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The Poll Tax.

the year 1908 to repeal or to mod
ify the payment of the poll tax as
a prerequisite to citizenship.
There is pending in the Legis-
lature a bill whose purpose is to
repeal the poll tax as prerequi-
site to voting and to place it in
the class of revenues for the
public schools.
This is a scheme Of willy poll
ticians which should be defeated.
One of the best and the wisest
of all the provisions of the Con-
stitution of 1898 is conferred in
Article 1888. Had the delegates
to that Convention enacted only
this one provision and had then
adjourned they would have been
entitled to the most exalted con-
sideration of approval by the peo-
pie. A practical test of ten years
has confirmed the wisdom of that
Convention. The payment of the
poll tax of one dollar as a pre-
requisite to citizenship, payable
on or before December 81 of
each year, for two years pre-
ceding an election, has operated
| to the welfare of the State. 1t
has been the means of eliminating
the irresponsibles who had exer-
cised a controlling power in cleo
tons through brib cry and
frauds.
1t is true that elections in
Louisiana, even between Demo
Gratis, are tainted with bribery
and frauds, but this evil is not so
great and radical as it was when
| the hobo and the unwashed could
be corraled and marched to the
polls and voted at will as dictat-
ed by their purchasers.
The repeal Or the modification
of the requirements as now fixed
in Article 1873 of the Constitution
would lead to the same condi
tons which disgraced the electo
rate and stamped the Democra
CIV of Louisiana with shame.
In the prescriptions of this ar
ticle is due the elimination of the
negro as a factor in politics II
+ Louisiana. Only few of thu
thousands of negroes in Louisi
ana have paid or will pay theil
5 poll tax. Except in a few in
, stances, the negro evades tn
+ payment of the poll tax, and it il
f only when, as a property owner
S settling with the sheriff that n
| is required to pay the poll tax o
one dollar.
Had it not been for the poll ia:
n payment, thousands of negroe
!: in Louisiana would today be qua
o flied as voters.
To repeal this prerequisite t
citizenship will encourage the NJ
i groes to register and vote.
d will be a menace to peace an
y order. it will be a threat to whit
supremacy.
Instead of repeating this safe
e. guard to citizenship, She PR
,e scription should be S5rengthel
:. ed by making it IMPOSSIBLE fe
~, 10 any one individusTto pay the pc
tax of others and hold the r
is ceipts for use on election day.
I'd Besides this prerequisite
e. citizenship, the poll tax paymel
is for she benefit of the publ
schools. Remove this, as is COZ
tep1plated in the bill, and ii
$, public schools become the vlctl
of the policy of politicians wi
seek preferment by winning I'll
g favors of the class having no 7
sponsibilities or care in the WI
" fare of the State beyond the te
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Estray Notice.
Magistrates Court,
End ward.

Estrayed before me, Ruffln
Daniel, magistrate of the sec
ond ward, May Zone dark iron
grey mare about z ~ years old,
13 hands high, no brands, end
of tail white, name appears I, &c
have been sheared in early Fall
appraised by two sworn apprals
ers, Austin Daniel and Johnny
Simms, at $1,000.
Rufin Daniel,
| Magistrate
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For Sale.
TIT hLl
Secretary

mixed Lespedeza and Grass
Lespedeza seed, Yellow
Creole Flint corn seed.
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mex Mcdonald III by Rex Nc.
pOnaidi fee $40 with return priv
Can be seen at Storms
9Soles every Saturday after
a : Srd, 1908, Address
O0' GEO. FoRsYTHE, Agt
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JNO. l. DANIEL,
l.. P. KILBOURNE.
MATT GILMORE,

Board of Supervisors of Elections
Parish of West Fellciana.
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MISUNDERSTANDING
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WEDNESDAY. JANUARY $, 1908.
He is n fool who cannot be angry;
hut he is n wise nhnn who will not
English Protcrb.
,,oTnER STEP FORWARD.

The Times-Dispatch announces with
pleasure that it has secured the SER
vices of Mr.. Lewis II. Machen. of Alex
andria, for the period of the present
General Assembly. AS special writer
fer this paper it will be Mr. Machen's
object to give to the people OF Nirginlu
more effectively than has ever been
done before an idea of what the Leg
.isiature is as an organization, of the
personnel Of the present body. and
AAeve all of the work that is being
attempted and accomplished.
A trained lawyer, with an intimate
knowledge OF political conditions In
the State. and member Of the last
senate where he occupied promi-
inent position in the debates on the
door and the deliberations in commit
tee rooms. Mr. Machen is cminently
qualified for such task, and, with the
cooperation of members OF the AS
scmhly, will be able to make his daily
comments on the session valuable to
every virglnian interested in the well
fare of the State.
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benefit Of those of our young readers,
sif such there be, who envy the children
of rich parents. Money may be
blessing, but 1t may also be a cross.
An inherited fortune often turns out
to be misfortune. But money or no
money, how can any sensible man SO
fur lose his head as to marry all adj.
ventureas. whom lie knows to be bad
And 1t lis even n greater mystery that
sensible American girl can be per.
isuaded to give herself to a dissolute
foreigner III exchange for an empty
title, wien there are so many manly
men at home from whom to select
husband. How Gun decent American
woman contemplate as husband q
man who is willing to accept an allow
nnce from his wife as a part OF the
marriage contract? How can she turn
away from real American noblenlnil
for such q carcature2 The woman who
plays the game CANDLES with loaded
dice and takes reckless chances with
her fortune, her character and her hap
piness.
The Thaw children. brother and sis
ter, have lived to poor purpose, but
they have Mt least given American
youth valuable warning.
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Prnlsc. srcclnl wrlter.

Editor OF The Times- Dlspatcl:
Sir,--In perusing the columns OF The
Times Dispatch of this dntS the writer's
attention was attracted to the nrti.
LOWS Fl. Mnchen, from Alexandria, The
prob1ems suggested by Mr.. Nfachcn
that Will engage the attention OF tile
General Assembly, as Mr. Maehcn hns
wisely said. First and foremost. there
.isa surplus in the treasury OF some.
thing over 100000 IT Is a conservative
guess that 20. oyer half Of tho bills In.
nS,rto,n Of the sams. r. the writer e,
the guards Of tho State penltentiary
for an increase OF salary, and while
the writer Is convinced that many
worthy men Gun be secured to I'LL these
SIS per mpnth VS. Is hardly hardly sastiicicnt Il
.supportaa family. and may the writer
suggest here that no has no AK to
grind. neither has he q family to sup.
Mr.. Editor, while the writer was inn
MS !, communication, yet no was more
OF Murphy's Hotel (though Mt. Macl,en
was a defeated candidate by q small
tmaJorltY). to witness, with what q
hearty. welcome he was received by
friends on every side. 1t is needless
the cordial reception that lie received
Mt the hands OF the members of the
body that dies now; and also the mem
bers OF the body that will exist to-
morrow at noon, that ex-senator Ma
cerity, honestly and all that goes TO
make Il man. and even in his defeat
his friends can point to him with pride
Richmond, Va, Jan. Z, 1908. REX.
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has O. comfortable surplus, and the
Auditor estimates that OH the present

has o comfortable surplus and the
Auditor estimates that OH the present
basis Of revenues and expenditures
tliorc VIII continue to be ali excess OF
Income for the next two years. But
In making UP its budget the Legisla.
tinctlon Of the public debt. IL should
lat least follow the wise precedent OF
tho last Legislature, and require to DO
paid into the sinking fund a sum which
cur agreement requires us to pay In
the year 1910 and each year thereafter
during tho life of the bonds. To fall
in this plain duty would be a relics
ton on our thrift and would undoubt-
'edly injure the credit OF the State.
Eut the question Of paramount ii,-
portance is the promotion of the agri-
cultural interests of the state, for
upon the success OF the farmers de-
pends the success of the public schools
ali public institutions, road-buildiig,
and the prosperity of the whole people.
Tho Department OF Agriculture needs
f j / i. O. ~ "a
to be reorg,pized and inspired with
new life. The petty squnbbles in the
department must BIO stopped by the
firm discipline OF the Legislature, and
the department. should be required to
do more demonstrativc work. There
should be demonstration farms through.
out the State, and the great aim of all
Suite endeavors should be to help the
farmers to improve their lands, their
breed Of stock and their methods, so
as to bring the greatest results out OF
their expenditures OF money and labor.
THAT is the only true solution Of the
farm proLler,. and the labor problem.
Richmond is always glad to enter
tain the members of the General AS
scmbly, and hopes that their stay in
the city may be agreeable and enjoy
able in socia, way, as well as profit
able to the State.
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MERELY JOKING.
Text From, BrotI,cr Dickcy.

Text From Brother Dickcy.
J, DE man what ECONOMICS in his young
days KIN order coal by telephone u Ills old
Atlanta t constitat, ;iA'0 1Y0''' = -
All In the Air.
THAT fellow BusDy never seems to have
ANYTHING to do
IN. Hes very busy now he tells me-"
Getting tho right Of way for n wireless
telephone company "--clevcland Plain
Dealer
well Protected.
Nervous Old Lady Con seventh floor of
tho proprietor OF the hotel has taken against
perer =" Yes sa num- h. has the Rlsss
Herald.
TIC Didn't Deserve It.
r'lunkers: ,.,Bu. don't think deserve an
absolute .aro.
se.t Marx sr a so Ss to psi
Good day.'-Yale Record.
a Little Higher.
awyer: "r can get you divorce without
publicity for about a hundred pounds !,
society Woman: How much more Will
It cost with Observation-Disclosures Bits.
Almost An Insult.
Whats the matter. Aigy?''
why, dash 1t all. that big girl over yon.
der. don't ye know. she asked mo II had
! a. powder rag with me!'--Wash!ngton Her.
| aid.
Nothing In II for Sandy.
An English tourist came upon q farmhouse
! in a remote glen. "Iow delightful to live
| II. this solitary spot!" he remarked TO the
| farmer.
sim not SO sure ABBOTT that. SIR" replied
| tho farmer. 'Iioo wad We like to haze %
gong fifteen miles for a gless o. whiskeyf"
oh" said The tourist" but you could
| keep bottle"
Tho farmer shook his head. "Ah. man. .
he said. seriously. s"whiskeyll not keep?''--
| Lcndon Tit. Bits. t-6I57sE
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chr,.tmn. and Crime.

Editor OF The Times-Dispatch:
Slr,-I had understood that The
Times. Dispatch was opposed TO pro-
hibition. set during the holidays you
filled your columns with such redun-
dant and unanswcrable prohibition
arguments as do not remember ever
to have seen In newspaper before.
Does an intelligent and Christian pco-
pie adequately reflect upon this APP
palling carnival Of crime, due to drink?
Do they regard 1t with Indifference?
Do they sit down and say there Is no
remedy? Does 1t indicate moral opA-
city or political incompetency
which makes mockery both OF res
aligion and civilization II none OF
these things explain the ghastly phc.
nomena, what is the explanations
BENZ. C. MOOAIANN.
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,IR. ROOSEVELT AND ADMIRAL
PROwNsON.

President EooseTeltS publlc lettcr
to the Secretary Of the Navy. in which
he goes out OF his way to give his
opinion OF Admiral Brownson. Is one
OF the most surprising documents that
fever issued from n man whose docu-
mcnts have frequently surprised be-
fore. After forty-six years OF admit
rable service in the Navy, this officer.
because he differs from the President,
finds himself held UP before his coun-
trynen to be rated like schoolboy.
"Unseemly," "discrcdit,'' Injurious"
gross impropriety" childish" repre-
tcpsible." personal pique,'' wounded
vanity" fractional feeling" "disloyGl."
This is some OF the rhetoric which the
President of the United States show
crs upon the head of his former Blu
reau Chief, the Chiefs offence being
that he resigned post which. he felt,
he was no longer qualified to fill.
II Admiral Brownson had been wrong
Ito give up this post, he would hardly
have merted such language from MIR.
Roosevelt. But Admira. Brownson was
rot wrong. It was his privilege 10
resign his office at any moment when
liz, no longer desired 1t. 1t became his
duty to resign 1t when he saw that
LIS recommendations did MT carry
weight. and that he and tho President
lwere no longer III sympathy. The du-
~ 80 ia NJ Nav
igation are to devise with the Prest-
ldent and the Secretary OF the Navy
concerning the personnel. tho dlscip'
Lime and the efficiency Of the feet. IL
|havo chung to the office after observing
the ineffectualness Of his advice woult
mot, therefore, have been LOYALTY" or
the part of the Admiral. 1t would
merely have Keen to nullify the posi-
utilities of his office and to make
Ihumiliating and stultlfying compro
mise with his own convictions.
Mr.. Roosevelt has the unhappy gif
Of surprising his admirers disagreea
IDLY. 1t IS safe to say that he ha
shocked them this time rather NOR
deeply than usual. The "piaue" an
"wounded vanity" OF which he write
80 excttedly to Secretary Metcalf seer
to the layman far more applicable t
Ibis own attitude than to Admire
Brownson's frank and manly letter Q
resignation. Nor do the facts tina
that letter and the Presidents curious
), ~ succinct reply were "inadver;entl
omitted" from the correspondence cal
l,er made public. or that the Admiral
! written defense by citation of FEEDER;
laws, naval regulations and precedcn'
: has not been made public at all, In
: prpve the situation from the Whit
;. House point of view. Admiral Brow,
: sons friends, who arc naturally indis
nant, hint that he will demand cour
= martial, and We trust that the Pre-;
ldcnt, for his own cake, will also {
everything in his power to promote
y public exploitation Of all the facts i
- yolyed.
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Rhymes for Tod Jay
ix1LoaRAM,iAn.


SEEN him when he done it, a
amt told no one why:
= But---vel1, twas her begun It
10 hinder he and l.
Id always took to Sadly
I liked the ways OF she:
For her was born lady,
Which8w not you nor me,
And wien we'd saw her getting
To no more be the same, II
Cs all begun regretting
That her had ever came. 8
But l1in--.twas him as hid-it:
I'll learn him what we meant
He hadn't ought to did It,
Nor had she ought to went.
But her ana me viii floor him s
amt began In fun
Who'd went there long before him
And Witnessed all he done. ls
I hain't content with scorntng--it
Ill bift his map to rag,
Because he shook that morning
And leaved her held the bag.
II. S.. FL
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Voice Of the P eople.

The l'Imes-l1lspatch Will print
signed letters ON NIL Questions yylilcli
relate To the public welfare. SMcli
articles Should not exceed in length
100 words, except under exceptional
circuInstnnccs. aud should be SIGNED
with tile tn manic of the wrlter,
ahd should Ecnr Ills or her address,.
The name of tlic writer Will be
WITHHELD IL desired.
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replace Louis XVI. upon the throne,
from which he hadsbeen removed by
ms own subjects. The communists
81 % az IL; rarls We're aroused to q sense
In revenge for this interference
np9n the part Of foreign powers.
mination Of the revoluttonists, Dan
Ton ana his associates determ ned
who were confined In the prisons Of
Paris.
the enforcement of this Infamous
order, and every detail needed to
make make the task effective was sup
The National Assembly, sitting
enid 1,!anl the horrors OF that feast Of
me decree Of the municipality which
summoned all Paris o.the Champ de
Ma r,r TO pc armed The f1ghf Will, VIII
against the French. and. the old
enemy was on the march Tor the
gates of Paris. One deputy falsely
said Russia was preparing or q n
attack on the French seap!o3rts,, and
asked for 1000 100000 francs tor q
War defense fund. vi H y A
linen entered Danton. w,
.,see Lanton enter. says Carlyle,
the black brows clouded, the CO. 4
lossus figure trampipg heavily
grim energy looking from al the
ieatuFss OF the rugged man strong
IS mat grim son Of France, and,
saftn. reality and not: g 20 rra ula
Z Lesislators!' SO &spea axis the stem.
tor voice, 1T Is not the alarm can !
ron that you hear, 1t AS tthe m =, =
&c charge against our enc ,t g
conquer them, TO burl them pack.
: what do we reuuirep S5t 9 "A
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THE CURSE Of RICHES.

Great wealth Ia not necessarily
curse, but often it Is. Look at Harry
Thew and his sister. Each inherited a
fortune from rich father, and sorry
mess they have made OF their lives.
one will be tried this weak for muir
der, and tho other is seeking to break
away from a foreign earl whom she
married for a title and who married her
for her money. Without wealth Harry
Thaw might have earned an honest
Livelihood ana conducted himself as a
decent, If not useful, citizen; without
money his sister might have become the
4 wife OF an honest American working
! man and lived for love and home. IN
| stead OF throwing herself away upon
a gent of the nobility, who seems to
think more OF his allowance than he
thinks of his wife.
4 When Harry Thaw and his sister
were growing UP they We're doubtless
/ the envy Of all their companions ir
moderate circumstances. But are they
to be envied to-day? Would any q
their former associates exchange place,
Il with either to-day? On the contrary
would not Harry Thaw exchange place
= with any boy friend, however poor n
4 may be, who has grown up to be hon
a est and respectable? And would 40
4 the Countess OF Yarmouth swap OF
e with any ono of her girl friands wh
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Protect the BIRDS.

EuttUr OF 1nE MISUNDERSTANDING. ~ --'--
teen miles I counted nineteen negroes
carrying cheap guns, who were .blaz.
Ing away at any furred or feathercd
object they could find. 1t wotlll not
ship TO destroy tho remnants OF Viz.
gtnia's game and song birds. For my
part, / think the best course that can
be pursued In this matter Is 9 gun
tax. England has successfully enforced
a tax Of this sort for q number OF
years. and Virginia could vel! follow
her example. COUSTRfAIAN.i
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'While blood was flowing in
streams In every prison." says Prud-
llomme, "Danton. with his assoc
clates, Desmoullns, Robert, Favre
d'Eglantine and their wives sat
down to a splendid banquet"
A more fitting sldel,gh OF the
utter heartlessness Of the relgning
Commune, in those days of wanton
human hutchery, could hardly be
given. From sunday, September I'd,
until Septcmber 9TH. or for q Pc
Rod OF five days. the assassinators
piled their weapons upon the bodies
OF over u thousand inrEcent vic,
tins. and the ghastly renN ms We're
also treated With inconee, vable inr
dignities.
These atrocities were committed
by order OF the National Assembly.
The plot was hatched for some days
hefore its terrible execution. It
was the result OF a manifesto which
was issued BY the Duke 81 Bruins.
wick the coMnlanaer ct the allied
Austrian ana laruss'an, armies, This
alien general OF an allen force up
pcaled to all OF Europe to securely
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we freely concede to the Houston
Post that Richmond can show nothing
like the Texas thief who stole two
railroad tickets out of Houston aud
then returned them. The splendid
railroad Offices in this city do not keep
tickets out OF Richmond, as the crowd
It's all moving in the other direction
and there Is absolutely no demand for
them.
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"a Plttsburg physician declares that
the grip originated In China" says the
Washington Post. The fact is nlma-
terial, however inasmuch as the grip
lis utterly Indifferent to the pleasures
to be derived from holding an Old
Home Week with itself.
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Tie Cleveland man who dropped dead
on being dealt four aces apparently
did not understand the rules of the
lgsme. The suaye and polished poker
lines of Richmond. under similar cir
culnstances. merely drop tall stack
of blues into tho pot.
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Senator Davis Is warned not to go
near Curwensville, Pa. There is an
educated dog In that town which goes
mad at bad grammar and nIps the
Sneakers leg of.
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The spectacle OF two Thaw proceed.
ings going OH at the same time may
cause "the situation" to undergo a
violent relapse.
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Former Secretary Shaw. the New
York Mail points out. told an Iowa
audience the other day that he did not
know whether he would be a candidate
or not. 1t is pleasant to note that Mr..
Shaw retains his gift for constituting
the most glittering and fearless minor
| tiles that America has yet produced.
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do eggs shrink" asks the Macon
Telegraph. The modest, aesthetic eggs
of Old Virginia do occasionally, but
never the muscular, brutal and ho-
micidal eggs laid in other parts OF the
country.
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Let us not get so confused in our
ideas, however, as to imagine that any
old William J. Bryan will do.
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On Monday, a San Francisco CRATER
foil dead from r. e. Morse. OF course
1T was not Abraham Reuf, who would
net know Morse If the two gentlemen
met in the road,