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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-19
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LIBERTY

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.AI.rl.AIDING HIMSELF,

The Hon. Adam LittlepaSc. member
of the House from West Virginia, is
in FOR it, His monumental opinion
Of himself as expressed in the auto
biography published liz the Congress
sionai DIRECTORY, has caused much
laughter. and now the Sew York sun
is Watching him win lis eagle eye
and mercilessiy making fun Of his
Grass conccit Tho sun has made !.
careful examination OF recent speech
Of the Hon. MIR. i.i,iicpage. edited BY
himself, and makes the following sta
tistical statement about the intcrpoa
lions put in his speech BY tho Wcs;
Nir2inian:
"tAppausel" appears 6 times. cloud
applauael." .: "(Applause on the DEM
ocratic side>." 2: "ttircat applause ana
continued laughtcry.'' /; "IGreat APP
plausc on the Democratic side)," ?;
cloud and spontaneous applause)," /;
cloud and prolonged applausc).r =
."tLaughtcr,," /: "U.auGhtcr OH the
Democratic sidet.'' T. '-Gaughter and
applause on the Democratic side)' 5
cloud applause OH the Democra lie
sidcb." 3. "CContinued appiausel,v 8
"tprolonged applause)." l:"Long APP
piauscl,h i: cloud laughter and APP
plausc on all Sides. /: CLOUD and
long applauseb." 3: cloud and tumult
nous applausel," I;."(Loud applause on
the Democratic side and among the
Insurgents),"
The speech occupied hut three pages
in the Record, wherefore the sun con
cludes tia, in such an almost con
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-19
THE cosr or AuroMon,IiNG.

We now have some basis for iiguring
out the annual national au,omobiIe
bill. The statistics gathered by The
State OF New York snow that more
than 80, 600 automobiles we're regis
tered i'll the state ANA Territorial capi-
tails on May ! There are some ma !
chimes which are not registered, rats
ing the total certainly over $4,000. The
United states CenSu us shows that the
average cost Of the leT.eSa cars manu-
featured in 1903 Was d fraction over
Si,hoo. This applied 10 The igtrcs just
stated. shows that wc have the enor-
nous sum of $1,000. 100000 invested.
These figures, IL must be understood
only cover lie cos, Of tile bare ma
chine. Wind shields horns, extra tires
patent lamps and other things are
classified as extras. Behind il nil IS
npkeep, short word covering NAL
tiiudc oflcosts. Interesting ngures
were given out in New ork the other
day which placed the value OF Tie
automobiles manufactured last year at
ssoO.ooO.o00, and the extras and costs
az operation and repairs at another
S6o0.oo0. The Investment, including
"cNtras, probably is no, far from So
nc.1co.oOo. and We are putting in at
least s5oo.oao,ooo operation charges
annually.
The London Times and Tie Philadel-
phia Record have lately been talking
about inc cost OF operating auto
mobiles. The Times thinks that the
COS; Of operating 2 hlghclazs car in
England including, the capital invest
ed hsures ont about cents Inc mile.
The Record puts II NJ II cents the
mile in this country. Both accept the
general basis tina, "a day after the
machine is put into service /, becomes
q second hand machine and Ina, its
life is about three years.
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Daily Queries and Ansuers
The Monroe Du.sri,lr.

4 . .
When was The Monroe Doctrine rtr
en- out and what led to II? What
WAS IT'S FIRST eftccts2 81. ~
The Holy Alliance had been formed
py lkusSia, France, Austria and Io,us.
STA. 70 maintain monarchical govern
menl III Europe. IT had invaded Spain.
ana tears were felt that Its next move
,.,,, be interference in Anerica.
naEains, Spanish rule and set up In
mepcndcnt republics. which the United
states had recognized, with a growing
trade IN Spanish America England
suggested Joining the United states in
utclHration against the seizure tif
american territory. Finding il nocrs.
Sary 10 act. President Monroe, advised
y ms CaDinct and by Jcffersoii, reject.
~ ~ anything Hike an cntanEiinc AL
iiahce, and in his message to SConvress
~ DecenDcr 2. lS23 got forth the nov
universally respected Monroe Doctrine
nree great principles were nnnoijnc.
go: (ll That no more European colo
n.es should he established on either
u thet American Continents; 90 thai
any attempt by n European bower "a
extend It's political system 10 nm, "a, =,
~ the New World. whether for the nurs
pose or expressing the nations or ,.nn-
nroiiinS III any manner their destioy
Mphid be the manifestation OF an ~ ,
friendly disposition toward the UnitrI
states; ana t3) that the United Statn.
VIII not Interfere in the Internal c,,n
Germs of any European power M.
HicsSaS sc wns received with cnthtisins,1
~ inc United States aud cXtrayn.-an;
uelSnt IN England few ,o,,th.
.al.nr, ON the complaint Of Mexico.
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TILE COST nE nIsII.,sI.

4 OF much instruction is the story Of
the town Of Blank given in the out
iook by Earl Mayo a few years ago
there was project to secure pure
water supply in place OF mill creek
drainage. IT vas defeated, because
It would cost se25,o0o. Thus ends The
frst chapter
In The late winter OF the year. after
there were heavy rains, snow and ice
melted so that the water was ,urbid
with the dirt that went down from
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-19

y Baltimore doctor. who mas Just re-
turned TO this ountry from the Great
Sahara speaks highly of the curative
effects of camping in tina, waste of
sand. He spent four months there
himself, and reports that camping in
the Desert is becoming popular for
ihose affected by rhcuma ;lsm -or pull
mnnarN troubles. There arc hyenas
and wolves around the camps. the
water supply Is not always close al
hand. the temperature varies from IL
degrees in the dag time to 10 degrees
al night. and ii is hot and coo! by
turns there are sandstorms about
every Two days which spoil the cloth
ing and mat the hair many persons,
particularly the natives. are affected
with eye diseases, and. next 10 bad
eyes. the natives are chiefly affect cd
hy dropsy, but in spite OF these condi
tons the Great Desert is regarded as
good plac for Americans to 20. Bu,
why hey should so 10 the Grca,
sahara instead Of TO the grea, Ameri-
can Desert, where the conditions arc
somewhat the same. we cannot under.
stand, except that IL is becoming fash
ionabie, and IL Is better. after ali. "a
die in the fashion than to live a godiv.
! righteous and sober life
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France was notified that lis neet oon.u
hot be permitted to seize Cuba. as il
evidently intended.

tircnt Rift valley.
l. What is, the Great K!et vallcyo
:, How far away is the planet ErosY
!, l. This most remarkable feat,iIe IL IL
ueuD oppression III which Il strip oC
country has been let down betWoc,s
parallel faults. and ii uNtcnds a. .,,..,,t
u I1ce IN Syria and Eastern Afrjcn'
oeSlnnin2 in Northesn Palestiun -
Terms Terms the Valley OF the Jordan ANA ia
pehd sen, the surface of Tho Inter.
nearly 1870 feet below sea level IN
IS continued down the CUR of Nla!,.,l
ana tne Red Sea. turning "a tho sn,1tI
v, VEST nearly opposite Adeii, ana l'ii,mn
apiiitlit INTO two branchcs--the ,s;,s;
EN- containing Lakes Itudolr ana 81
p iho .ir ana ne western giving rise t.
nc GIeat valley or the Nyanxus, Tan
tSanE,ka ana NSaHsa. As Ihs to,ni
.tnElh or the Rift Valley Ia scyn,..,i
lno"sand miles, II should be n consni,.ii =
ou5 ,uhfklnB 10 aStroi oIilerg on N.ra
EROS varies III distance frnn, ~.
ee np from i3500.0DQ miles TO I'2S6
ovo.ooo. is brightness is nearly 400
lmns as great when nearest ~ NM,
idHrthest away. AS ii is not more. ina,
fifteen Or twenty miles lin diariieter'i,
cun only be seen in tho most n,,y!a.s
III telescopes when farthc:,t fJorn ,,sl
out ~ It's near approach In t5aI''I, IL
expected To be Visible 10 tho ,a tna 49,, ~
ior u lew Gays. Atiits nearest it III,
a lltiic more than half the least t,is-
lbuce oil Venus from ,js -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-19
srEAitiNc i EonEIGN TONGUE.

II one can pronounce properly nfty
words Of the language of a country. as
serts a traveller, these arc sumcient for
MS needs With them. he thinks. one
e"n Get anything wished for.
There is truth in this observation. but
= vocabulary of AT least 500 words is
mich better and is acquired with lille
moe difficulty. The proper pronuncla
lion is. vitally Important. An American
VINO thinks that he AT home is n nucn,
rirerach scholar will, in MI probability,
ana that what he n,,ers is uninteni-
e'oie 70 The ''rencamcn he meets In
Paris Hish class stand in the ordinars
sch"ol and college French classes in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-19
!, l.nANk An,1,L,sr

Il. Phillips uppcnhcim. whose en-
; tcrtaining novels have been read by
millions. speaks righ, out In meeting
since his arrival in this country from
his English home. He doesn't see
what man wants 10 buy n novel FOR
would not want TO give one house
room. One reads a novel and then is
through with it. one should keep
ones bookshelves for poetry. criticism
and works Of reference. OF course, j,
is poor pulley for me to Talk that way
but am stating frankly my own
opinion"
Mr.. Onpenheim. who is the prolinc
pa rent OF about score Of novels and
countless short stories. refers only IL
current fiction, and not TO the great
classics OF fiction. There ire certain
novels which he would allow IL: to
keep, because they never grow old
They were written by the noveis,s
who have gone down in fame--DicN-
ems, Thackcray and others OF like
stamp.
There viii he general agreement
with MIR. oppcnheim. one reads few
novels these days that are really
worth reading. much less keeping
Most OF The novels Of to-day are pad
ded fearfully ami are woven Of AN
endless texture OF valnelcss incidents
When good novel is found 1t should
lie srapplcd with hook of steel ii
Is "A rare thing.
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'"'s country tly means very little. SO far
- nractllc lea lSp,Hsposes are concerned
,,, ne no truth of sthe matter is that the
o ,"S real Il; way in which to learn a for
~ language is 10 learn ii rrotu the
iips OF one who spcaks that language
- q native This is Tho easiest aud
oest way The average \. b. or an
american college knows as much
ABOUT the pronunciation OF German and
hreachaas he does about Chinese. lie
can write The language. perhaps he
e''h read il. perhaps. hut when it comes
70 speaking it. he has nothing on the
'nucker' who knows that cafe" means
somewhere 10 se, something TO cat. and
maj QUIZ means assent
IN the failure TO give amy foundation
Tor q Knowledge OF true pronunciation
there is TO be seen n marked defect or
our american colleges The ,cachers
can speok the language and pronounce
II correctly. II may be, bu, they can
not communicate the knack OF speech
IN ihclr pupils.
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AERoPLASE REG,iI,.T1ox

is more apparent than ever boforn
that the oeropiane is fixture, and
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1911-09-01

Lena Illinois, city of 200 population is located
in Stephenson County. Lena is nocense and
that dry Put the emphasis that word DRY-dry
in theory only but dry in fact far Intoxicating liquors
concerned. Several drinking fountains on the main
street. from which constantly bubblng ice-cod water
sufficient to the thirst Of Lenas citizens And
Lena prosperous in her dyness and growing pros
porous as the days go by.
Prohbition prohibits in Lena If of the beer-making
gentry their friends doubt it, let them go this thriving
little city and attempt negotiate for glass of beer
nearbee or fzzbeer any other kind of beer If
crowns this effort it will be near-miracle
An Ordinance that Aids the Township Option Law
The complete humiliation of booze selling Joints is bad
enough for the saloon crowd but just to make douby
Of being city without DRINKS, has ordinance in
effect that prohibits drinking upon the in the
alleys in public building place entered by the public
How is that for assault upon personal liberty
No hilarious procession of the bottle brigade from
the local train to the billiard hail. lumber yard there
fnls! carouse begun in neighborng wet city Keg
parties thing Of the past in Lena The morning after
this ordinance went into effect the mayor found the
windows of his home decorated with tobacco guilds and mud
put there by outraged personal beryte They spit his
house. but they don defy the mayor by attempting ignore
this law
Liquor Signs Kegs and Cases Forbidden be Displayed
But they have gone still farther in this dry town Booze
signs signs advertising socaed temperance drinks
tanning alcohol tabooed and penalty attaches for dis
playing them and kegs which have con-
tanned liquor not allowed to remain upon the street
in public building for than day. The station plat
form at Lena not decorated with beer kegs The who
sells liquor tys to SELL the who drinks except
the privacy Of his home the owns the property
where blindpg mantaned the physician who msdaes
prescription calling for ntoXcants writes such pre-
scrpton for any other than bona de Of sick
ness all come under the law.
But these splendid ordinances designed prac
tcay every makeshft resored by the brewery interests
to nufy the nocense policy good they are would
be sufficient alone to keep Lena dry Here the of
successful operation Of the local option law in We
commend to every dry town in the state: Lena has
mayor who respects his oath of office and who plays
orites and has marshal with backbone and two good
eyes, who knows the tricks of the booegger and the boot
logger knows he knows and the booegger further
of the fact that the marshal means business
It not always in Lena. The dry under
township option in 1908. For year more like many
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1911-09-01

hat is Dry
prosper.
Lena had wet board, consequently a wet marshal to
enforce her local option law. If marshal guest
at Eeg party, the operation of local option laws are at
least temporarily suspended Here the real difficulty in
many Illinois towns today
City Officials Who Believe in Law Enforcement
But change The people awoke j. G. Lampert
radical temperance elected president the board
together with dry board He appointed marshal whom
we have already designated a who doesn't wink at
law violation. He is called upon to make but arrests
The fact that the ordinances backed by the kind
OF city officials who in control enough to insure
their enforcement Nobody to test the sincerity
of these
We commend the Lena way for dry cities and villages
wherever much cheep is heard that prohibition
don't prohibit Their ordinance strengthening and sup
porting the township law is good-it puts number of rive
ing bolts in the lid; but, after ALL here and everywhere a
real mayor and conscientious police force required to
clamp the lid down.
City Debt Reduced Taxes Lowered
Nobody acquainted with conditions in this town. doubts
the effectiveness of nocense laws abolish the sale of
liquor There are few-very few, and they continually
becoming less and lesswho waiting to be shown how
city can possibly thrive financially without saloon license
money Lena is showing them This lawenforcing MAYOR
and city board business men, and they handling the
citys business economically and giving the people
more permanent public improvements than ever known
under a license administration. Actual figures and facts
tell the story The city had had saloons for years prior
to 1908 and in that time had received $4,000 in license
money When the saloons voted the city had an
indebtedness of $1OS66 Under nocense half of that debt
inherited from the VETS has been paid off, extensive public
improvements have been made and reduced Here is
the tax rate for the last eight years 1903 2O 1904 56
1905, 188; 1906 49, 1907, 1872; 1908 200; 1909 12O
1910 l2O License advocates often ask how city posi-
bly, make more public improvements operating without the
at
A member OF Lena's board-the only wet member under
local option, but radical dry-explaned it ucidly
1T easy went easy For instance street crossings
formerly costing the city $4,000 let by contract put
IN at $500 under city supervision. If does two
hours work for the city, he gets paid for hours not
day The city is just putting in a curbng and
installing system of hitchng racks that will greatly
improve the business street. both in appearance useful
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-19
VOX POPULI.
APPLAUSE IN CHURCHES;
WHY NOT HAVE 1T?

Editor Pensacola Journal.
1t was my good fortune to be present
at the musicale given by the ladies of
the Gadsden Street Methodist church
Tuesday evening and I want you to
allow me to give expression in your
columns to my thoughts concerning
applause at this and similar gather
ings.
Being a recent conner to your city,
this is the first opportunity l have had
of attending a musicale held in a
church on a week day, and I came
away with a sense of vexation, sur
prise and disappointment, combined
with a feeling that 1 must think it
over and get you to do the same, so as
to get a decision for or against ap-
plause under such circumstances in
Pensacola.
Here was a building, admirably
adapted for concert purposes, filled
with well dressed, cultured people, who
had come, not to join in a church SER
vice on Sunday ION which day
strongly object to applause in a church
under any circumstances) but to listen
to a program of music, copies of the
program being provided, on an occa-
sion set apart for musical perform
ances, and held on Tuesday evening.
Here was a program of the very best
and most classical music for the violin,
words expressive of sweet thoughts
and human kindness, and readings
that were humorous, Vivacious and en-
PERTAINING.
Here were ladies of talent and a
high degree of training, who had spent
many hours preparing that program.
The violin, the piano, the organ and
the voice each did it's allotted task;
every nerve was strained to it's utmost
to give full expression to the works of
great masters, and with magnificent
results that would have brought down
thunders of applause in the great cities
of Europe, and there sat the audience
in timid state of dumb silence.
They were in church, you know; and,
to tell the honest truth, 1t was just
lack of decision on a vexed subject
that kept back the spontaneous out
burst of applause that was hardly
earned and richly deserved.
Won't you, Mr.. Editor, give your
public some thoughts on this subject
that will be decisive and, 1 trust, re-
move the ice of uncertainty? Nothing
is more chilling or disheartening to an
artist than lack of appreciation. Tues
day nights audience would have liked
to show their appreciation, but they
simply didn't dare to.
Do, for goodness sake, say something
to them.
Yours truly,
F. GIT ,FIII.AN SCOTT.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-19
SAYS PASTOR RUSSELL
KNOWS OF WHAT HE SPEAKS

Waynesboro, Miss, May IS, 1911.
Editor Pensacola Journal.
In a recent issue of your paper I no
ticed a criticism of Pastor Russell and
his writings by c. w. Humphreys, of
Milton, Fla. The writer of that criti-
cism has evidently undertaken to write
about something that he knows but
little about, probably basing his criti-
cism on what others in whom he had
confidence were saying about Pastor
Russell and his writings. I not only
read Pastor Russells sermons, but
have read his six volumes, called
Scripture Studies" and l know from
having read and studied these that Mr..
Humphreys is far from the mark when
he says that Pastor Russell denies the
resurrection of the dead. On the con-
trary, Pastor Russell bases all our
hope of future life in the resurrec-
ton of the dead, and as his authority
for so doing quotes from st. Paul where
he he says IF there be no resurrection
of the dead then they which have
fallen asleep in Christ are persisted"
Pastor Russell does deny the resurrec-
ton of the very same bodies of flesh
that are buried; and as his authority
for so doing quotes from st. Paul
again, where he says That which thou
which shall be but God
giveth it (the souD a body as it
pleaseth him" How foolish that pass
age would read if we substituted for
the pronoun it the word body. 1t
would then read God giveth the body a
body as 1t pleaseth Him. 1t is the soul
that is to be resurrected and not the
body, and it is this that Pastor Russell
Is teaching the people through the pa
pers and his books. We read again,
How are the dead raised up and with
what body do they come" Dead what.
Not dead body. For if so, then the
passage would read after supplying the
omission How are the dead bodies
raised up and with what bodies do
they come" How foolish. Yet the
tearing down of this foolish doctrine of
the resurrection of our bodies of flesh
is what is calling forth such criticisms
as that of Mr.. Humphreys. He should
study more closely before he attempts
to make a criticism.
Again Mr.. Humphreys says that
Pastor Russell denies the deity of
Christ. If he means to say by this
that Pastor Russell denies that Christ
now has the Divine Nature. the same
nature that Jehovah God has himself
then he is wrong again. Pastor Rus
sell teaches that Christ, being found
in the fashion of a man, humbled him
self unto death, even the death of the
cross. wherefore because of this hui
| mility) God hath highly exalted him
and given him name that is above
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-19
FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1911.
No Excuse For
Houses Action.

Somehow the legislature has a way
of not doing, or making the people
think 1t is not going do, what the peo-
pie want most of all. The case we
refer to now is where the house killed
Mr.. Angles bill providing for a state
highway commission and submitting
to the people the question of a ten
million dollar bond issue.
We do not believe there is any one
question before the people of Florida
in which the sentiment is so unani-
nous as the question of good roads
In the cities you will find practically
everyone for good roads and in the
country nine out of ten of the farmers
want roads that are hard and passable
It was not asked for the state to
appropriate ten million dollars for
good roads. If it had been the money
could not have been spent to better
advantage, but it was only asked that
the people be given a chance to ex-
press themselves at the polls. If the
voters want to spend the money for
good roads, they should have the
privilege of so doing.
But the legislators would not allow
them this privilege. They evidently
take the position that the people who
elected them have not the sense to
know whether they want to build good
roads or not.
From every county the cry for good
roads was heard and If the Legislators
had wanted to serve the people they
could have at least given the people a
chance to decide a question that meant
so much to the whole state.
There is absolutely no excuse for the
house taking the position it did in this
matter and the question should be re-
considered 1t viii not be too late if II
is attended to at once.
Think what it will mean to have the
system of good roads that can only be
built with a bond issue. Think of the
increase in land values made by such
q system Of good roads. and think how
insignificant is the sum of ten million
dollars to the property interests of
Florida.
The voters have asked for the bond
issue, and If the representatives do not
give them a chance to decide the mat
ter it is a reflection upon the people by
the representatives.