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>DAY, AUGUST 22 1912.
Jiltl.M. IIICM TO BOOK, Mli. Moult!
The revelation of gross lnequalltic
sind obvious deceit, ir.iud und fnlso
hood in the income tax return
throughout the State. Imposes u mos
i iti inn duty upon Auditor of l'ubli
unts Moore, ills determination t
iging tu book oi tax-evaders win.
unwilling to discharge their obll
6ns to the state and to shoulder
r due sharii of the burdens Of taxu
. The Timcs-Dispittch believes that
io other way could the Auditor of
lie Accounts render such enduring
imr ?! t..iit Service to the Com
iwcalth. Lei him but initiate thur
h^oing Investigation and public
.linent will drive the proper au
ities everywhere to prosecute full
ilri'j Increase the revenues of the
e, place a greater number upon*
linsls of tax-burden and inspirit
aal return of the income tax has
dily Increased, and ii the iaw la
irouely enforced this source will
one of Uncommon frultfulnoss to
Theri is a moral for the people of j
v i in these Income tux exposures, j
riie Auditor of Tubllc Accounts, how- j
>ver courageous and however defer
In e<i to do his duty, is sorely handi?
capped in the prosecution .t the Work j
?f haling income tax Offenders to bar,
husi the machinery of his ofllre Is |
tiadcquate. The collection of taxes i
s only one of a multitude of functions
involving upon the Auditor's office, If j
sole duty were to see to it that J
"ull taxes were collected from every j
Itizen who should he a taxpayer, ho I
riii reasonably be expected to tn- I
.? tlgate tax conditions and generally j
supervise, and equalize assessments. |
Could any case more than the pr'es- j
ent one demonstrate the supreme ne
<?;--'ty for a State tax commission?
if such a body had been created by the
last General Assembly, it would have j
the lir.-.i' lind the machinery sufllcient
for thoroughly iniulring into condi?
tions everywhere, finding the facts, and
applying adequate remedies, Under
such a system, the executive: e.lllccr
of the commission would collect full
data from every part of the state and
? i have the facts upon which to base.
Indictments of the.se whose returns
were either t.>o low or absent. Such
an offlc, r would have general super?
vision of assessments, seeing to It that
tax-gatherers adhered to a u.-.i- !
fortn definition of the all-Important
word "losses." Such an ofllcer would
hav< general supervision over the
work of the commlcsloners e.f the rev- !
? ? a:'.d direct their assessment of the
Income tax. The results he Would lay j
before the State tax commission, arid ,
it would tak. such action, enforce such j
penalties and recommend Mich curing .
laws as it deemed necessary: A Statt
tax commission would give its exclus- I
r.-e attention to the assessment of
taxes, leaving the collection end of it !
to the Auditor of Public Accounts, and i
working hand in hand with him for
? welfare Of the State. The only j
reason that Virginia has no State tax j
ich would
t
fenders to nrcour.t. the State will be
to assume the formidable pic portions
can administer t" many of the b?rde: -
of the punishment that they deserve^;
he can cinch the falsil rind make
the t
?
Tun riisvn.S \vi vrm ij.
1
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llOSO]
of epithets and. frazzle it- \. >
so humanly amiable, arid . '
The Tlmes-bispatch variety of ;
er*s devil that yesterday morning he
slipped the head, "Amtis< m<
the infamous weather report. Can you
heat It. Steve? Can you beat t!.. Ii
of labelling this pithy sentence as
''Amusements"?''Maximum tont pern
tuie. up to S l>. M.Ol.'"I It Isn't
even lunny. The only connection be?
tween that and "Amusements" Is thai
it is about as big a crime ns some e.i
the Jokes of summer vaudeville. Th!;
auiitle sarcasm mu?t hav? t" en i ig
Bested by the heading "Mlhluturt
Almanac" In the Weather report M.osi
of our "Amusemehts" Mfm, to ? urn
f
nice a '?Word to apply to tin
these ancient book'.
Perhaps this waggish printer was
pA^gajr and LllihcLomc. but, Uk.us fcltr
tor revenge on the folks who seem to
feel thnt the only amusement Just now
Is growling about the weather. Wo
hope eVefy one of th*m re;ul It In the
hope of getting cool ntul then got li..t
ter than ever. In the words of tho
hew ditty, ''Everybody's overdoing it
now." Overdoing what 7 Qr?wling,
What. O what will Norfolk and Atlan?
ta say, when they read that tho only
amusement left in Richmond is the
weather report? What can the benight?
ed inhabitant of Goochlund think of life,
in a big city when this is all the bx
. Itemi :,t to be found? Will the sur?
mise In serene Botetourt be that degen?
erate Richmond actually gamble.- en
tho maximum temperature, and the,
humidity and the direction of the wlhdj
not to mention the accumulated de
ilcleitcy in temperature since Junuuryi
1?which, by the way. I? a plain lie,!
reading over tin,,, when everybody
knows the accumulated excess In the
last week lias been several thousand, i
We yive it tip. Why tin printer head-'
cd tho dally edition of Dantes in?
ferno" "Amusement" ^et3 our gout, ilia
brain is pl-ed, most likely. Or maybe,
being young, he mistook the Rogue'i!
Gallery of the holtest cities in
world for the baseball standing au 1
wanted to put Richmond on tup i ;
once. There is one consolation. Tie!
weather report call- the temperature
"Mean." That Is amusing! It's so
conservative.
IIIItING MOItlj THAN llONOltlNG.
The old-fashioned conception us to I
the sort of man who should be elected
to olllcv Is last passing, and It is Well ;
that It Is. The people used to specify ?
a genial soul, with dignified bearing!
? hose chief ability lay in mouthing ?
platitudes about "the people'*; he was
"honored" when elected to dlllce, no
much so that he never did anything
V:; be "honored": his pinnacle ot honor
was too lofty to aim it of his taking
off his coat and working. Tho new
conception of a public olllcer Is that hol
shall bo a capable man. who ear. con- !
duct tl'.e business of the people efll
ciently and honestly and constructively.
He is- more hired than honored. He Is
serviceable rather than stately.
Of course, there Is honor In the in?
vestment of any oilioe i.y the people,
but that is a sentimental consideration, i
A public, onicer, when elected r>y the
people, Is nobody but their hired man. ?
That is the way the people of Rich- | i
mond Should look upon tho five placi
on the Administrative Hoard. They ;
are hiring foremen to supervise the J i
city's jobs, not stuffed shirts to look j .
wise ind do nothing but draw pay. The 11
people mUst remember that In hiring i
men they must require the same cih- | ,
elency of public servants that they do ,
of private servants. The men who can j ;
do the job best are the men the people ' ?
must elect. These Administrative!,
Board jobs are shirtsleeve jobs, not1 ,
lroc.k coat pedestals. |j
THE LIVING VOICE IN I 1111 PRINTED :
PAGE.
A correspondent of tho New York ! <
Nation, In contributing to the discus- i
Sion of the subject of "Writing Good I I
English," which Is now going on in j i
the column? of tha*. contemporary, re- I I
firs to "the Incomparable music of the |i
human speech," and asks. "Do wo of ] .
the present generation care for that i ,
music, or even think we ought to care j ;
for It?" It is not out of place In con- j
nectlori with the subject, continues the
correspondent, to write of the "musti*. !
01 speech, for, as Sidney Lanier has j
i '.; us, "not only the. living voice, but
in. printed page, speaks to the ear." !
The printed page, therefore, "giving I
our speech In comparatively permanent j
form, which admits e,f its being studied j
and appreciated,}' should, argues the ,
correspondent, "be taken very seriously !
by every lover of good English and '
every one u..n .area for the choice e,f
I
The citation Of Sidney Lanier as a '
witness prompts the question. Why Isj
that poet r.ni more generally read and ,
studied in his own country? It is n
feile itloii upon 0 ir literary taste and |
discrimination and our appreciation of i
"good English," which feature obtains!
eminently In both His poetry and his
?
By hi?ny err. i s. e specially foreign ,
critics, Sidney Lanier Is ranked as the |
greatest of American poets, not only j
bi cause the living voice speaks to the '
[ear in hi? printed pages, but because j
j h.o has none more than any other
? "English put i" save Tennyson, pcr
I haps, to reduce "English poetry" to a
law of versification; There Is. in fact,
:? division of opinion among students
i very word of his printed pages ::> a
musical note in the scale of perfected
human speech, that is essential to the
s< htirhi htai r< irret with the
secretary alone; every lover
1 Dominion must foci that
la wrong when ttils land of
s no fragrant blossom to
ir natural heraldic emblem,
?
;
1 not grown up around so;;.. |
: pel Imi ri of ht r varied
Iful Morn. It may be that
blooms charm Hie eye anj
i| people, tiie state (lower of Virginia.
Certainly ..tho endeavor to clcjoso.1
Kuch ft symbol ought to begin by
searching tor one to which our feeling's
naturally turn. No very reul senti?
ment can bo aroused, not any wtd-J
acceptance of a choice be Secured, by
n cold legislative enactment. The in?
stinct of tho people should be back
of the law. In other states, tho se?
lection has usually been made easy
by the tact that one variety predomi?
nates und colors large areas of the
Commonwealth. No one who has seen
ttio elotii of gold spread over Kansas
in autumn can doubt the wisdom of
calling it the Sunflower State. Nor cuiiJ
liiere be any quibble as to why Nevada j
picked the sage-brush. Yet 01 our
opulence of blooms which means pe?
culiarly Virginia.
Tho Jlmpsou-weed has been sue;-j
gested because It tool; origin and eon-I
Bequontly, name from Jamestown, :
where it first sprang into life from j
the chance seeds Of an Asiatic ilower
Scattered from the earthen ballast of j
a foreign vessel. This has a local ;
touch, but the liower ot the Jimpson,
although of a marvelous.> beautiful
shape and rarely delicate lavender]
color. Is unpleasantly perfumed and j
very fragile when plucked. Moreover,
its distribution seems largely conti tied !
to pig-lots. A letter to The Tlhli 8- j
Dispatch suggests that an effort \v?i3
made to have the last legislature
adopt the white lie Id daisy. This Is
truly common enough and in its >viiy,
charming, but who wou.d deem i I
peculiarly Virginian Howbr?
If there lie a natural State flower, it I
would seem to be the wild honey?
suckle which adds its green and white j
beauty and its fragrant perfume to
nearly every rural landscape from
Tidewater to the Alleghanies. its fru
gllu charm, widi -sprca i on fence and
hei I ot tue gracious social lifo of the '
State. There is no legend about
but probably not a scene In our hlstorj
during iiow r tlmo took place far from
a vine of honeysuckle.. Would not'
Virginians be glad to wear a spray j
so delicate and fragrant atid claim for I
home, the Honeysuckle State?
PUNISH SI ii ibAl, ATTEMPTS.
Tho case in Police Court yesterday
wherein a woman who had attempted
suicide could not be held because of
titc ub,tci.cu of a statute punishing at-1
tempt ut suicide calls attention to the
need or such a law. Following too)
rigidly tho lines laid down by the com-!
mon law. most of the. States have fail?
ed 10 enact punltlVe laws affecting per-,
ions who seek to kill themselves. The
old theory of the law was that tlnce,
the commission of suicide could not be)
punished, no attempt to commit it'
.?ould be punished. There are economic!
and moral considerations which out-}
weigh that theory and require an anti
suicidal attempt law. The. man who
tilts to kill himself Is Just us gtlllty of
murderous attempt as the man wh:>
seeks to kill another. Tho moral law
ipon which our criminal law is based
condemns with Its severest future
penalty the self-slayer. A consider?
able percentage of attempted suicides]
ire unsuccessful, and for that reason!
ihero might he some deterrent influence;
in an untlsuicido law. The percentage}
of suicides in Richmond is somewhat j
greater than in any other cities of like!
size and every measure mat tends to
punish or prevent attempted self-i
slaughter should be upon the statute'
A COST OF LIVING CONFERENCE.
Congre.-a is now considering a meas?
ure waich carries an appropriation of'
and provides lor the calling
of an international conference, under
the aus;.ices of the Federal govern?
ment, to consider the causes of the
world-wide increase in prices and cost
bt living. Chairman Fitzgerald, of the
Appropriations Committee. Is unfa- ?
? rablo to the bill and Minority Lead- I
Or -Mann is. strange to say, luke-warm
As a matter of fact, the wisdom of
such legislation Is questionable. The'
tiro pect is favorable during the next
if Congress for a re-vision of
the tariff and for tho enactment of
other measures which will materially
: ? thi present high level of prices, i
Stich a bonference as Is proposed might'
lead to the creation of a commission
to study the causes of tho high cost
Of Hying, with the result that heavy j
itil .- for salaries and expert scr- <
vices would be made necessary. The ;
chief danger to be apprehended,:
however, from the establishment or j
a commission tyould bo the postponing
01 legislation which would relieve the;
jlirier from present prices. Tariff-,
protected and other favored Interests
\yotlld undoubtedly urge a postpone?
ment of action by Congress until a
rnporl from the commission on cost
of living would bS available. The:
poll during the past year, of using
the; Tariff Hoard reports as ri pretext
for (ieflaylng tariff legislation affords
a vAluabl, ob, . j :? ison In this con- j
ii,' ii,,!,. if the proposed oenforonco on
the cost of living Is authorized by Con?
gress, safeguards should be taken
against the probable creation In the
future of a commission on tho same
Well, what do you know about this?
policeman yesterday evening sue
i led in temporarily clearing away
e mashers' convention at Eighth und
Much ado hns been made about the
argo percentage of youngsters who
ailed to pass the last Virginia Bnr
Ixamlnntlon, biit only four men
assi 1 thi lost one In Alabama.
K.izis Krti?csunns, ^of kotehlan, Is
I hol a hay fevor victim, hut the new
,.ut legate to Congress from Alaska,, u
On the Spur of the
Moment.
By Roy rv. iYlouiton.
Tin- rut sinn. j
I tell you when ? feller's fat
lila friend*] all have a notion that
They've got a call to criticize,
They pull a very ghastly sigh
And say he's surely goln' to die
if tie don't take, tonic exercise.
They tell him he Is galnln' rast.
He's lugger mi: ; this week than last.
And all that sort ot cheering news.
They toll him :. .-? a lazy lout
And on the way to .suiter gout
So personal . all their views.
They tell htm I. got no arhblsh
Ami that It j.s tlielf fondest wish
lie- wouldn't ulwuys ? much
They say that. In this Hie u win.
A feller's got l" train down thin
And tell him he'll soon need a'
crutch.
I
In theatres, the. folks behind
Tell him he's got an awful rind
To spoil their chance to see the show.
When, on the nr. he's got the sand
To take a seat While Others stund. '
They label him tin "hog,'' you know.
And when ho goes to buy a suit
The tailor says: ''You big galoot.
You'll pay Just twice what others
pay."
When he walks by. folks cry aloud: !
'Oh. my, there g?es an awftii crowd,'
Must be a side Show here to-day." j
Mut still, when all is raid mid done, j
No matter ir hi weighs a ton.
No vain regret Will lie allow,
lie thinks that ? v. ry skinny cuss
Is knoi'kln' 'cnusc he's envious
The fat man's happy, anyhow.
According tu I ucle Aimer.
A patriot Is a feller that yells fer,
the Stars anil Stripes and then dodges
his laxe?.
if it wasn't fer the collar buttons
and dresses that hook up the back
there would te. but very Hille pro?
fanity heard In tn,- world outside the
llvei y stables.
A teller that votes a party ticket all
his Hie whether his party is right or.
wrong may be loyal, but he is also a
darn fool.
1 never hcer ? ?! -f a feller that wore
a one-eyed monologue in his eye suf
ferln' front cont isstori of the brain.
It would b,? unimposStble.
A minister's 1. ? Is ma a path of
roses when you consider all of the
poor Sunday dinners ho is obliged to
participate In during the course of a]
year.
There Is quite a lot ,.f difference be?
tween a fool : a dtlrh fool. The
latter will stay and ratio t.he edge on
a pair of treys.
Every feller that learns how to run
a vacuum cleaner or an electric toast-'
or thinks he knows enough about ma-l
chtnery to run :!.?? Lusltanla or the!
Twentieth Century Limited.
Busy If Vou Know How.
Uncle, Joe Cannon, that famous oldj
war horse, says I '?? :?? Is only onu thing
that worries him. Hn doesn't know
how to spend the time between mid?
night and bc-dt:.-: ?? It is very easy If'
one only knows how. Here are some
of the things Uncle Joe might do:
Read several chapter." of a good
book with gilt covers and flexible
leather cover, which usually reposes
on the parlor table and, is pat in all
of the hotel rooms by the Gideons. ;
Play a nice long fame of colltarle. !
Write . historical novel.
Go on an automobile Joy ride with a'
party of convival spirits.
Sit dnwn arid cat throe or four ord?
ers of lobster a la NVwhurg.
Hut the best place to spend the time
between midnight and bedtime is In
bed. j
How to He Happy.
Don't try to get something for noth?
ing. Abblit 'he only thing you can
gel for nothing Is a contagious disease
Find ypi r pleasure in work and hi
sure thai somebody else eloes it.
Start your son to taking lessons on
the sii i.- trombone and then you will
get even with all the neighbors.
Have aii encyclopedia la the house.
There is nothing more, satisfactory to.
throw at ( ,ts, for you can take about
fifteen throws before you can run out,
of encyclopedia.
Governor Montague's
Victory
The wholi Slate of Virginia is to be:
congratulated without reserve on ths;
nomination of former Governor An?
drew Jackson Montague for the con-l
gresslonal scat now decupled by Cap-i
tain Lamb This may be said with-;
out reflection on Captain Lamb. Oov-I
ornor Montague is the natural, indeed,
the ?linost i.ievitablo, leader of the;
progressive ivcmont In Virginia. Ills
support of the Jones-Glass fight In the
l ist primary contest against Martin and
Swnnson for the Senute scats was the',
most powe element Introduced Into!
that contest.
Virginia 1- going to have a politi?
cal rovolutl -i of of these days,
probably n ri volution Inside the Demo,
era tic party, which Is ruled by the
mist vlcioti machine In the whole na?
tion. It > ;, seemed at times as if
the Star- were hopelessly In the grip;
of Its worst political forces; as if'
there was ho enlightened and progres-1
slvo sentiment tlioro. But that is,
never true of any Slate. The darkest
hour 1? Just before the dawn, and the
Abe Martin
Somehow a groom never looks
worthy. After all liter's somcthln'
kind o' nli about beln' poor an'
look-In' forward C' th' openln' o' a new
nickel the-atori ~
THOSE WHO REMAINED IN THE CITY
DURING VACATION SEASON,
By John T. McCutcheon.
[CopyrlrCJi lOUl Oy v'efaa T. *daCuioh*un.J
Mrs. L.enl::?M aporit tho ?'immer In the olty, not ro!iik to th? country for the hot sermon. Tho lllncso ot
er.o of hor chlluron, together wltli curtain rtniung of a buelnees natura, mo-da It Impossible to leavo tow-n for
& purlod of muoh needed recuperation and reot.
Mr. Jtmei Qulnn, connected with the ?ran company, did not take a vacation thin summer. I mpurat! vo bual
no?? necessitated hl? proacnoa lr. tho city rturln?; tho torrid ???Min, and for thll rc.iaon h? did not go ti> tho coun?
try or tho oeasloro. Hla family also remained in the city.
Mm. Jo-eph Borertnan remained In h?r town house, thro us h tht inmratr. feV.a hod hoped to tal<?> l.or Ohtldrea
to the country during the lntct.ao i.eat crt July tad Aujuit, but bailneii roiusona ii.ado It 1: convenient to do so.
Jones-Glas? boniest marked the dawn!
for Virginia.
Governor Montague will not only b?" i
th'- leader of a stronger progressiva
movement In Virginia, hut lie will bo;
a tower of strength to those enilght-|
encd Democrats throughout thb South]
who want better conditions generally, j
Ho will bo a national loader from the
start, by reason of his leadership In
a great State, and also because his!
moral and Intellectual parts will com?
mand that position. His appearance
In Congress will be the sign that Vir?
ginia Is returnhg to old standards und
ideals that onco made it the mother ofi
Presidents, the nursery of statesmen.!
Virginia Is hearing the end or the gen?
eration of paltry peanutry In public af?
fairs, it Is a magnificent old state,
that after three centuries ig only now
awakening to a true conception of Its
possibilities. A new and better re
glmo in public affairs will mean vast
good to the State In this impending!
era. j
Governor Montague's goal no doubt
if the Senate. He Is young and strong
enough to carry the light that such an
aspiration involve*, and he win win.
His administration as Governor was a!
bright spot In the story of sordid,
sodden maladministration. His eleva?
tion to the real .leadership of the State's
best thought and aspirations should be
occasion for rejoicing among all friends
of good government.?Baltimore News.
I Voice o( the People 1
Contribute to the Wilson Campaign i
1 mid.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.?Judging from the pitiful re?
sponse to your appeal for the Wilson
campaign fund, it would seem that our
1" take little interest In electing
peerless Wilson, tried and trui. .-tud
that they had as lief have tariff-red
den, trust-ridden, smiling Will or dem?
agogic Boanerges, yclept the Colonel.
Of the few hundreds already con?
tributed, $100 were from three sources
?The Times-Dispatch's portion being
$200. it is, however, hoped that the
small response hitherto Is not owing
to Indifference, but to absorption in
primaries for Congress and Adminis?
trative Board. But. making every al?
lowance, it has been lamentably disap?
pointing, and It should excite a blush
of shame.
Wo seem to have wholly forgotten
that money Is most urgently needed at
the beginning ?( ? campaign, and that
a dollar then may be equal to a dollar
and a half later, and we should re?
member that we cannot get It from
corporations, even if we would, but
that we must dive down Into our pock?
ets?otherwise we shall see tlio fairest
Democratic prospects fade und wither.
Dollar contributions might do well
If every Democratic man, woman and
chibi in the State contributed a dollar
each On masse, but as this cannot be,
and as. tens of thousands cannot be
supposed to contribute at all, wo must
cease to think In ones and think in
fives, tons and larger sums, anfl act
as we think.
By this time Itlchmond should have
contributed not less than $10.300 or
$1.">,00). Instead of which we have, all
told, only a few paltry hundred!".
Where nre our rich men; where our
men of moderate means; where our
mechanics earning or $0 a (lay;
where our patriots: whore our trtto
bluo Democrats? Alas: judging by our
puny contribution.-, we liav.0 none such,
nor patriots, nor Democrats dyed in
the faith, but all are poor nondescripts,
too poor to contribute $.", or even $1.
Wo doubtless have enough aspirants
for office tit,der a Wilson administra?
tion to furnish. If they would, a large
campaign fund, and if they hope to
s,.e their expectations realised, now Is
their limb \(' got busy and chip in
freely; but neither have they, as yet.
proved their faith by their works.
They seem to expect :<> be wafted Into
olllce upon a shout, and they may be,
but a far surer way would be to prove
thc;r deserts by contributing the
slnew? of war to Insure the success
of the cause whereby they hope to
profit. Expectant otiiceholdcrs?ail ye
who hope to enjoy tho rewards of vic?
tory?now iB the Um? to gather ?t Ar
mageddon to battle for ttu- success of
the Democratic purty. Ar.d what Is
the Hon. Richard E. Byrd. who antici?
pates being tho Virginia almoner of
patronago under a Wilson administra?
tion, doing to raise funds? We can?
not hide our Indifference hehlnd the
niea that we need no campaign fund
for Virginia. Thank tho Lord that we
do not, hut we need It to help doubt?
ful .Mates, and It In our duty fr.ot pre?
tended) to como up and help in bat?
tling for tho right CIV1S,
Richmond.
The Daisy u.h state Flower.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
sir.?Last fall the Mothers1 Club of
William H. Buffncr School voted to
adopt the daisy aa our State Mower,
first, because r.o other Stato has the
daisy, and white being an emblem of
purity and yellow representing gold
and strength: It also being a fact that
the little flower 6!ows everywhen In
Virginia. We were fortunate enough
:-i get Edward P. Cox to draft our
resolutions and prepare the bill for
the last Legislature, hut we wer.- un?
fortunate In not having it conic up
before the House. We have seen a
copy of the ldU. which Is new In the
Capitol, pending the next term. 1:>U.
We f, el sure of our success thon. and
if the school children of New Vorit
City can vote for and get it St.v.
flower, the*mothers of Virginia will
not fall. We are pleased to know that
Mr. Owen has the Interest of our bill
at heart.
MRS. WILLIAM GKMMF.LL
Chairman State Flower Committee.
"What Are The Wild Waves Snj-liu;!"
I watched the wild waves In their
glea.
Like happy children, glad and free.
Coming In from tho sea so blue;
Bringing a message, grand anc true.
They spoke to mo In accMts sweet.
The white cap waves loving my Let:
Through tho ocean's dejp mtuiltono
These words were to my spirit borne.
We're children of our Father In
Heaven;
To each little wave a task Ii:s glvn;
To follow His leading, day by day.
And serve the world as best wo may.
Ho sends us to the depths below.?
Wo do His will and meekly go;
Tor we know that In the darkest night
His love Is on us. clear nnd bright.
Ho calls us to tho sky ng.-iin
To water the earth with gentlo rain;
That (lowers may bloom, nnd golden
wheat
May 1111 the land with food to eat.
To ships of earth we hare our breast:
Form harbors safe. In which they rt*t,
That they may bear to other lands
Tho blessings of Hla gracious hands.
Within our domnln, far and wide
The finny creatures may abide:
Their pillows are the dark blue waves,
Secure they rest In sen-girl caves.
No robed priest, no organ peal
Can e're Inspire my heart to feel
Rurh prize and homage, evermore
As wild Waves rolling to tho shore!
MRS. 11. C. OARRETT,
BallsvlUe.
At the nijr Theatre.
There onCO was an actor called Teddy
Who performed a wonderful task:
Ho got his great audience ready.
Then proceeded to show them his
mark.
lie didni do this for pleasure,
Neither did he do It for pelf;
Hot to prove to the folks* they were
people
And 'to prove that ho wasn't him?
self. T. R. S.
Charlotlcsvllls.
QUERIES &
ANSWERS
Preparing ?i> "'Spule."
Please g.v> Greek word and its
meaning irom which we get our term
? baptize.'1 .s j. w.
liapllzo" :.?- i.-ir at !::?. it'.ish let?
ters wtll spell It. It means "to dip. to
sink tas a ship), to diowr.. to over
v. :.? .- etc.. etc.
? ?(?sport \avy Vard.
Can you tell me how Gosport Navy
Vard got Its earn--, and whether there
is any history of that establishment?
Ft. E \V ITC.ST Bit.
That part of Portsmouth has been
called ??Gosport'1 since It hiM an Eng?
lish name. Just pr;or to the Revolu?
tion the British established a marine
yard at the place, and the name Is re
garded to have been given ftorn that
of Gp8pOt*t, n- ar Pot'tsrri??th. In Eng
land, where one of th* Kirr.t old naval
establishments: was located. At the
Revolution all this property, together
wit a that of the Drttlsh naval agent.
A Mir.-w Hproule. uii confiscated to
Virginia, used during the war as a
yard for the Virginia navy, included
in public lands ordered to be sold by
act of General Assembly of 1781. but
not . -. disposed of: lent to the United
.States (about 1791). and put chased by
the United States in ISO 1 for $1 L'.oOO.
There Is an excellent ? History of the
t'nlted States Navy Yard at Gosport.
Va .'? by Command !- Edw, p, Lull.
Marriage of Cousins,
May one marry his first cousin In
Virginia or any other State?
A READER.
He may in Virginia, and It is hardly
possible that such a marriage Is for?
bidden in any other State
Our Record
This bank has a record of
uninte rtiptcd progress and
growth.
It success may bo at?
tributed chiefly to the char?
acter and ability of its Board
of Directors, whose pains?
taking and conservative man
agement commends the bank
to all those seeking an insti?
tution of unquestioned relia?
bility with which to deposit
their money.
Besides inviting rhecking
accounts in any amount, .1
per rent, compound interest
is paid ?n savings deposits
from $1.00 upwards.
ST'; STATE SUPERV ISf Q H