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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-14
THESOUTHSlDE METROPOLIS,
SEAT OF BUSINESS AND EDUCATION
The State Female Normal School
the Chief Center Of Attrac-
ton at The !, ], Town.
souRc E Of BEST TEACHERS
Farrr,ville Manufacturing Plant
Il Worth Visit to Town to See.
Ingenious Machines.

" 'FARMEILLE, VA, Feb. 13.-!The space
allotted this article Is all too small In
which TO do Justice to the metropolis Of
the Southside.'' Reaching the historic
town as the sable curtain OF night was
being drawn, was shown to the Wind
scr Hotel. Mine host. Gillian, was n
friend OF the days that are past. TO say
that he and his most estimabe wife
know how, in old Virginia fashion. to
4 welcome The coming and speed the part
ling ia but faint praise, You may rest as
sured that at the 'Vndsor" every crea-
lures comfort is looked after.
1t Is not incumbent upon us to dwell
liupon the many attractions In and around
the town, nor upon tho hospitality of her
&citlzens. The centre of attraction-the
8loadstone around which gathers all else
the one object Of her pride is the State
Female Normal College,
TEACHERS TAUGHT.
This Is one institution In Virginia whose
business it lis 10 train young women to
teach. It has sent out over five hundred
I graduates, four hundred Of whom are still
j teaching in the public schools; in add!-
ton TO these, there are at work IN Inc
class room SIX hundred and more young
women who have had the advantage OF
one or two years OF training at Farm
VILE; so that, in all more than one thou
sand young women now teaching in Vir-
glpla and at least thirty thousand chill
dren have felt the influence Of this school.
That the influence is mighty need not
y be questioned. for 1t Is the consensus OF
opinion among county superintendent OF
education that their best teachers come
from Farmville.
LIVING SOURCE.
This school is. therefore, the vital part
Of the public schoo! system. II hel
growth be retarded ~ lack OF funds, II
her power be restricted by inadequate
4 equipment, he whole system must SUI
Ter without doubt II, however, the Com
!. Inonwealth would supply all her needs
encourage her growth and Increase heI
\ efticlenoy by every available means wha'
K would be the result? The whole public
4 school system would feel 70 lis very ex,
tremities The new and enriched life-blooe
from the heart Of the system; the Whols
body polite would become stronger
q ;;ounder, healthier. The Commonwealth
would then be her own greatest beneii'
cIary. and would reap In citizenship VIVA
sishe had aown In appropriations II ~ouie
thus clearly be a false-economy on the par
s-pf4 the state 10 deprive the state Female
Normal School NJ any amount necessary
Il 10 meet its actual needs. which are, eyer
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IN THE ROUGH s3Ssg .READYLTp SHIP.

ously and willingly for the State Female
Normal School at Farmyille.
A REMARKABLE ENTERPRISE. 4.
Leaving the Normal SCHOOL, found my
way to the Farmville Manufacturing
Companys plant and spent an hour most
pleasantly and probably with tho genial
proprietor. Mr.. G. M. Robson. Mr. Ro-
beson is an exponent OF the principles OF
integrity and perseverance applied to
business. Tie came to this State from
Pennsylvania In 1874, and in 1878 became
Unidentified with other gentlemen IN the
works OF which no Is now the sole owner
and director. having purchased the other
interests in 1898. This company NOT oh1y
carries all kinds OF builders ma terials--'
manufactured by themTbut makes pillow
handles by the million. buying tho tins
her in tho log from the adjacent farms.
they take it from the rough to the tin
ished product. These handles find their
way to many states. In bending them
Mr.. Robeson's inventive genius was called
into play. and the machine which does
the work is q model Of It's kind have
great pleasure In presenting q half-tone
Of 1t,
BY strict attention to business Mr.. Ro-
beson has built up tho most extensive
business OF It's kind In the, South, and It
grows upnce. 1t Is worth q trlp to Farms
vile to see his plant
BANKING FACILITIES.
4 Where there Is business there must be
facilities for conducting 1t. The Plant.
ers Bank meets all these requirements
Organized in 1867. II has successfully
passed through all panlcs. Its president,
Mr.. II. T. Davis, ana his able cashier,
Mr. w, q. Yenabie, assisted by a full of
fec force and counseled by an able d.
rectorate, are steadily advancing the In
tnresta ofs the institution. With "a paid
up capital OF s43,425. their statement for
January shows resources amounting to
sso3. 1880. with a surplus OF $4,000. a
record to be proud Of, S \
In the not distant future hope tofs
more OF this busy little town and herfen-.
yironmenis. 4. !, Z, I, -, ~, J, En-.
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now. urgent. though much has been done
In the few years past.
LACK OF BEAUTY.

now. urgent. though much has been done
In the few years past.
LACK OF BEAUTY.
An excellent new training school has
been built, but 1t is still imperfectly
equipped; beautiful new library and at
tractive reading room have been added.
but many hundred volumes are still need
cd for good working library. The din
ing room has recently been beautltled
and enlarged to seating capacity or
four hundred, but the dormtory acon-
modations. providing comfortably for
about two hundred and forty. have not
kept pace with this expansion There Is
urgent need for dormtorles for at least
four hundred girls, The assembly hall
is not large enough for any public fun1-
ton, and Is very unattractiye In appear
ance,
There are practically no laboratories for
physics and biology; there are not enough
class-rooms, and the Office accommoda-
tons are not nearly sufficient. There Is
not II granolthic walk on the place. The
buIldings--the old ones certainly do not
fulhll the conditions usually required Of
"heauty unadorned." perhaps because
they have no beauty to begin with. They
are as severe and forbidding In appear
ance as traditional barracks.
BEAUTY SHOULD HAVE IT'S CON-
COMMITANTS,
1t is n firm heller in tho mind Of the
present administration that the young
women teachers Of Virginia should be
trained in surroundings as beautiful az
any provided for the young men. EN-
yironment must. of necessity, have
weight in Misunderstanding; therefore. all
the buildings here should be made to
harmonize. both inside and out with the
new west wing. the only attractive build.
ing in the entire plant.
These needs are not imaginary, but ao.
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to call for such teachers without being
able to meet their demands; nor should
she wait until she Is forced to sllch prep
aratlon? She should,voluntnrly take the
Initiative.
The State Female Normal School 1s
the one teacher training institution pro-
vided for young women. What attltuue
will Ithe mother State take toward this
dutiful. half-grown child2 VIII she
abandon it. Gripping 1t for life by refls-
Ing to complete what she has begun!
Or will she supply Hits needs, and BRING
1t to maturity. prepared for elhclent
powerful service to the State?
DUTY OF LEGISLATURE,
* Let the present Legislature care for her
own by granting the special appropria-
ton OF $50, 900. and increasing the annu'
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tunl and pressing. as every visitor to the
Normal School can testify, Sixty thou
sand dollars. the special appropriation
asked Of tho Legislature. is sorely needed.
and is little enough to effect SO many i'm
provements. n
But there are even greater needs than
those enumerated, With one moro teach
er in the kindergarten at the Normal
School, thorough two years kinder
gnrten training course may be offered.
There Ia now call for manual training
In some of the schools. One more teach
or In the manual training department at
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ACCIDENT I TO-
AN MODERATOR.
Jumped Froin-Movit1g Train at
Prospect and Received Com
pound Fracture Of Skull.

Especial to The Tiines-D lspatch.) n
PETERSBURG, VA, Feb. 13.--N. Y.
Bush lies at tho Homo for the Sick In 4
precarlous condition as tho result Of at,
accident which, bcfel him yesterday. Mi,
Flush ID tho telegraph operator at rug
giles six miles west Of Prospect Urt tile
Norfolk and Western tenilwny.}nnd at thu
former place he boarded passenger train
to 60 To Prospect. When the station WIS
reached, and while the train was going
at Ia lively clip, MIR. Bush Jumped OF /.
his hoad striking on the ground and
causing Il compound fracture of the skull.
accompanied by 10rs. Bryant. Of Crcwe;
Atkins, Of Blackstone, and Alsop. Of
Prospect The young man reached Peters
burg In tho evening. and was Operated
OF, ut the hospital by DR.. John Manr, and
the visiting physicians. Several PORTIONS
Of tho skull had to be removed, and his
condition has remained critical since the
accident. HI s
4 sIIoOT1N q NAFTRAY. ..
81 Yesterday at store ut Dinwddie
Courthouse Arthur Richardson, d young
man OF thuts neighborhood. and Booker
Ellis. colored politician. became en-
gagged in q difficulty, the result being TINT
Richardson drew his revolver and fired,
the ball striking Ellis on the hand and
head. ELLIS came to Petersburg last n'Rht
and had the wounds dressed. e3#
News has been received here OF tho
death in Washington D. c., OF Mrs.
Lyons, widow Of the late Augustus
Lyons. 81 former well known citizen 81
Petersburg.
t' a local foundry this afternoon shipped
from the city q hydraulic press to the
Island Of Trinidad. The press as to ne
used in an industry there. n high test %
pressure was required.
Mr.. Henry Whyte has resigned tho )lo-
sltion of agent In Petersburg for the sen.
board Airline to accept position else
where. Mr.. yyhyte'ss resignation takes eT'
feet Monday next 3 !, \ "a
ii ODD-FEJ.LOWS. a5
sd The jCdd-Folows' Association last night
elected officers for the ensuing year as
follows: President r.. r. Brunei; Vice.
President. ]. r. ". Smith: Secretary
W.sD. Morriss; Treasurer, j.. .. Blanks
Finance Committee. w. Parham. \
W. Collier. J. B. Blanks ". ~. Poole
II, II. 5Munt; Property Committee, r. ~
Brunei n. w. Collier, w. T. Parhnm y
b. Blanks, J, r. W, Smith: Bond Commit
tee, w. t.. Poole. George Potts. J. -.
Brown; Keeper OF Hail. Solomon Carr,
Professor William NJ. P. Jenkins. OF
Richmond; will give an organ recital
Tuesday at Market Street Methodist
Church.
Bishop Randolph will visit Grace
Episcopal Church tomorrow morning az
II o'clock. when the ordlnanceto Of confir-
nation Will be administered to a5class.
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MAY BE 5PARDONED
IN ORDER TO BE. TRIED
.t(By Associated Press0

F5h MI, tBy 4ssoecl taf ~
Il KANSAS CITY, MO, Feb, la William
Rudolph, who, with George Collins rop'
he'd tho bank at Union, Mo-, DECEMBER
90 1905. OF $4,000, md who after arrest
made a. sensational escape from .Ae ,o ~
yrlccrs at the -Four Courts On July y ~, tvo,'
4 IL tie Kansas State penitentlary haH'
ing been sentenced for safe robbery i
Louisburg, Kansas, under the name o.
Albert Cory ~,
a Kansas pardon will be asked for
Rudolph at once, that he may pc taksn
to Missouri on u requlsltion and trled = iof
murder and bank robbery Collins, NM,
iolph's partner In the Union crime, VII WI
be hanged March 18th i
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Tarmville Will enable the institution

Farmvile will enable the Institution to
offer two years course in that line Of
work. Another teacher is also needed to
provide for a similar course in domestic
science. The board Of trustees has re-
Gently authorized a two years profession
al course. To effect this large teach
Ing force will be necessary.
WHAT IS NEEDED.
The addition OF five thousand dollars
to tho present annuity would be requir-
ed to make possible these imperative
changes. i
i The State should, and no doubt will
lead the way in preparing for her own
needs along such lines. She should not
be forced to import Undergraduates and
teachers of manual training; nor should
she be compelled to send her own daugh-
tiers out OF tho State for such training.
She should not allow the public schools
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DIED FROM EATING CRABS
Gilbert Meem, Jr. Passes Away
on the Pacific Coast.
:Decia, To- Tho Tlmes. pispatch.)

(Special to. The Tlfnes, u patfh;l
~ tI1STocK, VA, Feb l3,-.Adyices
nays been received here Of lie, death 1of
NJ Gilbert Meem III az s seattle % We nnd
resI,lted from illness brought OH by eat
INK crabs al restaurant. He was "a sou
Of Mr.. and Mrs Gilbert Meem, who for
merly owned and occupied stra thmore,
Valley Situated near Mt, Jacks IN. I, ~ q
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j ! I i i s =
ity by $1,000. Such provision .il! in,
crease the value Of her former invest
ment in the institution, and make good
her expenditure on the public schools,
which depends so largely upon the Nor
NAL School.
Looked at from a standpoint OF good
business principles merely. can the Leg
islature afford to do otherwise? Viewed
from the standpoint OF sound pedagogic
principles, It Is the only safe course. The
public school system Is tho foundation
of good citizenship, as well as Of all high
ser education. Make the foundation sound
and secure If you would have the super
structure safe and permanent.
We repeat that the teacher is the vital
clement. the real force In the public
school. Teacher training is. educational
lly, the supreme duty of the State. Lot
her fulfill this duty BY providing gener-
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Killed While Hunting.

Especial to Tic Timrs-l ,lspa tch.) .'
Gs WA i EI11TILlo, IVA.:S Fab. 3,--Dr.&S Stead
man K EIolleman was sllnnst instantly
killed near town yesterday while out rab B.
bit hunting with Leonard Jackson. It
seems that they had jumped a rabbit;
Jackscn9fircd his gun, and the whole load
was. landed into. the lower, portion Of
.Iclleman's body. The men We're the best
OF friends, and the sud accident was
purely accidental.
I Many farmers In this section have fall
len into line. and. taking kindly to the
huEane suggestion Of rho Times
Disratch. are supplying food at convent
ent places for the poor little birds.
Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1904-11-05
ChamberIain's Cough Remedy is
 Pleasant to Take.

The finest quality of granulat- ed loaf sugar Is used in the ma nufacture of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and the roots used in it's preparation give 1t flavor similar to maple syrum, making 1t quite pleasant to take. Mir. w. l.. Roderick, of Poolesville, Md, i'll speaking of this remedy. says: T have used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with my children for several years and eau truth fully say 1t is the best prepara- ton Ot the kind 1 know of. The children like to take it and it has no injurious after effect" For sale by St. Johns Drug Go.
Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1904-11-05
Try Health
222 South Peoria St,
 CHICAGO, lLL., Oct. 2. 1902

CHICAGO, iLL., Oct. ', 1902.
 EicEt months ago 1 WIS so i'll that was compelled to lie or sit down nearly all the time My stomach was so weak and upset that l could keep nothing on 1t and vomited frequently. ] could not urinate without great paiu ard l coughed so much that my throat and lungs were raw and sore The doctors pro- nounced it Bright 8 disease and others said it. was consumption
 It mattcred little to me what they called 1t and l had no de- sire to live A sister visited me from St. I.0uis and asked me if had ever tried Wine of Cardui
 | to!tl her had not and she bought bottle l believe that tsaved my life l beIiev" many women could save much suffer
 ing if they but knew of it's value
Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1904-11-05
WANTED.

Unrestricted Forest Reserve Lands, highest cash prices paid. Also have Restricted lands for sale. Correspondence solicited and cheerfully answered.
 w. Fl. CLARK. HOlbrOOk, Ariz.
 Advertise in the SNIPS-H HERALD and you will increase your busi- ness.
Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1904-11-05
Professional Cards.
J. s. WOOLFORD, M. D.

Physician and Surgeon. Calls from Springerville, COnchO aud other towns will receive prompt atten- ton. Inspector of Public Health and County Physician.
 Office opposite Armory Hall. ST. JOHNS ARIZONA
Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1904-11-05
QI.eu,z1sGA< 1EL4>pu>%z2A"

Don't you want frArdnm from pain2 Take Wine nf Cardui and make one supreme effort to be well You do not need to hr weak, helpless sufferer Y"n can have a woman & health and do a woman g work in life Why not secure bottle of Wrne of Cardui from your druggist to- dayP
 EsSgNE qCSaRDUa ----------.-------- --..--l--
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-07-14
Tn. Abacus In Japan.

The japanese shopkcepers use the
abacus. or sOroban. so universally that
the stranger quickly comes 10 realiz-
ing sense of the absence of all mental
calculation I'm the empire. In lieu Of
paper aud pencil any child or adult
will at once take up the sorOban when
given a problem In mathematics and
rattle It's beads about as though lac
were amusing himself The principle
of the little instrument Is this: Each
OF the five beads in the broad lower
division OF the board represents one
unit. and each solitary bead ia the mar
row upper division represents FIVE
units. Each vertical column is thus
worth ten units Each vertical column
represents units ten times greater than
those In the column Immediately to the
right Of IL. exactly MS in our own sys-
TEN Of notation by means Of the Ara
bic numerals. Any sum in arithmetic
can be done on the sorOban. even TO
the extraction Of square aud cubic
roots
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-07-14
THE GAMBLING QUESTION.

AT last a grand jury in Alexander
county has entered upon an inyestiga
ton of the gambling that has been
rampant in this community. The city
officials have done nothing to sup
press the evil and. If anything is 10
be done. it now seems that the county
authorities must do IT,
The task before the grand jury Is
not an easy one Every possible oh
stacle will be thrown in the way. The
gamblers are powerful. They have
both friends and money. They will
leave nothing unturned TO prevent the
jury from getting enough evidence
upon which TO find an Indictment
The jury cannot act upon mere sus-
picion or upon street rumor. but Ger.
tainly. IL an earnest and Intelligent
effort is made, evidence. and plenty
Of IT. can be obtained Men who do
not want 10 speak can sometimes be
made 10 speak II but the smallest
part Of the talk that has been heard
upon Cairo streets during the last
year about gambling Is true. 1t is high
time some check were put upon the
evil
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Board of County Commissioners.
JOHN A. MILLER. Chairman,
JOHN A. BOURGEOIS, 40
DIR. Edwin ]. Cause.
vegetable Rock Builders.

The vegetable rock builders are found
In the ooze which covers the marine
plants drawn up from the bottom OF
the sea. AS shown hy the microscope,
they are seen to consist of zigzag links
or boxes, attached mt their corners.
These vegetable forms. SO minute as 10
be invisible 10 the human eye have
the power of secreting the elements
Of flint or silica from the water in
which they live. They are very curl
ously marked, and there are many va
rletles of them. 1t will be seen that In
their structure the lines of beauty have
not been forgotten. The city of Der
lin was built on an immense bed of the
remains of these minute vegetable
forms and the unstable foundations of
the houses Is due To this fact. They
are so small that one of them is but
the seyenty-mlllionth part of "A grain.
They increase by subdivision, one be-
Ing capable OF increasing to million
by this process in twenty -four hours.
Their method of building Is simply by
living and then dying aud leaving their
flinty skeletons to form the solid rock.
They block up rivers. give the green
tingc to the Arctic ocean. form a white
stone which has been found in masses
900 miles long and 500 feet thick. aud
the clouds of dust which are blown
from the desert are made up of them.
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pending a settlement. The Officers
cannot be ignorat Of the fact that
the conditions are not such as to make
| II advisable 70 persist IN a demand
for higher wages. and least OF all, for
unskillel labor. There Is surplus of
that kind OF labor at this time, anl
under those circumstances the main
tonancc OF ola wage scales Is the best
that reasonably can be hoped for.
The packers wish to pay less on ac-
count of the unsklllei labor thsn they
did last year Theemployes ask them
to pay more. Here IL disagreement |
which may fairly be referred 70 arbi-
traitors to investigate the facts and un-
dermine what is right. The packers |
who have had strikes in the pat ana |
know what they involve, are ready to |
arbitrate The employees should be
eager TO arbitrate rather than to en-
gage in labor conflict at time when
the tendency is for wages-even tho-e
paid To skilled labor-tC go down. and
when the number of unemployed men
Is increasing Chicago Tribune,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-07-14

James Whitcomb Riley told story
Of an Old fellow who asked for work at
the Riley farm In the poets boyhOod.
He was set at hocing pefatOcs. hut did
not prove to toe especially industrious.
When taken to task for his lack of APP
plication he only rcplic,l. WAL. the
good book says. DO all things in mod
Grafton well. il came on dinner
time at last" says the humorist. ~and
the old codgcr did his share nObly In
feet. he ate enough 10 XIII two or three
ordinary men. Some one gently limited
that The text didn't seem TO apply. lie
opened a worn little Bible and imper-
turbably pointed to passage. II read,
Whatsoever thy hand lndeih to do. do
II with all thy might"
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ARBITRATE

4 general stoppage Of work In tn
great packing houses Of the west a.
more than a few day duration mean
an Insufficient supply of meats an
an advance in price which will pm
animal food out of the reach Of the
needy This will DE felt throughout
-ae country. AMI not merely in the cit
les where the packing houses are sit
uatel and their employees live. For
eign as we'll as dom tic trade vii.
be affected
The public 2 bI demands that the
strike which BEGAN yesterday shall b,
settled speedily. Tho way for it, sol
tlemtnt IS open The packers. Will.
declining 90 aecede 70 the demand.
81 the empluyes. especially the prinri
pal one. which is for a small incraass
IN the wag-s 81 unskiIled labor say
they are ready 10 submit the whole
matter % arbitration. The rc.Iv Of
President Donnelir. the head II tho
Organized employee. was that the pro
position came too lafa to avert tht
strike Ehch hai iHen voted hy the
men Nothing remained for The If
bcers bBtfo execute their oi,iers
The nexi thing for the cfieers IL
DO Is to submit 20 the members Of the
different unions Tie proposition Of
the packers that the question-in d isuute
b referred 20 arbitration and urg
them 70 accept it AMI return 10 worF
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-07-14
WERE roo MUCH AT HOME.
Representatives Constituents Mus
Have Thought His House i Hctol.

Representative Constituents MUS
Have Thought His House Hctol.
One disadvantage OF being a Mar
land congress nan. as Representative
Mudd Of that state has discovered. l.
that constituents find Il easy 10 rui
in 10 Washington Mr. Mudd ha'
given up housekeeping for this reason
The preclpitating trouble having oc
CURED a couple of weeks ago. FouI
friends from down home" came tc
call on him one evening and he pui
them mp for the night Just as Ii
was about 10 retire another cunstit
uunt arrived to consult him about
something. The congressman said he
was sorry at not being able 10 furnish
a bed for his visitor, but the latter
said. "Oh. never mind about a bed.
IN sleep all right on that sofa n
the parlor" Which he did. That was
the last straw. Next day Mr.. Mudd
get about breaking up housekeeping.