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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-02
IoHN q. CaRIIsIE.

Formerly commanding figure in
national politics. q great lawyer and
statesman. John Griffin Carlisle.
thrice Speaker Of the House ana for
four years Secretary of the Treasury
under Cleveland, died in New York
last Sunday. The Intelligence of his
death recalled TO the minds Of many
the brilliant career of the man. who
rose from the farm to the Cabinet,
through many intervening Offices.
Carlisle was native Kentpckian,
his original ancestor in that Common
wealth having emigrated from Cul-
pepper County, Virginia. Brought up
on the farm, he began his career as
school teacher, soon entering into
the study and practice Of Law. His
first speech in his first case was "a
signal success He was elected Il
the Kentucky Legislature Just before
the outbreak of the War Against TIL,
South, and vigorously opposed the Sc
ression of that State, remaining neu
/ trial during the strife. Mr.. carlisl
served successfully as state Senator
delegate 10 the National Democrati
\ Convention of 1868. and Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky
Mr. carlisle's congressional servic
began with the Forty-hfth Congress
y and extended through seven terms. j
three OF which he was Speaker
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-02
GENERAL LEn,s srAruE,

President Taft has approved the
opinion of Attorney General Wicker
sham that there is no provision of
law by which the statue of General
Robert r. Lee in Confederate uniform
can BIO removed from Sta tuary Hall,
in the Capitol at Washington. The
Associated Press reports that the
Presidents approval of the Attorney
Generals opinion was made "without
comment" Comment was unnecessary.
but we Shall probably hear from some
OIL the Grand Army Posts about it,
and we should not be surprised if some
of the pensioners, who have been get
ting great deal of money out Of the
Treasury on account of what General
Lee did to them, should make a great
disturbance. Except the honor his
State has done him by placing his
statue in the Capitol, there is no honor
to Lee in keeping company with the
nondescripts who figure in Statuary
Hall as among the American worthi3ts.
Mr.. Understands opinion was
brought out by the protests Of the
Grand Army OF the Republic Denart-
ment of New York From 1ss5 70 ,ooo
both years included the amount mia
out by the Movement at WASHINGTON
the greater part to the solSf}ars n,ho
saved the Union.o and are SIN, no,na.
paid. for doing thei, antv--a,or.a,,, :,
| sS,s4s.e9a,721.o6. or these nens,onans
Sass live in New York fron, rh,ah
the protests came against tha &C.,
OF General Lee being nlacaa - ~
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-02
SENATOR SWANSON.

Claude 4. swanson will make his
mark in the Senate at Wasshltis 'oi''
He has ability of no mean order iArse
and varied experience in public ahaifs'
ambition TO match the work OF the
great men who have preceded him III
the seats Of the mighty, the confidence
of his State. which he has served with
dignity and fidelity, and the good
wishes of all its people for the fullest
measure of success in the high place
to which he has been appointed by
the Governor Of Virginia. His ca
reer has been remarkable. He has
made himself what he is by mis- own
industry and determination. The far
mers boy of Pittsylvania, struggling
10 the light, has by the eloquence Of
his voice, the sincerity of his purposes
and high service to his people achieved
the distinction now worthily bestowed
upon him. Member of Congress for
twelve years, Governor of Virginia for
four years, he will now take his seat
in the highest Legislative body in the
world fully equipped for the service
expected of him.
In announcing his appointment as
United states Senator yesterday. The
Times Dispatch printed an excellent
account of his life and times which
will bear summarizing here:
swanson--Born March 81, 1862;
q
age; taught school and made enough
money at it to pay his way through
college; graduated from Randolph
Macon College with degree OF y. b.,
and with college and society medals
for oratory and debating; graduated
from the University OF Virginia in law
in 1857; practiced at Chatham. elected
! to Congress from the Fifth District in
1896 and reelected for FIVE additional
terms; elected Governor of Virginia
in 1906 for four years; appointed
United States Senator from virginis
n 1910.
Swanson's greatest and best worl
gas done when he was Governor OF thu
State. These things We're accomplished
under his administration and by hi
persistent, intelligent and ver-tirint
creased from "a to $50: new schoo
houses built at q cost OF $1,000, 900
agricultural and normal training
school established in each of the Con
acsio Iistr ,a ort.
ment of dairy and food inspection es
tablished; increased appropriations fol
the development OF the fruit industry
State Board OF Health created; Stat,
state Geological Survey created; col
ony for epileptics provided for; Stat,
Board OF Charities and Correction es
tablished; increased pensions for Con
federate veterans urged and secured
Jamestown Expositiop. promoted, an
many other things OF practical valu
to the commonwealth advocated an
accomplished through his constructiv
work
This is record of which the ne,
Senator may we'll feel proud, and
is because Of what he has achieved b
his abundant labors that the people
the State expect good work from hi
at Washington. He will succeed OF
OF the foremost men of the South, an
following his example in all III;
touches the life and character of III
part of the country, he will prov
himself worthy OF his Office.
----
ga InEyN r. C.r.IJSJfE
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-02

That Sunday School League In Fred.
ericksburg is still playing ball. The
fredericksburg Daily star tells us that
on Tuesday "the Baptists again took
the Presbyterians' scalp to the tune
of . to 6, thereby adding another gem
to their large<crown. For the Baptists
every player is credited with a hit"
Mover mind; that Presbyterian pitcher
will mend his weak wing" before the
next UNCONVENTIONAL battle on the
diamond"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-02
The mucn-oelaDorea hookworm wins

The much beabored hookworm wins
indirect praise from the Irvinston yir-
GINA Citizen, which says:
THE barefoot country boy, dig
ging the reluctant worm from its ma
tive earth and inserting into its insides
the barbed hook, catches fish with the
zest that the hookworm catches him.
1t may be hookworm that makes him
lazy, but still the day may come when
he win shake off the laziness even
as the small fish shakes itself loose
from his bent pin, and he will rouse
up and be statesman, or. anyway, a
politician. Great men thus grow from
hookworm boys"
Just that Kind of boy has gone right
to the top OF the ladder in many cases
and the hookworm may not always be
so bad after all.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-02

tho case from a broader point OF Wow
than the immediate field In which the
present dlstemper Of Mr.. Smith devel-
oped, we would say that 1t IL far
better, thousand times better, that
he should be affected in this way. and
possibly to the salvation of his State,
than that the grand old Common
wealth of Georgia should be plunged
into chronic state OF collie by his
reelection as Governor. II his abb
sence from the stump shall result in
his defeat, his collie should be re-
garded as visitation Of a kind provi-
dence
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-02

The following extract from the
Memphis News-scimitar illustrates the
fact that news sense" is possessed
by some people not on newspapers.
The telephone in the editorial room
of The News Scimitar rang brlskly at
10 o'clock
4 want to speak to a reporter said
a feminine voice,
We'll, this is a reporter talking"
went back the answer,
'Then come down to 25l Court Ave-
nue. at once, for am liking to commit
suicide
Coming now said the reporter as
he slammed the receiver on the hook.
And he got the story, too,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-02
I<NocKED OUT BY CONC.

Last week Hoke Smith was COM
PEELED to abandon several oil his
speaking appointments because of a
sudden and painful illness called kid
ney collie The Augusta Chronicle,
which has never had anything but the
ordinary sort arising from perverted
and excessive peristaltic contradictions, :
tries to turn the incident TO political
account Hoke is running for Gov
ernor of Georgia-why, nobody out
side the State knows-and the Au-
gusta paper is opposed TO him for very
| good reasons, as we think, and hopes
| is no excuse for laughing at man
who has the collie and particularly the
kidney collie We call this striking
below the belt, or SO near below the
belt that in the old days when prize
fighting was not unlawful it would
be called foul. Even now it de-
serves reprobation as 1t shows to what
base uses journalism is sometimes
turned.
seriously and candidly" as II it
could be serious and candid when it
comes to saying a good word for
Smith, Seriously and candidly," says
the Chronicle. I'VE wish for him. per.
sonally, good health and long life
but political pellagra. so help u.s.
The two things do not go together,
for the personal Hoke Smith and the
political Hoke Smith are twins of the
Siamcse order, and one cannot be
/ parted from the other without the un-
doing Of both.
/ AS if to prove it's utter inslncerity
in wishing Mr.. Smith personally
/. good health and long ife.o the Angus
\ ia paper comments in a ribald way
about a twentyfoot picture Of the
candidate displayed by a connoisseur
in its art-loving town and tries Il
make it appear that the picture was
painted when he was suffering from
the temporary distemper which de.
prived the people of the State Of hi.
:
wise counsel for few days at one O
the most critical hours of tho hare
contest. Says the Chronicle. wv
knew that in the very nature o
things, he wasn't a VIGIL man whe,
that picture was taken Som
: said it looked as if he had swallowe
: his port rates. while others said
! was paralysis of the pocket nerve
, and still others. that the expressio
: Of the eyes indicated political loco
: motor-ataxia. But We didn't go as ia
as that---we simply said he was M
! looking as strong and robust as usua
And we expressed our regrets
Mind you, all this is pure afterthougl
j and has been built UP on.the report
!, the colicky symptoms, which we hoI
have been exaggerated 1t is as ce
/, tain as anything can be that e Iii
r tie Joe" Brown had been seized wi
10 anything like this, the Chronic
IF would not have said word about
y or would not have gone any furth
j. than to print the story over on /
IN market page along with the wealth
e, reports. Its conduct, in the clrcul
lie stances, is altogether unprofcssont
D. but such is Georgia politics.
. 1t is far better, however, looking
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-02

It's a safe bet that Commissioners
Mann, Haisey and King are doing more
hard studying now that they have
done since they studied for the bar
exam" They are brushing up" on
their French. so that they can come
back when the french people begin
to talk to them about the copy of the
noudon statue they are to present.
Bon voyage. messieurs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-02
THE CITIES pEAuTIr1i,.

The newspapers of Virginia are full
OF suggestions as to the Cleaning up
of the cities or towns in which they
are published. They ore urging that
day BE set apart for the removal or
ali rubbish. debris, and other insight
ly blots on the naturally good appear
ance of the place, and in some in
stances, there have been proclamations
by the mayors, looking to this end.
This is an unmistakable sign of
municipal progress. 1t indicates ma
tive pride. 1t means that our cities
and towns, in many instances, are to
be made more attractive to the eye,
more desirable TO live in. more ap-
pealing to the prospective settler;
and we have no doubt that the citi-
zens will cooperate in such local
movements.
That ''cleaning-up day" is an excel
lent idea, 1t is step in the right di-
rection.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-02

There was little touch of Autumn
in the air yesterday morning. Now
that Summer is so nearly over, it is
worth noting how pleasant it has been.
There has not been hot night In
Richmond this year. The days have
been hot very hot some OF them, but
the nights have all been cool. The
only flies in the ointment have been the
automobiles. which would not let peo-
pie sleep. 1t is hoped that the new
Council Will do something for the re-
lief of the community in this respect.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-02
TIE Houdon statue.

Please tell me something abou, the
Houdon Statue
I'm May, 1884, the House of Dele
gates of Virginia appointed commit.
tee composed OF its most distinguished
members TO consider and report What
further measures may be necessary
for perpetuating the gratitude and
veneration of his country 10 General
Washington The committee reported
an address and the following rcsolu.
ton: That the executive be requested
TO take measures for procuring statue
of General Washington. TO be OF the
finest marble and Workmanship
Pursuant to this resolution, Cover
nor Harrison, on July 20, 1854, address
ed q letter TO Mr. Jefferson. requesting
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-02
Do You Know Anything About Ashbe!


General Marcus j. Wright, who is as
sisting the United States government
in compiling war records and similar
data at Washington. asks us to insert
this query: Can any reader OF The
Ashley Womack, who came from Eng
land in 1915 and settled in Prince Ed
ward county. Va.?"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-02

Ideal Congressman is Siemp.
Among the Nations best,
rising star of morning
Shining for the Southwest"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-02

Paraphrasing the North Carolina
bard. we would just add until of
him Stuart gets the best, as Is of his
politics the way"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-02
pAnsoNs,s pEN1rENrrAnY POLICY.


The Winchester Evening Star is our
authority for the following in regard
TO state Senator John Nj. Parsons who
is "harnngin" the boys as the Repub-
lican candidate for Congress in the
Firth District:
He promises everything, and some
OF his proposals are humorous. There
is a story current to the effect that
in his last campaign he was address.
ing Republican audience in n remote
mountain precinct. He said. Fellow.
citizens, you never get anything here
because the Democrats are Gin control
OF your state. Why, IL one of you are
so unfortunate as to commit some little
offence and are sent to the peniten-
tiary, the Democratic officials drag you
up to Richmond away from your wives
and children, from your friends and
acquaintances. This is not right. My
| fellow cit izens, If i am elected to
Congress / solemnly promise you thar
! will have penitentlary built right
! here in your midst, so that in case OF
misfortune your loved ones VIII not be
taken far away among strangers. 1t
is said that this speech was most cf'
fective and gained him votes
That was a typical Republican cam
paisn promise. Why should not Little
Bascomb" Slemp, Parsons's friend and
companion also-ran- to-be, advocate in
divldual penitentiaries with all the
comforts of life for each offender in
the Ninth? slemp is short Of issues;
and who can ridicule every bird in a
Gided Cage" as tuneful Republican
campaign melody?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-02

The Big Stone Gap Post quotes this
verse as to Little Bascomp," saying
that it was written BY an ardent add
mircr of his, probably the editor OF
the Post himself:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-02

The Tlmes-Dispatch reversed the SUI
preme Court of the United States. 50
to speak, on Sunday rhat is to say,
turned the courtroom upside down.
Nobody or institution had better
right to do such thing than "the SUI
preme in Virginia
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-02

tional Statuary Hall as the symbol
of the acceptance without misgivings,
OF n complete surrender and a renewed
loyalty. should surely provoke no OPP
; position There is nothing, surely,
"maguanlmous' in that statement. Ac-
cording to Understands own con-
struction of the law, Virginia only
exercised her right under the law In
selecting Lee to represent Virginia In
the Statuary Hall. If the stntue Is TO
be kept there on the plea that IT is
there BY the magnanimIty of the coun-
try, Virginia could not afford in self
respect to allow it to remain there
Besides, after what the South has en-
dured since the close Of the war forty
1--we years ago. it does not lie in the
mouth of any truthful man to pirate
about magnanmity. Mr.. Wickersham's
view of the law is absolutely correct;
his play to the Grand army galleries
might well have been spared.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-02

The Charlotte Observer hopes that
the Southern Railway will put on a
train from Richmond to Durham and
suggests, what we already know, that
Richmond would learn much by di-
rect touch with a live North Carolina
town like Durham" Richmond wishes.
indeed that 1T could be put in closer
touch with all North Carolina towns.
The people of Charlotte would find it
greatly to their advantage If they
would do their shopping in Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-02

1t is true. as the 1rvington Citizen
says, that the "Tar Baby" story was
known long before Uncle Remus"
made "Brer Rabbit" immortal. and
that it has been told since 1910 and
probably since the days of Ham; but
it was never told as Joel Chandler
Harris told it and made 1T literature"
The idea of the telephone is as old
as the hills, and every now and then
some one will say how he discovered
the principle that thread or a wire
would conduct sound for long dis
tances but it remained for Alex
andcr Graham Bell to invent the tele-
| phone Napoleon Bonaparte had very
clear ideas as to the germ theory OF
| disease and others before him: but 1T
remained for Koch to work out the
theory actually and catch the bugs.
! There is precious little that is new un-
! der the sun,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-02

What great thing it would be If
the merchants of Richmond would get
out Special Shopping Edition of The
Times-Dispatch and run a special train
from Charlotte. Durham. Raleigh,
Greensboro, Asheville and other North
Carolina cities and towns SO that the
people down there could come here to
buy their Fall and Winter fxings.
There is plenty of money in nearly
all North Carolina towns, and Rich
mond is known to be the best and
cheapest shopping town in the South.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-02

1910, by the Brentwood
Company
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-24
A GREAT Battle.

The One Known In History a. the
"Victory Of Victories"
The battle which Is known In his
tory as the "Victory of Victories" took
place at Nehavend. in Ecbatana. and
was fought between the new Moslem
power in 637 and the empire Of Per-
sia. then one of the most powerful Of
the eastern monarchies. 1t was one of
the most absolutely decisive battles in
the history of war. and it was all the
more amazing by reason of the fact
that it was won by a people who
twenty years before had been un-
known barbarians, lost in the deserts
Of Arabia.
Arabian historians place the Persian
loss in a single day at 100000 men
killed. This may be and probably Is
an exaggeration, but the fact remains
that the Persian dynasty came to an
end when the battle was over and that
Zoroastrianism. which had been the re-
ligion Of Persia for over a thousand
years. was at once supplanted BY Is
lam. Its modern representatives. as Is
we'll known. are now the Parsees OF
India.
The victory was so absolutely de-
cisive that it extended the Arabian do
minions over the whole Of the region
lying between the Caspian sea and the
Indian ocean. With the exception per-
haps of the battle of Tours, no single
fight ever made such a difference In
the after history Of the world.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-24
THE POKER.
Hardly Changed Since the Days Of tts
Early Metat Workers.

Hardly Changed Since the Days Of tts
Early Metal Workers.
As the frst fireplace was Il circle Of
stones at the mouth of cave. so the
first poker was piece of green stick.
1t was necessary to have something to
knock the logs together with when
they began to burn through the mid
die. and a. primitive man did not wear
boots he could not use them to kick
the hot embers into place. as some Of
us do to this day. That was a refine
ment. II 1t can be SO called. which
came later. The green stick lasted un-
til the age of iron and was then super
seeded by handy piece Of metal which
possessed the advantage Of being
stronger and of not burning away.
But since the days of the early work
ers In metal we have made no ad-
vance.
The poker has hardly. IL at all,
changed through the ages. 1t is. as 1t
always has been. simple and severe Of
outline. 1t lends itself to no vagaries
and to little ornamentation. 1t is one
Of the few things which no one has
ever patented. because it may be said
to have leaped from the first foundry
perfect and complete in every respect
The only notable attempt at improve
ment has been to make the poker Of
brass with twisted column. but even
then the iron poker turks at the side
and is known as the curate. because it
does all the rough work. The orna-
mental poker is not poker at all. but
a sham. an upstart masquerading un-
der an ancient and honored name and
gaining credit for duties which it is
unable to perform.-London Globe.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-24
3ha Knew the Reason.

He was smoking and musing over
the ways of the world. "Odd, isn't II"
be said at last. "how few people at
tain their ideals in this worldT'
I'm what wayY' inquired his wife
suspiciously. for she was not a woman
to be caught of her guard.
"Well."' he replied slowly. Il was
thinking of Wilmer when l spoke. He
had an ideal woman that he was al
ways talking about when he was In
college. She was tall and stately in
bis dreams, and he seemed to have no
place in his heart for a small woman.
and yet-aDd YETI
"Well?"
"Why, he finally married a little
thing who hardly comes to bis shout
der. ! wonder why it was"
"Perhaps. Fred" she said very Slow
" and distinctly. 'he is like the ma
tority of other men and was afraid
to take any one Of his size."
He changed the subject.