The times dispatch. [volume], September 26, 1911, Image 12

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

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GET IN LINE FOR THE
October
Hoiisefornishing Sale
at Miller & Rhoads' Store
It begins THIS WEEK and continues up to October
the 10th. Come in and make your selections now?from
The Biggest Stocks
Ever Shown in Richmond
Carpets
Druggets
Rugs
Curtains
Portieres
Draperies
Mattresses
Blankets
Comforts
It is a great sale that is full of interesting suggestions
for every housekeeper. Take elevator to
The Third Floor
THE GREAT HOUSE FURNISHING EMPORIUM.
EMPLOYERS CAN'T I
GIVE FREE SMOKES
Revenue Department Puts Ban I
on Custom of "Employes' j
Smokers."
The ban hu been placed upon the:
free smokes by employes of mann-1
facturers of cigars and cigarettes. An '
edict has hei n Issued by Commissioner j
of Internal Revenue Royal B. Cabell 1
ordering that the practice, wherever!
It exists, he nt once discontinued.
According to statements made yes?
terday at the Richmond office of the
Internal Revenue Department, there
exists among many of the tobacco
?manufacturers an erroneous Impres?
sion that cigars and cigarettes, known
as "smokers." may he given to em?
ployes each day, and they are not I
taken from the regularly stamped '.
packages, hut from stock, without |
being entered upon the manufacturers'!
nccottnt Not being stamped and I
packed before removal from the prem- |
ises. the practice Is a violation of l
the law and regulations
In recent years, and particularly In
Richmond, which Is looked upon as
one of the largest centres of tobacco
?r.anufactorles, the custom haF grown.
? It Is said, to tremendous proportions ?
This Is what caused the action of the
department in prohibiting it.
Custom No Excuse.
The plea advanced that it has been
/?ustomary among manufacturers to
permit their workmen to remove from
their bonded warehouses a* "smokers"
rlcsrs and rlsrarettes unon wrflch the
tax has not been paid will not be ac?
cepted by the department as in any
degree palliating an act which Is ex?
pressly forblcfceri !>??? statute.
Penalttea'pre scrjbed in this ease are
that the offender shall be fined not
less than |500 nor more than JTj.onn
and Imprisoned not less than M>
months nor more than three venr?.
Officer* (let Instruction?!.
Collectors, deputy collectors, reve- |
rue agents and other officers charged i
?with the Inspection and examination I
of cigar and cigarette factories have!
been Instructed to give their Imme?
diate and special attention to this
matter
Circulars containing jhe .lcelsion tif
Commissioner Cabell have been dis?
tributed among all manufacturers af?
fected.
AMATEUR YEGGMEM
"Thieve. Breul* Into and Rob Woman's Ei
changei bul Fail to open v-.tr>..
Amateur yeggnien ?-:nr time- Sunday night
Sained entranie tr.to the Woman's Ex?
change. MO K?s- Franklin street, t.y i-uttins
out a door panel They stole ? lot of worotit'i
waists, two or three pieces of white matt
rial, twelve yards to a piece, a child*! tan
?r? >.? and other art
They then tried to break Into two rate?
r?y a chisel, bin w??e baffled.
Detect.ve.pers. ant Ba'!<sy ir.i t>teet<ve
Bc-'.ton were assigned to the case. They
found several crude tools In 'he rear alley.
POSTAL BANK
Will Open anil lie R?ady for Business Early
Neit Ejaturdoj Morning.
Poatmris t~r V.t-.ir A' 11 r.. Jr.. ?aM y*?t*r
Hay that the Postal Sa\intss Bank will he
opened In R'.rhrr.oncl nm Saturday morning
et t o'clock nr.il w.lll t.e rea<iy for huslr.ets.
The Institution will he Instoll'd in th?
mousy order dlvlrton. and will be under
the direct e.harjje 0: Edward E. Bernar.l,
of that division, but under the general su
pervlrfon of Curhler Wa:i? n Mr-uon
Pytlilant toiler Degrees
To confer the second degree rank
pages who were recently :r.lt;Ht?<j the
Knights of Pythias, of Richmond, will hold
a Joint session to-night in Lee Camp Hs:i
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED
RICHMOND CODE
AI LAST FINISHED
Volume Ready for Delivery I
After Encountering Many j
Delays.
Two complete copies of the long
heralded and much-dlsciis^ed Rich?
mond City Code of 1910 arrived nt
the City Hall yesterday In time for
a meeting of the Council Committee
on Printing and Claims, which was
called for f> o'clock. But the commit?
tee failed of a quorum, so the work
could not be formally accepted. Al?
though a. long time in the. making,
the volume is a handsome one. and 1
bids fair to be the most useful bock
published by the city !n many a day
The charter of the city and an Index
to the charter comprise slxty-tJireo
paces. The code proper makes just
BOO pages?n complete codification 01
all city ordinances based on the cod*
of 1S99. a.s amended by t-ubsequent ?
ordinances The main index?by far s
the most important part of the en?
tire volume?embraces 2 IS pages, and
is one if I he most complete specimens
of legal indexing ever accomplished
In Richmond, being a great ndvanco
over the Index to the city code of
IS99.
Just three year* ago the City Coun- !
ell took steps looking to the prepara?
tion of a new city code, the code of
1S99 having become obsolete in many
chapters. City Attorney Pollard under?
took the work between his othrr
duties. Preparation of the Butldlr.g \
Code Intervened: then came the an-!
nexatlon of Manchester and the mul- ?
tltudlnous problems growing out of
that union. The code was Anally
carried down so as to include the an- i
nexatlon act. and subsequent actions
of the Council, and is published as of
August 81, 1910. Already it Has been
amended in a dozen places.
Mnuy Trouble* Encountered.
When the present Council organized
the first week in S-ptember. 1910. Ml
Pollard reported that the volume \\..
ready for publication. It was formal!
adopted by the October Council and
ordered printed one year ago next
month Then came on a sea of trou?
bles... The Committee on Printing and
Claims has met times without number
to wrestle with the problem. Sheets
were condemned for faulty work; a
fire destroyed part of the printed vol?
ume, und finally the contractor, the
j Capital Printing Company, went Into
, bankruptcy. The work then went to
; Gill Brothers, who have delivered the
I book. The code proper was completed
j last April, and months were required
for the careful indexing, cross-tndex
I Ins; and sublndexing which has been
! done by Richmond T. Lacy, of the City
! Attorney's office, in a manner that has
commanded the highest praise,
j For a year past the Council has been
? working 111 the d:irk In amending or?
dinances, and the Police Department
I has experienced the greatest dilti? ulty
j In finding what city ordinances re
( quire. Copies of the calf bound volume
will come from the bindery dally until
, the demand has been supplied.
When the Committee on Printing
arid Claims has secured a quorum and
paid for the work. It proposes to Un?
dertake a search for the missing bound
. ??'. ime of . Ity reports, ordered printed
las! March, and lost somewhere?no?
body se.-:ns to know Just where.
< hrrkiue; Dp Accounts.
ispector Collier, of the United states Iri?
na! Revenue Department, arrived In
:hmond vtnerday, and at once began
t-ckiiiK up ill* accounts of the office cf
Hector M. K. I.owry.
Mediterranean and Egypt
Trip De Luxe
lly (h?> mammoth l??tln scroti liner.
''Kaiserin Auguste Victoria."
Sailing from New York on February
14. HHz, to Fiincha!, Gibraltar. Algiers.
For* <,V",''',riinch'>>' Genoa, Naplea and
Rates to or from Port Snid, S157.S0
and up. first class] f.112.50 und up, eec
und eins:,.
Rates to or from all other port*.
9107,50 nnd up. firm classi 105 ,lt,d u|,
second class.
For further Information and tickets,
consult
RICHMOND TRANSFER Cn.,
bOU Kajst Moin Street.
INNOVATION IN
WORK OF COLLEGE
Teachers of City to Be Instructed
in Topics Pertaining to
Profession.
RICHMOND COLLEGE OPENS
I'urmal Exercises Marked by
Address From Professor
Van Landingharn.
Brief and simple ceremonies last
night marked the formal opening of
the 1911-1012 session of Richmond Col?
lege. The exercises, which took place
in the chapel, were witnessed by an |
audience which comfortably tilled the
main part of the auditorium. The
heat which prevailed last night was
given as a cause for a larger attend- :
ance not being present.
Professor H. A. Van Landinghanl, of j
the department of EngliBh, was the I
orator Of the occasion. He gave a
fine biographical sketch of the early
life of Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh,
weaving a pretty story about the In.
mortal Scotchman and hie bride.
The ceremonies were opened with
prayer by Rev. \V. C. James, pastor
of the Grove Avenue Baptist Churcn. :
Dr. F. W. Boatwright. president of
the college, made a few preliminary
remarks touching on the present sett- |
sion of the Institution and looking to- j
wards the future. He said that the1
matriculation this year was practical?
ly the same as the preceding season?
about 310 students
Teuchel-?' Classes.
"An Innovation at Richmond Col?
lege this year," Dr. Boatwright said,
"will be the" Inaucurutinn on October'
1 Of Saturday classes for tearhers.
There has been a growing demand j
that we do more for Instructors, espa- j
daily those of the public schools of I
Richmond, and the trustees have or-j
ranged for the Saturday classes. Each
Saturday forenoon will be devoted to i
this work, and the following suiilects ;
will be treated: English and American
literature, history, government of Vir?
ginia and education "
He remarked that there will bo no
faculty changes Attention was called
to a new course which will be offered
students. It will embrace Instruction
relating to Sunday school work with;
the Idea of equipping thOFe who desire
to perform the duties of teachers.
Faculty In Cup and Gown.
All the members of the faculty, with ;
the exception of Professor William P. j
Dickey, of the department of Latin. ,
who was recently operated on at the
Memorial Hospital, had seats on the
platform. They were clad In cap and
gown.
It was announced that memorial
services win be held to-morrow after?
noon at 1 o'clock In the chapel for
Dr. Carroll M. Baggarly, who died re?
cently from typhoid fever. Dr Bag?
garly was an Instructor and former
student at Richmond College. He
graduated from the University Col?
lege ?f Medicine. The latter Institu?
tion will join In the services. Tribute
to the lat* physician will be paid by
Dr. Joseph White, his associate, and
Dr. Alfred L. Gray, dean of the Medi?
cal College. Dr Boatwright will be In
charge of the services.
POLICE COURT CASES
Two Men Are Penalized In r?nal Sum and
Manner for Toting Concealed Pistols.
The case agasr.st David Eaaley. colored,
charted with walking off with a case of
whiskey h'longlng to Perry Brothers, on
North sixth Street, was continued In Po?
lice Court yesterday morning 'o FeptembT
a
William Pare, colored, charged with as?
saulting Do:;?.as Eradley. was f.r.'d 125 He
i look on appeal.
William RobSnscr.. colored, paid the usual
fine, or rather was cailed upon to pa- the
usual fine. r,f HM and to give t'-OO security
I for twelve months for tot;r.g a ptsto; In
' his .'eins.
! The rase against .1 Hubbsrd and ?. Pry.
I or. colored, charged with selling liquor
I without a llcer.se. was continued to Octo
ber i
j Robert Whltaker. alias "Rip." colored, was
! sent on to the grand Jury on a charge of
? using his razzer on the person of .Is.-r.es
j Golden.
Thomas Norman, colored, was penalized
I In the usual sum for carrying a pistol.
AFTER"ANOTHER ONE
I hamher Trying to Land Carriage Builders'
Convention,
Business Manager William T Dsb-.?v
Charles O. Bosher and '""ounctiman Orahifn
i B. Hotson left yesterday at noon to attend
the annual convention of the CarrUg-i
Builders' National Association, which open?
ed in Atlantic city yesterday mornlrg to
he In session three days.
Although Irr competition with several 0f
the largest cities In the West, the Rich?
mond delegation hopes to be ab!? to land
the 1912 convention for this city. Th? prin?
cipal argument against Richmond Is the
? ?ne which undoubtedly w:i: be brought by
III Western competitors, that so large
gathering should not be held in one sect!...
of the country two years In succession. Ta
loc?! contingency, however, is prepared tc
f.uht f.ir the honor, and at least to mak
the convention certain for 5>U.
WARRANT ISSUED
FDR CAT'S ARREST
Henrico County Authorities
Take Action Against Unruly
Male Feline.
CONDEMNED AND EXECUTED
Owner Prefers Death Sentence
to Imprisonment?Cat At?
tacked Neighbors.
Humor vied with near-tragedy In I
Henrico county yesterday morning, j
when a warrant was sworn out Xor I
the arrest of a Thomas cat, belonging!
to W. C. Lowry, on the charge of fe- J
lonlously scratchin?;, clawing and
otherwise mistreating Mrs. J. N.-StoneI
in the Hechler's Settlement district,
contrury to the statute provided by
law In such cases. The instrument!
was drawn up in due form, and called I
for tho delivery of the body of said!
cat to the authorities at Henrico, to j
answer to the charge of malignant
assault.
Fortunately for all concerned. th?|
necessity for serving the warrant was'
obviated by the prompt dispatch of;
ills feline highness to a happy mice i
grounds by his owner, who aimed a '.
pistol with deadly accuracy. "Cyclone"
Sam would hardly have known now to
inveigle the criminal into his one
horse ehny. and Jailer Garnett would
certainly have beet up against it
when it came to providing a coll with
bars close enough together to keep
his cats-hlp from wiggling out. So
much for the comedy end?there woa ,
elSo a serious one.
liecnrue Dangeroua
lt seems that children at the homo
Of Mrs. Stone brought the cat into the
house and were playing with It, when
without due notice and without pr*>
limlntiry cat tits, the Thomas cat ran
amuck. It spat, bit, snapped and
clawed at everybody in sight. and
when the children ran screaming from
one end of th* room to tho other, Mrs
Stone made for the enraged animal,
attempting to put it out of the house,
At this the c?t lumped upon her. in?
flicting deep scratches on her face, and
seriously injuring her eye. Her screams <
brought neighbors, who finally suc?
ceeded In driving the cat out of th?
house. A physician was summoned,
who treated the injured members of
the family and gave It as his opinion
that Mrs Stone would soon be as well
as ever. The warrant for the cat fol
lowed,, however, and, shortly after :
ward, aim his demise by the route de- ;
tcrlbed above.
The incident brings to mind the
drastic treatment meted out by an un
?appreciative neighbor to a cat with
musical propensities belonging to;
Mary, bard described Its demise In
these touching lines:
(
Mary had a Thomas cat,
It warbled like Caruso.
A neighbor swung a baseball bat.
Now Thomas coesn't do so.
Which merely goes to prove that
there are other ways to dispose of
obstreperous cats besides the one,
recommended by statute.
NEW INSPECTOR
FROM CLAY WARD
T. W. Mitchell Selected for Duty
in Southside by Board
of Health.
Out of eighty-two applicants, many
of whom were highly Indorsed, the
Board of Health last r.lght elected J
T. W. Mitchell, a plumber, of Clay ;
Ward, as fifth sanitary officer. The j
position pays $900 a year.
In the pa.-s.ige of the ordinance ere- j
ating the office of fifth sanitary lnspec- |
;..r. which, by the way, has been pend
Ing before the Council since last Jan- t
uary, It war stated that the duties of
new officer would be largely In j
South Richmond, and there were many .
applicants from that section, but the I
board decided to select a man from j
another section, who would enforce the j
health ordinances without local In-J
? d es. There is pending before the }
Council an application of the Board
Of Health for additional sanitary in- j
Epectora, as :t is claimed that with
the present force only complaints can
be Investigated. Were the force en- i
. systematic Inspection of the j
every few sveeks might be at?
tempted
Th-i Board of Health ralso discussed
last night plans for a public health
exhibit at the Virginia State Fair.
On ? Main Street Car
The other day we noticed a gentleman reading
our large ad. card. He called his wife's attention
to it, and reminded her thap it was the same
bank they had visited earlier in the day, saying,
"They were most cordial to us there."
The writer could not help enjoying the bit of
conversation, though it was not intended for his
ears, and at the same time he could not help feel?
ing very proud of his connection with an institu?
tion which had so impressed an utter stranger.
We had never seen the man before, but we
expect him to make good his expressed inten?
tion of opening an account with us very soon.
If YOU wish to see what he saw, look in any
street car running in or out of Richmond. They
all speak for the
American National Bank
W Of Richmond, Virginia.
Men Who Convicted Bcattie
Asked to Join in Plea for
Commutation.
AT LEAST ONE REFUSES
Will Not Subscribe to Paper,
Even if Eleven Jurymen
Agree.
Already. H is said, effort is beinrj
made for the commutation of death
sentence imposed upon Henry Clay
Beattlo. Jr., for the murder of his wife
on the Midlothian Turnpike on tho
night of July 18. if the appeal to the
Supreme Court for a new trial should
not be granted.
It was stated yesterday that several
of the Jurors who tried and convicted
Seattle have been approached by in?
terested persons, who asked the recent
jurymen if they would sign a petition
for commutation of sentence If that)
should finally become necessary to
save Beattle from the death chair.
The effort did not meet with success.
One of the Jurors met an officer of the
Commonwealth in the street yester?
day, and In a short discussion of the
case, said that he had been approach?
ed by some-person Interested In saving
the young wife-slayer from the ex?
treme penalty.
"I told him "no."" the juror said.
"Then this man asked me If I would j
sign the petition If nine others of the
jury hud signed it. and again I said, j
?No." I told him 1 wouldn't sign it If
eleven nfhers had signed It."
It Is generally believed that none of
the Jury would sign such a petlt'on.
and access to the Governor's pardon?
ing power woijld have to be gained by
some other means. The outlook for
Heattie Is not regarded as promising.
It la generally agreed that there Is
no ordinary means which can 6avc him.
unless th<> Supreme Court Interferes,
-and that none of the usual channels
'which are used in obtaining commura
tinn of sentence or pardon can be ex?
ercised for the young man. But there
is hope left In him. though he la Raid
to be now showing signs of nervous
distress.
Guvr Positive Refusal.
Iknox hats
Are representative hats and stand for Quality, Wear
and Style.
We are sole agents for Richmond.
Gans-Rady Company
ANOTHER FUNERAL
WITH MOTOR CARS
Second in City's History, Recall?
ing That of Infant of Henry
Beattic.
Richmond's second automobile fu?
neral was held last night. The first
was that of Henry Clay Beattlo Trout
the Infant child of Henry Clay Beattlo
Jr., now under sentence of death fot
the murder of his wife, and of Beulah
Blnford. This funeral was held more
than a year ago. attracting a good
deal of attention. I
Last night's procession conveyed the
body of William A. Sharpe from his
late home, 1310 North Twenty-third j
Street, to the rnllway station, where
It was placed on a train for convey?
ance to Reldsvllle. N. C. his former
home, for burial. Five automobiles
were In line, containing tho family
and friends of Mr. Sharpe. However,
the hearse was drawn by horses Tha
funeral was directed by tha Richmond
Burial Company.
Mr- Sharpe was & builder. He has
lived here for nine years. The sur?
vivors are his wife., two sons nnd three
daughters.
Would Condemn Right of Way.
A potltion ?as filed yesterday with Mate
Corporation Commission by the Interstate
Railway Company, which operates a syst?m
of coal railways In Southwest Virginia,
looking to condemnation of certain lands
boloniflng to the Norfolk and Western Rail?
way Company within the town of Norton,
to be used as a rlBht of way for the inter
atato Railway Company.
Qualifications Id Chancery.
Dr. Ramon D. Onrcln Qualified yesterdav
in tha Chancery- Court as administrator of
the estate of Philip O Butler. The estate
Is valued at J6O0.
Henry' H. Separk qualified an administra?
tor of the estate of Mary Separk The es?
tate. Is valued at $?.7(0
DOCTORS WIH SUIT
AGAINST BENT?N
Former Inmate of Insane Asy?
lum Secured Indorsement of
Local Physicians.
Judgments In the sum of $300 each
were secured in the Law and Equity
Court yesterday by Drs. Moade Fer?
guson and William H. Parker against
B. B. Bcnton. Benton admits that his
right name Is Ralph Clarke, and that
several yours ago he escaped from an
insane, asylum in New York State.
In the trial of the two suits he took,
the witness stand in his own defjenee,
and stated that he had been secre?
tary of the Chemical Supply Company,
in whicy? the two dootora were officers
and stockholders. The company got
Into financial difficulties and Benton
raised money on the Indorsement of
his two associates. The concern went
Into the hands of a receiver, and the
two physicians sued Benson, securing
verdict and Judgment In oach case.
Judgment was also rendered In the
I^a.w and Equity Court In the case of
W. H Jenks against the Morreau Com?
pany for $297.
LeAten for Ninjcr.ru Meeting.
J Hill, president of the Hill Directory
Compjny, left yesterday afternoon for
S'Wg Falls to attend the annual meeting
of the Association of American Directory
Publishers, of which organization he is l*e
pnd v.rA-presldent.
This organization has baen Instrumental
In ridding the countsy of many men and
ivomen operating fraudulent advertising
schemes.
In Bankruptcy.
A petition In voluntary bankruptcy wn
filed yesterday In tha office of the cleric
of tho United States District Court by
Charles A- Brown, an Iron roller. Liabili?
ties are placed at $UI 75. while there are no
assets CSeorge .T. Hooper la coun?e! for the
petitioner.
Va
ues Grow
WESTEND
STATION
R., F. & P. To Build At
Broad Street and
Belt Line.
TO ABANDON ELBA
Such Is the Report Now in Circu?
lation?Street Car Line to Be
Extended to Bring the
Through Passengers
Downtown.
The Richmond. Predericksburg and
Potomac Railroad Company, In recent
months, has spent thousands of dollars
at the intersection of West Broad
Street and the Belt Line Railway. This
point is southeast of the Methodist
C/rphanage and northeast of Monument
Annex, a new subdivision of real es?
tate recently put on the market.
A part of the money spent by the
company has gone Into the construc?
tion of an overhead crossing, whereby
vehicles and pedestrians. Instead of
crossing at grade, pass along BroaH
Street above the tracks.
Much other money has been spent In
the bringing to this point of thousands
of tons of dirt that has been used to
fill in severjl acres of low land ad?
joining the tracks on the. east. There
has been much speculation as to why
the company was bringing this area
up to a level with its tracks.
A report, which apparently has much
foundation in fact, is in circulation
to-d?y to this effect:
The company will abandon Elba Sta?
tion, on Broa<] Street, and build a pas?
senger station at the Intersection of
West Broad and the Belt Line for the
accommodation of local passengers on
Richmond. Frederlcksbtfrg and Po?
tomac through trains, such passengers
as alight to be. transported downtown
?ay the Virginia Railway and Power
Company over a line to be constructed
between the new station and the Junc?
tion point with its present Broad
Street line.
In this connection, it Is said that
the company will operate local trains
into the Main Street passenger station,
now used Jointly by the Chesapeake
and Ohio and Seaboard Air Line.
At present tho Rlchmorfd, Fred?
erlcksburg and Potomac operates trains
through the city partially along Broad
Street past Elba, down to Byrd Street
Station.
The Council has a right to discon?
tinue the use of these tracks through
the city whenever It pleases to do so,
but has never exercised itB right
Should the new plans of the company
go through It would probably mean
the entire abandonment of this route.
The Journal this afternoon sought
to communicate with Richmond. Fred?
erlcksburg and Potomac officials, but
those in authority were at lunch.
(Richmond JeurnaJ, September 26,1911,)
New Passenger Station and Street Car Line to Be
Built Right at Monument Annex?Elba Will
Be Moved to Monument Annex Section.
VALUES WILL TAKE A BIG
JUMP NEAR NEW STATION
Lot Owners Jubilant?Although 75 Per Cent, of
Monument Annex Lots Have Been Sold, the
Owners Have Contract With Blanton &
Co., Sales Agents, and Prices Will Not
Be Raised Before Dec. 15, 1911.
West End real estate received a decided "boost" yester?
day when it became known that Elba Station would, in the .
immediate future, be abandoned and a new "WEST RICH?
MOND STATION" built at Broad Street and the Belt Line
?almost adjoining MONUMENT ANNEX.
Probably no other suburb has ever attained the success
and popularity as has MONUMENT ANNEX, but even the
most sanguine hopes and expectations of its owners never
contemplated that a depot and car line would be built so
soon. It is easy to see what this means to those who have
already bought in Monument Annex.
Messrs. Blanton & Co., Sales Agents,' announce that they
have a contract to sell this property at present prices until
December 15?that is, if any remain unsold at that date.
About one-fourth of the lots are now for sale at from $300
to $1,000 each. The same easy terms may also be secured.
Those who snap up these few remaining lots will undoubtedly
make big profits.
MONUMENT ANNEX is just 1,000 feet from the Rose
neath Road, which will soon become an eighty-foot-wide
Boulevard.
When seen in their well appointed new offices on first floor
of the Travelers' Building, 1108 East Main Street, yesterday,
Blanton & Co said: "We have always enthusiastically in?
dorsed MONUMENT ANNEX, ^because we have always
had unbounded faith in its future, as it is situated right at
Richmond's western border, with Richmond's best streets,
such as Grace, r'ranklin, Cutshaw and Monument Avenue
running through it, and to-day's announcement that it is soon
to have a new passenger depot and street car line proves be*
yound all doubt that our indorsement and judgment wer<
good. Glad? Sure. We always have the interest of our pa?
trons and the city's welfare at heart. This step will mean
much to both. Are there still good chances to get in on the,
ground floor? Yes, sir; for the live ones who act now. But
we know such opportunities won't last long?lots are going
to mgve rapidiy^" '