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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-22
For D.cency's Sake.

Editor OF The Virginian:
Sir.--In the name Of public decency
let the mayor be thanked for prohibit
ing the presentation in our city of the
Girl from Rector's." The mayor has
been under fire gt times, and at times
he, like many others. may deserve II:
but this time he has certainly done the
community a service, despite, ! be-
lieve. the efforts of some of the most
ingenious legal talents in the city
talents so lately glorying In defending
the fair name of Richmond.
Good men are glad to see that the
show people heard they were going
TO find trouble when they reached the
South. and rejoice that the prompt
action Of our executive has advertised
Richmond AZ oid-fashioned enough
to try TO protect her morals--at least
from invading Influences
Vile productions In the gutse of
moral instruction have been deluging
orr land, The filth Of the European
drama land our own. too---has been
largely detiiing American character.
The. evil this Is doing our youth has
excited the alarm, not only Of those
who oppose the theater az an insti-
tutien, but all men and women, ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-22

'.HE's SAVE. YOUR In" said the prime
HIGHSEss. minister
"weli. I'd like TO know where Mr..
King is
Hes safe. your highness," said
ouinnox
well. you run In and tel Aunt LO-
raine this minute that Mr.. King sends
his love to her and begs her to rest
easy See Ii 1t doesn't cheer her up q
bit"
At night two attempts were made
by Haddan and another subaitern to
leave the castle to reach Tullis. but
both soriIes proved failures. A day
later Marfanx sent two men under .
flag of truce TO offer his infamous uitt
matum. His offer of a safe conduct
of the prince to America was refused.
fer the inmates Of the castle knew fun
Welt the count would doom the lad to
instant death II he should get him In
his possession.
A single distant volley ct sunset ha0
puzzled the men on guard at the castle.
They had no means OF knowing that
the committee Of ten and its wretched
friends had been shot down like dogs
In the public square. Peter Rrutus was
In charge Of the squad of exeeutfonerA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-22
Need Of Police Matron.


Editor of The virginian:
Sir,-It has been a source of sur
prise and regret to the writer that
Richmond has no police matron.
Every city of Importance has such an
official save Richmond. The tmpor-
lance OF matron can be measured
by the results. The matron often
saves a woman from sinking deeper
In vice by her tact and kindly advice.
1t is of record that many young girls
are turned from their sinful career,
a home procured for them either in q
good family or some institution. In
addition to this Is the further fact
that the police department has for
years urged the city to provide
matrons for the station houses--.this
is an evidence of the need and credi-
table TO our policemen. / hope the
good women of this city will take up
this matter and push 1t to an assured
fact Our preachers also could do
great deal toward this matter by
urging 1t upon councils.
LOUIS L. PARHAM.
Richmond, Feb. 81.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-22

lanx heads an army of several thou
sand. He
HE wants to get In here SOS no
can kill me. Is that so, Colonel Quin-
nox?" The prince was very pale. but
quite calm.
"Oh. wouldn't put 1t Just that way.
your
"Oh, I know! You can't fool me!
I've always known that he wants to
kill me- But how can he? Nobody
can. He ought TO know that He
must be awful stupid"
I'VE must get word to Tullis," cried
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-22
STATE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
AT UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

gardless of traditional attitude. who
are alert to protect American purity
And yet the public will patronize such
stuff even in Richmond. But a score
or more majors ana chiefs and police
can teach writer's and managers les
son or two in social duties.
1t Is to be hoped the city authori-
ties will not stop at this one effort. 1t
is Haunted In our faces that dirtier
plays have been produced In Rich
mond, and we fear the future may re-
peat the past. But courageous public
officers, sustained by the moral peo-
pie of our city. may still further add
to the reputation of our State and
our section as puritanicai-if that
means anxiety for the purity of our
young men and young women and de-
sire to protect the genuineness of our
Auglo-Saxon civilization.
D. r. ANDERSON.
Richmond College, Feb. 81, 1910.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-22
Our State
Contemporaries
A Journalistic Tilt.

The expected has occurred in Rich
mond Journalism following the debut
Of The Nirvinian, the latest accession
to the newspaper family there. The
Virginian was born fighting, the in
stinct of preservation impelling
the other newspapers there to make
the fight one for the survival of the
tittest. The early prophecies as to the
new -lGmiaary.s stormy career are al
ready being fulfilled. Though not enl-
t,arked ia-the morning feia-the-
afternoon paper is meeting perhaps
its most consistent and determined
antagonism from the TimeS-Dtspatch,
which at first thought to dismiss its
infantile neighbor by references to 1t
as the old lady OF Governor street"
or terms cqutvutent thereto, Lately.
however, the youthful old lady has
exhibited such virility as to startle
the Times-Dispatch from its attitude
of sneering encouragement and
apathetic Indifference into something
perilously like self-defense and with
as much pugnacity in 1t as the morn
ing paper can command.
When The Virginian sarcasticauy
twitted It's morning contemporary on
its exemplification in its attitude to-
ward its young rival of the high
standard of journalistic ethics which
1t had always boasted, the morning
paper had to retort. One thing led
to another until finally The Vtrginian
quoted what is characterized as the
'favorite slogan of the Tfmes-Dis-
patch" Now 1t so happens that this
aforesaid slogan, however justtfiable
seven years ago, is no longer so popu
lar under changed conditions The
Times-Dtspatch thereupon retorts by
challenging the accuracy of the slogan
attributed to 1t. whereupon Its pre-
cocious rival calmly refers the T. d.
to its own files. The spat between the
two papers has reached q crisis where
in the Times Dispatch does not go
so far as to deny that the terms
quoted may be found in its files of
seven years ago, but 1t does deny that
the language quoted was ever that
papers "favorite slogan" Finally
the morning paper, driven to it's
dernier resort asserts that If the
slogan" ever was "enunciated' and
introduced into the Dispatch.
then the aforesaid ''enunciating was
done by w, s. Copeland at present
chief editorial contributor on The
Virginian."
1t is rare that newspapers get to
| the point in these latter days of quot
ing the name of the editor OF a con-
temporary in such a connection and
still more rare when one newspaper
in attempting to disclaim responsi-
bility for any prior utterance. charges
that one then in it's employ, but now
| in the employ OF Its rival, is respon-
sible for an expression which may be
said to embody an important attitude
or policy. 1t Ia rather a quibbie,
however. for the man who wrote the
editorial did not own the paper. nor
control 1T, and would not have been
| responsible in law for its utterance.
To a disinterested observer it looks
very much as IL the baby luminary
had gotten through Its antagonists
guard and landed a resounding whack.
which brought forth an involuntary
"Ouch!" However. 1t Is not our
quarrel and so we shall not attempt
| to make Ii so. We shall view the
| next round with interest, however,
| Danville Register.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-22

unfeered to risk
their lives In the
attempt to find tho
American In the
hills. Two men
W ere chosen--by
lot They were to
venture forth that
very night
MY lords" said
the prince as tho
council was on the
point OF dissolving,
is 1t all right for
me to ask q ques-
ton now?"
.(Arfa{nYv Rnh-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-22


STRUxToN KING had been tn .
resentfui frnme OF mind fcf
III nearly forty eight hours In
the first place, be had not had
SO much as . single glimpse Of the
girl he now wershiped with all hla
heart. In the second place. he had
learned, with unpleasant promptnesss
that Count Yes Engo was the ofaces
In command of the house guard. 8
position as graveiy responsible az IA
was honorable.
He had. OF course. profrered his serv.
ices to Colonel Quinnox. The colonel
who admired the Americans, graveiy
informed him that there was no regu-
lar duty TO which he could be assigned.
but that he would expect him to hold
himself ready FOR any emergency. ID
case Of an assault he was TO report to
Count vos Engo.
But he was not satisfied. Lorraine
had not come forward with a word
of greeting or relief--in fact. she had
not appeared outEtde the castle doors-
Toward dusk on Monday. long after
tba arrlva, ~ the refugees. be sat in
g,oorv contamination OF his own nm
b,nn,ness darklv g,owering upon tho
unfr,end,v mortal. from a distant stono
bench
A brisk guardsman separated himself
from the KNOT Of men at the castle
doora .ns crossed the plaza toward
him.
Jusga the d,smay and anger when
tha soldier n hit shamefnced himself.
briat,v announced that Count Voc
Engo had ,saued an order against
ioiter,nr IN close proximity to tho
cast,a
n..,rton,s cheek burned He saw In
nm ,nstant that the order was meant
for him and for no one else. he being
the only outsider likely to come undse
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-22
The Insanity Plea.
OF the service

Speaker H. M, Street, of the Mississippi House
of Representatives, wants his Legislature to enact
law stopping the OF the insanity plea in murder
trials
charged with murder who intend to present plea
of insanity shall first be examined by a corps OF
specialists appointed by the All the evidence
bearing the prisoners sanity must be presented
to these experts and thoroughly weighed before the
case goes to the jury at all. If it is decided that
the prisoner is insane he to be shut up in an insane
asylum by the regular methods of procedure in
cases of this sort. If the experts decide that the
prisoner is sane the goes to trial before jury,
but the plea of insanity cannot be made.
This is practically the same plan that is embodied
in the Lassiter bills now pending in the Virginia
Legislature and which were recently reviewed in
The Virginan. 1t has the appearance to us of a
sensible measure.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-22
Completely outgencrnIed.

From the calm and tropical seas In
the Senate to a real. genuine freeze
out In the House. that Peary rear-ad-
mtral proposition may be said to have
tee.n going some, ~ Washington .Harv..
aid.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-22
CONTINUED from yesterday

the committee Of ten, except Peter
Brutus. was behind lock and bar, to-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-22
Poor Rraon,s AT 7.

Poor Er0Oms at That,
In order to make a clean sweep the
trust 10 to charge more TOR brooms.--
Rookfosd Star.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-22

Editor Horace Fletcher, of Good Health re-
minds his readers that the mound builders skull
shows massive and symmetrical jaws. "for the
reason that each jaw contains sixteen teeth, well
developed and well worn by much usage, but intact.
free from decay and held in place by strong roots.
From this fact, he deduces that civilized men and
women will be toothlcss by and by. But who
carcs2 Sans teeth we shall be sans toothache and
sans dentists bills, and the Beef Trust viii prey
upon us no longer. All hail the toothless agel
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-22

The nation i very proud Of 6. W.. We rather.
think, however, THAT with all Its faults g. w.
and look it over. All things, considered, We have
done pretty we'll.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-22

And still the Statewide proposition
holds Its own place in filing mp local
and editorial space In all Virginia
newspapers. We want to know, in
the meantime, how the Democratic
party of this State will be affected
should the legislature refuse to grant
the request of 90 per cent of the
voters. 1t In likely that this num-
Der of citizens will relish the idea of
being 80 ignored ?--Gordonsville
Gazette
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-22
The Fur FIying,

The fur Is flying in Richmond. The
Times-Dispatch and Virglnian are
going for each other teeth and toenail
The "Old Lady OF Governor Street."
as the Times-D Dispatch has designated
The rirginian, Is 4. vigorous old lady
indeed and draws blood with every
stroke of her claws. The Times
Dispatch, which started the row. puts
In a telling stroke now and then, but
II IL now on the defensive and ia
plainly put to 1t to maintain its place
in the ring. 1t all started, IT seems
about fellow by the name of Yoder
who apparently is hardly worth
scrapping about.--Henry County
Bulletin
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-22
CHAPTER XVII.

TRuxroN ExAcrs A ssosffsE.
TwN RUxTOS KING had been tn 4
resentfui frnme OF mind fcf
nearly forty-eight hours In
the first place, be had not had
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-22

In its editorial columns, Tuesday morning, the
Times Dispatch discusses the action OF the Com
mitfee on Privileges and Elections in reporting
The Myers Bill unfavorably and among other
things, says:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-13

placed in a position where 1t can on
short notice draw upon the trustee or
holder of the mortgage, for almost un-
limited sums of money in develop
ments.
With this amount of money within
easy reach there is scarcely any devel-
opment imaginable for this section
that cannot be easily carried out once
the Southern Power company is aSsur-
ed of the value of the same as an in
vestment.
The above mortgage was arranged
for some time ago by representatives
of the Southern Power company in
New York.
The securing of this $10.0OO,00O for
use as needed may indicate that the
company has still larger plans in con-
tenn plat tiOn than have been announced
as vet. and at the same time the posi-
blitieS of getting an inter-urban line
from Greenville to Charlotte and
Greensboro and on to Durham. is
made more real, should the company
perfect plans I'm the near future for
proceeding with the construction or
this $50 mile inter-urban line.
The Southern Power cOmpany'S pol
icy of expansion just as rapidly as con-
ditions will permit has long ago plac-
ed it among the leading and strongest
industrial companies of the country,
and having gotten the use of this Sl0,-
OOO 900 for the future. or just when
the money may be required. is strong
argument of further and extensive de-
velopments that are near at hand.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-13
Smith and Wickersham.

According to our view of the Situa-
ton. Senator Smith of South Carolina,
rather has it on Attorney General
WiCkcrSham. at least for the time be-
ing
The senator has reason and justice
on his side, and conditions and circum-
stances have put the whole question
before the country in such 4 manner
that even those congressman who
would prefer to align themselves ON the
other side. cannot do so without jeop-
ardizinS their reputation for ordinary
fairness to a greater extent than would
seem wholesome
To undertake to estimate how much
by the familiar and time worn eXpedi-
cnt of bearing the speculative market.
would be very much like attempting to
calculate how far Halley's comet would
have gone on its last outward trip
had there been no turning place in its
orbit: but if there has ever been any
complaint on that account from our
friends in the northeast. we have never
heard of it.
There was a time. rs all remember
very we'll when the tremendous power
of the bear spectators went it's full
length and depressed the price of cot
ton well below the cost of production.
Hundreds and thousands of southern
farmers. who mad been depending all
their lives on cotton raising for an cX-
istcnce were brought face To face with
realization of the fact that tine more
cotton they raised. the more quickly
they would be separated from what lit
tie that was left of their past aCcunu-
latiuns. This condition of affairs con-
tinucd long enough To enable tn" whole
world to appreciate its existence: but
if there was ever an expression OF con-
Germ from the WickerShamS of tn"
cabinet or the bears of Wall street.
no information Of such expression came
To- our knowledge.
Now the boot is ON tn" other foot.
Throughout the long and unintrrIurt-
ed picnic of the New York and Liver
pool bears. there continued certain
men in New Orleans. vino never play
ed the sucker nor lost their heads.
These men noted the effect of oVcrdO-
ing Of the thing by the bears, and w"r"
the first To- appreciat" the weak CON
ditiun Of the goose that laid the g"l-
den egg. They managed 10 get int"
the saddle. several years ago. and have
continued to press their advamtaS" un-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-13
SEEING THE COMET.

Yes. l have seen that blamed old
comet and it amt no big thing at
that" said a citizen to the reporter
Wednesday morning.
They kept talking about ii and talk
ing about it until l made up my mind
that | would see it; but l don't believe
/ would have gone to all the trouble,
if it had not been for that stuff you mad
in the paper yesterday about setting
your alarm clock and getting up at
3.45.
Il did all you told me to do. and l
saw the comet: but of all the things
YOU told me the only one that pleased
me real well, was the getting back in
bed, and that was not much account,
because l was so wide awake that |
couldn't get back that delightful drow-
siness that the alarm clock took away
from me, and l just laid there and
pitched and tossed until after daylight,
when I got up and took walk about
the streets and learned how lazy the
people are about getting up in the
morning"
But what about the comet?"
"Oh, it amt nothing much: just
about as big as the end of your
thumb with twenty feet of light stick
ing up right over 1t. | don't believe
| would have ever noticed it at all If
l had not gotten up for the special
purpose of seeing it. | am very sure
that If you newspaper folks had waited
for me to mention 1t, there would never
have been anything said. What are you
making so much fuss about a thing like
that, anyway? / would not have you
think that l am stuck on the moon;
but l wouldn't give the moon for all
the comets that ever happened. The
moon is bigger, its brighter, and 1t Is
more considerate about coming around
at seasonable hours so a fellow does
not have to lose a nights rest to get
a peep at It,
Saw ii all by yourSelf?"
mo, my wife was up too. | would
not have been out at all If it had not
been for her. 1t was me that set the
alarm clock; but when the pesky thing
began to whirr I could not make up
my mind to get out Of bed. My wife
asked me if was not going to get up.
What for?' | asked To see the
comet she replied What comet"
You set the clock last night to see
the comet, didn't you?' She was al
ready on her feet putting on ner
clothes. oh. you go and see 1t don't
care nothing about it, | said. Get
up, l say Please go on and leave
IIle dlOUt. ADOul Llletl liiS DNt
clothes went off with a swish, and in
the effort to catch them, l sat up in
bed. Then after thinking a little |
started after the bed clothes, and was
met by dash Of cold water BY that
time l was in worse humor than
ever, but my wife was laughing at me.
and l decided that maybe after all it
would be as good luck as any to get
up and see the comet. Now. maybe you
can understand why did not enjoy the
comet as we'll as If it had made it's
appearance along about 10 o'clock in
the evening.
when I got back and bundled in
bed again, everything was damp: |
could not get warm, and there was moth
ing for it but to go out on the street.
They say that after next Wednesday
you can see this comet in the fore
part of the night, and if so | will
talk to YOU about it,"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-13
WILL INSTALL LOOMS.

The York Cotton mill has arranged
to install one hundred and sixty Nor
throp- Draper looms and convert all
the yarn it is making into white sheet
ing.
This change Is the outcome of the
recent step whereby the capital stock
of the mill was doubled, and 1t is to
be completed within the next few
months.
The York Cotton mill is now Operat-
ing 1906 producing spindles and a
sufficient number of twisters to take
care Of their product The twisters
are to be taken out and looms are TO
be installed in their stead for the pres
ent Later the twisters may be REIN
stalled in another building.
1t is proposed to operate the looms
by electric power and to run them day
and night, which will be necessary in
order to take care of tine entire pro-
duct of the spindles.
The machinery now in operation
will continue to be operated by steam
unit, such time as the management of
the mill may be convinced that the
steam plant can be discarded with
profit.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-13
YORKVILLE. S. c.:
FRIDAY, MAY IL. 1910.

COL. NJ. L. Donaldson, chairman OF
the Greenville county Democratic eX-
ecutive committee, has announced
that he will make a fight ut the state
Democratic convention, May Is, TO
change the primary rules so that a
man may enter the race for any, CT
flee UP to within ten days of the cleo
ton. At present the entries close in
June and the election is not held un-
til the latter part of August.-Gaffney
Ledger.
AS to how this would probably go,
remains to be seen. Under the present
rules, would-be candidates sometimes
stand shivering on the bank until the
last day and jump aboard just as the
boat is leaving the wharf. the adop-
ton of Col. Donaldson's ideas would
leave them to shiver little longer. 1t
would also afford the opportunity for
the entrance of new blood, after cam
paign may have developed that none ct
the candidates offering for a certain
office are acceptable.