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ton; Miss Bessie Patrick. of GrsenviIie.
The couples Were:
Mr.. Junius D. Grimes with Miss Willie
Hargrove.
Mr.. William Harding with Miss saIle
Mr.. Carl Hughes with Miss Apice
Bright.
Bessie Nicholson
Mr.. Val. Perkins. CT Raleigh. with Miss
Mr.. Jack Nicholson with Miss Julis
HauShton.
Mr. Sam Laughinghouse with Miss
Charlotte Wilkins.
Mr. Jarvis Sugg with Miss Mary Bur
bank.
Mr. Hoyt Moore with Miss Helen Kus-
Ter.
Mr.. Fronts Burban with Miss sallis
Bette TaSlee.
Mr.. Dave Hill with Miss Jncquelir
Mr. Norwood Simmons with Miss Luctl,
Pugh. 80
Mr. Mr.. Frank skinner with Miss Mary
Short.
MI. Edward Clark, Jr.. with Miss Maude
Wiraiey.
MI. Ben. Yarbroush with Miss Chap
man. OF Los. Angeles; "a. ,1,.
Mr. Fred Hoyt with Miss Emma has
sell. of Williamson.
Mr.. Frank Jordan with Miss Maths
Laughinshouse
Mr. Charles Morton with Miss Olivia
Lamb of Henderson.
Mr.. Cary Mayo with Miss Irene Morton,
Mr.. Thomas Clark with Miss Melissa
MI. THOMAS Wharton with Mrs. sey-
mour Hancock.
MI. sam Tayloe with Miss Mauda Web
M Mr.. Harry Howell with Miss Charlie
MI MI. Richard White with Miss Rosa
s Mr.. Burt James With Mss camnts'
Mr.. John williams with Miss Lucy
Mr., Charles smaHwood with Miss
louis, Latham of GreenTile
Mr.. Haywood Dali with Miss MARY
o Mr.. John G.. Bragaw. JF., with Miss
Nav Wood, of Edenton.
Mr.. VIII Hunter with Hiss Bessie
Patrick. of Greenvile.
f,aptain Henry with Miss BeSs EaraiHSt
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank f. shtr1.
Mt and Mrs. Frank II. Roliins.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fl. RIcnardsoh-
staes-Colone1 Fl. Churchill Braga" ana
,Jassrs Frank Bryan. Z. Atkinson
Haughton, Charles HarVerson eonoses'
tPatronesses-Mrs. Brad Morton. Mrs
Justus r. Randolph. Mrs Wyatt Laush-
ipShouSe.
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I
parties sisnator, TO tho treaty of Berlin. II
as there now seems reason to believe. the the
spirit and letter of the treaty as u
affects the Roun,anian Jews, is TO be en-
forced, the United States will have i,'sts
the prime instrument II removing IRON
Roumania a lingering blot Of the dark T !,
ages. aye Will not only have been the
means of bringing an incstimable blessing
TO the inofIensive Jewish Inhabitants Of
Rcumania, but the means, as well, OF
po,.ferrnig lasting benefit upon the coufls
try Itself For the race IN Roumar1is. only only
need to have equal opportunities with tho
other people among whom they dwell,
in order to prove, in time. as -hey have
proved everywhere else. when free from
the yoke of oppression, q powerful factor
in contributing to the general Develop
ment of the State in all directions.
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THE CAROLINA sENATORsHIP.
a. II. Boyden Looking After Over
mun,s Observation-Disclosures Notes.

RALEIGH. n. c., December 30.-(Spe-
cial.)-A- II. Boydcn, Of Salisbury. arrived
to-day, to look after some matters regard
for the United States Senate. Mr. Boy
den says he and T. G. Linn, D. R. Julian.
John M. Julian, and others, will be here
next Monday, and will remain until the
great race for the Senatorship is ended.
He says: u feel very confident Overman
will win" The, friends OF Cyrus B. Wat
son, who is also here. are making large
claims as to his prospects as a winner.
John r. Webster, of Reidsvile, one of
these friends, says Watson has. SIS votes
certain. He told ex-Judge 7. b. Womack,
OF Raleigh, who replied, that if that were
correct I; then Wats cnI was the Minner
"A charter Is granted the Pepsi-CoIa
Company. OF New Bern; capital. s25, oC0.
| G. d Bradham owning practically all
the stock; with power to establish
Baltimore, Philadelphia. New York. and
elsewhere.
To-day a board, composed of officers
OF the State Guards. met here to pass
upon the disposition to be made of GER
tain military property, quartermasters'
stores, issued by the United States to this
State. and carried on the returns; In other
words, to see what property is unservice-
able so 1t can be condemned and dropped.
There is something like $4,000 worth OF
such property.
| State Auditor Dixon is receiving the
returns Of listed and unlisted property.
Nearly all those OF listed property are
In hand.
WEDDING AT PEACE INSTITUTE.
! AT Peace Institute this morning DR.. Ar
thur 3. Groom: OF Maxton. and Miss
Maude Dinwiddie were married. The
bride is daughter OF President James
Dinwiddie, Of Peace Institute Rev. w.
mony.
The Capital Club will Tomorrow give a
| reception. and BALL which will be ATTEND.
ed by members and the ladies' of their
| families. = =,
This evening the Executive Committee
of the North Carolina Anti Saloon League
met hereate arrange for putting an agent
in the field, establishing an organ. etc.
Among the members of the COMMITTEES are
n. B. Brcughton. DR.. T. e. Ivey. and. j.
w Bailey. 81
Rev. pr. w. y Hubbard resigns the
pastorate of the Baptist Tabernacle here.
q position he has ably held three years.
He has a call to a church at Dothan,
Ala; also two other calls.
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A Dance In Loudoun.

LEESBURG. VA. December 31-(spS-
ciaL}-A very charming Christmas dance
was given by the Miss Lutz. on Saturday
night after Christmas. at their beautiful
country home, '.Springwood.
Those present We're Mesdamss Tom 70.
wards and Arnnistead Rust. of Lsesoure
Miss Slower OF Rockville, MIDI Misa
Wcrsley, OF Macon. Ga. and Misses Fen.
DIAL. Mamie Van Deranter. Bena HAITI.
son. Ruth Dibrell. Ada Alexander. Vioiet
Alexander. Lillian Jannsy, and jamie os-
burn. of Leeshurg:: Messrs. ]. T. u NC
delphia: Charles Claggett. OF Washing
ton and A. DihreIi, Charles Harrison. w.
A Metzger. Lee Rust. Murray Rust. Poi-
lock Janney. Edgar Little. Campbell Lit
tIeton. and Lieutenant Switzer. Of Lees
burg.
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kissing the Bible.
(Moutgomery. Ala. Advcrtiscr

montgomery, Ala. Advcrtiscr.)
The u.ll introduced into the Legislature
of Virginia by Mr.. McIlwaine to abolish
the practice. of kissing the Bible by wit
nesses in courts, is intended to go further
as we understand it, and dispense entirely
with that book in administering oaths.
The bill only adds fuel to q discussion
which has been going on for quite a
WHILE as to the undesirabi]ity and real
danger of adhering to this custom which
has come down to us from ancient times.
The objections urged against kissing
the bible have their foundation in the
microbe theory. which is now regarded
as the foundation of all disease. True,
there are many who object on the
which is used for years by all sorts
ard conditions o. people must necessarily
become dirty and foul from contact
with the various hands through which it
passes to say nothing Of the many
mouths and lips which have touched it..
Those who so up to be sworn are not
always blessed with clean hands. either
literally or figuratively. and it is rea-
sonable to suppose that some of lue
mouths which come into contact with the
courthouse Bible are not such as nice
peonle would care to rub against, even
though 1t might be at second hand, as it
were.
All these objections may be merely SEN
timental or aesthetic. but when we come
+ to the raicrobe theories OF the doctors, we
are confronted with what they insist is a
real evil They assure us that some OF
the germs from the hands or Ups OF q VIII
ness suffering from almost any disease
may and will remain on the book, and
thus be communicated to the next one
who touches or kisses the book.
If We believe in the germ theoryof dis
ease at all, we must 2 Omit that these OBJ
tections to the Bible kissing practice have
much force. We know that some. at least.
of the disease germs are very tenacious
1 Of life. that they are easily detached, and
that they are communicated from one
person to another in numerous ways.
knowing this, it is not hard to believe
that a book which is handled and kissed
irdiscri1nlnately by all kinds OF people
may be the means Of spreading infectious
diseases and thus working real harm in
sthe community.
= But if all this is admitted, will it over
come the sentiment, if we call 1t nothing
else. which has come down to us through
the ages, and which Is considered essen
5 ton in court proceedings !? there are those
who t..ank an oath is. not binding unless
As sworn on the Bible, and who would
not consider it.perjury to testify falsely
under such circunas tances, True. there ara
many occasions where witnesses aud 9th
ers are sworn without a Bible, and it the
Spathsis. htndlng8 il Eones ease.sw why not n
all So the question md that 40 Mr. Nc
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-31
THE POETRY OF CIGAR STATISTICS.

There is fine subject matter for essayiSts
in that part of the annual report Of the,
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, United
State Treasury Department, which treats
OF cigars and tobacco.
Statistics, as a usual thing, are appaI-
lingly dry. and overwhelm the average
reader with a sense of his own idocy, but
behind the figures pertaining to our con-
sumption of Tobacco and cigars We see a
theme that could be handled in a thousand
charming ways. Let us hope that Will
liam Dean Howells, or Jerome *. Jerome.
or the several contributors to that de-
llghtful little book entitled Bath Robes
and Bachelors will chance upon the
commissioners report, and that they will
peruse it with care and attention. To il
lustrate the subtle significance Of the doc.
unaent, attention should be called to the
fact that in the year 1902 we menfolks
| smoked e.9o5. esS. 600 cigars-cigars that were
enhancing. soothing, elevating. inspiring
and stimulating; also cigars that We're
maddening, nerve-racking. enervating, de-
pre- ssing and harassing.
Yes. the good. thelbad, the Indifferent,
and the outrageous chose given US by our
wivesl. are all included in the figures
mentioned. And the mathematician and
statistical 5uggiers-faithful souls who
work while We sleeper s,noke-inforn
us that in every second of the fiscal year
referred to. 2lS cigars were lighted and
21S stubs We're thrown away. In short,
there were ninety cigars consumed for
every man, woman and child in the United
States-an almost inconceivably long
string which would reach distance Of
4sn. 4GS. or more than girdle tho earth
nineteen times.
Could anything be more truly delightful
than the contemplation of these statis-.
tics? They are almost aromatic in their
suggestiveness, or rather they would be
II the stogies and "two-fers'.s and some OF
the cheroots were left out of considera.
lion But good or bad, we can rest as
snred that every cigar of that 6.905, 1868 900
left its temporary Impression on some
/ man.
What theme, we repeat. for the ess
l7f
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Old Masonic Lodges Here.

To the Editor of the Dispatch
In reading Dr. Hawthorncs beautiful
and instructive address to Lodge So, a.,
Il. & A. NJ, on Sunday night, discov-
cred that he was unconsciously led into
an error when he said: Il have been in
formed this lodge is the Oldest In the
city" etc, etc
ceedings you will find there are three
lodges that antedate No. &c. viz:
Richmond Lc~ge No. 10, chartered De-
cember 18th. a. D. 1880
Manchester, No Il, chartered November
Goth, "A. D. 1896.
Richmond Randolph, NO. 10, chartered
October 29th, a. D. 1857.
st. John, No. Sc, chartered November
I'd, "a. =. 1882, G. l.. 3.
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SAD DEATH OF A BOY.
Lockiaw Follows Tiny Fireworks
Wound in. the Hand.

The saddest OF the Christmas-Dsy IA
talities from fireworks was the death
Yesterday OF Alfred Edeliut. the ll-Eear-
old son OF Mr.. George NJ. Edelluf. rom
Icckjaw, caused by o burn on Christmas
Through accident a cartridge vent on
praua tureIy and tore a hole clear tnrousl
the boys glove, making small ilesI
wound IN his hand. Little was though .,
of it at the time, but on the nlln Sas
ioc1si,w ser in. and the small fellow died
Yesterday morning in great agony. though
conscious and very patient.
He will be brriedpt o'clock TINS eyer
noon from st. Nlary'S Catholic churcA.
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TO SUCCEED. RICHARDS.

John II. Fimple Will, Be Assistant
Commissioners of Land Office.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. December 3d.
John H.. Fimple, of Carrollton. O.. has
been selected as assista Mt commissions
of the general land Office to- succeed ey-
Governor wv. a.. Richards Of Wyoming,
who has been selected to succeed Binger
Hermann of & OreSp commis sionsr.
Both MI. Richards ana Mr.. FiHple vera
slated for these ff1cess by I Aa% late PRESS
DER, aAckinley
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-31
BEHIND BARS FOR LIFE.
William, o,Boy1e Will Remain In
Prison Until Death Releases Him.

William O'Boyle. who. while a soldier
attached to one of the batteries at Fort
Monroe. killed a woman, arrived at the
penitentiary yesterday to serve life
sentence. O'Boyle has stood almost in
the shadow of the scaffold for weeks. He
was convicted Of first degree murder and
sentenced to be hanged. Just before the
time set for the execution. Governor Mon
tague committed the sentence to life Inn
prisonment. The murder was a peculiarly
shocking one, but the murdered was
drunk at the time. She was his negro
mistress. The crime was committed IN
1895. but the prisoner has just been
brought to the penitentlary.
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pRIcELEss GiFT TO sI,opE.
Topaz Weighing Fsr- Pounds from,
Catholics of IN ristendo1n.
(rIeM Yiy.k n orId

New Ys.k worldly
Catholics In ever part of the world
are preparing to show their devotion and
fidelity to Pope Leo XIII. at the end OF
the celebration Of his silver jubilee,
almost priceless jss,el. This is q topaz,
weighing nearly four pounds-tile largest
in the world.
1t Is now In the hands of skilled work
men lin Rome where it Is being richly
carved, It will contain. when finished, a
representation of the papal arms and OF
Christ breaking bread. Notices on this
subject will be displayed in all of the
Roman Catholic churches in the country.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-31
German ut Washington,

WASHINGTON, n. C.. December 90
Special 1.-The Haleyon German Club
gave the first OF their after Christmas
germans last night In the sArmory of the
Of visitors were here from tGreenvilie ana
other towns The figures were led by Mr.,
John. c. Bragaw. Jr.. with Miss May
Wood OF Edenton.
- aprG the visiti ladies' we're Miss
sEmna 7AsseIl, OF WI liapston; Miss
SChapnan of Eos geles. 81 Ell. s. Mrs.
sEamuel Jennings Springer, Of whining
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-31
THE RICHMOND Observation-Disclosures zlg02-

slIWaine's idea. He proposes that the book
shall be dispensed with entirely In the
court room. thus recognizing by legal
enactment the existence of microbes AS
we have said, this will be cons.~ered an
attack on e-fonored sen timent. but
what IS sentiment against disease:
q why can't the State furnish the courts
with supply Of clean Bibles whenever
needed ?-DiSpatch.1
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The stanton News in calling for legis-

The Stanton News in calling for legis-
lation TO prevent the indiscriminatc sale
OF deleterious drugs and dope" COM
pounds says that SO far as that city is
concerned it can state OH the authority
OF the Police Justice that d large per-
ccntage of the young negroes brought
before the Police Court have committed
crimes while under the influence Of
cocaine. This drug, the News declares,
is very generally used by the younger
negroes of Staunton who, while eNpe-
riencing the effects of it commit lawless
acts which can be traced to no motive.
Our contemporary also affirms that the
habit of taking dope in some form is
extending to the rural districts. AS re-
CARDS the negro's fondness for cocaine
and its effects upon them we remember
having seen a similar statement in a
southern paper Certainly the whole sub
ject as it has been brought UP by our
Staunton contemporary, would seem to
demand the attention Of the Legislature.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-31
Erunk SWIM Sent ON.

Frank Swain. the young man who was
arrested in Washington several days ago
on the charge of frauda.ently oo5ainlng
three o,0oo-milc tickets, valued at si-o from
Agent 70. w. Morris, OF the Chesapeaks
and Ohio railroad was sent on to the
grand Jury by Justice Crutchtietd yes
terday. :.
From the evidence brought out It waa
learned that Swain was dope nsnd.
He comes from a highly respected fam
;f1-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-31
Settled out of Court

(Philadelphla. fTeSS.i
a ToGue nat g. pretty young MIS-
~ widow, and stole a few Kris;
And the lady. though she was astound-
I'd,
Said shed waive prosecution
II he'd make rcstitution
So the felony soon was compounded.
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!: RICHMOND DISPATCH,
1HE
BY THE DISPATCH COMPANY,
noxNrx OF MAIN AND MYTH sTRkEF1s,
xICHMoMp. VA.

Up.rown ONCE. 10. SAG east assad s.3es.
Nanchcstcr once, No. iios Hull street.
Ser York Office, >. e. Van Doren A ll
Tribune 1uiiting.
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OFFICE OF PORTSMOUTH, fsuFFoLrS,
AND DElR11LEYSyvATER co. THERE.
CAPTAIN HARLAND's DENIAL.
Says He Did Not Ignore the Horace
P. shores, Distress sisnaI-A Step
mother MISUNDERSTANDING Vessels
Loading Coal.

NORFOLK, VA. December sn.-tsps-
aI.)-The Portsmouth. suffols ana
Berkley Water Company has been sold.
THE price paid is we'll into the nun
dreds Of thousands.
Mr.. C. Ober, of Baltimore; is the lead
ing spirit, but has with him well-know1.
local capitalists. and for the first time
in the history Of the company 1t VIII pc
managed here. Mr.. John u. Watson Is
spoken of as president, and these gentle
men will be on the board Of directors:
Alvah H. Martin, T. j. Wool, II. L. MAY
nard, A. j. Phillips, Mr.. Jones. OF SUIT
folk. and Judge T.. r. Watts.
The company is now owned by the Rall-
way and Light Company of America, OF
which the Williams Syndicate are large
holders of stock, but none OF the Williams
Syndicate will be interested In the new
company, which will continue to operate
under the name Of the Portsmouth. Berk-
ley and Suffolk Water Company. Ihe
price to be paid is considerably over a
million of dollars.
DID NOT IGNORE DISTRESS SIGNAL.
Captain Havland, of the British steam
ship Homeward stated this afternoon
that there was no. truth In the report
that he had refused to notice {. distress
signal from the schooner Horace z.
Shores, which sprung aleak off Elatteras.
It was sad that the captain of the Shores
signalled the Homewari. to come TO his
rescue. Captain Havland said that tue
Shores put up Il signal for just a few sec
onds and then took itt down: therefore
he did not think the vessel was in dis
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-31

washington and New York are both
clamoring for better street-car facilities.
and Philadelphia, the Press, OF that city,
says. has been at the business Tor
long time, without accomplishing the least
thing. These big cities ought to study
the model conditions in Richmond.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-31

Experiments made in Chicago confirm
the discovery that lemon juice destroys
typhoid germs. and of course, there has
to be something appropriate to go with the
lemon juice
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BULLOCK is FOUND.
Dose of Laudanum Did Not hii'
Young Norfolk Man.

]. G. Bullock, the ryoung man from
Norfolk who attempted suicide late Mon
day night by taking laudanum at tn.
Franklin House and then disappeared. sc
successfully covering his tracks thai ne
baffetI the police, who went or a. search
for him. returned to his boarding-houss
yesterday morning, and but for being a
little nervous. seems none tha worse Tor
the experience. He says that he has no
recollection OF the affair
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-31

The oft-eSploded poem by stonewali
Jackson is now making it's annual
rounds of the unsophisticated press. And
soon it will be time TO hear of the man
who is happy i'll the possession Of a
copy of the Ulster County Gazette, con-
tanning a full account Of the obsequies of
General Washington. The gold brick
men, too will be along after a little. All
these have their periodicities, which may
be as safely, but not as precisely, calcu-
lated as the conjunction Of iac planets
or .he return Of the comets.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-31
Manufacturers in the South.
CEnstn1a Globe \

(Boston Globe,)
If sectional feeling has any warrant in
this country. the North ought to be kick
ing ITSELF for what the civil war did to
build up Is South and relatively depre-.
ciate its own interests. The following fig
IIreS fell their own, story
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-31
stilI#U Useful.

Baltimore Herald
y esrppor old sport when he had money
he had "a good. tins, but he vent broke.
hen starved ss
]. & sllonA say not. He secured a splen-
did position Id asswelIs boar dins. house
sshats doing E,
s5s Just has to- SIT around In tbs boarding
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-31
Thc savagc,s proceedings.

.95=.7@I Chicago FOSl. J 1=.58s
The savage regarded the first white nv n
sthoughtfuly. :,
6 1T i try to fight him. he said. he will
exterminate me. and II try to 1.-Two II.
peace with him he will cheat me ont OF
every thing and L w..l starve to death.
What chance have I Got??5
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-31

Mascasni says it is not the Americans
who have conspired against him. This IS
a relief
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-31

The body Of Mrs. Jessie Benton Ere
mont, widow Of "the Pathfinder" will be
cremated, it seems. instructions from her
to such effect have been found, and will
be obeyed.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-31

B house :parlor posing as the stur boarter,.
meanwhile complaining loltdl before
fnrospective4 boarders about the bad case
Eof govt contracted there