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accomplish. Before the Councilmen
! cast their votes. tho taxpayers should
speak up. Do the people of Richmond
want better government. or are they
satisfied with a continuation of log
rolling for place and salary and with
wards splitting funds intended for
public improvements?
he opportunity for betterment is
created by the Council itself, and it IS
significant fact that the active men
who are doing the heavict work in
Council are early nil strong ndvo-
Gates OF the change. The leaders of
our city legislative body are making
an honest effort to disentangle Rich
mond from its antiquated village sys-
TEN OF government These very men
have long struggled under the present
system for the welfare of Richmond
and they have done remarkably we'll
considering the handicap impeding
their progress.
Who tavors the change? Leaders
in Council. as we have said Progress
sive city officials like the City Attor-
ney ana the Special Accountant. who
have given close study to the plan
The press of Richmond. DO the citi-
zens favor 1t? That is the question.
What have the Taxpayers to say about
tho new plan? What view DO the com
mercial organizations take? Where are
the citizens associations. ordinarily
right In tho fnro II, ennnl, ipi,,, Of
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the average grain Yields

of tho West
raon. too, the grain stored In tho
aforementioned cities of the east, ne
cessitatinS a good deal of Injured
gram which is far moro Injurious to
the health of our people than the tu-
berculosis OF all the dairies in America.
luch OF grain too slightly injured for
detection is by fine machinery worked
INTO our breadstuf, despite ali tests
q know from experience as miller).
Furthermore. with the present privi-
reyes enjoyed by railroads, / should
llke TO know If there is any industry
raliroads cannot crush or build up by
thelr local or through freights. and
mus they become the greatest lover
which the trusts, wealthy syndica ties
say that the Interstate Commerce Com
MISSION, Congress of the United States
ana the supreme Court, or some source.
are powerless to control this evil Is
utter folly. The power is vested some
where. and should be used to save tho
country.
This leads US to the conclusion that
the unrest of our people Is far from
being without cause, unless we can in
some way bride our railroads ana stop
me outrases they are constantly prac-
tictng. therefore am of opinion
sooner or later. the government will
90 compelled to do as we'll nigh all the
other ciTilLed countries of the world
nave done-take charge OF and own
her railroads, which are doing more
towards accommodating the wealth of
me country Into the hands of the few
imam all the other enterprises In the
country combined.
CONFEDERATE VETERAN OB so
Drewry's Bluff
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Voice Of the People
government ownership of Railro


TO the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
5ir.--Iae great unress of the people
throughout our country. it seems To me.
Is oinInous Of some nighty epoch I'm
the peace and quiet of our beloved
land and at no very distant day. unless
we can III some way check the vast
accumulation OF wealth into the hands
of the multi milNonaires. Let there
Do Il law enacted requiring all ship
nents per carload lots at the same per
; mileage rate from conSignor TO con-
slBnee or destination as to grain and
hay from the West, instead OF accumu-
iatinS large quantities of grain IN she
eastern cities Of LynChburg, RIcnmont,,
( Petersburg ana Norfolk. with Whining
ton now soon to be added. The power
! to check these outrages lies either in
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
! Congress o. the Supreme Court. and
should be exercised at once firmly and
unilinchngly.
What would be effected by such
law? The railroads now get local
rate haul and the city miller a profit,
which such law will stop and the con
suners or poor farmers have awarded
to them their just dues.
This. too. as sec. works no hard
| ship citaer 10 railroad or city miller,
| hut only to the consumer. as now
! worked
| Le: railroads 80 advance ;hc:.
| through freight rates as to make IL
| req sonably lucrative. This would put
all tho country mills and thousands Of
for railroads to get their second haul
| and at their high price local rate. in
putting out tho product of the grains
| SO eagerly stored in Lynchburg. Nor
| lolk, Petersburg, Richmond and WI
i'mington, learn now. soon to be added.
| This is only one OF tho outrugcs prac-
! ticcd by tho railroads They have for
years so reduced their through rates
! and advanced their local rates as to
| ABOUT stop tho culture or grain in Vir-
Ginia- with much OF her land more pro-
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The Woman of the s,,t,c,,

tlnscribed TO Mrs Thomas s. Boz
COCK and the other Daughters OF the
mond. Va.)
The woman OF the sixties. how yet II
thrills and st!rs
true southern hearts when reading
that history of hers
NO artist brush can linn IL, no poet',
pen can tell
me measure OF her trials that to her
When husbands. sons and fathers she
to her country gave,
Ana proVd herself full worthy OF the
wv bravest of the brave"
When sad fareweils were spok'n she
Ana s 1nokd the rising sigh,
ana stay the burning teardrop that
sparkled in her eye.
the welkin ring;
ihe STUBBORN foe retrcating that made
the trumpets sing.
she heard not but in silence; she read
the deadly roll
The list OF kilrd and wounded, the
battles awful toll
Perhaps some fair-ha,r'd boy is num-
,s 9srd with the Slain.
q hnseand or a brother. the anguish
Were hers TO bear so lonely. with no
one standing near
10 give her consolation or speak q
word OF cheer.
She laid aside the satins and silks IT
vas hG wont to wear.
ana ciad herself in homespuns. and
- did at once repair
10 scenes of pain and sorrow. whore
SICK and wounded lay
"here sne. as Morey,s angel. stood by
And her luxurious table. with tempt :
ing viands spread.
IN days Of peace and plenty. now
And still she did not murmur: enough
for her to know
Her boy was not starving as he brave
ly fac'd the foe
Talk Of selt-denials. moderns; talk o,
them II you Will
BUT read hers first. | dare say you'r
Talk Of your Roman matrons, stern
,,, daughters Of a race
"Aose DESTINY to conquer, but hers
has higher place
For when defeat had darken'd all her
fair Southern land.
With words Of cheer. an5 welcome she
s0othd the sadden'd hearts
OF South's surviving heroes by her
sweet, gentle arts.
First her fair hands PLACID the flowers
above the gallant dust
Or heroes and their Daughters" alive
TO every trust
or such heroic mothers. will keep alive
for aye
The fame and glorious valor of that
Immortal day.
God bless you. noble Daughters! /
knew your mothers we'll
In days or blood and carnage. of Crane
SHOT and OF shell:
When sick l came from prison, they
met me at the pier
with appeti2inS dainties and words
OF hope and cheer.
Aye. in this splendid city. tho ragged
and forlorn.
tho to manner born:
Within its gallant precincts. then half
consumd by IRE
Wrought by the foul invader as mark
OF hate and ire.
God bless you. noble Daughters! FOR
when we leave this Scene.
we know that while your life lasts
you'll keep our memory green;
Ana when by natures limit we. too.
shall pass away,
Your glory like your mothers. Will
still live on for aye.
DUVAI. PORTER
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Champ Clark have already declared
that they vii, urge the Democratic
National Committee to insist upon
presidential preference primaries. and
Senator Ia Follettes followers are at
tempting to bring about the same re-
suits IN the Republican party.
In the absence OF some such rule.
1t is plain that the control of the
Southern Delegates must always rest
with the Republican President in
power. It was this control that en-
ebled Mr. Roosevelt to compel the
nomination OF Mr., Taft. and. unless
some other method is evolved, Mr. Taft
will go to the Republican convention N
1912 with an enormous preponderance
on his side.
The Times-Dispatch has always be-
lieved in ana supported the principe
of the primary, and though the idea
of electine President by party
primary is utterly opposed to the the
ory of the Constitution. IT is not OPP
posed to the conditions that now exist.
The electoral college IS really a
sham. and, TO all intents and purposes.
the President is elected by the voters
of the State, though not by the voters
at large.
In Ave states presidential primo-
ries are already required by law, and
Texas has compelled the state Demo
cratic Committee to nominate delegates
to the national convention III accord
ance with the expressed will of the
voters at primary elections.
In the State of Missouri Speaker
Clark and Governor Folk will submit
their claims to the primaries, ana
every iNiication seems TO show that
the primary will superacde the pres
ent system for the nomination OF dele
gates to national conventions.
Naturally there will be an objec-
ton to this further intrustins of
large powers to the people, Those who
guide the affairs of practical politics
are apt to believe that they furnish
the motives to the power as well as
the direction. as II an engineer were
to think that his brains pull the train.
To all such practical politicians the
prospect OF giving more pc Hcr to the
citizen is viewed with alarm and mis-
S!vings and II the majority of the
people Of Virginia for example, prefer
Harmon to Wilson. or Clark 10 Har-
mon. arc they not better entitled TO
iuSEe for Themselves than IN b,v.
delegates elected TO Judge for them?
If the people are the final source of
power. what justification is there for
denying them the right to choose their
own executives in legal fashion? The
indianapolis News thinks that Mr.. Taft
and AR Harmon are both opposed 10
primaries. and makes this comment:
rs not denial OF fair and open
field an admission OF fear?'
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OUR CLASSICAL srAND-pArrEns.

a y
Not the Toast important and inter
esting feature of the sixth annual ses-
sion of the Virginia Educational Con-
ference. which VIII be held in Norfolk
Thanksgiving week, will be the second
meeting in connection Herewith of the
Classical Association of Virginia.
more definitely called the Classical
Section of the Association OF Secondary
Schools and Colleges" The Virginia
Educat ional Conference is composed
OF the Conference OF the Division Su-
pcrntcndents of the State. the State
Teachers Association, the Co-opcra-
Education Association and the
school Truste $ Association. 1t IS an
education interests.
The Classical Association may be de-
scrlbed as an organization within the
General Conference, OF stand pattcrs,"
as We would say In politics. 1t stands
pat upon the classics; its purpose is
to insure and vindcate the old posi-
tion of the humanities in higher educa-
ton and combat the growing tendency
TO eliminate these from or releSatc
them TO a minor and negligible place
in the college and university curricula.
Its members comprise some OF the
most distinguished classicists and ex-
pcrienced and devoted Latin and Greek
teachers and scholars in Virginia, and
It would bring about within the educa :
tional system reaction against the
get education- quick" movement. which
Is taking such hold. to the exclusion
of fundamentals and foundation, as
represented in the mental discipline.
comprehensive grasp and stimulus TO
thought promoted and fostered by in
telllgent study OF the classics,
These students and masters OF the
humanities do not fan to recognize
the increasing demand of the age for
practical education" for educational
progressiveness that equips. for meet
ing and overcoming the ever-erowing
difficulties of the modern battle of life
But they contend. and fort!fy their
contention, with cogent reasoning. and
facts and figures based upon expert
? ence. that tho most practical educa
! ton" and the best equipment for the
! post-collego career. whatever its field
OF activity and duty, is built up on
thorough classical training
! The facts and the figures they 40
/ duce. the statistics some scientific
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Washington and Lee sends another
son into prominent public life. New
ton D. Baker. newly elected Demo-
cratic Mayor OF Cleveland. heretofore
Republican stronghold, learned at the
old institution in Lexington what 1t
means TO be good citizen and a
tighter for municipal betterment. He
was Tom L. Johnsons right hand man.
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to the Office of judge And the case
of William willett. Jr.. of Queens
county. New York. should encourage
those who believe that the public are.
after all, fit to choose their judges
without need of machinery for after
thoughts.
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phone wires. water pipes. pneumatic
tubes for letters and pipes for com
pressed air service.
Glasgow has iron bins with hinged
lids sunk along tho eurbins. into
these tho street litter is swept during
the day.
Vienna has covered ash carts. Cur
tains arc attached to the frame and
pushed aside while ashes are emptled,
thus preventing dust from littering
the streets
the German municipalities have or
dinances WHICH suppress most OF the
street notes.-the fiat car wheel, the
automobile horn. the scissors grinders
bell the peanut vendors steam whistle
and the cries IF sidewalk merchants.
Numerous other effective systems
and devices could be indicated. In
some departments of municipal actiy-
itv. EUROPE is FAR ahead of us.
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Because of his fine Legislative record,
general regret is felt that the people
OF Louisa failed to return to the Gem
eral Assembly Carl II. Noting, their
former delegate. An advocate of ad-
vanced oyster legislation, staunch
mover for good roads. man of pro-
sressive principles and sound posi-.
lions, Mr.. Noting is man who de-
served reelection. The Geneyal AS
semblv needs more men like him. not
less.
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What could be more refining or APP
propriate than to be presented with
magnificent floral tributes" inquiries
the Orange Observer. explaining that
a certain member OF our congressional
delegation has sent her "a large num-
Der of rare tulip and narcissus bulbs"
II they come UP, they certainly Will
be rare.
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TO the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir-The following popular poem
was written By Mrs. Dunbar Rowland.
OF Mississippi, several years ago, and
has been one of the most widely pub
lished poems ever produced by "A South
ern author of late Years. 1t has been
selected for preservation in Southern
literature. was brought out in a Beau
titui and artistic little booklet as a
souvenir Of the general reunion of the
confederate veterans at Louisville, Ky,
and verses of 1t have .been used on
bookplatets by large private library
of New York City. Its reproduction
In The Richmond Times Dispatch at
this especial time is very appropriate.
Oh. not with gaily spreading folds
And colors fresh and bright
they fling their cleaning stars and
Triumphant to the light:
But sadly round their broken STATS
They droop in faded folds.
Their service Ger. their duty done,
Their wondrous story told
Upon their wreck the warrior
Gazes with moistened eye,
Caressing each worn fold. the while
Is heard his weary sigh
Once more he sees that gallant band
That rusher with fearless tread,
Where Liberty's red SUBMITS CLEANED,
Strewn with the countless dead.
And never pennon waved above
a rank more fair than the
Bright ensigns of that proud gray host
OF Robert Edward Lee.
And where they CLEANED the Iegions
pressed,
Nor rocked If death were there,
If through its torrent of red rain
Beckoned these coiors fair.
To-day. with flowers blooming where
Wars crimson currents ran.
And peace and love starring all the
Bright splendor of the land.
These furled and silent ensigns wake
No martial call, nor dream.
But their worn, faded folds will e'er
BE hstory's fair theme.
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Daily Queries and Answers

from the fre, returned homo to extil.-
sulsh the fires left burning on their
own hearths and rekindle thom with
inc, 1ne embers OF the fire from tho altar.
! tho members of tho household us long
as 1t was kept burning.
As the Druidic faith faded the fosti-
val assumed lower character. Grad
tual!y the country folk came to believe
,hhat on that night the fairies forsook
enelr hiding places to dance in the for
evii spirits held revels in deserted
Spots; BY very natural transition
me, ,re Haiiowe'en fire came to be looked
upon as a charm against evil spirits,
a amu even as late az the seventeenth
..ehtury 1t was customary for farmers
b h n 1hdhe the rounds of their farms
from evil during tho coming year.
~ was REGARDED as the time Of all
prevailed. and as night set anart FOR
the walking abroad Of spirits. both of
INC visible and invisible worlds, for il
was believed that on this mystic eva
even the human spirit might detacb
itself from the body and wander nhomt
~ seems to be clearly allied to tho
Waipurgie. Night of the Germans. tho
on the summit of Broken In tho Hnrz
Mountains on the eve of May /, tho
u e1y originally dedicated to the Chris
IT,
ight great bonfres on that night To
drive away the spirits of da rkness sup-
posed TO be lowering in the air.
From the fact that supernaturs,
agents were believed to be near at this
time. II was supposed to be the night
lci prying into the m 'stert4s OF, Tic
future, and this is probably the origin
oL thosc games and ceremonies bv
winch IT Is claimed that ones fate may
be learned. '
Burns's Halloween" gives a humor-
GUS and imaginative presentment of N.
usual ceremon!es pract!ced in the Scot
US" rurai districts OF his day.
Books for Popular Library.
-, has a list OF books FOR ponulnr
library been prepared?
"a classified and dictionary cataloru.
OF S'ooo books for a popular library
was y issued in 1904 by the AmericaI
LIBRARY Association and the IIbrary
OF congress. y committee has I'm prem
nraton u supplement, TO give new vol
utn.s recommended from publications
to the close NJ Inna b''-oN 'o'''
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Philippines and FfIipinos.
Why should tho words Philippines
ana F1lipino9 be spelled so differontlY2

| p''o w sPe4'eo 80 aiterentlyf
Partly Ter convenience OF roaay dis.
JUNCTION between tho archipelago and
a ace, certain group of It's inhabitants. But
there is another reason as well. The
Spaniards named the islands Las Fill
pihhs IN honor OF their King, Don Fe-
lpe. But the English were the moro
generous discoveries: the Spaniards
sought to keep the New World Sc
cret; the English made maps OF all
.hey found. In these maps they saw
ing: they reverted from Felipe to Phil
Up, thus Las Filipinas became the Phil
ippines or commercial geography. When
.he United States assumed sovereignty
examination was found necessary Ac-
: Sordinsly Filipino was assumed from
local use, and the Spanish spelling.
/ ready to hand, was preserved as OBJ.
waiting confusion with the name OF
( the archipelago.
Origin OF Halloween.
irint tho origin of Halloween and
any interesting stories connected with
Halloween takes its name from "a tn.
WIFE iIst On Of All Saints or All Hallows.
,akes Its origin from the conversion.
u, y inc seventh century. OF the Fan,
o o,teom IN Rome into a Christian place
Nirsin and all the martyrs. it vas
celebrated May !. but was changed To-
Gmoer /. under the designation cr
Inc Feast OF All Saints, and is one Of
But the eve Of All fIa,,om.s ~ t,.,
d3Gween has nothing religious or
sn,uirchiy about II. and gems 10 bo n
S"c or pagan times, being the date
~ me last OF three festivals held by
IN pruids. who In olden times were
catered over Northern Europe. ThosS
s ses.i,Sais were held May /. the time Of
T;m,hs: June 81. the season 81 the
,lpenlng crops, and October ri tSo
harvest season.
one Of the religious rites o: tho
tSrne consisted In maintaining
atonc affairs erected upon enlinerccs
IN honor OF the sun god ON th,s mimi
o 81 october 81 the Druids assembled at
snio liars and at given signal they
nres were then kindIed. and as the
lanes ieaped up the people raised n
great shout and taking live omber1
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"Confederettes" and suRrngettcs.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir. The wonder is. how many suf-
frasettes there will be amongst Tho
Confcderettes, TO assemble here this
week, when the Daughters OF the Con-
federacy convene. c. NJ. w.
Richmond,
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The James River Clarion has an in
terest!nS correspondent at New Store,
which we take to be one of the suburbs
of Observation-Disclosures Barton Heights. so
TO speak. He writes OF young woman
IN his town who breads the advent of
winter. although she is of sunny dis
position. She breads the time when
the country people have to be housed
up on account of bad roads and bad
weather" saying:
THAT is where our city cousins have
the advantage of u.s. 1t Will do we'll
enough for those people who have the
advantage of good roads. have auto
mobiles and can get out from tho hum
drum country life, the only life which
Is afforded TO the people OF the rural
districts of our own county, but who
can blame young people from dreading
the monotony of country life in the two
or three winter months after Christ
mas. when the roads become almost
inpassable?"
That young woman has restated one
OF the most urgent reasons for i'm
proved highways. Good roads not only
make social intercourse possible in The
winter months. but they contribute d.
recly TO keeping the young people OF
The country at home and to keeping
them in the country, and not in the city.
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Bulletin No. 454 of the United States
Agricultural Department cites this ex-
ample OF the remarkable development
of tract OF ffty-seven acres of
worthless" New York swamp land.
The owner, after draining the land. de-
voted his attention. in the main 10
wheat and potatoes az his chief money
crops In 1909 he harvested from it
fortyfive bushels CT wheat to the acre.
the average for twelve years being %. 6
bushels. For the last nine years the
average OF his potato crop has been
2se bushels per acre By judicious
system of rotation minor crops have
been made TO yield in proportion.
There are in cannon shot of Richmond
thousands OF acres of swamp and
marsh land which raise at present
nothing but frogs. mosquitoes. ZOO
zoo" bugs and water snakes. and
which have no redeeming trait save
that they harbor sora in season, but
which through redemption by dramas e
would more than repeat for their own
ers the remarkable Development of
the New York tract
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Books for Popular Library.
II.rr-
LEADS CHIEFTAIN'S
SISTER TO THE ALTAR

", neneeance OF their race, all who com.
agsresSions against an !ndivi-
dual OF their number. The NacCre-
Sors claim descent from Grcgor. third
son of Alp!n. King OF the SCOTS whr
nourished about 1887