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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-21
GHOST TO WALK MORE OFTEN
AROUND SHOPS HEREAFTER
New State Law Effective June l. Provides That
Employees Must bc Paid lemMonthly H.
stead Of Every Thirty DAYS.

After the first week Of June the
ghost will walk around railroad shops.
iron and steel works and all other
manufacturing concerns twice a month
instead o.. monthly For the benefit
OF those who arc accustomed to spea K
of their salary. income. revenue, etc.
Il may he said that the ghost walks
with a pay envelope in his hand In
some businesses the ghost walks every
week. much to the financial upli1t OF
the slave, but Il has been mis- custom
to walk but once month around rail
way Shops, iron and steel works and
many factories, 50 that the landlord
invariably walks in before the ghost
cSrives.
To remedy this public evil, Pro Bono
Publtco introduced and had passed in
the last Legislature Il bill providing
TOR the enforced payment of employees
Send monthly. This Will give tho
ghost q haH-3uInp on the landlord. the
butdler and tn procer. and allow the
slave to drop a few jitneys OCCASION
ally at p.nochlc. Pro Bono Publico
ran into Stone wall with his bill
when the coal mining operators coke
manufacturers. excelsior and sawm!ll
people were included In the act: so
To secure part Of his meal. he had 70
exempt the above NAMED concerns from
tho sem! monthly pay bill.
AS further protection OF the uit!-
mate consumer against the commercial
ibarons. The bill carries provision that
uuch settlements must he made In law
ful MONEY OF tho United States No
Confederate money goes in the pay
envelope hereafter. and tho same ap-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-21

plies to beer checks. In the pas, the
uit. cons. has bien able to pass this
class OF specie on TO th.. churcn collie
tion plate. but the Legislature has ap.
piled tie emergency brakes now.
The act says: 1t s1all not be law
.ul foF any person. firm, company, cor
for"iion. &c. engaged in tn. business
aforesaid 10 ssue for payment of such
labor any order or other paymen;
whatsoever unless tn. same purpor,s
TO be payable or redecmablc for it's
face value in lawful money OF the
United States. such order TO be payable
on demand and without condition to
employees. Or bearer, bearing interes,
at legal rate. and rede enable by per-
son. firm. company. corporation. atc.,
giving, making or issuing same
Further protection o. the lahorer Is
offered IN an amendment making 1, un-
lawful for any corporation. railway,
coal or ore mining company. as afore-
said. VINO shall be either engaged or
interested. directly or indirectly. IA
merchandising. as owner or otherwise.
to "-!fully sch. or cause to be sold.
TO any employe any goods. merchan-
disc or supplies at higher rate than
is charged other purchasers not con-
ncctcd with the corporation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-21
South Richmond Bureau.
The Times-DIspatch.
1870 Hull Street,

Phone Madison l75.
Becoming unmanageab!e after running
down a delivery wagon. tie property OF C..
E. WaIthau OF seventh and Hull Streets.
u large Alec truck. owned by Mackey *
Armstrong skidded across the sidewalk and
crashed into the side OF the Donald Huss
Liquor Companys saloon doing some dam
age 10 the building ana shaking down some
OF the glassware the bar. The truck
was backed on the sidewalk and tho dam
ag" remedied as far possible. The chauf-
:eur was summoned TO apucar In the Po-
ice Court. Part .. this morning to answer
TO charge OF reckless driving
Games of Chance Closed
Acting under orders o. Captain A g
Wright. OF tho Third District the notice
last night closed down seven alleged games
OF chance. which were in operation AT Tie
carnival. According TO the shownmen. thor
game was perfectly legitimate in every re-
spect, nut this would MO 60 They saw they
shee'' but this would not go. They say they
Carnival Fight Ends in Arrest
Albert Scott coIored was arrested ves,or.
DAY afternoon. charged with lighting M Inc
carnival. The other end of tho arr1,rpen,
escaped. but the police are confident nf
catching him to-day u
reward irving and Willie smith. negroes
were arrested yesterday charged Wiz
shooting crap. They will he given a hear.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-21
Bout Declared on,

New York. May 20--The bout be-
tween Sid Burns, Of England, and Mike
tiibbons. OF ST. Paul. set for Madis1r
Square Garden tomorrow night, mas
been called Off owing to the Illness Of
Burns. He has been ordered TO stor
training, owing TO stomach trouble. and
VIII not be in condition for at leas;
,hrae weeks
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-21
THE WEATHER.

Forecast; For Virsinia-Fair md
warm Tuesday; Wednesday,, fair sonth
showers north portion.
For North CnrOlinu-Fair Tucxd,x
nnd Wednesday.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-21
CAROLINA ASSOCIATION

At Anderson: Anderson, 3; winston
" At Greensboro: Greensboro, /; Green
At charlotte Charlotte. IL; Spartan
burg, o,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-21
a Costly Thing

eNpcrenconc OF the colest To
teaches valuable
having TO pay the cost OF
he experience OF civiza
teaches that competition public
Tor winch the public ultimately the price
we do not ask
IN America has
way Commission and COMMERCE
NOMMSolN)N valuable
The American Political Science
There few which
in dofp
nc utilities has tailed to insure reasonably adequate
able The public to learnt
tunes and large Napoleon hhavng
Repetition
must have sufficiently
competition still
on su raised the tombstone capable
every obscure ENLARGEMENT which
=
THE Wisconsin Public falacv
a
is planted squarey the idea
In the last OF had abundant ex-
1eence OF competition
public
experience "
What Richmond COMPANY offer the Civ
1o hight and franchise? Only the Old
Not only there NO NEED competitive electric
dunicatn
installation OF additional like
streets would understandable
We shall have about this IL pape
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

Malesmains. illustrious Lady sof Sens
and Fousgeres and bride OF the great
Breton chieftain, Robert du Guerclin.
dreamed a dream. She saw herself
seated within a bower Of Wild roses,
exquisite in size, perfume and color
but armed alas! with sinSuarly herce'
hook -nosed thorns that bristled TOWARD
her in every direction, 50 that she
could not help thinking how difhcult
il would be for her to eXtricate herself
from that fragrant prison. Her atten-
ton was, however. soon distracted by
marvellous golden gem case lying upon
her lap. and she began to turn II over
and over. wondering much whence IL
came. since she assuredly had not
brought il there. II was very heavy
and as she turned it about to make II
CLEAN she discovered that in the top
of the case was set a great pebble.
gray green in color, but utterly iustre-
less This surprised her indeed for
on the sides Of this beautiful object
we're three splendid emeralds, three
great. soft. shining pearls and three
blood red rubies. What did this ugly
pebble mean in such glorious com
pany?
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

with certain subjects dear to ones
heart. Bertram du Guerclin. accord
ing 10 the actual truth, was when he
first made his bow to life baby very
much like other babies that happen to
be of the dark Celtic type, broad and
Of large size. To be sure his eyes
were. and always remained Of the eX-
act hue Of a very limpid green wave,
which is far from being a defect. He
had hair when he was born-we will
leave the responsibility of its coarse
ness" TO imaginative historians-and
remember for the nonce that so had
Henri ". who also sported four teeth
at birth. The infant Du Guerclin, who
was not a king to-be, was content with
uodestly bringing two little incisors
with him, but the mother, who Is
universally as 'illustrious,'
more truly deserved to be called a fool
of no mean degree when she became
afraid of her new born son-the great
Gift God had made to her.
The love of a mother can accomplish
much but her hatred. Naturally
little Bertram. thus received and treat
ed. grew up in an atmosphere Which
might have turned any child into q
pcrmanent devil. His temper suffered,
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
A PERSISTENT WAITER.

he talked about tho dsyy 10 come
When he would see his ship sail In.
" hen everything for him would hum
And he would wear merry grin.
lie SAT about for days and days
Announcing that the time would bc
When he would tread the rosy ways
And wallow In prosperity.
Some day" said he. "fll strike II r1ch
Some day I'm going 10 mako my pile,
And I'll have every comfort which
Belongs 10 men who live IN style
but while he talked his neighbors worked.
and paid no heed unto his din,
And oft he saw. tho while hc shirked,
The other fellows ship come In.
He lived unto ripe old ago.
Still prophesyng that some DAY
In ventures lucky ned engage
And then success would come his way,
And at the end he said: MY dear
For me they say, there Is no cure.
That Is too bad Another year.
OF life and I'd be wealthy sure.
Detroit Free Press.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
PART w
EIGHT PAGES.
France Shows Reverence
for Knight of Knights

near the end of the fifth century that
one day an eagle with talons of steel
and rich, brave blood in his heart
would rise from Brittany and conquer
all he met as he flew over mountain
and valley. river and sea. he deter
mined to be that eagle. Hence the
great bird, membered and beaked
gules, that preceded him in battle ever
afterward.
The birth Of Bertram was heralded
by a surprising number Of marvellous
prognostications. 1t was prophesied
that he would preserve Armorika (Bre-
tagne) from being cut in twain with
sword. that he would traverse noun
tains as easily as a bird and sWoop
from those lofty elevations upon dream
like countries. to destroy the dark and
destructive beings that were eating
them up" and one must acknowledge
that all this came true. since his feats
Of arms in Spain are among his f1nest.
on her wedding night Jchanne dc
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
A WOMAN WITHOUT VISION.

Vexed and puzzled, she began to in
dustriously rub It vigorously with
fold Of her night rail. hoping 10 change
il into something likelier. However
n was 70 hard that she hurt her nm
gers. and she began 70 cry bitterly
wbcreupon an angel with severe
co,jutenaucc and a scOlding look In his
sea green eyes stood before her, and,
taking the case from her. held IT but
a second between his interlaced hnsers'
then he gave Il back 70 her and was
gone. With cry Of Joy and amaze
ment she awoke, while there still I'm
gcred iu her eyes the dimness left there
by the pool of dancing, binding light
Of the pebble she had despised ana
that thc ''nesscngcr" had changed into
a huge diamond
The iIlustrious Lady OF Fousseres
and Sens bad-it may be recorded
without any intention OF joke-no
Sense" at all, for neither then nor
even later did it ever occur TO her 10
seek the Interpretation of that singular
dream. {. fact all the more extaordi-
nary as within the year it began to
explain itself very clearly.
once again il is needful 20 snow
little pique toward Bertram du Guer-
Gins historians, for, one and ALL the
oldest as well as the most recent
agree, contrary to their custom, on one
point, but one only, which is that from
the moment when the Boy-eidest or
ten children was born he was a mon
ster of absolute ugliness in face ana
form. Dark to swarthiness. already
provided with coarse black hair ana
glaring upon the world out OF pair
of evil. grass green eyes, he threw MS
mother at first sight into convuisions
OF fear. etc, and grew at so terrible
rate that he became with each day
more ignoble and awful TO contemplate
"a veritable devil!
With the greatest gentleness anu
courtesy IL may be now and theh Ill
Iowable to contradict, nay, even 10 re-
prove, savants, whatsoever period they
individually belonged TO (and this 'asN
has charms Of its OWN, when one deais
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
Statues to Bertram du Cues
clin. the Nations Hero of
a Bygone Age, Are Still
Being Erected.

sopyrisbi, 1912, by the Brentwood Companyo
T Is strange thing that France,
l in spite OF the continual changes
| OF government, Of ideas and Of
,rinriples with which it has, so to
,rcak. enamelled it's career during the
,a,t hundred and ten or twenty years.
I,hould still have remained profoundly
foithful and reYerent toward its two
greatest heroes, Jeanne dare, the final
ceremonies of whose canonization will
take place before the end Of the pres
,nt year, and Messirc Bertram du
ICuerclin. to whom statues are erected
.ven now in Paris, as we'll as in many
provincial towns, and whose fete day
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
HIS ASSETS.

Georgia lawyer (to colored prisone)
Well. Ras, so you want me 10 dcrend
YOU. Have YOU any money!
Rastus-No: but Use got mule, and
a few chickens and hog or two.
Lawyer-Those will do very nicely.
Now, let's sec; what do they accuse you
OF stealing?
Rastus-Oh. a mule, and few chick
ens and n hog or two.--Life.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
A NAME TO coNJURE WITH.

His shadow lies athwart the wide
lands that terminate in precipitOus
cliffs, dipping their crsgsy bases in the
foam of the great ocean; IT fingers in
tho green dusk Of its deepest forests,
and so actually is his presence felt that
TO understand, against all understand
ing. that their frontiers might he
crossed and they. too might be beaten,
that their towns might he invaded old
and Young cried with one voice: "Ah.
Du Gucrclln. if YOU but come. how you
viii roll tho PrusSans' Chcy inn
politely said Penn moe 'h"-hogs-of
PrussiansD I'm the mud and run them
away back TO their walIows." Aged
women and little children PRAYED their
hearts and souls ont before every
shrine ana every altar FOR his reap
pearance: Come To us. Bertram. for
We are IN great need, Almighty God
will lend YOU 80 ny, Come quickly.
messirc. YOU who saved our dear land
long ago! Save IT again, NC pray YOU
on our knees
Strangely enough. the German forces
never succeeded in crossing the estuary
of the Loire. Was Du Guerclin watch
Inc there, invisible on his Invisible
charger? II WAS claimed NJ the time
from Nantes TO 81. Michel that he did.
u Il t. 81 - h. OF
lagos or on the gray gold sand Of tho
shore were seen pointing their pudGy
fingers At dark, fantastic cloud forma
tions advancing threateningly toward
France. and were heard 10 lisp.
Mar helen" (the knight, or Mare
hck-baltcr" (thc knight erranD; "he Is
coming He is coming now
However this may wonder. will
never cease As long IA the world keeps
turning there still lives IN "Brctagne."
10 give IL once more It's old name, a
man who. having been sorely wounded
and sent home useless saw" on
clear moon night knight. armed at all
points. sitting q dark caparisoned horse
and galloping at full speed toward the
mouth ~ the Loire. The pumes on his
helm strcamod behind him, and flying
swiftly above him was a huge eagle,
rcd bcaked and very fierce of aspect
Tho witness of this great spectacle
though crippled 50 recently by war.
gave one fsr-ringing shout OF JOY and
deliverance. then. falling upon his face
in the sand, thanked Almighty God FOR
sending tho one out Of all His holy
company who could save Brittany and
grant the Bretons revenge.
This Breton soldier OF 1SIO-'11 was
simple soul, and pious. He has never
altered his faith nor doubted his power
10 hope. EX-ATTACHE.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
and amaze all Brittany by his high

doings.
There never was before or since a
Chevalier like Du Guerclin. That was
acknowledged and cried aloud many
hundreds of years ago, for he possessed
beneath his rugged, enormously strong
and broad shoudered exterior all the
qualities that a chevalier should pos
sess. His voice was bell toned and al
ways courteous and kindly; his gen.
erosity 10 his bitterest enemies became
proverbial, and forced them TO do him
homage and even to love him In spite
of themselves. His complete unselhsh-
ness, his utter forgetfulness OF self and
his immense charity certainly have
never been equalled; and Of his courage
ii is quite needless to speak; 1t Is too
we'll known for that. Still, it Is best
described not as mere virtue, but as
an integral part Of himself, just as
were his heart and his arteries. He
had never feared anything, and never
did VOLTA tout" Does this detract
from its magnificence? Few will think
so. I'm chcvaler doit ferrir haut ct
parler bas'' is an old proverb that suits
him well in every possible respect.
In Brittany the people-the real peo-
pie of the remaining real Brittany
still unspoiled 10y the outer world.
speak Of him as though he we're among
them. our Bertram" they call him.
this Messirc du Gucrcin, Grand Con-
netable de France, Comte de Tongue
Vile, Due de Mouline. Roy non cou-
rome de "Brethagne." Gouverneur de
Pontourson. Comte de Transtamare,
Comte dc SOria and one time Come
table of Spain. besides being seignoir
of many Breton castles, estates and
towns and commander Of countless
forts
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
THE EMERGENCY.

O'Brien-Come home an have supper
wid me. Murphy.
Murphy docking at his watch)-
Shure. It's past be the clock. Yer wife
will be mad as the divil.
O'Brien-Yis. that's jist it; but she
can't lick the two av us.--Judge
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

sst month was by no means forgotten
The historians Of that knight OF
Knights" ("L'Homme de Dieu,' as the
people ended by calling him) have Ger
tainly been many, and again many
and they have invariably differed. III
opinion as 10 the real origin of the
family that had the honor of counting
him among its members. Little re-
roach should, however, he laid at the
toor Of any one of the distinguished
serites who attempted such task,
ilnce not even in the most preciously
preserved documents TO be found III
museums can it be discovered. IN one
or two extremely ancient Breton cas-
tles-that once were fortresses. and
have never passed into other hands
than those Of the direct inheritors Of
the fef and name-are laid away
Within dusky imminent rooms some
proofs of the truth. But these old
castles are not open even TO the best
accredited Of seekers after truth, for
their owners would as soon burn them
down to the rocks upon which they
stand as allow visitors 10 so much 9s
touch 'TAutrefois" (the antique
Past they practically still live in,
consoling themselves thereby for this
disappointing, humliating and disil-
iusionizing period Of time that we can
not be very proud 10 call ours.
For more than a century before the
ssgn Of Charlemsgne the chiefs Of the
clan Guerklin were honOred, feared
and greatly respected in Arnorila. \
Very ancient writer assures the world
mat this elan first bore the name Of
rs chiefs, Gayakin then Glaysasquin,
susquin and finally Guesklin. But
however real this 'information" may
ldNe seemed 10 him the name was at
'u Oldest "Gucrklin," and suffered but
%e alteration, namely, that of Du
suerklin, which our chevalier signed
- the remarkable letter written TO
william De FELTON, on December - IN
NE year 1863. "Bertram du Guerkln." "
EVOLUTION OF A NAME.
A decade or so later it became
usual to write II Du GuescliD, and
lhenceforth il was photographed thus
was Messire Bertram also VINO
'aopted new armorial bearings, those
his fathers having been azure, fVc
"saces" er1nine i'm satire. crested ana
secompanied by a plume OF ermine
Hns, while his personal blazon was
agent, double headed eagle sable,
"sneered and beaked gules.
mis- adoption Of new blazon was on
aS part far from having been inspired
W one Of those bits OF pose-it seems
saeer TO think that pose" should have
.1eady existed then-which induced
soets' Of great houses to contrive
."'ssds entirely their own, instead OF
.nienting themselves with the
"isure de cadet (mark OF cadency
80 In connection with their ancestral
~orial bearings, and which new Gus
~ by-the-bye, caused so many
esiogical mistakes as the years
~. s'' On. Indeed, Bertram du Guer-
- was far too great and simple
..'acter TO use such methods of self
.osusement; but he had within his
| - mat touch Of mysticism which no
breton ever lacks, and when he
aeo that Merlin. the great en-
'er and astrOloger had announced
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

MaCy's SELLS Only for CASH
Therefore have no bad accounts and save
clerk hire, supervision and other "ovcr head charges
which other stores add to the selling price of their Fur
niture, since they do not it in specific charge
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
FRIENDLY ADVICE.

Poet-A publisher called to see this
morning had the audacity to call me an
ass I'm just going to see my solicitor.
Friend-I shouldn't, old chap. See
Yet.-SkNtcb-
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
Macy's BUYS for CASH Only

Hence our great purchasing power in the turn-
urc market ability to acquire special lots at special
,riccs where immediate cash in full is big consdera
ion TO some maker who must have funds.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
Water Sci, S+.S9
Rc1UJdr Price. 5000.

Sci consists of three and one
half pint Pitcher. Six Glasses and
footed 14-inch metal-mounted
mirror.
A few additional samples OF saw
ingS from among many:
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

which is not surprising, ana beiore he
reached four years he had. adopted the
graceless habit OF threatening every
body with his miniature "Pen-haz "a
long staff Of very hard wood. used L"
this day in Brittany with very pracu-
cal effect, and which IL much longer
and more nurderous than the Irish
sh,llaagh). Nor did he always con
slider the mere threat sufficient. spend
ing part Of his timo In a state of uh-
regcnerating, though cruel punish
ment. this violence cannot be placed 10
his discredit either. Pure derision
may meet the statement that follows,
for II is that Bertram vas simply
completely misuuderstood and abom
inably i'll treated child. Roughness
cngenders roughncss, brutality follows
suit. and II is no wonder that the boy
who was i'll used and maltreated BY
all, from his father and mother down
Ia the mcsncst cattle herd AZ the
Castle of Motto Broom should have
retaliatcd IA the measure Of his strength
"A strength that from early babyhood
was considered "uncanuily' great.
INFLUENCE OF A KINDLY SPIRIT.
Tho hghting instinct WAS in him, the
warriors spirit made his very soul
seethe. and volumes could be written
Of his proves when. forming into rcgi-
ments the sons Of his fathers vassals.
he planned and carried out regular
battles amid the gold towering gorse
and pink bellcd heather. and that. too,
with the perfect mestria that belongs
to genius alone. IT is explained by one
OF his numerous historians that the
tender kindness and gentle patience Of
a nun was the starting point Of his
gradual transformation Che was then,
it appears, about eight years old to the
ideal Of a perfect knight; but poeticsl
as the idea is, II belongs 10 one of the
countless legends that gathered around
him. The real cause or Rertram Du
Guerclins advancement in all the won
UcrluI 3ItS ci thiEdhJ' pOth pllSSi'di
and moral--fer those two are one or
not at ail--Vas the privilege Of finding
a mentor Of vastly different kind and
sex-namely, his young godfather, Ber-
tram do Saint Perm. the very type OF
the high born Breton knight-a tall,
red headed, blue eyed chevalier, this
other Bertram-Who we'll deserved then
the same supreme praise spontaneously
given later to Du Guerclin himself by
all Europe. TO the effect that however
high his fortune might carry him his
virtues, courage and grand heartedness
would always be far higher than his
rank.
Saint-Pern, aghast at the savage
warping Of his little godson's whole
being, but too respectful to express his
feelings on that score to the parents
autres jours autres mnurs-undertook
alone to give the boy confidence in him
self II was he who read aloud to him
what he swore he saw In his green
eyes. and this reading was at once so
good, so true and so soothing TO the
liberated feelings Of the child that,
being promised a destiny not only OF
SURPRISING glory but precisely that
glory which he most desired. a war
riors, he succeeded in mastering him
self from that hour on. and at the age
OF fourteen, having fled the injustice
reigning paramount on his parents es-
tates he began To dintin4uish himself
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
Rich Cut Glass

Scintillating. Brilliant. Bcauti-
fully cut. Most Of Il made in our
own factories.
Prices much less than usual dur
ing this sale