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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-15
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Veterans.
Please give the names OF the officers
of the Richmond Howitzers who were
at the battle of Bethel and of tho
commanding officers Of Company r,
First Regiment of Virginia. from
1851 1865. Fl. NJ.
Major George W. Randolph. com
mandins: Captain, j. Thompson Brown;
ond Lieutenant, David watson; Third
Lieutenant, Lorraine Jones. for the
Second Company. CAPTAIN, Il. c. Stan
ard First LIEUTENANT. Il. #. Moseley;
Lieutenant, %. Fl, Smith, for the Third
Company. The captains of Company
T. were II. II. Cunningham. promoted
lieutenant colonel. Twcnty-first Regi-
ment. killed; r. NJ Cary, promoted
colonel Thrticth Virginia. Edward
Mayo and II. j. Jordan.
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| may lend to narrowing tho applicn-
ton of the decision in tho future, ana
may serve to call attention to Ihs
necessity of remedial Legislative no.
tion.
TO this latter status clearly II
would seem 1t must come, if relief Is
TO be had. unless there Is a rchearIug
and reversal or les. latitudinou
construction by the court Moreover,
|" one or tho other status. or
both there arc already indications, t
Will come The majority opinion was
not that of a full court Responsive
10 the Chief Justices criticism and OK
position. TO press support thereof, and
To the evidences of public protesting
sentiment, there is already talk OF
bringing about n rehearing by full
bench and OF congressional revision
Of the patent statutes.
TO both, II would appear in truth,
il should come: for the Chief Justice,
In supporting his contentious. demon
strates by homely. but effective Illus
trat'ons. by citations OF practical
analogies, and by cogent reasoning,
That, rs the law now stands. under the
majority dictum, patent right is right
Of tyranny.
Pursued to its logical conclusion,
the tyrannical and restricting right
could he exercised in respect OF our
household and domestic affairs. as s,ig-
Gcstcd In the question: Under The law
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Those Anno,unce,.

Harvard professor-and therefore
some professor. indced-says there are
really no annoyances In life except
nose which spring from the imasina-
non. IL Is not exactly proper to apply
.hat short and ugly north poles word
10 Harvard professor, so we will
merely say we believe no has erred. A
professor doesn't get out around much,
an1 perhaps this one heard of the
ioltowinS little annoyances with which
to do:
Getting a package of hlagreed shirt
waists and female lingerie homo from
the laundry by mistake when you are
In a hurry to catch train and haven't
a ciean shirt to your back.
Having some extremely healthy and
Well fed person give you advice on
what to eat when you can't keen any
ming on your stomach but your union
Getting UP in the middle OF the night
70 answer the telephone only to find
mat the man on the other end of tho
line is trying to get the brewery.
Having some one ask you where the
second Presbyterian Church is when
one Is.
Getting on the street car with
lonesome niclSle and having two girl
friends get on at the next corner.
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The shooting OF Judge as he sat on
the bench is perhaps without parallel
In the annals of the American iu-
dietary The nearest case Of which we
know was the shooting OF David S.
Terry. of California, by Deputy United
states Marshal Neagle in 1889. In
this case, however. the shooting was
outside the courtroom, and the officer
of the law killed the enraged per-
son before the latter could kill the
judge. Terry, former Chief Justice of
California, was. together with his
wife. interested in conspiracy case
before Associate Justice Stephen ].
Field. of the United States Supreme
Court. who had been on the Supreme
bench OF California with Terry.
Tcrry's wife charged Field with
vcnnlity during the case, Indignantly
accusing him in tho courtroom. Field
ordered her out OF court Terry made
1t known that no intended to XIII Field.
Neaglc was especially assigned to pro-
tect Field and when Terry came into
railroad eating house in California
and began to assault Field. Meas gle
Killed Terry, and the case was taken
10 tho Supreme Court of the United
states, which decided that the deputy
was Justified In shooting.
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On the Spur Of theMoment
Aronarch OF an H. s,,r
By Roy K. Moulton

h1onarch of ALI uo SURVEYS,
Ie smokes fifteen cigars q day
aae gets them gratiS, by the way
AI ~ IKE the hero In the play,
tJna e struts with air dramatic.
Dpon tho street oboisance grand
4 lendered him on every hand
TO tho ruler Of the land
In manner most emphatic.
tunh sy AL have compliments to burn;
ms STATE OF health they tain wound
as 81 though .twere of deep concern
10 city, State and nation.
;rrihoush he's been single all his life,
They ask politely: .How's your vie p,
nc time for courtcsics Is rife :,
mes made to feel his station.
T mes welcomed all along tho line,
cay say, Old man. you're lookin' nne,
como IN, We'll open up some wine,
-, And lubricate your motor"
T They MI him full OF torrid breeze,
1rihey tell him he's the entire cheese.
ne pest Is none too good, for he's
The independent voter
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We never actually saw natural
law. but something that comes pretty
close TO one is that when sunshiny
afternoon happens along this time of
year everybody who can walk Will be
on the streets.
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which he loft the service. These facts
Will enable tho authorities to group
the survivors and arrange for q
notable memorial gathering OF those
undergraduates OF tho sixtiep who loft
her cloistered quiet for the sterner
discipline of war
To a visitor. II seems strange that
there is no memorial Of tho univer-
sity's war history save tho simple
bronze tablets beside the rotunda door.
Perhaps this may be because her ira
ditions are so rich In spiritual signif-
canoe as to need no symbol, or be-
cause her sons answered what to them
was SO simple call of duty that they
need no praise. She has no memorial
hall like Harvard's; nor need to make
large the annals of youth as did one
western university, on whose campus
Is bronze statue in honor Of the
single student who lost his life in the
Spanish-American War. Yet the noble
feeling that built this statue knew
that youth needs token; and our
university is doing wisely to bring
INTO tho life of her students of to-day
their fellows of fifty years ago who
went without valedictory or degree to
give their service to the state.
1T is to be hoped that all who can
heip the university to gather these
survivors of her alumni together now
while they can still be gathered will
do SO heartily. Such an occasion would
be fitting recognition of the service
OF these elder sons, and lesson to
those who now SIT within her gates.
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Owing to tho common sense of the
American people. tho enormous waste
of public printing by the government
Is not followed by any enormous waste
OF public reading.
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If man really wants an excuse for
spring fever he can easily imagine the
beat of the automatic riveting ma
chino on skyscraper Is the smart
tap tup-tap of woodpecker.
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Time brings Its consultations. Two
gentlemen from North Carolina are
going to try to win $4,000 by running
an automobile backward from Win
ston- Salem 10 New York. And they
viii have to stand the odor of their
own machine ali the way.
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Uncle simpson Pepper says nc don't
think q mule bites his tongue tho
way he does to keep from iamn', but
TO heep from tclln' people what he
really thinks about them.
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Another is as follows:

Hero lies the body OF Mr. Daniel
penvon, gun maker OF this city, who
was shot by James Mcknight after
having been inn is employ eight years,
three months and fifteen days.
Not far from the last grave sleeps
Mr.. Charles Southgate, poet and must
clan.
Samuel Shepard is described as hav-
Ing done eighteen years faithful SER
vice In the honorable station OF Audi
tor or Publich Accounts OF the Com
mon wealth Of Virginia
Another was prominent az a soldier
Another as ply sician.
Much Of the lettering Is entirely Ct
raced by time and tho clements, but
the Oldest tomb whose date could
read Is that Of Robert Roso. rsctor Of
Albemarlc Parish. died 1851 Here are
some OF the Oldest cpitaphs and In
scriptions:
Here lieth the body of Hiram ponan
alias Smith
Another reads:
Here lieth the body of William
Davidson, who departed this life May
II. 1902. Aged forty-one years
A tender wife will long his loss de-
plore
Her kind. indulgent husband now no
In honest paths he has unceasinE
And proved himself the noblest work
OF God.
Tho friends of Sarah Ann Smith nave
handed her down to postcrity in the
following manner:
sars-a Ann Smith. Died September
23d. 1926. Aged nineteen years,
Return. my friends. and cease to weep.
Whilst in Christ Jesus hero ! sleep;
Prepare yourself your soul to save.
There is no repentance in the grave.
stop my friends. ar you pass by,
AS you are now so once was J,
AS I am now you soon must he
Prepare yourself to follow INC.
Some one with more wit than rev
crencc has written beneath the above
as follows:
80 follow YOU am not content
Unless know which way you went"
merchant of Richmond. John Les
ter, who died in 1901 Is thus cnlosized
Shall vaunt how lineage ran:
Her lies an honest man.
These inscriptions could be greatly
extended, but enough have been given
to show their general character. This
graveyard Is surrounded with high
brick wall The city has advanced up
to and around it, but there is no dis
position to remove this ancient piece
of real estate, as has often been done
in other cities. The probabilities are
that St Johns Church will be allowed
to stand as one OF the few remaining
landmarks connecting our present civ
iliaatior with colonial times
AS I looked over st. Johns Church
yard, and realized that most of the
silent sleepers there played their pnrts
in the history OF Virginia many gen
erationS ago. the lines of Sir Walter
| Scott came TO mind:
thine rolls his ceascless course The
race of yorc,'
Tina, danced our infancy upon their
knee,
And told our marveling boyhood leg
ends store,
OF their strange ventures happ'd by
| land and sea.
How arc they biottcd from the things
| that be,
Like stranded wrecks. the tide return
ing hoarse,
| TO sweep them from our sight
JAS. G. RENSIIAW.
| charlottesville,
-
How 10 CLOSE The saloons without
&C F.. W..
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l
me interests njuriously affected b,
tho decision arc not only multifarious
pu' range from comparatively the mos
trivial and commonplace 10 those o
mo highest importance as bearing
upon protection against monopoly.
=--------=----:=-
! THE SCIENCE OF GOVERN I.Sr.
| President Taft recently issued
statement advocating sort of Ma
uonhl Board of Trade composed of
representatives from about n thousand
ioc"i Eoards of trade and other com
meroial bodies. Through the Depart-
| mont of Commerce and Labor. Invita-
! tons have been issued for convention
TO be held In Washington on April 10
In tho clamor and confusion incident
! 10 the entrance of a tumultuous presi-
oentlal aspiraut upon the national
! sage, this proposal was submerged
Yet II is of wide Significance in show
ins inc tendency to use extra legal
mems OF furtherlng the complex in
forests of the government, and Mus
trates the deep tendency of the times
TO found legislation upon science in
'hc true sense, that is, upon nrst-
hand knowledge of conditions unon
statistics and data, rather than pno,
sentiment and tradition. The lessons
OF the scientific spirit are slowly per-
| neatins the practical conducting OF a1-
I faire.
1t would DO easy to construe this
/ plan as new method of turning the
| people over to selfish business inter
ests. and of forming closer and more
detrimental alliance between the
financial machinery OF the nation and
lis governmental agencies Yet. since
SO large a part OF the national wei :
fare depends upon good business, the
| President is right in desiring "the aid
OF such an organization to assist the
legislative and executive branches of
! the government n the Intelligent and
| impartial development Of domestic anu
| foreign trade" Tho important thing
Is to keep such aid both impartial and
intelligent free from the grasping In
| stinct of local ambition, and repre-
sentative of the varying needs OF a
! great people
So tremendously complicated have
become the functions Of our central
government that its representatives. do
need all the aid they can possibly get.
In every direction they are seeking the
light The formation OF that new
/, agency for keeping tho States In touch
| with each other called nttingly. TN
| House Of Governors is but another
sign that the machinery devised hun.
dred years ago must be enlarged some.
how to meet bigger demands. The
constantly Increasing number OF com.
missions, boards. investigating bodies
and surveys is indicative Of the sam,
need. And underneath hundred
superficial symptoms OF the genera
principle lies the modern conception
of action based upon knowledge, an,
OF division OF labor as true economy
Not least interesting In Mr., TAFT:
proposition is The instructive rccogni
iion that the functions of government
are slowly cicaving into two distinc
needs OF the people II concerns ltsci
VITA money commerce, Industrial de
rCiopmcnt. trade violations. transporta
: ton, and what is called business. TIL
otner deals with mans social needs
lii his lie education. science. art
health international peace. the prin
eIples Of social equity between ma
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Whoeyer got the Pole. enr Old friend

Whoever got the Pole. cur old friend
the Aurora 1sustralis has been success
FUZZY undiscovered re saw 1T last in
a physical geography, and here IL is
'ttS ,Lering and dancing down In lIaa.
kohTs Scyenth's land the otner side
"f Il assets mountains For thu
nit Nets. :! may be said that the
A'rt trails is tile aurora Bo-
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contemporaries wants to know why
the girls wear their busting caps TO
the theatre. We suggest that i, is
because the play holds the mirror mp
to Nature. ana some Of the fxings
under the caps wouldn't stand the
test,
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II tho United States postal authori-
ties arc looking for economy. the pay
as-you-enter letter box might help It
would save a lot of time to put let
ter in the slot. insert the amount OF
postage needed In pennies. press a
lever and have II over with. Tho can
collation. would no sufficient without
tho added expense OF an actual stamp.
the time OF a clerk to sell stamps
would also be saved. and the time
needed for canceling In the office. T,
should be 5 efficient and convenient
as the pay telephone system.
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The custom OF ringing fire hc,, &c
picturesque and thrilling, but it is a
survival OF village days 1t draws a
crowd and adds useless confusion Ia
what is often serious and dangerous
work Richmond is city and can
afford TO prevent fire losses in the
most modern manner.
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parted this life October 9. 1893. Aged
twenty eight years.
when ! was young and In my prime
II pleased the Lord to end my time,
And took me to place OF rest,
Whsre JC-us Christ did think ii best.
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How, 10 Close The saloons WIthou,
'.c9islation.
To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
y Sir.-Sevcral. years ago the startling
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Hero lies the body OF Mr. Daniel
penvon, gun maker OF this city who
was shot by James Mcknight after
having been inn is employ eight wears,
three months and fifteen days.
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TheHOlOW ; > >
,2 ; Of Her Hand
~GeOr9e Barr MoCutCheOn
reCu7CHx0N: C0e,RUHZE2 6/NOD0/7ZHDGs Gs CUTA3aTT

finding something between the lines:
such as pity. resignation. an enforced
conception OF loyalty, or even faith!
He meant that she should find moth
ing there but love. 1t was full of ten
derness, full OF hope. full OF promise.
lie was coming to her with a stead
fast, enduring love in his heart, he
wanted her now more than ever before.
There was no mention OF Challis
Wrandall, and but once was Saras
name used. There was nothing In
the letter that could have betrayed
their Joint secret to the most acute
outsider, and yet she would under
stand that he had wrung everything
from Sara's lips. Her secret was his.
lie decided that It would not be safe
to anticipate the letter by a cable
gram. It was not likely that any mes
sage he could send would have the
desired effect. Instead OF reassuring
her, In all probability 1t would create
fresh alarm.
Sleep did not come to him until after
three o'clock. At two he got up and
deliberately added postscript to the
letter he had written. 1t was in the
nature of a poignant plea for Sara
Wrandall. Even as he penned these
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TO regain what have lost? How am
l TO make her understand? She went
away with that last ugly thought OF
me, with the thought of me as | ap-
peared to her on that last, enlighten-
ing day. All these months 1t has been
growing more horrible to her. 1t has
been beside her all the time. All
these months she has known that |
pretended to love her as"
81 don't believe you know Hetty as
well as you think you do" he broke
in. "You forget that she loved you
with all her soul. YSu cant kill love
SO easily as all that. 1t will be all
right, Sara You must write and ask
her to come back. It"
"Ah, but you don't know!" Then
she related the story Of the liberated
canary bird "Hetty understands. The
cage door is open. She may return
when she chooses, but-don't you see
she must come Of her own free
will"
"You will not ask her to conner"
mo. 1t is the test. She will know
that | have told you everything You
will 20 to her. Then she may under
stand. II she forgives she will come
back. There is nothing else to say
nothing else TO consider"
81 shall go to her at once" he sale
resolutely.
She gave him quick. searching
glance.
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WANTED HUSBAND TO LOAF
Only Then Was He Agreeable, Testl.
fled Wife-sought Divorce From
Her Silent Spouse.

We read of him in three places in
the dispatches of the day. The first
case was where a man kissed his wife
against her will, which made her so
mad that she had him arrested for
assault and battery, and the court
sentenced him to thirty days in Jail
Next case was where woman had
her husband arrested for getting
drunk and abusing her. When before
the court, here is what she said;
my mans a fine man when he's
sober. The trouble is he earns none,
and spends it on liquor The onl,
time he's behaved himself was when
he wasn't working and got no money.
have an income and can support the
fansily. | wish you'd make him quit
work"
"All right" said the judge. And
he sentenced the husband not to work
for thirty days.
The third case was a suit for d.
vorce, where the wife charged that
her husband would not speak to her.
He would eat his meals without a
word, then sit down with paper and
read without looking at her or speak
ing to her So it has been going on
for long time. OF course the court
granted the wife divorce. Having
silent, sour husband around is In
tolerabe. State Journal.
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C09N0G7y /2lz 1y GI01GZ e

She may refuse to marry you, even
now, Brandon"
"She cant!" he cried. An instant
later his face fell. by Jove. IL sup
pose the law will have to be consd-
cred now. She will at least have TO
go through the form OF trial"
She whirled on him angrily. "The
law? What has the law to do with
It? Don't be fool!"
"She ought TO be legally exoner-
ated." he said.
Her fingers gripped his arm flercely.
81 want you to understand one thing,
Brandon. The story / have told you
was for your ears alone. The secret
lives with us and dies with u.s."
He looked his relief. Right! II
must go no farther. It is not mat.
ter for the law to decide. You may
trust me-"
Il am cold" she said. He heard
her teeth chatter distinctly as she
pulled her thick mantle closer about
her throat and shoulders. 1T is very
raw and wet down here Come!"
AS she started of along the long,
narrow pier. he sprang after her,
grasping her arm. She leaned rather
heavily against him for n few steps
and then drew herself up. Her teeth
still chartered, her arm trembled In
his clasp.
"By Jove, Sara, this Is bad" he
cried. in distress. you're chilled to
the marrow"
Nerves." she retorted, and he some
how felt that her lips we're set and
drawn.
you must get to bed right away.
Hot bath, mustard. and all that. Ill
not stop for dinner. Thanks just the
same. | will be over In the morn
ing"
"when will you sail?" she asked,
after q moment
81 can't 60 for ten days, at least.
My mother goes into the hospital next
week for an operation, as I've told you
! can't leave until after that's over
Nothing serious, but-well, can't 60
away. shall write to Hetty tonight
and cable her tomorrow. BY the way
IL don't know just where to find her
You see, we were not to write to each
other. II was in the bargain. | sup
pose you don't know how can"
Yes, can tell you precisely where
she is. She is in Venice. but leaves
there for Rome, by the Express"
"Then you have been hearing from
herr" he cried sharply.
Not directly. But | will say this
much: there has not been a day since
she landed in England that have moi
received news OF her. | have not
been out of touch with her. Brandon
not even for an hour"
Good heaven. Sara! You dom
mean to say you've had her shadoweC
by-by detectives" he exclaimed
aghast.
Her maid is very faithful sery
ant" was her ambiguous rejoinder.
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FOUND PACE TOO STRENUOUS
Father Had to Have Rest II He Was
to Continue His Companion
ship With Son.
Gould you spare me?"


AS the father spoke, his once hand
some figure leaned forward slightly
toward the boy who sat before him,
while his hands trembled nervously.
my boy" he continued, about a
month ago you introduced me to the
'like-fatherlike-son' idea, which is now
spreading over this country, and
which, formulated by eminent educa-
tors, simply means that all fathers
shall make companions of their sons,
SO that an intimate relationship shall
ensue. Have done this with you?"
"You certainly have" replied the
boy, twirling a semblance of mus
tache.
"And now l ask that you spare me
for time"
The boy smiled.
"But, my dear comrade,' he replied,
reproachfully, I'VE are just beginning
to understand each other The whole
idea of the ke-father-llke-son' move
ment is that It be continuous. / must
say, however, that you have been a
dead game sport. What do you want
to quit for?"
In reply the kind father, summoning
all his control, said, gently:
Believe me, | don't want to quit.
but the fact is that since you and
have been thrown together | have
smoked so many cigarettes, played so
much poker, danced so many new
tangled dances, raced over the coun-
try in so many autos that thought If
you didn't mind would take a couple
of weeks off in some good sanitarium
until ! can gather strength enough to
go on with the growing friendship be-
| tween us."--Liia.