Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-06-23

court, holds that every VOteT VIII
failed to make out his own applica-
ton and that without assistance is
illegally on the registration books.
Just what he will do in the matter
of passing on the validity OF wet
and dry election with that condition
of affairs remains to be seen, but he
announces that he will hear the case
on it's merits at an early day.
Must Protect the Highways
State Highway Commissioner Will
son has issued a formal notice to the
several counties which have expend-
ed large sums of money in building
modern highways that they will be
required to keep the roads IN per-
fect order at all times and not allow
them to go to ruin after they have
been provided. He calls attention to
the fact that the State has right TO
demand is,seeing that the Com
monwealth has contributed either
funds or convicts to build the roads.
Mr.. Wilson, in making his report to
the Governor, asks that recommen-
dation be made for legislation which
will take every short-term man from
the State prison and all jail inmates
from those institutions and put
them on the highways. This VIII
be opposed by the sheriffs and jail
ers, who increase their revenues by
having the men remain in prison ano
feed them at the expense of the tax
payer. The road fund so far this
wear has been increased by $5O,374
from the special tax on automobiles
chaffeurs and motorcycles, this be
ing a considerable increase ove1
last year.
To BE Guests of President
Governor and Mrs. Mann viii
leave here Monday at noon fol
Washington, where they will be the
guests of President and Mrs. Tai
in the White House and will attent
the silver wedding of the President
During the visits of President Taft t.
this CITY he has on several occasion
been the guest of Governor and Mrs
Mann, and they have grown to b
close friends. President Taft like
to visit Richmond, where he en-
ioys the hospitality for which tn
Old Dominion is known far an
wide. and where he is received wit
all the defence due the Chief.
Convicts Baseball Team
The Virginia State penitentiar
boasts of six baseball teams
colored and two white. There ar
games every day in the week Whe
the weather permits. The player
are all members of the "honor' ro
of the prison. Some months ag
the directors of the prison hit on tn
idea of giving the convicts badges f6
six months of good behavior. Th
discipline of the prison improved
once. At the expiration of the yea
the men who had observed the rule
and had obeyed every order wei
given blue caps. The blue cap me
are the ones which participate in tt
ball games. The scheme has revol
tionized the prison discipline. III
lash has been abolished, there
seldom an obstreperous man to
found and punishments are rare
save and except that small cla
which never fails to make troub
every time they have chance. MO
and better work is done and tt
health of the men has improve
One of the negro players is an eX-st
dier, serving with Colonel Roosevt
at San Juan and later in t
Philippines.
Will Raze Old Hotel
The property which has for sol
seventy-five years been known as
Ford Hotel square, and which W
up to twenty-five years ago one
the leading hostelries of the cou
try, has passed to the city and will
razed before very long. The C.
will build an office building on
site, and whether it will be for us
of the courts of Richmond or
some of the municipal departmel
has not yet been determined. I
site is Immediately opposite the Ca
tol Square and is across the str
from the City Hall.