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The Mena weekly star., 1908-03-19

$lOO Silk Opening Sale Price 6Sc
 FANCY DRESS AND WAIST SILKS.
 We have collection of these that is unsur- passed. Counters filled to overfowing with rich, beautiful effects in all the latest colorings for the new Suit and Waists. All the new shades in blue, tan, grey and brown. The quail ity is remarkably fine These Silks are abso- lutely worth $1.OO Opening Sale price h0c per yard. ...............,......vo vos
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30
Incorporate Plote.ts.

Editor OF The Times Dispatch: sgra
Silt was to be,expected that there
would be some watlings IN the wake
OF prohibitions onward sweep. Per
haps a degree Of petulant protestmight
be pardonable. But the Astounding in-i
expressions OF the .vanquish-.
ed add an equation OF pltlfulness to
their ,erstwfile charges Of! inten,perat'e5
pie. The contrast &, is striking. me
great public that has SO quietly and eff
fectually rolled back the dark tide OF
RUNS entertainments Is not making
the air vocal withaunseemly htlarity or,
incorporate gloatings over the pros
trate army. There Is, Of course, re-
ioicing and THANKSGIVING, but this Is
over baneficent result, In which II
is hoped and expected that the van
qutshed will share. u But the other side
and inexcusable Manifestations OF cha
grin and III temper. In i,oharactertzins
the temperance forces as a bad a gre-
gationSof citizens. This Will probably
not greatly dismay3 hem hut the anst'
should eNhort their fraters not ito teX-
haust all their nervous force In vain
expostulations against a most Who'll
some and sane arouse ment OF the pnp
lie conscience. g5 IN
The most inexcusahle manifestation
OF the intemparate spirit Ia the cheap
filings at the pulplt, which has so
bravely and LOYALTY stood on the firing
line In this great battle tn behalf OF
IN Sf' b ns se ss tsa ssssa
be. suppressed, to read the homiletlts
printed In pro-license papers to .gulae
the ministry. from the breakers of poll
tss f9ss99th Tbs paPIt qr eSs
Heavens the whole lump Praise
the Lord, the preachers In the fore
front oe this great moral tet0rln
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Henvcn on Earth

Editor OF The, Tl,nes-Dispatch:
Sir--I cnn but think Of you with
sympathy wkent1 read OF the perplcx-
Ing trials and ordeals you must con-
tend with from the different requests
yoti are often called upon to comply
with. "fhe Noiseless Club" caps tho
climax. Don't you think as ! do?
What has come over this twentieth
century generation? DO they propose
to call on you to pronounce upon this
community the miracle OF turning this
earth to heaven?
read over and over again what
those tender nerved people term annoy
anees to keep them from sleeping. a.
is this age undergoing. The innocent
rooster is not allowed the common
liberty he has enjoyed ever since ola
Noah took him from the ark. The
cackllng OF the heh, growing of the
COCK, cooling OF the dove. singing OF
the birds. barking Of the dogs. and
many other things, which make Zip life
IN the old land must be silenceu that
the idle. nervous body and mind may
have repose. cannot give full vent
to expressing an opinion on the many
different subjects now suggested to
suppress innocent liberty.
Tempora mutantur, nos ct mutamur
In Ills" But give me liberty or give
me death. Yours in sympathy.
MRS. j. T. EDNIUNDS.
~ Bank Street, Petersburg, Va. March
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30
4 PRESIDENTS MEncENAn1Es.

we are reminded By the New York
World that in his Life of Thomas
Hart Benton" Theodore Roosevelt
draws q vivid picture of the army of
.subseryient Federal ot1iceholders I'M
der the command OF Andrew Jackson
which brought about the nomination
OF Martin Van Buren, for President:
THE Jacksonian Democracy was al
ready completely ruled by machine
of which the most important cogs were
the countless ofticehoiders wnom the
Sspoils system had already converted
into band Of well-drlled political
mercenaries. A political machine can
only be brought to asstate OF high per-
lection In party containing very
many ignorant and uneducated voters;
5and the Jacksonian Democracy held
In its ranks the mass of the ignorance
OF the country. Resides this. such an
Organization requires, In order that 1t
may do Its most effective work. to have
~ Its leader and figure head man
who really has great hold on the
people at large, and who yet can be
managed by SUCH politicians as pos
sesssthe requisite adrcitness: and Jack
son fulnIled both these conditions"
Has anything ever occurred In Amer
5ica more mercsuary than the marshal,
I'M Of the Federal ofticeholders fol
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Editor OF The Times-D Dispatch.
Str,--No one can doubt that The
has many friends and
patrons in our loved Virginia. But
Why 1t Is constantly trying to make
large l,, mountains from very small mole
nils, regarding Hon. VIM. Jennings
Bryan, when they well know that
lie Is the only hope OF the Democratic
party as TO electins a President, many
of us can't see
No man has more love or greater
respect for the cx-Confederate than
have. and respect and love Hon.
John w. Daniel. both for his valuable
service and devotion to our loved vir-
ginia during and since the war OF
81 to So. And do not see any rea-
son for an unkind word or thought
from Mr.. Bryan's friends In Virginia
of Senator Daniel.
do not believe Senator Daniel cares
to represent the people Of Virginia
where he knows he would misrepresent
them. and I do not believe that any
Democrat in orr State has any de-
sire to humiliate Senator Daniel.
So dear brothers. let us patiently
wait until our convention meets, and
an, sure Senator Daniel Will do what
a majority OF his party wishes him
to. JOHN L. BEALE.
Hague. Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30
IMPROVING STATES HEALTH.

During the next two years Virginia
will have chance to make extraondl-
nary progress in the prevention OF dis
ease. For the first time in its history
the State board Of Health has received
an adequate appropriation, and the lay
man and doctor alike will follow with
profound interest the regulated efforts
OF the Board OF Health in Its war
against typhoid fever, tuberculosis and
diphtheria. The extent to which dis
ease can be eliminated seems almost
Incredible. and yet the results that
have been achieved in other cities and
States show that Virginia is pursuing
no rainbow hope in appropriating a
liberal sum for lighting these fearful
scourges. Many optimistic prophets
tell us that when once the whole world
Joins hands, most OF the dread dis
eases will he absolutely exterminated.
Sanitary dwellings Will be universal,
dust and germs will be destroyed, and
a strong and healthy race Will amply
Justify by its Increased producing
power the cost OF the battle. All this
we believe, and we will add that the
same is true OF building tire-prooi
houses instead of buying costly fire
engines. But, despite the loss OF life
from disease and the waste OF property
by fre, the world is not yet rich
enough nor strong enough to tear down
inflammable buildings or to exterml-
nate every destructive germ, 1t Is a
comfort. however, to consider how
great benefits have been achieved In
other States by the money spent In the
prevention OF disease. and this augurs
Well for the work to be accomplished
by the Board of Health.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30
ARBoR DAY.

Arbor Day Is All institution that
should be encouraged and supported in
every way. Governor Swanson has Of
f!cially proclaimed March 3oth, to-
day. as Arbor Day for Virginia.
Many schools will hold appropriate
exercises and emphasize the occasion
by planting few trees. With this
collective commemoration The Times
Dispatch has full sympathy. But all
the State is not at school. and every
scholar will not plant tree under the
usual program. The beauty OF Arbor
Day. however. is not limited to the
trees planted at public schools beneN-
cial as that example may be. The full
significance and advantage OF this day
will only be reached when all the state,
through its city. town and county
authorities, sets about to plant trees
on a comprehensive scale. and thus
reforests our denuded hillsides AMI
lowlands.
Trees are the most profitable invest
ment community can make, and the
spirit OF Arbor Day ought to be carried
out with a good will over the whole Of
Old Virginia
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30
The Salvation Army.

Editor OF The Times dispatch:
Sir,-So many complaints reach me
daily from the residential sections OF
the city. of our having persons out
soliciting money in the name Of The
Salvation Army" in small amounts.
wish again to remind the public that
the Richmond corps does not do this
kind Of work. and that no one is au-
thorIzed to represent the Salvation
Army in Richmond is solicitors but
Captain and Mrs. Fowler and their
assistant. Miss Ruby Heath
We are kept too busy in our blessed
work of ministering to the wants OF
the needy to ring door bells for nickels
and dimes. although we should like
to have more of them in our treasury.
Some OF our best friends have been
deceived. and. therefore. again, I wish
TO state that no one has been sent
around from our corps. and that we
can be easily distinguished by the red
band and gold letters. The Salvation
Army" An official receipt is always
sent for all donations received by us.
SALVATION ARMY. Il
per TIL E.0 FOWLER Cantain
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Ahont the Tohacco Tru.t.

Editor OF The Times dispatch:
baeno Wha vas have .ne they
done for the tobacco growers OF Viz
ginia and Kentucky?
\ Are they doing a lawful business.
and II not why have they not been
punished? II our great Governor is
SO good at stopping lawlessness. why
has he not brought his Calling gun
into use against them?
For what purpose are the might
they Accomplished in Kentueky? Vic WHO
is responsible for the deeds of the
ght-lders.'--tobacco planters. our
government or the trust
What Is the difference between
nj ght slawlessnesss and day lawlessnes s?
Why do our officials and the press
raise such fuss about the former and
keep silent on the latter?
Will you please answer the above
1uestions candidly and without eva
sion? II. C.. DODSON.
Sutherlin, Va, March %, 1908.
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Old History Of y,rginin.

ECitof Oh Ihe IlmeS-DiSpatch:
Sir notice in your issue of the
24th inst. a special correspondent from
Bristol, Va, wanting to know some
thing ofta history of Virginia pub-
lished in 1910. or about that time. /
have copy of the book. 1t was given
to my father by his brother. Walter
Taylor. when he moved from Neck
lenburg county. Va. to Mississippi. in
1858 or 1859. The title of the book is
Virginia. Its History and Antiqui-
ties 1t is by Henry Howe. The
counties are arranged alphabetically,
and each county is fully described
giving the white. slave and free colo
NAL population of each county at
that time: also number OF square miles
of each county. 1t is illustrated with
many wood cuts. 1t also describes the
noted family in Giles county by the
name of Lucns, and many other inter-
esting things about the state. IT de-
scribes Your city as containing in 1919
about 300 houses" l value this book
as highly as any I have and often
refer to its pages. Yours truly.
j. II. TAYLOR.
Townsville. N. c.. March 81. 1908.
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census reports for spotsylvania county.

census reports for Spotsylvanla county.
Says the journal:
Take a glance at the census report.
and see how our population 10 steadily
a population OF 1905. while IN 1870
there was only ll,72s; which could be
accounted for in part by tho ravases
az war and other obstrnctins factors.
But In the next thirty years. from 1870
South have been showing signs. OF in-
.creasing prosperity. our county, In
stead OF showing any galns, shows q
failing off In population OF a4st, or
over 20 per cent. To say that bad
roads Is not to a great extent respon-
sible for this. would be idle talk: for
It Is a fact patent to every observer
to look at our lands with the inten-
ton Of purchase. but the condition OF
the roads lave blocked the sale"
Fredericksburg has water and rail
transportation. 1t Ia connected direct
" with Washington and Richmond.
and reaches the rich Piedmont section
OF Virginia. The Rappallannock River
puts 1t In, touch with the Chesapeake
Bay and the great coastwise traffic
OF America. It's climate is salubrious.
and the soil is not inhospitable. Moth
ing is lacking to make the farms OF
that section blossom like the rose ex.
cept good roads. and these can be had
II the local communities will show a
willingness to grasp the situation But
two things are first necessary: plan
for the whole county, under the dlrec-
ton OF one man, and enough money
to do more than fill the few mud holes.
whose temporary effacement has here
tofore been regarded as the sole duty
of road-builders.
Virginia is throwing away millions
OF dollars in the increased value OF
farm products by making II impossible
to deliver these products On profitable
terms to railroads or cities.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30
NEGROES of NEW YORK.
OF Certain Phases of til
G'8a5si - Color Problem. 3fdi


Ray stannard Baker tells story after
story of the troubles Of negroes In the
North. In the American Magazine.
z In New York Mr.. ker had talk
With William u Buckley, the negro
PRINCIPAL Of School NO. 50, attended
chiefly by ne gro children, who told him
of the great difficulties and dscour-
,agements which confronted the negro
boy who wanted 70 earn his living, He
relates this story:
5S ITeceiYed a communication the oth-
err day from an electric company stat
ing that they could use some bright,
clean, Industrious boys In thelrF husi-
ness, starting them at SO much a week
and aiding them to learn the business.
suspected that they did not connpre-
bend negro boys under the generic
terms boys but thouEht- to try. So
i ss3wlrote asking nc they would give
employment to a negro boy who could
jansWeritog the quail ms stated. The
next mall brought the expected reply
that no negro boy however spronis-
Ing, was wanted, n I sheaved @ 81 9Th and
Went m, NJ M sEt sa s33i
ss'..T ha saddest thlpte that faaas ma
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In my work is the small opportunity
for a negro boy or girl to find proper
4 boy comes to my office
may be well up in the school, possibly
with graduation only few months off.
/ question him somewhat as follows:
Well, my boy. you want to- go to
dol? I am going to be a dooYboy, SIR
Well. you will get $3.50 or SO a week.
but after awhile that will not be
enough: what them? After a moments
be an Office boy Well. what next?.
A moments silence. and, I should try
to get a position as bellboy. Well,
then. what next? "A rather content
climb to the position OF head bellboy..
He has nov arrived at the top: farther.
than this he sees no hope. He must
face the bald fact that he must enter.
business as boy and wind up as a
Inv .r
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An open Letter to Mr.. Byrd.
Editor Of The Times Dispatch:

Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
sir.-Will you kindly print the fol-
An open letter to Mr.. X. E. Byrd,
author Of the Byrd liquor law:
tb Dear ar sirIWe are LIQUOR dealers In
are made to be enforced, and 1t has
always been our policy to enfSrce all
laws as 1ear as we can regulating
the liquor traff1c. The object of this
some requirements in the Byrd bill
that we can't exactly see how 1t is
practical for liquor dealer to eff
ciently carry out. and we respectfully
ask that you give us your idea us
ally suppose that you had figured OIL
the practicability OF your law being
enforced. before you framed 1t into
law. We especially. allude to section
rs In part. The part we especially al
quote:
Section 10. No person or club. firm.
corporation or association shall sell
or dispense ardent spirits of any de-
or to person under, twenty-one years
of age. or to any student at any pub
lie school. college or university. or
TO an idiot. or. knowingly. sell to a
or intoxicated person nor shall any
person. frn,& association or corpora
ton sell or dispose of any description
of ardent spirits to an habitual drunk
ard or intoxicated person. or In any
What we wish to know is as fol-
lows: You note the language of this
section makes no conditions OF exempt
ing liquor dealer for selling to minor,
student Of college or PUBLIC school,
OF selling to lunatics or epileptics. ha-
bitual drunkards. and intoxicated per-
sons with the word 'knowingly:'
What we wish to, know, for our guild
how can a liquor dealer tell the diff
ference between an idiot and lunatic?
Really. in cosmopolitan city like
Lynchburg. how do you figure that
customer is either a lunatic or an
idiot. or whether a full grown man is
a student at law or medicine OF the
university or some other college? We
also wish to know what is meant by
"sell or dispose Of any description OF
ieense Sir Me Ws YOU ou
know that we write this letter in no
irreverent spirit. We write 1t because
ask. and wc address It to YOU because
We think YOU should be able to tell
us better thaneanybody else. We write
1t publicly In The Times Dispatch be-
ss We y1 pazz ID DsoGi . s kGe
have asked YOU to explain It. Resides
this. we would like to have an eXplana-
We would like Tor your answer to this
to be made public, az we know that
many other LIQUOR dealers would like
to know MS we'll as ourselves. We Wish
to cay also that We heartily agree
with YOU that most of the people
YOU prohibit having liquor we our
selves think should be cut out, but
the question with u: Is, how are we
to. know, who Is who? We hope you
Twill enlighten us.
Yours very truly.
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THE TIMES D1spAroH RICHMOND VA MONDAY MAns,H So 1909

n. 81 . ?. <
i(whichsis Also an economic refortn),
have been possessed OF sufficient intel
ligente to differentlate between a,
work and the putting Of partisan poll
tics into the church, and religion
enough not to be swerved from the
path OF duty by a vituperstive enemy.
Ayel and the piaudits of6"well done
after the puerile protests Of their ira
dnsers have vanished into thin air.
This is an age OF action Whenevr
an aroused public sentiment and n con-
seccrated public purpose DEGREES that
old things pass away and new things
to pass. This century. yet so young.
has seen many surprises. More Will
come. But the old storm rocked repub-
lie Will survive, and the voice OF the
people Will be the voice 81 God.
w. M. BfCK ERS.
Richmond, Va. March IS, 1908.
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GOOD ROADS AND POPULATION.

announcement for good roads comos
from the Fredericksburg Evening Jour-
nal, which states with powerful effect
the heavy and intolerable burden which
bad roads lay upon a community. Our
contemporary noted a special telegram
to The Times-plspat from Farmvil!e.
stating that the voters were preparing
to pass on the question OF Issuing $780,
900 for the building OF macadam
roads. The telegram further stated:
The people OF Prince Edward have
learned the advantages OF macadam
roads from the one leading from Farm
vile to Hampden-Sidney. and shorter
roads OF a like character in other parts
OF the country are desired"
In commenting ON this the Fred
ericksburg Journal makes terrific
argument for good roads by using the
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and those on the platform, being In
the rear Of the speaker. place his face
in the shadow. Upon leaving such a
place the paramount feeling is one
of relief. Can You not suggest some
remedy for this nuisance? I.
While On the subject the attention
of good people should be turned to the
churches. Any lights shining In the
face mako the listeners uncomfort-
able, and much good effort is lost.
Managers of worldly amusements cater
to the comfort OF their patrons. there
by insurlng large audiences. Let the
ministers OF the gospel. for once, profit
by their experience and study the sub
ject of lighting, and perhaps their
evening congregations will be larger.
ga B. McR."
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Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.-"Doubting Thomas when he
touched what he supposed to be a dead
wire, found 1t suficiently charged with
Daniel electricity to leave no doubt
in his MAD as to Senator Daniels pop
ularity throughout Virginia. The cur
rent strucie even old North Carolina
as we see from your paper where one OF
her noble sons came to the rescue Of
our gallant Senators. North Carolina
is aNgrand old State. and no. Drawer
people ever lived than our TIA rheel'
friends. They know a good thing when
they see Il. We would advise Brother
Thomas, when he RECEIVERS from tn.
shock, to "go way back and sit down.
We willscall him when we need him.
e. M. B.
Is Petersburg, Va March az, 1908.
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RACE-TRACK GAMBLING IN NEW
YNAlS. ~

BY vote OF 126 to 0 the New York
Assembly has passed an important
measure aimed at destroying tho ini-
Qultous race-track gambling. which
has been legally winked at by tho
Percy Gray bill. 1t is not to be sup
posed that oil OF those 1875 were ear
most opponents OF the sin OF gambling.
for where the money and the influence
are assembled. as on. the side OF the
race-tracks. converts are not lacking.
Yet only nine could be marshaled to
Withstand the cry from 1.-The back dis
tricts" for the destruction OF gambling.
For those who believe In the dominance
OF moral principles such an exhibit is
support and comfort.
Assuredly the powers OF wealth and
property and human weakness and In
trenched and vested vice were allied
to defeat the popular demand that
gambling be stopped. The race-track
hangers-on and the self-styled patrons
OF sport alike bullied and whined ana
clustered, but all in vain. The vanity
OF New York as State was appealed
to. The pocket-book nerve was irri-
tated wherever it could be found. The
human weakness for gambling was en-
listed. and the ablest political tacti-
clans were put in charge OF this
motley but powerful army.
On the other side was the undeniable
fact that race-track gambling was the
foster-mother OF innumerable crimes
and fearful misery. Against this
awakened and militant conscience the
weapons OF the political trickstecs
were OF no avail.
The Senate of New York may try
TO modify the act passed by the AS
sembly, but 1t is safe to say that in
the presence Of the demand that Sc
cured vote Of 12s to 9 in the lower
house. even the upper house, that ally
OF the race-tracks, will not stand firm
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HOW THE PHOTOGRAPHERS talk.

And, OF course. after the second ele-
two term found In Mr.. Bourne's lexicon,
there would be the third unavoidable term,
the Fourth inevitable term. the fifth TIM
dodsabls term. and the half-dozenth nects-
snry and obvious tarm.-Lousvile Courier
Journal.
W
II fresh air we're bottled and sold by a
trust the board OF education would SEQ 10
!. that the school children mad plenty
Those odorless onions the california China
man invented will never stand a barber
sltop test In Texas.--Houston rost
..
An Alabama contemporary says Booker
Washington Is for Foraker. This. we sus-
peet. Is highly colored story.--washinston
Give the anarchists decent burial, says
a red leader. That's II; give II to the whole
Tennesseean.
Emma Goldman is reported TO have sur
fered mental collapse. Maybe she has
some sense now.-Norfolk Landmark.
II Caleb Powers hadn't announced HIN, :
self as n candidate for Congress. he would
probably already have been out OF jail
Memphis Commercial Appeal.