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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29
Floor Paints,
Fest Ready Mixed Paints,
Waxene, Floor Wax,
brushes, Etc.
TANNER PAINT AND OIL co
t4f9 e. Main Street,
PHONE 59p.

Therefore, It should be considered ad-
visa5le to make the payment so far as
POSSIBLE as by bank balances, thus avoid
ing Tie shipment OF 100000 IN coin.
as j Pierpont Morgan was consulted as
Ia how the plan could be carried out and
ii was at first expected that he would
undertake the transaction. However, Il
Is now considered. thar others VIII carried
ont the plan.
When tile correspondent OF the Assoc
ciated Press saw Mr. Morgan to-day he
said the matter had not yet assumed
sufficient defIniteness TO permit him 70
speak.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29


trains where they stood. Train loads OF
pefishable freight were Abandoned, caus-
Ing great loss to tho road and Untold
| Inconvenience to consumers. The distress
OF messengers was awful, they being lcfA
/ wherever tho trains were stopped and
having no means of communicating With
their friends, innsmuch as the telegraph
4 lines and all avenues OF coinmuh,cH ton
arc government inonopolcs, ana were IN
the hands OF the strikers.
/ Thc government undertook to employ
| men to- take tho place OF the strikers,
but the lnttcr resisted and resorted to
MI forms of violence, cutting telegraph
wires and tearing UP rails. Conferences
| were held with the strikers, but proved
to be frultless. They refused to return TO
work unless their demands were met,
| AS a last resort royal order was Issued
calling out for military service on the
railways all the reserves In the Hunga-
rlan army. The strikers camp was SUR
rounded and the leaders arrested on
charges of treason and riot. The chlef
commissioner notified the strikers that
all who had been guilty Of misconduct
would be punished according to lay, at
the same time ordering all strikers who
were liable to military service to report
for duty under penalty for dosertion and
misconduct. II they refused.
Upon this the strikers agreed to accept
tho terms which the government had
offered and returned to work, but the
government declined to receive them on
these terms, declaring that the condl-
lions previously offered were no longer
open to accept Most OF the men then
returned to work on the governments
terms without condition.
Here Is a fine object lesson for clti-
zens of the United States who are in
favor Of turning all the transportation
lines to the government 1t Is an object
lesson for railway employees and for the
public al large. One of the contentious
OF those who advocate this sort Of gov
eminent paternalism is that with the
transportation lines and the coal mines
and so on in the hands Of the govern
ment, there would no strike. This incl
dent serves to show that that contention
Hungary where the people are accustomd
to government paternalism much more
would there be strikes in the United
States where the people are reared in
of,, Of
Especially do we commend the incident
to workingmen. It will be observed that
ing Hungary the government uses all its
powers to coercc its employees and COM
pels them to obey It's DEGREES. however
harsh they may be. Talk about military
intcrferences in the United states!
Think Of this sort Of military interfer-
ence which prevents government en-
ploycs from holding n meeting and even
compels the strikers to abandon their as
socates and themselves report for mill
tary duty!
1t is, indeed, remarkable and utterly
incomprchensible that free-born Ameri-
can citizens should seriously favor
proposition to give up their rights and
privileges and make themselves virtually
the slaves of government. The lesson
of it all is that If the people would he
| free from such tyranny as the govern
ment exercises In Hungary they must
| be true to the principles of Democracy.
Democracy Is the only guarantee Of
| liberty.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29
scatlca Cured After Twenty Years Of
Torture.

For more than twenty years, Mr.. j. b,
Massey, OF so 1892 clinton 81. Mime
apo!s, Mimi was tortured By seiatlea.
The pain and suffering which, he en-
dured during this time is beyond COM
pfehension. Nothlng gave him any per-
mnnent relief until he used Chamber
!aln's Pain Balm. One application Of
that Imminent relieved the pain and made
sleep ana rest possible, and less than
one bottle has effected a permanent cure,
Mr. Massey relates his experience for the
benefit Of others who may be similarly
afflicted. Ii troubled with sciatica or
rheumatism why not try Accent bottle
Of Pain Balm and SEQ for yourself how
quickly 1t relieves tho pain, For sale by
az dvugg.sA
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29
FOR sHOcKoE CREEK.
Messrs. Brown and Higgins APP
pear for Appropriation.

The Committee on Finance held long
executive meeting last night ana dis
cussed many matters of more or less
M ie John NJ; Higgins and George
Baldwin and Brown, appeared before tho
committee and urged the appropriation
of $1,000 for the widening OF Shookos
Creek,
The committee decided to recommend
the appropriation and 10 guarantee that
the work be completed within three years,
ment be given by the porperty
for ten-foot wall Indications are that
the work will be finally contaminated
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29
PANAMA PAYMENT.
Money Market Disturbed over
Effect Our Money Will Have.

I3y AssOclated FTNsa'1
PARIS, April 2S.-Some of the most m
rortant details of payment OF me Wy .
0N,00) t. the Panama Canal COMPANY NJ, ,op
tho canal concession are stu open ms
Is due to the desire to effect the pay
ment without causing a disturbance OF
the French money market. Some OF the
leading financial institutions, including
the 8anq,le De France, which 10 GOV
ernrnent institution, represents that ne
sudden dumping of S4o,0ooo e on me
French market may cause q disturbance
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29
The Poll Tax Again.
. 1imas-nlsnatch.

Editor OF The Times Dlspatch:
Sir,--I notice in your paper Of this
dale you answer the question Of voter
taus Il
persons WIG wert registered in 1903
or 1902 will have TO pay oiily the poll
tax q S1.5O for 1893
For information l write to ask BY what
authority has the Constitution been
changed; section y OF the Constitution
reads.
Unless exempted by section ~
shall, as d prerequisite to the Tight 10
vote after the first day OF January, 1904,
IursJnuIly pay, III lcitsl six rontha prior
t. ,.!e election, all State poll .a.cs a.
scsSed or aSsessabe against MIN, under
this Constitution, during the three HGdls
next preceding that in which ha ulicrs 20
vote"
Kindly answer through the coNunlns OF
your l,uper.
Yours very truly,
j, b. WOOD.
The Constitution has not been changed.
ScGtrE p is precisely as ou; correspond
cut Quotes II, and is sun IN force, yet
it is a fact that persoos Who We're reg.
istared in 1902 or 1903 will have to pay
only Inc poll tax OF $3.50 Tor 1903, in ord az
10 vote in the presidential ard congress
sional election next fan.
We are not surprised however, that
our correspondent should have challenged
tn. statement for the language OF The
Constitution is somewhat confusing
tsrough 40 fault. however, of tbs
trainers our correspondent overlooks al
inpoflunt clause in section y Of tli'
Constitution which he quotes. 1t is tE'
clause under this Constitution 'Thl
Cunst!tutipn' went into effect on Jul,
10 1907. The assessment for 1902 wa
made in February OF that year, befor
tie Constitution went into effect. Th
first poll tax assessable therefore ''unde
lhi4 Constitution was In February, 1903
and tl.at is tho only poll tax which ;
person registered in 1902 or in 1893 vii
hava 10 pay as prerequisite TO IN
right 90 vote in the November election o
1904
ia View OF this IL may well he asket
why section q contains lie concluding
clause. during the three years mex
preceding that in which lie offers /,
vote" II was put there FOR future use
in 1905 all persons Except war veterans
who offer 70 vote, wiil have TO show a
prerequisite that they have paid al
poll taxes assessed or assessable agains
them for the years 1893 1904 and 1906: J.
1870, frat they have paid their poll take
Tor .9a4. 1886 and 1865, and so on foreye
Hereafter so long as this Constitution
Ia force.
coaisslon aass sr1ssS 0SI 81 lhs iae
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29
Morgan Panama's Fiscal Agent.


. WASHINGTON, ID, c., April oS.-Tha
government of the Republic Of Panama
has indicated Its desire to have $1,000
OOp Of the amount to be paid tho country
on account Of the canal purchase trans
mitted tod Pierpont Morgan and Conn
Iany, their fiscal agents at New York,
tho ,emaining S9000,o0o to await the mr.
rival here of the Panama minister In
June next The Treasury Department
will comply with this request.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29

Another step in the direction of tech-
meal education has been made in the
city of Dresden in the establishment OF
a school for locomotive driver appren-
tees The initiative was taken by the
Locomotive Drivers Association of Sax
ony. which succeeded in interesting the
members of tie Dresden City Council In
the scheme. as well as the directors of
the technical school and the admiration
Of the Royal State Railroads. The school
is for apprentices between Is and 30
years Of age. who are employed In the
Dresden car shops. Among the subjects
taught are German, arithmetic, graphics
and the mechanism of locomotives.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29
/, A Few Foreign Facts.

Dr.. Wamsley, an Englishman, who re-
Gently Investigated our technical schools
reports that he found in 16 of our promi-
ncnt institutions 1871 students in engi.
neering courses who had been more than
three years in attendance, while the lat
est available report in Great Britain
showed but Sc students in the correspond
ing class.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29
Yours very truly.
q z Il. MEMRER.

Certificate No. 1858.
The information published yesterday,
was obtained from an official of the road
who stated that the conference referred
70 was with the operators as employees
OF the road and not as Representatives
OF the O. r. r.. but no Intention 10 DE
unfair was intended by any one
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29

The London Lancet reports discussion
or the Academy Of Medicine, Paris. in
every day more confirmation was forth
coming Of the idea that II was the nbnsa
of meat diet which was the principal
cause of appendicitis. In those countries
asl In Brittany, appendicitis is very rare.
In England and the United States, where
n great deal of meat is eaten, appendl-
ctis is four times conmoner than IN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29
~ elementary classes with children lit
ia more Iran tenth her age.

Mrs Sophia Miller Grant celebrated her
ona hundiedth birthday t1lis month nl
Siens Fails. N Y. She was married at
the age OF IL, and her eldest great grand.
chi,d' ia now that age Sho has n half
hundred descendants, and her mother
iivnd TO the age of l03.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29

If this weather continues cool much
longer the fish will stop biting, and
in that event Mr.. Cleveland may have
some further remarks to make on tho
political situation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29
Tha Charlotte ChronIcle saws:

Our forefathers destroyed the Indian.
The white men OF the Pacific coast ,ex-
cuded the Chinaman. Some Of the ne
gro race IS going to live here and pros
per in the new competition, but OF the
great bulk this may not be so unless
they change, In more or less degree.
some of their habits and their gait for
tho better
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29

Tomorrow the sun will revolvc ex-
cluslvely around st. Louis. al least ST..
Louis will think so.
For whole week now We have not
heard of any new candidates for Cover
nor over in tho good old State OF North
Carolina.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29

1t is not to be supposed that the two
tannings lie got so toughened Colonel
Bryans hide as to make him totally
Indifferent to the shafts that are now
going UP against him from every quar-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29


The duty of county officers with re-
spcct to the collection of the dog tax
seems misunderstood by some. Many IN
uuiries have been made upon the SUD
iect. commemorative Attorney Wen
denburg, OF Henrico in his investigation
of the official conduct of certain JUS
tees and constables, gives it as his opin-
ion that the law requires the 1903 dog
tax to be paid to the treasurer of the
county, Just as any other tax is paid
"\yhlle the bills were not made out IN
1903 at the usual time, when the other tax
bills were made. out. this was due to no
fault of the county officials but was
caused by a failure to receive tie books
from the auditors Office in proper time.
but this will not excuse the payment Of
those taxes.
After July /, 1904, Mr.. Wendenburg
says, 1T will be the duty of every con-
stable to kill, in his district ever dog
whose owner has failed to pay the
license tax thereon"
The duty imposed upon the constable
is imperative and explicit. and penalty
| is provided for Its non-performance.
|
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29

Another case or two concerning South
ern state Constitutions may get into the
Supreme Court of the United States, but
they will never scare any more,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29
AN OLD cay
How ny GROCERY EIIl5 Run Up!
Deal at0ur Storss and Keep Them
Town,

Whole Sweet Pickles, quart. .,.....1 Oc
Large Box Mustard Sardines. ..,...... &c
Sawkeyes Rolled Oats, package.
Dss' ane.''a" o'a""'4'.' s"e." 4c
tllre's Root Beer, bottle. ,..u...,,.....15c
8 pounds California Peaches force. .25c.
ArbuckIe's Eriosa Coffee, lb.,.,.......11c
Lion Coffee, lib papers. 1916
Mountain Roll Rutter, lbs for,r. csc
Small California Hams, pound,,,.,.....9 &c
2 pounds New Hominy and Grlts for. Sc.
lbs White A Sugar for... 25c
Small White Beans, quart,......,.,...,8o
Flake Homlny, pound .,,,..,.,,.'..',...4c
Best city Meal, per peck...,.,..'..',1s c'
or, bushel ...,,..,,.....,..,..,
Quart Mason Jars Vanilla syrup..,..1oo
Beet Cream Cheese. pound, .,,.,,....1s
Canned Tomatoes, large cans. .,.,,....7c
New Clipped tlerrlnus, dozen for. .25c.
Good Lard pound ,..,,.,,.,..,.,,,,..,,s &c,
quart Jars Homemade Sweet Pick
GIBSON, xxx, Nat, Vernon. Oscar
PEPPER Old Brands Whisky, bottle, .75c.
s.ib Jars tome-Made Preserves. lao,
s,sotberry or catawba Wine, quart 1ao.
Oinasr Straps or Soda Crackers, lb. .44c
salt fsork, per pound. .........,.,,.,,.7o
smlthtelo Rams, pound, ,.,,.,.,.,,...1 5o
rIacklng and Scrub Brushes. ,.,.,,.,.,5 Sc,
s bars octagon Shaped soap for,,.,..25c.
Good Green or Mixed Tea, pound ..,.. ESQ.
Fresh Bologna Sausage, pound.,.,.,,,.lc
CoShes Pins, ozen,,,.,....'.,,.,,. 10
Sn,,n oIckIes. aaIion. .25c
Root Beer, bottle. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
putfy's Malt Whisky, per bottle. BOG.
S, lDAlMAN'S SOM.
Downtown stores, ts2o-1s22 East MAIN
street, Uptown store' SOC Ea's mar'
shall Street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29
a notahlo indr.,rv IN Paraguay is th!

4 notable industry In Paraguay Is the
preparation OF essence OF orange leaves
Some one hundred and fifty years ago
the Jesuit priests, who then ruled that
country, planted the orange forests. This
essence Is largely imported into France
and the United States for use In soap
and perfnmery making 1t is also used
in Paraguay as q healing ointment and
a hair tonic,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29
WITH a Comment or Two.

With a Comment or Two.
Tho North Carolina strawberry IS
again In our midst Newport Ncws Press,
Luckily, you 1.-Two In town of many
drug stores.
Mr.. Bryan says that tho Democrats
might as well rcnomlnnte Grover Glove
land as Judge Parkcr.-Austin (Texas)
Statesman.
The woods arc full Of sturdy Democrats
who think they had n great sight better.
Tho regularity with which the United
States Supreme Court dsmlsscs cases
Involving the suffrage provisions Of Stnte
Constitutions without entering into the
merits thereof. must be rather cSnsperat-
Ing TO those opposed to dlsfranch!sement
methods in the south.--charlottc OBJ
servcf.
And 1t may be that In time the dis
couraged ones will quit passing the hat
for funds with which to worry the court
and fec lawyers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29

The summer resort man Is beginning
to feel some uncaslness about this lap
lingering business that winter keeps ON
engaging In,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29

Macon (Ga) Tclegraph One can sec q
big difference between white horse
ihief in the West and black rapist IN
the South; also consideLabe t. sn, enrn
u,hite woman. But q Southern white man
IS not apt 10 appreciate the view. which
Mr. Roosevelt seems to take Of those
differences
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29

/, sniit md bolt at st. Louis It will be
The sp iirst TIN Time MI Mr. Roosevelt as been un
lucky. Democrats of both ana AZ fncs &c.
lions should get together and change inc
luck Of the strenuous. @
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29

Birmingham Age-Hcrald: What Con.
gress could do Under the Flltecnt !.i
il Is plain the Supreme Court OF the
United states has no intention or crehl-
ing confusion by going out OF its way 70
amend the new Constitutions OF Soulileii'
States. B#6S
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29
North Carolina Sentiment.

Referring to the recent decision OF the
Supreme Court in the Virginia Suffrage
cases the Raleigh News says:
1t Is clear now that many Northern
States are gradually, but surely, com
Ing to the Southern view rs regards the
Ief'' increases in the Northern States, the
White voters will become more and more
pronounced in their opinions.
On the sameJ subject the Greensboro
,reebram says: The growth or the pol DOE
lev Of n restricted suffrage Is steady
enough to please its most ardent hdvo'
Gates. We do not think the idea has re-
ceived and serious rebuff and where.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29

louisville Co,rler-Journal: The Repub.
)Icnns seem very anxious to. prove thnt
they paid Bourke Cochran for his NC
Klnlcy speeches in 1896. They 20 not up,
near to understand how anybody can
stomach the Republican party without
being paid to do 1t.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29

to say:
Some other man may be ablc to cater
the farmers and work them as did Mr
lsutler, but he will not bo able TO do II
with the same bait.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29
Oreu4 or OAo1gAt
IN D1xlo .Iand

GG,8G9@@@@@@>.> 4aSoe'4Spe'"'V'V"'e'Ss
Nashville Attierican.t The platforms
adopted by the New York and PeniisSS!l.-
vanilla Democrats are not pleasing to Mr;;
bryan aud those OF Populistc ana rn " g.,
tiohs and In Il general way voice the ",
Spirit which Is animatlng thoughttui
Democrats.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29

Heavy oyercoats and the month of
May were never so close together be-
fore in the glorious climate OF old vr-
ginia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29

The President took but little time TO
IN Judge simonton's vacant chaif ana
very well he filled II.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29

The talk Of threatened resurrection
of populism leads the Durham Herald
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29

But the first thing we know summer
win fail right down upon us with real
| DIM mud nncent.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29

The fight OF The cities for the State
convention viii be snort and without
points
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-29

Already they say Iaaster ponnets nre
being warmed oyer for the June outing,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-01
Vermont and Massachusetts.

Sometimes Massachusetts. with the
arrogance Of bisness. forgets a fe"
things which it ought to remember
about it's sister New England states.
other day when the Boston Transcript
became impatient because the Vermont
Legislature emphatically voted down a
proposition to endorse reciprocity with
Canada. In commenting urOn this
action the Transcript said that 'a.i
usual, Vermont is only about 80 years
behind Massachusetts" Now the
action of the Legislature of Vermont
was precisely like the action which the
Massachusetts Legislature had taken a
little earlier upon the same matter, and
the slur of the Transcript was alto
gether undeserved. Moreover, the
phrase. 'as usual had a sting in it
which the Eermontars were very
prompt t. resent, and one loyal son OF
the Greer Mountain state writes the
Transcript in the following vigorous
fashion.
Vermont shed tn" first blood of the
| Revolution more than a month in ad-
| vance of concord and LeXine ton. Yer
mont separated Church from State
twenty-six years ahead Of Massachu-
| sets. Vermont refused to surrender
fugitive slaves more than fifty years
| before Massachusetts rose to that
height. Vermont was side by side with
| Massachusetts from the beginning to
| the end of the Civil War and since then
has had nine soldier governors, while
Massa chusetts has had but one. Who
commanded the Oregon? Who was the
| hero of Manila Bay? What are you
| talking about? Haven't Vermonters
| been settling in Massachusetts for tn ,
last fifty years. until nearly $4,000 of
them are here. and are not the people
Of Massachusetts fifty years and nearly
| $4,000 behind in that kind of recipro-
| city? AS Webster said of Dartmouth
She is a small college, but some Of us
| love her" SO many Of US say Of Yer
mont We love her 80 well that We
hope she will always be more than fifty
years behind any STATE or any party
which allows itself to be humbugget
pardon the mixed metaphor, by j
Trojan horse.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-01

out the assistance of syndicates OF
railway combinations. captain emp
sor, is now in his S0th year. he Was
born on the old Simpson noillea'eau
at Rocky Hill in Brunswick. Duii ns
his hovhood he learned the Joiiiei
trade, became a ship joiner ana mao
charge of the cabin work OH ',e
Humphrey Purintcn. which was pu'i'
in Topsham by his brother Eiorldse
simpson. In 1919 Mr.. simpson went 10
California. going around cape horn III
a shin of which he was part owner. ne
was accompanied by his brother Lewis
who afterwards lost his life Oh COOS
bay. Oregon, while attempting TO save
a woman and A child from drowning.
Mr. Simpson first went TO "ofh III inc
mines Six months later he bought an
old abandoned vessel and took d COLI
tract for cutting and driving piles on
the water fl ont OF san Francisco. Lac
he bought an old steam miil' LOON u !"
Oregon and became engaged ~ tii'
milling and lumber business. he mas
three sons and one daughter Cap
tain Simpson visited Brunswick about
six years ago. He has always taken
an interest in his native town ana en-
joys the friendship of many people IN
Brunswick.