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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-24
TAKE UP APPEAL
in FOURTH DISTRICT
PRTERSBURG. VA SEC

PETERSBURG, VA Special.
Democrats from all sections OF the
Fourth District began arriving in
petersburg this morning for the
meeting OF the District Committee
TO hear the contest of Congress-
man Turnbull against Judge Wat
SON for the congressional hOmina-
ton.
The district committeeman
reached Petersburg about noon.
After dinner they met In the par
Tor of the Chesterfield Hotel.
where the recount of the ballots
cast in the September 21st prf-
mary was carried on last Monday
and Tuesday.
Representatives OF both Mr..
Turnbull and Judge Watson nut
in busy day Saturday taking
dispositions and affidavitS OF vot-
erS whose names were used nv
either contestant or COntestee I'm
their pleadlngs I'm bhe contest.
saturday was the last day on
which such evidence could be re-
cciVed. Some OF the dispositions
are. IL Is understood, sensational
in their allegations. In others
C!,drSes made by either candidate
ar" simply denied.
PN'ANCN Nllt~e 1tIt-
davitS and dispositions the Dis
trict Committee must decide upon
the validity OF some fifty or more
ballots, improperly marked or i'm
some manner torn or mutiIated.
which were challenged BY either
Judge WatSOn'S or Mr.. TurnbuII,s
representatives at the recount last
week. There are enough OF these
contested ballots to swing the re-
suit either way. As a result of
the recount, Judge Watson's rem
reSentaives claim he made n
gain of fifteen votes over the
eight majority given him on the
face of the returns. Il. p. Ru-
ford, of Lawrenceville. of counsel
Tor Mr.. Turnbull, declares, from
the tally sheet kept by him during
the recount. that Mr.. TurnbulI
made considerable gains.
If every improperly marked
ballot Is thrown out. Mr. Turn
bull will receive the nomination
his friends declare. The Watson
people make similar claims.
An appeal from the finding of
the District Committee TO the
State Committee is certain, and
the case will reach the Stale
Committee tomorrow. Tho meet
ing of the District COMMITTEES To-
day will probably continue lone
into tonight, and IL may possibly
be morning before the Session
ends
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he SAVED HIS LIFE,
AND NOW TITS HERS

NEW YORK. Special Capt. Henry
IS farrar, First United States Infantry
stationed in the Philippines, arrived in
No o 1IsR FRIDAY on the Spanish liner
OF year, who was Senorita Pavio.
lie and she met under strange cir
IN Stances. The captains first view of
me young Spanish woman was when
ne awoke late one night on n bed in her
hhouSe' WE'VE miles from Manila. His
Eau oandaged and aching, Captain
VINO stood ministering to him Just what
had happened, but the only renIv xva g
me silencing touch Of cool hand on
Not until he was convalescent did the
captain learn as much as any one there
knew or what had happened to him.
III path near her home. when She had
tome upon the young officer living nm
conscious. Near the spot was his horse.
Mounting the horse-the first time
she mad ever ridden an animal-the
sEnorita galloped swiftly TO her home
Xhey took the captain back with them
Ihen the Senorita bravely mounted
again, and, breathing silent prayers
that she might be able TO stick on long
enough to reach Manila. started on tbe
twelve-mile ride. She came back witb
doctor and the captains life was
All that Captain Farrar could re-
member was that when he was riding
along his horse SHE'D. and he. slipping
tP the ground, found himself engaged
~ a night. He could not tell the num-
ttfsfN OF ms assaflants. Until his wounds
were entirely healed the captain re-
NAMED In the Pavio home. and during
MS long convalescence he and she fell
10 love. Their marriage took place two
ears afterward.
Mrs. Farrar's father was a colonel in
She spanish army and her great-grand-
Iather was captain general of the
FhlIlpplnes Tor many years
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for Philadelphia.
The meeting and marriage OF the
Philadelphian and All Yung Quai
was romantic. During the Boxer in
surrectiOn i'm China Mr.. Dromberger
was engaged in the automobile bust
ness there, as representative Of an
American concern.
Caught by the rebels, Mr.. Drom-
berger was sentenced TO die and was
taken TO a place where his head was
To be chopped off. With twenty or
more other men. all of them Chinese,
the American was awaiting his call TO
the execution block when n Chinese
girl. by eluding the guards, slipped
TO where he lay bound hand and
foot, cut the ropes that held them and
whispered to him to follow her
Dromberger obeyed. The girl led
him TO her own home and there he
went in hiding. Then il became
known how the American had es-
capped and a search was made for
him and All Yung Quai. Together
they fled and reached a place of
safety.
1t would never do for the girl to
return to her home, for there death
awaited her. She was sent to America
ana TO the Drom berger family in
Philadelphia. There she was edu-
Gated with the other children of the
neighborhood.
Four years ago Mr.. Dromberger re-
turned to America and went to PbiIa-
deiphia TO marry the Chinese girl.
since then they have been making n
lelsurely tour of the world. They ex-
pect TO return to China in the next
Few weeks to make visit to the wife's
family.
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FED Chinese GIRL WHO SAVED
n HIM AT The EXECUTION BLOCK

Il NOW YORK Spedial.-rWVho as
meg was asked by a reporter,
md for answer first cabin
PASSENGER list showed that she was
IRIS. William Dromberger, of Phila-
[elplla. and the man with her was
per husband. She clung to her hus-
5andNhmidly when first questioned.
ul suddenly regained her poise and
|emarRed:
NOW ask anything you want To
Pegln with l speak English about
IL Wen as most Notwithstanding peo-
SIe 10, and l know French and Ger
~. DO L speak Chinese? Why ask
OF course, 1 speak Chinese.
fs my native tongue. Was / not
~ ung Quai and was not my home
IN nina until that fortunate meeting
y Mr.. Dromberger?
yves; believe i'm the franchise for
|HSmen, she continued. But 1 be-
lleve IT has value in educational mat
ters only. l have been taught that
woman's place is in the home. and Z
snail never forget the lesson.
Il have studied this question thor
oughly, and have come to the con-
cluslon that as the mothers of races
women are entitled to voice in the
education of their children, and that
II her vote can work toward that end
she should have a vote.
II a woman'S vote will bring bet
,tsr e liues for the education of the
- I'm then give her the vote, but
The same time let the woman
woo votes take care of her home"
Mr.. Dromberger and his little wife
then hurried away to catch a train
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The Question of the Dance.

Every now and then in conventions
OF dancing masters il is lamented that
the elder forms OF dignifed and deco
rous dances are passing out and new
forms Of terpsichorean extravagances.
with outlandish posturing and break
neck callsthenics, are taking the place
of the conventional maneuvers Of the
ball room. This winter the question
of ending or mending" certain dances
mas become more than an academic
issue. 1t is everywhere discussed. for
the public at large. which dances or
looks on, is more than mildly inter
ested.
To various kinds of salutatory an
tics and genutlections different names
are given. Whether designated as
Turkey Trot." Grizzly Bear" Bun
ny Hug" THE SILVER" such investi
eating committees as have been ap-
pointed, particularly OF persons in
terested in the recreations OF working
girls nave found In them closely sim
liar Objectionable features. But il is
important that in curtailing, moof-
Tying or eliminating the various
abuses OF the innocent social purpose
or the dance, espionage does not be-
come an odious surveillance. that in
Its rigid censorship sees evil where
no evil is intended. Those who dance
Tor the blameless fun Of the thing are
always vastly in the numerical pre-
ponderance. The standard of the
etnlcs or the ball room will be set by
this right thinking and right acting
majority, and not by the small mi
nority of those who adopt the nm
couth excrescences of Bowery dance
halls and the riotous fandangoes OF
western saloons, or the "Barhary
coast OF San Francisco. In the up
per circles of society the dances about
which there is so much talk are. for
the most part, harmless nonsense. and
IN the dances of those who do not
dwell in marble halls the inspiration
is. more often than not, the mere pro-
motion OF decent and self-respecting
clabillty.-Philadelp Public Led
ger.
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ProvidInr for ola -

Before the eyes OF the average man
mere is but one bugbear-old age In
1nese days when Specialization is in
eNltaole the specter of penniless declfn-
ing years Is more to be feared than for
merly by the Jacks OF all trades.
10 the case IN point is information
impaired to a Chicago college class bv
superintendent Graves, OF the King
Home for Old Men
only one man in 10000" he saws. .is
Selt- supporting at seventy In the
united states there are now 1I25.OO0
former wage-earners siXty-five and
yate charity at a cost of 1920. coo. 900
more, dependent upon public and pri-
moreover. there are 500. 900 old men and
women In homes whose upkeep costs
$5O.000.000 annually
In these days of efficiency tests
When one must measure from 40 to so
per cent, of perfect service to hold his
own, industrial old age comes to MANY
VINO are mentally and physically able
These facts and figures teach the
nIeeo OF training oneself how to do what
there is to do a little better than The
other FELLOW. The brain grows more
capable with use Allowing that we
s BAYS provided for our old age, we ought
stlll TO provide against the mental poV-
erJy that is sure TO come in the davs Of
enforced physical idleness-New York
American. - .
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Colonel Roosevelt is getting down to
pretty cheap campaigning when he
undertakes to stir prejudice against
Governor Wilson among foreigners by
reading extracts from Wilson's book,
written years ago. 1t looks as if the
colonel has been driven by logic and
laughter from the field of discussion
OF present questions and future poll
cies and has retreated in disorder, at
tempting to dig up and throw mud
from the past. Let us hope that the
foreign born ana descended citizens
nave more sense and more good Amer
lean spirit than the Colonel gives them
credit for. and will insist on keeping
their thought to the men, conditions
and great practical public questions of
now-tO the ColoneIs discomfort and
observation-disclosures Times.
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SENATOR HENRY Do POINT.

WILMINGTON. DEL-It Is now re-
garded as certain here that Uaited
States Senator Henry A. Du Pont will
present his resignation to the Senate
on his return from Europe this week
In order to avoid bhe investigation
called for in the resolution of Senator
Reed, OF Missouri. now in the Privi-
leges and Elections Committee Of the
Senate. 1t is said Du Point wanted to
resign before the adjournment OF Con
gress, but decided to defer his action
until the Republican organization
should be able TO agree on his sue
cessor.
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The Suicidal Ont.

There was a man named Ferguson
He lived on Market Street;
He had a specxled Thomas cat
That couldn't well be beat;
He'd catch more rats and mice and
Than forty cats could eat.
This cat would come into a room
And climb upon a cheer
And there he'd sit and lick himself
And purr so awful queer
That Ferguson would yell at him
But still he'd purr severe.
And then he'd climb the moonIit fence, =
And loaf around and yowl
And spit and claw another cat
Alongside of the jowI;
And then they both would shake their
tails
And jump around and howl.
oh. this here cat Of Ferguson's
Was fearful then 10 see;
He'd yell precisely like he was
In awful agony;
You'd think a first-class stomach ache
Had struck a small babee.
And all the mothers in the street
Walked by the horrid din
Would rise right up and search their
babes
To hnd some worrying pin.
~A-A0 SNAAA AAAAS NASOIOUS cat WOULD Keen
A hollerin' like sin.
And as for Mr.. Feguson
Twas more than he could bear
And so he hurled his bootjack out
Right through the midnight air.
But this Vociferous speckled cat
Not one cent did he care.
For still he yowled and kept his fur
A-standin' up on end
And his old spine a-doublin' up
As far as ii would bend
AS If his hopes of happiness
Did on his lungs depend.
But while a curvin' of his spine
And waitin' to attack
y cat upon the other fence
There came an awful crack
And this here speckled Thomas cat
Was busted in the back.
When Ferguson came down next day
There lay his old feline
And not life was left in him.
Although he had had nine
All this here comes" said Ferguson
From curvin' of his spine"
Now all you men whose tender hearts
This painful tale does rack
Just take this moral 10 yourselves
All OF you, white and black:
To gettin' up your back
From an old scrap book.
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How Long Animals live.

Undoubtedly the longest lived ami
NAL on earth is the whale. it's span of
existence being estimated by Cuvier
at 1000 years. The next largest ami
NAL. the elephant. will. under IA
vorable conditions live 400 years.
When Alexander the Great con-
Quered Porus, king OF India, he took
a great elephant that had fought gall
lantly for the defeated king, named
him Ajax. dedicated him TO the sun,
placed upon him metal band with
the inscription, Alexander. the son
of Jupiter, dedicated Ajax to the SUM-"
The elephant was found alive $50
years later.
The average age of cats is is years:
OF squirrels, or s years; of rabbits,
z; bear rarely exceeds 20 years; a
wolf. 20; a fox Il TO 1s. Lions are
comparatively long lived, instances
having been recorded where they
reached the age Of 20 years.
Pigs have been known to live to
the age of 20 years and horses to GO,
but the average age of the horse is
20 TO 80. Camels sometimes live to the
age Of 100 and stays are very long
iIXeo; one having been taken by
Charles VI in the forest OF Senils
which bore about its neck n collar on
which was engraved Caesar hoe mihi
donavit."
Whether or not this stag had ac-
tnally lived since the days of one of
the Caesars ii is impossible to say,
but the evidence seems good.
Eagles occasionally and ravens fire.
quently reach the age OF 100 years
and swans have been known to live
500 years. A tortoise has been known
to live 107 years
Efforts have been made to connect
the rapioity of the pulse beat with
longevity but no logical conclusion
can be reached, as Will be seen from
the fact that the pulse of a lion beats
40 times a minute; that of a tiger. GO
times; OF a horse, so times: OF a wolf.
45 times; of fox, 43 times; of a bear
80 times. and OF an eagle 16O times.
1t has been impossible to count the
beats = a. elephants pulse. but that
of a butterfly beats go times to the
minute.-Our Dumb Animals.
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Elsewhere in this paper we publish
hgures to show that the Virginia Cor
poration Commission, roundlv
abused part of our State Government
provided for in our last Constitution
is bringing about one and a half mill
lion dollars annually into the treasury.
This money comes from the corpora
lions that once escaped taxation and
not out of the pockets Of the people
We also notice the fact that the much
talked of deficit in our State finances
is no more. Auditor Moore has col
lected $59S,S45.75 more the past year
than ever collected before in one wear
in the history of the Commonwealth.
1t continues to look like the Govern
ment of Virginia is in good hands
Page News and Courier.
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LABOR LEADERS
TRIAL RESUMED
AFTER TWO WEEKS WAITING $50
TABESMEN ARE SECURED
FOR DUTY.

AsALEM, MASS Special Witt
jurors in their seats in the jury
w. the trial of Joseph J. Ettor. Ar
tnro Giovannitti and Joseph Caruso.
as accessories ana principal in the
murder of Annie Lopizzi in n Law
renee strike riot last winter, was re-
sumed today.
TWO weeks ago the case was adj
journed when $50 taIesmen had been
examined without filling the jury box.
A new panel of $50 veniremen re-
ported today. The defense has used
thirty-three Of its sixty-six challenges
ana the government has used thirty
seven. Thus, a little over half ~
the peremptory challenges have been
eXhausteo, and il is expected that
ooth sides will be slow to protest
talesmen.
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The Bicrest sieht nr ann

Francis Nance. who was born In
China and lived there until the ma
ture age of five years, was brought
10 THIS country by his parents this
summer. When the family got off
the boat IN New York. Francis was
reasonably impressed with the tail
buildings. the din of traffic. ana the
other big boats in the harbor.
In few moments. however. his
ihother noticed that he seemed greatly
depressed and was devoting his tIn,e
10 peering about, as If he were search
ing for somebody.
What's the matter. Francis?" she
asked. Don't you like all these big
sights?' 'ie
They are pretty goo0" said tho
youngster. digging one fist into his
eyes. but thought 1 was going to see
Teddy."-The Popular Magazine.
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TURKS SURRENDER
MOUNTAIN PASSES

PATRAS, GREECE Special
sharp lighting IN already going on
between Greeks aud Turks The
Sreeks today captured NnIuna
Rass, the chief mountain pass.
reading from Greece 10 Turkey, on
the northern frontier.
Two Turkish bl0cI<hOuSeS Mt the
northern end of the paSsageway
were taken by surprise and cap-
Sured ntter slight resistance.
Hundreds of Greek soldiers nre
being poured into the Pass to de
Tend IL against any Turkish attack
II Greece declares war against
Turkey, Mniuna Pass will probably
be considered by military experts
the chief strategic point ON the
GrecO-TurlSish frontier.
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REJECTS POWERS.

CONSIANTINOPLE Special
Turkey today rejected the peace
proposals of the powers and at
once began preparing for "A gen
eral war in the Balkans. In its
reply TO the allied powers note
the Ottoman government regret
ted its inability at this time to
grant autonomy to the Christian
provinces OF Europe, i'm Turkey,
or to consider guarantees for re-
FORMS"
A general cOnfiagration involv-
ing Servia, Bulgaria, Greece and
Roumania, as well as Turkey and
Montenegro, is now believed in
evitable- Bulgaria is expected to
be the next Balkan kingdom to
follow Montenegro in declaring
war upon Turkey.
The Bulgarian minister has
been recalled and his own govern
ment is expected to announce
formally that Bulgaria and Tur-
key are in a state OF war.
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HONOR FOR THE FIRST
LYNCHBURG SETTLER

LYNCHBURG, VA Special.-Blue
| ridge chapter, ID. a. r.. OF this CITY. is
When Lynchburg will be called upon TO
40 honor to the memory of John lynch
tSne nrst settler of the city which bears
The Daughhters have perfected ar
ranSements for the unwilling of a huge
quartz powder near the Norfolk and
western depot to Lynch's memory. the
' - ne oeing located as near as possible
% me site or the house built by Lynch,
ute or what is now Lynchburg The
invelIing probably will take place this
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Oct

NEW YORK. oct. 1--WE s.
ceilor Garrison was asked mn
City Monday by Raymond V. (
OF 1S7 Grant Avenue. to appoES|
commission to determine the s. ~,
OF Mrs Anna II. Vreeland. of Va
Grant Avenue. the petitioners aunt.
ar. Baylor alleges that his kins-
woman is mentally incapable of car
ing Tor her estate. "as her mind has
become impaired because of her as
ISOLATION with a religious sect known
as the Pentecostal Cut" BAYLOR saws
MS aunt already decided property VAL
ued at $4,000 to the sect. the leader
OF which In Jersey City is Robert =
Bennett. The PentecostaI Cult has it's
headquarters in New York. There are
about dozen in the band of wor-
shlpers In Jersey City.
me property was decided by Mrs
Freeland within the last two months.
ner nephew says. He asked the Vice
Chancellor to prevent Bennett obtain
ing possession of the property. Mr.
baylor is well known in Jersey CitN,
Ills aunt is q widow, about hfty-seven
years Old. She comes Of one of the
Oldest families in Jersey City.
Mrs Yreeland has filed an affidavit
denying that she is mentally unbal-
anced- She asserts she is perfectly
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Statistics show that the British
workingman works, as a rule. ten
hours week less than the German
workingman, is paid about one-hfth
more for his labor, and lives a great
zeal better. Great Britain is practi-
cally free trade country; Germany,
next to the United States, carries the
practice of tariff protection to a great
er extreme than any other nation on
the face of the globe. huff sed. -
Nirginian-Pilot.
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SLEEPING FAMILY SAVED
FROM BURNING HOME
LURAY. VA SnAcial

hURAY, VA. Special.-The family of
Everett Grove, at Leaksville, this
county, had a narrow escape SATURDAY
night from being burned to death
when Mr., Groves dwelling house was
discovered to be on fire. The family
had retired for the night, and the first
intimation they had that anything was
wrong was when neighbors broke in
ana rescued Mr.. Grove and Mrs. Grove
ana two children. A few moments
later every avenue of escape would
have been shut of.
The only furniture saved was that in
one room on the first floor The origin
Of the fire is a mystery
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regulation prison garb of the time. are
scattered about the ship. From ton to
bottom, from one end to the other. the
snip is an object lesson to present-dav
civilization, as it shows up in marked
contrast the methods of dealing with
prisoners a century or more ago ana
the methods of today.-Boston Tran
script.
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According to the Danville Register.
the Roanoke World and the Richmond
Ilmes-Dispatch are the only two
newspapers in the State opposing the
proposed amendment to the Constitu-
tion- We invite our Roanoke and
Richmond brethren to come over and
make it unanimous. Certainly the
editors OF the great majority of the
virginia newspapers cannot be classed
view.
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FOUND MILLIONS.
HE GIVES FREELY

NEW YORK; SpeciaI.-GeOrge
Lemon distributed $1,000 En tins
In tae engine room OF the Hner
fhradttc, upon which he was n
gaSsenEer, when she ship arrived
here. Lemon dug millions out OF
the Alaskan geld fields.
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BERLIN Special.-A peace treaty
between Turkey and Italy was signed
nj Ouchy, Switzerland. today accord
ing to private dispatches received
here by German diplomats
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COAST OF JAPAN
SWEPT BY TEMPEST
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE REPORT
ED-DAMAGE TO SHIPPING
is HEAVY.

TOXIC SpeeiaI-AnOther Sc
we're storm swept the southern
coast today, causing many deaths
end doing great damage to prop
erty and TO shipping. The steam-
err Yedg AIaru was sunk with
heavy loss of life. and the steamer
Aikawa Mura is missing.
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AUSTRALIAN BABIES
BRINGING S25 EACH
AIS

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIANS
clal.- In order to prevent race suicide
the Australian parliament is Offering
S25 for each baby born.
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UNITED STATES ATTACHE.

SOFIA, BULGARIA. Special
Lieutenant Sherman Miles, United
states Army, has arrived here TO
represent the United States as
military attache i'm the event OF
war between Bulgaria and Tur-
kew