SUFFOLK 1 HIE
GENERAL HOSPITAL
, Private Iogtitatjontobe Pnrchared
and Operated by the
Town.
SOFTER CAPE ROBBERS
Police Losing for Men Who Rob
bed the Busy Bee—Two
FunbrflB.
TSpeclal to The Richmond Virginian.)
SUFFOLK, VA., March 4.—The
committees appointed by the Connell
aome days ago to further perfect
plans for the establishment of a gen
eral hospital for the town reported
most favorably %t a meeting held yes
terday In the offices of Attorney J. B.
B. Holladay.
The committees advise that Lake
view Hospital, a prltnle Institution,
owned by Drs. Hart and Kawles, be
purchased for $10,000, and that the
town make a yearly appropriation of
$750 towards Its maintenance.
The county board of supervisors
will also be asked to contribute.
After Cafe Burglars.
The police are busy on the trail
of the robbers who entered the "Busy
Bee Cafe” early yesterday morning
and secured several boxes of cigars,
tobaibo. etc., as well as the cash In
the cash register.
The burglars gained entrance
through a back window, an axe being
used to break the “sasTT
Funeral of Prominent Quaker.
Mr. Joseph H. Hare, eighty-seven
year of age, and for over a quarter
of a century elder In the Friends'
church, was burled from the church
near Box Klder, this county, at 2
o'clock Thursday afternoon.
A widow and seven children sur
vive.
Funeral of Mr. Hinton.
The funeral, of Henry C. Hinton
took plsce at 3 o’clock Thursday af
ternoon from his late residence, In
Holladay street. Rev. Joseph B. Dunn,
Of the Episcopal church, officiating.
A widow and five sons survive.
Mr. Hinton was a native of North
Carolina, but had lived in Suffolk for
the past eleven years. He served
throughout the Civil War with brav
ery.
BIG BUILDING 10 BE
ERECTED ON Ml ST.
Another Skyscraper of Huge Di
mensions to be Added to
the List.
Permission w«i granted hy the
Council Committee on Streets Thurs
day night for. the connection of the
proposed new fourteen-story sky
scraper building on the north aide !
of Main, between Eleventh and j
Twelfth streets. with the deep sewer
tn Cary street by way of Eleventh
street.
Plans for the building are now be
ing draw n, and it is stated that w "jrk
on the structure will begin April 1.
Application for the sewer connection
was made by Mr. A. ltelrne Blair,
representing the Richmond Building
Corporation, which will erect the
building as an investment for gen
eral office purposes.
s The new building, when completed,
will overtop by two stories any other
structure on Main street.
Plans are being drawn by the ar
chitect firm of ntmmock & I-ee, of
Richmond.
CITY ATTORNEY ASKED
TO STRAIGHTEN TANGLE
Seek Light on Alleged Agreement
for Improvement of East
End Streets.
City Attorney Pollard and Mr. L. G.
Miles will be asked to be present at
the next meeting of the Council Com
mittee on 8treeta. when further In
julry is to be made Into the filing In
the Chancery Court of what purport
ad to be an agreement between L. (X
Miles and others and the city for tha
grading and opening of certain
streets tn the East End.
Investigation has shown that tha
alleged agreement was never ap
proved by the Committee on Street*
or by the Council, nor has it been
ascertained who actually put the
document on record.
The Committee on Streets looked
Into this matter again Thursday night,
but made practically no progress in
l)
Ita effort to solve me mystery.
It wu finally decided to Invite th»
city attorney and Mr. Miles to attend
the next meeting. Mr. Pollard, it
may be stated, denies that he had
the paper filed and Mr. Miles also
denies any knowledge of how the
paper got on record.
MANY HOME SEEKERS
FLOCK TO ROCKBURY
Business is Reported on the Boom
in Little Chickahominy
Town.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
ROXBURY. VA.. March 4.—This
little town Is ■ putting on new life,
receiving with open arms the crowd
of new home-seekers from the far
West. Old. fields of broom sedge are
being converted into productive
farms.
The town has a fine mercantile
■tore, a Mg postoffice, with eight mails
daUjnteiejgj£h<-officej^ihT«e tele
It Pays to Buy
the Best
UtribCaro&uWod aad Owl Co.
•V Break* Are. A. S. OmhuMfc Mgr.
RATS TO TAKE PLACE OF DOGS
AS WOMAN’S PET, SHE PREDICTS
Jersey Girl Who Tikes Squeaky
Pair Out Walking is Optimia
~~ tie fwBedftnt Future.
TRAINED AND FED BY HER,
THEY SHOW INTELLIGENCE
Miss Mahoney, of Hamilton Square
Gives Dissertation on “Cun
ning Pets”
HAMILTON SQUARE. N. J., March
4.—"Why should anyone be afraid of
rats?" declared Miss Pauline Mahoney
to-day as she held two rodents, fully
as large as kittens. In her anna The
young woman had trained the rata
and showed the same affection for
them as a woman usually does for a
dog or a cat
Her friends have tried to persuade
her to use a little poison to end the
earthly careers of her unique pets,
but she has Insisted upon keeping
them. Miss Mahoney has trained and
fed the rats for almost a year, and
says she can train more of them as
pets, and would do so save for the
fact that there Is not room enough
In her home. Her pets show Intelli
gence.
The two rats can perform as many
tricks as the average dog or cat, and
are "awfully cunning," as their mis
tress expresses It. They follow her
when she walks near her home, but
she will not take them to town for
fear they might get lost or meet with
rudeness at the hands of ruge stran
ger felines.
When asked how It was she did not
abhor rodents ns others do. Mias Ma
honey replied:
"Rats are not so awful as people
suppose, after they are trained. Of
course, when they are allowed to live
in holes, cellars and walls, and eat
garbage and the like, they are not de
sirable for pets, but neither la a tramp
dog or ‘everybody's cat.' If they are
cared for like a pet kitten or a puppy,
anyone will find they are even more
desirable. I take ode of my pet rats
out on a chain as readily as some
women do their pet dogs. The only
In rl/vlrt<r thin hnWPVPT. Ifl the
chance that some one might treat
phone Unc*. shipping facilities by
rail and water.
The truckers are making extensive
preparations for Immense melon and
potato crops. The saw mills and cord
wood men are working full time.
At this time there Is much sick
ness with the grip. Those on the sick,
list now are Mr. C. P. Blnns, Mr. T.
K. Post and Mrs A. Heslin. The lat
ter Is dangerously til.
The youpg people will give a pound
party Friday night at Poplar Springs,
the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs.
Leber, near Quinton.
The board of supervisors met Tues
day at the courthouse. Much busi
ness was done. Mr. Q. K * Isher,
the new treasurer appointed by
Judge Trter to fill the unoxptred term
of the late P. H. Sweet, has qualified
and has entered upon his official
dutiea I _ |
The heavy rains of the past few .
daya hate caused all farm work toj
stop ani streams to overflow, while
manv of the roads have become Im
passable. The mail carriers are hav
ing a hard time of it. ,
MAY LOSE HIS LEG
FROM OLD INJURY
But “Professional Tramp” Says He'
Prefere Death to Amputa
tion.
Bamuel atone, a white man who says ;
that he 1* a professional tramp,
lumped from a freight train In Rich
mond six months ago and sustained a
fracture of the right leg. lie was
treated at the City Home by the am
t»ulancc physician and shortly alter
wards left. Thursday evening he ap
peared In the city again, declaring
he had walked all the way from \\ aah
ington. The fracture of the leg has
never knitted and the doctors at the
Home think that an amputation will
be necessary. ..
Stone declares that he would rather
lie than have hi* leg taken off, and.
<ays that he has been tramping over
the country suffering pain from the
limb, since it was Injured here. He,
however, preferred Richmond to any
other city to cotti6 to for irwinem.
“I have probably walked *
nnd miles on this sore leg,_the man
told Dr. Womack, "and I want some
treatment now." .
lie Is being taken care of at the
City Home.
REJECT THE PLAN
TO ELECT JANITORS
Council Committee Defeats Meas
ure Recommended by its Own
Sub-committee.
By a vote of 6 to 4. the Council Com
llttee on Grounds and Buildings
hursday night rejected a proposition
hat Janitor# for armories hereafter
e elected on nomination of the com
mndlns officer of the military as
Igned to the armory. This stand was
aken tn face of the fact that the
reposition came recommended from
he committee s own subcommittee.
The majority of the committee took
he view that the acceptance of euch
proposition would Bet a dangerous
recedent and as one of the members
aid "these military officers might
ommate some one who was not a
ttlsen of Richmond and not even a
Application of the City Hall Janl
»rs for a raise of pay from US to
<S a month was favorably recom
mended to Council.
Building Inspector Beck was In
structed to purchase rrom in*
School Supply Company 1.12# opera
chain for tne City Auditorium at |2.1#
catch.
WILL. GIVE BLX4VBT
TO TEE HBPVB14CAKB.
Complimentary to the republican
members of the Virginia Legislature.
Is to be given in Fraternt
„ banquet_ w__ _
ty Hall, in the evening of March Sth by
prominent republican leaden of the
oity.
The committee to arrange tor the
banquet and entertainment consists
of Mean. Edgar Allan, postmaster;
BenJ B. Arnold, custodian at the post
office; Ridgewater Moore, census sup
ervisor; Melvin Flegenhelmer, chair
man of the Republican City Commit
tee; and Charles Cary, secretary of the
oommittee.
Tdepbooc.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian. >
RALEIGH, K. C.. March 4.—The
town authorities of Zebulon, a flour
ishing little city on the Norfolk and
Southern Railroad, in this county, has
granted the Southern Bell Telephone
Company n franchise for a locale*
change that wiU, connect with a num
ber of rural tinea extending Into the
surrounding country, and will also
connect with , the Raleigh exchange
and with the general long distance
Rnm pf 'its# MeU Onomnvtpv^ j , ^
MISS PAULINE MAHONET.
Tonne girl who has trained rata as her pets and calls them “cunning.
the rat cruelty before I could stop
them."
Mis* Mahoney aald she found the
rats while they were young in her
father’s stable. She predicts that
some day the rodent will be a substi
tute for the dog as a woman’s walking
companion.
MISSION OF THE NURSE
II MOST IMPORTANT ONE
Dr. Ames Impresses This Pact in
Speaking on the Future of
the Visiting Nurses.
Dr. Joseph Ames, professor of phy
sics at Johns Hopkins University, and
president of the Instructive Visit
in* Nurses' Association of Baltimore,
Thursday night praised the work of
the members of the Richmond In
structive Visiting Nurses' Association,
who held their eighth annual meeting
at the Jefferson Hotel. ''The Future
of the Visiting Nurse" was the sub
ject of I>r. Ames. He referred to the
history of the organisation in this
country and pointed out Us objects
and alms. He declared that a v‘*it
tng nurse must be peculiarly gifted
for the work. That the scope of
their work has greatly enlarged was
the opinion of the speaker. Many
large business concerns now employ
nurses that the health of their em
ployes may not become impaired. The
health of operatives in factories ^
especially guarded in this manner,
according to Dr. Ames
The meeting was presided over by
Mr. George Bryan, who read a report
of the officers of the association.
Chief Health Officer K. C. Bevy also
spoke, and touched upon the work
of the Richmond association. He de
clared that the health department will
continue to aid the nurses In the
work.
The third annual "tag day" of tho
association will be held April 4.
HALE HT NINETY FIVE
HOPES TO REACH CENTURY
Mr. Eckert Perhaps Richmond’s
Oldest Resident Celebrates
His Birthday.
With the hope of reaching the age
of 100 years, Mr. Charles G. Eckert
celebrated his ninety-fifth birthday in
Richmond Thursday. He haa splen
did control of his faculties, reads
without glasses and walks about six
miles each day.
Though a native of Buckendorf,
Saxony, Germany, where he was born
March 8, 1815, Mr. Eckert has been
a resident of Richmond since May 87.
1*52. In the Civil War he was a
moulder in the ordinance department.
By trade he waa a cabinet maker, but
gave up work about eighteen years
ago.
He claims to be the oldest citlsen
of Richmond.
“Blessings, Ancient and Modern.”
will be the subject of Dr. E. N. Ca
lisch Friday night at the usual ser
vices at Beth Ahabah synagogue. Sat
urday morning he will talk on "An
United Israel."
Bridgeweteria President Resigns,
(Special to The Richmond Virginia!
,nlan.)
ft ARRISONBURG. VA„ Mar. 4.—
Walter Yount, president of Bridgewat
er College since 18*2, resigned yester
day. Dr J. S. Flory, of the college,
was chosen sucessor.
gggsi. Typewriters
Hh| Given Away!
;V At the prices we are offering every
ygiggjg"1 make of factory Rebuilt Typewriters
* we are practically giving them away.
Mfct&JQl SnikPnaierNaZ.$31 <*«n87A Dtom,$3S
All other makes at correspondingly low prices.
American Writing Machine Co.
RICHMOND SALES OFFICE,
605 E. Mai Stmt, Ha*5256IMb»
E. J. SULLIVAN, Manager. x
RUE CONTRACTOR;
CENSURE INSPECTOR
Report of Engineer Bolling on
Trouble Over the Broad
Street Sewer.
To a subcommittee, consisting of
Messrs. Lynch, Davis and Zlmmer
mann, has been referred the report
of City Engineer Bolling on the trou
bles of the new deep sewer on the
south side of Broad street. The re
port places the blame on I. J. Smith
& Co., the contractor, for failing to
till in the tunnels after th#* pipe was
laid. It was filed Thursday night
with the Council Committee on
Streets, which in tarn referred It to
the subcommittee.
The report carries the endorsement
of Assistant City Engineer Jackson
Bolton, who had direct charge of the
work, and censures City Inspector At
kinson for falling to report the al
leged negligence of the contractor.
The City Engineer was authorized
to advertise for bids for the construc
tion of the main sewer designed to
drain the whole section of the an
nexed territory west of the Boule
vard. lying between Cars' and Broad
streets. The bids are to be returned
March 16. Cost of the sewer Is esti
mated at $113,080.
PRESCRIBES RULES
FOR TROPHY CONTEST
National Guard Order States De
tails for Annual Shoot for
Loving Cup.
RALEIGH. N. C., March 4.—Gen
eral order No. 6, from headquarters
of the North Carolina national guard,
just Issued, prescribes the rules un
der which the companies of the guard
shall compete for the Dupon loving
cup trophy for the best record each
year in gallery rifle practice. The or
der prescribes that each company
shall offer a team to compete, com
prising five officers and nine men.
each man to have seven shots stand
ing and seven prone. Two of the
shots standing can be sighted, but
none sighted while prone.
Contests will be held annually prior
to May 1. and the team making the
highest aggregate score will be award
ed the cup. The first competitive
practice Is to be held In the home
armories April lie under the super
vision of the company commander.
Praises Revenue Department.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
RALEIGH. N. C., March 4.—In
spector R- W. Blair, of the Internal
Revenue Department at Washington
Is here making a regular inspection
of the Internal revenue collector'!
office for the Eastern District. H«
pays Collector Wheeler Martin and
his clerical foroe the high compliment
of pronouncing this office one of th«
best conducted la the country
MoeasMacru are Caught.
Revenue Collector Chapman wltti
headquarters here, has just received
word from Deputies Downing and
Holland, operating In North Carolina
that an Illicit distillery has ben cap
tured and confiscated In Columbus
county. Two at«a were arrested: L
T. Ward and R. B. Lee.
Local Pastor Says Scotch Poet’a
Chief Qualification, is Broad
Accent.
AUDITOR’S DISAPPROVE
Views of Speakers Arc Later Mod- j
ified—Other News of
Ashland.
ASHLAND, VA„ March 4.—Dr.
McGIaughlln, of the first Christian
ohurch, of Richmond, In a lecture
given here on Robert Hums lust night,
| declared the great Scotch poet's one
I qualification for his are to be the
; tact that he spoke a broad Scotch,
dialed. The eritlctsm did not find!
: favor with the audience, but In other]
respects the lecture was generally
considered exceptionally brilliant.
Dr. McGIaughlln rea dsevcral of,
the poet's lyrics In charming style.
The preliminary contest to the Rlch
j mond College debate In April will be
held here Saturday night. Three men
from each hall will contest for the
honor before the faculty and com
petent judges. The contestants from
Wash hall are: E. Barrett Pretty*
man, Cyrus W. Beale, R. V. Stone
burner. Those from Frank Hall: 'W.
H. Oast, J. T. Oelette, G. M. New
bory. The question for debate Is:]
Resolved, That State-wide prohibition
Is preferable to the present local
option law In Virginia.
Mrs. Frank Leighton Day left for
Washington to-day to visit friends
there and later In Baltimore.
Miss Grayson Hoofnagle, a student
at Kandolph-Macon Woman's College,
in Lynchburg, is at home on a visit.
Mrs. Hoofnagle Is out again, after
quite a severe spell.
The little daughter of Mr. Law.]
renoe Fox. who lc so ill, is reported
slightly better to-day.
Rehearsals for the Holy City con*
tlnues and give promise of a rare
musical ifeat on the thirty-first of
March. All the solo parts will be
B U115 UJ UUU1C MiCUV
“BUnd Tiger” Chanced.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
RALEIGH, N. C., March 4.—Henry
Wilder, a young white man. was
brought here from Youngsvllle to-day
and given a hearing before Colonel
John Nichols on the charge of con
ducting a "blind tiger" In Youngs
vtlle. The commissioner put him un
der a 1100 bond for his appearance at
the next term of the Federal Court.
Secretary Wafers la Mecklenburg.
Mr. J. H. Blnford. executive secre
tary of the Co-operative Educational
Association Is at South Hill, Va., in
attendance upon a meeting of the
Mecklenburg County Teachers Asso
ciation In connection with a movement
to complete and enlarge the high
school of that place. Mr. Blnford will
deliver an address In behalf of the
movement.
Brill of Company B.
To be in readiness for the Inspec
tion by the War Department next
Thursday night. Company C. Rich
mond Light Infantry Blues, Thursday
night were drilled by Captain Mon
tague for two hours. Another drill
will be held next Tuesday night
TAFT’S REPUDIATION
PEEVES WADE ELLIS
Threatens to Resign Chairmanship
of Republican Executive
Committee of Ohio.
CLEVELAND, O., March 4.—Presi
dent Taft's repudiation of Wade
ElUs as dean of the school of repub
lican politics in Ohio Is the sole sub
ject of gossip In the Buckeye State
to-day.
The president's letter addressed to
Henry D. Davis, United States mar
shal for the Northern District of
Ohio, repudiates all responsibility for
the selection of the rormer attorney
general of the State as representative
of the administration In the coming
gubernatorial campaign.
According to Columbus dispatches
Wade ElUs Is decidedly peevish and
withheld his resignation as chair
man of the republican State execu
tive committee only at the most
earnest pleading of his friends.
It Is reported he will go to Wash
ington to-day to ascertain his exact
status In republican politics.
LOCATION OF DEPOT
CAUSE OF ARGUMENT
Railroad Holds Station Must Be
Situated Outside Corporate
Limits.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
RALEIGH, N. C.. March 4.—The
answer to the Winston-Salem South
bound Railroad Company to the peti
tion of citizens of 'Ahsonvffle for the
railroad to be required to locate its
depot within the corporate limits In
sieau ui on a, suuuroan Mie me miur
pany has cho3en. has just been filed
with the corporation compilssion by
President H. E. Fries. The petition
insists that grade conditions and the
lands required lor depot yards facul
ties require the selection of the loca
tion without the corporate limits. J.
A. Lockhart Is making the fight for
the dtiaens In favor of the petition.
There will be a hearing at an early
date. All parties at interest want the
contest settled before the railroad
company is ready to proceed with the
erection of the depot.
NEWS OF CHASE CITY.
Heavy Rains Make Bad Roads—
Guards to Entertain.
(8peclafto The Richmond Virginian.)
CHASE CITY. VA.. March 4.—The
heavy rains of the past four days
have made country travel laborious
for both man and beast, and the
swollen creeks and rivers make very
dangerous crossing.
Mrs. Frank R. Roberts, wife of
Hon. F. R. Roberts, from this dis
trict, has returned from a ten days'
sojourn at the capital city.
The officers and men of the Meck
lenburg Guards will entertain the
company and Its ladles at a very elab
orate oyster supper at the Masonic
Hall neat Tuesday evening. The en
tertainment committee has arranged
a delightful program of music and
selected readings by the best talent
of the home field, and no pains will
he spared to make the event a credit
and measure.
Mrs. Bam Morton, of South Boston.
I* the gfiest for the week end of Mra
T. H. Edmunds.
Mr. George Endley and wife left
yesterday for Richmond, where Mr.
Endley will continue treatment by
which ha has received so much ‘
%t§f™ i
OF COURSE
When in a quandary as
what disposition to make -
your soiled outer garments;’ %la
Pyle will freshea them up in
wonderful manner, making the
look like new in many respet
and at a moment s noti
Dainty Waists and lingerie:
Iaundred to a snowy whiten*
Men’s Vests of flannel pt|
or silk are made to look 1
new.
Dyer and Cleaner.
The best Dry Cleaning Plant in town.
KEEPS MR MIL
IS HOTLY SCORED
Roanoke Saloon Keeper Refuses to
Close His Place Before
Midnight
LAWS CONFLICTING
“Wets” and “Drys” Both Join in
Strong Condemnation of
Procedure.
(Special to The Richmond Virglnlaik)
ROANOKE, VJW March -4.—John
M. Hanna, saloon proprietor and
member of Council from Kim ball
i ward, la having all aorta cl trouble
| in connection with hie determination
to keep hla bar open until midnight.
For the past ten months saloons
have been closing at 10 F. M. A few
days ago It wae discovered that the 10
i o’clock ordinance waa repealed
through an oversight of the Council
In the adoption of a general ordi
nance bearing on the subject. Mr.
Hanna haa been the only saloon pro
prietor to take advantage of this over
sight. Since he adopted the plan of
remaining open until IS o’clock he
haa been th observed of all observers
and a subject of general conversation.
' Several fights which have occurred
In the vicinity of hla place have been
laid to his door, the trouble In each
Instance being charged to hla Insist
ence in remaining open until mid
night. Mr. Hanna says he kept hla
saloon open until 13 on the first night
for the purpose of testing the law,
but that because of the criticism of
both the “wets" and "dry” be has
determined, aa a matter of pride, to
continue his policy until the Council
acts on the matter.
The authorities are ottering no ob
jection to his procedure.
Returns From West.
Mr. W. A. B. Wright has returned
to his old home on the Catawba. In
1852 he left his home there and went
I to Iowa, and for many years assisted
In the upbuilding of that country. He
helped fight the Indians, removed vir
gin forests and led the life of a pio
neer.
A few days ago he came back to
Virginia, secured possession of his old
home on Catawba mountain, and will
devote himself to selling vegetables In
Roanoke and Salem. He save that he
has always lived a life 6? quiet dig
nity, has never frequented a saloon,
and has never in all hla experience
had a difficulty with a human being.
He has a comfortable fortune. Early
May he will be baptised, and says he
is going to make a speech on that oc
casion.
The roll of honor of the Highland
Springe High School for February la
as follows: .
1 B_Mabel Blnns, Estelle Scherer,
Arthur Berchard. Davidge Douden.
John Varro, Clarence Isbell, Claude
Jones. Gr&ndVtlle Rudd, Fran*Rich
ardson, Cheater Smith, Carton Winn,
Ernest Applewhite. Edward Algner,
Walter Cridlln, Willie Drumheller,
Sherman Rosenberg. James Prince,
Mary Carter. Margaret Marshall.
2 b—Larenoe Benedict, Wilton
Bryan. Archil Ruth. Viola Beadles,
Wilma Burdette, Esther Hawks, Lu
clle Jones. Oladys Lotsey, Virginia
Sherer. Charles Davidson, Jama*
Wood. Clara Chenault. Mary Ed
wards, Louis Deltrlch, Elma Ham
mons. Mary Pollard, Lacy Sarenson,
Aura Smith. Virginia Tiller, Mary
Pleasant.
3 B—Frank Hunter, Selden Spang
ler, Fred Sarenson, Bessie Beadles,
Thelma Coplln, Fannie Jones, Janie
Lythgree. Susie Varn.
4 b—Dudley Collins, Drury Olllle.
Stuart Jackson, Fred Knakel, Ger
harel Larsen, Howard Quinn, Milton
Rayhorn. Harry Ruth, Villa Collins,
Lillian Davidson, Ruth Dean, Mary
Oresham, Margaret Fry.
5 b—Raymond Applewhite. Oladys
Blnns.
« B—A Ik an an Rosenberg, Alfred
Fry, Bruce Alexander.
HIGH SCHOOL.
1 B—Eddie Wood Taylor, Laura
Koch.
1 B—Sarah Deane, Mary Dererhol,
Nannie Thornton.
S B—Marguerite Douden, Ruth
Lord.
Mr. Frank Reed Is building several
very pretty houses In the village.
. Miss Hester Allen, who has been
very sick with pneumonia. Is oonva
lesotng and' now able to go out.
Miss Ladd, of Lakeside, % visit
ing her brother this week.
Mrs. Reltlebach, who has been lick,
tar improving.
Gets State Appointment,
f Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
RALEIGH. N. C.. March 4—-State
B. R. Lacy has
and the tatter trill assume his artr'
ties March 11.
Colonel Arrington held a similar
altloa in the-State treasury1 srkenl
was appointed by Governor (Alena
his private secretary to succeed
Governor’s brother. General OH
At the close of Governor Glenn*#
ministration Colonel Arrlngton
cepted a position with the R. J. X
nolds Tobocco Company, WlttM
Salem, and spent quite a while Hi
A few months ago hs returnedjiul
lelgh and accepted a position t
the Merchants National Bank. -
DANVILLE. VA, Mar. «—AH Si
br&kemen, numbering ten, and
extra men on the Danville andJ9
em Railway, a branch line of
Southern, running between DM
and Stuart, a distance of 76 miles,
out on a strike yesterday.
The men are now being paid tl
day, but demand 12. Application
the Increase recently was
now In the hands of CoL A. &
drewa. president of the road, _w>
strike appears to be purely -fc
the trains turn running only a
utas behind sohedule time.
(Special to The Richmond Vlada
EMPORIA, VA, March 4^
Garner lies near death as a r«M
having been slashed with a rasor
lng a quarrel with hi* brother,
ert Garner. The razor barely m
his heart.
The trouble Is said to have Sti
With a dispute lietwsen Can, 'Id
and a third brother, Peter. ...
Robert left home, but sooarul
ed. and went to hia room gad <
down, where John Robtnaoa and
and Peter Garner were engage
conversation. Without any war
it Is said, he attacked Carl.
When Carl fell, Peter struck
ert with a stick. Mr. Robtnaoa ■
1 pulled Peter back and Robert
! at Peter with a razor. Robed
caped and .bis whereabout* MM
known.
R. B. Garner, the father of the 1
Is one of the most respectable CK
of tho county.
Settled.
(Sped*] to Tito Richmond Vtrafi
WILUAM8BDHO, VA., VmB
At a meeting of tho TorttS*
electoral school board. eoagNMi
Messrs. Shelly Renforth JImH
man, called to consider the mm
the Bruton district board on tHSf
board refused to consider either 0
proposed sites, and decided to 1
the school at Magruder.
Tho action meets with the app
of neither of the contesting po
and the patrons havs decided U
; peal to the State board. It t|
ported that the electoral board
reconsider.
• NORFOLK, VA., Mar. 4.—
Phillips, who was in corns
steamer, Newport News, e
folk and Washington Steal
pany when the vessel was
with the British steamship
erta off York Spit early Ttt*
lag, has been cited to api
the steamboat inspector he
cause why his license as
should not be suspended
for not reporting the aoeU
inspectors.
The Lord Roberts to-day
ed for $10,900 damages by <
Newport News. A depu
Ststes marshal In a tugbM
to intercept the Lord Ri
found that that vessel M
Baltimore.
A hearing was bsM here
fore United States Steam*
i tors Bray and Tapis
whether the steami
which went down sf