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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-23
Littletohn-Poat..

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Charlottesville, Va. June 22.-Prof.
James Corcoran Littlejohn, OF Glenn
son College, S. c., and Miss Mary Eliz-
abeth poats were married at $50
o'clock this evening at the residence
OF the brides mother, Mrs. James NJ.
Poats, near Greenwood, this county.
the Rev. l. P. Little. pastor of Hills
boro Baptist Church performing the
ceremony. MCGOWAN Littlejohn, OF the
United States Military Academy. West
Point. was best man. and Miss Orie
Poats, sister of the bride, was maid
of-honor. The other attendants were
Miss Margaret Nottingham. of tho Wo-
mans College. Richmond; Miss Carrie
Gentry. Robert B. Clark and c. G..
Haden, of Crozet. Mendelssohns We'd
ding March was rendered by Miss Mary
Taylor. of the Miller School. A de-
lightful reception followed the cere-
mony, after which Prof. and Mrs Lit
tlejohn left over the Chesapeake and
Ohio for the Hot Springs. After an
extended wedding tour. they will be
at home at Clemson College, S. C.
Among the guests from distance
were: Prof. and Mrs. Grayson Poats
Miss Bessie Poats and Mrs. NJ. B. Rudd
of Clemson Colleges; Mrs. Samuel Lit
tlejohn, Miss Catherine Littlejohn, Mr.
and Mrs. w. w. Wood and Master
Wyatt Wood, of Jonesville. S. c.: Miss
Estelle Nottingham, of the Eastern
Shore: Mr.. and Mrs. ]. II. Poats, OF
Baltimore, Md.
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Grymes-Stuart.
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King George. Va, Jhne pa beau
tiful wedding was solemnized to-day
at St. Paul's P. E. Church, King George
county. at high noon, when Miss Rosa
lie Eugenia Stuart became the bride
OF Benjamin Gusts Grymes. The old
Colonial church was artistically dec
GRATED with palms, evergreens and roses
The bride entered the church with her
Oldest brother. Richard H. Stuart, who
gave her away. They were met at
the altar by the groom and his best
man, Arthur Grymes,-of New York. Mrs.
A. B. Davis. of White Sulphur Springs.
sister of the bride acted as matron
Of honor The ushers were Thomas b.
Garnett Arthur Snowden, George
Stuart and Stuart Hunter.
The ceremony was Increasingly per-
formed by Rev. B. T. Turner, rector
of the church.
A wedding breakfast was served
the bridal party at Cedar Grove, the
home of the brides mother. Mr.. and
Mrs. Grymes left Immediately by the
Potomac steamer for an extended
bridal trip, including Atlantic City.
New York and other places of inter.
est. On their return they viii re,
side at the home of the bridegroom
at Matthias Point, on the Potomac,
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them came the flower girl. little Miss
Ella stuart Gresham, niece OF the
groom. Then came the bridesmaids
Misses Alleyne Kelley, Enid Kelley.
Mamie Dunaway. Charlotte Snow, and
Lila Combs. Preceded by ner little
nephew, Asbury Pinckard Joyner, as
ring bearer, came the bride. She was
accompanied by her sister Miss Grace
Gregory Pinckard. as maid of honor.
The bride was met at the altar by the
groom, who was attended by his
brother. Carroll Gresham. as best man.
The marriage ceremony was performed
i by the Rev. w. l. Ware. pastor of
the church. Mrs. John R. Anvil pre-
sided at the organ and played the
wedding march :rom "Lohengrin" as
the procession entered the church, AMI
Mendelssohn's as 1t Departed
After the ceremony the bridal party
returned to the home of the bride, near
Rehoboth Church. where an elegant
breakfast was served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gresham will visit At
lantic City and other places OF in
terest in the Northeastern States. On
their return they will reside at Ian
caster
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Murrill-Gay.
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Weldon, N. c., June 22.-Walter Bar
~ Murrill. Of Jacksonville. n c.. and
Miss Ruby Gay, Of this place, were
married at Grace Episcopal Church
this morning. at 1890 o'clock. Rev. H.
H. Phelps, rector of the church, per-
forming the ceremony
Mrs. w. T. Shaw played the wedding
march.
D. G. Grubbs. of Seaboard. Miss Eu-
nice Clark, a cousin of the bride, was
maid Of honor, and entered with the
bride. The groom came in with his
best man, William Trotman, of jack
sonville.S
Immediately after the ceremony Mr..
and Mrs. Murrill left over the Atlantic
Coast Line for their home in Jackson
Vile
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MAY INVESTIGATE
TRACK CONDITION
Corporation Commissioners Wants
Report From Southern
Railroad.
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Raleigh. n. c., June 22.--Following
recommendations made by Commits
stoner IL. c. Brown by whom the
freight wreck, two miles east of Raj
eigh on the Southern, caused by de-
fective rail, was inspected, the Cor
poration Commission has ordered tho
Southern Railway Company to file a
report OF the condition of the track
between Raleigh and Goldsboro. to.
gether with statement of the amount
of work done In repairs the past year,
and setting out in detail the number
of crossties placed, new rail exchanged
for old and the weight of this rail
Furthermore. 1t Is recommended thar
the commission make careful inspec-
ton of the condition of the road
from Raleigh to Goldsboro as early
as possible with view to ascertaining
the condition of the track and. IL 1t is
not in proper condition, having the
railroad company to put it In proper
condition at once The Southern Is
also to make report in detail on the
wreck OF freight Strain No 17s. in
which sixteen cars Of a forty-car train
were smashed and 200 yards OF track
torn up.
The summer meeting Of the North
Carolina section OF the American
Chemical Society was held in this city
to-day. the officers being w. N. AL
len. Raleigh. president: Daisy B. AL
len, Raleigh, yice-president; Burton j.
Ray. Raleigh. secretary-treasurer. j.
E. Mills. Chapel Hill. councillor In the
American Chemical Society
Small stones concealed in the noa-
zles Of the hose of the Raleigh Fire
Department so impeded the efforts Of
the department last evening in fight
Ing fire that broke out in row
of cottages on Swain Street that it
looked at zone time as If the whole
block would be burned. The water
scarcely rose to the height OF tho
front porches. Finally the heaviest
direct pressure. used only In fighting
fire in the highest buildings. was turn
ed on and the fire checked, after three
buildings had been destroyed. Mayor
Wynne has offered a reward for VINO
ever it was that put the rocks in the
hose
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mother that provision be made SO as
TO assure his support after the daugh-
ter's death Miss Carter died in June
Lunsford-Craig.

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Wadesboro. N. c., June 22.-Tht
Wadesboro Methodist Church was
beautifully decorated with potted plants
and ferns for the marriage OF Miss
Louise. the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. @. y. Craig, to Nathan Lunsford.
of Roxboro The ceremony was per-
West. the pastor OF the church. The
bride entered the church with her
bridesmaid, Miss Bessie Dockery. Al
the altar, she met the groom with his
best man. Dr.. b. E. Love, of Roxboro
George Craig, Lasene Craig and w. 7
Leadowss Immediately after the cere
mony Mr.. and Mrs. Lunsford left TO
a bridal trip, and Will make their HON
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TAKEN ON RIVER TRIP.
Members OF Medical Society Guests OF
Wilmington Physicians.

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Wilmington, N. c.. June 22.--The sec.
lond days session of the North Carolina
Medical Society was an interesting and
profitable one. and included a joint
session at noon with the State Board
of Health, at which reports OF the
officers of the latter body We're read
A large number of technical papers
were read, including valuable one by
DR.. James A. White. OF Richmond.
This afternoon the members We're
guests of the physicians of Wilmington
on a river trip and at an elegant
luncheon.
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TO TAKE "DRUNKs" HOME.
Ordinance Making Policemen Escort.
Favored In Chicago.

Ordinance Making Policemen Escorts
Favored In Chicago.
Chicago. Ill, June 22.-The golden
rule" will be applied to intoxicated per-
sons in Chicago If an ordinance now in
the hands of the judiciary committee
is passed by the City Council.
The City Council judiciary committee
yesterday decided that in future all
DRINKS" found on the street by police
men must be taken to their homes.
1t did this despite an opinion given
aayes i that ii is ,Iegal f for poiieenaan
to take an intoxicated person TO his
home instead of to the police station
and after Judge Mckenzie Cleland
father of the proposed ordinance, hat
told the committee that he had gottel
around the objection raised by the MS
sistart corporation counsel by chang
Ing the words found on the street II
an intoxicated condiNon" to found or
the street in condition of pnysica
belplessness."
The committee Will report the meas.
ure favorably to the Council next Mon.
day night.
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MISREPRESENTATION.

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NIartinsyille, Va, June 22,-Chas. *.
Moray, Of Martinsville, and Miss For
est Allen Eggleston, oldest daughter
OF George Eggleston, OF this county,
were quietly married, at the home OF
the brides uncle. George D, Eggleston,
at 8 o'clock this morning. Rev d. L.
Traynham performing the ceremony.
The bride was given away by her
uncle, Il. A. Fulcher. Frank TT, Gun
ningham. Of Roanoke, was best man
and Mrs Cunningham mntron Of hon
or, The bride and groom left for. q
tour to Natural Bridge and eshel
points.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-23
WOMAN ATTACKED BY DOGS
Grave Injuries Inflicted by Husband'
ElNe Bull Terriers

San Mateo. Cal. June 22.--Mrs. Ber-
tina SPIEL Allen. daughter OF DIR. Fl.
v. A. Allen, and a leader in local So
ciety circles, was attacked Monday
evening by five bull terriers belonging
to her husband. who is one of the best
known dog fanciers in the State.
Mrs. Allen found the dogs lighting
and when she tried to separate them
all five turned upon her and ed
her SO severely that her condition is
grave. The flesh was torn from her
right shoulder. her right hand and
forearms were bitten and torn, and her
legs lacerated.
Mrs Allen beat the animals off will,
a club, all the while calling for help,
and finally staggered to the doorway
of tie house, where she was found in
q fainting condition.
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Observation-Disclosures.

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Lancaster. Va, June 22.-At 1880
O'Clock this morning Miss Elizabeth
Genevieve PinckSSd and Philip Mercer
Gresham were ntfried in Rehoboth
NJ. E. Church The church was dec
Grated with ferns, palms and daisies.
The bridal procession was led by two
little ribbon girls-Norma Carney and
Norma Kellam. nieces Of the groom,
forming the aisle with ribbon They
were followed by the ushess-R. o.
Norris, Jr., DR.. B. II. B. Hubbard. and
Willard Hall, OF Lancaster: n Mason
Brent. of Northumberland, and Marion
willis. of fredericksburg. Following
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wedding tour North. on their return
they VIII make their home In this
city.
Recent Engagement.
June 20 is the date set for the
marriage OF Miss Mildred STROBE to
Lieutenant Alexander vandcgritt. tI
S. NJ. c. The ceremony will he per
formed at Kenmore the ancestral
home OF the bride in Amherst county
Va. Miss Strobe is a sister OF Senator
Aubrey STROBE, of Virginia and both
the bride and groom are prominently
related throughout the South
In and Out of Town.
Mrs Stafford Parker left yesterday
for Hampstead Va, where she will be
the guest OF her sister Mrs. william
j. Wallace, for a month.
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WILL DE HELD IN NORFOLK.
Great Spanish War Veterans Jubile'
to Take Place June 20.

to Take Place June 20.
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Norfolk. Va. June 22.-The great
Spanish War veterans jubilee will be
held "Wednesday, June 20, and promises
to go down in history as the most re-
markable event Of the kind In the his
tory of local military circles. Com
mander-i n- Chief Gihon, OF Boston, and
Department Commander Shipwith. OF
Richmond. viii be received and enter
talned by the officers Of Fitzhugh Leo
Camp during the day.
This will be Commander-in-Chief
Gihon's first visit South, and every
thing possible Will be done to make
his trip pleasant. The local veterans
want the 1912 national convention for
Norfolk, which would bring prominent
military men here from throughout
the United States. the Philippines
Cuba and wherever there is Span
ish War veteran camp
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Observation-Disclosures.

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Leesburg, Va, June 22.-Cards arc
out announcing the marriage of Miss
Florence Edith George. youngest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert S.
George, of Lovettsvllle, to c. Campbell
Riddlemoser. of Mount Airy, Md Tho
ceremony was performed by Rev. j.
r. Lewis. pastor of st. James Re-
formed Church. Lovettsville. After
a Northern tour Mr.. and Mrs. Riddle
moser will reside near Berkley Springs,
w Va
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-23
EXPELLED BY GOVERNOR
Orthodox Residents Appeal for Acti'

Orthodox Residents Appeal for Action
Against Jews.
kiev. June Blowing to the decree
of expulsion. many Jews took refuge
in the suburbs of Solomenka and
Demieffka. AS consequence, rents al
these places increased enormously. The
orthodox residents. who are largely
workmen from the neighboring fac
tories, sent a petition to the Governor
asking him to intervene. Accordingly
orders have been issued expellins 139
of these Jews from Solomenka and la
from Demieffka. From June IS tc
June 81. 2l7 individuals have been
expelled from Kiev.
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Organized Search Resumed.

Smolensk. Russia. June 22.-The or
ganlzed search for Jews has been re-
sumed in the Dukhovshtchina District,
To-day detachment of secret mounted
police raded the neighborhood of Yart-
sevo Station, on the Moscow-Brest
Railroad. which is an independent
business centre. They captured four
teen young Jews, and took them under
arrest to Dukhovshtchina. An exten.
sive house, toulouse search is now
going on at other points
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Rain Retarls Surveying Work.

FS1SCFttF y ITO Itt9'os 1sFs1 - 49,
fredericksburg. Va. June 22.-The
corps Of the Richmond and
Chesapeake Bay Railroad Is now in
camp at Fairfax Courthouse, working
towards Manassas. from which point
they will work to this city, The pro-
tracted rainy weather has retarded the
progress of the work.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-23
GETS RICH REQUEST
Blind Chinnman Remembered In VIII
of Sunday School tTencher.

OF SuIduy StHUOI 'TeHcHeF.
Newark, n. j., June 22.-The will of
Miss Alethia r. Carter. which was fled
in the Surrogate's Office, here,
gives $4,000 in cash, her $4,000 home
stead and a share OF It's contents to
Wong Hong Hoy, Chinaman, who
has long been a member of the Carter
household Miss Carter taught the
Chinaman's class in Sunday school.
Wong, who is now thirty years old.
became a member of the class when
eight years old. He was taken sick.
went blind and became paralyzed. and
was taken in charge by the Carter
family According to Miss Carter's
will, it was the wish Of her dead
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characterization.

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Fredericksburg. Va, June 22,--Miss
nors asErs9n Of Mr. and
city, now Of Philadelphia, was mar
ried a few days AGO in Philadelphia
to- Harry, ., Lsntzs sofs thlsscitxA
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Dfr. and Mrs. j. w. Fisher. of Thu
r. Z. thinner, in Suffolk, Va
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Miss Caroline Warrenton who has
been visiting in Richmond for the past
month has returned to her home in
Danville.
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Mr. and Mrs. John G. Luce and chill
dren are spending some time a
Buckroe Beach.
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Dr. Dan Talley. of this city. Il
spending few days with friends a
the University OF Virginia.
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Mrs. Gilmer Weston and son, OF
ciarksburg. w. Va. who have been
visiting In stanton, are now the
guests OF friends in Richmond
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Mrs Austen peterborough Will leave
about July / for Fort Meyer, where
she will visit Mrs. William Taltaferro
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Miss Lucille Jackson, OF this city. is
the guest of friends in Norfolk for
several weeks.
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DR.. Joseph A. White, who spent sew.
eral days recently at Virginia Beach,
has returned to Richmond.
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Miss Virginia Whitley has returned
10 the city. after spending some time
with relatives in Baltimore.
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Mrs Stuart Bowe. who spent the
month OF June at Virginia Beach, has
returned to Richmond.
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Mr.. and Mrs. John cumm!ns and
daughter. Sara. are spending this week
at Old Point Comfort
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Mr.. and Mrs. Churchill A. Young will
leave some time in July for Biddeforc
Pool, Me.
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With samples and give you an in
telligent estimate on your needs in
Window Shades. We make them
any size on good Hartshorn rollers,
in all grades of shade cloth. Just
tell US if you're interested; or, bet
ter, phone.
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Mr.. Ewing caches and Miss Eliza
beth caches are visiting Mrs John H.
Wight. in Green Spring Valley, Mary
land.
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Constipation

..For over nine years suffered with chronic
constipation and during this time had to take
an in lection OF warm water once every a. hours
before could have an action on my bowels
Happily tSied cascarets. and today am well
man. During the nine years before used
cascsrets suffered untold misery With Internal
piles Thanks to you, an, free from all that
this morning. You can use this In hehalf OF
suffering humanity B. E. Sisher. Roanoke, Ill
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-27

on the table of entertainment The
proof was in the eating
Frank Suammers. the stage director
facts to my attention few days ago
when / went around to the place where
Kolb and Dill are presenting them
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-27

funny, no doubt. on Monday night. but
it was far from, being funny in re-
hearsals. You see. they must fall off
at just the proper time, neither too
soon nor too late. but just at the exact
moment. That isn't so easy when
you're standing on a disk which is re-
volving like top and while you are
supposed to wear a vacuous smile. Be
sides the laws of inertia are quite i'm
mutable and take no cognizanee of
comedy. Either Kolb or Dill might
easily break leg in the rehearsals, but
failing this, are bound, they told me.
to get the act down TO finished GER
tainty by tomorrow night.
1 made up my mind that comedy was
a dangerous business and not nearly
as funny as il looked. and that the vo-
cation of entertainment was as siren
uous as digging bitches, though more
remunerative. The making of bur-
lesque is the most solemn undertaking
L have witnessed for many a long day.
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pops 10 Dur[eSque

missed. Then the principals started to
work Miss Berri went downstairs to
get into her garb of the merry widow
and Percy Bronson, who has to waltz
with her, tied a handkerchief about his
head TO keep his hair out. of his eyes
and he put the boots appropriate to
Prince Dandilo. Bronson practices in
his boots because it is hard to dance
gracefully in them. "If I can do it
well after a thousand rehearsals." he
said, Il shall feel certain that L can do
ii well on the opening night.
And then how they did work at that
dance. They tried it over again and
again, until the perspiration stood out
on their respective countenances. 1t
reminded me of what a prisoner in
Reading Jail once said about it being
easy to dance to viol and flute when
life and love are fair but ii could not
be easy to dance when nobody was
there save the stage manager and a
critic and an artists The jangling mu-
sic of the piano was but faint sug-
gestion of what will accompany the
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act as though the opportunity to sinss
alone had come for the very first time.
In short, one must act and not act;
one must pretend and not pretend. The
anomaly. you see, is startling. SO
David did his little song over about 10
times and listened with rapt attention
TO the instruction of Stammers. who
criticised with a deal of frankness that
no paid critic would have the heart to
summon
In fact that made me think. as l sat
in a dark corner of the theater watch-
ing order come from chaos. Suppose a
stage director" said l to myself,
down on his luck and in need of the
bare necessities of life. should turn
dramatic critic," 1t was a terrible
thing to think Likely he would be
murdered, and the verdict would no
doubt be justifiable homicide. If ever
you want frank. unvarnished criticism
of an actor, sneak into "a theater at re-
hearsal time and listen TO what the
stage director says; then after that
pick up the stage door tender and get
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-27

devils were dozen pretty girls. Mil
ton would not have recognized them
and Dante would not know them. Only
one had on a red coat You see in the
rehearsals of The Merry Widow and
the DeviT' there is a mixture of Lehar
and Molnar Two plays are blended,
and the widow is associated quite ir-
reverently, / hope, with the devil Per
haps that's why they call her merry
At any rate the girls who will appear
as feminine deyils-something of itself
quite unheard of-were not merry.
They We're anxious. They looked at
Stammers with an intense gaze that
suggested nothing so much as the gaze
of the damned at Lucifer And Lucifer,
in this case certainly made them work.
They started only TO be stopped; they
began only TO finish. Whatever they
did was wrong, and TO err is human,
not devilish: so they had to do it over
again. Never did pretty devils work so
hard to get results. After a score of
efforts they were given rest, and sat
disconsolately in corners of the stage.