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VOL. VI-NO. 182.
W-PHICE STORK
flffii I MM,
Arc always on the lookout for
BARGAINS
And are receiving new and
Desirable ?/Goods
EVERY DAY.
_ I
Satin striped Batiste, at 121c a yd,
French cashmere Umbre's. 25c a yd; |
usual price, 37jc.
Yard wide Batiste at Sc a yd.
Pongee Drapery in great variety of j
?styles, at 15 and l~e a yd.
Ladies' black drapery Nets from 25c
a yd up.
Figured Mohairs, in light shades, at
33c ayd
A!l wool ('bailies. S3 inches wide,
?k'c a yd.
Woo! suitings, 54 inches wide, 2Se aj
yd.
\V< >ol si nped Suiting, 36 inches wide,
12ic.
Pin check wool Suiting, ?S inches,
at 15c a yd.
All wool Suiting, 3S inches wide, 20c
a yd.
China Silks, at 37Jc, 50c. 73c and
a yd.
Striped Pongee Silks in all the latest
hades, at 50c; regular price, 75c.
Ladies'and children's cambric and
Swiss Flouncings, from 25c up.
Butterick's Metropolitan Fashion
Sheet has just arrived and will be
given away free of charge.
Snyfler, Hassler and McBain
134 SALEM AVENUE, S. W.,
~'?ANOKE, .... VIRGINIA.
J. F. WlNGFIELD
Insurance and
REAL ESTATE.
AGENT, ROANOKE, VA.,
INSURES
uiidings, Bridges,
Mills. Crops,
Live Stock,
Merchandise, Wood, Lumber.
SELLS
Dwellings, Furniture,
Farms. Town Lots,
Stores, Mineral ana
TIMBER LANDS.
J3T143 SALEM AVE. P. O. Box SO
feb2-tf
I
For this quarter and
GAS BILLS
for month of May are now due
and payable iCOMPANY'S office
Gas biiis, if paid before the 10th
instant, a discount of 12i per cent,
allowed.
NO DISCOUNT on bills paid after
the 10th instant.
Failure to receive a bill does not en
title consumer to the discount.
Lime for Fertilizing and Disinfect?
ing, also Gas Tar for sale.
Applications for extensions, im?
provements, taps, purchases and all
other matters relating to Gas or
Water should be made to
J. G. Rawn,
Manager.
ROANOKE GAS AXD WATER CO
No. 1 Third Avenue, Southwest
? r "" /
ROAN< >KE GAS AND WATER CO.,
310 Bullitt Building.
Philadelphia, June 18th 1S!)0.
The directors of the company have
this day declared a semi-annual divi?
dend of four (4) per cent, on the cap?
ital stock of this company, as paid in,
payable in cash on July 1st proximo,
to the stockholders of record as of
June 23. The transfer books of the
company will dose on the 23d instant,
and reopen on the 1st dav of July.
IL E. G ERHARD,
3621,21,26,28,30. Treasurer.
J. E. Mulcare & Co,
Manufacturers of
TIN AND SHEET-IRON WARE,
And dealers in all kinds of Cooking
and Heating Stove.-. Plumbing, and
Gas and Steam fitting done. Tin
rooting a specialty. Satisfaction guar
autecd. 3No. 115 First avenue, Roan
oke, Va. ap5-tf
NOTICE.
All parties indebted to Dr. Pedigo,
are requested to come forward and
pay their bills or give some good rea?
son why they cannot pay, or I will
nave to take some other s"teps to col?
lect the same. Respectfully,
L. B. DEI7ERLE.
Office with W. T. Watkins, Consta?
ble, je 22 to jy
C. A. HEATH,
The well-known Jefferson Street
BARBER,
Ha* opened a Barber Shop in Hotel
Roanoke.
Room in basement. my20 lm
GARDE
LANDRETH'S
CELEBRATED GOOD?;
SEEDS* FRESH
-AND ?
RELI?BL
-FOR SALIC AT
C. R-WERTZ,
FAMILY GROCERY.
lOSOommerce St.
Prices as Low as the
Lowest.
lite Bread Ftar!
I
i
WHITE BREAD FLOUK.
AVE WILL PAY
$50 IN CASH
To any one who can furnish
the slightest proof of the
slightest adulteration in the
Famous and Popular
WHITE BREAD
FLOUR.
Try "WHITE BREAD1" and
you will
CMARKLEY&CO..
?THE?
Checkered Front Grocers
124 and 126
First Avenue, S. W.
HICKS, BANE & KELLY,
Real Estate Agents,
GRAHAM, VA.
They are associated with J WHicks,
Attorney-at-Law, who furnishoB ab?
stracts of title. apW-Su
AT
COST
For 30 Davs.
OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF
DRY
GOODS
Consisting1 of Foreign and i
Domestic DRY GOODS,
Ginghams, Satines, Challie?,
Bleached and Unbleached
Cottons and Sheetings, etc.
Will be offered at
PRIME COST
FOR THE NEXT
30 DAYS.
Our Hemi)ant Coun?
ter is now ready,
where you can
select
at any Price
ROSENBA?M BROS
42 Salem avenue.
pay - cash
FOR YOUR
GROCERIES,
BY DOING SO YOU CAN SAVE
FIFTEEN PER CENT.
AT
BloirslioiiiFroQt
134 SALEM AVENUE.
Use Blount's
Favorite Flour,
A TONET TO LOAN ON TIME, AND
_t JL pnymonts to suit borrower. People's Per?
petual Loan anil Iluilding' Association, of Roan
oke, Va. A. 7.. K?lner, president;M.C. Thomas,
vice president: W. P. Winch, <?ccratary and
treasurer, Koom 1, Masonic Temple, Campbell
street. Paid up shares, s<50 each. Installment
shares, SI per month. H?nowers can at any
time secure a loan and fix their own limit of
the period forrcpayment.
As a saving oank this institution offers spe?
cial inducements. Installment shares may be
subscribed for at any time. Jaterestis allowed
on moneys placed with the association.
This association is doins a successful busi?
ness, paying semi-annual divi lends, and is a
desirable investment for capital. apl-tf.
N. SALE & CO.,
BEDFORD CITY, VA.,
Agents for
The Bedford City Land and Im?
provement Co.
The Otter View Land Co.
The Longwood Park Co.
A.nd the most desirable business and
residence property in the town.
Refer to the First National Bank,
Bedford City, Va. apl.5-3ra.
Sewers,
City Engirteer's Office, ^
Roajsokb, Va., June 8, 1890. i
Sealed bids for laying sewer pipe
will be received at this office nntil 12
oclock July 7, 1890. Specifications
can be seen at this office. ? ?
WM. M. DUNLAP,
;e7 30d City Engineer.
>KE, VIRGINIA. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 3, iN<)0.
PR
m FIVE YEARS.!
FLYERS FOR THE FOI Kill
GREAT INCREASE IN
ESTATE VALUES.
REAL
m FOURTH CITY OF THE STATS
The Asneftsment Completed Compara?
tire Statements of tbe AfMMsnienla
or ms* nn<l ihm Show tin Increase
or8.T,209,2r>I,7.-S.
The three gentlemen appointed to
j assess the value of property within
the city limits of Roanoke have at
last completed their labors, and the
result, which is a most gratifying one,
is now given to the public.
No town in Virginia, nor indeed in
the whole country, can show such a
remarkable increase in values during
the past live years. This increase is
due to a steady, constant and perma?
nent growth. There is not hin- of the
boom about if as many people, notso
fortunate as to reside here,would like
to prove.
The result as given will not be a
surprise to the people of Roanoke, as
the Timks lias a number of times
pointed out the progress which was
made, and foreshadowed the
Nomu of the Horse* to Run at Mel rose
Park Tomorrow.
The races tomorrow at Melrose
DrivingP?rk promise to be most in?
teresting, and nearly all of the crack
horses of this section have been en?
tered.
Mr. W. W. Bradshaw, of Lynch
burg has entered his Josh Hillings
and Tripple Cross, both of whom have
records to be proud of. Mis brother,
Mr. J. W. Bradshaw will bring Alary
T. and Cricket. Then there will be
Robert E. Lee, FitzhughLee, Repudi
ator and Lulu T., ail Lynchbnrg
horses.
There will also be so eral good
horses from Fincastle, and Roam kes
sure or more of dyers will be on hand
to prove that this city has within its
limits some of the best horseflesh in
the State. The races will commence
promptly at 3:30 o'ejock tomorrow af?
ternoon'
1 SAW ONE!
A SUPPER PARTY TALK OF
CENSUS ENUMERATORS,
THE CAVE COUNTRY.
NOT ONE (IF WHOM WERE tISTSD
Vt ti.u Mr. ?oorse Sale Si: id to n Tim on
Man-William A. Sielley.or.Memphis,
on HIn Annual Visit to the City. And
Other .ltatterHof Interest.
THE MORTU SALEM LAND CEVlt.
beinj,
probable result, ''"he assessors d<
serve the thanks of every one for their
careful and painstaking work. The
assessing of property is a tedious and
often thankless occupation, and many
changes had to be made before a sat?
isfactory result could be reached. A
comparative statement of the assess
ments of 1883 and 1800 is given here:
assessment of 1800.
Buildings. Lands.
1st Ward, $775,355 1,802,778
Od Ward, 855,585 1,081,2?!
3d Ward, 803,155 352,750
Total
2,088,13
2,830,846
1,245,005
$2,524,005 4,220,780 0,750,884
assessment of I8S5.
Buildings and Land.
1st Ward. $446,612.25
2d Ward, 533,515
3d Ward, 501,475
Total ?1,481,032 25.
An increase of ^?.'JOO.S?l .75 in live
years is something unparnllelod in the
history of Viginia cities. This value
represents nearly as much as some of
the cities of tht. State, boasting a
population as great as that of Roan?
oke. For purposes of comparison, ..
table of the increase in other cities is
given:
I vs .",
l2.09l.3Vi
.VlK'.'.Cl
5.708.IIU?
l,4Sl,GXi
[ncreas<
IKjSM
i?i,300
3,191 :
M.TOtl
Sorb
Lyncburff,
Norfolk.
Danville.
Petersburg',
Kounoku,
X Deel ease.
It. will be seen by these (igures thai
Roanoke ;s to day the fourth city in
the State, in the value of her real
estate and improved property. Five
years ago it was the tenth. These live
years have worked wonders in
the way of building the city
which is now the pride of the Old
Dominion and the Hub of the frreai
Southwest. What thenexl live years
will show no one would have the!,
temerity to guess. If the city 1. '
on at its present pace it i
land at the very head of
there is'every indication i
be so.
We have set th
follow or fall.
Bcaiitltm itiiU'iiu;; i.ots SOxlSO For
81.30 per Wee!*, For 100 Weeks.
Dummy line from Roanoke wiil pass
near this property ami a connection
will be made with it.rhus givingpart
ies living here quick transit.
J^ind weli watered and drainedjdnd
many villa sites will he included in
the drawings, some containing two
town lots of 100x:!0<? f-et. Chalybeate
water on premises or easy of access.
Cor romantic surroundings, lovely
scenery and .accessibility this prop?
erty is unsurpassed. The telephoue
line from Lake Spring to Roanoke
Red Sulphur Springs passes through
this property.
A laboring man wiil lind here line
range for horse, row and pig, and his
thrifty wife an excellent place for
raising fowls.
The wealthy man will find here
villa sites unsurpassed in Virginia for
boo uty of local ion.
The sportsman will And deer
short hunt. The writer starte
one on the premises, and the moun
tains are a short distance away.
To the dwellers in hot, dusty
crowded cities, the delightfully coo"l
pure atmosphere will be refresh in
and invigorating. A city man who
will huiid him a cabin here anil rust
cute two weeks in summer, will add
teii year- To his life. The cabin can b
built for ?150, and wt guarantee ten
ants at $60 per annum net, if you dt
sire it.
Wc guarantee 50 percent, profit on
these lot-, when paid for, or taketheiu
off your bands.
No malaria here : no doctors needed
Your wives and children will be
healthy and rosy and your doctor
olue.
As only a limited number of t lies
lots will be sold at this low price
those wishing to purchase had better
do so at once. Apply to H. Harlan?
Crown, Salem. Va.; Mahood. Ston
Co., Lynchburg, Va.; Oscar D. Derr?
Co., Roanoke, Va.; J. C. Parkinson
2011 E. Marshal! street, Richmond
Va.: Win. Mahone, jr.. Lynchburg
Va.: Par. McCall, Lynchburg, Va.; J
B. Pbaris& Co., Martinsville, Va.
The North Salem Land Company.
President,.!. R. (!. Frown, sr.; vice
president, H. B. McLaughlin; secre
tary and treasurer, W. E. Brown; gen
eral.manager, H. 6. Brown; attorney
W. W. Ballard. Directors?J. P. Me
at.
Byrne, Cbas. Scott
Lyncliburg.Va.; W. Lee Brand, Salem
Va.; A. S. Asberry, Roanoke, Va.
j b. .>. o. I.am) company. of salkm, va
President, H. Garland Brown. Sa
vice-president, lion. John R.
Illdee^ Johnson, Christmnsburg; secretary
and treasurer, W. E. Brown, Salem
the list and
hat this will
pice, let other:
L,
Derr, Roanoke.
C. Arthur. Bed
Francis.Marion, V
Awfully Frightened.
Yesterday morning the attention of
several railroad men and twice as
many women, was attracted by a lit?
tle boy near Brick Row, running to
and fro frantically on the bank of
Trout Run Sewer, and bawling im?
mensely. Thinking that perhaps a
ronipanion had fallen in and was in
danger of being drowned, they rushed
to the lamenting individual," only to
find that the little follow's grief cen?
tered on a small dog of his which was
takiuga casual swim to get cooled
off. The lad's dilemma was a fac?
simile of that of the hen which is sub?
mitted to the disagreeable fare of
hatching duck eggs. He didn't knov
the pup could swim.
Mr:
A.Streak of Fortune.
W. Keller, of this city, had tin
good fortune on the 10th day of April
to be notified that she was the holder
of a twentieth of ticket number
21,3015 of the Louisiana State Lotterv
which drew the capital prize of $:iU0,"
000 and last week she received a sack
of twenty dollar gold pieces from the
Lottery Company, amounting to
$15,000, which she has deposited in
the First Nationa^Bank for the pre?
sent.?San Luis Obispo (Cal.) Re?
public, May 10.
Thrown From a Wagon.
Spillow Franklin, colored, while
approaching Roanoke river yesterday
morning, in a wagon, the front
wheels went suddenly into a
gully, and he was thrown from
the spring seat to the ground
between the wagon and horses. Bis
left shoulder was very painfully
sprained. He was taken to bis
home near the Old Lick, where a
physician was called in to dress bis
wounds.
j attorney. Rush
! Directors-rHon.
I ford City; W. P,
Hubert Watts. Lynchburg; Georg?
Gravatt, Roanoke: J. D. Carr. Roan?
oke; M. A. Lovett, Roanoke: J. B.
Levy, president Citizens' bank. Roan?
oke.
Not too hot for B. & <>. and North
Salem Lot Clubs, but parties were
going all day looking at and buying
their lots. The cheapest and most
desirable in the world this hot
weather. Vesterda;. V ? des our largest.
At this rate, won't have many left
Saturday.
Stockholders* Notice.?Stockhold?
ers of the North Salem hand Com?
pany of Salem will call at the ofllee of
Oscar D. Derr & Co., between the
hours of <i and 10 p. m., Monday, 30th
June,and present their shares of stock
when paid upnon-ass< -sable stock will
be issued then for die number of
shn res subscribe d to.
Subscriptions will a so be taken to
the Lot Clubs to be organized by the
North Salem Land Company
All stock subscribed to and not paid
for will bo sold at public auction, in
the name of tiie parties defaulting.
Respectfully,
Mahood, Stone Sc Co.,
Lynchburg, Ca.
Oscar D. Darr & Co..
Roanoke, Va.
H. G. Brown & Co.,
Salem, Va.
H. W. Lee,
620, Clinton Ave.
Baltimore, Md.
W. E. Summers.
Washington, D. C.
Reuben Finnell,
with Neal & Paris,
Roanoke, Va.
A Colored .Man's Invention.
Calvin Cox, a wealthy colored man,
residing at Emory, has invented and
had patented a flange lock for fasten?
ing together theendsof railroad rails,
it has been tested on several roads
and is pronounced to lie a very useful
lf ??.??. ., , , ,, . i and ingenious invention. It will be
m"ty? *? a"V \u'm"^t,,V-1?a,']^l,Iiln^1 testod on the Norfolk and ?Western
uJh ? I \ }' fcfeJ-^JC?and shortly, andifit proves satisfactory,
&^Ii&:^"^^^-*We'?* m experts who have examined "it
??K^/f^?^STf1*11 ,tUDe 2 think there is no doubt it will be
oTtop* rePutatlou that P,aces n ! adopted.-Clade Spring Citizen.
The Bobbie Music Co.,
Lynchburg, Va. General South?
ern Agents. Send for catalogue.
"Loungers? Well there are fewer
loungers about the coridors of the
Roanoko hotels than in any place 1
ever visited," said Mr. George Saie
to a Times man yesterday. "Ever;
body seems to have business to attend
to, and no time to sit around. It was
one of the first things that 1 remarked
on coming to Roanoke. Don't you
know that hotel coridors is a good
pulse of the business activity of a
place. J f you see the lobby crowded
all day with loungers, you may put t
down with a good deal of accuracy
that the city is not ffoarishing to any
considerable extent. If this rule holos
true then Roanoke must be a pretty
lively place.
It was supper time at Marshall's
Cafe, and there were a dozen people
in the dining room when some one
made a remark to the elrect that he
would like to know what a census
enumerator looked like,
anyhow.
"Couldn't say," answered Counci
man McConnell, "because I haven't
seen one jet."
"Same here,'' said George Houstoi
the big railroad contractor, "and I
won't either, for I'm going to Nc
York tonight."
"No one has come to see me,
chimed in Colonel Haas, of the Wes
End furnace, "and so I couldn't de:
cribe him."
"Three or four people in our office,'1
said Miles Moore, the engineer, "and
all of them say they haven't been
enumerated. Neither have I."
"No one has been to our place yet,"
remarked John Green, of J. R. Green
A' Co., "and there are about fifteen
people there."
"1 saw one," said a quiet young
man at the end of the table.and every?
body turned to look at the man who
had seen a census enumerator.
"What did he look like."was asked,
breathlessly.
"Uh, he had a big black book under
his arm and smoked a cigarette. Bur
be didn't say anything to me."
Then the TIMES man made a canva I
if the room and discovered that no'
one person there had been enum
erated Comment, of course, is unnecec ?
sary.
Another Komarkablo Caver? Dixeov
crcd Down the Shenandoah Val?
ley.
Messrs. Cainmack Sc Decker, of this
city, proprietors of the Shenandoa'u
Lime Works at Strasburgh Junction,
Virginia, were informed this morning
by Mr. George E. Decker, manager of
the works, of the discovery of a large
cave in the quarry in which they
were working,
The first opening into the cave was
made on Monday, but considerable
work was necessary before the-real
character of the find could bo deter?
mined. Yesterday, however, the last
of the small openings was passed, and
the exploring party found themselves
in a series of large chambers stretch?
ing out several hundred feet, and at
least a hundred yards beneath the
surface of the earth. Stalactities and
stalagmites abound in the most beau?
tiful variety, the staglamitic forma?
tions being especially wonderful. ).n
one of the chambers, a long, sloping
'edge of rock leads to an impassable
ravine, down which a lighted ball of
iampwlcksaturated with alcohol was
seen to fall for seconds, being finally i
lost to view without seeming todiave
reached the bottom of the abyss. The 1
large chambers discovered, seemed to i
be connected bya number of long cor
ridors thickly filled with hanging and |
upgrowing formations; In places the j
vaulted roof of the largest chamber
was so far overhead, as to lie invisible
in the light afforded by the caudles.
Washington Star.
WE WEECOtt E AliFi.
Mr. William A. Steffey,of Memphis.
Tennessee, is paying his annual ten
days visit to Roauoki. Mr. Steffey
ouductsan extensive wholesale gro?
cery and cotton factory business ii
that city, and carries short and long
listancespectacles with him where
ever he goes. He is very conversant
on various topics, and especially on
Memphis. He is a representative citi?
zen of that city, a member of the cot
ton exchange, and has resided there
ever since "befo'?do wall," his birth
place being Maryland. He hold
Roanoke's seductive' mint julips h
high esteem; is a good story teller, as
well as a big storyteller, and is be?
yond the average in the matter o.
congeniality.
* *
A Times man met Colonel S. A.
Case in the corridor of the Felix yes
terday. Colonel Cast is aslimgentle
man, with a brown beard and blue
eyes. He smokes cigarettes incessant!}
and lias had a most eventful career.
When a young man lie was witfc
i-eneral Walker in bis ill starred
NicaraUguan expedition and was the
central figure in many adventures iL
South and Central America. He
[leaks Spanish like a native and can
onverse most intelligently on the at
fairs of our neighbors in ihe tropics
He is an old Confederate soldier nm
an inveterate traveller.
A Pniufa' Fall.
Yesterday morning while Henrj
Rookerwason a ladder painting
house in - he West End, he fell abou
ten feet, 'njuriug his right arm am
otherwise bruising and. shaking him?
self up considerably. He was unable
to resume work.
Uoti' Roanoke At>|>ears to the Eye of
the Visitor.
Facts are stubborn things. Think
of four hundred people growing to be
twenty thousand in eight years ! Big
doing and Roanoke's history. The
plethoric state of trade is evidence su?
preme of a constant advance to wealth
in our midst and our citizens do not
go away for investments.
The varied and often mammoth
scale upon which our great industries
and railroads are conducted; the two
new railroads to be herein so short ;>.
time; another steel piant- now nearly
complete. altogether employing
thousands of tuen, give to Roanoke a
guarantee of prosperity in the future,
as the pa t, beyond the conception of
those,interested parties who try vain?
ly (if so industriously') to boom tome
other less favored place. Churches,
schools, charitable institutions, pro?
fessional men, etc., to suit all classes
and tastes.
Roanoke extend-; her hand to all
who may desire to come to her. She,
however,does not guarantee to care
for the idle or impecunious more than
does other places, and pocket change
will be found as desirable within her
borders as elsewhere,and particularly
to those who are afraid of soiling their
hands.?R. M. Matthew, in the Ma
nassas Gazette:
A I.ady Erom South Carolina Writes:
My labor was shorter and less pain ?
ful than one or two former occasions;
physicians astonished; 1 thank yoi-.
for "Mother's Friend." It is worth
its weight in gold. Address: The
Bradfield Reg Co., Atlanta, Ga., for
particulars. Sold by Budwell Chris
tian Sc Barbee.
Death ofM Well Known I.ady.
Mrs. India luce, the mother of Mr.
A. D. Rice, of the re d estate firm of
C. O'Le?ry & Co.,aged about no years,
died yesterday at flie residence of her
son onChurcb stri et, at 'J o'clock p.m.
Mrs. Rice was well known in the city,
i lovable Christian lady, and leaves
many frit ids to mourn her loss. Mr.
Rice has the sympathy of the entire
community in bis gre if bereavement.
The funeral service will be held al
4 o'clock t his < veuiug from Greene
Memorial church, and the remains
interred in East Hill cemetery, Sa?
lem.
Ifcutorday's i?a*c Ball Score.
By United I'i i-.
PLAYERS' mi AGUE.
A: Buffalo?Buffalo. 17: Brookljn.ll
At Pittsburi'?Pittsburgh; Boston, 4
At Cleveland?Cleveland, 6 ; New
York, 7.
At Chicago?Chicago, 10: Philadel?
phia. ;j.
national league.
At Cincinnati?< lincinnati, ik Hrook
lyu, 1.
At Cleveland?Cle.eland 4; Bos?
ton. 5. First game.
At Cleveland?Cleveland 4; Boston,
5. Second game. Both games hav?
ing 11 innings.
At .Chicago-Chicago, -1; Philadel?
phia, 7.
american association.
At Columbsis?Coh.mbus, 2; Syra?
cuse, 7.
At Louisville?Louisville. 5: Brook?
lyn, 3.
At St. Louis?St. Louis, 0; Roches?
ter, 2.
At Toledo?Toledo, 5; Athletic, 3.
atlantic league.
At Wilmington--Wilmington-Hart?
ford, game postponed on account of
rain.
Baltimore ? Boltimorn-Jersey
jame postpone.! on account of
New York?New York-New
me postponed on account
-Washington, 0
For a debilitated or nervous condi?
tion. A. B. C. Tonic lights to win.
Trv it.
Ellis Bros., are selling out their en?
tire stock of clothing at prime cost,
julyl-lwk.
Mattresses of all kinds made to order
by E. H. Stewart & Co. je21-tf.
A CARD.
As there seems to be an impression,
that we have pledged ourselves to
build an Opera House on the lots on
Jefferson street, in which we hold a
controlling interest, we desire to state
that we have never directly or indi
reetly agreed to build said Open:
House, having merely expressed our
intention of doing everything consis?
tent with our interests to promote the
enterprise. Wc would further state
that we were olTered stock of the
Opera House Company upon condi?
tions that we would agree to build
said Opera House, and we declineu j an(j adopted a platform, and noniina
to purchase on any such basis. We 11 d M patterson for governor, and
are, however, ready to entertain any i ... , , .. ?v ?????
any propositions looking to the build- Channey Black for lieutenant gover
ing of an Opera House, and shall bo j nor.
glad to co-operate with the citizens pi I -?
At
City,
rain.
At
Haven,
of rain.
At Wash it gton
Worcester, ?"?.
Robert Patterson For Governor.
By United Press.
SCR anton, Pa., July 2.?The Dem?
ocratic State Convention met today
Roanoke in securing this m uch needed
addition to our city.
Respectfully,
Roanokk Construction and Im?
provement Company.
Remarked by R. C. Joiner, of Allen i
P. O.j Hillsdal* Co., Midi.: "Noth?
ing gave my rheuma'isui such quick;
relief as Dr. Thomas' EclectricOii-be
lieve it infalli ble for rheumatics."
Bedford City
. ? - ?
LAND and IMPROVEMENT COMPANY
CHARTERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGIRIA.
Authorized Capital
81,000,000
Th* "Bedford Citv Land Company offers the best investment on the Norfolk and Western Railroad. It is a golden opportunity
tftlv Tune *?rd a limited number'of lots will be offered for sale. This company has three thousand building and business lots in the western part of
Bedford Citv Incomparably the best property and the most beautiful sites. The town s growing west. The new depot site is on these lands The
R?mi?lnh flanon Colleee Academv is there and a new first-class hotel will be erected asoon as the architect has finished the.dramngs. Nearly 4,000
SJijT Fifteen plug tobacco concerns. Tire largest and most successful woolen mills in the State except. OharlottesvUle.. . Twenty-Are iaaa?
P?e now Jid ttvm new manufacturing roterpriBBtftideway. The Bedford and James River Railroad Is to be built;?n the near future. . .
' Fo? thSse X want a safInvestment the stock and land of the Bedford City Land Company presents the greatest influceme?ts.. The present gelling
Al^oi^WD?^wSii more money than the f?tal ?m?flnt of stock the company offers for sale. For patfacuhtre addre?
15 8m PRESIDENT OF THE BEDFORD CITY LAND AND IMPR0VE?ENTGCMP \NY, Bedford City.Va.
ICE - - FIVE CE^TS
A HARD FIGHT
j TO PREVENT THE PASSAGE OF
FEDERAL ELECTION BILL.
ANOTHER ALABAMA tfeul iL
A Georgia Constable Kiiieu -iSr ti. n
Fall Oat-Only One Candidate ? o
Collect KtniiMticH - Stontb 1'nrolina
Politicians Red Hot.
W?snrJSfGTOSr, July 3.?Tl ie jlouse
met promptly this morning tit il
o'clock, and immediately entered
upon the consideration of the Fed ral
Election Bill.
By delatory the motions, the Dem?
ocrats succeeded in prolonging i'.e
debate all through the afternc ?,
and fought every inch of the way to
prevent the bill coming to a vote but
their efforts were unavailing; aud it
1 o'clock this evening the Republi -i
succeeded in bringing the ! iil to a
vote.
It was passed on the first ballot,
the vote standing 153 to i m. Tm;
Democrats voted solidly against the
measure, and were joined by Lehl
back, of New Jersey, anjl Coh man,
of Lousiana, Republicans,
Immediately upou the passage of
the bill tlie Bouse adjourned.
Another Alabama 'Irnxedy.
By United Press.
EoFAUXA, Ala., July 2 ?News has
reached this place of a tragedy near
CLirden. Henry L. Wofferd got into
a dispute Friday with the laborers in
Iiis father's brick yard, and shot one
of them dead. He then shot and
killed his wife, ;ind also fired at hex
son who was approaching, but ?:i11
not hit him.
A Georgia Constable Killed.
By United Press.
Savassah, Oa., Julyja?Constable
Startling, Charles Cowart ami T< m
McKeither went to the house cf a des
gerate negro, named Jim Wadley,
aear Millwood, Moonday to serve a
warrant of arrest. Wadley fired upou
:he part}*, Killing Mr. Startling and
ivounding Mr. Cowart, probably fa:
tally. Mr. MeKitcben fired both ba
reis of his shot gun into Wadley an 1
ie is dying.
Brother* Fall Out.
By United Press.
Parkersburg, W. Va., July.;.?
t\ report has reached Lere to tic effe t
that two brothers named Wilson, liv?
ing in Logan county, quarrelled ;. 1 >w
lays ago with their teacher n?m 1
Olark. Pistols were used by Clark,
Hid the elder Wilson fed fatally
wounded. Tin.' younger Wilson \.
badly hurt.
American Jlertiianl Marine.
By United Press.
Washington. July 2.? The Senate
today, after disposing of routine
morning business, be^au considera?
tion of bills to place American Mer?
chants Marine engaged in loin, i
trade upon an equality with thai
other nations. No conclusion was
reached and the bill wentover until
tomorrow.
To Collect Si tat in tics.'
By United Press.
Washington, July 3.?Superinb n
dent Porter today appointed II. Clai
borne Emlson, of Petejgburg, end
Cary D. French, of Mammester, Va ,
special agents to collect statistics of
manufacturers.
Only One Candidate.
By United Press.
Atlanta. ?Ja.. July 3.?Colon?
Hardinanhas withdrawn from
governorship candidauy. Thislea1 -
the Held clear to Colonel Norther.
South Carolina Politics Red Hot.
By United Press.
(Jolumuia. S. C, July 3.?At no
meeting in the present State camp?
aigns has such bad .blood been dis
played as at Waynesboro. When
Captain TiUman arose it was fully
live minutes before he could speak, so
great was applause on one side and
hissing on another. Some one told hh
to sit down. This produced wild i 3
citement. A score of Tillman's fol?
lowers rushed on the stand aud car?
ried him <to the edge of the platform.
They swore he should speak. At this
point the attention of the audience
was called to the fact that twenty of
Mr. Tillman's supporters had their
hands on their pistols. Al this an?
nouncement there was the greatesi
confusion. A terrible riot was mo?
mentarily expected and a single shot
or blow would have brought it on.
The tension was very grearf until the
end of the most heated meeting of the ?
campaign.
Results or Nlief pHlieisd Buy Ra?e*i.
By United Press
skekp5heai) Bat, N. Y.. July 2.?
First race, 1 mile?Diablo, first; Co
porter, second; Granite, third. Time,
1.41 2-5.
Second race, double event, 2 mile
Russell, first: Strathmeath, second; -
Reckon, third. Time, 1.111-5.
Third race, I mile, selling?Shot
over, first; Ycngeur, second: Dalsy
rian, third. Time, 1.30.
Fourth race, realization stakes, 1.5-S
miles?Tournament, first: Her High?
ness, second: Banquet, third. Time
2.51.
Fifth race, stirrup cup, H, miles?
Cassius, first; Prather, second; Ecu,
third; time 2.38 1-5.
Sixth raee, i mile,sellk?g?Lepanto,
first; Bvangeline, second; Tourist,
^third. Time,1.13 1-5.
* Seventh race, 2 miles on iurf?Stv
Luke, Hist; Little Jim, second; Tai-i^
gon,thirtf. Time 3.35.