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HOW UNDUE PROFIT
LURES TO CRIME
Makers of Moonshine Whisky Find
Incentive to Their Illegal
Work I'm Great Gains.

Incentive to Their Illegal
Work I'm Great Gains.
Were it not for the large tax imposed
by the Government upon the manufac-
ture of ardent spirits there would be
no such thing as "moonshining." An
old revenue officer who has had years
of active experience in raiding stills
and capturing blockaders, who has had
many battle with the outlaws and
heard the bullets from their guns whis-
tie past him, who has often crouched
behind rocks and stood behind trees.
and who has done his share in trying
to stamp out the miscreants, said a
few days ago in speaking of blockaders
and moonshine whisky
Il have been a revenue officer for
about twenty-five or thirty years and
have seen all kinds Of service under all
kinds of circumstances, and l don't be-
lieve blockading or Illicit distilling will
ever be stopped. The. reason for my be-
lief (and 1 am not the only one) is
simply this: There is such a large
profit in the business that the tempta-
ton is too great for most of that class
of people, regardless of the law, not
needing what has befallen fellow moon
sinners. Even forgetting that they
have once been caught or suspected
and that eyes OF the officers are on
them, they go right ahead and distilI
the grain. But at the same time they
are on the lookout for raids and have
their guns ever ready to send piece
of lead into their discoverer They are
good shots, too, hardly missing when
they have a fair opportunity to take
aim.
Il will give you an idea of how cheap
ly moonshine whisky, is made and the
immense profits that are reaped from
it's sale. They take one gallon of cheap
black molasses, which costs about 80
cents two bushels of meal, costing So
cents per bushel, and some water. This
is made into a mash, allowed to ferment
and the stuff then goes through the
process of evaporation. This amount of
meal, water and molasses makes forty
gallons of whisky, which is sold for 81
gallon. Any one can see the immense
profit from this illustration.
''Latterly brown sugar has been used
instead Of mclasses and is great deal
cheaper. The sugar costs about Al
cents a pound; there are 300 pounds In
barrel, making it cost $13 80 per bar
rel. An immense amount of molasses
is made from barrel of sugar and the
profit is almost twice as great as in
using the first method. Distillers are
captured every day. and when they are
sent to prison others take their places
and thus the perpetual flow of white
| lightning.
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Late Shipping Intelligence.
PORTS.
ARRIVED.

February 6.
tmr Newburg, Anhndsen. los hours from
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PROMOTERS PROFITS
VARY LARGELY
The Trust Company Field Has Been
Large and Exceedingly
RRnlunRFaffre
RenluneratiV

Everybody nearly is familiar with
the enormous profits made by the pro-
moters Of the large industrial combi-
nations during the last few years. The
underwriting syndicate that guaran-
teed the successful organization Of the
United States Steel Corporation made
a profit Of over S50,OOO, 900. The promo
ters Of the various other industrials
that have been organized since 1898
made anywhere from s5,OOo,OOo to $685.
oo0. 600.
The profits made by the promoters of
trust companies and banks are not so
generally known. The organizing of
trust companies, however, has proved
to be a most profitable business to a
number Of promoters. One prominent
financier is credited with having made
sS0O'00O in organizing trust companies
during the last three years. The profit
made by the promoter who organizes
a successful trust company ranges from
$50, 900 TO about 100000.
Edward F. Cragin, who organized the
Trust Company Of America. is said to
have received a fee Of $50,000 The In
ternational Banking Company was also
organized by Mr.. Cragin. In this case
IL is said that he received a fee Of
$4,000. The Eastern Trust Company
was organized by Messrs. Allison and
Meldrum, who received a commission OF
$4,000 The promoter of another large
Wall street trust company is reputed
TO have received a commission Of $780,
900. That was quite a handsome fee for
less than three months work
Many trust companies, however, are
organized without any commission be-
ing paid for organization expenses
New York Commercial.
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FRENCH WRITER CALLS
GERMAN ARMY THE PERIL"
says "Oficers Corps" Once So Select,
Is Full Of Corruption and Vice.


Lieutenant Colonel Rousset con-
tributes 70 the Gaulois an article on
the German army which he entities
The Peril" He says that the novel,
whether by Bilse OF Beyerlein, affords
a faithful picture OF the manners Of
decadence and decomposition. There
are there clearly displayed such weak
nesses and failings as would defy the
pens Of the most determined French
naturalists. The Officers Corps, for
merly so vigorously selected. seems to
abandon itself TO a whirlpool Of viO-
lent passions which little by little
makes shipwreck Of its dignity, its
prestige. and its authority. II grows
weary Of an austerity which was for
merly its strength. and II il retains its
disagreeabIe arrogance together with
some professional qualities, il is none
the less true that Il sacrifices every
thing 10 appearances, and masks be-
hind its naughty attitude a profound
moral prostration. With the nom
commissioned officers, who formerly
constituted one OF the most solid
bases OF the edifice, matters are still
worse. They are represented as the
chosen ground Of corruption and i'm
morality. The days are past Of those
chosen servants who devoted them
selves 10 their work with no am
bitiOn than that OF a modest pension
and a simple service decoration, who
had no other home than the regiment,
no other passion than that Of their
calling
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GREAT BRITAIN KEEPS
TWO KINDS OF ADMIRALS
The DRY Land" Sort Never Go to
Sea-HoId Command on In
land Waters.

The DRY Land" Sort Never Go to
Sea-HoId Command on In
land Waters.
England has many efficient and eager
sea admirals. Her fleets will never
want for men to take command and
face an enemy. She has also a few ad-
mirals who have never been on the sea
except as passengers for a holiday trip,
and whose knowledge of a man of war
is mainly derived from pictures in the
papers.
There is the old Marquis of Donegal.
/ He is hereditary Lord Admiral of
Lough Neagh. A big-sized lake it is.
! covering over $50 square miles, and not
! United Kingdom. No other lake has an
admiral Of its own.
The Duke of Argyll is admiral of the
western coast of Scotland and the isles.
His grace, who is the Kings brother
in-law, is not sailor, and has. no
great liking for yachting. Centuries
ago the MacCallum More, as admiral
+ kept pretty tight hand over the west
ern coast line and exacted dues from
, ships. Shippers of coasting craft were
careful not to offend the chief at Inver-
airy Castle.
Although the new Lord Provost of
Edinburgh is a draper by trade he is
/ also by virtue of his Office Lord Ad-
miral of the Firth of Forth. In Queen
Mary's time the Lord Provost had con-
troll Of the Forth and all movements
of warships were regulated by him.
He is even yet entitled to an admirars
salute when he boards a battleship in
the estuary. Singularly enough the
present Lord Provost. who is an en-
thusiastc volunteer is both colonel
and honorary colonel of his regiment,
the Queens Edinburgh-the latter
rank being attached to his Office as
head of the city.
AS regards the old seaport of Leith,
not only is the Provost an admiral of
the Forth, but the Bailies are entitled
to style themselves admirals depute.
In the case of Leith, the present Chief
/ Magistrate, as a ship owner. is con-
! nected with the fsea.
Lord Rosebery is an elder brother
Of the Trinity House, and his expert
ence on board his large steam yacht
will help him here. The Sheriff of
| Orkney and Shetland, an advocate
and X. c.. is vice admiral of these
northern islands, and has to sit in
! judgment over knotty questions con-
corning maritime affairs. At one time
Shetland and Orkney held aloof as
much as possible from the jurisdiction
of the mainland and the vice admiral
was a notable parsonage.
AS admiral Of the Humber. the
Mayor Of Hull bears an old title of
honor. 1t is an ancient institution,
the Trinity House at Hull, and the
musuem contains relics of the great
navigator, Captain Cook.
The Lord Mayor of London is ad-
miral Of the port of London. His
Lordship is three things besides He is
chairman of the Thames Conservancy,
Coroner, escheater, clerk of the mar
kets, chief butler at coronation BAN
quets, head of the hospitals and
trusts. There is no port admiral who
holds so many high offices, and his sal
airy Of 10000 exceeds that of other
admirals. In olden days the Lord
Mayor had a magnificent barge on the
Thames, and when he proceeded on a
voyage with his flag hoisted all craft,
foreign or English, naval or mercan-
tile, had to salute.-London Globe.
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SYSTEMATIC TRAINING
OF THE EYESIGHT
The Eyes Can Be Educated and
Their Powers Developed to
a High Degree,

AL5h DNGAN~'
So much Of the happiness and sue
cess of life depends upon the seeing
capacity that it is both a wonder and
a pity that more attention is not paid
by parents in the home and by in
structors in the schools to the perfect
ing of this gift.
The trouble is that the great majority
of people regard the capacity of the
eyes as something fixed at birth, and
not TO be interfered with. If they
would think little they would recog-
nize that it is, after all, largely a mat
ter of exercise and practice. They
know that the power of the muscles is
capable of almost indefinite training,
but they fail to apply the principle to
the eyes. All forms of exercise are
called upon to increase and strengthen
the muscular system of growing chill
dren. and the wisdom of this, always
granting reasonable moderation, is
never questioned; but the child with
the weak, undeveloped visual faculty,
with the unframed color sense, with
the carrying capacity of the sight linn
tied to few feet, is called stupid; and
his best hope is that he may be fitted
with glasses before he is rallied and
scolded into real stupidity.
The sight can be educated and exer-
cised just as truly as the hearing, the
sense of touch, or even the leg and
arm muscles can; and the work,
which can be easily converted into
play, should be begun very early in
life Much so-called color blindness
is not a radical defect of vision at all,
but lack Of training in attention and
recognition, and could have been
avoided by any form of simple half
play, haIf-Iesson, with colored balls or
skeins of silk in early childhood.
Matching colors is an excellent game
lesson. 1t can be carried on with
rial in which it is possible to get many
shades with very small gradations of
color among them. Certain of the
educational supply houses furnish col
ored papers for this very purpose. An
element of competition can be intro
duced, and the power of vision can be
trained at the same time with that
esthetic sense which is its greatest re-
ward.
Rapidity of vision can be enor-
mously developed. Most persons
know the story of the conjuror whose
father made him while a small boy
play the game of naming the objects
in some shop window passed at a
quick walk. If one will try this he
will be astounded at the way the num-
Der of objects seen in the glimpse will
grow with practice.
AS with other forms of exercise,
that of the eye should be taken only
under proper conditions. A tired,
worn-out eye should not be forced to
new tasks any more than a tired,
worn-out body. This is why the pro-
cess cannot be started too soon, that
the eye may be insensibly trained to
good habits of perception.-Youth s
Companion.
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ware island and vanejo steamers.

steamer GIN. FRIsBIE or MONTICELLO
a-zs q m BIB ard 4 30 D. n. except sunday
eundav. e.45 q NJ $50 ,. m. Leave fais-Jo
: ~ 1890 and d. m. eN sunday sun
- 4-I5 % n Fare, 90 cents. Tel
Nam 1905. Pier 2 Msssion-st- dock HATE
UROE-
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OCEAN TRAVEL.

Steamers leave San Fran
y &. !. !. ]. :
<NAG& cisco follows:
E N,fN For Ketchikan. Wrangel
fdyR ~ Juneau. Haines, Skaguay,
Il WWN ! etc, Alaska-11 a. m, Feb.
| wa Q. 10. Is. 20. 25, Mar. L
AcA n tO| Change 10 companys steam
NV ~ erB at Seattle
&Af4Gf4N/ For Victoria, Vancouver,
Port Townsend. Seattle. Ia
coma Everett. Whstcom-I1 a. n. Feb 5,
10 Is % p Mar. l. Change at Seattle 70
this company's steamers for Alaska and @. n.
Rv. az Seattle OF Tacoma 10 n p. Ry.; at
Vancouver 70 c. p. Ry.
For Eureka Q5umboldt Bsy)-Pomona- l:oo
2. NJ. Feb. 4 10. 10. p. IS Mar. s. Corona.
30 ,. m, Feb l. Z. l3. 10. p. Mar
Reaondo) San Diego and santa BARBARA
santa Rosa Sundays. a. N
STATE % California Thursdays 2 a. M
Enor Los Angeles (via San Pedro and East
san Pedrol santa Barbara Santa Cruz. Mon
ferev san Simeon. Csyucos. Port Hartford tSan
Trfs ODfspo) Ventura and Hueneme.
r-oss Paw a m, Feb 8. l3, p. %, Mar 3.
J5o-fta q a m. Feb 2. Il. %. March T.
Fo- F,nsenada Nagdalena Bay. San Jose del
rsbo Mszatian. Altata. La Pax. santa Ro-
.sI1e Czuavmas Mex. 10 a. n. 7th each
. sal.ei - frrr,er information obtain folder.
Figbt is reserved 20 change steamers or sail
ing dates -~.
TIcKET OFFICES New Montgom-
.-r - Palace Eoteh. 10 Market st and Broad
-, vrfarree Freight office. . Market St
n DF-NANN, General Passenger Agent
10 Market street. San Francisco.
parffc Transfer Co. 20 Sutter st,
Ia srari for and check baggage from hotels
20 -eFfdences. Telephone. Exchange Sl2
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O. K e NJ. co.

cSsron sails FEB z Il. p. Mar. s. IS. %
arTif7 and IL. s. s. Oregon is temporarily in
eerz-ice Instead Of the Columbia, George W.
r-ISe- sails FEB. Il. =, March 3, u, -.
49, 2 snd u Only steamship lire 10 PORT
s,-r OR ana short rail- line from Portland Z
~ noln+s East Through tickets 70 all
,,,s,.t- an rail or Ttesmship and rail- az Low
---r BATES Steamer tickets INCLUDE berth
and meals. steamer sans toot ot Spesr % 5s,, s. a.
Sro-fqornerv ST.. q. CLIFFORD, Gen. AgI
r-sfs-tf T)ert Montgomery ct
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stmr Newburg Anfindsen, 1oS hours from
Grays Harbor.
DOMESTIC PORTS
ABERDEEN-SailedF February 6--Stmr Santa
Monica for San Pedro. Schr Sausalito for San
Pedro.
ASTORIA--SaIed February 6-Schr Chal-
Ienger for San Francisco.
PORT TOWNSEND-ArTived February g.
Brig Geneva hence January 20 for Port Had
lock
Arrived February G-Stmr Newburg, Anfind-
sen, 103 hours from Grays Hsrbor.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-07

We'll, Ethel" said the caller, what
are you going to do when you get big
like your mammal" "Oh," replied
Ethel Il suppose I'll have to put my
teeth in a glass of water and paint my
face, o."-Philadelphia Record.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-07

She (of the city)-It is quite the thing
now to have dinner right out on the
grass, under the spreading trees.
He (of the country)-Gosh, yes. Our
COWS do that same thing every day
Yonkers Statesm1
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InYO KISEN kAISHA,
roRrFNTAL STEAMSHIP COD

ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COD
,-.ssrne~s viii leave wharf. corner FIRST and
.5-s--an streets. a. ] , m. Tor 1OkOAAMA
- n F7~rzl1ong. calling AZ Kobe fHiogol, Naga-
- s--6 Shanghai. and connecting a. Hong
i-C-se with steamers for India. etc NO cargo
c,~i,-.5 on board the day n sailing.
va Honolulu. Round-trip tickets AZ reduced
-sse@ For freight and passage apply az scm-
e-,-r- ,orfce. f2l Market street. corner FIRST
t'e"s 'SV n AVERY. General Agent.
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-WAR - RA asUAIL e1not EFN
ftRHMEHNH N-NAW. ZEALAND SYDNEY.
VNSNtAA~ DiRsCI La& 70 TaKTL
= ,rEPrpOsA for Tahiti. Feb IL IL a. m.
q VENTURA. for Honolulu. Samoa. Auck-
g ss-s nd sydney. Thursday. Feb II. 2 p m
e ALAMEDA. for Honolulu. Feb 70. II an
"A SPlEEEEESk BE1S c., Aga. TEls plhrs tts FsFir1
Frautintdz. ssi EErtsts s.. .REIA I. ftrdktt
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eory,errE sEEEaALg TRGEsGTLGSuaII

DIREcT LINE 70 HANkE-PAhIs. 80
----fi-Iv every Thursday instead OF q fFfFlc
ss4---5sV al 10 a. rn.. from Pier ~. ss-a1zi=~
18Th River foot OF Morton ST
S-frst class 20 Havre. $50 and upward Sec
- riass 10 Havre, Ss5 and upward CEN
rPAI AGENCY FOR UNITED STATES AND
CnEADA % Broadway Qiloson Buiioinsl
- vo~l j p FUGAZI a CO.. Pacific Coast
a .~arfs : Montgomery avenue san Francisco
-Ticl<e-s sold bv su Railroad Tlcket AGENTS.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-07

Nell saw Jack kiss you last night.
BeIIe-Really? But you didn't see
me kiss him, did you?
NeIl-Na, but u
Relle-Oh. what pity! You missed
the most thrilling part.-Town Topics.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-07

Harmful and ridiculous practices go
on IN this community every day, but
no citizen dares say a word.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-17
I HE CASINO

~ Beginning Monday night. Tie Fays will
give the first Of series OF entertainments
at the Casino That 1t Is q weird and
mystlfying exhibition that they give lis
evident from the press notices which The
Fays have received elsewhere. They are
not newcomers In this field. but have
been many years before the public as
demonstrators OF the phenomena that puz.
zles their fences. Some call 1t spirit
5uallsm. some theosophy, but the Fays de-
clare that the results they attain are due
to perfectly natural forces and means.
though they are as yet irnperfectly under
stood } n B y a sEf ssy
Tho Fays have! been before the public
for twenty-five years. The Fays were
questioned In regard to their power "
somnolency mental telepa thy. or the abll-
lily to SEQ things at n distance and read
thought, They said that before they be-
gan their experiments they entered and
remained In n hypnotic 8conditi Ion, This
condition was compared to Fan electric
current and a grounded wire and Y the.
current brea lsas they ca n no longer see the
mental suggestio Ions. They more easily
read themtids sot people haye oG,
OF this as that the COM nj ssinnE OF serious
crimes produces more lasting lmpres-S
sion on the mind than that OF a. simple
All people who are UP IN
theosophist literature wi Jpnd erstand Wt,a &
IL meant by the n'astral BODY OF an ms
diyldlal, The Fays claim to- possess alsaa
are able to sec their ''astral BODY They
do not claim to possess any mysterious
power that is not possessed by the human
race In general. Their, theory Is that
they have simply developed their natural
susceptibility, They further I; entertain
the view that the time Will come when
thlsEnsixth sense" Will BID practically and
generally utilized. They confess thelrs
Inability to intslligently explain In lang H
uage the exact condition they are In and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-17
HOUSE FURNISHINGS.

I'VE MAKE "A Il SPECIALITY OF MAIL
t} order business; we give you the beneht
OF the cost OF agents. We re- sole gents e,
4 frigeratory, the Angel Lamp write us for!
catalogues Of these goods: We. carry a
b full line OF China Ware Class were. Tin
and aDnameIed Ware. Lawn Mowers.
Lawn Swings, Ice Cream Freezers. Screen
FDoors and Windows; in fact. everything
in7the housefurnishings line; our prices are
4 tho Is lowest: "a we prepay II on al ~ orders
amounting to 81 or over Write us for
prices. BROWNE 4 CoNSTINE. EOS e.
BROAD Street. st5 - 3E Il 5Fi
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-17
WINES A.,o LIouoRs.

I SELL NOTHING BUT srRAlGHT
quantity. Old Overholt (5 years., $3.50
per gall; Calvert g years. $3.50 gal.
hlaysvillc Club years ss$3; Jessainins,
Springs, 1925 per gall; Clifton Springs.
50 per GAL: Mono such. $1.5o per gal !.
Complete ntock Mt correspondinBly . low
State: plait, pac cklpes Remlt by rcgis-
tered letter, certified check, postal, money 9.
or, express order. PHIL. O.. KELLY. Ric :fl-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-17
Miss MYRTLE Hart.
u = NJ. 4. - =, ana tnh

Especial z to The Times lspatoh.) e
& F,ARMVILLE, 2s5 Y Al s& j uly 16--Miss
Myrtle Hart died at 81 the home of her
parents here at 10 q clock to- ght She
sister, Mrs T. Z y. N Lip comb. 4 Pow
.l,atan county, and one brother. Mr.. j. u u.
Hart, OF the Farnvile Herald. The
funeral will take place Monday, and
the; intermentI will be- made in the Farm
vile Cemetery tSS 4. 545s5 M s:i "a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-17
OBITUARY. j I j

Ill Wherein It has been the divine will
of our Heavenly Father to remove am
other link from the chain OF John Daniel.
Webster, we bow to Him in His omnipoS
int power, for He knows best His, not
ours. Beatrice Amelia Root, one of the
choice II flowers in the garden Of TINS
world. has passed unto the one Who
tgayeth Her ferYent prayer, was that she
would Silently pass or should IS It II be-
her Heavenly Fathers Will. which she
did; n her prayer svas grant ed MI She ii fell
asleep In her blessed SaViour's arms.
waited to q Cd. ~ awakened s IN the
great world usk known to us. as 81 guild
sance to follow In true Christian faith
her example being 3meekn ass. pa tience and
commencement of body and soul to her
oil love, Heavenly Father. who merci-1
fully allowed her dying grace IN eternal.
hope. siiaS II + n 5g
Where, tears, OIL ye tears. have for
ever ceased to flow. n q "a SltB
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-17
White Ducks, 8 \ Old Va, = =

1 The White Ducks won the game from
the Old Virginias 3yester day by the score
Sof8 s to i, with the following line-up:s
White Ducks-Ald rews. center field; .
Dixon, third base; y Traylor second base !;
Blunt: left field !; Il Kidd " light field Nc
SDonnell, first base Sharp. short stop; \
Bosher, catcher, Brantley. pitcher.
Old Virginias--J Trexler. cat cher; Car
mon, short stop; Shaunessy. first base; I
Johnson, second base; IT, Us Ryan, third
base 4 r. Trexler, left field 3 Gentry, cen
ter field Elliott. pitcher. iS
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the sensation they experience during the
.somnolency test when they give the Yls-l
ions Of what they see III s Ssa
IN addition. the Rngsto on Girls Will
.danee Phil Stats VIII talk and play til 81
piano, and q troupe OF Japanese jugglerss
will take part In the programme. T. cketss
can be had at Branch r, Aliens. NJ
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-17
,,olLANp8cA's STOVES,

BIG BARGAINS IN wIcKLEss. BLUE
Flame Oiland Gas Stoves: must be sold
TO mako room for fall stock; come In,
get our prices and you will be satisfied.
HARRIS HARDWARE co.. 400 East
Broad. 9sf
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-17
WINES AND LIQUORS.

THE RIGHT wI1sKEYs AT THE
.specials; !, GA 'Keystoroy s.; starFRye (bestI
5auallyyj i2.o5 X ntucky Superior $3.50;
3fve 1yeariold Nv irginiaS Mountain Bum
gardner S4ggallon. the finest made .f PAUL
fNE1LL, 725 w. Broad opposite Elba}
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-17
SEWING MACHINES
/.

WANTED, 500 SEWING MACHINES no
repair; work guaranteed ave have a few;
Drophead Machines 10 sell at .aess, than
4, ,,4sss price, HARRIS, The hardware
/, ;s-iar. ~ S IA
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-17

5s Oak Groves, 10; Stars, SO
The Church Hill Stars were defeated
by the & Oak Groves sterday by the
score OF 10 to- g.. g Il 5F