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Evening journal., 1913-01-10
ELsEMERE DENIES NEGLECT.

Residents, especially the business
people of Elsemere, deny that James
Trlsty, the colored man who died at
Farnhurst. had been allowed to suf-
fer for foodstuff while living at Else
mere. The man. they say. received
$3.50 week. and while he suffered
from a physical ailment he had
plenty TO eat
Evening journal., 1913-01-10
Mexican Boy Scouts will Translate
American Manual.

The Boy Scouts OF America i'm Mex
leo City are planning to translate into
Spanish the entire manual of the Boy
Scouts OF America. They have taken
up the plan at the suggestion OF Will
liam Wochatz, Secretary OF the Local
Council Every Scout. before he can
obtain merit badge for interpreting.
will be required to translate page or
more OF the handbook into Spanish.
In that way the local council of the
Boy Scouts Of America I'm Mexico City
hope soon to have complete transla-
tion Of the manual.
Evening journal., 1913-01-10
Linen Attractions

This department is noted for
giving the best that can be had
for money spent. Ask TO be
shown the
so pieces OF unbleached Table
Linen, 60c value, while it lasts,
tne yaIu ........... He
3 pieces double Damask with
out napkins, regular price $3.50
the yard; TO close. . .SI.75
100 dozen all-linen Napkins,
$3.50 value; this sale. $500
All Fl. s. Sets, Cloths and
NAPKINS specially priced
Evening journal., 1913-01-10
The Time Has Arrived
For the Change of
Underwear
ASK to see the

Ask to see the
Mems Negligee Shirts, neat
patterns, cuffs attached and de-
tached; regular price Si.OO and
Sl.5O; tomorrow the price Will
be ............ 75c and S1.OO
Mems Union Suits, Munsing-
wear, Sl0O, Sl.5O, Si.75, SIPS
S2.75, $500 and $3.50; will be
sold at 75c. Sl.0O. SIPS, Si.50.
$500, $3.50 and $500.
Mems split foot Half Hose,
regular II l-2c quality; sale
price, lOc; or ) pairs for. .25c
Mems plain black Half Hose,
6 pairs in a nice box; always
sold at 75c; tomorrow's price
VIII be ................. 6Oc
Special prices IN Fur Gaunt-
let Gloves, $500 to $1,000, less
20 per cent reduction
Mems fur lined Gloves in
grey and brown mocha, squir-
rel lined; regular price $500;
sale price .............. Si.00
Mems lsmbsdown fleece I'M
derwear, the regular 75c quail
ity; sale price ....... 59c
Mems split foot Half Hose.
the regular II l-2c quality; sale
price 10c, or 5 pairs for. -. .25c
Mems Switz Conde Under
wear, in large sizes, regular
Sl.00 quality; sale price .59c
Big men take advantage Of
the above.
Mems wide Isle Suspenders,
in light colors, calfskin ends,
regular SOC quality; sale
price .............. 81 lie
Ladies fine knitted MufTers,
just the thing for the cold.
windy days: regular SOC quail
ity; sale price .15c
Mems short bosom Shirts in
neat patterns; usually sold at
ST and Sl.50; sale price,
75c and s1.00
Evening journal., 1913-01-10
Muslin Underwear Department

Other styles from 81 to 81.
Drawers. cambria. clusters OF
tucks and embroidery rufle,
at t.t......... .......... 0Oc
Drawers, attractivcly trim
med with lace or embroidery
insertion and edge; value soc
and ST.; special ......... 69c
Petticoats, muslin or cam
brio. deep embroidery nounce;
beading, lace and ribbon trim
med; Si.50 and Sl75 values;
special ......... ....... SLID
Petticoats. deep nouncc of
lace or embroidery, $3.50 to
Si.OO.
Corset Covers, made of main
sook, trimmed with embroid-
cry, lace beading, medallions
and ribbon ............ Soc
Corset Covers, nainsook, yoke
Of lace or embroidery, ribbon
run ............75 75c and S1.00
Extra size Gowns, good quail
ity cambric, high or V neck
models; yoke of tucks or em-
broidery ..... ....... .$1.00
Night Gowns, soft finished
cambria, chemise style; trim
med at neck and sleeves with
lace or embroidery, threaded
with ribbon; ST value; spe-
cial ........ ....... 69c
Evening journal., 1913-01-10
Boys' HAS
Girls Goats

These Goats are marked TO
sell quickly. Take advantage
of the saving; this is the time
you need one.
Evening journal., 1913-01-10

IomorroW only al the above
prices.
so pieces of Plaids, Ander-
sons Zephyr, l9c tomorrow
only.
l2 yards of bleached Muslin
for ...... ..... .Sl.00
u yards of Unbleached Sheet
ing for Observation-Disclosures. SLIGO
75 more of the blue and pink
and grey Blankets, $3.50 value,
at, each ~ .S1.50
Evening journal., 1913-01-10
Cold nights you need these
Flannelette Gowns

Cold nights you need these
Flannelette Gowns
special prices, in pink, blue or
white stripes, slightly mussed,
broken sizes, SIPS and Si.50
valuesi special ......... .Sl.OO
Other styles from Sl.50 TO
$500.
Flannelette Skirts, pink and
white or blue and white stripes.
at .............. 29c 10 3Oc
Other designs with cmbroid-
cred nounce. .... 75c and 81
Knit Skirts. cotton; white
and grey, with colored bor-
ders. at ................ 5Oc
All-wool, grey, white, blue or
pink .......... ........ .Sl.W
Muslin Underwear Depart
ment.
Black Skirts
Mocris taffeta, tucked hounce,
from 81 TO S. value; special
at .......... ...... Sl.75
Silk Skirts, messaline or taf-
feta, all colors and black SO
Night Gowns, cambria or
nainsook, variously trimmed
with lace or embroidery 75c
Drawers, extra size, cambric
or nainsook, lace, embroidery
or tucked ruiile, SOC, SOC and
S1.O0.
Evening journal., 1913-01-10
Our Silk Deps is Ger.
family Very Attractive

y
We want you to visit this de-
partmcnt tomorrow, Many big
specials not advertised today.
We offer for your consideration
100 yards of heavy Silk, q
inches wide, very suitable for
Waists. The values run from
75c to Sl.Oo per yard. All to &c
in the sale at, yard .......l l9c
700 yards of 27-inch plain
colored Satin Messaline. This
is a grand, heavy messaline,
and comes in about IS different
colors. The regular price is 81
per yard. To close the. lot at,
per yard .... Csc
200 yards of Lining Satin,
SO inches wide, in herringbone
stripe, and the popular broche
effects. This satin is always sold
at SIPS per yard. Special sale
price yard .......... .S9c
Cit TTy.Je .c rslIrr
Owing to stock taking and the
enormous quantities Of silks,
sold during the holidays, hun
dreds of yards Of short ends (or
remnants) have accumulated.
All of these we are going to sell
regardless Of their former value.
So be sure TO see them before
purchasing.
600 yards of Silk Wolfe, SO
inches wide, with nice even
weave. All evening shades.
Regular Sl.OO value. To close
the lot at, yard ....... Csc
IT'S yards Of 42-inch, two
toned Suiting Silk. The regu-
lar price is Si.OO per yard. Our
special sale price .... .69c
Evening journal., 1913-01-10
Lippincott's
Mems & Boys Clothing

especially priced for tomorrow's
selling. 40 stamps with a pur-
chase of ST or over.
$40 Suits and Overcoats. $3.50
SIS Suits and Overcoats. $500
SIS Suits and Overcoats. $500
SIP Suits and Overcoats. $1,000
$40 Suits and Overcoats. $500
All Our Boys Fancy Mixed
Cashmere Suits and
0vercoats
$40 Suits and Overcoats. $500
$500 Suits and Overcoats, S6.4O
$3.50 Suits and Overeoats $500
$3.50 Suits and Overcoats S5.25
5000 Suits and Overcoats $500
$500 Suits and Overcoats, S4.OO
S4.00 Suits and Overcoats $500
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-25
MARKET JUDGES
FRIENDLY TO WHEAT

caSo. Il would he an impossbility for
the big people on the long side to dis
pose OF their lines without following
the market downward and accepting
largely lower figures.
from nearly every section Of the
corn fett there are reports OF improved
conditions TO the trowng crop since
the recent rains, and this will likely
continue until the corn now standing
IN The fields will be ready for the
harvester.
One OF the larger railroad presidents
or the Southwest is out with new
estimate on the total corn crop Of the
United States. making 1t 2,S0O,O 900. 600
bushels. which is the highest estimate
10 be seen. and is compared with an
estimate of 1000. 600 900 bushels as
fathered by b. c. Christopher. the big
grain man OF Kansas City Mo.
with improved pastures throughout
the country there Will be less oats fed
on the farms, and in this case the
holders will doubtless force at least n
goodly portion of their grain upon the
market centres
While oats are short OF a year ago.
the holdings at the larger centres as
well as the large supply in the wis
ible," Will continue to hang rs a fun
shaped cloud over the cash situa-
ton
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-25
AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIP PRIZES.
Results of Inter-County High School
Contests Recently Held
Especial to The Times Dispatch.l

10 Inc IlmeS- DiSpatSh1
Marion, va, August 24.-In connec-
ton with the inter-county high school
contests held at Marion in June three
boys and three girls took a compe titiye
examination for scholarships offered by
number Of Virginia colleges. Only
graduates of four-year high schools
from the class OF 1913 were eligible
Tho subjects covered in the exainina-
lions were mathematics, history and
Eng lish The questions were made out
by high school teachers from counties
not represented by the contestants, and
the papers We're graded by specialists
unacQuainted with the contestants and
the schools represented.
For the boys. the highest average
grade was made by Paul Nickel, OF
Glade Springs; for the girls, Miss Eliz-
abeth Arnctt, of Bethel High School
| Washington County. The other con-
testants were Herbert Stone, wythe-
Vile; Mercer Williams Rural Retreat:
Ora Hand. Damascus; Mabel Barclay.
Wallace.
Mr.. Nickel and Miss Arnett have the
privilege OF deciding whether they will
take advantage OF the scholarships Of
fered by the colleges If they cannot
avail themselves of this opportunity
the prizes rightfully fall to Mr. Stone
and Miss Hand. the next in sue
cession. The grades for both the bows
and girls were very close.
This contest has stimulated interest
in high school work, and ii continued
VIII tend to standardize the course OF
study and the character OF work done
in the different schools of the district
II will reflect honor for every school to
have representatives. In the next con.
tests.
The following colleges agreed 10 ar
range scholarships for the winners, pro-
.vided they can meet the entrance re-
quirements fixed for all students: Uni-
vcrsity. of Virginia. William and Mary,
Randolph Macon. Richmond College.
Hampdcn Sidney, Washington and Lee,
Roanoke. Emory and Henry, King Col
legc, Hollins, Roanoke Womans Col
lege. IIarrisonburg State Normal. Rad
ford Normal. Marion Female College.
Virginia lntermont College, Sullins.
Martha Washington. Stonewall Jackson
Institute.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-25

servance OF Labor Day, as is the usual
custom This Will tend to dcaden
business more than anything else
The weather Will be OF the highest
Importance. particularly in the West
ern cotton belt. and Will probably in
huence the daily swings At the same
time. the present condition period ends
TO morrow, the 26th, and much inter
est VIII be taken in the next report
on the condition OF the crop.
IL is safe 10 say that continued
drought in the West would cause
prices 10 work upward. while rains
would cause slump. temporarily, at
least There is much open cotton
IN Texas awaiting picking that il la
diihcult to say just what effect con-
tinued rains would have on the mar
ket While moisture would check the
deterioration in tho West and start
tho plant making again. the damage
10 open cotton would be severe and
picking would be interrupted. SO much
complaint would result that rains.
after the first day or so, might be
considered bullish factor.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-25
I resi- SPECULATION
ON market CALENDAR

ut its worst has both failed to bring
about any liquidation or any financial
alarm. The firmness of President Will
son under most trying conditions has
restored the confidence of the investing
public AS market factor. the Mex
which the bear can hang his fragment
OF a hope.
AS 10 per cent investment stock, with
possibilities of an extra cash distribu-
ton. Union Pacific has maintained it's
supremacy as a trading medium. Steel
common represents the public opinion
of the industrial situation. The ruling
price suggests confidence.
In the copper stocks. Amalgamated
easily leads both in point of interest
and possibility of profit, although the
minor copper stocks should not be over
ooked.
So long as the Reading Railroad and
coal mines are undivided, Reading
stock will maintain it's present position
among the coalers and Just as surely
Interboro with promise Of dividends
on the preferred Will lead among the
traction issues.
American Can. while purely specu-
lative, will excite interest in the In
dustrial issues and there is no reason
to change the opinion already expressed
In this column, that there is a strong
probability OF the directors making
final payment on the back dividend due
on preferred shares before the end of
the current year.
With easy money assured over the
crop moving period, and better de-
mand for high grade securities and
short term notes, 1t Is hardly conceiv-
10 any other result than the renewal
of SueculatiOn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-25
General Subject of Lectures by
DR.. Dunbar H.>Ogden at
Montreal Assembly.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch. ]

Montreal, y. c., August 24.-rhc sna
special feature OF the first part Of tbo
fourth period of the summer assembly
OF southern Presbytcrians at Montreal,
Is the series OF addresses which Rev.
Dunbar II. Ogden, d. d.. OF Atlanta
tia., Is delivering on the general sub
Jeci' The Social Messages of the Bible
This is the first time that the socI,,
problem in it's relation to the teachinp
OF the Bible has been presented hero
AT length, and DIR Ogden is being heard
by the largest audiences OF the sum
mer, and his addresses arc being com
mended as among the ablest that have
been heard here during any season in
the history of Montreal
The special phases of the socia,
problem 10 which DR.. Ogden has called
the attention of his audiences at Mon
treat have been labor and capital'
property and the poor" the wheels
OF justice" and Tho social citadel-the
home"
The climax of DR.. Ogdens messages
was reached IN his plea for the pre-
serVation of the home as the social
citadel. The work OF the home he
stated Is that of constructive rather
IMAM rescue, the trruo home becoming
inc vestibule TO heaven, and the false
home becomes the vestibule to hell.
The true home" he said. must have
place, must have people and must be
characterized by possession. And the
tendency to-day of married people to
rush into hotels, boarding houses.
apartment houses Is one of the curses
or modern civilization for the true
nome cannot exist in such places"
Among the pcrils of the home DR..
Ogden deplored the divorce evil and
clubs; of the latter he said some were
good and some were bad, but that the
tendency to substitute the club for the
home"is altogether bad.
The close of the present week will
mark the close OF the summer assem-
bly, for this year.
Plans of Improvement.
There was a slight diversion during
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-25
ny BROADAN WALL.

New York, August 24.-Will history
repeat itself? On the heels Of the
Northern Securities decision came a
boom in the stock market The decree
dlSsoiVing the Standard Oil was fol-
lowed by speculation at advancing
prices that has already made many
rich. The dissolution OF the Hartman
merger suggests like possibilities to the
holders of the Southern and Union Pa
cinc.
Rumors were current in the street
that the underwriting syndicate would
not be called upon to take up any
stock. 1t is possible that the control
of the property will be passed to an
other corporation with a large profit
TO the underwriters and the bankers
From intense heat In the corn belt
to renewal OF hostilities In the
bill, and the actions OF President
IIuerta. OF Mexico. hesitation in the
price of copper metal, reduction in
the price of finished steel products
we have witnessed combination of
circumstances that would surely have
resulted In a lower range Of stock mar
ket values, were it not that the tech
meal situation is unusually sound Any
doubt regarding the success of the
3b1,OOO.OO0 New Haven debenture issue
Is. of course, removed by the quoted
price Of the new bonds when issued
and the strength of the Interboro
shares, both common and preferred, is
taken TO Indicate that the new securi-
ties underwritten by j. p. Morgan &
Co. VIII fnd a ready market at advanc-
ing prices.
AS the crop scare has passed with
the hot weather, the Mexican situation
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-25
Odds and Ends From the Wire

queen Alexandra has sent a wedding
present TO Manuel OF Portugal inscribed
10 my dear Manuel. King OF Portugal
rom ms attectionate aunt Alexandra"
and that the King and Queen Mari ran+
present very similarly Inscribed
caused much comment. and good
many people are still contending that
Manuei should not be openly STYLED
hing In n country that recognizes the
portuguese republic. and precedents
When Louis Philippe became an exile
In England after the revolution OF 1915
ne and ais wife lived quietly at Clare
mont as the Count and Countess de
Neuilly, one OF the newspapers goes
so far As to say:
Perhaps Sir Edward Gray will oblige
with a hint"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-25
BY JOSEPH r. pnIrCHAuD.

Chicago, August 24.-The best judges
on conditions in the Chicago wheat
market feel friendly TO that grain. al
though they are making but very little
noise about it. The fact that this years
Wheat crop is of excellent quality Will
help to sell IL There will be great
deal OF poor wheat forced upon the
markets of the old World and the
wheat from the United States viii be
taken for blending purposes, If for no
other use.
While the worlds shipments OF
wheat were fairly liberal last week,
ii viii be noticed that the greater por-
ton OF the shipments have been sent
Out Of the United States. and il is now
SAID that heavy sales are being made
and that this grain will go out later
on
There is an enormous open interest
Nsp, The deferred futures OF corn, and
while there are few very strong
men in the trade with good-sized hold
ings, there are large numbers of farm
ers and others in the country who hold
this grain and who are anxious TO get
out Of II with profits to their credit
OWmS 10 the bearish feeling which
nov Ccrvades the corn market at Chi
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-25

and Oklahoma over Sunday. Such rain
4, lall as occurred In those States yester-
DAY was only light showers at a few
points In the eastern part of Okla
mona and Northeastern Texas but from
tho weather Bureaus predictions and
the map lines the trade either believes
or hopes there will be enough rain in
those States either to-day or to-mor-
row for the Weather Bureaus reports
on Monday to show the drought has
been broken.
In order to be effectuaIly broken
there should be rainfall of two to
three inches throughout the whole of
iexas and all of Oklahoma and one to
TWO inches over Arkansas and Tennes-
see. The course OF the markets will
DC governed accordingly from the pres
ent level as the damage already done
10 the plants in some sections has been
OF an irreparable character. Plenty of
moisture will be required to develop
the new growth necessary before new
blossoms can appear, and it takes six
weeks from that time before the de-
velopment OF full grown bolls
SIX weeks from September 1 would
bring the plants up to October 10. the
beginning OF the frost stage over the
northern half of the cotton belt from
western Texas to the Atlantic coast,
and an early killing frost this year;
with the season still one to two weeks
would cause greater damage than has
occurred so far from the drought and
high temperatures of the past month
in the southwestern part Of the belt
The Government Report.
The governments crop report is due
Tuesday, September 2. 1t will give the
average condition OF the plants to Au-
gust 20, compared with that date last
year, and the ten-year average condi-
tion for that time, az contrasted with
the condition of the plants on July 25
OF last month, when the average was
1876 per cent. This report is the big
factor ahead OF tho market
In the meantime, the movement Of
cotton into sight from interior points
this week Is 100000 bales. against 49,
900 last year, with the total crop mar
keted from September 1 last season to
date 1S.716,000 bales on the figures OF
the New York Cotton Exchange, against
1S.949,000 during the same period last
year. Spinners' takings this week have
been $4,000 bales, against Isl, 900 last
year. with the decrease in the visible
supply of cotton of American growth
63.133 bales. against 46,6O6 last year
and the total of all kinds showing
decrease OF l25,133. against S0,606 last
year. The present visible supply Of
American cotton In all parts of the
world is 99l,5I2 bales. against l,3l3.275
last year, with the visible supply OF all
kinds in all positions standing at ,S65,-
5T2 bales, against 1.eS3.275 last year.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-25
I EACHING OF BIBLE
ON SOCIAL PROBLEMS

, the program of the Montreal confer
ence yesterday evening, and during
the time Rev. r. c. Anderson, president
spoke specifically Of the material i'm
provements which have been effected
here within the past few days and OF
others 10 be made as rapidly as time
and money will allow. The power from
the new electric plant of the association
which was turned on this week gives
10 hotels and residences within the
Alontreat reservation electric light adj :
vantaSes equal to that to be secured
from the plant of Il well-regulated city.
The plant is located one mile from the
reservation, and on an altitude of n
little more than 5000 feet. 800 feet
higher than the Montreal grounds
proper. The new plant has been in
stalled at cost of $4,000, and is a
valuable addition to Montreal.
Evidence OF the special work in the
interest of children and young people
at Montreal during this season has
been given in three entertainments
during the present week. the program
of each having been prepared by one
Of the three organizations for boys,
girls and little children. These enter
tainments contributed to a large de-
gree to the pleasure of the week.
1t is not improbable that the next
special building that will be eretced
here will be one for the entertainment
or the retired ministers of the church
In view OF the fact that few ministers.
with the present salaries received, are
able TO do more than secure living
expenses and are unable to meet the
cost of recreation during the summer.
there Is a desire upon the part of the
executive secretary OF Christian educa-
zion and ministerial relief and upon the
part of others familiar with these con-
dttions to provide a summer home at
Montreal as soon as practicable espe-
ciaiiy for the entertainment OF minis
tors who, as the result OF illness or
age. are no longer engaged in the active
work OF the church.
II this building Is secured in the
near future, II is probable that II win
be the first enterprise OF the kind to
be established by any church in the
South.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-25
CUTS THROAT WITH
KNIFE TO END LIFE
Mrs. Lucy M. otey, Prominent
Lynchburg Woman, Commits
Suicide at Her Homo.
Especial to Tho Times-Dispatch.,

Lynchburg, Va. August 24.-Mra
Lucy NJ. Otey. widow of Colonel Kirk
wood otey. of the Eleventh Virginia
Regiment In tho Civil War, who had
for years been prominent in memorial
charitable and philanthropic, work in
Lynchburg, committed suicide at her
home here this morning by cutting
her throat with n knife while in
melancholy condition. The body was
found several hours after death en-
sued
Mrs. Otey was about seventy years
old, and was one OF the best known
women Of Lynchburs. During the war
she worked heroically for soldiers in
hospitals here, and since that was
largely responsible for the organiza-
tion and maintenance of the annual
Confederate Memorial Day exercises.
She was also a staunch supporter of
the local Florence Crittenden Home.
Mrs. Otey survived her husband
many years and she In turn Is sur
vived by three children: John NJ Otey.
Lynchburg city auditor; Mrs. James A.
Scott and Kirkwood Otey, Jr.