The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-05-18
With The Editors

but II makes the east side OF a woman
going west look awful broad.-Staun-
ton Leader.
A prominent cotton manufacturer
says that OF the 1,5OO.OOO.OOO inhab-
itants Of the world, only 10000, 600
are completely clothed. while $780,
100000 are partly clothed and $780,
100000 are practically not clothed at
all. A lot OF actresses belong to the
latter class.-Bristol Herald.
Major Archibald Butt. United States
Army. aid to President Taft. is in
the market for an "old-fashioned
country quilt" Looks like he intends
to annex some calico. toO.-NorfOlk
Landmark.
Colorado woman has secured a
divorce from her husband. who has
been dead three years. The trouble
with a great many of us is that we
wait until the people we know are
gone beyond recall TO say and do the
things that might have cheered them
along the way while living-BristOl
Herald-Courier.
A Brooklyn woman who was
kissed against her will was awarded
six cents damages What should be
done with man who would forcibly
kiss a woman who could not recover
more damages than that?-Bristol
Herald-Courier.
In a country where men are free
and have equal rights, it is contrary
to the spirit of the country to tax
men for their voices in the govern
ment-"of the people, for the people
and by the people" A poll tax as
requisite to voting is unfair and un-
Observation-Disclosures Times
No view could we'll be more err
roneOus than this. The suffrage is not
a right, but a privilege, to be be
slowed. withheld. restricted or other
wise regulated as each State may see
fit; provided only that, in the exer-
else of this power, no violence is done
TO the Fifteenth Amendment, which
or Rbridgement ION account Of race.
color or previous condition of serVi-
tude." So far as We know, no Ameri
can State has today. or has ever had
universal, or even free and unrestrict-
ed manhood suffrage; nor has any at
tempt ever been made to enforce the
latter. except when the negroes We're
enfranchised following the close of
the war, and that attempt, as every
body knows. was a failure. AS a
matter of fact, there isn't a Com
monwealth in the Union which doesn't
another upon the electoral franchise.
tWhat, then, is there about the pre-
payment of poll-taX requisite in Nir-
ginia that renders ii unfair and I'M
American" Our Valley cOntempo-
rary. TO use the expressive parlance
Of the day. is talking through its hat.
If the suffrage is worth anything. il
is worth a dollar and a half. The
man who isn't willing TO pay that
sum for the privilege ought not TO be
Nirginian-Pilot.
Frank J. Gould. who has for seve-
raj years held the controlling interest
in the traction company which oper-
ates the street car line in Richmond.
has recently acquired similar control
in Norfolk. Writing To the Norfolk
Landmark on a matter connected
with this company, he announces his
firm belief that corporations should
stay out of politics, and that it is his
purpose that the corporations in Vir-
ginia with which he is connected shall
strictly follow this rule and devote
themselves exclusively to giving the
public good service.
If Mr. Gould will stick TO this pol
icy he will be able to hold the good
will OF the people of Virginia and
get almost anything in reason that he
asks for. We believe he means what
he says.-Staunton Leader.
Virginia Methodists will doubtless
be pleased with the announcement
that the venerable Bishop Alpheus w.
Wilson has been assigned TO preside
over the November session of the Vir-
ginia conference. to be had this year
at Salisbury, Md, within the bounds
of the conference. Bishop Wilson is
one of the profOundest men in Meth
odism or any other church, and is
veteran presiding officer widely
known for his fairness.-Danvile
Register.
The electric sign OF the new Art
Theater reminds one of some men. il
goes out and then comes back all lit
up.-Staunton Leader.
A psychologist rises to remark that
the 'money-making faculty is instinct
rather than intelligence" This helps
10 reconcile us to our persistent in
ability to accumulate the cOin.-VirEinia
Pilot.
The persistent rumor that japan
wants the Philippines is too good TO be
true, We fear.-BriStol Herald.