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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
The Galveston Plan

The Economic Club OF Boston recentlv
hold d special meeting TO hear discus
sion or the Galveston plan OF NUM-
cipal government and it NAV hs OH
served in passing that the Hub should
10 willing TO receive instruction from
"a Southern city which in tho wear
1900 was destroyed by cyclona and
food. and has been rebuilt sioce
tn"t time. The principal speakers os
tAe occasion we're Mr. George Kibha
Turner of New York. author OF q re-
cent magazine article on government t.,.
commission. and AIR. James N Hold
former Mayor of Nashville. Mr T,,rner
iIeiaced Ais remarks by expressing fh.
opinion that the TWO great peeds az
American city governments we're 81 s,-e..+
81 stem OF taxation. which would mako
every voter pay over directly 10 tna
city the sum which Doe now PAYS indirect.
lF through rent and q form OF admins
trauon simple enough Tor al. cftIl.,
CD know just how that money is sn.nt
nni what he gets FOR &C. lat present,
said .e. tho average voter does nor
f realize that he has any direct interest
i' me city government. and he cannot
".o" any ding about st II ho wants 10 .
running i' sac Galveston plan. he saif
'.'t - was tle result OF an evolution
AFTER ue city was destroyed. LEADING
c.u1'ns decided that they must have
d. r.i r.is government and three law
s'.7 e'e" rp rho commission plan.
ni5 commission consists OF .v. MOI, D.,
Apiained SIT Turner. zone. the Afayor
manager ~ the city. TIE
ot''f Your Hre each 80 enc head az o,.
department These der.arroent.
io.4o"-' FIRST finance ana revenne.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
CAROLINE VETERANS
TO OBSERVE THE DAY
Arrangements Being Made for
Celebration Next Saturday.
Monument Paid For.
Special 90 The Times nispat-r
R0MILNn nEEEN - -


BOWLING GREEN, Va, January IL
Caroline Camp OF Confederate Veterans
held meeting here to-day. and ai-
though not very large crowd was pres
ent. IL was a representative gathering.
Commander c. T. Smith called the meet
ing 10 order. which Ras opened wish
prayer by Rev. j. r. Bnnngsby. The
same officers were elected for the en-
suing year.
Il. j.. COghiu. treasurer OF the monu-
ment fund. reported the monument which
Was recently erected hcre paid for in
fun. and the fence which had been
ordered. as being here and would b.
placed in position this week. lie also
reported that the money Nas ia hand
20 pay for the fence. and also the nity
dollars, which was appropriated at a
former meeting Tor monument to the
women 81 the Confeccracy. would b.
paid 20 the proper authorities when de-
uanded.
IL was decided by the camp % oele-
hrate the one Auudredta anult erssIy 90
General T. J.. Lees birthday here o1
next Saturday. the 18th. The Caroline
Chapter and the Bowling Green Chapter
81 Daughters OF the Confeder4cy Rli
unite with the camp In the celebration.
NIr a. 3. Chandler. Jr.. % Richmond.
will deliver the address In The morning
i'm the courthouse, after which dinner
Will be served AT the Lawn Hotel. which
viii be charged for, but any veteran who
may be here and not able 10 get his
dinner he will Doe the guest OF the camp
in the evening there VIII bee short
speeches by the veterans. who Will give
some personal experiences OF the war.
A committee, consisting Of Judge = G..
Afoncure, Rev. ]. +. Billingsly and Rev.
Andrew Broaddus. was appointed TO con-
fer with the chapters. and add other
attractions 10 the day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
Iashing the Waves.

We are Interested 70 note that the Nor
folk Virgiuian- Pilot takes the same view
as The Tnmes-Dispatch has expressed
with regard TO the verdict OF the jury in
the ncorice trust cases.
How long Is this sort OF farce In deal
Ing with corporate violators Of law 20
continue asks our contemporary "A
corporation is a wholly fictitious per
son. and as such can do nothing either
ia violation Of or IN conformity TO the
law. They can no more combine and
monopolize than they can Conspire. To
say that they can do either is 70 argue
an absolute and utter absurdity. The
acts of "A corporation are the acts of its
officers and directors. II those acts are
in conformity with the law II IS because
tho individuals who direct and manage
the affairs Of the corporation have elected
TO so operate the company: II they a.c
in violation OF the law those same indi-
viduals are solely and equally RESPONSE
bic. To attempt 10 punish corporation
as such neither acts as n detriment of
future violations Of the law nor does il
help the cause OF reform. Being law
made. inanimate and soulless. a corpora
ton cannot be imprisoned. 1t can only
he punished by ane or dissolution. 70
experience teaches anything. Il clearly
ana conctusiveiy teaches that the impo-
sition OF a fine upon gigantic corpora
ton is absolutely without deterrent ef-
feet. What does such q corporation care
for fine whom the violation Of the law
Cor which IL IS imposed nets a sum ten
or hundred times as large as the
amount OF the penaity9 SUCH punishment
is an incentive to lawlessness rather than
"a deterrent
That Is a very strong presentation OF
the case. Filming the rich corporations as
a mode OF punishment IS about as alb
surd. certainly as Intellectual as the act
OF tho mad tS-rant IN ordering the
stormy sea 10 he leshed for destroying
his boats The Timas- Dispatch has never
opposed corporations. for they arc both
useful and necessary. But we are or
posed % an forms Of lawlessness. and
We insist that corporations be made to
obey tho law. The only way 70 restrain
and regulate them Is 70 restrain and reg
ulate the individuals who are responsible
for their conduct The courts must hold
every law-breaker TO personal account
and punish him as an individual for his
crime. whether the breach be committed
IN his personal or corporate" capacity.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
The V. P. I. Presidency.

Editor 81 The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.-The matter OF election Of the
president Of the Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute viii soon be In order. and 1t may
not be anss to express the hope that the
selection may be made with great care.
The State is spending a large amount
in this Institution. and &c occupies a very
important place in its system for the
higher education Of our boys. It's posi-
ton is unique in that it represents the
effort Of the state TO give technical train
ing along practical Hines. The South is
very far behind in this respect. and
nothing Is more needed than efficient
training that viii enable Southern boys
70 take the lead in the great Industrial
development that is now just beginning
70 take place. This but emphasizes the
Importance OF getting the highest order
OF talent at tho head OF this institution
The president should ba a man OF fine
executive ability. hut the mere man OF
affairs IS not all that Is required. He
should be a man Of broad grasp and
wide vision. who could give the institu-
ton standing and prestige in the educa-
tional world. and make IL q potent force
in the direction Of thought on questions
involving the realization Of the POSSIBLE
ties OF the new South.
A. +. THOMAS.
Lynchburg. Va
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
Lynchburg Challenges Richmond

The LyuchbUrg News, whose editor IS
"a Richmond man. takes q friendly interest
in the movement Of this city to raise
s-ooooo TO erect "a new Y. NJ c.. A. build
ins. and expresses the hope that the
proposition will carry.
This gives emphasis to the statement
made in our Sunday issue. that the ewes
81 the state are upon Richmond. and
everybody IS watching to sec whether or
not there is enough Of public spirit and
generosity in the Capital CITY TO nl,t
through a movement OF this character
with good Will. ana as II 10 inspire us
and 10 piQue our pride. the News reminds
AS that the new Y. NJ G.. A. building in
Lynchburg has about reached compls-
tlon, that 1t is a handsome building Of
I'VE stories. with broad frontage and
running back more than hair a SQUARE.
that when completed it will have all the
up-to-date facilities of such an inetitu-
ton. from swimming pool In the basement
TO tennis garden on roof. This building
our contemporary informs US. will cost
about $4,000 and the money was raised
in Lynchours. with the exception OF "A
few hundred dollars.
$50. wlle inviting no invfdions cor,-
paTlson.' concludes the News. III seems
ln order 20 orer "a word Of encourage
ment 10 the Richmond $4,000 project IN
view Of the fact that a Virginia citv
having only one-fourth. or az least one
tnird the population OF Richmond. has
accomplished the magnificent achieve
ment which stands 20 Lynchburg's credit
In this Instance
The population OF Richmond Is nearly
FIVE times as great as the population OF
Lynohburg. and our wealth greater I'm
proportion II Lynch burg Is able 10
raise 400 900 Tor a y. NJ - A. building.
Richmond is far more than able to raise
$4,000 for the same purpose.
Richmond is now very much in the
public eye.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
Virginia Justice

The Bnching statistics recently nuh-
Ashed IN these columns make a very
favorable exhibit FOR Nirciuia Ind,
during The past several years l,pc.,...
IN Virginia have been exceedingly, ra~.
'snd the fact Is due primarily 20 the con-
s@lVatlsm OF our people. and otAero,isa
20 the efficiency of our court svs,er,
"A notable illustration is Furnished ,r.-.
tie town of Earmviue. Not Ior- 400
q brutal murder was committed q, r,-,,...
EDWARD county. An as,ed postroas+a-
was slain and lis remains cons.r,.., 81,
the building. which was ared bv d..
'snur1erera after their bloody work had
fpeen done There was no Clue exr.p+
tracks 10 and fro. but it was sufficient
10 run down the rurdereis and brine,
-tAen 20 justice. 1t turned out thar
'tney were two negroes. one OF ,,h,r, .,,s
iGrTestod il euotrer state. A third -a,--o
was slspe tel and arrested The r,,o
negroes t-rst arrested a.aa. a partial com
1ession, ard Implicated tho tairl. They
were al brought 20 ul4I before judge
Hundicys COURT. and t.sl of t..., ,,.,rs
convicted on their own confession. Tina
third, however. protested .i. ..,....,...,
ard told such "a strale--f.r.r. s.o-,.
that Judge Hnley. at tn. states ar.
pense. sent detectives o. West lI-.+.fs
where rho negro was arrested 90 ,s.o~-
tain 50 h.s testimony was t
aAbi for tals negro was established ,.l
he was discharged. Tie other r -....
lnaly confessed mat he had nrt.ir... %,
90 with tie murder. and that they a..no
we're responsible Thor trial was brief
their guilt established by their own t.e-
umony, and they were condemned Co. be
hung.
One Of these negroes was srr+ 20
LyDchburg for safe-keerirr but broke
Sail, and was again run down and cam
tured in the State OF North Carolina.
eI-ne county authorities ana tao def-c-
uves are % be commended for thelr ollie
gence IN ferretng out tho crimo unon
clues 90 slender. and bringing tho muir
nerera into court Judge Hundlcv IS 10
- commended for tie manner IN which
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
LEE CELEBRATION.
Buchanan VIII Observe Next
SATURDAY..

Especial 70 The Times Idspstch}
BUCHANAN. VA. January l4-'fhe an
niversary OF General r. +. Lees one
hundredth birthday viii be celebrated IN
Town Hall on January 18Th. Rev H. &
Lynch will conduct the services
The p. @. b. Camp will meet at that
time to elect officers for the ensuing year
The public school Will also celebrate this
occasion on Friday with appropriate re-
citations, songs and sketches on the lie
of Lee
Miss Bertha Pechin. who has been very
m I'm a hospital In Philadelphia, IS now
reported much better.
Mrs e G. Pechin returned from Phil
adelphia Thursday.
Mrs T. w. Steger. OF Roanoke, was w
Buchanan several days last week ar
ranging 10 remodel the old Valentine
property recently purchased by her.
Or. shubert. Of the Norfolk and West
ern Railroad. was in town recently in
the interest Of the jamestown Exposition.
The Business Mons Association Of this
place have. at recent meeting, aD-
pointed committees 20 arrange for suit
able display Of Botetourt products.
Mr.. 0. c. HUFFMAN has returned from a
business trfp through Tennessee.
Mr.. A q. Preston. of Amsterdam. Wis
tied the family OF Mr.. w. r. Beale here
last week
Mrs. Harry A. Latane has returned
from a visit 20 Woodstock.
Mrs. William r. Beale. who has been
confined to her home for several weeks
by sickness. IS able TO be out again.
Rev. r. c. Lynch is visiting friends in
Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
ORDAINED DEACON
WITH CEN. JACKSON
John Woods Barclay, Whoss
Funeral Occurred Saturday,
Was Notable Man.

III
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"''''l'7'A ~ 7'--'.'.- -'r .r'efinent
"-~ mage p" '"a '.'' 'eil-
-''- i'+i' i' "' .t-..iie "tir among
i"r ".rt settlers no t.'. AnI.-he. AAty
came -foN i-ii.-i 'r r'Anit, IN ltia
q r't' sFeit 81 t"Hi ti.-ef. i-I.-L l.tr. .ty,
q. lsra lr Augusta county .1Nd served
-iteel " -4i4-"hl'.l i- i.- fI'H.- aii
iAul"h w at7, ana was N-tn '.rr WHO
.'tolt" Hi-nn'. r. retreat ir'n fprt
i'-l-tr"t- lie "t7 900 Aus lsi- county
r-uirnan ana WAS hIliri ID i.e Indians
His son. Hush Barclay. --r-co 'n Cedar
't"ek near NatuiAl Hras'-. BOO hpri1ss
county, ANA h4a s'r. t-..-~ Barclay. Was
captain % 81 company iu tle Eetpil-
iDnary War. and o-el. L'.t-lr- tnr.e
young sons Al .Aanls- lU..lorl. itu-4
and E.hu- They We're reaUeI near i.eA-
inrton 10y their aunt, Mrs james Moore.
oue ~ these. Hugh. was ttc fstter ~
John w.. and was yromlner.f ln tue affairs
az Lexington ANA Hockbra
SKIS wife yyas Miss Mary WOODS of Ncl-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
Rhymes $OT To-Day
Bear Justice.


HE Presidents "A party who
Is SO extremely famous,
We all feel free 10 knock ar him
Without doubt 20 shame us;
To wag the L. S. President
Well. really, who could blame US?
The cartoon and the paragraph.
With irony ecsiQuc,
Respect no gentleman that lives;
For this IS axiomatic.
TO josh the country truly great
Is highly democratic.
And hence we gibe the bold front tooth,
The glasses. eye-ignitcd;
The big stick and the long write-arrn,
The kindly shout. "Deehshted!'
We teer the liars he has called
The eX-friends he has sighted.
Though whateer he may say or do
We criticize and trim IL.
Yet all these liberties we take
Are merely proving him It
But now, upon my SOUL / think
We've really passed the limit
For they have hlched his praenomen-
And let the bruins share f.:
Aye. Teddy" is the hear-faced name
They give 'em-how'd they dare it2
They're in the stores az 10 cents
Oh. how can Teddy bear it2
II. S. H.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


Boston.
al, New York city has ono theatre for every
Nov, Nov York city spends s5si.OOO a year for
library purposes
An Englah windmill az Reigats Heath has
bern turned into a church.
An average Of 3f2 Hebrew Immigrants arrive
ln NeW York city each day.
There ere 20 2l3 automobiles owned vvahfn
mtg miles of New York city Han.
a tax Is now being levied on all railway tick
et5 sold in Japan. varying from ono cent to
hIiy cents. ac9ordng 70 distance.
The BARBADOS pigs are kept as pets bv many
Or TIE natives. who teach them amusing
tricks auo permit them - run all over their
houses.
An Austrian engineer named Fola has In
vented an apparatus which by means OF sudden
suction and pressure dispels the fog In front OF
ships.
The who's who FOR 1907 is such bulky
volume Thar Tho London world says the Quea.
Won nn" does not seem 50 much who's who
o. "n' ru't
After an interval Of S67 years. the Francis
cans have returned 90 oxford. The friars
were driven out Ia the reign Of Henry VIII
Ihe order has opened a training college.
John D. Iacay OF Iowa. one OF tho yetsr-
ans VINO WAS defeated for Congress- this year,
j. the fetlcr 81 the lecey song bird law.
winch protects mo song birds from slaughter
- ,ather hunters
Since tho close Of the last session Of Con-
rr'se. Georgia s. Nixon. % Nevada, has be-
come one az the richest members OF the Senate.
~" was one II mo original boomers OF the
NNpah district. hoving picked up there nu-
.f"u- prospects that have developed into
, ~ se. a.ole repreaents cash valuation o.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
The University of Richmond.

The University Of Richmond is coming.
It may come In a few years; its advent
may be DELAYED for n generation. It de-
ponds on the response which Richmond
makes 60 the proposal. But II Is coming.
Earnest men have seen q vision. and they
have shown the likeness OF Il TO the peo-
PIE. Gall them visionartes and dreamers
IL you viii. but all great inventions. all
great enterprises, all great reforms. were
the fulflnlent OF somebody's vision The
vision came before the creation.
But II requires no great strain OF the
Imagination TO see the University OF Rich
mond The nucleus OF IL IS here. We
have Richmond College and its adjunct.
the Woman's College; we have the Union
Theological Seminary; we have TWO medi-
val colleges in prosperous operation: We
have the Mechanics Institute and * is
possible. at least. that We will have one
81 the State normal schools.
We have the state Library. the Valen-
tine Museum. ana al the advantages
which the seat OF government carries
wiki it. We have the historic association
and an educational atmosphere which
las alreao,' been created for US.
We have the location. 1t is conceded
10y discreet men al the North who have
studied the educational situation In the
South that Richmond IS. par excellence
lle place for great university. They
have studied this oot for themselves.
witoout hiut nom as. ana their con-
cl.sion is deliberate
tAe material already ia hand. as The
Times Dispatch ANA inc ReIsious Herald
suggested months aso. But the plan
wa..A WAS disclosed ly DR. S O. Mitchell
ln tAe citizens meeting yesterday after
noon las "a scope far greater. 1t Is pro
posed % brias other DISTINGUISHED coll
leses here and group them around num-
Der " central BUILDINGS. 10 bo used in
common. ana build zap university which
from the start. VIII rank with the leading
universities OF the land There VIII be no
conflict with tile University ~ virginia
for President Alderman has said rna-
there is no moro conflict between Two
colleges than tuere is between two u.-ht-
houses. and Dr. Alderman was one OF tho
first TO write ana give his cordial com
mcndation.
All that We lack Is the money; but il
Richmond VIII DO her part there Is
promise OF liberal contributions from ,n..
'outside- There i nothing visionary about
Il II is g!an-.that' has already been
approved. not only by leading educators
bur by our leading men OF affairs. 1t is
not question OF ability. but OF willing
suess.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
Cornorate Responsibilitv.

The Corporation Commission has made
public its findings I'm tho Investigation Of
the accident at Lawyers. in which Pres
ident Spencer lost his life. This report
is most important and II It's suggest lions
are Needed and enforced. railroad acct
dents I'm Virginia win be reduced to a
negligible quantity. Personal responsible
ity Is the keynote Of the commissions re-
port. and the enforcement Of laws against
personal negligence is urged as the best
means OF securing that sense of duty
which mas been 50 shocl<insiy iaoking
among railroad employees Of late.
The Corporation Commission brushes
aside as a tiimsy pretext the at
tempt to shift the burden of responsibility
from a grossly negligent individual to an
imDersOnal corporation. Says the commits
sion:
The fun power OF the law viii not
have been reached until its strong hand
has been laid heavily upon the individual.
be he president manager or brakeman.
whose negligence or infdelity 20 trust has
brought death and suffering TO his fell
low man"
mis- ~ exactly what The Times-Dis-
patch has urged in this and similar cases.
So far as a corporation can be punished
or deferred by fine or revoca Gou of license.
the law shoud act, hut in furnishing the
intangible and impersonal corporation the
public conscience and the law alike are
not satisfied. If criminal negligence has
occurred. criminal prosecution should be
pressed, let the offender be who he may
Rs'ilioading is serious business. and those
who undertake 10 guard the lives OF their
follow must bear the burden to the
ilA OF such penalties as the law infiicts
for wilful disregard of known rules. An
awakened public demand for strict en-
iorcement or the law. and an aggressive
Commonwealth's Attorney. will do more
TO prevent railroad accidents than a null
utude of rules that are not observed or
appliances that are not used.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15

second. police and fire. third. streets
and public property. fourth. water works
and sewerage. The body formed by
these i've managers decides an matters
OF city business by n majority vote.
Each Individual commissioner has two
special duties IN his department. He
represents Il IN the meetings OF the
comfaission. and he acts as its nanager.
Ihis does not mean that be Is the super
lhtenoent I'm charge Of its details. He
has superintendent under him. He
himself shapes the large policies Of the
department, and has "a general over
sight of It's affairs. Members OF the
commission all have salaries-Fhe Mayor
so" n year and the commissioners
81 200 each"
Mr. Turner laid special emphasis on
the fact that the Mayor has no veto
and no right 70 interfere with an indi-
vidua commissioner in the management
Of his department Therefore. city work
in the several departments may 40 on
without delay and without any teeter-
ing back and forth between two authori-
ties. II this plan does nothing else 1t
at least gets rid of the ward system
OF choosing the directors Of the citys
affairs. gets rid OF political dckerng.
log-rolling and expensive delays. and
commits the city's interest as a whole
to the several departments of govern
ment. whose operations are carried on
according TO the principles OF business
rather than the devious and doubtful
ways OF politics. If Boston finds it eN-
pedient to investigate and study the
plan. why should not Richmond
turn her attention in the same direc-
tiOn2
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
SOUTHSIDE DOCTORS.
Leading Physicians of Counties
About DanvilIe Meet

u 70 n % 7 ~ IITII T'T"-II|"I II
DANVIIIsE. VA. January 1f-Tha
South Piedmont Medical Society. COM
posed Of the leading physicians of PittsvI-
vania. Charlotte. Campbell and Halifax
counties will convene here tomorrow
evening. Preparations are being mads
for the entertainment OF fifty visiting
doctors Two sessions will be held one
in the afternoon and the other az night
The night session will be followed boy a
smoker and banquet Dr. s. r.. A. Kent.
Of InRrams, Va, is president Of the
society.
j. G. Terry, a machinist. died here to-
day He was forty-three years Of age,
and is survived by his wife and child.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15
TO HAVE EXHIBIT.
Montgomery County Will Be
Well Represented.

TITTTI-TNT ~
CHRISTIANS VA. January H.
The supervisors met here to-day ana de
cided that Montgomery county should
have a creditable exhibit at the James
town Exposition: that the history Of the
county and its industries, resources and
advantages, minerals. manufactures and
agricultural products should be written
up and given out along with the exhibits.
The supervisors agreed TO appropriate go
much money as was necessary. and ap-
pointed a committee OF five from each Of
the four districts, TO meet here on the
a2c to look after the matter