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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-24

change Hotel. and J.. Lichstensteln S
Sons have sought more commodious
quarters on East Main Street. Mosby,
Wilkinson & Anderson, wholesale no.
tons, have made extensive improve
nlents TO their present quarters Charics
Z. Hunter, agricultural implements, mas
moved into handsome new quarters on
Main Street near Fifteenth.
BROAD-STREET IMPROVEMENTS
Only a few instances have been given.
A casual observer, in passing through
the business districts, will undoubtedly
be impressed by the evidences of great
business activity. The retailers have al
so shared in the business boom. Broad
Street bears evidence of this fact. There
is scarcely a store-room or business en-
terprise along that thoroushfare that
has not eithe. undergone or will under
go extensive improvements. Old build
inys have been remOdeled and rendered
practically new, while in many instances
entirely new structures have taken their
place in this retail center A few IN
stances that may be cited are r. 7. Penn
berton & Company, dry goods and. no
tons: Hofheimer, shoes; kohler and
Buchanan, jewelers.: the Lexington Laun-
dry Fourqurean, Temple & Company.
and Julius Meyers Sons. Colonel John
Murphy has planned an extensive annex
to the we'll known hosiery, Murphy
Hotel, and the contractors are no" ell-
gagged in demolishing the old structures
at Eighth and Broad Streets. This new
annex will be thoroughly modern and
up-to-date and the roof garden, which
will be added, will prove one of Broad
Streets attractions.
AS has been stated, only q few in
stances have been cited, but still enough
to show that Richmond has been caught
up in the wave Of prosperity that has
swept the country, and is receiving her
full share of the benefits.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-24
It's tremendous Influence Upon the Destines OF
the Country.
ONE MAN NOT OVERSHADOAVED
Something About Pierpont Morgan, the Financial
Giant, and His Bold Methods.
Bv JULIUS CHAMBERS.
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NEW YORK, February 22.-Wall street
mas become an entirely different field of
commercial combat in the past three
months. Whether it will ever again re-
sumo it's normal conditions or not is
quite problematical. Men who nave &C
tually participated in every big financial
battle in the last thirty years tell me
that they feel out Of their depth and are
more tirid than the youngest lamb Ihey
shake their heads gravely and express
serious anxiety about the future FOR
weeks the daily sales on the Stock En-
change have averaged one million shares
per day! The blocks of stock are larger
than ever before dealt in and the most
conservative bankers. who never before
entered the dangerous field Of stock spec
ulation are now cOnfeSSedly engaged IN
making money by methods that ten years
ago would have elected from the Severest
condemnation.
Capital is concentrating in all lines OF
industry. The financial sensation OF Janu-
airy was the formation of Il railroad pool
of more than three-quarterS of a billion.
At the stupendouS character of,this COM
bination every thinking man in Wall
Street stood appalled,. Its power for good
or evil was seen to be so tremendous
that the gravest cause for fear existed
that human avarice would not be able 10
resist the temptation to exercise it. Now,
hot upon this surprise, we have the bill
lon-dollar steel trust, which in its in
nuence upon mankind in general and la
Dor in particular, exceeds in gravity the
railroad pool a hundred-fold. The same
adventurous financial giant, Mr.. Pierpont
Morgan, is the organizer of these two
mammoth combinations of capital and
though he acts rs the agent or broker,
he doesn't hesitate to stake upon the
final result his reputation for sound
judgment and financial integrity. His
will is of steel. and thousands of major
ity shareholders have placed their prop
erty unreservedly in his hands. The min
ority interests are told that they must
yield unqualifiedly. No means exists of
ascertaining the size of the minority: but
ten per cent. would not be an excessive
estimate. So we see that the wishes Of
men representing 175,000,0O0 of capital are
wholly ignored or overridden. This is
characteristic of the new order of things
in Wall Street, where Corners" bear
raids and bull panics' have been the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-24
NEW YORK'S REFORM GOVERNOR
ANTAG0NIZES THE CAPITALISTS
The Corporations Hatred Of Odell Is Said to
Be Making Him Very Popular.
HE TAKES A FIRM STAND ON THE
GREAT QUESTION OF TAXATION.
Insists That Tax-Dodgers Must Bear Their
Part Of the Public Burdens.
By WILLIAM T. MANNING.
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NEW YORK, Feb. Ex-Governor Odell
is easily the best-hated man in the State
of New York to-day by the corporation
managers and the rich taX-dodging
classes. BY way of compensation, he is
springing into popularity with the peo-
pie that is without precedent in the his
tory Of our politics.
When Governor Odell sent his now ia
nous message to the Legislature in
January. recommending 4 reimbursement
OF the general tax laws Of the State, so
that personal property should bear its
just burden, the great banking. trust, IL
suraDec and ether colossal aggreSations
Gs ZHrital read il with lanSTid interest.
80 lid the people of all parties and no
;lu/ty. In truth, they believed the do"u-
;eaIit to be one of the regulation lctolln
ssteAsases that, year after year, they have
bcea accustomed to hear from both Jar
Ncs.( promising the millennium without
the Ai!ghtest intention of crystalllinS lie
!, MEASURES urged in them into law.
TO the surprise OF all. the !iovurnor
proved lie was in earnest: that he meant
what he said, and, what was more sig
nificant still, that his party was behind
him. This was made apparent by the
/ prompt introduction Of the most radical
scheme of taxation presented in the State
Legislature during the last twenty-five
years In it. banks, trust and insurance
companies and the owners of stocks and
bonds were hit fairly between the eyes.
But not until the bills came out of the
committee to which they had been re-
ferred with oninouS recommendations IN
favor of their passage, were the corpo-
rations affected by them in any WY
alarmed At once they woke up to the
fact that the Governor and the party
leaders meant business, that they were
resolutely determined to shift the load
Of taxation from those least able to bear
it to the shoulders of the privileged
classes who have become pastmasters in
the art of taX-dodging.
NOT THE REAL THING.
That a Republican Governor and Re-
publican Legislature should assume an
| attitude of this Kind is incomprehensible
| to the money barons. To paraphrase7 the
| famous saying of the Bourbon King, they
| have always thought if, discreetly, they
| did not give expression TO it: The sRe-
| publican party-we are the partly Atls
| an astounding reveatio TO them defiant
~ to be told at this late day that they
| are not the party. much less the state,
! and that henceforth the principle OF
equal taxation is to prevail TO the
masses of the people that for a genera
ton or more have been meekly paying
the double and more of their share OF
the expenses Of Government. giving
dollar where the millionaire gives mill.
the announcement is next to incredible.
But there it is, and. perforcc. they must
believe it, for do they not read about the
long special trains Of luxurious Pullman
lscars whirllnE up to Albany. den with
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-24

mllllonalre corpora ton Chiefs their
satchels bursting with specious, rhetorical
arguments against compelling them to
pay their just contribution to the public
treasury? 1t may be that there are other
arguments in the satchels also. indeed,
rumor has it so, and it is too early to say
how potent or impotent they may prove
to be.
Governor Odell may meet temporary de-
feat within his own party lines, but If he
perseveres in his policy of tax reform there
can be no question as to his ultimate sue
cess In q recent speech he practically
pledged himself never to abandon the
contest he has begun II have" he said,
mo political future that is going to make
me have uny fear oc the cry that I am
in favor of taxing thrift when I look at
the injustice that is being done. The
question is not one Of party but of pub
He good. 1t affects every citizen in the
State. desire nothing but the public
good. and upon this question I take my
stand as the Chief Executive OF the whole
people OF the State OF New York"
MENTIONED FOR PRESIDENT.
Were not these words backed by deeds
they would receive but scant considern-
ton from any one. Action of the most
resolute nature having forerun profession,
they, are. considering the forces in con-
zHlcl, OF the utmost SlSnlhcdnce- Cover
nor Odell's admirers are swift in cnlling
attention to their momentous import in
national point OF view. Tax reform in
New York, they point out, means tax re-
| eorm in every State in the Union controll-
| ed by the Republican party. That, they
say, is to be one OH the great issues of
| the next presidential campaign, on which
the party viii appeal to the people for
! support. The first assault having been
| led by Governor Odell will, they believe,
! make him the most formidable candidate
for the presidential nomination in 1904
But however, NIL that may be, there
! can be no question that Governor OdeIl
/ at the resent time is the strongest Eepub-
! lcan in the Empire State. The burden
| OF taxation on real property in nearly
every city. and especially in New York
! and Brooklyn, is so heavy that the man
/ or the party that aids in relieving it will
be heartily sustained. Governor Odell is
! now in the front line of this struggle
with the Will and apparently the power to
! revolutEonize the taxation system of the
State The meaning OF it all is that the
Republican party in this latitude has TAX
| en- new departure under the most Wig
4 orous and determined leader TINT 1t has
i had in a generation. BY Odell Roose-
/ welt has been completely supplanted in the
]. confidence OF the Republican masses.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-24
IMPROVEMENTS TO BE SEEN
EVERYWHERE I'm RICHMOND
Real Estate Men, Jobbers and Manufac-
turers Are All on the Rush
MANY ARE CROWDED FOR ROOM

should not shnw still greater inuraassa
New dwellings, ara going iin ard ff1atfs
more ara contemplated it IS npjS 3 mat
ter az time wIiFH ms Atst tsHd viii Ia
built up aad become Size tealfissiise sag
tina 81 tie tuesH - i ase 81. lie IVES
or !uehman5I
CROWDED. Fom t{n5a
But homes Afe naI alone saKefiq Hat7aiil
after There h renrcniy ftsRatatislf
ine piaut that haH nat either aifsaJs
made Use af all available property o.
contempiates doing 80, Ono need hnt
visit the manufacturing districts and See
for himself. Among those that may be
mentioned us practically doubling thoit
capacities are the Richmond Stove Com
pany, Southern Stove Company. Kingaa
& Co., Richmond Locomotive and Ma
chine Works and the American Tobacco
Company. The TrigS Company is at
present occupying new shops. and with
the improvements that the company has
made, the capacity of the plant has been
practically quadrupled. The Locomotive
Works have just finished the new boil
er shop, and, like the Trigg Company, in
stalled a large amount of new machinery
The American Tobacco Company, with
the improvements recently made, now
owns approximately eight city blocks
on Cary Street, the latest additions
being two solid blocks of three-story
and basement warehouses.
New buildings will occupy the site of
those recently destroyed by fire, and the
Virginia and North Carolina Wheel Com
pany expects to resume operations with
in the next few months. The Armitage
Manufacturing Company expects to lie
IL operation within 4 few weeks, and
with the new buildings and equipment
the capacity Of this plant has been
doubled. The plant of the Southern Bis
cult Company has been and Miller &
Miller. lumber dealers. will be rebuilt
JOBBING HOUSES REACH OUT.
The jobDing houses of the city have
also sought methods whereby capacities
may be increased. The firm of strause
Bros. s; Co. has duplicated the four
story building occupied by the Southern
Clothing Manufacturing Company on
East Main Street. while Long and Rid
dick have abandoned their Main-Street
quarters and arc now established In a
much larger building on Cary Street. M.
Cohen. Son & Company. wholesale dry
goods. occupy three-story and base
ment building On tho site OF tie old Exc
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-24

Never In her history has Richmond
enjoyed such prosperity The existing
conditions are unparalleled. and business
has never known such an impetus or
such suspicious conditions. The 6s9eiis
trade compares favorably with that -
last season. and II aggregate sales Il
better showing is made than for The
corresponding period year ago. Fail
nrcs arc comparatively unknown IN
ldci,mond. Manufacturing plants arc
pushed 10 their utmost. that the supply
may in any way meet the demand.
The money market is in a most graft
fying condition. Bank statements make
excellent showing, and The clearinGs
exhibit healthy and steady increase.
There is plenty Of money in circulation.
The improvements now under way and
those contemplated practically insure
Ibis state OF affairs.
Improvements are being made on all
sides. Not only is this seen in the busi-
ness district of Richmond, but in the
residential parts as we'll Every foot
OF available land is being pressed into
Service. The real estate market is on
a Doom. Houses are IN demand, but
Tho supply is in no way equal to it
Blocks CT houses arc being put up by
various parties in the different sections of
1ic city. and Richmond real estate is
considered by businessmen as among
the best of investments.
INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES.
The tact. however. that the various
trades are being crowded with work and
The failure 10 secure material will, nee
cssaialy. delay The completion of these
new projects. The outlook is that the
existing conditions VIII find no inlme-
ciate relief. Said well-known real
estate man. in discussing the situation.
:. few days since: II am buying pro-
perry '9eariis, and am confident that I
VIII b well repaid.
do t think that n better investment
5ts.,' 3 'sa -" - In the West End. p,o,-
ert. values show n marked Increase and
IN some 4asc4 Ills increase has been as
great as one hundred per cent. within the
past twelve months. The average In
crease in price. however. is from twenty
to seventy ard seventy-fivc per cent. I
a1avr hon@ht and have sold. but am
still buying.
What say of the Wcst-End is appli-
cable TO all that section. and. with the
prospecttve Improvement IN Lee Dis.
trtct. ] do not SEQ sw.ly property values
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-24
Maurice Thompson.

He would have hcliday-outworn. in sooth,
Would turn again to seek the old re-
lease,
The open tields-the loved hnunts of his
youth
The woods, the water, and the paths
Of peace.
The rest-the recreation he would choose
Be his abidingly. Long has he served
And greatly-aye, and greatly let US use
Our grief, and yield him nobly ais de-
served.
Perchnnce. with subtler senses than our
own,
And love exceeding ours. he listens ethus
To ever-nearer, clearer pipings blown
From out the lost lands of Theocritrus.
Or. haply, he is becl1oned from US here.
Bv knight or yeoman of the bosky wood,
Or. chained in roses hailed a prisoner
Before the blithe, immortal Robinhood
Or, 1narhap. Chaucer signals, md with
him
And his rare fellows he goes pilgriming;
Or Walton signs him, Ger the morning
brim
OF mystic waters, midst the dales OF
spring.
10. wherso'er he goes. or whoso'er
He fares with, he has bravely earned
the boon.
Be his the open. and the glory there
OF April buds, A1ny blooms. and flowers
OF June.
Be his the glittering dawn, the twinkling
dew.
The breathlcss pool or sush of laughing
streams.
~, his the triumph of tho coming true
OF all his iopeliest dreams,
James Whitcomh Riley.
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Close 81 nve,

H. 4. Burns had a marrow escape from
a Wild ride on load of straw one day.
last week. He was coming into town with
big wo-horse load OF straw and Just as
he started down the steep grade In 6ront
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-26
Bows Shirt Waist.

The strongly-made, well-htted snirt
waist that can be relied upon to with
stand the typical boys wear is a gar
ment that is always in demand. The
advantage of home-making is to pc
found in the opportunity to select tne
best material and to secure perfect
fit. The May Manton model Illus
trated can be relied upon to be correct
in every detail, and to give certain
satisfaction. AS shown it is of per-
Gale, white with strips Of blue, but
the same material in different colors
and in figures, as well as stripes, IS
correct, and both Madras and cheVlot
are also fashionable materials, While
outing and Scotch hannels are much
liked for morning wear.
The fronts of the waist are laid IN
straight tucks at each side OF the GEN.
tire box pleats, and the back is laid IN
three straight box pleats. so insurIng
simple and perfect laundering. The
sleeves are in regulation shirt style,
with stiff cuffs of the latest decreed
width. The neck IS finished with a
band to which the turnover collar Is
attached by studs or buttons and but
tonholes. The shoulder seams are COW
cred and stayed with appliqued bands
stitched on each edge, and stitched on
at the waist is belt, to which buttons
are sewn to support the trousers.
To cut this shirt waist for a boy Of
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-26
AMERICAN HOLD ON LONDON
Society, Business and Field Of Sports
Successfully Invaded.
GOOD ACCOMMODATIONS SCARCE

Our Success Becoming Somewhat Monoto-
nous to the Englishuen, But Their
Hospitality is Genuine - Americans
With well-Filled Purses Have Saved
Season For the West End Tradesmen.
London.-The summer Amer -caniza-
tion Of London this year is intensified
beyond anything ever before known
in the British metropolis. 1t is mon
opolizing society, business, the turf
and other sports, and even the hotels,
places Of amusement and the streets.
It is small blame to the average Eng
lishman if he confesse; that American
successes are becoming monotonous
ard American ideas surfeit the appe.
tite.
Americans have never received such
genuine, unrestricted hospitality in
England as the great army of inyad-
ers is now experiencing. This is more
marked because although the great
social functions among the English
themselves are omitted this year on
account Of the court mourning. the sea-
son, so far as outward appearances
60, Is as brilliant as ever. London Is
even more crowded than usual. Two
or three great new hotels have recent
ly been completed, but all Of them, as
well as the old ones, have turned away
scores daily all the week, and it has
-, hoa,, iy,onoccih1o to coo11ro 6rct
class accommodations in London with
out engaging them in advance. Many
Americans who have landed at Liver
pool and Southampton have been put
to great inconvenience on this &C.
count.
In ordinary summers it has sufficed
to telegraph to London on landing for
these accommodations. but many of
those who arrived recently found
themselves compelled to drive with
their baggag. to hotel after hotel, fin
ally contenting themselves with a cot
in a bathroom or Ded in lodging
house.
The shopkeepers of the West End
are, of course, delighted. Their fears
of a bad season have already been
dissipated by the arrival of the army
Of Americans with money in their
purses. there Is also more private en-
tertaining than ever before. 1t has
been physically impossible for the rep
resentatives of the New York Chamber
Of Commerce to accept 4 tithe Of the
private hospitality urged upon them.
Many others who are here in private
capacity have also been overwhelmed
with invitations.
One could almost wish that the gen.
eral rivalries in which the two coun-
tries have been engaged were less one
sided in results than they have recent
ly been. It would contribute vastly
to the gayety Of nations and mutual
good will, for instance, if Sir Thomas
Lipton's challenger, which has had so
much bad luck, might at last lift the
Americas Cup. AS it is, the British
public is absolutely hopeless on this
point, with the result that it. does not
take the slightest interest in the com.
ing race.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-26
Secret of Living Cheaply,

The secret of living on wind is not
to be obliged to do it. Edward Atkin-
son can live in luxury on thiyty-fve
cents a day-because he is q million
aire. Rathbup can fast forty days in
happiness-because he is rich and fat.
William A. Morse can live on 81 q
week-because he has money to burn.
But take away all that man hath
and set him face to face with adver-
sity; remove from his view all prospect
of employment; let starvation stare
him in the eye; cause him to feel the
unmanning insecurity Of poverty
then see how quickly he will succumb.
To-day's doubts and to-morrow's debts
triumph over all philosophy. Atkin-
sons philosophy is 4 good horse in the
stable.-New York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-26
Duke Rebuked His Aldermen.

|. The governments which make of
London several cities within a city
have been organized. The Duke Of
Norfolk, as Mayor Of Westminster,
presided over the city fathers who gov
ern that section Of the metropolis. A
continuous raising and lowering Of
hands is necessary in electing commit.
tees, and some members tagged pal
pably.
II wish," remarked the Ducal Mayor
sternly, that some Of you gentlemen
wouldn't scratch your noses with the
same hands you hold up for me to
count"
Thereafter the city fathers went
through their manual exercises with
the smartness of guards at drill.-Lon-
don Correspondence New York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-26
Woman's Round Yoke Wrapper.

No woman likes to be without sim
pie, tasteful morning gown that can
be slipped on with ease. The excel
lent May Manton model given amply
fills the need and is essentially COM
Portable at the same time that it pre-
sents a dainty and attractive appear
ance. The material from which the
original Is made is white lawn with
figures of old blue, and the trimming
stitched bands of plain blue on white;
but the entire range Of washable cot
ton materials, as we'll as simple light
weight woods, are appropriate.
The back is graceful and shapely
and includes becoming fulness below
the deep round yoke. The fronts are
simply gathered and arranged over
the lining. or scanned to the yoke when
this last is omitted. The sleeves are
in bishop style and comfortable as
we'll as fashionable.
To cut this wrapper for a woman Of
medium size, ten and a half yarss
of material thirty-two inches wide, or
Six and half yards forty-four inches
wide, will be required.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-26

Manton waist illustrated exenplifes
one Of the best forms and is in every
way desirable. The model is Beatrice
cloth, in a soft pastel shade Of tan,
with bands of white covered with
rows Of machine stitching, but the
style is equally appropriate for French
flannel, Henrietta, albatross and the
like, and for taffeta and other waist
silks, as we'll as for cotton, cheviot,
Madras and linen; but when made
from washable materials should be
unlined.
The foundation is fitted lining that
closes at the centre front, and upon
which the waist proper is arranged.
The back Of the waist is plain across
the shoulders, and has the fulness
drawn down at the waist line. The
fronts show no fulness at the upper
portion, but are arranged in gathers