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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1512.
PACE THE I- ICTS.
Tho majority of congressional com-,
missions arc created because .our law?
makers are reluctant to do anything!
before they know what the political!
effects of their action may be. As n
?onsequeiice. when leg'slntlon Is de
?ianded upon n mutter upon both sides'
r.f whlclt the relative strength of pub?
lic opinion is uncertain, or when the]
prmsage of a law might havo Injurious
political results, a favoritu device ofj
tho dominant party is to establish a!
ccnunisslon to study the subject. The
vexaiions question is tints postponed,!
pnd pending the report of the com-;
'jjsjlssion our patriotic legislators have
on opportunity to determino their at
tltudo on the question at issue by nr
rtvlnff tit a decision ?s to Its probable
effects on their own polltic.il formr.es.
The greater number of governmental
commissions have their origin In this
form of political cowardice. The pro?
longation In the life of commissions
rtfter their work Is completed usually
occurs because Congressmen and poli?
ticise havo obtained the appointment
of n number of their followers whom, to
uso nn apt phrase of practical politics,
they find it necessary "to take care of."
'The history of the numerous commis?
sions created under both the Roosevelt
and Taft administrations hears out
these '"statements.
The commissions created by the leg?
islative or the executive branches of
the government, except when establish?
ed tn exercise Judicial functions, have
slmoft Invariably been failures. They,
have usually wasted public funds nnd
have been frequently used as a means
of giving sinecures to "lame ducks."
or to political henchmen. Further?
more, it is difficult to bring centraliza?
tion and symmetry to the work of a
group of men. As a consequence n
voluminous mass of undigested nndj
unrelated data constitutes tho typical
report of a governmental commission.
Sometimes Rood results aro obtained
by the delegation of authority to the'
chairman. Thu value of the reports
of the Immigration and Nat'onnl Mone?
tary Commissions are due to this fact.
As a rule, however, subcommittees are
named, there Is no central control or
direction, and the appointments nroi
equally distributed iimoni; the mem?
bers of tho commission, with tho re?
sult that a number of Incompetent
employes are secured, th* work
Is conducted without proper supervis-|
ion. and large sums of money uro ox-j
p. nd, d in doing things which have ul
ready been done or which It would be
better to leave undone.
Tho wastefulness and uselessness of
^commissions from a legislative stand?
point have been strikingly Illustrated
' by tiie recommendations of tho more
Important congressional commissions
of the past vw? yea/rs. Ten years prior
to tho report of "the Monetary Commis?
sion thu main features of tho reforms
It acts forth 4jud generally boen con?
ceded and edvoc.ite-d. No reports from
a Tariff Boird were nec'-ssiry to ex?
hibit tho iniquities and inequalities of
our present tariff system. The urgent
'need of u restriction of the alien ln-j
flux to this country was apparent be-,
foTc tho Immigration Commission was
brought into existence. I-Vir several
generations, before President Taft se?
cured tho appointment of his Economy
and Efficiency Commission, the way to
obtain niuoh needed economics In the
administration of the public business
had been pointed out In a practical way.
;Jt Is true that the work of these vari?
ous commissions has been attended with
some good results. The significant fact
Is, however, that without these commis?
sions. Congress was In the possession
of Information upon Which to base
, legislation and could have done ho
bad not political courage been lacking.
At the present time we are confront?
ed with the proposal for a Commission
on Industrial Relations, which is to be
. authoiir.rd to Investigate nil phases oi
existing Industrial conditions, its hin?j
members are: to receive a per diem al?
lowance of 120( and a bur.' appropria?
tion Is asked for the purpose "t carry?
ing on Us work. The matter is being
urge-d by social workers, philanthropic
organizations nnd labor unions with
such force that Congress may tuko
favorable action.
?. This agitation is being made despite
the fact that the past ten years has
been marked by unprecedented activ?
ity on the part of the Federal govern?
ment in investigating industrial
ditlons. Mills and factories have beciri
1 investigated by one body and then i,-.
Investigated by another. One cotton
mill at Danville was Investigated flyi
times within it year. Other indus?
trial establishments have had stmllai
experiences. The Bureau'of Labor hn?
turned out twenty large volumes upoi
tho employment e.f woman and child
?labor In"' our principal Industries, to?
gether with special r< i> rt:? upon con"
dltlonn of employment In the iron rim:
steel and other Industriff. The Immi?
gration Commission haa recently eon
tributed forty-two volumes of j.i.oi
page* each upon the economic status pi
labor In ?11 the principal branches oi
mining and manufacturing In the
I'lilted State*. The Tariff Board has
mnd?- voluminous reports upon tho pu
per and wood pulp und the cotton and
? woolen goods Industries. A valuable!
report and study of costs of production;
In the Iron and stctl mills has recently'
been issued by the Bureau of Corpora-1
lions, if n Commission on Industrial|
Relations is to be created, before It 1?
permitted t" do anything else. It should
be charged with the duty of digesting]
tile nittSS bt data which has been col-1
lectod within tho, pntrt few years. Con-1
gross should face and net upon .the
fuels already In its possession and
not postpone legislation by the old ex-'
pedtcnt of authorising the collection or
additional Information. j
Ml.IHM \ vr TU \ IIKdM v.
The late .i.diu Jasper's definition of,
th? four gnat peoples of the earth us,
"do Hottentots, de Huguenots, de
Abyssinlnus and <le I'crglninns" isj
Still adhered t.. by some of the natives'
of the 010 Dominion. "What nation*]
ulily?" asked ili<- querists of 11??? Home]
Visitation ycstordny, und sonn- replied]
"Virginia." "Yon mean tho state, don't
you"" "No, 1 mean nationality, and l!
insist on it." So it had to ho put downj
that way, because there arc sdlll Some]
who reel that their llrat allegiance Is;
\>< their state rather than to the na?
tion in which they I've. In the good
Old days when tho people Of the South |
generally conceived that the State was.
or higher dignity than the nation,
rnliid States Senators lid not hesitate
to resign and run for the goyorttor-i
ships of their states, because they!
thought the governorship n greaterI
honor. The limes nnvo changed, und.
with the passing of State sovereignty!
as n live political issue into n question
merely of constitutional theory, there]
has been far less Inclination to look)
upon the State as paramount. Ward
has defined a nation as "h body of pop?
ulation which Its proper history has
made on.) In itself and us such distinct
from others." Sentiment In accord with
that definition has animated tho Vir?
ginia people from the cat liest times;
they hnvo been stirred a'.l along With
the Old Dominion not as one lost in tho
sisterhood with many, but as one I
standing out clear and distinct with a
homogeneity of manners, of customs,!1
Of graces, of feelings and Of ideals. "1
am a Virginian" is sai<i in the same;
spirit as was "Ovis Komunus sum,"
nhd the implication of Imperial Individ-j
uallty Is alike In both cases. "1 ami
Saul, a citizen of Tarsus, no mean city," j
was never spoken with such a note of j
pride, patriotism and simple loyalty
us "I urn a Virginian."
TUB KAISBU'S LATEST Ot THUM A K. '?
As the result of his Impetuosity and
another of those Intemperate speeches j
to which he Is prone, the German I
Kaiser is in hut water agnin, and this j
time with his own subjects. Save for j
a few pronounced pan-German govern- i
nietit 'nspired organs, ho Is under j
tiro from the German pi ess all along
tho line, and scattering shots are bo- {
Ing aimed at him by French and
Austrian newspapers.
The scene of the latest Imperial I
outbreak was Strassburg; the provo- j
cut ion was th? action of the new Al?
sace-Lorraine diet censuring by form?
al resolution the under secretary of
State. Herr Mandel, on account of the
government's refusal to renew an
order for locomotives from a local
plant unless a certain director of
albiged strong anti-German leaning
was removed. The Kaiser resented the
legislative proceedings by conferring
tl,e title of "excellency," and at an I
official banquet at Strassburg called '
the; diet to orier by threatening to j
.suppress the Constitution of the Reich- ?
land and incorporate Hie territory in ?
Prussia.
Various reports of his exact words
hav- t.ti printed, but all agree that
they Were very strenuous and men?
acing and egut'stle, und it is very
j noticeable that none of the e.Illcl.il
I organs hav.; denied "the charge," or
sought to explain his language. Wlth
; in certain limitations Alsace-Lorraine
la the same footing with the other
I German states, it having been accord?
ed that position In consequence of!
popular Jealousy of Prussia, us maiii- j
ifesled when tho question of pcrma-I
j neatly fixing the status of the con- I
quercd provinces' first arose.
The kaiser, there appears ho doubt,
was exceedingly anxious, and designed i
to annex it to his '"kingdom," thus i
' Increasing the political power ami i
strengthening the leadership of
? Prussia In the imperial confederation, i
I Hut he found li wlsor to yield to the I
j general adverse setitlm nl. The most I
I ominous fact connected with the in- i
cldcnt is Hint, bnrr'ng the pan-Ger- ]
man organs iiHuded to and the .silent'
official organs; ihe press is outspoken j
in reminding His Majesty that j
the constitution of the iiclchlahd
wasn't ins to grunt or Rive, la not
his to suppress or lake away, und
' that It 1.? pot within ll'a power to
turn Alsncc-liOiralho over to Prussia,
or dispose of H In any oilier way.
I Thi lone of thes.- papers Is In
truth not only defiant, but aggressive,
and ? mbodlcn a warning that should
i the knl'soi undertake to carry out his
titrt it Bor'ous defection may be ex?
pect' d in the states other than Print
l: Sin. Thi Kaise r is virtually told that
? It would Im- well to remember that
litlu ti:i> hi ? pSsseil when It would be
? entirely safe lor him t? act on the
arrogant motto, "the win pf the Efrt
? pcror 's the supreme law," ' he lu?
ll scribed In the goiien book of Munich,
i| The slgni.licnnce of that ro mind er
I]derives additional imprcssivehess from
.'some of the moro recent bold crltl
.Iclstna "f tiie Kaiser's policies by the
I [ opposition In the Reichstag, and the
.Iicorlossnesk with which hin assumed
? j'^constitutional prerogatives" have
ij been challenged, Tin- body i.- furnish,
r iig over-Increasing evidence i.r do
rit'erm'natlon to force imperial recognl
.] lion of reversal of tho Munich motto
I
so that It wilt read, "tho Will of tho
(People Is tho supremo law." ISvldenoo
, of such determination hos ulso been
furnished of late by popular gather?
ings that a few yours ngono would
have been ?l'spersej. at tho point of
tho bayonet, but wh'oh 't would bo
extremely hazardous to attempt to
disperse by that means now.
HEADY.
If the Republican party wishes t>
nominal? Theodore Roosevelt for Hi '
pretslcM ncy, a desire of which too
available returns from the Nelf Jersey I
primaries at this writing seem to give
further assurance, a united Demoorntlc
party is ready to meet the Issue.
If the Republican party desires to
record Itself for Roosevelt und for;
the things that he has done and thel
tilings for which he stands, the
Democratic party can meet tho Issue.'
If tho Republican party Wishes t".
go on record in favor of thu third i
term, the Dentpcratlc party can meet I
the issue.
if the Republican party wfshea to
go on record In fuvor of the "Dlasl
flcatlou of the presidency and the
Mexicnnlzation of the American peo?
ple." tho Democratic party Is ready
to moot tho Issue.
If the Republican party wishes to go
on record against republican Institu?
tions, the Democratic parly cJit meet
tho issue. i
It the lt> publican party wishes to]
do these things, the Democratic party
will come down to the bridge united.
Itooseveltlsm In 1010 curried the coun?
try for the Democratic party, .which
beat him in every debatable State In
which he campaigned, it owes Its ma?
jority in the House and the decreased
majority of the Republicans in the
Senate as much to Roosevelt's lust for
office as to 'faffs mistakes in of
flce. There is no split and no danger
of a split in the Democratic party.
It will thresh out its internal differ?
ences amicably and present a united,
front to tl:e country, Arm in mo With]
that the patriotism and the intelligence,'
of tho American people will rebuke j
Rooseveltlsm,
DON'T "SHOO"?SW Vi .
Bight billion two hundred and j
seventy-three million six hundred ami |
eighty-four thousand two hundred and
eleven sources of disease arc blotted
out of existence every lime you kill a
ll.v.
It takes countless swats to make
the least Impression on the billions of
flies th.it infest the country. There
Is u belter way. In one season a By
breeds 8,273,681.211 descendants to
spread pestilence and death. Kill a
single fly nnd you prevent the pos?
sibility of such nn enormous issue.
Richmond is about to start an anti
fly campaign, and The Times-Dispatch
will offer $11') in prizes to the children
under sixteen who kill tho greatest
number of flics between June :t and
Juno II. The conditions of the con?
test are elsewhere printed. Every
Child should enter the contest and try
for a .prize. Every child should be
encouraged to enter it by his or her
parents, for this contest is In the In?
tcrest of public .health and human life.
Don't "shoo" the fly?swat it.
ENTER ".MY DEAR MARIA.*'
"A base metal, 'counterfeit present?
ment.'" That is what sho called him,I
and she said it in a tone that implied:
"There, take that, and that, and that,!
you base creature'. What'.'" And hoi
did not call her back, "You foolish wo
mun." j
And so with a stamp of her feet ami!
a shake of her head and a cold gl'lter
iu lor eye, "My dear Maria" Storer,
wlfo of -My dear Bellamy," pitches
into Colonel Roosevelt, who, when
President, applied the "recall" lo
Bellamy and blamed nn International
mixup on htm and "My dear Maria,"
although they ottered good proof to
show that as usual Roosevelt hlms.it
was the guilty party. The Storcrs were
In the Iiist group of that long trnln of
once. firm friends freim whom Roosevelt
has alienated himself hy his belief thutj
Theodore can do no wrong. in tho:
Evening Post, "My dear Maria" hurls
a . ommuntcatlon i-.t the Colonel, de?
claring that no "friend o" law, order
and authority" can vote tor Roosevelt;
that his liberty Is "license." and that
his would bv "(government by mob-rule,
with himself as mob ruler"; that he I.S|
"guilty of nil tho misdemeanors e.r
which he has falsely accused an hon?
orable, just and upright President";
that lie Is "leading fool.-; captive, stir?
ring up knaves to Sedition, and blinding
ib.- eyes of some few honest men who
still see in him a lender and a hero."
Mrs. Storer charges that the Roosovclt
campaign has "attempted to stir up an
anti-Catholic enmity against the Pros
Idonl . . . This, If you please, from
Theodore Roosevolt, who, when it
suited Iiis purpose fand he gained a big
i ilhOlle vote in tho Northwest there,
by) asked personal favors of P?po Pius
>.' , and when ho feared anti-Catholic
wrath, denied what he had done und
tried to support his denial by an op, n
affront to the sjuio Pope Pius on tho
occasion of Mr. Roosevelt's proposed
visit tej i he Vatican."
"My dear Maria," her amity turned
t-> acid, la her attitude toward Roose?
velt personifies the thought of Com
grove:
"Heaven lias no rage like love to.
hatred turned.
Nor lo ll a fury like a we.man scorned."!
"Shoo" won't do?swat the fly!
Cm s Guild, our amiable ambassa?
dor to Russia, 1? "to" Hosten on a vis
and they arc calling h'm "Kxeellen
kowski," but then, these Bostonlanp
ulwnys were cultured.
Did Sunny Jim .Sherman go to Chi?
cago to sco Iv>rlmcr. or did hi: just go
j to make us remember who tho Vices
President Is?
I Buck Sawyer, of the Blue Mound Sun.
says' that nn up-to-date motor eftr I?
thia years model paid for with next
I j car's money, " ?,
On the Spur of the Moment
By Roy K. Moulton
Here Again.
She talks to us in learned style
OI problems small und problems
great:
Con fro ii ting all the human kind,
And doesn't even hesitate
To treat with most i. miliar air
I The heaviest affairs ol state.
IOn psychic research and th<' like
She's very apt to s lill'llutc.
The nebular hypothesis,
She ilntls (|uHe easy to relate.
She tells us where ivc'vc all been
wrong
la all our li'gh Ideals to date
And hands out cures for civic Ills
At what sevius Ilk t wondrous
rate
I'or one so young, but still wo pay
ltcspcct lit for a potentate.
Wc listen well and tin :i applaud
For she's the sweet .^'ii graduate.
Hints to Lovelorn Gents.
If site makes a pracl CO of eating
unions for supper every I'mo you toll,
it Is a sign that she. is Indifferent to?
ward your suit.
if you Bp-end a lot of money send?
ing flower* to her every day it may
make a hit with her, but she will
marry somebody who has more sense.
Don't talk to her .>ut love in a
voltage. Talk about a Pro w iislonu
guugulow and spr'ng the voltage on
her after you get hi r.
If she is handsome, i- 11 her about
it. and if she Isn't tell her anyway.
lluvo an automobile catalogue In
your coat pocket where can catch
a gl'ninse ot lt.
According; tt? Uncle Aimer.
The difference, between a politician
and a statesman Is that the states?
man has got tho Job and the politi?
cian wants It.
Mrs. Anse Judson says she Is suro
If all the women In tins country
would go bareheaded, business con?
ditions would bo a good deal better.
~.io never asked her husband for a
new hat yet. but he told her that
business waa the worst he ever see
U In his lifo and the whole blame
situation was goln" to smash In about
four minutes.
H seemB as though somebody could
write a show where the hero don't
gel rich In the last a t.
They are raisin* a lot of fuss In
the oast about yallor Journals. Any
newspaper will get yallei If you leave
it oh the pantry shell long enough.
if there Is anything that makes a
feller fuel that lie is growing old fast
it is one of them bin calt nders that
show only one date at a fine. Every
tlmo he looks at It he h s to yank off
about live days to catch up.
They .Must Make Ananlna Jealous.
"Ohi we have had Just a delight
ful fine at your party. We want
you to come and tak. dinner with
us Just us soon as you can."
"Honestly, I think you have got
Just the cutest baby 1 have ever seen."
"Gee, I can sing a lot better than
that when 1 haven't got a cold."
"My husband Is just as sweet as he
can be around the house. Hh never
nets cross and never Si olds when din?
ner Isn't ready, and is so neat
that a piece of lint on the curpct ul
most drives him crazy.''
"Wo <-.\p.'et to spend next sammer
abroad."
Voice of the People
An Episode of "The Buck and GaUl?!
It and."
To the Editor ot Ti... Times-Dispatch: i
Sir,?Tiie Buck and Game Hood isin-j
correctly but almost universally called
the Buckingham, for it does not even j
run to or extend Into the county of that
name, now made famous by Iis fine
slate quarries. The aforesaid road Is
simply a broad, old-fashtoncd country
highway, Marting in Chesterfield,
going through UOwhutan und Cumber?
land, up tu I'rincc Edward, I th'nk, not
extending beyond the thrifty town of
Fa rmvlUe.
The cognomen Of Buck and Game i
Bond was arrived at on account of I
tlio great profusion of game, inclusive;
of deer, squirrels, old bat es und "pos-1
sums," wild geese, duck and partridge.
Suid denizens hcIO high carnival Iii
") ?? olden" stage days, when tho
cumbersome things rolled along In high
state up the obt Buck and Game Road,
before the rampant locomotives, with
their rumble and hysterical shrieks,
drove the timid dei r from their qlllet,
leu fly coverts on the arrowy Appo
mnttox or tho more classic .lames,
when far-famed und Justly celebrated
Virginia hospitality was "in flower"!
when mother wlfi and maid were the
real goddesses ol tho homes and llrc
sidos; yea, When bitter was not oleo?
margarine and the various as well
as multitudinous adulterations of to?
day were not known, if so. not prac?
ticed. Hut not wishing to be entirely
iconoclastic ol present methods and
manners, I will desist with only one]
more; reference lo the past halcyon I
duys. V'es, when people as a mass]
Wei,' a God-fearing and God-loving1
l>. ..pie, and hod : ??! given way to the'
corroding encroa I incnts now so per-1
niclous In church, state and society.
"'Tis a pitV, but pity 'tis true." KVCII
the churches and meeting houses," as
the obi tlnyi . ill) I the latter, have
fell these inroads into their church
polity, until It : refreshing to read
that the grenl Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, n ? ,n iis annual con
i. rence, is going ick to Its itinerary,
so that no lie boiil anywhere cun
occupy that pulpll for a longer llnie.
than live \eais irely a godly re?
proof for the chli fs of the nation, who
arc now caterwn ngand abusing eneh
other from one ? ?-\ ot tho Union lo
tho other. Lot's relegate both of them
to the rear and ? : I a new. wiser and
more patriot - candidate. Hut I
digress, and Wa writing of a period
to memory dear, when tho maiden
was "ahj and ? when her gallant
cavalier wna "h uve, lender and true";
before i he "hoi lib skirt" and the moil
Abe Martin
Boul ever" roller you meet these
days i- a* aqui .. .,,i ?? HlS Income.
A woman never euros very much
.? " husband she halnt afraid f
!,:"" behind when she goca out o'
town. "
A SUMMER'S PAV IN MAY.
. By John T. McCutcheon.
rCopyilKht: 191S: By John T. McCutchoon.]
ETCETERA
COLD WAVE FJ?AIE
stroslty or a hat were In vogue; be-j
tor,- her escort Incessantly rolled and
smoked cigarettes, with lim hair hang?
ing down his forehead, and hat, if hat
on in all, cap-a-pto at tiie back of his
cranium, etc. Aye, In a word, when
knighthood was in flower; when tho
duello enforced good manners and
good conduct. But. alas: thoy, like
tois morning's rainbow. have set
forever, and vanished like "the .ships
that pass In tho night."
Let us (hang,- this reniinlscenco of
thought in one less enervating. So here
is tiie attempt to do so:
.m a certain church In the vicinage
of this old Buck and Oamo nead there
resides the minister thereof, a good,
kind-hearted man. and a line preacher.
Hut he gets dyspeptic, and as there is
not much increase In parlshlonors or
church membership very little Immi?
gration to this long cultivated section,
Which naturally Im? made the soil
poor and uninviting to buyers there?
of? well. J date say, he gels
dyspeptic (I do and am now), und
fancies lie is not doing the labor he
is culled on to do in the vineyard of
the .Master, and said that Ills con?
gregation "didn't luve him any more."
Whereupon for some such surmised
reasons, he offers Iiis, resignation fre?
quently. Fortunately for Loth priest
and people, he reconsiders, and long
may no minister with acceptability and
profit. Well, the permon was ended,
the benediction pronounced, the dox
ology sting, and the resignation with-i
drawn. We all went home and to
?Himer. Between the change of cloth
und plates for dessert i. as catechu?
men, catechized tho guests thUSly:
"Who was tho oldest man'."' Answer
nromptl) came from some youngster,
"Methuselah!" "Who the most pa?
tient'.'" "Job." "Who the meekest?"
"Moses." "The wisest'.'" "Solomon."'
"Strongest?" "Samaon." "Who the
most gentle and loving?" "St. John."
I braced up and said; "Now, can any
of you tell me the most resigned
man?" Aftern pause, with no answer,
the catechised gave it up for the
catechumen to answer, which answer
was; "The VirSon wo heard to-day,
for of late bis normal slate litis been
one of resignation, 'Therefore i claim
that he is the most resigned." This
brought forth peals of laughter. in|
relating this no odium Is Intended, I
and long mny ho lend people, dwell I
together in brotherly love und fellow?
ship, doing all manner of good works, |
setting shining examples to put under,
their feet once und for nil "the world,
the flesh mid the devil," as we say'
In the Litany. So mote it be. with]
them and your wicked correspondent,,
who hopes his story bus not been too!
long for your patience or columns.
CHARLES MACON WESSON.
Fine Creek Mills, Powhatan county.
Kgypt
Egypt!?thy name is as a lotus
I lower
Whose white petals opening silently
Reveal tho gale of sleep, wlui'e enter?
ing in
Wo dwell In languorous dreams of
mystery;
Huge, templed shadows haunt the
moonlit Nile,
While on the shore the pnlm trees
whisper low.
In answer to the slumbrous desert
breeze.
Their Immemorial whisper, "Pharaoh!"
MABEL LA I BD G00ODE.
Boydton.
The Meat Point Cemetery Aasoclntlnn.
To the Editor of The Tlmes-Dlapatch:
Sir.?Replying to a brief article that
appeared in your issue of Thursday,
May 23, regarding tho memorial exer?
cises held at the West Point Ceme?
tery, I feel that for the sake Of justice
I must beg BPace in your columns for
a few words in correction of this com?
munication.
Your correspondent was evidently
mlsin formeil. as the exercises were
under the atispirbs of thu Cemetery
Association of West Point, and not of
the Daughters of the Confederacy.
This association wus formed just
four years ngo by a fow ludles who
felt tiie need of auch mi organization.
They havo labored fntlhtully to im?
prove and beautify the resting place
of departed friends and loved ones,
a few of whom were Confederato sol?
diers. Under tlielr ofllcient manage?
ment and constant care tho work has
made rapid progress, until now they
have (|iiite n large membership, und
the cemetery has been wondorfully
Improved.
ITor their untiring efforts they havo
won that which they so richly - do
serve?the commendation and flfPPS>.rt
of many under whose observation their
devotion to this cause has coine.
These exercises are held on May 20
of each year as a befitting testi?
monial of love and esteem for all those
<iear to nur hearts ami memories, and
iiot alone to our honored Confederate
?load, from them we take Increased
devotion, and in words of the poet
commend them to peaceful slumber,
"Rest on. embalmed and sainted dead:
Dear as tit* blood ye gave.
No Impious footstep here shall tread
Tile herbage of your grave;
Nor shall your clory be forgot
While Fame her record keeps.
Or honor points the hallowed spol
Where valor proudly sleeps.
jriTernon?Ii. I? Mapcs, Washington,
D. C.j Mrs. 11. B. Alexander, Augusta,
CS a.; 1". F. Klmoschaui New York City;
C. Klmoschan, N. Y. City; J. M. Mc
swan, N. V. City; J. M. Pago, Unit, Vu.j
f. ltosenthal, New Vork; \v. s. Moffett,
Staunton, Vu.; A. P. Bourllahd, Wash?
ington. D. C; Miss Mary Alexander,
Augusta, on., lt. F. Orover, North
Carolina; a. P. Spince, New York, i;.
C. Ncley, Lynchburg; F. I.. Watson,
Lynchburg; .Miss Sue Brown, Lynch
burg; W. M. Wilhams. Lynchburg; .1. 11,
Pearson, " Jr.. North Carolina, <.'. M,
l edger. Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. It.
w. burke, Staunton, Va.; Mis Ala
Galling, Columbia, Miss.. Miss Cornell,
Shanbow, N. C.; Jack ltlcc, Philadel?
phia; Leon D. S. Brunt, Philadelphia;
W. U. Fry, New York; T. J. Car.-ton,
New York; Arthur 1?. Kioarns, New
York; F. II- An mack, New York; Flor?
ence E. I^eslle. Portsmouth; Mrs. V.
Miller, Portsmouth; Miss 1'. Crimes,
Porstmouth; Miss j. Prison, Ports?
mouth; Mr. Stanley Strur.kout, Norfolk;
-Miss EVn 13. Mldlln, Norfolk; A. s.
Oaylord and wife, Holyokc, Mass., A. L
Martin, Pittsburgh, Pa.; C. A? Burtlett,
Philadelphia; William Powne, Philadel?
phia; Thomas W. Hooker, Hartford.
Conn.
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Philadelphia; S. it. Punk. Philadelphia;
A. E. fahum. Massachusetts: W. D.
Sinodlcy, Philadelphia; II. M. Veatol,
Philadelphia; J. M. Holt, New York; C.
Greonhurt, New York; S. II. Wolf,
N.-w York; Mrs. T. II. Stcghel, Vir?
ginia; Dr. .1. C. Anderson, Jr.; Vir?
ginia; H. B. Curler and wife, Columbia;
W. ]??. Gray and wife, Norfolk; A. P.
Daugherty, Niks; G. A. Fnynor. Kan?
sas city; H. M- Scheyer, Now York; J,
T. Davis. Virginia; C. il. Williams and
wife, Halifax. N. C.; W. 11. Greenfield,
New York; If. McDowell, Baltimore; .1.
It. Pntterson, Baltimore; E. J. Heese,
Baltimore; A. Burnett. New York; It. F,
French, N. C; E. S. Adams, Baltimore;
K. L. Wnylnnd. Virginia; O. P. Thoina ,
Georgia; Q. O. Tenney, city; W. A.
Sydnor, Charleston; Miss M. Tuter,
Lynchburg; Miss V. Stcrrett, Lynch
burg, Miss A. P'onston, Lynchburg; .Miss
M. 1". Stone. Lynchburg; W. E. Perkins.
Columbus; W, J. Westbrook, Danvillo;
J, H. Hannah. Norfolk; H, Kaufman,
Bnltlmorc; W. J. St. Louis. Boston; 11.
S. Dawney, New York; G. If. Homsly,
Philadelphia; B. Blrdsong, New York;
D. J. Humbaker, Scranton; o. c. Kran
nor, Baltimore; J, B. McCllny, North
Carolina; A. C. Wert*. New York; S. P.
Llphnrt. Norfolk; Mrs. is. F. Stevens.
Martlnavllle, Va.; Mrs. Pannlll Pucker
and two aons, Martlnavllle, Va.; S.
Straus, Chicago, 111.; J. I*. Tahb, Jr.,
West Point.
Murphy's?M:ss Mnry M. Sncad,
I.umberton, N. C.i Jon Crawford, Yale,
Va.; J. E. Knight, Catlott. Va.: J. J.
McNoy. Baltimore. Md.; Ham B. Palmer,
Now York; G. W. Schmidt, New York;
W. ,T. Dougherty. Buffalo, N. y.j Louis
Hubln, New York; William Gregory
Keynolds. Center Cross, Va.; Dr. A. C.
Blller. Forestvllle, Va.; Dr. C. F. Boss,
frlgiorsvllle, Va.; B. M. Bandolph.
Washington. D. C.: J. H. Harrup
-Southampton, <'n.; F. E. walker, At
lantn, Gn.; Alex. Ash. Phllndolpltla; J
W. Coy. Steaford, England; W. T
A CO- LABORER.
West Point.
the Hotels
Philadelphia; T. T. Slayton, Princeton,
W. Vit.. 1'. A. Sinclair, Hampton. Va.;
A. ?.v Ilarwood. Norfolk, Va.; J. It.
Pete re, Princeton University; a. w.
Orceetie, <>'>Khen. N. Y.; Ceorgc I?.
HUcr.cH, Goldsboro. N. C; C. K. Potion,
j Dunn. N. C : .1. Ni llcllinan, Corburn,
I Va,; .Mr. and Mra. B. L. Horden. Staun
j ton, Va.; j> Huschtuann, Baltimore;
W4. B. Hehzcl. Philadelphia, J. 'J'. M .
Kinne;-, Ueadavlile, N. p. M. Lew's,
Baltimore; .1. T. Moxauder, Boydton,
Va.. a. 11. Rosenberg, New York City;
C. Browning. Columbus, U.: Karl Me.
Donnell, Washington, d. C; \V. W.
Carpenter, Baltimore; B. P. Orenhal,
Victoria, Va.; T. W. Harris, St?uritoh,
Va.i M. Salinger, New York C'ty.: .1.
Fedulhocht, Baltimore; Mc.M. FcrgUS
aon, Littleton. N. C; it. W. Thornton,
Littleton, N. C; J. C Martin, Kule'sh.
N. c, w. p. Caliahan, New York CUl'S
Ii. C. Bough ton, Ashland. Ky.; John
8. Kldmncy, Baltimore; W. J; Ilobb,
Norfolk; N. O. Norflett, Suffolk, Va.;
M. 13. Ncwhoua. Baltimore; H. It. Fen
noil. New York City; W. i;. ..lartln,
Warren. Ky.; Dr. J. A. Tipton, Hllls
vlllc, Va.; .1. F. Magulre, New York;
MIkb Minnie Olive King. Virginia;
Mr. and Mrr. E. P. Holt, North Caro?
lina; Joseph k. Nuholls, Ph'ladelphla;
B. W. Jewell. Boston, F. B. JetlkillS,
Boston; Albert Glcs, Gainesville, O.;
John a. Sumdali, Boston; John Mc
[ Dowcll, Bullers.worth, Va.; S. Prien
Ellas', Philadelphia; Adolpli Johnson.
Philadelphia) W. S. Wcscolt, NapoPs;
Edith Franklin, Virginia; o. Meskend,
New York City; B. D. Pcnnington,
Hrodnav. Va.; William H. Tilers. New
Yotk City. d. C. Burks, Virginia: W.
.'. Hurbcrt, Washington. d. C ; J II.
WutklhS, Washington, p, c.; Coles
Swunlgus, South Boston, va.: J. B.
Bluckmoll, North Carolina: Robert I'.
Davis, Norfolk, Va.; Sig S. Hceht.
N.-w York,City; Mrs. W. I. Pratt, Port
Royall, Va.; w. J. Strother, Culpeper,
Va.: .1. L. Roblll?on, New Berne. N. C;
u. d. Pennlugtoii, Brodnax, Va.; 0. o.
Joynos, Onancock, V?; E. T. Koenlg.
Accomac, Va,; J. <!. Dumler, Baltimore;
H. L. Bronson, New York City; Col.
J. a. Pattce, Now York City: w. if.
Singleton, Washington, d. C; .1. Harry
Bean. Washington, D. C; d. Thomas
Carter. Haltlmorof, C. S. Parker. Fay
ettovlllo, N. C: T. Gilbert Wood, Bed
ford Springs, Va.; Mi's. j. C. Hayes,
Ashevlllc. N. C: J. c. Haynas, Ashe
vllle, N. ('.; M. J. Kaufman, New York
City.
I Lexington?A. R. Yarhorotigh, St.
Albans, W. Vit.; R. P. Taylor. North
Carolina; ('. L. Bailey, M. D., Qulnce
ton. Va.: ,T. C. Bowies. Chester. Va.;
II. Silorrod; High Point, N. C; .1. L.
Marion. Charlotte, N. C; Norman II,
Johnson, Lynchburg, Va,; A. J. Reil,
New York; J. N. Karnes. Virginia;
J. 11. Dong mid wife, Virginia; George
I. Herring, Charlottesville, Va.; H. O.
Kills, Washington, D. C: J. I.. Cooper,
Savannah, On.; W. S. Nichols. South
Boston, Va.j E. E. Johnson, Altoona,
Pa.; John T. Edwards, Baltimore, Md.;
P. Bassett, Baltimore, ?.ld.: J?l?i b.
Messenger, M. D., New York; W. It.
JI ills, New York; E. s. Block and wife.
Newark. N. .1.: F. A. Smallsncod, Co?
lumbus, O."; D. Parrah, Baltimore, Md.;
N. O. Wehl). Philadelphia, Pa.; A. c.
Musser,'Altoona, Pa-: F. C. Wheeler,
New York; Cr. II. Babbitt ami Wife,
Dyer, 'renn.; F. W. Harper, City; T. a.
Campbell, Wilmington, Va.
Stumpf??.1. Hi Harrison, Danville,
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Vnii Dyke, Cleveland. O.; C. 8. Hall,
New York. N. Y.; Dr. E. L. Morgan.
Washington, D. C.j O. B. Eagan, AtJ
Innta, Gn.; A. T. McNcny. Drake's
Branch, Va.; R. H. Morris, Norfolk.
Va.; W. B. Donalson, New York, N. Y.;
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