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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26
AN AMBITIOUS MOTHER

! Before steps were taken. however.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bennett appeared be-
fore her. In her righteous anger and
modification she ordered them cat
OF the house. They didn't go. The
late Miss Irene sat with smile on
her face. and the nervy young Benz
nett arose and said he had a few re-
marks to make before going
we will first take up the case Of
/ the family tree" he began. This
gensalogist you employed is now in
| prison as g. swindler. You are not
| his only victim by hundreds. / have
/ looked into tho matter myself. There
vas no Norseman named King Har-
ry. Even II there had been he would
have been a bloody old pirate and
marauder.'
! "But--hut ha assured me" res
| piled the widow
Certainly He also assured the
court, but he got three years Just tha
same. Tho name OF Nixon can bos
/ traced back about $50 years, the sames
as the name of Bennett. For the first.
nifty years our ancestors we're leather
dealers"
Yours might have been. but thu,
! Nixons. never"
II have 1t all written out hero ana
certified to az authentic. and you w4lk
/ find that while the BENEFITS sold
| leather tho Nixons worksd II UP.
/ That is. Joab Nixon OF hundred
years ago was a oobnier."
/ You insult me. sirf' Amos. means
cd tue widow.
our late husbands greats rant~s
father was a green grocer. but a. this
Bennett OF that date patrontxed hir4l
we are about even on that scora-"
Irene. / am your mothers
~ ss mamma, but Charlie wants.
| to tell you about the duke
| We now como to tho Duke OF
Hartford, continued tho young man.
| There ia no such duke in England.
The fellow who has been playing that
I line over here IL a fraud and a
! swtndler, Didn't you see by tho pa~
pers this morning that he had az
last been arrestad?''
Mercy no. Why. he-het''
He has borrowed money of VOW
NJ course. and you may have to no
into court as 81 witness against him.
Mrs. Nixon. | loved your daughters
and prevailed upon her TO elopa and
marry me. Shall we say that the.
Nixons are all right, the BENEFITS ara
I ali right, and that the happy couple.
are 70 receive q blessing"
Irene" replied the mother In
tears and sohs, ''you-vou shouldn't
have done IT."
NO. mamma"
And, Ch~Charde. you sf1ouldnt
haze dona IT,
no. mother
"Eut being you have, II guess
guess I'm glad"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26
PRIMITIVE BAPTISTS
IN ANNUAL SESSION

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
'LURAY. VA, Aug. 25-The Eben-
eZer Association OF Primitive Bap.
lists began a three-day session near
Luray to-day. An immense crowd Of
people is in attendance. Ministers
from many Western and Southern
States are present. The meeting is
being held in a grove three miles
south of Luray, on the farm OF DR..
j. VI. Long. one of the wealthiest
members OF the Demonstration In Page
county.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26
THE LATEST CONGRESSIONAL INNFS-
IIG3IION

The American people have wondered what
could be found that demanded investigation
next investigations galore and al naascdpl
have seemed to leave 10 other field for explora-
ton But our friend, Representative Wyatt
Aiken, Of South Carolina has stumbled across
a matter Of such grave moment as demanded
immediate Investigation matter Of such pa
triotc solioitudo as inspired him to initiate Il
personally conducted tour of exploration at his
own peenniary charges.
The story goes that Senator from South
Carolina had said 20 Governor Blease that Con.
gresham put together You can Immediately
SENSE than all the other South Carolina CON
FRESHMEN put together You Immediately
discover the exigency Of the occasion. 1magina-
ton needs no spur to understand how and why
patriotism. unsullied and unsupported. should
at once rush 10 the front, a willing sacriic upon
the altar of .discovery.
SO MIR. Aiken. with courage unrivalled in
the annals of public life, indites opst es to both
Senator Tilman and Senator Smith demand
ing TO know whether either OF them were re
sponsihe for such incondiary and reasonable
QtteTanfcS, iNeSe gentlemen, wiser than brave,
realizing the impropriety Of such statement,
and doubtless fearing impeachment upon the
ground Of unfaithfulness to their solemn oaths
OF Office sidestepped the question.
Mr. Aiken In the consciousness of outraged
honor and endangered reputation is still on the
hunt for the rash and reprehqnsible proclaimer
OF such ogregious heresy. Woe betde the man.
If Aiken runs him down.
Now when you contemplate the serious side
Of this matter YOU will scarcely censure Mr.
Aiken for his solicitude in desiring to know
the truth He is doubtless an ambitious man
He probably feels the kindlings of the sacred
fire that CLOVIS and burns as he thinks Of the
heights beyond His soul aspires responsive to
the holy fires. He realizes that be can hardly
hope to rise should his ability be criticised. He
remembers that such as Rutledge, the
PinckReys, Hayne Calhoun and Hampton have
set the standard Of statesmenship in his state
He believes that in himself their parts and
power reside today, He will permit no man TO
throw the palm at feet other than his own, So
there you are
We are with you in this chase, Mr. Aiken.
1t may be hot and it may be long but you viii
find in the grandstand cheering until the
end IVY --~~--7-~---------r
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26
The aforementioned.
BY A. II. G.

BY a. II. c.
How many thousand pass away
And leave no blazen trail behind,
That men may view from day to day
AS Ger lifes rugged way they wind
How many pass deaths gloomy arch.
Remembered for so short II while,
A. years creep their endless march
And parted loved ones reconcile.
What is this but the end Of life?
FIave all those thousands lived in vain,
Have toied amid the endless strife,
To be SO soon forgot again?
Has sacrifice and noble deeds
No other recompense than this,
When some brave heart in secret hlceds
So others may pass on in bliss.
Those lives obscure bravest of brave,
Fixed out in misery and in tears,
with worn sigh welcome the grave,
That ends their long and tedious years.
Those martyrs that the world knows not
They die. their name is ner extolled;
Down in the narrow cell they rot
While countless ages onward roll.
Oh, they are soon forgot by men,
Whose yer-changing hearts are coidt
But up those marble stairs ascend
Beyond the dusty hollow mould
There written in Gods great, great book
In shining words that never die,
Each deeds recorded, none o'erlooked.
Each word of love, each patient sigh.
All. there beyond the worlds mad din
The thousands unremembered here
Rest on, unconscious of all sin.
Where endless life no more is drear.
God sees the smallest thoughtful act,
He knows each trial and burden borne,
And though leave shining track
He'll lead Us to that happy home.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26
THE END OF TOM AND c1AU

THE END OF TOM AND CI.AUD.
(Ry w S. L.
Claud stood tho burning deck
With Tom, the boss upon his back:
Friends were they, and best OF chums
And lived on Sweet Virginia plums
Drop your boss and swim ashore!"
Said friends to Claud, both rich and poor
But he replied. mo. I'll never
Machine made cords dare not sever"
The flames rolled high above the boat
While Claud tried hard his boss to tote
But soon they sunk to rise no more
In filthy waters near the shore.
The end was this of Tom, the boss
The end of Claud-~oh, what a loss!
The end OF the old machine,
And the beginning of a new regime
W. s. LEAKE,
Sherwood. Richmond Va
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26
A FATHERS DEVOTION.

Il EATHfskS DENotIoN.
Through the weeks thas have inte"s cnod be-
tween the horrible tragedy that shocked our
city and the trial of the man accused OF the
crime and now during the days of strain and
suspense incident to the trial, there is one
figure that looms largest in it's demand upon
the young man charged with tho murder Of
his wife.
1t is one Of the strange anomalies Of an or
der, the philosophy of which is not altogether
apparent that the innocent are often the great
est sufferers from situations with which they
have no direct and immediate connection. Tn
fortunate circumstances seems TO direct it's
hardest blows against those whose responsibility
is not involved. except sometimes in most re
mote degree BY this eruesome crime many
are caused shame and sorrow and suffering,
who are innocent in participation and RESPONSE
bility MS the beautiful victim who found death
in the shot OF the assassin. And hers is a fate
far preferable to that OF some who must face the
anguish of those who remain.
Among all who claim share OF the com
muuty'e sympathy, none has a greater claim
than II, c. Beattie Sr. This man who has
faced the necessity Of being both father ana
mother to his children and who has faithfully
endeayored to give the strength and counsel Of
father with the lavish love Of a mother, finds
himself forced TO bear a burden than which
there could be no heavier At a time when age
and years OF faithful devotion might expect com.
pensation in the fila! and afectlonate OF
his son. he finds that son charged with the crime
of wife murder, under circumstances that forbid
Imagination finding any further limits of bruali.
ty. This circumstance he must face. enduring
! the anguish and the suspense alone-a sorrow
and shame he cannot IN the nature Of things
share with others
During the course Of these unfortunate events
~ c. Bea1ue sr. has borne himself so as TO
command mot only the universal sympathy but
we'll lie has maintained dignity and re-
teence that have off nded no sense Of propriety
lie has manifested a devotion without gush
and "A LOYALTY without ostentation that naes
touched the heart OF the entire city. His con
duct deserves the respect ami his pathetic
situation demands the sympathy of all We
are sure that universal qualification would re-
suit If 1T can be deponstratcd that this boy upon
whom he has lavisbed his love aud made sucn
generous bestowment of his resources. is guilt.
less If the heihoas crime with which he Is
charged
The one bright spot in circumstance other
wise only dark and appalling is the manifesto
finn af y fatbcr'e lotn ann Ga. ,bonoh, +h,4
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26

Willie Hearst has again broken into the lime
hght IT. the same old act he is pulling off If
the Democratic party dominates man of his
liking the Hearst chain of papers will yield ar
dent support. Otherwise. it's a third party
again for William Randolph
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26

The blind tiger has 10 be found the licensed
saloon 4nds. Which condition is better for tn
future Of a growing boy? Thousands. whom
the open saloon with It's attractions finds. would
never find the blind tiger
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26

Senator Bailey Is dead agin" the recall.
Most of the old stasers are. 1t has been emf
ployed too often in their direction. 1t will COZ.
tinue to be applied practically at the ballot box
in the case Of obstruotionists and opponents Of
reforms that contemplate the peoples good
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26

The Adrdnce boasts that Lynchburg shoes
are invading the European market There are
good many shoes that carry folks across the
brlny and invade the old world every week
from every section Of the country. We hadn't
heard that the Adoance had conducted Euro
pean tour contest.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26

There won't be any motion pictures of GER
tain notorious but unfortunate woman, in Rich.
mond. 1t is bad enough to have her thrust into the
home on the page Of the daily papers The
Richmond people have had a sufioiency
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26

negro in Alexandria was arrested because
his pockets were found full of gold It would
prove equally embarrassing often If the gold
in the pockets Of men of more delicate hue were
made a matter of Investigation
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26

1t occurs to us that aviation might serve
two good purposes. Buy an airship for your,
self If creditors are too pressing For your
enemy If you have murder in your heart
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26

he is buffeted. but not beaten; hut at the end
of II we think he will confess that he has been
not only buneted, but beaten.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26

The Congress really accomplished but lit
ale of practical value Big Bill Taft interpos-
ed his bulky person in the path of progress
But the Democrats at least convinced Tie
country that they wanted to.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26

The Charlotte Observer says that prohibition
prohibits just fike SITTER holds sand. ana
the police court demonstrates that regulation
regulates just like a sieve holds water
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26

william Jennings Bryan is responsible for
Mr.. Underwoods sudden conversion to the
policy of open caucus. Figure it out, friend,
and see if this is not the logical true CON
oIHSlon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26
The Pub cats.

The Pub Gratis
With ample and humble apologies to the
te Iamented Bret Harte.
We rise TO explain,
lis hard TO believe.
For ways that are dark
And our reason is plain
The GuIeless Pub-Crats
Are peculiar.
Md tricks that are vain.
They'd stoop TO deceive,
For the pelf and power
They hope 10 receive,
But the Guileless Pub-Crats
Are peculiar.
This unhoy alliance
Breathes party defiance,
And is not a good thing
For reposeful reliance.
Hdt the Guiteless Pub-Crats
Are peculiar
4 big chief of Repubs
And some Democrat cubs,
And dealing to decency
Some very hard ruba
But the Guileless Puo-Crats
Are peculiar
They hope to win out
In this polyglot bout,
And seem not TO dream
az a possible rout,
For the Guieless pub-Crats
Are peculiar.
They froth at the mouth
they run north and south
And scour with great zest
The east and the west,
For the Guileless Pub-Crats
Are peculiar.
The halt and. the lama
ct mal-odorous fame,
tfaYe gotten disgracefully
lnto this game,
For the Guileless Pub-Crats
Are peculiar.
Repubs Of the past
Neneered Dems at last
Are Chewing the rag"
And footing a blast,
For the GuileTess Pub Gratis
Are peculiar.
But Fllyson stands pat
And their schemes fall fat
And he knocks them out
With his big party bat
He knows these Pub-Crats
Are peculiar.
DEMOCRAT.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26

The investigation of Norfolk county politics
is If the Investigators find things either
too or to dirty there are convenient bath
ing places at their disposal
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26

take tne veil THAT Newport gang ought to &c
some curtains.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26

The Haag Circus advertises In Virginia
paper that 1t is not in the trust Can't say
however. that It isn't in the ring"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26

The farmers always get a look in whom ther4
are delegates to be appointed to an agriculture
meeting
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26

"Breathes there man with soul so dead
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own. my native land?"
Especially if he is candidate Then be
declaims 1t to Others
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26

A woman in Montear. n. j., had pink
funeral" the other day. We have attended some
when the eulogies Were rather colorless.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26

Senator Stephenson may plead that he is |
too aged TO be drafted for hostilities
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-26

on sale at the Bargain Booth
on the main floor. where they
have been the center of great
buying interest since this big
clearing sale of Waists first
began.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-01-15

One of the most practical addresses
delivered at the State Dairymen
Convention, was that by Otto Tamm'
of Enumclaw, one of the most success
full dairymen of the state. Mr.. Tamm s
address no doubt will produce
greater interest among dalrymen on
that important part of the industry;
testing individual COWS so that the
profitable ones may be retained as
money makers and foundation stock
and the boarders may eliminate from
the herd. Mr.. Tamm's address was
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-01-15
COW TESTING BENEFITS

it regularly once month, but very
few will carry it out any length of
time. and by not carrying 1t out regu-
larly, lose the value of the work they
have done.
So here is another instance where,
by cooperation we can obtain the de-
sired result, whereas by individual
effort we would mostly fail.
Realizing, this the dairymen OF
Enumclaw started the Enumclaw Cow
Testing Association a year ago last
October.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-01-15

We adopted what is known as the
Dollar per COW plan. Each dairyman
pays one dollar per COW, per year for
each COW he wants tested, furnishes
board and lodging to the tester one
day each month, and conveys him
and his outfit to the next place of
operation,
The tester weighs and samples the
milk night and morning, also gets the
weight of the feeds the cows are fed.
We presume that the pounds of milk
and the test is the average for the
month, and also that the feed is the
average the COW received for that
month, which taken all the year
through, will be approximately
correct. After testing the milk be
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-01-15

records in book furnished for the
purpose, the pounds of milk, the test,
the pounds of butterfat. Price of
butterfat, value of butterfat for the
month, pounds feeds. cost of feed,
profit or loss, cost of producing 100
pounds of milk, cost of producing
one pound of butterfat, returns for
one dollar expended for food. We
now have a complete yearly record
of 238 COWS and a partial record OF
about 100 more.
OF these 238 cows 46 produced from
$50 to 200 pounds of butterfat; 65
produced from 200 to $50 pounds of
butterfat; CT produced from $50 to 800
pounds OF butterfat; 36 produced from
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-01-15

as follows:
Mr.. President; Ladies and Gentlemen:
MY subject, 'The Cow Testing
Association. is really new one in
our meetings of the Dairymen S AS
ISOLATION. We have never discussed
it much here.
The object sought to be obtained by
these Associations is first, to rid the
dairyman of his worst enemy, the I'M
profitable COW, and second, to teach
him to feed an economical ration, so
as to produce a gallon Of milk, or a
pound of butter at the leas5 cost. OF
course any dairyman could do this
for himself without an Association,
but very few do it. A good many may
start in to weigh the milk and test
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-01-15

300 to $50 pounds of butterfat; q pro-
duced from $50 to 400 pounds of butter
fat produced from 400 to 450 pounds
of butterfat; nine COWS made clear
profit after paying for their feed of
over 500 per COW; 38 COWS made a
profit of from $75 to 500 each.
Hay was figured at market price,
loose in the barn from $40 to $15 per
ton, grain at price per ton in the
store; silage and roots at $3 per ton;
pasture at $3.50 to So per month.
The cost of feed per COW for the year
differed from $27.O8 to S77.25. If
you will notice the wide range in the
pr oduction Of the COWS tested and the
equally wide range in the cost of the
feed per COW, you will agree with me,
that there is much room for improve
ment that was to be expected for the
first year, but as we have had demon.
strated to us some valuable lessons,
and good many will heed them.
expect the records to show a good
deal better average next year.
Another thing the Testing Associa-
tion has done for our part of the
country. 1t has installed spirit of
rivalry in some of our dairymen,
which cannot help, as such things are
catching, but to be power for good
for the dairy industry in our vicinity.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-01-15

The largest steer ever killed in the
state of Kansas was slaughtered last
week in Wichita 1t tipped the scales
at 1880 pounds and was of the Hereford
breed. Live Stock.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-01-15

of D. Holden of Lebam
nearing completion Mr. Holden has long time
milk of "a 20 gallon the round The
hay 1t 6x76 and is AZ feet up
track Mr. Holden lives about 30 miles West OF Chehas on
Pacific railroad He
of milk the Chehal condenser from
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1911-12-22
w. 7. Cowgirl,
ta..ss.E.S
NOTARY PUBLIC

The other day quite a little
girl, ragged, unkept, and show
ing lack of care. stepped into
one of our stores and asked the
proprietor if he had any Bickle
dollies. He told her no, and
she turned and walked away.
We followed ler to the door,
supposing she would go into the
next store, but she did not head
that way, but STATED down the
street. We called to her that
perhaps she could get her dolly
at the next store, but she said
she had been there. We told
her to come back and we would
buy her a dolIyanyway, but she
had been too well trained to take
money from strangers and she
would lot come back, but walk
ed rapidly away. We inquired
who she was, but no one knew.
We have wished since that we
had run after het. It seems to
us that an unsupplicd want for
a five-ccnt dolly IS a crime a.
gainst our civilization. Poor
little tot!-Muluane Newc.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1911-12-22
NOT WORTH CONSIDERING,

81 wouldn't trade with a man
who don't advertise" is the re-
mark made Ivy a railroad man
whospends from $40 to SIS per
month in the city Of Clovis.
When asked why lie looked on
the proposition so, he said; 81
don't consider firm that hasn't
the energy to advertise and go
after business like he should in a
way to win; in other words, |
would not buy q dollars worth
from q man who did not think
enough of the city in v hich he
lived, who failed to support live
newspaper and who don't think
enough OF my patronage to liz
vite me to his store by giving
me prices, telling me what he
had, etc. through the columns
of the leading paper. In other
words, it is just as impossible to
have a good towr without a
good newspaper as it is to have
a good railroad payroll without
q railroad The idea that peo-
pie don't lead the ads or adver-
Using is a frost, and is only so
with the class of people who are
too tight-fisted to spend money
to get business. The time has
past when a man can do pros
porous business without the use
of printers ink.-Clovis Journal.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1911-12-22
Nor1cE.

Every subscriber who pays us
Loo on subscription between
ttis time and Christmas Day
will receive the Wichita Week.
ly Eagle one year as a premium.
We desire to increase our sub
scription list and while offering
tliis inducement to new SUBJ
scribers will also give old sub
scribers the same benifit if they
flash their dollar.