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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
LIGHTNING HITS
SCHOOL BUILDING
Fire Department Called Out, but
Services Not
Needed.
HAIL FALLS IN DlNWIDDlE
Crops Of All Kinds Reported to
Be in Splendid Con-
dition.
HAIL FALLS IN DlNWIDDIE
Times-Dispatch Bureau.
100 North Sycamore Street,
Petcrsburg, Va, July

petersburg, va, jury %
A severe electrical storm passed over
tween and o'clock. Lightning
struck in several places in and near
the city. but fortunately caused - bu.
public school building, at the corner
OF Wythe and Jefferson Streets. was
struck and the electric light system
was burned out. The IRE department
was called to protect the building, but
its services were not necessary. Tho
electricity also fisarranged the light
Ing system in the western portion OK
the city. causing temporary darkness
The lights at the Central State Hosp!-
temporarily put out Of business.
The storm seems to have been more
severely felt in Chesterfield and Prince
George counties. where the lightning 10
reported to have struck in several
places.
The 500 or 900 people who attended
the baseball game between the Lynch
burg and Petersburg teams wers
caught in the rain. and most OF then
received a thorough drenching.
Out in Dinw!dd!e county. at Ferndais
Park and vicinity, there was d heavy
fall OF hall for few minutes. The
stones We're small. however. and DID
not do much damage.
Fine Crop Prospects.
Crops of all kinds in this section arc
reported TO be in splendid condition.
corn and tobacco. The fine prices that
prevailed throughout the last season
Induced the planters TO put in larger
crop of tobacco this year, and II no in.
jury results the sales next season will
be the largest in several years.
Personal and Otherwise.
Mayor William NJ. Jones was removed
from the Petersburg Hospital to his
home on Harrison Street in the cool OF
last evening. His condition Is very
much improved.
Mrs. Clara r. Sublett and daughter.
Mrs. Jay Wilson, left to-day for the
latter's home in Connecticut Mrs
Wilson came to Petersburg some days
ago to attend the funeral OF her bro
Their, James D. Sublett.
Mrs. A. G. Hemingway, of Dryden,
n. T.. is in the city attending at the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29

bedside OF her sick mother Mrs Mar
tina II. Andrews on West Street.
The fortnightly dance given by the
Riverside Club took place Tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Townes and Mr..
and Mrs. Charles y. Plummer chaper-
oned the guests.
Mrs Walter Gideon st. John, OF At
lants, Ca, is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. a. Ruffin, on Harrison
Street.
A Noon Wedding.
Miss Mamie Newcomb and Robert
Sledd Bozel were married at noon to-
day. The ceremony was performed by
Rev r. w. Moore. Miss Lena Farrar
was the BRIDES attendant, and John L.
Mulcahu was best man.
The contract for the new seaboard
Air Line station, to be erected on Dun
lop Street, in place OF the one destroyed
by fire some months ago, was to have
been given out in Portsmouth to-day.
Insurance adjusters were in the city
to-day adjusting tho losses caused by
the burning yesterday OF the Cockade
City Mill.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
CHANGES IN FACULTY
OF EMORY AND HENRY
Trustees Announce New Appointments
Bristol School Controversy
Not Yet Settled,

Especial to The Tines Dispatch
Bristol Va, July 2S.-Following the
resignation of Professor A. f. Milden.
to go to the University OF Mississippi.
Henry College has elected DR.. John n
Brown, OF the University of Chicago,
to the chair OF Latin and Greek. Pro.
fessor a. s. McKeynolds, a graduate
homa. was elected to supply for Pro.
fessor McGhee, who is taking special
course at Johns Hopkins University.
Professor Ansei st. John. OF Rochester
lessor Allison. who is also away in
special study. DR. w. w. Weaver. of
Lenolr N. c.. is the new head of the
institution. having been elected to sue
latter's promotion to the bishopric Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
The. Bristol. Va. school board and
Superintendent s: Rhea Mcchesney
and it is still undetermined whether
Professor McChesney or Professor
Charles +. Anderson, of Smyth county.
Will serve as supervising principal OF
was elected to the position By the
board. but Is opposed by Superinten.
dent McChesney. for the reason that
such an arrangement would take from
him $1,000 Of the sl.40o he received
for last years services. Since 1t Is
announced that the State board has
declined to take any part in the con.
u oyersy. the local board is expecting
Superintendent McChesney and Mr.. An
derson to settle the matter between
themselves.
The Bristol Metal Manufacturing
Company which was organized here
recently. with a. capital of $4,000, has
its plant almost ready TO put in opera
ton. The machinery is now arriving
and is being installed by l.. w. Rose
OF Canton, o.. who VIII superintend
the plant. A. J. Merrill president OF
ceiling and roofing plant will be ready
to start about August 10, and that the
company already has orders sufficient
to keep them very busy for number
OF weeks They expect to do an ex-
tens!ve business in the South.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29


majority report of the committee
DE condemn the Virginia Democra-
cy for the Legislative enactment OF the
most unfair and partisan gerryman-
dnring of the Fifth District of Vir-
ginia, which is and will forever be a
blot and a stain upon the pages OF
Virginia history.
1--WE condemn the Virginia Democra-
cy for the enactment and the en-
forcement of the most unfair and par
tisan suffrage registration and election
laws that were ever forced on any
free people. We demand that every
legal voter of this Commonwealth be
allowed to cast one free and unre-
stricted ballot, and that 1t be counted
and returned as cast"
Resolutions of sympathy on the
death of John H. Garlic. former
Fifth District chairman of the Repub-
lican party, were also adopted.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
PARSONS NAMED
BY REP UBL|CANS

Continued From FIRST Page)
Of President Taft and the Republican
Congress; that the party has fulfilled
Its pledges to the people; that we COM
mend the way and manner in which
Hon. John M, Parsons has conducted
his contest with Hon, E. w. Saunders
for the seat which rightfully belonged
to him In the Sixty first Congress ,of
the United States, and to which he
was duly elected. and we further COM
mend the committee that had this case
In hand for the wise manner In. which
they have handled the case. and for
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
NEW TEST FOR OILS.
Standard Adopted by North Carolina
Board of Agriculture.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.l

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.1
Raleigh, y. c.. July 2s.-The illumi-
nation oil committee of the North Car
olina Board of Agriculture to-day
adopted the new test standard for oils
fective September l. The test is that
illuminating oils which fash below
IFS degrees Fahrenheit in the Elliot,
closed cup shall not contain more than
per cent by weight OF residue re-
naming undistllled at $40 degrees
Fahrenheit, when distilled according
10 directions prepared by the State
oil chemist: that all oils brought into
the State for sale after September
shall comply with this regulation, and
all oils sold in the State shall comply
after December /, 1910.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
Mapping out Programs.

Chicago. ILL.,. July 2S.-For the pur-
pose of securing an orderly array of
evidence to be presented to the Inter
state Commerce Commission in opposi-
ton to proposed advances in freight
rates, Chairman +. B. Montgomery
called the shippers rate committee
together here to-day. A regular pro-
gram TO secure the desired evidence has
been mapped out. To-day was devoted
TO preliminary work.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
Lightning Damuee. y,r.1e.,.

Newport, R. l.. July 2S-The naval
wireless station has been damaged by
a heavy thunder storm which passed
over this city to-day. In addition to
Gripping the wireless service at the
naval station. the lightning struck In
numerous places.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
KILLED BY ELEPHANT
California "soldier of Fortune" Meets
Dcuth IN Africa,

California "SoldIer Of Fortune" Meets
Death in Africa.
Sacramento, Call July 2S.-Frank N.
Tilden, a soldier of fortune, son OF
the late Judge NJ c. Tilden. of Sacra-
mento and Carson City. New, was killed
by an elephant he had wounded near
Fort Jameson. Rhodesia, South Africa.
ceived here by Captain q. L. Hawk
from w. A. Rowell. of San Francisco,
who accompanied Tilden to South
Africa two years ago.
Tilden made a fortune In African and
Alaskan gold fields. He owned a large
rubber plantation at the time of his
death.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
UNWRlTTEN LAW FOR WOMEN
Movement in Louisiana to Have Code
Applied Impnrtially.

Applied Impnrtially
New Orleans, July 2S.-Basing their
appeal on the duplication of the un-
written law to women" the Era Club,
one Of the leading woman's organiza..
tions Of Louisiana has called upon all
other organizations of women to pledge
their support to secure the exoneratton
Of Mamie McLoughlin, charged With
murder. 80
Hugh Smith, a wealthy saloon proprie.
tor. when she met him accompanies
by another young woman on ST.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
TRAIN HITS AUTOMOBILE

Two Occupants of the Car Killed and
One Fatally Hurt.
Warsaw, Ind, July 2S.-Mrs. Nell
Brooks and Mrs. C. III. Thoring We're
instantly killed and Mr.. Brooks fatally
hurt mile east of Etna Green this
When a Pennsylvania freight
train struck the automobile In which
severely hurt All resided in Lima, O..
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
sawmill Dcstroyed by Fire

Especial to The Times-Dispatch I
Warsaw, Va, July 2S.-The sawmili,
together with large quantity of lum-
Der. shingles and other property OF
Lewis, Landlord. Tull Company, sit.
uated on the California tract this
county. was burned last night. The
loss is about $4,000, with no insurance.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
WIN reject Compromtsc,

Springfield, ILL., July 2s.-Returns
received so far at the State offices OF
the United Mine Workers of America
show that the Indianapolis compromise
will be rejected by the miners OF Illi-
nois. So far $4,000 votes have been
cast against the proposition, and but
100 In It's favor.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
RECORD TIME ON BRIDGE

Railroad Crew Erected Structure ol3
Feet Long In Thirty-two Hours
Marquette. Mich, July 2s,-A re-
markable record in rapid bridge con-
struction has been achieved on the
South, Shore and Atlantic Railroad. near
.Rreuce's Crossing. a bridge SIS feet
long and thirty feet high was destroyed
by fire. When the news of the dam-
age reached headquarters, material TO
replace the burning structure was
rushed forward, and when the first OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29

p Why you should deal at our twt
stores. There are two reasons: First
best quality. Second, an average 2;
per cent. saving.
Large Juicy Lemons, dozen .....24c
Large New Irish Potatoes, peck. 1Sc
Cream Cheese, per pound ..... 1Sc
Try our Acc Green or Mixed Tea
for cold tea. It's regular 6oc
Extra Large Fat Mackercl, I for. .25c
lib. cans Corn Beef. Else
Old Virginia Herring Roe, in 2-lb.
cans .............,.. .lVc
Fancy Fresh Pineapples ..:..... Sc
Best Quality Oats, per bushel .....55c
Pocahontas Corn, can ...........1 Oc
Smoked California Hams. per h.. 15c
Elgin Butter, per pound ......... soc
Whole Grain Rice, per lb. sc
Early Iune Peas, 3 cans for. .25c
IL bars Swift Snap soap for. 49,. 25c
Salt Pork. per pound ..........12Lc
5 Large Cans Pie Peaches, for use
Good Ground Coffee, lb. .1Oc
Extra Fine Prunes, per ID. .....,..5c
. cans Tomatoes for SOUP. sc
Best City Meal, 23c peck; or, per
bushel =. .......''s.t.......... Csc
Clipped Beef, per can. ........8 &c
Potted Ham or Tongue. per can &c
Va. Pride Coffee, per lb. .15c
California Evaporated Peaches y. SC
500 bottles Old Fulcher Whisky, 75c
Duffy Malt Whiskey .S5c
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
Employe. Get Incren.e.

per cent. increase in wages. effective
at once. has been granted the employees
in the building and bridges depart
ment of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
,rnrin on Lumber,

IN replying TO the charge that he
had voted for tariff on lumber, Mr..
Lamb said that he had only done what
Senator Martin and other staunch DEM
ocrats of whose loyalty there could
be no question. had done. The fact
that the Congressman had voted for a
point of the debate. Captain Lamb de-
tending his action. Judge Wickham re-
ferring. to 1t as an evidence of party
disloyalty.
! CAPTAIN Lamb then took up the
him in a speech delivered recently in
Chesterfield county by his opponent
on that OCCASION. it seems that Judge
W " openly declared that Cap
n talh soo6 Res 2t good
charges with great deal of force
Had it not been for the prayers of
some some s op6ars pe1nle and the ADVICE
would have got into him when he
heard OF those charges.
In conclusion he threw down the
gay to his opponent He says
said the speaker. :Well p we viii Wait
until the 9th OF August, and then he
will see who Is going to Congress-"
What Are His Viewss
Judge Wickham stated that he had
to be the discussion Of Issues that are
of Importance In connection with the
coming election.
What are my opponents views on
a single question:" he asked.
In very earnest address, Judge
Wickham touched on the great ques-
tions of the day. Questions that need
attention. no said. are the revision OF
the ariff and reduction Of the high
cost Of living. He repeated the charges
he had made against Captain Lamb
Vie is not @ good Democrat nor
is he a good Republican or represen.
tative," he repeated. Judge Wickhan
read a letter from Captain Lamb to the
editor OF the Williamsburg Gazette, In
which the Congressman stated that he
favored tax of S1.25 or $3.50 on lum'
Der.
In closing, Captain Lamb admitted
that he wrote the letter, and stated
that he had voted and favored the lum.
Der schedule because he believed in it
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-29
self upon being where he was-in Con-
gress and in Barton Heights.
Meets Three

He said that he had heard but three
reasons advanced why he should no,
be reelected to Congress. The first
OF these reasons was that he had al
ready held the office too long: second
that he had refused to vote for bill
TO provide pensions for Civil War vet
Grams, and third that he had voted for
tariff on lumber.
Replying to the first objection to his
reelection. Mr.. Lamb declared that the
very fact that he had served the State
Tor SO many years made him the best
available man for the office. It is
experience. he said. which counts
whether one be merchant. mechanic
or politician. AS to the report that
he had refused to vote for the pension
bill, Mr.. Lamb said it was all mis-
take. He had refused. he said. to
vote for. bill appropriating money
to build homes which should be shared
Jointly by Confederate and Union army
veterans. He said that he didn't be-
lieve. that such a thing was prac-
n a q
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| 90

Much talk weakens the subject
unless it is being backed up every
day. | have been telling the house
keepers here about Wood to burn
over twelve years, and | am pleas
ing them every day, because l
know all about Wood. All ask
is, tell me your wants. Oak, Pine
and Hickory, sawed and split in
size and length to suit.
Anthracite and Domestic Lump
and Regular Steam Coal for small
furnaces, all at summer prices this
month.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-19
Thanks For Letters.

Remember the old legend OF the
brazen head with its Time is. Time
a Time is past"
Write the letter of thanks before
it gets too late.
The apology will be much more
difficult to pen than the thank you"
Anything that is nice enough to &C.
cept is nice enough to be grateful for,
How do. you feel when somebody
fails to show appreciation at a gift of
your making?
It is comfortable to at least know
that the present you have given was
received.
Z Don't hurry the Christmas letter.
Take a comfortable half hour alone,
and write a letter that is a little more
than a line of perfunctory accept
ance
Get a little of yourself into the
thank-you letter. If your friend
cared for you enough to send the
gift, she will want to have a little
of you in return.
Just between Christmas and New
Years Day is the ideal time for the
reply. Never any later.2New York
Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-19
PICTURES OF IMMIGRANTS.
Street Camera Man Making Souvenirs
of Newcomers in Battery Park.

The street, camera man who takes
your picture in one minute for one
cent has found a new and profitable
field. Instead of roaming around the
streets looking for trade, he has sta
toned himself down in Battery Park
near the immigration Bureau.
He waits until a boatload of immi-
grants come over from Ellis Island
and when they have come out on the
street he gets busy. He knows that
there are always some friends of the
immigrants. down to welcome. them
and he also knows that the friends
like to have pictures to show the new
corners in later years, how they
looked when they first landed in New
York.
So when the immigrants begin to
come out on the street in tow Of their
friends the camera man bawls out in
a loud voice: "Have your friends pic
lures taken. Next year you can show
them how they looked when they
we're greenhorns."
Some of the immigrants are shy of
the camera, but enough Of them are
caught to make the photographers
venture profitable. -New York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-19
Wins Damages in France.

Not since the Steinheil murder
trial has Paris been so excited about
a court proceeding as the gay city has
become over the breach of promise
suit successfully pushed by Madamoi-
selle Barette in the civil court Of st.
Etienne. The amount awarded in
recompense for the damage to her
heart was only 1000 francs, or $500,
but the interesting feature Of the pro-
ceeding, to the P%arisians, was the
fact that the action ever was begun.
Such cases are rare there. The
ground for the suit was the plaintiff
allegation that her fiance broke off a
two years engagement on the day the
banns were published. A legal au-
thority says the action is the first for
breach of promise in which damages
ever have been, given in France
New York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-19
KAIsER's ONLY DAUGHTER.
Princess Victoria Luise No Longer il
sBackfsch" State.

The confirmation of the Kaiser's
only daughter. Princess. Victoria Luise
If Prussia, which brought her father
back to Potsdam and was attended by
representatives of all the ruling
houses of the empire, Is not consid-
cred merely as her formal reception
into the Evangelical Church.
German tradition as we'll as Ger
nan religion has something to say to
it. Confirmation in the case Of a
young lady of seventeen marks the
termination of what is somewhat un-
CALAMITY known as her "Backfsch"
state.
"BackfschI% is the. equivalent of
fish for frying" (or baking) and a
pun from the kitchen. In a solid
sense it means the %unfiedged state of
iamsels who are not "out' and who
are consequently not entitled to put
their hair up" Princess Victoria's
1axen locks may now be arranged In
the prevailing fashion. q,
She may go to at homes and other
social affairs Of the kind, and as she
is a very charming person, she may be
expected to go the matrimonial way
before her "Backfsch" state has been
left many years behind her.-Pall
Mall Gazette.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-19
FEW HAD BREAKFAST
IN XVI. CENTURY.
Nor Were Carrots or Other Ed
ibIe Roots Grown in England Be-
fore Henry Wills Day.

Judging from "a passage in Harri-
sons Descriptions of Britain
breakfast eating in the sixteenth CEN
fury was held to denote effeminacy,
says the Chicago News.
Heretofore" he writes, there
hath been more time spent in eating
and drinking than commonly is IN
these days; for whereaL of. old we
had breakfasts in the forenoon, bev-
erages or munitions after dinner, and
thereto reare suppers when 1t was
lime to go to rest, now these cd re-
pasts, thanked be God, are verie well
left, and ech, one Except here and
there some young hungrie stomach
that cannot fast. till dinner time)
contenteth himself with dinner and
supper onlie. The mobilize,
centric and students ordinarilie go to
dinner at eleven before noon, and to
supper at or between five and six at
afternoon. The merchants dine and
sup seldom before twelve at noon, and
sup at seven or eight; but out of the
tearme, in our universities, the schol-
ars done at ten
Until. the end Of the reign of Henry
VIII, according to the historian,
Hume, no carrots, turnips or other
edible roots we're produced in Eng
land. The few that were used were
imported, and the state papers con-
:ain numerous references to the des-.
patch of messengers to the Continent
for vegetables and salads to grace the
table at important royal banquets.
Cucumbers also were unknown until
the sixteenth century, and celery owes
it's introduction in England to the
French Marshal Taillard, who was
imprisoned in England after his de-,
feat by Marlborough.
Broccoli and caulifowers came
from Cyprus in the seventeenth cen
fury, and the potato, brought to Eng
land by Sir Walter Raleigh about
1884, was nSt in general use until
1863. when the Royal Society di-
rected attention to it and recon-
nended it's cultivation. s.I. !
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-19
baltimore Fire in Europe.

A false report emanating from
Paris, the effect of which was that
one-half of the city Of Baltimore.
Md. was in ashes, was printed widely
in Germany. The loss by fire was es-
timated at 100000, 900, and the re-
ported disaster evoked sympathetic
editorials in the newspapers, when
also in many cases reprinted the
story Of Baltimore's conflagration OF
some years ago.
Many Americans, some OF them
from Baltimore, made anxious visits
to the American Embassy and the
newspaper offices in Berlin inquirins
for details.
There was a fire in Baltimore with
a loss of something like a quarter OF
a million dollars. No person was
harmed and the blaze attracted no
particular attention outside OF that
city on this side of che Atlantic
New York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-01-19
Governor Stubs a Good Neighbor.,

Mrs. w. R. Stubs has turned the
executive residence into a cooking
camp for the benefit of her neighbours;
whose gas supply has vanished. The
Governors home uses no gas. 1t
burns coal from the prison mine.
After the gas became so low that
people in that neighborhood could do
no cooking Mrs. Stubs threw the ex-
ecutfve residence open. AS a result
the kitchen ranges are working over
time. Mrs. Stubs is overseeing the
affair. AS soon as n neighbor wom-'
an gets her food cooked she takes 1t
and leaves for home and another
neighbor has hers put on.
For a while the rush was so great
that Mrs. Stubs had give CHECKS
80 that the numerous eighbors would
know when their turn came.-Topeka
Dispatch to Kansas City Journal.