The times dispatch. [volume], September 30, 1911, Image 10

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These Are Review Days in
The Ribbon Store!
And a beautiful story it tells!
This is essentially A RIBBON SEASON?as dress trimmings
they are the newest fashion note, the fashion ateliers of Paris fea?
turing them on the handsomest gowns. Ribbons for hair bows
and ornaments, for sashes, for artistic effects in millinery occupy
a p?sition of exalted prominence. Among the newest sorts are:
The Two-Toned Effects in All-Silk Ribbons?6 inches wide, in EJQ^
green, brown', cardinal, cerise and king's blue; per yard
Plaid and Persian Striped Ribbons?In entirely new color ef?
fects and combinations arc shown in tho 5-inch widths at 50c and. . ..
Exclusive designs in fine quality Dresden Ribbons?All the
newest fall colorings, in widths of 5 to S inches, 50c yard to.
Other Ribbon Novelties?6 inches wide, in cardinal, navy and
Copenhagen centers, with lyinch black borders; per yard.
Extra Special?4}( and 5 ?4'-inch Taffeta Silk Ribbons, in all colors,
Usually l?c and 25c a yard, will be sold Saturday for, per yard, 15c and
BROKER ARRESTED
ON FRAUD CHARGE
Detectives Act on Complaint of
Citizen, Who Claims He
Was Robbed.
Suspected of obtaining money by
false pretenses, M. A. Smith, who styles
himself a banker, broker and real es?
tate agent, at 2$ North Eighth Street,
was arrosted yesterday morn.lr.g by De?
tectives Krengel and Atkinson.
Smith, It Is alleged, "nserted in tho
rowspapors an advertisement stating
that he would furnish money to build |
S house, buy a lot or do both at 5 per
cent. Interest, without delay or com?
mission. Moses Adclenskl read the ad?
vertisement and hurried to Smith's
office to get some of the money which
appeared to be going so easily. He
was requested to hand ovor $50 ns eV
dence of his good faith. He handed
the money over to the hanker, broker
and real estnte agent. Eater he be?
came suspicious, and he went back to
Smith, asking for the return of the
money and giving n check for tho
amount Instead. Then he went to h's
hank and nsked that the check be re?
pudiated If presented. Still uneasy,
however, he went to police headquar?
ters and told Captain McMahon about
the transaction.
Captain McMahon dispatched the two
detectives to interview Smith, and
they took him to headquarters. A
z : bat "h of his books showed that others
had given him $50 as evidence of the'r
good faith, but the books did not show
that they got anything ns evidence of
Smith's good Intentions.
Smllh said ho rntne here from New
Tork three months ago. But he would
sny nothing more about himself. He
offered to return money lie had col?
lected and to leave town, but his offer
win not accepted. A lot of private
papers -"nd 5154.13 were found on h s
person.
Grand Oriental Cruise
By the crulelnu S. S. "Victoria I.ulse."
It .ii-p sf.W YORK Jnijuarv SOth for Ma?
deira. Spain, the Mediterranean and the
Orient. Rates (rom s3;,i) upward. Including
lat.dlng and embarkinR expenses. Dura?
tion, T? osy*. P'.nres visited: Lisbon. Cadlx,
Gibraltar t?rnnadn. Alhambra), Algiers,
Genoa. VUlsfranche (Nice. Monte, Carlo),
Hyracuse (Sicily), Malta, Port Ssia (Cairo.
Pyraptld? of (S'.zeh. Sakkarsh, Luxor, As?
souan), Jaffi (Jerusalem, Bethlehem. Jeri?
cho, the Jordanj. the rwad fiea>, Beyrouth
(Damascus. Baalbek), ??? Plrauus (Athens),
Kalunaki (G"reeo?). Smyrna, Constantino?
ple. Mejv.no., Palermo', Naples (Rome. Pom
poll, Vesuvius). ^
RICHMOND TRANSFF.lt COMPANY,
son Knut Main Street,
Defeated Candidate for Treas?
urer of Henrico Finally Has
Matter Opened.
The Henrico County Democratic
Committee met yesterday afternoon
and reopened the matter of a recount
between Henry C. Hechler and Sidney
M. O'Bannon for the troasurershlp. The
committee decided to allow the recount,
and after some discussion set the date
for next Wednesday.
Mr. O'Bannon, the defeated candidate,
asked for the recount iirst on the
grounds that there might have boon
somo naturnl mistake. The committee
met last week In executive session and
refused his request, lie then demand?
ed a hearing and openly charged a vio?
lation of the election laws.
The commltte yesterday met in opem
session, hearing both Mr. O'Bannon und
representatives of Mr. Hechler. it was
decided that inasmuch as the defeated
candidate had no specific charges to
prefer against any of the election ofli
clals, it was not in the province of
the committee to consider anything
but the proper counting of the votes.
At the meeting next week u thorough
canvass of the ballots will be m:ide.
After that, If Mr. O'Bannon is still dls
sat'Sfled with the result, he must carry
I his complaint to the grand jury, which
will be In session about that time.
POSTMASTERS COMING
More Thun too to Attend State Conven?
tion In October.
More than 100 postmasters In Vir?
ginia have notified Postmaster Edgar
Allan, Jr., that they will attend the
annual meeting of the State Post?
masters' Association, which will take
place October 9. 10 and 11. The busi?
ness sessions will he held In the audi?
torium of the Jefferson Hotel.
Mr. Allan Is now arranging a pro?
gram which will assume a gay time
for the visitors. One of the features
of the entertainments plnnnej will be
a reception nnd "house warming" at
the Westhatn Pishing and Country
Club, on the rtlvcr Hoad. not far from
the Country Club of Virginia.
The clubhouse Is now In the course
! of construction, but will be ready for
1 occupancy within the next few days.
To make the formal opening conspic
1 nous it was arranged by the member.".
. which Include Mr. Allan, to entertain
; the postmasters on one of tho days
I of the meeting.
Judgment Reserved.
The tult nf the Buntlug-McKesI Real Ks
mi,' Company against Mrs. Charles I. Mc
Kee was called to trial In the Law and
Equity Court yesterday. Uy consent of both
sides irlal by jury was waived tnd the evi?
dence heard by Judse Insrnm. Several law
potntr >>o,!n* involved, (ho court reserved
judgment.
SKULL FRACTURED
BY STREET GAR
Mildred Pctross, Nine Years
Old, in Critical Condition at
Memorial Hospital.
ALL CHURCH HILL EXCITED
Mothers Frantic, and Mrs. Pe
tross Went Finally to Hospi?
tal to Have Fears Verified.
While crossing the tracks near the
corner of Vcnuhlc and Mosby Streets
last night at 6:50 o'clock, Mildred
Potross, the nine-year-old daughter of
Airs. Minnie Petross, 604 Buchanan
bireet, was struck by Oakwood and
Main Street car No. 313. of the Vir?
ginia Railway and Power Company.
Her skull was fractured just over the
left eye, and at the Memorial Hos?
pital, where she was carried last night,
but little hope for her recovery was
entertained.
Tlie child was sent across the street
to make a purchase for tier mother, '
and from those who saw the accident, i
she must have almost walked into the
car. She was picked up and carried !
to a nearby confectionery store, and i
Dr. A. B. Cosby, who happened to be j
near at the time, administered prelim- I
inary treatment, and had her sent as |
quickly as possible to the Memorial, j
Girl ti?t Known at First.
At the time no one knew who the |
little girl was. She was unconscious
when picked up, and none of the by- !
slanders seemed to know anything j
about her. She was hurried off to the |
hospital, and the police immediately
notified. From all portions of the city
people came in and telephoned, think?
ing that perhaps she was some child
known to them. Finally her mother,
having heard of the accident, reached
the hospital, whore she spent the night.
The car was In charge of Motornian
G. O. Allen and Conductor M. F. I.ilea,
who after making the necessary re?
ports to the -ipdllce and authorities of
the railroad, continued the'r run. No
blame is attached to the crew of the
car, and it Is probable that no arrests
will be made unlesf the child dies.
At the Memorial last night it was
said the girl was in a very critical
condition, though there was some hope I
that she might recover. Just at this i
time It Is I nposslble for tue doctors'
to say what the result of her injuries I
will be. One of the physicians who j
made a preliminary examination, saldj
that she probabl;- would recover lf|
she could be kept alive as long as j
three days.
PRISON WRECKS MIND
After Twenty-Two Ycnr? In Penltcn-!
tlnry Neuro (Joes to Asylum.
His mind unbalanced after more than
twenty-two years spent in the State
; Penitentiary, from which he was re- |
I leased less than a week ago. Richard ?
I Hanks, colored, about fifty years old. i
'was yesterday adjudged insane by h ?
\ lunacy commission, He was ordered ;
? committed to the State Hospital for !
] the Insane at Petersburg.
I Banks was sent to the prison from
Nansemond county. He had been con- :
' vlcted of a serious charge and wa.l
sentenced to twenty-five years' lmpris-:
I onment. Several of these years were j
, taken off for good behavior.
The commission which yesterday j
I pronounced him of unsound mind was i
, composed of Magistrate J. A. Purdie,
Dr. Charles V. Carrlngton and Dr. Pauli
W. Howie.
Wife of Congresamnn 111.
Mrs. James Hay. of Madison. Va..
wife of the Representative In Con?
gress from the Seventh Virginia Dls
' triet, |r quite 111 at the hnme of rela
? lives in Richmond. Mr. Hav came to
I the city lavt evening to be' with her.
? iompanied by Dr ,T. x. Cleve, of
i Madison.
Illil? Kctrcted.
Rids tor minting In the two mar?
kets, opened by the Council Committee
. on Markets last night, were found to
be excessive, and new bids were called
! for.
( olonol McCabe Home Again. I
Colonel W. Gordon McCabe returned
to, the city last ntghl from New York I
where he arrived ori Thursday after)
spending several months in England I
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Monument Annex Lots
Still Selling Rapidly
Large and Small Investors Continue to Snap Up These West
End Lots. It is Only Matter of Days, Possibly Hours,
Before All Will Be Sold.
TIDE TURNS TO CUTSHAW AVE., WITH
RESALES ON GRACE AND LEE AVE.
For Benefit of Those Whose Business Has Prevented Them
From Securing Some of These Golden Dividend-Making
Lots, Blanton &: Co., Sales Agents, With Offices On
First Floor of Travelers* Building, 1 108 East
Main Street, Will Be Open All Day.
The pec ntinue to show their well-founded faith in the foremost real estate in the West
End?Monument Annex.
In other words; Monument Annex lots arc still selling fast, and large and small investors con?
tinue to snap/up these carefully laid out lota that Held so much in store in form of profits.
It is now only a matter of days ?possibly hours?hefore the last lot will he sold and the original
. buyers reselling at big profits \<> those who are hesitating for some reason now
To Cutshaw Avenue interest' centres just now to a marked degree. The sales on this popular
a\enue show that many have turned to it and bought with no uncertain hand. Another thing to
be noted is the fact that profitable resales on Grace Street have been reported.
It is positively announced by Blanton & Co., Sales Agents for Monument Annex, that their
offices in the Travelers' Building will he open all day to-day for the accommodation of all those
whose business has kept them from, making selections so far.
During the day many of the remaining lots will most certainly be sold, as Blanton & Co. will
?*ve automobiles ready, it is learned, to carry all to the property for a person inspection.
The people are having: their inning, and arc quick to see it.
APPARENT DEFEAT
FOR CARRIH6T0H
Election of Dr. Mann as Peni?
tentiary Surgeon Generally
' Expected.
GOVERNOR WILL NOT ACT
Declines to Take Action Against
Nephew in Spite of Strong
Appeal.
Hardly a doubt was expressed last
night by any one familiar with the
situation that when the board of di?
rectors of the State Penitentiary meets
this afternoon to elect officers of that
institution for the ensuing year it will
supplant Dr. Charles V. Cairlngton.
the penltontiary surgeon, with Dr.
Herbert Mann, a young physician of
this city and a nephew of Governor
AVlillam Hodges Mann. All efforts to
secure the re-election of Dr. Carring
ton have apparently failed.
The board usually meets at Z o'clock
In the afternoon. The members will
probably gather at an earlier hour
to-day, as it will be tho occasion of
the quarterly taking of inventory of
supplies and provisions at tho prison.
It is not probable, however, that the |
election will bo taken up until lato |
In the afternoon.
Only One Contest.
Major James B. Wood has no oppo?
sition for the office of superintendent,
nor has Captain T. J. Davis for su?
perintendent of the State Prison Farm.
The same , is true of Dr. E. K. Howies
as surgeon at the farm. It Is barely
possible that the election for theso
officials will not be taken up to-day, I
but probably this business will be dls- |
posed of. The term is four years, be- !
gltinlng January 1 n-.-.t, and the board |
must elect prior to December 1.
The fight over the office of surgeon, j
which pays only $1.800 a year, has I
aroused the lnteres.1 of tho ontlro I
State. Letters and petitions have |
poured In upon members of the board j
advocating the re-election of Dr. Car
rlngton, who has been In office for
twelve years.
Men who rank high in the medical ]
profession have not hesitated to go
into the public prints to utge such ac-I
tlon. In politics the same thing Is 1
true. Senator Claude A. Swanson and1
Speaker Rlehnrd 11. Byrd are out?
spoken in their advocacy of Dr. Car
rington, and have asked the members
of the board to vote for him. Cylde
W. Saunriers has exerted his efforts for
the Incumbent, who Is his personal and
political' friend.
Delegation See? Governor.
To add all this, five of the six Dem?
ocratic nominees for the Legislature
from this city called on Governor Mann j
yesterday In regard to the situation.
They pointed out the criticisms which !
have been visited upon the Governor
because of the candidacy of his nephew
for an office before a body appointed
In large part by the executive. The
object, of course, was to have the Gov?
ernor use h's Influence to secure the
withdrawal of Dr. Mann. The delega?
tion was composed of E. C. Koikes. A.
C. Herman. John A. Curtis. Hill Mon?
tague, E. P. Cox and J. J. Creamer.
This visit was unavailing. The Gov?
ernor later would not discuss the mat?
ter for publication, nor would the
members of the delegation talk, but it
Is understood that the executive made
to them a statement similar to one
previously given out by him.
Ho had not, he said, mentioned the
matter to any member of the board of
directors, nor will he do so. But he
decllnrd to Interfere in any way with
the choice of the board. In fact, Dr.
Mann has stated he would pay no at?
tention to any such request on the part
of his uncle.
Appeals made by physicians, by leg?
islator?, by party leaders, by philan?
thropic people, who indorse Dr. Cor
rington's work at the penitentiary" as
humane and broad-minded, hove all
failed, and it Is stated with the utmost
confidence that when the votes are
counted to-day it will be found that
Dr. Carrington w'U have but one and
that Dr. Mann will have four. There
was some rumor yesterday to the effect
that it might stand three to two, but
Dr. Carrington's defeat seemed uni?
versally conceded, barring some unex?
pected happening. The members of the
board are as follows: Major James D.
Patton, Sam Cohen, Luther L. Scherer,
W. B. Bradley and Gerald Stratton, the
latter of Petersburg.
Dr. Carrington's friends feel that
the members of the board opposed to
him are under obligations to Governor
Mann for their appointment. And
party men, particularly those inside
the "machine," are regretting the can
diducy of the Governor's nephew.
UNCLE SAM WI1L
OPEN BANK TO-BAY
Post-Office Ready Now to Re?
ceive Money From People
of Richmond.
When the Richmond post-office opens
for business to-dsy the postal savings
bank for the first time will be ready
to receive deposits from all persons
rnore than ten years of age. The new
Institution will bo operated from tho
money order division, fn the north end
of the building.
Deposits will not be received in tho
Richmond bank from any person whose
mall does not come through the local
poBt-offlce.
Assistant Postmaster I. W. Fuller,
under whose supervision the bank has
been placed, yesterday expressed the
hope that the opening day will see a
large number of deposits. With few
exceptions the banks have been a suc?
cess wherever established in Virginia.
"Most of the money which we will
got," said Mr. Fuller, "will probably
come from persons whose faith in other
banks is weak, but who have unbound?
ed confidence In the government to
honestly handle their money. It will
be the means of placing a large sum
of money In circulation, which is now
hidden away in the proverbial 'old
sock." "
Accused of, nieycle Theft.
Frank Miller, sixteen years old, was
airrested yesterday on a charge of
stealing a bicycle from H. Freeman.
He wUl ba given a hearing" In Police
[Court this morning-.
OWNERS OF DOCK
DECLINE TO ACT
Bcmis3 Testifies They Have No
Present Intention to Re?
pair Property.
EVIDENCE IS CONCLUDED
Argument to Be Had Tuesday.
Believed an Appeal Will
Be Taken.
With a frank statement by E. L.
Bemlas, local member of tho bond?
holders* commlttoe of the William, R.
Trlgg Company, that the owners of
the Richmond dock have no present
intention of repairing that property
and of restoring It to use as a public
highway, the taking of testimony on
the petition of the city to compel such
action came to an end yesterday af?
ternoon. Argument will be begun next
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock
Mr. Bemlas said that the bondholders
felt they wore under no logal obliga?
tion to keep tho dock open to the
public. Tho revenuos for years have
been small, while a good many repairs
have been necessitated. Only a year
ago about SI,100 was spent on the
property. When tho dock gates were
broken last June. Mr. Bemlss secured
bids on the repairs, and when the
matter was reported to tho committee
it was decided that no steps should be
taken in the direction of again per?
mitting the public use. Since then the
dock has been closed.
Apply for Order.
The city and the business men whose
houses are located on the dock peti?
tioned the State Corporation Commis?
sion for an order requiring the repair
and reopening of the dock. At a
hearing had last week, following
lenghty argument, tho commission
overruled a motion on the part of tho
respondents to dismiss tho petition for
lack of Jur'sd'ctlon.
City Attorney Henry R. Pollard and
Assistnnt City Attorney George Wayne
Anderson represented the municipality
yesterday, while Judge Beverly T.
Crump was the counsel for the busi?
ness houses. Eppa Hunton, Jr., ap?
peared for the bondholders' committee.
The evidence of the petitioners was
brief. Captain John A. Curtis. Harbor?
master of Richmond, testified as to the
falling off in the city's water-borne
commerce if the dock remains closed,
and R. A. Dunlop, secretar/ of the
Chamber of Commerce, gave evidence
to the same effect. This was regarded
as establishing the case of the peti?
tioners, which was not controverted by
the respondents.
I The defense was based upon the con?
tention that the dock is not a canal,
and that therefore there is no obliga?
tion on the purt of the owners to keep
It opeti for the public as required in
the, original charter of the Richmond
Dock Company. Mr. Hunton In this
point relied upon an act of the Legis?
lature of 1S79. which In ratifying a
sale of the property of the James River
and Kanawha Canal Company, required
only, so far as tho dock Is concerned,
that It be kept supplied with water.
Dock Is Not Canal.
E. T. D. Myers. Jr., Colonel C, P. E.
Burgwyn, Captain P. St. Julien Wilson,
Henry W. Stamper, Jr.. and Colonel T.
M. R. Talcott, al! engineers, were In?
troduced.
They testified that in their opinion
the dock Is not a canal, the distinction
being that a canal Is a waterway for
the purpose of transporting vossols
from one body of water to another,
while a dock is for the purpose of
loading and unloading vessels. This
line of questioning was first objected
to by Judge Crump on tho ground that
It was a mere matter of opinion, but It
was allowed to go in.
It was Mr. Hunton's time to object
when questions were asked each wit?
ness If the dock had not been main?
tained for many years for public use.
The commission allowed these ques?
tions and their affirmative replies, and
Mr. Hunton noted objections. Should
the commission grant the petition it
is believed that an appeal is inevitable,
which must he granted as a matter of
right. This means that the matter
will be in the Supreme Court for some
time and that in the meantime the dock
will be closed.
Writ of Error Refused.
Mrs. Mary E. Hayslett was refused a writ
of error yesterday In the Supremo Cuurt la
her suit against the Metropolitan Life In?
surance Company on an appeal from the
Circuit Court of Norfolk county. She sued
on a policy for 1500 on the life of Joseph E.
Hayslett, securing a verdict for $500. On a
prior appeal the case was remanded for a
second trial, when Judgment was rendered
for the defendant company. The contention
of the company was that false statements
had been made In the application for a pol?
icy.
Monday at 12:15 A. M.
eighty business men, representing the Wholesalers, Manufac?
turers and Retailers, leave on a special train for a three days'
trip through North Carolina and Southwestern Virginia.
The object of this trip is solely to get in communication
with the business element in the different cities along the route,
to BOOST RICHMOND and give the people of these various
communities the opportunity of co-operating with this great
business centre, to the mutual benefit of all concerned.
The American National Bank
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
upholds its standard of progress by sending a representative,
thoroughly equipped, to explain the many advantages of doing
business with this strong national bank.
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits,
One Million Dollars.
$2.50 and $3.00 Fall Hats at $1.85
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Additional stylos will be shown to-day. Soft hats in
all the leading shapes and shades. Stiff hats in black
and brown. Take advantage of your opportunity.
Gans-Rady Company
BLUES COMPANY
GOING TO ATLANTA
Governor Baldwin, of Connecti?
cut, Will. Follow Them Back
for Day's Stay.
Leaving next Saturday afternoon, a
provisional company of the Richmond
Blues will go to Atlanta to attend tho
Peace Jubilee and to take part in the
ceremonies attendant upon the unveil?
ing of a monument to commemorate the
friendship of the North and South.
Just after the return of this company
the Oovernor of Connecticut, Hon. Sim
con IS. Baldwin, and the members of
his staff, with the First Company of
Governor's Foot Guards, of Hartford,
will be the guests of the Blues for
one day.
The company will be made up of
members from all four of the Blues'
commands. Atlanta will be reached
on Sunday morning, and the departure
will be made on Wednesday afternoon,
reaching Rchmond on Thursday morn?
ing. In this way, while four days will
be spent in the Gate City, those whe
go will lose but two days from the'r
employment here, the other two being
Sunday und Richmond Day, which is
to be a general holiday.
It Is hoped by those who are mak?
ing arrangements for the trip that at
least one full company will attend,
since tho uniforms of the Blues are so
conspicuous that a small attendance
on parade will present rather an unfa?
vorable appearance.
Several hours aftpr the Blues com?
pany arrives tho Governor's Foot
Guards will reach Richmond. Governor
Baldwin und his stuff are to make the
trip to Atlanta as guests of the Guards,
and will not be dlrctly the guests of
Richmond, and the reception to the
Connecticut Kxccutlve will therefore
be Informal. There will be a Dutch
luncheon at the Masonic Temple, a trip
to the State Fair, a supper at the tem?
ple and a bail at 9 o'clock at night.
To the latter affair the oJTlclala of
Richmond and the military of the city
will be Invited. The Guarda leave at
3 o'clock in tho following morning,
about the time the bull ends.
INQUEST UNNECESSARY
Coroner Thinks Ilrath of Miss Murray Tlaln
l.'a*e of Suicide.
Coroner Taylor tlcctila* yesterday morning
that an Inquest Into the death of M!is
Edith Murray, who died from carbolic ?cid
poisoning, taken in the home of Mrs. Robert
J. Blown, 120 West Marshall S\c?t, late
Thursday afternoon, will not be necessary.
He thought It to be a plain case of suicide.
Bad health Is believed .o have prompted tlie
doed.
Miss Murray wai treated by Dr. Watts, of
the city ambulance corps, but died In the
elevator In the Memorial Hospital. She waa
the daughter of ex-Pollctrnsji C. C. Murray,
and her home waa at 1223 Stuart Avenue.
.She In survived by her mother, three broth?
er* and two sisters.
TO INTERVIEW SUSPECT
Sheriff Miller, of Matbewa County, Coming
to Look at Joe Priddy.
Sheriff Miller, of Mathews county, will ar?
rive In this city thla morning via a boat of
the Old Dominion Steamship Company to
take a look at Joe I'rlddy, who I* strongly
suspected by tho local police to be the man
who attempted criminal auault on Miss Eva
Milier, of that county.
Priddy, an unkempt looking stranger, nti
arrested here Thurtrtay morning by Police?
man J. H, Harris. He attempted to escape
from the officer, and was visibly nervous
when questioned as to his Identity and his
post. He claims to come from Spartan
burg-, S. C, where he says he has a wife
and two cnlldren.
Second Baptist Sunday School.
The enlistment session of the Sunday
school of the Second Baptist Churoh to?
morrow morning, beginning at S:30 o'clock,
will ba particularly Interesting. A special
program of attractive features, in which
every visitor can participate, has been ar?
ranged. In addition to tho enlistment ses?
sion there will be public announcement and
distribution of certificates of promotions.
Every Indication points to the fact that tho
coming season will see the Second Baptist
Sunday school alive to every opportunity for
service to the church and community.
For Manufacturer*' Exhibit.
Those who havo taken space In the pro?
posed manufacturers' exhibit will meet at
the Jefferson Hotel to-night for the purpose
of receiving the report of the working com?
mittee and perfectlnR plans for the perma?
nent organization. Indications are that the
exhibit will be largor than was expected.
PUBLISH HISTORY
OF 1E. LEE CAMP
Veterans Will Presei-ve Records
of Their Deeds?Tablet to Be
Placed on Capitol.
Much dlscuBSion wbb had last night
at the meeting of R. E.'. Lee Camp. No.
1. Confederate Veterans, over a propo?
sition to have prepared and published
a history of the camp. Several of the
veterans spoke on the subject, empha?
sizing the desirability of a comprehen?
sive story of the labors of this the
leading organization of survivors of
the Confederacy during the genera?
tion succeeding the cloee of the War
Between the States.
Suoh a history, it was suggested,
should Include copies. In colors, of
all portraits which hang on the walla
of the hall, and which make a gallery
of Confederate heroes unequaled Any?
where. Then, too. It was eald that the
book should contain some of tho moro
notable speeches, made at the presen?
tation of these portraits In full. The
whole Is Intended to give a history
of the accomplishments of the organi?
zation.
Notable Speeches In Hail.
Adjutant J. Taylor Stratton said that
the finest speech ho had heard in tha
hall was that of General Fltzhugh Leo
In accepting the portrait of General
M. C Butler. It made such an Impres?
sion, he asserted, that a reporter for
The Tlmes-Dlspatch, who was present,
took down the speech and printed It
In full. Captain Stratton sent a copy
of the paper to General Lee, and the
latter said that If he made such u
speech as that he mast have been
asleep. Later Captain Stratton re?
marked that he doubted If General
Lee's speech surpassed that by Colonel
W. Gordon McCabo In accepting the
portrait of General Robert E. Lee.
Captain Peter J. White told of the
way In which he wns thrilled by a
speech made on a similar occasion by
Rev. James E. Potndexter, who was
present last night.
It was determined to take the mat?
ter up vigorously and to see what ac?
tion could be secured.
The camp fixed upon Friday night,
November 10, to receive the portrait of
General Harry Ueth, which will be
the next to be added to the gallery.
On the same night a reception will be
I given in the hall by the Daughters of
I the Confederacy to tho visitors who
I will be here to attend the convention
J of that organization.
Tablet at Capitol.
The camp appropriated $35 to aid
I the Hollywood Memorial Association
In placing a tablet on the south side
of tho Capitol to mark the place where
President Jefferson Davis took the
oath of office for his second term. In
this connection. D. A. Brown told ot
the day in 1867 when the veterans
shouldered their picks, under com?
mand of the women of the association,
and rounded the graves of their com?
rades In Hollywood. He spoke of the.
many things done by the association
since that time, and of the fact that In
all these years this waa the first re?
quest made of the camp by these wo?
men.
General J. Thompson Brown made a
semi-final report of the committee ap?
pointed in May, 1909, to arrange for
paintings of standard Confederate uni?
forms. The collection Is now complete
and will soon be framed.
GLAD WILEY STICKS
Mr. Dallls Says Southern People (Commend
Pare Food Man.
"It Is a matter of universal satisfaction
among" the cotton-growers and cotton oil
mill men of the South that the President
! has seen fit to uphold Dr. Wiley, the pure
I food expert." said Ernest E. Dallls, of At
I lanta, former chairman of the publicity
committee of the Interstate Cottonseed
j Crushers' Association and now editor of
I tho Cottonseed, a monthly magazine, devot?
ed to tho cottonseed oil Industry. Mr. Dal?
lls Is a former newspaper map, and talks
most lnterestlnely of the bright outlook for
this exclusively Southern Industry.
"Than Dr. Wiley." continued Mr. Dallls,
"the South baa no better friend and tha
cottonseed oil Industry no more ardent ad?
vocate nnd supporter. It was at the James?
town Exposition several yoars ago that Dr.
Wiley made his first publlo address on this
subjeot, calling attention to lta absolute
purity, wholesomeness nnd healthfulne&s.
and urging its more general use as an
edible fat. Klnoe that time he has given
this Industry much study, and only recently
deliver, d an address. In which he praised
the use of this vegetable oil."
DIVIDEND DECLARED
IStreet Railway Company Pays One Per Cent.
Semf-Annual on Common.
Directors of the Virginia Railway and
Power Company, at a meeting held In New
York City yesterday, declared the first
semi-annual dividend ever Issued on the
common atoclj of the company of 1 pet
cent., being 11 per share on a common stock
Issue of tl2.000.00o, payable on October 20, to
'all sloe! J:oldcra of record on October 7.
Under the plan of reorganization, adopted
some years ago, the company, also has a
preferred stock of $8,000,000.
When the company was reorganized two
years ago tho common stock was Isfued at
SI" por share, and was kuotcd on the local
stock mnrket at tile closo of business yes
tcrdny i% 394 and 40.
Several local officers of the company worn
in New York yesterday In attendance on t><?
meeting of the directors.
Ornve Avenue Phllathea Claaa.
The r.j-ilar monthly business and social
meeting of tho Phllathea Class of Grove
Avenue Baptist Church will be hold thle
afternoon at 1 o'clock In tho classroom.
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