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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26
OBSERVATION PART.
An Annual Hat Trimming Con.
test Was Feature.
Especial TO The Times Dispatc G,

NSpeclal 10 me ,limes- DlSpatcn.)
wALKERToN. VA, Feb. 25-Miss Ellen
Walker. of Mt Eta, entertained in a
most delightful manner the young peo-
pie of Walkerton at an Conservation
Party on Friday night. Besides the
observation there was most amusing
hat-.rimming, contest. the young ladies'
wearing the hats which were trimmed by
the young men. the most successful ones
being awarded prizes. Delicious refresh
ments were served, including lemon ice,
made from lemons grown on the tree of
the hostess. Mrs. Walker was assisted in
serving by Mrs. Stacy. Those present
we're Miss Bessie Leonard Of Syracuse:
Green; Misses Nora, Carrie and Bessie
McGeorge, Lima Walker, Louise stacy and
Mamie Crump; Messrs. Walter Wilson.
G e. e. Caldwell Ben and William walker.
and Porter Vaughan. and r. McGeorgc.
Mr.. G. s., Stacy. of Ronceverte. W. Va,
spent Sunday with his mother. Mrs. e..
T. Stacy, who is spending the winter ut
her cottage In Walkerton..
ed TO leave for Washington today. Tor, a
months stay, were detained by the ILL
ness of one OF his patients.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26
Mr.. Massie's Fight.

!, !, Mr.. Il Massis made gallant fish. for
the House Of Delegates last Friday The
refusal ,aI, Of that body to engross the meas,
prospects in the future. Mi. Massie,
however, is not disconrtaged but pro Q.
says is educational in its character the
persistent agitation may cause the public
understand t d'ii the Importance and the Value
Of this reform to landowners and the
business interests OF the State generally;
is therefore willing to further sacrifice
himself for the good of the cause.
But 1t Is difficult to imagine what Mt M:
and supported with clear logic and ire
futable facts. We have never seen zen sun IN,
its detail. or ADLER discussed at all points
than this ,Torrens system of land regis Is,
tration bill has been by. Mr.. Massie. and no
what ground of sound public policy ils
engrossment Was refused by the j. HOUSE. q tse
Of Delegates The arguments u a pa a sde
public, do not impress US as being strong
Or conyncng. and we have not seen o. one
met. 1t seems to us that in its action last
Friday the House of Delegates has failed
in the performance OF great public duty;
was purely experimental. Certainly 1T
was not compulsory upon any one. who
was not satisfied that 1t was in all re-
spects expedient. wise and proper. The
measure. II made into a law. would have
been tested in these respects by It's
friends, and it's opponents would have had
accept It afterwards II 1t seemed to be
practicable and good, or to condemn It II
It seemed to be vicious and ineXpedcnt.
to use It or not as they saw flt. It can
not be that members Of the Legislature
did not understand this, and understand
did not give the people of Virginia an
opportunity to test the value Of the sys-
TEN at least. OF course, wo impure no
against the bill, but it will be incumbent
upon them to show very good reason ror
their votes in this matter.-Index-APpeal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26

CITY Book Club ut a George Washington
contest party. invitations we're issued to
the ladies' now guests In the hotel, who,
with the regular club members, formed
happy throng. Washington literary
programme was supplied The contest
lay In answering Il certain number of
questions concerning Washington, the
successful one to bear Off the first prize.
and the BOBBY falling to Mrs. Boyer. Miss
ELAN. of Chase City, being first on the
list, was presented a burnt-wood hatchet
bearing G. w. with cherry ornamental
tons and handle tied with tri-color. Mrs.
Boyer received the BOBBY prize. a minia-
ture Ratchet appropriately decorated.
The following guests were present: Mrs.
Boswell. Mrs. Murphy. Mrs. Maddux.
Mrs. Wheaton, Mrs. Heron, Mrs. Lucius
Gregory. Mrs. Walton. Mrs. Pinder. Mrs.
Finch. Mrs. Taylor. Mrs Dbrell, Mrs.
Well Mrs. Gregory. Mrs. Dixon. with
Misses Booth. Boyer. Fleming. Hawkes..
Martin. Graham. Burwell, Jeffress and
others
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26
AN oRAToR1c RECITAL.
Chatham Episcopal Institute Go
ing Forward in Spite of the Fire.

Especial to The Times ispatch)
CHATHAM. VA, February 25.-Noth-
ing daunts the spirit of the Chatham
Episcopal Institute. notwithstanding the
fire last week. which burned the insti-
tute to the ground, school has begun
again with nearly the usually number
of students. and lessons are progressing
with accustomed regularity. The oratoric
and physical recital announced by Mrs.
MCDOWELL for last Friday night. took
place as advertised, being given in the
Opera House, to crowded house.
The sweet old tale, Cinderella" was
given by the little ones, with all the
witcherie and npetomb OF childish grace.
The minuet in the bathroom scene was
especially pretty
The Sophomores, in the oratoric course,
gave two scenes from Hamlet" with
conscientious reading and sympathetic
Interpretation. Miss Elizabeth Reid.
"ophelia;' Miss Reba Turner, King
Claudius;' Miss NADIA Fetts,I Queen
Gertrude;'' Miss Virginia Halle. "Laer-
tes.,' Each one enthusiastic applause.
Illustrations OF "The Holy City" with
Its accessories OF old world setting, Jew
ish costume and waving palms closed
programme. generally avowed to be
the most successful ever given In the
Opera House.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26
UNWELcoME GUESTS.
Railroad Contractors Can, Get No
Place for Camps.
Special to The Times lspatcll.)

NOlcSldi W Liz 1IIsleo-iJiaQcllSu.J
MEHERRIN, VA, February 25-The
contractors for the Tidewater Railway on
the Prince Edward side cannot get a place
to locate their camps. A. and c. Wright,
contractors, moved in sixty-five mules
Wednesday from the works they have
about completed In Brunswick county. and
were refused a place for their headquar-
tiers by farmers along the line.
Up to this time they have been unable
to find suitable place to hang up. In
some instances landowners have forbade
their even watering their stock on their
premises. No trouble of this kind has
been found in Lunenburg.
Every day brings new material and new
men for construction. These parties will
be strung out all along the line, and the
entire contracts. with Intervals Of only a
few miles, will be under construction.
tending their road several miles further
south. When this extension is completed
they will have a line of about sixteen
miles. The output of their plants is
steadily increasing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26
Graves's Edition Of Poe.

Editor OF The Timcs-Dispatch:
sir.-1t is entirely lifting that Rich
mond man should edit selection from
Pce's works. This volume, moreover,
appears just at a time when its editor,
MIR. Charles Marshall Graves, has aroused
an increasing public interest IN a Poe
monument in this city. The appearance
| of the book is, therefore, in several ways
timely. Mr.. Graves evidently writes out
OF Il head full of knowledge about Poe
and heart full OF admiration FOR his
rare genius; and the little volume gives
evidence of being indeed labor of love.
Perfect familiarity with the several Poe
haunts In Richmond is shown throughout
the Introduction, q fact which gives 1t
an attractive local flavor. This, no doubt.
Will add to the usefulness of the book in
| reader.
But aside from this feature the intro
duction delightfully."- sums up the life,
wanderings and struggles of Poe in what
may be described as sympathetically
just spirit. The critical notice following
is good piece of appreciation. To these
are added u chronological outline of Poe S
life and a photography.
The selections include, besides the
poems the following tales: Morela, Fall
of the House of Usher, Masque OF the
Red Death, Eleonort, fa.. ,iold-l'ut;
These tales, 1t will be perceived, are i'd
mrably representative of Poe's fctional
powers. No doubt 1t is difficult to choose
NiicIc tuelG Is SUN VI
riches; but 1t Will be pretty generally
agreed that these tales illustrate Poe s
genius for atmosphere-crcatlon and his
remarkable prose style at it's best. The
notes to these selections are clearly and
intelligently written-by no nTeans an easy
thing to do, for annexation Is often u
much-abused art Mr.. Graves notes
really explain; they are not too full. and
yet they give the student all necessary
aid.
The really unique feature of the book,
however, is the illustration. Grouped on
one page are cuts OF houses in Rich
niond associated with Poe; on another,
pictures of the cottage at Fordham, N.
Y, Mrs. Sheltons home and tomb. and
the birthplace of Mrs. Stanard c'Helen'D;
and on another. pictures of Mrs. Weiss.
Mrs. Shelton. Mr.. Allan Virginia GLENN
and her father. These illustrations, In
addition to the frontispiece portrait of
Poe and fac-simile in the Introduction
of the Poe marriage bond will very n,a-
terially help the student. We do not
recall another illustrated school edition
of selections from Poe.
such happy introduction to the boys
and girls of Virginia, and the county III
general, for that matter. to one of the
great figures in nineteenth century liter
AZURE. He has done real service for
the promotion of artistic ideals and for
the advancement of literary study.
j. c. METCALF.
Richmond College
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26
Dining OFF Chemicals.

Professor Dr. Thomas B. Stillman. OF
Stevens Institute. New York. has created
something new in the way of gastronomic
joy The name OF 1t is a synthetiuue din
ncr, and It's popularity is that it is
wholly made up of dishes which appear
are.
In It's way synthetique dinner is a
sort of National Impure Food show
The pioneer synthetique grew out of n
OF adulterated edhles. DR.. Stillman un-
dertook to give dinner consisting wholly
of mode victuals. The dinner came off
on Wednesday night and wa. a profound
chemical triumph.
The menu was the real thing. many
courses long, in restaurant French. 1t
led off with martini cocktails, which
looked natural but weren't. The profess
sor made them himself OF absinthine.
alcohol. saccharine and the glace jaime
Ganiline. The guests drank them In
the regular, unscientlfic way, and no
casualties were reported. The biscuits
that accompanied the very mock turtle
soup were excellent eating, hut they
were very far from being the sort OF
things that mother used to make. On
the contrary, they were chemically con-
structed from fecule. cream of tartar,
saccharlne. bicnrbonate of soda and
handmade milk, and so on all along the
line. The splendid looking white Bur-
gundy was only a cunning compound OF
'acide malique, tartare alcohol, ether
antique and glucine." Elegant creme
de menthe, made of many strange fluids
distilled by $50 volts of electricity, pleas.
antly topped off the meal
The dinner. as We have said, was a
pronounced success. Tho synthetic cock
tails worked divinely and prandial good
humor ran high Just what 1t all proved
we dent exactly know beyond the al
ready well-known fact that chemistry
professors can be very good mixers when
they try.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26
DOUBLE TRACK LINE.
Southern to Begin Work Between
Lynchburg and Lynch's Station.

Especial to The Dispatch.)
LYNCHBURG, VA, February 5.-The
Southern Railway has o force of right
of-way mon at work in Campbell county
securing the property needed along It's
main line for double tracking between
this city and I.ynch's Station, a distance
of about twenty miles. It Is understood
that this track is to be laid as soon as
the preparation for 1t can be made.
The local street railway company has
ordered rails for the purpose of rehabili-
tating all OF its lines leading into the
suburbs OF the city. which, when done.
viii give complete system of tracks.
The rails to be used are 7O-pound. "A
number of new cars. which will scat sew
enty people. have been ordered for deliy-
cry In the early. spring. ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26
WoMAN's COLLEGE FUND.
Committee to Begin Canvass
Work Lynchburg at Once.
[necial Id THE TIInes-Dlspa

Il
IYSCHBURG, VA, February ga
committee, which was appointed by the
Board Of Trade, will on Monday begin q
canvass of the city for the purp p OF
dolpheMacon Woman's College, which,
when raised, will be the. means 81 sscur.
Ing not only the donation Of Sso = by ~
d,,rinr the coming summer OF $4,000 for
the enlargement of the college, ~ 80
science ha1 at the cost Of f s s2o GOO, :
new dormitory at cost OF S4eWU W. an ~
500 SOC, viii be started at once This will
give the college facilities for an enroll
ment of 200 young ladies'. ,,,.,,roa ,nn,,.
onions we're turned down because of lack
of room. The present enrolment is near.
ly 400.
Mace at the forefront in the female
schools OF higher learning. making 1t fifth
or sixth in size In the United States.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26
COAST LINE TO
HAVE new SHOPS
Marsh Fork Railway Will Con-
meet Tidewater With Ohio
River.
TILLMAN AND THE RATE BILL
-----------
American Syndicate Purchases
Russian Railroad for Two
Hundred Million.
TILLMAN AND THE RATE BILL

The contract for the erection OF shops
for the second division OF the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company has been
awarded to the Pennsylvania Bridge Com
pany. OF Beaver Falls, PA. The cost will
exceed 100000. and work is to be COM
pleted by January 1. 1907. The new
shops will be built at Waycross. Ga, and
Will employ 1000 men.
Tho Manufacturers Record announces
the incorporation of the Marsh Fork Rail-
way Company, in West Virginia. for the
purpose OF building an extension of tha
Tidewater Railway 10 the Ohio River al
the mouth III the Great Kanawha River.
The line Will be approximately 100 miles
long from Surveyor Station. in Raleigh
county. on the Dcepwater Railway, ~i,ich
Is the West Virginia end OF the Tide
water route.
The officers OF the company are Will
liam n. Page. president; George W. I'm.
boden, vice-presdent: w. II. Evans. sec.
rotary. George II. Church. treasurer; j.
J. Corell. assistant treasurer: Raymond
DuPuy. general manager, and ii. Fern
stromi, chief engineer.
The remarkable increase of more than
$1,000, 600 In the net earnings OF the Bal
be attributed entirely to efforts to increase
stocks of soft coal at tidewater and in
terror distributing points. for that pro.
cess WAS going on equally in December.
Moreover, the gross earnings for Janu.
airy. although SLAB. 900 in excess of those
OF January year ago. showed no such
proportionate Increase as net. hence much
OF the gain In net is due to better oper-
ating results.
D nsr1f IN, nat
first seven months OF the fiscal year, Jan.
uary was responsible for forty-five pei
cent The average gain In net durinA
the first six months WAS, In round num-
bers. 100000. as compared with sl.o93.60(
In January. The increase In net for the
fiscal year thus far reported is equivn-
lent to 10 per cent. on the common stock
Baltimore and Ohio's earnings have
evidently been influenced since January
LIST by receipt Of new equipment. The or.
der for $50 locomotives, placed early last
summer, has been practically delivered.
large number OF the engines having
been delivered during January. Freight
cars. of which 10000 were ordered at the
same time, are still being delivered.
Should the current year bring any such
crops as did last and at the same tins
the iron and steel industry continue aa
active, this equipment will leave the
comapny again short Of the, equipment
necessary to handle it's business. For the
present no important equipment orders
are contemplated.
There is excellent reason to expect that
the January report of the Atchison, which
will be made public in few days VIII
show an Increase in net earnings of be-
tween $3.50, 600 and 100000 over last year.
The month Of February is far enough adj
vanced to make practically as good a
showing for this month nearly certain.
These Increases will far exceed any OF
the current fiscal year except that OF
October, when net increased sl,ooo,ooo.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26
The Public Library and the
Schools.

! The schools Of Richmond need public
! library. without II theytcan never re.,f
J their highest degree of usefulness.
| AS no military organization would lie
| complete without its arsenal. and as the
SUCCESS OF it's battles would often depend
| upon the careful equipment of that
branch OF the service, so no educational
system is complete without its library
| and the success OF It's efforts will often
be expended in vain, unless the library
cooperate with and supplement the edu-
cational work Of the school,
Richmond is the centre of n graf COM
pelling force for better education, and II
is dscouraging to note that she seems
to have left out of her calculations one
of the most vital factors towards the
highest attainment of success.
What is all this education for: Is 1t
not largely to equip our bo"s and girls
to fight the battle of life? IS it not so to
arm them that they can successfully
compete with the young men and young
women Of other States?
II these are our fundamental reasons
for education then we should use every
means in our power to accomplish their
purpose in the most economical and thor.
ough manner.
England, although more Of II plodder
than we are, can give us snmc lessons
in this phase Of education.
Mr.. Barrett Wendell, professor of
Harvard, and the first American who
ever delivered lectures concerning Eng
lish literature at an English university,
says that he was astounded at the diff
ference between the breadth of the odu-
cation of the English, as compared with
that of the American undo graduates.
And upon a thorough study OF the situa
ton. he is convinced that It IL because
of the reading done out Of school by
the English boy He is brought up with
the reading spirit and turns as naturally
to the public library for his recreation
as he does the cricket field 1t is this
reading habit which seems to be lacking
in Virginia, and which 1t Is I'll. function
of the public library. by the aid of the
teacher, to create.
One of the difficulties in our school has
always been the slavish adherence to the
particular text that may be in the pupils
hands.
The teacher, as we'll as the pupil, has
seldom had the broad view that comes
from consulting many authors and sec.
ing the yievnoin of each
1t is worth while to compare opinions,
to marshal authorities and to do some
hard reasoning, and this is precisely what
Will result from the generous use of the
library. Not only will the child's knowl-
edge of the text under study be more
thorough, but he will come to love the
books from which he has drawn treas
ures of knowledge. He will Furthermore
acquire the habit of turning to the lib
rary for instruction.
The habit thus formed and the taste
thus acquired will be of infinitely more
value than his entire course OF study;
for the latter will be in part or in whole
forgotten, but the former will stay with
him through life.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26
THREE SCORE HEAD
LIVE STOCK BURNED
Special to The Times Dispatch.)


CULPEPER, VA, February 25.-The
largo and costly barn OF Mr.. Frank Flor
ner, near Brandy Station. In this county.
with all it's contents Of live stock, hay,
oats corn. harness and machinery, was
entirely destroyed by fro late this ewes
ming. sixty-three head of stock. includ-
ing Il number of horses, and forty-eight
cows, were burned to death, The burn
Ing flesh could be smelled for q long dis
lance. The building took some time to
burn and tho fire could be seen for ten
miles. Tho loss resulting from tho fire
~ very great. The insurance VIII be
insufficient to cover It.. The neishing or
tho horgcs. the believing of tho cows,
and tl,n frantic movements OF them all,
come running after escaping from the
nro back intoeit. together with the lurid
namea. presented ghastly sight 70 be-
hold. ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26
A Sensible System at Last.

If the Lasster-Wlthers bill for improy-
ing the public roads of the State shall
become a law 1t will prepare the way for
sensible. substantial, permanent system
into excellent, comfortable. credltable
highways of travel and transportation. 1t
absurd one we are accustomed to; It will
be substantial one In place of superb
cial; it will be. a permanent Improvement
instead OF a temporary and evanescent
one The present plan of dumping dirt
into the mudholes, whereby when the
winter rains come on they are worse boys
than they were before. is little short OF
idiotic. The money expended in this man
ner OF road improvement Is absolutely
thrown away-worse than thrown away
Culpeper Enterprise.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26
The Public's Rights.

), Eighty million of people hang with
preatnless Interest upon the utterances
OF Mr.. John Mitchell, as to whether. there
i',. be a coal strike next April: The ar
D,ters of this questionable United Mine
workers and the mine operators-consti-
tu ,,e an insignificant pal-s OF that eighty
m MI of people, and II does seem that
.ne time should be near at hand, If It is
not already here when some means
should be devised to protect the rights
and interests Of that vast majority against
that petty minority. The attention OF
Congress Should be directed to the sub
lect to voice. those rights and interests
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26
The Irrepressibleness of Bigelow

A jaunty. debonnair and indispensable
purveyor of Truth. more or less pure, Is
Mr.. Poultney Bigelow, Even the weight
of Taft does not suffice to hold his lid
down Recently emerged from q sItua-
ton which would have made the average
man somewhat reticent as to his opinions
for the future. Mr., Bgelow, on the con-
trary. gives every evidence of undimin-
ished confidence In himself. He made
an address night or two ago. which
proved conclusively that the Panama
Canal is not being managed in the way
that he personally would prefer. The
administration means well. but 1t does not
understand the situation in quite the
way that Bigelow does.
Mr.. Bigelow spent forty-eight hours in
the canal zone once and found out 10,
of things. which he later hal difficulty IL
establishing as hard fact before a sena
torial investigation commission. That in
vestigative body represented Mr.. Bge
lows chance TO qualify as a trustworth,
and well-informed critic OF canal affairs
He failed to do so, Rather, to the dis
appointment Of a good many people. ii
seemed unable 10 produce any grea
amount OF evidence to show that h
knew what he was talking about and h
left the witness stand with somewha
dislocated reputation.
we are no particular apologists for III
existing canal administration, but
seems evident that Mfr. Bigelow, whe
he had golden and unexampled oppo.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26
Viens of the
Virginia Editors
A Contemporary's Enterprise

The loss sustained by The Times was
difficulties that we're encountered In the
e,fideavor to get out the paper and mot
a,iasppont Its many readers were even
greater. We are happy to be able TO
say. with a pardonnble pride. we feel
sure. That confronted with chnos in our
ft.O,mposlng-room that would cause, terror
Thought of every person connected with
t tinie paper was not to. miss an issue, anG
i,Ine flameS had scarcely been cxtlnSuisneu
DetOre all hands were at work making
arrangements ito meet the emergency and
n.y. disappoint the people.--Roanohc
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-26
A Republican Estimate.

Before. his Inauguration Governor Swan
son declared that he desired to be the
best Governor that Virginia has, ever had.
II MS inaugural address he declared tnat
tne time had come when partisan politics
should cease to control in Virginia. II
he Will honestly and earnestly endeavor
to bring about this desired condition and
succeeds In the effort, he will then be one
81 the best, IL not the best, Governors the
State has ever had.-Tazewell Republt-