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THURSDAY. AUGUST 1<V 1911.
GOOD PLACH FOlt Tlir. RECALL.
Miss Florence Klibel, Is the daugh?
ter of s. J, K?bel, chief engraver of
the Geological Survey at Washington.
Her picture w:ts printed in one of the
Washington pspors recently, nnd
shows that she is a very bright and
attractive woman. seventeen years of
age. Representative a. w. LaiTorty,
of Oregon, was so much ple.-tsed with
her appearance that he wrote her a
lr tier saying "your picture in the
paper so impressed me that 1 hope I
Will get to meet you some time." Ap?
parently the Congressman had never
hoard of her before, certainly he had
never met hf r and begging her to
for.clve "the unconveiuionallty of the
re'iuest if you can." enclosed card
to the "Members' Family Gallery" of
the House, which he hoped she would
trse if she should have occasion ro
visit the House. With the explanation
that "I happen to i,e a bachelor wlth
Sptlt any family of my own," Repre?
sentative Lafterty signed himself
"very truly yours"
The young woman gave the letter
to hor father, as she ought to have
done, and he has been making things
very unpleasant for Laffcrtyi as ho
ought to have done. He called lit
Lflfferty's office f"t- the purpose of
thrashing him, but found that he was"a
Smaller man than myself" that he
abandoned his good intention and has
b'-en telling the newspapers about the
affair as n more offoettvc way of
punishing the "gentleman from Ore
Eon." According to Mr. K?bel, L?if
ferty "begged me to give the matter
no publicity and told me that It would
mean death to him politically if the !
matter should be aired In the news?
papers." Lafferty has explained, we j
believe, that the letter was written
by one of the hoys In his office; but
has not denied that the card to the I
"Members' Family Gallery" was sent ]
to 'he young lady with his knowledge
and consent.
This Is Lnfferty's llrst term In <"on
- gross, and it will pronably i,e his last.
He was born in Missouri, went to Ore?
gon when ho was thirty years old, ran
for Congress as a "progressive Re?
publican" Inst year and was elected 1
It would appear from his first effort
to g.-t into good society in Wnshintr
ton; he is a bit top progressive, and
his people ought to recall him. There
Is ?:ild to be much feeling at the
National Capita! about this Incident,
end for its own sake trie House should
make full Inquiry Into all the facts
of this case. If Mr. l.nfferty sho?l 1
offer his resignation, we do not be?
lieve that the Interests of good gov?
ernment would suffer.
GOVERNMENT PRICE FOR CORN.
Jerry Moore, of Florence County, I
South Carolin*!,.-has , attained National!
greatness. v-H?* hi fifteen years old. !
the son of Methodist minister, and
last year performed the miracle of
raising 22S bushels of corn on one
Here of land, and not very good land ?
*t that. Jerry V. Mason, of Klberton, \
Georgia, writes to the New York
Times that it cost Jerry Moore more j
than |1;50 the bushel to make his
corn, that he actually spent over iar,o I
cm hi.- crop, and that he "would have :
>ost $2 for every (1 he got for his
22S bushels if he had sold hiss com
In the open market." Which proves
.that Jerry Moore was very lucky in
being able to sell his corn to the Gov?
ernment, it also proves that u Uoms
riot pay to put more in the raising of
any crop than the crop can be sold for
iu the open market after it has been
' ri'lsed.
' The farmers of the South found that
but long ago when, year after year,
they continued to raise ? ot
ton at more than it could be hold
,101- in the open market, and it is the
mistake of which they have not yet
been entirely cured,,0V there are sums
predictions thai tin ? top this year
Will be the largest ev< f produedd, arid
naturally, the price will bo lower. The
Xeat of Jerry Morn.- wat without pie.
.? cedent in the history jf eOrn-grbw
lug except In the single case of /.eke
Drake, also a South Carolina farmer,
who raised on one acre, of land in
Marlboro County 2'.T, bushels of corn
In both of these rases there was in?
tensive farming of the highest pos?
sible degree, and though the results
were phenomenal, neither case proved
that in the general business of grow?
ing corn for sale In the open market
the ordinary farmer would be safe in
lollowing the methods of Drake anil
Moore
When Attorney-Genera! Wi'kersham
pets all his triggers set and springs
his plun of having the Government fix
, tho price of all munufaetured and
(Agricultural products in this country,
the farmers can tell better about
how much they can spend in the prep?
aration of their lands with the cer?
tainty of s reasonable profit; for If the
Government shall fix the prices at
which producers ahull sell. It would
he only fair for the Government to say
~Uo what consumers ? shall pay. The
Wlokorshnm ?chemo I? n great one.
Regulating tl\0'seller. It must also
regulate the buyer, antl. thus assum?
ing tho guardianship of the people,
the Government will lie responsible
for the happiness and prosperity of
All. If the tlovornment will only tlx
the price or corn at tho llgure paid
.Wry Moore, namely $| the bushel,
wo promise that the South wll raise
corn enough next year to feed nil the
world for the period of live years.
Besides. $4 the bushel for South Caro?
lina and Virginia grown corn Is not
a cent too much. At any rate,
the Wlckersham Price-Fixing Hoard
might try It ::t that figure for these
two states for one short year just
to show how it would work.
Till: At 1MTOIUI M AMI THE COLOIt
Bl> PBOI'LE.
At a special meeting of the Com?
mittee on Buildings and Grounds j'if
City Council last night, the petition '
; of Maggie Walker, head of this or- j
; gantzatton In Richmond, for the city i
; Auditorium for the convention of the
1 Order of St. I-uke to he hold In Rich- j
. mond next Wednesday. August lfi, w:>.=
granted. We wish to applaud the ac- I
I tlon of the Committee and to thank]
It for' the wholly proper and reason- j
i able view it has taken of this mat- j
Iter- i
The independent Order of St. Luke '.
j is a benevolent society composed of
j colored people striving for the im- :
j provemcnt of their race In the better ,
: things thai will promote their clvlllza^
j tlon and their desirability as citizens.
It Is National in its scope and good
I In its purpose, and It should have such
encouragement in Its work as the '?
stronger and better white people can .
give. There was some question as to
whether or not the Vonderlehr Ordi?
nance providing for the segregation
of the races In this town applied In a
case like this and there was a dlspo- ;
sition to deny the request of the Order
for the use of the Auditorium; but :
the better and more reasonable juilg- |
ment of the Committee on Buildings
nnd Grounds determined the matter j
last night In a spirit tvlllch will have j
the approval of all good people In
Richmond, white and black,
j 11 is said that there will be a thou- j
! sand delegates In attendance upon Ihej
convention next week. They will come
from all parts of tho country, nnd we |
are glad that they will have a com- j
fortable hall In which they can eon- j
dint their business, thanks to the
Committee of the City Council. It;
j would have been a sad reflection upon
the good faith of the controlling olo
ment In Richmond had (ho petition j
of tho Order been denied. A very j
largo number of tho respectable,
property-holding, tax-paying negroes |
of Richmond nre connected with this
Order, and they arc entitled to the j
consideration which has been extend- j
ed to them In this Instance. The more j
they can be encouraged In their own
efforts to elevate their race, the better j
for the white people among whom j
they live and In whose success they .
should be Interested.
I.IKB vim til tu i.t.Nt tn.v- ..!
Woodrow Wilson is still growing.!
In an address at the advertising men's
banquet In Boston last Friday night,
on ?'Advertising to sway Public Opin?
ion,-' Wil'.lam Q. McAdOO, of New
York, compared Or. Wilson to Abra?
ham Lincoln, saying: "Governor Wil?
son, of New Jersey. Is a? conspicuous
example of the public man who rings
true. Since Lincoln, wo have had lu
public life few men with such felicity
of expression, such p.ic'dlty of thought,
such fidelity to Ideals and courage of'
conviction " That Is remarkably well;
put, even if we cannot agree with Mr.
McAdoo'S further sluiernent that Gov- ?
ern?r Wilson "is the embodiment of
safe sound and progressive policy." j
and that the realization of the poll-,
ties he has urged "mean security for!
property and personal rights."
We wish wo eoulo think so; we yield
to none in our admiration of Gover?
nor Wilson's ability and high personal
character, and have looked upon htm
as the hope of the country in the
present disorganized state of our poll- j
[ties, but he has gone so much farther!
In the advocacy of extreme measures j
than otht-rj wo have distrusted that
I we doubt the wisdom of the "progres
I sivo conservatism" for which Mr. Mc-j
Adoo says Governor Wilson stands. I
GBO RGB W. t. till DON. V. C. V.
General George Washington Gordon,!
I Commander of the United Confed-1
crate Veterans, died yesterday. He
j was born lu Giles County, Tennessee, '
October 6, is::-;, was graduated from
the Western Military Academy In 1S53, J
was1 engaged in civil engineering un
l cil the beginning of the War Between i
the- States, enlisted In the military:
. service of Tennessee as drill master
! of the Hlevonth Infantry, was truns- .
! nrred to tho Confederate service, was
; promoted Captal' Lieutenant-Col?
onel, and Colonel, and In lSiil attained
the rank of Brigadlcr-Goneral. He
participated in every engagement
' fought by his command with th* ex- .
i caption of the battle at Bentonvllle,]
I N. C, and was a prisoner In Fort
?? Warren, Boston harbor, until August,
. i three months after the war was,
. over.
Alter the war. General Gordon studied
I ldw, practiced at Pulaskl and Memphis
until 1883, wan appointed one of the
railway commissioners of Tennessee
In 1885, receive^ an appointment in
the interior Department of the Unltefl
.-States, four years In the Indian coun
I try und territories west of the Rocky
Mountains* Upon his retirement from
j thia Service he resumed the practice
of his profession at Memphis, was su
j perlntendcnt of the public schools of
that city from jb?2 to lf<07, was elect?
ed to the GMh and ?ist Congresses
from the Tenth Tennessee District,
and represented his State and tho
South with groat ability and fidelity
to his duties.
At the. last Reunion of the United
Confederate Veterans General Gordon
was elected CommtfndW-ln-Chief of
that great body of heroes, and now.
Iti the seventy-fifth year of his age.
ho has passed on to J?'n the innumera?
ble caravan that moves on and ever
on through the vale of death to the
golden spires of day shining above
the heights oil the farther shore.
There will be weeping and lamentation
that this splendid old soldier has
gone from among us forever; but the
memory of ills gallant deeds anil
faithful scrv'ce in war and pence will
long survive.
A GOVERNMENT HOARD ON 110 W
LEOS.
Brother Charles I*. Tnft protests in
his newspaper, the Cincinnati T'mes
Star, against the parental carelessness
which produced the ger.erntion of
bow-legged men in Memphis, Tenn..
who have been excluded from Fervlng
their country in the' United States
Navy because of this aliened physical
defect, nnd in the development of his
subject makes sundry pertinent obser- i
vat tons upon the general subject of
bow-leggednese, which show that ho.
has been u careful student of physio?
logical phenomena. For example, he j
says: I
? If it is true, as reported, that Of
per cent, of the applicants examined
at the naval recruiting station in;
Memphis were found to tie bow-legged,
that is pretty good evidence that pa- !
rents in that suction encourage, the'r
offspring to toddle before their little
leg! arc ready for such exercise.
'?Few persons arc born bow-legged;
either they acquire bow-leggodness,
or, what \s more likely, have bow-;
leggednesa thrust upon them. Cer?
tainly nobody Is bow-lesgcd by choice
There are certain curves of the hu- 1
man body that are to be desired, but;
outward curving of the nether limbs j
Is not that kind. Bow legs are the i
result of carelessness, not on the part!
of tlic unfortunate possessor, but of j
others old enough to know better." j
Wo are disposed t'i agree with
Brother Taft that the condition of
which complaint has been made and;
which has doubtless deprived the j
country of some great Nelson of the |
lighting line, is to be la'd to the1
charge of the parents of Tennessee
who have suffered their children, par- j
ticularly their boy children, to attempt
to wulk before they were able. As a
matter of fact, tow lc^s do not In?
terfere with the efficiency of those
who have them; indeed, we believe It
can be demonstrated that they are
stronger ?physically than their
straight-legged brothers, and in re?
spect of mental force they have little
it nothing to lose by comparison, man!
with man. with those w-lio think they
w alk uprightly; The strength of the >
(itch has been noted since long before?
the time of Confucius, and js designed,'
by reason of Its polyhedral structure,]
to receive the load equally at nil j
points and thus to transmit the pres-1
sure through stones, ribs or other ele?
ments placed In the line of pressure, j
Hence, we should say, the leg that is'
built upon the plan of the arch known j
In the building trades is really strong- |
er than the leg that is regarded'asJ
sufficiently symmetrical by reason or;
Its following a straight line to qualify
Its possessor to serve hin country Inj
swabbing up the decks of our men-of
war.
We agree, however, with Brottier
Taft that, speaking |n a general way,;
men are bow-legged in the Memphis
district of Tennessee "all oij account I
of parental carelessness " Brother j
Taft has correctly stated the cuuse,
but he has fulled to recommend a
remedy. Why not have Congress pass,
an act authorizing the President to,
appoint a Government Board on Row-j
Legs to take especial charge of this'
Increasing Infirmity among the peo- '
pie of Tennessee and to provide nurses -
lor the mothers who have so much
else to oo that they cannot look after I
their own children as closely us they
should. Could not such a commis?
sion be appointed under "the generali
welfare" clause of the Constitution?!
Would not this be a proper fluid for
Federal exploitation? Is It not as
important and necessary to the future
prosperity of our great country to con?
serve the legs of possible recruits for'
the Navy as'n is to take care of<the]
forests? j
NEW WAY TO MAKE TADPOLES, i
It is announced in a special cable ?
from Paris to the Now York Times
that Professor Bataillon, of Dijon, has,
with the aid of electricity, actuully
obtained tadpoles by pricking frogs"
eggs with a very fine platinum needle,
and that ho has come to "the con?
clusion that two proecses were re?
quisite for the development of a living
being from the egg.? These processes, '
he conceives, as first, a shock that ?
sets the segmentation pi ocean in mo?
tion, and, seaond. a factor which ac?
celerates the evolution."
isn't that wonderful? OIGven frogy,
that lay eggs and ogK.s that have been
laid by frogs, and a line platinum
needle, und electricity and the sog- .
mentation process In motion, and this \
remarkable man has been able to oh- j
tain tadpoles from the eggs that the 1
frogs have laid, lie tried the same
thing with fish eggs, but without re-J
suit, probably because the heat con- j
j dltlona were not exactly right; but let j
It never be forgotten that he has ob
talned tadpoles' from frogs' eggs: :t
; i;, marvellous, of course; but" Why
; should anybody want to Und a new
Way of making tadpoles? unless. In- i
deed they are to be a very superior
kind (adPOleS thai would b? able,
t-> beat the porgle of Charleston
waters which we are told In the lan?
guage of the poet:
"I'orgle walk. Porgle talk;
Porgle eat wld de knife and fork."
if Profes'osr Bataillon, of Dijon, can
do nothing better than produce tad
: poles from the eggs that have been
laid by frogs, with the use of a tl?;e
platinum needle subjected to elebtMc
discharges, It would seem that tiic old
plun of obtaining all the tadpoles that
ar<- needed is really better than
the new method. Science has had a
good many advantages over Natu.'o,
seeing thai It lias been able to make
the most of the materials Nature has
provided for tho use of Science.
When Governor Blc.iso entered the
court-house in Spartanburg tho other
day to address a good roads meet?
ing hold there, the delegates wer.;
singing "Praise God From Whom All
Blessings Flow.'* The Herald has ex?
plained that the delegates were sing?
ing a song of thanksgiving for the
copious rains that hud fallen tho pro*
.vious day und not really because of
tho pretence of tho Governor.
Tho discoverer of a Rood poem is
almost as good as its writer. The
Charlotte Observer has found a gem.
which is:
"Miss Irene Carter Boverly Nash
Had more good looks than land or cash,
But this did not her soul abash;
she carried herself with quite a dash.
In summer she- made n'any a mash.
Though none as yet liaJ ueen so rash
To tie himself to her blue sasn;
Bach fall her hopes have come to crash;
The boys rush hack to town and hash.
And the maiden still Is Irene Nash."
No namo is given by the Observer,
hut whoever the author in he can
bend the bow with F. Hevlno Plcklo
or Gerald Palmer Edmunds, the Shel?
ley of Falrlleld.
Voice of the People
Thomas S. Martin.
To the Editor of The' Times-Dispatch:
Sir,?1 have known Thomas S. Mar
titi tor three decades, served upon the
Democratic state Committee with him
for years, fought shoulder to shoulder
with him through :hc most memorable
campaigns ever waged in Virginia?
lssa, when Mahonc was overthrown
and the legislative power of the State
wrested from the Republicans; issi,
when Cleveland was elected President,
and lvs... when a Governor, Lloutenant-i
Governor und Attorney-General wore!
elected, bringing the state under com-1
plote Democratic control.
Those wore strenuous times?days
thai tried men's principles?but I
Thomas s. Martin was always on the j
tiring line, Harbour's right-hand sup-1
port and wise counselor, a bulwark for ;
Gordon; and for more than twenty
years one of the strongest 'supports of |
Chairman. Bllyson, \Vc had to raise1
money?yes. iota of it, nnd use it. too? \
for we felt that our civilization was ]
at Stake when the Republicans In pow-1
er with blazon effrontery had ap- |
pointed negro school trustees in ouri
capital city, and negroes were aspiring
to seats in Congress, one of whom was
actually elected and served. We had
to light desperately to gain and re
lain party supremacy ami tin sinews
of ua? had to be provided.
1 have attended committee meetings
when everything looked as blue as in?
digo, nnd tlie prospects of success al?
most hopeless, notably during the cam?
paign of 1881, and often have 1 seen
Martin rise ami in his clear, concise
and forceful way outline a clean-cut
plan of campaign which met tho ap?
proval of all and Cleared the horizon.
We all worked and did our liest, but
we always looked to Martin to do us
much as any ten of us. We leant
upon him heavily at limes, but he
t:over flinched or Tailored, and never
disappointed vis. Hi- raised money for
tho committee during every campaign
for years, and in addition was a trusted
leader, wise In council and strong in
action. Martin's reputation and influ?
ence grow every year until his great
oontest with General Pitz Lee for the
United States Senate.
in that fight 1 was opposed to Mar?
tin, and supported Loo. with whom
I had been closel" connected for four
years and regardod him a strong man
for the position. When the contest
was over and Martin nominated, al?
though disappointed, I did not coun?
tenance or take any part witli those
of General Lee s hot-headed support?
ers" who claimed that Martin's nomina?
tion was effected by undue means, i
but' went homo very much disgusted
over their action.
I fought Martin hard, but hit above
the belt, and when ho was nominated,
accepted It as the honest judgment
of a majority of the Democratic mem?
bers of tho General Assembly, which
It was. Tho claim that Martin's nomi?
nation and election was brought about
by the improper use of money !s a
slander upon the General Assembly ami
is untrue. The facts uro that Martin's
strenuous party service, his ability and I
strength of character was well known j
to the party leaders who molded pub
He opinion throughout the State, and i
It was in recognition of these party!
services?his ability and force of char-j
acter that lie was nominated.
I watched carefully, and I may say
critically. Martin's course during his i
fr.-t term, and before he came up for j
re-election recognized that Virginia
hud BOCured 'he services of the most ;
useful and inliuentlal man she hnd
sent to the Senate for a long time, and
gave him hearty support.
The cry "f ring rule is as old as
the organization r.f political' partlcj.
nnd is getting very s*R,le. 1 have heard
It all my life, and It generally comes
from the out? wentlng to get In.
There will bo found n considerable
fn-tlon of recalcitrants In every po?
litical party, men who revolt because
their particular views and policies do
not meet tho approval and ratifica?
tion of a majority of their ptirty as?
sociates; they become obsessed with
their own importance, and because tho"
tail can't wag the dog. wnnt to out i
off Its head: kit k out of the traces, and
try ring rule, "Ring rule! Ring rule!
Down with the ring!"
Is it > strange or remarkable that
?.he advICO and counsel of Democratic
tenders who have won distinction and
Influence through a lifetime of party
service should be often sought and
frequently followed? is It strange or
remarkahle that the Democratic party
should reoortnizo and elevate to po?
sitions of nubile trust men who have
proven their ability and tholr loyalty
and devotion to the party?
Is It strange or remarkable that the
me n thus distinguished and advanced '
phould have greater influence than i
ethers not similarly situated?
Is it not tho plain duly of men so
situated to give their advice and use
their Influxnoo for the best Interest
of the people, whenever and where
ever they doom It necessary?
Fellow-Demot r.its. take It from one
who. commencing In lSfiO. when Gil?
bert r Walker defeated Henry Harpy
Weils for Govomor, hag for more than
f'rtv years fought the battler of De?
mocracy In every campaign in Vir?
ginia- there Is no ring dominating or
controlling the actior, of the Demo?
cratic, partv In Virginia.
Uf policies are controlled by Its
chosen representatives?legislative, ex -
ee,UllV? and Judicial?ho Important ac?
tion Is .taken, no important question
decided, that I-- not' either directly
approved nnd authorized at the polla
<>r by repr?sentatives thus chosen to
renresenl them
That the representatives often con?
sult, advise with and frequently adopt
?the views, opinions and Judgment of
the loading mm of the parly who
I have qualified themselves to ndvlso-by
i long experience and distinguished pub
(lio service eons without saying, but
j Instead or this being nn evidence of
I rlno: rale. It Is unite the reverse, and
Is In keeping with the best traditions
of the party and iho rommonwealth.
I Right here Is where the shoo
pinches?-the men who have sought
I distinction froni tho party nnd falle4
Indignant because tnoir revtow-Dcmo-'
crnts do not place the samp estimate ,
upon them that tliey placo upon them- 1
solves, begin tho cry of ring rule In a
ftttllo effort to attract the public eye
j to themselves und detract from those
; (hey seek to pull down.
There la no ring?there Is no ring
rule controlling the Democracy of vir-1
, glnij. There Is a Btrong militant par-I
; ty with chosen leaders of proven abll- j
Uy, loyalty und courage, which fori
nearly thirty years has maintained uti- '
broken its control of Virginia, and the'
destlnlos of her people?a parly that
!? OKS with pride, upon lite Officers, leg?
islative, executive* and ludlclal. it has
given the Commonwealth, and points
the finger of scorn und Shame tit the
nion Who attempt to place the brand,
of rlngster upon their brows.
That ti>.' party nas ruled Virginia '
Wisely and well is attested b\ the
Srettt progress sho h^? made along
evory line of human off ort. Martin's
services as Senator have been pre- .
eminently valuable and satisfactory?I
ho is distinguished in an august hodv '
of distinguished men; he has been sc-'
looted as the Democratic leader in tho
Sonate, and he loads with great abll- !
Ity, showing to tho nation those ster?
ling qualities which Vlrglnlu long
Bines recognised and appreciated The
1'oti^ress of the l." til ted States is now
dealing with numerous questions of :
? more vital Importance than litive been j
presented for solution within the last
. ttfty year8, involving policies which :
the national Democracy hus been ad?
vocating and pushing t? tho front for
ye.u-.-, with which Martin la more fa?
miliar and more capable .,[ handling
than any new man could possibly be;
; he Is growing dally In influence and
! power and In the estimation of his
fellow-Senators.
Virginia and the nation needs Mar?
lin, and it would be worse than folly
should the Virginia Democracy fall
, to return him to the Senate.
Look at hint, sticking closely to his
post, doing hlli duty as a public servant, ]
without reg.nil to his personal Inter?
est, although his opponent, a member,
of the House of Representatives, now
lit session, hus been absent and upon
the stump for several weeks.
1 cannot see why any Democrat hav?
ing an eye single to the interests of
his State can full to support Mar?
tin. As far myself, I suy stick to
your post. Senator; do your duly to
your .State, und Virginia Democracy
will tuke care of the consequences
I shall soon have something to say
about our brilliant young Junior Sena?
tor, whose candidacy I cordlall v in?
dorse. R. A. AYKRS.
Rig Stone Cap, Vrt? August 7.
(.lies .Inckson and Ills Work,
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,?I note, from Issue this morn?
ing that there is to be an Investi?
gation of- the "perpetration of ulli ged
frauds in connection with the Negro
Development Company, of which Olios
li. Jackson was president and R, T,
Hill secretary," which are alleged to
have been committed In Newport News
Now, the fact that 1 was not presi?
dent of the Negro Development Com?
pany, but was director-general of the 1
Negro Department of the Jamestown
Exposition, of which R. T. inn was
treasurer, and which was promoted by
the said company, to which Congress
gave JlOO.uuij. I would like to stato
that tHo Tercentennial Commission,
consisting of the Hon. Win. 11. Taft,
then Secretary of War. Hon. Leslie M.
.?-'haw, then Secretary of the Treasury,:
nnd Hon. Victor H. Metcalf, secretary, .
appointed a committee to fully Investl- j
gate titis company and Its manage
llient under me as director-general. ?
Upon report of this committee, tho
commission, of which President Taft
was chairman, signed n paper which
gave me a clear bill yof health and :
commended me upon the honest and
straightforward manner in which I
had conducted the affairs, and I hold
this paper to-day and treasure It as !
a valuable possession. I huvc no ob?
jection to any further investigation of
this company so far as 1 um con
corneil, as during my administration
I beard of nothing derogatory of uny
of the officers connected with me In
this work.
If I may be excused I would liki?
to say that the world has given me
great credit, for this splendid exhibit
and is giving me more credit for thu
production Of the "Industrial History
of the Negro Race," written by me, i
with the assistance of Professor D.
Webster Davis. Thole Seems to bo :
Jealousy In the hearts of a number
of the people who have from tlmo j
to time tried to besmear me in order
to kill and destroy the effect of the
great work I have done, but I want
to serve notice to rha race of this
country that when they shall have .
destroyed nie they will have destroyed j
one who bus done more for their up- :
building than any other negro In Vir- ;
giiila, and until 1 do something con .
trary to law they shoifld at least <
let me go on with my work nnd stop j
trying to obstruct and hinder mo. j
It Is not my fault that others hnvo
not been able to do what I have done,
although 1 have pulled off more big
tilings isuccessf ully than any other
of them, and I simply ask to be let
alone.
alone. GILES B. JACKSON.
August 0. 1011.
A Protest.
To the Editor of The Tlmes-Dlsp.iteh:
Sir,?Jn the name of decency and
morality, will you please explain to a
long-suffering public why you have
departed from the traditions of your
noble founder by filling your front
page with photographs of a female
locally notorious in infamy? The writ?
er, though no prude, was shocked
when he saw it. Re heard a refined
lady ,tive utterance to her infinite dis?
gust; he heard a representative gath?
ering of gentlemen at the Westmore?
land Club express their unanimous
condemnation of the act; and he be?
lieves that you In your heart must bo
ashamed of it. Would you make vice
attractive for a few pennies? Why
those designing poses of meretricious
art and seductive beauty? The per?
formance Is corrupting to youth, de?
al Ing to ma:.hood, and Insulting to
the virginity of Virginia. Tho pure
women of the Commonwealth should
pelt you with protests, and at 'least
thi re Is one man who cannot keep
Silent.
'-'V;c-f. Is a monster of so frightful mien.
That to be hated needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft. familiar with her face,
AVo fir.-t endhre, then pity, then em?
brace."
And Thf. Tlrncs-Dispatch should be
above catering to such impulses, and
despise the methods of the "yellow
Joufjial." EUGENE C. MASSIE.
I
"JJurifceil by the Samples."
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir. -Kindly permit mo to sny. as
briefly as 1 may. that a quiet, unpre
numlng. thoughtful reader of your es?
timable paper is highly pleased and
heai tilv commends what you write
editorially under the heading:, -Judged
by the Samples." What you say is
discriminating, thoughtful and logical.
Its very truthfulness la a snd remind?
er of deplorable conditions in tho sov?
ereign Ptaten mentioned In tho South,
East and West. We all know (those
of us who do any thinking) that such
matters, with the conditions that in?
evitably follow, must sooner or later
be met and dealt with In a manner
not yet disclosed to the patriotic mind
nnd heart of a loyal citizenship. In
the meantime WO should not allow
our Indignant feelings to tempt us
into ony effort to belittle the men
that the' Sta.tes In question, while con?
sulting their own might and sovereign?
ty, have seen proper to select and
send to tho Senate of a- Ngrnnd re?
public. *
Who knows but what some of them,
or even nil. may improve in this won?
derful ern of great possibilities? Per?
haps It may be best for tho present
If we extend. Indulge only our sym?
pathy for these sovereign 6tato.stawl
their weak, erring representrt'tlvbs
August 7, 1011. C: A. 'R.
Hoiv to fict no Education. ?
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
g|r*,?By giving publicity to the In
cloned typewritten call for applica?
tions, you probably will, bo able to
help some worthy hoy ??r* girl to a
I irood education. The call has been <ln
laycd by conditions over which the
undersigned had no coiitrol, and It
should have been ero this dnto In the
bauds of thoso interested.
As to the plan for using money to
aid worthy students (ns sot forth In
tho printed folder also inclosed), you
will. I doubt not. ngroo with mo in
thinking It probubly tiie most val?
uable discovery hitherto made, its
chief vnlue is that'n safe way hus been
Invented for lending the principal of
the fund rather than the Interval only,
to young men and women who possess
these qualifications?a good, Christian
character, good nntural Hib'lltles, und
habits of study. Experience has shown
Tor thiiiy-elght years in tho M B.
Churoh (North) that the obligations
taken by such young ment and wo?
men arc safer investments than tho
bonds and stocks vended In the mar?
ket. And while safe. It also multi?
plies the power of the fund In the
ratio of 25 to I, For while $2.500 In?
vested In good securities at 4 per cent,
yields $100 to bo loaned to a student
for one year In college?not as a full
supply, but u aulllcient aid for on?
who also helps himself?the $2.500 In
loans or $100 will send twenty-live
such youthB for one collegiate yenr to
a good institution. The honor of the
discovery, as has been Intimated, bo
longs to the Methodist Episcopal
Church. But our brethren arc pleased
to See uk receiving the benefits of their
discovery. To the undersigned no
credit js due. save for the "memorial
scholarships." a sort of Presbyterian
postscript to a MethotMst epistle. It
was the only method for getting the
fund that wns open to him.. And
it Is a real pleasure to be able
to say that one of these scholar?
ships bears the honored name of
Moses D. M?ge, one of tho most
admired nnd beloved of the many
good and great sons of that "Old Do?
minion. " which is justly styled "the
mother of States and of statesmen."
Pew men outside of her boundaries
have had better opportunities of know?
ing the qualities of her wonderful
people. Por, from First Mantissas to
Appomattoxl I marched under the ban?
ners of .lohnston and I?ot> to and fro
over her territory, to bo convinced
beyond rtsk of changing the opinion
that no Commonwealth In Christendom
cnn Justly claim to be her superior.
? 1 have made the game request about
the call for applicants to the students*
loan fund to threo other greni
' Journals, located in different pnrt? o!
our territory, thut jis many as possible
may be advised of this opportunity to
rece've aid in their struggles for a
good education. Please do them this
kindness. WM. B. HOGGS.
Secretary Christian Education and
Ministerial Relief, Presbyterian
Church, United States.
The Sttulciitit' Loan Fund.
It gives us pleasure to state for the
Information of nil concerned that tho
regulations govorntng the distribution
of scholarships in the students' loan
fund liuvo been printed, and that the
necessary -blanks will be sent on re
quest to those wishing to receive aid.
Please rend name nnd address to either
of the Secretaries?Rev. H. II. Sweets,
I"). D.. 122 Fourth Avenue, Louisville,
Ivy., or to tho undersigned, who has
special charge of this work.
And it .eeiris well In this connection
to suggest that the executive commit?
tee of Christian Education and Minis?
terial Relief In awarding the scholar?
ships will feel constrained to have due
regard to such considerations as these;
11) The. location of applicants, in
order to distribute the benefits na
widely as possl'ble over the assembly's
territory. Inasmuch as tho fund Is yet
In Its Infancy and only a limited num
! ber of scholarships can possibly bo
\ given out at present.
(2) To the amounts asked to be
loaned to the applicant. For. other
tilings being equal, the most good dan
be done In our present condition by
lending In the smallest sums consist?
ent with our being assured that tho
borrower will bo able with economy
[ and self-denial to finish the college
year for which the loan Is made.
i Conditions over which neither
the executive committee nor the sec-,
retarles have control having delayed
[ this publication, the applicants are re?
quested to be us prompt uh they ran
be In eommutilcntlng wltb us.
WM U ROOGS.
Secretary, having chnrge of tho schools
nnd college work.
Wayhcsville, N..r\, August i, i?ii.
1 (R. P. D, No. 3 )
Daily Queries and Answers
riirhett-Fltr.aliunl?n? Fllcbt.
Will von please publish the date,
month and viar o/ the Corbetl-Fltx
slmmons fight, whwn tho latter won
from Corbott? FIGHT FAN.
Carson City. Nov., March 17, ?1897.
Orphnn llrlgnde.
Tell me. please, the town the Orphan
Brigade Kentucky had last fight in.
what State; tiow soon after the light
came tho surrender? COl,<)NF.B
The Kentucky troops known as the
Orphan Brigade were very much re?
duced In number before tho close of
the war. The remnant surren. )ored
with Johnston In North Carolina, and
participated. In all the last engage?
ments of Johnston's army. Johnston's
last fight was at Bentonvllle, N. C.
I'nce.
What Is a pace? M, E. C.
The pace Is usually reckoned at SO
Inches. Tho Roman pace, or double
step, the thousandth of a mile, was
live Roman foot, equivalent to about
GS 1 English Inches.
WARWICK MAY REPAIR
SHATTERED FORTUNE
Ill' I.A MA HQ VISE DE Pd.VJKXOV,
Lord Warwick i? leaving Eng?
land this month, with u largo
staff of engineers, to examine an
extensive tract of coal and timber land
In British Columbia, bordering on the
United States, and In which he has ac?
quired a preponderant Interest. Should
the enterprise turn out successfully, ho
may yet manage to restore the eadly
Impaired fortunes of ills earldom, ami
those of his wife, who at the time of
her marriage was regarded us a great
heiress. So Straitened; Indeed, havs
the circumstances of 1.0rd and Lad)
Warwick become of late years, thai
they have been compelled, not merely
to offer the countess's favorite home in
Essex, known as Beaton Lodge, for
rent, nnd to sell to an American wo?
man. Miss Dodge, Wnrwick House,
their stately home In London, but even
to turn their remaining possessions into
a Joint stock limited liability company,
of the kind suggested by the librettist,
the lute Sir William Gilbert, in ono of
the most amusing comic operas, writ?
ten to the music Of Sir Arthur Sullivan,
and bearing, if my memory serves me.
the title of "Utopia, Limited."
The scheme was launched with a
big flourish of trumpets, but apparent?
ly did not prove very succcsuful, since
the Warwick and Easton Estates Com?
pany has figured somewhat frequently
In recent years as defendant in law?
suits brought against it for the recov?
ery of money loaned.
Lady Warwick lias never been popu?
lar with the people of her own class,
her beauty, her caustic wit. and her in?
difference to the conventionalities, ex?
citing many enmities against her.
Moreover, her ephemeral attempts to
identify herself with thtt cause of So?
cialism, the doctrines Of which she
preached for a time, like any spellbind?
er, from Improvised platforms, nnd
oven from cart-tails, served to still
further anger the members of her caste
against her. Indeed they held her up]
to obloquy, as a sort of "Philippe
Egal It e" In petticoats, fnd were dis?
posed to rejoice over everything in the]
shape of misfortune that overtook her. j
Now. however, their rancor lias dlmln- i
Ished, k'ndlier feelings pretail; and
everybody will be glad if her husband's 1
venture in British Columbia proves a]
financial success, and restores the
shattered fortunes of the earldom.
Winston Churchill has stirred up no
end of trouble for himself by his ex?
traordinary action In Issurlng orders
to the chief constable of Warwick?
shire, to refrain from executing several
warrants for the arrest on charges of
fraud of a woman ol the name of
Beatrice Carter, ,iust completing a term
of hard l.ihor In Reading Jail, for
offenses of an 'analogous character.
Had it not been for Winston Churchill's
interference, she would have been ar?
rested Immediately on leaving the
prison gates.
The warrants had been Issued to the
chief constable in due form by the
magistrates of Warwick, Birmingham
and other places in the county, and the
question has been naturally raised as
to whether Winston Churchill had
power, as Secretary of State, to stay
the. execution Of the warrants.
His action is utterly without pre?
cedent. There are some who Insist
that he should have waited until the
woman had been re-arrested and tried,
and could then have exercised the royal
prerogative of pardon In the name of
the sovereign. Others again argue
that since a Secretary of Stnto has
magisterial powers to issue warrants
for arrest?such warrants were issued
on the last occasion by Lord Halifax
and Lord Egremont against John
Wilkes in 17fi3?ho has also the power
to arrest the execution of warrants,
though there is no record of anything
of the kind having been done since
the reign of Charles II.
That Winston Churchill should ar?
rogate to himself, as Secretary of the
Home Department, the right of quash?
ing and commuting, or else remitting
the punishment of an offender, after
conviction. In the name of the sov?
ereign,' who has the power of pardon,
is one thing. But that he should take
upon himself to order the course of
Justice to bo stopped before the offender
Is brought to trial, nnd grant n proven
criminal Immunity before conviction.
Is something absolutely unheard of,
slrjco not even the sovereign hlmselt
. hau tho right or power to adopt any
j such i ourse,
The only excuse that Winston
I Churchill s* cms to have hud for his
j action is the principle lad down by
I the court of criminal appeal; that In
j the case of several offenses by the
) same Individual a single sentence
I should bo regarded as expiating all
; pen ling charges.
t So far as can be seen, the high
constable of Warwickshire would havo
been perfectly Justified In declining to
obey the orders of the Secretary of
State, who hits no authority over him.
for, excepting; the metropolitan police
force of the county of I , the
Set retniy of Stale for the Homo De?
partment has no body of police under
his Immediate control. Nor has Wins?
ton Churchill any authority over the
Warwickshire magistrates. They, too.
could have Ignored his orders, since
they nre subject only to the authori
I ty of tho lord high chancellor In fact,
did not the government possess such an
overwhelming majority in the House
of Commons, there is no, doubt thai
Winston Churchill's interference with
the course of justice In Warwickshire
would huve led to a demand for his
impeachment.
Dublin, I may say. In response to an
inquiry from a correspondent, is a
very ancient city Indeed, and was writ?
ten and spoken of by Ptolemy, the cele?
brated mathematician, astronomer, and
geographer, in the second century of
the Christian era. as Kbl&na. or Deblann
Clvitas. which means "the city of tlio
Black Channel." from which we are
j led to Infer that the Ldffey was in
j finitely blacker then than it is to-day,
and of about the same-hue that It was
j some fifty years ago, before the sanl
| tary means Introduced to rid It of Its
I traditional foulness. For the explana
tl ?n given to his passenger by the
' jaunting car driver, away back In tho
1 eighties, to the effect that "the smell
1 of the Llffey os one of the sights of
, Dublin" lias now lost Its point.
I The first people to erect a castle at
Dublin were the Norwegians, who
colonized there In the ninth century,
and who built a fortress on the site of
ihe present castle. This castle was
besieged and then seized by the Danes,
and held by them with varying success,
until 1166, when the English formed
an alliance with Itory O'Connor, King
of Lclnst^or, and took the castle, drlv
I lng out the Danish governor. Skulf
Mac Turklll, the last Norse ruler of
j Dublin. In 1172 Henry II. arrived, and
wintered at Dublin, entertaining thero
the Irish Kings nnd princes, with
whose assistance he had crushed and
driven out the Danes. He held his
court there, in a pavilion of wicker
work, made according to the custom
of the country. We are informed that
the Irish chieftains were entertained
with great pomp, and alllunces entered
Into with them, "the plenty of the
English table and the goodly courtesy
of the attendants" having done much
to reconcile them to their new allies.
In the following year, however, Henry
II. granted "his city of Dublin to his
subjects of Bristol, to lnhnbit. and to
hold of him, nnd his holr for ever,
with all tho liberties nnd free customs
which his subjects of Bristol then en
Joyed at Bristol nnd through all Eng?
land." This charter is the foundation
of the liberties of the city of Dublin,
Which were afterwards enlarged and
confirmed by King John, without, how?
ever, removing the status of the Irish
metropolis, as n fief of the city of
Bristol.
(Copyright, 1011. by the Brentwood
Company.)
I WOMEN
It's a wise woman who puts a
little money In tho savings bank
regularly. No woman can tell when
she'll need money pretty badly. The
National State aind City Bank has
many women aniong its 1 deposi?
tors. Why not prove your thrift
and wisdom by becoming one of
them?
National State and City Bank,
Richmond, va.
Witt. H. Palmer, Prealdent.
John S. F.llett, VIec-Preiildent.
Win. M. Ulli, Vlee-Prenldrnt.
J. W. Mnion, Vlee-Prosldcnt.
Julien II. 1III1, Cashier.