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EDITORIAL
Annexation Assured.
The Manchester Board of Aldermen met Friday
ght, and without much ado concurred in the
I action of the City Assembly, in the adoption of
| the amended ordinance for consolidation; only one
rote being cast against the measure.
It is now up to the people, who are yet to vote
on the question, but popular approval is a foregone
conclusion. The election has virtually been held
in advance, through the offices of the Consolida
tion Club, and it is stated that out of less than
800 qualified voters, 450 had been enrolled when
the club met Friday night. However, the club
should not relax its efforts. The vote for consoli
dation should l^e as large as possible, for the moral
effect of it. In fact, now that consolidation is
assured, the voters of Manchester would lie wise
and Democratic, if they should make it unanimous
The two cities will soon be one and there should
be a union of hearts as well as a union of hands.
Richmond is very glad to grt Manchester, but
Manchester should l>c equally gald to get Rich
mond. No city in the South has made greater
strides in progress than Richmond has made in the
last ten years. We doubt if any has done so well.
In that time, a new city has been built, in more
than one sense. Richmond has taken on n^w life
There is a new spirit of progress here, and it is a
growing spirit.
Richmond has been born again.
--But wernre speaking of the mew material city in
Lee District and beyond. As late as 1898, as we
recall, Lee District was an “old field,’1 without a
foot of water pipe, gas pipe, sewer pipe, or paved
street. There were no conveniences, and no houses,
save a few “landmarks.” Those who lived in that
section, and who were in the habit of rambling
through the "old field” in their recreation hours
can hardly believe their own eyes, or credit their
own memory, as they walk now over the splendid
boulevards, with palatial residences on cither side
b-and monuments here and there. It is a marvel.
It is like a fairy tale. It seems impossible that
*uch a residence city dould have been built in ten
years
Richmond has built new factories, enlarged old
ones, increased her trade, increased her banking
facilities, and expanded in all directions, but there
is no visible sign of her development, no expression
of her progress and prosperity, that is comparable
in emphasis and impressiven/ss to this new city in
the West Fnd. It is success that keeps on succeed
ing. Richmond is not only growing by her own
accretion, but she is attracting so great attention
_—throughout the country, that many are coming
here to invest and to settle. Her growth in the
next decade is likely to be greater than that of the
decade just past; as the greater the tree, the greater
its growing capacity.
Manchester will soon be an inherent part of
Richmond, and as such, will partake of Richmond's
restige and prosperity. Manchester will now get
er fair proportion of Richmond’s growth. See if
she does not.
v Session too Short.
It has been dearly demonstrated, we think, that
a sixty-dav session of the General Assembly is not
long enough, when the body meets only once in
two years. During the session now drawing to a
dose, the members have worked with great in
~ ttustry, and little time has been wasted in discus
sion. Of late, three meetings a day have beer
held, and still there are many measures on the
* calendar, some of general importance, and others ol
local interest, which have not been reached. Tht
Strode State-wide bill could not have been brought
to a vote, but that it was taken up out of its order
and as the House refused to show that favor to th<
Myers bill, that measure perished from neglect.
Almost every member has some pet measure or
the calendar which perishe in the same way.
There is no occasion for this rush. The Stat<
can ill afford it. The (General Assembly should 1m
a deliberative body, and deliberation requires time
The session should be of ninety days duration, ani
we doubt not that the people will so decide wher
they come to vote on it.
Prohibition in Ohio.
The Ohio Senate recently defeated the Dean bill
which was an amendment to the county local op
tion law giving municipalities the right to vot<
alone on the question of liquor selling, regardless
of whether the counties in which they are situatec
voted "wet ’’ or "dry.”
There seems to be a large slice of politics in th<
case. A Columbus correspondent says that th<
defeat of the bill destroys the last chance of th<
Republicans to defeat Governor Harmon in th<
coming election. The story goes that two repre
sentatives of the State Liquor League went tt
Washington recently and delivered an ultimaturr
to Senators Burton and Dick, and also saw thai
the object of their visit was made known to Presi
dent Taft. They declared that the liquor vote
had elected Harmon Governor and that if the Dear
bill was not passed the same cause would re-lecl
Harmon.
It is further stated that Wade H. Ellis, chairmar
of the Republican State Committee, arrived ir
Columbus the day the bill was defeated and wat
doseted with representatives of the liquor league.
These statements are not given out by the Anti
saloon League, or by any representative of tht
Prohibition cause. They are published as news
matter. They carry their own comment.
m.
1st;
Halifax Hogs.
In this day when the public is crying aloud against
the Meat Trust, it is reassuring to hear that Hali
fax farmers are having great success in raising
hogs. The Record-Advertiser, published at Hous
ton, says that several citizens of that county, have
been experimenting with the Yorkshire hogs, breed
ing from absolutely pure stock, and that the re
sults have been entirely satisfactory.
But why in Halifax only? Why cannot hogs be
raised in Virginia as easily and as cheaply as in
Other States, and why is there not a big profit,
Ot present prices, in producing hog meat?
These are not querulous questions. We are ask
ing for information. Of course, we have heard
•bout the cholera scourge. But if science can pre
vent human beings from taking smallpox, it ought
to be able to prevent hogs from taking cholera,
We are now paying special attention to growing
corn, and the results are marvelous in our cyaa.
But hog and hominy are naturally affiliated. 11
we can grow corn at a profit, we can double the
profit by turning the com into hog meat. Why not/
Working the Roads.
In discussing the good roads question, the hair
fax Observer says that one of the defects of local
raod administration is its extreme decentralization,
so that large sums of money are annually frittered
away in small repairs, without any concentration
of effort upon any one project. The rule is, we
lielicve, for the supervisors to parcel out the road
fund, each taking the positkn that falls to his
district and using it to suit himself, without regard
; to what the others are doing. And we have heard
I that in some counties the supervisor accounts to
nobody for the manner in which lie disburses the
money, not even to the lioard of supervisors. That
is why Virginia has spent so much money on,her
roads and gotten so little to show for it.
Our Fairfax contemporary says that Augusta
county has met the difficylty by placing her road
construction in charge of a competent engineer as
|superintendent, with power to supervise all work
That means co-ordination and co-operation and
a dollar’s worth of road for a dollar's worth of work.
An Agreeable Surprise.
The Commission of Eishcries has the distinguished
honor of having returned to the State treasury as of
March 1, 1910, the snug sum of $15,036.75, that
being the unexpended balance on the date named
j The Commission in handing in its report says that
; the present season, now nearly at an end has been
i the most prosperous in the shell fish industry for
jleneveratyeaTS, both as to the business of-mdtvid'
uals and financial returns to the State.
The Commission did not succeed in getting its
James River bill through, but Commissioner Lee
j thinks that good missionary’ work has been done
land that he has at least succeeded in convincing
i the public that the Commission has no evil designs
on the natural rock. In our view, it is a public
misfortune that the measure prescribing that the
lines in that river be straightened did not pass.
But it takes time to work reforms. We believe the
measure will have better luck next time.
Not being able to find anything against young
Mrs. Knox, the Wilmington Star suggests that she
kidnapped Philander and married him in spite of
himself, and thereupon it falls upon Philander’*
neck and weeps over “this dreamy-eyed youth.’
What reason has the Star for suspecting kidnapping?
What ground has it for intimating such a thing?
We don’t believe a word of it. Philander had
been sparking the girl for months, and liked her so
well that he kept company with no other girl. At
least that's what the newspapers say. It is our
deliberate opinion that Philander did all the court
j ing and won his bride like a man. And, now like
la man, he says, “If papa will not support us, and
May’s mother will not, I’ll just go to work and do
it myself.” That doesn't sound like a kidnapped
kid, docs it?
During the nioivth of February, declares the New
York Commercial, more capital was devoted to the
.establishment and extension, of banks in the ten
l Southern States than for any similar period covered
| by the record. The amount of new money added
to the South’s banking capital during the month
I in question was $4,757,000; fifty-six new banks
having an aggregate capitalization of $2,800,000
either started business or applied for charters; and
nineteen banks increased their capital $1;957,000.
j See the South grow, and Richmond is the banner
■ city.
—
"Mr. J. E. Dodson's success with his de
lightful and admirably-presented play, ‘The
House Next Door,’ proves that there is good
1 market for what is decent and clever."—Nor
folk Landmark.
That’s a fact. The most popular comic o]x;ras
ever presented in this country were Gilbert and
. Su.tivan's, Pinafore, Pirates of Penzance, and all
, | the rest. Yet they were absolutely devoid of any
i thing bordering on the vulgar or unclean. They
j were pure, and they struck the jxipular chord of
purity. We have always believed that the popular
ear is easiest and surest reached by appealing to
that which is best in human nature.
Roanoke is moving for a public libr ary, and he
I Evening World is taking a leading part in the
J campaign. Now if anybody wants to see the
Roanoke Times cavort and hear it snort, lot him
'Isay “Carnegie.”
The Greensboro News, says: "In pronouncing
Pinchot’s name, put the accent on the 'pinch,’ and
then say ‘oh,’ right quick, and you’ll nave it.”
That is also the correct way to pronounce Bal
linger.
The Tazewell Republican pays Henry' Stuart the
compliment to characterize him as a “dyed-in-the
wool Democrat and a bitter foe to Republican
principles.” That is just the sort of man the
Ninth District needs in Congress.
A Pennsylvania minister who has thus far failed
to induce the women of his congregation to remove
their big hats in church, now proposes as a last
resort to put all the women on one side of the
room, and all the men on tho other. There are
two sides to that proposition.
Young Mr. Knox’s mother says that it the Sec
retary' will not take care of the young couple, she
will. What a noble mother-in-law!
President Taft wishes to know whether or not
George Washington had a sense of humor. Say, Mr.
President, have you read that cherry tree story?
Now that Cudahy woman is being overwhelmed
with proposals to go on the stage. Isn’t that "the
limit?" Isn’t that a reflection upon the stage and
upon the people who patronize the playhouse?
It turns out that the Roanoke Times was at the
bottom of the trouble. We are not surprised. The
Times is a chronic mischief maker. And that’s no
i joke.
Send that Noel charge to the Catawba Sanato
rium. It looks sickly.
No man is a hero to his stenographer.
THE PEOPLE’S FORUM
All Uttar* tent for publication
In Th* Paopla’a Forum” of Th*
Virgin Ian” ahould be conclte and,
aa far a* poaalbla, kept within 3W
word*.
No attention will be paid to
anonymous lattara, but namea and
address** signed aa an eviddnoe of
good faith anil not be printed If re*
queat la mad* that they be omitted.
Tha freeat dlacuaaion of topic* of
public Intaraat la Invited, with the i
understanding, of course, that ;
publication ofa letter la not to be |
taken neceaaartljr aa approved by |
the editor of th* writer* view*.
Greeting* to The Virginian.
Editor of The Virginian.
Sir,—I am mailing you my sub
scription to-day to The Richmond
Virginian and expect to continue to
read your paper aa long aa It con
tinues to give auch excellent news
service and to fulfill so admirably the
purpose that occasioned Its birth. The
undersigned was on the streets u,
fttlehmond the day The Virginian
made Its Initial bow to the public
and Invested In your stock to the
extent of a copy, which was purchas*
ed from a newsboy. Since then the
local new* stand has supplied de
mand and I have missed hut few of
your Issues.
Congratulations, from the bottom
of my heart, Mr. Editor, for the hlgn
grade service you ure giving the
reading public; for tho distinguished
falfttess with which you have
chronicled current “evems— legislative
end otherwise; for th<* masterful*
manner In which you have met an
avalanche of venomous criticism and
parried successfully against evory
foe; for the integrity that perches
upon your banners, and the cause of
civil righteousness which you so
seulously advocate! You have liftea
up a sure voice in that wilderness 01
newspaperdom where there was such
a sad dearth of voices Insisting upon
the banishment of the licensed saloon
from our borders. Long may you.
banners wave and your voice be
.heard; ll'our frtende lure, alrealy
legion In this and any other widely
several sections of the Old Dominion,
sturdy thousands of voters In Vir
ginia are saying "amen'' to the prin
ciples that you are advocating and
biding the time when their God-given
conscience on so monster an evil as
tho wplskey traffic, will make a star
witness In the halls of the Legisla
ture of Virginia and record Itself
at the ballot box of our State.
Accept very best wishes and the
'hope that you will have a large and
loyal constituency of old Virginia
grace and gallantry!—tho people In
: whose Interests you have spread your
I bannersa nd flung your guuntlet.
Respectfully,
K. W. OKIZZARD.
Iron Gate, Va, March 11.
I Editor of The Virginian
A Point or Order.
Sir,—A "butter-ln" In genuinely
Jumped on by both sides In an argu
ment or a fight* I think that there
will be an exception In my care.
1 would like to rise to a point of
order In the discussion between E.
1*. Parham, Mrs. B." et als on the
suffrage question. My point Is thlB,
that when a man and woman marries
they are "one,” a man would have
two votes or as the care might bo (if
tho wife war the man of the house)
the woman would have two votes;
(Whereas the poor batchelor and the
lonely spinster of thirty or chere
1 about* would have only one. "Would
| not the constitution of th-se United
(States be unjust (?) oa ever.
fours truly,
J. A. B.
Klchmond, Va., March 11
In Operation Elsewhere.
The postal savings bank system Is
in operation In every civilized country
excepting In the United States and
(Germany. In Germany the same
ends are secured by a similar device
1 —the municipal savings hank. Bar
ring the problem of Investing the de
j posits, there appears to be no valid
reason why It should not be adopted
In the United States, where the need
for a guaranteed savings depository
: tn most States la extreme.—Buffalo
| Commercial.
Encourage Thrift.
Boat office hanks Increase the sav
ings of tho people; they encourage
1 thrift because they are conveniently
located, und because everyone has
faith In their stability. It is safe to
say that if they should be established
In the United States they would be
come ro popular that In five years
from the time of their establishment
the public would wonder how It had
been able to do without them.—Prov
idence Journal.
Toward Paternalism.
Without going Into the many ob
j jrottnnablo phnKf's of postal banks. It
ought to be a sufficient obstacle to
such a departure that It would set
the government further dong upon
the road to paternalism that ulti
mately ends In socialism.—Houston
Post.
Western Attitude.
It is again in order to ask why If
the Western States are so Insistent
that the small savings of their people
shall not depart beyond the places of
collection they do not make sure of
this by providing savings systems of
their own?—Springfield Republican.
Satisfies Nobody.
The principal defect of the postal
savings bank scheme as a political
device Is that It does not fill the role.
It gives satisfaction neither East nor
West.—Now York Times.
To Fill Out the Chinks.
It Is clear that In countries Itko the
United States, where the opportuni
ties for the profitable use of money
are many and good and there are
thousands of banks competing for the
uae of savings and other deposits, no
system of postal savings banking can
do more than fill out the chinks In
the banking facilities already In
use.—Cleveland Leader.
Russia'* Free Tea Stalls.
The Russian Government is eonj
monly supposed to be autoeratle and
even despotic, but, like other autoc
racies, It has an odd way of toeing at
times quite paternal. In flt. Peters
burg tea stalls are provided toy the
authorities for the prevention of the
spread of cholera. The disease was
traced to the use of polluted drinking
water, and accordingly the govern
ment established these stalls all over
the country for the supply of bever
ages that should be free from all sus
picion. The notice on top of the etall
states that the sanitary committee
provide hot water, tea and sugar free
of eharge to all comers, The attend
ants are paid toy the government, and
are not allowed to take any money
tor their eervloes.-r-W'ld# World hug
est ne.
J. E. FERNEYHOUGH TO
OQCTOR S. T. SURFACE
Spicy Rctart ConccruinK Attack
of Mr. Priddy on President
Borrough.
Editor of The Virginian;
Sir,—In a recent Issue of your pa
per 1 have seen a letter from Mr.
O. T. Surface, written rrom New Ha
ven, Conn., In which he hwi under
taken to reply to certain question*
which have been propounded to' Mr.
Lawrence Prlddy, of New York city,
concerning his light against the pres
ent administration of the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg.
I regret that 1 am unable to accept
the explanation which Mr. Surface has
undertaken to make as to Mr. Prld
dy's authority for proceeding In this
matter os the authorized reperesenta
ttve either of they Alumni Associa
tion or of the welfare committee. At
the general meeting of the associa
tion In June, 1909, no charges what
ever were preferred against the presi
dent of V. P. I., nor was any mem
ber of the association authorized to
take any steps looking towards the
prosecution of any charges which
might be made by any members of
the association or any one else. My
understanding of the object In the
creation of the welfare committee was
tp have In existence a committee
which might look after the welfare
of our alma mater and get such In
formation as might be possible dur
ing the Interim between the annual
meeting* oT The association abd report
such nndlngs as might come to their
knowledge to the next meeting of the
association; this certainly appears to
have been the function of the welfare
committee heretofore, but Mr. Prld
dy and a few of his associates seam
to have assumed that this committee
was formed for another purpose, and
acting' upon this assumption he ap
pears to be proceeding with the Idea
that he h&s^he full authority of the
association to prosecute this case
against the president of the V. P. I.
Now to what extent Is he authorized
to do this by the welfare committee?
The only mooting of the welfare com
mittee 1 have any knowledge of aince
the general meeting of the asaociatlon
at V. P. I. In June, 190S, was a meet
ing held at V. P. I. on January 3,
1S10. It appears that Mr. Prlddy no
tified the rector of the board of visi
tors that charges Would be preferred
by the welfare committee against the
president of V. P. I. at a meeting oi
the board of visitors held at V. P. I.
prior to Christmas, ISOS. At that
time this committee had not even
held a meeting, and had not had an
opportunity to say what they wantei.
to do In the premises. Mr. Prlddy
was unable to appear at this meeting
o( the board, and In spite of the fact
that several members of this com
mittee were at Blacksburg and the
chairman of this committee only r
short distance from Blacksburg, no
meeting was called prior to this meet
ing of the board, nor was there a
s'nglo member of this committee who
appeared before the board at this
mooting, to make any suggestions In
the interest of the welfare of the In
stitution. I claim that If the welfare
i committee was Interested to the ex
tent that Mr. Prlddy claims that
they would not have allowed this op
portunity to go by without at least
appearing before the board and mak
ing some suggestions as to the case
In point. Mr. Prlddy. it seems, cams
down from New York and got a meet
i lng of the welfare committee called
j for January 3. 1910. which was the
| first meeting called since the genera]
; meeting In June, at which time, as
: has already been stated, no action
whatever was taken In this matter.
The meeting in January seems to have
i boon attended by seven members of
the welfare committee and Mr. O. T.
| Burfaoe, whose name does not appear
[ among the names of members of this
committee, announced as appointed by
President Prlddy In bulletin No. S.
July, 1909. In view of the fact that
Mr. Surface was asked to sit with
this committee, I would like to ask
the question why were not other
members of the Alumni Association
who were at V. P. I., In equally as
good standing, extended this same
eourteay? The vice-president of the
association, for Instance, who lives
near Blacksburg? To my certain
knowledge these men, whose names
appear as signed to these charges,
which have been nreferred against the
president of V. P. I., have not all
authorized their names to be used, as
has been done, nor the action which
has been taken, nor have all those
to my certain knowledge who were
not present whose names appear as
concurring In the action taken by this
committee, authorized the use of their
names, as has been done In this con
nection. I, therefore, reiterate my
charge that Mr. Prlddy's attitude In
this matter Is not authorized by the
Alumni Association, or by the welfare
committee.
wow ojb 10 me printed enargee
which have been circulated over the
State. There la Internal evidence the!
some of pie chargee contained therein
were added after the algnaturea ot
thoae preaent had been attached, and
It appeara clearly that thla la true aa
to the matter of what la related In
connection with what happened Janu
ary 4 under (•) pace 34. Now It !■
difficult to aay to what extent other
material may have been added with
out the knowledge or consent of those
who may have attached their names
to the original paper.
As to the statement In Mr. Surface’s
letter, that those men who do not
agree aa to the way this matter Is
being conducted be allowed to speak
for themselves. 1 wish to say that
these men are speaking for them
selves. and I submit for Mr. Surface's
Information the following over Mr.
Clark’s signature. Extract of a letter
from Mr. J. A. Clark, under date of
February 2, 1910, to Mr. Prlddy:
"I was surprised to hote several
days ago the publication of these
charges In the 6tate press. Closely
following this publloatlon I received a
copy of the charges In pamphlet form
and have understood that this pam
phlet has been promiscuously distrib
uted. I at once wrote Dr. F. D.
Wilson, secretary of the association, at
Dlaakaburg. asking why this matter
was given to the press and on whose
authority It was done. I have Just
reoelved his reply, stating that he has
no knowledge on the subject and does
not know who authorised and gave
cut the matter for publloatlon. In
the absenoe of any explanation I can
only look on thla as a breach of good
faith and a violation of a positive un
derstanding and agreement But for
this understanding I could not have
signed the report, first because I con
sidered a great many of the charges
aa trivial and Immaterial; second, be
cause, the more serious charges were
maintained on the evidence of parties
who had been dismissed from the
Institute, and possibly had real or
fancied wrongs to air and probably
personal grudges to satisfy; third, bs
. cause the whole investigation, w »vV
RICHMOfU^llflRGlNIAN
ptjbi.ibhed every day aicttrr sundry.
BY
THE RICHMOND VIRGINIAN CO.. Imi
SAMUEL W. MEEK.'..Hudanaa Muhk.
S. B. WOODFIN.Managing Editor.
Budbaaa Offlm. Tba Virginian Building.
Governor and Boo Stmota,
RICHMOND. ..VIRGINIA
Dally ona roar, puatngn paid.H*
Dafljr alg aaontbe, poatage paid.HM
Dally thraa month* poatage paid.SIAM
Entorad aa aaaopd dam aattar January M. IMI,
at tha poat-oiflaa at Richmond. Va.. oadar aat >!
March 3. IS7».
For aala by nawaboya and daalart at 9a tha aono
danced by the report prepared by you
and Mr. Surface, wai to my mind
more In the nature of a pereecution
than Investigation; and, fourth, be
cause in my judgment it was not to
the beet interests of the Institute to
give publicity to the charges, particu
larly at that time, and it was also
eminently unfair to Dr. Barringer to
give out these charges to the public
until he had seen them and had been
given full and ample time to answer
same; and further speaking for my
self alone, I am not willing to con
tribute to a fund the avowed purpose
of whloh Is to prosecute certain
charges which we have already sub
mitted to the board and requested
them to investigate."
I would like to call special atten
tion to the fact that up to this time
this prosecution seeins to be conduct
ed by Mr. Prlddy, now living in New
York, and Mr. Surface, now living in
Connecticut. It la passing strange
that, so far os the public is concerned,
if there are any prominent alumni in
Virginia connected with this prosecu
tion up to this time they have avoided
letting It be known. I would like,
ulso to call attention to the fact that
at a meeting of the Richmond alumni,
called at Mr. Prlddy's request, unani
moualy_redid late <1 any sympathy
whatever with this movement, am1
this, too. In the capital city of th*
State of Virginia; and I think, too, Mr.
Surface's connection with this matter
requlrec some explanation, in that he,
as has been already noted. Is not a
member of the welfare. committee
He has a perfect right as an Individ
ual to take such action as he may
see proper, but it appears that he has
insinuated himself into this committee
and been allowed to practically take
charge, with Mr. Prlddy, of the prose
cution of this case, as referred to in
Mr. Clark's letter, and even to answer
questions which have been asked Mr.
Prlddy ip my recent press letter as to
his attitude. I challenge Mr. Surface
to explutn his connection In full with
this matter. Possibly he can give
some information as to who Is re
sponsible for the publication of the
charges, as the secretary of the wel
fare committee seems to be ignorant
as to this matters, as indicated in his i
letter to Mr. Clark.
J G. KEllNEYHOIJGH.
V. P. I. Alumnus, Class 1898
Burkeville, Va„ March 11, 1910.
Our State
Contemporaries
CAROLINA COMMENT.
Three Shete aad the Ceoee.
Powell, the man who shot three men
ht Scotland Neck the other day. one of
whom. Deputy Sheriff Dunn, died yes
terday, le, we are told, shedding tcare
In hie cell at the penitentiary, where
he wan taken for rate keeping. The
contents of the letter to Senator Travle
are now known; as expected there was
nothing In It. Powell, It seems, wrote i
to Mr. Travis about appearing for his
eon; In some way the letter was not ■
opened. This trivial matter Is what !
caused the old man to shoot Kltchln. j
Travis and Dunn. It Is high time Pow
ell had a guardian and the best one
Is the State; keep him In the peniten
tiary the balance of his dnys.—Ureaas- j
boro Record.
White Ribbon Work.
The celebration last night of the iec-i
ond anniversary of the local Young1
Woman'e Christian Association and ;
the excellent reports submlted on this
occasion call attention In a most ef- ,
fectlve manner to the good being ac- |
compiished by this association along
various lines. Although only two
years old the organisation has already
justified Its existence In no uncertain
manner. Those who are qpnnected
with the Y. W. C. A. are IndeWl to be
congratulated on the splendid showing
that has been made.—Twin City Senti
nel.
For the Merchant Marias.
It le gratifying to note that the
Humphrey bill, now before Congress,
has been endorsed by the New Orleans
Progressive I'nlon and the New Or- ]
leans Chamber of Commerco. ilesolu- !
tlotis adopted by each point out that i
this measure Is simply an extension, <
with a free-ship provision added, of;
that present ocean mall act, passed j
nineteen years ago and yielding a net '
revenue last year of (2,488,086, not- j
withstanding that opponents had pre
dicted severe drain upon the treasury!
when It was passed.—Charlotte Observ- !
er.
No St«p Backward.
Nobody wishes to return to the days
of 1880-1184 when abnormally low
prices ruined the farmer and the panic j
denied employment to labor. What
reasonable people wl»h la that labor,
whether In shop, office or farmer shall
be well paid. Their outcry la not
against an Increase In the prices of
beef made so by the Jaw Of supply and
demand, but the artificial lnereaee fixed
by the trust. The farmer should gel
higher prices when the demand Is
great, but the consumer protests
against paying the prices to the trust
whloh does not reach the producer.—
Raleigh News and Observer.
Is Byrd Among tbe Poets?
The Winchester Star, whose editor
la the Hon. Richard Evelyn Byrd,
sends forth these sparkling rays:
“Blithesome spring Is Just beyond
the horlxon. Soon balmy skies and
sundrenched fields will beckon the im
prisoned bud to light. Ugly fields will
become beautiful with blossom and
grain, and this ‘bread basket' of the
Confederacy will again be kissed to
bountiful bearing by the kind warmth
of God's own sun. Isn't It good to
live In this valley of fertility and de
light? The Benstown Bard can turn
all this Into verse, If the gas fight of
his old Sunpaper has not asphyxiated
his muse." •
Rockefeller's Gifts.
There Is doubt In the mind of the
Salem Times-Register as to the real
beneficence of Mr. Rockefeller's gifts.
It says:
"This systematic giving will result
In much good, but whether this monsy
will do as much good as It would havs
done If It had been left In the peoksts
of the people, and net been extraoted
by Mr. Rockefeller by virtue ef the
laws of this land. Is ths question.
Ths laws of our land ara responsible
for the Increased riches of the few
st the expense of the many. The evil
effect of such laws Is dawning upon
our people, and we hope. In time, and
a short time st that, that the people
will raise up In thel? might and erase
them from our statute books."
Too Much Preaching.
The present session of the Legisla
ture Is proving disappointing. There
has been too much preaching outside
the pulpit and too much playing of
politics where statesmanship should
have been at work. But few days re*
main in which to redeem t^ie time.'
The wants of the people are few,
while the wants of the politicians are *
many. Care for the public roads, the
old soldiers, the schools (not the su
pervisors of schools), equalise the tax
burden, pass the necessary appropria
tion bills, and let the curtain fall on
the legislative session for 1910.—Ap
pomattox Tlmes-Vlrglnl&n.
South Boston's Greatest.
South Boston seems to be getting
along pretty well without the liquor
traffic. The Gazette of that place
says:
South Boston Is the only tobacco
market of any size In Virginia that
has sold more pounds of the 1909
crop than }t did during the same
period last year. 19,500,000 pounds
have been sold already. During the
last fiscal tear the total, sales
amounted to 17,400,000. There aro
five more months In whldh to com
plete the tobacco year of 1910. With
all the Information that can be gath
ered in the sections that patronize
this market, we believe this year will
be a record-breaker. Well informed
buyers are quite confident that over
18,000,000 pounds will be sold.
Is It Worried About It.
The Virginia legislature has turned
down the Income tax amendment,
yur feelings on the matter are both
tegret and Joy—in that we have no
Income to be taxed, and that the
few shekels that come our way are
to be subjected to no heavier strain
than they are already under—one of
them has to do the duty of a dozen.—
Tidewater News.
I.abor Contracts.
Is there anything radically tyrea* _
between the relations Of Tabor and
capital In this country- What is ths
feeling of the workingmen toward
capital that, as In Philadelphia, they
have violated solemn agreements and
broken contracts that they may en
gage in a sympathy strike? We fail
to see why men who have made a
contract with an employer and he
recognizes their union should, wlth
i>lH .any grievance on their part,
break the contract by going on a
strike at the busiest season of the
year. There can be but one explana
tion of this, and that Is that the labor
leaders are determined to bring on
a clash between the employer* of
large numbers of laborers and the__
working classes generally. If they
sucqeed In tjielr efforts and the
movement spreads throughout the
country the result will be a state o,
affairs equal to civil wgT. From
such a war It Is doubtful whether
the unions will come out victors. Wc
believe In union labor, we believe
In the right of all classes of work
ingmen to unite to protect them
selves, but we fail to note a single
case where a sympathy strike haa
ever helped the unions or the esuae
of labor In general. To those who
believe In a square deal In this coun
try there seems to be a gross In
justice In making one employer suffer
for the sins of another. No causs
has ever succeeded that begins tte
work with an act of Injustice. Labor
will gain more In thd end by ab
staining from the folly and wrong
of sympathy strikes.—Fredericksburg
Journal.
A Notable Anniversary.
Tuesday night last was the forty
seventh anniversary of the capture la
this town of General Stoughton by
Colonel Mosby. Mushy had only 2*
men. IBs chief object was the eap
tv,r*> of Sir Percy Wyndham, an
English adventurer, who commanded
a regiment of cavalry, and who had
been proclaiming what he was going
to do to Mosby. It so happened that
Wyndham had gone to Washington
the evening before, but Mosby picked
up General Stoughton, whose head
quarters were In wnat Is now tn«
Episcopal rectory, and nearly 10U
officers and men, and as many horses,
&o. All this was accomplished with
out the firing of a shot, although
there were several thousand Federal
troojfs encamped Jn and around Fair
fax. The achievement wa* a daring
one. and naturally made the Confed
erate leader famous. General
Stoughton died some years ago. Col
onel Mosby holds an Important posi
tion In the Department of Justice In
Washington, and retains, in marked
degree, the mental and physical
vigor which so characterized him In
tht strenuous days of 186l-*65>—
Fairfax Herald.
Soma Roffoctlonn of a Bachelor Girt
Wasting your youth In cheap flir
tation* la like eating a bam sand
wich before dinner—It spoils your
appetite for the real love feast
Distance lends so muon enchant
ment to the average man that the
longer you are married to one the
more distance you are apt to give
him.
Jn art a little reputation la more
to be dealred than much talent and
a small check exceedeth great honors.
There la this difference between a
wasp and a gossip, that a wasp won't
sting you If you let him alone.
It may take three generations to
make a "gentleman," but one flirta
tion and a bottle of cheap wine will
make a “poet" out or almost any
man.
"There la no poekat In a ahroul"
but that won’t make much differ
ence to a “good fellow," because he
probably won't have anything to put
in It when ha dies, anyway.
"Good fellows" aa a elaas belters
In a personal devil, because most of
them have been married to at least
one of that kind.
Poets mgy sing of the blush that
"cornea and goes,” but the kind every
woman Is looking for nowadays to
"the blush that won't rub off" on a
warm day. _ -
Not Needed.
"We already have between seven
thousand and eight thousand na
tional banka and there Is a yet
Cater number of Slflt and private
iks. Nearly twenty thousand ex
isting American banks will gladly pay
to any depositor who will leave
money In them for use the same‘rate
of Interest that the government pro
poses to pay the depositors la the
post offloes. Therefore the postal
savings banks will supply, no faculties
that do not already exist for tho ma
jority of the poRutetfenc- Wertf eei
I™1"___/ .