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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-07

nave done their personal selnshness
was so clear as to cause d,strust oven
among their fellow conspirators
Governor Woodrow Wilson is Won
ocrlully fine man, Of great ability. or
nigh character and undoubtcd cour-
aEc, and VIC should rejoice in his nom
nation to the Presidency. Harmon
Is also Il man Of great strength OF
Character and we are told that he has
political gifts OF very superior or
der. tie also would make a most en-
cellent President. Then there is John
o. DIN. OF New York-if he shall! make
good in his administration Of the Gov
ernor's office in New York state he
would have a tremendous hold upon
the confidence of the party and the
country.
IT Is too early yet 70 make any pre-
dictions. II the Democrats at the
cNtra session OF Congress shall prove
their ability to deal With the questions
OF finance and taxation III "a wholly
just and unseltish spirit ana with an
eye only 10 the welfare OF the coun-
try. the next President Will he a Dem
ccrat, always supposing, however. that
the next candidate for this office SHAH
rot hail from the State OF Nebraska or
be nominated because OF his close ar
filiation with the revolutionary policies
that come out Of the West. The South
can afford to await the work Of Con
sress before tying itself to the tail
of any mans kite. George IIarvey's
views are always interesting. and fire.
Guenly they work out in his way. but
even George Harvey is not always to
he depended upon as a political prophet
whose predictions never fail.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-07
THE SALE OF PUBLIC DocuNE,rs.

VI r. -
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah. has
ali excellent idea with regard to the
distribution Of public documents. His
proposition is that each Senator he
given an annual credit of $500. and
each Representative one or $500 with
the Government Printing Office Each
might then exhaust his credit on tho
particular documents desired by his
constituents.
The Government would do Well to
60 a step further and provide for u
wider circulation OF documents by ad-
vertising them for sale at cost Now
their costliness 10 The people tends to
sacrifice public appreciation OF the
real and great merits Of many Gov
eminent publications. Perhaps enough
could be sold at cost to pay the ex-
penscs OF given series.
Great and growing value to all
sorts OF citizens is attached to the
documents issued from washington.
Farmers manufacturers and persons
In other industries secure an inval,i-
able technical knowledge from these
works For a few cents people could
order them at post Offices, If the Gov
crnmcnt would have the enterprise ar
ranged for their circulation among
paying customers
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-07
Mayor Richardson believes tina. II

Mayor Richardson believes that It Is
Just as much proper use OF tho pub
lie funds to provide music in tho parks
for the entertainment and health OF
the people OF the city az 1t is To spend
such funds for the promotion Of the
public interests BY showing dis,in-
Eutshed visitors who may be Of some
help TO the town the beauties OF nav
igaton on the James and the supc-
rioritE OF our Virginia. cooking Mayor
Richardson is exactly right, and has
approved the very small appropriation
for music in the parks In the city bud
get.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-07
TIE WISDOM or wic,>Ens,,AM.

Thousands upon thousands Of utter
ances have been made IN tic last
few years about law reform, but the
best thing that has been said yet
Is what Mr., Attorney General Wick
crsslam said few days ago at the
dedication of law building at George
town University:
Modern American lawyers have
made fetish of procedure and have,
created mass of artificial rules which.
III some states. presents as great an
obstacle TO reaching the judgment seat
as did the common law rules of plead
ing before the English Judicaturc Re
form Acts"
After saying this, the Attorney Gen
eral addressed himself to the young
men on the threshold OF the legal pro
fession. asserting that 1t was their
privilege TO aid in clearing away the
mass of more than useless machinery
and substituting n few Simple regu.
lations.
The very root and body OF the pres
ent defective system OF law admin
istra ton is technical pleading. Bv the
omission OF an "a" or a the" a good
case is practically lost in the home
courts. The whole law Of pleading
needs reform. Pleading was founded
on reason; but in its evolution It has
become the very antithesls of reason
or right,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-07

1t would not surprise us at ali &c Tho
hill billics and sockless citizens or
arkansas should hang Jeffrics Davis to
sour apple tree. When he goes home.
he must answer to three indictments.
First, he wore a real silk hat on the
streets Of Washington instead of a
regulation black felt broad brtm
Second he was caught riding in q
taxicab. Third. on a Sunday he went
to four moving picture shows Jeifries
is getting pretty stuck up and citi-
fed. and seems to be treading tho
path to his political ruin
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-07
THE VIRGINIA STATE Debt.

One of the greatest crimes OF the
War Against the South was the dis
memberment OF Virginia Which was ac-
complished under the guns of the
enemy BY the creation of n new State
called West Virginia. political rot
.enborough sustained by the Govern
ment at Washington without const!-
tutional authority and admitted to the
Union by proclamation Of President
Lincoln upon conditions nowhere re-
cognized In law and afterwards re-
pudiated by the Government itself
when II recognized Francis IL Pier
pont, the Governor or the alleged State
OF West Virginia. a the iawful Cover
nor Of Virginia with the scat of gov
ernment at Richmond where he was
sustained In his usurpation by the
hayonets Of the army. Five years az
Ter tho close Of the war, Virginia was
readmitted TO tho Union, and at once
the white people of tho State resumed
control OF It's affairs and Immediately
legislation was Initiated providing for
the funding OF the State debt. Wiz.
ginia assuming two-thirds of the debt
and leaving the remaining one-third
TO be provided for by West Virginia,
which that state refused TO acknowl-
edge.
The fight was nard and furious,
there were conflicts between the State
and Federal Courts officers of the
state were punished by the United
states Judge for contempt Of court,
the question got into politics, and the
controversies OF the period have not
been forgotten to this day. In 1890
the decisions of the United States
supreme Court favored the state
OF Virginia on the whole, and in
lsal-'ea final settlement was made
With the hondholdcrs. chiefly English.
who received $l9o0O,o00 In new cen
Jury bonds for bonds ana unpaid cou-
pons amounting 70 s2S,0OO,oOo." IIav-
Ing taken BY force and arms a large
nart of the richest region of Virginia
24,l7e square mlcs-West Virginia
still denied that 1t was responsible
for any part of the debt of the state
before the rape was committed not
withstanding the fact, as alleged. that
BY the Ordinance OF Whecling,'' West
Virginia before her admission 10 the
Union and in her State Constitution
of that period admitted her liability
Tor the debt or her share Of the debt
Yesterday the Supreme Court Of the
United States decided that West Nir-
gina should assume sT,2Sl,5o7 as her
fair proportion OF the $4,000, 900 old Nir
Rinia State debt. The question OF in
terest is also to be determined, and
what il will amount TO.
We 90 not know. OF course, wha,
West Virginia will do about it; but,
In the language of the Court III max
ing the award, ..'a.. this is no ordinary
commercial suit. but quasi-inte,na-
tonal difference, referred 10 this Court
in reliance upon the honor ana con
stitutional obligations OF the states
concerned. rather than upon ordinary
remedies 1T Is hoped" quoting the
language OF tile Court, again. that
enough has been decided for patriot
ism. the fraternity Of the Union ana
mutual consideration TO bring ii 10
an end" There must be a conference
between the two States. ana as the
question is question OF common hon
csty, IT should be possible 10 reach q
satisfactory adjustment OF a YER, old
md very sore iasue
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-07
TIE COLONEL is coMlNG.

TIE COLONEL Is COOLING.
Whoopee, The Colonel viii start
again Tomorrow and will Keep going
| until SUNDAY. April l6, when he will
return to the heart OF Martin Little
tons District at oyster Bay 1t VIII
be a great Journey OF tile greatest man
in the world ana it Viii be made
largely Ill tho South and among the
people who can ''hollcr" and go crazy
easier than any people in the world
His first stop will be in Atlanta. where
he will tell the Southern Commercial
Congress all about everything 1t ought
10 Know about everything ana nothing
IL particular and Atlanta viii make
him feel that he is the greatest man
who has visited that town since they
tcld Jefferson Davis the same thing
ever SO many years ago When Henry
Grady, peace 10 his ashes: was at his
best. and made the most of Whatever
came along
The Colonel's engagements are said
TO fill twenty-five type-writtcn pages.
and these are only his regular engage
ments. lie VIII make OK temporc
speeches at most points; hut he has
written out some OF his thoughts on
such topics as "Rcalizable Ideals
The Home and the Child" The Biblc
ana the Life Of the People GOOD
Citizenship" and the like. and We may
expect that there Will be the same
drcary nlatitudes. the same eXaitatiou
of the speaker, the same old story OF
Mr.. Chairman ana You Ny Fellow
Citizens: l am for the honest man
when he is honest. and / am for the
dishonest man when lie is not dis
honest! | am for the crooked man
when he is straight. and | am Cor the
straight man when he is not crooked.
! am for anybody and for every body
when they are for Me. l." we have
all heard It over ana over again and
again, and we shall hear 1t from
Peachtree Street to Puget Sound and
back and forth and UP and down from
East to West and West 10 East. There
will be Boy Scouts TO greet him at
lhouns out West. and big men and
little children and lovely women viii
All turn out to see the circus go BY.
and after II is all over The people down
South will so on with their planting
and the boil weevil viii boil and the ne
groes VIII continue negroes. If Doro-
my Arnold is found and some other
human interest story"is not invented
80 keen the public stirred IN II
taken for granted that the newsnapers
Will load their columns as us,,al WIN
l'ooseVeit COPY and the drums VIII
peat and the buglcs blow. for the Col
onel has taken the saddle again.
We only wish to express our hearty
aprreciation OF the subject OF the
Coionefs speech al one place on his
long tourncy-"Civic Righteousness" al
Houston, Texas,
There will be other men at the
Congress in Atlanta men OF some nota
and Importance in the country, ana
among those present. ,hers VIII no
one William Howard Taft for whom
we hcspcak at least courteous hear
'n", We do not know tina, they wi,I
Pc there on the same day. but. how
Somever II is hoped that "Wiu" VIII
lot be wholly lost sight Of in m,
ciouds or incense that will cnvclop
fheodore,' When Or. Dewitt Tal-
mage was tried for heresy or some
thinS or other before the Jon,. lsi3
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-07

~ wave Of sympathy" IS said to
have swept over Georgia because or
the capture OF an escaped murderer
from that State, and the women arc
getting UP petitions for his pardon.
Nobody seems to have single thought
about the poor fellow down in Harris
County who has been in his grave for
fourteen years.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-07
nAILEy 4 "roun-rLIisl1I,n ;.

bailoy Is called -four fusher 10
me state Association organized i,
feNas several months ago to resisr
ms reelection 70 The senate This
'sSof!ation IS said 10 number in lis
premiership mere tran one hundred
nrom'"snt beuocrats. and at a con
terence alleged to nave been held H..
olha' nlsht the resignation Of Mr..
iieli'y WAS characterized as a .blnn,
and fraud upon tho confidence 81
+ 'f0sting people and also that
i2a ley was merely dipping those nbo
ioiio@cd him 50 as 10 cover M III.
ueieosG Of q man who il said 10 have,
houeht his scat in the United States
Sci.ac
We az 40, believe word of
al this The truth is that Bailey
got mad lost his head went too fast.
he!AaYed VERY foolishly ana took II
hac!' ilo is still United States
senator from roXas, and there is none
among MS opponents in that state
VINO can be compared with him. Ger
'a'fly IN respect Of ability We do
not know what "four-nusher' Is. hui
IWc understand from one OF our con-
t inissioners OF police ;hat it is a mol. ar
f'ayins term. although we do not
Nh"" what poker IS very few people
/ 90. NOW II II We're Antony over or
Mnmh'e-pes' Of "Twistincatlon" or
/ Soi'e''''hs OF the sort, We should be
a'f Y ray with The subject as an
e%per'' bqt four Gushing" wo know
nothing about. W. would venture "a
say however that when the anti
iSiiey Association calls the distin-
g"ished Senator from that STATE VII,
take me pot whatever that Is.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-07

It is hoped that the lo1 defeated
candidates for Congress, lame ducks 3.
they are called, will not hang about
Washington, quacking for something
TO DO. The most piuful OF the sights
at the National Capital are tho Has
Beens.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-07

sc. D" seems to be the only initials
which, Mr.. Taft Will allow his socreta-
ries to have. It was c. D. Norton, and
now 1t is c. D. Hilles. The President
evidently believes in the wireless code
&C. y. c."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-07
Joint snake.
What il, the Joint snake and where

Joint snake.
What is the Joint snake" and where
is IL TO be found?
rho dictionaries describe It as 1.-THE
same as the glass snake" u long, foot
less lizard. found in the Southern
states: so named from It's frapility the
tali easily breaking into small pieces
Labyrinth.
Which is the most ancient labyrinth,
Where was IT and who built III
READER
According TO Pliny, It was the ono
called the Labyrinth of Egypt" at
Crocodilopolis, close to Lake Moeris.
near the prcsen; pyramid OF Biakhmu
after having stood for $500 years
IIaydn's "Dictionarv of patca"l SAVE
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-07
JOE cAN>os coE> o,ri> GLORY.

The adiournmou, " Congress on
Sa'uraay vas dls,ingulehcs by great
disorder ~ both house, ana part,cu-
'"''s - ny iionse ot representatives
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-07

By Times. Dispatch Carrier Delivery Ser.
stes in Richmond tand suanrb> and Pe,-s'.
burg
The record., 1911-11-02
Thanksgiving Day Proclamation !.
Issued by President Taft.


Chicago, Oct. President Taft
to-day issued his annual TAanksgiv-
ing proclamation, calling upon citi-
zens of the United States to cele-
brate Thursday the goth of Novem-
Der, next, as day of thanksgiving
and prayer. The proclamation
reads as follows:
"The people of this land, having
by long sanction and practice set
apart toward the close of each pass
ing year day on which to cease
from their labors and assemble for
the purpose of giving praise to Him
who is the author of the blessings
they have enjoyed, it is my duty as
Chief Executive to designate at this
time the day for the fulfillment of
this devout purpose.
vOur country has been slgnally
favored in many ways. The round
of the season has brought nch har-
vests. Our industries have thriven
far beyond our domestic needs, the
production of our labor are daily
finding enlarged markets abroad.
We have been free from the curses
of pestilence, of famine and of war.
Our national counsels have further
ed the cause of peace in other lands
and the spirit of benevolence has
brought us into closer touch with
Other peoples, to the Strengthening
of the bonds of fellowship and good
will that link US to the comrades in
the universal brotherhood of nations.
EStrong in the sense of our own
rights and inspired by as strong a
sense of the rights of others, we live
in peace and harmony with the
world. Rich in the priceless pos
session and abundant resources,
wherewith the unstinted bounty of
God has endowed us, we are unself-
ishly glad when other peoples pass
onward to prosperity and peace.
That the great privileges we enjoy
may continue, and tha each coming
year may see our country more firm,
ly established in the regard and es-
TEEN of our fellow-nations, is the
prayer that should arise in every
thankful heart.
CWherefore, |, William Howard
Taft, President of the United States
of America, designate Thursday,
the goth. of November, next, as a
day of thanksgiving and prayer, and
earnestly call upon my country
men and upon all that dwell under
the flag of our beloved country,
then to meet in their accustomed
places of worship to join In offering
praise to Almighty Cod and devout
thanks for lhe loving mercies He has
gwen to US.
"In witness thereof, | have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be affix-
ed.
"Done at the city of Chicago,
this goth. day of October, in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and eleven, and of the in
dependence of the United States of
America the one hundred and thirty
sixth.
vBy the President.
Up. c. KNOX,
NSecretary of State.p
Needles for all sewing machlnesat
The record., 1911-11-02
The White Frost.

The young moon takes fnghten-
ed survey of the north woods and
hides its shyness behind the cypress
swamp west Of the lake, leaving the
sky 10 million stars. The chill
which had come creeping out as
soon as the red sun went down grows
bolder and colder. \ clustering
wind had vexed the trees all day,
but 1t has hushed. a visitor is ex-
pected, and there can be no roister-
ing disorder.
Jack Frost, the most brilliant
courier in the court of King Winter,
is en- route, with numerous rctinue.
lie will pass this way to prepare for
the later coming of his august aud
portentious master. The night
grows still and solemn and cold.
Mere humans, seeing their breath
exhaled in misty streamers, /shiver
and hurry 10 take numb fingers to
the comforting fire, where a stump
of oak or hickory burns in white heat.
There they huddle and tell sad sto-
ries of the deaths of kings until the
chill, oreapipg up their backs for all
that their faces roast, DIVES them TO
bed and blankets.
Then Jack Frost, with million
elves, comes marching by. He
draws a finger across the water
bucket TO See the film of ice cover II.
Not leaf in the forest rustled, al
though each is touched by march
ing elf. The oak turns a deeper
red, the maple richer crimson, the
poplar a more brilliant yellow. All
but the pine, the spruce, the hem
lock, the cedar, the balsam acknowl-
edge message from their sovereign.
The evergreens are the wild tribes
men of the woods. They know nc
overload. Spring may coax them tc
lighter, fresher green at the lint
tips, but neither Jack Frost nor KIna
Winter, his master, can force then
to show another color than that they
wear until FIRE or decay oyercome'
them. The maple, patient, an an
chorite. may rend his garments anc
shed his plumsge, but the other ev
ergreens are obdurate and indepen
dent
Annually Jack Frost observes
their contumacY and passes on
Annually they defy his painters
Thoy do so now, although the othe
trees hang out their most gorgeou
colors, the tapestries flung out b.
loyal subjects.
Throughout the cold, still nigh
the favorite courtier of the cominl
king marches with his elves through
the valley, over hill and across lake
The frst light of coming day arrest
the progress. Mere humans, aris
ing with shHdders to chill conditions
find the trail OF that iTiamphan
march marked glisteningly in tn
growing sunlight.
Log. stump, and turf, the black
cned trunk Of fallen tree, the spli
wood in the Pile, the sled by tn
side of the road, the handle of tn
AK, the clover at the side of the trail
the wintergreen, bright in the Ion
grass, the face of all outdoors
covered with shining, hlmy mas
sof white-the trail of Jack Frost an
mis- elves.
They were so industrious in thei
tnumphal march that the silver c
their accouterments was worn ava
and fine whRe dust, unsubstanti'
as the dust of fairy silver, fell an
powdered the ground.
The first rays of the sun melt i
The evidences of fairy march WI
not endure, but mere humans, earl
rising and seeing the silvered lanc
know that the handsome, brllliar
courier of old King Winter, with h
numerous following, has been by
khe night
The record., 1911-11-02
MASS MEETING
COURT HOUSE
riday, Nov. 3rd.
AT 700 p. NJ.

All citizens of GreenviIIe are in
Vited to be present at the Court
House at 7 p. m, Friday, Nov. 3rd.
to hear general discussion of the
issues of the present campaign for
City COunCiImen.
The undersigned candidates for
COunCiImen will publicly present
their views and hereby invite all
other candidates to be present and
tell the people publicly what they
stand for.
Every man, woman and child i'm
this town is invited to be present.
T. J. SPARKS. DR. L. P. MOORE T. C. BROWN
W. w. NICHOLS J. L. ROGERS, H. E. EAVES.
The record., 1911-11-02
The Armstrong Farm fer Sale.

The Billie Armstrong farm of 600
acres, near Earles, for sale as a
whole or to suit, on very easy terms.
Apply to Bassett Bros, Madison
vile, Ky. st.