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jo TH1 fJirlc |Twf> This beautiful W v?irib rree. Goid watch with standard movements together with Watch I'in Riven away ahso^nESB^^ lutcly Free for a few hours of your time. Send us 4<*>c for a sample of our latest Household Novelty to take orders with Send us in tho ordct s you take and the Watch and l'lu are yours. Address. PROVIDENT NOVELTY CO., No. 121 Mt. Hojje PI., NEW YORK, N. Y., BRONX. I riTIZ n M. ^T?7 I Vll I DM1>1Y of Richmond, Va. W. H. PALaMER, President. E. B. ADDISON, Vice-President. J. W. SINTON. Cashier. Capital - - $ 400,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits - 175,000.00 Directors: E. B. Addison, A. L. Holladav, Jas. H. Anderson, Wm- JoBiah L**1"9. T XT D A Wm. H. Palmer, James N. Boyd, g w Truym LUburn T. Myera, r b. Valentine. S. H. Haves, Edwin A. Palmer. Accounts of Bianks, Bankers and Individuals solicited. Via Bristol ?AND THE? Norfolk 6 Western Railway The Short Line Between NEW ORLEANS, BIRMINGHAM. MFM. PHI8, CHATTANOOGA, KNOXVILLE ?AND? WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK. Solid Train Service Dining Car. ill Information cheerfully furnished. WARREN L. ROHft, Western Passenger Agent, Chattanooga, Tenn. W. B. BEVILL, General Passenger Agent, Roanoke, Va. n. a. xiurdle Wm. F. Haxdle Rob: T. Hardie Kben Hardie Wm. T. Hardie & fn. COTTON FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. M3 Gravier Street, cor. Dryades, NEW ORLEANS, LA. SUMMER SCHOOL OF THE SOUTH. Knoxville, Tenn. Eighth Session?June 22 to July 30. 1 irnAct D.?? e.. e-1 *- - ... v>a. UMU uvoi UUIIIUICI otnuui ror Teachers. Faculty of 1Q0 experts; 200 courses lu groups and cycles of two, three and four years. 60 public lectures and music recitals. No charge except $10 registration fee. Reduced rates on all Southern railroads. For announcement, address P.P.CLAXTON.Supt. Mf. ^ E PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOU Secular News No More Revolutions With United States Arms: No more will cheap revolutions in neighboring countries be encouraged by the easy manner in which ii has been possible to purchase the old arms of the United States. Orders have been issued at the war department to Stori sol line thorn It hat Iwon ? /????*? ? at various times that revolutionists in Central and South America obtain arms from the United States. It remained, however, for the police of Chicago to complain that the sale of the old Springfield rifles, recently discarded, was causing trouble for them. That complaint was followed by an order against the sale of the remaining 9,000 rifles by auction. These rifles may be sold to patriotic organizations only. F. Marion Crawford L .d: The funeral of F. M rlon Crawford, ihe American novelist, who died April 9, took place on April 12, in Italy. The ceremony was exceedingly simple. The little town of Saint Agnello, was filled with well-known persons from Rome, Naples, Capri, Sorrento and Florence, who had come to pay a last loving tribute to the memory of the author. The public buildings of Sorrento as well as many private houses, displayed flags at half mast. Against Electrification of the Railroads: Railroad operatives of Chicago and the state generally, are on the warpath against the proposed electrification of railroad terminals. They intend to send a delegation to Springfield to protest against the senate bill providing for electrification of all terminals in Illinois. Their objection to electrification is based on the alleged increased danger to switchmen, track men and other operatives. Fined for Rebating: The verdict of the United States Circuit Court for the Southern district of New York imposing a fine of $108,000 upon the New York Cenf ra] RnilrnnH f'nmnonw *1-*^ ?!?#???? vyvrw.i/w.l Y VII UIC 11 CI I 5C UL grunting rebates to the American Sugar Company has been affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States. The case of the United States vs. the New York Central Ac Hudson Railroad Company, involving the question whether a railroad company, which is a party to a rebate transaction, but was not the initiatory road, can be criminally prosecuted for a violation of the Elkins antitrust law, was decided by the court against the company. The New York Central was indicted in connection with a number of other companies, including the Missouri Pacific, cn the charge of granting rebates in 1903 to the Brooklyn Cooperage Company, for material shipped iK'iu i-uyLijcii uiuu, la., 10 urooKiyn, IN. Y. It was shown that all the railroads cone.erued in the the shipment had a joint tariff of thirty-five cents a hundred on such goods between the points named, and that all of them had been parties to a rebate of five and three-quarter cents a hundred on shipments made by the, Brooklyn company. No Express Franks:: That the Interstate Commerce law, prohibiting the issuance of passes on the railroads, is applicable to the granting of express franks was held last week by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of the American Express .Company TH. April 21, 1909. against the United States. The case originated in Chicago. Castro Still Hoping to Regain Power: Cumulative evidence which has reached Washington convinces the officials that had he been permitted to remain in the vicinity ot Venezuela, former President Castro would have made an effort to recoup his lost prestige in that country. The former president's utterances printed in the Cologne Gazette indicating a sentiment in some sections of Venezuela favorable to him and to his ambitions, and other advices, strongly support the view that Castro felt hopeful of again restoring himself in public favor in Venezuela if a chance were given him. New .Khaki .for .the .Army: The. achievement of a distinct success in devising a new grade of olive drab khaki cotton cloth for summer and tropical service uniforms to be used by the United States army, has just been comnletert hv the en art ofJ muici ? uuparimeni For many years the American army has sought for a grade of khaki that, would equal the Hong Kong Khaki in use in the British army, and it is firmly believed that the new product is by far better than the material now used by the English army. So firmly convinced of this fact are the officials of the quartermaster's department that an order for a large quantity of the new material* has been placed with the mills. The color of the new khaki tends more to the brown than to the green or the olive shade, which makes it more desirable than the old as regards protective coloration. Compressed Air as a Power: Mr. J. I. Pittman of Valdosta, Ga.t invented, and nas been at work for three years, 011 the model of an automobile which is propelled by compressed air, the machine pumping and compressing the air for its own power as it runs. He has been granted a full patent in the United States, and Mr. Pittman has taken the necessary steps to protect his interest in the five of the leading foreign countries. The patent officials stated to hini that bis patent was one of the most important the department has ever passed upon. Mr. Pittman's theory is applicable to inarhtnorv i.?-j ? ? ? ?w j v/i uuj XV111U,. UI1CL proposes to equip a railroad locomotive, as well as his automobile, proposing to pull the heaviest freight or passenger trains by the power generated by the train. His invention would mean the absolute annihilation of steam and electric power plants. It is understood that Mr. Pittman was offered a naif million dollars for his invention, and a royalty on every machine manufactured, but he declined to sell. The Conference for Education in the South, which is provided for each year by Mr. it. C. Ogdc-n, of New York, was held in Atlanta, Ga., April 14-16. More than two hundred delegates wejre present to hear the addresses of famous educators from all over the world. Among the speakers were: Dr. S. C. Mitchell, president of the University of South Carolina, Columbfh; Elmer Ellsworth Drown, United States commissioner of education, Washington D. C.; Clarence Ousley, editor of Fort Worth Ilecord, Fort Worth, Tex.: I)r. John T.?o fn"i,nr ? ?~w It University of Minnesota, Minu&ipolis. Minn.; and Gifford Pinchot^Vhe forest service, Washington, D. C,