The times dispatch. [volume], January 11, 1912, Image 12

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To Your Home Library
Here are thousands of odd volumes em?
bracing the most wholesome literature at
Sweeping Reductions
i in prices; a movement that is designed to
clean up accumulated stocks.
CHOOSE BOOKS as your companions, and you'!!
be surprised to find how interestingly the long win?
ter'.- evenings may be spent indoors.
I Among the odd and slightly shopworn volumes se
Iccted for this special sale will be found Books of ab
sorbing interest to every member of the family. Books
of Travel, Music, Art, Poetry, Science and Fic?
tion; also Juvenile Books.
Their disposal BEGINS TO-DAY from spcial
tables in the Big Basement Department, as follows:
See Broad Street Window Exhibit
Books at 5c and 10c; were 25c to 50c.
Books at 25c and 50c; were 50c to 75c.
Books at 50c that sold up to .$1.00.
Books at 75c that sold up to $1.50.
Books at $1.00 that soldmp to $2.00.
A chance to supply your library at small cost, such 8
as vou are not likely to meet with again.
MILLER & RHOADS.
WANTS VITAL
ORDS KEPT
State Health Board Urges Pass?
age of Sanitary Measures?Ask
Funds to Purchase Antitoxin.
Recommendations for decided legis?
lation for Improving sanitary condi?
tions wore adopted yesterday at the
annual meeting of the State Board of
jieultii. .Most important of the recom?
mendations wns thai calling upon I he
legislature to eJinct the Bill for Kegls
t ration of Vital Statistics. Other
recommendation:* for legislation asked
for adoption of a Bill to Secure Purity
of Public Wat.r Supplies, a Bill lo
provide for Analysis of nil Bottled
Mineral Water.*, and an appropriation
pf ?9,000 to defray the expense of free
distribution ot diphtheria antitoxin 'o
till citizens,
An extension of the ruler for quar?
antine was adopted t>y the Board. The
new quarantine rules* arc merely un
nnipllflcatlon of the rules already In
effect and provide that the physician
rliapnostng any C03o of scarlet-fever
or dtphthciin shall notify the family of
his diagnosis. Thl.? regulation will
ensure the Immediate isolation of con?
tagious diseases, It is hollered:
Regulations providing for supplying
public schools with proper sanitary
arrangements before September 1. lf?l-\
in re also adopted by the Hoard Regu?
lations regarding the protection of
mineral springs; at summer resorts
against pollute, n',. and regulations re?
quiring Ihc-.ftcneenlng against files of
kitchens, dining rooms nnd pantries of
hotels, between May 1 and November
15, wer,, passed.
All Members Present.
By special Invitation of the Board of
Health, Or. Krank I. Watklni of the I
TJnltcd Slates Bureau of the Census,!
was prescht at yesterday's meeting and!
ii?s.lstPd In drawing up the Vital Slaiis- I
1U Bill. All the ,-nergies at the com?
mand of the Board of Health will be
|>tlt forward to pass this bill, which n j
Ss believvd. will till a very treat want
in thlf Suite. The Bill provides for'
the permanent registration of all'
births and deaths in the Mute It re?
quires physicians to furnish birth and
?loath certificates to local Justices ->f ,
the Piaco, who will receive the death
fr:rtlfleat? in order to Issue penults for]
burial. These oerililcotcs n\\ lo ,v
forwarded id Iticluuond for normaneiit
order yesterday morning tit !? o'clock,
all the members of the Board were
j.resent. Immediately upon the read?
ing of the annual report of the Health
Commissioner, Dr. lSunton O. Williams,
The Boaid cleaned up routlni business
nhd proceeded to special recommenda
116ns and enactments, Adjournment
came Ht r..lr, o'clock.
CHAMBER MEETS TO NIGHT j
Commercial lliiilj In Idar Vnniial Cr. 1
linrlf niid IJU'cl onteer?.
t.f Cotnmcrce v ill !??? h*ld im s: LS
oVlock to-rilghi ax the Jefferson libtel
auditorium, ttcporui will Ii? .submitted.
includiiiR tlir annual report of the
Turfldont. rcviewing th'; work of tli'
?chamber during ti:-: i> >?t yenr and riiak
tritt rpr.orntnetiilailoiiH for further work.
Otjlcers arid dlrev'ir>1' for the coming
CARRIN6T0N WILL
SUCCEED WOOD
Almost Certain He Will Become!
President of Chamber of Com?
merce at Meeting To-Night.
i.'Jdvcrnor Mann, members of both
branches of the Legislature and the
City Council and Mayor Hlchnrdson
have been Invited to be present to?
night at the annual meeting and
smoker of the Chamber of Commerce,
which will take place In the auditorium
of the Jefferson Hotel.
Addresses will be made by the retir?
ing president, Henry VY. Wood: Mayor
Klchardsnn and others, while members
will bo called upon for an expression
of views-, which might tend to the bet?
terment of the operations of the cham?
ber.
In view of Iiis efficient work during
the past year looking towards the up?
building of Itlchmonil, and his fanill.
larlty with local conditions, it is un?
derstood that there is no doubt that
T. M. Carrlngton, first vice-presldenti
will he elected to succeed Mr. Wood. It
Is- not expected that there will be any
other changes in the personnel of the
pres. nt officers.
in his annual report It Is expected
tltttt Mr. ..ood will have numerous
rrcoir.mcndalions to make, with a view
of bringing about certain chnnges
Which will make the work of the Cham?
ber of Commerce more effective than In
the past.
Fallowing the transaction of bus
ln< is a buffet luncheon will be served.
BRIDGE COMMITTEE CALLED
.'ttittcr'? \ Ording Construction on
Miijo".? I.Mnud to lie niNCUSMed,
A Hpccial meeting of the Council
Committee on Electricity lias been
called for to-morrow night at 7:3"
o'clock.
A meeting of the- bridge subcommit?
tee of the Committee- on Streets, which
I hut, charge of the construction of the
new \luyo Bridge, has nisei hern called
for to-morrow night at 7:f.fi O'clock,
I The- bridge committee consists of
i Meh;:r:?. Adams, Don Lcnvy. Pollock
! Jones. Lynch. Moore arid l"erg i.'son.
I The City Attorney. City Engineer and
I Charles V. Meredith, attorney for the
Mayo Land and Bridge Company, have
been asked t., be present, us matters
affecting the construction on Mayo's
Island will be discussed,
CATCH FUGITIVE
?Mii'lili l'rfilcrick, Twelve ^rar.? Olli. I
Vrrrsleri In lliirrl.ibiirs, l'u.
Ac cording to it teldgruin received
?'Cftterdiiy afternoon at police head
Itinrtors, Joseph Frederick, twelve- i
? .ir;: ?l?!, who recently escaped from I
tli<- Associated Charities, hau been \r
rcstp,- in ilurrisbtirg. I'a. Major Wer?
ner tvai notified by James B. Btiteuin
Mmn
nil n
its uiflvv
ClipUgll
'und Iii'
ji ? Monday. V.'MIr Ida eon
re ported as alsrmlnc \\it
Amrrli-un National Officers,
1 ri the list of dlrectort ->f Hie Amcrcnn
S'atloiinl iluiilt, published yesterday, follow
Ing the report of the annual meeting oi
l'u- mock holder? i>' 4 hit i Inslttiitlbn. the
tiaiue* of W. J- FatrUh, l.n-l.r II .tci,;<.,!.>
qnd T. Qsrhett Tubb wen emitted, Alsti
limbnit the hnthoi of the offlcrrr of the
panic bunk, the name of Henry W. Itounirn
ihon'id appear ur vh o-iireiid'.-tit.
I horned \\ iid 'I lief I.
? -Mamie Patterson, colored. Wax ar?
rested yesterday im a charge of steal?
ing \i from Mrs A. M- Council
ARGUE URBANNA
?ATTER FRIDAY
Street Committee to Hear
Further From Attorneys i
in Opposition.
-. I
BUSINESS MEN'S CLUB CALLED
Residents Along Seven Pines!
Line Making Vehement Fight
Against New Road.
I
Chairman William H. Adams issued
yesterday a call for a special racct'ng
of the Council Committee cm Streets
for Friday night at S o'clock to further)
consider the petitions in connection
with the tMilo of the Seven lines line
to the Richmond, Urbanna and Ponlu
sul.i Railroad Company. Judge T.
Ashby Wickham will continue his ar?
gument, begun at the last meeting, in
opposition to the sale.
A meeting of the membership of the
Business Men's Club bus been called
for " o'clock Friday to discuss the
Bume matter. Some weeks ago the di?
rectors recommended adoption of a res
olulieu approving the transfer of the
line and the erection of a railroad to
Urbuiinu. Since then, it is stated, some
opposition has developed among the
members of the club, and citizens ami
property owners along the present
Seven Pines line uro canvassing vigo?
rously against confirmation of the aale,
the opposition bel?g represented by
live attorneys.
What i> Proposed.
hi brief, ilie Virginia Railway un<i
Power Company has. given un option of
sali <>n Its Seven l'lnes line. It brauen
now operated at a loss, to the promot?
ers of the new railroat] company, pro?
vide-.1, the city will consent and will re?
lease the purchasers from the tlcko(
und transfer requirements which now
apply to the road as a purl of the gen?
eral street car system of Richmond.
The promotcrE oi the purchasing com.
puny engage to continue the Imc to
the Puinunkcy Klvcr in two years, and
to Urbunnu, on the Rnppahannock
River, in live years, exhibiting a signed
contract for construction work as tar
as the Puraunkcy, the contractors, Eich?
elberger & Co., to be paid In bonds of
the new line. William Northrop, pres?
ident of the Virginia Hallway and
Power Company, has given the Street
Committee a signed statement that the
interests he represents arc net back?
ing the new enterprise.
The Chamber of Commerce lias given
its approval to the sale, holding that It
will be more to the good of the city
of Richmond to have a railway line
into n revenue producing section now
tributary to Baltimore by water, und
entirely cut off from rail transporta?
tion, though within from thirty to
forty miles of Richmond, than It Is to
have a mere suburban trolley eight 01
nine miles into llcnrtco. While giving
no transfers and offering no labor ailu
schob] tickets, the purchasers offer to
guarantee a better and more frequent i
schedule than now in operation, and a
5-ccnt straight fare from Twenty
ninth and P .Streets to Seven Pines.
Oltlgeua MnUc Strong Content.
Citizens along the trolley line con?
tend that under the terms of Rich?
mond's franchise agreement with the'
predecessors of the present car coin- '
pony they ore guaranteed transfers
and school and labor tickets until 19IS.
the end of the franchise, und ut prcs-!
c-nt many of them ride from nine to I
twelve tulles for a 2',2-cent fare, prob?
ably the longest one-fan- ride in or
about the city. Statistics have been
presented to show thai millions of dol
lars of produce goes from the Rappa
iiannock Valley to Baltimore annually,
und ihat that entire sectton of the
state wlli welcome n rail connection
with Richmond, most of the property
owners having promised to donate tnc
light of way in order to secure the:
new line.
SUPREME COURT RECORDS
The following cases weir argued'
yesterday l" thi Supreme Court of Ap?
peals of Virginia:
Norfolk Piro Insurance Corporation
re, Wood, who sties, ete., et als. Ar?
gued by Peatross ?- Savage for nppel
Inj)Is, and by Caskie & Caskie for ap?
pellees, and submitted.
Brown et als. vs. Surry Dumb.'r Com?
pany, Argued by ticorgc Mason and
Charles E. Plummer, for appellants,
and by William B. Mcllwalhe and Davis
& Davis, for appellee-', and submitted.
Dcaue VS. Turner et als. Submitted
on briefs.
Next cas.'S called: Whltiey i's. Book?
er Brick Company, Jefferson vs School
Hoard e,f Amelia county, llug'lies vs.
Burwcll. The Dime Deposit and DIs
cotint Itnnk of Scranton, Pa., t s. West
cott et als.
Kreil llrlek 11 flier.
A building permit wa- Issued j-cji
terday to Davis &- Archer to erect a
detached brie-story brich office on the
south side of Hanover, between Davis:
tthel ItOblnSon Street?, to cost JITO
Weallier Itetarils Work.
The snows and Intensely cold wrnthcr ot
the past few days have- seriously Impaired
work -on ilv.- new post-office building ?t
Tontli and Main streets. Whether the con?
crete ruof, which was only recent!;.' put r.ti
I Is damaged. "'HI not be known until aft. r
the w.l.n terms arc removed, and this
;cannot li<- done until the structure is cleared
[?if the ihielt layer of snow.
LOVING CUP FOD
IUI. L. HOWIE!
Business Men Present Silver1
Mug to Real Estate
"Booster."
"COL BILL" MAKES ADDRESS
Ceremony Takes Place at Em?
pire Theatre, the Latest Hof
heimcr Building.
Business men who realize and put a
proper valuo on the buying and build?
ing operations of Moses Lafayette Ilof
hclmcr, gave him a handsome silver
lovlns cup at tho Empire Theatro lust
night, with enough pomp and ceremony
to lift the event put of the ordinary
cla-ss. The Empire?the handsomest
playhouse In town?was built by Mr.
liofheimer. 11c built lite Eubln a year
or two ago, and now he is building a
motion picture theatre Just cast of tho
Empire, which has hern leased to Jake
Wells and his associates, who have the
management of the limplre. The now
house will take care of the Empire
ovorllow, which was banked for two
blocks In tho snow last night, while
William T. Dabriey, business manager
of the Chamber of Commerce, in ft noat
speech, was presenting the cup.
When tho business people Inspected
Mr. 1 lofhotmcr's new house of amuse?
ment before it was opened, they de?
cided that he was entitled to some sub?
stantial recognition. So the cup Idea
was suggested. It met with a most
?hearty response. All uf his friends
wanted to contribute, because they
said that he would be building
throughout the year, and there was no
telling when they would road In the
newspapers that he had decided to
ei-.--.ct still another theatre on Broad
Street.
Notices were sent out n few .fays ogo
lliat the ceremony would tako place
on tlic Empire st.iso last night, Just
after the close of ih ? first night per?
formance. So the scat, tilled 'up early,
and a squad of police was on duty out?
side, keeping the crowd in line. These
crowds, hy the way. are there every
night, but It was a little larger in I
I anticipation of the speech-making
which would he an added feature of
the bill, and on* no' '--"nerally found
'n vaudeville institutions.
It I voll iiau bovVuu uutl waved his
hiiliu as liu closed ins act. and die
itgthts Hashed on a party of well
groomcu business men who sal In one
ot the boxes. No formal announce?
ment had been made to thai purl ol
the uudicncc which was not advised
of tho surprise, and during the brief
wait a good many people walitcd out,
thinking tho show was over, lint the
procession halted quickly when Mr.
Dabney, Mr. Hofhctmer, J. t;. Corlcy
and Eugene A. Dietrich came upon the
siugo. somebody wlio sat near t lie
door suggested that there would be
seme line singing by the quartet, but
Mr. Corlcy, who was master of cere?
monies, Introduced Mr. Dabiicy, and
then Mr. Dabncy Introduced tho sub?
ject, lie referred to what Mr. Hof
helmcr had done, he explained how
he had Improved property' values by
his building operations, and then re?
marked, quite casually, that many
public-spirited citizens hud decided to
present him with a loving cup as a
murk of their appreciation.
At the right signal, upon the sta.se
there glided James J. Pollard, holding
the cup. There was sonic upplau-e ?
when he curtsied in passing it over.!
It was passed in turn to Mr. liof?
heimer. who accepted It with a tow
words of thanks and appreciation,
while tho audience broke forth into
vigorous applause.
The cup carries tin inscription,
which refers, among other things, to
the tact that it was presented in
recognition of Mr. Hcfhclmer's pro
grcsslvonCBS and his splendid achieve?
ments.
When he first conceived the idea of
building the r.mpire, Mr. liofheimer
did not figure exjiensc In giving orders I
to architects that It should bo a credit;
to the city and the tnun who paid the
freight. It has. been open for only
two weeks and a half, and the bust
r.ess has been capacity business every
day. Jt is not a motion picture place,
but a vaudeville, house, and Mr. Wells
has sent down first-class performers,
who have given It a place In popular
favor, which it is destined to hold.
WOMAN IN CASE
Joliu lllgglii-. Vllcged I'lrikrrton I)e
Irctlve, i bunted Wl?h Fraud.
F.chi Ing thi ? ,..?e of U. M. island, who
was arrested Tuesday night on a
< barge of being disorderly and inter?
fering with <:. P.. Cocko, John Uigglns.
claiming. It Is said, to be a Pinkerton
detective, was arrested yesterday by
Detective-.Sergeant Kellam on a cbargo
of being di: orderly and attempting to
obtain under fnlsc pretenses from
I Mr rocke.
i Bland was charged when he was ar?
rested with following Mr. Cocke,
against whom charges had been tnaie
by third person. In the. background
appears a woman, who is nameless now.
It Is probable, however, that her name
will be divulged when the hear'ng of
Bland und lllggfhi comes before Jus?
tice Crutchncld.
Welcome, Legislators!
Wc wish to extend the hearty welcome which wc feel to
the General Assembly ol Virginia now in session. Wc think
that the people of Richmond should make the most of their
opportunity to meet and know our lawmakers and lend them
that necessary support which the people should give.
Be American National Bank
of Richmond, Virginia,
wants d? know lhi> legislators personally, and wc invite them
to call and see us in mir home at Main and Tenth Streets.
yYc can offer every modern convenience in point of detail,
backed li\ a capital and surplus of over a million and a half.
In .1 few words, wc give
SECURITY AND SERVICE.
?V
Gans-Rady Company's
Semi-Annual Clearance Sale
Hundreds of Suits. Light and Heavy Weight Overcoats,
Cravenetted Raincoats Which Sold Up to $28.00
FARMERS SCHOOL
FOR IRE VALLEY
Special Agricultural Train Will
Make Trip Through the
Shenandoah.
Notice husj been issued by G. W.
K?lner, State Commissioner of Agri?
culture, of. the tour of the Furniers'
institute. Train, which in co-opcratlon
with tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
will make u thorough canvass of the
Shenandoah Division of this railroad
In Ihn month of January. Stopping at
ton towns and cities on the route, the
special train will 'offer almost unheard
of opportunities for the Virginia farm
cr to become acquainted with the
principles of modern, scientific farm?
ing. At each stop, lectures on agri?
cultural subjects will bo delivered by
experts under the supcrvl;lon of Com?
missioner K?lner.
The iichodule of the farmers' spcci-tl
train Is a;i follows: WadesvlUo, Tues?
day, January 16, 3 to 12 A. M.: Middle
town, same day. 1 to f, P. M.; Harrison
burg, January IT, 0 to 12 A. -M.;
Pleasant Valley, same day, 12:30 to
? P. M.; cave Station f Wcyr.r's Cavel
Thursday, January 18, f' to 12 P. M.t
Port Defiance, same day, 12:30 to r> P.
M.; GreonsvUlc, Friday, January in, 0
to 12 A. M.; Spoltswood. same day,
12:30 to 5 P. M.i Timber Ridge. Satur?
day. Jnmiary 20. 9 to 12 A. M.; Lexing?
ton, same day. 12:30 to 5 P. M. Where
over the special halt?, the farmers, vf
the neighborhood are urged to visit
the exhibition on wheels and to hear
tho lectures which will he irlven.
Discussions on the Improving of the
soil. Increasing the yield per acre of
corn, alfalfa growing, fruit culture
and poultry husbandry, will be the
principle topics touched by the Speak?
ers. In line with the promising in
ovatlons Introduced by tho depart?
ment in this State, special emphasis
will bo ltlid on the subject of alfalfa
growing. Although Texas and other
of the Western States have always
been regnrdeel nn the home of tills
plant, experiments conducted by the
department of Agriculture have un?
deniably proven that the condltnoiiH in
Virginia are most favorable to tho pro?
duction of alfdlf here. For many
reasons, It is a most desirable crop,
and the department will continue to
wugc a campaign to Introduce the
plant thoroughly in the; Old Dominion.
Corn Ah Lecture Rooms.
The result of t'.ie Farmers- Institute
train operat ed over the lines of the i
Baltimore and Ohio in Virginia early j
last spring were so gratifying that !
hoth the Department of Agriculture; j
and the railroad company were en?
couraged to repeal the educational
lour in a hew section this ye.-a.r. The
special train, which will propagate the
doctrine of scientific or latter-day
farming, will he composed o! hrsl class
via.-lies placed at the disposal of the
Department of Agriculture for Idcture
purposes. Th ? coaches will he ar?
ranged so as to represent as nearly as
possible regular lecture rooms. Seats
will he provided either in one car or
the other for all who desire to take
advantage of the chance of assimilat?
ing modern ideas of farming, and
everybody may foci assured of a hearty
welcome.
The result of the educational tour of
last year was a marked improvement
in both the increased yields of the I
farm anel In the prosperity of the com- !
munitics. George H. Campbell, assist- i
ant to the president of the Baltimore j
and Ohio Railroad, and W. W. Wood,
general industrial agent will represent
the railroad on special. 1'hcee officers,
who accompanied the educational train
last year, were thoroughly gratified by
th: large attendance of farmers and
the interest shown in the propositions
ottered by tho Institute.
When the lectures are completed at I
each stop, opportunity will bo given I
for frc* questioning hy the audience, I
and every farmer is urged to ask
whatever question may be in his mind.
If any such success a'' was experi?
enced last year Is accorded the form?
ers' special of this yoar, it Is prob?
able that the institute train will be?
come a permanent feature-.
THANKS TO PRESS
Advertiser** Club Coniloend? Co-opera?
tive Spirit of Rlchmniid "Vc?npupcr.s,
Special recognition of the assistance
rendered by the newspapers of Rich?
mond In the efforts bolng made tq^ ad?
vertise Richmond was taken yesterday
At a meeting of the Richmond Adver?
tisers' Club, held at the Business Men's
Club last night. The meeting was
largely attended, and the earnest hope
was expressed that the press of the
city would continue the work which
lias caused so much favorable com?
ment. William H. Adams stated that,
although h* had been n member of Die
Hoard of Aldermen for sixteen years,
ho had not known that Richmond had
as low a tax rate as any city of 30.000
or mor? population In the United
.States until he saw the fact announced
In tho papers.
Tho club adopted formal resolutions
setting forth its conviction that the
newspapers of Richmond are rendering
valuable service io th? community In
running in display type dally certain
facts about the city, furnished by the
Advertisers' Cluh. The opinion Is ex?
pressed that a large percentage of the
nttsndance at tho Auditorium at the
civic meeting on January 2 was dun
In the publicity given to the meeting
in the local papers. The club' there?
fore, sets Itself on record as rleenly
Mior'cliillnt' the spirit of c.o-o;>eratlon
shown by the press of the city, and in?
vites n continuance of the good work
for the benoflt of the community at
large.
MAY ANNEX STRIP
ON BROOK ROAD
City Looking for More Roomj
for Its Colored
Population.
.\ meeting ut a special csminilteu
oi the. City Council on uroviuing suil-|
auio living conuiuous tor colored citi?
zens hua buoii culled lor mis altor
uuuli at 0 o clocK. Councilman Vun
dcrlohr is chairman, und tno inuiubora
arc Couuciimcn Pollock and lucnurds
and Alucrmou K iln und Mitchell
The appoiiituicul ot mis committee
ivao on outgrowth of the adoption last
year o ttno Vondcrlelit tegrcguilun
ordinance, which uiun.d to pruveut
eulored and whlto (anullea trcm occu?
pying dwelling houses, on liic same
blocK. That ordliiunce, which liiis now
been In effect for many montliE, pro?
vides that no colored family may
move Into house on any block the
majori ty of the huosoholdore are
wlilte, and similarly that no white
family may move Into any block tu?
majority of the householder- of which
arc colored.
Objection was raised in the debate
on that ordinance that the section
formerly known us Jackson Ward,
mainly occupied by colored people,
was much overcrowded, und that the
practical effect of the -segregation law
would be to further overcrowd living
conditions, making the section of the
city devoted to colored people un?
healthy, and affording nc outlet to the
better class of coloied people who
could afford better homes.
To meet this objection the special
committee was named to tuke Into
consideration the advisability of an
m Xing to the city a strip of territory,
preferably surrounding the Virginia]
Cnlon University, a colored institu?
tion on tho IJrook Turnpike; tho con?
struction through the same of Mreel?
lind sewers, the laying of water and
gas mains and otherwise providing
for the creation of a new and more
attractive colored to relieve cong-cMlon
ami prevent tin continued encroach?
ment of the colored people on streets
which, up to this time, have been oc?
cupied only by white residents.
WOULD PROTECT ROBINS
Auritihon Soelrt? Will Ask Lc Rift I tit urc
to stop Slaying of Tbtac Ulrrfs.
A meeting of the legislative commit?
tee of t'.ie Audubon Society of Virginia
will he held this afternoon at ? o'clock
in Room 70-1 Mutual Building when -i
hill prohibiting the kilting of robins
at all times In the Stale will be drafted
and present?d to tho present session
of the Legislature for pay.sage.
This plan of the roclety, lt. 1? under?
stood, has been indorsed by the farm?
ers of the State. In a letter to M. D.
Hut. secretary of the society, ,T. }-\
Jackson, editor of tho Southern Plant
er, declared that the robin i.? one of
the most effective destroyers of In?
sects, and therefore a boon to th5
farmers. He urged that cvcrythlnir be
done to secure the adoption of the bill.
MEET HERE SOON
Co in mi 11 re Will Select Place of Meeting [or
Virginia fresh Association.
Walter E. Addison, of Lynchbnrg. presi?
dent of the Virginia Pre** Association, U ex?
pected :o can ? meeting of the executive
committee, to be held In r.ichmonrl some
time tills month, tor the purpose, of eelectlns
h date and the next place for the annual
met tins. Lart yo.ir the association met at
Natural Ilrldgf. It Is expected that the corn
Ins session Will i,c Eoniewhcru in the Vir?
ginia mountain!.
II. It. Mills of Buena Vista, one of the
n,embers of the e.xecuilvi; committee, was In
Richmond yesterday and announced iho faci
lb-it the committee would meet here In a
t'.iorl while,
Other member., of the committee are ,13
follows: C. B. Cook, of lttclimond, vlce
prealtlent of the association; j. i+ ' Hurt, 1
secretory; (leorgo u. Greene, ?t cilfton I
For?o: A. P. Howe, of l-Vedorir.kst.urB; C. 1
ft>. Donnlt, of Salem, nnd Allen Potts, of
Richmond.
SEVEN PINES LINE
Chamber of Commerce Will Nol Take
Further .Action In the Mutter.
At a meeting of the executive rominlttou
I of the Chamber of Commerce, held on the
Oth Instant, it was determined that the
mutter of the transfer of tho Seven Pines
line to the Richmond, Urbanna and Peninsu?
lar Hallway Company required no further
Indorsement from the-Chamber 0( Commerce,
It was the senso of the meeting thui Inas?
much as the board of dlrccter? of tho Chain
I ber o: Commerce ufter u full hearing of
both sides of the qtirrtton, and after careful
'consideration, had given Its unqualified In?
dorsement to said transfer. It was unntccs
! nary to give further consideration to tho
ordlnonce, which hus bcon recommended by
a subcommittee of the Council.
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FINE APPEARANCE
Annual Inspection of First Vir?
ginia Regiment Begun by
Captain Balzcll.
Companies A and D. First Regiment,
Virginia Volunteers, last night under,
wont their annual Inspection by an
oilltiT of the regular army and made a
splendid showing. Captain Gvorgo
Dnlzcll, V. H. A., who made the in?
spection, declared that the inen wore,
almost physlclally porfoct, while ho
could not find the slightest defect in
the care of property.
Under command of Captain William
A. Stack. Company U appeared on tho
floor of the Seventh Street Armory
forty-fo?l strong, while Company A,
Captain W. C. Herbert, wat prosout
w'th forty-seven men.
The hospital corps of tho First Bat
tulion. with only two men t-osemt. was
prctenl and Captain Charles U. Cook
was Immensely gratllicd with the In?
spection, which was conducted by
Uoutonant W. E. Wltham. C. .v. C. of.
Fortress Monroe.
Headquarter* and Companies c and
F will be Inspected to-night by Cap?
tain Balsoll.
Following the inspection last night
Company U gave- an Informal reception
when a brief address was made by
Major Lawrence T. Price, commanding
the First Battalion, lie exprcss.cel his
confidence, that by January 1, 1913, the
local battalion of the F'ret Regiment
would Ijo quartered In a new armory,
which would be second to non,. South
of the- Mason ajid Dl.xnn Lino. He de?
clared that the battalion was abso?
lutely upon Its fret and he urged tho
men to continue their work that their
organization might head the militia, of
the. State.
A few remarks wore tilsr, made by
Captain f". A. Crawford, formerly of
Company O, First Reglnicht, and now
vice-president ol the First Regiment
Association.
One of tho features of last night'?
Inspection was the presence of several
retired officers including Captain ?'. 11;
Stone, of Company F; Lieutenant \S'.
H. Klndcrvator, Company F: Hciiieri
int E. P. I> verlri'g. Company C, Bnd
Lieutenant T. M.' Johnson, Company A.
ANNUAL MEETING
Stockholders of Serrslty Life lu>iironre
Company Ctratirtni with Proare??.
The annual meeting of the Security
Life- Insurance Company of America, a
corporation chartered under the laws
Of Virginia, but wblca .Iocs the hulk
of Itr. business In the Middle West,
took place yesterday afternoon nt the
Jefferson Hotel. In the absence of the
president, W. O. Johnson, of Chicago,
George C. Gal*, vice-president, of Chi?
cago, presided.
The stockholders appeared decidedly
Impressed with the material gain-,
made during the past year. It was an?
nounced that tho stock of tho company
was '.icing closely held, while the
patronage has steadily grown.
The following directors were elected:
Edgar A. Bancroft, of Chicago; Nc-w
hind T. Dr:Pnuw. of New Albany. Ind.
Charles A. Carlisle. ' of South Ucnd,
Ind.: George W. Blxon, of Chicago:
George C. Gale, of Chicago: W. O.
Johnson, of Chicago; P. A. Myers, of
Ashland. O.; Judge K. p. Newman, of
Woodstock, Vn.; 0, C. Strauss, of Chi?
cago; John K. Toner, of Harrisburg.
Pa., and Fred W. Upham, of Chicago.
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