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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-26
Voice Of the People
A hit of History.

Editor Of The. Times-D,spatch:
OF Aylett, the beautiful home of the
late Colonel William Roane Aylett,
n nnown lar and near as colonel in the
yer, COMMUNICATIVE attorney. and
member Of the Virginia Legislature, is
part OF the original grant from
, Charles II to Captain John Ayiett.
whose whose grandson married Martha Dan.
bridge, aunt of Mrs. George Washing-
ton. 49,
General Washington was entertained
IN the old homestead which preceded
the present, house, on. the memorable
Trip on which he met Mrs. Custis,
whom he afterward married. and who
munkey River.
distiilery on the place for 81" the manu- manu-.
n faGture Of %-t peach and apple brandy In
relics We're to be seen there, among
them two colonial measures OF brass,
which the English government fur
nished the y va us colonies, and known
They We're inscribed respectively.
King William one-half peck" king
William bushel." The latter weighed
between eighty and ninety pounds, and
Of schooner. who inducedAa negro to
steal i a and Carried 1t to Norfolk ana
Colonel Aylett traced and ultimately
recovered it, and both the negro and
the captain were punished at the whip
ping post before the abolition Of that
institution in Virginia. The measure
Richmond. and again recovered.
There was also a sabre which was
carried by one, OF the Ayletts in the
War of 1912, until broken in a hand to-
hand encounter with an English
sailor: also pair Of dueling pistols.
which have an interesting history. IN
1909, young Philip Aylett was pro-
vided by his father with negro, two
horses, $500 and a gold watch. which
had been presented to his mother by
Patrick Henry, and young Aylett
He was a very high;spirlted young
OF his cash, the negro and his horses.
and became involved in an alteration
with Colonel Sam Houston. which re-
suited in duel. Houston furnished
other at thirty PAGES. but neither was
subsequently such good friends that
Houston made Aylett present of The
pistols. They were broken and dis.
figured by Union soldiers during the
Kit, which had been In Il the /, Aylett
liquor case, containing six decantars
and two goblets, whicl, has .partici-
pated in many celebration and fish
fry (for which King William Is now
referred to above, is also preserved In
the family as precious relic.
4 MRS, THOMAS P. BAGBY,
T. West Point, Va.
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Freak of Two Bullets.

A real curiosity. in the shape of one
bullet imbcdded In another one, is
veteran of the Spanish War. and The
Boxer rebellion.
The curiosity is an old Springfield
lead bullet in which is imbedded one
of the new bullets used by the United
states army, krag-Jorgensen. This
was picked up at Chickamauga by the
man while his regiment was encamped
there. waiting for orders to leave for
Cuba.
The ground there is full OF the old
bullets used in target practice and.
as the new Krag bullet Is steel-pointed.
1t is thought the Krag shot fired at
target practice struck and pierced It's
weaker rival
i.,s man also served on the United
States steamship Wisconsin for several
years as gun pointer. Among other
things he has gathered q large collec-
ton OF Chinese coins. a number OF
which are quite valuable at the present
Louis Republic
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Hns Greatly Increased since J,ct.
Entered the XYhife Hnn.e '',>'o"

me me veto power seems to have been
tthh.siGn,aty given to the President by
protect his IN order to epable him 10
from from INVASION by Congress, but In orr
.ines the. people appear 10 he wi,,Jn..
, ,.at ne should use 1t and threaten IL
legislators anu dominate
ha Has not the modern habit Of mem.
S 5er 9i the House to think only Of his
tbe pre. ana labor chiefly for it given
organ and representative OF the whole
people2 He is now first, the Sena,e
a seG9nd. !, and the House, last, which is
a ~ tne reverse OF what the trainers
to pass. eofae
II Is edifying in looking back dur
ev eve century on ~ and more to compare the
America ah and ID IN the Enr ps0p5es VII, viii in
character of the King is the aceidenp
or birth and education There the vetn
Ias, not been used, certainly not since
creased since Jackson entered tho
White House. There the enfrancbisad
masses use the House of Commons as
ne instrument OF power, but here
Roosevelt saw the tendency in the
great West and has worked it as Preas
i l1a with !, eXceptional shrcwdness and
s nonnia, he Hisd mas endsavored to execute
Constitution or no Constitution. Con-
gress has no control over his policies.
executing by party discipline. which
has not been applied.
Democrats in Congress have been
hypnotiZed in the departments by favor
for the districts" Even now conspi-
cuous Democrats say they do not sec,
Roosevelt II nominated at Chicago.
Party discipline has vanished The
President. holding the cold end of the
gress which may authorize him to eX-
pend twenty millions for public build.
ings. but cannot constrain him to do
1t. He need not pay out dollar. Dis.
York Sun tes
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PROSPEROUS VIRGINIA.,

Glad tidings of the industrial de.
Wclopment OF Virginia continue to reach
this office. In another part of this
+ mornings paper is the story of the
/ solid!ty and undaunted spirit of the
i people Of the town of South Boston, in
Halifax county. Within the last Two
years South Boston has had Two die.
asefous Nres' the last and the more
costly conflagration occurring lust
thirteen months ago. At this iime
/ $4,000 worth OF property was re-
duced to ashes and the owners held
only about 100000 of insurance. The
burned district has been rebuilt md
in every instance more substantial
structures have been erected. among
Them TWO immense plants for WORKING
5 leaf tobacco, which cost 100000 each,
a large cotton goods warehouse ana
Eshirt factory, four lear tobacco ware
4 houses, bank building, a hotel. ana
Z numbers OF smaller establishments Of
z an industrial character ana a dozen or
! more stores, In the meantime new in
dustries have been established In the
j town, and,' be it remembered, the so.
( called. panic has come and gone while
/. all this building and material advance,
ment were in progress. South Boston
/ Is the second bright leaf tobacco mar.
I ket in the world-second In the guam.
/. tity marketed and IN the amount OF
! money required for Its movement. /,
/ has also the largest buggy and Wagon
+ making plant in the South with pos
Silly one exception. the capacity beine
{ 10000 yehicies per year. The town i.
\ also cotton manufacturing centre
the Century Mills being located there,
EarmYIlle, In Prince Edward county
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-26
THE WEDNESDAY CLUB.

Cincinnati's Music Festival this year
cially. Not only have ESQ individuals
subscribed SIS each for ono ticket to
FIVE concerts. but have added premium
of s5.S30.25 for choice Of seats! OF
course, Cincinnati Is larger than Rich
mond, but there should be no valid
reason for any such discrepancy in the
support given the chief musical organi-
cation of the respective cities. In point
of cost the concerts in Richmond are
only one-half as expensive. since here
the subscribers get ten tickets for an
outlay which gives only five tickets in
Cincinnati, while In musical excellence
both Of the chorus and the artists, the
"Wednesday Club is on par with the
May Festival Of the Ohio CITY,
There is this difference: in Cincin-
natl the business men, as we'll as the
nusic-lovers. support the city musical
organization for commercial as we'll as
for artistic considerations. Here the
music-lovers do all the work, and,
Judging from present appearances,
though the concerts this year are the
best vet offered, the business men Of
Richmond are looking on with apathetic
Indifference. This ought not to be.
The Wednesday Club is a most impor-
tant feature in our civic life, and even
at some personal Inconvenience the
citizens should make its success nnd
continuance certain and assured.
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WINSTON cnuRcH1LL,

The more courteous days when a
British cabinet-minister might hope for
reelection from his constituency with
out contest have gone by, and VIM
ston Churchill not only had to fight
tooth and nail for the representation
of the Northwest Manchester division.
but lostit. Where the brilliant young
Liberal received $500 votes in 1906 he
could poll only 4,osS now; and his de-
feat is rendered the more significant In
that his successful opponent. Mr.. Joyn-
son-Hicks, is tho same man from whom
or course. It will be simple matter
to find a new seat for Mr.. Churchill
elsewhere. but his defeat is none the
less serious blow to the Asquith min
istry. The struggle was a bitter one,
London dispatches declaring that it
ELECTED more political jugglery than
usually accompanies national con-
vention IN the United States. All the
power of the ministry was behind the
new president OF the Board OF Trade.
him. Moreover. the ministry was
prompted to authorize statement,
evidently with an eye to immediate re-
turns, which came as a very general
surprise. This was q declaration in
favor of separate schools for Catholics
and Jews, and. much more important.
an announcement OF intention to push
the homo rule question to the front
in the next general election.
This step upset all prophecies and
unsettles the future; for Mr.. Asquith
had been classed as but a very luke
warm home-ruler at best, and his un-
expected elevation of 1t as leading
issue is perhaps the very last thing
that the political wiseacres would have
foretold. The Immediate effect was
OF course, fruitful. The Catholic clergy
Of Manchester recalled their declaration
against Churchill, and the Irish Nation
alists, who had repudiated him, turned
around and gave him their support.
Yet even with this. the Conservatives
hand!iy Won back their old seat. The
declsiyeness OF the defeat gauges the
Liberal losses in two years. What eff
feet 1t Will have upon the program of
the ministry how the home rule issue
now that it is raised. Is to be handled
In connection with the pressing ques-
ton Of tariff reform, does not yet ap-
pear
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The Greatest Trust in the World

Individual dealer, but the government
itself. is trying to force the genuine
article out OF Mnnchuria ana a , other
ton at n cheaper price.
This Is an instance OF a government
monopoly But what no one. can tell
with certainty Is how many other man
troea apnarery re s9r
linked with the government through
the Imperial households private shars-
holdings And no one can know wheth-
ee !. % one Ike tras wcS s
doing some of the things that are
causing SO much commercial trouble
IN mn the Ear Ear East. =. 49, ,,o,.
fined to Chinese. or other extra Japa-
n ,. territory. In Japan proper, where
Be- hs eapn ees
the weight OF the Japanese system"
IN the first place japan has no money.
and q has never had money. This may
m making now to get money. honestly II
possible. but get money. The internal
ii,1I, in Japan have, been built
The government owned part OF the
railways from the beginning, hav-
ing ing constructed the first line. Euro
once. without warning or by your leave,
the government takes over the pri.
vate railways ut It's own valuation,
paying for tlom with government bonds
whlch were worth nothing like their
face value.
since the government railroad mo-
,hopoly was Instituted the shippers have
heen subjected to great Inconvenience.
d dne railway pd T. equipment is being run
q every penny Of surplus revenue Tor
me me peneflt OF the impoverished ma
.ionai treasury The treasury is
empty because Of the enormous ex-
penditures being made on military and
nayal expansion. While this goes on
and an v,a the Japanese groan under the the,
people OF n first-class nation: whiia NE
go na,rIt credit. is strained to the
breaking point. and national financial
disaster Is In sight; while ali this goes
S Sn,,. .no concerns IN which the Imperial
clare dividends OF from Is to 20 per
deficit. '"no up Inc
.. ( ss,n 1908, by Frederic q
Observation-Disclosures in yapan,
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DETrER THAN conn
(selected for The TImes.D,sno+

(Selected for The Times Dispatch
The Judgments Of the Lord are true
ana righteous altogether. More to be
DESIRED are they than gold: yea, than
much fine gold."-Psalms, XIX. Q, 10,
All the talk these days is of gain.
The farmer asks. "What shall gain by
filling such a crop?" The laborer,
What shall gain by taking this sit
uation" The business man, I'm what
shall invest? What will come to me p"
This Psalm tells us what is tho best
investment. the greatest gain, the treas
nre better than gold. 1t is not listed
on the Stock Exchange nor found in
the gold mines of Klondyke nor the
diamond fields OF Africa. 1t is not con-
tanned In iron safes ana bank cellars.
IL IS not paid In checks or notes or
gold or bonds or warrants or diyi-
dends' The secret Of 1t Is not learned
In schools or universities. It Is only
taught IN one. school-God's-and out
OF one book--the Bible-and the best
position to learn 1t is on our knees.
A holy life, lived after Gods com
mandments. Is a great treasure, better
than all the gold Of ophir and al! the
ruhies of King Solomon's mi'aes
And IT is treasure within the reach
OF all this holy, God-fearing life, with
| contentment-for the two alwnys ,rc
together { we AFRO goddess, we have
nothing; all the good things of life are
tasteless without the salt of true rell-
gion. We see this on every hand
contentmeat is worth more than dia-
monds and gold, and It Is rare indeed
People profess contentment, but they
always want more. a man once pu,
up q notice that he would give his
held TO any one who was quite con-
tented. He had many applicants. Thea
said the owners IF you are content
why do yon want my feld?"
! II (and all depends on shaD yau are
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IS another 1.-Two tow, that Is making
progress in spite OF dull times. Farm
villc has been tobacco market for
more than eighty years. and 1t has
other industries; but the people are
not satisfied with letting we'll enough
alone. Board of Trade is being or
ganized for the sole purpose OF ex-
plotting the advantages OF the town and
locating some OF the many Industries
that are moving from the parts of the
country where the raw material has
been exhausted. Because 1t can offer
great advantages, Farmville expects to
secure such Industries as have OF late
been developed in other towns OF pros
porous Virginia.
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HOW to XIII Eats.

Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
sir,-The "bat' nuisance mentioned
in your columns as existing at Mont.
vale, the once attractive Colonial home
OF the late Colonel William Aylett. can
be removed by placing a few shovels
of live Goals in scuttle or meta!
bucket, then holding 1t beneath the
opening where these pests make their
exit. After placing It In position, throw
in half pound of sulphur, taking care
that the fumes do not come in contact
with the breathing Of the person
handling the bucket or scuttle.
Tho writer has seen a scuttle filled
nearly to the brim with these pestsyi
five minutes after applying the method
above referred to, and the nuisance
was permanently removed. &
April %, 1908, FRANCIS.
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Horse Sense.

once wanted a white horse to use in
one or his scenes, but no white horse
mat was suitable could he get. AT
!uhl, tells the story, a stage hand adj
aihEuished actor-manager, who, lie
SAID, had such a horse.
sir Henry visited the owner. inspect
ca llie horse, and the bargain was con-
sciuueu, but ms an afterthought Sir
Henry said he trusted the animal was
not fractions.
"Not at ALL Sir Henry, I assure you;
rode him night after night, and all
hadto complain of was thatthe would
oefnsiaonany yawn when ! was on tho
Indeed said sir Henry IA bit OF
g critic. then, evidently, ~
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Personal AND GENERAL,

The luckiest member of the House must
be Congressman Ralph D. Cole, Of the
candidate by the flip Of a coin.
The railroad stations OF Berlin are about
to be provided with automatic machines.
deliver an umbrella. Afterward the UNI
blella may be returned and portion OF
the money recovered.
The robe which John Wesley wore when
now the property of Miss Emily Pashley.
OF Workshop, Eng. 1t having come to her
from her grandfather. at whose house Yves
ley lived for a time when but an infant.
Paraguay is small, isolated and thinly
settled country, but, nevertheless, Its pres
ent system Of public education has been
built built up under great disadvantages and a,
the country deserves much credit for Its
progress In this line.
a pair of carving shears has been devised
carving hard to acquire. The upper blade
~ e carving knife, and the denied lower
blade forms clip The shears are easy
part OF the fowl.
], The hftieth anniversary OF the laying OF
the cornerstone OF Trinity Episcopal Church
a. Mount Vernon. n. Y. was presided oyer
by Rev. William Samuel Coffey, the founder
Of the church, who is now rector OF old st.
Paul's Church In New York.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. formerly Miss
h!ce ROOSEVELT. the daughter OF the Press
ident. Will be in Pittsburg next Monday
with her, husband, when the Congressman
WI! speak at the dinner of the Americas
club at the schenley Hotel. 1t will be
Mrs' Lonsworth's first visit to Plttsburg.
Henry Farman. who has attracted notice
because Of his successful aeropane expert
monts. believes that Within twelve months
neroplanes VIII be flying from fifty to 100
niles quite easily. u can fly now as long
is o,G o F snyn aa Is ds
years Of age. and is one OF the three Sons
Q, a well-known English Journalist. Before
waxing to aeronautics Mr.. Farman had made
a,, considerable name In the French sporting
Education in Southern Chill and Honan
70 soins on apnce. The number of schools
~, which the English language and school
p sctirs, are being taught is surprising. In
a.otihsfu alone there are four schools, not
counting the military colleges. At shun
ne ~ tchihlil and Chang re Flu, Wuhui
y + y roman ,h t'u, Hual Ching Flu (Honan) and
middle and normal schools +
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STATE PRESS

urentcr Than individual Interest.
J Tho question Of instruction or no inatruc-
tion OF delegates to Denver relates less to
Mt. Bryan's candidacy for the nomination
| thnn to the independence and the capabil-
ity Of delegates to represent tho best inter-
ests OF their constituencies In emergencies
| likely to arise at any time in national
nominating convention. A delegation bound
hand and foot by instructions IS a poor
cisis arises that makes It an imperative
|Guty to act contrary to instructions. We do
though tho It is not I' impossibie. But why not
he prepared to meet IL? In all probability
Mr.. Bryan will DO nominated on the first
for reasons which we have already stated.
we believe u Is best that he should be-
Let tho Primary Go.
Tho indications are that the primary plan
for nominating State officials Will receive
hard knock at the Roanoke cony ,s,, II
aid does not like It. never has. and we hope
the time will soon arrive when the people
mary ii theory may be correct. but but II DOESN'T
work In practice. and tho tendency. to cor
runt the voter Is too apparent to be com
ter to- lot the primary go.-Enstern Shore
An Estimate Of Bryan. 70
Bryan. since the beginning OF his public
career has been persistently working up
reforms :, With which .,I he has IDENTIFIED bis
name Starting With the public dead
the evils in our systems. and the GOODNESS
has worn on interest has been aroused and
whole country is now ablase with ardor tor for
his policies. principles and reforms.-Han-
over Herald
Worse Than Noah.
Mr.. Thomas F. Ryan in New York yes.
investigated the Metropolitan Street Street Rail.
% per cent. OF the stock OF the railroads
OF this country-ali but per cent OF the
it. Il ks IS true Il Mr Ryan
zen should be extremely careful In Investing
his money in railroad Notwithstanding
Gezette. = -
Wishes No Handicap.
In Wow OF tho partial failure OF tho
Jam ,sa IEsxpo.ition, MI. Tucker alluded
attacked and criticized. ana said he inv i,e
the fullest investigation OF his career
Ftncastle Herald.
Protest Depositors.
That bank failure In Mecklenburg was
p plnis Is. the necessity Of adopting in Vr
al depostors in State banks are made s' ali.
solutely safe.-Farmvlle Herald.
Past Pcradventure.
There seems to be no doubt in the minds
o! the supposedly we'll uniformed politicians
o. mo country that William j. Bryan Will
pc the next Democratic nominee for PresI-
nal. oou'-
Quiet Along tho Shenandoah.
our people have not become excited over
XIV CONTEST letwecn JOhnEOn Prvo
INA, OF Hughes and Taft-shenandoah
a. Plumb AIlsf1t
Those tariff reform, Trousers wt,, ,ooL
n:.. queer on the Republican elephant.@
Rvral Retreat Times
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SUNDAY. APRIL 20, 1908.
CAMPAIGN MATERIAL

DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN MATERIAL.
< Though the Democrats are by no
means united, either in their support
10. Mr.. Bryan or their belief that he
lis the best possible candidate, yet they
h,ave in their favor the Republican dis
Isensions, business depression, and such
revelations Of corporate piracy as those
(which lave recently been made public
Eby the Investigation OF Thomas T.
IRyan's dealings with the metropolitan
Street Railway.
In his address in Richmond. Mr.
Bryan iunsparingly attacked corporate
bribery and bulldozing, and when the
Ryan revelations came out he COM
mented thus:
IS When you consider Nor a moment
THAT this 100000 which was contr!-
Hbuted by a single corporation in this
Getty was more than we were able to
eraise in either of the campaigns in
(which I was a candidate from more
THAN 100000 voters, you get a fair
Idea of the tremendous influence, ono
| way or another. that the corporations
}nan exert If they want to-"
For years the people have felt and
believed, though they could not con-
ciusiveiy prove. that the Legislatures
Of the States and the Congress OF the
! country were being made mere ma
chinery for the increase of the profits
of favored corporations. It has been
openly charged and believed that the
reason why America has not had
parcels post was to be found in the
express company lobby in Washington.
No intelligent onlooker can have failed
to see the influence OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad In the state OF Pennsylvania
end at the national capital. or the New
York Central and Hudson River at AZ
bany, of the Boston and Maine and
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford in Massachusetts and Connecticut,
or of the United States Steel Corpora
ton and favored tariff benenciaries In
Congress How far these benefits were
obtained by corrupt means, or to what
extent unjust eXactions were extorted
from the people Were never accurately
known. This ignorance however, Is
being dispelled by just such informa-
ton as that which the grand jury Sc
cured in the Metropolitan Street Rail-
way investigation. It is a sordid and
oppressive story. Those in charge of
the corporation We're willing to buy
unjust privileges. and those elected to
protect the 'sfty's rights were clamor-
Gus to be bought. and none cared where
The public came in so long as 1t paid
the freight. This was the rule of
''practtcai men" and Mr.. Roosevelt's
little $4,000 transaction with Mr.. Har-
r-nlan, which" as Mr.. Hartman re-
marked. turned at least $4,000 votes
in the city OF New York alone" viii
not be forgotten by the public or the
Democratic speakers.
Under Republican rule corporate
bribery has grown to intolerable pro-
portions, and the coming campaign will
assurediy thresh out this great evil
Sowing the wind frequently seems
agreeable and profitable, but reapins
the whirlwind has never been avoid
able or happy. Some reaping is about