son. E. C. Laird, J. J. Lynch, R. L.
Peters, D. C. Richardson. George W
Rogers. Robert W-hlttet, Jr.. Henry W.
Wood, William T. Dabney.
Afternoon Entertainment?Coleman
Wortham. chairman: J. L. Antrim, W.
M. HabllstOn, it. H Harwood* O. .1.
Sands. George W. Warren. .1. W.
Young. .1. L. Cabell.
Evening Entertainment?Alvln H.
Smith, chairman: Henry S. Hotchkiss,
John C. Hag?n, J. Peott Parrish. .Vohn
S. Binder, Polk Miller.
River Trip?W. T. Reed, chairm-in;
W. A. Clarke. Jr.. R. T- Arrlngon,
Samuel Cohen, A. Royall, John L. Win
go. Fred H. Powell, W. L. Gordon, W.
B Rroaddus. H. L Harwood.
Entertainment of Ladles?Ch.-'stlan
H. Clarke, chairman: .lullen Rlnford,
M. A. Chambers, H. W. Jackson, lamer
W. Sharpe. John M. Taylor.
Reception and Entertainment of
Stale OfTK-ials?Governor William
Hodge.-' Mann. honorary chairman',
Lleutenant-Governor J. Taylor Elly
son. chairman: James R. Gordon. Louis
R. Hatke. J. C. Hemphill. E. A. Snim
ders. N. D. Sills. James N. Boyd, H. L
Campbell. C L Christian. B. O. James.
E. O. Leigh. Jr., T_ 7.. Morris. Ben P.
Owen. S. W. Travers, F. D. Williams,
S. H. Hawes, F. E. Noltlng.
Information Regarding River .end
Harbor?John C. Freeman, chairman:
C. L. Batklns. J. B. Blllev. C'.nrles E
Rolling. C, P. E Burgwyn. B II El?
lington. .C. C. Joner. James A. Mon
cttve. Warner Moore. S. T. Morgan. J.
F. -Powers. John B. Purcell, S. "H.
Yonge. Morgan R Mills, John A. Cur?
tis.
?fr*?'-?
Men'a Anchor Brand
Shirts, in all the new
fall patterns, cut full
and well made; best
Shirt ever sold for
50.
V?_ f
man; A. R. Holderby, Jr., IX. W. Simp?
son. Jr., J. K. Irving, Jr., George W.
Rogers, S. B. Woodfln.
Souvenir Booklets?J. O. , Corley,
I chairman; John Stewart Bryan, J. A.
1 C. Chandler, G. 8. Crenshaw, James r>.
Crump. J. I> Hill, W. S. Rhoads, B. A.
j Dunlop.
I Publicity and Information?0. H.
I P'unsten, chairman; H. S. Bin--v. anger.
' M. E. Marcuse, Thomas B. McAdams.
W. R. Meredith, C. C. Reed. E. Ran?
dolph Williams. John C. Easley. it. 8.
Tuck.
Public Safety?E. C. Laird, chairman;
S. T. Beveridge, W. H. Schwarzschild.
Louis Werner, E. S. Goodman.
Reception of Delegates?H. W. Wood,
chairman; George Wayne Anderson; B,
A. Catlln. S. D. Crenshaw, T. A. Miller.
W. A. Moncure. John Murphy, J.
Kyland, John S. Munce, P. H. Donahoe.
General Reception?Mayor D. C. Rich?
ardson, chairman; W. Meade Addison.
S. J. Allen, S. T. Beverldge. Julian M.
Bossleux, W. B. Bradley. F. L Butler.
C. D. Coleman, J. T. Disney, E. R. Ful?
ler, T. P. Giles, W. J. Gllman, Charles
P. Lee, Douglas D. MacGregor. A. J.
Montague, J. R. Perdue, H. R. Pollard,
Sr.. R. G. Rennolds, Charles E. Rich?
ards, W. F. Richardson, F. M. Reade,
E. H. Gunst, .1. R. Grimes. B. H. Grun
! dy.
! Transportation?W. P. Taylor, chalr
' man; H. M. Boykln, J. H. Drake. John
! D. Potts, Fritz Sitterding. W. F. YVll
j son, J. E. Phillips.
, WayB and Means?L Z. Morris, chalr
jirnn; C. B. Cooke. Frank B. Brown.
? James R. Gordon. Julien H. Hill, John
j M. Miller, Jr., H R. Pollard. Jr., R. H.
Smith, Gordon Wallace.
till ON HEAD BY
SLEDGE HAMMER
1 Special to The Tlmes-Dlsp?.tch.1
Clifton Forge. Va.. September IS.?
Frank Wiseman was seriously injured
here to-day while at work on the re?
pair tracks of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway. A sledge hammer rebounded
and struck Wiseman on the head. He 1?
in the local hospital, and fears for his
recovery are entertained.
W. R. Driscoll, of Princeton. W. Va.,
who attempted to tike his life in
Covington yesterday, was brought hej-e
In a critical condition to be treated in
the hospital. Driscoll broke a lamp
and used the glass to cut his throat
The chances for his recovery are
slight. His wife- and children wero
notified, and they arrived here to?
night.
Married and
Unmarried Ladies
I Will Find Some Useful Advice in
the Words of Mrs. Jay McGee
of Stephenville.
Slephenvtlle, Tex.?"For nine years,"
says Mrs. Jay McGee, of this place, "I
suffered from womanly troubles. I had
terrible headaches and pains in my back,
etc.
My husband suggested Cardui to me, j
but 1 did not think anything would do me
any good.
It seemed as if I would die, I suffered
so! At last I consented to try Cardui,
and it seemed to help me right away. I
was interested and continued its use.
The full treatment not only helped me,
but it cured me.
It will do the same for all sick and suf?
fering girls or women?both married and
unmarried.
I will always praise Cardui highly, for
it has been the means of saving my life
and giving me good health."
Half a century of success, with thou?
sands of cures, similar to the one de?
scribed above, amply prove Cardut's real,
scientific, medicinal merit.
Being purely vegetable, Cardui can be
taken safely by young and old, and can
do nothing but good. Its action is very
gentle, and without any bad after effects.
Why not benefit by the experience of
others? Try it to-day.
N. B.? Write to Ladies' Advisory Dept.,
Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga,
Tcnn.'j for Special Instructions and 61-page
hook. "Home Treatment lor Women,"
sent in plain wrapper on rc<|uc?t.
SHOULD BE IN EVERY HOME.
The Great Germ Destroyer,
10c to $1.00.
T. A. MILLER CO.
Druggists, 519 E. Broad.
Mad. MOO. Hourly Deliveries.
Fellowcraft Shoes, CA
All Leathers, Guaranteed, ?f'?J?*'v
- TOT AMERICAN AVo?tURCP6\N AVaRDJ
THE BEST XjSTjr^V^*1 WR~
CITY WORKHOUSE
1$ NOW PROPOSED
.Vonderlehr Wants Prisoners to
Labor While Confined in
Prison.
LABOR MAKES OBJECTION
Argued That Plan Would Make
Competition With Free
Toilers.
Vigorous discussion may be expected
. in the City Council of the proposed or- I
I dlnance to be offered at the next m.-.-t
| irig by Councilman Vonderlehr fur a '
! charter ohan<re that will permit iiie
j City to construct and operate a work- '
j house. Already there is a wide i".f- '
teienco of opinion, and many havo ex-'
pressed themselves for or against tb? ]
plan proposed.
Tho Vonderlehr resolution will ie
quest the City Attorney to secure from
i the next session of the Ge iu.- il Assem?
bly an amendment to section 19-d of
i the city charter, the addition being
; to the clause authorizing the city to
construct and maintain a Jail for safe
; keeping of prisoners, adding the
I clause: "and to erect and maintain
J in connettlon with suet prii .n en
' some other site within or without th?
j c'.ly of Richmond, a sultaule w.jik
hOt'SO or workhouse1, and a hous? ot
. he-uses of correction and reformation
. to ? suc/i prisoners, and when uuUicr
! i:ed by the Hustings Court or the
: Hustings Court. Part 2 t > compel i?n 1
require ull able-bodied ad t.t pr.'son
! eis confined as aforesaid (o perform
j manual labor in such work louse rr
' hauses, and sill youthful priscr.ers
I so conllned, as far as practical, to bo
; employed In such house or hou.set of
icortectlon or reformation, under tules
j aa* regulations to ba prescribed ty
I th-> Council of the city of Ricnmoud
an'i approved by said courts."
Free Labor OhJeetH.
Objection has promptly come from
tho labor organizations, iiotWithtta.il
lnir the fact that Mr. Vond-irleh* is
himself a union man. that such em?
ployment of prisoners In work louses
j would Interfere with free labor. Others
] object that the convict lease system
? In the penitentiary has led to so many
! abuses and been so generally criti?
cized that It would be a step backward
for the city of Richmond to go Into
j such enterprises, even on a small scale.
On the other hand. It Is argued. It
; has. fieen notorious for years that
' strapping, able-bodied negro men Idle
' sway the winter months playing card*
] and swapping yarns with each other
1 In Richmond's steam heated Jail. In
' fact. Police Justice Crutchfleld has been
quoted as saying that a certain ele?
ment of Indigent negroes know Just
? how much of a crime to commit to
secure confinement for the worst of
i the winter, so that they may loaf In
> Idleness without any employment
j whatever flt the expense of the city
: or State.
Efforts made in the past to place
I such vagrants on the chain gang did
not meet with success. Not only were
there objections raised to seeing men
' wearing the ball and chain, grubbing
j about the streets, but the cry ot com
I petition with free labor was raised.
Then an effort was made to employ
the able-bodied men In denning out
I Shockoe Creek and on a rock pile. But
the. system iell Into disuse. Negroes
. were sentenced to Jail?not to thu
? chain gang or rock pile?and when
City Engineer Boiling assumed charge
I of the Engineer's Department, he found
j four or rive guards employed to sit
) ubout and watch two or three nesroeS
I leisurely break rock. It was stated
thst for a lont: time, there had not
j been as many prisoners as guards.
I .And since a machine rock crusher
would provide more rock In ten min?
utes than the chain gang with all Its
guards would In a week, the guards
were discharged and the negroes sent
back to jail.
Substitute Suggested.
A probable substitute for Mr Von
derlehr's resolution is one already be?
ing discussed by members of the Street
Committee, proposing that the city ac
i riulre several gravel bunks and rock
quarries in different sections and put
such prisoners to work tin .er guards
digging gravel and quarrying rock for
use on the streets
Former Superintendent of the Peni?
tentiary Morgan, who organized tlie
convict road system now in vogue In
this State, used to say that a convict
was of no use In a road gang until
he had been there six months Coming
from Idle and vicious surroundings, and
unaccustomed to this sort of hard la?
bor, It takes some time, with proper
feeding and exercise, to get such men
in physical condition to do real work.
GEORGE ROEBUCK'S
SECOND ATTEMPT
Boy' Playwright's Production
Will Be Seen at Academy
To-Night.
To-night's the night when George
Roebuck's new play will be produced
at the Academy of Music. It Is a most
eventful night, not only for George,
but to George's friends, for it ruther
decides the question whether George
is a sure-enough dramatist or merely
it young man who has been tolerated
by good-natured folk.
When George hud his tlrst play pro?
duced last year nil the town turned
out to see it, from the Governor down.
The Masons wore there In a body, foi
George is the son of a Mason and tot
years lived in the Masonic Home. They
applauded George and lauded his play
to the skies, George being Just seven?
teen and bis play correspondingly
worthy of enthusiasm
As a 'result. George took his play
on the road, made a hit with tt, and
Bftved enough to pay his tuition for a
year In Randolph-Mncon \ lerhy
George Is ambitious in the j, or of
an education- *
. Trying It Vnnin.
However, It became necessary for
him to gel busy again if he hoped to
take the full academic course, so
George took up his playwrltlng pen |
again. Ills tlrst effort was a really
truly drama, which turned out to be I
a comedy. It was such a good comedy
that George decided that comedy was!
bis forte. Thetetore. he determined to!
venture upon a pla'y in lighter vein for,
his second production
After months of labor he presented
to Manager I<eo Wl*e a pretty little
thing called "He Thought He Owned
the. Iowa," Mfenagsr. Wigs, rojuem
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bering George's success of the yea*
before, promptly booked the atiraa
tlon and after many rehearsals the
play makes Its appearanco to-night.
Governor Mann and Mayor David O.
Richardson will be there to soe It- Bo
will a great many more dignitaries ot
the State and city.
I It makes no difference to these pee*
j pie that the play Is by an amateut
craftsman, acted by amateurs. They
[ merely wish to encourage genius, aa
I defined by Robert Louis Stevenson, "an
I Infinite capacity for taking pains,"
I which Is the pr'nclpal attrlbuto ol
: Georg??.
Touches on Suffrage.
George declares that his comedy la
' a rude satire on the suffrage question,
I In which a ne'er do well young man
I figures. The friends of this young
man have Incorporated him ajtd th?
suffragettes buy up the shares and make
him a human megaphone shouting
votes for women
i The principal female role will ho
[ played by Miss Josephine Arnold, and
George himself will be seen In the part
! of Rlevcs Brown, Incorporated.
! So George, will not only be author,
[dramatic producer, actor and Pooh Bah
In general, but he has also written
I a song or two that will ba introduced.
I He will sing a song himself. He will
also make a speech If he doesn't for
j get It, and altogether to-night prom*
j Ises to b*> a most eventful night, espe*
daily to George Roebuck.
PETITION KdH LOCAL. OPTION
ELECTION IS PRESENTED
rSpecial to The Times-Dispatch. 1
Culpcper. Va., September 18.?Tha
September teym of court with Judge
George S. Shackleford presiding, opened
here to-day with a large docket. Court
will ibe In session all the week.
A petition for a local option election
for the city was presented to the Judge
to-day, duly signed by the requisite
number of voters.
The Southern Automobile College,
Oak Ridge, N. C. with a ten thousand
dollar equipment and the best auto?
mobile mechanics aa instructor*, is
i having phenomenal success. Writs
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