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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-07
AFTER VISIT BY WILSON.
Lynchburg Wants Him to Addres
Charities Conference.

IynCnburg wants hm I'D EAuuiSSS
Charities Conference.
LynchbuSg, Va. Feb. 6.-The Rev
George Floyd Rogers. president OF the
Virginia Conference on Charities ana
Correction. which is to hold its an
nual convention in LynchhurS late
during the present month, has not yet
given up the idea of being able to have
President Woodrow Wilson as one OF
the speakers.
Several days ago Mr.. Rogers re-
ceived the following letter from the
White House, which shows that 1t Is
by no means certain that Mr.. Wilson
will not come here. but that he may
do so II he arranges a Southern trip
about that time:
The President has received your
kind letter OF January 90 and has
asked me to azure you that he deep
~ appreciates the invitation which
you are good enough to extend TO
him. He will be glad to keep your
wishes in mind in arranging the itine-
rary OF any Southern trip.
Sincerely,
~. r. TUMULTY,
Secretary TO the President"
The Rev. Mr.. Rogers has turned
Secretary Tumulty's letter over TO
the Chamber of Commerce for It's at
tention.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-07
GIRL SUICIDE BURIED.


Winchester Va, Feb 6.-The body
of Miss Virginia Partlow. who died in
Winchester Memorial Hospital from
bichloride OF mercury poisoning. was
Yesterday sent to her old home at
Smedley, RappahannoCk County "a 8,
where the funeral was held yesterday.
IT Ia reported that the authorities
* that county may make one or more
arrests as result OF the girls death,
although In an ante-mortem statement
she implicated no one. except that the
poison was purchased for her by II
male relative at her own request
Miss Partlow, who was nineteen
wears old, was a daughter of b. %.
Partlow Beside her parents, she
leaves two sisters Misses Lille and
Mamie PartloW. and three brothers.
William. Adolphus and Charles Tart
low, all of Rappahannock County.
To visitors the girl declared that
she was miserable, lonely and unhappy
when she took the poison. Another
relative living in Rappahannock Coun-
IN was mentioned in connection with
the case.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-07

TELEPHONE:
office, Mad. 1898
Residence. Ran. 16oo-W

j. Redmond c. n Clark presented
Mrs. King with the bracelet on behalf
OF Mr.. Council and h,s staff, the audi-
enca broke into hearty applause.
IaE'f1l -1eutal 5uUSic for the oc-
cas!on was furnished by Neydrie'
Orchestra and Mr.. Cornell received
many cor pilments o. the success or
the concert. The following gentle
men acted IS ushers Messrs. J. Nc
Kim. Jr.. George McKenna, T. o. Lam
bert. VI. +. Sheehan. NJ. ]. Murphy.
A. /. Cobb. J. A, Hardy. Frank KEEL
lev. :. F. Parkinson. H. w. Sherer.
J. J Redmond. G. -. Clark and S. B.
Davis
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-07
DESCENDANTS BACK WILSON.
Scions of Declaration Signers Hold
TTf- Monthly Meeting.

Baltimore. Nd, Feb 6.-The tri-
monthly meeting of the board of gov
ernors of the Descendants of the Sign
ers Of the Declaration of Independ-
encs, which was called by Secretary
Carl NJ. kneass. of Philadelphia, met
in the Hotel Belvedere yesterday at
noon George McCabe. of Richmond.
president of the society, presided.
Resolutions backing President Wilson
in his preparedness policy was passed
and much enthusiasm manifested.
The association meets every Fourth
Of July in Independence Hall, Phiia-
deph1a its aim Is to look up the
graves OF the signers of the Declara-
ton to see that they are well cared
for. end to investigate the lineal de-
scendants of these men.
The Rev. George w. Dame, OF thia
city, is chaplain.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-07
TEA TABLE TALKS
By May Dewitt Talmage
sou Cna't Fool the Gallery.

TNev We're sitting OUT" a dance.
not berauss they were ont Of breath
or lacking for partners, but because
they had not rsen each other for a
long tlme. and Il was their first time
to have q talk. and see the merry
whirl so aroanS" at the same time.
Their attention was attracted to n
fnidd'e-ages man who was dancing
with a young girl. He was a little
bald he had grown fat in spots, and
although no might have been hand
some twenty-five years ago his
! GRIT eyes ard the broad smile on
HIS face could not conceal the fact
that the heavy lines under his eyes.
and bags under his chin, proclaimed
that he had passed into the youth OF
old age
That man thinks because he can
dance and get a girl to dance with
him, that he is still young, and that
everyone else thinks the same" she
said "A man seldom sees himself
IS others see him The looking glass
teaches him nothing He has the
feeling that II he Is with youth he
Is himself young He. feels ne can
still approach a girl with any KIND
Of an invitation, just the same as II
he we're in the early twenties.
IT must be a comfort TO be n man
and to feel that when his Firth
grows bigger. and his head balder, It
makes no difference in his outlook on
life. A woman's looking glass, on
the other hand, tells her the truth.
and. what's more, she believes II.
But many a mans spirit fools him
and the girls, too
when a girl accepts the atten-
tons Of an elderly man, II IS not
always the man that attracts her
bat more often his attentions and all
that goes with them We all know
IT IS truly feminine to like devotion.
70 be popular, and. I'm sorry 20 say,
they often take what they can get,
no matter If the source Is rather old.
Hninterosting, or Mt times boring.
What they want IS the fiattery. 1t
gives them hrilliaucy. It acts like a
tonic to them.
III a man has money or position
he can never he quite sure where he
stands Yet the funny part about II
IS that II girl smiles on a man he
seldom thinks of this.
THAT man who just danced by told
ne a little while ago how much he
admired that girl. You sec ne said,
7 feel Just as young az 7 ever did
can walk miles. play tennis and
+ Eglf as wei rs some OF thC younger
men. and / love to dance. The girl
In the meanwhile had conhded to
me that she hated 10 dance with old
men. and she had made one or two
+ ~ her friends promise 10 cut in
whenever they saw her dancing with
him.
We older women have the advan-
taRc Of you men after all. For whet
a young man pays attention to nm
older woman II a real compliment.
The fact that he seeks her at all
proves he thinks her interesting in
some way. either with charm or fas-
cination OF some kind for there must
be some strong attraction that will
make him seek her out. A man
fsea>e.r leaves $Eo1afh and beauty Unless
there is some strong counter -attraC-
ton
Bot let me say again don't fat
ter Yourself that n Youthful smile
on a girls face IA n magic wand that
win metamorphose you irto rat
liant youth, She may fool you, but
he gallery looking on sees the real
condition Of affairs"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-07
FINDS PEACHES DAMAGED.
Apples VIII Escape Injury. Win
chester Authority Thinks

Winchester, Va. Feb. 6-Great
danger IL threatened to many kinda
of fruit in this section of the State as
result OF the warm and damp
weather that prevailed during the lat
ter part OF January. according to Pro-
fessor w. r. Atwood an authority on
fruit. who Is manager OF a large orr
Chard company nj stanton He made
trip of inspection to orCha rds own
ed by his company in Augusta and
Albemarle Counties a day or two ago
and found that great many peaches
had been destroyed by cold weather
that followed warm spell in Deem
Der. Thousands OF buti had dropped
off the trees.
Professor Atwood thinks that ap
Piles have not been injured and says
they viii escape unless there is below
Zero weather during February.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-07
CASE TO RAISE POINTS
TOUCHING AUCTIOkEERS
Interesting Trial Due In Mecklcnburg
Circuit Court At Term Beginning
February ~.

Boydton. Va, Feb. Circuit Court
Will convene here on Monday, Febru-
airy o. The case Of George II Smith
against Z, T. Rockies, trustee. etc, will
be heard at this term. Some original
points OF law will be raised in this
case, especially touching the powers
OF auctioneers. The case will likely
go to the Court of Appeals regardless
of how decided in lower court and
the final decision will be received by
the profession of the State with con-
siderable interest.
c. Wallace Coleman. who is with
the Department Of Internal Revenue
in Western District Of Virginia. spent
the past Weekend here with his
family.
Rev. II. n. Tucker preached in
Chase City on Sunday last and spent
several days there visiting his parish
toner's. He returned to Boydton Tues
day
The committee on courthouse i'm
proNements and repairs met here Sat
urday last and went over the building.
III is expected that some changes will
soon he made, but hardly before the
February term has adjourned
John y Hutchinson left on Monday
last for william and Mary College.
Colonel Thomas f Goode spent
some time in Richmond last week
l.. II. Hayes, of Buckhorn. was in
Boydton on Monday on business.
Judge Henry Wood, Of GAINESVILLE,
was in Roydton early part of the week
on business.
s. o. Barnett has opened up hard
ware store in the storehouse of Mr..
w G. Peasants. on west side OF
Courthouse Square.
Several local hunters took ad-
vantage of the last day and went out
Monday, but report very poor luck.
Messrs PeYton and Burruss. of Rich
mond. and Ben O. Homes and Sterl-
ing and John Hutcheson hunted a
good deal last week, but reported
game scarce.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-07
COPPER VEIN DISCOVERED.
Revealed nv Excavation TO install
New Mining Machinery.

Winchester Va, Feb. a6.--Prepara-
tons are TO he made in the near future
for more extensive operations Mt the
copper mines Of the Gooney Manor
Copper Company OF Front Royal Va.
AS result Of the uncovering OF an
other large vein Of copper recently
along the western foothills OF the
Rllr Ridge Mountains.
The vein, which IS near a large one
that has been worked for several
wears ves discovered while workmen
were eN avating for the installation
nf new machinery. According to the
opinions Of expert engineers, II IS be
lieved the vein is at least 200 feet
thick
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-07
PORTSMOUTH VETERANS
TO OBSERVE Anniversary
stonewaii Camp, Confederate Veterans
TO Have Celebration
4-sa AarfF a. ,-4e.. ..,,..,

portsmouth,, Va. Feb. 6.-Stonewali
Camp. Confederate Veterans. of this
city, is making arrangements for the
observance of the 32nd anniversary of
Its organization on April 6. when the
annual meeting will be held in it's
headquarters In Court Street
special program Is now in course
of preparation, which will include mu-
steal numbers. recitations and ad-
dresses.
Judge Legh X. Watts has been Sc
lected as the special speaker of ina
evening. He viii deliver an address
on the subject. Pelham, the Boy Ar
tillerist of Stuart's Command"
Committees of the camp are handling
the various phases of the arrangement
plans.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-07
TREATED FOR BITE OF CAT.
Boy Goes to Hospital After Exanina.
ton shows Trace OF Rabies.

Harrisonhurg, Va. Feb. John
Gochenour. five-year-old son of w. J.
Gochenour of Penn Laird. Rocking
ham County. was bitten four days ago
by a pet cat with which he was play
ing. The head of the cat was sent to
the National Bureau of Animal In
dustry, Washington, for examination,
and yesterday a telegram came stat
ing that germs of rabies were found.
This morning Mr.. Gochenour took the
boy to Washington for treatment at
the Pasteur Institute.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-07
FIRE FOLLOWS STORE SALE.
Silot
Springs Place Destroyed
Homes EEada4lgesred. ~. 4 -

Silcott Springs Place Destroyed.
..>.<~. 4. Homes Endangered. -. ~
Hamilton. Va, Feb 6.--The store
building and stock of general merchan-
disc at Silcott Springs, purchased by
W. c. McClentic from w. r. Swim
dell about one week ago, were en-
tirely consumed by fire of an I'M
known origin between and o'clock
this morning.
1t was only through hard effort
that the adjoining dwelling was saved.
Goods for the restocking OF the store
had been purchased, but were still at
the railway depot. No FIRE was left
in the furnace Friday night. The loss
is partially covered by insurance
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-07
AFTER FEDERAL BUILDING.


Winchester, Va, Feb, "a COM
mittee representing the Harrisonburg
Board of Trade conferred in Washing
ton a day or two ago with Representa-
tive James Hay az this district, re-
garding plans for securing new Fed
eral building for that town, 1t being
claimed that the present structure is
entirely too small for court and post
office purposes, Mr. Hay was ask ed
TO introduce a bin carrying an appro-
priation OF $4,000. Such bill may
pass the House. but it is expected it
will meet with some opposition in the
Senate
Attention was recently called to the
fact that the town OF Big Stone Gap,
with a population Of about $500 peo-
pie, has a Federal building that cost
over 100000.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-07
LYNCHBURG BRIDGE OPPOSED.
Objected to Change OF Location From
Ninth Street.

Lynchburg. Va. Feb. 6.--Great tp-
position is developing to the building
OF the proposed $250,000 bridge over
the James River from the foot CT
Seventh Street by the three railways
centering here. The opposition dis
likes the change from Ninth Street,
where the bridge has been since the
days of Lynch's ferry. Counsel has
been retained to fight the location
and plans for the proposed structure.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-07
VIRGINIA BRIEFS.

ture OF Thursday and Friday caught
many spring flowers peeping through
the ground In and around Lynchburg
Hyactnths were out OF the ground more
than an inch. while willow trees ap-
peared as green as they are usually
found two months later. Fruit trees.
however, do not appear TO have put
out sufficiently yet to be hurt by
the cold weather.
| HarrIsonburg--Two conventions Will
be held in Harrisonburg this week. On
| Tuesday and Wednesday the Virginia
Creamerymens Association will meet
and on Thursday and Friday the Vir-
ginia Dairymens Association will con-
vene.
| Wfnchester-The city OF winchester
has abandoned the idea of erecting "a
municipal electric light plant but the
/ project. which was recently, recon-
mended by the Lighting Committee OF
the Common Council, has caused the
Northern Virginia Power Company to
submit lower bids for electric light
ing.
| Lvnchburg-The Rev. N. L Loflin.
| the lew pastor of West chburg
Baptist Church. has arrived here TO
take up the work as minister OF that
church and will preach his first ser
mon this morning.
Lynchburg-The annual meeting of
the Iynchburg Retail Merchants As
ISOLATION will be held at the Virgintan
Hotel with a banquet. the evening of
| February II.
| I.ynchburg-Th Sunday Schools of
Lynchburg identified with the City
Sunday School Association during the
last year gained 1900 in enrolment
over 1914 according to reports made
to w. w Coffey, secretary of the as
ISOLATION.
Lynchburg- Lynchburg Lodge OF
EIks will give an amateur minstrel
performance at the Academy of Music
here this week in which number
of the members of the lodge will par
ticipate.
winchester-Offcers are making an
investigation with a view of appre-
hending persons who set off a charge
| of dynamite in front of the Methodist
/ Episcopal Church at Berkeley Springs
several nights ago, shatterinE the
! large stained glass windows and other
wise damaging the building.
WlnCneSIeT--l TallC Oh inc .Npf IoiN
I and Western Railway between Ha-
gerstown and Roanoke. was tied up all
night Wednesday night on account of
a freight wreck y near White Post.
Clarke County, Va.
Winchester--The Town Council OF
Harrisonburg this week went on rec
ord as being opposed to any unneces-
sary delay in the matter of getting a
bill through the Legislature authoriz-
| ing the town to become a city of the
second class.
! Winchester-George Hicks. we'll
known young man of Martinsburg. was
yesterday sentenced to FIVE years ia
the West Virginia Penitentiary fet
robbing the house of w. 8. Snyder in
that city.
Wjnchester--A. ], Rutherford, sew
enteen years old. has been held for
the grand Jury of Jefferson County.
West Virginia, charged with forging
the name of Frank Trump to check
for s22 and also for stealing horse
owned by Mrs. Cox, a neighbor.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-07

HarrIsonburg-Two conventions will
be held in Harrisonburg this week. On
Tuesday and Wednesday the Virginia
Creamerymen's Association will meet
and on Thursday and Friday the Vir-
ginia Dairymen's Association will con-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-07

Wtnchester-The city OF Winchester
has abandoned the idea of erecting "A
municipal electric light plant. but the
project. which was recently recon-
menddd by the Lighting Committee OF
the Common Council, has caused the
Northern Virginia Power Company to
submit lower bids for electric light
ing.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-07

Lvnchburg-The Rev. ", L. Loflin,
the lew pastor of West Lynchburg
Baptist Church. has arrived here to
take up the work as minister of that
church and will preach his nrst ser
mon this morning.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-07

Winchester-A ]. Rutherford, sew
enteen years old. has been held for
the grand Jury of Jefferson County,
West Virginia, charged with forging
the name of Frank Trump to check
for s22 and also for stealing a horse
owned by Mrs Cox, a neighbor.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-07

Lynchburg-The Lynchburg Lodge Of
Elks will give an amateur minstrel
pe rformance at the Academy of Music
here this week, in which a number
of the members of the lodge will par
tfcipate,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-07

Winchester-Geor Hicks. a
known young man of Martinsburg
yesterday sentenced to FIVE yea
the West Virginia Penitentiary
robbing the house of w. 8. Snyd
that city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-07

Lynchburg-The annual meeting of
the Lynchburg Retail Merchants As
ISOLATION will be held at the Virginian
Hotel with banquet the evening of
EehruarY II.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-07

Lynchburg-The Sunday Schools OF
Lynchburg identified with the City
Sunday School Association during the
last year gained 1900 in enrolment
over 1914 according to reports made
to W W. Coffey, secretary of the as
ISOLATION.
Evening star., 1916-07-28
The Boil Weevil.
From Farming business.

From Farming Business.
We have beaten the foot-and-m mouth
disease in the greatest disease fight
ever staged, and the "foot-and mouth
is generally considered the worst scour-
age that attacks mans beasts or crops.
In the past few years we have also or
ganization ability and Intelligence that
mean we can just as easily eliminate
hog cholera in a few years. But down
below the Mason and Dixon line, in the
old south, there'is pest that for the
last twenty-four years has been eating
away at one OF our most important
agricultural Industries, one in which we
have always led the world: it is cotton,
and the pest is the cotton boil weevil
Year by year, a few miles here and
hundreds there. the boil weevil has ad
vanced after crossing the Rio Grande
river until its field now covers practi-
cally all the cotton belt of the United
States. We must now stamp out this
pest or allow China or Egypt to take
over the worlds lead in this important
crop, a crop that will be infinitely more
important for the next few years while
gets back to a normal clothing basis
which will take years because of the
wool situation. Glance at the map OF
the south and note the steady advance
of the boil weevil in spite of govern
ment work to stamp 1t out during the
past fifteen years.
Evening star., 1916-07-28
HOW ANTS CONVERSE.
Scientists Find Evidence That They
Hear and Talk.

+ rom the Los Angeles Times
Naturalists generally appear to have
accepted the opinion that ants are
! not able to perceive any sounds that
are audible to human ears. but there
are those who controvert this opinion,
One investigator conducted careful ex-
periments with four species Of Ameri-
can ants, from which he deduced the
were able to perceive sounds. but
whether they did it by means of or
gans of hearing or through the sense
of touch being excited by atmospheric
vibrations, he was unable to ascer-
tain. This eSperimenter inclines to the
opinion that ants do really hear. as
some individuals showed a perception
of the direction of the sound. such as
that of shrill whistle, and others.
lent1y shaken in their glass prisons,
seemed greatly to be perturbed by
shrill sounds.
In some quarters it is held that the
existence of language among insects
Is already proved. and that what 1t is
now of interest to ascertain, if it can
be ascertained, is the extent of their
language and the ideas and inferences
to which it gives rise. 1t Is still
question. however, in what way COM
|
it by rubbing the antennae together?
The movements of the insect make
this seem impossible, yet one natural
ist has insisted that ants are provided
with sounding apparatus resembling
that of the wasp, by means OF which
faint sounds audible to the ears of
ants are produced. In the opinion of
other naturalists this remains to be
proved
How is it that these small creatures
fa hn
tances that are relatively enormous,
and never hesitate about the road to
take when they wish to retrace their
steps? Learned men who have studied
the matter attribute the power to the
formic acid given out by the insect as
it travels. SO that it finds its way in
exactly the same manner that fox
or a dog does.
One Investigator followed an ant for
long time. She was far from the
anthili and seemed to have no intention
of returning soon. In the middle Of the
path she came upon the dead body OF
a good d-sized snail. She first walked all
around it, then climbed upon its back.
ough examination, instead OF going on.
Immediately returned to the nest:
When half way home she met one Of
her companions. In an instant they
had touched or rubbed antennae with
great animation, and she was soon
pursuing her course again. The same
performance took place when she met
second and third companion, and
as soon as she had left them they
quickly turned toward the spot where
the snail lay The first ant soon en-
tered the nest, and the naturalist lost
sight of her, but doubtless she con-
tinued her work of informing and
exciting the rest. for a long line of
ants Immediately came out and set
forth for the prey. Ten minutes later
the snail was entirely covered with
the yellow swarm, and by evening not
a trace of it remained.
Evening star., 1916-07-28
Sensible Styles.

From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
The fashion editor lately sent US .
picture purportingto be ar advance tall
style for feminine raiment-from Paris.
of course-and we were shocked to OBJ
serve that the skirt was lons-sweap-
ing. in fact. Ut's astonishing how
changes in style are always shocking.
at hrst) Blu. the picture Of those lcns
draperies. sweeping up the dust of the
1oor or the street, at least gave US
be1ated realization of the fact that
the women have been wearing some
pretty sensible styles for the past year
or so. We have all laughed at the
short skirts. of course. It's a mascu-
line privilege to laugh at what the
women are wearing. However, the
short gowns are a pretty fine institu-
tion. and We hope the women won't
give them up without struggle Free
dom in walking. without the burden of
hitchinR up draperies, has been the
feminine prerogative since the short
skirts came in vogue. They have
brought a very agreeable appearance
Of youth to our streets also. And II
they have. too. given us generous
siirnpses OF pretty feet and ankles,
why. who should oojecto