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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-21

and II was but fortune OF war that in fact he
did not enjoy that rank. In war. in church af-
fairs, in-tinance and statecraft, he was colonel
achievements in the various spheres where he
directed his talents retained him the title by
grace of public opinion. which, after ALL is about
as good as a commission from superior offcer.
= Colonel wingo severely wounded at the
battle of Sharpsburg while fighting with that
tiers, whose numbers were thinned during
the strife. He was a brilliant warrior. and the
call Of his State was responded to by him when
he was but stripping Removed from the army
by his mother because Of his tender age, he re,
joined when he had acquired sufficient years to
make his enlistment proper, and mingled in the
thickest of the fray. Wounded at Sharpsburg,
he recovered partially, and returned to his home
in Amelia county, to serve as an enrolling officer.
There he remained until Lees retreating army
passed through Amelia. when he re1oined his
comrades and marched to Appomattox to partici-
pate in that sad and memorable closing scene.
After the war be came to Richmond and en-
gagged in business From financial distress he
worked himself up to riches and high place in
the minds and hearts of those with whom he
came in contact. He was twice elected to the
House OF Delegates by the voters of Richmond.
and proved a most able, conscientious, painstak.
ing and conservative lawmaker. In the legisla-
tive halls, az elsewhere, he had always In mind
the best interests OF his city and his state, and
his methods and speech In the House OF Dele
gates made ell his associates his friends and IN
sured him reelection at tho hands Of his con.
stituents.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-21
ON TO THE NECK

There is nothing like thorough plans for the
successful execution of a given or assumed task
and the Chamber Of Commerce is to be com
mended the method II has adopted In getting
$3.50, 900 subscribed for stock in the Richmond
Northern Neck Railroad BY capital city business
men
This railroad when constructed, will benefit
Richmond In general, but the manufacturers
jobbers and merchants in particular. 1t means
a great deal for the upbulding OF commercial
and industrial Richmond, because where we
now write our trade reports in seven and eight
figures, we win then be able to write them in
nine and zen numerals. This makes a good
showing for a city, attracts more business and
greater numbers of business men and workmen
II means more than that to the shippers manu-
fscturers and merchants. II means money in
their pockets Subscribing to stock in this rail.
road will be just another way OF setting a few
dollars to work for the manufacturer and mer.
chant to earn many more.
That the railroad ia needed and should have
been builded long ago admits of no argument
That it will prove one of the best business prop.
ositions in which Richmonders ever engaged
needs only time to prove. The Chamber of Com.
merce committees will comb the business and
manufacturing sections, and before they know
II they will probably have gotten subscriptions
to more than Richmond's portion of the stock.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-21
HOW TIME WAS MADE.
a History OF the Origin Of the Gregoran CAL
audar.


andar.
The Julian year consisted OF 365 ia days and
exceeded by IL minutes 1926 seconds the solar
year OF 365 days, hours 4S minutes and 40
seconds. In consequence of this the equinox
in the course of a Few centuries fell back con-
siderably. In the time of julius Caesar 1t cor
responded to March 25. and by the sixteenth
century IL had refrigerated to March IL. 1t
was at this time that physician of Verona
named Ghfraldi proposed plan for amending
the calendar. lie died before he had oppor-
tunity to carry 1t forward. but his brother
presented Ii to Pope Gregory XIII, who as
mbled a number of learned to discuss
It, II was passed upon favorably and adopted,
and thus given the world what has
since been known as the Gregorian calendar.
In 1882 Gregory issued brief, abolishing the
Julian calendar In all Catholic countries and
introducing the reformed
The reform of the Gregorian or the
Julian or old consisted in dropping ten days
after October 4, 1852. so that the 18th was reck-
oned Immediately after the 4th. Every one
hundredth year, which by the old style a
leap year, vas to be a common year, the fourth
century, Invisible by four. excepted: that is 1900
was to remain leap year. but 1900. 1900 and
1900 were not to be reckoned as such. while 1000
Is to be reckoned.
In this calendar the length OF the solar year
Is taken to be 365 days. hours 40 minutes
and IL seconds, the difference between which
and the true length being Observation-Disclosures
pha Public Ledger.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-21
Pointed Paraxrnphs.

good
Lots of people marry In haste and repent i'm
mediately
Man wants but Nttle here below and he sell
dom gets II.
Some easily ratified and some are
hard to shake.
A is seldom so level headed that he
can't get hat to fit him.
A woman never takes n mean advantage Of
a man-from her point OF view.
When two women get into an argument II
becomes continuous performance.
How fail to admire people who feather
their nests with borrowed plumes
Few men would reech the top II they de-
pended upon their neigh bors for boost
Anyway, you never a wearing his dfa =
fnond collar button at the back Of his neck
And 1t sometimes happens that when a man
puts his best foot forward he gets his leg pulled
Chicago News.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-21

In Richmond something more than year ago
as an afternoon newspaper and has weathered
the storms beyond the expectations OF both
friends and enemies, IL contemplating seriously
the adyisabiity OF entering the morning field
and publishing seven days in the week. The
Virginian has called for expression of the
views of Its iSaders this point, and II the
proposed chance receives reasonable endorse
ment our contemporary will in all probability
become a morning newspaper. We believe the
Virginian made mistake when II entered the
afternoon field, for the reason that Richmond
then had two afternoon newspapers Awen es-
tablshed II there are to be four newspapers
In Richmond ii seems to that two of them
should occupy the morning field and two the
afternoon field. Personally want to see
the Virginian make this change and trust that
1T VIII not be long delay cd-%'lfton Forge Re
view
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-21

"When / left Tuskegee two weeks
ago." said the doctor, II thought M.
Smith would have finished the WORK
he was on in about two weeks. I
carried in my mind that he would be
found In the apartment Of some ac-
duaintance near the house visited
and i was looking for him when the
AFFAIR happened"
II the case liz not settled by the
attorneys II was said by Ulrich early
to-day that he would demand that
the court entertain his charge Of IL
legal entry against tho negro educa-
tor. He said he had ave witnesses
to prove his allegation.
Later In the morning DIR. WASH
spgton said that he was feeling bet.
ter and that he saw no reason why
he should not be able TO appear in
court this afternoon to prosecute UI-
rich He insisted that ne had nothing
TO conceal and was anxious that the
entire episode should be made part
OF the court records.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-21
OLD EMPLOYEES
GUT OFF PAYROLL

ROANOKE, VA, March 2i.--It n
now reported that. the large lay-off
OF men working In the Norfolk and
Western shops Is due to two causeA
the first being that tho company will
be required to meet certain demands
April 10, tho time set for signing
the annual contracts with the various
labor unionA The second ID the re.
cent adverse decision handed down by
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Six hundred men are Idle In the ma
chine shops, while nearly two hum
dred have been laid of from the yard
force and many others let 20 from
other departments 1t IL stated on
good authority that the company has
sufficient work ahead to Keep tho
shops going at fun blast for soma
time 70 come.
Company officials will say nothing
on the subject. but the men are fas-
from In good humor over the PROS
poets as they have been paid In full
and their names stricken from the
payroll. Many OF these men have
been employed by the company for
twenty years AT this time the work
OF the shops is being done with a COR
porais guard.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-21
WE'RE THERE TRAITORS
ON BOARD THE SHIPSr

NORFOLK, VA, March 21.--It was
learned to-day that the battleship
New Hampshire was put in the dry
dock here last week to help solve
the mystery in connection with the
loss OF the propellers from the battle
ship Michigan and the Dreadnought
South Carolina. The New Hampshire
10 equipped with propellers similar to
those OF tho South Carolina and Mich-
igan. but the examination OF the firzt.
named ship failed to solve the mys-
terry and the Navy Department II sti1
investigating.
The loss Of propellers from the
South Carolina and the Michigan has
puzzled the naval world. It was the
first time In the history OF the Ameri-
can navy that vessels OF the battle-
ship class had met with such mls-
haps, seriously hAndicapptnk the YES
sells and made them limp into port ~
best they could to have their missing
equipment replaced.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-21
GREATER STANTON.

IL is in adversely that progressive city, Ike
sirile red-hlooded man, shows its strength ana
character staunton has been visited by hoio
caust. stanton will rebuild.
4 In sympathy and commisersuon the eyes oil
all virginia have been attracted to this busy!
hustling Valley city, and with the deepest feel
ing OF regret IL has been learned that in the
ptsa hours OF the night the demon OF fire raw
aged and piundered the business and warehouse
.er,;on IeveIine many establishments with the
ground threatening the commercial lie OF
staunton ard levying heavy toll on tho energetic
and enterprising city,
Phoenix-iike Staunton's business quarter viii
rise from the ashes, prouder, prettier. more
substantial more safe and better one, 1t Is In
ness section must be rebui1ded Where once
stood old frame and brick structures. easy prey
for flames there vii be erected hreproof build
sngs. which win be a credit rather than me-
mace TO the community. Every man In Staunton
is booster and they pull together. For
months and months the slogan has been for a
Greater stanton. and with unison and &C
cord. every business man in the community has
soined in the commercial chorus. When the
names wrapped themselves around|he business
block Monday night and speedily devoured II,
while the owners OF the business houses watched
! their possessions being consumed, thoughts and
plans OF rebuilding uppermost in their
minds
Richmond most thoroughly sympathi2es with
Staunton in this calamity, but capital city bust
ness men and all others who know the stanton
way Of doing things, realize that this adversely
viii but serve TO make Greater Staunton" a
reality the sooner.
The hremen of Staunton and their brethren
from Harrisonburg. Charlottesville, and Clifton
4 Forge are to be commended for their heroic fgh'
against the rasaging flames, and to them Is due
the credit for having checked the demons course
before 1t had gathered into its insatiatc NAV &
greater part OF the city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-21
MAY SETTLE CASE
OUT OF COURT
HOOKER I. WASHINGTON STILL
SUFFERING FROM BEATING
RECEIVED SUNDAY NIGHT.

NEW FORK, March 21.--With
Booker r. Washington still in his
apartments In tho Hotel Manhattan
to-day, suffering from the beating
he received Sunday night at the hands
OF Henry A. Ulrich. the white man
who accused him OF accosting his
wife, his attorney said he hoped the
regro educator would be able to get
to court this afternoon to prosecute
hts assailant.
There were rumors early to-day that
the case might be settled out OF
court. Many friends of DIR. Washing
ton were inclined to think Ulrich
had been justified to some extent in
suspecting the president of Tuskegee,
who admits entering the hallway of
the house IL la Sixty-third. west,
three times within half an hour.
While DR.. Washington considered he
had a legitimate errand there. his
friends say that Ulrich. not knowing
who he was. might naturally have
assumed that he was negro loiterer.
Washington's lawyer. Wilford N.
Smith. has had two conferences with
James l. Moore, attorney for Ulrich.
ut which he Ia said by Moore to have
tried to find out the nature and ex-
tent of the testimony to be given by
Ulrich and his wife. Following these
conferences 1t was reported that an
agreement had been reached whereby
Washington would drop the case, but
this could not be confirmed.
1t developed to-day that y. G..
Smith. auditor of Tuskegee. for whom
DR.. Washington says he was search
ting Sunday night. maintains only an
Office In this city. X n at M. -
broadway. and Smiths residence is
at Montclair. N. J. At his home the
oaretake- in charge said to-day that
Smith IL at Tuskegee and has been
there for q month.
DIR. Washington insisted to-day that
Sunday night "misunderstood or mis-
quoted him when they said he said
then that he had received a letter
or = telegram asking @him TO can and
80 Smith.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-21
EIREK A.!

All hail the Council Committee Relief of
the Poor, The members of this important and
humane committee have made strong bid for
fame by refusing to thrust the City Home into
the throes Of wearisorno and deleterious in
vestigaton. There is hope
B We have grown so accustomed TO investiga.
fions Of this that and the other thing of Tom,
Dick and Harry and their relatives, that VIC
I have come to expect inquisition to blossom
forth out of each and every committee meeting.
Ii is therefore refreshing aud encouraging TO
note that the Council Committee on Relief of the
Poor has indicated its WEAKNESS Of government
BY Investigation and q pardonable Eureka
may be exclaimed
AZ usual. there all abundance OF kindling
and logs for the building OF fire under the in
sestigation pot at the meeting OF the Committee
to apply the magic spark and start IL aboiling,
but his hand was STAYED. The latest candidate
for investigation was said TO be the City Home.
It needed thorough investigation, evidently to
keep abreast OF other things. 1t had been sadly
neglected In the matter of probings. Inquiries,
and inquisitions, and to bring it before the pub
lie eye there should be. in all justice. public
hearing. the dssecting of minute details OF it's
operation, aud each and every fact and circum-
stance connected with It should be laid bare to
Il the bone and the spotlight thrown upon it,
+ Not so, said majority of the members of the
committee. thus greatly disappointing those
whose appettes had been whetted for luscious
sinyestigauon.
n Chairman Gmiauf respectfully requested
\ I'd step around TO the city Home and tell the as
sistant superintendent that inasmuch as a pa
tient had taken external remedy internally
and an internal remedy externally. and that
whereas such shiftings were against the peace
and good order of the said patients system, It
4 had best be resolved that labels be placed on the
externals OF all bottles in the apothecary com
partrnent OF the institution. That will be about
All. No investigation. No arraignment OF an
stnstitutions ofhcials No hating of the splendid
I humanitarian work the City Home is doing No
u long drawn-out inquisition over matter which
can best DO corrected by going direct to the man
responsible for the error and telling him to prop
garly label all the bottles in the drug department
~ ayoid more serious mistake. Yet the same
ROOD. II not more. will be accomplished.
80 defense can be nterposed by the City Home
&Slncials for such mistake. In the case called
ITO the attention OF the Committee ON Relief OF
Poor no great harm was done, but 1t might
I've bsen poison instead Of liniment that was
sf1aysn tbs patient. The utmost care and caution
Asuid b exercised in the handling OF drugs Of
4all eAarscter. While Il il we'll that tbs commit,
ss daciinsd % make IN invsstisation. II Is i'm,
4 s1ivs ssss chatrmaa Umiauf % call thu ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-21
FORUM
Should Honor Ashhy.
Editor Of the virginian;--

Editor Of the Virginian;-
I have seen from the papers where. several
monuments have recently been erected 10 the
memory of some Of our Confederate heroes, but
do not remember what one has ever been erected
TO the memory OF that noble Christian hero Gem
erai Turner. Ashby. who poured out his ife's
blood on the battle field at Gross Keys" June
the gard. 1852, while leading charge by Virginia
and Maryland troops. His fine white horse was
shot under him and he quickly Jumped up from
the ground and cried, Men cease firing, vir-
ginians charge for Gods sake charge" just then
ball pierced his breast and he fell to rise no
more. No Drawer man ever went from earth to
heaven than Turner Aehby.
Although his military career was brief / be-
lieve II his life had been spared tin the end Of
the "Civil War" he would have been worthy ~
stand shoulder to shoulder" with Generals
Robert f. Lee Stonewai jackson, h, .,-u... /.
and others.
think the memory of such should DO
perpetrated, that the present and future genera
lions may know what manner OF man he waa
and what the South thought OF him. VIII not
the ladies' of Fauquier. his native county, be
the first to take up the work Of erecting mon
ument. in some suitable place. to the rnenery
of this grand man? Perhaps nice might
be realized by selling his photographs and his
Biography
esS A LADY.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-21
PLAY BALL.

Now that the magnstes OF the Virginia Base
ball League have met and ground from the exec
utive mill that which the fans have been anx.
iously awaiting--the schedule--let the umpire
yell his strident Batter up!" let the shiialah
wieder step 70 the plate, dust 1t of with his cap.
moisten his hands, dip them in the dust rub
them of on his bitches" firmly grip the wagon
tongue shake II deAantly In the face OF the
mound artist. whale out screeching single and
start the ball a-rolling
A schedule calling for 12S games has been
adopted, and Richmond 10 found 10 have every
weekend game at home, and halving the holiday
doubie-headers with Petersburg. The president s
salary has been doubled. and he should make
twice as good an executive officer as before. Al,
though each club Will be limited TO thirteen play
ers. this will prove no HOODED II the bakers
dozen has the stuff that counts Should it
prove to be q hoodoo, there is easy way of
remedying the evil Cut the number to twelve.
Three bench warmers are sufficient The mag
mates refused to increase the salary limit from
$1,000 to $500. and each of them is in honor
bound to abide by this agreement
Let lie have inside baseball and ordinary
baseball give us the hitand.run game, the
squeeze play. and the sacrifice HIT poll the long
third; let the twirler tighten up in emergencies
and loosen mp when the game is safe bat like
butchers and field like scoop shovels, but above
all, give clean game fast game and an
enjoyable game
Richmond fares we'll In the msgnates deal and
the fans may be depended upon to give the
frisking Colts all the support home team ever
desired, Richmond wanted to Increase the sal
airy limit to $500, but was outvoted on this
proposition. The result will be that all the
teams will have the same class of baseball play
/ All the mines will be uniformly good OF
bad, except where the sagacity of the recruiting
ofrcer proves superior TO that OF his rivals This
strife will be even. Each team will start out
with confidence and high hope of winning tbs
pennant. and from the way the mines shape III
on paper it should be free.for-all affair Their.
is room at the top for all six teams They car
all be tied for premier honors, and divide th'
pennant. or take turns at flying II over thei
/ diamonds
/ 1t is incumbent upon all the magnates to go
that the patrons of the game in the several elite
/ are provided with the best and cleanest spor
that be provided. and that the Standard
which make baseball the great American gam,
be preserved in their integrity in the virgini,
I League. Rowdyism on the field, fighting amonl
the players, resorting to trickery In delaying
games for darkness and rain, umpire batting ant
such like should be thoroughly discouraged a
the outset. TO the end that the public whicl
makes baseball of the best paying business
propositions in this country NAV enjoy tn
sport TO the full
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-21
LET HIS YOUTH EXCUSE"
stituents

Richmond ViroiniGn: In selecting Natural
Bridge for their next meeting, the Virginia
Press Association members probably thought It
fitting because the press Ia the natural bridge
between the public and the events of the day.
Blackstone Courier: Respectfully submitted
TO the Petersburg Tnde1Appedl.
still, our Richmond contemporary Ia young
and frisky. How much more to be blamed are
the venerable Vsrgsntan-PiIot and the aged Don-
rilIe Register the worst OF all observation-disclosures.
burg InderAppcdI.
Correct While we are Just cutting our milk
teeth, these others have shed their wisdom teeth
and had an impression made by the dentist
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-21
ME.RCUTIo WINS HANDICAP
CAUSING MUCH SURPRISE

LINCOLN. ENG. March 21.--Ths
running of the Lincolnshire handicap.
first y fthe British fat classics. result
ed In !. big upset to-day. the favorite.
Heiot. owned by II. 8. Sievier. finish
ing in the ruck. The race was won
by Charles Hibbert's Mercutio. q. N
Coizrave's Brandimantine was second
and j. h. Joe,s Spanish Prince was
third. Thirty-two started and the
race was marked by much humping in
the early stages
The. race was at a mile apd was
worth $500 to the winner.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-21
WOULD GO TO WAR
TO TEST CITIZENSHIP

Joseph Thomas Rouri. of 1909 East
Main street. desires II known that he
is naturaliEed citizen OF the United
States, and not Turk. as recently
reported. Though q native Of Jerue
salem, which In under Turkish domin.
ion, he says he came TO this country
fifteen years ago and is now a bona
fide citizen under Uncle Sam. In fact,
he says he Is willing to test his ctts-
xenshfp by going to war against Next
co. II hosdiities are declared.
kourt was hit on the head with y
brick thrown by a negro soon after
he came to this country. and has since
suffered from Ats at times. He re-
Gently underwent an operation at the
Retreat for the Sick. when a section
OF his skull was removed. and he in
now hopeful that he won't throw any
more fits.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-21

Physicians at Memorial Hospital are
hopeful OF saving the eyesight Of r.
I. Martin, OF West Virginia. who was
injured In mine several days ago
when a stick of dynamite exploded In
his hands. The young man spent some
time Tuesday morning In the oporat-
ing room OF the hospital. where his
injuries were dressed. He will prob
ably lose ono OF his hands.
Mr. Martin Is brother OF DIR. a
b. Martin. resident physician Of the
hospital.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-21
Diary of Father Time.

Did you notice that the beginning OF 1911
fell on Sunday, the first day OF the week the
first day OF the month the first day OF tn.
year. and the first day OF the decadee In
looking over my diary find that this singula,
coincidence has occurred Just five times In 4ot
years I also have on record. since the begin.
ming OF time only two centuries. sol and sol
that started out on Sunday, the first of the week
month, year, decade and century and accord.
ing to present calculating it will never hap
pen again TO the end OF time.--Boone Demo
crat