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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-09

y I'll .
MI Ralph II. MacNtchacl. OF pittsburg
! INC president of the Institute Was
J much impressed by some OF ihc things
! Governor Mann told him about Viz
Sinia ana its possibilities ~ 67 bushels
OF corn 10 the acre ana Ito bushels Of
apples from one tree. Mi MacAlichael
sald tliat there MAS Il very jealous ii
Na'iN between the sections OF this
country. each thinking that it was II
little Bit better than the others. Bat
he wos Impressed, rs all Pittsbu,g pco-
pie would be Impressed when Cover
nor Mann tod him that story about
the apple tree in Virginia that had
yielded in one season not in II period
of SeSrs. but in ono season-iio bush-
els of aAplcs. There are apple trees
of this sort All over the south ana
hundreds OF thousands Of acres thut
viii !Eicld under anything ike proper,
cultivation. l6i bushels Of corn. The
people UP North are beginning TO ina.
these things ont for themselves. ana
their eyes are turning in this direction.
thanks TO Lohn Sleichor. Of .icsllc's
Weekly; he has helped materially to
ny their OPTICS upon the South.
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WHAT nan uo>Ds cusr.

There are 2.l5l,51o miles Of wagon
roads III the United states
There are ll6. i2a miles of improved
roads in the United states lfaced with
gravel or somcthin. SUPERIOR.
The percentage Of improved nigh
NAYS is 50.
Eaci year 2c5ooo,ooo. tons OF earn,
and forest products are hauled to
market or to railway stations over
American roads.
This hauling costs sl32. 100000, or %
cents the mile.
It costs only 10 cents the ton tic
mile to haul freight over an improved
road.
Therefore il all our roads were i'm.
proved it would mean ii saving q.
S2Oo.oco.ooo the year III hauling alone.
1t will cost fully $4,000. 100000 10
put ali the mud roads in the United
States in decent shapc--to make them
merely good travel roads.
This is the richest nation III tho
world, yct the poorest most tax
hurdcncd country in Europe can boas,
better roads than We have in the
United states,
Whvo
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Voice Of the People
u'hc Cost Of Food.

. i .
TO the Editor Of The Times Dispa tch
Sir.-What will 1t do? III your edi :
torial Of (; recent date on the tariff.
etc, you said: 1--WE doubt that the
Democratic party is in the condition
at present to make the desired re-
the passage OF the Canadian reciprocity
bill succeed in reducing the cost Of
food and clothing, it should be well
satisfied with It's work"
Now. to reduce the cost Of food
would. indeed. be Il great success for
nation, but is the Democratic or any
other party trying to do this. or is ii
lust trying to reduce the price Of food
and clothing.
AS long as the farmers arc compelled
to pay high prices and large profits
for the chemicals to convert into food
and higher prices and larger profits
with which to do this. how can the
Democratic party reduce the cost OF
food? Will ii make us come across
with the little the Republicans and
trusts have left, or will it enable us
10 grow our crops cheaper and thereby
would be equal justice to the masses
whether it means lower tariff or not
How much Of the meat, wheat. to.
bacco. cotton and other products are
controlled by the farmer? The price
of cvcry egg is set not by the con-
sumer and farmer, but by the middle
mon
and with better marketing facilities
| more knowledge OF farming and ccono-
mics he will stay on the farm. grow
moro food and clothing and STOW il
cheaper. az. II .. I
Jctersville.s
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ISI;i.laSs LINES.

(Sclectcd for The Times Dispatch>
.,Behold these three years come
seeking fruit on this fig tree, and hhd
none luke Niii 9.
One OF Tie greatest sins is that OF
leading 4. useless life, and yet, IT is q
Sin many OF US think but little OF, and
some DO moi think OF at all. Yet
SCRIPTURE sets life before US as q time
which ought to be spent In unlia ggins
cxcrtion; time for each OF rs TO
make the most of the gifts and tall
ents and abilities which God has az
fortcd us for the furtherance or His
glory, the good of those about JUS and
for The attainment OF the highest
measures Of holiness in ourselves, =
\ great many, people content them
selves will believing that they need
make no effort To rise above conditions
as they find them. because they have
been Handicapped at the outset by
What are called the accidents Of life in
the matter Of rank, neighborhood, com :
panions. kinsfolk, business OF profes-
sion Eut our tex, tells MS very clearly
that tie Lord, the owner Of the ls
tree. expects TO lind fruit on all OF
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anu Judas. how much more with Noah.
Job and Daniel. ST. John and ST. Paul.
This emphasizes the usefulness OF SER
vice and not It's merits.
He who leads a useless life must cx-
; poet to find his norton with the wick
ed and slothfui servants. even as every
man who learns and labors truly to
get his own living, and to do his duty
In that state OF life to which, 1t has
| pleased God to call him." is in his
place profitable" to Hin, whose holy
spirit twhile guarding us against any
notios that anything done apart from
Christ can be true and laudable SER
vice., nevertheless distinctly tolls us
that ''sod!incss is profitable for all
things. having the promise OF the life
which now is and Of that which Is
TO come Unless God had work FOR
each OF MS TO do for Him in this world
lie would not have sent us into It.
Therefore let none OF us presume to
say. Il can do nothing for God" Rath-
CT let us ask ourselves. What is there
might have done and did not dor
The unconscious sins of omission arc
many every day. God does not teach
make ourselves conspicuous In this
world. On the contrary, an humble
follower of Christ Will never desire
to be. conspicuous, and the world at
large often knows nothing Of those
whose lives have been most useful and
mo 1ot-f tod
rant, the poorest and most obsc..
here may become a saint Of God. God
bids us let our light shine before men.
not that We may be exalted In their
eyes, but that seeing our good works
they may elorify our Father which
is in Heaven"
SO as the useful tree is the one full
of good fruit, SO the useful life is tho
one full of good works. lie gives to
us all means and opportunities. Arc
VIC using them? Arc we living unto
the Lord? And when we have found
Jesus have we tried TO bring others to
Him? If VIC do our part when lie
comes TO look for fruit He Will find
it, We need not be c,imbcfcrs or the
soil Our lives need not be useless.
We need not In many eases be known
beyond the confines OF Or own home,
but what we do Will he known to Cod
and not forgotten by Him. but on that
great day those OF US who have lived
tic useful lives Will be claimed by
Him forever when He makcth up Ills
towels
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nun cANAl. zoN1: STEAL.

REPRESENTATIVE Henry 7 Ruincy. =
remhcr 81 the new Ways and Means
Committee Of the House III Washing
,on. has introduced !, resolution III that
body providing for thorough inves-
iiEation OF the capture Of PANAMA, the
violation by tile Cnitcd states OF tile
treaty fights or the Republic OF Colon
bia Il thcrc were any, In the scizine
OF Tie Canal zone The Violations by
TIE u1ited states. If there were any.
III refusing arbitration 10 tho Ecpub
lie Of Colombia in spite OF tho mucl
advertised purpose OF this country to
submit Al! intcrna tional controversies
10 The Hague Tribunal. Under, the
Rainey resolution tho COMMITTEES on
Foreisn Affairs OF the House OF Ren-
H rcscntatives is directed 10 make full
inquiry into tic subject TO send for
books, napers ana documents, summon
witnesses take testimony and report
its conclusions 10 the House with ali
expedition. This resolution was in
spired BY the Coloncl's recent address
al the Univcrsity of California in
which he declared that if he had fol-
lowed the traditional conservative
methods his purposes would have fail-
ca; that II took the Canal Zone and
let Congress debate That is TO say
lie did q most outrageous thing ana
boasts OF 1t, as If t, were a great
moral and political triumph
L is hoped that Rainey's resolution
VIII be adopted that the committee
VIII 80 into this business with gloves
off that II Will hunt down the whole
miserable treachery practiced by the
United states. Tho people OF the
United States and Tho people Of tic
world as we'll are entitled 10 know
The truth as 10 all or the matters re-
Eating % tie Coloncl's capture Of ,hs
.Canal zone inc relations OF Mi
William Nelson cromwell to the Dues
ton and the financial quarrel between
the Panama Company and Colombia
over the division Of the forty million
dollars Of the purchasc money the
.iobbying that Was done a, Washington
about This business. the people WHO
We're behind the sc-callcd revolution
IN Panama and VINO paid its expenses
The Political and financial allies OF the
Panama canal Company in the United
States. are some or ;hc POINTS suggest
ga bs the New WORK Woild and thcy
are points That should lie considered
by the committee OF Investigation
we are told hat the Coloner smiled
broadly but made no comment" wh6n
he was told about the Raincy resolu-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-09

Bailey. of the Houston Post. Is han
inclined 10 project himself and his;
miserable paper into Virginia poll
tics; but we shall not encourage ~
disposition, further than to say That
stands is machine politics his view
Upon this question may be worth CIV
ing as the opinion Of an expert, as
follows THE politician who wants TO
get in usually locates some machl-
or other TO pummel. Tile machine. OF
course, is the fellow who rs in
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Daily Queries and ANSWERS

owners OF the land abutting said road
object? 2. DO not tie owners OF lho
aputtine land own the land 10 tho
centre OF thcSrond and can have con-
,rol OF said land for ali purposes.
p Sarr INC same being used Tor road
we can only give you IL horseback
"plhloh on these questions which. III
.ncy are OF personal interest to YOU.
ShV ,,, be taken to practicing lawyer.
we answer the first question in tho
nfirmativc and the second In the
negative 'e
"Dr JciSylI ma Mr. Hyde"
What is meant by this? In tho mur-
der case OF Chief of Police Stripping
was headed. DIR. Jekyll. Chief: Mr..
iyu , Assassin. SUBSCRIBER.
THIS refers to the famous story Of
stevenson, about one man with a dual
personalities man who was alternate
~ controlled by IL good spirit ana
an evil spirit which manifested thein-
selves outwardly in the mans ac1s
ana behavior. Tho reference uiun1v
meant that Stripling.s life had shown
hh2. TO be two-sidcd nlan-iirst an
assassin ana then an officer or the
law. 80
'lisSionnry Poem.
tease publish missionary poem.
title Of which is either so Stuoh -
10 at Ionc,'' or TOO Much 10 DO az
Home" have forgotten which
We regret tha, space forbids thc
printing Of pnems in this department.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-09

The Chase City Progress wishes to
know why VIC feel that the Blackstone
waffle cant be touched and ADDS
Why? What's the matte. with it?'
TO which we would reply that the
Chase City sort Of waffle is eaten with
the bands. It seems to us. therefore.
that the vastly superior Blackstone
waffle should only be conveyed TO the
inner man by golden fork set with
diamonds and pearls, wound with q
Veil of crepe meteor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-09

work. on subordinutes. The Board is
IpaSng out money. without knowing
whatsit Is paving for. or whether the
payment Is authorized or was ever
contracted for. pr. Cassidy says, DO
not misunderstood me as charging
dishonesty on the part Of any one, but
lido charge that.a more admirable sSs-
tom FOR the encouragement and pro-
lection of graft than the one under
whlch VIC are transacting the business
Of This county could no. easily be de-
viscd,"
Last year 1t cost Denver county
STSi.545.21 to run he county thls
does not include Denver city). The
present monthly payroll for help
about the courthouse Mct including
any OF the county Offices or the help
therein or any of the courts or the
help thcrein) and the county hospital
and st95 paid to three persons at tic
house Of detention amounts TO S5,?ii
paid out to 119 persons.
Citing the facts about this payroll,
pr. Cassidy comes down witha bust
ness proposition. size believes in econ
- - ''s
0e - = W" ~
7''o - % -
do the same. work better than you are
doing II with ciEhty-One employees Nn-
stead OF 1l9t u, cost OF S2.723 q month
and thereby save the county S3,lSS per
month by dlschareng twenty SIX per-
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for. County. nnlrers.

iNOhtinatf0nh9 for County Officers.
Can nominations forFcounty officers
pc made under the present Democratic
party law In any other Way thnnl9by
urinary, giving your. authority for
&c oo" W,, views: This refers to the state
Yes II is in tho discretion ~ Of " Tho
local committees Sec primnrv MAJ,
1901. 80 party
questions OF Grn InntnticnI Usnge.
|. is there such an expression =.
agreeable disappointment" ana Is ~ -
:orrcct TO use IL? -
~ correct to say climb down.
.. Gan you differ with q pcrson. -
81 80, when no you use differ WITH ana
differ from? "tn ana
|. Yes
sn .. n ,s differ from exclusively when
IN ono star dncreth from anot q" as
I h.si, In glory" or men differ from
Either differ with" or differ fron,,.
u .. De used in the sense OF disagree
..eht on contrary opinion. You can
ff ,S nc differs with me" or "hc differs
from his uncle
Differ with is used eyclusjyo1, ~
me sense Of expressing dissent or dis !.
agreement "by word of ,no,,,h :, - /.
IN N we'll never differ with a crowded
Rond Question.
Has The board OF supervisors OF n
county tho right to grant 4 company
the privilege OF putting water mains
down III a county road, when the
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rms Nnc.,ois ,Np III: nAi,.


~ complimentary ball is to lie sivcn
NJ Terrace Garden New York. OF May
by Airs. Oliver II Perry Bclmonts
Political Equality Association, In the
eleven branches OF the Association is
u lcaeuc or negro men and women,
end the invitations that have been Is
sued 10 the ball read, TO the Members
OF the Associations. The ball is OK
roctcd to hc Il brilliant AFFAIR. with
al sorts OF fancy dances and special
features. end many Of tile Siri$ or tic
East Side and West side and all
around the town have stopped worl
on their gowns until they can rnd
out whether or not the negroes OF thc
'easnc will he permitted 10 attend
the ball
In issuing tho Invitations We do not
suppose for 4 moment that tic ne
Srocs were thought or. l,ut this is
ono Of the conditions With which Tic
Equality people will have IL deal. As
we understand, equal suhraHe for wo-
men does not mean suffrage for nc
Sro women. If it mean anythin- like
that the movement would die a'born
ms in the South
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-09

Old Tom IIigginson, the Massachu-
sets writer. celebrated his birthday
not so long ago ->young woman who
admired his books, brought him bou
quet OF roses. Colonel Higginson
asked her her name. and then re-
marked: You live, I suppose with
your parents?" NO, sir, she said.
MY parents are In heaven. l live with
my husband" Your husband. too. is
in heaven" said Colonel iligginson
CALAMITY And he said il in Massa
.chusetts
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-09

One Of the best things that the cs-
tccmed Nirginian-Pii has quoted in
many a day Is this from Young:
They that on glorious ancestors en-
large.
Produce their debt instead OF their
discharge
! Which a good many people can read
and digest with profit.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-09

Here is overwhelming evidence that
there will he no war on the Mexican
border. Major General w II. Carter,
now in command OF the troops and
Texas. will take part in the V. NJ l..
finals. It's all over now.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-09
Ghp UlmRg IS lBjspafrk

BY Times Dispatch Carrier Delivery Ser
vice in Eichncad land suburhs) and Peters
The Ordway new era., 1911-12-01

over the wild career that leo MS
wayward son into these direful straits
Much was written about Carlyle
Harris mother when that boy was on
trial for killing his young wife, anu
old Charles Harris. the father was
mentioned only incidentally. bacA
into the shadows cast by his strons
wife sank the figure Of the unsuccess'
ful old man. Nobody paid any atten
ton to him. He was alone with Ms
great sorrow.
When DR.. Crippen was being hunt.
ed. tried and put to death for kiilhs
his wife q lonely old man In CaliioF-
MIA followed the reports OF the case
with trembling interest. Myron a.
Crippen was too old to be Of any help
to the son who had left him long ago.
Though unheralded. the greater tras'
edy was the fathers. not the son .:
When Albert Wolter was convicted OF
killing Ruth Wheeler his old father'
a veteran Of the Franco.Prussian war;
felt tho blow as a long.delayed retri'
button for the one great sin OF MS
life. and 30 expressed himself. Albert
was the child OF woman Carl Albert
Wolter had known In Germany. De-
serting the mother and baby, the elder
Wolter had come to America ana
welded another woman. She had dieo
and he. stricken by remorse, had sent
for the mother and child to join him
In America and had legitimatized the
one by wedding the other.
"The Sins Of tho Fathers"
And now this child had committed
a murder so fendish In its horror that
the old Prussian soldier bowed his
head under the shock and murmured
words about the sins Of the fathers
being visited upon their children.
Another case was that of Gen. Jere-
miah v. Messerole Of Brooklyn. whose
son. Darwin J. Messerole. killed Theo-
dore w. Larbig In fight. The old
soldier fought bravely to save his son
and the verdict OF acquittal. followed
as 1t was by the young mans conver-
sion and reception into Plymouth
church, was balm to the fathers
| wounded heart
There can scarcely be doubt about
the grizzled Confederate veteran. Col.
T. v. Richeson. believing in his sons
innocence. But the tragedy OF such
an accusation against dearly be-
loved son is less only than that Of his
conviction.
These fathers whose gray hairs are
brought down In sorrow to the grave
as the patriarch Jacob expressed It.
are tragic figures. They appeal FOR
sympathy. but their weight OF woe is
too heavy to be alleviated by words
| New York World.
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Odd Manners.

Mourning the loss Of old-time man.
ners. an aged Englishman said the
other day: Boys are not like they
used to be. II they do not like q
schoolmaster they show 1t nowadays
by treating him with studiously cold
politeness. Why. remember when
was at Eaton a lot OF us getting hold
of a master who taught us mathemat.
les and whom we all cordially detest-
ed. and holding him by his heels over
Barnes pool bridge until We saw In
the distance another master coming
in our direction. when we gently
loosed our victim and let. him slide
headforemost into the water"
A New York man writes: Il was
taught to offer my seat to ladies when
travelling. foolishly did SO few days
ago in the subway. All l got in re-
turn from the lady was CLASSY
stare, a devilish grin and oh. sit down.
my boy. don't want your seat And
I am just thirty"
In the Society islands Two persons
on meeting salute by rubbing the ends
of their noses together. and the saluta-
ton Is followed by each taking the
hand of the other and rubbing 1t upon
his own nose and mouth.
Moors of Morocco ride at full speed
toward stranger, as II they intended
to run him down. and rs soon as they
have approached near they suddenly
stop and fire a pistol over his head.
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when the young man returned home
almost boasting OF having killed his
wife in Italy had something awe-tn-
spring In its loneliness. Here was q
highly respected man. OF good south
ern family, who had attained posi-
ton OF trust and responsibility In the
service Of his country. who had
brought up a bright boy. with all the
care and solicitude Of refined home.
lavishing affection upon him. hoping
great things for him. and suddenly all
these hopes were swept away and In
their place he must needs forge for
himself solitary grim hope-that OF
saving the boy from the disgrace OF q
murderer's death.
Gen. Hains' Pathetic Figure.
Another heroic figure-heroic be-
cause OF the way it stood firm in the
tempest of tragedy swept about it
was that OF Gen. Peter c. Hams. ia
ther of Capt. Peter c. Hams and
Thornton Hams. When Capt. Hams
killed the man he believed had wreck
ed his home. and he and his brother
were accused of conspiring together to
commit murder, the old fathers fight
ing blood rose and he turned like an
old lion to defend his cubs. In his
eyes his sons deed was justified. This
point of view was shared by large
number of people, women as well as
men. That he saved his sons from
the grip of the law was n triumph for
him, but the triumph only attenuated
the grief that the killing had laid upon
him.
So 1t was with gallant old Gen. Mol
ineux. He, however, was spared the
grim horror of knowledge of n sons
guilt, for he firmly believed in Rol-
and's innocence of the murder, and
his fight for the youths acquittal was
urged on not only by affection but by
confidence in the triumph of justice.
Another father who was buoyed up
to the last by faith in his boys inno-
cence was a. +. Tucker. whose son
Charles was put to death for killing
Mabel Page. To the very last he was
firm in this faith. He Kept up the
fight to prove his son innocent right to
the hour of execution. and In one Of
his petitions to the governor for elem.
ency he expressed in a sentence the
tragedy of the parent whose son is
accused of a grave crime: Our hearts
are bursting with anguish"
Such case as this was that of
Henry Clay Beattie, the Richmond
banker. whose son has been convict
ed of numbering his young wife. He
kept up the fight, having appealed for
a new trial, without result. The ia
Tiers heart must be wrung with grief
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No Use for Molly.

admiral Schley. as his own splen-
did career showed. didn't believe in
automatons." said Washington vet
eran. "IIe didn't believe in the sub
ordinate who lets his boss do all the
thinking for him. l once heard Ad-
miral Schley talking to young An
napolis student. He told the student
that unreasoning and unquestionipg
obedience to orders was. II the orders
were wrong. foolish thing. He said
the navy had no more use for men
of that stamp than the Widow Black
had for her maid Molly.
THE widow. he explained. told Mol
iy one evening that II any one called
she was only at home to Mr. Mum.
Then she retired to her room and
took a little nap. On toward ten
O'Clock she awoke and. ringing for
Molly. she asked: Did any one CALI
"'Oh. yes. ma'am.' said Molly. Mrs.
Blank called. and Miss D9sh. and the
pastor
land you told them What told
you to-?
"'Yes. maam. l said you was only
at home to MIR. Num-"