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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-05
RIFLE RANGE FOR VIRGINIA.

No work Of peace will so effectually
prepare people for war as familiarity
with its weapons. America will never
lfave CONSUMPTION in the lifetime of the
present generation. but 1t may have need
of every able bodied citizen to repel
invasion. Without previous experience
in handling the modern high-power
rifles such able bodied citizens will be
mere food for powder and no more. In
appreciation of this, the United States
govertn nent has made special appro-
priation for every State to establish
rife range and furnish rifles and am
munition. The appropriation for Vir-
ginia, according to information re-
ceived by The Times-Dispatch, has been
allowed to remain untouched. Why is
this? Why should our military be de-
prived of the advantage which practice
with modern rifles alone can give? Or
is it merely an oversight? If so, by all
means let it be corrected at once.
Virginia has for two years held the
unenviable position of last in national
shooting competitions. Assuredly this
would not be If our military had the
advantages and opportunities of prac-
| tice on modern rifle range with mod.
ern arms. The United States govern
ment has done it's part. Now let Vir
ginia do the same.
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SYNOPSIS or rnEcEpING CHAPTERS

Lisa Drummond unlovely Aincri-
can, practically declares her love TO
1yor DUMAS. only TO learn that he Is In
love with her half-sIstcr. Diana Forrest.
This knowledge gives Lisa cad attack
Of her heart. and she is placed on n
sofa In II private room. While lying
there In the dark lvur Dundas enters
with the English Foreign Secretary, and
without being seen Lisa rolls behind tho
Eofa and oyerhiar the conversation
The Foreign Sc aetary offers Dundas
mission to Paris to carry an Important
package TO Mademolselle Maxine de Rem
zie, u noted French actress, who is
British political spy AS Dundas once
had Irritation with Maxine II was
supposed that the true object of his
visit would not be guesseu. Dundns
accepts the offer and Lisa ic1oiccs, for
she knows that her hulf-slsLc.s uncle
and aunt. Lord and Lady Mountstuart
are going on the same train as
Dundas to the same hotel In Paris.
After receiving the package for Maxine
and learning that her fihnca Is tho
Nicountc du Laurier. Dundas bids the
Foreign Secretary adieu. Lisa escapes
unseen, but manages b. fore going to
sleep TO extract from Diana the adnis-
sion that Dundas had proposed that
night. Lisa then sows the first seeds
OF distrust BY assuring Diana that
Dundas VIII not Keep his appointment
FOR the morrow.
Acting unaer tho advice of Lisa,
Diana goes to the depot ana meets
Dundas as he is abou, to take the train.
Dundas feels that he cannot explain why
he Is going to Paris, but admits that he
WIN see Maxine. Diana. cut to tho
quick. tells him fatty that IL he sees
Maxine he need never return to her.
The departure OF the train prevents any
further conversation, and Dundas forces
his way into a reserved apartment with
three strangers. He paid little attention
u these men. for his thoughts were with
Diana. ard he wondered II he would
ever be able to explain why he had 80
suddenly deserted her Finally the little
dried-up man with the red eyes spoke
to Dundas timidly and he sat down be-
side him. He then took note of the two
other travellers, one a Jewish sporting
gentleman. and the other Heshy person.
whose face was pitted with smallpox
marks, Til. secret papers We're In
Dundas's pockets. and he did not feel
alarmed until he saw The TWO sporting
men keep slancins at The small man.
who grew nervous, AS the train pulled
UP at the pier Dundas waited behind 10
keep away from the crowd and to watch
his fellow travellers
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-05
Richmond Parks.

Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,EYour editorial in Sundays paper
most timely and TO the point, and It Is
sincerely hoped it will not go UNDECIDED.
The unwise policy seems to prevail here
of not anticipating the wants and re ,
several OF our parks have been ACQUIRED
by the city only after much opposilio...
and urgent efforts upon the part q
Individual citizens. Monroe Square, me
former Agricultural State Fair Grounds,
was secured after much opposition ana
by the untiring efforts of some teW o.
our citizens, among them Colonel o,u -
way, who was an adopted clt!Zen ana
1t is now one of our most attractive
breathing spaces and would be sad!y
missed had 1t been divided into city lots
and closely built over. AS you say, W.
which fails to do so is lacking in the
spirit of progress, and will go backward
Instead of forward. 1t Is most unWist
TO wait for our suburbs to be built oNel
CONFORMITY Of grade levels with the ad
Joining streets requiring eXpenslVf
changes when these additions are takeI
into the city limits.
The parks should not necessarily o,
| of large dimensions and consequently
large cost, but there should BIO more Q
them and more attention given TO or
namentation. The city should acquire a
soon as possible lduu III Iiic AAS" 49,
END for a park, and large enough no
only for the park, but space AROUND 9, !,
block additional in depth, which shai
be divided into building lots Of not les,
than fifty feet front on the. street
which lots the city could hold for sal
to private individuals with restriction
as to the value Of the e. house Nc e. t. fron .
line OF buildings and limiting one hous
only on each lot. This would lns9,r
the houses fronting upon the park Wit
/ space for light, air and flower yard
between the houses. With tho rap
growth of the city westward and IN
after the park Is established. the cit
would receive return far in excess :,
the cose of the original investment J
the land. not to mention the beaut
such an area would add to the value
the city.
The parks are a blessing to the pee
pie and a great nrnamerf to the cit
Respectfully,
M. j. DlMMOCR.
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NO. 4.

Andrew Contee, a negro. was shot
ternoon. while resisting arrest. An
officer had him down. and the negro
pretended to surrender. But just as
he regained his feet he grabbed for
the officers revolver. In the scuttle
the weapon was discharged and the
negro received fatal wound.
On Sunday afternoon Deputy Sheriffs
James Grouse and Reuben Smallwood
undertook to break up q game of craps
which was going on at negro resort
near Baltimore. Grouse grabbed one
of the players, but he broke loose and
yelled for help. A mob Of negroes
then set upon Grouse and beat him
! numerically. Four ribs on his left
| side are broken, one Of which pune
tured the left lung. He suffered con-
cussion of the brain. His face is hor-
ribly disigured, his hands swollen
| to almost three times their normal size
| Both eyes are black, there is severe
[ cash beneath the left one, and ali his
front teeth are knocked out. His ear.
1 are badly cut and bruised, and there
are three bad scalp wounds.
At Rapidan Station. on the South
ern Railway, Saturday night, a crowt
of unruly negroes attacked the con
ductor and stationmaster. They in
sisted upon entering the car reserved
for the use of white people. The con
ductor demonstrated with them severa
times, and finally decided that 1t woul,
be necessary to put them OFF the train
This he finally succeeded in doing, witt
: the assistance of the train crew. A
soon as the negroes We're put off tn
train they began throwing sticks an
. stones at the trainmen, In several in
stances striking and injuring white an
: colored passengers. AS the train move
! off they attacked the station agent
IS A bloody riot was narrowly averte,
IT This is the fourth of series OF al
ID tcles In these columns during the pas
Is few days, based on the lawlessness
3. negroes who were defying officers
l. the law. At present this seems to /
the most intense phase Of the -egr
,e problem.
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nitatiou from Captain NJ. j. DimmocR.
one OF our leading architects. on the
subject OF city parks, to which we ASK
the earnest attention OF the Couhcli'
He advocates the purchase OF new
park sites, and we'll says that they need
not he of large Dimensions. We should
have as many "brcnthing places as
possible in the residential sections ana
make them as ornamental as our means
will allow. Washington Is rich In such
squares. triangles and circles. and they
constitute one of its chief attractions.
What n ioy and a blessing, II Rich
mond had dozen parks, half as large
ms CAPITOL Square or Monroe Park, be-
TWEEN the City Hail and Lombardy
street, She could have had them. II
she had started soon enough to acquire
the ground. And what n fine invest
ment they would have been! If two
lungs are necessary to every man. how
many should city of Richmond's d.
mansions have?
In concluding his letter, Captain DIM
mona makes II mover Suggestion, WiliCh
is we'll worth considering. He would
have the city purchase tract OF land
in the western dlctrict, urge enough
for comfortable park, surrounded BY
building lots not less than fifty feet
wide. the lots to be sold off, with re-
strictions as to the value of residences
to be erected. Such a venture would
doubtless prove TO be profitable to
the city and would give opportunity
and inducement to those who wish to
acquire real homes. An ideal home is
something more than house. 1t is
a house and yard, with the green
grass growing all round''-grass and
trees and flowers and all that we cali
the premises" Unfortunately, there
are few such homes in Richmond. But
In planning for the future we should
provide for as many as possible. Cap
tain Dimmock has given valuable
hint in that direction.
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Out bright thoughts, clcnr deeds,
constnncy, fidelity, beauty and gem
ero,is honesty IRE the gems of noble
minds."-Sir Th0nts Browne.
OUTLOOK FOR THE RAILROADS.

An intelligent country banker re-
marked in our hearing the other day
that in his opinion the agitation against
railroads would prove to be a sort of
blessing in disguise to those already
in existence. The reason of his belief
Is that the agitation and adverse leg
islation will put stop to railroad
building and leave every railroad, now
operating, in exclusive possession of its
territory. This will insure them all the
traffic they can handle for many years
to come, unless the country's prosperity
should turn into adversely.
CHANGING to mention the banker
view to citizen of Richmond. he was
reminded of a conversation which he
recently heard between a railroad sub
F.. contractor and his friend. The sub
contractor said that business in his line
was very dull, as the agitation haC
put stop to railroad building, ant
that the outlook was so gloomy tina
he expected to change his business.
All this is merely matter of sur
mise. but there is much reason In botl
conclusions. Capital does not court
trouble. 1t follows the line of least
resistance and goes where it is en-
ticed not where it Is opposed. In
making relentless war upon railroad
monopolies, the people have pursued a
course that tends to head off the build.
INC Of
therefore. that in the long run the rail.
roads already built will get more bene
fit than the people out of the agitation
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Borrowed Jingles.


I do not own railroad, I have no ships at
sea;
While millionaires worried no trouble
harries mo;
Tho government might gobble tho trunk
lines and the rest
And never cause a heartache to linger In
my breast
I go my way serenely, OF one thing always
sure:
I've nothing they'll be wanting. It's lucky
to be poor.
Tile trusts are being dealt with as IL com.
posed of crooks.
Their officers being compelled to show
their books;
Their fines run into millions. tho magnates
gaunt and pale.
Are even now in danger Of being sent to
Jail.
go about unlimited. because am obscure
While sherifrs chase the wealthy. IT'S lucky
to be poor.
Chicago Record Herald.
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POINTS FROM THE PARAGRAPHERs

TIL HE editor Of Life wants to know "who
would make the worst PRESIDENT"
Now" says the Richmond Times
Dispatch, "let the Washington Herald and
candidates" In View Of the fact that he
Is coming to Charlotte next month on a
spell-blnding expedition. 1t would not DO
good manners for the Observer to do go
Charlotte Observer
That tho battleships going to the Pa
cific should be put In charge Of as young
captains az can be found goes we'll with
the whole enterprise.-New York Evening
Post. 4f
A negro dialect artist is to be the next
the colored man gets some Indirect repre-
sentaton-Louisvlle Courier-JourNal.
James ]. Hill Is one OF the rare CAPTAINS
of industry who, when no looks at Wall
Street. doesn't take his eyes Off the great
he says: II don't view the situation with
any Alarm Neither does the country
which furnishes tho Hill lines with traffic
| Portland OresonIan,
President Roosevelt and his four sont
ended the straw hat season ohlcla!iy SUNDAY
by going to church all wearing plack 1el
hats This leaves other American citizens
FREQ to change tho straw hat for the fell
whenever they see ht.-Boston Globe
In an apotheosls OF the clam, OF course
It was inevitable that h9ssoh IN. .me~ .svapu
mercenaria," though all tho clam .oat!n I,
world knows this species is simply TN
quahaas,-Plttaburs Post
Mr.. Fairbanks could command g consld
cradle following on the platform that t =,
Ais q surtelt OF politics. New Sol1 teGasa.
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MIR. nEcuLEn AND THE VOTERS.

MIR. HECHLER AND THE VOTERS.
An interesting and somewhat excit-
Ing political campaign in Henrico coun-
~ was brought to close last night.
The Times-Di!spa makes no apology
for the part whinh'ft took, but is at a
loss to understand how it's criticisms of
Candidate II. C. Hechier should have
been construed by any as an unwar-
ranted and unjustifiable attack upon
defenseless man. Nothing could be
farther from the truth. The Tines
Dispatch is a newspaper without ami
mostly. 1t has had many a fight, but
it has never taken unfair advantage
and any charge that it has done so is
false. Nor has it ever made personal
attack on any man. In critcizing Mr..
Hechler II has had no thought of him
as an individual. AS q man Mr.. Hech-
Ter is honest and good -natured, and as
citizen he has walked uprightly. But
as Treasurer of Henrico he made a la
mentable failure and was removed
from Office for cause. Mr.. Hechler now
asks the Democrats of the county tc
nominate him for the same position, ant
promises, IL elected, to appoint the
same deputy to help him run the office
With the same Treasurer and the sam,
deputy, can the people reasonably ex
pect better service from Hechler ad
ruinstration No. Q? If Mr. Hechler /
'yindicated" by the voters, will he no
be justified in taking it for granite
that his former administration wa
quite satisfactory TO his constituent
and that there will be no need for i'm
provement?
That is the only conclusion that Th
Times-Dispatch can draw, and there
fore we cannot but think that NJ
Hechler's "vindication" will be at II
expense of the public service.
And that is our sole motive for o,
posing Mr.. Hechler. We place IL
public service and good governme
above all personal considerations v
have republished Mr.. Hechler's recor
and the voters of the county know I'll
1t is not such as to justify them
returning him to the Treasurer's Off
They know that, under the same c
cumstances, they would not employ h
in their own affairs, for they COZ
not afford to do SO. There is no blu
ness in II, and If they nominate
Hechler Il will be for personal and So
timental considerations. and not W
those principles which should gu
voters In determining the fitness
candidates for important and high
foes.
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IF the Charlotte Observer again says
that the Southern States were in re-
bellion, We shall tell DIR. j. William
Jones. "-Richmond Times-Dispatch.
When did The Times Dispatch get
dunder- headed? The use of the word
rebellion by the Observer in refer
ring to the War Between the States
was a sarcastic swipe at those who
so call it-Charlotte Observer.
o, yes; we thought we'd scare you.
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-05

Begin to-day and read "'The Power.
ana Maxine" the greatest story of
romance, intrigue and mystery ever
written by the Williamsons.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-05
a ROMANCE IN THREE CHAPTERS

Chapter I.
Lewis r. Brown, of Lexington, Ky.
was an amateur baseball player of rep
utation. He was handsome. athletic,
and the toast of sporting circles.
Chapter H.
While playing ball in Washington he
met Miss Margaret Johnson. daughter
OF Claude NJ Johnson. formerly super
intendent of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, 1t was a couple" from
the start, and In order to get arount
parental objection" the young folks
gave their society friends surprise
by >eloping 10 Baltimore and getting
| married."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-05

A judge in Cincinnati has ruled that
an automobile Is perishable. Quite So
but there are two new destroyers for
every one that perishes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-05

Begin to-day and read "rhe Powers
and Mnxine," the greatest story of
romance. intrigue and mystery ever
written by the Williamsons.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-05

"'The Powers and Maxine" the most
compelling serial yet published in the
great series by The Times Dispatch
begins to-day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-05

mrhe Powers and Maxine the mos
compelling serial yet published in the
great series by The Times-Dispatch
begins to-day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-05

10 wear al, NV Oh'
"I just met Miss Nuritch," said Phyllis,
land she said she in great hurry to
get down town and buy some gloves for
your feet. What on earth was she driving
"My feet?" said Ethel. ooh, I under
stand invited her TO my lawn fete this
Observation-Disclosures Press.
A Double Hold-U Up.
| my wife" began Hicks, dropped In to
| see me at the Office to-day and
Sorry. old man." interrupted Wicks. "but
my wife held me up before I left home;
can't lend you cent."-catholic stand
ard and Times.
The Species.
81 tell you that man is human snake
Get out! He's one of the big copper
kings"
EXACTLY what sad-hes a copperhead.'
Baltimore American.
Good Reason.
Mrs Crimsonbeak-when was talking
| to you to-day the telephone l couldn't
heal word you said. Could you hear me
dear?
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-oh! yes; could heal
| you all right.
Mrs. Crimsonbeak-Why do you suppos,
couldn't hear you, dear?
i Mr.. Observation-Disclosures didn't ga.
II anything.
Il Mrs. crimsonbeak-You didn't say any
thing And 1 was talking to you for tel
minutes!
4 Mr. crimsonbeak-Yes, dear: that's tn
reason I couldn't say anything !---Yonker
Statesman.
, "A Terrible Suggestion.
Have you any confidence in the theor
, that people think with their feet?" nske
one scientist.
None whatever" answered the Other
, I'm this era OF two-steps and ragtime tn
idea would be horrible r-Washingto Stal
: How He Know.
And how did you know I am fond {
animals?"
u have met your husband" -Housto
\ Post.
!. Probable Result.
{ 81 automobiles have been Introduce
: In Borneo /"
What do you think will be the result !?
I IAN increase in the number OF Wild men
I l-Milwaukee Sentinel
' Never Burnt Before.
[! "Will you direct me to Farmer Skinner
s house?" asked the newly arrived SUNNI
/, | boarder.
. ~ Will eff you want TO-" replied II
s station lounger
e i shall have to ask you for explicit d
t rection, because I've never been there b
q FORE
9 Gosh! know that. seem yere so 8
h on goin' there now."-The Catholic. Standa
s and Times
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1t is very clear that Secretary Bona.
parte will not resign If he can help 1t.
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POEMS YOU OUGl lT TO KNOW

Whatever crowded hours
with
reeshment OF poet-Pro Charles Eliot
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-05
Life is a Picnic

for some people with never a Sc
rious thought for the morrow
When trouble does come, It hits
these people the hardest. a lit.
tie foresight little money saved
will make easier, happier times
ahead and need not lessen the
present pleasures.
Open an account with us. We pay pa
cent. compounded seml-annually.
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Chapter III.

April /, 1907.
Lewis r. Brown; l wish to say that
When ! abandoned you last May and
would not return to Kentucky with yoll
] did SO with the full intention of never
living with you again. i wrote you
over eighteen months ago that this was
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-05

my intention. 1t has now been year
since / saw you. and I am of the
same opinion. l never intend to live
wifi, yo,Y a gain
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MARGARET JOHNSON BROWN.
A suit for divorce has been entered.
Moral: Parental objection is not al
ways so cruel and unreasonable as ro-
mantle young couples may think.
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THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER S. 1907.
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BEFORE leaving mall or phone your
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