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FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1912.
PAY Till! NATION AI, GUATID.
National defense should be commen?
surate with national position., but th* !
United States has not been obedient j
to the admonition of tVashinirton, that j
"Lf we d-*sire to yecure peace. It must !
be known that wo are at all times j
ready for war." The t'nited States Is :
not ready for war; it never has been j
ready for war: T.nt vho lesson of tho j
past ougbt to teach thi necessity of i
preparedness for the future. World
peace Is still an academic question:
?the war drums still throb" and the
battleflaga ore not furled; neither Is
ti'.oro any portent of the peaceful '*par
llajnert of tho world:" A world power,
thtj United States m^nacos its welfare
vby tho pursuar.ee of a military polloy
fi'iat Is at once narrow and inade?
quate. This nation of "ours has ac?
cumulated vast wealth; *t hns devised
commercial schemes t<f Increase that
wealth so that It must come Into com}
? petition with other great nations; It
Is tttr.ac'.atlr.g policies rir.d principles ,
that, sooner or later, bid fair to be- j
come obnoxious to oirwr nations; it Is
tfik'.ag a national position Which Its ;
military .?rtrength canr.ct enforce. The j
time baa come when tho military forc?? i
of our couwtry must be enlarged, de- i
veloped and trained to the high water
?nark of efficiency.
T1,e solution of the difficulty Is the j
utilization of the National Guard to j
Mature a large, well trained and always
Prepared national military force, fn
?V-T our form of government a standing :
Army is impossible; the detfenss of tho ;
country should rw?t upon Its citizens
trained and fitted for service as a great :
national military reserve capable of ?
Immediate mobilization. This solution j
Is the most economical, because the i
National Guard is already supported
to a considerable *xtent by the set-- 1
real States. Nor would ti.e productive I
capacity of such soldiers be diminished |
by th"lr withdrawal from their regu?
lar vocations; while still at work,
they voluntarily devote a part of their
time to preparing themselves for mili?
tary fitness. Last, but not least, the
utilization of the National Guard
would greatly reduce r?-tislons in the'
event of war, for better trained find
better disciplined njen vuffcr far less
Injury and mortality than raw and
Ignorant tToops. .
To iccurc t!".e efficient training of the
National Guard Involves a greater ex?
pense ttan 'the States can afford. The.
crux of tho difficulty is that the Na?
tional Guardsman must earn his own
living, and the training for national
strvlco demands an amount o.' time
end effort which he cannot afford to
give without compensation. The Na?
tional Guard Is for tho national ? de?
fense, ond.jw..nialtrtenanco should, as
a matter of rlg'a.;, bo a national ex?
pense, if the government would assist
in malting National Guardsmen d'.l
eif-r.t by providing reasonable compen?
sation for them, such notion would re?
sult in enabling officers of mod-rate
itiMtis to devote the necessary time to
military duties and studies; in secur-I
l?g tbe services of well educated young'
men for officers; in retaining in thi|
service capable officers, many of whom
will otherwise bo compelled to resign; I
in requiring every National Guards
rnsn, before r?olVing pay to establish
his fitness for military service; |n se
curlng more regular attendance of en
llMed men fit drills: In encouraging
enlis-anetits, particularly of the bettor
end more lr.tt.nigr nt"class of men; In
Improving discipline.
fT-fce Pep.x r bill now before Congress';
If passed, will provldl compensation
for the National Guard on the bails of
a percentage of the pay for tho regu?
lar army. F.nllsted m n, under Oils!
Mil, would ge: the highest perc nt?
age, 11." p>r cevi, The propo It!
absolutely reasonable. The ultimata
annual cos: of paying the National
Guard would not <?.??? \ }8,000,f)0fl, ;f,
lndetd, it wnuld nmount t ?? that intic'h.
The cost may sent great, tit II rh tsl
he remembered that a trained tinij fit
National Guard. In th* evont of ?svar
would trem- n lou-ly reduce th" cdst of
preparation for war. So'r must II be
forffotteri that thi
great national rssorvo would an as a
deterrent to nritlons who inig'm con?
template war wit! the r- ? :?,-..
and who, in the absence of :,,?. .
qua to rational defense In th'.i nation
might force hundreds of millions ;
dollar-V expendii ire u; r. us by war
It would fe4 the vvrt of patriot!
and wisdom for Oongr**a to pass the
Pepper pay bill at I . on. *?'h?.
, Mil has been loaded i >wn with vicious
amendments, wltlch seem to bo de
slgT.eil to defeat th men rather
than" to sstrertgthen it. The Senate and
House Committees on Mi Hary Affairs
ahould properly, excise the eanceroui
growth of chang'?i and pans i
per bill praotlcully 'as it came into
c?mm!tlet. A fit 'Nattor.-. 1 Guard ? .,
national necessity, and It ought to ;,
d^alt with nccordlngly. C ? .
would 1ar more effootivt ly gain t1,';
ear of tba country If It would ttoi.
mnnufaeturli-.fr campaign Issues Ions
enough to pas-s tho Popper bill, the
object of which appeals to tho patriot
Ism und to the good Judgment of the
American people.
KBTTi.i'. < itrrit i/r.s t in', por
The wisdom of the outsider Is a
wonderful thing. It is superhuman
because it Is all head and no heart.
Listen to what the amiable Pall Mall
Gazette of London says editorially
about our presld- ntlnl campaign:
"Tho two candidates have covered
each other so thickly with mud lltet
the American people may be compelled
for their own dignity to find some oth?
er occupant of Hie White House. The
I 'dog light.' as It has come to be called,
! is u spectacle too lamentable to amuse
; even the distant detached onlooker.
, FSiigllshmi n will not forget the respect
j duo to the head of a great friendly
nation, but the manners of this con?
test are not making It easy to remem?
ber."
There is no correction to be made
of this estimate of the present un?
pleasantness except that It Is not a
dogfight. 11 Is a "game," wherein some?
body is going to get slugged over lite
ropes. It Is democracy with its hat
In the ring. Its coal off, its manners
discarded and its dignity gone visit?
ing. It is a lunch-counter exhibition
of the appetite for several cups of col- |
fee. It Is a bitter, reckless struggle ;
for personal vindication. It Is too1
lamentable for laughter and too ridic?
ulous for tears.
No wonder the distant and detached ,
onlooker preserves with difficulty nh>* |
respect for the office of chief magis?
trate In a country that settles Its po- :
litlcal destinies on the same principle
that street gamins decide their qtiar- j
rcls. And It is amazing to consider n '
possible winner of this fight offering ?.
himself us an nmbassador of peace '
to warrlni- nations, or as a pretender
after International honor among tho
countries of tho world. The tempera?
ment of the average American may
enable him to regain a mysterious re- '
.?-pect for his 'President, but it should
not be surprising that less volatile peo?
ples may hereafter laugh up their
sleeves when the dignity of ninety
million voices itself In loud demands
for serious consideration. Poos It
ever enter the bends of the sweaty
gladiators that tho character of the
I'niteil States is suffering from their
antics?
Yet often the blnckness of the kettle
Is only darker than the Inklness of
the pot To us, as distant spectators.
It Is not without lamentablonoss that
a great friendly nation Is compelled to
feed its rebellious women by force
through a tube. It is very lamenta?
ble that this nntlon cannot regulate
Its merchant marine to safeguard life '
on the ocean. We can Imagine a tight
little Island converted Into a mud pud?
dle If Its citizens had to elect a king
Instead j>t Inheriting him. To the on?
looker human life Is often a very
lamentable spectacle. Hut the large
charity with which history Is endowed
may enable posterity to ilml In both
the onlooker and the onlookod, some?
thing of divinity struggling upward
along these queer and devious paths.
GOOD BOOKS FOB CHILD BEN.
What do your children read? Prob- 1
ably a good many modern parents do
not know. They trust Mich things,
along with a large part of training
In manners and morals, to the schools
or other social agencies and are quite
willing to be relieved of the duty of
selecting good literal ni e for youth
and encouraging a love for It. That
the bcsl results In character building
through reading are not being attained
Is the opinion of those who ought to
know?tho booksellers. In tin address]
bi fore tho booksellers' convention a
bit; publisher of Juvenile literature do
clhrcd that much of the fiction for
children sold In the United States was
either worthless or dangerous.
According to this expert, many of!
these Looks distort facts, throw n
falSe glamor of sentiment over roall
ty and f;o do not teach young people '
to think sincerely and clearly; In oth-'
nrs. the children are always right,
while their parents are always Wrong;]
in spine, Hie hero wins his point by
lying or smart trickery; In some, no
respect Is paid to learning and teach?
ers are male a butt for ridicule: some
encourage cruel and thoughtless nils- :
chief, and in n large majority bad
English works its silent demoralise
tjlon. lie -points out the fact that
thinking booksellers cannot work on
the principle that "it Is poison, but it
,pays," because tho children of to-day
are the render! of ih,- next generation,
and If their taste Is vitiated and their
ideals lowered, they win not constitute,
a permanent and serious clientele to
whom be can offer the best wares.
i The .nr.- suggested tor these con?
ditions It that file books, Her himself
I learn lo know what ho Is selling and
provide worth while fiction in cheap
'form, and that the parents be en
couraged to interest themselves In the
kind of matter their children devour
so greedily. He thinks mothers and
I fathers will insist on better books If.
[their eyes vre once opened to the dan-j
i iterfl. In what Is now offered.' And he'
I Illuminates the whole matter by teil- 1
ling how one hoy was cured of the'
?lime novel habit by making him rend'
I a thriller out p.ud to his father. He
n named to give open expression
I to Its: improbabilities and cheap he
j roles.
Tl .1 eoo.i books ate nn essential
;:i!.i Important pail of modern child
? lire cannot t., denied, and that tho
lvalue of the reading liabll in the end
1 depends upon f,i? parent Is equally
I tiriio, Children enjoy the finest litera?
ture as well its the trashiest If -prop?
erty guided in choosing It. Tho duly
et this guidance cannot be. delegated
to some Impersonal Institution, it Is
, a part of the too often neglected homo
life. . ret bow frequently do you hear
a puzzled af.ult uhk why children no
, longer read Bickens or Scott,or the
i other classics that once made youth
i a golden period. Aa if children hud
the same instinct for noble literature
that they have for Jam! It la a sood
tiling that tho booksellers are waking
up to their responsibilities, but It will
be far better when parents who are
solicitous about puro food and fresh
air* also learn to furnish pure food of
the spirit for the restless, plastic minds
of childhood.
"IIA X WANTED.
"Wanted ? Physician, sanitary engi?
neer or other person experienced in
this Held to IUI the Job of chairman
of the Boston Health Commission; sal?
ary to star! with. $t.f>00: more may bo
! expected. Apply .lohn F. Fltxgor?ldi
Mayor. Boston, Mar:-."
, This is the cohimendably practical
and modern method which one of the
I greatest American cities uses to se
' cure a new head for Jts Health Hoard.
the ad. being Inserted In the city's
? official publication. This Is tho best
? possible way to get the right man
' for the place. Cities can get results
; by advertising just as merchants and
employers can do.
The municipalities of Germany are
I tho most efficient and the most pro?
gressive in tho world. When n va?
cancy Is croatod In the office of bur?
gomaster, a position corresponding to
our mayor, the pmce Is filled through
advertising. The best man is selected
from the list of applicants, and Is al
ways o man who has served acceptably
as burgomaster In sonic other city or]
municipality, lie Is promoted from one
city to another, and the more efficient
he Is. the greater and the more Im?
portant his .lob. His political nfflllia-I
Hons nre not considered in choosing
him, the chief requirement being ad?
ministrative ability. In such n way
the right place finds tho right man.
The principle followed by Boston is
both right and reasonable. Efficiency
knows no geography; ability knows
no boundaries. The best man for
the Job Is what Is wanted,
and In getting him the city
should disregard utterly tho barriers
which sentiment and sectionalism have
builded. Richmond, for example,
ought to be able to employ In her
service exports from other cities and
other States. Suppose that Richmond
needed five first-class administrators
for her Administrative Hoard, who
could not be found within her city
limits, then Richmond would have to
allow her vast business to be admin?
istered by five mediocre and Incom?
petent men. nil because of an Invlsl- j
ble line. Goocraphy has nothing to'
do with securing experts In service.
If wo import engines to run our
plants, why can wc not Import engl- ]
neers?
Tills Is "*tho latest problem offered
to a world whimsically Infested with
two scves: Can a man who has to
Shave complete his tollet in n shorter ;
time than a woman who has to "do" j
hey hair? A correspondent of tho New
York Times, Who signs herself with
painful veracity "A Sc-rlous Sister.",
presents the feminist side of the
case thus bitterly: "Raro lniie?d is
the woman who has not sat, ready to
dopant, a patient witness of a specta?
cle that fills her either with terror
or nmtiscm'nt, according to her tem?
perament, while the masculine member
of the household affords her an oppor- !
tunity of enlarging her vocabulary
and her knowledge of human nature
at the samo tin**." Why a serious ,
mind should find fault with anything
that can furnish a rare emotion l'ke :
terror, or a 'beautiful luxury like ?
amusement, while enlarging tho vocab- '
ulary and broadening the vlerw, Is dif?
ficult to grasp. But until the hairless]
ago be reached, -we commend her to the
mercies of the twins, science and art.1
Cor jrlnnc' may perfect the safety
razoT to the point where it will make,
shaving safe for tho bystander, and
art may lind a method of making the '
plastic sculptmne of the puffed and
waved coiffure an Instantaneous pro-}
cesa. i
Of course. It Is a Boston medical !
man who says that soon our houses. .
will be flttoj with e'.eetrloal apparatus
to keep tho air lull of high frequency j
Waves that will ouro rheumatism;:
h^adacho and tho othor thousand nat
ural shocks that fleh Is he'r to. Tals I
savant must have overlooked tho high
tension conditions that exis.t in a good I
many houses now. and prove produc- j
live only of .'-.polled tfnvpers and
nerves.
A. Percy Os*born, the young New
York Irswycr who hay been appointed
guardian for Ava Alice Muriel Aslor,
Is a lim? type of the millionaire and
Clubman, who goes in for business and
works as hard as any man. A thor.
oughgolnig 5<port, an expert whip, he)
was a scholarly star in the Harvard law
school and a genuine tit moor at of an
aristocrat whom everybody liked.
An apostrop'ho to New Jersey apple?
jack was delivered the other day by
Senator Martine:
"It Is rich ,n nroma, delicious as an
intoxicant, promoting health, happi?
ness and longevity. Why, Mr. iTcs'.
? lont, after a couple of drinks of N rw
Jersi : applejack, they would not be
abb- to dtteot the colors in a rain?
bow."
Sounds very much like the deacrlp- ;
1 Hons thi> old Confods give o.f thai
lifty-yoar-olit apple brandy that was
passed around In spoonfuls a't a re?
cent reunion somewhere near. Hons
ton.
Where Is the old-fashioned man who
! took it without wat.?r?_
Jupiter Pluvlu.? mum bo the only
' rson in tho world Who really hates
j baseball;_
Don't pledge yourself to vote for
any candidate for tho Administrative
Hoard yet.
Political pledges made in January
should bo worth nothing In .Inno.
I Taft and Roosevelt arc both making
' eyes, und saying, "O you Oli'ol"
On the Spur of the Moment
By Roy K. Moulton
According to Uncle Abuer.
There ain't no man so poor that he
can't got a lot ot mail from tho pat?
ent medicine t concerns. ?
Hod I'cters says the re ain't no dato
on the calendar that ...uns around so
quick ami so often as the Hist of tho
month. It seems as though when he
nth i Just paid his rent, he Is Just goln'
to pay it.
It seems us though Noah Webster
during the course of his literary
weil;, ii^e.i almost every word In the
English languugc.
Some fellers can B, t rich on ?7 a
Week, while others die poor oil 1700 a
week, it all depends on whether they
run an automobile.
Th.y are ndvoriisln' a green boss
r.iee for tho county fair, and UtCfe
Illgglns has bought u can of Paint and
? s chungln' the color ot his sorrel
marc so she kin qualify.
sine, Elmer Splnk h a I.n wrltln"
love letters to .Miss Rnnsj Tibbltts he
Is thlnkln' some of goln" to a corro
spoiidonce school for a year or two In
order to Improve In thai line.
Tho noisiest thing; In tho world Is
an old-fashioned it-cent piece when It
is dropped In the collection platter.
T. Egbert Peavoy jumped out'n bed
sudden tho other ntglit in his new
striped pajamas and s ired a burglar
to death.
taucht on t|,e I'lv.
Some of the women will evidently
not be satisfied until ll Ir Skirts ark
so light that they huv? to put them
on with a shoe horn.
An expert In genealogy states that
Rockefeller descchded from noble
stock, hut ho does hot Bay how far.
Strange to say. the history of the
sugar trust is not the sweetest story
ever told. ?
It is alleged that the las: Republi?
can State convention In Mississippi
was held o*n the back platform of' a
street car. Some day there tuny bo
enough Republlcana in that Stale to
charier a whole car.
And, then again, perhaps Senator
Rallcy, In declaring "that he will not
be a candidate, is one of the few who
recognise tho psychological moment
when they meet it face to face.
A Western man wrote a poem to
tho Governor and was saved from ex?
ecution. In some Staus they would
hung a man for the poetry alone.
The prune crop Is reported 69,000,
000 pounds hhort thi., ? ir, and It
this is so life In tlie boarding house
should begin to be Worth living.
Mr. Wlckersham set out to blow
up the powder trust, and the public is
sllli waiting to hear tin explosion.
Ah, Here Wo Are Again.
We note with consldi rablo satisfac?
tion that tho cheer-up i.m has ap?
peared in a new guise. Every news?
paper bard in "these" United States
has taken a crack at It some time or
other. This lime it Is called "Keep
A'goln'."
This is the way It start.*:
"When you think yon're down and
out.
Keep a-goin'.
Take the benefit of the doubt.
Keep a-goln'."
i
This poem has been known at vari?
ous times as "Try Again," "Wear a
Smile." "Don't Olve Up." "RuckIo In,"
"l'ush Ahead," "Don't Say Die," "Sight
It Out.' etc., el''. It Is the grrntost
money-making poem over written, as
it has been sold to magazines at least
three or four times a month for tho
past twenty years, always with a MOW
title and a few new word's. Il almost
writes itself. All you have to do is to
sit down at the typewriter and pound
thuswlse:
"Turn te-ttnn. ic-tum. tc-tum.
Keep on pluggln',
Turn te-tum, tcitum, to-tum.
Keep on pluggln",
Turn tc-tuni, to-tum, te-tum;
Turn ti -turn, to-tum. te-tum;
Tum to-tum. te-tum. te-tum;
Keep on pluggln'."
It is ns easy as purloining cor.fcc
tlohery from a baby, nnd so long as
tho magazine editors like it, it's no?
body else's business.
Voice of the People
A Nation Learning lo Play.
To tiie Editor of Tu Tlmes-Dlapatch: !
Sir,?-It is all right to have nurSes, i
surgeons, arrtbul n n i and hospitals
stationed at tho bottom of the prod
pica ready to pat . up the broken
bones of thoso who fnll from above;
but a common sense rail at tho top
of the cliff, to prcrvei I peoplu from fall?
ing off. Is a good thing, tpo. The Rich?
mond Education Association recom?
mends that the C ty School Board
equip a thoroughly modern .chool for
tubercular children. Good! The soon
sr t lie be-ttor. Other up J to-dato cities
have them. Why not Richmond? The
least wo can undertake for the city's
children Is lo fturi '.ho curne of con?
sumption, which e ? Izatlon has caused
and cultivated.
Tho Virginia Health Bulletin. No.
13-11, on "fresh Air In Prevention
and Our'-," glv< ? : plcturcji of fresh
air schools, advan a step each time
In showing the ci ? -ion sense use of
fresh air as pr ,' ntlve of disease.
Tii- IMUi'tnatnonn .. sick children
lying on cots, warmly wrapped. In a
Chicago open-nlr jehool; anemic obll
dr> n, .?asy prey fo 'nns?nsptloh, sepa?
rated from the ? 11 children and
placed In an open- ilr school; well ehll
dr< n studying oui f doors In an open
air school of lb- ' lilted Charities of
Chicago; und W 11 'hlldren working
Abe Martin
MOTORING IN MAY TIME.
By John T. McCutcheon.
XCopyrigut: 1012: By John T. MoOutobcon.)
'Twas a misty, moisty morning in the merry (?) month rf May
That the motor party (see below) went out to spend the day,
1
J
Their hearts were tight and happy, for they thought it wouldn't rain {It)
? - theW?and.coorerf-d .
Theycoote? Sayly <*P
But Ohl ? ? They struck a former road, the car refused to go.
They pushed and pushed and also pushed (as shown in sketch below).
The motor was a worthless make, it should have been a
And what they said we cannot print?and wish we could forget.
{?Space to let)
The' thunder roared, the torrents poured, it hailed and nearly snowedl
They spoke in terms unsterilized* while wading through the road.
This violet laden month of May "ain't what it used to be."
Its reputation once was good, but now?Oh, hully geel
out of doors In Lhe fresh air of a school
I Karden.
I -N'ot In the Health Bulletin, but In
the May numb or of the American City '
In an article by l.erbert If; Weir, field
secretary, Playground and Recreation1
Association of America, for the Pa. j
cifie. coast, will be found the llfth and'
last picture, completing the series?
'?Children on the Hubbard School Play-',
ground, "When the knowledge of th^ I
Lord shall cover the earth as tho !
waters cover the sea," "tho last shall
be Ural." This la, the things which we.
now do last wo shall then tlo first, ?ach
as building .strong, simple railings at
the top of cliffs and making play?
grounds.
Professor George E. Johnson, of
Pittsburgh, author of "Education by
Plays and Carnes," has founded a four
years' university course of Instruction
for training play leader.'. The Ameri?
can City, in commenting on tills, says:
"If It is true that the higher social
relations of lifo cannot well be taught
by precept, but host through action, wo
grievously orr In not making the
greatest possible use of this natural
and fundamental Instinct of the child
known ns play."
Mr. Weir says: "The development
of the play Idea has given rise to a
new sentiment regarding grounds * ?
thai ought to b? provided around Tha
school buildings. Thl:< varies from
thirty square feet r>pf child In large
Eastern and Middle Western cities to a
rn/itlfliim of loj square feet in tho
North arid West roast region." "Thi
I School*;Board of Port/land, Ore . spent
$150,000 last year in enlarging It?
, school grounds; Oakland, Ca'., voted
i nearly half a million of bonds for (he
same purpose; Sacramento voted a
large sum of money, some of which
will he used foe enlarging school
j grounds; Tacoma, Wash., likewise, it
'-. I he plan of Spokane, when the mU
1: n: i dollar bond ls)fua 1? available,
which will probably bo next fall, to
purchase twenty-seven sites. In con?
nection with alrrafly fXlsting school
gVoundfl, thus making tham more
ndapt'arble and ?'efficient in developing
tile play Idea." "The Playground and
Recreation Association of America ad?
vocates tVio souring of at least three
aer.s for each gi-ndo building, and at
least five acres for every high s 'hool.
For Hie latter ten or fifteen would be
hi bti r."
? What a line hich itehnol slto or play?
ground She Richmond College grounds
would make! Wisely collegj and nnl
veraity men arc given large, roomy,
fresh air spaces in which to build up
brains for the nation. Finding tho
present grounds too cramped for the
best development, the college has
sought gi'cater tracts of fresb air at
Wcsthompton. Why should college
athletes (Inflhltoly more able to Jump
from in front of nut rvmolnlos > n?e?l
more fresh air than llttla children.?
The May number ?? Tho Playground
13 full of the rcvrentlon survey of Mll
nvaukee, Wls? made hy Rowland
Iftiyn r, field secretary of the Play?
ground and iifcreation Association of
America. In Ti-.e Amr-rlran City for
May, Mr. Bunne Mowry, lato member
Milwaukee Board of School rvrcctors.
jtayst
"The movement for social and recrea?
tional activity, in Milwaukee has re
eently received a r<sal and sub.-tant. al
; Indorsement by the vote of the people
at :h- polls. This has been made
mnnllt-st by authorising lK? levy of a
tax uol to exceed two-tenths of a mlU
1 on each dollar of the assessed value
j Mon of all property in any one year."
Mr. irnynei is at present In Rich
mond making a similar survey of this
I ciiy. .Our citizens are gladly eo-oper
I atlhg wst.i him -that they may reap
the full benefit ot his '.vise and expert
counsel In his effort to sho-.v us how
We rnuy substitute frosh air for con?
sumption. W. W. GIU-ETTE.
Richmond.
The I.iihn of Tttnolc.
lit was midnight on the doop, but no
I stoim was rag'.ng there.
[Undisturbed were their sleep, but goon
aw?ke in despair.
Could this I.,?all seemed well, on
waters of the Atlantic.
Listen! as mlofortune teil, the great
grief of the Titanic.
Jt was midnight on the sea. sailing
eastward to tho shore.
Their hearts were tilled with glee, but
death sailed on before;
Think?loved ones sailing on. blue
waters of the Atlantic,
Waiting for the coming dawn, on that
majestic Tltan'c.
Harkj I hear the Captain's voice, wo?
men, children appeared:
Then loving wives inu.de thetr choice,
bold, heroic as they feared:
Sad to think of such fates, lives are
helpless and frantic;
Their last hope gone doom awaits the
first voyage of Titanic.
Listen to their mournful cries, whon
no human nrm could save:
Look to Him above tho skies, oro you
fill tho watery xravo.
Some trusted ITIni On the sea, death
was on the Atlantic;
They gazed Upon eternity, on that
mighty Titanic.
The band played sweetly on, "Nearer,
My Cod. to Thee";
To think of that fatal morn brings !t
fresh to numory.
They have gone, denr hearts of ours, -in
briny waters of .the f.eep.
Where never bloofu sa'eetent (lowers.
where their loved ones can but
weep.
That swocl hymn deserves If3 rlaee
when WO near our earthly life.
And lo trust Ulm for His graco *s
enough to banish atrlfe.
Some were snved by this hymn, vn,
upon the Allnntle,
And WC bear our pain within of the
loss of Titanic.
HERBERT DUVAUj.
Clifton Forge.
Browned In I'nlllnc River.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Brooknenl, Va., May 16.?Joe Drls
I coll. who lived about three miles from
i this place, was drowned Sunday morn
j lug while attempting to swim acros'si
I Kalling River t.i reach his home. IVf
| forts lo recover the body have been
unsuccessful. Mr. Drlltcoll was about
thirty-eight years old. lie leaves r.
! mother nntl sister.
Bruce Home Changes Hands.
I Special to The Times-Dispatch, l
Wythevllle, Va , May 10. -C. S. Bruce
lins sold his handsome residence on
Fourth Avenue to Hon. S. 8. Mmmer
I man. The trade was consummated this
afternoon, the price being 813,BOO.
I Possession will be given on October
1?.
TRADE REPORT
Bradstreet'i to-mormtv will my for Itlch
moncl und vicinity:
Taken as a whole trade conditions are up
to normal, somo lines are active, whil*
Other* are quirt. Continued rain this week
has temporarily retarded trnfle, and some
'iairuise. is reported on law lands. Manu?
facturers of and dealers in paints, oils and
varnishes report very active ordering.
IJulldlng operations are active, creating de?
mand for material, while labor Is well em?
ployed. Lumber manufacturers report Rood
business. Slid many are working extra tlmo
t,? keep up with orders. Wholesale dry
K"Ods are receiving (air nilliis-ln ordi rs,
otherwise tho between nea-von dullness ex?
ists. Manufacturerers of fertiliser are cx
tremely busy following a late season, rtrm
lug operations have progressed ?atlsfactoriiy
ii)i to tha present week of wet weather.
Vegetable crop* aer reported In excellent
Condition; tobacco lieds are well advanced.
The corn crop Is late. From present Indl
catl >n( the hay crops will he above th?
average, while the wheat crop Is only fair.
Kdllroad reports show few Idle cars, and
some ordcrj for new equipment nre being*
pln<e,i. it, tnil trade Is fair. Collections aro
Irregular,
KBW ATHLETIC OFFICERS
ELECTED IIV A. A M. STUDENTS
[?Spc in! to The Times-Dispatch.]
West Raleigh, May 10.?At the regu?
lar spring mcotlng of the Athietto
Association tho following men were
elected to the various ofllces; Presi?
dent of the Athletic Association, D. B,
Floyd; Vlco-Presldont, J. J. MoCal.
lum; Secretary-Treasurer, C. O. Spcn
cer; manager baseball team, R. M.
j Bailoy; assistant managers of baseball
team, J, r. Sc he nek and B. O. Austin.
Manager of track team, L. L. Merrltt;
aslstant managers, a. J, Phillips, jr.,
?n,I J. O. H. Geltner. Graduate man?
ager of tho Athletic Association, J. W.
Karrolson; manager of 1012 football
loam, ti> succeed .1. 1. McCallum, re?
signed, N". S. I.ochic.otte; cdltor-tn
chl< f Of Wan Gan ltac, F. S. Holls;
assistant odltor-in-cjilof, n. K. Nash,
Jr.; business manager of Wnn Gan
Rae. W. C. Taylor; assistant business
manager, G. II. Anthony; chief rooter,
W. C. Taylor; assistant chief rooters,
A. R. Lane and <;. H. Anthony.
The Interclass series of baseball
games started Tuesday with a game
between the freshmen and short
course classes, the former winning, 3
to 2. 0
I). C. Cmmiilnas Crltlenlly III.
[Special to Tho Times Despatch.]
' Br'stol, Va., May 1C.?Stato Senator
I David' C. Cummlngs. who represented
! Bristol, Washington nnd Smyth
j counties in the last V'rglnia Senate,
i la critically III at hia homo at Ablng
I don. afiil fears are expressed that he
i may not survive. Ho is about fifty
j years of age. Ho has been til for
j only a few days.
! National State and
City Bank
Richmond, Vlrglnln,
Solicits Your Account.
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