The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-09
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Ike menu vas well arranged, with vari-
s GUS wines at proper Intervals and when
cigars of the Cato brand came around,
Z the POSTMASTER took it upon himself to
! ne ball rolling. In a suave- aud pol
lshed manner he called upon Mr.. S.. B.
( GlInn, Of the Henrico Herald, to respond
Z TO the toast, Woman. =
Nar. CHM pretended that he had been
taheh by surprise, and then said that
"iie he was not prepared to speak he
would attempt to say few words and
make the best of it, like he always did,
Wnen ne was caught in the act of trying
70 operate the night latch with cigar
stump. lie then said something about a
E woman being SO different from an UNI
brellai because she couldn't be shut up,
5L,t at the same time, like an umbrella,
che was good thing to have>around the
hou:e.
When the applause subsidized, Mr.. W.
=. Blbb, of the Louisa News. was select
co as Inc best man to display his ora
tory. lie was told to say something about
richmond by Moonlight" He started to
say that he was totally unDrepared to
make a. speech, but he switched off, and
pulled forth a bulky roll Of manuscript.
- ms speech was written to deliver be-
Iore the Young Mems Social Circle of
LOUISA, he said, byaway of preface, 'but
II VIII go just as well here as any place
else. l nave been aching to get a chance,
and here it is
Then he went. on to say that some parts
0. Richmond looked better by moonlight
.han they did by daylight. but that some
Improvement could be made if the City
Council would follow in the footsteps of
the Louisa County Council and get SUI
perintendent Cohn to lay few corduroy
roads.
OFFERED TO SING.
Very little applause followed these re-
marks, and the POSTMASTER hurried1y
called upon Mr. E. hurry Slack. OF the
Abingdon Nirginian, to say something
about Wine, Women and Song"
Mr.. Slack put on his eyeglasses when
; his name was heard and looked at the
glass IN front of him. He said that he
had :studiously avoided learning anything
| about Wine and women, but he DID know
something about song, and would at the
close OF the banquet, honor the guests
with the Moon Shines Bright Tonight
Upon the Wabash
This was satisfactory to the guests, and
the next name the POSTMASTER could
! think Of wars that of Mr.. Hunt Jordan,
! OF the South Boston Times. whose topic
was Progressive Rural Communities
MI. Jordan said that his i0ea of a pro-
sresslve rural community was something
more than q county courthouse. black
smith shop and a crossroads store.
What we need to build up a rural com
munity,' he said, is a sewing circle ana
a football team, with both united in the
common cause of a singing school, and, if
that doesn't give the preacher and, the
county clerk something to do toward
building up, then I'll agree to move deeper
into tire woods anu live on berries and
roots
The crowd requested him not TO move
into the woods, but to urge the adoption
OF his ideas and help build up the State.
and then Mr.. c. D. Deuit, of the Salem
Times Register. had to discourse Oh the
far-reaching subject of Our New Pos
sessions ~
Our new POSSESSIONS" said the speaker,
what are they? l pause for 4 reply. Am
l, right or an wrong when I say that
We have no new possessions. When 1
came to this Carnival and fell into the
hands of my friends. l did have few
possessions, but now and he jingled
Few keys and buttons in his pocket,
where are they? I have no possessions
and expect to have less before l get lost
from this crowd.
The crowd felt sorry for Mr.. DENT but
no time could be lost on sympathy and
Mr.. L. S. Woodson. of the Newport News
Herald volunteered 70 tell something
about the "Shipbuilding Industry.
I'VE thought we had the world beat on
shipbuilding.' he said, but when 1 came
to Richmond and looked at the Trigg
yards my pride Tell, for I realizsd that
when the science of building ships had
progressed SO far that the ships could ne
launched on dry land l felt that with all
the water around Newport News she
could not compete with Richmond"
ba tno CT adj ant of ~
imuression created on the minds Of the
hearers and asked Nsc. F. II. Terry, of the
Nythevlle Enterprise, to exploit The
Great Southwest
From the wave-bound coast of Prin-
cess Anne to the snow-capped peaks of
the Alleghanies. he said there is 10
greater country than that contiguous to
the region Immediately adjoining Wythe-
Vile Not content with producing the
best climate, we produce the greatest
statesmen and the brainiest newspaper
men, barring. of course those present
and I would suggest that now is the time
to subscribe"
Before he could dispose of more than
seven copies of live papers. MIR. Al. Fair
brother, Of the DanviIle Bee, was asked
to give his impressions OF Virginia Man
ufactures.'
II DO not deal in Impressions said
WI
am prepared to state that Panville is the
greatest manufacturing city in Pittsyl-
vania county. II You don't believe what
l say, read the Bee and you'll know all
about it.
Major L. H Barksley, of the Lexington
Gazette. seemed anxious to say something
at this stage. and the eagle eye OF the
POSTMASTER caught him and he had to
tell Of .The Man Behind the Guns.
THE USUAL WAY.
'.in my county,. said the Major. after
clearing his throat in the usual way, II
find that the man behind the gun is Il
dangerous fellow to deal With, but
want to say that We shoot more squlrreis
and pick more persimnons and grow the
biggest pumpkins of any place else' ana
stand ready to prove it.
Mr. j. ]. Lindsay, Of the CharlottesVllie
Progress, was then asked to state MS
position on the suffrage question:, but
ne branched off on Sunday closing, ana
attempted to explain his work as menu
Der Of the Constitutional Convention.
winding up with q splendid tribute to the
ability Of Asuinaldo. After looking down