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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19
VIVA YOCEVOTING.

The vote throughout the Fourth Dis
trict In the Congressional primary cleo
ton held on Tuesday under the viva
Our Petersburg correspondent says: "a
fght vote was polled In Petersburg not
one-half the voters cast their ballots
Many were Indifferent, others were out
Of the city, while many others were de-
TERED by the viva voce system Of vot-
ing that was used
This bears out the contention OF The
Times. We have on various occasions
contended that under the viva voce sys-
tenn of voting, especially in primary cleo
tons, many voters would refuse to go
to the polls and express their choice of
candidates. In a primary election of
this character there are no great prin-
ciples involved. It is simply matter
Of choice between two or more candi-
dates in the same party for the nomina-
ton, and where a voter is equally friend
" to both candidates he dislikes to put
himself in the embarrassed position OF
declaring publicly his choice. To vote
for one candidate is to vote against the
otner candidate and implies opposition
10 the others.
Some have commended that it shows
lack Of moral courage for a voter to de-
cline thus to put himself on record. That
is not necessarily true. Many men OF
courage are averse to declaring in pub
lie that they like one friend better than
another friend. But be that as it may,
the fact remains that many voters OBJ
iect to declaring their vote. especially in
primary elections, and we are not at all
surprised to hear that under the viva
voce system in the Fourth District the
vote was small. People have become &C.
customed to the secret ballot and they
are going to have it.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

Sc. a receipt for cream sauce.
FOR VIII some one asked a long tina
tgo I hope this Is the one wanted:
One-half cup vinegar.
One-half cup sugar.
Oue-haIf cup cream. sweet or sour.
Dissolve the sugar in the vinegar. Then
,dd the cream and pour over lettuce.
Smooth sour cream makes the saucs
thicker.
I read your paper and enjoy it. Mamma
thinks it Is very helpful to all house,
keepers. a THANKFUL t,RIEND:
1, too. am thankful First. for the
recipe Secondly. to my young friend
or quoting what mamma thinks. Sns
cannot do better. for many year to
come, than to form opinion ana 1uos-
;uent upon that model.
!. How is the rind OF watermelon mads
INTO a preserve?
3 How to get a kerosene spot out or
rather I had a beautiful piece of leather
.cross my library table. and n lamp
eaked oil on it, making a spot when -
'prending. T. !.
/. A recipe for preserving watermelon
.iru will soon appear IN Its proper place.
2 Cover with fuller's earth. scrapped
cry fine and dampened. Let 1t remain On
he leather for twenty-four hours. brush
oH and renew il necessary.
How would you proceed to remove rust
-tcU. the beads of steel thatelaine bag?
through recent and repeated exposure to
ain. nv chatelaine. and more particular
Y. the fringe ornanentatfon. have be-
ro.ne rusty. and I am In despair
ENPECTANT.
Put the bag into a box OF emery dust
md shake violently for ten minutes at a
line. until the steel work is hot from ths
eriction. Or you may apply the emery
With a brush. laying the bag upon nat
surface and cleaning small space on 1t
1T time until you have gone over 1t all.
II necessary. tack the fringe IN place
while you scour it with the emery.
Another correspondent tells us at length
sow 70 take care OF plano keys and old
very:
Dampen a piece of muslin In alcohol and
fiji, II rub the keys. The alcohol can do
no damage. and If frequently applied the
-eys will stand in want of no other treat
nent. # they have already begun to
urn yellnv rub them with cotton flannel
Iar viii leone water. Even old and
.;.co,ored ivory may be rejuvenated. no
,,atter what the cause Of discoloratioH
~ Of how long standing. An acid applied
.eues tedly will usually restore the keys
:, ttefr original wilderness. Cotton nannel
.rcths wet with a saturated solution or
xafic acid and water and laid upon ire
-eys will remove all stains Care snoulh
e1vavs be taken IN the use CT such a.
sacher not to touch ANYTHING from which
ms. co1cr IL not to be- removed ioF IL
foes its work with great certainty.
W. A. r
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

The Nashville Banner has been 8. 1dying
the Virginia anti-pass law. and COM
mends 1T to Tennessee It says:
1t IS probably a rare instance when
man holds an office under both ral'-
road and the State. 1t would be IN Ien :
nessee. In the greater number OF such
cases where one or the other of said posi-
uons had to be foregone the railroad OF
hce would be retained. The emoluments
are larger. as rule, the position more
certain, and the chance of promotion and
reward tor proper discharge OF dutles
2 is greater. The Instability Of the State
offices will be further diminished when no
more Tree railroad passes are to go 70
the occupants"
ish newspapers are showing great anxl-
ETY. in regard to the outlook for the cot
ton trade and describe Lancashire as
preparing to fight for its existence as
the worlds great cotton centre the Co
lumbia Is. c. State says:
In the meantime it will be peculiarly
gratifying to the cotton planters OF the
South to be assured of their gradual
emancipation from an old and distant
master. Henceforward they will, through
their local mills and local warehouse ac-
Communications have an influential voice
in deciding what cotton Is worth
The Macon (Ga0 Telegraph. in connec-
ton with the discussion of the meat and
other combines, says:
Fully one-half of the people OF this
country are quite poor and should be
helped rather than hindered in their eft
forts to make their limited incomes go
as far as possible Their need is tor
cheap goods of a fair and servicea bic
quality. Legislation in the interest OF
combinations that have the fixing OF
prices In their own hands. and that sell
abroad for SO much less than they sell
at home. is legislation against the inter-
ests OF all consumers and is especially
hard on the poor
The Birmingham Age-Herald, speaking
Of Alabama's great lumber trade, says:
The lumber industry OF the country,
including logging, saving and planning,
Is the fourth in rank among the great
manufacturing branches of the land.
Iron and steel come first, the textile mills
next, the slaughtering and meatpackrng
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19
MISLEADING STATEMENTS.

In recent issue OF The Outlook is an
article on 1.-The Negro Common Schools
III which an effort is made to show that
the South is doing very little to educate
the children Of the black man. To sus-
tain this view. The Outlook quotes freely
from a report Of Professor Dubois. of
the Atlanta University, a well-known
negro educator We pass over what is
said about the Southern States in gen
eral and note particularly what is said
about Virginia. I'VE have SO long been
taught says The Outlook. that the
white people of the South pay the cost
Of the schools for the negroes that we
are hardly prepared for the estimates of
Professor Dubois and his associates.
Yet, In the main, their estimates are
based upon eminently safe assumptions.
In Virginia, for example. the negroes
own property assessed at more than
$751; 00u. The school taxes on this are
reckoned at the minimum rate Of 80
cents per hundred dollars. or s4S,O 900 in
all. The poll taxes paid by the vir-
ginia negroes amount to s1250oO. The
negroes proportionate share Of the State
funds from lands ETC., is s93. 900, 900. These
items aggregate s267. 600" ''To this..'
says the report quoted by The Outlook.
must be added the negroes share Of
the indirect taxes. which would proba-
bly, increase the total contribution of col
cred people to 100000 or $3.50, 00o'' The
conclusion of it all Is that the total cost
OF negro schools Of Virginia to the
whites is less than s5o.uo0 year.
It is rarely that We have seen more
error and more misleading statements
crowded together in a paragraph First
OF all. 1t is stated that the school tax
In Virginia is thirty cents on the hun
dred dollars. when in point Of fact the
general levy for schools is ten cents on
the hundred dollars. The negroes OF
Virginia pay on an assessed valuation
OF real and personal property amount
ing to about sle.o00.ooo. as The Outlook
states, which yields for school purposes
about $4,000 annually. The exact
amount paid for the year 1900 was:
On real estate. $12S55 Il
In personal pFopeTty...........-.. 5,91i 80
Total ........................... s16.77o 80
It is further stated by The Outlook that
the capitatidr-tSss paid. by the negroes
amounts to sie5. eoa annually True. that
was the amount assessed in 1900. but the
amount collected was ss6.l2s. making
total Of sS2.ses.ss paid by the negroes
OF Virginia in that year for school pur-
poses. From that should be deducted
s4.l4ss6 for commissions for collection,
leaving a net sum Of s7s74S.s7
Equally misleading is the statement
concerning the sum alleged to have been
paid In indirect taxation There 1s
no indirect taxation" in Virginia worth
mentioning for school purposes. The
general levy. as we have stated. is ten
cents nn the hundred dollars on the real
and personal property assessments Of
the entire State. lrue. there is a spe-
ciai appropriation each year OF 100000.
but the negroes share Of that is trifing.
as anybody can see who will take the
trouble to compare the total amount Of
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

Many people in Virginia, especially in
the regions about Hampton Roads. will
be delighted to learn from the Philadel-
phia Times that alum water keeps OF
mosquitoes Dissolve in a half pint OF
hot water a piece Of alum the size of
walnut and when the solution is cold
hattie the face and neck with it.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19
MARION HARLAND'S RECIPES
Nine Sauce.

Cream together two tablespoonful OF
cutter and a cup of powdered sugar. ad-
ding the juice OF half ienon. ne.
smooth and light beat IN haif s'i o,
hajI;ng water. turn into a saucepan and
s,i- ,Inti, scaldins hot. then remove and
bent In a wineglass Of wins
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

In farming, many believe. lies the So
luton of the problem of negro existence
in this country. His field In the trades
is limited, as it is in the professions,
but as a. tiller of the soil, an occupation
for which he is eminently fitted by ma
ture and training. the negro has practi-
cally unlimited scope.-Newport News
Press.
That is our view. We cannot see how
the whites are to be hurt by negroes
who till the soil and become good and
prosperous citizens. We don't see how
the negro is going to hurt the State by
producing and making himself useful.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19
Remarks About Richmond.

Newport News Press: Richmond
will make strong effort to Sc
cure the next meeting Of the gem
eral conference of the Southern Metho-
dist Church one Of the most important
church bodies in the United States. 1t
is needless to say that the capital city.
will receive the hearty cooperation Of
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19
The Manassas Journal says:

There never has been a time when Re-
publican policies were so open to criti-
cism, and there never has been time
when tie Democrats were in such bad
shape to undertake the job. One-half Is
trying to tweak Mr.. Clevelands nose and
the other is proddng Mr.. Bryan"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

Governor Bragg may not know, but
whistle can be made of pigs tail. A
man in Braggs neighboring State (N1ich-
igan) is the architect of one built pur-
nosely to disprove the old adage.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

The librarian at Evanston. Ill. ext
c,ndes any book containing sentence
to which any respectable person OBJ
iects. That librarian is working him
self out of job.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

William Schumacher, q Hartford mess
enger boy, jumped in the Connecticut
River and saved another boy from drown
ing. and had to do it quick. There can
be times when messenger boys are not
too slow.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

Abraham Simmer, of Iowa. ten mill
l.onaire, is another man who breads to
die rich. Homes for poor women is his
hobby. Now is the time to apply.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

Some of the torrid political wool that
has been central in the Sixth District
for some days has moved down in the
Second.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

An earthquake lasting three OF four
minutes is almost as terrifying as Mont
Pelee. or would be anywhere except in
Persia. 1.8z s-s4&.- ~
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

The stogie manufacturers Of West Vir-
ginia and Ohio are trying to form a
combine. presumably, to smoke out the
American Tobacco Company.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19
The Abingdon virginian saws.

'1his Is blackberry summer, and we re-
joicG with the hardy yeomanry of these
bluegrass hills and happy valleys that
the captains of industry have neither
the time. nor inclination to form a trust
and corner the luscious berry"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19
Lemon Tarts-

Zine cake pans with puff paste and III
With a mixture made OF cupful OF BUT
fer creanaed with two OF sugar. SIX beaten
ae.e,s Two tabIespoonfuIs OF brandy.
f,-;ca md grated rfnd OF two
,ar,ons Season with nutmeg. and bake
:, a quick oven They arc delicious.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

The Old Point house owners stand a
chance to come in for benefit at the end
Of the .'old flag and an appropriation"
platform.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19
The Charlottesville Progress says:
With a Comment or Two.

Nevertheless the suspicion persists that
if all pockets were searched a few free
pass might be found stiIl.-Norfolk
Eirginian-Pilot.
Not If the railway companies can help
it and we think they can.
While it may not generally be under
stood. the State must really pass
through a serious crisis while 1t is fitting
itself to the new Constitution.-Norfol
County Democrat.
Why so? With the exception OF con-
fusing few consta bles and causing free
| pass holders to do a little swearing. and
with some minor misunderstanding to
straighten out, there is no reason why
the Constitution shall not run smoothly.
There is certainly no cause for a crisis,
serious or otherwise.
The disposition of labor unions the
country over to measure arms with
employers apparently has excited not
the least permanent uneasiness in Wall
Street.-Hartford Times
Wall Street has learned that strikes
hurt the strikers worse than anybody
else. Strange the strikers can't see it.
In the present lower house Of Congress
there are two memoirs named Allen;
two named Ball; two named Butler; two
named Cooper; two named Gaines; two
named Henry: two named Jackson; two
named Jones; two named Powers; two
| named Richardson: two named Robin
son: two named Smith; two named Stew
art: two named .aylor two named
Tompkins, and two named Williams.
Exchange.
And two named Kitchen. both from the
same state, North Carolina They are
brothers, ana sons Of an e0-Congress-
man.
The British Board of Trade, in Its re-
mort on railroad accidents, makes the
remarkable and unprecedented showing
! that in 1901, while 1.50o. 900 600 passengers
we're carried in the United Kingdom not
one was killed by a train accfdent.-New
York Times.
railroad accident in England Is fol-
lowed by the punishment OF a railroad
official, and that explains the above.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19
PRETTY SUIT FOR TENNIS.
a receipt for cream sauc,

and white cap, putting a pint OF gaso-
line to = Il of the lukewarna suds.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

eDeduct S2,5QS.62 for commissions ano we
have as the net sum paid on this nc.
count s7s,e29s1. Add to this the net
amount paid for school purposes and we
have the net sum total OF s12e 47a.1S. That
is to say. the tax paid by the negroes on
realty and personal property for all pur-
poses. including the entire poll tax. is
less by nearly s5o.uVo than the sum which
The Outlook says they pay for schools
alone.
We are surprised that q. reputable pa
per like The Outlook should have given
publication and prominence to these glar-
ing mis-statcmeIts Of negro. without
having taken the trouble to inquire from
the State authorities as to their accu-
racy. The white taxpayers OF Virginia
have been exceedingly liberal in contri-
buting towards the education OF the ne
gro. paying on this account last year
nearly half million dollars. and such
statements as The Outlook prints. COM
ing as they do from negro educator.
are not very encouraging to the tax
payers of this State and other Southern
States.
In another article we shall show what
the State of Virginia has been doing since
the war in this direction; what the ne
gro has been paying into the treasury
and what it has cost the State to edu-
cate negro children and deal with negro
criminals.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19
a Bit Humorous.

r. nout be good to have sunshine ever
~ IN de wear: but den de dark clouds
kiyers a multitude er sinners.-Atlanta
Constitution.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

Up to date there i, no trace Of Tracy
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19
The Birmingham Age-Herald, speakln

The Fredericksburg Star sums the fam
lily fight briefly, as follows:
Garden seed in the Fourth. religion
in the Second and personalities in the
Sixth seem to be prominent features
of this years Virginia congressional cam
raisns.'
In reply to a correspondent the Black
stone Courier says:
1.-The kind of manual training referred
to by the Governor does not partake OF
milking cows or splitting breakfast wood
but even that might be improved upon
in many instances-but Of the kind that
would make the hand more cunning along
with the head. A simple book learning
to a poor person is often an injury. Lee,
this be taken in, connection with a craft
hess of hand and a willingness of heart
this latter being a part of the manual
;rainng-and we get the most perfectly
equipped being for the requirements OF
life
The Bristol Courier makes a guess. 1t
says:
There was one Republican member of
the Virginia Legislature who refused to
take the oath. Maybe he was a Sunday
school superintendent"
The Charlottesville Progress says:
THE best sentiment in Virginia will
demand that the Legislature shall act
In conformity with the high purposes
that characterizes the Governors mes
sage, and that it give the fairest and
moe, patriotic Interpretation to the spirit
aud intention of the new organic law
that It's language will permit
The Staunton News says good and
true thing in the following:
ut has long been the theory that the
University of Virginia is the capstone of
the public school system of the State,
but until recently it was little more than
a theory, there being little in common
between them. OF late. however. the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19
facts of Interest
Eor tie Iousowle.

All communications addressed 10 this
department must be written in ink a. c
accompanied by name and address.
Both will be held confidential.
Correspondents will please write tn
names of their places of residence Is
full. Letters go astray daily becauss
the address is given merely as City,
There are forty-fve of these United
States and many cities in each State.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19
AN HOUR WITH VIRGINIA EDITORS.

University has gotten nearer the public
schools. and if the process continues they
are likely before long to be in close touch
The change is a cornmendable one
There ought to be no missing links In the
educational system of the State, but there
should be graduation from the bottom to
the top
The Leesburg Mirror is of the opinion
that 'the practical results Of the adopted
primary plan in Virginia is not meeting
with much satisfaction. The advocates
Of the primary plan fell head foremost
into a trap set by the enemies OF it, and
they are now beginning to realize their
predicament."
The Newport News Press has this to
say of the non-swearing member Of the
Legislatures:
mir. Mclean. OF Mecklenburg. has
given up his seat in the General Assembly
70 Their than subscribe to the new Consti-
tuition That is an right. Virginia wants
no lawmaker who cannot take the oath
to oe true to the provisions of the Con-
st!tution. There is still plenty OF room
in this country outside of Virginia where
Mr.. Mclean can be accommodated with
a residence, Or better still. he might emil
crate to some other country. He never
wcJld be missed
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

kivers multitude er sinners.-Atlanta
Constitution.
HE says he doesn't believe in the
Philippines"
"of course not Hes an atheist
..whS.t has that to do with tt?:.'
..He doesn't believe In any future
stare."-Phiiadelphia Record.
II Is certainly a mystery how ONCE
bovs, with their combining duties. and
only four grandmoshers- all told. acarire
their exhaustive knowledge OF baseball
Puck
Excited Fisherman Ito country hotel
keeperi-There isn't bit OF fishing about
here! Every brook has sign warning
people of. What do you mean By turing
anglers here with the promise OF nne
fishing?
Hotel Keener-I didn't say anything
about sne fishing. II you read my adyer-
ttsement carefully you will see that what
said was Fishing unapproachaess-
Tit-Bits.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

Miss Johnson the autl>oress, Is irving
to buy house in Richmond to have
and to hold.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

DeLand (Fla.) Record: When one small
section of the State sends to market III
a single season nearly one million dol
lars worth Of vegetables, Florida comes
to the front as one of the greatest States
ne Union
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

The Newport News Press has this to
say of the non-swearing member Of the
I 81 t1lro
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

railroad accident in England Is fol-
lowed by the punishment OF rallroad
official and that explains the above.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

And two named Kitchen, both from the
same State, North Carolina They are
brothers, ana sons of an e0-Congress-
man.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

There was one Republican member of
the Virginia Legislature who refused to
take the oath. Maybe he was a Sunday
school superintendent"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

Atlanta Journal: The father OF thirty
two children died in Virginia the other
day and the town druggist. VINO keeps
soothing syrup and whooping cough
remedies for sale. was one of the CHIEF
mourners at the funeral.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

taxes paid by the blacks with that paid
by the whites
In the year 1900 the negroes OF Virginia
paid on the State assessment as follows:
On real estate. sss,5os AZ
On personal property. II. eeS q
Total s5o,1ss g
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-19

Nevertheless the suspicion persists that
if all pockets were searched few free
pass might be found still-NorfolK