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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-23
Social and
Personal

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The society event of the greatest inter-
est of to-day will be the May celebration
at the Deep Run Hunt Club. which VIII
be practically. an. all day affair. ,r.o
land the club will ride will race for a
+ prize offered by the club. Later. they Will
Be entertained at luncheon served IN me
At O'clock club members, who arc
each privileged to to invite one guest
will enjoy a hospitality which n,1 Tue sI IN
There viii be a shoot at the gun traps
front Of uRhe e Gus Sonaeie 'n Muso viii
BE furnished by an orchestra ard an old,
fashioned country dance on the lawn MI VIII
The Il e dance Cards have been gotten cut II
hunting colors and this, feature Of the
programme is the one that is most Gag
streamers and flags will make tne c ipn
house and ground as gay as beflts the
merry mouth or May Japan ,,, ea lanterns rms
beauty of decorative illumination
supper will be served on, the lawn at I,
small tables and n Hon q e Sweet 1 !
One can well imagine the attractive t,e !.
ness Of such a scene at THIS time e. OF tne
;sar when ,n garden ana I'D lawn parties seem
scores of dainty summer toilets shown,
goes without the saying.
Virginia Beach.
Mrs. Clifford Caperton and, family, Will
spend the next month at the Eltzhru hugh
cottage are Mr., Charles Cuthbert, and
Mr. Russell Wallace. Of Pet,ergsburg;
t enssF of W Kesy v Fl hHa lo'N' A"u
The weather has been cool at the beach,
but visitors have found the bathing de-
Ittyhf ful n n a.
fusely and the place Is putting, on the
airs of other summer resorts. The cleo
cottages every hour, make great i'm
proyement, and give visitors the oppor-
tunity of ride across the famous Lynn
haven Bay.
more and more celebrated for attracting
both winter and summer visitors to the
beach. and Richmond guests now there
write that the company there Is q fine
one, and the attractions many.
Personal Mention.
Mrs. Kobeft Page Grmyes leaves to-day;
fpend the month of June with relatives.
The Mount Vernon regents closed their
the Ladies' Society for the, Restoration Of
Historic, Alexandria in the old Carlyle
corted to Alexandria from Mount Yer
non In a special car over the electric rail
road Mr., Lewis II. AIachen made short
address of welcome to the regents ex-
planning the object OF the Alexandria
Society.
The Richmond party attending the Bur
well Eckles wedding In Greensboro, N
c.. May Goth, have returned,
Mrs. George Currie has returned from a
delightful visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Ainslie. Of Lynchburg. Va,
Miss Fannie Blake. Of King william
county. Is the guest OF Misses Elicit,
Mrs. David Prosser is visiting her
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-23
PUSHING PRINTING
OF ASSEMBLY ACTS
Capt. o'Bannon Striving to
Be Ready for the Revis-
ion Committee.

Captain j. H. O'Bannon, Superintendent
of Public Printing. is busy In his Office.
making every effort 10 have the Acts of
Assembly up TO the day OF the recent re-
cess adjournment printed by the 4th of
June. on which date the Committee on
Final Revision and Adjustment will meet
here TO take UP the arduous task of re-
viewing the work of the long session.
Captain O'l3annon estimates that the
acts VIII make a volume of about 800
pages. 800 Of which he has already had
printed. The printing Of the other 200
Will require most OF the time from now
until June 4th
There are several reasons for this One
Is that the demand for House bill No lO2
rotating to the subject of CORPORA tons
which became law on Thursday without
the Governors signature, is In such great
demand that number OF copies have been
ordered printed In pamphlet form for the
use of members, and the same Is true of
the several game bIll and that relating
10 the organization and government OF
counties.
All this work Captain o'Eannon viii
endeavor to carry along with tho printing
OF the acts and Will make "A strenuous
effort TO have 1t all done at sha same
time
House bin No 1902 could easily be dis.
posed Of at as much as S per copy, were
1t now printed, as nearly every corpora
tion attorney and officer IN the State
Is anHiously seeking to procure copy
OF IT,
Secretary. j, n, Brennaman. of the Re-
vision Committee, said yesterday that
while no definite arrangements had been
made conceraing d place of meeting for
the committee, yet he would not be sur
prised should at least portion of the
time be spent al Wytheville The COM
mittee IS composed of Senators Anderson,
Walker and Mann and Delegates Cation.
DAVIS aud Boaz,
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DELAYS correspondence.

ceives letters in which the writer's fail to
give their address. A postmark Is but an
uncertain thing to 30 by, MS most Of them
from country offices are 80 tndstinct as
missioner can only lay the letter aside
IN tho hope that his correspondent will
again write. enuuiring as TO the delay,
when he can be Informed OF the over
may have seemed the officials hardness.
1t often happens, however. that a sec
ond letter is not written. in which case
no doubt the Commissioner comes In for
criticism at the hands OF the farmer who
has written n lengthy letter and f1ilcd
to give that most important information,
his address
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WILL MEET
AT old POINT
Tobacco Men Have Just Made
Selection.
----
WILL ASSEMBLE IN JULY
Conference With the Insurance Men.
Arrangements for Our ST. Louis
Exhibit-PIanting De-
layed.
WILL ASSEMBLE IN JULY

The third annual meeting OF tho To-
bacco Association OF the United States
will be held at Old Point Comfort. In this
State
The selection OF the place OF meeting
has Just been announced. The session will
be held In July upon some date to be
chosen shortly BY the president OF the
association, MIR. Il. NJ Darlington. OF this
city. The Hotel Chamberlln will be the
headquarters. The committee which made
the selection Is composed OF General Stlth
Boiling, Of Petersburg; Mr. w. T. Clark,
OF Wilson, N. c.: Mr.. A. B. Darlington,
of Danville: Mr.. Charles w. BANNER, Of
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, and Mr.. William King.
Of Lynchburg.
Tho attendance upon the meeting Is ex-
pected to be very large. Representatives
from every tobacco market will probably
attend. From the very start Virginia and
North Carolina have been enthusiastic
In the promotion OF the good OF the asso.
citation. kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio
have been u little luke warm, but II Is
hoped that they will mako themselves
heard In tho next convention, both In
number and In suggestions that Will help
the organization. The social feature OF
the gathering will be unusually attractive.
INSURANCE MATTERS.
The Virginia members on the Insurance
Committee Of tho association will meet
a committee Of the Southeastern Tariff
Association In this city very shortly. with
a Wow to adjusting the unsatisfactory
rating buildings used In the tobacco busi-
ness. The question Of insurance Is one OF
the very llvest interest among the tobacco
men and the conference will probably be
watched with eagerness. II anything tan.
gible results from the meeting the action
will be extended to cover the entire to-
bacco section.
Up to this time there have been no par.
tlcular developments in connection with
the proposed State exhibit at the st.
Louis Exposition. In connection with the
agitation the following information con.
corning the arrangement at teh exposition
for the tobacco men will be OF particular
interest.
A great central space In the Palac5 OF
Agriculture has been reserved by Mr.
Frederic w. Taylor, the chief OF the De.
partment Of Agriculture and Horticulture
for this purpose. The plans of the author
tiles for the universal" tobacco exhibit
will permit tho use OF towers, domes. tur-
rets and other arnate designs not ex.
ceeding fifty feet in height. The space
at present reserved, and which will be
enlarged II need be. is 62alS0 feet, with
2O-foot aisle In each of the long sides of
the parallelogram. and bisected by a 10
foot cross aisle, thus rendering effective
from every approach the ornamentnt
features OF this picture In sepia. There
Is some friendly rivalry ns to which OF
the States shall have tho 5onor OF pre-.
senting suitable design for this dlstinc-
tive feature. The YIrginians are in the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-23
POLITICAL POT
IN PlTTSYLVANIA

pttsylyania county Will have one Of the
warmest campaigns In the state this fan
are those for court clerk ana treasurer.
The circuit and county clerks IN this
county did not reach an agreement as IN
CONSEQUENCES there will be a campaign
between the county and, circuit clerks
for the clerkship under the new regime
circuit clerk. and Mr.. w. b. Shepherd
Tie county clerk. and both are are among M
the most popular men n the COUNTY: ana it
II is anybody's race yet, and will be In
great uncertainty up to the close OF the
~ sSi's' the the treasurership the incumbent,
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Ihzz1x IN

,,-,, $3.50,
Point, Va.
Miss Katherine Stewart gave Gharm-
lnS clock tea Ut 81. AhuTeW ROUSE
To-. ware servod ana 1ros+v - .n,ov.
Ices s ~, rou Gnu sus.S' u, IN sS+
ia heat top''"1''
IL Ihe large Supply or the June smart
e ranS,. ~ Pa, 20
s.ot " usi 81 w ne Ih
nTarant a az t pee so sccand
supply WIZ W Aeueu;
Mrs Emily Glasgow Houston. Of Clarks-
burg, ". va, eXpects TO come TO Rlch-
mond IN June to spend some time with
j,
MISS MARY hshley IS, i5eli WI STOP Tor
her home near Palmyra, from New York.
Miss Evelyn Gray Bell VIII spend the
summer near PALMYRA and return to study
as kindergartener IN Miss farker's
,,,aa ,,,,u,, z,,,,.a,'o.,, :, ,,..u,,,,, ~,
MISS Emily E!izabeth Baskerv1lle W1ll
pc ee tne Neg gues ro OF stsect cx ae e az no
n,s 1varea,a y, NJ o., r,s4 r,r,r ~,
IT,, Mrs MareId OF no oha ms5 srnak
IN o.leet' WI ieose , tiGn,ut en-, ~
iu'ufe. 49,.
Mrs r, IJo+ohl,,es aud Mice AIica
1Jntnh,,iss nro stiII at Old Pnint Va
,,.i,arn Miss ITofchlriss has rreatIv i'm.
n m.rv,s 0i's' 'i''''
proved.
~, c.a,.. r co,o,,, 80 ~
MIS-. Slagtol III, SoiendH t'Lu Wy
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-23
fulton Totes.

The brick plan. 9, Of Benton s: Bass. sey.
sorbed by the Fulton Brick Company. the
largest manufactures of bricks around the
city. The price paid for. the plant. ma
chinery, stock. etc. Is In the nelghborhood
Of $4,000. With this addition to their
have the largest plant IN the South. the
capacity being about $4,000 day. Both
plarts are rushed with work and con-
tracts to the amount of seven millions
bricks are already contracted for. Among
these are three million for the Chesterfield
Apartment Company's flats and two mil
lion for the Cathedral The two plants
road about three miles below the city. In
one OF the best clay land districts In Vir-
II is probable that Fulton Baptist
Church will extend call to a New Jer-
soy minister on Sunday morning. at the
close Of the service. The Committee on
Pastors are silent and refuse 70 talk FUR
Their than to say that the minister Is
former Virginian.
Mrs. Margaret Rowlett one OF the old
est inhabitants of Fulton, met with a
very painful accident on Thursday night.
Mrs. Rowlett was passing from one door
to another when, she fell. intllcllng very
She Is now confined to her ROOM,
Captain G. It. Johnson. Of Albemarie
county is visiting Mr.. John w. Turner. or
Marion Hill.
on a visit to his son, Edward Barber.
hue and Thomas o'connor haye returned
from Bedford City. where they attended
the dedication ceremonies OF the Elks'
Home,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-23
UP FOR FIRST TIr1E
Secretary of Commonwealth Completes
Copying Of Charters.

For the first time In very many years
the work of copying charters In the Of
flee of the Secretary OF the Common
wealth Is completely up to date. tho
last one having been placed upon tho
books by one OF the clerks OF yesterday,
This task has been most irksome one
and has been going on for several years
under the direction of Assistant Secretary
llankns who has had several clerks con-
stantly al work 1t will be recalled that
owing to the limited clerical force allow
ed the office, several additional clerks
have been put on for this work,
Mr., Iankins said yesterday that tho
task Of keeping the work MP to date
would be no easy one, as there would
doubtless be n great flow Of charters upon
them as soon as the Corporation Com
mission gets to work on this line.
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THE COMMISSION
IS AFTER TAXES
First Order Issued Which
Calls for Assessment for
School Purposes.

The Corporation Commission. which
went into office on March lst Is getting
down to business and has issued It's frst
order relating to the ass sssnlG mt of taxes on
corporations, imposed by the Const!tu-
ton for school purposes.
The order OF the commission, which has
been forwarded to each county school
superintendent In the State. reads as fol-
lows:
"You Will observe that the specific duty
of providing the respective companies
with the boundaries of school districts
In the county, is imposed upon you In
such q manner as to mako compliance
with that duty essential to ten execution
of the law. The transportation and
transmission companies may not make
proper division OF their properties among
the various school districts unless you
furnish them With the information re-
CURED, And unless that Information Is
furnished before July LIST, the board OF SUI
pervisors of your county may nave dlfii-
Guilty in luvying and in enforcing the pay
mert OF tho county. city town and school
district leyes
"Sections q, % and 81, of the tax law;
refer to the assessment by the commits
sion OF all corporations for taxes. as fol-
lows; Railway and canal corporations, on
press companies and telephone and tee-
graph companies These corporations
are required to show their GROSS receipts
to the Goth day of June of each year, the
reports to be made to the commission on
on before September LIST, The corporations
arc required IN this report to point nut
what part Of their respective properties
Is located IN each school district OF each
county or corporation. In making the
assessments the commission Is required
10 have the assessments show dellllltelS
the character Of the property, lis value
and location for purposes Of taxation In
each county, city, town and school DIS,
trict, so that county, city. town and
school district levies may be mace upon
same, In order, however, that TINS shali
be done, the county superintendent OF
schools IN each county isrequireT 70 TUT
nish the respective corporations ON
or before the LIST OF, July Of each year,
with the boundaries Of each school dis
, trlct In the Sounty.n
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HON. R. q. SOUTHALL HERE
Congressman from the Fourth District
Spends Day in Town.

Congressman Robert G. southal, OF the
Fourth District, was IN the city yestcr-
day and met many OF his friends. He
merely ran down for the day on business.
Mr.. southalls successor Will not be
cfpsen until the November election The
Speaker Of th, House at one time Issued
his writ for an election May 9Th. but at
the request of sJrnc member OF the conn
ed Then he epsIat,re IL ~an =,
adjourn for the recess May Eth and the
Speaker calculated that II a special cleo
ton were !.cfd the new meinbs.. would
or than go 10 tho useless exp,-ss OF a
special election for so short 4 tIn,. tho
Speaker decided to let the matter go prer
to the regular election. So far Mr.. Henry
candidate 4.s5
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-23
VIRGINIA PRESS
AT OCEAN VIEW
Executive Committee Unable
to Hold Out Against Temp
tdtions of Popular Resort

A called meeting Of the Executive Com
mittee OF the Virginia Press Association
was held In this city yesterday to arrange
for the annual meeting of the Association
this summer. Manager Davidson, OF the
Ocean View Hote. and Mr.. NJ W. Nor
veil, representing the Norfolk Railway
and hght Company appeared before tic
committee, and invited the Association
to meet at Ocean View. Mr.. Davidson
offered ratio OF 81 per day. and Mr..
Norvcu offered In addition transportation
FREQ OF charge over all the electric lines
OF the railway company represented by
him. lie also offered the Association an
excursion around the loop OF the railway
company. embracing q trip from Ocean
View to Old Point by water; from Old
Point via Soldiers Home and the Hamp-
ton Normal School to Newport News By
trolley: ride around the city OF New-
port News including visit to the ship.
News to Sewells Point where the
jamestown Exposition Is TO be held; y
trip trolley ne fr9 %erfk an
back to Ocean View. Mr. Davidson Of
fered TO give the Association a banquet
at his hotel. and 70 do everything in ms
power to make the meeting thoroughly
enjoyable
This ofer was too tempting to be de-
clined and the committee unanimously
decided TO accept It. The Association viii
Therefore meet at Ocean View on Tues
There were other considerations.
The committee at one time thought OF
having the meeting at the Hot Springs,
hut satisfactory arrangements could not
be made and no satisfactory offer was
made from any other mountain resort. ~ II
has been the custom of the Association
to meet one year Mt the seashore and the
next year In the mountains, but as the
ST. Louis Exposition Will be held next
year and as it Is desirable 70 hold the
meeting OF the Association in l9Vi N the
western part Of the State so as 70 nave
the members well on the way to 81. LOUIS
from that meeting. there We're good rea d
son for breaking the rule TINS year anu
holding the meeting at the seashore.
notwithstanding that the meeting last
year was held at Virginia Beach.
Under all the circumstances the COM
mittea did not SEQ any good reason ior
not meeting at Ocean View, and it IS "
be hoped that this arrangement VIII meet
with the approval of the members; ocean
View offers many attractions III the way
OF bathing and fishing, and Is one 81, o. ln ne
most popular resorts on the atlhAuo
coast,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-23
POLICE COURT DOCKET
Squire Graves Held the r ems and Dealt
Out Justice,


Squire Graves again TOOK up the reins
of the law yesterday In he absouce of
Justice John, and sat In Judgment.
John Norvell and Frank Profit got in
a whole lot Of trouble by being disorder
" and profane on the street. On this
charge they were each fined IS and for
being disorderly in the Second stntiop
they were placed under 500 bonds for
thirty days.
Hattie Gilmore, colored girl, about
fourteen years old was sent to jail FOR
thirty days as suspicious charac.er. She
is believed to know something about tho
robbery of Parrish's place on Cary Street
last Sunday, at which time large guam
tity of cigars were taken
Tom Murphy was given thirty days as
a suspicious character. on the charge Of
having taken SIS belonging to ]. r. Red
ford.
Eva Thomas was charged $3.50 for being
dsordery on the street.
David Howard was assessed $ on the
charge of beating Sarah Howard.
And for beating r. F. WEIGH a fine of
$40 was laid against John e. WEIGH.
A number of DRINKS were disposed Of
as usual,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-23

extremely III with lung trouble, OF q
OF six children. the youngest being babe
Of seven weeks. They are destitute and
the Rev. George H. Wiley appeals to the
the three children who are large enough
to work. Good homes and liberal, wages
for three of the children will solve the
teen and the other fifteen years old. Their
Is boy OF thirteen years. Let those who
can offer positions In home or In business
the Methodist Institute. 1t night be we'll
to add. that the children are bright and
attractive.
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VERY LOW RATES VIA SEABOARD
AIR LINE RAILWAY TO Pom .
NAMED Below:

PnABO DY COLLIE G S u NJ NJ q II
SCHOOLS NASHVILLE, T'E n ~,
JUNE 1ST-JuLY 10TH, 1909,
on account of above occasion, the sea,
board Air Line Railway will sell ROUND
trip tickets from ali points on lts i'ne ~
to Nashville, Tenn, at one fare, Plus :"
cents Tickets on sale May alst, june ~
I'd, 10th. Goth. 2lst July 80. 4ti' ana e,i''
limited fifteen days from date of salc'
Fare from Richmond and PeterspurR,l
SITE.
NATIONAL CONVENTION, D. Y, y VIZ
ATLANTA, GA, JULY 9TH-l2Tli, lN3,
On account OF above occasion the Sea-
board Air Line Railway Will sell round
trip tickets from all points on us me a.
one fare. plus % cents Tickets on s-ie
July 7th Sth. 9th and 10TH return iimH
July 18th. Fare from ficiih~iu 'nu
tersburg. sl5,75.
SUMMER SCHOOL, ATHENS 300 6A"s
LILLY 1sT-AuGuST 9TH. 1909
For the above occasion the seaooara
Air Line Railway will sell round trip.
t;a,,ots from ali points on its line at rate
NJ ono fare, plus % cents. Tickets on
sale lime Goth Goth, Goth, July LIST, ~
atb nth. 18th and 25th limited fifteen.
DAYS from date OF sale.
SUMMER SCHOOL,. TUSKEGElI, AIAp
JUNE i26TII-AUGUST It'll 1903
On account of above occasion the Sea-
hoard Air Line Railway will sell round.
trim tickets from all points on its line
nj rate of one fare plus % cents. Tickets
on sale June 2Sd gath and 18th; final.
limit August 10th 1903. Rate from Rich
mond and Petersburg, 5000.
For further Information relative to.
schedule and sleeping car reservations
apply to any agent of the Seaboard, or
ia Richmond Transfer Company: Ticket
Agent Murphys or Jefferson Hotels;
Main Street Station. or to W. j. MAY.
City Ticket Agent
u. p, SMITH,
District Passenger Agent,
No $50 East Main Street
Richmond. Val -
Phone 4O5.
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ChiIc,ren's Day.

Sunday will be childrcn's day at Clay
Street Methodist Church. The usual
morning service will be dispensed with,
and in It's place at II o'clock the chill
dren Will have full charge and endeavor
to entertain their friends. committee
has IN training quite number Of the
Sunday-schooi scholars, and all who at
tend may rest assured they will be high
~ entertained and instructed.
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SENATOR WHITEHEAD
HAS HAD ENOUGH
Pittsylyanla LaW-Maker viii
Not Stand for reelection.
Political Gossip.

State senator Joseph whitehead. Of
Pittsylvania arrived yesterday. and Will
spend q day or two here. He was NOT
present when the General Assembly adj
journed and merely came back 70 secure
his effects left here. Senator Whitehead
is one of the even numbered district SEN
ators whose terms expire next January
and whose success rs are to be chosen
in November, He will not stand for re-
election not caring for another term
Senator Whitehead has made a good re-
cord for attention to duty and as q nara
worker in committees lie VIII deyote
himself to his law practice at CHAT
illus far there are no avowed candl-
head head but there viii probably be several
before the primary in September, M, Mt,
was from DanvtHe. and on the ,,l pan ne pe
city IS now shntilled q the seq! the
to run. and il he consents to be can an,
didate. he would probably be nom n,hso
MIR. Reid Is cashier Of the Gi,a ,, \,
Bank, and one of the best known men -
ose ne { + anSersroad hsf two Msss
Reynolds and Taylor. will stand for Is,
election, Mr.: Coleman, the other &c, fouii rse
member, will retire. r Gaor ear'Hg fcabeis.
the other member. has ANNOUNCED ili ID, that hat
recently removed to Norfolk ana assoc
ciated himself with Hon. y. n. Seprell,
Jr, in the practice Of iaG; ii ls az an
tha he VII dfe aef taken
to mean that ha Will not aspire to re-
election. stId t4s5,rff
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Bonds are Active.

Judge John G.. Dew. Second Auditor
of the state Is getting ready to pay
the semi-annual interest on State bonds,
which will fall due on July lst IL
will 20 largely to Virginia people.
rhe transfer of Virginia bonds for
the week so far amounts to $4,000 and
the prices ranged from 80 to 9ols,