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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01
Dr.. w. ]. Young.

pr, W. j. Young, pastor Of the cente
nary NJ. r. Church, Richmond, writcs:
Permit me to Join my voice hearth
" with those who are urging the erec-
II ton OF Il monument in our beloved city
y to the memory Of that great genius.
+ Edgar Allan Poe, Let It be done, be-
+ cause his marvellous gifts deserve this Z
recognition, and because Of his service
through them to the culture and re-
iinemcnt Of the English-speaking
people. Let It be done, such recognl-ss
#itIoni Of literary labor. side by side
4 with our recognition Of tho faithful
q Toll OF our statesmen ana warriors. {
u Let Il DO done MS an incentive to Q
life OF letters In this city, which ought
TO DO the centre OF the new develop
a ment Of the South In scholarship and
b literature Lot t be done
q here amid tho surroundings where he i
7 made his home and received SO much
3 OF the training which helped to make
3 him what he was. Let It DO done
z Apeedily,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01
and women OF the State will be found
in the forefront of this educational anu
public-spiylted enterprise.
LIGHT AND POWER.
Martinsville Council Fixes Rates
on a Sliding Scale.

Especial 10 The Wmes'DlspHtcHI
MARTINs1ILLE, VA March sl'--Ihe
town council this week fixed the rates
70 be chargeli for light and power on
sliding scale ranging from twenty cents
ror light tot ten or more UP 70 f'fey
cents for a Jingle light me fh''s ~
n,war range krom 5000 per horse power,
to parties taking seYenty-fiye or more
horse powerd UP to $4seo' to' sAs'o
The city englneer expects to have the
light and power plant ready for opera
The council also adopted the tax plll
for 1908, which Is practically the same
as that OF last year ~.
There WereS very heavy sales Of leaf
tobacco al tie warehouses here for sey,
sral days thiA week., especially on Ihurs-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01
Superintendent Fox.

Superintendent w. r. Fox, OF tho pub
lc schools Of the city Of Richmond:
IT would seem fitting that man
whose life and 4 anne are SO Intimately
associated with Richmond should have
some such public recognition here. His
genius. long unapprecIated. is begin
ming to take Its rightful place in the
world OF letters. Let Richmond not be
backward in this work. I bid God
speed to this pralsewortfy movement.
Sunerintendent jackson Davis ~ the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01
MONUMENT TO POE,
SAY LEADING MEN
Expressions From Distinguished
Citizens and Progressive
Newspapers.
RICHMOND THE PLACE FOR III.
All Agree That This City Owes
Honor e Herself and to
Greatest American Poet.

The Suggestion made IN The Tincs- Dis
patch Of Wednesday. February 7th. that
d memorial To- Edgar Allan Poo be erect
ed this city, hns leaped into instant fu-
vor It would hardly be possible for any
movement TO llnvefound 80 many friends
not only In Richmond but even In distant
sections Of tho country. The sentiment
throughout has been enthusiastically in
favor Of this honor 10 the great Amerl-
can poet and story-tellcr and all agree
that Richmond OF ali cities In tho land
Is the most appropriate place for such
memorial. iyt
Y, The wonder has boon great and wlde-.
spread since attention has boon n Gale
4 TO It that Richmond, wldeaWnke and iprO-
gressIve III 80 many reapccts. has SO
long neglected to- honor this great adopt
]. ed son OF hers and thereby bestow even
tile greater honor upon herself.
That the people not only OF ricfnond
but OF tho State and country at large
may see how general and urgent has be-
come this demand from representative
men for q memorial to Poo In Richmond,
excerpts from a number Of characteristic
letters and editorials, nicked up at ran
dom, are reproduced: .,$s5 n ,y
Roanoke World"
" The Roanoke World says
Recently two men have been named
who have stamped the results OF their
F labors ineffaceably upon the worlds
Is progress and. have richly merited the
worlds highest need OF pra isa in their
respective fields Of endeaver, tho ono XII
b the world OF lctters. the other In
Il 'ihe world Of science. The las century
4 produced no greater genius than Ed,
y gar Allan Poe. Envled by some, de-
precinted by others, he has left q
monument in his printed works moro
q durable than bronze or marble, and
II Is emlnently due to his memory
! that here In tho state OF Virginia
which he loved with an Intense de-
yotion and inithe capital city, n r11on-
4 ument to his memory should show the
I estimate In which he Is held as the
greatest literary genius OF his time.
The other Is Matthew Fontaine 4
Naury, the pathfinder OF the seas. H.5s
" -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01
Nudge Of Poe.

In the American Almanac for 1851. In
the pages devoted to an obituary record
for 1910, the two entries of Interests,
5,'Feb. Il6-In Lynn, Mass. Captain sam-
uel Nudge, reputable and useful cltl-5
Aen. Hs commanded the Essex COM.
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where Bryant and Longfollow are
not known, by name His tales are
read with wonder in Franco, where
tho short story has long been a.
national pride. And yet, strangers
Gun Visit Vlrginin and Richmond, and
e leave without seeing a great memorial
VI to Poe, the Richmo.l genius. X.
Let us begin now TO honor tho l1lem-
Dry OF Poe. Lot US mark tho places
where he lived and wrote. Let US
have a Poe society, 10 perpetunte his
memory Let us have q monument: in
Richmond representing Poe and his
< immortal bird carved together In ever
lasting marble. !.
Prof. w. L. Foushee.
Professor w Il. Foushce, Of the schoo
OF Lain, Richmond College:
That the committee on the "Hall OF
Fame" refused to admit his name has
only served ito stress his renown and
bring that committee into universal
& ridicule. Some have said 1t was be-
cause he was Southern. Thomas one
has said. lot the Southland defend
her own. S,
Poe Is coming to his own. Will our
city take her proper share In it2 At
tho University Of Virginia there Is
& not only q; fine bust of tho poet, but
beside tho door OF ono Of those small
x students room there Is beautiful
bronze tablet with poe's name and
! four Latin words: .Jormus pnrya
mangus poeta.
Here oelived for a few months when
he was a college student. In Balti-
5ss more few years since, the school
\ children poured together their thou-@
sands OF penles and erected a marble
monument on tho spot in Wcstmin-
ster chMrchyard, where rests his body. a
: Richmond has yet not claimed one
e OF her chief glories. I matters little
to Poe's name what Richmond will
81 do, but itimntters much to Rich
y monds nnmo.
The Times Dispatch.
The Times Dispatch says editorially:
We do not like to discuss motives,
but the fact Is that our greatest
American poet has been snubbed
and dishonored by a committee OF ii
sNortherners, and It behoyes his ~
friends and fellow-citlzens IN Rich
mond to raise a shaft to his fame,
y not, In any spirit OF sectional resent
ment, but as a Just tribute to South
ern genius and art
II Richmond will but start the move
ment, we doubt not that the admirers
OF Poe In all parts Of the United States
and abroad will have pleasure In con-
. tributing. IL 70 Fl II
The Montgomery Advertiser, OF Mont
Alabama:
A tribute to the greatest poetic gen
ius our country has produced would be q
appropriate in Richmond and we
hope the movement will salcseed. III
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Prof. I. Leslie Hall.

Professor ]. Leslie Hall, OF the School,
OF English, William and Mary College
says:
What State has so good claim to
him as Virginia? What city Is so
thoroughly Identified with hois fame
as Richmond? Let the State and tho
city. then. unite. to do honor to this
q great genius, who has been excluded
from the so-called Hall OF Fame.
As n Yirginian and as an American.
glory in the fame of Poe. AS lover
OF literature, sit as a. disciple at his
feet. AS teacher OF literature /
can say that his poetry and his stories
7 bewltoh and fascinate multitudes Of
students, 3 II JILL
III, Tooaas maj Ia read xulf aadmlra Ion
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01

Poe's poetry Is read with admiration
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01

1tenrico Public schools. A &,
Whether or not no Is denied place 4
In the Hall OF Frame, he should no
LONGER be denied just recognition by
i the city and The hotne OF his choice.
Z The erection OF such 4 memorial 70
Poo wotld at least be All evidence
4 tint In culture and In literary appr.e-4
citation VIC are Keeping abreast Of the
progresa which we are making III al
other directions. 10 foster Il literary
spirit III the South Poe gave tho best
years Of his life, and now to fail to
do nll honor to his memory would
Il not only DO itgratitude, but 1t would
mean that wc arc Indifferent to the
glory3of literary achievement and that
we no longer strive for those ideals /
which lie sought to inculcate In all
his works.. .,t }ssg t)ts
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01

superintendent Jackson Davis. OF the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01
Judge George L. Christian.

Judge George L. Christian.
Judge George l.. Christian. former judge
Of tho Hastings Court and formerly presi.
dent OF the Richmond c'bamcr Of Com
mercc, 81 d 81 e
The fame OF Poe. both as a poet
and llterateur, has now become
4 almost worldwide; and his unique re-
lntions and attachments to Richmond
made 1t cminently appropriate, 1t
soeins TO me, that some proper me-
mortal OF him should be erected here.
where lie spent nluch OF mis- early life
and did some OF his best literary ~ rk.
Recognizing the value Of monuments J
us rejecting the best and highest char 4
acteristlcs and IDEAL Of a people, I !
4 hope that this movement will find that
I support which, In my opinion, It de-
II SerVcS. 4tsi staj 59.Yf
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01
What a New Yorker Says.

DR.. ]. A. g, Chandler, OF New Yor
City, writes:
The people OF the South love and
read the best literature. The better
part Of the III Q of Poetic one man
recognized In Germany and France as
the foremost American joet-was spent
In Richmond. Surely the god people
OF Virginia and Richmond. recognize
the genius OF Poo, and wish to have
In Richmond some memorial as n wilt
ness OF their appreciation,
New York has honored the memory
OF ], Marion Simms. the great sur
geon and patriotic citizens Of Virginia
! have, with equal thoughtfulness. re-
membered Dr., Hunter Mcclure. In
New York are monuments OF Irving,
Holmes, Lowell, I.ongfellow, Bryant
and others. but so far 8 I have oh
\ served. none to Poe. Let the Capitol
4 Square at Richmond contain a suit
able monument 10 Poe. our leading
American poetl
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01
Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Age-Herald, Of Birmingham, Ala

t ! E1u <Abo'A4SA~s ~ *TSN't41Ne'3'AaHt ]A3N'
banla; rs
Richmond Ia talking about erecting
monument to his memory. and that
city should not be lett to shoulder
the task unaided, The entire South
should honor the one American poet
whose influence has been felt tho world
round, Tor tho literature Of all coun-
tries has felt his genius and been bet-
tered by 1t, The literature Of the
world has been rendered more vivid
and vital by Edgar Allan Poe,
The entire South should aid, In other
words, the building OF monument
In his old home, one that will be a
credit 10 the entire Southern country,
Movement Progressing,
These are all public expressions, and
many more such as these from repre-
sentative men might be chosen, The
interest manifested by private letter has
been no less hearty and general, A
number have Offered to make contribv-
lions In money on demand, declaring
their Willingness to giys largely and
No none ,noaey has yet been accepted but
the movement Is now fast assuming defi-
mite shape.
understood that some Of the leading men
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-12-14

IL is announced from the city col
lector's Office that the collection of poll
taxes, beginning May | and ending
Nov. 30, was $3.50, ,2S7. as against $73,-
224 for the corresponding time last
year. An increase is thus shown in
this years collection OF ST. ,063
The energy Of the city collector still
continues and the work of the Office
Is maintained at its high point OF ef-
fciency. Mr.. Scollard's energy how
ever, Is Of different kind than has
been hitherto exhibited. Instead Of the
formal harsh notice which once appris-
ed citizens of Boston that they were
delinquent in the payment Of taxes.
Collector SColard has sent polite re-
quest i'm the form of reasonable cor
respondence and newspaper advertise
ments.
He has found politeness a profitable
investment He has rendered more
over, a valuable service in demonstrat-
ing the efficacy OF an appeal to the
civic sense OF the people OF Boston.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-12-14
"A Good LOCKER"

Send me good locker. don't
mean pretty. YOU know. but one who
know how To diess the tailor-mdae
kind who visits the hairdresser and
the manicure. or course. | know IL
costs, hut We are willing To pay for
II. This was telephone message
received by a large employment
agency from a business man who re-
Quired the services OF young woman
boOkkeeper and general Office assist
ant.
\ shabby necktie. or soiled linen,
or a cheap well-worn hat may cost
YOU very dear for IL may be turning
point I'm someone's mind who has been
thinking OF patronizing YOU. BUSINESS
men are kCen-eyed. very sharp and
often influenced by little things Many
a worthy youth says the Success
Magazine has been sent away when
applying for situation because OF
some telltale I'm his dress or manner
which made a bad impression.
Young men may SO far emphasize
the matter OF dress that their good
appearance is about all there is TO
them. At the same time appearances
have much To do with ones advance
ment especially in large cities.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-12-14

The opening of the new building OF
the Historical society gives fresh life
To that honored institution. Ii was
toCnded by John Pintard. a Revolu-
tionary patriot, who saw the import
ance OF preserving memorials OF that
tremendous struggle. and who called
together few of his associates and
formed this society. The year was
1904, and he was the more earnest be-
cause Burr had just shot Hamilton
and he slw how the great men were
passing away. The present building
OF the Historical society is far too
small for its accumulations which
have been increased by two important
additions. One is the Abbot collec-
tion OF Egyptian antiquities and the
other the pictures Of the old New
York gallery. The first is OF deep i'm
terest to an antiquary, as IL includes
mummies. both human and animal.
with many other Egyptian antiques
The second is composed OF the first
public collection of pictures ever made
In this city and includes Coles Course
of Empire" now of great value IL
was intended to be permanent. but.
having no financial basis. IL proved
a failure and its contents were stored
i'm the Historical society. where they
will probably always remain.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-12-14

One Of our suburbs, Maiden. is to be
the scene OF novel postal experiment
after the first OF the new year. Resi-
dents of that city, who so desire II,
are TO have Sunday delivery Of mail
at their houses by paying a special
rate. The new plan is compromise
on the usual rate for special delivery
letters. and will be generally cheaper.
Instead OF costing the sender 10 cents
for each letter delivered by special car
rier, as under the present postal ar
rangements, the receiver is TO pay 10
cents for each Sunday delivery, wheth-
er the delivery consists of dozen
letters or only single postcard
B. G. Underwood OF Maiden is re
sponsible for the innovation. as IL was
he who first made the suggestion to
Postmaster General Cortelyou. In a
communication TO the head of the pos
tai department at Washington Mr.. TN
derwood set forth the needs OF the
Maiden people So far as postal facili-
ties were concerned. and i'm answer Mr..
Cortelyou had the plan laid before the
officials at Boston, OF which post
Office Maiden is "A branch.
There is no question but that this
new system will he introduced into all
places OF any size in the United States
as soon as our superintendent reports
to the department.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-12-14
ZeENS@S SsaSAG
&&SEEI16
Especial Correspondence.)

Now that the gentry have resumed
.ity life, an attempt will be made by
some OF the number to reduce. II pos
sible, that species OF grating known
Is "rsking of, or in other words, the
commissions paid cooks. coachmen
and others by market men and other
dealers TO secure trade. This began
long ago in a small way. but has Of
late years 81 increased that IL has be-
come a heavy taX-for of course IL
comes out OF the masters purse.
A similar rake on has been prao-
iced in the wholesale produce trade,
the object being 20 influence quota
tions and thus deceive victims To
accomplish this fee is given to the
reporters, and thus when eggs are sell
ing AT - they may be quoted in print
al 90. and in this manner hotels and
stea boats are syste matically raked
Of by sslaried buyers. No wonder a
general EFFORT Is being made 10 break
up SO perniciOus a system.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-12-14

For use in their crusade to make
New York a city OF reasonable silence,
members OF the society for the sup
preston OF unnecessary noises are
having Photographic records made OF
disturbances heard near the hospitals.
These will be reproduced for the bene-
fit of the city officials and legislators
at Albany. Mrs. Isaac l.. Roche the
founder OF the society, is quoted as
saying:
First. we shall endeavor to educate
automobilists, SO they will toot their
horns only when it is necessary. We
shall try TO put stop to the loud
trumpeting OF the scissors grinders,
and the crying of hucksters and ven
ders and the rattling OF milk wagons.
We shall apply TO the police depart
ment for policemen TO be stationed
near all the hospitals We shall try
10 have what ordinances there are
strictly enforced, and later will try
To have new ones enacted We are
going to establish in this city. if il
be possible restfulness that is to be
found in many European cities"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-12-14

For % years society which was
formed and which exists to promote
things entirely distinct and separate
from those of trade, commerce and
finance has had its home in the very
center OF the chief financial and bus
mess section OF Boston.
At first view this seems strange, al
most unaccountable. However, when
it Is considered that this society is the
BOstonian society and that its home
is the old state house previous ideas
of inCongruity as to locality and as
to purposes are no longer tenable.
Its charter, granted Dec. ., 1881, ex-
plicitly states that the Bostonian So
ciety was incorporated for the pur-
pose OF promoting the study OF the his.
tory of Boston and the preservation
Of its antiquities"
To the carrying out Of these pur-
poses hundreds of men and women
have applied themselves with zeal and
energy from the very beginning The
personal worth and the high standing
in the community of these labOrers in
the field of patriotism and of Conse-
Quent good citizenship needs no other
attestation than the perpsal of the So
Cicty's membership roll.
That accumulating and spending
money, social distinction. political Of
flee, literary ambition and devotion to
the fine arts cannot keep apart the
component elements of this city's pop
ulation when IL becomes a question
OF uniting for the furtherance OF Bos-
tons highest interests and the per
petuation of her honestly acquired
and worldwide glory, all this is prov
ed to a demonstration in the existence
OF the Bostonian society.
The whole body of the people has
set the seal OF its approval on the
purposes and objects for which the
Bostonian society stands Fully rec
ognizing and heartily approving these
high aims, the city government has
placed in the care and keeping OF
the association building with whose
history are connected nearly all the
great public acts performed in the
province and state of Massachusetts,
during the past 200 years, or, more
exactly, since l7l3 when the building
was erected.
This municipal gift-for gift il is.
the society paying only nominal rent
10 cover the law might well be called
'princely." If there were not two 9TH
er Words more fitting and forcible TO
HpGsrihn ha ~ Ia,
namely. patriotic" and popular
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-12-14

One Of the interesting features in
equine circles is the recent sale Of the
Moore stud, thirty-One in number. 1t
is the first time SO large a number Of
Chicago horses was sold here at once
and il is a striking nowledgement
of the superiority Of the New York
horse market, the prices (s400 to
$1,000 being very satisfactory. An
other noted sale included twenty-five
saddle horses which ranged from $500
to Sl70O. and this shows the increase
in eQuestrianship The advanced
prosperity Of Mexico brings horse
buyers from that city, whittier batch
OF eighteen trotters was ordered by
recent purchase. Durland's riding
school seems more active than ever,
and the opening ride Of the season
drew an unusual number OF the best
society-a very attractive feature be-
ing the horse gymnastics" a series
of feats rarely equaled. The equine
taste, indeed, of this city seems in
creasing more rapidly than ever, and
this leads to demand for an en-
largement OF the bride path in Cen
tral park
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-12-14

remove the toll altogether. The iun-
profitable investments.
When the doors OF the new state
Free Employment Bureau on kneelahd
street closed after its first days bust
ness and the tired clerks put away
the records that had assumed proper
tions beyond anything even the most
enthusiastic advocates OF the institu-
tion had anticipated. IT was estimtaed
that fully a thousand men and women.
skilled and unskille,i, and enrolled
their names as seekers for work.
All day hong, in double lines. they
crowded the commodious quarters OF
the bureau. coming from all classes,
all types, all circumstances Of life. The
even, was almost a revelation. for.
barring times Of strike. so large An
army Of ths upemp ployed has not been
brought together In Boston since the
hard times OF 1893 and 1884
More than 800 men and women stood
in line for hours in the snow before
the opening time, 9 O'Clock, and by Is
minutes past that hour 40 great was
the crowd that uperinteDdent Walter
Sears was forced 10 send out hurry
call for the police, and II required the
efforts OF seven officers all through
the forenoon 10 keep the seekers for
work ia order and TO straighten out
the lines
The day was more or less marked
by pitiful incidents. One elderly man
had been given an application for a
certain warrant clock repairers position
bat did not Immediately leave the
building after receiving II. He was
waiting for something. Finally a wo-
man hastened from the women's de
partmCnt and Joined him smilingly.
I've got a chance 10 be a cook, jim"
she said, and if they every try me. I
guess III stay. for you know | can
cook, don't you, JIM
That's what | do, Mary" said Jim
when there's anything to cook.
And I've got an application for posi-
tion at my old trade" So. smiling
with a radiance that seemed TO light
up the dull day, they FASTENED off to-
ward Washington street.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-12-14

New South Wales is just two and
half times the size Of the British
Isles. Queensland Is equal TO three
times the German empire and Belgium
put together