The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-11-16
With The Editors

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A number of the good women Of
Richmond who have for years been
laboring among the convicts in the
State penitentiary. striving to reform
them and make useful citizens of
, Them whom they are set at liberty.
are represented as disturbed over
DR.. Carrington's displacement as sur
geon. They fear II portends the dis
placement also of Mr.. Woods. the Su-
perintendent. whose humane course
has done much to brighten life for
the convicts, and to make them took
forward to a new and reformed life
Thus 1t Is seen how f9r-reaching
one bad move may be. The State
loses the services of a man who was
doing good work for society. a man
who worked with public-spirited citi-
zens in great reform work. and by
his displacement all the advantages
OF this cooperation are lost.
With all the stir that has been ex-
cited by this change. let us hope that
an impression has been made on the
board of the penitentiary, and that IL
Will make unusual effort TO see that
no loss comes TO the State. or to the
convicts.-Staunton Leader.
We regret to learn from the Attor-
ney Generals opinion that a board
empowered to investigate public in
stitutions cannot investigate a pub
lie institution. This distinction be-
tween the ability to handle a plural
condition and the inability to handle
singular one is a little hard to grasp
As the matter concerns the peniten-
tiary, and as the Governors adopted
son is the cause OF the contention. we
should like TO see the Chief Executive
test the matter and see If in truth
there is not some way by which
former officer under charges cannot
be found either guilty or exOnerated.
Charlottesville Progress.
London clergyman, visiting this
country, told his audiences i'm Phila-
uelphla that no successful business
man in modern times can be honest
ana the reason given for this eXtraor-
binary pronouncement was that com
petition was so fierce in America as to
drive the tradesman 20 unfair dealings.
DOUBTLESS this served as soothing syrup
TO the conSciences of the Degenerate
Quakers. and the same sermon would
De certaln or an enthusiastic reception
IN Pittsburg. But tits queer doctrine
for a minister to be preaching even If
ms diagnosis of conditions were true.
me prevailing impression on this side
or the water is that the prevalence of
commercial graft has sprung from the
crushing out of competition by monop-
oly.-Virginian-P Pilot.
Misery Just naturally does love COM
pany. The badness and terrors of the
Roanoke Valley roads north of Roa-
noke and OF the road south of us to the
North Carolina line have been rather
extensively and unpIeasantly adver- !
used by the Glidden automobile tour
lsts. therefore there is certain mel
ancholy satisfaction in reading of the
adventures of the scout car sent out
from Jacksonville, Fla, to find q new
road to the north. We read that be-
tween Augusta, Ga, and Columbia, S.
L, the day after a rain, one car sank
10 the hub in wet place and half an
hours time was required to dig IL out. |
Another car had a spring broken, and |
after another long delay went a little
further and snapped an axle. 1t had !
TO De abandoned. The fact that there
are others" does not excuse us for neg |
lecting our roads heretofore, and will !
not Justlfy us in neglecting them here
after. Yet, there is consolation, un-
doubtedly. in the knowledge that some |
iolks further South are just as bad and |
neglected. as we.-Roanoke News.
Newport News should join with Nor
1olk In the movement to have the dele |
gates to the first annual road congress
In Richmond this month make a run |
over the Peninsula highway from /
richmond to this city. Several hum
dred delegates from every section of |
VIII dllcnO the congress-
and the gathering affords an excellent
opportunity for this section to adver-
tise the new highway to automobiIists
throughout the country.
we would suggest that the CONNER
cial organizations of this city, Ham,
Ton and Norfolk invite the delegates to
VISIT this section, and that a luncheon
De rendered them at this end of the
lne. The delegates will naturally he
Interested in the sand-clay road. and
40 doubt they would accept the invita-
Ion TO inspect the highway.--Newport
News Press.
Despite the fact that Secretary VIII
ION gives out a statement every few
lays DENYING that he is about to retire
rom the position OF head of the de- I,
'artment OF Agriculture. he will have
o 60. The pure food people are after
I'm, and since ne delivered the adj
lressApelore the National Conyention
# the prehibitisnIsts have