The times dispatch. [volume], April 13, 1912, Page 4, Image 4

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

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Uualncas Oaic?.?1? B. Malu Street.
South Richmond.1030 Hull Etrc?t.
feteritiurs Bureau....100 N. Syctraor* Street
l.juchburi Buieau.E5 Eighth Street
BT MAIL Oos 3\x Three Od?
POSTAQK PAID Tear. Mo? Mo?. Mo.
DSU? with Sunday.|!.M IS.ro fl-VO .Ii
Dally without Sunday_t.00 100 LOO .N
Sunday ?Jltlon only.t.00 1.00 .to M
Weekly (Wednesday). 1.00 40 .? ...
By Ttroet-Dlapaich Carrier Delivery Ser?
vice la nichmond land ?uburb?) and Fe
teriburr- One Week
Dally with sur.dny.IS cents
Dally without Sunday.10 centa
SuDdar only. S centa
Entered January 71. IKS, at Richmond.
Vs., aa ei-con-.-cIaas matter under act of
Conrresa of March 3. 167?.
SATURDAY, APRIL. IS, 191t.
THK ELEMENTAL JEFFERSON;
Tito profound wisdom of Thomas
Jefferson, of whose birth this 13th
day of April Is the anniversary,
v.as dlspluycd In "his treatment of so
many and various aspects of human
life, (hat tho student of his genius is
driven to ask In what elements of
intellect and character resided the
power to grapple with n thousand po?
litical and philosophical problems and
answer them with such nohio veracity
nnd far-sighted vision. Surely his
mind would nave worn Itself out with
incessant confusion unless somewhere
in his soul he found the elements Of
truth to which the sinuous complexi?
ties of life could tic referred for sim?
ple ami convincing judgment. It Is
worth while to ask what sort of man'
paced the beautiful crest cf Monti
cello, pondering in Ms heart the des?
tinies of the universe'.' Whence came
the power to touch everything and il?
luminate It?
Probably the brr-t reply to this qucs
lion is In lil*s words to a young man.
It la \h(> simple formula of a great
min l. lie writes: "If ever you find
yourself environed with difficulties and
perplexing circumstances, out of which
you are at a. loss to extricate yotir
t'lf. rio what Is right nnd be assured
that that will extrlcato you the best
vay out of tVie situation. Though you
cannot, see tv"nrn you take one sl"l>
Whal will bo the next, yet follow truth,
justice, and plain-dealing, n:id never
fear their leading you out of the laby.
linth In the easiest possible manner.
Nothing Is so mistaken as the .supposi?
tion that a person is to extricate him?
self from a difficulty by Intrigue, by
chicanery, by dissimulation, by trim?
ming, by nti untruth, by Jin injustice."'
This is his criterion of conduct.
To this love of truth lie added a sec?
ond clement Of faith in the value, of
life Itself. In a letter to .lohn Adams
lie answers the query of his friend as
tu whether he would live again his
seventy-!hrce, years. "To wVllch 1 say
yea. i think with you that it Is a
good world on the whole; that It Is
framed on n principle of benevolence,
und more pleasure than pain dealt out
to us." These arc brave words for
nny man to harvest after racing with
unbroken courage the trials and
griefs of three-quartern of a century.
They arc not tho Innocent and untried
ciedtillty of visionary youth, but Hie
hOlemn conclusions of an old man
whose spirit bad been scnl questing
Into the very heart of fate.
Last of all, Jefferson based his wis?
dom on the home virtues and affec?
tions as the la:tt reward of living.
"Life Is of no value, but :.s It livings us
gratifications. Among the most valu
nble of these. Is rational society, it
informs the mind, sweetens the lem
j" r. cheern rtjir'; spirits and promotes
health. Aim again." "The happiest mo?
ments of thy life have been the few
Which 1 have, passed al home In the
bosom of my family. ICmployincnt
litiywhere else Is a mere loss of time.
Dt l.s burning thd candle of life In per
(cet waste for tho Individual himself."
Love of truth, faith in t'ae goodness?
bf life, and the. affection of family und
friends?these were the ultimate facts
In which tin guide found guidance.
These were the yifls in which the .sage
fiiscovered means to bring inte? ?plctl
did order the multiform activities of
his restless soul.
PAVE nilOAD STIIKET IIIOIIT.
Trie essential thing in the paving of I
JJroad Street Is that It be done right. I
|\V.e congratulate the committee that
bad tho matter unde r consideration I
upon recommending some kind of |
smooth paving. This Insures a pri
rr beginning. Tho use of any other
form of surfacing would have been
retrogressive and a failure to rccof
jriie iho n'eds of a growing cliy.
Ttroad Street hi it-- very nature Is a'
Tet3ll btreet; ? show place, a drCSS
parade, und n street to be made, at-!
tractli e to residents, and visitors alike.
7ts value, and ajervtce along these lines
is deitlned to Increase tor years to
come. Smooth paving will interfere
with legitimate hauling upon the
street to a very Might degree and for
a very limited part of the time. Wo
commend the committee for its oane
policy In this regard.
The actual paving should be ex?
pedited In all ways. 'Ihc question as
to which particular kind of material
will give the best arid longest service
Is merely a matter or Investigating-the
re-suite secured from different ma?
terial in other cities under similar
conditions. The same- openness to
conviction already manifested should
govern this Investigation. We know
nothing of the technical side of such
matters; and nny kind of paving, ib.it
gives satisfaction Is tho one to be
ttied. Interested property owners ure
ready to give information gathered
from outside, and we urge a careful
consideration bf the- claims of all ma?
terials. As before pointed out, this
is tho beginning of work to be con?
tinued fe>r s.onic years, and the choice
now will determine the eoursn of the
future. With the advice of the City
Rngtnecr, the co-operation of the street
car company-, and tho Interest mani?
fested by merchants and others, the
puving of Broad Street right Is on>y
a matter of wise Judgment and a broad
view of the city's needs.
C?RB I'Otl COIjOnCD HKSIDESTS.
The report of the committee that has
just Investigated living conditions
nniong the colored population In tho
segregated district of old Jackson
Wnrd should furnish the basts and an
Incentive for the speedy improvement
of these conditions- By the passago
of a segregating act. the city mado It?
self morally responsible for tho wel?
fare of this part of Its Inhabitants.
It Is a manifest social Injustice not to
offer these taxpayers and workers tho
benefits of the community's help and
guidance in solving their peculiar
I robleins. Tho negro needs help, lie
Is too often over-burdened already to
have the additional weight of poor
housing, over-crowding, bad sewerage,
and consequent III health, added to
his woes. Moreover, unless he Is pro?
tected from himself, ho becomes a
menace to the health and prosperity
of the whole population. CooTts, laun?
dresses and )>urses arc too frequent
spreaders of disease to he permitted
to live In disease-Inviting surround?
ings.
The Inspection ha* shown that this
section has Inadequate sewerage, pour
streets and gutters, and a dangerous
water supply, Much of Its water
comes from old wells. Steps should |
ho taken to remedy these evils. The |
building of a sewer over Bacon's
Quarter Brunch offers an Inexpensive
means of furnishing ample drainage.
By building laterals Into the innln line,
the problem could be solved at a mod?
erate cost.
The opening of a small park would
prove a great .source of happiness,
comfort and health to thtffec now
crowded together In congested dwell?
ings without breathing spots. This
part of the population Is now with?
out stich relief from the ardors of
summer heat. If parka arc tho "lungs
of a city" It Is highly desirable that
they be provided to combat the ravages
of consumption. If for no other rea?
son. One such recreation ground has
been proposed on the hill near the
Fifth Street viaduct. If this place
cannot be properly developed, u Is
suggested that the. tract of about three
acres, condemned by the city for tho
sake of straightening the. arched sow?
er along Bacon's Quarter Brunch, might
be devoted to park uses. This land,
now owned by the municipality, Is on
Moore Street in the heart of the col?
ored section. It iK i>r small value for
other purposes, and when the culvert
is. completed, a comparatively small
outlay would convert this at present
unsightly bottom Into a green spot
that would mean much to play-loving
colored folks.
But whether this or some other
park be opened, certainly tho city, f"r
its own sake, and for the suite of hu- i
inanity towards a helpless and pitiful
part of Ms Inhabitants, loo often the
victims of (heir own vice, igliorunco
and childishness, owes a broad and
thoughtful consideration of their needs.
It is a matter of concern to all think?
ing people that the death rate among
tho colored population of Richmond Is
much greater than among tho whites,
and Is, lu fact, greater than many 1
other cities in which exist similar con- j
dllions, This is a grave thing-, and ;
calls upon the charity, wisdom and I
sympathy of all men for a remedy.
A?SOCIATISD miUSS SKUV1CI5.
The rumor of the death of the Pope
afforded the news service of the As?
sociated Press a fresh opportunity to
demonstrate its promptness and nc
curncy. This rumor, happily without
foundation, came from such an au?
thoritative, source that, although not
formal, it became a matter of com?
pelling ami Immediate interest to mil?
lion.- throughout the country. ,\ guard-]
ed statement of what was known was
Unshed front the Associated Press anil
appeared as a bulletin in The Tlin'es
Dlspatch window at the earliest pos?
sible moment. It was not made the
mat for of a moment's sensation, but
issued only for "n "unconfirmed re?
port." The news value was recognized,
without any sacrifice of veracity.
Tho Associated Press Vias un es?
tablished place as the greatest ncws
gathcring agency in llic world. It be?
lieves that the rapid dissemination or
the world's dolngs is of vital Im
p'ortanci . it also believes in the funds,
menial Importance of facts as a basis
for Its stnleiiients. It not only gets
the news, but pets It right. It is al?
ways flt'st with trustworthy Infor
: mation.
I LARA BAIITON'S I'XAMI'U:.
j The life of Clara Barton, ihe r.o*
called Florence Nightingale of Amer?
ica, is an Impressive example of what
I Inestimable1 good the xlmple courage
. and labels of a ringle human being
l ean bring inio th<- world. Tier work I
j lu the alleviation of suffering by her
I own efforts and tlirourh the agency
i of the P.ed t.'i oy.s Society, of which she
was to long the houd and moving spv."
it. offers splendid proof of what wo?
man, even In the frailest nnd most
timid of "aer numbers, can mean to a
pain-weary world. Her noble de*0
| (Ion and Inspiring heroism will be
' tuld of In future histories long after
the causes and the leaders of the wars
i to whose- wounded she brought com?
fort, have, been lost in forgetfillness.
And the continued beneficence of the
society will be a more lasting monu?
ment than the triumphal nrcncg of tho
conquerors Who guided death to Us
btttcr goal, while she With greater
courage sought to repair its vages.
Human society can afford no liner
model for its womanhood than the
self-sat i Hieing devotion of (Stich a Iii ?-.
There Is no need to recount the dan?
ger..; and privations she endured as a
nurse. from tho years of strife b< -
tween the Statef. until the *nd of the
Gpant&h-Amertcan War, a"oe gave her
energies to tho solute of distressed sol
dlcrs. Yet ono fnct In her biography
atands out In Its poignant humanity,
and as an evidence or how strong
souls ride down nnd conquer their own
weaknesses for the snko of tho spirit
within them. It Is said that Clara ltar.
tori as a girl was so timid and shrink,
lng that her health, was affected. Her
first childish rocollectlons were those
of fear. But. with Indomitable cour?
age, she schooled horsclf to mcot dan?
ger an dall the embarrassments of
public life. And In the end she faced
tho perils of battle, starvation, fever,
and the thousand shocks that hor call?
ing imposed upon hor, holding in check,
by her own will, her very nature. It?
self. Her life was a long succession
of duty pursued where ncr conscience
led, but none of it is more Beautiful
than this picturo of a fearful girl
learning to overcome her dread and
follow a vision through the vall/y of
the shadow to bring water to the tips
bf dying soldiers.
.4 MUNICIPAL TRAINING SCHOOL.
In D?sseldorf, ono of tho best gov?
erned cities In Germany, a college has
been established for the solo purpose
of Instructing municipal ollicials m
their duties. Already capable young
men nnd military officers who are
wearied by slow promotion arc leaving
the army and seeking opportunities nn0
fame In the more peaceful and better
paid Held of municipal administration.
The course of study at the D?sseldorf
College covers all phases of municipal
law. and also gives specific Instructions
in suCh problems of modern city llfo;
as lhe labor question, relief of the poor,!
public sanitation, city charters, public j
utilities and the like. Such an insti?
tution Is only possible In u nation
where municipal administration is
recognized as a science, and where the
I power of expending enormous revenues j
Ik nett tossed about from one profes-i
sional politician to another becnuso |
j ho is a good fellow. If this German
experiment works out we shall not bo
surprised to sec municipal officials re?
quired to show certificates of gradua?
tion before being eligible to election,
and this is simply to say that Germany
has reached tho same development with
regard to Its cities that Virginia lias
reached with regard to Its schools.
There, was a time when anybody
could ho a school teacher In Virginia.
Thai day Is gone. Now tho school ;
teacher must be a trained and suitable
person of proven capacity. It is not
loo much to expect that tho same re?
quirements will some day be demanded
of municipal administrators, even In
this city and Stale.
A GOOD ROADS GOVERNOR.
The Wilmington Star nominates
Locke Cralg as the "iiood Roads Gov?
ernor" of North Carolina, New and
Improved highways are of as vital
Importance in the Old North stale as
they are In ihc Old Dominion. The
Star rightly snys that "good roads will
Increase values und opportunities In
.Vorth Carolina to a greater 0Xt< "t
than any other factor In the promotion
of progress." The slate needs a good
roaels governor who will go out of of-I
fice with achievements so conspicuous
in the matter of good roads that it
will nol he difficult to remember wnnl '
governor he was and what he d ?1.
Charles R. A>'c6ck adopted a construc?
tive educational policy and was known
.. tfio "Kducutlonal Governor." He
promoted the cause of education won?
derfully by 'nls leadership. The Ashe
viiie Citizen, published In Mr. Cralg's
home town, endorses the suggestion of
the Star, saying that tho construction
of modern highways "will Increase
values from the sea to the mountains,
aTtd it will do more to bring homeseok.
civ to the State lhan all the political
punk that could be burned In forty
campaigns." Public education and
goou roads ore closely allied; belter
reads mean better schools and morn
widely diffused odurntlon. The good
roads platform Is good enough for any
governor io stand on.
Tho tourists who were drowned by
the sinking of an excursion steamer
In the river Nile were visiting the
relies of ancient civilization nnd won?
dering In the shadow of long-dead
mysteries when suddenly called upon
to face the great mystery of death.
Their Journey ended in the bourne
from which no traveler returns. There
Is no moro sobering spectacle than
man, bout upon curious research In
the past, called without warning to
answer tho cternnl conundrum of the
Sphinx, and lay down his life almost
Jilic a sacrllicc before the crumbling
temples of perished dynasties. All
Hie religions and art- and literature of
lime have In some manner sought com?
fort against the relentless consumer
in whoso shadow the race forever
dwells. None ha.ve found answer save
In a complete, and childlike faith in
I the love manifested around thain. And
I these tourists, like ail the brief tour
11st! through ltf<", seeking some mean?
ing In vain rulnr. of spirit creeds, have,
flashed Into n wisdom ni priest or
prophet has ever found.
Broad Street should be made the
"Crest Smooth Way."
A day In Virginia Is a Joy for?
ever.
Uncle Simpson Pepper says an artia
. tic temperament ain't anything to love,
! honor and obey.
I Irish home rule has soni-times meant
crack a head every tlmo you goo one.
Secretary of the Treasury MacVcagh
declares that fr?o trade Is going t-o ho
reserved for posterity. But If the cost
of living keeps, on Increasing there
may not be any.
The only reason they put the base?
ball news in the middle of the papers
Is so anything ?I*? will be rend.
At le.itt Virginia doesn't have to
order out the. militia to carry on Its
conventions,
On the Spur of the Moment
By Roy K. Moulton
At the Boarding Mouiie.
"I want yoit to understand, Mr.
Hasher, thnt I didn't always run a
I boarding houso for a lot of bald
I headed, halr-braiucd. snroustlosl old
ginks." said 4ho landlady nrmiy,
"and if yon have any parMcklor ob
! .lection to thoin prunes you can state
it und not hu Insinuating anything.
As for that hush, my late husband
always said?"
"By tho way, jwhat happened to
, your husband?'" asked the vaudeville
actor gaslng at the hash Intently
and auspiciously.
"That Is nether here nor there.
But if you want to start anything,
well?"
"Von needn't get sore,'* continued
the vaudeville person, "when you
I spoke of your late husband 1 hap
, pened to think that I dlcovcrcd a
\ suspender buckle, in my hash one day
? last week, and 1 was wondering,
1 that's all."
"We'll, you needn't to wonder, t
jean do all of tho wondering that Is
I necessary around her--. It keeps nie.
j busy wondering when some of tho
[ cheapskate artists which patronize
I this cafe* of mine ar<- going lo come,
j across with tho coin. 1 want you
iio understand that 1 didn't always
?keep a boarding house."
I "My dear madam. Interrupted the
book agent. "I would like to Bug
I gest that?"
"Now you are nolng to suggest
something. It doe;- seen so pocu
! liar to mc that some people want
I Waldorf-Castorln service for three
! bones A week. 1 want you to uiidcn
i stand, sir. that when I want any ad?
vice on how to run this boarding
j houso I'll ask for it. 1 didn't al
jways run a?"
"1 was merely going: lo suggest?"
"1 know. I know. Those who pay
the slowest suggest the fastest.
Thai's what I get for being a poor
I unprotected woman. People arc ul
| ways imposing on 'cm. 1 had a good
j education onco nnd didn't always run
"1 know that my dear madam," In?
terrupted tho book Agent blandly.
; "and I was merely going lo sug
i gest?"
I "Well, for the loci of Mike, sug?
gest it. Don't sit there and stutter
und stammer. That"; the way with
sohle men. They Wahl to do all the
t ill king und won't let n woman get a
word In edgewise. You have born
sitting there for an hour trying to
suggest something, but 1 don't hear
you suggesting nothing. Go on.
Suggest It. Suggest It: But I'll
give you to understand right oft tho
reel that It won't do no good. It's
costing mo to feed you gentle?
men for ?3 a week? now; you might
.lust as well try to suggest some?
thing to the. Sphinx ol Egypt ui; to
me. I didn't, always run a?"
"I was going to suggest," said the
book agent desperately, "that I
would like?"
"It won't do you no good. You're
getting all that Is coming to you now
for the money. There ain't another
place in this town that?"
??] was going to suggest that I
would like, to have you pass inc the
sail."
"Oh, hen! Why. didn't you say so
In the first place? "
Truthful ThluBH >Ve .Never llcnr.
"i'op, l think your wife's complex?
ion is great. Where did she buy it'.'"
"No, Indeed. I will not bo delight?
ed to call again. Onco is enough for
me. thank you."
"What blacksmith did you get to ;
cut out that Sj-ring t<ui". for you, I
Mag? < >n the level. It's tho worst
I've seen."
"Why didn't you got an architect '
to draw the plans for your now
house instead of a truck driver?
Whero Is the front door? Around In
tho rea??"
"Yes. I attended your daughter's
wedding. 1 could hardly afford that
cut glass pickle dish Just at this sea?
son of th". year, either. There are.
times wln-n ouo almost wishes he
didn't have so many promiscuous
friends."
'Ilic Barber.
Tho barber la a learned man in grave
affairs of state.
To solve the protflonis of the raco he.
doesn't hesitate.
Ho gaily spreads the lather In our
eyes and no.?o and ears, I
And gossips in an easy way of
princes, kings and peers.
Tfo grasps us firmly by the noso
where, we can't get away.
And makes us listen to his views on
problems of tho day.
We've often thought fhat Brother
Tafi has overlooked a bet,
f ii picking out the statesmen who
made up his Cabinet,
Tie wouldn't have to hunt around- for
diplomats, by jlng!
It he'd just take our barber and let
hlin run everything.
There's nothing bo can't figure out
from politics to crime,
llo's tho original savant, the solon of
his time.
Voice of the People
News Prom Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City., Okla., April 4, 1012.
I?ear Old Hoik- Paper: I have had
so many letters from th* old friends
and neighbors asking about Okla?
homa recently that I have decided that
Ahe Martin
rher' hainl no advantage'in stogies,
cause you nlltis break two out o" a
possible threo. A sensible, dignified
girl hardly ever glta married unless
the: s got money.
SUDDEN INCREASE IN DEATH RATE SINCE THE
BASEBALL SEASON OPENED.
By John T. MoCutcheon.
fyc&Tctfp>*'~''
"Me brudder said to give- ut to youse.*',
"Ah. this is vory sad. What caused your poor
grandmother's untimely ond?"
"Sir?"
"What did she die off"
"Don't It say in do letter?"
"No, Jimmy has not mentioned tho disease.
Was it pneumonia?'!
"Yes. sir.'!
?'Was she sick long?'!
"Sir?"
"How long was she slcST? A couple of years?"
"Yes, sir."
"So Jimmy's homo with his grandmother now?'*
"No, sir."
."Where is ho?"
i'Ho's wultin' outside.'.!
til-- only w%y 1 can answer all Is io do
so through the old homo pap4r and
iiy t^.c courtesy of tho ?dito;-.
The very rigorous winter further
north has asvakened a great deal of
Interest in our mild climate-, and your
farmers sorm especially Interested in
the iiew .state und the opportunities
afforded to buy good lands. There?
fore, us you will so?, l have d ovo ted
myself to the agricultural Interests of
Oklahoma, w&lch are only in their
Infancy.
Land for many generations has
proven tiie BUrsSt and best Investment
a man mftji make. This applies i\|lh
equal force to wise in vest men t a In
growing cities with a future and to
good larin hinds. Nt vcr in the his?
tory of the world has this principle
been so fundamental as It Ir; to-day.
Alway.s In the past there Itavo been
new lands awaiting exploration, open- ?
ing up. and .settlement; but all this ?
is ;i thing of the past, and to-day wa i
arc confronted with putting into cul?
tivation -tho vacant lands all about
us and bringing about a larger degree
of intensified farming with all lands
that havo until now b*cn only
scratched.
Between, tho AJleghany ^fountains
on the cast and the Rockies on the
west arc the great agricultural lands)
of the world. For two to three gen?
erations these binds have been tilled,,
with tlif exception of the Southwvst,
which lias only been scratched In tike
valleys and on the richest rldgCS. Tho
la.re,e:;t acreage of really good lands
that may he bought cheap ara in
Oklahoma.
Oklahoma has, in round numbers,
4(1,000,000 ncr<98, of which about one
third are tilled. It would 'be an easy
matter to double the number of acres
tillable, and by applying the modern
methods, of tillage to again double
the amount raisad per acre, in other
words, Instead "f supporting a llttlj
less than ".ooo.oun Inhabitants ami
having u surplus to Bell, Wo could
easily support 7,000,000 to 10,000,000
of people within bills young State.
The surprise that confronts tho
farmer that come_j. id Oklahoma from
Iowa, Illinois, Indiana or Ohio Is the
great variety of crops that may be
produced in this State. There on.-,
good crop, with possibly a half a crop
of one or two other cereals, is the
limit. Here cotton ami corn grow side
?by side, apparently vying with each
Other as to which Is tin; greater suc?
cess. In the worst season In flu his?
tory of tho State, Oklahoma has just
marketed 1,060,000 bales of cotton, and
the crop is not all Sold. Tissfj* crop,
notwithstanding the low price, brought
t lie Oklahoma farmers $50,000,000.
Then "wo grow wheat, ICallir i-nrn,
mllomnlzc, oats, broom corn, potatoes,
and all sorts of vegetables and fruit,
?not to mention the most profitable
croa In A inerlca- -alfalfa.
There are .hundreds and thousand:;
of examples in Oklnltoma where al?
falfa last year produced more cash
returns ,p?r acre, than the. first cost
of the land upon wl-.irli It grow.
Twenty mlle^s west of Oklahoma City
in Canadian Valley la a patch of alfalfa
of nineteen acres that. netted the
owner $30 per acre for three hay crops
and (ISO per acre for two seed crop?,
making a total of $160 per acre- last
year.- It was a common thing. In rplte
eif the drougOit. for an alfalfa ftVId to
produce $6n, $7T> and $100 per ncr-\
Oklahoma offers the greatest op?
portunity in tho country to inal:o
money through her alfalfa fields.
There are thousands of opportunities
to huv Ifcnds Just as good as tills for
SfiO.. $00 and $7.1 an acre, and after
seeding it to nTTalfa, cut enough from
the tlrst year's crop to pay for the
land.
No State In the Itnlon has a bettor
cllmato. f*ad few have one-bJlf as
rrnod. We have enough frost lo innko
oiw? ?eel like hussUng. and w-t escape
the rigors of such weather as they
have had this winter all over the
North. Summers are hot in the mid?
dle of the day. and this heat contri?
butes to the luxuriant growth of all
VCgCtatloT Tille evenings and nights
aiv delightfully cool?in fact, so much
so that we usually si <eji under u
blanket, . .1. n. IIIDY.
Memorial Ifospltnl Suitable.
To t.hc Editor Of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.?--formIt mo a word or two. It
you please, concerning the acceptance''
by |!ie city of tho Memorial Hospital,
about which you published all edito?
rial only this morning.
According, to thoso who have exam?
ined Into the matter, the hospital Is
already antiquated, although ten year*
old or loss, and unsjuitod entirely for]
Inc. purposes iioedod. in my mind ill**
Is simply propostcrous, for bhb vrrv
reason that all hospitals I have ever
seen, and 1 have ffn the very best
the. world affords, are more or less
alike; and the more facj that th< proi
Cht condition of ih- Memorial doc.i
not finite suit Is surely no valid rea?
son to have another bund issue to
build another, when the town Is al?
ready struggling under a dobt for
other Improvements. The Itlg.h -School
anil Mayo's Bridge may bo cited as
instances of nearly a " million addi?
tional debt.
To show how unreasonable such
complaints are of the UnsilltablcncHt
of the Memorial are, I should say the
Itotunda in Dublin is a hundred and
fifty jyara old, and no complaint t-;
heard, that I know of, that It !s "Olit
of dale." (O, how I hate that nSirasc!)
The best work of the kind' In the
world is done there, and I wish there
was a hospital in Richmond with a
tenth of the reputation. It Is hardly
likely, with the perpetual change- w >.
aro Instituting, tvo shall ever hitiv-!
at such a goal, unless wo conserve
our wealth and energy Into building
t"i endure, an<l accepting from ..ur
own people who are willing to give
of their Hiibstanco to accomplish this
nnd.
As to the City Home belnc crowded,
how can this be when I chanced to
g.? In a ward there a few weeks ago
und found a single patient In a l.irg,;
ward! B.
April 12. 1?12.
KdKnr Allan I'nc.
Time weighs the. destinies that me:i
befall.
JScstows new laurels; turns the green
to sere.
Too oft no honors soothe the poet
here.
But when his Shade, has passed into
the Hall
Of Death, we hear Fame's trumpet
sound through nil
Tha avenues of this terrestrial
sphere,
A blare, that stirs no more the wlth
oi e,i ear.
But makes men pause to list the lofty
call
To nay full homage to a slighted name,
And ironies long o'-crTOOked, with flic
acclaim.
Thus, melancholy, taciturn, forlorn.
Poo went his way through thorns
and rocks and sand;
T,o, fortune gave him then her empty
hand.
But for hlni dead she pours C-.rr
amplest horn.
rmur adrxanmidr br?ck
lu Absence.
Like I ho prophet of old I stand,
Oozing over Into that land
Dong promised unto me:
All Its fairness before my view.
Smiling beneath Its sky Of blue,
Unto the. utmost sea.
Ajii I never to enter In
Where all my hopes of Joy have, been
?So many weary years?
At least I doubt not. Paradise,
Having beheld it where it lies?
Though through a mist of tears
tMABEI, DAT P. D GOODK:
Boydton, Va.
Dr. Miller IVot Candidate.
To tho IJditor of The Tlmes-Dlspatoh:
Sir,?1 write to say that your paper
made, a mistake In announcing that I
v/oultl bo a candidate for re-election
to the City Council. 1 had announced
this fact to my friends, hut <lld not
think It necessary to spoak through
tho papers, until I saw my name In
the list of candidates.
T could not devote: the time to this
service If I were re-elected, and feel
compcllod to stay nut of tho race.
CDIKTON M. MIML.KR.
William and Mnry Summer College.
To the Udttor of Tho TImos-Dlspatch:
Sir,?In your Issuo of April lltli T
note an article headed "William ami
Mary will have summer normal." I
am wi lting ii> call attention to the fact
that Che Stimmer term which will bei
established In Southwest Virginia by
the College of William nnd Mary will
not he of the. nature.of a summer nor?
mal like those already In existence,
but will bo a regular summer uesslon?
an Integral part of the. work of tills
college. Tho 'term will last for eight
, weeks; the courses offered will be the
regular courses of the college; credit
for thesu courses will be given toward
degrees und diplomas; Hk teaching
staff will bo do permanent faculty ol
William and Mary, and the summer
term will l<e open to men only. While
ihlsi ?Ummer work will app?al t<i tho
teachers of the State, slnec It will
enable them to meet the requirements
fur certificate", It will alno appeal to
regular college students who wish to
pursue their studies during the sum?
mer months. 1 trust you will matte
'this correction of what l feel i* a
somewhat misleading nerid line.
niSO. ??. FBRC.USON'j JR.
DIDN'T REACH IT
Harten Height* llequeftl tor Annexation May
< Mi? I'p Monday.
Owing to the prolonged ril*CU?X>in n! tho
Oilman ordinance, tho ?rdlnanceji Charter
mid Iteforih Comrolttec did not take up ;????
urduy the communication Ircim the towu
of Hartnn Iltishta asking appointment of a
commlito? to negotiate terms of annexation.
I.The matter may he r?-uchcd at the adjourn?
ed meeting on Monday.
Ray. r. it. Pitt. 1>. p., Issued a statement
yesterday for the town of Rart?n Rclght*.
uaacrtlng that when the annexation question
was heilig considered In (OOS the cltlxoni of
l.iuton Heights at a niaSK-ineetlng rejected
a resolution favorlr.g annexation. Al a m>>
Bcquent and larger mun.i-mcc.tlnr. Dr. Put
mtys, a hlm?.ir resolution was adopted by a
derisive majority. r>r. I'ltt says that iho
sentiment la Barton ll?!|hln for annexation
ia now pra'cftcsily uh'aim?os.
BIG PROPERTY SALE
Land In CoUJtly Illings One Thousand Hol?
lars an Acre.
Transfer nf llenrlco suburban property to
(he amount of gC.O?O ironi Henry S. Kutxler
lo C V. gaiier was effected yesterday when
iv.o dceda of (targaln and sale were record?
ed In the clerk'* office ol tho llenrlco county
Circuit Court. As in the. case of recent tales
mad- in land i" Iho west of the city, tho
property sold for Jl.OOa an acre.
The larger of the two deeds, for j;\OV>,
transferred twenty-live news und a frac?
tion acres nf tonel tin miles west of tho
<tty on the Broad Street Road, formerly tim
Deep Run Turnpike'. TS?e (fried named in tho
deed was J'.O and other consideration!.
The .croud deed was for J7.'--0ii, and con?
veyed seven and a half acres about two
miles from tho city on tho western exten?
sion of the line ot* Monument Avenue. Tho
figure named |u this paper was also and,
other considerations.
I'. S. t'ireiill Court of Appeals.
The United State? Circuit <"ourt of Appoahi
reconvendd yesterday morning at U o'clock
with Circuit .lodge rritehuid and Dltfrlct
Judge Wnddll] in attendance".
?V>urt announced and banded down Its
opTnir.n In the following case:
No. IOCS?M. I.. Cure and S. W. Harris,
iradlux as Eure, Karrlii ?? Company, plain
tlffs in error, vs. n. W, Sabiston. defend?
ant In erior; In err?r lo lh? Circuit Court
at Netvbcrn. N*. C. Opinion by .lodge Prlteh
ard. Roveraed. with costs, and remanded
for n|w trial.
Tha court made and entered, an order
denying a rehearing in the following case:
N'o. 1041?A; W. l',awton. plaintiff Iii error,
vtr. Carpenter. Haggott Company, defend,
ant In error; in error to the Cfrcult Court
at Oreenvllle. S. C.
The court will probably .adjourn to-day
for the term, and tch next tenn of the court
will convene at Richmond on May 7. A acs
?ion nf the court will aiin bo heid at AshA.
vllle, N. C., beginning on Tuesday, May IL
True Reformers ICIeel Ttoussclle.
At 11 meeting of tho board of directors of
the United Orand Fountain of True Reform?
ers, held last nicht In True Reformers'
Hall, Maurice Koussclie, of Alexandria, was
elected grand worthy secretary of Ihc nrder
to fill the nnexptred term of former Secre?
tary J. Frank Ooiiflaae.
Tribut? lo Miss Barren.
In tin address at the Memorial Hospital
last night. Dr. r>. S. Freeman referred to
the great work done hy Miss Clara Harton.
founder of the American Red Cross Society,
whore dentil occurred- ycsieVdAy. 'flic, de?
scription of her long nnd honorable eareor
was Intensely Interesting to the nurses.
National State and
City Bank
Richmond, Virginia.
Solicits Your Account
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