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and, in fact this high rate was very
steadily maintained after ! o'clock up
to the close, rate which was more
extreme than had generally been ex
pected On the declines, which took
place from time to time however. the
market showed a tendency to get very
dull proving conclusiyely that very
little liquidation need be expected
around this level. In the last half
hour the whole list grew very strong
under the, leadership of Union Pacific.
and most stocks made their highest
prices nf the day shortly before the
close. final prices being for the most
part near the hest Of the day and rep
.resenting gains OF from 2 TO 3 points
In the active stocks. The list shovel
a tendency to broaden out the stock-.
whicti nave hitherto been rather inert
like Pennsylvania. United States Steoi
and Norfolk and Western common,
moved UP very sharply.
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give do what we say:
Save you money on
your groceries.

Best American Granulated Sugar,
per pound ..........,..,..... DC
New Clipped Herring, per dozen !. !. .lOc
New California Prunes .............5 &c
Fresh Roasted Luguyra Coffee, per
pCuuu... .,...s. ..s........,. il 1-2C
z large bars Swift's Pride Soap for. 40
Best Wine, Cntawba unL Hack
berry, per gallon ....A.... 80. 6Oc
Fresh Soda Crackers ana Ginger
Sugar Corn, 4 Cans for ........ .25c
lbs. Mountntn Roll Butter for. CSC
S-StrinE Broom ....,......,.. Loo
Large, Juicy Lemons, Der dozen. i. 1870
Mothers Oats, per pncknge 49,. .1OC
Fresh Soda CrnckerH or Ginger
Snaps, per pound ,........... 40
Good Lard, per pound. 1-:c
Tomatoes in gcans 2Or sOup..... DO
Whole Grain Carolina Rics, per lb. 10
French Candy, per pound. .......... 30
New Dates, per pound ....,..f........ DO
Mucaroni or Spaghetti, per Id. .0c
Witch Hazel Toilet Sonp, 8 tn box. 100
Whole Sweet Pickles, per at. .lOs
Sweet Mixed Pick les, at. b0t....... 100
Large ExtRact Vanilla and Lemon. /. /. Do
Nice Smoked California Hams, per
pCunu s..'s,ts,s..'...... ......,t.llc
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,nUCH MONEY PAID
OUT BY CITY BANKS
Large Sums Distributed Among
Richmond People in Shape
OF Dividends.
PAYMENT BEGUN YESTERDAY
Estimated That Nearly 100000
Will BE Dividcd--1n-
tcrest OH Bonds.

AS Indicated a week ago; consider
ntle amount or money will be distrib-
uted this month In Richmond and
throughout Virginia In the shape of
dividends on various sorts Of bank In
dustrinl, Insurance and railway stocks.
The paying out Of dividend money
WIS commenced in this8c city yesterday.
and every bank In Richmond passed
quantities OF IL over tho counters. Much
money went out also in payment Of
interest coupons on state, municipal
railroad and other bonds. Altogether
yesterday was the busiest day the
I,ichmond banks have had tris year.
1t Is impossible to tell how much
money viii be paid~o out III dividends
this week. but II prominent bank Of
ncer estimates that the amount VIII
be about $3.50 900. Another bank man
puts the sum at 100000.
Sonic WHO Are Paying.
Among the institutions which com
menccd paying out dividends yesterday
were the First National Bank. which
has $4,000 10 distrbute: the Planters,
National, which is paying u 8 per cent.
dividend g.. IT'S capital stock. the Mer-
chants National. which is paying a
seihi-arilual dividend OF s per cent. the
state National, which Is paying a 8 70
y WI NsIIt- ulNlIsilu, 4tlle.t v lTRlIllaa trust
Company. which has declared n 2 per
cent. proft; the Virginia state Insur-
ance Company. which viii divide up 3
per cent. on its capital stock; the vir-
ginia Fire and Marine Insurance Com
pany, which Is paying out sl.25 per
share on It's stock
a number of other Institutions and
banks are paying out equally good
dividends The Richmond. Fredericks-
burg and Potomac Railroad has de-
clared q serni-anniial dividend OF s45O
s!iare upon It's stock, large blocks o.
which are held by Richmond people
and a considerable portion by the Com
Inonw til OF Virginia. The Atlantic
Coas; Line hag also declared a semi
annual dividend OF per cent on Its
common stock, q great deaf of which
is held in this city.
Many private companies IN the mer-
camille and manufacturing lines, who
do not advertise tile declaration OF
dividends. arc also paying large sums
out Of the profits of the last six months
Ills learned from private sources tina,
some of these dividends are larger
than they have been herstofore
In addition Richmond people own
blocks of stock in industrial enter
prises that arc being proitabiy oper-
ated outside of Virginia, and they are
receiving checks for thet. shares OF
the seini-annua dividends that have
just been declared
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Bank ana Postal Atruirx.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.1


& WASHINGTON, d. c., July Post
masters appointed:
I Nirginia-Bana, cuipeper county, b
S. Taylor. vice j. b. Borst, resigned;
Clinch, Scott county, Frank w. David
son. vice r. Il. Buckley. removed. ~
North Carolina-Rehobets, Northamp-
ton county, William G. spIvey, vice
II. Fl. Duke. resigned; Sneads Ferry
Onslow county. Susan E. Sykes. vic5
wv. II. Sykes, dead.
The application Of H. II. Scott, j esse
4 L. Porterfield, w NJ. Slemp, NJ. II
Honaker and D. ii. Preston to organ
lie the Peoples National Bank. OF
Abingdon, Va. with $4,000 capital
has been approved by the Comptroller
of Currency.
A post-office has been established ri
Tiny, Dickinson county. Va, with Johr
L. Sutherland postmaster.
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RAILROAD NEWS
FROM ALL POINTS
Two-Cent Rate Hung Up in
Court-DraWbacks Attached
10 the Tickets Sold

II o e. a.
Railroads operating5in Virginia are
still charging passengers three cents
per mile, Notwithstanding the fact
that yesterday was he day set for
the Inauguration of the, flat two scent
rate The, roads took tina matter to
the United States Courts: and Judge
Prttchard now has the cases of va
rious lines against the State Corpora
ton Commission under Amusement.
In the meantime the Eoads are charg-
ing the old rates. The companies
which are taking part IN the suits
before Judge Pritchard: yesterday COM
menced attaching to every ticket sold
a coupon or drawback. which in lengthy
legal phraseology tells the buyer to
hold that little piece aof paper pend
Ing the suit and if!ithe Corporation
Commission wins and the two-cent
rate is fixed in Virginia. the said buyer
will have. one cent for each mile trav-
eled refunded to him. If the roads win
the scouponswill be worthless
The Chesapeake and Ohio the Nor
folk and Western, the Southern and
the Atlantic Coast Line used these
coupons on all the tickets they sold
In Virginia yesterday. much to the dis
gust Of the conductors, who have to
do a lot OF explaining about "the
little joker,
The Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomacsroad does not use them. Tick
cts are being sold at the old price
and no rebate coupons are attached.
The Seaboard Air Line is acting pref
ty much In the same way. The ticket
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stacks mud Hon,Js

tile Richmond traders and Investors
were delighted with the behavior o.
the stock market yesterday. and they
think now that the day for better
things in stocks and bonds must surely
be s--.sr.at hand.
The market opened strong and gen.
orally higher titan Saturdays closing
initial gains running as high ns 5-S
points in leading stocks like Union
Pacific and showed persistent and
steady strength al day In spite of Very
heavy proft-taking at times, which
caused fractional reactions to occur
occasionally. The market was held III
check somewhat by a rise In cal
money rates TO Is and 16 per cent.
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Did you ever see an American eagle
one Of those big fellows that used to
carry off sheep In their talons--wlcn
you went to school? The boss was
showing me n bunch Of those old-time
schoolbooks. ] guess there were a few
things they did better In those days
than VIC do now. but Fourth OF Julys
and summer toys weren't any better, II
SO good. Think OF how much higher
IN eagle can soar now II he wants to
take an express train or an airship!
you can't help admiring your summer
cagle-hes such a gamey bird--but
YOU can't liel padmiring your summer
duds and your general makeup, If
you're a genuine Twentieth century
American, and you bought your suit
and the rest of your toys at Fishers.
You know were holding a special sale;
on all our lightweight summer suits
and business suits and outing duds.
Think OF nobby gray business suit.
ut ] o. per cent. off our regular way
down prices. or an elegant serge or n
natty homespun. or a two-piece outing
suit at about half what other stores
regularly charge! To think is 20 want
possession. WILLIE,
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Soft Coal Increase.

Tho company's. business has expand
ed during this period In practically
but one direction--namely, soft coal.
Between 1901 and 1906 tho soft coal
tonnage increased 81 per cent, whereas
the total of all other tonnage Increased
but SO per cent, an average Of about
z per cent. a year,
1t Is sometimes charged against the
Pennsylvania Railroad that 1t has
abused It's power over the Chesapeake
and Ohio and the Norfolk and Western
to check the development of the West
Virginia coal fields, to the advantage
OF the soft coal interests Of the State
of Pennsylvania. If this charge were
true as against the Pennsylvania, It
might be made equally against the
New York Central, which draws Its soft
coal tonnage from the latter territory,
and would have tho same motive for
discrimination. Statistics of bitumn-
Gus coal tonnage on the Eastern roads.
if they do.not entirely refute this
charge. at least do not support 1t. Ac-
cording to the annual reports for 1905
and 1901. the soft coal tonnage Of the
six principal carriers In the East COM
pare as follows:
Chesapeake and Ohlo--Tons soft coal,
l90G, . .405,101; 1901. 6,027,949; increase.
4s771b2; per cent, $40. Per cent Of
all ton: 1905. 81; 1901, 40 Increase, g;
per cent, 1913.
Norfolk and Westarn--Tons soft coal /:
1906. 0,4 1873, 1913; 1901, 5,080,21l; Increase,
44O3,76s; per cent. $50, Percent Of
all ton: 1905. 40; 1901, Al Increase, s;
iper cent, 1l.3 s85
ksBaltinore, and Eoh!ot7 TonR, soft coal;
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a receipt showing how much money
lie paid for ticket and how many
miles he will travel on it in Vir-
gina.
President Stevens, General Manager
Doyle and Secretary Spicer, OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio, have just COM
pleted an inspection tour over the en-
tire western part Of the system. They
Inspected for the first time the new
line from Coyington southwark. known
as the Potts Creek line. This is a
twenty five-mile branch built to reach
magnificent and practically inexhaust-
ible ore beds down on the border Of
Allegheny county. Va, and Monroe
county. w. Va The new line IS now
about completed to Jordan, a village
not far from Sweet Chalybeate Springs,
that has grown up around the new ore
beds twenty miles from Covington, 1t
Moore and at Covington will utilize
all Of the ore to be hauled by the Potts
Creek branch " &
Among tho out-of-town railroad men
Visiting the city yesterday were Mr..
W. w. Porter. OF New York. passenger.
agent OF the Pennsylvania. and Mr.. ].
H. Prlngle, of New York, passenger
agent OF the Norfolk and Western.
BOtn OIL LneSe E'eHtlSlliSu VIII '"N ~
the Jamestown Exposition before re-
turning to their Offices
A well-inforlned railway authority
is quoted TN Leonard's Railway News
as saying;
"The reduction Of passenger rates
throughout the United Status to ba-
sis OF two cents q { mile within
very short time is practically assured
by the decision OF the presidents. of
the principal Western roads, at n meet.
ing held iii Chicago last Friday, not
to make q fight at this time In the
courts against tho two-cent fare law
OF Illinois"
"A test to determine whether tho
railroads have the rights to give inter-
state transportation In payment OF
newspaper advertising was begun in
Chicago last week by the government.
District Attorney Sims, representing
the Interstate Commerce. Commission,
filed suit AGAINST the Chicago. indians
apolis and Louisville. asking that the
road be- enjoined from carrying out u
contract for transportation made with
n magazine.
The Hicks Locomotive and Car
Works, of Chicago, has Just completed
tho shipment of twenty-five coaches
to the Norfolk ana Western and has
now under construction at its shops
at Chicago Heights. ILL.,. ten baggage
and express cars for the same road.
land twenty combination postal and eA.
pgess cars for the Aslantlc Coast Line.
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agents have received no Instructions
whatever. However. whenever q trav-
eler asks for 1t he Is furnished with
q receipt showing how much money
lie paid for ticket and how many
miles he will travel on it in Vir-
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Big Increase Shown.

I,cccipts OF the Richmond post
Office for tho montii ending june 3Otii
were 1890 1.2O, as against 37,S21.S1
for the corresponding period OF 1906.
Tl,is Is an increase OF s5,iT4.3O, or
nanrly fourteen per cent.
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Merchants & Miners Trans, Co
Norfolk To Doston. Mass,
na,llnnnn u II mud kn....nnnI,

.NUrIIlk 10 HOstUn, NNssr
Iroyilcnco, n. +, mud Savannah. Gu.
Steamers leave Norfolk for I3oston Tues-
day, Wednesday. Friday ana Sunday, For
Providence Monday Thursday and Saturday
Mt 9 r. M, Passengers and treight taken
for I'LL New England points. Tickets on
sale atAc. Ind q, Rwy,, N. and w. RWy,
Offices, and No. SOS ard $40 East Main,
~. q l.oAR, Agt.. Norfolk. Var
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G. W. wEsTBuRY. D. p. a,
s2o z. Main Street. Richmond. Va
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n NV A0ff1|k&WeStbrllj

n ONLY <ALL-RAIL LINE TO NORFOLK.
Leave Byrd ST. Station, Richmond, Daily.
IN EFFECT JAN G. 1907.
FOR NORFOLK: 1900 A. NJ, $500 r.
NJ. 600 P. NJ. Pullman Parlor Cars.
FOR LYNcHBURG. the WEST and the
SOUTHWEST 900 "A. M. 1910 noon, $3.50
p NJ Pullman Parlor aud Sleeping Cars
Cafe Dining Cars. Trains arrive daily from
Norfolk, sl1:40 A. M. $3.50 p. M. From;
the West, 7:o5 "A. NJ, sos P. M, $3.50 P. NJ
Office. S3s u. Main st. 'Flyer. hours,
20 minutes. .a5S
w. b, BEYILL, C. II. BOsLEY,
Gen'l Pass. Agent. Dist. Pass, Agent. Il
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1906, 22.oo61S1; 1901, 13,aAG.7OO; in
crease S,65o,4sl; per cent. CAS-. Per
cent. OF all ton: 900, 80; 1901. 30.
Pennsylvania-Tons soft coal: 1906.
53.60s,031; 1901, 34012,207; Increase,
.19.5e5.sc4; per cent. SIG. Per cent. of.
oil ton: 1906. 81; 1901. 81
Readng-Tons soft coal: 1906. TO-
4S7,50S; 1901, 5,01s,401; increase. 5,469,-
1o7; per cent, 1853. Per cent. of all
cent. 43.7
New York Central--Tons soft coal:
1905 9.sl4,250; 1901. 7.3SIoa3; Increase.
I1,9s3,217: per cent. 27.0. Per cent Of
all ton: 1906. 81; 1901, 20; Increase, i;
per cent, 80. ,,s3
Thus, measured in percentage of In
crease of shipments. the Chesapeake
and Ohio and Norfolk and Western
have gained much moro rapidly than
either the Pennsylvania. or the New
York Central, have distnnced the Bal
Itimore and Ohio, and are only surpassed
| by the Reading. ifrS
This Is not conclusiveAth that the Chesa-
lpealte and Ohio region would not have
been developed any more rapidly UNI
der an entirely Independent manages
ment, but it does show that this road
has participated reasonably In the
expansion OF the bituminous industry.
/ In 1aCL, ,LncSe II = uTSS, ~ Together Will
| the company's other traffic figures. suG-.
gest strongly that the encouragement
| of passenger and general freight traf-
fc have been sacrificed to the carriage
Of coal.
The ItadIcni Changes.
| AS far as its character as a soft coal
road IS concerned the new interests
in the management ofttne Chesapeake
and Ohio do not promise to effect
any radical changes. Their entrance
liz much more interesting from imam
cial than from a traffic standpoint, at
least as far as the changes In the
directorate have yet gone. Either be-
Icause they have been obliged to- raise
SO much fresh capital for their own
purposes or for some other reason the
New York Central and Pennsylvania
! people postponed too often and too
long the really necessary financing Of
/ the Chesapeake and Ohio. with a
wider representation OF capital on the
hoard the road should be in a better
Eposition than 1t has been to take adj
vantage OF any turn in the railroad
Investment situation.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-11-12

morning about six O'Clock. lie will
be buried today al thc Livingston
graveyard, at eleven O'Clock. Mr..
Livingstone had an attack Of para,y
sis a couple years ago from which he
had never entirely recovered.
There was another barn burned in
Pomaria last night. About 3 O'Clock
the barn and stables Of Thos. Koon,
colorcd, who lives Oh Mr.. John b.
Bedcnbaugh'S place just across the
road from Bethel school house, was
discovered to be on fire. The roof
was falling in when the fire was dis
covered, and the building with all It's
contents, together with his mule
which was in the stable were totally
destroyed. The loss falls heavily
ON Tom, who is an honest. hard work
in" negro. There is no clue to The
origin Of the fire.
DR.. +. O. lIcntz attended the Lutn-
cran Synod at Sparlanburg this last
week, rs the delegate from the Brlh-
lchcm and ST. Matthews paSloralc.
Your correspondent wishes to com
mend the excellent order which has
been maintained at Pomaria TINS fail.
This is now onc Of the quictcst towns
in tnc county, due doubtless in large
lurA>urc TO The efficiency Of our town
HulIplitir~. II III" people If New
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-11-12

who does not render tender devotion
to the mother. His life brands as a
lie forever the old saying that to be
man fellow must SOW his wild
oats in youth. A gentleman is first of
all, just gentleman.
Lee was above all else unsclfsh.
My quarrel with the age is that the
youths of our land are pointed out
the great captains Of industry as
models. These men are selfish to tho
core. Their motto is to have and to
hold. Lee could have become i'm
mcasely wealthy, he could have grasp
ed power that would have made him
a very god Of power. Letters pub
lished by his son snow couclusively
that he was offered the position Of
commandcr-in-chic Of the entire Un-
ion forces before the outbreak Of hos
tilities. After The war he was offer
ed the presidency of a great life in
surancc concern, where he would
have occupied a most lucrative posi-
ton with nothing to do. With his
characteristic modcsty he told the
representative that approached him
on Tie subject that he was not equal
to the position, that his business
training had been very mcaGcr. Blu.
whrn t?c representative said to him.
General. we do MOI want vou 10 work,
We o;iy wAnt yuur influence tnc
conversations was brought 10 an
ahruNi close by Lee standing erect
and proudIy declaring to !hc man that
his Influence was not for sale. In
stead he accepted The presidency Of
WaShia@ton-I.ce University, posi-
tion that paid less than onc-third the
salary offered by tho insurance com
pany, and began teaching the Youth
Of thc land that peace has her victor
les as well as war.
"Lee's sword was like the sword
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-11-12

whi$kcy sold here now, it is probably
only by The negroes. The sentiment
Of The town is such that if whiskcy-
selling were attempted by white
man, ne would lose utterly the rr :pcct
Of all Of the best citizens Of thr pace.
1t is reported here that in court in
Ncwbcrry last week our county Scna-
tor, in conducting thr defense in Il
negro ease asked some questions Of
4 negro witness with reference to buy
INC whiSErv, HHd connected the name
of Il number Of our town council
with the questions in such Il way that
many in thc audience took il as an
msinuation That This gentleman is
engaged in selling whiSkrv. Now the
"d is not only member Of thc town
council, but he is also n member Of
one Of the leading firms here ana cv-
cry citizen Of the place knows that,
so far from ever havin" had any
thing 10 It" with whiskcy-Scling here.
il" has always been active !; his rf-
forts for the rigid enforcement Of the
law. Ills frirndS~-anh many Of them
are friends Of the Senator rs wcll---
think that the reference tn him in
roMnrctinA with Whi>kcv- i'm a case
between m""rocs in which hr was not
present, and wiNI Nhirn j" had ahso-
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-11-12

Of the spirit. When l visited the
tomb of~thc great commander some
years ago. and saw that magnificent
racumbent statue with one hand
above his heart and the other grasp
ing the hilt of his sword, I thought
of Excalbo, The sword of Arthur, the
Goodly knight Of the mystic round
table, and Of his departure:
SO like shattered column lay the
king;
Not like that Arthur who, with lance
in rest,
From spur to plume a star Of tourna-
mcnt,
Shot through the lists at Camelot,
and charged.
Before the eyes of ladies and of
kings.
"Thc old order cllan"cth, yielding
place to the new,
And God fuifills himself in many
Lest one good custom should corrupt
the world.
Comfort thysclf; what comfort is in
| have lived my life, and that which
! nave doac
May he within himself make pure.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-11-12
DIR. SCHERER IN sPARTANBURG
Delivers Lecture on Gen. Robert E,
Lec--Large Crowds Hear
Him.

DR.. J. A. B. soherer delivered ais
lecture on Robert X. Lee before the
Y. M. G. A. in the new Harris the
atre Sunday afternoon to the very
largest audience that has ever gath
cred under ono roof in the city Of
Spartambulg, the great music festival
not excepted. Every available seat
IL the buildin" was taken, numbers
stood up and many more were turned
away.
DR.. Schcrcr is one Of the most cIo-
qucnt public speakers in the coun-.
try, and the mere announcement That
he is to speak or preach is sufficient
to insure a large gathering of people.
Sunday afternoon the ladies of the
city were invited to attend the men s
meeting Of the Y. NJ. G.. 4. and they
accepted the invitation with al ap-
preciation that was shown conclu-
sively by the great numbers that filed
into the two galleries, which space
had been reserved for them and for
the Converse girls, who attended in
a body.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-11-12

Where l will heal me Of my gricvous
.. wound.
"Long stood Sir Bedivere
Resolving many memories, till the
hull
Looked one black dot against the
verge Of dawn,
And on the mere the wailing died
away.
But when that moan hahpast forever
more,
The stiffness of the dead world s
winter dawn
Amazed him and he groancd, 'Thc
King is Cone
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Dress Goods "SnapS" for Quick Selling.

Goods punched famous unteprced tables.
inch roalclotl
enter not yard in The lot worth less than
to buy a fine dress only yd
colored dress goods
81 90 and s.. so, to 75c yd.
5and7 75c led
yard 48 cents
All DO and dress goods punched quick seng
the yard 2oc
pieces sc Silk kind 90 the week at
only the yard csc.
big shipment sc i'll. brown and blue Silk popular prices