The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-05
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Committee to Meta q Fo 'tl7,'1|'
late Report ABBOTT; Middle Middle 85
6 ss5 Of August.
DRIVE ITO MOUNTAIN q n I n lake !. ! &.
Senator Ecl1ols Proves Here, an n
THAT. He Hold Relts5and Lends
Money to His Friends .lt11;f1lEs5 4 ..5
DRIVE 10 MOUNTAIN J I LAKE !. 4 !.
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# ;fspcolul FROM 4 Stan Correspondleent.) s855
MOUNT IN LAKE, VA (, "a Az gust 49, 49,
IT. was hore hosde tho still waters q ING
t,aIlvor gom Of tho All eghanles" thai the
" /. r., L. Legislative cstigatinB sCo =
,,nitten chose ito take brief recess be-
lforo returning homo after q week q
arduous labor; d week In which tho
members probed to the bottom o. t ing
inner workings Of the institution, IN "
yessgated personally I'LL tho phyalVeaA'
operations Of tho plant, ind sought ~
Formation regarding rumors which a ulti-
M, talv oould not be traced to facts. The
story ~ the ". n. i inquiry has 8nlrendy
boctl told and / shall not dwell long
il the Virginia public It is practtli-.
cnlly d closed book, for what ! hn We $p eeH
able 10 suy concerning It has como rom ron
close to the inside und am wiling now
to venture that the predictions have g
,nado will oil come truo.
rhe committee viii meet In Richmond 'l1'
about tho middle OF August to s. set II out O.,
Its 1lnal conclusions, 4 and although the
next legislature to which tho body is
INSTRUCTED to report will Il not convene ,t'1Is
Until january, 1908, tho Blac ksburg
findings will not be kept secret y
would not be fair to the Institution TO-
hold thunder this "ban" II for moro than
q year: and tho members OF the Leg is- n
lntiye COMMITTEES seem to full realize IT..
Will Be Vindicated.
The members In session have not said
what their report will DO, but could
not have nsssocintcd with them indy id "a
ually and seyerally for oil these days
without coming to somol conclusion Us
to results. MI 8ss s6S .$53 \,
Ii say here ana now what ! practically
know: The ". 4 r. ~, s3will be fully wins
dlcated from all the rulnors circulated !t,l
against hor management and 4 shc VIII
begin her operations for the coming mir SEES
sion Il under moro Il suspicious circum-
stances than ever before. The ". ?. Ib
| Is q great school, and the people In East
Virginia who have Mother pntronized
TT with thcir boys nor Interested them
selves to yislt It arc not In o. position
| to Gull 1t bad. III sj5 sfg5 gf
II may DO truthfully said that Judge
Martin VILLAINS, OF Giles, was really the
only member OF tho committee who
hailed from the aBlncksburg section OF
tho State. and yet no was US earnest and
persistent In his efforts i to get at the;
bottom OF things ns any OF his Eolleagnla.2
But there was no bottom" when they!
came to slft It down. The committee
tried every way to find II there had been.
extravaganza or wrong doing, and at
| every turn thoro arose strong evidences
Of economy and wisdom instead, u s$s.
AS Rough Riders.
But am wandering from my theme
Judge Williams, who throughout the In
quiry waa&o faithful md successfult
commlssary officer. suggested that sWoy
drive to Mountain LAX 49, Saturday after
noon, the inquiry having ended about
2 o clock P. M.
9 We all agreed al we had to all HIS
mcnt OF quarters at tho X. NJ. G. a.. and
meals at the mess hall (fsr which we
wero reluctantly allowed to pay) . and SO
across the mountains we started for an
telghteen-mle drive. 9$53S # 5is
We left Blncksburg at 5 O. clock r. NJ,
and at s r, Nj. Il we struck n friendly,
.'wayside inn"I at Newport across one
Tourney. y t55 i !! s5
! tain yet to DO crossed, ana some OF the
party rebelled, but, ~ majority ruling,
we borrowed lantern and proceeded
with apparent bravery after supper.
Brave us we may have appeared, how
ever, We were not without our nlsfor-l
| tunes. j5 4 s
Our driver fell asleep and had to DO
laid to temporary rest 5.5 ts8ss3 g Fl q
Distinguished Pilot.
At this point Senator Echols took the
reins, and plotted us safe oily, until moon
down" whom, to our surprise. he lost
|, his nerve" .s$t{ 81
81 can 60 no further" he said, ~
cannot see, "a M az 1. IA Il
We were then a mile and a half from
Mountain Lake, but, except for a bor-
rowed lantern, we might aa well have
been a hundred miles away.
ri We put Chairman Thornhil to tho
front with the light, and he plotted us
UP tho mountain side, landing us safely
at the hotel at 1880 a, NJ. Sunday.
We slept the allotted time, and nwoko
only to behold dense clouds which OBJ
scllrod the beautiful lake from view,
and which poured torrents OF rain MI
day i Il is
But thore was a solace in 1t all. With
tho exception OF Judge Williams, who
was In his own country, tho entire party
went broke,' and had to look for a
banker. We found him In tho genial
Senator from Stanton, and he went
home with numerous checks In exchange
for new, crisp. ten dollar nptes, bearing
his signature as president OF the Ma
tlonal Valley Bank Of Staunton.5
Some Of US thought lie miGht have
passed n few OF them around as Sou
yenrs Of thu trip, but no said no would
not, ana we had to procure them on tho
mex best terms. It'll s. Il
Senator Echols and Delegate Lion got
restless and left sunday afternoon, We
tried to convince them that the fog
would NIT In the morning but they
seemed to take our predictions rather
lightly, 4 3s IS S3
We staid, however and after enjoying
t,,s " q
to "Bald Knob Monday morning, and
there looked, upon ms picturesque q
scene as over mortal eyes beheld,
We were over 1000 feet above the level
OF the sen. and could observe cities and
towns hundreds OF miles away.
Tho entire party, save Judge Williams
and Senator Echols We're tre~ling %