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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-19

business Tho county levy was Used at
ntty cents ora tAe 500 value o. al url-
perty. zeal and personal An additions
task OF ten cents on the 800 was .e.i
for school purposes, aud fifteen c.att
for public roads
THE board adopted the following .r.-
dule for the hire OF labor ana other .r
vices. Abie-oodled men. q cents per hour.
or 6) cents per day. care ana oxen p.r
hour. ~ cents. OF day. 81; one horse ani
plow, per hour. D. ~ cents. or day f-t
two horses and piow. per hour, I'D cents.
or day 81; two horses and wagon. Itr
hour ID cents. or day 81.
The supervisors We're compelled 20 raise
the taxes for the coming year ON account
az smallpox expenses and made che
levy five cents more on the 500 value
OF property than last year. but the COON.
- has larger amount OF taxable pro-
perty than it has had since the DAYS 90
slavery Tho three railroads running
through the county is a great foct0r IN
making uD tho taxable property OF the
county
when the Richmond. Petersburg and
Carolina railroad Is completed Mecklon-
burg win have ninoty-six miles OF road-
bed moro miles OF road than, perhaps.
any 0thor county In the State The ae.
grerate value OF these roads IS about
s6s2 go.
The vestry OF St James Episcopai
church, OF Boydton. ana other churches
az which he breaches. has given thei~
rector, Rev. +. Sterling Gum. months
vacation Mr.. Gum Is at present IN Rich
mond. lie Is Milling temporarily the pull
pit OF Rev. Mr., Randolph.
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was given. led by Mr.. r. M. McMurdo,
In which forty couples participated among
whom were several young ladies' and
gentlemen from Washington, Alexandria,
Baltimore, Texas and other points in the
South.
The Kesylck nelghborhood Is a place
OF much mlrth just now. there being so
many bellies and beaux from a distance
summering there.
Mr.. w. T. Martin. a well known hard
ware merchant Of this city. met with
painful accident yesterday evening about
6 o'clock He was taking his accustomed
evening drive. in company with his wife,
when his carriage was run into by the
electric car near the University, resulting
in both Mr.. and Mrs. Martin receiving
painful injuries and the smashing up OF
his vehicle
Chief Thomas J. williams. OF the Char
lottesvllle Fire Department. is arranging
TO have his company take part In the
State Firemen's Convention, soon TO De
l. d I'm Roaonke city
The grape crop Of Albemarle Is greater
this year than for years the berry
larger. the bunch more compact ana the
fruit sweeter. Large shipments are being
made daily 10 northern markets ana inc
berry commands a good price.
The recen rains have served TO cool
the atmosphere and for the past rev
nights blankets and overcoats have been
brought into requlsiuon In order Tor one
TO be comfortable
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-19
LITTLE FOLKS HAVE FUN,
Master A. l.. Hart Celebrates His Filth
Birthday at Bowling Green,

BOWLING GREEN, VA. August Is.
Speclal.-AIaster Alan Lindsay Hart. the
little son Of Professor Hart was rendered
a beautiful party this week at tine Tesi-
dence OF his grandfather, DR. McCo"n.
of this place. on the occasion Of his tith
birthday. The little guests assembled at
4 o'clock and were ushered into dark
encd room whore a toy theatre. beauu-
fully illuminated by tiny wax candles was
arranged
After n ragtme overture the curtain
was rung up for The appearance az MISS
Howlinrant. who rccited the Walrus ana
the CARPENTER with great empires -ment
and was followed by minstrel troupe
I'm character songs and Rotations, after
which the tragedy of Blue Beard was
thriuIngly rendered by clever little
mari0nettcs.
After the performance which was en-
Enthusiastically received. refreshments were
served I'm a prettily decorated dining room.
Dainty sandwiches were dispensed with
chocolate and were followed by ices
fruits and sweets. The impressive ccre-
mony OF cutting the mammoth birthday
cake concluded the entertainment and
the little people departed, pronouncing the
affair great success and wishing the
small hero OF the hour many happy re-
turns of the day.
The guests were Misses Alice and Ellen
Rroaddus Miriam CoghnI Louise Haines,
rdlth chandler. Annie White. Patty FliZ.
and Masters Clifford Haines. of Bowling
Green. Ruth. Katherine Sallie AVID Doro-
thy Hart. OF Richmond. and Master AIS
Gin Thomson. of Louisville. ky.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-19
STORM 10TH TO QUIT.
The Biggest OF IL over in Newport
News-Sfeamers Go out.

NEWPORT NEWS. VA, August b.-
special-The West Indian hurricane has
about expended its force here. although
It seems averse 10 leaving and gives an
occasional parting blast, which reminds
one OF IT'S past fury.
Nearly an OF the storm bound vessels
have left the harbor here and proceeded
ON their various voyages The Washing
ton steamer could not make landing
AZ Old Point this morning and was forced
20 proceed. 20 Norfolk with the passen-
gers intended for this section. The coli
liers and coal barges held up here viii
go out this evening or tomorrow. The
CLYDE line steamer Gulf Stream Us srl
anchored in the river. IL is said she Will
20 I'm dry dock before proceeding on her
way.
According to q letter received here 20
day w. A. Biungslfy q CO., OF New
York. have not given up the idea of es-
tabnshing a line of steamers between
Newport News and Baltimore. They am
nOunce that the service viii be inaugu-
rated as soon rs they can secure the
necessary steamers.
In the Police Court to-day r. K. smythe
was found guilty Of stealing electricity
from the Peninsula Electric Light and
Power Company. He was given proN-
sional fine of S25 and a term Of three
months in JAIL II he pays mp his in-
dobtednoss 20 the company by tomorrow
and reaches "A satisfactory arrangement
about the current ne took without their
knowledge the fine and sentence will be
RENTED.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-19
AFFAIRS IN ESSEX.
The County Stirred Up over Politics
Storm Kills Many Fish.

huntsville. VA August ls.-Spe-
cial.-The county Is aroused politically as
1 have rarely seem It before Notwith-
standing the fact that our people are
largely for Tyler. still the contest between
Garnet and Warning IS exceedingly warm.
L have been unable to ascertain the per-
sonal preference Of either Of them, but
suppose both would be controlled by the
sentiment of their constituents. In any
event our primary. which comes off ON
the 18th. VIII settle the matter, and after
that we hope for smooth sailing over a
calm sea.
DR.. Calvin s. Blackwell. OF Wilmington,
North Carolina. has been preaching a
series of sermons at Ephcsus Baptist
church. the like Of which has never been
heard I'm this community before. lie
enchains the attention with his FIRST words
and holds 81 10 the end. Much interest Is
being manifested.
During the storm that has been upon
us for the last two days, large quantities
OF dead fsh have been washed ashore
near Bowers Wharf on the Rappahan-
mock. They are in such quantities that
the farmers are hauling them out ON the
lands as a fertilizer. They consist almost
entirely of alewtvcs.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-19
VIRGINIA BANKS.
Reports ofTbcir Condition Sent 10 the
Treasury Department.


Treasury Department.
4 special from Washington 90 the Bal
timorc sun yesterday says.
a report of the condition of the Viz
ginla banks. other than national. al the
close Of the fiscal year ended June 80 1880
has been received by the Treasury Dc
partmcnt The total resources of the
seventy-twO State and private banks
amounted 10 S2iC45u divided as follows.
Loans ON real estate. Sl6 703. 162. over
drafts. $4,000, United states bonds, S4i3.
$50: other stocks bonds and securities.
S2001920 expenses and premiums. S9i,-
$40. due from other banks and bankers,
s.. N06 SIS; real estate. furniture and fix
lures, $3.50 0l5. checks and other cash
Items, S4219,5; specie Ai2953; notes,
S757 100: total cost {Ll@35; all other re-
sources, 5000.
Iiabnities-Capial stock. HcS73H: sur
plus fund. 81 8C7.39. other undivided pro-
nts less expenses and taxes paid, 5000.
dividends unpaid. {S0.6s0. deposits subject
to check, slffo5s3: other deposits,
s2.O7739S. total deposits. Sl6.0I9l9; due
other banks and bankers tU26l5: all
other liabilities. $3.50 46; total Liabilities.
$2i.C59.5l.
Eleven savings banks the report is as
follows: Total resources ti352.bsO. d.
vided as follows: Loans on real estate
s2.7i25 $50: overdrafts.S SlfG'9; stocks,
bonds and securities. S5u.Nt; expenses
and premiums. $3.50: due from other
banks and bankers. S53i232. real estate,
furniture and fixtures. 500 1872: checks and
other cash items. N3,5>l; specie Noss5;
notes, $751; 6; an other resources, so'oo'.
Liabiities-Captal stock, Stn.5l' sur
plus fund. sos les. other undivided pronts,
less expenses and taxes paid. Sli0Sse. divi-
dends unpaid Sl9ls6. deposits subject 10
check. S2OANl. other deposits. Silt
42s: total deposits. Sls92l9; due 10 other
banks and bankers SllNni; all otner IA
biliiies. s-2Z1g: total liabilities, Sl5'-,J v'
The report for the six trust companies
shows their total resources 20 BE S2.lio.soZ,
divided as follows: Loans on real estate,
81 .G0l 80. overdrafts Sl3'6. stocks, BONDS
and securities. S2W.1o; expenses and pre-
miums. S6812: due from other banks ana
bankers. S24 2i2. real estate, furniture
and fixtures. S29 025; checks and other
cash items. t259l: specie. S26 ls5; currency
1854 total cash on hand, S'5ooii all
other resources. $3.50.
Liabnities-Capital stock. S5j2.3sj: sur
plus fund. $500: other undivided profits
g2i. 255. dividends unpaid. 5000 deposits
subject 70 check. Sll,0W.o S9; other de-
posts sa0S.Z7l. total' deposits. 81 iN 1853;
due other banks and bankers, SpGis; total
liabilities. S2l7S.352
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-19
THE MIDDLE MAN.

\ writer in the New York Journal says:
Actual society IS not only composed Of
PRODUCERS and consumers. A large part
az ihe people are finding their means Of
existence ln the hitherto admitted role
of "go between" OF distributor Of com
modities
m you admit the suppression OF inter-
mcaiafies you diminish at once the num-
Ter OF consumers. and society which
would have only producers and consum-
ors would soon see a scarcity OF people
having the means % pay for the neces-
slties OF lie Consequently. the pro
daoers themselves would suffer from the
diminished number OF paying customers.
Nonsense That IS the sort OF srgu-
nent which was once employed against
labor-saving machinery. 1t Is equivalent
70 saying that the more Intermediates
4 ere are. the more complications there
are In business the more different profits
the people have 10 pay. the better OF
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-19

NEWPORT NEWS. VA, August Is
spccial.-The steamship City OF Birming-
ham. OF the Ocean steamship Company
New York to Savannah, put IN here 10
day with her engines disarranged she
proceeded % the shipyard where the
necessary repairs will be made. There
were a number Of passengers aboard the
vessel. and as they are very anxious 10
proceed 20 the South they will probably
leave by rail tomorrow. If it IS found
that the vessel will be detained longer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-19

Man i'm Hard Luck-I am reduced 70 the
painful expedent OF asking you 10 puy
the diamonds in my wife Je|eIry ana 10
replace them with limitations.
Jewclor examing the jewels)-Your wife
evidently has preceded YOU I'm evolving
that clever pl4n-Jewelers' weekly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-19
Hero.

wasn't 70 brave Of Chollie TO rescue
that child from drowning I'm the creeki'
"Brave2 The water wasn't more man
four feet deep anywhere. and Cno.lie
knew TO-"
Eyes. but that was deep enough 10 ut
terry ruin the crease in his trousers. IN
dianapoIs Journal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-19

know. as he Is certainly old enough, tna'
the people of Halifax county are entlrsy
too intelligent to be made TO believe
things which are untrue of a man through
abusc.-SOuth Boston Times.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-19

How sensitive IS official instinct! When
a park policeman yes crday heard a gem
tlcman on one of the seats refer TO the
children gambling on the green ne quick
ly turned ana walked In the other direc-
tiOn.-Denvor Post.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-19
CURRENT COMMENT.


A Bristol correspondent says that the
Virginia Iron. Coal q Coke Company has
purchased the vast Looney Greek coal
mines three miles northwest Of Big Stone
Gap in Wise county, and that the new
owners win at once erect three hundred
coke ovens and begin operations. The
coke 10 be manufactured at this point
will be used On operating the company
fourteen iron furnaces in East Tennessee
and Southwest Virginia.
This sounds like ,hc news OF boom times.
TWO years ago The Times predicted that
It would not bee long before these mineral
properties in Southwest Virginia would be
i'm brisk demand and that there would be
activity throughout the mining districts
more substantial Than that which charac-
terlzed the Southwest boom The oalam-
ity howlcrs were disposed to laugh at
our prediction. bat BIT has come TO pass.
This is bat the beginning OF greater
things We believe that genuine prosp r
lty has SCI in in The Southwest ANA we
rejoice in The fa-t
II IS not The southern papers alone that
treat Miss Lillian Jewetts negro exhibi-
ton in Boston as a vaudeville perform
ance. The Hartford. Conn, Times thus
refers 20 the performance:
."AIiss Lillian Jewott took in 500 at her
exhibition of the Baker Iamay at the
Peoples Temple IN Boston, last night
Three thousand people paid ten cents each
for the entertainment The affair narrow
lv escaped being turned into a cake walk
Dv the antics Of NJ Baker While j.
w. Iutchins the white haired anu-sayery
singer was singing hs song THE Father
hood of Cod ana the Brotherhood of Man.
Mrs. Baker experienced religious eXhila-
ration" She dropped her little son Wills
VINO had been sleeping in her arms and
strode around the platform, rolling her
ewes and waving her arms She was
pulled into her seat by a dozen people
who rushed toward her for that purpose.
The exhibition VIII De repeated soon.'
New England fanatics will continue 10
encourage the young woman but sensible
paople at the North realize that the whole
thing Is a farce and have already dismiss
ed IL as such.
II is reported In the Southern newspa-
pers that the years earnings by cotton
mil in York county S. c., for the year
ending July Goth. were equal 70 Al per
cent. on the investment of 10000 1hs
capital OF the min viii now be trebled.
The years dividend will complete the
payrpeut to the stockhOlders~Of every cent
invested In the plant since the mills were
established eight years ago In other
words the stockholders have received In
dividerds a srsn equal 20 their original
investments ard still have their stock
which is row worth much more than It's
face value. This Is an extreme case OF
course. bit II shows that possibilities
there are in tine cotton Industry OF the
South. These mills are springing up every
where and mills already In operation are
Increasing their capacity. We believe tina.
the time will come when the South will
manufacture practically all OF the cotton
that the planters OF that section can grow,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-19

and when that time comes. the problem
Of cheap cotton. which has for so long
time puzzled the farmers. will have solved
itself. And 30 cheap cotton Will prove
blesginE I'm disguise.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-19

New Cook-Then I am not 70 wear your
bouncts when 1 like?
Aiisress-No, but think how large your
wages arel
New Cook haughtily)-My liberty is not
for sale.-DetrOit Journal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-19
ANNOUNCER EMIT.

The books of Subscription for the stock
of The Washington Savings and Loan Asso-
citation, of Richmond, Va, are now open
and stock Can be secured on application
70 any OF the officers or directors named
below:
los. w. Blanton......."....... President.
q Harvey Clarke......"..yTi ce-President.
Benz. c. Wherry...." .........Treasurer.
G Eugene Blanton...sec. and Asst Treas
,a.,bert G. Botts...-...General Manager.
Chas. II. Belyin.. '''DHector'
Frank Cunningham. ..-........-'' director
eof Bradley Cunningham & Co.. Newport
News, Na)
Plans equitable, protective and up-tO-date-
c. tUGEsE BL.NT0N.
Secretary
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-19

It IS reported that Individual ice dealers
are 10 nght the new ice trust They Cd
joct TO the attempt TO freeze them out
Bangor Commercial.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-19

Mr. Bryan declines TO say whether or
not Cookers love SIS reciprocated.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-19
A DRAMATIC HUNT CLUB.
The KeswIck Organization Gives an
Entertainment - MIR. Martin Hurt.

Entertainment - MIR. Martin Hurt.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, August Is.
Specialize Keswlck Hunt Club rem
dered in an interesting manner last even
ing Snow Ball" with the following
caste: Felix lFeatherstone. Mr.. Floyd
King Uncle John. Mr.. Paul Petit; Harry
Pendergast. Mr. Ernest Gray; Mrs. Feath-
erstone. Miss Nella Cochran: Ethel Gran
ger. Miss Imogene Miller; Penelope (thc
maid Miss Lucy Rosser.
AT the conclusion OF the play q german
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TAX LEVY RAISED.

sIecklcnburg County Paying for Her
Recent Smallpox CASES.
ROYDTON, VA. Aug. h.-speciaL-Ihe
supervisors OF Meckenburg met here
Wednesday and completed their work yes
terday, TAey transacted 4 good deal OF
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It is reported from Chicago that pas.
senger traffic in an directions is breaking
an previous records, being even larger
than i'm the Worlds Fair year. The move.
ment is not confined 20 any one class
Of business. Gains are conspicuous ln
local as well as through business, and
the volume of travel is so great that
the roads are pressed for coaches.
Bandmaster lines saved q Philadelphia
woman from drowning at Atlantic City
on Thursday last. The woman had fallen
from the pier into the sea. lines sprang
over the rail end kept himself and the
woman aHoat until they were rescued.
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Amos L. Reed. private secretary TO
Speaker Reed, says that his chief viii
send in his resignation as Congressman
I'm a few days lie viii resign now SO as
TO allow ample time for the holding Of
a special election i'm November. Mr.. Allen
Successor
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AETI,IkNIATII.

The campaign cry of the Kentucky
boilers will be: Thou shalt not steal"
Hon William ]. Bryan was questioned
at Lincoln. Neb.. concerning the Croker
interview. He replied: II do not care to dis
cuss the interview with Mr. Croker and
his expressions Of friendship towards my
self"
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Governor Tyler has taken the stump.
but Thomas S. Martin seems TO be salts
fed to let him take that while he stays
at home and arranges to take seat
again as United States Senator.-Salem
Times-Register.
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