The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-01
protection to others in nowise quail

protection to others In nowise quail
fled for their work,
The treatment Of the eyes is clear.
" not subject to bc intrustcd to al
corners. AS the eyes arc the most
critical and sensitive OF all organs
save the brain, they should not be
touched except by men trained to gen
cral medicine, familiar with anatomy
and knowing something more than the
simple facts about fcfraction. Yet
under Mr.. Throckmorton's bill, the
student of correspondence course, the
| graduate of an unknown college or
| the assistant to lens grinder are
all to be certified and approved by
the State.
| We know nothing OF this bills his
| tory beyond what is printed on its
first page; but 1t Is easy to see how,
IN addition to protecting men ut pres
ent unqualified, it may work serious
injustice TO others. OF course no
board would refuse certificate to II
trained specialist, but a board chosen
from the present optometrists of the
State might find it advantageous to
| protect its own field from men of
equal worth.
Let us certify these specialists. Let
us have them examined Let us
protect every really competent man.
But let these things be done through
board of recognized experts. COM
petent and equipped by long practice
and scientific training.
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THE OVATION TO SHERIFF. SHIPP.
The people are curious quantity.
X might fairly represent them, since
they are assuredly unknown, and no
mathematician. statistician, spiritist
or astrologist can say with confidence
what they vii do or be under given
circumstances What had Sheriff
Joseph #. Shipp done to elevate him
into popular hero? We read thai
shlpp, on his return to Chattanooga,
received the most unique reception
ever accorded a private citizen" in
that city. Ten thousand uproarious
people greeted him, the air was rent
glorious and inspiring selections. in
Guiding, we make no doubt, Hail to
the Chief Yet Ships herofsm and
chieftainship consisted in the fact that
lie had been sentenced to term in |
jail by the highest tribunal in the |
ness the most thoughtless 1at-tosser
ought to be able to perceive. AS a
trusted officer of the law he allowed
a prisoner to be easily taken from him
by a mob. If lie had had a stronger
sense of his responsibility he might
have saved his charge for the processes
of the law, as he was in honor bound
to do, and thus, though sheriff, he
was in the position of aiding and
abetting a murder by mob.
II does not seem that any fntelli-
gent observer of conditions in the
South could possibly approve and in
dorse a shcriff's partial completely in
a lynchns, but Shipp got an ovation.
We suppose the cheering -ennesseans
who damned the railroad station must
have had some sympathy with the
lynching of Ed Johnson. that Ship is
personally popular, and that his sem
tence was regarded as unjust. Yet
it is fact that unprecedented observers
outside the State almost unanimously
hailed the sentencing Of Shipp as a
most wholesome warning to COM
PLEASANT sheriffs and a most salutary
step toward better law enforcement.
Chattanooga's outburst has somewhat
weakened the moral effect of the af-
fair. Sheriffs will not so much mind
siXty-day sentence for contempt of
court If admiring townspeoplc turn
their homecoming into Roman
triumph.