The times dispatch. [volume], December 11, 1911, Page 5, Image 5

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Social and
Personal
a N Interesting wedding to be cel
Za cbratcd this evening in Wash*
? T lngton Is that of Miss Nancy
Darling, of Baltimore, and J. Bernard
nobb, of this city. The coremony will
take place very qu'etly at 7 o'clock
nt the homo of the bride's brother,'
Charles Tlermoh Darling, and will be
witnessed by only the nearest relativen
end a few Intimate friends of the bride 1
and groom. The house will be decq-1
rated In pink and white chrysanthe?
mums ugttlnst a background or palms
and Southern stilllax und great bunches
of in'atlctoc will be hung from the
chandeliers and bunked on tho man?
tels. The Ilev. S. t'. Ware, rector of
St. Voter's Church tit Port Royal, will
bfliclate, und a stringed orchestra win
play the "Bridal Chorus from "Lohen
grin" at tho entry of the bridal party.
Tho bride will wear an exquisite
gown of heavy white satin made with
an overdress or chiffon and real lace
und embroidered in pearls. Her tulle
veil will bo arranged with a coronot
of orange blossoms, and she will carry
a shower bouquet of lilies of the val?
ley. Mrs. Charles Tlorman Darling
will be dame of honor and the bride's
only attendant- Her gown Is of pink
f.atlii With d drapery of paler pink
marquisette and trimmings of reul
luce. She will carry it big bouquet
of Klilarney roses. PhUlp \. Robb,
of Baltimore, will set as his brother's
best man.
A reception Will follow the cere?
mony, after which Mr. Robb and his
bride will leave for their Wedding
trip. They will be at bom < after Jan?
uary 1 at 323 South Third Street,
Richmond.
Engagement Announced.
Mr. and Mrs. W, II. Taylor, of "The
Oaten," Porkwood, Gu., have announc?
ed the engagement of their daughter,
Annlo Louise, to I'hlllp Haxall l-jtil
mor, or Brunswick, Oa. Mr. l>atlmor
is tho son of Mr and Mrs. George \V.
Latlmer. and Is well known in Rich?
mond, where he formerly resided. Tho
wedding will take place at tho home
of the bride's parents during the
Christmas holidays.
Leaving Town.
Mrs. W. D. Newman and children,
who have been with Mrs. Newman's
parents. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Bydnor,
at 1823 Grove Avenue, have returned
to their home In b'armvllle. Mrs. New?
man's child, who has been In Rich?
mond for treatment Is now much im?
proved.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Dnr.oon ore leav.
Ing this week for a tr'p i-outh. After
$3,50--$4
Easy Shoe
See Our Great New Store
and New Stock.
Sydnor & Hundley
Seventh and Grace
For Oil Cooking and
Heating Stoves
N. Kt.EIX .V SON. INC..
Cl'O East Uroad.
SPECIAL SALE OF
Blankets and Comforts
Sutherland & Cheery, Inc.
310 East Uroad Street.
201 E. Broad
Magniilcent showings of Fine Furs.
Coata, Suits and Hats.
.-VT E I, ;f1 Si'.VT)IS_Ot?r-';t>Tf\ ?>/!\'. '?
IfiWOMENS OUTER GARMENTS ft
5 FREED1!
HAVE TOU SEEN
THE
Petiifc & Co.'s?
All Gold, $1.50 Fair.
These arc not merely gold top. Plain
and engraved. All finishes ana designs
Smith & Webster,
Jewelers, 612 East Main Street.
Special Otfoslixgi
'loc/a
Muskeeter Suede Bags tor Gift Seekers
Nowhere in town can you find such an extensive assortment
as are at present on display in our Leather Goods Section. All
the newest ideas arc apparent at very special prices. All'colors.
Fringed, trimmed with long silk cord Q1 A A
handle. .. ? ? ? ?4>loUU
Square effect, moire lined Coin Purse, long silk
cord handle
H
clasp
E
match cord and tassels
Heavy cord handle, pointed effect, button %^ 98
ionally large and roomy, moire lining to QQ
Ja visit to New Orleans. Mr. an<l Mrs.
j Dcuoon will go lo Palm Beach, Flu-.
| where they expect to spend th<! win?
ter months. They will be accompanied
j on their trip by . their nieces. Misses
, Lilian Key, ol Chaiioltesvlllc. and
I MIub Tyler, of Augusta Sprlng3.
j Lecture by Minn Johnston.
I Tin- lecture given by Miss Mary
i Johnston on woman suflr.t^c before a
Men's League at West Point, Va.i on
the evening; of November V, was fol?
lowed by a drawing room talk on Fri?
day morning and the organization of
ja ??est Point Brauch Lcngus for
I Equal Suffrage.
j Tho otllcers of this league, aro Mrs.
Crosby Thompson, president; Mrs.
Thomas P. B::Eby, vlco-presldent; Mrs.
J. P. Williams, secretary, and Mrs.
Edward Urihotze, treasurer.
Tho drawing room meeting was hold
la the home of Mrs. Thompson, and
after the meeting Miss Johnston, In
company with her hostess, visited the
Indian reservation not far from West
Point.
Miss Johnston and Mrs. Valentine
leaves Tuesday for Danville. Va-,
where they will address an audience In
the Young Men's Christian Associa?
tion auditorium. They will be guests
of Mrs. W. T. Harris, and through her
courtesy and that of Mrs. Janlo Gray
Hagan. president of tho Wednesday
Afternoon Club, they wMl lie able to
glva parlor talks as well as public
addresses,
(if Interest Here.
A recent Issue of the Washington
Post contains the follow'ng of Interest
to Richmond society:
"The marriage of Miss Marguerite
Morse, daughter of the Rev. Oliver
C. Morse. D. D.. and Dr. William Hunt
Wulcott. formerly of Washington, now
of West Virginia, took place Thursday
aftornoon at 4 o'clock, at the home of ?
the bride's aunt, Miss Gortrudo Jones.
Ki'JO Eleventh Street, northwest. The
ceremony was performed by the
bride's father, assisted by her uncle,
tho Rev. Richard C. Morse, of New
York. The little sister of the bride.
Miss Robckah Morse, was mutd of
honor, and the host man was Dr- A.
W. Kraklne, of Pennsylvania, a class?
mate of the bridegroom ot the Balti?
more Medical College. Dr. Olive Cox
and Anthony Morse, bqother of the
bride, were ushers.
"Tho bride was given In marriage
by her brother, Richard C. Morse. She
wore a gown of white satin, with a
tulle veil, and carried white sweet
peas. The maid of honor wore a gown
of white muslin over blue silk.
" lir.Walcoll and his bride left Wash?
ington last evening for Cumberland,
en route to Needmore, W. Va., where
they will live. Among the out-of-town I
guests at the wedding were Mrs. M. ;
M. Austin, of New York; Mr. nnd Mrs j
Richard C. Morse, of New York; Miss ,
Mary A- Walcott, of Richmond, und I
Oliver C. Morse. Jr., of Newport, R. 1."
Special Cars for Donee.
Special cars leaving Robinson and ,
Broad Streets at 9 o'clock will convey
the guests to the dance given Dccem- j
bor It at the Country Club by Mrs.!
Edward O. Valentine, of 411 East!
Franklin Street. The dance will bo
given in honor of Miss Elizabeth Bent
Icy und Miss Emma Conquest. The
same cars will bring tho guests bock
to town, leaving the club at 12:30.
Lecture Tuesday.
There will be the usual lecture at
tho Art Club of Richmond to-morrow
altornoon at half-past 4 o'clock. Miss
Adele Clarke will talk , on "Ten Most
Patronized Art Schools In Richmond.'"
Tne lectures are always delightful af?
fairs, and all Interested In art sub?
jects are cord'ally Invited to be pres?
ent. Tea will be poured as usual by
a committee appointed to receive on
that ultcruoon.
Luncheon This Week.
Mrs. Lyon-Pomberlon will entertain
at a very handsome luncheon on
Thursday of this week. The affair
will be given at the Country Club of
Virginia, and some 226 guests have
been invited.
Glee Club Concert.
The Richmond concert of the Rich?
mond College Gleo Club will be given
In the Thomas Art Hall of Richmond
College on Tuesday evening, December
12, at 8 o'clock. The concert is to be
followed by a rocoptlon in the library
by the faculty to tho Glee Club and
their friends. The following are to ba
patronesses of the Glee Club: Mrs. J.
Taylor. Ellyson, Mrs., Georgo Bryan,
Mrs. D. C. Richardson', Mrs. John Gar?
land Pollard, Mrs. Evan R. Chester
man, Mrs- Thomas McAdanis, Mrs.
Rylund Knight, Mrs. A- J. Montague,
Mrs. Benjamin T. Crump, Mrs. T. Wil?
liam Pomperton, Mrs. T. A. Cary, Mrs.
Cary Ellis Storh, Mrs. William Elly
Bon, MrB. John Ba,gby, Mrs. Georgo \V.
McDantcl, Mrs. Howard D. Bryant,
Mrs. J. G. Corloy, Mrs. G. Har?
vey Clarke and MrB. J. A. C Chandler
and the ladies of the faculty.
Violin Recital.
A vory attractive program has beon
arrangod for to-morrow afternoon,
when the children of the Hequembourg
School of Music, ranging in age from
four and a half years and up, will be
heard in' a recital. Tho concert will
be given at the Woman's Club at' half
past 4 o'clock, and the public is cor?
dially invited to attend. It will be a
very Interesting event, anTl the parlors
of tho club will be crowded for the
occasion.
Married iu Washington.
The marriage of Miss Sallle Helen
Adams and Preston Carlysle Pocklln
ton was celebrated in Washington on
Wednesday, November 20. the Rev.
McLaughton performing the ceremony.
Miss Adams is the daughter of Mrs.
Annie W. Adams, of this city. Mr. and
Mrs. Pockllngton will make their home
in Highland Springs.
A. P. V. A. Meeting.
An important oalled meeting of the
A. P. V. A. will be held In the rooms
ot the Virginia Historical Society to?
day at 11 o'clock. All mombors are
urged to attend.
In and Out of Town,
Mrs, Otto Theodore Hess and little
son have returned from New York.
Mrs. William Shelburne, of Virginia,
Beaoh, Is the i guest of* Mts. Britoe
Bowo in this city.
Minn Virginia Gordon, who has been
visiting in Charlottcsvllle. and Rich?
mond, has returned to Norfolk.
Miss Mary Overton Haw Is spending
a few days with her sister, Mrs. Kilon
S. Morton, at 20S West Grace Street.
George W, Woodward, who was re?
cently operated on at Memorial Hos?
pital. Is now Improving. I
Robert Sotnervllle. of Greenville,
Miss.. Is the guest of his sister, Mrs.
U. C. Wherry.
Mrs. Aubrey Hungers. .John Am
rhcln, .lohn 11. I.yneman and Leonard
Amrheln are registered at the Marl
borough Hotel, New York City.
Mrs. .lohn W. Rlson, Jr.. of Suffolk.
Is the guest of friends In this city fur
several weeks.
Miss Kathcrlne Low and Miss I'an
nlu Neblett have returned to Black
stone after a visit to Richmond
Mrs. Henry Brooke G'lpln and Miss
Dorothy Gllpln have returned to ttielr
home In Virginia after a stay of some
weeks In Baltimore.
Miss Katherlne Scott. vi tills city,
has been tho guest of her parents,
Dr. and Mrs. John W. Scott, for a few
days In Gordonsvllle.
Miss Lyda Graham has returned from
Virginia Beach, whero she was the
guest of Mrs. William Shelburne.
Invitations Innue...
ISpeeial to The Tlmcs-Dlspatch.1
Wavcrly, Vs., December 10.?Mr.
and Mrs. R. A. Daniel, of "Wavcrly.
have issued cards announcing the ap
pruachlng marriage of their daughter.
Miss F.thel May Daniel, to Dr. Walter
J. Young, formerly of St. Louis. Mo.,
but now of Hampdm-Sldney College.
Tho marriage, will take place at the
Waverly Baptist Church on Wednes?
day. December 2f'. atO :30 A. M.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
OA STO R 1 A
Sample Sale of Felt Slippers
N. W. Corner Third and Broad St.
Dool Shoes and Stockings
Dtjiilop
fhe Flour That
lives Universal
Satisfaction.
putjf: SAME QUALITY
* EVERY DAY
Monroe 1861.
J. B. Mosby & Co.
Furs at a discount of 10 to 201
per cent.
Get Everything Needed!
for Comfortable
Traveling at
ROUNTREE'S
r*?3 E. BROAD ST TREE
Choice Selection o!
Christmas Gifts at
TRAGLE'S
$100,000.00 Furniture Sale is the j
talk of Richmond.
NOT TALK, BUT ACTION, HAS
MADE
Greentree's
The store it is.
Broad at Seventh.
Handsome Furniture for Gifts
AT
Jones Bros. & Co.. Inc.,
1418-1420 East Main Street.
TSn AMERICAN AMD ?EUHCFEflS AMUR?.
HUD6INS ACTED
IN SELF DEFENSE
Jury Acquits Him on Charge of
Killing Cecil Hogg?Negro
Is Shot.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Lancaster, Va., December 10.?An In?
teresting; trial for murder 110,8 Just
boon concluded In tho Circuit Court
'of Middlesex, Judge Claggett B. Jones
presiding. Last August C- II? Hudglns
and Cecil Hogg, both living In tho
southeastern part of that county, bu
J twoen whom hard feeling had existed
: for somo time, got Into an altercation,
.In which Hudglns shot and hilled
Hogg. The trial lasted nearly two
j w/oks, and great crowds ottendod
every day. Tho accused was repre?
sented by Stale Senator Saundcrs. of
'.Middlesex, and Thomas J. Downing, of
Lancaster, and Joseph W. Chlnn, of
? Richmond county, assisted Common?
wealth's Attorney Rvans In tho prosc
! cutlon. Tho Jury rendered a verdict
?of not guilty on the ground that the
I killing was done in self defense.
Harvey Waters, a young negro man,
living between Kllmnrnork and Irving
ton, was shot In tho back and dan?
gerously wounded Saturday by Lettlo
|DiggB, a. young nogro woman. She
mot him near Kirk's Mill Hill walking
j with another woman, and bocomlng
I enraged, she pulled out a pistol and'
'shot as he was trying to flee from,
I her. Tho ball has not yet been located.
I anil it Is not thought that the wounded
mun can recover.
Miss Henrietta Leo Palmer, daughtor
of John A. Palmer, Sr.. of Kllmarnock.
and Frank Alonsworth, chief book?
keeper at tho Lubank-Tankard llsh
factory, wcro married lti Baltimore
Wednesday. Immediately after ho
ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Alonsworth
left for Florida, where they will re?
main for soveral weeks. On tholr re?
turn they will reside at Kllmarnook.
Francis Addison Brlstow, one of the
oldest and most highly osteemed cit?
izens of Middlesex county, died very
suddenly ono night last week at his
homo ! 1 Urbanna. Ho was a gallant
' Confederate soldier, and took a deep
Interest In tho history of tho war.
He had for many years bcon a mem?
ber of tho Urbanna Baptist Church.
His widow, a brother and a sister sur?
vive him.
The Lancaster Teachers' Association
will hold Its second meeting for tho
current session here next Friday.
< Tho Rev. R. N. I tartness, tho now
pastor of tho Methodist churches on
the Lancaster circuit, has arrived with
his family and has settled down to
work in tho parsonage here.
FARMERS UP WITH WORK.
Considerable Portion of Tobacco Crop
Sold?No Clue In Murder MyMcry.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch:]
Buckingham. Va., December 10.?
The weather has been so fine for fall
work that every available person finds
Plenty of work and good prices foi
their labor. Farmers aro well up with
tholr work, and have sold a consider?
able part of their tobacco crops.
Sheriff Williams has been up to
Mantoo in the effort to solve the
have been made so far. That an 'n
oxperienccd hand tried to open tho
murder mystery there, but no arrests
safe In O. W. Patteson's store was evi?
denced "by the bungling manner In
which they went at It. With nn axe,
It Is said, tho attempt was made to
break tho door of the iron safe, but
the thief must have become frightened,
or perhaps the enormity of the er'mo
(( \
Sweater Goats
For Men.
Si .50 wool mixed; sale
price, $1.25.
Good heavy cotton
ones, $1.00.
Good wool, tri plain
weave, $2.45.
S5.00 all pure wool
ones, $4.50.
he had Just committed unnerved him |
ho thnt lie dl'l not stoat what he might
havo secured.
Tho now phone, line has been com?
pleted from this place to Man too,
passing through ono of tho best sec?
tions of tho county.
ELECTIONS AT A. AM) U?
Strenuous Contests for Athletic Anno
elation Ofllcen.
[?ppcl.H to The Tlmcs-Dlspatch. ]
West Raleigh, N. C. December 10.?
At one of the most largely attended
meetings of the Athletic Association
of recent years held In Pullen Hall,
after dinner on Saturday, tho follow?
ing officers were elected after stronu
oub contests: President of tho Athlotlc
i Association, P. W. Seifert; Vlce-Prea
ldont, E. P. Spoor; Secretary, W. H.
Graham, Jr.; Manager of tho 1912 Foot?
ball Team. J. I. McCallum, of Charlotte,
X. C.; Assistant Manager of the 1012
Football Team. W. L. Shaw, Jr., of
Wcldon. and W. L Jewell, of Wil?
mington.
At a recent meeting of tho senior
class, tho following marshals for com?
mencement woro elected: From the
Junior class, C O. Spencer, chief: N.
S. I^achlcotte, and F. D. Poieson; from
the sophomore class, J. F. Sohenck and
R. .1. Franklin; from the freshman
class, W. P. Orlmesley and It. E. Hut
ton.
The Thelarlan Gorman Club has ro
ccntly elected officers for tho spring
term nn follows: President, (J. M. Tay?
lor; Vico-Prosldent. T. P. Lovelace;
Secretary and Treasurer, N. S. Laehl
cotte; Floor Mauagor. J, B. Fearing.
Masons Elect OfOcors.
[Special to Tho Tlmco-Wnpatch. J
Monterey Va., December 10.?High?
land Lodge. No. 110. Ancient, Fraternal
und Accepted Masons, at Its stated
December communication, elected tho
following ofllccrs for tho ensuing year:
J. Clifton Matheny, worshipful mas?
ter; E. A. McN'ulty, senior warden; H.
C. Lunsford, Junior warden; C. M.
Lunsford, treasurer: W. II. Matheny, |
secretary: Robert Storrott, senior dea?
con; Pau! S. Slaven, Junior deacon.
Tl'.e lodge has arranged for a pub
lie. Installation of these officors on
the 27th. which will bo the first ex?
orcises of the kind to be held In tfio
handsomo new hall Just complotod.
Arlzonn's Flrct Election.
Phoenix, Ariz., December 0.?Ari?
zona's first Stato election will bo held
next Tuesday. State ami county offi?
cers 111 bo chosen, and two United
States Senators will be named by ad?
visory vote. The one member of Con?
gress allowed by tho enabling act will
ho elected.
Arizona will voto also on eliminating
tho recall of Judges from the Constitu?
tion, a formality Imposed by Congross
as u condition to admission into tho
nation. The elimination will be or?
dered, according to Indications.
ffijr* THE ?ivraN/LEVNT
By ROM K. MOOLT.ONV
Our Furnace Syni
puHlum.
J. H. W". writes:
"Wo haye filially
found out what is
the matter with our
furnace. Wo had a
furnace man to look
It over the othor
day, and he Inform?
ed us that the trou?
ble with our fur
nuoe was that, It
^fis^fMOUUTON** wa-s worn out; that
It was no good when
it was new; that the chimney has no
circulation, the grate clogs, tho hot
water tank leaks, the fire-pot is
cracked, the registers aro too close to
the floor, we have been building the
Are too near tho ton of tho furnace,
we use the wrong iSjid of coal, tho
front draft doesn't work, tho check
draft leaves a hole large enough to
throw a cat through. The shaker Is
too orookod. o^e damper In the pipe
binds, tho front d-oor hinges squeak,
we use a long handled shovel when we
should use a short one, and the patent
on the furhaee has explrod. He omitted
to mention that our grandfather was
once arrested for stealing a horpe, or
that our undo eloped with a manicure
person. But he mentioned everything
also that la Uho Tnattor. with our fur?
nace. Ho was a perfect gentloman
about It all, too. If any of the broth
era or sisters have any doubt as to
what la the matter with their furnaces
they should send for a furnaoo man
and he will tell them every symptom
down to ringbone and spavin."
Miss Amaryllis writes as follows:
"Why is a furnace like somo husbands?
Answer: Because it goes out at night.
Ha, ha I"
Shame on you. Behave yoursolf, fair
?but frivolous moid! Wiaat's your telo
phono number? A good many of the.
members of our furnaoe olub would'
like to know.
According to ditto Abner.
Tho soapbox statosmeu down to tho
grocery store havo startod In to dis?
cuss tho 1912 presidential situation,
and it boglns to look as though 1912
will be an oft year for farm work.
lied flannel underwear ain't uo tnuoh
of Assign of aristocracy aa it was back
In plonocr days of the lumber Industry.
There ain't nobody who Is such a
boro as tho toiler "who has boon to Now
York once, and only once.
There is no woman theatre (lend
Wiho will brag that she saw "Uncle
Tom's Cabin" with tho original cast.
Offo of the bast ways I know of to
get hard cider quick Is to sot It out
doors and let it freeze. Then you kin
make It so hard you have to broak It
off with an ax and eat it like molasses
candy.
Thora ain't no ono.armed restau?
rant's pumpkin plo like mother used
to rnako.
You kin always tell a restaurant
boarder when he gits to a banquet, fer
ho always wipes off his plate -with his
napkin, and never takes the top ploco
of bread off'n bho pilo.
Ono of tho most embarcassin' things
In this world le an engagement ring
that begins to turn green after she has
had it a weok or two.
Outside o* sending a high roll In' kid
to collogo, about tho surest vfiy to' die
poor is..to start In "boln' a "good fellor"
yourself.
It Is hard to do soifco people a favor
and keep tholr respect.
There aro moro y>eoplo wrltln' poetry
than there aro pooplo rend'.n' It.
No man can truthfully say (hat he
ihaa expcrioncod all tho pleasures of
this lifo until ho hag tried to run a
.six-column newspaper In a one-column
town. Most of us have.
There are two kinds of men who
don't know anything about women,
and thoy are tho married men and the
single man.
Home-Mudc Christmas Ulfts.
Mrs. R. E. D. writes: "Y/au can make
an elegant smoking Jackot out of un
old bathrobe that has been discarded.
Out oft the tails. Sow somo braid on
tho front, and trim it around tho bot?
tom with point lnco. Your husbjand
will never wear a smoking Jacket any?
how, and there isn't any uso in buying
i him an expensive one."
Miss C. J. T. says: "A perfect lovo
of a plpo rack can bo mado out of tho
wjro frame of an old K?ster bonnet.
First, flatten It down slightly so it
will hang on tho wall and gild It. Trim
It with bluo baby ribbon. Ho can
stick his pipes right through tho wire
and they will stay thero beautifully."
F. D. R. writes: "Tho best home
I made Christmas present I know of Is
I a plum puddln'. Indies, take notice."
Our Hash Symposium.
"Patience" writes: "For several
?wooks a poor llltlo dog with a can
tied to his caudal appnndago hung
around tho kitchen door at our board?
ing house, and has now disappeared.
Thero In some speculation among the
boarders as to his whereabouts. Of
oourso, I don't mean to cast any In?
sinuations, at all. but that dog cer?
tainly hud a pathetic look. Coming
ovonts cast -bhelr shadows hoforo tho;n.
and tho shadow of great grief certainly
o'orsproad tho foaturos of that faith?
ful canlno. Did ho havo a premoni?
tion that his young life was soon to
I end? Tho hoarders would givo a groat
deal to see that dog allvo and woll
right now, and not for puroly senti?
mental reason, elthor."
"Biscuit Shooter" says: "Soy, hon?
est to goodness, tho things I could
toll about tho way tho hash was mado
at the last boarding house whoro I
worked would till a book that would
make Webster's Unabrldgod Dictionary
look like a vest pocket almanac. Hon?
est, I saw?(tho romalndor of tho lot
tor Is supprossod).
"Young Man" wrltos: "Thora Is
never tho slightest doubt alAout what
wo are going to got to oat at our
boarding place. It oomes under yarl
ous aliases, but it always tastes the
same. Horace Fletcher, tho famous
chowologlst, would nover got any in?
spiration hero, beoauso we don't have
to ohew. But still, I found tiho wlro
dishcloth In mine the other day."
Tho Lay of the Lone Diner.
Hot roast pork and applo eass.
Roast beef and brown gravy.
It's enough to mako a man ,
Go and Join tho navy.
Twenty-live cent table d'hote.
Same old menu ever.
O, could I my lifelong ties
With that cafe sever.
Everything tastes Just alike.
Can't toll beans from bacon.
Orphan fly dead In tho soup,
Unknown and forsakon.
Walter yells in strident tones:
"Cow moat for a gummar."
Wears tho snmo old near-white coat
Tthat ho wore last summer.
So .long In this atmosphere
Havo' I grimly tarried.
I'm most desperate enough*
To go i*d got married.
?But not quite.
NEW POWER PLANT
IS II OPERATION
Represents Expenditure of $500,
000?Progressive Health
Measure.
{Special to Tho Tlmes-Dlspateh.l
Aflhcvlllo, N. C, December 10.?The
new powor plant of tho North Caro?
lina Electrical Powor Company, whloh
baa boen In tho course of construction
JUBt below tho town of Marshall, near
this city, for tho past two years, has
been finished, and tho plant of tho
Champion Flbro Company, at Canton,
twenty-seven miles away, is now bolng
run by tho oleotrlcai power. Tho
plant Is situated on the French Broad
Ulver. and reprosonts an expenditure
of J500.000. Contracts have Ijoen s'gn
0(i wheroby tho now plant Is to fur?
nish tho electrical power for a num?
ber of tho towns of the Western part
of this State, and It has a capacity of
5,500-horsepower.
Tho Aahevlllo Cotton Mills, employ?
ing- 350 men, which has been closed
down for tho past four months on ac?
count of tho unsatisfactory condition of
tho cotton markot, resumed operations
yosterday morning. This mill Is owned
by tho Conn Interests of Oroensboro,
and It has been announced that $50,000
will bo exponded on Improvements to
tho mill and tho mill property.
Tho fifth annual show of tho Ashe
vlllo Poultry and Pat Btook Associa?
tion will be hold here for four day3,
beginning Tuesday morning. A num?
ber of entries have boen rooolved, and
the exhibition promises to bo an un?
usually successful one. At tho time of
the show tho State mootlngo of tho
Rhodo Island Red Clu'b of Amorloa,
tho National Slnglo-Oomb Whlto Log
horn Club, and tho NaUonai Partrldgo
Wyandotte Club will be held In this
olty. F. J. Marshall, of Oollcgo Park,
On , has been choson as tho Judge of
tho Ashovlllo show, which follows
lmmedlatoly those whloh will be held
at Spartonburg, 8. C, and Morrlstown,
Tenn.
L Morse McCormtck, superintendent
of tho City Health Department, loaves
within a short time for Northern
cities, whoro ho "Xv111 do special work
In tho laboratories of those places.
Upon his return to Ashovlllo a city
laboratory will bo established hero for
tho free use of thoso who aro unable
to have tostn mado for tuberculosis
and other diseases. It ts aajd that a
number of people who como hero aro
unablo to pay local phylclane to mako
tho tosts for thorn, and in order that
those people may >bo benofitod and so I
that tho Board of Health may bo
aided in keeping a record of tho easos
treated here. It has beon decided to
establish the laboratory, whloh will
represent an actual oxpendlturo of ap?
proximately $1,000. Tho laboratory will
bo situated In the City Hall, on tho
second floor, and arrangements wMl
be mado whereby all air going Into tho
room an<i escaping from It may bo
filtored.
The greatest development of timber
resources In this section of the Stato
is that now bolng undertaken by the
Ashovlllo Tlmbor Company, whloh was
recently organized by S. Montgomory
Smith and his associates. This com?
pany has secured options on practical?
ly all of tho spruce tracts In Western
North Carolina, with tho exception of
tho lands owned 'by tho Champion
Lumbor Company and Its ulllcd In?
terests. Tho options which havo been
secured by tho Ashevllle Timber Com?
pany Include four dlfforont traots,
which contain 250,000 acres of land,
and ?n which there aro about a billion
and tW|0 hundred and fifty millions
feet of spruce, six hundred million feet
of hemlock and Ine billion and ^ne
hundred million feet of hnrdwoods.
ENJOYABLE DANCE AT V. P. I.
College Club wives Annnnl Thnnknglv
glvlug Ocrman.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Blocksburg. Va., December 10.?The
Gorman Club, of tho Virginia Poly?
technic Institute gavo Its annttal
Thanksgiving dance Friday evening,
and young women from all parts of
Virginia woro present. Ernesl Sound?
ers, of Suffolk, dancing with Miss
Elizabeth Hairaton, of Roanokc, led
a number of pretty figures, and a
courso suppor was served at midnight
In tho collogo dining hall, after which
dancing was continued. The chaporons
Included Mrs. C. M. Nowman, Mrs.
N. S. Mayo, Mrs. J. S. A Johnson, of
tho V. P. I., and Mrs. Nollle Robinson,
of Blacksburg. Among thoso dancing
woro Mls3 Loulso Black, of Blacks
burg, and J. E. Burke; Miss Mary
Henderson, of BlackBburg, and L. P.
Smithy; Miss Mary Ellott, of Chris
tlunsburg, and J. H. B. Fogloman; Miss
Bosslo Ellett. of Chrlstlansburg. and
W M. Brodle; Miss Evelyn Shlroy, of
?chwarzschlld Bros.
SILVER BAGS
and
CARD PURSES
For Christmas Gifts
Arc In great demand this sea?
son.
Tho popularity of this store
is due to the fact that the new?
est articles are to be found here
first.
The prices of Chatelaine Bags
range from
$4.00 to -SS5.Q0.
Schwarzschild Bros.
Richmond's Leading Jewelers,
Second and Broad Sts.
Bluoflol?, und Walter B. Ellott; MIhs
Elizabeth Darnall, of Roanoke, and G.
P. OreB-ory; Mies Mary Bcddon, of Nor?
folk, anl C. W. McKann; MIbb Mary
Stcames, of Balein, and O. 8. Smith;
Mise Oraoe Ooorgo, of Tazewoll, and
Rex Steele; Mlsa Lizzie Otoy Hogo, of
Blaoksburg, and A. R. Harvey; Mlsa
Salllo Howe, of Radford, and D. P.
Clemmer; Miss Suthorlln, of Sweet
Briar, and C. P. Derby; Miss Mary,
Stone, of Roanoke, and William Her-?
pin; Miss Jordan, of Portsmouth, and
Frederick Scott; Miss Louisa Vincent,
of Goorgla, and Lawrence Carter; Mlsa
Carolyn Baar, of Roanoke, ajnd Moaby,
Wado; Miss Violet Bogey, of Now'
York, and Duncan Hobart; Miss Irene
Fischer, of Roanoke, and William,
Burruss; Miss Helen Rhodes, of Boa**
oko, and F. H. Logge; Miss Susie ?*??
blnson, of Blacksburg, and H. C. MlnV
turn; Mlu.i Loo mi Vow tor, of Blacks
burg, and J. J. Davis; MIbs Willie Har-1
vey, of Rndford, and Frod Trollngerl
Miss Luctlo Williams, of Richmond,
and W. W. Howard; Miss Iiuelle Cas
?611, of Radford, and C. H. Mc.Knlsht;
Miss Jean Murr, of Blaoksburg, and
Mr. McKee; Mrs. Oortrude Buoher, of
Norfolk, and Dan D. Howo; Miss Vir?
ginia Patton, of Blaoksburg, and B.
B. Fred.
Others were Messrs. Hobart, C. M.
Evans, Shackleford, Harris Hogo, B.
B. Lewis, L. fkitton, O. G. Garrison, ?.
P. Miles, T. C. Hutoheaon, A. S, Mo-.
Cown, Stockton Heth, Jr., and A. G.
Glbbi
Mombors of tho faculty of the col?
lege of agrlculturo have been absent
in turn this week, attending -two'
"movable sohools of agrloulturo." On*
was held at Elk Garden, and the
oth?r at Marlon, good crowds attend-,
ing and much interest being shown at
both places.
Dr. E. A.' Bach, State Entomologist,
has been gran tod a two months' lon vo
of absonco by tho board of crop pest
commissioners, and will spend tho time
In Florida to oompleto and prepare
tho final roports of the spraying ex?
periments, undertaken by the Federal
Bureau of Entomology in connection
with Its Investigation of tho oltrus
posts In Florida. Whtlo away Dr. Baoh:
will dellvor sovoral leotures before
tho student! of the University of Flor-.
Ida.
W. P. Angol, a former Instruotor In,
tho oollogo, and now with the North
Carolina A. and M., spent a part of
tho weok hero.
INTERES'TOTC OASES FOR TRTAL.
I December Term of Amherat Court Will
j Convene To-Day.
TSpeolal to Tha Tlmoa-Dlopatch.]
Amhorst, Va., Dooembor 10.?The De-,
comber term of the Amhorst Otroulb
Court will oonvono Monday. During
tho flrBt week criminal matters Will
bo taken up. Among the cases to he
tried Is that of Commonwealth vs.
Walter Grant, charged with shooting
tho Gilbert brothers, of this county,
last spring. This case was postponed
at tho Octobor term on account of
absonco of witnesses. John Lockard
nnd Jack Hanson will be tried upon
tho chargo of assaulting Robert
Thomas on November 4 last. All the
parties are white.
During tho good weather, work
tho mucadam road 1b being rush'ed.
About live miles of road from Amhcrst .
station In tho direction of Sandldges
lias been completed. At a recent meet?
ing of tho Board of Supervisors It
was decided to continue the present
contract. Tho rood thus far construct?
ed Is a great aid to the farmers of the
county, as they aro able to market
tholr tobacco and other crops sold In
Lynchburg In much less time than was
required when tho common dirt roads
were used.
Rev. C. Aylett Ashby. rector ?f
Ascension Episcopal Church, at Am?
horst, this week conducted a very suc?
cessful meeting at Madison Heights,
near Lynchburg. He wns assisted by
Rev. E. R. Carter, of Lynchburg.