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Sunday ??lt.on only. t.tV 1.00 .tl .:j
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By T!mc?-D!?patrh Carrier Delivery Str?
t?r?burg? Ono W?ok
Ball? with Sunday. 15 Cent?
!J<:>- without Sunday. JO ccnis
fcunday oc;y. * cents
Ente ri d January -*7. IS
Va , ns aecond-clasa rhati
OonBrr?? ot March ?. I57a
IMt?FtlSSOlt VAU ' i.l.nM.I..
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than Mr. lt?
promoted t>> bo president,
:ht add also, if tlie C dohel's 1
the amenities interested us, t
odrow Wilson's next title will
lint what we arc taking del 11; hi
contemplating, and for which w<
never cease to plvc thanks, :.~ I
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man like Polen.'. Roosevelt, if \t
"Woodrow Wilson typllles la vlsloi
to the colonel the explanation '.s
from thi Colonel ai.l hot i'- im his
poncnt. We all know how ','pracll
the Colonel Is. bid h. ribt^wrltetlifl
Mr. Ilarrlman that he was u "prdctl
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man's motives In raising t.
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ml' them to absorb the T> nni ? ? 1
and Iren and r.allroa.l Company !
way which would have been Imp' si
to a visionary mar., or, in other w<
of Woodrow Wilson's type. It is
i
hort and ugly word"! to the
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ssor" who. having been
candfldate
Then an
of c<?<:<?:. ?
dellKht< :
man ilke thi
"\Ve almost i< ?.
which
giving.
THE lit A I - t > \ . ? 11. s
ago. all arino
mond lilies were about .?
Iihcde Island. New
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01 the line, would
our notion of h<
barVation at Proy
log at Hartford
about us erij
ity's eyes
depart for a once hostile short to
cement more stronrrly the ties of pood
now a lour: time between them and
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with thorn to be met with good feeling
and good fellowship, and anothi r page
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ot Hospitality and friendliness; Com
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make more history in tint th'ey -will,
common patriotism. When llieso iravc
s the '?'*'.. rti?r of New York. 1
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pttdiate Murphy ami the machine that
Governor WiUon had to repudiate
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'?
:<cw York tl'.at Governor Wilson had
in New Jersey, but did not accept
chance, rclinrtulshliig the ppwernhd
the position to .Murphy, who is in
reality tlie Governor of New York, htid
who wishes to renomlhute l>lx becau.se
For the machine domination in Now
Yorlt nix is responsible, lie has beer
putty in the hands of putrid polltb
. ? ?
government to Murphy. U lie wen
re-elcetodi Murphy would be continue!
in power. Dlie is the nioutliplcci ,.
Tamilian:.-, its glory ami Its pride. !!<
expects to bo rcnomittatcd lie IIa;
not a doubt of It. The Evening Pos
?
"There is a certain note of cock
Kuredn as in his confidence that sug<
?
might have been. Great opp?rttiiiHle
have been opened to him, but he tin
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tlnllty who hois been Inmocd niii
bound hand and foot by the machtnf
His tournere has been tiled down lnt
coward, .. He has gone backwar
and not forward. He is Murphy
prent, big. beautiful doli Hold him u
and he I. k. lay him down and Ii
l? silent,. He i? a human automatoi
nnd I'he man in the cellar pulls th
wire and m.ikeH the moves.
He could not bo elected if he wer
reri?hilnttted, jit the Democratic part
le< it renomlnhte the colossal du mm
S v ! I?S V I. it ?.II.WAY
vi llliMI .
aal president
doncc. und community of Interests of
the various provinces and sections,
unity of purpose, and spirit ot nation?
alism, which, nt the last, will afford
the ??niy assurance of the perpetuity or
the new order.
Again, another obvious effet of the
projected national railway develop?
ment could not but be to draw. In
time, for Investment millions from
the private treasure cherts of the
wealthy Chinese classes', with the re?
sult In time of the Chinese ultimately
owning their own debt. That would
mean Independence of the powers,
which would pro,, ol tin repub
t in?
tervention, und to territorial integrity.
It would prow a momentously inilu
cntiu] factor in eliminating oppor?
tunity lor the on. or cxduse lor vio?
lating the other.
Dr. Sun Vat Seti and Yuan .Shi Kai
Could no; build better or stronger for
China's futUr??co?ld not lay a surer
foundation of promise that enduring
republican institutions will rise there
Mi mi irti. m:i.i-i;i>\ ;:it\ Mil.vr.
Tho home rule umoudntcut to ti
constitution of Ohio recently adopt.
i:; a radical but wholesome advance I
municipal administration. The chain;
is experimental, ami there are certttl
salutary limitations Imposed upon ti
cities. Tlio General Assembly i u ma
limit tin' power of cities to levy taxi
from municipalities uniform reports:
tu their llnunclal condition, to) Sha
ii ivu control of election.-, cducutlo
I police powers ami all inattei
affecting the welfare of the State -
.'?! inlclpalltlcs may determine the
own form of' government In thri
\yjuys: (a? May elect a charter con
mission 'i llfteen to frame u chain
and submit it to the voters for U]
ptovul. (b)i May adopt, by a rete;
e nd urn vote, .1 charter passed by ti
UeglslatUle. This may he the com ml:
slori foi m of government. The Fcdcn
li!.in or uhy other form which tl
Li Jtslntiire may provide. <c) Ma
decide to be governed by the preset
municipal cod', which will coiitltit
lit ? ffect In all municipalities until tl
Legislature changes it, ot until eai
municipality adopts its own chatter i
The delegation of power to the citl
is ample, and yet too great a lle'gri
of ilexlblllty is not vested, The reii
vittlons of power lo tho State, wpi
no hardships on the municipality
aha are <?: such general nature th;
WANTED?A MiM.niistlll.i; I M
IIKKI.I A.
Fume and fortune wait on Hie in?
ventive genius who can create an um?
brella that can't be lout.
Last year tho absent-minded people
in pari? left 20.406 rain slu^dders in
shops', streets, theatres, taxicabs and
tramway cars
Tills year?despite the fact that the
rainy season hasn't begun?34,000 such
articles remain unclaimed at the Pre?
fecture Of Police.
The saddest tiling about it Is that
every loosor probably was certain In
his own mind that somebody stole
his grown-up parasol.
Aunt Delia Torrey will entertain
N.phew Will Taft at the old home?
stead to-day. and If he lives after malt?
ing away with her famous molasses
apple pie. he. ought to be abl?? to stand
it In Novemlur.
The Carlisle Indians will have a
fierce eleven this fall, but they would
turn into palefaces if they had to face
the. John Marshall High School dread
naughts.
Only one etile r who saw service in
the War Betw. cn the .States Is le.'t on
the active list of the United States
Army. lie is Colonel John 1. Clem,
chief quartermaster of tho centril
division at Chicago. At the rate the.
pension rolls are growing, however, a
newly discovered survivor pops up
? very minute to draw ? a f.u stipend
and yell for a dollar-a-day pension.
Democrats] ftetriembcr Maine. ,
The Department of Agriculture, has
formally decided that a peanut is not
a nut. but It Is still a goober and .1
A Missouri minister anys that
bachelor Is I? '?parasitical dodder,
solitary satellite around his own ei
nnd a sluggish human Of exubera
egotism," liut the Richmond bufehei
i- a tiling of behUty and a joy forevi
A Kansas father has named his tri
lets ihltintlve.iRcfb'rehduiri and Recit
Their names and their number Otig
t.> command a doubly loin: letter t'ri
II. whs born in every Stute, in VI
Kin in und Georgia twice or thrice; i
i\ born In such few Territolicij i
tii'i I II liti, In tiie District of ColllrtibI
in the dependencies, In Tutullu,
Guam, In ull the innumerable islam
of tin- uncounted and UnparamoUnti
t'hll'ppineS. Mich is the fate or fo
tune bi candidates.
That settles it. if ho was boi
In Virginia, then Augusta* Cu:
b.rland and Gooehlond should be m
.
"Kx-Govornor Montague Is > rijoyl
- liitmb chops since the recent p
mary," avers the Ablngdon Vlrglnli
Tito fall styi.-s for men i<
ollsh as the women's.
I On the Spur of the
Moment.
oy Roy K. Monitor?..
According to l ucle Abncr.
: Mod Puters sent to New York for
oni of thfcui in wf.timt-. stop-watches
I to use at ilia county fair. Ho got a
' gcnulno stop-watch, all right, for he
1 hasn't been able to make It run blr.ee
' he got it.
They say there Is u reason for
everything in this world, but. by gravy!
I'd like to know the reason for p?ttllV
a ?';?." en the front end of "gnat."
They say Indians is nn Ivillzod, but
i i t v> . si' one unctvillsii d enough 10
weiir whiskers.
The Japs can't afford to have a war
with the United States, because they
haven't got time. '1'ln y are all too
busy sliding down tight wires and kick
in' barrels up In the air.
I have heerd of fellers wllllir' their
bodies to medical observatories, out
1 o aeon Stubbs, of our niUlSt, has broke
the record II" has willed his dia?
phragm to the silver cornet bund to
be used as the BIIUI'l' drum head. The
deacon lj very fond of music.
"i'lie sebry, which is the mule's halt
brother. Is a bind: sheep of the family,
as he always appears like a convict.
About the most unfortunate thing
1 know of is for a temperance lec?
turer to git a large boil on the end of
Hank l'llrdy has no near relative?..
The nearest one he has lives' 'way out
In N, v. b: asky.
I never jet see the man thill would
not buy a Roid brick If it was done up
In th. right kind of a package.
The feller that knows every bar?
tender in town by his llrst name, some?
how or other never gits his own tuunu
on a list of bank directors.
1 see they are Still Chargln' two
cents to carry a letter on the rural
free .1. Uvi ry. There ain't much In :i
name after .alt.
HI Spink has sued his wire for dl
vorci l r Incompatibility of tempera
tiire. Every time he wants the bed
room winder open she wants It shot.
When \VI?e'? \v?n?.
When wife de-Ides to no nvvrty,
Her husband yell-; a triad "Hooray,"
it's tilnidiit too coo.I to believe.
He's g?lhg t? sfhy out every eve
Ari l sec th" gay and festive sights
That go With the electric lights.
He won't have to go home to dine.
Some olris.-t to that, it's really fine.
No one to :?-1; or nuest.ioh why:
No one to heave a plaintive sigh.
When ho roir.es home late f'.'1 in t
lodge
Ho will not have to duck and dod
He feels us though he'd like to sho
it'hcn wife decides ;n go away;
The day arrives, the whistle toots.
Avid down the track the Pullman scon
Ills wife has gone to See her folk!
The best ol all the season's Jokes:
And husband starts In on hin Jaunts
Aroiirid tli< old familiar haunts
Ho know l ack in las bachelor days
including all the swell cafes.
Hi il tfdmp the city through a
through
And meet the boys that once he lent
He finds that none of them are left
And like a man who Is bereft
Ho wanders aimlessly aroiind
l'pon that once familiar ground,
l'or thtnirs have changed since ho v.
At he. is at home. In bed.
Prom that time on. he stays at hoi:
There's nothing us it used to lie
Around th.- ^.,y old town to see.
The dlBhcs pile up In the sink,
The ?' Ilk gets too blame sour to ?Irl
Aitd tot th* llrst time In his life.
wife.
Ho can't locate his summer shirts.
He wears one. collar till It hurts.
..
With shingle nails: he hates to lc
Into the mirror on the shelf
For fear lie will not know himself,
Within a week, he is a slouch.
;i- ri is tin- moral of the tone:
\ ppeurnnccs,
It tak.s mo' flan a high silk hat
To mske a man, Ah 11 tell yo' dat.
An' when a m in's too doggone slick
Ah beats it. an' Ah beats it quick.
Ab s had a lot of 'sperlence
Wid des? ? hlghf?lutln' rents
What goes lirduti' and t'rows on st
Jes lak Ali have been talkiti" bout.
Ah bought a gol' mine, yaas f did:
Ah bought it from a Candy Kid
Jes. ink Ah have been lalkin' 'bout,
bit yero swell giihl he done mc
out
Ah'd a mllll tialrei all rieht,
most' fo'git,
:?. *. gol mine yit
lio mos1 deceitful hods Ah know
Took first prize at dc beauty show.
Won tlvn bluet ribbons, yrisslrec.
Die one what'e. got the finest paint;
?
Ho teller witl d< lllfi h< 91 brow
Ddh' alwayis know he mos' I vow.
Do prill what wears the biggest hat
De man what wrlti - di nest hand
that w
if st face.
Ah:
Marlin
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M
t credit '.< r bbih'
ther only rtupld.
HOW THE ELECTION RETURNS LOOK TO THE MAN WHO IS TRYING TO
GET AN OFFICE THE PEOPLE DON'T WANT HIM TO HAVE.
I Copyright: 1012: By John T. MoCutchcon.]
S3
rar
In Kolonie term*, it Kcema tlmi llr. Taft 1? tirelre down and ??n la piny,
Will kick yo' nil nroun' de placi
f ?? .\h Jedgt things, if >..'
?y what Ah knows, jiot wh
Voice o( the People
Heran ml .Mm Crow |,nn on < bnlnnrnnie.
To the Editor of Th- Tlmcs-Dlspatch:
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of Siberia or to the wilds of unenlight?
ened Afrlrn than tn old Virginia. On
September \\ the wrltir happeried to
arrived on the Southern train with six
p: Uonera bound for Richmond; Five
lantl Coast l.ln? Railway from
arrival ..r the Southern train until
dnner should be p?nlshed.
also been taught that tin
?r might return. There w<
ministers of the gospel w
?d this degrading siKht.
its the writer could Si 6 r
hOwhered themselves oxi
when asked by the writ,
did not know the law ii|
i t. A word from ; I
prisoners might have done
00(1, and an effort on
it cause a law to he . liacti I
UCh scenes should not oecu
? i l commentary upon th
b of Virginia that she hi
rronces In her midst, and m,
take the matter up and i
.- ., iHirirlllv Of til.S lie
t, which was witnessed by
?.f tile gospel, meh and
number of young t-irls
iwhatan.
.1. T. PENT
QUERIES &
ANSWERS
u at t npoh I.
I have lately seen a derivation of tho
:h i name, Mattaponl, Involving tin
Indian and a mat, which was upon I,
as he is Supposed to have said. Jt is
possible tint this sort of derivation is
It is, of course, worse than folly.
There are not a f. w of this kind,
to lit a circumstance, some tolerable
arid the "mnt-upon-l" about the poor?
est, The name of tlte Virginia river Is
a corruption of tin- Indian "matta
ment." th.- meaning of which was un?
known t" Gannett, Pish, .Matt.son ami
Neul. This being the case, one who
thinks he has discovered the meaning
of ??Mattaponl" would have t., do p imi
conspicuously fine work in th.- direc?
tion of the Indian language before he
coiuld ev>v get a hearing fur his opin?
ion. The name Is sometimes .-.rid to
have ii.iii fhade from four names of
branches of the stream?.Mat. Ta, p..
and Ny. There are four branches with
these local names, but the fact seems
to be that they were named from the
,. cted parts of the river name and
long after the river Itself was known
as JIattaponl.
matt.>i.
Lately it war- s 1.4 ted in the Query
Column that Col..:..! Phillips was in
command of tin- Thirteenth Vlrglniri at
the time of the surr, ilder, but thai he
did not surrender Wltli his command.
I This last Statement I? correct, but
Colohi I Phillips had res'gntd in tha
I ispring ?' nn'' b??n succeeded by
Major ?icorfre, who was in turn suc
I coeded by Onptnlh Samuel Port. \? ho
was the IttSI In com;??an 1 and who late
I lv died at his lioip ? iu Rurry:
U ix.. i:i>\\ AitT>s. .
! We are itbie to find only dial Captnln
! Hurt signed Hie last roll of the com
i mnnd and not nhlo to IIltd that he hud
Succeeded as colonel.
News of South Richmond
Richmond Bureau.
?
'Phon? Madison 175,
died Wednesday t.igi.t. HU b
be ?hlpiieil to this city for bur
yln? Monday atterhton.
r. Fahr w.is, tw.nty-two years
w ai borri and raised !:. ; lie Soil
He- Is survived by his parents and tu i
nma. His father, A. v.. Fahr, dr.. Is als
located at Gsrgonu. The funeral ar
?
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Swanaboro Slay <?<?! '.n*.
Expecting to be on: rod shortly t<
make a connection with Swans I orb
Superintendent v.". P. Knowies, ?:' to
Gas Department, has aus. i a valvi
instead of a plug t'i be put In at th.
end of the slxteen-lnch gas m-ilu ai
the city limits, Twenty-second an
Hull Streets. Th.- Swansboro people
with the approval of the Cheaterfieie
Board of Supervisors, have already
petitioned the City Council to gram
them permission to make- a connec?
tion at that point. It Is their hop.
that the city will sell them the gas at h
slight reduction. It will tuen be re?
tailed to consumers. To do this II
would DO necessary to put In a lnrgti
meter. The profit made en tl.e ga^ will
toward payment of Interest on the
bonds to pay for the pipe lines.
(.rand Jury to < ouvrne.
Sergeant s. a. Maunders yesterday
summoned the grand jury, which Will
convene Monday for tho September
term of the Hustings Court, Part II.
Tlio August term was designated I '?'
Judge, Ernest H. Wells as the vacation
term, and during that time several Im?
portant suits wer,- entered, milking
the docket for the new term one of the
heaviest In soveral months.
The criminal side, while- larger than
for several months part, is .small. Only
four presentments will be made by the
Oommonwcath's-attorney. They ire
?lames Mai inf. colored: Joe Mosby.
.Sam Green and Leslie Qhrbe'r, all f -r
alleged f. Ionics.
Pun era I of Mtn. Ncvrmnn,
The fuiu-ral of Mrs. Mollle A. New?
man will be held this morning at 9:3 )
o'clock from the home. 1T. 11 Perry
Street, The services will be conducted
by the rtev. .1. W. Durham, pli tor of
the Balhbrldge Street Baptist Church.
The body will be taken to her former
homo Jennings Ordinary, for burial.
\iiuoi,nee Engagement,
Mr. and Mrs. .1. W. Holt, of L'io?
Hull Street, Swansboro, announce tin;
engagement and approaching niai .a--,
of their daughter, .Miss rtuth Holt, to
<'. Mervin Park. The ceremony will
be performed at the home \Vedh< sdhy
afternoon, Soptembnr IS, at o'clock,
Itev, Decatur Edwards will officiate.
Punernl of Mrs. WeKrolt,
The funeral of. Mrs. Catherine Burke
Woscott mother of Officer .1. B. Wes
? Ott, of the Third District, will be held
this morning nt 10:30 o'clock from
the .'acred Heart "Church. The Rav.
Father Drake will officiate. Tho In?
terment will he in Mount Calvary
c.inetcry.
With RoiithNlde Police.
.The Southside police have been re*
quested to keep a lookout for C. H.
Hogers, Ihlrty-OltO years of age, Hog?
ers is wanted in Chesterfield County
for nonriippOrt,
Aubrey Gibson was arrested yester?
day ion a cliargo of being drunk and
unable to car.- for himself. lie was
h.ld at the Third .Station for nppear
iricc this morning before 'Squire .1. T.
1 tVlllnrd, in police Court. Part II
Hull Strt'el Itenlly Sold.
Thirty-tive feet of property, fi*ontlug
Ion tiie south line of Hull Street, near
! Twenty-sec..tid, was yesterday tr.'iliH
i fcrrcd by .Mrs. Ann Mlckons to Charles
\ T. Jones, according to a deed of liar
I ?d In Hustlngi
F.?rty dollars an.
uisldi i attOns was tin
i hlldrcn'a Safety,
Wool)men Initiate Candidate*.
Twenty candidates wer..- luat nicr
?"1 -<t? -? i ;r.i" the mysteries ..f tiio orili.
y Maple Camp. No, 13:<, Woodme
the Worjdj at tholr regular ihdel
??'??? v. .'.: i.. t ..? :. ::. ,; ;: .. ;.. >
I'ersnnnl Mention,
ivlth trie Blues
> esterday for N<
i will leave to-d
Paid for (;???. line I..-o KMd.
W. S=vnor.
trip to IM11
I ring Ini L
EXPENSE ACCOUNTS
B. Itlehnrds Speiil g70.*i in Itnee I?
\iliMlnlsirnii\e llonrrl,
s. on>- nf the iinFticoe!"
spt nt $:? ',. Two hui
dollars of tnlii arooui
?? ,tm rune fee, i w
i fj it nd advt rt si tig, f
Ing, $:'...'.<. for cards and $30 for car.
In magazines.
\V, 1'. ICnowles paid out $392.60, B:
elusive of the e.ntrance fee, he spe
$14 '. ? for printing and advertising.
William II. Zimmermann spc
S411.00. Exclusive of his entrance f<
II ?-t him JlCl.O!) for prlntliig. ndvc
Using and hall rental.
FIRE IN FULTON
Stable nnd nuthouse* llurn, Causing
DnniuKe Of Vboitt SI,000.
Fire of unknown origin yesterday
afternoon at i O'clock did damage of
from $SQp to $1,000, partially covered
hi' Insurance, to a stable and $oVeriil
outhouses at 7"ti Louisiana Street. Fill,
tdn, The Stable wars owned by Mrs. b.
Leo tin I'd mid tlio ?lithouses by James
Hartley When the apparatus ro
ii led to an alarm It was thought
that there might bo a serious con
llngrntlon, and a second alarm was
? i: i in. liow.ver. tli.' Maze was
quickly tinder control.
A small lire ,-,t tlo- plant of the Itich.
morel Cedar Works yesterday rnoriilncr
caused an alarm to be turned in. ft
wn i extinguished with chemicals, Tho
damage was trifling.
Instantly Killed !>y t'lcrlr I vlt y.
[.-'peelal to The TImos-Dlspatch.l
Hnrrlsonburg, Va., September 13.?
rm Thursday, while Mrs. Richard Pos
ton, of Blverton Warreit County, was
rroincf to a neighbor's house, she picked
up a wir. dangling across the pave?
ment and was, instantly killed by th.?
harge of electricity that entered
her body. She leaves her husband and
lour .h?dron.
National State and
City Bank
Richmond. Virginia,
Solicits Your Account.
Capital. ?I.OOO.OOO. Surplus. Sitoo.ooo.
West by Test for forty Year*,