The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-11
AZ to Bat Shooting.

ssti@eii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS eil #H Z.
/ AS to Bat Shooting.
!, /. % he feared that tho oracle WIZ
.,,as over he "Query and Answer.
column Of this paper has so''e''t So
~ bs friends into trouble. me du ''S,
wns asked u 1t was unawiu' - So
,,,,, hots leather winged bats ahe!- n'.'
~. r,I,o rcp,y was that there was NON s''E.
t., ~ c,ode to forbid the shoo'lhs Oh
80 ~ Il was unlawful to shoot mar
tins. az
soct,on Of tho Code enumerate At
some length the birds that are p'oe'
nv The law, and martins were '"e''.'o''o''
IN IL. but bats were not. our iel'S
founded on this section, SINCE t''e't -
! 80 ,rden Of this district mas c't'leo
our attention to another sec''o" -
code which, declares IN genera
frat Il ,s unlawful to shoot any l'i lssesS-e
;,co,.o,,a birds. Bats are pre- minefeiS ~
s,ct,vorous ana 1t may be that the 'i"
was intended for their special p'otee''o'''
R,,t all birds that fly over N'ist re "
IN greater or less degree lnsec'lNu " o.S'
and It csa hardly be that TINS s"eep''.e
law was Intended to protect all oirus. =.
y, a,.o seem TINT IL the lawmakers
had intended to prevent inc s'iool'''s
all hats they would have named them ~
~ sact,on In which knocking bros reu
,,i,f,v and others are particularly prot
At any rate, there seems 10 Dc q -.
ence of opinion among the )usl'ces - $50
neace of the State. We notice ~ ou'
state exchanges that many spoo''le 'tli'''e7'
have been arragned for shoot'''s 80.
hats. In a number of cases the! Wefc
| fined and In every instance thes ip
| naa,ad Nto a higher court. In many otler
| oo.os ,hcv we're not fined. the )usuce
hafore whom they were arraigned cyl
aornv taking the same view OF the law
+b,tAthe oracle Of the query and answer
column did. It would be safe LOT our
! friends to forego the pleasure OIL pa
| .hao,,n, this season. 3 and perhaps the
~, legislature will afford them rellef,
~. strengthening out the now mixed law
ond ,his NAV be done in time for the next
seasons sport ~ .
chicago paper reports the case VI
an applicant for naturalization IN one .
| ,ho courts Of that city, who Kne" LOT LOT d
! .erto,ntv that Theodore Roosevelt Is
President Of the United States Dut was
unite In doubt as to who George WASH S'-
inrton was and ha.- never hearu o. suc''
.,,r, 90 The constitution Of the Unit
"a states This reminds tho Springfield
| Republican of case that cA''ic ~ -
-. -l,nr
pennsylvania only few days ago. ~heie
coo, miner sought naturalization He
u.os asked TO name the President OF the
!. Initial states, and promptly replied
..1ohn Mitchell. Asked next who ttle
c.overnor of pennsylvania is, he replied
ain moro promptly. John Mitchell
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
/ ..uonor won't buy a breakfast wa
4 t,mo,s expression in Virginia pol
,t,cs ,rhe Fredericksburg Journal an un
com nromlsing Republican paper, quote
1t and denounces the expression 10 l'''s
ana slandcrous. 1t was first USED =!
rranr p Blair Republican Attorney
Goncra, OF Virginia. Robert W, Blan
Who has been making Republican
sneechcs in the Fredericksburg sectlo
recently, is a son of the late Franz
Blair
Observation-Disclosures.
eve do not think says the iartioi
$ ,rimcs. CHAT tie refusal of the spring
r ,e,a hotels 10 give bed and board I
some OF the leading negroes OF Massa
ohnsctts will escape observation and con
" | IF "a
the Southern journalistic watehtowcrs.
That kind OF thing has become 50 con
mon up in Massachusetts u has ceased
be news or particularly Interesting,
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rho Atlanta Constitution lays down u
proposition that good roads make soc
schools, good trade and good cltizens
wa are of the opinion that good tran
IN, IN, good schools viii have much
= do with waking UP the relng gener'
ii ton to the necessity Of good ROADS
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y ,rhc "irreducible minimum far cote
as settled upon by the Asheylllc co
ference lis a capital good thing u q
mcnbers OF the conference can der
" ongtrate logical way 70 enforce The
Or mandate.
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! the Missouri pumpkin crop ID she
" mis- year and one OF the papers OF IN
" state explains the cause by saying tn