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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29
Too Good.


"He has been too good to the prisoners, "
And they lay this crime at his door;
He forgot that men who's hands are
clean
Have nothing to do with the poor
Not poverty come of the lacking OF gold
But poorness of body and soul.
Forgetting that helping OF such as
these
Is reserved for the free and the
whole
"He has been too good to the prisoners, "
And they've slated his head for the
axe;
For he stretched out his hand and
withheld
The lash from quivering backs
And he went where sorrow called him.
Giving anod. &c for pain,
And they post his name on the list
that's long
OF work politically slain.
HE has been too good to the prisoners
oh! Man of Galilee,
II commentator from above
Ever comes to man from Thee,
These words must nc the message
In human ears would fall.
ne has been too good to the prisoners,
These words completing all.
IANcHEsTER
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29
ON TRIAL,

On October at Lovingston, Ben
HUBBARD Will be arraigned for the
murder of DR.. James "a. Petit, and
trial guaranteed to him by the law
of the land. Rumors are current,
however that he will be made the
victim of mob violence, that lynch
law may anticipate due process of
law, and that the prisoner will be
executed by those who have no right
or authority to take the case in hand.
For the good name Of Nelson Coun-
ty it is to be hoped that these rumors
are idle fabrications. Too often. lit
tie respect has been shown
for the law in Nelson. Only
last year in Nelson mob took
a condemned murderer from the Jail In
which be was incarcerated, and
whether he lives or is dead no man
yet knows save those who were engaged
in this unlawful procedure. Whether
rightly or not, many look upon Nell
son as a county which is stained with
human blood and marked as place
OF violence and lawlessness.
The good people of Nelson have
solemn duty to perform. 1t is to see
that the process OF the law is not in
terfered with, and that the hand of
the law shall not be turned aside by
the reckless clutch OF the mob Let
Nelson follow the example of Ches-
terfield and see to it that the dignity
and power OF the court and the State
are maintained. Nelson itself is on
trial.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29

more's business territory to capture
some Of our (Baltimore's) customers,
II possible" we like the assurance, tho
assamacy, the air of proprietorship
In the impertinence OF the Sun. BAL
timore's territory" indeed! Our GUS
toner's" forsooth! How come? The
North Carolinidns are not that sort
OF people; they wear tho yoke OF no
master. It has boon ono hundred and
ehirty-six years, as the North Caro-
lima calendar reads. since a certain
King of England spoke of my Colony
and my subjects in the territory which
now comprises the State of North
Carolina, and the world knows what
happened at Charlotte and Kings
Mountain and the descendants. of ths
brave men who resisted British
aggression will resist now the idle
claim that they are owned by the
trades-people of Baltimore.
Besides. the expedition next week
is intended rather to get acquainted"
than to solicit business. Some OF the
Voyagers from Richmond may take
with them few specimens of what
they mako and sell; and, IL they are
asked. will probably tell why the
things they have are better, last
longer are cheaper and altogether
superior to any of the limitations that
might be offered by Baltimore drum
mers; but the special object of the
present expedition Is to make friends
and to show our neishhors that we
are really worth knowing, not because
we have something to sell to them,
out because We are the same sort of
folks they are themselves. Another
point OF difference between the Rich
mond movement next Monday and that
urged by the Sunpaper upon the Bal
timore merchants and the Fifth Mary
land Regiment, is that the Richmond
people Will go to North Carolina with
love In their hearts for their neigh
bors and not with guns on their
shoulders. or .iives in their sleeves.
or whips in their hands, not with anv
claim to exclusive possession OF North
Carolina territory or insulting refer
ence to "our customers" but only
with the hope that knowing what
Richmond really is and what sort of
people live here and do business here,
there may be. If agreeable to the North
Carolinians, closer relations between
Richmond and the North Carolinians
hereafter and mutually awakened in
terests which Will be for the benefit
of both.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29
Hands on,

have Travelled up and down the State
And done near all the good;
/ have advocated temperance,
Though in with bar-keeps stood;
And the maxim that go by
When things begin to buzz
Is to never let your right hand
Know what your left hand does.
You always raise your right hand
When you stand to take an oath,
And thereby leave your left hand free
(There's no sense in using both)
And this freedom of the left hand
Can be used in give and take;
What is there worth in politics
II you can't nephew make?
Now. of course. my high position
Makes me careful what say,
And when l say I stand hands off,
It's my right hands laid away,
For experience has convinced me
That when things begin to buzz
To never let your right hand
Know what you left hand does,
RICHMOND.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29

One OF the things which retard the
progress OF the Palmetto State is that
her bright young men are kept too
much in the background-the clean
cut. progressive. well-trained now
blood that. If infused into the BODY
polite. would give 1t moro lifs
Younger men in the Legislature.
younger men on tho bench are needed.
Why not make q start now In tn.
matter of the vacant associate tus.
ticeshlp of the South Carolina Supreme
Court? Why not elevate to that seat
Joseph Berry Lyles. OF Columbia. for
more learned in the law than many
judges twice his age. trained in the
best law school in the country, OK
perienced in all branches of the law. a
student of Jurisprudence. profound
thinker of vigorous mind. OF fine Judi.
eial aualities7 He would impart pro-
gress and power to the highest court
of his State.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29
MORRIS SHEPPARD.

Many aspiFants Tor Baney's seat arc
hpFoutlng UP in Texas The latest is
Norris Sheppard. Congressman from
The Te%ark-na District, and he will
push the Others mighty hard for the
place. fe is strong in Texas ana
strong in congress-a clean-eut, fear
less Upright young man. the intellect
ual equal OF any man IN Texas. He
comes Of distinguished family OF
.e%as; ne has rendered brilliant SER
vice in the House, and +: he is sent to
the Senate ne VIII discharge the trust
WIN a2ii!ty ana statesmanship In
ne senste he w7gld soon stand cut
prominently but never notor.oualy
The Lone star state could make no
mistake In entrustine a senatorial
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29
Penitentinrx surgeon.


No reason has been assigned for any
possible change in the present surgeon
to the State Penitnetiary. and still there
Is persistent rumor to the effect that
Dr. Herbert Mann. nephew to Gov
ernor Mann. is to be nance: to succeed
DR.. Charles " Darlington.
The selection of the prison officials
rests with the penitentiary board,
which is composed Of Ave men named
by the GovernoR and at present four
out OF the five reside In Richmond, SO
this patronage is practically a local
AFFAIR The board meets next Saturday,
and u that time the plums will be
handed out.
Dr. Darlington has served as sur
geon 10 the penitentiary for many
years. he is abundantly qualified for
the office. and his long and efficient
service is being urged by his friends
IN behalf OF his reelection this year.
Certainly the officers of the State Pen
ltentiary should not become a matter
OF ward politics and patronage in the
city of Richmond.
Dr.. Mann asserts that the Governor
Is not favorable to his candidacy, and
Governor Mann has stated that ne tried
to dissuade DR.. Mann from getting
into the contest for the place. 1t Is not
likely. however. that the Governor has
carried his opposition SO far as TO sug-
gest to his appointees on the board
the propriety of re-electing Dr. Car
rinEton instead Of DR.. Mann.
The selection of DR. Mann under the
circumstances is sure TO be regarded
over the State from the viewpoint of
nepotism, and of this fact it seems
that both the doctor md the Governor
are aware. but this is a very practical
age.-Norfolk Ledger-Dispi tch.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29
rArr. NO poL1r1c1AN.

When he reached Baldwin, Kansas,
the other day. President Taft left his
car to call on Senator Bristow's aged
father, a highly respected retired
Methodist minister living at that place.
That was a very thoughtful and proper
thing for the President TO do, and
he is to be commended for his tender
consideration for the revered clergy
man by whom the Presidents visit
must have been highly appreciated
The Rev. DR. Brlstow is the father, as
we have noted. of Senator Br.stow,
the Insurgent leader in Kansas. Yet
some persons say that Mr. Taft is mo
uol!uclan" and he isn't; but he has
way OF doing things without letting
on that would be accounted real genius
in professional. Many a night this
fall and next winter and spring and
summer. around the freside in the
Senator's comfortable home, or when
the weather grows milder and the fam
lily are together under the rose vines
growing over the front piazza. many
is The time when The visit OF the
President will be talked over in the
intimacy OF the home circle and with
appreciation. OH no: Mr.. TAFT is "no
politician
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29
BALTIMORE AND THE "noosrERs.D

At fifteen minutes past the hour of
IL o'clock next Sunday night, that is
to say at forty-hve minutes of
o'clock next Monday morning. the
same being the second day OF the
month OF October. special train made
up of four Pullman palace sleeping
cars. two dining cars and two bag
gage cars, Will leave the Main Street
Station in this city bound for the
Promised Land. All the cars will be
full, the Pullman cars. naturally and
of right, with splendid contingent
OF the progressive business men Of
Richmond. representatives of the COM
mercial bodies of this city. Mayor
Richa rdson. the head and front os
our municipal establishment, sgndry
writer's and thinkers sent along 20
embalm in new Odyssey the story of
the glory OF this great expedition
into good land. a land of brooks Of
water. OF fountains and depths that
spring out of valleys and hills; q land
OF wheat and barley and vines, and
fig trees, a land OF honey; the which
is the State OF North Carolina.
The train will be known all down the
line as The Boosters Special" and 1t
will have the right of way. The people
down in the grand old North State:
Carolina! Carolina! Heavens bless
ings attend her"
are waiting ana watching for the
finest body Of Virginians. native ana
permitted, that ever went out on a
wholly fraternal mission. People all
over the country are beginning to
talk about ii and to wonder why it
wasn't done before and how other
places could do something OF the same
sort in their own interest Here is
tAe Baltimore Sun, for example, talk
ing the cue from an editorial article
in The Times Dispatch. and quoting
what was said in that article about
the iiourlshing cities and towns and
centres OF commercial activity that
are to be visited next week, philoso-
phizes thus:
All OF which Is a creditable and
ambitious project FOR little Richmond
"Aich Is going right down into Ralti
hoEe's business territory to CAPTURE
some OF our customers, If possible.
We commend this concrete and prac-
tlcal movement TO our merchants ana
10 the Greater Baltimore Committee
as good example of git UP and git
Ihey have an opportunity, as The sun
mas suggested several times. of doing
the same thing and covering a wider
tn
Regiments visit TO Atlanta The oues-
ton is whether they will do H."
The New Haven Journal. courier
way mp in Connecticut, has also been
attracted by the Richmond movement
and has reproduced in its columns tho
editorial article which has caused tho
sunpaper to sit up and take noNce
Tor the ENCOURAGEMENT and emulation
OF our Yankee kin who are somewhat
siven to notions themselves. orr
. Baltimore contemporary need no,
Worry about little Richmond" "a
rather mean hing. we should saw IN
view OF the fact that The Times-Di
patch has been the able and consistent
packer OF the proposition. to hold the
next National Democratic Convention
in Baltimore out of which the bus
mess men of that fine town would
make some money. and get great
zeal Of free advertisln2) the sun.
paner need not worry about >littlo
kiehmond.' She can take care Of
herself and OF all her friends as well.
AS TO going right down into Baltl-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29
"pLAY BALL,n

Connie Mack didn't want to come,
had never heard OF such a thing, car
ried on powerful about 1t, got real
uppity: but after DR.. George +, sagby
the Potentate of Acca Temple. got
through 'massaging him with the rabbit
loot OF the Mystic shriners, Connie
came down like the dead game sport
that he is and swore by ell the gods
OF the Diamond that he would play
Richmond If bust" Jimmie McAleer,
whose perspective is somewhat
broader than Comics, had already
said he would come. because no knew
where he was going, and the game
Will be called on Wednesday, October
II, at the baseball park In this great
town. For particulars, see small bills.
and, IL YOU want TO so. don't forget
that the sale OF seats will begin on
Monday. October 2, October l being
Sunday. There will be room in the
park for 5000 ("please move over
bit!o and the problem with which
the managers of this great event have
to deal is how to pack two hundred
thousand people into space for
$4,000. First come, first served" is
the only plan, naturally, that can be
devised, and those who can't get IN
will have to stay out, which is gener-
ally the way.
Talk about your correggos and
Raphaels and stuff. all you please;
they are not in 1T with the An-Star
cast of the greatest game by the
greatest artists in the world; mind
you. we said in the world! Look at
the list, ladies and gentlemen, look
at the list of the few the immortal
names that were not born to die: Ty
Cobb, iris Speaker, Clyde Milan, Kid
Elberfeld, Rus Ford, Harry Lord. Ed
Walsh. McGillicuddy and oldring and
Strunk and Plank and Morgan and
Coombs and McInnis. and the> rest of
noble army of the most glorious
figures in the annals of Sport!
There was never anything like 1t IN
these parts These men who have
played before the crowned heads and
the bleachers of this continent, who
can outrun, outbat, out-feld. out-coach
any other professionals in the great
arena are all coming TO Richmond.
They will play n swift anne and they
will play for all they are worth and
play the game as 1t seldom has been
played before on the Southern dia-
mond. except where Sandy Mex crman
and Bugs" Raymond would make
little squirt down in the South At
lantic League. and when Buck Press
ly would give an exhibition on first
base in the local field, and Sid Smith
would take them in In the good old
days when nobody exceeded the speed
limit in anything and least OF all in
playing ball. Wonderful, isn't 1t, that
here in Richmond we are to have the
Stars of the world, and yet not so
wonderful when everything that is
worth while is coming to Richmond.
and when the Shriners go after 1t.
Line her out; smash st on the
nose; "sl!de. Jimmie. slide" play
ball." and such ball. as was never
known.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29
THREE TIMES MonER aron

At the meeting of East Hanover
Preshytery the richest Presbytery in
the Virginia synod, in Blackstone this
week. the Rev. Dr. Cecil pastor of the
Second Church of Richmond was elect.
ed Moderator. Dr. Cecil is also Mod
crater of the Southern Presbyterian
General Assembly. the highest Pres
nyterian court in the South. and Mod
orator Of the synod Of Virginia. the
strongest synod in tho General AS
sem0iy. This is very notable fact,
and shows in what high esteem he
Is held 5y al! the brethren. 1t Will
doubtless shock outsiders of the pol.t.
teal sort to know that there's nothing
II ir for Cecil, except great
aea! OF e%;ra work and respons!biil,y
mere being neither salary nor patron
age connected with the Office of Mod
orator.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29

TO what pitch and at what length
may a repentant sinner raise his
voice in confession and appeal at
church service without disturbing tho
peace is a question to be decided by
justice of the peace in proceedings
to follow the fling of an affidavit In
Logansport, Indiana. against John
clouse by Deacon Harvie Helvie, Of
the Zion Evangelical Church. Deacon
HelVie says that clouse whispered to
him in service several days ago that
ne was repentant. and was a seeker
ioF the mouiner's bench. The deacon
e%horted Clouse to lift his voice in
repentance" and Ciouse. it is assert
ed obeyed so literally that neither
the pastor nor the choir could be
heard. and the service had to be
abandoned.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29

the authoiities ~ lungs and Mis-.
souri, are IN a quandary. There has
been violation of the law. but who
shall do the furnishing? The dividing
Inc between the two States runs
through the middle of bridge at the
little town of Alton. Ben Smith and
BOB Taylor were crossing the bridge
when they got into a quarrel and final
~ INTO isticuT. Ben got Bob down
and was gouging him. Half of Zen
was in Illinois and half OF him in Mis-
souri, The lighting halves of each
were first in one State and then IN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29

There are those who will recollect
with qualification that when he drove
up to the Conference of Governors at
Spring Lake, Governor Harmon rode in
that grand old Democratic vehicle. the
hack. The hack has been the symbol
OF success in many an election
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29

another. Whether tho souging was
in Illinois or In Missouri is o mooted
problem. Ben lives In ono State ana
Bob in another. SO that If the matter
como into court. 1t makes deal of
difference in which State tho action is
tried
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29

representative Adamson. of Georgia,
dominates Ty Cobb for the vice presi.
dental place on the Democratic ticket.
That isn't half bad. Tyrus is the most
popular Democrat in the country, and
has really done more than most OF the
possible Democratic nominees for Sec
ond place that can be named.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29

At the convention of the New York
State Embalmers' Association in syria
euse' n movement is being put for
ward to change the name under
taker" to "mortlcan." The objection
to the old name is that 1t has long
been subject to ridicule.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29
Daily Queries and AnslDers

county, Va. in 1915, the child of slave
parents. according to HIS own account
ins I IN .b. was kind and he had moth
w ",h TO complain. When his master
uieo ne became the property OF one OF
IN Inc sons and was taken to Richmond
Here he married and had a happy home
with his wife and three children. One
morning. In 1s4s. while he was at his
Tsn,s,. MS 81 family was sold to slave
soon after he made ARRANGEMENTS Wiz
friend IN Richmond to help him 10
escape He was nailed in a box three
t tyo one }s men long. two feet wide and
twenty-seven hours In this box travel
ing on steamboat, train and wagon az
one time head downward for nearIv
m nmp nSus .:1,, Tor aithoush tho box was
more attention WAS paid to tho reuuest
In those days than at the present time
ny Upon MS arrival in Philadelphia the
had been addressed and Brown was
taken out moro dead than, alive. Iatc,
ne came to Boston and lectured In rates
money to buy his family from slavery.
stniner Violin.
have violin with the followinw
stamped on the inside: 'Jacobus stains
er In Absam prope Omipontum, iT7s'r
translate and give some information
concerning Il. e. A. d.
Jacdbus Stainer was about the besA
RnoMn German violin maker born in
the Tyrol about 1920; the exact year ia
NOT known. The model he used was
principally his own. although later in
life he changed II slightly. The origi-
nal Stainer modelSis very high r.
selection OF his wood was very cares
fui and his varnihs rose-colored. There
exist great number OF violins bearing
the stainer label which are mot een
uine. and considering the date you mem
ton. lITe. 1T is absolutely not posi-
Ole that yours should be genuine. The
IN Absam prope Omipontum" rerers
to the place where stainer lived and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29

1t is said that Mr.. Edison has per-
iected hat that will satisfy for all
''ine TO come women in their craving
Tor novelty. The men should CRATE
fuiiy erect statue to the wizard at
ohee for they could AFFORD to do 1t in
The circumstances
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29
Become a Depositor with the
National State and CITY Bank

Your money will be kept in absolute
security.
Payment by check provides indisput-
able receipts in the form G: your returned
cancelled checks.
We offer the services Of strong, sound
po,itor.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29

Purple Is the color OF the new hats
and gowns and purple is also the color
OF the old man who foots the bills.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29
Henry Brown, the slave.

l would Ike to have you tell me
something about the slave. Henry
slavery and shipped North In ' RON
1t was a long while before the war. ana
l. think before the bred Scott affair.
He was afterward called Henry BOY
brown and lectured. Give dimensions
Henry Brown was born In Ionisa
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29

Whiskey has gone up thrae cents the
sa!ion' but that Will not keep it from
going down every minute of the ,day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29
Grammatical Unnse.

Grammatical Usage.
Are the following preceding words in
In complimentary close OF q letter
permissible according to best usage:
thanking you for the consideration
you nave shown me. and asking your
further Indulgence By consideri1r the
above question, ann" READER.
Yes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29
National State and City Bark
RICHMOND. VA.

VIM. H. Palmer, President.
John S. Elicit, Vice President.
VIM. NJ. Hill, Yice-President,
J. w. Sinton, Vice-President. VI
Julien III. Hill. Cashier.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29
Longest Words.
WIN you print some of the longest
words In the English language?

80 sao chSiiSn lang uRBeI
Some OF tho longest words known
arc:
Observation-Disclosures
observation-disclosures
Metaphy sico tn illogical.
Pseudomonoootyledon
Observation-Disclosures
Observation-Disclosures
MISUNDERSTANDING
proportionableness
observation-disclosures
ELECTROMAGNETIC
mere are other long words in nbun-
oance, most OF which are never used
or have been employed in the shirt ~
JOKE. Perhaps the longest word in
estimate use Is Llanfairpwllgwnyllgo
SerywyTndrobwilllnn ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the name OF a Welsh village in
Ansiesey. The first twenty letters only
are given by the postal directory, that
being sufficient. for all purposes OF ad-
dress, but the full name contains f1ftv-
nine letters. The meaning is: "The
Church Of st. Mary in hollow OF white
nazel, near to the rapid whirlpool and
cave" 'eN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-29

, CUNT VICTOR VOSS, who on Satur.
day. Immediately on landing in
\ New York, FASTENED to the Cit;
ElaN. and ntfer recmrIn. -