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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-28
Particulars of the Wreck.
,snccial to Tho Times Dispatch.

tSpccIh1 10 q no In''n. -, I.
BRISTOL VA. June 27.-Engtneer
spalding, aged forty, vas caught I'M
der the tender and mashed 10 deatn m
stantly: Fireman George Hoover was
hurled headlong from the engine and
disemboweed. .55!i
The remains: OF the dead were brought
here to-day TO be prepared Tor burial.
Engineer Spalding's home was IN Bris-
toll, and his body will be Inferred here.
The injured expressmen reside N Br,s-
toll. The engine. turned over upon leav-
Ing the track and was completely sttlp-
ned The MALL and express cars each
jumped over the engine and landed on
opposite sides of the track Although
two passenger coaches loaded with pas
sengers left the rails. not one OF the pas
sengers was seriously hurt.
1t was ! o'clock this afternoon before
the track was cleared.
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Racing at Chicago.
Z (By Assocla ted Press.

(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO. ILL, June 27.-Results at
Washington Park: e,,.
First race-mile and twenty. yards.sixs
second Toah ia to s. third. Time, !: 40.
Second race = seven furlongs : Peter
Paul 70 to 81 first. Miss Crawford g to y
second. Annie Davis (6 to - thru. linie.
Third race--oakwood Handicap; mile
and an eighth. value s.. sl0-McChesney
Il to q first. AlanA. Dale @ to y , sec
ond. Little Scout dc to - thiru. A''''e'
fourth race-rnile and n sixteenth
Frivoi e to ~ first. Barrica g TO = sec sec
ond. Caxton e 10 third. Time; ~. ~ q
to q first, unhels 6 to y second; q. =.
Gibson q to u third. Time l n ~. Our
Sixth race-nile and six ~ 3, N sec.
ond. Pirate $50 tod third. Time. l:4e 80
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-28
CAUSE OF THE WRECK
Facts and Theory Point to One Con
clusion.
| fspecLal to The Tlmes-DIspatchl

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.)
CHESTER. VA. June 27-The facts and
most probable theory areIthat the frelsh!
engine. being first in had uncoupled ana
gone on the main line to the tank for
water. and had returned to the belt line,
and coupled TO heavy line of freight
cars but being on the belt line switch,
the operator could not turn the lever IN
the tower that closed the switch. and the
Indications are that the freight engine
W, sdoing All It could TO back off the
switch. and the operator was making
every effort TO turn the switch and when
TOO late, he put up the danger signals on
the approaching train. or Engineer Cow
tngton. having given the station whistle,
supposed the switch would be turned In
full time. or else he did not notice the
red boards.
One sad circumstance connected with
the Hremans death. Is that he was killed
Immediately at his old home.
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WRECK NEAR MARION
Passenger Train Thrown from
Track by Cow-Two Killed.
ec,aJ tn The T1meS-DjsDatc


MARION. VA, June 27.-At 10 o'clock
last nigh, disastrous wreck. both TO
life and property, occurred on the Nor
folk and Western Railroad about one and
a half miles east of Marion. The train
was running about one hour late and. at
a very high rate Of spcrH when the en-
CINE struck "a COW al the crossing near tho
county bridge at the Allen place. The on
CINE and tender, together with the ex-
press car baggage car. mail car. and
second elias car. were hurled from the
track, resulting in the Immediate death
of Lee Spalding.. engineer, and Charles
Hoover, fireman,
The express messenger, w, G.. Otey,
was seriously injured about back and
body, and 3. L, Wood, the baggage.
man. was internally hurt The engine and
express car We're badly demolished. Al
though the engine and cars had left the
track they continusd IN he direction OF
the roadway for al least two hundred
yards. then plunged down an cmbank
ment from twelve 10 t,tteen feet The
debris Is fast being removed and the line
| Is again intact
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-28

,rday afternoon and played a very one
sided contest, the former winning by the
score of 1S to s. The batting Of Dalton,
Sllaughncssy. and C, Bauer. and the field
Ing of Jim" McEvoy, for the Olympus.
and the batting OF Bernstein. for the
Wevanokes, were the features Of the
game.
Score: K. II. p.
Olympias ......,s.7 ago Q 20 OLE 15 2
Weyanokes O00 90 2 G ] o. s. g.
Batteries: olyrnplas. Howell and shsii,
ton. Weyanokcs. creepy. Brantley ana
Timberlake. Umpire Mr.. Carter.
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E|LK0 NOTES.

Mr.. and Mrs, Lewis Horner, Of Rich
mopd. spent sunday with Mrs, j, g.
Mrs. j. T. -Ruhuper has returned to
Mrs, W. II. Warriner.
Mr.. and Mrs. ollie Bates and Mr., and
Mrs. Wexford Bates, Of Richmond. spent
Miss Myrtle Sharpe ia visiting friends
and relatives in Richmond Before re-
turning she will visit Sussex, ~, ;.
Visiting sitI her sister, Mrs. u. IL, VIM
Miss Mary Baker has returned to Rich
mond after Visit to her home, In this
Mr. q. Chamberlain went to Richmond
Wednesday, on a business trip.
| There Will be a picnic at the grounds
Of Willis NJ. y Church July 4tll.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-28
The Laurels Won.

There was fast game of ball played
between the .Crescents and the Eaureis
on the latter's grounds Yesterday ABOUT
of the game were tho batting Of the
l.aurels and the fine fielding. OF the
Crescents. Tho Laurels won by the score
of G to 4. The batteries were Lnkhouser
and Moore for tho Crescents. and Ford
and Ford for tho I.aurcls.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-28
A Remarkable Fact,

(SrpclsI 20 Ibe TImes Ulsppfch
ROANOKE. VA. June 27,The pony
trucks OF the enigma We're derailed and
ran distance OF nine hundred fee, on the
cross-ties before tic large trucks were
derailed and the engine, With the tender.
mail car exprese car and baggage car,
went over an embankment. None OF the
passenger coaches lett the rails. and cx.
ceM-p persons named, no one was hurt.
II is supposed that Engineer Shading
did not realize that tho small tracks OF
his engine we're deraEed, as there was am.
Pile thne to have stopped The train after
that occurrence before 1t left the rails,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-28
Northside Stars and Swansboro.

The Northside stars and Swansboro
teams met and played a very fast game
Saturday al Swnnsboro. The features of
the. game were the general all-star work
of both teams.
Score: h r. u.
Swansboro .........l ooeo01 o. l0 Q
Nortl,side Stars. 20 0 o 0 Q 90 ~
Batteries: Swaiisboro. Corlet and Hu.
and Morris. Umpires. Messrs. Mcscoe
and Millinrton
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BARTON 'E[ElGR1rs.
~. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Mrs. X. l.. Beckner of clifton Forge;
WHO has been visiting q the the home tof
My ulinser has retfnfnsa Az o mo weeks
Barton Heights has at last obtained car
service. Two came over Friday mornlng
The soldiers,-tl,ere was Manager Huff ana
several Of the ofiielals on board, The car
met with no accdent-as II went along
nrevail that there will be no trouble over
here. as all seem to be law abiding citlr
aens, IN.
have left for a visit to relatives and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-28
AMERICAN LEAGUE
GAMES YESTERDAY

Scores Yesterday
Cleveland SO, Washington %.
Detroit 2. Philadelphia l.
Chicago Z, New York 4.
Boston 8. St. Louis 0.
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Grin CITY League.
-Y9@aSa.83..<:. .S1ssSva9a
Sanding of the Clubs.
Pontiacs and divers.

The game SATURDAY afternoon at Broad.
Street Park between the Pontincs and
'Oltvers Was II regular pitchers battle.
Eddie Cullinan made star catch IN
center field in the ninth inning, saving
the game for the Pontiacs.
Scoiei X. IL II.
Pontiacs t..,.t..,,.,bUO 0 lt20 2-6 2
divers ,.........,,.l 0 5000 % Q
Batteries: Pontiacs Crawford and
Stout, rimplres. Newman and Ramos, N"1
oYmpias and Weyasnokes.
This olympiss and Weyanokss met sat
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-28

Schedule for Monday.
Washington at Detroit.
Philadelphia at Cleveland.
New York at st. Louis.
Boston at Chicago.
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" El'ss1enr1as-T i, targets in each
West End Gun Club.

Had the West End Gun Club been able
TO have notified all of its members ~ time
wounds, but the notice came too late
70 notify every one and small party
Went 10 their old grounds and shot two
aN'N''N' lat Event % EVENT
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-28
Schedule for Mo nday.
st. Louis at Philadelphia.
Pittsburg at New York.
Chicago at Boston.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn.
Standing of the Clubs.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
GAMES YESTERDAY

victory for Philadelphia to-day but
Frazer weakened in the seventh inning,
Score: r. ~. ~;
st. louis ......... 0 Q Of u -
Batteries: Rheidy ana o ;r !, n Mc 1Tm
pire Emsie. Attendance, 400.
games to-day. making a brace that coin.
cided with a fielding slump on tho part
of the visitors. -
Boston sssss: see;o2s1HS' !; + )
Chicago ,i;;sr3e,. o a. Moran an Meme.
ran and Holiday.
Second Game.
eSssso ss ;S6 60 II 8
Batteries: P!ttinger and Moran: Lnnd-
gTen and K fIId. Tine 4S nm 55G
Al Brooklyn: Cincinnati, Vas fortunate
In winning to.day's game from the locals a.
Garvn would have won his game but
ei SsG5?; DID,. ssss4ss7 g 8 !; Z
BTookyn oo;a end pe,tz as and
Ritter hitter Time. 2:1s Umpire. TOMBSTONE.
Attendance. GooO.
At New York: Before the largest crowd
ever assembled at the Polo grounds and
from the locals to-day. 1t was ono Of the
most exciting of games and was won by
good hitting.
N ev9' York ....oI2ooooooo5o % 8 3
Mce,po,fy ana Warne +
ippi and Phelps. Time, 2:1o Umpire,
O'Day. Attendance, 81, 240.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-28

There is through sleeping car TO the
Adirondack Mountains via f. i r..
Wes,shore and New York Central from
Washington, three daSs a week ASK
ticket agent, go
barge Emile. Quincy Point.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-28
Quiet All Around.

Yesterday was an exceedingly dull day
at all the public Offices Little Of inter .,l.
CITY Hall, tic .susllal Saturday summer.
dullncss having prevatlltesd1 l5j fsi W. f,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-28
Schedule for To-Day.

Philadelphia at Detroit.
Boston at st. Louis.
New York at Chicago.
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Standing Of the Clubs.

At Detroit Donovan out-pttched Wad-.
dell to-day and Detroit won by run,
Detroit ........... 0o011Oo 0--2 s 9
Philadelphia $500 000010 % OIL 2
Batteries: Donovan and Mcclure; Wad-,
dell and Schreckengost. Time, lao. Um-
pires, Carruthers and Hassett.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-28

Southern League.
Shreveport Z, Memphis 0.
Montgomery ., Birmingham j..
Little Rock 4. New Orleans 2.
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Eastern League.
Worcester 2. Rochester 0. VI
Toronto 8, Jersey city 8.
Buffalo Q. Newark I.
Baltimore 3. Providence s.
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Al Clcveland: Cleveland and Washing
ton split even on doube-hea1er to-day.
First Game.
Score *. y. u.
Washington - :..; ooo 90 90 Q 90 : :
Batteries: Bernhard and Bemls; Ortiz
and Drill. Time. l:27, Umpire. O'I.augh-
lin. III
Second Game.
cleveland 80. ooooaoooo.o % ID o
Washington y. 20 20 10000 03--5 IS 2
Batteries: Joss and Abbott; Wilson and
Drill. Time, hours Attendance. 12.7ML
Umpire O'Laughlin.
At Chicago: Most Of the runs to-day
were scored on ragged fielding and bat
terry errors.
chicago 1cae' ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
New York ........ 02ol 90 ID
Batteries. Owen. Dunkle and McFar-
land; Griffith and Bevile, Time. LAS.
Umpire. Sheridan, Attendance, $500.
At st, Louis: Boston took the second
game Of the series from ST, Louis to-day
with case.
score: H. II. II,
St. Louis ..,oooSoooo e-S ;
Batteries; Sudhoff ana sugden: Gibson
and Crlger. Time. las. Umpire. Connol.
! ~, Attendance. $50.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-28

An official statement of the causes of
the wreck and extent Of the casualties
was given out from the Richmond office
OF the Atlantic Coast Line 1t is APP
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-28
The FINE SHOOTING 0 I NC
OF Mr.. BOUDAR.
He Won the Medal Yesterday
Amid Hearty Applause.

Yesterday was not an ideal afternoon
for high scores in smashing mud pies,
as at times the sky was oVercist VIII
low hanging clouds, NsomeW hat obscuring
tho clay saucers, especially the BLACK
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-28

Mrs. Joe Huneycutt, of No. 1919 Twenty
first Street. is in Charlotte, N. c., visit
ing relatives. and will be gone several
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-01
WHIsKEY LEGISLATION AND
POLITICS.

One of the first men in Piedmont North
Carolina, who has always been a good
Democrat, writes private letter to the
editor. from which the following extract
is taken:
"All honor to you and the News and
Observer. I heartily congratulate you.
Hurt the party, indeed! You are pursu-
ing the only sensible course to save it.
1.-THE liquor interest in North Carolina
is Republican by large majority. The
distillers in the West who are making
such wall are Radicals. The Democratic
party is the party of morality in this
State. Go on with your good work and
NAV God bless you! I think I am a
Democrat. and in the main, for ten years
and more. have followed the News and
Observer and endorsed it's political
poi:cy, but never in it's history has it
had nv more enthusiastic approval and
endorsement than it has right now. Hurt
the party! You have put your finger on
the sore spot and exposed the whole
scheme. If the Legislature fails to give
US temperance legislation that is worth
while the Democratic party may as well
take in it's sign. If the policy of the
News and Observer is not adopted, we
are done for
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-01
ALLTOGETHER!-

The presence last week of the great
gathering Of patriotic men, from every
section of the State, petitioning the
General Assembly to enact progressive
and effective temperance legislation was
an epoch-making event in the history of
North Carolina. 1t was not gathering
merely of men noted for their devotion to
the cause of temperance, though that
army of noble men were on hand. 1t
was not simply a gathering of faithful
preachers of the Word, though they were
here in full force, leading in this as il
all reforms that make for the betterment
Of their fellows. 1t was as we'll a gath
full business and professional men. who
wish to serve their day and generation
by minimizing the evils of the whiskey
business. The presence of these earnest
and true men in Raleigh was benedic-
tion to the capital. They made a pro-
found impression.
NOW COIu0S the Tug VI war. luOSc Ileu
have returned to their homes The lobby
that is working against effective temper
ance legislation remains 1t has plenty
of resources and it is paid to stay here.
1t embraces men who are here ostensibly
on other concerns as we'll as those who
avow their business. They are plausible,
they are persistent, they are ubiquitous.
At the hotel tables they talk about the
injury that such legislation threatens to
do the party. On the streets, in the
Hobbies. everywhere their activity is seen
and felt. 1t is not the men who make ar
guments in the open committee who are
dangerous 1t is the unknown, unherald-
ed. quiet agents who pretend to have no
interest in the matter who are the dan
gerous enemies of temperance legislation.
To the temperance forces of North
Carolina: Do not relax your efforts.
Send in letters and petitions to your
legislators Press the battle to the finish.
If you would win, the fight must be con-
tinued with unfiagging zeal. ITO your
tents. o, Israeli"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-01
CHURCH STATISTICS.

The annual statistical exhibit of the
churches in the United States shows
that while the net gain of communism IS
in 1901 was 924,675, in 1902 it was only
403. 74S, This may be accounted for part
lv nv the fact that in 1901 the Catholic
bodies showed an increase in that yeaI
OF TAB, 0S3, while in 1902 the increase was
120, 634 This still leaves decrease from
1901 of 16S.4S3 communicates in face of
the fact that the population OF the United
States is increasing very rapidly.
The greatest gain in standing In the
last IL years is shown by the Mormons.
who have moved from the twenty-first
to the sixteenth place.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-01
a MORNING TONIC.
CDR. Carlisle at Columbia.

CDR. Carlisle at Columbia.)
81 say to you frankly that believe the
question of most Importance before our
General Assembly now in session in our
city, is the question of child labor in the
mills. There are considerations grave
and far reaching involved in it. 1t means
much for the moral as we'll as the mate
rial prosperity of our land. Is the mere
ly financial to rule? Is it to be a ques.
ton of IrOft amt .tes, or are we to
recognize the attitude of Jesus to all
these questions and ask, as He does,
what sort of men are to be produced? Z
believe that God means every man to
have a chance to develop his body, his
mind. his soul to the best possible point
of attainment. Yet l fear we often get
in the way. Our aims are other than
Gods, and oftentimes we cross His pur-
poses and bring disaster on His children.
Until we recognize as paramount the con-
sideration of the resultant character,
thinking more of men than machines,
more Of soul than per cents, we shall miss
the highest and best solution Of the
modern industrial problem
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-01
KISSING THE BIBLE.

There is no reason why any person,
who takes an oath in court, should kiss
an ''old greasy Bible" The cost of the
Book is now so little that a new Bible
might be purchased at every term of the
court. If not, each witness might carry
his own Bible to the court house if he
is afraid of germs.
The bill introduced by Senator Goodwin
to prohibit kissing the Bible in taking
oaths in Superior courts seems to have
strong support. 1t is seriously to be
doubted whether it ought to become a
law. While the swearing on the Bible
will not deter some men who inter1 to
swear falsely, there is a soIemnity ia
swearing upon the Holy Book that makes
It's impress upon the mind. 1t is a GUS
l'tom hoary with age, founded upon faith
in the Word, and ought not to be abol-
ished unless there is some strong reason
for it, 1t is a proper presumption that
an old thing has reason to support It.
Otherwise it would have been abandoned
before it became fixed as a custom,
There ought to be no worship of old
forms for their own sake, but when they
have become engrafted into the life of
the people they ought not lightly to be
set aside.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-01
MUST BE INVESTI-
GATED.

We publish elsewhere statement by
Mr.. ]. L. c. Bird, of Marion, with re-
ference to certain charges of cruelty and
inhumanity in the treatment of convicts
Marion and at Marion. We also pub
lish a letter written by Mr.. J. S. Mann,
superintendent of the States Prison to
the Governor, and an interview with ref
ence to Mr.. Birds letter.
The matters alleged in Mr.. Birds let
ter are grave and serious. If there is
one thing in North Carolina that arouses
the indignation of its people more than
another it is the cruel and inhumane
treatment of men who are not in posi-
ton to protect themselves. They will
not tolerate it anywhere at any time
by anybody. They will not accept an ex-
parte statement or PREJUDICE any man
charged with cruelty. But they will be
satisfied with nothing less than full,
prompt, thorough investigation by capable
and honest men who have no connection
with the penitentiary. Superintendent
Mann. an honorable and capable official,
says that he courts the fullest investiga-
ton. He is satisfied that it will remove
the suspicion of cruelty that has been
raised.
Let the matter be investigated at once
by men who will go to the very bottom,
sift every charge, and state the facts just
as they exist. This ought to be done this
week. 1t is due alike to the public and
to the penitentiary authorities,
Let the General Assembly act on Men
day.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-01

Many good people are at times dis
posed to criticize the daily newspaper be-
cause it prints stories of crime. They
forget that a newspaper must be "a
events of the day-the good, the bad, the
Indifferent. The newspaper that omits all
reference to crime is as poor q news
paper as the paper that revels in nasti-
ness, though not so much to be criticiz-
ed. The thing that everybody is talk
ing about must be told of in the daily
papers, even If it is an event that an
editor would personally like to exclude
from the columns of his paper. The good
editor treats it in way that is consonant
with good taste and a sense of RESPONSE
bility as a public educator, as we'll as
a purveyor of news. The bad editor reveis
in stories of the gutter and prints a
story Of crime to appeal to the love of
the base in men, But both must print
the news if they print newspaper.
The demand for newspaper that sup
presses the legitimate news is not At
healthy but morbid demand, though
some short-sighted good men make it,
In an address at Trinity College. Dur
ham, in 1901, the venerable Lyman Abbott
expressed the true idea about a daily
newspaper when he said:
1--WE ought to know the evil things that
are going ON in the world. We don't
want an Index Expurgatorius. We don't
want a censor, either at Washington or in
a Chicago editorial chair, to tell us
what We may read. / want to know
everything The daily newspaper
is a history of current life. It's business
is to tell US what went on in the world
yesterday. 1t is first of all a reporter
The enterprise OF the American journal
is beyond all praise. But we have a
right to ask for something more than
enterprise. We have no right to ask
the newspaper to select only the pleas
ant things for us to read"
Samuel Bowles, editor of the SPRING
field Republican, was one of the first men
to understand and maintain the fair pro-
portion between the news of the day and
to make news stories out of the topics
that concern literature, education
morals, religion, as well as stories Of
crime and sensation. The wise editor
initiates the example Bowles set, which is
continued to this day in the Republican.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-01
SPANKING IN THE OLD REG1 ME

Recorder Lazarus, of New York city,
had before him recently for violation
of the law, two boys, aged nine and IL
respectively. He did not wish to send
them to Jail, so suggested to their moth
ers that good spanking would satisfy
all the claims of the law. - ss
The mothers looked not after the order
Of their spanking. Turning the boys face
downward they gave the youngsters an
unusual application that created sem
sation among the spectators and va
riety Of sensations on the boys. 1t is
said that the air was filled with cries
from the boys and with dust from the
seats of the trousers, the dust being
caused no doubt by the very warm
weather in that quarter.
To those who were reared under the
old regime this seems very crude
method of punishment, and shows lack
of experience on the part of these moth
ers that raises sigh of pity for their
ignorance.
1t is easy to get into the habit OF ex-
aggerating the superiority of the past
over the present. Many people will swear
that even the moon shone more brightly
before the war than it has ever shone
since. We are told that men were Drawer,
women more beautiful; the peaches were
more delicious, the water from the old
spring clearer and cooler; oratory was
more thrilling. politicians were all states