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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-29

from. and last, but not least. the man
behind the pick and rock hammer. the
convict. Camp No. ''i3'' Is located one
Oh mile from the pleasing little ham
let OF Brandy station, and is In charge
OF j, ID. Hocketf, Il native Of Washing
ton county. Va. who has the proud
distinction OF having seen service with
the first convict road building that
was done in Virginia, and. still more
to his credit, in his native county, end
he hopes, with tile friendly aid of the
community. which he has so FAR a5und-
antiy received. to make it tho model
camp of the State, and there is not
the slightest doubt Of his camp being
tho banner one II his efforts prove rs
untiring in the future as they have
in the past.
The camp is omen 10 inspection. and
any one can but be pleased and graft
ned. after having seen this model OF
cleanliness. Mr.. Hockett is "A credit
TO his state in the capacity for which
he was chosen. and they did we'll in
securing such "A man. y Firginian bY
birth, Il strict disciplinarian, and. as
iirm TO duty as the Rock Of Gibraltar.
and it is needless 10 say. that success
naturally follows such a man.
a. b. G.
Brandy SIati,,n January o.
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"IHE DEACON A-MovING..
New England Must Now Regard Majo,
Ecmphlll as a XirEIninu


The announcement that our good old
friend. Deacon Hemphill. is TO trans
Ter his editorial talents from tile
Charleston News and Courier to the
Richmond Times-Dispatch conveys q
lesson, indeed, in, the mutability Of
human affairs, The press OF the coun-
Try has come to associate the good
deacon's name with the title of the
charleston print and vice versa Yale
was led TO invite him to lecture in the
now famous Bromley course on jour
nallsm because of the distinction earn.
ed by his editorial control OF the News
and Courier. Now all hands have got
TO begin to think OF Hemphill in the
spirit of Virginia instead of that OF
south Carolina It's going to be u
hard job
Deacon tIemphill's readiness to
change his base from South Carolina
TO Virginia illustrates fortefully the
versatility of the newspaper tempera-
menl, one would think that having
passed his active life in the state of
hesitate to undertake the study of Wiz
ginia WAYS and habits. Not he, Tho
can presents to his mind an opportun-
ltS TO expand his powers ofAnewsphper
making, aud TO arouse emotions ana
IDEAS which need new atmosphere
Clark, the editor OF the Hartford Cour-
liant, remarked atTthe Parker exercises
I'm that CITY the other day, turning TO
the benehciaries: Hartford would not
| not here" Charleston via certainly
look queer TO many with llemphill at
| work elsewhere.
However, the die is cast ard We wish
| the good deacon the best az wishes Tor
| his happiness In his new field, Tbs
| element of success need not be CON
4 sidered. That is as sure as preaching
Hartford Courier.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-29

Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Shiny somewhat abrupt letter OF
and friend. And while Mrs. ]. 7. Ed.
munds Is the only one. so far as | have
saen, that has publicly noticed the
article, yet l believe there are MANY
a crusade against this form of evil.
1t would be useless for me To take
up your valuable space to comment
upon the worth of good and whgle-
done. and the noble part 1t has PLAY
ed, In enliEhteninS. revolutionizinS and
Christianizing the world; for OF all
these things we are cognizant But
there is much to be said. and which
should be said, about the abuse and
misuse OF the press.
I charged in my other paper that
many of the cheap and trashy publi
without a single protest, are the direct
cause of crime. II this is true. and
think the fact is self-evident, is 1t
not time for Speople who love purity
Now, how this is to be done is the
question. We are aware of the fact
that parents can do much in Keeping
the. children from coming in contact
lowing the example of Mrs. Edmunds.
and commit to the flames the unwor-
thy trash. But | do not believe our
mothers, though ever so vigilant, are
dDle 10 cope WIN TIC enormous Issue
of the press.
So think we will have to turn soon
er or later to law and equity. cannot
say when this time will come. Ger
tainly, not till there is well-rooted
public sentiment. 7 am like DR.. Pitt:
l believe in conservatism or prudence.
and certainly no man should be CEN
surcd for this in any deliberatlon. And
while the time may be in the remote
future to legislate against such an
evil yet believe 1t is now at hand
when it should be agltated.
This Is a4public evil which is mani
fest. 1t poisons the mind and lowers
the standard OF citizenship. and, FUR
Their, leads many boys into trouble
and juvenile crime and punishment
There is no doubt that many will
laugh at my position when say that
a law that will abolish one evil should
also abolish another. But many who
will laugh at this doubtless laughed
when the Anti Saloon League proposed
to eXterminate the evil of the bar.
indorse the writer from Petersburc
and believe, like her, that our anxiety
to crush one form of evil should not
make us blind to the many others.
GEO A. HARRIS.
0uinton. January &c
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a STATE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN.

The only fault in the plan for
state woman's College is that it was
not perfected years ago. While Viz
ginia was remodeling her educational
machinery from kindergarten 10 post
graduate university work, she should
nave built such a college. While
strainins every nerve to make the
Nirginians of 1920 skilled farmers.
doctors. lawyers, teachers and en-
rineers, she should have bent equal
energies to make the women of 1920
ADLER, stronger, better What has
been done for the boys should have
been done for the girls,
But the fault Of the past need not
he brought up now that ii is soon to
be amended Justice demands a wo-
mans college, Foresight demands it,.
We have within the State good de-
nominational colleges whore girls may
complete their training and we have
q normal school where teachers are
equipped for the service of the state,
but these do not suHice. We must
have great school open TO every
ambitious girl rich or poor, who wants
10 go higher than the high school can
carry her We must have an institu-
tion which Will he keystone 10 our
educational arch. We must co,nnlota
The system.
when We open such college we
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-29
Voice Of the People
For EARLY rrohibi,ion.

Editor of The TimeS-DiSpatch
Sir,-I have long read and admired
great newspaper. The persistence with
which you advocate your principles,
the candor. independence and conserv-
atism which give distinctive individ-
uality to your editorials, have always
appealed to the writer.
The undersigned does not subscribe
to the views Of The Times-Dispatch
upon the great subject of temperance
I am reading with interest your arti-
cles upon the matter. One of our fore
most living scholars has said that di-
rcction is a curious thing-that it is
always one way or another Without
much reservation, the same may be
said regarding public opinion 1t has
variety, shade, and is untrammced by
limitation.
The writer believes that the appre-
hension of both press and people, who
oppose an early and concerted move
on the part of that portion Of the SOW
ereign people who favor the suppress
sion OF the sale Of Intoxicating drinks
upon any square foot of Virginia soil.
be regarded as a .veritable phantom
that will mingle with mist and quick
ly disappear before the banners and
rcsolute tread OF the large and grow
ing army bent upon rescuinG the Old
Dominion from the demon drink.
Many thinking people fail to see the
early or remote prospect Of an admis-
sion on the part of whiskey- sellers
and those favoring the traffic that
time is opportune for the Statewide
movement. Unborn babes will be gray
haired and decrepit while we wait, and
the drunkard's hell continue to claim
its toll.
We believe the gauge of war has
been dung and that the battle is on.
@ When Statewide prohibition has
been adopted and given fair trial
in Virginia, as 1t is most assuredly
likely to be in the not distant future.
the undersigned indulges the hone and
eNpectation that there will follow a
hitherto unknown unanimity and
healthy ing of public opinion upon
thousands are eager for the expert
mcnt. r. w. GRIZIARD.
Iron Gate. January 25
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Boyrowed Ingles
A SKATING rnnBLE,I.

When skating with Babottc, man E
Is always on thin 'ice
Shes built upon dangerous Plan
Though really very nice.
Upon the frozen lake OF Love,
IT'S glorious to spin,
II one can keep himself above
And not go tumblins In.
But when Babc,tcs rcd tippot blows
Across her cherry cheek,
And hand In hand, on rhythmic toes,
We skim the silvery creek;
Though chill winds bite the frosty ar
And snow is on the wod
It's quite impossible, I swear,
To let the heart grow cold
MY thoughts are cutting diamond rings
On Fancy's rink of late.
Aias! my pay, on poets wings,
cuts but a figure eight.
Babette. I love you; but TO court
have no legal rights;
never. never, can support
Two skating appetitcs! ---Liprncott's,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-29
THE NEW FEDERAL JupGEsH,r.

1T seems certain now that an addi-
( tional judge will be provided for the
Fourth United States Circuit. A bill
& TO that end has been reported favor
ably by the Judiciary Committee of
L Congress. has passed the Senate, and Is
expected to go through the House
4 without serious difficulty. The need
OF the extra judgeship has long been
evident, and has been frequently
urged by the State Bar Associations
concerned, by individual lawyers and
by the press. On this long circuit.
Virginia, West Virginia and the two
Carolinas, only two Judges now sit
Pritchard, of North Carolina, and Golf,
of West Virginia. The business trans
acted by the court clearly justifies
and requires an enlargement of the
bench. and that, at last, will be pro-
vidcd by the present Congress.
With the prospective creation OF the
judseship. and indeed long since. has
arisen the lively question of who is
TO fill it. Countless names have been
mentioned. including those of some
who can hardly be regarded as of the
right timber. These latter we con-
fidently count on President Taft to
pass by. No President ever had
more Jealous regard for the standing
of the bench, and none was ever less
likely to elevate unfitness by an in
tudicious favoritism. When Mr.. Taft
named Judge Conner. a Democrat, to
the District Court of North Carolina
he showed further that, more than
most Presidents. he could put fitness
and character above any partisan con-
siderations. and we may safely expect
/ that he will be guided by just the same
high principles in filling the new
Fourth Circuit place.
We sincerely hope that the President
will name Yirginian to this iudgesIlip.
We say this not on the easy theory
Of claiming everything in sight for
! Virginia, or because we have pre-
JUDGED eye on some favorite son whom
We desire to see made happy by a
{ plum. We have no wish to sec Vir-
& GINA coddled at the expense of the
efficiency of the Federal courts. IF
there was choice between a Vtr-
Ginian of doubtful qualifications and a
Marylandor. say, of undoubted quail
fications. we should unhesita.incIy
prefer to see this post go to the
Marylander. But, of course, there is
no such choice. There is more than
one distinguished lawyer in Virginia
who would not only suitably fill but
would adorn, the circuit bench. The
President can find here Federal
Judge who will fulfil every ideal he
has as to what a Federal judge ought
TO be. His choice is not confined to
the circuit: ii can range the coun-
try. But it would certainly be much
more pleasing to Virginia to have one
of her own peoR!e elevated than one
from Massachusetts or California; and
the bench would not suffer
Virginia gave John Marshall to tho
country. and she has not forgotten
how to breed great judges This she
stands ready to prove if the Presi-
dent. who is not wanting in apprecia-
ton either of Marshall or Virginia,
thinks proper to give her the chance.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-29
MERELY JOKING.
The Extent,

The Extent.
DO You know BurroushsH
How we'll do you know him?"
'oh. about $40 worth"--LouisYills Cou-
rior journal
They Come and Go.
How about your cook? When saw you
last you were quite dissatisfied with her"
Was IT. responded the hostess YEARLY.
i've been dissatisfied with five or six cooks
since then."-Plttsburs Post.
No Use.
This popular fiction is all bosh In real
life the girls father seldom objects to
the man OF her CHOICE
You're wrong there He often objects.
but he's usually too wise TO say anything
kansas city Journal.
Young Love.
You're buying cheroots since you're mar
ried Beginning to economic. oh?'
NO; my wife likes for me to leave nice
long butts She loops 'em with ribbons and
hangs EN- about the flat.
Herald.
Forrwarned.
''How is the water in the bath, Lisette? p,
Cold. my lady. 1t turned baby fairly
blue"
"Then don't put F'ido in for an hour or
Iso.'-lIouston Chronicle.
In Sections.
Mrs, Benham: You have torn my trainw
Benham: That's all right; your train is
long enough to be in two sections, &c.
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state Convict Road Force. Camp No. IN.

state Convict Road Force. Camp No. III.
Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-Doubtless there is no man or
woman in Culpeper county who has
passed over the new roads and has
not exc laimed What a pleasure! How
deIishtfuls' Perhaps they think only
or the road over which they are pass
ing. n doubt IL they really ever think
OF the many bosses who furnish tho
brains. or where the money comes
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-29

why is meat expensive? Well, part
~ because there are more dressed cat
tie, sheep and hogs held up in cold
storage plants than there are men,
women and children in the United
States. Thence they are gently re-
leased in such manner as not to dis
turb the top-notch prices. Similarly
with other useful items of food. The
official Ice and Refrigerator Blue Book
shows that the storage plants have
on hand s25ooo,ooo worth of fish,
nearly 2,ooo,ooooOo eggs, over $4,000
tons of poultry, S5o,OoO,ooO worth of
fruit and s100,Ooo,0oO worth of pota-
toes, canned goods, milk, butter and
cheese. The release tomorrow of
even half or third Of this vast
quantity of food would send prices
plunsins downward, and for exactly
that reason nothing of the sort is to
be expected. But the query is: Does
rot this holding-up process represent
conspiracy in restraint of trade on
the part of, say, the National Packing
Company
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-29

The Austin, TEX, Statesman notes
that MI Rayncr is regarded as tho
most finished orator in the Senate.
That Is great merit in body where
some of the orators finish seldom if
ever
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-29
Lnrgcst nniI,nnd. Etc.

InrScNt FhiIfOnd, ETC,
|. Wha, IS the largest railroad in
the United states?
9. Where could / secure the poem
Maud Muller? A READER
], The Pennsy!y ania Railroad, with
mileage CT 1925 miles.
This poem is printed In pcrhaps
a hundred different volumes In our
day 1t could be found in most Of tbs
school readers. The State Library.
Richmond. Va. can probably furnish
you with a copy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-29

There may be a Democratic House
at the time when Mr. Roosevelt de-
sires to be Speaker, but have no fear,
my dears He will find way.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-29

For a catchy title, how about ''rhe
Bankers Biography; or From Checks
to Stripes in Six Weeks?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-29

NO beef is so juicy, tender and alto
sether tempting as boycotted beef.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-29
nic,mopd nnd uenrIco county.

Please say whether Richmond. Va. IS
Ia, or not in. Henrlco county. to settle
an argument. SUBSCRIBER.
Richmond was originally located In
Henrico county. but was incorporated
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-29
me AGRICULTURAL HIGH scHooLs

THE AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS
Elementary education is the thins
that really makes the states system
Ii is well enough to add a cornice Of
college training and to roof over al
knowledge with a university degree,
hut these things are for the few. -rhc
progress Of The many must be based
on cornerstone of Through, solid
and complete preliminary training
trimmed to tho actual needs Of life,
ANA squared TO the requirements of
practical usefulness,
This Is why senator Grayatt's bill to
teach agriculture in ono high school
in every congressional district is of
! rock~bottom, Fundamental worth. 1t
wll give knowledge where knowledge
| Is most needed. IT will place at the
| disposal OF country boys, who will
he,er SEQ the portals OF II college an
/ invaluable training in farming. II
WIN enable girls,Nwho will never hear
2 of q finishing school, to learn cooking
ana sewing, 70 brighten their homes
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-29

small wonder If panic seizes tho
usually gay-hearted people Of paris as
me plt1less waters of the Seine Green
hlgher and higher. and there is no
stopping them. What is so terrifv;n,
~ the lace of approaching peril as
sitting still and waiting, hoping that
~ may be averted? Paris Is about as
helpless with the flood as 1t would be
IN the grip of an earthquake. If the
city Is TO be saved nature must do II.
and not man. Yesterday nature shows
eG no signs of doing this; the river
was still rising steadily; a rain fell to
make matters worse, and warmer TEN.
perature unlocked ice barriers in the
upper reaches Of the river Desolate-
ness hung over the closed cafes, the
deserted shops, empty theatres. ral,in~
buildings and flooded streets, not les
sened by the repeated roars of ex
plodins conduits Few great cities
were ever visited by q more menacing
calamity, and what the end may be
does not yet appear, though a falling
of the waters may at any time mark
the end of critical danger The SYM
pathy of the civilized world goes out
to France and its beloved capital. and
substantial testimony to this is al
ready beginning to pour i'm.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-29

There is really no way ny which
this can he done except through stren-
uous physical exercise Long walking
or stiff daily run and % couple of
hours. in q gymnasium VIII certainly
reduce your girth. II you cannot do
this YOU shoula diet Yourself A good
diet prescribed by competent ply
stefan Will certainly reduce your waist
imeaHiire.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-29

and separated from the county. IL
Is now distinct from the county under
state law.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-29
Ernit of the Prc.s.

Brandy slatien. Jannary 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-29
and to make their lives happier.

and to make their lives happier.
But this is only ono OF many reasons
WHY Senator Gravatt,s bill should be
approved II It does nothing more, 1t
viii certainly make tho farmers OF
tomorrow better skilled than their
sires or to-day. 1t will enable boys
who tackle barren acres and broom
straw fields to make them fertile and
fruitful.
Nor need we wait until the next gen
Grafton to reap the benefits OF the
system From It's very beginning it
Will make each agricultural high school
the centre OF scientific farming com.
munity. When boys go to school, they
Will talk about their work. When they
get large yield from their little
plots, they will explain how they did
1t. AS result, every farmer, willy
nlly, will know the methods and man
ner of improved farming. Whole com
munities will inevitably be trans
formed.
we can sec no valid objection to the
bill with SO many commemorative fea
lures. OF course the watch dogs of
the treasury will insist that this meas
ure Will further dcplete the little sur
plus they are guarding Arsus-like.
But the bin carries no Immediate ap-
propriation. 1t will not cost the state
an additional dollar until after the new
assessment, when there will be more
money and no outlay for General AS
sembly. Apart from this. what the bill
proposes is not an expense. but an in
vestment. Every dollar that Virginia
spends in this direction the State will
reap again, MANIFOLD in better farms
and more prosperous farmers.
This bill is but part of the states
new policy. which must never be for
gotten In the stress of other matters.
Virginia's dominion is agricultural.
hcr success must be in farming. She
must strain every energy and never
turn back If she Is to come into her
own and take from her fertile soil
the hair Of what Nature has mt there
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-29

Exercise Wanted.
Kindly inform me the oest eXerclse
to take in order to reduce waist meas
urement; some form Of exercise thar
does not require the use of apparatus
would be preferable l now measure
thrtYsix inches, and would like 10
reduce II to about thirty-two Inches.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-29

II. 1910. by the PrentW
Company
The Washington times., 1910-04-18

Seventh street. northeast c0nv=n5e-. 90 .-yo
car lines. desirable C-sto-y ana cellar brick
dwelling. with Io- I7xll0 feet to alley now
rented al So 90 can sell on easy terms
JOSEPH l. WELLER,
Realty Broker, 602 F st y. ".
apf6-1t
The Washington times., 1910-04-18
Furnished

FOR RENT. FTRNISEED-On Que street
between 18th and 1Sth IS y w a
room and 2-bath house owner sotaE abroad
Tor sumner VII rent 70 suitable person
$50 % per month
SMITH & LATHAM, INC.
Second Floor Front, Evans Bldg.
The Washington times., 1910-04-18

WANTED
To rent OF buy. suburban hone.
with FRET and shade. convenient %
city. Please give fuI particulars
the location. price OF rant Address
BOX 80 TINES OFFICE
apls-7t
The Washington times., 1910-04-18

FOR sALE-Nsar sth and O SITS " E, one
o. tho best bargains sver offered IN the
northeast splendid bay-vEind0v brick
residence o. 8 rooms and bath. has fust
been PVT IN absolutely perfect condition
Owner. purchasing larger home. Offers this
one al a real sacrifice 70 effect an fnmedi-
SsT5d
SHANNON & LUCHs. rs I4th 81 y. ".
The Washington times., 1910-04-18
SUBURBAN PROPERTY
For Sale.
FOR SALE

FOR SALE
Best ground about washington. 800
feet higher than Dupont circle
Same distance from White House a.
Chevy Chase; 30 minutes out.
Daily fares. Il cents round trip.
Arfstocratic neighbors. best society.
where you would ike 20 live Ample
restrictions.
Get free purchase certificate
Lots 50xzoo and larger. 500 20 $50
Specially O. acre lots 90 $50 81 fla
city lots). $50 70 S-z5o- Terms. 10 %
Us cash, g 20 SI5 monthly
Salesman On grounds
NO INTEREST: NO TAXES
AT FRANKLIN PARK. Va
On Great Pals and Old DoniT3oa
electric street car line free Transports
fers Pennsylvania avenue Line. 55rh
and Il SITS ~ ". from any Capital
Traction car.
SUBURBAN DEPARTMENT.
MOORE < hill Gnc.J. 1859 G - n. ".
The Washington times., 1910-04-18

FOR SALE-In the central northeast a
uniformly good residence section as fine
6-Toom house as YOU viii find IN the CITY
Bay-wincow brick Of superior construction
and attractive design. modern and up-to-
the-minute IN every Improvement IN very
good condition Cheap AZ $4,000
SHANNON 81 LCCHS, 10 18th 81. n "
The Washington times., 1910-04-18
W0RKING#EH'S WANTS

E-OEEIEG1TEN-I- is IN fast this mon
saving lee2 strikes you 'rvlx The pay en-
Nei1pe and the elbow grease, see US son
tailored suits slightly used s. 70 So money
talks che price Only JCSTFTS OLD STAND.
Gig ID 81 n W sp1S-Cf
The Washington times., 1910-04-18

CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
LET Is CALL AND GIVE YOU
Our ESTIMATE
ca al kinds 1f building re--lo5siing, and
rairirz: competent mechanics. moderate
prices.
CHAs- c. KENYON is 18th s. n "
Phone ~ 1917
z1-l--rl- X f-tf
J. p DAVIS & MULLOE- Carpenters ana
Builders so5bl1E promptly attended 70. a.
y Y ave aPI5-3t"