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VOLUME XXIX, NUMBER 22. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1912. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. TRUE REFORMER EX-OFFICIAL ON TRIAL Ex-Grand Worthy Secretary Burrell Faces Jury...Interesting Testimony...Great Effort Being Made by Opposing Attorneys...Charged With Receiving Money when Bank was Insolvent. Judge Wells is Presiding. State Bank Examiner Barksdale Makes Startling Disclosures. The long delayed trial of the ex-officials of the Savings Bank, Grand Pountain, U. O. 'True Reformers commenced last Monday moraling. Some difficulty was experienced in empanelling jury and it was after 4 P. M. before all of the tallamen had taken their seats in the jury box. Attorney H. M. Smith, Jr. appeared as counsel for the accused. Attorney R. Evelyn Byrd, who represented A. W. Holmes was a virtual assistant to Mr. Smith, who represented W. P. Burrell. Mr. Smith moved to quash the indictment against W. P. Burrell, who was first placed on trial. He was a director of the defunct saving bank and he was Grand Worthy Secretary of the Grand Pountain. All of the motions of Attorney H. M. Smith, Jr. were overruled by Judge E. H. Wells. JR. BURRELL'S PLEA. William P. Burrell, when called upon to plead stood up and replied "not guilty." The question at issue is whether or not William P. Burrell Director knew at the time that T. C. Tinsley deposited his money in the True Reformers Savings Bank that the bank had not it had failed. The first witness was Mr. R. T. Wilson of the State Corporation Commission. His testimony being a statement of fact, he was not cross-examined. Chief Bank Examiner C. C. Barksdale took the stand and being sworn testified to his examination of the books and the result of his investigation of the Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain, United Order of True Reformers. Court adjourned at 6 P. M. CHIEF BANK EXAMINER TESTIES Judge Wells convened court promptly at 11 A.M. Tuesday. Chief Bank Examiner Barkedale resumed his testimony. He beg his examination of the bank October 18, 1910 and at the close of business, the day before the amount of cash on hand was $2,113.58. The amount of the deposit subject to check was $540, 540.91. The amount of the loans and discounts was $319,843.25. Of this amount $290,121.14 was loaned to the Reformer Mercantile and Industrial Association on notes, which were practically without security. There was an additional sum claimed to be owed to the bank by the Reformer Mercantile and Industrial Association. JUDGE WELLS SPEEDS TRIAL There is no writing to show for it. During his testimony there were many sharp tilts between counsel. Mr. Smith made points and was on the point of making questions. Juddo Wells ruled firmly but courteously that these interrogations must cease and that the trial must proceed as specifying as possible. Mr. Barkendale stated that the bank held notes of the Reformer Merritt and Industrial Association of over $219,000 without any security therefor, no far as he could see. THAT PROPERTY IN DANVILLE It was straight, one name paper with nothing to secure it so far as he could see. The bank owned but one piece of property so far as the records showed and that was on Patton street, Danville, Va. They valued it at $12,666. They reported a mortgage of $4500 on it. Attorney Mendigone made a formal motion to introduce the report of the State Bank Examiner as evidence Attorney Smith objected. Subsequently he with the other attorneys agreed in the submission of all of the report as evidence sure that part which contained the opinion of the State Bank Examiner. This admitted the facts and the figures only. SHOCKING CONDITIONS THERE. In reply to a sharp inquiry Mr. C. C. Barhadei stated that he had informed officer since July 1, 1816, although he had been connected with higher state 1801. He declared that they were the worst minded set out to know that he had ever seen, with intelligence examination and that bank was out of business now. While questioned as to the purpose of the bomb he replied that under the law, he could not give this information. tion. Burrell's place was in the insurance department. Mr. Smith said: "You could not have made a statement that the bank was insolvent if you had worked on the books a week, could you?" Mr. Barksdale replied that he could not have made up a statement as to the exact amount of the involvency, but he could tell that the bank was insolvent within that time. THAT WORTHLESS STOCK Mr. Smith endeavored to show that the bank owned $10,000 worth of stock of the Reformer Mercantile and Industrial Association and the same would be applied to the payment of notes held by the bank. Mr. Smith asked: "If you say that the bank owned all the stock of the mercantile department upon the winding up of the affairs of the Association after paying all the debt and there was a surplus of over $290,000, wouldn't that belong to the bank?" Mr. Barksdale said that it would belong to the stockholders and in this case the stockholder would be the bank. HAD FALSEIFIED THE RECORDS. Mr. Barksdale said that he found that the amount of the individual deposits subject to check was $540, 000. Cashier R. T. Hill had reported the amount four weeks before as being $290,468,54 including Cashier's checks. This was a difference of $250,000 in round numbers. In reply to the question as to how much of the deposits of the insurance department or rather the Grand Fountain was in the bank, Mr. Barksdale said: "My recollection is that it was about $250,000. Hill just didn't report them." The attorneys engaged in legal tilt and Mr. Smith made an extended argument. Judge Wells ruled against the attorney for the defense and the case proceeded. RECEIVER MONCURE TESTIFIES. Court convened Wednesday, April 24th and Mr. T. C. Tinaley, (white) took the stand. He had deposited $200 in the bank. The deposit slip was produced and he identified it as the original one that he deposited. His cross examination was brief and the Receiver William A. Moneure took the stand. He stated that he was appointed Receiver of the Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain, U. O. T. R. October 26, 1910. The matter is in litigation now. He took charge at 1:15 P. M. He had Mr. Charles L. Cook to take charge and go over the books as he was an expert accountant. There was no cash whatever in the bank. There were between thirty and thirty-five thousand dollars worth of what is called merchant paper due by different individuals or firms and about $292,000 worth of notes given by the Reformer Mercantile and Industrial Association. THE BARVILLE PROPERTY Three more pieces of real estate in Dinville, Va. The deed of trust on it was between twenty-eight hundred and three thousand dollars. There was some stock of the Reform or Mercantile and Industrial Association aggregating ten thousand dollars. This was all the property that was granted as absolutely in the name of the bank. There was real estate at Richmond and elsewhere. The title was not in the name of the bank but it was carried over to me as the assets of the bank." At this point the report of the receivers was sent for. "The officers reported to me," said Mr. Moncure, "that all of the real estate in the office of the Grand Fountain belonged to the bank whether in the name of the bank or the other departments of the Order, but the building on Second Street and the property on Sixth Street. REAL ESTATE IN OTHER SECTIONS. All of the property was held in one of three ways. That in Dartmouth was made in the bank direct. The other was held in the name of the Reformer Morrison and Industrial Association or in the pawn of the trustees of the United Population. The property at 60 and 610 acres is worth about $8,400. The studio is FRONT. REAR EX-GRAND WORTHY SECRETARY W. P. BURRELL. Jackson street is worth from $600 to $1200. The property in Henrico county th-farm at White Oak Swamp brought $1200. The property in Newport News, Va. sold for less than the amount of debt on it. being between $6,500 and $8,500. The property at Lynch burg, Va. was put up for sale twice and knocked down each time. The sale was never consummated. The last time it brought $13,450. There A peculiar case which threatens to divulge the secrets of two prominent families of this county began when Wirt Almond of Keysville sought the services of Watkins and Watkins (attorneys) to defend him in a suit brought against him by his wife Anna whom Almond left nine months ago. For five years the couple had apparently lived happily, Mrs. Almond teaching while her husband was working at the carpenter's trade. The money given Almond by his wife had been invested in real estate and for this Mrs. Almond brings suit. To add to Almond's troubles, his heart was captured a few weeks ago by the charms of an Amelia Courthouse girl and it is said procured license by showing a letter that proved wife No. 1 was dead. "Wife No. 2 became suspicious the first day and an officer, from Amelia visited the home of Alex. Wilson, Charlotte Courthouse and there met the supposed dead wife, Mrs. Anna (Wilson) Almond, who told him she was very much alive. All efforts to apprehend Almond have proved futile and it is beloved he has left for parts unknown. They have three children. It is reported here today that a man answering the description of Wirt Almond has been arrested in Blackstone but report was not confirmed. When Almond is apprehended Mrs. Wilson, Almond will go to Ampelia to identify her husband. Charlie Smith, who was shot some weeks ago in Flane and as the result spent some time in the hospital in South Boston is much improved and has moved his family here. Japanese Mock Marriage and Rescue. Twenty couples of Little Folks will participate in the Japanese Mock Marriage and Rescue at 811 M. 5th St. Honey, May 6, 2012 at 7:30 P. M. for the benefit of the Building Fund, Miyoshi English Church, Miyoshi M. Ichinen, Nihon Botsu Pupenter and Miko Chinse D. Isaham Committee, Admission, 5 cents. The Harrison Street Baptist Church Trouble. The long drawn out struggle between the factions in the Harrison St. Baptist Church of Petersburg, Va. seems to have reached a final conclusion, if the vote taken under the orders of the court last Monday night is to be accepted as final. To the surprise of the people of this city, the faction opposed to Rev. Ell Tartte won by a majority of 15. The vote for Rev. Tartte was 139 and that against him 154. It was claimed by his side that 140 members entitled to vote were disfranchised and upon this an appeal is to be taken to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. COURT TO CONFIRM ACTION The contention is of many years standing and the vital resources of this church have been used to pay court fees and lawyers. It has been one of the most disgraceful happenings in the history of the Baptist church. Both sides are not without blame. It is hardly possible that enough money will be forth-coming to continue the struggle. The successful faction vacated all of the offices and elected new ones. The report will be made to the court by the special commissioner and the action of the meeting will undoubtedly be confirmed by the Court. Theban Anniversary. The Theban Beneficial Club extends the public a cordial invitation to be present at their Tenth Anniversary Exercises to be held at the Leigh St. M. E. Church Sunday. April 28, 1912 at 3:30 o'clock. A special sermon by the pastor, Rev. J. W. Waters. Mrs. Amelia Jones of 200, W. 212t St. South Richmond, Va., after belong confined to her home for several weeks is able to be out again. FOR SALE Some choice property on Brook Road. Lease that five minutes walk to car line. Will make an ideal suburban home. B. A. CHEMAR, Agent, 602 N. Second Street. SCRAPS! Rev. D. W. Davie will lecture at the 5th Street Baptist Church, Monday, May 6, 1919, at 9:00 o'clock. He will be accompanied by the little guardian of South Richmond, Va. This entertainment is given under the patronage of Deaconess' Club of the Church and Planet Co., No. 1, U. R. K. of P. DONT FAIL TO HEAR Miss Edna T. Gordon in the Annual Musical of the University Orchestra. Friday evening, May 5, 1912 in the University Chapel. Press clippings—"Miss Gordon as a pianist has but few equals in this part of the country," Canton Morning News. "Miss Gordon's playing was grand and captivated the audience." Urichville Ohio Journal. Admission 15 cents, reserved seats 25 cents. Tickets on sale at H. C. Mundin's Tailor Shop. North Second Street. 2 The Demon Tuberculosis. Well has it been said and truly said that Tuberculosis (Consumption) in some form destroys more human lives than all other diseases combined. It is no respector of creed or color. Its long arm stretches from the cradle to the old and inform and like the snowflake before the broiling Sun, man and beast unable to resist its ravages wither and die in its path. The only way to escape falling a victim of it is to avoid catching it, and Sunday. April 28th has been set aside as a special day on which Science will wage war on that dreaded malady. Sunday will be known as Anti-Tuberculosis day and on that day special efforts will be made to instruct the masses how to prevent and if too late to prevent, how to treat that monstrous destroyer of man. The colored people of Richmond have been sadly neglected along this line for some reason and on the day already mentioned arrangements have been made to have a speaker qualified to properly instruct the public appear at every church in Richmond (colored) and briefly talk to our people about this dreaded disease. No one can well afford to miss one of these lectures. Heads of families owe the knowledge you will get to your family and friends, so take advantage of the one you may choose. The following speakers have consented to appear before the churches in the order named below: First Church, Dr. O. B. H. Bower; Second Church, Dr. M. B. Jones; Sixth Mt. Zion, Dr. J. M. Newman; Leigh St. M. E., Dr. Wm. H. Hughes; Moore St. Church, Dr. J. C. Carper. Other Churches will be supplied with able speakers. Don't fail to be press at one and bring a friend. EQUATION WANTED—Young Lady wishes a position as Stenographer and Typewriter or some kind of Charles work. Apply 814 B. Or- ange St., Richmond, Va. 8 1/4 FROM ALASKA Many Read Planet There. Fairbanks, Alaska, March 29, 122 Mr. John Mitchell, Jr. Sir. Please find enclosed in this letter the sum of $3.50 for the renewal of The PLANET and by the way, what was the ultimate result of the difficulty that took place in the colored assignation house last fall? It afforded quite a bit of news for us in this part of the country as we have all been carefully watching the results of the segregation movement and we have all been anxious to get The PLANET that we might see what was the result of it, but so far we have failed to see anything more. All of the white people including ministers, newspaper men and all classes read The PLANET when it comes. Let me know what was done. I am. Last Sunday, April 14th was set apart as Ordination Day. Several invitations were sent to the different churches to assist in the Ordination Ceremony at Beth Eden Baptist Church at 3 o'clock P. M. There were three churches. First Scripture lesson was read from Acts 6:1-6 by the elected Deacon J. H. Ephraim. The second lesson was read from second Timothy, 3:18-12 by Deacon-elect E. Marshall. The ordination sermon was preached by Rev. Dr. J. M. Riddle of San Francisco. He selected as his Text Acts 6:1 and 2. In his discourse among other things he charged the Delacona vehemently that it was their duties to raise money for the current expenses of the church and to look after the pastor and his welfare and it was not the pastor's duty to do this. His duty is to preach the gospel. It was the deacon's duties to look after the welfare of the three tables: first the pastor's table, that is his salary, to see that he gets it in due time; second table, the Lord's Supper. See that it is supplied at the appointed time; the third table, the poor, the needy, the sick and to administer to them accordingly. That a deacon ought to have common sense. His explanation of a deacon's place is to do what is right, not to defraud anyone knowingly, to serve God not to be given to falsehood, to stand on a firm foundation, etc. Rev. J. W. Wyley of San Jose made the ordination invocation. The laying on of the hands was administered by Deva. J. N. Riddle, J. W. Wyley, S. W. Hawkins. It was an excellent ceremony Virginia Seminary Notes Lynchburg, Va., April 23.—Rev. W. H. Shepard, D. D., F. R. G. S., the pioneer Missionary of the Southern Presbyterian Church to Central Africa who spent twenty years in the heart of the dark continent, spent about a week with us, here all school During his stay he lectured in the Theological and Literary Departments of the Institution. He is possibly one of the greatest living Missionaries. The thrilling experiences that were his, are second only to those of Paul. While here he appeared in evening engagements at Diamond Hill and Eighth St. Baptist Churches, where large and appreciative audiences heard him gladly. The very successful school year is now nearing the close. The spring term examinations take place May 20-22. General Alumni May 23rd. Class Exercises May 24th. Boecalurate Sermon Sunday, May 26th and Commencement Monday evening May 27th. Among the visiting speakers will be Rev. William A. Creditt, D. D., L.L. D. of Philadelphia and Rev. William T. Hall, D. D. of Durville, Va. The other visiting speakers will be announced later. There are nineteen graduates in all the departments. The year’s work has been颁授 in all departments. FROM CALIFORNIA. --- Los Angeles, Calif. April 15 Mr. Charles Alexander of Boston Mass addressed the Y. M. C. A. Sun day afternoon April 14th and a large audience enjoyed the excellent address on the life and works of Dunbar. He held his audience in deep interest for more than an hour. We are pleased to note that this scholar has been a guest of the As- sociation since his arrival in the city. He has been received as one of us and expresses himself as feeling perfectly at home with us. On April 9th Mr. Alexander deli- vered an address at the Second Baptist Church. On the 9th he addressed the literary of the Wesley Chapel M. E. Church. He also addressed the Ministerial Alliance at 11:00 A. M. of the same day and at this meeting the clergymen of the city endorsed his project to support an educational mass meeting to be held at Wesley Chapel on the evening of April 29th. At this time Dr. James E. Shepard President of the National Religious Training School of Durham, N. C. will be present and deliver the address of the evening. Dr. Shepard's work at this school has made him prominent and we have all reason to believe he will get a hearty support from the Negro in Southern Califor- A Sermon in Soar About 1200 people of Los Angeles' aristocracy listened to a sacred concert most beautifully rendered by the Williams Jubilee Singers on Sunday evening, April 14th at the Trinity M. M. E. Church South. The pastor, Rev. Robert Paine Howell, a Virginian by birth, gave the entire evening to his invited guest. After the scripture reading he introduced Mr. Williams, turning over to him charge of the service. The congregation was highly entertained and at times there were tears shed through the congregation. There was all evidence of the high appreciation shown and at the close the entire audience gave them the chau taquua salute. Following the benection a large number of the congregation took the pleasure of shaking the hands of the entire company. The collection of the evening was presented to them. The company left Los Angeles April 17th enroute for the East. A New Star in the Western News paper World. The first copies of the "Voice of the West," a new monthly magazine were introduced in Los Angeles today consisting of sixteen pages. Rev. J. Gordon McPherson, D. D., Editors in-Chief and the contributing editors are Felix Koch, Emmett Scott, J. Max Barber, E. H. Holmes, William Edgar Easton and Ida Wells Barnett. We trust and believe that this paper will be the mouthpiece of the Pacific Coast. Address the Voice of the West, at 1400 S. Alameda St. The B. Y. P. U. and Sunday School will hold their State convention at Riverside April 25th and 26th at the Riverside Baptist Church, California. The Louisiana Club gave their Grand Opening Concert and Reception at Central Hall, April 16th. After the program the guest were served with cool and refreshing dafties. A farewell reception was tendered Rev. Jesse Peck Monday, April 22nd at the A. M. E. Church prior to his departure for the General Conference to convene in Kansas City, Kan. May 5th. We are all hoping the Dr. will return to us as our Pacific coast bishop. True Reformer Get Lotto Grand Wrthly Master Fleyd Rose visited the Bureau of Insurance office last Saturday and secured a license signed by Commissioner Joseph Button permitting the Grand Punx tale to do business for the year ending April 20, 1912. The showing made to the Commissioner was of such a character as to induce him to do this. P. SYNOPSIS John Cowles of Virginia kisses his neighbor, Miss Grace Sharon, and meets Gordon Orme, a mysterious Englishman. Cowles whips a man for affronting Grace Orme challenges him to a wrestling bout. A desperate contest follows, resulting in a draw. The south is threatening to incade. Cowles saves Grace from an infuriated bull and becomes engaged to her. Cowles' father, who is involved in a big coal landfill, is robbed and murdered. Cowles is sent to see Colonel Merwether, his father's partner in the deal. At Sir Louis he again meets Orme, and they are matched in a pigeon shoot. At an army ball Cowles meets a masked girl named Ellen. Cowles, forgetting Grace, tells Ellen that some day he will win her heart. He does not know her full name. The pigeon match begins. Denouncing the brutal sport, Ellen Merwether stops the pigeon shooting match. She is Colonel Merwether's daughter. Cowles steamest is wrecked. He resumes Mandy McLovern and a girl. Cowles and Autherie a plainsman, move westward to find Merwether. Shouz is overtaken by Orme, Mandy, the girl and soldiers. The girl is Ellen Merwether. Cowles fails in love with her. Orme treacherously shoots a Chief chief CHAPTER X The Test. I AWOKE. I knew not how much later, into a world which at first had a certain warm comfort and langual luxury about it. Then I felt a sharp wrenching and a great pain in my neck, to which it seemed my despair head had, after all, returned. I looked into the face of Auberry. He stood frowning, holding in this hand a feathered arrow shat it willow, grooved along its sides to let the blood run free, show wrapped to hold its feathers tight a typical arrow of the buffalo tribes. But, as I joined Auberry's gaze, I saw the arrow was headless. Dully I argued that, therefore, this head must be somewhere in my neck. Ellen, Mertwether gave on the sand, gently stroking my forehead. "They have gone," said she. "We whipped them." Her hand again lightly pressed my forehead. I heard someone else say, behind me. "But we have nothing in the world not even opium." "True," said another voice, which I recognized as that of Orme, "but that's his one chance." "What do you know about surgery?" naked the first voice, which I knew now was Beiknaph. "More than most doctors," was the answer, with a laugh. Their voices grew less distinguishable, but presently I heard Orme say, "Yes, I am gme to do it, if the man says so." Then he came and stopped down beside me. "Mr. Coulson," said he, "you're rather badly off. That arrow head ought to come out, but the risk of going after it is very great. I am willing to do what you say. If you decide that you would like me to operate for it, I will do so. It's only right for me to tell you that it lies very close to the cared ardtery and that it will be an extremely nice operation to get it out without—well, you know"—I looked up into that strange face—the face of my enemy. I know it was the face of a murderer, a man who would have no compunction at taking a human life. My mind then was strangely clear. I saw his glance at the girl. I saw, as clearly as though he had told me, that this man was as deeply in love with Ellen Meriweather as I myself; that he would win her if he could; that his chance was as good as mine, even if we were both at our best. I knew there was nothing at which he would hesitate, unless some strange freak in his nature might influence him. Remorse, mercy, pity, I knew did not exist for him. But with a flash it came to my mind that this was all the better, if he must now serve as my surgeon. He looked into* my eye, and I returned his gaze, scorning to ask him not to take advantage of me, now that I was fallen. His own eye changed. It asked of me, as though he spoke: "Are you, then, game to the core? Should I admire you and give you another chance, or shall I kill you now?" I say that I saw, felt, read all this in his mind. I looked up into his face and said: "You cannot kill me. I am not going to die. Go on, bounce, then." A sort of high broke from his lips, as though he felt content. I do not think it was because he found his foot worthy one. I do not think he con- fused me either as his foot or his finger or his patient. 'He was simply about to do something which would tighten his very muscles and give him excellence which, if successful, would allow him to approve his own belief in himself.' I said to myself that THE WAY OF A MAN Copyright, 1987 by the Ouling Publishing Company would pay him if he brought me through-pay him in some way. I heard them on the sand again, and I saw him come again and bend over me. All the instruments they could had been a razor and a keen pen knife, and all they could, secure it stench' the blood was some water, nearly boiling. For forceps Orme had a pair of bullet mids, and these he cleansed as best he could by shipping them into the hot water. "Cowley," he said, in a matter of fact voice, "I'm going after it. But now I tell you one thing frankly, it's life or death, and if you move your head it may mean death at once. That trous lying against the big carrot artery. If it hasn't broken the artery wall there's a ghost of a chance we can get it out safely. In which case we would probably pull through. I've got to open the neck and reach in. I'll do it as fast as I can. Now, I'm not going to think of you, and, gad, if you can help it, please don't think of me." Ellen Merlwether still held my head in her lap. "Are you game can you do this, Miss Merlwether?" I heard Orme ask. I felt her hands press my head more tightly. I turned my face down and kissed her hand. "I will not more." I said. I saw Orme's slender, naked wrist pass to my face and gently turn me into the position desired, with my face down and a little at one side, resting in her hip above her knees. Her skirt was already wet with the blood of the wound, and where my head lay it was damp with blood. Belkap took my hands and pulled them above my head, squatting beyond me. Unknown to the girl, I kissed the hem of her garment, and then I said a short appeal to the Mystery. I felt the entrance of the knife or razor blade, felt keepy the pain when the edge lifted and stretched the skin tight before the tough hide of my neck parted smoothly in a long line. Then I felt something warm under my cheek as I lay, and I felt a low abuser, whether of my body or that of the girl who held me I could not tell, but her hands were steady. I felt about me an infinite kindness and carefulness and pitying—oh, then I learned that life, after all, is not wholly war—that there is such a thing as fellow suffering and loving kindness and a wish to aid others to survive in this hard fight of living. I knew that very well. But I did not gain it from the touch of my surgeon's hands. The immediate pain of this long cutting which laid open my neck for some inches through the side muscles was less after the point of the blade went through and ceased to push forward. Deeper down I did not feel so much until finally a gentle searching movement produced a jar strangely large something that grated and nearly sent all the world black again. I knew then that the knife was on the base of the arrow head; then I could feel it move softly and gently along the side of the arrow head. I could almost see it creep along in this delicate part of the work. Then all at once I felt one hand removed from my neck. Orme, half rising from his stooping posture, but with the fingers of his left hand still at the I Felt the Entrance of the Knife or Razor Blade. wound, said: "Belknap, let go one of his hands. Just put your hand on this knife blade and feel that artery throbb. Isn't it curious?" I heard some muttered answer, but the grasp at my wrists did not relax. "Oh, it's all right now," calmly went on Ortega, again stooping. "I thought you might be interrupted." I felt again a shiver run through the limbs of the girl. I felt Ortega's finger-spreading widely the sides of the wound along the neck, and the burrs of the big beaded ballet shoes as they went down after a gritty touch, impelled by the finger extended along the blade knife. The thudding artery, where location the man barely so well was protected, gently shuddered down. the tips of the mold get their grip of host, and an instant later I felt prisoner from a certain self-promotion which I had experienced in my neck. Baller came, then a dislike and much pain. A hand patted me twice on the back of the neck. "All right, my man," said Orme. "All over and jolly well done, too, if I do my it myself." Balknap put his arm about me and helped me to sit up. I saw Ormip holding out the stained arrow head, long and thin. In his fingers. "Would you like it?" he said. "Yes," mild I, grinning. And I converse I have it now somewhere about my house. A vast disiness and a throbbing of the head remained after they were quite done with me, but something of this left me when finally I sat leaping back against the wagon body and looked about me. There were straight, motionless figures lying under the blankets in the shade, and under other blankets were men who writhed and moaned. Again Ellen Meriwether came and sat by me. Her costume might have been taken from a collector's chest rather than a woman's wardrobe. All at once we seemed, all of us, to be blending with these surroundings, becoming savage in these other savages. It might almost have been a savage woman who came to me. Her skirt was short, made of white tanned antelope leather. Above it fell the rugged edges of a native tunic or shirt of yellow back, ornamented with elk teeth, embroidered in stained quilts. Her hut, now becoming yellower and more sunburned at the ends, was piled under her felt hat, and the modishness of long cylindrical curls was quite forgot. The brown of her checks, already strongly sunburned, showed in strange contrast to the snowy white of her neck, now exposed by the low neck texture of the Indian tunic. "You stand all this nobly," I commented presently. "Ah, you men. I love you, you men," she said it suddenly and with perfect sincerity. "I love you all--you are so strong, so full of the desire to live, to win. It is wonderful, wonderful. Just look at those poor boys—there some of them are dying, almost, but they don't whipper. It is wonderful." "It is the plains," I said. "They have simply learned how little a thing is life." "Yet it is sweet," she said. "You were four different women," I mused, "and now you are another, quite another." At this she frowned a bit and rose. "You are not to talk," she said, "nor think that you are well. I must see the others." I lay back against the wagon bed, wondering in which garb she had been, most beautiful—the dimly ball dress and the mocking mask, the gray gown and vell of the day after, the thin drapery of her hasty night in the night, her half conventional costume of the day before—or this, the garb of some primal woman. I knew I could never forget her again. The thought gave me pain, and perhaps this showed on my face, for my eyes followed her so that presently she turned and came back to me. "Does the wound hurt you?" she asked. "Are you in pain?" "Yes, Ellen Meriwether," I said. "I am in pain. I am in very great pain." "Oh," she cried. "I am sorry. What can we do? But perhaps it will not be so bad after awhile. It will be over soon." "No, Ellen Merlwether," I said. "It will not be over soon. It will not go away at all." CHAPTER XI. W lay in our hot camp on the sandy valley for some days and hurried two more of our men, who finally succeeded to their wounds. Gloom sat on us all for fever now ranged among our wounded. The son blistered us, the night froze us. Still not a sign of any white topped wagon from the east nor any dust cloud of troopers from the west served to break the monotony of the shimmering waste that lay about us on every hand. We were growing guant now and haggard, but still we lay waiting for our men to grow strong enough to travel or to lose all strength and so be laid away. "Injuns is strange critters. A few of us has married among Injuns and lived among them, and we have seen things you wouldn't believe if I told you." Thus spake Auberry. "Tell some of them," said Orme. "I for one, might believe them." "Well, now," said the plainsman. "I will tell you some things I have seen their medicine men do, and you can be here or not, the way ye feel about it. "I have seen 'em hold a powwow for two or three days at a time, some et 'em settin' round dreamin', as they call it, all of 'em starmin', whole camp howlin', everybody eatin' medicine her. Then after while they all come and set down just like it was right out here in the open. Somebody pulls a naked Injun boy right out in the mid die of them. Old Mr. Medicine Man, he stands up in the plain daylight and he draws his bow and shoots a arler plum through that boy. Boy acquires a heap and Mr. Medicine Man snacks another arrer through him, com as you please. I have seen that done. Then the medicine man sleeps up, curl off the boy's head with his knife handles it up plain so everybody can see it. That looked pretty hard to me first time I ever seen it. But now the medicine man takes a blanket and throws it over this dead boy. He lifts up a corner of the blanket, checks the boy's head under it and pulls down the edges of the blanket and pew rocks on them. Then he begins to sing, and the whole bunch pulls up and dances 'round the biggie.' After a while, say a few minutes, medicine man pulls off the blanket and that gets up the boy, goes on now, his head grooved on good and light in over and pot a set of an arrer on him 'cow the ears where the branches his plant bound up' Brownp laughed long and hard as this old thunder year, and work as I was demanded to join him. Come me the old one who did not watch the thunder. "Hey, he and she was disappointed at the disappointment." "I knew you wouldn't believe it," he said. "There is no use a prospect of tremendous anything that they need for Christmas." But I could tell you a heap of things. Why, I have seen their buffalo callers call a thouled buffalo fight in from the plains and over the hills of a cat bank where they'd pitch down and beat themselves to pieces. I can show you hands of a hundred such places. Buffalo don't do that when they are alone—they have got to be called. I tell you. "Injuns can talk with other animals—they can call them others too. I have seed an old medicine man right out on the plain ground in the middle of the village go to dancin', and I have seed him call three full sized beavers right out up out' the ground—need them with my own eyes. I tell you! Yeah, and I have seed them three old beavers standin', right there turn into full grown old men, gray haired. I have seed 'em sit down at a fire and smoke, too, and finally get up when they get through and clear out—just disappear back into the ground. Now, how you all explain them there things I don't pretend to say, but there can't no man call me a liar, for I seed 'em and seed 'em unmistakable." Belknap and the others only smiled, but Orme turned soberly toward Aberry. "I don't call you a liar, my man," said he. "On the contrary, what you say is very interesting. I quite believe it, although I never knew before that your antithesis in this country were possessed of these powers." "It isn't all of 'em can do it," said Aberry. "only a few men of a few titles can do them things, but them that can shone can, and that's all I know about it." "Quite so," said Orme. "Now, as it chances, I have traveled a bit in my time in the old countryside of the east I have seen some wonderful things done there." "I have read about the East Indian juggles," said Belknap. Interested. "Tell me, have you seen those feats? And are they feats or simply lies?" "They, are actual occurrences," said Orme. "I have seen them with my own eyes, just as Aubrey has seen the things he describes, and it is no more right to accuse the one than the other of us untruthfulness. "For instance, I have seen an Indian juggler take a plain bowl, such as they use for rice, and hold it out in his hand in the open sunlight, and then I have seen a little bamboo tree start in it and grow two foot high, right in the middle of the bowl, within the space of a minute or so. "You'll talk about the old story of Jack and the Beanstalk—I have seen a old fakir take a bamboo stick no thicker than his finger and thrust it down in the ground and start and climb up, as if it were a tree, and keep on climbing till he was out of sight, and then there would come falling down out of the sky legs and arms his head, pieces of his body. When these struck the ground they would reassemble and make the man all ever again just, like Auberry's dead boy, you know. "These tricks are so common in Asia that they do not excite any wonder. As to trivial telegraph, they have got it there. Time and again when our forces were marbling against the hill tribes of northwestern India we found they knew all of our plans a hundred miles ahead of us, none of us could tell—only the fact was there, plain and unmistakable." "They never do tell." broke in Auberry. "You couldn't get a red to explain any of this to you—not even a squaw you have lived with for years. They certainly do stand put for keeps." "Yet once in awhile," smiled Orme in his easy way, "a white man does pick up some of these tricks. I believe I could do a few of them myself if I liked. In fact, I have sometimes learned some of the simpler ones for my own amusement." General explanations of surprise and doubt greeted him from our little circle, and this seemed to nettle him somewhat. "By Jove," he went on "if you doubt it I don't mind trying a hand at it right now. Perhaps I have forgotten something of my old skill but will see. Come, then." All arose now and gathered about him on the ground there in the full sunlight. He evinced no uneasiness or surprise, and he employed no mechanism or deception which we could detect. "My good man," said he to Auberry "let me take your knife." Auberry loosed the long hunting knife at blunt and handed it to him. Taking it Orme seated himself cross legged on a white blanket, which he spread out on the sandy soil. All at once Orme looked up with an expression of surprise on his face. "This was not the knife I wanted," he said. "I asked for a plain American hunting knife, not this one. See, you have given me a Malay kriel! I have not the slightest idea where you got it." We all looked intently at him. There, held up in his hand, was full proof of what he had said—a long blade of wavy steel, with a little crooked, carved handle. From what I had read I new this to be a kris, a wavy bladed knife of the Malay. It did not shine or gleam in the sun, but threw back a dull reflection from its gray steel as though lead and silver mingled in its make. The blade was about thirty inches long, whereas that of Aubery's knife could not have exceeded eight inches at the most. "We did not know you had that thing around you," exclaimed Baskap "That is only slight of hand." "It is, indeed!" and Orme, smiling "I tell you I did not have it with me After all, you me it in the huge knife." We all hoped currently, and there so I am a living man, we saw that wavy skin, extended in his hand, turned into the form of the plummeting hunting knife of the worm and had them come like the death of the man we had back. I heard me first private哭声 and saw him cry himself. I do not explain things. I only my I saw them. "I was gobblebob," said Gunie politely, "in calling on someone a test on this, but now. If you still illicit I had the paris to my clothing, how that should be, I don't know. I'm sure, and you will wish to call my little pet someone slight of hand, then I'll do something to prove what I have said and make it quite plain that all my "See, you have given me a Malay krisl! friend here has said is true and more than true. Watch now and you will see blood drip from the point of th blade-every drop of blood it ever drew of man or animal. Look now watch it closely." We looked and again, as I am a flying man and an honest one, I hope I saw, as the others did, running from the point of the steel blade, a little trickling stream of red blood! It dropped in a stream, I say, and fell on the white blanket upon which Orme was sitting. It stained the blanket entirely red. At this sight the entire group broke apart, only a few remaining to witness the rest of the scene. I do not attempt to explain this lusion or whatever it was. I do not know how long it lasted, but presently, as I may testify, I saw Orme rise and kick at the wetted blood stained blanket. He lifted it, heavy with dripping blood. I saw the blood fall from its corner upon the ground. "Ah," he remarked calmly, "it's getting dry now. Here is your knife, my good fellow." I looked about me, almost disposed to rub my eyes, as were perhaps the others of our party. The same great plains were there, the same wide shimmering stream, rippling in the sunlight, the same groups of animals grazing on the bluff, the same sentils outlined against the sky. Over all along the blinding light of the western midday sun. Yet as Orme straightened out this blanket it was as white as it had been before. Anberry looked at his knife blade as though he would have preferred to throw it away, but he sheathed it and it fitted the sheath as before. Orme smiled at us all pleasantly. "Do you believe in the Indian tee graph now?" he inquired. I have told you many things of the strange man, Gordon Orme, and I shall need to tell yet others. Sometimes my friends smile at me even yet over these things. But since that day I have not doubted the tales old Auberry told me of our own Indiana. Since then, too, I have better understood Gordon Orme and his strange personality, the like of which I never knew in any land. How long it was I hardly knew, for I had sunk into a sort of dull apathy in which one day was much like another. But at last we gathered our crippled party together and broke camp, our wounded men in the wazons, and so slowly passed on westward, up the trail: We suppressed what later proved to be true, that the Sloux had raided in the valley on both sides of us and that the scattered portions of the army had all they could do, while the freight trains were held back until the road was clear. I weared of the monotony of wagon travel and without council with any finally, weak as I was, called for my horse and rode on slowly with the walking teams. I had gone for some distance before I heard hoofs on the sand behind me. "Gness who it is," called a voice "Don't turn your head." "I can't turn." I answered, "but I know who it is." She rode up alongside, where I could see her, and fair enough she was to look upon, and glad enough I was to look. She was thinner now with this prairie life, and browner, and the end of her hair were still yellowing, like that of outdoors men. She still was blooted and sloved after the fashion of civilization, and still elsewhere garbed in the aboriginal costume, which she filled and honored graciously. The metal cylinders on her leggins rattled as she rode. "You ought not to ride," she said "You are pale." "You are beautiful," said I; "and ride because you are beautiful." Her eyes were busy with her gloves but I saw a sidehong glance. "I do not understand you," she said deutely. but I knew a man asking for you. I knew understand you," she said desmerely. "I could not sit back there in the wagon and think," said I. "I knew that you would be riding before long, and I guessed I might perch talk with you." She bit her lip and half pulled up her borse as if to fall back. "That will happen," was her comment. But we rode on side by side, like to know. Many things I had studied before them, for certain mysteries had come to me, so to many men, who had likely to know the causes of great phenomena. From boyfriend I had perused many things. I had laid on my back and looked up at the stage and wondered how far they were, and how for the furthest thing beyond them you. I had wondered at that infallible dictate question in my guess, which the same knew came, always the same running on and on. I sought to wonder what was my soul, and I found that it was a pain, like thinning whichese somewhere near by, back and in the middle of my body—such was my boy, his guess of what they told me was a real thing. I had pondered on that compass of the skies by which the wild first guide themselves. I had wondered, as a child, how far the mountains run. As I had grown older I had read the law, read of the birth of civilization, pondered on laws and customs. Declaring that I must know their reasons, I had read of marriages in many lands, and many times had studied into the questions of dowry and bride price, and consent of parents and consent of the bride-studied marriage as a covenant, a contract, as a human and so called divine thing. I had questioned the cause of the old myth that makes Cupid blind. I had delyed deep as I might in law, and history and literature, seeking to solve as I might—what? Ah, witless, it was to solve this very riddle that rode by my side now, to answer the question of the Sphinx. What had come of all my studies? Not so much as I was learning now, here in the open, with this sweet savage woman whose leggins tinkled as she rode, whose tunic swelled softly, whose jaw was clean and brown. How weak the precepts of the social covenant seemed! How feeble and far away the old world we two had known! And how infinitely sweet, how compelling, l necessary now seemed to me this now, sweet world that swept around us! We rode on side by side, knee to knee. Her garments rustled and tinkled. "Why? I asked. That was the wish that I wanted. The reason was not the same as my aim." "You ought to tell me," I said quietly. "Because it is prescribed for you." "Not by my doctor," I shook my head. "Why, then?" "Stupid oh, very stupid officer and gentleman!" she said, smiling slowly. "Lieutenant Roknap has his duties to look after, and as for Mr. Orme, I am not sure he is either officer or gentleman." She spoke quietly but positively. I looked on straight up the valley and pondered. Then I put out a hand and touched the fringe of her sleeve. "I am going to try to be a gentleman," said I. "But I wish some fate would tell me why it is a gentleman can be made from nothing but a man." CHAPTER XII. Oll show travel finally brought us near to the historic forks of the Platte where that shallow stream stretches out two arms, one running to the mountains far to the south, the other still reaching westward for a time. Between these two ran the Oregon trail, pointing the way to the Pacific, and on this trail, somewhere to the west, lay Laramie. Before we now lay two alternatives. We could go up the beaten road to Laramie or we could cross here and take an old trail on the north side of the river for a time. Aubrey thought this latter would give better feed and water and perhaps beaver as to Indians, so we held a little council over it. The Platte even here was a wide treacherous stream, its sandy bottom continuously shifting. At night the melted floods from the mountains came down and rendered it deeper than during the day, when for the most part it was scarcely there than knee deep. Yet here and there at any time, undiscoverable to the eye, were watery plains where the sand was washed out, and in places there was shifting quicksand dangerous for man or animal. We resorted to the old plains make-shift of calking the wagon bodies and turning them into boats, it being thought probable that two or three days would be required to make the crossing in this way. By noon of the following day our rude boats were ready, and our work began. I was not yet strong enough to be of much assistance, so I sat on the bank watching the busy scene. Our men were stripped to the skin, some of the mountainers brown almost as indians, for even in those days hunters often rode with no covering but the blanket and not that when the sun was warm. They were now in now out of the water, straining at the lines which steamed the rude boxes that bore our goods, pulling at the heads of the horses and mules, about steedying, encouraging, always getting forward. It took them nearly an hour to make the first crossing, and presently we could see the fire of their farther camp, now occupied by some of those not engaged in the work. As I sat this I was joined by Mandy McGovern. "Did you see my boy, Andy Jackson?" she asked. "He went across with the first bunch—naryutch of clothes on to him. I has hopes—I certainly has hopes—that Andrew Jackson 'll kill a man some time rill, and like enough it'll be right soon." I gave my assent to this amuble hope, and presently Mandy went on: "But, say, man, you and me has got to get that girl across somehow between us. You know, hey and me and sometimes that Englishman travels along in the amberlitch. She's allowed to me quiet that when the time come for her to go across she'd ruthen you and me went along. She's all ready now if you girl." "Very good," said I, "we'll go now. They've got a fire, there and are scouting, I suppose." We three all mounted, met at the back. Taking the girl between me Mandy and I started, and the three been plunged down the land. As if chained, we struck a deep channel at the sand aid, and the burned wrist at once apprehended. The girl was swept out of her bed, and the burned wrist at once apprehended. The girl was swept out of her bed, and the burned wrist at once apprehended. I saw that she was swimming down stream from the house, with one hand on the palm. Without much content, she reached bedding on the bar at which the horse crumbled up. "Now I'm good and wet," laughed she. "It won't make any difference after this. I see now how the squaws do." We plunged on across the stream, keeping our saddles for most of the way, sometimes in shallow water, sometimes on dry, sandy bars, and now and again in swift, swirling channels, but at last we got over and fell upon the stains of buffalo and the hot coffee which we found at the fire. The girl left us to make such changes in her apparel as she might. "That gals' good enough for a real man, like my first husband was," said Mandy. "What could, he do?" I asked her, smiling. "Snuff a candle at fifty yards or drive a nail at forty. He natchly scorned to bring home a squirrel shot back of the ears. He killed four men in faint knife fightin', an' each time come free in coote. He was six foot in the clean, could hug like a bar, and wasn't skipped of anything that drawn the breath of life." "Tell me, Aunt Mandy." I said—"tell me how he came courting you anyway." "He never did no great at coftin," said she, grinning. "He just come along an' he got eyes on me. Then he got eyes on me again. I got eyes on him too." "Yes" "One eventu', says he, 'Monday, gal, I'm gold' to marry you all right soon." "Says, I, 'No, you ain't'." "Says he, 'Yes, I ain't'." I杰打 laughed at him then and started to run away, but he jumped and ketched me. I told you he could hug like a bar. Mehhee I wasn't hard to ketchle. Then he holds me right tight, an' says he: 'Gal, quit this here foolin', I'm goln' to marry you, you hear!" Maybe he kisses me. Law. I dunnn. What business is it o' your nowhow? That's about all there was to it. I didn't seem to keer. But that," she concluded, "was a real man. He shore had my other two men plumb failed." "What became of your last husband, Mandy?" I asked. "I told you I up an left him." "But your son—your promise?" "My promise! What's the word of a woman to a man? What's the word of a man to a woman? It ain't words, man, it's feelin'." "In sickness or in health?" I quoted. "That's all right if your feelin' is all right. The church is all right too I ain't got no kick. All I'm sayin' to you is, folks marries themselves." I pondered yet further. "Mandy," said I. "suppose you were a man and your word was given to a girl and you met another girl and couldn't get her out of your head or out of your heart: you loved the new one most and knew you always would, what would you do?" But the sphinx of womanhood may lie under linsey woolsey as well as silk. "Man," said she, rising and knocking her pipe against her bony knee. "you talk like a fool. If my first husband was alive he might maybe answer that for you." Later in the evening I was on the river bank watching the men out on the bars struggling with their teams and box boats. Orme had crossed the river some time earlier, and now he joined me at the edge of our disordered camp. "How is the patient getting along?" he inquired. I replied that I was doing very well and thenceoffered intended to comport myself as though nothing had happened. "I am somewhat sorry to hear that," said he, still smiling in his own way. "I was in hopes that you would be disposed to turn back down the river." "I don't in the least understand why I should be going east when my business lies in precisely the opposite direction." I remarked. "I thought that possibly you might be sensible of a certain obligation to me," he began. "I am deeply sensible of it. Aro you pleased to tell me what will settle this debt between us?" He turned squarely toward me and looked me keenly in the eye. "Turn about and go home." "Meaning?" "That your affections are engaged with a highly respectable young lady back at your home in Virginia. Walt"—he raised his hand as I turned toward him. "Meaning also," he went on, "that your affections are apparently also somewhat engaged with an equally respectable young lady who is not back home in Virginia. Therefore—" He caught my wrist in a grip of steel as I would have struck him. I saw then that I still was weak. "Walt," he said, smiling coldly. "Walt till you are stronger." "You are right," I said. "But we shall settle these matters." "That, of course." "Orme," said I suddenly, "your love is a disgrace to any woman." "Usually," he admitted calmly, "but not in this case. I propose to marry Miss Mertwether, and I tell you frankly I do not propose to have anything stand in my way." "Then take her!" I cried angrily. "Why barter and dicker over any woman with another man?" The field is open. Do what you can. I know that in the way I'd do. Or reason why did you not kill me the other day when you could. "I preferred it the other way," he remarked. "You surely had no options about it." "Not in the least. I'd as soon have killed you as to have taught a drink of water. But I simply love to play any kind of games that turns me on, puts me to my utmost satisfaction." "I was never very smooth!" I said. SATURDAY.....APRIL 27, 1912. "No, on the contrary, you are rather doil. I dared not kill you; it would have been a mistake in the game. It would have cost me my sympathy at peace. Since I did not and since there fore you owe me something for that fact, what do you say about it your self, my friend?" I thought for a long time, my head between my hands, before I answered him. "That I shall pay you some day. Orme, but not in any such way as you suggest." "Then it is to be war?" he asked quietly. I abugged my shoulders. "You heard me." "Very well!" he replied calmly after awhile. "But listen. I don't forget. If I do not have my pay voluntarily in the war I ask I shall some day col PARKER "Wait," he said. "Walt till you are stronger." lect it in my own fashion." When finally our entire party had been got across the Platte and we had assumed our westward journey the routine of travel was for the time broken and our line of march became somewhat scattered across the low, hilly country to which we presently came. It was early in the afternoon when I heard her horse's feet coming up behind me as I rode. She passed me at a gallop, laughing back as though in challenge, and so we raced, on for a time until we quite left out of sight he hind us the remainder of our party. Ellen Mertwether was a Virginia girl with western experience, and it goes without saying that she rode well—of course in the cavalry saddle and with the cross seat. Brown as her face was now becoming one might indeed at a little distance have suspected her to be rather a daughter of the plains than a belle of civilization. I made some comment on this. She responded by salting the more erect in her middle and drawing a long, deep breath. "I think I shall throw away my gloves," she said, "and hunt up some brass bracelets. I grow more Indian every day. Isn't it glorious, here on the plains?" It so seconded to me, and I so advanced her, saying I wished the western four ney-might be twice as long. "But Mr. Orme was saying that he rather thought you might take an escort and go back down the river." "I wish Mr. Orme no disrespect." "I answered, "but neither be nor any one else regulates my travel. I have already told you how necessary it was for me to see your father, Colonel Mirewether." I began to hum to myself the words of an old song, then commonly beamed: "Oh, come with me and be my level then the jungle's depths I'll reve. I'll have an antelope over the pine. And the sage's will sink wild, chain And the wild gorse with the airy fever I'll give to thee for a playmate sweet. "Poets," said I, "can very well sing about such things, but perhaps they could not practice all they sing. They always—" "Hush!" she whispered, drawing her horse gently down to a wink and finally to a pause. "Look! Over there is one of the wild gazelles." I followed the direction of her eyes and saw poering cautiously down at me from beyond the top of a little ridge something like a hundred yards away the head, horns and neck of a prong horn buck, standing facing us and seeming not much thicker than a knife blade. Her keen eyes caught this first my own. I fancy, being busy else where. At once I slipped out of my saddle and froved the long, heavy ridge from its tail. I heard her voice, hard now with agerness. I caught a glance at her face, brown between her braids. She was a savage woman! "Quick!" she whispered. "He'll run" Eager as she, but deliberately, I raised the long barrel to line and touched the trigger. I heard the thud of the ball against the apetope's shoulder and had no doubt that we should pick it up deed, for it disappeared, apparently end over end, at the moment of the shot. Springing into the saddle I raced with my companion to the top of the ridge. But, lo: there was the apetope's yards away and going o- and on three legs as our horses were on four. "Ride!" she called. "Hurry!" And she sparred off at breakneck speed in pursuit, myself following. We should perhaps have continued this chase until one or the other of the horses dropped, but now her horse picked up a pebble and went somewhat lame. She pulled up and told me to ride on alone. After a pause I slowly approached, the top of the next ridge and there, as I more than half departed, I saw the antelope trying down, its hand turned back. Enter to finish the chase. I spring down, carelessly neglecting to throw the bridle rain over my horse's head. Dropping flat, I rested on my elbow and fired carefully once more. This time the animal rolled over dead. Alas for our joy of victory! Our success was our undoing. The very motion of my throwing up my hat, boyish as it was, gave fright to my horse, already started by the shot. He flung up his head high, snorted and was off fast as he could go. I followed him on foot rapidly as I could, but he would none of that and was all for keeping away from me at a safe distance. This the girl saw, and she rode up now, springing down and offering me her horse. "Stay here," I called to her as I mounted. "I'll be back directly." And then with such speed as I could spur out of my new mount, I started again after the fugitive. It was useless. Her horse, already lame and weary, and further handle capped by my weight, could not close with the free animal and without a rope to aid me in the capture. It would have been almost impossible to have stopped him, even had I been able to come alongside. I gave up the chase and returned to her. "I was afraid," she panted. "I followed. Can't you catch him?" "No," she said, "they run wild some times. But now what shall we do?" I looked at her in anxiety. I had read all my life of being affoct on the plains. Here was the reality. "But you are hurt," she cried "Look, your wound is bleeding." I had not known it, but my neck was wet with blood. "Get up and ride," she said. "We must be going." I held the stirrup for her instead, smiling. "Mount!" I said, and so I put her up "Shall we go back to camp?" she asked in some perturbation, apparently forgetting that there was no camp, and that by this time the wagons would be far to the west. For reasons of my own I thought it better to go back to the dead autelope, and so I told her. "It is over there," she said, pointing in the direction from which she thought she had come. I differed with her, remembering I had ridden with the sun in my face when following it, and remembering the shape of the hilltop near by. Finally my gusset proved correct, and we found the dead animal nearly a mile from where she had waited for me. I hurried with the butchering, cutting the join well forward and rolling it all tight in the hide, bound the meat behind the saddle. "Now, shall we go back?" she asked "If we rode opposite to the sun we might strike the trail. These hills took all alike." "But does not the trait cut off the bend and run straight west?" I rejoined. Neither of us knew that the course of the north fork ran thence far to the northwest and quite away from the trail to Laramie. We started southwest as nearly as we could deter mine it, and I admit that grave anxiety had now settled upon me. Overse in the west I saw rising a low, black bank of clouds. A filial was coming across the sky. Any way I looked I could see no break, no landmark, no trend of the land which could offer any sort of guidance. 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THE HAWKINS-JOHNSON M'f'g Co's Hair Grower and Restorer is now being used in this State and other States with phenomenal success. Its reputation for growing and restoring hair leaps into prominence wherever it is used. MADAM HAWKINS-JOHNSON is known as the Hair Grower. Give her a fair trial and be convinced that she can do all that she claims, or money refunded. We are now in a position to sell the best hair for less money, than ever before and can match all hair perfect. In ordering Hair, send sample. Transformmattons, $3.00, $4.00, $5.00 to $20.00. Braids, $2.50, $3.00 and $4.00. Please remit by Cash, P. O. Money Order or Express Money Order. THE KILLING PACE. WE'RE hiking along at a two-fort pace. We're making life seem like a man killing race. With our nevens all on edge and our jaw firmly set. We go rushing along With our brown lined with sweat. And our checker pule and drawn every mute we shalt. And the goal that we're after is merel more cash. We're not for the money the greenback and gold. We're all scared to death well be poo when we're old. We want the gazuma, and want it right now. And we spend all our time at the desk and the plow. We're working like navyles, refusing to see. The gold of the sun and the green of the tree. We've got in a rut that the dollar sign dug. And we're plain obsessed by the million- alre bug. We've headed our backs till they bend with the shalt. And we bug and we tug at our burdens in vain. With never a minute for laughter and fun. Or the green of the tree and the gold of the sun A few of us land in the millionaire class. But only to find that our gold is all brass; That the money we've got we would gladly give back. For a stomach and liver that weren't out of whack. For legs that were supple and eyes that could see. The gold of the sun and the green of the tree. The trouble with us is we're working too hard. We ought to get out with the kids in the yard. We ought to let slip a few dollars to play With the friend that we love, and we ought to be gay. The pace is too fast for our nerves and our health. We should laugh more and cut out this chase after wealth. -Detroit Free Press. No Sign For Pat. 4 M. TO CORK. "Be gorrah, I been sittin' here for the last hour, an' it hain't moved an inch." Fable of the Mule That Dieted. A Mistely man, wishing to ruin the Food Store in his ward and believing that beats as well as men dig their Graves with their Teeth, cut down the Sus-tance of his faithful Mule to three strawn a day. Finding that, this was a Severe Drain upon his Liber-al-lity, he reduced the number of straws to two and finally to one. Just when it seemed that the Mule would pull through the Experi-ment successfully the patient steed lay 60 YEARS EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARK DESIGN Scientific American. Telephone, Madison-4601 Remove all Dandruff and cure the Hair on clean Temples and dead. WARRANTED. PRICE. 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"An expert politician nowadays" remarked the crossroads philosopher, "in a sort of human vacuum cleaner. He gets the dust and you can't see exactly how he does it." Chicago Tribune. --- Unauthorized Liberty Unauthorized Liberty. "Why, Mr. Jocko, you seem vexed! What's the trouble?" "Trouble enough," Mrs. Tiker. Dr. Leo is using my portrait to advertise his beauty parlor. "That's a compliment." "Not much, Dr. Leo has labeled my photo 'Before Saking Our Treatment.' --Judge. For a Change "I have been reared in the tap of luxury," said the millionaire's daughter. "Try mine for a change." suggested the impurecunious young man Philadelphia Record. "I worship the ground you walk on," he declared. "Why shouldn't you?" she asked. "It is worth $100 a front foot and pa owns it."—Chicago Record-Herald. One Explanation "Is it true your student lodger is studying astronomy?" "Well, I think he must be. He sleeps all day, but at night he is always out."--Fillegende Blatter. The Fiend Cowed. Man—Now smile, please. Cow—Why, what's the joke? Knickerer-How does marriage affect accomplishments? Bocker-A girl drops her music, and a man takes up his smoking-New York Times. BEE NOTES It is a great advantage to have at your disposal a number of fertile queens. After the second breeding season the fertility of the queen decreases, and she ought to be replaced every third year. Make provision for a hive that may be threatened by famine, also a weaker or queenless one may be the forfeit to supply that which is needed—food. Remember that after the second swarm the awakening, though relatively smaller than the first ones, succeeds each other more quickly. Be prepared for them. Krysteynery among the colonies is caused from dampness, too close environment, insufficient ventilation or from a neglect of military rule. Guard against it. The disease often works great damage to a hive. AGENTS FOR THE PLANET RICHMOND, VA. Mrs. Annie Walbarrow, 3th & Broad W. H. White, 501 W. Leigh Street. 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Tur courte, bave Sccint that gubwcrivers to newepapers. wbO. dp Sooner Uaete pacer diecottinued at tbe ef" prration of tine for which Te bes bev paid. are Lei liabie for the paywent of the subscription op ta Uale whew they wnire the paper ieee timed. COMMESICATIONS Whoo writing tout to] croc Your suleeriytion of Co” discwatlour Jour peter, Jou shalt ‘give jour marae abd wSitven fa Toit, camerwise we cannot Sol Jour Bane ow nar books. COUANGE OF ADDIUERG—to order to change! uae nidrres of a sulectibet we cunt be seat the weenie aa wall’ as te powret nddream, Watered at the Tost OGce at Richimoas, Ya, oa erovol-lam matter. eae SATURDAY APRIL 27, 1012. SSS The death of Hon, Morgan Treat ac West Point, Va, last Monday re moven from the tleld of actlon one of he Dest political Aghters Chin State has ever een. He wie ain Tastate politiclan and, taken all im all, one! fof the bent white awat se far as Me colored people are concerned, who ever figured fn the politica! afatrx of Usk State, Personally, he way) devold of race prejudice ant we re kret eerfoualy his untimely transfer, to the other world WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? Ex-President: Roosevelt spoke 9 Greensboro, North Carolina law Monday nnd if kin utterances are t¢ te taken at thelr face value, they fa dicate that he, Ike President Taf by chasing that "Jacko" Lantern” hope of breaking up the Sold South. This tx always ae nluster sugges tien for (he wverage political eltizen of color, Ho sieans Phat the distin. gulshed Southerness tft have these Northerners and Westerners budly fooled and that they glory in thelr foolishness. It will require a change of tho nanwes of ‘parties to accom pitsh the purpose. , The Times-Dinpates: Correspondent at Greensboro, N.C sayy Greensbory, No C.. April 22. -It Volonel Roosevelt gains the nomina ton for President he wii! come to the South, he safd today. In an effort to win It over. He made a clalm to the anpport of Democrats az well as Repabienns, and wald that he would embark upon a determine! campatsn to break up the “'Soisd South.” JL have a tight to the aupport of, every heir ta the Jacksonian Demo- cracy,” be mid sn his.specch here. “1am fishtigg for the principles fn which the great bulk of the people of tho South botieve, and they aro kopt away from me onls by a name. Tam going to son to it that they are not kept away by a mere name. J shall Axht xo that they will vote the way they feel—-and when I Debt, 1, fight.” In another part of his speech ho sald: “When I'am nominated Il do my vent to get, the old "Tar Heel? State.” oo Colonel Roosevelt announced hin decision sitter roakiag ble appeal In (wo'Southern States for support in uin campaign -for the "presidential néetmation. He said that his recep. tion im Arkansas on fistarday, and in Morth Carcijea today had pleased! him qrestiy, = It weeld seom then that {he frst hing that Se should da would bel bm ERE SLEEP. « * (After reading the poem, by Paul Laurence Dunbar.) _ 'S€By-LUCIAN B. WATKINS. “Exe sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes" - : We tum from earth our outer sight within : And search the secret haunts and deeps of sin: — : We sec the real being as it lies . : Revealed unto: the light of paradise, ‘ : ‘Tis then we find life's joy and pain akin : - For cach is potent in the cause to win: k 4 The sinking-soul ‘and lift it to the skies. ; ; Ah, how with tears we're christened in the night : When Memory, presses in the cruel thorn tS Of penitence by which the heart istom . * & Asunder fiom its own self-righteous might! : | Lord God, to Thee---oh, may our prayers arise 3 “Exe sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes!” : PO POOP ILI ICO LILLIES Mo fight for a change of name. The ‘Roorevelt Party” Iaanched at Ch! cago would sound “mishty good" tn some sections of thie country, Hut wRAe dors he tea by) declaring that he will split the Solid South? He had sly years in whleb ta do the Joh ant President Taft with a policy wintlar hat Lad four “years more to accotaplish the sane reault und the South fs as yet xolld, 60 far as presidential eleettans are con: cerned, The Constitution of the Vaited States so far ag It mplatcaste aman rights has heen “hundred and insulted” Just asthe colored people of these United ‘Statey have been. | Ex President Roosevelt atates that he will maki anotper effort to brenk up the Solld South, Me began the: Work of olininating the cotored men. Ax oMler-halders ant Prestdent Taft hax completed the Jah but the Sonth fy MCT aoltd. ‘The rolared voters of the Uolted States should find out Whether thes divthenlehed stater: men Intend to draw the coler Ine as oMelaia of the nztional govern ment, If they thtend xo te do then ther should be defeates at the pola, We aust xdmit that we ure not at ail satiatied with the platforing of either President Talt or ex President Roosevelt upon thls all tmpertant question, Rott. hate listened to the: iret voles of the tempter and: hotit fave nhowt a Mxportion to throw! he citizen of color overboard We wish thee stateunen ta ve ip to the speele provisions of the], atforin of the National Republlesn | Party and te carry ont the mandaf ory protistons of the Constitution othe United States We demand othing more and we wi accept] | rotting: nex p True Reformer ex-official on trial. ( Continued From. Pace Number ) Wits a dewd of trent on it of $9,000 MANY MORTGAGES The property in Rattimore, 1 learn Rad a viguation-—Ho wars here In terrupted by Attorney Smith | Thh irritated the learned witness xome- what an he reaented the {ntimation that he wax not well acquainted with tlw rules of evidence and did not Know what-to cay and whac not to ray, The withers owas auntatned by the court and he proceeded with hls narrative. <The Halthmore property had tho Hens one at $4,000 aid the oth- er elther $5,100 or $5,200 and the tepreventatives of the Grand Fotn- tain and the Recelvers agreed char the proper: should te transferred fa saint. one whoxe mania f ranant remetber far $16,000. THAT WASHINGTON PROPERTY The proysrty in Washington has two deeds of trust on ft. one for $25,000 and the other for $54,000, This lant amount 1a belng held by the Grand Fountsin. J couldn't say whit thix property Is worth. J have not ween ft, Tt has been extimated by the Grand Fountain officials 10 be worth $80,000 subject to the deat of trust. f don’t think ft fs worth that amount. T don't think fr ie worth that amount becanse the Grand Fountain enjofned the sale of the property under the deed of trust. ‘They rafd ft would not a: mount to the amount 6f the Mens, if Ht were put up at auction STATEMENT 02 CONDITIONS. The two qileces of property ta Fortxmouth one of (> feot of vacant and fk worth, high-water price, $1 <00, Tot with bullding on 1¢ used hy Grand Fountain wan put up un lero deed of trust salo aad sold for $6,700 oF $6,800. Tt hada len on it of $5,000, The property at St. jauts had a mortgage on {tof $10. D0. There Ix a pleco of proporty on -39th St. in Richmond. The Danville property sold for $7, 100. It had a deed of trust on It of 52,000. Th pleco of property ronting 17 1-2 feet on 20th St.—} | don't know what it fs worth. I have never seen ft. , There Is al plere of property in Staunton, Va. witch cost $1,500. ‘Thero ia no mortage on it 90 far as I-know. The property in Cincinnat!, front! nx 20 feet. two pieces, J gon't know what It cost. The deed as recorded joean’t ahow on its face.“ fo far aos know, it bean't say merigage on t. - There are tour scree hear Clare] noat, Va. of a valee from $560 to 800 with mo mortgage. The pro- erly im Tarajeville, Ky. was valued |: aC STmHH by the ofleers of the Grant Veunuin, ‘There be a0 mor Base OTHER VALUES, The praperty at Hampton, Va, comt $Pue Don't know what it bs worth The property in Mevandeia T don't know what ffs worth, There bs no morteaxe ‘The proper ty in Norfolk ts pot vatwedt and f don't know whether or not st ls mortgaged, ‘The property In Fulton Rehmend, on Graham st fe worth From $3,500 to $4,000, There Is ne Men qn tt The property tn South Richmond iv worth between F2aua and $500, To not know whether theee Is any Hen on it, The property in Petersburg, TE do not know the worth of It. There are| ho enenuitrances ‘The property at Roiunoke {sx \atued by the afficers at ee oe ae Sees : GAGED, The morse on the St. Louls’pre perty was $11,900, There are 23 pieces at propetty. ‘The value. of Jie Staten warth of stock of the Reformer Mereantie and Induxtrtal Vefstion was asked for and) Mr, Moneute replied that he did nog be Heve that 10 wae worth the paper on whl htt wht writen, The ancets of the Reformer Mercantile: Industrial Armoriation wexe not enough te pay Mte debts and his made the sotex worthless The hotel famntoire sohd for be teen $100 and $250. tes value wan not sufletent to funtity tte remorat from the hotel, The Recelvern xold the printing omer. type, dynamo, ete Tt was bought In by the Kecelvern for $1,100 ant they have not been vide ta del Has yet WILL GET RET LITTLE Nosar When asked how much money win tn bank to the credit of the Recely- ere or tad been accumulated, Recelv er Moncure hesitated and then te pied that It wan lesa Jhan thirty thousand dollars The expenses were to he pabl ont of thix antount, Thix Indicated that the depositors of the defunct faxtttution will recelve lene than eight per cont Keres wat taken and then Mr, Moneure upon remnming the stand tested that so money had ax yet Leen patd to the depositors of the defunct concern. In reply to ik auextion he stated that a part of the property was ty Meigatton and all of the property in Mttgatton indirect ly. Me did not think that the Order, of Trne Reformers wax in active goeration when ft wax receiving Preniuie and not paytng ite debtn CLAIMS ORDBR OWES RANK Recelver Moncure was then fons exuninet Spettal secountant C. I. Covke took the stand, He ~laln ed that the Grand Fountain owed the Savings Bank of the Grand Foun, ain, V.'O, of True Retoriners, $400. non. He’ wax examined at length. Dr. John E. Meriweather took the tant and declared the condition of he True Reformers rotten, He loxt $2,000 In the bank and was trease, iret of the Grand Fountain until meontis when he resigned, ' WSilam A. Wilson assistant. tot] ne wan examined. ' Ky far the fost senvstlonal’ wit lene war Mex. Vieginta Giles, an. axistant in W. P. Burrell’s ome. | he tentified that Mr. Burrell had || old her that if the fand» of, thel, irand Fountain were withdrawn, || he bank would fall, He had also] old her a few days hetore the bank || towed to fale: the fungk of the rand ountaln out of the True Ro]! ormery Kank and depostt them in]! he Tread St. Mank and this wan]! one, WAS CROSS EXAMINED r . She underwent 1 merciless cron] kamination at the handa of Attorney] } nth, Mz Burrell took the stand ¢ nd was examined in detall by eoun- for horh ai ten. At this hour of golng to presa. the: ise f4 util Jn progress. Tho chan-{ y “fn favor of Mr. Durrett's acquit{'y or conviction ara about even.| ¢ .latge number of character wit easen have been aummoned, Goth] ¢ Uite and colored and a desporatel ¢ Tort ‘is being made by his counsel clone him, : ’ t ae * 8130.00. Endowment Paid, Lowmoor, Va.. April 17, 1912. This Is te certify that wo have re. felved from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Chancollot of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pyth. fase XN. A. So As, Ea Ae A. and A. (4150.00) One Hundred and Pitty Dollarn_ in payment of the death: claim of Brother Richard Pannell, who waa a membor of Bons et Low. moor Lodge, No. 125, of Lewmoor, Va. Sigped-—Anale Pannell. Witneeses: s i 7 E. F. Geott. . : Thomas H. Cosby. “ LZ, Merrie. ot 4 i i 4 Er RVER i a fon diet the 5 Oma af tie fs RVER in marttime bistors Us inn baat the“ Carpathigg, Own ef Be ae iksee circumstances I must thar boon a xadder ncene ; SOermer Passengery Bt eee. soectfully defer making any otat than was witnessed Thur , Btartes of all agrogf the Titanic oct at this hour.” : N : day night when the Cunan Seamer Carmthta cume to her dock 1 her pier tu New’ York Uearing the sur | Fivorn of the paxsengera and crew o [tbe lone Titanic. -Of these, there wer Dat = pitiful @02 left. or less than ome third of those aboard the world's ‘grent est “unsinkable” floating palace. Muu) of the survivors were fll, some of thers Gangerously 90, otbers were io @ atati Of nerroun collapse from ‘the mhock and sitll otters were reported on ths verme of tnxanity. Among them wer sewly made widows, while many, per bape a mnjority: had been torn from Jored ones th’ the Inst binck howe be fore the gisantle ner had gone down, Mra, Candea's Graphic Story. Mrs. Churchill Candee of Waxbins ton ave the following account of the Gsaner- “L retire to my cabla sbortly after 32 aod tind: farely entered tt when there were two terrific socks, one tn waediately following the other, {was thrown (0 the Moor and am nooo aR pox atble rou out tnto the eompantonwas There 1 met nome passengers and went Bp to the main deck Au we wer pans fag through the saloon a passcuger ran taroush witt a cake of ke and cult out, ‘Lre.-fee from the ireberg!” There Was ateolutely no excitement, aud the matter waa got regarded nertoasls, al though ktenm was escaping, froi ‘on ef thy nmokestucks. the others appur eotly belug allent . “Tbe night wan vlenr wad cold, and It ecemed Incredible that naything scri- eus bad bappenrd. lowerer, the or der soon came to go down and put on heavy Wapa und life preservers gud return to the deck. We leamed then that the entire battom had drop d out of the xbip amt the fires of nt; jeaat three of the holler bad dropped nto the oceaa. The onler seen vate | fo take to the Mfeboats. ah was in one yf the frat thet wns low Phee | wan uo dinonter or coutdsion, nm nts | of the women and chilifen parxengers nthe Aeate,moond AA tint nbd] wore treated alike. “The onler wax Inmediately xiven © Iauoyh the basta, aad Loth on the ort and xturleae! sides tbe ‘order rere curtied out tu an admirable ann er. Ouly ane coltapribte boat wns | Poken, but ottereiae all the oder | folmnita were wafely launched. fy | he tie tte: List boat pleared Che lips be lind sunk to the levet of the necotd | eck. Ong (wo hours bad elapsed. “She wes scttling Cust at thie thor. |! Ow denn. AC the lant abe was poled DF abvotié {Mirty: wevonds with NEF eters: lear of the Wwilter, then slipped gradu {1 Uy tute oblivion. There wax no suc: | on whatever when she weat down. | Ithougl there were horrible sounds ot | rploxions, criew,.cte. Up to this time. ! Ne action of the men hind been very | DUFA KON ; Last Seen of Colonst Actor. “Calourl Axtor wns last seen atand |, 1K ov the top deck. All women ano] | nlldren were taken off except thow | , bo refuvet to leave. Mew, Inktar | traua retuned to leave how buatiand | , ad went duywn. 5 “Phe scene after the boat went | | DWE were terrific. The people In the} , ater struggled and fought. Many {| ere picked up by the boata, alihoughf | e boat 1 was Io did nd pick up any. f | be captain was’ seen banging to = ft for seine miuuten and then slipped r. j “The vext morning we found wif! ere tn an ice field that they any war om fifty te 2 hundred filles ju}, Eth. The serherg we ran into wax early to he ween. It bud two enor. ons peaks. and (t appeared to be very | Ike. The quattermaxter, why was onf * e bridge nt the time of the accident d whe wae at the helm of our life at, kald they were making full apeed d, mtthough the night wax clear, thes dd wdsolutely no tden of any danxer | We Ait they knew. of the proximlts the tecbers wis when the cranh me. ‘They were under orders tof” ake S10 knot’. Early the next morn F we were taken up by the Carps a." Saw No Evidence of, Cowardioe, The crash caine at 11:40," raid gue, oan. “The Ughty of the Titan!) at out at 2:20 o'clock. I saw no ev! nees of compniice.” ‘Women and children, frightened by e prospect of bring set adrife, wpe dark und toe ntrewn ovean, refuser enter the tifelunte." ext! another rt rescued parsengers, “Kome of theq — ata were Indncbed with oaly After twenty om boa them, althongh they id have bed serents fre” s Passengers’ Shot by OMsera. fr. dnd Sfrw. Washtogton Dogar o. |’ n Francisco declared that some a: parsengers fought with each dee ation to get tmto the Mfsbeats the: | - officers shet them and their bodion into the eceam. They anid also tha: y‘eaw Jelena Jacob Astor and Major t standing together ca the Pitenie’s X sed that they imuat have gose te a ee | a oe oe See ge 7 i wed ‘ae yy Bees | pe ee 4 ; : FJ j ; } i i i i , | _ BOCES JUUT APTED OND Who ETROUE BY THE WEBER, SRAWE View SesoRIETIOM FY THY. fom doafa the Carpathig.; Oun of the ; Steornge pessongere at ea. Btartes of all that the Titantc struck the icebers ft'11:45 o'clock, ther abe sank at 2:45 and that they were Picked up bythe Carpathia at 4:39, eur Lifeteatd Orawe Sewn. William Jones, a Titantc atoker, whe manned ouw of the lifeboats, said be | was 700 Sarda away when the rose! }eenk and that he saw four lifeboats filled with women days ¢own. Two | enien In bis bont died of exposure. Margaret Hnyex of New York city maid: “When T wax nut-into x life. boat I found x two-year-old baby gir! im my arms. [ do not know whe placed ft there, vor who Itw other tn I have been taklog care of ft ever since.” Daniel T. Halley. who lives at the Murfborough hotel in New York city. said: “I was adrift alone on a raft for six hours, [naw a woman {n aight clothing pear by, swam to her “Fide | and dragged her to the raft, She wits Bncomelous And slipped off inte the | water and was drowned.” Mim Region Steinert of New York | city, who Wau a pacsenger on the Cur pathia. anid that when the Cerpathiv reached the wrene of the disanter Ix teen Ifetonts fled with survivors were fouad floating tn the sen of few, AN! Were taken on hoard and passengers vied with the crew {n readering ald. “The survivors were lying in the pot { fom of the bouts, att allce, but the wit jority of them tucunscious.” abe raid. | “Many wete suffering terribly from he expowire, ani many were Alrendy reeeo. That afternomn about tweuty Me the surrisers diel, and four were Aven burial ot mew tinmediately.” Statement by lemay. J. Bruce Lamuy, president of tbe 10 errational Mercautile “Marine con any, when he left the Carpathia went o the office of the cenoral agent ea the der. There he received the newepaper epresentatlves und, utter a fee sire BIDATY rebuirky, EVE oat am frp reitten atntenent tb which he ann * hat .he wan in the Inet starbonnd col palble lifeboat when Re teft the ship, | He stated that he did uot know what peed the Titunle wax gotng at whet be atruck the tetiers, bat the volition | is one of a glunclog Llow, mt nts fonday morning, between 10 and it | | clock, be clatina to bave xent 9 witr su menage. In hiv statement Mr. in | | ay wuld 1 “In the presence and under the stint «of n catartropho a0 orerwhetining | ¢ y feelings are too deep for expren | on in words. Tenn only ans that the {7 ‘ite Star line. itv officers and vo }® oyecs. will do everything humunty | 2 waibic to allevinte the wnfferingy wid 4 rrown of survivors and of the rela.| 4 ves and frends of those who per |! bed. The Titanic wax the last word| b shipbuilding. Every regulation pre | * ribed by the British board of trade | ® 4 been strictly complied with. The P aster, officers and crew were the ost experienced and skillful in the | t ritish serrice. I am informed that a @ mmmittes of the United States senate | *! ae appointed Co investigate the cir'| A petances of the accident. I heartily | 4 elcome the most complete and cx.| ¥ wuative inquiry, and any ald that I or} © y ansociates, our bullders or navi-| ™ tore, can render ia at the nerrice of e public and the governments of thr ited States and Great Britain. And! ! ‘Gader tere circumstances I must re spectfully defer making any state ment at this hour.” . | Majer Butt a Here. One surttror aserts he saw Majo’ | wate. ald to Trosident ‘Taft, plas 1 bero's part before be dled. | “An hour after the boat sank I buns som to a collnpulble ffeboat for .tw. hours and 2 balf, Then { wan picke up.” aakd thin man. | “The inst thing L naw was A map tbey say wan Major Butt standing of the forward deck thut was already up der water. : [He was holding back men who were “figbting to xet into boats that were DUtting off with women” _ . First Woman Off Titanic. Mra. Dickinwun Rlshop of Detrolt. Bich. oaig; “Ewan the fiat woran ti the Orvt boat, . wax in the boat four our before being eked up by the Carpathin, 1 waa im bed at the tue the crash crme and got up and cree eh, ‘T event beck to bed upon veins anmured that there wae no danger. Ou the deck, when 1 reacbed It, there was little of no panic.” Told Ship Could Net Bink, Ny C. Chumbers said that (be Titante atrlick tue teeberx head-on, The pas senger ru out. but-being assured by, the pMcers that the ship could not sink went buck t thelr staterooms After about {wo hourn the alarm was pent out mmf the puauengers started to enter the Hfeboats. Mr. Chambers anid thit there was nuthing Ike 3 Panie at first, nk all belleved.that there werr plenty uf Ufebeats to ge around Mrs, Aster Could Net Talk. Pale, trembling. aut apparentis: Mix. Jolin Jueoly Astor was one,of the frst xurvirors of tlie week tu pas down the Carpathin’s gaugplank. She Mtevped from the Carpathla wearlas jon binek astrukhan coat, 9 witnttt Joye covermd by a blue cktffun vedi, mod nt ber theunt reponed n large dist mynd und penrl manburst, Mrs. Astor was cnupletety git own by the tirmrting experience whe mad paxaed chrouzh, aud the tons of er husxtund, and when asked to xgy ormettius vrled In hearthrokrn twas “Loeawt! Lean't! fam unaperk Diy fr Mrs. Antor™ imental suffering was], ecrible, though physienliy she was not | uch farms Physicians gave or || re that meither abe or her malt | | ould Be permitted to talk about the | | Itanic, aid thia rule wan strictly ob: | rved. Nevertheless, before the order | nd been given, she had told Vincent ator sume of hier memories. shi |‘ ought she reeniled necing Colone. | ‘ ator by her xtte, Just before ahe gor |! te che of the toate, She imagined | ! yowan rafe. too, aud it was only |! hen she wan on the Carpathin that | ‘ realized be wan not among the | ' ecued. 5 Like most of the murvirors, Mrs. As: | ° f WAR too xtunned at first to recal! | = sy of the Incidents of the stukivs | * ip. Other passengers anid that Mrs | ° stor dinpinyed cemarkable courage ring the dayn on the Carpathin.| > alking about/the decks and trying to! B eer up other nurvivora whore sorrow | § emed beyond relict, le Aster Made Light of Danger. e "Colonel Astor was walking the deck the time the Titante atruck the tre a eT, Ned bere ae od i ge Shan. wie ee ae a ‘ AG Gai bod etn Sl ve hen ty eo Re ee OE. & -Wentr: rerran Wee te pot m3 ‘The weiter severe! BD bella 8 We baad. Golmnel Aster me bam away. $ a "he onld, ‘this te meching! : fe to neod of life belie’ And oe oe ton et seen: 06: Colada! as (OONTINUED NEXT WARK.) RAILROADS AGREE }. -. TO MEDIATE Aeeap Peace Propta ty Set Meagher! Stra wu ADJUST DIFFERERCES Te a ee ae ee, oe re 1 Wilt seek a Means For Amicable Adjustment. ‘The threatened strike of the locome Uyo engineers of the fifty railroads ‘east of Chicago and north of tho Ohio river bas been averted, certainty for the proreat. The offer of mediation made by Mar- tn A. Knapp, presiding judge of the United States commerce court, and Charles P. Neill, United States com- mixatoner of. labor, was accepted by ‘ho -raitroad managors im New York, the presidents of the raliroads having approved’this actiom 4 Ax the englicers, after having voted to strike, agreed te. the mediation Proposition on Momday night, this means that (he amicable adjustment of the differences between the engi. mects and the rosds reste with the federal reprosentatives who offered thelr services. Should mediation fall, there Js atill a chance for arbitration, making the possibilities of a strike even more remote. Captala James C. Stwart, ‘vice pres! dent ef the Brie. raliroed and chair. tmaan of the conference committee of the rallronds which hae been nego Usting with the eoxineers since Jan- uary, accepted the offer of . Judgo Knapp and Commissioner Neti tn short note which was handed to Com- minsioner Neill at the Hotel Manat: tain. Soon after that Chief W. 8. Stone and Deputy Chiefs Burgess und Cadte called on Commissioner Noll, who informed them officially that the railroads had aaron to/edtlce. There bad been some fea¢ on the part of tha leader of the engineeca that the. raiiroadn would foaist upoa arbk uation or nothing. According to the plans made. Com: missioner Neill will havo « conference with the conference committee of the aiiroad managers, Lafee Commis Moner Nolll and Judge Kaapp will meet. Chief Stoee und the advisory ommittee of Afty chairmen. From the ailfoad managers Mr. Neill will ob: ain @ statement of what concenslofee will be made to the men. if any, and hé engineors will make known the arms they are willing to accept. ‘The railroad preaidents and manag: re, it in declared. bellevn they can onvince the arbitrators that they can- ot advance the wages of the locomo- ive engineers without” giving ear to ppeals of other employes, and that @ pay the men more would neceasl ate higher freight rates, The Brotherhood has asserted ite onddence In Judke Knapp and Com. asioner Neill and credite thom with bility to enttle the controversy hon- rably for both sides, Wt Prealdent Taft bas talon a por gal inferest in the crisis be has re‘ iained in the background, delegating 1¢ Kood oMcea of the government to adge Knapp and Commissioner Neill. he band of politics has been suspect 2, but the evidence thua far ix lack: a. Was Speeding 21 Knots When She Hit Iceberg. The Titanic disaster, as written into history by many of the 705 survivors, accounts for the loss of 1628 persons at sea off the Banks of Newfoundland early on Monday morning, April 15, and the subsequent death of six persons who had been rescued, bringing the total of lives lost to 1625. These official figures magnify very greatly the estimates which had come by wireless, and the narratives which survivors tell make certain, as had already been judged from the meager wireless reports, that the disaster is the greatest that ocean travel ever has known. The big fact which came to the sur face in the flood of narratives are that 1595 persons perished, that there is hardly the shadow of a hope that this grand total will be curtailed by a single additional survivor; that many men of wealth and world prominence are, as had been feared for several days, among those who perished; that practically the only women who were not saved were those who chose to die in their husband's embrace; that nearly all of the survivors saw the Titanic sink and heard the band playing "Nearer, My God, to Thee," and the shrieks of those whom the sea had claimed as the vessel sank in 2000 fathoms of water. The Titanic struck an iceberg about ninety feet high, which ripped the liner's sides open and made the water-light compartments useless, and while the vessel was gradually sinking the ice water reached her steaming bollers, causing an explosion that broke her in two and sent her to the bottom. Among the hundreds on her decks to the last were Colonel John Jacob Aster and Major Archibald Butt, President Taft's military aide; Benjamin Gaggernholm, Jacques Putrelle, George D. Widener, C. Duane Williams and John B. Thayer, of Philadelphia, and Henry B. Harris and scores of as well known persons, Isidor Straus was among them also, with Mrs. Straus, who refused to leave her husband behind when she had the opportunity to save her life. Colonel John Jacob Astor stood with his knees gawah and waved farewell to his girl bride, George D. W. Wagner and his son stood with arms entwined and smiled upon the wife and mother. Ialdor Straus stood with his aged wife in close embrace. John B. Trayer hurled his young son from the vessel's side, but himself stood with that gallant Nine. And so they died. Young Thayer was rescued. Butt and Aster Heroes. Major Hutt is reported to have been one of the heroes. With an iron bar in his hand he is said to have stood at the steerage passage and defended the women and children from the maddened men in that part of the doomed ship. Colonel Astor is also said to have met his fate bravely, after seeing his young bride to a lifeboat, drawing aside to watch other women step to safety and to await his own fate. It was only because the maximum capacity of the steamer's lifeboats was barely one-third the complement of the ship in crew and passengers that hundreds had to be left to their fate. The survivors of the Titanic disaster, still suffering from exhaustion and several hours' exposure in unprovisioned lifeboats on water ice cold, arrived in New York on the Carpathia, releasing at the moment the rescue ship docked a series of narratives so long and numerous that many are yet untold. The world had clamored for several days in vain by wireless for more than the faintest outline of what had really happened. The surviving passengers are unanimous that the "unbelievable" happened. The voyage had been pleasant and uneventful except for the fact that it was being made on the largest and most magnificent vessel that ever sailed and for the keen interest which the passengers took in the daily bulletin of the speed. The Titanic had been making good time, and all accounts agree that on the night of the disaster she was apparently going at her usual rate—from twenty-one to twenty-five knots an hour. J. H. Moody, the quartermaster, who was at the helm, said that the ship was making twenty-one knots and that the officers were under orders at the time to keep up speed in the hope of making a record passage. These orders were being carried out in face of knowledge that the steamer was in the vicinity of great loobyber sweeping down from the north, loobern having been reported near that very afternoon, and according to the record of the hydrographic officer the Titanic had relayed to shore a wire less warning from the steamer America that an unusual field of pack ice and bergs menaced navigation off the banks. But it was a "clear and starlight night," as all the survivors described the weather, and the great ship speed through the quiet seas, with officers confident that even though an iceberg should be seen the vessel could be controlled in ample time, and the passengers rested in full confidence that their temporary quarters in the largest and most magnificent vessel ever constructed were as safe as in their own homes. This confidence is emphasized in the tales of nearly all the survivors that when the crash came there was almost no excitement. Many, who felt anxious enough to go on deck to inquire what had happened, were little perturbed when they learned that the ship had "only struck an iceberg." It appeared to be a glancing blow and at first there was no indication of a serious accident. The over-confident passengers were not brought to the slightest realization that the collision might mean serious danger until the call ran through the ship, "All passengers on deck with life belts on." Captain Smith, it is said, was not on, the bridge when the collision occurred, but when hurriedly summoned by his first officer, he took charge of what seemed a hopeless situation in a manner which the passengers praise as calm, resolve and efficient to the highest degree. One of the most stirring narratives of action and description of scenes that followed the collision wag told by L. Beasley, a Cambridge university man, who was one of the surviving second-cabin passengers. The Order to Leave Ship. "The steamer lay just as if she were awaiting the order to go on again, when some trifling matter had been adjusted," he said. "But in a few minutes we saw the covers lifted from the boats and the crews allotted to them standing by ready to lower them to the water. "Presently we heard the order, 'All men stand back and all ladies retire to the next deck below'—the smoking room deck or 'B' deck. The men stood away and remained in absolute silence, leaning against the end railing or pacing slowly up and down on the deck. "The boats were awing out and lowered from 'A' deck. When they were to the level of 'B' deck, where all the ladies were collected, the ladies got in quietly with the exception of some, who refused to leave their husbands. In some cases they were torn from them and pushed into the boats. "All this time there was no trace of any disorder; no panic or rush for the boats, and no scenes of women sobbing hysterically. Every one seemed to realize so slowly that there was imminent danger. When it was realized that we would be present in the sea, with nothing but our life belts to support us until we were picked up by passing steamers, it was extraordinary how calm everyone was and how complete the self-control. "One by one the boats were filled with women and children, lowered and rowed away into the night. Presently the word went around among the men. The men are to be put into boats on the starboard side." I was on the port side and most of the men walked across the deck to see if this was so. Presently I heard the call, 'Any more ladies!' "Looking over the side of the ship, I saw boat No. 13 swinging level with 'B' deck, half full of women. I saw no more women come, and one of the crew said then: 'You'd better jump.' I dropped in and fell into the bottom as they cried 'Lower away.'" Beaunley said that the lifeboat was nearly two miles away from the Titanic, less than two hours later, when they made out that the great liner was sinking. "Nearer, My God, to Thee." Other survivors who were nearer to the sinking liner told of hearing the strains of "Nearer, My God, to Thee," played as the liner sank, and some of those in the lifeboats blended their voices in the melody. Suddenly there was a mighty roar, and the ship, al ready half submerged, was seen to buckle and apparently break in two by the force of an explosion caused when the ley water reached the hot boilers. The bow sank first and for fully five minutes the stern was poised almost vertically in the air, when suddenly it plunged out of sight. With the last hope gone of seeing their loved ones alive, many women in the lifeboats seemed to be indifferent whether they were saved or not. They were nearly 1000 miles from land and had no knowledge that a ship of succor was then speeding to them. Without provisions or water, there seemed little hope of surviving long in the bitter cold. There were sixteen boats on the fortnorm procession which entered upon the terrible hours of suspense. The confidence that the big ship, on which they had started across the sea, was sure to bring them safely here was now turned to utter helplessness. But the shock of learning that their lives was in peril was hardly greater than the relief when, at dawn, a large steamer's stacks could be seen on the horizon, and cager eyes soon made out that the vessel was making for the scene. The rescue ship proved to be the Carpathia, which had received the Titanic's distress signals by wireless. The rescued were in all conditions of dress and undress, and the women on the Carpathia vied with one another in supplying missing garments for the shivering women and children. On the four days' cruise back to SERVIVERS IN LIFEBOATS. Titanic Boat Filled With Rescued Doing Reload on Carpathia. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. New York, many, who had realized that their experiences would be waited by an anxious world, put their narratives on paper while they nerves were still at tension from the excitement of the disaster they had barely escaped. CASE OF BURRELL FIRST TO BE HEARD. Trial of True Reformers' Bank Officers Under Way in Hustings Court. (Times-Dispatch, April 23, 1912.) After considerable difficulty in filling the jury box the trial of the officers indicted for wrecking the Savings Bank, of the Grand Fountain, Pittfield of True Reformers, began yesterday in the Hustings Court. It is the purpose to try each defendant separately and in view of this fact Judge E. H. Wells expressed the belief that the trials will consume at least four weeks, unless something进而 happens. W. P. Burrel, one of the directors, jointly indicted with J. C. Robertson, W. I. Taylor and Edward Ellis, Jr., was arraigned yesterday. Several witnesses were examined, but at the hour of adjournment, 6 o'clock, little evidence had been submitted to the jury. State Bank Examiner C. C. Barksdale was on the stand when court was adjourned until 11 o'clock this morning. CALL HILL THE REAL CULPRIT In opening the case Attorney H. M. Smith, Jr., of the defense, stated that it was the purpose of himself and his associate counsel, Richard E. Byrd, to prove that the men under indictment were being made scapegoats to shield other persons who should bear the burden of the bank's collapse. He condemned Reuben T. Hill, cashier, also under indictment, but who escaped and has successfully eluded arrest for about eighteen months. Hill is accused of stealing about $30,000 of the bank's funds, while the others are held on the charges of accepting and permitting to be accepted deposits after they, as officers, knew the institution to be involvent. The specific charge against Burrell is that he knowingly permitted a denomination of $200 to be received from T. C. Tinsley on October 25, 1910, when he knew the day before that the bank was not solvent. In leading up to this point Mr. Smith explained many intricate workings of the True Reformers. He said that it was organized more than thirty years ago, and proscribed to such an extent that its founders form ed many subsidiary institutions each under a separate charter, but always governed by the Grand Fountain. The bank was one of these, he said, as well as a string of grocery stores, a hotel and an industrial and mercantile branch. He said that the Grand Fountain had bought a tremendous amount of real estate in cities not only in Virginia, but in many other States, and that it was paid for out of the funds of the bank, and being dominated by the Grand Fountain, the directors and officers of the bank were powerless to stop payment. He cited many instances where money had been spent which in no way redounded to the benefit of the Order, or any of its branches of enterprise and tended to break the bank. It will be the intention of the defense to prove this and attempt to show that the man now on trial did not have knowledge of the true state of affairs. BANK EXAMINER TESTIFIES On the witness stand Mr. Barka dale said that he began an examination of the bank on October 18, 1910 and concluded it on October 21. On the day before he started he told Burrell that it was his opinion that the bank was hopelessly insolvent or completely broke. Burrell was dumbfounded, he said and hastily calling a meeting of the directors. It was agreed that there would be some mistake. Mr. Barka dale had told them of unusually large shortages in the individual accounts. The directors them added if they would be permitted to have account nate go over their books. Mr. Barka dwells agreed. The night's expects completed their work on October 24, and found practically the same result as Mr. Burkendale and his assistants. At that time there was no law permitting a bank examiner to close the doors of a bank which he found insolvent. The examiner told Burrell and his associates that he would at once report the matter to the State Corporation Commission, and added that it was a felony to knowingly receive deposits after it was known that a bank was insolvent. The bank was opened the following day after it was certain that it was hopelessly involved, and it was then that the officers are said to have received the deposit from Timley. Mr. Barkendale will resume his testimony when court opens this morning. GREAT CROWD AT COURT Numerous details of work at the bank were supplied by William Wilson, colored, one of the bookkeepers and assistant teller. He said the bank was not closed until October 26 the day on which Hill disappeared. ^R. T. Wilson, clerk of the Corporation Commission, also testified. He merely submitted the last report of the affairs of the bank to establish the identity of the officers at the time of the failure. 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We prepare young men and women for a Professional Course in our eight school From the effects of eating poisonous weeds on Brush mountain, Walter Bell, fifteen years old, died at Altoona, Pa., and Charles White and Charles Sherer, other Central Grammar school boys, who were with him, are seriously ill. Confederate Officer Dead. Major Chandus Lee Godwin, a member of the staff of General Wade Hampton, of the Confederate army, is dead in Baltimore, afield eighty-one years. Five Negroes Hacked to Death. William Burton, his wife, two children and Leon Evers, his brother-in-law, all negroes, were murdered while asleep in their home in San Antonio, Tex. The head of each victim appears to have been crushed with an use, and butcher knives were found sticking in the bodies of all the victims. The police believe this to be another of the series of murders by the members of a negro sacrificial cult recently unearthed. Trunks With $25,000 in Jewels Stole Two trunks, which are said to have contained $25,000 worth of jewelry, the property of S I H. Glisey, of Cincinnati, O. were stolen from a dray standing in front of an office building in Atlanta, Ga. While the driver of the dray was in a nearby building the thieves, believed to be colored, mounted his seat and drove away. Later the police discovered the dray and five trunks several blocks distant, but Glisey's trunks were missing. GENERAL MARKETS PHILADELPHIA — FLOUR firm winter clear, $4 4.25; city mills fan, $65 6.15. BYE. FLOUR cust. $4 90.65 per POULTRY Live steady, bens, 16 ¢17c; old roosters, 16; turkeys, 16 ¢17c. Dressed steady; choice fowls, 17c; old roosters, 12c; turkeys, 22c. BUTTER quiet; cremery, fancy, 31c per lb. EGGS steady; selected, 23 ¢24c; nearby, 22c; western, 22c. POTATOES steady, at $1.50 q 1.60 per bushel. Live Stock Markets. PITTSHURG (Union Stock Yard)- CATTLE active, choice, $8.25 q 8.50; prime, $15.50 N15 SHEEP nette, prime wether $ 5.60 @ 5.75; culls and common, $ 2.63; lambs, $ 4.67.50; veal calves, $ 7.50.64; IOG, prime hose, $ 1.60; heavy Yorkers, $ 1.80; light Yorkers, $ 7.50.75; pigs, $ 6.76@ 7.25; roughs, $ 6.75.7.15. COLORED PEOPLE'S HAIR. We are the Largest Manufacturers of Colored People's Hair in the country. We make everything in its line, and our prices are much lower than those quoted elsewhere. Soud'2-cent stamp for catalogue and prices. HUMANIA HAIR COMPANY, Dept. 23 Dunnie Street, New York, NY J. HENRY CRUTCNFIELD. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Law Office 1215 K. Broad St. Richmond, Virginia. All Business Promptly Attended To. MAJESTIC PAINTERS. House & Sign Painting and Interior Decorating. Graining. Paper Hanging and Fine Bameling. First Class Work Only and Satisfaction Guaranteed. MENT Students to Take up the Study of Law, Iam. MENTMENT Training in Book-keeping, Commercial Typewriting. 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I addressed a dispatch to the State Department, reporting the death of William Richmond, requesting that they assist me in locating the brother of the deceased. The department acknowledged the receipt of the dispatch. I wrote John Richmond, sending the letter to the above address. The letter was returned marked uncalled for. The property of the deceased, con- slating of traveling bag, clothing, money and bank book are in my possession. I am anxious that his effects reach his brother, or if he be dead, satisfactory proof of the same must be furnished in order that I can proceed in settling the estate. I know no one better qualified than yourself to whom I can turn for assistance. Will you help me find the heir of William Richmond? I take this opportunity to con- gratulate you upon the splendid showing of the Mechanics' Bank in its achievements in the field of fin- ance. If industry, honest endeavor, perseverance, determination and intellectual management are essential of success (and they are) then your future and the success of the great financial institution of which you are the honored head is assured. Many Americans, white and col- ored, come out here and lead care- less lives, disregarding advice as to the care of their health, and quickly pay the penalty in an early grave. I am, sir. Your obedient servant. WM. D. CRUM. American Consul-General Liberia, Africa. —Nelson's Hair Dressing can be secured from the Agent, Mr. Joseph Evans, 2602 Webster Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. JURGEN'S SON Before making your Purchase you would do well to call at the Most Reliable Furniture House in the City and See the Fine Line of. REFRIGERATORS MATTINGS. OIL-CLOTHS And in fact everything that is needed in house furnishings. RUGS AND CARPETS. 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Of course it is possible to raise hogs in the open where their only shelter is the sky and their only windbreak a worm fence, but if the raiser expects to make a business of growing pork it is better for him to give the matter a little study and arrange to shelter his animals when they need shelter. Even a hog shrinks from a cold rain and a attaching east wind. If hogs are to do well they must have some sort of shelter from the elements. ```markdown ``` Shelter From the Spring Showers that will not be too stiffy and close. If they are cold they insist on piling up, to the certain injury of the weaker members of the drove. They must have a central hog house or the movable shed system must be adopted for the best results. Where it is necessary to shift the hogs about it has been found that a movable shed gives the best satisfaction. It can be loaded on a low wheeled wagon or sled and moved to the spot where it will be most convenient, and where the crops are being rotated this change of feeding and ranging around is sometimes necessary. These sheds should be constructed of fairly light material, and their dimensions should not be greater than 6 by 7 feet. Make the front about five feet high and the back wall not more than three feet at most. It is best to construct them so that they may be taken apart and stacked up when not in use. The nail ties for the flooring should be about 2 by 6 inches and should project from all four sides far enough that the house may rest on these and not directly upon the flooring. This will keep the water from running down the sides and in on the floor. All other nail ties may be of the 2 by 2 dimensions, in order to make the house sufficiently light to be handled easily. The cover should be of light sheeting covered with roofing material. This should be nailed to pieces of 2 by 2 which will be found sufficiently heavy to support the weight. In case the house is to be of the takedown type, these 2 by 2 pieces may be let into notches in the sides of the house and fastened with a strong clamp, so that it may be loosened and lifted off when necessary. In arranging for the water supply it is best to put in some substantial troughing at first. You will probably come to it later anyway. These may be made of heavy hardwood, or even of pine if economy is a consideration. They should be built with the comfort of hogs both big and little in mind. Troughs of one eighth inch boiler iron are very durable and most satisfactory when properly constructed. Whether these are filled by an automatic arrangement connected with a mill tank or by means of a hand pump, the main consideration is that they be always kept full. Naturally the permanent equipment in the way of wells and troughing will be as near the corn eries and the mixing kettles as possible. It will save steps and time to have the working parts of the hog farm centralized as much as possible. In case a central hog house connected with permanent feeding pens is used, the loading chutes will be a permanent part of the plant. Where the movable shields are chosen a portable loader should be constructed of somewhat lighter material than that used ordinarily, and this chute should be mounted on a pair of strong wheels of ordinary height. Arrangements should be made for fitting a pole to this so it may be buried about where ever it is needed. It should be about ten to twelve feet long, and of the canal wagon bed width. If the hog rubber adapts the main building type of hog house the main consideration should be shelter and ventilation. There should be room enough to accommodate the hogs without crowding, and strong fences should be used to separate brood nests and the young hogs from the beaver and more mature members of the drove. If you are using wood for fuel save the ashes for lye. The lye, which is leached from a barrel, is invaluable about the farm, but especially so where your fruit trees are infested with acacia. A lye wash properly proportions and applied leaves, the dark green and smooth. FEEDING SHEEP. It Must Be Done Wise! If Animals Are to Survive—A Mixed Ration is Best. Almost every one is familiar with proper ways of feeding the dairy cows, but little is said about feeding sheep. In fact, sheep are the least understood of all the domestic animals, says a Nebraska correspondent of Farm Progress. Direct observation seems to be about all the average keeper of sheep has to go by. If the animal has a healthy appearance and eats what is given it we feel satisfied that the feed given is the sort that meets requirements. To stimulate properly the appetite and promote the growth of wool in the colder months, also the welfare of progeny, it is necessary to give a mixed ration. There is no one kind of food, although it may contain the elements necessary to supply the needs of the body, that can furnish the material for all of these functions. There are many sorts of food that contain the necessary elements to supply the needs of the body, but if we feed it for a length of time it will finally fail to meet requirements. By nature sheep are delicate feeders. Grass is their natural and most acceptable food. It is true that dry feed will sustain life, but it requires skill in feeding to make it do not move. A frequent change in the diet is necessary of weaning to promote the active and vigorous system. The efficiency and profit with which a sheep, can utilize its feed depend upon the activity of the system. The healthy and vigorous being also has a great deal to do with producing healthy progeny. If improper feeding has given an animal a poor digestive system, that falling is almost certain to be transmitted, and it is unprofitable to have such animals upon any farm. With the wide variety of feed that can be produced upon every farm, there is no excuse for the sheep having to exert upon one or two things. While it is not necessary to have any elaborate system of balanced rations, it is important that the several different things at hand be fed alternately. For instance, if oat straw be given at one feeding, provide clover hay at the next, stover at the next, and so on. Do not feed the same thing continuously even though the sheep devour it greedily. The same may be said of the grain ration. The wider the range of grains used the better the results. It is not a good idea to feed an excessive amount of any one grain nor any ration that will make the sheep overfat. KEEPING HOGS IN CONDITION A Preparation of Charcoal, Salt, Lime and Wood Ashes Has Excellent Effect. Take eight bushels of cob charcoal or three bushels of common charcoal, eight pounds of salt, two quarts of air slaked lime and a bushel of wood ash. Break coal into quite small pieces and thoroughly mix the other ingredients with it. Then take twenty ounces of copperper, dissolve it in hot water and with an ordinary watering pot sprinkle it over the whole mass and, again mixing thoroughly, put the mixture or so much of it as you can in a box—an ordinary store box or dry goods box is excellent—with a feeding trough at the bottom or a similar way that might suggest itself to the maker. Of course the box must be off the ground a few inches and securely fastened in place by stakes driven into the ground, or they will capsize it. This preparation is kept where the pigs can get at it at will and is one of the best regulators of digestion and promoters of health that can be found. If you will give the hog a little extra care this season you will find ample reward for your pains. LIVE STOCK NOTES Keeping comfortable goes a long way toward making cheap pork. Failure to secure profits in hog raising is usually due to mismanagement. It is a mistake if the hog is not fed in a clean place free from dust and mud. When pigs are given bad quarters they can't be expected to return good dollars. Take care that none of the soapy water from the house gets into the feed of the hogs. Almost sure to cause bowel troubles. Ground oats, wheat bran and a little sil meal, together with some alfalfa or clover hay, will keep the brood sows from becoming fovorish. Made Glad. Church I see a stranger in Chicago was robbed three times within half an hour after his arrival the other day. Gotham-Well, he certainly can't doubt that somebody was glad to see him-Yonkers Stateman. Conflict Imminent "I speka dar' trouble comin' to' dat ge man," said the waiter. "What's he been doin'?" "He done orderl' deviled crab and angel cake foh de same meal."--Washington Star. He Made Good That boy it makes his mark some day." Said the father, with delight. But he, put in an elaborate way. But he never learned. -Chicago News The Republican Party has been for more than fifty years the consistent friend of the American Negro. It gave him freedom and citizenship. It wrote into the organic law the declarations that proclaim his civil and political rights, and it believes today that his noteworthy progress in intelligence, industry and good citizenship has earned the respect and encouragement of the nation. We demand equal justice for all men, without regard to race or color; we declare once more and without reservation for the enforcement of the letter and spirit of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to the Constitution, which were designed for the protection and advancement of the Negro, and we condemn all devices that have for their real aim his disfranchisement for reasons of color alone, as unfair, un-American and repugnant to the supreme law of the Jand.—From the Platform of the National Republican Convention adopted at Chicago, June 18, 1908. I note that it is stated in the daily press that Mr. Melvin Flegenheimer asserted that it is the rule of the Republican State Committee that white men must rule and govern the affairs of the Republican Party in this state. Please advise me if this is the actual position of the present party management and whether this is the policy of the organization of which you are the official head in its movement now being made against the Democratic organization and its policies in the Old Dominion. I have your letter of the 13th inst. and note what you have to say. I think Mr. Flegenheimer must have been misquoted by the press, as I do not know of him having made any such statement as you indicate. The Republicans of Virginia operated under the call of the National Republican Committee and so far as I have been advised, all the calls were made in pursuance of the national call. I know of no effort to exclude colored people from participating in the meetings and I have never favored any such policy. I happen to know that in some sections of the state the colored voters did participate in the meetings and had delegates at some of the conventions. As I have before stated, we have endeavored to strictly comply with the call of the National Republican Committee. I hope this explanation will be satisfactory to you. Hon. C. Bascom Slenip, M. C. House of Representatives. Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:— I note that it is stated in the rule of the Republican State Republican Party in this state. I agement and whether this is the p movement now being made again Mr. John Mitchell, Jr. Richmond, Va. Dear Sir:--- I have your letter of the 12 must have been misquoted by the p indicate. The Republicans of Virt and so far as I have been advised, of no effort to exclude colored peo such policy. I happen to know that the meetings and had delegates at ored to strictly comply with the call will be satisfactory to you. IN THE CONSERVATORY. A Woman's Way of Leading a Man on and Holding Him Off. "LET us go into the conservatory," he suggested. "No," she replied. "I would prefer to dance." "Oh, very well. But you said a moment ago that you were tired." "Yes, I am awfully tired. I've not missed a dance this evening. Suppose we sit it out here in this lovely corner." "Perhaps you would prefer to have me excuse you altogether." "Not for the world. Now, please, don't be a naughty boy." "You know how to keep a fellow up in the air, all right, if that's your object." "Don't say that, Mr. Wadfung-- Charley." "Go on; call me Charley again. It's the first time you ever did it." "Now, please, don't look at me like that. Everybody here will be talking about us." "What is the matter with the way I look at you?" "You looked for a moment as if as if... "As if what?" "Well, as if you were about to catch me in your arms right here before everybody. I shall have to be cross with you if you don't do better." "Hang it, how can I do better? When I look at you I don't care who knows that I love you." "Shah! You mustn't talk like that here. Somebody will be sure to hear you." "I don't care. Let the whole world hear me if it wants to." "Come; take me somewhere out of this. I'm awfully thirsty." "I think there is a punch bowl in the conservatory." "No, no; I won't go there with you." "Please." "No." "You don't care for me." "Yes, I do, Charley. I care for you very much." "Then why don't you go to the conservatory with me?" "Let's go out on the lawn." "But there are other people out on the lawn." "There are other people in the conservatory too" "Oh, that's it. I didn't know." "One of them is a former husband of mine, and the other is a girl I hate." "Evelyn, darling! Poor little girl! Will you marry me?" "Perhaps." "Perhaps! Why do you say that?" "Walt till they come out." "Why should we wait till they come out? What difference will it make whether they come out or not?" "Oh, no difference, I hope. Only I want to see how she looks." "That's the way you feel about it, oh! You're using me just to have something to fall back upon, are you? If she looks happy—looks as if they had had it up—you'll take me! Is that it?" "Charley! You still love! If she EDITOR MITCHELL'S QUERIES. Richmond. Posted in the daily press that Mr. Melvin F. State Committee that white men must rule us. Please advise me if this is the actual policy of the organization of which you against the Democratic organization and its Very truly yours, JOE CHAIRMAN SLEMP'S REPLY. Mr. Melvin Flegenheimer asserted that it when must rule and govern the affairs of the is the actual position of the present party man of which you are the official head in-ization and its policies in the Old Dominion very truly yours, S REPLY.ives. Washington, D. C., March 19, 1912. the 13th inst. and note what you have to say to the press, as I do not know of him having made Virginia operated under the call of the Nation. used, all the calls were made in pursuance of people from participating in the meetings as that in some sections of the state the color at some of the conventions. As I have be- call of the National Republican Committee if you have to say. I think Mr. Flegenheim, of him having made any such statement as you are call of the National Republican Committee, in pursuance of the national call. I know the meetings and I have never favored and the state the colored voters did participate in. As I have before stated, we have endeavored the Republican Committee. I hope this explanation. Yours very truly, u. If she up I'll win you really Such a Lankwwitch! Our language is a curious thing-- It is, upon my word!-- looks happy I'll not take you. If she looks as if they had fixed it up I'll win him away from her. If you really love me, pray that she may look miserable and disappointed when they come out." House of Representatives. "Hay, you women are the limit!"—Chicago Record-Herald. Hope Persists. Who can doubt that hope springs eternal in the human breast when he notes how the public keeps on buying dandelion eradicators that will do everything but eradicate?—Denver Republican. --- The Merry Makeshift "I thought you were going to take a day off and enjoy a trip into the country." "Had to give it up," replied the man with a cheerful disposition. "But we did the next beat thing. We got some hard, bolled, open and some Tanned goods and ate them out in the back yard." Washington Star. NowadavL Henchman--All right. I guess. He belongs to the same political party as we do. Political Leader--Confound it! That's no sign. Is he with us or against us? —Puck. A Fine Distance Father—Have you done any thinking about how you are to meet your debts? Son—No, dad, but I've done a deuce of a lot of wondering.—Puck. Getting Out. Gertie—How's my young brother getting on with your firm? Bertie—Well, what time he can spare from the adornment of his appearance he devotes to the neglect of his duties.—London Opinion. Profitable. "I see that the widow of a suburbanite who was killed in a railroad wreck got $100,000 damages." "And yet city folks say people are foolish to live in the suburbs."—Boston Record. The Coat of Invisibility. Jack the Giant Killer donned his invisible coat. "It's the one I wore when I was married," he explained. Thus we see how it effaced him—New York Sun. Told Away From Home. Tom—My pa in very religions. He always bows this head and says something before meals. Dick—Mine always says something when he sits down to eat, but he doesn't hear his head. How much does he pay? Bake the cake on the butter, kids; he 30 cents a pound. New York Indo- cedents. JOHN MITCHELL, 'JR. C. B. SLEMP. A crowd of folks we call a "throng." A Strong of deer a "herd." A group of cops we call "a squad," A a squad of thieves "a band." No wonder allens find our tongue So hard to understand A band of wolves we call "a pack," A pack of bears "a swarm." A swarm of herring is a "shoul." So lexicons inform Our noisy kids we term a "troop," A "gang" if hoodlums they If of barbarinas we speak A "horde" is what we say A horse of oaken is a "drive." A drove of whales a "school." To learn the variants of this term You've got to be no fool No, alrese! Dried Beet Pulp Good Far Stock. We consider dried beet pulp a very good feed, says Heard Dairyman. Investigations show that it is about equal to corn for fattening lambs. It does not carry quite as much digestible nutrients as corn, but it is very palatable, and in the absence of silage and roots the moistening of the pulp before using adds palatability to the ration and has extra feeding value on this account. Woll and Humphrey of the University of Wisconsin place dried beet pulp at two-thirds the value of bran for milking purposes. Owing to the character of the dried beet pulp and its composition we are inclined to think that this is rather a low valuation. Mrs. Green- Can you tell me how to win back my husband's affections? Fortune Teller- I can for $50. Mrs. Green- Heaven's, if I had $50 I wouldn't want him back!- M. A. P. Unchanged by Locality. "What's the trouble between Throggins and his beautiful bride?" "Haven't you heard? She's suing him for divorce on the ground of incompatibility." "Sorry to hear that. She's a peach-erino, though, all right." "A peach of 'Reno? Oh, I suppose; she'd be a peach anywhere."-Chicago Tribune. The Herring's Modesty. Yeast--Although it weighs but half a pound, a female herring will lay 45,000 eggs at a time. "The herring doesn't go around cack ling about N." Yokkers Stateman. Suspicious. "Honey, what do the papers seem when they speak of suspicious characters? What is a suspicious character? 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Never before in the history of this great body has the indication been better for a great meeting, than it is at this time. The country is stirred with enthusiasm. Brilliant successes have been made along the line of honest endeavor, for the work of the Convention. In these days of accomplishment on the part of the progressive workers of this great Convention, nothing but a glowing success is expected. Six thousand ($6,000,000) dollars have been called for, as that amount is actually needed for the work this year. Brethren there can positively be no relaxation on the part of you, as earnest workers, simply because the Battle Cry is less this year than in some years past. This amount is set to be actually realized. Your progress as an individual worker, your progress as a successful pastor and the progress of your field warrant progress in the Convention. The growing influence and popularity of Virginia Theological Seminary and College domain is better facilities and more dormitory space to accommodate date those who seek instruction within her doors. All of these things can but please you to do your best. The race and denominational pride of the constitutions of the Convention certainly ought to be sufficient to move them to raise six thousand dollars. These alone to say nothing of the objects of the Convention ought to call forth that much interest. It is to be hoped at this writing, that the most of the Churches have made the necessary arrangements for the Convention. Further those that have not as yet completed their plans we trust that all things will work together well to the end that success may attend their efforts. May God grant to us every possible convenience, that will mean much for a successful Conventional year. We have a splendid opportunity to make evident our high moral sense of right and duty as such pertain to our obligations to God and humanity. Heirthen, I speak seriously with all earnestness, under God we must give to our boys and girls of the race a chance. It will require sacrifice to do it, but we can make the sacrifice. We must not magnify our sacrifices, but magnify our opportunities to do good, where the good is so much needed. Think of the men that have hazarded their lives for our righteous contentions. Men that have actually displeased the shame and endured the hardships incident to a manly stand on grave and momentous questions. Men that made every possible sacrifice and counted themselves happy in that they did make them. Do not these noble deeds with their prairieworthy results stir us to duty? Manly, courageous, true, loyal, race loving men where do you stand? The world knows. God knows and the generations to come will know that you stand on the side of the Virginia Baptist State Convention and with its true and loyal leaders. Time which tells, has established this. The principles for which we stand are eternal and abiding. But let us desist from this line and turn to the line-up of the men who are coming to Salem or will be heard from at Salem from Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Washington, D. C. Maryland and Rhode Island. Beginning with Virginia, the Mother State, let us watch the line by counties: ALBEMABLE COUNTY In this county we have some true and good friends in the work, who are earnestly endeavoring to further in spirit and fact the righteous cause. Some of them are as follows: Reva, D. S. Woolfok, H. A. Stephens, D. M. Lockett, A. Stewart and T. M. Johnson. We look forward to the coming of these brethren with good reports. ALLEGHANY COUNTY. In Alleghany are some strong and loyal men, who have done and are doing much for the work. Among them Drs. T. H. White, Revs. A. A. Spencer and W. D. Scott. The Main St. Baptist Church which is now vacant will be heard from. We are confident of good results from Alleghany. AMHERST COUNTY. In the above named county are many devoted friends to the cause. Such as Rev. J. J. S. Richardson, C. K. Wangh, J. B. Sales and E. Staples Look for them. In Apposition are limited some of the information and many true latterly no more working correctly with them Slooh as Dr. M Jordan, J. B. Smith Rens, R. S. Nowlin, C. C. Carrington W. A. Jones and C. W. Thomas. AUGUSTA COUNTY From this county will come many strong men and excellent friends to the work. Among them: Dr. R. C. Pannell, Rev. J. C. Austin, B. D., M. C. Brown, James Lee and M. Robinson. BEDFORD COUNTY: From this county come, brave war rallies for the cause. Men that may be counted to cast their lot happily with the great work. Among them, Drs. W. B. Calloway, F. C. Patterson, J. H. Harvey, Rev. J. P. Hubbard, B. D. T. P. Johnson, R. J. Miller, J. J. Jefferson and J. S. Stone. BOTETOURT COUNTY. From this section will come some able Gospel preachers who are on the diring line. Such as Reva, J. A. Craig William Price, J. E. Philpot, B. D. M. L. Fairfax, T. C. Curtis, Dr. N. Smith and other able divines that we have named. DRENSWICK COUNTY. In this county we have Rev. J. L. Baskerville and several churches that are strongly with us that are vacant at this time. CAMPBELL COUNTY In Campbell county at Lynchburg is located the Virginia Theological Seminary and College. So necessarily from this county will come great and true friends to all we believe. Strong men in the ministry and strong men in the pew. We cannot afford to overlook or undermine the good workers we have of the lily. Here in Lynchburg we have some strong laymen just as we have in other parts of the State. We have here in the ministry in this city and county your branch and uncompromising supporters, among them Drs. R Tyrrell, R. L. Wynn, S. A, Garland, T. C. Scott, L. R W Johnson, Rees, A O Bell, R D J, E Carter, B D, E Staples, S H Preston, C H. Thompson, C. G. Cabell, E S Calloway and others in the ministry. Among the laymen we find our true, tried strong and devoted friend Deacon A Hambles, the financier, Deacon J A Everette another staunch support of the work, who is Chairman of our Executive Committee. You can well afford to send on Campbell. CAROLINE COUNTY In the country are found some very vivid and active characters, among them Dr. J. H. A. Cyrus, R. W. Young and Rev. C. W. Berkeley We are assured of the fact that Carolina will teach to the music. CHARLOTTE COUNTY Here we have Rey N. Wyatt and T. H. Bailey two sinere Christina workers who are fully alive to the interests of the Convention. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY In Chesterfield are found strong men and great exponents of our doctrines. Among them, our noted friend Dr. D Webster Davis and our strong friend and preacher Dr. W. T. Anthony. There are others from this section that will help these brethren take care of Chesterfield and to hold the colors high CUMBERLAND COUNTY In this county is Rev. A. Green, a good worker and other friends who will answer the roll call DISWIDDIE COUNTY Again we come to another great church county where we find great hearts in the ministry and the new. Men who have ever been loyal. Among them Reva, A. Green, T. W. Smith, N. T. Cooper, Dr. L. W. Wales and E. Tartte. Here also is the historic Gilfield that is now vacant, but who will be heard from. In Gilfield we find strong laymen such as Deacon A. Forbes and Major W. H. Johnson. All of these will be present. In Elizabeth County we have our good and loyal friend Dr. T. H. Shorts, who never falters. In Franklin County we have Rev. L. W. Lawson and other Ministers that we may well expect and our good layman. Deacon Clayborne. GREENVILLE COUNTY From Greenville will come faithful men, and true friends, such as Dr. F. L. Mason, Rev. D. P. Dillon, J. W. Wood, M. P. Sevcoatt and D. N. Martin. GLOUCESTER COUNTY. In this county we find some amiable characters. Among them Revs. J. H. Alston and A. W. Page. HANOVER COUNTY From this county will come our national evangelist Dr. C. H. Phillipa Rev. W. L. Taylor, M. M. Stevenson and others. These men are soundly true to the cause. HENRICO COUNTY. This is the capital county. From here will come Dr. M. H. Payne, J. H. Blinford, C. H. Manley, Dr. Williams and other strong men in the ministry. We have some noted laymen here: Hon. John Mitchell, Jr., the noted banker and editor, Prof. B. H. Peyton and Fauntleroy, who are strong churchmen. We are looking forward to a glowing report from Henryco. Rev. A. C. Mathews will come from Henry. Dr. J. A. Cartel from Hall-fax. Dr. Wales and Dawson from James City. Dr. J. H. Smith from Mathews. Dr. C. H. Norton from Middle县. Rev. L. W. Holmes and W. D. Woods from Montgomery. SANSEMOND COUNTY From Nannemond will come Rev Drake, Daughtery, Maley, A Boone J. T. Wilcox, First Baptist Church of Guildhill with its new pastor. The churches of the late Dr. Cress and the many pastors, friends and churches of the county. NORFOLK COUNTY. This is the name county of our distinguished chieftain, leader and President, Dr. R. H. Bowling, also of other strong men as Dr. C. H. Morris, L. F. Sharpe, Rev. D. Jenings, J. H. Ashby, E. J. Ferguson, E. Raynon Williams and others. This county will certainly make an excellent showing with these great men and churches working in our interest. From Nottoway county will come the strong friend and worker Rev. R. W. Ashburn, B. D. with other ministers and churches. From Pennsylvania county will come our noble character, faithful and uniting friends Drs. W. T. Hall, A. A. Galvyn and W. P. Terry with other friends and churches. From Princess Ann will come our staunch supporter Dr. L. W. C. Mets. There are good churches and strong friends to come from Prince Edward county. From, Prince George will come Rev J. Ruffn and W. H. Wiggins, with many strong churches. From Pulaski county will come Rev. W. H. Mitchell, a true friend to the cause. ROANOKE COUNTY Again we come to a great church county with distinguished churchmen and laymen such as Dr. J. H. Burks, Chairman of the Trustee Board, Dr. W. R. Brown, Secretary of Board, Revs. J. T. Hirth, Dr. C. E. Miller, Secretary of Convention, Revs. C. D. Henderson, W. M. Moore, J. S. Stone, W. D. Woods, W. A. Jones. Roanoke county will be heard from, from its every section. From Rockingham county will come our zealous friend and worker Rev. S. A. Moses, A. B. Dr. W. R. Ashburn and Rev. P. W. Diggs will come up from Southampton and other churches. Rev J. S. Minor from Spotsylvania, Rev G. C. Stirt and J. C. Allen from Sussex, Rev B. F. Gardner from Surry, From Warwick will come Drs. W. A. Taylor, C. E. Jones, T. J. Jones, J. A. Smith and our distinguished layman Prof. James H. Lee. In all of these counties are many churches pastored by the same pastor. Some pastors pastoring in several counties. We have not mentioned the names of the cities, but we have called the names of the pastors. Every large city, small city, town and hamlet will be represented. We are anticipating great things. From, District of Columbia will come Drs. Johnson, Norman, Brooks, Wilbanks, Taylor Tyler, Tolliver and others. From Maryland will come Drs. Harvey Johnson, W. J. Winston, J. H. Taylor and friends. New Jersey will have present Drs. G. E. Morrle, the honored President of their Convention, Dr W. T. Watkins the honored Secretary, The M. W. Vaughn the honored Treasurer, Drs. Roberts, Lawrence Love, Harris and the many good friends. Pennsylvania, where is now located our Baptist Hercules, leader and prince, Dr. W. F. Grahm, our other great Baptist pastors, noble men and stern leaders such as Drs. W. A. Creditt, E. W. Moore, A. Gordon, W. G. Parks, J. C. Jackson R. W. Goff, C. C. Scott, A. R. Robinson, G. L. P. Tallaferoer, G. L. Davis, W. W. Brown, G. B. Howard, G. H. Dwelle, J. M. Moses, H. G. Hoose, E. W. Johnson, the honored, President of the Penn. Convention, Blackwell, Childs brothers, and host of loyal friends will be well represented. New York, the great State with its great men such as Dr. Timms, the honored President of the Convention, Dr. G. Hunt, A. C. Powell, H. Powell, G. H. Simms, H. A. Booker, N. S. Epple, T. J. Kings, R. J. Brown, Dr. Brown of Flushing, J. B. Boddle and many noble characters, will be heard from. From Rhode Island will come Dr. S. W. Smith, W. B. Reed and W. Jeter. From Tennessee Dr. W. H. Moses. We have given the names of the line up with the men, churches and states that will be represented at the Convention. There are several State bodies District Associations, Anxilieries of different kinds that will be represented. A great meeting is in store. Let all come. 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The State Supreme Court of Alpine yesterday granted the petition of the young colored girl, Gertrude Jackson, who claims to be the sole heir to $22,000 left by William B. Williams, the colored huckster of the Second Market, and will hear the case which was decided adversely to her by Judge Grinnan, in the Chancery Court. The case, aside from its unusual ingress from a technical standpoint, is as full of human feeling as any litigation which has been heard in the Supreme Court in a decade. The young claimant to the estate is represented by the law firm of Lightfoot and Tucker. Mr. Tucker being her legal guardian. The death on April 7, 1909 of William B. Williams at an advanced age was the signal for the appearance of a small army of children and friends all clamoring for a share in the Tor tune which the old colored man had hoarded during his Jong lifetime. Fertrude. Jackson., a left-handed daughter of the huckster, laid claim to the whole of the fortune by virtue of a will which she alleges Williams made in her favor three years before his death. (COULD NOT BE FOUND). Air examination of the huckleberry's effects immediately after his death failed to bring to light any sign of the will, and in the absence of any last testament the court appointed two curators of the estate, who were to ascertain its value and look into the rights of the nine claimants. In spite of the allegations in regard to the undiscovered will, Judge Grinman, after hearing the depositions of the various claimants, issued a degree declaring Mary P. Brown, legitimate daughter of William B. Williams, sole heir to the estate. The Jackson girls attorneys immediately noted an appeal, and this petition was granted yesterday. Since the other contestants were forced to admit the existence of a will at one time before Williams' death, there seems little room to question the fact that Gertrude Jack son was for a time at least the sole heir of Williams' estate under law. The missing will was the girl's lawyers' claim, was drawn in November, 1906 when the beneficary was seventeen years old, and bequeathed to her $11,000 in cash and ten of the fifteen houses which Williams owned. The document was drawn by H. M. Smith, Jr. RATHER COMPLICATED NOW. The disappearance of the will, without any explanation on the part of the testator, plunges the matter into a very complicated condition, even though the contestants admit the execution of the will. The other eight claimants base their case on the fact that, though they conceived the execution of the will, any will, known to have been executed and contenta which are proven, last traced to the possession of the testator and not found upon search at his death, is presumed in the eyes of the law to have been destroyed by him with the purpose of revoking it. On the other hand, in no very velled smanner, the lawyers for Gertrude Jackson hint that the will, the existence and contents of which were known by all the relatives, was found and destroyed by the disinherited relatives immediately after the death of the old man. It remains for the Supreme Court to determine, upon examination of all the evidence, whether the will was destroyed by the testator with the purpose of revoking it, or spirited away by those who were most likely to profit, by its disappearance. The original decree in the case, which is styled William B. William's curators vs. Margaret Hewlett et al., was issued by Judge Grinnan on February 10, 1912. The claimants who are fighting the validity of the will are Walker J. Williams, Margaret Hewlett, Ellen Ricker, Ellen Tailferro, Ida B. Jackson, Mary P. Brown and Coleman Williams, who is now in the State Penitentiary. (Times-Dispatch, April 24, 1912) Public Auction THURSDAY, MAY 2ND, 1912 at Six O'clock P. M. DESCRIPTION: We will offer for sale on the premises six (6) acres of land, all clear and two (2) acres in grass. The property is watered by a running stream, has about forty (40) fruit trees, a three room dwelling, stable, barn and other out houses and sheds. LOCATION: The property is situated about one mile west from Westhampton Lake, and fronts on Obeswick, Avenue, extended, near Ridge Road. Sale Positive. Terms reasonable and announced at sale. D. J. BRABFORD CO., Auctioneers *Rhode Island, Middletown, 1854* P. 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I think I owe it to my boyfriend to send them a copy in confidence so that any men anywhere who is weak and threatened with repugnance suffer may stop drumming himself with harmful potent medicines, secure what I believe is it a quiet-sitting vegetative, upbuilding, NPOT TOUCH ING. Remedy ever deviled and so cure himself at home quietly and quickly. Just drop a line like this: DR. A. H. BORRISON. $888 Lock Building, Detroit Mich., and I will send you a copy of the splendid recipe in a plain ordinary envelope, free of charge. A great many doctors would charge $3.00 to $5.00 for merely writing out a prescription like this—but I send it entirely free. Notice to Baptists. Salem, Va., March 26, 1912. To the Elders, Members and Dele- gates, composing the Va. Baptist State Convention, kindly take notice.— Those of us who expect to attend the 45th Annual Session of the Con- vention to be held with the Shiloh Baptist Church, Salem, Va. May 8- 13, 1912 will kindly, send notice to the Pastor, C. E. MILER, Lock Box 159. Do You Know Him? Columbia, Va., March 19. 1912. Mr. John Mitchell, Jr. Richmond, Va. My Dear Sir. I see published in your valuable paper the letter of Consul General Crum May 1, 1811 stating the death of William Richmond any trying to locate John Richmond. I wish to say that I had a brother by the name of William Richardson, born in Cumberland, Va. and reared in Columbia, Va. He went to Richmond, Va. and lived there many years. He left Richmond, Va. on the 8th of September, 1896 and I have not heard of him since. I could not tell if he was dead or alive. He had a scar on the right cheek and he had a scar under the right eye and one on the chin. All three of the scars are visible and will last him to the grave. He was about five feet ten inches and weighed about 175 or 180 pounds when I saw him last. I also send you the piece that I clipped from the paper or The PLANET. Please find him if you can, for me. Yours very truly, JOHN J. RICHARDSON, Address: Columbia, Fluvanna Co. Va. $150.00 Endowment Paid. This is to certify that I have received from - John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A. ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death claim of Brother Edward Griffin, who was a member of Orange Lodge, No. 150 of Orange, Va. Signed—Mrs. Mary E. Griffin. Beneficiary. Witnesses: Benjamin F. Bowler. Samuel Wharton. I. A. Jackson. ANNUAL REUNION, UNITED CON FEDERATE VETERANS, MACON, GA., MAY 7-8, 1912. Southern Railway Offers Very Reduced Pares for this Occasion, as follows: Round trip fare from Richmond, $11.00; Burkville, $11.15; Keysville, $10.25; Danville, $9.40; Martinsville, $9.45; South Boston, $10.25 Chatham, $9.60; West Point, $12.40; Chase City, $9.90. Proportionately low rates from other points. Tickets on sale, May 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th good returning to reach original starting point not later than midnight of May 15th, 1812. May be extended to June 5th, 1812, upon payment of fifty cents at time of deposit of ticket at Macon. Stoveovers allowed and interesting side trips have been planned from Macon. For further information, apply to nearest Southern Railway Ticket Agent, or address. R. E. BURGESS, D. P. A., Richmond, Va. VIRGINIA: In the Low and Bury Court of the City of Richmond, the 80th day of March, 1812. Hily Battle, Plaintiff against IN CHANCERY. Defendant. The object of this suit is to obtain from the defendant a divorce from his husband of marriage. An attorney having both made and filed in this suit that the second suit, Virginia Battle, is a lien resident of the State of Virginia, the lien required to appear here within seven days after publication beyond and do what is necessary to prevent her interest in claim. Tender: P. P. WESTON, Clerk GILLS B. JACKSON, P. C. 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New The National Religious Tra School and Chautauqua Extends a Cordial Greeting to the Ministers of all Dames to be the Guests of the School for One Week, beginning 1912 and closing July 18, 1912, for the purpose of discussing and kindred Questions: What is the moral condition of the people of your country is crime on the increase? If not, what is the cause of it? What is the sanitary condition? What effort, if any, made to improve the sanitary conditions? Is the death rate increasing? To what extent do you operate with the Civic Improvement Leagues? Has settlement work been conducted to any extent community, and with what results? What has been the Temperature Organizations, and have you so operated with To what extent has the work of the Y. M. C. A. and A. been effective in your community? Do you approve What is the general fitness of the city and country school What has been the attitude of the day school teach the Church and Sunday School? What is the real condition of your people? Revivals, how conducted? Rev. Dr. Jesse L. Hurlbut and Rev. Dr. W. Y. Chapman in charge of the expoiliary features during Conference w. Ministers who intend attending this Conference should known at an early date, addressing the President National Training School, Durham, N. C., so that reservation can for them. There will be no charge while in attendance Conference. The Summer School and Chautauqua of the National Training School will open July 3, 1912, and continue weeks. The most complete and up-to-date Summer School Colored Race in the United States. For particulars a address President JAMES E. SHEYARD, Durham, N. C. to the Ministers of all Denominations School for One Week, beginning July 6, 1912, for the purpose of discussing the doe: on of the people of your community? not, what is the cause of its reduction? tion? What effort, if any, has been conditions? to What extent do you comment Leagues? on conducted to any extent in your results? What has been the effect and have you co-operated with them? work of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. community? Do you approve them? the city and country school teacher? role of the day school teacher towards school? What is the real religiousivals, how conducted? and Rev. Dr. W. Y. Chapman will be lectures during Conference week. Alling this Conference should make it sing the President National Religious... so that reservation can be made charge while in attendance upon the hauautaque of the National Religious July 3, 1912, and continue for six up-to-date Summer School for the States. For particulars and terms, HETARD, Durham, N. C. Extends a Corridal Greeting to the Ministers of all Denominations to be the Guests of the School for One Week, beginning July 6, 1912 and closing July 13, 1912, for the purpose of discussing the following and kindred Questions: What is the moral condition of the people of your community? Is crime on the increase? If not, what is the cause of its reduction? What is the sanitary condition? What effort, if any, has been made to improve the sanitary conditions? Is the death rate increasing? To what extent do you cooperate with the Civic Improvement Leagues? Has settlement work been conducted to any extent in your community, and with what results? What has been the effect of the Temperance Organizations, and have you so operated with them? To what extent has the work of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. been effective in your community? Do you approve them? What is the general fitness of the city and country school teacher? What has been the attitude of the day school teacher towards the Church and Sunday School? What is the real religious condition of your people? Revivals, how conducted? Rev. Dr. Jesse L. Hurlbut and Rev. Dr. W. Y. Chapman will be in charge of the expository features during Conference week. All Ministers who intend attending this Conference should make it known at an early date, addressing the President National Religious Training School, Durham, N. C., so that reservation can be made for them. There will be no charge while in attendance upon the Conference. The Summer School and Chautauqua of the National Religious Training School will open July 3, 1912, and continue for six weeks. The most complete and up-to-date Summer School for the Colored Race in the United States. For particulars and terms, address President JAMES E. SHEYARD, Durham, N. C. WANTED—A good religious lady with a fair education to look after my wife and do the cooking. No objection to one with a family. Address, REV. C. THOMPSON. Rondeau, Ontario, Canada. BROWN'S SUBDIVISION. 5 Minutes Walk From Our Laundry. Own your own home and stop paying rent. I have 42 beautiful lots, located at the head of 299th street, $100 each to be sold on easy terms, $5.00 cash, 50 cents per week, no taxes, no interest. After the lot is paid for we will build you a home. You pay for name in rent until house is paid for. For further particulars call and see M. BROWN, 820 R. MAIN STREET. Second Door front. A. Hayes, Office and Ware-Room, 187 NORTH SECOND STREET. Residence, 735 N. Snd N. Fitchburg North and Quarter of All Descriptions. I have a Spare Respectfully, MARY POWELL, By Council, J. HENRY CRUTCHFIELD, p. 6 Oiling: 1315 R. Breed Street Richmond, Virginia. will you answer any of the our Alk. please describe THE PLANET. HAT HAIR PARLORS. --- VIRGINIA: In the Law and Equity Court, City of Richmond this 2nd day of April, 1912. The object of this suit is to obtain a Divorce, a Vinculo Matrimonii by the plaintiff against the defendant. And an affidavit having been made, and that died due diligence has been used by and on behalf of the plain tiff to maintain in what County or Corporation the defendant Jeff Powell is without effect, and that she does not know his whereabouts: it is ordered that the said Jeff Powell appear here within fifteen days after the due publication of this order and do what may be necessary to protect his interest herein. A Copy. Teste: P. P. WINSTON, Clerk To Jeff Powell: You'll take notice that I shall on the 29th day of May, 1912 at the office of B. B. Shield, room No. 709 Travelers Insurance Building, situated on North side of Main street, between (11) Eleventh and (12) Twelfth streets in the City of Richmond, Virginia, between the hours of 9 o'clock A. M. and 6 o'clock P. M. of that day proceed to take the deposits of witnesses to be read as well dance in my behalf in a certain suit depending in Chancery in the Law and Equity Court for the City of Richmond, Virginia wherein you are defendant and I am plaintiff, and if from any case the taking of the said depositions be not commenced on that day, or if commenced be not concluded on that day, the taking of the same will be adjourned and can be terminated from day to day or from time to time at the same place and be twined the same hours until the main hall have been concluded.