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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-10
NEW ENTERPRISE.
Enporia Now{IHas Insurance
COMPANY.
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Especial 10 The Times Dispatch.1
EMPORIA, VA, February Com
sistent with her generous progress.
Empcria capitalists have organized an
insurance company. which Is incorpo-
rated under the name OF The American
Life and Indemnity Association, with
its home office here.
Some Of the most influential men OF
this section are at the head OF the
institution. and It's financial backing
Is unquestioncd. All manner OF in-t
surance vii, DO Issued by this COM
Iany. and It viii work upon basis
CT the American per cent. legal re-
serve. which many OF the old line COM
panies now are adopting This plan
OF writing insurance makes the polcy-
holders absolutely safe In every re-
spect.
The American Life and Indemnity
Association starts of under the most
brilliant auspices, and something like
me hundred thousand dollarS' worth of
insurance has already been applied for
by men within this, Immediate vicin-
ity.
The following list Of officers complete
the organizations: Judge w. Samuel
GOODWIN. president: Hon. G. l. Vim
cent, first vice-president; w. r. Cato,
second vice-prcsident; Hon. ". NJ.
Powell, attorney; Lucien Lotion, NJ d.,
medical director: W. r. Tillar treas
urer; A. NJ. Potter, secretary; j. D.
lawrence, S. s. Northington. supreme
, organizer: ]. T. Davis. NJ. D., assistant
medical director.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-10
BRITISH SQUADRON COMING
TO JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION
Navy 70 Be Represents
cd by Giant Sea-Fightcrs, In
Guiding the Drcadnought.
ADD 70 NAVAL SPECTACLE
Some Of the Finest Ships in the,
British Service Among Those
to Be Seen.

HY A. $. lSELTON.
+ NORFOLK, VA. February o.-By tho
late decision OF the British Admiralty.
the First Division OF the Armorcd Crul-
be detailed to participate in the grand
naval pageantry TO be held In lInmp-
ton Roads during the period of tho
Jamestown Terccntcnninl Exposition
Tho fleet Is to be commanded by Rear
Admiral George Neville, and Will con-
sist OF tho cruisers Hampshire, Antrim.
Good Hope, Roxburgh, Argyle and De-
vonshire.
In addition to this representation.
England Will send the Dreadnought.
the lurgest wnrship in the world. and
the latest acquisition Of the British
Navy, to the naval display. Tho ia
nous sen-fighter Is now on her way
to the West Indies where she will be
seen by Admiral EvanB's fleet, which
Is carrying on winter nnnoeuvrcs in
those waters. She Will remain in those
waters until the end OF the winter, ar
rivlng In Hampton Roads during the
early part of the Exposition, remaining
there until the English fleet is ready.
to return home.
The Dreadnought, which was only a
| short time ago put into commission, ls
of $4,000 tons displacement, and has
an nrmormcnt Of ten 12-inch guns. or
nearly three times the gun strength
| ~ sby oSHSi OAtttcpIlp dllCul. toIlc ILLS
a speed OF more than 81 knots and can
therefore ovcrtnke practically any
combination she can fight, or run away
| from any she cannot.
| The cruisers Devonshire. Hampshire,
| Antrim, Roxburgh and Argyle, all OF
the same class We're put into commits
!, sion in 1906. They have displace-
ment OF 1880 tons each. and COM
plement OF $50 Officers and men. The
horse power OF each is $1,000. with a
speed Of q knots and m armament
OF four Z 1-2-inch, SIX 6-incf. two 12-
Founders, twenty-five 3-pounders and
two Maxim guns.
| The Good Hope is OF an earlier model,
having gone into tcommisson in 1901.
| She has a displacement OF $4,000 tons
and is 500 feet in length with com
plcment OF 800 officers and men. These
vessels, together with tho fleets OF
the other representative nations of the
world. and the battlesh!ps OF the U. S.
Navy, will make display unequallcd
In the history OF this country.
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About PEOPLE.

King Edward draws more.reven in in
tcrest on American securities than George
III ever extracted from the American colo
MES. King Edwards holdings In the United
states are typical Investments here OF
thousands Of British capitalists and the
American factories are only partial list
OF similar establishments built by capt.
tai aud missionaries sent from the United
States.
1t appears from the daily papers that
n vote has been taken In Germany on
the twelve greatest Germans now living.
DR.. Robert Koch. Professor Ernst Haeckel.
Professor Konrad Rontgen and Professor
Ernst Won BehrnS occupy. respectively. tho
third, fourth, NTH and eleventh positions
In this list.
James ]. H. Gregory. of Marblehead.
Mass. Is q rival OF Andrew Carnegie in
the giving away Of libraries. He has been
doing this for years. His Libraries are
smaller than Carnegie's gifts. and are given
to small communities. to ministers and edu-
Gators who cannot afford to purchase them.
DR.. William Bullock Clark professor OF
geology In the Johns Hopkins University
and head OK tho Maryland State Geologi-
cal Survey, 10 being considered as a likely,
successor to Charles D. Walcott, who re-
signed from tho Geological survey Of the
United States a few days ago to accept the
presidency Of the Smithsonian institution.
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Council reveals pretty clearly the reason
why tie southern system does not pay
expenses, These reports show that the
cost OF laying. double track road by
the municipality WAS 100000 Il mile.
This was n little more than the London
workingmen would stand.
Since the November elections there has
been some inquiry about what price the
city could get If it We're to conclude to
sell the street railways to private COM
panies. This inquiry has been made by
the Conservatives II Is bringing to light
some startling facts about the conditions
of. the power-houses and the shops, the
rolling stock, and other partseof the NIL
nlcipal street railway system.
In order to make a showing OF profit
on paper, the Progressives have per-
mitted the property to depreciate until q
great deal OF the machinery Is worthless.
The entire system needs overhaulinE.
but q bond issue Of at least $S,00O,000
Will be necessary 10 raise the money,
The sum set aside for renewals has not
been equal to ono-tenth of the actual
depreciation Of the property,
one. firm Of actuarics has estimated
that the city could not sell the street
railways for $i0,oOO00o less than she
paid for them In TACT, there IS a grow-
Ing suspicion here that the life Of the
electric street railway is doomed. Within
the two-mile district moro than 100
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-10

Ky one. The first was a man of forty
who had learned to read in order to
read the Bible, Il common experience
among the Korean converts The next
was a boy OF twelve, son of Christian
parents. Then came a young man Of
twenty eight then an old man. a
bright boy of twelve, with his nair
up In p-knot, In token of being "a
man." had been married n year to
girl of fifteen, also believer. AL
though married, these children reside
with their own parents; the missionary
Instructed them to do so until they
| fixed by the church. which is sixteen
years for Il girl and eighteen for q
man. Many such practical problems
!, as these arise among q people fresh
| lion rank hcathenism
! After watching the examinations for
several hours, and having tho questions
translated to me. must say that tho
fitness Of the candidates for church
membership is very rigidly guarded,
Tho examination is much more rigid
| than II person has to underSoin order
| to become a member OF church In
| America, told the missionary that
| I would not risk 1t myself; he re-
cures almost a Theological education
| on the part or tho converts, This
| strictness Is necessary, however,, to keep
he people from Joining the church
from n-Christiun motives 1t would
| be easy otherwise to turn Christianity
/ to political uses In lSoren. l was
| pleased to note that the strlctness OF
the examination was abated In the
case of SOME ignorant peasant women.
| One had been believer nine years.
and the lenders testified TO her ptety;
so although she could not read nor
answer many OF the questions, she was
taken into the church.
| All day long the missionary worked
over these examinations, and at nye
clock he had only got through twen-
/ t"rslX persons; the others would. have
to-walt until his next visit. Fourteen
Ct the candidates We're passed for hap
tIsm and eleven retained In the cate
chumen class tor a while longer Just
/ before dusk u leader went but and
blew a whistle to summon the village
to church, and tho people laid aside
lleir labors and assembled for2the bap-
tismal service. This WAS simple brief
pnd impressive, think / shall remem-
Der the sight OF the procession OF
white-robed villagers With Bibles and
hymn books under their arms, films
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In its character by Christianity. Here
crowded churcf-erected, of course. ike
all others, by the Koreans own money
and handiwork-awaited the missionary.
After another night In room similar
to the one In which we had slept the
night before, the missionary started In
again on similar grist Of candidates
for baptism putting through twenty, less
than half the waiting list, before start
ing on n half days journey to the next
village, where the same proceedings We're
duplicated.
AS We went on our way from each
village some of the elders would ac-
company us. as the Ephesian elders ac-
companied tho Apostle Paul. The custom
Is an Oriental one, us Is also the con-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-10
: | SANITY repcated salutatlon Of Ponce!

i.
stanly repeated salutation OF Peace!
Pcace!'
Summing UP the whole trip, three facts
especially impressed inc. First, the re-
captivity OF the Koreans toward Chris
tianity, In eagerntss and sincerity; second,
tic tlloroughness of the work Of tho
missionary. and the vigilance with which
church membership is guarded; third,
the remarkable fact that the missionary
has no time to 20 after people or do any
pioneer evnngelistic work; tho church. Is
propagating itself. Here, in two decades
has been created native church that
is wholly self-supportinG and self-ex-
tending. have no doubt that II the
present missionary force in Korea were
duadrupled or sextupled at ortco prac-
ticnlly the whole nation would become
Christian in less than a score Of years.
copyright, 1907 by Joseph b. Bowles.)
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Reformation and Religion.

An hours walk In the twilight and
darkness brought us to the next settle
ment where the experience of the pre-
yious day was repeated. out ofEscventy
families Twenty-Five are believers, and
the village, which Is situated along the
river and had long been notorious for
It's gambling, drinking and general
"toughness," had been entirely altered
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-10
own the hill from tho church Mt sun

down the hill from tho church Mt sun
set.
When we FASTENED away from tho VII
lage, the people gathered with many good
wishes. The simplicity, Observation-Disclosures
ana AFFECTION OF these child-like Christians
is really affecting. Because j was with
Mr. Hall they considered mo missions
ary-in-law, suppose, and they sent me
OF with such demonstrations OF interest
and such repeated bcnedictions as do
not often fill to the lot of journalist
1t was a new scnsations I really liked
1t so, that when on the day following, a
boy carrying on his back two tlftcen-foot
tImbers OF telegraph pole thickness Ia
Korean coolie will carry four times his
weight and six times his bullo stopped
me with beamng face and squeezed my
arm, L took 1t for granted that he had
seen me at church, and responded with
the salutntion OF 'Peace," which ! had
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-10
INTERESTING TOUR
THROUGH VILLAGES OF
UNCHANGED ORIENT
Continued from Third Page,)

lI-7Tt (Ls0ntlnUeU TON 7INITu IdSc,J
ply the Bible; and the missionaries are
unable to meet the demand for the
teaching of 1t.
EARLY the next morning, after night
which in the interest OF delicacy5 would
better be passed over without comment,
the missionary began the work of ex-
amining the forty applicants for bap-
tism. The three leaders of the local
church, and a visiting elder from Seoul,
sat on the floor of our sleeping room,
and the candidates were brought in one
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-10
EUROPE's BIGGEST.
Largest Europen Locomotive on
" French Northern Railway.

20 ---- -----
The French Northern Railway Com
pany has just built an engine for
which it Is claimed that 1t Is the most
powerful In Europe for heavy goods
traction. 1t has sixteen wheels and is
capable OF drawing train weighing
a thousand tons. The mechanism Is
described as consisting In reality OF
two. engines in juxtaposition upon u
.jointcd bogie. There is. however, only
one Immense boiler, with single fur
mace. In other words. the engine Is
single by its exploratory gear and
double by It's mechanism. The total
length is nearly seventeen metres, and
it, weight about los tons. 1t is of the
'.l.oicl-tender' type, and carries Ave
tons of coal and 1880 Htres OF
water.-London Globe.
The Greenville times., 1907-05-18

negro should be kept IN helpless ig-
norance
Do not misunderstood me, | do
not mean to minimize, nor could |
exaggerate, the gravity of the negro
problem, nor am | laboring under
the nisconception that | am offer
ing solution to it. There is no
quack nostrum to be used IN solving
the negro problem There is no
.get-well-quick' remedy. 1t can
and will be worked out, but it will
be through time, it may be through
generations. It must be worked out
with inhnite patience. with absolute
honesty and fair dealing, and with
that steadfast courage with which
Southern men have met every dan
ger by which they have been con-
fronted
The Greenville times., 1907-05-18

potentialities of citizenship, whose
children or whose childrens chill
dren, some lay in the future, will
help US bear the burdens--help us
solve the problems, of government.
This the negro can never do. | dc
not ignore the industrial development
which has been going on IN the
South, but 1t has not been through,
or by reason Of. the negro,-it has
been despite him. We have devel
oped just where the white man has
done the work, and just i'll proper
ton 10 the work done by him. The
South must not be dependent for its
prosperity upon the negro There
IS not enough of him, and what there
IS is not good enough
But, brethren of the bar, there is
d reason which demands that the ne
gro should be educated sufficiently
to know whether he is be-
/ ing honestly or dishonesty
dealt with, a reason that appeals to
Z
! the negro, or even the material pros
perity Of our country. It IS not a
reason that natters our self esteem
II IS a reason that might not be dis
crssed by one hampered with politi-
cal ASPIRATIONS not by a
! politician wont to tickle the ready
vanity OF the people by the lauda
ton @ their many people; but no
abuse can be corrected, no danger
avoided, unless its existence is first
recognized | assert that the educa-
ton q the negro to the extent indi-
! Gated, IS necessary for the prese1va
| tion OF the character and moral in
,egrsty Of the white men of the
South. Daily. in recognition OF the
| weakness OF human nature, the
/ prayer goes Up from millions to a
higher power, Deliver lis sron, tenn
| ptatICn-temptatio which cenrct
iace and overcome, | pray Thee
~ deliver me 6 IN > There is no
greater temp ion known t. man
than the hourly, daily. yearly. al
ing with an ignoant, tusting people.
! T here has been no race known to
! history that could withstand this in
siduous, deadly attack. 1t has sap
ped and undermined it is sapping and
undermining, and it will sap, and un-
dermine, and destroy, the character
and integrity Of our people, your in
| tegrity, my integrity, the integrity
OF your children and the integrity of
my children
| plead with you for the preserva-
ton Of the manhood of the South its
high ideals, its lofty character The
| money improperly taken because of
i his helplessness from the negro. it
IS true, leaves him little poorer. but
Ii infinitely degrades him who takes
| II. There are no two brands of hon.
esty. You cannot be dishonest in
dealing with the negro aind remain
honest in Your dealings with other
men. The wrongful appropriation of
one dollar blunts the moral percep-
ton of him who takes it, blurs in his
mind the dividing line between what
is right, and what is wrong. and
make him worse citizen, less capa-
bic Of discharging his duties to his
country.
So, justice. self interest. the duty
which we owe to ourselves. and
those who follow us, all demand that
We should moi permit to go un-
challenged. should rot acquise in,
the viciously erroneous idea that thc
The Greenville times., 1907-05-18

the South; and more than eighty per
cent of them can read and write
The most desirable class OF negro
farmers in the Yazoo Delta are those
who arc able as it is expressed, to
furnish themselves" that is. those
who can procure from factors, or
commission merchants, supplies for
the year instead of the planter be-
ing forced himself to supply them
They are the negroes who either own
small tracts of land or, if they arc
renters, who have accumulated stock.
farming implements, and other per-
sonal property. In a small way, they
can be called the pecuniary successes
of their race. More than ninety per
cent of this class can read and write
But. be this "a ii may, you cannot
send these men out 10 fight the bat
tie OF life. helplessly ignorant. In
slavery. he was the slave of one, and
around him was thrown the protect
ing care Of the master In freedom
you cannot, through the helplessncss
Of ignorance, make him the slave OF
every white man with no masters
protection to shield him.
The negro must be educated to
the extent necessary to enable him
to know whether he is being right
fully or wrongfrlly treated Any
other idea is monstrous and intol-
erabIe, because of its harshness and
cruelty But not as a matter of just
cssary. but because the industrial
Developments of the South demand It
One OF the common results OF edu-
cation IS that the negro wishes to
seperate himself from the ignorant
mass Of his own race. and to go
where he can be Judged of as man
on his individual merits; and when
he goes he takes just that much OF
the race problem with him. and
leaves the problem for us just that
infinitely small step nearer to sclu-
ton.
To drive the ce2ro in a mass from
the South would mean industrial rev
oiution; to rest the developement Of
the South upon the negro alone
means industrial paralysis. Missis-
sippi could be caricatured as standing
with both heels firmly planted en- the
earth and with both hands firmly
clasping the coat-tail of the fleeing
negro. in one breath upbraiding him
for his worthlessness and inefficien-
oy. and in the other vowing that 10
other laborer should be allowed TO
replace him Almost before the last
siave-ship brought from the Dark
Continent its load of negroes to
create for the South the most insol-
uble problem that ever confronted
civilization. other ships were coming
10 the shores of America, LOADED
down with emigrasts who desire an
opportunity of working out their 'fu-
ture in an unknown. unexplored al
most waste West In the years that
have passed. they have built up there
d magnificent commonwealth, rich
in Drawn. rich in intelligence, rich
in the ability to discharge the duties
OF American citizenship: while we of
the South are seebly reaching, with
.slame hands" for higher things
Don't drive the negro out, but edu
cate him. equip him. and let him go
AZ he will, l,taking his troubles to other
climes. filling his place with the best
you can gel, but fllihg
Il. Uikh white men. possessing The
The Greenville times., 1907-05-18
OUR COUNTRY"
The Subject of Hon. Leroy Percy's
Toast at the Mississippi Bar As
/, sociation Banquet at Vicksburg
Last Weeb.

MI President AMI Brethren of the
Bar
The hour is so late, the subject as
Signed me, "Our Country" so great.
and the speaker so inefficient, that,
with your permission, | will localize
specialize the matter for at least
that man is a lover of his country,
and true patriot, who humbly
strives to do his duty, and to dis
charge the obligations of citizenship
n that locality to which Fate may
have assigned him.
There is a subject ON which
would like to say something to you,
representing, as you do, the highest
and most thoughtful citizenship of
Mississippi An erroneous statement,
oft repeated by those high in place,
# permitted for long TO go uncon-
eradicted, soon passes current as an
automatic truth, moulds and shapes
sentiment, crystalizes into bad leg
isiagion, and finds its ultimate ex-
preston in governmental blunders.
SuSh an erroneous statement has
come much INTO vogue III the South
and especially in Mississippi, in re-
gard to the negro and his education
The statement Is daily heard that ed
ucation ruins Tie negro as a laborer
and that we should not be burdened
with educating him. | want to enter
my protest against both assertions
I deny that education impares the
1sefutness of Tie negro; | deny the
assertion that the South should not
educate him.
1t is idle to talk about stopping the
education of the negro; it IS kick
voluntary retrogresson in civiliza-
non Y on might as we'll try to stop
the rising tide OF the ocean, or to
5ttrn back the hands Of time If we
FOR his education, on the theory that
il is better to keep him in ignorance
a theme would lie furnished by which
millions would be obtained from
either sections OF the country for his
education The money would come
from remote sections of the country
and the instruction would be given
by those hostile and alien to our
wants. our needs and our problems
and a part of that education would
be hostile to aad hatred of us.
No. this little education must be
given by the Southern people, and
sirough the instrumentalities which
they provide We taught him what
he knew in slavery. we must teach
fh;sr, what he should know in freedom
ri NE could stop his education, we
should not do SO. | deny as an ae-
adernic question, that the negro's S
usefulness is inspired by education.
/ deny that any man is rendered
worse BY having his intelligence
au1ekened, his mental horizon wid-
xned. I deny from observation and
actual experience that rudime ntary
education makes a negro q more IN
effic;crt farmer own a place IN
Washington county entirely tenant
ed 81 negroes, do not believe that
s n1t3ye desir alple 81 81 neere tenants
1 pesi 81 n6ope 81
The Greenville times., 1907-05-18
A Significant Prayer

MAY the Lord help you make
BuckIen's Arnica Salve known to
all" writes J. 6. jenkins, of Chapel
Hill, N. c. It quickly took the pair
out of my felon for me and cured il
in a wonderfully short time Best
on earth for sores, burns and
wounds. 25c. at ali drug stores
The Greenville times., 1907-05-18

Do You Suffer From Kidney
Troubles?
We guarantee one bottle of Smiths
Sure Kidney Cure to benefit or cure,
or your druggist will refund your
money. so cents by all druggists.
t-Scp.
The Greenville times., 1907-05-18
WANTED

Cows to pasture. have rented a
large pasture one mile North of the
city, and want all kinds of stock to
pasture on it. If You have = milk
COW to pasture, call me at phone 76z
I will take her out each orning
and bring her back in the afternoon.
Prices reasonable CHAS. REED,
Pasture. Campbell place
The Greenville times., 1907-05-18

It ii false economy to buy cheap
special aeless DRS p K0RNBLIIM s