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THURSDAY. KOTKMBSB IL 111.
VUt: uATCHhOHI) KOK tlTl t.OV
KHVMKNT.
Rudolph Blankciibut a. the Mayor of
I'uilauVlphia and the "warliorse of re?
form. ' during his visit lure Tuesday
as SMS of the Quaker City boosters,
urged the business men o! Richmond
to unit* their efforts to simplify and
elevate municipal government. He has
earned his right to make that appeal
by the work he has done in "the resur?
rection of dead decency" in the city
government of Philadelphia. la that
hi*rh but difficult endeavor be says
that h- has been trying to carry on
the city government as th<- Pennsylva?
nia Railroad and Baldwin Locomotive
?Works are carried on. "We are trying
to make our watch words 'ability' and
'efficiency,'" he has said. He ? main?
tains that while the Pennsylvania Rail?
road has only 70.000 stockholders, o?
whom one-half live abroad, the city of
Philadelphia has l.SOO.0^9 stockholders,
all of whom live at home. Every man. (
woman and child resident in Philadel
Iftas is a stockholder In this concern.
"The Pennsylvania Railroad could not ?
operate efficiently unless its watchword
was 'efficiency.'" declares May r
Blankenburg. "If 'efficiency* must he'
the watchword In order to make the
p. r.nsylvanla Railroad a s-iccess. then
must it be doubly so in order to make
the dtp of Philadelphia a suco-ss." !
If the watchword of Richmond's clty
governmer.: were "efficiency." it would
he as satisfactory to its citizen stock?
holders as is the Pennsylvania r.aii
rcad ??> the pec-pi* it serves. There are
no tr.-e-ks There is practically r.o loss
of life on that road. Why? Because
the engineers are experts ami not an-a
Ssora :~ r_ r.-lng trains. There :s at
(ifji:.s';;:.c; with the service, be
raase the Fe?ry'var.ia is giving the
pecple Ehe rest service it can. The
p-n-uylve.-*.? Ra'.'.r ad dc-es everything
-Q prct*cT ar.i safeguard those whom
it serves- L'oes the City Council of
-crd la that" Zr. the preser.t
Street car franchise controversy, for
tantanr?. is :t doing assay thing to pr a?
ter: ar.i sJtf guard tr.-.- interests of the
pec; e? If so. w.!: it adopt a tr.odei
franchise f-liy saving the people from
loss asd exploitation 1" Will !: irr.pos?
a burden up Da the peopl- without
guarar.:* .rjg improved service or it-w
er rate?* Will :? disregard the wel?
fare of tb" people by granting aa is- I
definite arid unrestricted right to tear
up the streets of the city without tr,e
Corresponding doty to serve any spe?
cific part of the city or to pit down
lines withlr. a prescribe^ t::..~ .:. *.~r
protective regulations and penalties*
Tha Caramon Couc il will vote upon'
the Richmond and Henrleo franc-hue
matt'-r Friday night. V.'ill it saf-guarc
the rights of the people by reacting all
bids and awaiting the aioptior. . t a
model franchise? Will its water.* rc
??? " emciecey" or "negligence- :
VIKCIVIA ASD BAVKI\?. REFORM.
To-day's news brings th.?- ?rr?ur?r
irg r?r>crt that Se: ator Cr"re. as t. ?
nnoTSrlal representative of President?
elect V.'Jlson. hs*> been having a num?
ber o? r^f*r.er., with .Vew Tn-k
barkers for th.? pu-p"?? <-.? as^?rt^r
Ir.g th?'r attitude relative proposed
reforms In our national hark.ng laws
As Senator note has always in the past
maintained a position of strong opposi?
tion to Aldrlc-h tarir? a?i ! - king
legislation, his series of d;s? .?-?;. ? .
with Wall Street and ?\\\-r inter.
Is considered to be irwli ?t,.e ,.? . .
wish of the incoming adrrinistm'ior. I i
eene'der carefully, and 1n a sa-.e *r l
aRMssTTattve way. all points of slew
bearing upon the :>r,.hlem sf
reform It woald seem al* , t ?t Pres
1dent-?I*<1 W !~ ... r -
ssara all he ran about the ?? i
sn? <*omrtlex 1-i.k l g asjeatten la .
to give it .r.r^?igent coaslderatloi --s
soon as r
Further nssj r?ree j-? al?n t? L*
aaRRd in Mm - . ?,; nt that tha'
SShe .rr.mtfte. ef t'.. Jj..-r :ttee
an TsWrklnr and Calient? * r, *i.ir
trp Iba last f ? ? era.
eha*gei with the iaty of T"-' - Te..ri
tfir er* ? ^? ^r.KT ?. ran-I
?lustoc* in the fom of ? . k>
mste ?-? Na?l? of r?-?* ??-? tin ,i
rr.?. - -,ft?T th. ?1. r. t.g f ??,, n. ?.
Cwagi e?S Tvt? e. .^-t
tnt?r-?* ?? vt'sj. n >.,-v. a i . .
aess met fr ... ..... t |>;...
n??*at!ve riut*. ,.' !,? :,'?,'. ,.r ? r? ?, -
gSSr. ef the |ef
?hl'h ' - ? ? ? ,4I ...
Of re' ?
? ?? ".1 sr.1 rr.-rtt r"te letrts'a
rfe.r r*?r ? '. - ? i
bare * . mm
anas of v?rgima ?r l - ? - ...
ttat's R-vter ?re?iii f. ,i,ue. ,r.
neede?! r. ? ? t*? move th. ??i.r>i?
rrops ' - th, baa ab? Sg mk*
capita! aval iV f - *>-e b?-..r r ;tt vs
Won of aar far -n Unda Tb* f*?. :tb
Is alse eoaassr.tir ?aaasadtrg n??
aapttal and baahir.g resources ta carry
fear lasaailraili badostria, and
expant on What ta ef
'greater significance la the fact that, in
I the event of a panic or a money strin?
gency arising from our defective hank
[mg system, or any other cause, the
' I Southern States would probably suffer
i more than any other section of the
country. The development of their
resources would not only be retarded,
but heavy losses would be incurred
- through the collapse of existing values
arid the impossibility of liquidation.
Representative Qla?s has a great op?
portunity for formulating legislation
which will touch the welfare of all
1 classes and all sections, and particu?
larly the people of the South. In this
i responsible task he should have the
. full support of the people of Vir
j ginia.
jll.MNOIV |M:i|| II.Hl IXTWtllON
Virginia is BjSl the urily rotate kg
which the system of ta\ assessment is
i ineflicient The returns of t... . .?unty
; assessors In Illinois reveal deceit . '
I esnseea saralh ling that which the
ofjieial figures disclose in the OKI no
m In ion.
I Cook County. Illinois Inch;.! - the
city of Chicago, with its :.i?s.;?j
population. The a*?es*;>i.? lour..I .??.">
l(,.;i:! watches and clocks in that
county In Kane, a comparative .v
small ciuntv. iO.i'?fl timepi.<es were
report. ,1 for taxation ..?>.d t ^
County listed more than ?.a ? ? l"ut
nam an.: Ihilaaki Courni. - ' ' n ?
nat. hr> a'..I clocks as far u> "? ??
sessmenta indicate. Putnam o? ..? v.).
J lo 1P3 pianos and I'jlaski seventy-!
four Arc people who possess i ..me>a
so poor that they cannot have watches
and clocks?
Cook County reported but llalfd s< w
log and knitting machlnea only |
eighty-five mules were reported ar.d
S.?on more cattle than horses were
listed. With all the vast industries of ;
Chicago, it wculd If reasonable to
suppose that Cook County would lead
la the number of steam engines and |
.boilers, yet the county sssessor found
only 58?. Will County, very much ,
smaller, turned la ?18 engines, \alued
at nearly twice as much as those In
Cook County, the averig? rains placed '
on the Will County chines ^.-ing
$l.:?0 and the Cook County average
dropping to A total of 3.641 fire
and burglar-proof safes are reported
from Cook County, no other county re- ,
porting more than *?.'. Fulisk: County
reported that not a sir.g'.e safe was j
to be found within its bor?Jers. The
property of Chicago's saloons and I
ca/-s is valued at l??.<?n'. yet the same:
class of property in Kackakee County |
is valued at IIM.SSO.
The catalogue of IneqmlltT and in- I
efSciency irx assessments runs into I
pages Conditions in ta.\ation in 111i ? '
nols resemble closely those of Virginia j
The returns from many ?r our-,
couatiea are so absurd that they in- .
diet their citizens not only of evasion',
of duty, bat also of open ar.d noto- (
rious falsehood. Our tax system con?
stitutes the long and complicated an?
nas of evasion, deceit and frau.i.
Until the system ;s altered, the bulk
of tte returns in many counties wiii '
be little more than a tissue of lies.
? I MS I WAR laflflin-FtT 1
The report that war between China
and P.uss:a ever Mongolia is imminent
3 confirmed by most ll Ml worthy au- ,
thority. as t.e result of Rusala'a hav?
ing r?rogri:r*d the Uniigallsu repub?
lic.' the movement for which. It is no
s?cret. th- inspired, a fcrc of 4".>'?i><>
m?n belonging to th? !tort hern Chines*
army is b*:ng massed on the Mongolian
border.
A most ir.t*r??tir.?- an.: ?igr::fi-ant
fact connected with Shis action is that !
it was taken in ref-pons- to th* s*nt.
ment of over a hundred Jg ng |
princes snd chiefs, t x>ress^ I r.t a
meeting h*!d the other day la Peking
The gathering unanimously decided to
repudiate "absolutely the convention }
between R-issia a"vd Mor.go.ia tb< 1!'-.
goliar, republic. signed re<-entl? I
l.'rge. tr.e Mongolian capital. ?:.'. re?
solved to petition Pr?s.d?nt Tuar.--r.i
Kal He affor-i military protect:'- ai
support to those of the p?opl? vtt ,
w?:e willing ?? g:-.< adr*"- - ? the ,
Chinese republic.
The petitlo.i was rr-..T.pt y g'ant'd
. ? .'. the Nesthera army, comprising
?'.m<- of the best drilled ar.?i ?-j;lp;e4
?>f Chines* ? .idlery. was issa -Ira" ?
set in motion "to save Mongolia t'.
h.r.a.'" as an lr>prred organ of f.
r.jverr.rr.er.t phrases it
Th? loyalty of tfceeo :rir.-.?
li.efs. ndl'-stlve as It r? of a spirit *
trn and patriotism, means
much for the perpetuity of the r*pselt<
It means, ssareover, it goes attfcees I
?a;. ?.*.at Ru'.ia ail: attempt 't
mak* good her reeogaltlor. *.y for'e f
?'TS- wi .?-.-, r? '.gr..t.or. w?? t,jt *h?
precarsor of ? ont? mplat*4 ar.*>?satl?n
la??t. but not bast. t-,a?ver. It ,
m-*r.a -h? r-'e.alty of a ' British j
movement" is Tb.bet tCr.*' that |
? ill >? i >liiMl?tlss 'he Argt'/ ftvselar.
? i ?:?fr i.g ?'.? sphere* of if.
' f th* two p'.wers :r. Central .
V * . ud the trT>l- en'erte. Will t-e
? awelt) I with unusual ,nt*re?* o? the,
'?'* of thirst* wo: l ar tfcst
tsssta baa. through these igi ? ? sasnta
' pb . eg her ally ir.'o a ??> will be
d T ..it f?,r the latter t. en* .,f
*'""?.' w??kerir.e -? ^t.'> ., (? *..41
'ew-born -'frlendef ? ?. . ';*e*r Brit-f
? -r rlsklr.g lo.. ... f!r . ..
?hlr.a. no e-*?t?T h'.w e...,,-,a| f*
enenter-play mxv be
? ?- u? - ?
tm?. suhti a rtsj- f?i?,>
5.ieeoti?:a- f '-??.'da-d O.I ?nt 7 -t
? a "> TT >*t de, j, deejetog
: of the r?.r?.*t fates ?^preroe Court'
11?? s?en fr,'-r t / ?
"??? is the ee ?oe?^rr,t,h pat?r.t osse
haadbd htr, last wjar t, ~lU~r? fb.
mm o..t of t?.. ? ... .?t , ...
I^n M the swaers ar a pa,,
srti le la aptr.g .?
articles should ? . ? ? ,..ag
the patent. although auch article* were
not themselves patented. This de?
cision followed a lone Ust of earlier
ones upholding the rights of patentees,
aome holding that the proprietors of a
patent could stipulate at what prloe
and in what territory purchasers of
the patented article could sell it
I This decision seemed to vest the
owners of a patent with unlimited pow?
er over any business In Which the
! patent is utilised The Standard Man?
ufacturing' Company, which owned a
patent on a sieve, the use of which is
indispensable in the profitable manu?
facture of enamelwsre. sought to im?
pose many cggglMaag on all the con
corns using the sieve. Tit ose condi?
tions, the court holds, cannot he im?
posed upon the product The effect of
this decision is that the law declares
that the :se at a patented article can
he I SgSlated hy the patentee, but that
the product of that patented article
is frag from hit control.
The regulation of tho selling price
sag the territory in which the pat?
ented article can ha sold and all re?
strictions on the use Of the product
will no longer he sanctioned by law.
Th.- Sherman law puts s.:oh limitations
t.nder the ban. and the eanrl rightly
condemns them :;s i.ein?; in restraint of
trade an?! destructive of competition.
The decision Settles a vita' point as
to the use that can be made of a
i'.itent in evading the Sherman anti
trust law. The principle of extending
original rnoasspoly privileges inherent
:-. tin-- patent is dangerous and must
be carefully safeguarded. The patent
UV in'.ist not he made the loophole
through which the 9h.errr.an law can
ht> evaded, and the decision In the
bathtub case tends to close that loop?
hole.
A I l PID SPECIAL. VEHDED.
Many women do not marry for the
simple reason that no one has ever
asked them to. They are in no sense
inferior to those who receive and ac?
cept proposals. They are often sweet?
er, prettier, more practical, more af?
fectionate and more fitted to make dear
wives and devoted mothers. They have
been overlooked, that's all. Pome
times they Utre In town, where they are
too mar.y girls and too few men, or
where the men are of inferior sort. 1
For women who would marry. Pan?
ther. W. Va.. is the place, despite Its
fierce r.am?v In all that town of $f<?
inhabitants there Is not a single mar?
riageable woman between fourteen and
forty. Lottie Hinrlchson, the last rose
That remained, has just announce! her
engagement, and the last hope of the
Panther bachelors has faded.
Awhile back there were two-score
yirls in Panther over sixteen who were
in receptive mood as to proposals, but
!'r.e marriage list has rapidly dwindled
into nothing. There are plenty of e!i
siMe young men ta Panther, but they
are without swee*h?arts and without
wives. Some have ventured afield for
'ei.ilnine partners, but most of them
day at home and moon and grumble.
They should advertise the paucity of
rjrls in Panther and the gunIIfill" of
lestraMe bachelors, and then g"t the
ailroads to run r*unid Specials at re
lui-ed rates without return privileges.
Then the railway ticket agents will
?e stormed by the girls who have been
left behind in the matrimonial Mara
Ihon
THC fiOVERVMETT* "BK?T
?ELLER."
.?.-? tr.e people interested in the
igricnltaral advance? Here is the aa
-wr Th.? Department of Agriculture'
llstribited lately iM.fiOO.OOO documents
nd other printed matter. That amount
,re/?<i? the eombined total output oi ?
;th' r departmental publications, and ?
; . r,tapis piid tlCSfg to secure sorr,- j
-?? it When farmers and oth?r citi- j
rens pay for government literature. [
- . t-stify ii5 t<> the genuineness "l :
their interest.
The farm puhii- at ions of the Depart-j
-:.t of Agriculture sell because they i
lave a practical value. They contain!
letaii-d and expert information on all
lorts of agricultural toplr-g. They are
? . -ting farmers be.ause they sre In
lo.-m.r.g the:i? how to increase their j
r-ts and make their land yield larger
dividends The science of agriculture.
:.< ver jr.terest-d She people so much
ta J|vw The txople mill meet irore
?Mr. . alf-way ;.ry opportunste to m
? ? M tr.e.r .'igricu.t iral knowledge.
'' >r.e slice of pork eaten an hour
' re ? edtlme will m:-ke th'- roMtim-r
e. ir dr*arr.s rn'?rc ejjet'jrjr than.
-Main H'.us<.n < t> -d relat?- in a
? j,*ech.-- save the Montgom
AdvertlasT. ?tot If It's Virginia
f-r that rare red meat lulls its
?.-.-si 4?ri.t?? into <1; ? ar.is of para?
dise.
Then sre some people who ?n.llj
av< r.-. e,f.)eetl??n about accepting anyj
m whatever from President Wll
i. at e imste ir. th? world as
'? - a :-",t-le *s ttiere are in the w<.rI<L
?Ith aa many original <*?Tl*?.n rr.- r. to
-,.?.-< f - t aa trier- are ?. S.-%
? ??' -orr.'lne t" give Virgil,la
t.'.n p. iliarI
Here h> g> assssamrl aagsgan of royal-1
t- a* espreesed in the MarysliJe]
?<-t -?t ? r?rvm
1 don't think Oeorge and Mary sre I
h?'f *? m?e* to th? British *ir-l
[, ? as Aavj-.l'l <r \?- vd ireorge -tti?
reminds rr,? In appearsnee arid
?,' o'ir own T-jatl^e Tfughes.
i ?? \?-w York Th?.
t; of n*.glan?1 ?e?ma to be fail
t -wfc.ilv lf,?o a ?tat? of Innocuous
... , ,. ??de
r.,-,r.l, as e* "Ti-e Man fre-m ?lorr.~
??>.?- ??at
The esjsnjt Pa OaMParwan stary demon
? ?.atea that 1* la the pelvH-atfe of a
?utTragett? State te ?-bange its anlnd
**d keep os 'hanging It.
Od the Spur of the Moment
By Roy K. Moukon
Now York, i .
?New York mar not ba the largest
city in the world, but it la certainly
one of the tallest. It U about twice
aa tall as Detroit and it spreads out
over quite a bit of territory, reach?
ing to within ten miles of the city
limits In all directions. The popula?
tion consists of about Moo.oou souls
and Lfts theutrical manasrers. From
' the Metropolitan tower one can over
j look the entire city, and oue baa to
'overlook quite a good deal in New
j York, too.
j Broadway is u very nice street, so
called because of the broad storu-s
1 and conversation that a peraon hears
? as he passes to and fro. It in popu
; loted almost exclusively by actors and
; bartenders.
I New York's business streets aif*
( well paved with brick asphalt, granite
j and good intentions, and there are
, sonic very nice stores where nearly
anything that a person needs can be
purchased. New York also has u daily
. newspaper and perhaps more than one.
The ,". o'clock afternoon editions were
late the other day. They didn't get
on the street until nearly 11:30 A. M.
New York also has a post-oltlce and
nearly all trains stop at N. Y.
Thors are several good churches, at
!.-luted exclusively by visitors ia the
city. There is u pood hack line and a
person can get a taxicab any minute
of the day or nlsrht anywhere he wants
It?in the neck. In the middle of the
Sack or between the cafe and the
grill
1 am stopping at the St. Reg's Hotel
1 stopped there three times yesterday.
It is a very nice hotel, and it looks
perfectly respectable?a hotel, in fact,
where a man would feel entirely safe
In taking his wife and children. Mrs.
St. Regis Is a very good cook and
they have Jelly roll on the table every
Sunday. I haven't met Mr. St. Regis
yet. They have clean napkins and
table cloths onoe a week and Indi?
vidual towels In the washroom. It Is
strictly up-to-date, having an modern
conveniences, including; hot and cold
water, eleotrlc light and a bathtub.
I have been collecting Impressions
of the New York styles snd find that
celluloid collars are not very popular
here. Almost nobody wears them but
the millionaires and the visitors from
- and ?- (HERE MEN?
TION NAMES OP TOWNS IN YOUR
STATE?. Flue fur hats also seem to
he unpopular and I haven't seen a
pair of earmuffs or wrlst'ets. Arties
and yarn mittens are not much worn
on Broadway off Fifth Avenue.
There are one or two good theatres
here, and there la some sort of a show
almost every night. I asked a police?
man at the corner of Broadway and
Forty-second Street about the popu?
lation of this town, and he said the
population was equally divided be?
tween thos" who were writing musi?
cal comedies and those who were think?
ing of writing them.
rviner?Say. gal. where Is my chick- |
Waitress;- She ruit two weeks ago.:
From the Hlefceyville Clarion. j
T. Egbert Peavey, the Beau Brum?
me, of our midst, has accepted a lucra?
tive position as night clerk in a huttel
down to the city and it must be a warm
-.lace to work, as ho says he has to be .
right over the register all the time,
anu his mother is afraid he w-ill catch,
cold when he goes out. T. Egbert has
to keep track of what time the 9:17
train leaves every day and also the i
best places in the town a'here visitors
kin. buy picture post cards. Egbert |
says a well-known actress spoke to
bim th<- other evening. She said: "Why
in thunder didn't you send that ice
water up to ray room, you red-headed,
little galoot, you?" Egbert expects to
git acquainted in the theatrical profes?
sion quite rapid.
Klmer Jones says travelln' around
the country selling wringers is a great
way to learn things. He has already
learned that every family has got one.
J. Tibbs. who plays the base drum in
the silver cornet band, has caught a
dlstCal cold, which may develops into
la gripp. The bunghol? in the bass
arum is right under his face when
he has the drum strapped on. and every
time he hits her a smash with the
drumstick the wind shoots out'n the
vent and hits him like a tornado.
When he plays fast music It Is Jjst
like standin' in a stlddy draft. He is
going t-. hook the drum on different
arter this, so the wind will hit the
feller that is marchln' ahead of him.
f'ons'able Exry Hand Is on a still
hunt, and he will prob'ly find the still
If there is one around anywhere. Since
some cnlpret stole T'nele Exra Har
kins's grind'ttin he has be.-n usin' a
round sponge rake his niece sent him
from cookln' school Instesd.
-?.
Voice of the People
\ seaIIa Organised Labor Methods.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch
nir.?Mr. fJompers's statement at
the convention of the American Fed
e-atlon of labor at Rochester that the
American methods of our organized
labor movement have accompli shed re
Its prompts the writer to question
Mr Cmpers's Idea of true American?
ism It cannot be denied that intimi?
dation in different ways has been one
the principal methods of organized
labor.
And one of the results of these nn
AmerlcaD methods Is that a good many
Abe Martin
Ta lakes ? good fWlr.' 9 git ??me
r.li.r ,.g |? jia'nair.' rings A R?n
lo. I? apple looks almost good enough
ITS EASY TO GET HELP WHEN YOU DONT
NEED IT AND HARD WHEN YOU DO.
By John T. McCutchcon.
ICffjnttM: Mat) ?? Mb *? MinimiMI
people have become prejudiced against
the labor unions.
If the unions would use their or?
ganization to suppress lawlessness In?
stead of helping their members to
evade the law when they have dose
wrong, they would be much stronger
and have a greater influence for good,
as they- would have puolic sentiment,
on their side and there would be no
strike guards employed.
C. B. WILSON.
Washington. D. C.
Many t'aiaferased Voters.
To the Editor of The T'mes-Dlspatch.
Sir.?I note that some criticisms are
being made of the proposition of The
Times-Dispatch that plainer and more
intelligible propositions be submitted
to the people at times of election on
changes and amendments to our or?
ganic laws when presented to the
people, and also its statement that the
ordinary voter did not understand the
late propositions submitted at the polls
as to amendments concerning city com?
missioners of the revenue, treasurers
and commission form of government.
Any one familiar with the people of
tni? great country, and the usual ex?
citement and flush on elect'on days,
and the short space allowed for a voter
to read and digest a proposition with
which all the people are not familiar,
and this bustling age. when only a
comparatively few take the news?
papers, or stop to read and digest oth?
er matters than current news, who
take the papers, must know that at
such t'mes propositions must be clear
and distinct for even intelligent voters.
At the elect'on here, out of sixty-six
voters on the 5th of November, only
'hirty-one voted at all on the amend?
ments, and some of our most Intelli?
gent voters voted for the amendments,
when they stated thee wars against,
and vice versa. Others were ask'ng
on the outside light on the questions,
and saying they had cast their votes
and did not know whether thev voted
as they wished, snd others said that,
not understanding the proposlt'ons.
they d'd not vote on them at all. Had
the questions been put. "For aroend
> rnent to allow city commissioners of
the revenue snd treasurers to succeed
themselves after two terms." and "For
commission form of government for
cities," the voter could have drawn a
line through ?f against, or let it stand
[if in favor. More light'
I CHAS. N. FRIEND
Chester.
QUERIES &
ANSWERS
Please Inform r.j* how many battles
were fought In the War Between the
l states, and how many wane on Vir?
ginia soll. E. F. HARRIS
The llsta published by tha Halted
' States War Department give a total
\ of :.*?'. of whteh SM ware fwacht
i In Virginia
Will yea be good enough to tell me
what is the highest point in this
State? I think I once saw the statement
In the Query Co umn. but I did not
preserve It. A. N. BROWN.
Mount Rogers, ta Orayaon County.
?.71? feet.
[fhehatee oa Raws
Where may I get Information for a
debate on equal auf frage* H.
write to the Equsl Suffrage League.
IBryan Building. Richmond. Va
Can von name for me as many aa
ten soldiers of dhrtlactloa wbr.m Ala*
-burnt ftrntshed to the Confederacy?
R r- M
Tea. a haadrrd. Clayton. T>eaa. Oar
rot t. Grade, Johnston, lyngstree?, Pel?
ham. Boddy. Rode?, withers.
The Law's Revenge
The most oruel sad Indefensible
.mm- committed within a decade by
bachwosdsmea suffering from 9*9 ex?
aggerated ego waa the kMHag of Judgs
Thornton I? Massie and others at Hllls
vllle last Maren. The tragedy occurred
in a remote and primitive Virginia
county*. The murderers took to the
woods in a section in which the road.'
are had at ail tiroes, but at their worst
' la March. With a good start and local
i sympathy In their favor the members
of the "Allen gang" felt that they had
' a fair chance to elude their pursuers,
j It-it iittle more than a half-year has
j passed, and a decision of the Supreme
j Court of Virginia confirming the death |
j sentences of Claude Swanson Allen and j
i Kloyd Allen has been handed down. I
{ That settles these two cases. Sldna '
- Allen was recently captured after a
j long chase.
Of course, the Governor of Virginia '
will not Interfere, and the Aliens who
have been convicted, and such others
as may be convicted and fa'l to get I
new trials, will be electrocuted in the 1
reasonably near future.
The Hlllavllle killing- were spoken !
of at the time as a "disgrace to Vir- j
ginla." No outlaw, or gang of outlaws,
has the power to dlsgraoe a State or to
reflect in any way upon the success
of the existing social Organisation. The I
disgrace of a State lies not in an out- i
hurst of savagery upon the part of un?
disciplined citizens, but in the State's
] failure?if there is failure?to prove
j the usefulness of the law by enforcing
j it rigidly. Civilization cannot always
j civilize every unit In the entire nopu
j latlon. hut It civilizes the majority, so
j that if government governs and the
j law puntshea lawlessness, it succeeds.
; and Its vindication Is beyond oavll.
I The State of Virginia enjoys undl
: mlnlshed dignity. The law will he of
! newly-proven value when the first of
j the Allen gang takes his aaat in the
j electric chair. The Aliens were potTed
j up with their view of the'r Import
[ anoe In their community, and their
i ability to "do as they damn pleased."
j to use the phraseology of a late Ken
! tucky fsadist. Assuredly the Old Do
! minion has read their kind a lesson,
j The only regret Is that when the law
I has had Its revenge a raj several rather
? 'useless lives have been broug.it to an
? er.d there will remain Virginia's be
| reavement. The loss of a public sar
I vant of Judge Massle's type?a man
; who declined to violate the law by
. carrying weapons when ha was told
j that he was in danger?la not a loss
! easily forgotten?Louisville Courier
j Journal.
A Corn and Wagon
Story
L **A farmer bought a wagon In 1*9?
? far *SS Than corn was selling at
j from !? to II cents per bushel, cotton
j at 4 and I cents par pound, wheat at 49
' rents per bushel, and other farm pro
darts In proportion. Recently bs need
' rd a new wagon and went to the same
i
dealer, who priced htm the same make
and style of wagon at $70. The farmer
objected to the extra $10 and drmnnastl
a reason for the advance. The mer?
chant reflected a moment and then said
he would sell him on the same terms
as the first one. 'Vou paid for the on
you bougth In '44 In corn, and, if i
remember correctly, you brought me ?Ol
bushels of corn, at 10 cents a bushel.
Now you bring me 400 bshels of corn.'"
"'Well. ssy. hold on" began the
farmer.
" 'But' Interrupted the dealer, *your
wife can select a $125 surrey, then
' you can have an |$0 kitchen range
! and $25 worth of kitchen furniture?
! all for 600 bushels of corn. The wagon
at $70 and the other Items foot ufi
$300; 400 bushels of corn at 50 cents a
bushel amount to 1400.'
"The farmer was nonplussed, and
: without asylng a word about the ad
' var.ee In farm supplies, wrote out his
I check for $70 for the wagon and was
i satisfied that his was the greatest
! share of the present prosperity."?
Greenville (S. C) News.
"Being a Virginian*' I
i
i When the police looked into th*
. shooting of Mrs J. R. Myers In a
Pennsylvania sleeping car, a Mr. Cuth
bert, whose home Is In L-ynchburg. was
asked how be came to be at Mrs. My?
ers s side almost as soon as the fatal
shot was fired. He replied that from
. the platform of the next car he had
; heard the noise, had run to the scene
j of the shooting, and, "being a VI r
? glnlan." bad done all he could to re
' Hers the distress he found there.
His reason was lumnlous and satis?
fying. To be a Virginian was to hare
[ duty in auch premises; tt> have mach
' duty was for a Virginian Ms swift ner
. formance. A man that vlewa himself
: as first of all a citlaen of Virginia Is
not far from the kingdom; he has ai
; ready accepted the higher law of cost
' t?sy and gentle breeding. No wonder
that when Mr. Cuthbert left the 1?
. qulry. relieved of all suspicion, the
' admiring policemen warmly shook hla
band.
There la no State. Worth or South,
Rast or West, but Invites teasing com?
ment, amuaed or vexed. There are but
, few States that by some grace or rlr
! tne peculiar to themselves compel dta
j tlnctivo respect end compliment. But
among these fear no well-informed
Amercan will Call to count Virginia,?
Boston fMsss ) HeraM.
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* by careful spending, tare something each week or month.
By depositing your wrings with the National State
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