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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-17
THROCKMORTON CLAIMS
7,921.05 FROM COUNTY
Judge white to Hear Claim To-Dn1 for
Fees Charged In Anncan-
ton Case.

The petition OF c. W. Throckmorton
against tho Iienrico County School
Board. in which he lays claim to at
torney's fees of sT.92l05 for service,
rendered in the annexation proceedings
against the county, will come IN to-day
before the IIcnrico Circuit Court. Judge
j. NJ. White. Of Charlottesville, will sit
In the case. Judge Scott dccming IL i'm
proper that he should preside.
Mr.. Throckmorton will ask the court
10 allow him 10 per cent of the amount
secured from the city Of Richmond as
compensation To the county for its
school property, real and personal
when that property WAS taken into tho
corporate limits Of the city. The prop
crty then had an estimated valuation
" s1a.2l050.
The attorney. In accepting the posi-
ton rs counsel for the county board
and the several district school boards
OF Hcnrlco. stipulated no definite
amount 10 bc charged AS fec but told
the committee that waited upon him
mat he would expect a fec contingent
upon tho time spent In their service
and the results he might accomplish
for them.
Mr.. Throckmorton says he gave tho
cause OF tho school boards before
Judge Campbell almost undivided at
tcntiou for moro than q month. much
10 tho dctriment Of the rest al his pr.c-
tee. and that he succeeded III securing
many thousands Of dollars from the
city In excess Of what the boards had
been led 10 believe they would receive
W%ndam Il. Meredith viii appear az
counsel for the plaiutin, and T.. Raleigh
Phillips will represent the school
boards
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-17
TEACH INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC IN SCHOOLS
New Classes Arc Opened With -Four In
structors In Charge, Giving Ono
Hour Il Day.

inc instrumental music course
which has been added to the curricu
ium of the public schools OF Richmond
was inausurated yesterday. Glasses in
music were begun In several OF the
schools.
There are four instructors at present
each OF whom Will mako circuit OF
lhe SCHOOLS. teaching Il class ono dav
IN cach week and giving ono hour Of
instruction.
Music is optional with the pupils
Those who take the course will my II
cents for each lesson TO the school the
average tuition fec charged hv A
teacher of music being 81 a lesson Of
forty minutes.
The class We started with today
SAID Professor Joseph G. Kessnich. who
* in charge ut the high school teach :
ihS the violin. is made up Of an ear
nest aud Intelligent body or pupils. and
there i every reason tn expect excel
lent results. | was particularly i'm
pressed 10y tho eager desire Of nv
pupils to acquire II technical knowl
edge of music. There were 40 trifcrs
in tho class appearing on The first day.
ihcE were obviously anxious 10 learn
music. All q: them have the ear for
music. How many viii remain 10 go
through the eNactinr and ncccsSarily
tedious rudimcutarr stages Of !, ,nuyi-
cal education, OF course. only time ear,
zen. 'Hl Hhi inuch encouraged bS
the sincerity IF tho class faced on my
hrst day. II is safe to predict that the
instructors will discover IN the course
OF the season some real musical talent.
Some Of the musical SeniuScS OF to-day
got their beginning in tho public
schools Nothing so delights and i'm
spires Il teacher Of music as tho find :
ing Of u pupil with the real soul and
genius for music. ! trust that Ne shall
be so fortunate as To make many such
'hnds' ia thr public schools OF Rich
ynonJ"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-17
JURY ACQUITS WOMAN
OF INSURANCE FRAUD
Lucy Ruffin Hunt Not Guilty OF Col
IcctInE Policy of Man known
tO lie Alive.

Lucy Runin Hunt. colorcd, was ac-
quilted by n Jury in the Hastings Court
yesterday of the charge % defrauding
the Metropolitan Lilo Insurance Com
p"ny IF S3Si.60. The woman collected
this amount under e policy on the life
OF John Capps a kinsman. said to have
hrcn killed in II railway accident.
The commonwealth attempted -
prove that the man killed in tho nc.
client, upon whose lire insurance tho
defendant realized the sum OF S3S4:v
was act John Capps the insured. hu.
quit another man, believed to be one
Ed Williams. The John Capps who
testified before tho grand jury, and
who. 1t was claimed by the Common
wealth. is tho insured. alive and well.
wa* claimed by the defense 10 be
another man-not the John Caps
whom the Hunt woman insured.
II was brought out during the trial
that the accused never saw the body
81 the man killed by the train. being
i'll at home at the time. She ordered
tho body buried on the strength OF II
death certificate signed 10y Dr. j. A.
Lewis, colored physician. certifying
To the fact that tho body was that
Of John Capps. Those circumstances
were stressed by the defense to show
that the defendant was not guilty OF
fraud, tho courts instruction being
that Intent to commit fraud must bc
shown in order to convict
The accused was defended by Attor-
ncy Louis @. WcndenburS. The case
was given to the jury ut 1 o'clock. and
1t returned verdict OF acquittal with
in fifteen minutes. The woman was re-
mandcd to Jail TO await trial on the
charge of conspiracy to defrsud the
metropolitan Life Insurance Company
out of $50 collected by her on a policy
on tho life OF Emily Capps The Com
monwealth claims that Emily Capps.
the insured, is alive, and that the
money was fraudulcutIy collected
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-17
ROBBED OF POCKETBOOK
. j. J"mrs Accuse. inIored Woman
WA" t>"ppcd Him aud Asked
for q Match

y. i"n'S. siAtT-two years old, OF
l'lt l.ittl.phg" street, Yesterday told
''usllce 'iutehhcid how lie had STONED
III 'front.' az his house TO give 81 negro
M"N"hh . thatch. AZ her request. early
MONDAY hithi. and how lie discovered
snort time later that his peck ctbook.
containing sS220 was missing lie
notified thc police and Detective Cor.
h"n smith with Policemen wyatt and
laE1"r, arrested Clara Garland n
N"nnR negro woman. on tn. charge Of
'h' mot 81" vas gent on 10 the grand
jury.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-17
RUSSIAN CHOIR TO SING
Cards "f admission Hcinp Issucd fo
Musical Service mt 81. pnuI.s
hmrrh.

Nor" than half al the cards of nd
MISSION 10 hear The famous Russian,
choir OF 81 Nicholas Cathedral. of New
York, III ST raurs Episcopal Church u t
I o'clock Friday afternoon. November
-. we're distributed Yesterday. There
are only i.!ao seats IN the church. and
~ - o"SIrca mat all persons in Rich =
Wohd VINO wish To near tho choir may
hay" the privilege IF doing SO. Thos,
desiring cards of admission may secure
them 10y applying IN person tn the
rector OF -. raUrs Church between
- and ~ o'clock. hut only ono card
VIII be allowed a person
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-17
WOULD HONOR COOKE
Mormon Committee Writes Governor
Stunrt for Information ms to
Desce dnnts

May Belle T. Davis. secretary of the
Mormon Battalion Monument Commit
tee. has written under date of Novcm-
her II from Salt Lake City to Cover
nor Stuart requesting information con-
corning General Philip st. George
Cooke.
She says: The West claims Cen
eral Cooke as one of its founders and
early heroes We desire to communi-
cate with some of his descendants. Can
you kindly furnish MS with names and
addresses of some of the members OF
his family"
Governor stuart has no personal
knowledge of the family referred to, but
Will forward any Information he may
receive TO Miss Davis.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-17
APPEAL IN NORFOLK CASE
Cuy Claims TnNrA In Ann-Aed Area
Paid to lounty-Supremc Court
tn HrNIew tuae.

The suit Of the city Of Norfolk rs.
the County OF Norfolk. involving the
claim OF the city against thc county
for taxes collected in the Years from
1902 TO 1907, amounting u S2.i27.01.
VIII he reviewed by the supreme Court
Of Appeals.
The case comes from the Circuit
Court OF Norfolk County. where judg-
mcnt was rendered for the county Oc-
tohcr 4.
This suit grew out of the annexation
OF territory by the city. The Norfolk
and Western and the Norfolk aud At
lantic Terminal Railways, at the time
of annexation. owned certain taxable
property iii the section known as Park
Place Ward. In making their reports
TO the State Corporation Commission
and the State Auditors in the years
from 1902 to 1907 these two companies
enormously. IL is alleged, reported their
properties in Park Place ward as be-
ing in Tanners Creek District, Norfolk
County. and the county continued TO
receive payments of taxes which. il is
claimed. riGhtfully belonged 10 Norfolk
city. The city discovered the alleged
error after the lapse Of years. and pre-
scented claim for the taxes TO the
Board of Supervisors of Norfolk
County. Tie claim was ignored and
the city brought suit. The county de-
INJURED to the declaration filed, and tho
court sustained the demurrer, giving
Judgment in favor of Norfolk County
The petition Of the Smyth County SUI
perrisors in the suit of the Board OF
Supervisors Of Smyth County VS.. T. w
Leonard and others was rejected
The supervisors applied TO the Cir
cult Court Of Smyih for an order cstab-
fishing new public road leading from
chilhow'c 10 tho main county road the
route surveyed being through the lands
of Leonard aud others, who opposed the
building OF the new road The court
refused to issue the order and the su-
pervisorS appealed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-17
SUES FOR $4,000
George \. Winsfeld Claims Heavy
Damages From Virginia Railway
and Power Company.

Suit for $4,000 has been brought i'm
the Law and Equity Court against tho
Virginia Railway and Power Company
by George y. Wingfield. No declara-
ton has been filed
\ motion for judgment in the sum OF
sl.td6.0" was made by the Mount Hope
Coke and Coal Company against L. c.
Crenshaw. The motion is contested by
the defendant
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-17

Am! Robinson. colorcd. was fined $40
and costs In the Police Court yesterday
on - charge OF firing a pistol in the
street, The woman. with Bessie Jones.
colored. had an argument with Nick
ECONOMY, restaurant keeper, and
shot at him after he had cvicted them
from his place. The man was not hit
fhc Jones woman was fined $40 ana
costs on q charge OF disorderly conduct.
Policemen Reid. Latham and Whitlock
arrested them.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-17
Fined for Annoying von,e,

". 7. Kahorg was fined s25 and costs
~ .nc Poiice Court yesterday when
street The complainants in the cnse
were Mrs u. NJ. Jeffrey and Mrs. lisa :
n'iie oEricn, both OF whom are en-
proved as ticket sellers in a Broad
3'r"c' 'heater. Raborg is supposed 10
nave accost"d them in front Of the
ihcatCv W
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-17
OhstructInr Entrance.

Walter Briggs was fined S. and costs
in the Police Court yesterday on n
charge of obstructing the entrance of
Miller q Rhoads's store with mn auto
mobile. Police Sergeant WaSma elk
reported him for the ordinance viola
ton.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-17
To lie Tried for Murder

Frank Ellis viii be placed on trial
for his life In tho Hastings Court to-
day on the charge OF stabbing Hcnja-
min Kennedy OH November l9. 1872
The indictment MAS returned on Angus.
2. 1915.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-17
Married In Washington.

marriage license was issued IN
Washington yesterday to Robert I.
Lowry and Annie C. Slagle. both OF
Richmond.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-17
Concealed IsisfOI

Concealed Pistol.
IL. IL. Hines, colored, was fined 800
and costs In the Police Court Yesterday
on n charge Of carrying concealed
pistol.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-07-22
What She Expected,

Look at her." said the ironmonger,
indicating a departing customer. "She
sent her wringer here to be repaired.
| promised it to her for this week,
provided | could get certain new
part in time from the makers. l
couldn't get it. Now she wants me
to pay a charwoman, who came un-
necessarily, half a crown an twopence
for the clothes"
The ironmonger paused to breathe
heavily.
but that's not all. Her husband
dimes out on washdays, and as he dined
out on washday that wasn't wash
day-you understand?-sh says l
ought to pay for his dinner. No, she
doesn't ask anything else. And they
call 'em the weaker sex" X."-London
Tit-Bits.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-07-22
UGH! CAL0MEL MAKES YOU SICK!
CLEAN LIVER AND BOWELS my WAY
Just Once! Try "Dodsons Liver Tone" When Bilious, Cons
pated, Headachy-Dont Lose Days Work.

Liven up your sluggish liver! Feel
line and cheerful; make your work q
pleasure; be vigorous and full Of am
Dltion. But take no nasty, danger
Gus calomel, because it makes you
sick and you may lose days work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver.
which causes necrosis Of the bones.
Calomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite, breaking it up. That's
when you feel that awful nausea and
cramping.
Listen to me! If you want to enjoy
tho incest, gentlest liver and bowel
cleansing YOU ever experienced Just
take a spoonful Of harmless Dodson's
Liver Tone. Your druggist or dealer
sells you SO cent bottle OF Dodson' 8
Liver Tone under my personal money
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-07-22
Entrancina Bird Melody.

I had dropped in at one Of our big
downtown grocery stores to buy the
makings Of a Welsh bunny when
heard from a gilded cage in the win
dow the sweetest bird song in the
world. | was reminded OF all Words
worth and Shelley had written about
skylarks. The liquid melody rippled
and trilled from the small throat as
If the little captive was singing praises
to the morning sun instead Of to the
grapefruit piled so fragrantly on the
counter. The tiny warbler was GER
tainly throwing his whole soul into
the song. 1t coniured up visions Of
shady forests and Of leafy glades.
There was a certain tropical warmth
in the lyric that was new.
what remarkable canary!" / OBJ
served to the proprietor.
ooh, that isn't canary" he replied.
sIt's an Indian thrush"
Kipling has described the music of
the Indian thrush, whose song is the
rarest Of ali tropical bird songs Few
OF us in this climate, however, have
had the exquisite pleasure Of listening
to such madrigal.- Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-07-22
TEST THAT NEVER FAILED
Mine Foreman Had Particular Reason
for Patronzina Sawyer's Place
on His Vacation"

Among the old miners Of Siskiyou
county n man can get worse whisky
at Sawyer's bar than in any other
place on earth. This is the belief of
the gold-diggers Of that section, and
that faith is accepted as orthodox, says
the San Francisco Call
Regularly every Christmas Billy X.
foreman Of the ORC Fino mine, takes
his layon down at Sawyers. Once
the superintendent asked him why he
always selected that place for his va
cation.
Il want to have one yearly drunk"
said BILLY, and want to know just
when am drunk, SO that may enjoy
the sensation
well, can't you enjoy the sensation
in any other portion Of the county or
state or continent?" asked the super
intendent.
mo. When I'm drinking Sawyers
whisky and it begins to taste good
then know I'm drunk"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-07-22
lnSulted the Mayor,

company had opened new swim
ming bath in the place, and as a com.
pliment sent q free ticket to the
mayor.
That worthy man was very pleased
But he began to wonder when anoth-
er ticket arrived
Sitting down, he wrote to the bath
prOprietOrS as follows:
Gentlemen: Your first ticket l re-
ceived as a compliment. Your second
strikes me as being rather suggestive.
If you send me third will take it as
q personal insult"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-07-22
BE KINDER TO YOURSELF
Women Are Often Victims Of Nervous
ness Because They Don't Know
How to Relax.

one of the important things to know
In life, especially if YOU are Il woman
is how to let yourself alone, writes
Mary Carolyn Davies in the Mothers
Magazine. The ability to relax, the
art of being judiciously lazy, the tact
to let herself alone has saved many a
woman from a nervous breakdown.
We all know the housewife who nags
herself into such state Of conscien-
tiousness that she cannot rest. If she
lies down She is continually worrying
herself with thoughts OF the work that
she is neglecting.
Much OF the blame for this state Of
affairs lies at the doors OF the moth
ers. The mistake is in their training
OF their children, especially their
daughters They are taught from ear
lest infancy to be kind to others, to
bear with them. to forgive them TO
help them; but from birth to death no
one ever tells them to be kind, also,
to themselves.
The woman who nags herself can
make herself more miserable than any
one else possibly could She can make
her life more of nightmare than any
misfortune could possibly make it, If
such women could learn to be kinder
to themselves there is no doubt tha,
their own lives Would be heightened
and not only that, but the lives O
those with whom they come in clos,
contact would be made far more pleas
ant
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-07-22
Life in London,

On the day after the visit OF the
German Ierpelins there occurred In
Southwark SO wireless message
from Berlin asserts-the following con
Versation:
Betsy whispered Mr.. James, lead
ing his wife into the darkest corner OF
the cellar, here is a wallet You will
md in 1t all our valuable papers, the
stocks and bonds. my will, my insur-
ance policies, and the lock Of babys
hair cut off on his first birthday.
! GoOd-by, Betsy. If l fail to return,
| bring up our children to be good Eng
| lish men and women"
oh, James, dear, you are not going
on dangerous journey, are you?"
Yes, dearest ], must go up to the
first floor,"-New York Evening Post.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-07-22
Put on the Flve-Ounce MItts and Walt
for the Gong.

per, now settled down to a Thirty
Years War with all Of the Attendant
Horrors.
The only time the Dove Of Peace
really Lit was when they had Com
pany.
Then they would Dear each other
until the Premises became Sticky and
she would even coax up Ripple of
Fake Laughter when he pulled some
Wheeze that used to go. Great the Year
they were engaged. But the Moment
the last Guest closed the Front Door
the Dove Of Peace would beat it and
another domestic Gettysburg would
drive the Servants 10 Cover.
After this had been going on for sew
eral Seasons he happened to get hold
of Powerful Work written by Pop
ular Novelist (Unmarried), who made
a psychological Dissection of Wom-
ans Soul and then preached Funeral
Sermon over the Dead Love that once
blossomed in the Heart Of the Hero
inc.
After he read this Tragedy Of flick
cred Romance he felt like Pup.
He perceived that he had been in
the Wrong.
The Novelist taught him that his
| CUe was to bear with the Weaker YES
sci and to keep tho Honeysuckle Of
True Affection pruned and watered by
Devotion and Sacrifice.
Therefore, he made one large Vow
to cut out the Rough Stuff.
| Next Morning when the Queen Of
the Amazons put on her Paint and
Feathers and began to beat the big
War Drum there was Nothing Doing.
He refused to enter the blood
stained Arena and when she came aft
er him he fell over and took the
Count before Punch had been de-
livered.
Before starting for the Office he
Kissed her couple Of times and gave
her some Massage Treatment around
the Shoulder Blades and called her
"Toots"-a Term Of Endearment which
had been rusting on the Shelf ever
since they used it at Niagara Falls.
She was SO dazed by this Reversal
Of Form that she peeked from the
Front Window and watched him clear
to the Corner, convinced that he was
on his way to meet Another Woman.
He came home that Evening with q
Jar OF Cand1ed Nuts and when Mrs
Simon Legree demanded the Name OF
the Hussy he simply pulled Yearn
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-07-22

back guarantee that each spoonful
Will clean your sluggish liver better
than dose Of nasty calomel and that
1t won't make you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone Is real liver
medicine. You'll know it next morn
ing, because you will wake up feel
ing sne, your liver will be working.
your headache and dizziness gone.
your stomach will be sweet and your
bowels regular.
vegetable, therefore harmless and
cannot salivate. Give it to your chill
dren. Millions Of people are using
Dodson's Liver Tone instead Of dam
gerous calomel now. Your druggist
will tell you that the sale of calomet
is almost stopped entirely here.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-07-22
THE NEW FABLE OF THE HONEY
MOON THAT TRIED TO COME
BACK.

Once there was an undivorcet
Couple that would get up every G. M
and put on the five-ounce Mitts anC
wait for the Sound Of the Gong.
Each was working for the Champion
ship Of the Flat and proved to be a
Glutton for Punishment
Every time he landed crashing
Hay-Maker on her Family History she
countered with a short-arm Jolt on his
Personal Appearance.
Both would retire to the Corners
breathing heavily, but still full of
Combat.
He loved to start out the Day by
finding in the Paper what Professor
connected with the University Of Chi
cago had said about the American
Woman being a vain and shallow Par
asite with Cerebrum about the size
Of an English Walnut.
She would retaliate by reading aloud
Special in regard to Husband go
ing after Wife with AK, while under
the Influence Of Liquor.
After which, for Is or 20 minutes,
the Dining Room would be just as
peaceful and quiet as Camorra Trial.
Sometimes he would get First Blood,
but just as often she would fiddle
around for an Opening and then
Zowie!-right on the Conk and him
Stalling to escape further punishment
When Nightfall came they would
still be edging around the Ring,
whanging away, for each was too
Game to be a Quitter.
Their Married Life, which started
out with American Beauty Roses in
every Vase and long Piece in the Pa.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-07-22
TWENTY Cents Out,

81 made an awful break yesterday"
said the fellow who Is known as q
tightwad.
THAT is unusual for you. How did
1t happen?" asked the man in whom
he was about TO confide.
II met Lulu in front Of an ice cream
parlor, and l told her that her lips
were like Strawberries. She said the
only way to prove 1t was by making
the comparison, so ! had to blow her
to a strawberry sundae"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-07-22


one advised me to take Lydia e.
sEkhaAp's Vegetable Compound. 1 had
Ea<en sd much medicine and my doctor
sad he Gould do me no good 80 told my
kNsband h8 might get me bottle and I
would try it. By the time had taken
sbI felt betker. continued its use, and
Npw am well and strong.
sI have always recommended your
Madeleine ever ASince / was SO wonder
sally benefited ny it and hope this
sistter will be the means of saving some
other poor woma& from suffering. .
Mrs. MARTHA SEAvEY, Box 1144,
ttnionville, Missouria
# The makers of Lydia E. Pinkham's s
Vegetable Compound have thousands Of
such letters as that above = they tell
the truth, else they couI Id not have been
obtained for love or money. This med
licine is no stranger = it has stood the
test for years.
If there are any complications you
do not understand write to Lydia Il.
IPinkham Medicine Co. (confldentiaD
Lynn, Mass. Your letter will he opened,
Sgead and answered by u woman and
held in strict confidence.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-07-22

Ing Smile and invited her to 20 ahead
and use him as Punching Bag.
Next day she put Newspaper
around the Bird Cage and tied up the
Geranium and took the unfinished
Tatting and Blew
When she walked in on her Own
People, with the Declaration that all
Bets were Off, they wanted to know
how about it, and she said Spirited
Woman couldn't keep on rooming with
a Guinea-Pig.
MORAL-Contempt breeds Famili-
arity.