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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-05-04
THE GIRLS SECRET,
Or the Right Message,
BY v. MOTT.

rs ar awful thing to do. but
l simply couldn't help it,
said Nora. My feelings
ran away with my judg-
x ment. But I must go back
and start from the begin
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-05-04

The latest theory as to the cause Of
the disaster is that it was due to a rock
slide. which carried the top Of Turtle
mountain down on the village 1t is
now thought that what was supposed
to be the smoke of volcano was dust,
and that the continued fail Of small butts
Of rock during the day was merely the
aftermath Of the original rock slide.
\ repetition Of the calamity is now
considered unlikely.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17
A PROBLEM.

The school boy who wrote that in
onion there Is strength was not so far
Wide OF the mark as may appear at first
sight At this season OF the year most
milk drinkers Will agree with him.
Ind contention that has arisen as to
the proper method OF extrpating the
wild onion from the Capitol Square shows
that this odorous and intrusive vegetable
has taken deep root in that part OF the
public domain, and Is liable to become u
state question.
The Superintendent OF Public Grounds
confesses that the resources at his COM
mand are unequal to the task OF renew
ing it, and tho State Department OF Az
riculture Is silent on the subject; but
here comes an ingenious and enterprlsing
man who asks that the Square be placed
under his control for five years. and who,
IN that event, promlges that by rota.
ton OF crops on It, he VIII eradicate the
Onion completely. Ono OF the crops no
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17
GOOD ROADS FOR CHESTER.
FIELD.

We are gratifed to learn that the peo-5
ple OF Chesterfield are moving In the
direction OF good roads. A meeting OF
the Good Roads Association OF tho coun-
ty was held ut Chesterfield Courthouse
on Tuesday and steps taken to forward
tho worle.
We are Informed that Chesterfield has
been spending $4,000 a year on her roads
for long period OF time. and that there
is not good road III tho county to-
show for It, This does not mean that
thore has been any dishonesty nEthe
use OF tho money, or that there has been
any neglect Of duty on the part Of
the officials, but 1t does show that the
work has been poorly done.
The mistake that has been made In
Chesterfield and In most other colln-
ties OF the State, so far AS we are In
formed is that the roads have been
worked without the direction OF an intel
lIgent engineer. 1t is better to build
one mile year OF good road and
build 1t in II substantial manner than
10 .'work' many miles In. slip shod man
ner and make no permanent improve
ment. II tho former course had been
pursued. II each county had begun ten
years ago to build across It's borders ono
macndami2ed highway, and had con-
tinued this work from year to year.
| there would he at least ono good road
In each county and many good branch
roads would now be In process of con-
struct!on.
| 1t is for this reason that We favor
the bill introduced by Delegate Rice to
create a Highway Commission with n
competent engineer to direct tho work
In The several counties, or course. we
ara not welded TO Mr., Rlce's bill, but
we do believe In the Highway Commits
sion, and we do not believe that Vir-
ginia will begin 10 have a good system
j OF roads until some such measure as
this is adopted
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3would run for two years would be TO-
bacco Oats--hot wild oats--would DC

would run for two years would be TO-
baceo. oats--not wild oats--would De
another II
Our friends scheme may not Instantly
recommend Itself to the Legislative mind
but we do hope 1t Will inspire the two
houses to vote d yutilolent sum Of money
to put the Square Into good condition
Esoit1ehow al III
The rows of trees around the grounds
should be kept UP. What science and
labor can do to remove the pestilential
onion should be done; the greet,sward
should be kept green. and made to look
prosperous. and here and there the walk
ways should DO improved A few more
beds OF flowers would not hurt. sat
Some very pretty beds might be made
OF tobacco and cotton plants. and nothing
else In the Square would DO more ut
tractive than they would DO to strangers.
It would take but few hundred dol.
lars a year to keep the squnro In good
condition. That money this State can az
ford to expend. and we should like to see
such an Item in the appropriation bill
every year. The penitentiary can and
Will furnish plenty Of unskilled labor.
but actual cash is needed for other pur-
poses. and 1t cannot Ibc gotten except
through a legislative appropriation. I,
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.i..i.s ~ ~.
!: 4a1f fou, Nll1A
Nt>g1n1u. 6,alYo,s.

1.i.i-s-!-. !.l..!.'-
rho Roanoke World I'M column and
d haff3 article u ably defends this lpropo.
sltion: Il III
The enactment Vof the bill nov pend.
ting In the Legislature providing for
{ a tax Of one dollar on every hundred !1i,as
dollars value Ct GOAL and mineral INN mn
Ing output would In our Judgment prove
a most fhurtful and costly experiment 10
the people 81 tle state. Comparative
speaking, these Industries in Virgins are
but as yet In their infancy and should
I DO afforded all the fostering oare ana
protection that the government can pro-
perly extend. {t AZ IN KS t5 , n Il Y ny
II The startled Alexandria Gazette says:
Will wonders never cease7 Hon. w v.
Bryan ana Senator Hoar were spea KING
4 at d dinner given In washington last
night, And both agreed-that y THOMAS
Jefferson was q great man. Il
The Salem Sentinel says: The R sik,
,nond Dispatch says Ntwp '
News Is going to have a kind OF ,douN1le-i
barreled carnival rho, ones we have IN
this section are regular blasts = That I, y.
they BLAST business while they are going
on. {lA3
The Lynchburg Advance says It can
not he many yea rs before tho cheap lands
and genial climn to OF the South Will draw ra'
from the Northwest thousands Ct {, vide !, :.
awake, Intelligent farmers, who will have Il| I,
the means to purchase cheap homes IN
this Bectonaand contribute by their IN
dustry to the development %sof our r e,
natural resources. Population rs IKE
water, 1t will gravitate in the 5dlrect n
oflleast resistance. It is only 9 tlo Az,
a. time when the Southern states wi!
be as dcnsely peopled as the North and
Northwest. Ss4 ~ 555
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!. NAY FAIL OF PASSAGE
Big Fight Brewing Over the Insurance
42{s9 Bills "

Big Fight Brewing Over the Insurance
Bills.
II begins to look as II there may 30 no
legislation at the present session OF the
General Assembly looking to the creation
OF n Bureau OF Insurance in the State,
so strenuous seems the opposition which
is developing to the pending bills having
this object In view. The Senate has
passed a bill offered by Mr.. Sale on this
line, and It was advanced as far as the
calendar In the House. But on yesterday
It was recommitted to the Committee on
Roads and General Laws, along with
substitute offered by Colonel Cation, OF
Alexandria, where both will be. consld-$
cred to-day, It's understood that q large
number OF insurance agents and attorneys
will appear before the committees this
morning and urge that whichever X
either OF the bills are reported, shall pc
so modified as TO more nearly meet the
views OF the opposition. Colonel Cation
viii speak for his substitute and Colonel
aalo will advocate his original bill. The
views OF the insurance people Will likely
be expressed by Major w. Fl. Sands, Hon.
Eppa Hunton and others. Ia
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17
THE WAY OF. THE MOB.

One OF the most characteristic exhlb-
lions OF mob violence that we have seen
described for many n day Is to be found
! In the story which we printed yesterday
from Joplin, Mo. liz N
a negro had shot and killed a police
man, and after he had been arrested and
lodged in Jail mob collected md de-
manded his person. In vain did the off,
GERS Of the law plead with the mob IN the
interest Of law and order. The mob
would not listen to reason. but took the
negro forcibly away and hung him TO q
tree. There was a most brutal and dis
graceful scramble, In which tho victim
was almost torn to pieces, but he was
finally swung up and killed. d
4 One would suppose that after the mob
had wreaked its.vengeance on this man
hard to satisfy a mob. The mob spirit
was rampant, the blood OF the mob was
stirred, and there was thirst for more
blood. After the negro who killed the po-
licer1an had been put out Of the way the
moh started out to make war upon the
were set upon wherever they wene found
and maltreated, and finally, when nll the
negroes had been chased into the negro
quarter, the mob went thither and laid
waste with fire and sword Negroes were
assaulted, tho houses of negroes were
fired, and the mob attempted to prevent
the fren,cnt from exttnguishing the flames.
It was like hell's fury turned loose. The.
members OF the mob were as 80 many
savages, ht for any sort of violence and
outrage. ~
This shows how dangerous 1t Is for a
mob to gather for any purpose Some
may say that this negro deserved to be
sunmarly dealt with, but when the mob
got we'll started 1t did not stop with his
execution. When n mob does get started
there is no knowing to what lengths It
will go before It's fury shall have been
spent.
f Several years ago a mob gathered In q
Virginia town to- lynch a negro, and when
1t was ascertained that the Judge had or
dered the sheriff to protect the prisoner at
all costs, there were cries for the blood
OF the Judge. and prominent citizen OF
the town, in speaking OF the matter az
forwards. said that the mob would prob
ably have lynched the Judge II he had
appeared on the scene at the time. Ile
said also that the mob spirit was 50 in
furiated that no mans life was safe. The
mob demanded Victim. and 1T n,attered
very little who the victim was, Just 80
somebody's life was sacrificed. as.
We live in a civilized age and In a civ
Glizcd country. but there Is great deal
OF latent snvagery in the breast Of men,
and there is constant struggle between
the law and the mob, One or the other
must rule. We must make the law su-
premc, or the mob will have Its way.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17

III playing TO the galleries whicl, ne sup
posed we're filed With thnse who would
applaud any attack on trusts ana L's COM COM
blhes, III ili3j II 18th
These agents Of modern Industry have my q
many friends, not only among the pluto pluto
Gratis" but among the QUIET Investors Of
modest sums who see neither reason nor
principles II, the assaults upon the COM
panies in which they have embarked
their hard won earnings. .35y II
we Will see Mr.. Roosevelt take the
back track Or be made to take q back
seat. ~, "A.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17
VIII Not TurnHls Back,

It is understood that General les re-
port on his tour OF inspection In the
philippines renews some Of the recom-
mendations made by him during the span-
lish War relative to the method Of supply-
various other sharp criticisms Of the pres
ont administration of the army General
Miles goes on the retired list In August.
Tie evidently Is determine to retire With
his face to HIS foes. Z
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17
The Raleigh Times emphasizes this bi
Beauties Of Science

The discovery Of an Antarctic chain Of
mountains by Captain Scott does not
seem to create much excitement, When
compared with the thrilling tales of dis
coyery ih the fifteenth century. the latter
day explorers suffer, But this is due to
the exactness Of science, by which much
can be figured out and which leaves lit
tie to be speculated about, while In the
early days 1t was 9 jump IN the dark,
with the chance of landing on fame and
tho probability OF hitting ridcule.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17
MR.. HALSEY HONOREDs
Lynchburg Senator to Speak before
Medical Students.

-y''S''0N' p s}T5s
Medical Students.
Senator Don +. Halsey, Of Lyn t'i'lF'll
has accepted an invitation to deliver the me.
5anal address before the graduating class ass
OF the University College OF Medicine on
the evening OF May l4th, IN this city,
Senator Halsey. who is most capt.
5vatinl. ora tor, is the youngest man upon
,u;nm tho honor has yet been conferred,
md he is expected to measure fully up to
tbs requirements Of the occasion
Last year the hna! address was dellv.
cred by Hon, John doode, then pres!osns
&c tho Constitutional Convention, and the
faculty always chooses q man of public
TIstinction. Senator FIalsey has acquitted
himself with great credit on many ocea-
sions In the General Assembly, ono OF his
most brilliant efforts having been his
speech in favor OF his bill to place
statue of Lee In the National Capitol
building at Washington.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17
NEWSPAPERS dETTodETHER
We have received tho following con

that negotiations have been consummated
by which the Rockingham Register, the
oldest weekly paper in tho county. and
tho Daily News viii be consolidated after
May 1st. The PAPERS win be published by
the News Register Company. Mr.. a. II.
Snyder. editor and p4blisher Of the Reg
lister, wiz be editor In charge OF both
papers while Mr.. r. y. smythe, editor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17
Lavish Compliments.

Little Miss Pauline Welsh. who played
at the Bjou last week with the Fawcets
Company, has been the recipient OF many
lavish compliments by those who attended
upon her splendid acting. The little tot
Is but six years OF age, and was the
object of much admiration on the part
Of the guests at Mnrphy's, where she
stopped with her mother during her stay
here Mrs, Welsh and her little daughter
left yesterday for Norfolk, where the CONS
spany Is now playing
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17
North Carolina Sentiment.

The Raleigh Post facility congratulates
the President on ono point. It says:
1--WE believe 1t Is solemn fact that
the Yellowstone Park or Reservation Is
the only spot in the United States over
which there Is power that can put up
at the entrance. thus far and no farther,
SO far as the public Is concerned. when
It has mind to-. &asF
| "And 1t Is because OF this that Presi-.
dent Roosevelt chose 1t as a retreat for
sixteen days, where he could be absolutely
II &c from the Intrusion OF otflce-seekers
and others. 1t was a happy conception on
his part, and no doubt will result In good
to hin"
The Greenyille Reflector. in sympa-
thetlo mood. rises to remark:
1.-THE North has the sympathy Of the
South In Its race troubles. The only So
luton OF the problem seems to be for
either the negroes or whites In the North
to como South, where either race Will at
least DO allowed to earn living"
The Ashevllle Citizen is In something
OF dilemma. It SAYS WI
MANY communities OF the South have
found their resources fettered and their
progress stsacd by the presence OF thrift
less negroes. and IN the solution OF tho
situation two questions have been pre-
sented: ~ How to get rid of the negro,
and t2) How to get along without him as
a laborer."
The Raleigh Times emphasizes this bit
Of philosophy:
"If you would measure the real strength
OF q man's character. see how he behaves
himself when no falls in his efforts for.
promotion It is easy to be clever and
liberal when success md prosperity Is
present but when failure and disappolnt-
inent appears, then comes the real tost,"
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Grave Offence.

Colonel Watterson calls Grover Cleye-
land nm "arbiter In lnodo." II the Colonel
should throw that at anybody In Ken
tucky there would bet street duel kan
sas City Journal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17

Hadn't heard Of it here.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch says:
when a man holding big Four
can't win out In Cincinnati there must
be something wrong with the rules Of
the game in that town"
It takes u good deal flblun, though. in
any city to win on O .blg four" flush
Newport News Times-Herald.
1t has como at last-about thirty days
behind schedule time. But 1t Is here. We
refer. Of course. to tho kick against tho
now oyster law. It comes bionniaily, and
though late this year It makes UP for
Hardness In vigor.-Raleigh News Observ-
or. III
And SO our friends over in North Car
china have their oyster troubles as well as
wc Virginians.
Tho trouble with Mr.. Bryan is that no
wants to blow nll the horns in the band
Rochester Herald.
And work the big bass drum with .
foot spring.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17
]. 4 FEW FOREIGN FACTS

Tho or1iy ancient gold dlgemss s'ese5 -. d
covered which are OF sufficient maghl-
tide e b those Of the Ophir OF David avid
ana solomon are those OF the zambesi
rrep,on. rho gold contributed BY David
alone to the building OF the temple BENG
3"3, non talents Of the gold ol5&Ophlr,15
would be In value ever $50 0,UgO.
+ sho Masuda, q female servant OF N l"a--
gori, Japan, has had a green rlDa Ilt cor--
ferred upon her by the Japanese b ,l.
Of Decoration for remarkable fidelity to
the family that employed her. Shells said
to be the first domestic servant who has
ever been decorated by government.
e The fireproof suit OF a French-C Cana
dian Inventor consists Of a. smock OF as {
tbestos, with gloves. cap and boots OF the
same material The asbestos mask IS
fitted with kind of resplrators that en-
ables the wearer to breathe without inhal-
Ing dangerous svnpors In this costume
q man has remained in n burning build
ing, performing the work OF fireman,
without injury or serious discomfort.
III Dr.. Samuel j. Metzler, a Berlin phy-
slcian, has come to the conclusion that
all microbes may be killed by series
OF violent shocks. He seems TO have
proved his theory-at least to his own
satisfaction-by attaching to tho waist
OF girl number OF bottles Of soup
filled with microbes and making her skip
and dance until she was almost ex-
hausted. BY that time the microbes were
we'll nigh extcrnlinated. 55
Even the faded tasto Of the Parsians
is responding to the sensation OF seeing
a child lion tanner in tho person OF Tilly
Bebe, frail seventeen-year-old girl. She
dominates the savage beasts by affection,
and although she bears ugly scratches
says that none was given with malice.
This modern Una Is said to sleep with
her lions frequently 5S}
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17
GO WITH The SOLDIER BOYS

ToNewport News To-Morro,w,,
Launching Cruiser VEST Virginia. 81
round trip via @, 8 30. Leave Rlch-
imond 9;b A., n. ID 4
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Personal and General.

Miss Cornelia r. Nash. Of New York.
who recently shared with John D. Rocke-
teller the payment of debt on the Bap-
list Church OF Lakewood. N. T., made
tho church an Easter gift OF pipe organ,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17

1 Edward Elgnr. whose musical setting
OF Cardinal Newmnn's poem. 1.-THE Dream
OF Gcronteus," has Just been heard for
the first time In America, Is Roman
Catholic an orgnnist by profession. and
was great friend Of the Cardinal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17

April weather still insists upon trying
to make us think 1t Isl March.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17

Mr, Cleveland is getting stTs'yhtened
out on tho negro problem,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17

Tho "long season In May that tobacco
planters talk so much about. is having
Its inning In April this year. A
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17
With a Comment orlTwo,

y Virginia now has nm acute Senatorial
situaton.--Memphis Comm ial-Appeal.
Hadn't heard Of it here.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17

Police officers seem to be the fayorite
target for The bad, whiskey-soaked negro
rowdy and his gun. &,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17

A prominent railway official OF this city
declares that Hicks is the only reliable
weather prophet. and when Hicks pre-
diets storms and heavy downpours this
oft,c.al gets ready to look after washouts
and floods ON his line, H.alLL a.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17

Another literary landmark OF Boston Is
soon to be torn down. The house In
Boylston Place. where Motley wrote his
histories, is to give place to a tall office
building. The house has been occupied
for twenty-five years by the Boston III
brary Society,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17

Rev. B. s, Mckenzie, rector OF St
James Episcopal Church. In Macon, Mo-,
seems to have settled the empty pow
problem. Tor six months laymen from
the local congregations have occupied the
pulpit at Sunday evening services, and the
church has been crowded.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17

King Victor Emmanuel whose great
lobby Is coin collecting, Is Just putting
the finishing touches to his magnificent
work on the coins of Italy, the cost Of
which will be $4,000. The Kings collec-
ton OF coins consists of 10000 specimens.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17

,rhe Newport News carniya S-seeftas tto
have bNen washed overheard
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17

All Democrat has to DO nowadays
in order to become q prominent candi-
date for tho Presidential nomination is
to get elected mayor OF something OF
other. a4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17

The whole country Is waiting to SEQ
what Providence Is going to$instruct Mr..
Baer to do with that 500, 100000 tons OF
anthracite coal Just discovered in Penn
sylvana. f5s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17

What about Adlai Stevenson as can
;d!iate on a platform denounclng scorch-
Ing without the consent OF the scorched
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17

The people OF New Orleans are trying
to raise fund OF ono hundred thousand
dollars with which to provide for the en-
tcrtainment of the Confederate veterans
at their grand meeting to be held there
next month, and the prospects, IRE that
they Will succeed. Nh
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-17

There Is as much difference OF opinion
In the State as to thu real effects OF the
Mann liquor law as there is In the coun-
try at large ns to what constitutes JEFF
fersonian- Republican, Democracy.