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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05
OPEN FOR srnING TERM.
New Executive Officers In Control mt
WASHINGTON and Lee.
lspeeial TO The Times: D!spatchl

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
! Lexington, Va. January i.--WaslI-
tngton and Lee University reopcncd
yesterday with very full attendance,
as nearly all the students have re
turned. and In addition several new
ones have entered. The new year
| finds now executive officer In charge
| OF the institution In the person of DIR.
H. d. Campbell. dean Of the academic
! department. In his work he will DO
assisted by his brother. J. L. Camp
bell. who Is treasurer Of the university
| ana n. ID. Smithson. Mr.. SmithSon is an
alumnus OF Washington and Lee, with
q considerable experience In teaching.
| Ills record while in the university
was phenomenal. 1t Is expected that
under the control of these three men
that the internal affairs of the unIyer-
sity will run along very smoothly until
I, the board OF trustees selects q new
president.
The gymnasium has been rcmodcled
during the holidays and gotten in shape
| for the basketball season. For several
years the games have been played in
| the skating rink in Lexington, because
the gymnasium was not large enough
TO hold the people and give room TO the
| players also. But by tearing ava,
some dressing rooms at one end of the
building. space enough has been Sc
| cured for all purposes. Wire screens
have been put across both ends of the
! hall TO protect tho spectators from in
jury when the passed balls go wide.
y thorough cleaning out and painting
mas been given the old building, and the
| Improvement is quite marked.
Practice is going on daily, under
the direction of Coach Pollard. The
iirst game will be played on Friday
night with Emory and Henry. Captain
Hannis is expecting to turn out very
last team this year to meet tho sched-
| uie. which Is the hardest in years
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05
ARGUMENT WILL
BESTARTEO TO-DAY
Court and Jury in Walker Case
Visit Scene of
killing.

gloucester Courthouse Va. January
l.--Arsument in the case of Cincin-
hiatus Walker, now OH trial charged
with the murder of E.sArhx.> Shackel-
ford on June IL last. will be begun
when court convenes tomorrow morn :.
Ing.
To-day, following the examination
Oh several witnesses. the court and
jury went to tho scene of the alleged
murder and over the route which it
Us charged BY the State was taken b..
waller after the killing. 1t was de-
cided TO argue the Instructions to-
night.
Court met at 10 o'clock this morn
ing. Mr. Marchant, the United States
marshal who arrested Walker at his
| store two days after tho shooting of
Mr.. Shackeitord. and who had first
neen subpoenaed as witness for the
commonwealth und not used, was call
cd In by the defense. Marchant testi-
ned to finding gun loaded with No. 3
shot. and finding two shells of No. 3
shot In the store. It had been testl-
red that Mr.. Shackelford had been
wounded with No. shot.
Booker, the noXt witness, told OF
being at Walkers store prior to the
shooting OF Mr.. Shackelford, and Sec
Ing walker with Il gun. and that he
heard noise in the hcnhousc and n
fox ran out. He shot at 1t with Walk
ers gun, but he did not kill it. Walk
or had claimed that he was out shoot
Ing at a young fox at the hour Mr..
Shackelford was wounded.
a. D. Riley stated that he had seen
the prisoner and Shackelford together
few months before the shooting. and
their attitude and manner were friend
~. He also testified that IL would
take man going from Walkers store
through the underground on foot halt
an hour to reach the point In Church
Hin swamp where shackelford was
shot on his way home after dining
with Tom Shackelford.
The next witness said that Walker
and shackelford had trouble five
years ago. but he judged by the pleas
ant way they talked together, that
they had mado up.
T. v. Riley testified that Shackelford
offered j. Ellis Lewis. colored $50 II
he would testify against Walker in
the liquor case.
Judge j. l. Taliaferro testified that
two years ago Mr.. Shackelford, and
two other men came to his office and
| asked him to iptercede with tho Gov
ernor for Walker, on the ground that
he. seemed to be n changed man.
Sheriff Fields testified that re-
ward had been offered for the finding
of the assassin of Munsel Shackelford.
Eleanor Washington. colored. Walk
er's cook, testified that her son James
who took Walker his supper while she
was at meeting returned home as she
did about dusk.
The defense here rested It's case for
dinner, and to give time for the court
and Jury to go over tho route which
the Commonwealth alleged Walker
would take to reach the point where
the shooting occurred.
After the return from this trip 1t
was decided to argue the instructions
tonight, and to begin the argument OF
| the case tomorrow morning.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05
TWO SHOTS FIRED
At CLOSE RANGE; i.!:
Walter R. Stranger, of Roanoke,
Dangerously Wounded by
l.. w. johnson.

Blacksburg. Va, January 4.-walter
r. Stnnger. a well-known man of this
place and until recently a magistrate
OF the district. was shot and danger.
ousiy wounded on the porch OF his
homo carly this morning by L. w
Johnson, white man, who camo hero
from Ohio, who has been engaged in
the BARRIERS trade for a year. Two
shots wore fired at close range, one
making flesh wound on the abdo-
men, and the other entering the left
breast. Johnson and William Cromer.
who went with him to the house, were
arrested soon after the shooting, and
taken to Christiansburs jail. Both
men were drinking, and no cause for
the shooting can be assigned other
than a srudgo held by johnson against
Stranger for a decision In n legal mat
ter last summer.
There were no witnesses to the af-
fair except the small children OF Mr..
StanEer. one of whom answered the
knock at the door. The wounded man
was taken to the Jefferson Hospital,
Roanoke, this afternoon for surgical
treatment.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05
NEGRO BREAkSUp
CHURCH SERVICES
Drives Preacher and Congrcga-
ton to Woods-Sought
by Officers.
lspcciai to The rlmes-pispatch. ]


spo,sylvanis, Va January I.-on
Sunday last. while large congrega-
tlon OF colored people were worship
ing in their church near Carter's Store,
In the county, Boss Bundy. Il inulatto
and an eN-convict from the pcniten-
tiary, appeared on the grounds In a
drunken state and began to curse and
swear. Drawing n largo bowicknife
and pistol. he rushed into the church
ana declared his intention of cutting to
pieces and shooting dead all who did
not immediately get out OF the church
and go to their homes. The preacher
stopped his discourse and, with the
congregation, fed to the woods. Bundy
pursuing and declaring his purpose TO
XIII the first one he should overtakc
He was too much intoxicated to catch
any of the fleeing congregation. but
he fingered in the vicinity, and that
night a public school building not far
from the church, with all the books
and fixtures and furniture, was totally
DESTROYED by fire. and suspicion was
directed at Bundy as the incendia ry.
officers Of the county are on the look
out for him, but have not succeeded In
finding him. Bundy has just finished a
term of one year in the penitentiary.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05
DEATH IS DUE: TO
NATURAL CAUSES.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.

Especial to The Times Dispatch
Pocahontas. Va, January 4.-Erroii-
cous dispatches were sent out from
Pocahontas under date OF January L
concerning the death of James "
Crawford, former Confederate vet
Gran and prominent citizen, who, It
was said, had committed suicide Oh
Sunday afternoon at the Browning
Farms. in Abs Valley, near this
place.
Mr.. Crawford died Sunday AFTERNOON
as reported. but the end was natural.
and came after an illness of several
days. There were absolutely no
grounds for the report that he had
ended his own life.
Mr.. Crawford formerly was super
intendent Of the Browning mines until
that operation was sold about two,
years age. since which time he had
been managing the farms of Colonel
James S, Browning in Abs Valley.
He was about sixty years OF age, and
Is survived by two sons. Norman, of
Blueaeld, w. Va. and John B. Craw-
ford, of Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05
NEGRO WANTED For MURDER
CAUGHT ON BARGE IN RIVER
Especial to The Tires Dispatoh.1

,,,tI,, ~ Hs pi'ea- LIS patcnl
Williamsburg, Va. January 4.-Wil-
nam Grandsby, tho young negro who Is
charged BY coroner's jury with the
murder of Lewis Fowles and the
wounding OF two other negroes in a
lSnt at q feast near Toano last Sat
nrday night. was captured aboard q
barge in York River at an early hour
this morning When w. S. EVAN at
tempted to arrest Grandsby he loaped
INTO the water and tried to escape by
swimming ashore. He was overtaken
ana captured By his pursuers. The
man was brought TO williamsburg this
AFTERNOON and placed in Jail He docs
not deny the shooting. but says that
ne was not the only man who shot a
pistol. He will he held for the grand
jury which convenes next month.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05
Social and
Personal

a GREAT deal of entertaining will
~ DC done IN honor Of debutantes
ana members OF the younger set
III inc next week or 50. Mr.. and Mrs.
Warher Moore have sent out Invita-.
.lons for cotilllon In honor OF Miss
katherine Hagan. tho AFFAIR." to be
SSeh IN the ball room OF the Masonic
,"ipie on Thursday evening. January
80 at o'clock. Miss IIa,nn is one OF
INC popular young girls Introduced to
iHchHiond society this winter and the
aahec given for her by MIR. and Mrs.
detail.
Niother Interesting affair given for
epi'ic OF the younger set will be IL
mousse dance OIL the evening OF
at which Mr.. and Mrs.
Sr"hViils .'ne will be hosts The
nuhco wiliSbe = the Valentine
nome IL East Frank,,. at $3.50
o'clock. AMI is given In or
reuHr'ck stuart Valentine. Jr.
brilliant deception.
MFG. llenuinyham Spilmau and her
Two daughters. Mrs David I.eulle and
Mis' otto Theodore Hess, were host
'sses ut one OF the most brilliant ar
ucrhooh receptions given this season.
ne AFFAIR was given yesterday after
noon from 1 TO Z o'clock at Mrs Spill
several hundred members of the FASH
iohhb!e society set here were present
MfS Spiman stood with her daugh-
'ers and her sister, Mrs Arinistead l..
wexford. In the drawini; room 20 re-
ceive the guests during calling hours
iier gown was black lace, made over
niack satin, with u corsage bouquet of
Firma violets. Mrs. Hess wore "a
gown of black beaded net draped over
sou white satin With touches of blue
velvet Oh tho bodice, ana carried Il
bouquet OF Killarney roses. Mrs.
Lcakc was Handsomely gowncd in
cloth OF gold satin with an ovcrdrcss
OF gold embroidered net. and her Tow
cra were pink roses. Mrs. Wexford
wore gown OF gold coiorcd marquis
cite trimmed In rose poln, lace and
held a bouquet OF orchids and lilies
OF the valley.
The whole lower floor was decorated
win Christmas greens and scarlet
howers. The Tantcls were banked IN
po!nsottias ana drupcry Of trailing
vines and SCARLET flowers decorated the
walls. In the dining room tho table
was yet with big silver bowl Of
bright rcd flowers. and scarlet bells
were hung from the chandeliers In
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05

the fact that 1t is not only very good,
but Is very cheap. 1t Is somewhat OF
trick to perform the operation OF
mastihcation, however. and upon the
receipt OF numerous inquiries we de-
cided to start spaghetti symposium
and have called upon some Of the
spaghetti EXPERTS OF this village for
pointers.
z. w. l.. whites us as follows:
First grasp the spaghetti firmly about
the neck while it is still alive and
MT II sharp tap on the head with
n tack hammer When 1t has ceased
it's struggled wind 1t about fork,
and 1t can then be eaten with neat
ness and dispatch. One should not
eat more than half bushei of spa
shetti at one sitting. When cooking
spaghetti put into 1t c. erything you
can find In the kitchen excepting the
range and the alarm clock"
l.. S. asks: How much would It
cast for enough spaghetti to lace a
cerset?"
tReferred to the society depart
ment)
J. R. T. wants to know: Does
spaghetti grow on trees? If so, why ?
Can spaghetti be used for bait, and
how do you get 1t on the hook?"
VIII some OF the brothers kindly
answer?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05
In WashfnGtou.


Oh. the boys have met once more
In Washington.
There are patriots galore
In Washington.
All the statesmen are on hand
To preserve the nation grand
They Will fight to beat the band
In Washington.
All the silver tongues are there
In Washington.
To push out the torrid air
In Washington.
They will serve the countrys needs
BY the politicians creeds,
Just by mailing garden seeds,
In Washington,
They will yell about the trust
In Washington.
They will swell up till they bust
In Washington.
They will wave tho starry flag,
They will hecter, worry, nag,
They will bluster, blow and bras,
In Washington,
They will hear their country's call
In Washington.
They will brnwl and squali and stall
In Washington.
Though they wind Jam and declaim
Things Will go on just the same.
It's foolish sort of game.
In Washington.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05
Thirteen-Year-oId Girl Drowned
Especial to The Times Dispstcb
rnnllfa

lSpcSiei 10 inc JlmeS- DiSpatch.1
Freeing, Va. January i.1The thir-
'een-year-old daughter of Ram Polly,
OF Elkhorn City. Ky, was drowned In
Sig Sandy River. on her return from
Siintwood. this county. and at last ac.
counts the body had not been rcoov-
cred. The girl had accompanied the
FAMILY Of George 3. Long on n visit
70 their old home. and the party. on ,ts
return, WINS crossing at a raised ford
When the girls horse stumbled. and she
was thrown into the river. Efforts to
rescue the drowning girl were made,
but the stream was somewhat swollen,
and nothing could be done
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05

But his ailments kept CROWN and
he soon WAS getting thin;
Many medicines he swallowed and ne
never missed kind
That was put upon the market that us
folks can call to mind
Hiram, he tried outdoor sleepin' also
mudbnths and the like,
And he should have been the wellest
man that e'cr came down the
pike.
Wore his rubbers in the summer, fear
in that he would catch cold:
Also fleece lined underclothin' year
around. SO we were told
He was strong on antiseptics, never
drank out of a glass
That was ever used by others Hotel
towels he'll also pass
Everything about the house that no
must touch was sterilized
If microbe e'er got to him. Hiram
Jones would DO surprised.
But 1t didn't cut much fgger how he
tried to stay alive
Microbes got him after all, and Hiram
died at thirty-fvc.
Abner Jones was Hiram's brother and
he didn't seem to know
That he should preserve his health like
Brother Hiram did, and so
hbncr was reckless party, and he
didn't seem to care
What folks said about the microbes.
Let them bite him II they dare.
Abner used to go out huntin' and get
soaked through to tho skin,
Let his clothes freeze right onto him
ere he'd think of comm In.
Smoked and chawed all day like blazes,
never had an undershirt,
Fooled the dentists, pulled his own
teeth, and he never felt the hurt.
Used to hang round the pest house
just to pass the time away.
Coin Bwimmin' in the winter seemed
to Abner just like play.
He would cat mince pie for breakfast
or whatever no could get.
Beef and cabbage on retiring was
with him the one best bet
Never went to see a doctor. Patent
medicine he stunned,
Breaking all the rules of health. some-
how he still grew more rotund.
But, of course, the time arrived when
he must leave this world OF
pain,
He'd just passed his hundredth mile
stone when no was killed by n
train.
How 10 Eat Spaghetti.
Spaghetti Is getting to he Very
popular article Of diet on account OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05
Thompson-BullorIs.

Fi>sdericksburs, Va. January A.
harris THOMPSON. of North Carolina,
and Miss Elizabeth May BULLOCK,
daughter OF Mrs. Annie L. Bullock. for
meriy OF Stafford county, near this
CITY now OF Washington, were mar
the bride. Mr.. and Mrs Thompson left
for an extended Southern bridal trip,
after which they Will make their home
in Washington
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05
Amherst Supervisor. Meet.

OF Supervisors Of Amherst held its
hrst meeting for 1912 on Mondav and
4 .nesday w. B.. Moore and DR.. Ii. Don
2 S tne newly elected supervisors
Ior courthouse and Elon Districts, re-
spectively, were present. On Monday
me board examined the books OF tho
Justices OF tho peace for 1911 Tues
ing road questions. Monday night tho
members OF the board We're entertained
nF Sergeart IL Fl. Spangler at the con-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05
FIRE r-nrentens Baker Home.

w,ncbest.r We Inn,,a,-t, ia m; M,
trio wires to-day set fire to the pala-
tial homo of William II. Baker. tho
millionaire chocolate manufacturer and
banker. hut the flames. which had be-
gun to spread rapidly. were confined to
the furnace room by fremen.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05
Snnith-Ashley.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.
Amherst. Va, January 4.-On Tues
day afternoon at $50 o'clock, at the
Amherst Baptist parsonage, James Mel
vim Smith and Miss Lille Ashley were
united in marriage. Rev. w. r. Nc
Millnn otficiated. The couple will re-
side near New Glasgow
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05

Pryor Tatum who has been visit.
ing friends in Powhatan county. has
returned to Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05
TIT EeSPUR>.
@NF> 7 He oNZ9N&Ex
S$SS5 By ROY Il. MOULToN.
COY Il. MOUGToN..
The Difference,

The Difference.
Hiram Jones was
always careful of
II is health in
every way.
And he tried new
tangled cures for
things that allied
him every day.
z ou Sc I II r c
wasn't much the
matter of him
when he StartediD
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05

Miss Arranhcllc Dudley, daughter Of
Judge Sidney j. Dudley, Of Hampton,
VINO has been spending the holidays
with her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs.
henry Atkinson, at Sl1 East Grace
Street has returned to the Southern
Female College at Petersburg.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05

John NJ. Blanisenship has returned
10 Baltimore. after spending New
Years Day with relatives In Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05

Miss Virginia Bishop. of Petersburg,
Is the guest of Misses Josie TIndall
and Nellie Bolnn in this city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05

Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Cochran and chill
drcn have returned to Staunton, after
a visit to Mrs. Cochran's father, Mr..
Woodward. in this city
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05

Mrs. Joe Walton, Of Sunny Side, has
been visiting relatives and friends in
Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05

Miss Eva Lacy. who has been VISITING
her uncle, e. l. Lacy. in Charlottes.
vile. has returned to the city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05

Miss Crcdilla Miller. Of Baltimore
VIII arrive hero next week to be the
guest of Miss Nell Potts, at her home
on Park Avenue.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05

will speak to tho members OF this
branch on the subject OF tho projected
Virginia
The Council of Social Workers will
meet at the Young Woman's Christian
Association lunch room. corner Fifth
and Grace Streets, OIL the afternoon 'of
Monday. January s. at half-past 4
o'clock. All aniliating organizations
arc asked to send their representa-
ivcs TO this meeting. as much impor-
tant business is up for discussion.
In and Out Of Town.
Mrs c. g. Walker will go to New
York next week to attend tho Eradua-
'lon OF her daughter. Miss Rebecca
walker, at ST. Luke's Hospital, in that
city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05

Mr.. and Mrs r. W. Cosby have been
recent guests OF their parents at Bon
AIR.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05

MIS- Garland Pollard and iittl
daughter. Susie. have returned to tn
city after visit TO Mrs c. 7. Phil
lips. in Portsmouth
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05

Miss Florence Burgess has returned
TO her home in Newport News after
spending a week In Richmond
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05

Representative and Mrs. Jones and
their daughter. Miss Annie Seymour
Jones. have returned to washington.
after a short stay In Virginia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05

y. c. Tatum has roturnerd TO Rich.
mona after spending the past week
with his uncle. w. p. Tatum, in Roa-
noke.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05

Miss Mary Allen. who has been the
guest of her parents. MIR. and Mrs. "
\. Allen in Powhatan county, has re-
turned to the city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-05

How 10 Eat Spagkctti.
Spaghetti Is getting to lie Very
popular article Of diet on account OF
Arizona republican., 1912-07-07
MUST BE MONEY
 IN THE FUND
But Warrants May Be Drawn Against Fund for Which Appropri-
 stion Is Made

In the matter of the Valley bank of this city against the state treasurer which involves the duties of the state official under what is known as Sen ate bill 29, an act passed at the spe- cial session of the legislature pre- scribing the powers and duties of the treasurer. the supreme court has handed down decision which is. in large measure, explanatory of some of the sections of the law.
 The questions involved in the pro- ceeding related to the duties of the trasurer in the payment of money from the public funds in cases where demands could not be met from the fund against which the warrant is drawn. The case grew out of the re- fusaI of Treasurer Johnson to pay cer-
 tain warrants drawn by the bank against the road fund and the general fund of the state. MT. Johnson de sired q judicial ruling as to his rights and duties before paying over any money on the warrants in question; and following his refusal the banking company caused to issue an alterna- tive writ of mandamuS requiring the treasurer either to pay the money or show cause why he should not do SO. The substance of the decision is that the treasurer can be required to pay out money only from the fund against which the warrant is drawn. l The order of the court. however. de termines another important point and that is in relation to warrants drawn against funds in which there is no money but for which the legislature has made an appropriation The court
 held that in such contingency the
 warrant should be registered by the
 treasurer and that interest should be allowed at the rate of five per cent
 annually as provided in the law above
 i referred to.