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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-24
ditor q. aecounts Cor. the .recelyers. filed


sditor OF accounts for the receivers. filed
the following report on receipts and
expenditures:
Der 18th, 1907-Overdraft taken ove''
by temporary receivers. s3SS.77; re-
ceipts during period $439s.19. Net.
s4.014.42. Disbursements, $3.Q39.16. Elk
cess OF receipts, $975.26.
December 18th to January 31st. 1908
Receipts during period, including
S975.26 turned over by temporary res
sceivers, $11.566.13. Disbursements, 81 !
sss7'qs. Balance January ls0s'
From February 1. 1905, to March 81.
4 90S-R eceipts during period. 22.S6O.-
Go. Total, s23.25S.0S. Disbursements.
5$43702. 3i "a
From April81. 1908, o May 8 1905
Receipts during period. s27146.o5. To-
tai, S27,5S3.07. Disbursements $l..-
5000. Balance May 81. 1908, 5sI5, 062S7.
Il =
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GAVE, CHECK TO STRANGER.
Eastern Shore Mum Thinks He Was
Flimfiam med Out of $500.

y
f NORFOLK, July 22a.Believing him
self to be the victim OF a flmflanl
game, in which he gave a check for
$500 on his home bank that Is as good
as gold, WI. Garrett. Of Birds Nest,
on the Eastern Shore OF Virginia, APP
Epealed to the police to- day for adyice.
AS is usually the case Care tt fell in
with a young man who was willing
to see him about the city, taking in
the sights, Garrett was soon led to
the White City, watched his friend win
several five and ten-dollnr bills on dice
throwing g, and finally was persuaded to
back his new friend for $500. giving
his check for the amount. OF course
he lost. 7Es az si ii
This friend claims that he tore up
tho check, refusing to allow the VIM
net. to keepgit, but Garrett is confident
that 1t was a ruse to allayf his 3suspic-
ions until the check could be con-
verted into cash and sent to his bank
at y CeDe Charles. BY advice of the
poliys Garrett took steps to stop the
paymen Of the check. and the police
are ct work on the case
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Crops Were Suffering.

Specialize nh e Times -Dispatch.l
SMITHS x ROADS. VA. Iuly 2a.---
The continued drought which has pre-
vailed In this section for the past sew
5eral weeks. was broken yesterday at
Sternoon, when a most beautiful rain
came to re fresh the parched egetation.
ALL crops had begun to suffer very
much, but more especially corn and
tobacco, Most OF the corn crop, being
somewhat earlier than usual has SUI
Tered very much. a55g558 fis5 4 ,5s
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Two NORFOLK CONCERNS
FORCED INTO BANIxRUPTCY
5rspecial to Tho Tirn es Diana tch7

- II Special 70 the Tlmes-Dlspat TEN s7-
Il, NORIrOl "a July 3.-On the
petition Of local nnd out -of7 town Gre d.
tors AIontagues. Incorporat ted was
forced into bankruptcy to-day In the
Federal court, with w. H. Taylor as
receiver There Is no statement as to
assets or liabilities. s.s$ s5
y Ad olph Max, wlolesal e notion dealer.
forced into the United States Bank
ruptcy Court. A receiver lis to lie
named. The assets and liabilities are
estimated at over 900. N I.
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several days ago by. a lnonErel cur. TIL
dog having shown signs OF being MAJ
and having been killed Immediately.
Upon the advice OF her attending
physician Mrs. Wilkins had the dol
shut UP an watched after cling bitten
Yesterday the dog became mad tear
ing up things in the room in whic1
he was confined, and attacking thosl
who attempted to enter. He was Kill Kill
ed.
The head OF the dog was shipped y
washington this morning for exami|
nation. and should there be evldenc}
Of hydrophobia Mrs. w ilkins will leav1
at once for the Pasteur Institute al
Richmond.
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Saves Caroline Crops.
~ SneCtal to The Tlmes-ptspatch.1 81

& BOWLING GREEN, VA. July 23.-,
The drought of several weeks In Caro-
line county was broken WedEesday
evening, when copious rain .ell
throughout the county. The crops,
which have been very promising, were
beginning to show the effects Of the
dry spell. The tobacco crop STOOD It
we'll. and promises to be fine one.
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]Ilnbid Dos Killed.

sI,YNCHBURc; VA. July 23.--A dos
3hclieved & to be rabid, made tfl1
5through$ crowded Main Street today
attncking and biting q numb er q
sbet Nv Policeman Chlldress as he wal
aboutEto escape into Amhers conn ".
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Goshen 5I,,o,.t-o nice. I. Rl Il (

E77TlI Special to The Mines lQspatch.I3 ~ b.
ESTAuNTON, Va, July 23.--Tl he post
Office at Goshen was robbed last iEhI
.hyaburglars, and IT ist claimed that, S6o /
is no clue to tho rob bery, thoug hs tw
strange white men Were seen around
yesterday. and their presence arouse 1lss
lsuspi cion III ssi;sssz |
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INDORSE REv.kTYLER FRAZIER
TO OPPOSE BASCOM SLEHp
Especial to The TYmes-Dispatch.

Especial to The Tmes-Djspatch.] 50 -5
TAZEWELL, VA. July 23.-Rev. J.
Tyler Frazier. OF Smythe county was
fndorsed by the Democratic county
convention to-day for Congress against
Bascom slemp, the probable Repub-
lican nominee. Delegates We're also
appointed to the congressional con-
yention Pulaski, August 5th.
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WEST RICHMOND CONFERENCE

Lay delegate. Are Choaen, Othcr Husl.
ness Transacted, aud Scssion Ends.St
Especial to The Times n! spatch.1
Isl CARTERSVILLl1,S Y Al ii ly 223,-----yrhe
West Richmond District Conference
adjourned this atternoo on, al tor9 a II ex,
coed I'm gly interestin q session of u hree
with the Cal tersYll 10 church
The attendance has been large and
the proceeding very interestipg sgs
4 AFTER tile 5deYotiona N exercises this
llnorning g Mr.. u . HON rs on Brown re,
ported for / he commi ttees ON finance
After d lsoussipn by h Rows. q. Il sln,
Faden, B,R lpsco mb. q. Ivay
ri XIV 1al ME- aRd Egpsst ntAYens tai
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5, frl u s. 5s5il ,isss5 ,s -
llinE and Queen Rcjoiccs.
'.Ispecialto The rimgeca- plspatch.li


X WALK ERTON. VA, July "a lort-
GUS showers fell In his lion Wed
protracted and severe drought prevail
ing so generally in Is irg inia, and with
SUCH disastrous results Il: to crops and
vegetation. Before the rain the pros
We're anything hut encouraging in this
section, but the Yield. y. especially Of
those, planted late, will 1T Is thought.
be much better !, than was feared,
The drought had greatly interfered
with the work at tho ptokling factory
and the BILE and fruit cannery OF
this plaGe, while the grtst mills of the
5neighborhood for a he san cause We're
doing Ebutslittle, 1T Is feared that the
early crops received snchSsa setback
that ~ hey ~ pey or fhll W arero Yer,3 SS
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f. Petersburg Couple Wed In Weldon.
WELDON, n. c., July 23.-AIr. ]. D.
Storie and Miss Maggie G. Dowries,
both Of Petersburg, were married at
Halifax day BY Rev. P. NJ Stain
back. Mr.. and Mrs. Storie returned to
Petersburg on the afternoon train.
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WANT CHARTER AMENDED.
Portsmouth Conference Says Church,
Control Must BE shown.

Conferences Says Church
- Control Must BE shown.
. VAUDEVILLE. va, July 23.-B,
far the most interesting feature OF TIL
Portsmouth District Conference. he'll,
mere this week, was the adoption O
q report bearing on the relation OF tn
Methodist n Church to the Randolph
mittee to which numerous papers bear
ing on the subject were referred, in
stead of reporting any OF these
Drought In preamble and resolution
combining the leading features o
nearly all OF these and this paper wa
adopted M a
The resolutions are as follows:
lst. That while we do not intend
Is to reflect on the integrity or hons
( esty OF purpose Of the trustees. orr
and remem Der with gratitude the
loyal and efficient services which
they have rendered in the past, we
do not regard the action OF the
board on this question at It's meet
much as said action recognized no
legal. moral or equitable owner-
3 ship on the part of the church in
said institutions, and does not ais
low the church anygivoice In the
81 selectionAof trust ees.
I'd. We believe that the questions
II now at issue between the church
and said board can never be de-@
VI term1ned III a. manner ESatl6factOry5
to our people until the ownership
) of the Randolph institutions
shall have been fixed in the church
~ in q legal manner and the ights
Of the church to have a voice in
thelselection OF trustees shall have
been established. We therefore res
quest the trustees to give this
whole matter further considera-8
stion as soon as practicable, and to
" take such action by securing
amendments Ito the charter \ and
is otherwise rs may be necessaryfsi In
orderto effectually and perma-
nently, vest the equitable title to !:
sst{ all Of the institutions of the Ran-at
5si dolph- Macon system In the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, South.
through egnlly appointed trustees:
81 as la provided for the ownership OF \
other church, property and to give
4 the Virginia Annual Conference a
voice In the selection of the truss
tees d said system
Sd. That we urge our pastors and
thefpeople OF their charges to raise
and pay the assessments for edu-
cation made by the conference for
q this conferences year In full. 4'
There was y al full attendance upo
the session OF con ference, report
from the churches We're gratifying
and the Irevt e,ws OF what Is being don
for m SIS ions f5 We're exec lent. Fir
1ncmberssof the RAJ dolph- Ma con boar
We're present. S53 iF} ii MI
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ltIICEll"lS A N III 5ElXEENDllU it ElS 8Ssi
81 EN OS m IN ~ m nc l1iVE NJ

g IN ORR OIKS ly ~ In The re caiver-
ts asst
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-24

Canned" sermons will be preached
IN many Chicago churches this summer
when the pastors go away on their an
nual vacations. Canned sermons are
the kind that are reproduced on pho
nograph machine
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-24
SOME TEMPERANCE NOTES.

Mr.. Peeke, chairman of the Ohio
Prohibition convention, assailed female
suffrage, declaring that women drink
more and men less than they did de-
cade ago, and that the weakest laws
regulating the liquor traffic are in the
woman suffrage States of Colorado,
Idaho, Utah and Wyoming.
A new wrinkle that adds to the zest
and gayety of the temperance agitation
is sprung by E. E. Hall, of Spokane.
Wash, who is candidate for the Legis-
lature. He proposes to license the
drinker, instead of the seller. He
would compel every man or woman
who drinks Intoxicating liquors to pay
a license fee of from 81 to $5 per year.
To prevent the borrowing of licences
each permit should have the holder
photograph attached. Mr.. Hall woulc
permit any one who holds such license
to engage in the drinking of liquor
without restraint. The penalty for too
free indulgence in liquor would be the
revocation of the license for six month:
or year.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-24
DO YOUR BEST.

Girls and women who are starting
out on business, professional or in
dustrial career, each and every one of
them would do well to embroider a
motto in LARGE letters upon their inner
consciousness, says the New Idea Wom-
ans Magazine for August. The
words to be elaborately emblazoned
where none else may see, are these
Whatever comes to you to be done, dc
1T with the best within you."
There comes a time to all when we
have to perform big and little tasks
that are distasteful to us.
The girl who has a college or even a
high-school education, in starting out
upon business life will frequently be
called upon to do things that she may
consider beneath her dignity. But that
is no excuse for not doing them well.
The stenographer often may be asked
to do the errands of the office boy; the
teacher may find that she will have to
sweep the schoolroom floor-a duty that
the janitor has carelessly failed to do;
or the girl in the library may have to
carry large armful of books, a work
which obviously belongs to the porter
None of these duties were included in
the bargain when the girl or woman
sought employment. For this reason
the performance of the hated tasks is
done with a careless hand and no inter-
ested thought. But whenever a task
comes to your hand to be done. no mat
ter what it is, do it with the best that
is in you, for every task has its useful
lesson.
1t is just as honorable to wash dishes
we'll as to run bank successfully. The
girl who can paint beautiful picture
should be as proud of her ability to dust
a room thoroughly as to portray sun
set in brilliant colors. The prophets of
the Bible told US TO do all things to the
glory of God. 1t does not matter
whether dishes are to be washed, floors
to be scrubbed, a dinner cooked, a
poem written or a marble chiseled
One act of service is as good as anoth-
er. All depends on its performance.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-24
ANOTHER RAILROAD PROPOSED.

A ferry from Pope's Creek to the
Virginia side of the Potomac, connect
ing with railroad to Reedville, and
from there a ferry service to Crisfield,
Nd, is not an impossibility, and would
in time, be a paying investment. AS
the Pope's Greek Railroad and the Rap
pahannock river lines are each controlled
by the Pennsylvania Railroad, such a
link between Pope's Creek and Girls
field would be the means of protecting
that company's interest in this section
of Tidewater Virginia " -Westmoreland
Inquirer.
The agitation relative 10 the running
of an electric road from West Point to
Urbanna seems to be about to material
ize. Plans are said to be on foot for
surveying the proposed route and get
ting right of way. Sites for bridge and
terminal facilities are being inspected.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-24
THE MAKING OF A PRESIDENT.

Students of political methods gener-
ally agree that one of the most inter-
esting phases of American politics is
our national political convention. These
conventions embody the eliminated
and expressed wishes of the people ar
raging themselves for partisan combat,
which has been looked upon as the saw
ing factor in the economy of democrat
ic government. 1t is through this ma
chinery that conservative thought of a
party is given an opportunity to modify
or express its final verdict as to men
and policies. No matter to what
heights leader may attain, no matter
how much power may for the time be
concentrated in one man or one politi-
cal party; no matter how arbitrary
either may have become through long
continued power. the royal scptre must
be handed back to the sovereign people
at the close of every fourth year for a
final expression of their confidence or
condemnation; so that in proportion as
the magnitude of the machinery of the
government increases, it becomes more
and more concentrated and effective.
Political conventions are the most pict-
uresque and historically interesting
phases of American political life, for
while we may discuss in an academic
way all the functions of government
and the details of party principles, it is
more clearly understood when there is
fiashlight glimpse of the actors who
! are playing star parts in a national
political drama.-Joe Mitchell Chapple
in July National Magazine.
Some curiously inclined Speculation
has been figuring on the probable re-
suits of the next Presidential election
| with results which are somewhat start
ling. Thirteen States of the Union art
entitled to cast in the Electoral College
two hundred and forty-four votes
which is three more than belong to the
other thirty-two States. That is t.
say, if New York, Pennsylvania, Hi
nois, Ohio, Missouri, Massachusetts
Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa
New Jersey, California and Kansa
should all be carried by any one candi
date (and Roosevelt did carry them all
his opponent, though receiving the sup
port of every other State would be de
featedl Again, if A should carry eac
of these States by majority of onl
one vote, and B should receive ever
vote cast in the remaining thirty -tw
States, A would preponderence of til
Electors though B would have pole
t six millions more of the popular vote
r than A. Thus it will be seen that OF
system of electing President neithe
! reflects the popular will nor bestow
> any equality of voice upon the State
: -Virginian-P
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-24
MUCH MISBRANDING BEING DONE.
[ Newport News Press. ]

All American housewives are now
familiar with the little label which
reads Guaranteed under the pure fooc
and drugs act" which is pasted to cans
and jars containing food products and tc
medicine bottles purchased from the
grocer and druggist. The words do not,
however, mean what they are com
monty supposed to signify, fact made
quite clear by DR.. Frederick l.. Dunlap,
one of the government chemists who is
charged with the duty of assisting in
the enforcement of the pure food law.
In explaining what the supposed gov
ernment guarantee means he said:
"Do not be misled into thinking that
the legend Guaranteed under the food
and drugs act, serial number, means
that the products bearing such legend
are necessarily pure, unadulterated,
and properly branded. All that this
means is that a general guaranty has
been filed with the department of agri-
culture, which acts merely in the ca
pacity of custodian, and has, to facil-
itate business, issued serial number
to identify the general guaranty. II
means, further, that if the goods to
which the legend and serial number are
attached are found to violate the law
in any way, and provided the serial
number is the property of the person
from whom the goods are purchased,
the one who has established the gener-
al guaranty will assume all response
bilities for the penalties which would in
due course fall to the person in whose
hands the adulterated and misbranded
products are found"
1t is nevertheless a fact that the al
legged guaranteeing has been used to
mislead people into the belief that the
government guarantees the product in
the can, jar or bottle to be genuine and
pure. Certain it is that the form of
the words printed on the labels convey
that impression and no other, and the
average consumer at once assumes that
the government has inspected the pro-
duct and found it to be wholesome and
free from adulterations of deleterious
matter and up to the standard required
by law. Therefore it will be news for
nine out of every ten persons that the
supposed government guarantee
amounts to nothing more than a manu-
facturer's assumption of the RESPONSE
bility for the violation of the pure food
law, and does not carry with it any as
sursnce that the product is pure or fl
for human use.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-24
TRUCKERS NOTES.

Daily great trains of refrigerator
cars pass north over the r., F. & P. r.
r. These cars are conveying fruit,
melons and vegetables to northern
markets. The country south of us
must be prospering for all of these
things are now bringing good prices in
the markets. 1t is no unusual thing to
note freight train of 80 or more seal
ed refrigerator cars on its way north
With reports of fine crops through
out all sections of our country, the
American farmer (who represents the
biggest industry from Atlantic to Pa
cific) is looking toward to an abundant
harvest when the 1908 crops are gath
cred in. The farmers in this section
are working harder than they have in
many years. and their fields are beauti-
ful. The hot weather is making all
growing things 'git up and git -
A sunfiower four feet high, with the
usual LEAKAGE, gives off in twelve hours
from twenty to thirty ounces of water
in the shape of perspiration. 1t has
been calculated that an acre of cabbages,
planted in eighteen inch squares, gives
off every twelve hours over ten tons of
water through their leaves. Most agri-
cultural plants exhale during the period
of their growth more than 200 times
their dry weight in water.
A quantity of saracen wheat has
been sown in Chill, with fine results.
The first harvest showed yield of six
teen bushels for one, and of very fine
quality. 1t grows very strong and
nearly four feet in height. 1t is a
curious fact that no one has
ever found wheat growing wild, and
its origin is very obscure. Attempts
to get wheat to reseed itself have been
made but always in few years the
ground was taken up by Other
plants and the wheat disappeared. There
must have been the first wheat as wei
as first corn, but when?
Let US in the Northern Neck be thank
full. All over the famous Shenandoah
Valley and in the upper part of Mary
land, the drought is fearful, crops ar
injured past all redemption. gardel
stuff burned up by the lack of rain, an
the cattle suffer for lack of pas
ture. Even on the far-famed Easter
Shore of Maryland the tomatoes ar
suffering greatly, and the earlier prom
Use of full crop is now gloomy. TIL
growing fruits are also feeling the e,
listing dryness. Peaches, apples an
pears fail to mature and in many case
are dropping from the trees before flu
al ly ripening. The potato crop is also
danger of being seriously lessened, ,
t is the general outlook for all truckr
, produce.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-24
UNIVERSITY SUMMER SCHOOL.
Its Work and Recreation. Enroll
ment Beyond that of Winter
SasstOn

Day after day the enrolment OF the
University Summer School, at Char
louisville, has kept advancing until at
present over 800 are engaged in active
work. surprising in actual numbers the
University winter session and rivaling
it in earnestness and enthusiasm. The
success of the school has exceeded the
highest hopes of its promoters, who
could not foresee that the 400 of last
summer was to be more than doubled.
Sparing no effort TO make the school
the greatest benefit to those they have
invited to come, DR.. Bruce r, Payne,
Director, and Prof. Charles G. Maphis,
Registrar Of the Summer School, are
on the ground, giving their entire per-
sonal attention to the details of man.
agement.
The number of young men in the
student-body is 1l5. Out of the 46
states, "a are represented; of foreign
countries, three, Mexico, South Amer
lea and Greece. The largest state
delegations after Virginia are Mary
land with 81, North Carolina with %,
South Carolina with l6, and West Vir-
ginia with II. New York, Maine, and
Idaho are among the states represen-
ted on the roll.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-24
DROWNINGS BECOMING
NUMEROUS OF LATE.

A drowning occurred at Oyster Shell
Point, Rappahannock river, Richmond
county, July 4. Robt. Morris, son of
John d. Morris. who had only been
married about six weeks to the daughter
of Joseph Weaver, in company with his
wife and several friends. went sailing.
and after coming ashore Mr.. Morris
and his male companions went up the
river to take bath. After being in
the water few minutes Mr.. Morris
sank His body was recovered. A
storm in the Patapsco river on Sunday
last resulted in the drowning of clever
persons and three missing, supposed u
be lost. Small boats are treacherous
and none but the most experience
should venture in these.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-24
NEW STEAMBOAT LINE.

From a recent issue of the Baltimore
Sun we CLEAN that mortgage deed of
trust for 81, 500, 900 has been executed
by the Baltimore Steamboat and Stor-
age Company to the Knickerbocker
Trust Company of New York to cover
an issue of per cent bonds The COM
pany proposes to start a line of steam
ers between Baltimore and Chesapeake
bay points as competitor to the Balti-
more, Chesapeake and Atlantic R'y Com
pany. New York and New England
capital is expected to become interested.
The company is also capitalized for
So, 100000. The promoters say when
the Eastern Shore trade is developed
it has wharf privileges on the Patuxent,
the Potomac and the Rappahannock
rivers which may be utilized. These
are matters for the future.