The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-24
DELIGHTFUL. |,
CHASE. ( J. {, CITY }. /
Y The Colony att the Hotel Meek.
lenburg i Rapidly Grow
ing Large s..$
JAPANESE 4 70 LAR GUEST.
Mr.. Fl. agi IS Much Liked
BY All-Millionairc Re
covers His Purse. s8

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special 10 The Times Dispatch,

&se Especial to The 6T1meS-DlEpdlch)8 4sSsss
CHASE CITY, " A. July q As the
eeason advances the II otel Aiecklenbnrs
grows gaycr. There are now n, I'm! r ~.
Il guests hero and many theirs are booked ilYa
u Tor the month Of August. The splendid iiti
wa ter and baths here are worth going
ID many miles To- enjoy. nj 5sS
Judge r. 3. Peoples Of ackson, Az M g,
q Ii a guest Of the sIecklenburg. and conf
stantly surrounded by al group OF admir-
& ing listeners Judge Peoples was recently
? brought !nto much notoriety BY his change
Of Of Contempt g, n as ainst nearly tho entire
I,ar5ff,f Robson county. n J. CTS ar. ! af-
4 fair that was happily compromised for all
q concerned. fs55at
\ 49,. 3, JAPANESE GUEST.
One OF tho most 20 pular guests at the
atccklenburg Is Mr.. II. " Va 81, formerly
student at Trinity College. Durham ana
now studying 4 at Harvard. He Is the
guest Of Mr.. Auge Duke. son OF ar.
Ia. N. Duke, ono OF the Durham tobacco
\ .nillionatres. He is "a refined gentleman
and has Il keen anprecla ton OF the
American Joke. ~ He holds his own IN any
conversation and Is exceed gly popular.
4 With the ladies'. Mr.. Yngt is charged ~
d his government with inyestigati ting cotton
3 spinning In this country, and y he ls q $50
q Louis Exposition. isl - Y 81 N
3, GRI3ATS EXCITEMENT.
The Hotel Aieekenburg was In an Ups
i roar the other day when Mr.. Nv as hingtoll
Duke, the aged m,lti-millionaire. Of our ~.
\ ham. reported at the otfice desk that his
nurse had been stolen from his rnom.3 AS
q Mr.. Duke had his own servant ana phy-85
stefan constantly with him the Likelihood
II OF such a catastrophe seemed remote, but Z
+ the clerk stood aghast al the loss perhaps
II of IA good bunch4o OF Mr.. Duke 8 vas for
tune and the ginconpen.ence 1t might bring
to such a valued guest, He was much re-.
lievnd when he learned that the purse
contained only six dollars, me m' lllao',
4 afro declared he did not mind the SIX
dollars, hut lie thought a great deal Of
that purse md would give "a goodly sum
to know where 1t went. ST. Is NJ i 8sF
\. The next morning bright and early he
sont for the clerk to tell him that he had
changed his trousers the day before and
{ forgotten 1T, He put the pair on " nat
+ morning he had worn the day before ana
in the pocket was his favorite purse, six
dollars and all. 8 The old gentleman de-
4 sired It known that no reflection rested
on the hotel. and q sigh Of relief passed
J along the line from the head clerk to the
lowest mental, Nv "a siss3 e gss
DIR. MATTHEWS ARRIVES,
Il Dr. w. r. Ma theWs. of Richmond, ar-
rived at the Meckenpurg Saturday to
take charge Of the sanitarinm department
of this luxurious place. The hotel will
\ hereafter be open the year round and full
attention given to the sanitarium feature
4 Mrs. Mathews and her three children ac-
cornpanIed the doctor and have taken up
their peTManest res residence here T..
OF William and Mary College, has Just
completed a round of towns In the south.
{ sidesof the State In the Interest OF that
institution, and is now visiting his daugh-
! ter at the Mecklenpnrg Ho
Miss Stubs hold the posi- tfon Of conf
& dental secretary to he manag er, and rs
2 beautiful and accqmp lisheNdi young
soaIE or THE GUESTS,
81 Col M, IL 4, Davis. a large wholesale
Il grocer Of Norfolk, Va, Ia With his fam,
Y fly at the Mecklenburg. IN
Mrs. Jno. 3. Pinner, Miss Katherine,
and MI. Jno, b. Pinner, Of Suffolk. Va
are at the Mecklenburg for some time. *.
Mrs. j. s, Wynne and family, of Rail-
eigh. n, Gu are at the decSlenburg for
an Indefinite stay. <s 4 IS
Mr.. and Mrs. j., 8, Jennings OF Lynch
burg, "a, are here for an Indefinite stay.
m II, Jennings ~ lpresid dent Of the BARKER
b Jennings ardwaFe Co.. Of Isynchburg,
daughter, Miss a1aude. of Raj igh. ii. ca
Y are here for a month, # D !.
Mrs, Jno. Gross, maid and daughter, Of.
i Raleigh, N, q q, are here for some time
{ Mrs, Gross ID one of the most popular
ladies at the hotel. 81 NJ
Others at this POPULAR resort are
& these: 8s
N. p. Edmundsons a arboro, N, c.; Mrs,
II. 81, Blackwell and maid Washington,
4 N. Al; M q IL 7, psYis. Norfolk, \ Va;
) Miss Nee Davis, Norfolk, All; Vim. Hi
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