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.WEDNESDAY, «MARCH C, 1902.

AN UNFAIR CONTEMPORARY.We should enjoy our discussion with

the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot very mucnmore if our Norfolk contemporary wouldbe fairer in dealing with The Tlm«es.Recently the Virginian-Pilot charged TheTimes with having quoted a defunct law,and then when it discovered its mislaÄb,.inn end of making a frank acknowl¬edgement, beat around the bush avid: In¬sisted to the last that its étalement was10 all intents and purposes correct.More recently it has thoroughly dis¬

torted an article which appeared in thesecolumns in comment tho suit in the nameof the United States Government againstthe Js'orthern Security Ccmpany. It re¬produces a short extract of the articleand adds this comment:We confess our inability to see any ab¬

surdity in ihe attempt of the Attorney-General to enforce a law that he believesis being violated- XVe do not see how,under his oath of office, he cocld dop.nythlng else.Nor do we perceive anything alarming

in the suggestion that to bo consistentthe President will have to order the At-tcmey-General to proceed against ,othcrmergers, if this ono should be declaredin violation of tho Sherman anti-trustlaw. It woujiì be his ,>lain duty to doso and would be ihe most distinguished¦servi«·""« to the American people andAmerican industries that the Presidentis likely to have an opportunity to per-iorm during bis terra of ofjice.It does seem to us "absurd on its face"

to arraign the President and Attorney-General for attempt to enforce a lawthat, not merely tho latter, but manyother of the abiest lawyers of the coun¬try, hold has been violated by the North¬ern Securities Company, and which someoí the lawyers, who drew the charter, ad¬mitted they were doubtful about. ThcTimes' argument seems to us about asreasonable as it would have been iorsome humanitarian to get up and shout,."What: Hang Joe Higginbotham? Thenwo ^haIl havo to hang all other crimi¬nals who violate the law in a. similar.way." To lïe sure. Violation of tholaw is violation of it, and the argumentof The "Times" rests upon precisely thotame foundation as the opposition to-theCorporation Commission.that the indi¬vidual must olM?y the law, but the cor¬poration is above it.that the rights ofproperty are more sacred than the rightto ilfe and liberty'Away with such doelriuc! It is direct¬

ly subversive of republican institutionsand is thc most effective evangel of so¬cialism and anarchism. , r

The natural inference of the Vjrginian-rilot's readers is that The Tlm(*s has

.made an attack upon President Roose¬velt and the Attorney-General for at¬tempting to enforce the. laws of the Uni¬ted States. Readers of Tlic Times know,however, that this paper has always stoodfor the rigid enforcement of all laws. Inpoint of fact, the article in The Timesirom which tho Virginian-Pilot quoteswas in criticism.' net of the President,hut of tho Sherman anti-trust law, andwas so headed. True, we said that thewhole procedure seemed to us to be ab-stird on its face, but**we had previouslyexplained that we did not understandhow in law any man who had purchaseda share of stock could be compelled toreturn it to the person from whom he hadbought, nor how one who had sold aEhare could bo compelled to take it back.That was ihe absurdity to which TheTimee alluded. We never once said thatJt was absurd or improper for the Pres¬ident of the United States to enrorce thelaw.As already stated, the article from

wldch the Virginian-Pilot quotes wasdesigned to show how rolschievious thisSherman anti-trust law would be if it"were rigidly enforce}!*. "Tho Times islie pessimist.*' we said In conclusion,"and we do not mean to say that anySuch disaster as we have above describedJs probable. But we do say that the*"?hcrm:..n anti-trust law is to-day a5nenace to tho enterprise and prosperity*Sf the United States." And we addedthis paragraph: "It seems to us thatherein is food for thought for tho mem¬bers of the Constitutional Convention."But, however that may be, the Sher¬

man law is the law of the land, and itis the duty of the President of the Uni¬ted States to s«2e that the laws are execut¬ed and that they are not violated. Ifihe President believes that thc NorthernSecurities Company, or any other com-pany in the Unit«*! States, is existing Inviolation of this lnw, or any other lawnow in force, of bourse, it is his duty toproceed against any and all such corpora-lions.We have not condemned tho President

ior proceeding against a corporationwhich ho believes to bo illegal. Ourcriticism, we repeat, was of the law,against such organizations which we be-lievo to be useless and mischievous. Theworst that wc have said of the Presi¬dent's act was that it was unnecessarilysudden an»l· spectacular. But that Is thePresident's way.

MR. BRYAN'S INTOLERANCE.Recently tho Nashville American quot¬

ed with approval that portion of Mr. Wil¬liam J. Bryan's speech in Boston inwhich he commended moral courage andpraised Senator Hoar's action in oppos¬ing Imperialism. The American employ¬ed this sentiment as a text for an article,in which it rebuked critics of those Dem¬ocratic papers which left the Democraticparty In 1S9S and in 1900 because of theiropposition to free silver and Bryanism.The American added that this had beenMr, Bryan's position on the subject foryears.Mr. Bryan, in his Commoner, quotes

tho American's comments lu part and«aye that it is true that ho ha« held,«nd sill! holds, that it is the duty of every¦»««ft to ? e"-»*·*-·-, bin pOCXMsUfiMfm. ¦""**, »Hat

h« ha.·»· nevcr-critlclscd those who loftthe. Democratic party ""«cans© .of theirconvictions, tout adds that ho makcti adistinction between those who followedtiteir convictions and those "who were tm-"*ler the secret control of corporate« in¬terests and who spoke not as theythought, but «is Shey were commandedIf Mr. Bryan hns ever said-in any or

his speeches or newspaper articles on thissubject that there were any Gold Dem¬ocrat«! who left the-party In ISOGfromconviction, we·havo failed to notf* thopanic. Ills-denunciation has been sweep¬ing and he has treated- all Gold Demo¬crats as traitors. But «re have neverheard from him-a word-in-criticism ofthose Democrats who followed' him agalpsttheir convictions, and wo all know thatthere wero such. He has no patiencewhatever with Democratic newspaperswhich refused to preach tho doctrine orfree silver, but ho has never denounced,nor even mildly rebuked, those Demo-"ci-àtic newspapers which advocated freosilver in IK'S against the convictions oítheir editors. In that campaign Mr.Bryan assumed always and upon all oc¬casions that Gold· Democrats were insin¬cere and self-seeking, while Silver Dem¬ocrats were always honest in their con¬victions and .self-sacrificing and had. nothought except thc public good. Ho wasas intolerant of Gold Democrats as aprohibitionist of a liquor-dealer. Yet,there are those who seem to think itstrange that Gold Democrats do not lovehim.

DiVtkSIFlED FAK.ViINQ.The correspondent of tho Charleston

Courier reports that Mr. J. E. Ellerbe,a farmer of that State, sold about COObushels of peas, receiving a check for"»584 for the car-load, and' has about ».Hibushels still in stock. This crop aloneis worth in money about SS-00.Mr. Ellerbo made ten bushels of peas

to the acre on So acres, in addition toabout fifteen bushels of corn to tho acreon same tract. So that each acre in cornand peas will bring him something morethan $25. He himself says tha.t he willrealizo more money from his corn, pca3tobacco and hogs and hay than from biscotton crop. Besides all this, ho sayshe has enough supplies on hand to runthe farm this year.

# This is good, business-like farming.There was a time when farmers of theSouth could afford to put all their landsin cotton and purchase their supplies.But that day is past. Cotton can now*»e produced for seven and eight centsper pound, leaving a fair margin of profitto the «producer, and it is not probablethat the price will bo higher except Inyears when the crop is unusually small.Therefore, the farmers cannot afford todevote all their energies to this one cropanil purchase their household suppliesfrom the outside. Moreover, diversifiedfarming gives the farmer a chance to hitwith one crop when he misses with ano¬ther.The old maxim about putting all one's

eggs into one basket is a maxim of thefarm, and farmers, of all others, shouldtake it to heart.

ATR.L ? rO l r. OU IISome time ag3 a young woman In

Brooklyn, N. "ST., addr«?ssed a polite noteto the editor of 'The Tunes, explainingtbat there was soon to bo a debate in nerschool on the question whether or notI resident Roosevelt was justifiable in in-l'ting a negro to dine with him Shesaid that she was assigned to the nega¬tive side of the question, and that thea« guments seemed to be against her. Shelequested, therefore, that The Timesvonld give lier the Southern view.Her request was complied with. The

argument which The Times had employedIn this connection was summed up andsent to the young orator in Brooklynand the incident was forgotten untilthe other day.a note was received1 fromher, in which she said: "The subjectwas rather a difficult cne for our sidetc work up, as most of tho Northern pa¬pers approved the act. However, withthe points you gavo us, together with, afew wo had, we were enabled to carryout tho argument with the result of vic¬tory for our side. Despite the fact thatthe aiflrmative. -was wery strong, the.judges decided in our favor.''The Southern view is absolutely unan¬

swerable.

The Panama Canal scheme has re¬ceived a set-bacìi. The subcommittee ofthe Senate Committee on IntcroccanicCanals appointed to determine the legalstatus of the Panama Company's titleand whether it couid be satisfactorilytransferred, to the United States has de¬cided to report that the legal complica¬tions in which the Panama property isinvolved are such as to preelude a cleartitle. AVe have never believed that therewas anything in thc Panama scheme ex¬cept delay.

The Senate Committee on Finance hasunanimously recommended that the sal¬ary of the surgeon to the penitentiarybo increased from $720 to $1,000 a year.That is eminently right. The surgeon'sservices are richly worth that sum.

tUkKl.NI lOPlcS.

A iVicnutnent to «Maury.Over in Franco they are talking of an

international memorial* to LieutenantMaury. Before a distinguished audienceat the Sorbonne, in Paris, Professor Ber-geret made the propesa!, and a committeehas been named to carry it out. This isa bit odd. Lieutenant Maury was anAmerican. So far as we are aware, noone has ever proposed a monument to.him over here. He seems to havo beenrather effectually forgotten. Part of thisno doubt is due to the fact that Lieu¬tenant Maury was a Virginian, and whenthe war broke out, forsook tho service ofthe nation to go with his State into "theLost Cause." When the lighting hadended, feeling still ran too high to takeback into the service a man who waslooked upon by the North as a traitor,even though he may have done, as Maurydid, a great work. Nowadays we maylook upon his act with a kindlier eye.Perhaps we may not pffer his memory acarven imag-e, for America has not muchof a habit of putting up statues to menof science. Still we may have a friendlyfeeling for France that she should thinkof honoring thus one of our people, allthe mow perhaps because we. do not seem

j to think very often of "empedcstallingFrench men. such as Pasteur, for exam¬ple, who have done something; for man¬kind. iSauiMuajit Maury'8 charts. Pro-

fiosso? Bergeret remarked, cut ocean dis¬tances in two. He,showed that by fol¬lowing the winds, rather than makingstraight for the objective port, sailing'craft could go across the Atlantic or toRio ' Janeiro.anywhere, in fact.In halfthe time, even thougH th«y. might sailan immensely greater distance. ProfessorBergeret point*3d out that steam vesselshave not driven out the whitc-wlhgs, asit was expected they would, and five andsix-maütod schooners are being builtright along. "For this he gave the largercredit to the American pioneer. The sav¬ing in tho cost of ocean transportation,duo to tiie use or the Maury charts,was set down at three hundred millionsof francs a year. -Lieutenant Maury hasbeen daad a quarter of a century. Sup¬posing American trade has benefited bya nith part of the sum Professor Ber-geret names, and that one per cent, cfthis annual saving to the Unitt»d Stateshad been set aside each year sinceJlaury's death, that even would havosufficed to raise him a three or four mil¬lion dollar memorial..Harper's Weekly.

Predicament of a Corpse.It remains for "Buz Fuz.1' our esteemed

Pclham correspondent, to send in themost astounding item of the month. Wchad always put confidence in this man"Buz Fuz." His name is suggestive ofgreat things. Somehow when w'e firsttook charge of this paper our eye fellon the name of "Buz Fuz," and we felta longing desire to meit him and shakehis hand. Afterwards we did have thispleasure, aud now he has proven thatour estimate of his genius is not off theline. "Buz" writes that: "An old coloredman named Henry Womack. living onMr! J. A. Swann's land, after sufferingfor three years with heart disease, diedWednesday, a week from yesterday.'The announcement of this news wassomewhat of a surprise, and we felt atonce a growing sympathy for Henry,whese heart had undergone such a sea¬son of depression, but wc arc not pre¬pared for the finale of his news letter. Itcontinues:"His family could not prevent him from

climbing a small' tree, after a distinctimprovement in his condition was notedon the day of his death. He had refusedto go three feot from the ground beforethis. He insisted on topping the tree, andwith this in view stuck iron spikes inthe trunk to aid his climb. At the forkof the tree, fifteen feet from tho ground,ho stopped and died, and it took six mento get his remains out this embarrassingsituation.*'.Danville Free Press.

PERSONAL AND SIf1 AL.Mr. Carl Schurz on Monday celebrated

his seventy-third birthday at his home.*

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Judge."Have you formed any preju¬dice against the prisoner?" J(uryman."1 have seen some newspaper pictures ofhim." Judge."You are excuscri.".NewYork Weekly.

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It is a little curious to find so many ofthe old-time negro minstrels passingaway together. AVilliam West led themelancholy procession less than twoweeks ago. and since then Emerson andWilliam Rice have followed, and .NielBryant, another veteran, hovers betweenlife and death..Baltimore News

Ejdith."What on earth made you breakoff the engagement? I thought you wereawfully in love with him." Madge."Iwas. but Rover couldn't bear him.".Brooklyn Life.

'Maine has two citizens who voted forAndrew Jackson in 1832.XV. H. Chisham,of Augusta, and Captain Joshua Moui¬ton, of Scarboro.

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"My!" exclaimed the good-naturedhousekeeper a3 she watched WearyWragglee devour the food, "you cer¬tainly do act as if you were hungry.""Act?"' he crick!', between bites. "Geewhizz, lady, don't you know de differencebetween actin' an' de real fing?".Phila¬delphia Press.

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Anton Van Rueden, ono oÇ the wealthi¬est farmers in the vicinity of Nokomls,111., will go to St. Louis to-morrow togreet Prince Henry. Air. Van Ruedenwas a soldier in King Willielm's armyand. was ono of the artillerymei; wholined the 101 salutes at the birth of PrinceIbwry in 1SG2. As near as can be as¬certained Mr. Van Rueden is the onlyone living in this country that claims thisdistinction.

AFTERMATH.NORWOOD, PA. March 1..The cham¬

pion glass-blower of the East is MissAnna J. Agnew, of Norwood, who isemployed in Glenolden. She is only ISyears old and is pretty and vivaciousIvliss Agnew is an expert in makingantitoxin bulbs, screw and goose necks,and can blow 1,000 of each as ? day'swork, tíhe is also skillful in fancy glassblowing.Miss Agnew says the work does not

affect her lungs or her general hcyxlth.She declares that during the past.twoyears her lungs have become stronger,and that she has "irx-reased in weightfrom 110 to 130 pounds since taking upmen's work.".Philadelphia Record.

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Tutcher.You haven's a live dollar billabout ,you, have you?Kintcher.Yes, I have. How did you

guess it?Tutcher.I just thought you might

have.Klutcher.I just got it this morning

Hero it is: "J. Klutcher to A. Taylor,Dr., to trousers, ?5.".Philadelphia, Press.

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A man who was bicycling in SouthernFranco was pushing his machine up astep mill when he avertook a peasantwith ii donkey cart. The patient beastwas making but little progress, althoughit wt.is doing its best, Tho benevolentcyclist, putting his left hand against theback of the cart and guiding his ma¬chine with the other huiul, pushed sohard that the donkey, taking freslicourage, pulled his load successfully upto the top.' When the summit wasreached the peasant burst into thanksto his benefactor. "It wivts good ot" you,indeed, monsieur!" he protested. "Ishould never in the world have got upthe hill with only one donkey.".Youth'sCompanion.

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The Interior Department has tinderconsideration tho advisability of startinga new herd of buffalo "in the YellowstoneNational Park by buying some andcatching all the young buffalo that canbe found and placing them in the res¬ervation. Tweñty-two of these animalsarc now located near the head of Peli¬can Creek. The Controller of the Treas¬ury will pay the expenses involved, es¬pecially from hotel leases, transportationand other privileges.

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Fuddy.Did you hear the latest scan¬dai down our way?Duddy-No. AVhat was it.something

rich?Fuddy.Decidedly. The cook at the

Dudleys Caught Mr. Dudley kissing hiswife..Boston Transcript.

"Civil Service.A civil "service examination will be held'

in the United States Circuit Court roomon Thursday, March 6th, for the positionof messenger In thc Weather Bureau inthis city. The examination is restrictedto applicants residing hi Richmond.

ITALLDEPENDSONTHE POINT OF VIEW

Very Mild Form of Slavery That!ii Philippines.

HYPOCRISY IN HIGH PLACES

Party That Held Slavery a Crime ia theUnited Males Condones it ia

t b · PhilippineArchipelajo,

(Bj Associated Press.)WASHINGTON, D. C, March «L.The

extent cf slavery in the Philippines wasdiscussed by Governor Taft before theiHouse Insular Committee to-day. In re¬sponse to questions by members, he saidslavery was confined to the southern Mo¬ro Islands. The investigation made byGovernor Taft and his associates hadbrought out that the slaves Includedmon, women and children, who wen»slaves for debt, according to the state¬ments made by tho datos. The slavescould buy their liberty, but until this wasdone tho condition ran from generationto generation. The slaves were membersof the family and the relation was com¬paratively mild, if it was possible to con¬sider any form of slavery as mild.Governor Taft said Dato Mandi had al¬

ready abolished slavery by decree. Howeffective this was could not be stated."It indicates," said Governor Tait, "how

willing they are to consider our desiresand tho possibilities of eradicating thesystem."

¡DON'T RECOGNIZE IT.The civil authorities had never recog¬

nized, slavery in any way, he said, andthe military had always released slaves.But the slaves did not understand theadvantage of liberty, and Governor Taftsaid if we attempted to end slavery byforce we would probably find tho slavesturning their guns against us. The inilu-encc of the United States was, however,growing stronger and stronger for theeradication of slavery. Although ourwishes had been made known, yet nei¬ther tho civil or militan- authorities hadsaid slavery must cease or war would bemade.Representative Patterson, of Tennessee,

asked the number of slaves. GovernorTaft replied that he and his associateshad sought to learn t««e number with theidea that we might buy-them and avertan effort by force, but on learning thisthe natives all presented themselves asslaves. The «jovernor estimated about«.^o.rr,.-rt.i« of ? ··**¦ Southern people asslaves, or from 200.000 to 300,000 in a popu¬lation of 1.000,000 to 1,000 000.

THICK AS BLACKBERRIES.,When asked how many Sultans there

were. Governor Taft answered that Sul¬tans and D-'tos were as numerous as ba¬rons In Germany, or justices of the peacein the United St«ates.In reply to a question by Mr. Patter¬

son, Governor Taft stated that thc slaveswere punished by their masters andwhipping was not unknown to them, al¬though there was little severity. Thcslaves were subject to sale, but he didnot know of any separating of mothersfrom their children.Representative Siblcy, of Pennsylvania,

asked at what annual charge on theUnited Slates would be for thc mainte¬nance Of the Philipincs.Governor Taft declared" that there was

no reason why the United States shouldbe called upon to pay anything towardthe expense of the insular government ex¬cept for m'litary operations. There wasnow "5,000.000 in gold" on hand and only?L",000,OOö debt in sight.

AMUSEMENTS.One of the artists who has been se¬

cured by the Wednesday Club for itsseries of concerts is Madame CharlotteMaconda, who will soon be heard in thiscity. Madame Maconda is knownthroughout the country as ono of theforemost sopranos, anil1 her coming tothis city therefore will bo a musicalevent which will bo looked forward towith great anticipation by music-loversof tho city. Other artists who will· ap¬pear before the AVednesday Club willbe announced in a short while.

One of thc best expositions of the ex¬cellence of scenic art and the high stand¬ard established in dramatic productionsin recent years is Frank McKee's newRevolutionary play. "Janice Meredith,"in. which he will present his new star,Mannering, in this city for thc first timeat the Academy on Saturday afternoonolid night. There are four""great scenes.This play treats cf a most eventful timein the history of this country, and isespecially attractive to every theatre¬goer.

Mr. White's Record.Mr. C. XV, AVhite, who took a prominent

part in thc American Telegraphers-tournament in Atlanta Saturday night,in addition to his record of 5C.J words inthe ton-minute straight sending contestfor the Carnegie $100 diamond« studdedmedal, only being beaten by McClintic,of Dallas, Texas, by fourteen words, es¬tablished a' message-sending record orfifty and a half messages in thirty min¬utes. The best record made in formertournaments was fifty messages in thir¬ty-two minutes and seventeen seconds.Four experts attempted to copy them, butonly one succeeded in receiving them all,Mr. IT. V. Emanuel, of Philadelphia, whohas the reputation of being ono of thofinest operators in America. The gentle¬man receiving the second prize lost fourmessages out of fifty. This event createdgreafe enthusiasm, and did not take placeuntil 3 o'clock Sunday morning.Mr. AVhite has long been connected

with the AVestern Union Company inRichmond and is one of the most expertof the "senders" in the country.

A BREATHING SPELL.

If. the consumptive couldonly keep from getting worseit Avould be some encourage¬ment.

Scott's Emulsion át leastgives tired nature a breathingspell. The nourishment andstrength obtained from Scott'sEmulsion are a great relief tothe exhausted system.

This treatment alone oftenenables the consumptÍA*e togather force enough to throwoff the disease altogether.

Scott's" Emulsion bringsstrength to the lungs and fleshto the body.

Send Ior Free Sample.SCOTT & BOWNE. Chemists, 409 Psad St, N. Y.

and 11:30 A.M. and 2:30 and 4.30 P. M.

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SPECIAL MIDWINTER PRICES ONreupholstering and making over ParlerSuites. Couches. Odd Chairs. Hair Mat¬tresses, etc.. at JÜRGENS* FURNI¬TURE STORE. 419-21 E. Broad Street.Address postal or 'phone to store or fac¬tory, 107-9-11-13 N. Eighth Street, andour foreman will call on you with a newup-to-dato lino of samples. No chars*for estimates and no hard feelings i"we don't get the work.but we usuallydo._

WAUTED.-KALE HELP.

WA^tIsdTaBOUT20 GOOD COAL MIN«.ERS to work on tonnage, coal about «1feet 6 inches thick; no trouble or strike,regular work. Two boarding-house3 an«!private houses for famlies. Also 2 goodMEN to run Harrison's Coal PunchingMachines, piece work. For further par¬ticulars, apply SUPERINTENDENT,Chatham Coal and Iron Co.. Cumnock,N. C.

WANTED. TWO RELIABLE YOUNGMEN for Alleghany Hotel. Goshen. Vs.One who understands book-keeping,double entry*, and one for night clerk.Must have good reference and some ex¬perience at hotel work. Address F. H.BROCKENBROUGH. Lexington, Va.

WANTED.A MAN THAT UNDER-stands handling furniture, competentto take charge of shipping departmentfor furniture store. Address with ref¬erences FURNITURE, care Leader Of¬fice

AVANTED. BUNCH BREAKERS ANDCHEROOT ROLLERS; girls preferred.Address AV. AV. CRENSHAW, CherootFactory. Chase City. Va.

AVAKTED. RESPONSIBLE PHILADEL-phfa firm wants office manager atRichmond; salary. S1.S0O yearly; $700cash and satisfactory references re¬quired; commercial references furnished;position permanent. Address g-atargifBox 2S1, Philadelphia, Pa.

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WANTED. THOROUGHLY RELIABLElady canvassers for high-grade BakingPowder. Those with experience pre¬ferred. Address P. O. Box 4 ?d.

WANTEDAT ONCE.EXPERI¬ENCED CAN LABEL¬ERS. 1100 E. CARY ST.

A>roSE""""""TS.

PCr'JIAB ???G? THE PEOPLE.

ALL« THIS WEEK,

The Musical Comedy,

A TRIP TO BUFFALOCrisp. Merry. Sparkling. Original.

No Advance In Prices.

MISS MARIA BLAIR AVILL GIVE HERpopular lecture». "The Seven Great Pic¬tures of the AVorld," In the hall ot tiioWoman's Christian Association, 709-7UEast Franklin Street, on THURSDAY,March the 6th. at 4:'·? P. M. Thc lectu.r«jwill bo given under tho auspices of Cir¬cle No. «">. of Grace-Streej. PresbyterianChurch. Mrs. AValter D. Burfoot, chair¬man. Admission. 25 cents.

HEAVY HATrtlSG.

NOTICE..TO THE PUBLIC: THIS 13to call your attention to tha superiorquality of our JEFFERSON SPRINGAVHEAT FLOUR. This Flour we guar¬antee to make thirty pounds more breadto tho barrel and better bread than anyspring wheat ilour on the market; soldin 12U-pound bags. 29c: barrel, at "-'.t*·).Try it and you will use no other, S«ULL.YIAN'S SON, three stores.

BROOMS.2S DOZEN 2- 3- 4- AND 5-String BROOMS to be sold at auctionat the VALENTNË AUCTION CO'Swareroom. No. 612 East Broad Street.TO-MORROW (AVednesday) MORNINGMarch d, 1902, at 10."JO o'clock.

Richmond. \"a.. March 4. 1902.HAVING QUALIFIED AS EXECUTORon the estate of HENRY C. ALLEN,deceased. I hereby request all personahaving bills against his estate to pre¬sent the same to me for payment andall persons indebted to tils estate tesettle with me. Respectfully.

WINTHROP D. CRENSHAW.Executor, No. 916 East Main Street.

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VOTE FOR

A. L. PHILLIPS,FOR COUNCIL FROM CLAY WARD.

Subject to Democratic Primary.MEETINGS.

Richmond. A'a.. March 1. 1902.THE ANNUAL MEETING OF TH«Stockholders of the Tredegar Companywill be held on the 13th INSTANT at Uit. at their office in the city of Rich«mond, \ra.

J. R. J. ANDERSON.Secretary.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THIÏBOARD OF MANAGERS of the Retrealfor the Sick will be held THURSDAY,March 13th. at 11 ?. M.. for the electionof a president and other officers. Mrs.A. F. R-????. Acting President.

SPECÍALHOTI-ci:!HAUL EATERY-IKING ? * STORE ???-thing! INDEPENDENT TRANSFERCOMPANY. Both 'phones.

LOST AND FOUND.

LOST.SUNDAY NIGHT, MARCH 2D,on Adams Street or on Main, betweenAdams and Sixth Street, a lover's knolBREAST PIN. Finder will return samato No. 214 South Sixth Street and getreward.

STRAYED OR STOLEN.FROM MYfarm in Powhatan. near Ctayville, on*white and liver-colored pointer PU I'(female). Answers to the name ot"Cleo." Five dollars reward if returnedto V. J. CLEMENTS. Clayville, Va.

LOST.IN OR NEAR MURPHY'S HO¬TEL, one lady's gold hunting-casoWATCK with initials E. L. M. on oneside and "A. L. C." on the other, andenameled gold and blue Pin. Finderwill be rewarded if left at MURPHY'SHOTEL OFFICE.

moved into a delightful new flat yester¬day at No. 314 South Third Street.

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Mrs. James Evans, of Florence, S. C,visiting her daughter, Mrs. Henry Reitz,U this City.

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Hfcse Dorothea B. Lee, who spent Sun¬day in AVide AVater, Va., has returnedto the city.

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Mrs. Polk Miller and Misses Maude andVirginia Lee Miller are the guests oCMrs. XV. Withers Miller, at No. 2 NorthFirst Street.

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Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Nelson and MissAlma E. Nelson, of New York, who havebeen traveling in the South and visit¬ing friends in this city, returned to theirhome. ¦*.

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Mr. R- T. Pierce, of Lancaster, whehas been visiting his daughter, Mrs. W,Meade Clark, has returned to his home.

Hold Called Mtciing.There will be a called meeting of th*

Ladies* Auxiliary of tho Railroad Y. At.C A. at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon.