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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-08

live ANA 10 10 ouosa sHns anchansed
mIddlinR. 10 l3-isc.
Futures opened Ia, points up. but at the
noon call the active positions were practically
Of yesterday closing after they had ranged 30
points higher during the early trading. After
this the market eased of points, closing
quiet, With net Losses Of points on all posi-
lions from, April to December. inclusive. The
active.
Cotton futures closed quiet. Closing bids
March l0.7z: April, io.S3. May. 1850: June,
1895; July. It.0t; August. io.ss; October 1923;
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THE MATTHEWS TRIAL.
Adjourned After Argument With,
out Delivery. Of Charge.
SpecIal 10 The Times- Dispatch

(Speclal TO The Times Dispa tch)
GREENSBORO. N. c., March I'm the
Matthews's murder trial. the whole day
was consumed in the argument. Solicitor
Brooks closed at six o'clock, and the
court took "a recess until seven-thrty.
ed that 1t would be impossible to do JUS
tice to a case of such moment after such
hard days work, as 1t would take sew
eral hours to deliver the charge, and court
was adjourned until elght-thirty Thurs
day.
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Tobacco Growers Meeting.

The followlng letter apeaks for Itself;, ~.
The State TSbaSso Growsss Association a9d
Danviiie. Va. March 18th, at 10 o'clock a. NJ.
with the view of adopting the Dark Tobacco
on tho night OF the 18th. which viii be nd
~ H9n &
Thomas Of I.ynchburE, and others.
Every farmer In the county, the business
places are urgently requested to attend this
The Business men Of the cotton halt ara Co.
operating With the planters, and they are
succeeding. The tobacco growers need the
Kerns, State presidents; s. G, Adams, Inter
state president. t
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Schooner Grant Floated.

(Special to The Times Disnatch.l
NORFOL,K VA. March 1.-THE Merritt
Wrecking Company this afternoon tloated
the four-rnasted schooner George NJ.
Grant. which was blown ashore near
Cape Henry last Tuesday afternoon.
7 The vessel was kept afoat by heN
cargo, OF, wooden railroad ties and was
towed into Hampton Roads.
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Navahoe Still Ashore.

[BY NSsocihtcd Trcsa.J
WILMINGTON, N. c., March 1.-THE
Clyde Limo steamer Navahoe. ashore at
the mouth Of tire Cups FeurRiver, slight
ly shifted her POSITION during high tide
last nigbts but She is ystil hard and fast
and work continues On Tightening the
cargo. The revenue cutter and harOor
tugs will pull on the vessel again to-
morrow morning and hopes are entertain
ed that she will be 1oated,
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Too Practical a Remedy

Miss Pease-"How do youltke that new
beauty doctor?'' 4
Mrs. Ques--"He's perfectly horrid! I
asked him what could do To develop my
arms, and he said ia better go home and
knead my own bread."-Detroit' Free
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PORT OF WEST POINT. srARcH.,. 1905.
ARRIVED ntE
Steamer Baltimore, Short. Baltimore, pas
s@ngers and general cargo,
Steamer Elm City. Haynes, Nattaponi River
landings passengers and general cargo.
SAILED.
Steamer Baltimore. Short, Baltimore, paA-
sengers and general cargo.
Steamer Elm city. Haynes. Mattaponi River
landings passengers and general cargo,
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Always Mercenary,

"Why are people so eager for fame?"
Because" answered Senator Sorghum
'in the majority OF instances. fame Is one
OF the most profitable forms OF adyer-
Observation-Disclosures Star, Z.
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CLOSING BOND ouorAr1oE S

heavy. yorker. ss.7oas.S: lxht workers, 800:
light. Market steady. Prime wethcrs, $500
800: common: s2.D13,so; lambs. ssH7D: veal
calves, Has.T5.
CINCINNATI. o.. March 7.-HoGs Slow.
6.5. csttle-steady. Fair to good clippers,
u. 51Gs 40 common. s215.0o Gheep-Steady a:
s7.soa5 IS. Lamhs-steady at 14.So67.D
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MARINE INTEr,1ldENcE.

PORT OF RICHMOND. MARCH I, 1908.
ARRIVED
Steamer Berkeley. Shelly. Norfolk. ,mercan-
disc and passengers. Old Dominion line.
SAILED.
Steamer Pocahontas, Graves. James River
landing and Norfolk, rperoha ndiss and pas
senser. Virginia Navigation Company.
disc and passengers. Old Dominion lima.
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NAVAL STORES

TfNE1Firm a; ssi,c.: sales. Il casks: receipts.
30 casks: shipments. 50 casks: Rosin-Ftrm ::
men,s. 5.7ss barrels: stocks, ss.os5 barrels.
CHARLESTON. g. c. March 7.-rURPEN-
TINE,FiIm At Soc Rosin-Firm ep,e,rs
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES doing: receipts u
casks. Rqsin--Sothins doing; receipts. e bar
Crude Disqualification at g. Is 90: receipts,
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STRONG OPENING
in STOCK MARKET
Limit Of Upward Bound Reached
in Very Short
Time.
OPERATORS DISAPPOINTED
The Money Outlook Still Re
garded With Great Dis
satisfaction. s
tBy Associated Press,

NEW YORK. March THE strong
opening in the stock market to-day was
an effect carried over from Yesterdays
rebound on short covering by the bears.
who sold the market on Mondays break.
1t took a very few minutes of trading
To demonstrate that the limits OF the re-
bound had been reached. Not only was
there an insignificant demand ~ higher
level OF prices. but a renewed disposition
showed Itself to take advantage OF the
better terms for a resumption Of selling.
This action of the market proved dis
appointment to operators who had hoped
that Yesterdays rally marked tho turn
for the better. The 6;:lI and neglected
condition OF the trading for the rest OF
the day reflected this disappointment and
also certain amount Of distrust lest
important liquidation might remain to be
effected. The opening strength In the
market owed much TO improves condi-
lions abroad. The money outlook Is still
regarded with dissatisfaction. Reading
proved disappointment to the advocates
OF higher prices. Its sudden Weakening
after the opening advance was OF large
influence on the whole market Reports
OF the serious Illness OF Charles NJ
Schwab were subject of comment In to-
days stock market. The days net changes
are insignificant The special strength In
Dlstllleries' Securities caussd some recov-
cry In the general list from the low level
OF the day, but the recovery was not held
and the closing tone WAS easy.
Bonds were irregular. Total sales. par
value. s2.le5.ou. United States new As.
coupon. declined l.. per cen. on call.
Total sales OF stocks to-day were $500
shares.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE: CLOSE
Money on call. essier. td5 per cent; ruiz
ing rate 3;5; closing bid 3; offered 1T s..
Time loans steady; sixty days and ninety
days, 5 IL per cent; six months. 5 liza
. IL. Prime mercantile paper. 5a5 IL per
cent. Sterling exchange. easy. with actual
business in bankers bills at si.t5.e11l
1850 for demand. and at si.s2.5cn4.s2.j5
for sixty-day bills. Posted rateS A.Ss IL
and sisI. Commercial bills. s4.s2. Bar
silver. 81 is cents. Mexican dollars 70 IL
cents.
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STEADY and Unchanged Wheat-Weak; spot:
Contract ssh Gs2Sc.: southern by sample 7.fS
White corn. HhGI7isc. oats-steady; No.
mixed. s4,tds4Ae; Rye.puli; No; western stern
imitation. siassc.; do creamery, $4,000. Eggs
Easy and unchanged at l+itc. Cheees-Firm
and uncha nged. SuEar-Steady ana unchanged.
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RAlLroAp1

Trains Lcave MISUNDERSTANDING
4'25 A. M.--Dniy--Byrd 81. Through. ff
$50 A. M.-Daiiy--Main st. Through. ~
u" A. M.-Daiiy-afa.u 81 Through. An
Pullman cara.
s:S4 M;-,Excea. Monday. Byrd s.. Through
7=s5 a ssn MaWass Days-Elsa- Ashlena As.
$50 A M.--Daiiy-.Byrd 81. Through Loea,
.'os hoon-Week Days--Dyrt s.. Through !
WV + Nm M.-Wcek Days Byrd ~ Frederioss
ourg Accommodation.
az az g. M.-Daiiy-Ma!n 81. Through.
eonaaodM., fek Days-tilba. Ashland 40
s:29 = IN, Ma..pally-Byrd ST. Through.
$40 <, ~ Arrlvs RlehmPnd-so uthWard..
ia. burg Accommodation 81
ii:SS 4 M -PWaiiy-syrd ST! Through. sl...--
80 focal sis stops. Days--Byrd ST! Through
a::a s. M.-RPsiiy--Maln St. Through.
SO MeDs aiyiy5res s. t., ra Fssssssa Los.,
s;a p,,,, mnpaily--Main St. Through. All
ITO G MW Rs..Kk-M baR. s.. TargSsh r,,osro
>,oAM Pullman cars
nj ooLLE-Pnllman Sleeping or Parlor Cars on
rr nona Y 100 A. NJ week. days and local acco,
,o mms ne e arrival, and departure. and eonnso
". D. DUKE, c. w cuLP. W. p. TAYLOR.
Ass'- to Pest Genl supt Trnf. Mgr.
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GEO. i. KING & CO.
Stock Brokers

It04h p. Main g.. Richmond. Va,
s5, sTocks, COTTON AND GRAIN
Fractions! Lots q spssIslty. slslltt
ciose ATTENTION to out'of-T Town Accounts.
PRIVATE WIRES, 9s'7't--ss8s'
NEW oRk,- Q Il lcAGo, Nj W OIL LEANS
Private Long Distances Phone to N. Y.
LOOP to Western Union Main Ofico.
Stock Ticker In Customers Room.
Members
Richmond Grain and Cotton Exchange.
Strangers visiting the city are invited
g maAs our of1cs their. headquarters. and
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Spot cotton closed quiet, points IoWeL; Tnlu-
ding pulands. li,e5; mlddling gulf, ll.eo,
Cotton. quiet;. middlins. ll.25; gross receipts
6,5l5 bales: stock, lse.3S5 bales. -,
bales: export to Great Britain. 4.7s3 bales: to
the Continent. 2,6sS bales; stock. 7Ss,s44 bales:
Consolidated at all ports-Net receipts, IS 1875
bales; export to Great Britain. s5,s5s bales; to
France, 4s,5ol bales.
Total since September lst at all ports-Net
receipts. 6,sa2,s5l bales export to Great Britain
900. 2si bales; to France, $751; l52 bales to- the
Continent, l.s30.459 bales: TO Japan, $500
bales; to Mexico. 2,4A bales
NEW ORLEANS. March 7.-Dark. rainy
weather checked the movement of spot cotton
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DRY GOODS MARKEr.

NEW YORK. RRki Isreh 11 AAah developed
in one quarter OF the dry goods market to-
day, when leading tickets Of bleached goods
we're dropped from tSHe The general r.ion mar :,
prices coming In the middle OF an ,nusually
quiet week
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Southern Railway

7.oo TRAINS Leave RtcHMoNbf;. NO
,ooW a. M.-DaiIy--Locai. for Charlotte N. C.
sV & ~. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Pullman ia
net,anta and Birmingham New Orleans
MMeinphis, Chattanoosa ana Ali the South.
bnrbagn,n eoach. Ter Chase City. Oxford.
80 ~ aas sf,sete .y4.ksnia Local,
M-Daily:-1iu1itsd-Pu,I ready p:3e
+. NJ. for all ersouth. = s
YORK RIVER LINE
iyorlte route to Baltlmors and Easteru
points Leave Richmond 4:20 P. NJ daily
Esp. sunday. connecting with steamer
Fr,da Saitimore Mondays Wednesdays and
s;ls P,, Ms,vmLoea,-Monday.. "wednesday. aud
-" r, ,M..Except spnday-For Yves. Point,
s.rnhsnecting with steamers for Baltimore
asa rlver landings Mondays. Wednesdays
fridays Steamers cal at 0iou.
4.1s W rolnt. Almonds and Clay Bank.
West Point ''''sea e''
AK, TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND.
~. .Ss a. ". ana 1880 p. M-Fron Ali ths soutn
Rainishh From Charlotte. Durham and
$40 , A tMI,.rrom x.ysvil. and Intermediate.
go a. Mt-paiiy from West Point with Bait.
T r,Jie connections Sundays wedesdays ard
lo:@ a M..-wednesdays and Fridays; $40 p.
p D.; daily. except sunday-Erom wess
c. ~ wEsTnuRy. D. p. A.. Richmond Va.
=; HARDwrcK. W. n TAYLoE.
H. B. SPENCER. oen.i Mgr.
Washington .. c.
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rtie leading futures ranged as follows:
Open. High. Low. Close.

Cash quotations Were as folIoWk' Fiou1.
Weak. No. spring wheat. 77a7sHc.; No 3.
is!s so 2.,oI red 1, 1Ss9ss S Sa,. .s sSfn;
No No. White. siHasse.. No. ; white. 2s'i 9s6|.c:
No. 2 rye. soc. Good feeding barley: s1se,;;
si.Cs: No / northwestern. SILL. Mess pork.
per barrel. s5. eoGls s5; lard, per l1o pounds;
Clear s,des boxed. IS. Rqs.5S. Whiskey. basis
OF high wines sl2s Clover. c9ntrass !, s 81
diaries. ls3sic. Cheese-Steady at l1NGl3c.
EcrsISteady at mark. cases included. 13tsc.
frsts, Mic; prime hrsts lt.ac.; extras. lac'
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Richmond, Va. March I, 1906
QUOTATIONS.
CATTLE MARKETS.
RICHMOND LIVE STOCK MARKET.
& ISaIes at Union Stock Yards.l VI

Richmond, Va, March I. 1905, J,
Report of the live stock market for tho week
ending March 9th. Is as follows.
Best steers. 5gtAc,;a iot of superior steers.
f fae, s3sSaNe a best heifers. medium,
q faI; 's sssks; e sa. s
SIC; calves, Sqr71sc. for best; common. il0
bhc. fresh cows. with calves, s.5qtooo pe5
SIC; common. aGic,; best lambs, &c.; CONF
mon 70 fair, e,ac.; best hogs, sNas. eoc,; rough.
Prospect good for all kind Of stock for next
market.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SIARKETR

Reported by Rodgers. McCAbe and COY
PETERSBURG. VA. March 7.-PEANUTS-
Spanish-Market firm al N.02h per bushAi;
receipts light yirginlas-Market quiet at SC
for fancy stock :machine picked. -o:kc.: sheil-
ing stock Al lH0,c.
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COTTON MARKETS.

BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET.
BALTIMORE. MD. March 1.-Seaboard All
Line common and Notwithstanding doing.
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900 head. Market higher. Common to prime
steers, So ssasi o;, cows g; s5at5o; calves. say
Ils $500 bead 3, M AXIS az ne
medium 70 good, heavy, 50, $50; shesp-Rs
S sss 49, sso ewa hsad hes maIkes shssR
$50
ASS head Steers a sssd5 81; bnlls ss:ss1ss
ssS a hstSs
s. 6o@7; o.. Iiogs-;Receipts, 6,9ss head. Good
State hogs. $6.So0f8,9o.
March = E RS z
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RICHMOND sToCK MARKET.

Richmond, Va. March !. 1876.
SALES SINCE BOARD.
Virginia Carolina Chemical Co. preferei-2s
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Low. Closing.

8
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-23

,exy College arrived home Friday night
to spend the Christmas holidays.
Sfessrs Henry Withers and William and
Preston Trigs have returned 10 teeir
homes from william and Mary College.
70 spend Christmas.
Mt and Mrs. Charles Snapp were tho
guests OF Mrs Poterfield the first OF
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weyman. OF Bristol. were
the guests OF Mr. and Mrs. W. s. Whiting
for a few days this week.
Mr. William A. Stuart OF Emory and
Henry College, has returned home FOR
the holidays.
MI Walter G. Preston IS at homo again
after an absence OF several weeks in
Tennessee.
DR.. Gil. Greenway, or Hot Springs
Ark. has been in Abingdon this week on
q visit to his sister. Mrs. Katherine Pres
ton.
Mr. Samuel Preston. Of Balsam. y. G.,
returned Tuesday nisht to spend the hoH-
days at the home OF his uncle, Mr.. D. A.
Preston.
Mr.. ". Pierce Withers OF Gulfport
Miss. arrived Wednesday night to spend
Christmas at home
MT. Charles Jennings. o. v. z. T.. re-
turned Friday night FOR the holidays.
Mrs. Goggin. OnNnchburg. who has been
at :. J. Institute several weeks with her
daughter who has been very ill., left
for her home the last OF the week Miss
Goggin Is cOnvalescent.
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CHARLOTTE


CHARLOTTE. n. O.. December 22-Ons
or tho CHIEF events OF tho HOLIDAYS to
which tho society folks OF tho county p. e,
looking forward with great interest. IL
the forthcoming wedding Of Miss Hazelins
Paterson and Afr. Van u. Potts. Miss
Paterson Is d daughter OF Mr.. and Ms
John Paterson. and IS connected with ore,
ot the Oldest and best known families In
tnis section She Is attractive and accom-
pitshed. and has many admirers. Mr.
Potts IS son Of the late Sheriff r. a
Potts. and one OF the county's wealthiost
Young farmers. The marriage vii DO cele-
DRAFTED at the home or the bride-elect's
parents on the evening OF the 27th. and
VIII possess all the delightful and roman
Tic features Of ga old-tine country we'd
ding.
The Southern Manufacturer cub Will
tender a reception 20 tho members OF
tho club and their lady friends the even
ing OF December 2Sth.
one cf tho social features ~ the vr~ejc
was tho reception Wednesday evening
given az hrr beautiful, Dlworth hotre hv
Mrs John p. Yorko I'm compliment 10 her
sister. AIRS. vs.. IT. German. OF Baltimo-e.
A number OF charming society women as
sisted tho hostess go receiving
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Such men are usually high livers. hard
workers mentally. living under high pres
sure and high draught, and II doesn' Z
take a great deal to disorder the stomach
or render the liver torpid.
They should make IL practice to use
some tried and reliable remedy Ike
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. that Will AID
Nature and not force :. and Will take
care OF the sudden attacks ~ s.cute indi-
gestion.
The use Of these tablets It not to be
COMPOUNDED with che patent medicine
habit Stuarts Dyspepsi Tablets arc
not patent medicine, but are composed
OF the very clements which nature pro-
vides the healthy stomach 10 do the work
OF digestion pepsin. diastase, golden seal.
etc. There Is no secret IN their prepara-
tion;--they are absolutely pure, and there
fore all the world uses them.
No matter how disOrdered the stomach
may be. II will right itself IL given the
chance. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets d.
gest food where the stomach can't, give
the abused stomach and intestines a rest
and Offer renewed strength to the worn
ont glands and muscles
Brain workers con rely on Stuart 3
Dyspepsia Tablets. no matter how tense
tho strain. All druggists carry them in
the atty cent packages. OF ~ You prefer
a free trial package can be had by send
ing your name and address to-day r
a. Stuart Company, IL stuart Building.
Marshall Mich.
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Personal Mention.

4
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wilmer will spend
the Christmas holidays with relatives at
Abingdon, Va.
Mr and Mrs Frank Isaacs left on Fri
day for Brooklyn. \. Y, TO be absent for
several weeks
Mr. and Mrs Harry Woodruff, Of New
York are spending Christmas AT the Rich
mond, with Mrs. A. ID. Atkinson.
Mrs Richard Boiling has returned from
Edgew wood, Buckingham county. where she
visited her sister Mrs ?. 3. ca0elL
Cadet Moriwether Anderson, OF tho
Flshburne Military Academy. viii be the
guest for tho Christmas holidays Of Slrs.
2. W. Wood. at Forest hin Park.
Master Raoul I.eguenec. OF the Fish
burne Military School. Waynesboro. Va.
S. visiting Master Winston Boiling. at No.
lol7 Floyd Avenue.
Mrs O. 4. Hunt OF Keysvilie. spent
several days in the city last week.
Nj George ". West has returned from
a several days trip TO stanton.
Mrs Lillian V Dove. who has been
=
pitai. has returned TO her home at Coote' s
store near Harrisonburg. Va
Mrs. James A. iBsailcy has returned to
her home in keysville. after a visit 10
friends here.
Miss Viola Dlacout viii leave shortly
for New York 10 perfect herself in voice
culture and Instrumental music.
Madame and Miss Guillaume left Friday
night 20 visit friends in Savannah. Ga,
during tho Christmas holidays.
Miss Alice Doyle is visiting friends in
Norfolk-
Mr. Robert a Davis. who is student
az tho University College OF Medicine. has
left for HIS home IN Newport News, 20
spend Christmas with his parents Nj
and Mrs. r. Lee Davis
Mrs. J. +. Herndou, who has been IN
dorgoing treatment at Memorial Hospital.
has returned 10 her home IN stanton.
Miss Ellie Hicks. who has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. Nathaniel whitehurst. Jr.,
ia Portsmouth. has arrived in Richmond.
20 visit her brother.
Miss Clara Caldwell. Of the Woman's
College. IS spending the holidays with
her parents in Appomattox, Va.
Mrs John Orfen Yates has issued invl
tations for the marriage Of her daughter.
Frances stuart. 10 Mr.. Wayt Bell Timber
lake Of Staunton- The wedding will take
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LAD OF THIRTEEN
As AN INVENTOR
Has Devised Method for Con.
trolling Switches Which May
Revolutionize Block System.
IspecLaI q - - -pLspatcn-


NORFOLK, VA December 22.-Ports-
mouth has a boy wonder. He has invented
something that promises to revolutionizo
the block signal system q tho railway
systems OF the country, ana the experts
OF the Patent ONCE at Washington have
officially declared that # IS all right.
Tho youthful phenomenon is Charlie
Lee Key, and he IS barely thirteen years
Of age.
He lives with his widowed mother In
Park View. Portsmouth, and attends the
Annex school. conducted By Miss Brit
ungham. IN Dinwiddie Street
Charlie is close observer OF every
thing He has a turn for mathematics
and consuming love for locomotive en-
g!nes and machinery of all kinds
Early IN the course OF his observations
Charlie decided that existing methods OF
controlling switches on railway tracks
were cumbersome and slow, and the -o-
called automatic switch was an iuspra-
ton TO him.
lie thought very little Of a switch that
has TO be controlled by a lever and started
out TO invent one that will set itself
The details OF his invention. for which
a patent has been obtained. are as yet
ms own property, but roughly Indicated.
8 Us operated BY the weight of tho en-
CINE resting on the switch.
The greatest advantage claimed for tho
automatic switch Is that Il viii obvlato
the danger OF open switches" which
cause more than their share OF tho fatal
railway collisions in this country.
Charlie Is not buying any automobiles
or building any castles as yet. but prac-
teal railway men who have examined the
plans drawn by tho youthful inventor
are Of the opinion that he Will ba alba
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place on Wednesday morning. January
ID. at s.s0 o'clock. In Zion Episcopal
Church, Charleston. ". Va.
Miss Nina Cans. OF this city. was among
the Out-of-town guests at tho marriage OF
Miss Sadie Elias and Mr.. J. NJ Baer.
which took place in Raleigh. y C.. on
Tuesday evening last.
Miss Estclle de saussurc. Of No. 2a04
West Grace Street. II spending the Christ
mas holidays In New York. with Mrs. T.
NJ. Logan.
Miss Daisy Morgan has returned from
two-months' visit 20 relatives in salem.
Va.
Mr. and Mrs. J. NJ Atkinson. OF Chi
cago. will spend Christmas with Mrs. A
ID. Atkinson at the Richmond.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. T. Jennings. OF Lynch
burg. have gone 70 Charleston. s e.. TO
spend Christmas with their daughter, Mrs.
Allison St John IAwton.
Miss Mary Kirk. Of the woman's Col
iege. has gone to her home IN Roanoke
for tho Christmas holidays. Miss Eleanor
Mullins. also OF the college. IS her guest
for few days.
-'A- ~A7p1iE cWHnte1r OF fne University
college OF Medicine. Is spending the holt
days with his parents. Dr.. and Mrs W.
A Swimley. OF West Piccadiuy street.
Winchester, Va.
Miss Constance II. Rowe. or Fredericks-
burg. is the guest Of her sister. Mrs. ID q
Hanson. in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs Shields Bruce rabh OF
Hampton, are spending a part OF their
honeymoon IN this city Mrs. Tabb was
before her marriage. which took place
on Wednesday last. Miss Ruth Tyler.
Mrs. W. p. Garlick has returned to her
home. in Staunton. after visit 20 friends
in this city and Petersburg.
Miss Josephine Mcleod has gone 10
her homo in Rookbridge county 70 spend
Christmas.
Miss Libbie Wingo returned yesterday
from Mount de Sales College. near Bal
timore. Nd. 20 spend the HOLIDAYS with
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John /. Win
go, at No. so4 Floyd Avenue.
Miss PAGE Pelham Hewlett. who is nj
school IN Nashville. will spend tho Christ
mas holidays with Miss Helen Coui-
bourne, OF No 100 South Eighteenth
Street birmingham. Ala on Friday
evening last there was "A dance IN honor
or the basketball teams Of Vanderbilt
and Birmingham. who had played a
match game. Mss Hewlett being among
tho most popular guests.
Mrs. Joseph r Leguenec. Of Louisiana
IL visiting her sister, Mrs. Ernest Boiling.
at No. JOY Floyd Avenue.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-23
The Other Side of It.

Yes" the city boarder was saying.
many a man who has a good opportunity
loses money simply because ne nasn Z
sufficient confidence"
BY heck" exclaimed Farmer Korntop.
IT lost considerable money. and because
/ had too dssh-dinged much confidence. '-
Philadelphia Press.