The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-30
People Seen
in Public Places

III u uDllC IdCCS
Mr.. q. G. Banks, secretary Of the vir-
| ginla Mineral and Timber Exhibit Assoc
citation OF tho Jamestown Exposition who
is in charge Of the building and exhibit
OF tho associate and who was greatly
work for several weeks in getting ready
for the grand opening on Friday, Is In
the city. tld Is stopping ut the Rich
| mond Hotel.
1T was almost necessary for me to
have q little rest" said Mr.. Banks. when
seen at his hotel lust night. "ohe who
| has never been through 1t Cnn have no
| conception of the great amount OF wo1k
incident to getting UP such magnificent
| exhibit as we are now showing to the
most necessary to steal away for II few
days of recupcraton. am going out to
| Southwest Virginia. and when ara feel
ing better VIII return to my post. Dur
ing my absence my assistant, Mr. u. s..
Blair, is in full charge of our exhibit,
and he is most efficient man for this
| line of work"
Mr. Banks says that his department and
the Virginia building were practically
ready for the opening and that they both
| showed UP well.
| 1T is going to be n great show" he
added, and though all It's details will
| hardly be ready before the middle of
June, 1t is worth any PERSONS while to
| go and see it. The landscape scenery is
| one of the most beautiful spectnclcs |
! ever beheld, and when the grounds Iuve
| been given their finishing touches, and all
| the buildings are In perfect order the
| people who go will see one Of the finest
eXpositions ever shown in this country"
| Colonel William G. Waite. OF Culpeper,
| q prominent young business man and q
member of Governor Swansoli's staff. is
| in tho city. and is stopping at Murphy's.
| Colonel Waite Is On his way home from
| the opening of the exposition. where he
| was aide to his chief at all the brilliant
| functions in which His Excellcncy took
| official part
He Is greatly pleased with the exposi-
| ton. and declares his belief that when
everything is in order 1t Is going to be
a splendid success.
Colonel Waite Is warm supporter Of
Mr.. G. C. Carln, of Alexandria, for Con-
gress in the Eighth District, and is OF
opinion that he will win by a safe plu-
ralty. He also believes that Judge w
l.. Jeffries, of Culpeper. will be an easy
winner for the state Senate In the Fiji
teenth District, to succeed Colonel George
S. Shackclford. OF Orange.
Hon. Sidney ]. Dudley. Of Hampton.
former Judge of the County Court Of
Elizabeth City county. was in the city
yesterday.
Hon. William McAllIster. OF Bath, is in
the city, and Is at Murphys. Captain
McAllister will be candidate for the
Democratic nomination for State Senator
from the district composed of the coun
ties of Craig. Botetourt. Allegheny and
Bath.
Hon. w. A. Rhc!nhart, of Allegheny,
and Captain Phil Brown. Of Botetourt,
will likewise run. They have all repre-
scented their respective counties in former
Legislatures. Captain McAllister is n
Blue Ridge Springs and Mr.. Rheinhart is
contractor. The date of tho primary
has not yet been fixed
Mr.. W. S. Diggs. manager of the Amer
lean Surety Company of New York. In
the city of Cincinnati Is here on his
way to the jamestown Exposition.
Mr.. Dlggs is relative of Mr. Isaac
Diggs. of this city. He is shipping at
the Richmond Hotel, and will take In the
sights of this city to-day.
Judge George j. Hundley. Of Farmville,
is in the city, and is stopping at Murply's.
Hon. N. B. Early. Jr.. of Greene. was
a caller at the Capitol yesterday on his
way home from the exposition opening.
Mr.. Early was very happy over his pros
poets for winning the senatorial nSmina-
ton in the Seventeenth District to sue
coed Senator John S. Chapman, OF his
county.
Editor j. II. Lindsay OF the Charlottes-
Vile Progress, has retired from the con-
test. and Mr.. Early and Mr.. Allen Per-
kins of Charlottesville, are the only as
pirants. Mr.. Early declares that he Will
carry both counties and the city OF Char
lottesviile.
A party of 1875 lady school teachers
from Eastern states will arrive In Rich
mond tomorrow morning en- route to
the Jamestown Exposition. and will stop
at the Lexington.
They will leave here on morning boat
Thursday. devoting tomorrow to seeing
Richmond.
]. C. Byars and wife. Bristol; ]. II.
and Fl. S. Higgins, Of Dendron are
among the virginans at the Richmond.
vi,~nians at Murphy's are John T.
andra; F. j. Cakes, Blackstone; E. Muir
ply, Lynchburg: II. NJ Davidson. Suffolk.
G. P. Fuller. of stanton, and Miss Gale
Morris and j w. Clark, of Petersburg.
are at the Lexington.
Mrs A. E. Moore, cashier at the Rich
mond Hotel who was taken sick last
Fridays is slowly improving at the Re-
treat for the Sick.
LEAVING CHURCH,
! DRANK LAUDANUM
A. L. Griffin, in Dependent