The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-29
AFT AIRS OF
The STATE
Supreme Court Meets in
Stdunton in September.
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
Members Get Together at Virginia
Beach-A New Fertilizer Bulletin
Attorney General lmprov-
ing in Health.
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE

Colonel Robert Catlett, of Rockbridge,
who is acting for the attorney general
oupns his disability by reason Of illness.
| Is himself absent now. attending tie
| Eockbricge Circuit Court, wll.re lie has
several cases. Mt. John S. Esglcstou
Is III charge Of the Office during his alb
sence. A letter from Attorney General
Anderson. who IS now at n;s homo ii.
Lexington, conver3 The Information that
Colonel Robert Catlett of Rockbridge,
who is acting for the Attorney-G General
during his disability by reason of illness.
IS himself absent now. attending tho
Rockbridge Circuit Court, where he has
several cases. Mr.. John s. Eggleston is
in charge Of the office during his absence.
A letter from Attorncy-General Ander-
son, who Is now at his home in Lexing-
ton conveys the information that his
health is steadily improving, and that
he hopes soon to be fully recovered.
Mr.. r. O. Norris, Jr, an attorney OF
Lancaster county. was a visitor at the
office OF the Attorney-General of Vir-
glnia yesterday. He Is from the great
fishing section Of the State, and reports
that industry Furnishing.
STATE SUPREME COURT
The Supreme Court Of Appeals Of Vr-
ginia will meet in Staunton September
LIST. Among the Commonwealth cases to
come before the court at that time Is
one of great interest, involving e. test OF
statute passed by the General Assembly
of Virginia of 1897 and 1898, prohibiting
the use Of trading stamps. checks, ETC..
in the nature Of gift enterprises. The
case is that of Albert Young VS.. the Com
monwealth, from Clarke county. Young,
Is seems, was convicted of violating the
statute prohibiting the use of trading
stamps and was fined $40 From that
Judgment he appealed, and the case has
found ifs the Court of An.
peals, where a test will be made of the
constitutionality of the statute under
which he was fined. The appellant Is
represented by Hon. Marshall McCor-
mick, Of Berryvlle, and the Common
wealth By the Attorney General. Six
heard of the trading stamp scheme, as
an nducement to trade. but the legisla-
tive enactment appears to have put an
end to the project.
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
Commissioner of Agriculture Koiner
and Mr. E. B. Chesterman, Jr., clerk to
the Board of Agriculture have gone
to Virginia Beach to attend the meeting
of the State Board. Mr.. w. B. F. Leech,
of Rockbridge county, member of the
board, was in thu city yesterday On his
| way to the Beach.
Tho Department of Agriculture Is en-
gagged in preparing a new fertilizer bulle-
| tin, which Will be issued about august
18th. A great deal of labor Is involved
| in the preparation of these reports.
! Mr.. Franklin P. Brent, secretary Of
the State Board of Education, is still
J absent in the North, where he is taking
| technical course to equip himself for
State Librarian in the event of his selec-
ton for that post. He is a candidate
and is regarded as a strong one.
! Mr.. John r. Crimes an employe OF the
| Auditor'c office has returned ito the
city after brief vacation spent at Tate
| Springs, Tenn.
Among the visitors at the State Library
building yesterday were Urea surer j. P.
Gillian, of Chesterfield and Mr.. r. NJ.
| Turner, of Goochland.