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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-26
a PLEA FOR YOUNG MEN.

A correspondent CO our afternoon con-
temporary the News-Leader, says that
the young man who was shot recently
on Capitol Square was victim or the
liquor traffic, and then asks:
.'Will not the great heart of the Gen
eral Assembly, now convened In this
same city. for the best interests Of the
whole country. throb in sympathy, and
n determination to enact temperance
law for the salvation Of the youth OF
the land-the country's future hope and
dcpendence?"
There is law which prohibits the sale
of intoxicating liquors to minors, and
Justice Crutchfleld Is trying to enforce It
IT ought to be enforced. and SO ought the
law prohibiting the sale OF cigarettes to
minors But tho youth who expects to
be saved By legislation Is In danger Of
hell fire. The youth who wishes to make
sure Of being saved must save, himself
Life is a struggle. and there Is no victory,
without It. Boys can't be saved by lerls-
lation from an immoral life, Nor men
either.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-26
iBLArJDFORD CONFEDERATE
R583 MEMORIAL.

1t Is proposed TO convert the famous
old brick church ut Blandford Into q
Confederate memorial chapel, and In plr-
suance OF that plan the Ladies' Memorial
Association Of Petersburg proposes to
have memorial window for each Of tho
Southern States which seeded, and for
zach OF the two states that sympathized
with the Confederacy. The Index-Appe
says thnt tho work Is now in q state Of
readiness to receive the windows, and It
has been deemed proper that Virginia
should take the Initiative, though It Is
understood that two other States already
have the money In hand necessary for
their windows. It has been decided by the
Ladies' Memorial Association to invite
contributions from all parts Of tho State.
so that 1t will be a Virginia window IN
fact as we'll MS in name.
Tho sum to be raised for tho Virginia
window Is $500, and there ought to DO
no trouble in raising that amount H.
The Times Dispatch will cheerfuly re-
celve subscriptions, and will start the list
with SO. Who will be the next? fS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-26
a WORD ABOUT LOYAL'rY..

we have received the usual spring no.
tificatlon from Northern concern thht
a representative Of the house Will be IN
Richmond alta certain time to take Or
ders FOR spring suits. Every spring ana
every fail citizens Of Richmond receive such
notifications, and we take It for granted
tina, these Northern concerns find profit
table business here, olse }they would not
incur the expense Of sending repre-
sentative to Richmond to sake orders
But It is a puzzle to us that any citizen
of Richmond should prefer to purchase
his summer or full suit from a Northern
house. We have In Richmond an unusu-
ally large number Of trst-rato tailoring
establishments, and in some of them II
Is possible to get good suit of clothes
as cheap as 3arendy-inade suit There are
also medium-prlced tailors and high
priced ta!lors. A man con find IN Ken
lnond any sort or a suit of clothes ne
desires and at reasonable prices why
then should me- wish to send to some
Northern cityRto have his tailoring done?
I'll 1t IS all IA mystery which we cannot
explain, DtC some lolks ~ eAci " t ''s'
something that comes from the Northern
cline. Instead Of feeling a pride IN hay
ing a homemade article, thoy are proud
when they can sport a foreign made ar
ticle. We do not understand that sort OF
feeling. 1t seems to us that every Rich
nonder would be proud to wear a home
made article; would be proud when he
goes away from home to say that his
ccthes and his shoes and his hat were
all supplied by homo manufacturers. That
is the sort Of loyalty that makes city,
anu tho great majority Of men and wo-
men in Richmond have that Loyalty to
perfection. Those who patronze the Tor
elgn concerns arc the exceptions and
there must always be executions to prove
the rule. A
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Yours respectfully,
I. p. iIYHITEIlEAD.t
"Appe ndcitis'' 81 American Origin.

1t was surely a bit OF foolish pedantry
10 leave appendicitis out OF tho New
English Dictionary" and Mr.. Murray
explanation is as thin bit OF sophls..
try. AS words ending in "ltis' are not,
in origin, English in form. but Grae &c
Latin, they do not come within the SCOPE
OF an English dictionary, un less. IKE
bronchitis, they happen to DO IN English
,,sn AS to the distinction between bron-
chltls and appendicitis. that is merely q
matter OF priority. To-day both. are In
common English use. It may be guessed
that Mr.. Murray hates the word because
~ H. American origin. Similarly. in Pro-
lessor Clifford Allbutt's Textbook Of
Medicine, Sir Frederick Treves con-
dennis the word and fights against the
difficulty OF finding a periphrasis for 1t
there being no actual substitute).
throughout long article, The word IL
;hideous, but It has q meaning and val.
ue. And Its currency Is certainly indie.
pendent Of dictionaries -London Chroni-
ry1n i
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q Fl t.
condition. The prosperity that " now
attends the South is chiefly due to
the csertons Of her own people. AMI
they would have done better- nc worse ''11s
If their lands had been entirely free;
IL they had not been bnrdened by nj,
excessive tarlfu nor exhausted BY a8drasa-s
tic revenue thx, nor put to FREQUENT
menace and alarm by Federal Interior Intel + r
cnce In the raoo iss,,e,
So, we reiteratc, that a cause 50 right
cous and Just as ours deserved to ste
coed. and for our part willie we are
now loyal to the Union and take pr Is,
In the greatness OF the nation, we snail snail
never concedc, for we do not believe u It
in our heart, that 1t was best for the the
South that her cause failed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-26
Another Race on the Track,

There is moro talk of our distinguished
townsman, Hon. y, w Saunders, beinH
taken up as the nominee for the goy-'.
crnorship. Cardwell went from the
spealsersiip to the Supreme Court. Saundy
.era could have easily gone to the Court
Of Appeals, but generously and mas'
unanimously gave way for Judge White.
The most prominent men In the stale
link his name with the goyernorship WITH
out any maneuyerng on his part, and
Il, Is the unanimous verdict that he Woula
make one Of the most able and success.
f,ll Chief Executives the State has ever
had lie Is safe, conservative, honest,
fearless, frank and manly, with no en-
tangllng alliances,-Frankin Times De eS'S
Graf.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-26
THE KING CASE.

There were more startling developments
yesterday In the case Of ox-Alderman
King. It appears from facts brought out
BY the Commemorative Attorney-and
by tho way, It Is a blessing for g city
to have a brave and honest Common
wcalth's Attorney like Davlc Richardson
that, some Of Alderman Kings friends
and some OF his associates have been
trying to prejudice the jury in his favor.
Fl We do not want to interfere, as MI.
King is now to be tried by a jury. We
want him to have a perfectly fair trial,
and if no can establish his innocence
we shall be gratlled, but there must be
no dckering with the jury. Serious
charges have been brought against Mr..
King, and 1t is for the jury TO ascertain
= neither or not these charges are true
we want an honest jury and a fearless
Jury, and we want a verdict IN accord
ance with the facts. ,.5
Moreover, IT, any of Mr.. Kings asso-
5ciates in the Board of Aldermen have
been trying to dicker WITH the jury or
trying to pack the jury In his favor, the
people OF Richmond would Ike to know
1t. We have had scandal enough In our
municipal assembly without dragging 1t
Into court
1T is said also that every technically
of tho law will be employed IN Kings
behalf. That is the privilege of his attor-
news. But the law Is made to punish
criminals. not to make lodpholes FOR
their escape. If King Is innocent, he
should be exonerated and liberated, But
if he Is guilty no must not be allowed
to escape punishment through o techni-
.calty, There must be a fair trial and
riehteous verdict in accordance with the
facts, not in accordance with the tech
nicalitles
The people Of Richmond are IN no hu-
NOR TO be trlned with They have not
lost interest in the case--even y IT has
bscn continued from time to time.
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I'h,e8h ] ! /, \ i
ABOUT
|. TOWN
DAILY CADDNDAR--1NE BRUAIaY3 &c.
l9O2--Much5 talk about a new t,ostof1ico
on Broad and Main Streets.
2o00--N othing nut talk.

DAILY CALENDAR NI1E RUAIaYl 20.
l9O2---MuchF talk about a new t,ostof1icc
Oh Broad and Main streets.8
200 o----Ntiothing hut talk.
We have Deetl discovered ~
| Zip to this time wo were not aware
that we had music In our voice.
| Nov we are sure that we cnli sing Ii,
| A sharp md 3 nat, fore we have sung
AS a specially Invited guest OF the ltnl-
Ian Country Club, We cndenvored to en-
terrain them, and otter doing few
tricks with cards and bottles and glasses.
such for Instance, as turning q glass Of
| wine Into n man. we started In to sing,
aided and allotted by our good friend
! I.orchi, OF tho Pahst Company, who sung
bass to our tenor, and the other good
singers, whose names wo have forgotten,
/ except that they were known Familiarity
/ by the ladies' MS Jack and H Mack.
us four kept things going for three
hours and twenty-five cents, md we
felt real proud when we discovered that
we really had q voice. III
Now we most earnestly offer OUR SER
Vices to sing ut any funeral or marriage
to which Captain Frank Cunningham
cannot go.
We can sing a good dlrgc. and we wish
to thank Mr.. G.. Trnfieri, president OF
the Country Club, for opening up the
opportunity, and other things, thht led
to the discovery that we had q voice
We could talk all day about the on
tertainment at tho Country ClnD. for
there were SO many pretty senoras and
senoretas, with big, dreamy eyes md
sweet smiles and beautiful faces. that IT
will take a long time for US to forget the
charm OF the dear little thing in gray
and tho pretty sonora who Got43us TO
mind her baby while she danced with
another fellow. ~
we had our picture took oil together
on tho front porch Of the CLUBHOUSE Jus
and we felt unusually handsome as we
stood behind the pretty married women
there and had the prettlcst maiden IN
the bunch Mt our side.
we felt real devilish when we were
not singing, and then we danced.
Anybody thinks we cant dance wants
to be on hand mt the next charity ball,
when WI expect to do q pas seul IN the
middle Of tho floor. to the accompani-
ment OF tho entire band.
Our good friend Hoyle is now engaged
In cultivntlng a monstacho.
Flo wants to be nblc to appear ~ pup
lie armed with one Of those fierce az
fairs to which bandits and adVenturcrs
in plays are addicted
lie would like people to say as he he
rasseI What handsome Honstache
that little fellow has!'
He has been working on that nous
tache for three weeks, and u y ninleu
that he keeps awake nights to think up
some scheme BY which to make the
moustache grow. Eli 4, , 4.
The thoughts he thinks might MAKE make
tho seyen Sutherland Sisters shudder.
Anyway, In three weeks he has sue NC.
ceeded In Inducing q semi piance OF
beard to come out on his LIP IN spots
But, everybody knows. It taxes 'l tine
to raise good moustache.
n took us tiirty-e!ght years to reach
our present stage, and, well, we don't
N''oS' s,s. HARRY TUCKER
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Personal and General.

John r, Mott secretary OF the WORM
stndent Federation Of the YOUNG NJ On 81 : :
christian Association, arrived -. ~. !.
Francisco yesterday on MS pl'ru ~ y :
around the world.
senator 1lnute Nelson, Of Minnesota; !, y, IS
onn ~ the most accomplished nnsuis.s
in tho Senate, lie SPEAKS NurMS "a Z
svedish d Danish. German French unu
English.
a movement to erect monumehl ~
r, e :, ~ i Tohn A. Logan IN MurphyspoIo'
RI Ills birthplace has Just peeh stuF'ea'
After lying hidden for over two eent y,
rios the wreck Of tho old seVehty-su gun
frigate Anne has Just nsen mrscuve.su s sh
p I,.a last T. IN a fight with the French IN
1900 &.
covernor s.. w. II. Lanham, of Texas.
haa sent in his first veto. It dlsapproyes
n bill allowing the marriage OF man
TO his step-daughter ana OF WlaoW y
nor daughters husband after mat daush-
ter's death,
president soule, Of soule College. New
Orleans. advises tho erection OF one or
more hotels In that city for the use OF
students In Tulane University and the
half-dozen collegiate institutions there.
Therc were $500 fewer deaths IN Berlin
last year than the year before The de-
crease was largely among children he-
tween six months and one year old, and
Is thought to be due to the cool summer,
Alfred G, Vanderbilt amused himself
several days ago by Playing lnotornan
on one Of the electric cars, running It
from his home Into Newport, and pre-
senting the matorman OF the car With q
$50 bill for the privilege, ES
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-26
NEW ENGLAND CLAP-TRAP,

senator lIoar recently remarked that
negroes like Booker Washington are as
welcome at his table as al the White
House. Now that means, IL 1t 1t a sin.
cere statement, that educated negro lads
are welcome TO call on the lassles In AIR.
Hoar's household and win their hearts If
they can and marry them and bring forth
a generation OF mulattoes II means that
MIR. Hoar would welcome these mulatto
children into the family and be glad to
know that the blood Of his family clrcu-
lated IN their veins,
Or perohaace II one of tho young men
IN the family should marry black wo-
man Of culture and refinement Mr.. iIoar
would welcome the kinky-ha!red woman
and welcome the kinky-haired children
that should he borne OF the union. and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-26
\
] VIEWS y II | ' !: 81
]; 7: 3! I EOPLE:
J

We poposo to publish III thls depart.
ftr.rnt k1iorL communications fram tie
people on PUBLIC questions, but, no com.
.inunication moro than $50 words Ii
length Will he permitted In this column.
we shall try to make room for tho long
ones elsewhere. but the short ones win
have the better chance{to get In. Is
The Liquor Question.
5tJdltor OF I'he Timos. Dispatch: I,
VA Sjr.-Thanks for your clear and able
editorial on 1.-THE Liquor Traffic." which
appears III to-dnys issue OF your paper,
and do let 5us have mora Of tho same
"A to get at what Is risht md best In tho
inooled question We ngree with you
that tho question Is ono or regulating the
sale OF 5lluuor--so regulating 1t as To pro-
vide against drunkenness-.nnd we nrs
disappointed that YOU offer no sugges-
ton along this line. The dispensarry bill
promises little towards decreasing drunk
scnness since II will soil al, unlimited
quantity OF #liquor--ln limited measures
In order to get large revenue. Therefore,,
tile Mann BILL promises more md has
fewer objections, as It seems to, secure
local lf-gpvernment by throwing the
burden OF y s<cnring 4 saloon on the man
that wnncs the saloon ind knows lie will
be benefited thereby. S8 81
The temperance people hold that drunk.
ennoss is 4 known and existing evil, and
II ono u not #outspoken against It they
bt;nspokenly condono or tolerate 1T.
u cannot Le that tho spirit OF tho Con-
stltution intended that the secret bnl-
q 10y should be used as means II per-.
netInte IN lslown and existing 4 cvIl. III A
snloon-kecpcri will admit that drunken-
ness IL n:4tyil. but nc viii cnst Aecrat
ballot for the thing that produces drunk
lenness. Why? because he receives d
questionable benefit at the expense OF
untold Injury ana wretchedncss to so'no
others Let tho #spiit OF the Const.tu-
ton help the weak. sclf-indulgent citizen
to n higher plane Of open ballot on ki, Swn
and existing evils. "A N. NJ
4 King William county, Fob. goth. 85s
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s. proud for them IL bear his family

be proud for them u bear his family
Efa1ncs IS I'll *
Nov. II Mr. Hoar Is sincere let him hi
come but and declare himself to this eff
feot. II the negro is to be recognized as
ID social equal, where shall tho line be be
drlwn7 II d father permits a young man man
to visit 1T his house. how can ne con- NJ,
sistently protest II the young man wishes she's
to pay his addresses to tho glrlF l4.t5,
We OF the South understand this, and and
50 we say that there must be q sharp
line, and that there mist be no mixing XII
There muut BE no departure whatever
from the sacred traditions.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-26
Homicides in Amherst
M The win Dispa tch: \

Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
sir.-I noticed IN Il recent issue OF your !
paper an article written By one Who
signed himself "Ol1 Soldier In which
Is The following remarkable statement.
to wilt:
Amherst county has had but three
homIcdes In her corporate limits In tho (
last fifty years, and tradition does not
hand down any more"
If this were true, Amherst would In
deed be a pcaceable county. and her citl-
xuii5 would have just cause TO be proud
VI her. I,ut the statement Of Id Soil
:!ier.' is rot fact, and how any ono
can rush ltlto print and make such an
..bsurd and ridiculous declarat ton In lac.a
Of the lacts is hard to comprehend. fhss
fact Is Amherst county has been 30 un-5
fortunate as to have had a great many
hon1lcidos within her BORDERS within thu
last few years.
AS this ar.!cle was evidently written.
for purpose, and in answer to some-
thirS tina. was said in your paner enuut
the Campbell investigation, think 1t
we'll that the people shall know some
thing Of the real facts as relates to the
number or killings" that have taken
place In Amherst county. Tho writer
Is only thirty-four years old and distinct
~ remembers the occasion Of TWEEN ty-one
homcides. and to these may be added
two lynchings. "Old Soldier must have
been asleep ever since the war. Three
homcides In fifty years. he says. Why,
the dear old fellow ought to know there
has been four IN the last two years. I
can easily give the names OF the twenty
one cases refer to II necessary. Lam
not cndeavorlng to show UP the blnck
side Of Amherst county, but when people
like !" Old Solder undertake to writo his
tory they certainly ought to consult. the
records. II, 5s 4 u. gy4
Yours respectfully,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-26
A Suggestions

Editor OF The Times-Dispat ch:
Slr.-Let Stntuary Hall, In Washington,
have q statue OF General Robert z. Leo
when a wish Is expressed by Congress-
to have such a statue. rhose now In thu
hall OF marble and bronze are on pcdcs%
tails. making the heads about ten feet
above the floor, Have the ono OF Lee
made by Valentine, on marble slab two
inches thick, Lee reclining on his left
side. resting his head OH hand, elbow
OH slab. This will bring his head about
eighteen inches above floor Of hall. Fe2 r
not from this position Robert L. Lee
will easily look down on every statue
there.
sf n A STAFF, Q FF'ICEIs, VI
Who knew and loved him we'll.
N Williamsburg, Va, Feb 2gd. En-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-26
North Carolina Sentiment,

p # :
Here seems to be a. case Of stable lock
ing after the departure Of the horses. The
Raleigh News ana Observer says
"Let us wait to test the Legislature b,
| what 1t accomplishes when the sum tota
| OF It's legislation Is in the statutes
| Wherein II errs, criticism should not Dt
| should be given, twill make mistakes
but all that 1t does should be considered
! together and n general average taken
of the finished legislation"
The North Carolina papers seem to be
greatly stirred up over the recent TRACE
dies In Raleigh and Charlotte. The Dur
ham Herald says;
"Thls thing OF killing people upon slight
provocation Is becoming alarming, and
what makes 1t worse, the law affords
little protectlon.&It4it had been absolutely
certain that hanging would follow a
murder the tragedies at Charlotte and
Raleigh would not have occurred" {.
on the same subject. the Newborn Jour
nal has this to say:
I'm every city there nre men carry
Ing pistols. q deadly menace to their
community, and 3violators Of law, ana
public morality. who ought to be made
examples Of until the law Is respected.
"The law Is plain on this matter. Tho
trouble is that II Is too flagrantly and
too often violated, and until the law Is
strictly enforced, the public may expect
repetitlons Of the hoTrlp!e atfairs IN RAJ
eigh and Charlotte"
Here is the Raleigl Posts view OF the
effect OF the beef combines
1.-THE beef trust may be an Illegal COM
bino for maintaining prices, but so long
ns tho farmers who raise the animals
get big share Of the raise we pre-
sumo the rest of lis. must submlt-do the
best we can and stand by the farmers"
Regarding the ieylcton"5o OF the colored
postmaster, Wick, at Wilson, and the mp
polntment Of DR.. Person, the Duplln Jour
nal says:
"This is neither q victory for Pritchard
nor Roosevelt, the Lily Whites nor the
negroes but rather compromise In that
the successful candidate, Dr. Person,
though Lilly White now, IN the days
of fusion attempted 90 pluee wilson UNI
der negro government. Unjust be rather
h,miliatIng TO Wilson'S Lily Whites to
think that it took sixty days for the
whole Republican party, State and ma
tlonal, to find Il white man in the coun-
IN of Wilson more suitable for the OF
flee than Sam Ylck,
Tho Wilson News says
'sAlthough a. bill has passed both
brpnchcs Of the Legislature masing It
a misdcmeanor to operatsla bucket shop
In aeidsvlle, the STOCK s,l ESc h, = SUI WI
contested in thNSrourts and II y not
thought that it VI stand lths tes1
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WISE AND OTHERWISE.
.Indisp ens;ble Principle.

Principle is to a man whatia free Con-
stitution is to u nation; without that prln-
chile or that free Constitution the one
may be for the moment as Goou' ing ny,
other as happy. but we cannot t e il i',,,
long that goodness and happiness VIII
cot1tinue-Bulwer. 49,
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Signs Of Spring.

Soon will the lengthy days commence commence
Tho violet wei see;
Book agents, they VIII climb the renee
The farmer'll climb the tree.
u. Atlanta Constitution.
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Monumental,

she--What do they mean by tie wish
,ssfather to the thought" Idon't exact
ly understand that.
He-Ivhy when they erect monu.
mcnt 10 d man before he is dead, mat1
10 what It means,-Y onkers Statesman,
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Not the Same.

"Its n merciful dspcnsation OF prov"
.idcnce that makes consnmptives always
horoful. It's Just heavens mercy thht
keeps them from realizing how pad phey
arc 54s $50
sirrers from realizing how bad they are!
Wnuld YOU call that heavens mercy!'--
Catholic Standard and Times
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-26

The handkerchief Mrs. Roosevelt sent
to Dallas brought sit. the Dallas women
have thanked Mrs. Roosevelt and we
suppose the incident may now be said t1id.
to be closed
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-26
Changed Conditions.

First Politician-Of course. you consider
yourself master of the situation (.
heard of my neutrality-suspicious. Eyen.As
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-26
WIN Not 1000.

smlth-Old Skinner promised his daugh-
tar d check for four figures II she mar
rIed according to his wishes.
Jones--And did she get It?
smlth-snre. Tho check called for SILL
Chicago News.