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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07
A BIG SUIT
OVER A GATE
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a Case That Concerns Many
People in the County.
1T AFFECTS STOCK RAISING \ i S
1T AFFECTS STOCK RAISING
An Army of Candidates for the Various
County Offlces-The Rapid Growth
Of Colonial Beach;s Re-
markabe
(special to The Times-Dispatch.)

Especial to i ne IlUeS-lJlSp
CONFORM, VA. June 6.-Last Monday
was rules day at King George Court
house. and among the chancery cases
docketed was suit against a citizen OF
this county for erecting a gate across a
farm-road. The case Is a peculiar one
and is attracting unusual attention be-
cause of the fact that points are in
yolyed in which hundreds of people are
interested.
Several years ago large tract OF land
near here was divided up into number
OF farms and sold by special commits
sioner TO several different persons.
right of way was reserved through one
of the farms for the use, as an outlet,
of the owner of one of the adjoining
farms. The several purchasers set TO
work to enclose and otherwise improve
their tracts OF land. In the meantime,
the owner OF the farm through when tne
right of way was reserved erected
gate across this reserved road, and siWul-
taneousy sent a key OF the gate-lock TO
the marty for whom the road was re-
served A neay-by fishing shore, etc.
attracted constant travel day and night
through the farm, SO that the gate was
often left omen, turning cattle on the
adjoining crops and causing endless
trouble. II was for the protection OF the
crops and the safekeeping or the caple
that the gate was Locked !, -,
TWO WAYS OF, LOOKING Al ~,
The party who erected the gate under
stood from the phraseology bf the deed
of conveyance that the right or way Was
reserved only for the use or the oW!te'
of the adjoining farm, and naturally con-
cnded that as long as the party had
nossession Of the key to the gate no IN
Convenience could grow out OF locking
the gate,
But the party objected to the gate ana
applied TO a Justice of the peace 10 have
ii removed The Justice thought that no
not only lacked Jurisdiction, nut, aflef
examining the deed, concluded that under
the circumstances the gate was not an
obstruction, and therefore declined 10
act
The plaintiff lhen got an injunction.
recurring she removal Of the gate until
the case can he tried by The court, There
beine so many similar rights of way IN
the county, With gates across them Tor
the protection of crops and farm AMI
mails, this case will BE watched with in-
tense Interest,
II Is claimed by many that II the court
decides that gates cannot DO erected
across private rights OF way through
farms the owners of land through which
such roads pass will he very seriously
Handicapped, for the reason that stock
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rule Of the company to assign to each
brother A specific duty In connection With
the company's business. Paul looks after
getting the logs to the mills, Robert at
tends to the office work. j. L. Camp sees
to the operation OF all the mills. w. ~.
and 3. F. Camp run the Florida mills
and work their phosphate mines In that
State
There is a local story current here to
the effect that, the father of the Camp
brothers years ago used the bundle OF
sticks to illustrate to his sons the neces.
sty of unity. showing them how the
bundle could not be broken, though each
stick could be broken with ease. do not
know that this is true. but 1t Is certain
that while each brother has assigned to
him particular duties In the manage
ment OF the affairs OF the company. when
any unusual steps is contemplated. all
the brothers confer, and each has an
equal voice In the matter.
I, Is impossible to imagine men more
directly the opposite Of those who labor
to obtain public popularity. Plain. and
direct in the matter OF speech. manner
and dress. men OF few words, all OF
them. they are retiring rather than other
wise. Yet. every man and woman, per-
faps every child In Suffolk, is known
10 them. and one Is never passed without
a salutation and frequently a kindly
word. And on every hand, particularly in
church and school work, there are monu-
ments to their benegolence and generosl-
ty. The brothers are never approached by
church workers of any denomination In
Franklin that they do rot chcerfully
respond. The beautiful new Baptist
Church just completed Is largely the re-
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SAW AND planning MILLS OF CAMP MANUFACTURING co.. FRANKLIN VA

suit of the generosity of the, Camps. Ths
twenty-five hundred dollar pipe organ IL
the gift of one Of the brothers, who lives
In Florida. Paul, j, i. and Robert J,
Camp live in Franklin. All have beauu.
FIJI homes, Mr., j L. CAMPS residence,
on an eminence In the suburbs overlook
Ing the town. Is one of the handsomest
homes have seen in long time. The
home OF Mr., Paul p, Camp, nearby, Is
also a beautiful place, but his brothers
has the advantage of situation. Mr., Rn.
bert Camps home In the town, Is the
equal In appearance and elegance Of
many more pretentious city residences.
ALI. YOUNG COMPARATIVELY.
All these brothers are yet compare
lively young men. Their combined wealth
goes up into the millions some distance.
Yet there Is no thought Of their retire.
ment. Indeed expansion is in their
minds. Mr.. Robert j, Camp showed ma
d map of their lands In FLORIDA. bounded
on two sides by tho Suwanee River, and
discussed q plan they have in mind 70
fence the property on the other two sides
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waite these objections. 1t was not until
after the war between the States that
the dry-kiln was introduced Now all the
lumber sawed by the Camps is steam
dried, and the boards hold their color In
definitely.
But the pine forests will eventually dis
appear and that day is not as far dis
tant as may be thought, Mr.. Robert
Camp says he foresees the time when saw
mills will shut down SO far as cutting
pine Is concerned. An official Of the For
8estry Division of the Department OF Ag-
ricultura told me few weeks ago that
he believed the lands of Eastern Virginia
and eastern North Carolina would be
denuded of pine in gfteen years. The lun-
hermen will cut everything IN a forest
that measures as much as seven inches,
Seed Is hardly left.
Turpentinns Is destroying thousaaSic of
acres Of timber land every, year, The
pine tfees are bled three years for the
Srosin from which the turpentine Is dis
titled. The trees are then cut down and
sent to the saw mills. Rat destructive
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and convert 1t into a great cattle range
when the timber is all cut.
And thus It goes. The magnitude e OF
the companys business Is already stag
gering. but 1t Is constantly growing. Just
recently the brothers have united with
the Wiley. Harlter & Co.. OF New York
city forming the Wiley, Harker & Camp
| Company. which is to be tho sole agent
of the lumber mills OF the two companies
The brothers are particular to state that
| the ownership of their properties Is in
nowise affected by the formation OF q
new company. The Camps own fifty
| per cent. of the stock of the Wiley. Har-
| ker & Camp Company.
The business Of the Camp Company
| extends all over this country and a great
deal Of lumber Is exported. l sat In Mr..
| Robert Camps office for some time and
listened to him dictate letters to his stem
only that he was writing to lumber
| dealers in every section of this country
| and Europe.
North Carolina pine. as the pine which
grows chiefly in Eastern North Carolina,
Eastern Virginia and Is also found in
| limited portions of South Carolina and
| maryland and New Jersey. has made
the Camps. But 1t is true that they have
done n great deal to make North Caro-
lima rine's 7ire-eminent place In the
lumber markets Of the world. This pine.
by reason of being SO rich in lumber,
sap, gums and albumen, and also because
| OF the warmth and dampness OF the ell
mate. stains very easily Under the old
primitive methods OF manufacture, the
proneness to discoloration deprived the
| lumber Of much OF Its value But the
Camps have been in the forefront in the
Introduction OF methods designed to OBJ
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fair Southland ana now sleep In Stone
wall Cemetery, in the eastern part of
Wincheste ter.
In the parade, which is always held,
there march the veterans In gray from
all of the towns from Strasburg, Va, to
Charlestown and Martinsburg. w. Va.
while quite a number come from Hagers-
town, Md In addition to these there are
hundreds of iremen from the local fire
organizations; hundreds of school chill
drel and the several woman's auxiliarles,
and on this occasion the military cpmpa-
niles of Front Royal and Luray wera PRES
ent II The immense assemblage marches
to the stonewall Cemetery. where the
thousands of civilians have gathered. and
the graves are strewn with beautiful
howers,
Yesterday this Impressive service was
repeated. Rev ~. II. II. Joyce, &c Lu-
ray, delivered magnificent Grafton over
the graves of the soldier dead and
prayers We're offered BY chaplain-Gen-
s. Bowers. pastor Of Grace Lutheran
Church. M
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fires are so common in the turpentinc
orchards that there are many chances that
the trees will be destroyed before they can
be5igotten to the mills. When the trees
are .boxed" for turpent!ne. the leaves
and twigs on thei ground about 1t are
raked away for distance OF several
feet. 70 as to prevent Wild fire reach
ing the turpentine in the box. But when
the turpentine season Is over, the pine
needles fall to the ground all around
the tree, and 1t Is during this season that
fierce fires sweep over large areas OF
the pine forests. When hre gets into a
turpentine box the tree is almost certain
to burn down. and the flames burn 50
fiercely that&they cannot be prevented
f-,m sweeping hundreds. and even thou
sands OF acres. And when territory is
thus cleaned OF It's timber there is no.
thing for tho turpentine man and the
lumberman to do but walt
And SO It will be when the fires and
the saw mills have caused the disap-
pearance OF nil the pine forests of Vir-
GINA and North Carolina. The mill men
will have to wait for new growth.
WALTER EDWARD HARRIS.
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moved to Westmoreland county. for per
mancnt residence. 4
IN BUSY CHESTER
Many Signs Of Thrift Arc Visible Over
There Y

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Especial to The Ttmes-Dispatch.)
CHESTER. VA. June 6.-There are ar
moro signs OF Improvement in Chester
than for years More and finer buildings
are being erected. and q new store Is in
process of construction. The Chestss
Lumber Company is doing q thriving bus
mess, and is selling and shipping q guam
tity OF material VIA
A lecturer for the Junior Order Of
American Mechanics spoke here st3night
at the public schoohouse on the benefits
OF that order, and will appear again on
Thursday night to establish lodge.
Contracts have been let for the paint
Ing of the Methodist Church and parson-
aRe. and the members rare being attrrnd
for the Children's Day exercises andEtho
approaching district conference. Rev..
Mr. Street, Baptist minister from the
West preached In the Methodist Church
hero last Sunday evening and greatly
pleased all who attended.
Mr.. r. II, Bruce and wife. from Amelia.
were In the village this week. looking
after the hotel property which they res
Gently purchased here. III
A picking company Is oultivating twen-
ty acres of bottom land In cucum4rr1s
rented of Captain James Il Snead.
The cannery which was to DO estassg
ltshed here is failure, owing to tho late
beginning and the withdrawal Of the pro,
prietor, after entering into algreansnss
Mrs, Harry Perdue and family, from
Richmond. are stopping an the village on
. M gls'e il. D. plohelberSer Is contemplat-
ing moving his family for the summer
to Baltimore.
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THEY PRosPERED.
IT was trying to save what made
was the significant and characteristic
reply, as he held in the beautiful bays
behind which we were driving about the
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MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES
A Leading Event in the Shenandoah
F. 70 s-tl toerh Valley.
Especial to The I4mes-Dlspatch.)

F 20 80 szarh Valley.
Especial to The T1mes-Dispatch)
WINCHESTER. VA, June 6.--Confed-
crate Memorial day was observed here
yesterday. Year by year this occasion
has Increased in Importance and has he
come recognized as the leading event In
the lower portion of the Shenandoah Val
ley. The residents of the countryside
flock to town on this day. and many
come who never visit Winchester at 9TH
er times during the year 1t Is pleas.
ant epoch In the lives of hundreds to
whom the event means period OF cessa-
ton from the arduous duties that fall to
the lot OF the workingman Scores OF
ssfoif1n or cit zers. take advantage ofEthe OBJ
servance to pay a visit to the town and
revive old associations and strengthen
family ties.
The memorial services are held under
the auspices of the General Turner Ashby
Camp Of Confederate Veterans, and are
In memory Of the gallant General Turner
Ashby, who was killed on this. date. and
the several thousand of other brave Con-
federates who gave up thei5 lives for the
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SUPPLIES THE MILL.

SUPPLIES THE MILL.
To Mr., Paul Camp. the President of the
company, is committed the duty of keep
ing all the mills supplied with logs, i Is
"a great undertaking. and the very thought
that upon him rests the responsible y OF
keeping those mills going would seem
to be overwhelmingly. But he stands up
under 1t and seems to enjoy the work
Indeed. In addition to being on the CON
slant lookout for timer land for SALE
and busted with the work of rafting or
railroading the logs to the Mills he finds
time to enjoy himself, and also looks
after other matters. lie Is great big
slx-footer, CHEEKY and genial, loves a
v joke or good story, fond of his pretty
horses and his beautiful home and
grounds. and with time for the manifes-
tatIon of active interest In the affairs OF
the town and 81 the Baptist Church here,
of which the Camp brothers are MEM,
bers But cannot imagine Paul Camp.
or any of that family. ever getting so far
Into pleasure to be ready to turn to
business at a minutes notice. Business
work--these are always In tho minds of
the brothers. and 1t Is this that has made
shem rich,
Mr., Robert j, Camp. the secretary and
treasurer OF the company, looks after all
!, shs otticl work. It has for years been the
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raising andt farming cannot be success
fully conducted without fences and
fences are tof no use without gates.
1t Is understood that both parties to
this gate controversy will be represented
by the ablest counsel that can be OBJ
tained here. %.s N 80 s4 -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-19
PNEUMATIC TIRE COMBINE.
Manufacturers VIII Dictate to Auto Makers
What Size Tires and Rims to Use.

A combination Of tire manufacturers has
been effected. and henceforth automobile
manufacturers must submit to the dictation
of the rubber men concerning what size OF
tires they may use on vehicles of certain
weights and also what style Of rims they shall
use. The combination is only among the
makers Of double tube tires. which is the style
now being most used on automobiles. The
deal is simply in the form of an agreement
between the tire makers that the guarantee
on their tires will not hold unless they are
fitted to certain rims approved by them
and certain specified sizes of tires are used
for the different weights of car. They have
agreed further than this that orders will not
be filled unless the terms they lay down
are complied with. Incidentally there has
been an advance of from IS to % per cent.
all around in the price of tires. this being
due to the increase in the cost of pure rubber
and of the fabric.
This move. which has startled the auto
mobile trade, is recognized rs being one to
which motor car makers must bow. 1t is
the outcome OF the eterna! question OF tire
troubles that has so bothered the users of
pneumatics. and it is recognized as a move
| In the interests OF the consumer. The tire
| makers have had to make good their guaran-
| tee on lots of d Tres that have burst or given
! out in some other way, because they have
| been put Oh rims that did not ut properly
| and because for the sake OF econ omy the motor
| car makers have been using tires of sizes
too small LOT the weight OF tnelr cars.
1 The nine big firms OF tire makers have
agreed to a scale of tire sizes for"axle weights
the latter term being applied by automobile
| makers to express the burden borne by each
axle. which is approximately half the car
| but is not uniformly so. BY making its
| schedule according to axle weights" the
tire combine permits tires Of different sizes
! TO he used on the front and rear wheels.
certain group of rim makers have agreed
| to make their rims exactly according to speci-
fcations furnished by the tire makers and
! to allow the tire men TO keep inspectors in
the rim factories to mark o. X, all rims ap:
| proved. Tires not on rims so marked and
on any cars not in accordance with the weight
schedule have not the makers guarantee.
| This is a check calculated to keep the auto
mobile men in line, for no man wants to buy
| tires not guaranteed
Regarding prices appointment tire man
says Any tire maker can, furnish tires
at any price demanded. We have done this,
and the result has been great dissats faction
Now we are going 10 determine for our
selves what grades to make and fix our own
| prices, and the vehicle people can take them
or leave them. Buyers of automobiles Will
be willing enough to pay more for tires II
| they give better service.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-19
SHAMROCK III. TO BE BROKEN UP.
or All Americas Cup Challengers She
Made the Best Showing.

The Shamrock H.. which has been hauled
out at the Erie Basin since the close OF the
Cup races in 1901, will soon be broken up. 1t
ia said that Capt. Lem Miller who sailed the
Columbia, has purchased the yacht and the
price said to have been paid Is 81 900. Capt
NJ ller will superintend the breaking up Of
the acht that came so near to winning the
A merica's Cup The Shamrock II. is built
of immadium. a metal very similar to the
bronze used in the American boats. She
has about ninety tons Of lead on her keel
In building her aluminium was used extern
slvely, and particularly for the linear plates.
This has corroded. and to rebuild the yacht
now would cost almost as much as to build
a new vessel
The Shamrock n. in the last race OF the
series with the Columbia finished first. but
she lost the race on corrected time, having
10 allow 43 seconds to the American boat.
In all the history of the America Cup this
yacht is the only one that has fairly outsailed
I'm American boat The Liv0nia won a race
from the schooner Columbia, owing to an
accident on the Columbia, and the valkyrie
iii. finished ahead Of the Defender. but be-
fore the start the 'Valkyriee fouled the De-
lender and disabl ed her The Nalkyrie was
disqualified.
sold to an American yachtsman. The sham
rock III. Is In the market but Sir Thomas
Upton has put high price on the yacht.
and 1t il not likely that she Will be sold.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-19

NEW YORK IN, L.. Z: CINCINNATI. S.
CINCINNATI. Sept. iS.-ln a good game.
full OF exciting incidents. the New Yorks
won from the Cincnnatis to-day. breaking
the latter q run Of consecutive victories which
mum bered eight. The locals batted hard.
but their ammunition was largely wasted.
Their briskest rally was cut on sharply in
the sixth when. with three runs in. and two
on bases. Gilbert made remarkable catch
of Dolan's fly. He passed the ball to Babb
in time to catch Seymour. and Babb threw
to Lauder. who tagged Donlin. claiming
that he had left third before the bail was
caught. O'Day allowed the triple play. In
the. fourth inning McGraw, abused ODay
and was promptly marched from the field
as a reward Brilliant feats by ,steiniieldt
and Corcoran kept the New Workers from
scoring in the third. In the fourth. Browne
singled and scored after Mertes, s double. In
the sixth. Corcoran and Steinfeldt made bad
errors and Babb got single. three runs
scoring Warner singled in the seventh:
Peitz's error and Bresn ahan 3, sin gle, Lau-
der double drove in Babb in the eighth. The
last run was scored by Warner on singles
by himself and Browne and an out.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-19
President Roosevelt Will Give Trophy for
chess Masters.

President Roosevelt yestHrdny gave audi
ence at Oyster Bay TO the managing directors
OF the International chess masters tourna-
ment. to be held next April at Cambridge
Springs, Pa The object of the visit was to
enlist the patronage of the Chief Executive
President Roosevelt seemed To be most in
terested in the congress. which is TO bring
European champions OF the game to this
country, and he agreed to give special
trophy, to be awarded To the winner Of the
tournament Being DESTROYS of meeting
the foreign and American players, he an.
thorized his int ryiewers 10 say that he would
hold a special reception at the White House
for the purpose. Eight Of the. strongest
available European experts. including I.asker
Tarrasoh. Janowskl. Mar9Gzyi Isohig2rin,
equal number Of american mas,ners; inG Wlf
shall. Napier, Barry, Hodges and another.
will be invited TO take part in the tourna;
rnent A novel feature Of the congress VIII
be the paying Of all expenses OF the players,
who will get free transportation from home
to Cambridge Springs and back again. while
all the contesting men will be the guests OF
the committee at the hotel during the pro-
gress Of the congress.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-19
CRICKET.
Kent County Players Have 1t Easy Against
PhiladelDflia Colts.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept 49, The Kent county
cricket team had an easy time OF 1t to-day
when play began in their opening game
against the Colts OF Philadelphia. The game
ia being played on the grounds OF the Ger
mantown Cricket Club. where the wicket for
the match, owing to recent heavy rain. was
altogether In favor of the bowlers. The
colts won the toss and decided to bat. but
thav made little Roadway against the Kent
M Wick and were eventually dismissed for n
XIII of TO- v + keenan,, dr., was the only
man 10 obtain double figures, with steady
inninD VA Of IL, while K. l.. Pearson and ID.
,irnham put on each.
Aided. no doubt. to considerable ex-
,ent Nv the state Of the wicket. the Kent
hnwIeTs were credited with some unusual
GVtres. j, r. Mason and ". NJ. Bradley.
hSth bowling fairly fast with an unusually
iono run. were found most dinicnlt 70 score
~ The former sent down seven maidens In
eleven overs and captured wickets Tor g. runs,
while Bradley was hit in only two overs out
~ aIuht and obtained 3 wckets for runs.
Rivthe the left hand slow bowler, was very
successful also and took w'ckets Tor ~
runs. ~ .,. ,nri,,s a,
1,25. and when stumps were drawn Tor the
dav had lost 2 wiokets for ~ runs Inc
game viii be continued In the morning.