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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-24
THE CAp1rAT1oN TAX.

We are told that the negroes throughout
Virginia are registering at lively rate,
and that the Republican leaders are ex-
erting themselves to bring out the full
negro vote for Mckinley aud for the Re-
publican candidates for Congress in the
several districts. The law provides that
voters may be registered at any time prior
to the tenth day before the election, and
that on such day the registrars SHALL after
giving ten days notice. sit one day for the
purpose of amending their lists and regis
tering new voters.
Registration is absolutely free to the
voter, the only requirement being that he
shall have been resident of the State for
twelve months, and that he shall have lived
within his precinct for the space, of three
months prior to the election. In this way
it is a simple matter for the Republicans
to register the negroes and march them
out en- masse TO the polling places on the
organized, for there are no political diff
ferences among them. They all vote the
Republican ticket whether or not, and they
do not need TO be harangued on the issues
of the day. It is only necessary for the
leaders to tell them that they should turn
diers, and they invariably obey orders
without asking for the why's and where
fores
But how different this would be if it
were required that each and every such
voter must have paid his poll tax at least
one year in advance of the election. If
that were the case it would be impossible.
for the leaders to organize the forces, for
in order to do SO it would be necessary for
them to take steps twelve months ahead
by making the negro voter pay his tax, or
by paying for him. Everybody knows that
it would be an exceedingly difficult matter
to make the average negro voter pay SO
long ahead, and the Republican leaders
could not afford to pay the tax for him
twelve months in advance of the election.
The more we think over this plan the
better We like it, and If there had been
aay doubt in our mind it would have been
removed by representative citizen from
the State Of Arkansas who was in this city
several weeks ago. He SAID that the plan
worked admirably in Arkansas, although
the tax was not required to be paid until
three months before the election. He said
that this simple plan had practically elimi-
mated the negro vote in that State, and
that he felt sure that if Virginia would
require the tax to be paid twelve months
ahead, she would no longer be troubled
with the problem of negro suffrage.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-24
SEWERAGE FOR SUFFOLK.
An Offender Under Peace Bond AZ
rested for DisorderIy Conduct.
(Snaci., pisn,tch to Tho rriuac

SUFFOLK, VA, October 23.-The Town
Council last night decided to have a sys-
TEN of sanitary sewerage. The entire
town will not be affected at once, but
sewers will be put in where sanitary de-
mands are strongest.
The Finance Committee was authorized
to negotiate d loan OF S1,5G0 for 60 days.
Bob Nelson, colored, who was put under
slG3 peace bond two months ago for as
sault on Captain T. j. Thomson, was
arrested to-day by Hurricane Branch for
dsorderly conduct and delivered TO JUS
tice Bunting. G. r. Bunting an uncle
OF the justice, may have to forfeit the
500, as he was Nelson's surety.
Caroline Wallace, who lives nsar Chuck
atuck, to-day 'phoned the authorities to
arrest an unknown man, who was going
through her neighborhood armed, and
who, she said, had threatened her life.
Attorney General Montague is booked
for an address tomorrow at Delaware
Park, near Franklin. Hon. John C. Par
ker, Democratic chairman of Southamp-
ton county, who worked up the meeting,
expects to have a big crowd
Mr.. Montague will speak at the City
Hall Theatre in Suffolk tomorrow night.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-24
MOSQUITOES AND MALARIA.

There have been few discoveries Of mod
ern times which have more practical value
for the nation that made them than the eX-
periments made this summer on the Roman
Campasna by two Italian doctors, an Itai-
ian artist and two servants. These men
lived IN locality which was thought TO
be certain death for any white man who
should pass the summer therein. They
were there from May until October, and
they have come through unscathed.
The Roman fever, which is one of the
deadliest fevers known, has long been be-
lieNed TO be of malarial type. and the
question was whether malaria was caught
by breathing the air. or was taken in by
drinking water, or was transmitted as a
germ from the bite of the mosquito. or if
in neither of these two ways what was
the way by which the sufferer got this
deadly germ into his system.
These Italians who lived in the Campagna
believed that the naiarial germ was re-
ceiyed into the system only by the bite of
the mosquito. They, therefore, lived in a
house that was absolutely mosquito-proof.
The doors and windows were covered with
double wire netting. The top Of the CHM
nev was likewise protected. and none of
the inmates OF this little castle ventured
cut until one hour after sunrise, and all
returned home one hour before sunset.
They lived there where no man has lived
for years without violent attack of Ro-
man fever, and passed the entire summer
without any sickness or trouble. This
seemed to show that man who was not.
bitten by mosquitoes need not have the
Roman fever. but The further question
Was undecided, namely. whether q man
who was bitten by MOSQUITOES would suffer
from this disease. To prove the latter
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-24

2n,ror,or;.ion same mosquitoes were raised
80 ~, =, .ory,.in Rome from larvae. These
mosquitoes were allowed to o.te d pssie'il
suffering from Roman fever as nluch as
they chose and were then sent TO Lon
don where they were placed in room
and were given full opportunity to bic
Mr.. Manson. IA young man who offered nm
self as a willing subject for the expert
nlent In few days the MOSQUITOES dled
from the exposure to the EnShsh cilniate'
and M Manson began to develop acute
SYMPTOMS of !ralarial fever. his tenn
perature went to I0i. and microscopic ex-
aminations of his blood showed the mala-
rial germ in full vigor. Tfe experiment
on Mr.. Mansons part, however, was luck
ilv attended by no fatal results, and the
whole world is now rejoicing over the
discovery that he who is free from mos
auitoes may be free from ma'arial 1ever.
These marshes around Rome. which
were originally the old Pontne marshes
and which were at one time me garden
sDot Of Italy, have been practically de-
serted by reason of TIE ravages of malaria.
Draining these marshes has had some
slight effect, but if it Is possible 10 DIS
cover a means whereby the MOSQUITO can
be exterminated or plan winch CA! iul-
1,ish sufficient protection for persons from
the attacks of the mosquito during the
summer season, these marshes can again
he reclaimed by cultivation, and a great
step will have been taken toWariis re-
creating in Italy part Of the agricultural
wealth which was there in the days OF
Roman supremacy.
The further effect of this discovery will
be to teach the white man how he may
live in Sierra Leone, on the west coast OF
Africa, or in Central America, and still
keep himself safe from the dreaded mala-
rial fever which infects those localities.
The far-rea ching benefits which have been
secured for humanity by the brave self
denial of these pioneers can hardly be
estimated. These gentlemen went into
dangerous, and. as 1t was then thought.
deadly climate, and came through safely,
bringing back an incidentally valuable
niece of information for their fellowmen.
Whether the MOSQUITO gets the germ only
from mankind seems undecided. 1t seems
that the mosquito can impart malaria III
localities where there are 10 men. but
this much at least, has been demonstrated,
malaria IS not transmitted by water, or
by air, and it is transmitted BY mosquitoes
If there be any other way Of getting the
malartal germ in the system, it has not
been discovered.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-24
WINSTON's HALF-CENTURY.
Will Celebrate 1t With Il Free Street
Fair and Other Attractions.
ispatch TO The Timeso


WINsTON-SALEM, n. c.. Oct. %
WINSTON, the queen city OF the great
Piedmont Section, being proud of her
5rlliant past, and desiring TO show to the
T0rld, something of her achievements,
viii, during the week beginning October
9th, celebrate the flftieth anniversary
Of her incorporation as a town
l1rng the week of the celebration,
tbere will be held the Annual Piedmont,
Agricultural Livestock and Industrial
Fair8 and Horse Show. The fair will be
he'd 5on the grounds of the company,
Ware there is located the finest race track
in he South.
0:s of the features Of the weeks
festivities will be the free street fair.
The Fair will be located around the Court
house Square where merchants and
maHfafturers will erect their booths and
exh3its. The courthouse will be illumi
nae with thousands Of incandescent
coIo:sd electric lights and hundreds of
Jag@ese lanterns.
T1s;day will be the great opening day.
whs1 one hundred mounted marshals and
fifty roung lady honorary marshals will
mari at the head Of the procession of
back ;iders.
Welesday will be Semi-Centenniai
Day when the splendid historical and
indusrial parade will take place.
TkuEday IS to be Carnival Day. In
the aJaning the brownie and fantastic
parala will take place. Several hundred
boys Eli.5be dressed as brownies, and
two OF three hundred ladies and gentle
men vii be dressed in fantastic costumes.
At thu conclusion of the parade the
confetti battle will begin.
Fridly is to be Horse-Show Dav@at the
park the afternoon the old-time
Souther tournament will take place, and
the qusr of love and beauty Will be
crownel @
saturly will be children's day.
In adltion to the various attractions,
already Enumerated, there will be many
midway nd side shows.
The Jung gentlemen of the Social
Club W give a dance Monday. Wednes-
day ar Friday nights. The Friday
night fulton will be the coronation and
marshal ball. Music will be furnished
by the tnous Hollowbush orchestra.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-24
A urge MILL BURNED.
Two Oldhadics Robbed at Night by a
Mask cd Man.
fSnsal Dispatch to The Time

kEYSVgLE, VA, Oct. 2S.-The large
grist and our mill belonging to Mr.. w.
l.. and Ms Blanche Russell, in Lunen-
burg coun. was totally destroyed by fire
about s o'ock this morning. No fire had
been in tn mill for six months. The sup
position istilat it was robbed and then
burned. asshattered corn was found on
the road l4ting out from the mill.
There W. about 300 bushels of corn and
a consider;leS quantity of wheat on nand,
all Of whiliIWas burned There was an
insurance l#the mill of sI50 and on the
machinery fssl, $50. in the Home lnsur-
ance Compny, of New York.
A few Mats ago about O'Clock man
with a clot over his face broke open the
door to thedwelling of the Misses Mary
and EIizassh# AIwell, two maiden ladies
about sevenv$ years old who have been
living on tn. charity of the public, at abb
lene. about n miles from keysville. and
demanded tair money or he would Kill
them. Theynad gone 10 bed, but fright
ened nearly to death, they got UP and,
gave him vat money they had, about
SO, which had been given them few days
ago.
Suspicion re;ts upon several parties, but
no proof canJoe obtained
The Board 81 Supervisors have offered
to give the safe q farm for an expert
mental station
Game is ple,tiful and the hunters are
having a perfect harvest. WIG turkeys
and deer also afound.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-24
OLD sColsEs.

Some of the newspapers have been PRINT
Ing IA extract from a book which Cover
nor Roosevelt wrote years ago in which
he said some disasresable things about the
labortng man This is a dangerous sort
Of campaigning. Few public men can
afford 20 have all their sayings on pubic
questions paraaed. and IL Colonel Roose-
make it quite uncomfortable for some.
of his opponents. As a. matter OF curl
osity we have beer, looking oyer the files
of the Richmond papers for 1896 to see
what the campaigners had to say at that
zinc, and We found quite a number of
arguments and prophecies and denuncia-
tory speeches which we feel sure the cam
paisners would not like to be confronted
with in 1900.
We are not disposed to rake up old
scores, but we cannot forbear TO quote
paragraph from a speech delivered by Mr.
I3ourke Cochran, in New York, on August
IS, 1896. 1t will be recalled that Mr. Cock
ran was at that time violently opposed to
NJ Bryan ana il1aCG4 Vigorous. SpeSSiieo AZ
all parts Of the country against the CHAM
p.on OF free silver. In the New York
speech referred TO Mr.. Cochran said:
..NTill you submit TO this conspiracy be-
tween the professional farmers, the far
mers who cultivate the quarrels of their
neiahbtrs, farmers who labor with their
jaws, Pcpulist asifators Of the West, and
Tie unreconciied shareholders of the
Southo This is a conspiracy between pro-
fessional farmers, who want to pay low
wages, and the unreconcled shareholders,
who would like to pay no wages at all.
This year Mr.. Cochran is hand in glove
with these same professional farmers
and the ..unreconciled Shareholders of
the South.
We might also mention The fact while
we are about it that this extract from
Mr.. Cockrans speech was printed in black
type at the top Of the editorial columns
Of the Richmond Dispatch soon after it
was made and was kept standing there
for two or three weeks, as one on Mr..
Cochran. There is a good bit Of fun in
politics, If you will only have an eye to
Ii.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-24
THE SENATORIAL FIGHT.
Every Other Issue Lost i'll This-New
Industries.
(speclal Dispatch to The Timcs.}

WELDON, n. c., Oct. 23.-Major Emry
is having large srandstand erected at the
Fair Grounds TO accommodate the crowds
expected at the Fair next week.
The handsome new brick block on the
main street of the town is nearly COM
pleted 1t is a splendid building and adds
greatly to the appearance of the street.
Mrs. Il. r. Daniel, formerly Miss Maria
SneaG who was extremely Ill at her
former home in Fluvanna county, Va. IS
S improving slowly but is still quite sick
Halifax Criminal Court begins next
Monday, the 18th. There are nearly fifty
prisoners in Jail to be tried. One IS a
murder, that of John Wesley Norris, 81
sNyhite man, WHO shot and killed his
sbrother-in-!aw, Felix Webb. last spring.
Il learn that in this case the defendant
swill submit 10 a verdict OF murder in the
second degree.
# Bryan mas been lost sight of in Halifax
county, and the senatorial question, Carr
or Simmons. is all the talk. The county
will be pretty close, and no one can safely
pick the winner.
the canal is being pushed, and there are
also other industrial works looming uo at
Roanoke Rapids.
THE Weldon Cotton Manufacturing Com
rany IS now ready to begin work on their
new spinning mill. The knitting mill IS
paying the company handsomely, and
after one years operation | learn that it
| is5ready to pay 6 per cent. dividend to
| he Stockholders after placing quite a
handsome little sum to the reserve fund
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-24
Din,yidiie Dots.
Especial Dispatch to The Times

tSpetidi lJlsDittu 10 LIZ tiAtS'.)
pINWIDDIE C. H, VA, October %
County Court was engaged 81 day Tues
day in the suit of Bowlcs against w. NJ
Sterne for wages which Rowles claimed
Sterne owed him fer saving lumber. Mr..
r. Fl, Mann, Jr., represented BoWles, and
Mr. r. B. Davis was counsel for Mr..
Sterne. The jury returned a verdict n
favor of the defendant. Mr.. w. NJ. sterne.
DinH'scdie is fast becoming quite town,
and many buildings are being erected.
Mr. =. p Richardson is having a hand
some residence put up, and both the Epis-
copal and Methodist Churches are pre-
pairing to build a residence each for their
minister.
Hon. VIM. 3. Mellwaine intends to erect
"a law office, and the material for the new
tire-proof clerks softic. is arriving and will
be completed by December 1st
Dinwiddie is a good place for manu-
featuring concern it being right on the
line Of the seaboard Air Line Railroad.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-24
Ga 1T - R 8 81.
Ba,-,+ ba a Tha Kind You Hare AaaYS RGagii
S's1 os XZ ezze<zzx
sEABoaED AIls LINE RAILWAY

sEAEoARD AR LINE RAILWAY
l.COo MILE BOOKS ,,re sold fyr So, and
viii be accepted for passage from WASH
iasson. y. c., 20 the FLORIDA lire, inc.ud-
ing all lines in the system. The s. a. L.
R'y. also sell 2.00o Mile Book good be-
tween Richmond end Atlanta, Richmond
and Columbia, S c.. Portsmouth. Va.
and Columbia and Atlanta. AMI between
Wilmington and Charlotte and all branch
es. The S y. +. is now operating dou-
Bile daily service out of Richmond for
Atlanta end all points south, and TO Co
Il,n1bia. Savannah. Jacksonville. Tampa.
and all Fl2rida. points. The trains opeF-
a,ed over this system have no superior
in the South, and every courtesy is ex-
tended to make the traveller comfortable.
for information concerning schedules
rates. Pullman reserya lions. etc. apply
to C. W. Morris. Depot Ticket Agent. C.
6 o. Depot; Richmond Transfer Co., SOC
East Main Street, or TO
H. T. SMITH.
District Passenger Agent.
S36 Fast Main Street.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-24
A{1'IERNI

In speaking of Lieutenant Hobson's de-
Tense of Admiral Sampson, Secretary Long
says:
Lieut.. Hobson while in Washington a
few weeks ago, told me that he had just
returned from Boston, where he met Adj
miral Sampson. He said the Admiral was
dispirited over the treatment he had re-
ceived in certain quarters regarding the
Santiago controversy. and asked that he
(Hobson) might be allowed to speak a
good word for Sampson when he reached
the South.
II gave him my permission without hes
itation, and told him l heartily approved of
anything he contemplated saying that
would reflect credit upon the Admiral and
his magnificent work at Santiago"
1t is reported from London that Lord
Curzon is coming home from India to take
Mr.. Balfour's place in the new Cabinet,
Balfour becoming Foreign Secretary. Lord
Cromer is spoken of as CurzoE's successor.
Mr. Bourke Cochran was interviewed
two days ago by a reporter in Louisville
concerning the political outlook, and said:
Il have Travelled through Illinois and
Indiana, and / find the Democrats in these
States very confident Every Indication
is favorable to the Democratic ticket
There has been great. change since 1896.
LAS for New York, l see the Herald pub
fishes the Republican poll of the State and
gives it to Mckinley by d majority of
11o,0C0. It gives New Jersey to Mckinley
by 10000 If. one will glance over the poll
he will find it simply reduces McKinley's
majority about fifty per cent. all over the
country.
THE Herald's poll is valuable because
it shows that the tendency is to Bryan.
The attempt to limit that tendency is pre-
posterous."
Edward S. Dreyer, a Chicago banker,
who has been sentenced to the penitentiary
for misrepresentation OF funds. will so to
Joliet in private car. The scheme is
suggested by number of his friends, who
believe that he is a victim of circum-
stances, and to show their belief IN him
they will engage special car and act as
his escort.
When Mr.. Carl Schurz decided to take
the stump for Bryan he rendered his res
ig,,atton IS president of the National Civil
Service Reform League. but the League
has declined to accept his resignation.
Reginald De Koven, the composer, had
bad fall from his bicycle in Washington
Monday afternoon. and for time was
rendered unconscious, but he escaped se-
rious injury
Sixty families residing. at Longwood,
f,hsca 90 suburb, have ergahzed the .Ijors--
wood Cooperative Cooking Association
with a man in charge, and established a,
general kitchen and dining room. The wo
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-24
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-24

men have had so m,'ch r,.. @
want girls that they Haze ei.. Win ser
keeping in disgust N Aous
In Boston. 4
No doubt that every one sRo,5
why. college girlssare in thes, D n no-'on,
Ti ils elders don't believe u 10 peli-
they just believe, the tsuta + 81,
The Common is not common i. I5 No
And all thrse-cornered spots are in aaI,aSa@
.1vhere cultured culture has If N sboston.
And with each other may c9ns'l1
The can anticipate result 9"Sait
N s1,it intinitives abound In Boston.
Yet the objective may be fopad = Boston.
They love to talk of this, Or r, N Boston
Until YOU wonder where their
Strange theories beneath each ~
Their ways are past all finding % ont boston.
t,,rn anor. IN Boston.
90 +,,osa ., In Boston.
No bird of prey the stranger grests'
And much is angular one meets
o,o,,t ., In Boston.
who finally became a shade esot,
She came to heavens outer gate, -
And yet declined such happy fate,
But stated she would rather Wait g
In Boston.
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Held Him Up.

He was making a pillow of the e,rt,
when the big policeman doomed up though
the darkness. 8
SHAY, are yoush a hold-up nao?,,
mumbled the inehriate.
NO; but one will be after yez il vez
lay thor" warned the officer. &
..Thash what I'm waitin' for. want
to be heldsh up.
Then the officer held him up right there..
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-24

used Is getting to be quite an industry
said q weil-known hotel man. After the
tea has been drawn re have no further
use for them. and in many restaurant and
hotel kitchens by paying the cock a
small amount the leaves will be saved.
dumped.
These leaves are then dried ana put an
the market. This secondhand tea sells
at lower price than fresh sea and nnas
many buyers.
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fTRI,ENI' TOPICS.

Richmond is again making the dubious
experiment of an agricultural fair. Our
neighbors across the way seem determined
to learn in no other school than that OF
experience.
Why put it on Richmond. esteemed
contemporary? 1t is a State fair by the
Farmers Fair observation-disclosures has
no more to do with it than Petersburg.
In a general way, it may be laid down
as a political rule that depressed trade
or bad harvests always means the defeat
of a party in power. But is the con-
verse true, and will good times lnfalll-
bly, enable party to retain power? Here
we have to take stock of our knowledge
of human nature. Disgust and resent
ment are more powerful motives with po-
litical man than gratitude Thus it is a
fact, susceptible of historical proof, that
While bad times Invariably wreck Gov
eminent appealing to popular suffrage,
good times do not necessarily save it. A
cynical friend of ours has put the case
as follows: IF my business is bad, [
know it is wholly the fault Of q wretch
eddy incompetent Government Out with
it! But if ! am making money, I am
conscious that my success is due entirely
to my own industry and sagacity. 1t is
pure impudence in the Government to
claim any share of the credit."-New York
Evening Post.
Our prosperity is too recent to have
turned the heads of the people. Times
We're hard from 1888 to 1888. There were
five lean years and there have been only
about two fat years. The people have not
yet forgotten the distress of hard times.
The full dinner-pal' may be a bare
argument, but it is potent.