The times dispatch. [volume], December 22, 1911, Image 12

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

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This Store Will Not Be Open Any Night Before Xmas
"The Store of the Christmas Spirit.
Then To-Morrow?-Then Xmas
Bus\ as the proverbial Bees, and yet this va^v busi?
ness runs with a smoothness and comfort ofr all con?
cerned Hint suggests "first of the season" rather than
the last.
Reason is we never gave such careful service,
r'lans for the hencfit of our patrons were never .so
carefully made, nor so accurate in execution. Our
success is for von to enjoy to its fullest. COME TO?
DAY.
All the Solid Sterling Silver
Comb and Brush Sets
Reduced to Cost!
A movement inaugurated to close out every Ster?
ling Silver Toilet Set before the closing of the doors
at 7 P. M. Saturday.
4 Toilet Sets that were $25.00 now $ I 6.50
Toilet. Manicure and (Tomb and Brush Combination Sots,
confuting; of a large nuinbur of pieces: all in sterling ?ilver;
each set in handsome green moire case.
Comb, Brush and Mirror Sets
Beautiful carved ans plain designs In SOI.Ill STERLING:
SIliVEH, each set nicely boxed; very acceptable for a gift.
3 Sets, were Sio.oo each reduced to.$ 6.50
5 Sets, were $12 each, reduced to....$ 7.50
1 Set, was P15.00, now reduced to.$10.50
2 Sets, were $16.50, each, reduced to.$12.00
1 Set. was S19.50. now reduced to.$13.50
S'tlTRi All the above goods are strictly high-class in every
particular and are not to be confused with cheaper grades
(even In sterling) Honiotimrs offered at these prices.
On sale to-morrow morning.
.Mnln Flour?Nenr Main llntrsnee.
TOBACCO PRICES
PUZZLE FARMERS
?Lugs Bring Fancy Figures, While
Choice Dark Leaves Drug
the Market.
Tobacco growers of this Stale are
jltrondering more and more every Jay
over ttii- remarkable gymnastic feats
brine; achieved In the matter- of prices
of that product Bach Individual has
his pel theory, and the fact tbfct there
.me bo many explanations suggests that
nobody really knows.
J For one thine;, the farmers o! the
tBouthstde would like to be Informed
'(why it is that tftV tltic*; ?? ; ? .. .s -f.
^nrk tol>ac< o '?'they " can grow?that
(bought by the Austrian
governments?Is hanging
cellar In price, while the
the refute of tho crop, nr
hitherto unheard of figures.
VThftl astonishes the frowtr more than
^fUiythlng else is the tact that the lugs,
and lta*4an
around the
lugs, almost
? booming at
? or bottom leaves of the plants, whir
have dragged the ground and become
.frayed, muddied r.r.d generally fraz
jtfled stid disreputable, ure used hy the
iA-Tnerlcan Tobsoco Company or Its shc
[tsesaort, while the now hydra-headed
,eonceTn dots not use the best of tho
Asrtt tobat co crop.
Rightly or wTongiy. the growers are
htinaocuBtomed' to looking for unexpect?
edly high prices froT-.i buyers for the
lliow dissolved combination.
I11nsl.nl l'rlre?.
Anyway, hero ar- the tacts: Vuitrtah,
Ape lang, dark product, rhoicest and
?eweetest of the Soiithfide. I? ilrnnclm;
j'end floundering around at about 310
y?ir pcrhnpF a little higher In .--nine
r*a?e.?; Italian, the s! ort?-r. -lark to
j ha ceo of the ?am* region, - seilliig
ufU iS or thereabout*. Buyers simply
\eay that this Is all Austrin and Italy,
; schere the srovei nmonts
fkcttirlr.g. will pay. Thi
bacr.o Company h:-.t aj-.v.
reo market for !t.
And the lugs, the ?!??
?tuet which many a Virgil
been prlad to net rii r.f
S3 ,i hundred, sre ?trr.r.g
from 1C to }: 50. All
jplnnt.
Bright tobacco Ik hid
ket active. Twelve to <
a hundred is Mms paid,
off In volume, and the
I the American Tobacco
to he liberal. But thtn
?eras off, too.
manu
?ah To
r has
ntR to
rtv a;
same
> mar
lollars
The rrr.p a?
succassors to
onipa'oy iieeiTi
he dark crop
.Jury Arij'-um*
lory in the
SAVINGS-BANK
K RICHMOND
: ?II? IE. MAIN -ST.
To the da:* cf trouble yo*.r
| account is yotit t.eet fr!?r.d.
One. do'.ler stsrtt an account.
CHESTERFIELD IS
NOI RESPONSIBLE
Judge Watson Says Court Isn't
Called Upon to Settle for
Extra Meals.
Since the refusal of JudR* Waller
A. Watson, ot the Chesterfield county
Clrrult Court, to honor her bill of $U
agalnst the county for furnishing
meals to Paul Keattle and Reuluh Bin
ford. Mrs Harry llcardsloy Is on th.; |
point of bringing suit against County
Office! .S.-.rif.. Jarroll, Before brlttJ- |
\r.z suit against Jarroll, who Mr.!..
Beardsl&y avows Is responsible for the
?h an* off ort win be made to havo
the Chesterfield Hoard of Supervisors
make a special appropriation 10 cover
: the SUtn.
! . .Aftei considering Mrs. Beaidsluy
plea io: ionic tlhie, Judge Watson In?
structed Clerk S, P. Cogbtll, of the I
Chesterfield Circuit Court, to sty that
there was no authority to permit his
I honoring the bin. ar.d he accordingly
refused payment, ills refusal has just
been conveyed to Mrs. Beardsley. The
only remaining chance she has for se?
curing her money is through an ap?
propriation from the supervisors, ?.?<]
In event this Is refused, ?he declares
rhe will procred agalnBt Jarrell at
law.
j. j. Saady, who also has a bill
against the county for the same
cause, has been lefused settlement. In
Mh case, however, I? O. Wehdenburg
und Deputy Sheriff Sydnor, of Henrlcn.
offered themselves um security for the
Mil. and have announced their Ihi -n
tlon of reimbursing him fully since
the county has turned him down.
During thosix weeks that Paul Beat
tie and Beulah Dlnford were held In
the llenrlco 'ail as material witnesses
for lite Com hi on wen Ith against Henry
Cliiy Be?ttle, Jr.. meals for the prison?
ers were furnished dally by Mr*.
IJeatdsloy and Saady An the custom?
ary Jail food, paid lor by the Slate
i at Hie rate of 2T. cents a day, wnf
i :u. .I Insufficient for such Important
j witnesses, Oflloer Jarroll calleS upon
i Mrs Beiirds|ey i" supply the meals,
j In no doing, Sheriff GUI, of Chester"
I held, has Mated that the officer over?
stepped his authority, and Judge Wat
I son hau Upheld the Rheilff. T*ie UT;
l lancemont? with Saady were made by I
Mr. Wendenburg.
INCREASE IN FINFISH
< oniiiil.ssloucr l.ce Corrects Wlial
Ululii Pro?? Misconception*.
Iii the published reports of the m>ft
nik'- ol the Commission of Fisheries.
Commit slope! !.<?? did not menu to sev
li.ai th. fisheries Interests have ili
creaged !00 percent In fi>ur years, but
that the finflsh production shown such i
ail Increase. The United State? consus I
reports foi 1408 give, th* I'nfl.sh output
ol Virginia n' a value of $r,00.0f>';.
whereas this year It Is U.tOQ.OOlV This,
"f course, dotii not refer to shellfish,
though tiic oiitpul has Increased ma?
terially.
The commission will make no recom?
mendation for legislation at the com
um session of the legislature, but of
course, cannm decide what the Oen
: < ml Assembly shall do.
Captain Gel? Present.
Captain T. B. McDowell, of Company
.V Richmond Blues, hsi b'icii presented
with a fob by member* <-r iir sdiiad
which won th* battalion cup for
- ompany oil the hike to Petersburg it
Is fell by the so,und thai Captain Mr
oowells co-operation and eneotirage
men! won! far toward giving trifm the
\t. "'!"' .7,?,*.<oh **' D???nted through
Mercer \\ llllams.
Sunday nehool Hnterlatnmrnl
? .he scnolars of Holy Trinity Church
Sunday school will Have th-lr Christ"
mas celebration this afternoon at ?
oclook in the parish housi.
HIGHER LICENSE
FOR LIQUOR MEN
Program of Legislation Contem?
plates F?rther Increases
in Taxes.
REFERENDUM NOT EXPECTED
Relieved Viig Dry Territory for
Dealers Will Permit
Higher Charge.
Kurther Increases In the amount of
license taxes paid to the Slate by
manufacturers of and dealers In In?
toxicating liquors muy be expected at
the huuds of the General Assembly
at Its coming session. The higher rate
win probably apply almost entirely to
mall order liquor houses tin<i whole?
sale dealers, It belne; considered that
the purely retail ,placc, with the addi?
tion of local high license taxes, Is
Paying about nil the business will
stand
it may bo further said that higher
license will be about all the attention
the liquor question will receive from
the Legislature at this time. Many of
tho better posted political loaders ho
lieve that the referendum proposition
of the Anti-Saloon League stands llttlo
chance of enactment. There may, how?
ever, 'be a further exception In tho
matter of discrimination between
manufacturers of varying capacities;
in other words, between the big dis?
tiller und the Individual with the
sninll plant in the mountains.
Dealern Object.
No one expects that the higher li?
cense program will be carried through
without opposition. Liquor dealnrB are
already protesting that the license is
high enough?In fact, too hln-li?and
that they nro being taxed to a busl- i
ncss death. But their outcry, to all ap- |
peuranccs, win avail them little, for .
It socin* to bo on the card that they |
must pay more to continue In busi?
ness.
The amount now paid for a State
license (Independent, of course, of any
local tax), 's $1,250; provided that
wholesale d?alory in malt liquors only
pay S500.
The specific sum paid for the privi?
lege of sell<ng ardent spirits by ro
tall Is $550 This was Increased by the
last Legislature from S450, and applies
only to those concerns which sell
across the bor. In small packages or
Iby the drink. No one oporattng under
such a license has a right to make
a single shipment of his goods. It Is
believed that $550 Is almost at tho
limit, although there may be an In?
crease to $600. In Richmond, includ?
ing the city tax of $500, licenses thus
cost $1,050 for a solely retail busi?
ness
Tho sum now paid as a license for
selling under a retail and shipper's
license Is $1.000, making $1.500 in Rich?
mond In all. In other places it is still
higher. Bristol, which has probably
the highest license In the State,
charges $'.',500 for the city alone, mak?
ing $3,600 for the city and State. Tho
license on rotull and shipping was In?
creased from $4^0 by the last Legisla?
ture.
Shipper .linke? Mouc-j-,
This license will probably bo mate?
rially Increased, perhaps to 11,500, per
hops not Quite so muoh. The apeollic
amount Is to be determined later. In
asmuoh as In these days of widespread
"dry" territory a great part of the
proceeds of tho business comes from
shipments, this Is the theory upon
which tho Legislature is likely to work
? that the business lias Increased to
such an extent that It ought to pay
more tuxes. The wholesaler, who sells
In amounts of rive gallons and more,
is also to bo called upon to contribute
more to tho support of the government.
Then- Is some kick on Section 16 of
the Byrd law, which governs the qual?
ifications "i manufacturers of ardent
spirits It requires tjint no liceltsc
may be granted to manufacturers or
rectifiers in rural districts or In towns
of less than 500 inhabitants unless It
appears to tho court that a majority
of the voters of the town or magis?
terial district are In favor of the npnll
? atlon for license, that there is ade?
quate police protection and that the
manufacture or distillation of spirits
will not be contrary to sound public
policy. But thc-so provisions arc made
not to apply to manufacturers who
mash an average of twenty bushels or
more per day, nor to manufaoturnrs of
ftloohollc liquors by direct fermenta?
tion who mny distill as-much as 250
gallons of pomaco or elder per day.
This, It is felt. Is discrimination In
favor of the big producr. and may
? ,-. demand for an amendment.
Marriage License*.
Tlie following marriage licenses were is
ru-<5 yesterday la tho office of the clerk of
th? llaatlngs court:
Herbert Wilbur .Tor.o? nnrl Beulnh Agnei
Ulley; Herbert r. Good man ar.d Km- ihei
He-ays .lohn Harry FShgjarid and .Mamie lnr?
Whitney: tt?.rnurfi Ituborg and Amelia
Mirt'.n: Frank l.?e starr end Mary Bllenor
Ifane.v; .\ricr<-?.s V. Jenkins and Laura V.
Minor; F|ed IV Minium ?nd Alice Luck.
Company Dines 'I'o-.VInht.
Oflicer? of the Richmond Grays Bat?
talion, mem hi rs c.( the old Company F
\s8oclation and members of the First
Regiment Association, will be r"?''s<'?n,
at the holiday dinner of F Compf.ny,
ill the SeVenth 8tr'<-t Armory to-night.
Captain A. B. Cousins win pi f-eide.
Drill ? Are Simpcnd?-?!.
Ry ord.-r of Major L. T. Ftlce. .-,11
drills by companies or the Richmond
Grays havf. been suspended after to?
night, until January 2. Tho armory
?111 be closed .luring tint period.
SHOPPERS DEFY
RAIN AND SLUSH
Holiday Buyers Fill Streets and
Stores and Stay Until
Closing Time.
MERCHANTS ARE KEPT BUSY
No Gloom Inside as Crowds
Leave With Arms Filled
With Bundles.
Not even a constant downpour of rain
could dampen the ardor 01" Richmond's
shopping contingent yesterday, and
from early morn until the "store
closed" sl^ns were hung out the pur?
chasers plied the marts with their
demands.
it is rather a striking and at the
same time pleasing commentary on the
"shop early" spirit which Is pervad?
ing that so many of the fair sex
braved the inclement weather In order
that the final moments before the gre.it
holiday should ho made the easier for
those who must servo the want? of
the groat Christmas gift-giving popu?
lace. And it wasn't a nice, pleasure
giving kind of n rain which fell yes?
terday. aP those who braved its damp?
ening persistency can attest, but the
enervating, penetrating kind. In which
pneumonia and other dread diseases are
said to lurk.
More Women Tbnn '?Ion.
While the feminine contingent was
largely in the majority. It must not be
frathered that man foliowed far behind.
F.very mother's son of them trailed
behind skirts flocked with the mud
and debris which hnd been gathered on
Iho long tramp, and with thought of
sister or mother or sweetheart In mind,
s-rtalked bravely In tho teeth of the
rain and even smiled while, being sep?
arated from hard-carped shekels under
the discomforting rlrcumstnnccs.
Rroad and Main Streets yesterday
looked like nothing so much as a ver?
itable sea of umbrellas. Thorn wore
hundreds on the streets, and there were
still untold hundreds In the busy
stnroi"'. Kveryhody was ha.ppy. despite
the untoward circumstances. Somehow
or other thoy nil?men and women?
seemed to realize that the n.ital day
of the greatest Influence since man
was born was approacliliig, and that to
fitly celohrate It there should be no
feet too tired to enjoy, no minds too
harassed for celebration, and no bod?
ies too weary to breathe In the s-,iir!t
of the day.
Really It was great?simply great,
and nothing more. Into the very maw
of the storm went thoso who sacrificed
personal comfort and even hrnved sick?
ness for the nnke of a principle. They
know not fear, only that early shopping
wa? a part of their duty, and tho mar
chnnw, for whom some expressed pity,
suffered not ono whit because of the
rain. Thu* It Is that Richmond Is
truly a great city.
RUSH TO PAY TAXES
City Collector Hulce'e OOlce Open llocb
Dny Until 0 o'clock.
Th,. nnnu.il rush t<? pny the laax half of i
city laifi belnrG the penally Is added after
De'-omber 31 Is noticeable at the office, of
City f'ollctor Herbert Huic?. Citizens who
fall to settle on or before December 31 j
have both Uie annoys-nce of being pub- |
lUhed si deilnquer.t and must aleo pay an
additional 6 per cent. The office Is being
kept open daily until 6 o'clock to accom?
modate those who failed to come esr'.y and
avoid (he rush. Citizens may Ret prompt
nttentlon by settling this week. Next wink
they will hav?, to ink* their turn In Uno. i
]?.::? rteJeaeed From Jail.
T'pon an order from Judg-n Oartor Pcott.
Robert Lftrs wa* released yesterday from
the Henrlco county Jell after serving- o term
of sixty days. Long wm arrested during
the lest Btnte Fair (or running a shell gume
nod gambling establishment, which Includ?
ed the smooch, but costly sport, the apple
trame. He wits convicted by 'So'ilrc Lewis,
being fined JM and costs f"r relieving a
i ,*;:,> of 37 at the apple game and lined
JKO, with a prison term ot sixty days for
tho operation of the shell game.
Mr. Wnttereton Here on January 5.
Announcement was made yesterday
that Honry Watterson, the distinguish?
ed editor of the Dotllsvlllo Courlet
Journal, would speak at tho Jefferson
Auditorium on the evening of January
5. Colonel Watterson comes under the
auspices of the Citizens' National Com?
mittee of New YrJrk, and will speak In
the Interest of 1 *ic arbitration treaty
between tiron.t Britain and France.
Building Permits.
Bul'.dlng permits wer, lseuert yestordsy to
the following:
C. W. A J- !.?? Davis to oreo< one two
?ttory detached brick dwelling on the north
sld,. of Main Ptre.el. between Rowland and
Sycamore Street?, t? coat |4,0CO,
Miss l.lz/.lo N. I/ee, lo erect one two
story detached brick duelling on the south
side of park Avenue, between Rowand and
Meadow Streeaa, to cost 1S.CO0.
Action of Ejectment.
Trial began yesterday In the City <:lrcuit
fotirt of the suit of .less,, Williams against
.l?hn J. mallwood, nn action of ejectment.
Involving th.- title to i.rcencrt y. After
heniliic the e.vldonco Hie Jury was ad.lourn
efl to this morning at to o'oloclt. when the
case will be argued.
Kemri Asnln Held.
The eis? ot Joseph Kourl. clleged to have
murdered one n? his children In Syria, was
again called yesterday morning In Police
Court, and bo was ordered held for tho
Turkish government. Kourl was arrested
devernl days ago by Richmond detective*
at the rcqueat of the Turkish embassy at
Washington.
r>r. Harvle Improving.
Dr. Lowls B. Harvle, of Danville,
who was operated on at St. b?ke'
Hospital thrco weeks ago, is Improv
ing.
A generally accepted fact that all business depends on Basic
Conditions. .Statisticians have divided all of the basic subjects
into groups. The group arc drops, Metals Mined, Foreign
Trade, Money Movements, etc., etc.
As the volume of business and the prices of manufactured
products depend largely on Basle Conditions, every business
man Is Interested. Appreciating the detail work necessary to
.securing a correct estimate of the movement and tendencies of
basic groups, this hank Issues on the last day of each month a
Digest of Business Conditions for the entire country. Business
men desiring to receive this report need only notify us by mall
or telephone. No charge Is made for the service.
Richmond, Virginia.
CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND PROFITS, ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
HOLIDAY PARDONS
WILL BE LIMITED
Only Two So Far Issued, and
These to Richmond
Jailbirds.
WILL APPEAL NORTON CASE
Defendant Railroads Resist Con?
demnation?Labor Cases to
Be Heard.
Christmas pardons at the hands of
Governor Mann appear likely to be. few
Indeed In number. Applications are
receiving the closet sorutlny. and a
pood many have already been placed
"on file." Th? number of petitions
doeH not count, since Secretary Hen
Owen Is authority for the estimate
that an overage of 1,000 requests for
clemency may always be found In the
ofllco.
However, the cars of the Governor
are not entirely closed to such ap?
peals, and yesterday he released two
prisoners In Ihe Richmond Jail. One
Of these was IOtta Allen, who was
nerving a term of four months' Impris?
onment, begun October I, for assault
and battery. Said battery was on the
person of n male friend of Etta, who
Is said to have been painfully hurt In
the. neighborhood of the cranium by
blows from weapons In the hands of
the aggressor.
Governor Mann notes on the condi?
tional pardon that inasmuch as the
woman had served more than half the
term, if she will pay n fine of ?n, whloh
was also assessed by the Hosting?
Court, and will also pay the costs,
sho shall bo released. The application
was Indorsed by Judge Wilt and Com?
monwealth's Attorney Minltroc Polkes,
In her petition lOtln promises to
treat her men friends with more court?
esy In tho future.
The other recipient of executive
clemency |s James I? Stewart, who was
sentenced to thirty days in Jail and
a lino of ?100 In the Police Court for
having taken part in a game of pol?
icy. This happened on Docotnbur S.
Stewart must pay half his fine and
must pledge himself to resist the lure
of tho policy game, or back he goes
to Jail.
Justice Crutchfield and Common?
wealth's Attorney Folkos s.ild It would
be all right to lot Stewart go.
ROADS WILL APPEAL
formal Ordor Kntcrcd In Norton t'on
demnntlon Cast.
Appeal to the Supreme Court will
be taken by tho Norfolk and Western
Hallway Company and tho Loulsvlllo
and Nashville Uallroad Company from
the doclslon of the State Corporation
Commission, allowing tho Interstate
Uallroad to condemn property belong?
ing to the other two roads In the
town of Norton. A stay of execution
for sixty days has therefore boon
granted to permit of the appeal.
The partloH have ugrecd on a decision
In the matter. In view of tho oral
Judgment rendered from the bench, nnd
it was approved yesterday. It states
that an "essential public convenience"
requires the taking of the land, which
is said not to be essential for the pur?
poses of either of the defendant com?
panies.
Tho Interstate proposes to build a
truok from its prosent terminus In
Norton to a connection with the Wise
Terminal Company, to put In a side?
track and to build a station, aJl on
land now owned by tho other two
roads.
Ai-Riir Lubnr I'sses.
Half a do7.en cases chnrglng viola?
tion of tho ten-hour labor law af?
fecting women will be tried this morn?
ing at Newport News. The cases were
worked up by representatives of the
Bureau of Labor.
The. Thalhlmer csae. nrgucd yester
dav In Hustings Court. Part 2. of this
elty Is expected to b? I? sort of tost
6n the proposition of altering depart?
ments In stores constituting manufac?
turing establishments.
Movements nt Capitol.
Governor Mann loft last evening for
Charleston. 8. C, whore he will to?
night deliver an address before tne
New England Society, of that city.
Judge W. F. Tthoa, of tho State Cor?
poration Commission, left last night to
spend tho holidays In tho Southwest
Assistant Secretary Rives B. Hardy,
of the Governors office, has gone to
Nottoway to spend the holidays,
PI MU MEETING
MedlenI Fraternity Members Outlier
for Annual Session.
Tho annual meeting of the PI M?
Fraternity will begin at noon to-day
at the Westmoreland Club. *tcPfe'
sent "lives of nil the chapters In the
society had arrived last night to be
dresent at the meeting.
A 8:30 o'clock this evening the nn
nual dinner will )>cgln at the Common
wenllh Club. All local alumni, to tho
number of about sixty, with students
of tho medical colleges, who are PI
Mus, will bo present on this occasion.
Tho session will end to-morrow.
The officers of the society are Paul
W. Howie, M. D.. councillor; Chnrlos
W. Byrnes, M. r>., vice-councillor; N. |
T. Ennett, M. P.. socrotnry; L,. T. Prlco, ,
M. D., treasurer; Carl 8. Blackwoll. M.
V., historian.
CONTINUE FARM WORK
Ilcnrlco Supervisors will Be Asked to
Renew Appropriation,
T. O. Sandy, chief demonstrator for
j the State of the Bureau of Plant In
: dustry, will nppenr to-dny before the
I Board of Supervisors of Ilenrlco coun
i ty, to ask for a renewal of the appio
! prlatlon for demonstration work In tho
i county for the coming year. The sum
I given last year wns $400, and It- is
I proposed that a similar amount be
I given nt this time.
While the season, of 1011 watt excep?
tionally dry. in this vicinity. It Is felt
I that the work done was vnluable. The
! former demonstrator has resigned hin
position, and a new man will bo ae
j cured?-the beat to be had for tho
i money.
HENRICO JURY
Citizens Summoned for Criminal Term
Beginning January 2.
The following citizens havo been drawn
for Jury duty at the January criminal term
of the Henrlco couuty Circuit Court, which
opens Ja.nuary 2:
H. D. Coshlll. W. W. Loar, W. II. Wlp
froa. A. G. Quartos. Phil Patterson, J. C.
Wnrrlner, J. T. Dunston, II. \V. Johnson,
J. B. Atltlns. John Johns, L. D. Ellis, J. R.
Clarke. E. E. Broaddus, J. T. McDonald,
8. A. Thlorpe, Jr., TV. B. Pearman, Ira
Sunday. W. R. -Todd. Herman Boon and
IL T. Yarbrough.
Tihero are aoveral important or^mlnal
oaeosi scheduled for trlnl at tho coming
torm, among which |s the Foster ease, to
be tried far the ?ocond time. Tho first
trial resulted in a hung jury. Foster Is
I charged with a caoltsJ ulms. >
Quick and Satisfactory Service
In every department will be given you. Assort?
ments are large and all goods are of such a charac?
ter that they will add pleasure to the recipient.
SHE DIDN'T WANT TO WED
WHEN LICENSE WAS REFUSED
Courtship by Mail Ends Suddenly at City Hall,
but Girl Got 'lrousseau Which bhe
Doesn 'c Need.
Tlie climax ot a romantic corres?
pondence brought on through the
ugency of a matrimonial paper wo-s
i cached In Ulchmond yestorduy whun
Henry Ilarikllton, llfty-llve year a old. a
resident of WJ.Ison. N. C. and Kathor
ino Adams, eighteen years of ago,
daughter of Wllllum 11. Adams, of
Davis Creole, near Huntington, W. Viu,
appeared before Walter Christian,
cleric of tho Hustings Court, for a
marriage license. Bccuubo of the laws
of this commonwealth deny the prlyl- j
lego to persons under the ag0 of twen
ty-ono vcurs the license tvas donlod.
The hrlde-to-ho nnld It didn't matter
much anyway, because she. thought
she had changed her mind and didn't
want to get marrtnd.
Persons who wore awaro of tho situ?
ation, turned tho cuae over to Chief
of Police Werner, and he heard tho
usual story of a courtship by mail.
The prospective bride and groom
arrived in Richmond yesterday morn
ARRESTS LAST NIGHT
Minor OfTenden? Keep City Police Con- ,
etontly on the Go.
Thomas Keed. colored, was arrestod i
last night by Blcyclo Ofllccr C B.
Samuel? and taken to tho Second Po
llco Station, whore he was ohargod
with being a suspicious character, be
llevod to have stolen a blcyclo.
A. O. Jennings, a chauffeur, was
also takon to tho .Second Station, where
he was charged with the theft of throe
rings and a watoh from William C.
Matt.
Edwin Brock nnd James Cosby, who
pave their occupation as plasterers,
nnd said they were from London Eng?
land, worn held at the First Station
on the charge of disorderly conduct
In tho house at HOR East Main Hlreet.
Mike Smith whs locked up at the
First Station on complaint of W. F.
Kellam. a contractor, who charged that
Smith had robbed him of J20.
Fred Egen, who was arrested several
?lays ago for recklss driving, again
fell In tho clutches of tho polico on
the same chnrge. while, those of belnK
drunk anil disorderly were also lodged
against him.
RECEPTION TO BISHOP
Anbury Place Mrthodlal Congregation
Acta an Host.
The congregation of tho Anbury
Place Methodist Church actod a* host
last nicht at a reception to Bishop
Collins Denny, of tho Methodist Epis?
copal church. South, nnd Mrs. Denny.
Tho bishop, who has recently moved
his home to this city, received with
his wife and dnugter, Mrs. J. \V. Dlxon.
Hope waB expressed last, night that
the new home of this church, "tho
Monument Methodist.'' which Is In pro- I
cobs of erection nt tho corner of Allen
and Park Avenues, will be ready for j
dedication during the coming summer.
The prosont ohurch will be sold un
soon as tho now edifice Is completed.
It Is expected that Bishop Denny
will beoome nfTUtnted with the Asbury
Methodist Church, ne this Is the near?
est >,ethiidlst Church to his home at
202S West Orace Street.
Overlook ?10,000 In Honda.
T. D. Newell, n contractor, of too
North Twenty-first Street, yesterday
reported to tho police that his place of
business had been entered and a few
stumps Btolon from tho safe. He also
Bald that bonds valued nt 110,000 hnd
been overlooked by Hie thief, who had
no difficulty In rlfllriir the safn because
it had carelessly hoen left open. An
entrance to the ofllce was effected
through a r.lde window.
Here With Prisoner.
Sheriff J. C. Cooke. of King William
county. arrived in Richmond last
lust night with Thos. Holmes, colored,
who was arrested In Newport News
?and held for the KJng William author?
ities, who wnnt him on a statutory
charge. He was lodged at tho First
Police Station and will be. removed
to-day.
rfenrlr.o ?fru-rlnge License.
License to marry was granted yorterday
by Clerk g. P. Wsddill. of the Henrlco
County Circuit Court, to Bddlo H. Sharp
and Mrs. Carrie I.no Parsons, both of Hen?
rlco.
Two Conncil Committees.
The Council CornmlttefF on Water and
Street Cleaning will meet at ihe City Hall
to-night at 5 o'clock.
Ing and Identification was brought
about by the means of photogruphe.
A shopping tour followed und Hamil?
ton lightened his bapk roll of a few
greenbacks to uuy a trousseau. After
this t.'lork Christian was sought.
Dccause she hud "changed her mind."
the advice of tli? clerk to go to Wash?
ington was not taken. The unexpected
ending of his wooing did not appear
to greatly disturb Hamilton. He said
that the girl might keep the trousscuit
he had hought and also offered to pay
her return fare to Huntington, hut this
was not accepted, and Major Werner
notlflad her father of her plight. Sho
had eloped from home, the told Chief
>. crnor.
In the meantime she Is staying at
911 Cast Marshall Street.
Die? In Police Station.
?Hin Masslc. colored, about seventy
years old, of 1920 ISast Main Stroet.
died yesterday morning about 7:1)0
o'clock In Iho First Police Station.
MbbbIo had ben locked tip the. night
before on a chargn ol being {trunk.
Yesterday morning ho was told that ho
might go free, but he pleaded to re?
main a short while, because It was
Cold and raining. About an hour* later
It was discovered that he was 111. The
city ambulance was summoned, but ho
died a few minutes after lt? arrival.
The body was turned over to friends.
Coroner Taylor pronounced death due
to heart failure, and said that an In?
quest would be unnecessary.
In Tollre Court.
Willi? Morten, colored, was r-?r.?enc:?d to
lul! for nlntity den yesterday In Polle?
Court on ? rthnrg* of if-allng a small Quan?
tity of corn from Ut? Ovorton WtlMums
Company. An appeal vu taken.
Juulue Ronney. colored, ws? given a ?ent
enc? of fi.jr monthn for stealing clothing
from Oeorge Morton
Reports Qrlp Stolen.
R. II. Taylor, a tobacco grower of
Beaver Dam, Hanover county, yester?
day reported to the pollen of the First
District that a grip containing various
articles had been stolen from bis
wagon while, standing In Shockoe Slip.
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