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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-04
THE covEl,Nons' CONFERENCES.

That was successful and instruc-
tive meeting of the Governors and rep
resentatives of the cotton growing
states of the South held this week in
New Orleans. The convention, OF
course, could do nothing TO bind the
states to any course. but did what
ii could for the welfare Of the
cotton growers OF the South. II ad-
vised the producers to hold back their
cotton; it asked the financial in
tercsts 10 assist the growers in this
movement. The conference Endorsed
the system OF publicly owned ware
houses. advised the farmers to use
freely public and private Warehouses
in storing their cotton. advocated Il
svstem of negotiable receipts properly
secured and decided to demand that
the government collec, statistics OF
consumption as well as of production.
Tho conference did not pass upon the
merits of speculation. but took the
position that If 1t be wrong 10 COM
biuc TO advance the pr &C of cotton ii
is equally wrong to combine to de-
press that price. II the bull be prose-
cuted. the bear must suffer with him.
No one can say yet whether ilnmedi-
ate results viii follow the advice given
by this conference. The remedy is in
the hands of the farmers themselves,
far as the present crop is involved,
II they Keep on selling. prices viii re-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-04
ONE OF THE OLDEST.

The Hartford Couran, was estab-
lished October %. 1864, long befor.
the Revolutionary War. and has just
celebrated its one hundred and forty
seventh birthday. Despite its nd.
vanced age the Courant does very
well, considering the fact that It has
stood with and stood for the Repuhl-
can party these many years. The Mont
gomery Advertiser. which itself Is
ripenlng into a mellow old age. SAYS
that there are not many newspapers
which. like the Courant, have reached
the century mile post. Our Alabama
contemporary mentions among the few
the Alexandria Gazette founded in
1884. ana not about 1890 as the Ad-
vertiser thinks, correctly adding that
none but the Snowdens owned and ran
this paper until it changed hands this
year. The Augusta Chronicle was
started in 1892. while the Charleston
Courier, now part OF the senescent
News and Courier. is more than one
hundred years old. The ST. Louis Re-
public also belongs to the century
class.
These are the papers named by the
Advertiser which should make the ac-
oual?tance of our valued contempo-
porary. the Virginia Gazette. of Will
iiamsburg, established by william
Parks in 1885. and first to publish the
Declaration Of Independence" thus
scooPing the world. 1t is now in its
one hundred and seventy NTH volume.
and is printed in a beautiful old town
that was dazzling metropolis when
Alabama was wilderness of savages
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-04

mences with a pecking. as with the
finger of the hand and then darts
across the room with lightning speed.
making a sound similar to tho rafting
Oh toy wagon" Any disturbance in
the house, however slight will stop the
noise. Our hero thought at first that
he could unravel the mystery, and
thus proceeded:
Il found out all the points OF tho
euse' ana procured by placing my
crntch across the pathway left vacant
for the illusion or opparition to com.
piete It's performance. The lamps weru
blown out and everything stu. The
DECKING commenced and then the rat
tiinE noise following the sides of the
mousse 10 door ana thence across the
room to another door. AS 1t was pass
ing me l struck at It three times With
utter surprise l failed to strike any
thlhE. PARTIES In the house cried out,
We found 1T now Lamps were broush Int
INTO reouisition and the floor examined
out no sign of scratch was at all
visible. The examiners were starrer-
cd and bewildcrcd."
Every effort has been made to solve
the mystery. but in vain. \ ponder
Gus man" of the ne!ghborhood thought
he would find out the cause lie
stretched himself across the "hantcd"
pathway and tried to catch the ''hant.'
but he couldn't. leaving the room with
the declaration that Daliic Reynolds
was acting the ghost" But Mir.
Fucker rejects this hypothesis as
wholly unscientfc. II do not believe
it was Dallie." he says. Il am sixty
six wears old. have Travelled great
deal. have slept on battledelds and on
prairies. but this apparition is beyond
my comprehension. have not told
half. but what have said can be sub
stantiated by numerous people of the
neigh borhood."
Brave people to stay through all this
narrowing experience Most of us.
when that rafting began. would. like
the scared old negro. have ..riz run
MIN 1t takes right adventurous
spirits to delvc into the domain of the
subconscious and experiment with the
psychic.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-04
THE COMING RoAD CONGRESS

The people OF Virginia, as well as
the entire South, should be Thoroughly
alive 10 the importance of the gree.
Road Congress to be held in Richmond
this month Never before in the his
tory OF our country have SO many dis
tinguished men. OF every vocation.
PLANNED to meet for such splendid
cause
AT this great congress Will assemble
railroad officials, from presidents to
trafflo managers many Of the great
civil engineers Of our land, journalists
contractors, manufacturers az road ma
chinery and road materials. ana host
Of automobllis,s and road users Never
before have such perfect ARRANGEMENTS
been made TOR bringing together such
varying interests in this great cause.
Every Virgintnn should exer, bimseff
10 welcome this great asscmblage and
profit by the discussions OF subicc,
SO VITAL 10 the interests Of our state.
On account Of her geographical loca-
ton, the fertility of her eou. the heau,v
of her scenery and her undevcYop,d
land no State in the Union would bo
more benefited by improved roads man
Virginia The ways ana means 10 ac-
complish This end should be given the
most serious thought by every GOOD cit
izen. and we are most fortunate in
having this splendid opportunity to
gain Information from tho many ak
ner;s on the subject that we Will have
with us
Our State ROAD law. having to do
with the construction Of sts,e-a.G
roads. probably has 10 superior I'm,
this law makes no provision on appro.
, priation for maintaining these star.
: roads after they are constructed. III,
last revision of ;he state Constitution
left IT optional with the counties t,
employ skilled superintepdents o
roads. but with the exception OF yer,
few of the more progressive coun,ie.
they al stili adhere to Inc old super
visor system. II is an interesting fac
20 know that iris latter system wa,
adopted in England during the reign %
.nuoea Elizabeih. but was repealed b,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-04

10 the Editor of The Times Dispatch;
Sir,--1 have recently read with much
interest and derived valuable infor-
nation from a pamphlet entitled "a
story of the Progress in Ohio During
Governor Judson Harrnons Adm!nistra-
ton"
lie has done for Ohio what is sadly
needed In Virginia. He demanded that
la" be passed creating a tax com
mission, and that other legislation be
enacted that would give 1t the widest
possible powers. The Governor Sc
cured the passage OF such measure,
ana there is not a tax commission In
the United States that has broader
powers. He put in motion the ma :
chinery to seek hidden personal prop
erty, and put ii in the duplicate list,
so that small property owners would
not continue TO pay an unjust proper
tion OF the taxes.
This pamphlet should be read by all
voters of Virginia and by Honorable
Henry c. Stuart. in particular, for we
believe him 10 be a man who will
carry out Just such measures as those
formulated by Governor Harmon. who
changed Ohio from Republican control
TO 100000 majority for Democracy.
ANY reader who desires this interest
ing and instructive pamphlet can Sc
cure 1t by addressing Hugh l. Nichols,
3l6 Provident Bank Building, Cincin
natl. O. 1t will be a revelation to
read of what he has accomplished.
PHILIP +. BROWN.
Blue Ridge Springs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-04
Spirits IN nEDToRD

Too bad that DIR. Conan Doyle has
declared Sherlock Holmes forever dead
For there is work for both the sleuth
and the Society for Psychical Research
in Goode. r. f. D, Bedford county. va.
u S. a. The Spirits" arc abroad,
}. c. Rucker in the latest number Of
the Bedford Bulletin, unfolds a tale
almost which causes
knotted and combined locks to
part.
And each particular hair to stand an
end
Like quills upon the fretful porpen-
pine"
rs prelude TO the weird. Mr.. Rucker
declares that diversion in the mind
is said TO be beneficial to health, but
doubt when the mind is dis
turbed by illusions or impending dan
ger whether II is conducive to good
health" So say we all We are fur
ther told that for the last three
weeks an unaccountablc noise has
been heard in the house of Mrs. Susan
REYNOLDS. who lives within mile or
TWO OF Charlemont. At FIRST Mr.. Ruckcr
was doubtful RS to the truth of the
report, and decided TO go and make a
personal investigation OF the noise, an
adventure in which we confess we
would not have Joined lie went for
three successive nights, and says now,
i am frank to admit that l was to-
ally bcNiIdcred ns tn the origin M
the'noise.' The noiue generally com
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-04

!ne E-altor OF The Times Dispatch:
>, 9lF--l was so glad to see your ar
80 IN your to-day's paper hitting
so"e one Tor the 10 per cent. reduction
Etace 10 TINS state. The mite she pavs
them-it is Sc per month-wouId not
by tnGir washing and patching Bills.
Gnu IL ne did not get his tobacco free
ne would have to stop smoking TTor
"thtF years every man that wanted
80 TO the Legislature or governor
snip OF the State, In making a
speech would wind up In sorrowful
way tbout what he would do for Tho
poor oId Fellow that wore the gray nifty
ears ago. brit when they get in ol.lce
that's the last OF IT, know an old
It!ioW that now will soon be In his
ishty- second year and who served in
me fifty- sixth Virginia He never
Sot out Two furlougs during the war.
never was sick day. and never missed
. oattie that his regiment was in. He
mas nothing to go on The old TEL
10" stays with me sometimes three
or -FOUR months at the time and there
IS one in this neighborhood that had
ms right eye shot out at Cold Har-
Dor. ! have known both OF them for
siXty-nvc years, and while the Stntn.s
revenues run up into millions. these
poor Old Fellows get the pitlful sum OF
So per month. ! would be ashamed 10
tell was Governor OF this State or
member OF the Legislature and give
these poor old fellows who followed
Lee and Jackson four years SO per
month. | am not writing this for self.
Tor l have enough 10 live on the few
Gays nave, as | soon will be seventy
eight years old.
Irorksytile
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-04
rREslDENrIAI. Arr1.rs.

Food for Kings and queens and
Presldents-thc Virginia apple The
story of the londness Of Queen Vic
toria and hey family for .llbemarle
Iippius is already classic but now
comes & pleasing tale from Pcnnsylva-
MIA concerning the sweetest and most
beautiful OF the products of the Old
Dominion. The salem Times Register
saws tina. W. Ii. Tinsley has returned
from Pittsburgh, where he attended
the land show held there last week.
He is authority for the statement that
when the committee of arrang ements
for the visit of President Taft to Pitts
bursh Tuesday night saw the exhibit
or Virginia apples they begged some
TO place before the President. There
was ready agreement, and fine lot
of the golden and crimson fruit was
selected, including Virginia Beauties
from Salem, pippins from Back Creek
York Imperials from Salem and lus-
cious winesaps from Bedford. blush!ng
deep AZ the honor paid them. What a
sweet relief these Virginia precious
fruits must have been to Mr.. Taft after
all his weary weeks of winding in and
out of courses. his meanderings among
buffalo steaks, terrapin, caviare, Cana
dian canteloupe and prairie chicken.
The grapes of Eshcol in all their glory
were not like these apples-no wonder
that they are set before princes and
others in AUTHORITY
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-04
Tho Pension Outrnue.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-Your editorial In The Times-
Dispatch of November /, entitled "Cut
in Pensions" is well put and 1t is to
be hoped that you will continue to
lay on the lash until there shall be a
reform. During Governor Swanson's
administration there was no cut in
pensions, though the State IS now
richer by s1.000.000 than 1t was then
This cut is now so deep that very many
of the old soldiers are cut out cntire-
ly. Some have not received copper
for the present year. ! know a widow
lady living in one mile OF my home
whose husband fought four years, and
though he started as n private he sur
rendered as a Lieutenant colonel Her
husband has been dead fifteen years.
She sent in her application last spring
for the first time, and has never heard
from 1t. Tho writer OF this was pro-
nounced by his physician as being to-
tally and permanently disabled. His
application was sent in in 1909. For
two years he received S36 This year he
has received nothing. He served the
State three years in the Civil War, and
was one of the 5000 that stacked guns
al Appomattox. There arc many others
treated in like manner forsthe COM
plant is general
Hit them again. Mr. Editor. and
keep 1t up until they show their
hands. These old wornout soldiers are
now looking to the influence of your
good paper TO have Justice done them.
OLD SOLDIER.
Jelersyil1e.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-04

gave the tart command, "rorward,"
the impact OF his force was irressti
PIE. frequently he was in front, whore
'he battle ragged fcrcely.
General Jackson was plain Chris.
tian--not bigoted. as unjustiy repre-
s ssn,ea; IN his Shenandoah Valley
Sons Oh ministers--H. kyd Douglass
was son of IA Reformed minister ma
HHaeerstown, Md: Alexander SANDY
reci o,e' OF 1 was son OF an Episcopal
Wi 1ackson was a practical Christian,
ana assumed that God helped those
VINO heipcd themselves" and his record
word. 'i W 'he
General jackson sucked lemons for
, 'Hicu:"inai purposes. 1t would be Il
,I .iS an apple But he handed sour
teh!pHS To the enemy (metapnorlcallyI
3 In the game OF war
II Is to lie regretted that Miss John
SI, ~ me Long Roll" should give
S.ouiitenance to the absurd charge that
ueHSral jackson was derelict OF duty
~ tme battle OF Seven Days" below
was in formidable trenches with an
arny OF $4,000 men. AS 1; matter Of
iue,; General Mcclellan held his ground
,in,tStii ,nt0hewall jackson struck his
ilsnt hank, when Mcclellan began i'm
n.c"l'tciJ his mastery retreat toward
ms gunboats. To assume that stone
Nal Wati Jackson could get in the rear OF
/ - . amy VI liJ.uUU men with
modem arms and annihilatc them NJ
enc tell stroke" might work in fiction,
gGut not IN practical warfare. Generai
SHchSOn mad Just emerged from bis
S"ehahdoah Valley CAMPAIGN winning
iuuI battles. and had marched his foot
teFairy' more than 500 miles He had
no time TO recruit his army, but not.
Withstanding these DISADVANTAGES.
Mhrh Stonewall Jackson struck Me.
the rear eu W
General Lees estimate of General
yyi99SNson places him beyond criticism.
~ MN ,'eherul Lee was informed that
1thtral Jackson was dangerously
Wounded ut Charlottesville, he penned
Tue iViiowinE note to General Jackson:
nave Just received word that Won
49,. .iSnr oeen seriously wounded. / cannot
CNpI1SS my regret at the occurrence
GouIu | nave directed events, / should
.i,tNc CHOSEN. for the good of the com
~, 10 nave been disabled in vour
tsau congratulate you on your
atctory' which is due to your skill and
That was the sincere estimate Of
t via.fai =; r. Lee. whose grand char.
H'.er einDlazons the civilized world
The undersigned enlisted in the Con
1ederate service April II. 1851. and
iiS ~ until the surrender, APRIL.
rreo'' and was a member of Cthev;.s
e'! ' Stuarts Horse Artillery three
SeaEs;; Captoin Chew was finally pro-
ttIIolt" TO colonel commanding Stuart.s
rt0rSc artillery. and by many he was
aaaroso as the most efficient artii-
Eirsinia. He was a student ,,nda, IL
General jackson at virginia Militsfr
institute. and now resides M C,bartns
ton, w. Va G, J.,g
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-04

Oliver Cromwell. Virginia adopted IT
nearly 500 years ago. and has stuck
to it ever since, and this despite tho
fact that not Il county in the state has
obtained even tenthrate system Of
roads under its operation. 1, IS moth
Ing more or less than an an,iquated
system. out of keeping In these days
OF progress. Such vital questions as
these should engage the serious atten-
tion Of every Virginian ut the coming
Road Congress.
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orn MonERN ArnENs.

Though Richmond may not seek Ito
tell some new thing with as much ear
nestness as Athens did, yet like that
inquisitive city, we of Richmond seek
Ito hear new things" ana from ali
parts of the world men come to meet
that desire
1t is to Richmond that the doctors
come to discuss the new advances in
the science of medicine. 1t was here
few weeks ago that the N-ray experts
showed how easy 1t IS TO look through
this all too solid flesh" The Deeper
Waterways Convention gathered from
throughout this land to tell this city
how important it is to keep the James
River open and develop commerce. by
water-bornc traffic. In ten days there
Will meet In Richmond another assem-
bly, whose sole object is to discuss the
betterment of life tor the city dwcllers.
Since this is all age of cities. and
since even automobiles have not bro
Ken tho lure OF the paved streets or
driven men back TO the farm. no prob
lem is Of more import than that which
studies the welfare. economy Nd the
administration OF municipalities.
Just a; this time Richmond Is greatly
interested in the report Of special
committee on improving our form OF
city government And both for Rich
mond and the National Municipal
League better time and place could
not De chosen than Richmond at this
particular season for the discussion OF
all the problems that concern the city's
welfare
N bringing to Richmond waiter L
Fisher. Secretary OF the Interior;
Charles J. Bonapar,e. ex-Attorney- Cen
erai, and William D Foulke. the Ma
1ioaal Municipal League vii. siye to
this community an opportunity 10 Sc
cue lisera! education in the problems
;rst bese. rot Only this but other cities
s1a il the best methods tina. have SO
ta- been Found f3- dealing with them.
L wcaid . 81 excellent thiug Il the
Richmond College. Randolph Mason. the
University OF virginia and washington
and Lee were to send their students
Of pol.,ical ana social economy to Rich
mend, n order that they Nigh; attend
c clinic II municipal Standardization.
The commission form OF government.
will doubtless De discussed, and also
the form OF government by committees.
Both Of these forms have secured ex-
celient administration. though the com
mission form has been more successful
IN America. The discussions. however.
Will cover the whole range Of rnuni.
cipal problems and Will prove s,irnu-
'ating, instructive and helpful both to
those who agree and 10 those who dis.
agree with the individual speakers
Richmond has always shown an un-
usual capacity for adapting itself to
changing conditions, and the coming Of
this convenuqg VIII. give the city a
chance to learIl-as ffst hand what the
experience OF other cities has been
with the sort of problems that are now
besetting US,
Every civic organization and every
interested citizen should BY all means
attend these discussions
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-04

L. b Martin, business man OF
Washington, has requested tho com
missioners OF the District of Columbia
to compel manicure girls TO pass OK.
amtnations before allowing them 70
touch mans finger nails. He says:
1T Is nothing less than barbarous
the way the average Washington mani
cure butchers q mans hands. \ man
goes into barber shop and finds
there petite maid who wears as
many kinds of smiles as a presidential
candidate. The first thing he know
he is sitting before her, and She is go
ing through all sorts of motions with
his fingers. The truth of the matter
is that the victim is being subjected
TO tha worst kind of punishment i'm
asina BILE. and then when the Trying
ordeal is over she taxes the victim
from 80 cents TO 81.
1t is safe bet that the next mani
cure he goes to will slap his wrist
for that.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-04

Toothless. weak in body and spirit.
nearly sixty years old, j. w. sawyer,
OF Grand junction, Colorado, in Jan
uary' 1910. began novel diet to re-
store his health He ate raw vegc-
tables. cereals and fruit, consumins
no cooked food of any sort. He is now
the picture of health. as strong as a
young man and OF fine digestion. lie
says he would not so back to the old
diet for any consideration He lives
on corn. wheat. barley, rye, oats.
honey carrots, sweet potatoes and
neets' all eaten raw, without, salt or
sugar Instead OF meat he eats nuts.
particularly almonds and Spanish pea
nuts. Carrots and oats seem to be
his most appropriate diet
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-04

The stanton Leader inquiries into the
ACCESSIBILITY of sending dry" members
any more TO the General Assembly,
saying that the Legislature is. dry
enough already" Don't know about
that. Just wait until the members be-
gin to make speeches on taxation.
quoting pages from the statistics books.
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niueusslon Adyertisen.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-Why will persons continue to
criticize The Long Roll" with Its
inaccurate account Of Jackson? 1t liz
simply helping to sell book which
otherwise would be comparatively
little read
Miss Johnston must know that so
great a man as Jackson will live when
she and her novels arc long forgotten.
J. G. ISDMUNDS.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-04

An old Confederate who served un-
der jackson. gives his estimate of him.
To the Editor of The Sun:
Sir,-The undersigned served under
Stoncwhl jackson when he defeated
General Milroy. battle of McDowcIL
May S, 1862; General Banks. at New
town and Winchester, May 20. 1862; Cen
cral Fremont, i'll Cross, Keys. June S,
1852, and General Shields, at ,'ort Repub-
lie. June 9. 1852. THE com bined force of
the Union troops to CAPTURE Jackson
aggregated moro than 10000 soldiers.
While General Jackson's forco was
about 1900 men. l saw him during
the battle of Winchester; I was near
him at the battle OF Mcdowell, on top
OF the mountain; / was near MIN when
he emerged from the Port Republic
bridge passing through Federal sol :
dlers on the south side. June 8. 1862: !
saw him in rain storms and on forced
marches. sharing the hardships of pri-
vate soldicrs; | saw him In camp. And
Ii vivid recollection of those stirring
events tuStiiles my statement that Cap
tain James p. Smiths pen portrait OF
Stonewall Jackson Is correct
General Jackson's guiding star was
duty--thc most sublime word in the
English language He was the re-
verse of 'drcSs- parade soldier" lie
realized that war was terrible, but
battles could not be won without hor-
| riblc sacrifice. His mind acted like
q corlise opgtna and MhAp pc
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y statisUcian says that 5 per cent.
compound interest on cent since A.
d. l would amount. to tremendous
fortune. All OF US would not mind
waiting that long for fortune If we
could spend the time in Richmond
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-04

Does anybody know which little
party or other is going to nominate
John Temple Graves for Vice President
next year?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-04

Champagne is slightly more than
IL per cent. of alcohol" Yes, and
slightly more than 500 per cent of
hangover" If we are correctly in
formed