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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-25
Or. WARREN WILL
DELIVER SERMON
BAPTIST PASTOR TO PREACH
MEDICAL COLLEGE BtCCA-
LAUREATE DISCOURSE

The Rev. Louis Bacon Warren, pas
tor of the Second Baptist church. Will
preach the baccaiaureste sermon
sunday morning to the closing exer-
cIses of the Medical College of Viz
ginia, The Hon. Richard Evelyn
Byrd, OF Winchester, viii be the final
orator.
The class roll Of graduates is an
nounced as follows.
Doctors Of Medicine - Thomas
Washington Blanchard. Gtlden, \, c.:
James Puryear Bowles, Johnson
Springs. Va; Frank Pierce Rrammer
Floyd. Va; Arthur sumner Brinkley.
Cypress Chapel, Va. Thomas Nash
liam Raby Cslfee, Alnsonia. Va,
Clarence Campbell Enfield. Va:
Royal Graves Cannaday, Salem, Va.
Charles Hystte Cherry. Lancaster. s.
{; Grover Cleveland Corder, Flem-
inEton. w Va; Jesse Hill Crouch,
Richmond; William Banbury Grow
gey, Wytheville, Va; Henry Evan
Davis, Beaver Dam, Va; Richard
Henry Eanes Richmond. Meade Gag
Teton Edmurds. Champe, Va; Tho
mas Bascom Ely. Jenesvilie, Va;
George Ge6Ay 4ankins. Toano. Va;
Harold Edward Harlan, Charlottes-
VILE, Va; Herbert Harlan Harris,
Anderson, s. c.; Horace Taylor Haw-
kns, Richmond. Va. Aubrey Aiphin
Houser. Rocky Point. Va: William
Edward knewstep. Hampton, Va.
Bernard Hewitt KYLE, Buffalo Station,
Va; Henry Irving Land, Creeds Va;
Herbert Frederick Munt. Petersburg,
Va Turner Ashby Moncure. Rectory.
Va: George Everett Nance. Roxhurv.
Va; John James Nelson, Jr.. Column
bia. Va; Richard Eskredge Parker.
Suffolk. Va; Henry Hubert Powell.
Auburn. y. C., Halle Mayo Ratliff.
Maxwell Va, CLYDE Hutchinson Scott.
Masontown. w. Va, David Patteson
Scott. Monroe. Va. Maurice silber-
mann New York n. Y: Henry Clay
Snead.4 Bnckner Va. Joseph strau-
hinsky. Norfolk, Va; John Tirlaugh
Rathmulleu Sweeney. FL Paso. Tex.
Ebert Rerkiey Talbot, Lynch burg
Va; Herman Gose Tarter. Wythe-
vile. Va; I.omax Platter Tayloe, Or
ange. Va; Herman Marshall Taylor.
New York. n. Y. William Nelson
Thomas. Roxboro. n e.. Albert Up
dyke Tieche. Mechanlcshurg Va:
Achilles Douglas Tyree. Jr., Monroe.
Va: John Boiling Walden, Jr., New
Kent, Va; Francis AIoysfus Wade.
Paterson, \. J.. Randolph Edwin
Watts. Pleasant View. Va; Don Greed
wills, Arlington. Va; Alonzo Leoni5as
Winfield, Richmond; William Mere
dith VIM, Jr, skipwith Va.
Doctors Of Dental snrgerS Ernest
Lee Blank enhaker, Madison, Va =.
Frederick DeShields Brent. Heaths-
vile, Va; Charles James Crews. Yer
non mn Va; Maurice Edward Ee-
sfeston. Richmond. Charles Brown
Pearson, Ponton, Va; Leonard Ray
Temple. iistershire. n. Y. Joseph
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-25

certained together with the respou
stbilities of the Grand Fountain for
the expenditures Of tbs banks money,
especially the finance department Of
the Grand Fountain, the expense fund.
the n4ortuary fund. the old Folks
Home, the Reformers' department,
the hotel department and real es-
tate departments
Your receivers are Of the opinion
that the present and past officers and
directors Of the bank, who are the
officers and directors of the Grand
Fountain. and the Grand Fountain.
are liable II the bank for the losses
1t has sustained by the diversion or
the funds for the promotion OF the
various departments under the direct
control OF the Grand Fountain
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-25
STATE DEPARTMENT
APPOVES TRANSACTION

WASHINGTON. May .s.--Defcndmx
his, a aeepAe.nte, OF two 4salsE1es soasay 1t
SAL 900 from the United States. and
one OF 100000 from the Dominican
republic for his work in financing the
debt OF the latter country, DIR. Jacob II.
Hollander. of Baltimore. to-day de.
clared that tbs entire TRANSACTION was
known and approved by the State De-
partment.
Assistant Secretary Bacon took me
to Secretary OF State Roots Office and
the secretary sad that the arrangement
would be all right" Hollander to-day
told the House Committee on e. PEN
ditures in the State Department
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-25
STEP-FATHER BEATEN
BY HIS STEP-SONS

The engagements of a stepfather
and his stepsons Were aired In IA case
heard Tuesday afternoon by Squire r.
y. Y'usyear; of Henffc5 cunfty. Robert
Thorpe and Branch Thorpe plead
guilty 10 the charge of beating ]. =.
Jones. who lives on Broad street road,
and who Is their stepfather 1t was
made apparent to the justice that the
Thorpe boys had great provocatton.
So he put Branch Thorpe under a
bond to keep the peace for six months
and required him to pay the costs of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-25
FIRST NATIONAL
CITED IN COURT
MUST SHOW WHY 1T sHoEIt
NOT GIVE Up TRUE REFORM
E.RS' DEPOSIT.

Judge Grinnan has directed the
first National bank To CHOW cause
Ia fassF isadHsssr .Ds-stlrt pane . fnaxt,
ii il is possible to DO SO. why it should
not deliver 10 the receivers OF the
insolvent True Ketormers' Bank the
sum OF $I,63l.4e, which it is alleged
20 have received from the cashier of
the institution on October 20. 1910.
Judge Grinnan's order is based on
the report of the receivers filed in
his court the report stating that the
money in question wa2 to al appear
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-25
PETITION OF APPEAL
AND SIpERSEDEAS GRANTED

In the Virginia Supreme Court Of
Appeals Wednesday Judge James
keith, president. granted petition
of appeal and supersedeas in the
case or Charles +. Collier and others
vs. Seward. Roper and others The
case came up from the Hastings Court
of the city Of Petersburg and involves
the construction ofNthe viii Of sarah
y. Fisher.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-25
CONMEMN PROPERTY
CEMETERY

Fl Ire. fsfTTrfsa ~Ht otIrt Of fivfr fcU
County "Wednesday. city Attorney iff
f., Pollard started proceedings ,fqr the
acquisition Of IS acres of land wanted
by the city of Richmond for the en-
largenent OF oakwood cemetery. ne
gotiations for the purchase OF the prop-
erty having proved unsuccessful owing
to the high price asked for 1t by the
owners Adam Feitig and others.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-25
Revival Brought to Gloss.

The revival which the Rev. George
W. Kemper has been conducting at
Marshall Street Christian church for
close Wednesday night. More than
dozen conversions resulted from ~
services
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-25

PRESIDENT. and l.. r. Christian. OF Rich
mond. secretary of the association.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-05-19
The Day Of the Trust.

The Supreme Court of the United
States had no other alternative than to
declare the Standard Oil Company mo-
nopoly in restraint of trade. Whether
or not the consumer might have had
cheaper oil had the Standard Oil Com
pany no existence is not germane to the
question involved. The Sherman anti
trust law provides that monopoly con-
trolling any branch Of industry to the
exclusion of competition is in restraint
OF trade and therefore violation OF that
law. The Sherman antitrust law is thus
held to be constitutional by the last
court Of resort. This is an epoch-mak
ing decision. It also refers to other
corporations Of a similar character, but
not to those which are mot unreason-
ably restrictive of competition.
The Sherman law was enacted years
ago when the trusts and combinations
were small matters compared to the pro-
portions OF these things to-day, and II
there were no such law upon the statute
books it is extremely doubtful II such an
one could now have the sanction Of
Congress, so powerful have these organi
cations become. 1t is true that both
Democratic and Republication conven-
tions have framed platforms against the
monopolies called trusts, but these reso-
lutions have been more or less meaning
less.
The Court could not disregard the
fundamental principles involved in the
case, but even the influence of the trusts
was apparent in its opinion that corpora
tons mot unreasonabIy restrictive Of
competition are not affected
On this point Justice Harlan, one Of
the greatest legal minds ever associated
with the United States Supreme Bench,
dissented, saying that no such words as
undue or unreasonable" we're in the
statutes. He declared that this was
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-05-19
ANNOUNCEMENTS
"a Shena


CLOVER We have the authority to announce
Jim Fate Glover a candidate for Sheriff Of The
County Of 0bion, subject 70 the action Of the
Democratic party.
HICKMAN We have the authority to announce
Jas NJ Hickman a candidate for Sheriff OF the
county Of Obion, subject to the action OF the
Democratic Party.
RINcH.-we have the authority TO announce
John T.. Finch q candidate for Sheriff Of Obion
County, subject to the action Of the Demo
For Trustee.
sANDERs-we have the authority to announce
Johnsie Sanders a candidate for the Office Of
Trustee Of ohion County subject TO the action
Of the Democratic party.
KENNEY-- We have the authority to announce
G. r. Kenney as a candidate for Trustee of
Obion County, subject to the action OF the
Democratic party
I,ATIMER we have the authority to announce
Will II f,atimer as a candidate for Trustee of
Obion County, subject to the action Of the
Democratic party.
HORNBEAK We have the authority TO an
nonce Pleas Hornbcak candidate for Trustee
Of obon County subject to the action Of the
Democratic party.
Tax Assessor
NoAH--we have the authority to announce Will
r. Noah a candidate for Tax Assessor Of Obion
County, subject to the action of the Democratic
party.
HOWARD-We have the authority to announce
/. J. Howard as a candidate for Tax Assessor of
Obion County. subject to the action of the
Democratic party.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-05-19
Land Sale

BY virtue of a decree Of the County
Court OF Obion County, Tennessee, in.
the cause of J. A. Wright VS.. Carl
Wright ct al, on
Saturday, June 3, 1911,
at about l O'Clock p. M, in front Of the
east door of the courthouse in the town
OF Union City, Tenn, will sell to the
highest bidder the following described
tract or parcel Of land lying and being
situate in Civil District No. OF Obion
County, Tenn, and bounded as follows;
Beginning near white oak on James
McAlister's line, running thence south
2l54 poles; thence east 44a poles to a
stake; thence north 215a poles to
stake; thence west 444 poles to the be-
ginning and containing 60 acres. It is
also bounded on the north, east, and
south by public road and on the west
by the lands Of Can Forester but said
lands will be sold subject to the life
estate Courtesy Of J a. Wright in
three-fourths undivided interest therein
TERMS OF SALE.
The land will be sold for one-half
cash and the remaining half in twelve
months, taking purchasers note with
good approved security and retaining a
lien upon the said tract Of land for the
unpaid purchase money.
This May 3, 1911.
C.S. TALLEY, Clerk.
BY Gro. r. KINNEY, ID. G.
O. Spradlin, Sol. for Compl't.
j L. Fry. Sol. for Def'ts. 7-3t
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-05-19
Presented Flag.

Last Monday before the special left
with passengers bound for the U. G. ".
Reunion at Little Rock, Company e
was presented with beautiful silk flag
by the Leonidas Polk Chapter, U. d. G..
Miss Valley Field presented the flag in
an address touching the hearts of the
old comrades The response was made
by j. L. Cochran, and the gentleman
spoke with considerable feeling. The
tears yelling in his eyes he spoke of
the gratitude OF the old soldiers and Of
the tender associations and memories
linked with this act Of kindness, bring
ing back the old days when the good
mothers and sisters, wives and sweet
hearts babe farewell to the boys in gray
as they marched to the battlefield in
defense OF the Southland and its homes.
Many tear-stained faces silently respond
ed to this token of esteem in accepting
the flag, and the veterans left for the
reunion with the sweetest of benedic-
tons.
Since the reunion last year we are
told that eight Of the Obion County
veterans have passed over the river to
reunion Of the Grand Army Of the
Faithful Christian Soldiers.
The men Of the gray and Of the blue
in the greatest Of all civil warfare are
rapidly disappearing from the battles of
life. The cause that sundered is heal
ing over and hands are extended in
brotherhood across the bivouac Of the
dead.
As one Of the veterans remarked,
there will be only few more reunions
here The Grand Commander will
gather the veterans home where no
civil strife intervenes and where the
tented field is not stained with crimson
blood
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-05-19
Mr.. Bowers on Advertising.

Duke Bowers, who runs thirty-fiye
grocery stores in Memphis, says it is
hard for him to understand why some
people do not believe in advertising
That Mr. Bowers believes in it is strong
ly evidenced by the fact that he mo-
nopolizes about one-half the space of
one issue of Memphis paper of last
Tuesday. And it is not small paper
as papers 60. 1t has fourteen pages Of
eight columns to the page, One entire
section Of four pages is devoted to mat
ter supplied by Mr. Bowers and the
larger section has a Bowers ad" on
every page except the first including
one full page devoted to current quo
tations Of grocery prices at Mr.. Bow
ers' thirty-fve temples Of economy.
The space occupied by Mr.. Bowers is
not all devoted to groceries, for he is
Something Of philosopher and he dis
cusses some matters as side line to his
commercial enterprises. Among other
things he tells what he thinks about
advertising. incidentally he remarks
that his advertisements which appeared
in those Memphis dailes last Tuesday
cost him about as much as it would
cost to open another store" This, he
thinks, is pretty good demonstration
of his faith in newspaper publicity. II
expect, though, he continues, for the
fruits Of this advertising to yield so
abundantly that it won't cost me a
penny"
Mr.. Bowers says he has spent more
for newspaper space since he located in
Memphis than he is worth, but he be-
lieves il he had spent only half as much
for advertising he wouldn't have been
worth half as much as he is at present.
Some business men argue, he says, that
they have succeeded without adyertis-
ing and, hence, cannot see any use Of it.
To which Mr.. Bowers answers, Yes,
and the chances are that if these same
persons had been constant advertisers
the success that they would have made
would have been as far ahead Of their
present success as Memphis is ahead Of
Hopefeld, Ark"
Some day, Mr.. Bowers thinks, every
body viii be convinced that it pays to
advertise. " To such as are not con-
WINGED the statements Of the Memphis
grocer are worth considering. They are
based on the experience Of business
man who has thoroughly tested the
publicity method for getting business
and who is so well satisfied with the re-
suits that he is yearly increasing his
outlay for newspaper advertising. -
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-05-19


legislation belonging to Congress.
Probably the Court undertook to mol
lily the various interests in order to pre-
vent confusion and business depression,
but Justice Harlan stood boldly in the
face Of these influences and for the plain
letter Of the law.
II is true, then, as the dispatches say,
that this is an epoch-making decision.
It is a crushing blow to what is known as
the systemic those great institutions
at which political parties have been max
ing dramatic and spectacular demonstra-
tons Of opposition, at which Colonel
Roosevelt stormed and evoked gratuitous
criticism and afterwards caused to be
formed that greatest Of all the combina-
tons, the steel trust
In view OF the present conditions the
decision is SO sweeping that no doubt
some effort will be made to counterfeit
the effects. Already President Taft is
threatening to urge his pet scheme, the
Federal incorporation bill It cannot
be supposed that a system SO powerful
will submit without struggle. Presi-
dent Taft is like wax and the Republican
Congress just ended was very little bet
ter Thank goodness, the progressives
are now in control Of the lower branch
OF Congress, and the belated decision
comes at time when serious opposition
will have something to encounter in any
attempt to override it.
The country will have the benefit Of
witnessing the supreme test Of the law,
whether law or might shall prevail.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-05-19

In private letter received from Mr.
Carroll p Wilson we note good road
movement is being agitated, with the
object of constructing a 30-foot road
Of standard grade from Troy to Sam
burg on Reelfoot Lake, by way of Horn
beak, going through and completely
renoyating what is known as the Brown
lane This is another step in the line
of present day progress. This road
penetrates one Of the richest and most
thickly populated districts of Obion
County and the citizens along the pro-
posed route should be encouraged in
their efforts to secure this highway, In
the near future the County Court will
be asked for an appropriation for this
work, to supplement popular subscrip-
ton by those directly interested
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-05-19

In speech to the railway trainmen
at Harrisburg, President Taft opposed
the utilization Of unions Of Government
with the American Federation.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-05-19
Illinois Central
RAILROAD.
crBBssourHBouSD

0AbAc NObihbOhNDs
No. ! y t8.08 pm. No. 1853 6 b. ri
No. 3 -t5.3s am. No 1873 -5.51 a. m
Trains Nos. los and 1888 are accommodations
and stopat Gibbs to receive OF discharge passen-
gers.
GIBBs-No RTHBoUND.
No. 1910 am. No. JOG or pm
No. 4 til 4s pm No. 1874 -s.2s pm
tFlag stop under special orders. See agent.
tstops on fax only to receive passengers hold
ing tickets for points north Of carbondaie where
or stop.
Trains Nos. l54 and 100 are accommodations.
Tickets and particulars ms 70 specific fares
limits ard train time Of your home ticket agent
at Gibbs
+. w HARLOW, d. r. Al. Louisville
A. J. McDoUCALI,, d. p. A.. New Orleans
5. c. HATCH, 9. P. A. Chicago.
JNo. A. SCOTT. A. G. P. A.. Memphis.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-05-19

Secretary Of War Jacob NJ. Dickinson
has resigned and Henry L. Stimson, OF
New York, YVES appointed by President
Taft as his successor. Coincident with
the announcement of Mr.. Dickinson s
retirement came the appointment Of G..
s, Millington. Of Herkimer, N. Y, to
be Assistant Treasurer of the United
States in New York City.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-04-09
 The Raiahs of Bustar.

The rajahs of Bustar are hybrid Mjputs, claiming to be of the family of the moon, and have reigned in Bus tar for between five and six hundred years. The family bears the name of Rathputty, and every year the rajab has to sit on the rath at the festival of the Dusseerah wearing the jewels ot the goddess Dunteshwarre, the tutelary goddess of the state, which are brought from Dantawara temple for the pur- 7ose
 save for the jewels he Is clad oi,, .a wreaths or flowers" suys Il wrst, sn the Wide World. "and when saw him he looked very solemn-u most ashamed Of himself us he pass. : us.
 In counec ton with this ceremony Y there used to be & brutal custom of dragging the rath, a huge sort of jug sernaut car weighing many tons, over the bodies of live buffaloes. often only partly killing them.
 This horrible practice was stopped by British officials"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-04-09
Making . Gunstook-

A party of men were out hunting, and an old woodsman who was with them broke his gunstock in some way or other. It was just about nightfall when the accident occurred, and inas- much as he was very anxious to do some shooting early the next morning he decided to fix up his shooting iron. Finding walnut fence rail, he set to work. His only tools were an ax and a big pocket knife. All night long he labored vigorously at his task, and by morning the gunstock was finished and back in place and worked like 8 charm.
 How did you do itT' asked one of the number. greatly surprised
 "Very easy" was this old hunters reply. "No trouble at all Just get a piece of wood about the size and kind that you want and then whittle away all that you want whittled away. When you have all the wood cut of that you don't want you have a gun. stock."-Kansas City Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-04-09
fl. Wa. the Sanao Man.

A prominent merchant of Sheffield recently accosted gentleman on the street with:
 Good morning. Mr. Johnson. How h coal todayY'
 "Wellkninkponded the other. "1 am not mt acquainted with the coal market, Ei can ascertain the price if it will accommodate you"
 q beg pardon" laughed the mer> chant q really thought you were Mr. Johnson. the coal dealer. You certainly resemble him."
 A few days later the merchant GIT tered a tram car and. seating himsels beside gentleman, exclaimed heartily;
 Well, Mr Johnson, I'm glad to rec- ognize you today. l made laughab.s mistake one day last week. l mistoos another man for you and, addressing him very familiarity, asked how coal was. He looked amused and replied that he did not know much about coal, but would inquire if it would accom-. modate me. Then looked at him and saw that he was perfect stranger. It really was laughable, MT. Johnson, but he looked so much like you."
 "Yes." responded the gentlemaB. looking more amused, 'and l am that same party again.
 The merchant recognizes no more coal dealers.-London Tit-Bits.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-04-09
The EjIlaI Chinaman.

Many examples of Chinese filial piety vtrike the occidental reader as ridicu- sous. There is the famous story of .ao Laitsu, which MT. k. F. Johnston repeats in his Lion and Dragon In Northern China" Laos parents lived to such extreme old age that he was himself a toothless old man while they were both still alive. "Conceiv- ing 1t his duty to divert their atten- ton from their weight of years and approaching end, he dressed himself -p in the clothes of child and played zbout in his parents presence with the object of making them think they were still young married couple con templating the innocent gambols of their infant son."
 A similar case is that of Wang P'Ou, whose mother had an unconquerable dread of thunder and lightning When she died she was buried in a mountain forest, and thereafter, when a violent thunderstorm occurred, Wang P'ou, needless of the wind and rain, would hurry to her grave and throw himself te his knees. T am here to protect you, dear mother" he would say. "Do not be afraid"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-04-09
Tho Measure.

The ancient judge sat before the scales of worth.
 Bring forth the royal treasure" he cried. and the hurrying slaves poured into the huge pan sacks of golden metal, caskets of sparkling gems until 1t seemed as if all of the wealth of earth were there. Yet the balance never stirred.
 Let the learning of the ages be add ed," came the order, and tons upon tons of the wisdom of sages, philoso phers, scientists and poets was heaped upon the pile. And still the great arm of the scales remained high in air.
 Add now the men of power and high position" said the judge, "and the scale will fall" But all in vain.
 But what is on the other side that outweighs all theseY asked one.
 "1t Is character" said the Judge.- Portal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-04-09
A Good Sleeper,

Talleyrand used to tell an extraord1- nary story of the impassiveness of Louis XVIII. When he was minister of foreign affairs a courier came to him one evening bearing unpleasant aews, and he therefore postponed the communication of 1t to the king till next morning, when he explained that he was afraid the tidings might have disturbed his majesty's sleep. The k1ng replied: Nothing disturbs my sleep, as you may see from this in- stance. The most dreadful blow of my life was my brothers death. The courier who brought this dreadful news arrived at o'clock in the even- ing. For many hours l was quite overcome, but at midnight l went to bed and slept my usual eight hours" The story is told by the Duchesse de Dino. Talleyrand's niece, in her mem- OirS,