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A IllsKriiceftil ('lntjitiT
BY a vole of 10 t<> 5 t lie House Mays nnd
Means Commit toe ordered u favorable
report on Fordnoy's bunco soldiers' bonus
biU, Of tho live inembors who had tho
courage to vote against the measure, three
were Democrats ;.rul two Republicans.
All honor to tl.em. That the public may
knov.- and lemember those who were un
willing to offer bribe for the soldier vote
al the expense of the financial and eco
nomic stability of tli * country. we givo their
names: Garner, of Texas; Kitehln. of North
Carolina. ar.d Collier, of M!.ts!s;-,ippl. Demo
crats; Tro:tdway. < !' Massachusetts. and
jr.i<. of Ctmni'i'! u ;r.. Republicans. Whil"
: bo-.r it. v.e might as well give the
.'.u'.'cs <..' to:?? who vol il In favor of the
outrege: Fordiioy. Clreen, Longwortli, Haw
ley. Copley, Mott, Young. Frear, Haeha
rr.rh. Hud!, y. Ti:nb rial:1'. Rowers, Watson.
Honghton, Ch'.ndler, Republicans; and
Oldlield. Crisp. Carew, Martin, Tague, Dom
ocrr.is?fourteen Ropj hi loans and five Dcri
c>cVb(b.
?The line-tip in the committee vole prob
a^iy'affords lY.ir idea us lo the propor
tion:;! line-up of tint whole House nieinber
jliip'when the.' i:??iiur > i. brought ti> a vote
iir thr.t body. it w I! !>" se mi that in
sjn'.e <;f i!;?? opp:>:'itlon of the President. lh<?
Secretary ol the Tre-.r.mry hiiu of prartiettlly
(eJTTj" patriotic in'.ero-t <?f the country oil
grounds of public poiicy, the v??f?*-seeking
majority of the !i use lrt^ i.nsd" up its mind
to force t Ik- measure iluough that body
regardless of ronsetjuetiops !'? tho couniry'a
welfare. Little '!oo?> lhi? mnjority care
what is to he the ie oCJlie. nu^asure after
it passes that hjidy,? .Those members who
will force Its pussago -vvill have proved to
the .''oldier voters who are clamoring for a
bonus that they are "with them" in this
proposed raid on the Treasury and they will
expect their reward iti votes to bo delivered
in November
Tiit' action of the committee presents one
of ihe most disgraceful chapter*- in the
whole history o: i's luuciioning from the
f.Minda'ii ti of t"i i;overnmei"i From titne
to tian- ih" i i:?i:11it:< l,a aii'linrizcd raids
on the Treasury but
audaciously I tr -e ;i;.t
In a way which woi:;.| 1
consetjuences t.. in
stability of ; i*. a:r
down by a load (,f
handicapjif <1 1> to
dm trial .--t agnation
.>r
mately f?,000,e0(i
ment. ihe taxpa; - ?
11 r. posit ion to ass-uujf.
which liiis i atrai?>-uus
pose on tliem. and ,su
continues to exist as
measure there can In*
nh* lore oik* .so
:.t a time when and
inn such disastrous
linuncial and e -onomic
Already weighted
i .i ion w. i< b lias so
? < lterprise that in
ha> thrown approxl
from the d. pr. -
grave conditiotn
persons out of employ
thi country are in
ad'Iitional burd?n
measure would im
I'liig as uncertainty
to the fate of tho
no speedy recovery
of which grow Uio
The James River Hearing
'THB earnes* moral mppurt of far-seeing
1 Riehmoi.<'.eis will atteini t),,. delega
tion of public-spiriied fitizeiis who appear
before the Ri\tis i.nd Harbors Committee
of C.ongre- today t.i present tins i-ity's ar
guments for proper development (,t the
James River ciiannel. The importance of
this matter to the future of Itichmond can
hardly be exaKgerated. The flu'it that is
being made for the protection of our in
terests is b 'h aggressive and defensive;
xve not only lack any definite assurance that
the James will be developed properly as a
channel of commerce, hut we have reason to
fear actual deterioration and loss of ad
vantages previously gained. The point at
?<".hich improvement of the channel now
reels is not one at which it e- possible tc
remain stationary; choice must he made be
tween progress Mid retrogression.
Readers w i!! recall the warning sounded
earlier this v.eek in an address by Mr. Oven
before tho Kiwanla Club. I'nless there is
early Improvement of the Jane-. River < hati
nel, he declared, II may become necessary
to abandon the freight lines now operating
between Richmond and Norfolk and New
York. Mr. Dabney, of the Chamber of com
merce, has Btaied the minimum requirement
it\ the following language: "We must at
least see that the channel is maintained at
a low-tide depth of eighteen feet, which
will allow^ vessels of reasonable draft tc
! enter our harbor." And to this he udded
the ntgulllcant statement that "Richmond is
doing more whipping now than ever, and. in
order to maintain this und increased busl
| Heps, tlio city must be keenly nlivo to every
| move."
| Tho hearing at Waahlugtou today and tho
presence thero of it nnmhor of loyal Rlch
mondertt prove that h.'. least oomu of our
representat Iro citizens ure kovttly alive to
the Importance of iiiis undertaking, in this
nnd subsequent efforts to obtain fair treat
ment for tho James, they should bo made
to feel that the community is solidly and
enthusiastically behind them.
Lotting Them Fight It Out
THE Presldotit's sudden dupnrluro on a
week's vacation trip to Irlorlda sprang
somewhat of a surprise on bickering Con
gressmen, but there seems to have been tnoro
of method than "madneso" in tho purpose
which inspired his action. True, he is eoro on
Congress, but ho is sovo because tho major- |
ity leaders have ignorod his udvlco In nil j
important legislation which ho felt that the
administration had a right to u voice in do- ;
terinining its contractor.
His program of legislative recommends- |
tions has been treated with little loss than i
open contempt, questions of major import
ance, domandlng prompt action, being held
up while the two houses waato their time
in vain and confused wrangling. Nothing
conclusive has been done about tho tariff,
and tho majority leaders hold widely di
vergent views as to what should be done;
the question of further revision of revenue
legislation has no prospect of an answer;
wide differences of opinion exist as to the
sir.c of tho army and Ttavy, although lie has
communicated his own views on that sub
ject; the proposed reorganization of tho |
executive departments has been ignored; i
tho House refuse* to regard his wishes on j
the hotiu.1 proposition; and an acrimonious j
debate on the treaties now absorbs the Sen
ate, with that body refusing to accept, his
word that there is no hidden moaning in
them. On practically all tiiesc subjects there
is division - the President and his Cabinet
holding one set of views, while tho congres
sional antagonists wrangle over two other
separate and distinct views as to what
should b* done.
So the President made up his mind to let
these congressional recalcitrants light out
their differences without let or hindrance
from him. in the meantime by absenting
himself from Washington for a week, giving
them time and opportunity to reflect upon
his position regarding pending issues and
to determine whether they are willing to
assume full responsibility for what is to
come. In other words, the President is giv
ing Congress a chance to function without
executive interference or advice. If an is
sue is to be made between tho two branches
ot the government, he wants Congress to
make tho issue in the full knowledge that
he has done all that he is going to do in
trying to harmonize their respective atti
tudes. When recently he declared he would
not "lobby, trade, supplicate or admonish,"
he put Congress on notice that he was tired
oi' its bickerings and that his backbone was
stiffening. Incidentally, he is down in Flor
ida also to pick up a little more courage
for the inevitable coming split with Con
gross, unless that body respects his wishes
aK to legislation a little more encouragingly
than it has done.
Politics Again
DESPITE tho show of indignation it
aroused, the charge of Senator John
Sharp Williams that the Senate is again
playing politics with international affairs
rooms to be fully justitled by the circum
stances. "Anything to beat Wilson" has
been supplanted, it appears, by "anything
to boat Harding."
There was a certain plausibility in the
pioposals that were used as the means for
destroying the Versailles treaty r.nd the
league ot nations; the same quality must
, be conceded to the amendments now ad
vanced by the opponents of the four-power
| engagement. The important point in both
| instances is that the proposals came front
| enemies, not friends of tho treaties, from
I those who would destroy, not strengthen
I the agreements. Wo And Borah and .lolin
! son voting for the Robinson amendment,
| though it is entlroly probable that neither
I Rorah nor Johnson would vote for tho
' treaty with the Robinson amendment In
corporated.
Every advocate of important changes in
the four-power treaty must realize that
insistence upon such changes by the Amer
I ican government would necessitate ro
j opening of negotiations, with the result of
j throwing the whole matter into a state of
j confusion approaching chao?. It is per
I fectly useless to attempt to make (his
! treaty over into a league of nations. It was
j r.ot drawn as a league of nations. No one
| should claim for it the broad vision or high
j idealism of the league. Hut it is a re
i spot-table substitute on ;> smaller scale; it
i K a reflection of the league's spirit and
; purposs a worthy expression of the world's
i longing for something better and safer than
j the old competitions and trickery. The
J American people will not Indorse its de
I struction. and Senators who seek to destroy
? it will find, if they succeed, that they have
i won a distinctly Pyrrhic vietorv.
I ? "
Unfair mid Unsafe
EVERYONK must recognize tho sound
< ne.-s of Mr. .Mart-use's arguments for
a fair, workable franchise for the street
I rnr company and regulation of the jitneys.
Every observant person will realize also
that the situation demands the adjustment
j el these matters with as much promptness
a: may he consistent with intelligent action.
The present unbalanced arrangement is
unfair and altogether unsatisfactory. The
city has two r? cognized passenger-carrying
services, one operating under clearly defined
regulations, and the other practically ttn
alieiteil by any regulations whatever. The
latter apparently is prospering, the former
unmistakably drifting into Insolvency. It
r not the part of the city to destroy the
prosperity of the one, hat it is very plainly
the part of the city and distinctly to the.
interest of the city to give the other a
reasonable chance to save itself from bank
ruptcy.
Aside from the question of fair .dealing,
the city government must recognize the
necessity of ; well-ordered, permanent sys
tem of local transportation. At present
there Is a definite lack of order, and ex
tiemely little assurance that anything is
permanent. What means of transportation
the people of greater Richmond will havo
live or ten years from this time, how tho
demands of h constantly expanding city are
to be met th^p or even .earlier, aro quel
.
* '
tions concerning which we may apeculaie
with Very little assurance Just now, And
yet they relate to n most Important part of
the city's life anil development} and thoy
should be answered uh well an it is human
ly possible to answer any questions con
cerning the future, Tho present one-sided
arrangement la n menace that has already
been faced too long.
.In .^durational Tn\
THE typo of Federal lax which has cj it it o
recently boon tho chief cbuho of heart-'
burns and heart failure, hatdnesi and back
aches, in probably of higher educational
value than nay other tux, laid by Uncle
Hum upon his putiont people, it is a great
htvoler, this incomo tax; It reaches many
thousands of Amet'icuns who have practical
ly no other foully convincing reminder of
the staggering sum required to keep the
national establishment In buoineas.
When a man roadi that a batljeship or
a bonus or koiuo other national extrava
gance is to cost a certain amount, in mil
lions or billions, be may or may not regard
the matter aa one of any special importance
to him. When the government comes with
throats of Imprisonment, lines and per
ccutuni, and demands that lie hand over a
week's wages, or more, to cover his share
of stock in the now enterprise, ho begins
to realize that taxation has Its practical,
as well as its theoretical side.
Nothing is so likely to promote economy
revolt on the part of those who pay the
bills. The income tax whs lightened to
some extent by the present Congress; some
of these days it will ho reduced again in
deference to the protests of millions whom
the government is educating. And this
popular sensitiveness to financial drain may
result in a moi;e general appreciation of
the burdens that r?,Mt upon the country's
business in other multiplied forms of op
pressive taxation. It will dawn upon the I
average mind that the government is do- I
mandlng more than it ought, to demand, I
more than jt may contiuue to demand with- |
out inflicting serious injury upon tiie initi
alive productivity and happiness of tho in
dividual citizen. / f
Up With the Times
ll.v II. O. II.
The Youngcritcs refuse t? > civc tip the fight i
on I.loyd George. Thoy have crossed tho i
Rubicon, one correspondent explains?mean- j
Ing, presumably", that the die-hard Is cast.
.Monday irf American Legion ICtnployment '
I.>ny. Prospective employers who desire ref- |
erences will Ilnd prune ii: almost any news- i
paper of the 1917-18 files.
As a matter of news, Chicago's $ir>,000,Oa<)
fire deserves the prominence it has been giv
en; hut it might be noted that "Bin Bill"
Thompson is injuring that city to an equal
or greater e::tent every week or so.
The news from Johannesburg and other
South African points reminds us that the
versatile .Inn Smuts was n soldier before he
became a statesman.
The approaching coal strike hasn't a friend |
in the world. Kveryhody is dead against it.
Everybody Is convinced it will bo n. complete
mess. Rut the strange-part of it is that it'tf;
coming right ahead.
?
Men who engage in the dark pursuit of ,
rooonshlning. it appears, sometime!: haVe still t
partners.
Republican leaders?, i! ' in said, will try to
fret the bonus through the House by the n*e I
of gag ruie. For Once, there is comfort in
the knowledge that there is no way under the
mn of RujjKing the Senate.
Spirit of Virginia's Press
"The Standard Oil -Company, of New .lersey," j
says tiie Newport News Press, "sends its ships '
right on down the coast to liftle ? >1 ,i Newport
News to have them repaired. Why? Because
the company gets the very best worl: at the
very lowest cost. That's the difference be
tween business and' politics."
litre is the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot's view
of It: "Tn the quite general regret over the
failure of tho legislature to authorize a safe- \
guarded bond Issue for roads, tho disposition
is to assign to the House of Delegates a i
greater share of the blame than It deserves. !
The House of Delegates drow its bond eon- i
vletlons from the late legislative campaign. I
No one livid a preater share In crystallzing j
those convictions during the campaigning .
period than Candidate K. Ree Trinkie. One '
of the artisans of Saturday's1 deadlock was I
the Governor." * !
The Newport News Times-Herald scores the i
House of Delegates for defeating the bond ?
Issue. It says: "The members had pledged
themselves against it before they heard the
argumen: to vote against any bond issue and 1
they stuck to ii. Hut we do not believe liut ?
they represent the majority sentiment in
Virginia. W'c believe the majority ??r the
people favor a bond issue, and it is to be
hoped that Oovernor Trinkie will call the
<ieneral Assembly together in extra session, at
tho earliest convenient moment, to reconsider
that important measure."
Says the Danville Register: "In our judg
ment. one of tlie most unwise pieces of legis
lation enacted is that providing for more
drastic prohibition enforcement. Granted that
tho most efficient enforcement attainable with
in lawful limits Is desirable, it Is also true
that any Infringement on constitutional limi
tations and particularly those involving in
vasions of cherished fundamental rights of
tiie citizens Is pernicious and dangerous."
"A good deal is being said about the 'teeth'
which were put in the new prohibition law."
says the Blackstone Courier, "but it must
be remembered thai there are such things
as ?false" teeth which are not very strong
as masticators."
The now happy editor of the t'rbannn
Sentinel says: "The city has its advantages,
l? iit who i? it that doesn't feel like they would
like' to get out in the big outdoors and dig
and plant during the advent of the first warm
days in spring ."
The Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch speaks right
out tn this/ fasl.ioV "Of all tho tomfoolery
ever foisted upon tiie people of Virginia by
any legislature, the movie censorship act
passed at the session which ended Saturday
probably marks the extreme extent and
depth of folly. This particular law Is worse
than useless because it can not poirsibly work;
It cannot possibly fulfill the purpose for which
It was designed and forced upon the State by
those* who like- to think themselves as 'up
lift*?.' " <r
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
I 11V HMKItY EDWARD WAItNISH
, Tlinnk <;?>?] for Thin. ? . ,
Thank C el foi* till*! Thai I hnvti health
.Viitl that my liuimful soul can sing
Abovo the thoinon of power mul wealth,
Ar:<l glory in tho liirth of Spring.
"'hank Uotl for this: That V can see
1 Tho beauty Si: ft flower. ?nd sonso
ri>i> good tli c.'irus that burden IIR',
Finding In '.'iit'li Its rtiODinpcn'o.
Tlutnk ??o?l for this: That 1 havo eyea ?
To npu iJ!s DHiiviiii stretching far?
Vii marvel nt tho changing likles.
To aeurch thorn for the farthest star.
And may I !lv<> to thank Hint when
My Journey emled, 1 shall pass,
That J havo 11 veil Willi t nor tit I men,
That t havo cmiled Into tho glass.
Cliari'onl I?|>l!'M Daily Thought.
"I ein't brnggln' none." Miiil Charcoal l?ph,
minimi tively, "bnt nil 1 iroc f nay. ef any
body's K"t a chicken kin outrun me on a dark
:i'.-riit. iiat chicken am sure some sprinter.
l\?l y ilrumstiMlstah Jeokson."
O, I Duuuo!
rr.fe venerable Punch", grandfather of at*
humorous journals, raises tho world-old ques
tion as to whether or not a plumber is a
human being.
The answer is. that everything: that eanr.ot
vijfglc its ears is a human being, except birds.
Ilea* and angle worms.
Health Talks by Dr.' Brady
I.Ulm to This.
"1 am !? man ?'G years old. sixty-seven inches;
tall, and I weigh -20 pounds. 1 put In six or j
seven hours* a day punching: a typewriter or :
camping In an ofllee ehalr. I have had no fee- j
rioits Illness In ten years and have taken no j
medicine in that time. I have taken no break
fast for twelve yum. 1 never eat between
meals, never cat candy or patronise the soda
counter, but 1 am ntrong for pie. thickly but
tered toast, rich steaks and that sort of thine.
My eyes fil! with tears of emotion at the
thought of a rich and indigestible dessert.
I was examined for life insurance recently,
but was penalized for excess weight and be
eau.se mv blood pressure was 1 IS. I smoke a
gr^at ileal and my physician declares that the
high blood pressure probably comes from
smoking.
"What about the relation of hlph blood
pressure and smoking?
"I have become accustomed to being over-I
weight, but any hint nt other abnormalities i
rather nlarms me.
"Please jjive me any suggestion you can j
toward reducing ir.y weight and my blood i
pressure." i
This is certainly n heart rending case. My!
sympathy goes out to this man?but just as
be reaches for il 1 snatch 11 back again, for
1 think he needs' the exorcise.
1 would prescribe two good habits and an !
accomplishment for such a man. , Ho ought j
to acquire <l) the eating habit, and C!) the)
smoking habit. l'or an accomplishment I i
would sugpest sawing wood. Still, the man
is going on tho rooks, and koIiik fast, unless
he goes tin the rock pile voluntarily. Kxerclso
is great medicine for him. as he tells me in an
other ?.?Mrt of his letter which I have omitted ?
he reduced to 135 pounds while he was in the
service one year, mostly spent In camp.
The relation of tobacco with high blood
pressure Is a very definite one. Xo other
stimulant will so quickly or so persistently
elevate a man's blood pressure as tobacco
does.
The eating habit is a good one for a man
to bare. Hut this man hasn't yet mastered
the habit. The habit has mastered him. Can't
you see his frailty in that reference to rich
dessert and rich steaks? Well, no matter, the
scales show a man up, or a woman. Any
body who la overweight overeats.
Kven the tobacco habit may not do a grown
ninn any harm so long ss he has tho habit
Well in hand. When tho habit has the man.
that means organic degeneration. High blood
prendre, ,hardening of the arteries, angina
pectoris - these are common everyday marks
of tobacco poisoning. llciw may a tobacco
user know whether he has the habit or the
habit has him? That Is very easy to deter
mine. if he enn go all day without to
bacco and without growing grumpy over if.
the habit hasn't got him yet. And tho only
way a tobacco user can tell whether ho can
do thi3 is by trying It at least once a month.
There is an idea that one with high blood
pressure or hardened arteries or Dright's dis
ease, styttild eat no meat, or if he takes any
meat it should he only white meats, or some
thing like that. If I had any or all three of
these conditions I'd want to eat a reasonable
amount of meat, according to iny physical
activity. And, of oourtfe, there is nothing at
all in the red meat or white meat notion.
When overeating induces elevation of blood
pressure above the normal it iH not meat and
not any other one kind of food. It is' general
!> much too much of everything good to-eat. I
In this particular case perhaps the victim
should Kareli.
News of Fifty Years Ago
(I'rom the Richmond I'ispatch. March 1 ?'?. 1872.)
i .i" caucus of the Conservative members of
the Uet'ora! Asrcnl lv h< Id last night nomi
nated Wood I Sou Id in. of Richmond, formerly
of Charlotte County, to fip the vacancy oi.
the bench of the Supreme Court of Appeals,
caused by the resignation of Judge W. T.
Joy nes.
A mreting of tlie citizens of Henrico County,
held at the courthouse yesterday, passed
resolutions asking Judge K. C. Minor to ordei
reassessments of lands under the provisions
of the reassessment bill just passed by the
Cenernl Assembly.
The series of cock fights which has beert
noing on at the pit on Main Street between
Seventh and Kighth since Monday last, was
brought to a close nigh' before !ast. The
contestants were from Richmond and Ports
mouth and the owner of the Richmond cocks
was victorious in nine fights out of flixtoon
ami pocketed $!.!">>. clearing J1.100.
The Supreme J.odge ..f ;!:a World, Knigtilt:
of Pythlr.s. will be hel.l h, Raltimoro April
!<5. The griitul chancellor and all of the past
grand chancellors of Virginia are entitled
to feats, and it is certain that several of these
worthies will attend,
A grand ball will be given I v the Catholic
HeneVOlent Society ,.f Richmond on Raster
Monday. April !. at Assembly Hal!, for the'
benefit of St. Patrick's School. In charge of the
Sisters of ?. ;. M-ity. Hon. a. M. Keilly is chair
man of the committee of arrangement*.
Married on the llth instant, by Itev. John
M. Duller, Mr. William H. William*, of Pow
j haian County, to Mis-, a Catherine 13. Witt, of
1 his city.
Information front the Piedmont section of
Virginia is to the effect that fruit has not
been damaged by the cold weather, and now
that there Is likely to be no more, of it tho
people are looking forward to a great fruit
crop this year. ' ,
i Mr. J. II. Iloye's residence in (looohlnnd
i County was destroyed by fire Tuesday morn
ing. This Is supposed to have been the work
of an Incendiary.
Voice of the People
l.rHrm for the, "Vulce of thr
l'ni]ilc" Column should not eseeetl
U00 nvnln lit Itugfll, Beyuuil Hint
ii tun lit'r (hp cdttor_'reBervea the
rlghl to blue pn.ell. ."Name ami
rtililrcan inunt nee.iinpauy each tom
i ii ii ii ten 1 In >i, not for ptibllcnl Ion, l(
(lie ?Tllfr ilur.n nut wish It, tint
itn evidence of good fnltli.
Time for a Xrw I'lnn.
IV the h'dllor of The TlmeB-blspaleh:
"Though the mills of liod grind
slowly.
Yet tliey grind exceeding small;
Though with patience ll?s stands
waiting.
With exactness grinds He all."
f?!r.?Apropos of Senator Mills'
iH'w proposition <in a new dross) fot
a monument to the heroism of tho i
Virginia soldiers. Fallot's anil marines
who served In the worlil war. this
proposition reminds one of the
sweetest notes of n ilylnv fumi.
This la3t note, uttered when the
war memorial was deferred, may bo!
the kwmI but ill wind that blows
nobody any good: therefore, the
lime has come to put all suggestions
in the hopper of pul.llc opinion and
sentiment' of the people and grind
out from tho variety of grain an
enduring, nonntllltarian monument
of lm;>crishal:!e stone ami brass
A CITIZEN WOMAN.
Richmond, Va? March 11. 1922. |
llelleve It AVrung In Principle.
To the Kditor of The Times-IJUpatch:
Sir.? I have road with Interest your
editorial In tho ? Saturday edition.
"Arms limitation Threatened." and I
dare say the majority of your readers
agree with you In your deductions as- ]
to the inconsistf ncv of the supporters
of the league of nations In opposins
the four-power Pacini* pact, for on
tho face of It, this conclusion se.-m ?
evident. Yet I know a number of
thoughtful persons who think the
four-power pact wrong In principle,
as one pact naturally gives rise to
counter-pacts, and It is Jnvt such for
eign alliances that Washington warn
ed us against. Kven though this par
ticular pact may seem harmless, a
had" precedent is hardly worth the
scrapping, even If that Is necessary,
of a few out-of-date vessels. Hut to
the league of nations, which already
Includes forty-eight nations. and
hopes eventually to enroll nil nation*,
no such ohpectlou can be Justi> rais
ed.
Any one who desire* to know
why the defenders of the league of
nations can he consistently opposed
to the four-power pact and when the
four-power pact ought to he s.crapjn d
Should read the article, "The Wash
ington Conference," by Samuel W.
McCall. thrice Governor "of Massa
chusetts,
joiin* f. nr.ACKWKi.ii,
Trevllians, Ya., March 13. 1322.
fu the l-'og of Illiteracy.
To the Kditor of The Tinvos-Ulspatch: |
Sir.?1 want to congratulate you I
on your editorial on th<* compulsory
education hill In The Times-Dispatch |
of Friday. I have gone to the Hand-|
ley I.il rary. of this city, every day, i
and to the otllce of the local news- I
paper, in the hope of finding notne
thlng In soni<> State paper on the
educational hills pending in Itich
niond. l>ut not it s-inifle line til! I saw
tho editorial referred to.
The toads of Virginia are had
enouuh. l.ut 50 per cent of the rural
schools are a disgrace. If you will
\ isit the remote rural schools In nny
county of Virginia and Hen the
miserable shacks, without proper fa
cilities for heat, light or ventilation,
so unsanitary that they arc nothing
lesn than incubators for the produc
tion and dissemination of disease, 1
believe you will willingly champion
better schools to the limit. I am not
thinking, yet. of efficient schools, hut
merely of common decency. I do not
believe that .">?? per cent of the school
houses in Virginia would be tolerated
as cattle barns by any reasonable
farmer who had a fairly good herd
of cowr. You or.uM not house a cow
In one of tlios. buildings and sell
the milk In the city <>r Washington,
or any oih"r city where those In au
thority have though*., even In ele
mentary terms, of the health of their
ha ble>
If you think I am exageratinjj. I
invite yon to send a reporter for
your paper and I will take him to
the sohoolhouses. Progress has been
n ade. out the conditions arc deplor
able yet.
It will take years of education and
propaganda, carefully planned, toj
give Virginia even a fairly good
INFORMATION BUREAU
IntjulrlCH regarding almost any
topic, excepting on legal nml nicdl- 1
cal subjects, are answered free. As
all liuiulrles are answered directly
by personal letter, a Kclf-nddrchscil
? tamped en\elope l? required. Ad
drcsN The 'I'tniOM-Hispa tch lofoniin
tton liurenti. ItIcliinoiiil, Va.
KIiik Philip's War.
It. K. Woodstock. King Philip's
War was the name given to a desper
ate attempt made by Philip, son of
Mussasolt. /uiclictA of the Wnmpa
noiixs. to exterminate the white set
tlers of New Kitgiand on account of
real and Imaginary wrongs commit
ted by them. The war broke out on
July 4, ItiTu, with an attack on Swan
sea. H. 1.. anil continued with varying
fortune until August of the following
year. The Indians were finally de
feated. and Philip, becoming a fugi
tive, was shot In a swamp by a rene
gado Indian, nnil his *on sold into
slavery in Hermuda. It Is said thir
teen towns and 000 dwellings were
destroyed, und 600 colonists killed by
the Indians. Tho expenses of the
war were estimated al Jf.00.000. As
a result of King Philip's War, the
power of the Indians in New Kng
iand was completely broken.
tnlteil Slates FInr.
SIlsi T. !>., Chariottes\?ili6.?Tho
Hrst legislation on tho question of a
national flag was In the form of a
congressional resolution, passed .Tune
14. 1777, declaring "that the flag of
the thirteen I'nlted States be thirteen
stripes, alternate red and white: that
the Union he thirteen stars, white on
a blue Held, representing the new
I constellation." In 171 Congress de
creed that after May i; 179r>. "the
lias of the United States lie fifteen
j stripo.i. alternate red and white, and
I that the Union l.e fifteen stars, white
| in a blue Held." This change was
made tf> mark tho admission of Ver
| irinnt and Kentucky Into the Union.
I The stars and stripes wore then
erpial. and a star and stripe were In
i ho added with tho admission of 6ach
new State. It was realized, however,
that the addition of a stripe for each
new Stale would soon render the flag
too large, and a resolution was ac
cordingly pasped In Congress on
April 4, ISIS, reducing tho number of
stripes to thirteen (representing the
original Union) and making the stars
twenty in number?there being at
that time twenty States. It was
furthermore enacted that a new star
should he Added for oach new Stato
admitted into th? Union.
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Atlantic City";;; 40 Z.l '"!our
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newHi'iijicr timt dom not fcatiir.i tli..
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hijJi, ! "XSikc n"> full-Krowri
! ! . l" henr "'?? twnd'.ili- and
n ?' 1 llio nntic* r,f ;i lur^e )..-r cont
of our ri prcfontntlvrn In tho I.,
a nr.. ,|, th ,r ,.rr(,n? f>) ,lami; V,",
I ib!I. ?. I100! ny*toni of tlio State
.Miiildv been it s.i VirKlxila hiln n f.,w
II r groin v.llltin )ier tiordrr" Wo
l.ave :,|mo!!t i h.iif ?,un?? whIf(.
chil.lre it. 1II1(| U |h time that v.e think
..lout them?and not.
I have roftfj your paper .since I
waj. a mere child, and I realize tint
environment wtll even put ?
paper to Jltcp, hut you cati help Jis
110 other paper can. t? do thl? j.,b.
1 want to Buy that thousands of
school touchers ur.d nohool om.-laN
who are \vorklrtK for the 600.000 ohli
t dron of Virginia, In order to produc/i
a better .State and lay the only per
manent foundation for re./oimtruc
lloii, are feeling awtuily blue. We
I bad b.;tter keep our f?et |n ,nud
?inkle deep, as bad an that i?, than to
Keep 0..1 headH In the foK of Hilt
?racy that envelops Virginia at the
preitent time. jj j
Wlnchetitcr. Va., .March 4. issi.
Hnnl? the Honda.
1Kdllor of The Tlim-M-lJisjiatoll?
Mr. Although the l.-Bi.slatorH have
bade us adieu, there are just it few
remarks f would l!k.- to make In
rcirar*! to tho J!2.000.000 bond Htoie
and the compulsory t-ehuol law. j
note in your Issue of today that Mr.
S. It. Whitehead oppone.s it ticcaim.?
it Is Kond for the automobile and
truck. I lave y..ti < ver se. ts ;? r<irn|
that was ifood to run an auto on
that wa.s not b->o.1 t() run a hor>">
driiMn vehicle on? I. too. have an
automobile, and am not opposed to
a tax on bus, but Jots build the road.
As it |h we have no ufo for the car
or team either about four months in
the year, in this section, and it would
be the same way around Mr. White-*
head's! place, were it not for the few
State . highways.
In rcKurtl to the compulsory school
law I find from being in homos daily
that there are very few people who
have children who arc worth edu
cating that do not send them fr<?m
conscientious scruples, and as the
gentleman from the black licit said,
it educates the negro at the expense
of the white. I think wo had a fair
sample of what it means to educate
a man of color, especially in medi
cine. in Xewport News the other day
when a white messeng.-r was forced
by one to put his hat on that he
might knock it off again because he
failed to remove it on entering.
Thank God it was not one of mine
and I have exactly eight.
VV. 10. TAYL.OU.
Ilowardsville, Vn^ March it. 1 '.'22.
I tillly In Mcmoriiil*.
I To t iie Kditor of The Times-I)!?patc:h:
Sir,?(.everywhere we are witness
ing a growing opposition to the utili
| tnrian memorial. A misleading factor
that gave impetus to the country
wide erase for litis form of memorial
was the many utilitarian memorials
the propagandists referred to. The
greater number of converts to the
idea were completely blind to tho
fact that nearly all those memorials
are private and simply represent a
/"aeriflcc on the parts of their donors.
Ilartly aro the individuals me
morialized more worthy of a m? niori
nl than the average law-abiding citi
zen. It Is clear to every one the
titter rcdiculotisncHK of erecting on
Ideal memorial or monument to such
a person.
It must also he clear that an ideal
memorial is superior to a memorial
so called?which is purely utili
tarian. The question presents itself
are the soldiers who died for a great
Ideal worthy of a sacred .shrine, or
are w? so calloused atf to disclaim tho
sacred issue at stake? "
A State or a community wlilth
erects one of these memorials, is on
tlio same level as the parent, who, to
commemorate the valor of a son who
had fallen in battle, builds a new and
palatini residence for his surviving
children and enjoys the comforts of
it himself?far below the spirit of tlio
i private memorial, while wu should he
'above it.
There i:, no denying the fact that
these "useful" Ideas, when carried too
far, kill every semblance of a me
morial. A few groups and statues
with inscription;; seem to add to tie
mockery.
The memorial must not be subordi
nate to tho utility?tho utilitarian
features must he subordinate to the
memorial, otherwise our efforts' are
only a sham, a make-shift to rnlse
funds to erect needed edifices.
P. WILLIAM SIKVI3R8.
itlehmond, Va., Mffteh 6, 1022.
>" ' ? < ?? 'V .. v 'y
MRS. t S. HUNTINGTON
DIES AT THE UNIVERSITY
Waa Daughter of General A,
W. Whipple, U. S. A., Kill
ed, at Chanccllorsvillc.
CI IA ULOTKSVI IAiK, VA.. March 15.
?MrK. HIljiiiiMh S. Vfuntiiigton.
wlilow of Colonel Robert W. Hunt
ington, L*. S. iml. (j., (1 led yctlvrday
sit Hie Lyndlialt at 11>??
fi.lvcrslty of Virginia. The funeral
was hclil al noon today mid tlie body
taken to lleards, Vn., for in'*?
Mrs. Huntington was tlie daughter, of
?Jeneral A. W. Whipple. IT. S. A., Who
W!U killed In the Rattle of Clian
i-ellorsville. 11o wan po liiKhly ad
lr Ired by President Lincoln that tliu
President iiske'l to lie allowed to at
! tend the funeral as a jk.uhoii.'iI friend
I sfltd nut as President. ."he was of n
\ei y old New Hampshire family and
v as horn In the old Warner Houmo
at Portsmouth. 'I'he hourg was built.
In 1712 anil la yet, with all tin* splen
did old furniture. In tr??? possession or
the family. S'u married (.'olonel It.
\V Iliinlin/rtoii, of the t'nlted Slates
Marine Corp.*, who wan elted for
Gallantry in the Spanish-American
Was. One daughter survives, Mrs.
Kdwin .M. Wavland, of Hoards, V.i.
Mru. Iluntlncton was u member of
the Daughters of the American iti vo
lution and of the Society of Colonial
Haines of America.
Mrs. Klloilii'th WI'noii.
RTIt ASIRJR'I. ? VA? March IB.? Mrs.
Lliznbeth Wilson, lie oldest resi
dent of ll.ls part of Shcniili'loii li
County. died Thursday moruinn m.
her home at Lebanon Church, death
lie 1111; duo to '.Ik- Infirmities of old
e?:e. d?-c< ii??d t.?? 111 ?r in the !<".Hi yeai
of her hko> Kunrral servlecs were
conducted at Mt. nope Presbyterian
Church by h?r pastor. Rev. J Horo
Smith. Burial wan inade In tlio Kau
ur < Jravcya rd. She iea\cs four
daughters, Mri. Simon J'auver, Mrs.
W. 1* Windle. Miss Viola Wilson, all
o! Lebanon Church, and Mrs. W. D.
Tcets, of MarKham, Va, and three
fn-ns, W. It. and J. If. Wilson, of
Lebanon Cliuren, anil Havld Wllfion.
vf Pennsylvania.
Mr*. I.nurn Catherine Wnkentnii.
\V< )Ol)ST< li!K, VA., March 15.?
(Alter a short illness of pneumonia
J Mrs. I^anra Ciithcrlne Wakeman, wife
of I.. 1>. Wakeman, of Wakeman'H
' Crove. pinned a urn y xit her home Fri
day. She was the daughter of Mr.
:? n<l Mrs. Hiram Relrtler, of near Mali
rertown. Jlcr liusband. Lemuel H.
[ Wakeman, and five children stirvl\o
' her.
>lr?. l.oulor Co*.
CH A ItLOTTLSVlLLK. VA, March
15.?Mrf. Louise Cox died yesterday
at her home at I'rolltt, north of tb!s
city, followtim a stroke of parulyMs
Wednesday "f last wc? It. she we*
'lie wldoi'. of i^uclan Franklin Cox,
ot thin city, who wns struck by .i
ttain and Instantly killed near Prof-'
i tit about clghtien year* airo. IIrr
nritden name was Louise Luther von
ltonhurst, and she was a native of
i'.iudlnK. Pa., where her family wan
I ronunently connected, rhe h'-ina a
lineal descendant of Martin Luther,
(the Rreat reformer. Mrs. Cox Is rur
' vived by an adopted daughter.
IIhrIi Mel'hemon.
CI 1 Aitl.OTTKS VILLI'.', VA, March
15.?liuf-'b Mci'herson. father of K.
It. McPherson, of this city, i.h dead
at the homo of his mn, A. It. .Mc
l'herson He '.van the son of Nell
McPherson, who came to thit- coun
try from Scotland and settled In Mon
roe County, N C Hi lite War I'c
tween the Ktates. he served in the
? V Jifetlerat ?; Army in Company Jl.,
Sixth North Carolina lleglinent. Afier
the clone of the war be marrlol MIm
Mary Hell Jones, who, with tiie fol
lowing children. survive: Mi >.
Cleorge W. Reynolds, tllcndon, N. C ;
A J. .Mi'l'hf'rsi''i. PortsiroiiLi: Ralph
l:. Mcl'herson. of I.ynchburK 1 A R,
McPherson and Mrs. II. M. Vestal,
Washington.' i>. c., and K. 11. Mi
Phcrson, of this city
Mrs W. .1. Randolph.
PLLASKI. \VA., March 15.?Mrn. W.
A Randolph, St. died Manday at Duh
lin from Hie infirmities of age. The
family moved to the county from
New Orleans nine years ago, Mr.
Randolph dying last fall. Two
daughters survive, Mrs. Otto Nlder
maler, Hublin. and Miss Frances
Randolph, New Orleans,
Sirs. Sarali ( nrnahan Vni.
PCLASK I. VA.. March 15.?Mrs.
Sarah Carnalian Cox. 78. widow of Wil
liam O. Cox. dieil Mommy at AIM
?o|ila from the infirmities of a?:c.
These children survive: Rev. Keen
er Cox. Lenoir City, Tonn.; Mrs. .1.
C. Hurst, Rojinoke; Hampton Cox
and Miss I'earle Cox. at home.
Mrs. Helen K. Donaldson.
HANV1LLB. V V. March 15.?Mrs.
II ?_ I c- ii !?'. Donaldson. 77, ilicil vester
dny at her home on Worsham Street
after a long" lll.icss. she leaves four
children.
Sirs. I.onlse P. Norton.
HANVILL1C. VA.. March 15.?Mrs.
Louise 1'. Norton, wife of James Nor
ton, dle?l at her home in Mount Cros3
early yesterday after an Illness last
ing a'lx weeks. She leaves a daugh
ter and three sons.
Unit VInIIh to the Hermitage.
NAHHV1LLK, T13NN.. March 1G.?
Flood waters bore today provonteil
the usual visits to the Hermitage,
former home of Andrew Jackson, on
the anniversary of Old Hickory's
birth, but school lioys and others re
cited stories of. his heroism again.
Pcntli'N (Jcntle Advance.
Ay, thou prl for the grave: thy
glances shine
Too brightly to shine long; another
spring
Shall dock her for men's eyes?but
not for thine?
Sealed In a sleep which know? no
waking.
|Tho fl^ds for Ihee have no medicinal
leaf.
And the vexed oro no .mineral of
power:
And they^ who love thee wait !u
anxious grief,
Till the slow plague shall bring tho
fatal hour.
Glide softly to thy rest, then. Death
should come
OctUly to one of gentle mold liko
the.-.
As light winds, wandering through*
groves of bloom,
Detach tho dellcato blossom front
tho tre*.
Close thy nwoet eyes calmly, ftnd
without pain; v
Anil we will trust in Clod to see the<*
. yet again.
?W. C. BryanL ,