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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-04-29
ROBERT AMEs BENNETT

49,, man as mel" repeated
s+.r,ng. What do you mean?
iaA. an w, not much of a ladies' man;
AHV w no yanked up like this when q
" ~. ~ :. irving to pay a compliment
well. ITS not just what you'd call
pleasant" - ,,..o r
/ q beg your pardon, Mr.. Blake.
Misunderstood. /"
THAT'S all right, Miss Jenny! l
or't ask any lady to beg my pardon
Ehe only thing is don't see why you
PhorId fare out at me that way
Tor q full minute she sat, with
on,n hent head, her face clouded with
Lorbt and indecision. At last she
brayejv raised her eyes to meet his.
an YOU wonder that l am not quite
,usolfo" she asked. you should re-
[n,n,ber that l have always had the
trost comforts of life and have been
orad for Don't you see how ter
HE II is for me? And then the death
kf-of-"
Z can't be sorry for that"
oRut even you felt how terrible it
yas-and then Oh, surely, you must
90 bow-how embarrassing
II was Blake's turn to look down
Ind hesitate. She studied his face,
her bosom heaving with quick-drawn
breath; but she could make nothing
+ bf his square jaw and firm-set lips.
His eyes were concealed by the brim
hi his leaf hat. When he spoke, seem
tnclv It was to change the subject:
fGuess you saw me making my hut.
Dim fixing it so it'll do mo even when
ft rains"
Had he been the kind Of man that
|she had been educated to consider as
|alone entitled to~the name of gentle
|man, she could have felt certain that
|he had intended the remark for = del
|icately worded assurance. But was
Tom Blake. for all his blunt kindli
mess, capable of such tact? She
chose to consider that he was.
It's cunning little bungalow. But
wlll not the rain food you out?"
Its going to have a raised floor
You're more like to have the rain
drive Ia on GU again. III have to rig
up porch over your door. 1t won I
Fdo to stun up the hole. You've little
|enough air as it is. But that can
wait a while, There's other work
more pressing. First, there's the bar
ricade. BY the time that's done those
hyena skins win be cured enough to
use, I've got to have new trousers
soon, and new shoes. too"
4 can do the sewing, if you will cut
|out the patterns"
No; III take a stagger at 1t my
self first. Id rather you'd go egging.
You need to run around more, to keep
in trim"
! feel quite well now, and am
growing so strong! The only thing
is this constant heat"
Well have to grin and bear it.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-04-29

Morgantown, w. Va, April o.
Theodore Imback, OF the State expert
ment station, has found new use for
abandoned mine to be AN ideal place
for mushroom culture. He is produc-
ing mushrooms of the best quality in
AN abandoned mine near the State
Farm here, having plants that yield
from the one mins from So to $40
worth of mushrooms day.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-04-29
Disarmament Forseen.

Washing ton. April 26.-Ultimate
disarmament Of the nations OF The
world is practicable in the opinion o.
Secretary Knox. He believes the es'
Enlistment OF court Of arbitral just
ice, 10 which nations of the world may
appeal for the settlement of their con.
treversies, will have the effect IS It'll
own natural consequee ce, of not mere
ly reducing armament but ultimately
of rendering large arlnaments iunneee
ssary.
His plan for the establishment Of an
International court Of arbitral jutice
which was outlined in an iden tical
note sent last fall to the various ma
lions, is said TO be meeting with gen
eral favor and Mr.. Knox believes that
such court will be constituted At
Ths Hague in the near furture.
The secretary today said that a per
mAusnt tribunal of arbitral justice
would make resort to it very easy, al
being in permanent session, 1t would
not have TO be constituted anew fol
eadh case that arises; that the expen'
ses of the court would be borne by the
nations jointly, not as heretofore by
the parties in controversy, and that
the judgements of such ieourt would
bind all parties Interested in the par.
ticular contro, ersy'
The court would b. com posed oil
judges representing various nations OF
systems of law and it is expecte d
would develop international law just
as the United States has been develop
cd by judIcian decisions.
1t is not proposed in sigaing a con-
vention for the establishment OF such
court, that the nations shall obligats
themselves to disarm or make any
move toward disarmanent. Ths sue
cessful operation of the court, howsve
would have for such natural esnse
quence.
Secretary Knox is unwilling to &c
into details A. the progress made to
ward the establishment Of such q court
but it is known that reports SO !far re.
csived Justify the expectations that
court Of arbitral Justice will be estab'
lished before the meeting Of the next
conference at the Hague in 1851
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-04-29

In a louisville Courier-Journal edi-
toriaI, Henry Watterson said: The
lime has come for the people of the
United States to consider Theodore
Roosevelt as they have never consider
ed him before; TO take him more
seriously tnan taey have ever taken
MIN; to realize that he is the most
startling figure who has appeared in
The world since Napoleon Bonaparte, a
circumstance not without signihcan ce
and portent.p
Hereafter the relations bet ween the
The Louisville Courier-Journala and the
editor of the Houston Texas Post
will be strained, for commenting upon
the above staten emit, the Houston Post
editor was mean enough to say: "We
love Henry Watterson beyond all the
power of words to express, but the
foregoing makes us tired. Doesn't
Marss Henry mean Charles j. Bona
parte of Baltimore7"
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-04-29

Can .as, s,' all, It's not so bad. If only we
Son ave on the fever. Anothe, rea-
You ~. want you to go for eggs is that
keen aD take your time about H. and
"Tba lookout for steamers.
ana asl you think"
high screw up your hope. too
picked we. We've little show of being
With Toa w oy chance boat on a coast
va. ,'3 like this. But I figure that
-.ss t H. N your daddy's shoes it'd be
10 run ,''ie for me to be cabling a shin
zaa. db up from Natal, or dowr from rom
Ct cst 91r . to look around for jottison,
sard IN sure papa will offer big re-
revsI ! Wouldn't mind coming in for for
i ge as, Oh. yes; to be sure. papa
70 ssr p95ops, and he win BE- s,ats apI
'' think mean his dirty
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-04-29

Harsh physics react, weaken the
bowels, cause chronic constipation
25c. ASK your druggist for them.
mo.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-04
10, THE POOR FAT MAN,

There is peculiar pathos in the sorrows of
man who is fat. Nature denies him IA tragic
mien. If he weep, tears make of him butfoon.
If he sigh there is comedy in the sound. His
groans make for ridicule, his despair for ribald
Jests. Let not be cruel to the fat man, be-
meath whose interlaid layers of faky lard there
frequently beats tender heart in the deep re-
cesses of whose creased and dimpled flesh there
is apt to be network of nerves as taut, as
high strung, and as painful as any of the strings
that in man without adipose tissue excite to
commiseration, consideration, and pity.
Therefore, the country should pity It's Pres
ident. Figuratively speaking, of course, he
threw himself trustingly on the bosoms of his
friends and there he has reposed waiting for
a happy day of peace and understanding and
sympathy, that has been deferred and deferred,
and yet deferred Adrich, and "Uncle joe,
Elihu Root, Knute Nelson, Ballinger, one and
all he has listened to, advised with, trusted.
Knox has led him into devious paths. Wicker
sham has enmeshed him in bills and bills and
bills. Cunningham embroiled him. And all
along the vision of Roosevelt has doomed, and
doomed. All along Pinchot has Illuminated, and
Illuminated. While in the heart of his party La
Toilette and Beveridge, Madison, and Cummns,
4huTdock ana tHe Tcob uhNe lurONH hutlE JaScIluc
of hatred and raised their war cries of insur-
rection.
Now, the ball is being wound up. The re-
volt is spreading Kansas is gone, Iowa is
gone, Indiana is going. Like rats, the admin
istration's friends preparing to leave the
ship. Like soldiers of fortune, those who have
fattened at his table are preparing to enter the
service of the enemy. In the impending rout,
whatever happens it will be Taft who will be to
blame 1t is he who must bear the burden of
others faults.
Mr.. Taft has stopped making his merry
speeches The Jolly mill is closed down. The
amiable fat man is taking stock of departed
popularity, lost for his friends, departing with
his friends. If out of all this trouble, the Pres
ident would lose flesh, there would be a gain.
But that is not, the way with the corpulent. I'm
healthily, they add tissue TO worry, Ossa
might have been piled on Pelion. Who shall
fathom the grief of the fat man in his sorrow,
sitting with hands folded across his heaving per
son, slappng at flies, seeking the electric fan in
vain, and torn with the vain regret at,-feel
as he will, he will never look the part, and no
one will ever believe that he feels it!
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-04

have the satisfaction of knowing that he is en-
listed in cause upon whose success is abso-
lutely dependent the very existence of his race.
The propaganda of education with respect %
consumption has, we think, been somewhat
weakened by sentimental appeal. 1t has been
thrown too much into the churches. Reliance
has been had on sanitary" sermons, ministerial
lectures, etc. Good as the intent Of this sort of
procedure certainly is, we think that 1t misses
the mark, and we are doubtful whether the end Is
not thereby prejudiced. The matter cannot be
generalized There is application of it to a
text, that does not tend to confusion. The mat
ter is technical, well vital. Success de-
pends upon the reasoned necessity of upsetting
long habits of living 1t is not obtainable by
occasional appeals, occasional sermons, ilustrat-
ed lectures It is obtainable only through a
daily object lesson, constantly promulgated i'm
pulse The schools are the best, if not the only
medium, for the carrying out of such purpose.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-04
NEGROES AND CONSUMPTION,

The AnI-Tuberculosis Association takes a
practical step in It's plan to organize the colored
schools for systematic study of the causes and
methods of prevention of consumption The
negro race is the seed ground of the disease
Although its members are the chief sufferers &C.
cording to the figures of the Association, the 40
per cent of Virginia negroes afford SIS per cent
of cases of the disease within The State) it is
largely through the agency of negro dissemina-
ton that the whites affected. In commun-
ties where domestic service depends on negroes,
where daily contact of the races is necessary, it is
not only the negroes themselves who must fight
against plague that is killing and weakening
their race, but the whites who must act for self
preservation, as well as out of those motives of
care and mercy encumbent upon superior and
= guardian race
The campaign against tuberculosis is 50 es-
sentially an educational one that the school is
~ logical vantage ground. Methods for its pre-
Fention depend so much upon detailed knowl-
edge Of system and detailed information respect
Ing sanitation and hygiene, that it is necessary
1or their understanding that they receive an
Gmphasis of repetition possible only in the
schools. The fight needs for its success the reei-
men and tho drill in instruction making for
habit of carefulness Of living While the end
r. the prevention of the disease, the benefits ac-
Fuing TO race naturally negligent of the per
non and of the simplest canons of sanitary prac-
80 are manifold, and equally important Every
nachcr in 4 negro school who lends this move
Ment conscientious aid and study, who keeps
H. = ~ foreground Of effort in his work. can
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-04
THE BOOT FOR RICHARD.

Richard Achilles Ballinger opines that all the
talk about his resigning is ''all damned lie"
1t is nonsense" put forth by the "demagogues"
of a bunch. There is more of the same talk,
but we forbear. Having been assured of his
'acquittal" of the charges brought against him,
in accordance with the foreordaned program,
Richard Achilles lets a mouth that has on many
occasions run free turn foul.
1t is to be hoped that after these recent ex-
hibitions, the President will change his mind
as to asking Mr.. Ballinger to resign. Mr.. Taft
owes something to the dignity of his Office, al
though Ballinger certainly seems to recognize
no similar obligation concerning his own. To
permit Ballinger TO resign now would be not SO
much to insult Ballinger, as it would be to in
suit the country.
In all his troubles there is yet left one thing
which Mr.. Taft could do which would 40 far
toward restoring to him popularity which he
has lost, but which people generally have de-
MED him reluctantly. That is to dismiss Bal
linger as CURLY, as finally, and with as little
regard for his supposedly tender feelings as he
would discharge a coachman who went on the
spree on the White House lawn,
Some men never satisfied with courtesy
On the contrary consideration serves only to
whet their desire and infame their passion for
the kick which is the only mode of address which
they seem ever able adequately to understand,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-04

II you intend leaving Richmond for q vacation.
or hotel. You may then enjoy the mountain
or seashore air and at the same time keep In
close touch with all that 10 happening In the
city and State. and country-poiiticaI, social,
business and sporting circles.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-04
THE HOOKING VALLEY DECISION.

The decision of United States District Judge
Safer, in which he sustains the decision formerly
rendered by Judge Kincaid, to the effect that the
Chesapeake and Ohio cannot own and control the
stock of the Hooking Valley Railroad, Is of pc
culiar interest to Virginia The questions re
lating to stock ownership by one corporation OF
tho stock of another especially when the two
corporations are railroads so many in
tricate constitutional questions that one of tina
great commercial adjustments of the next do
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-04

cade waits on their final determination by the
Supreme Court. To discuss these questions in
any of their many lights were to waste time.
All that we can say, and in this we think that we
reflect the opinion of the thinking people of the
State, is that we hope that the outcome of this
litigation will be that the &c. and o. will find
in the final decision nothing to destroy its cohe-
siveness and value great railway system.
Especially in Virginia, it has been one of the
great agencies of development and progress. Any
thing affecting its interests and future affects
the State. Of course, We wish for it no priv
ilege or right of evasion of legal obligation we
merely trust that in its utilization with Hooking
Valley it will find no insuperable legal obstacle
to its logical development as system.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-04

Premier Canalejas, of Spain, fears that the
efforts to destroy the influence of the Church
will fail on account of the fact that the women
are completely under the influence of the priests.
The world is pretty much alike. The clergy
rule the women and the women rule the men. Con
sidering that the men are still deluded with the
dream of power, it follows that diplomacy is of
the feminine gender
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-04
PIaXinu With Fire.

Those people who taking a government IL
dstill brandy in this State had better have
We lawyer, but recollection
while the prohibition law permits the wine press in
the counties it absolutely prohibits still
the counties 1t is possible, prob
able that the iaaas have found hole in the law
Charlotte Chronicls,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-04

The Canadian strike is settled As usually
happens both the railroads and the strikers pro-
TESS satisfaction with the result. Considering
the cost of strikes to both roads and strikers, why
is it that, when two minds are so thoroughly in
accord, trouble ever comes2
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-04
4 BIAS THE CONSTITUTION.

Senator Cummins, temporary chairman of the
Iowa convention which, under his lead re-
pudiated the administration of its own party,
IN an adroit speech defended warmly the
right 10 work reform within party lines by
men dissatisfied with party procedure In
iowa. In other States where the "nsur-
gent sentiment is strong, the shrewder polit-
clans have for some time foreseen that the only
hope of Republican success was through the
means OF an apparent revolt from Republican
policy. Speaking for the revolution, Senator
Cimmins declared that the party itself was
strong enough to survive what he aptly termed
the civil war; within its ranks, and proceeding
to strum the old string TO the effect that the Dem
ocrats incapable of cohesive action and strong
administrator. made this remarkable admission
There are many Democrats who are
distinguished for their wise and broad
views upon public affairs, but the
large majority of the leaders of the
Democratic party are incapable of
making or administering laws for a
country like ours for they invariably
find IN the constitution an insuper-
able obstacle in the way of doing the
things which are imperatively de-
manded, and which if done at all
must be done by the general govern
ment"
We trust that after this deiverance from one
Of the high priests of the Insurgents" there will
be no further evidence of sympathy in their
cause from Democrats. 1t is exactly because the
Democratic party takes the Constitution serious
II, exactly because it's wiser leaders do consider
Its prohibitions insuperable barriers to the ends
OF power, exactly because the Democratic faith
is to act within the law which each and every
holder of suffrage is sworn to support, that there
is, and can be, no common cause between it and
the Republican party, whether its faction be
regular whether it be ''insurgent' To
what a pass has practical politics arrived, when
the leader of the movement which is supposed
70 represent the purist in politics holds up as a
sign OF weakness and attacks az an indication OF
ampatience a reliance upon the fundamental law
pit government From whom comes the ''im-
perative demand" TO do away with the Con-
stitutiona Whence except from the Constitu-
tion does the Government obtain the power to
do things's And who is Cummins, for all his
protestation of virtue, to set himself above the
VERY law of the land itself?
Another thing: In the flood tide of this sort of
Dratory, did 1t perhaps occur to Cummins that
what he advocated could be carried out in one
way and one way only, and that way revol,l-
aion, with the members of the Supreme Court as
ats first victims, and the overthrow of all law as
its only logical conclusion
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-04

Talk of indicting wheat king" Waterman
again emphasizes the curious strabismus of the
Government, resulting in its failure to see
conspiracy except when prices are put UP. Why
not, for change, indict Some of the 'bears" who
conspire to keep them downa
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-04
That Fiostsr Vote.

We shall look with interest whether Taze-
well Republican will describe district
oomnittess circular letter discovered by the Blueed
iish" satanic" "endsh" shameful" degrading" or
eight terms rolled together in some tremendous
and volcanic adjective.
Also its explanation whether not the Teegraph's
assertion that the Democratic committee Apparently
Contemplates Purchase OF the F1oater Vote in Ninth
direct charge that there among the
white OF the district bride taking element
large determine result The that the
Democrats contemplate purchase of the doater
to to mean that there Ia large dnatsr vote
to be purchased.
Also whether the Republican will endorse repu-
date this accusation against the hitherto Republican
voters OF the district--Roanoke Times
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-04

Inspector Dew's threat to leave town unless the
newspaper reporters leave him alone is another
case fitting in all points the story of the man
who killed the goose that laid the golden egg.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-04

Indictment of wireless telegraph company of
foers goes to show that tho practice of pulling
money out of tho air is yet confined TO the ayia-
tors and the prestidgtators
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-04
coneord Man Moves 10 Texas

All the household goods of Mr.. d. p Dayyault have
been shipped Lane City, Texas. Mrs. Dayvaudt
after visit of month In Western North Carolina
will leave for Lane City and Mr., Dayvault will go
there also he sell his home here and
dispose business Many friends regret very
to these good people leave Concord,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-04

Colonel Roosevelt has been all through the
mining districts without ever yet being lost to
sight under ground.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-04
Buy A Goat

Why worry over the question Of milk for the baby
According to the District Health Oficer in no
need to do So Buy goat The problem win then be
solved The delay necessitatsd by transporting milk
the to thu infant win be sliminated-and Il 10
during this period that milk Is liable to become
tamnatsd Buy goat and keep habys food tap
right in the back yard all time when the feeding
hour comes turn on the faucet draw babys
dinner and then shut 1t again.
This is surely simple. Also SAYS ths Health Officer
ts cheap Most important Of ALL it gives baby food
approxmates the infants natural food Incidentally
deals body blow to the high cost " ryingwash-
Inax0n Wtmss &
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-04

Cardinal Merry Del Val is preparing very
serious NOTE. Every man, in some shape or
form, sometimes has TO live down a name.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-04
POLICE SHIFTS IN SOUTH RICHMOND


The shift in the police situation in South
Richmond, whereby Captain James A. Lipscomb
is made desk sergeant, and Sergeant A. s. Wright
is made Captain, the change to be effective Sep
TENDER /, means simply the promotion of
worthy officer and the carrying out of necessary
policy of placing atathe head of the police di-
visions men of active youth and vigor
The fact that Captain Lipscomb has served
the department faithfully for thirty-nine years,
in that period having been promoted from priv
ate to the head of the Manchester Police Depart
ment, is eloquent testimony TO his worth and
ability. No in South Richmondis more re-
spected and beloved than "Dinx' Lipscomb. He
has done fine service in accordance with a stand
ard of duty that has been personally unsparing.
His transfer to the desk, so far from being a
reflection, is meant and no doubt understood by
himself a recognition of his long and useful
service In age he will have the privilege, SO
often cruelty denied the old, of keeping on
the job in position in which he may grow older
gracefully and in honor.
Sergeant Wright it may be said, has earned
and fully deserves his promotion to his captaincy.
In the proposed changes it is evident that the
Commissioners have had in mind simply and
solely the good of the service
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-04

Oklahoma, which got by" with freak Con-
stitution, left ont the one clause which would
have prevented its admission by Congress as
State. 1t has now done by amendment what it
could not do by original charter, and disfran-
chised its negroes as other Southern States. IF
it will now follow up this wise step by repeating
number of the curios in constitutions making
with which it started business, it may yet grow
up to he legal ornament to the country.