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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-16

All Of the fortunate youth who have
ever had the inexpressible pleasure OF
being accepted" will appreciate the
enthusiastic thrill of ST. Louis lover.
When he succeeded in wringing n Eyes"
from his girl he arranged with a
newspaper to get out an extra an
.nouncing the fact In double column
story with portraits. Tho extra was
distributed free. However, on second
thought, a doubt arises. Was this n
joyous announcement or was 1T a
shrewd "clincher?"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-16

posed. SO say tho critics, tho greatest
o opSrI nn .ret was eyer written. "orpheus
~. lie ' Was ys'i from = W,a, remember right
n daily subscriber to your PAPER for
seventeen years: first. rho Times. t,cn
"a Tho Times Dispatch. daily and sun
south OF New York. ~ - III
~, o. II. p. TERRELL
we Understand that there Is no reia-
Old Violin.
| have In my possession a Violin vim
s hI .oi .1.iog words written on its In
i64l" Do you think the Violin of anv
v, va,ne? II SO. can you give me the
would an be d ltKnlw - Of any person who
80 80 doiig you Will oblige me grentlv.
Can you not answer this in the O,terv
column of your paper?
only an expert on old d v T,ifiMI af;cr
could tell you, If you will write to
New York. n. Y. possibly you could get
the addresses Of such experts.
Old Coin values.
get the values OF some rare old coins,
aii ~ OUNCE a SUBSCRIBER.
Words of Songs.
WIN you publish the words to "I'so
Gwine Back to Dixie" and 'Tho Dying
fSolaier or I'm Dying. Is She Com
ing?' ia BIO greatly gratifed 10 SEQ
me words to the above mentioned
pieces appear In your next Issue.
A. ]. STONE iit
We regret that lack OF space pro-
vents us from reprintlng songs In this
column. ii
Debate Points. aa
am preparing n debate 10 UNFOLD
!. IL, nillrna1ive side OF this question
Than Statc-wido proh'bition." and ask
thnt you give me any points that you
may have at hand Any help you give
me Will BIO greatly appreciated. ] as.
sure you. NC G. o.
terial for debaters.
Pool with Checkers.
Give tho correct rules or moves fop
playing pool with checkers.
READER"
we cannot supply these rules In tho
limited Hpace allotted to this column.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-16

Chauncey NJ. Dcpow. the New York
senior Senator, WAS dismissed with
about seooO.ooO In his pocket. John
kenn. Of New Jersey. another lame
duck was worth 100000. Hughes,
Of Colorado, left an estate of $4,000, 900.
Nathan Day Scott, of West Virginia
with 100000, ana James j, ITALIA
fcrro. With his sa,0o0oOo. also belong
to the immediate ex-mcmbers.
Tho grand total of the wenlth thus
withdrawn from the senate by death.
defeat and voluntary retirement Is ,ts-
timated at S50.0o0.Q00. In almost every
case the men chosen to succeed these
milionaires were poor men. yrhe
most notable exception is Watson, of
West Virginia who took the seat OF
Elkins lie is rated al about So.o0o.DOo.
There is something both cmar!.abic
md significant In the fact that eight
millionaires have been succeeded by.
seven men relatively POOR an only
one Very rich man.
Commenting on this, the CLEVELAND
Leader says:
This is an aspect OF the Senatorial
problem which should receive The care
ful attention of those who arc pessi-
mistic about the Senate and its re
sponsivencss TO public sentiment. Can
there be any doubt that after tho next
Senatorial elections the SENATE will no
as nearly free from UNDESIRABLE. inlu.
enccs as con reasonably be expected
under any circumstances? Is ii not
becoming palmer that the real cause
OF the trouble has been the failure of
the voters to send The right kind Of
men TO the state Legislatures?
Which may he construed as a good
argument against the popular co2tion
Of United States Senators.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-16
Voice Of the PEOPLE
a Tribute to the 0IoGc,1o

TO the Editor of Tho Time s. Dispatch:
sir,-Please allow me to say that HIS
torian, Fl W Eison had much better
have remained silent les he intended,
than than to have written what he did In
sundays Times Dispatch. For In his
poor attempt at trying to defend hIs
history story he condemned that high-toned
Virginia gentleman and scholar, Judge
Al oIett and his daughter, who. he said
suddenly" discovered something oh,
1ectionabie The Judge was not work J
ca. up In rage" he only did as any
southern gentleman would have dnnc
whose daughter had to say her lessons
rom f such book. I am not personaIly
aequainted with Judge Nlonett or HIS
aaughter. but as an ex-private OF ma
confederate army. commend tbo
nonornole Judge in the course he took,
ana take Off my hat to his daughter
WILLIAM III. TURPIN.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-16

Last week young fellow from "old
haintuck" blew into the town of Mitch
ell Oregon. He learned that tho Of
nee OF Justice of the peace was vacant,
ana came to tho conclusion that lie
would take It, Then It appeared that
the postmaster wanted to give up his
JOB so the newcomer took his place.
at the same time tho office of coroner
was vacated. and the Kentuckian an
heNed that also. II Is now reported
mat he Will run for Mayor. There's
your Southern love for once.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-16
WILSON LIZ r,l,E ,ylasr.

Woodrow Wilson Is making a pro-
found impression upon the people n
the West Mckee Barclay. OF the Bal
timorc sim, who is accompanying the
school teacher OH his Western tour,
writes in an enthusiastic way about
the enthusiasm with which he has
been received wherever he has gone.
He tells us that "the West wants TO
hear Woodrow Wilson'S recommends
tons as to restoration and adjust
ment. They have locked from all
points OF the compass to the places a
which he has. hcen appointed to speak,
and after hearing him they have ali
been going home to talk about this
new sun that has risen In the East.
Ills FIRST speech on this tour was made
at Kansas City before the knife and
Fork Club, and it was so we'll advcr-
tised that wherever he has gone since
the people have turned out In great
numbers 10 hear him Tho morning
after the Missouri Legislature adj
lourncd DR. Wilson landed In this
town. ana on the evening OF tho same
dag he spoke to big audience OF
1000 men and women in tho audito-
rum building on THE Bible and Pro-
grcss." the occasion being the cele-
hration of the Ter-Centenary Of the
st James Translation OF the Bible.
The next night The Dominic addressed
the members OF the Denver Chamber
OF Commerce AT III Jebel Temple. the
home OF the Shriners and the demon
straton there for him, We are told.
exceeded that other famous demon
strnton given TO The Colonel at the
Brown Palace Hotel when he returned
from his hunting trip near Gienwood
Springs. over four hundred college
and university graduates were pres
cn,. and they turned loose college Wells
/ thnt could have been heard mile
away. Among his hearers AZ the blg
meeting were a large number OF wo-
! man sNffragettcs. and, after hearing
him one OF their leaders declared that
the women Of Colorado would be for
wilson to a man" So It mas gone ever
| since the acadcmican of Princeton
started on hts present lccturlng tonr
| y disnaich from Los Angeles, Cali.
fornia. reports that the warmth of his
! RECEPTION in Los Angeles and through
I Out southern California has even ex-
/ cccdcd the enthusiastic welcome he re-
ceiYfd al kansas city and 1T Denver.
HI Is explained that Governor Wilson
| has not as vet avowed himself publicly
rs Candidate for Tho presidential
nomination. lie has been accepted as
such al every point that he has visited
since leaving Princeton OH May & ma
III Is no cxnggcration 10 say that the
Expressions OF public esteem thai have
been accorded 10 him make ii c)eor
mat he is the man whom the Nest
regards Us being The Moses TO lead tho
! oenocra,ic party TO victory In 1912"
II is further stated that the orst
/ Woodrow Wilson Presidential Club ~
be organized IN tho United Stntes IS
in Los Angeles" This is Il mis,nk.
The first Wilson club was organized
AT Norfolk. Virginia but 1t IS ycrv
gratifying TO ali OF us that dcsn,,o
his impossible views on the iuttI,,,vo
referendum and recall, Dr. wisou /.
being received with so great en,husi-
uSW throughout tho west W.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-16
COLONEL. or 4 NBGno nnGrMENT

ooLoSEI. OF a NEGRO RfsGIMIcVJ,
Thomas Wentwortl'.lIisgin di.,,
~ ms home in Cambridge. Massachu-
set's' last week. He was eighty
seven years old. He belonged 70 an
almost forgotten generation a c,nor,
tion that would be forgotten excent
Tor tho debts II has lott for nos,cr,tv
u pny' lie was friend OF the negro
an apoittionist of the BLACKLIST school
Ioioncl OF the first South Carolina
regiment OF negro soldiers, and while
we never liked his taste or env,ca
Ills claim to fame, we have lived lono
enough after tho event to recognize
'he sincerity of his course and tho
greatness OF his courage Like Robort
shaw, who was killed with his negro
troops In their desperate attack upon
Battery Wagner. Colonel Higginson
proved his Willingness to die for tno
cause lie espoused. and, whether right
or wrong. and we think he wee al
together wrong In his views upon th,
question Of the abolition of slavery
nc yet was willing TO die for 1t. ana
in that belief he went to the front in
command of n regiment of negro
slaves with whom and for whom no
was willing to sacrifice his life. Tint
required courage OF very high order.
Al that happened. however, nearly
half century aga. ana Colonel Hig.
Einson lived long enough to change
n good many of his Vows on tho
negro question. Although he never
regretted his service In bringing about
Their deitverance from bundage. he had
learned by observation and experience
TO take kindly view OF his Southern
neighbors, many of whom were sorry
10 know of his taking off.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-16
ONE MONTHS woRt<


birmingham has just completed one
month under the commission form OF
soNerhhncnt'
During that period, changes -unnrc.
ccdcnted' In the municipal aTa,rs ~
the city have taken place. now
order has been established.
Roughly snca,,,nr IL .h,s 90.
tho commtssto,rs -i, 49, ~ =
$4,000 to the city. These figures are
arrived at after the total amount az
the annual salaries OF the three com.
mssioners has been deducted from
the salaries that were stricken from
the pay rolls.
In addition. the instruments OF gov
eminent hovo haor ,,,,.,
hands Of each citizen than ever before.
The city affairs have been laid wide
open for public inspection In the
minds OF the citizens there has been
created confidence as Well as satisfac-
lion.
Viewing the city government a.
partment nv dnnnr,n,
radical changes have been erected.
In the department of police and
courts, more than twenty-five police
men nave been cut from the rolls, and
an extension Of territory that must be
covered by each man has heen made.
Inc laws against gambling, LIQUOR
selling and vagrancy were the first to
receive the attention of. the commits
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-16
HOW DUKE BOWERS COR nrCm.

HOW DUKE BOWERS COR RICH.
Duke Bowers runs thirty-nve grocery
stores In Memphis, and he believes in
advertising About week ago he nll-
cd four pages OF one entire acction OF
a newspaper in his town with adver-
tisements OF his business, all devoted
to sounding the praises of the grocer
les he had TO sell. II cost him as much
to do this rs It would have cost him
TO open another store, as he has said
but he expects that his sales will In
crease so much that 1t will. in fact.
not cost him cent. Since he began
business in Memphis. Mr.. Bowers says
that he has spent moro for newspaper
space than he Is worth; but he believes
IL lie hnd spent only half us much for
advertising, he would not have been
worth half as much as he is.
There is only one moral that cnn
he drawn from this story: Advertise!
Some day. MIR Bowers thinks. every
body Will be convinced that IT pays to
advertise" Wanamaker found that out
long ago. Every big and successful
merchant In tho country knows that
1t is true. Every merchant In Rich-
mond would ind that 1t Is true, and
tho man who takes hnlf column
would increase his space TO half a
page and the half-pngc man would
double iup
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-16
And now. gentlemen.

And now gentlemen" said an
rating" lawyer to Pottsvine, Pom
sylvania. jury In his peroration, what
will your verdict be2" Not guilty.
yelled an excited and imprcsslonablo
Juror from the box. THE jury is dis
chargcd and mistrial is ordered"
said the Judge, who had no use for q
Juror who would make up his mind bo-
fore the case was over, This is what
the lawyer got for having too much
power"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-16
THE CANADIAN a1anxE,r

inc Farmers who are lighting the re-
ciprocity agreement with Canada appar-
emily are unaware of the extent to
which Canadians buy tho goods which
the farmers themselves produce. Elk
ceptins few negligible articles Of
commerce we purchase from Canada
less than one-half as much farm prod
ucts as Canada buys from the United
states
liere is summary Of the imports of
agricultural products from the United
states states into tho Dominion OF Canada for
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-16

Ono of the points of historic interes,
N ashland is the birthplace of Colonel
barton II Grundy. who is now making
his preparations to begin the Improve.
ment Of Shafer Street
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-16
"H Hands orr tho nench.v

no the Editor of The Times-Disnotch.
sir,-Permit me to congratulate you
on your leading editorial In tosdSv vs
Dap paper, Hands or the Bench." It ID
some time. and is well put ana tImeIv.
an IN i,, y our description OF the Colonel
as the Wild Man In the white IIouse..
- y, most apt How would Bull in
GEL D. JOHNSTON.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-16

The story was told last week of a
University professor who had left a
fortune of ss.ooo,o 900. Where he got ii,
We do not know; yet there are many
men who think and say that college
teachers are underpaid!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-16

g Seven divorces were granted in New
Haven, Connccticut,4"in the short cal
endar." by Judge Gnger last Friday.
according to the Journal Courier. Col
oncl Osborne will probably admit that
this was going some" for the land Of
'steady ha bits, WI.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-16

The Panlownias IN Monroe Park vera
never SO beautifnl as they are this
spring. It Is hoped that tho Mayor
VIII give orders to the police to shoot
inc man or men who start to cut them
down.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-16

The advantage OF living In Richmond
is that people cnn stay hero all the
year without running OFF TO resort
places Tho best resort place in tho
country is this beautiful town on the
James
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-16
Daily Queries and AnslDers
Subjects for .OratIons.
. Please publish some subjects for

Subjects for .oratlons.
"or riHese publish some subjects for
Spread OF Soeiaiism," . T,'u Iscono mic
Primacy Of the South" Robert D.
,nan j. Stuart. the Matchless Cavalry
the People Rule" '.rho Boss VS.. GOOD
S5;;;o,'yes1rnment." Education, tho Torch Of
G.:iiv ~ The Common People,"
sorrows" ,"The Scholar i In ne po 9th q
,,d ne ',,d Lorime IT,! Case" "The. Press and
o .ne p,e &c THE New Sort OF south
The Railroad Rate question" Gov
Srnment by Railroads or Government
Syst the spe "orho Down With the Fee
Clean Politics in Virginia." Good
i 70 THE Glorious Eastern shore.''
,G.0ratory the Last Art."."puritnn and
Ihe Womon OF the Copfederacy." "rhe
Reign Of Law" ."rhc Laws Delays,"
nisducatloh and progress," rho In,
Educated Nun to His Country IA
state College for Women" iThe South
and an !, the Constitution" .The Jewish
yersal Peace "Fortify tho Panama
South"
Wireless Operators.
l. What Is the salary of wireless
telegraph operator? 49,
hours -'1,
3. What is the address OF q school
mat tenches wireless telegrRphy?
oDcrators2 A READER
1. ISrom SIS TO $40 the week c,stsD'
2. Both.
8. We know OF none
4. No.
Parents Authority.
IL u girl is twenty-one years old and
wants TO leave homo for good reasons.
TO live elsewhere, can her father com
pei her to stay Mt homo? Has he any
authority over his children after they
are twcnty-one2 A..
= No. -
Madame GIucI..
As you seem to BIO tho .Deus OK
Gathedra" OF the query department Of
Tho Times Dispatch, can you tell mo
whether Madame Gluck. tho great go
prano, who recently sang IN Rich
nond. Is descendant or a relative of
Gluck. tho great composer. who com
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-16

Another attraction of Ashland is tho
olrds The woods and gnrdens are fun
of them.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-16

than the whole barley crop OF the Do
nilnlon,
LOOKS us IL Canada would DO n
mighty good customer for tho Uni,ce
States TO have doesn't ii?
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-08-31
VETERANS DIE IN WRECK
40 Killed and 80 Injured in Wreck on
Lehiqh Valley Railway.

Manchester, N. Y.-Speeding east
ward behind time, Lehigh Valley pas
senger train NO. ran into a spread
rail on trestle near here and two
day coaches from the rear section of
the train plunged downward 40 feet,
striking the east embankment like a
pair of projectiles. In the awful plunge
and crash at least forty persons were
killed and more than eighty injured.
The injuries of several are so serious
that it is feared they will die.
The wreck was the worst in the
history of the Lehigh Valley line in
this state and one of the most disas-
trous ever recorded On the system.
Crowded with passengers, many of
whom were war veterans and excur-
sionists from the G. A. R. encampment
at Rochester, the train was made up
of fourteen cars and drawn by two big
mogul engines.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-08-31
Many Persons Hurt in Wreck.

Middletown, Conn. = Sixty persons
were injured, eight of them seriously,
when an express train on the Valley
division of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford Railroad was wrecked by
spreading of the rails. The train runs
to various resorts and returns at
night. The train consisted of the en-
gine, two baggage and eight passenger
coaches. The engine was thrown on
it's side into a sand bank; the two
baggage cars went down a 35-foot en-
bankment and the first passenger
coach ran into the tender of the en-
gine and was badly splintered. 1t was
in this car that most of the injured
were found. The engineer was caught
in the cab of his engine and had to be-
chopped out but escaped with a dis
located hip and bruises.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-08-31

New York.-Sailing serenely over
New York's myriad water craft, Harry
N. Atwood, the Boston aviator, arriv.
ed here in his aerbplane, the first man
in history to travel 1866 miles in a
heavier-tnan-air machine.
Atwood's safe landing on Governors
Island after flying down from Nyask,
N Y, above the Hudson river through
a fog which made him only dimly Wis
ible to the million eyes that watched
him, was a notable incident in the an
nails of aeronautics. He not only broke
the worlds record, covering 1885
miles in an air line.
Atwood's flight is comparable only
to that made by fast trains, for he
covered the distance in an actual fly
ing time of % hours and 81 minutes.
Atwood's final lap in his long jour
ney was glide of 25 miles from
Nyack, N. Y, where he had stopped
overnight He landed, dapper and
smiling, hatless and hungry, in the
arms of a handful of United States
army officers and men, who hailed
him as Americas greatest aviator.
Atwood said that he may retire per-
manently from aviation, and mis- pro-
jected coast fight may never be made.
OF his reward for his fight, he said:
"Many imagine that I am making a
huge sum out of this trip. am not
The only sum that is actually coming
to me is. the $4,000 already paid, of
fered by Victor J. Evans of Washing
ton Out of this I must pay forfeit
Of $4,000 to my financial hackers fo1
failing to stop at all the twenty cities
scheduled on the route''
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-08-31
FARMERS URGED
TO HOLD COTTON
SOUTHERN CoNGREsSMEN BE.
LIEvE COTTON WILL BE
WORTH IS CENTS.
EFFORT TO BREAK PRICE
According to Southern Statesmen a
EFFORT TO BREAK PRICE
According to Southern Statesmen a
Fund Will Be Available to
Hold Cotton.

Washington cotton for IS
cents" is the advice to be formally
given to farmers organizations by a
committee consisting of Senator Will
liams of Mississippi and Owen of Ok
lahOma and Representative Burleson
of Texas, representing conference of
senators and representatives from sew
en- cotton-growing states. A commit
tee will urge the state banking asso-
Citations to cooperate against "the
bearish movement of the SPECTATORS. .
What was referred to generally as
the Threatening condition of the cot.
ton market" was thoroughly discussed
at meetings.
Among the participants were sena-
tors Williams and Owen, Representa-
tives Underwood and Heflin of Ala
bama, Brantley and Hughes of Geor-
gia, Burleson and Beall of Texas, Gar
rett of Tennessee, Humphreys Of Mis-
sissippi and Small of North Carolina.
planters.
The committee issued a statement,
| which read:
!. 'eIt seemed to be the opinion of all
that there was preconcerted effort
being made. principally through the
instrumentality of the speculative ele.
ment of the New York cotton ex.
change, to break down the price OF
! cotton.
cit was the opinion of all that the
present statistical condition of cotton
did not justify the lowness of present
quotations, and that the estimate OF
bales was unjustified by any facts up
on which prediction could be sanely
based, and that, moreover, even if a
! $4,000, O,000-bale crop was in sight, the
worlds supply probably would fall
| short of the worlds demands for cot
ton to the extent of more than 1000,
900 bales because of the exhaustion
of present visible supply of carried
over spot cotton.
The conference expressed the view
that 13 cents was seemingly less thar
that justified by the existing statistica
condition.