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Social and j
) Personal
MM. und Mrs. Luclan H, Cocke
huvis returned from Europe,
and are now at Holllns for se?
veral weeks In September before open?
ing their town house In P.oanoke. Mr
und Mrs. Cocke sulled from New Voik
in July, and have been traveling on
the Continent for the past six weeks.
They visited friends In Holland and
Germany, and spent some time In
I'urls and London before sailing for
this country.
Mrs. Cocke has recently finished n
book of perfectly delightful Southern
dialect stories, which will be brought
out this full by a prominent New
York pubisher.
Illneklc?Segnr.
The marriage of Miss Agnes I-ing
horne .Sogar and J. Homer Hlnckle, of
Ardmore, Oklahoma, was very quietly
celebrated on Saturday, August 20. at
"R?ckland," the home of the bride's
parents In SpbtsylVahia county. Only
a few intimate friends and relatives]
witnessed the ceremony.
Attending Dances.
Miss Nell Christian, of this city. was.
among the out-of-town guests danc
ing at the hop given at the River?
side Country Club near Petersburg
bh Tuesday night. The. dance was a
very pleasing affair, and a number of
gueatH were present from nearby
towns.
Miss Bargamin. of Richmond, at- 1
tended the german given in the audi-'
torium at Cro/.':t on Monday evening.
The dunce was chaperoned by Mrs. :
Whately, Mrs J, M. Ellison, Mrs.:
Cook. Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Wlant, Mrs. j
Martin, of Ohio, and Miss Woods
Misses Nettie Rttehrmund Julia !
Omohundro and Elsie Phillips went to ;
(Hierburn Springs tor the past week?
end, and were among those dancing
at the german given In the ballroom
of the hotel on Saturday night.
A very handsome german was given i
In Wytheville on Friday night of lastj
week. The dance took place at the'
Hotel Boyd. In that place, and was
an unusually Interesting event. Mrs.
Curran F. Saunders and Mrs. Roy F. i
Hexton distributed favors, which "eon-!
slstcd of fans, silver pencils, pipes.
Chinese Caps skeletons and canes for
the men, and head purses, Irldescent j
bracelets, fans, hair ornaments, Jap?
anese parasols and butterflies for the
girls Punch was served by Miss Bet
tie Moore and Mrs. Charles Q Hatch-;
er. The german was led by Mr and';
Mrs B, Lee Trlnkle and Stuart Camp?
bell and Miss Perry, of Birmingham.!
Miss Myra Chambers, of Richmond,
was present. dancing with Walter
Humphreys, and Mrs J. Cloyd Kent,
also of this city. was among the
gut srs attending the german.
limine Party.
Tho house party given last werk hy
The Flour That
Gives Universal
Satisfaction.
Not Mode from Oils?but pur* orange Juice. ;
Tlia'.'i ?hy Llggetl'a Orantoad., I? eo health- J
In: and refreihlny. Served Ice cold at our
fountain, llaa few equ&'.j and no luperlcra
Bold for tc. only at Polk Miller1?. The Rexall i
fcUrr.. ?34 Kajt Mai- Street.
THE CASH SHOEAHO TRUNKMAN
WHO UNDERSELLS
Inventory Sale
ROUNTREES
HAVE YOU SEEN'
THE
New Method Gas Ranges
AT
Pettit & Co.V
Dreyfus & Co.
Now showing com plete assort?
ments of Early Fall Suits.
IOO EAST RRtf?l>-VT.
puff" SAME QUALITY
EVERY DAY
Monroe 1801.
Go to Chaste
Trafieri for pure
Oil.
Mad. 42112.
S00 W MatnS.-av
Summer Clearance Now Going On
EVERYTHING REDUCED
I
Middy Blouse Suits
Regular 32.50 values; sizes
'" y,:,r:- T" $1.00
Best quality materials.
Major J. P M. Sandels, at "rile Ferry."
proved a vory ?ajoyablo occasion. The
guests were Rev! McBryde und Ash?
ley Green, ol HUlsvllle. .Miss Blanch'
Sanders and her guests, Mr. and . is
C \V. Sanders and sun. of Roanolce.j
MYb. M. S. Gordon, of Richmond. and
Marlon Sanders. *
Uerryvtlle Blnu/r Party.
Says a recent exchange:
"Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kellcy gave a
dlhnei at tin-ir home In Berryville on
Wednesday evening In honor ot the
horse show judges Reginald C. Van
d.-rbllt Major Ernsliiie Gullck,, U K
Waring, Charles K. Harrison ana Col
George M. Dunn. Mr. and Mrs
Charles Mulllgln were also among j
the guests."
Buck From Atlantli City.
Mr. and Mrs Preston Boulware .
have returned Irom a visit to the'
mountains and seashore. Including
such points Of interest US Natural
Bridge. Luray Caverns, llagerstown, I
Gettysburg and Atlantic City.
Mr. and Mrs Preston Belvln have
returned to their home in this city,]
after a motor trip to Atlantic City'
and New York. They made the trip
In Mr. Belvln's muchlne, and were ab?
sent frorp Richmond about ten days. |
Mies Fleet Honored.
Miss Lizzie Hill and her brother. M.
8. Hill, of "Spring Hill." near Walker
ton, entertained a party of young
people on Friday evening of last week
in honor of their niece Miss Christine
Fleet, of this city. Games and con?
tests amused the guests, and supper
was served at 11 o'clock.
The guests Invited to meet Miss
Fleet w ere Misses Murtha Fleet, Maxi?
Acres, Maude Seay. Maude Minier.
Emma Kate Sutton. Louise Garth
rU-:ht. Louise Burko. Messrs. Josyi A.
Ryland, Rawloy Fleer. Hill Fleet."Al?
fred Gwathmey. Stuart Mlnter. Wil?
liam Vurn, Sam Acree, Nelson Sutton
and Robert Temple Ryland.
Approaching Weddings.
invitations have been received here
lor the marriage of Miss Margaret
Alice Hill, of Berlin Heights. O.. to
Robert S Dlnwlddie. formerly of
Chr,rlottesvllle. the ceremony to take
place at thr. homo of the bride on Sep?
tember i. Mr Dlnwlddie is a son of
the late .alter Dlnw'ddte, of Char
lottesvllle, and for the past lour yearn
has made his home In Toledo, O. He|
lias recently accepted a position in
Detroit, where he will take his bride
after their wedding trip.
Mrs Fannie ?\ hitehurst Clark has
announced the approaching marriage
of her daughter. Miss Sadie Wade
Clark, to the Rev. Guy Wirt Ne?
berry. the ceremony to take place on
Wednesday, September 3, ut Crozet.
No cards have been Issued.
EuKBCrmrnt Announced.
-Mr und Mrs. Robert Stith Spencer
announce the engagement and ap
proachlng marriage of their daughter,
Isabel Friend, to Egbert Sydnor Mar?
tin, the ceremony to t.?:e place on
September '.'0 at Roanoke Presbyterian
Church, in Chatlotte county.
Entertained at Virginia Beach.
A very charming entertainment was
given at Virginia Beach Saturday eve?
ning, by the occupants of the "Man
shun" in honor of Miss Harriet Win?
chester, of Macon Ga. The summer
house was beautifully decorated with
Japanese lanterns and many colored
electric lights hung In festoons be?
tween the pillars beneath which along
the walls wore embankments of wood
ferns and evergreens Covers were
laid for ten, who were Miss Mary
Flourney, of Richmond; Miss Emma
Ragland, of Virginia Bench; Mlrs Mary
Conrad. Miss Nancy Lei Janney. of
I>.esburg, ami Miss Winchester, ot
Milton. Ca.; C". Ward McCourt, Grifton
Dodson. Richard H a.d'op and Frank
Maul, of Norfolk, and Robert Leeman.
of New York.
Upon leaving the table the guests
were presented with a dainty souve?
nir of the occasion, after which they
adjourned to the pavilion, where danc?
ing wao indulged until a late hour.
In nud Out of Town.
Mrs Grayson Hall will spend three
weeks in Boston before returning to
Virginia, after spending the summer
In the White Mountains.
Mrs. Samuel Hlnton and Miss Cath?
erine Hinton. who hava been spending
eomo lime in New Orleans, are now
visiting Mrs. Lisby Redford before re?
turning to Petersburg.
Joseph Stumpf, who Bpralned his an?
kle two weeks ago, is now much Im
proveu.
Mrs Joseph ..ells, of Macon. Ga.. is
the guest of Mrs Lisby Redford here,
and w'll also visit New York and Bal?
timore
Colonel and Mrs. David G Mclntosh,
of Towson, Md.. are visiting relatives
In this city.
Miss Julia Brogden has returned to
Portsmouth after a brief visit to
t: lends in this city.
Mrs- Peter .1. Otey and Mrs Miller
nave returned to Richmond after
spending the summer in Wythevillo.
Miss Mozelle Robins, who has been
visiting Mrs. Roane in Newport News,
has returned to her home in this city.
Dr. Margaret 10. Bowen has returned
to Richmond after a visit to her par
cuts at Tazewell.
Frank H. Rahm, Jr., who has been
ill at St. Luke's Hospital for the past
tour weeks, is slowing Improving.
Mrs. Robert Hill Bowers, of Rich?
mond, Is the guest of Mrs. Prosser
Harrison in Newport News. -
Miss Mary McGulre Croxton has re?
turned to the' city after a visit of
several weeks to friends at Ocean View
and in the Northern Neck.
Mr?. W. W. Felkes, of this city, is I
spending some time as the guest of
Miss Loin Leonard in Newport News.
Dr. an?'. Mrs. Edward McOuire, of
this city, arrived In Berryville on Frl- I
day to visit their sisters, Misses Nannie i
and'Evelyn McGulre.
Mrs. R. L. Rarnes, of Sherwood Park,
who was operated on last week, Is
now rapidly improving.
Mrk James A. Courtney, of Clopton.
Is v.fsltlng relatives nosr Arvonla, In
BuciGngnam county.
WESTMORELAND DAVIS,
IN BEHALF OF FARMERS,
REPLIES TO HIS CRITIC
The follow'ng communication has
been received from Wetsmoreland I
Davis:
To the Editor of The Tlmes-Olsputcli: I
Sir.?My attention ' has been called1
to editorials which have appeared from i
the pen of _ A. B Williams In thu
Evening News, of Roanoke. owned by i
the Roanoke Times Company, and In
the Virginian, attacking me becauea
of an address delivered as. president
of the Virginia Slate Furmers' Insti
tureat Staunton on August the '.'th.
1 would have preferred not to havo
entered Into a discussion of this kind
at this time, but as Mr. Williams
courts It, I reluctantly comply with
his wishes.
At the annual meeting of the Vir?
ginia State Farmer*' institute tho
president makes such suggestions and
recommendations as he deerns conduc?
ive to the upbuilding of the agricul?
tural Interests of the Stat.>.
In my ad Iress I dwelt at some length
upon the demonstration work of Mr.
Sandy, the compensation of formers
voluntarily submitting their cattle for
tuberculin test: the protection of our
fatmer3 by legislation preventing th?
sale of adulterated seed: the enact?
ment of u limestone grinding bill,
which should provide for the estab?
lishment of lime grinding plunts by
the Slate at certain strategic points,
and the sale of ground limestone to
the public at a protlt to the State
I further earnestly recommended
that legislation be secured under the
provisions of the Constltut'on provid?
ing for the elect on of members of
the Corporation Commission by the
people
Fnrnir'H Are DofenteO.
1 further called the attention of the
Particularly the Ladies,
Not only pleasant and refreshing tc
the taste, but gently cleansing and sweet?
ening to the system, Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of Senna is particularly adapted
to ladies and children, and beneficial ii
all cases in which a wholesome, strength?
ening and effective laxative should be
used. It is perfectly safe at all times and
dispels colds, headaches and the pain:
caused by indigestion and constipation so
promptly and effectively that it is the one
perfect family laxative which gives satis?
faction to all and is recommended by
millions of families who have used it and
who have personal knowledge of its ex?
cellence.
Its wonderful popularity, however, has
led unscrupulous dealers to offer imita?
tions which act unsatisfactorily. There?
fore, when buying, to get its beneficial
effects, always note the full name of the
Company?California Fig Syrup Co.?
plainly printed on the front of every
package of the genuine Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of Senna.
For sale by all leading druggists. Price
50 cents per bottle.
Don't miss the
Furniture Bargains
This Week at
Jones Bros. & Co.
Incorporated
1420 E. Main Street.
Are sold only by
THE CRAFTS PIANO CO.,
121 East Droud Street.
The Great Removal
Furniture and Carpet Sale
NOW GOING ON
20% 30% 40% 50% Off
SYDNOR & HUNDLEY
liafnty summer models of most fash?
ionable materials.
P. W. DABNBT A COMPANY.
Third .-nid llroud Street*.
Ladies' House Slippers
25c
ALBERT STEIN
5th and Broad
"EXCELSIOR"
GAS RANGES
are sold only by
Rothert & Co.,
Ask Grocers, Druggists Dealers (or
POMPEIAN
LUCCA
OLIVE OIL
genuine?Pure?Healthful
members of the institute to the fuct
that although an overwhelming senti?
ment existed throughout the Mate in
favor of the passage of what is known
as the Virginia Slate Farmers' Insti?
tute llmcsto/ie grinding bill, it was
defeated at the last session of the
Legislature, that u large majority of
both the Senate and the House were
It favor of the bill, but th.it it was
so long delayed in tho Finance Com?
mittee of the House by those who op?
posed It, but who were not brave
enough to vote against It upon re?
corded vote, that in order to secure Its
consideration there the committee
was dismissed. The bill passed the
House by an overwhelming majority,
but reached the Senate too late ill
the session and lacked one vole of
securing the two-thirds vole necessary
to its consideration.
Farmers from all over the State at
great incon vunlrncc and expense to
themselves, and without hope of ecm
pensatlon or reward, went to Rich?
mond and appeared before the com
mTltecs of the Legislature having the
bl'il under consideration only to Ue
met and defeated by the allied manu?
facturers of lime and indr retainers.
fn order to demonstrate the dllllcul
tles which confront the agricultural
Interests of the State In any effort to
secure remedial legislation, and to
arouse them to a senue of the gravity
of the situation in the Stale. 1 read
to them a paper which was entitled "A
Summary of Legislation Considered
More or Less Hurtful to Public Ser?
vice Corporations, Introduced In the
General Assembly. Session 1908."
This paper was sent to me ao presi?
dent of the Virginia State Farmers'
Institute, and was evidently the re?
port of an agent of - certain public
service corporations advising their
principals of the successful outcome
of their efforts In securing the defeat
of legislation dee'.ned hurtful to them,
but without any regard to the merit
of the proposed Jills from the stand?
point of the g-.neral public
The report went so far as to name
Messrs. C. V. Meredith. S. !i. P. l'utte
son and Wyndham !<? Meredith, promi?
nent public spirited citizens of the
highest character, who In their zeal
for the public good, hud aided in
the drafting and preparation of cer?
tain bills deemed hurtful to public
Service corporations. It was lavish
in Its praise of the services rendered
the corporations by Mr. \V. B. Mcll
waine. of Petersburg, and Messrs.
Scott. Buchanan and Cardwell, of
Richmond, to whose efforts they prin?
cipally uttibuted the defeat of the
bills.
1 made practically no comment upon
the report, but left It to my auditors
to draw their own conclusion as to
the conditions affecting legU-lalion 1?
the State.
My address was commended by Oov.
crnor Mann, who delivered an able
speech, in which among oilier things
he promised to recommend In his next
message to the Legislature the en?
actment of a law providing for th<?
establishment of lime grinding plants
by the State, and he liiere stated that
he felt sorry at times for the farmers,
as they -were the only class that was
not represented by' a lobby before the
Legislature
My altitude upon the several ques?
tions discitbsed by me was approved
by the Institute, for it unanimously
adopted without the slightest direct or
indirect solicitation or suggestion on
my part, a highly commendatory res?
olution, the terms of which appeared
in your issue of the lJth of August
requesting the board of directors, in
view of my expressed desire to retire
from the presidency, to re-elect me
as president for the ensuing year.
The press throughout the State with
practical unanimity gave support und
'encouragement to our endeavor.
A Humbling From Itoauuke.
Out of a clear sky on Saturday. Au?
gust 12, there came a rumbling from
Koanoke. An editorial appeared In
t the Evening News of that city, en?
titled "A Mare's Nest." belaboring
The Times-Dispatch because of the
publication of the report above referred
to, and for engaging In an alleged
reckless tight ugulnst public corpora?
tions and private character.
At tho same time, but with acerbity,
my address before the Vlrgtnlu. State
Farmers' institute was referred to by
the Evening News. SarcustJc reference
was made to my personal appearance,
and great stress was laid upon the
fact that although my hands did not
I appear In a photograph, which accom
' pan led your offending article, the tips
of gloves showed from a pocket In my
j coat, "giving thereby conclusive evl
I dence that his (my) hands must be
calloused by much gripping of scythes
' rakes, hoes, plow handles and other
agricultural implements."
The article, though intended to irri?
tate, amused me. Like you, I was In?
clined to regard It as the exercise by
a provincial editor of his Inalienable
right to cut his teeth upon a metro?
politan Journal. I should not have
given It further thought but for an
editorial which appeared In the Vir?
ginian communicated by Mr. Williams.
In which he again refers to me?"To
the twenty-two massacred measures
, besprinkled with the hot tears of Mr.
Westmoreland Davit, recent recruit
from New York."
My personal appearance Is of no
moment to tne. nor can It have Interest
for the public The suggestion that a
man with gloves has no place among
the farmer Is worthy of more con?
sideration. The presidents of all the
great railway systems of the State,
to whom such homage Is now paid,
nil, I am sure, wear socks, collars,
gloves and enjoy the ordinary com?
forts of life. So probably does Mr.
Williams.
Displaying Ills Contempt.
Has this high priest of the cor?
porate Interests reached the point that
he Is willing openly to dlsploy his
contempt for the farmers of Virginia!
Does he believe that whit Is appro?
priate for himself and associates to
wear Is inappropriate or too good for
these citizens of the State! Does he
not know that farmers are no longer
to be classed as clodhoppers, but that
In fact with the application of science
to agricultural effort they have bo
come business men. actuated by. tho
same purposes an dgoverned by tho
same methods as are other classes of
society! Does he not know that a
great public school system and uni?
versities, together with an agricul?
tural college, are educating our youth
for agricultural pursuits nnd to bo
Hticcessftil men of affairs, who In times
of peace will prove as Important a
factor In government as did their
fathers In time of war
Does he noi know thai the "horny
hand" Is no mark of class, hut that
the sincere effort of all good govern?
ment Is to mnko the poor through
honest effort richer, and to secure for
word:Ulan and tatinor silk* a coma**
To \ rouse Farmers.
f
Men's SI.(X) Pajamas,
in madras and percale;
sale pri< e,
$1.00 Pongee Shirts,
with or without collars:
sale price,
SI.50 ones,
c
lence for himself and at least some of
those luxuries which are conducive to
the happiness and comforts of his
family: If. like Mr. Williams, I were
the guardian of corporate wealth. I
should hesitate Indeed to emphasise a
condition which is fraught with dan?
ger to the Interests that he repre?
sents.
>lu?t lie Reckoned with.
The farmers of Virginia are no
longer a negligible quantity to be
treated with contempt as a subordi?
nate class. When aroused they arc
not without purpose, as evidenced by
their enforced demand, for the inser?
tion into the organic law of a pro?
vision creating a corporation commis?
sion, nor will they be appeased until
I that commission shall be elected by
the people, and a "corrupt practices
1 uct" adopted by the Legislature whicli
; will secure to them all of their rights
! unaffected by corporate lntluence or
dictation. They have a pure food law:
; they are striving for an adequate pure
: se<.,| law, and they will demand legis?
lation securing absolute purity of
: elections.
In my address I made It clear that
I have no quarrels with corporations
or with wealth. In their conception,
itnd as legal entitles, the great corpo?
rations and aggregations of wealth
i arc absolutely necessary to the de?
velopment of our country and to the
public? weal. They are entitled to all
Of the prototlon that the law affords
AT FOUNTAINS, HOTELS,OR ELSEWHERE
Get tho
Original and Genuine
LICK'S
MALTED MILK
TheFoodDrinkforAHAges
RICH MILK. MALT GRAIN EXTRACT, IN POWDER
Not in any Milk Trust
Insist on "HORLICK'S"
Take at package homo, ,*
The Artistic
Has More Friends
Thau Any Other
PIANO
in all the world. Of
course there are other
good Pianos, but you can
count them on your fin?
gers, and of this little
group of standard makes
the "Sticff" is the most
popular, and has been for
over half a century.
Chas. M. Stieff
Established 1842.
205 East Broad Sreet
Richmond, Va
Why
Invalid Port
Rich in nutrition; mildly
stimulating; wonderful tonic;
tones the whole system; our
Importal ion.
Hermann
Schmidt
504 East Broad.
Phone Monroe 101.
J. B. Mosby & Co.
New Rugs at special prices to?
day!
North Star Refrigerators re?
duced 33 M per cent.
Ryan, Smith & Co.,
. Masonic Temple.
Mineral Spring Water for ALL stom?
ach troubles
OWENS & MINOR DRUG CO.,
PANACEA SPRING CO.,
Littleton. N. C.
to any other class of property. It Is I
not from these legal entitles that the
<5tato has to fear, hut It Is from thosd
?ndlviduals who direct their operation,
and who seek to pla. e them above the
.law, that have to deal.
If the State of Virginia 1? to como
lito her own, and If she Is to fulfil
a'hut should be her great destiny, the
undue Influence tnf great corporate
wealth must he divorced from her pub?
lic affairs.
1 know that many of tho captains
of transportation and of Industry are
men of high purpose, whs are deeply
Imbued with love of our State The.^o
men are valuable citizens, and are
entitled to the respect of the com?
munity. Men. however, who. drunk
with temporary power, abuse the groat
trusts committed to their care to de?
bauch our public affairs should suffer
condign personal punishment
An offending railroad president, or
an Individual, or ofllcer of a money
corporation, who seeks to unduly Influ
j ence legislation, or to control the vote
I of his creditor, should promptly be put
' to work grinding lime for the farmers
, of the State of Virginia. Such an ex
; ample would secure the rignts of our
people and free forever our legisla?
tion and electorate from Improper In
. rtuence.
No Crle? of Reproach for Them.
! _ Mr. Williams refers to rno as a
! 'recent recruit from New York." The
! presidents of the Norfolk and West
, em. Atlantic Coast Lane, Seaboard Air
; Line. Southern and Chesapeake and j
Ohio Railway.- and the heads ef many j
| Of the groat industries of the State ?
' are not Virginians In the sens.- In '
i which he uses the term, and yet of
' them we hear no cry of reproach,
j Those gentlemen were chosen presum?
ably by the respective Interests ? i??J
j they represent because of their ability
to manage the properties committed
to their cure.
! Is a different rule to bo applied to
tho farmers of Virginia from that
Which is to obtain for tho corpora?
tions which ho seeks to represent:
: Why should not the farmers of Vlr
glnta. if they like, .-.ccurc. the service!
I of a New Yorker in their endeavor tr
upbuild the Brent agricultural inter?
ests of the State. Is the feeling long
prevalent In certain quarters that they
have no rights now to be daringly ox
pressed? May they not exercise th?i
privileges accorded to others without
invoking a sneer?
As a matter of fact, on both sides,
my family have been for generations
natives of the South and Identified
with Its Interests. The greater part |
of my early life was spent in Rich !
mond, and 1 shall always remember j
with pleasure the encouragement and
kindness that I received at the hands,
of many of her citizens in the days
of my early struggles. 1 was edu?
cated In Virginia, and, like Mr. Wil
I Hams. 1 left the State to secure em?
ployment He went to South Caro?
lina and 1 -to New York. His return
to Virginia preceded mine by only a
few years. Is this recruit of tho cor
; porations from South Carolina to he
; judged as to good citizenship, loyalty
I to Sta.to and right to participate in
: public affairs by a different rule from
j that whicli Is to be applied to mc bc
: cause forsooth during the eight years
, since my return I have devoted much
of my time and of my means in an
I endeavor to make easier the hard life
enforced by a relentless corporate
j domination upon our grcnt farming
Ijpyfes.ts? 1 think not.
TnUes Himself Seriously.
Mr. Williams takes himself seriously.
In a political urtlcle which was cir?
culated throughout the State he falls
Into reminiscence. He pictures him?
self as a man without bias, who takes
an Impartial view of the great ques?
tions now agitating- the State. He re?
fers with evident pride in particular
to an occasion In 1906, when sitting In
his otllce he was surrounded by the
wealth, the Intelligence and the high
purpose of Richmond, the llcwer >>t
that :lty was in suppliant mood. With
the pose of Canute, who bade the
I waves stand still, tho tone of Casa
j blancn, who trod the deck, and the
j righteousness of tho .-talesman who
renounced hlsh office that ho might
be right, he deled their pleadings.
The scone was dramatic, and as such
I this self-described, fair-minded citi?
zen would pass to posterity. Let us
, see.
It will be of Interest to learn the
i reason tor Mr. Wllllams's deep resent?
ment at the publication of the report
l of the agent of the Public Service Cor?
poration of their victorious campaign
I before the Legislature In 100S.
I That remarkable document, wgleh
I at once upon Its publication he clashed
I m'.ht have been hnd for the asking.
' but which nobody seems to have ever
j seen, contains tho following self
1 gratnlatory clause:
"On the whole, tho public service
! corporations are certainly to be con
I gratulaled that practically no hurtful
legislation was passed at the session
j of 100S. No bill was introduced in the
I Interest of the public servl<#i corpora
J tlon. It Is proper to say that Messrs.
j William B. Mcllwalne, of Petersburg,
j and Scott. Buchanan and Card well, of
! Richmond, representing various steam
! road Interests, gave unflagging atten
j tlon to all matters affecting such cor
I porations, and rendered valuable as
i slstance to other and allied Interests.
' besides affording to the representa?
tives of public service corporations
generally the fullest access to the
store of Information (regularly und
I promptly furnished by their assist*
: ants and clerks."
The same good friend of tho farm
i ers of Virginia who sent me the report
I Which Mr. Williams derides lias sent
' me a copy of the report made to the
Corporation Commission office by the
Boanoko Times Company.
I Mr. Williams appears as Its presi?
dent and Mr. H. G. Buchanan, of Rich?
mond, Va., as a member of Its dlreo- j
torate.
Would Fluh? In the Open.
We all know whe own- The Times
Dlspatoh ?ml the s Leader of
Richmond, We all know who owns
tho Lynchburg News Let's tight in
tho open. Who actually awn- tho con?
trolling Interest In tho capital stock
of the Roanoko Times?
Is or Is not the II. G. Buchanan who
appears as a director of the Roanoko
Times the same Buchanan who is a
member of the firm of Scott. Buchanan
& Cardwell, who, according to tho
report of the agents of the public ser?
vice corporations fo tholr principals,
"gave unflagging attention to all mat?
ters affecting such corporations, and
rendered valuable assistance to Mhor
and allied Interests, besides affording
to the representatives of publf,- ser?
vice corporations generally the fullest
access to tho store of information
regularly and promptly furnished by
their assistants 9nd clerks''
Is or Is not the Mr. Buchanan, who
Is a member of the directorate of the
Roanoko Times, a member of the drin
of Scott, Buchanan ,t Ohrdwell, who,
to use Mr. Wllllams's picturesque but
rather Inaccurate language, "massa?
cred the iwenty-two measures be
sprinkled with tho hot tears of Mr
Weist morel i 4SI I'-avls. recent recruit
from New York"?
Does or does not the firm of Scott.
Buchanan & Cardwell themselves, or
any one of thorn, or his or tholr client
or clients, own a largo or a control?
ling Interost In the capital stock of
Lb*. Aoanoll? Times, and did or did not
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that tlrm, f^r themselves or for their
clients, secure Mr. Williams as editor
and part owner cf that paper? Let
.Mr. Williams answer.
I? He t.nprejnaitedl
Before accepting Mr. Williams as
our mentor upon the great social and,
economic questions affecting the wel?
fare of the State, without tho slightest
aspersion upon his actions or motives,
it becomes proper for us to know
? ii ?'.vr. by reason of hU business
? latlons, he la In a position to
ipproach with a Judicial and fair mind
the questions that have arisen and
ma ybe at Issue between tho great cor?
porations and the people of Virginia.
r was advised when I undertook to
better the conditions of the farmers
of the State that the evil eye of the
corporations would! be turnei upon me,
and that I would subject myself to
personal attack and misrepresenta?
tion. If such bo the case, I defy them.
These cont-Jderatl.-ns have not and
will not deter me.
i am satisfied that the agricultural
interests of tho State have rights
which have been denied them, and In
my humble way I shall continue the
tight.
The recruit from New York to the
ranks of the farmers of Virginia pre?
sents his compliments to the recruit
from South Carolina to the ranks of
the supporters of the corporations and
of accumulated wealth, and with be?
coming modesty expresses satisfaction
lhat at a time when opposition means
personal denunciation naught l*
charged against him save a^nvmely
face, a pair of gloves and an abitflVvai
faith in and devotion to the old Conw
mon wealth.
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