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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-11
Voice Of the People
An Explanation.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Slr.--At meeting OF the CoNfedcr
ate Veteran Camp of Ne" York, held
on June -. the attention of the camp
was called 10 an article published In
the New Orleans Picayune. dated New
York. May 2a 1911. purportinG to
vices held by the camp at Nit. Hope
Cemetery on May 2s, 1911.
This article is false in many particu-
lars, and needs to be corrected.
The memorial services were held
on May rs. 1911, and the graves of the
Confederate dead sleeping a Mt. Hope
by loving hands.
The ceremonies were presided over
by Commander Robert w. Gwathmey.
Confederate Veteran Camp Of New
York. veteran of the Army of North
ern Virginia
Colonel Edward owen was no, pres
ever the ceremonies and is no longer
a member OF the Confederate Veteran
Camp OF New York.
John onb dgl,Tere9 by Gapta
Cavalry Army OF Northern Virginia,
was Interesting and acceptable To
those present. If there was adverse
criticism IL originated with the writer
OF the article in the Picayune, whose
Judgment is doubtless as unreliabl
as his newspaper renorts.
Latayei!G Post g 4. r. was present
at Mt. Hope. and placed a wreath on
the Confederate Monument in Ionor
Of our dead Colonel Hamilton stated
at meeting OF tho Confederate Vet
eran Camp on June %, at which be
was, a guest, that the reason the flag
was not placed in the wreath was
that he did not have time to prepare
II: This will account for the absence
OF the nag in the wreath, which was
eighteen as inches, not eighteen GS)
This courtesy from the G. A. r.,
which has been gratefully acknowledge
ed by the Confederate Veteran Camp.
is one which has prevailed for several
years and is highly appreciated
The Confederate Veteran Camp, as is
their custom, placed upon the tomb
Grafton Day, wreath Of flowers, in
testimony of their respect for that
distinguished soldier. The courtesy
mas been acknowledged by General
tive letter. The observance by the
camp Of this courtesy does honor alike
to the great soldier and to the Con-
icderates VINO opposed him with all
their strength
The effort of the writer of the ar
uoie published in the Picayune to STIR
% the two great armies of nifty years
ago falls or barren ground
The United States flag was used at
NE ceremonies at Mt. Hope on May
- ana the Confederate veteran needs
no prompting OF his duty to the flag
OF his country and most especially
from one who cannot write truth
iuliy Of the ceremonies in honor of
The mutual respect each fo,' the
other Of the armies who wore The
Gray and the Blue was born upon the
field of battle.
since the close of that gigantic
struggle it has grown by move in
Innate knowledge or its peoples, The
result of closer anliat.on, and II is
TOO late to interrupt the no>y of goc j
feeling and good viii by false ncws-
paper reports
The New Orleans Picayune ia re-
snectinlly requested to publish mis-
statement III as conspicuous q place
IN us columns as tho article OF aIny
rs was given. Very respectfully.
tSiRnodl RO. w. GWATHMEY
COMMANDER Confederate Veteran (amp
of New York.
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publisher, sent his paper to Charles
Burge, who took II out of the post
ofhce. but refused to pay for It, Mere
acceptance created liability. in the
view of the court, and Burge lost out
The court went on 10 say.
THE preparation and publication of
n newspaper involves much mental and
physical labor. as well as an outlay of
money One who accepts the paper by
continuously taking it from the post
office receives u benefit and pleasure
arising from such labor and expcndi-
ture as fully as If he had appropriat ted
any other product of another's labor.
and by such act he must be held liable
for the subscription price"
There's the rule of reason for you,
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"NIGGER. ="

Law Notes, commenting upon the re-
buke which Thomas B. Fielder "a
Georgia attorney, received from Judge
Roanoke Times contra). says we sup
pose Niger is vernacular in Georgia
and not always and necessarily more
opprobrious Than the word 'darkey.'"
1t will he remembered that in the Field
CT case the Court severely censured
Fielder for mis- repeated contemptuous
use of the word Niger" With Cordelia
in his arms, points out Law Notes, King
Lear said And my poor fool is
hanS'd" using the phrase as one of
endearment Senator Tillman, not so
classic, in the course OF speech in
the Senate, used the word Niger"
when testitying with intense earnest
ness TO the unquestioned and unques-
tionable fidelity of his servants at
home. Nov. God help thee, poor
monkey" said Lady Macdun, to her
little son. Monkey was here a word
implying admiration. our legal con
temporary also tells of an interesting
fact about the well-known legal text
book. Beach on Contributory Negli-
aence.' In that book niger was
one Of the words in the letter ~" in
the index. Beach is Kentucklan The
second edition OF his work was gotten
out by a lawyer in Connecticut, VINO
compiled Il new index for it. emitting
the niger" title
The word Niger" is not objection
able. per Sc The manner in which it
is spoken. the tone. the infection, the
context are the things that may make
the term opprobrious Even the black
folk themselves refer to each other
jovially and smlingiy as niger
without any fear that the razor may be
unshenthed Niger" is simply cor
rupted form of niger" the Latin ad-
jective meaning black" Negro" is a
better word to use, because it is the
correct form. not corruption.
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said before affords n real grievance
against the railroad company, and
Lexington should be unwilling to rest
under it This does not mean the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. as we
understand, which Is OF truth one
OF the greatest railroad systems in
the South. and always disposed to
give the best service within its power
to the people. but the Baltimore and
Ohio Railway. which owns or controls
the line to Lexington. we believe. In
stead of going to law about this
grievance. or taking the case to the
Railroad Commission, our Lexington
contemporary makes the wiser and
better suggestion that the Business
directly to President Willard, of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railway, with their
grievance in this matter. says the
County News: Let a delegation of
earnest citizens visit him and present
the subject, calling TO his attention
that 1t is a grievance of thirty years
standing. Should their friendly ef-
iorts ran. Which we can hardly think
probable If Lexington shows itself In
earnest there is remedy to be found
in the way The Times Dispatch sug-
gests. The State Corporation Commits
sion will give relief"
We accept the amendment 1t is
better, far better. in all such matters
to see the railroad authorities first
They are almost always ready and
willing TO come within the rule of
reason in dealing with their customers
AS for what the esteemed Clifton
Review says about the rest of the sub
jects upon which it touches. and
touches so pleasantly, ii is welcome to
the satisfaction that it must have eX-
perienced in speaking so generously of
the self-importance of some people"
and the whims of a newspaper"
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AGAINST ITIN CuIpEpER.

Inviting the several legislative can
didates from Culpeper to tell the people
how they stand on the fee system, the
Culpeper Enterprise says:
The fee system is great curse TO
the State and n drawback to its prog
ress. The next General Assembly
should abolish the fee system: 1t is
something that interests every voter,
and each candidate for legislative
honors should announce his position on
this important question. Vote for the
candidate who pledges his vote and
influence TO eliminate the fee system"
Sound advice that. and it ought to
be followed. AS y. C Manson. Jr, of
Lynchburg, said at a recent political
meeting in that city, "the fee system
has been extended and the fees exacted
from the people OF the State are con-
tinuously growing larger and more
numerous" The time has come to
solve the problem by abolishing it.
This graft has gone about far enough,
and the portly gentlemen who thrive
on the system should be made TO come
down from the public free lunch
counter
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age sizes which the postofnce will ac-
cept is four pounds How was this
limit created? BY lava law which
was passed to aid the business of the
express companies. Al other civilized
governments handle much larger pack
! ages In their postal departments than
| we do Why should we not do the
same?
LOOK at the railroad side of tho case
Express packages arc simply small
parts of high-class freight They are
hauied by the railroads. Is there any
real reason why the railroad should
not accept them. transport them, de-
liver them and collect for them with
out the intervention of an express COM
pany. which is not much more than n
tenant of the railroad?
Again, why is an express company?
ASK this question from the View
point of a private snap. and the answer
Is easy The express monopoly is the
richest and easiest worked gold mine
there is on earth" The Adams EN-
press Company, our contemporary says.
Is capitalized at s4s,ooo.ooo. One fourth
of this stock is paying IL per cent.
dividends. The rest is in bonds which
pay per cent. interest "All the
bonds and most of the stock are water.
The bonds, without exception, were
given as dividends; and hardly any of
the stock represents actual original
investment" 1t has been derived
from the business itself The company
also mas surplus of almost $4,000
600 which is soon to be distributed.
The Wells Fargo Company last wear
declared 800 per cent. dividend. Be
fore that dividend it's capital stock
was Ss.0oO,OOo. The ockholders go,
Ss'o0o.000 in cash, or a 100 per cent
dividend; and Sl6,00O,00O in new stock.
or 200 per cent dividend. still, for
the year 1910 that company collected
lS per cent. net on that immense issue
Of watered stock and paid 10 per cent.
The rest is being saved up for another
dividend.
Six express companies control 90 per
cent of the express business of the
United States. They are six tremen-
dous gold mines" The News saws that
they form little wheels within wheels.
inner circles OF finance, to which only
the elect are allowed admission"
James j. Hill would not aNow them
to do business on his lines. why
should they ne allowed 10 do business
on any railroad?' james J. Hill formed
IL
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These are not the melancholy days
for the old man at home with his
family away at some resort sitting in
rocking chairs and tanning off the
mosquitoes from turbid creek near
by. The hest of the land is his, and
his heart has so warmed to the 10Y of
living that he has garlanded with
mint his motherin-law's most aus
tere portrait
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We hasten to make proper amends
for calling the Lunenburg Tribune the
LunenburG Times. 1t was the Tribune.
not the Times, that wrote so lnte!ll-
gently and with SO much heart about
the work of The Times Dispatch in
seeking TO build up the waste places
in the old Dominion. and we thank
1t now in its right name for its APP
preciative words
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TWO SIDES TO DOLLAR DIPLOMACY.


OF our statesmen OF the cheaper sort
TO discredit the services Of the repre-
sentatives of the United States in
foreign lands, and particularly the
Americans who have great deal of
money, and some OF whom make dis
play of their wealth for the delight
of tho courts in which they move for
a brief season. It must be admitted
that there is too much of this sort of
thing. that ii has rather vulgar look;
yet 1t must be confessed that the am
bassadors and ministers would make a
sorry appearance that we should not
like any better If 1T were worse About
week ago. the Hon. Robert I. Henry,
of the Eleventh Texas District. made
the rotten rich stand from under and
The mob to rejoice a; his powers of
invective when he opened his heaviest
batteries upon John HAYS Hammond,
and Whiteiaw Reid. who have been
hisport!ng their splndling shanks be-.
fore the combined royalties of effete
Europe.
dollar Diplomacy" besides the en-
posures Envoy Hammond and AM
bassador Reid have made of their
UNDERMINING, that will strike the bust.
ness sense of the country with favor.
After putting their heads together for
the purpose OF taking stock" so to
say President Taft and Secretary Knox
gave out a statement about week
ago in justification OF their policy of
Dollar Diplomacy" 1t was very brief,
but very much to the point During
the fiscal year ending June 80 1911,
the domestic exports from the United
States were worth more than $4,000
600, 900 That was their case and there
does not seem to be any way to get
around 1t, except 10 say that ii the
Democrats were in authority the value
of this trade would have been far
greater in both volume and value. 1t
is admitted by Democratic authorities
that the work OF the diplomatic and
consular service has been an import
ant factor in producing this crafty
ing result Under the direction of the
State Department, minimum tariff rates
have been negotiated with Germany,
Franco and other countries. which. it
is claimed have added at least SIS,
100000 to our trade with these coun-
tries. Through the same service there
business with Brazil and other South
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III. G. Lowry, one of the five candi-
dates for tho House of Delegates from
Bedford, says in his announcement: II
am in favor of paying every officer of
the State salary instead of fees.
thus saving thousands of dollars to the
State" The other candidates are
silent as to this great economy in the
handling of the States money
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-11

There We're those who viewed with
alarm" the installation of the kiosk
in Capitol Square, and from the way
1t has been behaving lately the feeling
was highly justiha BILE. y committee of
the General Assembly should be APP
pointed at once to investigate it and
find some method for equalIzing it
during the various Seasons
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-11

Why such commotion in the news
papers because a man preferred
baseball game to his daughters wed.
ding? Most men, not excepting the
groom feel funereai at n weddins. and
good hitter at the bat is a fairer
sight by far than weak-kneed bride
groom
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-11

Curious" wishes to know the Latin
name for rabbit tobacco" Respect
fully referred to the Index Appeal.
who smokes it all the time
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-11

Why is it that our cafes do not
serve kohIrabl among their fresh veg
etables? There is none more delicious
than IT.
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a citizen. not an officer OF the law,
has right to arrest only In criminal
cases an actual or suspected Grim
NAL For crime committed In his
presence or for a felony committed al
though not in his presence. a private
person may arrest the offender with
out warrant on reasonable suspicion
that the arrested party has committed
q felony. This is regulated by statute
in various jurisdictions. but not so in
Virginia. This right OF arrest by a
private citizen is Of eXtra ord nary de-
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There is to be no fair at Blackstone
this year; but the waGles arc still
there. Ignatz
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Natural Bridge has just received a
large importation OF Orange onions.
The Observer was there to receive
them
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ainry Anderson.

Mnry Anderson.
Who was 1t Mary Anderson, the
actress. married. and where is she
now? XIV
She married Antonio de Navarro, and
her address is The Court Farm. Broad
way. Worcestershire. England
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dressed stamped envelope, stating age
OF persons referred TO IN his query.
and all details we shall be glad to
give him the information he desires.
Cornbrcnds.
the other night she expressed the opiu-
ION that the ashcake and hoecake were
OF aboriginal origin, which is opposed
q the generally accepted idea tnnt
tney were first made By the negroes
Can you give me any light on this
subject? l. W X
The maize or Indian corn. OF which
this manner of bread is made was
cultivated by the aboriEines and found
here when Columbus discovered Amer
iGa 1t was not previously known 10
lnolan fashion of cooking IL was II sort
OF hominy. Probably the Southern me-
sr1es made the first hoecakes and ash
cakes peculiar to this section. Corn
bread in any form is not DroperIv
made outside Of the South. An expert
whom VIC consulted on the question
'Hoecake, pone and dodger. The
average FASTENER has no concention
OF the toothsOmencss Of corn bread as
H. IL is known and made in the South
me southern hocceke is made OF corn
meal and cold water That is all No
salt. no grease. no soda. no anything
out water and meal. OF course lust
q pinch of salt does no particular
harm. only it is not the Southern way.
me Southern pone IS made In TIE
same waY--no Ingredients, Just corn
meal and cold water. The colder tho
water the better. but undor no cir
cumsiances should iced water be- used.
The ONLY difference between hossakc
and pone is that the hoecakc is spread
or the hoe thin. while the pone as
usually made is about an inch thick.
sometimes little thicker. Many per-
sons who ought to know better con
fuse the terms Done and dodger 4
dodger is a corn meal dumping. boiled
with greens, II is not especially dis
tnGnished for its whoiesomeness ana
cannot in any instance be recommend
ca as steady diet for persons with
weakened digestion.
Next to hoecake and pone. the
sweetest bread known in the south
Is the ashcake Of blessed memory. Per
haps should have said the very sweet
est Wood ashes are necessary in the
making OF this cake The dough
is made precisely in the Same MAJ
nor nor thai 5.s oone dough is made The
hoecake is baked on a hoe the aon.
in an oven or pan. while the ashcar. H.
baked by wrapping Il in ashes-h,ck-
orV ashes preferred
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-11

With less than 1000 population.
6erryvilie is oiling it's streets to keep
down the dust, Sometimes you have
to so to a small town to md progress
and comfort
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Planet Mercury.

Planet Mercury.
When Will the planet Mercury next
be at its greatest eastern elongation
from the sun? O. s
August IS. A. NJ.
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CLOTHES TORTURE.

Not many men will he sufticientlv
courageous to follow the examine OF
progressive New Yorker. who has
discarded underwear TO keep cool. He
proclaims his discovery in a city news
paper that hot days are just as cool
as cool days. or may he so made by
emitting underclothes
First he found out that sleeveless
understands were more comfortabl
than any other sort. Next. by logical
sequence. he omitted the whole under
shirt to be proportionately comfortable.
Carrying his discovery to it's logical
extreme. he finally deprived himself of
all his undergarments
AS reformer should do, he then
sought to make others do as he had
done Others, however, laughed al him
and ridiculed his idea They regarded
the wearing OF Undertaking as sort
Of moral obligation They asserted
that from hygienic standpoint under
wear is especially necessary in sum-
mer' in order to absorb perspiration,
and they said that the kind thev yyor.
was so thin S to make no difference
The underwearless man found that he
could not win over the standpatters
and so, like La Toilette n few ycors
ago ne is progressive, alone, aloof.
wrapped in gloom and little else.
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Judge John Randolph Tucker, of
Bedford has the courage to vary in
pleasing form his announcement OF
his candidacy thus: Thanking you for
the honor heretofore conferred on me
as your representative in the Senate
OF Virginia, | hereby announce my can.
didacy for reelection. subject to your
approval, in the Democratic primary.
That's so much better than the old.
monotonous phrases which we have
read for countless years.
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The famous battle between tho
Monitor and Merrimac at the cool
Academy this week is the head over
the "amusements' columns of the ever
esteemed lnde%-Appeal. Something less
than fifty years ago Petersburgers saw
bigger lighting than that for nothing.
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Somebody tells the Claremont Herald
that since matches are made in heaven
the girls viii now all want to run fly
ing matches
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 1t comes
from poem by him. THE Three
Graves"
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Hawaiian Exports.

What do we get from the Hawaiian
Islands? b..
The Hawaiian exports in 1910 were
sugar TO the value of S42,62G.069;
coffee, S2ll,535. and fruit, sl.446.7e2
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Dean Hogg to speak on the Vir-
sinia Debt" says the Charleston. West
virginia Gazette We'll, he's the right
man in the right place.
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PoeticaI Quotation

Please tell me who wrote this:
"A mother is a mother still.
The hottest thing alive"
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Arrest by Privntc Person.
Has a citizen the same right to make
an arrest as an officer OF the law.
providing an arrest is justihed?
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Taking a PAPER out OF the post Office
makes tho recipient liable for the bill,
according to . late decision of the
Missouri Supreme Court The case
was; o. d. Austin, Butler, Missouri,
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Date.
What day of the week was July 30,
1870. August /. 1875? A. r.
saturday and Thursday
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Daily Queries and Ansuers
"VictiIn."

gree. and great care should be exer-
cised in using 1t. IT is rarely invoked.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-11

John Marshall. OF Virginia, was ap-
pointed Chief Justice OF the United
States Supreme Court by John Adams
In 1901. and served until his death in
1885. His decisions tended to strength
en- the Federal government
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If Victim" will send us self-ad-
dressed stamped envelope, stating age
oil persons referred TO IN his query,
and all details. we shall be glad to
give him the information he desires.
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Marshall.

Which Chief Justice of the United
States Supreme Court served the long
est term. by whom appointed, and
state the character of his decisions?