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The Penn's Grove record., 1912-03-01

We often wonder what lawyers
would do for a living if there actual
ly was a fool killer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-03-01

PILES. CURED IN 6 TO IA DAYS
Your druggist will refund money II PAZO
MENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind,
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 10 ID days. So
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-03-01

An engaged couple prefer a lip to
lip silence rather than a heart to heart
talk.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-03-01

He is a brave man who will face
the parson with a s~hort-hSired woman.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-03-01

Hoxsie's Group Remedy the old reliable life
saver of children-preventS Pneumonia. No opium
no nausea. Guaranteed by "A. P. Hoxsie. 50 cents.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-03-01

1t is better to appreciate wisdom
than to be appreciated by fools.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-03-01

Many a fiowery speech has been
nipped in the bud by a non-apprecia-
tive audience.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-03-01

TO CURE a COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money if 1t fails to cure. K. W
GROVES signature is on each box. Csc.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-14
WHAT WILL HE DO WITH ITs

Some people get mild and fantastic
pleasure out of wondering what they
would do if they had a million dollars.
Tomorrow. when he attainS his
majority, young Vincent Astor will
face the very real problem of what
to do with an inheritance Of $4,000. 900.
Both the philosopher and the mere man
in the street are attracted by a puzzle
of this glittering opulence.
Young Mr.. Astor will never have to
worry about spending his fortune. He
couldn't not even with the imagination
of the harassed hero Of "Brewsters
Millions" Even if he is the veriess
dolt, he will hardly be able to keep
his money from growing faster than
he can get rid of it. In case he shows
the traditional hard-headed. money
making abilities OF the Aston ances-
tors, he will be able to hand down
double or treble the present wealth
to the next generation. He will be a
great power in the financial world.
feF0dpS thiS uHtTitu soutH. W io ho"
done nothing to acquire his inheri-
lance save to select wisely his father
may hold unknown potentialities for
helping mankind. The opportunity for
doing good may have greater charms
than the dead business of multiplying
dollars. For science, education. art,
world peace or the diffusion Of a
knowledge Of how to be happy, this
vast fortune puts in his hand a splen-
did instrument. He will enjoy the
income Of a king. Will he learn the
kings lesson of noblesse oblige?
One thing is certain His money
will not be an unmixed blessing. II
will bring duties as well as privileges
The day has passed when millions
mean luxury and pleasure. Vincent
Astor will never have to drive the
ancient wolf from his door, but there
NAV he gray and spectral shapes OF
responsibility clustered there, to break
his dreams more often even than
poverty.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-14
THE CRESCENr As An EMBLEM.

An article in the London |hrohicie
dissipates the commonly accepted idea
that'the Crescent. IN itself, was and Is
an original Mohammedan emblem In
vestigation traces it back to SSs H. -
when. owing to the barking of the dogs
here We have parallel OF the legend
OF the geese Of Rome-and a brilliant
meteor. which revealed the approach
% the enemy. Coustantinopie was saved
from niGhr attack ny IN" soldiers OF
Philip
Imposed 10y the miracle ;hs Peo-
Pl" "r"c'"i statu" to H"'at"- tn"
'r"'eh-hea-'r- ani in commern"ration
u their d"i:v"rance. struck coins bear
INK h"r symbol. 10 Crescent moon
Tn Christians ~ IN" Byzantine En-
ri-" Inherited n" Crescent from the
TaSars. aud -" Turks adopted II from
tbs" 'n""T'i'Ts ~ 'H'".
Another story connected with the
crescent, winch - not qui;" 80 roman
IL. but non" IN" l'-s very interesting
not At al spiritual. ""' cult" material
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-14

mountaineer asserted itself, and he
made the officer take them off. as he
regarded II as an unnecessary disgrace
and humiliation Of his family; not that
be attempted to release the prisoners
or to interfere with the officer In the
discharge Of his duties. For this Floyd
Allen was tried by pre1udiced
When Floyd Allen stood pris-
oner at the bar. and as such I'M
der the protection of the court. an
officer of the court, sworn to support
and uphold the laws Of the Common
wealth. in fragrant violation of law
came into the courthouse with a
double-triggered automatic gun con-
cealed on his person. II Is alleged
that Floyd Allen. having been con-
victed, had forfeited all right Of self
defense. This is a most glaring alb
surdity. The great Creator has I'm
planted in each enc OF His creatures
the right to protect Its life: 1t Is
right which no human legislation can
impair or take away. When Claude
Allen saw his father was being muir
dered. in obedience to a God-given,
heaven-born instinct, and acting on
the impulse OF the moment. he at
tempted to save the life of his father
and fired on his assailant. 1t has not
been proven that either Floyd or
Claude Alien killed anybody. But
even il it had pe.n, II was free
fight in open daylight. in which they
took equal chances. and certainly was
not murder. Floyd Allen is the
SON Of gallant Confederate
soldier. the color-bearer OF MS
regiment The Father of his Country
recognized the innate love OF freedom
in the mountaineer when he said in the
darkest hour OF the Revolutions. Leave
me but a banner to plant upon the
mountains Of Virginia and viii rally
around 1t men who will drive the
enemy from the country or die in us
defense" Can 1t be that the purport
and intent of tho laws of Virginia are
to make poltroons and towards OF Its
citizens? II so, then execute Floyd
and Claude Allen and you Will accom-
plish it. 'oeiAS-
TabScOtt
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-14
NlRGINIA'S VOTE.

To Woodrow Wilson the people OF his
native State gave the largest vote that
has ever been accorded a Democratic
candidate for any Office in Virginia I'M
der the present Constitution. The TO-
tai vote for him was s0.33s-''3.Z
more votes than MIR. Bryan received IN
ICES. Nor must the fact be overlooked
tina, the combined vote for Mr.. Tart
and Nj Roosevelt was 1853 less than
The total cast for Mr.. Taft in 1908.
This decrease in the total kepuoi4can
vote aids in exploding Professor Albert
Bushnell Harris boast that MI. koose-
Welt has made "a splendid start IN the
South" for Mr.. Taft in 1905 poLed 81
1873 votes in Virginia. while he and M.
Roosevelt together could muster bu'
t45,ol4 in 1912. There is distinct Re
nub!ican decrease and a corresponding
| " distinct Democratic increase In the
lvots Of Virginia. Had Mr.. Roosevelt
J been the candidate Of a united party,
he would have polled 1859 votes less
than Mr.. Taft did in 1905. The result
tn Virginia is typical Of the South. for
in 1908 Mr.. Taft polled $4,000 votes in
the Southern States, or $1,000 more
than he and Mr.. Roosevelt together
polled last Tuesday.
The result indicates the interest felt
In Woodrow Wilson in his own state.
No unusual effort was made in the
campaign to get out the vote for the
0rst Virginia candidate for the pres
sdency since the brief hour of Zachary
Taylor. Yet Virginia was intensely
Tor Wilson-for him with all the
verene, supreme pride of modest
mother. The Old Dominion watched
in silent confidence. and when the hour
of her test came she did what she could.
Whether they had been of the opinion
that he should or should not have been
most were Of the
Yormer way of acknowledgements
rallied as one man TO him when the
line of battle was formed. They regis
tered their loyalty and devotion at the
ballot box, and the morning star OF
their hope has risen
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-14
PROSPERITY REPEATS ITSELF.

The present rate Of growth in Rich
mond seems to be but a repetition on
a vastly larger scale of that almost
a century ago. Thomas Richie the
famous editor Of the Richmond En-
ouirer in a letter written in 1913 and
reprinted in the Branch Historical
papers, edited by DR. Charles II.
Amber, of Randolph Macon College,
refers to 1.-The great rise in the
value of property" adding that Few
things seem to interest our monied
men except the buying and selling Of
town lots Property has attained q
value which the Oldest OF our inhabi-
tants confess they would never have
dreamt of its attaining; $4,000 for a
half-acre unimproved lot on the Hill
is nothing" Richie also says that
lots in Richmond used to be sold in
Williamsburg for little or nothing.
and Il know one Of the prettiest lots
on the Hill which was sold in the
Old Raleigh (tavern) for bowl OF
punch In 1888 Richie ventures this
opinion: Il think Richmond is i'm
proving. Real property Is certainly
upon the rise and more houses are
building than l have ever known.
What he said then IN the swaddling
clothes days of the city is an every
day observation IN Richmond now.
Real property certainly Is upon the
rise and the oldest of our Inhabitants
confess that they would never have
dreamed Of the wonderful building rate
now attained In Richmond. Is there
wen a square foot OF earth here now
that could be had for "a bowl Of punch?
What will the oldest inhabitant say
in 2013?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-14
A NEW CHAPTER IN FARM DEMON.
sTRATlON.

! Inform the farmer on the farm OF
| the practical principles Of progressive
! agriculture That Is the great COM
mapdment that is laid upon every
| institution for agricultural education.
| Direct connection must be established
b.,ween the farmer and the agricul.
| ,ural college. Otherwise. the service
! that such a college can render to the
agricultural interests Is negligible.
The Virginia Polytechnic Institute
realizes the force Of that fact, and now
goes forward another step in ad-
yancing the welfare Of the farmers OF
the Old Dominion. The training OF All
the farm demonstration agents for SIX
weeks at Blacksburg is the latest
endeayor OF our chief agriculture,
scboo, 10 serve where it can serve
most.
Already an efficient body of men,
the farm demonstrators can increase
their serviceability through this month
and a half special course in agricul-
ture under experts. Some are o'> men,
but science can teach the Oldest
surer and better method. The In
struction to be given will be nothing
if not practical. These agents OF the
agricultural advance will learn MOTH
ing that they cannot use in their
comings and goings among the farm
ers. To them will be impaired that
knowledge of scientific methods that
reimparted to the farmer. Will make
his land more profitable. The pur-
pose of the new step is to train the
demonstrators in a definite and uni
form way: to equip them to be the
conductors through which the vital
izins power Of science can be trans
mitted to the farmer for the better
ment Of his estate in life
This now chapter In demonstration
work was not all planned at Blacks
burg. but 1t hints at what power the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute could
be to the farmers Of Virginia. II
the new chief executive Of that In
stitution Is a man Of bold conception
and broad vision, soon every farmer
in the Old Dominion will turn his face
toward the light that comes from
Black sburg. Let the new president OF
this great plant be Of such mold that !
he can become the chief demonstration
Of them ala man who can. through
the efficient extension of the Virginia
Institute. lead all who
till the soil of Virginia into contact
with science that will enrich and en-
large their lot and promote the well
fare Of all the people.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-14
Our Weeklies on Wilson

Roosevelt, born with q silver spoon
in his mouth: Taft generously nuTtur-
ed BY rich kin and official pap; WI
son. the sels-made man Of the people
and no wonder the people sustain MIN
Chase City Progress
We have elected. In woodrow Wh-
son, a great President, Virginian oy
birth and by education and training
fully able 10 cope with the respopsioin-
ties Of the greatest position in Ameri
ca.-PearisbuTg yirsinian-
Now let the party keep every pledge
made to the people and a split In the
Republican party will not be necessary
to win next time.-Appomattox Times
Virginian-
Like William J. Bryan. the great
Commoner.~ We would exclaim:
This Is the day I long have sought.
And mourned because 1 found 1t not
After suffering defeat upon defea,
for these many years. the Democratic
cohorts have at last routed both divfs-
Ions of their enemy. Only an unwaver-
ing faith IN the principles Of Jencr-
son!an Democracy could have kept the
party a fighting Unit during all these
years and the result On Tuesday come.
somewhat in the nature Of . justinca-
tion-Matthews Journal
Democracy. after years OF bitter ira
vail. has come into its own! We arr
firm in the belief that the next foul
years will be allied with . measure 81
prosperity that will amply justify sh'
claims that the Democratic party 10 {
marty of progress. That this belief ),
shared b. the business Interests Of tn
country Is proven BY the general pre-
parations for an enlarged volume o
| business.
Therefore our Democratic rooste
though smaller than some Of our con
semporarfes. crows Just - Justify
salem Timcs-Register.
wilson's record - a man ana ~ On
who accomplished things was prob
ably the greatest factor ccntributinI
TO the victory.
In the beginning Of the campaign
was with much reluctance that hse cam
| paien manseers permitsed him 20 9
out on speaking tours. they being wsss
ing 70 adopt q 1et-wc1l-encueh-si on
policy. Yet his speeches made veses
being clear cut. candid and aoso1uses
free from anything that would h"s
his chanceA
1 The cessssx saossss nneA - q
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-14

! fnAts. teesthsr With her Industrial
! youth and her inadequate labor supply.
have caused the industrial development
| OF tho South to assume basic Quanti-
| tative, rather than . diversified. quail
tstive form. The South can now un-
dersell all competitors in the rnanufac-
ture OF pig iron. print cloths and SINH
lar articles. Under the influence Of
liberal tariff system. when their own
wage carriers have become more thor
ou9hly trained and skilled. recruits
have been secured from outside their
borders. the Southern States will sur
pass in the production Of finished COM
modities the record which they have
already established in the manufac-
ture Of those OF low grade.
There are opportunities for labor in
the South which, when they become
generally known, will bring skilled
workers in abundance. The native
white labor forces Of the southern
States are also each year becoming
more efficient With an adequate and
skilled labor supply the South. with
her wealth of easily exploited natural
resources. will more extensively d.
versify her manufactures and will have
no cause to apprehend the competition
of any other manufacturing or mining
area provided the southern States are
permitted TO erect their mills and fac
tories and equip them with machinery
on a basis of equality with other locali- |
ties. The Republican tariff policy has
increased the costs of production in |
the southern states and placed their
industrial establishments al disad- |
vantage in the world markets by hlsh
rates OF duty upon machinery. mill
supplies and raw materials. \ reduc-
ton in the existing customs duties
will broaden the markets for Southern
products and enable Southern manu-
features not only to obtain their share
Of domestic trade, but to assume a
stronger hold upon foreign markets.
especially those which are to be made
more accessible by the opening OF the
Panama Canal. The South. in brief.
has everything to gain and nothing to
lose by a liberal tariff reformation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-14
Voice of the People

To the Editor Of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,-will you kindly allow me a
brief space in your columns to say a
word IN extenuasion Of the crime for
which Floyd and Claude Allen. father
and son, are sentenced to be executed?
II seems to this scribe that justice
has strangely miscarriei from the in
ception Of the case. In all the records
Of criminal Jurisprudence II stands
without a parallel, save in the court
of Chief Justice Jeffries.
To be brief. when Floyd Allen ac-
cidentaIly met the oficer In the road
with his two young nephews. who had
been arrested for some minor offense.
taking them to jail with handouts on.
the Unborn spirit OF freedom IN the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-14
the friend and champion Of all the
peopie.-Suffolk Herald.
OPERA.

wh-o-o-o-p-s-e, Heavens what a
load Of steam we blew OF In this coun
try last Tuesday. And on Wednesday
some OF us whooped while the others
dropped: some Of us took bromo settler
and others "swore on; about a mil
lion suddenly began to look about for
new jobs and equally as many began
to "fgger' on what they ough to have
for Saving the country" and at noon
the whole country sat up and took
little nourishment Thursday morn
Ing when the whistle blew everybody
was as busy cat on tin roof
Cumberland Progressive.
The Herald delights that once more
the day has come when a native Vtr
ginian has been called to the White
House TO preside over the dest!pies OF
the nation. To this end IL has fought
through the present campaign as We'll
as in the p-e-convention fights. II
blushed for Virginia that Its hands
were tied a. Baltimore by misrepresen-
tatives like the man. Thomas r. Ryan.
but believes the masses of the people
OF the State wanted 10 vote once more
for a naive SON Not since 1sis has
this great privilege been given U.s. Hats
OF then 10 Virginia's son. our mex,
President-may God bless hiE.-East-
ern Shore Herald
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-14
THE SOUTH AND TARIFF REVISION.

Grave doubts are expressed in many
quarters as to whether the Southern
States will maintain their traditionaily
favorable attitude towards tariff re-
vision. 1t is pointed out that the sonth
within the past twenty-five years has
changed from an exclusively asricui-
tural section TO one in which manuiac
turing and mining have been developed
on an extraordinary scale. AS a con-
sequence it is claimed that the South
ern States will expect and demand
measure of tariff protection to their
youthful mines. mills and factories.
The activity of the sugar, coal and
lumber interests in seeking tariff IA
vors in former years are recalled as IN
Hication OF what may he expected
when the Democratic Congress takes
NV ,he p,ra,--tssk Of tariff revision.
The demands o: certain Southern cot
ton mill owners for the maintenance
pf the Payne-AIdrich schedules last
winter are also considered TO be omin-
Gus.
I, cannot be denied that during the
past twenty years Of Republican tarin
legislation members of both the Senate
and House from some OF the Southern
States have assisted III the enactment
Of tariff legislation for tae benefit Of
Industries peculiar to their districts
Ne
tariff favors were being distr. hut~d,
they thcgEEt that their constituents
shouid have d share % the loot watch
would otherwise be turned into other
! hands Even Il history repea-s itself.
however. and these southern districts
. stiu demand the adoption Of TIE prot"c-
live principle IN connection with 81
gar. Goa. peanuts or other cornm'c;'
ties. -heir members will be IN hvT'~.
less minority. The same Is trge Of III.
! ANAL number 9: I:!u owners who arc
favorable 20 high -a-IT rates on c0JVor
fabrics
But Il is doub,tz! whether TIER
. viu be any Southern opposition ~ -
y,ous proportions to the Democrat
tariff program The revision Wi. pr"
eeed upon a working hypothesis taa
has been unknown for more than ct,
years. Instead Of the IaG!a;snsUes. ~
destruction Of the protective idea vii
De its Fundamental basis. \ policy %
commercial and Industrial NbcTatio'
: 10 to be the keynote. II slpp"rtiui
ss!s program IS . whole thc inter
eats liz the South which have h.thsTt
Asen protective 81 th.ir attl;Us. wi
and n.ore OF self-in;ere>t and pros
Nan would he contained Ia s2ccIa
sariY dlsp.a.z;'on 90 them
No other part Of the world ssrpa.ss
ere south Ga the richness and scces
esbutty % nstarsi resources Ls-g
veins % bitsrasnoss coal lie 50 n.s
Sse surface that they Can BE mins
o. small expense per Ssit 90 ostpu
a. no ether part Of TIE world. wit
che possible exception 81 the TAesa,
Range. In Minnesota. are iron orc
% cheapiy mind. ard nowhere ar
shey 50 near 20 the coal deposits. TT
Southern cotton fields are the CHI
Ousss ss NE worlds supply. Thea
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-14
On the Spur of the
Moment.
By Roy K. Moulton.

4 Ancestry.
When mother Joined the D. A. r we
blew In lots Of tin.
In chasin' Up our ancestors before she
could get in.
We had to find some forefather who'd
fit and bled and died.
or mostly so before she got a single
look inside.
At times 1t was embarrassin' to say the
very least,
To learn some things about the boys
who fought away down East.
Dad said that mother better quit and
let the matter drop:
But ma just fixed hard and most sar-
castle eye on pop.
And kept right on a stirrin' up tradi-
tions of the past.
Until us folks we wondered how on
earth the woman dast.
1t surely looked at one time that she
certainly would fail.
When she found out that nine of them
had served their time In jail.
She then dug up a great-great-great-
granduncle who looked good.
Until she found he quit the bunch. as
no good soldier should:
And father begged most ardently upon
his Bonded knee
For her to stop chaSin up her doggone
family tree.
He urged her to join something else
and try some safer bet,
And said he'd rather have her be
howlin sufiraget.
When she found Uncle Abner twas the
triumph of her life.
Until she learned that he eloped with
some lieutenants wife.
She kept right on until one day her JOY
was made complete:
That was the great red letter day when
she found Uncle Pete.
1t seemed that there was nothing
wrong with Uncle Pete at all.
she probed his private life
from early spring till fall
He was a soldier brave and true. ana
1t In many fights.
And helped to put them thirteen little |
Colonies to rights.
Then father bought new silk hat and
US folks on the whole,
Was all so proud you couldn't touch Us |
with a ten-foot pole.
With Uncle Pete upon our tree. a most
adjoining limb.
We've had a mighty strenuous time in
Twin No to him.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-14

VIA; is the use OF worrying aboI'
streets 80 handle the franc from th'
nov Mayo Brfdge7 when that bridg'
Is finished. al srane win b ~ ar
ship.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-14

4 North Carolina woman sent her
CONGRESSMAN some Of her fancy work
the other day with the request that he
sell It to the Presidents wife. Nothin
Iik. putting our hired men TO work
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-14

- ..,hsr y. voted for him or not
~ al ARE. that Mr.. Tan % . graceful
game loser.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-14

Taft says he kept Roosevelt from
being elected President Roosevelt
usisA; Rave returned the compliment
if ther. had been no woodrow Wilson
hardv.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-14

We are glad 20 note tina; Congress:
will Celebrate the Democratic victor,
by taking Up the purchase OF Monti'
cello. a. a memorial, 20 Jefferson.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-14

TIE Medical college elevens will
clash ;h!. afternoon. putting the ball
over the goal line will be in the ma
;uT. Q. . major operation