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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-02-04
LONDON UNLOADS
BEDDING

SAMPLE coMFoRTs--Just the
hing for baby's crib. light and
dark styles Unloading 10a
price, each .............. G. III
LARGE comFoRTe-Pure white
cotton filling hand tied; ti25
value Unloading price. Q7c
each .+tt,.ss.s...t.s.....O EG
aHEETs-Full Blenched 72xso
Sheets. improved seams. Soc val.
de Unloading price. 90
spch ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, UJI
aLANkETs-Gray and White
cotton Blankets. single bed size
Unloading price. AZ
Iair .................. 4J6
HLANNETs--Extra Large Gray
Blankets, SILK bound weigh over
i've pounds per pair, a good sell
n at $3.50 Unloading On 90
price per pair ,........ VGtJJ
BLANkETs-Extra Pine Wool
Blankets In tans and grays with
pretty combination borders.
good $3.50 blanket GO 90
London unloads. pair 1JtuJ
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-02-04
BAKERS WIFE
WAS UNKIND

when Anton Hanson a hgkrr. on-
tered his cosy litto home at l2eo
Republican Sc several wccNa aso az
8 a. m. ne WAS shocked to fiud BUS
wife and one Oscar ChtiatmneVn
hugety enjoying themselves hy the
bid 81 a kee 10 hcer nv Hanson
entered mild objection. Then. Dee
alierts Mra Hanson announced in
no uncertain tones that hc vas "a
erary ets" and that shc was boss
e thc house.
AZ divers other times according
70 a cross complaint filed n the
superior ceart today Nh Hanson.
who works az n.sht entered hla
residence. and once sgaln Mr chris
tiaason ana Mrs Hanson wore an
the Job ai G card gaine Also krk
AZ beer was on tap rhcrrUpen Mt
Hanson mentally awaited tle as
tempted a. can up thc police go
suppress what hr termed nuisance
Bat was he prevented from Inform
ms the paiice Ne was ho charsea
thst bic wife hit him on thv Saw
ana snatehed the telephone receiver
from hIe hand And then Mr Han
son saya his wife kickcd him out
OF the house with thc remark that
she loved Christl8uson anyway
Wherefore SIR Hanson prays Tor
q divorce snd iho custody of two
small children
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-02-04

Infants Bath Tubs. nicely On
ameled worth $3.50. TO-
cuf 70, each ........,.....f ~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-02-04

nlue and white enameled Kettle
Covers worth zoe and i5o. Eo
cut u. each .........+ts... "
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-02-04
WOMAN USES PHONE
IN Campaign TO
DEFEAT boutwell,

a feminine voice conveys ga over a
telephone has been taking promi-
nent part in tbe campaign for the
republican nomination for comp.
trolisT The voice So adyecatluK ihe
nomination af Harry Carroll ana az
the same time sayiag nasty things
about William J Boutwell, Garrett
opponent which, ig said BY man
would b. deemed criminal s'ander
Up 10 the present week the voice
was anonymous and refused 20 givc
the name 81 its owner. but it has
been connected with the wife % q
man whom Mr. Boutwell, succeeded
N a business position az one time
and TIE mystery which has been
p4zziiug The managers - thv Both.
well campaign has hzen solved.
6saan in the Tenth.
The telephone campaign began in
the Tenth ward sume time axo. col
chlils ran down thr spine ~ am 81
ficer ~ the Ffofhweli organization e.
that ward ahen b. was called e. thc
phone and told b. q decisive femi-
nine voice that Bothweil was wife
deserter. drunkard and iea other
things not encouraged la polite So
cisty. The voice continued the adj
monitiag that its owner would with,
draw al her patronage from tbs
Boutwell, supporters business unless
he Immediately withdrew from thf
Boutwell, organization
One by ous all the names on fhf
Published Hat Of the Raihwcil organ
ization in the Tenth ward were
called up and warned against theh
candidate and loss u business
Hs Showed u.
~You don't know what a fine man
Harry Carroll g. said the voice a.
p 6. Furbuzh editor of Tho Inter
laken lie is awfully good 20 his
frfsnds.~
Yes" replied Mr. Furbush. m
showed that when he covered Up tbe
Riplinuer shortage
The telephone campaign has beer
extended 20 the 18Th and other
wards. but SIR. Boutwell,. who ia
total anstainer. q peaceful family
man and a good citizen. pays no at
iention = the kissing or the vire.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-02-04

White Red Cream. Pale Blur,
Pink Daisy Cloth. This IL the
best outing flannel on the mar
kct. and now sells at lac yard
But London nnloads Al, o.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-02-04

Affe .....s
sizes I 10 is years
500 noyH and Youths quits
aiRes . 20 10 years N yonr boy
wants euif do not misH this
London unloada them a. t...s
sas. ONr-TFFIHn nFF
Meme Huspendsrs Tor the work
iuHmAn 10 not uav gac
Tor London unioads AZ tuL
Mems fsc Cashmere sox. Lon
s q unlo'a' them 2 ,oy Csc
$50 Night Gowns. usavy and
waFm DO not pay one-fifty. for
London unloada them QOe
81 ....tt.. ..t..tt. s,..... y %
Mems and noye piart ie.eet
Gloves DO not pay &c. Tor E~
London unload them - -
Boston Gsrtcrs less than babe
Hahe price DO not paY csc for
Saturday London unlnads 4Eel
them AZ sttt.t- ttt.+tttt 10
Meme WORK shirts. toe Kind YOU
pay hfty cents Tor Lon 1Na
don uHloadH them az ..... 0I6
Hundreds 81 Boys Golf shirts
just what the boy wants for
school Don't pay soc. for 1pa
London uuloHdH AZ .....t & 4 h
600 Mons soft Bosom shirts IN
iikahle dark and light stripes. iu
al the good combinations have
sold NJ lsc And London ore
uhipha" az 'ttttt-t ....tts z ~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-02-04

Most People
Know when they are in London'a they
know & by the low prices However II you
have any doubt, ASK the clerk or floor
man. or, better yet ask for Mr.. London
himself lie IL the talleat merchant on
the Coast and not bit inclined toward
corpulence.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
SNOW AVALANCHE
THREATENS VILLAGE
Population of Mache, Swift
eTland, FleeS for Safety
Much Destruction

ROME. Jan Zz-Prac-lcaHy the entire
pouulation OF the Swiss town of Hache
is in fight TO-DAY 90 escape destruction
in d threatened snow avalanche An
immense field of snow overhaugs the
town and Is momentariIy threatening
TO slip down the mountain side and bury
the village
Reports from Switzerland tel or an
lnprecedented number OF avalauches'
due 10 the recent heavy SHOWS rains,
and storms Scores OF mOuurairislde
homes have been destroyed and II is
feared that when complete telegraph
communication is restored there VIII be
an unusually heavy death toll
Nearly All The vgll-kuDUu mountain
masses are blocked with huge piles OF
snow
Italian coast towns also report heavy
damage BY storms The coast tG many
places is sIrevu with the wrecks Of YES
se1S. including two small steamers
MANY other steamers are overdue. and
anxiety prevails in all shipping circles.
dozen Corpses have already been
washed up on the shore
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
NEWS FROM KANSAS
PLEASING TO TAT 7
President Said 70 Feel That
His Efforts Are Ap-
p0eci2ted.

Governor Stubs OF kansas, who has
not always been given the favors he
asked from the President showed I'D al
the White House today With the fnfor-
nation that sentiment II his State is
rapidly growing in favor OF this Ad-
ninistrati0n 4
The governor paid his respects to the
PRESIDENT, ana after his call stopped
long enough TO say mat the people Of
Kansas have come to believe that the
Iaft Administration means business
along progressive lines and that they-
are Tor him heart and soul.
IN addluon to this from the coveruor.
LlleTe mas come recently to the White
5rpuse froTl many points in the Middle
N est me ne7Ss that this Administration
instead OF losing. ground on account nj
lne tariE oili. aS has been represented
IS growing in popularity because Cf tFe
ETeSlqenT 9 evtuent intention n -a-+v
out the pledges Of the party DIa.fo.-
pie 'ii0 l'e'-
AS result of this. Mr- Taft * feaI-
5--S IN me hunor over the situation. and
ms callers quoted him today as ssyir1
mat ne felt his efforts were befng sDs
pFeclated by the country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
LONE SAILOR SAVED
IN POTOMAC ICE JAM
Stranger Caught by Floe, Is Rescued by Steamer City
of Milford and Taken Down Stream Before Po-
lice Learn His Identity

The steamer St Johns. Capt Bailey
Reed, was making her way toward
Washington with difficulty, though the
fee foe In the river just after daylight
this morning, when the lookout saw
what he believed was refuse in mid
channel opposite Giesboro Point
Through his glasses the captain saw
that the floating object was a small
bateau, and that there was a man at
the oars
The heavy rains the last few days
have swollen the river 50 that It is
several feet above normal Ezrly this
morning, there was g stiff breeze from
the southeast which piled the ice cakes
on top Of esch other and forced the
foe back IN the mouths OF the George
town, Eastern branch, and Seventh
street channels.
Captain Reed saw through his glasses
the man IN the bateau- Big cakes Of
ice were striking the fraH craft The
men on the steamer expected C. So the
boat swamped any minute
But the man at the oars was evidently
an old rivermzn. He kept the ice cakes
of as well as he could from the sides
Of the bafeau with the oars. and every
time there was a few feet Of open water
around him, he pulled vaiuIy IN the
direction Of the District shore
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22

When within several hundred Yards
OF the small boat, Captain Reed realized
that Il would be impossible to rescue
the man with the st. Johns. If he tried
to push the big sidewheeler through the
Ice TO the rOwboat he knew that II would
swamp tie bateau There was not a life
boat on bOand that he dared to put in
the ice Jam. which was piling higher
every minute.
Through megaphOne the captain told
him that he would send help from
Washington As soon as th- q. Johns
put in at her dock. Captain iseed no.
titled the police, and the harDOr patrol
boat NiEil2nt was sent down the river
Just as the Vjgilant entered tEe main
channel she was hailed by a ting, Et1nse
captain said she wasn't needed The
river steamer City Of Milford, Captain
Sly. had seen the St Johns unsuccess-
Iul attempt at rescuen and hauled the
man aboard. AS the City of Milford
backed out Of the channel, two cakes
Of ice caught the bow Of the bateau
and iamned g hole nthe bottom. II
sank Instantly The rescued man was
taken down the river
Who the man was or how be came
to be out IN a small boat in such q
dangerous Ice jam is not known. The
~bOr men do not think any one woul5
attempt TO cross the river ii a small
bos-, when such feat was almost i'm
pcss BILE Some of the men thought he
might have tried to come ashore from
one OF the oyster boats and had been
carried down stream by the current
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
HOPELOSTF FORREN
IN ASHOKAN TUNNEL
Death Role May Reach
Eleven-FWe Bodies
Recovered.

FiSHKIL.L LANDING. N Y, Jan -.
Although rescue parties are working
desperai ely today in the AshOkan t,ln-
mel under Great Neck mountain. where
the fatal explosion occurred late yes
terday eEening, it Is not believed ther
viii find alive any Of the six men still
Imprisoned in the shaft and that the
total death roll viii reach eleven. five
bodies having already been recovered,
only three of whom were Americans
The tunnel is being blasted through
to carry water TO New York from the
Ashokan dam
The men were preparing to leave so
that a ton Of nitrO-glycerine might be
exploded by electricity. The explosion
came pTematureiv-
There were eighteen men in the tunnel
at the time, but seven escaped, though
seriously injured Il Is believed two
OF them viii die
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
By SELENE ARMSTRONG.

VIII the boycott Of meat by the peo-
pie be effectuaI?
VIII It result in the peoE,e's good, Sc
curing lower meat prices, or viii il re-
act upon the people, depriviHg thou
sands of Iaborers for some weeks of q
food article upon which they are de
pendent. throwing hundreds Of Iaborers
IN slaughter houses and meat factories
out or work. crushing out the small
meat dealer. and proving, after all, only
that the trust has the upper hand?
These are some Of the questions being
asked by various labor organizations.
labor leaders, and other individ -aIs to
day-
As to the hnaI outcome OF the hoy
cOtt, and its effectiveness in perna nently
lowering the price Of meat, Samuel
GOnpers. president OF the American
T Federation Of Labor, ls exceedingly non
c0mmitral. and declares that he is not
concerned with any sporadic or Incl
dental movement on the part OF the
people here and There"
Gompers Rot Interested
When reminded that a movement
which embraces the thousands Of CT
Eanized labOreTs VINO have Joined the
meat boycott could hardly be called in
cidentaI, Mr. Gompers said he IS in
terested only IN the organizing and Uni
flying Of labor, and In securing better
pay and shorter hours
Prank Morrison. secretary OF the
American Federation. thinks that while
a thirty days abstinence from meat on
may not tye effectuai in forcing down
prices. no movement which makes to-
ward cheaper and better living conds-
tons can fsl 10 be useful
II am informed - said Nh Morrison
that the net earnings OF the Armour
packing house last year, were Ss,l21 So
a dividend Of 55 per cent on a capital
stock OF S30ego, 90
How Trusts Control Prices.
s'The Milk trust acCOuntman appoint
ed by the attorney general OF New
York. has shown that the Mix trust Of
that city made an enormous profit On
scent milk prior 70 me raising OF the
price. two weeks ago. 10 GEMS This
goes to show the enormous profits the
trusts are making. and a;sO how they
control prices without reason"
NO successful b1yCOtt against the
Meat trust. in my opinion could be sus-
1aiued in Washington or IN any other
city The idea has an Inviting Eounu,
but its effect woul1 act as a boomerang
against the very people who would in
auEurate 1.-THE wage eaTuers.r
This is the way in which James Il
Feeney, president OF the Trade Uutonist
Publishing Company, the organ that
speaks he thoughts Of the labor world
Of washington. sizes up the proposal
that has awakened widespread interest
throughout the cities of the North and
Xvest-ns meIy. to at once institute a
HtS C-NA e-7f-Ail9~ -AAI A'-SA q A5t-
Combines Grip Strong.
The powerful grip OF this combine
can no more be broken by the peopIs
refusing TO eat meat for q short time
than could the desire Of the De-opIe FOR
meat be permanently cured bv feuoor-
ariIy abstaiuing from II, says Mr..
Feeuey-
II vFouIG say boycott the Reef trust
by all means z 7 thought Il would -rlt
down the present eXOrbitant prices -
this labor leader adds .'R1It I'm my
opinion q boycott Of this kind. no mat
ter how well organized. could have
only one effect
Continued on Fourth Page)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
THREE BADLY HURT
IN BIG 4" WRECK
Trainmen and Passengers
Injured When Express
Jumps Tracks.

CINCINNATI. ian 22-Three train
mel -e-e fatally injured. and a num-
Der OF sengers were injured today
WREN Big Pour train, No. 5. the Chi
cag-O express. while going at a rate OF
siJty nile an hour, jumped the track
at Riverside
The injured are Conductor ?. c
Standua1der. Engineer F. G Murphy.
Brakeman James Lewis. BaEzazennaster
John Stickel, an unidentified fireman
and an unidentified passenger.
When the accident happened, the
trs-ln was rounding a curve at a speed
or nile minute The train was late.
ana Murphy was doing his best to make
Cp Tor lost time II Is believed that
the cause Of the wreck was some rarf
OF Lhe engines machinery dropping on
me track lifting the mOgul from THE
ralls; eE1 causing the derailment OF TIE
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
RELIEF DISPATCHED
TO. VESSELS ASHORE
One Schooner, Three Barges. and
Tug Reported Wrecked in
Long Island Sound

NEW YORK, Jan. z.-severaI tuas
ano a T-recking steamer have been dis
patched TO Harts Island in Long Isl
and sound. where 1t is reported that
five vessels went ashore during a ter
rife gale that is sweeping the sound
today.
A three-masted schooner. three ba~rez
and sea-gOing tug are said TO be
high on the sands. Owing to the hiEh
seas and the fog II IS impossible N
icenf1fy the wrecked vessels or 10 tell
II the crews are safe
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
NAGEL GOES HOME
TO AID GRIFFITH

Secretary Of Commerce and Labor
NaEeI left Washington this morning for
Missouri, where he VIII spend the great
er part OF next week making speeches
IN behalf Of the election Of Griffith the
Republican nominee for the seat made
vacant in Congress by the death OF
Representative De Armond
0Ir. Nagel viii return to Washington
next Friday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
WOMAN CENSUS TAKER.

ST LOUIS Jan. 22.-NIrs- Murray For
IsteF. cIubvouan and president Of three
patriotic organizations, the Daughters
Of the American Revolution, the DauEh-
rers Of 1872. and the Daughters Of the
Confedracy. viii take the census Of
Culver township. St Charles county
Mrs ForisteU says she wants the eN-
perience a-d an opportunity TO study hu-
man nature
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
SEPARATION FOR CHRISTYS

NEW YORK. Jan. Mrs. Howard
Chandler ChTisty, wife Of the artist is
back today in New York from Zanes-
vile. Ohio. where she has been con
tending for the custody of her dauzh-
ter, IS expected to remain and institute
separation proceedings, friends who met
her at the station declared.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
RED" CONDEMNED TObIE

ST PETERSBURG. Jan. E-Jan
Pouren. a leader in the Russian revoIu-
tionary movement. now in the United
States, has BEN condemned 10 death
by a cOurt-mar tai At Rigo. HeAis ac-
cused OF murder Ing a DR.. Katterfied, n
the KurIand pro since.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
Good Thing, If 1t Could Be
Made Effective, Say
Some.
REACTION FEARED
ON WAGE FARMERS
EMPLOYEES of Meat Dealers MAJ
Lose Employment as
Result.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Jan 22.-Tbc
organized meat boycott in PittsburE
IS having the desired effect 80 far,
the prices on pork and veal dropPf-S
= cents a pound tod Ey-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22

The weather win be generally fair to-
night and Sunday in the middle and
south Atlantic and east Gulf States.
Tennessee, the lower Ohio valley. and
the u-,per Lake region In New Eng
land and New York the weather will
be unsettled tonight with rain. turning
into snow, except in southern New Eng-
land sn6 extreme southern New York:
Sunday in these districts the weather
iI. he fair, except that there viii be
snow ia the interior OF New York and
in Yer mont and western Maine. There
viii be snow tonight in the upper Ohio
VALLEY followed by fair sunday
Tne temperature viii fan IN the mid
die Atlantic and north Atlantic States
tonight, and IN New England and the
interior OF eastern New York Sunday.
The temperature viii rise in the upper
Lane region, the Ohio valley and south
Atlantic and east Gulf States Sunday.
and - Mississippi and eastern Florida
tonight
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
TElIPERATTRE.


Today--lT -Eh tide 5-I4 a m. and SIS
D m. LJyy tide, 11.s2 B. m
TomorrUD-High tide. 6-iS a. m and
s-35 D. n Law tide. I2.S2 a. N. and 1884
.. N.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
IS ROCKEFELLER THE MAN TO PROBE WHITE SLAVERY?

Q ON of the richest man in the woTld-bom
with the pToveTbial golden spoon in his
mouth cared for and nTtuTed jealOuSly
Subjected TO only tie best and most wholesome
environment in his childhood - living through
youth and early manhood among clean associates
what can such a mai know of the vice and crime
that splotcheS the congeSted districts of our cities
like, the fostering sore upon a 1eper'S brow?
True, sociological and economical tTeatiseS
present to the collegan in his course of study the
views Of the theoriSt, but to him without personal
experience with the Sunls these serve only to tell
him that such conditions do exist, and present in
hay fashion, with perspective fa- away out Of
plumb the real situation
So. you, you who have lived as most persons
Of today live, you who do know from the scenes
you personally have witnessed, you would not
choose such a man to probe into vice and to pre-
scribe remedy for the moral sore. On the con-
tTary, you modern men would seek man equip
ped with personal knowledge Of the Sums as
they are.
But the theorst has been chosen and selected
10 probe into the crying evil of today-the white
slave traffic in New York-and the theorist is none
other than John D. Rockefeller, jr.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22

John D. Rockefeller, jr.l A name to c0niure
with; name that brings to the minds eye the
kingdom of Standard Oil and dollars that mount
into billions.
John D. Rockefeller, IT.. IS known among the
newspaper reading public chiefly as the organizer
and superintendent of young mems Bible class.
Press humoriSts have poked fun at him as such.
Little else IS known of this young nlan-for he is
young, about thirty years old-yet in his hands has
beer placed the inquiry into the greatest vice the
country now mas to COmbat-tfc trading in wO-
manhood
Young Rockefeller does not know the suns
from personal visits; he has lived in an environ
ment OF religious Sanctity; but h IS eager to know
and as foreman Of the grand Jury he IS learning
ana the facts that he is drawing from the witnesses
VINO appear VIII either prove or diSpTove the ale
CATION that beSmrcheS New York--hat It is the
Rlalto Of the w hite Slave Trafi
How he is accomplishing this new duty with
his bihon-dolar jury viii be told to you BY Cor
don Mackay, who has watched the young billion
are at work and discussed the object Of the iGYeS-
cation with him
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22

FORECAST FOR THE DISTRICT.
Fair ,0u lE1t and sunday. colder to-
niSAr. minimum temperature tonight
aool,t 70 degrees: moderate TO brisk
sseSte rly winds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22

Gun D1IAON Ot " AEE1R-
HARPERS FERRY. ". Va. Jan p
Both rivers very muddy, and very hizh:
sluEh Ice running heavy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22

(Continued on Fourth Page.l
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
WEATHER REPORT.

CContinued on Second PaEe-)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
Business

Conditions have changed. wonderfully
since those days. The business Of the
Governmentfhas grown enormously and
the Official population OF Washington
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-08
PLANS ENLARGED
FOR new RAILROAD.
Line From Roanoke to Floyd May,
Be Extended to Mt.
Airy, N. c.
Especial to The Times-Dispa Itch. I

Roanoke. Va, July .-Roanokers
interested in plans for building the
Bent Mountain and Floyd Railroad.
from Roanoke City to Floyd Court
House. Virginia. sent Representative
to Mount Airy, N. c., to interview peotl
pie and ascertain their views on, Dc
plan to extend the line to Mt. Airy
passing entirely through Floyd ant
Patrick counties. this State. and max.
ing the total length OF the road one
hundred miles From Roanoke to
Floyd Court House, the distance is
about fifty miles. and from Floyd to
Mt Airy 1t is fifty miles. The pro-
ject Of this, kind viii receive enthusi-
astic support from Floyd and Patrick
counties, in Virginia, and Surry county
in North Carolina. Mr.. Airy. which
Is in Surry county, is growing rapidly.
and promises to become a railroad
centre.
A line Is projected there from Stone
VILE, N. c., on the Roanoke and South
ern, and one from Statesville, and IL
the Floyd road should be extendedg
there 1t will have exceptional rail-
road facilities.
special dispatch says that. Con-
gresham Carter Glass. OF LynchburS.
is In Washington urging Immediate
steps for geographic survey of Floyd
county, as preliminary for the actual
construction OF the Floyd Railroad.
There Is no railroad in Floyd county
at present 80 ,y,is.ls