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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-08
WORKING HARD
FOR VIRGINIA
Continued from First l2age)s

CONTINUED from First Page)
the State Bar Associatl Lion, strongly adj
jyocated byGus aud urged by some Of tho
best and most talented lawyers -insfN
ginia We believe the next Legislature.
Will pass some kindred lazy. which Will
enable us to close sales moro promptly
and with less expense ia tho purchaser,
The next defeat was tho failure of@tha
appropriation to enable us to&printand
circulate an attractive handbook Il Of
Virginia Your president spent several
weeks trying to get this bill through
He had tho valuable aid of Hon. George
Nv. Kolner, Col, Miles Cary, J ohm Stewart
Walker, Judge J. o, Sepherd and others
We appeared before the Finance Com
mittee" and did our hest to CONVINCE
these Wise men Of tho great Importance
Of more intelligent Advertising, but they
were deaf to our pleas. and the blu was,
defeated In the SAID comml ttee, We.
hope for better things OF the next Leg;
islature, Our efforts did NOT stop there;
We aided IN getting upP quite an attlsac-
tive pamphlet. many Of which have been
distributed; not Il few ut tho Worlds
Fair, and second edition is nov IN.
the hands Of the printer. SO you see.
all our efforts have not proved failures.
We were successful In getting our lazy
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-08

ST. Nick is certainly 1T.
a Now are you going to lay oulHt
your good money Tor the Boys
in aood sensible presents
Umbrellas - a u 9 81 waist
q O a - house jackets Q q t u
robes--dressing gowns-traV-1
cling bags and cases. etc.
.eeIf you're to be practical N
your selection our place Will
interest you.
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NORTH Carolina.

Governor Aycock pardons Andrew Will
son, serving term for m,lrder----Nin out
of fifteen applicants for pharmacy license.
culture recommends more test farms
Gold ELL Copper Mine to be sold at auc-
tion-Durham Illks open q new HON e.
Carload of young fish from Wytheville
S(Va.) e government Matching arrive at
Raleigh for distribution.
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Pickering Gets Prize.

(By Associated PressO RI Nc
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 1.-The Mexican
Astronomical Society has awarded rag a Its
William r. Pickering, of Harvard lJni-
versitsl who discovered the ninth sattaal-
lite OF Saturn.
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makers to endorse the good roads
and wc lave y been Ado t, 70
anj,at, tl,a aid nf the Board or 1tnmigra-

makers to endorse the good h roads
movement, and we lave been able 70
enlist the aid OF the Board OF 1tnmigra-
! tton, the Board of Labor, Comm ssions'r
lFof Agriculture, and also the co.opsra-
|5tion OF the railway and trans
accompanies Our excellent Governor nor tl.ts
shown Il deep interest In ,s, nild che
press, always ready to aid strtssltnfi
and worthy cause, has bcor very gene
ons In it's sympathy and lid. The Hpn.
James Wilson, the aggressive ana }.ro-i
gressive secretary Of the National .i 0e-s
partncnt of Agriculture, has SHOWN SHOWN 9
great Interest In our work, ana stanus
ready to aid us to the 1ull cxtepe o. MS ms
power ..,..,.
* very admirable address was oellv-
cred by Or. Magruder, chemist.
Conmcnds This Paper.
Colonel Cary Ruffin Randolph, secretary
and Treasurer, reported that tho finances
OF tho association wero III an excellent
condition and that now members were
rapidly coming III. -,
Mr. I'LL, Of South Boston, spoke OF the
.nno work that Tho Times Dispatch IS DO
Ing Iii publishing regularly, ar,lcles on
farming. Mr.. Hill said that the paper
was read from one eud OF the state 70
the other and was an educator W. ~
al equal In conclusion. ho oftered ti u,
Z
1--WE commend and thank rho Times
Dlspntcl for the initial work IT mas doho
IN tic interests OF agriculture III Virginia,
and We ask the other papers OF the S STATE
10 publish similar articles"
Mr,&C. C. Maphis. OF Charlottesv'ii ~
;.nitlgo Sheppard, of Palmyra; MI, John
Steward Walker, OF Lynchourg hnu M =,
j. &. Easley, OF Richmond. all spoke on
'the question Of good roads as m ndver-
.tisement. TIL IA
Colonel Richards Next.
Colonel richards Industrial agent OF
Tho southern Railway made an excellent
speech on tho way to exhibit the asrl-
cultural products Of the State. Ho spoke
/ or Inc Southern exhibit hc had made IN
London and In Paris and told Of the IN !.
gterest theso exhibits had aroused IN for-
cgn countries 5s5 I.4
The following officers We're elected Tor
tho coming year: President, a. I. l5lpp o.
Of charlottesville, Va; Secretary ana
Treasurer. Colonel Cary Ruffin Randolph
1 If sC,harlottesvillc, Va; and Assistant Sec
rcary. Mr.. Chas. G. Maphis, OF Charlottes-
willie. Va. W.
All Of these gentlemen were uilanim o Gus
chosen and the best Of good feeling pre-
vailed, Mr.. Nlnphis is Sagnewspaper man
i f long standing, having been editor OF
the charlottesville Chronicle
Mr.. Barron, OF Norfolk. Invited tho - as 4
sociatiol, to hold It's next annual meeting
tho city by tho Sea, Mr. Barron r sa,!1
letters OF Invitation from the y oriolS
Chamber OF Commerce, the Norfolk Real
Estutc Exchange and from the Nqrfolk
Business Mems Club.
&; Mr.. l3ibb invited the association to meet
In Charottesvillo and Mr.. Hill spoke ior
South Boston,, Tho association fnally,
by a unanimous vote, decided upon Nor.
folk as the place,for Its next annual meet
Ing, in December, 1905. !.
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The Old STYLE

Both men and women wore earrings IN
ancient Rome. The latter We're. especially
extravagant. Seneca wrote that some
earrings Worn by women were so costly
that IL single pair was worth the revenue
OF n large estate.
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PRACTICAL X MAS, GIVING.
Il TO meet the tastes otSaslot OF
people who wish to make
presents Of real practical
value--we have an unusual
assortment. Of silk-lined raj n
coats-satin-l ined dress suits
silk-lined Tuxedo suits pad
dock and paletot overcoats, &c.
Just see us.
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Receiver Nathan Loesser said that It nesa
not necessarily interfere with the banks
r,ptcy petitions; that she can be proceed
ed against In bankruptcy and her assets
distributed among her creditors.
Loeser Makes Move. !.
was made late t o. x n s, the
moning or Cassie L. Chad wick, ri Rey-s
nolds ana Emil Hoover. the son Of M Y, :
Gldd% vi for nurposstGs o. examination
TIE petltlo i Was filed by Nathan Loeser.
receiver for the Chadwick estate,
so OMAR effort has been made the recelver.
has thus FAR been unable to secure pos
session Of the property Of Mrs. Chadwick:
Under Ills control certain portion Of the
notes and other securities heretofore cer-
fre Ri e do sha s Tsts
has In her possession or under her control
large quantity Of diamonds and other!
IN Tho poss esias OF Tie petitioner and
ander It's eestro pro 81 s beonsng .
Copy Of Carnegie Note,
psss Sdsy %as SHOWN ne
copy Of the famous note. for $3.50, 900;
aS6s5 y hayep curn Ghqaw s hat aa
was made are II the possession Or Dis.
trict-Attt2{rneys sllllvu|, fea t Y this
sgaa Il hs ars s hs dsas rsF ana
Ing. while the words 1.-TWO hundred and
fifty thousand dollars were evidently
the exact Z wording OF tho en- note: - ~
New Y ork. J January Z, 1901, q
h hOnc year a fter date ! promise O pay
to the order9o Of @, l., Chadwick TWO hln-t
drcd and fifty Thousand $3.50, 0.0) 3dollafs'
at my office IN New York city tbr4yaluo
RECEIVED, with Interest 7 Per Gent Az, !,
Upon the back Of the note Is endorsed
tho name 70, II, Chadwick"
i may be stated that the sigma tnre att
IN several respects from tho published.
faGstmilles Of Carnegie signhture..
The original 81. this note Is now in the
closed Citizens National Balil}, Who Is now
in New York: 9
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MINIATURE ALMANAC. Y

~ 5 5t.tE3 5Decenhcr s, 1904 \
Sbn ,,:ses 7:14 4 HIGH TIDE.
Stin sets $3.50 Morning. :l5
N,,on SATISFACTORILY Evening. .......a:So
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To Tour the State.

In aceordance with, a resolution offered
versliy, which WAS unanimously adopted
at the night session, Governor Montague
and Pre,s;ild len Alderman, ct W uniyer-
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SF,ighcst Temperature yesterday....... ~
Lowest temperature Yesterday. ..... s so
Naan tenperature yesterday. 49,. Az
Normal temperature for Dccenber....a ~ y,
Departure from normal temperature. "
. Precipitation during past "a llouTs.... w
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{ DR.. w. wv. Smith. president Of Ram
dolph-Macon Woman's College, earnestly
and ably cspoused the cause Of higher
education among the fairer, but weaker,
sex iii an address entitled ''rhe Public
Schools aud the Higher Education OF Wo-
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Receiver Nathan Loesser said that It nee4
not necessarily interfere with the bank
rllptcy petitions; thai she can be proceed
ed against In bankruptcy and her assets
distributed among her creditors.
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Manual training gives intelligent training
by educated teachers 10 all our physical
powers. But because It has mainly to do with
the training OF our hands It Is called manual.
X We need 1t In our public schools to make all
our children moro skilled; more dextelOus
more wideawake, ana more capable OF putting
to use tho knowledge that they have ac-
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SUMMARY UF THE DAYS NEWS
The Weather.

q WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.--F2or 81 i sl'',
Thursday md Friday: ,,..,a.y.
! virrinia-- Thursday and Friday
uRht 10 fresh west winds ,,.,
North Carolina Fair ihufsaaS anu ~ ~
day; light to fresh west wlhas.
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HuI WT1n tJItSO WtFD ETpuF11ls TT mo dark
1t was discovered that a great German edu-
gator named .Twehet. living IN advance OF
hs WorhnE Wihea help pd DYING
cation called the kindergarten, that was 10
form the basis Of true manual training. ana
TO eyolutlonize tho world.
For underneath the iower school grade lie
turned the play OF tho clisel into "a solid
foundation for the mahuar trailing In our
publlc schools. .FIe st5sl3s M
Nppn this same folndsdo our public
schools shall train our children for tho
technical schools Of the future for every col
lese, These VIII then become The browning
glory of America.
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When The great need OF such an EDUCATION
became apparent, our leading educators sought
TO put, 1t into our, business and our schools
schools Of manual training. we had techncni
schools and schools along tho line or trsda
schools, but or i move intellcc, ual order
While this did good n made 4 creator need
for true manual training. Their mistake was
that they began at the top rather than at the
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This directive force may find expression In
the propaganda service our higher Institutions ms
\ These institutions are as n city get uron
a hill: their light must not be hid78{;;T They
must be found In the van Of educational pro-
rress They must be tho cvnnEels iof educn.
,loal reform; they must create educational
sentiment; they must + evoke educational
spirit; they must furnish educational experts
and conduct educational mpaigns; Z they must
lead, and not be content to follow; they must
plead for an educated community rather than
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President Denny then demonstrated the Inn
portance OF making M emphatic answer to
these charges. 11c showed that tho indictment
was false. These higher Institutions have n
public school, and Its fundamental Importance.
They are ready to do all In their power for
primary and secondary education; their own
success depends on the schools Of lower
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Did She Use Other Names?
Andrew Carnegie said to-day that he
had not the slightest intention OF prose-.
cutting anybody for forging his signature
Ia notes, evcn; II further investigation
showed that such forgery has been COM
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
HAPPY COMRADES.

When Donald and his grandpa so cut to
take a walk
They have no end Of jo.ltty and eonfidsn-
tial talk
They have so much In common. and they
never disagree.
Though Donaid's only five years cd and
grandpa seyenty-three.
They visit first the barnyard 20 see the
cows and sheep.
Though stopping at the p!gsty TO take a
hasty peep.
They see tie funy chickens. the gos.ings
and the hens
And watch the turkey gobhler as be struts
along the fence.
They go to see the kittens In barrel in
the shed.
And they hear the rooster Growing in the
hayIoft overhead
And tie startled guineas eaekle as the vis-
itors appear,
And the cross old gander Kisses when the
couple get TOO near.
Then hand in hand they wander adown
the dusty street.
Between two rows Of NAPLES where the
spreading branches meet
A robin mods welcome as the JOY people
pass,
And hop-toad jumps and tumb.es to the
shelter OF the grass
In the bushes by the roadside they hear
the eatbird call.
And frightened chipmunk searries 10 his
hole within the wall.
They get some pussy willows IN hollow
by the brook,
And they watch the minnows swimming In
a little sheltered nook.
Then trudging slowly home ward. they end
their jolly walk
With happy shouts and laughter and con-
hdential talk
They have so much in common, and they
never disagree,
Though Donald's only five years cid and
grandpa seventy-three
-Erastas Hubbard Phelps. in Youths Gem
panion
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24

aggregate Russian empire there are
over 100000 Jews.
Though now making advance in in
dustrial matters, Russia is distinctly
an agricultural nation, 80 per cent. of
all her people are peasants. The peas
ant rents from the landlord, as in Ire
land; the landlord, generally an absen.
tee, squandering his wealth abroad
and letting the cultivation of the land
rest with the peasant. Russia is very
large and very poor which facts par
TALLY explains the lack of education
among the masses. The number of
those that cannot read and write is
shamefully high, IS per cent, and
while there exists among the better
classes realization that the nation is
kept from progress by the ignorance
OF the muzhik. yet the fear that the lat
ter may prove too strong if allowed
an education has caused the ruling
conservatives to keep the school book
from him.
Though the Russian peasant of TO-DAY
is degraded and squalid, his condition is
not nearly so low as it was back in the
days of serfdom The rural population OF
Russia by the eighteenth century was
grouped in one common class. the serts,
regarded as the property of the landed
proprietor OF the state, and a class of
abuses which repeatedly called for re-
forms. About the middle of the last CEN
fury. under Alexander H., powerful
I'm
year 1861 was marked by the sup
preston of serfdom; in 1864 refor-
nations were made in the courts
of justice and the jury system; in
1865 steps were taken towards proyin-
cial government. These reforms
stirred the apparently Indifferent. fatal
istic Russian and there sprang up in the
country band of enthusiastic Youth
fired with the desire TO aid the submerged
ma jority. RuSsia'S autocracy saw only
cause for fear in the movement and fool
ishly and cruelty set TO work TO stamp
out the spirit of brotherhood that was
abroad The would-be reformers were
arrested. put in prisons. sentenced be-
hind closed doors To Siberian exile The
nihilists now changed their tactics,
turned from reformers to assassins,
banded themselves into a secret society.
laid daring plots planned and executed
deeds of atroeity that shocked the world
AT last the fanatics brought affairs to
climax; in 1881, after many attempts
succeeded in numbering Alexander H..
the car that had begun the task of liber-
alton After the committal of this base
crime there was a political reaction:
from the center Of power there ceased
to emanate radical experiments on be-
half of the people
To-day the government sedulously FER
reo out and makes effor TO suppress
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
HUNTS HOUSE NINE YEARS.
New York Woman Has Been Watch
ing Real Estate Ads" for
Long Time.

Women ever read the real estate
news? Well, YOU just bet they do"
said the broker, answering his own
question, relates the New York Times
or course there are a good MANY
women more or less interested in the
real estate market as owners. or per-
haps as spectators. but | don't mean
that kind. Lots of them look over the
reports every day to find out whether
anybody is going To move away or
whether they are going to have any
new neighbors. And if Mrs. Jones
thinks she can find out how much Mrs
Smith got for her house she will read
the conveyances every day for six
months
But | have in mind one woman
who not only reads all the news but
the real estate advertisements as we'll
Id tell you her name but for the fact
that | expect to sell her house some
day. She's been looking for house
here in my section for over nine wears
that know of. and she has never been
known to miss an 'ad' If | insert
one in a Sunday paper, telling about a
house of the general sort for which
she is looking, she's here bright and
early Monday morning That's a dead
certainty and I'm ready to bet on it,"
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24

the Moneols, the Mussulman faith OF
Crimean Russians
Inc industrial depression in Russia
and the famine of 1901 gave opportunity
to the socialists ard liberals of the LAND
to stir up the people as the nihilists were
not able to co. The professional and Off
clal classes both are taking part in ex-
pressions OF Gisapproyal of the govern
ment, though still retaining LOYALTY to
the car, whom, they maintain. is keptin
ignorance of existing conditions SIN.
dents of the institutions Of higher educa.
ten are boldly showing their sympathy
with the oppressed, and from time r.
time their acts are of decidedly revolu.
uonary character. Revolutionary tracts
are sent out from government offices. the
nobility discuss political reforms the
works of banished Russian writer's some.
how find entrance into the country and
wide circulation.
The government has endeavored tosup-
press these intellectual leaders bv han.
lshment TO the country districts. and m.
result has been a wider field for tht
workers. Violence has marked tho re-
cent movement; the agitators have re-
sorted to assassination methods. The
Cossack police have dragged and sboI
Gown the rioters, and offenders have re.
ceiVed the Siberian sentence. Women
too, have taken part in the student riots
and, like the men have felt the Cossark
whips on their backs In addition to the
student riots, strikes and labor riots have
occurred in scattered portions Of Russia
ana aeraearian riots have led to VIC.
renee OF no small extent. In the various
uprisings the soldiery have some time,
oeen too weak to interfere; some times
too mutinous.
KATHIrp1A,t> r,o,,r,
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24

soeialistie tendencies, but there is at
present noticeable in Russia three dis
tinct lines in which the people are MAX
ing way against the old established order
Of things In industrial centers labor or
CARNATIONS, in spite of press censorship
and published warnings from the govern
ment. are making decided Roadway
Scattered over many provinces are no
inconsiderable numbers of educated de-
voted people that have deliberately cast
their lot with the peasants in the desire
to give the but recently freed serfs the
guidance and protection needed by peo-
pie so long down trodden, for ages
densely ignorant These protectors are
largely "populists, the Jealous people
who. in the early seventies. decided to
give up their selfish ease TO work with
the people; the higher order of nihilists,
Though thousands of them We're forced
by the police to surrender their work,
and many were exiled to Siberia still to-
day the element is of marked strength
and valuable factor in the rise of the
peasant against despotism.
separation from the OFOnodoA CHuIcH,
a body of people hostile to the official
church and existing government is a re-
ligious movement now gaining strength
in Russia and fraught with no little polit
zeal import. The dissenters have been.
and still are, severely prosecuted, but
they now number in greater Russia alone
L 10000 people. In addition to the fric
ton caused by the detection from the
Greek church, is the completely that
arises because of the widely diverse
forms eff religion existing in the coun-
try; the Roman Catholicism of the Pol
ish population. the Protestant faith of
the German and Finn, the Buddhism Of
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
HAS TRIED BOTH.
Travel for Health VS.. Dieting.

A man who was sent to Europe for
his health and finally found cure In
little change in his diet says:
Il was troubled with dyspepsia lot
five years and two doctors here in he
nosha that treated me for over year
both told me there was no help Ioi
me. Then | had an expert from ohl-
cage, but still received no relief; then
followed another expert from chicago
who came to our house two times
month for four months. He gave ne
up like all the others and told NE 10
take a trip across the ocean. Whlch
did in the year 1899 and came honie
about as bad as when | started. Inc
doctors told me my stomach lining was
full of sores Then | began TO stuu!
my own case and learned or the dlet
recommended by the Postum Celeai
Co. SO | gave up cof1ee, pork anu az
greasy foods and began using Postum
Food Coffee Gradually got better anu
better until | am well now as ever
was in my younger days, have no trou-
bic and eat anything fit to eat.
Sometimes away from home am
persuaded to drink coffee, but only
take sip of it, for it tastes bitter anu
dlsagreeable to me, but the longer use
Postum the better | like 1t and the
better feel | could say great aeal
more OF my experience with Postum
but think this will give everyone
good idea of what leaving of eonee
and using Postum can do" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle CreeA'
Mich.
Look in every pkg. for the famous
little book, THE Road to Wellyille.
The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
Public Schools in Russia

Social Service gives some late statis-
tics regarding public schools in Russia
There are S4.544 public schools in the
empire. of which number 40. 13l are un-
der the jurisdiction of the minister OF
public education. 42.5sS under the Iuris-
diction of the holy synod. and the re-
mainder under other departments. OF
the pupils. 1916 are adults, 1921 .694
boys and l.203.902 girls The teachers
number $4,000. The maintenance of
these schools costs more than s25. OOO.-
coo The average school tax for city
schools is $3.50. ard for village schools
five dollars per pupil.