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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-31
YEAR 1913 WAS LIVELY,
SPARKLING OLD YEAR
World Went Dancing With Him, the Turkey Trot and tn
Tango Being Chief Hops and Steps of the Ciddy Couple
sufragists Stirred Things Up. Too, and War Helped

feature, together with his preference
for grape Juice. his twin battleships,
Friendship and Fellowship, and the
yodlers who precede him on the Chau-
tauqua circuit The Order or the
Carabao sang a foolish little song. and
the administration ceased TO worry
about Mexico for a few days More
valuable Jewels were stolen here and
on the continent than ever before IN
one year-which is testimony to the
increasing wealth Of the world.
Bryan and Clark shook hands
with reservations.
The Balkan boil came to a head
on the neck OF the world, and world
war did not follow, in spite of the
soothsayers,
One writer spent a week voluntarily
in a New York prison cell. and told
about 1t. An over the country other
Investigators tried to engage quarters
in cells. A journalist was released
from the federal prison at Atlanta
and began "a series Of articles attack
ing the fiendishness of the practice
of sending convicted felons to the
penitentiary when many hotels are
hardly more than half full. Jack 81
roccos gang and the Hudson Busters
fought one of the most pleasing bat
ties Of the year at Broadway and
Sixty-sixth street In New York city.
Weighs the Worlds Diamonds.
A Paris scientist finds the world:
supply OF cut diamonds weighs % 81
tons, and is worth $4,000, 00o,o0 The
first sea serpent OF 1913 was black
and white spotted, bawled like a bull
and was killed by the liner Car
Schurz. off Panama. Comstock
doomed September Morn" Carust
saved his face from u shaping By
taking an elevator away from the ang
ry escort OF a pretty American woman
and Ma Rupp had Pa Rupp pinchet
because he attended suffragett,
meeting and kept on yelling;
Emma! Why don't you come
homo and cook my supper"
Chicago dre<srnakers doom the sill
skirt. Paris gasps at the cubist cos
tunes London had invented to mattel
London's lack OF curves, diaphanou
waists become the rage abroad, ant
the steamship companies report heav,
bookings. Portland bars the X-ra,
skirt, and men wear decollete shirts L
the opera in Vienna and go hom'
under police escort. New York take
I'D the fashion of outdoor decollete
and Fifth avenue begins to look lik'
the Casino on an opening might. Poe
Kemp washed dishes clear across TIL,
ocean.
How's that for Year,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-31
CAPTAIN L|PSC0MB
IS SEvENTY.TWO
"GRAND OLD MAN" WILL CEI1E'
BRArE IHREE SCORE AND
TWELVE BIRTHDAY.

Still possessing the activity of a
flfteen-year- old youngster. Captain
James A. Lpscomb, better known to
the old residents of the Southside as
Captain Drinks" will today celebrate
his seventy-second birthday.
Save the four years spent fighting
for the Southern cause In the War
Between the States. Captain Lipscomb
has spent his entire life among the
people OF erstwhile Manchester, now
South Richmond. When the first call
was issued for volunteers after the
fall of Fort Sumter. he was one OF
the first to respond He entered q
volunteer company of Chesterfield
county and fought throughout the
four years of strife.
X When the war opened Captain Lips
comb was preparing himself for n
course in medicine. having decided to
take the doctors profession. Although
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-31
MECHANICS LIEN
AGA|NST~b| HOUSE
CoSTna UTORS CLAIM sft3,s1e
DUE FROM MONROE TERRACE
CORPORATION.

gaosss. showing the account of
Thorlns !. szteen 90. general con-
tractors and builders Of the Monroe
Terrace apartment house AT the south
west corner OF Franklin and LA~urel
streets, and claiming mechanics. lien
on rhe property fer s1l3,STe.ls,
against tho Monroe Terrace corpora
siog, we're filed in tho office OF fhe
clark OF the ChanCery court yester-
&Ry.
rha property on which the Hen Is
chained nv the Thomas ]. Steen COM
parry Ia the twelve-Hory apartment
building 70xfb0 feet recently erected
at Franklin md Laurel streets for the
Monroe Terrace corporation.
THE account. filling several type
written pages, shows the corporation
was Indebted TO the contractors in the
sam az sss8.sIa.s2. Credits on the
account amount 10 s2G2, 740.lA. lsav-
ing the corporation owning the build
ine Indebted TO the contractors I'm the
amount claimed
The papers were flied by x A
Pritchara, agent for tho Stesn com
pany.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-31
CRUTCHF|E[O WARNS.
AND LETS BOY GO.
pTFATINGs OF FATHER SAVE
SYLVAN TAYLOR FROM
CITY JAIL

HAD the father from whom he ran
AWAY rot pleaded 50 eloquently with
Justice John in Police court yester-
aAv morning Sylvan Taylor. aged
s3EhtneE years, who cursed and
sho@gs and resisted tnree policemen
ss the First station Monday after
aeon. would have gone to jail On
ghe plea Of the father. c. Fl. Tay-
snr. q wesl-to-<1o building contzac-
log. CT Washington, and at the re
auext Of Policemen Crunp, Clarke
and B.asEhan, the boy was discharged
Titfa "a severe lecture, and allowed 70
e. free with The parent
The boy was arrested at the Main
street station Monday afternoon, and
taken to the First station 70 he de-
saarea5 as a f8gttive from his parents.
rat before the sergeants desk he be"
caYye dl>orderlv. and gave the three
policemen n lively few minutes
Charles Brown. colored, was given
sixty days tn 3asi for robhing Alma
Williams OK $3.50.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-31
TIL. ELLETT LEAVES
ESTATE TO FAMILY

The will of T. III. Elicit. who died
last week at his home at SGT West
Franklin street, was probated in the
Chancery court yesterday. the widow.
Mrs. Addie Cole Elicit and 4 daughter,
Mrs Carrie f. Troy, qualifying as
executors, without bond.
After the payment Of all his JUST
debts and bequeathfng few personal
possessions to his son-in-law. DIR. G.
D. Roy, and to Harvey q. Brown,
Frank T. Brown and Stewart Brown.
Mr.. Elicit left his estate to his widow
and daughter. during their lifetime.
At their death the property is TO go
to the trustees of the Baptist Orphan
age of Virginia, at Salem, Va. to be
used or disposed of by the legal Of
ficers OF that institution as they deem
for tho best interest of the Grphanage.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-31

NEW YORK, Dec. 30.--Apart from
business and politics you'll observe
that A. D. 1913 was one of the most
sparkling and lively little old years
-tttst-hnve happened lately. lie wHs
laramie, that old year was. The world
went to dancing with him. The tur-
key trot spread from the Barbary coast
and the tango from the waterfront
dance halls of Buenos Aires. and
prince and peasant. patrician and phil
istine. rich man. beggar man, fat man
and thief have all been shaking q Nor
ny foot to strident measure.
The tango has been barred from
two or three courts on the other side.
Two or three other courts have de-
Inanded that new tango music be sent
by wire. They're ambling between the
tables in half the restaurants in every
big American city nightly. Queen
Mary caught Wales trotting, and only
her stern sense of royal dignity keps
her from using q mothers prerog-
alive and n majestic knee right there.
Suffragettes Contribute.
Suffragettes and eugenics became
widely prevalent early in the year
English politicians having attained
Jobs. broke their promises to the mill
itary wing under Mrs. Pankhurst's
leadership. The Pankhursts have
nabbed every honor since then. They
have spoiled golf links and burned
buildings and scared cabinet members
into the trembles, and except for a
feminine tumble In handling loaded
bomb, would have blown up St Paul. s.
Mrs. Pankhurst visited America
worked Uncle Sam for the finest press
notices Imaginable by an applique
hold-up at Ellis island, and went home
with about $4,000 for the cause "
Ministers, spinsters and doctors yam
| mered at each other over eugenic laws
and marriages. Cupid continues to dc
business at the same old stand.
In aviation the flying boat and the
loop the-loop were invented. Dirig-
ibles continued to be unsatisfactory
William Sulzer was elected, tried to de-
fly Tammany. was turned out OF the
governors chair at Albany and Their
helped defeat Tammany for contro
| of the administration of the city OF
| New York---which is the only thine
! Tammany really cares about. The
| South pole was discovered. Scott died
| leaving g. record of heroism and pa.
| thence that inspired the world. anc
! England reluctantly gave to the FUND
| for the support of those left depend
| ent by the heroes Of the antarctic
| Mr. Bryan and His Salary.
| Bryan's difficulties in living upor
| his salary have been a first pagf
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-31
FUNERAL. SERVICE.
OF ]. A. FOWLER

The funeral services over the body
of Julian A. Fowler. the eighteen
year-old South Richmond youth. who
died Monday in the home OF his
parents, 2526 cambridge street. were
held yesterday afternoon from the
house The Rev. r. w. Long con-
Quoted the services. and the body
was TAKEN to HaIlsboro. Chesterfield
county for burial.
Two brothers, Curtis and George
Fowler, and one sister, Mrs. II. I,
Utley, and his parents survive.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-31

ises that the annual meeting will be
a gala event.
Among the order OF business 10 be
transacted will be the election OF off,
GERS for the ensuing year, a review
OF the past business year and other
matters. A luncheon win concyude
the meeting as has been the custom
for some years.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-31
BREATHE FREELY! OPEN NOSTR|LS
AND STUFFED HEAD---END CATARRh

drug store. This sweet, fragrant
balm diseolves by the heat nf the nos
trils; penetrates and heals the in
famed. swollen membrane which lines
the nose, head and throat; clears tha
air passages; stops nasty discharges
and q feeling of cleansing, soothing
relief comes Immediately.
Don't lay awake tonight struggling
for breath. with head stuffed: nos
triis closed. hawking and blowing
Catarrh or a cold with Its running
nose. foul mucous dropping into the
but truly needless.
Put your kaith--just oncs IN
"Ely's Cream Balm" and Your cola ~
catasrh viii surely disappee< 49,,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-31
HOLD FUNERAL OF
MISS GRAYCE FIELD

The funeral of Miss Grayce b.
Field. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs +.
B. Field. OF Midlothian. who died at
81 Catawba sanitarium Sunday. was
held from the Mizpah church. Mid
lothian. Chesterfield county. yeSter-
day afternoon
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-31
REALTY TRANSFER
OF YESTERDAY

August Simonptetrf yesterday sold
to Joseph A Dart a piece of real
estate, located on the southern line
Of Hull street between Seventeenth
street and the Petersburg pike, for
tho sum Of s2,650. according to a
deed of bargain and sale recorded
in the Hastings court, part II.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-31
JEFFERSON TO SPEND
SOME TIME on ROADS

Justice Maurice yesterday morn
ing sentenced Major jefferson. a ne
gro, to ninety days on the roads The
negro was convicted of stealing q
postal money order amounting to ~
from Annie Green. colored.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-31

According to "A report made to the
police yesterday burglar Monday
night broke into the drug store Of A
Greenwaid. at 500 West Broad street.
and stole a quantity OF cold cream
and perfumes and S11.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-31
SOUTHSIDE COUPLE
MARRIED YESTERDAY

Miss Phail Conley, of South Rich
mond, and Carl Sherman, OF Ches-
terfield county. were married yes
terday evening at 1880 O'Clock In the
home OF the brides parentA laos
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-31
Instant Relief When Nose and Head
are Clogged from a Cold. Stops
Nasty Catarrhal Discharges. Dull
Headache Vanishes.
Try "Ely's Cream Balm"

Try "Ely's Cream Balm"
Get small bottle anyway, just to
try it--Apply a little in the nostriis,
and instantly your clogged nose and
stopped-up air passages OF the head
will open; you will breathe freely:
tiuliness and headache disappear. BY
morningi the catarrh, cold in head or
catarrhal sore throat will be gone.
End such misery nowi Get the small
bottle OF .Ely's Cream Balm" ct any
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-31
BUSINESS MEN
ELECT OFFICERS

The annual meeting OF the South
side Chesterfield Business Mems as
ISOLATION will be held in Fraternity
Hall Friday night. The committee
in charge of the arrangements prom
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-31

Porter street The Rev. w. A.
Cooper. pastor of the Central Meth
odist church, performed the cere-
mony.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-31
SMALL SUIT IN
HUSTTNGs COURT

An assumpsit suit for 1900 was
yesterday filed with Clerk uu val
Of the Hastings court, part III. The
parties TO the suit are Charles w.
Shields versus r. "a. Ball.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-21

congress, as announced In the call, are
TO present the relation of United
Brethren to the kingdom of God what
has already been accomplished by them
as a religious body what they ought
next to put their hands to, and the
agencies and leadership among them
that are to attain efficiency and real
results. The 1914 meeting of all United
Brethren missionary and other boards
is to be held at Dayton at the middle
of May and the congress is immediate
ly to precede it. A registration fee of
81 is to be charged and efforts are
making to bring together 500 men. The
recent congress of Methodists at In-
dianapo1is contained 5000 men.
United Brethren form a religious
body that is strongest in Ohio and
Pennsylvania that owes much to Will
liam Otterbein, whose memory they
have just been honoring by defeating
a monument above his grave in the
yard of the church In Baltimore, Of
which he was pastor for 80 years. As
religious body they are united as
never before, vigorous and anxious for
advance. Recently they have been dis
oussing organic union with Methodist
Protestants and with one or two other
bodies
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-21

Ign, Clarence Dickinson of the Brick
Presbyterian church, New York, and G.
w. Chadwick of Boston. Short cantatas
are said to be most in favor Two that
will be most generally sung. or at Least
the sales Of which have been largest.
are THE Shepherds VISION by Horatio
Parker and Bethlehem" by J. II. Maun-
der, an English organist.
English importers here say that Amer
lea has only one really good composer
of Christmas carols and cantatas since
Dudley Buck died He is Parker of Yale.
They say that the overwhelming num-
bers of carols sung in America this
Christmas are by English writer's. living
and dead. the dead celebrities holding in
their music the popular taste to a re-
markable degree. The most sung COM
posers this Christmas. If sales count,
will be among the Englishmen Sir John
Stainer Martin, Barnby, Foster, Elvey
and Maunder.
In importations seven old French carols
have met with remarxa BILE favor by the
American choirmasters this season. All
are from the f. A. Gevaert collection,
and while they have familiar words, the
music Is fairly new here, even If old In
"A Joyous Christmas Song ~ d 'Slum-
Der Song of the Infant ChrisC' are three
said to be most in demand.
70 the trade Christmas music sales
have few attractions. The money ex-
pended by churches and Sunday schools
for Christmas music Is much smaller
in amount than might be supposed. There
is really little new music in the market
from year to year. There Is small in
centive to organists to write it, and not
much is written. 1t is labor of love
for the most part. OF old music churches
have fair supplies and the most they
do is to procure copies to replace those
worn out or lost. Even then the prices
are very low, and going lower. Some
attempts have been made to bring in Rus
sian music, but while that has succeeded
in the secular field 1t has made small
Roadway in the religious line. Judged by
sales in markets of the large cities,
Christmas music will be hardly more than
20 per cent new this season, If so much,
but the quality of it all will be quite UP
to standard.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-21
Combes Returns to Catholics

From Vatican circles in Rome comes
the news that M. Combes, the prime min
lister of France who brought about the
separation of church and state by annull-
ing the Napoleon concordat, and whom
the Catholic church for years regarded
as it's most powerful and vindictive foe,
has returned to the Catholic church and
announced his delight at being permitted
to spend in the church his remaining
years. The Vatican does not conceal its
qualification, and gives out the news that
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-21
It's Healthy to Yawn

Yawning is said to have an exceedingly
healthful function besides having a salu-
tary effect in complaints of the pharynx
and the eustachian tubes, says the New
York Sun. According to investigations.
yawning is the most natural form of
respiratory exercise, bringing into action
all the respiratory muscles of the neck
and chest.
1t is recommended that every person
should have a good yawn with the
stretching of the limbs morning and eve
ming for the purpose of ventilating the
lungs and tonifying the respiratory mus
Giles. An eminent authority asserts that
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-21

in popularity in the churches at this
Christmas, in spite of the fact that Eng
fish have advantage of larger market and
better education.
Americans whose compositions will be
sung in largest numbers this Christmas
In the churches and schools of America
are Horatio Parker of Yale, Shelly of
the Fifth Avenue Baptist church, New
York, the late Dudley Buck of Brook
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-21
CHRISTMAS MUSIC
COMPOSERS EVENLY
DIVIDE POPULARITY
Cantatas by Parker and
English Organist Will Be
Most Widely Sung
COMBES RETURNS
TO CATHOLIC CHURCH
Man Who Brought About Separation
of Church and State in France
Will Go to Rome and Be Re-
ceived by the Pope

New York. December 2O.-tSpecial1
Christmas music in the churches this
year-is it American or English, and what
are its new features? Whether American
or English is most in favor depends on
whether one asks an American or an
English music dealer. The American, a
foremost one declares that composers in
the respective countries are about even
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-21

this form of gymnastics has a remark
able effect in relieving throat and ear
troubles, and says that patients suffering
from disorders of the throat have de-
rived great benefit from it. He says he
makes his patients yawn by suggestion
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-21

or imitation. or by series of deep
breaths with the lips partly closed. The
yawning Is repeated six or seven times
and should be followed by swallowing.
BY this process the air and mucus in the
eustachian tubes are aspirated.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-21

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-27
MILLION Thief
PROOF DEE|ED
BY CLERK

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-James Ed
ward Foye, a S75-a- month clerk, ac-
cused of the theft of more than 81 ,0O0,-
zoe from the Farmers Loan and Sc
curity Company. to-day defied his &C
cusers to prove their charges.
Foye, who was arrested as be
stepped from a Philadelphia
train, was taken to police headquar-
tiers and photographed to-day and
later arraigned in Tombs Police Court.
At police headquarters the prison
er said:
Il worked for trust company for
$75 a month. They knew l was IS
years old, and they ought to know that
a man can't honestly live on such
pay. That's all And they can't get
me on it, either"
According to the police, certified
check for $4,000 and $4,000 which
was found in Foye's pockets when he
was arrested was taken from the
Farmers Loan and Security Com
pany
Before Foye went to work for the
Farmers Loan and Security Compa-
ny he was employed as secretary by
John w. Gates and Charles c. Gates.
According to the accusations, Foye
distracted General Electric, Union
Pacific and other bonds from the
vaults of the company and forged
stock certificates. his activities eX-
tending over number of months.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-27
F EUD DECLARED
BACK Of POISON
CONSPIRACY
Ursery, in Prison, Renews Charge
Against Prominent Woman
Neighbor of Ross,

Patrick Ursery, the young man
entire family of Jesse G. Ross, his
brides father. in Hazlehurst. Ga.
continued Thursday in his strange
story which sought to involve a
prominent woman of Hazlehurst as
the poisoner and TO shift all of the
responsibility from his own Shout
ders
Dispatches from Bailey, Appling
County, where Ursery is in Jail, say
that the accused has made public a
tale of hatred and jealousy between
the Ross family and another family
OF Hazlehurst which, Ursery declares,
led up to the plot to destroy Ross
and the rest of his household by
strychnine which was to be placed in
sack of -four in the Ross family
Ross and the head of the other
family, according to the weird story
of Ursery had engaged in a bitter
feud for months. The climax came,
said Ursery. when the enraged man
persuaded his wife to go to the Ross
home with strychnine and mix it in
the flour.
1t was after this, If Ursery's story
is true, that Ross and his whole fam
lily mysteriously were seized with a
violent sickness and their lives de-
SPARED of for some time.
Ursery has employed j. B. Moore,
of Bailey, and S. D. Dell of Halle
hurst to look after his interests. The
lawyers say that their client will be
able to account for the strychnine he
purchased some time before the pois-
oning, and that the story which viii
be told in the courtroom will be much
more startling than Ursery's alleged
connection with the poisoning has
been.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-27
Taylor Of Piedmont
Head of Greeters

Frank Taylor, just returned from
the Greeters' convention at Meridian
Miss, announced that he was electec
president of that organization. Tay
lor is assistant manager Of the PIED
mont Hotel.
Claude l.. England, of the Aragon
Hotel was elected sergeant at arms;
Gordon Day, of tho Ansley, chairman
of the board of directors, ard A. NJ.
Chapman, OF the Albany, vice
president.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-27
Beaux Arts Honor for
Stanford White, Jr.

Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Nov 27.-Stanford White,
Jr., has been awarded a diploma of
the Ecole des BeauX Arts in the
architectural section.
He has been studying architecture
here for several years, and his mother
widow of the man slain by Harry X.
Thaw, has resided here since a short
time after the tragedy.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-27
Shot PromAm by
Unknown Assailants

COLQUITT, Nov. 27.-Carlton Gay
was shot twice from ambush six miles
north of here, both shots taking ef-
feet. He fired back at his assailants
three times, but it is not known if
his shots We're effective
Gays physician states that he is
not fatally shot but his wounds are
of a serious nature.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-27
Lid on Thanksgiving
Mask in New York

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-Poliee Com
missioner Waldo clamped down the
hd on the usual Thanksgiving cele-
oratlon of boys and girls who have
oeen accustomed to masquerade in
the streets. The police were told 10
arrest all masqueraders begging
money or playing pranks.
A feature of the season was the
advertisement inserted in the papers
by Miss Annie f. Rogers, of Mont
clair, N. j., inviting lonely persons liv-
ing in furnished rooms in New YORK
to eat Thanksgiving dinner at her
home as her guests.