davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13
HERE SEARCHING
FOR MISSING WIFE
Justice of Peace Says She Eloped
from Crewe with Employe
OF Husband.
NAMES REPORTED TO POLICE
Declared That Mother OF Girl
Also Mystcriously Disappeared
Some Years Ago.

Claiming that lie was sent here by
the won1an's grandfather to find her
and persuade her 10 return, Justice of
The Peace j. o. Terry, of Nathalie, Not
toway county, appealed to the police
last night TO help him locate Mrs. Mary
Maud Lynch. who he alleges. eloped
n week ago from Crewc with Harry
Lawrence. a former employe of Mrs.
Iynchs husband. According to Mr..
Terry, the couple left Crewe on the
night of April itt, driving TO letters
VILE. where they boarded a Southern
Railway train for this city He tracked
them here and then lost the trail.
According TO Mr.. Terry, Mrs. Lynch
has three children, the youngest being
less than year old. Her grand
father. Mr.. John Pringle." he said, lis
heartbro<en over the affair, especially
as he recalls that the mother of Mrs.
Lynch mysteriously disappeared from
the same neighborhood when the latter
was only three years old. What be-
came OF her is not known.
Lawrence had not been in Crewe
for several months. but 1t is known
that he wrote TO the woman and ap
parently planned the elopement. Up
10 last November Lawrence was en-
ployed in the Chesapeake and Ohio
repair shops here. My impression is
that the couple is still In Richmond"
Terry gave the police the names and
a description of the pair and urged
that they find the woman. He says
her people will welcome her home,
though he is not prepared to speak for
her husband. The case is being in
vestigated by the officials here.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13
BAPTIST CAMP At
BEACH FOR WEEK
---A---
Will Gather from All Sections Of
State at Buckroc on
June 24th.
EMINENT SPEAKERS GOING
Sunday School Lectures and
Glasses to BE Held at
Seaside.
EMINENT SPEAKERS GOING

At the meeting OF the Baptist Gem
eral Association OF Virginia In Dan
VILE last November, n committee was
appointed to inquire as TO the advisa-
billty of holding a summer encamp
ment and to make the necessary ar
engagements, II the way seemed clear
This committee has Just filed its re-
port. recommending gathering of the
Baptists Of the State at Buckroe Beach
for a week, beginning June cath. Emil
nent speakers will be secured and
daily lectures and classes will be held.
the full program being now in course
of preparation.
In order to further this movement
which has taken strong hold on the
interest and attention of the demons
nation, the Baptist Sunday School AS
sociation of Richmond and Manchester
yesterday afternoon appropriated 800
toward the preliminary expenses Of
the encampment.
Meeting Yesterday.
An interesting and we'll attended
meeting Of the association was held
at Calvary Church, DR.. W. P. Mathews
presiding. The quarterly reports sub
mitted, showed an advance in member
ship and attendance over the previous
quarter, and in even large degree over
the corresponding quarter last year.
The association also passed reso
luton inviting the international Sun
day School Convention, which meets
in June in Louisville, to sit here in
1914. This convention assemblies but
once in three years, and has already
signified it's intention of meeting ~
1911 in San Francisco or some point
on the Pacific coast.
The Presbyterian and Methodist Sun
day schools have taken similar acti IN.
inviting the great Sunday School Con-
vention to Richmond in 1914, and the
Chamber of Commerce will be asked
to push the matter.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13
ONE HUNDRED BARS
READY TO CLOSE
Some Dealers TO Move Away and
Others Arc Hunting Any
Kind OF Work.
WAITING FOR BARGAIN DAYS
Liquor to Be Thrown on Market
at Any Price OH Night Of
April 3oth.

Within the next, two weeks more
than 100 saloons VIII 20 out OF business
ia Richmond and more than 100 build-
fngs will be vacant and ready for such
new tenants as may apply. The city
Will not he dry. however. for $50 estab
lisl,ments Will remain TO take care OF
the counter trade. Some Of the unsuc-
cessful applicants for license are pre-
pairing to engage in other pursuits.
some viii move away, and some ar,
still uncertain as to their future busI-
ness connections
In the saloons which win close ri.
midnight on April goth the stock is at
the low ebb, no orders having been
sent in for supplies except just tina.
amount needed TO meet the demand of
the closing days OF the reign. Unless
this entire stock Is disposed of. there
may be bargain sales and bargain days,
with special opportunities for persons
who lay In Sunday stock during the
week.
Old Dealers nre Bitter.
Tue most bitterly disappointed PEG.
pie In Richmond are the dealers WHO
i ,, ny The wayside when the new
licenses were issued. They are sore,
they have no appeal, but they are prei
pared TO express their feelings by
going to the polls tomorrow to vote
against the administration.
IRON all parts OF the city come, the
same talc OF woe--of tho unsuccessful
enort to secure employment. Several
"hiskey men have large families de.
pendent upon them and they are az.
pecially disgusted when they md ga.
ioon-keepers who were more fortunate
smiling contentedly and stopping now
and then to polish II diamond OF width
and brilliance.
Although the license tax was doubled,
the 100 saloons which will have n mo.
nopoly after May LIST naturally expect
to make more money. for they Will have
more trade The report has gained
credonce in some quarters that tho
price of whisky straights may be adj
vanced. Beer will still hold popular
favor at cents throw, and IL tho
profit isn't large enough the size OF
the glass may be reduced. An expert,
however, has declared that better
quality of liquor was sold in Richmond
for the price than in any city in tho
country.
Going After Carolina Trade.
Wholesale dealers and brewers fig
ure that the same amount Will be con-
sumcd hereafter as heretofore. and that
therefore their business may not he ar
fected one way or the other, Satisfied
that North Carolina will go dry on
May 26th, the wholesalers are prepar-
ing to take care of the Tar Heel trade.
They are doing that now for a number
of Carolina cities which have adopted
prohibition. and with the wholesale es-
Establishments driven out at Salisbury,
Virginia Will he able 10 get Its wet
goods into South Carolina. The Pal
metto State is thanked by couple
of prohibition Commemorative. and
this means that 1t must pay the long
haul rate to wet its whistle.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13
WEEK AT CITY HALL
Hoard of Aldermen VIII Work While
Election Returns are Being Received.

Beginning with joint meeting of
the Committees on Finance and Flee
trioity Tonight. the working schedule
at the City Hall will go on regardless
of the primary. Tomorrow night the
Board of Aldermen win sit while the
votes are being counted Returns
may disturb the proceedings. but there
are only two members-Messrs. Mon
cure and Rennolds-who will be wor-
ried by opposition. President Turpin
is shortly to retire from politics to be-
come part OF the judiciary, and.
therefore. he Will not rattle his brain
while waiting for the primary jury to
report.
From Wednesday on the usual pro-
gram viii be carried out. The COM
nittee tonight will discuss the cues,
ton OF submitting to the qualified
voters a special bond issue for an
electric light plant
Going to Williamsburg.
Governor Swanson leaves this morn
Ing for Williamsburg. where he will
take part in the exercises of laying
the cornerstone of the new library
building of William and Mary Col
lcge lie will return to Richmond to-
night.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13
HIS NERVE GONE,
NJ DERM0TT WEPT
Alleged Cocaine Dealer Broke
Down and Begged to Be
Taken to Hospital.

Completely detected over his former
Edward McDermott. once claiming to
be repentant seller OF cocaine and
now under rearrest on the same charge,
presented a picture of despair in the
First Police Station last night. At the
request of his mother. DR.. st. Julien
Oppenhimer visited him in his cell, and
McDermott pleaded that he be sent TO
q hospital. Examination showed that
he really was suffering from mental
depression, but there was no sign of
physical ailment and he was left in
his cell.
In the afternoon he was visited by
his wife. handsome young woman.
and both wept together. Cheer up"
she said to him in parting, but his
lips qnivered and his nerve, of which
he had formerly boasted gave COM
pletely away, and he sobbed like a
child. He has not been seen by Lon
don, the dope merchant he tried des-
perately to save. or by any friend ex-
cept his wife. He has not yet secured
the services of a lawyer, and this may
result In some difficulty, as the case
is very serious
The negroes took their trouble with
more philosophical calm. In his cell
In the Second Station, James Martin.
who was captured on Saturday morn
ing when under the influence of the
drug, spent most of the time droning
psalms and hymns. In company with
a woman arrested for thievinG and a
man run in for drunkenness, he sang
hymn after hymn, his deep voice re-
sounding out to the street. The doors
between the cell-room and the office
were opened. and the thouse men lis
tened while the trio We're at work.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13
CLUB is OPPOSED
TO PARCELS POST
Dinner to Be Given Tomorrow
Night and Election Returns
to Be Announced.

Action was taken by the directors
of the Business Mems Club at meet
ing held on Friday night protesting
against the passage by Congress OF
the parcels post bill.
Arrangements for the dollar a
plate dinner tomorrow evening at
8 o'clock in the club rooms at Ninth
and Main Streets were also considered.
Among the aftcr-dinner speakers an
nounced, are Messrs. Joseph Bryan,
John NJ. Miller. Jr., a. ]. Sands, John
Garland Pollard and John A. Curtis.
The returns from the municipal pri-
mary will be given out In the club
rooms.
Many matters OF interest to the or
ganizatlon were discussed and acted
upon Messrs. David c. Richardson,
George T. King and J. t. Sercy were
elected members.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13
To Give Recital.

Mr.. L: Leslie 10th, the young pianist
who VIII give recital In the Iefrer-
son Hotel auditorium on the night Of
April 23d. is native of this city, and
Is Wen known to a number of people
In Rlchmond This. coupled with his
uhdoupted talent as a musician, will!
make his. appearance here of more than
son OF the late Charles j. 10th, Who
spent his life in Richmond. He has
one.
Unlike most musical genluses. he did
not SHOW his talent in his infancy. His
ability as musician was not dis
covered until after he reached the age
of eleven years. At this time he at
tracted the attention of his parents by
teacher was employed to begin hts
mystical training.
from the first he displayed remark
able aptitude and in a short time was
playing selections from the classics.
from then on Mr.. 10th devoted his en-
tire energies to the development OF
his talents. While a pupil in the
richmond High School he often PLAYED
IN the. assembly room. and was for
I'VE years choir boy in All Saints
Episcopal Church.
For some time he has been in New
York; where he has gained considerable
prominence by his performances and
compositions. FIe directed the musical
feature of number Of affairs while
there. with great success. Much inter-
est Is manifested in his approaching
recital here, and it Is expected that he
VIII play before a large audience. He
Positions ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13
PREssMEN's UNION
Special Reorganization Meeting Held In
DayidaOn's Hall.

For the purpose of infusing new life
into the organization, the Richmond
printing Pressmen's Union held a spe
cial meeting In Davidson's Hall on
Saturday night, with the president, Mr..
lohn W. Starke, In the chair. Follow
ing speeches by several members. it
was unanimously decided that prac-
teal reorganization would have to be
effected. The members, n quorum be-
all arrears to the national body and
pledged themselves to do everything
in their power to degenerate the union.
Mr.. Starke announced that the ma
tiGuai president, Mr.. George L. Berry
would send down an organizer to re-
cruz the local union. If this met with
approval here. The movement was
heartily Endorsed. Another special
meeting will be held next Saturday.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13

Observed regularly By Catholic,
Lutheran and Episcopal churches as
the anniversary OF Christ's triumphai
entry into Jerusalem, when the popu-
lace strewed palm branches in His path
way, Palm Sunday in these days Is
of even wider significance as the
opening of the spring, the day on
which the Merry Widow hat appears,
and the most brilliant of spring shades
blend to make an attractive color
scheme for the afterservice parade
along Franklin Street.
An eastern sky could hardly have
given 20 the celebration yesterday a
more splendid setting-a cool, sunny
and pleasant day, with a wealth Of
ozone in the air. and a budding green
orr all vegetable life, the attractions
outdoors drawing thousands from their
homes TO the streets and parks. With
such day, one who could not look up
at the sky and be glad of life must
indeed be in need of a physician.
Services In Churches.
Beginning the day with services in
all the churches, record breaking con-
gregations were reported, those demons
nations which observe Lent being nov
at the height of their season of special
religious devotion, while in many nom
liturgical churches revivals are in pro-
gress. The bright weather permitted
all to come forth-the old and the
feeble, those who had been winter
bound and those who had clothes or
hats to display--and from the appear
Anccs Of the congregations there Is
scarcely woman in Richmond who has
rot been able to provide some fresh
ornamentation for the spring season.
Cars throughout the afternoon We're
crowded with those city jewellers un-
used to the exercise of outdoor walk
ing, and vet In search of a breath OF
fragrant country air. Lakeside, Forest
HILL Chimborazo and the Reservoir
cnch had Its throng, while many more
hardy souls walked or drove in auto
mobiles along country roads between
green hedges and trees, which arc rap
idly coming into leaf. With the late
Easter OF this year. spring Will be well
advanced, and many plans are being
laid for holiday trips and outdoor cele-
b1ations, in which fishing and water
sports will have their usual promI-
nence. The frolic will cease with
Easter Monday.
larly fine yesterday, and was made a
feature of the service in nearly all
churches.
Holy Week.
Beginning to-day, Holy Week, the
most solemn period of the year, which
concludes with the joyous celebration
OF Easter next Sunday, will be a busy
time in Catholic, Episcopal and Luther
an churches, each having elaborate
daily services, with music of appro-
pirate character, for which the choirs
have long been practictng.
AS has been the custom for na1ny
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13
GENERAL DAGGETT COMING
Noted officer VIII Speak at Central y
VI. c, a. on Thursday.

Brigadier-General a. s. Daggett, OF
the United States Army, will speak, in
the auditorium of the Central Young
Mems Christian Association on Thurs
day night at SIS o'clock. His subject
will be "The Army Canteen." Cen
aral Daggett was with the army ~ the
Philippines and in China. The regi-
ment which he commanded was the
first to mount the walls of Pekin dur
ing the Boxer uprising.
While in the city General Daggett
Will be the guest of Mrs. Helen G..
Manson, No. 313 East Franklin Street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13
New Companies Chartercd.

Especial to The Times Dlspat oh.l
RALEIGH, n. c.. April 12.--The Gran
will Real Estate and Trust Company, of
oxford, Is chartered, with $500 capt.
tel, for a general real estate and trust
business Incorporators, j. NJ. Curtin,
j. p. Owen, Il, S. Register, ". r. Las
sitter, A. ii. Powell, J, A. Miles.
Another charter Is TO the Thomasviue
Picker Stick Company, of Thomasvnle.
Davidson county; capital, $4,000 au
thorized and $1,000 subscribed. by O. r..
Cox. A. r. Cox and y. o. Con, for manu-
featuring picker sticks and other loom
supplies and novelties.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13
Memorial to Rev. Or. Mcneil.

In the obserVance OF Palm Sunday
at st. Johns German Evangelical
Church. a class OF young people were
received into the fellowship and COM
munion Of the church. Following the
morning service there was special
memorial service in memory Of the
former pastor. the Rev. Paul L. Menzel.
y. D., who died last year, after a pas
torate Of twenty-three years. a memo
rial tablet erected to him by the mem
bers OF the congregation on the In
terror wall of the church was unveiled
at this service.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13
Lieutenant Tottcn pend.

MILFORD, CONN, April 12.-Lieu-
retired, a former Yale professor, died
at his home here to-day. Lieutenant
Totten was widely known because OF
mathematical deductions upon which
he based prophetical interpreta tons Of
Scriptures, most OF these being as to
the coming of the end OF the world.
Many of his prophecies were issued in
book form. He published many mill
tary books, mostly for use in the army
and militin 80
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13
TWO ARE INJURED
Colored Woman Struck by Car, md White
Man Falls, but Neither Is Seriously Hurt.

Ola Griffin, a colored woman living
at No. 1928 North Twenty-ffth Street
was struck by a Broad Street car yes
terday afternoon at Second and Broad
Streets and knocked down. She re-
ceived only slight scalp wound. She
was attended by DR.. Young. of tho
ambulance corps. and was taken home.
Mr.. j. ". Connell fell from a car on
Broad Street on Saturday afternoon,
but sustained only slight injuries He
was taken into nearby store, where
he received treatment.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13
NEGRO CONCERT
VIII Sing Grand Opera Music In Rich
nond Soon.

The colored musical festival TO be
held here on April 21st and 22d, under
the auspices of The Tuesday Club, will
bring together an aggregation of the
leading negro grand opera singers IN
the country. most of whom have never
been heard before in the South. The
first Will include four prima donnas.
three bassos, three baritones and four
tcnors. The chorus viii number $50
voices with g large orchestra. two
pianos and one grand organ.
Several hundred dollars have already
heen expended in the preparations for
the festival, which WIN be the first
ever given by negroes in the South.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13
LIFE. Of DAVIS
School Children of City Much Interested
In Prize Contest.

Much interest is being taken by the
prize contest offered by the Richmond
Chapter. Daughters of the Confederacy,
for the best essay on the life and char
acter of President Jefferson Davis.
Prizes of So, So and 81 are offered to
white pupils between the ages of
twelve and sixteen. essays 10 be in
dorsed By the teacher.
The contest viii close in time 10
present the awards on June 3D. the
one hundradth anniversary OF the birth
of Mr.. Davis, when elaborate services
in memory of the President VIII be
held in Richmond
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13
Bank. Restrained.

injunction papers late on Saturday
afternoon by Assistant United States
Marshal John Murphy OH C. r. Wal
lcrs, of the Commonwealth Bank. and
o. d. Hill. of the American National
Bank, to prevent the disposal or re-
turn of collateral deposited BY b. u.
Cogbill and the East Coast Lumber
Company, whose affairs have been
placed in bankruptcy by United States
District Judge WaddiiL
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13
TWO SMALL FIRES
Careless Boys Cause Blaze Under
Trestle Near Cedar Works.

Careless boys caused a slight fire
under the trestle near the RICHMOND
Cedar Works on Saturday night, but
ii was only their club house that was
in danger, and chemical wagon soon
eNtinguished the blaze. There was no
damage except to the club house.
The department was called out again
yesterday afternoon to No. $40 North
Fifteenth Street where Joe Lang's roof
was ignited by sparks from the chim-
ney. The damage amounted to about
$40.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13
Pickett Auxiliary.

The Ladies' Auxiliary of George E.
Pickett Camp. Confederate Veterans,
will hold their regular meeting this
evening at S.3o o'clock in Pickett Camp
Hall, No. so7 North seventh Street, All
the members are requested to attend.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13
Sons to Meet.

K. n. Lee Camp, Sons Of Veterans
meets tonight at s;l5 o'clock In Lee
Camp Hall. Commander r. Mcclure
CHM announces that number Of
interesting and important matters are
on the calendar,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13

a meeting OF the Union Ministerial
Association will be held at 1890 o'clonk
This morning in the chapel of the
r,resbyterlan committee of publication
there Will be a paper by Professor s.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13
Seven Skin Players.

Seven skin players were captured on
Saturday night by Bicycle Policemen
Bryant. Atkinson. Werner and Smith
The officers raided house on Ross
street and caught the gang without
trouble.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13
Minor Cases.

Robert Walker, colored, was arrested
hv officer AGREE yesterday on the
charge of assaulting Nancy Evans
Archie Hudsins, siXteen-year-old
white boy. was arrested, charged With
being fugitive from his parents In
Danville.
G. w. billiard white, was locked up
on the charge of stealing gold watch
from j. j. Bcasley.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13
Tilted MAN SUES GIRL
Mannheim suitor Asks $4,000 for Loss
Of Social Position.

LANCASTER. April 12-Claimlnr
that she has broken an engagement to
marry that was OF 1--WE years standing,
r. w. Ream, OF Mannheim, has entered
suit il court against Barbara Wallick
of Marietta, to recover $4,000 damages
Ream declares the injury to his social
standing caused by the girls refusal
TO marry him Is worth this sum. Bail
of $4,000 was demanded of Miss Wal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-13

organize its auxiliary branch. having
been preceded by Connecticut, the home
of President Mathewson, who ~ q
The oasis., 1908-05-02

Say, did you notice IIyman's smile after the game2 It would not wear off.
 Medina. the catcher for the No- gales Nationals. is the cream catch. CT of the Border League. A clean cut boy and hard player.
 Wasn't that catch of Sharp's a beauty? l. there in the city a bet ter batter than Old War Horse Sharp? Certainly not. The boys enjoy playing with him, as he is in the game always.
 Doctor Jacobson of the Diamond NS, is the best posted man in the business.
 Tomorrow the Nogales Reds will play with Hyman's Nationals. The winning team will play Aldridge's Diamond N team. May the best win.
 The crowd that watched the game Sunday numbered 1900, and there were sixty-eight carriages on the ground, their occupants all eager and interested spectators of the play. How is that for proper spirit?
The oasis., 1908-05-02

The Nationals received no part of the collection taken. as they have left vet enough of the liheral sub. scription made by the public spir- ited citizens of Nogales some weeks ago.
 Kid Busch would rather play ball than anything 1 know of and to speak the truth he can do so sure.
 Hyman deserves credit for build ing up his nine the way he has done.
 Wednesday Manager Hyman went to Tucson to meet his wife and son, who returned from San Francisco, where they hal spent the last two months with Mrs. Hy- mans mother. Young Carrolton Hyman will beat all games.
 GADFLY.