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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-26
|MPR0vEMENTSAT
JEFFERSON HOTEL
Remodelling and Decorations,
Costing $4,000, Have
Been Completed.

The contractors engaged to remodel
the cafe, auditorium and kitchen OF
the Jefferson Hotel ut q cost OF &so.coo
have practically concluded their work
and the unsightly screen that has
separated the cafe from the Palm
Court for several months will be torn
down within two weeks and the main
door of the hotel thrown open again.
While the cafe has been remodeled.
tina. auditorium has merely been COM
pleted. The auditorium has never been
considered completed. although IT mas
been in actual use fve years or more
The decorators have worked rev.
olution in what was formerly barn
of a hall. Thousands OF dollars have
been expended by the management IN
decorating the interior OF this hall
in keeping with the style OF the rest
Of the hotel and the result u 20
impressive ~ to astonish those who
remember the old auditorium The
color scheme Is old ivory and light
shade of green for the walls and CELL
ing, dark green paneling breaking the
monoteny Of the walls. The whole
In ornamented in the popular rococo
hotel scheme. but tastefully never
the less. The hangings at the win
dows and from the balcony will be
of green silk and a green carpet VIII
be spread over the dancing door In
place OF the old canvass The foyer
has been treated in the same scheme.
and IL beautiful The stage also has
been remoledel and walled up to make
IL suitable now for productions OF
any description.
The cafe adjoining the Palm Court
ID being decorated in the style orig
inally called for by the designers OF
the hotel. Carrere and Hastings. OF
New York In the afternoon 1t will
serve ~ q tearoom and at night for
after-theatre suppers. The huge out
lay Of money spent below stairs has
practically rebuilt the kitchens Of the
hotel
An unofficial opening Of the hotel
season In Richmond will be celebrated
this evening with the resumption of
the daily concerts In the balcony. Pro-
fessor Claude Elam and his orchestra
which has not played In the hotel
since June. will return to-day for the
winter. The concerts this year will
be given at the old hours and the
popular Sunday night music VIII be
continued
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-26

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against J. q. McCrersy for. 6eoa4e0
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-26
Important Meeting Of
Amateur Commission

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-26
WHITL0Ck WINS

At the final days target practice
OF the Police Department. Patrolman
W. B. whitlock, Of the Second District
yesterday topped the score made the
previous day by Desk Sergeant HOLD
craft. Of the First District. By one
point. Sergeant Holdcraft was high
gun with twenty -four hits. while Whit
lock made twenty-five out OF . possible
thirty hits. and also won for himself
the distinction a. crack shot Of the
force. Sergeant p. L Neisz and Pa
trolman G. r. Tignor also made q
score Of twenty-four yesterday. while
J. u. Sale, signal once operator. made
a total Of twenty-thfee.
Chsef JoyDso nee1rDs.
Chies W. II. Joynes. OF the Fire De-
partmeut, returned yesterday from
Denver, Colo, where he has been at
tending the annual convention Of the
National Association Of Ere Chiefs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-26

SeSDoa a ue6u0a
Graham. " c. June 5. 1871.
Preston Lewis Gray. President Ban9.
ham school Mebane. =. c.
Nv Dear President Gray:
While We are pleased with All tie
honors Joseph won At school We are
pleased best OF all with the moral
and religious training Of our ooy-no
staggering. no swearing. no vuleer
Just . nice. clean Vigorous boy Ss
ssehteon, who weighs ebevt 1eo
pounds, ready for the eorD0esd -
After spending many yesrs % teach
ing. I believe % 10 easier 70 cultivate
rood n, bits than 60 remove I'D ones
better TO send . boy 20 school where
the faculty spends more tone Sn train
inf n Young man to 20 right than IN
trying TO prevent. him from dosne
wrong: that u 10 ehesper and better
20 prcvsut crime than 20 cure crsmt.
nails: that 81 10 always better 70 Ssnd
. youne naa OF Boy 20 2 school
s ss.s =: 4 1s.. :. J: ne . ssr
masSvS psrSoA roP theoe reo00oS ]
seiecseA the Bsagham school st No
6ane, g c., for ~ outy go. He
sceas four years there. Ofo6uaee9 &C
AZ. school last month Win good
health. unsuIlied morals. ana the
higbest regard for hts teachers. No
wonder the outlook FOR years 20 come
'' 3 DASlEL ALBRIGHT LONG. D. ..
For Aaa1sens tIluseraes1 eosalegue
Seos frOe, write CeJeoel fsoeeo IeWSe
Gray. = Z, rssgeeeae DSng1e1 Seoosk
3sSaaA u C-AlvslsaQDso9 -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-26
Inter state Fair
LyneAbaFE, Va, October Ia
Sx75-ROUND TRIF1o&5x

Chesapeake and Oh10 Railway.
Tickets on sale September 80 TO
October 8, inclusive. good until Oe-
tober Z.
daily: SIS daily except Sunday.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-26

washington. September 35.-Brim
full Of interest from cover to cover,
and alive with telling facts and hg-
ures. the Democratic campaign text
book for the present year has just
been rec aived in Washington. More
like q modern magazine, alive with
up-to-iate reading matter than the
cold-facsd and prosaic documents
which heretofors have been sent out
by campaign committees there u NOT
4 dull line in the entire 400 pages OF
the new book.
Appealing to the sweet girl sradu-
ate" she 10 told that the dotted Swiss
In her graduatin gown IL the pro-
duct Of the mill Of United states Sen
ator Henry F. Appftt Of Rhode
island: that because OF the "protec-
ton" demanded by the Republican
party her mother or perhaps poor
father IL forced to pay $2.75 for the
fabric in this gown. while her English
cousin buys It for $l.s7-a difference
OF ~ per cent
The girl who 10 attired In . beau
tfful white dress-ready for seashors
or mountain reoort-with everythins
to match-is told that eleven yards
of fancy wash fabric In her dress
cost to manufac4ure in the United
States Slos and In England &1.11.
Tha eleven yards retail In England
for Sl.s7 and in the United States for
s2.7s. Why? Because the Payne
ldrich tariff amounts to ss cents.
Under ths Dingley law 1t was Is
cants
Taking stockings, . most necessary
parf Of the modern feminine ward
robe, 1t IN shown that the American
cost Of producing seamless hosiery IL
a. low ~ Germany's. Our machinery
n ius, a emcisnt ana our labor IL
paid little II any more. See what
does A. II II, the woman
of to-day pays at least 50 cents. and
often G6, for q seaml 30 cotton and
six isle stocking Of mercerized cot
ton top. II costs to manufacture this
stocking In an American mill % SA-1O0
cents a pair. The mill sells them to
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-26
South Richmond Bureau.
The Times-Dispatch.
,non u,,l Great


Phone Madison lis.
Union meetings Of Stanton River
Association, Primitive Baptists, VIII
begin tomorrow morning at 10 o crock
at the church; on Twenty-sishtin,
street. Woodland Heights: They VIII
Sunday night. The Woodland Weights
church 10 one of number forming
union. On every month containing nve
Sundays a three-day service 10 hela al
one OF the churches Delegates from
the other churches forming the union
are appointed Among those who will
attend the meeting here are Elders
Connolly, New York: Simpkins. RAJ
leigh; walker. Danville; Denny and
Walton. Winston-Salem. and Compton.
Louisa county
The Woodland Heights church il the
only Primitive Baptist church In or
around Richmond Although the con-
creation numbers only sixteen. q
handsome structure Of brick. with z
seating capacity OF ESQ. was erected
raised by popular subscription from
members OF the faith. No regularly
called pastor has yet been secured. but
as there is large number OF Primitive
Baptists living IN the city. 1t 10 thought
that the congregation Will soon De
greatly increased.
Rennle-LOttner Marriage.
A marriage Of considerable interest
to Sou:hsiders was performed yester-
day morning. when Miss Henrietta Au-
gusta Lottner. OF Forest Hill. became
the wife OF Charles Allen Rennie. OF
Granite. Accompanied by Miss Ruperta
Rennie, 4 sister Of the groom. and A.
6. Hatcher. the young couple left yes
terday morning for Washington. where
they were quietly married. They left
Immediately on wedding tour. which
will embrace Northern pointA After
q two-weeks' trip. Mr. and Mrs. Rem
ME will be at home to their friends at
i1l3 Floyd Avenue.
POliceman Loses Keys.
Mounted Offcer j. V. Manning. OF
the Third District. il minus his keys
and police whistle, which he was un-
fortunate enough to lose yesterday az
ternoon between the Free Bridge and
seventh and Hull Streets. without the
keys the oficer Is badly handicapped.
being unable to open the alarm boxes.
Columbus Taylor. fourteen years old.
was yesterday taken into custody on
charge OF stealing q monkey wrench
from the Southern Bargain House. He
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-26
Man IS ACCUSED
Of LEAVING GIRL
He Denies Charge, and Both
Are Held by Alexandra
Authorities.

Alexandria, Va, September ,5.-Xiss
Nora Bergett. claiming to be only
eighteen years old, whose home IL
at Keswtck. nine miles beyond Char
lottesville, AIbemarle County. was
picked up on the streets this
morning by Policeman Bell while ap-
parently wandering without any place
to go.
After being escorted TO police station
the woman told story OF having
being brought here and deserted by
Robert E. Cassidy. thtrty-seven years
old. of Charlottesville.
According to the story unfolded by
the woman she and csssady left home
September IT last and they went to
Baltimore and visited relaxives OF his
and subsequently went to Washing
ton, where they remained Tor some
time, and arrived here yesterday. The
woman alleges that he promised to
marry her after obtaining divorce.
She also claimed that he left her in
front Of the post-omce this morning
and she was without funds. The
woman presented q rather bedraggled
appearance after having been out in
the rain most Of the night They ar
rived here yesterday.
She appeared considerably distressed
over her p1edicament and 10 anxious
to return 70 her parents home In the
country.
A. soon ~ the woman had narrated
her story, the police started out In
search OF Cassidy and he was located
q short time afterWard By Sergeant
Wilkinson and Policeman Bell 1t the
Cnion Railway Station and brought to
headquarters and locked up. He told
an entirely different story from that
Of the woman and denied In lots most
Of her statements.
Among other things he SAID the
woman was twenty-ons years old and
he never made any promise Of mar.
rage, and that In addition he never
deserted her He said he Left her at
the post-onlco corner end went Tor
drink and something TO eat Gud re.
turning aftssu minutes s4terwsro
found she had vanished. Then ne
claims he went out In search OF his
companion and was unable to locate
her.
Chief Of Police Goods. thinking the
case might b enc that would come
under the head OF the Department Of
Justice, nosined that department, ano
during the morning special &sent
came over to Alexandria and investi.
rated the case and reported that u
could not be handled By that depart
ment
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-26
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-26
FREIGHT DERAlLED

Peint Held Up for Tive Hours.
Because several cars loaded with
merchandise attached to freight train
No. 8, from West Point to Richmond,
left the track near Fair Oaks yestef-
was held at the Fourteenth Street Sta
ton Of the Southern Railway for more
than two hours. The train connects
with the Baltimore boat from West
Point and carried 100 passengers
bound for the Maryland city. The
connection was not lost. however. since
the boat was held until the train ar
rived.
A split switch 10 supposed to have
been the cause of the cars derajlment
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-26

For the purposs of Offering custosrs IN
DAISY BREAD exclusively Give the oppoftun
beautiful g. - Colonial Desan "Ptrm
Father APIECE for less they caoa6
lots direct from the manufactures. ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-26
500 DELEGATES
TRUE RtfORMERS
Hold Enthusiastic Meeting and
Collect $2,388 From the
Members Present.

Hope for the rehabilitation Of the
wrecked finances Of the organization
was the keynote OF Grand Worthy
Master Ross annual address yester-
day morning before the 500 delegates
to the thirty-second annual session OF
the Grand Fountain. United Order OF
True Retormers. who crowded Into the
True Reformers' Hall. on Second Street.
to tussle with the problems that face
this powerful colored society. The
grand worthy master went beyond the
mere assertion that the order will re-
gain It's old prestige and recommended
that every member be called upon to
contribute 81, and all division chiefs
and employees IS. within sixty days. to
Sc, the finances Of the Grand Fountain
on its feet His suggestion was adopt
ed unanimously, and with the passage
Of the motion the aisles were filled with
delegates crowding up to the plat
form. holding aloft dollar bills and
shouting. Here's mine now"
Moaey q Pienty.
There Is no doubt Of the seriousness
with which the convention will tackle
the rehabilitation Of the order. $21S
49,
stampeded convention within . few
minutes. $1ss being donated through
the credentials committee, $1,000 being
collected from dues and $1,000 sub
scribed to be paid within sixty days
making a total Of sass poured In By
the enthusiastic delegates In the course
Of the day. The convention 10 determin-
ed to put the order on . sound business
basis. which win preclude q repetition
OF the crash in which Reuben 7. Hill.
cashier Of the True ReformerS Bank,
in Richmond, figured 50 prominently.
In his address, the grand master
made q rousing appeal for the sup
port o. chiefs and members In these
dark days Within Q reasonable time.
he said. all obligations. OF whatever
character. will be met BY the Grand
Fountain. He complimented division
chiefs and State deputies upon their
good work ard paid high tribute 20 the
white people Of Richmond. whose
friendship and assistance win enable
the order to emerge finally from its
heavy mistortunes.
EleesSou - OOeen
The play. n woman's Honor" was
staged by the once force Of the Grand
Fountain last night. the proceeds go
ing TO swell the free viii Offering made
yesterday. To-day the reports OF the
grand ofacerB VIII Be heard. and the
general ofacer1. who serve FOR four
years, elected. II 10 probable that the
convention viii adjourn this evenine.
The United Order Of True Reformers
- the most powerful colored organSsa-
ton In America. numbering 3e.7e1
members. It's activities have been ex-
ersed in every direction. ard at this
time the order 10 financially interested
in stores. q bank. o hotel . Newspaper.
a printing once and various other ea.
terprtsss. Il was through mtsmaeaee-
mens In these diversified business ven.
lures and the heavy peculassous Of HiIS
that the finances % the ofgeassssten
were ruined. The grand treasursr re-
ported SIee.esass collected last year
from various sources.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-10
HER SHARE OF THE BUREAU
Girl Visitors Idea Of a Division
Seemed to Be to Take All tho
Space You Could Get,

"A friend came to visit me last
week" said the Girl Flapper, "and as
there Is only one bureau told her /
would have to share 1t with her. So
pushed my things out of the way
and she began to unpack. This is
what she put out:
bottle of spirits of camphor. a
bottle of camphor water and boracic
acid that she uses for her eyes, a
bottle OF witch hazel, another OF ben
zoin, box of face powder and a tin
OF taicum powder, a makeup box,
sixteen ivory toilet things, four Ste
venson texts in frames, an atomizer.
bottle of ammonia, another of on
OF pennyroyal for mosquitoes, nine
hatpins. sewing bag, a jewelry box.
some perfumery and an alcohol lamp.
Now, I'll unpack my bathroom
things she said, and she took out
three sponges, large, medium and
small; rubber bath glove, bottle
OF liquid soap and four kinds OF tooth
powders and mouth washes, patent
exerciser, a bathrobe and slippers. an
antiseptic bathbrush, a rubber spray,
a thermometer and whiskbroon.
Then she borrowed my button.
hook"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-10
Every Child Should
Be Given This Tonic

Whsn children have no appetite.
when they arc continually peevisA
and irritable; when they are restless
in their sleep, it is almost q certai~
indicarion that their digestive organs
are troubled with worms or other
parasites. This Is very comnos
ailment and easily remedied. PHYS
lcians viii tell you that nearly every
mid is so troubled at some time and
n fact, many adults suffer in thr
same way. Among adults this trouble
IS invariably referred to as indiges
Ion. when in reality it is due TO
mail parasite which infests the intes
inal tract.
For children. Jayne's Tonic vermi
,uge ID unsurpassed, as it Is not only
destructive to these parasites, but
completely removes the nests In which
heir young are deposited. seldom,
1oes 1t purge, and the IMPROVEMENT
the health of the child will be the
'rst and hest indication of tho bane
tctal results Of the medicine. Not
My will the Verinifuge destroy All
ne parasites. but its wonderful homie
fleets will restore the digestion which
1as been impaired.
For children. the addition Of little
sugar viii make It so palatahle that
hey VIII take it readily. Millions Of
PARENTS have praised It for more thar
fghty years Insist on Jayne,s. ac-
eept no other. Sold By DRUGGISTS
everywhere. DIR. D. Jayne & Som
nalaTn'nsfa- Pa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-10
BULL Moose Is
HERE TO STAY
CONTINUED from page u

Direct primaries everywhere were
urged by the colonel and he made a
special plea for an educational cam
paign to begin everywhere to post
the people on the merits of the pro-
gressive social and economical prob
lem
Every law proposed In the social
and industrial plank Of our platform .
Roosevelt continued, should be press
ed and other cognate laws such as
the endowment of widowed mothers.
Our people should expound our poll
cies in the school house, and before
the grange as we'll as in the great in
dustrial centers.'
The various problems of rural life
were enumerated by Roosevelt as the
great problem requiring immediate
solution.
Farm financing" he said, should
now receive the consideration it de-
serves. 1t will be interesting to
note with what success our farmers
will take up or adopt the European
cooperative financing system OF the
Raiffeisen type. The greatest field
for farmers cooperation will be In
marketing their product. which pro-
cess now costs them and the consum-
er dearly. The promptest and larg-
est measure of financial aid would
come from mortgage banks chartered,
regulated and carefully supervised by
the government, operated on the
methods of the Credit Foncier of
France. This plan gives the farmer
long time loans of 40 to so years, with
the arrangement that a small annual
payment amounting to seven or eight
percent would automatically amortise
or wipe out the entire debt at the
end OF the term. The borrowed money
would be used largely for creative
purposes and the easy payments
would permit part of the farm income
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-10
NEW DISCOVERY QUICKLY CURES
KIDNEY AND BLADDER TROUBLES

onous waste matter from the blood
It neutralizes and dissolves the uric
acid that lodges in the joints and mus
cies, causing rheumatism; soothes
and heals the delicate Innings OF the
bladder: and puts the kidneys and
urinary organs in a clean, strong,
healthy condition.
More than few doses of Croxone
are seldom required to relieve even
the obstinate long standing cases,
while it cures the most severe forms
.of kidney, bladder trouble, and rheu-
matism in a surprisingly short time.
|. You viii find Croxone entirely diff.
1erent from all other remedies. There
is nothing else on earth like It. II is
SO prepared that 1t Is practically i'm
possible TO take it into the human
system without results. AS original
package costs but a trife at any first
class drug store All druggists are
athorizedS TO personally return the
purchase price il Croxone fails 10 give
! the desired results the very first time
! you us it.-Adv.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-10

Whoieocourse of the gradual wiprns
out of section differences during the
past half century. We're fine in their
simplicity and directness; and there
was skill as well as grace in the way
In which he led up to an appreciatiye
mention OF his chosen successor In
the presidential Office. Admitting that
circumstances made it Impossible ror
a republican president to do as much
as he might wish 10 make the south
feel that it has its full share In the
government Of our common country.
ne closed his speech with the ac-
acknowledgement that his worthy and