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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
BETTER NOW THAN LATER.

Wo ara gratiNed to see that Alabama
has decided on 4 bill to regulate child
labor. This Is great victory for tho
long fight and the opposition was strong.
The fight FOR the bill was od by the Rev.
Edgar Gardner Murphy, of the Southern
Education Board, who prepared pnmpp-
Yet on the subject and made one Of tho
strongest arguments In behalf of such
legislation that We have seen.
The factory has wrought q revolu .ion
m the South. Before the war we had no
problems of this character. because we
had no factories and, as the Rev. TJr.
Wines said recently in this city. dlscip-
limo of labor was largely q home affair,
each plantation owner regulating 1t Cur
himself, But the factory brought Prob
lens To us. as It brought problems to The
North long ago, ana we must take these
problems Nj as they come and solve ,l,rnl
N'p have an advantage over The North.
for Wn are IN position, II we will, to pr5f-
Y By their experience and to avoid lbe
mistakes which they made. If We fail 10
r.
be our own fault. Virginia Is now a
manufacturing State and her maaufac-
turing enterprises are growing rapiGiy.
The factory problems are ours, and it IS
our business TO address ourselves 10 them
intelligently and consc!entously and find
the best solution possible. We must nave
a law 10 regulate the cmpioymcn. OF
children in factories, ana the some" we
enact such law the sooner the factories
will adjust themselves 10 1t and ths soon
er the friction Will cease, IT Is, IN our
opinion. q great mistake for the factories
20 oppose The very reasonable bin which
Delegate cahell has introduced The men
who conduct these factories are aensihle
men and they must read in The signs OF
1he times demand throughout Virginia
for such a law. II the law does not come
now II Will come by and by. and the fac
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

North Carolina has not yet voted money
for an exhibit at the st. Louis Fair. and
1t is evident that the business men OF
the State are getting uneasy about the
apparent Indifference Of the Legislature.
The Chamber of Commerce of Raleigh
tas issued an appeal to the General AS
sembly and to the business organizations
IN the other towns of the State to be up
and doing. At former expositions
throughout the country the old North
State has stood up in the front rank of
np-to-date exhibitors, SURPRISING mosr
Of her Southern sisters In the size and
variety of exhibits. The State has been
p-oflted greatly by these fine exhibits of
her resources, and surely she is not go
ing to take second rate position now.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

There will be gathering OF non-resi-
dent North Carolirians at Greensboro In
October next. 1t will be reunion of the
natives of the State who have wandered
TO other parts Of tho country and to other
Chimes, q celebration OF several days
something on the order Of the cold home
days that have become so popular In New
England in late years Hon. Joe Cannon,
OF Illinois, the prospective Speaker of tho
National House of Representatives. who
Is native OF the State. has already an
rounccd his acceptance of the invitation
to be one of the guests OF honor. Other
distinguished citizens OF various States
will Improve this opportunity to 80 back
to the land that gave them birth and re.
jcice again In being 'Tarhcel" for a
few days anyhow.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
With a Comment or Two.

The brethren of the Virginia Press As
ISOLATION had possession OF good part
of Richmond yesterday. Their invasion
of Florida will be pacidc.-The Times
Dispatch.
We are sorry to see the implication
that the invasion Of Richmond by our
brethren OF the Virginia Press Associa-
ton was not pacific-Harrisonbur Free
Press.
Didn't you know that Virginia editors
have unlimited privileges in Richmond.
and can DO pacific or otherwise as they
wish?
A whole week has elapsed since our
Richmond contemporaries have an
nounced gubernatorlal candidate. Smoke
up, gentlemen. there are several more
citizens fredericksburg Star.
Be patient, they Will reach Fredericks-
burg In due time.
Notwithstanding Virginia has abolished
kissing tho Bible, there will be many in
the Old Dominion to continue to swear
by the book.-Clnclnnati Commercial
Tribune.
But Virginia refuses to abolish the
Bible kissing law.
Virginia can never hope to become
prosperous agricultural State until this
subject of road Improvement is settled
In n way consonant with twentieth cen
fury ideas and acknowledgements News
Press.
Virginia is prosperous agricultural
State In spite OF bad roads, but just thin'r
how much more prosperous she would be
II she had rs good roads as some Of the
Northern States.
The Richmond Timcs-D!spatch Is will.
Ing to put up with one moro "Enal tour"
of Patti, II she will put up guarantee
that 1t Will be final one. There's little
likelihood of hor doing anything of the
kind. The time may come when she Will
need money, and then she Will come after
Montgomery Advertiser
And sho will always get It. whether
she uses the farewell racket or some
other kind.
John s. Wise seems to be trying to out
DO that other sensational Virgin!an, the
negro Ilayes,---Atlanta Journal
But James is staying by him.
The war being wnged against gamblers
by the authorities~of Charlotte, may at
tract much attention and comment yet
that town is probably no worse In this
particular than many ufher towns IN the
Slate,-Durharn Herald,
True very truo, Some months ago
one would have Judged from reading out
of-town papers that all the gambling In
Virginia was done In Richmond
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
Observation-Disclosures
"a, dou,. Nll1A
Nl1y<nt0 6ayYo,y.
Observation-Disclosures

The Henry Bulletin remarks:
Amherst county has boon getting con-
siderable amount OF froo advertising dur
Ing tho past few months. and Il half OF
the testimony Is correct she needs q new
deal and almost n complete change OF OF.
ficcrs, from Judge to Justice Of tho peace.
The Norfolk Ledger says:
Now we'll have q chance to get even
with the writer's OF those Northern his.
,ores-when that big class OF soho l-boy
come South at Easter And won't those
boys DO aatonished when they learn what
fiction they have been taking In ns fact
the Virginia Monitor story; for instancel x
The southalde Sentinel says:
No, don't put the statue OF General Leo
or any other Southern man in tho Hall
under the circumstances. Let tho place
given to us remain vacant rather than
fill It under protest from those who loud.
~ clamor for the abolition Of sectonalism
but continually act In ouch ways as to-
perpetunte 1t.
The Fincnsto Herald says:
But General Leo doesn't need these
things. He erected, by his noble deeds.
monument In tho hearts and memories
Of Southern patriots that will be more
tho power OF man to build, and which his
enemies can never destroy.
The Roanoke Times thinks the editorial
tourists from Virginia will find no better
weather In Florida than In Virginia and
says:
And won't they have lots to telling about
sitting around with windows up and shud-
doring ut the thought OF the cold weather
left behind them in Virginia.? Well. the
Joke will be on them when they find we
have been doing the same thing. We
doubt very much whether Florida can beat
temperature OF u on the 18th day Of
February.
Here is remark from the Danvlllc
Register:
1T Is evidently fair to assume that
John 8. Wise has asked his own heart the
question he propounded before Boston
audience. and that his mind Is fully made
up as to what course he would pursue In
the event Of a race conflict such as he
Is exerting himself to bring about. There
Is no room to doubt that his hatred OF
his native State Is intense. Base resent
ment and other passions have swept
through him. until they have
- Left him with a palsied heart. and
left him with jaundiced eye:
Eye, to which all order testers. all things
here are out OF Joint
The RockbrIdge County News. referring
to Mr.. Roots speech TO the Union League
on the negro, says:
Tho admitted failure OF their FIRST at.
tempt should make them recognize Its fol-
" and let the negro alone. Let them right
the wrongs of their own section and leave
it to the people OF this section to right
the wrongs OF theirs. With their efforts
thus confined Mr.. Root and his associates
OF tho Union League will find no narrow
field for their energies.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
What'll He lootWith ltP

+ Mr.. Roosevelt has his desired depart
ment of commerce bill, with compul-
sorry NpublicIty' for tho corporations In It,
House and Senate hava acceded to his
wishes 1t isran open secret that there
was reluctance at both ends Of the Capt..
itnl, but Mr.. Roosevelt has prevailed
Hartford Courapt
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
NV Refuge.

Tho day has been long and dreary,
with cease less patter of rain,
Ana the dragging hours have brought me
Only some heartache and pain,
Az 7 turn my sad face homeward.
The night drops down from above.
And my heart Is yearnlng, yearnlng.
For {. touch Of the arms ! love-
Ghe arms that have never failed me.
Tho refuge to which flee;
All day, mid the jar OF tho city,
dream OF them waiting for me-
Dream of their rost and their welcome,
After daytime OF care:
%, arms. outsretched in the cleaning.
o, arms of my easy chair!
(sara Beaumont Kennedy. In March
( Smart seta
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

The egg trust which has carried things
ITS own way In the West for the last
year, Is busted" thanks to tho Indus
try OF the hens and q favorable spell OF
weather. In Chicago eggs are now SELL
Ing wholesale at fifteen cents per dozen.
which Is thirteen cents less than the price
Which ruled year ago. and Is a much
cheaper figure than has prevailed In any
previous February in recent years,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

Among the savs much honor is paid
to literary celebrities. a Polish poetess,
Maya lSonoplncka, was recently fetcd
in magnificent fashion on the occasion of
her twenty-fifth literary anniversary.
Delegations cnmo from distance to
pay her honor. and substantial evil
dence OF admiration came In the shape
Of country house which was presented
to her. A public library was founded in
her name.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
Representative Bankhead, Of Alabam;

Representative Bankhead, OF Alabama,
was making his annual speech for the
appropriation for the Southern fast mail.
"All it will cost" he said. lis the sum OF
S143, 7S7. To- You seem to know all
about it," interrupted Representative
Hank Smith. OF Michigan. Il do
replied Representative Bankhead. We'll,
then what is that 70 cents for?' Axle
grease" said Bankhead, promptly.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
Caution.

WHAT cried the chief OF detectives,
you say tho man you saw had on tho
regulation striped suit?"
Yes. sir" replied the new sleuth.
4 why. didn't you arrest him then7
Couldn't you see he was the escaped COLI
Wet we're after?''
20! but you know. you can't always
judge a man by his clothes. "-Philadel-
ph!a Press.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
Some Folks.

Some folks air so fond OF complainin.
They're powerful glad when it's rainin'
They mortally howl
For excuses to growl.
But they never ketch fish when they're
seinin!
IF. L. Stanton. in Constitution
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

Mark hanna,s Mark.

A record of eighteen dinners In e!gh-
teen days is charged against Senator
Hanna, and not one OF them was corn
beef and cabbage or ham ana eggs, Mr..
Hanna must have q stomach equal TO his
>gall,-Ctncinnati Enquirer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
The Mar, .
ABOUT
TO w N
DAILY CAL1rNDAR-rDB. 10TH.
174S-Detoctivc Gibson gzlvo n friend /.

cigar. sNvo tsiohd
1s4s-l1o hasn't done 80 since.
:. Wo Wish to cnll to the attention Of on,
friends, the polite midnight nara,idera
the fact that the key to our Kitchen dno,
has been broken. II 1865 uo o>'
In future when our midnight fr,ena.
wish 70 cnter our palatial homo nrter
we retire. wo hopo they wall not 20 to
the trouble Of breaking a windo1 ~ ~
cutting slnt out OF tho blinds. oe
Don't try to climb Into the SECOND a,or,
window either. with ladder for Vol,
might disturb our slumbers, and we
might take you for somebody else, and
shoot with that British bulldog that Jla-
tice John took from n b,irly negro and
gave us one day in the Police Court,
Whenever our friends wish IA :,
through our home, and look at the bea1.
tifiil pictures on our wallis we hope thev
WI simply turn the knob OF the back
htchen door and walk right In. Thsv
Will find some matches In q little hoy
on the wall between tho range nnd ~
safe. D-'u el'e
Please don't strike tho matches on tbs
wall; use your trousers.
For tho wall was whitcwashed about
I'VE years ago. and wo do not wish ID
dlstlBpre 1t any more.
!here are various pencil marks ana
things ON the wall now.
mere is mat at tho door with thu
word Welcome" on Il.
- II is a wet night when you come
piease wipe your feet on the mat. Don't
'ahe ~ away We might need It.
We are now in position to lend o,n
"e@t uoor ne'ghpor some fresh eggs.
a friend OF ours. who lives IN ti7e IN ~.
woods, has sent us rcd rooster and three
red hens. 80 800 ~
Ever since we can remember VIA hay.
been a devotee OF scrambled eggs and
corn-bread. and now wc have reached TIM
acme OF our BLISS
rs somebody don't steal thoso +hroo
rooters and chicken. we hope Ia hays
custard pudding for next Sundays din.
ner. and we hereby respectfully decline
TO accept Eny invitations out 10 dinner
next Er.day.
See that young lady
Coming UP the street,
She has red checks
And sparkling
Eyes.
She smiles. all conscious
OF her pretty teeth and
The dimple in her chin.
What cares she for the
Dreadful rain.
See. also that
Body Of men
In tho rear with g.nsses on
ana leisure trend
They do not care for tho
Rain. too.
For the pretty girl
Wears red hose.
Now you take Ham White.
He's good Samaritan. or something.
and as We sat around our festive board,
.Slth one OF the Barefooted Six In our
lap. spreading molasses all over GUY
whiskers. and mashed potatoes in o11
vest pocket, we felt that p'e were as good
as n king.
Mr.. Ham White. unbeknownst to us,
sent us Rex ham. or something like
that, and when we went home with our
little envelope and showed 1t to the lady
who handles our finances. she said we
wouldn't have to get no meat for din
,cr. for VIC had ham.
We'll take that $40 you have In the
envelope and get the children some candy
next week." she said.
mo: well take II down town and use
1t 10 good advantage VIC said.
Anyway, we are glad Mr.. white thought
OF US in connection with that ham, for
a Rex ham is good thing to have around
the house.
Or any other old ham. II. r.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
The Difference,

Here's tho difference. I'm told.
'Twixt the new pledge and the old:
Temperance folk, opposed to treating,
Keep the pledge between their eating
While converted Pat. methinks,
Keeps tho sane-between his drinks
London Taller
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
Hadn't Thought Of It.

Horace" Indignantly asked the poll
tician's wife, why don't you men who
are running things use what you call
your 'sush fund to clean these horrI-
bio streets7'
And he was silent. With all his wisdom
and experience the idea had never oc-
Cured to him.-Chicago Tribune.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

the Wostmoreland. It's age ana dignity
commend II and 1t must be a matter for
public congratulntion that 1t has put ltself
upon n better footing than ever before
to play the part OF host.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

Father Edmund Goetz. famous South
African astronomer, who has spent the
last fourteen months comforting with
American scientists. has sailed for France
where he will secure instruments and pro-
coed to Rhodesia, South Africa, to es-
tabllsh the first reliable observatory In
that country
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

Every Fern Is tucked and set.
Meath coverlet,
Downy and soft and warm.
Susan Coolidge,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

Tho statehood bill Is getting to DO a
great Jockey, displaying a willingness to
ride any old appropriation bill that comes
In on the Senatorial track.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

Archbishop Farley Of the Catholic bio.
cese of -,ew York. backs UP the President
IN arguing that large families are
blessing and that doctrine he says. is
the teaching OF his church, "Any VIC.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

Forged checks on J. Pierpont Morgan
would not pass over here. We know his
business ways better than they do In
England.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

Senator Morgan is evidently trying to
amend the Panama business clear out Of
the water.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

Publicity has done Its perfect work in
killing Off antitrust bills. anyhow
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

Mr.. Cleveland has fine weather for
changing his Florida fishing jaunt into
a duck hunt.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
Personal and General.

Historical interest attaches to the An
derson farm. which has been bought
by General Nelson a. Miles. During the
Revolution the soldiers burned beacon
lights on the summit OF the high hill,
previous to tho battle OF White Plains.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

Mr.. John s. Wise Is at 1t again and
has been telling the Northern people that
virginia's public men have deteriorated
and deteriorated until they have no influ-
cnce in public affairs. Be that as 1t
may, thank heaven they have not fallen
SO low as Mr.. Wise has fallen.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

The big snow tho Chesterfield prophet
arranged for the fourth anniversary OF
the February, 1889, blizzard, turned to
rain In transit.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
North Carolina Sentiment.

The Wilson News Is dunlfounded, It
says Mr.. Hiss did not exactly hiss
when the Charlotte postmastership was
offered him, hut he declined it, yeverthe-
less. and for doing so We must think he
Is now kind of a Republican,"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

Mrs. Elkins, wife OF Senator Stephen
B. Elkins will erect threestory stone
building at Elkins, w. Va, for the use
OF the Young Mems Christian Associa-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

New York is preparing to give Elijah"
Dow1e royal reception. just to make
Chicago feel Jealous
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

Would It not be in order for Senator
Hanna's ex-slave pension bill to be voted
on ''by request?"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

Here Is to your health. Secretary Cor
teiyou! May you prove a trust smasher
and labor trouble settler from way
back.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

The miners think President Baer's slid.
ing scale is a little too slippery.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

Let us hope that the Campbell case will
not be unnecessarily drawn out.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

Has anthracite coal dropped low
enough for you?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

Dallas News: II The Hague peace
court really amounts to n hill OF beans It
should lead to a demand for smaller ar
mics and less pretentious navies. Such Is
the design upon which it was established.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

Discussing the proposition to Increase
the Presidents salary to 500 600 per year.
the Wilmington Star says: I'VE do not
believe In parsmony nor do we believe
in empty. senseless pomp that simply
apes the gifded pomp Of royalty, which
depends much upon that to maintain its
prestige"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

Anyhow, Mr.. Rockefeller didn't add any
rostscripts about inc!nerating those tel
egrams.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

This is the day set apart for Norfolk
to try to be dry once more.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
Short Talks to the Legislature,

Glade Spring Journal: What Is the mat
ter with the Legislature of this State
that it can't pass a law with rea sonatle
promptness. which has for Its obi ,ct the
Inauguration of our old-hme honest cleo
ton methods. Do they want to advertise
to all the world that, after all the racket
we have had in making new Const!t,l-
ton for the purpose Of getting back Ia a
situation where fraud and trickery ana
bribery could be eliminated. we are, after
all, not SO anxious for 1t.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

examinations are often very IA
tguing. very.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

Paris is about to add to Its literary at
fractions by opening a Victor Hugo mu-
scum. 1t IS to be established in one of
the quaint Louis Trcize houses still sur
Vivlng on tho Place des Vosges, which
was inhabited by the poet while he was
yet the young lion of "Hernani."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

Abe slupsky. whose name is almost rs
familiar to the reading public as that
Of the Honorable Dink Bolts has re-
signed the Office of collector Of rates in
the st. Louis water commissioners Of
flee.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

lntion Of that end," ho adds, us Grim
fundamentally criminal. No Catholic can
be practical Catholic who does not
TAKE this Wow OF tho obligations con-
tracted in tho sacrament OF rnatrimony."
Another thing the archbishop says,
which Is certainly true nlso--to W.T. that
1t Is not the very poor, but the well-to-
do and rich. who are most hostile to hay
Ing large families.
s:s..--=--=---.---
The epidemic Of typhoid fever ut Ithaca,
NJ Y, has claimed seventeen victims so
fur, but Is now on the decline. There
have been sixty cases ut Cornell Univer-
sity and six Of the seventeen deaths
were Of students, The prevalence of tho
fever is attributed by the Health Board
to tho inpurity Of tho water supply. The
consensus Of official opinion is TINT the
contamination came from a gang OF 1tnl-
ian laborets who wcro employed two
months ago to build n new dam at the
water works Water is supplied to Ithica
by private corporation, which has
contract with the city.
-=---=======
While tho G. A. r. people up North
were passing resolutions tho other day
expressing their objections to Virginia
placing a statue Of General Lee IN tho
stutuary Hall at Washingto ton, tho Lcgis.
lature Of Texns was unanimously pass
ing the following:
Resolved, That when this House I'D.
jcurns to-day 1t do 80 In honor to
the memory Of Abraham Lincoln, this be-
ing the ninety-fourth anniversary Of tho
birth OF that unique man Of American
history. whom all nations call statesman,
hero and Martyr
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

It Is decidedly to the credit of Judge Al
ton B. Parker that he has so promptly
declined all invitations to functions OF
which his Presidential boom as the Dem
ocratlc nominee In 1904 would be tho CEN
trail spectacle.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
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tG,ena Of GAouyAt
s IN Dixie Land

Savannah Press: There is one good thing
about tito Senatorial deadlock In Dcla-
ware; the State Is not suffering from a
plethora of ill-consid cred laws turned out
by tho current session OF tho Legislature.
Birmingham Age-1Iernld: Captain Hob
son Is considered In Boston on the road to
Congress from an Alabama district. Dis
lance does not lend accuracy to tho view.