The Washington herald., 1908-07-22


/ Democratic National Committee has
I placed the limit on the amount Of con
I tributiOns 10 the campaign al $4,000. for
I IL viii permit the Democrats hereabout
I 20 send in their checks without being
looked upon as cheap.-Cl.fton Forge Re
view
Men and women prayed for rain n
many churches IN Virginia Sunday. and
I prayed earnestly and in faith. II is
pleasant thing in an age OF natural law
and OF science. Of charts and weather
kites. OF bureaus. instruments. observa-
tions, and predictions. that people should
stHI ask relief from drought IN simple
I ness upon their knees-Richmond Times
Dispatch.
officers Of the NartinsburE Power Com
pany have awarded the contract for the
20oo-hOrsepOwer electric power plant at
dam No. 4 on the Potomac River. to Con-
tractor W NJ Kefauver. OF Baltimore.
Work viii De commenced Immediately.
The big plant has been in course OF con-
structlon for the past year by Contrac-
tors Shoff & Brubake-, Of Pennsylvania,
who abandoned the task The plant.
WHICH - GDD4A 1tflLA A-c-f7tA IA
I cost Si50.1la. Il VIII be built Of concrete.
Bryan was determined 70 have for a
running mate a man whose name ends
with n His preference was Johnson. but
he is satisfied with Kern Possibly ne Is
a trife superstitsous. He knows fun well
that all Presidential candidates whose
surnames ended with the letter p. with a
I TAT ssH H.H"G
name likewise ended with r. were elected
/ Jenerson-Cinton. Madison-Clinton.Ja Jack
I Son-Calhoun- Jacks0I-Van BsuTen. Lin
C0ln-Hamlin. LtnColn-Johnsol. Harrison
-AIorton.-Roanoke Evening World
But. sure enough. did you know that
there was some oysters. and Virginia oys-
ters at that which cannot I've always un-
der sheets Of water2 Tie seaside oyster
does not grow in deep water. say over
ten feet. and the most and best of them
grow IN water 50 shallow that 1t IS dry
ebb half the tine. These latter are the
most prolific seed bearers we have. but
they viii die Il planted IN deep water or
IN the Chesapeake Bay. The inside or
bay oyster should never e1b bare 70
thrive best Singular. isn't IL, that the
Virginia oyster one and the same b.
valves can lead a double life. but only
one phase Of It at a time. The seaside
fellow must be out of water a good por-
ti0n OF the time TO thrive while the bay
and river fellow viii die in summer and
freeze in winter exposed 10 air.-Virginla
Citizen
Il would be a disappointment TO some
Republicans Il Manager Hitchcock should
have himself elected President in place
OF Taft But The young man may de-
eide 10 do IT, He IS probably sOTry now
that he failed TO take the nomina.-on at
Chicago.-PetersbUTg InGex-AppesL
A total OF more than a quarter OF a
million of dollars was paid out 81 the
city OF Newport News during the year
beginning July / Is7. and ending July
1. 1905. by the government for the main
tenance OF its Atlantis coast transport
service. which makes irs headquarters
IL this port These figures are consider
ably larger than IS. perhaps, realized by
the people Of this city, 10 whom practi-
caIy all Of the pecunlary benefit ac-
crUes. and Il accounts in large measure
for the earnest efforts which New York
and other ports on the coast have for a
long time been making 10 take the serv-
ice away from this city. The figures. as
pointed out this morning by q person
who is interested. represent the pay roll
Of several large factories, yet the people
generally scarcely realize the presence Of
the service.
At the present time i've transports are
making their headquarters here, two IN
commission and three out Of commission.
The transports out Of commission are
the Meade, Ingalls,. and Sumner. which
are TnOOred at EIIch's pier. The trans
ports in commission are the Fitzpatrick.
now running between this city and
Havana. Cuba. and the Mcclellan. which
arrived here yesterday It has not yet
been decided whether OF not the Nc
Clellan will be taken out OF commission.
The total production Of coal in West
Virginia IN 1877 was 4sos1,5S3 short tons.
having a spot value Of s47.S46,69o.
In 1906 West Virginia displaced Illinois
for second place among the coal-produc-
was Of short duration
As a result Of the suspension in 1906.
ranging from two months to ten weeks at
most Of the Illinois mines. pending an ad-
Justment Of the wage scale. the coal pro-
dUction Of Illinois was materially restrict
ed, whereas in West Virginia where most
Of the miners are UnOrganized, operations /
were carried on practically without inter-
ruptiOn and that State OutTanked Illi-
nois. with a lead OF 1.SI0.246 short tons.
The record for 1e07. however, showed
that the production Of Illinois made a
phenominal increase Of 9.S5I,042 short tons.
more than double West Virginias in
crease Of 4S01. 20 short tons. and West
Virginia again dropped TO third place
among the cOal-prOducing States Com
pared with that Of 1906, West Virginia's
coal production Of 1907 showed an increase |
Of 4.S0LZ33 short tons. or 1I.O9 per cent in |
quantity, and Of Ss.7s4.Ss1. or 1855 per
cent. in value.
Prof G. o. Davis. vice president OF
Virginia Christian College. has received |
a communication from representatives OF |
NJ Andrew Carnegie assuring him that
the settlement OF the provisional offer
made by the famous philanthrODist IS only
matter Of arrangement. and that as
soon as Air- Carnegie, who IS now lost
to the world in the highlands OF Scot
land can be located, the matter will be |
duly closed.
The amount which was to be raised by 1
the college has been Effected, and it IS /
hoped that the funds offered from the |
Carnegie fund VIII be forthcoming in /
short order
It is now too late to make much head /
way on the building of the proposed /
dormitories before the opening Of the ses- /
sion, although It IS confidently expected 1
that work on the boyE 6oruitorv- viii !