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THE RICHMOND VIRGINIAS OOMPVNV. tv
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H. B, WOobfik
■H<in.annt? Hdiior
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■tmt t! F*con1-<;l»*. mutter. Jivn ixry 2*. IfltO *; th«
kofllt* oe Richmond, V x. ,'uraivr » 1 ol \l*rrfi -t. i V, '
i.i hi.i. or thi ih:ai».
SOW that u Search lasting through several
to should hove discovered in the re» -dr tin:
If of the evident!} demented woman whose
t was found floating on the water some time
er she liad disappeared from lier home, it
f be enlightening to briefly review what, in
i name of newspaper enterprise, lias Ken
xcely less than a Ubel on the dead
fherc Is. of course, no real or technical
Oder of the dead possible Damages an bused
the hurt which falsehood does the 1udivido.il
the estimation of the living legally, one
o is dead has no-reputation to h- noosured
dollars and cents It Is the saftst of risk*
IJb«l the motives and assail the fame of one
0 has run upon the ultimate human mystery,
t, humanly, such a slander or libel is tin
■t cruel form of inhuman indifference to
nan feeling The world 1k so constituted
* there lives none so humble, that some one
■ not hold him dear The very helplessness
1 dignity of death should guard the mruiorv
those who cannot defend themselves against
suit. Vet no Tf eapons Is so effective to wound
tiring as that which strikes beating heart
Wa'gn attack on some one loved «iins> hear!
Hilled In the light of the slander and in
jjhdo of the dead, there is sugg<st'-d an apt.
jgphrasc of the lines of the tragic Otseur
fpor each man kills the thing lie loves -
"Let this by all be beard
"The brave man do< s it with a sword,
I "The coward with a word.”
Im ■woman self-drowned in tin- reservoir c«n»e
B an humble home She lived unknown
t In her very small circle in a large i tty
f little tragedies, real and desperate as they
(* to her, were matters of indifference in tie
(Of the community. Winn to the sordid in
Mt of the day her disnpp*\traii<c, the mute
fence of her floating hat. contributed tlpir
Uni mite, she took on a fictitious public «-har
IT. All the reportorial ghouls ran around
circles to exceed each other in finding new
ftt». A partial search having failed to find
t body, there was dragged to the front the
t$ of an old love affair. The humble woman
feg: With her husband ever a store was paint
fer easy conjecture as a bawd nmnufar turing
j evidences of her death for tho sake of „ good
§t in an elopement. The water that hid her
if body could not run off fast enough for the
Mite of sensation. On the afternoon of the
f her body was found a Richmond paper do
KPO, all but positively, that instead of bring
(fticlde. Jeannette Brown was tnereh » wo
ft clever in the deception of her husband. In
iMMne Issue In which the story of >he finding
fee body is carrital on Uie front page, a morn
t newspaper takes occasion say that tin
gMMjr “recalls” another ease -that of l.lllian
few, murdered by Cluveriu*. vvhoee body
• thrown by him into the reservoir, m other
rds, since if appears by the infallible test!
hr ot hpr dead body, tlr-g Mrs Hiowu died
feed of eloping, the opportunity is seized,
ft revamped story of murder twentv-fivc wears
to shift the burden of guilt from the
of the despairing wife to those of the
| more desperate husband:
P» it is necessary that pnh things be
jfeubt It w ill be a continuing practice to put
| Into the wounds of sorrow bv the way of
I Suggestion Perhaps such a course makes
ifen. as slander of any sort always gains an
:«d audience. For all that it Is a strik
imentary on the passion for sensation of
fort that a sick woman of humble station
not even go away humbly to die without
her pitiful tragedy made the subject
endo even after her dead body hud negu
concluslvelv- the libellous inferences tin
itably dndu<ed from tin t.i( * of her d,
com
SCtfir.
dkunw.i in rut: gotrii
this pag<- is printed a tbougntful
Ktion endorsing the Idea of a drainage cot
designed to secure legislation from th
looking to the reclamation of the vast
of river lands to fertility ami prod mm,
As our correspondent jioints on'. th<
if difficulties of tlm problem and the cm
Bents arising ft out the complex own
tlte lands make p impossible that anv
ofltectlve reclamation work can b. done
Kte enterprise. Yet to permit large arena
It tally fertile lands to remain useless
could be made rich is n want of
economy which the state cannot
afford.
tho South, there are ira< is that In
■to amount to millions on millions oi
! landa that have been lying through th>
to come Into their heritage They
lands of a!!, and their rerlama
tnatanres presents only ineonsidei
Dg difficulty. To drain sueh lands
I Stake an investment the dividends
Fould be incalculably large. Cnder
so a* to save the State harinless
moderate expediture would turn
now useless riv* r flats into perfect gardens of
fertlht' To fall to do so is not only to want
; in proper appreciation ot fin principle of con
' serving natural r» swfltc*». but is to f mlisbly ji~
Train from, using natural resources ttflilch 11a
turn fins spread out to hand. Almost til a bound
the swamp lands of the South could bo made
! Into assets worth their hundred of millions.
It needs only ;ti< most superfii iul campaign of
education to bring this porsihle rwuit Into
i quick ifallzation.
,rititJiate)y, tip believe that the principle under
lying Irrigation in the Vest will he extended to
rover drainage in the South. The idea is fak
ir.;: drop root tn the popular mind flint the science
of government is constructive, and that it is
prnprrly <11 reefed to the creation of wealth from
resources not susceptible of private exploita
tion. It is a practically short sighed policy that
the Goernment should have left it lor the gen
1 ins of a man of tne people lik- Napoleon Bon
epa fe Broward to force the reclamation of the
Everglades Vast tracts of land of that char
acter are, notwithstanding their particular own
ership, v r> K a! public assets • According to
the magnitude of the work they could and
should he exploited by the nation, or by the
Stat- and they could he so (p-velopcd as to in
no case injure private rights, while in the cen
tral Idea making for large public benefit
The drainage convention for Virginia, in
which there arc so many tracts of land of this
chnraet. r only awaiting ‘.enable development,
marks the beginning of a sure success.
\S II vr AIIOIT ST \l V I (>N '
A letter received this morning from a pro
feasor tn one of our fit tee says:
I congratulate 7 to ]’ut/itiunt upon giving
the Supremo' and the people of Virginia so
much to ihiiik about.'
From all the evidence that is ljelore us, fir
Viryinun, fears that the Tiuu 8-1 lispatfh "•ill
t ike it all out to tl inkiiifi. No doubt it does
a great deal of that, for every now and then It
puts In a paragraph which is Intended to keep
op the courage of the friends of the liquor in
terests, and to let them know that it has not
, absolutely given up the tight.
Hut tile "Supreme" Is mighty < arena not to
for to the offlid.il statistics concerning the sin -
ices of prohibition in fir Virginia ■ Hies and
the failure of the saloon wherever It has been
voted bark It does not dare to discuss Danville,
Lynchburg or Bristol. Those cities are for
bidden ground. 7/•* Ipoi/imt/ will now give it
a few facts concerning Staunton, which we
earnestly and respectful! • aye beeseecliingly.
Implore the "Supreme' to publish or it will bo
shut out of Staunton also. We do not have much
hope that, ear appeal will be granted, but in all
' sincerity we ils/nre the ■‘Supreme" that it can
i not really afford to display such a fear of facts,
concerning the i (feds of prohibition in Virginia
dues. People will pres ntl.v say that the "Su
undue" is a coward and t.luit it is unwilling to
1, i its readers know how absurd is Its off-re
peated statement made without a line of of
ficial proof from Virginia cities "that regula
tion is far better than prohibition " It Is a very
gad thing for a "supreme" newspaper to be a
coward, and we implore the "Supreme", to be
fair and brave, and to publish on one page of
its paper tiie official statistics which ’lhr Yu
■ pinion has published concerning Danville. Hris
! tnl. Lynchburg, of our own State, and the facts
concerning Atlanta, the largest city of the Sout n
i astern part of our country, and the official facts
concerning Staunton which we give below
Cm oi Hrii vrov
Id months dry. Id1 mouths wet.
Total Arrests ... 311’ <<>4
Assaults . e" *■
Disturbance .... el l'-'l
Drunks . ;,.j :',lk
Fines imposed hoi.no I }..?<*
Files Collected $1,771 • r, fd.olC.bu
Feeding Prisoners Jl.<>:.!.mi $d,l ld.-H'.
\ote.—Chain gang abolished under dry regime,
under wet chain gang guards co: t approximately
$ 1,0(>0 per year. Tilts Is a net earning of that
amount In addition to the difference in cost of
feeding prisoners.
These statistics tell the same story told by
Danville, Lynchburg and Bristol The number of
arrests during the last twelve ' wet" months
was nearly two and a half times as great as
i„ the succeeding twelve dry"months Th.
numb, r or drunks during the U 'wet" mouths
as tin ce and a third times greater than during
the twelve "dry" mouths. The lines collected
v. i-j largely- from the motley needed to feed
women and children, were twice as great during
the wet" as the "dry months. The cost of
feeding prisoners was twice as great, and if tin*
rust of the chain gang which has been abolished
should be included, the cost of prisoners was
times as great during the "wof aS it had
been during the "dry months
Will the "Supreme" in Virginia continue to
have the supreme audacity to say. as it so loves
to sti - . that ' this result affords additional proof
tha’ regulation is far better Ilian prohibition?'’
ill y tew of the fact that th*- Supreme - made
the staum nt quoted above only ,i day or so ago
after it had !- on given the statistics concerning
Danville. 1. i -.-iiburg. Bristol and Atlanta, it is
probable that the "Supreme" has no sense of
•harm- left when It discusses the liquor ques
tion. But maybe it will repent!
IN Till M \TTKR OF SR YSCUAPKRH.
The resolution of the Chamber'of Commerce to
s<:l iis building to a syndicate representing the
Oh. -apeake nmi Ohio, the K. K. and 1*. railroads,
gnd the First National Hank, assures Richmond
still another modem building ever greater than
. (hose now standing and contemplated. The
year 1811 will see Main Street sprouting '•<ky
crapers" like mushrooms Mv« ry now ami tiien
( liHrleaton announces that "another side ot
the "new skyscraper is complete. Hichmoiid
will soon he counting these up-rearing.evidences^
of nusiucBs and prosperity by buildings, instead
of by sides. The millions that will go into their |
must) li< tlon will make for activity of employ
ment, (In- circulation oT money, better thatr all
for tiie tenewed spirit of confidence which is
always Inspired by success.
The particular new building which will be
home for the two railroads, the bank and the
Chamber of Commerce serves two purposes u|>on j
which the city may congratulate itself. It pro
vides another monument to the growth of busi
n. ss. better facilities for doing it, a new evi
dence of a growing metropolitanism. In adrii-j
tion. it will lay for all time the long-talked re; I
moval of the Chesapeake and Ohio offices to
Cincinnati. It shows that this dlstlnctivly
Southern and Southern Virginian system knows
its own mind as to the matter of its home. ant
is prepared to make its permanent residence in
Richmond. It negatives the idea that there is
any "go hack” to the movement for a better and
busier city. j
Who' gives every evidence of being a banner
year in building is emphasized by this la'est
movement for city improvetrTent. There cannot
he too many cf these big office buildings which
express in tennF of permanence the restless city
spirit of progress. Business plans long germi
nating will come to (lower at its suggestion, con
fidence will be aroused, too-grenl caution as
suaged. The wonderful record of expansion and
growth which has tuar1t*-u the recent life of the
city may well take the impulse for its contin
ued increase from the certainty of the newest,
the tallest, and the largest skyscraper.
IIYMI N VM> IW'SOMANIA.
flure in ««t least something to be said m ud
miration of the nerve of the Miss Gladys
Bradley, who has just become the wife of
william 1 haw. 3rd, young Pittsburg millionaire,
i haw is entitled on all counts to the name he
wears. He Is. In the tirst place, a nephew of lie'
notorious Harry of the Gvtdyn lame. In men
tion, In holds the world s record for a hr. mty
and-.Hoda Marathon, having consumed at oie sit
ting no less than eighty-nine of tnese potent bev
erages. Ills record includes many such Inci
dents vis penniless departures on ocean steam ts,
elopements with African pricesses of an < butty
: hu-a gambling house brawls and hair .u sing
e;capes from death in the Chinese quarters He
has demolished saloons, dubs and hotel liming
rooms without number, fought w ith waiters and
policemen, hired whole choruses for his amuse
ment, and in many other ways illustrated the
wonderfully Inventive possibilities of a mind
having nothing legitimate to occupy it. Now,
having set. his head on Miss Bradl-y, he has
actually gone a year "on tin tvati .• wagon”.
Married in New York, the luncheon at the St. 1
Regis was u “dry" function, which must hav j
appeared passing strange to that peculiar society!
which affects the cult of the Pittsburg million*I
.lire. Thaws, rt <■< fern.
Yes. it is certainly true that Miss Bradley re
tains her “nerve". It is equally certain that |
young Thaw must esteem himself a prodigy of
a lover. To Is- a Pittsburg millionaire rind live
for three hundred and sixty-five days without any
. excitement other than that possible to ,i strict
sobriety no doubt sets another record for his .
kind The questiou is now. whether or not,
matrimony will prove sufficiently stimulating
to afford a substitute for alcohol. Thaw thinks
so. and bids the old days and the olds ways a
long and fond farewell—its so many others have
done before him. His experience will, however,
scarcely be different from that of many another
who, in the sporting interest of courtship, has
, made BarrifVes and exhibted a devotion somehow
impossible to the raore quiet cxpevun.ee of
matrimony. To marry a man to reform him is,
under the most favorable circumstances, a pur-j
pose open to a doubt of its accomplishment. But i
to attempt the task of changing the holder of
the brandy-and soda record into a permanent de
votee of milk and seltzer is not exactly th"
hopeful effort of an amateur reformer
Hoping for the Pest. we can only- wish that in
,-,i" Mr Thaw returns to Ills bibulous mutton,
he will find to his chagrin that he has married
a lady who can hurl the domestic skillet with a
dexterity equal even to that with \\. h her
millionaire spouse in days agone w , • wont to
paralyze a high-hall
\ TAR m i l. TIU’STBrSTiin.
i The sympathetic interest o( the Hon. William .
Jennings Bryan, 'he love of 'he wooly West, j
plaudits from Texas and bouquets from .ludge
Kennesaw Mountain Handle should serve to
make the Christmas of the Hon. Joe Daniels!
a bright and happy one. We make no manner of,
doubt that h“ is soon to be celebrated ter and !
wide among all the cult of the trust busters aud
oetopl lariatenrs. For down at Raleigh the
Standard Oil Company la already standing with
one hoof in the noose, and there is a genera);
attitude on the part of all the State officials to'
stand back on their haunches to sustain the!
shock
The Mr. Daniels In question is not officially a
State official, but be practices, so to speak, in
that court. As Mr. Roosevelt runs personally
to teeth, so the slogan of Hon. Josephus jg fora
biting dentistry in the law. From time imme*
morial—ever since Bryan first began to run—i
he has been clamoring for.ftn "ami-trust law with •'
teeth". Time after tlmp he has demanded such
a Statute from, the Legislature only to declare'
that the_ measure with which he has h«en pro
i ' - .v ■' % . • ’ *
vltfed is not powerful enough in ita jaws to gum
:t» way through mush. To hear him tell it,
tiie present law, which was put upon the bsoks
only after a perfect spasm-of oratory, is as
toothless as a new-born babe.
In spite of which the bright young city attorney
of Kuleigh, a man whose name is us fearful in
trust circles as that of Loeb to the returning
American, has invoker) this despised and derided
statute against no less a person thani-John D.
Uuokefellor'. Him, or his trust, attorney Walter
(tlark is preparing to hale as a common criminal
before the Hon. Alexander Slron&ch, police Jus
tice, and then and there produce IiIb evidence anti
ask for instant Judment. Undismayed by what
others have tried and failed to do. this youthful
hero is to back the octopus off the rock and
drown in twenty fathoms of legal testimony, the
while \lr. Daniels and his paper, poke berry red
in excittnent. applaud to the echo each ripping
sound as the suddenly discovered teeth saw a
way throuta the trust's apparel.
It will ho a great and noisy fight, whatever
conics. For all of three weeks there has been
an awful silence In North Carolina, where they
are trying to digest the census returns. While'
it were premature to suppose that Hon. Hocko
feller, who has survived so many similar en
gagements,' is to be finally mascurated In this,
beardless David-effort upon tiis life, it will
probably eventuate that the future holds an
advertisement for North Carolina comparable
only to that obtained when, in the fate of Fed
eral Courts and foreign railroads, Governor
Glenn prepared to call forth the militia and fill !
the county jails with evil doers. The majesty of
the law—even a toothess one—is a fearful thing
when they fall into the invoking habit down in
North Carolina.
It. appears that it cost the New York rucing
associations about a quarter of a million dollars
In lawyers' fees to lose the light against the anti
lacing lull by one vote. A loss by a nose of a
big wager.
It appears that Senator Bilbo found tile money
which was offered him for his vote before it
had been issued by the banks. Such activity
indicates a desire to he corrupted.
An Indian i man has managed to live ninety
eight years without once visiting a barber. Such
a man carries with him tiis own deep tangled
wlldwood.
fhe steel makers conclude that the business
baronieter needs that the price of steel should
continue high in I he glass.
PEOPLE’S FORUM
Tin' Drainaj? (oiivriillon. j
Editor of Thu Virginian:
Sir.—Permit m,» to than It Th>- Virginian for
th»- tirti. |u in yesterday's paper in regard to a
drainsgi convention in Eiehmond on th> <cun
to- nth instant.
t’he subject lias been one ■ f life-log interact
to the writer. asg i was born and raised and
haw lived ail my JI To upon the Roanoke- ami
its tributaries, upon which the most valuable
ilatland* in the State- have been swamped by
"mill dams” and other remedial causes. My
father spent thousands of dollars in the golden,
i ra of tlH- ante-helium, m in-pulss efforts, which
with thirty years’ experimentation l>y myself
demonstrates the fact that without st.au- aid
nothing non la- nceomplislu-d. The fact that these
streams run hrough and are the boundaries of
counles and that the estates of miners and others
are interested, who cannot or will not co-operate i
in any effort to drain these lands, and that ail
individual efforts have utterly failed, demon
strates the necessity of a well defined system of ,
co-operation on the part of all Interested, who
must tie backed up by State legislation and an
orgunii-.atimt specially devised for the purpose
and empowered t-> carry out the provisions of
th“ law. Having been forced to this conclusion
years ago, I prepared a drainage bill, which was i
presented to the legislature before the last, when
the bill was taken up by the committee oT gen
eral laws. 1 went before them to explain its
necessity. The hill was unanimously approved
ms a good and necessary law. but owing to the
pressure of other matters, which had priority
• -n the docket, it failed to pa. e. though reported ;
favorably
Th-. same bill with some changes was intro- .
diced in tile last assembly, but as the senator ,
of Portsmouth also hail a bin. copied from the i
.North <’arolina law, which vvas more rompre
hemivH than mine, be agreed, that 1 might
amend his bill to make It applicable to creeks
anti mill dams, &-o., which was accordingly
dent-, and my bill was withdrawn and his sub
stituted and adopted and will lie found acts
ISOS, p. —.
This Ihw has been approved by the riparlon
proprietors on the Utile Roanoke river, and we
are preparing to put It into execution.
Colonel r. (J, Elliott, chief of the United States !
drainage investigation, sent one of hia sue
ordinates. vi7... Mr. W. 1. McGathorn. who made j
a careful survey of the swamped lands on suid i
i tream and formulated a plan and estimate of’
the cost of drainage. In forwarding this re- I
port. Colonel Elliot says. "When you are ready
lor assistance, please let no- know, and if pos
sible we will Instruct Mr. McEuthern to assist
you further In the work."
Now the most serious practical obstacle In
the way ol this enterprise, is to raise the neces
sary means, to carry on the work. This we are
now trying to do. We have had under con
sideration the very scheme proposed by Ur.
Starbrook, which Is undoubtedly the ' most
equitable, just and feasible plan of executing
the Work. As the Stat-- of Virginia, in her
sovereign capacity, for the good of the com
munity. authorized the construction of dame 1
fir milling purposes, which have destroyed
2,000 acres of the most valuable lands in the
State, rendering thereby the whole section!
malarious and impoverishing one of th« mom
beautiful and fertile valleys In the State.. We !
should lift tills burden by issuing "Drainage
Bonds" to .-over th- cost of redemption, and
restore normal conditions.
A 6 per cent, bond to run 22 years, one
per cent of which la to be set aside for this
redemption, can ho sold at par. and these lands
might lie drained without costing their pro
prietora one cent. This is nothing more than
Justice, in all such cases, because it was tne
state, acting for the public welfare, which de
stroyed these lands, under tne operation ot
natural law. New let the State for the same
reason come forward and restore normal con
ditions, and let these mills, if necessary lie
run by gasoline engines or eleutric power, to
the infinite benefit and easement of whole com
munities. which have been prostrated and im
poverished by tho action of the Statu, upon
:he hypothesis that the public welfare demanded
t. Rut even If the redemeption of these drain
ige bonds should be taxed upon the lands, which
hey drain It will be greatly to the benefit of
ill concerned, and will cause the sunlight of :
m ace and prosperity to shine onco more in I
mine, of the dark places of the land.
Sincerely yours,
iUOJUARD V. GAINES. 1
NO FURTHER STEPS
UNTIL COURT RETS
MOVEMENT FOR EXTHA SESWION
Tt» RENT PENDING DECISION
ON ELECTION CASE APPEAL.
(Sporinl to The Richmond Virginian. >
XOUKOLK. VA.. Dec. 2.—No fur
ther steps will be taken here with
the petition asking the governor to
call an extra session of the legisla
ture until the State Supreme Court
passes on the legality of the law gov
erning primary elections. It is now
stated that while Judge lianckel stts
tuined demurrers to the indictments
found by the grand Jury against the
accused election officials In Norfolk,
It*' did not order the defendants dis
charge d.
Nolle prosequies have been direct
ed in Judge Bain’s court in Ports
mouth Iti all the indictments that
were returned against accused Ports
mouth election .nuiges. Common
wealth's Attorney Charles T. Bland,
of I’ rtsmouth, says, however, that
this does not mean that If the hu
pretne Court has actually austained
tin* validity of the primary statute
or should in the futurq sustain its
validity upon the Norfolk appeal new
indictments cannot be returned.
MUCH DAMAGE BY
FLOODS IN FRANCE
PAftIH., Det. 2. A dispatch to In -
traneiseunl from Orange stays that tft»
com mum of !.:t Pnlud, thirteen miles
north-norlhw- st of Orange, has been
completely Inundated as the result, of
the breaking of the dyke of the hoi re
river. The population of '..000 is re
port'd to be in peril and soldiers have
been rushed to rescue tlitm.
Flood conditions tiro again general
throughout Frame The lame, Gi
ronde and Garonne rivers are out of
their banks and still rising. The riv -
ers of Normandy and Brittany urn
greatly swollen and it la believ ed much
da mag-, will result. Tly- Heine and
Kiiitie rivers, however, are stationary
at present.
SEEK WITNESSES
FOR FIRTH’S TRIAL
MAN WHO L.DOPED WITH l.lHkl.
I
PIKHCl; ON THIAI. Kili Mi
ll! CJTOX.
i!
ADD\ANi >U1A. VA., December 2.—j
There was an echo in Alexandria!
tVedll' ajUlty Ot tile .'-'libido of Kihel
Pierce, the le-year-oid girl from
Cheater, i’a., who eloped with William
1-irth. .Ir.. of that city, and shot her
self through tnu head when Chief
Hoods trapped them hi a local hotel
September &.
Ktiward McCrary, chief of police of
Cheater, who came to this city with i
warrants for Firth, is here summoning
witnesses for the trial rf firth, whi ii j
"ill begin ne.it Wednesday Whet) i
asked whnt charge would be urged j
against birth, Chief McCrary said it1
probably would be abduction, or any
thing short of murder.
A < 'r mcr's jury in Alexandria de
clared that the girl killed herself,
but Firth, who is married, gained
little sympathy hce, and when. In
letters to Chief Goods and other mem
bers of the local police department,
he declared his intention to visit Alex
andria at the conclusion of his trial,
V lie hoard 'of police commissioners
look the matter up and directed the
hief to discourage any such inten
tion.
ONE SAYS GUILTY,
OTHER NOT GUILTY
.VI roisr, PINKO nv ON K AND
At VITTTKO BY OTHKK,
IN QI ANOAKV.
WINCHESTER, VA., Dec. 2. —11. J.
Miiler, a Marti nab urg business man.
does not know whether he Is guilty
or not of exceeding the automobile j
speed limit and damaging a buggy :
driven t>y Don Jones, ttetir Winehes
ter. When his cas- came to trial .Yes
terday, Justice Gather Panneit fined
him ?100 and coats, and Juatlce Eu
gene W. Baylor entered an opinion
acquitting Miller.
Both Juatlcea claimed the right to
try the case. An appeal .wae noted
o> Miller's counsel to Circuit Court. j
•VS” ARK AWARDED
TO VARSITY PLAYERS '
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.> l
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, Dee.
2.—The general athletic association I
or the university has awarded "W f
to the following members of the
football to)uad; liolladuy. Pankey, !
Towles, Grier (captain), Varner, Bow
en. Finlay. Honaker. Jones, Driver,:
Todd, Woods, Cecil and Grant.
The players will meet to-morrow
night and elect a captain for next
years eleven.
Local Items IVom la’tvbton.
(Special to Tlie Richmond Virginian.) '
LEWISTON, VA„ Dec. 2.- Miss i
Scott and Mrs. Thurman visited Part
low s this week. i
Miss Hyland spent the week end
with Mrs. T. W. Dew.
Mr. Sacra was the r,-"est of Mr. 8. J
\V. Uradloy. Ho will move to Young s
In a tew days.
Mr. Pritchett and Mr. S. Payne have I
recently been guests of Mr*. Edenton.
Mr. Pure >11 has purchased the lum
ber on the old Coleman place, and
las moved his saw mil there.
Mr. Rumiuest and Mr Wulsenberry !
were at Mr. Harris' recently.
Mr. Stltckla’s brother and his fam- I
ly from Pennsylvania have moved to i
:he neighborhood.
Judge Waller and family will spend
:he winter in Cuba. . !
Mrs. M. Hew and her mother are
visiting Mr*. I. B. Washington, of
Woodford.
Miss L. Dumar. ofc Washington, wa*
he guest of Mis* Cleora Seagar. Mr.
Seagar * In business in Washing
on. DC. - I
Mr. Willoughby Bnd Mr, Talley !
vere in town recently.
I'XVEIL SHAFT
TO MEN IN GRAY
ROCKY MOUNT, VA., Dec. I—A !
monument to the Confederate dead ,
' ; -'d- .Cxtld d .■ .i , V
of Era nklin county, erected through
tho efforts of tho Juhal A. Early Camp
T. I). C\. and R. H. Fiahburn, of
Roanoke, was unveiled yesterday lit
the presence of a great crowd. Re
presentative E. W. Saunders Intro
duced Attorney-General Williams,
-who made the principal address ot
the day.
The rejl was drawn by the U. 1>.
C. members while the band played
"Dixie." Veterans attending wer® the
guests at a dinner given by the
• ■amp at the conclusion of the' cere
monies.
The monument Is 25 feet high, and
in topped by a Confederate soldier at
rest.
FI MARIE MUST
60 TO DAMASCUS
SHE AMD ANTONIO. HER “OIIRIb*
TAIN BROTHER"ORDERED
BY BOARD TO BE »E- ^
PORTED.
NEW YORK. Dec. 2.—Even though
It may mean her forced entrance
into ibe liarem of a "Wicked Pasha"
tn Damascus, Marie ilebelia, a Gre
cian woman of wonderous beauty,
must be deported; according to tho
ruling ..f thi Immigration board. And
with her must return, also Antonio
Jahara. her "Christian brother."
Jiihara, according to the woman’s
■*ory, brought her to this country to
escape the wiles of a paaha, who’fsll
iti love with her when he saw her
dance lrj tho palace of Pasha Oura,
hi whose harem she was the unwill
ing favorato until the death of her
gave her the opportunity of escap*
aided by Jaliura.
Marie and Antonio are, according to
their view, religious brother and sls
t both having adopted the Chris
tian religion. They have been friend*,
purely plantonlc. both insist, since
sh- found him a worker In Pasha
<.turn's garden and" made known to
him her desire to tice from tho harem
hfe Jahara wag expelled for show
ing an interest In the girl, but seven
:• ears Inter, after (turn had died, re
membered him and sent him word
and he planned her escape and fur
nished her tn.- disguise in which *ha
wi-nt a hoar dship. Jntu.ro left a
wife in Damascus to bring .Mario to
be: cousin in tills country, but both
de. bu-e that the wife whs a willing
party to the waps, as "all Hr« Chris,
the ns ii. planned to return ns
soon Hs he got Marie safely to this
country. H.. »>• greatly dopressed
at the outcome of tlielr exploit, but
Mari.- was able to alternate smiles
vlbri her tears and show her flashing
"iiltt: teeth. The smiles vanished,
however, when she thought of the fa'o
•' falling Into the hand* of the "bad
pasha,” who saw her oaneg in th«
pa In re of Pasha Dura,
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DO SUNDAY WORK
IN POST OFFICE
I :x PI .'TUMI, NT TO IIK TRIED IX
NOItKor.K AMI CO-Ol’imv.
TIO\ o|- MIX INTERN ASKI-I),
(Special to Thu Richmond Virginian.)
NORFOLK. A'A 1 k»c. £.•—Th»re in
now a muvf .on foot to have ail s-jn
<in.v Work suspended at the Norfolk
1*'•atoffiof. a.< an experiment looking
to the abolition '>i Sunday distrihu*
1‘ons and ethj;r huntliing of I'nited
.^t it.-K mulls t.n that day. The 1 \.-t
ofll<o; Clerks’ Association hug ap
p Intel a committee to appear be
fore she various ministerial organi
zations and ask for the •■o-operati<>n
of the preacher* along thl* line. The
postutttce elerka say that only a very
Htnail per cent, of the people demand
Sunday mails.
MAYOR BLAMES
NORFOLK VOTERS
SAYS CONDITIONS ARE RPPMlJt A.
and cmr needs an
AWAKENING,
NORFOLK, VA.. December S.—Fop
thf> iiurjHisp ,,f waging a i ampi'.m
until Nortolk has a real commission
romi oi government a committor,
composed to a largo extent of repre
sentative citizens, «n named yeater
day by H, H. Trice, who presided
at Wednesday night's meeting. This
committee is composed of the roltow
ing:
K. A. Hiiisoly, of the Norfolk Bap
Association. chairman; Caldwell
J lardy, of the Norfolk Clearing House
Association; J. K. Waterman, United
Commercial Travelers' Association; E.
1- Huy, Master Plumbers’ Association:
Captain eciorge Bevv. Virginia Pilots’
Association; F. T. Clark, Builders*
Exchange; J. R: Brocket. Retail Oro
cers' Association; Charles Hoofnagla
Wholesale Drocers' Association' C &
Herbert. Travelers' Protective Associa
tion; Barton Mvers, Business Men's
Association; John M, Brownley, Retail
Merchants’ Association; Henry a.
Barbee. Norfolk Credit Men's Associa
tion; XV. H. Band, Real Estate Own
er.-. Protective Association; W jj,
Daugherty, Central Labor Union:
Lieutenant C. p. Shaw, of the Good
Hoads Association.
Mayor Riddick, who Is out strong
for a eommtsdon form of government,
providing the right men are elected
to office, declares that present condt
tion« In Norfolk are deplorable.
"What we need In Norfolk,” he said,
is a thorough awakening of the city.
1 hi rc are plenty of good people to
rule the city right. They can ao it
when they make up. their minds to
do it. ,
"The elections in this city are g
disgrace to the .Democratic party und
tto the citizens of Norfolk. I want it
understood that I do not sympathize
with nor have I any respect for any
man who will steal a ballot. The clti
Eone of.Norfolk fire responsible for the
present condition of affairs through
carelessness, want of city pride, want
>f great interest in the city's affair*"
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5NOW8TOIUI IN
SOnfiWKST VIRGINIA
(Special to The Richmond Virginian 1
TAZEWELL. VA.. Dec. •>. T,,„.
well and entire Soutiiwest Virginia tg
n the grip of a snowstorm, the tlrst
real snow of the yoar, precoded by
leveral days of cold rain, then a trees*
ip, so that the snow falls on frosea
rround and sticks. A cold, hard win.
er Is predicted. Farm era as it nil*
ur*'ready tor lb, j '