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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-04
NO HINDRANCE AT MONTREAL.
Flood Caused Damage. But Meetings
Go On BY Presbyterians.

Montreat North Carolina Aug s.
The recent heavy rains have caused
certain damage to- the Montreal
property. but within a few hours after
the flood all the conveniences and
comforts of the town were in perfect
working order. The comforts Of tho
people We're provided without inter
ruptfon and the conference proceeded
with a large attendance present. not a
single meeting being omitted. At
present there are at least two thous-
and people in the grounds. happy and
contented, enjoying one of the best
conferences ever provided by the pro-
gram committee.
During the last week trains have
been running in from Ashevlle to
Black Mountain. and from Asheville
over the Murphy Branch out to
Knoxville and Atlanta. We have as-
surance from the Southern Railway
authorities that trains will be operat-
ing this week, both over the Asheville-
Spartanburg and Columbia Divisions
making connections north and south,
and also over the Asheville and Nor
ristown Division. making connection
by Knoxville west and Bristol east
The program for August is especial
ly strong and attractive, the confer
ences on Christian Education, Home
Missions, Foreign Missions and the
Chapman Alexander evangelistic con-
ferences all TO be held in the month
Of August There Is not the slightest
reason so far as Montreal is concern
ed why any one who has planned to
attend any of these meetings should
fail to do so
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-04
WET VICTORY STANDS
Judge i'm Court Rules That Petition
ZOE I,ln4niilA. l.. S...a,..sx.-.4

Judge in Court Rules That Petition
For Election IL Sufficient.
Dennison, o.. Aug 3.-The wet
victory in Dennison several weeks ago
will stand. This was decided py
Judge Barnhill in Probate Court,
when he ruled, that after Illegal
signers had been taken from the
original wet petition, there SIN re-
manned 3N7 signatures. or twcnty-one
more than necessary for the Denni-
son council to allow the Peal law
election.
"he contest case started by the
dr}s. was heard by Barnhnl last week.
lie withheld his decision until he
weighed the evidence ana received
fuIlngs on certain questions of law
from Columbus attorneys
Barnhill ClasScd the naIaes which
he took from the original petition as
non-residents and minors Several
names were taken off upon which
both factions agreed.
Judging from testimony offered.
Judge Barnhill said he believed many
Fennsy shop employees who signed tho
withdrawal petition did so beca use
they feared they would lose their po-
s'uons He therefore he'd that at
ieast thirty -four names on the with
drawal petition should have remained
on the original wet petition, and for
I that reason added that number TO
the number of signers II was this
ruling that brought the total of names
on the wet petition TO 3s7
Is, Baldwin, chief council for the
drys, was not present when the de-
cision was made. Neither was w. b.
Stevens, Uhrichsville Judge stephen
son for the vets was present.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-04
LAW TO ne ATTACKED.
/ Test Cases VIII BE Tried In City Court
at Montgomery


Montgomery, Ala Aug. a-Coh-
stitutionality of the Montgomery Pro-
hibition ordinance will be attacked in
the criminal division Of the City Court
TINS week, when nifty four cases, charg-
ing violations of the ordinance, will
be called for trial. The defendants
were convicted in the Recorders Court
and appealed 10 the City Court
The attack will be based on the
contention that the ordinance merely
provides that II is violation of the
city ordinance when one violates the
state Prohibition laws Attorneys for
The defendants will contend that or
dinance must go into detail and In
clude all features of the State prohi-
eltion laws. Under an agreement. ono
case viii be tried and II II is held that
the ordinance is invalid. the case Will
be appealed and the trial of all other
cases postponed until the supreme
Court has settled the Issues.
Twenty-six barrels of whisky and
government in the raids at Girard.
have been brought to MONTGOMERY and
stored In the Federal building. pend
ing decision In condemnation pro-
ceedings. The government contends
that the whisky did not bear certifi-
Gates showing the proof as required
by the government. The liquor was
seized and stored with that taken by
the State. No persons have entered
Il claim for IL and II It is condemned
by the government Il will be de-
stroysd. - -.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-04
WHERE is THE STORM?

is not properly to Re considered
AIh reference to its popularity or
the contrary. Norfolk Virg!nian-
Pilot
We don't believe Judge Waddill Is
worrying over the question OF the
popularity or unpopularity of his de-
eision II occurs to us that the
storm Of disa pproval" business is an
entirely gratuitous criticism of the
work of a conscientious Jurist. How
ever, the work of the court needs no
defense at this juncture. The ques-
tons involved will all be threshed out
by the United States Supreme Court
and, in the meantime, discussion of
the popularity or unpopularity OF the
courts action may well be deferred
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-04
NEW LAW PROTECTS
TOWNS WATER SUPPLY
All Plans for Installation of New
Water Works Must BE Passed On
BY State Health Board.
WATERSHEDS ARE INSPECTED.
Experts TO Go Over Territory From
Which Water Supply Is to Come.
and Indicate the Necessary Pre-
cautions to Forcstan Disease,

The State Board OF Health has be-
gun to receive applications for water
permits under a recent law of the
General Assembly. which requires that
all plans for the installations of new
water works shall be approved by the
board before work can be commenced.
Designed to protect water users
against the possible use of dangerous
water supplies the act provides that
the State Board OF Health shall pass
on all plans and order their modiflca-
ton where necessary. In towns where
the water supplies are known to be
polluted, the board has authority to
order changes required for the pro-
lection OF the public health, with due
appeal to the courts in cases where
the orders of the board are disputed.
Under the regulations adopted by
the board, as required by law. an APP
plication blank for the installation OF
water works must be filled out and
certified to the board and must he
accompanied by maps. etc, explaining
the nature of the proposed system
or change in an existing system. No
permit is required for laying distribu-
ton mains from existing systems.
Health officers regard the law as
distinct advance in the protection of
the public health, but point out that
its penalties will seldom have to be
invoked whore plans are carefully
drawn.
In most instan ces" says a circular
OF the board calling attention TO the
new law. skilled engineers are en-
ployed to draw the plans for new
water works and properly safeguard
the public health beyond all question.
Where this is the case. IL will only be
necessary for the board to review and
approve the plans through its bureau
of sanitary engineering But there
are some towns in Virginia whose
water supplies are suspicious and
must be improved. While the board
hopes that this will be done volun-
tarily by the towns in question or by
the companies operating the water
works, the new law gives water users
protection they have not heretofore
had and can be invoked to secure a
safe supply. AS the law places a very
heavy responsibility on the board and
gives II a wide discretion, It will be
necessary to make most careful in
vestigaions of doubtful supplies, and,
in some instances, to hold formal
hearings where proper safeguards are
not placed about the water supplies
ITO prevent com plications. interest
ed engineers should familarize them
selves with the law and should for
ward copies of proposed plans. as re-
quired by the act, before beginning
work"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-04
MOVIES IN SALOONS
London Board Seeks to Offset Drink :
ing by Providing Substitute


l. o n, Engl a n d, Aug g.
Movie" theaters in saloons are one
of the innovations made by the gov
eminent liquor board in Its expert
ment In direct management Of sa-
looms in the south of Scotland and
the north of England, where there
are large munition. making areas.
Heavy drinking has necessitated the
step. BY remodeling and rebuilding
these saloons the government hopes
to increase the comfort of the work
ers.
The picture palaces--under the
same roof as the saloons--are so ar
ranged that the men who formerly
frequented the saloons in search of
amusement will be able to take their
| wives, and whether they desire to
have drinks or not matters little.
The man who does not approve OF
saloons can find a part set aside for
the consumption OF tea, coffee and
other soft drinks. The theater Will
also be used for concerts and lee
lures.
The experiment is being watche I
critically, not by the liquor trade, but
by temperance reformers and prt-
hibitionists. In Edinburg. for in
stance. it has been noticed that the
saloons In the experimental area had
doubled their receipts since private
control and management had been
displaced by the government board.
and the local religious leaders are
contending that the more model"
and clnb-like drinking shop is made
the moro drink 1t will sell. Another
criticism made by the reform element
is that as the new model houses are
understood to be exemplary they n.e
not under the same strict poiicc SUI
pervinon As the ordinary sAloons.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-04
Sultana Survivor Dies.

indianapolis, Ind. Aug. 3.--Joseph
Taylor Elliott, seventy-one, vtce-prea-
dent Of large bond brokerage arm
here, lie dead at his home. after an
illness OF two months OF diabetis. He
was a veteran OF the Civil war and
was one Of tho few to escape death
on the steamboat Sultana, which
burned to the waters edge, following
an explosion Of = boiler. In the MIS-
sissippi River, near MemphiA while
carrying about 1900 parolod prison-
srs 10 the North in leSS. Fully a.xec
lives vern lost.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-04

The decision of Judge Waddill
~ the United States Court for the
H&stern District OF Virginia. hold
Ing that the British ship Appam.
captured by the German raider
oewe, and brought into the port
%& Norfolk by a German prize
eoW. must be turned over to her
& Tttieh owners. may he IN &C
gDrdance with the law governing
Eoch cases but ii will meet with
norm OF disapproyal in tins coun-
|y.-Petersburg Index-Appeai
lnce the above utterance OF
- contemporary We have watch
closely the columns OF our ex-
nnges, North, South, East and
-, and have detected no g, 1eIe
m OF that storm OF disaps
IVA" The press as a whole
nnns content 10 view the matter
~ question of law 10 be de-
ia by the authorized tribunals
ording to legal r 'es and pce.
1ontA. A judgment SO reached
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-04

~ Scriptures relate that when the
k1e Paul recovered his sight at
<oscus. there fell as It were great
- from his eyes" II is by no
80 an unimportant matter to a
immunity or individual TO see clearly
facts about any proposition
= 40 American people strangely
ngh have been afflicted with a sort
nbiyopia or purblindness in rci.a-
6 To liquor and the liquor traflc.
kksr' was once popularity believed
80 4 harmless beverage. a wade me
Il, m essential in congeniaIity and
pffality, a source Of courage to the
11disr. an Indispensable household
nedy. the very soul and life of
lo3ss, the mainstay 81 government
~, etc In fact, the virtues not con-
|G2ntly claimed for alcohol were not
vorth mentioning The liquor people
" their utmost to AisEe inmate and
6have these views believed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-04
To Organize Campaign Club.

Williamsburg. Va. Aug. 3.-Plans
are now under way among Democrats
here for the organization Of q Wilson.
Marshall Montague club.
II was stated today By leading
Democrats that the club would b Or
gan,zed within the next few days. and
that plans would be arranged for
carrying on an elaborate campaign
Tor the reelection Of the present al.
ministration.
Arrangements will be made to So
cure a number of the best political
speakers in the State to address the
voters OF this community.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-04
AN INTERESTING CONVENTION.

I " the most interesting con-
1T OF the year lis now in pro-
- Hampton. II is the third an
n3hertng OF the OLD Dominion
80 the Deaf
~ the memb ers are some of
- useful men and women OF
-. people who have not found
Imity OF talking with their
mMy serious bar to their success
Nk them have made their own
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-04

thrown against Mrs Witt, who fell
and injured her head and knee.
Saved Raby's life
Mrs Bowen was under the car when
n was brought to q GtAndsttll, but
t-sfore she was hit by tho machine
she showed a carriage containing a
baby out OF tho way OF tho car. turn
ing the carriage over and deposit1ng
the infant on the pavement. The child
was unhurt.
Mra witt and Mrs. Bowen were
hurried to tho home OF A. W. F>aarer.
420 Raleigh Avenue, and attended by
DR. r. L. Payne. Jr., who rendered
what medical aid was necessary at
the time. DIR. Southgate Leigh. the
family physician of Mrs. Witt. and
DR.. Landlord, Mrs. Bowen's family
physician. were then summoned
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-04

- 0dncs vodka defeated Russia for
- has the necessity OF prohibition
Gal military preparedness been
esneraliy recognized than now,
as the recognition of the terri
okriment that drink had been to
ntes IN the war with Japan.
led to the Cars determination
n0ve the blight from his coun-
Whenever national peril again
~ large,
rat 10 now n sober Russia which
Umering the Teuton's lines so
fessiy. II is sober Russia
back home In field and factory.
nlshing the sinews OF war And
or Russia, awakened from CEN
20 mental darkness by the stress
5onal peril, will never again per
1o faculties to be benumbed by
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-04
COUNTY JAIL EMPTY


Hampstead, Md. Aug 3.-For the
first time in many years the Carroll
County Jail is entirely empty of pris-
oners, and has been now for several
weeks. This condition OF affairs Ii
attributed by those who know to the
fact that since May /. 1915. Carroll
County has been dry under local OPP
ton law.
The people generally are delighted
with the result of their experience un-
der dry law, and 1t is freely pre-
dicted that the sale of booze will
never again be permitted In this
county.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-04

affliction, II for want of better
We may be pardoned for using the
word. an inspiration for helping
others. Many OF them are engaged in
teaching the deaf dumb and blind OF
the State
We tender the convention our very
earnest fluctuations. knowing full we'll
that in the hands OF Harry Hoaston's
townspeople IT'S members can't help
having most enjoyable time.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-04

But the scales are falling with mar
velou~ rapidly from the eyes OF the
public on the liquor question-rail.
roads. employers of labor, CONNER
cial interests, the medical profession
newspapers politicians social work.
ers, the courts and people generally
are seeing the true inwardness OF the
trafFic as never before, The lquo,
men still continue to grind out the
same old grist OF fakes that did such
woman service for the trade In tho
past; but their Baron Munchausen
stories are greeted with ridicule and
no longer believed In these days of
scientific research and exact knowl-
edge. II is incomprehensible that the
monstrous lying claims, put forth a
generation ago in behalf OF alcoholic
liquors should have passed unchaI-
lenged OF found any credence what
ever r ebert Patton in the Ma
tional Daily,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-04

And what Of America? To what
extent Is drink an enemy 70 our claim
to supremacy among the nations OF
the earth? Must some two by four
country lick us to a finish before we
sober up? Must our limbs be palsied,
our brain made less active. our bodies
less able to bear hardship by reason
Of drink?
The true patriot must be prohibit
ZIONIST He cannot consent that his
country shall be LEGS efficient, less able
to defend itself from aggressors than
any other country. Prohibition is a
prime essential to true preparedness
Then let every effort be put forth 10
the end that those on whose shoulders
rest the responsibility for the defense
OF the country shall be made fully
alive 70 the situation.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-04

In misguided Ireland. and whose famo
"a ono who d+ea for ireland viii long
endure. Had the English court held
an inquiry as to his sanity and sent
him. where We believe he belonged,
to an asylum for the insane. Britain s
own reputation for doing Justice when
the incentive to harsh punishment was
great would have been immeasurabl bly,
enhanced.
Easement immuned In an asylum
for his mad-cap adventure would have
lost his halo of heroics, and the fact
of his confinement rather, than of his
execution would have gone far toward
the creation of a better feeling In
Ireland
The British government has lost an
outstanding opportunity. The death
of Easement on the scaffold was an
irreparable blunder.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1916-10-18
Reading for a Boy.

We wish we could get the boys to read "In Tune With the Infnite," Lub- books "Pleasures of Life," Drum mond's Natural Law in the Spiritual World" Wagner's "The Simple Life" " Serviss Astronomy With an Opera Glass" and similar books, all of which could be read in the time that boy usually fritters away. It needn't take away moment of the time devoted to fun and play, though it might divide time with the usual branches of study.
 We speak of the above books be- cause they tend to awake ones divine energies and make ones life nobler and happier. The greatest part of a lad is his spirit. With that, impulses, aspirations and tendencies are created. Without it, his life becomes negative and vague These books in places may be little difficult to appreciate, but a boy can get some flavor from them that will be a decided benefit to him. It is the way to acquire diligence, pur- pose, insight into the meaning of things, the love of duty, the grand heights of self-reliance, traits and qualities that glorify boy.
 The fact is the boys spirit is mis- used at home and school because it is not fed on the food that strengthens it. It cyphers and parses and refuses to admit to it's heart, courtesy, cour- age, work, aspiration, reverence and other divinities that are knocking to get in. The reading of these books will change all that and actually put a boy in tune with the infinite.-Ohio State Journal.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1916-10-18

Calomel makes you sick; you lose a days work. Calomel is quicksilver and it salivates; calomel injures your liver.
 If you are bilious, feel lazy, sluggish and all knocked out, if your bowels are constipated and your head aches or stomach is sour, just take a spoon full of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone instead of using sickening, salivating calomel. Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver medicine You'll know it next morning because you will wake up feeling fine, your liver will be work ing, your headache and dizziness gone, your stomach will be sweet and your bowels regular. You will feel like working. You'll be cheerful; full of vigor and ambition.
 Your druggist or dealer sells you a 50-cent bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone
Judsonia weekly advance., 1916-10-18

Appeals of w. H. Garanflo and R. D. Duncan, former president and vice president, respectively, of the defunct State National Bank, have been set for submission before the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, sit ting at St. Louis, on January 15. A decision on the appeals is expected about February 15.
 The two former Little Rock bank CTS were convicted of wrecking the State National Bank, and were sen fenced to six years imprisonment is the Federal penitentiary. In addition to the penitentiary sentences, each of the men was fined $1,000. The yer diets were rendered by Judge Frank Youmans of Fort Smith, sitting Tn place of Judge Jacob Trieber, when a Federal court jury found the two men guilty on each of five charges. Mis- application of funds and conspiracy in violation of Federal banking stat utes were charged.
 Appeals were asked immediately after the verdicts were announced. and the two bankers were freed on bonds pending action on their ap- peals.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1916-10-18
VICTIM OF ONE OF THE NER- WEST HoLDUPS EVER STAGED
 IN JACKSON COUNTY.
THREE ARE HELD AT BAY
Lem Wilkins, His Son and Father-in- Law Lined Up by Stranger, Who, After Robbing Him, Steals Horse
 and Makes His Escape Good.

Newport
 Lem Wilkins of Algoa was the vic tim of one of the nerviest holdups ever staged in Jackson county, when a stranger who was riding in Wilkins wagon suddenly popped gun in the formers face and relieved him of all the available cash carried upon his person, $S8 in all.
 The stranger, a young fellow about 26 years of age, heavy set and rather well appearing, approached MT. Will kins in Wolff Goldman's store at New port, asking if he could not ride out with him (Wilkins) to Algoa, claiming that he had relatives there. The stranger had evidently seen the Wolff Goldman Mercantile Company pay MT. Wilkins about $100 and stayed with him to see that the money was not spent.
 MT. Wilkins was accompanied by his son, IA years old, and his father in-law. They were in a farm wagon and the new acquaintance sat behind them. Beyond Village Creek, when they were bidden to get out and line up, and a long, dangerous looking gun used to back up the demand. The crook also demanded and secured the boys overcoat, after which he ordered Wilkins to take the harness off of one horse. This he did, giving the stran- ger an unbroken animal, who started to bucking when the unknown man tried to mount.
 Thereupon the fellow inquired if the other horse was broken and re- ceiving an affirmative reply, made the Wilkins unharness the second horse. This animal he rode away, going east, toward Grubbs, or perhaps turning south toward Amagon.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1916-10-18
CALOMEL S|CKENS! T SAL|VATES!
 DON'T STAY BILIOUS, C0NST|PA7ED
Guarantee "Dodsons Liver Tone" Will Give You the Best Liver and Bowel Cleansing You Ever ad-Don Lose Days Work!

under my personal guarantee that it will clean your sluggish liver better than nasty calomel; it won't make you sick and you can eat anything you want without being saliyated. Your druggist guarantees that each spoonful will start your liver, clean your bowels and straighten you up by morning or you can have your money back. Chil- dren gladly take Dodson's Liver Tone because it is pleasant tasting and doesn't gripe or cramp or make them sick
 am selling millions of bottles of Dod- sons Liver Tone to people who have found that this pleasant, vegetable, liv- CT medicine takes the place of danger ous calomel. Buy one bottle on my sound, reliable guarantee. Ask your druggist or storekeeper about me. Adv.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1916-10-18
"Cabinet Timber"

With a single exception, every mem- Der of President Wilson's cabinet be- gan life as boy in some small coun- try town. Making the best use of early opportunities, they developed their tal- ents by study, steadily working their way through school, and in most cases through college toward that broader experience in the affairs of life which ultimately fitted them to become "cabi- net timber" Their example should be an inspiration to those who, being born and raised in the small country town, are likely to consider their surround ing as unfavorable. If youth has ambition and energy, he will surely find the gate of opportunity open. In no part of the world have there been finer illustrations of the development of self-reliance, prudence, concentra- tion, and those other traits of charac- ter than in the country town or vil- lage.-Christian Herald.