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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-22
THURSDAYS GAME.

On next Thursday the football teams of the
Universities of Virginia and North Carolina will
clash i'll "a struggle that has become Southern
sporting classic.
1t is this game which is the point of athletic
DESIRE not only for the students of two great
institutions. but in "a great measure for the peo-
pie OF two States. Tar Heel and virgnian
alike will pour into Richmond In response 10
strange but powerful sentiment When the
sun sets on the result, one side Will be as elate
it is given mortas to become at an idea
the other. chagrined and defeated, will already
have begun the for u victory a year
ahead.
1t is thoughtful thing about this contest tina,
the very intensity Of rivalry seems to draw the
two universities into closer and hrmer rela-
ton. There Is not the shadow OF suspicion in
either case of the sportsmanship of either
Eleven clean ball players from the University Of
Virginia meet the squad from Chapel Hill and
from Norfolk 10 Bristol, from Wilmington to
Murphy host of people. of all colleges and no
college, eat their turkey in the interest of The
event
Not even does it matter that the two teams
have been repeatedly defeated by those OF other
institutions Carolina would cheeriully lose
every other contest, could she thereby win from
Virginia Virginia would think all other games
well lost could she hang IA Tar Heel scalp at
her football belt And the people of the Two
States feel this way about it, and talk this way
about it, The annual football game is more
than holiday spectacle; it is State crisis.
insofar this great yearly game is kept up
on the plane where it now happily rests, of elean
sport. of generous rivalry, of long and self
sacrificing preparation it is OF distinct benefit
both to the morale OF the Universities specially
involved and TO the people Of the two States
who epitomized in its hard won victory and
its manly defeat the quality by which they hope
to live and TO prosper.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-22

The marriage of Miss Fannie
Leigh. ct North Twenty-seventh street,
to Mr.. Willie AGREE was quietly sol
emnized in the parlors OF the St.
James parsonage Saturday evening,
November 10. at 1880 O'Clock. '.ev.
George r. Greene being the olii:iai-
ing minister.
The Lee Cook W. G. r. l.. will Toid
an important meeting this evening
in the home OF the president. Miss
Julia Kelly, aiI2 East Marshall. 10
which all members are especially
urged to attend.
In the home of Mrs. Irvine clark
on North Thirty-first street at $50
O'Clock this evening parlor talk viii
be given under the auspices IF the
Equal Suffrage League Of Virginia.
The league president and other mem
bers will attend.
The funeral Of Mr.. Paul Protesting.
who died at his sisters residence,
Mrs. Henry Bucker. $50 East Broad
street will take place from ST. Pat
rick's church Wednesday morning at
10 o'clock
Ass Helen Thornton. of Gloucester
Point. will arrive In the city Wed.
ncsday to be the guest for several
days of her friend. Miss Jessie Oliver.
of 1905 East Broad street,
Rev. G. f.. Rlankenshlp. Il former
st. James Sunday school boy, delit-
cred an interesting discourse to a
large congregation at st, James sun
day morning He and his wife, for
NJ srly Miss Mary Walford. have been
the guests OF relatives on the Hill for
several days.
Mr.. Willie Wiltshire, OF IFS North
Twenty. eighth street will spend
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-22
ing and sisterhood upon her arrival in strange

city.
There Is a bleakness, want of sympathy, an
illdehncd hostility about strange place--even
10 man. The unknown is suspicious quaint
ity The stranger is on edge against the city,
and the city against the stranger. Only with
infinite slowness does either gain confidence in
the other. Pitfalls there are. but they are moth
ing like those imagined Dangers there be, but
they not SO dreadful the sense of want
OF friends and of inability to know whom to
trust. in whom to confde
Men know these things and solve them with
ordinary caution They adapt themselves
speedily, after one fashion another. Largely
they may pick and choose their environment.
But what is discomfort TO man is sometimes
needs friends. infinitely harder is it for her to
find them. Infinitely more dangerous for her to
trust them when found. There Is something pitt.
full and of peculiar appeal in the very thought
of a young girl facing alone big city.
Many Of them must needs face il so. and many
Of them take the chance and lose In the midst
of thousands thousands ready To help her.
such girl frequently finds only those ready 10
destroy. When dazed and uncertain. the girls
aud Young women who come UP to Richmond
at the portals badge indicating that there
Is friend whom they may trust when they are
made to feel that the hope Of the city has IL
visible handle, who estimate either the Joy
and gladness attending the fact, or the good that
grows out of it,
making for THANKSGIVING gift of $4,000 every
man with sister should stop and think over
this phase of the work. the gifts that would
result would more than double the amount at
which the campaign Is aimed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-22
PEOPLES FORUM
DECREASE III Crime

Editor of Richmond Nirginian:
Sir,--flease print the enclosed clipping OF
special from Raleigh to the GREENSBORO News
and request the supreme to copy. prohibition
helps and we like it.
C. w w.
Raleigh. Nov. 19.--rhe forthcoming biennial
report of Attorney General r. w. Beckett viii
show decided decrease in crimes OF the va
rtous classes prosecuted in the courts OF tne
state for the year ending July /, lslV, anu
compared with the Year ending July J., lsos.
For retailing liquor there were L,54s cases com"
pared with 1.oV1 for the previous year. for as
aauit with deadly weapon there were l,394 the
pdst year and 1888 the previous year, linen
there We're only $40 cases Tor carrying con-
ecaied weapon this year, compared win ltsf
Tor the previous year There il scarcely q
class OF crime that the figures do not show a
decrease for the last year. Some most nota ole
are: Gambling. 4ss TO 1876; larceny from loZo
10 l,Iap: lare sny and receiVins, from 4oe To
2g2; manslaughter, 40 70 2b; first degree muir
der. II to 53; second degree murder, II to 62;
erueity to animals. frcm lo5 to 81. disorderly
ncuse. 81 to a. EN- bezztement IS 10 81. forni-
cation and adultery. 3as to 23a; ARRAY ~ 10
6S2. assault and battery LEA to 14y. ABANDON
meat, 50 to ". failure To list taxes. III To AZ!
false pretcnses, 1871 to 145. criminal assault ~
10 49, 80 each year for intent to outrage:
burglary. 81 to A. There were seven each year
Tor house burning: eleven each for fraud
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-22
Highland ark

The contracts fer building the
power house, digging the wells and
laying the mains tor the new water
system in the town Of Highland Park
have been drawn and let to l. j.
Smith Il Company and same have
been duly signed by Mayor Mcclure
and Chairman A. a. Quaries, of the
hight and water committee. Con
tracts for furnishing ali pipe. fire
hSdrants, c.. have bee na%arded TO
the Giamorgan Pipe and Foundry
Company OF Lynehburg
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Methodist church win hold market
sale at stall "a In the sixth street
market on "Wednesday. the twenty
third. They desire all of their house
keeping friends To buy their Thanks
giving cakes, pies. bread and candy
from them. Every thing on sale Will
be home made.
Rev. air. Sadler. the captain OF the
football team of Richmond College,
preached at Northside Baptist church
Sunday morning in the absence Of
the pastor, NJ the evening service
Rev. T. f.. Johnson, OF Temperance
vile. preached
Rev. Or. James Y. Fair. OF Rich
mond. conducted the eleven o'clock
service at Mizpah Presbyterian
church on sunday at the close of
which congregational meeting was
held and IA formal request was made
to Preshytery to dissolve the pastoral
relations of this church and its pas
tor. Or. II. X. WalthaH. who tender
cd his resignation several weeks ago.
The evening sermon was preached By
DIR. Walthan.
Large congregations attended the
Methodist church at both services
Sunday. There were eight additions
TO the church by letter and thirteen
new scholars in the Sunday-school.
Union Thanksgiving services will be
held at Centenary Methodist Thurs
day at eleven o'clock. The sermon
will be preached By Rev, D. T. Mer-
rift. Of Highland Park Methodist
church.
Thanksgiving service will be held at
Ascension Episcopal chapel at IL A.
A.. Thursday
The Ladies OF the Guild desire to
thank all who assisted them in their
colonial reception at the high school
Friday evening. large crowd WAS
In attendance and n goodiy sum WAS
realized. After the program refresh
ments were sold and dancing was in
duiged in by some Of the young
folks.
Tonight Polk Miller will entertain
In the high school assembly hall for
the benefit OF the Mothers Club. Many
tickets have been sold and full
house is assured.
The funeral of Mrs. Andrews took
place Sunday afternoon at o'clock
from the residence OF her daughter
Mrs. Bonnie West, on the Mechanics
lille pike. The burial Eervice was
by Rev. Mr.. HARNESS. of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-22
rREsIpENrANp TEACHERS.

II Taft viii find In attending the meeting
w Educational Conference and addressing
Virginia teachers, in being entertained in
lend, typs1ai as Washington itself of the
M which nonored him, that there arc
Ionsa lions tor the sometimes apparently
xas1s job OF being President The two
Y that have elapsed since this big hearted
Sarnest man entered the White House have
Backed with events calculated 10 bring
Mer TO the best intentions. He has seen his
lMl party disutegrate under his EFFORT Al
Has felt the sting of insratitude. Has
lSrcd treacheries and envy, and hatred.
0Gnt have been moments when the nau
Whitc House felt himself all but alone.
xnust have been periods when suffering
hut cracked his heart But there have
Ter times, such as this time. when it has
emItted him to feel in his own expert.
ID deeper and broader truth that politics
xAr bring: that the President of the
6tates lives and is held in honor in the
e1 the people.
Mr ago MIR. Taft travelled through the
rolftically considered, the enemys eoun-
where else. of all the varied people and
NTH whom he came in contact. did he
1g spontaneous and so natural wei
6 hospitality. On the journey tina,
Nm from New Orleans to Richmond he
opie who. standing not at all in awe
nnAe forward with q greeting stimulating
on friends. MIR. Taft. taken into the
confidence OF the South, must needs
Sthat II was after all good thing to be
3An0t but be Il good thing that he should
1kmined to revisit Richmond on q mis-.
- the present one II will come CRATE
Aia senses 10 discover again that there
~ thing as people who honor his high
1 who respect him Il man. Here he
III politics and never be reminded of it.
can come To know that there ahdes u
reverence for the President and patro-
fnlse to do him honor Here he can and
1J1lA That III the state Oh the birthplace
Nv there remains the largest measure of
eDr the nation created by that spirit.
~lking to the teachers the President will
n Inspiring opportunity. He will be adj
~ the force which, more than all else,
- the miracle of making a new and raw
Into world power, He win be facing
nd women set To the grand task OF pres
ft6ce for the benefit of future good He
1T an acutey intelligent an unlimtedly
4 BODY. He will see the South at it's
- South OF effort and OF faith and of
HE South that. holding 10 the honor Of
1lfions, uses that honor for the creation
Ult1ons for future generations. He will
III highest type OF citizenship which sees
2ot duty In the care of the State. and its
prt In the fashioning Of the child for
= purpose.
~ President OF such a people is fine
aNhich not even the usual lot OF mis-
qtation of malice. Of treachery which
ntdents must face can AT such time
e than saddeu
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-22
FRIENDSHIP SQUADS.

Were anything needed TO impress further the
work of the Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton upon the community it would be found in
the work OF what the Association accurately
terms the Friendship Squad, that will meet
all trains watch out for and suitably place I'M
attended young women and generally give to
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-22
r alrnOunt

The Boys Brigade. OF the Baptist
church. are requested to meet at tho
home Of Major Fleets, iilS North
Twenty second street. Friday night at
5 O'Clock.
A marriage of much interest will be
THAI 81 Miss ote Perkins Withan to
Mr. Joseph Miller. the marriage to
take place Wednesday morning at II
o'clock at the home OF the bride. Inn
nediately after the ceremony the
young couple win leave for an extend.
ed Northern trip.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Bap-
list church have completed all arrange
ments for their annual Thanksgiving
dinner and supper.
The regular meeting of the Ideal
Council, Daughters of Liberty. Will ba
held In the Town Hall Tuesday night
AZ o'clock Arrangements for the
Thanksgiving service Will be COM
pleted.
Mrs. Simpson Clayton remains criti-
cally Ill at her home on the avenue
Miss Esse Watkins continues 70 i'm
prove at the Virginia Hospital. where
she has been for the past ten days.
Mr. and Mrs. Grayson Mahanes. Of
Hinton, w. Va. are the guests Of
their sister, Mrs. j. l.. Griffin, on
Twenty second street.
Mr.. George Woody has returned to
his work. after an indisposition OF
eleven weeks with a broken hip
Mr. and Mrs. J. G.. Minson have re-
turned home after a pleasant visit to
relatives at Rivervlew.
Mrs. Henry LaPlace. Of Twenty third
street, left Monday for Crozet, Aibe-
marie county. to visit her parents for
several weeks.
Mr.. w. B. Chennult has returned
from New Bridge. where he visited
his Parents.
Miss Rena Booker has returned to
her home at Roanoke. after stay Of
two weeks with friends on Mosby
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Wlllaford expect
to leave IN few days for Smithneid.
Va, where they will visit the formers
parents.
Miss Viola Jenkins. Of Norfolk. II tho
guest OF her cousin, Miss Susie Booker,
on the Mechanicsville pike.
Mrs. ID. II. Patterson IL able to be
out again. after an illness Of four
weeks.
Mrs. Connie Powell 10 somewhat i'm.
proved at the Sheltering Arms Hos
pital. where she has been very Ill for
the past week.
The regular meeting Of the ]. O. u.
A. NJ. will be held at the Town Hall
Thursday night TO complete arrange
ments for the Thanksgiving services
which win be held at the Baptist
church Sunday morning.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-22

We have hestitancy In declaring that tho
rumor that Moissant is to fly with Taft is
canard
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-22
4 Christian science stir.

Tho Christian science cult has received two
brettg severe iolts IN Charlotte and Whining
ton, during the past week In this city, IN
the ease OF leading member Of that faith.
physicians were called in. but too late 40 be
ii any service. The Wilmington vas of
more sensational character and that town
is tremendously stirred up about 1t. The Chron-
icic carried the news story about the death
Of Miss Mary Bridgers and 1t Is that
event thar the town is aroused. Miss Brtdgers
VAS a woman Of wealth. Some Years ago. M
Jeen or more. perhaps. she became a convert
heart but her purse to the cause. She built
Christian Science church out on East Mar
ket street, where the electric road takes the
turn for Wrightsvile Beach. The place Is
,nown as Carolina Heights, beautiful suburb
promoted by MISS hfl"sers, TWO most iinpos-
ing features being the church and elegant
residence which Miss Bridgers expected to
make her home A few weeks ago, while In
speeding the ineompleted home, Miss Bridgers
received severe fall. sustaining both internal
and external injuries. Then typhoid fever de-
Veioped, She died without having had the
services OF physician and after having been
3snied attention from her relatives. Mrs.
Preston l.. Bridgers. sister-in-law OF the de-
ceased woman. talks openly and bitterly through
the Wilmington papers in denuneiaton of the
conduct Of the Christian Scientists who had
charge of Miss Brtdgers The sister-in-law
home and arranged for funeral services at st.
James Episcopal church She plainly intimat les
that the Christian Scientists will be prosecuted
Ter criminal negligence in the case of Miss
Bridgers The claim is made that Christian
Science practitioner from New York was called
To Wilmington and that this practitioner had
charge Of the Until death ensued The
Christian Science church, which Miss Bridgers
leaves monument, Is not large structure.
bat it is q handsome one. AS the date Ter its
dedication approached, found that the
large columns which sci eff its front were not
at hand. They being made III Greensboro.
The Scientists were determined 10 rave the
church complete FOR its dedieation. they
got To telegraphing. and IN the end the columns
ware sent to Wilmington by express. 1t cost
pretty figure. but the church put In
completeness for the cation~-~t hariotte
Chronicle.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-22

The city having gotten control of the Free
Bridge might proceed to do something to make
passage over ii freer.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-22

Matt Hanson is to tell Richmond about the
POLE but all that he really knows about it
probably is that it was too cold place for n
gentleman OF color to be permanently fond of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-22

Not the least OF the delights OF the Educa-
tional Conference is the pleasure which the
thousands of school children will derive from
being permitted to leave school for three DAYS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-22

"A dustess road to Washington viii serve
to cut the distance between the Capital Of the
Country and that Of Virginia more than half
in two
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-22

This week in Richmond has enough IN it to
make year In other places which might be
mentioned.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-22

The New York stock market having forgotten
the election. other people might do So.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-22

The University OF North Carolina takes cour-
age OF its hopes and fondly imagines that 1t Is
Yale.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-22

There is no doubt about it that Mr.. Taft will
be glad TO. come back.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-22

The opening chapters OF our new
serial story. THE Circular Staircase"
will appear In . Few days exclustvos
" in the Richmond visginlan.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-22
CHURCH HILL NEWS

(NeNa
Church Mndison 5as5J
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-05-20

We've heard much about the dead
ness" Of Portland since the saloons
we're voted out Of the county in which
IL is situated. IL seems TO have been
about as reliable as all the news that
percolates through saloon-owned and
liquor controlled newspapers. The
Portland sun, the Democratic and
leading paper of that city and county,
commenting on the condition OF that
city in a business way the past year,
and the outlook for the coming, last
week, editorially, said
-Four new factories, employing
from $50 to 400 men, is not a bad years
work. II is satisfactory start in the
right direction. II means an increase
of SO 900 to $4,000 in the weekly pay
roll which will be distributed to the
merchants of the city. There is no rea-
son why this years progress should
not duplicate or even exceed the good
work Of last year. Portland can easi-
ly be made city of ten to twelve
thousand within the next two or hree
years if the present spirit of progress
is maintained"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-05-20
Fruit of the
Comets Visit
Isl. Louis Post Dispatch. /

The Steel Trust will not require its
1900, 600 employees to work any more
on Sunday.
Mr.. Rockefeller will give a billion
dollars for the betterment OF human
kind in all parts Of the world.
Senators Hale and Aldrieh have both
announced their determination TO resign
az the expiration oftheir present terms.
Representative White of Illinois has
confessed that he was paid $1,000 for
voting for William T., Lorimer for
United States Senator.
The record for a single collection WAS
broken at Mr.. Rockefeller's church the
other day, with total Of S256,0O0.
Michael S. Link, another member Of
the Illinois Legislature, has added his
confession 10 the jackpot over In Illinois.
State Senator Bilbo, of Mississippi,
has confessed that he accepted a cash
bribe for his vote for L nited States Sen
ator Percy.
State Senator Aids, OF New York,
who was under charge has resigned.
The Lackawanna has increased the
wages Of its 10000 employees per cent.
Representative Beckemeyer, of Car
lyle, has corroborated the confession OF
Representative White. in the Illinois
senatorial scandal.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-05-20
Women
Suffrage in
Congress

Through Senator owen of Oklahoma,
on the 4th, a memorial asking legisla-
ton favoring women's suffrage and re-
plying to President Taft's objection
that the franchise might be monopo-
lized by an undesirable class was pre-
sented in the Senate of the United
States.
The petition, which is signed by the
officers of the National American Wo-
man Suffrage Association, asks Con-
gress to submit to the States an amend
ment to the Constitution securing vot-
ing rights to women. 1t was ordered
printed and referred to the committee
on woman suffrage.
Reasons for Asking for Votes
The reasons for asking the franchise
for women are thus enumerated in the
memorial, as reported in Washington
dispatches:
The women of the United States are
citizens of the United States, entitled
by nature to an equal right to enjoy
the opportunities of life; they perform
half the work of the United States;
thew bear all of the children of the
United States; they educate these chill
lessons of morality, religion, industry,
civic righteousness, and civic duty;
they deserve to be hOnOred by the chill
dren of the country as entitled TO equal
dignity and honor possessed by men;
they pay half of the taxes of the United
States: they possess half of the proper
tv of the United States, or at least they
are entitled to possess half of the prop
erty of the United States by virtue of
labor performed and duty we'll done.
Tafts Silly Objection Answered
OF Presidents Taft's objection, the
memorial asks: will you suggest
that good women will not vote and bad
women will vote?" and this is its an
swer: "This untrue and unklnd sug-
gestiOn has been answered by history,
which demonstrates that the same per-
centage of women votes as men and
that the vote of undesirable women is
a negligible quantity.
women are not to be regarded as
bringing to suffrage a preponderance
of evil. Their vote has brought to the
use of the State an important influence
in the interest and we'll being of chill
dren, new and stronger laws for the
protection and advancement of the in
terests of children, new and better
laws for the preservation of the public
health, new and better laws for decen-
cy in administration and the besutif-
ing of cities, and more worthy candi-
dates by all parties are offered where
women vote"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-05-20

Governor Harmon's policies and
and an aroused public demand
for taxation reform.
AS much as is due TO the dom
mating influence of the &. o. p.
bosses may be set down 10 the
discredit of the Republican ma
iority in the legislature,
AS a crowning achievement
the Langdon tax commission
bill is not exactly what Govern
or Harmon advised, but it is the
best he could get at the hands OF
the hostile partisan majority in
the Legislature.