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the Instruments up In the tup of tho
City Hull refused tu allow u brave
gill to suciillcc heruel?, und he sent
word to llic men m the lire. A night
Wuiciimun wus sent up tu her, uuU
she wus brougut down Into President
Stevens"? oltlce, und tuen sufuly Into
the street, She returned to work nt
6:80 o'clock.
Hud the fire assumed any headway
It would probably have resulted dis?
astrously. Ah It was, Cliluf Joynos.
arrtveu in time, Htid the Humes were
extinguished with only u little damage
resulting, Here again the Urem en ex?
perienced <li(Slcully with frozen water
plugs, and Hies were built around them
to ttiuw them out.
The tire at lui?0 West Grace Street
was of small Importance, A parrel of
hot ashes had been placed In a wood
ohed Only the barrel was burned, tho
Aromen saving the shed.
Earlier In the morning an alarm was
turned In from Box 416, Seventeen tu
and Carrlhgton Streets, where a small
blaze broke out In a res:den*o near the
ooriier. I
ninnc on Viaduct,
At 12:12 o'clock yesterday afternoon, ;
before the weary nr. men hud bud limo |
In which to snatch more than a few j
moments' sleep, they were called out
"gain to extinguish n fire on the
Chesapeake and Ohio viaduct., at Four?
teenth and Dock Streets. A passing
engine had dropped burning coals On
the sleepers, and they immediately I
blazed up. Chief Uaffo. with Company |
No. 2. answt red this alarm, nnd ex?
tinguished the tire without difficulty.
Within twenty-four hours ten alarms
were sounded, Chief Joynea was up
practically the whole night, und did
not retlro to his bed until lalo yes?
terday ufternoon. "Ask the good peo?
ple," he said, "to pray that thero will
be no fires to-night. \Ve arc nearly
brokun down It was one of the hard?
est nights we have ever hud, und ono
of the coldest."
As an Instance of how bitterly cold
It was, a flfly-foot hose of Company
No. 4, where the automobile engine Is
Btatloned, was frozen so stiff that It
could not bo rolled up on the IrUCk,
Yetivrd.ay afternoon a dozen firemen
carried It back to the station 116 if It
were a pole. '.Vatoi Inside had frozen
hard from one end to the other, and
the hose wus perfectly solid. It was
placed down on the floor of the en?
gine house, and there tt remained until
It had lime to thaw.
IHK Record This Tear.
In Januury there were 104 alarms of
fire, which 'breaks the monthly record
atnee the department has been in active
existence. February Is not half gone,
and there have been more than forty
alarms The automobile engine, which
answered ninety-nine first alarms,
nearly all the seconds and all tho
thirds and Three Sixes, has averaged
one cull i\ day since It has been '.n use.
Altogether, it Is a bud beginning with
the firemen for this yeur of our Lord
1912.
ASHLAND NEWS NOTES
[Special to The Tinies-Dlspalch.]
Asiuuikj, \ a., r-uoruaiy l?.?.uis. B.
Uoigbji shepherd leaves Monuu> lor a
month's Visit lo friends In Archer,
Flu. Before returning Mrb. iShuphord
Will also visit Juciisoiiv nie uno St.
Augusline.
Misa Coiule Bridges haj returnod
from Richmond, whara i-spent Jan?
uary with bur atater, Mis. lira bam B.
Hobson,
Miss Louise Wure, of Richmond, Is
lha week-end guest of Miss Einma
Blaaton.
Mrs. 1. F. Lewis h,\s Issued Invlta
U6na tor un ul-uonn on Wedm ^duy
In honor of her guests, Mlasea Mary
Or>nicu Copper and Nell Lfcwla, of
Ra.eigh, N. C. ?
Mis. John Cuson Begur, of Lewleton,
la b;.end.iig some Inno With her sister,
Mis. Nat l>mcusler.
Mrs. Henry Rogue, of Baltimore, has
e.rr.\ed lo rpeuu a month wuh her
aunt. Mrs. A C. VVlghlmun.
Mrs. Frank Day returned yesterday
from a viuu lo her sister, Mi J. Frank
Mu.ler, at her home In tue. Green i
(Spring Valley, ueiir Baltimore,
Miss Eleanor U ingfield, ot Richmond,
Ir the Wo\)k-tlld ?Ucsl ot her uuni, Mia.
Burrcit S>dnur.
ours. Malculm I). Hart was hostess
on Friday ut a dellghilul bridge party. I
Misses Anne Mucoii foils, A?guatu I
Nixon, Mildred uno AiThu Hurt served!
punch and duini) refreshments, lue.
prize was w n by Miss Anne OoaWUll. !
Thoso playing were Mcsdumea Ber- j
nard Guest und Cha'pin. of Kichmondj ]
C. E. Rons, A..na Carr, Frank Wright; I
:ii!l Cur terti?r., .Latins Hunter, Bar-*'
reit Sydnyr,'Morgan Shepherd, Me-i
Do well, a. R. G Valbert, J. Ii. HlddlcK,
bxhoolar Fox, Tute Cneiiery ; Misses i
Anna Vaden, Anne Boaweil.
Mrs B. F. liund entertained the Ash-1
land Music Club on Friday night nl
tbe Henry Claj Inn. An attractive ro
gram was carried out. in which local
'altnl took I ai t. Including Mokdunica
J. C. Bloelngaiiio, B. 1''. Hund, und
Mallory; Mmst.? Clark Hoofnaglo,
Fruiices Luiieusler, Ar.no Cox. Mary
Wriunt, Baruh JJlOutngume and Nancy
Mldyette; Messrs. Uoiling, Willia und
Bruce. Fran punch and Ices wero
served dui.ng the evening
Among the guests weru Rev. W. M.
Goodwin, Misses Goodwin, Dr. and Mis.
B. C. Hatcher, Mr. and Mrs J. G.
Hughes. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Rtddlck,
Mtasea Herndbn, Mrs. II. D. Korr, Mis.
Henry Bogue, of Baltimore; Rev. anil i
Mrs. J. L? Moss, Mr. and Mis Richard
Chehery, Mr. and Mrs C. E. Foils, Mr. ;
and Mrs. James Hunter; Miss Yudun, j
.Mrs. A. C Wigliunun. Misses Cox, j
Margaret Leo, Mis. W. C RlanlOn; Mrs.
Richard Sempie, Mrs n S1. Shepherd,
Misses Stuart Rlantui. Marguerite
Wighiman, Martha Hughes, Eleanor
Wingrleld, of Richmond: August?
Niyon: Messrs. Withers, Hoofringlc
Hstcher, Willis, William Green. Bruce
and others.
Berry's for Clothes"
A good time to pick up a
spring hat.
Here's a flurry of $3.80 and
$4 soft hats at $1.83.
It costs us money to clean up
stock.
WOULD PUT BOTH
ON SAME BASIS
Members of Committee Want to
Deal Fairly in Granting
Lighting Franchise.
A report In expected by tile Coin- !
mit tee on .Streets nt Its meeting on
Friday nig lit from a subcommittee, to
which was referred the application of !
iho Hloliinond and Hcnrlco Rullway I
Company for a lighting and power]
truiichise. The mutter was fully ar?
gued last Wednesday night before the 1
subcommittee by attorneys for the ap
piicuiitb and tor the Virginia Hallway
aim Power CoinpuM.y, winch nuw lias a
light und power truuchlko in tins city,
and Id asking tor protection to too
^upilul so Invested. It la anticipated
tout u uiuutliig of the subcuiinnilleo
nill be caiie-o u.tily tins weeK to uis
cuss ttie i.oilier?poaaioly in execit
uvu session.
\\ hue aoiuittliiB that its Investiga?
tion hud laind to show tiiut me rates
eliuigcu were excessive, or mat tile
company now in Lue liuld was failing
to give adequate service, tiiu itichmonu
uiia Uenrlco Company tins Indicated nt
willingness to make a cut ot KU put
coat, tu nie prevailing rules, starting
with a buse churge of S cents per
kilowatt iiiii hour, us against the
IV-oeut buao rute ui the Virginia Rail?
way und Power Conipuny, umi to main
luin the suiiiu rule of discounts. Tin
Uenrlco Company, however, is u?will?
ing" to accept the requirement that it
guaiunteu to serve customers all over
Hie city. It desires to branch uul
Irum Iis power house, ulluwing Its
system of poles and wires and con?
duits to grow us Its trade develops.
The conipuny now In the field pro?
tests thai tills would allow its com?
petitor to come Into the cream of its
territory, serving u few large build?
ings or factories at cut rules, whllii
usuuming no part of the burden ol
erecting expensive lines fur into oul
lyl-.g seelions, wiiere customers are
few. Henry \V. Anderson, In tils argu
meiit uguinst u new frnnchlso, pre?
dicted a war of rates, ileroe competi?
tion for a brief lime and an inovltabli
co. solldatlon, w hen In llxlng rules
hereafter tlio romnmnity would have
to bear ihe burden of duplicute plain
und equipment and a double capitaliza?
tion.
while the committee has not gone
on record In the manor, several mem?
bers iiuve expressed llielr personal
view that since tho lleuricu Company
is already In the Held, with u Btreet
ear line und power house- In operation.
it Miouht be granted <i Heining and
power franchise, providing it will
agree io serve the whole city on equal
terms with the existing company, ami
will give ample bond to secure prompt
compliance with tho terms of the
franchise. Other members take the
view that the doubtful benefits of e.
competition, with the possibility of the
eventual consolidation predicted by
Mr. ..ndeison, will not componRHto the
city for the Inconvenience and dam
(ige of having the streets lorn up foi
conduits and further obstructed by
lines of poles and wires.
PROPERTY BRINGS $25,000
Mngnrtlc Ore Form, Ifnvvrvrr, lino
Been llnnded for gll.r.oo.oou.
Lancaster. Pa., February 11.?A
'properly which Adolph Segal In his
{prosperous days was able to mortgage
for 12,500,000 was sold yesterday foi
1$2f>.ooo. That Is the sum the Real Bs
? t?te Trust Company of Philadelphia
I was paid for the property by II. S
{Stalitiocht, of New York
! ' The property consists of seventy
I acres and ninety-eight perches of in ml,
and Regal spent $2,000,000 In develop
ing It for mnginetlc ore. There is such
ore- <>n the trnct. hut It has not been
found In paying quantities.
Stallnecht is snld to have New York
moneyed men interested In another at?
tempt to- mine the properly.
r
Investigate Our New
Clock Regulating Plan
Ir relievo? you ?>f worry and unnecessary expense, prolongs
the life of your clo<and assures accurate time.
Full particulars, cost, etc., phone Madison 1185.
Smith & Webster,
TIME SPECIALISTS, - - 612 East Main Street.
f
is every LARGE BUILDING now under construc?
tion in Richmond using
Washed Gravel?
Phone us, we can tell you.
C. P. lathrop & Co., - Richmond, Va.
till FOR ARMY
AIRMEN ONE MILE
At Greater Altitude They
Find It Impossible to
Work.
iDANGERS WHEN TOO LOW
Concussion of Artillery Often as
Dangerous as Bullets,
Says Co fly n.
New Tork, February 11.?The army
aviators, now In camp at Augusta, Ga.,
where they are having a lot of trouble
owing to tho weuther that has pre?
vailed In that section of the country
tins winter, have agreed among them?
selves not to make any altllurc lllghts
of a greater height than one mile. This
height, they have found, Is sulllcient
for military purposes, since at greuter
altitudes military observations urc of
practically no value.
Frank Coffyn. the aviator who made
the hydro-aeroplane Mlguu in Now
Voik last week, und wno was sent to
San Antonio to instruct the army avia?
tors In the usb of tne Wright blpluno,
whttii Wit, ai my was mobilized on ihu
Mexican fiontlar last spring, knoita
personally ell the olllcerd wno belong
to lha urm% uviatiou corps. He Bald
yesterday that he had agreed with
Captains Chandler and Ucck and Lieu,
tenant a Arnold, Foulols, Milling and
Kirtiuud, t..ut alllluuea over oiii mile
were unless for military purposes.
"It Eeems to me," said Collyn, "lh?t
this agreement Is both sensiole and
practical. In my opinion a height ui t
onu mile should be o,uite sufficient to
safeguard th9 aviators ircm ellhet
rille or urtillery tire. In the event
that It Is not proved so In the llrst on
counter, the military ovuuorg can very
quickly adapt themselves to altered
conditions.
"The chief reason why aviators
B'hould not lly too high lies, of course,
in the rapid change of ainiotpheno
conditions In botn ascent and descent,
and added to this is the nervous ten?
sion attendant upon Hying at great
altitudes, a tsnalon that Is ever pres?
ent, no matter how experienced tho
aviator may be, or how great h'.s nerve.
"We all know that aeroplanes can
be driven to heights of lO.lmO or even
12.000 feet, and that t'.lo aviators do
?get away with It," but, after all, that
Is all they do. There Is seldom, If
ever, any valid excuse for going up
10,000 feet, and man have been doing
it only because the promoter:* of avia?
tion tournaments regard altitude con?
tests as good paying attractions, and
therefore put up big prizes for this
most dungorous of all aeroplane con?
tests.
"For military purposes, a height of
1,000 or ii.000 feel will keep an aviator
almuut oui ot range ol guns ot ul<
lypus. I belteuV thai some day aero?
planes wilt hght aeroplanes and thai
inure will bu machines that may b?
called aeroplane destroyers, und maybe
_o.ne other day, sull further awuy
auropiani-aeroplane-destroyera, jusi j
.ike thuy huso torpedo boat destroyers;
:n lha navy now.
"From the experience I gained whits
dying in Texas last spring, mosil:-' i
with Lieutenant Foulols us u passuii-I
gar, 1 aulieve that lltlie accurate ob-j
conation work can be accomplished at
.ullluues of more ihun ?.Oeo leel, eel-?
lulnly topographical work at heights
greater than thai could not be accu?
rate, sin. e il would be very dlfUcUll.
a not Impossible, to ascertain me iru*;
aa'.ure of the country above which you,
are tlylng. l am not optimistic about;
Uomb throwing iroin aerup.aiieB, /or, at
iiy reasonable altitude?und It would
have to be reasonable lo drop lite bomb
ecuiuiely?the arUilary would surety
get the mi - iilne before many bombs
.. ere disposed of.
"I can clto an Instance of just whn: !
go.ng lo happen when an aeroplane
IlieS too low over avail light Held pieces :
ituna tsttnon, a crack French aviator i
ilow his aixiy-mile-an-hour Blerlol
about 2,yoo teet over four batteries of,
the Third United .Stales Field Anil-I
lery at dan Antonio last spring. ThU
tired at him, using blank cartridges, 6?
course. Tho concussions almost
knocked Simon out of hie seal, 'anu
only his wonderful airmanship kepi lllni
sale, ills machine rockeu and i .,. k.-?f
like an untraiuud broncho Artillery
will not have lo hit aeroplanes or lb ill
idiots. It high artillery exp.oslvea can
bt, deionaletl within tllty yards of tne
liying machines attacked, It will cer
latniy bother Hie airman dying too
low. So a military aviator will have
to lly at least a.uoo or 1.000 feet for
sufsty when passing troops."
Lieutenant Arnool, one of the army's
most skilful aviators, will be In New
Vork Uns week, and If weather condi?
tions are favorab.e he may make a
ii.gni with Colfyn in thu latter s nytiro
aeroplane.
MASONS IN TOWN
Grand Lodge Convenes In Annual Ses
.iiin Ta-jlurmn .Mght.
I Masons from all sections of the Stato
.ue gathering here for tha one hun
drcri and thirty-fourth grand annual
1 communication of the Grand Lodge,
Whlc.i will convene to-morrow evening
Iii v o'clock in the Masonic Temple.
Among tho more prominent Masons
wno nave alraady reached the city are
Most Worahtpful William B. McChes
ney. the grand master;, W. Luther An
tirews, of rtoanpke, dppiity grand mas
!? r I'...lip K. Bauman, Lloyds, grand
senior wurden.
The grand working committee has
becii ;i session Sinei Friday, and will
continue to met t dally until the close
of the grand lodge on Thursday.
The election of grand officers will
take place Thursday morning, the last
ilay of the macting. Heretofore this
feature Of the grand lodge has always
' occurred "n the second day. hut last
year It was changed to th^ last day.
rhe grand ollloors are: William B.
I ilcChesn'ey, Staunton. grand master;
i Vllllam Luther Andrews. Roanokc.
; leputy (.-land master; Thlllp K. Bau
nan. Lloyds, grand serlor warden:
' .nines B Wood. Charlottesvllle, grand
! nnlor warden; Fred Plensants, Rlch
! ndnd, grand treasurer:-Joseph V. Bid
rood, deputy gi and treasurer; nr.
! Isorg? W. Carrlngton. grand s*>cre
?ary: .Tames Alston CaboD. Blcbmond.
1 rrand senior deacon-; I'fenry K. Field,
. Mexandrla, grand junior deacon: B?>v.
Harry B. Lee. D, r>.. Charlottesvllle,
trawl chaplain : William McK.. Evans,
Richmond. Krnnd marshal, .lames Ai
:>nrnplln Richmond, Rrsml pursuivant!
(tenry P. Smith, Richmond, grand
tiler; James 1'^ Yen mans, grand stew?
ard. J
Richmond Will Hear for the
First Time
The World-Famous
Soprano
TETRAZZINI
The Corley Company invites all
lovers of music to vi-it their ware
rooms, 213 East Broad Street, to
hear the Tetrazzini Records played
on the
Familiarize yourself with some
of the wonderful selections which
will be sung in Richmond by this
great artiste.
Tetrazzini Sings Only for the
Victor.
Seats for Tetrazzini Concert on
sale at our store.
Successor* Cable Piano Co.
213 East Broad Street.
"KITCHIN CLUBS"
TO BE ORGANIZED
Governor of North Carolina Be?
gins Vigorous Campaign in
Fight for Senate.
[Special to The Times-Dlspatoh.]
Rulelgh, N. c., February 11.?Tho
tight In North Carolina for the seat
In the Cnlie? States .Senate now held
by Senator F. SL Slmtnone, which Is
being contested for by Senator .Sim?
mons, Governor \V. W Kilehin, ex
Govemor Charles n. Aycock und Ciilet
Justice Walter Clark, of tno Supreme
Court, Is about to assume a decidedly
ucutn stage, especiu.... um to Ihi con
teat (between titthdloir Simmons aim
governor lvllchin. it Is a fact itmt
inea? two .contestants const. Vr the
nie? us conir.iii in tnein, in tyiie of
inc claims ut mo frtetxia ot me other
two ounuidaies mm tney huve largo
und ilict cubing luiluwiiigb. Governor
ivitchiu bus launoaud u "iviichin ciuo '
campaign tiiu.1 lb to be punned into
uVdry ejuarler of me Stale, und wtiun,
ihrougn invitation^ to tho Governor
io uuliver duttressea from lime to time,
will liluke opportunity for him to
speak in all parts of the Slate under
enthusiastic local auspices.
The lnltiul club In this movement
,1 as been formed in lluleigh, an i has
extended ah invitation to the Governor
io address it next Friday nigh'.. lie
has uccepted, und will speak In the
Academy of .Music. This speech is
sure r.> stun a me of political contro?
vert thut will .spread into every part
of tl)e State, and will doubtless wax
moi*? strenuous until the primaries
are held In the fall to ?etile th.e con?
test.
The senatorial content conditions In
the Slate at large are hard to esti?
mate both Simmons und Kltchln ex-,
pressing great satisfaction, and claim?
ing a safe leadership'. Kx-Governor
Aycock and his friends also grc -n
high spirits, with Hie ex-Governor in
the best health condition he has en?
joyed in years, Chief Justice Clark
and his friends, too, ure working en?
thusiastically, and declare that he Is
developing a surprisingly large fol?
lowing In many ;ectlons of the State.
I The sales of loose leaf tobacco on
the North Carolina tobacco inurketq
during the mouth of January aggre?
gated I0,129,7?S pounds, against C.098,-i
742 -.luring January, 1911. Wlnston
' Salem led. aa usual. The markets and
I the sales for each were as follows:
I Wlnston-Saiem, 1.753.127: Mount Airy.
1.363.650; Rpekj Mount; 712.fii": Rox
! |>c>ro. 866,300; Henderson. 644.103:
I Reidsvllle, 564.021; Wilson, ?12,652;
; Durham. 407.216; Oxford, 455,713;
Greenville, 354.015; Burlington. 203.731;
Farmvllle, 182.369; Mobnno, ir.n.172:
Klnslon. 137,885 BtonevlllS. 135.682;
Warrenton. |35,259; Loulsburg, 126,048;
Creedtnoor. 122 258; Pilot Mountain.
7r..r><<7: Toungsvlllc. 75.214: Apex. 70,182;
Madison, 68.0S8: Fuquary Springs. 55.
?71- Wtlllamston. 46.512: T.cak^vllle.
! ifi;(l36' Stntesvllle. 43.947: Wendell 4 3.
,-,rtr, Milton. 34 r.89; Smlthficld. 33,050;
I KohcHonvllle. 20,470.
in new, original and pleas?
ing designs, ideas, etc. Not
the old-fashioned kind, but
new. clever and appropriate
cards, letters, messages and
greetings that will surely
please your friends.
Presbyterian Book Store,
212-214 N. Sixth St.
DELAYED BY COLD
Big Improvements Are Far Be?
hind, but Through No Fault
of Contractors.
MAYO BRIDGE WORK HALTS
Too Cold to Mix Concrete, and
Freshet Season Conies
After Thaw.
At no time In tho history of lllch
mund has there been u greuter amount
of public work In progioss or In eon-1
temptation, livery department of lb/]
City government Is siruluilig Us re?
sources to In? utmost to keep up with
the rupid growth of the city. I'll* un?
usually acvuru winter hus ulmuut put
a stop to outdoor work, but In in? ot?
hers the plana huvo gone sieudiiy f>.
wu.rU. 'l'ho Lngineor's Department needs
only thirty Uuys ol open WeuUlel to
complete Its great sewer undertaking
lor the drainage of the Mi It re south*
Western seel,en of the city. Sovel i|i
miles of luleruls bave ulrcudy been
Intel, und others are under eouiruol, und'
the com:...; u( spring will Sie it lurgo
section supplied both with urulnagr
und city wuier. Through litis auiuu sue-I
tion a number of streets uro being cut
to giud?, opening up a new territory io
building.
Aicv? UrldKc nt Standstill.
Work on the n'jw Mayo Bridge I?.
far beniiiti conir.uvl tmiu ami hus t>e;n
practically at n standstill throughout |
the winter becuu.se ot the dtllie u.tlos j
of pouring concrete lu cold weather. I
Tears ure expressed that unless morn j
rapid progress Is made this spring tho
new bridge will not be completed be?
fore another winter. Progress will bo
to a large extent dependent en the
spring freshets und the condition ol
the river.
The Light Departni' nt is having plans
druwn for a new gas holder, lo bo
elected on city property ut Sixteenth!
and Dock Streets, from which connec-j
tlutiB will be made across the new'
bridge to supply South Richmond with
city gas. Work will ulso b-gin shortly
on laying gus mains m the principal
streets of the Soulhside, though the
actual connections cannot be litiid utid j
the gas supplied until the bridgi 1.? I
ready for the supply main.
The Water Department, besides In-1
stalling new electric pumps tor tn*
Wist Knd standplpe service, has (Ulms
available from a bond Issue for laying
water mains, and Is following the new
sewers into many new sections. T?;j
joint Improvement, besides Its sanitary
value, win yield the city a revenue
greater than the Interest on the outlay,
for wherever sewers are provided, city
ordinances compel householders to con?
nect with city water. There Is also a
sewer tax of 10 cents per linear foot
on all property, whether buiil upon or
not, fronting on streets In which there
are sewors.
Public Schools.
The City School H eard having recent?
ly completed und occupied the William
F. Fox School. Is now bilnglng up the
walls of a new Madison School at Mad?
ison and Cary Streets, to cost, com?
plete, approximately si"0'?)o. and a new
colored school on Buchanan Street. t-"> j
cost lto.0'10 Plans have ulso beeil
drawn and are now pending before tho'
Finance Comniltt Vi for a new Bellevuel
School, to be erected on the Van Lew!
property, at an approximate co.st of'
$105,000.
The Market Committee has hnd planst
prepared for A new I'lrst Market, to ?
cost $50.000, proposing to erect th7
new vegetable house this year, at >?
cost of $17,000. to follow next year
with the meat house, ai Seventeenth
and Main Street?, to cost $33.000;
There is much speculation as to
whether the forthcoming budget will
carry any appropriation for a new arm?
ory building for the First Virginia
Regiment. The old building has been
condemned, and the Council, after I.ear?
ing from the liuilding Inspector, used
a fund of $20,000 s?l apart last year
for repairs In the acquisition of adjoin?
ing properly, with a view to the er< -
tlt>n of a larger and more adequate
building. Tbc olnecrs of the regiment
have urged an appropriation of hot leas
than $100000 for a modern and up-to
date building.
lloHpltiil and Library,
The erection of a new city hospital I
Is a live Issue before the Council; tho I
Offer of Thomus J. Todd has brought;
s0.uarely to nn Issuo the noed of a
public library: the overcrowding of I
thi courtrooms anil records 'ifllcel lij
forcing forward the Issue of the erec- :
tlon of a municipal courthouse, for'
which purpose the city hu? acquiredI
tbe Ford block, adjoining the City Hall.I
Street cleaning stables, great park I'm-1
provements and incessant dbmanda foi l
funds for grading paving and Improv- j
Ing of slreets. sidewalks and alley*
are the projects which ure being ton-1
sldered by the makers of the new
budget, which Is to oe reported to ilnl
Council within the next ten days. a|
bond Issue for Improvement of ?irect?
111 the outlying seel ions Is regarded asi
almost Inevitable, but the cool -=t heads!
In the Council have advised delay, bo.hi
on account of the market u,r city I
bonds and In order that lite depot t-|
menta may clear their decks of tn. gi?
gantic work now in progress, the Kn
gln :er's Department having been ul-l
I most overwhelmed with work for thel
! past two years.
Charged With Assault.
Cornelius Bunks, colored, was ar?
rested early yesterday morning on a
charge of feloniously assaulting Joseph
Boyd With a knife.
REPUBLICAN MEETING
I Almost Certain to Indorse- Taft for
Itenomliiiitlon To-NIgbt.
There Is apparently no doubt thai i
President Taft will lie Indorsed f?i
renomination at the Republican city
'mass convunilon. which will be held
I to-night at 8 o'clock In Bclvldcre Hull,
; but whether any action looking to
i wards giving the support of Itlchlllond
in the elect lor, of a national commit
teema.a from Virginia will b0 taken
remains to be seen,
j The tip hns gone abroad that Charles
D. Hilles, secrt-lniy to the .President,
has let it be known that it |s ihn
wish at the. Wilite House that the
Virginia organization, with Alvah II.
Martin, of Norfolk nt national com?
mit tecmain, and Congressman c. Bns
com Sletnp, of the ' Ninth District, as
chairman of the f-tatc Committee, ho
Indorsed and permitted to continue It;;
work. On the other hand, It is loarnci
that other powers nre equally ufl hs." I
nt work to secure theelectlon of Royal
13, CabcIL of Richmond, former post?
master here ami mow Commissioner
of Internal Rovchiio, nn tho successor
of Mr. Martin.
If this question does not com, up
to-night, it Is almost certain to be
mi\d.?. nil Issuo in the Third District
WE announce with pleasure the opening of a
Richmond sales agency, on February i,
1912, with Mr. D. S. Williams in charge.
Our location will be the Mutual Building, Room
1218, where we hope to serve your interests better
than ever before, by placing at your disposal in
Richmond the best of our knowledge and experi?
ence in the handling of business methods and sys?
tems.
Your requirements of whatever nature will re?
ceive prompt and considerate attention.
Library Bureau
D. S. Williams, Sales Agent,
Mutual Building, Room 1218
RICHMOND.
Phone, Madison 4281.
Republican Convention, which will be
held next Monday night In Leader Mull,
8011th Richmond.
OBITUARY
.lira. l.oiilna A. Waldrop.
Mrs. Louisa A. Waldrop, aoventy- 1
four years old. died yesterday at the
home of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Martha
Waldrop, near North llun Church,
Heurlco county. Sho leaves one eon
and two sisters. The funeral will take j
place this afternoon at 3 o'clock from
the North Hun Church. Interment!
will oc made In the church yard. j
Captain Hubert <:. Uryaut.
(Special to The Tlm'ea-Uiaputch.
Bristol, Va., February 11.? When
death claimed Captain Robert C.
Bryant, at his home here to-day, at
'.nr atre of soventy-one years, there
was removed one of the thlny-s'x nur
Vlvlng members of the baud of Con
fedi r..te aoldlera known ap thr "lm
mortal six hundred," who Were 1111
pr soned at Fort Delaware nr,d on
Johnson's Island. Captain Bryant was
a native of Washington county. Ho
entered tho army as a volunteer In
DEATHS
A i KINS ? Pled, ut her homo. tOlS
Baldwin Street, Sunday, Febiuary
... iniant VIRGINIA bfcLL ATKiaa. j
in the graveyard softly alec ping, I
Where the llowera k? mly wave, j
Lies the one 1 lovu so dearly.
In her lonely, silent grave.
Farewell, Virginia, may your slum- '
hers
Be us gentle as your love,
And when Cod snail call me home-'
ward.
Hay I meet you In heaven above,
lly her father ami mother, |
MB. ANU MKS. J. D. ATKINS.
Funeral will lake place at ubavo
residence MONDAY, February 12, at
2 1?. M.
BROWN?Lied, Sunday mornln* at 3:10 i
o'clock. ELIZA M.. wife of W. C. 1
Mrown.
Funoral TUESDAY AFTERNOON
at 2:3? o'clock from First Baptist]
Church. j
CORKRAN?bled, at her home. slO
West Main Street, Richmond, Vn.il
Saturday, February 10. 1912, at 2:48
!'. M., MRS. ELIZABETH JANE
CORK RAN. She Is survived by hot
husband, Henry a. Corkran; three
daughter, Mrs. L. I-".. Berry, of Fusion,
Md.. Misses Edith May and Elisabeth
Greenwood; and live sons, Ceylon C.
Herbert, ilunry Lee, Bishop Aabury
.-.nd Oranvlllo Brlce, of Richmond,
Va.: Htepmoiii'T. Mrs. Wm. B. Oreen-I
ivoodj two sisters and two brothers.!
of Talbot county. Md., and a host of 1
friends. Mrs. Corkran was n do-1
Hcendunt of the Brlce family, one of:
the most lnlluentlal film 111 in of Kent
county, Md., and also niece of Cap?
tain Thomas 11. Tilden, late of Phila?
delphia, I'a. She lud n beautiful
Christian ilf<\ every one's friend, a
faithful, devoted and unllrlnK mother
"Asleep ill Jesus, blessed sleep."
The funeral will take place from'
home MONDAY, February 12, 1812,
at 2:jj 1'. M. The Interment will ho |
In Rlvervlew Cemetery.
The pallbearers will bo Jus. 8.
Francis. W. O. Manone. W. V. RaR
huid, S. IS. Blsnop, Vernon Wells,
Asnby l'yle and .Ino. D. Taylor.
LbliENTZ?Died, at her rcaldonce, 123 |
Wist Clay Street. February 10. at 10
A. M., MKS. MARY C. LORENTZ, In
the seventieth year of her age.
Funcrul from St. Mark's Church
THIS (.Monday) Al-TliiCSUUN' at Jj
o'clock. , j
?MARTIN?Died, nt his residence, 827 i
China Street, Saturday. February 10,1
II?!*, at'7 P. M;, TilOM AS Ca BELL
MARTIN, son of the late Joun Sfi!
and Annie W uu.i Marlin, aged twen?
ty-two years.
The funeral will take place from 1
the 1 I .iticucc THIS ArTERNOON all
?I o'clock. Friends of the family are
Invited 10 attend. Interment in llol-'|
1 lywood Cemetery.
I MEYERS?Died, at his residence, 12IS
1'ortcr Streut, yesterday at 11:20
o'clock I'. M., MR. olEYERS, Ho i.s
survived by his wife and six chll
then
funeral notice later.
MASSIE?Died, at the residence of her I
nephew, r. Masalo Noltlng,;2120 Hun
over Avenue, at 12:45 P. M Sunday, 1
February 1), 1912, SUSAN QU ARLES I
MASSIE, in the BlXly-nlntll year Of
her age:
Funeral from the house TL ESO AY |
M URNING, February 13, at 11'
o'clock. Interment private.
PAG E?Died, at the Virginia Passim- '
ger and Power Y. M. C- A.. 'Sunday
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, VV. E
PAOE. Ho leaves two daughters und
one son.
The body will be sent to Durham
N. C, Tuesday mornlli-" at 6 o'clock
Burial In Durham.
THOMAS?Died. Fobruary 10, 1912, at
the home of his son. J. H. Thomas. .
IMOi Hanover Avenue, JOSEPH
FRANKLIN THOMAS, in his eighty
sixth year of age.
Fvfiorul from house MONDAY,
February 12. 1912, at 3 P. M. Inter
no nt in" Hollywood.
Baltimore and Philadelphia papers!
please, copy. ,
\V A I.DROP?Died. Sunday. February
II, 1912, at the home of her slster
In-liiw. Mrs. Martha Waldrop. neai
North Run Church. Henrlcd county.
Virginia LOUISA A. waldrop, in
the aoventy-llfth year of her ape.
She Is survived by one son and two
sinters to mourn their loss.
The funeral will take place THIS
(Monday) AFTERNOON at 3 o'clock
from North Run Church. Interment
in churchyard.
I Washington capers Dloaie oonv.
IS61, und wus later commissioned llrst
licutcnunt of Company F, Foriy
cighth Virginia iuhinuni. lie ivaa
cupiurvl at Spots) 1 vuniu in Muy lvil
tn? WHt for six months in tlie f?deral
prison ui Fori Delaware. Ho was bn
Morris Island, S. <\, in lS?t, later be?
ing sent lu Fori l'uluskl. Georgia, and
null laier lo Hillv/us Head, S. C. tie
v.'ua in several hard fought battles,
lie- Is survived by his wire, two S?lm
and one daughter. Ills wile wus M ?
Callle Hunter, of Jonesboro, Tenn.
Walter Urcenway l'rcotou.
(apcclul lo 'the Tt meB-DiSPUlCb.)
Ablngdun, V'u., February 11,?Wal?
ter (Jrwonway Preston died heru to?
day, ul the ugo of sixty-two, uitii li
long llliicbs. Mr. PieSton bad been
confined to in? room only for the past
two weeks. Until lie retired lrom
business several years ago. he was a
successful dealer in lumber, and bad
been since its organisation vice-presi?
dent of ihe First .National Bung ui this
pluco. lie belonged to a prominent
family und was widely connected. Mr,
Preston wus never married. He ia
suivlved by hlu, sielet.*. Misses kllcti,
Margaret and Gilbert Preston, und
Mrs. J. J. Btuurt, and by one brother,
John G. Preston, of Edensridge, Tenn,
All the members of the family wer,
present ut the deathbed of their
brother,
M. ij. Vouuir.
Spotsyivunia, Vs., Fubruuo 11.?M.
L Voung, un uged ciliXon of Ulis
COuhty, Oled luhl night OI heart fail
ui e, ugea seve..ly-two years, ->ir
Voung was a mercilutlt and wus go.llg
from ins store it urn i'hortisburg t
home. He died in his buggy on the
putdie roud before reuthing there. Hi
was a Confederate Veteran .um sol veil
througn Hie int.re war u..der Ciii>tu.n
Allensworlh in the Thirtieth Virginia
Regiment. He tilled the oftlci
Justice of the peace In this co.uhlj
very acceptably, und was high!) lion
ored lor lus fairness und integtic Hi
Is survived by lilt, widow, pig son* and
three duughlers.
Dr. Cdvturd II. Murrell.
(.Special to Ihe T.mua*Di?p!ttch.)
L>nehburg, Va? February 11.?Dr.
Edward 11, Murrell, for many years u
practicing physician hero, died ut his
country i.oine early this morning, llu
lui? eighty-seven years old, und re?
tired from practice twenty years ago
Dr. Muri ell wim the fattier of tin
widow of Senator John A. Da..'el, who
was Ills only child, and survives. Years
ago, the Murrell honte was noted for
its hospitality and General Robert E.
Leo was frequently entertained there,
I.. Cobiia l.lgon.
[Special 10 The '?nieS-lJlspatch.J
Lynchburg, Vu., February it.?i..
Cob be Ligon, formerly a resilient of
this city, but more recently of Chi?
cago, ill., died yesterday afternoon at
Catawba Sanatorium, where he nnd
been for treatment for tuberculosis. 114
was thirty-four years of age and it
native of Nelson county. He Is sur?
vived by u brother j*i<\ two sisters,
W. M. I.Ig,in and Mrs. George Kvans
Caskle, of Lynchburg, and Mrs. Thus.
C. Peek, of St. Louis. The burial will
be at Jonesvlllc Monday.
Jiunea M. Diingnr.
[Special 10 The Times-Dispatch.*1
Heathsvtlle, Va., February iL?Jas.
B. DUngar,, aged seventy-eight years,
died at his home near Calleo on Mon?
day. Ho was 11 brave Confederate sol?
dier, hnvlni; fought through the whole
war. He wa3 a member of the Demo?
cratic Committee over twenty years
and t. charter member of Bethany
Baptist Church. He leaves two sons
and three daughters.
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