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THE DANGERS OF CLASS
FEELING.
That body of our citizens known as
worklngmen occupy such a large and Im?
portant sphere In our social existence,
that whatever concerns them, morally,
Intellectually or financially, affects the
whole community. They arc the recog?
nized bone nnd sinew of the State, and
at courthouse and church, on the hustings
and In business they are a part and parcel
of the. manhood of tho land, and so Inter?
mingled as to be Inseparable from all tho
people that make up tho body politic.
We regard therefore with deep regret
every effect that Is made to create a. closs
feeling between the worklngmen and their
other fellow-citizens. Such an alienation
between citizens of the same State as
must result from this class feeling can
only bo Injurious to all. Yet wo see
around us some such conditions to-day
growing out of the street car strike. And
It is most important to know how and by
whom this condition of separation has
been brought about. Therefore Tho
Times-Dispatch is going to put a few plain
questions to the worklngmen of Rich?
mond, especially to those composing the
labor organizations.
It has been stated In the public print
that the merchants of Richmond have lost
a year's profits since the street car strlko
began. We ask the strikers nnd their
sympathizers If they believe that the mer?
chants of Richmond blame the Passenger
and Power Company for their losses,
The State of Virginia has been put to
great expense to keep the military here
to preserve order. We ask the strikers;
and their sympathizers if they think the
tax-payers hold the Passenger and Power
Company responsible for this cost.
A great many men In Richmond have
been walking during the hot weather be?
cause thc?' were afraid to ride on the cars.
We ktiDw-'thnt many men and women
have walked through genuine sympathy
with the strikers, but It Is equally certain
that, many hnve walked not through sym?
pathy, but through fear. We ask the
strikers and their sympathizers If they
believe these men hold tho Passenger and
power Company responsible for their In?
convenience.
There has been much disorder In tho
community, cars have been rocked and
flred upon, passengers have been terrified,
many are afraid to ride on the cars In
the cool of the evening, nnd the whole
community bar- been upset and terrorized
as never before In the history of Rich?
mond. We ask the strikers nnd their
sympathizers if they think that the public,
generally hold the Pas-senger and Power
Company or Ils new employes or the mili?
tary responsible for this state of thing.?.
These are serious ?niestlons for organ?
ized labor In Richmond to consider. A
strike has come to be a public menace,
Whenever a strike of nny grcut propor?
tlons Is declared It Is Invariably accom?
pa Pled by serious apprehension on the
part of the general public. The d?clara?
tion of such a strike Is almost Ilka a dec?
laration of war. As soon as the street
car strike In Richmond was declared the
authorities at once began to make ready
lor trouble, which the general public were
looking for and there was a feeling of
fear from one end of the city to the
other. It was generally understood that
itf soon si tlji' Passenger and Power
Company should attempt to run its curs
with non-union men counter attempts
w?njld be rniKle to prevent the company
from operating and that seriouB dlsordei
would follow. No threats had been made
on the par? of the striker? or on the part
of anybody ?=?!c-r-, but it wj,B generally un?
derstood tira i re,t,i<- u,,h coming, for
the sufficient reason that street car
?tilUcs elsewhere have Invariably ben
ettendt-d with more or less of disorder
and riot.
Jn vain will t!.<- striken plead, In vain
will the labor un? i ; n.i (hey are
not responsible foi the evlli 'f (he strike
?for the loss to business, for the incon?
venience to citizens, for the lawless out?
breaks that have occuucni since the ??triki
began. There are flemagogue? wUo will
tell them that the "Yankee capitalist and
hie minions" are to blariT llju.1 the Mayor
? oil the Governor are to blame 1er bring,
in* troops and all that, but orpanlseij
labor la held responsible, and Ihn cause
of organized labor hiis been Injured to
that extent In Richmond.
Thlfi Is net plea cant for labcirliiR men
to henr, but It 1.*= the truth, and we pro?
claim It In all kindness. The workl'.ig
men of Richmond cannot afford to oc?
cupy SUch o position. They nre not law
less nnd riotous nnd 1W should ripe ?p
In their might nnd discipline the hood?
lums who have done everything possible
i to bring reproach upon the entlro work?
ing class.
A CARD FROM MR. PAGE.
We lian-e received from Mr. Chnrles I-/.
Page, Commonwealth's Attorney for
Manchester, the following communica?
tion:
Editor of Tho Tlmes-Tilspatch:
Dear Sir.?Will you permit me, touch?
ing tho shooting of Luther Taylof by
the soldiery In Manchester on Saturday
night last, to suggest that a Judicial
Investigation 'of this sad affair Is how
pending before the coroner of tho city,
and to nsk, If. In view of this fact, It
would not he more seemly, nnd more con?
sistent with tho purposes or ends of pub?
lic justice to withhold newspaper com?
ment meanwhile.
Tho public has been (rented lo labored
editorials, tlioy have even been favored
with glimpses of the views of Individual
reporters In tho news columns: nnd. tho
morning before the iivresttgntlon Is ap?
pointed to begin, they are treated to a
labored brled of four columns on Mi o sub?
ject, nnd, In addition, to an ",V,hl5 Opin?
ion" on the same subject, and the power
of military In general from Coloriai
George Wayne Anderson, the command?
lug officer of tho military?all framed
with the evident purpose of maintain?
ing the Justifiability of the shootlnc?
while a letter from some citizen of Man?
chester, some days ago, undertaking sim?
ply tn give the "other sido" of tho case,
has been characterized by your evening
contemporary as "absurd."
Of the nrtlcle of Colonel Anderson, spe?
cially, I would say, that ho Is the com?
mander nt (lie military, tho acts of some
of whose subordinates Is now under in?
vestigation; thnt he and they, as declared
by, our fundamental law, nre in nil cases
"In strict subordination tn and governed
by tho civil power"; and that this
brief statement of constitutional lib?
erty Is_ sufficient certainly to show the
Impropriety?positive and grave, I should
term It?of his airing his opinions as tho
military commander In the fnce of the
courts on tho eve of a Judicial Inquiry
into the act ot some of Ills subordinates.
And generally, of his act, and the ef?
forts of the newspapers, I would ask,
Why such a lnhored nnd preslstent effort
to enforce upon the public mind the jus?
tifiability of the shooting referred to?
The public are not trying this case. The
matter Is now, I repeat, In charge of the
Judicial branch of the gorernment, and
nn Inquiry already on foot to ascertain
who did the art, nnd whether or ' not
it. was unlawful. This Investigation, It
Is fair to presume, will tie conducted w'th
Justice to nil concerned or affected. Cer?
tainly, however, newspaper editorials or
comment of other sort from Irresponsible
third parlies cannot help and may per?
vert. Can any one, then, be hurt by
withholding It?
It Is not my purpose to discuss or to
to even Intimate an opinion on the merits
of the particular case. I feel that I have
no right. If I had the disposition, to a ?sue
the matter through the columns of a
newspaper. But I do feel, nnd assert, that
the public have tho right to have this,
and nil other cases of violations or alleged
violations of tho law, tried by the courts
and not by newspapers or by military
commanders.
Very respectfully,
CHAS. D. PAGE.
Attorney for Commonwealth, city of Man?
chester.
Manchester, July 9th.
It. Is the rule of this paper to abstain
from any criticism of a case which Is
pending In the courts, and very rarely.
Indeed, have we departed from the rule.
In this Instance we have departed so far
only as to publish some opinions as to
the military law bearing upon the subject
In general, and as applicable to tho Man?
chester case In particular. We have done
this in part to mollify tho feeling against
the soldier who did the shooting, tli9t ho
might have a fair trial, and ognin to let
tho general public understand what mar?
tial law means, and how dangerous It Is
to defy It.
As we said In concluding yesterday's
editorial nrtlelo: "Persons In this com?
munity who aro disposed to resist the
military and defy their orders, should
read tho opinion of the Supremo Court of
Pennsylvania, and govern themselves ac?
cordingly.
THE PEOPLE REMEMBERED.
Here Is a story condensed from the cur
rent Issue of Harper's Weekly: There Is
now at large in the State of Delaware nnd
.enjoying freedom, n negro named Neal,
who twenty-four years ago committed a
criminal assault on a while woman and
then attempted tn hide, that crime by
murdering ihe woman. Antony Hlsgins,
former United States senator and now a
lending Republican politician of Delaware,
was Neal's counsel and managed to ob?
tain his freedom and escape from any
kind of punishment for his double crime
on a technicality, after his client had been
three times sentenced to death.
Harper's Weekly gives the facts more
111 detail nnd declares that but for the
memory of Neal's case, tho negro White
would not havo been burned at the Make
In Wilmington the other day. The law's
delays uro responsible for much of the
lynch law In the country, for the people,
have a way of remembering these things.
THE POPG'5 LONO LIFE.
Popo Leo Xiii attributed his ions life
and freedom from ulckness to his ab
Htenilnusriesp. Among the sweetest of
his l.ailn versea are (hose In praise of
a frugal and simple life, When a young
man he was no robust; nn the contrary,
he was very (Jellcate, and once had to
suspend his collegiate studies on account
of Ids feeble health.
Tho late Rev. Dr. Moses T>. Roge, of
this city, who lived to an advanced age,
with faculties unimpaired to the labt,
had a simili r experience.
In unothcr respect their habits were
alike. Roth were hard Workers and
curly risers, In the case of Dr. Hoge, It
was "Idle" to bed and "early lo rise,"
a reversal of the usual ruh-.
Tli<- Pope hoped?and maybe expected?
10 |We to bo u hundred, and until blx
days ago It seemowl that he would. .The
change In Ids oondlitloq was sudden and
rapid. Pneurnopla developed.
According i" Pr. Mazzoni, the? Popa'a
extraordinary poner of resl?ilinj diseases
was due largely IQ the absolute harmony
of all of his orfc'aris und of hU pliyalcal
and Intellectual qualities! but, In tho
end, the heart became irregular and tho
kidneys failed to perform their func?
tions. And then water was detected In
the pleura, necessitating a puncture.
Complaint seems to have been made
by some of the cardinals and some of the
Pope's relatives that Dr. Lapponl was
slow In discovering (he presence of water
and this led to a demand that additional
physicians be called In for consultation.
But Dr. Mazzonl says that ho and Dr.
Lapponl discovered the fact In question
within two days after the Pope's Illness
began, but that It was not possible to
make an effective puncture while the
liquid was gathering. This puncture Is
usually mnde on the sido, below the ribs,
nnd near as maybe to the point of effu?
sion. A small sliver tube Is then In?
serted, and through It the water Is
drained off.
A CAROLINA HEROINE.
Therejs a heroine at Harnwell, S. C.
She Is Miss Mary Creech, tho fourteen
year-old daughter of tho county Eherlff.
Several nights ago, during tho nbsenco
of her father, there wns a knock at the
door of tho Jail, and when she opened
t,ho door sho was confronted by a body
of masked men, tho spokesman demand?
ing the keys of the Jail and stating that
they had come to take possession of Its
prisoner who wns held for murder. The
girl replied that she would go to her
father's room for the keys. Sho did go to
her father's room, but when sho returned,
Instead of having the keys, sho had In
her hand a rifle, which she knew well
how to use. The moon was shining
brightly, and the men on the outside
were easy targets. She put up her gun
and told the men that If they did not dis?
perse nnd depa.Tt she would kill the last
ono of them. The men took her at her
word nnd left precipitately.
Hurrah for Mise Mary Creechl She
has done a great public service. She
has not only saved a man from mob
violence and vindicated' the law, but
?she has set a noble example, which all
officers of the law will do well to emu?
late.
In nine cases out of ton, perhaps, cer?
tainly In tho majority of such cases, a
show of true courage on the part of
the officers of the law Is all that Is neces?
sary to prevent mob violence. Lawless
men have a certa-in degree of bravado,
but usually they are lacking In true cour?
age, and when confronted by a bTave
officer they cannot stand. This little
girl In South Carolina, representing the
majesty of the law and having tho
courage to do what she knew to be right,
singly and alone, put to flight a mob
of strong men. rf all officers of the law
on all occasions would follow her ex?
ample mob violence would be rare and
more rarely still would the mob succeed
In Its lawless undertaking.
In her will Mrs,. Harriet Lane Johnston
makes provision, as heretofore stated, for
the erection of a monument to tho memory
of her uncle, President James Buchanan,
at his birthplace In Pennsylvania. The
trustees are also required to try to secure
from Congress a suitable site In Washing?
ton and permission for tho erection of a
bronze and marble statne of Mr. Buchan?
an The cost of the statue Is to be de?
frayed out of $100,000 left to pay for the
two monuments.
Mrs. Johnston has specified that the
Inscription upon the statue shall he the
words uttered by Hon. Jeremiah S. Black
concerning President Buchanan bb the
"incorruptible statesman, whose walk
was always upon the mountain ranges of
the law."
Count Camilo Peccl, a nephew, Is said
to be the black sheep of the Pope's family,
having spent his money and contracted
debts In a. manner to shock the soul of
his pious uncle.
It Is related that on one occasion tho
Count asked tho pontiff for help, hinting
that otherwise his wife would have to go
on the concert stage.
"What a pity I cannot be there to hear
her*," said Leo, with his fine smile,
Wo take It that the Count got no help,
though the story-teller omits to say what
was the result of his request.
At the coming Elks' celebration In Baltl- ]
more, tho Kentucky members of the order '
will have the rendezvous built of logs, l
above the door of which will be the sign,
"My Old Kentucky Home, Daniel Boono, >
Manager."
The cabin will be 22 by 20 feet and 15
feet high. Logs from Kentucky will be
used. The cabin will be placed on wheels
and drawn through tho streets as a fea?
ture of their section of the parade. The
Kentucky contingent will number eight
hundred.
Tho blackberries now fringing tho gul?
lies and (be clay hillsides of old Ylrglnla
tire simply too numerous to mention, and
as'they In no form butt up against tho
Mnnn liquor law, they are a source of
good revenue, and In ono gallon caskS
will continue to be until all the wine is
marketed.
Perry R. Heath, the newspaper man
Who is secretary of the National Repub?
lican Commltteo and whoso removal is
said to be urge-it by the President, Is not
now im assistant Postmaster-Oeneral, as
wo 6ald yesterday. Mr. Heath was in
oIUcb under General Cray.
"The fly develops twelve or thirteen
broods every season, and an average of
K'O eggs are laid for each brood." In
some sections of Chesterfield county that
we know of, the broods ura hatched
much oftener, and the nests aro decid?
edly larger.
The railway construction of the past
hiilf year has not equalled that of the
corresponding period In '003, Last year's
record for the half year was 2.314 miles.
This year the figures are 2,221 miles. The
high price of steel rails and the strikes
are assigned as reasons for the falling oit.
Judge Hoyd, of North Carolina, was in
lim Rockiish wreck, anil camu out wlth
fiut a singed hair, so to speak. The
Judge went through some worse wrecks
than that In the lively old days of the
Ku Klux Klan.
Bo?tock I? exhibiting at Coney Islund.
ills versatile and accomplished pr?s?
agent Is with him. Wo so? Ms "ear
murks" in tho New York papera, though
hf does not get tho llbernl allowance o?
space there that he got In Richmond.
Nearly all of the fifty grav?-dlgR9*8
employed at Greenwood Cemetery, N'
fork, are on strike for nn Increase O
wages from $l.GO to $2 a dny. That looks
Hko running tho strike business In the
ground.
' The Alian^rconsTltutlorT'cails .attention
to the fact that Mr. Roosevelt Is the only
President of tho United States who wns
born and reared and made his political
reputation In a city.
The latesfpoTlTicTrTepT'rro"? nn alarm?
ing nature Is to tho effect that Presi?
dent Roosevelt has consented to leavo
the' choice of his running mate to the
nominating convention.
Russia always threatens several times
before she fights. There will be no -war
Just yet, but sooner or later that scrap
between tho lion and the tear must come
off.
The Hampton Institute does not hesi?
tate to ask for what It wants when It
doesn't see It, especially In tho matter
of ground rent.
Tho man with a thoroughly reliable
thermometer suffers moro from hot
weather than the fellow who never keeps
one.
King Edward Is having the timo of
his Ufo clanking glasses with tho repre?
sentatives of tho two greatest of Repub?
lics.
The soldier boys hnii-o not had any very
hard campaigning, but all the same they
are glad "this cruel war Is over."
Tho President has laid another corner
stono, that of the clam season at Saga?
more,
The editors of tho Opinion are Just a
little lacking In experience. ?>
Hicks Is too good a prophet In the
sweet summer time.
All the Iowa Republican statesmen have
merged their "Iowa idees."
Captain McCarthy may bo sot down as
the early, but quiet bird.
A Few Foreign Facts.
State lotteries In Holland aro to bo
gradually diminished during tho next
eighteen years, when they will bo abol?
ished entirely,
Bread .made from pine treo bark Is be?
ing eaten In Finland, nnd Is almost the
only food that can be obtained by tho
poorer Inhabitants.
Statistics show that 29.470 bodies were
cremated In France last year, 15.9S6 In tho
United Slates, 4,303 In Italy and 2,927 in
Great Britain.
Tho gold fever Is raging In Africa,
attracting men to tho regions adjoining
Khartoum, where copper and gold also
exist In paying quantities.
Three days' rain, following a great
drought, has convinced tho Chinese of the
miraculous powers of the Iron rain tab?
let which was recently brought to Pekln
with great ceremony from Its temple
In Southern Chili for tho purpose of in?
voking rain.
The mines at Broken Hill, New South
Wales, have been closed down owing to
the water famine and 30,000 people aro
affeol'.'d.
With a Comment or Two.
Benjamin Franklin was a Bostonlan.
Samuel F. B. Morse and Ellas Howe
were New Yorkers. The Maxims nre
Maine men. Gatling was horn In Vir?
ginia. Thomas A. Edison, the Inventor,
first saw the light in Ohio.?Exchange.
Wrong as to Gatling. He was born in
G'ates county, N. C.
Yesterday's awful record of sorrow
wrought by firearms?as told In the tele?
graphic news?makes one pause and won?
der If tho world wouldn't bo better off
without them.?Norfolk Ledger.
Better off without the necessity for
them, truly, but at present, we would
bo in a had fix without no guns
in convenient reach.
Raleigh, according to the News and Ob.
server, regrets not celebrating the Fourth
of July last Saturday, and promises to
do better next time. The day should h?
generally observed throughout the Souih.
?Wlnston-Salem Sentinel.
But not In the death dealing way it is
celebrated up North. C
To make Ice water wholesome, put some
sugar and the juice of a lemon In lt.?Bos?
ton Globe.
The above prescription Is respectfully
referred to Dr. Watterson for amend?
ment.
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Birmingham News:
His son says tho Honorable M.
Jtunna will continue to do business
?ne old .stand. The fact. Is, since t
Honorable Theodore Roosevelt ran Ol
on tho cut-and-drled schedule. Mr. Han
doesn't appear to have loomed up as qu
so glowing a political light.
Now Orleans Times-Democrat!
Negro emigration to the North Is f
lowed almost Inevitably by rnco riots a
lynch law, nnd big Republican majorlt
nnd Republican olflclnls cannot stem t
?Ido of racial prejudice, at least th
have not done so yot, for all the rece
lyncblngs of negroes have been In m
publican States nnd Republican cou
ties.
Columbia State;
Tho demand for purchasable votes h
been so heavy In Indiana Hint negro
havo crowded Into tho cities of ? th
hi a te. They are now having anoth
view of the vote-buyers.
Allanta Journal!
College, hoys hnvofmlved the farm htti
problem by going lo work In tho fiele
Who will bo tho first to suggest to t
college girls thnt there Is a problem al
In connection with tho kitchen?
Nashville News:
Tho comfort of the Republicans n
getting out of tho negro question
nothing short of nppalling. Thev n
getting their full share of tho "Sout
em outrage,' which will probably n
slut the meddling critics In solving
problem about which they have nssumi
to know so much.
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North Carolina Sentiment.
Hero Is tho way the Durham Heral
looks at It:
While Judge Parker said nothing c
his desire In bo President while In A
lnnla. If It had not been for this dcslt
he would perhaps not havo been Invite?
or if an Invitation had been extended 1
perhaps, would not havo been uccept
ed.
Speaking of tho usual fate of the ant
cur law in the Legislature, the Newber
Journal says:
The practical argument that there wer
more dogs than sheep In the Stute, an
that one coon hide would pay tho ta
on two dogs, was disregarded. So thrift
farmers must still devise means fo
raising sheep In competition with th
raising of yellow curs.
Tho Raleigh Post says:
The Tarboro Southerner calls attentlo
to the Important and agreeable fact tha
"two lawyers In Ashevllle havo had
scrap, but they only used their fists
no pistols were In evidence." And the
Immediately kissed and made up and Wli
llye to tell the story. The "scrap" als
occurred In tho presence of tho Mayo
and Board of Aldermen and presumabl
the chief of police, but no account i
given of nn arrest or Incarceration. W
still Insist that the use of such wean
ons as were here depended upon shoub
be encouraged rather than punished, a
a means of breaking up the pistol am
razor toting habit.
Tha Goldsboro Headlight, In an ahl
article on education, says:
Some general nnd workable plan 1
needed to lift up the white people of th
South to conditions of literacy that r.'H
remove from our section tho Incubus o
Ignorance that now weighs so heavll;
upon them. It will need a patrlotlsn
of the strongest texturo and a spirit o
cheerful sacrifico that will seem ver:
hard at first, but In the long run th'
ideal will bo reached.
The Raleigh Post tells us:
The girls of Goldsboro have organizec
a cooking club. God bless the girls! Tin
future of this country depends upon then
to a very considerable extent.
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Personal and General.
Page Morris, who goes to the Federa
bench this month, was born In Virginia
became an adopted son of Texas later am
has represented Minnesota In Congress fo
the last six years. .
Colonel M. E. Urell, commnnder-ln-chie
of tho Spanish War veterans, has an
nounced that the national encampment o
the organization this year will be held ii
New Haven, Conn.
Elsie Ward, the young New York artist
who recently won TTie $3,000 commission ti
make a drinking fountain for the St. Louli
World's Fair, made her first models anc
mud pies from water and clay on he:
father's Missouri farm.
Ex-Governor .1. Proctor Knott. at th(
ago of seventy-three; has settled down foi
the remainder of his Ufe, as he hopes, if
a new house built by him In Marke
Street, Lebanon, Ky., his native town. A
fine countrv home which he had just be
yond the city limits was burned a lltth
while ago.
James Buchanan Duke Is president ol
the Consolidated Tobacco Company; also
be Is president of tho American and oi
the Continental comptinles. His year's sal?
ary Is $50,COO from each of the two tobaccc
companies proper. Once a shareholder
turning sullen, asked Mr. .juke what he
did for these salaries of an aggregate
$100 000. "I'm not paid those $100,000," sale
.\l?i ' Duke, "for what I do, but for whal
I don't, do. I'm paid for the mistakes 1
fall to make."
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Remarks About Richmond.
Portsmouth Star: Ono of tho worst fea?
tures of Richmond's strike is that her
local poets have begun writing about it,
Froderlcksburg Star: So far that dyna?
mite under the Richmond street-car
tracks-, about which we heard ro mu-?.*,,
bar; failed to explode, but even If it had.
such a little thing as a-dynamite oxplo
slon couldn't jar Richmond. '
Newport News Times-Herald: The next
councllmanlo election In Richmond will bo
largely on vindication lines.
Norfolk Vlrginlan-Pllot: And tho Inves?
tigating committee says that a lone Rich?
mond alderman got U all,
OUR EXHIBIT AT ST. LOUIS
Captain Bakor Oullinos the Plans Along
Which the Commiss'on is Working.
Hallsboro, Va., July S, 1003.
Editor of The Times-DIspntch:
Sit,?Sunday's Times-Dispatch con?
tained several clippings from other pa?
pers criticizing the course pursued by
the fit, Louis Commissioners as to tha
methods adopted by the commls.-ion In
their work of getting up the State ex?
! hlbit for the World's Fair, Intlmntliii*
that the appropriation made by the State
was not being judiciously expended, and
having the Inference that the commis?
sioners wero accepting large salaries for
work that was being Imperfectly rlono,
nnd work that was in no wise equiva?
lent to the Immense salarlos paid l>ji
the State. ,
Without attempting to assign tho rea?
sons which actunted the authors of
either of tho articles referred to, I beg
hive to make a plain and simple state?
ment, of facts as to tha work of urn
commission.
The General Assembly at Its last si.i
slon appropriated ?50,000 for tho pur
pose of making an exhibit of the re?
sources of tho State at the St, Louis
Exposition to bo held In St. Louis. Mo.,
beginning April 30, 1004. The bill mak?
ing the appropriation, provided that
i thie-e commissioners should be appointed,
by tlie Governor to serve without salary,
bul that ihe commission should h&vu
I power lo appoint assistants, who should
i bo paid such salaries, not exceeding $100
per month,' as the commission should
I deem exp?dient aijd Just, for services
rendered. The bill ulso provided that
i no portion of tha $50.00 should bo used
In the erection of ? State building, hut
must he used exclusively for the pur
pone of collecting and preparing th,?
t\ Ii '.bu.
A ?iiort timo after the bill became a
law Governor Montague appointed Col.
A. M. Bowman, of Roanokc; Mr. G, W.
K?lner, Commissioner of Agriculture,
and Mr. J. L. Patton, of N.?wport News,
as commissioners to serve the State In
tho work of arranging for the snpervls
Ing the collection nnd Installation of
Virginia's exhibit of Its resources at St.
Louis.
The gentlemen above named accepted
the posltlnn without expectation of any
reward other than the approval of their
fellow-c-ltizens and the hearty co-opera?
tion of all public-spirited nnd patriotic
Virginians in making tho exhibit one
that would bring to the attention of tho
outside world, as well as to Virginians
themselves, the wonderful resources of
our State.
To use plnln English, tho commission?
ers havo not received, nor will they re?
ceive, a single dime for their services,
nnd If those who have complained of the
work dono by the commissioners will
give one-theth of tho time which has
already been given by these gentlemen
to the State, wo will havo the most
creditable exhibit, made by any Slate In
the Union.
At the first meeting of tho commis?
sioners after their appointment by the
Governor, they selected W. W. Baker,
of Chesterfield, ns one of the nsslstnnla.
Mr. Baker accepted tho position condi?
tionally, that he would render any as?
sistance which would not materially In?
terfere with his own prlvato business,
and with the distinct understanding thnt
ho would receive no salary for nny ser?
vices rendered.
At the second meeting of the commis?
sion Mr. Oeorgo E. Murrell, of Bedford,
was appointed superintendent of the
State exhibit, with authority from tho
commission to nt once begin the woik
of arranging for the collection of tho
same, nnd Inasmuch as It would neces?
sitate Mr. Murrell's abandonment of his
own business and pr?valo Interests, nnd
in view of his especial qualifications for
tho work, the commission have arrang?^
to pay him what wns considered a fair
snlnry for his services.
The commission also arranged that
Mr.' Murrell Bhould have authority to
employ assistants In the work of col?
lecting the exhibits from tho various
sections of tho State, paying therefnr
reasonable compensation for work actu?
ally done. Up to this time Mr. Murrell
has only employed two assistants for
about two weeks' time, and will only pay
for the time actually employed.
In consequence of tho Immense corres?
pondence, the commission allowed Mr.
Murrell to employ the services of a lady
stenographer to assist In the work of his
offlco, which Is located In the city of
Richmond. This young lady, who Is tho?
roughly qualified, attends to all tho cor?
respondence of tho offlco,?not only while
Mr. Murrell Is present, but whenever he
may bo absent, attending to the outside
work of supervising the collection of tho
exhibit.
On tho occasion of tho dedication of tho
Fair at St. Louis, a number of public
spirited Virginians, who had made St.
Louis their home, met the Virginia com?
mission, and urged that a State building
be erTtc-d, "pon tho "-rounds that had
been assigned to Virginia. When they
wero told that no appropriation had been
made for that purpose, and that such a
building could only be erected by private
subscription, they promised that they
would aid In the work of securing prl?
vato subscriptions In St. Louis from Vir?
ginians located there to erect a build?
ing in which Virginians and their friends
can meet together while they are attend?
ing the fair at St. Louis. When the com?
mission returned to Richmond, they held
a meeting for the purpose of devising
means to raise. If possible, tho sum of
?20.000 by private sub3crlptons, to enab!?
them to reproduce the home of Thomas
Jefferson, "Montlcello," and It that
amount could not b? gotten, then to ar?
range for a more modest State building.
Several plans wero suggested, and some
of our most liberal and public-spiriteJ
citizens consulted, as to tho best method
to be adopted to secure tho necessary
amount, after which it was finally agreed,
that the object In view could be best se?
cured, by putting a man in tho field for
the purpose of soliciting subscriptions,
and Captnln T. C. Morton, of Staunton,
wa sselected for that purpose by the
commlslon, his salary and expenses
to bo paid out of the contri?
butions secured, and not from tho ap?
propriation mado by tho State for the
exhibit.
It is but fair to state, that when the
matter of putting up a State building
was first discussed by the commission,
that tho necessity for such a building
was so apparent, that Colonel Bowman
and Mr. W. W. Baker, each pledged lo
contribute the sum of $100 towards a State
building notwithstanding the fact that
they were also giving their llinn and
thought to the work of getting up a
State exhibit without any compensation
whatever, either from the State or any
other source.
If all the other newspapers In the State
had manifested the same interest In the?
work that has been shown by The Tlmes
Dlsatch, we are sure that every effort of
the commission would have been eminent?
ly successful.
When.the matter came to the attention
of Mr. Joseph Bryan, ns to tho best man?
ner of bringing the. work before the peo?
ple of the State. Mr. Bryan stated to the
commission that his newspaper was .it
their disposal to publish whatever they
might deem best to successfully advertise
the work nnd bring to tho attention of
the people the part they are expected to
take In making tho Virginia exhibit a suc?
cess. Mr. Bryan at the samo timo gen?
erously offered to tho ?.'ommlsslon, with?
out any charge, two 0IIIC03 In The Times
Dlspntch building for their use In the
prosecution of this work.
Now It appears to me, that Instead of
persons through the medium of the news?
papers, criticising tho commission an to
tho Injudicious expenditure of tho State's
money for "larga salarles" it. would bo
more patriotic to give a Uttlo of their
time In aiding to get up a creditable
exhibit of Virginia's resources. Any ono
disposed to work in this matter, will be
paid as liberally as the members of the
commission for services rendered. Tho
commission would be glad to engage ...a
services of one thousand helper 1, with
the distinct understanding that ench ono
would be paid the same salary a8 that
paid by the .State to tho commissioners
and their assistant,
Very respectfully,
(Signed) W. W. BAKER.
Assistant Commissioner.
The Adaptable American.
When Americans are defeated in any?
thing, as In the international auto races
In Ireland, they take their defeat gamely
and like true sportsmen. But look out
for them after they have put into prac:
lice the suggestions these accommodatii'.-f
foreigners give them ?Baltimore Ameri?
can.
THE
" LEOPARD'S
SPOTS,
By Thomas Dixon, Jr.
"A novel of Interest and pon-er."?
The Bookman,
DOUBI.fiDAY, PAGE & CO,v
.14 Union Scuiars P.., N. Y.
"The Pit" Is the "big novel" of 1903.
y
? "To-Day's Advertising Talk,"
JUST TELL
THE PEOPLE
What you have to sell.
Tell them in a clear,
forcible, enthusiastic
manner through the col?
umns of the morning
paper.
Give them a few facts
and prices each morning
and before you know it
you'll have- the busiest
store in the community.
Thousands of progres?
sive business men are
doing it in all parts of
the country. They're
making their businesses
fairly leap to the front.
You can do the same.
Advertise to the people
in the morning. That
is the time when your
advertisements will be
read and acted upon.
T h e T i m e s - D i s p a t c h
reaches the best people
at buying time.
ANIMAL STORIES
FOR OUR
BOYS AND GIRLS
Better Be Honest.
There had been a great time In the
Bear family deciding where to spond
tho ?jummer.
Father Hoar wanted to go whore he
could get some fishing, while Mother
Bear wanted to go to n fashionable
resort, where she could show her sum?
mer coat.
They at last decid?id to go to the moun?
tains, and wrote to tho hotel kept by.
Mr. Monk for board.
"Tho terms are cheap," unid Mr, Bear,
?but 1 see they don't take children. What?
ever should we do about Tiny?"
"Oh! leave that to me." said his wlfo,
always ready for such emergencies!
"there Is no reason why they should,
not take our baby. He la so very good.
If we could get him in once I know
they'd let him stay."
"Yes, land it says," continued (Mir,
Bear, reading, "that no pets aro al?
lowed In the rooms, andt you know we
havo to take Mr. Dooley, the parrot,
with us."
"Oh! I'll fix all that," answered his
clever wlfo. "This Is tho plan. ? Wo
will put Tiny in our dresB-sult case and.
get him up to the room, and It will be
all right. Then. If we havo to, wo can
leave Dooley In the hall at tho hotel,
see?"
?BACK TO THE WOODS.
"No, you don't," thought Dooley, who
was listening. "If they don't take me
In their room I will give tho whole thing
away."
Well, the day was BOt, and after a
long Journey they all reached Coon
town and went up to Mr. Monk's hotel.
Mr. Bear took the pen and registered
"Mr. and Mrs. Bear."
"Any children?" asked the clerk.
"None whatever," answered Mr. B.
"What a He," thought Mr. Dooley.
"Well, you can't take that parrot up
stairs," said the clerk.
"Oh! no, of course not," said Mr. Bear,
sweetly, "wo expect to leave him on the
porch."
"Leavo nothln' on the porch," yelled
Dooley, "Take that kid out of tho bag."
"Shut up!" yelled Tiny, from Inside.
It was all spoiled. The secret was
out. Mrs. Dear took Tiny out of tha
bag, while the clerk leaned over the
counter and grinned.
"Back to the woods!" yelled the par?
rot.
"What did I tell you?" said -Mr. Boar,
sadly. "It pays best to be honett."
"I think so too."
Let Him Speak Out.
An expression from President Roimevolt
on lynching would be timely A year ago
when he made his famous talk on this
subtect. hi- remarks were taken by the
South'as having a sectional Intent and he
was bitterly criticised accordingly; but in
the* mean lime mob law has become so
widespread that there could bo no danger
of anything tho President might say.be?
ing misunderstood or mlsapplled.-Topcka
Capital. _-_
Politics and Good English.
A Chicago professor protests against
tho bad English used by public men, mord
psnc-clnllv politicians, and calls particular
attention to th? Indiscriminate u<=e of
"shall'! and "will." But politicians will
orobably never get through mixing their
"siialls" and "wills." Tho uncertainty
of the business makes thaj Inevitable.?
Kansas City Star.
?
Oregon's Big Tree.
The largest tree In Oregon was 'felled
recently to be sent ns a curiosity to the
Worlds Fair. It Is the Aberdeen spruce,
and stood nearly 300 feet high. 40 feet
around and US feet from the ground to
the first limb. Its age is calculated at 14*
years, being a good size tree when Colum.
pus discovered the land that was after?
ward called America.
A Gymnasium Product,
Governor Taft is not only a man of In?
tellectual eminence, but he is a physical
product of a Cincinnati gymnasium, and
can "put up .bis hands" with 'most any?
body. The "Enquirer" mentions this as
a warning to the puny parugraphers who
insist ori running him for Vice.President,
-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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In British Land
By the Angio-S|ameso agreement, re]*?
Uve to Kelantan, Just signed, tho admin?
istration of the principality remains In
British lands, while the British'resident
there must bo approved by the King of
Slam. Tho lirltish guard of 300 men,
which was dispatched to Kelantan jab?
SeiHeipaher. will bo maintained, Ui.ru,