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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-18
.SWANSBORO STORE
SELLS ON SUNDAY
Ordered by Magistrate Cheatfam
to Remain Closed, but Owner
Will Test Ruling.

Disregarding the orders of the ma
gisterial court, ]. w. Mildly who con-
ducts the only confectionery store in
Swansboro. opened for business as
usual yesterday morning and suffered
law. AS far as could be ascertained
last night. no complaints of the VIC
lation of the Sunday antiselling laws
We're made TO the authorities.
The confectionery store and the two
village drug stores were notified on
August by Magistrate l.. W. Cheat
ham. of the Swansboro Court, that the
law would be rigidly enforced This
meant the closing of the Mildly estab-
lishment. while the druggists were for
hidden to sell anything except medi-
cines and drugs. In compliance with
the order, the three stores closed the
following day, and Swnnsboro had its
first dry sunday
Last week Mr.. Mildly and b. NJ Rob
erts, proprietor of one of the drug
stores. had conference with Common
wcalths Attorney Ilaskins Hobson, and
went before Judge Robert G. Southau
OF the Chesterfield Circuit Court with
u request that permission to remain
open be given They were informed
mat II a precedent for such an action
could be cited. the request would be
granted. None was found, but MIR.
Mildly then determined to make a legal
test and ascertain his rights.
Magistrate l.. w. Cheatham could not
DC reached by telephone last night,
put Mrs Cheatham stated that she cx :
pccted that her husband would take
oiloial cognizancc OF the breach of his
orders. Rev. Charles Tinsley Thrift.
the complainant who caused the is
suance OF the order, has been away
IRON the village for week. He re-
turned yesterday. but would not dis
cuss the subject last night.
While open for business. MIR. Milbv
ma" the binds down and the doors Of
his establishment closed throucbor, ~
/ DAY, and quietly conducted his nnaire
re stated that he meant no disrespect
10 magistrate l.. w. Cheatham, but
merely wished to test the ruling,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-18
CONVICTED PARENT
VISITED BY CHILD
Newell Walker Sees Seven-Ycar-
Old Daughter for First Time
Since He Killed Wife.
PRISONER is. HOPELESS
Realizing That His Chances for
Life Are Slim, Walker Has
Begun to Break Down.

Choked with emotion at the sight of
his small child. but unable to utter
greeting, young Newell Walker,
convicted wife-murdercr, yesterday
clasped his eldest daughter to his
breast for the first time since the
tragedy for which he is condemned TO
pay the extreme penalty. The meet
ing took place in the gloomy corri-
dor Mt Henrico County jail where ne
has been confined for two months, and
which he will leave i'll two weeks
for the death chamber In the State
Pcnitcntiary unless Governor Mann In
tcrvenes
lust before the little girls visit the
county prisoners had had song and
prayer service with some travelling
evangelists. and Walker whose men
tai condition for the past few weeks
has been precarious. was worked up
to a high nervous pitch. and the sight
OF friends was more than he could
stand. Wildly grasping his child. md
with tears pouring down his cheeks.
Walker imprinted kiss after kiss on
her face. 1t was necessary to cut the
visit short. and for hours the prison
or paced up and down his narrow cor
ridor, sobbing and half hysterical.
Says He Was Insnnc.
Walker. who Is twenty eight years
old. is condemned to die for the muir
der OF his young wife. whose throat
he cut. The murder was said to have
been premeditated, but this Walker
denies. He acknowledges the killing,
but claims to have committed the deed
in Il moment of insanity. The MURDER
took place in Charles City County on
May 10. in sight OF several persons.
a razor being the weapon used. Mrs
Walkers head was practically severed
from the body.
While rarely speaking of his wife,
Walker continually refers TO his chill
drcn. Since the murder the three
youngsters have heep taken by sep
arate families. Whenever the chill
dren arc mentioned. Walker brightens
up. hut Immediately after ne become IS
morose.
Mary. the little seven year old child
who visited her father yesterday. is
said to greatly resemble her mother
She is a bright little girl, with dark
hair and eyes, and was her fathers
favOrite. She is now living with her
aunt in Newport News. and was
brought here yesterday to sec her
parent. probably for the last time
Walker has been buoycd up with
the expectancy of n new trial, but this
slight hope has begun 10 dwindle. The
supreme Court of Appeals will meet
carly next month, and will then act
on his case. Walkers attorneys are
confident that n new trial will be
granted
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-18
Victims, Seated on Collins, Were
Driven to Penitentiary
Bottom From IaiI.

Richmond, the scene OF many drama
| tic occurrences. received one OF its
greatest thrills cighty-sx years ago
yesterday. Seated on open collins and
clothed In purple gowns and bla elk
caps. three plratical Spaniards were
driven up Main Street to Penitentiary
Bottom, where. in the presence OF a
vast multitude. they were hanged
The men-Pepe. Couro and Felix
were tried in the United States Dis
trict Court, found guilty Of piracy and
murder on the brig Crawford, bound
! to MatanZas, Cuba, and sentenced to
be executed on August II, 1927 The
condemned men were confined In the
! lienrico County Jail until the morn
! ing OF the execution. They were taken
| from the JAIL placed in an open wagon,
and. guarded by the military commands
of the city, were taken to the galiows.
The hills around the penitenttary
were covered with people The crowd
was estimated at 1000. Felix was the
! first TO die The ropes broke under
the weight OF Pepc and Couro. and as
their bodies hit the ground. n cry that
they were being rescued by comrades
! threw the huge asscrt.!a5u into n
/ panic. The men We're lifted up to
the trap and it was again sprung.
Tried TO Bring Them to Life.
| The three pirates were consigned to
the same grave. but before night had
been disinterred and taken 10 the
armory. where an experiment with an
electric appliance was tried. There was
Keen disappointment over the non
success OF the experiment. which It
was confidently expected would bring
the men to life. Their bodies were
again buried on one OF the hills sur
rounding the penitentIary.
! August Is IL a date that will be
! long remembered in Richmond On
that day 1855. the corners stone OF the
! Capitol Of Virginia was laid by Rich
| mond Lodge. No 49, 4. +. & A NJ.
| Alexander Montgomery, master. and
James Mercer. past master The
ground had been purchased the day
| before from Thomas Newton. Jr. and
! John Woodson. each OF whom received
l5i pounds sterling
| On August is. 1888. Richmond was
visited by big fire. The Haxall Mills
and the Virginia WOODEN Mill were de-
! This confagration led TO the City
/ Council ordering four fire engines. new
/ hose and hook and ladder trucks
These engines worked by hand power
/ thirty-two men doing the stunt. A
| stream could be thrown ninety feet.
Noted Men Fight Duel.
! The city was thrown into turmoil
| on August Il. 1854 by news OF a duel
/ between John NJ Daniel. editor OF the
! Richmond Examiner. and T. G Ell
! moro. treasurer OF the Confederate
states OF America The fight took
place at Dill's MIL, Henrico County.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-18
MOVIES AT CHIMBORAZO.
THE PARK PROGRESSIVE
First to Remove keep Off the Grass" Signs and
First to Get Fairgrounds East End Resort
Leads With Free Motion Pictures

Chimborazo-the Park Progressive
That's the sobriquet that will cling
henceforth to tho big green place on
tho east end of the city. as maiden
ladies ut mountain resorts cling to
male week-cnders, ms misers cling to
their cash, rs boarding houses cling to
hash as narrow charmeuse clings to
the human form divine, as other things
cling to their psychic and chemical
aifnitios.
First of the acts of insurgency that
set Chimborazo apart from It's fellows
was the removal of Don't Walk on
the Grass" signs. 1t was the first large
local park-so say the taxpayers-to
sign tho park declaINtion of !ndepen-
dence, which sets forth in its preamble
that, DO it ever so green and esthetic,
park grass is 10 good unless you can
walk on 1t. Article l. of the Same in
strument asserts belief in the creed
that parks are made for the people and
not people for the parks.
With one act of insurgency already
to Its credit, 1t was not remarkable
that when the city fathers sought a
suitable place for the first municipal
playground they selected Chimhorazo.
The grass was less trim and the shrub
berry was less geometrical, but the at
mosphere was right for receiving and
giving strength to the new born spirit
of play. In q more formal environ
ment 1t might have perishcd.
And now comes tho third stage in tho
emancipation OF Chimborazo. an en-
tirely new departure-free motion pic
lures. No Keep Off the Grass" signs.
open-air public Fairgrounds. free NOV
ing pictures--in this trinity Chimbo-
rnzo conquers and attains municipal
knighthood as the Park Progressive.
If the experiment at Chimborazo is
successful. the movies will be exhb-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-18
ALLEGED BLIND TIGER
Nian and Woman Face Charge of Selling
Liquor Without License.

Jesse Taylor and Maggie Miller. both
colored, were arrested yesterday by Po-
ilccmen sweet and Bradley on the
charge Of operating n blind tiger at
"l2 College Alley. When the officers
entered the house, Taylor. who saw
them, threw a quart battle containing
liquor out of the window. but sufficient
evidence was collected, the police said
to convict the couple of the Illicit sale
Of whiskey. Taylor is employed by a
Wholesale liquor house.
Many complaints have lately been
made 10 the police of the disorderly be
havior by negroes in College Alley, and
II is believed that the raid on the al
legged blind tiger is IL long stride to-
ward breaking 1T up.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-18

tied in other parks. The exhibition
Will be given for the first time We'd
nesday night. With Kessnich's Band
In open-air concert, 1t will form n free
attraction at Chimborazo which will
draw heavily upon the population of
the eastern and other sections of the
city.
The motion picture experiment is an
enterprise of the Administrative Board.
which has decided to put into service
a moving picture machine which the
city acquired several months ago when
the old Lubin Theatre retired from the
local amusement field. Under the di-
rection Of the City Electrician. the ma
chine has been rugged up for service.
An experienced recl-windcr has agreed
to give his services free.
The plan. as far as it has been COM
pleteu, is to carry the motion picture
exhibition over a circuit of four parks
each located in one of the four wards.
If Wednesday nights exhibition is q
success, the motion picture circuit Will
comprise Chimborazo, Riverside, Will
liam Byrd and Washington Parks.
Local motion-p picture men have taken
kindly to the idea. They will super
wise the exhibition programs. and will
join hands I'm supplying the films. The
municipal equipment for the opening
exhibition has been inspected by Louis
Myers formerly manager of the En-
pire, and pronounced satisfactory
From the standpoint of the young
ster or both sexes the new enterprise
is an event Of tho first calibre. To hear
the big band play the trotting airs of
the day, to roll on the grass unre-
strlcted, and to witness Il real moving
picture entertainment, with John Bun
ny and the Indians and the rest-all
AT the same time and without the cost
oil cent-is hunk of dtcamland made
real
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-18

no danger of liberation or other accident,
and the period will be one of supreme COM
fcrt and joyful anticipation.
Mothers Friend is one of the greatest
of all helpful influences, for it robs child
birth of all lis agonies and dangers, dispcls
all the doubt and dread, all sense of fear,
and thus enables the mind and body to
await the greatest event in woman's life
with untrammcled gladness.
You will find 1t on sale at all drug stores
at 81 90 bottle, or the druggist will gladly
get il for you. Mothers Friend is prepared
only by the Bradield Regulator Co. 237
Lamar Bldg, Atlanta, Ga, who will mail
an instructive book TO expectant mothers.
Write for 1t to-day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-18
Ask Police to Find Missing r,v

MISSING from his home since Friday
'he parents OF Ralph Bebee. fifteen
years Old of seventh and Perry Streets
nave requested the police Of the Tbird
Instruct 10 institute a search The bow
=, = "escriocd as being large for his age
ia., '"a niue eyes curly hair. and when
last seen was dressed i'm :. rr,, ,,i,
ana wore a cap
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-18
Policeman Uses Sick ON ycrro

ing, John Winston colored was strncl
over the head with q club in the hands
OF officer sharp OF the Third Distric,
ana severely injured Two calls FOR
ne city ambulance. in charge of Dr
Coier were sent In 1t was discovered
ma winston had received a deep gasb
IN the head, but the skull was found
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-18
Negro Arrested TO, n,,,n s

charged with bitins his VIE in a
iree- for-all fght Saturday nigh, yvva,t
smith colored, vas arrested yes,acdo :,
ana Is being held at The Third pol3cs
station for trial this morning ~.
onY warrant was issued against Wv.,,
VINO IN turn had six negroes arrrstcS
Tor engaging in the scune
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-18
Found ON Street Unconrc,oy,.

Lying unconscious on the street John
Boyle, Of SIG West Eleventh street
South Richmond, was found yesterday
morning by two young men and taken
to his home. Mr.. Boyle had been
seized with an attack of vertiEo. His
condition last night was reported as
improved.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-18
Failed to Return photographs.

Charged with failure to return photo
graphs which he solicited to have en-
larEed. IS. Nj. Hall, colored was ar
rested yesterday by the police Of the
Third District. He was held without
bail for trial before Squire l.. B. Frank :
lin. in Police Court. Part H.. this morn
In
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-18
Jim Perry Awa,p In Tn,,.

Jim Perry, colored. who figures week
~ on the books OF the Third District.
was arrested again yesterday. He is
charged with trespass. Last week jim
took the spotlight by getting his skull
cracked in a crap game while out on
bail on a similar charge
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-18

parts involved. 1t Is
a penetrating external
application after tho
formula of n noted
family doctor, and lu-
bricatcs every muscle,
nerve. tissue or ten
don involved.
BY its daily use
there will be no pain,
xl:.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-18
Sneak thief steals Savings Bank.

p. V. Price. OF 1905 Hull Street. South
Richmond. reported yesterday to the
police of the Third District that his
home had been entered Saturday be-
tween and IL p. NJ, and a savings
bank containing $50 stolen
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-18
Arrested for Theft of po,.rs.

Leroy Owens, n fourteen year old
negro. was arrested early yesterday
morning by Policemen Folkcs and Hill
on the charge of stealing copies of The
Times Dispatch from doorways In the
vicinity Of Eighteenth and Franklin
Streets.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-18
Park Concerts.

Monday INSTRUMENTATION Park.
Tuesday night-Monroe Park.
Wednesday night-ChimboraZo Park
Thursday afternoon. 5 to 7-Willian
Byrd Park
Friday night-Jefferson Park.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-18
Accused of sundn, ,cII,nu

'ohn r Bauer, who conduct, drug
s'"rc AZ Morris and Main streets yyns
nlIcs'cd yesterday by patroman Wal
etop on the charge OF doing business ON
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-18
Snr Negro Hnd Gun,

John Hunt colorcd, was arrested yes
terday by Patrolman Griffin on the
charge of carrying a concealed weapon
u revolver.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-18

Blues VIII Run Another Moonlight.
Gratihed with the success that crown
ed their first effort early in the season.
the Richmond Light Infantry Blues
battalion viii run another moonlight
TO Dutch Gap tomorrow night. Tho
occasion VIII be eniivcncd by a band
concert and dancing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-18
Catch six Gamblers,

Six negroes, alleged crapshooters.
were arrested yesterday by Patrolmen
Voltz and j. J. Smith in the rear of COS
East Main Street
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-18
The Joy OF
Coming Motherhood
AWonderiul Remedy That is a Natural
Aid and Relieves the Tension.

Mothers Friend Is the only remedy
known that is able to reach all the different
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-07
.AYHAWKER JOTS

The Junction City Union is putting
in a big new press.
Many Kansas papers would be short
on interesting reading matter II II were
not for Bert Walker.
Says John Gilmore in the Wilson
County Citizen: "Neodesha has another
whistle. R. L. loot recently moved to
that town."
The Presbyterians of Concordia have
subscribed $4,000 for remodeling their
church. The Kansan notes two SUBJ
scriptions of more than $4,000 each.
John L. Baxter is the new editor
of the Kanopolis Journal. He is the
son of the former editor, William
Baxter, who has recently acquired the
Wilson Echo.
When Maxine Newkirk missed the
word accommodations by spelling it
accommodation" Josie VanNess OF
Waverly won the championship of
Coffey county and the $25 cash offered
by John Redmond, editor of the Re-
publican, for the best speller.
IF you helped pay that $6oOO,OOO divi-
dend of the American Tobacco COM
pany,'' says the Jewell Republican, lit
was not because congress or the leg
islature or the county commissioners
voted it onto you Evidently the Re-
publican takes no account of the reve-
nue. tax.
A man living near Sedan, advertised
his suicide SO widely it failed. He
called up a neighbor and said: This
is the last time you can ever talk to
me-" The neighbor telephoned for an
officer and the man was found at home
half dead of morphine. He was reviv-
ed. Does it always pay to advertise?
The Salina Union, noting that taxi
dermist had gone to New Mexico to
look for fossils wants to know why
that good money was wasted for
railroad ticket when he could have
gathered the greatest on earth at En-
poria. Now whom does Burton mean?
And what does a taxidermist want
with fossils anyway?
Prosperity item from Junction City:
With the purchase of 64O-acre farm
near Solomon Jacob Bolter, who lives
near Junction City, has increased his
central Kansas land holdings to more
than LOCO acres, the greater part I'M
der cultivation and all worth more
than 800 per acre. He settled as a boy
in Geary county on rented farm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-07

beatable, but no great matter. The
charm lay in the telling.
But because he came across none
there is no reason to say that no such
new stories exist. or ever will exist
Despite all the clear-starching and
glossy ironing of life, it is still raw and
crude and lumpy, in places. and those
so close at hand that no pioneering
is necessary. Any newspaper, any day.
is full of red-blooded occurrences; OF
the tales of money, mystery adventure
and love, which someone has said are
all that is necessary for literature Inc
fine, habby tales are such because they
do not recognize this new material and
these new conditions, but go on teillng
the same old stories of the same ola
people in the same old environments
If PARKWAY, new scenes are needed
our islands give them with new prop
lens and new people. Some writers
have already discovered this. A great
writer will get a great story from
them. despite Professor Perry's dictum'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-07
THE RECALL IN ACTION.

For the first time in the history of
California the recall is about to be
applied to a judge, and it is to be
invoked because of his abuse of his
judicial power. A police judge in San
Francisco named Weller reduced the
bail of a prisoner held for statutory
offense against minor. The guilt OF
the prisoner seems to have been clear
and the offense especially fragrant Inc
extension of clemency OF any sort was
most unwarranted and wholly I'M
justified The prisoner had commit
ted his crime under circumstances
that aroused against him the indigna-
ton of all right thinking men and
women. Nevertheless the obliging
Judge reduced the bail to the sum
proposed by counsel for the prisoner,
and being released, the defendant
promptly fled from the jurisdiction
of the state and concealed himself
from justice.
This so excited the indignation of
thu women of San Francisco that they
invoked the recall. Only 1000 sigma
lures were required to make the pc
tition for a recall election effective.
More than twice that number were
secured. Accordingly a special cleo
ton will be held, and there does not
seem to be the slightest doubt that
this judge will be removed from the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-07
THE DEAR DEPARTED.

No finer tribute has been paid to the
Republican party and it's record of the
past sixteen years or to the outgoing
administration, than that of the New
York World, Democratic paper.
In an editorial directed to the ms
it says of the outs:
This once invincib1e organization
has a wonderful record of achieve
ment which it's successor must not be-
little During these sixteen years.
with Democratic assistance 1T is true
the Republicans have established the
gold standard, carried on the war
with Spain, kept faith with Cuba, lib
eralized the government of the Phil
ippines and Porto Rico, constructed
the Panama canal, given us postal
savings banks rural free delivery, the
marcel post, new railroad rate laws
and enlightened labor laws, extended
to some extent the principle OF inter
national arbitration, and, during the
administration now closing, enforced
vigorously for the first time the evil
and criminal laws against trusts.
ITO Mr.. Taft personally belong the
credit of upholding in the face OF
many obstacles ideas of economy and
of carrying to success in congress ms
proposition in favor of Canadian reel
nrocity. BY the one he has given the
people of all parties lessons OF lasting
value. we hope, on the subject OF
governmental extravaganza. BY the
other he conducted a campaign or ed
ucation against the folly and waste
of tariff wars between nelghbor1ng ma
tions which cannot fail to add much
to public enlightenment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-07
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ArcHsoN GLOBE.

1t is hard for staunch patriot to see
how his candidate can be defeated.
When a Mexican makes chile, it is as
hot as the politics of his native land
You never really know men until you
have had business relations with them.
AS rule there isn't anything in an
open letter that would warrant sealing it.
Not tipping the porter is one way to
gather impression that he owns the Pull
man car.
Mother has watchful eye, but the
children are clever at telling when she
isn't looking.
What has become of the old-fashioned
patriot who thought men should vote as
they shot?
The hardest thing to believe is that
the people who don't agree with you may
be right about it,
Politics is often as foolish as the old
fashioned torch-light parade which used
to go with it.
A considerable portion of the famous
s'touch system isn't devoted to operat-
ing a typewriter.
Then there are the sort of great men
you might not notice if they didn't nave
a cigar named in their honor
1t is hard to find an invalid who doesn t
want to talk about symptoms ana rem
edies and similar cheerful topics.
IT takes something more than Mary
Garden perfume to produce an atmosphere
tie.
spect: never went to school with any
one who afterwards won place OF prom
inence in the Hall of Fame or the big
lea "-Rufe HaSkinS.