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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-07
MRS. CASE \ MAY DIE.
Declares Her Husband Shot Her
si r., 2+he Rack az
= ~, y rbc Timea- 81 "a tch1 83

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LYNCHBURG.ss AZ, August M. q !
Case. who shot and seriousl VI WoundsA
HIS wife at their home here early Sunday
morning, Is now at the Cit Fl osr ital in
serious cond ton. He is SUFFERING g from
four broken ribs, one OF which entered
his lung, and may cause $ pneu mon'ia ia:
He received these Injuries b by falling
from "a freight train on which he wa 8
attempting to got out of the city, To, To-
night the condition OF Mrs. Case Isl such
that she Is not expect ted 81 q survive for
many hours The three small children
of the couple are. being cared for by
relatives. Mrs. Case has made the state
ment that she was sho t BY her HUSBAND. rs
when standing with her back to him.
and she claims that the shooting was done
because she upbraided him for not glv--
Ing hcr and the children propers 81 n.
port She claims that he has been cruel
4 to her, and he has been in the Police
Court on the charge OF beating her
4 AZ police officer Is guarding Case at
4 the hospital. ~ III s ~
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months, has let the old price remain In
order to mako the investment attractive
and to secure large sums OF nony nec-
essary to- push the great work rapidly
However, this old price n will mo renal
much longer and as you Will notiee from
the headline Of this announcement at
midnight Saturday, August IL a9o6 this
stock will advance from 25 to 50 per cent.
We do not promise that II will remain;at
the old price that long. Down on Eleven
Hundred acre lot ~ Uncle Sam rillers
were at depth OF 1,2S0 feet In well No.
az Saturday afternoon. and over 100
feetsin well No. ! 5. Both OF the locations
are within ono location OF the big No.
II well completed BY this company about
one month ago. which is conceded by oil
men to be ono OF the very largest oil
producers yet discovered in tho north part
of the Usage ma ton. Either one OF these
wells may discover the main pool OF the
Usage ma tion. AT any rat e they are both
going down deeper every minute In ter
aritory rich with grand possibilities. Both
OF these wells will be complete ed before
Saturday night. August j l. e 1906. Should
the main pool be Recovered or even as
good wells as No. Il, It may put the
stock at once to a half dollar per share.
Can you afford to- delay your investment
in this stock under these conditional
You know It Will advance rs K to so per
cent In ten days anyhow, and why not
play safe and K forward your remittance
by 70 turn mail q wi 81, 900 check or draft
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-07
THE ONLY SON..O|
The REVOLUTION /. ID \.
Thomas ~ efferson Clark, the
Oldest Printer in Virginia,
IS Critically II.
TELEPHONES UNDER GROUND 70
Runaway Richmond Boy Taken.
III Custody by#Authorities
u Petersburg.
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Especial TO The Times DlspalcnJ 3ssS
PETERSBURG. YA., August 6.-a1r..
Thomas Jefferson CLARK, the oldest printer
In the state, and probably the only soh
OF a Revolutionary soldle r n In n Virginia.
y is critically Ill. he Is eighty six years
4 old. s. s. .s n III
John Bonds. South Carolina negro,
recently sent to the Hastings Court for.
trial for housebreaklng, to-day confessed
4 lone In this city and one in Ettrick. lie
will probably go to the pentcntiary for
4 a long term.
william ] ohnson.s a colored farmer OF;
Dinwiddie countrywide into town In q
4 buggy Saturday afternoon on business,
4 and tied his horse to q post near the
Center Market. About z o'clock, when
he was ready to return home. he was
amazed to find his horse and buggy gone
lie had heard nothing OF the team up TO
this evening. and the superstition Is that
1t was stolen. * A /, IL
Allen Clark, a youth Of thirteen years.
son OF Mr. IL H.5 Clark, Of East CLAY
Street, Richmond, was taken In charge
Z here this morning, on request OF his
father. It seems the boy had run away
from home, with tho view OF seeing some-s
thing or the world, He was arrested by
lieutenant Donahue Just as he was about,
to got aboard a passenger, train tor NOR
folk. He has been taken back home "
Tho Petersburg Telephone Company to-
day hogan the work OF laying Its wires In
underground conduits, This will be done
along Sycamore. Bank. Bollngbrook,4
washington and other business streets
In tho residential and outer eetlons Of
the city all the overhead wires will be-
run In cables. The company If now In
stalling a costly new switchboard IN It's,
now exchange, on Union Street, with
which all the wires under the new sys-
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GENERAL En- En- MANAGER 0F
ELECTRIC RAILWAYS.
w, Nv. S. Butler Succeeds II. n,
Carr-Upshur's Chances
Spoiled,
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Especial to The Times pispatch.>
NEWPORT NEWS, YA, August e.
wv 8. Butler, Of Grand Rapids, Mich,
was to-day made general me ser OF the
Newport News and Old Point Hallway
and Electric Company, succeeding II. q,
rarr, resigned, n rs
Y lie at once assumed general supervision
OF the Newport News and Old Point COM
pany, the Citizens Railway, Light and
Power Company. and the business OF the
Norfolk and Atlantic Terminal Company
on this side Of the Roads. John a. Ups
been slated for this position. He was IN
the city to-day and stated that his
chances were spoiled by a premature
article to the effect that ne was to be
appointed, which appeared In q, Richmond
gfternonh paper az tNrdasy n 81 u a. NJ
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HIGH SCHOOL I EOR|.
HANOVER COUNTY G. n
Ancient Henry shington Col
lege Buildings to- be ss
Used.
A NEW BUILDING 10 GO i z
Meeting in Richmond
Which Teachers Were #
# Elected.
:, !. ~, ~ Z, ~. u =, so i, !,

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ATLEB, " Al. August Sat last Han
over children are assured Of a first grade
departmental high school, whose curricu-
lum shall correspond with that of other
high schools orrecognized standing,
In June the Washlngton-H Henry Acad-
envy trustees, OF this place, offered their
property for a departmental high school.
lessrs. Fuller and Llggan, OF the Henry
District Board accepted the proposition
upon condition that the supervisor should
make an extra levy sufficient to support
the enterprise. This was done, materials
purchased for the new building neces-
sary, and work begun. The sailing was
apparently smooth until Mr.. Laney Jones.
OF the district board. returned home from
college. He actively opposed 1T and
succeeded Il In partially converting Mr.. L..
g. Liggan to his point OF view. Ill No
Mr.. Eggleston, Superintendent Of Pub
lie instruction, learning OF these exist
ing conditions, expressed himself as dee
school, and q meeting, to be held in the
Chamber OF Commerce. Richmond was
arranged for August 4th. IT, had two
sobjects--to give the district board an
opportunity to sign a document offered
by the washington Henry trustees, which
would guarantee the county a first grade
high school, and to select teachers for!
the school,
There were present Superintendent
Reid. Inspector =, H. Russell two menu
bers of the Washington Henry board, Mr..
George Haw and the district board.
These gentlemen brought all the elo-
fuuence at their command. as we'll as the
power given them by their positions. to
bear upon the obdurate members, }g.8d
State InspectorE u, Fl. RUSSELL Who was
there in his own official capacity, AMI
also represented Mr.. Eggleston4 exp a. ned
what was necessary, to have a first grade
departmental high school.
The question was left entirely to Mr..
Russell, and he decided as follows To-
employ only first grade normal gradu-
;ntes, il they could be procured, and to-
begin the school With four teachers, add
inc to the number as 1t appeared neces-
isary and practicable to him, This was a
complete victory for the people, and the
trustees. ~ * IA 81 l5s4s
Alessrs. 1ggleston, Redd, llaW and Pull
ler approved and signed the docu rnent
Without. question Messrs. Jones and
Lggan would not do this, but signed
itheirf,names to a slip pinned TO the docu-
iment AS this did not make It any the
less binding, M one objected.
Then the following teachers We're se-
leeted: Mr.. ]. r. Coltrans. prlncipal;
Miss Fennell Crawley, II assistant Miss
Louise Adams, grammar gradei Miss
Ethel Cole, primary, i q q s,5 an.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-07
MAYNARD ON4vVARPATH.
The Bank Of Windsor Opens in
IFS New Building.

Special & to The Times DlEpatch.)
VI JyINDsOR,a,s5YA.. August Congress-
man Maynard was hero to-day and will
go from here to Isle OF Wight Courthouse
to meet his constituents. Mr.. Maynard 8
friends say he will get a big vote In this
county In tho September primary
Colonel George c. Cabell and Colonel
u. Tucker Brooks have friends In this
section and will get their share OF the
Vote. Colonel CabeIl has been here sew sew.
.eral3 times and made some warm friends,
who are looking out for his interests.
Judge Brooks is expected very soon to
view the situation and advise with his
friends. 95S8
III, The Bank OF Windsor. opened UP this
morning with $4,000 paid up cash cap
fital, with a nice. new brick building and
new furniture. The officers are Dr. j.
NJ. Raby. president; T. T. feathers,
cashiers; p. Il, Roberts, ]. w. Babb, a,
Il. Saunders George w. Turner, +. T.
feathers. DR.. J.. NJ. Rtlby and ~. J.
Rhodes, directors. III ,8
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.B|!|EVY OF FAIR MlIDS
VISIT GRE[NBR|ER.
Spend the Day as the Guests Of
Miss Benedict, Their
l5 President. III
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SWEET BRIAR, YA,, August e.--A
party Of young. ladies from Lynchburg
spent Friday morning at Sweet Briar,
and wore entertained by Miss Benedict,
the president and other members Of the
faculty. e 3iss, "a Is,
r The following young adies were In tho
party; Misses Il Corinne Jones, Nellie
Powell Minnie GannaWay, JAMIE Quinn,
Kate Edmunds, Hettle sneed. Lillian
Lloyd Mamie Peck, 81 Hal lie Williams
Susie Crump, N Jamie Glass, Ethel Adams,
Annie al lam. Nette Moore, Of Lynch!
burg; julia Powell, Ellen Powell, ! Of New
Elizabeth Castle, Of Norfolk. s5 s
& The receiving party was composed Of
Miss Benedict, pr, and Mrs, NJ cBryde,
Professor Humphreys, MISE Eleanor
Trucker ii al q, Miss Anna Jones' Miss sarah
Jones and Mrs. II g. Peyton. OF the
faculty.; Mrs n. c.s Manson, Nj. ana
Mrs. Minor Lewis !. and Mrss Rowlnan
lLynchburg, and Mrs len Hanck el, soS
Norf0 TX, 3s 81 4 81 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-07
8}TOBACCo5GROWERs
John =. Allen Speaking and Or Or:
f53s s5 panizirg the Farmer
RdIlIIl1IS VIZ q ~ TT = q iii
T(Specinl Ito Tho TImes-DIspa

(Specinl Ito the mes! s-Dlspatch: =
John B, Allen, Of Tennessee, organizer
for the Tennessee Kentucky and Vir--
iginia Dark Tobacco Growers q Pro tective
Association, who is making a tour OF the
counties OF Virginia, which raised dark
tobacco, is meeting With fine success.
Mr. Allen is making speeches as several
points In every county in viii ch Y he goes,
and large audiences greet him q almost
every place, & and very much toblacc is
being pledged to the association Tho Z,
tobacco growers are greatly Interested in
this movement. and are encouraged at
the outlook FOR the ultimate success OF
the association !, st3
Mr. Allen spoke a t. iSIlcysyiile saturday
to a. large crowd. and a picnic was held
In connection with the speaking to-day.
Mr.. Allen ad dressed a$large gathering Of
farmers at Aspenwlll. Tuesday he will
speak at Pamplns and w ednesday at
Red House. In this county S39Ha
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-07
i:T'HLOUISIA|I.N|'.A||T|.0|!||
CARRY ROOSEVELT / ! |. |. |.
Big Battleship Goes ITO Norfolk 't7'r
Yard to Prepare to Take ][,;a;lss, the
President to Panama.
WILL USE u i: ADMIT AL's CABIN |
The Rhode Island Will Require
Seven thousand to Cover
Repairs Of Collision,

.specla, by southern Bell Telephone.)5

Especial by Southern Bell Telephone tf.l III
5 N ORFOL1i, Va q ugust st he battle
ship Louisiana, which arrived In Hampton
Roads Yesterday, came up to the Navy
Yard to-day. IT is reported at the Navy
Yard that the Louisiana is to bes itted
out for the special mission Of cor yeying
President Roosevelt to Panama,
All alterations and all additions to the
ship Will be made to make It comfort pie
for the President. It Is said that the
President selected the louisiana, on which
he wished to make his trip when he Wis
i1tcd Portsmouth on Memorial DAY me
ship was then ut the Navy q y. ara y J :.
President will occupy the Admiral's cabin
on board the ship, and such alterations
that are made for him will DO OF a pc r
manent nature. The louisiana g. six Inch
guns will also BIO installed while the ship
is at the yard. Il, rs I,
3 The battleshlp Rhode Island Will In 2 al al
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| Besides this, when fully completed will
have ovor seyenty-fve miles Of lateral
pipe lines In Mont gomery county alone r. Z
Chautatidua county, and then With a re "
miles OF lateral lines either way as the
main plpo limo comes north, can roach
so per cont. Of the Kansas oil fields.
VIII start Pipe Gang No. 9.
During the past woek Uncle Sam pipe
limo men have been crowding work With
all possible haste and coming through
the bottoms on the Caney River south
Is 4 dld1cuit stretch Of country to work
through, men ct times working kneo deep
In mud. w1lter and oil. but are making
head way every hour, and another Pipe
line gang VII be started Let e Gherryyale
main trunk limo soon completed.
Cheap Fuel for Kansas. II
The completion Of this Pipe limo and
laterals means whole lot 70 the fuel
every household In tho state. Uncle Sam
Company has d fuel oil domestic burner.
and as, soon as pl pc !. line y is :. n screwed
together and nough light oil pumped
ynse w h mare reaay
loads OF fuel OF. and will keep up Q
supply therea1 ter II you# are al Rnnsnn
and want to burn our own ~ q Z TINS q
coming winter, get in line With . Uncle y -!
sam; $500 will buy 1000 ~ shares now.
while in ten days the same stock will
cost you $500 or 5000. "a IL, u /. n 4
viii 4 Have 2,7oo Barreis Dali Capacity,
Il, # M s$ BY November. vi ~
1t will BIO but a matter OF q few mon this
until at Tulsa, Cherryvale and Atchison
this company Will have q comb ned ca. !.
paoity Of two thousand seven hundred
barrels per day. with g, paran1ne plant l,a e
Atcl,ison and alubricating plant at Tulsa il!
turning out {all the by-products.5 III
M ma DER In Philadelphia low Securing
Paratflne Plant Machinery.
Z The hig paraf1lne plant at Atohison viii
be built i before you realize itai, Uncle
SAINT superintendent Of construction ar
rived In Philadelphia Sunday July 18th,
Thus lit goes. b Work Is being crowded
all along the line IN RI III
Great Strength Of This CONF pan
When YOU buy y Uncle Sam stock you
secure valuable pro perty, sa feguarded BY
giant strength on every side. Nearly q
dollars cash and eight thous az
stockholders back up the cor1pany.l3.;Il' J, !,
rights, controls or owns over one hun Ore n
oil wells owns and operates foul com
pete drilling rigs. has nineteen man az
distributing sta lions in that man ~ y = n
portant trade csnters IN 81 Kansas, WIS
souri, and H Okah iona, with tank cars
tank CONS, e ETC., n cessary to denver
Uncle Sam OH to the growing trade e,
Main headquarters At Kansas city, am.
81 p a.. a i
Compelled ID move into larger quar-
ters to ttiandle the rapidly growing trade
the home 4 office Of "a the company was
moved a few weeks ago to @sN y, e
once YOU can secure permits to visit
any OF the different prop critics, You s, are
requested to come and invest igate. but
don't lose too much time in5 doing SO :. ";
you wish secure 90 eyantag Sc saot
present low prices. s4 H 5t,5ss
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With WITH 4 par yaiae 81 $500, and q. th,s
chances are 100 to 4 that the stock VIII
seo selling S e.3 s Is pa af 81
will not be long. IS vi a isi 8fsS4fS5s IL
stock May All He sold In Less Than 9
n M Week! a 3S
Tho company has nearly eight thousand
(8,OOO) stockholders. tho maj ~ ~ OF
inEs. and now that d Big advance in the
stock Is certain to occur 4, q few days,
nine out OF ten OF these stockho lders are
almost sure TO buy more stock. In adj
dton to this the company K II to w., 11y
thousaiid (e,ooo) other investors, MI Of
whom RI have A at different times written
the home Office for information and are
Interested and figuring on stock. Boz
sidos these 1000 invseastors, this an
cipai papers OF the United States during
the next three days and Will be read by
millions Of people. e .53 .i
Al before stated. remittances ~ u me
past have been from six thousand (l6.000)
to eight thousand (.s,ooo) dollars III q
single day, besides at this 2o-cent price
offered to you over (s32b; ooo) three hun
bred and twenty FIVE thousand dollars
10 reason that with ali the vast strength
the thousands 6f D Investors already In
terested that the hours are limited. he
which you can secure this stock at any
price? q ~; t
I: only a small Per can't. Of stock Lett. II
Fl There Is less than per cent. OF the
stock unsold. This 8 per cent. however,
will bring tho company $1,000 O0) one
hundred 4atld sixty thousand dolla rs and
complete tho great work to where ri ls5 4
The Income on oil Sales VIII 80 otai
81 $4,000 Daily. A 3 ID
You must remember that this Uncle
Sam Company Is g strong manufacture
Ing enterprise right nov. OIL Is q neces- \
sity Larger fortunes have been made,
ing industries In the world. Millions OF
dollars can be made honestly infthe pro-
ducIng and refining business II you have
money to invest, and most everyone has
you better accept this opportu,'nity to N !.
check or draft for5from SO for fifty shares;
to Sc. 600 for 10000 shares by return mail.
for IN ten days time you Will either
have to & pay a whole lot more for the
sam stock. and may not be able to get.
IT at all, for when the stock once gets
into the hands OF scattered Invest rs ! E
will soon go to % cen Is or 100 per sha re-
WIN Il ave $50 Miles Nj ain trunk Pipe
Line. 3s5S
i This company has secured Is5) one
hundred 4 and thirty-fye miles OF main
trunk pipe line during. the past fourteen
mon tbs and In due time will secure the
balance OF 1850 M les ne cessary to reach
tho banks OF naviga ion. when the COM
pany can barge the oil to the markets
OF the world free from oil trust, railroad
rebate conspiracies or, the double burden.
retofore heaped on ndepen dent organ
izatlons BY the world known and despised
criminal trust In other swords, this COM
pany will be Independent and free, and
when you join our ban d, now nearly eight
thousand strong, with nearly a million
dollars cash back OF It. you secure an
interest In great en- terprise-o capaL--la
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For the past five months Uncle Sam
stock has been selling at 20 cents per
share. During that time the big river
refinery. Uncle sam No. q has been built
1t Atchison. Kan. on the bank OF navi-
cation. Also, nearly 100 miles Of main
trunk and lateral pipe lines have been
occurred. also numerous distributing sta !
/ tions have n been established. and Tulsa
Refinery, Uncle Sam No. 9. on the banks
OF the Arkansas river at Tulsa -,
nearly :lalf constructed, also eight OF the
grea test oil producers yet ID scpvered IN
the West have been developed on !. 100
acre / 20 t AZ, and other irnpo rtant develop
nenta. Including the doubl!n the ca i
5pacity' of Cherryvale $g f.easeTy, Uncle
Sam NO ! &. During the past five mont 70
the stock has grown In demand until
during the pas Il six weeks re1nl ttances
have totaled q for several different days
,ver tss.0 0o.oo) six thousand dollar 9
tally. $ III 53 f.yE
May strike Main oil Pool Before Time
B SS W Emit. sti .Ass }s II
Now this company Is not a stock ling
scheme but In good faith has solicited
Ind received heavy subscrip lons from
Il The common people from all over the
United States and Canada, and has
pushed the work as far and as last as
hnnnces would permit. and while the
stock should have been bringing ~ least
81 to 40 cents per share Tor the past tn fe
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county, held on Saturday evening at
Purccllvlle,y elegat es were el ted to,tne
to meet In Alex
'andria, August = 4til. ~ . IS
q Resolutions dorsing the admlnis Ilt =
tion were passed. - W. Gregg;Ea, promil7
nent attorney Of Pircellville, a., \ was vas
elected chairmanEof the county CO, com ON
imittce. IN place OF John il Grim, resign
ed. The delegates were INSTRUCTED for
John B. II henderson. Of Alexandria as
candidate for Congress to oppose Hon.
j. f. Rixey.4the Demo incuHb N 7.
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tam viii BE connected and no a perfect ser q,

tenn will be connected. and a perfect SER
vice is promised. N s!5 ~ Il sissj3sss
E5S5I IS one OF the fundamental princIp les
Sof& tho Order Of yVoodmen OF the World
that the memory sof each deceased amem-
Der shall be honored and perpetuated by
monument. Hence the erection In
Blandford Cemetery BY lakewood Camp,
No ]. OF this city. OF the monument to
n. r. Mccain, the first Of Its members
to depart this life Es{5g3
35a Mr.. J. Peyton Stewart, for six years
n member OF the police corps. has been
appointed special detective officer onathe
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. and will be
In charge OF the company's prope rty in
Petersburg. Sd IS i5ss3 RI 81 HI t5t
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WINCHESTER FLOODED,
The Sixth Cloudburst Within
Ten DAYS Visits Vicinity.
h ID nanlnl VA p. 1,ht rlnn,ea.. Isl ana lch. n 1.

Especial to Tbs 9Tlmes- Dl spaleh3
354 WINCHESTER, VA August 6.-The
sixth cloudburst within ten days broke
loose over the western suburbs of WIN
schostor this afternoon and flooded Wa
4 ter street and other downtown, thor
oughfares. causing many, merchants and
residents to move goods and portable
property to floors above.
8I The Town RIM overflowcd Its banks ~
several places, and at the city water
works. milo south Of town, water
stood eighteen inches deep on ily-Wheeels
OF the big engine, Great gullles We 9
washed In fields OF growing corn, Han
knocked of much fruit. III /.