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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-14
Against the Divorce Bill.

Editor OF The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,-I was glad to see in to-day's
paper that the House OF Delegates mad
sent back to committee the divorce
and that had begun to be so much dis
cussed. + further hope that when 1t
comes back it will be killed. In my
opinion 1t Is step in the wrong dt.
we need is legislation making divorces
more difficult, instead of more easy.
No one who is oonversant with what
is going on In the courts can help
being struck with the great increase
of divorces. AT q recent term of the
divorces were granted--rnore than
would have been granted in year ten
years ago. And am informed that
such is the case everywhere.
principle that no man shall be allowed
TO take advantage of his own
wrong. Tho proposed bill allows the
defendant in the original action, the
one whose misconduct has caused the
divorce to be first granted, TO come IN
and get the court to make that d.
vorce absolute. thus flying in tho very
teeth OF the above maxim.
My experience as lawyer has been
that nine times out OF ten when a
divorce suit is brought. the one bring
ing it already has marriage with some
one else in view. ii this incentive can
be cut off. believe that the number
of divorces will be greatly reduced. !
see that some one has introduced q bill
that no divorced person can marry I'M
til the period of two years has elapsed.
If that bill is passed, then that will
be a step in the right direction. 1t
is an old saying, that hard cases make
bad laws. 1t may be that the law as
it stands in few cases works hard
ships. But in my opinion If the bill
passes the harm Will far exceed the
good.
No one who keeps his eyes open can
fail to see that the family life is not
lation is too easily assumed, and too
easily dissolved The ideas of the idle
rich are beginning to bear fruit. And
it behooves us of the middle class to
put our feet firmly down on any leg
islation that makes divorces easier In
stead of harder to get.
Certainly, we VirGinians. who pride
ourselves on being conservative, and
on our regard for the family rela-
tons and the family life. should do
nothing TO retard the movement that
is growing stronger all over tho ma
ton to put the brake on wild divorce
legislation, and to safeguard the fam
lily life.
am glad to see that the BaptIst
ministers in Richmond are taking hold
of this matter, and / hope that not
only they, but all tho preachers of all
denominations. will wake up to the
seriousness of the situation. and will
let the members OF the House of Dele
proposed law. They could do no
greater service to the State.
S. Il. WHITEHEAD.
IoV!ngStOn, February s.
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Editor OF The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,-I am opposed to exposing General
Lees statue in Statuary Hall. and for
reasons which l have not yet seen
mentioned. 1t Is more and more as
tonishing to me that the friends and
lovers of General Robert T.. Lee would
expose his form to the gross insults
which are certain to be heaped upon
him in the Capitol at Washington. We
had an illustration of that sort Of at
tention just few days ago, but tina,
was only beginning. Let me ask
any gentleman of the South would
You like to see. q monument of any
one who was dear to you--your father
or mother. for eNample-where it would
be certain to receive gross insult for
no telling how many years to come?
] hardly think so. 1t would give you
no pleasure; indeed. just the opposite.
Neither will it give the South any
pleasure to see the noble figure of Gen
eral Lee exposed to the splitting and
of his enemies every day.
Bring that statue back to Richmond,
where 1t belongs. and send to Wash
ington in Its place the figure of Thomas
Jefferson, the immortal author of the
Declaration of Independence.
BENZ. C. AIOOMAW.
Ben, February O.
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The Old Masonic Cemetery in Frcdcr-
icIxsburS.


Editor of The Times-Dispatrh.
Slr,-The officials of the Association
for the Preservation OF Virginia An
tiuuities have had an appeal made to
them By a fredericksburg woman who
speaks for community there, now
much disturbed over the proposed re-
movnl OF the bodies OF Il number OF
prominent Virginians, who have for
more than 100 years been buried In the
old Masonic Cemetery OF that town.
In order that this appeal may reach,
not only the members OF this assoc
ciatlon, but that 1t may make known
TO the Virginia Masons at largo what
is proposed. and give that body an
opportunity OF proving again it's we'll
established patriotism and desire to
preservo state history, tho following
Extracts eStrae from the letter referred TO
are sent you for publication:
"Across the street from nv home
there is an old Masonic cemetery.
where lilo many whose names ware
prominent in early State history. The
dates on the tombstones date hack to
17S7, Among those lying beneath those
stones may be noted benjamin. Dny,
officer In the Revolutionary arn,y ana
one of tho founders of tho male char.
ity school In Frodericksburg. Othars
are. lewis Llttlepuge, personal friend
of Stanislaus Augustus, King Of po-
land, by whom hs was Invested with
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greater occasion than the remarkably
successful conference held in Chatta-
nooga two years ago. which sent 1000
men home to work for the evangeliza-
ton OF the world as never before. Hav>
Ing attended the Chattanooga meeting,
feel that 1t would he nothing short
OF calamity to the movement In our
state IL our delegates, on account of
tho distance. or for any other reason
fall to go. Let us make sacrifices of
time and money, If necessary. to go
to this great Council of war"
Distinguished men OF our country
and from abroad will address the con-
ference.
Our leaders have said that Virginia
IS ahead IN this movement. Let us sec
TO it that we continue to go forward
IN this great and good work.
@. M. SMITHDEAL
Richmond District Leader.
Richmond February 7
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Lovlngston, February S.
Mcthodl.t Laymen's Conference.


Sir.-The leaders OF the Metho-
dist Laymen's Missionary Movement
throughout the State have been re-
quested to endeavor to get the papers
in their several localities to print
urgent appeals to the delegates to at
tend the Dallas conference. ] hesitate
TO ask this for a single denomination,
but feel that perhaps the several pa
pers will be willing to make such pub
lication on the ground that all denomi-
nations are interested in the work OF
each. Some of the best speeches made
at our first conference We're made by
men OF other denominations. AS you
doubtless know, frequently general
denomnatlonal distinctions or dIvis-
ions. IT you will publish the follow.
ing appeal, therefore, you will greatly
oblige the Methodlsts OF this State
and, believe, please Christian men OF
all denominations:
At Dallas, Ten, from the 10th to the
ED inst, there Will be held the second
biennial Laymen's Missionary Confer-
cnce OF the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South The Virginia Conference Is en-
titled to seventy delegates and alter
mates. The conference, which met in
Newport News last November, elected
thirty-tive delegates, and authorized
them each to select and secure the
gate could not so himself; in fact. it
is desirable to have the delegates and
ulternates go and all others auiilcient-
ly interested to go to do so, Tho dis
ltance from Richmond is In the neigh,
borhood OF 400 miles. and the time
consumed viii be two and Il half days
each way. The different railroads offer
conference round trip tickets at the
following rates, on sale February l6,
II and IS, good for return till March
Is. From Richmond Sod,a0; Norfolk,
s57.l0 charlottesville, $bl.60 Lynch
hing. $4,000 Danvillc, 5000, etc.
Winter tourists round-trip tickst
from Richmond with stop over privi-
leges is $500, From other points in
Tie Dallas people are sparing neither
effort par MonaS to make this exon q.
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EulIor OF The 'TImes-Dispnteh:f -.7l
Slr--As 1t seems to be a fad for the
health officers doctors and nurses to
jump on the Throckmorton pure milk
bill. why don't the same learned people
so after pure food that Is; Kept In cold
storaSe--ancient eggs. meat and pouls
try being given out daiks No one
knows how old Is the .'pt,ren2food that
comes from cold storage. Are eggs
two wears old healthy: Issmeat twelve
mopths old healthNs ,st1ew much 81
old? You had an article the other day;
"S6,000,o00 eggs In ono cold storage
plant in Jersey City, and the grand
jury Was Investigating same. Why
does not that apply to Richmondf
Xxx n
Toano, February o,
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JNU. w. VAUG
Kempis, February 10.
Not n Battle Abbey.
nP HHh q III M ar lOin 1. !,

Editor Of The Tlmes-Dispatch:
Str-I sustain your correspondent
that Battle Abbey" is an absurd name
to be grated upon any memorial Of a
lost cause.
William the Conqueror, as any one
may find out from any encyclopedia,
commemorated his victory at the battle
Of Hastings by building the first Bat
tie Abbey, and every Battle Abbey
that has been built since that day has
stood, not for defeat, but for victory
Some years ago we were barely
saved from making ourselves ridicu-
lous by raising triumphal arch as a
Davis memorial. May Providence, or
our own good sense, save us from the
same fate now, VERITAS.
Richmond. February IL,
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The nil to Regulate Optometry.

Editor of The Tlmes-Dispatch:
=, SILT notice the structures in The
Ilmes-Dispatch regarding the bill in
,roduced In the Legislature to regu-
late the practice of optometry. That
such. law is needful requires no
PROOF, as there are men travelling over
the state VIGOROUSLY ignorant OF the
scientific side OF eye troubles, and II
law could be framed and enforced
that would limit the injury done to
the public by such charlatans the good
done or evil prevented would be OBJ
vious. But 1t seems to me doubtful
II such a law can be made retroactive.
1t Is very doubtful If those now in
practice can be estopped from doing
what the law. as it now stands. allows.
recall that years ago laws were
passed regulating the practice of dem
tistry, in this and other States, pre-
viously TO which any one could hang
out his single and compete with the
regularly graduated dentist. Ii was
hoped that such laws could be retro
| active and compel those who. ignorant.
and untauSi1t, were in the field and
doing much real harm. Tho State of
New York had a law that was sup
posed to include such cases. and 1t
required all who We're not regular
graduates OF dental colleges to take
an examination before the board Of
examiners appointed By the State for
this purpose. But when these cases
came to trial the courts decided that
such action on the part of the board
was illegal. being eN post facto in it's
operation, and that those who We're
practieing dentistry, no matter how
tur6ed. and that the law could only
be enforced in the case of those who
from the date OF the law attempted
to set up practice without regularly
graduating. In other words; the law
passage In the city OF Washington
likewise I remember that law was
enacted by Congress on the same lines,
but it was only effective SO far as
forcement were attempting to. practice
dentistry. And ! remember that very
young men--men who had only a brief
period OF study in the offices of dem
nothing of dentistry-''hung out their
shingles and became of their own
election full-fledged dentists, in spite
of the law. Those who came in after
examination by the duly constituted
officials. board regularly appointed.
but the men who We're practicing, or
who claimed to be practicinS, dentistry
prior to the date OF the law, went on,
and could not be touched. much to tho
chagrin of examiners and those who
had studied in the colleges and who
held diplomas.
I do not know what the laws OF
the state would allow the enforce
ment of a law amended 10 suit the
views Of The CHI should
be greatly pleased If this could be-
but from my point of view the, en-
forcement Of such law would be
found impossible. much fear that
what now exists. evil though IT may
be, and damaging to the eyes or the
Ignorant public. will have to stand,
and that the only refuge the public
can have will he in future. prevention
JAMES E. HODGKIN. ID. D. ;.
Irvington, February 5.
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Aunttner Resorts.
5fbooIs.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
OF MEDICINE ' vissiS'x
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
his task 1T has not been altogether

this task 1T has not been altogetier
unsuccessful.
It is true that the league has ques-
toned candidates for public Office as
of temperance legislation, and for this
policy IL has no apologies to offer. 1t
maintains that the people nave right
to know how every candidate for pub.
deep concern to the Commonwealth.
1t is not true that local option and
home rule have been the fundamental
tenets of the faith OF the league. The
one Fundamental prin npras OF Ine An g.,
name, and there has never been a time
when the absolute abolition of the sa-
loon was not Its ultimate goal. me
league has pursued the policy OF local
policy as a policy, and not as Il plrin..
ciple. The league reserved the right
to declare for Statewide prohibition
whenever the hour for such change
at is eyident-perfectly evident-that
nothing short OF absolute prohibition
will ever satisfy the militant members
of the Anti-S Saloon League" This Is
declared as much for the last nine
years.
1t is not true that the league woph.
drag churches from their high estate
into the degradation OF poiticai mire;
| simply as the good Samaritan In caring
for the robbed and w n,t,h nd , tne,r
Any less s esa1te % we ss'cb they IS sex
degrading to fight organized evil with
organized goody The League Is t aaki ,n
dividual members of the churches; TO
tight the liquor traffic in the place ace
whore II lies intrenched; and II the
battle must be Joined in the polftical
mre, the league is not disposed 10
sound a retreat to grassy Highlands
where the feet may be kept dry and
the garments clean. ,,,. a.
II, with reverence, MI. Massie de,
clares that Jesus Christ Himself co nn,
not please the prohibitiontsts, and
would be labeled, scorned and decried
by them as an undesirable citizen II
He were walking our streets TO-DAY.
let II be said. on the other hand. mat
the liquor interests have not ye. pee n
to His church for support 20. on .h the
ground that they have raised their
banners in His name.
$500 HENRY PEARcE ATKINS
President Auti-Saioon League OF va.
Richmond, February II.
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Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,--Please allow an old subscriber
a little space in your columns to make
a suggestion to the present Legislature.
That body is assembled to make laws
to benefit the majority of the people,
know, but the tobacco grower needs
a little help. too. What I want them to
do for us now is to extend the time
for paving taxes to December 90, in
stead of November 80. This would
ity to market some OF his crop, pay
his taxes and save the per cent. AS
1t now stands. the law helps only the
man with a bank account, for, as q
rule, very few farmers can sell any
tobacco during November, and are un-
able to save the per cent.
JNO. w. VAUGHAN.
Kempis February TO-
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apetinlr @aIes. Tbis 1Dap.
TRUSTEES sALE
Valuable Real Estate

BY virtue of the power contained ~
a deed Of trust from Moses 4. Mon|
teiro and Alice G. Montelro. his WILD
to me. dated the atst day. OF February
1902, and duly recorded In Deed Boob
40, page 157. of the County Court oil
Goochland. In the State of Virginia,
Will offer at public sale, in front oil
the Goochland Courthouse, Goochland
Va, on
MONDAY. FEBRUARY IA. 1910,
Mt 1890 o'clock +. NJ, all the prop1
erty described in said deed of trust
containing 200 acres. more or less
known as the Goochland Courthouse
property, situated at the intersectioi|
of the Beaver Dam Church Road Will
the River Road. and adjoining thd
lands of William Wolfgran, ,sr.. Cam
eron brothers and Judge Mahan. Thd
improvements consist OF q dwel1ing|
office, stable. corn crib chicken house
and necessary outbuildlnSs. The soil
is we'll adapted for the cultivation OF
crops grown In that section.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash.
For further particulars, apply to
PHIL. II. TUCK. Trustee,
No. 207 N. Calvert Street.
Baltimore Md.
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A New Control OF the oyster Industry.
Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,-The fate of tho oyster industry
of Virginia is in the hands of the Leg
islature. What they are going TO do
with 1t means livelihood to many lndi-
viduals in the State. One of the great
est statesmen in America has recently
said that "the crying need politically
in the United States to-day Is to place
the responsibility and the power into
tho same hands. and then hold those IN
whose hands the power is placed re-
sponsible for the results Nowhere. IS
ithis more true than in the oyster IN
dustry. From tho viewpoint OF an oh-
server. and after more or less study
OF the question, the situation seems TO
The state has certain oyster rocks
which it rents out to the planter az
lands are worth The State has GER
tain other land known as the Baylor
Survey" which it attempts 70 guard,
and on which it allows citizens of Nlr-
.sraze," that Is. take up oysters, The
situation may be- compared, and fits
the comparison exactly, to condition
in which the State owned large graz
ing land, some OF which 1t rented out,
some OF which it kept for the public,
Gradually, as more and more of the
public used tho common for grazing
and used improved methods of gath
cring the crop OF oysters OF grass, as
the case might be, greater. and greater
is tha strain upon the soil to satisfy
the demand Of the public, who arc
taking off the crop. The result is
hero and there the crop Is taken Off
too closely. the land becomes barren.
This only increases tho d6mand upon
the rest OF tho land. With greater pros,
poet of moro getting barren each year.
II these lands are allowed TO remain
barren or are rented out the final re-
suit can only be that the entire ground
will become barren, for the demand
upon it will be greater than any
ground can stand no matter how pro-
ductive IT may be,
il this Is going to he tbs Sesus,
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bttuations 1Manten, HlaIe.

POSITION BY YOUNG Man
having seven years experience as
bank teller and bookkeeper: wishes
change to something requiring less
eye work: VIII make good man Tor
some one II given chance; anything
considered. Addpess u 124. care
Times-Dispatch
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Delp 0aanteo, rsmale.

ing petitions with pleasant sur
roundir Is and good pay cannot do
better than write or apply to THE
WHITLoCK BRANCH. Twenty-third
and Cary Streets. Richmond. Va.
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Rea[ estate mahteD.

WANTED. NEAR WEsTHA1IPToN or
Ashland lines. to rent or buy, me-
dunn size house, or Will purchase few
acres and build. Real estate agents
and others answer with particulars.
G 100. care Times Dispatch.
WANTED, TO RENT, WITH THE
4 privilege of buying. Il house at or
near Forest Hill. Address G 2al,
care Times Dispatch.
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auftion 5alts, Future Daps.
BY j. Thompson Brown &, Co.
Real Estate Agents aud Auctioneers.

RMS desirable detached brick resi-
dence Is south OF and adjacent to the
Howitzer Armory. 1t has nine rooms.
hot water and a stable. The lot fronts
40 feet by 123 feet. more or less to
alley IL feet There Is nice vacant
lot, well adapted for another residence
or enlargement of the present into
double flats. making an excellent CEN
TRIAL investment, owing to proximity
of the grand and beautiful High School
building
TERMS: one-fourth cash: balance
one. two and three years interest semi
annual. and secured by trust-deed.
j. THOMPSON BROWN & co.
Auctioneers.
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FOR MAN GA BEAsT,

FRAYSER'S NERVE AND BONE LINZ
ment. over forty years test proves
It the best 25c bottle at all drug.
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Goal and Qqnnn.

WOOD THAT BURNS. GIVES HEAT;
1 am selling about 0hree cars day;
oak and pine same price; my coal
burns to perfect ashes. Coke. so ton.
Try the WOOD MAN, Madison 1863.
QUALITY AND QUANTITY ARE
guaranteed from us. We have oak.
pine or slab wood, and our prices
are right. We please everybody
Phone Madison 691S. NORTH CARO-
LIMA WOOD AND COAL co. ST
Brook Avenue.
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FLATS 6nr Aent.

FOR RENT, VEL -E U RN IsH q D
housekeeping apartment, the Han
over, consisting of two bed rooms,
bath, private hail. den, dining room
and library. kitchen, pantry, etc. APP
ply r. r.. LORD. Apartment 2, The
Hanover. corner Adams and Frank
lin Streets.
BRIGHT SUNNY FLAT, FOUR
rooms, bath. hot water. 1O4 w.
Grace.
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BfIp, MaIe ann Temale.

ANY INTELLIGENT PERSON MAY
earn good income corresponding for
newspapers: experience unnecessary.
ADDRESS PRESS CORRESPONDING
BUREAU. Washington. D. C.
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Situations 0Nanten. 1femaIe,

Pos1TIoN As HOUSE
keeper or matron in institution. Ad-
dress "AiATRON." Y. w. c. a., City.
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for5ale.

BURNT wHEAT.--ANoTHER CAR
load burnt wheat. $3.50 per 100
pounds; cheap: good feed for chick
ems. w. !. TODD, 426 North sixth
Street
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Real estate for Scale.

FARMS AND TIMBER LAr:DS.@MY
new catalogue contains 400 farms
and timber lands: best bargains In
Virginia. I pay your railroad fare.
Write for free catalogue. Address
J. r. ELAN, Box "f7. Charlottesville,
Va.
Il ACRES UNIA1PROvED LAND, ON
Ashland trolley line. about mile
north of Ginter Park, $4,000; good
as an Investment or for home build
ing Address q Chamber OF Com
merce.
BUY A HOME IN THE "OZARKS":
$50 acres; 200 in cultivation; all
fenced; 8-room frame house; large
barn; good water; on public road:
two miles from county seat: land
lays well: perfect title. Price. $40
per acre. HUB REALTY COMPANY.
Waynesville. Mo.
FOR SALE.--SPECIAL BAitiAINS IN
lots on Floyd Avenue, Main and
Cary Streets west OF the Boulevard.
Apply G15 Brook Avenue. Phone
Madison 1467.
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SCOTTS CREAM CATARRH ONT
ment gives Immediate relief. SCOTS
OLD MARKET DRUG STORE. When
you get anything from Scotts It's
right.
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Roarninu.

ah0dr0lHg.
LARGE, Blight AND ATTRACTIVE
rooms for rent. With or without.
board. Reasonable rates. Refer
ences required. 4l2 North Eighth
Street. Phone Madison 1860
WANTED. BoARDERS FOR DE-
lightful front room. Sixth and Frank
lin.
WANTED. BOARDBRS FOR VACANT
rooms also table boarders. 2o9 L.
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Gntires.


IL YOU WANT FIRST-CLASS JOB
printing bring us your work AN
DERsON PRINTING CO.. Governor
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WAGONS. wAGoNSi LET
US supply your wagon wants. We
have them from s75 and up for every
use. Easy terms. New repository,
73l East Cary: factory. 100 South
Eighth. a. MEYERS SONS.
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SCOTS DRUG STORE, OLD MARKET
place, the only and original. Our
motto: when you get anything from
SCOTS it's right" Gasolene, l5c the
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RoarD IQanteD.

WANTED BY MARRIED COUPLE,
room. with or without board on
Grace or Franklin between Third
east and 700 block west; state terms.
Address + lS?, care Times-D!spatch.
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MEN WANTED TO PREPARE FOR
railway examinations; commence
ment saiary $500: preparation free.
Fl FRANKLIN INSTITUTE. Dept. 400 i.
Rocncster. n. Y.