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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-22


recited the first stanza OF 1.-THE Raven
as he had heard Poe recite it nearly
three score years ago.
4 DR.. Carter has In his possession q
splendid photograph of Poe taken by
Stanton & Butler.79 w. Fayette Street,
one door from Charles"
Soon after the death of Poe, his sister,
Resale Mackenzie Poe, then In desti-
tute circumstances in this city, secured
several photographs of her talented broth
er and in her extreme need offered them
for sale among her acquaintances at 81
each. She sold only two. Meeting DR.
Carter one day she told him she could
not think OF selling a pho tograph OF her
brother to him but she would like to
give him one. He gladly accepted 1t.
Years after, Dr. Garter gave It to his
friend. Miss Julia Shepperson. who mar
ried Mr.. Ira Alley. of Manchester
A short time ago, she gave 1t back to
him and he now values 1t very highly.
The photograph is not a copy but one
for which Poe sat. 1t Is one Of the best
half century old. 1t is in fine state
OF preservation.
RICH IN RECOLLECT1ONs.
Dr. Carter delights to talk of his ac-
quaintance with Poe. and his recollec-
lions OF Richmond In olden times Is re-
markedly vivid. His mind is q vertable
treasure house of Interesting recollec-
tons, He remembers distinctly, to the
last detail his grandfather's vivid story
OF the attack, on Stony Point. under Mad
Anthony. This grandfather was none
other than Major James Glib
bon. collector of the port of Richmond
Tor many years after the Revolution and
whom Andrew Jackson, when Preside nt,
was petitioned to disodge on the ground
that he belonged to the other side and
haa sad that jackson was a grand Old
scoundrel." Jackson held that a man
with such a military record as Major
Gibbon and such spotless character as a
public officer. had a right to hold the
opinion that he Jackson, was a scoun-
dre and no would turn him out lust he,
cause he possessed the courage to say
So Major Gibbon and Peter Francisco
We're closely associated In the attack on
Stony Point and Peter. with that great
sword of his, in a giants hand, saved
the dauntless MAJORS life.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-22

Holyoke, not being altogether satisfied
With its appearance, added tho round
knobs with which 1t Is now decorated;
ana the chair as It stands Is therefore
partly the work Of a former president,
About the time that the old chair an-
peared in Cambridge. Horace Dalpole was
hunting all .byea' England for similar
pieces, 1Valpole had seen cloister at
Windsor flrnis he'd with ancient wooden
chairs, most Of them triangular. but all
of various patterns i,d carved and turn.
ed In the most untAuth and whimsical
forms These chairs had been picked
up one by one in farmhouses IN Hert.
fordshire--.which goes to show that tho
collector of old furniture was abroad In
eighteenth century ENGLAND as well as In
nineteenth century Amerca--at prices
ranging from so cents to dollar and
half. IA thousand to one but there arc
plenty up and down Cheshire. too wrote
Walpole to friend In y neighborIng
county III Mr., and Mrs, Wetenhall, as
they ride or drive ont, would now and
then pick up such a chair, " would ohigo
me greatly s Il
There Il, ~ s'aovtd DO added. q dim.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-22

Ing tolerance Of the Republican leaders
for negro political fellowship very impress
siVely portrayed. When the chairman of
the National Committee called the body
to order, one of the youngest members
OF the convention rose, and in a speech
Of singular elegance and force nominated
Representative Lynch Ia prominent negro
OF mississippi as temporary chairman. In
presenting this nomination the young ora
tor said that 1t was a fitting thing for
US to choose to preside over the convention
one Of that race whose right to sit with
In these walls is due to the blood and
treasure SO lavishly spent by the foun-
ders of the Republican party MIR. Lynch
was promptly and unanimously elected
and the young ora tor who thus present.
ed the first negro to preside over a ma
5tional convention and the only one OF his
race who has ever been In charge OF
such n body, was Theodore Roosevelt
now President of the United States''
So it seems that he was afflicted with
negro phobia long before his accidental
election to his present position.
Over two decades ago there were seven
negroes the House OF Representatives
Now there are none Surely a brighter
era has opened for the South.
THOMAS D. JEFFRESS.
Chase City. Va, Feb. II. 1908
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-22
tradition that the Presidents Chair was

tradition that the Presidents Chair was
once the property Of one Ebenezer Turel.
who graduated at Harvard In 172l and
whose Life Of DR.. Colnlan" was de-
clared by Josiah Quincy in his own Ellis
tory Of Harvard" to be the best biography
written BY any native OF Massachusetts,
during the time that Ma massachusetts, was
a province of the English King. 1t Is
not impossible, therefore, that this hest
biography" was written In the Presdent's
Chair before 1t became the formal seat
OF authority Of Haryard's presidents,
\ POEM BY OLIVER WENDELL
HOLMES.
At all events Oliver Wendell Holmes
has made this tradition tho starting point
for one of his best-knoWn humorous
poems. from which the description OF the
chair has already been quoted. The
chair was familiar to the poet during his
undergraduates days ut Harvard and had
there been any account OF It that could
ihayo been dug up from the past. his 40
tive mind would probably have disooyer-
ed II. Hut according TO the story which
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-22
P|| ? PHOTO
GIVEN TO HIM.
Or. J. F. Garter Received It
From Rosalle Poe.
<vri
HE WAS POETS FRIEND RE: IN !:
They Used to Walk the Streets together
and Poe Was With Him on Last
Night in RIchmond-Fund ofln-
terectlng "reminiscences.

-ss llfe-story in fact or fiction Is OF
moro interest than that Of Edgar Allen
Poe. who spent his boyhood and youth
In this city. and who, though she thought
little enough Of him In his lifetime, Rich
mond claims, with Baltimore. the honor
his name and his unexcellcd. II not peer
less. poetica productions bestow
Poe died in 1s49 and 1t Is rare treat
now to meet one who knew him well and
whose memory is clear after the lapse of
Afty-four years. Such person is found
In DR.. John F. Carter. OF this city.
Though seventy-seven years OF age and
somewhat feeble In body. his mind Is as
bright and strong and HIS memory as
clear as 1t was when no walked the
streets OF Richmond with his friend, Poe.
Raven and "Annabel Lee" at Duncan
Lodge. now the Richmond Industrial
Home, on Broad Street Just beyond Rich
mond College.
REcITEs "oNcE UPON
Standing on his porch few days ago,
this knlghtly gentleman OF the old school
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ANOTHER SIMILAR ONE.

D. Sc III h.
Another old chair, very similar to the
one at Harvard, is stlll preserved in the
3Ashmoleun Museum at Oxford England.
where it is catalosued as "a chair said to
have been part OF the furniture of Wind
sor Castle in the time of Henry VIII"
Another OF the same general type. except
that 1t has square and not 4 wedge
shared seat Is owned by the Connecticut
Historical Society. The Presidents Chair
used to stand In the Harvard library.
where. according to tradition, It gave a
student the right to kiss any young wo-
man whom he was showing through. the
college and who thoughtlessly sat down
In It. Whether or not he privilege was
often or ever taken advantage of the
present generation has nomeans ar know
Ing. Tho old chair Is now stored In Har-I
ward Hall between commandments ana
is only visible when the governor Of the
State rides out TO Campr!dge on MS
annual visitation, !, j, 49,, 80,
AN OBJECT OF II INTEREST,".
The Harvard chair has always been an.
object OF interest to those who have seen.
At President Holyoke. during whose adj
ministration in the eighteenth century,
from 1857 to l769-the chair first appeared
IN Cambridge, once told q correspondent
that he had been asked abnutTlt more
thar, so times without having been able
ia say anything definite regarding its his
tory. The chair seems simply to have ap-I
lpcared In the college and been dedicated
to use by the president, not at first on
So purely formal an occasion as Com
mencement. but merely AS q erytcea BILE
Iplsce Of everyday furni ture, Sl'resldL1S
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-22
TO TAKE TIN CANS.
AnImportant Industry to Be Started at
Buchanan.
(sneclal to Tho Times. Disnn tch /,

Especial to The Times, Dispa tch.)
BUCHANAN, VA, February 2l.-A
charter has been granted by Judge, TIen-
ny u, Blair to the Virginia Can Com
pany, This company Will organize with
a subscribed capital of $4,000, and will
at once begin the erection and equipment
OF its plant at buchanan for the manu-
faoture of tin cans.
The machinery for making the cans has
been ordered, and the manufacturer has
agreed to have IT in place by May list.
In the meantime the necessary buildings
will he erected, and the company hopea
to be ready ito make cans early In May.
Z The capacity of the plant will be 10000
S6sss q day, This seems q large quantity,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-22

but US Botctourt county alone uses over
6o6o,Sto CANS q year, which will DO great
+ " Increased this year, It will take about
tho capacity OF Gb plant, working the
gear round, to supply the demand from
this county.
Botetourt Is the home OF the tomato. as
the vegetable grows hero to It's great
est perfection.
the prices paid tho farmers vary from
~ TO 20 cents per bushel, and II is said
TINT at 20 cents 1t Is tho most pro fltable
crop which can be raised. and one from
Whlch the Quickest returns are had, as
the crop Is all sold md paid for before
lrost' Thcre VIII this year be over 100 cam
nlns embellishments In the county. Here
tofore the ems have nil been nado In
Baltimore. and as the freight charges are
considerable, 1t has been a heavy drain on
the county. s5tsT ~ a. 8
With n factory at home, whore tho cans
may DC sought as needed in less than
cur -ioaa lots, many farmers will engage
" the business, and with their own labor
put up the tomatoes grown on their own
land, thus, adding to their profits.
The officers of the Virginia Can Com
! pnny are as follows:
| o. c. Huffman. president and general
manager; j. z. Schultz. secretary and
trca surcr. and w. r. stync, g. M. Huff
man, j. =. Gardner, G.. II. Grnybill, John
7. Martin and the two officers above
named, directors These are all well
known and successful business men of
Botctourt.
Judge George X. Aderson has referred
10 the Botctourt Bar the arrangement OF
the terms OF the new Circuit Court. It is
thought that there will be four terms,
beginning March list. June LIST, August
18th and December 1st. The August ter m
is set for that date 30 as not to conflict
with the Court Of Appeals, which meets
in Stanton in September.
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Interesting Piece Of Antique
Colonial Furniture.
USED BY 10 PRESIDENTS
Made the Subject Of a Well Known Pc
EN- by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Dates Back to the 18th
Century.
(snecIal to The Times. Dlspatch,)

sFt iii Especial to y ne E1lmes.Llspatch,)
5i CAMBRIDGE, MASS, Feb 21.-One OF.
the most + interesting pieces of ancient
Colonial furniture in this country IS the
chair used by the President of Harvard
University during the annual commence
ment exercises in June. Aside from the
fact that 1t Is very old the chair has the
distinction of being almost the only one
of its kind in America. SO far as colec-
tors have been able to discover.
The Presidents chair. as it is always
called, has been used by IS presidents of
the college and university. 1t is stoutly
constructed of oak in the style known
as .thrown" or turned and dates back
to the sixteenth century. so that it was
already something OF an antique" when
1T was originally brought over to this
country by some early puritan Pilgrim,
Oliver Wendell Holmes has described 1T
thus: ~" 80
funny old chair with a seat like wedge,
Sharp behind and broad front edge
One OF the Oldest Of human thlngs,-
Turned all over with knobs and rings
But heavy. and wide, and deep, and
grand
Fit for the worthless Of the land
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Roosevelt and the Negro

Editor OF The Tlmes-D lspa tch:
Sir-In very interesting book recently
published entitled Col. Alexander X. Nc
Cures Recollections of Half Century,
It appears that Roosevelts utilization for
the negro Is not OF recent ORIGIN. He
says on page ESQ:
AT the Chicago Republican National
Convention In 1854 | saw the rapidly grow
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-22

Captain Randall, OF washington, was
at Colonial Beach several days ago ar
ranging for the erection there of a
power house S0xsO feet. Captain Ran
dali. in addition to this power house.
will rebuild the Colonial Beach Wharf.
erect a rolla costa and build large
addition to the hotel recently purchased
l1N him ....--.. ~.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-22
MoNCURE MEMORIAL.

The Baptists of Stafford and upper
King George are manifesting the deep
est interest In the w. r. D. Moncure
Memorial Chapel. now In course Of erec-
ton In the former county. Mr.. Mon
cure was one of the most popular and
universally loved Baptist ministers of
modern times. and the people Of these
counties take great pride In erecting a
house OF worship to perpetuate his mem
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-22
he supplied to fill in the gaps the chair
was left by ''Parson, Turell to "a M

he supplied to fill in the gaps the chals!
was left BY "Parson'' Turell to
"a certain STUD Smith by name:
These are the terms. as we are told;
Sadie Smith sadie chaire to have and
holde; IN 9s
When he doth graduate. then to passe
To ye Oldest Youth In we Senior Classe,c5
On payment of'-(namlng q certain sunni
BY him to whom We Chair shall come:
And soc forever,'- thus runs the text
But one Crown Jesse than he gave IA
claim.
That being his Debts for use OF same.
The chair thus passed from student TO-
student, each requiring one crown less o.
his successor until the chair changed
hands without any payment whatever.
chair TO his successor, felt compelled to-
pay O. crown for the use OF It: the next
two crowns; the next, three; and SO on
until the old chair became saddled with
such a. dob that the governor was at last
asked to break the wilr and save future
students from the necessity OF passing II
on and paying the tremendous and con-
stantly increasing sum that was demand,
ed under Parson Turell's will But tho
governor would only break the will for q
year at time. and the poet describes
the Commencement ceremonies, until re-
Gently conducted in Latin and quite !un-
intelligiDle to the bulk OF the audi erce.
as nothing more or less than a discussion
nor's permission to the President to keep
the old chair another year-all Of which
may be read at length In "Parson Tu-3
rellS Legacy" III 81 AZ glF2 sssB MI
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-22

Many OF the farmers will this year
adopt the long talked OF Intensive sys-
tenn In place OF the extensive" sys-
tenn, which has hitherto obtained.
This Intensive" system means briefly
the cultivation OF a small area in any
one crop. and such timely and thorough
cultivation as to Increase the yield per
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-22
TELEPHONE CABLE.

1t Is reported that a telephone cable
will be laid across the Rappahannock
River at Port Conway at an early day
for the purpose of connecting King
ther purpose Of putting a larger territory
In direct telephone communication With
fredericksburg, etc.
Mrs, Fielding Lewis, who underwent a
surgical operation In Washington about
six weeks ago, has 50 far recovered her
health as to be able to return to this
county. She is now a guest of her
daughter, Mrs, John S. Dickinson, at
Berry Plain, and will return to Marmion,
her home, in few days.
DR.. Whiting, of King and Queen, has
located at Port Conway, In this county,
and is practlcing medicine in that COM
munity. King George. therefore. has
three practlcing physicians now.
The Baptists and their friends. Of Co.
party In the Colonial House" on the
night OF the 18th instant, and realized a
snug sum Of money from 1t for the bene-
1T Of the Colonial Beach Baptist
Church,
Mr.. George ", sorrell who has been
has returned to his home. In Washing
ton d, G.,
Mr.. Walter Purlss. OF Igo this county,
spent this week In Baltimore and Wash
ington.
Misses Matte Farmer and Lola Pcy-
tom of this neighborhpod, have gone to-
Washington to spend q week or ten days
with knsfolk,
Miss sTIney Stephens, who has been
residing in the National Capital City for
several years, has returned here to re-,
side with her mother,
DR.. Thomas ~ Arnold. Of this neigh
borhood. who has been very III for q.
week past, is somewhat improved.
The noble daughters OF p "a. q. Fish
household WORD throughout the North
ern Neck. and they are being praised In
54nIp ensured terms for burying with their
own hands the remains OF a child that
died OF small pox, when others would not
isperform the task. NJ d b N
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-01-21

At White Rock the Edgemont Com
pany is employing forty-five men and
has it's 20-stamp mill in operation.
Thirty men are employed in the Cur
ioux mine and ten stamps are drop
ping there. The Riddle mine has been
Bonded uy Eastern men for 500, 900.
Gypsum from the deposit at Mound
House is being used in Reno for the
manufacture of plaster.
Silver Lake mining and milling COM
pany is the title of a Douglass county
new Incorporation.
@ @
There is some kind of a strike on
with the men employed by the new
electric power people. 1t is said that
the foreman, who is directing the
work, has refused to join the labor
union and this has precipitated the
trouble.-Appeal.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-01-21

A sure sign of approaching revolt
and serious trouble in your system n
nervousness, sleeplessness, or stomach
upsets. Electric Bitters will quickly
d~ismember the troublesome causes. Il
never fails to tone the stomach, regu-
late the Kidneys and Bowels, stimulate
the Liver, and clarity the blood. Run
down systems benefit particularly and
all the usual attending aches vanish
under it's searching and thorough eff
fectiveness. Electric Bitters Is only
soc, and that is returned IL 1t don't
give perfect satisfaction. Guaranteed
by Brown Bros. Druggists.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-01-21
A Runaway Bicycle.

Terminated with an ugly cut on the
leg of J. B. Orner, Franklin Grove, Ill.
1t developed a stubborn ulcer unyield-
ing to doctors and remedies for four
years. Then Bucklen's Arnica Salvs
cured. It's just as good for Burns.
Scalds, Skin Eruptions and Piles. Csc,
at Brown Brothers Drug Store.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-01-21
Fight viii Be Bitter.

Those who will persist in closing
their ears against the continual rec
ommendation of DR.. Kings New Dis
civery for Consumption, will have a
long and bitter fight with their
troubles, II not ended earlier by fatal
termination. Read what T. r. Beall
of Beall, Miss. has to say: Last fall
my wife had every symptom Of con-
sumption. She took DIR. Kings New
Discovery after everything else had
failed. Improvement came at once and
four battles entirely cured her. guar
anteed by Brown Bros. Druggists.
Price soc, and $1.O0. Trial bottles free.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-01-21

Always on Hand a full line OF Beets and
Shoes, Caps and Clothing, Drugs and
Patent Medicines, Harness, Saddlery,
etc. GOBCONDA, NEVADA.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-01-21

On the Tonopah Fraction, near
Butler, the hosting plant of shaft
No. l, has been removed to shaft No.
5, and sinking the latter to a depth of
500 feet begun. From here connection
will be made with the 400 level of the
three-compartment No. 2 shaft.
The O'Meara-Lynch Co. is taking
out ore running $3.50 to the ton, at the
Alpine group on lone mountain.
Near Searchlight, r. Bowman has
finished his contract Of sinking IS
feet in the shaft on the Encinitas. The
books OF the deputy recorder of the
district show a total Of ffty-two en-
.ries during the month of December.
o @
The Company owning the nitre de-
ps sits near Lovelock has been eor
ganized.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-01-21
II you are bilious and seeking ad

II you are bilious and seeking ad-
visers,
Take Dewitt's Little Early Risers.
Just before going to bed.
You will find On the morrow,
You are rid of your
That's all; just enough said.
These famous pills do not grippe. but
move the bowels gently and easily,
cleansing the liver. Their tonic effect
gives strength to the glands, prevent
ing a return of the disorder. Brown
Bros.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-01-21
Interesting Items from all
the Diggings x x


Work is resumed in the mines of the
Quartette Company, at Searchlight
and drifting is being done on the 600
level. The station at the 500 level is
completed and a &c, 900 gallon tank is
being nut in. The mill at the river
will be started as o as the bins can
be fllec.
The acknowledgements Mining Com
pany, driving their Victor tunnel, ex-
pect &c cut the vein next week. A
1CO-ton mill will be erected near the
tunnel and a 40 ton mill at the Arizona
roine,, at Unionville.
At the Brunswick lode, neal Virgin
ia City, -ey have completed enlarg-
ing drill hole NO. 3 to receive the T.
inch casing, and drilling is resumed.