The times dispatch. [volume], January 22, 1912, Image 10

About The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914

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SIX PRECINCTS IN
EACH CITY WARD
Subcommittee Will Equalize
Voting Population Under
New Svstem.
REPORT GOES IN TO-NIGHT
Wan! Lines Will Be Approved
by Council in Time for
Next Prim?r)''.
Tentative plans for divisloh or the
new wards of Ihe city into precincts
have boon prepared by a subcommittee
of the Council Committee op Ordi?
nance. Charter and Reform, the final
draft of tho report to ho passed on
a nicotine; of tho subcommittee this
afternoon, and if found satisfactory,
the paper will go before the Ordinance,
Charter and Reform Committee to?
night. Opinion differs somewhat as to
the nio-st desirable number <>? precincts
to secure expeditious voting and han?
dling of election returns without at
the same .time greatly increasing the
expense? of conducting elections. The
tentative plan proposes six precincts
in each ward, making twenty-four In
ell, the new ward plan making 'ap?
proximately equal population in each
of the four new wards. If approved
by the Ordinance, Charter and Reform
committee to-night, the new schedule
???f lines will be forwarded to the fmiii
ell for adoption a? a substitute for
tho present chapter 3 of the City Code
of lSJO, which defines the lines of the
twenty-nine precincts now In the pity.
BaiUy Arrnnccd Anw.
The present precinct lines show
grofv inequalities In population, more
glaring even than the old ward lines,
?.cime precincts returning in a general
election only forty or fifty ballots,
while others would have 100 to 600,
making the work t>f election officials
\ ery unequal and greatly delaying the
receipt of returns. Recnitse of the
difficulty of securing' the services of
? ?orr.peient and trustworthy men to
**rve as registrars and election judges,
it has been held better to reduce the
number of prerincts. some Councllmen
believing that lour <n each ward would
bo ample, provided competent men
nin-.cn Council win bo called within
i next few days. It Is regarded as
great importance to determine tills
itter at once, in order th.'.t the com
p-slcnerf recently appointed by the
istttigj Court may begin their task
correcting registration books t-o
nform to the new ward and pre
? ct line?. This work must be com
rted In amide time for all voters to
?arly understand the new linee he?
re the primary fe>r .Mayor and mur
rs of the Common Council, which
il com* early in April. Although
!y about 11,000 voters have quall
3 by paying their poll taxes up te>
s tirr.e. about 20,000 name-* are to
transferred :o new poll book".
rc-r;:rsior,*-r? appointed by the court
do this work are Clyde W. Sauriders,
an P. Lttarr : r.d Harvey C. Atkln
- commistlon which corrected The
GET BETTER MM
Woman Terrified Bciore Gun
Was Shoved Through Window, j
Bullet Went Wild.
Early yesterday morning Kate
Hardy, an aged colored woman who;
live? on the outskirts ol Jackson Ward,
?was flred upon through a window In
her home, und a few hours later
Arthii; Brooks, colored, whom the- wo?
man alleged u> be her assailant, was!
sri'-stcd. I
Tho woman told Sergeant KerW, o(!
the Second Station, that she saw .1
large but ??an bhe had placi d aguliis<
the window, because it contulnuc d a
broken pane, being moved by some Out
on the outside. siv g"i down on her
knees, and a frightened child clum:
J.utoau was sufficiently n
was poked In, and a sin
Fortunately tin would,
missed his marl;. Seieam
man ran out of t!;?? frent
el a r ed afterwards thai sh
skulking away In the dar
She Kiild thai ii ft: w da\
wlls robbed of some meat
I the
Foto
I los
LEAGUEREADY FOR
HAL MEETING
Virginia Antisaloon Forces
Gather Here To-Morrow
ior Eleventh Session.
MANY PROMINENT SPEAKERS
Bishop Kilgo on Program?Cold
Weather May Hurt Attend?
ance oi Delegates.
I
Cold weaher which has prevailed
throughout the State for the past
several weeks, it is expected will
somewhat (retard the attendance of
delegates to the eleventh annual meet?
ing of the Mntisaloon League of Vir?
ginia, which will open to-morrow
night at 7:45 o'clock at the Seventh
Street Christian Church.
It was said last ntsht by ilev. J. D
McAlister, general secretary, that he
had anticipated that about GO delegates
would be present, but those who Were
to have come from rural sections will i
be unable to do so, the conditions in
certain territory making travel n
hardship.
Many of the speakers on the pro?
gram include men who have been |
prominently engaged In the light]
against the liquor traffic in Virginia,
North Carolina and other states.
The initial meeting will open with ,
dovullonul exercises conducted b> Itev, j
Ii. D. c. Maclachlan. D. D.. pastor of I
the Seventh Street Church, while the]
address of welcome will be delivered
by Governor Mann. The response will ,
bo made by !<? S. Harbour, president ol
the league. Following the report of
trie Legislative Committee', by Rev, .
James Cannon, D I >.. itishop .1. C. i
KifgO, of Durham N. t'.. will speak on j
"Voices from North Carolina."
win uutu,,,. 1'olley.
Tlie report of the Legislative Com?
mittee will outline the policy of the
leacue during tlie coming year and
will, most likely, 'leal almost entirely
[with the bill, which hna been intro?
duced In the legislature, asking the
submission of the question of State?
wide prohibition to the vote of the peo?
ple, and similar mensutes which have
been ".'fere.! as solutions for dealing
with the liquor question.
Congressman Fred S. Jackson, of
Kansas, and former Attorney-General
' of thai State, will be among the
speakers at the session Wednesday
morning. Ills subject will be "Law'
Enforcement in a Prohibition State."
Dr. Stephen Hiirnsborger, of Culpcper
eounty, will also speak Wednesday
mernlng.
Thursday morciug 'The Intor-State
Liquor Traffic?TLe Proolem and Solu
, tlon" will be the subject discussed by
I Revi E. C. Dinwlddie, superintendent
j of national legislation of the Anti- !
. saloo:: Le agu? of America. Itev. P. A.
?bake:, superintendent of the National
orKan'.zation. will also speak.
The convention will close Thursday
night with an address by John B.
? Lentifn. treasurer of the American
; Federation of Labor.
j Delegates to the mtotlng will In*
j elude all pastors of churches, one mem?
ber of each church, one from each |
1 Sunday school and four from each
cptiinty e<r city league The Woman's
; Christian Temperance Union, the Wo
; ir.sr.'s Ternpsianee League of America.
I and ell such organizations have been
I invited to be represented
Delegates wl) lbs received by a com
faittee at the Seventh Street entrance
i of the church, where thoy will be
! registered arid given information.
I jiusic during the convention Will l>e
! furnl'-'.'v'. by C? Linden Quartette, of
: P.'.anoke.
MOTORCAR CHASED
BY MAN ON HORSE
That 15 to Say, by Mounted
Officer, but "Mounted Officer"
Won't Go in Top Line Head.
\fter a chase extending from Grace
Street and the Boulevard to near the
corner of ROaeneath Road and Broad
Streetv ? L \V. Williams, twenty-totir
years old, was arrested yesterday af
tertiooh by Mounted Officer Allen on u
charge of running his automobile In
Policeman Allen said that lie judged
rate of forty-live miles an hour, and
that the chauffedr tool; turns n't a
:?!>?-.'?, 1 <>f twenty-live miles an hoiir.
The ollleer put his hot se to the
litre; teh In the chaae, but w:j.< easily
outdistanced, though his mount did the
lest ho eoiild, three or fb?i time*
It.ii't ti it he thought the otii er ivut
Ifimpjy snlutlne him.
; ".When I was riillng my horsi a;
hard as he could run and was fihoutttis
-l.iultiiur vi von." naked tl\i ofllcci
i
dis< luirgc
Jiavo
j Wltlll
I ?ppeii
? oilvcer
I'll ? in.III
rerklc-Hsl
til.- MIC
Ihre? M
Iniiirril Miner* ?Inj II reo \ er.
1 The condition.'of th? ehre? miner* ? 1
I Hindi IlOHiner, . Antonio Marino un<l I
i I xiiniiiei Mlirnllvilivi- who \vi i c serious,- |
j ly liiiri l??t ttit-?i?ls?V ?Mernuoh hy.' tli'tM
! ityiiixniitc explosion ?vlili.h cofit thre.e j
ilivis ;ii tili' ?ayto.,1 min. - In lien
.> county* \va? ju*i ni^ni ? Hdi/j (?l
Improved und ihulr cimiicca of-,"r&
wr> irood. They lir? ? ??mined'.at
u Virginia lloapltal. Tili condition!
\>>l Marino ,.'\vaH Haiti to he ihc hiost
prlllcal, he haying developed piicu
menu.
SOON TO PASS ON
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Ordinance Creating Carnegie
Board Still on the Statute
Books.
MAYOR APPROVES PLAN
S'odd Offer May Be Used ;i>
Nucleus for Big Insti?
tution.
The resolution providing for ap?
pointment of u special committee to
consider the offer of Thomas J. Todd to
donate $ 15,000 toward acquisition of
a site, if the city vrill erect and main-!
tain a free public circulating library,
is in the hands "t the Mayor, having
been adopted by both branches of the
City Council. It Is anticipated that it
will receive executive sanction to-day.
Mayor Richardson has already ap?
proved the general plan of u public
lib rary.
The offer of Mr. Todd has revived
general discussion of the library
project, which received much atten?
tion from the public and press of the
city ten or twelve years ago, when
Andrew Carnegie offered to donate
$200,000 for erection of a library build?
ing in this city, subject to certain con?
ditions, the city to guarantee to ap?
propriate 120,000 per annum fcr Its'
maintenance In perpetuity. The offer!
was allowed to die in the Council, aai
much opposition was shown to nc-j
ceptahce both on the ground thatj
Richmond was able to provide it--1 peo-j
pic with a public library If they de?
sired one. and because the conditions
imposed with the gift were comndcrcd
too enormous.
Provided Library Uoard,
The Council, however, went su far
as to provide how the proposed Car?
negie Library should be managed.
Chapter 16 of the city Code, which con?
forms to a oily ordinance approved
December if, IPOI. providing for tha
appointment ot n board of library
trustees, tu consist of three Councll
mon elected by the Common Council,
two Aldermen elected by the Hoard
of Aldermen, the Superintendent ol
Public Schools ex-otlicto, and three
cHisetiB elected by the Council in Jo'nt
session, the nine persons so elected
to . 'institute the library board, elect
their own chairman, select a libtarlan
and proper assistants. and provide
generally for the maintenance ol the
institution. This board was directed
to select a proper site for a library
and report to the Council, and to se
i-uro plans for a proper building, both
site and plans to be approved by the
Council, and to have custody and ex?
penditure of the Carnegie fund. As
j the Council did not provide for a site
j for the library, or meet the require?
ments of Mr. Carnegie, the board died
' In its Inclpiency, though the ordinance
crenting it remains in full force on
the statute books.
City llctlcr Able Nott.
Mr, Todd's offer has to a large ex?
tent revived the library project, and!
the city is said to bo vastly batter]
able to afford sueh an undertaking j
now than It was at the time of the
Carnegie offer, the annual budgetj
j being now nearly double what It was)
: ten years ago. Members of the Finance!
j Committee assert that If any real de?
sire on the part of the citizens gen
I orally is evinced, funds can bo pro?
vided by bond Issue for erection of
B modern and adequate fireproof build?
ing, in good architectural tast-i. and
on Koine convenient location, and that
a cessation on the part of the Council
oven for u few months In the perpetual
creation of new jobs and lnci eases
in pay of the city's army of office?
holders would provide an ample sum
for Its annual maintenance.
Those who have visited the larger
titles of this country .insert that Rich?
mond owns more public utilities, than
any city of Its size, and that It lacks
hw. two public institutions generally
found In progressive cities?a public
hospital and a public library. The
large number of private hospitals do?
ing charitable work have to a large
Ictcnt met the first demand, though
there are not lacking thoac who favor
the erection by the city of a frcr pub?
lic hospital, and many who regret thttt
the city did not more carefully coll?
ider the offer of the owners ot tre;
Memorial to turn that institution over
to the city.
tint, the demand for a public library
is entirely unfilled. The Rosemary
Library is a private Hubacrlpllpn li?
brary, having only Works of fiction,
and catering to a limited class Thu
State Library, valuable for research
and historical reference, is hardly ac?
cessible to the general public, and has
neither the class of books nor the
equipment to become a free cireulutlng
library, Trie meagre collections in
the public schools an- hardly worthy
? ??: notice, and the- city's print I honst
of municipal library conslslii only
Of a c.is.- or two of bookfl on subjects
I of special interest to city officers, in
j the Mayor's office, to which there hav
; !,?.,-ti few additions in recent years.
FEMALE BURGLAR
TOOK MANY SUITS
Woman's Shop, in Sixth Street,
Robbed in Daylight and
Thief Escaped.
HOLD-UP IN MONROE PARK
Jewelry Supply House in Main
Street Also Robbed?Many
Crimes Reported.
The season for finely executed rob?
beries Is now apparently at its height
o,nd what was once merely a source ot
amusement or a means for livelihood Is
now become n fine art among an ac?
complished few.
Following: the daring attempted
hold-tip in the jewelry shop of J.
Schumann, 631 Bast Broad Street,
early Saturday afternoon, came yester?
day reports of robberies which were
more successful. Mrs. Augusta Owen?
manager of the Woman's Shop, 200
North Sixth Straet, complaSNefl to Traf?
fic Policoman Schleif that her shop was
entered at '3 o'clock yesterday utter
noon and that $-10 worth ?if tailored
suits had been stolen.
Investigation showed that somo ouo
had smashed n rear window and drawn
the bolt to the door from the Inside,
and then effected an easy entrance.
Chris Oobhardi stated that he saw a
colored woman wearing n white apron
come out of tho alley in the rear of
the shop, benring a large- bundle on
her head. She walked rapidly, and he
thought no more of her until Informed
of the robbery. He was able to ?Ivo a
fairly pood description of her, and the
police believe they, will be ablo to
lind kor
Main Street Robbery.
On going to his store at 2 o'clock in
the altc-rnoon, .v. O. Smlthor, proprietor
Of the .Southern Jewelry Supply Com?
pany, 411 Bast.Main Street, found that
some one had broken In through a
rear window mud stolen about
worth of watches and rhnlns and other
pieces of Jewelry, so far as he could
discover, it may be found, when an
inventory of the stock Is taken, that
the loss Is heavier.
At almost the same time that the
Woman's Shop was robbed a negro
smashed u showcase in front of tht
store of F. W. Dabhey & Co., f.ni Bast
Broad Street, ami got away with a
quantity of shooa. Several citlzcnH
witnessed the robbery and gave chase
The negro dropped one pair of shoes,
but clung to the others, and managed
to elude and outdistance his pursuers.
One hold-up was reported. M. E.
Rowen, Of 117% South Laurel Street,
stilted that he was held up nt o'clock
In tlu? morning In .Monroe Park by
three- white men. They got ?B from
htm. lie could describe only "one o>
them, saylr.g that he had on a Ugh'
suit.
So many robbery reports coming In
during one day kept tho detective de?
partment actively engaged, and detec?
tives scoured the city In an effort to
find the stolen property and to locate
the thieves.
ROBBERS CHOKE
RICHMOND GIRE
Miss Jeanette Massey Seized by j
Two Negro Women on Arrival i
in Baltimore.
The following ,li!-pateh was received |
last night from Baltimore:
Miss Jeanette Massey. twenty years
old. of 1207 Ashland Street, Richmond,
arrived In Baltimore late Satttrday
night from Washington. D. ('.. where
sho had come from Richmond on a
visit to relatives In this city. While
walking along Lexington Street here
soon after leaving the terminal of the
Washington. Baltimore and Annapolis
Bloctric Line, she was seized by two
negro women, who choked her and
tried to wrenclt a sliver mesh bag' ce,n
talnlng about horn her grasp.
Miss Massey Is employed as a sten?
ographer by the Home Furniture Com?
pany, of Richmond She came as tar
! iih Washington on the steam ears und
. then boarded the electric line for
Baltimore. It was after midnight when
; she arrived, and ti was'while she was
walking along the street In front of
[O'Nelll'a department store that she was:
seized by the women. Miss Massey
[fought them and screamed for aid. A
policeman ran to the scene and ar?
rested both robbers. They have been
identified as women with police rec?
ords. Mine Mnsncy's relative? live at
. IC22 Hast Chase Street, here. She was
'congratulated oil her pluck and nerve.
liven with our Im.si friends, but we take a great deal of pleasure
in discussing BANKING with any of our customers or prospec?
tive patrons who care lo talk to us. If you are interested, we
want to see you. If you arc NOT INTERESTED, wc would be
glad to see you anyway, because there arc .so many points about
I be
OF MCIIMOND, VIRGINIA,
thai wc would like to discuss with YOU. Wc want your busi?
ness. Wc pay A pet cent. Interest on Savings Accounts.' We
rent Safe Deposit Boxes for twenty-five cents u month' and
upwards. Wc will take pleasure in placing the convenience of
our Checking Department at your disposal, endeavoring In
every wstj to give you
Security and Service
WOMEN CAN'T BEAR
POLITICAL STRAIN
Mrs. J. Taylor Ellysort Depre?
cates Present Craze for
Equal Suffrage.
GIVES REASONS IN LETTER
Commends Senator Featherston's
Stand Against Bill Now in
General Assembly.
f.lkc all questions which hnvc made
history, that of tho enfranchisement of
women lias given birth to dissensions
within ns well as without the ranks.
Woman suffrage stands alone, how?
ever. In the long' atory of mankind's
struggle for additional privilege, In
that It hnrbors within the ranks ofl
its possible. benollclarlea n faction
which acclaims It and nnotner by
which It is passionately denounced. i
The literature and pleas of the suf-!
fragtsts have, become such everyday
occurrences in the press that a state?
ment of the position of the women
who nro outspoken In their opposition
to woman suf finge has a decided air
of novelty. A letter to Senator It C.
Featherston, of Lynchburg, from Mrs.
J. Taylor Kllyson, wife of Llcutenntit
Governor .1. Taylor Kllyson, exhibits
the other Fide pertinently.
Mr*. Bllyson'a Letter.
With tho reluctant consent of Mrs.
Kllyson. Senator Featherston permit l od
yesterduy the publication of the fol?
lowing letter, written to him under
date of January is:
lion h. C. Featherston:
My Uear Mr. Featherston,?] read In
one of the newspapers lnt*t week, with
much satisfaction and pleasure, that
you were opposed to woman's suffrage.
The women of Vlrglnln who ere op?
posed to It have thus far only you and
your associates In the Legislature to
protect them from this unnecessary
evil.
The stiffrnglsls eay that no one can
be forced to vote, und need not do so
unless she so desires. Women an1 no
more apt to agree on till matters that:
men; therefore. If you wished to ac?
complish anything you must vote.
Your former disinterested Influence
having been taken away, ih>- heart
burnings. bitterness and estrange?
ments that would follow would cer?
tainly equal thui of men, and bo far
more lasting on the sensitiv, nature
of women.
I came to ItP bmond when I wnu
much younger thai! the average girl
marries now. and began n life of ac?
tivity In church, cliarltaiblc, civic and
patriotic work, which has < olltlntted
up to thin lime. So it cannot be said
that I am behind the times.
In the large number of applications
to the city and State govermnt nts
whb-h, In company with other ladles,
has baton made 'h behalf of worthy en?
terprises, we hove almost without ex?
ception received a favorable response.
Can man, although a voter, say the
same'.'
1 believe that our success has been
largely <lue to the recognition of the
disinterested and noble work the ladles
have been so ready to do in behalf of
all worthy undertakings.
if added to our active participation
In the different movements with which
wp have been identified there had been
the additional burden of citizenship,
we ouuld not have done half as much
:>s It baa been our privilege to do for
the higher Interests of out city and
State.
Wants tu ltcniiilii Superior.
1 do Dot want to be the equal of
j man! 1 do not want to place my re
j Bponsibilltlcs upon him, nolthor ilo 1
wish to limr all of my own und all
of his besides. I wish to remain his
afcnkowledgcd superior. I feel tlint I
am better qualified than most ivothcn
to puss upon the question. I have
been in the illicit of every political
campaign for more than twenty years.
I know the strain of politics on s man.
I do not bolieve that women could
hear if and at the same time attend
to her additional duties, which no one
but herself can perform.
Is nn experience of forty years ?'
activity In everything but polities
worth anything in comparison with
this new proposition, fraught with 30
many difficulties and changes. Which
have never been tried by us, und which
seems to rue so useless'.'
1 beg you, Mr. Fenllicrston, to use
all of the influence In your power
With your associates in th? Legisla?
ture against this measure. While its
defeat would be a disappointment to
the suffragists, they would realty lose
not lung by returning to the peace and
happiness which bus been, ami still Is,
the heritage of Virginia women; their
taxes will be no bisher, and the money
which they earn, or have inherited
under our present laws, will be as safe
as If they hud been allowed to vote.
The non-euff raglHI would rise up
and call you blessed; their number i<*
I far greater than the former, although
I not no conspicuous. Thoy arc equally
I endowed with intelligence, progressive
j public spirit, alive to the need'j of
humanity, and have ;i love for tliii
rights of both women and nun i'S
those with whom they differ. 1 am
yours with much respect.
Very sincerely,
MUS. J, TAYLOft BIAA'SO.N.
CITY IN DARKNESS
Accident n< Klectric IM.-iiu C'nunria Hut
Mttle lifunnste.
Tho Jamming of an automatic regu?
lator at tin; municipal electric plan)
threw Richmond imu darkness last
night Jltsl after [i o'clock, Ihc city he?
ilig without street lumps for more
than live minutes. The Police l>epart
inent. already on edge over reports of
burglaries and hold-ups. hail visions
of guarding I he ritv with only the
nickering ami feeble aid of gna lamps.
Congregations of many churches were
just being dismissed, and people found
the ati'eels In darkness, which sei no d
to last twice as. long us it actually
did.
After inquiry Superintendent Traf
ford said thai ?'' swRchboard operator
had evidently beconio "rattled" ami
had fulled to change over to other
machines, as should have been done
Instantly, Damage nt the plant will
be less than JiOO.
Sli?tv? S|iiillutl<in of I all.v.
Wiishlnaton, Jnnuury ji. .lamci \V. spen*
rer. of Cleveland, mi oiiRlncer. wh?i linn
wntchoil lh< Htiidlntlon of N la guru Kails for
mim? y.-nrs. displayed phot ok re pint und .IIa
K ? !? i.t> before I he House Committee on Kor
oljpi Affairs to show ihe ? steady en?
croiiehmeni uiiiiii the scenic beauty of the
fulls resulting from the dlverulon of water
for power purposti.
The Last Week
of our $16.00 Suit and Overcoat Sale begins this morning. As?
sortments are still good?qualities arc as good as ever.
WORTH UP TO $28.00.
CHOICE $16.00.
Gans-Rady Company
JOSEPH DOPE WRITES NOW
ON SUFFRAGETTE QUESTION
In Open Letter to General Assembly He Tells
Why a Man Should Not Marry a Woman
Who Demands the Right t j Vote.
Joseph Dope, a citizen, who hua writ?
ten n number of communications to the
newspapers on popular topics, said
yesterday that he hud been duly Im?
pressed by the lluod of letters on the
suffrage question. "Indeed," suld Mr.
Dope, "while 1 was In favor of the
movement at llrst 1 am now constrain?
ed to admit that 1 am against the bill
Introduced by that distinguished states?
man, Hill Montague. 1 sat down in I
my room ou Friday to write an open i
letter to the Senate and the House,
but the good suffragette with whom
I board had neglected to pay her gu:>
bill, and the little gas stove In my1
room refused to keep mu Warm, hen' e
the delay. To-day, howovcr, In this
glorious sunshine I nut by my window
und dashed a few words, which 1
will mull to-morrow |f I happen to
meet some friend who can loan rho a
postage stamp.
"Inasmuch as they have discussed
this ease from ovary coin olvable
uimle," continued Mr. Dope, as ho
brushed an imaginary Hake of snow
from the lapel of his Prince Albert, "1
have put my protest lu the shape of
(he questiost Which shows why u 1South?
ern K-'iitlemu;: cannot afford to marry
a BUffragett% if Mr, Dick Byrd Will
read It in the House and Mr. Taylor
Kllys?n will recite it In ihe Senate,
tlioy will bury the bin and erect it.-;
tombstone, while its advocates nre sit?
ting around the chamber munching
lady-fingers and sipping lea. I believe
there is a greater work for women
than thl" thing ot voting. I do not
agree with Shakespeare?or was it
Ucorgc Cohan??when he eays that all
women arc beautiful, if the woman
could vote on that question, I doubt if
wo could find one Atnorlcan beauty, *.f
tile law was so framed that no wo?
man could \ otc for herself. I believe
that all working women should re?
ceive more pay. ! believe that all
single women should receive at least
one proposal.
"Of course. If you insist I will Rive
you a carbon copy of my letter to
the General Assembly, though I urn
ufrntd i um not treating that body
wltb proper courtesy In giving It to
the preaa before It is received. 13ut
1 have taken many chances In my long
and honorable career, so one more
won't affect my standing and integ?
rity."
j This Is what Mr. Dope says hu is
! Bending the legislature to-day:
A man would not khis his wife it
she wore whiskers
I "1 wish 1 were a man," has been
Woman's cry since the. time of live,
1 Hut even in this back-to-nature ago,
! we cannot undo what nature has dony,
I so while i? woman cannot become a
man, aha may become a sulirdgette.
Then lore, the House of Splnsterhood,
! on motion of Hit Sister from the Twen?
ty-third Ward, acccptti the substitute.
' and thither among the flowers, p.tss
I lug swiftly by those that wilt against
I the wall. There Iii no honey on th"*
lip of tb> suffragette.
I To marry her would simply bring
I on more sharp talk. She would not
; wear It's collars; they would not lit.
! She would not w.car his trousers be
I cause of the Jeers. She might wear
his shoes did she not put style above
comfort.
I There ara two stylen of the suftra
? gelte: tin? one In society thai 1m
j amused arid entertained by tu
Militant Myth; the other that uould
use tlie Militant Myth as a pearl*
handled Jimmy with which to break
In. The husband of either type. It
the disease developed after matrimony1,
deserves pity, not censure, from those
' wliu deplore, the grow'ng divorce evil.
There la no law to prevent u tnuli
Staking a suffragette for a wife. Them
should be. however, a more stringent
: law io prevent the marriage of a mail
, who Is not of sound mind.
A man ?hOUld not marry even a rich
suffragette so long an he can earn l
a day sawing wood. Hut lie might
mart:- one prov'ded ?he first discards?
ft oin weakness?her "votes for wn
' men" hantier mid belief tor a now
Trench hat and an old American hue.
POLICE BELIEVE NEW LAW
WILL HELP REDUCE CRIME
Under an opinion handed down on
Thursday by lite Virginia Supreme
Court uf Appeals, pawnbrokers and sec?
ond-hand dealers may no lonKer receive
or barter In pistols and other weapons.
The City Council passed an ordinance
regulating the trade In pistols, at the
NEGROES TO AID
TRUE REFORMERS
Earnest Support for Insurance I
Order Shown at Big Mass
Meeting.
As an evidence of their confidence]
In the reorganized Grund Fountain;
Cnited Order of Trtt< Reformers, the
Sharon Baptist Church was tilled to
its capacity yesterday by colored men
and women. The big attendance wat}
looked upon as a certain indication of,
strong support for the order, which
has passed through ?'? crisis, both finan?
cial and otherwise, brought about by
tite looting of the True Reformers'
Bank.
Rev. (J. D. Howard, D. !>.. pastor
the Oilfield Baptist Church, Petersburg.
wnH the principal speaker. Among
other things he said that if the leaders
of the colored organizations of Rich:
mond will permit tin- True Reformers
to go out of existence It would be a
sharp blow to the race. If?- declared
that the negroes wottl I lose faith In
the colored banks: thai they would
withdraw every cent which they now
have on deposit. This would mean
death to institutions which have fought
hard to attain a substantial footlns In
Hie community, he assorted.
The report of tho grand worthy mas?
ter, W. R. Orlflln, showed that more
than l.oen members receiving no ben
Qfll had paid up dues during the past
fifteen days, while more than jr.'.00a
was paid in dentil claims during the
past tour months. Gtiffin was earnest
in his prediction that tin1 outlook for
the redemption of the 'Irand Fountain
was bright.
.1. Krank Douglas, grand worthy sec?
retary; Maggie Walker, president of t=t
lathe's Bank, and others. Including sev?
eral ministers, wer" also among thr
Ispeakers. Music for the occasion was
furnished by the True Reformers'choir.
request of Llio Board of Police Com?
missioners, which stated that us Ion:
ii? pistols and oth^r weapons were sold
cheaply, so long- would the police ex?
perience tro-iblo with men carrying
concealed weapons. The City Council
passed the ordinance; without li?.'?IUincy.
A short time. Liter application iui
made before Commissioner of Revenue
0, A. Hawkins for a license to sell
pistols by ii pawnbroker. He refused
to isr.ue the license, and Bisher Bro?
thers, representing tip- pawnbroker in?
terests, brought application for a man
damua In the Hustings Court to compel
Commissioner Hawkins to issue the
license. The Hustings Court uphold
the artlon of thcCll'y Council an con?
stitutional, and the case wits carried
it* the supreme Court.
The pawnbrokers were confident
Success In their light, but the court of
last resort held that the ordinance was
entirely within constitutional limits
and upheld the lower court ifi it.- ?l -
tision
! The Police Department believe, that
? rime will be how greatly reduced.
Before lite new ordinance re.olvcr*
could be purchased for small rums, and
It has often been the case that a negro,
Uc-;it on doing a desperate deed, would
pawn his coat for a pistol and then at?
tempt to or commit murder. More
crimes. It is believed, have been perpe
tinted with the cheap variety of Wea?
pon than with those of higher cost.
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Bound For ?
No matter where you want to so. yon
can gel information by consult ins
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