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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09

rIaon, city auditor; Dabney II. Miller.
assessor; Julius a. Hobson, collector OF
taxes; w. Gill, city engineer; John ].
Fry. superintendent OF gas works; James
IL. Davis. superintendent OF water works:
Richard Folk. city gauger. There were
fifteen members ofethe police force.
Tie principal banks were the Exchange
Bank. the Farmers Bank Of Virginia.,
the Bank ,,f tho Commonwealth the Bank
that time tho train for Petersburg left
daily ut ESQ a. NJ, and the accommodate
ton train left daily, except Sunday, mt
4:3c p. NJ There wcrc only two trains
a day between Richmond and Petersburg.
The packet boats for Lynchbnrg left
Mondays, Wednesdays end Fridays at
6 p. NJ.
Tho principal hotels were the Ballard
House, the Spottswood Hotel, tho Ameri-
can Hotel. The Powllatan Hotel and tho
Columbian Hotel on Thirteenth Street.
beyond Cary The only churches mem
toned IN tho Guido arc ST. Pauls. st.
James, st. Johns. Monumental. First Bnp-s
fist, Second Baptist and Grace Street
Baptist, Broad Street Methodist, Trinity.
Centenary. First Presbyterian. Second
Presbyterian, United Presbyterian, cor.
ncr q FRANKLIN and Eighth: Disciples
and 81. Peters Cathedral There wcroi
more. hospitals than churches IN those
days. N.
The newspapers were the Wing. tho
Sentinel, the Examiner. tho Inquirer, tho
Dispatch, all daily, and tho Southern u
Illustrated News, the Magnolia. Southern
Punch, Southern Literary Messenger, tho
Record, tho Religious Herald. he Gem
trail Presbyterian. tho Christian Advo-s
cate. the Southern Churchman and tho
Christian Observer. 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09
Chinese Cheap Labor.

A few years so II man In the East
had been asked to say upon what Ques-
tionAthe people OF California were unan-
imously agreed, he would have mem
toned with a feeling Of certainty the Chi
ncsc exclusion act, But by and by J Ca
oiljn Miller appeared in print with tho
statement that for the most part the peo-
ple of California liked the Chinese anu
wished to keep all that they had and
were willngS.to take3.more. lio repeats
that statement IN the current number OF
Arena. He declares that the act Tor
the exclusion of these most sober, nd US
,rious and patient little people was about
lie worst thing that ever happened to
California, which, is so much In need OF
reliable labor and he further declares
that the real Californians desire that the
act be modified II not entirely abrogated'
"The truth Isl MIR. Miller proceeds, Ca !
ifornia demands class of labor that is
wiling to get out and labor, and that Is
What all the Southern States want and
what all the States want. We want that,
and lust that, be the labor white. black
! /. s {.
or brown
In conclusion Mr.. Miller calls the atten ten
ton of Congress and the attention OF the
President to these alleged facts, and
says that 1--WE all need and all want the
Chinese with us-all except the labor
unions.". But The members OF Congress
and the President will not take Mr.. Mill
ler's word for it. The only way TO test
the question is at the ballot box and VIC
ADVISE this champion OF Chinese cheap
labor to get the people OF California TO
take a test vote on the subject Let the
Chinese question be reduced to It's sim
plest form and let all tho people vote
upon i, By secret ballot. If this be done
and If the people decide with Mr. Miller.
he may be sure that the President and
tho members of Congress will then give
heed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09
Bedford's Experiment.

4 For some time past the county OF Bed
ford has been working penitentiary con-
yicts procured on the public roads, The
county has been employing y force Of
twenty five convlcts and but recently has
made a requlsltlon for sixteen more.
we infer from that that the expert
ment in Bedford has proven to- pc salts
factory to the county authorities but It
has not been tho policy Of TIE State Of
Virginia thus to- employ its convlcth.
There have been some cgislative enact
ments in that direction, but the employ
ment Of convicts inside the pcnitent!ary
walls has been SO profitable that the
State government has been reluctant 10
abandon the system Of hiring convicts
to those who conduct the penitentiary
factories. It has always been our con-
tcntlon. however, that the system is
wrong The state ought not to empty
It's convicts in manufacturing Industries.
The State has nos lh;lsln ess tn d bee max
Ing q profit out OF the labor OF its con-.
victs. It ,weu1d yebe faro ttersfor the
State to shut up the factories altogether
and employ its convicts on the state
farmland lin public improvements Tie
State could well afford to allow all
able-bod.ned male copvicts to DO put cut
OH the roads provided the counties SO
employing them would pay the cost OF
maintenance We hope that the expert.
ment thus, made in the county of$Bedford
will have q good effect throughout tho
state. We hope that other counties
will find 1T profitable to employ State
convicts IN III the public high
ways and that hat b NJ and the penl-
Tertiary factories will be abolished and
the convicts generally employed on pub.
lie works.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09


speech which, was tho sensation OF the
hour and brought him into great and
favorable prominence. at the North, as
well as at the South, Having thus ~
trcduced himself aud won the respect oi
his colleagues. no then. With great tne,
singratiatcd himself into the favor and
good graces of his Northern associates
and II Is doubtful II any southern sena'
tor had greater influence II Congress sss
than Senator Ransom. He did great
work for North Carolina and for the
entire South. and was largely instrument
tai In bringing about more frienulS
relationship between the sections.
There Is mourning throughout Norm NO
Carolina on the dealt, Of Hanson, but
there Is .pridc.in the record that ne MADE.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09
Death OF General Ransom.

After long and notable career. In
which he performed distinguished and
Valuable services for his State for the
Southern Conte6eracy and for the United
States, General Matthew Whitaker Ran
eorl. OF North Carolina. has gone to his
reward.
He was horn In Warren county, n. c..
In 1926 graduated from tho University at
Chapel Hill and was admitted TO the bar
4 IN 1877 was Acknowledgement In 1852 T5;
member Of the State Legislature in 1856
60; served as lieutenant colonel and brig
hdier-gepcral in the Confederate army:
was elected by tho Democrats to the
s United States Senate in 1879 and served
until 1885, when he was appointed minister
to Mexico by President Cleveland, After
his return from Mexico he retired 10 pri-
vate life and devoted himself to his ex-
,cnsire farming interests in Northamp-
Ton county.
such is q brief sketch Of his ifc-a life
full of honors and fun OF activities. He
WAS a man Of great physical as well as
Of great mental force. and in every posi-
ton which he filed he was Industrious
and energetic and always worked with
Will. It WAS given 10 few men to be
endowed with so many gifts of mind ana
3 body. Handsome and aristocratlc in ap-
pcarance, possessed OF ringing, musical
voice, having the manner and manners
Fof a Chqsieriieid, genial and cordial and
magnetic and thoroughly soclahle. ne was
Il altos ether as attractive personality as
one would meet in q years travel In any
land. the idol Of his relatives and his
intimates.
He was as dashing Il soldier as ever
drew blade, and one OF Ike most gallant
leaders IN ihe Confederate army man
\ OF rare cultivation, with the training OF
lawyer and the courage os a soldier he
was a most engaging public speaker. car.
Tying into his discourses the arguments
3 of the logician and Tho poetry and orna
rnentation OF the orator. He "rarely spok,
IN the United States Senate. but In In,
s. early days OF his service in that body h,
made ha famous turn on the. light
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09
The Boy at Awkward Age Hints to Parents.

- !. u ~ I
her gayety and her pretty tollettcs.
The awkward ago is gone. Adam has
awakened 10 his birthright, Eye looms up
on tho horizon.
There are fathers and mothers. slngi-s
larry foolish and short-sightcd. who snub
their sons at this critical moment. and
ridicule their shy desire to DO friends
with girls. The cruelty OF making fun
OF. q boy at this time Is akin to the spirit
which inflicts torture on dumb animals.
for the boy, In a way. Is dumb, and has
not yet the power or the vOcabularySwitil
which TO defend himself against laughter.
Nothing is more to be wished for IN n
boys education for life than that he
shall early find con;,enial comradeshlp in
rnent
IT. is not even family the mating call Of
sex. that instinct being in a beyance. The
boy Is not In love nor Is the girl, when
both are merging from childhood into
adolescence. Boys and girls meet on
the common ground OF a good time. and
their companionship3 Is a wonderful help
TO them, in acquiring social ease and
grace. while the boys dormant chivalry
is aroused for the girls protection, and
her innate sense OF decorum tides him
over crudeness and roughness that are
the husks of his finer feelings
S Bear with the boy at the awkward age
He longs to be a fighter by and by. Show
him that he must be a fighter now. On
every hand he will encounter temptations
to meanncss. cowardicc, deceit. or to
3furtiveness, which Is a boys worst fault
You cannot hope to have an abnormal
boy who will he without flaw. Help him
to struggle against whatever is his weak
est point, and make him sure that You
are. ills friend and sympathizer, although n
you cannot approve Of all he does. The
awkward age soon passes, but o habit OF
furtiveness. IL established, Will make tho
future man a coward and a sneak,
Dlridence Is the hamperng condition q
many a man who was too much put down 7
as a boy and permitted to shirk the bur-
den Of entertaining company and meet
ing strangers. AS a good manner helps
to success in every vocation, boy should
be assisted in the formative years to for
get himself and TO choose the right path.
way between responsiveness and painful
shyness AIodesty becomes youth. but
bashfulness is not modesty's twin. nor
even modesty's understudy; It is merely
a slave afraid of Its own shad low, Thou 81, +
1t haunt the footsteps Of the lad at To
awkward age. IT need not harry him be-
You'd It's limits. X r.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09

MS that now In existence, and tho Gov
ernor's Office was IN the third story Of
the Capitol Lieutenant-G Governor Mon
tagno resided In the country. Other State
officers were as follows: Aid to the Gov
ernor, Colonel s. Bassct French; Attorney
General,'J. Randolph Tucker; Secretary
OF the Commonwealth, Colonel George
Wythe Munford: Auditor Of the Public
Accounts, John M. Bennett, Of Lewis
county: Second Auditor, Henry w.
Thomas, OF Fairfax; Treasurer. John s..
Office, Stafford II. Parker: Superntcn-t
dent Of Pen!tentiary, Collin Bass. of
Roanoke; Adjutant- General, Colonel Will
liam Fl. Richardson; Assistant, John g..
Moaby, Jr.:S Inspcctor-Q General, Major JOS
oph seldcn.
The members OF the Supreme Court OF
Appeals wcro John J. Allen, Of Bote-
.tourt, PRESIDENT; William Daniel, OF
SLynchburg: Richard G.. Il. Nfoncnre. Of
IIenrco: William j. Robcrtson, OF Char
lottesvilc; George J.. Lee, OF Harrison.
The Court o. Appeals held Its session at
Richmond from tho 1et1 Of October
TO the 2zth Of November; from the Sd Of
January to the 18th OF March. and from
the 5th OF April to the oath Of May.
John A. Meredith was Judge OF the Cir
quit Court, OF which Benja min Pollard
was clerk, and Henry *. Ellyson was
sheriff. George NJ. Gregory was judge
OF the Henrco Circuit Court With john
son Sands as clerk. William H, Lyons
was Judge OF the Hust!ngs Court. with
William Howard as clerk Or. St George
Peaohy was coroner.
The Richmond city officers were q tol-l
lows: Joseph Mayo. Mayor: George A.
Freeman, high constable; Thomas z. Har-
- x . . 81 Is II
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09
Gods Care.
Collected for The Times-Dlspa tch,)
4 al

lSeleCte12 LIZ - lie go
.'Ye have dwelt long enough In this
ount."--Deut. j, 6.
God knows then how long we have
been here or there. He keeps the time.
lie knows when we have been ''long
enough. iii ono place. He does not al
ways consult US, and sometimes s1To
seems to come down upon our life with
a precision and an impera tiveness which
makes us feel how little. after all, we
have TO do with what we call our own
concerns.
A blessed life surely, and most sweet;
altogether tender, restfnl is 1t when We
wait patiently upon God and tarry His
leisure until We receive His command
and thes, so out to do His bidding with
both hands, and the unbroken consent of
the entire mind.
God takes for granted that no question
Will arise upon His Instructions, Surely
in this very method OF approaching us
a. tribute IS paid to our noblest quail
ties. Infinite Is the wisdom OF God.
We may get tired even of mountains,
Wherever We live We need change. Wo
sometimes think hat We could live here
always. But God does not take lis at
our word
We are ordered down from the noun
tain. God will not have any heaven built
upon earth, who can build straight
upon a crooked foundation? Who would
rear an eternal palace upon foundations
that are doomed to he burnt?
so we arc told 10 descend the noun
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09
The Liquor Traffic.

The editor OF the Cosmopolitan in the
current rumber Of that ,musazine dis
.cnsses, x The Aanor tproblen, and after
pointing out the evils otSthe liquor traf-
Tic. which all men coacede, he says that
the true solution OF the problem is to be
found In compromise between prohibit
tionsts and those who believe in the
licensed sale OF alcoholic drinks. Nc
says that absolute prohibition Is con-
delnned by a considerable portion OF the
community, while unrestricted license Is
condemned by Sill larger pcrlior, and
that tho mean between these two lies In
turning over tie liquor t,afnc TO the
government, he argues that all liquors
should be sold from stake depots: should
be sold only IN packages .tpIje eonsumed
elsewhere than In the salcs-ro0in; thot
no sales should be made to inino.rs; that
tho liquor gold SHOULD by ~ the best
quality; and that the Ipr!eeg obarsed UNI
der such a system would be more rea-
sonable than those charged by the iidurf
sellers, yet would stu! he large enough
10 give the government Il revenue seyefal
times that now derived from icenseB
This system has long been in operation
in he State OF south Carolina. and 1,
has been successful from a rirancial poin,
of view, l, could not well be olherwist
as the State has monopoly Of the iIuuol
traffic But the very iact that It has
/ been financially succehsful tIl yc,Y III
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09

\ that thu rhNenies from. this source have
| been Increased from wear y 10 year; Is suf-
ficisnt proof that the dspensary has not
materially reduced the quantity Of liuuur
consumed by the people or s,south Ca,t,-
lima, IT appears that the people of that
state drink as much liquor as the people
OF other States drink, man for man, and
reports that there has been any reduction
In crime under the dispensury SYSTEM,
nor my improvement in public morals
For our part, we are on principle lncolr,-
prolnlsingly opposed to government con-
tro and operation Of the liquor traffic Or
any traffic, as this is clearly without The
function OF government ard in vocation
OF principles upon which our form of gov-
crnment rests. The only argument m
favor of the disponsaiy SYSTEM from, any.
point OF view. Is that It abollshes the.
open saloon and all resorts wherein liquor
Is sold and consumed, but this can Just
rs we'll be accomplished without the dis
pensary system, us with It.
There is no doubt that the open saloon
Is n great evil. IT Is the place where
young men learn to drink; It Is the place
where mon congreEnte to drink socially;
1t the place Of constant temptation to
those who have desire for drink, and,
1t Is frequently the place Of resort for
bad characters. But by vote Of tho pcc-
pie the open saloon scould DO abolished
without any violation of the personal
rights of individuals and without resort
to what NO call sun,ptuary laws
Wherever sentiment Is in favor Of It,
1t Is an easy matter to close UP the
saloons and restrict tho liquor traffic to
tho sale OF alcohol drinks IN packages
10 be consumed elsewhere than In the
sales Those who claim tho right to
buy and to drink liquor could huve no
reasonable ground OF complaint against
such regulation. All men have right
to buy and to drink liquor, but they
have no right to do either In such a way
as to make themselves offensive to the
public Tho practical and practicable
remedy for tho liquor evil IS not IN sight.
But, speaking negatively, the remedy is
not to be found In government control
and operation. #
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09
SUNDAY. OCTOBER 9, 1901
Paw Of Preachers and Teachers.

IL \ = -
,rhe Churchman makes special reference
to the financial reports from the churchcs
In the Southern Virginia Diocese. This
report shows that the highest salary paid
An the diocese is $50 the lowest, $3.50,
..paid in supplies Sixty churches out
OF lbs pay less than s1o0. eighteen others
less than $3.50. and twenty-three others
from $3.50 to $1,000. Two hundred and SIX
teen pay between $1,000 and $1,000; two
only more than that amount.
1T is a reflection upon our civilization
4 that while salaries In the business world
have greatly Increased within the past
fifty years salaries OF preachers and
teachers, generally speaking, have In
creased scarcely at all. Several days ago
s n prominent Virginia toba cconlst, in re-
ferrinG to these facts, said that he had
two relatives, both highly educated men,,
the one a preacher and the other the
president OF prominent Southern col
]ege, hut that the salaries of the two
I combined were not equal to his own sal
airy, although he had received only
common school education and had never
been to college.
Here is a situation which the votaries
OF religion and the friends OF education
should consider seriously. No man worthy
or the calling will 60 into the ministry
for the pay which he is to receive, and
the same is largely true of those who
adopt teaching as a profession But
human nature Is human nature, and the
churches aud the schools cannot reason
r ably expect to get the best talent al
starvation wages. When man goes into
the ministry. or when he consecrates
his life to tho cause of education, he
must of necessity be dependent upon his
salary for 4 livelihood. for lie puts him
self in n position which debars him from
money making pursuits. Preachers and
teachers cannot, rs men IN other
pursuits may do. trade and get gain anu
accumulate They must devote all their
energies to tho work which they arc do
3tnE. if 1t is to he done successfully, and
they should have compensation sufficient
10 keep themselves and their families
lii comfort. with n sufficient surplus to,
enable them to lay by something for their
old age, Otherwise men of talent will be
reluctant to enter either of these profess
sions.
Our churches and DIR schools are more
or less. in competition with business insti,
tutions in bid1tdtas for talent, and il they
Get the best talent they must pay the
market price for'tit. This may be re-
garded by some as a .sordld view but
1t Is the business view, and business Is
business
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09
Railroad Accidents.

II IS our boast that American railroads
arc the finest in the world, that we have
the brightest railroad managers IN the
world and the finest service, but acci-
dent after accident and disaster a1ter olss
astcr proclaim the fact that we are far
from, having the safest service An ell.
cient bulletin just sent out by the inter-
state Commerce Commission shows that
during the past year 1854 persons were
killed In railroad wrecks and is,247 m
jured These figures are the more start
ling when brought into comparison win
reports from England. The English roads
haul more gers than ours. yet dur
Ing ihe past year there was not one pas
senger killed in England. 1t IS true that
we have much greater mileage than
England and our roads extend over q
long territory, but even taking these facts
into consideration our casualties are OUT
Of all proportion.
MIR James j. Hill, Of the Great North
ern Railway Company. was recently asked
by the New York ] ournal OF Commerce
what he would suggest as means OF
preventing such accidents He replied
that until the public realized Its own dam
nor from the neglect Of those whose duty
1t IS to protect trains, there would be no
relief from tho liability to accidents. lie
admitted that the difficulty In enforcing
discipline and the careless familiarity
with which men take not only their own
lives, but the lives Of passengers into
danger. would not be prevented until
those who were responsible through GRIM
,nal neglect were punished crminally.
1t has been charged that the numerous
accidents on American railways are que
largely to the fact that the mana ayers OF
those roads are so bent on making money
that they do not take the proper Irec i'u-l-
tons. Bit We think that the figures
would show that 1t is moro expensive Tor.
RI dis to have accidents and pay dam
ages for the passengers whom they XIII
or MAIN than it would be to spend the
money necessary to prevent accidents.
However that may be 1T Is certain that
the people are becoming very much
aroused on this subject and IL the acct
dents do not stop they will call the rail-
road managers to account and VIII resort
to extreme measures, II necessary, TO
or otect the life and limb of passengers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09

Richmond loves the spellhlndell.ss even
though his service Is not neeucaa u ~ ''''e
political business in hand,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09

Your Uncle Grover is doing ms speli-
binding al twenty-five cents 9 ''ne Z. y
this campaign, IS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09

Opportunities seem TO pe lutK1t's al - ~
In many cities fo, ambitious sproseeutl
attorneys to make Folks of themselves
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09

There must 10 some real frosty YEA th e
pretty soon or We viii not DO ape ll'l' 70
property appreciate Indian summer Wheh
1t comes,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-09
AGAINST THE RAILROAD.
Not Entitled to Grant a Division of
Rates on Lumber.

Washington, April S.-The interstate
commerce commission today announced
its decision in the case of the Central
Yellow Pine association against the
Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific Rail-
road company and others known as the
TAP Line case.
The commission holds that treating the
transportation first of the fog and then
of the lumber as through shipment in
wolves the right to mill in transit and
when that privilege is granted the tariff
should show on its face that the trans
portation covers carriage of the log to
and the lumber from the mill, and the
division allowed to the Tap line or car
rier of the log should be named in all
cases.
The commission says the railroads are
not entitled to grant a division of the
rate from the owner of a lumber mill
as compensation to him for the cost OF
bringing his logs to the mill by steam
railroad, horse railroad, wagon or any
means of conveyance. Railroads can allow
division of rates only to another COM
mon carrier participating in the particular
traffic which by contrct or agreement
may establish a joint rate from the point
of origin on the one road to the point of
destination the other and agree be-
tween themselves as to the divisions of
tho rate.