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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16
SUNDAY AMONG THE p.prrsrs.

Yesterday morning the Second Bap-
fist Church was fairly throbhing with
religious fervor. 1t IS so every sun
day morning. Seven hundred men.
women and children were there in at
tendance upon the Sunday School ex-
erc!ses. After the devotional services
in the MAIN ASSEMBLY room down
stairs. the.' dssereit classes went TO
their separate quarters and for the
space of more than an hour teachers
and pupils were engaged sn the study
OF the lesson OF the day or in spe-
cial instruction upon some topic OF
religious moment
In one room William Ellyson was
teaching a class Of sixty women; in
another little bits of children were
getting their first impressions Of what
the Christian family is and how happy
the children should be that the king
dom OF heaven Is Of such as they; in
another room children of little larger
growth, sitting about their own round
tables. heard from their teachers the
story OF how noble It is to be good;
IN another room Douglas Freeman was
expounding one OF the most beautiful
and comforting OF the Psalms Of David
TO an attentive class OF young men.
and in the main audience room mp
stairs. DIR. John Calvin Metcnlf Of
Richmond College. was speaking 10 a
class OF one hundred and twenty-nine
full grown men about the return nj
the Israelites from the BabylonIsn
Captivity most Instructive and an.
pealing address upon the verify Of the
religious life, the human necessity q.
the Church. the divine command for
its establishment, and Its influence
upon the life OF the people In eac5
OF the rooms where the classes roe,
there We're maps Of Palestine ana dill.
grams TO illustrate the stuales OF the
pupils. all the modern egu!pmept Il.
perfect as the equipment 81 the hes.
day schools, for souna teaching ana
broader thinking upon the most esgen.
tai OF all the studies that can engap.
rae mind % man. After the class4.
were dismissed there was a gather,r,
together Of all the tribes in the mai,
assembly room Downstairs, where nm.
der me direction Of Superintendent
crump. with songs Of praise and fer
vent prayers, this particular work o
the day was concluded.
II vas a most fr,rreeet,. H.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16
A MANS BEST WORK AFTER Go.

DR.. Guy Potter Benton, lately in
augurated president of the University
of Vermont. lately said that a man
could do his best work after he was
siXty-hve years old. Many men
prominent in American life who have
passed this age have been interviewed
on the subject, and In general they
agree with the Vermont scholar.
John Bigelow is active mentally and
physically at 80. James Burr Angel.
president emeritus of the University
OF Michigan, is SS. and like Mr.. Bige-
low, has lately made trip TO Europe.
Senator Chauncey Depew is II. These
are some who support the contention
Of DR.. Benton.
The legal profession OF this nation
hnds in the United states Supreme
Court some examples of old men who
are mentally vigorous. OF the nine
judges of that Court as lately consti
tuted, four were past 65 Chief Justice
White Will be sc in November; Justice
HARLAN was IS; Justice Holmes is 70;
Justice McKenna is IS, and Justice
Lurton is CT. Justice Hughes, the
youngest member. is 40.
The Chicago Record Herald thinks
that in the professions and in bust
ness age seems to be an advantage
provided one keeps In good health and
young in spirit 1t means breadth
experience and wisdom. For purely
creative. original work" our contem-
poEary thinks that the osler limit OF
40 holds, though there are noteworthy
examples to the contrary.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16
WATERMELON SEED INDUSTRY.

Inc following extract from q Kan.
sas City dispatch to the Philadelphia
Press should be of general Interest,":
| While Kansas Cityans are paying 40
cents apiece for watermelons the peo-
pie OF Liberal, Kan, are crushing and
throwing away millions of luscious
ripe watermelons.
John l. Boles owns a farm seven
miles from Liberal. He has been grow
ing watermelons for the seeds since
( 1882 and has become wealthy. When
ne began, in 1889, no machinery for
extracting the seeds had been invent
ed. In those days he used to cut each
watermelon in half. scrape the pulp
into n barrel. leave 1t TO ferment a
lew days, and then bail out the seeds
and wash and dry them.
Now there is q watermelon thresh-
Ing machine that chews up thousands
Of watermelons a day. 1t consists of
two large drums studded with spikes
like the drum of a threshing machine.
The two drums roll toward each other
and are ono and one-half inches apart.
The ripe watermelons are fed into the
space between the drums, which re-
volve slowly. This brushes them, and
the mass goes into q hollow drum
three and one-half feet in diameter
and ten feet long. This drum revolves
ga Sidut. IT is covered with half
inch wire netting. and as the crushed
melons pass through it the seeds drop
through and the pulp and rind go out
at the lower end.
The seeds are washed in box six
feet long and two feet wide and
eighteen inches deep. 1t has holes
bored in the bottom, through which
the water leaks leaving the cleansed
seeds behind. These are spread upon
racks and dried. When dry they are
put in sacks, each Weighing sixty to
ninety pounds. The melon seeds go
to seed dealers of the East, who pay
II 1-2 cents a pound for them. An
acre of watermelons will produce from
$50 TO 200 pounds of seed
Mr. Boles shipped 10000 pounds of
watermelon seed from Liberal in one
year. He has 800 acres in water
melons this year.
The principal kinds grown around
Liberal are Kleckley's sweet, a big
green melon with thin rind; Georgia
Rattlesnakes, a big striped melon.
Some muskmelons are raised near
Liberal for the seed, but the Jack
rabbits nibble the vines and mako 1T
difficult TO raise them.
Al Farmer was the original water
melon seed man near Liberal He
had sold melon seed in the East, and
when he came to Southwest Kansas
and saw its sandy soil, with q dry, sun
shiny climate. he tried 1t there, and
succeeded
This seems TO be q most profitable
industry, and the story may prove of
suggestive value in Virginia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16
THE SOFT PEDAL IN NEW YORK;.

|
coionel r. NJ. Johnston, the owner
OF the Houston Post and member of
the Democratic National Committee
from Texas. has been on a visit to
New York City. He stopped in Wash
ington on his way back to the land
of mesquite and onions, and is re-
ported to have said to a newspaper
! man:
From my personal observations. and
am just from New York, Harmon is
most likely to get the Democratic
ton. Wilson appears to be
taking up all the fads that are out.
am convinced that Hearst will not
support Champ Clark, in spite of say
lhSs and indications to the contrary
hearst wants the nomination himself
and William ]. Bryan wants the nomi-
nation himself"
This is interesting If not conclusive:
but we would say that important as
New York will be to the Democrat tic
party in the election, New York is
hardly the place we should visit for
the purpose of studying the probable
course of American politics Harmon
has not been saying great deal. but
he can carry his own State against
any candidate the Republicans could
nominate. which would count forty-six
votes in the contest, counting both
ways, and no other Democrat who hns
been talked about for President could
do anything like that. Harmon is con-
servative, but at the same time pro-
gressive enough TO suit the demands
Of reason. We agree with the Chat
tanooga Times that the attitude of
New, York Should be persuasive rather
than compelling"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16
T TIMES DISPATCH: RICHMOND VA MONDAY OCTOBER 1e 1912

paper goes on to say that "the best
thing this State twest Virginia) can
do is to fight shy OF the whole bus
mess" This course is not approved
by the Wheeling Register. which says:
III these organs are the mouthpieces
OF the administration, it seems that
our policy is to bid defiance to the
supreme Court and to tell Virginia to
go ahead and do her durndest' That
may be all right IL we can get away
with II and avoid payment, but can
we? Isn't 1t a fact that 1t is just that
disposition which has placed us where
we are to-day? Isn't 1t true that we
could have effected settlement with
virginia for n sum infnitesimal In
comparison with the amount we will
probably be called upon to pay? Isn't
It true that our $15O,oU0 defense has
not won a single point for us? Are
we going to improve our standing with
the highest judicial tribunal in the
land by ignoring It's suggestions? In
snort, is there any possibility that we
VIII pay less when we ultimately do
pay. IL we pursue our present policy
OF disrespect for the court and deh-
ance of Virginia?
The Register is SO far from con-
WINGED that West Virginia is under
any moral obligation to pay a single
cent OF the debt of Virginia, that Ct
would gladly support any plan to re-
lieve the people of the heavy burden
OF taxation which a Supreme Court
Judgment in accordance with the
opinion that body has rendered would
impose upon them; but 1T confesses TO
feeling which is more than suspi-
cion that If we follow the course
mapped out by administration news
papers we will finally have to choose
between paying the full amount the
certificate holders now demand, and
reputation OF the debt"
That is the sensible and the right
view TO take. Delay can be costly
only to West Virginia
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16
THE WOMEN WIN IN CALIFORNIA

Woman suffrage has triunphed in
California Praise God" as one of
the most active of the workers tele-
Eraphed TO DR.. Anna Shaw. This makes
the sixth State that has declared for
equal rights for the women. San
Francisco gave a large majority
agains. the constitutional amendment
but the country districts saved the
day and saved the State to larger
and better and cleaner political life.
The Chicago Tribune. which is not
given to Mysteries, except IN campaign
years, says that "the action of Cali
forn!a' will do more to help on the
equal suffrage movement than that of
any OF the States which have preceded
IT." It Is BY far the most populous
OF the six suffrage states, and in the
deliberate Judgment of the men who
voted TO give the suffrage to the wo-
men. the best interests of the State
will be served by this change in their
political status. We have no fear that
the women will fail to prove their fit-
ness for the responsibility placed
upon them by men of tue state. Do
their worst and IT would be better
than the men have done with their
chances We shall expect better gov
eminent IN San Francisco; it could
not be worse than the men have given
that great city. The day of the Abe
Ruefs who have made San Francisco
Immortal for its infamies will end
when the women of that city so to the
polls, and the ward heelers will heel
no more.
Great care should be taken now In
defining the qualifications of voters.
The mere fact that a woman IS wo-
man should not entitle her to vote,
The fact that she has been regarded
by the men OF the state as fit for c!ti-
zenship is not enough. It should be
required now that she shall establish
her ftness to vote; but the qualifca-
tions required OF her should also be
required of the men. Simply because
a man Is man, he should not be al
lowed to vote. Hundreds of thousands
of them are not fit for the suffrage
and this would be good time for the
Caiifornians to establish new and
harder tests for all voters so that In
that State al least there shall be an
educated citizenship, without which
the welfare of no State can be- secure
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16
\ JUST JUDGE.

Judges perform their duties, die, and
in majority of cases, are remember
cd by but the few. Here and there
loom up judges whose memory is un-
fading. whose good works are recalled,
Such an one was the late Chief Justice
Of the supreme Court of Colorado, to
whom the Denver News pays this re-
markable tribute:
Chief Justice Robert ". steele died
one year ago this day. Death. to the
unworthy, is extinction, but for those
OF splendid lives there is an immor
tolitY of remembrance as wen as soul.
AS long as mountains point to the
heishts-ht simiie for one who stood
so strong and high--Judgc steele will
I'VE in the hearts OF the plain people
that he loved and by whom he was
loved There IS u greatness OF the
minn. and there is a greatness that
waits or ambition. but more glorious
and eternal than. these is the greatness
that proceeds from the passion for
Justice. the tendernesscs of fraternity
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16
ANOTHER BRYAN ,IIsr.,1r.

Mr.. Bryan has been very mucb an
no!ed by the reports sent ont from
time 10 time in regard 10 hi. winter
nome on the Rio Grande. First he
Was cdhed upon 10 deny the rumors
Shat ne intended to move to Texas.
NV ne IS accused Of deriving a large
income from the land and or con.
templating expensive improvements
me facts are that he does not cult
Va'e any land there himself. His land
Is rented part for cash and part on
the shares Returns for the nrst year
are not yet in. He is testing the lard
TO see what It will produce and viii
build a modest winter home there three
or tour years hence If experiments
prove satisfactory"
so says The Commoner in IFS last
number. But why did Mr.. BRYAN bpv .
farm or anything else in Texas? WHY
didn't he come to Virginia or 90 10
North cnro!ina? OF course, he might
naturally have expected to he ANNOYED
If he went to Texas and Of course. nc
ought not TO have taken up land for
experimental purposes on the rio
Grande when he could have found
a plenty of LAND on the Rio James or
The rio Catawba that has already
proved It's fitness for growing any sort
of crop he might wish to raise excent
crop Of cain. We are glad that he
Us testing HE land on the Rio Grande
before wa tins any money in buildine
modest winter home down there
What he ought to do is to go nsh,na
Tor suckers and when he catches mo
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16

Old Joe Cannon made speech at a
homecoming celebration in Newman.
Illinois, Friday night-though why
anybody should care to go back TO
that place we cannot imagine-in
which he denounced the recall, and
sam Gompers. or the latter, he said:
Just hang pair OF his old breeches
over baluster in the House or even
the Senate, and you would be sur
prised at the number of lawmakers
running for the cloak-rooms or else
voting 5 Gompers desires" or the re-
tall Mr. Cannon said: You would
have even more towards in public lie
than you have now" But the former
Speaker did not explain that botn
the recall and Gompers are the natural
progency of the miserable old party
;or which Mr.. Cannon stands.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16

That was glorious victory Virginia
won over North Carolina Saturday
when the V. M. l. eleven conquered tho
a. d M College OF North Carolina. The
Iarheels were big and heavy, but the
determined grit and gameness of the
Virginians prevailed, and the brilliant
headwork of Richmond quarterback
turned the trick. The North Caro-
iinians have been first at Bethel.
farthest at Gettysburg and last at Ap-
pomattox. but not first at Lexington
last Saturday
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16

1t must be admitted that. with some
limitations. the Nirginian-Pilot is
right in saying that in Tidewater and
the southside the art of cooking fried
chicken has reached Its highest anG
most artistic development However,
the fried chicken which is to be OBJ
tanned at Massies Mill is the superior
delicacy, the fowl having roamed
among fields of waving mint and
been nurtured upon the best apples in
the land. What is better than a Mas
sizes Mill fried chicken apple-fed at
night and served with fried apples at
breakfast, au JAS brun2
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16
Voice Of the eople
\ President for washinuton ana IL,

10 the Editor OF The Times-Dispatcb
SIT read with unusual interest
G The e coonei OF Wo October 1s entitled
forth by a suggestion from MIR. Griffith
Maury, OF ST. Louis. that Mr. Roose
velt would be Il suitable president for
w dshInston and Lee University 10 sue
cegd DR.. George II. Denny. resigned
/ agree with you that Mr Roosevel,
- not the man TO head this institution.
aithouSh he would probably secure a
much larger endowment than the in
fract nar Possesses at present, and at
neeoed In the office of President OF
washington and Lee is man of nigh
character OF broad vision. of the best
eAecutive talents OF wide acquaint-
scholar, q man in full sympathy WITH
the history and the traditions OF the
institution. a man who could make
men or large means feel that It is g.
development of this great seat OF pure
learning" -
suppose that the board of trustees
OF the institution will convene shortly
sor TO President Denny. they should
consider well and choose an able man,
a southerner II possible, a worthy sue
cessor of Robert E. Lee, G.. w. GUSTS
II. Denny.
Washington and Lee has an envia BILE
reputation among the universities OF
the country in having interviewer in
It's history the name and fame Of Vir-
ginia's two greatest sons. With a
glorious past and a progressive yet
scholarly man at the head, the futura
OF the university is assured. The
students will come from far and near.
the endowment will increase. and a
larger university will fill q larger mis-
sion in the South and the country
GEORGE DARLINGTON MOSELEY.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16

One of the funniest things that has
been said in Richmond lately was
overheard the other day in West
Franklin Street. Two colored women
were talking. One of them said: II
wouldn't go to North Carolina" why
wouldn't You go to North Carolina %
answer came to the question: II
wouldn't go to North Carolina because
North Carolina is so close to South
Carolina
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16

answers to the questions in tho book,
but the scholar who knows most about
the history. the life. the thought, the
purpose OF the men who first taught
oae world that there is another and
eternal existence beyond: that this Is
but the outer court to the heavenly
country upon which the hopes OF hu-
mainly must be fixed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16

"Bathhouse John" Coughlin, who
made the first ward of Chicago ia
nous. was lured into the Chicago Art
Institute the other day, and he made
some interesting recommendations as
to what he saw. They better take
that lady over there without the arms
to the emergency hospital quick" he
suggested. He also advised some
clothing for the woman in 1.-THE Bath
and the Venus dc Medici. Has the
Bathhouse John.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16

One of the most eminent OF the Bap-
fist ministers in Richmond, and a man
who does not pay idle compliments,
said on Saturday, after a visit to the
state Fair: 1T is the cleanest and
best show I have ever seen. and a
great credit to those who are respon-
sible for its most excellent organiza-
ton and management"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16

advantages of West Point and its hin
terland. It is reported that as re-
suit of this fine advertisement many
home-seekers will seek the up-to-
date little city on the York. The
News is mighty good paper, by the
way, and has improved very much in
the last few months.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16
"Nountain Top.o overlooking no

"MOuntain Top" Overlooking Rock
Fish GIMP.
Here" said the Master Builder, where
we stand
Are the foundatio and on every
hand.
Securely hidden from the curious eve.
Wires and tubing underneath them lie
Hygeia's priests have celebrated here
Her secret rites. that undenled and
clear
The Towers of Arago shall lightly rise
Ivory and pearl against the sapphire
All round about their bases there will
run
Fair galleries that Tunisian sun
might giid with glory, but our Noun
VIII I'LL With mystery; and when the
noon
Dreams into night and the long
OF marble columns. you will hear the
call
OF .mockingbird, not alien nightingale.
And think it all the sweeter."
Der the vale
sheer leagues below, the Evening hung
OF soft enchantment blue and AMETHYST,
The magic carpets of the fertile land
Glimmered afar like faery Samarcand,
Or jeweled squares before the tents
outspread
OF Pamir sheiks, i'm yellow, green and
The little mountain village far below
Like Meshed lifted minarets of snow,
while like an ocean rising crest on
The mountains billowed to the Tyrian
west.
From the dim meadows ono sweet
distant bell
SOUNDED %r,,, an AngSlus upon the airs
SO near the rampa"ts OF high heaven il
seemed
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16

All the girls are ready for more
BOOSTERS says charming little thing
writing to handsome middle-assi
man who was one OF the special al
fractions OF the Richmond party On
their ever famous visit to High Point.
which shows that the expedition was
not altogether in vain. Don't you hear
the wedding bells in the air?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16

The Bathtub Trust must dissolve
The United States Circuit Court in
Baltimore, has spoken. But there is
fothing we can imagine that wouid
De OF really less interest to the people
of Savannah. Cheaper bath tubs with
cut soo' water will not make muci.
Inference in the habits of the folks
VINO live On the banks of the tawny
Savannah.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16
DAILY Queries and Ans,Ders

Miss Johnston's Birthplace,
WI you state whore Miss Mary
johnston. the Richmond writer, was
Buchanan, Va
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16

bas De applied that this department
ono author has Issued seven volumes
ot 4oo pages each, In which he treats
o. electricity. it's uses and possible
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16

The West Point Weekly News show
last week in having at the State Fair
the only county newspaper booth. 1t
served to call wide attention to Ae
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16

Commenting on the statement of the
New orleans Item that Harmon is too
old" Wilson too new" and Champ
Clark is just right for the Democratic
Presidential nomination, the Green's
boro Record remarks: land yet it
may be that neither of the three men
toned will be nominated. though it
is a safe bot that one of them may
land the plum One thing can be said
about 1.-THE country will be safe
with either" Not either" contem-
porary; but with amy" Think of
what we have had in the White House
at times since this Government was
founded, and there is really not much
danger whichever of the three dis
tinguished statesmen named shall be
chosen What we ought to do is to
watch with greater care the men who
are sent to the House and Senate.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16

Copyright.
What is meant by "copyrght"7
The right of an author or his
signee. under statute, to print and
publish his literary or artistic work
exclusive sfacs, OF all otssr persons. This
right may be had In maps. charts niea
lures, plays and musical comnos1ttpp rs
as well as in books. 'fohA
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16

Editor D. T. Kennedy. of the Lun-
enbure Tribune, the best paper in
Lunenburg County, one of the very
best of our county exchanges. was
another Fair visitor. Incidentally. ne
saw the Yellowjackets sting the spi-
ders with much interest. as he once
carried the pigskin for v. p. I. in the
good old days. His paper in general
tone and makeup and in matter is u
tlrst-class publication.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-16
U. s. Receivcd No p,r

u. 3. Received No Payment.
"a the Cuban government paw the
United States anything for H. sero
wees IN the Island after the spanish
NO. The United States received mo
money compensation for its interven.
ton in Cuba and in the Observation-Disclosures
OF the Cuban government IT did. how
ever receive valuable CONCESSIONS as
20 coaling stations and controls the
saeater part of the commerce Of the