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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-02-07
DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
II u daiad Qctohar ID 1Ql0 ana dnIu

DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
- dated October IL, 1900 ana duly
recorded among the land records of Alex
sndris city, Virginia, executed by Lily
K. Rodgers and Fred @. Dodgers, her
husband, to Anthony W. Armstrong, and
default having been made In the pay
ment Of the debt and interest secured by
the said deed OF trust, and being thoreunto
required by the holder OF The said indebted
pess, the undersigned execatrix OF the last
will and Testament OF Anthony W. Ann.
s,rong, deceased, will sell at public auction,
at ~ o'clock NJ, on
SATURDAY.
the LIST day of March, 1902,
in front of the Royal street entrance to tho
Market Building, In the city of Alexandra,
Virginia, ALL THAT OF CIR UND. WITH
THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, stu.
sted In the said city, on the east side Of Lee
street, between Prince and Duke streets, and
bounded and described as follows:
Beginning on the east side of Lee street, at
point equi- Instant from Prince and Duke
streets, and running thence north on Lee
street, 81 feet, 8 inches, more or less, 10 what
was formerly George MeCleish's line thence
east. parallel with Prince street, $50 feet
thence south, parallel with Lee street, 81
feet, 3 inches, more or le 8; and thence west,
parallel with Prince street, $50 feet, to the
beginning. subject, however, to the right Of
George NoCleish, his heirs and assigns, in
common with others entitled thereto, over an
slley on the east line Of the lot hereby con-
veyed.
Terms Of Sale: 5000 cash on the day cf
sale, and the residue in one and two years
from the day Of sale and bearing interest at
the rate OF D per cent, and to be secured by
deed of trust upon the premiess Convey
sncing at the cost Of the purchs'er.
JESSIE. 3. ARMSTRONG,
Fxecatrix OF A. W. Armstrong, deceased.
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Interstate and West Indian EXPOSE
ton. Charleston, =. o., DE cember 1,
1901, to June 1, 1902.

On account Of the above the Southern Rail.
way offers ticket 10 Charleston, 3. c., and re.
urn a. greatly reduced rates. For full In.
formation, tickets, etc, call on nearest ticket
agent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-02-07
WANTS.

NANTED.-A Young LADY as clerk
w in store. Address B, Gazette L flee.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-02-07

Miss Mamie Chapline, OF Winchester
died at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Bslii.
more, yesterday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-02-07
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

|
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
Judge Ingram concluded his speech
before the constitutional convention
yesterday In favor OF the majority re-
port of the comm ttee on corporations.
Judge Ingram cosed with an appeal
for the adoption OF the majority report.
Judge Brooke spoke for the minority
report. He said the railroads had q
right to say to the State, regulate our
conduct, If wrong; super wise our busi-
ness, but do not throttle US by taking
actual possession OF our property"
ContendiDg that this was the question
at issue, the speaker proceeded to show
wherein the maj ority report in effect
took the management Of their business
out of the control of the transportation
companies, and placed il in the hands Of
three men, who, 10 all probability, would
not know, If they cared, how to manage
it. Afterwards be outlined the minority
plan aud demonstrated how II would
guarantee to the State complete power
OF supervision and regulation, without
any destruction or radical features.
He declared that there was not a line
or syllable OF the minority report that
did rot carefully guard and protect the
rights OF corporations. The whole
trouble rested In the fact that for the
first time 10 Virginia the rights of the
public were also guarded and protac-
ted. The minority report was the old
Mason law, pure and simple, with
fe changes of phrases, but no change
in the powers. The Mason law was
the one enacted by the Legislature a
few years ago, and was conceded by all
to be as near a nullity as any law that
was ever enacted.
Judge Kendell next spoke in support
OF the majority report. He rioiculed
the position taken by Judge Brooke
that the Slate proposed to confiscate
the property OF corporations.
The adoption OF the report of the
committee on corporations seems almost
foregone conclusion. This ia pretty
we'll conceded by its most violent op-
ponents. The friends OF the majority
report claim that they have sc out OF
the 100 members Of the convention
pledged to it's support.
The democratic members OF the constitu-
tonal convention, in conference yesterday
evening, took their first vote on the suffrage
question. The pending proposition was that
Mr. Barbour's grandfather clause DO subst-
tuted for the understanding provision of the
majority report Of the committee. The vote
resulted-yess 80. nays 3I--s majority Of
one sgainst the proposition. 1t Is commended
that the total strength OF the grandfather
clause is less than this vote, because some
who oppose 3 permanent understanding
clause voted with the yeas. Mr.. Glass had
the floor in advocacy Of his plan when the
conference adjourned. He fsvors tempo
rsry understanding clause, an educational
qualification and $50 poll tax.
Mrs. A.. faust, the wife of q German
farmer OF near Isbsm postoffice, Lunen-
burg county, was brutality murdered
Tuesday night during tue absence OF
her husband. Mr.. Faust had gone TO
Petersburg to sell produce when the |
orirna noo oonn rniffad naaro man
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-06-21
THE COTTON CROP OF TEXAS
Is Just Now at the Critical Point
..-Rain Needed.

The Houston Post yesterday pub
lished its June report of the condi-
tion of the cotton crop in Texas.
According to this report there is a
slight decrease in the acreage from
last year, caused by damage after
first planting. The present condi-
tion is critical; plenty of time to
make or mar the crop. With good
rains the crop should be a bumper; /;
with a continuation of the drouth it
will be cut short, the damage de-
pending on the length of the drouth.
Much repIanting has been necessa-
.ry.
Lice reported from large num-
ber of counties and considerable
damage has been done; grasshop-
pers have done minor damage in
sections and a plague of them is
feared. Boil weevil doing very lit
tie damage as a rule, the hot wealth
or killing both the full grown and
the young, Honey dew is reported
and there are also complaints of the
cut worm, web worm and sharp
shooter.
Shedding has begnn in some local
tiles, but has not yet become gener-
al.
Picking gill begin earlier than
usual i'm some parts of the state,
which is bad sign, and later in
others, which is nearly as bad. AS
a rule, however, the gathering of
the crop will begin about the usual
time in August.
The yield is problematical; most
correspondents refuse to make any
estimate under present conditions.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-06-21

ception was given today In their hon
or by the groom's mother, Mrs. Hud-
son. Both are very popular and es-
timable.
The fair bride was happily christ
ened by her parents, for indeed she
has been a jewel, not only to her pa
rental home, but to her friends teach
ers and schoolmates, and a rare jew
ell to her church and Sunday school,
so that we know that in this beauti-
full realm called "home" where she
goes to reign as queen she will be a
precious jewel guarded and treasured
by a fond husband, who, with the
passing years, as he more fully real
izes the fnestimable value of the
treasure he has won for his home,
win feelingly quote the words of
that wonderful poet who said;
"She is mine own, and i richer In
the possession of such a Jewel,
than twenty seas, if the sands were
pearl, the waters nectar, and the
rocks pure gold"
The groom is an unusually hand
some young man, standing like Saul
of old, head and shoulders above
his fellows. and with courteous man
ners and a chivalric bearing, has
quite won the hearts Of the many
friends ofsthe charming bride who
have been privileged to meet him,
and while one and all regret deeply
the loss of Miss Jewel as one of our
number, there are none who had the
heart to ehide him for trying to win
so fair and beautiful a maiden. MIR.
Hndson is a young business man
of Waxahachfe, being one of the
foremost photographers in the states
and having a growing and lucrative
business.
The wedding presents were very
numerous and valuable.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-06-21
THE CLOUDS BRING HOPE
But the Expected Rain Fails to
MateriaIize.

For the past twenty~four hours
this part of the country has been
experiencing some freaky weather.
Yesterday it was as hot as blazes.
In fact it was about the hottest day
we have had this summer. The
heat was intense and the atmos-
phere was sultry and oppressive.
Today, however, there was a marked
change in the atmospheric condi-
tions. Yesterday the government
thermometer of Mr.. s, f. Shellito,
the local weather observer, regis
tered l05 degrees above zero. This
morning at $50 it registered 65
above, a drop of 40 degrees in less
than twelve hours.
The weather began changing late
last night and for a time it seemed
as If the heavens were about TO take
pity on WaxahBchie and to pour
down sweet and heavy rain. The
clouds began to form in different
directions and the wind began
blowing pretty stiff gale from the
north. Some who got up to fasten
slamming doors say that faint
flashes of lightning were seen. The
people were glad, for as the hart
yearling for the waterbrooks, so
have the people of Waxahachie
yearned for rain for many days.
The trees cried out, and the plants
and the flowers sent up their en-
treaties.
Gradually the clouds began to
mass in greater array and then be-
gan moving toward the moon, which
was In the center of the heavens.
Naturally downpour was expected
and that the thirsty earth would be
given a drink. After the heat and
dryness it was glorious to think of
a big, heavy rain that would wash
off the houses, give life and fresh
ness to trees and plants and check
the dusty forwardness of the impu-
dent and irritable streets, but the
rain failed to fall. We didn't even
get to smell rain. The clouds were
only moeking at the people of Wax
ahachie. They gave the semblance
of rain, but not its reality. The
clouds vanished into thin air and
the north wind began sending the
thermometer down toward the zero
mark. There was nothing doing"
in the way of rain. The clouds
laughed to the moon, and the moon
ehuckled in appreciation. Howev-
er, the clouds have been hanging
low most all day and it is yet possi-
BILE that we will have shower with
in the next twenty-four hours.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-06-21
Was Wasting Away

The following letter from Robert
II. Watts, of Salem, Mo-, is in
structiye: 81 have been troubled
with kidney disease for the last five
years. / lost flesh and never felt
well and doctored with leading ply
sicians and tried all remedies sug-
gested without relief. Finally /
ried Foley's Kidney Cure and less
than two bottles completely cured
me and now 4 am sound and well. y
Sold by b. w. Fearis.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-06-21

If you have kidney or bladder
trouble and do not use Foley's Kid
ney Cure, you will have only your
self to blame for results, as it posi-
lively cures all forms Of kidney and
bladder diseases. Sold by b. w.
Fearis.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-06-21
A PRETTY JUNE WEDDING


From Hillsboro Mirror.
"Till Hymen brought his love-de-
lighted bower,
There dwelt no joy In Eden's rosy
bower,
In vain the viewless seraph linger-
ing there,
At starry midnight charmed the ST.
lent air.
In vain the wild bird carrolled on
the steep,
To hail the sun, slow wheeling from
the deep,
Ia vain, to soothe, the solitary
shade, played,
The summer wind that shook the
spangled tree,
The whispering wave, the murmur
Of the bee,
SIN slowly passed the melancholy
day,
And still the stranger wist not when
to stray.
The world was sadl-~The. garden
was a wild!
And man, the hermit, sighed till
woman smiled?"
Thus moralized Campbell in the
Pleasures Of Hope, and every sing
er, and every philosopher since and
before bis time have uttered similar
sentiments. The Hymenial altar Is
thus the recognized source OF the
highest and best human happiness,
from which radiates the genial and
rational happiness of mankind.
Perhaps that is why all the world
loves a lover and why everybody
loves To see "a ng-particularly
so when the contracting parties are
popular, young, handsome and at
tractive. The sound OF the silver
wedding belIs-wedding b e ] s.
what a world of merriment their
melody foretells. How 1t swells.
How 1t swells, in the future, there
fore never fails to attract not only
the friends of the happy ones but all
Others as well. Aud IA wedding In
June is OF all one Of the loveliest.
Certainly there has been no prettier
wedding in Hiilsboro than that Of
Mr.. Theron Edward Hudson and
Miss Jewell Brooks, which was sol
emnized at the Cumberland church
Thursday evening. The house was
filled to lts capacity long before the
hour appointed for the ceremony
and many remained outside to catch
glimpse Of the wedding party.
They appeared promptly on time and
their arrival was heraided by the
opening strains Of the wedding
march which was played by Miss
Rice and by the advent Of the ush-
ers, Messrs. Jim Adair, Oscar Hunt,
Clark Hooper and Hector Stewart,
who were followed by the grooms-
man, Mr.. Guy Brooks, aud the
brides maid, Miss Alva Hudson,
conducting the bride aud groom To
the altar. AS they slowly passed up
the aisles, admiring eyes Of every
one dwelt upon them, for they We're
indeed IA handsome couple.
The altar and pulpit had been dec
Grated for the occasion with heauti-
full pot plants, palms aud evergreens
and as they came together before
the altar the picture was indeed Il
pretty one. The groom, tall and
handsome, and the bride an ideal
one, both attracted the attention of
everybody. The ceremony which
was performed by Rev. ID. c. De-
Witt, was very appropriate and
pretty.
Immediately after the ceremony
they repaired with few spec
ial relatives and friend 9 to
the residence of the BRIDES
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T m
Brooks, where an informal reception
was held. They went TO Waxahachie
this morning; where they will make
their future home and where re-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-06-21

Mrs. DIR. Saunders and Miss Ray
Saunders, of Fort Worth, will ar
rive tonight and be the guests of Dr.
and Mrs. D. G. Thompson.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-06-21
Gather Indications.

Tonight and Sunday generally
fair, warmer.
s. f. SHELLITO. Observer.
The Washington times., 1902-08-17
Mr.. Fiddler's Grocery and Home.

cred with vines and honeysuckle. Over
the door is the sign Groceries" Out
side this house was once ornamented
with white paint. 1t is now rough and
scaly. In a room in one corner of this
house are half dozen shelves behind a
little counter On the shelves are a
dozen or two glass jars with striped
candy, of the ancient sort, and three or
four boxes of caramels. chewing gum and
cakes. This is the grocery stock. The
store and the whole house is a model OF
cleanliness and freshness.
Fifty feet from the little vine-clad porch
at the north of the house, and separated
from it by a pretty yard that is hidden
from the road by hedge and covered with
velvety grass and an abundance of pear,
peach and apple trees heavily laden with
fruit, is a big wooden barn with thatched
roof and of antiouated pattern.
Directly through the center of the
double doors Of this barn-from east to
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

in medals. His work shows great origi-
nality and beauty.
OF the clock Mr. Flanagan says:
From the beginning it has been my
aim to make of the clock a rich and
harmonious color spot. 1t reYains with
the public to judge of the success or
non-success of the intention
The completion of the clock puts the
finishing touches TO what is undoubtedly
the most magnificent and best appoint
ed reading room in the world.
The scheme of decoration in the read
ing room includes sixteen massive
bronze statues. in pairs. typical of hu-
man development and civilization. Un-
der religion are Moses and st. Paul;
commerce. Columbus and Robert Fulton;
history. Herodotus and Gibbon; art,
Michael Angelo standing for architec-
ture. sculpture and paintingl and Beeth-
oven; philosophy. Plato and Lord Ba-
con; poetry, Homer and Shakespeare:
law. Scion and Chancellor Kent; science,
Newton and Prof. Henry King. Ths
sculptors are all Americans. St. Paul 10
the work of John Donoghue; Columbus
and Michael Angelo. Paul W. Bartlett;
Solon. F. Wellington Rackstreet; Kent,
George Bissell; Newton. C. E. DalIin;
Henry. Herbert Adonis; Fulton, Edward
C. Potter; Herodotus. Daniel C. French:
Beethoven. Thomas C. Barr Plato and
Bacon. John j. Boyle; Homer. Louis st.
Gaudens: Shakespeare, Frederick Mac
mornies; Moses and GibboD. Charles H.
NiehauS
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a gallon. This contains ice water to be
taken ''on the side" if desired. half
dozen tumblers constitute the supply
Of glassware. Shakers, spoons, or lemon
squeezer are not necessary, for mixed
drinks don't go here. IT'S whisky or
beer or the former, there are a few
bottles. OF beer there are anywhere from
ten 10 twenty cases in stock.
This barroom is honely, but clean
little affair. over which many a dollar
passes in the course of a week without
the restriction of law or the paying OF
a penny license to the District of Column
bia or the county of Montgomery or
State OF Maryland. But with this the
place is popular resort with bicycle
and automobile tourists and others who
pass that way.
John Fidler, or Jack" as he is
more commonly called. is man about
forty-fve years OF age. He is genial,
gentle, and generous, and everybody ap-
pears to be his friend. The picture OF
him given here is an excellent one, and
The disposition of the man may be read
in it,
Fidler has conducted his little bar for
about twenty months. and during that
time he has been in the Maryland and
District courts eight times charged
with selling liquor without a license.
But not once has he been convicted.
ri.
him was about two weeks ago. when
he was tried in the District branch of
the Police Court. On that case the
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

west-runs the line that divides the Dis
trict of Columbia from Montgomery
county. Nd. and here is where thirst
may be slaked with any sort of exhila-
rating beverage. from beer to cham
payne.
This saloon, If it can be digniGed by
the name. is truly picturesque affair.
1t is about eight feet wide by ten long.
1t was formerly horse stall. 1t is To-
Gated in the northeast corner of the
barn, about five feet over the dividing
line in Maryland. It is separated from
the rest of the stalls. which are usually
filled with farmers horses, by board
partition running to the floor of the hay
now A huge chain and paddock secure
the door and safety of an ample supply
of whisky, gin, and beer.
The bar is novel thing. It is con-
structed like, but is not as broad nor as
long as, a cigarmaker's bench. On one
end of 1t is a tank that will hold about
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

glass and redoubtable scythe. Day
and Might" have each their appropriate
attributes. Day" is scattering flowers
-roses-and Might has her stars and
a comet.
The signs of the Zodiac form. as it
were, an oval frame in color around the
group and accentuate its meaning as
well las the decorative effect of the
whole. The figures of the group and the
two on the dial structure are slightly
under life size.
The work is completed by a small
high relief in bronze of the swift Run
ners." This little group occupies the
circular panel of the parapet on which
the clock rests, just under the dial, and
typi6es the continuation of knowledge.
Mr.. Flanagan is an American, a native
of Newark, N. ]. He studied sculpture
under Augustus st. Gaudens, and later
in the School of Fine Arts at Paris
He has received many prizes and medals
from the School of Fine Arts. from the
Paris Exposition of 1900 and the Pam
American at Buffalo. He is represented
In the Luxembourg Museum collection
of modern living artists by half a dozen
medals.
The figure of Commerce" in the Lii
brary of Congress is his work, and his
marble medallion portraits of Mrs.
Phoebe Hearst and her nieces are noted.
He has also done some splendid work
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

THE TIMES today presents pictures
of what is one of the most unique
j unlicensed, yet successful, liquor
dispensing concerns in America.
There is an establishment near Texar-
kama, partly in Texas and partly in Ar
kansas, that has gained notoriety be
cause of the ability of its proprietors
to thwart law. and there is another one
near Cairo. Ill, scarcely less famous,
because of its location, where the pro-
prietor can claim, as the occasion may
require, that he does business in any one
of three States-Illinois, Missouri or
Kentucky. But neither of these is near
ly SO odd in character or geographical
position as is John Fidler's place, on the
Brightwood Road, just where the Dis
trict of Columbia leaves off and the
State of Maryland begins.
Here, within half dozen PAGES of the
Brightwood Avenue car tracks, is little
old-fashioned frame house, almost COW
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The Barn-Bar or the Bar-Barn.

jury could not agree, standing nine for
"a verdict of guilty and three for ac-
Quittal.
The testimony in this trial was
strongly against Fidler, two policemen
declaring they saw beer and whisky sold
in his house, which he does not dispute
is in the District. but Attorney Frank
R. Keys, who has piloted him safely
through all of the litigation that has
beset him, convinced these three jurors
that the liquor was sold in the barn
and not in the house, If it was sold
at all, and that 1t was therefore sold in
Maryland, and the District authorities
had no Jurisdiction in the matter.
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moved, and the Library of Congress Is
complete, as far as its architectural
plans were to be carried out
The commission for the clock was
given in 1894. To design it took two
years.
In a panel about eight and a half feet
square is a dial structure of various
colored marbles--rich deep red. sienna
and green African. incrusted with mala-
chite, lapis lazuli. thulite and other
semi-precious stones. The dial is a sun
in gilt bronze. three feet in diameter,
framed with wreath and garlands of
intertwined oak and laurel in bronze pa
tine.
The bronze figures ON each side and
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

#. HE last bronze figure completing
the magnificent clock of the Lii
brary of Congress has been final
ly set in place over the portal Of
the beautiful public reading room. The
clock, with its attendant sculptures,
cost the Government the sum of s9.50O
The creator of the work is the cele-
brated sculptor. Mr. John Flanagan.
The bronze figures symbolizing Time,
Day and Night. and the Hours. now sur
mount the timepiece. The scaffolding
which had been erected for the accom-
modation Of the workmen has been re-
The Washington times., 1902-08-17

surmounting the dial, and which con-
stitute the new additions, are a rich
dark green bronze. the artist having
anticipated-the effects of time in the
color. On either side of the face are
students. typifying the Reader" and
the Writer"
Above the dial structure and coming
out of the ground Of gilt mosaic, on
which are figured also in mosaic. the
signs of the Zodiac, is group OF
Time" with two attending figures of
Day" and Might" The group is dec
oratively completed by two infants ac-
companying Day and Night" the
advance guard of the Hours
Time is armed with his traditional
The Washington times., 1902-08-17
UNIQUE BAR THAT PROSPERS ON THE MARYLANDDSTRCT LINE

Mr.. Fiddler and His BoX-Stall Dispensary
in His Barn Continue an Active Career,
Despite the Opposition of Two Author
ities and Two Sets of Officials, Owing
to the Peculiar and Lucky Location of
the RefTeshment Establishment. :. :.