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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-06
DISCIPLES MEETING.
Officers Of the Christian Mission
W ,t-,13 Sncietu
Especial to The Times Dispatch.,>

i
NORFOLK, VA. October 5.-The
meeting OF the Disciples Of Christ IN
conference from the State closed night
with q praise service led by Rev. r 4.
Cave, OF Richmond. and an address on
New Testament Evangelism by Rev. J.
]. Haley, of Richmond There were lSl
delegates present at the meeting ana
the convention was the most successful
in the history Of the church. The meT-
hers were entertained by O trip to cape
Henry this morning. accompanied by an
oyster roast at Lynnhnven Bay, the nome
of the oyster Yesterday they took q
trip about the harbor in yachts.
The committee on nominations re-
rorted and the following officers OF the
Virginia Christian Missionary Society
were elected for the ensuing year.
President, W. +. Fox, Richmond; hrst
yice-president, John S. Elicit. Rich
mond: second vice-president, P. A. Cave,
Richmond corresponding secretary. p.
M. Newman. Richmond: treasurer. T. A.
Cary. Richmond; auditor, r. T. Sutton.
Richmond; advisory members OF State
board, Dr. Roland Walker and II. T.
Law. Norfolk; r. NJ. Kent. Richmond;
W. L. Dudley, Oranda c. II. Walker.
Charlottesville; r. r, Gilmore. Tazeweli;
s. C. shelburne, MiltagW. J. Shelbourne,
Rino
The officers Of the Virginia Christian
ministerial Association for ensuing year
are: President, Rev. j. T. T. Hundley,
az Norfolk; vice-president. Rev. e. B.
Kernln. OF Rlncksburg: secretary and
treasurer, Rev. d. II. Melton, Of Rich
mond
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-06
SHAW IN STAUNTON.
An Interested But Not Enthusi-
astic Audience Hears Him,

Especial to The Trmes-Dlspatch)
IS X STAUNTON. VA. October 5.--Secretary
Leslie M. Shaw and Hon. Campbell
slemp spoke here tonight in Columbian
Hall to crowd which was variously
estimated at from seven to nine hundred
people. The speakers arrived late in
the evening and were escorted to their hotel
by Stonewall Brigade Band, which also
played at the big Republican rally. There
were on the platform, Mr., Shaw, Mr..
Slemp, c. Bascom Slemp and United
States Marshall s.. Brown Allen. The
audience consisted of the flower, of the
Democracy OF this vicinity and we'll as
the representative Republicans and many
ladies'. The applause was only occasional
and seldom uproarious. The audience be-
Ing Interested but not enthusiastic.
Colonel Allen introduced Congressman
Slemp who went over the issues .of,the
campaign at some length, and III turn
introduced the principal speaker. Secre-
tary Shaw.
Mr.. Shaw was greeted with quite an
ovation and was followed with keen In
tercst. His speech was along pretty
much the same lines as those he has
made Mt Danville, Roanoke Richmond
and other places. This Is the first time
either speaker has appeared before q
Staunton audience.
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HISTORY OF MERCER,
Steamers to Norfolk Will Be DIS Us
-..as eor4:nl1ad u
continued.
Especial to The Tlmes-Dispatch.)

Especial to The Times ispalch.) L. IS
81 FIRED RlCKSBURG. VA. October p
Judge Johi. T. Goodrich, OF TINS cl,S'
eral Hugh Mercer, the illustrious Revo-
slutonary general, to whose memory ~
beautiful monument is being built Tor
this city by the United States govern
nent. which Is no wnearing compie,ao't
and will te unveiled hero early next
month. The book will be a souvenir
volume, and It Is contemplated TO nave
4 tready for delivering by the time me ~;
monument Il dedicated The book VIII
be artistically gotten UP and richly ,Iils-
Of the monument to his memory, his
homo in Fredericksburg, the homes here
Of some 81 his descendants etc.
The Maryland, Delaware and Virginia =.
Railway Company whoss s s.fnmeps tb s
city and baltimore. have notified tho COM
mercal bodies OF Norfolk that the line
would have to stop running steamers
between that point and points on the
Pappahannotk River because me trh'ilc :
Is not sufficient to pay the expense OF
opcrnttn the schedule. The line does an
immense business however. between THIS
city, points along the Rappahannock and
Raltimore.
has been elected cashier Of tho Citizens,
Bank and Trust Company. of Abingdon
Va. which has recently been orgnnlzcd
He is n soil Of Mr., a B, Dodd, of STAFF
ford county,
The celebrated case OF Martins admin
istrators VS.. the Richmond, Fredericks-
burg and Potomac Railroad, which has
been pending in the Circuit Court Of star
ford county for several years, Will come
zup again on October 18th.
Mr., A. Loewenson. Of this city, has
returned to his home here, after spending
several months abroad
The new steamer to be known as Pr
w J Newblll will be launched at Ur-
bana, on the lower Rappahannock, on
October 18th and will be Immediately
taken to baltimore to DO completed,
This steamer will go on the mall route
between Matte Stone and Urbana, taking
in MileHbtck. Irvington and several
other points.
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MEcKLENRURG COUNTY.
Great Increase in Values There
Colored Boy Shot,
I lSneclnl to The Tlnles .pisp ltNl

HOYDTON. VA. October 5-Eddie. the
ten-ycnr-od son OF Iick Shelton. a
worthy co'orcd man living near this
place. was accidentally shot by another
hoy q few days ago, The boys were
playing with a pistol, and by some means
II was discharged, and the ball fired into
One of tho hest Indications Of thrift In
n county Is In the Increased value. OF
real estate That Is the case In Mecklen..
burg at th!s time There We're Tesd several e,
auction. ana they all sold we'll, 7 nm
tod that one OF tho tracts sold brought
about 10 pei cent more than It could
have been bought for one year ago.
Two handsome public buildings are be-
Ing erected IL. town, and large force Of
vorkmen ia engaged IN the work, The
town appears to BIZ. putting on extra on
erEy, and tobacco is rolling into the
warehouses;
Or. William TONNES, of Memphis, Tenn;
Il. w Oyerbey Richard snead, OF North
Carolina, and others are in Camp on
Roanoke river md are having big hunt.
These gentlemen are old fox hunters and
have FIJI; supply of dogs and are
making things lively where they go
along. y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-06
A FIGHT WITH
WILD MANIAC
Attacks,Cficer With Two Knives
And Is Terribly
Beaten.
STRANDED SHIP IS FLoATED
Believes Brother Committed Sui
eide by Jumping From
Steamer.
Especial 10 The Times. Dlspatcho

Especial 10 The Times Dlspntch)
NORFOLK, VA. October 5.-Svlllam
Lee, q crazy ncgro, arrested last night
al Ocean View by County Constable John
Hays, Is quiet this morning after
stormy night Of raving In the Norfolk
county jail. Lee shows badly his head
being II mass OF cuts and wounds, infllct-
ed ny the officers blackjack In the strug-
gle IN winch the two men engnBed, Lee
g being armed with two butcher Knives
with which he sought the officers life.
Or. Morgan, the jail physician In dress
Ing the mans wounds, found q fractured
skull and cuts that required fifty
stitches Of the needle to close. After d
resting spell at tho Jail. Lee will be ex-
amincd by Il commission of lnnncy, and
be returned to the colored insane asylum
1t Petersburg, from which he was
parolcd.
ITALIAN SIlIr FLOATI5D.
The Italian. steamship. the Cittn d.
Palermo, was floated to-day at noon, and
She Will he brought here for survey and
repairs. She went ashore near Cape Hat
teras night before last because the cap
tain was confused as to the lights on the
shore and Of the lishtship OF the Dia-
= monds Shoals. She was bound from
several cities IN Italy for New Orleans,
with ;nnccaroni and wines. and came by
here for bunker coal. After taking the
coal she encountered murkey weather
outside and went ashore. She was
righted. and pulled orr by the tugs Res
cue, OF tho Merritt &c Chapman Wreck
ing Company. OF this station. and the
Edward Luckenbach. Of New York. All
the members OF her crew, thirty in num-
Der, had been rescued by the lifesavcrs
from tho lIhHeras and the Breeds Hill
stations on tho North Carolina coast.
JUMPED OVERHEARD.
Thomas H. Long, merchant OF Chapel
& Hill, N. c.. guest at the Hotel Neddo,
this city, believes that his younger
brother, N. C.I Long. committed suicide
Monday night by Jumping from the Old
Bay Line steamer Georgia. while coming
from Baltimore to Norfolk. Upon the
arrival of the steamer Georgia at her
Norfolk pier Tuesday morning the cham
bermatd found on tho floor of room No.
81 on the Georgia. two notes from Mr..
Long ono addressed to his brother.
Thomas II. Long. Mt the Hotel Neddo.
and the other addressed to another
brother Both notes Indicated suicide.
and are now in the possession OF I.
2 II. Long, who says that his brother ma
for some time been respondent as the
4 result OF poor health. and financial
troubles brought on by losses. some OF
which were by speculatlng IN Norfolk
bucket shops Long was twenty-nlne
years OF age. He was five feet ten inches
tall weighed 13O pounds and had blue
eyes and dark hair He has four
brothers-W. v. Long, lumber mer-
chant at Saratoga. Miss; G. p. Long,
lumber merchant Mt Gainesville. Fla; a.
N. Long. professor OF English at Prince
ton University, and r. II. Long, q mer-
chandise broker Of Chapel Hill. N. G.
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HIGGINS OPPOSES.
Personal Alteration on tn
Streets Of Norfolk.
Especial TO The Times DIspntch.)

---- ISptcTH1 TIE Observation-Disclosures = no
NJ. Higgins. OF the Seventy flrstR egiment
here. declares that he Is not candidate
for Brigaded General of the Virginia
troops and that he IS opposed to the re-
organization plan.
nnd the discharged money order clark.
w. e. Jenkins. had n fight in the street
there to-day. rs the result of SANDER
which. It is alleged, Jenkins had clrcu.
serious damage was done.
Mrs. Grace Page and Albert Ohcr both
of New York. arrived in Portsmouth to-
day. and were married there and re-
turned to New York tonight. The bride
Is pretty and stylish. but she and the
groom are not known there. fa
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-06
4 FOOTBALL PLAYER
MAY Be Fatally HURT
Young Montgomery's Spine In.
jured and Paralysis
Sets In.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.)

FARMv1LLE. VA. October 5.--H. e.
Montgomery u third-year student Of
Hampden-s Sidney College. a,et with a
fearful accident yesterday afternoon
while engaged in practicins a game Of
foot ball, The team was getting in trim
to play the Virginia Military institute
at Lexington, next Saturday. Mort
gomery in the practice sustained injury
IL, his back and spine. which will prob
ably prove fatal. he IS partially
raralyzed, and the attending physicians
say his back is probably broken.
Montgomery Is from montgomery, ".
Va, and was one Of the most attractive
young men at the College. The affair
has cast a shadow overthe community.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-06
HEREFORD BREEDERS.
Enthusiastic Meeting and Off
GERS Elected.
rsnoc,,1 - Tho 7,imes-loispat

Especial to The -Dtspatoh.)
\ LYNCHBURG, VA. October b.-The
second annual meeting OF the Virginia
Hereford Breeders Association was held
This evening at the Hotel Carroll. in
this city. Members CT tho association
from all parts OF the state were pres
ent. and the session wns an enthusiastic
one.
Tho officers for tho year nre: Murray
Boocock. OF KeswIck, president: Haynes
t. Morgan. Of Saltville. vice president;
Edward G. Butler. OF Berryville. sccre-
tary. and II. b. Howe. OF Dubltn; J. D.
Stubs, Of Sassafras: A. Mcschendorf. OF
Forest Depot: r.. R. Phils OF Beidlc
Creek, and p. l.. Eakle, OF Crimora, to-
gether with the officers. constitute the
Board OF Directors. M
A number Of new members were elect
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-06
ELECTRIC LINE SOLD.
Receivers Certificates Comprise
Part Of Purchase Money.
lsnecInl It'd The Tlmes Dis ntch.l

Especial to The T1mes-Dlspntch.)
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. October 81.
The railroad line, electric plant and all
the property OF the Hampton Roads
Railway and Electric Company was sold
in Hampton to-day at public auction un-
der decree of the United States Court
at Norfolk. H.. A. Doan OF Philadelphia.
s250O0O. He represented the bondholders
Of the company. composed mostly Of
Philadelphia capitalists. Doan put UP a
certified check OF twenty thousand dol.
decree Of the court. and will take over
the property as soon. ns the sale Is con-
firmed by Judge Waddill.
It Is said that the purchasers will ofrer
In payment OF the purchase price $l62.0 c0
. OF receivers certificates, ISSUED since tho
road went into the hands of receivers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-06
SELF DEFENSE.
DR.. Smith Declares Lewis Was
About to Draw His Revolver.
(speciol Ia Tho TImes- DIspatch.1

X Especial to Tho TImes-DIspatch.)
BRISTOL, TENN. October 5.-Dr s.
N. Smith. who killed his former friend
and neiEhEor, J. T. Lewis. In Colorado.
three days ago, Immediately after tho
two had gone to that state from upner
East Tennessee. declines to discuss the
tragedy further than to say he shot Lewis
In self-defense while the latter was pre-
pairing to draw revolver.
Smith has been bailed in tho sum OF
Ai.0nO INK
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Municipal Officers.
Special to Tho Times-Dispatch.)

Especial to Tho Times Dispatch.)
e SUFFOLK. VA, October 5.-Judgc Jo-
seph B. Prince has resigned as Mayor
Of cortland w., and r. L. Whitfield,
resigned as police chief of the same
town. They will be succeeded. respec-
lively by William J. sebrell and j. w.
Edwards. who We're elected by the Coun-
all y ! I ID
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-06
Shaw Shown Courtesies,

& CHARLOTTESVILLE VA. Oct. b,-lsx-
Secretary or Treasury Shaw reached Charie,tes-
Vile this morning from Lynehburg. and after 9
ysll to the University OF Virginia, where he,
wus shown around the grounds and buildinss,
byv Prestdent Aidsrmail AMI Gn Hsseort oef FFst'
tsssogs. left for staQnton.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-06

BRIEFS
lsnsrlnl tn rha rlmns.nlsnninh !,

Especial to The Times Dispatch,
r FREDERlCkSBuRG, VA, October 81
Congressman ". a, Jones was here to-
day enroute to his home at Warsaw, from
his trip to the Philippines.
FL BRISTOL, YA.-John Fox. Jr.. the pop,
ulur author. whose home Is at Big Stone
Cap, VA left Bristol tonight for NASH
!rgton p G., where he viii join Thomas
an extensive European tour.
NORFOLK. VA.r-Drs. Wood Wilson
and Slcet, who made inquiry into the con-
dltlon of John Fl: Clark, the man who
has been missing from his, home In .I3erk-
ley, have decided that his mind is nn-
balanced, but instead OF holding COM
mission Of l,nacy, CLARK is To- 80 treated
2. home. Clark stu thinks his wife Is
dead, outstanding her presence with
suFgoLIl, YA.--The fteen-nonths-old
infant OF Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Batten.
Of Chuckatuck, Va. this afternoon was
,,hoked to death by a piece of apple,
The child suffocated before the Doctors
arrival.
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h Mrs. Robsl, G. Scott has returned from
her summer home, on4the coast OF Maine
TO Nc. l15 East Franklin Street.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-03-25

Great as has been the amount of labor
expended on the various Bibles of the
world, the palm for execution must be
given to the Kutho-daw, which is a
Buddhist monument near Mandalay, in
Burmah. 1t consists of about 700 tenn
pies, each containing slab of white
marble. on which the whole of this
Buddhist Bible. containing more than
100000 syllables. has been engraved.
The Burmese alphabet is used. but the
language is Pail. This wonderful Bible
is absolutely unique. The Kutho-daw
was erected in 1887 by Mindon-min, the
last king but one of Burmah. The vast
collection Of temples together form a
square, with dominating temple in the
center Each of the marble slabs on
which the sacred text is inscribed is sur
mounted by an ornamental canopy in
pagoda form.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-03-25

ness, faintness, lassitude, excitability,
irritability, nervousness, sleepless-
ness, melancholy, 'all-gone and
want-to- be-left-alone feelings, blues
and hopelessness, they should remem-
Der there is ono tried and true remedy.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound at once removes such troubles.
No other female medicine in the
world has received such widespread
and unqualified endorsement. No other
medicine has svch a record of cures of
female troubles.
The needless suffering of women from
diseases peculiar to their sex is terrible
to see. The money which they pay to
doctors who DO not help them is an
enormous waste. The pain is cured
and the money is saved by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Ex-
perience has proved this.
1t is well for women who are i'll to
write Mrs. Pinkham. at Lynn, Mass.
In her great experience. which covers
many years, she has probably had to
deal with dozens of eases just like
yours. Her advice is free and conf
Dental
,Ound Succeeds Where others Fail.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-03-25
AIRSHIP In A VISION.
CAPT. BYRON PLANS MACHINE
FROM DREAM.
Mind Picture Of Flying Device Came
to Army Officer During Span
ish Campaign and He Has
It Patented.

Westinghouse is promised that the
citizens of Washington shall soon wit
ness an unusual spectacle in the clouds
over the White Lot. The novel per
Torrance will be by massive flying
machine, which, like some great white
bird, will circle about the dizzy-heighted
Washington monument This is the
expectation of the inventor of the
airship, Capt George West Byron.
Washington man prominent in com
mercial and Spanish War Veteran
circles.
Capt. Byron has entered his claim at
the patent Office, SO that his rights can
not be infringed, and the work of con-
structing one of the aerial vessels will
begin, it is expected, in the coming
spring or early summer The inventor
says he can discount Santos Dumont
who sailed about over gay Paris in his
airship, and to demonstrate this he pro
poses to navigate in air about the Wash
ington monument In his machine, and
perform midair evolutions which will
put the Dumont airship in the shade
One of Capt. Byron's claims is that
he can fly in his ship from Wash
ington to Chicago without once
alighting on terra frma for either food
or fuel
On the official files of the patent office
the Byron machine is described as IAN
invention which has for its object the
production of an airship that will form
n minimum resistance to the wind cur
rents, whereby the control of the same
is rendered possible"
A further object is to locate the cabin
OF other place for the accommodation of
passengers or freight so as to afford the
least possible resistance to the buoy
ancy of the airship. A further object
is TO so position the cabin as to protect
the same from the wind and other air
currents, whereby the drag of the air
currents upon depending cages is OBJ
Waited. A still further object is to pro-
vide means for assisting the airship in
its initial movement incident to eleva-
ton and fight.
Speaking of his airship, Capt. Byron
said that the very first thought he had
of inventing an airship came to him
while he was asleep.
81 dreamed | was on my way to Cuba
In flying machine" he said, land it
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-03-25

was made of two cigar-shapea pai:ycns,
with a cabin between them. When |
awoke | was surprised at such dream,
for | had never before thought of going
up in a balloon or flying machine
could not get the matter out of my mind.
however, nor could | go to sleep again.
At last l said to myself: If | was
actually going to Cuba in such an air.
ship and 1t should fall into the gulf
would be drowned Then | began
to figure how one could be made
SO that if it fell into the water
1t would be safe, and could be propelled
to the shore.
Finally" continued Capt. Byron, 81
thought of making 1t in the shape of a
boat, with a cabin in the center.
thought of it again during that day,
and made a crude drawing of the ship
at my Office. Then it was that the
wedge-shape gas bag came to me, and
the six different compartments. Most
of my best thoughts came to me between
flve and seven O'Clock in the morning,
while yet in bed. thought of a canopy
for my cabin, which finally developed
into an immense gas bag over the entire
airship.
Il now intend to employ nine sep
arate gas bags to make the aerial ship
for long-distance traffic. Two of the
bags are to be square, and will be located
In each end of the cabin and can be de-
teched in 30 seconds and used to make
a Jump to the earth, as If they were
pasachutes, or for sending parcels or
freight to the ground. On the first or
trial ship we will employ only six gas
bags, leaving out the two just men
toned, and the great canopy bag. which
will be those that surround the cabin.
The cabin is to be six feet wide and %
feet long and seven feet high. The gas
bags will be seven feet high next to the
cabin and taper off to one inch at the
outer edges, thus reducing the resist
ance to minimum. The ship will be
40 feet wide. rs feet long and. leaving
out the ballast frame-which extends
below the ship some eight feet, and is
the same size of the cabin. and held up
by eight tubes, which are so far apart
that they will not offer any resistance
at all-the resistance will be the 80
pound bags of sand on the bottom, and
the bottom is made of open wire work.
TO let the sand sift through when turned
over by cords running up TO the cabin
The ship is to be only seven feet high.
and with the ballast frame the height
will be Is feet. Two propellers at the
rear end will force the ship through
the air at high rate of speed, as the
ship tapers off for 35 feet in front, prac-
tically cutting the air like knife
Two propellers near the front end, one
on the sides to guide the ship to the
right and left, also a propeller up over
the front. at the tip end, for the purpose
of raising or lowering the front OF the
ship. causing the ship to be driven high
er or to descend toward the earth Thus
! will have complete control of the ship
and can compel It to go in any direc-
ton desired"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-03-25

blocks in their advertising and have ALWAYS used
more and better illustrations than Americans
have.
The stiff, old, stereotyped wood cut. represent
ing watch, shoe, a trunk, has been out Of
use with only few years. Such cuts are used
even now In many places.
| am not sure that Wannmaker originated the
of artistic outline cuts in advertising but IT is
certain that the Wanarnaker cuts have had great
influence advertisement illustrating
Their chief merit lies In the fact that they show
the article pictured looks IN actual use If the
advertisement is about shoes, the picture is of man
pulling on easy shoe of dainty, stylish
woman lifting pretty and shapely foot
The illustrations are always suggestive and
always well drawn.
may as well say here that l. do not think much
of the alleged humorous cuts that are used more or
less all over the country-the which to puns
and "cuteness" They may attract attention but
attracting attention isn't the best an ad can do.
comic cut ism: convincing 1t doesn't tell anything
or prove anything. about the man or the goods
advertised
| don't believe such ads sell goods. Il
cry largely the of some pretty picture, ire.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-03-25

The idea in this case also is to attract
attention. think it is wrong. A cut should
be used merely to Illustrate the advertise
ment, and not as the advertisement itself.
Illustration should be subordinate. In ordi-
aary, daily newspaper advertising the cut
an inch to an inch Api half wide with
reading matter set down one side.
Generally speaking, l would not have
more than three display lines in the ad.
and more often only two--the head line
snd the name of the advertiser. Aud the
aa1ne should be smaller than the head
Ine.
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