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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-07
rIEncE-GARDNEn.
Ycuns Dnnvillc MAN Takes Fair
Franklin Bride.
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FRANKLIN. VA. November 6,-One
NJ the most attractive weddings ever
celebrated in this community took
1lace in the Baptist Church this at
.ternoon, when Miss Susie NJ. Gardner
WAS united In marriage with Mr.
Wade Hampton Pierce, or Danvlllr
The church was beautifully decorated
With palms ard potted plants, and
Masters j. G. Parker, Jr., and Robert
Jones lad charge Of the ribbons Mrs.
g. j Edwards presided at the organ.
while Mrs. j. ID. Harte, accompanied
by Miss Corfnne Garter on the violin.
ang With charming sweetness and
xprcssion, II Love You Better I'ar
Than Words Can Tell" al the close
Of which, TO the familiar strains at
the "Lohengrin Wedding March," tho
bridal party entered the church IL.
the following order:
E First. the four ushers. Measrs j, B.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-07
NEWS OF cIIEsTEnFIELD.
Circuit Court to AIect-DonISey Throws
Doy-YOunH Bride.
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CHESTERFIELD, VA. November G.
The Circuit Court will convene next
Monday for probably about a three
weeks session. A jury for the trial
of r. Z. Crlddle and others has been
summoned.
a State revenue of about $4,000
has been reported to the State treas
urer as derivable under the 1907 as
sessment from Chesterfield county for
land and property taxes and LICENCES.
While riding his pet donkey on Sun
day in company with friend on
horseback, Master Las, Mack k,c SoGbilll; , e,ey
was suddenly thrown. and his right
forearm was broken close to the wrist
The arm was set by DR.. J. F. kagland
and appears to be mendlng nicely.
Marriage license was issued to-day
to Fred Il. Baker and Miss Virginia A.
Pickett. Of Chester The bride to-be.
for the license to issue is just few
months over fourteen wears of age.
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Aubrey sugg, daughter or Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles y. sugg. was married to Mr..
VT. The ceremony was performed by
1ev DR. II. Allen Tupper OF
New York. uncle of tho bride.
The bride WIS gowned In d blua trnv-
cling suit, hat and gloves to match, and
carried a bouquet uf Brida's roses. !,h,.
was escorted by hon fatlict. and iet,
only attendant wns Ter sister, Mrs. w.
p. Waite. who was gowned In pearl
grey. The groom has AZ his best man
Mr.. Arthur GathrIght, OF Richmond.
a wedding breakfast was served, ar
ter which Mr.. and Mrs Childrey left
for Southern toar. embracing Char
lesion. S. c.. Jacksonville, st. Angus
tine and Miami. Fla. Upon their re-
turn Mr.. and Mrs. Chlidray Will reside
ut Lakeside Va.
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ONLY REVERSED THE FIGURES
AND ADDED TWO CIPHERs
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+ GORDONSVILLE VA. November 6.
William Flood. alias William Brown
a negro. was arrested here this after.
noon charged with attempting to raise
an Adams Express money order from
So to $4,000. The arrest was made by
w. c. Baker. express agent at this
place. and the negro was lodged In
Jail to appear for trial Tomorrow
morning. When arrested the negro had
check books on several national banks.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-07
,KEEp UP PEANUT URGES.
Committee ISSUED. Appeal to Producers,

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SUFFOLK, VA. November Cool
cnel S. Il. Edwards, j. Peter Holland
and E. S. Askew, a committee of the
Peanut Growers Association. to-day
issued In Franklin. Va, an address to
the peanut producers OF Virginia and
North Carolina, appealing to them to
stand together In the maintenance OF
the minimum price schedule OF cents
for running nuts and 81 per bushs,
for Spanish.
Among the reasons assigned for
standing firm are short crop. better
quality. and the increased cost OF pro-
duction. The appeal says peanuts this
year cost the producers 1-2 cents.
The aid OF country merchants Is In
voked. The association covers u belt
said to produce scvcn-eighths of the
worlds supply.
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srAuNToN. VA. November s.--siiss
LA.uise Nice. Allen was married this
mo .rning to Mr.. Ben1a,ntn A. Blackford
at Trinity Church, Rev. w. @. Hulli-
DlacAford is the daughter Of Mr. and
Mrs Donald All.n. nnl Mr.. Blackboard
is the son of the late DIR. BenJanin
Blackfn I'd. suDerinsendont nf the West
ern State Hospital. Miss Jessie Nc.
Lanahan. of Greencastle. Pa. was the
maid OF honor. and Mr.. Tayloc Black
ford, brother of the groom. was best
man. After a bridal trip they will re-
side in StauL' ton.
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WASHINGTON, November 6.--Post-
masters OF Georgia. of the nrst, second
ana third classes have been granted
n leave ofgabsence, not exceeding I'VE
days, to attend a meeting OF tire post,
masters OF tho presidential class ~
iGeorsia to bn held ut Macon, Novem-
her 25th8and e8th. 1907. At tlint meet
ing a Georgia state association OF post I
will be organized. gSt
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NORFOLK, VA. November ga very
pretty home welding took place to-
night at the residence of the brides
parents. Mr. and Mrs. c. r.. Walker.
1862 Main Street when Miss Pearl Wal
ker became the wife of Elmer f. Hin
man. The ceremony was held at $3.50
o'clock. Rev. George j.. Holiday, of the
Berkeley Avenue Baptist Church. off,
clating. Mr.. and Mrs. Hfnman will
make their future home at 40 Berk-
ley Avenue.
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PETERSBURG. VA. November g.
Mr.. Ernest Hargrove and Miss linda
Porter. both of this city. eloped to
Halifax. n. c.. this morning. The
young couple took an early morning
drive to Reams Station. where the.
boarded a south-bound train on their
Way TO the altar. The .yourg bride
this city.
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,LURAY, VA. November s.-Mr.
Clarence Splitter. son of David Splitter.
of Page county. and Miss Maude Grove,
daughter of John G. Grove, were mar
ried at the brides home. two miles
south of Luray, to-day. Elder IT. U.
Walters. OF HarrisonburS. officiating.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-07
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

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!. ROANOKE. VA. November G.-lIiss
M IN n,rs McEldi1wnsy ,damghter OF Mr.
Thomas Hanlon. chief clerk in tile en-
gineering department OF tile Norfolk
and Western were married to-day at
St Andrews Church parsonage. Rev.
Father Lynch officiating.
Miss Ada Cromer. daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Cromer, and Mr.. IL
@. Clark. Of Erie. Pa. were married
to-day Mt the st. James Methodist
parsonage, Rev. j. w. Blakenore off,
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tGORDONSVILLE. VA, November 6.-'
Mr. Hugh johnson and Miss Sal1ie,
Newman. daughter OF Mr.. r. NJ. New
ran. were married at the home OF the
bi:ue. three miles from Gordonsviue.
Wednesday at ~ o'clock. Rev. r. B.
Eggleston. D. D.. of Richmond, per-
formed the ceremony.
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I ALEXANDRIA,. VA. November Co.
Miss Catherine A. Curtin. both OF this
city. were quietly married at 5 O'Clock
Tonight at the rectory of Christ Pro-
testant Episcopal Church by Rev. Will
liam J. Morton, rector. The couple
were afterward rendered reception at
the brides home. No. 1921 North Henry
Street. Mr.. and Mrs. Spinks then went
TO their future home, No. 144S Duke
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NDRFOLB. VA. November O,--In the
Police. Court to-day. Russell. Clarence
and I.lovd Sawyer, three Young white
.llols were h, Id for the state f1eform-S
atorv. Snecial Ohicer Rourke appeared
ms plaintiff, stating that the Young
IRE incorrlrihle and thnt heir mother
has been unable to control them.
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Wed In weldon.

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WELDON, N. c.. November 1.-TWO
Virginia couples eloped to Halifax to-
day and We're married by marrying
Parson p. N. Stainback. They were
Mr.. ]. T.. Hargrove and Miss linda Por-
ter, Of Petersburg, and Mr.. L. O. Dish
man and Miss Josephine Belcher. of
Chesterfield county.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-07
PAYS Tor Rnls,pe nonsh House

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NORFOLK VA. NoYcmher c.
Charged with raising u rough, house
IN Church street and also resisting IN
and costs IN the Police Court tosday
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-07
,BltANCH JOHNSON CAPTAIN
ZOE LIGHT ARTILLERY BLUES
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81 NORFOLIS. VA, November g.
II Branch johnson. formerly captain Of
the University OF Virginia football
5trnm and well known throughout the
sstn,e hns been appointed CAPTAIN of
the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues. sue
ceedus Captain George w, Toms. re-
Signed " icy #tA
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SOUTH GARD EN-, VA, November &.
An unusually pretty wedding took
place to-day at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. w. P. Waite. when Miss Merrie
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-07
Charcoal Stops Gas
On Your Stomach
wonderful Absorbing Power OF Char
coal When Taken In the Form of
Stunrt's Charcoal Lozenges.
Trial Package Sent Free.

Charcoal pure. simple charcoal abb
serbs 100 times its own volume of gas.
Where does the gas go to-. 1t is Just
absorbed by the charcoal,-the gas dis
appears and there is left pure. fresh.
sweet atmosphere. free from all i'm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
WOMAN USHER REFUSES TIP.

New York Correspondent Pittsburg Post
 This is true. but 1t will not be believed However 1t is important that future Historians may have every source of valuable information regarding astonish- ing phases of life in this century. so 1t is here set down.
 An usher at the Manhattan opera house last night politely declined a tip. This really shocking occurrence so upset the would-be tipper that he went out after the first act to tell about it at q place where he expected to meet a friend and was unable to return to the opera, so great was the crowd of excited people who begged him over and over to re- peat the details of what all considered a marvel
 The man, 1t appears, gave his coupon to an usher, who speedily found his seat He had his opera hat, stick, gloves and top coat to dispose of. The usher deftly, quietly, quickly helped him. That polite attention alone nearly caused him to fall in fit. Then he offered the usher d tip. half dollar, and the usher politely declined It. The man sank back with q moan of despair. He believed he had lost his mind and was seeing things. By the way. I have not yet explained that the usher was a woman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
Room for Compromise

Governor Conner signed the state prohibition bill. Like the battle of Blenheim it was no doubt a glorious victory. It certainly was from their point of view. But in their hour of victory they should be generous and just And we are addressing now the victors In Jefferson county. Tn the stress and strain of financial and in- dustrial troubles let us not add a sump- tuary trouble to the list. Let us agree to postpone action in this coun- ty to the time when the entire state becomes dry"
 The local option bill is of doubtful constitutionality. If it is not gener- al bill legal notice was not given, and a legal question arises .at this point. Only the supreme court can say whether or no It is a general bill. But why should neighbors be com pelled to go into the courts when state prohibition will arrive in full blast on January 1, 1909? Why should there not be, in other words, general assent to the postponement of prohibition in the county until that time? This would tide us over the financial crisis, help the city's revenues, and permit big trade to make arrangements for clos ing out
 It is the sensible thing to do from business point of view, and surely the victors in this great battle can well afford to be just to all and kind to the city. It is up to them to keep the issue out of the courts, and we believe they will do it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
CAIRO STREET SCENES

1 HE native life seen in Cairo is of \CH never-ending interest. During
 the middle of the day the shops and business places are closed for two hours, and 1t was during this Hull in business that young porter brought out a small zinc tub to the sidewalk in front of a jewelry store and proceeded unconcernedly to wash his feet. Native barbers may be seen plying their trade everywhere on the streets, like boot blacks. each one carrying his own little outfit with him and squatting down wherever it is the most convenient to the customer. Coffee-makers. with tiny char coal burners a long-handled brass cup for boiling. and small drnking-cups, add their share to the strange scene.
 But the oldest sight of all is to watch the moving of a family by native movers There are no vans, no tedious packing, no fuss about delicate china or bric-a- brac. One man contracts to do the nov ing. and when he arrives upon the scene small army of natives accompany him. The first one takes two or three chairs locks their legs together and, lifting them to his head, balances them and starts off on jog-trot Another follows with sofa perched upon his head; two or three go in groups with the various sections
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
WHAT'S WRONG WITH AMERICA?
Pretty Much Everything, According to
 the Dictum of One c. B. S.

From Everybody's Magazine.
 A nation of sO,O0O0o0 villagers which is incapable of developing beyond the vl- lage stage, or even making as good job of that as a handful Of Russians would with their Mir tradltions which has morbidly democratic constitution because 1 it mistrusts its government even more than 1t mistrusts it's people, which is too big to be conquered by a European power, and which, when the natural law of eeo- homie rent begins 10 operate on huge scale, cannot form a government strong enough to socialize it, must fall help lessly into the hands of it's exploiters and bosses. and outface it's disgrace by tall talk as best it may
 President Roosevelt cannot realize his dream of making America real national organism, sovereign over all antisoclal powers within it's own frontiers, and forcing all men to climb to prosperity in stead of roofing for it as hogs root for truffles. Already it is obvious that the President is trying to redeem the United States solely because man must as- sume that things can be bettered, or else lie down and die of despair. The social ists, as voiced by MT. Upton Sinclair, hope still more desperately that capital ism will break down for want of mar kets, and that socialism will step in and build on the ruins: very mad hope, in- deed, because, first, capitalism Is not in the smallest danger of any such break down, and suffers much less from tenn porary crises than 1t did a century ago, when this dlscredited prophecy began to be bandied about; and second socialism is only possible as the consummation of successful capitalism. which. with all it's horrors, will be adored by history as the pathfinder of socialism and the ruthless reducer to absurdity of village unsocial- ism.
 No; things in America will have to get worse before they get better. Socialism Is the remedy; but socialism is only possl- ble when individuasm is developed to the point at which the individual can see be- yond himself and works to perfect his city and his nation instead of to furnish his own house better than his neighbours. Short of that point ndividualsm is not individuallsm, but idocy Ga word which idiots cannot understand), and idiocy and nothing else is just what is the matter with America today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
Eorbear to Judge, for we are sinners
 all. -2 King Henry VI.
Short Guns OutlaWed

Governor Conner has signed the John anti-pistol bill, and it has or soon will go into operation, and when IL does any man who carries pistol less than 24 inches long becomes at once subject to a jail sentence. lie becomes an offender against the laws of the state He stands In his own conscience guilty of misdemeanor, and if he is detected in the act he may be sent to jaail to serve six months.
 So far so good. But now comes the test of public sentiment. The law should be enforced and the sterner the enforcement the freer the state will be from bloodshed and shooting scrapes. These are anl long have been disgrace to the state, and the way to get rid of them is to enforce to the fullest extent the new law. Let the known pistol toters be ar rested whenever evidence against them can be secured. They are source of danger to individuals and a source of shame to the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
THE ROMANS AND THE SEA.
From the sewanee Review.

From the SeWanee Review.
 Virgil is understood to have lived long on the Bay of Naples. and he dwels re- peatedly with unsurpassed effect on the littoral phases of the sea; but of the ele- ment at large he expresses little but a sense of vastness, power. malevolence. It is toilsome and perilous expanse, to be hurried across and escaped.
 Across the land the Romans went with indomitable confidence, marking their way with those works of peculiar per- manence; so that today the Briton tra- verses the original roads they built, and the Gaul walks beneath their arches. But even in imperial times the voyage from Brundisium to Greece was some- thing of a hardship. The ocean was a thing 'bestrewd with wreck and dis aster." In it's depths or on its shores lay the bones of those who had never received burial. and hence could not pass over the StyX.
 When Tiberius built yacht he f1oated 1t on the quiet Lake Nemi, and very likely kept it anchored like a palatial house boat. The sea lacked that essen- tlal stability which the Romans so much valued. It was estranging. Roman adaptability made 1t medium of empire, but never with the Viking spirit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
The Librarians

The Alabama Library association opens it's fourth annual meeting at the city hall in Birmingham tonight, un- der the presidency of Dr. Thomas M. Owen. state librarian and archivist A session will be held in the Carnegie library at BeGsemer Tuesday morning and a session in Birmingham Tues day night. The closing session will be held in the Carnegie library at Ensley Wednesday,
 The association is composed of li- brarians and others identified with li- brary work and should receive the hearty moral support of all men and women interested in movements for the intellectual uplift of the people Especially should all interested in the Birmingham public library movement attend the meeting tonight and by their presence help to develop genu- inc library spirit in this community
 The subjects to hs discussed at the sessions this week gre distinctly prac- tical from a librarians point of view. Papers will be read by persons of ex- perienee in the work or selecting and classifying books. "The Free Public Library and the Industrial Cemmuni- ty" will be the title of an address to be read by Dr. F. F. Buchner. pro. lessor of pedagogy at the University of Alabama, and this educators dis cusson will interest in a peculiar way the thoughtful men of the Birmingham district.
 In the course of time, efforts being made by certain pubic-spirited citi- zens of Birmingham to establish free library here will assuredly be crowned with success. But the time has come when the plans should be taking prac- tical shape The sessions of the Ii. brarians should have the effect of uuickening the movement. Let there be a full turn out tonight. Let busi- ness cares give place to things per taining to the larger life. Indiyi 1uals as we'll as the public in general, will be al the better for it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
Foreign Loans Invited

Now that the legislature has re- pealed the foreign loan tax, capital for mortgage investment will come to this state in as large amounts as formerly. All growing, prosperous cities are built with borrowed money, drawn from the great centers of ac- cumulated wealth.
 Chicago was built mostly with New England capital. Kansas City, Den yer, and all the progressive towns of the west are still using eastern capital in large sums Birmingham was always an attractive proposition to New York and Philadelphia capital, and now that restrictions are taken off, one or more additional steel office buildings will doubtless be erected here during the coming year.
 The tax imposed by the law adopted last February was very small, 1t is true; but on account of it insurance companies and other corporations with money to lend blackllsted Alabama. Their loan agents withdrew from this field. It was the Alabama tendency" that the companies objected to and caused them to adopt the course they did. The legislature acted unwisely in passing the measure; but as the ob- iectionable law has been wiped off the statute books, millions upon millions of dollars will be sent to Alabama within the next few years and offered at a low rate of interest. Building operations in every \city and town in the state will be benefited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
PHOTOGRAPHS OF MARS

resent the work that was done under the most favorable conditions of at- mosphere. The one of July IS, taken during the nearest approach of the plan ct to the earth, was at a distance of SS,5OO.OoO miles When Mars was at or near the zenith. it was necessary for me to lie on my back while taking the pho- tographs.
 As the best seeing occurs in flash es,' the successive images on the same negative may differ somewhat in wealth of finer detail; to the skilled eye all show the larger canals with remark able clearness, though the more delicate details are lost in reproduction. Of the 1O,0OO separate images of the planet none is destitute of canals, and in some cases as many as 25 or 90 canals have been counted in a single image. Several of the previously observed double canals show their duality on the plates taken during the intervals of best atmospheric conditions.
 This has been only the second opposi- ton of Mars during which the canals have been successfully photographed. The first and only previous successful photographic impressions of the canals were obtained at the Lowell observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, during the opposi- tion of 1905, through the thought and skill oI MT. C. o. Lampand. Two years will elapse before another opposition of the planet, when it makes a still nearer ap- proaeh to the earth, and after that no favorable opposition will occur for pe- riod of b years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
BjrmInuham's Jobbinq Interests

Birmingham is comnig steadily to the front as a mercantile city. The
 volume of its jobbing trade iE already
 large and 1t will not be many years before it catches up in this line of business with the older southern cities
 known distinctively as jobbing centers. In the early history of Birmingham it was scarcely imagined that whole sale mechants would ever form any considerable contingent of the city s business life. And even after whole sale grocers and wholesale hardware men had established themselves, a general jobbing trade was hardly counted on as an important interest of the future.
 But Birmingham position as a strong commercial as we'll as industrial center is now assured. A glance at the jobbers and their travelling men as they sat at the banquet board Sat urday night furnished abundant proof of the progress this city is making in the wholesale world. Ten years ago the jobbers were few and drum mers travelling out of Birmingham