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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-04
rl,E snrrn ~ cnNGREss.

The Macon Telegraph explains that
If Hoke Smith shall be sent to the
United states senate from Georgia-he
was only inducted into the office OF
Governor a day or so ago-it Will be
done by anti-smith men who do not
want to see him in the Governors chair
any longer than is absolutely necessary.
There must h. some mistake about
this because the Telegraph is a very
sensible paper and must know that it
is almost as important for Georgia to
he represented we'll in the United states
Senate as i; is for Georgia to be well
represented in the office of Governor.
The mistake the Southern states have
made oftentimes is that the Govern
ment at Washington is so far removed
from them tina, IT does not matter
greatly who shall be their representa-
tives in the Congress at Washing ton.
This is to be regretted. because the
National Government has been getting
closer, and steadily more uncomfor,-
ably close. to the States in the last
few years than ever before.
VIVA, the South needs in Washington
are it's strongest and best men, men OF
experience. men of character, meE OF
ability, men who understand the true
relations of the Federal Government to
the states. and who Will be strong
enough at Washington to resist en-
croachmcnts on the rights OF the states
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-04
Voice Of the People
a Monument to Poe.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch.
Sir,-Richmond is greatly honored in
heaving produced the grea test literary
genius of America--yea, even of the
Western World. This is surely no
tie honor. and yet the city goes on
seemingly unconscious of the fact 1t
has its dazzling theatres. its por-
seous amusement parks, its splendid
mansions, but one sees nothing to
bring to memory this great man. Less
than a hundred years ago the great
Poe walked her streets and his great
mind contemplated her scenes. This
great genius. once citizen Of the
capital OF the Old Dominion. is no
more. There remains only his name.
and, perhaps, his memory. That seems
doubtful, for, in passing through old
Richmond, one sees not.rthe merest
trile of memento of one of her
greatest sons. Great monuments ana
memorials tower up in graceful beauty
on every hand, but one sees nothing
to rem nd him that the city once. fos-
tered the only English writer Of Amer
lea recognized abroad as "A man Of let
tiers.
We can but say, wake UP. old city,
and lay aside your prejudices and
honor your great son, whom the Ma
tional Hall Of Fame has but recently
hohored! IN years 10 come boast of
this son. for ne is worthy of a boast
be proud of him, for he is a true OBJ
ject of pride; and show The world that
you remember him by a grand monu-
ment towering towards the skies. Yet
even to the skies If necessary, for lust
so did this mighty mind loom up above
its fellows in the world of literature
In the future let the traveller ana
stranger passing through your beau
tiful and historical streets. be remind
ed again and again OF one, Of your
greatest sons. the weird genius" Ed
gar Allan Poe
RoBT. C. AsTRoP.
Ashland, va.
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OUR ONLY WOMAN MAYOR.

Mrs. Ella Wilson, ,n1 Mayor of
Hnnnewcll Kansas. is making good.
She has instituted number OF re-
forms in the administration of the af-
fairs OF the town. One of her FIRST
official acts was TO appoint Mrs. Rosie
+. Osbourne City Marshal. or Chief OF
Police as the officer is called in East
crn towns, and she has proved equal
to the demands made upon her. the
Kansans having learned to their peril
that when woman makes mp her
mind to shoot she can shoot AS
straight as a man. She couidn': put
EN- over" possibly. in game of
baseball but 1t is different when IL
comes to handling firearms. and the
more men she shall be compelled to
kill in the discharge of her official
duties the more will Chief Osbourne
endear herself to the people of tho
country. for in all the world it is not
likely that any other political divi-
sion the size of Kansas harbors so
many triliing men.
Mayor Wilson has been criticised. OF
course. about her admnistration-tha
was to be expected. it goes with tho
Office. They" did not like the way
She was dealing with some of the So
called moral questions" that AFFECT
the community, that affect every com
munity, in fact. and Mayor Wilson
disposed OF her critics upon these
points by the simple statement that
"Hnnneweil is no worse than lot of
other towns. but it is going to be
better than most OF them"
That was not all that she said. or
the best that she said. as, warming
UP TO her work, she laid down the
proposition that "if the w c. n. IT,.
ladies' aid societies and kindred or
Ranizations would devote more time
to promoting better moral, sanitary
and social conditions and little less
TO hghting evils which can better he
checked by education and evolution
than by revolution. they would he OF
more benehr to the community"
There is a great deal of common
sense in that. 1t will not satisfy those
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who ;rc trying to accomplish reforms
by legislative acts instead of by tho
cultivation OF the domestic virtues;
but 1t Is very practical view of the
extent to which executive authority
can go in picking up the lost stitches
of the family establishment, the fam
lily being the responsible unit of the
American establishment we call gov
eminent.
Mayor Wilson has husband who is
paralyzed, and two sons nearly grown
whom she is educating. and she is said
by the Chattanooga Times to be "a de-
vout member of the Presbyterian
Church" There is nothing in this for
which any apology should be made.
and it looks to US as If she is pre-
destinated to give Hunnewell the best
administration of its affairs that it
has ever known
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THE TIMES DIsPATcH RICHMOND VA TUESDAY JULY 1911

tered 9S degrees in the coolest places.
and tho Government thermometer in
the street showed that it was 1o7 de-
erees hot out in the open.
The indications are" said the AS
sociatcd Press dispatches last night.
that tomorrow will be the hottest
Fourth OF July ever experienced east
of the Mississippi River we shall
see, and. though the most of Us would
prefer lower temperatures. we must
rejoice with those of our neighbors
who are always saying that they like
hot weather." cant make il too hot
for US ana the blessing they ionged
for ha come to them, and for this
the reasonable people must be thank
full When we think of the poor com
munities in the Northern States. of
New York and Boston and the New
England resorts ana Of Montreal with
temperature OF 107 degrees. We can
not be too grateful that there is such
a place as Richmond with the majestic
James sweeping by on its way to the
sea
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now ro KEEP THE FOURTH.

Good advice for the Fourth: Keen
cool Don't take much exercise. lust
hang around the house. Avoid fire
works either in explosive or liquid
form. Contemplate the Constitution
Of your country, Reflect upon the
Observation-Disclosures who are trying to
adapt it not to the necessities OF the
people or the interests of good gov
eminent, but to their own selfish polit-
zeal ambitions. Resolve that you Will
stand fast by the faith OF the fathers,
Rejoice and be glad that they fought
for your freedom and independence
and FOR the rights of men. Set your
face like flint against all the foIlies
of the time and pray devoutly tina,
this Government may not perish from
the earth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-04
ARCHIE BUTT AND MARCUS AZURE


President Taft arrived at Beverly.
Massachusetts. last Saturday morning.
and spent his first days vacation for
the simmer on the links playing golf
with Major Archie Butt and In the
afternoon reading Marcus Aurelius. II,
is said that he read twice a passage
wherein q charitable Roman says that
a man sure in his heart of his SINGER
fty and effort may even arouse himself
bit without having any pangs OF re-
morse"
Marcus Aurelius was entirely right.
but there was an older than this old
heathen-Solomon the son of David,
ana the wisest man. who in his Book
of Proverbs. in which he discusses the
moral virtues and their contrary vices.
said this: For as he thinketh in his
heart, so is he"
If Mr.. Taft would drop the Roman
and would take the Jew for his media
lions during the remainder of his va
cation period, he would find great
many epigrammatic sayings that might
be OF service to him in standing lip
against his enemies and in his ac-
counting to himself for himself AS a
course of related reading, we would
suggest that he would find a great
many things in the Westminster AS
sembly's shorter Catech!sm that would
help him some when he becomes in
volved in questions OF doubt as to ex-
actiy which way he should turn TO
get rid OF the enemies round about.
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was made that the property could be
bought by the Government for $500
ooo' Mr. Sisson insists that. If the
present programme is carried out. the
property will cost the Government at
least SS,5co.O0o. He wants to know
where this money is going, who is to
get 1t and why II should be expended
at all. and he is entirely right. He
II ,.kes no charges against anybody.
but he wants to know and so do the
people of the country, why this desire
for territorial extension AT an enor-
nous cost to the public treasury Sis
sons resolution was referred to the
Committee on Rules. of which Repre-
sentative Henry. of Texas. is Chair
man. /; is really remarkable how
many things the Republicans did that
the Democrats have found to require
explanation.
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our MINES AND our MORALS.

Following the suggestion of The
that the development
OF our morals should go hand in hand
with the development OF our mines in
the South the Knoxville Journal ana
Tribune says that in the South. the
old South if YOU choose to put IT that
way, IL must be conceded that there
was loyalty TO the faith that was
not TO be found in some other parts
of the country. The people of the
South have had their faults. but run
ming off after every iigment Of the
speculative brain, of those rooted and
grounded in nothing. has not been one
OF them" Continuing. the Journal and
Tribune says
AS has often been said. and as the
facts show. the population of the South
is more truly American than that of
any other section OF the country. While
other sections have drfted away from
American institutions, one of which is
the observance OF the Christian Sab
bath, the great mass of the people Of
the South yet believe there is virtue
IN remembering the sabbath day and
Keeping II holy. The Richmond con-
temporary is on the wight track when
it assumes that the development Of
our morals should go hand in hand
with the development of our mines
Both are worthy of all encoura cement
but the former is the greater"
1t is true, we believe that the South
or the states lately in Rebellion as
the law used to have it, is the most
American part OF the country, and the
most American thing is to he found in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-04
ONE OF PATRIARCHS
OF BRITISH PEERAGE

who was created Baron Feversham. Of
D,nneombs Park. by George ", In
third Lord Feversham OF the present
creation. was advanced TO an earldem
by Queen Victoria in 1865.
Duncombe Park. which has been IN
the possession OF the Duneombes ever
since the Sir Charles Duncombe WHO
was Lord Mayor OF London at the be-
ginning, purchased the Yorkshire cs-
Duke OF Buckingham. is stately man
SIGN designed by Xanbrugh. and
MS pupil. william Wakefield. and
though partly destroyed BY fire in jan
uary, 1879, when nll the family ror-
traits in the great salon were te-
stroyed. has been restored with the
most perfect taste and reverence for
the original designs
II occupies the site of the old Castle
of Hclmsley. which in the parliament
tary wars was besieged and taken by
IN the vast grounds are the picturesque
ruins Of Rievaulx Abbey. which. found
cd in ll3l by Sir Walter d'Espee, pass
Earls OF Rutland. and then TO the Dun
combes. The ruins are situated on a
plateau of high ground. at the foot
oil steep nil. in the narrow valley
OF the Rye. and while the west side Of
the transept is Norman, all the rest
OF the ancient pile is very fine carly
English
Il
collection OF paintings and some su-
perb statuary. including a marble re-
production OF Lord Byron's celebrated
dog. The salon Is ninety feet long,
and all the staircascs, broad enough
10 allow coach and four to pass up
or down, are of superb mahogany.
There is also a fine private chapel
while the park surrounding the hall
extends over an area of some 5000
acres
Old Lord Feversham is a man Of
many fads. among the oldest of which
Is his refusal TO pay any bills until
absolutely obliged to do so. This is
not due to any nvarice. for he is most
generous. nor to poverty, since his
income amounts to considerably over
a quarter of a million dollars u year
u IS merely owing to his reluctance 10
sign checks. and he has on several
occasions been held up. not only by
MIS- tradesmen in Yorkshire, but even
by his servants who have struck for
unpaid wages, without exciting any
further resentment on his part than
an exclamation: Damn their insolenIe,
Bring me my check book!' After writ
ing the checks. the tradesmen and do
mestics resume their service Just az
before. until perhaps e couple of Gears
or so later there is another strike
But neither servants nor trad.snrn
are ever discharged on this account
by the old earl
Copyright, 1911. by the Brentwood
Company)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-04
uAs a svsr.clots LOOK.


representative 9lssoh' OF MISSISSIPPI
mas 'htroaneed an important resoiu-
non IN Congress directing an invesu-
sa''oh INTO 'ne ownership oil Na'laole
property 'N'he between the Capitoi
"r""""S ana 'he Union Stauoh IN
Washing Ton Wh'ch me government
mas peeh ""'''"f'%eo 10 purchase nhder
ING terms Oh It Jaw passed by congress
'"o OF 'hFee years ago Nhen the
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-04
.rLA,ING UP" THE sHoSrsEs.

The newspapers say that Mrs. The
odoro p. Shonts has filed a suit against
her husband for separate maintenance.
Naturally, her husband has declined to
discuss the matter in any way what
ever, and Mrs. Shonts is now with
her daughter, the Duchess Chaulnes
in Paris. We do not know why she
wants to separate from her husband
and why, ii she should really desire "A
separat ton. he should care particularly
to have her around.
Mr. Shonts was formerly Chairman OF
the Panama Canal Commission. and
later President of the Interborough
metropolitan street Railway Company.
of New York. We believe he has led
a very clean life, and he has been much
appreciated by those who have been
associated with him in many great en-
,erprises for his ability and his char
acter. 1t must lie very distressing to
him that there should he wide publicity
OF MS domestic infelicities, and this is
one Of the features of so-called modern
journalism Whlcn We DO not like at all,
Mr., Shonts is a rich man He is said
to be very rich man, but even rich
men. we suppose, must have feelings
like other men. Merely because he is
rich and his daughter married French
Duke. why should all the family linen
be brought out and strung on public
clo'hes-line for the vicious and the
vulgar to look At? Not one in a mil
lion Of the readers who will now he
appraised OF the existence of Mr.. Shonts,
and who have never known him or
that he had a wife. will be Hooded
with all the details Of the disagreement
between him and his wife Ii is a
shame that the American press should
| encourage this sort of thing
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%! JosEpIIUs.

The North Carolina Press Association
held It's annual meeting at Lenoir last
week, and among the distinguished
Journalists present was Josephus Dan
iels. of the Raleigh News and Observer.
who has been writing in his newspa-
per bout what he saw and heard and
thought while he was with the breth-
rem OF the press. lie liked the Ions
drive from Lenoir to Blowing Rock. ana
he almost gave himself away as fol-
lows:
There seems to be something about
these long country rides behind a
horse not too fast, that impels men TO
open the secret recesses OF their hearts,
ana am almost tempted to say that
no man ever knew another unless he
had enjoyed long buggy rides with him.
That is the reason why ii is Il danger
Gus thing for young lady 10 go buggy
riding with a sood looking man. 1t
takes both hands TO drive an automo-
bile. while a capable man can drive a
horse with one hand. The girl had
sense who sang
The man VINO takes two hands to
Is not tho man Tor me-"
There 1t is! Think OF Josephus Dan
iels harboring such thoughts as this
We do not know what it means. We
draw the curtain.
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GOOD FoR PAT H.nnIsoN.

The Jackson. Mississippi, News says
Of the Honorable Pat Harrison, member
of Congress from the Sixth Mississippi
District. that "clambering over the
clouds is one OF Pats speclalties. Get
him warmed up TO a ubject. and ne
simply scars and scars. and scars
and then scars some more. He rings
in the birds. the flowers. the bright
t!nts of the morning, the glorious glow
OF the sunset, and all that sort of
| thing; but, despite his tendency to
rhetoric and his thinking in dactyis
and iambics. our Jackson contemporary
says that the people down in the
Sixth District believe that Pat will
make an efficient Congressman after he
has learned the ropes up at Wash
ington." 1t resents Pats Juggling into
his salutatory a piece OF alleged poetry
perpetrated some years ago by some
one without the fear of detection be-
fore his eyes as the Mississippi ode
and declines TO admit that "sippl"
rhymes with nigh" and by" even
when the writer OF verse is permitted
the broadcast license. Then the News
gives Mr.. Harrison this good advice
IF Pat will Just tell those people
up at Washington about our millions
OF acres OF idle land the opportuni-
ties we offer for industrious white
settlers, the magnificent crops we
grow with little effort. the many boun-
tiful resources and industries of our
state, and OF the Improvements needed
by our rivers and harbors he Will be
saying something really worth while
and his line OF conversation will prob
ABLY be productive of some substan-
tial good"
This is all true. but in his opening
address on the tarin. which did not,
seem to touch the subject. except in
high spots, Mr.. Harrison incidentally
compelled the attention OF the country
and made himself a force TO be reck-
oned with in the settlement Of the
great economic issues with which the
Congress must deal
a little poetry every now ana then
IS relIshed even by the members OF
/ Congress. There is SO much dry as
, dust discussion in that body. When
member of Congress can paint the
skies a deeper blue and I'LL the House
with the verdancy of outdoor fields
ana forests and make the running
streams obedient to his touch. states
men Of the more sober-minded sort are
/ almost certain to give him an expect
ant hearing. and so 1t is that by dip
ping into eHtravagances OF dcscrip-
tive speech the Honorable Pat made
himself solid with the House of Rep
resentatives. We wish he would soar
some more. and the more the better.
because the rest of the members Of
tn" House appear to be wholly devoted
to too serious consideration OF ques
tons and policies which they do not
understand.
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PUTTING UP wrrn FAIRBANKS.

President Taft VIII he the chief at
traction OF the Fourth OF July celebra-
tion at indianapolis to-day He will
make speech. Of course. That is why
he has gone out there, and he Will
doubtless say some things in his speech
on the subject OF reciprocity. a ques-
ton which has been giving him good
deal OF concern. and it is hoped that
he VIII make il Very hot for the Pro
gressives." so called, OF his own party
who have been making losing tight
against him on this great issue.
Mr.. Taft Will he entertained while
lie is in indianapolis by former Vice.
President Fairbanks. and we know that
he Will have good time. and this
gives us another opportunity to speak
a kind word for the former Vice Pres
ident, who was made a great deal OF
in a rather mean way by the alleged
humorists of the press when he filed
with honor and distinction the second
highest office in this country He stood
his punishment we'll and if we must
have another Republican administra-
ton, which Heaven forbid. there are
many thousands of people in the United
States who would rejoice to see Mr.
Fairbanks in Washington as presiding
officer Of the United states Senate.
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Sympathizing with the view of The
Times-pispatch that the divorce can
Ger, which Is eating at the very hear,
OF the social life of this country must
nave radical treatment, the Hunting
ton tWest Virginia. Dispatch SAYS
the evil is largely caused by iIl-con.
sidered marriages and advises: Marry
right and you'll be apt to live right.
and if YOU live right divorce viii ~.
neither desira BILE nor possible
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-04

one very good way to keep the
house cool this hot weather is to sbu,
down all the windows during the day
and open them at night. so that while
the heather are raging on the outside
the people on the inside can be rea-
sonably comfortable.
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Polo anh sI,innx

Polo and Skinny.
Please give me the rules of play
ing polo and shiny. READER
Polo is played by opposing teams
mounted on ponies trained for the
game. From three to six persons can
play on each side. In match games
the number must be four. The ball is
tossed into the middle of the field. The
PLAYERS take up their positions behind
their respective goal posts. and at the
dropping Of a flag they charge toward
the ball. each side striving to reach
and strike it first. Match games reach
an hour and ten minutes, with five
minutes rest after each twenty min
utes of play. One player on each
side acts as goal-keeper and remains
at the goal. The object is TO get the
ball over the adversaries' goal The
game involves expense and is played
only by the rich.
The word shiny is corruption of
shinty. the Scotch name for hockey
The, game. so-called is played with
sticks crooked at the end and Is some
thing like polo. except that II is play
ed on foot and not on horseback.
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ing a nation of slaves. What is need
ed is rekindling of the spirit of 20.
Tho celebration OF this day will be
worse than vain If we do not resolve
once more that governments derive
their just powers from the consent of
the governed"
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Intltnn Inpguuce.

Please state where person could
sell a new complete dictionary or
handbook OF the Indian language
T.. c.
There is no such thing as the indian
language" Every tribe OF Indians in
America spoke a different tongue.
Their speech varied from mere d!a-
lectical differences 10 a total dissimi-
iarity of construction. suggesting no
kinshir or common origin.