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?WISED HIS SOU
TO RESIST HAZERS
?Professor Ferrell Promised to
Support Him, Even if He Killed
in Self-Defense.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch]
Raleigh. K. C. September l'J-?Pro?
fessor W. J. Ferrell. of Meredith Col?
lege, when seen this morning relative
to the reported hazing of V.is son. Rus?
sell Ferrell. at Wake Forest College,
?nd the rumored denial of the report,
?aid the report of Russell's having be. n
hated reached members of hi* lanuly
end that he communicated with Pres?
ident Poteat and was informed by him
that some of the boys made him trot
around the campus. Being o\erheatej
and exhausted are presumed to have
been the reasons for his being in the
Infirmary, professor Ferreli Mys that
while nothing was said to him at the
time about its having been town boys
instead of college students, lie can
readily credit the statement that town
boys did it. as he knows that while lie
?was a student at Wake Forest a con?
siderable part of the hazing was done
by town b^ys. Mr. F.riell Is outspo?
ken in his denunciation of h?z.'ng in
general, and cays that srhea he started
his son to college this fall ho told him
that when razors got him "ie could
dance and sing and cut any other d.do.? J
th<^- ordered him to if he wanted to, I
but that he would die first. He ad- ;
vised him to lock his room de- ir and ]
go to bed with a big stick when there j
van danger of hazers, and when tii.yl
(.ante to warn them tha' they could I
reak open the door, but the first to
to enter would get the full fore, of the
big stick, if it was nssesaarr to kill
a hazer In self-defens.-. !ie would '
fasten to his assistance and defend
Mra before the college faculty and la !
tha courts. Professor Ferrell is a 1
member of the board of trustees or'
AVake Forest College.
Charters were issued to-day for the
Farmers' Union Supply Company, ol
Cameron, X. C. capital $5.000 author?
ized and $1.000 subscribed. b\ A. D. ;
SManesley and others, and the Cons oil -
dated Bridge and Machinery '.'ompany. I
of Burlington, capital |125,0M author- :
tzed and $4.12j subscribed, by G. W. '
Tolliger. R. W. Curtis and J. It. Hoff?
man. A charter amendment changes
the name of the J. C. Marsh Company. ?
Marshville. to Davis & Ross Company, i
Governor Kltchin went to Fayette- j
ville to-day to make a senatorial cam- :
paign speech. He is billed for -St. ;
Paul's. RDbeson County, to-morrow, sad :
will be back in the executive office
?Saturday. |
Attorney-General T W. Blckett has j
?urnlshed to State Chairman Charles A. ;
tVebb. of the Democratic State Kxocu- ?
tlw- Committee, an opinion construing
the State election law ns to registra?
tion books, holding that under the law
the registration books of each pre- !
einct throughout the State must be j
open for new registrations of voters ',
October 3 to October 2.1. Those who '
?will have to register are voters who J
have changed residence and those vot- j
Ing for the first time.
The Xorth Carolina Democratic cam- \i
Tnittee on finances for the national!
campaign. Hon. A. W. Melees n chair- '
man. conferred here to day .is to a i1
strenuous campaign for raising funds.'1
end will issue at once an urgent ap- !1
Peal to Xorth Carolina Democrats. ' I
Here for the meeting were Colonel W. {:
Bf. Osborne. Greensboro; Charles Bren- j
Izer, Charlotte: Max Gardner. Shelby-I?
General J. S. Carr. Durham. j 1
Ferrell Not Injured.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Wake Forest, X. C September 19.?
Sieferring to a Raleigh special about
Berry's for Clothes"
! t he ticket sot the? different poli?
tical parties, don't forget our
I price ticket3.
Suits marked $20 stand on
ja platform of low tariff, the
! initiative (we mit.ate the new
jest style) the recall (of your
; money it you're not satisfied)
land the referendum,andequal
: rights to all our customers,
man, woman or child. No
favored class.
Everything for man and boy
to wear, Suits for men $18 to
$40.
For boys $3.50 to $15.
Fashionable Hats.
Fashionable Shirts.
Fashionable Scarves.
Fashionable Shoes.
hazing at Wake Forest College, pub?
lished in The Times-Dispatch to-day,
1 beg to say that Mr. Ferrell was taken
from his room with Iiis consent, but
was not injured in the sligntest de?
cree, and has not been in tiie infirmary.
No inquiry of the college authorities
Here was made by your correspondent,
or he might have avoided the serious
misrepresentation in his telegram.
V. M. LOCKS POTEAT. President.
RESPONSIBLE FOR STRIKE
Operators In Other States Blamed for
Trouble 1st West Virginia.
Charleston. W Va.. September 19.?
D. C. Kennedy, secretary of the Kana
what Coal operators' Association, tes?
tifying brfor,.- the West Virginia min?
ing investigating committee to-day
declared the operators in other States
were responsible for the present
strike In the Kanawha district. Mr.
Kennedy la this assertion backed up
the contention of the operators fre?
quently expressed that the Joint com
petittve States of Ohio. Indiana. UH-!
nois, and Western Pennsylvania abso
lately controlled the wage scales in
other .Mates and ht> cited Iowa and
Michigan as examples. These States, I
le'said were not permitted to have a;
-epresentative on the scale committee, j
ind have no voice In the scales even
locally.
Evidence was offered with a view:
Df showing that the joint competitive
States are back of the movement to i
organize ?.est Virginia for the pur
pose, it was contended, of controlling
the wage scale In this State.
The commission then recessed until
Saturday morning when It Is expected !
['resident White and other Interna- i
lional officers of the Mine Workers'.
L'nion will appear before the commit
loo appotnted by Governor Glasscock j
:o investigate reining conditions.
Not made by a Trust, but by an independent Com?
pany producing a better quality and silling it at a
'. popular price.
Sold mr all-good Creotw. Insist on fcayiai if.
HAVE YOU HEARD THE
Melo dig rand
W. Fred. Richardson, Inc.
Storage and Transfer Department
Main sad Belvilere Streets.
We call attention to cur sptendic (aviiit.es for packing and crating house
need goods bric-a-brac, china, glass**? pictures ard works of art for stor?
age, dociestic or irragr, shipment Car. save you 25 per cent in freight
Get our sstimare Phones Madison M? and Monroe Ml.
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(Continued From First Page.)
> dlrate as an explanation that the pol
i luted oysters obtained from potnta be?
low Blakiatone Island may possibly be
(attributed to purely lor-al condition*.
Of course the possibility remains that
the pollution of the water extends
much farther down the river in the
fall of the year, at tne beginning of
the oyetei serson. when the oysters at
the local wharves have been iound to
be much woise than at any other time
during laa season, of course the only
surety we have that the iijatais found
polluted actually have come from the
locations from which they are pur?
ported to come is the statement of the
owners and captains of boats engaged
in the oyster Industry.
The results of the investigation al?
ready made would indicate that any
oysters taken above Blakiatone IslanJ
are likely to be pulluted and in such
condition as to be considered under
, the food und drugs act as uutit for
j human consumption.
I The department ha? been conserva
? tive |a deciding upon conclusions
I based upon these rather extended in
| vestigations. The questions of public
[ health and the ultimate oyster inter
', ests which are at stake seem so im?
portant mat wide publicly has been
I decided upon.
Must Protect Water,
i There is manifest need of wide dis
: cussion. much more investigation und
I immediate action on the part of the
I States and cities from which the pol
' luting materials are discharged into
the. Potomac Kiver. It is suggested
that every typhoid patient should bo
quarantined and all contaminated
clothing should be disinfected, and
thus avoid infecting sewage, and that
even in the case of typhoid carriers
precaution should be taken to reduce
, to a minimum the pollution of river
? sewage by typhoid germs. Quarantining
? and disinfecting the excreta from
? several hundred patients in the city
of Washington, and as many more in
! farm, village and city homes in terri
? tory tributary to the Potomac River
outside of Washington, ought not to
. be either very difficult or expensive.
It Is also practicable by means of
screena and other agencies to keen
flies away from the active germs from
Infected patients.
The time has come when the Fed- j
: eral and State governments should em- j
j ploy sewage experts to advise concern- ;
I ins the care of sewage from the farm, ,
the village and the city, as we now em- I
ploy experts to advise concerning dis- i
eases of animals or the wholesomeness '
of milk. It may be that a concen?
trated war on typhoid would reduce
that disease to a small percentage of
the present number of cases, or might
even result in its eradication.
Safety la Ceoktag.
The results of these investigations
emphasise the need of refusing to eat .
oysters from questionable sources un
lead very thoroughly cooked. The re- j
suits of data already gathered would ;
indicate that all oyster beds should be
Inspected with a vi?w to finding all
contaminated beds, that means may be j
devised to prevent their pollution. The
experts assert that once the pollution
is abated the oysters will become t
wholesome in a relatively short time. ?
In some cases it is believed that it will
be found practicable to remove ma
tared oysters from polluted water and j
plant them temporarily In nonpolluted
beds, from which they may again be I
harvested after they have cleansed !
themselves of typhoid and other dis
eaae bacteria. The producers of and
dealers In oysters have a right to ask j
for public assistance in protecting the
oyster fields, and legislative bodies
have here a new problem. |
Numerous cities having successfully
Installed sewage disposal system which
prevent contamination of adjacent
waters, the practicability of this meth?
od has bepn proven. These Suterns of
sewage disposal destroy not only the
typhoid germs, but also otherwise pur?
ify the sewage waters, which. If al- |
lowed to contaminate the_streams, may I
give rise to various intestinal trou- j
bles.
CROWDS IN RAIN
LISTEN 10 WILSON
(Continued From Fl rat Pace.)
6t Paul ahead of him; but which he
had to overtake to reach Chicago for his
Kastern connection. The car which he
had been using was wooden and rocked
and creaked while racing South in a
way that nude the Governor's friends
fear for his safety. The one to which
he was tr.-jjisferred in Chicago is a
steel rar and a'ro has the advantage
of a shower hath, which gave the firs'
chance at a bath vhi^h Governor Wil?
son and his party had had since Sun?
day.
Tt reek Vtetta Wlleea.
rvrroit. Mich. September 1??One cf
Governor -'Vocdrow Wilson's visitors
after he r'a? r.?d his hotel here to-night
was Tvrus Oawb ;,ail player extraor?
dinary, with whom tr-? Governor had
--pressed f dea>re to shske handa
before leaving the city.
"7 haven't seen i since we were
f"e"ther In Georgia, except that I have
?een you play hall many times since
'hen." said the Governor.
Well. Governor, the n?xt time I aee
I hope it will be in the White
H .-e replied Ty. after which the
nominee :nv-)ted the ball player to have
1-ir.-' with him The latter bashfully
de !;ned
The isa-i time he aaw me lu Geor?
gia I was on the stage In glad he
di.ln I refer to that.- ,aid Cohn with a
grin u h? l?ft the hotel
<-!?:, Poe-ej.. colored, employed in the
! tram she<ts of the Richmond. Fred
. er. ksh jre and Potomac Railway, at
: Eighth and Byrd Streets, was struck
<-n th< heed uat night with an iron
H ik? ?elided by an unidentified negro,
jw.-.o earned Otis wss treated by
Amb:iianr# nrgeon Hawkins
I Tt w- xiner. of 2*tl Richmond
St re. t ? ?t painfully hurt la the < h~?t
y?at?rd?y aWrnoon when a scaffold
!-* - a new building et Von roe end
Broad streets fell. Three other work -
I ?"?*??> with him ear-aped with a Jolt.
;ettr.or? wot. n da were dressed by Am -
bulanee Rarvenn Hawkins, sad h* wss
latrr r*rr.oTe<l to hip home
New Tork. .?epje-nt'er 1??Johnnv
KilNone. ,.f Cleveland. chsmplon
feat hei ?reicht puertst- onrpotntel
I drlie C'Keefe. of Philadelphia. In
their ten-round beut at Ma ~
heuere Garden her* to-atcht.
COURSE IS POOR
FOR AUTO RACES
Starter Wagner, After Hours of
Work, Says Track Only
Reasonably Safe.
Milwaukee. Wis., ?eptember 1?.?
Hundreds of privately owned auto?
mobiles speeding around the Wau
watesa auto race course to-day put the
track in shape for the preliminary
program for the Vand>rbllt cup race
to-morrow.
When the officials of the course were
convinced that the efTorts of some 500
road-builders and steam roller work?
ers were useless, so far as drying up
the course after days of rain was con.
leined, they called upon the private
automobile owners of Milwaukee, and
for hours hundreds of cars were run
about the course. To-night Starter
Fred Wagner declared the course rea?
sonably safe.
BODY ATTACHMENT
SERVED ON POLLOK
(Continued From First Vage, i
Hofchklss that printed copies of letters
taken from Schepps were accurate.
Hart, who arrived to-day from New
I York, declared that it is the conten- j
tion of the defense of Becker that ?
Schepps made assertions while in cus- !
tody in Hot Springs as a Rosenthal j
murder case witness that will tend to
show an entirely different motive for i
the killing of the New Tork gambler |
than simply a desire of gunmen to earn j
wages. He questioned several news?
paper men informally this afternoon
preliminary to the examination before
a special commissioner of persons who
talked with Schepps while he was de- |
tained in this city.
District Attorney Whitman is also i
here to attend the inquiry, which prob. I
ably will begin Monday of next week.
Whitman issneo Statement.
Hot Springs, Ark September 19.? j
District Attorney Whitman, of New j
York, issued the following statement
to-night in reply to assertions credited j
lo Mayor Gay nor: H
?I have seen only the telegraph dis- I
patch to the press here, so I have no
detailed! knowledge of what has been
?aid. ,
"The secrets of the grand Jury have
not been violated, as every member of
the grand jury knows. The minutes j
of the grand Jury have not been made j
public since I was district attorney,
except by proper order of the court,
and every judge of general sessions I
and every Supreme Court, whenever |
such a suggestion was made, has been ;
able to satisfy himself on this point, ]
and in some Instances has done so by j
the merest reference to the grsnd Jury i
minutes. j
"It is no statutory offense for the i
district attorney to reveal testimony j
given to the grsnd Jury, although 11
agree that no conscientious public om- i
cial would do so except as provided
by law.
"It Is Interesting at this time to re?
call the fact that something more tnan 1
a year ago Mayor Gaynor was him- I
self a witness before the grsnd Jury, i
He complained for publication on the ?
following day that his testimony had j
been made public by me. It developedj
later that the statement in question i
which related to the retirement of 1
Deputy Commissioner Flynn was not |
made by Mayor Gaynor before the j
grand Jury at all, and that he had j
been examined in the grand Jury room
by George Gordon Battle and Frank;
, Moss and not by the district attorney, j
j who was not even in the room when '
' the subject was referred to.
j "I don't propose to be diverted from \
1 the prosecution growing out of the j
: murder of Herman Rosenthal, and I '
I intend to Ignore any further efforts to j
'becloud the real issue. If the Mayor
: or any other citizen has any charges to
prefer against me he is at liberty to j
. do so and the sooner the better." j
roll From Street Car.
James A. Nunnally. of 342 South |
j Laurel Street, was Injured about the i
head and face last night when he fell '
from a street car while in the act of !
alighting at the corner of Sixth and
Broad Streets. Policeman Smith sum?
moned the ambulance, and Nunnallys
hurts were treated. Although his In?
juries were In so sense serious, be
was removed to Grace Hospital for
further care.
I Third Sonet Excited.
North Third Street was upset yes?
terday afternoon when a runaway
horse fled northward with a wagon. ,
dragging along the pavement a man i
whose leg had become caught In the
! wheel. Re- r,re the animal could be !
halted William Turner, colored, hsd
? been badlv injured in the knee and j
leg. in addition to being cut and
bruised about the face where he had
been dragged bv the runaway. He
was treated hy Ambulance Surgeon
Hawkins.
Women's Hair
Made Glorious
Parisiaa Sage Stop? FaOiag Hair
?ad Daaeirmff
Nothing. so detracts from the sttrac
i trvene*? of wcman a* dull, faded. Itntre
1 le?* hair
There is no excuse for thi? condition
nomadaw l>ecau?e notice t? hereby given
to the reader* of The Tinw^Dwpatch
? that Parisian Sage, the quirk acting hair
restorcr. i? sold ?ih? inofiey-back gwar
I antee at 50 cents a Urge bottle.
Since its intnvjucsion into America
Pari?wn !\ege ha* had an immenee sale,
and here are he reason?:
It is >afe and harrples* Contains no
dve or pr-i?onou* lead
It cure* dandruff in two weeks by kill
ing the dandruff germ.
, It stopf falling hair
It promptly stops itching of the scalp.
It makes the hair soft and luxuriant.
It give* life and beauty to the hair.
It is not ?tkky or greasy
It is the daintiest perfumed hair tonic.
It is the best, the most pleasant and
invigorating hair dressing made
Fight *hv of the drnggi**. who offers
1 you a substitute: he is jnwortby of your
confidence.
Made only in America Kv Giroon Mff
Co. Buffalo. N. Y The girl with the
Auburn hair r* on every package.
AH reliable druggist*, department store*
and toilet good* counters have Parisian
jSage Haw Tonic. The girl with the
; Auburn hair is on every package. TragV
i Drag Co. guarantee *.
Had ftiberculosls
rho?* who suffer from Consjmption are
generally Troubled Wffh night ?weit?, fever.
I less of strength and little or no appetite.
I Fresh air. good food and the proper rare
, or the body ar? eaaenllal to a recovery, but
l In many cases something more la needed.
if.ek.man a Alterative la a medicine which
has been moat aucreeaful In stoppln? night
1 sweets, reducing fever and promoting ap
, petite, and many who have used It declare
[ it a*ved their llvet. Investigate wh*l It did
? In this cast.
j "Gentlemen For four years I was troubled
? with cough, which gradually became worse
: I had night sweats and pains in my che?i.
1 I w*i losing my appetite and had become
?o thin and weak I could not attend to nay
h'-uaehoid duties A physician pronounced
mv case Consumption. Not relng satisfied,
I was examined by the physicians of the
Polycllnlv Hospital. They also pronounced
'he disease Consumption, which was proven
later by an examination of sputum, as Tu?
berculosis Bacilli were found. I was ordered
to a Consumptive Hospital. Mr nephew
aeaM not allow me to co until I had tried
Hokman's Alterative Before I had taken
[the medicine three weeks 1 had msrked re?
lief. nia.it sweats < eased. t,aln In the breast
reltlved. rough became loose and easy, fever
left me arid I commenced getting well My
health became normal. I am In excellent
health now and liaSc been completely cured
for ten years. I strongly recommend it."
I I MRS > MARY WASflON.
. Care Kd. Green. HfJ S. Hin St.. Phila . Pa.
! Eckman'a Alterative la effect!..' !.i Bion
[fhltis. Asthma. Hay Fever. Throat ami I.ung
I Troubles and in upbuilding the system.
: Decs not contain poisons, opiates or hablt
: forming druga. For sale by Owens st Minor
Drug Company and other leading druggists.
Asa for booklet telling of recoveries and
I write to Eckm.jn L.aroratory. Philadelphia.
Pa., for adddltlonal evidence.
T1FI TIKES ISSUE
WITH CONGRESS
(Continued from First PsK*)_
proposes-to do With this accom?
plished, the people may then Judge for
themselves whether the proposals
sent to Congress are in the interest
of public welfare and as such should
be supported.
"The further recommendation which
I have made Is this, that In the prep?
aration of data for the budget you and
the head of every other department
shall clearly Indicate what changes In
law are thought to be desirable as a
means of increasing the economy and
efficiency of the service. What is de?
sired is open-handed dealings oetween
the Congress and the executive depart- j
merit, and in this the public should
be taken into confidence through the
broadest publicity that may ensue. I
"Cpder the Constitution the President
is intrusted with the executive power
and is responsible for acts of heads of
departments and their subordinates, as
his agents, and he can use them to
assist him in his constitutional duties,
one of which is to recommend measures
to Congress and to advise it as to the
existing conditions and their better- j
ment.
"If Congress is permitted to assume .'
exclusive jurisdiction over what the
President may seek to learn about the
business transacted by the depart- !
ments. if Congress is to say that the
President shall not find out what is
th? present manner of doing business, j
what results are being obtained, what j
it is that officers for which he Is re-1
sponsible propose to da and what
amonnta are being asked for future J
expenditure; If heads of departments ,
are to be considered purely as the mtn- j
isterial agents of Congress in the prep
aratloa and submission of estimates, j
then, as far as the business of the gov- I
eminent Is concerned, the President of I
the United States is shorn of most
important executive power and duty."
Trade Report.
uradstreet's to-morrow will say for
Richmond and vicinity:
Reports from nearby sections indi?
cate satisfactory trade conditions, with 1
the exception of territory where crops 1
have suffered from drought. In the
blight tobacco belt of Virginia and
North Carolina the crop is about so
per cent of the average. However, j
prices average higher than in any
recent year, and will about offset the
shortage In quantity. In the sun
cured belt the tobacco crop is very
poor, being an entire failure n some
sections. The quality and quantity of
cotton vary according to sections,
abundant rain having fallen in some
locations, while other sections have
suffered severely from drought. A j
ready demand is found for si] offerings
of cotton and tobacco. The corn crop
is far below the average. Grazing i
lands have been benefited by needed
rain this week, and some prepara
tloa for fall crop have been com- I
menced. Local manufacturers and Job
hers of shoes and dry goods report
good sales. Manufacturer* of harness
Sad leather good* report sales In ex- I
cess of sny previous year. Dealers
in drugs snd chemicals report active
sales. Naval stores nre in ready de?
mand, and prices firm. Building oper?
ations continued active, supply dealers
being active, and labor la well em?
ployed la this Una Manufacturers of
machinery, locomotive* and vehicles sre
In most Instances working up to cap
paclty. Some manufacturers of farm
and read wagons report their output
sold for twelve months In advance.
Some complatnta of car shortage are
heard, and the report* of the majority
of local railroads show lncresse In
receipts. Retail trad* Is fair for the
advanc-d season. Collections continue
alow, but In some quarters Improve?
ment Is noted with jhe marketing of
crops. I
DEATHS
BARKER?Died, at 10:45 P. M. *t her
( parents' residence. 1104 West Main,
j VIRGINIA PAGE, infant daughter,,
of Thomas L and Lottie A Barker,
age nine months snd twenty-five
I dsys.
I Funeral notice later.
CARTER.?Died, at the re*ld?ne* cf^
her niece. Mrs Flippen. 413 Fast Clav.
*t 5 to yesterday. MRS. THOMAS
CARTER, of Amelia County.
I
DOR INS.?Died, at hi* residence "Oak
Grove." Chesterfield County, at i;o*
A. M . September 1?. C J DOBINS.
in the thirty-third year of hi* age.
H? leaves a wife snd four children,
two brothers. W. T. and ames
Dohlna: two sisters. Mrs D. W. Long
and Miss Maggie Doblne.
Funeral THIS AFTERNOON ?Sep?
tember J0> st 4 o'clock. Friends snd
acquaintances invited to attend. Ia- i
terrnent Maury Cemet-ry.
BOOKER ?Died, at the Soldiers- Howe
st ?45 P. M. September 1?. IHK.
THOMAS* BOOKER, son of the late
George T aad Carolin* Rook er
Funeral st 4 o'clock THIS AFTER?
NOON from the mortuery chapel.
I II ?11 y wood
STNNOTT ?Died, at j? a M September
1? mi, at *?** Vensbla Str t, J. 3 j
8INNOTT. JB.. in thirty-second year
of aga. _
Funeral IS A. M SATCRDAT at
St Patrick's Church.
iRAVSOME-?TM*d. In morfilnt of Sep.
tern her 1?. Ill*, at IS*, South Laurel
Street. RANNTE J. RANSOME
Funeral from Calvary Baptist
Cbur-h at ? P. M BRIDAT. t*th.
_ e
MAfPIB?rvad. In PoTtsmoeth Tues
day. DR O W O MAUPTN Ha is
* brother of Mm. Joseph V Bldrood.
of this etty
MINOR?Died. Wedneedav morning.
MBS I.ANPON1A RANDOLPH
MINOR. w*dow of Captain Robert T>
M nay. la the eighty-third year af
POSTMASTERS GO
DIRECT TO TUFT
Will Urge President to Extend
Civil Service to All Fourth
Class Offices.
SHOW THE NEED OF REFORM
Convention Deals With a Va
}? riety of Topics on Its
Opening Day.
' Sentiment in evidence yesterday at
the convention of the National League
of Postmasters will materialize Mon?
day, when a delegation from the league
? will present a petition to President
raft asking that all fourth-class post?
masters be placed on the civil service
. lasslticd list C A. 8tllltngH. editor
of the Postmasters' Advocate, tele?
graphed President Taft for an appoint?
ment for this purpose yesterday.
The names of 20,000 postmasters
from States south of the Ohio River
and west of the Mississippi have al?
ready been signed t > the document,
and the end of the campaign is not yet.*
Before the work is completed it is
hoped to have the signatures of 90 per
cent of the 65,000 lourtli-claiis post?
masters attached to the petition.
Beginning with the address of Pres?
ident C. O. Barry yesterday morning,
almost every speaker made some ref?
erence to the proposed reform. The
matter will receive more detailed at
. tention In papers which will be pre
ented to-day, and resolutions will
doubtless be adopted before adjourn?
ment to-morrow.
Results Satisfactory.
Mr. StllUngs. who Is slated for an
I address to-day. outlined the plan of
procedure last night. He mentioned
the fact that President Roosevelt had
placed the fourth-class postmasters of
fourteen States on the civil service list
in November. 1908. The results have
been satisfactory to the Post-Ofllce De?
partment, and the officials believe bet
| ter service may be obtained by the ex
! tension of the reform.
' In additl >n to requesUng the classl
1 .'cation of the fourth-class offices, the
! leag-u? will ask that fourth-class post
! masters be paid according to the
amount of mail they handle,
i "As conditions now stand.'' said Mr.
Stlliings. "fourth-class postmasters re
j celve pay In proportion to the amount
! of stamps sold. This rule was as tab -
| llshed twenty-nine years ago. During
I the time that has since elapsed the mail
j order business has developed to such
Ian extent that postmasters handle a
far greater amount of incoming than
j Of outgoing mall. Therefore it Is un- |
j fair to ask them to accept pay' pro-1
1 portlonal to the amount of stamps they
sell. It is often the case that a rural
' mail carrier, working under a fourth
! class postmaster, receives more salary
than does the postmaster himself."
As to See*a*-Class Mail.
The newspapers came in for their
share of criticism. In a paper devoted
I to "Postal Economy and Penny post
| age." F. G. Ely. of Davisburg. Mich..
! censured the papers for not folding
i their mailed copies properly and stated
I that postmasters often wereeforced to
j devote a large part of their time to
; the correct folding of newspapers
; msiled out. In discussing "Second
Class Mall." William Gilford, of Thorn?
ton, Texas, produced a mass of figures
to show that second-class mail matter
does not bear its proportional share of
postal expense.
"It Is clear.' he said, "that the per
I capita profit of 73 ce/us on first-class
matter and the per capita loss of 7S
cents on second-class matter are al?
most an offset, or. in other words, that
every man. woman and child is taxed
T3 cents by way of their letter postage
over &nd above the charge for carrying
their own letters, in order to meet
the deficiency arising from underpaid
second-class matter."
He went on to state that, in his
opinion, every periodical ought to be j
required tu furni.sii a higher class of
reading matter in order to compen?
sate for this advantage. He further
' recommends the abolition of the "free
In county" privilege extended to
j newspapers, the establisnment of ]
1 penny postage and the use of stamps
by government departments and offi?
cials.
Hats t- aesi?liaa Qaacbe
In his addreaa at the close of yes?
terday's session George Daniels. In
i spector-ln-aharge at St. Louis, scored
ithe unscrupulous quacks who victimise
tho public by means of exploiting
stocks and other boras aoourltlea.
[Mr. Daniels outlined the methods by
w hich the post ?Office Inspectors detect
such dishonest deals and punish the
offenders. Often, ho said, tho eentt
ment of btae press nnd the public Is
against the department In Its efforts
to carry on ouch work. The discovery
of dishonesty amons; postal employee '
also received attention in his address.
I In an address on the "Selection and ,
j Training of a Clerk." O. W. Curtis, j
I of s wanton. O. described the Ideal .
j postal clerk aa a man possessing '
honesty, energy and integrity. To
, these qualifications he said that the I
postmaster must add that of courtesy,
through training. He spoke of thej
I great part which courtesy plays Inl
the work of the average post-office. |
and showed by several Illustrations
the effects of courtesy nnd tsct. Mr. I
Curtis stated that two of the most
; frequent questions asked a postal em?
ploye are. "What salary does the post?
master bore get?" and 'When does
his term expire T The proper reply
for these questions, be stated, is: "Tho
postmaster always draws his own
salary and paps me what I receive: I
have not thought to ask him what
he geta And I have never asked him
.when he Is going to resign."
I McH. Webb, of Simpeosvllle. Ky. \
? opened the session yesterday sfter- j
; noon with n paper on "Sinshlne and <
Shadows of the Postal Service " His |
I tslk was mostly sunshine, and from
i the reception accorded it. the speaker
Us n person dear to the hearts of the
league members. Mr. Webb is a man
of some years* nnd Has spsat a fair 1
part of his llfs la n psst-oMre He,
related many amoeing experiences,
culled from years of service
The convention began Its meetings I
at id o'clock yesterday morning, with
President Charles O. Barry, of Wslker. j
To., ta the ehnfr. Governor Mana In1
a happy speech welcomed the visitors j
w H. Adams spoke In behalf of the!
city, nnd postmaster Edgar Alma. Jr..
represented the Chamber of Commerce
a ad the Wichmond past-office The 1
morning session was closed bp the'
address of Fl safest Bsrrv
Mr. Bsrrv expressed the slews held |
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. by members of the league the nation
1 over In regard to placing the fourth
class postmslera on the clasalfled list.
Ha urged the correctness of this vis?.
: In simple Justice to the postmaatera of
: the State, which were not affected
, by President Roosevelt a order of ISO*.
classifying the officers of fourteen
States.
The registration books last nlajfcA
showed that I'ii postmaatera had p. ace a
! their names 0:1 the record, and a nurn
; ber of them have their w;ves an:
families accompanying them. Twenty
latX States and the District of Colum
I bia are so far represented. The offi?
cial delegation from Washington will
. arrive to-day and other delegatea will
'? alao come in.
Kxeuralon to Dutch Gap.
I The visitors enjoyed a moonlight
i excursion down tne James River last
' ntgnt. Boarding the steamer Po a
: hontaa at a o'clock, the party went
j down the river to Dutch Gap. the boat
j returned at 11:3V. This excursion was
? arranged by Poatmaater Allen, who Is
, receiving congratulatlona from all the
delegates on his thorough arrange?
ment for their entertainment
I To-day will be the biggest day of
i the convention. Officers will be elected
i and addresses will be made by G. G.
; Thomson, chief clerk to Postmaster
General Hitchcock, by G. A. Stilllngs.
jand others which will deal with vital
j matters in relation to the welfare or
i the postmaatera and the aervlce. In
addition, the number of delegatea In
attendance yesterday will be Increase 1
; to-day. TeeterSay waa the beat open
. Ing convention day the league has ever
had
i To-night after a meeting of the new
I ly elected officers, the convention mem?
bers will be entertained at a buffet
supper at the Richmond Hotel.
Held i_
! Two negroes fell under the razor it
Robert Jackson, colored, before the
crowd could fade through the doors
'and windows of a houae on Soutn
i Second Street laa night. The Injured
;were Clarence Milkina and William
Johnson, both aeverely cut In the
neck and head. The city ambutmc*
,waa called and Surgeon Hawkins
dressed the wounds. Jackson was cap?
tured later in the r.ight by Policeman
Thomas and locked up in the Second
Police Station on a felony charge.
OBITUARY
Luther S. (amp.
Luther S. Camp, of ion West Grace
Street died at 11:30 o clock laat nignt
at the Retreat for the Sick, after a
lingering illness covering a period or
more than a year. He ia survived by
two eons. William S. Cam . of Chicago,
and Hunter W. Camp, of Richmond.
land one daughter. Mrs. C. W. Tucker.
I of Drake's Branch. Va. He leaves also
four sisters?Mrs. -d B Eastwood.
Mrs. Clarence Lackland and Mrs. Har
I riet E. Curtle. of thla city, and Mrs.
R. M. Balne. ot Little Rock. Ark.
Mr. Camp waa well known in busi?
ness clrcies. having for a number of
: years been copnected with the J. P.
I Pace Tobacco Company of this city,
c p to the time of nls Illness he was
In the employ of the Smith-Courtney
Company.
J. W. Bradford.
i r Special to The Times-Dispatch. 1
Cap* Cha-rlee. Vau, September 1?.?J.
vr. Bradford, aged eeventy-two year*,
died suddenly at his home, near Keller,
last night of heart failure. He was a
prosperoua farmer, and well known
on tne Eastern Shore of Virginia. He
Is survived by a widow and six chil?
dren.
S. Bra Before Toauager.
' {Special to The Tin?e?-Di?pa?ch 1
I Lynchburg. Va. September 1??&
Brans ford Younger, for twenty years
general ag< nt of the Norfolk and
j Western Railway here, died of apoplexy
' vestee-day afternoon at 2:15 o'clock. Mr.
i Younger was stricken on the Island
I yard, and he was hurr'ed to the sta
itlon vard in a pasaenger coach. There
|?>ra, RawlS%gs and Hamner saw Mr.
I Younger, b.it nothing could be d??ne
tor him. Mr Younger is survived by
hi* wife, who was a daughter of tn?
late N R- B?wman. and the following
flvo children : Morris. Brana.'ord. Net?
tle Lovelace and Ida Younger, all of
j whom were at the home of the famiiy.
oeyoad Rlvermont
Mr. TounsTT was a member of tne
First Bapt'rt Church
Mr*. H<a?II? teadthv
(Special t" The Times-Dispatch]
Alexandria, Va.. September Id. TftC
Hr?se!iua Smith, a former resident or
this cHy. died yesterday at Deerflell.
Minn., at th* home of her sister. Mrs.
I>ear. of that place. She had reached
an sdvanced age. Her body waa
brought here this afternoon, and ti e
funeral will take place at ? o clock
to-morrow afternoon from Christ Ei-is
cepel Chsrck_
HeawT ak Chain.
(Special t? Th* Time*-Dispatch ]
Alexandria. V*, September 1? ?
Henry a Glover, who wee Tester'ay
rfTeraooa atrieken while on the ab>l
with an attack of vertigo, died laM
night at Ms home II? waa alxty-rve
I years old. and unmarried three
brothers aad on* alster eurrtv*. For
maVrreer* he was conductor on the
Biuemont Braach of th* Soathera Ratl
p a, w. a. mmm
Greensboro. JC. C Seeoomber If ?
T>r Wie Ortreosn. far many year, a
member of the Weatera North Cero
l?sT Metbadiet Coafere.c*. though
more recently active as a capitalist
l^proweoter. died awddealp at h-;
home here to-day An acute attach of
rnd^esTlon, whlrh affected the heart
waa the cause of death
Griasom waa a director la two
lomJ bank*, ateckbelder la many la
?wseT^owtorpesoe. ?ha
of his death woe aearvery jsBsSil a.
..intm 1 aad treaewrer et
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