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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-28
NEGRO BECOMES INSANE
as WHILE ATTENDING CHURCH
Especial to The Times-Dispatch Z

t'F''-~Iuf 20 I IIb lIflcS- D1SDa ION H.
washington, N. c., March 27-Cor-
menus Lucas. the eighteen -year-old
son OF James Lucas co1ored city
araSman. suddenly lost his reason and
became insane last night He and his
tather were attending church, and
curing the service Cornelius lost his
mind, became very bolsterous and I'M
ruly, for some time interrupting the
service. and he had to be taken out
by main force. Arriving at his home,
he proceeded to break the windows
and demolish the property, and had TO
be taken to the city Jail and be locked
up by the police. Lucas was a Quiet.
we'll behaved negro, and in the en-
ploy OF w. Fl. Baker. Efforts will ba
made to get him in the colored asylum
at Goldsboro, N. C. 49,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-28
THE WEATHER.

Forecast: Virginia md North Caro-
IlnH--tienern1!y fair mud much colder
TUESDAY; Wednesday, fair; moderate to
brisk southwest to west winds.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-28
MORGAN IS TAKEN
TO TAzEWELL JAIL
Alleged Murderer, Who Escaped
From Mob, Gives Him
self Up.
PROTESTS His INNOCENCE
Another Serious Charge Against
Negro Made BY Young
Woman.
PROTESTS His INNOCENCE
Especial to The Times Dispatch.

i H.. |
Iazewell Va. March o7.--John Nor
Kan, me negro who was reported to
nt 8. neen lynched near Pounding Mill
~ III saturday night. was brought TO tho
lever jail under heavy guard this
turning. The negro is charged with
me murder of Grover Lambert, a
e @n ~ man. and Waterman for Walton
oranch OF the Norfolk and Western
The first reports that were received
nere on saturday night stated that the
m ,,,'dIo had been hanged and his body
case We're far different. however The
negro shortly after shooting Lamber,
Vas ca ptnred III a 'shanty" in one
MOB that had been searching for him
IN the mountains His wherca bouts was
a1susged by other negroes. who were
n sbsn,te %nen ne rushed into one Of the
~ the moo captured him and tied his
hands In front OF him, and after
marching him UP and down In front Of
the negro quarters Of the construction
camp suitable tree was located to
which he could be hanged. Prepare
Mons were under way for. the execu-
walnut tree. with many strong limbs
oTerhangins, and some members OF
the mob had climbed the tree and we're
alnSlng the rope. when suddenly the
negro made dash for liberty down a
iorty-foot c'nbanklnent and into the
brush and thickct. lie disappeared. The
mon fired upon him, but the bullets
went wild, and the negro vas soon
swallowed up In the mountains. He
remained In the mountains the rest OF
Saturday and all day Sunday, and as
night approached Sunday he became
sick. hungry and tired, and under
cover or darkness stole into the camp
where he had friends, and asked to
pc protected. ON account of$a wound
"a ms leg he was unable to proiong his
wanderinSs In the mountains
The Superintendent of the company
and others VINO held obedience to law
Tar above the qualification Of personal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-28

explain every item; that he was man
or nigh integrity and intelligence, and
IL he made certain small allowances or
concessions to contractors, there must
nave been soma good reason for IL
The committee then rose to meet to-
morrow afternoon to begin the form7-
latton OF It's report
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-28

vengeance took care Of the negro
until after midnigh, Sunday. when he
was quietly taken through the noun
tains to the hotel on the railroad.
where ne was heavily guarded until
70 TaZewell The negro strongly pro-
tests his innocence OF murder giving
rs an excuse for his shooting Lambert
mat Lambert and others had shot at
him first, and that "a nbert had shot
him while running from him.
Inc affair has caused a great deal
OF eicitenl ent in this community. es-
pecfaliy where the dead man is we'll
Known. and a lynchinG would be no
surprisp = :
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-28
TRUSTEE IS APPOINTED.
Creditors OF banking House or John
& Ihca.l Hold --

ron tS Check Hold Meeting.
Danv!lle Va. March oI.-A meeting
Of the creditors of the banking house
Of johnson & Check was held here to-
day In the office of the clerk OF the
United States District Court 1t was
the Nrst me- ing OF the creditors. and
900 or more We're in attendance. l.
Startling Thomas referee in bank
rnptcy. from Martinsviile, presided.
The mos; important business consid :
cred today was proving claims and
appointing trustee. Champ Rarks-
dale was chosen trustee. The creditors
VIII meet again morrow.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-28
Iicntincd nv Mi.a nr,,cc

I3lueneld stenogra phcr. created QUITE =
surprise and no little excitement here
this aftern DON, hen she was positive
81 her Identified tion Of John Morgan
as the negro who handled her roughly
IN the office Of Lacy Brothers, in
i3lucheld on last Tuesday The negro
who was suspected o. the crime, John
Gray, alias John Bull was released
me young woman stating positively
That he was not the man wanted
In conn cotton with the crime for
murder for which Morgan was brought
mere this morning, this charge Of
felony or assault on a young girl
seventeen years old, Unprotected will
almost surely land him in the electric
chair. .--H N
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-28
lYnrei,ol,se R,,rned

onc-story Warehouse OF the KENTUCKY
Tobacco Company. on Osborne TURNPIKE
together wiib It's contents. valued a; 5000
was destroyed by Arc sunday mornin q
About sT.Gto insurance was carried The CITY
Fire Depa -tnent responded to a call for
aid. though tho conhaSration was out OF the
city limits but Oh account OF the distance
from wafer plug unable 10 be OF any
known.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-28

In New Kent county. Other gangs
VIII be started as soon as contracts
can be made.
The largest early Irish potato crop
III tho history Of James City county
WIN De planted this season. There are
FEWER small truckers this season, bur
the more extensive ones have Increased
their acreage a-f71
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-28
DanyilIe J,a.tor r{e,trn..

DanvIlie, Va. March 27-Rev. G. c.
Duncan who for several years has
been pastor of Lee street Baptist
Church here, has rendered his rcsig-
IA ton TO his congregation 10 accep, Il
call extended him in Eastern Virginia.
MIR. Duncan preached his farewell SER
mon yesterday.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-28
Dangerous wreck pcstroycd.

Washin z ton, y. c., March o,-Re-
turning from cruise over her district
the revenue cutter Seminole reports
having destroyed, fifteen miles south BY
east OF Ocracoke. y. G.. the wreck pre-
viously reported off the Carolina coast,
and dangerous to navigation
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31
BUSINESS CONDITIONS.

Henry Clews reports that the mon
ey market plainly reflects business
inertia Money is abnormally plenti-
full and cheap The demand for cur
rency from the west is hardly fac
tor worth noting. for the reason that
the interior banks possess sufficient
funds to handle crops without draw
ing upon their eastern balances. Some
OF our western institutions have in
fact been lending in Europe, SO abnor-
nal Is the present money situation.
In commercial circles Mr.. Clews
notes an improvement IN undertone.
Unreasoning distrust has disappeared
and confidence is gradually rising.
The volume OF business, though some
what less than a year ago, has not
contracted az severely as at one time
feared. Profits have been more or
less impaired, and would in many
cases have disappeared altogether had
1t not been for sharp retrenchment in
expenses. This policy of economy Is
being carried out not onl-- in business,
but the consumer also Is obliged to
economic, either because prices are
too high or his buying powers have
been impaired. This situation Is
working out its own cure and the pro-
cess of readjustment to lower level
In the merchandise markets has al
ready made good progress.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31
EARNING AN EDUCATION.

Frederick c. Smith, formerly con.
nectel with the news department OF
The Gate City, is now occupying a
desk in the Register and Leader OF.
fee in Des Moines, and Is of course
making good" as everybody who
knows him knew he would A COUPLE
of weeks ago he had a readable flea.
trre" in the r. and l.. on the corn
crop of Iowa. Last Sunday morning
he told in an entertaining way of
the various means resorted to by
the young of both sexes to earn a
college education. Preaching, spiel.
ing" for side-shows, domestic ser.
vice, nursing, taking care of children.
working at various trades, clerking in
stores, selling "spuds,', janitor work.
chores, racing automobiles, taking
pictures, selling Photographic sup
plies. reporting. cooking, selling news
papers. acting as "supes" on the
stage. helping in laundries, doing fan
cy sewing and embroidering, render.
ing messenger service and canvass.
ing for aluminium ware are among
the Jobs" mentioned as affording lu-
cratiye employment. The article was
illustrated with pictures showing stu
dents engaged In some OF these oc-
cnpations. The Register and Leader
is to be congratulated upon the latest
addition to its staff Of writer's.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31
Colonel Dave Palmer.

Washington Gowa) Press: There
is no one in the state of Iowa. that
the Press would like to see governor
as well as Col. David j. Palmer. Col.
onel Palmer has one OF the widest
acquaintance in the state, is well
preserved, although he is past seven
ty; he served his country faithfully
during the civil war and has made one
of the best railroad commissioners the
state over had. We believe, today,
that he Is one Of the most popular
men In the state: the vote at the last
election made it apparent that faction.
alism cut little figure in his support.
He received splendid endorsement
In the northern part OF the state-so.
called insurgent territory. The young
err element in the party admire Colonel
Palmer. as well as do the older Re
publicans. He Is worthy of the Office
and possibly, If nominated and elect
ed, would be the last old soldier to
grace the governors chair. He is
steadfast in his support of the adj
ninistration; his Rcgubl.caaism is rot
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31

Itinctured with insurgency of any va
riety and he is known over the state
ias being always true to his political
Colonel Dave Palmer wayering. You
know where to find him-bacsing up
the administration at all times. He
has worked IN season and out OF sea-
son, night and day, almost since the
close of the war for the advancement
OF Republican principles. Talk with
some of the old wheel horses of the
Earty and you will soon learn of the
manner of man and politician that
Colonel Palmer is. e has not peer
in the state. His friends are count
ed by the hundreds all over the state
You cannot go into hamlet or vii
lage, but they know of Colonel Palm
Ier. Two to one you will run across
some man, whom he has befriended in
time of trouble. No day was ever
toe cold nor the weather too inclem-
ent, that he was not ready to go out
and battle for the success OF the Re-
publican ticket. There are no frills
nor boibles about Colonel Palmer.
He is the same DAYS today and to-
morrow and the next day. We be-
lieve that the people of Iowa believe
that he has made one of the best rail-
road commissioners the state ever
had; il this is not true. why has he
been returned SO often with such
handsome majorities? He is impartial
in his work on the commission. When
a case comes before it, he digs down
and ascertains the facts and decides
the question correctly. He is not
Ib9isterous; not DESTINATIONS in his
work for the state; just easy, sure,
concise and just He does not condemn
a railroad corporation because i, is u
railroad, but simply tells the officers
they must conform to the laws OF the
state. There is a right way in doing
all things; this Is Colonel Palmer's
way, and he generally gets what he
goes after. This is why we would
like to see him go after the governor
ship of this great state. This country
and town sent many brave men to the
front during the civil war, but none
any Drawer than Colonel Palmer. He
is always ready and willing to assist
in time of need. but has a way about
him that the right hand never knows
what the left hand does. Colonel
Palmer would mite the, party of the
state as no other man would, we
think. and we believe if he will say
that he will be candidate that he
cen receive the nomination and be
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31
The WORLDS DIVORCES

The average annual number of
divorces In the United States for five
years was greater than the number
in all the rest of the so-called Chris
tian world, according to figures Civ
en- in the Independent by VIM. B.
Bailey, assistant professor of political
economy in Yale university. The Eu-
ropean nations in the list furnish less
than half as many divorces, and yet
had a population of more than 200,-
100000 In 1900. There is no Europ-
can country with divorce rate half
as high as that of the United States,
and in some countries divorce is al
most unknown. In Ireland, for In
stance, only one divorce was granted
in the five years from 1899 to 1903.
In a chart showing the worlds d.
vorce record, Japan alone surpasses
the United States. The figures on
which the chart is based refer, with
one exception, to the average annual
number of divorces for five years
ending in 1902 and 1903, and are as
follows:
Go,,nt.,, " ~ 1nn mn
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31

homo in Burlington Saturday evening
after weeks pleasant visit in our
vicinity.
Misses Minnie Westerman, Dora
Schock and Elda Dahms visited in
Fort Madison several days the past
week.
Sunday, October 90, about forty OF
the near relatives OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Lang gathered at their home
to help them celebrate their eighth
wedding anniversary. The guests
gathered at the home while Mr.. and
Mrs. Lang were attending church ser
vices and when they came home they
found the place taken possession Of,
and fine dinner awaiting them. It
was a complete surprise to Mr.. and
Mrs. Lang. but all soon were made to
feel at home and every one enjoyed
the dinner The rest OF the day was
then passed in pleasant conversation:
the guests departed for their homes in
the afternoon, wishing Mr.. and Mrs.
Lang many more happy anniversaries.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31
REPLIES TO MITCHELL

Frederick w. Taylor, the famous
creator of the system of scientific
management of industries, has come
to the defense of his system in reply
to the attack made by John Mitchell,
former head of the miners union, In
his series of articles for the press.
Mitchell had said that men employed
on piecework would not soldier as a
rule, but Taylor says workmen have
so testified before the government
commission. The labor leader says
that scientific management does not
in practice increase wages Of the
workers To this Taylor cites the eyi.
dence before the government commits.
sion showing that in certain cases in.
vestigated the wages did go up AT
the WATERFOWL Arsenal, where the
system was adopted, the wages had
increased % per cent, and at the
same time the output had more than
doubled. To the charge that Tay.
lor's ideal was a human automaton.
Taylor replied: MY view Of the
workman is directly opposite. say
man should be studied at leagt as
much as machine. The foreman
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31
Keokuk, Iowa ...-....- Oct 81, 1911
ocroeER,s TAPESTRY.

BY the mountain stands October,
Like a weaver brown and old;
For his warp he uses sunbeams-
Threads Of palpitating gold;
And the loom spread out before him
Is the forest dim and green,
While his shuttle plying swiftly.
rs the wind Of autumn keen.
For his wool he chooses colors
Amethyst and purple lost
In the blue OF smoke and shadows,
In the gray OF early frost;
Vivid carmine, saffron, amber;
Faded tints and lilac softly blend
ed
All these form October's welt.
All day long hear the music
OF his shuttle and his loom;
All day long / watch him weaving
Till the stars begin to bloom.
And the figures of his fabric,
As each day they brighter grow,
Seem the forms and flow'r-like faces
OF the June / used to know.
Alice E. Allen.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31

DR.. Fl. F. Kirschner, who has been
superintendent of the state sanitar-
iunl for the treatment of tuberculosis
at OakdaIe ever since it was estab-
lished almost four years ago, has re-
signed to take effect November 10.
He goes to Los Angeles, Calf, to
take charge of large private sani-
tarium there. His services at Oak
dale were entirely satisfactory and
the state parts with him with regret.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31

Down in Missouri the gentlemen in
charge OF the state agricultural ex-
pertinent station have inaugurated a
race between various breeds of hen to
ascertain which kind Is the biggest
layer. The race will continue for 3G5
days and will be participated in by
the favorites Of breeders from all
parts of the United States. Feed Will
be weighed and careful score will
be kept as to quantity and quality Of
eggs in order to determine once for
all just how much profit the hen own.
er may expect from each kind of
fowl. II properly conducted the test
should definitely settle the age-long
question as to which is the best
breed of fowl.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31

The Employers Liability and Work.
mems Compensation commission. in
session in Washington last week,
adopted plan to be recommended to
congress and then adjourned to No
yember 6. when 1t will hear sugges.
lions from persons interested. That
ss, basis was agreed on, but details
were left open. AS proposed, the law
Will provide for direct payments by
interstate carriers for the injuries
sustained by their employees and pay.
ment would be compulsory and to ap.
ply to all accidents. The amount OF
the payment would be based on the
percentage OF the wages OF the injur-
ed at the time, in case OF death pay
ment 70 ~ made TO dependents.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31
Per 100000
Countrl

1t will be seen that our supremacy
over any country in the old world In
the matter of divorce is unquestioned.
but there will be no rejoicing among
thoughtful people over the fact. The
figures Disclose sociological condi-
ton that Is far from creditable to
us. The situation is one of real peril
inasmuch as divorce menaces the
home and the home Is the foundation
of our government. Assuredly it is
high time the matter should receive
the thoughtful attention it deserves.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31

not be denied There is nothing
vested" which may be claimed as ex-
elusive and exceptional by either men
or women Ii the man wants to fash
lon the gowns and rock the cradles
II the woman wa.ts to lead armies
and dig ditches--why who shall say
them nay? Women have lead armies.
There are men milIiners. Yet one
could scarcely be blamed for wishing
to avoid intimacy with she-soldier
or he-nursery maid. We dare say
that Joan Of Arc was a little trying
for everyday companionship, whilst
Mr. Milksop does not stand as type
for the admiration of women.
In period of universal movement
toward the characterization of sys-
TENS there is no reason to doubt that
woman suffrage will arrive with the
rest OF the revolutionizing features
aimed at the regeneration of society.
The conditions OF modern life, i'm
proved as they be, are none SO good
that they may not be bettered, and
the claim that woman suffrage will
better them rests upon plausible,
though, we think, mistaken and
sophistfcal, argument II the Courier
Journal believed that the admission
OF women to the franchise would pur.
ify the ballot, or elevate woman in
the scale of humanity, it would not
hesitate to advocate woman suffrage
II Is our opinion that it would do
nothing of the sort. 1t would rather
asgrayate than mend the conditions
of which women justly complain.
The mistake of the suffragist equal
ly with the suffragette is in exagger-
ating the virtues of suffrage There
would be never a drunken, idle hus-
band the less; no avenue, or vista,
feminine opportunity the more. Two
bad or foolish women to one good
wise woman would swell the sum OF
corruption In the elections. The single
objective point, If any objective point
could be reached, would be to rob the
woman OF her grace and charm and
to brutalize her; and when thus bru-
talized, she should take the field as
the direct competitor and antagonist,
not the mate and helpmate, of man
his chivalry. derived from mother
hood and sisterhood and sweetheart
hood, Withdrawn from her-we should
become world of brutas, she, being
physically the weaker. to get the
kicks and the cuffs, and to go down
in the strife.
Certainly God and Nature seem to
have directed otherwise good and
wise man and woman-even two
well-intentioned people joined togeth-
er in wedlocl-find enough to do
each in the sphere appointed the wo-
man to make the home, the man to
plunge into the stream and swim for
both.
Woman was, in the sincere belief
CT the Courier-Journal, created to be
the moral light Of the universe. Put
out this light by putting her outside
the temple. and the world would be
dark indeed. The issue of rights"
lis wholly a misleading one. Assured
ly, let US repeat, woman was born to
every right the man has-and a few
more. Voting is often an imposition,
sometimes very irksome, and always
a nuisance. She that dabbles with
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31
DoNNELLsoN.
N%AN . : : : : .


Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Haffner returned
home last Tuesday from weeks
visit at Page, Neb.
Mrs. Kate Tayler and daughter,
Marguerite. have gone to Kansas for
a several weeks visit.
Emil Hennies and wife have taken
possession of the restaurant recently
purchased OF L. E. Barnes.
Miss Irma Holdefer has returned
home from a weeks visit at Sharps.
burg, Iowa, and Kahoka, Mo.
Miss Amy Lister OF Newton, Iowa,
is visiting at the Will Butler home.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lang were Kco-
kuk visitors Thursday.
Mrs. B. Bingham returned to her
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31

Gfead authorities differ as to the
qualities Of flour The same week
that A. w. Mccain. the New York
food expert. was telling audiences of
Philadelphia housewives about how
injurious is the bread made from fine
white flour there came report by
Dr. J. M. Hamill to the British local
government board contending that
there is no truth in the belief that
different grades of flour from the
same wheat differ widely in nutritive
value. He declares It erroneous that
the high grade patent white flour by
the roller process is devoid of nItrog.
enous constituents. He regards It as
much more important the kind Of
wheat from which the flour Is made.