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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-17

the, New York Cotton Exchange, at
to-day's hearing on the anticipation
bill before the House Committee on
agriculture. Mr. Neyille's testimony
occupied both sessions of the commit
tee. and his replies sharp spicy and
sometimes sarcastic, enlivened the pro-
ceedings.
Think it possible to gamble on the
exchange?" asked Representative Hef-
lin. of Alabama
People who play the exchange for
gambling. purposes ought to have a
rs 1t possible to operate the ex-
change with speculation--that Is. ma
asked Representative Sims, OF Ten
nessce.
II am astounded," was tho retort
that 1t should be assumed that get
of merchants would do such things"
What do YOU mean by shaking out
=: cant say, Replied S' Neville; "the
proper expression probably is to poke
up the shorts, and shake out the
longs
Mr.. Neville said the effect OF elm
nation Of futures would be smaller
prices to the farmer. more margin for
local bankers in moving the crops, and
wider margins for the merchants in
purchases and sales of cotton He
thought that Anything that creates
tice."
You bet I can" he replied when
asked if he could name any desirable
change in the cotton exchange prac
tees, but he referred only to chang
ing the system of fixed differences.
believed. would leave the exchange as
intallible as mortals can make it," az
Representative Burleson sarcasttcalIv
suggested.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-17
MISS ELK|NS TRIES
T0COMN|T SUICIDE
Niece Of Senator Disappointed in
Her Longing for Stage
Career.
LSnecial to Tho Times-Disnatch.l

Especial to The Times Dispatch.]
Kansas City, Mo-, February 16.-Un-
able longer to bear her disappointment
because her relatives refused to allow
her to so upon the stage, Miss Agnes
Leslie Elkins, niece of senator Stephen
b. Elhins, of West Virginia, society
woman famed for her beauty and her
social graces shot herself at ESQ
O'Clock this morning at the Willard
Hotel.
After writing an open letter to the
newspapers and two other letters to
the proprictors Of the hotel, she
placed the muzzle of pistol to her
breast and fired. The bullet pierced
her body just over the heart, inflicting
dangerous, although not necessarily
fatal wound.
A suit for $4,000 she had brought
against the street railway of Kansas
City for damages sustained In an &C
cident is still pending. It is said to-
night the young woman has chance
to recover.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-17
SUFFOCATED DY SEED.
Employc of Cotton OIL Mill Meets Pc
cllinr Death.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
Henderson, n. c., February 16.-At
an early hour last night, in the oil
mill. South Henderson, there occurred
n singular accident, which resulted in
the instant death of an employe of
the plant, George Wortham, colored.
While engaged in the removal of seed
from large truck he was overwhelm-
cd by an avalanche of seeds, and be-
ore he could be rescued he was suf-
located When found life was eX-
tjncf
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-17
suggests monument to John smith.
Ispecial 10 The Vines pispatch.l

Especial TO The Times-DisDatch]
Norfolk. Va. February LIT is suE-
gested BY w. p Dodson, OF the City
industrial Commission, that n granite
monument to Captain John Smith be
erected in Old Dominion Place or the
jamestown boulevard, and the COM
Captain p E. Yeatman as com
mittee to look into the subject.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-17

tending the meeting were Rev. W. a.
Cook. of Wheeling, w. Va. Rev. II. q.
Stoetzer. OF Fairmon., w. Va; Rev. i.
NJ. Woods. Marunsburg. W. Va: Rev.
a. II. Hamilton. Steels Tavern. Va: the
Rev. a. NJ. Frazer. Staunton. Va: Colo
mel Thomas C. Hodges. Senator EIkins
and former Senator Davis.
Before going into educational work
Professor Allen was connected in a
reportorial capacity with a Newport
News newspaper. Recently. he was an
applicant for the SUPPLEMENTARY OF
the Newport News schools. He Is well
and favorably known in Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-17
Died From Overdose OF whiskcy,

Especial to The TImes-Dlspatch.I
Fayetteville, n. c.. February 10
William Weston, aged seventy four
years. was found dead in his home. in
Hope Mills. this afternoon. Deputy
Coroner Floyd Sanders went from
Fayetteville and impanelcd a coroner's
jury. From the evidence gathered. the
/ following verdict was rendered: That
Weston died from an overdose Of Eek
tract of corn whiskey" and blow on
the head, caused by fall
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-17
Negro Woman Kills hoy.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
a desperate quarrel this afternoon,
Emma jamie Randolph, colored wo-
man. living near Christ Church. about
three miles from here, shot and killed
Enos Eitchets, an eighteen-year-o old
colored boy, living in her home. The
woman was later arrested and put in
the county Jail to await trial.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-17
NO DECISION IN cox CASE.
Jury Considers Indictment, Then Adj
jOurns Until This Morning.

After being out for>two hours without
reaching a verdict, the jury in the
case of Councilman E. c. Cox, indicted
for violating the election law. Tonight
was adjourned over until Tomorrow
morning. Another indictment is pend
ing against Cox, and he Will be tried
on that when this case is disposed Of
Cox is alleged to have paid candidates
to withdraw from the race for the
Democratic nomination for constable
last fall.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-17
Dead Bodv Of Infant Found.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
Spencer, n, c.. February 16,-Thc
dead body of a newly-born babe was
found near the main line track of the
Southern Railway, five miles north of
Spencer, to-day 1T Is presumed the
and there is no clue to the mother.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-17
o,1nrse Henryn Celebrates.

Louisville, Ky, February 1s.--Enjoy-
ing his usual vigorous health. Henry
Watterson, editor of the Courier Jour
nal, to-day celebrated his SEVENTEEN
birthday. He and Mrs. Watterson are
spending the winter at Naples-on-th the
Gulf, Florida.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-17
railroad once Robbcd.

Especial to The Times DISPATCH
Cape Charles, Va, February 16.-The
railroad Office of the New York, Phila-
defphia and Norfolk Railroad at West
over was entered last night by rob-
bers. The money drawers were rlled,
but nothing of value was taken.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-17
Census About Con,n1ctc1

Especial TO The Times Dispatch,
Enumerators appointed by the Corpora
tion Court to take the census of this
city, are expected to complete their
work tomorrow. 1t is estimated that
the census Will show the city's popiI-
lation to be between $4,000 ana 25. 900.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-17
Return From Central America.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
Newport News. Va, February 16.-
DR.. w. ]. Knight and G. *. Weaver
returned to-day from a trip to Cen
trail America. where they spent five
weeks. They visited the Canal Zone
counts of the work on the big ditch,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-17
s.ore Enterc1 ANA Rohhca.

Gordonsvlle Va, February i6.--
Some unknown person or persons en-
tered the storeroom OF w. Il. Hoffman
Tuesday night. and stole about $75
worth of clothing and shoes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-17
DEFENDS COTTON EXCHANGE

MIR. Neville Gives Spicy Testimony Re-
fore House Committee.
Washington, February 16.--Future
selling. as now carried on at the New
York Cotton Exchange, would not be
terstatc telegraph and telephone mes
sages relating TO contracts for future
delivery declared George w. Neville, of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-17
aIasons to celebrate ST. Joints Day.

TSpecIaI TO The TImos-Dlspa tch
Danville, Va, February l6.-At the regular
Masons held this week, resolution provid-
ing that tho lodge celebrate next ST. Johns
day, June "a, with picnic at some conven-
lent place, was unanimously adopted.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-17

NIudlayln Treatment Draws Out Pain ana
Poison with tho famous Mud Baths Thous-
allds have been cured, Big llotel-open all
year. Send for book. Address r. B. KRA.
MER, Pres, Kramer. :1d.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-03

five miles an hour? None but paid
speed maniacs and fools ride at that
speed. Whoever attempts 1t on the
highways or streets belongs in prison
or the insane asylum. The laws OF
every state deny the speed lunatic the
privileges Of his mania Why hold
races like the murderous affair just
pulled off on Long Island?
A race like that has about the same
effect on drivers as wild west show
on boys. In the latter case the kid
emulates the cowboy; in the other the
fool driver apes the daring Chauffeur
Any incentive TO buy racing machine
is an incentive TO dangerous speed.
What's a sixty mile car for if not for
a sixty mile pace?
Such races should be suppressed by
law. No man should be permitted to
suicide on salary. The speed
maniac of the street and highway
should be put TO jail No man should
be permitted to endanger human life in
order 10 satisfy his peculiar type of
~, 50 r;-,.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-03

ferent spirit is seen on the scene OF the
sale at once They are unmistakable.
The we'll advertised sale draws the
right kind of people and the people
come here in the right spirit. Mr..
Dunlap draws the following conclus-
ions from the men Of the greater bus
mess activities of the world:
Never skimp advertising money spent
for printers ink. 1t will bring YOU big
returns when YOU have sale. Take
the large concerns over the world today
that spend millions of dollars annually
for advertising. 1t surely pays them.
as they are increasing their advertising
system every year. The people who
are climbing to the top of the ladder in
business are the people who believe in
advertising and do a lot of it in clean,
legitimate way"
In other words. the farmer has come
TO the same conclusion as the business
man.-namely that advertising pays.
Publicity is the greatest single force in
the world today. 1t is the selling agent
of the world There are men who
make livings in business without ad-
vertising. but they are not the men
who build up large business enter
priseS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-03

figure would have been regarded as
the acme OF the impossible as much
as the sentence quoted. which freely
translated means as long as time
shall last
The Alps from the days of Julius
Caesar. before the christian era, has
been famous as the great barrier be-
tween eastern and western Europe.
Inc Simplon pass over which the
Peruvian few was the one used by
Napoleon and it took him several
weeks to pass it. The passage OF
the Alps was the grea. problem OF
Caesar. of Hannibal, of Napoleon
all the great warriors of ancient and
modern times. True it is now
pierced by tunnels and railroads.
some Of them ten miles in length,
but when man in his flying machine
can pass over the Alps in a few hours
at most, these feats of engineering
seem small. AS far back as history
speaks the Alps was the impossible
barrier famed in story and in song.
There is something new under the
sun, Mr.. Solomon to the contrary,
notwithstanding.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-03
SLEEPING OUTDOORS.
Manchester Press


The sleeping out-of-d oors fad mas
no charm for the man who values mis-
rest and his cuticle. In the first place.
there is something about sleeping
outdoors IN a tent that breeds the
snoring habit to a degree encounteree
nowhere else on earth The minute a
man leaves his brass bed and lands in
a hammock or cot his soft palate tel
escapes his thorax and he develops
snore Which would make a siren
Whistle weep tears of envy. If there is
anything that will stra ighten man
out in his pajamas quicker than hav-
ing large. male June bug drill a hole
in his ear drum. we don't know what
1t is. and Yet this is a nightly occur
renee in a tent 1t is also pleasant TO
wake up with a start and learn that
colony of red ants have scattered them
selves over your person in the Silly
night. IF YOU have ever slept in a
leaky tent during a rain storm and had
10 bail out your cot with a dipper. You
will know what a soft life Of luxurious
ease means. The tent fad mas caused
more heartburn and chilblains and
separated more loving families than
any Others craze on earth unless il is
the mud bath hallucination.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-03
WHY NOT BULL FIGHTS?

Let's cease talking about the cruelty
of Spanish bull fights, the brutality Of
prize fighting. Let's quit holding Up
ancient gladitorial sports as man
hestations Of a cruel and b,oodthirsty
age Let's stop talking or stop the
.sport murder OF automobiles speed
mania. What's the difference whether
the sport calls for killing few men
with swords or by rnachineryo What's
the difference II excitement between
seeing man struck down by a lion in
an arena or watching him mashed by
Q ninety horse power automobile az a
turn In the track? The report Of the
Vanderbilt cup race looks like the list
Of dead and wounded in the early re-
ports of a railway horror, and reads
like it, KILLED when car left the
track and struck a touring car"
KILLED when the car plunged over
bridge" both legs broken. condition
critical" "both legs broken. internal
injuries; may die" skull fractured,
internal injuries" Il looks and reads
like disaster and calamity.
What is it all for? To establish rec
ords and sell machines. Mainly for
advertising purposes Partially. it was
the sporting chance which appeals to
most Americans. That brought out the
crowd 1t didn't bring on the machines,
however. So far as manufacturers are
concerned the race was business
proposition. The reckless men who
drove the cars and those who watched
them were in the grip of the speed
madness. Perhaps the strain on tire
and axle and engine brought new
necessities and possibilities Of strength
and power. But for what good?
The racing automobile. like the two
ninnte trotter. doesn't belong in daily
life and use. Why build or buy an
nutomobile to run four hours at sixty
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-03
FOR BETTER ROADS.
1CIinton Herald.


The mere fact that so much attention
is being given to the lettering Of the
conditions of dirt roads should not be
taken as an indication that no perma-
rsent roads are being built in Iowa AS
a matter Of fact there are hundreds o.
miles Of macadam road in the rural
districts of Iowa today. and mare are
building Some of the stretches of ma
aadan1 are even being oiled, and today
there viii be found in Iowa some OF
the finest highways TO be found any
where. There win be more macadem
roads built in Iowa from time to time
But IN the meantime the mudholes VIII
be eliminated. the swampy places Will
be drained and sandy places will be
improved. the roads will be dragged
with more attention and conditions will
be bettered all along the line.
Communities are going to vie with
one another in the effort to produce the
best results ard the movement is going
to move steadily forward.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-03
THE LODGES.
4 MASONIC hoTicEo. a.
@Hall over 1os-1o7 West 1GAln.
~Vfsitors alWaya WOl0QQDA,

4 MASONIC hoTicke. j
EHall over 1os-1o7 West AAin.
V\Visitors always welcome.
MARSHALL LODGE. 1os. A. r. q
A. NJ. Work on recond degree yft6aN
Oct. at 1880 p. m.
r. w. Chamberlain, w. n
n. s. Lawrence. Secretary.
SJGNET CHAPTER No. %. !. 4. u
Special meeting Monday evening, Oct
3, 1880 D. m. Work in Royal Arch
George n. Boggis. T. a. p.
]. S. Willard. Secretary.
KING SOLOMON Council. No. -. n.
& s. NJ. Stated assembly, Monday
Oct. II. 1880 p. m. Z.
l. T. Forbes. Recorder. +.
A. d. Meeker. +. !. ~.
ST. ALDERMAN COMMANDERf. No.
80 X. T. Special conclave Tuesday
evening, Oct. 4, 1910, at 1880 sharp. for
the Order Of the Red Cross. Sir knights
be present If possible.
Fred N. Wilbur. 2. G.
Fred Wallace. Recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER. Ne. 81. o. q
S.-Regular meeting Wednesday even-
ing, Oct. -, p. m. :.
Mrs. George Downing. W. -.
Edna c. Fuia-ton. Secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-03
THE POPULARITY oe THE BIBLE.

You might suppose from the tastes
Of the times as made manifest in the
popularity OF trashy shows and trash
Ter literature that 50 Old and common
place book as the bible had all but
gone out Of circulation. A Decatur,
Iowa, man wrote 10 the Christian Her
aid: "A preacher here stated lately
that the reading and study OF the bible
We're or. the decline-that it no longer
held the attraction for men il former
" did Was such statement jusli-
led by the facts" The Herald replies:
1t is by no means the fact. The bible
IS today more widely read than ever
Clayton Sedgwich Cooper. an authority
on bible reading statistics. states that
eighty thousand men in eighteen diff
ferenr organized bible class movement
mas a mem bership Of $4,000. our Y.
NJ c a. bible classes last year had
$3.50 bible students. Turnout the
globe there are 27SSs,oo0 Sunday
school children studying the word. Last
year. bible societies printed and circu-
lated IfS7s.S5a bibles. Bore bibles
We're sold than any other hundred
books together II is now printed IN
four hundred languages China alone
last year bought 42S,000 bibles. one
contemporary. the New York Times. in
a recent issue. reported the last years
bible output Of the British and Foreign
Bible Society at s.62o.o24 copies. In the
100 years ~ its existence. that society
mas issued go 900 600 copies of scrip
lures and its annual outpu, is steadily
rising. last years being $4,000 copies
il. excess Of the year preceding OF
what other book could anything like
this b. said? l: you pile in single
pyramid all the copies OF the Koran
since Nahornet's Gay till now, with al
the copies OF the Ccandinarian Eddas.
me Hindu Tedas. he Persian Zend
Avesta. the Buddhist Tripitakas and
TIE Chinese Five Kings. and add 70 the
pile TIE hundred other most famous
books the world has ever known, in
GLIDING The best sellers Of all the
ages the pyramid. contrasted with the
thousands of million Of copies Of the
bible would be as an ant heap 10
Mount Everest
We are glad 10 know it. for il VIII
indeed be a sorry DAY for the country
when its frivoli1y carries il 50 far as
% take il away from the bible.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-03
THE CHURCH AND THE POOR.
[Grinnell Register

tGrinnen Register
Ask an agitator for organized labor
VIVA, he thinks of the church and he
will usually ell YOU that the church is
the bulwark of the enemies Of labor
There is a widespread opinion among
the poor Of the large cites tha, the
church has little appreciation Of their
needs.
Taking testimony in q totally diff
ferent direction some OF the great
est college professors IN The country
state that the church largely admin
listers 10 the middle class and that
that class is rapidly passing away
II l per cent of ihese charges
are true il makes a fearful indict-
ment. If the church is losing ground
with the poor. the ignorant and the
outcast there has been, somewhere.
an awful mistake. Il is not the pri-
MAJ of the principle mission Of the
church 70 furnish shelter for the
pious meditation of the bourgeois
Its proudest boast. in DAYS of purity.
that i brings good tidings 10 the
poor
50. whether the altar be piled high
with gifts. or barren OF revenue. the
all insiseent problem which confronts
rhe church as 1t is the problem Of
the century is 10 discover if the
brother hath ought against it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-03
GUyING SOLOMON.


Solomon. who is distinguished as
wise man along with Socrates of the
cup of hemlock fame, said there was
nothing new under the sun" and that
saying of his has been very widely
quoted since However the automo-
bile. the telephone. the phonograph,
the wonders of the wireless; have put
Mr.. Solonon's nose ou- joint" at
least as far as the famous saying Is
concerned, but the cap sheaf of this
miracle working was put on the
other day when a young Peruvian
in a monoplane few over the peaks
of the Alps. from Switzerland TO
Italy In order to do this he had to
ascend to height of over 1000 feet
aid steer his frail ehaft thru pass
and circle It around mountain sum-
init until ne descended to the fair
plains Of Lombardy.
Macaulays famous sentence. when
seeking for figure OF speech to ex-
press the ininutable. was when
some traveller from New Zealand
shall stand on a broken arch Of
London bridge to sketch the ruins
of St. Paul" Suppose ne had said.
when some traveller from South
America should cross, in the air. the
snow capped ranges Of the Alps and
alight on tho plains OF AAsiy," the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-03
Topics of the Times

On -he theory perhaps. thai children
and fools tel The truth. Cedar Rapsds
man stands n danger Of being hanged
on the evidence Of S-year-old child
: ives tern Iowa young man attempt
ID to hold up bank single handed
The other day and viii be retired from
activity OF a similar character for
many years after the jury has finished
with him. # he had succeeded ne
vouldn', have got enough 20 pay farm
wages for the time h VIII spend in
prison The bank hold UP profession
is even poorer paid Than The corn doc
tors.
The Burlington Gazette Is worried
over the operation of the Cosson laws
and in deadly fear that Cosson himself
will be elected attorney general. Il
will be remembered that Burlington's
red light district inaugurated a NOV
ing day just before the Cosson laws
became effective. But perhaps that
incident has nothing 10 do with the
attitude Of the Gazette.
Il appears that Bradley has not been
seeking Cooks proofs" but has been
hunting goats in the Rockies instead Of
playing the goat n Greenland
The population Of s.. Joe. Mo. has
fallen off $4,000 from the last census
figures. II may be. however, the prev
ious census was taken by circulation
managers out of a JOB.
The Long Island automobile races
killed three and injured twenty per-
sons. Spanish bull fighting looks like
a pastors picnic alongside Of this
American sport
Claude Porter is in the embarrassing
position. The tetotaler who goes out
with the boys finds himself about 10
o'clock, chock full of pop and lemon
settlers about the time the other fell
lows are beginning to "get good" It's
mighty hard lines for a pop candi-
date on a whiteline platform
Haskell. OF Oklahoma, and Browne,
of Illinois, are blessing the minority
representation clause and the law of
Limitations, those catholics of emery
ency
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-03
AND THE PRESS Stopped
Tkanwha Record.]

The 1910 crop Of nice babies keeps
pace With other big yields this fall.
Albert Wander Ploeg and wife have a
nine-pound baby girl. since Tuesday.
Ned MePeak and wife also Of Wright
county. have also registered the arrival
OF a little daughter. If the frost holds
off good and the insurgents keep on
gaining We look for record breaking
yield this fall.
Later-We stop the press this We'd
nesday afternoon to record the arrival
TINS morning of a seven pound daugh-
ter. the first born. at The home of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred l. Bush Congra tula :
lions are extended.