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The state herald., 1912-04-05

Mrs. T. z. Lasta spent Sunday in
in Haxtun with friends.
The state herald., 1912-04-05

| have a car load of seed oats for sale.
S. 7. Thompson.
The state herald., 1912-04-05

House for sale or rUt. Inquire Of
v. b. Osborn. ips
The state herald., 1912-04-05

Mrs. George Stewart returned recent
ly from visit IN Rock Island, Ill.
The state herald., 1912-04-05

Bring in your advertisements.
The day book., 1912-01-17

IIdu IlO relatives.
Robert Simmons, Washington,
Ind, farmer, is dead from having
son who practiced shooting at
mark on barn door without find
ing out if there was anyone in
side the barn.
Wright brothers think they
have invented device which will
render aeroplanes foolproof. We
doubt it.
'"The soul is the fountain of
youth. Cultivate the Soul and the
rest is easy."-Miss Villa Foster
Page, instructor in beauty, N. Y.
Professional Women's League.
Yes, Villa, but cultivating the
soul is SO dreadfully hard some
times, especially sin society"
Which explains popularity of
rouge.
The women of the United
States Army" are getting up Pc
tition asking Congress to restore
the lcanteen.
"The coming senator, DR..
Anna Howard Shaw =
Mrs. Mills, president of N. Y.
State Suffrage Association, in in
PRODUCING famous suffragist.
Attorneys for Rev. Clarence V.
T. Richeson are straining every
effort to have him sent to insane
asylum like Harry Thaw."
That's the worst of affairs like
the Thaw trial. They establish
what the legal profession is pleas
ed to term precedent" ..
Mrs. Margaret Wright, 70, N.
Y, found dead in home. IS hun
The day book., 1912-01-17
WHAT HAPPENED OUTSIDE CHICAGO

'H WHAI HAPPENED
Taft managers in Nebraska ig-
nored Chester H. Aldrich, the
governor. Which has caused
glee among the La Toilette sup
porters in Nebraska.
Score of frenen hurt, and
$250,000 damage in fire that de-
stroyed Wanamaker section of
Terminal Storage Warehouse
and Bonding company building,
N. Y.
Fox river, swollen by floods
and ice jams, is on rampage from
Menasha to Green Bay, Wis. Pa
per mills, factories and bridges
worth millions of dollars, in dan
ger. 80
Mime Schumann-Heink may
think her husband, Willie Rapp,
a gentleman, but Willie doesn't
mind saying he thinks Madame's
children ought to be locked up for
safekeeping.
Joseph Fusco, Pittsburgh, shot
and killed his fancee and cousin,
Virginia Fusco, and then commit
ted suicide.
Swiss still kicking about an
nounced intention of "War Lord"
Wilhelm to inspect their army.
James Clancy and Chas Peo-
piles, slate roofers, fell from roof
of Methodist church, Virginia,
ILL.,, and are dying.
Cincinnati women have formed
league and are refusing to pay
more than 3 cents carfare. Also
6efuipor cOp61c+Orc tO mt them
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15
Let tho Gnme Laws Alone.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
sir have just read In your paper
OF Monday. the 18th. the piece written
by n gentleman from Farmvill.. speak
Ing against State game law. THIS
gentleman has put up decd eddy tho
most sensible argument on the sub
Jet That ! have seen in every way
lic has expressed the views of every
farmer Owners OF the birds) In this
what the bird owners in my imred!-
ate section want, which is greater
part ut Appomattox and Campbell
counties II does seem that the peo-
PIE who own the land own the birds
iced the birds should have some say
20 in tho matter, hut rs II Is he Inns
absolutely none. We send men to the
Legislature. and few OF the town
sportsmen get hold OF him, and ne
makes law to suit those sportslnen
and dare say that few OF those
tainly few OF them own the land that
has the birds on It, and what right
have they to take away the mans
right that does own land. birds and all?
There are few men who hunt quail and
XIII more than myself: | have been In
this section for twenty years, and we
had more game last season than I
nave seen here In any other two sea-
sons. and there Is an abundance OF
man from Farmville said, the hawks
hunt 365 days in the year. and he's
the hunter that's destroying the game
mostly. Now II tho sportsmen or the
Legislature wants to save the game let
them put such bounty on hawk
bills as to Justify people to trap
them. AS ] stated above, I can only
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15
Needed nendlnE for Legislators.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-Your position In reference 10
the rcsubmission OF the defeated con-
sututlonnl amendment has made
deep Impression upon me. as has also
your map or the proposed new con-
gressional districts
am sure that large majority, n
not all, OF tho members OF our LeEis-
latnrc wish to do what Is right. there
fore would suggest that you pub
fish, for their Information. tho follow
ing from the Constitution OF Virginia:
/. Section giving the oath required
OF members Of the Legislature
. Section regarding amendments to
Constitution.
2. Section regarding division OF ths
State into congressional districts
fprinting the words contiguous" and
compact" In capital letters).
Richmond w. w. HARDWlCKE.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15
Voice Of the P eople


The "Finni Perseverance," of reform.
To The Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-Whatever your readers may
think or not think of final perse-
verance as a principle OF theology.
there can be no TWO opinions among
Intelligent people as 10 it's correct ap-
plication TO the hNed natural laws.
For the Same reason there cannot be
two opinions as TO it's application to
those social and community laws which
are based upon elemental Justice
Whatever is right will certainly prevail
Notwithstanding temporary rcvcrsoa,
and whatever Is wrong will certainly
fall Notwithstanding temporary sue
cesses.
Now lest be further tedious 1t Is
with this declaration of fundamental
principles that announce the final
perseverance OF reform. and [ Will
come Immediately TO the application
everybody has In view just now
namely. equal suffrage, on the one
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15

partment OF Agriculture VIII pay one
fourth. If this cannot be done. these
appropriations will doubtless be with
drawn ana Il splendid benefit to Vir-
Einia farmers VIII be lost.
or course, tho R!nehart bill claims
to continue demonstration work under
the State Board of Agriculture with
an appropriation OF $1,000. II Is alb
surd to assert that the demonstration
work can hc carried on i'll forty-three
counties for $1,000. II Is likely that
fifty counties would make nppropria-
lions this year, but the work Will
have TO cease unless Il larger appru.
priation is made, and that work can
not be carried on at all in the couut!es
now in cooperation with the hoard
without the help OF the United states
Department of Agriculture, which tho
Rinehart lii cuts OFT
Last year tnirty-nvc counties nude
appropriations. for the work of the
United Acricultural Board and (forty-
throe) or more viii do so This year.
What better evidences could there be OF
the valuation put upon this work by
the people OF Virginia? Twice as
many counties this year as last year
are clamoring for share in the
benefits 10 be derived from the work
under the auspices Of the United
Agricultural Board.
It cost less than $500 last year for
tho expenses of the board. 40
economy can be urged in this respect.
for the Board Of Education could not
possibly do the work for that amount.
The Rinrnart measure seeks TO iusti-
~ itself because of alleged duplico-
ton and lack OF harmony but fails 20
specify wherein tho duplication exists
and the inharmonjousrcss arises. CO.
ordination and -opcration--two
greatly to be desired conditions--havo
been brought about by the United
Board. 1t has done good
work. has stimulated interests in nd
vanced agricultural methods, has
sh own tho farmers of this state their
hitherto unknown potentialities and
possibilities. has transformed ietharSic
land into fru'ttul fields ana wrought
for the uplift and better
ment OF the great agricultural class of
Virginia. Tho demonstration work
among the boy farmers alone has been
enough to justify the continuation Of
the United Agricultural Bo4rd ana It's
The Times Dispatch hc-
l'cves that the abolition OF TINS most
useful and progressive force FOX the
promotion of the agricultural interests
Of our people would be a false economy
ana nm inexcuss.h!o mistal,e. Tho
bill proposes reversion ana
the State Of virginia
cannot commit Itself to such a policy
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15
nRlNc orr rlIn TAN nlLl.

The House Committee on Finance has
had some iin2c in which TO formulate
tar biA OF some sort for presentation
70 the House, 1t IS to he hoped that as
speedily as possible this bill may be
brought out. SO that duo consideration
ray be given Il ANA some definite
agreement reached as 10 what form OF
tax equalization measure is to lie
enacted rho DAYS nre slipping By
RAPIDLY now, ana every ono of them
counts; the sooner tax bu! is re-
ported the better viii the public in
terest be HerTed. Tho committee has
had a reasonable period in which TO
take into consideration the conflicting
views and propositions and shape them
into compromise measure of some de-
nsript'on
Not only Goes The Times-Dispatch
urge that the tax bill be reported as
soon as possible. but II likewise would
point out to the House the necessity
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15

md progrcssivencss In so short a
period. Moreover amid II all, and
Inspiring it all In significant and
ever increasing degree, is n spirit
of nationalism and self-conndenco
which had been utterly absent in the
race for centuries, ana which tho
doubling Thomuses would we'll take
counsel or ere seal these doubts be-
fore the world.
Whatever may be in the womb of
time. however, whether a republic or a
return of the old regime in some form.
II cannot he questioned that for the
present at least China has conquered
China, Edually unqucstionable is it
that in this conquest the promise and
the prophcsy arc the duwning for
China of another day of civilization.
cnllShtcument and national and So
cialistic cvclvcmcnt. which although
the alien Manchu giant Of empire has
toticred to decay will check her way
to the national ruin that had so long
seemed imminent,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15

speak for tho farmers In my section
and TO put II In plain words. the far
ners have gotten sore about such
iawg or Il little more added 10 those
we hnvc, and the town man or sports
man from town VIII have to hls hunt
ing In town. the farmer puts all tho
blame on the hunting clubs ar the
cities for such laws, and 8, has almost
reached the point now that unless Mr.
Sportsman has cousin out here lie
had better not come. because he viii
get n wave from the farmers mighty
hand, who remembers that he was tho
man who put up the many arguments
our representatives To stop hunting.
This Is the way the farmers feels about
II. w. T. STEELE.
Spout Spring.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15

Because She has stcadfastly refused
to take the oath of allegiance to the
United States government, Mrs.
Thomas Anderson, of New Orleans. 9
niccc OF Jefferson Davis. President OF
the Confederate States has delayed
pressing her $4,000 claim against the
government for the burning OF her
residence and personal property in
Mississippi by Federal soldiers in the
War Between the States. General Lee
took the oath OF allegiance shortly
after the war ended
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15
FALSE ECoxo,,,

Certain members OF the Genera!
Assembly 40 far ahcld to discover
sources OF economy In the expenditure
Of the States money instead OF
oehieving great savings by enact,nr
sraa, reforms, Legislators 80 potterinr
Ground trying to FIJI UP tho small cat
h'ie In tho bottom OF the door ana
leave The big ca,hole alone. sucb
lawmakers avoid reform OF ,np fee
system as II it were "a rery oretct; !,
they dodge tho rlx equalization issue
as II II were = device of the devn;
they deliberately pass BY the sources
OF sreat drains ana waste, and howl.
ing economy" try to cripple pene-
foient agencies of the state.
such policy Is shown In the EFFORT
10 sool!sh the United Agricultural
Board. One OF the chief arguments tor
the Rinehart Bill p. do away twitn,
this efficient organi.4l sioi' is that its
abolition VIII enec, an economy. The
passage OF this bill would save $4,000
70 the s,ate-towit. $1,000 appro-
priated to Black burg, $4,000 to the
Virginia Experiment Station and $1,000
TO the Department OF Agriculture. 4c,
st this Rinehart bill Is passed the
State may lose $4,000 from the Un,,ca
States Department Of Agriculture ana
$4,000 from county appropriations. a
total of $4,000. n possible net loss or
$4,000 The passage of THIS bill. 4,
Sc said, viii be the most sever, blow
which the agricultural interest, Of mo
Commonwealth have received in aftv
years.
The result or the enactment Of ,hl.
bill. which has received Favorable
repor, from the Senate COMMITTEE ON
Finance IS to destroy the uni,cd
Agricultural Board. when has. IN tia
opinion Of those who are IN a positlo,
70 know, done the bes, worn lot
agriculture and PRODUCED better resuI,.
In connection win the tinted stale.
Department OF Agriculture taan an.
other agency for the udvanceinant d
the Agricultural interest Of tue peopl,
Of Virginia
Further. the n!nehnrt b.u woul,
place the control Of demon trat!o,
work entirely under the state Boar.
Of Education, eliminating tic ruits,
States Department OF Agriculture
wnich spent sl7Cou in the STATE las
year II the United Agriculturs,
Board 80 allowed to continue It's wori,
that Federal department win spen
Z the same amount THIS year In demon
etration work among Whites. ii ad
dition 10 $4,000 Tor supper, Of eardc
clubs for white girls in seven couu,ie
aud for coiored girls III four eounue,
Eight coiored demonstrators win ais
be provtded by the Washington autho,
ttica. 1t wan be most difficult FOR "a
United States Department OF Agricu
ture to carry on Us work without III
4 co-operation OF the United Agricul
turai Board; II wtil be !mposslbl
without the cooperation OF tht
board. to cover the present ,erritor
rorty- three counties h5vn vote
sbout ;,t,ooo upon the agreement IN.
ths United Agricultural Board viii .,
one-Tourtn Of tho cost OF dcinonstri
ton work. and that the Federal d
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15
CHINA coxoum.:s culxA.
The giant forms Of Empire
on their way TO ruin,
one by one they tower,
Then tottpr TO lpCay''


II the abdicaticn OF the Chinese
throne By the Manchu dynasty shall
prove pormancnt--an accomplished fact
China, in joining the great historic
procession Of fallen empires, as mus
trated in EGYPT, Assyria, Phoenioia.
Greece, Rome. viii have afforded an
other striking cXemplihcation Of these
p"ranhrascd lines The passing OF tho
Manchus will have marked one Of the
most romarkahlc ana most revolution
AIRY episodes in the annals OF the
world.
we nre accustomed to speak loosely
OF the 800 years of Tartar. Mongol.
Manchu, or That not, rule in china.
As a matter OF fact. China has not
been under native rule for about Il
thousand years, the break Representa-
in the accession of the Ming dynasty,
from the close Of which we arc wont
TO date incursivc domination, having
been In rcalii% only scmi- Chin
csc Prior to the frs; Mongol inroad.
and the founding Of the Mongol cy.
nests by Kublai-Khan. the Chinese
had for three thousand years or up-
wards not only been under Chinese
racial sway. hut in many respects were
one OF Tho mos; procressive nations OF
tht earth. They had for that era made
tremendous progress In dis,lnc,iv.
civilization. MS typtned IN chinese
art literature. iurisprudcncc. and me
~ T.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15

common churre)7 Be just rs willing
TO destroy that for the common good
as any other dive on any other back
street. Cut deep: TO the bone II neces-
sary--your own bone.
Gentlemen OF the General Assembly.
give us tho enabling act and see what
VIII come OF II. And give our women
God bless 'em. tho chance TO vote only
this once on this one question, and see
what Will como OF that;
b. c. MooMAw.
SAVANNAH. w
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15
WASHINGTON
By Roy K. Moulton
Georges Body Servants.
WoshinEton. February u.


Dear Editor:
There is one unique institution in
washington. and l must speak of it
briefly or explode. The institution re-
fcrred to is George washingtons per-
sonai body servant. lie is numer-
Gus and ubiquitous institution and can
be found in the most surprising walks
OF life The first one 1 discovered was
running the elevator in our hotel.
lie Is the only surviving body SER
want of George Washington. IT is un-
necessary to prove It on him, Tor he is
perfectly willing to admit it. There
are believed to be but cighty-fivc or
one hundred other only surviving body
servants OF George Washington in this
city, but they are said TO he scattered
about through other portions of the
South quite discriminately | have met
twenty or twenty-five only surviving
body servants. and have been here
only short time. and Will probably
meet the rest OF them before ! leave
George Washington must nave been
surrounded by standing army of body
servants
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15

To the Editor OF The TimesDispatch:
S'r,-In order TO make our Chamber
or Commerce more useful to the city,
] would suggeat that, II necessary, II
new committee from Its body be form
ed whose duties would be. IN con-
ncction with the secretary, to keep n
list OF all white persons out OF work
des ring employment also a list OF
those firms or individuals seeking
labor ]. w. MELTON.
Richmond
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15

a dispatch from Chicago says four
white murderers there object TO being
hanged with n negro Would not be
surprised u they objected to being
hanged with anything.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15

The 1'eXas Judge who got down from
tho bench TO thrash n man who mad
called him e liar and then fined him
self FOR contempt of court, must have
been acting IN a dual capacity.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15
sEGLrcrnp TIMBER RESOURCES.

SLELLtlsD TIMBER SOURCES.
The value or the hickory as com
mcrc!al wood product is such that the
Bureau of Entomology of the United
states Department OF Agriculture has
issued special circular recommending
simple and practical methods. which.
II put into practice between October
] ana May j, will protect tho hickory
from the deadly insects which destroy
it. The hickory. next TO the walnut
is our most valuable Virginia tree
Within the last ten years the hickory
bark beetle has been shown to be by
iar the most destructive insect enemy
OF the hickory, and IN the majority OF
cases is responsible for Its present
widesprcad dying.
IT is high time that the owners OF
forest land realize the great value of
the hickory and the walnut, which so
often. in ignorance of their real value.
nre employed for ordinary timber uses
instead of being conserved or put on
the market where tho real value OF the
timber could be had. Kick cries arc
generally cut down ruthlessly and
without any attempt ut conservation;
in Patrick county and other localities
some have made fence rails out OF
valuable walnut trees, which would
have commanded considerable prices
on the market. BY proper conservation
methods, these noble and valuable trees
cHn nc made to multiply both in value
ana number. and this fact ought to be
kept In mind by those who arc 30
blessed by nature MS 10 possess them
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15

The Alabama official who desires the
reduction OF his salary appears 10 have
few, II any. im;ators in Virginia
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15

Chicago woman has been sent 70
jail for not saying anything. Would
/; not be moro appropriate to send hor
10 Il museum?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15

BY declining seth Bullock's invita-
tion 20 hunt buffalo Colonel Roose-
welt Indicates tina: he is after bigger
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15

Great damage was done in New York
by the explosion Of magaz!ns.
Strange to say 1, was not TIE outlook.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15

rhe worst money trus. is for sun
which We cannot afterwards collect.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15

For good reasons. Madero is no, now
as strongly in favor OF revolution as
ne ouce was
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15
\ srnp IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

city government by commission IN
Virginia achieved substantial ad-
vance In the passage yesterday OF the
resolution submitting TO the people in
November a constitutional am sudmcnt
granting to the General Assembly the
right to permit cities to adopt "spe
cial' forms of government. The pro
posed amendment is. Of course. not as
radical as the friends OF the commits
sion plan of city administration would
havc it; hut they take courage In the
@cltef that this concession Is the open
ing wedge for the complete reform
which lies in thu no; far distant fu
ture. Tie commission plan is yet in
its experimental phase; 1t Is being tried
OF the experience, the mistakes and
tho benefits OF cities In other States.
The unanimous action OF tho General
Assembly IN passing this resolution
augurs we'll FOR ,he future.
Home rule for cities Is. OF course. the
idea toward which all progressive
cities are striving. Wh.n such prln-
ciplc Is engrarted upon our laws. tho
hest interests Of the city and OF the
state rs we'll Will DO best served.
Every city ought to be sncompasscd
with tho least possible restrictions by
tho state as TO It's government, so that
it may have fair opportunity ana free
room to determine what form OF ad-
ministratiCn is best for its own par
ticular conditions, Tho more largely
the Legislature IS divorced from tho
Eovernment OF cities. the greater the
possibility mat the cities will prosper
ana become more efficiently governed.
city home rule Will come ~ process
OF evolution. It's arpr1>ch viii be
gradual. but none the less Inevitable
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15

Mr.. Link Gage, somo now kind o. a
Reprblican. Is talkin' O. star.in n
newspaper here. Miss Tawncy Apples
niece has put off her wcddln' till t'mor-
row as she's got a pass fer Melodeon
Hall might.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-15

The Washington Monument is 500
feet in height. The top OF this nonu-
ment is the only point IN Washington
from which IT Is possible to overlook
thc sins of the United States Senate.
You get To the top of the monument
by means OF an elevator nd YOU can
come down any way you want II You
are in Il hurry it Is better to jump. for
by doing so you can get back TO WASH
ington in an increditabIy short space
of time. From the top VI the monu-
mcnt an ordinary citizen on the ground
looks to be about as small as hca
Some or the statesmen look good deal
smaller than that especially since the
recent election.
The monument is heated by steam
and lighted hy electricity inside. but 1
would not care to use It as a place of
residence. The ceiling. is too nigh. and
II requires a lot of wall paper 10 covcr
ii in the spring. The monument is
about fifty feet square at the bottom,
and Is sharp at the top. They probably
sharpened 1t At the top so that no loaf
crs would eft on II. / am going UP
nEain tomorrow to see II / can reach
the high cost of living 1t doesn't cost
anything In the elevator. and lots OF
people go just for the ride.