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WeuNKtsOAV, ' A NT I" A K Y 3M. IS1.I
s ! HI i I t I UMNO I'ROBI.KMs.
I Kg I re hi ;hc statement from the'
s J(M rin-ciideiit of the Street Cleaning
Department to ! he Mayor und the Ad
n.u.i-*: -it i ve Hoard reveals four ways
,n which 'he sity cati be kept . leaner
Kflicieni y standard* and skilled *u
pereSsiea should he applied to the pres
SBl rorOS of employes to guarantee the
I ,. laSOfiB of actual work done lor the
present expenditure of salary money.
The t,resent equipment should he SaV
largcd and modernized to meet the de- j
'lands of the growing city.
1 he hauling of trade waste and in- .
.i i-:rial r. ti.se should he regulated so
that individuals or corporations do :
aol usjrp an undue amount of city
tisaS aini money for removal of matter
thai should he charged against them
;it:d aol against the general taxpayer
who is by so much neglected.
The citizen must be impressed. ho:h
by ordinance with a flne penaltv. and
h] the i ultiva'ion of c ivic pride. :hat he
i- often responsible for a dirtv*/-city, and
thai his co-operation will materially
reduce the OOei and increase the scope
of the >'leaning service.
The superintendent is under the
m assity of proving that his present
for c i- uoj?d it; its maximum capacity
ami is then unequal to the demands
made upon it. before he should he per?
mitted to increase the force by his
present recommendations. He wants
tiinet y-scven more men at an added cost
to Richmond of about tso.noo It is prob-,
ably true that a certain increase is
neccsasrjr but is the present force I
used to the best advantage' Two
points Will show what is meant. The
superintendent admits that he curries
some men who arc Incapable ?f return
jng the amount of efficient work that
their pay should secure. He says these
aie worthy men. who have served the
city for years and deserve some re
tu:n It i? not the function, however
of the Street (leaning Depart ment to i
give pensions Its force is inefficient
by .lust so many men Let ihem be re-1
moved, pensioned elsewhere and of?
ficial';.' if necessary, and settee, able
workers put in their places Then the
need foi ninety-seven more men w-ill he
reduced The pay-roll of any depart?
ment should not include a single man
who doesn't return just work for his
pay
Other efficiency reforms are the em- |
ploymeiit of laige carriers, using one
man - time as driver to haul vvha' now
takes thfree small carls ce h using a
dnv r This saves two men's time
l urth'i. in C In. ago the street cleaning
department added the equivalent of I
sixty men to it- foi. c by simply requit?
ing the gangs to report af the, Job. :
instead of at headquarters ami then'
gtnrng to the Job. If needful the driver
<ouid report early ami gel ins wagon
on the pgspt .:? the hour of going to
work sm h efficiency standards arc :
preliminary to any increase of for. .?
The department asks for Slue imi
tor Seal equipment It will not got this
asSOUat. but the hoard arid the budget
I nwittoe sbouM see that what is
actually needed to kepp Richmond;
? lean M pi nv itieil
The removal of waste from stores, j
facssv'.-s h/.t,;s and the like takes so '
i;i'tich'*of the department s tin.e that
th?: superintendetit roughly estimates
that ir be were relieved of this burden.
f' i mild increase his services i<? the
average . itiueti by 20 to ? per cent,-.
ISMMuatallf in cleaning streets arid
removing ashes The remedy that
might apply to fSjis ia to limit the
amount removed from any one place. I
and , harge for the removal of the ex- i
''? ThS tmtw Mm*, handle su, h refuse
<ti.icallv. but the < hffrge shouldMve
atai'.-t the individual or company,
not agaitis' fin- whole . ommunity.
Mi rennetUets thsra should be
pWaSSCtf an ordinanct sp<. ifylng fhe.
si'c and ? harat t.-r of r. t*MM ,nnti>,i ?
and the nature of the OQalSWl
Co-operation from the citizens means
t'l'-mg was-. it s-r-.- COOS lej !?<?
j ?. v,d? d for 'he purpose. I*. ilr.,- hg
th? proper handling ..f a-he- atnl
?a* hag* SSstnMtag flOMl makit g
reasonable demands on th? ?. rV|..
Mhi generally W erh?ng f<.r ? . <?rcr
city Propei puM?hnen' m.J
Of nuisances should be provided.
If tbe .\.in-.;rii?-ra':ve Hoard wr;
? 'tack theee p. ir problems in the right
way. bag ggejggal fjsaygifjj die-on tent
**. : be red jced
Ulk Ml SI1UU Ol Till ?? I \ I T I
Jo*?l I'll It IAII -o\
The -rt- raucas of the,
I nl'ed MISSUS can make ?Sil
??e.mmm ? * - -e -, ? ^.. ,r,lp of
th?t bod\ thai, :" ?et>r, ({.rajajle, Wilson
of Naeir. .!e -her - president
He, ? The ,.- . f d.cr, ? ar.?l
krenetsr. whsrb hae I.? e? f ?, d bv a iortg
htse- of <ai ?' , ,
but V? I ? so me;i ^. sIrtNg and
?u> divest, d r .. . . . .. pnwer that
their a?rrforii,-t .. ,e ated
to the ? ho '.-'.'.
?.?, <-onsldc'?t or, . s. , ?
tor le?a <?* '. er.- ' ?. ? s-ir.g
Itr \oungee? tierr.t-.... .,,?
family for the peattJeti i step t- ,
mat hht abllltiee and r. ., ,, . enrSSJgl
him to rt no much a? ?? it,
t> a tr>?>%nTe?a??eSr mm* of Iortg traaanvSJ a
' high esarvtst and at is ?g
nnrtanl ssvrtean?
? -eajtpr .atme in the hs*t rampsic
) ? of n t, net nr. *ve has le'e-ew.,?,
h.meoif in many ?ons,?n'? lot -
( uplift In Nashville, titid was mentioned
Im excellent timber for one of the Ten
' ne?aee senatorships. which, until very
lately, have been vacant. Hie kinship
(i) the President-? le t should not in the
circumstances incapacitate him for ser?
vice at Washington. Best bar him from
holding a position to which ho is as
much entitled as any other Democrat
It has been urged against Mr. Wil?
son's candidacy tha- as secretary of
the Senate he would tiuve access to
the Senate when in executive session
it considered nominations made
by the President, and so might,
because of his nearness to him,
< omnaitucute to the President whs*
was said amigl i lie seal of secrecy
in the Seuate Such a contention ts
worthless, for it is known of all men
' that what the Senate says and does in
such eases si not concealed, but is
freely revealed in an unofficial way
Kven were the strictest secrecy fib
?Breed no loan who knows .lo.-eph
i: w il.-oii woulcl entertain fni an in?
stant a belief that he would sully his
honor by violating his duty on account
of a personal lelat loiiship.
The office is wholly independent
of the President, who has no r?lat ion
to it In no possible way as secretary
of the Senate could Mr. Wilson serve
his brother because of his place ;n the
government.? If the Democratic caucus
shall see tit to select Mr, Wilson for,
i he place, its action will have the
support of public opinion Woodrow
Wilson will not move an inch to influ- .
ence any man in his brother's interest,
and he will neither punish nor rewatd
any man for his position as to the can?
didacy of his brothei He has had
absolutely nothing to do with the mat?
ter That added to the fact that the
holder of i he oft ice can m no way
serve the President, should make it
plain that Joseph H Wilson in all
propriery and as all right can lie a
candidate for the secretaryship d'f the
Senate, and The Tunes-Dispatch trusts
that he may be chosen.
GBO WING GREATER ETEJtl YKAK.
"TJ.ie great growth of our city is a
source of pride to us all." said President
T. M. Carrington. of the Chamber of I
Commerce, at its annual meeting last
night.and the facts thut he gave and i
the figure^ that he cited vindicate the
justness of that pride in Hichmond 1
Its industrial and financial importance!
are more and more increased as time
en- on. and in this development the'
Chamber of Commerce has been fliO|
predominant factor. The leading in
creeSCS for the last decade Sf lot) peri
cent la manufacturing, sV) per cent !
in jobbing and "71 percent in tCtcphOBeS I
briefly ted the story ol ltii-hmotid's ?
splendid progress
line of the first Bast tars touched upon
in the retiring preajdeat'? report Is Ike
annexation of outlying territory to the
uttjr. With I he exception of Patersea,
Nee Jersey, Rich meed ? the i.
BsSBSSij populated eHy in the nation,
arid that makes the BOQUnUtiOIl of mine
territory "tessl Issporteet." The City"
Council and I lie Chamber of CeaaBBOCOS
ate > otiside: mg this problem, ami '
everything looks favorable In early j
a< Mem iit tins direction." Annexation
is essential to scientific growth and to I
the better health oT the city. 11 will to
a gl sal deSjres solve the problem of,
better and I hSSper homes for v. o- K '
BSSP, eepecially those industrial oper
Stives whom new manufactures bring
into the city.
Of vital necessity also is < loser com?
munication with the Valley of Vir?
ginia A great and rich territory lies
tbtrs welting fee Rlchgaoad enterprise'
to invade it and wrest it from COSS
Sserclal relations with cities which
naturally ought not n> be dominant
within H Richmond is awakening t,>
tbe weadsrful peeetbilitiss ol Incteaatag
hci commercial importance by drawing
closer to her out tying seJbttonS of ; he
State, and tbe expansion of BBf (>a
martial nsaltS is just as important as'
the wicicmng of lor stanitipal ares
The ,aavBaaaeMag place of lib hmoad
as a financial centre el lbs South ha
been more firmly established within tSst
past half year than ever before. ' vvnh
the largest banking interest be'wecn
Hall;more and New Orleans " . Tha
bank ami trust c ompanics of Rh h n. o n< 1
show an increase m capital and surplus
Of 24.' per c ent in the last decade arid an
increase in the same period of I2S per
cent in aepestts?srtdsuus af the ability
ofeat flnsto-ia! institutions not only to
finance the interests of Hichmond.hut of
the country te the South of us as well
In the remarkable growth of Hi. b- .
moi l, the < hatnhci of Commerce has.
played a splendid part If has focused
HM .-pint of t he place and of its people
lege a force for unprecedented ac- I
c otnplisliment ; with broad vaSsM BBSS
feressgateaaees M has gone akaat the
aett "f building a greater Hi. hicnd
TbS quality af its work is revealed In
the growth Of the C|ty
HKIUIN v H KM1N PKOKIIM
? ? itli i "a' Ht in, s Persian
praatsat ass bsea asea^srasJ by the itish
I SSSS tie BsfSnegn, agitation
at d the it^lkan peae-? negotiations in
?k'- - ? London it has lost none of
:?? Vitality More than that. It is
.... I] ?., forge t,. |ae front arum at any
rnl and in exceedingly Und;,
some fc>rn
lor n.op'hs atai-s political, e. o
neen.h arid fir.?r? ksj have been going
frein, bad IS ?i rw in ancient Iran, and
Rust . ha* ? ? t-een slow to take ad?
vantage of -hu' f* ? and of the diver
sion. "f th,. Ftriu.b n.,rd l . otbet
mal er? ?.- ., interpret Vngjo
; Russian OStllialisa regarding ? sntral
Not onlv hl? ?he . ,-. , ,
hgalfieel e hll.w .01. .,, 1
tfig Thlhe- -e . ...... .. , ,
fl'ience Or.-*' ill,-, ' .? .,
a bulwark ??. fcet . l ??
?tep I.V Step she has besen e. -. |
eaaa tbe Pit Sean sssetral wmm M?
Bfj |s ?he Baa kasa ?tts*dily enewai
? . * ? <t.e 1*1 deroorah >?? ? ? ., ? c ,?
?ie</ ?edi'ion at lens*-.,'
rffer cassenk gward ?? ?>.? pan
' apitsl bsa b>een gspande,! . -. .
>?? iT?d risvessi' v ha
t?tn has become a fsrcc. and Russia
little less than dictator.
To a realization of this situation the
British pul>l;. mind 1? slowly awaken
ing, and. as a resalt, there is an in?
creasing: undercurrent in Oryt Britain <
of insistence that the government lose
no further time la making complete,
British military OOI upution of Houth
?m Pcrsn
That policy, it is further insisted by
Students of the conditions, will afford
the only guaranty that the Anglo
Russian pact ion hin? Central Asia
has reullv se" . <i the long standing
quanel between Hie signatories over
the lund of the shahs
t nquestionabl.v. Russia's conatruc
tlon of the uac as exemp?fled in bet
a< I- and intiigne .n Persia, would seem
, to give strong < ?olor to thai contention
In default ot that precaution, it may
yei be that, despite the present inisdus
: vivendi, the Peisian question as be?
tween the two powers will, us not a
?few apprehend, lie***! be settled save
by fon-e of arms
STATIST 14 s AMI PACTS.
In these last few lemaining days o!
much vaunted Republican piospciity.
! when the g rea f problem of ways and
means is bearing heavily upon the avet -
sgo cit izcn. H is smull comfoi t to read in
official statistics that the per capita
wealth ot the country lias recently In
creased from $1 164 to $1 118. and that
the total amount of money in circula?
tion was onlv t2?Qi for each individual
in l'JOO as compared with $34 JO at the
present time Many hard-pressed but
misinformed persons have within recent
months written to the 1'nited States
Treasurer asking for their share of the
money in circulation. These remark- .
able requests have elicited from the!
Treasury Department u cold and heart?
less statement to the effect that it .
'computes the pee capita circulation
on a theoretical basis and has no inn
t rol over its distribution." But happier
days are coming Although successive .
Republican administrations have, by ?
special legislation arid favors, brought
about inequalities in the distribution
Of wealth, and unfairness in the in
cMeace of taxation, with the inaugura?
tion of Woodrow Wilson we may ex?
pect reforms which will lead to a more
geriernl diffusion of prosperity and to
greater justice in taxation, and which
will have the effect of making the
Treasury statistics relative to "per
capita circulat ion appear less theoreti?
cal
AiTOMOBll.ns IN .EUKCtlTE.
A srigfi essay 1st recently uttered the
mad heresy that the automobile was
perfecting] i'scll out of its pnpularitv
His tbeets was rhut the' modern ma-j
chine i? so sale and sane and bridle
wise dint there is no fun running if
Accident statistk>S hardly concur, but j
there is something in the viewpoint, j
lie said that the owner inuy no j
longer pose as a 'oa-ter genius because
be cub run a ear. Anybody can?babies I
? an N'>r is the lover able to prove his
Stoat heart by getting under the balk?
ing vehicle and giving bis inamorata:
terrible proof of love by refusing to
swear during three hours of this >
cur iously inverted worship. The ro- j
mame hSH vanished from motoring!
r-ince we are able to get in a touring
car en where we want and come back
again The real thrill was in the old i
days ? hen you got in. stayed in. ?
maybe went where the car wanted to1
go and somebody elm- brought you back ; i
?If there happened to be anything j
In co'd fact the automobile is getting ] |
over the fad and ornament stage and |
set Ming down into its true perspective i <
as a means ot swift und convenient :
I
transportation both for pleasure and [j
in bu?inc.?; It- hold upon the people;
will hereafter <l pend on its own in- '
tniisic merits ami not upon the arti- '? 1
flcial claims of novelty, or danger, or i ;
? I pro siveiiegs. We believe that there j i
will be mufc reasonableness in the use i
of machines in the future. There may 1
even be a reaction in the purely pleasure 1
Mr-Id of motoring There are certain 1
manifest1 disadvantages fee, an auto- | ?
mobile to offset its innumerable ad- i |
vantage-. It goes too fast and per- j I
inits no leisurecf* enjoyment of tbo } fl
i uunl i v. as does a horse or the inimitable j;
legs of man It requires constant at-j
tetilion, and is not absolutely ceriain
yd In brief, it is a machine, and will!
never serve the ends that are not i
mechanical.
When the .raze has died down
1
bit and a motor is no longer regarded
as a symbol of wealth or factitious
eo.iu! ,-t,Hiding, and the seeker for',
novelty and the thrill of danger has
turned to aeroplaiiing. the automobile
will reach an equilibrium of service
and ? <?-? and take ils permanent
place in our civilization for just what [
. ,- .. means of qtii. k transportation I
It we < o ild borrow the vocabulary
of the conl ribu-ing editor of the Out?
look, even the Rooseveltian impreca?
tions would be inadc-ouate to express
,,.i- op:':iori of t he Montgomery \dver- i
User when it says Roast muskral is
tx ing served as an epicurean delieacy
Only a rr.usk at. the*scen'ed Top?
wolld eat this member ?f the rodent
family Broiled musk-rat is one of
Virginia's most toothsome delicacies
and has been since the sc**'ement of
the Old Dominion, when the whites
iearnrd of this ?>?.rv meat from the
Indians The |r.'err.ariorfal KncyeJo
pedia will teil the Advertiser that 1 the
Seek of the moekrat is good eating
and so i? i?. for tbe fiber Xibethlrii?
to Met to be mentioned in the same breath ,
with the f-agrant member of the feline
? is? ?hi<h is found on so many
Manama tables
<> ? mmm ?'? ? oemic imbecility the
r o the Katrenjammer Rids
' ; i \ Hooligan tattisoed on his
layor S* right and m ich
ue tn o-;r street d ti
her than to tbe Ntrssst
?ment
.... .i,r?of prefix tf.e title
H> ho ? I hat An.i'mr Ath'sie
.?cr. unless you take In the girle
-????- ' ? ha. '.*?* 'he pit. b j
fork into a muck raise I
On the Spur of the
Moment
By Roy K. Moulton
Mary and the- Cooking School.
Since Ulster Mary started in to go to
cooking school
It seems that she ha? got possessed
of one lnaane kSSS
They teach her how- to molt a thing
and she make- it a i 'i'
To hike right home and mix it up
and try it out on me.
She suys as how she ain't quite sure
that she km do it right,
but she is going to dope it out and
tri' it jusi for fun:
And it fiie gets ika ainssj I lungs la
she s not dist in lied a mite .
She says it's only me that's sick
and there is no harm aSSM
I ve swallowed her whole bill of fare,
she s made me choke it down.
The things have got the blamdest
names that I most ever see.
I'll bet my hat there ain't no kind
in this whole gol ilinged town
Thai's lived on so much high toned
grub i he last six weeks as me.
she makes them the:.' ' heese Ham
mikins that taste like luke?
warm glue
And Venus Nectar. Russiau Tea
and steak a la Creole.
Minced Partridge and Ham souffle
and Hechauffle of Turkey, too.
She cooks them Angels on Horse?
back and makes me eat 'em
whole
[f any one had chumcd to say. about
six weeks ago.
That I would ever get filled up I'd
thought In- d losi his mind
But now I'm on the brink of gout and
got dyspepsia so
I'll have to tuke some treatment of
the Rockefeller kind
I feel like takm' to ihe woods and
never comin' i>a. i
I m melancholy all the time and
stubborn as a mewl.
My only joy my uppettic- has petered
out. alack.
Since Sister Mary started m to go
to nop kin' school
Bill Mary made one bad mistake Sue
baked a pie of mince
She made her feller eat a pISBS and
he am t been here since.
Icon tbe Hlckevittle Clarion.
Three second-handed seltzer siphons
from the Holden Nugget saloon and
buffet have I.e. n added to the equip?
ment of the Wi*V Awake fire depart?
ment which is now preparod for big
conflagrations The hook and ladder
has been rented to .lumes I'urdy. the
house painter. In case of a fire, the
village ptesident will mail .lames a
postal card notifying him and James
will at aaee drive to town with the I
hook ami laaSSer
Jed Krink ami Hod Peters got all
mixed up the other day. -led started
to give Hod the Woodmen handshake
and be gavo him the Pythias by mis- j
take and Hod got excited and an- ;
i eared him with th?- Odd Pellets,
led was so taken by surprise l hat as
began feoMn' around anil gave Hod
the Mac. aabeeaad Oeod Templar,aad
Hod. who ?ras completely at sea, canes
luc k strong with the Klks and Royal
Arcanum They was shakm' hands
so long the constableinterferredi tkeeki'
it was a tassling mutch
T. Egbert Pea say, who is the <;oorge;
M. Cohen of these parts has got some'
new spats of which be is very proud.
Hank Tu at Btl says him and Ins wife,
have had spars for fifteen years, but *
never found ii necessary to brag about
iheti^ Alison Krisby says he's going to :
have h new colonial house with pillars
Sa the front. By .ling, if they are!
feather plltajr*. it ought to be a nice j
rest ful place to live.
Hank Tumms expects to get out ai
writ of eerfioiari agin' Hod Peters if'
he can fmd any pettiroejgef la this town
or West Hi< keyvillc who knows what
tt means or hiaw to spell it. i
Uncle Ears Harkine, aged in; years,
has returned from West HiokeyeiUe. i
where he has been visiting his grand
rather. Old Cal llarkius. I m-le Kzra '
says his grandpa is doing nicely, but is ;
poses fasele. Had Peters asked Uncle
Kzra how Ii- explained bis grandpa *
longevity and I laoM Rata ?ays he never!
knowed Ins grandpa had the longevity
af anything SSM SSoeprl I he rheumatism.
Hank TaSsaas' as tehee pump friz, las:
night because be forgot to raise the;
handle and lei the water out n it.
Klmer Jone? is quite pop'ar With the
ladie? since be got his new motorcycle j
.vith the s<a' r/chind. Aniv Stubbs '
?ays she could just die ridin' >rith i
Elmer and probably she will if he Mta
a few more telephone pole- and rnilk ,
wagons ? a
Mr. t\ iKon's Cabinet.
Energetic but misguided writers on
political subjects ate helping Mr.
Wilson manufacture his new Cabinet
We think Srs know as mm h as any of
ihe rest of them und UTS have just as
|OOd a eight to forecast t he new Cabinet.
flur Cake eel selection is just as likely
l<> be indorsed by flu- new President as
?ny of the others. Hero it let
Secretary of state?Klbcrt Huhbard
Secretary of the Treasury?John D.
Rockefeller
Secretary of War?James J. Corbett.
Secretary of the Navy?Annette
Kellermuii
secretary of Agriculture?Col. Wil
liam F. Cody
Secretary c.f Commerce and Labor?
Abe Erlange
Aftorney tlcncral?lames Hamilton
Lewis
Secretary of the Interior?Saran ?t
Rorer
faai n,.<-' ??? (onoral ? Hear Maria.
Voice of the People
tlrctnia Will Be Represented In the
?suffrage Parade.
To the Kditor off The Times-Pispatch :
Sir Will pan kmdlv correct the
Ftatement made m tkSS morning's paper
that ' The Kqiial Suffrag* lesegue" will
not be nfticiHlly represented -et the
pari.de in Washington. March J
The league will be officially repre
Abe Martin
Wha' ? become o' ib' feller that
iiwed t leave his pocketbook at home
Heginnin t dav our
i ..pen al a , r A W
f"i Ift tsspefli ? niilk snen.
tented l,v ??'??fr?! of Its important offi?
cers, und many of its members from
Richmond snd other cities, who expect
'.i march in Mm Virginia delegation with
"mi flu? at Its head. Although I shall
not t>* umougst the marchers myself,
because physically unable to contribute
that sort of service to the cause, i
heartily approve of the parade, and
believe that it will be a most impres?
sive demonstration of the fact that
many thousands of women in this
country do want the rights a* well as
the duties of eltixcnshlp.
L,11,A MKADI VALKNT1 N K.
President of the RgUSjl Suffrage League
of Virginia. ?
Opposes ( laude Allen's Electrocution.
Tg i he ttSMtor <>f The Times-l>isba*<'h
Sn i re pi] to oee in tae ?'harluttes
ville Progress who wields such a fertile
pen, giving his reason why the Aliens
should be electrocuted, yearning for
I blood?for that blood which circulates
warmly through the channels which
Oik1 created tot a noblrr purpose than
I that for which II is now decreed.
Mow is it that Sidua Allen is serving
la term ot thirty 'Bite or seven yeurs for
Killing -ludst* MaSSte'' .fudge Massie
said. ' Sldn.i Allen has killed me":
.still you say ' < 'laude and his father
I must be electrocuted for doing some?
thing some one else did ' How in the
. sasae of justice could such u judg
I inent be executed'- The CoestituttOB
ha* vested the Oovarnor with the
power to remedv judicial errors; that
poorer 1 have sal a doubt. His F.x
OSlssncy would willingly yield to an?
other', were it possible, but alas ' that
is impossible but ho. has behind liliu
l*i? constil uente fifty or seventy thou?
sand people asking him to stay the
hand of cpath and commit them to
the penitentiary The couits are out
of H they have nothing uiore to do
in the matter.
The law, th* great law. speaks to
: him through the people and the "voice
of the people is the voice of Ood "
j They say to this great man, our tiovet
! nor. "thy will be done."
By sinking down th* decision of the
(courts he will 6a doing just what the
. framers of this law intended him to do.
! A doubt, the slightest doubt as to the
justice of the sentence should cancel i'
i As the clouds vanish before the rising
'sun. the anger against the accused
i when tliey perceived that guilt was
not clearly established, was dispelled,
and as Mrs Mann awarded a medal
to the beautiful and heroic little lass
i for standing by bar father in such a
dreadful conflict no less do the people
of Virginia ask the (iovernor to award
to ('laude Allen that badge of honor,
his life, for standing bv his father.
K H Ml I. KS
("artersville.
Does the V. P. I. Need a Technical
.Man for President?
To the Kditor of The Times Dispatch
Sir ? The word tijilitary" in the
name Virginia Military Institute in?
dicates the distinctive feature of
this great school, the word "polyteeh-;
nie" in the name Virginia Polytechnic'
Institute suggests that this school is
an institution Of ' many arts"?that
not only art technical subjects taught,
hut also other more liberal branches
having to do with a young man's
complete eiiu- at ion The cultural sub- ,
jects of study are given due emphasis
in order to make not narrow special?
ists of its students, but broad, all-!
round educated men. The important'
question of securing at this critical
time the right man for th* presidency'
of the V P I is on* for the whole'
State of Virginia lo consoler. A
great responsibility resia upon the j
board of trustees in making a seiet - i
tion It is hoped th*y will go slowly!
anil decide wisely
In view of th* polytechnic charac?
ter of the V P I the question natural-;
ly comes up. Is a technical man best,
fitted for the prreid*ticy'? To this,'
many will a?iawcr No. An ex-presi- I
dent of a great technical and nidus- j
trial school says the V p |. does
doc* not need now. with its Saalti-.
ferious subjects a technical man for i
presid*?if. Prominent men in educa- |
tion and in other fields of woric in
Virginia are of the Same opinion
There is no technical man that can Iss :
found who can possibly know all, or j
even a few. of the technical subjects '
taught It seems fair then, to rea?
son that a man of technical training
in ?>ne particular line -unless he be '
exceptionally broad? is apt to give:
undue emphasis to that branch. )
or . SetSRSi be it < h*rnistry. civil engi?
neering agriculture or what not
This might not l>e his general purpose
yet il would be difficult not to stress
the special subject to tb? detriment
perhaps of other important subjects.
If one will BceS in the catalogue of the '
V. P. I. the long faculty lisl. he will
find that there are many specialists
Ihere in t,., hnical lines?-specialists ,
in agriculture engineering, geology,
mineralogy, chemistry. Sit
For tin- school to do its beet work in
all its va'ious lines to s4V6nd out lenldly
as a grc.it educational factor in the
stale, it would seem wise to have some
other than a technical tnan- -although .
interested in technical education?at
las bead of the v. I*, r The pastas
sors there now ar* experts or special!?'*
in their separate fields of labor The
president ever them all needs to be a
irean broad-minded, practical or learned. J
of administrative abili'>. and large'
enough to sec the value of each subject,
to unify his forces, correlate the many I
interests, and who. by experience, i har
aotor and influence, will send out
?pee the world graduates who are well- j
rounded educated men. rather than j
mere narrow specialists.
("an stich a man be found"' The many
qualities 'hat Dr S (' "vir tn I ?<*?-I
sesses ftT him for the place. He has had
a hing experien's in educational work
in Virgin? and elsewhere As president
of th* University of South Carolina he
ha* succeeded admirably. Because of^
his learning, wide sympathies and ex?
perience, he believes tn masking of stu- '
dents broad-minded, many-sided men.
an>l he is interested in all classes?the
engn:' *r. the farmer, ?he <hemis*. th<
manufacturer, the rich and the poor
boy. The recent invitation to Dr. Mit
t hell, not iced in the daily press.to deliver
the chief address at the thirty-seventh
anniversary ?>f the founding of Johns
Hopkins I r iversity. in Baltimore. Feb?
ruary 22. indicates th* prominence of
the man i* would be welk we think,
for the board to carry ou* its policy
of seeing him face to face and see what
the possibilities are
The V PI under his able adminis?
tration would. In my view, increase
rapidly in student attendance, and rise
to a yet higher point of popularity,
dignity and efficiency. A. B C.
He hniond
Critlrlrr* t ondltlaa of I.ee Statue.
To th? Kdifor <f The Times - Dtspat ch
Sir -Please permit a Northern visi?
tor, delighted with your beautiful ci'y
? o urge some trra'msnl of the magnifl
cent Use s'atu* oat Franklin Ktr?-*'
to permanently remove *h* splot'hv
ratn.ri tba' now mars it t>ey..nd
recognition.
It i. .. x *v -Sa* this of all SIS'i:*"
. - d--"g|'*ll ?1.(1 a. |..w*d '??
remain in su<-h condition
KVKI.VN I.F.Y!,.*. VD
! VIEWS OF THE
VIRGINIA EDITORS
L_
Vtrgiaia's Tos? ?.malt tree table Pro
da. M..n
Of par'I- ular interest to city re*i
den's wa> that portion of the census
report on Virginia farm produce
made nobile this moral as relating en
the vegetable crops
Th* -ep, ?? fated that in IB(S 'he
t..'. i,',:,?f of pota'oes and o'har
v s-eo.'. . . , ?J PS and the - van.?
I ? ?*? i.xclvoins potatoes and
swaet potatoes end yarns, tbe eoreugo
of vegetables wee 1M.U4 and their
?dlue IS.DS9 cou.both acreage and value
being materially greater than in IMS.
The general character of Virginia
, agriculture Is indicated by- the fact
! that about two-fifths (38 8 per cent)
' of the total value of crops in IMS
was contributed by the cereals, about
? one-sisth (17.1 per cent) by potatoes
and other vegetable*, about one-eighth
i ?1.1 per cent) by tobacco, and about
one tenth '10 2 per cent) and 10.1 percent
respectively) by hay and forage u*nd by
forest products. The remainder, repre
; senttng 10.? per cent of the total,
'consisted mostly of grains and seeds,
other than cereals and fruits and nuts.
' In spite of the rather imposing ftg
( Ules. we believe that a careful estimate
'of what Virginia people puy lo tftsok
1 producers of other States is something
'like P.imj ?m Most of this, if not all.
. Is ptild by residents of the luiget towns
and cities. In view of the lamentable
scarcity of trn< k farms near Lynch burg
j it is more than probable that Lyiichhurg
i residents on an average pay more to
1 producers in other Stutea than do the
residents of any other Virginia city.?
l.>n<hbuig Advance S I
"A Peach."
i Justice May is right ; a woman
should never be called a r hu ken. if
she is all fuss and feu'liets. In the
absence of any other euphonious
appellation of sweetness or endear?
ment call her a ' peach "- -Staunton
j Leader.
Breaa t.oods Direct.
The parcel post will enable the
'uninitiated kg buy their gold hgiok
direct from the maker, thus enabling
them to eliminate the middlemen
Sandy Valley News.
Is It Possible.'
Maybe we are too hard on State
Legislatures. 'ihe first bill passed by
? the present New York Legislature is
one permuting a jail sentence for a
man who drives an automobile while
he is drunk - I ndex-A ppeal
Or a ???shorter and I glier Word."
Mr. Bryan has named his Honda
estate "Villa Serena " Maybe Mr.
Bryan feels that way. but Colonel
Roosevelt would have named the
place Camp Dammitall - Herald
I Courier.
Time Mellows.
I Verily, tune winnows the true from
[the false. H softens asperities, if It
i does not uproot then, altogether.
I broadens the viewpoint ripens the
judgment, mellows the temperament,
sweetens the disposition, clarifies the
! vision . make* one gladder to live, and
1 paradoxical though it may seem readier
to die It brings sorrows as well as
joys, you say'' ?pain no less than happi?
ness . the rebellious mood as well a*
periods of contentment? Oh. yes?all
: this is true?it is but the product of
natural laws and as inexorable as
death?but still, taking it by and large
the condition is not such as to gainsay
the truth of wha' we have net set
down With all of the problems and
anxieties, and defea'v and failures arid
bereavement* thai follow in the wake
of human exist peace, it is yet true ttib.tr
there is compensatory swing to the
pendulum. Ttgge is the greates' of
educators, the best, the most proiiBc
mother of bounties that count for
true-seeing and far seeing, and alwaya
makes for the triumph of wholesome
philosophy ? Lynehburg News.
First Fought Virginian.
The RoanoVe limes was tbe gJrai
paper in the State to bdittle and make
fun of nur plea that State pride sho-ild
move Virginians ??? suppor* rhe can?
didacy of a Virginian for the highest
office in the gift of the people - Peters?
burg Index-A ppeal
Honor to Those Who Wore Ihr Gray.
< base City always anfjgdtfegB herself
honored when she has at. opportunity !
to welcome and entertain Ibe nurvimrt ;
of the "Los' Cause This pleasure was:
ours on Saturday las' when to a number j
of veterans were presented crosses, of
honor by the A rm la bead Ooode chapter;
Hof the Daughters of the ?onfesderacy. i
All honor to those w ho wore the gray. !
Their ranks are growing thinner and
thinner as the years g<> by. but the
memory of tht ir noble des-ds will live j
on?Chase City Progress
Virginia Silk.
Here's an interesting item 'ha' comes
from Norfolk. Miss Bleanor Wilson
bad expressed a desire t,, wear ggsgss*
thing at the inauguration of President
Wilson made in Virginia, the native
State of her father. A Norfolk silk
manufacturing ftrni took ihr l.int ami
offered her a drees "> be made ol silk
manufactured in that citv
She was requested to name the <.
desired. She expressed a pref? r. .
for the color of the outside petal Ol tbe
American Beauty rose. He; wishes
will be respected The silk will Ix' sent
to u New York dressmaker to be fash?
ioned into a 1*50 dress, whn h Miss Wil?
son will wear on tbe 4th of Man h
This incident < alls attention to the
posaihilit le? of silk culture in Virginia.
No country in Kurope or Asia is better
adapted to this industry than our own
Common wealth.
The climatic conditions are suitable
The mulberry tree flourishes here, and
there are thousands of persons in the
country who will find silk culture a1
pleasant and progtable employment, i
With proper attention to this matter. 1
Virginia might rival France or Italy or
China in this line of industry and add
immensely to her yearly income.?i
Lynehburg Progress
The Simple Life In Buckingham. ,
Balmy spring weather in -'anuarv
has set going the agencies of agriculture
in t hta primitive but fertile farming
region and plowing, hay haling and
clearing and < leaning up land for cul
tivHtion are now the- order ,.r :*:< day
in the three-* ot, unties of AlbemarU
Nelson and Bii' kingham as fnr as they !
unfold to the view of your t? rifw- from
the crest of a lofty height overt..<>!? :ng I
the majestic James. Here the Western
and Northwestern newcomer* *<? plenti?
ful about Charlo'-e? vi lie ami S.-otts
ville. are as yet unknown, and the voca?
tion of tbe hrjs'ling re:.! estate ages' is
not found in the *.* ial economy of our
agrn ul'ur.ti and pastoral people of 'he
original Virginia tvpe who exemplify
the pleasure* and Ix-neflts arising from
practicing the do.Tim- >>r the simple
lift Howardsviile correspondent of.
< harlottesville Progress
I treasonable Stasaton.
This is the land of plenty, peace and
i-.-tppineas The valley folks won t
agree to this. but. then Satunton will
not admit tha' Mr Wood row Wilson
was born in Cumberland let" the
heathen rage James River Clarion
Invisible (.oteraaaeat Knocked lent
In the First Kounrf
Mr t \lilnr le'-nke of lohn- Hop
Pleasiire? erf Farm Fife.
e!?s)tght 'o meet wi'li >??,
?be rural dte'ru-te and hear 'hen
bout tbe increasing pleasures m\
n ihe farm They aar ?hat farm
ntreaalv fat preferable in efitf
re will be
Btry. bot
IKS
sH
THE WORLD
AT LARGE
Hoclal Washington In 1915.
Krorn th* letter of a distinguished
European visiting In Washington tu
August. jf.i5
"I requested Cto procure for me. if
possible, the puvilege of paying my
respects to the President. He looked
at me in (rank amazement and raised
both hands and eyebrows. Evidently
ka did not trugt himself to speak on
the sub,.-, ? but from.the naval attache
I learned in < unfldence that the embassy
has been unuble to adjust itself to the
in formality pievatting at the White
House tim e March 4. MS. It was sug?
gested that if I wikhed to see tho
Presided* I should merely drop around
any time and ring the door bell
I 'In the morning, my informant said.
I might be Certain of catching Mr
Wilson in th. bn k yard sawing cord
wood Into s'ove lengihs. and any even
Ing would be likely to find him at home
j in his slippers with the evening papei
"This may astonish you, but permit
? me to assure you that Washington has
harmonized Itself completely with ideas
I of democratic simplicity which I am
told are attributed to an early President
named Jefferson. lr they would Strike
you with their Oddity they also would
. hold you by (heir . harm.
. ' Calling on Mr Marshal! the Vice
President. 1 discovered turn In his
'cabbage field, where he spoke of ths
considerable devastation done by cut?
worms, lie was kindly and had me
enter the house with him, where we
spent a half hour pleasantly looking
over 4he family album and at various
; views of Niagara Kalla.
"At the residenre of Secretary of
State Bryan last night. I was fortunate
' to be one at a porch party. Mr. Bryan
I is a cour teous host and was graceful
passing the lemonade and pound cake.
My only regret was that we were de
? ..-d ??! his attractive conversation
for a full hour 11? was called to ths
gate by a visitor and spent the ttgae
'aikmg over the fence earnestly. On
leMirriuig he apologised, bat said that
Karl Haldar.e. the British ambassador,
had a pressing matter to take up with
him and its importance must excuse
his iti' ivility
"1 am looking forward with the ut?
most pleaaure to a lawn party at the
home 0r Mr and Mrs. Champ Clark.
Mr Clark is moderator of the house
of burgesses or the lower assembly, and
I am .nformed that he is quite as
.Irrfersonian as the delightful Mr.
Bryan When you corns over be at
no pains with your luggage. A hand?
bag will carry all you need "?Chicago
Tribune
Bees by Mali Vnpopular.
Several parcels post delivery man
are smarting to-day Thr-y are nursing
bee stings as the result of their expe?
rience with a hive of bees
The hiv% wa- m ailed from Oak
Lane. Pa . by Mary Austin to a friend
hero Th* bee? apparently had bean
securely fastened in their lilve. but
it was ne< essary to make arrange?
ments for them to gel seJfVOsetsi ait.
i When the package arrived her* it
was regarded with gteat curiosity by
delivery men. who gathered in the
assorting room.
One man a curiosity became so
great he picked up the hive. At that
rr.omeii' u husky young bee. who
thought summer must be here becauc*
of the warwi weather, made his way
nut ?r t he luve
Tkaal bee was followed bv another.
ill a few minute. ?e . era) do.', .,e,.?
were playing around la the assorting
room They alighted on several de?
livery men and proved their stingers,
after a winters rest, were in splendid
? ond ition
In the .onfusion however, iher*
was one man - ho knew a hat to do.
tie walked bravely to the luve and
fastened the ops Bing ?<< that no nior?
bees Could get on' He was elected
in., nur "U-iv as the person 'o deliver
the package - CeOadt n. K.J., dispatch
to New York Press
The I>og In the News.
Every attentive reader of the news?
papers muff have noticed the almost'
daily appcurare e of the dog in tho
news. it has her-n said that three sob
jeete arc of perennial interest to news-]
paper readers love women and money.)
The ?log is a close fourth He touches
human life af more points and more]
nearly than anv other animal So thol
freous-nt wceunli of his intelligence,]
bis bravery, his devotion in saving]
people from drowning, from Ore and'
from burglars, his loyalty to his master,
bis death frees gn*f and even his de?
liberate suicide, are read with avidity
I by all who really know dogs
Not the exceptional dog. like th*
one recently exhibited at various
universities, that has a vocabulary
of over a*> words, and that does all
mannor of impromptu stun's at tho
r*ouest of strangers, but just the
. ommon. ordinary dog. is full of
human nature. He has a sense of
humor and a sense of shame Every
d.sg lover knows that there Is no
su?h thing as a bad or vlilias dogj
tha' has not been made so either
by abuse or neglect Is fhe rasa
not very much the same with human
beings'- Eugene Ki?ld thought so
and added. "If I had my way I would
abolish all dog laws and dog catchers ''
|tg la'c William James?greatest
of Amerwan philosophers?enjoyed the
delicate and subtle relations between
his little fox terrier and himself.
(Hadstonc s favorite dog died of a
broken heart when separated from his
Piaster History IS full of pathctio
instances of canine fldeiity
L>ogs are what men make them.
They respond quickly to humane m
"ijence Tb,ey are humanizing
agents Man is slowly coming to
r. otniize the duty he owes those
-?enous creatures that live on a
pian* so ? lose to our* own. and that
are bound to us by so many ties ?
Boston C.lobe
He's Coasting the Stars.
probably no occupation is more in?
teresting and yet more tiresome than
that of A s Chapman, of the Green?
wich obeervatory. who is at present
. - . .- ? .r '.rig stars He has
already counted ?e.ets.ats or them, and
he says that next month, when b* hopes
t<> finish this monstrous labor, ths total
will be about ? enteis.
? Mr Chapman carried out hat work
b.- taking 20* photographs of the bee es as
Sholograph showing a section of
the sgy in whu B there were from Su OOS
lo -noon s?ars These photographic
plate* he examined by the aid of a
powerful microscope
Mr chapman had to count the stars
in the leaven- ' v ? r -'lnuJ of aver?
ager, or otherwise if he had counted
them on* bv one it would have been
j, j iwisry to give up at least a century I
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