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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14
DANvILLE,s PROSPERITY.

The Danviiie Register is pleased with
the exhibit made by that city in, COM
paratve statement which The Times pub
iished several days ago, showing the rela-
tive capitalization of business houses OF
tiat city and certain other cities in Viz
e!nia and New England. The Register
may well feel proud of Danvlle's show
ing, and ii would be prouder yet if it
could see a letter which we have recently
read from a reputable banking house In
New York. The letter says that '.Danville
is in excellent shape financially. That
Its record in the payment of Its obliga-
lions has always been Of the best ana
that the writer regards Danville city oonos
as a very attractive investment
Danville is indeed substantial and pro-
gressive city, and 1t has been built up oy
the pluck, energy and money OF its own
people, with little or no aid from foreign
capitalists
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14
THAT MILL-END SALE AT TIL
MEYER STORE.

When you spend money at The Meyer
Store it is simply leaving your money on
deposit until the purchase is satisfactory:
Every or anybody's money will be returned
without protest or argument, If the pur-
chase is not entirely satisfactory. we aa-
vertise and live up to this fact every DAY,
The Mil-End Sale nor any other event az
The Meyer Store will ever affect our es-
tabiished principle, as stated above. ABOUT
4,OO1 Wash Skirts switches us from The suo-
iect. These skirts wera made from min
ends of goods in their makeup IheE
are same as all good S2.50 skirts, and are
TO be sold at the extremely low price OIL
80 cents. Such sensations are sprung hour
~ at the Miil-End Sale, but the goods are
sold out dong before we get a chance to
take a good look at them. Some people
spend the entire day at this great sale, and
save enough in that day to justify the
iostling by. Me crowds Richmond never
saw such sight before. and it is interest
ing for any one TO come UP and see what
a regular metropolitan sale means.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14
THE RIGHT STUFF.

The BLACKSTONE Courier which is one Of
the best of the Virginia weekly papers, is
doing valued work in building up the pro-
sressive town which it represents. The
Courier refuses TO take part in the calam-
ity cry 1t says that there is no calamity
at Blackstone, but on the contrary, pro-
gress and prosperity. 1t mentions large
number of Improvements and new enter
prises and challenges any town in Vir-
ginia of like population and capital to a
comparison.
That is the sort of stuff that helps. That
Is the sort of talk virginians need to en-
courage them in their work and to encour-
age outsiders to come into Virginia and
settle. We have wonderful advantages in
this State. Nature has been most gener-
Gus to us, and with the right sort Of work
and the right sort of advertising Virginia
may become one of the most prosperous
States in the whole Union.
But we cannot accomplish anything by
crying hard times and whining about UNI.
favorable conditions. Nor can We accom-
pilsh anything by living in the past. All
yirginians are proud of the noble record
that the State has made in the history Of
this country. but ne cannot live on memo
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14
but I tell you now I won't DO a mish-
ar;.''-Chicago Record

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The HYMNS of Charles ", 81 ".
What simple strains are these, to live So
long,
TO move so many in so many lands.
When sef-appointed arbiters of song
Are all effaced like scribblings in the
sands?
In dens of London. choked with SIN ana
shame,
The beggar and the burglar stop to heai
And in the night, beneath tho street lamp
flame,
The ruined woman feels a burning tear.
In mines of Cornwall, underneath the
The grimy laboror hears their martial
tread.
Their fervent call from coming wrath
to flee;
Above the ocean thunders overhead.
Amid Mssouri's forests. dark and lone
And in the MissssipN's trrbid waves
In nameless churchyards, brambie-oFer-
grown,
Their converts fill thousand thousand
graves.
Among the rude huts of the pioneers
Those hymns awoke the wilderness at
dark.
ADOVe tne cries OF WIZ DeaStS, Ai'i"Sii'
with fears,
The panther's growing and the gray
VOLTS bark.
So 1 remember, when a barefoot boy,
| thrilled to hear thy wondrous trumpet
To Zion. and its days Of deafness joy.
It's crystal river and its jasper wall
And, led by thee, I saw its clustered
palms,
Its shining SUBMITS with their diamond
skies,
a Beulah-land, with everlasting Gains
And lilies wet with dews of Paradise.
These hymns have raised the peasant from
the sod,
Have made the rude, half-savaga nature
sweet;
Have reared a score Of kingdoms unto
God.
And aid q million hearts al. Jesus feet.
Waiter Malone in the Independent.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14
LIQUOR LONG BURIED.
Will Tell Where /, Case Is if He Is
Given One Bottle.
Especial Dispatch to The Times


FREDERICKSBURG. VA, August 80
Councilman NJ S. Chancellor has sold to
Councilman S. $. Bradford his handsome
dwelling on the corner OF Prince Edward
and Lewis Streets. and has purchased of
the latter gentleman his fine estate known
as oak Grove in this county, about
three miles from the city, containing 136
acres with handsome residence and out
buildings.
the Underwater Telephone Company,
w:lich has just completed a line from
Gloucester Point to Newport News. Will
now construct line from Gloucester
Point to Tappahannoc!1.
Farmers III some sections are said to be
selling of their cattle en- account of dry
pastures. scarcity OF haj and lack OF
water
The Tidewater Christian Convention has
elected Rev. S. X. Eorrer. OF this city, dis
trcl organizer of the Iarstian IInleavor,
lev, ~ r. Walker formerly of West
nIorc.AnI, who sometime ago received q
cali 20 Fairfax county, has also accepted
the charge Of the Episcopal Church at
Fairfax Courthouse.
Mr. { iIdmcnds. a young man twenty
eight years cid, died suddenly from sun
stroke Saturday near CarteI's Wharf,
W"slmoreland county.
!, large excursion party composed of
many prom neut persons Of Stafford. and
including several from here, chartered a
steamer and went on an excursion Sat
urdaE from Coal Landing, in .AGuia Creek.
TO Virginia Beach.
The new hail Of the Junior Order Union
Mechanics will be Dedicated at King
George Courthouse Thursday. There viii
De- tournament in the afternoon and a
concert al night. Judge j. L. Mason. of
the Circut Court. viii make the dedca-
tory address. ana Commonwealth .Attor-
ney ". 4. Rose VIII deliver the charge to
the knights. Many persons will attend
from here.
The Advent;sts' camp meeting in this
county came TO close yesterday. after
having been in progress for ten days Not
withstandng the heat and dust large
crowds attended daily, and on Sunday
many went out from this city.
Nh John Haymake" of Gould. w Va,
has wrltted letter to Postmaster John
NJ. Griffin. of this city. in which he states
that a case of fine liquors was buried in
Stafford county near this city While the
camp there in 1863. The corps received
sudden orders to march ana the liquor was
left behind. Mr.. Haymaker says he has
no Doubt the liquor is still intact, as the
bottles were sealed with wax. and he
offers to describe the location to any mem
Der OF Lonsst"eets army who Will send
him one of-5ha bottles.
The Amissyilie camp meeting in Kappa
hammock county will commence August
10th and will continue ten days.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14
tho Resorts.

The following Richmond people are at
LIE Noel, Bon Air, Va: Mr.. A. B Fergus
son. Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Nelson. Mr.. Ho-
race Slater and family. Mr.. William Cray
watson and family. DR.. Geo-ge j. Ramsey
and family. Rev. DR.. Gardner and son,
OF Greenville. S. C.
Among the guests at the Creenbrier
White Sulphur Springs are:
Messrs. r. B. Campbell, Charles W VII
lianas. Jr.. George a. Gibson. NJ G
Branch John D. Potts. S. VI. Pear
man, w. G.. Ferguson. ]. P George.
Miss Boykin, S. NJ. Carter and Randolph
Holiday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14
TIE ci.an!.Es>roN EXPOSITION:

The people of Charleston are Industrious
iy at work in behalf of The South Carolina
Interstate and West Indian Exposition,
which is 10 be held III that city between
December /. 1901. ana May 81. 1882, The
Exposition Company mas been chartered IN
der. the laws of the State has been en-
dorsed by the commercial organizations
Of Charleston. AMI has received substan-
tai aid from the various railway systems
entering the city. The Government will be
asked 10 erect d building and make 4 dis
play. and ii is proposed to have a section
of the Exposition devoted 10 municipal eX-
n:bts. Several Of the Northern cities and
some Of the Southern cites have indicated
q purpose TO erect buildings in this reserve
and Charleston has given the city Of Rich
,nond cordial invitation TO erect a build
ing.
II is needless to say that there will also
be representative exhibits from various
parts of the South. and there will also he
some of the Souta American republics.
The great object of the Exposition is to
advertise the resources and the progress
Of the South. and an opportunity will be
afforded 10 the merchants ana manufac-
turers of other sections to enlarge their
trade with this growing section of the
country.
The South is going ahead with rush,
and this forthcoming Exposition at
Charleston will give an additional impetus
TO Southern progress. We would like TO
see Richmond as municipality represent
ed. but in any event our merchants anu
manufacturers Will do we'll to take advan-
tage of this splendid opportunity to IN
crease their trade in Southern States, in
the West Indies and in South America.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14
TAKE A TRIP BY SEA
TO NEW YORK
Via C, g. 0. and 0. D. S. S.
TO BOSTON
Via C. E. on and M. & M. Line.

Richmond to New York via c. and o. 10
Norfolk and Old Dominion Steamship Nor
folk to New York, 50 straight and $i
round-trip, limited 80 days. Meas and
stateroom berth on o. D. S. S. included.
Leave Richmond $40 P. NJ; leave Nor
folk, O. D. S. S., 1880 P. NJ, except Sun
day, arrivs New York next afternoon
Richmond to Boston via c. and Q. to
Norfolk and Merchants and Miners Line
Norfolk to Boston, s115O straight and
s2150 round trip, limited 50 days. Meals
and stateroom berth on NJ. and NJ. steam
or included.
Leave Richmond A M. Mondays. Wed
nesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, on which
days NJ. and NJ steamers leave Norfolk
at P. NJ. and arrive Boston in about
SO hours.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14

rios. These memories should stimulate US
to greater exertiun, and in that way may
HELM but each and every generation must
progress by its own exertions We can
no, expect to prosper on the achievements
of our grandfathers.
we commend the policy of the Black
stone Courier. If all the newspapers in
the state VIII zealously go to work to adj
yertise the localities in which they are
published they viii at least do their part
in helping along the general progress.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14
.tsHifl E>f NYf{

Comm iLrdoi-in- Cl,ict a. d. Shaw. O. the
Grand Army .: lie Republic. SAYS that al
The next encampnent Il resolution VIII
probably lie paased 10 change the date OF
Memorial Day from Nav 31Ih TO the last
Sunday in Nay. The reason assigned Is that
as A1emoia Day IS now largely devoted
10 sports and anlusenlentS, the rec. siGaiti-
canoe of the occasion is in a great measure
overlooked.
Mrs. Booth---ucRer. of the Salvation
Army. who has been seriously i'll al As
bury Park. \. j., is said 20 be out OF
danger
Hon. Jerry Simpson. of Kansas. appeared
at the County Convention. at Wichita. on
Saturday last in an up-to-date shirt-waist.
So says a correspondent Of the New York
sun. and he adds shat the farmer Popu-
lists were amazed and sont a committee
10 ask MIR Simpson if he had forsaken
them. Mr. Simpson replied that the shirt
waist was adopted FOR comfort and not
for style.
One of the newest wrinkles that the
Yachting women al the north have
adopted : white duck trousers They
wear these trousers so that they can move
about on the vessel more freely.
OF the one hundred and fourteen new
doctors just passed by the Board OF Regis
,ration in Massachusetts, twenty are
women.
Scientific sharps who testified i'll the
,Ioli,a,, case il, New York have sent in
bills for more than $4,000.
Chicago citizens are not satisfied with
the Government count, and movement
is on foot to insist on a new Federal census
OF the city, on the ground that the recent
count was inaccurate and not worthy OF
being recorded as a true statement of the
population OF Chicago.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14
THE GOLD STANDARD.

The Petersburg 1ndex-Appeal said the
other day that the gold STANDARD act or
March a. 1890. specifically provided that
al! the obligations Of the Government, IN
terest-bearnc and non-interes1 bearing,
should be payable in gold coin. and that
that act put il beyond the President Oh the
Tinted States or the Secretary of the
-,-e,s,,~v to impair the gold standard in
orr currency. adding that Mr.. Bryan
election would not affect that stanoaf'
any more than the election of Mckinney.
We replied that that was not our unier-
standing of the act. That something Ike
. billion dollars of United States bonds
were still payable in coin and tha' 1t
was in the discretion Of the Secretary OF
,oe Treasury as to whether or not pilh-
cjpal and interest of these bonds should
T.. Maid in gold or silver. We expressed
dasjre 10 hear further from our Peters
,,,,rg contemporary on this subject, and IN
lis sunday Issue the Index-Appeal, VITA
cemmeniable frankness. sad
o., examination of the act OF March Ii.
7oi, commonly known the gold standard
law we find that the lnieN-Arpeal is IN
error in the foregoing. Section OF the
hill was as we stated when II was under
consideration by the House but II was CYL
IDENTIFY changed in the conference commit
TEE probably in Difference TO the Tree Sill
ver sentiment of the Senate we were not
aware of the omission. and We're petraSeo
into the error by similar statement Nlaus
IN Two papers noted for Information ana
,ni sjiaI n note the
change made in the bill after it lett the
House.
If Mr.. BRYAN should be elected President
this question would give him more or less
en1barra ssment. He is being supported by
a large number OF people who believe N
the free coinage Of silver. some OF them
in the Democratic party and others IN the
Popuiist and free silver party Ny hEHah
himself believes in the free coinage OF sli-
yer and his silver supporters look 10 MIN
to 90 everything in his power, should he
be elected to the Presidency. to advance
the interests Of free silver. Secretary
Carlisle vas severely esnsuEed by the free
silver people for insisting on paying ali
these coin obligations in gold when ne
had ample authority 10 pay them in silver
without, as they claimed. violating the
obligation as nominated in the bond.
We have always understood that it was
the policy of the free silver people 10 pay
Of these obligations, interest and principal.
in both silver ana gold. AMI 50 if Mr..
BRYAN is elected he will be brought face
r.,.a .;.l mai Quest On
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14
LOW RATES NORTH AND WEST

Before you travel North or West call
upon or address the Undersigned for low
est rates via York River Line and Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad (Royal Blue
line). Superb steamer service to Balu-
more. connecting with the finest, fastest
and safest train in the world. Leave
Richmond daily Except Sunday from the
Southern Railway Depot ut 4:20 2. NJ
Apply to Richmond Transfer Company,
9O3 East Main Street; or Arthur G. Lew
is, Southern Passenger Agent Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, Norfolk, Va.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14
NOW at IlnilO.

Sergeant Junius a. Cosby of the Sc
cond Police District. has received a very
interesting letter from Louis y. WaItoI>
of the United States Signal Corps, and
now stationed at Iloilo Mr.. Walton is q
son OF officer Archibald T. WaIton, of
the Second District He has a reputa-
ton among telasraphers as one OF the
best in the business. and evidently is so
regarded in the army. as he is now oc-
cupvins most important position al Gen
eral Hughes headquarters, at IIoilo.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14
IMPORTANT CHANGE IN SCHE
DULE-aTLANTIC COAST LINE.

The following changes in schedule are
announced, tnking effect August Is, 1907
Train No. 81, running through TO Rocky
Mount, n. c.. leave Richmond 500 P NJ ::
arrive Petersburg 5:45 P. NJ, Washington
Street $3.50 P NJ. Weldon 7:42 P. NJ, Rocky
Mount, n. c., S:55 P. NJ.
Train No. 4S, leave Richmond eco P NJ ;
arrive Petersburg $50 P. NJ. Local Ac-
commodaton.
Train No. S. Sunday Excursion. leave
Petersburg $50 P. NJ; arrive Manchester
6:53 P. NJ. Richmond $40 P NJ
Train No 81, Sunday Excursion, leave
Richmond 4:50 P. M. Manchester 4:55 P
NJ; arrive Petersburg 5:35 P. NJ.
G. S. CAMPBELL,
Division Passenger Agent.
S3S East Main Street.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14
SPEEDWAY DESERTED.

SPEEDWAY DESERTED.
The ntnety-anG-nine OF the road brigade
left Their trotters in their stables yestsr-
duy. The few vino through force OF habit
drove out TO Speedway Park found there
about the hottest place in town. a food
Of glazing light ana heat beat down on
the rocker bbed driveway, over which the
cooling shadows Of the two big bridges
fell, only to make the heat OF the sun
seem the more intense. Every rocky
point along the picturesque western hill
SIDE Was Ike some great radiator giving
oil the stored UP energy Of a dozen hot
waves. Even the wind TINT came laziIy
across the Harlem Valley was laden with
heat and humidity.
On the .ong stretch of parched and
dusty road, where half a dozen sprink-
! ng wagons were at work the sun licked
up the water as fast as all John ou!nn's
horses and men could put It down, and
though something like twenty-five thou
sand gallons was drawn before midday.
the sandy loan was as dry as gunpowder
when the big thunderstorm came up
over Washington Heights.
Herman Meyer and his daughter. Agha,
We're drowned yesterday afternoon by the
c.psizing of a cat-boat in He'll Gate Chan
mel during the height of the thunder
storm. Meyer lost his life trying to save
tiiS S!ii. lis sui Lsiti-'' "tIo GUNS " iiiS
overturned craft, was rescued by men
on tug.
The Meyers lived at No. 1870 East Eighty
fifth Street The father was sixty years
Old the daughter twenty-five and the son
is twenty years old. Herman Meyer had
been y sea captain. but for the last ten
years had conducted a small business as
mach.nst in the house in which he
lived and which he owned
The roof and front wall OF two-story
brick build ng at the corner. OF Shinbone
Alley and Elm Street cnved in a o'clock
yesterday afternoon. and TWO men were
badly hurt by the falling bricks and tim
bers. Men from the Building Department
last night tore down what remained OF
the structure.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY EXCUR.
SIONS

To New Jersey SeashOre Resorts VIA
A. II and Il. IL. X.
On Fridays and Saturdays of each week,
continuing until September Sth, the Rich
mond, fredericksburg and Potomac Rail-
road will sell special excursion tickets to
Atlantic City, Cape May, Ocean City and
Sea Isle City, y. j., at rate OF $3.50 round
trip. Tickets good going on all regular
trains urtil following Tuesdays. inclusive.
On sal, at Byrd-Street Station and Rich
mond Transfer Company. No. s03 Main
Street and Jefferson Hotel
w. 2. TAYLOR,
Traffic Manager.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14
INC soutnern Ben Telenhone and be-,

The Southern Bell Telephone and Tee-
graph Company announces that tele-
phonic communications can be had over
It's lines with Lynchburg, Va; Danville,
Va: Roanoke, Va Wakefield. Va; Ap-
pomattox, Va: Farmville, Va: Crewe,
Va; Salem. Va: Bedford City Va: Reds
Vile, n. c.; Charlotte, N. c.: Columbia,
S. c.
For further particulars inquire at the
Public Pay Stations and at Managers
office, No. 1914 East Main Street.
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND
TELEGRAPH COMPANY
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14
Nest Points Bonn

There has been a decided boom in the
industries at West Point. especially in
the trucking business. Between $1,000
and 60, 600 cucumbers In their green stall,
are being received daily by one of the
firms there. and the cannery is being
rushed to its capacity.
Work on the Marsden Compsny's Get
lulose plant is being rushed, and the
factory will soon be ready for opera
ton.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14
CHAGRES FEVER AT NORFOLK.
Norwegian Bark With the Disease
Aboard at Quarantine Station.


NORFOLK. VA, August 13.-The Nor
wegian bark Kotka, Captain Erickson,
which sailed from Brunswick, Ga, for
Hamburg, August I'd, is at quarantine here
with chasres fever aboard. The Virginia
steam pilot boat Relief picked the bark
up off Cape Henry and towed her into
quarantine.
The United States marine hospital sur
geon from Old Point embarked on the Re-
lief and was later put aboard the bark.
How serious and general the sickness is
aboard the kotka will not be known until
the surgeon returns That the bark old not
sail in. but was towed, Is indicative that
many OF her crew are down or some are
dangerously i'll. Those aboard the bark
told the pilots that the sickness was GER
tainly chagres fever
DR.. Brown, United States Marine Hos
pital Surgeon, who returned from tne
bark this evening. said that SIX or the
crew are down with chagres or malarial
fever. The disease is not contagious.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14
SLOW aSH!NGTON TO NIAGARA
FAILS AND RiITURS-$1O VIA
Ea.,S NSTIVANlA RAILROAD

On Thursday, August 23d, Sep
tember 9Th and 2Oth and October 18th and
18th. personally conducted excursions will
leave Washington by special train at S
A. NJ. nrr!ving Niagara Falls les P. NJ.
Tickets limited TO ten days. ana allow
sfop-over returning at Buffalo, Rochester
and Watkins
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14
GRAND TOURNAMENT AND BALL

Otterburr, Va. Aug. 18th, 1900.
Fer above, Southern Railway will sell
tickets from Richmond, brakes Branch.
Va, and Intermediate stations to Otter
burn, Va, and return, at rate of one first
class fare for the round-trip. Tickets on
sale August 14th and 18th with final limit
August 18th
c. W. WESTBURY. T. ?. a.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14
HANOVER SCHOOLS.
Statement by Districts of Amounts Elk
pended Last Year.
(Special Disratch 10 INC Times. }

ASHLAND, VA. August 1S.-The Han
over School Board met here to-day TO
audit the treasurer's books AMI to transact
other routine business. The books of the
treasurer were found in an excellent condi-
ton. Following is a statement by districts
OF the expenditures of Hanover county for
school purposes:
Beaver Dam D:strict-Teachers. s4,646;
district expenses, $3.50; total, s5,C06.
Henry Observation-Disclosures, Si,I94; district
expenses. S52i; total, S5,32S.
Ashland District, not including the town
of Observation-Disclosures, s3,o2a; district ex-
penses, s'22; total, s3.752; grand total.
S14,6S6.
The sum of Sl,6o0 was expended last year
on the Ashland Graded School.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14
WHITE SULPHUR. BOT SPRINGS
o-c-SpiCCiaL RAIE; VIA Z. SO.

Weekend tickets to Goshen, Hot
Springs, and White Sulphur sold on Fri
DAYS and Saturdays, good to return
following Monday. at one fare for the
round trip. Also Grass Widower's tickets
10 points East of stanton on Saturdays,
good for return following Monday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-14

city and will tomorrow wed Miss Lily
Rosendorf. the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. D. Rosendorf, of No.
209 East Clay Street. The cere-
mony will take place Wednesday and
will be performed by Rev. DR.. E. N
Calisch, of Beth Ahaba Synagogue.