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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19

The arduous vocation of the hook
agent is glorified by many iliustrious
names. Napoleon Bonaparte was once
n seller of books; Jay Gould was a
canvasser; George Washington. IN his
youth sold more than two hundred
copies Of a subscription book; General
Grant for time earned his living as
n subscription agent: Webster and
Bismarck and Ex-Governor Frank S.
Black paid part of their college ex-
penses through book agencies. Let
those who shut their doors in the
faces of book agents hereafter reflect
that they may be repellng a future
President or chieftain.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19
More campnirn Poetry.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-This is submitted without apol-
ogies to Mr. T.. the author of Jack
and Jill, Revised" or any one else. etc.
except the waste-paper basket. where
this wnl be consigned, of course. Why
not? Why?
An Viewed From the Right Side of the
Hill.
Tom and Bill went UP no hill
Nor down nor round the heather:
For Tom and Bill. as ever. still
Do not go together.
Tom might have been on plumber bent,
As 1T" seems 10 conceive IT.
For plumber Billy never went,
Though e. might not believe it.
Billy did not stump his toe
To IT'S" great CONSERVATION.
And Taylor's solar plexus blow
Is IT'S" imagination.
Strange ST" AMI Taylor do not Know.
And seem To be mistaken.
About the purpose OF the dough.
Before and after taken.
Jack Pots the rub. not Jack and Jill.
That causes IT" much worry,
And this is why he hopes IL Will
BE ended In a. hurry.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19

Andrew Fisher, Prime Minister of
Australia. has refused to receive a
degree from oxford on the ground
that he is not an educated man. and
the honor is not suited to him. His
position is amusingIy untenable.
Livery year our best universities and
colleges bestow their most solemn de-
grees on uneducatcd men as we'll as
on educated men WHO have neither
right nor title to them. Perhaps.
though. Sir Andrew prefers to be ex-
elusive.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19
Voice Of the p opIe
Evolution.


Death, the great leveier, brings us
Death. the great builder of Manhood
and Health;
Death. the relentless. says Folly must
cease:
Death pities not Weakness. nor pan
ders to Wealth
War, the Destroyer and servant of
War, the great maker of Law, and
its knell
War, the grim father of Progress and
Hate:
War TIE great ArDiter. terrible.
Peace the ideal of Women and Fools.
and Greed;
Peace the Valhalla of Misers and
Schools:
Peace means stagnation. and run
ming to seed.
Greed is coward. Wealth fears the
cold steel;
War -. The e tribunal of Nature, with
The brother of Sleep. to carry her seal.
When the sand has run out OF our
time upon Earth.
To fight is but human; kind Death is
our friend!
So live out your life, and fear not
20 dig!
Natures measure of Manhood is fight
Let me die in my armor. with never
EDMOND FoNTAINE.
Charlottesville. Va. January. 1909.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19

Sheriff Elmore Martin. OF Charlee-
ton, has discovered a new way to make
ROSTERS quit growing in the morning
when other people want to sleep. He
AYERS that when fed on pokeberries.
ROSTERS lose all their natural desire
to crow. The cure is said to be in
fallible and can be used with impunity
on the chickens of ones neighbors.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19
LooKsFLIKE nAITINopr

Ihere is fno means of anybody on
'"e ou'S'of, knowing what the National
committe will do about selecting the
pace iTr holding the next National
DenoIffatic Conventions but the Balti-
more Sun learns that 1T is settled for
fmore to get the convention
'hFugh announcement for publication
"%il not be made yet" Why. we
Faven't the least idea. 1t would seem
THAT there could be no room for Jug
Cling in matter like this. even if it
We're possible to conceive of the Demo-
cratic Committee engaging in work of
this sort. The Middle West is said to
be generally in favor of Baltimore. and
as Baltimore has raised enough money
to meet the expenses OF the Conven-
ton and raised ii first, and as Baltr-
more is nearer the heart of the Demo
Gratis who must win the election If
1t is to be won at all. for every reason
Baltimore should he selected. and the
Committee should make the announce
ment for publication at once.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19
HooRAY FOR HEPBURN.

HO0RAN FOR HEPBURN.
Hepburn broke out again in the
United States Senate yesterday, this
tine in resisting the considera ton, of
q bill appropriating 100000 for
Confederate Naval Monument in the
Vicksbure Military Park, to be fin
ished in time for the semi-centennial
Blue and Grey reunion 10 be held at
Ncksburg in 1913. Senator John
Sharp Williams secured the consider
alton of the bill. and when Hepburn
began to speak abruptly left the cham
Der. thus dienifying the contemplate
creature, but saving himself from a
very distressing spectacle.
Hepburn was at his best. He pro-
tested against the principle of Federal
recognition of Confederate acts. he
declared that it was intolerable that
the deeds of Confederate armies should
be recited in laws that call upon the
public treasury for contributions, he
described the War Between the States
as "a history of murder" he denounced
the sdisloyalty of the newspapers of
the country. he objected to the print
ms of Nthe Confederate flag on en-
veiopes and the carriage of letters
bearing such a design through the
mails. and so on TO the end of the
chapter of the same old weary. dreary
drizzle INDUCED in by the men who
never charged a battery, fired u gun
or felt wound Hepburn is as safe
now as his Quaker family was when
the fight was going on. He is not
worth killing. He is not fit to die.
All the old soldiers of both sides who
have passed away would make it
rather lively for him with their jests
r 40 irprecations If he should go over
to the majority just now. Besides. he
must feel very much like fool when
ever hesthinks of himself and the ass
that he'is making OF himself. and that
should be punishment enough.
1t is to be deplored. OF course. that
the South was compelled to go TO war
in f+fence of its rights, and it will
he admitted, generally, that it gave
q fairly good account of itself while
the struggle was going on and since
The precious lives which were lost
cannot be restored. bur at least the
bitterness of the conflict can be for
gotten in the larger and sweeter life(
upon which the country has entereE
But If the deeds of the ContederK,e
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19

Who Will give the boys OF Rich
mond spacious. clean. we'll equipped
place to swim in-some place out in
the open air. whore there can be diving
boards and plenty of water to splash
in? Surely the hundreds of lads who
deserve something better
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19

Professor Dodd has written a letter
to the Columbia State, In which he adj
mits that he did not tell the truth
about d. a. Tompkins. of Charlotte.
but in which he continues to prevari-
cate about the former editor Of the
Charleston News and Courier.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19

the most radical element whatever its
n9me; indeed. we should not be sur
prised If the radicals shall find that
'here is excellent Presidential timber
IN the new Senator. from Georgia; not
the sort of timber we would choose
Tor building purposes. but the sort
mat would look well on the outside
ana impress the public with the sub
stantial character of it's buttresses.
1t is expected that there will no
criticism of Senator Smith-this Is n
censorious generation of vipers-and
The Sun will. of course. refer TO him
as Hocus Pocus; but such is one Of
the penalties that greatness must sdf
Ter for the entertainment. of the irrev
erent and undemocratic We are ex-
pecting that the Smith from Georgia
VIII he at least n fair stard-off to the
Smith of South Carolina.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19

John D. Rockefeller says that he
would have remained a poor man IL
he had not pronted by the business
ability of his wife. Husbands. obey
your wives. and shell out your shekels.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19
80 SIR" IT WAS oyI.YFon ,rsr,e,r

In his speech on the state of the
Union and Mr. Taft's general unftness
for the Office of President. Senator
LsFollette admitted that the great
issue for which President Roosevelt,
stroVe so nightly was not the tarin
or railway regulation, or conservation
except %. Sir" as these are included
IN ms demand for justice. eternal and
everlasting justice, for every human
being against organized selnshness and
power" That was it.
That was why President Roosevelt
promoted the theft of the territory Of
friendly republic so that the Canal
zone might be made available for our
commercial purposes. That was why
he seized the custom houses in sa,
Domingo without consulting the SEN
ate. That was why he would no; prose-
cute the great thieving criminal Sugar
Trust in Philadelphia That was VIII.
ne persuaded My Dear Hartman" TO
raise $4,000 for campaign purposes
IN New York. large part of which
sum came out of the funds of com |
panies owned and operate in the iH.
ierest Of those whose lives were insI,r
ed for the benefit of dependents. Ehat
was why he did not touch the Hario
which imposes burdens upon Yl the
people for the benefit of the pYedatorv
interests That was why he /obtained
at least hundred thousarId dollars
worth Of transportation fr7m the rail-
road companies without Paving FOR q
That was it-"justice/ eternal and
everlasting justice. tori every hr,,a,
being against oreanizeT se,ssbness ana
power" and 20 sir."/in the exorisi,a
language of senatoy LaFonette II is
no wonder that We country ,s IN =
bad way. In the eq1aany expressive bu,
va more comm3n style of the New
when it shlne% upon It. 20 sugar.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19
AGE AND THE PRESIDENT.

Acco'"'hs 10 the pes Moines Regis
ter the argument against Governor
i',''ii''' OF ONO as an available can
a''"'e Tor the Democratic nomination
.'' 'es'peht mat is most worry
ing ms 'F'eh"S IS MS age He is past
~ SeNeh' ana with but single eX-
cep''on is oder than any man ever
e''n ~ occupy the white House.
P'e9'"eh'ia! age is somewhere
my ana sixty with more
Tor gong below the mini
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19

There is at least one corporation
which has soul. a Yonkers, New
York company distributed ss5.ooo
among 'wentyseven of the employees
in its machine shops who mad worked
for the corporation for twenty years
or more The checks ran from 81 900
upward II was fine thing to dc.
because it was not done to soften dis.
content nor TO stihe strike. but sim
ply as a recognition of faithful SER
vice. There Was no troubled corporate
conscience to quiet, for the firm has
always paid what IT regarded fair
wages There was sentiment In the
gift. the president of the. corporation
declaring that gave it as me-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-19

mortal to his brother who was once
n member of the firm
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-08
New Orleans Futures.

New Orleans, Oct. Cotton futures
opened steady at an advance OF to
points on good cables and weekend even
ing up by shorts. The weather map was
favorable and there was much comment
over the bearishnes sof the visible sup
ply, but the market exhibited no selling
power. Some nervousness was shown by
shorts over signs of colder and unsettled
weather for the western half of the cotton
country. At the end of the first half
hour OF trading, prices were to 8 points
over yesterdays close.
The market had fairly good tone until
after the middle of the morning when
selling increased. 1t was the gossip of
the market that the orders were coming
from spot houses. Proflt-talking by shorts
stopped in a great measure, and fresh
selling made Its appearance In consider
able volume for a weekend session.
Prices gave way quickly and fell to a
level 0 to s points below yesterdays
final quotations. The close was barely
steady at the lowest levels. The ring dis
played activity during the last hour OF
the day.
The market closed at q net decline OF
s to 8 points.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-08
STOCK MARKET
CLOSES FIRM
BY Associated Press.

New York. Oct. THE opening high
prices on the stock exchange today were
soEnewhat below yesterdays final range.
United States Steel, which closed yester-
day ut So Ia, opened with a block of 1000
shares at SO is TO IS Ia. Western Union.
Aihs Chalmers, preferred, and Colorado
Southern, preferred, fell back a point and
American Smelling and Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Ia, Union Pacific and Reading
unchanged.
An inquiry for Reading, which lifted it
to half point above yesterdays closing.
prompted q general upward nlovem emit
This was terminated by the unloading of
United States Steel which gave way from
50 3-4 10 81 7-S. Another unsettling in
fiuence was the sensational decline in
Allis- Chalmers per cent. bonds which
opened IA points lower at so and re-
ceded to 80. The common stock yielded
1 Is to 4 and the preferred 2 Is to IA.
The market closed firm. Purchases to
cover with pool manipulation of various
specialties turned the course OF prices
upward again and BEST figures Of the ses-
sion were reached. The effect of the
slump in the Allis-C Chalmers securities
were Offset, despite a further fall in the
common stock to 2, q loss Of sl-S.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-08
ASTOR BEING
LEFT ALONE
NOW THAT THE COLONEL HAS
SECURED THE WOMAN OF HIS
CHOICE HE is NO LONGER BE-
ING BOTHERED.
Special to The Journal

New York, Oct. Now that he is
married to the young woman of his
choice, Colonel John Jacob Astor, who
occupied the centre of the stage for
several months Is being left severely
alone by the sensational periodicals
and newspapers, which made his life
uneasy, following the announcement
OF his engagement to eighteen-year-
old Madeleine Force. The present ST.
lence Of the vendors of sensational
society gossip emphasizes the old
trpism IF you want to be left alone,
get married" No longer do photog-
raphers dog the footsteps of the couple,
newspaper writer's I'LL long columns
on their trivial doings or ministers
denounce them from the pulpit. Now
they come and go like anybody else
and excite no more interest than II
they were the most ordinary of prole-
tariots. To the Colonel and his bride
II - q big relief and they are wonder
ing now they didn't save themselves
much OF the unpleasant notoriety
heaped upon them. by getting married
sooner. But for the daily commentary
on their Engagement and it's propriety
In which everybody who had nothing
better to do took a hand, they prob
ably would not have been married
until this winter.
It IS known that Colonel Astor. who
was divorced from Ava Willing Aston.
his first wife, only last spring. for
Appearances sake, preferred to wait,
but the action Of the sensational press.
which became increasingly annoying
as II became more and more personal,
forced them to the alter. months ahead
of their plans, as the only way TO
stop the incessant clamor. What they
are doing now, few know and fewer,
seem to care.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-08
CHICAGO GRAIN
AND PROVISIONS
ny Associates Press.

Chicago, Oct. with the weather
more favorable in the northwest, wheat
today although firm at the outset, ap-
peared later to be more inclined to a
downward stride. Opening prices were q
shade TO 1-tc higher. December started
at 9S l-Sc. . gain OF one-sixteenth, but
then receded to III T-so.
corn crowd almost unanimously take the
bear side. December opened Is to Is
gI-tc on at 81 s-+@l-2o to 81 lie and
Oats suffered from the weakening In
duence Of corn. December started a
Shade higher at sc, but was pulled back
In view of limited offerings and as q
result OF hogs being on the advance, the
market for provisions took an upward
turn all around. First sales were liz
TO &c higher with January deliveries
s.S7 Ia to 500 for lard and T.s5QD7. ct 1-2
for ribs. No trade in pork.
no power to rebound developed IN
wheat. The close. however, was steady
with December at 81 5-sc, net loss OF
Covering by shorts brought some re-
covery In corn. The close was steady at
81 1-4@s-Sc for December, net decline
Cas- grain, closing prices:
Wheat-No. 2 red, 96 5-S@97c; No. 2,
hard, l0o61.o5; No /, northern, HOO
Iii Ia; No. northern, 1.o991.1o 1-2: No.
p spring, logic sgII !. velvet ehan' esq
Corn-No, Q, II Ia; No. g. white, n;
No. 2, yellow, II 1-263-4.
Oats-No. 2, AZ No. 2, white. A LAO
IS la; standard, 81 lao 4sc.
Hay-Clover, 1Aoo91s.25; Timothy,
13.0O@15.oo.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-08
BOY WILL OWN
A LARGE HOTEL
W. E. D. STOKES, JR., is YEARS
OF AGE, WILL OWN THE AN
SONIA, THE BIGGEST HOTEL IN
THE WORLD.
sneoIal to The Journal

New York, Oct. 7.-Widespread in
terest is being felt in fifteen year old
w. Z. d. Stokes, Jr, who within the
next week will become the owner Of
the Ansonia, the largest hotel in the
United States. Ever since the hotel
was opened 1t has been owned and OPP
Grated by his father, w. E. d. Stokes,
who was shot and painfully hurt by
Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad, two
actresses who demanded money from
him for the return of letters he had
written to the Graham woman some
years ago. Because of the notoriety
attending that case, the father recent
lNdecided to lease the hotel to prac-
teal men and turn over the title OF
the property to his son.
Young Stokes Is an exceptionally
bright boy and is considered some
thing of an expert In wireless teleg-
raphy. When only twelve he appeared
before a Congressional committee and
electrified a number Of elderly states
men by his lucid and precocious plea
for the rights of amateur wireless ex-
perimenters. At the time bill pro-
hibiting amateur investigators from
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-08
VITAL STATISTICS.


The following marriage licenses were
issued during the past week by the
county judge:
Frank McGM Nelson and Helen
Olivia Appleberg.
Dan z. Gatewood and Lurgenia Mon
roe.
James L Dunaway and Johazza
Rocks.
r. B. Beasley and Mary Lee Elder.
Arthur May and Alice v. Johnson.
John B. Livingston and Lila Agnes
Josephs.
Norman Cole and Hattie Mills.
William H. Williams and Lorena
Barnes.
Willie virgins oi and Lizzie Mills
Geo. W. Motley and Annie Outley.
Mack Edwards and Amy Jesse
Mover.
Capers Justice and Mary Ann Niles.
Albert Houston and Doley Celestine.
The following births and deaths
were reported during the week at the
office of the city clerk:
White Births.
To William Thompson and wife, a
To D. D. Bridges and wife a son.
To A. A. DeGraff and wife, daugh-
To W. c. Maekey and wife. a daugh-
ter.
To L. Rosenbaum and wife, a son.
To Sam Bearman and wife, daugh-
ter.
To Frank B. Martin and wife, a
daughter.
TO William Henry and wife, a son.
Colored Births.
To Sidney Wynn, Jr., and wife, a
daughter.
To L Hendricks and wife, a son.
To Moses Thomas and wife, q
daughter.
To V. Stewart and wife. a son
White Deaths.
A. Palcologas, 30 years, typhoid
fever.
Mrs. E. L. Dunoff. 80 years. tuber-
culosis.
]. Ferguson, 90 years, typhoid fever.
n. z. Nelson, so years, cancer of
Infant Of E. E. DeGran. premature
birth.
Creole Deaths.
/ Olivia Swanson, p years, suicide,
| (died in Tampa-)
Ella Giddens Is years, typhoid fever.
Colorsd Deaths.
Alvin Stout, years, hepatis.
Robert Donald. 81 years. embolisn.
George Rolacn, 20 years, internal
hemorrhage-
Henry Burns, 80 years, accidental
E. Mercy, 4S years, accidental.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-08
Liverpool Spots.

Liverpool. Oct. COTTON spot moder-
ate usiness done, prices unchanged
American middling. fair, 5,s9; good mid
ding, 5.73; middling, $50; low middling
The sales of the day were 1000 bales,
of which 800 were for speculation and ex-
port and included $500 American. Re
ceipts none.
Futures opened quiet and steady: closed
steady. October. 5.31 1-2 october-No-
vember, SIS la; November December
and December January, 5.24; January
5.2S Ia; March-Aprii, $50 IL: April May
5,31; May-June. 6.s4; June-July, 5.34 Id
July-August 5S5
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-08
setting up and operating wireless sta.

setting up and operating wireless sta
tionJ was under consideration.
The lad has had a complete wireless
plant on the roof OF the Ansonia for
several years and when only twelve
perfected q wireless telephone system
which experts believe may yet have
some practical value. At any rate his
wireless telegraph station is practical
and he has frequently sent and re-
ceived messages over distances of
hundreds Of miles.
The boy Is the son Of the first Mrs.
w. z. d. Stokes, who was Rita Her
nandez de Alba de Acosta before her
marriage. She divorced Mr.. Stokes
and then married Capt. Phillip Lydig.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-08
When You Buy
Real Estate

1you do not wish, or expect,
Ito buy a law suit.
You want something that
you can easily dispose of, If
you must sell, or it is profit
able to do so.
The mere fact that the
seller of the property has
possessed it for a long period
of years is not, alone. pos
tive proof that his title is
perfect.
It may be hopeiessly bad,
notwithstanding.
This company searches
from the foundation of the
title, going back in some
cases 80 years.
Secure an abstract to your
property at once.
See exactly where you
stand.
Title Guarantee 20,
Brent Building.
Abstracts Furnished ard Tltloa
0uaFantesd.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-08
LOW RECORD IN
COTTON MARKET
BY Associated Press.

New York, Oct. Cotton futures
points In response to higher Liverpool
cables and covering for over the week
end: There were good many overnight
selling orders around the ring under
which prices reacted or 4 points right
after the call. but SIS soon as these had
been executed, the market steadied again
on covering and during the middle OF
the morning ruled about 5 TO points net
higher. There seemed TO be plenty OF
cotton for sale on a scale up.
Later the market weakened to new low
records under liquidation by early buyers
and fresh selling encouraged by unfavor-
able trade reports and the failure OF
southern advices to show any frost In
the belt The close was weak at a net
decline OF 4@7 points
Cotton futures closed vveAk
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-08
A WOMAN'S APPEAL

10 an KNOWING sufferers OF rheunatisrn
whether muscular or Of the joints, sci
atica, lurnbagos. bsckache, pains IN the
kidneys or neuralgia pains, 10 write to
her for a home treatment which has re-
peatedly cured all Of these tortures She
feels il her duty 70 send II TO all suffer
ers FREE You cure yourself at home as
thousands will testify-no change Of eli
mate being necessary. This simple dis
covsry banishes uric acid from the blood,
loosens the stiffened joints, purifes the
elasticity to the whole system II the
above interests you, for proof address
Mrs. n Summers. Box z. South Bend,
Ind.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-08
BIG BUILDING DESTROYED.

Richmond, Va, Oct. Fire today
destroyed a four-s story building occu-
pied by the Richmond branch Of the
International Harvester Company,
causing damage estimated at between
$3.50, 900 and 100000. The origin of
the blaze is unknown.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-08
NEW SUITS FILED.

The following suit was fled yesterday
in the office OF the clerk Of the circuit
court:
Roxie Queen and Frank Queen, her
husband, Vi. the Pearl Furniture Com
pAny and J. w Billiard, personally, and
Robert II. Varnon, individually-darn
$40, 1000. J. N. Hutchins, attorney for
compIainants
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-08
Bank Statement

New York. October 1.-The statement
of clearing house banks for the week
shows that the banks hold SIS, 242 $50
reserve in excess OF legal requirements.
This is a decrease of 1918, 5000 in the
proportionate cash reserve as compared
with last week