The times dispatch. [volume], April 22, 1912, Page 4, Image 4

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

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touth Richmond.1(00 Hull Otreet
I i tin u:| Bureau....109 N. Sycamore street
loacbburf Bateau...<.X1S Eighth Street
BT S1AII. Od? gl* Three One
POSTAGE PAID Tear. Mo?. M.<i Mo
t>alh? with 6 ndoy.??.00 ?1.00 It "X) .tVi
Oalty wltbaut Sunday_ ?.oo J? 1.00 .33
t-'unauy elltlon or.Iy. 2.00 1.00 .GO .5?
Weekly (Wednesday). 100 .10 .S ...
By T!me?-r)l?r>atcb Cnrrltr De!lT?rjr Ser?
vice In Rlchmvnu (and Juburbil and Pe
lerfbura;-. One Werl;
Dally with Sunday.V16 centa
Dally ?11110111 Sunday. 10 cenl?
f-tnday only. t tont?
Er.t?rrd Januar? 77, lf*rc. it Richmond.
Va? t? ?reon- cinsi matter under act or
ror.r>l> of Msrrh ft. 187?.
MONDAY, Al'ltllj 22, 19T2,
THIS l*. TAU l?v^.
Hark, hark, the beggars have conic
to tonn! Not in lags, but certainly
?With ft KOOdly showing of tags And
they sic the finest hind or "beggars in
the world?those who beg not for
themselves, bul for the surcease of
pain and Hie ri storatlon ot health t"r
others more unfortunate than they.
There Is something very full of appeal
to the human heart in the sight of ?
whole city decorating ils button-:
holes with the real symbols of iin
open ami genoroua charity. There arc
argumenta enough why every man,
woman and child should help the
Visiting Nurses' Association to Carry
healing among the sick, bul the argu?
ment that counts moat la the trembling,
beautiful glow 6f brotherly love, tiroua-I
Jng In the breast the mingled emo?
tions of pain at the thought e>t auf
' ferine, and Joy that even a penny
may bring a nip of .old water to
j thirsty lips.
This is one of the reasons tag days
nr.. ,-\ success when not overworked
jor a thousand and one things. They
?nable everybody to help, in accord
with his means, from the newsboy to
the millionaire. A goodly collection
heroines a mailer of community
pride, and about this manner of giv?
ing there la a holiday feeitnu, u chance
for friendliness and good fellowship
that makes of it a beautiful carnival
of generous impulse. Tups are the
ct.tifetli of charily. Itichmohd Should]
respond freely this day. Many rea?
sons might be ursed. but a parade of!
language is of small avail beside Iho
voiceless pleadings of a kindly bene?
ficence.
A TRAGIC CM \ I' l l .11 111'IIKC.MIHM I .
What a chapter of tragic decadence i
In the history of nations la recalled
by the .announcement that n Portu-|
jguesc punitive expedition Is jo be Beul j
1o Ttlchoiin, tn rbrluguese India, fo
suppress a rebellion of natives there!'
IWhat a contract bei ween i he days of
the ''Perfect King" and of the era of
?the romantic search of Bartolonieu
tDlas, for Prester .lohn, and the pres
Iftllt! Where am the fruits of the'
nohlovemontj, of Albuquerque in India, j
"the voyage of Vasco de Cams around >
r-ripn if Co.?d Knp' and across the
Indian Ocean to Calcutta; the discov?
eries of Amerigo Vespucci, of fiono da '.
Nova, of Diogfo I.opes de Sequlora, of !
Ixtpcs Sonrcs, of Andradn, and of a
fcoro of other adventurous spirits,
who served to place Portugal on tli.
very pinnacle of fame as a navigating,
conquering and territorially expanding j
nation?
Virtually they nr> almost .ntirelyl
(in "the hands of and arc. being enjoyed i
T>v Others. Almost completely f.he gar
?ment of her glory has been stripped
Ifrom her nr.d parted, leaving her only
a few scattered /rags to cover he) '
nhnmken-.-tfomir and her humiliation.
*What might liave heeM Portugal's!
?vast Asiatic and African .empires but i
Sot the lust for gold, lire curse of I
invarlce, which Jtircd her front the path j
'.?of the nobler arnnltion of auch gri it
'explore rs as we havo mentioned, are I
fvnow hut mocking skeletons of the I
country's olden prestige rind power.
I The 7>resent Portugal has been cyni
??-a3iy and contemptuously described as
?tun Interrogation point on the map ol
|13urope. Her Indian possessions arc
less than that; they are, comparatively |
?peaking, an almost imperceptible j
'speck on the map of India, em-!
gracing, as they do. but 1,680
.square miles. Her African colonies?
(or "what Is left of lliem?cover, it is I
rtrtie, quite a respectable outlying j-os- j
t-sesAion, so i.'ar as area is concerned,
Jhut already th?y aro slated for parti- 1
*!on between Germany and Cr. .it llrit-'
lain by purchase or force. for the
>reat. her flag floats over mere spots
ill ere and there on the earth's urface,
i Saddor still, eoneurr ntly with this
decadence, Portuguese literature and
'learning have steudll) de dined, until
h*r people are ainong the most illit?
erate of all the clvlllzi I peoples On
the face of the globe, r-'.i small a space
has Portugal occupied in the arena of
rh? activities of the nations for grn
??rations, and so little pflde hilf i-to
taken in her culture of the post, that
the nanitf of her s<>ns who for cen?
turies had bespangled Hie, firmament
of letters are little mor< 'than misty
nebulae of mcinoiy. "She ban done
little or nothing ;?> keep r? gnlax;
distinctly, visualized, and still los.? to
sdd to I? Hand In hand with I .
devolution ihave developed economic
rsloth, governmental corruption and .ii
ri us trial Inertia,
A tragic chapter o? decadence, -i
yi*ed. V?t flicro are- fhrjse -.,
not -wllhout Imps that the birth of
tne new rcpuhli') Is about |q mark
the sealing ilown of the | |, .?
,1hcr?of. Tehero OTO those, wl.o confh
jiflenUy predict the opening of .> fresh
^chapter and the turning at Insl or
loaves of regeneration, enlig let
revival ?>f higher civilization, incen
tlve to moral, llterny and educational
?dvance and g?nera". progress.
Aa unsettled aa conditions -rtlU are
under the new order?aa prent aa
would ho tho transformation?neither
optimist nor prophst is without c:i
t'ouraging reasons for tho faith that
Is In him. May that folth bo Justified:
it has been with nations as with
countless persons, that "out of the
gloom future brightness la born." So
may it be with Portugal! So it can
and will bo If she has statesmen and
patriots, as wo oj-o told shi has, who
?ire slowly, perhaps, but suroly, rising
to the emergency, and are determined
it must he!
lilt: HACKS I'OH TIIK SOSII NA?
TIONS,
Knell week adds now and unexpected
complications to the ItUrttparty con?
tests for the presidential nominations.
Only Saturday saw Oregon and I'onh
sylvolila swing Into Ihe Roosevelt
line, while Ijbo week allows U seven
to one gain for Wilson over Clark.
Alabama begins the Underwood Us*
with her twenty-four doll gates. Itoose
vclt Is gaining steadily on Taft, whlli
the unquestioned fact of a multitude
ot election contests adds much ?lAuht
to the Republican situation.
Taft has rtow "*l deli gates
to Ropaevolt's 201. Last week Tart
gained torly-sovon, while Roosevelt
secured eighty-live. Tho significant
development of the past fortnight Is.
that Tnft is rapidly exhausting his
safe territory, while Roosevelt la cap
luring a formidable area of debatable
ground.
In the Democratic camp, Wilson is
catching up with Clark, although Mr.
Bryan's State Nebraska, gave Clark
ten votes Saturday. Clark has now
149 votes; Wilson, IIs; Harmon,
I; Marshall. 30. and Inderwood.
?J I. the last i WO voles l?Cl ?:
those received as fnv;orlld sons. The
present outlook for Harmon Is not
promising, but nobody has an:-thing
much lo count on yci, for it will lake
jjti votes to nominate In. the Demo?
crat!.mventlon, it tho Democrats
adhere to iho two-thirds rule.
One of tiie interesting results of the
week was the defeat of Senator ilonn
than Bourne, progressive Republican. ;
of Oregoti, tor th. renomliintlon. Ho
was defeated by Hen Sellin?, a liotll
ing dealer. Bourne, it will be remcm
bered. left his candidacy to ihe peo?
ple, refusing make si.che? or
leave Washington. He made a bold
trial of his "progressive;' idea, but ilj
would not work.
Till ; 1.1 M II III Uli IM, \ N.
Tin plan, described in yesterday's]
Times-Dlsprilch, by which l.yiicliburg
furthers ii.^ own growth hy oncourng
lug Ihe growth und prosperity of the
rural territory siirrouiidi)ig it. should
point a lesi "j, for Rlehm.I. This
elly depends partly for its dcVOlOp
inen I upon the ttctivltlea of its own
commercial, manufacturing, and iinu.it
cial IliKlltllliohtf. ii depend:; even
more lnrgcl> upon ih<> adviknce made
by the whole .-state, and especially lhat
portion of ii directly tributary to
the capita I. Creator nielijnonil will
< oiue in a ccrtnlii way froiu tlui in?
crease in size and StfOpo of locul en?
terprises; but more purely .:t ' it is
made the centre and metropolis of a
greater Vlrginiii. The .n< (.pie,
there are in tin- surrounding couiliry,
and the n. prosperous liny arc, the
more money will come to buy Supplies
nnd manufactured articles, ami. lo
swell bank clearings and purchase, .se?
curities.
In many ways this city is already
spreading out to help llaclf by helping
Its neighbors. Tho Richmond-Wash?
ington Highway is an example of a
wise effort to make communication
easier and so bring trad.- in this di?
rection. Doubtless there are many
such endeavors on fool, hut they do
not sec to Work with the same clear?
sighted recognition of the posslblllt'cs
of rural development shown by the
I.ynchhtirg boosters. There the Cham?
ber of Commerce, the real estate deals
crs, and the supervisors of three coun?
ties joined in raising a fund for ad?
vertising farming lauds and op?
portunities throughout the country.
Twenty-live thousand pamphlets were
seal out to promote immigration, with
the result that at leant twelve new?
comers bought farms In each of the
counties during the following year
' as a direct result of the work. Tho
. Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture
estimates that every incoming farmer
adds fi.000 to the wealth of the com-'
munlty during |i)k lifetime. And the
results or cucif year's advertising is
: cumulative. It i- not hard io tscc
: where the dividend on the $1,500 . v'.
j pended Is coining from, and ii large
portion of it will ultimately find its
\ slow but certain way Into Kynchburg.
? 'Die raw material comer. Vom the
eotintry. and .It of the finished
i.Ihct goes back there, and the
susti tiauce of the urban worker from
the land unj hy the labor of the
; farmer. The countryihnn comes t.j
town for hi.-- recreation, for his pa pi
> for hla conventions and gatherings, for
1 his clothe:, luxuries, and in general
to spend his surplus. Whatever makes
j iiiiii numeri|uu and prosperous makes
1 the city larger ami wealthier. And
! Uli;; wealth' Is added from outside an
; a real gain, and not a-, a matter of
paper bookkeeping between various
I sections <?( Iho city's own Inhabitants.
Whatever Richmond ? an do for ndeii
title farming, better crops, good roads,
flier school a and greatci comfort in
I Iho rural communities, iH both a duty
I : lo- owes to those who support her
greatness, and n means of furthering
j lior own welfare.
Will II ISKI1 \ I.I. I t itf.s.
for spine six months of th.- year,
Ho- game.of baseball as played rroip
eoasl to coast. In the big Ica'gUi . or
on tin- corner lot. la of nioH i' : .
I terest to the g.reat portion of the rualu
j inhabitants of this country fhan'ato
other single is'suci except making n
j living snd getting married The
j weather and tha presidential cam
T |\3Iprn will alone compete with the
bo> score es topics of. conversation.
I A ml. "Who ?von to-day?'' Is for many
I a man the most Interesting question
j In the world. Baseball Is, without
poetry or fiction', Iho national mime.
We douht whether a historian could
I gain u deeper Insight Into the char
lacier ami lenipor uf the American
people than by studying the reasons
I why baseball is n lure for young and
bid.
Norman Ifapgood, who Is a pretty
I Clo8o student of our national life, in
I the Metropolitan .Magazine gives four
j reasons why the game has such a hold
j on the people, first Is cOlclency. No
other sport or netlvUy shows the
I human body and brain acting with
1 such marvelous skill to such accurate
'results. The great hasehall placer Is
in trained mechanism, full ol coinage,
quick "It and energy. He takes caro
of hla body ami delivers the goods.
' And in spite of his Individual
brilliancy and prowess, he Is willing
to become pari of n machine, and to
serve a common good by co-operation.
And us a people, wo worship ef?
ficiency and lea in-work. Seeon 1. is
the Visibility and case- w ith which
lllie game is followed. livery fan can
wal Ii the ,,lay and take the part of
till ardent and expert critic. Ks.eh bit
of brilliancy or "boue-heudedness" is
open to hla iipplauso or hooting, The
spectators are ptirt of the game.
Third, Is the clement of suspense.
There are no dull moments; the game
Is two hours Ot swift and varied e\
cileniunl. it. Is full ot dramatic
struggle, At any moment almost
anything can happen. Every time iho
hall moves it means tense Interest.
This quality of exciting suspense,
built its it is upon clenrncsui and 1
simplicity of action, means a constant
lihgting ot the nerves.
Uul more Important than these, wo
tspoct, is the fourth, and more
philosoph i.il, clement of Iho demo?
cratic background. Baseball la Hie
people's game-. It is cheap, it comes
every day, It is In the open air. llto
competition is usually between eiliesyj
and Ihc very crowdn lend their own j
glamor to the sport. Inler-clty con- |
tests furnish us wllh a native und!
spontaneous ?lyhipia games. To many !
people, the knowledge of other parts J
of the country iltey possess conical
almost eiii'n ly at; ? result of base?
ball. Its rorco us a natlonillalng clc
nient cannot ho overlooked. , In Bleb- j
mond, for Instance, some of the rest |
id' Virginia Is only remembered when
n nine from the suburbs of the State
comes lo town. And the le-ams thorn
selves are nowadays international
affairs. A German, a h'renchniaii and a'
Oeoigiii Aiiicricnii b ad as batters: one
of the best baltelies in the world i
could in milde Uli of two Indian play-|
eis; n .1. w is , crack catcher, and
almost ? very race 1ms its reprcscnlu
11 vo in the big leagues. Perhaps, it :
ma; lie w rong to analyze what Is j
such good fun. but certainly, the lure!
of baseball depends on itioiluuicilial
principles in our society, and if the
spir't ot democracy 'ho In some wise:
touched with the t-;urit or the game, '
it Is not a bed tiling.
A Virgitilu palliaren, contribute.-) this
paragraph: "A living dog iu hotter than
a dead lion. "? oc elot lastet! Ix. 4. "Kvl
dontly Urucfe it-may has read ami
heartily believes In the above text ofj
Scripture." 1
?old fiilsc teeih -wo* Blvo highest
possible prices for above. Offers niado:
if iinacci ptrd. icolb returned" is a
l.-ading nd'vj rtlsemcht In Votes lor
Women, i he great ?ultra got to organ,
but why .1.. the dealers think such u
paper a good advertising medium?
The lion. lion r. Ilalscy, candidate
for I "out: ret-.-, Is mnklug many a
courthouse wall shake these days with
Ilia oratory, but the "incumbent" Is
checkmating; him through th'cy, mails,
for Die Bedford Bulletin says tlt.it
"Congressman Carter ?'?lass has sent
us for distribution several hundred
packages of lilco garden seed. Mr.
Class has follpwod Iiis usual custom
this year in sending out government
seed to individual voters, yet for tear
sonn- voters have failed to rccclvn a
package, in- has sent us the above men?
tion..! seed for distribution. Any
\ot,-r who has failed to receive govern?
ment scd this your can obtain a sup?
ply by .ailing at the oftlcc of the Bul?
letin. These seed will be g'ven out as
long as tlie supply last'." it Is now
m order for Mr- Italaey to retaliate
by Bending to tin- poopla of the Sixth
copies of the speech if Congressman j
I'ng'c, of North Carolina, on tho free
S( . .1 evil.
Tin >i.ung woman who danced sev?
enteen hours straight, must have had
jelly wobble of the brain.
A contemporary suggests that on the
'i n.mi.- t in- cry of the undivided huniati
ito-o was "IjIVoi lot Women."
It was worth n dollar of any man's
money t>. feel iure not only that Rich?
mond it. on lit'' map, but prepatlns to
spread all over It
If Winter hasn't n. mean spirit, who
has ' Whop h) found he couldn't kill
the pi ich crop by frost, ho persuades
Spring to nttetnpt It with hailstones.
The eleetrln railway officers who vis?
ited IM t,in.I how know what a live
wire really looks llks.
Baseball enthusiasts . JiisY now mo
no? so likely to bo fanatic, as rllOU
?
Cncli Simpson Pepper gays*t|ia polit?
ical talk iie mostly hens doesn't sound
like what the campaign managers say
the people say.
On the Spur of the Moment
By Roy K. Moulton
Parting.
They say tho best <>l" friends must
purl,
But, Jim. i haven't got the heart
To speak lite tatst furewoll to you,
A friend who's been so triod and
true.
I have enjoyed your .Vinning smile
And cheery ways for quite a whllo.
Vour "tloWdy-do?" liaa been a treat
That's made my Joy in life eomploto;
your touching ways have reached my
Foul,
And, lioncst, Jim. upon the whole,
f could give up in- lit uny one
Excepting you and .all it fun.
When to my sld< l ve sc. i you lope
For years I've, hud a glud, sweet hope,
A hope that lias been deeply prised;
A hope that's ne'er been realized.
Perhaps some day without a tear.
Without a thought thut's sad a'ld
drea r,
I can afford to : , .- \ .mi go
A?ay from me. 'TIS sad 1 know,
Hut parting win bo easier when
You'vo come und paid me back that
ten.
Men's. Fashion Mint?.
Creases in trousers will run north
and south aa usual I Iiis season.
Panama hat of world's fair vintage
call be made to tit the present sea?
son's style by placing it under a
, road roller on some Btroct Improve?
ment job.
Hille will be n very appropriate
color this season, especially for ultl
' mate consuhtors.
The soekg are very vividly Illus?
trated this season, the color schemes
' of the two-for-a-ejiiartcr brands being
particularly attractive.
Oh, Where Vre They Vowl
The old gentleman who used to
carry a quill toothpick In his vest
pocket.
'ihe good old lady who Ubcd to
begin knitting Christmas wristlets and
mit tens about thi- time of year,
The loilg-genri d book agent with
lib plug hat and celluloid collar.
The lOllg-hulrcd mail who used to
lei iure on tho street corner und sell
a two-dollar bill and a cake of soap
tor Id cents.
Th.- old-fashioned minister who
used to divide his sermous into first -
lys, secondly*, thirdly and fourthly*.
The village milliner who used to bo
acquainted with all ot "tho traveling
gentlemen."
The old-fashioned railroad, train
that USCd lo be on lime.
Vcrordlntt 10 i nclc timer.
The celluloid collar may have a
place In this world, but It Isn't on a
Idler's neck.
There Is Juno class of fellers that
don't care much what happens to
'em, und they are the ones whose
wive.< Insist upon making' their
i-hirts.
It is more of disgrace to have a
I'M I model automobile than not lo
have any at all.
A feller always feels safe when he
has got n little money In the bank.
Ion he always foeln a little safer
when he's got ii little more.
It's a had sign when you call upon
your- gal and find 'he "Welcome"
doormat on the fronl porch has been
turned upside down,
Ii I have any pcrtickler pet aver
i Ion in this win d It Ik to listen to
an <bl maid talk baby talk to the
cut.
It is easv enough to be pleasant
when life goes along like a song, but
Hi,: feller worth while Is Hie one who
can smile when the stuff from the
laundry Is wrong.
Voice of the People
Vre Titanic Victim* Hurled<
To ihu Kditoi of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,?In Thursday's Times-Dispatch
l note a statement by Professor Hobt.
W. Wood, oi Johns Hopkins Univer?
sity, to the effect that the bodies of
the vietifllj ?? tit.; Titanic disaster will
never rise to the surface of the ocean
on account of till? pressure at the
water at lun miles down bung 6.000
pounds to i t. square inch, Will you
tell me how those bodies overcame
that pressure in order to get two
miles down: Of course, the reason
anybody sinks is thwt ihe body weighs
more than Hi water displaced, hence
when a body goes down to the point
where tin. pressure makes th- water
displaced ? ? . i i_n weight to the body
there Is a ci Nation in the downward I
tendency anil the body remains 'n that
stratum of pressure until llghuinod by'
the generation or gases, when It grad?
ually rises; flnall?- it becomes I'ghtc r
than Us dlspiacomont of water at any I
depth and h forced to the surface. I|
urn no pr?r< - or of physics, bilt ihes.i
look lo in. Ilko facts. If 1 am wrong
kindly cnllghtcti me.
I'HANK C. MORRIS.
Defends the 1'rlniltlvc IttiptlM-.
To the BilltOi of Th,. Times-Dispatch:
Sir,? Will 'on H?OW space in your
columns i" correct a misrepresi nta
tiou ilia! i.ii be.-n goinu tin- rounds
of ihe pros . and which "as appeared
in your paper, to the effect that the
outlaw ,Mbi:-. of Carroll county. Vn..
were Primitive, or in the parlance of
adverse criticism, "Hardshell" Bap?
tist??
The originators of such false' re?
port* evidently had other motives than
the publication of tin: truth, for the
facts are thai not one of the outlaws
charged With the dastardly crime ofj
ahootlng up the court officials all
Klllsvillc ; a member of the Primitive !
Baptist Church, anil tills fact could I
have been ,..>iiy ascertained from any
well Informed and truthful person in
the neighborhood of the crime. Wore
tills not iin age of boasted religions
progrcst an,| absolute fairness to the
most bun citizen, it would not n)>
pear : strange lhat those who urn
paid to i'ii the truth apparently take
so much pi en sure Hi hiding the truth.
ABE MARTIN
Th' only time lb' modern family
ever glta t'gethor Is when Ibers a
funeral- .on' then thor's nUus on?
mlEPln'. Tip ton Hud's nephew, Ii In
collcg" proparln' himself for light
employment.
THE MEN THEY LEFT BEHIND THEM.
_By John T. McCutchcon.
ICopyrlibt: lOJlti By Jobu T. MoCuioh?on.J ' "
?"? mmi ronic-tubor. Mr. ICdltor, that i
im.mi wore hired to deny the resutr. -
H"ii of the Master, who, bul tor tie
pressure, of popular 'als,- religion a:..t
the promise ,,f ,,r..,| c, t ]on and pay.
vvonld have wtllinclv told Iho tru'h
about the mutter without charge. And
you remember also ihat in the day
ol Nero another dastardly crime was
committed by the Pliant tools of this
proud .md devilish monarch In the
burning of Rome, which crime, waa
promptly charged lo the Christiana.
But from 'ho great show of religion
(hat is mad,, in our beloved country
one would conclude that surely the
spirit or Nero would not now bo tol?
erated.
Then why should this Hltlsvillc af?
fair be charged to Primitive Baptists?
We did not see published broadcast
over the country that the Bcattli
crime was charged to his church eon
?lection, though he waa a member of
n prominent denomination. Wo do not
see lhat the new school or missionary
Baptists are charged with Influencing
tin crime of Clclo- on. though he w.<:
a minister ol thai denomination. But
because there Is n strong element of
Primitive Baptists in Carroll county,
many wagging tongues and poisonous
iiutllb have been employed In charging
Uns crime to Hose people, when, ns
before stated, not one of the several
outlaws arc members of the Primitive
Baptist Church.
itui we suppose the Ill-feeling some]
hold against us can be explained by
e?ur refusal to enter with them In tho
modern mission schemes of evangelis?
ing tho world, well. Primitive Bap?
tists claims to be Bible missionaries,
an,] ii has never yet been proven by
tin- Bible that they are not. And they
can boast of more ministers to-day
going In Hie way Christ sent out his
called and qualified preachers and
preaching without charge His ever?
lasting doctrine salvation by grace
ihan all their accusers combine,!. But
b.- this as il may, there seems to bot
in the mountains or Virginia and North
Carolina a good held, and an oppor?
tune time for missionary work, and I
we do not think it out of place to*
advise those who are so infatuated
with their humanizing and soul-saving
system or missions In foreign fields lo
call In their forces and put them lo
Work at home. Why leave your own
kith and kin 10 "go to the dogs" Whlli
you trapes over lb" sea to bestow your
labors of love on the yellow and black
races, who prove, by their continual
refusal to support your missionaries,
that they do not appreciate your
labors? Thousands of mountain sec?
tions and city districts in our own
country have' riot even the benefits
eif the free school, much less the
gosp.-i preached to them free. Suppose
you help the Primitiv? Baptist ,p> some
of this freo work at home in the way
of preaching the gospel of love fre,- ?,f
charge. But it you will not, and the
"devil again breaks loose" at home,
for the ink. of good manners, to say
nothing of the love of Christ, do not
charge the dovll's work to the Primi?
tive Baptist.
Primitive Baptists ere pot disposed
to boast. We fe< 1 wo have no light
to do so. The Master tedls Ills dis?
ciples that when they have elone all
the good thoy can to" stiu call them?
selves unprofitable servants. This, wo
feel, is the right course. But perhaps
It would not be out of place here lo
let others boa SI a little for us, and to
say for ourselves, as a matter of fact,
that while Primitive Baptists are not
the only lovers of law and "''der. yet
none of our Iraducers can show a bet?
ter record in morals. In the commer?
cial world, and in Stale and countv I
government than has been made by our!
10,000 membership in Virginia. Otir|
people have ever t.n noted for their i
love of law and order.
Washington said that the Baptists
were the most ardent ami trustworthy!
defenders of the Revolutionary cause..
This was before any of the popular
modern missionary societies were or?
ganised, cider John ConO, a Bnptlsl
minister and a chaplain In Washing?
ton's army, was In close touch with
the general, and one of his most trust
eel friends during those troublesome
times. Thomas Jefferson said he got
hls> first practical lesson in local relf
gi.vernnii.nl from observing the gov?
ernment and discipline of a little Ban
ti.-t Church he sometimes attended. Dr.
1,of ton. n noted Now School, or Mis?
sionary. Baptist theologian or Nash?
ville. Tenn.. said be was raised among
Primitive Baptists and knew them
well, and that he never knew hut one
io take advantage of the homestead
law to keep from paying his eicht-, and
that he was promptly turned out of
church for so doing. The late Bain
.tones, a native or Georgia, whore
there are about 20,000 Primitive Bap?
tists, seemingly look pleasure in stat?
ing When preaching ?n honesty, that
to be a Primitive Baptist was con?
sidered, in commercial circles, a most
trustworthy letter of credit. Elder
Sam N". Hurst, a minister among the
New School Baptists. In a recenl pub
llshed article relative to the (illlsvltlc
affair, said: "There nro about a dozen
primitive Bnptlsl preachers In Hie
countv fCarroll), with as many
churches or meeting places. Prominent
among these are Riders Isaac Webb,
Hmlthwcbh, Jr.. and l-v p. Brnnscohnhe.
A better man. a more consecrated
Christian, or more patriotic citizen
never lived In any county In South?
west Virginia than Klder Isaac Webb.
At first a school lonelier, nfterwards
countv iu'lge, treasurer, and all the
t line a preacher of the go.-ipni without
'romunornlioh. " l*e\v men have been
more highly esteemed for his many
virtues than be No,W sonn- ninety,
years of n?o. \\\~- life hnJ been. I? now.
and win be for years to come, n bone
diction to the county. ETider F. P.,
Rranscombe, of l.nur?", Kork, is ;?.I -.. n
typical man and cltlaon. ami editor of
.. religious periodical in general cir?
culation throughout Carroll ami ad?
joining counties, There is also aii
othet Primitive Baptist paper publish
cd in the county nt Komi, and widely
circulated through the same section,
edited by l?r. J. <'. Hurst, ..f Roanokc,
? ?? * As a |ioopi>- tho Primitive Bap?
tists, Ilka tho Dunkards, arc plain ami
simple in hublts and n<.:,.| as law
abiding and law-rcspcctlng citirrns,
And Hoy yield tho palm to no i.pU
for honesty in payments of debts."
But enough of this. Wo will only
add that Primitive Baptists ha-. ?? a
right to complain against tho unjust
and unreasonable charge of the Mills
villa tragedy to ihelr account] and it
is but fair to expect nil papers that
li'.ivo published * ouch charges, and
later having brained the. untruthful
noss oi them, lo make as prominent
front-page display of our dentals as
was made of the slander. We trust
your spit it of fair-mindedness will
actuate your publication to scejt m
undo the" injury lhat was, unlhought
edlv or maliciously, aimed at out peo?
ple. H. II. PITTMAN,
pastor Primitive Baptist Churches,
l.uray. rage county.
Ilorr Newspapers Help.
To the Editor of 'Mie Thnes-Olspalch:
Sir,?"The survivors of the Titanic
should certainly be protected agulhst
the pcrslstcut and vulgai activities of
tho press."
-Thus wrote Hoffman Miller, r.f th
rlrm of Miller. Kmg. Laim &. jrafford,I
self-styled ?attorneys and eoifnsclors,"
of New V/irk, in a letter to the man?
ager ot the passenger department btl
the Cunard Line, at whose phi the
Carpathia docked Thursday night
The public will accro'i? Hoffman
Miller with being a man of .limited
views, a lltlb-ness suggestive possi?
bly by his own estimate ot his own
importance. Perhaps"* Mlllor does not
know: <
That th" newspapers conveyed to
the world the Mist news of that dread-!
rul disaster; that Iho public rightfully
turns to the press of the land iln.t for
after-Information.
That Ihe newspapers are tho potent
force In all movements for tho rais?
ing of funds to alleviate suffeilng In
such calamities;
That the newspapers spent thou?
sands upon thousands of dollars ami
that Jiowspapor men risked their health
and live., In order to glean Inf or ma-1
lion about the wreck which would
Send borne g'.cam of solace, to the
grief-stricken relatives of the victims..
Perhaps at soir.o Cine 01 other
tho press has told the truth relative
to -jome wreck on the New HaVOlA
Kallroad, whbh reacted against the
monetary Interests of tho company,
thus narrowing the mind of Hoffman
Miller until he had to put his preju
dlcd Into a letter of protest against
pn-ss representatives having access to
the pier when tho Carpathia landed.
P. B.
I'll! W ill cli Oil Icebergs.
To the Ml tor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir. -The Interesting and graphic de?
scription of a ship among the 'cc-1
' ? rgs made by Admiral llarrle Web?
ster in last week's edition of The
Times-Dispatch, awakened In nie a
desire to ask why the maritime laws
do not require a watch upon these ti?
tanic monsters that annually 'nvadc
i in. course of commerce from the. Arc?
tic regions of the North?
Could not the law require certain
i-onvo>-s to accompany these perilous
monsters, with pig horns, searchlights
and tons of dynamite to shatter and
-scatter these ice mountains that men?
ace human life?
Surely the great calamity that has
Shocked the civilised world In the
last few days could havo been avoided
if such a precaution had been ob?
served. PHILIP P. BROWN.
Hlue Ridge Sprlnga, va. April if.
The Great Ship Is Sunk.
Tremble, and be still! for the Lord
hath spoken;
And shall st man boast of his little?
ness
And trust l.i his human Invention.
The sen halb swallowed them up, and
th*lr pride. i.s sunk.'
Behold the works of man! I hey ?hall
perish:
His cunning machines shall break- -
HYs engines shall obey the Law.
Hut tho hand lhat made ihe engine*
Is perverted?
The Man hath forgotten the law:
The blind lead tho blind. In their
vanity.
And weakness Is an aplntr virtue;
So the mighty rtomo to destruction!
Kating and drinking, they said, -ve. are
perfect;
Wo are become oven ns a^rj.
In their sleel ship they trusted.
Their gold glittered lo blindness,
And they fort.ot the Law.
In their strong tinseled palace they
lusted;
They lived ?n Idleness,
I And Ihelr luxury . drowned them?
For II,ey saw with other eyes.
The sen closed over them.
Ami ihelr manhood was a mockery?
For thev rnmemborcd not llio Taw!
The oxygen ?hall enl Ihe ship,.
And every man nlinll tremble;
The rust shall take her elements,
"That oil may learn the Law;
And tills tale ?hall be told to the glory
Of the ever-living God.
EDMOND FONTAINE.
Chariottcsvllle.
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QUERIES &
_ANSWERS
Ur. II. \\ . i.rrrn and ih.- Word Huuk.
PI00*0 loll mo where Or, Green iho
author of tho "Word Hook of Virginia.
wan born iitid reared und what uio
standing the work. VA.
Warwick. Vu. The -'standing of tho
work" would probhhlj bo io0 much a
mutter of oimilon U be gone Into
Monroe I'ark an Pnlr li rounds.
Can you inform nie when the Si?io
!<alrn used to be held ki what is now
Monroe Park? \ A. A. 1".
i i ron, the organlsittloi of the asso?
ciation up to 1 he war. The ground
was iiciiulrcd for the paik in 1s?9.
Ah cunraviiiu ih. Fa}r Grounds III
1 >>". I ia In existence,
\ n. nud \. 1 . Boundary.
Where may one get cocht of the
original papers In the Virginia and
North Carolina boundary survey ul
1 < 10? T. j;. cooke
in the Ludwcll MSS. it the looms
of the Virginia Historical Society.
Iluliinnon'a \ddreaa,
j PlcilBo inform me '.vltei and where
f.cigh Robinson delivered hi* address.
"Tho South lbfoiv and at Die Battle of
the Wilderness." Was t printed? What
regiment did Koblnsoii belong t""
VET EUAN.
In 1S77. at the .initial inucting of
tlio Virginia Division if tin; Army of
Northern Virginia, it was published
in is.x by order of lie Virginia Hl
Vlslon, and in the plhlisheri form
contains about twice a\ much matter
us wan put Into tho oral on. Mr. Rob?
inson w.?s a member of ihe Richmond
Howitzers.
Woman's Swimming.
Pkaso tell mo the mm record a.
woman has ever mad< 11 .1 ..|i.- :ni!a
swim <. s CARV.
Miss Kellerman's rccVrd of 32.it,
minutes.
"Humanitarian" Mot rmenti
Ploasu send me a Il?t of hooks and
magazine articles which wll help me
With an essay on the "Croith of iliu
Humanitarian .Movement." PUPIL*
A ''humanitarian'! is one ?io den'e.-t
the divinity of Christ. The erm has
no sort of connection with fir person
who is interested In bettering ? he con?
dition of hiH fcllowruan. and tvj know
of no ''movement"designed to strengt li?
en the "humanitarian" cause, tnd did
not know that Ihere was ani such
cause. If the matter of your liierest
is the growth of the philanthrope sen?
timent in the world and the practical
operation of humane (not huminita
nuni societies, you will probablS net
all the references you want in teplyi
to a letter lo N. .1. Walker. Ban., Al
I buny, N. V.
i Ihiater anil CKg" and ItnhhllM.
Ploase tell me why eggs and r,b
I bits are as.iated with our ohseiv
I ance of Easter. MISS Ml
Easter Is it lunar feast its dato de?
pending on the moon. Crom the ear?
liest times tho hare has been a symbtl
of the moon. 11 is nocturnal in '1*
habits?so is the moon; young hare*
arc born in a month?so with uev
I moons; both hare and moon were coils
j sldercd to ho able to change thor sex;
the new moon was masculltil. tha
waning moon, feminine; tho young
j hare was born witti eyes Open, ami
the Egyptians gave ihe hure tlit naino
! un, meaning "open." "to open" "tho
opener." Now, the moon win the
open-eyed watcher of the skies jnd tho
I bare- born with open eyes and fabled
! never lo close them, was. fror] these.
I ami many other reasons considered tho
symbol of t'ne moon.
As 10 the ogu, It was an Egyptian
symbol of the renovation of ijankilld
after the flood, and the .lews adopted
it as tho symbol of ihelr delWrattcA
?rom Egypt and used it In Hi' Peiist
of the Passover sr. pari of t lie furnish?
ing of the table. The early I'lr'sPans
used the egg as a symbol of t IT- resur?
rection, and both hare and eig grew
part of the old Easter cojbratlbn,
which was partly Jewhh and partly
heathen In origin, and likes place at
much tho same time & the Jewish
Passover and as the will Hnxon feast
of OsTara. used to occlr.
I "ivlslon Superintendent!
Where may r get I hi addresses of \
the division superintendents ?f Ame?
lia, N'ottowav. Madison. <ulper/<r. Pull.
outer and Allcghnny eouities?
READER.
The dcparlmenl of TCrhcnfion, lilch
mond, Va . will f-end ?01 printed list
of ati Stale school ofliolaV.
;__LI_I. .-. '!- -J
National State and
City Badk
nirhmnnd, Virgils, '
Solicits Your Acciint.
Capital. ?1,000,000. Silnn?, fU0O.O0O?
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