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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-26

Popular Excursion, baltimore & Ohio
r.. r., October =
800 10 Harpers Ferry, Charlestown
Summit Point. Stephenson. and Win
chester, and return. Special train from
Union Station 500 a m, returning same
day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27
PRESERVE LOCAL HISTORY.

A plea for the conservation of local
the Harrisonburg Daily News by Dr.
John w. Wayland, whose work in Vir-
GINA history entities him to speak
with authority. He points out the
sources and data from which future
historians may obtain facts for their
chronicles. There can be no doubt
that in this matter he is emlnently cor
rect. DR.. Wayland says
"The records of every county and
town are sources of history for coming
generations The minute book of every
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., literary, scien.
tific, social or mmercial-should be
kept with scrupulous eXactness and adj
equate completeness, for these, too. in
the years to come, will be sources of
history. Every public library ought to
collect and bind permanently files of
all the local periodicals. and every
county ought to make provision for do
ing the same and for keeping these
bound volumes among the valuable ar
chives of the county"
This is very true. The reason why
our history is SO inadequate in many
respects is because we have not pre-
served our newspapers and records OF
local organizations 1t is safe to say
that were there eXtant complete file
Of. all the county and city papers of
Virginia even from the beginning of the
last century down to its close ii would
be almost priceless. What additions
ana what enlightenment such file
would afford to our present recorded
|historysit Is difficult to ovcrstate. Many
things might be explained which are
now mysterious; many things which are
now murky might be made clear, II
the papers Of fifty years ago had been
kept complete and intact by some far
seeing person.
All over tho country, libraries, quick
ened by the methods of scientific histo-
rlans, are realizing the value of old
records, and especially of old newspa-
| pers, of their community or State, and
are buying them as RAPIDLY as they
can. AS valuable as they are now, the
old newspaper files in the Virginia
State Library will be above price in
| years to come.
The work of newspapers in preserv-
/ g .
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27
he might have the poor satisfaction of
seeing them hanged first.
ATTENDING no MS BUSINESS.

President TAFT has Withdrawn $685.
entry, In pursuance of the administra-
tons conservation policy, and after in
vestigation by the Geological Survey.
This makes nearly 100,010,000 acres OF
Government land that have been saved
by Mr. Taft to the people OF the coun-
try within the last three months--more
of acres than the Colonel saved In seven
years--and 1t has been saved according
to law and without the President de-
ciaring with much vociferaton that he
is honest and that he Is going to do
this, that or the other desperate thing
and will break up ali the china in the
Government shop IL unidentified ras-
calls do not discover themselves.
And every man that striveth for the
MASTERY !s temperate in all things.
therefore so run, not as uncertainty;
so fight I, not as one that beateth the
air; but i keep under my body and
bring it into subsection. lest that by
any means, when have preached to
others, myself should be n castaway."
We are delighted that Mr.. Taft has
adopted the Pauline plan, instead of fol-
lowing the tactics of the Colonel, who
breaches against the mob while adopt
ing the methods of the mob.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27

advancement of the laws of our com,
lnonWealtll, We can lie down ~ nibn.
IN peace, knowing that the rhsuit
thereof Will not be the cause OF ra's-
Ing dust or the Singing of mud
This Is the right method to ADOPT.
There ought to be expression from lhe
people as to these important ques-
lions, as well as comment by the edl-
tors themselves. The fuller the dlsr
cussion, the more intelligent the vote
In November. by such wide ana gen
cral expression Of views, the EFFORTS
of the of1ice-holders affected by inc
proposed amendments will be lore-
stalled. and the smooth, persuasive
arguments OF these servants oil the
people when they try to secure Vo'pS
for the changes may be warded OIL pS
the reasoning of the opponents oil inc
proposed amendments.
The people must be educated as 10
these questions. and every newspaper
in Virginia ought to take UP the mat
ter without delay. 1t is not very
long before the people must so 10 'he
polls.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27
Moro Ahn1t irrnnclsrn.-

patch august 8. T rel u, 's T whss yn
KnoW of Peter Francisco. Are any
or or !, ,,,s descendants livlng?' peter
M Ianci eco mar married three times--frst,
Va; then Catherine Bronke ~ r,aeex
county lastly, widow, Mrs. West,
Nose maiden name was Mary Beverly
I I,,,.l Ills first wife left one son.
wife left four cliiidren-Peter. Who
n m, unmarried in Georgia; Susan
slsrooke. the eldest daughter married
eS ,,o Edward Pescud of Petersburg.
dda,l,heflne married Alexander Dan
NV, N Petersburg. and some of their
descendants are living there still. The
youngest son, DR.. Benjamin NJ. Fran
CISCO, IN MS early youth too, lived In
dd,elefsburg. He settled in Louisa, and
'aied there In 1888. leaving large
family. His Oldest son. Henry l..
francisco, was among the first to vol
unteer IN the Southern army. He made
an ar excellent soldier, seemed absolutely
a ,e ntld was killed in the battle
sons were men of great strength. CAL
noun Francisco, the doctors youngest
son. only survives. The francisco
strength Is inherited in degree by
some Of the great grandchildren. boys
ana girls, fearless bravery as we'll as
states that Peter Francisco. being Of
a rowing disposition, and hearing OF
the new Eldorado. indentured himself
to sea captain. came to America. and
was sold to Anthony Winston. Tho
writer of this is the Oldest daughter
of his youngest son. and remembers
hearing her father say that the ac-
count given by Mr. Durele and some
of the oldest citizens of Petersburg in
the long ago. was that. in about the
year 1866 n foreign vessel landed and
left at City Point Va. handsome
boy of five or six years, and knowing
only his name, Francisco; hungry and
friendless, he was taken charge of by
the city authorities and apprentioed
to Anthony Winston. That a child of
his age should come to America IN
search of the new Eldorado, as stated
in Howe's History, cannot be explained
nor can the statement that he was sold.
not apprenticed. TO Anthony Winston;
but II is not my purpose TO attempt
to correct Howe's History. but merely
to state what j have heard from my
father and his sisters from early chud-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27
THE T.,uSc or TIMOTHY.

Tim Woodruff appears to have been
looking out for Tim Woodruff. That
letter of his to MY dear Colonel
Roosevelt" the day after he and his
associates sprung the Sherman trap,
would seem to show that Tim has
Just a little yellow streak in him. and
that he was taking care of himself
at the expense of his companions In
their fight against the Colonel; that
is to say, of course, unless 1t was ono
of those clever things professionals"
some time do
Tim now says he is glad that tho
Colonel is going to Saratoga ITO pre-
sent his views on the primary election
and other things, ana one
can almost hear him chortling with
which the Old Guard is said to have
UP their sleeves looks very like the
ace of clubs with which they intend is
force the nomination Cor Governor on
him. That at any rate, is said to be
Barnes's plan of getting rid of him:
but Barnes probably has not forgotten
what happened at Philadelphia in 1907
when the late Thomas C. Platt p1ayeo
the same trick. and how the country
had to pay for the game.
The only member of the Old Guard
who appears to have any sand In
his craw" is Barnes, who does not
seem to have any better sense than
to fight. damning the odds, and we
have no doubt that the Colonel will
think all the more of him for 1t. The
situation would be more interesting II
there were any chance of real con.
test at Saratoga. There ought to be
but the Colonel has the Old Guart
under hack, and he was never know,
to let up when he had the other fel
low down.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27
WHERE TAFT SLIPPED HIS
TROLLEY,

The Charleston Evening Post as
clever in It's political perspcacity as in
its journalistic ability, thinks that Mr..
TAFT threw away his best chance and
doubtless his last chance, whsn he
made any answer to Griscom's imper-
tinent letter asking him to state his
position on the Sherman Roosevelt
matter. The Post thinks that if Mr..
Taft had not answered Grscom at all
he would have left Roosevelt free to
assail him, and that had the Colonel
taken the field against Taft, he would
have been obliged to do SO on the
issue that Taft had attacked him in
his own State, and after he had got
well on the road with such charge.
the President could have made 1T per-
whatever in the allegation, and he
would have had the Colonel roped
with his own lariat and a good thing
1t would have been for the political
Ing over for too long time" II it
had worked out that way, that would
have been the right thing for Mr.. Taft
to do. We never thought about it,
which shows how easy it is to
be fooled in politics and that it
is business with which amateurs like
Taft and Tim Woodruff, not to men,
ton The Times Dispatch, should not
meddle
But suppose the Colonel had not at
tackled the President? Besides. tho
threatened fight between the Colonel
and the Old Guard will result. If in
fact there shall be any fight, in the
capture of New York by the Demo-
Gratis, and that will not be so bad.
Moreover. it is long time before
1912, and as the Colonel told the folks
in Buffalo on Thursday. Il don't care
how able the man is; If he Is not
honest, the greater curse he will provo
to the country"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27

Alexander S. Arnold. of woonsocket,
Rhode Island, has written letter to
the New York Sun about Joe Cannon
in his defence really; but speaks of
him as .the Man of Sin" The Sun
heads Mr.. Arnolds letter. THE Man
of Sin Revealed which is only play
on the far better title of book writ
ten by Samuel Jordan. of AbbevilIc
County, South Carolina, on the Pro-
phecies, and which we have no doubt
the Sun has in its Library-"Thc En-
sign of Liberty; or the Wicked One
Revealed That describes the great
North Carolinian much more exactly.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27
cor TIl.LMAN,S 10 *"

Asbury f, Lever is member of Con
Gress from South Carolina, ana very.
watehful in looking after the appro-
prlations for his constituents and
ether things as we'll He is a canai
date for reelection. and has been
making an active campaign. Some OF
the people in his district have been
pressing him rather hard about his
vote against putting lumber on the
free list He has been charged with
being a Republican because OF his
vote on this question, and last week
heSappeaied to Senator Tillman to
vouch for his Democracy, Tillman has
replied that he does not regard Levers
vote against free lumber "as a test
Of party loyalty" or MS a "breach OF
party loyalty" ana that Lever has al
WAYS given loyal support,fT the fun
damental principles of tho Democratic
party" Senator Tilman adds. PARTY
lines were not drawn In the Senate or
House as far as know on the lumber
schedule" All OF which Mr. Lever mas
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27
RICHMOND va SATURDAY. AUarrsr

Ing history is we'll pointed out by DR..
Wayland
Many Of the local and metropolitan
papers OF Virginia make n special eff
fort to secure for publication matters
of historical and biographical interest.
Recent Issues OF the shebherdstowr
wv. Val Register contain long ana
valuable papers on tile pioneer history
or the Lucas ana Darke families. The
Rockingham Register was long known
for Its patriotic and informing articles
on local and general events. In large
collection of historical poems, lately
published In Boston, i. one taken from
the Rockingham Register OF the Civil
War period. The Shenandoah Valley
and the Shenandoah Herald. not TO
mention others. often contain valuable
and interesting historical material
People who know historical facts
that are unrccordcd ought to reduce
them to writing and either send them
to II newspaper for publication or de-
post them with some organization the
history. 1t Is n duty which the present
generation owes to generations unborn.
One of the best forms by which local
history can be perpetuated is the sys-
tenn of marking noteworthy historical
places by tablets. The different pa
triotic societies are doing much in this
direction, MS well as the Association
for the Preservation of Virginia An-
tiGuities and the Confederate organiza-
lions. There are hundreds of places
yet unmarked, however, and 1t seems to
us that cities and towns and counties
would do well to stimulate Just local
pride in likewise taking un this work
of marking with tablets places that
ought to be remembered as of historical
significance. New England is dotted
from border to border with such tablets
and markers. denoting colonial and
Revolutionary incidents and those of
later periods in American history.
These memorials serve to emphasize
the part played by the State in the
making of history, and Virginia should
not be second to any State in the Union
in this form of preserving of local
and State history.
In every form, however, local history
ought to be conserved The historians
of Tomorrow depend upon what little
we save to-day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27

We have not seen one word of re-
sret at the defeat of Leonidas Living
ston, the dean of the Georgia delega-
tIon in Congress. Everybody seems to
be satisfied The Savannah Press,
however. digs UP the half forgotten,
fact that he first got into Congress as
Ia Populist, and then he became Can.
MONTE. That was too much. even for
Georgia constituency, and the old
man can now go out to Grant Park
and there soothe his wounded spirit
under those revivifying and tranquil
izing influences that dwell where man
has mingled his simplifying magic with
the riotous designs of the God of Ma
ture."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27
A VOICE EnoM AMnEnsr.

| Infhe latest issue of the Amherst
| Progress, Ogden Amonette, OF james
| River gives his ideas as to the
sentiment 1t will be recalled thu.
Amherst is soon to consider the ques-
ton OF building more good roads, az
ready having about twenty-one m'les
under construction. The action
of Amherst is being awaited with eager
interest by those who arc watching the
progress of good roads in Virginia
Mr.. Amonette says:
mot since the country was
networked with railroads has there
been greater step forward
than that Of good roads The BENEFITS
their aid to a stronger and more com
pact union and to more rapid prog
ress in the future, cannot be fuzzy do"
tailed, nor can their value to the people
and to the country as whole be de-
termined, for their value is inestimable.
So 1t can be truly said here that tho
making of good roads shows an appre-
citation Of the needs of the people ana
the country and represents the attain
ment of a more advanced civilization.
In concluding his article. Mr.. ANON
cite says:
I'm addition to making rural free DE-
livery possible, and thus bringing all of
it's attendant results, good roads re-
lievc the congested condition of the
cities, for they make country homes
more desirable to lovers of the country
and more accessible to those who do
business in the city. In this way city
ideas and improvements are introduced
into the rural districts.
Apart from these benefits brought OH
by good roads, the farmer desires them
from an economical standpoint. To him
this is by far the most important re-
suit secured by the making of good
roads. For him 1t saves his time, his
money and his horses. He saves time
because good roads enable his horses
to pull heavier loads with far greater
case and rapidity; he saves money be-
cause his wagons do not need to be re-
paired so often; he saves his horses
because the heavier loads are muck
easier to pull.
while these facts may seem to some
to be OF little consequence, they are of
great consequence to the farmer, who
must be considered in the making of
roads"
one poiHl ouSnl " nc iiaHiIieieu ~
by such Amherst good roads advocates
as Mr.. Amonette, and that is: the cheap
ness of good roads, the saving they
achieve in the long run They may cost
a great deal In the making. but who
can doubt that eventually they will
prove themselves much cheaper than
the old-time bad roads upon which so
much money has been spent for the
upkeep? Looking at good roads from
the viewpoint of a year or so. good
roads seem almost a luxury; but looked
at from the viewpoint of five years,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27

Lillis, who is said to be staying with
his two sisters in New York, and
wants ito be left alone" says that
the report that he and Mrs. Cudahy
are to be married is absurd" and,
moreover, I couldn't marry Mrs. Gu
daily If I wanted to. There are re-
ligious obstacles in the way" But why
doesn't Lillis prosecute cudahy for as
sault and battery, so that all the
facts in this remarkable case could be
brought to light?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27

me Norfolk Virglnian- Pilot submits
that ut ought TO be the houston of
Bailey not Bailey Of Houston" on tho
ground that IF It We're not for Rat
ley owe mean George Marcellus Bal
ley) nobody outside Of the town would
know Houston was on the map" Just
so; but when Bailey was here the
other day he admitted that he was re-
ceiving anonymous letters from tho
sneaks and drones of Houston all the
time complaining about this. that and
the other thing he had said, and re-
Iminding him that he was running the
town"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27
respectfully submitted 10 the voters Of

Respectfully submitted to the voters of
his district whose suffrage he asks.
But who made Senator Tillman this
sort of Judge IN the Democratic Israel
of South Carolina? Time was, we can
very we'll remember, when Mr.. Till
mans 20. X was regarded as neces.
sary to election in that state; but we
had hoped that tho free and independ-
ent Democrats had recovered from
that distcmper. ANY one OF their num-
her can determine for himself whether
Mr. Lever was loyal" to the party or
not by reading tho text Of the declara-
ton of the last National Democratic
platform on this question as follows,
to wit: I'VE demand the immediate re-
peal of tho tariff on pulp, print paper.
lumber, timber and logs, and that
these articles be placed upon the free
list"
The Democratic candidates for Con-
gross In 1908 3olemnly bound them
selves to abide by the platform of the
Democratic Convention,
which declared this to he one of tho
policies of the marty. 1t matters not
whether, as Senator Tillman advises
Mr.. Lever. party lines were not drawn
In the Senate or House on the lumber
schedule, the lines were drawn by the
Democratic Convention at Denver.
whether or not Mr.. Lever can defend
his course to the satisfaction of his
constituents is another and wholly
matter. His appeal to sena-
tor Tillman Is a sign of uncertainty at
east that does not do him q great deal
Of credit.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27

Has anything been done in your
neishborhood to improve the condition
OF the public roads, so that when tho
rainy season begins you will be able
TO get about without breaking your
harness and swapping your wagon?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27

According to the Knoxville Journal
and Tribune, Captain Ben Hooper, the
Republican candidate for Governor of
tennessee, was born in the South and
mas lived in the South all his life. This
seems almost impossible, seeing that
ne Is Republican and Republican
politician at that.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27

Tin Woodruff probably does not
thihk that 1t looks SO "amateurish' as
he thought Just after they had turned
down the Colonel. That letter Of Mr.
Iatt appears to have cooked TINS
goose
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27

Good morning, Police Commissioners.
Have you made any of the owners of
wagons furnish their vehicles with
brakes, as the ordinance passed last
February requires?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27

If the Code of Honor had not been
abolished in South Carolina, there
would not be nearly so much lighting
talk in that State.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27

We rather like the waring way best
Annoying at times to the point Of
making one. wroth, it yet is reasonably
free from "pisen"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27
Entrance Requirements.

OF his parents or home.
FANNIE FRANCISCO GOODWIN.
Louisa, Va, August 90.
Entrance Requirements.
What are the entrance requirements
to the Medical College of Virginia.,
The catalogue of the institution says,
mo. student applying for matrlculat
ton vii! be admitted II, in the opinion
Of the faculty. his preliminary educa-
ton is not sufficient to Justify his en-
tering on the study Of medicine. Hd
must therefore. present evidence thai
he is graduate of college or high
school conducting a four-years' courscf
or of some other literary institution OF
equivalent grade; or else he. must pre-
sent properly signed certificates, in
the following form. as to his character
and as evidence that his education Is
equivalent to that which Is required
,,rhe preliminary examination Is in
the hands OF the State Superintendent
of public Instruction, who has appoint
ed Il. C. Stearnes. secretary OF WA
state Board OF Education, to pass upon
certificates and make examinations Tor
this school
Rcv0lutionnry Dntn.
Application was made to the War
Department for information as to WI
gir,ia troops in the Revolutionary War,
and of John Harvie, who was commits
stoned colonel of Virginia forces In
February, lf77, by John Hancock. They
state that their rolls are very imper-
feet and perhaps something may be
learned In Richmond. Would you kind.
lv publish any information in regard
r. these two? Please see if anything
is in the library or elsewhere and
oblige. subSS fslbEn,
we regret we have no information
as to these matters. We cannot un-
dertake to make examination of rec
oris in this column
"Dcnr Mndnm."
VIII you please answer the follow
ing question In your Query Column:
Is Il entirely. polite and in as good
form when addressing lady" tn say
"Dear Madam" az 1t is addressing q
man to say Dear Sir?
CONSTANT READER.
Dear Madam is equally as proper.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27

Likewise, when do the Police Com
expect to make the automo-
bilists change their horns?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27
Daily Queries and Answers
Address all communications for Query
valued dealers names will be given

hood. They also told me that he SUP,
posed heswas Kidnapped from his pa.
rents. for he was too young when
brought to America to know anything
of his parents or home.
FANNIE FRANCISCO GOODWIN.
Louisa, va, August 90.