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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
GWYNNS ISLAND.

Rev. Richard Ferguson preach
ed a fine sermon Sunday evening
from the text. Let us Law aside
>very weight and the sin which
doth SO easily beset US and let us
run with patience the race that IS
set before u.s." Hebrews XII, l..
Fred Powell and wife, who
have been spending some time
with their parents, returned to
their home in Baltimore Tuesday.
Mrs. hnnie E. Route, of Hamp-
ton is visiting her relatives here.
Lee Godsey has gone to Balti-
more, where he will engage in
the commission business. We
wish him much success.
Rev. Suddith preached to a
large congregation Sunday night,
his subject being. Look uhtc
me and be We saved all the ends
of the earth, for / am God anC
there is none else." Isiah XIV
IS. The people Of the Island are
fortunate i'll having such a fine
preacher.
Frank Adams and wife are Wis
iting his parental home.
WILD ROSE.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
william BiIlups Improving.


Some of the readers OF The
Journal may be interested to
know the condition and prospects
for recovery Of William Billups,
the mail contractor from Retz to
Mathews. who is confined in the
Central State hospital at Peters,
burg.
A letter received from DR. w.
r. Drewry, superintendent of
that institution. dated September
18th, says: Il gave him a thor
|ough examination Immediately
upon his arrival here and have
been studying his case closely
since. He has. l think, a good
chance TO recover: at any rate.
we shall do all in our power TO
cure him. He is receiving the
best attic alton and nursing.
He IS still very much excited, but
possibly not quite so incoherent."
And his wife has since received
a letter from Bulups himself,
dated September 18TH. when he
had so far recovered his mind as
to be able to give minute and ex-
Plicit directions about his farm
work and personal affairs. He
tells her to see that his son sows
the cabbage seed he had bought
for the early spring crop. also the
crimson clover seed which he had
purchased for fall seeding, advises
her as to how many pigs she
should sell aud how many to keep
and speaks of his condition and
affairs generally in a rational and
sensible manner.
1t may not be amiss to say that
the report as to the violence of
this unfortunate man when he be-
came deTauged were very much
exaggerated. The statement in
your last weeks issue that hs in
jured several members of his
family" is entirely erroneous.
Not one of them was harmed or
injured in anyway. The only
person injured was an old COL
ored woman who is a near neigh
Dor and very feeble, and her in
jury was due to accident. The
old women states herself that she
was sitting near when Billups was
romping in a playful manner vVith
one OF his children and her chair
was accidentally overturned.
throwing her ont and injuring
her shoulder. So far from it
being Bilinps' intention to injure
her. she says that he seemed very
sorry and expressed much regret
about it.
Later his mental and nervous
condition became more highly
excited and though he may not
have been really dangerous. yet
it was safer to take no risk with
one in that condition; hence, it
was thought best to take steps to
prevent possible harm.
RETz.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
ORGANIZATION POSTPONED.

Owing to the lateness of the
hour at which the speaking was
concluded OH Monday the Bryan
Kern Jones Club was not organ
lied as was intended. nor the
subject brought up on that day.
This Club will be organized al
the Court House on Saturday,
October grid at 4 p. m. All dem
Ocrats urged to be present.
l.. G. GARRETT.
Chm. Dem. County Com.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24

Millions of bottles of Foley's Honey
and Tar have been sold without any
person ever having experienced any
other than beneficial results from it's
use for coughs, colds and lung trouble
This is because the genuine Foley's
Honey and Tar in the yellow package
contains no opiates or other harmful
drugs. Guard your health by refusing
any but the genuine. Sold by all
druggists.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24

The Security Life Insurance
20, Of Norfolk. are offering good
contracts tor investigation. See
ad elsewhere in this issue.
Mrs. Ida Morgan and family
of Gwynns Island. who have been
visiting her sister. Mrs. Mollie
Davis, of Hudgins, returned to
her home Sunday last.
For Sale.-A good road and
work mare. Safe for ladies and
children. Price SIPS. Apply to
DIR. Hoskins or at Spring HILL"
o-24-4t.
Miller & Rhodes have an ad in
this weeks issue calling your at
tention 10 the catalogues they send
out which contains all kinds of
goods.
Mr.. c. A. Mitchell, of BaIti-
more, is in the county this week
looking after some contracts for
S. L. Lamberd Co. We are al
ways glad TO see him.
Revival meetings will begin at
Macedonia Baptist Church first
Sunday In October. Rev. Louis
II. Suddith. pastor of the Gwynns
Island Church will preach.
~Midshipman Jenifer Garnett
leaves this week to visit his broth
er, Christopher Garrett, in Rich
mond, before returning to the
Naval Academy in Annapolis.
Wyatt Wolfe represents the,
Hopkins Tailoring Co., and Ger%
hard Reed & Co.. tailors. let him
take your order for your fall suit.
fit guaranteed.
Hon. Geo. Y. Hunley accom-
panied his daughter. Miss Mary
Gibson. to the Randolph-Macon
Womans College at Lynchburg,
Va, where she will be a student
during the coming session. Mr..
Hunlev will return Saturday.
Now is the time to have your
winter clothes cleaned and press
ed or have new suit made. r.
Wesley Foster is still doing bust
ness at the same old stand and
he guarantees all work to be sat-
isfactory. Give him your orders
now and avoid the rush.
The only Sea-cow ever seen in
the Chesapeake Bay was hauled
ashore at Ocean View recently by
the men employed at the Fishery
of Parkerson. The animal
weighs about 1900 lbs. AID is be-
ing kept alive. 1t has a head
very much like the ordinary COW.
We would be glad if the numer-
GUS subscribers whose subscrip-
tons are due would come up an
buy their paper in advance. Ac-
cOrding to the Postal laws we
are not allowed to send paper
beyond a certain time after it
runs out and we do not wish to
offend any of our good friends by
disseminating their paper.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24

1T gives me unbounded pleasure to
recommend Bucklen's Arnica Salve, :"
saws J. w. Jenkins, Of Chapel Hill,
N. c. 81 am convinced it's the best
salve the world affords. 1t cured a
felon on my thumb. and 1T never fails
to heal every sore, burn or wound to
which it is applied. 25c. at all drug
gists.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24

''I have used DIR. Kings New Life
pills for several years, and find them
just exactly right" says Mr.. A. A.
FELTON,, of Harrisville, N. Y. New
Life pills relieve without the least dis
comfort. Beat remedy for constipation,
biliousness and malaria. 25c. at all
druggists.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
NOTICE.

Bids for the privilege of feeding
horses on the Fair Grounds will
be opened to close October 9th,
1908.
PERCIvAL HICKS, scc'y,
9-24-2t NORTH. VA.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24

Foley's Orino Laxative is a new
remedy, an improvement on the Iaxs-
tives of former years, as it does not
grippe or n1useate and is pleasant to
take. 1t is guaranteed. Sold by all
druggists.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
LOCAL ITEMS.
Personal Mentions Around Mathews
and Vicinity.

ueaE mere.
Mr.. Hepburn, of Canada. was
"a recent visitor to Mr.. Mcdonald
on East River.
Mrs. William Mathews. of NorI
folk. is visiting her brother, Mr..
Floyd Marchant.
Mrs. Claudius Foster, of Balti-
more. is with her mother Mrs.
Emmeline Sears.
Mrs. Eliza Anderson. of Rich
mond. visited her sister, Mrs. Ma
~ Davis. last week.
7 Mr.. 3. T. Smith. of Charlottes-
vile. Va, is visiting his sister,
Mrs. c. T.. White here.
Miss Leslie Shawn, of Hujgins,
rs visiting at the home of Mr.. G..
E. Hunt, at Port Haywood.
We have full line of Mayfair
shoes for women in all feathers
tor fall. WYATT WoLFFE.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Hunt, of
Port Haywood. are now on a
three weeks trip to New York.
Miss Carolyn Baker. of Louis
vile. KY, after several weeks at
Poplar Grove" has returned
home.
Turner lIealY left last week
for BIackrburg. Va. where he
will resume his studies at the
v. p. /.
MIR. Earl Narchant, of Cricket
Hill, lett Sunday to resume his
school duties at the Virginia Poly
technic>Institute
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard March
ant and daughter. Francis. are
with Mr.. Marchant's father. Mr..
Floyd Marchant.
A cottage prayer meeting will
be held at the home of Mrs. VIM.
Fox. near Fitchetts Wharf, next
Tuesday at 1880 p. m.
Mrs. w. b. Graves and baby,
of Ordinary. Gloucester County,
are visiting Mrs. Graves father
Mr.. John I. Drisgill.
Miss Carrie Smith. daughter b
Mr.. Sands Smith, and Miss Nan
ME Ransome. left on THURSDAY
for Blackstone Institute.
Sears & Williams have just re
ceived a complete line of Walk
over shoes for wear and style
They can't be beat. Try them.
Miss Caroline Hearst has re
turned home after three month
visit to her cousins, Mrs. Bass an,
Mrs. P. A. Cason, at Norfolk.
Mrs. P. A. Cason. who has beei
visiting Miss Caroline Hearst re
turned to her home in NOrfol
this week accompanied by he
husband.
Miss Emma G.. Butts after vi:
iting her sister Mrs. Griffith MAJ
chant. leaves this week for seN
eral weeks in Norfolk before gcin
to Northampton Co.
Ernest Brownies Cigar Store
News Co. Souvenirs. Tobacco
and Cigars. Headquarters f.
Mathews county people. 81
Main st. Norfolk. Va.
For Sale.-One q feet Poe
quoson Canoe. Fully equippt
for oystering. Will sell cheap
trade for fiat Skiff.-A. I. HUI
GINS. Laban. Va. o-2I-7t.
Judge Claggett 3. Jones.
King and Queen. Major Jam
Stubs of Gloucester. C
John X. Saunders and w.
Evans. Middiesex, are in TOW
this week attending court.
There are in the Office of Il
Adams Express Co.. at Fitchet
wharf two packages express pr
paid addressed to Miss NY
Washington and H. G. Coon 7
a.A;ualu Mr. EitchettS rennes
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24

NOTARY PUBLIC, COMMISSION
Err IN CHANCERY and JUS
TICE OF THE PEACE.
Will go TO any part of the county on
short notice and very reasonable terms
to transact business in this line.
Pension claims speciality.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24

THURSDAY. SEPT, ~. 1908,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-01

Boston, Oct. 31.-Fiction has seldom
known a stranger story than the tale
that underlies the bill of equity filed
with the Middlesex superior court in
which Carl DemeI, an Austrian noble
man and grand opera singer, seeks to
have Lillian Moore, wealthy Somer.
vile woman, pay him $1,000, which the
Austrian claims the woman owes as
the result Of an unique ante-nuptial
pact.
Demel, whose home is at Hamburg,
n. Y, is at present staying at the Ho-
tel Thorndyke, awaiting the hearing.
while Miss Moore occupies sumptuous
apartments at the Charlesgate, one Of
Boston's exclusive hostelries.
Demel is the son of the Baroness
Cowrapek Of Austria, who, because she
married beneath her station, and out
OF the rangs of nobility, was not per
mitted to have the rank of succession
descend to her children.
Miss Moore is a woman of wealth,
and has an income of more than
10000 a year. drawn from her shares
in two estates.
Not only has the bill of equity been
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-01
PATENT LAW DISLlKED.
New English Statute Hits American
Industries.

Boston, Oct. 31.-American manu-
facturers are seriously disturbed over
the law concerning patents which has
now gone into effect in Great Britain
There is a strong belief that it will
prove very disadvantageous to oul
manufacturing interests. The grave
importance of the change in the law
may be judged by the estimate, quoted
to have been made by the head of a
prominent shipbuilding firm, thai
1925, 100000 will be invested in Gre at
Britain for the manufacture of arti
cles heretofore made elsewhere. 1t is
alleged that this law has been a blow
already to certain branches of Ameri
can trade, especially the manufactur.
ers Of typewriters, electrical machin.
cry, cash registers and Of minor in
ventions.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-01
She Agreed to Pay Tenor $4,000
a Year Until He Was Ready TO Wed

brought against the woman, but Demel
also names several prominent men of
this section as co-defendants, the lat
ter being trustees under the wills from
which Miss Moore derives her income.
The fair defendant is about forty
years old, while Demel is seven years
her junior.
1t seems that several years ago Miss
Moore was travelling on the continent.
Demel at that time was studying mu-
sic in Florence, preparing for the op-
cratic stage. He is tall and handsome,
and is said to possess a.tenor voice Of
rare power and sweetness. The coup
lie fell in love with each other.
Demel claims that he entered into
an ante-nuptial pact with Miss Moore,
in which she agreed to pay him $4,000
annually until his death, or until he
married some other woman. This
money was to be used by him to study
under the best masters of Europe, to
prepare himself for debut as an op
cratic tenor, and when the time was
ripe he was to marry Miss Moore.
Failure to make the last payment
caused the singer to file the suit.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-01
FALLS DEAD FROM
ANGER IN COURT
Fit of Emotion Brings on Fatal
Attack to Woman.

st. Louis, Mo-, Oct. 31.-Forgetting,
in her anger at a neighbor, her doc
tors verdict that great emotion would
prove fatal to her, Mrs. Blanche Nc
Carthy, of No. 1716 North Tenth
street, dropped dead of heart failure
in the Dayton street police court this
morning while attempting to obtain a
police summons against the women
who had aroused her ire.
she called my children names,
screamed Mrs. Mccarthy, and then
fell to the floor dead.
Mrs. Mccarthy asked for warrant
against her neighbor, Mrs. Minnie
West, on a charge of disturbing her
peace.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-01
is ALMOST DONE
Record Made for Construction
Of Batt|eships on the
North Dakota.
is LAUNCHED NEXT MONTH.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 31.-Records
for the construction of battleships in
this country have been broken in the
case of the North Dakota, which will
be launched in less than eleven months
from the date of the laying of her
keel. The navy department has been
notified by President Bowles of the
Fore River Shipbuilding Company that
the greater than Dreadnought vessel
will be ready for launching November
10. The keel of the ship was laid at
Quincy, Mass. December 16 last-the
day on which the Atlantic fleet began
it's world cruise-and she will be about
60 per cent completed when launched
next month. Miss Mary Brent, of Far
go, n. Oak, has been selected as
sponsor of the North Dakota and will
perform the ceremony of christening.
The North Dakota VIII be the larg-
est warship ever launched in the Unit
ed States. She is $40 feet in length,
has a beam of nearly so feet, a dis
placement of 10000 tons and a speed
of twenty knots. The Delaware, her
sister ship, which is being constructed
by the Newport News Shipbuilding
Company, will be ready for launching
in the early spring. The Delaware's
builders hope to have her ready for
launching by February %, so as to
make the event coincide with the re-
president will go to Hampton Roads
for the review.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-01
LIKING FOR PIES
BREAKS AFFINITY TRADE
Swap Was a Success Until a
Chance Remark.

Norwich, N. Y, Oct. 31.-Joseph
Crandall and Oscar Scott discovered
last winter that there had been a mat
rimonial misdeal, and each coveted
the others wife. In June trade was
arranged, and Scott and Mrs. Crandall
left for a Pennsylvania town. The
property of the two families was di-
vided evenly before the reimbursement,
and Mrsl Crandall received as a bonus
a bob-tailed horse, a wagon, and some
money.
Crandall and Mrs. Scott sent the
other pair away with their blessings,
and the incident was gradually forgot
ten until a week ago it leaked out that
all was not harmonious at the Gran
dali home. A reference to the Lind
Of pies Hetty used to make had made
the former Mrs. Scott wroth, so she
left. Where she went was not
known, but Mrs. Crandall arrived in
town yesterday, driving the bob tailed
nag and was received with open arms
by her affinity cured husband.
She did not bring back the money
which she had received in the first
trade, for she found to her surprise
when she called at the bank for it
that the money had been deposited in
her afinity's name, and not in her
own.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-01
CLAIMS FORTUNE
LEFT IN STUMP
Stump on Fathers Farm and
Man Presents Claim.

Baltimore, Md. Oct. 31.-Daniei
Hare appeared before the orphans
court today and asked that $500 In
gold found on the farm of Louis
Calph be declared part Of the estate OF
his father.
When Joseph Hare died In 1891,
members OF his family looked in vain
for the money they knew he had. Tho
estate was settled up and in course
Of time the farm was sold to Louis
Calph.
Recently Ella Hare, a relative OF
Calph. picked up SO gold piece near
an old stump near the house. She
told Calph Of her find and he went
gold hunting in the stump. He
brought to light s4.5oO in gold coins
OF various denominations.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-01

school is dismissed. In the afternoon
the same formality is carried out, but
no children appear. In the meantime
the teacher has all the time for read.
ing or studying. The school board Is
required to furnish heat and janitor
service for the building.
The school board has asked If there
wasn't way to close the school and
stop the payment of this money, for
the teacher and for coal and janitor
service, but E. T. Fairchild, state su.
perintendent, has ruled there is nc
way except by compromise with the
teacher. The young woman has an
ironclad contract to teach the school
BY going to the building every day she
performs her part and shows that she
is willing to teach. That there are nc
children to teach is not her fault and
she draws pay just the same
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-01
RED CROSS STAMPS
TO APPEAR XMAS
Fund to Be Used in Fight
Against tuberculosis.

New York, Oct. 31.-When tho public
begins to pay it's pennies next month
for the Christmas stamp issued by the
National Red Cross to put on its holt
day mail and packages, a custom al
ready in vogue on the continent money
will be raised all over, tbs country to
be devoted to the determination of tu-
berculosis. The stamps tell no tales
of disease. Inside the wreath Of green
holly with red berries is the legend, "A
Merry Christmas and 4 Happy New
Year" The design is by Howard
Pyle, and is in three colors. The money
raised will be devoted in part to Red
Cross day camps and, in part, where
no Red Cross day camps exist, to day
camps or other work by other agen-
cies.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-01
Kansas Teacher Draws Pay,
But Stands Before EMPTY Seats

Topeka, Oct. 31.-There is a teacher
out in Trego county that goes to
school every morning and goes
through all of the routine of teaching,
but has no pupils.
In July this teacher signed a con-
tract with the school board to teach
the school for five months for $40 a
month. At that time there were about
fifteen children to attend the school.
The school began October s. but when
the teacher went to the building not a
child came. In the three months from
the time she signed the contract every
cid had moved from the district, or
the parents had arranged to send
them to city schools.
Ever since the teacher has been 60
ing to school each morning. At
o'clock she rings the bells, but no chill
dren romp into the room. At noon
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-01
The Puzzle Of Peat.

Peat is puzzle. 1t can be dug on
the surface. yet we sink hundreds of
fathoms into the earth in order to pro-
cure coal instead of it. Analysis shows
It to have all the constituents Of coal,
yet used in the same way 1t yields en-
tirely different results. 1t Is among the
oldest of all sources of artificial heat.
yet in this twentieth century no one
really knows how to burn 1T to sub
stantial advantage Much ingenuity
and Immense sums OF money have been
exp. AIDED in endeavors to utilize 1t. yet
to this day solution of the problem
which would be capable of general ap-
plicatiop remains among the golden
opportunities which are still open to
the clever invantor.-Pearson's Week
~.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-01
MEX|CANS ALWAYS
KNOWN TO Be SLOW
Awaken to Find 1879 More
Towns in Country.

City of Mexico, Oct. 31.-The geo
graphical commission appointed by
the government seven years ago to
map all the towns Of the country has
just made its report
The commissioners make the as
founding statement that they discov-
cred 1879 towns which were not Of
ficially known to exist and which have
heretofore had no federal control
Many of these towns are of con-
siderable size, ranging In population
from 5000 to $4,000 people. Most OF
them are situated in tho remote re-
cesses of the Sierra Madre, far re-
moved from the ordinary courses OF
travel.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-01
QUARREL OVER DEITY;
TWO MEN ARE DEAD
Men in Taft, Idaho, Disagree
On Scriptures.

Wallace, Idaho. Ost 31.-As the re-
suit of quarrel as to whether there
is a deity and as to whether the state
ments Of the Bible are based on myth
ology, Peter Rukavana and George
Melick are both dead at Taft, settle
ment near Wallace. In the heat of the
discussion Melick drew revolver
and shot Rukavana in the mouth kill
ing him instantly. Melick escaped,
but while trying to gain the shelter of
the hills. fell over an embankment and
landed on his head. He received in
juries from which he died yesterday
morning.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-01

OBrien, that home" not a hotel
should be established. The work is
supported principally by contribution
Of twenty-five cents a year given by
the members of a society composed
mostly OF the Irish girls, of the coun-
try. Thus the spinsters' mite speaks.
In 1890 the care of the immigrant
was transferred from the state to the
federal government, and with the re-
moval of the work of inspection from
Castle Garden to Ellis Island many
bad influences that obtained in Man
haitian are now impossible. Before
this date it can hardly be said that
there was a real inspector, as the
word is now understood.
1t was then a sanitary question and
now it is an economic one. But the
moral part played by the different
mission houses is the same.
During the past year the immigrants
admitted at the port Of New York
numbered 585,970, or 41S,786 less than
in the preceding year. Within the
same period $4,000 landed from Ire
land, 2,945 less than came over the
year before, showing only slight de-
crease and that there is still much to
do for the unprotected "greenhorn."
On November 8, at Carnegie hall a
civic celebration of the silver jubilee
of the oldest home on Battery park
will take place. At this service Mgrs.
M. J. Lavelle, v. G., will speak, and at
the civic commemoration United
States Commissioner Of immigration
Robert Watchorn, Morgan J. O'Brien
and others will speak on immigration
and the present attitude Of the govern
ment toward it.