The Richmond Virginian., July 30, 1910, CITY EDITION, Image 8

About The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920

Image provided by: Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA

                
/
BUSINESS—Madison 1758.
EDITORIAL—Madison 1922.
80CIETY—Madison 1923.
PRICE OF VIRGINIAN.
Per Copy, City Edition... le.
Per Copy, SUte Edition... 2o.
By Mail, One year.$4.00.
WAN
RlCHMONBr^yiRG
Pmnm Etdt Dat Exc«rr ?rwr*A-.
»T
im RICHMOND VIRGINIAN COMPANY, lira
Famt-el W. Meek.Rwivm
fc\ B. Wooonw ... .JkfmaiMf Ad '***
* l uiirrw Oft«: The Yiycmi*n Building. Governor and Ro«* Street*.
RICHMOND..VIRGINIA
Dailt Owe Yeah, Pottage Paio... M 11,1
Daily Fie Mpvtm. Pottage Paid .00
Daily Three Month*. Pottaoe Paid.$1.00
Petered m *ecr>nd-rl*jui matter. January 2*. lftlfl, *t th* poetofMre
tf Richmond V*.. under *rt of March 3, lw7®.
Let the Virginian Follow You. f
If you intend leaving Richmond for a vacation,
hare The Virginian sent daily to your cottage
or hotel. You may then enjoy the mountain
or seashore air and at the same time keep In
close touch with all that is happening in the
city and State, and country—political, social,
business and sporting circles.
P
Rk .
CHARACTER.
It is currently reported dint a largo city in ,
one of the -Northern States which is a centre
of industry and which a few years ago was on
a tremendous boom is now going backward in-'
stead of forward. That thousand? of its citizens
have left, that trade is dull and that real estatej
cannot be sold except at a sacrifice.
The other end of the story is that this city
has been notoriously corrupt in its government
and time and again have sensational reports loon
published far and wide of eomieilim n art, other
officials who had liven caught up to the elbow
in graft.
Is there no connection between these two
statements 1 Is not the latter statement a sort of
corollary of the former ( The conclusion is ir
resistible. No private corporation can suffer
such exposure without detriment to its business.;
Then bow can a municipal corporation, honey
coml>ed with corruption, escape injury '? There is
no permanent success without integrity of char
acter. And this is as true of a municipality as
of an individual, for what is a municipality
but a collection of individuals? The character!
of a city is the character of its people in con- j
Crete form. Bad character in government de
notes bad character in the inhabitants, for the ,
inhabitants make the government.
A city of bad character, a city of ill fame mi l
reputation is not an attractive city to good nun
and women. Neir is it attractive to discreet men ,
of affairs. Capital is proverbially timid and,
capital is afraid of nothing quite so much as of j
corrupt government. <>n th-* other hand, a well
governed city attracts desirable inhabitants and
attracts investments. We talk of offering in
ducements to investors in this city and that. But
if a city bcMivc and enterprising with the usual,
advantages, no inducements in the way of ex
ceptiem from taxes and the like are necessary,
provided only it have an honest, etfieie*nt and
economical government, desirable investors do
not inind paying taxes, if the tax rate be reason
able. and if they get a fair return for their money
in the way of conveniences ami protection.
We are not discussing the question of morals,
the influence upon the youth of corruption in
high places, the shame and disgrace of it and
the mortification to decent men and women who
love their city. All that goes without saying.
We are dealing with the material side of it. We
are pointing out the business view. We are
emphasizing the detriment to material progress
of a dishonest and inefficient administration of
the public affairs on the one hand and on the
other the value of good and competent govern
ment as a public asset. It is a view of the ques
tion that all prudent men who do well in a city
must take in their own interest.. Character is
the bottom stone of prosperity. If character be
lacking, if character be weak or defectivo, the
foundation is unsteady and unstable and the ex
istence of the community correspondingly pre
carious. We cannot build a city substaniallv
upon false principles. Character is essential to
progress. Character is the only thing that is j
strong and abiding.
THE TRADE OUTLOOK.
Wail street lias recovered violently from its
conniption tits and there is n<rw color to the re
ports which oomo out of the financial districts
Only a few days ago the gloom was as thick and
dark as the atmosphere of Pittsburg, and hold
ers of stocks were tumbling over one another to
sell them at any price they would bring. Now
all is bright and cheerful and prices arc rushed
up almost as frantically as they were lately
hammered down. The storm has blown over
and the skies are again clear. As they sav in
the “Street” weak accounts have been closed out,
the banks have called in their loans and strength
ened their position and the stocks have fallen ;
into the hands of those who are able to hold
them. There has been a re-adjustment. The
process was drastic, but the work was done with- •
out bringing on a panic. We believe that this ;
“liquidation” which was begun in the stock,
market will proceed in a degree throughout the,
ramisfications of trade and industry and that;
through a re-adjustment of prices the whole
country will gradually settle down to a lower’
basic price for all commodities, a consummation
greatly to be desired. Prices have Wen climb
ing higher and higher and the question has often
bean asked of late, “Where will the climbing
stop 1” With prudent men the question was
asked with anxiety, for it seemed that the top
heavy structure would come down with a crash.
There is now good reason to believe that the re-j
adjustment will he orderly and without serious i
•ooacspeaoat tqthe country at largo, j
f
Already, there have been concessions in the
steel and iron industry, yet the reports from
that branch are encouraging, and iron is the
“barometer of trade”.
The Iron Age says that “the splendid show
ing of earnings made by the United States Steel
corporation should be a most effective answer to
tho«e who have been inclined to take a gloomy
view of trade conditions. Such earnings could
not have been made unless full specifications on
contracts had been received. This is taken ar
proof that consuming interests generally have ,
not made cancellations. The recession in price*
of iron and steel this year had not been so largely
due to shrinkage in business as to the great in
crease in productive capacity. This has been :
referred to before, but it is a fact which needs
to be impressed upon the public. The demand <
for fabricated structural material is one of the <
most prominent features of the market in finish- i
ed linos. It is a rrmarkable fact that more busi
ness of this kind is coming into the shops than
is going out.” The Iron Age is a recognized
authority and is one of the most conservative of
all the trade journals.
Much depends on the crops, but in the main
they are in good condition and there is prom
ise of an abundant harvest. If that promise is
fulfilled, we should have an active trade in all
lines next fall.
HARMONY WANTED.
Lei us have harmony, discipline and esprit de
corps in our splendid military organization, the
Richmond Light Infantry Blues.
Two court martials within six months, and a
third one, in which an officer who figured in
the first is said to be involved, impending, do not
speak well for the Blues, of which we are so
proud. These investigations are bringing the
organization into limelight in a manner that
compels the question, “What’s the trouble?”
Organized in 1789 the Blues have always re
presented the highest type of Virginia citizenship
and soldiery. Their rosters contain the names
of many heroes, and during one battle in 18fi2
all but five of the 100 members were killed. The
members of this command have earned as envi
able a reputation for harmony, soldierly bearing
and discipline during times of peace as for brav
ery and dash in war. The young men who now
wear the Blues uniform received a proud heritage,
and upon them rests the duty of maintaining
the same high standard of efficiency as prevailed
in former days.
In dismissing the charges against a corporal
who requested court martial because of rumors
of “knocking” which had reached him, the judges
recommended that a captain be court martialed
for his unfairness and demeanor toward one or
more of his men not calculated to inspire loyalty
to the organization or him. The captain declares
his men are loyal and intimates that there is a
movement afoot to oust him in favor of a lieu
tenant. Such pettiness, if it really exists, ill be
comes members of the Blues.
It is to be hoped that an inquiry will be made
and at whatever personal sacrifice, the atmosphere
in the Blues armory be clarified.
SIRENS.
Couneilman Don Leavy is to be commended
for offering an ordinance prohibiting the use of
sirens. “Gabriel Horns”, and other freak noise
makers on automobiles.
This is an ordinance which should be passed
by Council, for it has as its object the elimination
of a nuisance arid a menace.
It is gratifying to learn—although hard to be
lieve*—that only five per cent of the automobiles
in Richmond are equipped with the- hideous and,
startling nerve wreckers and rest disturbers. But
this five per cent has proven ample and sufficient I
to disgust citizens with them.
The “Gabriel Horn” or siren affords oppor
tunity for psychological study. What motive
has the automobile owner, and most of them arej'
youthful, for putting one on his machine? Cer
tainly not to warn pedestrians, for instead of ,
warning they startle and the terrified man, wo
man or child usually stands stock still to look
and see if a “steam piano” is coming down the
street or whether a female is uttering her last
piercing shrieks before being done to death. The
“Gabriel Horn” may accentuate the joy of the joy !
rider, but does not make for the pleasure or safety ,
of the community at large. It is a plaything,
pure and simple. If they are to be tolerated lot
Council restrict the sounding of them to the
hours of 3 o’clock A. M. until 2 o'clock A. M. *
and give us at least one hour’s rest.
CORN IN THE SOUTH.
One of the best signs of agricultural progress
in the South is tbe large increase in the yield of
corn. Statistics recently sent out from Wash
ington show that in 1908, the oorn acreage in the
States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro
lina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama
and Mississippi was 23,501,000 acres, in 1909,
24,742,000 and in 1910, 26,277,000.
The table indicates that each State showed an
increase over 1908 in 1909 and an increase over
1909 in 1910. The condition of this year’s
crop as reported by the department shows the
States of the South leading the country, Missis
sippi being first, Alabama second and Georgia
third.
From another report sent out from the Georgia
experiment station tho yield of com in the nine J
cotton States last year exceeded the yield in i T
the nine States of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Micb- c
igan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Kansas and Colorado by 61,000,
000 bushels.
But the average yield per acre in the
nine Northern States was 31.3 bushels to
l(3.i in the nine Southern Suttee*
Virginia is far above the average. In 1908 the
com average in this State was 1,925,000 and
the product was 50,500,000 bushels, according
to the figures of the Commission of Agriculture.
That being the tsaae, the yield in Virginia in
1908 was more than twenty-five bushels to the
acre. The acreage in 1909 was 2,040,000 acres
and in 1910 it is 2,142,000. At that rate our
corn crop this year should be in the neighborhood
of 55,000,000 bushels.
Governor Mann is an enthusiast on the sub
ject and says that if the farmers will co-operate
with him, by the time his administration closes,
the com crop of Virginia will be a hundred mil
lion bushels. Governor Mann is something of
a farmer himself and no man, more than he,
better appreciates the enormous gain to Virginia
of doubling the corn crop. His ambition in this
direction is practical patriotism and the farm
ers should follow his lead with enthusiasm.
The demand for corn is steadily increasing
and there is no danger of over production. But
if the Virginia farmers would double their out
put, they must enrich their lands rather than
increase the acreage. The call is to make two
ears of corn grow where one is growing now.
NO HURRY.
With Justice Moody’s mind made up to leave
the Supreme Court bench because of chronic
rheumatism, President Taft now has before him
the appointment of two members of this august
tribunal.
The Chief Executive’s determination not to
appoint the successors of Chief Justice Fuller
and Justice Moody until he has given the mat*
ter the most careful consideration, and his re
fusal to call an extra session of Congress to con
firm the appointees, is praise-worthy- As has
been said in these columns before, Mr. Taft is
not an ideal President, but he knows how to
select members of the Supreme Court.
There is no hurry about the appointments. Mr
Taft will take his own good time in selecting the
man to preside over the deliberations of the high
est judicial body in the country and the asso
ciate justice. It is a matter which demands his
deepest thought and most earnest study. We
believe that when the names are announced Mr.
Taft will again have proven that he is a most
excellent judge of judicial minds and the fit
ness of men for these high offices.
It is announced that Dr. S. W. Fletcher of
the experimental station at Blacksburg will de
liver a series of lectures during the coming fall
and winter on plans and methods of beautifying
Virginia cities. It will be a valuable service
and wo hereby extend to him a cordial invitation
to visit Richmond. We can show him the most
l>eautiful city in the South, but there is always
room for improvement and we desire all the
scientific instruction possible. Beauty in cities!
is as valuable an asset as beauty in women. And 1
in each case beauty is duty.
The Norfolk Landmark of yesterday contain
ed a notable editorial article the head of which
was a homily on William J. Bryan and the tail
of which was a Richmond snake story. In the
same issue a harsh criticism of Mr. Bryan, taken
from another newspaper, was credited to The
Virginian. We are not naturally suspicious,
dear friend, but it seems to us that a confession
or an explanation is in order.
We learn from the South Boston News that the
Board of Supervisors of Halifax offer to appro
priate $2,500 to build a turnpike to Lawson’s
Creek on condition that South Boston will come
across with $1,500. That is a bargian offer which
the live town of the Piedmont will cover in a
hurry.
“A pack of lies’’ is the way Senator Aldrich
characterizes the charges of Senator Bristow “He
manufactures them so rapidly I wouldn’t know
where to begin to enter denials”. See how these
latter day Republicans love.
Virginia has a bumper crop of fruits and
vegetables this season. In some sections the
fruit crop is the greatest of many years. It will
be difficult to find a profitable market for all
these products, but that means a fine field for
the canning industry.
Where are the aviators ? For more than twen
ty-four hours no fatality has been reported from
their ranks. Have they stopped flying, or have
deaths among them become so common-place that
we no longer hear of them!
Of course Parsons will run again. He has no
;hance with the voters, but he counts on carry
ing the House Elections committee by the full
Republican majority
Inspector Dew will hare to evaporate if Dr.
Crippen is not among the passengers on the
Montrose.
Another soldier lost at Savannah. Peace has
Its casualties as well as war.
Has Hoke Smith been taking some of his own
Medicine ?
"Are yon going to spend your vacation with your
jountry relative* this summer?" "No, I can't afford
he clothe# that would he neceeaary If I aapected to
nake a proper appearance among them now."—Chl
sagc Record-Herald.
An Ungallant Toaat—At the dedication of a new
Ire engine In a little town on the Maeaachneett* coast
he following toaet *u proposed: “Hey she he like
he dear old malde of our vtllagw; always ready,
mt never called for."—Bucceas.
Mamma—Johnny, what la the baby yelling about?
lohnny—Nothin'. I Jeet took his milk and showed
Um fcav la teak U*-€iayaiu4 better*
i
Virginia Comment
Th« Pap Brigade.
It vu an officeholders' convention which renomi
nated Mr. Slemp for congress and the "great en
thusiasm" which prevailed was altogether that of the
pie counter. The permanent chairman of the party,
B, W. Dickinson, was postmaster at Cllntwood, while
W. C. Pendleton, permanent secretary’. was postmaster i
at Castlewood, Russell county. T. J. Munsey, of
Bland, renominated Slemp. was assistant United States
attorney, while Lew Summers, who had the floor most
of the time, was collector of Internal revenue.
Had Mr. Taft applied to Virginia the view he ex
pressed at Oreensboro, that “It would be better for
republicanism In North Carolina If all the Federal
offices were filled by democrats,” It may be doubled
whether there would lave been any convention In the
Ninth district this year. —Norfolk Vlrglnlan-Pliot.
Good Yew-.* For Farmers.
While the weather miy have been dlseouraglngly
cod and wet at times, and too hot and dry it other
times, the outlook for the farmers this year Is decided
ly encouraging. The yield of corn will probably be
considerably above the average; the crops ot oats,
wheat and hay were good, while the fruit crop Is one )
ot the most abundant that we have hail In recent i
years. C-c-nespondtng success has rewarded the hus-|
bandman aJong other lines, and while things are t ot, ,
never have been, and never will be, all that we would I
wish, the fact Is undeniable that the people of Vir- ,
pin la, and particularly of this section, are blessed w’lth
an extraordinary abundance of the good things of
life. While we are ever ready to complain of hard
ships, real and Imaginary, let us, while In their full
enjoyment, freely acknowledge the many great bless
ings that the present year has brought us.—Fairfax
Herald.
Curious.
It is a pity that some curious democratic. Journalist :
or statistician did not take an exact census of the I
number of office holders and the amount of enthusiasm
in proportion to value of office held in the repub
lican district convention which nominated Mr. Slemp
for congress. Judging by* the casual observations of
our contemporaries, a majority of the company must
have been composed of citizens drawing pay from
the Federal government and Indebted for their Jobs
to Mr. Slemp. If anybody can give us accurate In
formation on this subject, we will be glad to hvae it, ,
so that we may know Just how much of an office
holder's trust there Is—Roanoke Times.
Saving the Boys From the Yellowback Peril.
It Is surprising how many parents who otherwise are
extremely solicitous for the welfare of their boys, who
are careful of their companions and their places of
amusement, and yet who are apparently indifferent to
one of the worst evils that confronts the boys of the !
present age. We refer to the weekly mhagazlnes being j
scattered broadcast over the, land containing the worst
class of “wild west" and detective stories—stories that
possess absolutely no literary’ merit or any other fea
ture to commend them to the reader, their only at
traction being their apeal to the Imagination of child
hood.
It Is shocking to see the number of atrocious crimes I
committed by mere children whose undeveloped brains j
are fired by the lurid descriptions of Impossible feats
performed by detectives and bad men of the west, as j
contained In these publications. One scarcely picks
up a paper these days that does not contain one or
more such stories.-—Salem Tlmes-Reglster and Sen
tinel.
I^cnoy Worth Having.
When the Ladles" Monument Asoclatlon, having In '
charge the erection of the beautiful and stately Con
federate monument that stands at the western en
trance to%the capttol, they wished to secure the figure
of a private Confederate soldier who would fitly repre
sent the brave heroes who wore the gray. They select
ed Mr. W. R. Dicks, of this city, and for all time
his figure In bronze on that monument will remain as
a worthy model of the Confederate soldier. Mr. Dicks
died yesterday. He was a model citizen, clean of life,
true In every relation. Industrious, modest, sincere. He
was a fit type of the courageous Confederate soldier
who feught bravely and never boasted, returning to
the ordinary duties of life and serving In peace as
worthily as In war. Mr. Dicks was honored and
respected by this whole community. In his upright
life, patriotic service he leaves to his children a
legacy more to be prized than riches.—Raleigh News
and Observer.
The Talk “Down Home”
Imported Com.
Dr. R W. S. Pegram, of Dellaplane, this State, 1
tells the Charlotte Observer, that he thinks pallagra ,
comes from poisoning contained in the disinfectants
used by grain dealers. Hut what business has one in
this country, eating Imported meal or corn? We ought
to raise more than we need and not have to buy
away from home. Physicians have held that It came
from corn and It may be that Dr. Pegram has about
sized It up, for It has ben demonstrated that people
who eat the good old com raised on the farms down
this way do not have It,—Greensboro Record.
Begin at Home.
According to Rev. Livingston Johnston, secretary of
the State Baptist mission board, the church Is re
ceiving applications from many more volunteers for
work In the foreign field than for charges at home.
Missions both home and foreign are necessary to
any live church, but the importance of the one should
not be allowed to overshadow the necessity for the
other. A diligent search would be likely to develop as j
crying necessities for consecrated workers right here
In North Carolina as could posibly be discovered In
the lands beyond the seas, and no applicant for the
home mission field need be deterred by the Impres
sion that evangelical work within the bounds of North
Carolina Is too easy a career.—Charlotte Dally Obser- |
ver.
Still Fishing.
A story is going the rounds of the newspapers that
a man In some county, where we have forgotten, said
recently that the freehets In his locality ruined him, i
that he had acres of fine blackberries along the banks
of a creek; that the waters got so high the fish In
vaded the fields and devoured every berry he had.
Rather a hefty story we should say. However, some ,
kinds of fish do love blackberries. A year or two ago
some men seining in the South Buffalo creek caught
a carp weighing 21 pounds. An old fisherman con
cluded to perform an autopsy on it to see what he had
In his stomach, when he discovered he was flllsd up \
with blackberries. The theory was advanced, from
the surroundings, that the berry bushes. In many ,
places, hung far over the creek bank and when ripe
fell Into the water. This old carp had made the
discovery, hence he remained around and on duty, ,
devouring one the moment It fell In.—Greensboro ,
Record.
Ism*. ,
Our good friend, Mr. J. P. Taylor, yesterday brought I
ua a copy of the Christian Socialist, with the request '
that we read an article on 'The Religious Aspects of
Socialism,” by Rev. Charles Prospero Fagnanl, asso
ciate professor of the Old Testament language and
literature In the Union Theological Seminary of New
York. We promised him that we would, and we did.
In the course of the article the good professor said
that If anybody objected to the name, "socialism."
there were other names that would nil the bill ex
pressing, however, at the same time the fear that any
of them would be malodorous In the nostrils of those
who are "under the dominion of predatory Ideals.”
Here Is the list:
‘'Con Ju net 1 v lam."
"Mutualism.” j
" Reclprocltarlan Ism."
"Fraternallsm.”
"Association Ism."
"Co-op$ratlonlsm."
"Equalltarlanlsm.”
"Neo-Chrlstlanlam.”
"Pantocracy."
"Non-Predatory Co-operative individualism.''
Professor Fagnanl expresses a preference for the
latter term.
In the same copy Is an Intensely Interesting editorial
comparing prlxo lighting and the battles of life. The
editor makes out a pretty good case for his doctrine.—
Winston-Salem Journal.
Physician—And would you like to be a doctor.
Jack? Mother (while Jaek Is still hesitating)—No,
nol The dear boy oouldn't kill a fly.—Punch.
"Fly with me," pleaded the youth. ■'What's the
use7" answered the girl. “Dad's biplane would catch
that old machine of yours before we had gone a
thousand lift high."—«Phila4elj>fal* Ledger,
Paul Conover’s Angel
BY GERALD PRIME.
(Copyright. 1210, by Associated Literary. Press.)
Commencement was over. Still In academic cap
and gown, Paul Conover sat, pensive and alone, in
the little dormitory quarters which had sheltered him
for the past four years. The roll of parchment which
empowered him to write the coveted A. B. after his
name rested on the table before him.
There were few evidences of comfortable living
*"°ut the place. The plain furniture supplied by
the college authorities could be made attractive only
by effective draperies, and they were wanting. An
unrestful looking couch, a table strewn with text
books and lesson papers, two chairs—there was little
else.
But It had been home to Paul Conover and he had
no other. When he had matriculated four years be
*0re’l^"* ln hl® P°B»«*e,0n a sum of money that
would not have been sufficient to carry many a one
to his classmates through a single semester. It had
been his sole Inheritance from his father's estate and
It had been the dead man's last counsel that It should
be used as It had been.
The newly made A. B. put his hand ln his pocket
and drew forth his remaining capital. He knew what
It was without further reckoning, for he had watched
It dwindle day after day with an Interest that took
largely from the anticipated Joy of commencement
week He had In cash precisely 27 cents—a bright
quarter and two dingy pennlea Besides his diploma,
his scant wardrobe and fewer personal belongings
than are the property of most college men, this re
mainder of 27 cents represented his entire available
assets.
All? No, there was something more He had been
appointed to the Simeon Qoodboy fellowship, and the
annual stipend amounted to 1650.50. This, however,
would not be available for four montha Then It re
curred to him whit sudden disgust that old Simeon
Goodboy had shackled his foundation with an absurd
condition—the appointee to Its benefits must engage
in no other occupation on pain of Instant forfeiture!
Paul burst Into a loud gufTaw at thought of It. bu«
it was a guffaw without merriment.
So It seemed to old Alleen, the dormitory scrub
woman. who was making her final round of the halls
in the building for the college year. She didn't like
the ring of it, and she halted at Paul's door to tell
him so.
"Twas the laugh of a ghost, Mr. Conover, and
little better,” she declared. "'Twas not a bit like th*
laugh of a man that has finished his Job.” ,
"You've finished yours, Alleen, for the year, and 1
don't hear you laughing," said Paul Jocosely. "You
ought to be feeling especially Jolly.”
‘Then I'm not, Mr. Conover," the old woman re
turned promptly. "Neither would you If you hadn't
been able to lay by a cent and your work was over foil
the summer."
“Can’t you get other work?"
"I could. Mr. Conover, but I agreed to take n«
other Jobs while I held this one."
At this Paul broke into a laugh so genuine that old
Alleen could find no fault with it. It was so like tha
ridiculous condition Imposed by the fellowship that,
moved by a sudden whimsical inspiration, he told
her the whole story, and dl not fail to call attention
to their similar plights. The old woman appreciated
the humor of the situation and quite agreed with
him In his estimate of the absurdness of those who
Impose Impracticable conditlona
"What are you going to do?" she asked when ha
had begun to look serious again.
“Look for something tod o," he replied cheer
fully.
"No." she said, shaking her head decidedly and
looking almost fierce in her disapproval. "Don't you
do it, Mr. Conover. Them honors don’t come along
every day. When you get one, you ought to hang
on to It. Don't you do a lick to spoil that fellow
ship."
All right, then. I'll settle down and live on my
principal—27 centa” he laughed.
"Can't you borrow a little?” she suggested.
"I haven't a friend in the world but you," he de
clared truly enough.
"I'd let you have It myself, only I haln't got It.’*
she said feelingly.
“Thank you, Alleen; I’m sure you would." he said.
"If wishes was Ashes how full the sea'd be," she
Observed pertinently. "No, I han't got the money, but
I'm full of advice. Now don't you let them fellow
ship fellows hear of your getting any outside Job.**
"I'll try to keep close,” he promised, with a wise
look.
"See that you do," she warned, with an answering
look which was quite as sagacious. "And now, Mr.
Conover, good-by and good luck to you."
“Take this, Alleen," he said, handing her the shin
ing quarter.
"Thank you. sir,” she returned, pocketing the piece,
“Don't forget my advice."
Alleen was a woman who possessed a very elastic
conscience so far as exactness of speech was con
cerned. Her statement that she was prohibited from
working outside of the college precincts was purely
Imaginative. Instead of returning home after her
conversation with Paul Conover she went to a little
apartment In the neighborhood belonging to a couple
of business girls and proceedd to tidy up the place,
as was her midweek custom, at an honorarium of
30 cents an hour. Before she had finished, one of
the young women. Miss Betty Sanderson, who was a
first reader of manuscripts In a leading publishing
house, came In, weary and flushed, and threw her
self down on a couch with a big sigh over the gen
eral perverseness of things.
"I wonder If It's really worth while, Alleen!" sh'a
groaned despondently.
"It certainly is. Miss Betty—at your salary," tha
old woman declared without hesitation.
At this Miss Betty laughed. "I suppose I ought
to be ashamed of myself," she admitted.
"You certainly ought," Alleen agreed, giving her
dust rag an extra flourish. "If you was in Mr. Con
over's fix. you might complain.'”
"Mr. Paul Conover!"
“Do you know him?”
“Well, yes—a little. I've met him at one or twq
of the college teams. Wihat has happened to him.
Alleen t”
It was the old woman's opportunity and she em
braced It, enthusiastically. Athough on her knees in
the act of oiling the floor of the little parlor, she did
not let It Interfere with her exceedingly complete
version of the difficulty which confrontd Paul Con
over.
"How very interesting!'' said Miss Betty. “Can’t he
really do anything without losing the fellowship?"
"Not a blamed thing!" confirmed Alleen excitedly.
"How peculiar!"
Atfer the old gossip had gone, and possibly before,
Betty had evolved a scheme In her sympathetic mind
that was as generous as It was quixotic. She had
been Impressed favorably by Paul Conover and now
that he was In such a trying position she was seised
with a burning desire to help him- out of It.
She was a thrifty little woman and at that very
moment had 1100 In her trunk. Without pausing too
long for reflection, she put the money In a big yellow
envelope, Inclosed with It a slip bearing the type
written legend “Prom a friend of education," sealed it,
directed It to Paul Conover, called a messenger—
and the deed was done.
After Paul had reoovered from his first surprise
and mystification he arrived at the conclusion that
the trustees had foreseen his difficulty and had hit
an this delicate method of providing a way out of It
rhe Idea was so plausible that he acaepted It and did
nothing to Imperil his possession of tbs fellowship.
When the time came for the first payment of the
stipend he was too much Interested in his post-grad
jate course—and in Betty Sanderson—to worry over
the Identity of his unknown good angel.
It was not until five years later, when they
seen married a week, that Betty confessed.
Paring the Way to Destruction.
It certainly seems that the gods hath made them
mad—the democrats of the Sixth district now rep.
resented by Mr. Hannibal Lafayette Gowln. Such pro
ceedings In conventions have not been witnessed In
this State since the war—on. the democratic side,
of course. It reminded us pretty much of a Meck
lenburg republican convention of old. It seems that
the Clark forces clearly had the upper hand In the
regular convention and that by reason of the rejection
of Godwin votes, the nomination went to Clark. There
were two chairmen, a police guard, a bolting con
vention and two nominations, Godwin having been put
up against Clark. It la propbsod to have the State
executive committee referee the matter, but the God
win forces will run their man regardless of circum
stances. That means two democrats and one repub
lican to contest for congress from the Sixth district.
The democrats In that -district have a normal ina.
Jorlty of about 6,000. Godwin may win out, but the
wreckage of the district will be so complete that It
will be republican property In the next c'ectloh. If
that party should care to pick It up.—Charlotte
L