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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-09
NORTH CAROLINA
At JAMEST0
Strong Sentiment in Favor OF a
State Building at the :
Exposition.
RETREAT BEFORE KILLING
Man Sentenced for Killing Under
Peculiar Ancient
especlal to rhe rImes.pIspatch.l

Especial to The Times Dispatch)
RALEIGH. y. c.. March s.-state otft-
Gers here received letters TO-DAY from
Agar NJ Wheeler, chief OF the Depart
ment OF EXHIBITS for the jamestown EN
position. urging the Importance of "a
thoroughly complete and credItable ex-
hIbit on the part OF North Carolina at
the exposition. One Of his suggestions
was that the State should get up an
exhibit by counties or localities under
State supervision and another, or one
in conjunction with this. was that Of
having a manufacturing building In
which a good stirring presentation OF
the vast manufacturing interests and ad-
vantages of the State should be pre-
scented.
He stated that the site for the building
would not cost much and II could be
disposed of after the exposition at n
profit The general sentiment among
the State officers seems - be for
North Carolina building, not all, howeVe',
to be devoted to manufacturers
Sheriff j. NJ. Smith was here to-day
from Caldwell county to deliver three
white convicts. one OF them being n
remarkable case in which Roy McRary'
is sentenced to three years for killing
man by the name of Sheehan. The cir
cumstances are that the two men mao
been playing cards on Sunday morn
ing, became involved in a row and sep
arated to meet again on Monday morn
ing when Sheehan advanced on McRary
with a drawn knife and the latter drew
his revolver and shot him. Sheriff Smith
says the court held that in the light pf
the old common law that man should
retreat to 1.-THE wall" McRary had 2
clear. course behind him and should have
run. Sheehan was drinking. There IS
to NE n movement in the county soon to
procure n pardon rs the sentence Is very
much criticised. The other two convicts
are TO serve sentences for larceny.
The Wake Water Company has ten
dered to the city of Raleigh proposition
TO sell the plant to the city for $500, oOo
Of which amount s5o.OnO would be cash
and the remainder the taking over on
the part of the city OF the bonded debt
Of the company. The proposal Is now
In the hands of tho water committee OF
tho Board of Aldermen.
The directors of tho State penitentiary
have submitted to the council of state
n proposition to pave the walks In CAPT.
tai square with granolithic paving rather
than with penitentiary brick, The last
legislature passed an net authorizing the
use of the convicts for paving the walks
with brick to he made and furnished
without charge by the penitentiary nu-
thorities The directors say that 1t would
REQUIRE sGeNo worth of brick and It would
he much cheaper for them to tn'se con-
Wet labor and put down granolthic. And
this they nre willing to do IT Is prob
e.blo that this proposltion will be ac-
cepted by tho council ot which Governor
Glenn Is ex-ofTicio chairman.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-09
THIsDAY INHISTORY
March 9th.

Church Day. Prudential. Sun rises at
GLIB, sets at b:45.
14o3-Bajazet l.. Sultan OF Turkey, died
He was celebrated as warrior. but
his disposition was cruel and tyran-
meal.
1e7s-Ghent surrendered to Louis XIV. Of
France.
17ee-Charette. the famous vendean chief
tried and shot at Nantes, aged about
thirtythree. He refused to have his
eyes bandaged. and gave the signal
to fire himself.
1S14-Battle OF Laon, In which Napoleon
was defeated by Marshal Butcher.
183o-Petroleum discovered in Kentucky
and as 1t was supposed to have heal
ing properties. 1t was bottled and
sold through the United States and
Europe for medicine.
1e34-Snow fell Mt Rome. the first event
OF the kind on record In 24O years
1s47-Battle OF Vera Cruz.
1ss5-The Atlantic ana st. Lawrence
Railroad was leased to the Grand
Trunk Railroad for 800 years.
1e62-Duel OF the ironsides In Hampton
Roads. After three hours fighting
the Merrimac was towed under the
protection OF the battery at sewall's
Point. and never renewed the contest.
The Monitor was untnjured.
wv ~ iVicc VI ootiieueldte cavalry
passed through the Union lines en-
tered Fairfax. Va, and captured Cen
eral stoughton and a rev privates
1865-Richmond (Va.) papers published
an exposure OF an alleged conspiracy
to 0oust Davis and Stephens. make
Hunter President. and end the war
18so-Samana, Santo Domingo, nearly de-
stroyed by fire.
1ee4-Twelve persons killed in snowslide
at Alta, nearsSalt Lake City. Utah.
18s4-First fast mail train from New York
to Chicago made trip west in twenty
seven hours and thlrty-hve minutes.
1eo4-Charter granted for railway line
from Richmond to Portsmouth, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-09
FRIDAY, MARCH .. 1906.
The truest truth Is that which
makes man the most wholly 5000,
wiscst, greatest and happiest.-Nr'''e''
Government BY Injunction. =

Toward the close of Senator Ciapp S
sneech last "Wednesday on the Hepburn
polliver rate a,ill, says the washington
Post, Senator Tillman elected from nm
the information that Mr.. Clapp ih'ef'
preted the bill to recognize the inaiien'
able right of the courts, when properly
anpealed to. to suspend the ra'e fixed oy
the commission pending the judicial pro-
cedure-which means injunction-and also
that while the litigation is in progress
the penalty of $500 day provided Ter
in the bill, in case the court sustairs
tho decision of the commission, Will be
suspended.
1t ia remarkable that such question
should have been raised; yet II was not
only raised. but Mr.. Tillman protested
against the reply. He said:
"If the penalty of 5000 day is susN
pended by an order of the touis PERU
ing the litigation, where Is your lunsh-
went "a compel the carrier to nhcy an or
der? Is not the whole case given away
~ the Senator's contention as 20 the m
temretation of these words IS right are
we face to face with an absolute sur
render of the relief to the shipper?
This matter has proceeded a bow shot
bevond the mere question of regulating
rates. Does Senator Tillman propose to
outlaw the railroad corporations and take
away from them not only the right OF
appeal. but the right of injunction also!
suppose the Interstate Commerce COM
mission should make a confiscatory rise,
what remedy would the railroads hakeF
Must they wait until they could bring
suit, subject to the laws delay? II the
meantime, the reduced rate might have
nut the roads into bankruptcy
That is an extreme superstition hut We
are discussing the principle. We are not
thinking of railroad rates. but of rail-
road rights. for that involves the rights
of us all The Congress of the United
states dare not undertake to deprive any
corporations of the right of Injunction.
We do not believe that IT can do so. But
1t should not even make the attempt.
1t would be a most dangerous attempt
and II successful, there is no telling
what 1t would finally lead to- We had
hoped that this country had finally put n
stop to the Populistic cutlery against
government by Injunction"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-09
Negro Teachers.

A Writer signing himself w. T. E.
Williams contributes TO the March num-
Der OF the Southern Workman, OF Hamp-
ton, an article on Local Conditions
Among Negroes In Hanover County,
Va" In order to make his obscrva t.ons
he travelled through the county and tool,
notes. Speaking of the school houses. he
says that they are in the main moor
structures and in no case did he find
any school apparatus. such as mans,
glctoes. etc. nor was there any effort
at decoration. MANY of the teachers .
says he. have had only such training as
the rural schools afford.
Some have attended for short time
the State Normal School al Petersburg.
A few Of them are graduates of this
school. One OF the teachers | visited
rarely used a correct sentence Yet he
has been given a. license annually for
sixteen years, He knows nothing of mod
srn educational processes and he has so
little regard for the appearance of his
school and himself that he does not even
wear II collar In the schoolroom. The
one graduate orSthe Petersburg Normal
School was a brilliant exception to tia
average teachers ! saw; her neat ness,
Airectness. and thorough preparation
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-09
Municipal Operation in Chicago

The people OF Chicago are asked to
vote s75.Oo0.O0o to buy certain municipal
street railway lines. If the lines are
purchased 1t Is proposed to operate them
with employees Of the municipality.
In order to give an object lesson in
municipal operation, the Chicago Tribune
exploits the management Of the police
department. 1t says that the appropria-
tlon for the maintenance of this depart
ment last year was s3.so0.0O0, and that
an old police captain. who is thoroughly
familiar with the management, points
out in a city paper how s259,ooo out of
the appropriation was wasted.
This money which was souandered,"
says the Tribune, would have paid the
salaries of near three hundred additional
patrolmen. The money which could have
given the public greater degree of Sc
curity against crime was frittered away
on the holders OF soft Jobs" Extrava-
gance begot inefficlency. The stockhold-
ers OF a privately managed concern insist
on results and there is a change Of
management II there are none. The peo-
pie of Chicago. who are the stockhold-
erS IN TINS case, nave n rlRnt 10 complain
that the police department under NUM-
cipal operation is not productive of re
suits"
We speak OF the residents Of cities
as stockholders in a corporation, but It
is, after all. fiction. The stockholders
in private corporation have their own
private money invested and have that
peculiar interest in the results which
ownership always gives. They Insist that
business shall be carried on In n business
way; that expenses shall be kept down
to the minimum, and that dividend shall
be as great as prudent business policy
will permit. The residents OF city do
not hold their directors" to such nc
count Very few citizens trouble them
selves to know whether or not the af-
fairs of government are economically
administered. Some of them like an ex-
travagant administration for when public
funds are literally circulated, they count
on getting liberal share for themselves.
Moreover. In the conduct of the govern
ment's affairs. politics always plays its
part Every city employee. from street
sweeper to Mayor, is an offIceholder.
and has his ''inflooence" In such a
system 1t is impossible to apply strictly
the rules of business.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-09
Merely Joking.

Comparatively speaklns.-"Of course"
remarked Uncle Jerry PEBBLES. II don't
know by experience what real poverty
IS. but should think havin' salary OF
sloO.O00 year cut down all at once to
$4,000 would be about as near to 1t as
a TELLER ever gets."-Chicago Tribune.
Tho Seven Wonders.-Edna twriting
composition): Dear me. have forgotten
which are the seven wonders OF the
world. think I'll ask Mrs. Brown"
Tom: Don't" Edna: why not7" Tom:
We'll. she has seven nl!dren."-Chicago
Daily News.
Well Balanced Art.-The Caller: your
art gallery is treat. This picture es-
pecially is delightful; the values nre so
well-balanced" Mr.. Porkhnm: That's
right. Frame 5000. picture same price,
Puck.
How He Worked lt.-"say came to
this dance without an invitation" $50
did I. How did you work lt?" Nobody
stopped me. How did your Same
way. Ny wifes giving the dance
Cleveland Leader.
Finders and Observation-Disclosures are
becoming great founders Of colleges"
Yes. Or It might be expressed. colleges
are becoming great finders of billions
Observation-Disclosures Star.
Why Is Thls7
This Is the burden of my song,
sing 1t day and night:
Why are so many always wrong
When am always right?
Washington Star.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-09
The Tail Editor.

Berlin dispatches n few days ago an
ncunced that Herr Kressin, so-called edi-
tor of one of the most influential Soca-
list papers in Germany. had been SEN
fenced to Jail for lese majesty as
result of series of articles recently
published in his paper. These articles,
oddly enough, contained nothing more re-
prehensible than an attack on the Saxton
monarchs OF several centuries ago.
And even more curious features of the
case is found. the fact that Kerr Kres-
sin, who is paying the penalty, had
nothing whatever to do with the OBJ
jectlonable articles. Herr Kressn Is not
the editor OF the paper In question, ex-
cept in name. He merely draws n salary
from 1t to go to Jail when the real edi-
p,esstor is convicted of transgress.ng the
press laws. He is the figure head who
does time for price. while the real
but anonymous scribe remains at large
to go on with the good work
;. The man who holds down such Job
as that of the unhappy ISressin, is popu-
larly known as the jair-edltor. Jail-ed-
tors are not common in thi, country, but
they are found highly desirable else
where. In Japan, for example, the like
laws were until recently so severe that
n live paper could not get along with
out one Where an editor is likely to be
pulled" for his comments at the rate
o: about once week. the need of
ploxy for penal work Is at once apparent.
I. Is easier to keep a reliable jail-nan
on the pay roll right along than to be
constantly engaging new editors.
Tho iail-edtor leads queer life. doubt
| less, and one that is peculiarly unre-
| liable as to what the morrow will bring
| forth He does nothing at all. and he
draws pay for 1t. Again, he does nothing
al all and he is sent to prison for it.
An exciting career. truly, with just the
strong dash of speculative risk that es-
pecially appeals to some natures. But
most men, we opine. would prefer a
more bundrum and unchequcred voca-
| ton. where there is neither pay nor
penalty heyond what they personally
earn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-09
About the Buena Vista Boom.

Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-I was greatly interested in your
recent editorial on Buena Vista, the boom
town that survived the boom. Permit me,
however. to say that possibly there we're
some good business reasons why Buenn
Vista survived, and that so far as that
town was concerned the characterize
ton Of "a wildcat land boom" doesn't
altogether apply.
In the first place, it was founded upon
real, and not upon fictitious. values I
Know this, because. as owner, sold to
the parent company the land on which
the town is built. and. as agent, the very
valuable mineral lands on which it's in
lustrial possibilities were predicted. All
these properties were acquired by the
Buena Vista Company at their intrinsic
value, and without paying one dollar of
additional, fictitious or speculative valua-
ton.
In the second place, In the organization
of the parent company. and of all secon-
dairy or Industrial companies, which came
under my personal observation, there was
not one dollar Of any sort OF promotion
money. or watered stock Your cores
pondent can testify to this. because he
was present at the bornlng of all these
companies. beginning with the Buena
Vista Company. for which he wrote tho
prospectus. Every important transaction,
from begnnin gto end was absolutely
clean, open and above board.
Again. the three men who were respon-
siblc for the whole business-Capt. A. 7.
Barclay. of Lexington; Capt G. F. Jor-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-09
Rhymes far 0o~Dey
NV T11eory.

do not wish that I was rich,
AS many people do;
have not got tho money-itch
Like-well let's say. like yoii.
! thank my stars am not such
AS yenrn for sordid things; ~
do not care for money much,
But simply what It brings.
It's true I'd like n house In town.
All fitted out complete;
And then, to rest mo when run down,
"A pretty country seat;
Ny health. OF course, demands n fcw
Good horses close at hand,
With just motor car or two,
To slidoo DER the land
oh, I'm not one who fondly thinks,
That moneys such a prize;
ID want, OF course, my o-hole links
For vital exercise.
My health would need frequent trip
To some nice foreign spot,
And, to avoid the public ship.
I'd need my own small yacht.
But, MS say, I'm not like some
Who think lot OF wealth: =
merely ask good income,
To guarantee my health;
The CLINT OF gold. It's look and touch
The deuce with these poor things;
hold that money isn't much
Except for what 1t brings.
III q. 7
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-09
HATEFUL TRAGEDY.
Three Dead Who Were Concerned
in Shooting Three Years Ago.

NDFS' " ~ ''''7 - I7
ALEXANDRIA,, VA, March s.-Cnp-
tain Walter Posey. a riverman. died at
noon to-day from the effects of a pistol
shot wound inflicted by Policeman Weston
Atkinson. OF Alexandria, several years
ago, when the officer was attacked by
:, crowd at one OF the wharves. Mr.
Atkinson was being severely beaten. when
he managed TO fire his revolver from
his pocket as he lay on the ground.
with the result that he killed a brother
of Posey and seriously wounded Walter
Posey Policeman Atkinson resigned
from the police force n short time after
the trouble and secured position as
fireman for the Southern Railway Com
Manassas few months afterward.
Posey was about thirty-one years OF
ape.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-09
The R., F. & P, Road.

Editor of The IlnleS-DlspdtCn.
o6 sr the letter 'e OF Mr. Walentne Turn
to me ne that the States interest in tho
R.: F. and P. road Is far fro from i, being rn
ceves profitable dividends from the lit
tie stock she owns in. this company In
fact, 1t Is a mere subterfuge py which
our Legislature from their real motive,
when trying to obtain some monopolistc
legislation.
THAT the state has no right to contribute
to the maintenance of n trust is true. but
she has right. and 1t is her duty to
see TO 1t TINT a railroad which she pro-
maHd h G ns pH IS OF nto
oppressive monopoly, Monopoly, II pos,
sbe by STRATEGY If no, BY handed
h s eemp Sy What s sasSt theS
will carry this has been demonstrated by
their, action IN cutting down w all the poles
Of the Western Union I;lo Telegraph Com n
hash persisted In, building into Pittsburg
and eventually, to Baltimore. Can. Vir-
ginia, expect other treatm.nt,.nt the hands
ured out to Pennsylvania and other
States? / am told by our representative
from this county that the rrallroads ask
not care for. the merger And yet they
want the privilege OF doing. so In case
ii should be desirable. Why do they want
have any use Cor? II they only ask for
what they say they want give It to them.
get out OF the trust business. but SEQ
10 II that the r. r. and r, II. r.. under
whatever charter operated, is, maintained
forever, open rs g public highway 10 all
nation, and In case of disregard OF this
provision the State render the same as
sistance in promoting. a parallel road that
G. Z, DICKINSON.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-09
HOLTON ANSWERS.
Makes Official Reply to Black.
burns Charges.


WINSToN-SALEM. VA, MarAl s.
District Attorney y. e. Holton has re-
ceiyed copy of the last charge filed
against him with the department at
Washington by Congressman Blackburn
1t Is q statement purported to have beer
made by Walter Woodsou. Salisbury
lawyer. stating that the district attorney
offered immunity TO ID. l.. Arey, Sails.
bury dlstiller. after his conviction in the
Federal Court at Charlotte last June, pro.
vided Arey would furnish checks or other
evidence that he had bribed revenue Of
ficers.
AIR. Holton has answered the charge,
In which he says Woodson IS the man
who asked what he would do for Arey
If such information was furnished against
revenue officers. The district attorney
says his reply to the lawyer was to fur
nish the information and he OHolton)
would submit 1t TO the Attorney General
OF the United States. Mr.. Holton's an
swer to the charge has been sent 10
Washington.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-09
MANN AMENDMENTS:
Request Roanoke Representatives,
to Vote for Them.
(Spec!al to The Times-Dlspat,

Especial to The Times Dispatch)
ROANOKE. VA, March Sat an EN-
thusiastc meeting of the Roanoke Anti
unanimously adopted requesting the rep1
resentatlves In the General Assembly,
from this Observation-Disclosures A. b. Cole1
man and a. NJ. Bowman In the House
and Judge A. A. Phlegar in the Senate
law now pending in the Legislature. and
to use their influence TO secure its pas1
sage at this session of the Legislature.
THEODORE LOW, Acting President.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-09
Mitchell-Wilev.

Especial to The Times Dspatch)
LEE, GOOCHLAND COUNTY. VA,
March s.--A quiet marriage took place at
the home of Rev. j. w. Reynolds last
night at $3.50 o'clocS. when Mrs. NJ. A.
ried by Rev. j. w. Reynolds, pastor OF
Salem Baptist church. The bride is a
very accomplished lady and n daughter
of John B. Knibb, of Goochland county
The groom. who is very popular and
we'll liked by host of friends Is a son
of Mr.. II. C. Mitchell, of Goochland
county
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-09
THE STATE FAIR.
William Jennings Bryan Invited
to Make Address.
to The Tlmes-Dispatch.)

RALEIGH, N. c.. March s.A resolu-
ton inviting William Jennings Bryan and
Harvie Jordan, the latter president or
the southern Cotton Growers Assocla-
ton, to deliver addresses during the next
state Fair. was adopted to-day by the
Executive Committee of the State Fair
The expenditure Of $1,000 on permanent
improvement OF buildings and grounds
was authorized. including q system Of
water works and 40,0oo-gallon tank.
A special committee will be named at
once TO personally present the resolution
and the invitation to these distinguished
gentlemen, and the committee has every
reason to believe that both will accept.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-09
Trade and Sentiment.

In spite of the Chinese boycott 1t APP
pears from reports recently sent out from
Washington that our trade with Celestials
is on the increase. According to these
reports the total exports for the seven
months ending January, 1906, amounted
to s23,432,94s whereas for the seven
months ending January. 1906, they equal
ed 1850. or q totaf increase OF S.
42o.7s2.
The shipments OF cotton cloth goods
for the period first mentioned amounted
to sl2e47,5so, while for the seven months
ending January. 1906. they were $l9,eo6s4s.
Human nature is much the same the
world over, and there is little sentiment
In business. So long as we give the
Celestials the goods they want they will
ter the fact, however, that we should
be fair in our dealings with the Chinese.
1t Will not do for us to open our doors to
the coolies, and the Chinese do not ex-
pect It, but we should treat Chinese cit
liens Of other classes with the same con-
sideration that we treat visitors from
other foreign lands. We should do this
as matter Of morals regardless OF any
commercial consideration. We should do
1t for our own honor and for the sake Of
OF our own reputation.
--=----=
The Brooklyn Eagle calls attention to
n movement now on foot IN Germany to
give physicians the benefit OF twelve
hour day, instead of the twenty-four
hour schedule now exacted Of them This
Dies not mean. of course, that Germans
will henseforth be forbidden by law from
being sick except at stated times. The
patients liberties are not to be trampled
on III this way. He can suffer at his
PLEASURE as heretofore. The new plan
merely calls for the division OF the doc
tors into two groups, or platoons, one
of which will do duty by day and the
other 10y night. The day doctor thus has
Il night understudy and the night doctor
n day one. The idea seems practicable
aid should appeal to the sick folk no
less than to the practitioners. An over
worked and over-driven doctor, suffering
from lack of rest and sleep. can scarcely
be in the best condition for diagnosing
and prescribing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-09
Gift to Orphanage.

Special to The Times Dspatch.)
= LfNcHBURG, VA. March Sit was AM
nounced here to-day that j. C. Paxton,
prominent lime manufacturer of WoodstocKI
Va. had given 5000 for the purpose OF erect
Ing new cottage at the Presbyterian Orphan1
age, which Is located near Lynchburg.