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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-09-15
Endangering Good Roads Move

According to conservative minded
informantS. the question of good roads
in Amherst county is in no small
measure up to the autoistS OF this
city.
We are given to understand from
reliable sources that a large part OF
the opposition TO further issues OF
the result OF the feeling that the peo-
pie of that county do not propose to
build good roads for speedways for
automobiles We are forced to share
the same feeling to some extent.
1t is at the same time unQueStion-
ably true that the majority of auto
mobile owners of this city condemn
the abuse OF their rights on the coun-
~ roads The Lynchburg Automobile
Club has passed resolutions which
strongly condemn careless use of the
roads by autOists and has publicly
stated that il proposes to do every
thing In its power to break up reck-
less and Illegal speeding. There can
be no doubt of the sincerity of the
members of the club; at the same
time
There is little doubt that autoists
are still violating the laws, and that
they are doing probably the most
harm to the cause of good roads of
all of the opponents of highway i'm
provement.
1t seems to us that before the peo-
pie OF the county meet, through their
delegates, at the convention at Am
herst on October 4th, some under
standing should be reached.
Let the autoists agree to do GER
tain definite things. and live up to
their agreement like true sportsmen.
-Lynchburg Advance
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.REMATCH OR SEEK
FAMILY DISCARD
BROOKLYN COURT UNEARTHS
HUSBAND BARRED BECAUSE
OF STAR BOARDER..

NEW YORK Special Domestic
unhappiness and the Sinking OF mar
ital and parental obligations by de-
SeruonS have grown to such an ex-
tent in this city that in
Manhattan and Brooklyn there were
opened two new tribunals, named the
Domestic Relations Courts. The great
need of them was shown Wednesday
in the Fifth Avenue Court, Brooklyn
when thirty unhappy couples APP
peared.
1t was the last Of many afternoons
known to this court in a district of
thousands of humble homes 1t has
been called family day" this We'd
neSdaN afternoon, marked off on the
calendar for the assem- bling Of de-
linquent husbands and fearful wives
Yesterday all the men ranged them
selves on one side of the room and
the women and children on the other.
All looked solemn except one fat little
girl, who. with an outrageous disre-
gard for the seriousness of the situa-
ton, waved resounding kisses to her
father on the other side of the aisle
and wouldn't mind her mamma when
she was told to stop. 1t took a slap
on the wrist to make her obey.
The Mullens are squared"
Mrs. Mary Mullen was not gloomy
when her case was called. Up she
came with a smile nearly as wide as
her waist.
Where's Mullen?" demanded Mag
istrate Nash.
He's not here" said she.
Why not?' came the peremptOry
query. I'll see. madam, that he's
brought here, that
oh. no; you'll not do that" cried
Mrs. Mullen, with the less of her
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HOT CHASE AFTER
BUGGY THIEF
Pursued ALI Over Town-Draws
Gun on Man Who Gave Chase.
Finally Captured.
MOND.V A-spec,aI-

r G H M o n d, V A-Special.-
After an exciting chase, which led
Walker, a negro thirty-one Years Old I'D,
who is alleged to have stolen a horse
and buggy 6elonging TO d. L. Toney,
captured last night at 10 O'clock in
front OF the Postoffice at Franklin and
Seventh Streets.
Willie johnson, colored, who was in
the buggy with him. was also arrested.
The vehicle was standing at the side
entrance of the Theato about 2:3O
O'Clock. Walker and a woman audaci-
ously got into the buggy and drove of.
Mr.. Toney soon afterwards discovered
MS loss, and notified the police. Every
effort was made to catch the thief
Mr.. Toney's daughter. Miss Edna b.
Toney, saw the buggy with its unusual
about o'clock and ran to the South
side police station. She told Sergeant
Lipscomb what came under her obser-
walton. She asked him to have the ne
gro pursued. but the sergeant said ne
was the only officer in the station at
that time and could not leave for that
Miss Toney then told OF the occur
rence to L. c. Maitland, who gave chase
TO Fourteenth and Porter Streets, where
after taking a short cut, he came upon
the negro suddenly.
The man, according to Maitland sud
to approach.
In rounding. a curve. Maitland fell
and badly bruised himself. The police
thoroughly aroused. Oncers were sta =
toned at both ends of both bridges
across the river. and every man on the
force was put on his guard but the ne
gro was too willy to be caught. and he
remained on the other side OF the James
side.
The horse was a bay. and was easily
recognized by Sergeant thinner and of
ncers Folkes, johnson, Griffin and Nc
Gowan, who had been on the Negroes
trail since o'clock in the afternoon.
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Personnel OF Canal Wokeer..


The persomieI of the American
working force on the Canal reDreser4xs
such an industrial army as has ueUer-
before been mustered. The poSnocdew
records show that many hundnesfs ~
dollars are sent back TO arre SSxu1e.,
every month. One blacksmith, ~vvAc,
came from New York State .hRsSazykSs
$4,000, has lifted the mortgage On US
home and provided himself with a Hr-
tie farm beside. He said INK ~,
average cost OF living was 4 tribe over
thirty dollars per month. and he vEzS
paid Seventy-eight cents an hos-r Efz.
steam shovel men get S2IR 4 szEurt
me crane men, who sit Srerched zI11s
get SlSo. 1t is interesting To kaay,
that most Of the money saved On Trrss
lSthmuS is going back TO the Srzxez
10 BUY farms; even the doc1Gxn An,
purchasing Idaho irrigated ExnE ala
Texas land. or old New England farms
and the old home farms in InEz In.
fact, work on the Isthmus seSuzx m.
accentuate the desire to own Sansne
acres OF Gods country" as The hszr
on the Isthmus call the Statez- FszzNs-
ing forward the work under hraEErzz.,
tropical suns. they seem to be aIvszI1I
dreaming of the time when Lhsv can
go back home" and sit under SuzhH-
ara trees. possibly own an &ue0mz-
bile and farm like gentlemen"
The Jamaicans and other chsxwss-
la borers have little inclination In slzss
their earnings, although Jamaicz xzN
the West Indies have never knavvrl
such an era OF prosperity as they hasa
entered upon with the digging az shas
Canal. The shops at Empire enRBssE
over six hundred men for renakrIn.-
OF all sorts. and the efficiency AZ Ghs.
great canal plant is always kept zEneSl
right up to high g" The speed dr
the work is largely due TO the Ih0e-
ough up-kesp OF the eQuipment--JOe-
Mitchell Chapple. in 1.-THE Can1E g
Proving Ground" in the NaESnuzl
Magazine for June.
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100000 AT MONTREAL.

MONTREAL Special In festival
dress for the Eucharistic congress
the nrst TO be held i'm the new world.
which opened Tuesday, Montreal well
coined a host of distinguished priests
and Catholic laymen. Every train and
steamer swelled the throngs which
has almost double the city's popula-
ton of 100000.
The congress was formally start
ed with the magnificent reception to
Cardinal Nincenzo Nannutelli. the pa
pal legate, in historic ST
James Cathedral. where there will be
assembled some of the foremost
churchmen of the world.
This reception, q spectacle the like
of which has never before been seen
in Canada or probably all Aemrica
among the events of the siX-daY pro-
gram. ranks second only to the pro-
cession through the city's streets neNl
sunday when the host will be borne
before an army of the deVOut.
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DIR. CRIPPEN ON
THE WITNESS STAND
examination Of Remains Fouv,a
IN Basement of Home Show
That Operation Had Beer
Performed on Belle
Elmore.


LONDON.- Special All 1F~hf
long crowds surrounded tn ~.
c1Iett Police Station 10 ~ n
Snhpse on DR.. III. IT. CriDpeH sxu.T
Ethel lie NeVe. The thrw1v-
increased and BY the ffms.
the principals in the mast
ehthraliing mystery or n skrr.-rS-
MerS hurried into the bufIs3Sz--
Hanked and led by guards ragle
10000 people were crowded 49,
INC court and on the adfarsruE
streets. a heavy detail or NJ
nee Was on hand to prest.rvs. g.
uer' when the prisoners nlOnaa<-E
the steps OF the building r.
crowd surged forward and -
erai persons were crushed
Nrippeh arrived from the BrTxfSe1u
jail in somoer looking prison uau
me girl was taken to court r-,4
6ioHoway Jail in four wheeler. r.
DER the protection of Inspector ~
OF Scotland Yard. who srreSte5 -
couple in Canada
Neither of the prisoners xES--E
any signs OF illness. in spite ~ -
TACT that they have spent the Eaur
week in the hospitals OF tier -
spective prisons.
Crfppen Betrays Nervo1zu-sSS
Crippen at times betrayed n.srvau,-
ness, but for the most part his d.
meanor was no less unobtrusive. even
phlegmatic, than it has been aSzca
Dew returned on the steamer No
trose- The girl appeared to be On
the point Of an outbreak Of ueruez
however, but she struggled hrzz4IVr
for mastery over herself.
By the time order was restored zh1z.
the court building, after a hard BIZ dW
work on the part Of the police EchSl
lie Neve was in her seat in the es1rr-
room.
AS their eyes met for the arzs ssu.-.
since they were parted after the &-nc
nearing, on August 29th, sOmathizE e
tenderness crept into the impaEzz~a
face or the accused doctor The EfrE
smiled, but did not nod-there vrzS ~
need for her to-her greeting was xErez
WI o her eyes Few persons we're IN
close friends.
Before the proceedings were ov.nuH
and Arthur Newton. Crippen's sa7ts-ics--s
conferred with the defendant nnr :. SeEr
moments.
Complaint Against Pro-
PROSECUTOR Humphreys, before szE-
ing up the actual work OF the Azv s.
sued a complaint against the press
The prosecutor, in his address. S-crzy1u-
ed fatty that Ethel lie NeYe 1zsa f--Fv
pen mistress. and that their relzsSJ-.s7
mad aroused the anger OF Nn- C<SD-
pen tBeue Elmore)-
BY this move, the prosecutioE hzs r.
vanced its theory Of motive The a.
animation on the mHtilateS - - .
found buried in the cellar OF IS HEU-
drop Crescent. North London. created n
sensation.
This examination made by Pr.T,---nr-
Pepper. of the Home Office" said &c.
phreys, showed cOnclusively that rTerr
had been an operation performed a. rns
The chemical examination ar T.
llicoN revealed the presence oC Lzy7rw
quantities OF hyoscin. The tenth OF r.
grain OF this drug would stop the Ees,-r
OF the ordinary person"
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LA TOILETTE TO BE
NEXT U. S. SENATOR
Famous Insurgent Will Get Two
Votes to One for His
Opponent.

MILWAUKEE, WIS.%SpeeIaI-
senator Robert La Toilette VIII ~
renomtnnted by a vote OF tive q.
one over his opponent. -. A. CnaEE
In the race for United Statem $50
tor. This IL predicted by hIn ~
herents today. Despite 1he .1hrrnn-
entng weather, the polls S~err
crowded early, and n heavy vote ~
being cast.
The fight between Burt NIlxznuu
and Congressman C. IL Acts Ter
tue Democratic support In the rarx
Tor senator. il In doubt. f. r. Me-
Govern, n La Toilette man. In In Hhr-
lead FOR gubernatOriaI nOnsInartAn-
80 far ns political ns are able a. As-
Hrea
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smile. Your Honor. dear we've

smile. Your Honor. dear we've
squared it."
Congratulations" said the court.
And as the beaming Mrs. Mullen
passed out the wives who had not In
duced husbands to square il" glared
at her.
Running his fingers through his
long, wavy, iron gray hair and giving
an extra twirl TO his majestic mus
tache. James Reid arrived at the bar.
A little. pallid woman stood beside
him.
He's handsome. judge" she said in
open pride. but an awful poor pro-
vider.''
Handsome Does" Henceforth.
Reid gave assurance that the future
would see him as effective In the latter
capacity as ne was in the former. and
confidence renewed.
Beside a bantam weight named
Kelso his wife lowered
step up" she commanded. step
up like mani"
DO I have to pay her il she won't
get $40 week. ] give her IS when
she'll let me in the house. But. Your
Honor, there's a big star boarder
there, and l can only stay when I'm
let"
Fire the star boarder, take your
nuSOahu' anu ret me KNOW then If he
doesn't share his earnings with you.
was the Solomonesque ruling that
rang across the ether of Bay Ridge.
please, sir, ma amt here" said
the little daughter Of Edward Simn-
son, but she says it's all right. pas
payin' regular"
HE iS?"
night" -''S'
Good evidence" said Magistrate
Nash with a nod OF approval.
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TO BE NO MORE NIGHT
WEDDINGS AT ROCKVFIIE

ROCKVILLE, MD.-Special.- Here
after there will be nothine doin,y ~
the marriage license line after the
regular office hours from A. M. un-
til 4:SO p. NJ, six days in the week.
ON numerous occasions recently
couples have visited Rockwell at
hours when the town was asleep in
quest of licenses TO wed, and one or
the other of the clerks connected with
the clerks office had to get out of
bed to accommodate them. Saturday
night, when the court clerk, John L..
Burnett. was asked by a Washing
ton couple to accompany them to the
courthouse and issue a license he de-
INJURED, and made up his mind then
and there that the practice of opening
up the office at any old hour would
have to stop.
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SCHOOL BOOK CASE
UP TO COMMISSION
RIG MoNp. A-special.-I

X & III Nj . n ID, V A.-Special.-
Through the action OF Judge VIII
liam +. Rhea, OF the State Corpora
ton Commission, the situation that
has developed over school books for
the State high schools through the
action Of Attorney General williams
In demanding that the foreign book
publishing corporations which have
been awarded contracts for school
books become "domesticated," seems
likely to be settled.
Ii is now up to" the publishing
corporations, and if they care to
take the chances OF beating out the
contention OF the Attorney General
before the Corporation Commission
and the Court OF Appeals, they will
sign the contracts and proceed to fur
nish the books.
II is the general opinion that many
OF the publishing corporations will de-
cline to take the risk and will give
up their contracts The companies
have until September 8th, under the
ruling of the Attorney General, to
sign the agreements.
Under the contention of the Attor-
ney General that the foreign publish
ing corporations are subject to the
state corporation tax, the publishing
concerns had declined to enter into
contracts with the State. The Ques-
ton of the collection OF the tax and
the prosecution of the companies for
nonpayment is vested in the Corpora
ton Commission, and that body has
not heretofore considered that the
publishing companies are doing bust
ness in the State.
Yesterday Judge Rhea took the
question up with the Attorney Gene
rails office and suggested that con-
tracts be offered to the publishing
companies which do not contain the
clauses objected to by the companies.
When these contracts are signed, il
&c cd q n oct , Il.
to decide whether or not the publish
ing companies are subject to the tax.
Attorney General Williams is at
present out of the city, and has not
been communicated with as to the
above arrangement Assistant AttOr-
discuss the arrangement as suggest
ed by Judge Rhea.
Captain Bib stated that his office
would make no statement whatever
concerning the situation until the
matter has been finally adjusted. In
the. meantime. the book supply houses
throughout the State are without
books for the high schools and the
publishing houses decline TO furnish
them under existing conditions.
High schools in all Of the cities in
the State and in many of the coun-
ties, will open within few days, and
there is not now sufficient time I'm
which to secure the needed books,
adopted for use by the State Board Of
Education.
The book publishing houses CON
tend that they do not transact bust
ness in the State Of Virginia, but sell
their books to local dealers and claim
exemption from taxation under the
protection OF interstate commerce.
Many of the publishing concerns al
ready have contracts with the State
for supplying books for the graded
schools in the State and the question
of forcing the companies to "domes-
ticate' has never before been raised
1t was suggested this morning that
a test case might be made with one
of the companies now doing business
under its contract with the State and
action may be taken along this line.
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\ Statue for Frederic Remington.

The late Frederic Remington.
whom Theodore Roosevelt extolled in
his recent speech at Cheyenne as an
artist lin whose work all the most
vivid and Characteristic features of
the Western pioneer life which is lust
closing were set forth" was a writer
as we'll as painter and sculptor.
Among the books which bear his
name are Crooked Trails" Men
With the Bark on" Stories of Peace
and War" Shutdown Lefiare" and
Pony Tracks"-all tales Of the West.
There is much to be said for Colonel
Roosevelts suggestion that a statue
OF Remington be erected by the men
or the region which inspired him to
render its spirit in so many different
ways.
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FIVE TO HANG
FOR BRUTAL CRIME

ATHENS, Ca SpeciaI.-In all
probability five negroes have
Deen summary disposed OF i'm
the little town of Carlton since
Thursday night for a most das-
tardly crime.
Late Thursday night five ne
SroeS entered the home of Mr..
robert Hun. and holding him and
INC rest OF the family at the point
OF pistols, and threatening TO wine
out the family and burn the
mouse attempted to assault one
oil HUNS daughters. HUH man
aged TO give the alarm and neigh
Dors rushed to their aid, but the
negroes escaped. Posses were
quickly organized and secured
tIle country for the five bruteS.
CllIi Bolton. three Cooper negroes
and n negro named OgIesby. hoV-
ing been recognized as the perDe-
traitors of the crime.
The Bolton negro was caught d,
Narshal johnson. and resisting arrest
ne was shot down and probably IA
tally wounded.
only meagre telephone report:
nave been secured as TO the disposa
OF the other negroes. though on,
SooPeT ana the Oglesby negro hav,
been captured by posses.
None of the negroes have haey
turned over to the sheriff. and as al
Madison county is terribly wrought
up over the affair it is almost a GER
tainty that the negroes have beer
dealt with.
Telephone messages from Carlton
inns morning furnished the informa
tlon that four OF the negroes har
been captured. but it was not know
what had been done with them. Tw,
were later reported as escaped" OF
lost "
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The suggestion that the wreck of
the Maine be transferred to and sunk
IN the Gulf of Mexico without pre-
Vlous examination as to the cause OF
her destruction, If adopted would be
cowardly and hypOcritical evasion
OF outy and disgrace to our Gov
eminent The whole world-espe-
clally the people of Spain and of the
United States-have a right to know
the truth in this case. if it can be as
certained, and there is no excuse for
not making an effort to ascertain il
mat effort has already been too long
Observation-Disclosures Index-Appeal.
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Cotton Prices.

The price of August cotton was
forced up to 90 cents a pound on the
New York exchange Monday by a
bold band of specializing buccaneers.
in defiance of the recent indictments
of cotton gamblers. And with some
variations the price lowered in that
neighborhood most of the week 1t
was the highest point reached since
1878, the reconstruction days. when
II sold for as high as - cents The
high figure of the raw material is eX-
pected TO result in a rise in the price
of cotton manufactures of all kinds
in the near future.-AleXandria Ga
Zette.
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ONE KILLED IN WRECK
ON ILLINOIS CENTRA

GALENA, ILL.-Special.- Illinois
Cehtral passenger train No. 5, bound
from Chicago to Omaha. was wrec,ad
near here this afternoon. one per
son is reported killed and several
others injured. The train is said TO
have jumped the track and turned
turtle while running at a high rate
OF speed in an endeavor to make up
lost time when the accident occurred
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RooseveIt's Kind Word for Taft


AT this writing II is not observed
that president Taft has formally
transmitted any grateful expression to
non: theodore Roosevelt for valuable
service rendered. And yet II is due
ana overdue. The strenuous sage of
oyster Bay, after maintaining an lev
reserve towards the administration
Tor many months-after having deliv-
ereo many semi-political addresses
throughout the country without a sin
gle mention Of Mr.. Taft-after fire.
quently endorsing the cause over
whose hosts floats the flag of Repub-
mean insurgency and after having
Deen often impOrtuned by standpat
republican journals to give his old
Iriend Bill Just one kind word-after
All theSe things-he has at last said
something to show that he's not so
remorselesSly cruel in disposition. as
people had begun to think. Saturday
ne did this thing. Saturday he came
across. Saturday he deigned TO saw
the administration was right in its
views ABOUT tariff commission. And
SO through the darkness that has long
enVeloped Beverly flashed a raw of
llght. II cleaned very family. to be
sure. But still ii cleaned. And for
TINS so eagerly coveted benson, some
recognition was in order-some word
OF crlnging appreciation. And vet il
hasn't come. Teddy's once Jolly old
pohtlcaI bedfellow is evidently still
nursing the crouch to which Teddv:s
recent treatment gave birth. and re-
News.
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HEAR CHARGES AGAINST
BORIMER SEPTEMBER 2OTH

CHICAGO, ILL Specialize con-
greSSiOnal committee which was
named TO investigate the charges
against Senator William Lorimer will
begin its sessions at the Congress IIo-
tel September 2Oth
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CITY WOULD
PUNISH SOLDIERS
Richmond Mayor Seeks Method TO Get
mt MiScreant Militia Who Fired
From TrOIIeyS.
RIG LON ID Y A-Snnoio1

r c II NJ o n d. V A.-Special.-
The incident shall not so unno-
tced-someone shah be punished for
Mayor David c. Richardson thus re-
piled when asked what action he would
take in reference to the indiscriminate
shooting from street car windows in
dulged i'm by members of Company F..
First Regiment. Virginia Volunteers
upon the return of the militia from
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IncOnsiStencY.

Some of the outside papers now
clamoring for an Investigation" of
the Second District congressional pri-
mary never said a word when this
city and the county "rolled up" that
handsome majority in the Mann
Tucker primary.-Norfolk Ledger
Dispatch.
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The United States ought to buv
the Cullinan diamond for sentimental
reasons"
What do you mean?"
mean that England ought not
TO have the finest diamond in the
world when she doesn't play base
ball"
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RICH MERCHANT KILLED
AND HIS STORE ROBBED

MOBILE, ALA Special Robert
Turner. a rich merchant, was found
killed in room adjoining his store
Saturday. Robbery was the motive.
money and goods having been taken
The authorities secured no clew.
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LEXINGTON, KY Special.-News
from the bedside of James r. Keene
the noted turfman, was that there had
been little change in his condition.
Physicians say there is no immediate
danger of his death.
FoXhall Keene, his son, who arrived
yesterday, kept in close communica-
ton with the hospital throughout the
night.