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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-17

chairman; w. f. Dow. secretary; A. b.
Tapert, treasurer: Oscar j. Linge-
mann. r. A. Buehler. K. A. Strauss,
Eugene A. Klein, c. N. Burrows. l.. ~
Henry and Geo. l.. Morris.
The military entertainment which
was given last Friday night in Holy
Rosary hall was such a success that II
will be repeated by request Monday
evening. Feb. IT.. A number OF beauti-
full prizes have been donated for the
occasion. The entertainment is given
for the benefit of Holy Rosary church
fund.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
Held Reception III Darkness.

A reception without lights, and not
one of the forty guests or the host
and hostess at all perturbed by the
fact, was one Of the features of St
Louis social affairs last week. There
were music and beer and wine, and
there were songs and instrumental
music and a lot of laughing and talk
ing and story telling and cracking of
jokes.
Nobody at the reception could see
wink, but they can't see at any time.
so the absence of Chinese lanterns
and chandeliers were not noticed ex-
cept by the neighbors. The occasion
was the first anniversary of the we'd
ding Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Reavey,
both blind.
Before the guests arrived Mrs. Rea-
vey and her blind assistant went ove-
the house carefully and put X in or
der. They swept every inch of the
floors and hung sweet smelling flow
ers where they would do the most
good.
swept? How do blind women
sweep" It's easy. to hear one of
them tell it. They just take off their
shoes and feel the floor with their
feet. If there is any dirt they will
ind 1t and use the broom on it-New
York Herald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
is ANXIOUS To'GIVE
AWAY 5000, 600

CHICAGO. ILL.-Special!-Joh -.
Rockefeller tx more than anxious To
give the University OF Chicago an adj
ditional 5000. 900. In letter To the
board OF trustees. he says that hc will
be bitterly disappointed If he is not
called upon to draw his check for that
ann cunt The 100000 which Mr..
Rockefeller is so anxious TO give away
was promised by him To the university
for the Harper Memorial Library
Fund. The conditions imposed by
him on the board of trustees were that
the university and the friends OF the
late President William II. Harper
should raise an additional $500. 900,
and that the fund should be completed
March 81, 1908. Up TO date 1857. 600
has been raised.
The board asked Mr. Rockefeller to
extend the time for subscriptions to
June 30th. The Standard oil mag
nate in reply has set January /. 1909.
as the time for closing the subscrip-
ton list, and October 1. 1909, as the
limit for subscriptions to the fund to
be paid.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
RECEIVERS NAMED FOR
MECKLENBURG BANK

Circuit Judge Barksdale has named
as the receivers of the Bank of Neck
Ienburg MesSrs. G. j. Faulkner and j
w. Edmondson. who before the instf-
tuition became involved by its dealings
with the Cogbill and East Coast I-um-
Der company We're respectively presi-
dent ana vice president Of the bank
both receivers are men of high stand.
ing and ability, and the interests OF
the stockholders and others will be
safe in their hands
Messrs. III. Il. Boudar, Thomas Bou-
dar and Bertram Chesterman, the e>-
pert accountants sent by the state Cor
poration Commission to examine the
books OF the bank. arrived at Boydton
wednesday morning and are now at
work. 1t VIII require several days for
them TO get at the true inwardness Of
the situation. though Cashier, Overbey
now under arrest. already has admitted
that he made unauthorized loans OF
more than 100000 to b. f.. Cogbnl
and the East Coast Lumber Company
ly connected.
The Bank OF Mecklenburg which has
branch office at Chase City, was es-
tablished by the late George b. Finch
In 1872. and for years was managed
with signal success. It's closing has
caused great distress and the gravest
apprehensions among all classes OF
people.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
CHAMBER GAINS POINT
IN HIS LIBEL SUIT
GOTHAM.

GOTHAM. VA.-SpeciaI-Cir
Judge George c. Holt. who sustained
the Town Topics" demurrer i'm the
case of Chanler against Town Topics,
the $4,000 libel suit, has just been
reversed by Judges Ward, Lacom be
and Coke. who constitute the entire
bench OF the United States Court OF
Appeals In New York city
The decidedly interesting-not to say
spectacular-career of Mr.. Chanler is
a familiar story of the people OF Vir-
ginia, as he is the divorced husband
or Amelie Rives. the authoress, now
Princess Troubetskoy.
Mr.. Chanler, it will be remembered,
long has figured in the courts in his
efforts to satisfy the New York trib-
unals as to his sanity. He was for
meriy confined in the Bloomingdale
Hospital. but escaped from that insti-
tuition aad came to Virginia. His book,
-Four Years Behind the Bars of Bloom
ingdale." tells the story OF his family
troubles In vivid but eccentric style.
In Virginia Mr.. Chanler has been
pronounced person OF sound mind.
but he is still Legal mon cempos" in
the Empire State. Should ne ultimate
~ win his cases in New York. he will
regain control Of an immense estate
now in the hands OF a committee
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
PROHIBITION WAVE
SWEEPING THE STATE
Danville and Winchester Vote
Liquor Out After Heated
Contest.
MOVEMENT ELSEWHERE
Norfolk, Newport News and Rich
mond Are Being Canvassed.
Greater Restrictions on the
Traffic Being Enforced.
DANV1LLD

DANN1LLB VA-Special.-The
prohibiuonists. by majority Of for
ty-five. won the local option election
held here April 18th. The entire vote
cast was 937. the largest ever cast i'm
the city under the new Constitution.
and not more than twenty entitled to
vote failed to so to the polls. Eigh-
teen saloons and two brewery depots
will have TO close May LIST, when the
present licenses expire.
The election is the end OF a long
light for which the victors had made
every preparation. They were backed
by every Protestant minister in the
city. The usual features OF women
ana children parading the streets.
waving banners and singing temper
ance songs. was presented. The wo-
men. however. remained away from
the polls. but the ministers were there.
The saloon men left the polls as fast
as they voted. though business men
favoring their cause were on hand.
This city after having been wet
since its earliest history. was voted
dry i'm April. 1903. by 2O3 majority,
and after two years OF local option
the city voted wet again I'm Septem-
Der. 1905. by a majority Of eighteen
for license.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
SUES TO RECOVER
EIGHT COUNTIES
Federal Government Claims Vast
Area in North Carolina, Includ-
ing the Vanderbilt Estate,
by Treaty With the
Cherokee Indians.

ASHEVILLE. y. C.-Spccial-Pa-
pers in a test suit have been filed
here by United states District Attor-
ney a. IL. HoltOn for the purpose of
establishing the ownership of tnc
United states OF all land ina North
Carolina west OF tho Pigeon River
and southwest OF the mountain chain
extending from the source of this
river To the South Carolina line. The
territory includes eight counties. with
a population OF 100000.
In this territory are $4,000 acres
of George w. Nandcrbilts pisgah FOR
est preserves. on which are two high
mountains four railways, copper and
kaolin mines, ana many towns and
villages. as wcll as the large holdings
of the ToNaway Company, owned 10y
Pittsburg millionaircs and including a
large hotel and an artificial lake.
In 1883 North Carolina made a
treaty with Cherokee Indians. convey
ing To that tribc these lands. Later
the Indians ccdcd the land To the Uni
ted states In return for "a smaller al
lotment i'm this state and grant in
Indian Territory, TO which part OF
the tribe cmigrated. The United states
contends that North Carolina treated
the lands as it's own ana granted them
10 settlers 1t is asserted ia tho bill
that the United states sim holds titlc
TO these lands.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
Minnie and Paul Still scrapping.

The st. Paul bank clearings last
week showed an increase of 1913 Der
cent, while those OF Minneapolis vert
1913 the other way But the Min
neapolis papers are unaware of the
TACT, editorially and headlinely. When
the increase up there is a little larger
than St Pauis the Minneapolis pa
pers never fall to honor the fact With
gleeful notice. This week. If they
should be asked about 1t, they would
probably declare that last week there
was no such thing in the world as
bank clearings, like the old farmer
who. after seeing a giraffe for the
first time and carefully looking him
over. asserted: There amt no sich
animal."-St.' Paul DISPATCH
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
Probably Hit Richmond.

RICH MOND. NA.-Special.-
In Wcll-informcd circles II is said
that the activity Of the whisxcy Gle
ment in the Democratic primary cleo
ton Ina Richmond Tuesday will hasten
the arrival of the prohibition wave i'm
this city. and that IL may not be long
before Richmond will be the scene OF
"a local option election. And IL Is also
said that this activity has strength
cned the cause OF prohibition here;
that the whislIcy element and their
sympathizers may feel the effects of
a general reaction. II Is known that.
in the most influential quarters, their.
efforts have created deep-seated re-
sentiment
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
RIOT IN THE CONVENTION
Members Charge Fraud in Nam
ing of State Committeeman.
Endorsement of Bryan
Voted Down.

NEW YORK.-Special-P H.
McCarren is no longer boss of Brook
lyn. He was read out of the orgari-
zation by vote Of S25 to SO. Nc
Carren split the Democratic party
open from New York to Buffalo when
looking straight into the face OF MUIR
ply, who. had dethroned him. he
shouted loud ,above the tumult in
the convention.
You undertakers who have charge
OF the Democratic party to-day. and
who are about to enshrOud the corpse,
mad better prepare the coffin also. be-
cause deeply will be buried the Dem
ocratic party If this is the begin
ming of your campaign for the mayor
atty, let me tell you that there is not
single one among YOU that will ever
see Democratic mayor again.
"Wednesday. after a tumultuous seS-
sion OF hours, the uprOar in tl,e con-
Nention became almost n riot All
night there had been more or less up
roar. but when Chairman Carmody
read off the list of new State com
mittecmen, half the upstate delegates
IN the hall jumped TO their feet. Yell
ing at the top of their lungs. Thirty
or forty angry men i'm the middle
aisles bolted down through the surg
ing jam for the stage. Sergeant at
Arms Watson tried to stem the tide
ana push them back. but one. dele
gate caught him by the shoulders with
one hand and Watson fell of the
stage on top Of the overturned desk
in the pit below.
Called Out Liar"
The riot lasted half an hour The
angry prCtCstants declared thar the list
OF state committeeman read off by
CarmodN contained the names of men
who had been defeated by the delega-
tons. At the he.Shtof the tumult
Chairman Carmody shouted out that
there had been a resolution passed
giving the convention power TO select
the state committeeman by general
vote dozen men called out Liar"
ana were rushing again FOR the stage
when police reserves interfcred and
dragged them back to their seats.
Without any sem blancc Of order and
without any motion TO adjourn tho
convention came TO an cnl. with Muir
ply still smiling the new Prooklyn
dclegatos whooping IL up for Tamma-
ny. and the upstate men still uttering
dlre threats as To- what thCY were gp.
ing To DO when thoy got home Under
the primary election law. tho faction
securing recognition from The state
committee has undisputcd control of
all the election machinery. and Nc
Carren is thus left helpless
McCmrcu'S Threat.
Immediately after Chairman Eulaer
Carron asccndcl the rostrum TO pre-
sent the report of the minority.
While delegation after delegation
voted Murphy sat immoVablc. sercnelN
confident state Chairman Corners
smiled. solid vote FOR the majority
report was announced. SimuItan couS "
every man Of the ten ouSted delcgateS
rose with McCarren and turned their
races toward the door. The threat to
force fight for a Bryan endorsement
bN the convention was withdrawn by
Norman Mack, national committeeman
ana bryan supporter. after the rcso-
luton 10 endorse Bryan was turned
down by the committee on resolutions.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
SAYS IT CAN'T STAND
The TWO-CE NT RATE
Virginia and Southwestern Rail.
road Appeals to the Corpora
ton Commission for Leave to
Restore It's Old Passenger
Fares-Is Only a Short
Line With Light
Travel
RICHMONn- NN-.snn

Mo4Nlis NA.-Spoofal
The Virginia and southwestern
it"llWaN' one OF the ton lines uu which
IN" corporation Commission itnpnsed
inc lW"-ccnt passenger rate. now fig
uics ass a' petitioner asking chat body
4" reverse itself ana allow 10 60 -
PACK To it's old rate-four cents.
y" state things tcrsoly. the virginia
ana southwestern SAYS the reduced
lar'a 40 NOT suffice to enable ID To
gam "a iair return on It's Investment
accompanying its petition. hiIt of
review or Whatever tho manor may
ne technically called, are comparative
lsufoa showing how tho reduction
point
Ia this particular part Of tho world
one does not know much nhout mo
virginia ana Southwestern. us ID runs
'nui'iy through the mountain section
81 inc stat" and trnycrses the coun-
ngton
ms terminal points in the ,Ild Do
lnlnlon are Bristol and Hig stone Gan.
nc ROAD has total of lG1 miles for
lr'iHht anu total OF 1872 for pnssen-
gvrs. Ia virginia 10 has uincty-two
miles Tor freight transportation ana
seventy miles for passenger trau~por-
t"u"h. Ina days aFonc the system A,ns
known as the South Atlantic and Ohio.
Inc p'lition asking the commission
l" revert TO the four-ccnt rate is "A
bulky paper. which sets forth many
grounds Tor the proposed change.
MOST OF these grounds now are am old
story. as they have been cmhodf.a "a,
shr pap"rs nguring in the United
states Courts.
The Virginia and Southwestern
AYERS, however. that the commission.
IN view Of the roads comparatively
small size, etc, should not In tho be
ginning have listed IL as first clnss.
ana therefore. made IL subject to the
tMo-cent rate order, which went into
effect October /. 1907.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
SLEEPING GUEST
TERRIBLY BEATEN
r. A. Sharp, of Burlington, N. c.,
Attacked in His Bed by IN
known Persons-Robbery
Thought TO Be Motive.

ROANOKE, VA.-Special.-Wh
X. y. Sharp. OF Burlington, N c.
awoke in his room at the Ponce de
Leon Hotel Friday morning, he was
cred with blood. two teeth were miss
ing from his mouth. and the right side
OF his head was terribly cut and
bruised.
How IL happened Mr.. Sharp does
not know. The window OF his room
opened on the roof OF a porch, and as
Mr.. Sharp had a considerable sum OF
money, robbery is presumed TO have
been the motive.
pistol which Sharp had is missing
IL is thought that the burglar, while
searching the bed, becamed alarmed
at some movement OF the sleeping
man, and struck him. He must have
struck Sharp several times The bur-
glar did not succeed In finding the
money.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
Ant Merch mats.

Ant merchants. clad In leather un-
derwear. are TO be found in Paris
London and several other European
cities Wherever pheasants are pre-
served the ant merchant is In demand.
II Is not, however. ants. but the eggs
or ants. that the man chiefly deals in.
From every part OF Europe ants are
shipped TO him, and he keeps them in
ant-runs-places similar in their ma
ture TO chicken -runs-and he feeds and
health VIII keep fine and they will
lay generously. The eggs he packs In
earls. dukes. counts and other game
preservers I'm different parts OF the
world. And the ants themselves he
pressing them and selling them in
black blocks. similar to plug tobacco,
10 dealers In birds and bird food. II
- interesting TO be an ant merchant
but leather underwear IL essential TO
the business. as the little creatures
bite unmercifully.-New York Press
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
GREAT NAVAL DISPLAY
FOR PRESIDENT FALLIERES

-Special-WhenPr President
Fallieres. OF the Republic of France.
visits England next month. il will be
the signal for one Of the biggest naval
demonstrations ever seen on the coaS
of England since the time the Spanish
Armada sailed up TO capture the Brit
ish Isles in such gorgeous style.
NJ Paul CambOn. the French Am
bassador in London. has been i'm France
Tor several weeks making the prelimi-
nary and final arrangements for the
visit OF the French President TO Eng
land, and the event is looked upon IS
government circles.
1t has been practically settled that
the entire French channel squadron
Will escort President Fallieres to Do
Yer, where il will he received by the
home heet There will be sixty French
and English warships OFF the coast of
England at Dover, not counting the
torpedo boats
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
Jim Broke Away.

One day tall. gaunt woman. with
rope-colored hair and an expression
OF great fierceness. strobe into the Of
lice or a county clerk in West Vlr-
ginia.
You air the person that keeps the
marriage books, amt ye?" she de-
manded.
What book do you wish to zee,
madam ?" asked the polite clerk.
KIN you find out IT Jim Jones
was married."
Search OF the records disclosed the
name of James Jones. for whose mar
rlage q license had been issued two
years before
Married Elizabeth Mott, didn't
he ?" asked the woman
The license was issued for mar
riage with Miss Elizabeth Mott"
We'll. young man. I'm Eliza beth.
/ thought ! ought to come in an toll
we mat jim has caped"-Harpe-'
Weekly
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
EnrIy American JcrcmIahs

1.-THE law higher than the Constitu-
! tion," which limits "A presidential ser
vice to two terms has lately attracted
much attention. Emanating from thu.
/ first President, the Father OF his
Country. II throws a curious sidelight
upon our traditional view of history
TO realize that Washington had many
enemies and detractors In his day and
that his refusal To accept "a third term
In office was hailed among the radical
Republicans OF his day--the forerun-
ners OF the Democratic--with SANDER
Gus rejoicing
John Bath McMaster. In his His
tory or tho United States" quotes the
following from the Aurora OF Marsh 6.
1897. the day Washington retired
from the Presidency:
Lord, lettest now Thy servant de-
part In peace. for mine eyes have
seen Thy salvation" was the pious
ejaculation OF pious man who
beheld flood Of happiness rush
ing In upon mankind. II ever
there was a time that would
license the reiteration of the efacula-
tlQn, that time Is now arrived, for the
man who is the source OF all the mis-
fortune OF our country il this day re-
duced to level with his fellow citi-
zens. and no longer possessed of power
to multiply evils upon the United
states Every heart in unison with
the freedom and happiness of the peo-
pic, ought to beat hing with exuita-
ton that the name of Washington
ceases from this day To give currency
To political iniquity and to legafize
corruption.
This Is comparatively mild in
stance OF the invcctive and furious
rancor which were INDUCED by the
ealy-day partisans i'm the republic. No
pubic man or our present day has
been the object of such slanderous
abuse as was encountered by every
great man and patriot OF the early
days. Alexander Hamilton was de-
clared 70 be negro and "A traitor
who designed separate monarchy
for the United states. and falling in
that a dependent reunion with the
British crown. Jefferson was descriS-
ed as poltroon and coward: his grea
statute OF religious freedom was con-
temned as the work Of an atheist
who wanted no religion at all. Rem
jamin Franklin Bache, the editor of
the Aurora. asserted that ne could
prove Washington 10 be murderer.
kansas City star.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
CABELL AND DENNY
PUT ON THE BOARD
RICHMOND. VA.-SpocIaI

hlChM OND. NA.-Special.--
Governor Swanson has named Hon.
James Aston cabell. OF this city, and
President George III. Denny. the head
or washington and Lee University as
members OF the State Board OF Chari-
ties and Corrections in the place OF
Circuit Judges Scott and Mofrett who
were compelled to resign on account
of their official duties on the bench.
Both Mr.. Cabell and Mr.. Denny Will
accept.
The board was created by an act OF
the last Legislature, approved March
IL. 1908, which says that it's duties
shail be purely vlsitorial and advisory,
without administrative or executives
powers. 1t Will supervise all the falls.
prisons, hospitals and eleemosynary In
stltutions In the Commonwealth
The members are authorized to ap-
point secretary. whose salary shall
not exceed $4,000. and an assistant
secretary. whose salary shall not ex-
coed $1,000.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
GREAT CONFERENCE
TO MEET IN RICHMOND
Ihirty-ffth Annual Meeting of
National Conference Of Chair
ties and Corrections to Be
Held May 6th-Governor
to Entertain Visitors.
RICHMOND, VA.-special.-

hlOItMOND, NA.-Special.-
The thirty-hfth conference OF the
National Conference OF Charities and
Corrections will be opened in Rich
mond on Wednesday. May 9th.
The members of the conference are
invited 10y Mrs. Swanson To "A rccep-
uOn AT the Governors residence on
Friday afternoon. from To u. Nj,
40 formal invitations are required.
put everyone is requested TO wear the
conference badge.
Excursion ON the River.
The members OF the conference are
invited on Monday. May 18th. to enjoy
an excursion down the James to West
over, which is an old historic mansion
OF Colonial times. and was the seat of
Colonel William Byrd. the founder of
the city Of Richmond. In the beau
tiful park surrounding the mansion a
lunch VIII be served to the members
and the return trip will be made in
ample time for the evening dinner
and the session of the conference
I1ckets Tor the excursion. which is
free TO all members. will be i'm the
hands of the general secretary on
Tuesday. May 5th, and can be had by
the members from the registrat ton
clerk ut the time OF registering.
Reception by President Roosevelt.
The members of the conference are
invited by President Roosevelt to 4
reception at the White House on
Thursday. May 14th, at noon. All
those attending the conference who
can make il convenient to do so are
cordially and specially urged to at
tend this reception. President Roose-
welt is very much interested in the
work Of the conference and being un-
able on account of the urgent pressure
OF public business to attend any of
It's sessions takes this method of show
ing his appreciation of the conference
and his interest in its work
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-04-24
DEEP RUN HUNT CLUB
IN HORSE SHOW CIRCUIT
RICHMOND. vA.-spcclal- q

~ TIT W = ' - II'-'I'fI
The Deep Run Hunt club is the
latest association Co enter the Virginia
Circuit OF Iors" shows and has ar
meet Ia May.
When interviewed Tues laV. Mr.
James w. Graves secretary OF the
Deep Run. said that though the en-
tries do not close until Nav 9Th, he
had enough promised al this carly
date lea make ID the largest show thnt
has ever been held in this section of
Virginia
The races will all lac good. Sornc
horses are already Ia training ON the
grounds. and number OF owners
have promised To bring their stables
from Pimlico, which closes May 9th.
The best horses will be- here. ~ this a.
the first racing 90 be held at the Tair
Grounds under the National Stceple-
chase and Hunt Association rulas