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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-15

booty, including almost every kind of
household article,
When NJ u Moore, OF Christians
burg, was unable to complete his con-
tract for building the new courthouse
at Rocky Mount. the work was turned
over to the Roanoke Sheet Il Metal
Con pany. Alter the structure was
finished a controversy arose as to who
owned the engine and concrete mixer,
the Camden Iron Works claiming that
II was their property. In court today
the Camden people won, Two COM
monweaith's attorneys figured in the
proceedings. Attorney Dillard. ct
trank+a,-- and Attorney Kline, of
Salem.
Matt Thomas, colored. was found
dead in bed at his home here Tues
day night. For several years he
cooked tor the Norfolk and Western
Of dining cars and in the depot res
taurant here. Throat trouble had
prevented him for more than year
from speaking above a whisper. He
suffered from extreme corpulency,
and IL is believed that ne choked
to death while asleep. An anti-fat
medicine taken by him several months
ago Ia thought 10y some to have caused
his death.
While helping his son to cut wheat,
John A. Conner suffered fatal stroke
Of paralysis at his home near tiint.
Besides his wife. he is survived by the
following children: James w, Alfred
and Nathan Conner. Mrs. Joseph Con-
nor, Mrs. Woodward and Miss Dora
Conner.
1t is reported that Mr.. NJ. umstad-
Ter, of Richmond. will decline re-elec-
ton to the Office of president of the
Virginia Retail Merchants Associa-
ticn al the annual convention in Sa-
lem July 20, and that Mr. p. b.
Ryland of Lynchburg, Will succeed
him.
A rumor was current In Roanoke
today that the Virginian railroad rs
preparing To ga into. the hands of a
receiver. Inquiry reveals the fact that
the rumor is totally without foun-
dation 1t IL stated authoritatiNely
that the Nlrginian IL not only pay
ing all it's running expenses but Is
paying a part Of its interest, when
~ remarkable showing, consider
ing the fact that it is a new road.
Heavy rains Of yesterday and to-
day have greatly delayed the hauling
Of machinery for the incline railway
to the top OF Mill Mountain. Three
wagons loaded with machinery are
stalled on the winding road and II
will he impossible to move them until
the weather becomes more favorable.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-15
HUGH NJ |NTOSH
WANTS A FIGHT
Australia Promoter Tries to Get
Johnson to Go Back TO
4Antipodes.

NEW YORK. July i5.--Hugh Mcfn-
tosh. the Australian promoter who
staged the Burns johnson fight In
which the giant negro won the worlds
championship. is In New York. endeay-
oring to get Johnson to make another
trip, to the Antipodes.
Mcintosh says he has several prom
Using heavyweights in Australia. who
could give TIE negro fight. though he
doesn't believe there is a man in the
world who can whip him.
Mcintosh won small fortune ON
the negro at Reno.
Il never saw Jeffries fight when he
was fit," said the Australian. but l
do not believe that on his best day he
could nave whipped Johnson. who is
the most remarkable defensive fighter
the world ever saw"
Accompanying Mcintosh Is Bill
Lang, an Australian heavy Weight.
who knocked poor old Bob Fftzsim-
mons out in Australia, last winter
Lang wants match with Sam Lang
ford. the Boston tar baby. Joe jean
nette, AL Kaufman, or any other
heavyweight, Johnson barred.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-15
Bowling Green

Especial to The Richmond Virginian3
BOWLING GREEN. VA, July Is
Miss Ethel Newbill. of Center Croos,
Va. Is the guest of Mrs. Robert A.
Coghill.
Miss Louise Haines, who has been
spending some weeks with Miss Bes-
sic Lee Baker in her home In Knox
vile. Tenn. returned Tuesday.
Miss Annie w Broaddus has been
confined to her home for the past
week on account of illness.
Mrs. l.. +, Martin entertained Tues
day evening in honor of Miss Weidler.
Among those present were; Misses
Weidler. Borum and Florence Broad
dus. Messrs. Taylor Chewing and
Charles Broaddus and DIR. J. NJ.
Hughes.
Mrs. Willie Scott and two children.
of Fredericksburg. Va, are visiting
Mrs. scctts parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edgar Collins
DR.. ]. NJ Hughes, of Fredericks-
burg, Va, is spending the week here
on professional business
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Ashland

ASHLAND. VA. July 15-George
Morris, negro youth about fourteen
years old, while playing with a gun
Thursday evening aeeidentiy shot his
brother. aged nine, In the foot. DR..
Ray was hurriedIy summoned and he
found 1t necessary to amputate the
injured member.
Prof. d. B. Easter has returned from
short business trip to Lexington.
Miss Greyson Hoofnagle left to-day
for the Red sulphur Springs where she
will spend several weeks
Rev, Roger Tyler and family are WIS.,
itinf Mrs H. c. Tucker.
Mr.. James G. Hughes In visiting
friends in Norfolk, Va.
Master Grayham and Tazewell Buch-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-15
WORKING OFT PLANS ..s
FOR THREE INSTITUTES.

Assistant Commissioner Of Agricul-
ture Owen IL working sour the details
of three farmers institutes to be held
next month. One of the trips will be
on a boat running from Norfolk to
Tidewater Virginia.
The first train will be run from
Alexandria to Bluemost on the South
ern Railroed on August 22d. 1t will
last two days. at the end OF which the
lecturers will come to Richmond and
start on an Atlantic Coast Line tram
to be operated between the capital city
and Emporia. About fifteen stops will
be made on this trip. The boat will
begin shortely after the close of the
Emporia institute.
Mr.. Owen said Friday that the rail
road officials with whom he communi-
Gated were mon only willing to run the
institute trains but anxious to have the
lecturers go over their lines preaching
Farmers Institute. inaugurated by
Commissioner of Agriculture Koiner.
is permanent institution in Virginia
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-15
RAILWAY SETTLES
CASE FOR $4,000
Norfolk and Western Companies
Suit Brought for Killing
Man.
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CATCH DAYLIGHT THIEVES
--4-----
Women Arrested Believed 10 Have
Been Implicated in Many
Crimes.
CATCH DAYLIGHT THIEVES
Especial 10 The Richmond virginian.)

N sr~--fl :. = sTl- ~ i.,- - a ,Tt-,-f = n, :, 4
-N' =,
e ROANOKE. VA. July i6.--The
sun Of A ". Powers adu1intstrafrix
,5r.,,,, a,,a u-a1,a, 49, b.ar
IN.
confprohasea- ire railroad agreeing
to pay the plaintiff $4,000. In De-
cember. 1909, passenger train ran
into an open switch at Abingdon,
stru-k car in which Powers was un-
loading timber, and injured him so
sei1eueiy that he died the following
morning The Norfolk and Western
offered cornpromfse of Sc. 600. and
the oifer being rejected intimated that
1t would pay $4,000. The plaintiff $
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-15

Beginning next Monday, July lsth,
and containing throughout the whole
week. a lawn party will be given on
the Christ Church Association grounds
every night from s o'clock until IL
o'clock. This lawn party is given by
the Christ Church Association and the
Weyanokes baseball team. Music Will
be furnished and delightful time
Is promised to all who attend
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-15
CHRIST CHURCH TEAM
TO PLAY THE TIGERS

The Christ Church Association
team will cross bats with the strong
Tiger team Saturday afternoon at
4: 40 o'clock on the formers diamond.
Both teams are strongly organized. and
good game is anticipated.
Mescoe, Hulcher and Onesty will be
the battery of the Tigers, while that.
OF the Christ Church Association team
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-15

NEW YORK. July I54-Honest John
Kelly. known to sporting men all over
III world, is seriously i'll here and not
expected u recover.
Kelly WAS operated on two days ago.
and although the operation itself was
success. h4 suffered greatly from the
shock
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-15
STATE CONVENTION
NAMES CANDIDATES
Perfect Harmony in North Caro-
lima Meeting With Unanimous
Voting the Result.

CHARLOTTE. N c., July 15.-
Harking back TO the good old days
of 10 and branding the republican
party with the marx of betrayal and
shame, the State democratic conven-
ton met here In perfect harmony and
nominated the following candidates:
Chief justice of the Supreme Court
Walter Clark. of Raleigh; associate
justices. Plat d Walker. of Char
lotte, and William r. Allen. OF
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anan are visiting friends in Ashland
Mss Caroline Ellis is visiting reia-
tves h Littleton. n. c.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-22
VllLAINY AND NERVES.
The Rest Cure Might Have Made Nero
Harmless Faddist.

Many overwrought villains of the
past, II they were alive now. would
be subjected to a rest cure. which,
though il could not turn them into good
men. might make their Villainy less
irrational and dangerous. The worst
tyrnnts of the middle ages and the
renaissance, the worst Roman cmper-
org, seem to us incomprehensible mon
sters of inlquity, men who did evil for
the love of it. We should understand
them better If we considered how like
ly their way of living was to disorder
their nerves No doubt Nero. even IL
he had been brought up in the most
modern way. taught from n child 20
take an interest In nature and to cat
only the most wholesome things. would
never have been a very useful or pleas
ant person. But he might have been
harmless faddist or All innocent Il
undistinguished minor poet
As II was. he was the master of
the world With no one to prevent him
from eating and drinking what he
chose or from taking whatever other
unwholcsome pleasure he was inclined
to- No doubt he exceeded In everything
and suffered from extreme irfitablllty
in consequence. Unfortunately he
could indulge his irritablity without
restraint. If when he felt cross
of morning he ordered
senator to die. the senator did
die, and he heard no more of
H. Moreover. there was always fear
to work upon a tyrant's nerves. and
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MISSIONARIES HAVE OVER 1000 PRIMARY SCHOOLS

the wealthy Chinese. Notwithstanding
this they stay with their work and, on
pitifully low salaries. wear themselves
out The Protestants have now In
China 166 hospitals and 241 dispen-
saries.. They are treating more than
/ 900 900 out-patients each year. and
this is in addition to the $4,000 odd i'm
the hospitals proper. Every well
equipped mission station has its dis
pensary and hospital, and the people
are brought in for miles around. a
great deal of work Is done by woman
doctors. who have been educated for
the purpose In the United States. More
over medical colleges for teaching ma
tive women have lately been opened.
and in time China Will have It's own
female physicians,
YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN AS
ISOLATION.
A new influence which has recently
come into Asia Is our Young Mems
Christian association. 1t is already ono
of the live forces of this part of the
world, and Is doing wonders along edu-
cational and other lines 1t has now
q firm foothold in Japan, where the To-
kio branch has magnificent building
with some thousand members. AT
Seoul big modern structure has been
put up by John Wanamaker. and the
society is the most popular young mems
club. of the Korean capital. while here
at Shanghai the institution building
has. with Its lot. cost something like
$4,000. and Is as fully equipped as the
average Y. NJ. C. A. of the United
States.
The Shanghai building is lighted by
electricity and heated by hot water. 1t
has large classrooms, with American
desks, lecture rooms and club parlors;
it has a modern gymnasium and up
to-date bathrooms. When l visited
the gymnasium today 1 found a score
of Chinese young men working away
under n physical trainer, and the
yellow skinned fellows were doing al
most as well as the boys of our col
leges.
This Shanghai institution has a lee
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pete stock of remedies We of them
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IT'S stereopticon lectures, and tho q.
ence halls are well filed.
Inc secretaries nre ready Ia do
sorts Of work along the lines ~,
new movement. Not long ayo tbn
cational authorities of TIeptsIn -
To introduce electro-platng into n.
industrial schools. They lnporteSs
costly apparatus from abroad. ~
could not make il work. Thcy n.E
upon Prof. Cole Of the Y NC
happened TO be an expert on this ~.
line. He put the apparatus into sbs
and has been conducting the cia"s
with splendid success for two years
At present here at Shanghai a.
Tientsin bureaus of advice have hr.
established for Chinese studcnts ,a,
abroad Here the young men can n,
| their tickets, learn all about the oh's
acter and standing Of the great. 90
legcs OF America England and q,
many and have letters of lntroduc,,.
which will help them on their wav
Another striking illustration Of :.
enterprise of these organizations u
the assistance which the Chinese Of,
dents got when they went to Jana
Just after the signing OF the PoS
I mouth treaty between Russia
Japan the Chinese began to go to ft
latter country for study They car
at the rate Of about 5000 a year Th.
| were away from home and eons
quently easily reached by influcnc
good or bed. Tho Y. NJ c. A. OF Toll
received them with Omen arms. eIt .,
quarters for them, started classes
English and had meetings at wbI,
from l.200 to 1,5oo were present at ono
1t exerted an enormous influence, Al
this Is even now felt In China
FRANK G. CARPENTER
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some emperors became tyrants because
of that fear. Domitian was a martyr
to II. though Il good man Of business.
II he were q stockbroker of today no
doubt he would worry himself inccs-
sanity about the state of the markets
and every one would pity him for his
nervousness. AS he was a Roman en-
peror. We think Of him as a sinister VII
lain, who killed men for the pleasure OF
it
We often hear talk Of that terrible
taedium vitae from which Roman no.
bles suffered We should call 1t nerves
now. and our doctors would prescribe a
strict diet and n course OF golf or gar
deninS for it But the Roman noble did
not know how to treat 1t. He made a
feast and drank deep and fast and
crowned himself with flowers and the
next morning must have felt 1t worse
than ever. But since he was a Roman
noble he is romantic figure to us and
not IL mere sufferer from our modern
disease of oVerstrain.-London TImes
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ture hall which seats 700, 1t has 4 well
patronized reading ROOM with CHI
nese and foreign papers and peri
od1calS, and also a billiard room. which
attracts the better class of Chinese
young men The schoolrooms. which,
when the building was opened. were
supposed to be large enough for the
next 10 years. were taxed to their ut
most capacity before the first year was
ended, and they are now occupied from
morning until late at night. About 400
students are being prepared for coll
lege at tuition of S12 per year. and
there are also classes for Chinese col
lcgc graduates. There are evening
classes for boys and men, Typewriting
is taught and stenographic secretaries
are made
THE SHANGHAI ASSOCIATION.
This Shanghai association Is SUD-
ported by the natives, and this is true
of nearly all the NJ c. AS in the
empire. There Is a large association
in Pekin. another in Tientsln and
Hankow and elsewhere. There arc
over 10 connected with the colleges
and other schools of China. and
branches are starting In all of the
great business centers
Tho merchants and literati are inter
ested in the Y. NJ, c. A movement
There are 500 business men and scholars
of note who belong to the Shanghai in
stitution. and each OF these pays $50 n
year toward It's support. This gives
it an Income from that source alone of
$4,000 per annum, and the regular
tuition fees bring In considerable. rhe
awakening OF China Is creating a great
demand for Chinese who can speak and
write English. and the boys know that
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lspeclal CORRESPONDENCE

Especial Correspondence
HANGHAI-I want TO tell yoi
what the missionaries are doinf
In China Roth Protestants anc
Catholics arc the advance su"i u
of tho modern movements, the heaven
which has started the great pa.cH'
OF Chinese dough to workins' A"eS
were tho first to stir up the dry po"es
or tho Celestial civilization ana thev
arc now everywhere aiding IN putting
the flesh and blood OF our "es'eih
methods upon them
INTRODUCED BY THE CATHOLICS.
The missionaries have been iaoor-
ing here for several centuries, Ihe
Catholics were the first on tho srouno-
Tbev were here represented by the
HISTORIANS as far back as the eisn'"
c.n,urv and when Marco Polo visited
Catbay he found Catholics here Later
st,u camc the Jesuits, led by 81
Francis Xavier, who Ike Moses uieu
when on the edge of the promlseu
land and actively pushed by MAI
thew Ricci, who was making converts
a. tho yenrtse valley less than loo
wears after Columbus uiscoN."
America 1t was Jesuit priests wno
made tho beautiful astronon'iceI
struments at Pekin. and VINO ill.,
duced the first mixing ol wea 49,,
civilization centuries ago, H, i' t,a,,a
Catholics Of other denominations hAVe
come and now there are mere
Tranciscans. AugustianS, V1ncentians
and missions of that church from
Belgium, France, Spain ana SerInanS
According to a geography OF emma
inst issued by the JesuItss the Cathohc
church now reckons Its Following at
/ O0O. 900 believers who nave peeh pap
tized II has AZ bishops, LOO priests
ard about 6. 900 chaPels. ol lts priee's
100 are foreigners
THE WORK OF THE PROTES-
TANTS.
AS to the Protestants. their foreign
staff now numbers about S,ooo'
of whom less than 1900 are
mon and almost 2 1000 are women. OF
the latter 1000 are married and 9S4
single. The Protestants have more
than five thousand mission stations
scattered over the empire and they
claim altogether about $4,000 of
Christian community. They began
their work only a little more than
hundred years ago. and at first made
way but slowly. AS far back as seventy
years since they had only six COM
munlcants. In 1853 they had no more
than $50 and in 1865 only 1000. Ten
years later their converts had increas-
cd TO $4,000. and in the next decade
that number had doubled, At present
there are between two and three thou
sand native Protestant congregations.
and their baptized Chinese number
about 100000 The missionaries claim
that this increase Is gratifying, and
say that II they advance during the
next generation in the same ratio as
in the past they will at the end OF
that time have over 25 600. 600 COM
muncants and Christian communI-
ty of over 100000 900. This is one
fourth OF the whole Chinese nation
] give these figures from missionary
authorities and those of Protestant
Christianity The Roman Catholics
could make a much better showing
SCHOOL WORK AMONG THE
MISSIONS.
The great education movement which
is now going on In China was started
by the missionaries and is largely car
ried on by them. Many of them arc
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- HANGHA-I want TO tell you
what the missionaries are doine
J In China. Both Protestants ana
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Christianity Among the Celestials
HOW THE MISSIONARIES HAVE
ROUSED THE YELLOW GIANT
TO ACTION.

Robert Galley. the great Princeton
center rush. and he has been reinforced
by Robertson who was forpc rly pIofcs-
sor Of mechanical engineering in PJr-
duc, and by Cole. who was 4 fellow ~
McGln The secretaries arc all men of
high class
PATRONlZED BY THE OFFICIALS.
| am surprised at the high Chinese
officials who are Interested in the Y
NJ c. a. movement Yuan ShIh KoI. the
great general and statesman, has sub
scribcd q great deal to the association
Mt Ttientsln and Pekin. Tong Shoo VI
has given Il great deal, as has also Wu
Ting fang, the former ambassador to
Washington. Chen Nun Yen is a mem
her of the Shanghai association. and
Tong Kai San. one OF the members If
the opium commission Ee.ongs to the
national commission.
Many Of the leading institutions and
business firms of China are subs r b.
Ing TO the Y. NJ c. \. The Chine se
Merchant Steamship company recently
gave over $1,000 20 the Shanghai asso-
ciation. and in that company ttcro are
GO sustaining members, each OF whom
pays $50 n year.
TEACHING THE CHINESE PRO-
FESSORs
The Y. NJ. c. AS are doing muca in
the new education of China There
are students associations in various
schools and colleges which have 4
membership of 10000 They publish n
paper called Chlna's Young Men
which has a circulation of about 1000
and goes into every province OF the en-
pirc, and In addition to this there arc
something like 1000 copies of other
publications printed each year.
Robertson of Tientsin reccntly
brought out a cabinet containing ap-
paratus for the performance of 500 1if-
ferent experiments In physics. and II
Invited the professors and educatlona
authorities to witness them. They were
greatly interested. and as result
physics was introduced In many OF The
schools Nearly every association has
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ooooooot

C. y. came to China. 10 years ago, the
natives had no interest in athletics. The
old Chinese scholar prided himself upon
his green goggles, his long finger nails.
his attenuated form and his hollow
chest With the bringing of athletics
INTO the public schools and the organl-
zation Of military drill everywhere,
physical exercise has become popular.
and the secretaries OF the associations
nave now no trouble In filling their
gymnasiums. They have organized field
days at the different centers, and eight
or ten thousand come to such places
as TlentSin 10 take part in the annual
meets There are 5000 students in the
modern schools of Tientsin and the in
terest In such matters there is so great
that an address was recently delivered
to the students of the government
schools on the subject, When viii
China Win the Olympic Games" In
deed, 1T is safe to say that before many
years both the Chinese and the Japan
csc will be found In all international
athletic competitions. and II Will not be
surprising II an Aslatic some day
wins the marathon.
I find a trained physical director here
in charge of the Shanghai gymnasium
He will start national training school
for physical directors. and native
Chinese so trained viii go out from here
to hold professorships, not only in other
Y NJ. c. AS. but In the new schools
and colleges. which the government Is
everywhere starting.
COLLEGE-BRED SECRETARIES
Tell me something about the foreign
crs who are working here in the Y NJ
c. A." said l.
I'VE have 80 American, Canadian and
English secretaries in China and Korea.
all of whom are working under the aus
pices of our international committee.
These men are university trained: they
represent such colleges as oxford and
Cambridge. England, and Yale, Prince
ton. Cornell and McGill in America
We have also graduates of our western
institutions. and several from our the
illogical seminaries. The TIentsin asso-
ciation was started eight years ago by
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TOO MUCH FACE

many when you have Neuralgia
Don't you? Save the face. you may
need 1t; but get rid OF the Neuralgia
by applying Ballard's Snow LinI-
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rheumatism, neuralgia, burns. cuts
scalds. lame back and all pains SOLD
by 2. C. NJ L, Drug Dept. ll2 md ia
South Main Street, Salt Lake City.
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PUT IN JAIL

Very accurately describes anyone's feel.
ings who is confined to :hc house viii
an attack OF rheumatism Lumba ca
stiff Joints or muscles. BalIard'x Snov
Liniment will euro the trouble. relIey,
the pain and make you az supple ns ,
two-year-old. Sold by q. c. NJ I. Drus
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Lake City.