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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-29

The Montgomery Advertiser Is now
trying to persuade the people of Ala
oama to go into the cultivation Of
Irish potatoes as food and monav
crop. having been influenced to give
such counsel by correspondent who
thinks that in South Alabama from
$50 to 400 bushels could be produced
easily to the acre. There has not been
time in ten years" we are told. that
early potatoes have solo FOR less than
IS cents bushel." At this figure IT is
clear to see that the potato growers
would make from s262.5O to 5000 the
acre; that IS to say. If the crop should
not fail and the supply should not
exceed the demand. AS the first step
towards success with the new crop.
we would suggest that the farmers
buy their seed potatoes in Virginia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-29
,IEnnLING QUESTIONS.

According to the Memphis CONNER
cial-Appeal, the United states Govern
ment. through the Census Bureau is
pushing the system OF attending TO
everyboiy's business 10 limit that Is
absurd and foolishly expensive" some
body in the Bureau Is obsesscd With
the notion that the colored people in
the South are robbed and kept In a
state of Industrial slavery by planta-
ton owners and managers and in or
der to uncover this fearful state OF
affairs he used the Department to send
out question blank of twenty pages,
containing about one hundred queries.
1t Is said that a professor connected
with one OF the universities in Wash
ingtnn prepared this question blank.
and tina, answers sent in are so unsat-
isfactory that they cannot he CORE
lated into any series that would permit
any conclusions to be drawn.
The professor shrewdly sought to
uncover the peonage conditions which
he feels sure exist in the South"
Here gre typical questions:
Il. Privileges of laborlng class. such
as use of plantation animals. vehicles
etc. for private use
10. Concessions to tenants--"Christ-
prizes" patches rent free" j;
holidays" :; funerals" =;
meetings" o.; Saturdays" i;
"c!rcuses" =; excursions" -:
"picncs." etc
4a. Conditions of tenancy
b. Number OF tenants for whom land
lord fixes days when tenants must
work and those when they may be idle
the same IS is customary for ordinary
wage laborers on farms
c. Number OF tenants for whom land
lord fixes hours Of beginning and clos
ing daily toll by ringing a. bell or
otherwise. as is customary for ordi-
nary wage laborers
d Number of tenants for whom land
lord contracts or agrees to advance
household supplies and charges same
TO their account
2. Number OF tenants who contract
or agree to have landlord market their
cotton or other principal crops
{. Number OF tenants who contract
or agree to sell to landlord all of spec
lied crops. such as corn. sugar cane.
cotton. rice. tobacco. etc
On another page OF this series Of
Questions the Department wishes to
know If the plantation owners furnish
churches and lodge houses.
Questions b and are cleverly asked
so as TO show If there exist state
bordering on slavery.
AS the commercial-Appea so well
puts II. II the average plantation own
err got off with giving his negroes
nothing but Christmas money. he
would be lucky indeed. 1t is a fact
that the average negro working on the
plantatlon--if he is a good hand-wi!l
get Christmas money. Fourth of July
money circus money. and number
Of other perquisites.
There are no tenant farmers in the
world who work under better condi-
lions than the blacks on Southern
plantations. The Government is vast
ing time and money in asking absurd
! questions
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-29

The first of series of one-sentenaa
sermons published by the Denver News
is line from sermon preached last
Sunday by Father william Neenan
at the Immaculate Conception Church
of Denver. 1t is:
Toll spells triumph. patience spells
peace, and sacrifice spells salvation"
Yet in that single striking sentence
there Is volume of thought and suR-
gestion.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-29

Score another one for North Caro-
Ina. Miss Emily Tulbert. OF Hamp-
tonvilie. who is SO years old, Is said
10 have read the Bible through III
times and the New Testament 2i6
times She committed 1a7 chapters.
or 1851 verses. to memory at ona tina
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-29

When she was asked the other day
why she did not get divorce from
her husband whom she did not seem
TO care for particularly. colored wo-
man up Franklin Street way, replied:
La. Miss Mamie. l wouldn't pay five
dollars to divorce trifing man like
that"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-29
The Earth's Atmosphere.

INV iar distant is the atmosphe, G
OF The earth supposed to ex;.nL:
= G
The earth's sensible atm osphere is
seheraily supposed to extend some
,orty miles in height. probably more
ou, becoming at only Few mias too
rarefied to sustain life. Tho c,nJi.ion
ana motions OF this aerial envelope
piay most importan. part IN the de-
termination Of climate, by absorbing
nc otherwise intense heat OF tn. SIN
ana when laden with clouds. hinder
ing the earth from -ad!atlae It's nc
CURED heat into space.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-29

r. Hoe & Company. the great print
ing press manufacturers. who have
neen doing business at the same old
stand for about a hundred years. have
determined to remove their great in
dustrial plant from New York. we
do not know where they are going. but
If they could be induced to come to
Richmond. where all the Conditions
would he particularly we'll suited to
their work, it would be a good thing
for this town, and for them
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-29

II the Ginter Park authorities would
either sprinkle Chamberlayne Avenue
or fine the automobiles for making so
much dust when they run through that
street. the town would look better.
and the people who travel afoot and
the people who keep house would rise
UP as one man and call them blessed
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-29
The Oregon.

The OrCEOn.
What was the sailing time of the
Oregon, United States NAVY on hsJ
famous trip from San Francisco to
Key West. Fla? NJ p ri
1T sailed from San Francisco March
"a. 49, may
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-29

and recited them In Sunday school. She
has heard Gas sermons and has kept
record of the preacher who deliv-
cred them and OF the texts.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-29

1t is reported by the Greensboro
Record that there is pet blacksnake
attached to the regular staff of the
Charlotte Observer. and that 1t is on
intimate terms with all the members
Of the editorial and reportoriai staff
II Business Manager Ross could md
any little snakes on the premises, We
wish he would send them to Colonel
Marcellus Z. Bailey, Of Governor
Hoopers staff, now engaged on the
Houston Post This Is very important
just a this time. as since Texas has
gone wet the only thing that will save
the Colonel is a large assortment of
well-trained snakes from Charlotte.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-29

Some newspaper says Cole Blease.
OF South Carolina, is red headed" The
Montgomery Advertiser said the other
day that his hair is black. and 1t now
asks: viii one OF his personal organs
please set us right in this natter"
For a wonder. The Advertiser is right.
His hair is black as a crow: but that
does not keep him from being red
headed at times, the term "red -heade
being an Americanism to describe the
temper of an individual and not the
color OF his hair. For example. 1T was
only a week or so ago that The Ad-
vertiser itself got red headed" on the
watermelon rind preserves question,
resentins as it did the reflections that
We're made at the time upon it's utter
lack OF knowledge on the subject Of
what is good to eat
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-29
Dial and Clock.

nt1,1 oW e1H u DuTsoH uetermlne the true
ddiierence between noon by the sun
From any almanac take the time
from sunrise to - o'clock and from
~ O'Clock to sunset. Half OF the diff
ierehce between the two is the num-
Der or minutes which the dial shows
wrong either plus or minus This is
aDout fifteen minutes either way at lie
highest way at us
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-29
TREATMENT OF NEWSPAPER ME,

Frank regret for his treatment Of
newspaper men is felt by John AR
buckle. the sugar and coffee king. as
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24
THE nABy IN THE RATTLE.

1t wilt be remembered that at the
battle Of Fredericksburg. Deceinber
10, 1862. tho Conf aderates wore driven
out OF the city on tho 18th. and did
again till the 18th. On the l2th the
last regiment TO leave the place, was
tho Twenty Mississippi, aald inc
las; man. who brought mp the rear.
heIn, closely pressed by the Invading
troops, was Buck Dcnman. lie was a
Mississippi bear hunter. snperb spe-
rimen Of manhood, tall and straight,
broad-shouldnred and deep chesteo
with the eye Of an eagle anu a voice
like hull OF BaShnn. he was rouSh
In manner az q bear and tender IN
heart "a woman. When tho Invaders
were charging UP the principal stree
and shells from tho siase suna across
tho river wore bursting over the mousse
tops. Buck poIman was kneelins BIO,
hind q house-corner TO take o last
ahot. Just as his finger tremsled on
tho trigger u little baby Etr!, threo
years old. toddled out an alley. ana
with d Newfoundland dos ran after a
big shell that had spent Its force ana
was rolling along the pavement-the
dog snarling at It and the little girl
clapping her hands IN glos To rescue
Bucks only thought, Without pausinE
10 consider no rushed to her ana gain
cred her to his hosom. Next there wne
nothing to do hut run. which no spsed :
u.
holding tho baby with ono arm aud
trailing his gun with tho other. az ne
sped UP AIaryc's Heights TO join his
rctroating comrades. And there hehino
that historic stone wall and IN the ad-
ia cent trenches from the 18th TIL the
18th of the cold December month,
while the shells were Shriekins and
tho storm or battle raged-Buck fought
burnside and nursed tho baby girl by
turns Never was child so cared Tor.
There were other nurses as tierce and
hoar-like as he who took turns pattinR
and soothing her and engaged In SHARP
rivalry for her quiet elunibcr under
their soldier blankets Cour!cre were
sent far and near to procure milk and
The camp ranSacked for n dainty morsel
OF food. And so the daya and nights
wore on. When the Confederates re-
captured tho city on the 10th, the
Twenty-iirst Mississippi was the nrst
10 enter and what happened as they
passed with yclls aud shouting through
the streets may DO best told Ny BucF
himself as reported by Adjutant stiles
who publishes tho story: IT was hold
ing tho baby high, adiutant with both
arms whom above all the racket
heard a woman scream, The mex
thin;S knew I was covered with calico
and sha tainted on my breast
caught her before she fell, and laying
nor down gently. put her baby on her
bosom. Sha was most the prettteSt
thing 7 ever looked at, and her eyes
wero shut; and--and--I hope Godll
for give me- but Kissed her ju4t once"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24

gave IN entertainment, and I am going
to tell you about It.
These artillery boys worked nvo
weeks to get up this entertainment.
They wero campcd in dense wood
OF pine. For tho entertainment they
cut down 2I5 pine trees about twelve
inches In diameter and raised them
about fourteen Inches from the ground.
and these logs gave Il seating capacity
Tor about 1000. Then the stage was
crested. The artillery boys visited Tho
girls Tor miles around and borrowed
shoots. carpets. rugs, chairs etc. etc.
"On the night OF tho first play thrrn
were at Intervals. say of rwenty to
twentr-iive feet. great bonlircs to keep
was very cold. win no snow on the
ground. The people for many miles
around. especially tho girls. came to
tho hrst niEht. entertainment. and
old vehiclcs or all kinds were NIL
around the entrance 10 the theatre.
promptly at 3 o'clock the curtain
was run On. .fhe play was The Lady
of Lyons,' and all the actors were
I'll. girls len, tho Lady OF Lyons
and the other ladies' their costumes--
aud the males borrowed their
clothes from tho farmers around. The
for anything. Tine girls tore up, all
sorts OF colors TO make the stripes,
epaulcttes. etc, Oh the uniforms. The
cooked hats OF the French officers were
a riing long To be remembered.
fright well was tho play acted. Tho
applause was an awful rebel yell, and
when the Lady of Lyons fell In =
dead faint there was not a dry eye in
the audience. At intervals the cur.
tain behind the stage was lifted and
the forest was seen with thousand
lighted candles tied In tho trees, Tho
boys had broken into the commisaary
and helped themselves to the candies,
climbed tho pines and lighted them.
Under the canopy of heaven this
play OF forty-nino years $50 1 shall
always remember.
AT the conclusion II was announced
that on the next Saturday night the
play would be 'Sho Stoops to Conquer
Tho plays were kept mp ovcry Satur-
day night for six weeks ! think tho
third play was Romeo aud juliet All
w.rc enjoyed and everybody at them
had Il good time
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24
[ASAs ANtW dimes nigpateb ,A1l
aSe59@55I GENE zlaEs7 00GfffCAEs C0EtUTNNTEREd

, my vision was gloomy, I Kept silent.
IL my vision was pleasant / hastcncd
to relate II, ore I broke my fast,
ono Friday my mothor left mo for
all night, the very iirst time had been
SO long bereft OF her presence. Sho
was coming back on Saturday. Friday
night dreamed that my grandfather
came in his "sulky" in tho carly morn
ing to tell mo that my mother was SO
sick she could not return that day.
NANNY" called before light. az
dreamed mama was sick and couldn't
come home"
"Dere, nowr' deposcd tho sable oracle
who seemed never TO sumbor nor SLEEP,
zen she isl lay. Amt 7 tell you bout
telling Friday might dreams 'foro you
cat? You mustn't disremomber. chile"
The dream came too true. my mother
was very i'll and stayed away a long
time. and superstition gained strong
foothold in my young faith
My first ghost was queer one
rather might 1t be called tho embodt-
ment OF vicious materlallty. When I
was a little girl and holding tight
my manmy's hand was going through
tho great drawing-room about dusk
Oar 1t is--'fore Ciord!" my NANNY
said as ws sourried along over tho
rose-strewu carpet ia beas! dc
beas.--syes ahind and eyes afore!"
Crouched by the window was a crea-
ture of abnormal size and shape and
very terrible. It's coat was yellowlsh
and shaggy. and from its great hend
CLEANED two glazing eyes which gilt
tered over the darkness OF the big
room. Tho beast kept still. but my
hair arose and NV feet turn I'D to lead.
can see II plainly now. and thcre 10
no explanation, try never 80 hard to
find st.
One night as wo played In our fire.
lit nuraery there was n sound over:
head. We looked at the oracle" a7id'
she answered: "Po ole n,ios--ahe are
vockin' her chile.'
we got very close together. Where,
mammys"
"Up dar.'' She pointed to the garnet,
Twas my marster's--yo' grandpa's
ina. She LEI her loetle baby one COO
old winter night. en- she went 10 Marse
Joems Dabney's pas to a party. Do
chile had de croup--en he was dado
when she cum back, JIc was sick
'fore she went. she moaned, an she
pinned, en- she she died, Den de rockin'
"Csn cher husband) have seen hsr, en-
We Il kin see her now AZ we so I. y de
I.sarfet. Blp Y b LIP b'n z" went q no old
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24

(By Captain n. w. West, OF North
Carolina.)
I'm January. 1862, Manly Battery
was eucampcd in North Virginia. With
In q mile OF our encampnent was
four companies of tho Washingt ton
ArtillerY. On Christmaa night they
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24
Ghosts, OF Old Virginia.

Some arc born to SEQ ghosts como
Into this strange world by way of u
tester bod In a big room in @ rambling
country house. There Is a house which
faces the bold York River. In Glonces-
ter county, and the lawn Is bounded on
ono side by Werocomoco Bay--on
which (wc 1naintain) once stood old
powllatan's wigMan In which Poca-
hontas rescued John Smith. The first
tomb In the graveyard bears the date
1865, and. in this old house ghosts have
been seen.
Virginia children of long ago heard
much Of ghosts from their mammles
and perhaps this life-long superstition
planted In the subsoil OF the soul by
a beloved mnmmy--is one Of those
earliest impressions which are most
lasting. On tho other hand, some OF
tho most earnest thinlsefs OF to-day be-
lieve In spiritual significance, and claim
that when our spirits DIRE sufficiently
tuned we shall, oven III this mortal
hody. penetrate the great unseen.
There Is a certain number Of super
stitious laws which have been con-
stantly verified In my. life. cannot
explain them. Just believe in them.
My colored NANNY initiated mo Into
many mysterien. Seriously she inform
ed ms:
Friday nights dream on Saturday
Comes 70 pass however SO ola"
Consequently. afters any dlstinctlyc
ana pseuiias dream. I would ask wi,isn
sr ys lie: ], us /; Fri dsS nj light, Z mann
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-24
Virginia Ghostn.

Always at Christmas lido 1t Is our
custom to give sometaing different
from our usual genealogy. On serera!
Christmas days. or the Sunday next to
Christmas, we have como back into
far back periods and given picture
OF old Christmas parties. We have done
this SO often that wo are going &c
change our custom to-day and tell
what we can find about Virginia
ghosts. There are not as many as we
should like to lind. but we are going to
Introduce them to our readers at tho
season when ghosts should walk
about, even Il they don't.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-19

Miss Carrie Kriegel had the liga-
ments at the elbow of her right arm
torn when the Chas. Weamer motor
cycle was ditched by bad rut in the
road near the c. D. Moore place, north
west of town, last Sunday. She was
riding with young Weamer when the
accident occurred. The driver got off
uninjured.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-19

1T was chance" explained the
erstwhile stenographer to her fiance
that evening IF they didn't disagree
had nothing to lose-except the
price of cheap phonograph and
couple Of records. And now we can
get married."
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-19

Homer Graham, of Mishawaka, Ind, ,
has accepted a position in the Tullis
barber shop, on East Market street.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-19
Lee Goes With Virginia.

Evidently the Virginia authorities had
long contemplated secession, for the
state troops were already on the move
and on April IS occupied Harpers Fer
ry, the Union garrison destroying a
part of the arsenal and stores and evac-
uating in expectation Of an attack.
Robert Il. Lee was offered the com
mand of the Federal army, but, al.
though a Union man, decided to go
with his state Major Anderson, who
had been in command of Fort Sumter
was received in New York with pro
digious enthusiasm.
The spirit displayed 10y the north was
manifest in her chief city, much to the
surprise of the southerners and their
northern sympathizers. A great mob
went to every New York newspaper
suspected Of disloyalty and made it fly
the American flag. Mass meetings were
heljT, Regiment after regiment was
raised and sent to the front to the ac-
Of cheers from every
street and flags from every window.
April 10, the anniversary Of the bat
tie OF Lexington, was a red letter day
and red in other ways. The Sixth
Massachusetts while passing through
en- route to Washington was
by a mob four Of the soldiers
were killed and many wounded, and
the band was cut Off and forced to re.
turn TO the train. The soldiers fired
into the angry mass Of citizens, killing
and injuring many. The sixth forced |
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-19
THE LEGISLATIVE
TRAGEDY IN OHIO


Foraker: 81 buy and Foraker SELLS"
Usually it is the seller who is punished
and not the buyer, though the man
who yields to the temptation to sell his
vote is surely less criminal than they
who employ lobbyists to lead men into
temptation that they may buy them.
How the lobbyists have swarmed at
the capitol all the year! Veterans at
the business, mostly, old and familiar
faces, representing traction, gas, tele-
phone, railroads, they are the Hessians
of the republic and the public service
corporation is their master.
We have delegated to these private
companies the sovereign power to enjoy
monopolies and to tax the people for
their private gain. This sovereignty
has of course organized itself into
second Legislature. We call it the
lobby. 1t is hateful thing. 1t is that
part of the government which we have
allowed to fall into private hands run
ming that part of the government which
we still retain in public hands. And
why shouldn't the lobby run the legis-
lature? 1t is bigger than the legisla-
ture. 1t represents more property than
the state has. 1t represents more
economic power. But ithas come from
the state, and the state may take it
back.
The government should perform all
governmental services. Itshould own
and control all monopolies, and, thro'
the initiative and referendum, the peo-
pie should own and control the gov
ernment.
Our political corruption IS more in
stitutional than personal, and must be
remedied, not by prosecutions, but by
new order of things. The first thing
is for men to gain the power to make
and unmake their own laws by direct
vote at the polls, and then to address
themselves to new economic problems
that the age of steam and electricity
has brought upon us.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-19
7ISt WILL MEET AT
LUDLOW FALLS
THURSDAY

The Democrat is in receipt of a call
for the thirty-nint annual reunion of
the Seventy first o. V. /. Association,
which will be held at Ludlow Falls,
Miami County, next Thursday, the
25th. 'As this year is the 5Oth anni-
versary of our enlistment" says Sec
retary T. NJ. Campbell, ''every sur
viving member should be present.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-05-19
THE WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
General Review of tide
Great Conflict.

CONTINUED from first page.