The times dispatch. [volume], December 22, 1911, Image 3

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

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TRAIN PROBABLY
Will BE RETAINED
i _
Seaboard's Petition Likely to Be
Denied?Charters by
j] State.
tSpcciul to The Tlmes-Dlspatch. ]
Raleigh, N. 0? December 21.?There
vvaa a oonferonce to-day hotwosn the
members of tho t'orjioratlon Commis?
sion and ofllclals of tho Seaboard Air
3/lne Uullroad Company relutlvo to the
petition of the Seaboard to bit allowed
to discontinue the shoo-lly train ser?
vice, betweon ltalulgh ami Hamlet on
January 1 on the ground that It Is not
self-sustaining. Representing the Sea?
board Air Id no were W. II. Stanly. as?
sistant to the general manager, ami J.
M. Shay, general superintendent. While
the members of the Corporation Com?
mission made no .statement to that ef?
fect following the conference. It Is
understood that the train very prob?
ably will he retained. Patron? all along
tho lino an.] In adjacent t-n-rttory thut
sharo the benefits of the shoo-lly ser?
vice aro petitioning strenuously for
tho retention of the service,
Tho Carolina-Florida Fish Company,
of Wilmington, received a charter to?
day, the capital being $50,000 author?
ized and $2.100 subscribed, by J. A
Trice, ?William Powell >:nd Ed. Taylor.
Other charters wore for tho Roborson
vllle Sur?plo Company. Martin county.
? JO.OOO capital authorized and $3 ' " '
BUbflcrlbed. by J. W. Taylor. J. H. Ev?
erett and others- rho S;>oncer Sanato?
rium flno.l. Wlnston-Salam. capital
$100.000 authorised nnd $5.000 subscrib?
ed hv W. O. Spencor, M. K Sosncer. T.
W. DavI^ and Others, mid the White
High Company. Henderson. rupltal
$2?,000. by Wallace White and others
for mercantile business. Peace Insti?
tut?? fine), of Ralftlgh, was organ?
ised under tho niw charter to-day by
the election of J. R. Young as presi?
dent; Bd. Chsmhers Smith. y!co-f>resl
dent. and Ooorge All?n, socretary
Ire-asurer. Tho purpose Is to bring tho
famous Peace mstltuto completely and
permanently under the control of thi
Presbyterian Church.
In tbe case of W. E. Hill against the
etty of Raleigh and Policeman C. E.
Barrow, recently Instituted, the com?
plaint has boen filed. It shown that
SO,000 Is claimed against tho city and
91.000 against Burrow. This Is the
case In which Hill was Imprisoned at
different times for breach of the peace
end for drunkenness, and a cut In
fllctM by th- ofrp-T with his bllHe In
efforts to control him developed erysip?
elas, an ho sllngcs. -hei-ause of the tor
Hhlv unsnnltsry condition of th? city
prison and failure of Ihn authorities
to provide medical attention for him
a.s a prisoner.
The annual report of the librarian
of Baney IJtirary hare shows that dur?
ing 1011 there were 21.020 hooks liaed
riy patrons of the library In tholr
homes, fiction constituting S9 per cent,
of them. There are 3.ST2 persons reg?
istered ait regular borrowers of hooks.
The library received $1.1 S9 from rent?
als of the building and $2.000 from the
fllly. The fines amounted to $133 for
the year. There Is a balance on hand
of $.r.00.
CROWDED TRAIN WRECKED.
>o? n Passenger Inlurrd In Arc! dent
on the Southern.
King? Mountain. N. C? December Si,
-?Train So, on the Southern Rail?
way, from Atlanta to New Vork. was
We have been Selling
Pianos for more than
Eighteen Years in
Richmond, and this
sale-The Cable Piano
Co., $1009000 Stock
Clearance and our
Christmas Sale-is the
greatest we have
ever conducted.
is found in the splendid
values given at the low
prices and easy terms of?
fered.
Until then 20% to
?Oc/c Discount off regular
prices.
SUCCESSORS CABLE PIANO cST"
213 E. Broad Street.
wrecked three-quarters of a mile north
of here this afternoon, but though
crowded With passengers no ono sus?
tained even a scratch. The third car
from the locomotive left the track and
carried tho three cars Immediately be?
hind along- with It. The engine and
two cars directly behind 1? and the
two rear cars remained on the track.
A special train from Charlotte returned j
with same of the passengers. The
track l| badly damaged, and trains are
being detoured by way of Columbia.
S. C. It is said the wreck was caused
by the track spreading.
UNDER INDICTMENT
MANY FIEE STATE
Charges of Irregularities Against
Well-Known County
.Politicians.
SUSPECTED MEN ALSO LEAVE
Judge Skccn Is Determined to
Probe Vote-Selling
to Bottom.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Bristol, Va., December 21.?Follow?
ing the adjournment of the special
grand Jury in which Judge Skccn Im
puneicd In Dee county on December
4 to consider wholesale election brib?
ery charges, it was discovered that
many ot the indicted men had lied the
county and the State, many going to
Kentucky and others across the Ten?
nessee border line, (t Is believed that
many will not return. It is also learn?
ed uhat many men suspected of selling
Iheir votes, but not yot Indicted, have
lied tho county.
One hundred and sixty-three indict?
ments were turned over to Common?
wealth's Attorney Ely this afternoon,
in addition to l"l given him last night,
and fifty true bills found to-day. in
the list of persons Indicted to-day were
three well known county pollt Iclann.
They all served as election Judges In
the November election. and were
charged with Irregularities.
There were six Indictments for vio?
lations of the Barksdale pure 'election
law, and of the lot already in the
hands of the Commonwealth's Attor?
ney, 154 are for vote selling. Many
boodlers who confessed before the
grand Jury to having bought votes were
not Indicted, and will not be. in con?
sideration of their testimony. They
were reluctant witnesses, and only af?
ter grilling and threats from Judge
Skeen to offer immunity to the vote
sellers did they agree to "squeal" on
the men whose votes they had bought.
The county officers, all Republicans,
and elected In November, were prom?
ised Immunity as were also their cam?
paign managers.
A prominent Republican, of Dee
county, to-nlghl Intimated thol the
prosecution has some political signifi?
cance. He stated that nine members
of tho special grand Jury were Demo?
crats. He further predicted that the
bulk of the indicted men and the
greater number of suspects will not
accept Judge Skeen's so-called Induce?
ments to confess, but will stand trial.
There eeems to have been only one
witness against each vote seller be?
fore the grand Jury.
Judge Skeen Lcavrs.
Judge Skeen left to-night for his
homo at Big Stone Gap, aftor staying
close with his special grand Jury at
Joneevllle for three weekp. He left
with a grim determination, as he toln
the spectators in the courtroom In
GPANDMOTW
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MOTHER
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Holders, Traveling Slippers, In case; Writing Sets, Poker, Bridge and
Card Sets, Collar end Handkerchief Boxes. Handbag.*. Purses, Bill Folds,
Leather Picture Frames, Brass Desk Calendars.
Scissors Sets. Fitted Bas?. Library Sets. Coat Hanger Sets. Medicine
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SISTER
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So useful and thoughtful that
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Open Evenings
Until Christmas
The Holiday DinnerSocial Functions, or Christmas
Festivities Are Incomplete Without
Ice Cream. Ices
Bulk?Bricks?Individual Brick??Aascated.JTiwcws.
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Out-of-Town Orders a Specialty
Quality and Delivery GnamiiteedL
Bulk Cream, $1.25 a Gallon.
Brick Cream, $IM0 m Gallon
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THE PURITY ICE CREAM CORPORATION,
RICHMOND, VA.
adjourning, to return In February ana |
go deeper Into the matter and Indict j
every man who Ik guilty and who falls
to come in and enter a plea of guilty
before that time. Adjournment I:: only
to give the alleged vote sellers the
opportunity to save the State trouble
anil expense and to save the vote sell?
ers from a heavy penalty that will fol?
low conviction In the event they stand
trial and are convicted.
.Judge Skeen Is determined to convict
and forever disfranchise every man in
Lee county, as well as Wise and Dlck
enson, who lias sold his vote, but In
order to do tills in Leo county he has
already had to grant Immunity to the
vote buyers. The Investigation will at
once be extended Into the counties or
Wise and Dlckenson, hut what methods
.ludce Skeen will adopt are hot known.
Me shows no signs of relenting, and Is
carrying out hi* announcement fron",
the Pencil a year ago that lie Intended
to stop trafficking In votes in the three
counties of his circuit.
It Is reported to-night that certain
lenders of the political faction^ may
advise vote sellers to refuse to confess
and stand trial in Judge .Skeen's court,
but the general opinion Is that after
thinking the matter over hundreds ot
the veto sellers will confess, and that
ither? will be little work left for the
grand jury when it convenes again In
February.
THE W?THERT
I'orecnst: Virginia and .Vorth I am.
Hun?I DSCttled weather, proliably rain
Friday and Snturdnj} light to moder?
ate, variable i?lnds.
Special I.oral Ilntn for Yesterday.
12 noon temperature . 37
u I*. M. tempern tu re . 3;
Maximum temperature up to S
I'. M. "S
Minimum temperature up to s
I*. M... 33
Mean temperature . :;'t;
Normal temperature . In
Deficiency In temperature . .j
Deficiency in temperature since
.March 1 . lj;
Accum. excess in temperature
since January 1 . in
Rainfall last twenty-four hours.. .:'.7
Deficiency In rainfall since March
6.:
Accum, deficiency in rainfall since
January 1 . U.IO
laienl Observation ? P. M. Ycslcrdny.
Titnporature . .TS
Humidity . <V|
Wind ? direction ..North
Wind?velocity ."_ 7
Weather .Misty
Rainfall last twelve hours.17
CONDITIONS IN IMPORTANT CHIPS.
(At S P. M. Kastern Standard Time.)
Place. Ther. H. T. I* T. Weather
Ashovlllc - 12 52 12 P. clou.lv
I Atlanta . 12 II to Cloudy
I Atlantic City. 11 11 34 Cloud)
] Uoston . :tl P.s 30 <iottdv
? imflalo . 10 10 ::o Cloudy
Calgary . 32 3S in Clear
'Charleston .. 50 r>2 is Cloudy
Chicago . 41 16 ::s p. cloudy
' Iii liver . 22 22 12 Clear
i Luluth . 32 !I2 ::n Know
[Ualvcston ... .'.I 58 51 Pain
'llaitcras .... GO 62 56 P. ilon.lv
Havre . 2S 33 20 P. cloudy
'Jacksonville.. ?6 62 52 Cain
Kansas City,, 36 10 ::?> P. cloudy
Louisville ... is .", 1 42 Cloudy
I Montgomery.. IS IS 12 Cloudy
New Orleans. 56 60 ?"? I Pain
' New York_ SO 10 a 1 Rain
I Norfolk . I? lS 11 Pain
'Oklahoma ... So 38 30 Snow
Pltl'Sburgh .. 48 IS ::s Cloudy
Raleigh . '" 11 '" Cloudy
.St. Louis ..... 46 50 10 P. cloudy
St. Paul . 38 ?0 Cloudy
San Francisco 56 ."is (C. Clear
Savannah ... 50 "0 -t'l Cloudy
Spokane . 32 :'.2 '-'-? Cloudy
Tampa . 7 1 7s 66 Clear
Washington.. 36. P.S 34 Cloudy
Winnipeg ??? 30 ?0 IS Cloudy
Wythevlllc .. "11 ::o Cloudy
MIMATURH ,\I.MAXAt:.
' December 22, 1011.
HIGH TlDK.
Sun rises.... 7:23 Morning. S;5fl
I Sun sets. 4:55 livening.... 6:06
SUBURB SELLS BONDS
W?uc of 920,000 for Improvement* Cock
at Premium.
Bids for the purchase of $20,000 of
improvement bonds of the town of
Bnrton Heights were opened Wednes?
day night by the Finance Committee
of Hie Town Council. The entire Issue
was awarded to Bumpus & Co., of De
trolt. Mich., the highest ladders, who
ottered $20,326.B0 and accrued interest
to date of delivery?equivalent to
lOi.lo 1-4 as of date.
The next highest bid was that of
Spitzer, rtorlck & Co.. of Toledo, who
offered to pny $L,0,433.r.O and accrued
interest, and in addition to furnish
the bonds. Ten bids were received In
all, the lowest being $20.000 and ac?
crued interest, less $1,000 to cover
legal expenses and preparing bonds.
There was no local bidder.
Thc bonds carry 6 per cent, interest
and run for thirty years. The an?
nouncement of the sale was mado yes?
terday by Chairman Thomas Arm
strong, of thc Finance Committee.
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Children's Pencils, assorted,
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WATERMAN FOUNTAIN PENS
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Waste Baskets.50c to $3.50
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Address Books.25c to 92.50
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OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS.