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The Nearest Ground to the College
Our properties represent the most attractive location* in thi* desirable suburb. We were the
“first in the field,” and consequently secured the "cream” of the entire section. Every possible con
venience has been arranged, and the natural attractions could not be more enticing.
Act at Once—Secure a Lot Near the “College.”
The Nearest Ground to the Club
Taken all in all, a homesite in this particular location offer* more Inducements than any other
section of Suburban Richmond. As an investment, the price is bound to increase, and for a home
there is nothing that can in any way compare with the attractiveness.
See Us At Once About a Lot Near the “Club.”
j I free AUTO SERVICE TO WESTHAMPTON, “Every Hour on the Hour” I
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THE PRESENT CAR LINE IS PERMANENT
This is an authentic statement, regardless of what may be
claimed by others.
EVERY TOWN GROWS WEST
And Richmond is no exception. One visit to Westhampton
will convince you.
ARTESIAN WATER TO ALL OUR PROPERTY
This is only one of the special attractions offered the dwell
ers in Westhampton.
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THE PLACE TO LIVE—THE PLACE TO BUY
The average prices are much lower than any other suburb. Compare all other offerings—location, accessibility, environments, price,
etc.—and then see
COLLEGE
& Nash, 735 L Main
Fr*ftnan Service.
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HE1NILY FINED
But Illicit Sale of Beer Still Go
ing on in Roan
oke.
WILL PRESERVE SAND
Big Search Light Tested on 31 ill
Alonntain—New Line Opened |
Near Crystal Spring
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ROANOKE, Vi, July SO.—In the
S Police Court yesterday Nannie Bruce,
Mamie Jones. May Matthews and Bee
ala Johnson were lined $50 eeeh for
disorder. Police have been very ac- j
tlve In cases of this ktnd and a mim- -
bar of proprietors of places ol 111 re
pute have been punished. As far as i
known, not one of them has quit the i
business as a result of this policy.
Apparently they regard the line as a
kind of tax. conferring upon them the
privilege of maintaining their houses.
One or two of the women have been
charged with selling liquor at their
places and at least one of them has
been fined for It- It (a commonly said
that every house of this kind in Roa
noke sells beer, charging 25 cents a
bottle, but when It comes to proving
It the police are up against n difficult
proposition. Reports say that beer
selling In houses of 111 fame In Boa- j
noke Is a thriving and active busl
ness.
Petitions in bankruptcy have been
filed this week by A. A. Jamison, J. F.
Owens and E. C. Knoderer. Their
debts are mainly email accounts due
loon! merchants.
Seven prisoners serving time In the
Roanoke Jail were yesterday morning
taken to the rood camp near Hollins,
where the State is building a macadam
road. They were Frank Booth. W. H
<1 lb lain. Link Monohan, R. 1* Maddrea.
Sylvester Williams, white, and John
"Bowman and James Daniel, colored.
For Playtjround.
Ladies of the Civic Pettermen Club
have purchased from the Agricultural
and Industrial Department of the Nor
folk and Western railroad a large tent,
which Is to be used to cover the sand
bog at the public playground. In bad
weather the sides of the tent will be
lowered. In pretty weather they will
be rtl08d>
The giant searchlight Installed on
MUt mountain In connection with the
lnallne railway was tested last night
by Mr. W. Graham Claytor, electrical
engineer of the Roanoke Railway and
Electric Company. The executive
Committee of the Incline Railway Com
pany was present. Supper was serv
ed on the mountain. To reach the
i—it the part# rode in the car used
to haul freight. The light was found
to be all that w»« claimed for It. Forty t
mllos Its radiance Is visible. and a i
newspaper can be read by It four miles
away. j
The Crystal Spring extension of the !
street car line was opened yesterday j
afternoon. It leavea the old tracq Just i
below Virginia College and passing to
the right climbs to the top of a lofty
hill, commanding a view or the entire j
valley. It rejoins the old road near
the river, forming a loop about a mile
In length. It was built In connection j
with ths work of an Improvssaant ]
company, which has laid off streeta
and built sewers and sidewalks In fhat
suburb.
Mr. Thomas Lee Moore, formsrly at
torney for the Western district of Vir
ginia. hat returned to Roanoks and
will live at his old home on Fifteenth
avenue. Soon after his retirement
from the attorneyship he went to !
Chrtstlansburg and opened a law office.
Several weeks ago he entered Into
partnership wtth Mr. Clifton A. Wood
rum, a young lawyer of Roanoke. The
jfrtn will bs known as Moore A Wsod
rum and their office will be in the
National Exchange Building.
CHOP TO PIECES
CHINESE BODIES
Reports of Fearful Massacre by i
Mexicans Oome to Arizona
from Across Border.
DOUGLAS, ARIZ.. July 30 —Uncon
firmed reports of a brutal massacre of
Chinese men and women at Ya Qul.
Mexico, were received here to-day.
The dispatches declare a mob of Mexi
cans attacked the Chinese quarter, kill
ing many. No detail* have been re
ceived, but the early advice* Indicate
that revolting atrocltle* were commit
ted, the bodies of several China** hav
ing been chopped to pieces, It Is said.
There have been frequent threats
to exterminate the Chinese there and
In other parte of Mexico. Recently
Chinese merchant* *t Cananea appeal
ed to the Chinese minister at Wash
ington to protact them and their fami
lies from Mexicans who were threaten
ing to burn the Chinee* quarter and
murder the inhabitants.
appointments accord with
FORECAST OF VIROINIAN.
As forecasted In The Virginian a
week ago, Mr. William Fttxgerald. Jr.,
and Mr. T. H. Gurney have been ap
pointed assistant general freight agent
and district passenger agent, respect
ively. of th« Ch**apealte end Ohio of
Indiana, with headquarter* In Chicago.
Other appointment* made In connec
tion with the organisation of this road
by the Chesapeake and Ohio are aa
follows: E. D. Hotchki**. general
freight agent. Richmond: A. P. Gilbert,
assistant general freight agent, Rich
mond; J. D. Potts, general passenger
agent, Richmond; C. Lorraine, general
baggage agent, Richmond,
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President Chestonnan of Build- ■
ere Exchange Announces His
Appointments.
President Chesterman. of the Butld
en1 Exchange of Richmond, has ap
pointed the following standing com
mittees to serve for the ensuing year:
Arbitration—Mr. 8. H. Hawes, W. J.
Parrish, H. M. Delaney, Q. J. Hunt, W
Creed Davis.
Architects' Plans and Contracts— :
W. H. Campbell. W. F. Mahoney, H. ;
U Matthew a C. W. Montgomery, Reu- j
ben Burton.
Executive—C. Manning. Jr,. W. I*
Ragland, W. J. Whitehurst.
Finance—W. H. Shenvin. H. S. Bln- |
stranger, Charles R. Winston.
Legislation—W. J. Gilman, R. L. Pe
ters, J. E. Phillips. Jr. !
Manufactures—J. L. Phlpper., R. 8.
Tuck, J- F. Addison. W. B. Lathrop, j
John A. MeCloy. *
Membership—Charles Rose, J. T.
Nuckols, C. J. Roelker, W. H. Jenks,
I J Smith, R H. Meade, Frank W.
Brown, R. C. Beverley. David Slmp
i son.
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LIEUT. HMIUES GOES
TO FORT WARREN
Young Officer from Richmond]
Transferred to Massachusetts
Fort.
Lieutenant S Percy Hawes. Jr., U.
S. A., who was one of the officers in
eoomm&nd of Battery DeRussey, For
tran Monroe, when one of the twelve
inch rtflec exploded hilling nine and
wounding a score, Is in Richmond, the
guest of his father. Colonel G. P.
Hawes. Chamberlain avenue, Ginter
Park. He is accompanied by Mrs.
Hawes.
Lieutenant Hawes will not discuss
the fatal accident in which he took a
brilliant part, and has been commend
ed for his bravery in rescuing Injured
artillerymen.
The Richmonder will be here for
several weeks having been granted
twenty days' leave. He has been trans
ferred from Fort Monroe, and assigned
to the Ninth Company, Coast Artillery,
Fora Warren, Boston Mass.
He wilt leave Richmond about the
middle of August for his new post,
which Is one of the smallest along the
Atlantic coast. Fortress Monroe, the
largest coast artillery station, Is where
the coast artillery school and subma
XlUS defence station are located.
Westhampton
Four and a half acres, fronting 800 feet on two good avenues. The owner has
determined to sell, and a big bargain can be had. You can double your money
in a short time. This is a snap.
Vaughan & Williams,
Tenth and Bank Streets.
Broad Street Property
$300 Per Foot
EAST OF HARRISON STREET.
CHAS. A. ROSE CO.
OWEN RETIRES
FROM POLITICS
Soiou from Xottowny Resigns
I Senatorship to Devote All His
Time to Agricultural Interests.
Governor Mann has accepted the
resignation of John J. Owen ea senator
from the Twenty-eighth senatorial
district, in which Is Included Notto
way. Lunenburg. Cumberland, Prince
Edward and Anaellt counties. This is
the district Judge M inn represented in
the State Senate when he resigned to
make his campaign for governor. By
the resignation of Senator Owen the
office has beeq vacated twice since the
election by the people four years ago.
Senator Owen recently accepted the
position of assistant commissioner of
agriculture, to take charge of all out
side work, such as Inspections and ar
ranging farmers’ institutes. His resig
nation was expected, but not before
next January. as he indicated when he
accepted the department position that
he would relinquish the reins as a leg
islator then. Senator Owen made his
resignation effective Saturday, be
cause he didn’t wish to have any point
raised about his holding two State
office* at the same time. Mr. Owen is
the father of a great deal of effective
agricultural legislation and deeply In
terested In the farming Interests of the
State. He has virtually retired from
.politics, after making an enviable re
A Real “Pick
Up.”
j A Real ‘'Pick-Up” in a Park Avenue
Home, an attractive and up-to-date
j steam heated dwelling, on lot of nioe rise, ;
east of Lombardv Street.
__ II. SELDON TAYLOR & CO.
FOR RENT.
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$660 Per Annum.
I Three new up-to-date brick Houses, at
; the South East corner of Hanover Ave.
1 and Lombardy Street, Will be ready •
i September 1st.
E. A. CATLIN & CO.
j 18 North Eighth Street.
| cord In the Houae and the Senate, and i
j will devote all hla time to agricultural i
work.
Delegate Paul McRae, from Cum- l
berland and Buckingham counties, will j
In all likelihood succeed Senator Owen.
Me. McRae announced his candidacy
when Senator Owen accepted the de- ;
partment office. He had a talk with .
Governor Mann Friday afternoon and l
It Is believed the latter will appoint
him. v
Qualifications in Chancery.
Qualifications were listed In the
Chancery Court as follows:
Daniel J. Farrar as administrator
for the estate of Louis Braxton. Ths
sstate is valued at 16,000.
Arthur M. Saunders as^dininlstrator \
for the estate of Christopher W. Saun- i
ders. The estate is small. *
The Broad Street Bank
has purchased the business and good will of the Broad
Street Branch of the Bank of Richmond, located at303
E. Broad Street, and has taken charge, and is pre
pared to extend to all of its customers every facility
consistent with good banking.
The Broad Street Bank Has a Capital of 9 200,000
Surplus and Unidivided Profits, - - - 110,000
TV. M. Habilston,
President.
Ben P. Alsou.
I-can Dettlebach,
T. H. Eliott,
H. F. Grim moll,
Andrew M. Glover.
OFFICERS:
J. W. Rothert, John O. Walker,
Vice-President, Second Vice-President.
Andrew M. Glover, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
W. M. Habliston,
I. It. Kaufman,
Raphael Levy,
F. W. Itiintar.
John Murphy,
\V. S. Rhoads,
J. W. Rothert,
Julian W, Tytar,
John O. Walker,
B Rand Wellford.
The Broad Street Bank has given out the contract
for the erection of a handsome and commodious bank
ing building at its present location.
The entire business of the Broad Street Bank will be
conducted at 303 East Broad Street until the com
pletion of their new building.
Invites Commercial and Savings Accounts, large and small.
Any amount from $1.00 up. Assets over $700,000.00.
907 East Main St., Mutual Bldg.,
Richmond, Vs.
OFFICERS.—John Garland Pollard. Prudent: Jonatha* Brraa. Tl* *
Kent. Jr . Cashier: H. O. Proater. Aariatant Cashier.
DIRECTORS—Jno. B««hy! A. R. Holladay, Jonathan Bern Urtf. O ‘
Fuit*a. John Garland Pollard, C. C. Pinnfcney.
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