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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-03

These figures show that IN every State
named the negroes practically hold the
ba lance OF power AS I in the Southern
states the fear OF negro domination Keeps
them Democratic. SO y in the Northern
states the solid black vote serves to main
tain a Republican supremacy. When the
negro shall become 50 intellectually
advanced as to & interest himself IN
politics So fara as to understand the
erect OF his 5tvpte in a. eterrni ning N the
Legislation and policies offthe government
ia will be q more useful and less danger
Gus citizen. He will no longer flock BY
himself" philadelphia Record.
Is it that interesting The negro
problem is 40 longer sectional affair. It
is the North's problem: it Is the Republic
can party's problem as we'll as the Dom
ocratic party's problem, It is more the
problem OF the Republicans than It Is the
problem Of the Democrats. We Demo-
Gratis Of the South have solved the negro
question politically, and fit is giving them
very little trouble. But 1t is UP to the
Republicans Of the North and President
Roosevelt knows it.3 IT.
And we are mean enough to be real
glad. q
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Observation-Disclosures J 7 y,
.RQ,'7o,, TITS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Mrs, Nichols OF Poo Street, who Has
been quite sick. is improving. sS55s
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. & Gary, who have
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs, w. II. Kid s$
well. have returned to their homo In
washington {s33. ~. 332si 4 \ ag
VI Master Linwood Drumuller Il who has
been quite sick at his home, is able to
NJ. j. r. Bowles has left for Louisa. Il
% Mrs. W. P.t Veltch Is Qui to sick at her
d home, 81 sS sySSt t43 3ssssf
Tho ladies' Of the Epiphany Episcopal
Church will have an Easter egg hunt 4
April 1sth,&&5;l 3553
Mrs. Drake, II South Carolina. Is visit.
Ing on Chestnut Hill, i35f
visiting Mrs. Cole, Of Third Avenue,
Chestnut Fill. II ssh S #
Miss 1dllian Watkins. who has been
visiting her parents on Chestnut Hill has VI
left for Glen Allen to take ohar rye OF her
school. '3,i S5Is X S5'3
aaMiss Katherine Watkins Is quite sick
at her home. : a.
evening at 4 o clock q ~ VI, 5si Il
Mrs. Benefits residence in Brookland
Park. ~ ~ IL l3i 3 S}ss 4 Il Isl Z; S
Mr.. and mrs. ]. G. Cole have left for
Frankfort, KY on an extended visit to
friends and relatives. XII ,8S e As iSa s8
@ Miss Wright, who has been visiting
friends In Brookland Park, has left Tor a
her home. 10 354iS. III
jackson. Miss. after q visit to friends On
IN sMr.. W, !. K. Bache left yesterday on a
business trip to North Carolina 1t 81
.S3 Miss Violet Chamberlain is quite sicle
] at her home In Brookland Park. ti \; sS
M Master william Catlin, who has been 4
quite sick. IS now able TO attend school.
Miss Harper, Of Henrico, IS visiting
friends on the Heights. ,3Saf25 5i
$f Miss Rlena Flanagan. who has been
quite sick, is able to be out. IN;
Miss Wayne Grove left yesterday for
Il Mrs., :, II, Lea is quite sick at her
Miss Miss Grace Chamberlain who has beer,
quite sick at her home In Brookland t,arR
Is able to be out agaln Tx sS Is Il I. Z, s.
v Roy Wright, who has been qulte slcH
at his home In Brooklanq Park, Y 'Nuea
M, ana Mrs. William Todd who have
been visiting in Fork Unioll, nave rev
to their home In W alnut ttll'l 4,
"a Mrs. Scott. who has been quite SICK 4
al her home on Hermitage Road, is lm' D
proving. Il. ~ Z. ,,,a,.,,.
Mrs, Hawkins, who has peen Yls'tl'!1
friends on the Heights, has returned 70 &
her home In Chariot esyile, I. .{9 N III
Mrs n oward has returned to her home
rs Roanoke after a visit to friends on /
the Heights. iil ,
The G, M. a.. Club met at The residence
al MI. Overton Woodward Wednesday
afternoon, Those present were; Virgins
liua Croxton, OYerton Woodward. Buford
Rose Evans Dawson, Robert Kidwel
and Donald Miller, 3s Mi
W Miss Daisy Wright, daughter Of Mr.,
Hartwell Wright, Of Hanover, to Mr.. Il
Charles q. Higgason, Of Hrookland Park,
on April sth, at 8 o'clock F, Min Roh.
mond. $3s I'D IA * AZ y
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4 FRIDAY. APRIL 8. 1909 9 o ).
DON'T e NcOURsAsO E The
4 Y. sSS'TR AMP,

s Our Petersburg correspondletin ma mas
given us an Interesting and Instructive
q story concerning the genus tramp IN an an
4 expert hobo recently turned up IN that hat
city5 and gave an exhibition, showing the me
fraudulent character OF the tribe. I'll re fie
Il said that tramp could affect paralysis.
&3by throwing his wrist out Of joint, ana 10
II even Il that he could affect blindness py
putting the skin Of m egg over his eye,
ana many Of US have seen the trick OF
;irrifating the arm with croton oil IN l u
htntion Ola burn. &, i$ Il 58 9
These frau dulent chaps, who 1--we upon q
1.-The bounty$of others, who tramp around '' no
SSthe country I'd aEst food and ralment
without paying for them are among NOR .
S,the greatest pests Of society, and they f''!y
NJ ought to be suppressed. In most Of the g
n cities there is a vagrant law which APP
SFpltes to trarnps. but the tramp will never yer
II be suppressed by law. The only way
Fl to put him down IS for the people OF the
gxliland to refuse absolutely to encourage
Sal1lm when no comes around on his beg
ii cling tours. N It seems Hike hard case
To turn a hungry man away from your your
VI door. and most El1ousewive are 50 kind
hearted that they, will not do SO. although tho .
n they. may know that they are being i'm
II posed upon. w hen tramp puts In IA, at
S{lthe kitchen d cor and asks for morsel
n Of bread to stay his hunger, he may be
REASONABLY sure OF getting IT.
This is Kindness, but 1t is mistaken
\ kindnes and IL It were not for the good
Ii motive which prompts, that sort Of gene tle-
4 'rocsityy would be actually sinful, because
s..it is encouraging men In wrongdo ding.
he tramp is not only q 4 vaga bond boz : IN
81 most cases he Il IS q criminal Usually
u be lis ready to make an tack upon u IN.
N bro tected women II lie does not get the
Il food which he asks for, and whether
81 criminal or not he Is q fraud Il
D man IS able to work, and yet starts out
on begging tour ard pretends that he
N Is lin hard lines and needs help, he Is
fraud and all the more SO when he pre-
ends that he has some bodily affliction.
$S5 It Is wrong. very wrong. to encourage
u men in leading that sort of life, and SO
Y tar from its being unkind to turn away
spne Of these tramps empty handed. It
IN Is Righteousness to shut the door against
i9 him; and s Il all the kind hearted women
LIN the world would do this thing, the
would so 81 to work to make an
d honest living, and the tramp nuisance Nc
M would soon cease.
slS Let us remember that true charity is
vi helping and not hindering; it is lifting
UP and not pulling down Charity
Is which encourages. laznoss and depen-
.is sence and loss OF self-respect is mistaken
v q :harity, and Is more to be revered &. in
the breach than in the observance.
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Nt I
! SNt>1t,,,ta a1lo,s';.
1

4
rhs Portsmouth Star. answering tbs
query ofB d cortetlipo says: !, 4 s5
A. YES, Ms name Is Parker. He lives ~
tho state Of New ork. He ts : Z s 81
oid.faAhioned Democrat. and ne can stand
5ioned ridden platform" AS d harmony
proposition Judge Parker hasn't an equal
In the ranks Of Democracy. HOOP M MN >
up. VI E W .l II y III n, 81 n N
The Roanoke World says: "a
.As We have said before, the party e
greater than any man In It. and II can.
not sacrifice Itself II, order TO sustin any
Individual, The maj, who wotild induce
the party to adopt stich a suicidal course
hardly n knows the q OF genuine :
Democracy. + IA dictator II out Of place IN
tho party OF upon her bounty.
The Newport News rimes-IIe ala knows y Y
an attraction, even when It hears from
II. It says: IL III
"a Bu ali means let us capture the Sultan
of sulu for the Jamestown Exposition,
He is the only thing on earth that ma
dictated to this government, ana several :
score Of women without 50 much ~ r r.1
fling Ia feather VI hat could make pe W
NIT curing $IlbA 0ApVpASaoiA
this old chap leading his mock OF wives
into the timpllns surf OF sewall's 2 oint.
a. disporting In true sul,i style among the
miniature breakers at Old Point = 9 y, =
the real thing, and our Virsinia commas
sioners should not overlook MN.
II The Norfolk virgtnian- Pilot, discuss 'il'
ing the propostio to natural!se the s .
militia, says: s n ri " S a ,$,sss tlfs
S II the Virginia militia want TO y 80 .in
ror mat sort OF thing, they are awel-
come. But We warn them now that at Il
they submit to the contemplated re-
Organization they are putting rings IN
their noses by which they may may ne ieo
and compelled to side against their own
race and their own section ana Z ;tneir own
| nth and kin. And more than that, every
man Of them will be liable to compulsory l't
enlistment In the United States service nee.
under pain OF court-mort ial M
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I. With q Cumn1ent or Two. q !

Z Do the people of Norfolk wish to- keep
their community abreast OF ne foremost
thn,, lii +h,s 'at u sar,n,'s;, -
I'll 1,oan,.o -nu.t 80 h,,t thav ~, hsin
N ~ his =, 80 81 ma "a s.a Nm ~ 1Norr
foIr Virei ~ n.Ptiot ss'!3 ~ - - -
-, - - =
S y orlolR Is usually a % any eer-
Eency, and we shall watch this effort to
oxterminate the festive soloist 3 with no
little interest. ~ III li&ts N.
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The / ! Il; !
IMAM J, ] 4 !, ! \ ].
...5 Al. ] I: 4 ' 4
TOWN
- lsl Il u. t4ftg ~ s.}.aaf - EtsstfA
4 5is DAILY GALLON g.
1903 planted q tree on Arbor Day. \.
1si7---,On Of the barefooted boys f tal

f9ssits DAILY CA1jUN UAN--AEftlA{6 q. Ne MI
& 1903 planted q tree OF, Arbor Day..
1917 one OF the barefooted boys tel I
sout the tree and broke his arm:
when thur der storms come from II I
h. And lightning f,ashea round. !.
We his US 10 the safety pits u
Dug down below the ground. III
In other words. the cellar door. NJ, 35
Loads to our safe retreat, d II sst5 ~
And we don't hesitate to run t5s q
with swift ana sfaot1ng feet. 81 3I
Ii An old fellow went down IN front q
ttte b 1ou to see '~rhe SuWanee nlver, ~
5 He rot Interested In tbs play. and be- n
caps obllvious OF all his surron nd,nks
&i Al he saw or heard 5was the action (
h OF the play. ana his yes flashed and his \
hands twitched az the vlllain$ stu PVT.
sued her. NJ ~ N. w RI
N i one act a beautiful stage setting &
represents bridge crossing stream
The villain In endesvortnS to DO away
with a blind girl. so he can 70 the PROP
Serty, tears away several boards lin tbs 4
bridge, over which the D girl - supposed
TO make her way. III ilsa
s Everything Il ready for the econsumma-2s
$tlon of the Edastardly5 act. Up from tn 81
river floats the voices OF the negro quar-
9tette In d plantation melody. Out upon
the bridge the blind girl slowly wends her
way, and the villain gloats, 4 53ss
Just at that point, the n old fellow In !
the front row arose ana shouted: Stop!
You'll fall into the water ~ 5:
# Manager Clair Pateo, who Was In the
house. went down to the man and 6whis-
percd In his ear, and the audience tlt-5
tered, tt56E& 4. # Ia u. siyS e
THAT 1 only IN the play, n said Mr.
Is. Play, the n,lschiefi,, said the excited /
iouditor. stDon't I see the bridge and the \
water 4 and the hole In the bridge, and
that old rascal watching for the girl to-
drop into the water Do you think I'm.
going to sit here and lot that girl 20 1
to her death Not much! 8 S;8
Mr.. Patee argued q little more, and
finally the old man Quoted down, and i
said he would watch closely, and II some
body else didn't stop tho work Of the
villain. he would n MI 4
Billy Labb and Charlie sF.rischkorn met
on Broad Street the other day. $59t
They glanced at each other. s nj I'll asH2
Then they glared, and thon b smile
spread over both their handsome faces.
.' Forty years ago I Used to now$you.','' &
said Charlie Frischkorn, 5535 sss
i.''I remem Der about It. said Labb.
81, You remember we went into LonnieS
Moore's and got "a t1zz, and I set en- up.
Just as II comes around ITO you, some
body outside shouted ire. and we ran
out, 4 and you mover did set 'em up. Now
It's up to you" 5Bt8{ l.ts lS y f III 8s(
Then tho two old friends from childhood
went IN q place and stood there and talk
ed about old times. 8i ESSfS$
n Mr. 1abb has returned 10 his home, In ]
Philadelphia. IA y M
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sOrena ~ 0Ao,.x!qA,'t''.
Dxxxe .Ean a


v. Columbia statst "A department Of char.
iacter 70 Investigate the past lives Of
heavily backed ican didatcs for government
offices should DO recommended by the
President. It must be embarrassing to
Mr.. Roosevelt to be confronted with
evidences that appointees to offce Of
honor and trust have earned berths on
the chain gang or in the penttentiai ry
And what o. high regard for the public
service and their duties to the country;
have the Senators who exert their 20 Wers
for the appointment Of such mel, n m
~ Atlanta Constitutions: Georgia Is to-day
spending nearly one half Of her state rev. rev..
erltles on public educatIon--and with th that
money she Is educating nearly as many
negroes az .whites. while the negroes
themselves are paying only one -thir tlet tn
81 the cost thersoft But the southern PEG
They do insist. however. that ne be let
'alone-or. Iati least, that the truth be told
about what they are doing. &.
s!g Chattanooga n Times: Senator Depe,w
thinks he sees Democratic Generalization
in Mr.. Bryan's obstinate demand tor the
recognition Of the Kansas City platform.
The Senator, 10 not as obseryant q man
as he once was; besides, he wa stalking
for publication. Xxx y
$5i Dallas &News.4It would appear Il Major
Rathbone has succeeded In getting the
Newspaper people In and around Wash
iington to take up hir case. II he has sue
ssceed I'd. II General yopd Will have hard
time. For. willie they may not succeed
in conYicting Wood for convictlng Rnth--
bone, they will, at least, make his nights,
Fsleepless. $s3E,
Bzisfss5 S9sg3al5. -% II
Rome Tribune John T. Morgan, Ala
bama's grand old man, long may no live.
His type is5 as rare as his honesty and tn-5
tegrity.;Alls the South proudly claimD him
as her very own
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TEN CONCEPTIONS Of cHRIsT,

q One Of the most 1pFerestilg features
Of the splendid Easter edition Of The
Times Dispatch, to be- Issued on Sunday,
will he a full page illustration, IN colors,i
masters, In this collection are repro
duced the works Of Holman, Titan
Liska, Hunt, Denl, Delaroche, Crsspl,
Da Vinci, Yeronese and Matsys, "
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-03
4 Short Talks to L legislature

Suffolk Herald There is not member
of the Legislature so ignorant that ne
does not know the Second District cons
8tains too much population. and that Tide
waller. Virginia has not her proper repre-
sentation In Congress-. The present Legis-
lnlure Is above the average in ability and
is noted for Its hard work, i ought to
be able to adjust the Inequalities In pop
ulnt!on III the various districts without the
Influences OF any Congressman or his
friends 1t seems hard to impress upon
the Legislature. as well as the Democratic
marty, that Eastern Virginia has any
claims that should be respected.
Petersburg Index-Appeal; Vrginia, we
have no doubt. will extend to the War
Department all possible assistance IN pre-
pairing the roster OF Confederate and
United States soldiers, proposed by Sec
rotary Root. And the government should
not be In any sort Of doubt about the
,proprlety Of thus helping to complete the
records of the nation and giving to the
heroic sons of Virginia more lasting
and complete memorial than the State
can possibly give them, The secretary's
suggestion Is patriotic and timely, 81
Newport News Press, The Virginia Leg,
islature Is obviously afflicted this session
with more than its due appo,rtionment OF
aspiring bill tinkers and bill busters
b Iryington citizen; No politician or office
holder Is expected to consider fair any
bill that reyerts to his own or factions
detriment and vice yersa, Anew census
always demands a redistrictlng, ard why
this Is not to be done In this State. whore
the districts are 80 outrageously out OF
proportion, can only be answered through
personal and political schemes The Sec
District y BY fAF 59S lasge aad tas
not give and take without respect tofapy
particular indiYidual'y fanca hnlldins3
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AgJob for Somebody.

Mr., Mansfield returned to Chicago last
week, says the Record Herald, with hiss
magnificent production Of Julius cae,
sar," a new forum scope was disclosed
and a new Cassius IN the person Of Fred,
erick Pauldlng, II he would now hire n
new Brutuy, \ the production would easily
he worth the money,r-Atlapta constitNry
itiOnL. 1yh
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A Pipe, Dream

Wherever the President stops on his
Western tour, thousands Of children Will
greet him with flags and songs, He will
see SO many before he gets back that he
will Sdecide that his recent TRADE about
childless Americans was pipe dream
Atchson Globe. sl} s4r sS y
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THE SCIENCE Oh BOXING.

as Form Of Physical
Culture will be discussed by Professor
Anthony Barker In the Easter edition Of
Tho Times Dispatch Oh Sunday next,
h n, 4 y {, man WIZ be interested Y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-03
Anew FOREIGN FACTS

II ~ sol ! V {
II rank Harvey, the noted English actor to-,
and dramatist. Is dead Leaf X i3 81
95I A memorial to the late r. D. Black at'l
more. the English novelist, is to 30 un-
yelled at Exeter Cathedral this spring. .S
ii I'm peror william. It Is said, makes II
q poirt never to be behind in his ousl-
ness, He is too good q soldier soldier to le e
even work attack him in the \ rear ear. y
Professor Dali osso, inspector Of the
Museum Of Naples, has Just published
a article, in which he affirms that re-
,asaeearches ana excavations prove that
there, existed O Pompeii nine centuries leg
before our era. IA 81 i3g
DE-, Frederick Mueller. Professor Lo-
5reI,z's assistant In the practice Of blood
less SURGERY will return to this country
shortly Ito accept the professorship OF
3orthopcdy In the Medical College OF the
University Of Chicago. Il
III Sir Charles topper, the noted Cana
dian statesman. now, elg hty-,four years
old, Is now the sole survivor, OF the cons
fferences OF Canadl dian statesmen d who
Welded. the scattered British colonies Of
North America into aspo werful and COM
,prehensive dominion. N Y !.
I TN London, Il during Lent the hanson
cab trade Is always bad was 9 state-
6mnnent made recently in I.ambet 1 County
Court. People mortify themselves by
walking. !" y v. n ~, Ss IVA
"All over the world. = \, said Or. H. =.
Bulestrode a few days ago.. at tho Col
lego OF Surgeons In q London, England,
there Is now q marked decrease IN
tuberculosis" VI Il 81
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ana blacks whstpfo - asks that the
marriage BE declared IA nudity. 'rhe3!
Judge asked the plaintiff Y he did not lot
Know the woman rtas black yvhet, he mar ,'
rled her, but plaintiffs ans er is not
given III the f,swspa ,rhe Judge de-
Ft1,anded that she should be produced IN
court, but NAbafott said he had been been
separated from her FOR eight y ears and
aid not know where she was: MI the same ~
he went forth to hunt her Up. its
ht =----..-s-==-::------ss-=z--.-.Es M tsSy Y
ss According 70 some 3ofE the washington
correspondents, the German Ambassador
scored d good point on the other f'oreigD1i
representatives BY going down to \; the The
station 10 see the President off o., f,is.
western trip, 1t ID said the President
greeted him with extreme cord lality. Il Il
fS33 55li isff5 SKI @ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT si
E Congressrnen keep dropping in town '.
There's going 70 be something doing IN IN
politics the first thing we all know. stf
sA3---=--7=--===- 5std g$l III 6&}@l
.The case OF Postmaster vtck, Of VIII
SON, N. CT. says the Rochester Herald,
+, ,proves what has often been charged,
that the Republican. party has no use for
the negro except at the ballot box,
8d9% t=-=---=-=---@ ,f3 HI e III
N The man who has been investigating the
Burdlok murder In Buffalo Is named
Murphy, and he 10 the police Judge Of the
city-the Justice John Of Buffalo. as It
were. ,SSt ssi sftg gssSs M j Il. 5 ~ M
The price OF radium was reduced on
Tuesday from s.. ooo, 900 to 5000, 900 per
pound. Just our luck. We bought q sup
ply last week. E q
R5 IS Sg an 49, I. - = =-===E 4 4.
Pencil must be presumed Innocent un-
til proved guilty. says the Buffalo Jus.
tice It does not matter very much with
iPennell what the Justice proves no ".
3fG sa&& ligi "A,
The retail price OF anthracite coal in
New York Is now q. 70 per ton. It brings
a little more in Richmond, but then y we
have to use less OF It here. 5sfJ
H6 $fi 4 II H. S===----== sGGts4&
Last year 1855, 900 new street cars were
built In the United States, and the street
car company doing business in Richmond
succeeded in getting four Of them.
3ss 5===-:-==- ::=.-.-= ~ 8 va
4sElTeeS n S6LS3O ssS LO-utty WAAA n ~ oo"OAJ
thrive Just az well as IL they had been
planted on ArborE Day. i35i$ d
3s6fi 44 -85t5s3set EaIAssE fB%S
The lingo element likes the way Dewey
has been talking privately for the public
ear. +! ls#s! II ~
3Al5fqtt aj --=--@-==--- s;E k3E$g8}
To Amateur Speculator:" No; the wa
ter bonds, which / Richmond is soon to
ISSUE are not the same as watered stock.
5dst5s & =---===----=. S ~ ~ fSq
April seems L disp osed i, to do "a title
blowing on It's own ACCOUNT III " 1, lSS,
$4ts "A 4sEGf E===-==@--=s$ 3. ~ Al y fsTF
Coal has tumbled again, but It helps us
not, We are the, Ice mans N eat now.
| ~ s====--=-=-==# giSa$ 9g MI
Did YOU plant any trees yesterday i
not. why not s;sa
It is plain that spring is getting ready
| to just hump herself. u N
|HafI iFs;s ~ k E555
The Roosevelt family is conslde biz
divided at the present time. s ri 81
ermind, cum las les next ear y! WI, ~
oe leap year 's @ X N VI ! KS \:
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II rhe man who has been Investigating the
lBurdiok murder In Buffalo Is named ned
Murphy and he Sc the police Judge Of! the Il
5city--t the Justice John Of Buffalo. as It
~ re ls{E 81 $y NEf n