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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-21
pn. MANNING sIMnNs.

Manning Simons. NJ. d, one u the
most distinguished physicians ana sur
geons in the South. well known to the
faculty in Richmond and a frequent
visitor 10 this town. died suddenly al
his home in Charleston, South Carolina,
Tuesday night. There will be gen
cri,l ana sincere regret among profess
sional men all over tie South; for he
held Very nigh rank among the first
OF his calling and adorned his profess
sion by honorable achievement faithful
service and unblcnisiied character
FOR forty years a teacher in the
Medical College of the state OF south
Carolina, and at The Time oil his death
aud for many years Professor of Sur
gerry and Gynccology member Of the
American Medical Association and
having held ~ times the office Of presi.
dent Of the southern Surgical ana
Chronological association, OF the Soutl
carolIni Medical Association. Tile
south Carolina Mcdical Soniety ana /.
member likoWiseIof Il number Of other
medical bodies he Mad attained Us
tho simple force Or Ills high character
ana wide learning many Of the mos,
coveted places in his vocation lie
was especially distinguished FOR his
Skill IN surgery, ana for TIC dinicult
operations he had performed and his
written contributions 10 the science
in which he WAS Il leader
For for;y-two years lie Mad followed
The healing art among his own people
/ ana in the town where he was born
f, and 70 all alike. lhc poor as well Il,
| 'hc rich, bis presence Was Il bcmu.
die''on Ercryhody knew him and
| crcrSbody trusted lin. Following tho
| cNariplc Of tie Great I'hyaician. nc
/ went about ioins good continually d
inc end % lis DAYS Forty years Is
- long pcrio! and forty years hllcd
! With service 70 4 III poor and aick and
! afflicted. day and night, GUNNER ano
! winter. in storm and rain and Sun.
slime must bring with il not only III,
/ confidence and affection of ones noigh
4 bors hu, the bicsalup or God Almighty
/ l'r. Snons WAS IN hia sixiv-Gni
year. and q, Tho very zenith or hi,
powers. llc WAS not only girtcd in hI.
art. but he WAS most Z. CHARMING
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TIMES -DIspAroH RICHMOND VA FRIDAY ApRI1 81 1g1

out their powerful support. the day
might >ve been lost. They never let
up They set an example to other
newspapers in Virginia counties strug-
Cling for good roads-thc example OF
keeping evcrlastlng1y at It.
Ono OF IT, newspapers is Demo
cratic, and the other is Republican.
Yet both Joined hands and hewed with
Joint might and main for good roads,
great public reform, which no party
can claim. The issue is non partisan.
for IT affects equally the whole people
OF the community. AS II was in Taze-
VII. SO 1t should be elsewhere-Re-
puhlicans and Democrats putting their
heads together and pulling in tho same
yoke for good roads.
Tazewells example is Inspiring.
Cannot some of The counties outside
of Southwest Virginia gather renewed
courage and viGor from thinking on
Tazewell and the fight that was made
there? Shall 1t be said that the only
progressive counties in the state arc
hereafter to be within the confines Of
the Southwest?
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| companion. strong with tho strength
OF wcll-groundcd convictions upon all
questions Of social and civic duty and
responsibilities. and true as steel to
the highest and the best in private
living and in public thinking. At tho
hour of his death the physicians of
the State. attending tho annual con-
rcntion of the South Carolina Medical
Association in session n Charleston.
wero being entertained at the resi-
dence Of pr. II. S. Cathcart, ono of Dir.
Simons's former students. and whom II
was told that no had died, as tile sim
pic account in tho News and Courier
relates, men whispered II to one an
other. and. In touching tribute to the
memory Of ono SO highly honorcd. one
by one. silently, and without excess
slvc use of words, badc their host good
night"
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YOUNG DIPLOMAT is
SENT BACK TO PEKING

| fanatic Moslem clergy tia, ali Tie evils
o. i'ersia arc due TO the foreigner, lie
i i, on his gun AZ the iirst foreigners
VINO mad come Into sight, namely. aIme.
Won Ros,horn and tho wifc OF IND
hussihn envoy. He WAS subsequently,,
hanged ri,3
frances Prime Minister Monis has
Issued an cdict 10 the emect that cX-
! members OF the Cabinet are 10 re-
the oftcia style of address, "Mouhic;lr
lie Minstrel which, OF course carries
WIN WIN II ne predicate OF "EHccilqucy Il
IN France, where II ha: given great
satisfaction to those plincipuiIy con
/, ccrned something OF The same Kind
prevails IN most other European coun-
ministers become eX-oiiicio members
Of the iPrivy Council, and retain their
rank as such with the style OF Excel
lcncyi for life. Incidentally, 1t may DO
mentioned That the Cabinet OF Premier
Mnnts is the lirst unless am ,n,iuh
mistaken. in which ,ncrc Is no mem
her oil the aristocracy. In BRANDS
cabinet there was The Admiral de
l.apcyrcrc, and in the previous Cabinet.
namely, that OF Clemenceau. the latter
himself represented birth and ancestry
hE family belonging. as / have had
occasion 10 say In these letters. TO III.
petty nobility OF Brittany Loubet had
several nobles as ministers, including
General the Marquis dc G;tliftct Primes
ne MartBucs, the Comte de Freycinct.
and NJ. dc Lanessan VI. dc Frcycinet
likewise figures MS minister under
President l'aure ana President Carnot.
who also had with him NJ. de Many, rs
we'll as NJ. dc Ia Porte. No less than
eighteen mobiles i!ourished as cabinet
ministers during the presidency Of
Marshal Macmahon, including the lat,
Duke Dccazcs, the late Duke lie Broglie,4
the Marquis dc Banneyille. General
Baron de Chabaud Ia Tour, and tho
Comte dc Remusat,
Roseneath Castle. which has just
been almost entirely destroyed by IRE,
always been preferred by his royal wife.
Princess Louise. one OF the younger
daughters of the late Queen Victoria.
10 lnveraray Castle, which Is the prin-
clpal country seat of the Duke OF Argyll
and IS now let by the duke to his broth
err Lord George Campbell. Roseneath
Castle Is an ancient landmark in Slot
fish history, picturesQuely fronting
Campsail Bay, at the entrance to Care
loch. Some OF the most stirring scenes
OF Wallaces warfare against the Eng
lish are Unidentified with Roseneath
which Is also associated with Sir Walter
SCOTS novel. "Thc Heart of Midloth
ian.'' The castle seems to have served
for. centuries as a fortress of tho Camp
bells; but I'm the reign of Charles +.
Argyll as a subsidiary residence To
Invcraray Castle. IN 1902 portion Of
the castle was destroyed by fire and
in the following year 1t was restored T
according to the designs of Bononl. \
feature of the place. which J under
from which magnificent view is OBJ
Ia med. ta il.a5B
I (Copyright, 1a11, by the Brentwood
Company
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THE SEVENTH on rAn,,,,,

I
''ieinor'ai parade of the
iork seventh Regiment
Vpoi'a Oh Wednesday which
me orio conditions OF
.'isiei'' al me time which arc
ior eiFic pride today:
. i''l'''h'es win the South,
,n,.r, '''e humocr OF cotton
- 80 W. eno'ses' ana me south
S9ai a'osa ana In Broad
->ew ofK 'hen took no
.'ieoiieS cohcerhihG
~ ''s''''u'io'' OIL which
-. ~ rtouue's me
. we go VI re" OK when
,aa.Y. ~ - orsan'@e an
1..'' "''-e iii"s'r"tcs
-. - '"e 'ii'e' ana al
tu"'ieu more man me
~" broau"aS 10
e. "e e'S p"'i'o'i ism INTO
'''al Gnu s'Fes
I'LL - ~ '''i saf
''ie ''eNei''h WIS
ois ''ii' '@,'a 7
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-21

Score another point in the good
roads campaign for Southwest Vir-
ginia lazewcll county gave tic pro-
Iosed s5.5iooo good roads bond issue /.
majority Of sG4 out ofl.3l6 total votes
cast in the election on Tuesday Only
Two precincts failed 10 give a ma.
3ority for the bond issue. and In one
OF these the majority was only one
Oh Tie anti bond issue side. In scv,
orel OF the precincts. no vote was east
against tile bond issue
That IS bully" showing for rae.
Wcll II was accomplishcd-thi ma
iority Of ss4-againat organized ana
determined opposition. Things looked
notwithstanding for awhile, bit tia
Good roads advocates we're undaun,edg
and carried the day. SiX hundred and
twenty I'VE thousand dollars is a lnr.,
Gum for 4 county to exnend on ii Sin ..lo
object But iic PEOPLE Of Ta2cwcii are
fnll Of that progressive spiritI ma,
makes Il county great ANA makes II
grow, ana they had the courage 10
take /" broad yicw of the proposition
and 10 BACK II. III Hwiih tlcir votes
Watch Tazcwcli CHOW II Tie al.
monition o. = corrcspnndcnt from mai
comfy, but itis a iii supcrnuous. Ans
county that viii spend .thtt nincl
money on good reads is Obliged IL
Erow--it can, help i,-i, needs "a
watching. becanac ! othinp can sion III
-
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BRYAN STILL AFTER MARTIN.

Wslliam Jennings Bryan continues In
his paNr, The Commoner, this week
his attach upon Senator Martin. of
state to retire him from the Senate,
because. as lie alleges, Mr. Martin is
machine politician of the Aldrich
brand, without the ability OF Aidrich.
That is to say Mr. Martin is not a
machine politician of tho BRYAN brand,
Bryan. Defeated in his inipudcnt,
not to say Infamous. attempt to defeat
EIr. Martin for minority leader of the
Senate at Washington, Mr.. Bryan has
determined TO "carry the war into At
RIGA and calls upon the people of
Virginia TO join him in his most out
rageous crusade against the Senior
Senator from this state H
We much mistake the people of yir-
Kinia, whatever their personal feeling
towards aIr. Martin and their opposi-
tion to him III previous campaigns, if
they do not resent this attempt OF the
Nebraskan 10 interfere with the purely
local affairs of the Democracy OF NIr-
ginia. Their own self-rcspect, their
proved ability to manage their own
~ discreditcd leader who has led
them for fifteen years only to defeat,
should make them say to this trouble
maker that they need neither his coun-
sci from n distance nor his presence
among them.
There was never anything more inn
pudent or d!sgraceful than Mr.. Bryan's
attenlp; 10 compel the organization of
the Democrats minority OF the Senate
in his own interest He was defeated
there, as he will he wherever he shall
strive to butter his own bread at the
expense OF the party. The Democrats
who vctcd against AIR Martin for mi
nority leader of the Senate have since
expressed their entire approval OF his
course since his election. OF his fair
play TO those who were opposed to
Trim at the dictation OF Mr.. Bryan and
there Will be, as there ought to be,
wide denunciation of his present ef-
fort 10 boss Virginia
AS for tic comparison of Mr Martin
10 Ar. Aldrich IT can lie, and will be
shown, doubtless, before the campaign
in Virginia is over that Mi, Bryan
has been as unfair inthis as lie has
been in so many Of his other ventures
into politics, and always for his own
benefit. AS for Martins ability" as
compared with tina, of Aldrich. there
IS little 10 say except that Martin IS
still poor man, having devoted his
ability" to the service OF his State
md not TO the promotion Of the In
tcrcsts." It might very we'll be added
that Martin has been so busy dischars-
Ing the legitimate functions OF his Of
( fee that ne has not had the time 10
use his mouth for the benefit Of his
own pocket. ana thnt he has moi sought
10 build IN :, ,nathinc which might
assist him 10 larger national import
Gnce.
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TINS marvellous empire of Industrial
and commercial greatness the South
would hnve been converted into a
wilderness. This. however, is a jar
ring note in the "hallcluJah chorus
now resoundtng from the Capcs OF
Delaware to the Gulf OF Mexico.
Two days ago the Hon. Franklin
MacVeagh. Secretary of The Treasury,
pleaded in an address to tho South
Carolina Bankers Association Tor somo
sort of disparity arrangement in South
ern politics. We agree with him on
the general proposition, but we had
two parties In the South moro than
thirty years ago and the plan did not
really work out to our material or
social benefit. We should welcome Two
parties now IL they could he organ
lied and conducted so that the vel
fare of the people would not suffer,
whichever gained the ascendancy.
Nothfng was ever gained for the South
III commercial and Industrial way
until the white people of the South
became united in the nagemcnt OF
Ni Poiitie"l aHairs. we could
only get rid of tho one pcrpicxlng
problem with which we have been com
PEELED to deal all these years. the
situation might be SO changed as 10
Justify division among us OH 50.
called broad political issues. A
This. however. as we have said. is
not gcrmanc to the present subject
which which is simply TO again cxal, the horn
OF the South There is room enough
ana opporiunity enough in this great
region. upon which the sunshine OIL
Gods favor rests. for ali worthy pco-
pie, whether they come from New
England or The West, or from beyond
inc seas, TO share in the really un-
tonrned riches OF this rich land
which far outshne "thc wealth of
Ormus and of Ind!
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Voice Of the People
I:onds ,is 1nn,l,nent.

To hf. t-Iitnr - ri, IT. tn.
STIFF, y,., nc ili,es -Dlspatch:
perun,na 49, ~ hseS me idea Of
mems 70, .ne names and achieve
a,' n'S o. klngs warriors. statesmen
st,tt ~ EXPRESSED Itself in
ST.. ~, ~ 4, pr9h , or scuiptured mar
/ ,nat ~ most could only appeal TO the
,itirri,,iiss o. =" sentimental in inan
r. niim.!s ~ ~ Ni,,ol tnns and awakening
heari e th,s na a..i In the human
pi ot.ro,s i ,fn''litectly atfccting the
n,nnltind "f''afs and development Of
In NM. a
~ n,cSs",, r,,1,th, times ms idea has
'li,Gsi,it;,Ia ,,,n,,,, ~ 'nellioriai chtrchcS
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lSouBATons AND INSURANCE..

Are YOU raising chickens BY the in
cubator method? Is your property in
surcd in any fire insurance company?
Do you keep your incubator in the
parlor. in the kitchen. or have YOU a
special house built for ii separate from
Your residence? Have YOU ever tn bought
about the risk you are running by
keeping nm incubator in your parior or
your Kitchen? We have Just been told
that there is great activity among the
chicken raiscrs of Virginia. and that
the rate Of insurance Is from one.
quarter to one half of one pcr cent.
higher TO those who work ncubators
In their residences than to those who
insure their property without insuring
their incubator. We are also Informed
that the man who insurcs his house
and afterwards establishes an fncu
bator In 1t without Informing the In
surance company. runs the risk in case
OF fire OF losing his entire insurance
This is an important matter for
those who have protected their prop
orty against fire and 1t is worth while
considering, or course, 1t is hoped
'hat the chicken raising Industry will
SO right ahead. but 1t would be well
for persons who have insured their
property and who contract the incu-
nator habit to consult their agents be-
fore installing the incubators in their
pariors or bedrooms or Kitchens. A
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THE SONG OF rue sourlI.

Captain J. r. Merry will retire from
the service OF the Illinois Central Rail.
road in July. lie has been connected
with II for thirty years, and has de-
voted great deal of his thought and
service to the material development of
me south. 1t is not the same thing
now that II was when he began his
work. There was not much promise
in this field many persons thought
thirty years ago, hut during that
period. the life OF a generation no
equal area on the face OF the globe
has in all the annals accomplished so
much Of substantial achievement
against so many apparentiy IN
surmonntable obstacles as the South.
CAPTAIN Merry has paid a very
just tribute to the Baltimore Manu-
factnrcrs' Record for its work in ihls
field and this has melted our con
temporary TO a reminiscent mood
When Captan Merry started WIKI
the Illinois Central Railroad 4, grea,
transportation system with which We
in this part OF the South have no
DIRECT relations. the value Of the farm
products OF the South amounted 10
5000, 100000, the value OF It's factory
products 10 Sass 900. ooc. the value of
It's mine products 10 sl2.00o00p. and
the value OF its forest products to
$4,000 600, making total Of SLIGO
100000. Al that time S2I 900 900 was
invested IN cotton mills and 50, 500 900
/ In oil mines. The value OF the exports
Of the South, with Its Il. 900 miles, Of
iaiiroad then aggregated $3.50 GOO
The deposits in its banks amounted Ia
less than sl5o.0OO.0oo ana It's total
wealth was estimated at s7.5O5 900 900
There has be-n an enormous growth
since that far away time In thirty
years the factories Of the south nave
incrcaSea tile value Of their OUTPUT
from sl3S.noo,0 200 10 81 sec, 900 900. It's
farin products have Increased in
value from 500 100000 to $4,000 900 SOD
rhe increase Ia tie value of its for
Iest products measures Tie difference
! between s.s,noo 900 AHA sliooo6 600
I iii,i he wealth OF lis mines has H.
/ CREASED from sl2,000,cc 10 S2SpuUO 900
/ Fhc capital invested in southern cot
ton nils is fourteen lines ..ro.,or
! now than it WAS in 1880. Instead Of
4 producing ao..doo tom. Of liz .ron h.
I ii did wien CAPTAIN, A;erry bo..n,, ,s.
/ Worn 1t rs nov mal,inc ID ono ,o.,s
/ ~ nine times as much as thirty ycar.,
ago II Is getting 1900. ooo. 900 fee, ~,
Il timber. SIN bili.or fce, noy, ii,,,,1,,a
'5cut az Inc wbojc co,nt,, q. iyvh !,
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JAMES NJ. WILLIAMS.

General regret is felt By tho news-
paper fraternity OF Virginia, MS we'll us
by the people of Roanoke, that James
NJ. Williams. one OF the editors OF
the Roanoke World. has passed over
the Great Divide into the .'undiscov-
cred country" His was virilc pen
and the work that he did lives after
him For many years an editor, he
helped mishtily in advancing tho In
terests and progress Of Roanoke,
where his life was spent. III but a
few days. he did not have the requisite
strength to ward off the Grim Reaper,
yet In the midst of his suffering and
feeoieness. his indomitablc courage
and unilagging devotion to duty was
manifest when he strovc TO arise from
his bed and tried to so back to Roa
noke and report for duty. His forty
two years We're spent In service. ana
lie was Just in the maturity OF his
powers when over the invisible wire
came the final 80"
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why make game of smith?' asks
the Columbia State. Who's making
game OF Smith? why should what
Sam Blythe writes be called "slush?''
II may be and often Is; but why use
such Cole Blease language in dcscrib-
ing 1T? Why should the newspapers
which have printed his "slush'' about
Smith be spoken of as ,"conduits?'
What newspapers does the state mean
Besides. why should Smith be spoken
of in this damnatory way: Such pow
ers of speech as he has, IIooray for
smith! We know who elected him.
and why That was the time when
Smith was really good game.
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Daily Queries and A1aszDers

| Fights rrgn, an, and to perpetual banishment
fru,h INC Soc empire Should he. after
country, return to Russia no Is linbie
to be dcported to Siberia. W,heh
su foroign em MGR, In his minority to
zen thereof he Is liable TO tho Same
majority he obtains tho consent or the
EMPEROR TO his cXpatriation.
Melting Point.
What IS the melting point for
Tine ana r gold silver copper. b!?sa
The metals named melt at the FOL.
1850 gold. 2ol6; silver, 1873: copper,
io9e; prass, 1859; zinc. 7T3. and iron
April Fool.
What Is the origin Of "-sPril foelr"
It is supposed that the custom OF
playing tricks on tho 1st OF April vas
derived from some ancient pagan Gus
The liindus or the Roman feast OF tina
fools. ~ - ~ ~
Finland
Has Finland a Constitution. homo
rule and a Parliament, or ia II tyovnrn.
cd by Russia? 1i r.
finland has preserved tho Swedish
Constitution. reformed In 1906 n has
national Parliament. composed q;
mobiles. clergy, burghers and peasants
IN one chamber OF 200 members, chosen
ny direct and proportional election
dissolve he diet. The government Ia
responsible to him. !..'f
Width of Streets
What is tho width OF Broadway.
New York; Broad Street. Philadelphia,
ana Pcnnsylvania Avenue In Wash.
inGton, y. O.? H.
broadway, so feet in tho old bart
anu $50 in the new: Broad street, liz
feet. and Pennsylvania Avenue. is9
feet.
ElnE.
Which country has the distinction OF
ensign? u X
Historians arc not certain whetIcr
~ was lEEyrt on Grnccc. IL.I .-Ls ,.L
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. ID
The Spring Chorus of the Frogs.
The sunlight is sinking. and shadows
creep
Upon the marshes pondy deep,
And The frogs are singing for rain:
And they solcmnly blink. as they sit
and wink ~
And piously pray for rain.
In the solitude. with q grand prelude.
They sing to this refrain:
YES. yes. yesr, the tcnors chaunt,
With a tuneful catch from their recdy
haunt,
we need some rain right soon.
And the big bullfrog on his rotten log
Bells like a sweet bassoon.
The stars shine out, and bats awning
Squeak mousiiy with word swing.
And the sedgcs are signing for rain /;
And the nightly voices with Mo re-
For music music is balm for pain.
In tlc solitude. with a grand prelude.
They sing 10 this refrain:
."Dry. dry. dry" Tic trcblcs begin 4.
with fancifnl flourish Of violin.
h TO tho flute and soft oboe,
And tho basses boom in the gathering
"Ah. MOI all. no! ali, no.''
With Tic footlighs Of heaven reflected
Tho orchestra, heaves oratorio.
And the chorus is calling for rain
With n wondrous attack, and phrasinG
They sing 1t over again.
In the solitude. with a grand prelude.
They sing tho snmc refrain:
You. you. you" In harmony sweet, /,
Wlth tho heavenly hautboy's musical
s-s beat. e4t la
Tho snare drums rattle amain.
iInathc solitude, with a. grand prelude,
The frogs arc singing for rat In, 5iiEsj
9 g5efi h 81 EDMOND tFONTAlNE. e
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But thinking that il was merely d
delinquent subscriber. we kept on with
our work for several minutes" This is
the first instance in the history OF
journalism whore a country editor paid
no attention to man who wanted TO
''pny up OF course, it happened In
the Office OF the Orange Observer. and
Sister Robinson mustshave been think
of the utopian lines of kipling. "And
no one shall work for money and no
one shall work for fame.
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IL is proposed to make a second at
tack on The old battleship Texas"
neXt Monday by a notilla OF torpedo
boats and a monitor. The plan now
is to Try TO finish the old ship with
torpedoes. the fire from the new bat :
tieship having rendered her so helpless
that almost any sort of craft can ap-
proach her with safety. II Philips
mad only been on board, not one of
them would have attacked the Texas. .
which explains the difference between
shooting At mark and shooting at
something that could not shoot hack.