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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
PEOPLES FORUM
"Shortsiqhted Policy

Editor OF The Nirginlan:
Sir-I do not always agree with the editorial
policy of your paper. nor should YOU expect me
so to do since al editorial writer city
journal is supposed to enlighten his readers
about seven days in week upon every con-
ceivable subject-from learned dissertation
on the .'constitutionaity OF enabling acts such
us You INDUCED in the other day. to less COM
prchensiye but not the less interesting article
on the life and habits of the little bob link
| do however. endorse without the slightest
reservation your admirable editorial published
in last SATURDAYS tirginian entitled short
sighted Policy" IN which you take issue with
the Credit Mems Association OF Richmond re-
speeding the dire calamity 10 he visited opon
the average merchant in Virginia should the
proposed parcels post bill be enacted into law.
| have never been given To heaping abuse
upon what Is now popularly called big busi-
ness. when that business Is conducted i'm an
honest ard straightforward way, with due re-
gard for the rights and privileges Ut its COM
petitors and the public IN general. But, when
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
PRIMATINE EUGENICS.

The Finance Committee will today have the
opportunity OF deciding whether the State IL
to provide the very reasonable fund asked
in the aid of the feeble mind d for the erection
of buildings and the maintenance Of inmates
under the supervision Of the management of
the present epileptic colony.
All that is sought at this time is TO make
beginning of a movement which should make
appeal to every humanitarian and economic In
stinct Of society The limitations upon the
scope of the work have been drawn with the
utmost tghtness II is proposed for the present
10 receive only fifty feeble minded women OF
child bearing age. Such limitation puts tho
basis 1t puts II In line with the very basic
necessity Of primitive cugenics. For. in the
great majority of eases every unguarded No-
man Of feeble mind means that the State must
in some way. indifferent otherwise, be bur
aened not only with her care. but with the
care Of her fcebleminded children. To meet
such an evil and check it is to reap a high
interest upon the financial investment
We stress the matter of money, because in
the rush of appropriations demanded money is
the practical matter which will not bow to sen
timent There is asked $4,000 for buildings.
and SIS 900 for maintenance of inmates until
the next General Assembly. When it is con
sidered that all persons cared for would be
tahett-frott4 institutions fft-uA+eh afe already
a charge upon society. it will be seen that
int ha
departure is largely justified. In almshouses
of cities and counties there are at present 34I
of these mental dehcients Ia insane asylums
there are 1e4 every one Of whom is thus con-
fined by "A stretching of the statutes TO meet
emergency In the almshouses the cost OF
maintenance is $40 per annum per inmate: in
the insane asylums. $3.50 per annum.
Considering the established fact that intelli-
gent treatment can make this class of depend
cnts self-supporting by putting them At work
adapted to their abilities, the institution pro-
posed is seen to find instant financial justifi-
cation. TO this must be added, not only the
duty of the State to care for its mental and
physical incompotents of all sorts. but the
sterner necessity Of getting at the root OF an
evil which by the operation OF natural la"
has a fixed and geometrical increase, 1t is
est ablished fact that ono out OF every three
hundred and fifty Of the population is sub
normal in mental capacity. \ larger proper
ton of these sub normal persons are not only
! untitled for useful citizenship. but contain II
! themselves the great menace of their inevita
] 1.I, 4t,,tt ion To
Inmates Is not only humanely TO save them
misery akin TO that at which we shudder |heI
( endured by dumb brutes, but Is also to saw
/ the state itself against the cancer in the bod,
/ of It's own society.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
preeeaent's For Chambers Action.

Editor of The Virginian:
Sr.--I imagine that when Moses and
Aaron requested Pharoah, King of Egypt. to let
the people of Israel go that the Chamber TO
Commerce the Kings Advisers held meet
ing and passed resolutions follows:
I'VE advise thee. oh King. not to listen to
these fanatics. who have come into this land to
stir up strife The revenue from these lsra-
elites is flowing into the treasury, and II does
not matter II they are downtroddcn, YOU can
not afford to let them go. He will lose the
derived from their labor We cannot
build palaces, and fine mansions. and roll in
luxury; even IT it cost poverty, and wretchcd-
ness. ana broken hearts and misery. We must
have money
Then again -ifrtasitfe-tifa when *oTT1e of
these fanatics called upon the King at
different times to destroy the idols and their
worship. the Chamber OF Commerce OF the
Kings Advisers called another meeting and
passed other resolutions which read thusly:
1T will not be sound policy to interfere with
the personals liberty of the people. and We re-
quest oh King. that you allow those who wish
To do SO to continue to serve idols. Some of
these idols cost considerable money. some are
Of ood and silver!"
When Peter and John commenced to preach
the gospel OF Jesus Christ the Chamber of Com
nerce or the Sanhedrim. called IA meeting and
passed resolutions that these fanatics must not
he allowed to proclaim this gospel that 1t
would stir up strife. It would arraign brother
against brother, it would cause riots and blood
she'd II would ruin the country. We do not
want any new doctrine. it matters how
many people it may save, how much, good 1t
may do, afraid Of tt.
II afraid to vote for any great moral
reform. because | afraid It would injure
business, would feel that had lost faith in
God. and was a coward.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
BRUSH TRIvIAIITlEs ASIDE.

Governor Manns message 10 the Legisa
lure, delivered yesterday. was most timely
AS he forcby points out. the calendar OF
both Senate and House are crowded with bills.
many of which II will be physical impossibility
TO consider within the time yet remaining ior
legislation.
Among them as the governor specifies. are
number of bills OF Statewide Importance, A
failure to act on any OF these measures would
subject the General Assembly TO criticism,
the business OF which could not be impeached
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28

They are matters which mirror popular thought
and popular agitation. They have been ger
minating In the popular mind between the ad-
journment of the last General Assembly and
the converting of this one. Most of them were
introduced early in the present session For
the Legislature to fail in the duty to pass on
these matters of general interest, in which the
conflict of opinion has been well established
and where the argument pro and con Is well
ating degree Of incompetency, or worse.
Although the Governors recommendation that
no rule be passed which would operate to pre-
vent discussion and action on these important
matters is a sound one, It seems to us that in
excess OF caution he has failed to go far
OF congestion of important business some
thing more than negative expedent In other
words. not only should no rule be passed
which would tend to prevent action on bills
of general moment but rules should be passed
which would henceforth limit legislative dis
are in the necessary routine of legislative bust
ness and those which are responsive to public
sentiment.
There is no excuse in the twilight OF a
legislative session Of limited extent for the
consideration of purely private quasi-pri.
vate bills Matters of intense interest to the
State at large are at issue. The people are
due the recognition at least. of affirmative or
negative action on matters which they have
IN a sense initiated Legislature will to
only its plain duty If it now subordinates all
other business TO the effort To dispose of that
class Of legislation which to neglect is largely
to fail of its purpose.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
BY DONALD ALLEN.
copyright, 1919, by the Associated
Literary PresS)


Literary Press)
Mr. Clarence Donald had come
down to The Birches to do little
winter rabbit hunting. He was twen-
ty-three years old and was thinking
about the law, medicine, insurance.
banking and landscape painting. Also
he WAS thinking about girls and
rabbits Thus far in life he had
made UP his mind to only one thing
to fall in love with the first good
looking girl he met.
1t was his brother who was master
ut The Birches, and 1t was his cousin
Clara who welcomed him with sort
OF Indian war WHO'D. danced jig.
and then exclaimed:
Never since Columbus discovered
America"
WHAT"
Have there been so many rabbits.
Down at the edge of the woods yes
tefday I counted over a million"
You don't say
And there were millions more
didn't see. We shall shoot and ship
enough to the city to buy new
auto"
That will be so nice.
And you are to meet Mollie Park
er. She lives Just half a mile away.
She is the sweetest. incest girl you
ever saw. She doesn't believe in kill
ing rabbits. because they are so in
nocent, but oh. my, she Is fierce on
chicken thieves. When she talks about
them her eyes fairly glare. She's
had chickens stolen three times. and
she says II she could catch the thief
in the act she'd show him no mercy.
She's got a shotgun all ready for
him."
There was rabbit hunting, and
there was an introduction to Miss
Mollie Parker, Both events were
quite satisfactory to young Donald.
All the rabbits escaped. and he at
once fell in love with the girl Rab-
bits ought to escape, and girls were
created to be loved. Under certain
circumstances. and II rightly man
aged. they will also fall in love them
selves
At the end OF a fortnight Miss
all one day and wouldn't explain
why.
Next day she chuckled. She
wasn't going to explain that. either.
but Clarence took her out to a snow
drift five feet deep and threatened
her death by suffocation. and she
agreed to be good.
~ wet. yoti know,.. I want Is play a
joke on MolIie." she said.
Well. why don't you?" was
asked
II want your help. It's chicken
Joke"
is 1t something to make the hens
laugh?"
1T surely is. You and I will steal
four or five Of her chickens and
hrgv =
them for three or four days before
We let her know about IT.. She'll
think real thief got them. and
you'll see how she'll take on. Why.
when she's mad she's the loveliest
thing YOU ever saw"
so that's what you've been
chuckling and giggling over! Well.
won't go into IT,"
why. Clarence Donald! You
won't pretend to steal chickens to
please me-
But they may have hired man.
and / may be caught"
Yes they have got one. but he's
lame and deaf and always asleep by
YOU know. I've got II all planned
out. and wouldn't miss 1t for
thousand dollars"
But hens squawk when you pull
them Off the perch. and some one
else may hear"
Then you are fraidy. II / was a
young man and dasn't 20 with q girl
to steal a few chickens and play a
joke I'd run home to mamma. I'll
just go alone and clean out the whole
roost."
but I can't see the joke" pro-
tested Clarence.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
Richmond, Va. February 81.
A Change Of Faith.

Editor OF The Virginian;
Sir.--A few weeks ago the Chamber of CON-
merce urged the people to help boost Rich
mond. saving nothing could be done without
the PEOPLE What Ia *rong with the people now,
that they cannot be trusted is recently
stated by the directors of this same body2 DR..
J. Fl Light, said the liquor people were hiding
behind the Legislature, and invited them out
In tho open TO fight fair May we not ask
that portion OF the chamber, that IS responsible
for this recent liquor help. to come out in the
open and fight for whskey thereby giving the
people chance to come back. WELL and
quit their running behind Representative gov
eminent" etc?
Would 1t be too much to ask them to tell
lis when the people OF North Carolina and
other prohibition States have been known to
kick at a raise OF taxes? Many OF Won
der II all the members or the chamber like
for their directors to be fighting for liauor'
c.
Richmond Va February 26th
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
GIRLS AND RABBITS

are not Scotch and can take a joke.
why. 1t will surely bring about .
marriage between you
IF you think that way"
cot course 1 do"
Yes, Miss Moiiie Parker had chick
ems. A mile away lived a hardwork-
ing, honest colored man, who had
been helping himself to potpie ut In
torvals and escaping suspicion. Miss
Mollie also had 4 shotgun. and knew
how to use 1t. She had loaded It with
birdshot, and vowed by her ten pink
toes that the next conner should not
her ready for him.
As the hennery was two hundred
feet from the house. and as no girl
is going to sit by an open window
all night on n winters night when
she ha. a bed awaiting her. there
didn't Seem much danger OF the
Woodworking and honest colored
man being peppered. hWile the
would be pulling his potpies on the
perch. Miss Mollie would be dream-
ing of pony coats and new hats.
But she foresaw just this very
contingency. and. being something
Of a genius. as well as a cookbook
ing girl. she strung a wire from her
chamber window to the hennery and
aitdGIiEd u OCii. AItii- WIN NhV SAsoe"
gun within reach. and waiting to
take the lew into Its own hands, sho
jumped into bed.
Up at The Birches at midnightu
solemn hour--s-s-s-sh
A door is cautiously opened--two
doors. Two mufled figures steal
down stairs. One of them giggles.
Ont Of the front door and down the
road, No moon! An ideal night
for a hard working honest colored
man to help himself to roast chicken.
Now YOU are not ScotehmaR."
whispers one. muffled figure to an.
other as they slide and slip alonE.
Thanks
Now you can see a joke
UNI"
Now I'm not going to tell Moliis
Parsons that you are stupid"
MOT"
Now I'm sure thar there'll be an
engagement within month
But that gun"
Two mufrled figures climb a fence.
They wade through snow up to their
knees They peek--they peer--they
crouch, $3.50
The hennery il reached at last.
Its guardian sleeps, The hens within
ara unconscious Of peril, They think !
the hired man has come to give them
an extra feed for being good. Ono
mufaed figure carefully opens the
door Two hundred feet away bell
rings and girl hops out OF bed.
seixes the shotgun and raises the
sash.
The alarm reaches the hennery.
There IL a gasp and an "Oh my" ana
one Of the figures fees. The other
zeemstt to be confused. and II Il while
he Il humping against a pear tres
and getting up again that he heaEs
the report OF gun and feels forty
enter his atomy. He uttera
= long drawn yell. and there IN blood
on the snow.
Two households are aroused. In
Father-mother-Iv shot that
chicken thief"
In tho other Il 10:
..Father mother-cook-evs
body. Clarence has been shot to death
and II lying cold corpse."
II forty birdshot had been nred into
b man by q girl and picked out by
doctor--if he had been carried into
that girls house--if she had shea
tears over him--if she had vowed nho
never took him for Scotchman--if
chicken soup had been made for him
from one>of the hens he. had come to
gteal-he would have done Just what
young Mr.. Donald did, and the GIRL
would have blushed and hung her
head and whispered "Y-yes!" the
pame AZ Miss Mollie Parker did.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28

President Taft yesterday received the new
Japanese ambassador and 1t is stated that they
exchanged expressions of friendship. Friends
at this moment are sufficiently rare for the
nationality or color.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
t its purpose.

Straw votes on Georgia street cars are not
a marker as showing the way the wind does
not blow to the popular Gubernatorial polls
In the average State the position of Governor
is about as honorary and about as helpless as
that of Vice President in the nation.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28

Riehmonds budget for the year is nearly
three and half millions. 1t takes money 10
run a big town, but as much money under the
reform charter ought to be sufficient to run
bigger one.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28

Movement to postpone Democratic convention
on account of the possibility of Boosevelt's
election seems unnecessary in view of the we'll
established fact that once counted out. they
never come back
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28

Judging from the way he talks can
easily conclude that the Rev. J. J. Wicker's
fortune is not invested in Richmond
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28

The arrest Of the New York taS.cab robbers
goes to show that the only successful highway
man IL the woman hater
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28

News dispatch says: Men struck at the dog
with their canes which frothed at the mouth
and barked" Must have been maddogwood
canes
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28

The hat of Mr. Roosevelt may become his
toric as that of Governor Gessler. In the lam
guage of the day, If Charley Taft refuses to
prophesy on the result can William Tell?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28

Senator Raynesr iss enc Hebrew wANs was nor
sampeded by the appointment several years
ago Of Nathan Straus as Cabinet officer.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28

Nicaragua ia said to be planning elabor
ate reception for Secretary of State Knox. Not
half so elaborate as it would provide If the cir
cumstances of relative size were such as to alter
cases.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28

Profound person discusses women and clair
voyants All married women clairvoyants,
as all husbands will testify
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28

Those who are snrambling to get a seat on
the Roosevelt band-wagon had best beware lest
the joy ride turn out funeral and the chariot
of hope transform itself into a hearse.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28

The revolutionary vaudeyiIlans are playing
Juarez d return engagement.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28

Shall the Democratic party be ridden TO
death b. the witch OF liquor politics?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28
Few People
Will Deny

the logic OF the savings habit. and yet
the principle of the. checking habit
is equally important. In that one en-
courages the other. There Is no
greater incentive in the world TO
SAVE than the plan of paying ones
bills regularly by check. 4 number
OF our patrons deposit their salaries
in our Commercial Department. paying
OFF their necessary expenses until they
what they really have to SAVE.
Then they make the transfer over to
our Savings Department. preferrinG
not to check on the sum placed there.
Whether you are compelled to check
out tomorrow. or leave your money
with us for years at per cent. Com
pound Interest. the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-28

Richmond, Va. February 26th.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-29
WHAT A WOMAN
CAN AND DID DO.
Mrs. Tennessee, Of McMinnviIle,
Tells How She Succeeded
in Spite Of Many Dis
R0upaOAmanRe.
cOuragementS.

McMinnville, Tenn.-Mrs. Lucy
Tennessee, Of this place, says, Il suf-
fered, about six years, more or less,
with womanly troubles. My head
hurt so terribly that l could get no
sleep.
MY husband had no faith In II, but
I commenced using Cardui. according
to directions, and now he is thor
oughly convinced that CRrdui ia do
ing me more good than all the doc
tors.
Before l had used all Of one bottle
Of that wonderful medicine, l had
commenced to improve, Now. l feel
like a different woman.
The misery is all gone, and l have
q good appetite and feel greatly i'm
proved in every respect.
1t will certainly benefit others, as
It has me. and l am glad to know that
such a remedy is within the reach Of
every suffering woman"
II you suffer from any form Of
womanly weakness or i~rregularity.
try Cardui, the woman's tonic. It
helps nature to perform a cure in .
natural, easy way
The ingredients used in Cardui are
mild herbs, which have a gentle.
tonic effect, on the womanly constitu-
ton.
1t builds up the strength, improves
the appetite. tones up the nervous
system. and helps to make pale, sal.
low cheeks fresh and rosy.
II you r a woman, try II.
n. B.-Write to. Ladies' Advisory
Dept, Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chat
tanOOga, Tenn. for Special Instruc-
lions, and 04-pnge book, "HOme Treat
ment for Women" sent In plain wrap
per, on request.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-29
KILL BOIL WEEVLS
Necessity Of Reducing Number Of
Insects Very Urgent.
Most Important Step In Producing Cot.
ton as Found by Experimenters Is
Destruction Of Foliage and
Squares.

CBy g. H. Afford. Special Agent of the
Farmers Cooperative Demonstrates
Work. Jackson. Miss)
This is lesson No. one, and 1t should
be thoroughly learned. The need Of
50 reducing the over-wintered weevils
as to reduce the cost and labor Of pick
ing the weevils and punctured squares
to the minimum is very urgent.
There are four methods of reducing
the number of weevils to the mini.
num- First. completely denude the cot
ton stalks of foliage, squares and
bolls, the weevils sole food supply.
pillow the stalks under good and deep,
or burn the stalks at the earliest pos
sible moment in the fall. Second, at
some time during the winter, destroy
the rubbish In and about the fields
which might serve as alternating
quarters for weevils. Third, when the
weevils appear on the little cotton
in the spring pick them of and destroy
them. Fourth, pick up the punctured
squares and destroy them for at least
one month after the first squares form
on the cotton.
The results obtained by the United
States bureau of entomology, the farm
ers' demonstration work, the Louisi-
ana State Crop Pest commission and
Thousands of successful farmers point
to the supreme importance Of the early
fall destruction of the boil weevifs
sole food supply, the squares, small
bolls, and foliage on the cotton stalks.
The conclusion reached by thousands
of e~xperimenters justify me in making
the statement that the most lmpor-
tant step in producing cotton in boil
weevil territory is the early fall de-
struction Of the foliage, squares, and
immature punctured' bolls on the cot
ton stalks. In fact, ] feel almost jus
tilted in saying that the early fall de-
struction OF the cotton stalks outbal
ances all other remedies that may be
employed to destroy the wecvils.
In an experiment performed by the
Bureau Of Entomology in Calhoun
County, Tex, the stalks growing on
410 acres Of land were destroyed early
in October. Careful records kept dur
ing the following season showed that
the destruction of stalks on this land
increased the yield $14.66 per acre.
An experiment was conducted on op-
posite sides Of the Guadalupe river
near Victoria, Tex. The stalks were
burned OF one farm the latter part Of
September, and on the other they were
allowed to stand until In spring before
Nlaptirg time. Forty acres on the
farm on which the stalks were de-
stroyed made Is bales. Forty acres
ON the other farm made 3 and IL bales.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-29
What Is In a Name?

A Chicago man who hardly knew
one tune from another made the mis-
take of taking a knowing woman to a
concert at Orchestra hall. The Sc
lections were apparently familiar to
him, but when the Wedding March"
of Mendelssohn was being played he
began to evince some interest.
:"That sounds familiar" he said. Il
am not strong on these classical
things, but that's a good one What
Is IT."
THAT" gravely replied the woman,
"is the 'Maiden's Prayer"