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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-21
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has been in Ill health for the last sew.
eral months. ana his many friends arr
hoping that he will return home -
good health.
coIoaea rsdId.s RixtAAn1
Colonel r. NJ. Feild, Of this city.
celebrated his eighty-seoond birthday
yesterday. 1t his home on Corning
street. where ~ recSavod the con-
gratulations Of many frienda Colonel
Fetld was IN charge 81 the fAmoust
Twelfth Virginia regiment, Mahone's
brigade. during the War Between the
States, and II now the oldest surviving
Virginia oflicar Of the Army % North
ern Virginia, commanded by General
Robert =. Lee.
Epes Appoineed.
J. Dpooner Epes, who has oeen for
q number OF years deputy collector OF
customs In this city, and who has
been In charge Of the ONCE since tbs
once Of collector was abolished I
short time ago, received notice this
afternoon Of his permanent appoint
Iment ~ deputy collector IA charge Of
the port Of Petersburg. r. b. Hall
WIS promoted to deputy collector and
inspector. ana r. G. Hobbs WA pro.
NOTED TO the position made vacant BY
Mr.. Halls promotion.
Favor Enabling Act.
Judge John =. Harris and Charlea
Smith. two of the candidates for legis-
lAtive honors from Dinwiddie county,
have declared themselves In favor 81
the enabling act. Richard r. Wilson,
the third candidate. n opposed to the
enabling act, and favore local option
a. the best mothod for handing the
liquor question. a full vote % ,expect-
cd In the primary Of August Sth. when
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-21

in honor of Miss Sarah Crump. OF Rich
rnopd; Misses Elizabeth and Willie
Weathers Messrs. William senton and
spotswood Pollard, of King William
county.
The spacious lawn was we'll lighted,
with several tables artistically ar
ranged on II, and progressive euchre
was INDUCED In until refreshments
were served. The delightful evening
social was brought to "a close by choice
Instrumental and vocal music by Miss
Hall, or Kentucky. and Miss Beth
Constable and Mr. kutzner Bauman-
The guests consisted of forty or more
persons. which included IA number of
visitors to Warsaw,
OF Interest.
Mr. and Mrs Francis HuGer McAdoo
left baltimore Saturday afternoon with
Captain and Mrs. Isaac Emerson on
heard their steam Eaeht .aMrEaret,.
for a short cruise before going to New
port, whore they viii Join Captain
Emersons daughter, Mrs. Alfred
Gwynue Vanderbilt. who, with Mr.. Van
derbilt and their young son.. Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt, Jr have Just ar
rived from England.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Snead and Miss
IdnthIcum, who spent several weeks At
Virginia Reach, have returned to their
home in West Grace street.
NILES Lucy S"atHlHt3, " nv pVNit
spending the summer in Louisa, spent
Friday and Saturday of last week In
Richmond.
The Misses Grice have gone TO the
white sulphur Springs Tor the remain
der OF the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert .Haskins expect
~ leave town the ist OF August for the
Warm Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert schaefer and
family are spending some time at At
lantic City.
Mr. william Hodges Mann, Jr.. is
attending house party near Nash
v1ftt. Tenn.
Mr. G. c. walton and family are
spending the summer at the Old Sweet
Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Landon Cahell
and family expect to spend the month
Of August at Biddeford Pool, Maine.
sSrs. David Leake and Mrs. HenninE-
ham Spillman of Richmond. are at Old
Sweet Springs for several weeks,
Mr.. James H. Crenshaw. who under
went on operation for appendicitis at
Stuart Circle hospital last week. Is i'm
proving.
Miss Lois Hobson, OF Highland Park,
returned home yesterday after spend
ing week at the Garwood cottage,
Ocean View. af
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-21
PLAYING WITH GUN,
HE KILLS HIS WIFE

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
CAPE CHARLES, VA. July 30
John Fluhart, residing in Church.
Neck. near Exmore, Va. in = wrestie
with his friend. T. T. Bennett over q
gun, accidentally shot and killed his
wife Saturday at Westerhouso creek
The two men were fooling with the
gun when It was DISCHARGED. the load
taking effect in tho body Of Mrs
F1uhart was about twenty-eight years
old and was the daughter Of Charles
Crmine. of Chesconnanscx. Va The
body was taken to the home Of her
parents and interment was held in
Mt. Holly cemetery.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-21

premiums for the school fair to be
held Saturday. November 22d. Sew
eral hundred dollars will be raised by
private subscriptions and through the
aid OF the supervisors and other
county officers. All entries must be
in place the day before the fair opens.
A great fair is predicted, as . large
number OF boys are growing corn and
the girls are canning fruits and vege-
tables. especially tomatoes.
This county had 10 per cent larger
teaching force last session than she
employed four years ago. Tho term
was IS per cent longer, and the teach
ers received just IS per cent moro
money this year than they received in
1909. The school property is worth
100 per cent more today than 1t was
worth just four years back.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-21
SCHOOL BUILDING
REPORT ON TUESDAY

ALEXANDRIA. VA, July 20.-The
Joint committee on finance and
schools OF the city council will make
a report Tuesday on the proposition
to erect building for nigh school
purposes. Assurances were given at
the last meeting of TINT body that this
report would be made at the meet
ing Tuesday night.
In addition to tho foregoing num-
Der Of other matters Of importance
will also come before council for its
consideration. 1t is regarded as high
~ probable that council will at this
meeting adjourn for the summer
months,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-21
MRS. EVA GILL
DIES SUDDENLY
Petersburg WOMAN PASSES
AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY AT
HER HOME.
FAVOR ENABLING ACT
TWO DINwIDDIE CANDIDATES SO
EXPRESS THEMSELVES. WHILE
THIRD Is oProsED-MAYoR
CAMERON II VERY ILL.
FAVOR ENABLING ACT
y,rxinian Bureau.

Mechanics Building. Room Bis.
PETERSBURG. VA. July go
Mrs Eva e. Gil. wife OF Robert e.
Gill. died at 6 o'clock last evening
at her residence. in High street ~,
Mrs. Gill had not been In good
health for the last several months.
but her death came az = shock to her
many friends
She was fifty years Of age. She WA
Miss Eva Bishop before her marriage
to Mr.. Gill and ~ = young girl W.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-21

Hannah Logon and Esteile Hig-
gins coiored engaged in fight yes
terday afternoon. during the prog
hat pin. The wound was not seri-.
Gus. They are both locked up at the
First station.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-21
Parcel Post Rules
And Rates
DOMESTIC PARCEL POST.

DOMESTIC PARCEL POST.
The parcel post law, effective Janu-
AIRY 1, 1913. providers
s0That Hereafter fouFth-class Aaii
matter shall embrace all other matter
Including farm and factory proAucts,
1rst. second. or third class, not exceed
ing eleven pounds in weight, nof
greater In sise than seventy-two tnches
In length and 9irth combined nor n
Of any postal enDleye or damage the
nail equipment or ether mall nattsf
and not Of q character Derfsnaele
Within 4 period reasonably requires Tor
Transportation ana delivery"
For the purpose u carrying this law
into eject the UnfteA States 10 divided
into sones with different rates OF post
age applicable to each as followss
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-21

A distinguished party OF visitors
from Richmond are leaving today Tor
Lancaster Courthouse. The party in
ciudes: Mr. and Mrs. II. MI. Smith. Jr,
and their two Sons. MesSrs. Hiram NJ
Smith and James Gordon Smith. OF
Richmond. Dr. William s. Gordon,
Mr.. and Mrs. X. r. Gordon, Mr. James
w. Gordon. Mr.. Armistead G. Gordon
and daughter. Mr., Addison Waddeil.
Professor James Alexander Waddeil.
University OF Virginia. Mr.. Robert r.
Gordon. x-congTessman. Ohio. and
sergeant at-arms, house OF represen~
taitses and Mr.. Joseph A. Waddell.
They are direct descendants Of Colonel
DANES Gordon, clerk t7S7-i7sa, and
OF Rev. James Waddeil, the blind
preacher. who were connected with
the early civilization of Lancaster.
They viii present the portrait of
Colonel James Gordon, their ancestor,
a work OF art by Miss Adele Williams.
a Richmond artist Arnistead &. Cor
don. rector Of University of Virginia,
the brilliant poet of Virginia, Will
present the portrait with an address.
sass# Enlargement Aunouneed
Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Hall. of
Norfolk. announce the engagement of
their daughter. Lennie May, to Mr.
G Ruthledge Williams, of this city.
The wedding will take place in the
fall. The young couple have many
friends both in Richmond and Nor
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-10-17
HAS ALMOST LOST MEANING
Suffrage Leader Deeries the Too Fre-
quent Use of the Word
Domestic.

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait ridiculed
in Chicago the old anti-suffrage cry
of domesticity-that woman's place is
the home.
"The trouble is" said Mrs. Gait.
that many women cannot be domes-
tic: they have no homes. The word
domestic therefore. should not be
used. as is too often the case. in a
loose way"
The suffrage leader smiled.
YES" she continued, some people
give this word as elastic a meaning as
the witness gave it in Georgia court
Asked why he was not present to tes-
tify in a certain case, the man said
he had had domestic trouble Just
about that time.
What was the domestic trouble
pray? asked the examining attorney
Well, to tell the truth. boss said
the witness, L was in the penitentiary
for stealin' cow"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-10-17
MELISSA WOULD NOT BE A WILL.
ING DOOR MAT.

Children who play with fire are
sure to get burned sooner or later"
observed Mrs. Merriwid's maternal
maiden aunt Jane, with a sly, not to
say arch smile at her niece.
"The surest thing you know. dearie,"
agreed Mrs. Merriwid calmly, "also
the pitcher that, goes often to the we'll
is broken at last and it's long lane
that has no turning. Though I'm any
thing but clever, could talk like that
for ever but what's the answer.
pet?"
Il was thinking of Mr. Chestie. my
dear" said Aunt Jane. ut seems to
me as if-well. OF course, I haven't
any right to assume things and
wouldn't force your confidence for
anything in the world. l suppose.
however, that as soon as there is any
thing definite I shall be informed"
Mrs. Merriwid closed one long.
lashed eyelid twice in rapid success
sion. ''Ill come right to you and make
my blushing confession on your SYM
pathetic BOSOM" she declared "You
shall be the first to know it-after
deaf Mr. Chestie, of course. Are you
satisfied now?"
Then you really" Aunt Jane be-
gan eagerly.
ASK me no more. dearie." Mrs. Mer-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-10-17
TAKES OFF DANDRUFF
HAIR STOPS FALLING
eirlsI Try ThIsI Makes Hair Thick,
Glossy, Fluffy, eeautifuI-No
More Itching Scalp.

Within ten minutes after an appli-
cation Of Danderine you cannot find a
single trace of dandruff or falling hair
and your scalp will not itch, but what
will please you most will be after a
few weeks use. when you see new
hair. fine and downy at first-yes-but
really new hair-growing all over the
scalp.
A little Danderine Immediately dou-
bles the beauty of your hair No diff
ference how dull. faded, brittle and
scraggy, just moisten cloth with
Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time. The effect is amaz-
ing-your hair will be light, fluffy and
wavy. and have an appearance of
abundance; an Incompatible luster.
softness and luxuriance.
Get 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any, store. and prove
that your hair is as pretty and soft
as any-that 1t has been neglected or
injured by careless treatment-that's
all-you surely can have beautiful hair
and lots Of 1t II you will just try lit
tie Danderine. Adv.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-10-17
1[e1lll1ela9lti1s d 3
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Conducted by the National woman's
Christian Temperance Union)
GETTING A DRINK IN KANSAS.


GETTING A DRINK IN KANSAS.
A newspaper man who would not
believe that 1t was SO very difficult to
get drink in Kansas determined to
Investigate for himself. He took with
him friend who, 1t is stated. could
find liquor in back alleys. hay mows,
and under kitchen doors" He re-
lates their experiences in humorous
detail in the Kansas City Star; tells
how, after following the trail for ten
hours and forty minutes in the city
Of Topeka they finally ran down an
alley cocktail. and sums up the situa-
don thus:
Then It is possible to buy liquor
In Topeka? Yes. and 1t is also pos
sible to rob a bank there. 1t is q
crime to sell liquor and It is also =
crime to steal. and both crimes arc
committed in Topeka and probably
will continue to be. But neither ia
committed easily or with impunity
and neither is respectable. AS to the
degree of ease, l should say that rob
bling bank would be much simpler
matter than buying an alley cocktail.
and would involve less risk. A bank
robber can get into Topeka without
having to register his name and 90
cupation with the authorities. Whisky
can't. Under the Mahin law the rail-
roads are required to certify to the
county attorney every shipment Of
liquor laid down in Topeka, the name
Of the consignee and his address. 1t
makes trail a blind man could fol-
low. and the result is there ia no
liquor shipped into Topeka any more.
What small quantity reaches there is
carried In by its alley agents and hid
den In out-of-the-way places to reap
pear in the manner l have described
In the shape of alley cocktails.
Which brings me to what / was
going to say about that delectable
drink. An alley cocktail is half
pint Of the cheapest whiskey obtain
able in the barrel houses of Kansas
City diluted with Kaw river water
and artificially colored with burnt
sugar. 1t is then buried under the
chicken house and permitted to age
over night. When you meet man
on the train who boasts loudly that
the lid Is off In Kansas and that he
can go to Topeka or Leavenworth or
Wichita and buy a drink, It means
he has had an alley cocktail. When
he has had two he will boast that he
beats his mother"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-10-17
Finance as She Ia Wrote.

To add to troubles of the Wall street
man forced to spend his summer in
the city comes the necessity of en-
ploying substitute stenographer in
vacation season. Wall street diction is
hard enough for the regular etenog-
rapher; the substitute finds 1t next to
impossible.
The employer of one of the substi-
tutes not long ago tried to be particu-
larly careful and distinct in his dicta-
ton. Nevertheless. Comptroller of the
currency" emerged as Comptroller of
the corn belt" A remark about the
drought district in Kansas" was inter
preted as crouch district in Kansas"
Reverting to money matters again,
the employer talked about taking bull
lion into the Bank Of England. and the
copy showed that bouillon soup had
been taken into the bank.
Right there the bell rang for a new
typist-Wall Street Journal.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-10-17

warmth through the registers, and II
with a Crouch sticking out of him at
every angle of his fine, virile frame.
and his sonorous and reverberating
voice raised in condemnation of the
person or persons who left the front
gate open-well, it's apt to be a hard.
hard smile.
You see. auntie DEAR" Mrs. Merri-
wild went on. This one-head theory
rather assumes that the party of the
second part has a sky piece made out
of a pumpkin and filled with mush.
1t doesn't take into consideration the
fact that a womanly, wifely woman
has individual tastes and feelings and
real soul of her own. OF course she
ought to be satisfied to stick around
the hearth and gas range and find her
reward In the consciousness of virtue
when there's nothing else doing in the
reward line. but we SO very. very sell
dom do what we ought In this vale of
tears and tribulation. Mr.. Chestie be-
lieves n woman's place is the home.
mans place is any old place he darn
pleases. If you'll excuse the strength
of the language. Mr.. Chestie. auntie.
between you and me, gives me most
excruciating pain about the top hook
Of my dress"
Then why in the world are you
making such fuss over him?" asked
Aunt Jane. You've given him more
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-10-17

had continual bowel trouble. From
the day she began taking DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin she has had no
further inconvenience and naturally
she is glad to say kind things of this
remedy.
A bottle can be bought of any drug
gist at fifty cents or one dollar. People
usually buy the fifty cent size first, and
then, having convinced themselves of
it's merits, they buy the dollar size.
which is more economical. Results are
always guaranteed or money will be
refunded. Elderly persons of both
sexes can follow these suggestions
with every assurance of good results.
Families wishing to try free sam
pie bottle can obtain it postpaid by ad-
dressing DR.. w. B. Caldwell, 419 Wash
ington St. Monticello, Ill. A postal
card with your. name and address on
1t will do.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-10-17
PIMPLEs ALL OVER FACE

1413 E. Genessee Ave-. Saginaw,
Mich.-"Cuticura Soap and Ointment
cured me of very bad disease of the
face without leaving scar. Pimples
broke out all over my face, red and
large. They festered and came to a
head. They itched and burned and
caused me to scratch them and make
sores. They said they were seed
warts. At night l was restless from
itching. When the barber would
shave me my face would bleed terri
bly,. Then scabs would form after
wards, then they would drop on and
the so-called seed warts would come
back again. They were on my face
for about nine months and the trou'
BILE caused Disagreement while 1t
lasted.
"One day 1 read in the paper of the
Cuticura Soap and Ointment. l re-
ceived. free sample of Cuticura Soap
and Ointment and 1t was SO much
value to me that bought cake OF
Cuticura Soap and box of Cuticura
Ointment at the drug store. 1 used
both according to directions. In about
ten days my face began to heal up.
My face is now clear of the warts and
not a scar is left" (Signed) Leroy
c. O'Brien, May 10, 1918.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston. ADV.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-10-17
Sweeping Decision on Closing Laws

Denver.-The decision of the Su-
preme Court that all hotel dining
rooms, restaurants or cafes. which sell
liquor with meals are saloons" and
the Interpretation by City Attorney
Stevens that all such places which
habitually sell liquors in less quanti-
ties than quart are Saloons" may
close all hotel dining rooms, restau-
rants and cafes. according to Justice
Gabbert of the Supreme Court.
"A restaurant, hotel dining room or
cafe cannot be saloon under this
Interpretation of the law on Saturday
and remain open as a restaurant on
Sunday" says the city attorney.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-10-17
STATECAPITAL
NEWS
'estern Newspaper Union News Service.
TAX VALUATION RAISED.
Colorado Commission Increases Al
Counties Except Five.

Colorado Commission Increases All
Counties Except Five.
Denver.-The Colorado Tax Com
mission has recommended to the
State Board of Equalization the fol-
lowing increased property assess
ments in the various counties:
Denver valuations increased from
1901 ,204.13O to s4O3, ,106,21s, in major
ity report by Commissioners Link and
Phillips.
Increased to s347, $40. in minor
ity report by Commissioner ]. Frank
Adams.
Total increase in other counties in
majority report. SS4,649,570.
Total valuation of all assessed prop
erty in state as fixed in majority re-
port, s1,306,69O. O.407.
Highest state levy for all purposes
not to exceed 1.52 mills.
Highest county levy for all purposes
not to exceed 1.SS mills.
Figures in the majority report fol
low:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-10-17
ESKIMO BECAME AN OUTCAS7
Fate of Native Of the North Who
Through Faith Turned to
Christianity.

The whole life of the primitive Es.
kimo is governed by precedent, writes
E. w. Hawkes. in the Wide World.
Although outwardly the freest and
most irresponsible being in the world
he is in reality the slave of public
opinion and the numberless customs
and superstitions of his ancestors
The ways of his fathers are good
enough for him, and the word of the
old pen and witch doctors, who treas
ure up ancient precedent like the
pbarisees of old, is the standard he
lives and dies by.
For an Eskimo to break one of
these unwritten laws is to render
himself a social outcast Although
treated with kindness. he is no long
er reckoned as a member of the tribe.
well remember such a case on the
Diomedes. A brother-in-law of the
chief had early embraced Christian
ity. being converted on a trip to
Nome by one of the first missionaries.
Being a very conscientious man. he
soon recognized the incompatibility
of retaining his faith and conforming
to the worship of his people. The
spirit OF the Scotch covenanters was
in his veins. He refused to go
through the usual rites of his peo-
pie, and prayed to the God of the
white stranger at home. As result
he was forbidden his place in the vii
lage kos-ga tor meeting place.. where
every man has his recognized sta
tion. carefully graded according to
merit. His son was not allowed to
dance with the younger men or wit
ness any of the councils or witch
doctorings reserved for the men; his
daughters could not take part in the
annual dance of the women, nor was
any member of the tribe bold enough
to ask them in marriage. They all
married Siberian strangers and left
the old mans house desolate, but he
stuck to his faith to the last. In nv
humble opinion, he was the best
Christian / ever met. Always cheer.
full. always ready to help, living
daily the faith that was in him, he
was the only Eskimo ever saw who
was brave enough to withstand the
witch doctor.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-10-17
AN UNPARALLELED RECORD.

The following dispatch was sent
out from Washington. d. c.. one Mon
day soon after the new excise law
went into effect:
"The national capital awakened to-
day to find that during the th!rty-one
hours from midnight Saturday to 7
o'clock this morning 1t had been a
'Jagless' town. Not one arrest for
drunkenness had been made by the
police In that time, and the polics
court docket was a lonesome sight
The new and rigid excise law passed
by congress was responsible for the
wave of Sabbath purity.
Where are the prisoners de
manded Police Judge Pugh when he
ascended the bench and cast his eye
around for the usual Monday morning
array.
There amt none. yer honor said
the bailiff. almost sadly. We amt
got so much as a plain drunk
"The record. so far as the police
have been able to ascertain, Is un-
paralleled In the annals of the de
partment"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-10-17
Risk Brokers Refused License.

Denver.-State Insurance Commits
sioner Saul Epsteen has refused
Marsh G. McLennan, Chicago insur-
ance brokers, a license to write fire
insurance in Colorado. The new in
surance code provides that all fire in
surance must be countersigned by To-
cal agents, the law being passed to
keep the commissions in Colorado.
Under the old law large brokers Of
the East allowed local agents to write
the insurance and retain five per cent
commission. Ten per cent was remit
ted to the broker.