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Exceptional Beaurty am
Umbrellas for Menu Women and Children
This is truly an Impressive collection of Fine Umbrellas. In this representation
styles we hnvo surpassed all previous seasons, and as the leading; umbrella store of R
l?crs will und It to their advnntage to como here.
Ladle*' lltack Union Tnlfcta Umbrella*,
plain wormwood handles; others with ster?
ling and obony trimmed; apeolal, pi.us.
Hnyni Tnffetra Hlaek L'mbrellna, Mission
and boxwood handles; also sterling and gold
trimmed.
of new
lehmond
and unusual
Xma* shop
Social and
Personal
I"} HRHAPS the most Inteirsttng so
|?clt-ty event of to-day will be the
* second dance glv.>n by the Rich?
mond German Club In tin- brill room or
ttic .Masonic Temple. Dancing win
i'egin promptly at half-past 5 o'clock, i
and will stop at 12:110. Colonel Joj
l.ane btern will lead the german, j
? lancing with Miss. Pauline l.ockctt, |
?laughter of .1. W. l.ockett. of Wash- |
illgton, who. with her father. Is spend- !
lap iiome time at the Jefferson Hotel
ItCM It will be a very handsome ger-|
i/ian. and a great many guests from a ;
distance will bo in attendance.
The annual Christmas gorman given i
by the club will take place on j
r.Vw Year'R night. Tills dancol
i? always the most beautiful function
;ncn by the club during the season.,
and is always a most happy alialr, j
S timbers of old members attend only i
tills one german every year, many of.
(hem doming gicat distances to be)
present on this occasion. OonerallyJ
liiere I? a big Christmas tree sot up In i
one comer of the ball room laden with !
all sorts of favors and gifts sultablo '
to the season, and good cheer and
iil-'asure mark the evening's enter?
tainment.
Card I'nrllrH for Mls? Tonipkinn.
Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Tompkins,
of 1 I ?". F.ast Franklin Street, will en
tertaln :ho debutantes of this season
and last at two card parties to bo
given on tho nights of Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week, tho men be?
ing invited In later for supper. These
card parties and not two big recep?
tions will introduce Miss Tompkins to
f'ichmond society.
\ppronofiinj: AfTnlrn.
Mr. and Mrs. Warner Moore will
give a cotillion In the ball room of
tho Masonic Tomplc some time early
in January In honor of Miss Katha?
rine Hagau, one of tho most attractive
debutantes of this season- Miss iia
xan is a very beautiful girl, and a
great deal of entertaining has been
done in her honor this winter.
Another big debutante nffalr to be
given shortly Is a reception given by
Mr. and Mrs- C D. Wlngflrld on the
evening of December 27 to introduce
For Oil Cooking and
Heating Stoves
. See
N. KLEIN & SOX, ISC,
620 East Broad.
tlWOMENS OUTER GARMENTS i)
their daughter, Miss 1-leanor Wlng
tield. to society. Tho reception will be
a very handBome affair, and will be
given In the Wlngfleld home, 417 West
Franklin Street.
Mrs. Charles A. Blanton will enter?
tain tho debutantes of this bcason and
last at tea next Friday afternoon at
half-after 4 o'clock In her home, 300
West Grace Street. Tho affair Is In
honor of Miss Frances Bemlea and
Miss Doris Jones.
< hrlMmnn Duner?.
f-'oine very attractive society af?
fairs of the week for the very young
society folks will be the children's
Christmas party on Friday night In
Belvldore Hall and two dances for the
boy I and girls home from school for
the holt?aya. The dances will be
given by Miss F.lla Blnford. Tho chil?
dren's party Is an annual affair, with
favors brought from Philadelphia, and
all the smart and fashionable little
people in town attend It. dancing from
7 to 9 o'clock on Friday evening be?
fore every Christinas.
Tho dances from 3 to 11 both Fri?
day and Saturday nights arc for tho
boys and girls homo from school, and
are ulso very Interesting affairs. All
of tho boys and girls are Invited, and
decorations v.ill curry out the holi?
day Idea.
Meeting To-IJny.
Et. John's Circle of King's Daugh?
ters will hold luelr regular mooting
find annual pound party at tho home
of Mrs. Ramon B Oarcln. 261S East
Broad Street, this afternoon at 4
o'elTTfk. All members are asked to at?
tend this meeting,
of Interest Here.
Says a recent Issue of the Wash?
ington Post:
"Mrs. Btnjamtn F. Pllson announces
the engagement of fltr Becond daugh?
ter. Miss Zelma Pllson, to Ensign
Robert Pollok Guller. Jr.. U. S. N.
"The marriage, which will tako place
on January 17 at lire, rcsldehce of Mrs.
Pllson, Leroy Street nnd Pholps Place,
will be very quiet, owing to deep
mourning.
Mr. Guller is attached to tho U. S.
S. Mississippi, now at the Philadelphia
Navy yard "
Miss Pllson formerly made her homo
In Richmond, and hor engagement Is
of much interest here. Sho Is a lovely
girl, and has been much admired In I
Washington society.
Mnrrled In Wnnhlngton.
The marriage of Miss Nellie May
Bevllle and James H. Bonrk was cele?
brated on Wednesday. December 13, In
Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Boark will
shortly return to this .city, where they
expect to make their home.
Lmvrencevllle Wedding;
Vcllow and white chrysanthemums
against a background of running
cedar and Christmas greens will deco?
rate St. Andrew's Episcopal Church In
Lawrcncevllle this evening at half
after 8 o'clock for tho marriage of
MIbs Ella Morrison Wllklns, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lowls Wllklns,
and Harry Warburton Dobson, of Now
port News. Rev. A. P. Gray, Jr., rector
of the church, will officiate, and Mrs.
Gray will play the wedding march
from "Lohengrin" ns ? a processional
and "To a Wild Rose" during the
ceremony.
Miss Louise Gray Wllklns will be
hor sister's maid of honor, and Walter
Dobson. brother of the groom, will act
as best man. The maid of honor will
wear a hand-palntod white mcssallnc
gown, with a black picture ha?, and
will oarry an armful of yellow roses.
Tho bridesmaids, who includo Misses
Lucy Meade, Flora Allen, Rosalie
Turnbull, Ellen Douglas Gray, Eliza?
beth Tyler and Lulu Eppes, will wear
gowns of whlto silk with trimmings
of yellow mcssallne. They also will
carry bouquets of yellow roses.
Tho bride, who will enter the
church with her father, will wear a
lovely gown of soft whlto satin. The
bodice will be trimmed In real iacu
and pearls, and her tulle veil will be
arranged with lilies of tno valley. Her
bouquet will be a shower of Brldo
roses and lilies of the valley. Ltttlo
Margaret and Sallle Wllklns, Emma
and Mary Hloks will hold the ribbons
and Bess Hicks will oarry the ring.
They will wear frocks of yellow silk.
The groomsmen will lnoludo R. B.
Tyler, W. B. Agnew, C. D. Turnbull,
W. L. Hartwell, J. F. Waller and Dr.
J. B. Mai lory.
Immediately following the ceremony
a reception will be given tho bridal
party at "Windsor," the lovely old
homo of tho bride's parents. House
decorations will be In ? Christmas
greens, I holly and mistletoe, and Mr.
Dobson and his brldo will lcavo at!
midnight for Washington. Guests1
from a distance will include Misses
Lulu Eppes? xjllen Douglas Gray. Eli?
zabeth Tyler, Noll Lowls, Mrs. Budwoll
Rlddlck. Waltor pobson, Culyer Jen?
kins ana I>r. Robort Davis.
Marriage Announced,
Joseph J. Meyer announces tho mar?
riage of his daughter, Paulino Gur
?-,, 'i'i?,">-'.'; :?
trudc. to Edwin Eowls Williams, the
ceremony having taken placo SaturdaJ
morning at h o'clook. Rev. 8. Roger
Tyler, pastor of tho hrldc, performed
the ceremony In the prosenco of only
the Immediate family. Mr. and
Mrs- Williams left at once to spond
their honeymoon In the North. No
cards were Issued,
engagement Announced.
Mr. and Mm. Edmund ? Pendleton
Goodwin, of 2231 Monument Avenue,
have announced the engagement of
their daughter. Beulah Eeo, to Thomas
Henry Gordon, of Baltimore. Miss
; Goodwin Is a descendant of one of the
( best known fSmlllas tli Virginia, and
though born in Richmond, spent most
I of her girlhood In Kentucky. Mr.
tlordon Is a popular young business
I man of Baltimore. The wedding will
I bo ct-lobruted In the early part of the
j coming year.
Approaching; Wedding.
I On December 27 the marriage of
j Miss Helen F. Block and Sidney Gro
I vor Kusworn, of Daytoq. O., will be
j celebrated. On account of the recent
j death of the bride's father, M. S.
; Block, only the Immediate relatives
! will be present at the ceremony, which
will take pluce at 2 o'clock at the
home of the bride's mother. 1140 West
Avenue.
Itome Wedding.
On Thursday evening at *. o'clook a
very pretty wedding took place at the
home of Mrs. Kate N. Ingram In this
city, when her daughter. Miss Nannie
Olla Ingram, became the bride of
Robert ilancy Crafton. of Kcnbridge.
The wedding was preceded by a supper
to which only a few of the intimate
friends of the bride and groom were
Invited. Rev. Edwards. pastor of
XTnion Station Methodist Church, oftl
clatc-d. The bride wore a gray cloth
traveling suit, with a hat to match.
TAN CALF
LACE
$3.50 and $4.
J. B. Mosby & Co.
Special exhibit and sale of Re
villon. Freres Furs.
Eczema Cured or Money Back, by
Ask Grocers, Druggists Dealers lor
POMFEIAN
LUCCA
OLIVE OIL
Genuine?Pure?Healthful
GYMNASIUM SHOES?AII Sire.
NortliTT*st Corner Third and Broad.
und carried a large bouquet of violotts.
I m med lately of tor the ceremony Mr.
end Mra. Crafton lort for th*> South,
and after December 20 will be at
home at Kenbrldgc. whero the groom |
la a well-known business man.
In and Oat of Tovrn.
Mr. and Mrs J. Scott Parrtsh have'
closed their country homo. "Mliinl- |
borya," aur. ore now occupying their I
town house. 02K West Franklin Street.
Mrs. .lore Wttherspooti is the sy-?t
of Mrs. George F. Winch at her apart?
ment In the CheRtcrlleld.
Mrs. Harrison Russell has returnedI
to Richmond after a visit to Mrs. I
.lames B. McCabc in Deesburg.
Ccdonol and Mrs. Alexander Came-1
ion liavo returned to Richmond after]
a prolonged stay at their country es-'
tato. "Cameron Dodge," near Cordons- !
vlllc.
Miss lattice Woodward, who has
been visiting Miss Nancy Dec .lannoy
In Dceuburg. has returned to the cit?v..
Mrs. James B. Taylor and Miss Mat
tie Taylor, of this city. are. spending
the winter with Mrs. Taylor's sister, j
Mrs. J. M. Heck. In Italetgh, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Wilson Phillips. .Ir., |
havo returned from their wedding trip
and aro at 2901 West Main Street. !
Miss Mario Dcbby has returned to j
Charleston. S'. C, after a visit of sev-j
oral weeks to Miss Dora Crump.
Mrs. Cloyd Byars has returned to
Norfolk after visiting Mrs. B. B. Val?
entine on Monument Avcnuo.
COUNTYTEACHERS
AWARDED PRIZES
[Result of Showing Made by Their
Schools on Patrons'
Day.
tSpccia! to The Tlmes-Dl*patch.]
Arvonla, Va., Deoembcr 17.?The di?
vision superintendent of schools of
Buckingham county has Just announced
the names of those teachers who wore
awarded prizes for extraordinary suc?
cess at their schools on Patrons' Day,
which was observed on October 27. The
list Is as follows:
White teachers?First prize, Miss Ag?
nes White, Gold Hill School. Marshall
District, sot of books: second prize,
Miss Bueslo Pattcson, Cut Bank School,
Maysvllle District, set of books; third
prlzo, Mrs. S. B. Bondurant, Bucking?
ham High School, Maysvllle District,
book. Colored teachers?First prize,
Jcnnla A. Starr, Tongue Quarter School,
Curdsvllle District, a handsomo plcturo,
second prize, Mary Tltarps, Cedar
School, Curdsvllle District, a book;
third prize. Anr.lc Colcman, Red Bottom
School, James River District, a book.
Those teachers getting honorable
mention were Miss May Woody, Andcr
sonvllle; Miss Anita Hall, the Snoddy
School; Miss MolUe Butcher, the Mount
'/Aon School, and Mamie Spencer, the
Well Water School (colored).
About seventy schools celebrated tho
day. About 700 patronb were present.
Forty speeches were made by visitors,
twenty leagus were organized, and
about J600 collected for general pur-||
poses. The county school board ap?
propriated a sum at Its last meeting
for the purpose of supplementing the
sum given by the division superintend
j out for prizes to teachers.
The case of Jones, Roberts, Evans et
als. against A. D. Pitts, which occupied
a special session of Buckingham court
all last week, was brought to a con
elusion on Friday night, when the Jury
brought In a verdict in favor of the
clulms of A. D. Pitts. The suit iv^s
brought to determine d property line
between the two parties, and settled a
matter of long contention. The line in
question passes through a very valu- \
able slate Held, and 'n one case cuts off
the end of an actively worked sluto
quarry, now in tho bunds of the Kick- j
ingh^m Slate Company, a Richmond
corporation, which has boon doing bus
Iness In this field for seven or eight
yours. The slate lands of A. L. Pitts'
formerly belonged to Colonel Fontaine,
who owned large properties here.
These proper^Vs cross the Buckingham
slato vein between Arvonla and Bridge?
port Station, two miles on the north.
Attorney Frank C. Moon represented
Jones, Evans et als., and Attorneys
A. I* Pitts. Jr., and Edmund W. Iluburd
represented A. L. Pitts.
Farmers throughout this section who
Joined the Chosapeako and Ohio Rail?
way alfalfa clubs, and who are working
an acre of ground in an experimental
way with this new hay crop, report that
I the crops are looking well, with every
I indication of success. There are. about
fifteen or eighteen members of the
Arvonla club, all of whom have gone to
considerable trouble and expense to
prove what can be dono In tho soil of
this county in the way of raising; al?
falfa. Former experiments havo been
made, with more or loss success, biu no
such thorough and scientific prepara?
tion has ever been made before. A
full report from each member of the
club will bo made early In tho spring
and given to tho public.
LOSES APPEAL) MUST DIE.
Murderer's Supreme Court Plen Aet? ns
liar to Executive Clemency.
Boston, Mass., December 17.?Silas N.
Phelps, who shot and killed Deputy
Sheriff Hasklns when tho latter was
seeking to arrest him for having
stabbed tho superintendent of a factory
who had discharged him. must die dur?
ing tho week of Docnnbur'2l, according
to a decision of the Supreme Court,
handed down yesterday.
Phelps appealed from tho sentence of
death, Instead of asking tho Governor
to intorfcro, and thus lost any chanco
of executive clemency.
Lanier-VI Kg.
[Spnclal to The Times-Dispatch.1
Chatham. Va, December 17?--Miss
Bessie Pigg, daughter of J. N. Plgg,
and J. Reward Lnn>;r were quietly
married at tho horno of R. L Overby
'in South Chatham Thursday night.
Dev. C. O. Pruden. rector of the couple,
performing the ceremony. Immediately
following the ceremony the couple left
on tho train for Richmond and other
cities. They will roturn the latter
part of the coming week.
Cosnollmsn Will Resign,
[Special to Tho Times-Dispatch.]
Lynohburg, Vs., Deoembsr 17.?Dt\
W. W Smith, member of the Common
Council from tho First Ward, wOT ten
dor ills resignation u.t that body's next
meeting. Dr. Smith lo president of
tho Rondolph-Macon Woman's College,
and has been a. member of ther Council
^^^Dy ROY K. MO?LTONV
Dipped From (be
Stream.
I.ndy CooK- of
England, says It Is
very diftleult now
udays for men to
grot woman to marry
them. Perhaps Dady
Cook hod never
heard of Ptnney
Earle and Nat Good?
win.
In divorce pro
eeedlngs a Chicago
man says ht.s wife
has been throwing things at him for
twenty years. He is prol.ablv afraid
that, some day. site In going to hit him.
A Cincinnati scientist say* sauer?
kraut will prolong life., in other
words, if a man Is starving ami can't
get anything else to eat. sauerkraut
will keep him alive.
Recent newspaper reports bear out
the old saying thut there Is only one
way to tell the difference between
toadstools and mushrooms, and that Is
by eating them.
Uncle Shelby Cullom. of Illinois. Is
very anxious to go hack to tho Sonate.
That seems like taking a long chance
for a man eighty-two years old.
A Kansas woman wants a divorce
because her husband is always quot?
ing poetry. This should be classed BS
extreme cruelty.
Dr. Wiley again declares the use
tobacco is very hiwrmful. This,
course, does not Include cigarettes.
It Ik about time for somebody
begin to mention Adlal H. Stevenson,
of Illinois, for Vice-President.
An exchange claims that aeroplanes
do not. slaughter people as do auto?
mobiles. No, Indeed, but they are
doing- as much as bain he expected un?
der the circumstances.
It has always seem-rd ?s though
Oraham-Whltc, the aviator, should
really have gone Into tho flour busi?
ness.
Two Pullman porters have been ar?
rested at Buffalo. It Is getting so the
law Is no respecter of wealth.
The government Is teaching dry
farming. Dry farming ought to go
great In tho local option counties.
of
of
to
According to Uncle Aimer.
This ts a great country. Ml fellers
in It ore free and eitel?arter they
are dead.
There was a feller through our town
the other day. and when the constable
hsited him what hla business was. he
said he was tryln' to git a right of
way for a wireless telegraph. It is
thought he must be one of thorn slick?
ers we have read about so much in the
papers.
I see by the papers a Chicago young
woman was houn'' and gagged by two
robbeTS as she was playln' tho plan?
ner. It seems as though this ought
to happen In a good many cases, par
tlckerlv If she Is also stngln".
An optimist l;. a toiler who kin sit
through a pupils' vocal recital without
callln' his wife down for takln' him
there.
The fellers that git up at 5 o clock
every morning ain't always the ones
who amass the great fortunes. A lot
of 'em go to work on the section._
A good many of the "level-headed" ,
fellers you hear so much about are 1
only flat heads.
U Is getting- so a political banquet
is about as popular as an cpiletnic of
smallpox.
It sometimes happens that a pessi?
mist Is the right man In tho right place
and voices tho honest opinions of a
good many otherwise perfectly good j
optimists.
There doesn't seem to be anything
that will cure a feller of th; Derhv I
hat habit.
A pretty woman kin do more tricks
with j. Jury than a monkey kin with
a ooeoanut.
'Phero Isn't any use In going it mile
or two down tho rud to loo); for
trouble. Hank Purely went and paid
SI.Oo for a medical book, and when he
read it ho found he hud ovary symp?
tom of every disease mentioned, and
he is laid up In bed for the first tliiie
in his lite.
One thing agin' havin' a suit or
clothes made by a tailor \.< that he
nev*r throws in a pair of suspenders.
livery time some fellers tell a story
they go back to t'>e time of Adam,.and '
after gcttln' through with the crea?
tion, the crusades anil the French and
American Involutions, and everybody
has gone to sleep, they tell tbe P"lnt
of the (oke and wonder why nobody
laughs at It. j
The Wrntlier.
Old granddad feels his aching corn and '
says, "As sure as you are born, j
That doggone pain
Tells me that rain ;
Is going- to ebnue. Von wait and 3eo." I
We know then that it will be dry, for'
granddad's > oi n to reckon by
Is really not
Exactly what
He's always bracked It up to be.
The goosebone prophet take.i a squint
at this layout t" get a hint
About what w-?
Will surely s?o
In weather for a week ahead.
He says a long drought Is In sight Of
course, it rains that very nl^ht ,
And makes him sore.
For ne'er before
IIa?, It failed to come an he said.
The weather otTteo takes a guess and
says that it will rain unless
Perhaps It snows.
For no ono knows
Exactly what will happen nevt.
U will bo fair, but cloudy, and the hu?
midity fierce but grand;
Tt will "ho hot.
But cold a lot.
Theirs Is a complicated text.
It makes a feller sometimes think
trhese prophets are all on the
blink.
And might as well
Quit for a spell,
And simply sit and twirl their
thumbs.
"Lay their predictions on the shelf, and
guess it out to suit yourself.
Pon't fret a bit,
But calmly sit
And take the weather as it comes
DABNEY ADDRESSES
WINCHESTER LODGE
Principal Speaker at Royal Arcanum Banquet.
Officials Inspect North Carolina Roads?Mass
Meeting in Interests of Peace.
[Spaclal to 'J'he Times-Dlapatcli.]
Winchester, Va., December 17.?W.
T. Dabncy, manuger of the Rlchmon.i
Chamber of Commerco, was the prin?
cipal speaker at the annual banquet
and musical entertainment Riven this
week at the Winchester Inn by the
members of Fairfax Council, Royal
Arcanum. Miss Vlrglnln Faulkner
Fuller and Hugh S. Duffey sang solos,
and a large orchestra rendered a pro?
gram. During the past, eight weeks
the membership of the local council
has been increased over 60 per cent. I
by A. D. Jackson, of rtlchmond.
A party of turnpike officials, reprc
Give "Him" a Box of
Wonder Hose.
Four pairs in hand?
some box, guaranteed to
wear four months.
These come in all the
best colors.
Spe&aJ OffertnQ
Cast
CrtK?t
B. SamuelV
STITCH DOWNS ON SALE AT
ALBERT STEINS
5th and Broad
Is offering Fine Furniture 20 to
50 per cent, under price.
GREEN CASTLE
KITCHEN CABINETS
Make ideal Christmas presents.
Rothert & Co.
Winchester and Murlinsburg Turnpike,
have returned from Charlotte, N. C
where they made examinations of a
number of highways which have been
treated to coatings of the new liquid
asphalt, which is being used exton
slvely in tho South. They wore much
pleased with tho results in Charlotte
and vicinity, and it Is expected that
much of the new asphalt will be used
on turnpikes in this section of tlTe
State. ,
rtcv. J. W. Cammack, of Richmond,
associate editor of the Religious
Herald, has been spending the past
week In the lower Shenondoah Valley
in tho interest of Baptist mlsslous.
J. Robert Swltzer, a proiulnenl young
attorney of Harrlsonburg, and Miss
Virginia Arinentrout, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Armentrout, wore mar?
ried a few days ago at the home of
the tride's parents, at Strasburg by
Ucv. J. W. Link, of tho Lutheran
Church. Mr. Swltzer met her while
she was visiting in, Harrlsonburg.
While Joseph Barton, son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Burton, of Win?
chester, wns vaulting In tho gymna?
sium at the Woodberry Forest Acad?
emy, noar Orange, last week, he fell
and broke his leg. He has since, been
brought to tho home of hjs grand?
father, Thomas Cover. Sr., In Win?
chester.
Martinsburg men who recently ob?
tained an option on land in Washing?
ton county, Md., on which fluxing lime?
stone was discovered, aro arranging
to sell the same to the United States
Steel Corporation. The prlco will be
about $250.000.
Dr. Robert Johnson Syme, a native
of Greenbrlor county, W. Va.. whoso
wifo was Miss Mary Elizabeth Bur?
gess, member of a distinguished
Winchester family, died on Friday at
tho home of his daughter, Mrs. W. B.
Calmes, in Winchester, aged seventy
six years He was in tho hospital ser?
vice of the Confederate army. He
leaves three daughters?Mrs. Calmes,
Mrs. Gerald Culberson. of Richmond,
and Mrs. W. B. Weiss, of San Diego,
Cal. Another daughter, Mrs. Susan
Owen Webb, died hero on November
10. He also loaves three brothors. Rov.
W. D. Smith, rector of Christ Episco?
pal Church, conducted the funeral ser?
vices to-day.
The first public installation of offi?
cers held in a number of years by
Winchester Hiram Lodge, No. 21. A.,
F. ?- A. M.. took ptaco a fow nights
ago. H. C. Sheotz was installed its
worshipful mastor, and other officers
were advanced. The officers wore
handsome and costly new robes for
the first time. An elaborato banquet
followed tho ceremonies, and many
women were prosent. Hiram Lodge
was Instituted in Ootobor, 1768, and
during the Civil War the late "Pres?
ident McKinley, then a major in on
Ohio regiment, was made a Mason by
that lodge.
George Mauok, sixty-five years old.
in expert machinist, of Luray. who
h'ud beon employed at A. C- Painter's
Planing mill, at Boyco, Clarke, coun?
ty, for somo time past, died sudden?
ly of heart disease on Friday. Work?
men who camo down stairs found him
nroatrato on tho ground floor of tho
mill, whore they had left him only a
fov/ minutes before, apparontly in good
health. His third wife, who was-Miss
Keyser, survives, btit no children. Ills
remains worn Interred at Luray.
R. Powell Page, of JJoyee, has beon
re-olccted president of the Clarke
-aunty Horn? and Colt Show. Asuae!*
.
Sehwarzschild Bros.
The Gift of
a La Valliere
For this Christmas will appeal
very strongly as n ladles' gift.
We are showing an Infinite
variety of different patterns?
all set with precious stones.
The prices range from
$6.00 to $300.00.
Schwarzschild Bros.
Klchmond's Leading Jewelers,
Second and Broad Sts.
tlriii tit the iir.nual meeting; ot stocks
holders In Berry vlllo. Charles Mu'.lU
kin. wIik is president of the Virgin!*
association, was re-elected secretary
and treasurer, and H. \V. Shepherd)
was again chosen as manager. Th*
I :?? i yvllle horse show, which Is noW,
held on three days Instead o? two, 14
one of the largest In this section ot
the county, and many of the horse*
exhibited there last August, captured
some of the best prizes at the Madison
Square Garden show in New York re-'
? ently.
A large niass-moetlng in tho Inters
est of peace and arbitration was hold
to-night in Market Streot Methodist
Episcopal Church, practically all tha
locul Protestant churches uniting In.
the service. The prlnolpal address was
made by Rev. J. BT. Lacy, D. D., pastor
of tho Presbyterian Church, and reso?
lutions were adopted, urging the mom.
hers of the Senate and House to vottf
for peace and arbitration.
A week-end oonforence held under;
the auspices of the Society of Friends
in tho Winchester meeting house last
evening and to-day drew large num
bbra of members of that faith from
Maryland, the District of Columbia,
Virginia and West Virginia. "What
service should a religious organiza?
tion perform In a community" was the
principal topic of discussion, which
was led by Dr. O. Edward Janney and
Arthur M. Doweea, of Baltimore.
Application has bc?n niado to tho
United States District Court and a
rule gTanted against tho Cumberland
Valloy Telephone Company to show,
why Its affairs should not be placed,
in the hands of a receiver. Stock?
holders claim they havo not been re-<
celvlng any dlvidonds. Tho American.
Union Company, which Is already In'
the hands of a receiver, leased thot'
other company's lines several yearsl
ago.
Miss Eliza J. Wolfe, member of art'
old family, died early Saturday morn
ing at tho home of Mrs. Mary A. Mc
Cardell, at Kcrnstown, this county,
where she had lived for many years.'
She was sixty-two years old, and hor
death was caused by tuberculosis. Two
brothers and one niece live In Ponn-J
sylvanla.
JUDGE LANDIS HITS USURY.
Go After Lnnn Sharks With a Wagon
Tongue, Ills Advice to Bank Clerks.
Chicago, 111.. December 17.?Loan bro?
kers woro again excoriated by Judge
Landls, when he gave light sentences to
two young bank clerks who had falst
flod records to cover up a shortage of
$500 taken to satisfy a debt to a "loan
shark." One youth, who earned JTlf>
inqnthly. wan sent to the Houso of Cor?
rection for slxy days, and the other, x
$<i0-a-month elork. was fined 1 cent.
In pronouncing sentence Judge Lan-t
dis said: "You should not havo stolen
to satisfy the 100 per cent, loan men.
The way to handle those men Is to gtl)
a wagon tongue and go after them."
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTO R I A
Sample Sale of Felt Slippers
N. W. Corner Third and Broad St,
Doll Shoes and Stockings/
Magnificent showings of Fine Furs/
Coats, Suits and Hats.
Reliable Furniture
AT
Jones Bros. & Co., Inc.,
[ 1418-1420 East Main Street.
Choice Selection of
Christmas Gifts at
TRAGLB'S
S ee 0 ur Great New Store,
and New Stock.
Sydnor & Hundley.
Seventh and Grace
Cuff Pins
All Gold, $1.50 Pair.
These arc not merely gold top. Plate,
and engraved. All finishes and designs
Smith & Webster,
Jewelers, 612 East Main Street.
HAVE YOU SEEN
THE ' t
New Method Gas Ranges
AT
Pettxt & Co/a?