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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-31
Jefferson. ncligious views.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Str,-The Times Dispatch OF October
IL contains "a letter headed "Ingersoll
and Jefferson" in which the writer
George w. Mcdaniel. says that "Inger-
soil devoted his intellect and cloquenGc
to blowing ont the lamp of hope In the
lives OF his feilowmen." HAVING iu my
library the twelve volumes containing
all of lngersoll's writings. have very
carefully looked through them for
something to sustain MIR. McDanicls
statement. and while I have fouia IN
nearly every volume many expire ssioms
on the Immortality of the soul. have
fhiled to find one tending In the slight
est degree towards blowing out the
lamp of hope" have found many
words on. and quotations from, Jcffer-
son. May refer Mr. Mcdaniel to JEFF
ferson's letter to Thomas Paine on his
return from abroad (Vol. 8, page 479),
and may ask MIR. Mcdaniel kindly to
give me the volume and page in which
lngersoll blows out the lamp of hope?
New York. s. NJ. FARRELL.
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4 the trust lie would have the corpora
tons composing tho trust distribute
their properties and businesses. but
only for period OF 1--WE years. He
would not permit the several new
companies to be organized out of the
old combination to have any stock in
terest in each other. He would not
suffer them to employ the same pur-
chasing agencies, or to retain the same
clerical force, or permit one of the new
corporations to hold capital stock In
any corporation, any part of whose
stock is also held by any of the other
corporations among which the proper
Ties oil the combination are distributed"
etc, etc. But the Attorney General
does not say how the distribution ~
to be made, who is to get what and
how much and what for: and 1t would
seem that after busting" up the trust
he is going just a little too far in in
sisting that all the new concerns shall
be kept under espionage for period
Vi hVe years or for five-year periods.
Having distributed the remains of
the trust it would seem to be going
little too far for the Government to
play t role Of policeman What the
country needs now most of all is a
little more business and a little less
government III the business affairs OF
the country; that is to say. unless II
De the purpose OF the Government TO
go INTO all branches OF the business on
It's own account and for the pronts
that are in it, ~ better plan than that
suggested By the Acknowledgement
would be for the Government to as
certain tho .ctuai value OF the proper.
Ties and businesses of the To5acco
trust and to take over into tho control
OF the Government the whole tbiny
except OF course. the independent con-
oerhs' which should be left free to
tote their own skillet as II Womb
never do for a Government which is
opposed TO monopoly in any form 10
conduct monopoly in its own beb,,f
IN Inc organization of any such plan
as this. Wickersham would doubt,es.
DC able to employ the eminent able At
torneys-G General OF Virginia. North
carolina and South Carolina
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and take cousssye, since in your coll
umns of the Esd. "A Confederate NO
man IN. comes ,., to the front ,oa ana in keen
CT tho activity Lee Camp has dtsniayed
In Its inactivity In furtherinn the
erection OF the Confederate Memorial
building. for which the State has given
$4,000 worth OF land and the elty
$4,000 of bonds" Again we ask what
Is the sum total that has been con-
tributcd to this object? What interest
purposes has any OF II been expended?
Have the public not tho right To know
the status of this matter? The writer
docs not know the names OF the trus.
tees, has no personal knowlrdrn ,r
the AFFAIRS of the Confederate Memo.
rial Association, but he does know
that these gentlemen have not mel tho
expectations of the public and have
shown mntchless inaCtivitv anj
thinks they should make a statement
u the public.
They arc doubtless business msn.
nnsased In their own affairs. and ii
arduous duty Imposed upon them ana
voluntarily by them assumed ,h"w
should resign and let others act. b.
iSre tn. thin gray line growius
lcneath the horizon OF death. Ter M.
confederate woman and othsra ,akr
charge of this fund and we Ruuranln.,
IT VIII be attended to BY them. ii
- i'e tioNsH DrbOe, patriotism
and interest III tho architects of lie
S yo1nntar,,, to prompt them TO
donate and superintend the ere.
ton Of this monument, that syinboliaos
me doctrine Of states rights, so
dear TO our fathers and thai
was intended to commemorate MOI
only the great battles fought for con.
stituional liberty, but to emuhasilc
the valor OF nation in It's behn,f,
then VIC suggest that tho iden p,
abandoned and the funds be returned
to the Donors. so far as pr.cticai1Ie
and the remainder be turned over 10
nc old soldiers in need or TO thcIr
widows ana orphans. The FnbIan or
10 nothing policy should no longer
prevail. We want action
As ~ Confederate women. tr.f
mates. instead of discussing acadent-
questions and matters that ipvoIv.,
ciHerenccs OF opinion only. had Inc
Camp best not confine itself to prac-
teal matters? What boots IL is What
MISS Johnston says about the .'ciissi,iK."
donc by the Confederates? VIC who
were participants. know she Is mis-
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BUSTING THE TOBACCO rRrsr.

Wickersham does not approve the
plan suss sted for the dissolution ana
reorganization OF the American To-
oaeeo Company. lie is still playing
politics to the galleries and tile gal
leFies are not as fun as they used TO
De. The question is admittedly a very
hard one TO handle OF course, the To-
oacco people are trying 70 get the best
terms possible from the Government
and have proposed q plan which shonla
not be adopted without careful exumi-
nation: but it would seem that. the
conditions laid down by the Attorney
General do not meet the requirements
OF the situation unless it really be the
purpose of the Governmcn, to appro
PIRATE The property of the Trust, lock.
stock and barrel
The Wickershan idea IS no, with
out merit however lie is busting
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least. Between the two comes the or
binary brick wall.
An experiment of the Professors
showed that when floor is covered
with sand, and CORK mats are spread
over it, hardly any noise pcnetrates to
the room below. but that when the
cork mats were Joined together by
any material underneath noises are
Immediately perceptible.
To the inquiry as to how the sounds
of the piano or violin in the neighbor-
ing apartments are to be excluded.
Professor Nussbaum suggests that tho
ceilings be lined with a layer OF zinc
or lead.
II these suggestions are sound
many people will be glad to buy up
lead and zinc mines to get enough ore
to shut out the rag-time from the room
above, or the falsetto graphophonc
next door.
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JACKSON As HE WAS.

Mrs. Russell Kelley. of New YORK.
who is niece Of the Hon. Anthony
Z ID Kelley has been kind enough to
give as the following cxtrac, from
her uncle's book. In Yinculus" in
Which that splendid man speaks aa
follows Of sheridan. the scourge Of the
Valley. and stonewall Jackson Lees
great Lieutenant, who is just now the
subisct of much discussion in the
newspapers:
y .'Sheridan boasts, With ferocity
@hich Will forever blacken his name
w The jtdgment or Impartial history.
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~, l.. MAnaursn DE roNrENor.

~ WEDEN'S courts have recently rem
dcred al adverse decision. ia
~ ,inal instance against Deputy
Gustav 10 h ansscn. He had
broush, a lawsuit against tho present
King. and against the royal family
render of certain documents necessary
10 prove his prctensions TO be the
crcat-Srandson Of King Gustavus ~.
the penul;imatc King of Sweden OF
Keeper OF tho national records. NJ. HI
dehrandt declared In court. on oath.
that no such documents existed. bu;
produced several letters from the
Dowag.r Queen OF Sweden. and from
other members OF the reigning family,
rcpudtat,nr the assertions OF the plain
tin.
Thc story pu, forward by Gustav
Johaussen is an extraordinary one.
iustavas ~. as students OF Swedish
III tory Will recall. was brought TO the
by the assassination OF his father. and
though handsome and giftsH- ans pos
sessed of most fascinating manners. did
NOT prove "A strong rnler Married in
he was deposed by means OF mill
tary pronunciamento In 1909, forced 10
sign his abdicatlon, after q most dra-
matte hand to-hand struggle with Gen
ersl Alderkreut2 and the officers inn
p!tcated IN the conspiracy. and was
tnem banishcd. along with his consort
and his children. his uncle taking his
place on the throne as Charles XIII.
Charles. being childless. and IL great
sdinirer OF France. and OF Napoleon
selected the French Field Marshal
Bernadotte. VINO had been born as Il
peasant near Pau. and who had risen
from the ranks of the French army, to
become his heir. Induced the national
Diet TO ratify his choice. and establish
ed him In the swedish capital as crown
prince.
Ex-Kins Gustav ". retired with his
consort his son. and his three daught-
ers. Princess sophia, Princess Amelia,
where three years later he parted com
pany from The ex-Queen, their MARI.
age being sundered by n divorce dated
!Iih Eebruary. isi2 some yeasrs later later
brought together again. They were
secretly married In Germany, and an
other daughter was born TO them, in
the spring OF ISIS. who received the
name Of Anna. The reunion did not
last long, and as the eX-king and the
c%-Queen parted again, 1t was decided
to keep the story Of their re-marriage
secret. and OWING TO this, the ex-
Queens youngest daughter was not
publicly acknowledged. In fact, the
eN-king behaved very badly about the
vision for her. whereuRon her uncle
Emperor Alexander 1. OF Russia. who
had married sister OF the ex-Queen.
and was very fond of the latter. in
holding Charles XIV. OF sweden. the
former Field Marshal Bernadotte in
high esteem and friendship, coniided to
him sum of 100000 crowns. to be
held III trust for little Anna, who, when
she grew up, was married TO French
man. settled aud naturalized in
Sweden, OF the name OF De la Brache
Deputy Gustav Johanssen is the
grandson of Anna de Ia Erachc ana
her Franco Swedish husband. and pos
ae5ses circmmstantiaI though not di-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-31
LAFE YouNG's coon ROAD.

Lafayette Young. publisher of tho
Des Mones Capital, and for a brief
period United States Senator from
iowa. and likely candidate for re-
election is also President OF the Iowa
Good Roads Association. without
saying anything to his dctrimen, as
a statesman, it would seem that the
people of Iowa could not do better
than TO Keep him at home to publish
his Papcr and work on the roads. His
real claim TO fame does not rest on
anything he accomplished while he was
in Washington. but upon his having
projected and carried through tho pro-
1ect Of building a great highway across
the whole state of Iowa, 1t is called
the River TO River Road and ex
tends from Davenport. on the Missis-
sippi River, TO Council Bluffs. on the
Missouri River. distance of ESQ miles.
1t is dirt road" was built last year.
has been kept in good condition by
dragging, and is better this year than
it was last year.
In tho fall of 1909 the highways in
Iowa were the worst in the world, or
at least the people thought they were
Ihey were afraid of taxation. they
could not see how they could stand env
increase of their burdens of this sort
but when LATE Young raised the cry
The Best Dirt Road that can be made
by draining ana dragging, without ad-
ditionnl taxation" they all came In
on the hit" Governor Carroll called
Tor a convention of those who were in
terested in the subject and 1000 dele
gates Hooked to Des NIoines, and q
pan OF building rond from river to
river was adopted. The plan was based
on the road officers of an unbroke,
line OF townships from one side of the
State to the other, improving and
maintaining the section OF road living
inside their several township borders.
live men were secured in each coun
~ With the result that before Won
could say Jack Robinson" the thing
was done. Farmers living along tho
road agreed TO drag the highway ever,,
rain ana receive under the State drag
law the sum of 80 cents tho mile travel
ed by the drag. Grades were built I'M
wet places were drained and humid
reds of road drags were set TO work
and Iowa has to-day one of the best
highways in the country IT Is, as we
have noted. $50 miles in length. passes
through Des Moines, the state CAPITAL
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There Is man by the name OF
Light, Charles P. Light. to be exact,
who is now engaged in the promotion
OF the grand cause of good roads, and
he has son who is developing into
q ready letter writer. as. for example,
in communication from him to rntcr-
familias giving an account of his nro-
gross In school, he says: None of tho
girls can get those fractions, All the
boys got them except couple" and
he adds that one of them got whip-
ping" which does not seem to be ex-
actiy right as no account is made tina t
any of the girls were treated in tho
same way. But the juice OF the young
mans letter is in the postscript, as
follows:
r. Send me some more money.
have to pay for my bicycle out OF
that you gave me-"
no girl ever wrote better post
script than that.
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BEST WISHES TO DEACON HEMP
HILL.

Eighteen months ago, Major j. c.
Hemphil, the deacon of the editors of
these United states, transplanted him
self. for he could not be supplanted by
another, and moved his chair and pen
from Charleston TO Richmond For a
year and n half this city has laughed
and smiled with MIR. Hemphill. as he
gave his Judgment OF men and meas
Sures at home and abroad During that
lall too short a period the Major has
made for himself personal friends all
Through this State and city. and has
preserved undimmed the reputation
which he built up in the city by tho
r sea.
Never in the history of the United
States have papers been moro widely
known and editors less SO than to- day.
Sout of tho ruck of editorial writer's
,sonly two names have emerged as types
4 pr the best that the school OF personal
Journalism has produced. Those names
fare watterson and Hcmphll Each
has hts own style: each his own point
Of view. They seldom agrco with each
other; they often disagree with the
public; but the charm or humor, tho
attractivcncss OF vigor, the mastery of
courageous conviction have gained for
both OF these great writer's a personal
following and general reputation
that sets them above all other editors
in America
ttaNp I fSp tSh Inss
ttp fun the pleasure of an association
With Major Hemphll. we were dc
lighted when we were able to secure
his services, and We part from him
with every good wish for his success
on the Charlotte Observer, in which
paper he has acquired large Hnan
cial interest. And there is this bright
lining to tho cloud--that though Rich
mond and Charleston have each had to
lose the brightness and charm OF
Major Hemphilfs writings. yet his very
travelihgs and sojournincs in those
two cities will but serve now that lie
has removed to North Carolina, TO
strengthen the bond between the
carolinns and Virginia
The South is coming to it's own. The
tot'oh anu eot'oh n'iiis oil south caro-
lima, the lumber tobacco and cotton
.''i''s u Nor'i' o"ro'ihu' the co"i ana
~ VIC manufactures ana me NOR
e'"','S anu o''hNers Oh virginia are all
w 'o7 e'''e' III one great ana sue
eeS." "'oNe'reh' 10 rebuild ana re-
'H'i'S'' ''e Uo''''ihhee OF me south
oh It PASS mat cannot be destroyed In
''A'S '''o'' '"e papers pay Z" most I'M
por'an' part Tor they carry from sec
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r,coty-,,,ye y.nr. ,fter.

To the i:dter Of The Times Dsp&tcn:
Sir.--Whcn tn" smoke OF battle hua
cleared away. or when tho American
people have returned to Il buS'S az
sanity. say Twenty-Five years hcUcc
what will well-balanced people say OF
the three Southern ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
who go before the United States Court
and ask that court L. require 'antaSo-
nistic competition? NJ. T. w.
Abingdon Va.
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EvADINc THE MIDDIr,,,.

Chairman Hoaikum, OF the Frisco
Railroad, published table not long
ago showing the difference in food
prices on the farm and In the kitchen.
Hero is the table:
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Flowers.
WHAT is the liquid process FOR PFC
serving mowers? \. 3. G..
one way IL 10 preserve them for sev.
cral montns By dipping them into per.
iectlf iiQuid gum water and then al
lowing them TO drain. The gum form;
= ccmp!cte coating on the stems and
petals and preserves their shape and
color long after they have Become dry
To preservc them for ffteen TO thirty
days. insert the stems IN water in
wnicn twenty-five grains OF ammonia
chloride tsai ammonia) have been dis
soi:cd
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.Thc Copfcderntc Memorial.

To the Editor of Tho Times-Dispatch:
Sir.--rhe recent Inquiries In your
valuable paper anent the Confederate
i.emorial or Battle Abbey, signed
Veteran" and another Veteran have
met with no response. but We thank God
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-31
Daily Queries and Answers

Cornu found by different experiments
ond in 1879 EnsiA4 A A. M!chclson.
United States Navy, found the velocity
10 30 2ss,a.e kilometers j second The
experiments of MichciHon are said 10
al. Professor .. +. Todd IN 1850 con
cluded the most probable value to be
.9s.3:0 kilometers. or ls6.36V miles d
second
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We Want Your Account
National State & City Bank
RICHMOND VA III

VIM. II. Palmer, President; John S. Ellsts
Vice. Presidents; VIM. NJ. HILL yico.Presi,,
dent; y. W. Binton. vice-r ssident; Julie,
II. eIIill, Cashier, -.
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taken, certainly misinformed. aud
what do we care about II. In COM
garrison to the erection of the "Con-
federRto Memorial?
Richmond.
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Light.
wha, is the velocity o: light:
4. l. T.
In 1852 Foueault found that Ugh
travels about 2ss.o00 kllometcrs o
about lS5.200 miles per second; in 1877
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Richmond,
A Funeral.

A Funeral.
IT'S not n time for tears and lamentn.
tion,
Or useless panesyric. So Is tho Dead
But Knocked In his solemn new condi-
tion,
Whose ashes asls but burial, and 1T
tie said.
The words confer no jot to his content
Who Is forever dead, or haply blest
To live forever in that land anent
Which men have ever sought with
fruitless quest
Yet Forms may teach what words can.
not express,
And solemn music lift the Soul on
high.
And Art restrain the human wordiness
And teach the Living truth. and how
TO die.
SO shall the gentle Death be but thy
.inG Time shall take but what you VIII.
Ing send.
EDMOND FoNTAINE
Charlottesville. April. 1909.
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junior.

Should man who bears the came
Christian name az his father drop the
york Junior" or Its U5brcviatlon. "Jr..'
after the name upon the death OF his
amer G. H. j.
There Is no rulc that requires a man
to do 20. Many Il inan during the life
OF hts father makes namc FOR himself
with tho Junior" sui,lX. I'D lie docH
not care TO drop H.
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Circulars,

Circulars.
What Is the Federal !aw in regard
10 mailing circular Advertisements
With return coupons? c u u
Thcy arc classed ns third class mat
tcr, and the rate Is / cent for each Two
ounccs.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-04-26
DEMAND FOR COTTON
Worries Available Supply Has
Been Greatly Reduced.
TWO immense Crops Have Been Ab-
sorbed Within the Season After
They Were Produced-Good
Prices VIII Continue.

Within the past few years the United
States has produced two cotton crops
of 11,690,000 bales, with only single
comparatively small crop intervening,
yet the present season is likely to end
with the worlds supply Of available
cotton reduced to smaller proportions
than should be deemed safe. Both OF
the big crops mentioned have been
practically all absorbed within the
season after they were produced, thus
making 1t evident that to properly
meet the worlds demand for cotton a
yearly crop of more than 100000
bales is necessary.
With the whole Orient being rapidly
developed, and other parts Of the
world making steady progress. the de-
mand for cotton goods is certain to
increase rapidly, SO that even the
crops now deemed large will prove in
sufficient for requirements. This state
of things has long been foreseen. and
efforts have been made by Great Brit
ain and other European countries to
encourage the cultivation of cotton in
their dependencies. Such efforts have
been attended with only moderate sue
cess, and this country continues and
is likely to continue, the main pro
ducer oe the worlds supply of cotton,
While the capacity of the United
States as producer of cotton has not
yet reached it's limit, the fact should
not be overlooked that the steady
progress Of the destructive boil weevil
has placed some restriction on our
ability to expand our cotton produc-
tion. Certainly the prospects for the
near future do not favor eXpension. al
though there is every reason to hope
that in due course some means will be
found OF eNtirpating the weevil pest
or of neutralizing its ravages.
With such an outlook as to supply
and demand, there is no reason why
the south should not realize good
prices for its cotton for years to come.
Our cotton il all sure to be wanted,
and provided only we do not endeavor
TO market Il whole years supply in a
few months and we place no unreason.
able restrictions upon speculation
prices should never drop below a
profitable basis.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-04-26
EARLY SETTLERS OF LAURENS COUNTY.

buffalo skin, Cateechee improvised a
rein with which to guide her faithful
pony over hills and through valleys
for 90 miles She arrived at Cam
bridge I'm time to thwart Kurugas plans
and to save her lover. This heroic ex-
ploit survives in the name Ninety Six,
which was given to Cambridge, and
in the names. Cateechec and Isa-
queena, which have been bestowed
upon two cotton mills i'm Pickens coun-
ty The battle Of Musgrove Mill in
Laurens County. has given the name
TO our chapter in Clinton. John Ken
nedy. i'm novel Horseshoe Robin
SON." which should be i'm every pntri-
OTIS library, has told the story of ihis
fight. DR.. Van Smith of Newberry has
a Masonic pin of Arthur Buffers,
which Na, pick ii M ID years ;,f-
ter the la'tle i't October. I1$.. The
little Whig garrison at Hayes Sta
ton. in Laurens County, after de-
Tending themselves against an over
whelming force of Tories, led by the
notorious Bloody Bill Cunningham, /"
until the ammunition was exhausted,
surrendered upon the solemn assur-
ance of honorable treatment Cum
ningham, without regard for his
plighted word, butchered all of them.
a monument has been erected to com
memorate this scene of British cruelty,
but it is in bad condition and it
would be well for the ID. A. r. to re-
store it, No story of Laurens County
would be complete without at least
some reference to Dicey Langston, the
story of whose life | have been so for
tunate as to obtain from her great
Laurens. Diccy Langston. young girl
of 20 summers. brave, noble and pos
seSsing rare personal magnetism. was
loved and admired by all who knew
her. Thus she was in II position to
learn all the news Of the neishbor-
hood. Her brothers. who were away
in the service of their country. had
incurred the hatred OF both British
and Tories, and Diccy became very
much alarmed lest her younger broth
er. Henry. a boy OF - years, should
fall victim to their cruelty and ami
mostly. For this reason Henry was
forced to wear female attire and as
sumo the role of a girl. Dicev took
an active part in gathering news and
supplying her brothers with mforma-