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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22
As To CORNTRSToNTs

what becomes of all the things put IN corner
npnes? The country. in every State and every
Nv. II In constant condition OF change. Old
1o1nity, wither and perish like the weeds OF
- Aeh New monuments. which are to en-
l1aFe forever are builded in stone and concrete
1Ner their remains. In the cornorstones OF
- new gifts OF new era TO Immortality
1nce the records OF the day with SNUG con
Hn1Ouanezs that they will or may. centuries
|konce prove or vital interest some exploring
gner-stone is paraded, Who recalls the pa
oAing OF something Of former generation.
!Nken out OF a cornerstone?
aHR ocently with all honors th, MasoHs OF Rich
ond dedicated 10 the future the post-niiice
1ldfng. The beautiful ritual OF the great and
lpring order duly anonted and blessed the
mhoHc foundation Of the edifce. Richmond
<hered at luncheon heard speeches OF feaity
<1nGed the Inauguration of new monument OF
ooress. Into the cornerstone placed the
eeeds 0. the day. money Of the realm, notes,
1snf. gold Sealed against tho moment of far,
change. confident present insured itself
IN = misty future
E41ter Ill the parade OF ceremony a knot OF
kaa1n stood on corner aud laughed. They
I'd at Richmond, al the Masons, al the
and ceremony OF the celebration And
~ 4old how, at dusk the still standing crane
be put into operation, the stone lifted
The yet moist concrete. the cornerstone
xeA AZ ita treasures designed for the future
80 the purchasing agent Of a distinctly
18th Century entertainment. They went
- declare that snch occasions are never
~ seem. that the infaliibility OF the
s0tone II a dream and nothing else: tina,
MID. In hid. and no mani knows Hl,at bc
~ II. that the theory OF the packed col.
ne u the theory q an empty drum. and
2ln1er the great majority Of massive build
- not the stored record OF The time
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22
The New Assistant Attorney. General

In Robert b. Davis, OF Petersburg. Attorney
General Williams has secured splendid assist
ant. II is not often the eaae that political APP
fontee is larger than the office he takes, but the
unanimous opinion seems To be that this Is true
ii. the OF Mr.. Davis and The assistant attor-
neS gent raiship.
Mr. Davis offered the position by Judge
Williams the Few people believed,
however that he would accept, and the friends
Il Commemorative Attorney G. C. Berkeley. OF
this city, were prepared Ia present the latter $
to Judge Williams had AFR. Davis declined.
II Captain Berkeley's r.tTc had been presented
1t would have been accompanied by exceptional
endorsements. The bar OF Newport News and
that az stanton and Augusta county. Captain
I3frkeicy's old home. endorsed the Captain as
soon it became known that he might
ba applicant for the position and. had the
opportunity them developed similar en-
dorsements would have come from various other
counties md cities In the state.
Captain Berkeley would have been valuable to
the State assistant to the attorney general.
Bat said when the matter was first spoken
Of d. is paper deems Newport News fortunate
in uetnE able to keep its Commonwealths attor
nry.--Newport News Daily Press.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22

wines made by the people of Bible times ana
drunk n their feasts and weddings, aud the
organized liquor traffic OF the present DAY Win
its saloons stocked with wines brandies. rum
gln whskev. and such like destructive agencies
II Is not possible to conceive that the prophets
of Israel and the apostles of the Christian
Church would take any position but that OF o'
position and denunciation of the hquof traihe
Of the present age The golden thread running
from one end of the Bible to the other is Lave TO
God and Love to man, and the liquor franc -
based on eoTetousness and appetite, both o.
which are usually irresponsible to the dictates
OF Love, but are generally rooted in seifshhess
Oar correspondent declares that because FRO
hthiton does not prohibit. that II Should w
abandoned But this is not n fair statement oil
the question The law does not take lust out Oh
the hearts OF men. and Ne have the white save
trade. an dive have horrible accounts of Assaults
upon innocent women Shall We abolish the
law ard license the white slave trade! me
las does not take coseiuusaess out of the hearts
% men. and we have gambling devices ana
s~ndn9 schemes Shall we abolish our laws
against gambling and license lotteries and 1afo
banks? The law does not take hate out OF a
mans heart. and have assaults ana even
murder. shall abolish our laws and tx q
license. for which sum man can beat or XIII
his enemy2
Such reasoning would resGlt in the abolition
Of all laws for no laws prohibit absolutely. ana
II is only when men argue about the liquor
question that they insist anon an Impossible ana
unfair requirement Certainly the law VIII De
violated. Nobody has ever imagined that 1t
would not be SO long as there is a chance 10
make money by the violation Of the law with
out running the risk of TOO severe punishment
the la" will be- violated TO greater or lees dc
gree.
The rrpipiGH believes that it is never tight
10 license an evil. tolerate an evil, existing
contrary to law Evil should always be treat
cd as criminal But for the sake of argument
thrust that aside
our correspondent shoald not ask, Does Pro
hi5ition prohibit but he should ask Are tho
results from Prohibition better than from H.
cense2f lie himself has intiDated that a pro
per test is the amount of drunkenness and
crime Judged by his own test, Prohibition has
been proven to be better than license IN our
Virginia cities. Here some figures taken
from The records OF the courts
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22
MANY WITNESSES
AGAINST SALOONS
COLOEED PEOPLE MAKING AC>
TIVE FIGHT AGAINST JACK
son WARD LICENSE.

To protest against the opening of n
saloon in Jackson ward about two
hundred representative negroes of the
city VIII appear before Judge Witt IN
the Hastings Court Thursday after
noon. when evidence VIII he intro
duced tending to prove that the bar
would he detrimental to the peace
and morals of the community.
The hearing was begun Wednesday
afternoon. but on account OF the nu-
merous witnesses to be examined,
could not be concluded.
Sebastian Onesty Ia applying for the
license. md Is represented by At
torneys Harry Smith and Giles Jack
son. He proposes to open his saloon
at the corner Of Second and Jackson
streets. there being at present no
saloon in that part OF the city.
The fight against the proposition IL
being led hy y. II. Hunter and w. +.
Graham. pastors Of the Third Street
coiared Methodist and Fifth Street
colored Baptist churches. respectively.
They claim that the negroes in that
section ii Richmond are doing all
they can to behave themselves and
become Woodworking and respectable
citizens, and declare that the openins
Of tho saloon win put temptation in
weir way and will encourage them in
vice and dissipation
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22
DECEMBER ,

which reared them, but lie empty tomb Of CENT
ment
Perhaps tbs wefkmen were perptttatins a
joke holdiuk grim interest Perhaps they we're
talking sae1iteee al wpieh they Teere ine@iA'
bic Perhaps iika many another, they hoasted
OF cynicism which they did not own Bat
for al that. The story was shocking 10 we'll
bedded beliefs. as fra as the cornerstohes are
supposed to b.. Il c5rriad.its rev doubt Of old
yeritiss IL suggested rackins thought and
gave another puncture 10 a VANITY of assump
ton that the human mind holds to the more
tightly because it ia so constantly shattered
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22
HO0kW1RM PREVALENT
IN North CAROLINA.
EXPERT ASSERTS THAT HALF
MILLION TAR HEEL FOLK
ARE AFFLICTED.

Especial to The Richmond Nirginian.
ASHEtlLLE, \. g.. Dec. Or.
w. S. Rankin, secretary OF the North
Carolina state Medical Board. and
DIR. John A. Terrell. the secretary OF
the Rockefeller Hookworm Commits
sion for North Carolina, have been
here for the past few days. and while
here they visited the various city
schools with "a view to determining
the prevalence of the hookworm
among the school children. 1T was es-
tinated that at least one-third OF
them We're afflicted with the disease
They conferred with the superinten-
dent OF the city schools as To a sys-
tematic method Of treating the chill
dren.
Or. Ferrell and Ir. Rankin also
while here attended the annual ban
quot OF the Bunconbe County Medical
Society, and DR.. Rankin announced
that Ashevillc was one OF the most
sanitary cities in the South
On Tuesday night Or. Terrell de-
livered q lecture in the Y. Nj. G. A
auditorium on the hookworm. 1t was
very interesting and Was listened To
by a good sized audience. lie said
that he thought at least a0o.000 peo-
pie in this State were infected with
hookworm.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22
AfPOaT|0NMENT LAW
At THIS SESSION
HOUSE WILL REFTX BASIS OF
RtPRLsENTATION UNDER
NEW CENSUS BEFORE AID.
TOURNAMENT.

WASHINGTON. Dec. a2--An ap.
port!onment law refixing the basis OF
representation in the House of Rep
resentatives is a practical certainty
at this session of Congress IL dcysl.
"ped to-day.
Representative Crumpacker Gre.
pubiican1. Of Indiana, chairman OF
the House census committee. declar-
ed to-day that the committee will
census. and that work preliminary
TO settling the number ~ Inhabitants
to be represented by each member of
the House Is already under way,
Crumpaeker declared that a reappor-
tionment measure Is Of the highest
privilege on the floor. and that tia
consideration cannot he blocked II II
is called up.
Many Democrats believe that they
would have n better opportunity un-
der Il reapportionment act at this
time than under a bill delayed until
newt session. They figure that II they
wait until next year there IL bare
chance that some of the State legis-
latures now Democratic. might
change their politics before the bill
takes effect. a few Republicans for
this same reason favor leaving re-
apportionment to the Democra
Crnmpacker, II became known to-
day has had several conferences with
Champ Clark. the minority leader. and
1t Is believed the committee bin wifi
show traces Of Democratic influence.
Two experts In the census bureau
are now at work on plans for reap
portinnment under the direction Of
the House committee. No details so
far have heen made public. but IT in
admitted that one plan contemplates
holding the House membership below
four hundred.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22
HERE'S A J.B FOR
NEWPORT NEWS YARD
UNCLE SAM WANTS TWO REEVE
NUE. CUTTERS AND WILL PAY
GOOD MONEY FOR THE
..,, !
SHIPS

WASHINGTON. Dee. 22.-wanted.
Some shiphuiiding concern TO make
a irst-ciass profit lay building two
revenue cutters for Uncle sam.
Theoretically speaking. this want
adj has been published all over tho
country since December -. and no
firm has Ne, applied for the job.
II IL the first time in the history
OF the nation when the Treasury De-
paf'ment is confronted with no bid
ders on n contract for shipbuildinx.
The revenue cutter service needs two
new Vessels. and Is willing to pay
sl9e, 0oe "A piece for them.
According to Captain Ross. conf
nardant ~ the revenue cutter sers ice
the congressional order that the eight
hour labor law Ire observed In the
building OF these vessels is the cause
"A majority OF the shipbuilding con-
Germs now work their men nine and
ton hours he said day
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22
MOTHERS HEART YEARNs
FIR HER MISSING SON
THOUGHT TO HAVE COME To-
RICHMOND AND To BE PASS.
ING UNDER NAME OF
JOHN FAY.

Captain Thomas Mcmahon. chief Of
the city detective force, has received
letter from Mrs. Flossie Nelson.
who gives her address as sl3 West
ThtrtS-eighth street, Savannah, Ga,
and who hegs the Richmond police
TO find her son. whom she says she
has not seen for ten years. She be-
heVes her boy is i'll Richmond and
has learned chat he has changed his
name to- John Fay She saSs he il
about twenty five years old.
The letter telling of the heart
yearning of the mother for her son
Is intensely pathetic. Mrs. Nelson
SAYS she is very old and in destitut4s
circumstances, besides being nearly
blind She has been trying to find
her son for many years and asks no
letter Christmas gift than his return
to- Savannah
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22
CONSUMER GETS
ANOTHER JOLT
RAILROADS MAY CHARGE MORE
FOR COKE USED TO WARM
COLD FEET THAN FOR THAT
tSE,D IN BLAST FUR.
NACES. 40

WASHINGTON, Dec. a2.--The roor
oid ultimate consumer got another.
Jolt to-day. The Interstate Commerce
commission to-day held that raii-
road mas a right to charge more for
COKE used to warm the cold feet Of
the householder than for that same
product when used by blast fur
naces
Inc question came up in COM
paint against the Chicago and Erie
and nine other railroads. filed by the
Anaconda Copper Mining Company.
IN which they claimed Discrimination
IN the rates of Se.35 per net ton on
shipments Tor general smelling pur-
poses from West Virginia and Penn
sylEania. and s2so for coke from tho
same field It. be used for general
heating. The company wanted coke
for general use and was forced to
pay the higher rate.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22
CHRISTMAS HOURS
At POST OFFICE

In order TO handle the immense
pouring into the Richmond post Off &C
now, as Christmas Is so near. the post
master has increased his force Of
workers temporarily. as we'll as oh
tanned more floor space IN the shape Of
the store at the southwest corner Of
Seventh and Franklin streets,
Postmaster Edgar Allan has just
made public the hours which will b.
observed IN the Richmond post office
on Sunday and Monday. On Christ
mas day itself the carriers windows.
general delivery windows and registry
division will be open from 9 \. NJ. to
IL NJ. and from p. NJ To ; p NJ.
Solicitations a and Il Will observe the
same hours as the main office.
On Monday the executive offices viii
be open from 4. NJ. tn II 4. NJ the
stamp windows at the saInc hours.
the money order division will observe
like hours. as well as the registry di-
vision. The carriers will make one
delivery on that day. at O'Clock III
the morning, and will give preference
TO the registered mail.
The general delivery window VIII lie
open from 4. NJ. to II A. NJ.
The entire working force of the office
is on duty and the usual number has
been swellsd by the addition OF twenty
new clerks. Christmas Day itself will
he possibly the busiest day of the holi-
days and will give the clerks little time
for reflection. but Monday VIII be com
parativeiy free as there viii be only
one delivery OF that day,
AS II little Christmas present To the
employees in the office. Postmaster AL
Ian has arranged IL pay off the men
Thursday instead of on January /, as
has been the custom. The men tx
press themselves as delighted with the
innovation which gives them plenty
Of change to Jingle In their pockets
at time when money is a very neces-
sary article.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22
THE ARMoR OF LIGHT.

The vice in the Rainey resolution to exam
me into Roosevens dealings with railroads is
chiefly that the gentleman seems 10 have estah-
tshed reputation for honesty which any re,
futing evidence viii only avail TO strengthen
The aphorisnl Of condition rsrsus theory ras
with which the people. as a whole. refuse tn
listen to any evidence tending TO demolish ther
deal Of the ex-prosident. Touching the virtues
u Roosevelt. there is in the country an appai.
entity fastcolor determination TO believe what
! Il chooses TO believe and TO discard any testi-
nony tending TO disparage or impeach its pre-
determined faith. Nj. Roosevelt has time and
again been to all appearances taught with the
euods" Any one of such numerous detections
would have been sufficient to destroy any other
public character. With him he has had to
choice of denying what capable of denial
o. OF ignoring what unanswerable In eth,
" instance the country has stood behind him,
loyal II fatuous. Roosevelt is not to be resolved
e3ther By testimony or ANALYSIS The people
s10Ne him. and they will, Notwithstanding the
l4ocent Christening which they administered, most
11oSefeiy punish all who dare to fmpugn the
nstity or honor Of the object OF their affections.
*aaA stakeholder of the Southern Railway rs
S6etDd as desiring to know what became OF Il
aSrtAin more or less mythical $4,000. alleged 10
E6nse been expended by the road in which he has
BSm tnterest. to the end of clamping tight the
EDoooeveh popularity. Gentlemen OF this kid
S1Sey may roar as loudly as young lions. but they
hath of They
10y rear fne structure of logic upon the ideal
snf stock representation. They may insist that
800 man. no moro shan another can travel free
lsnG their expense Even they may cite the areu-
S1neut and policy Of the particular debtor IN the
11nDe as their justification. They may declare
SxAat the square dear is something moro than
m name. They may hold up such doctrine III
ma author Blu, they will not, and cannot, aud
ssahoQld not, avail. Roosevelt may be walking
ssankle-deep with clay feet submerged in the
1nnck fl1is preteuse. He is. for all that.
SAn idol still. and to the end OF the chapter.
sa We do not know that this is not d admirable
frame of mind. II Is not at all evident that life
would be better or sweeter in the living ii All
and sundry dreams aud beliefs were brought
NO the sordid precipitation OF the acid Of fact
@aEe y not thoughtful man who denies the
aesthetic value of heroes, whatever their com
BSDiexion and however runetnrod their moral
2oubIets For Roosevelt TO have buiiy-ragged
%4Ae railroads and then held them up, while Pros
a1cnt was in one point 81 view 10 have betrayed
#kt6 country But nobody thai is anybody. sc
5kr = the great bulk of unsuspieious citizens Is
oocerned, will believe on any evidence. that h
3Nld. or could, have done In Che of MI
#D0coevelt the very multitude of his faults and
cpnsistencies make the Illuminated points
fjkherewith is made incandescent the shining
&ohe Of his rectitude.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22
LITTLE THINGS.

\ little winter
Now and then
Is relished by
The coal-yard men
st. Louis Times,
A little summer.
Too, IS nice,
Then the coal man
Can peddle ice
Youngstown Telegram.
\ little Christmas
Puts the skids
Beneath poor dad,
But plcases kids.
Houston Post.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22
BANKERS CONDITION
is UNCHAN( ED
1T Is POSSIBLE THAT THERE
WILL BE NO OPERATION ON
MIR. GEORGE \. SCHME1IZ.

Especial to The Richmond virginian,)
BALTIMORE. MD, Dec. 22,-Mr,
George a. Schmelz, a prominent bank
or Of Newport News, Va. is patient
under DIR. Hugh II. Young, at the
Johns Hopkins Hospital. He enter
Cd the institution last night. and IL
his condition does not become worse
there will probably be no operation.
To-day il was announced that his
condition was unchanged.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22
SENATOR AIDRICH Is
RESTING COMFORTABLY

NEW YORK. Dec. Ex-senator
Nelson W. Aldrich. OF Rhode Island,
whose arm was operated upon a
Roosevelt Hospital yesterday for
twisted tendons. Is reported as rest
ing comfortably this morning. AL
though sixty -uine years. the patient
rallied quickly from the anacsthetic.
He probably will be confined In the
hospital a week and then viii go to
the home of his son In this city to
spend the remainder Of the holiday
nacess Of Congress,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22

towns and cities. The next move must sweep
tho licensed traffic out of the State and declare
the man who would sell ntoxicants to his neigh
Dor menace to the life and happiness of his
neiEhbor and to the good of society, We trust
that such men our correspondent will join us
IN that effort.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22

John d. Rockefeller is still TOO eanny man
TO Join in any unseemly effort to run race III
philanthropy with Andrew Carnegie.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22

No man is hero to his valet, and none safe
from his biographer. A number of poems which
Whittier had the decency 10 publish without
signing are now to be given to an neonsiderate
world.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22
building Permit,

building Inspector Beck isslsed 4
permit to A. Chustello Thursday
morning authorizing him to build two
7 street, TO cost $4,000.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22

Governor Wilson. of New Jersey, evidently
concludes that there are situations in whic
peace is more dangerous than war.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22

Final decision that rates for upper berths in
Pullman cars must down Will probably
mean that more people viii climb UP.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22

President Taft in the role Of Santa Claus win
have the advantage over many another ambi-
tious papa in that a pillow will not be a neces-
sity TO his disguise.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22

Disclosures of customs frauds IN the draw
back policy go to show human inclination to
take out more than is put In.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22

A society elopement from Washington 10 En-.
rope may mean mere American designs on the
nobility.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22
r.cmnittee Mectt.ss

The council committee on water VIM
meet In the city hall Thursday a1teR-
noon At 5 o'clock. The COMMITTEES N
grounds and buildings win conyeoo q
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-22

Stock market note: Preferred stock in sena
torships evidenced firm undertone in Rhode
Island
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-28

apply to all civil service employees OF
the government, to be not based on an
assessment of salary, but to be an
unconditional pension from the Federal
government to It's employees. Post
master Monfort, of Cincinnati, tsld of
the plan of teachers and policenuen's
pensions in Cincinnati. based on Il
percentage reserved from the salarie s
The assessment. he said, had caused
no complaint. He agreed that civil
pension was desirable, but said that in
spite of the fact that it was favored
by both the President and Postmaster-
General. there seemed no chance of
getting such action from Congress at
present as for years the Committee on
Pensions had been opposed to any
civil pensions. He urged that the as
ISOLATION use its influence in its tpmo
districts to get through such an act.
Tighten Their Duties.
Mr.. owen. of Milwaukee. proposed a
system. pending such action, by which
individual postmasters could shorten
the carrier routes and tighten tho
duties of the older men He clAir$ ed
to have in his Office in the person
of Lewis Lang the Oldest letter-carrier
in the United states. and in the person
of Jerome B. Johnson the first clerk
TO serve on railway mail car, in.
stftuted In 1868. He thought there was
prejudice against the word pension,