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The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17

ed and stinened and
| felt completely
worn out. Nervous
ness and headaches
kept me in an un-
strung condition and
frequent passages OF
the kidney secretions
added to my discom-
fort. l was soon re-
lieved. however. after
| began taking Doan's
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17
A kInd.Hearted Man.

"Mr. Wombat!"
Couple OF suffragettes out here
throwing stones at your window"
bawled the policeman.
How long have they been doing
that?"
"Oh. several hours"
Let 'em alone. 1t amuses the girls
and don't believe they'll hit the win
dow"
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17
inhuman Fellow.

Upon what grounds do you seek y
divorce?" asked the lawyer whom she
had Just retained. "Non-support,
cruelty or"
Both" she cried, tearfully. He
would not support my passionate
longing for diamond necklace. and
II that Isn't cruelty I'd like to knowl"
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17

Kidney Pills and when l had used
four boxes. felt like another woman
when Your Back Is Lame, Remem-
ber the Name-DoAN'S." 5Oc all stores.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17
Safer Plan.

81 let my house furnished. and
they've had measles there. or course.
we've had the place disinfected. SO 1
suppose it's quite safe. What do you
think"
IL fancy It would be all right. dear:
but think perhaps 1t would be safer
to lend II to friend first"--Punch.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17
Needed II.

The Star-I must have real food
in the banquet scene" tonight.
Hard-Pressed Manager-Why?
The Star-Because I'm hungry.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17
Simply Waiting.

"Dibbs is confirmed pessimist"
Are you sure OF that?"
Quite sure He says he expects to hear any
day the booming of the first gun in a South Pole
controversy"
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17
COULD HARDLY MOVE.
Kidney

Kidney Trouble Caused Terrible
Misery.
Mrs. ]. s. Downs. 219 N. Sixth St.
Chickasha. Okla, says: MY back
across my kidneys became SO lame
could hardly move. My limbs cramp-
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17
Can't we feature IT."
A Lady Humorlst.

Who says there are no women hui
morists?'
Il don't know? Why?"
my typewriter spells as funny as
John Billings in his palmiest days"
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17

The man who wears silk hat
shouldn't butt in.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17

was occupied by race OF men which in build of
body and form of brain of the modern type.
About mile north of Ipswich England. is sit
uated brick field which is famous to geologists
for the very ancient quaternary and tertiary de
posits which have been exposed by the excava-
tons of the London clay for brickmaking These
deposits which given in the descending order,
are:
Chaky boulder clay
Mddleglacial sand and gravel.
Decalcfed red crag
London clay,
Woolwich and Reading beds
Thanet sand.
For some six years past l. Reid Molr. of Ips-
wch, has been collecting flint implements from
the beds above the London clay, and. realizing
the Importance of finding human bones in any
of these deposits, had carefully instructed the
workmen to communicate Immediately with him
should such relics turn up.
few months he notified that one of
fed boulder clay to get at the underlying glacial
on going down to the pit discovered that this
indeed was the AS two bones could be seen
projecting from the vertical face of the section at
a depth of about feet from the surface, Mr. Moir
accompanied by three friends interested in
archaeology and geology went down the fol-
lowing afternoon to the pit and superintended the
digging out of the remainder of the skeleton.
AS most careful examination of the hard clay
above the remains showed that digging had
ever taken place this spot before 1t recog-
nized that the find important one, and
every care was taken in removing the everything
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17
New York Journallsts.

Garfield Tea is unequalled either as an
occasional or daily laxative.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17

Garfield Tea keeps the liver In condition,
insuring clear head and good general health.
Drink before retiring.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17

Makes the laundrcss happy-that's Red
Cross Bag Blue. Makes beautiful. clear
white clothes. All good erocers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17

Here's a man who claims to under
stand birds?"
"Well?'
Cant we feature IT."
we might" replied the editor of
the New York paper. III It were played
up properly. Send him out to get an
interview with the first robin, and let's
see what he makes of It,"
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-05-17
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-06

for the innocent, Is that person who for one
reason or the other makes to himself friends
OF the Mammon of unrghteousness, only to
be tray their secrets to the law. In such eases,
the average red-blooded individual is inclined
to excuse the crime in denunciation Of the
treachery In the more intimate relations of
human beings. We lose sight Of the even more
Intimate and important relation OF the law to
all OF u.s.
In the trial of the local distillery which Is
charged with having Systematically. and as
distilleries go, customarly defrauded the Gov
ment out of a large part Of the taxes properly
due 1t by the debauchment Of one Of the Gov
ernments agents, the testimony In chief rests
upon the statement of discharged clerk. who
declares that he did the bribing at the instance
of the owners Assaed in character and as to
the truthfulness of his statements this p.tfable
stoolpigeou made this retort:
Well. / reckon it never gets too late
TO do good
The stoop.pigeon deserves more consideration
than We give him. Truly enough, we would
not care fer him as an associate. His way is
not our way. His ideals, not our Ideals. Yet
a common Justice demands that we give him
credit for certain rare vintage Of courage.
He knows. also. the penalty of treachery to
whatever cause. He knows that In his own
admissions lies his own indictment. He knows
In advance the scorn, the coutumey, to which
ho will be subject Out of his own mouth, he
puts irrevocahly In jeopardy his own character.
Life ID SO mixed that the brayest Of all persons
liz he who has the assurance to condemn his
fellows We may condemn action, as we
have no hestancy in condemning the apparent
coalition between crime and the revenue SER
vice. But who shall say that the stool pigeon"
in this case did not speak the truth when he
declared that 1T never gets too late to do good
Who shall say that there Ia not sort of dying
herosm, a kind Of moral intrepidity. that lies
behind this stern confession? What do we,
the average, who break laws every day, without
commission perhaps OF any Of the grosser
crimes, know OF the travail of man like this,
self.branded, who at once denies himself not
only the trust of the honest, but of the dis.
honest
The "stool-pigeon" IL either sewer rat OF
hero: we run a risk when undertake to
call him definitely the thing, or the other.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-06
RETROSPECTIVE DTEIS.

There can be no doubt that the duel has
passed into history We have known this for a
Icing time, but the incident of the New Orleans
editors confirms the knowledge without a doubt
The editors in question met some time ago in q
street fight. and as a result there was a chal-
ienge to a duel TIE challenged editor pro-
eriy declined, and Frenchman that he is, brought
suit for damages. His suit has just been de
cided against the estate of his fiery opponent,
who In the meantime has died.
No who has given a part Of his youth
70 the reading Of romance can fail TO have a
code and the duel. At the same time. In a
worka-day world, We must realize that the
satisfaction they gave is not worth 1.-THE Of
the time they would take. To fght a duel
one must be millionaire; and II one Ia a
millionaire. life is surely too sweet to fight a
drei
We once knew a man who met his enemy and
challenged him to sort OF marathon OF lon.
RevttY aHe Acla Assss 1T Heald take pleasure In
waiting for him to die, and he outiived him
fortunately as the case may be- that is the
WY with the hot passions out of which the duel
was accustomed to flower. To age not the least
dear OF all memories are the fierce enmities
that lent fame to adolescence. Why fight a
1nel. and kill or be killed. when what is today
ccnnagration will tomorrow be the sunset
6low Of resurrection?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-06
CHURCH HILL NEWS
Ns items intended column b III :" p~so" q ~
HUI Eonko orr honed 10 Modison 1855

years work in the cause OF missions
on Tuesday afternoon. April .. At :
o'clock. the Reading Circle will meet
in the home Of Mrs. Linda CosbyA
271g East Marshall street. The read
ers for the afternoon are Mrs. w. W.
Smith and Mrs. II. A. Hawkins.
The Dorset King Builders met last
Monday at the home OF Misa Bates.
1912 East Franklin street. Much bus
mess was transacted. the discussscn
being led by Misses Ruth Bates and
Nellie Gordon. A progressive socaal
will be held Tuesday aftArnoon. April
.. at o'clock. In the home Of Mtm
Bates, to winch all visitors, a. we'll A.
members, Will be welcomed
Mir. and Mrs. George w. Walford.
of Chimborazo Park. left Friday for
a two weeks stay at Atlantic City.
The trip il taken In the hopes Of
bcnefting Mr.. Watford's health,
which has not been good since an
attack OF grip In the winter.
Mrs Proctor. Of Hrookneal, Va, 10
spending some time with MRS. w. w.
Grasswttt, c703 East Grace street
Miss Virgie Harris. OF Chimborazo
Boulevard. Is leaving today for Wash
ington. where she will be the guest
Of friends for two weeks. She will
lie accompanied by her brother. MIR.
Aubrey Harris, who Will spend Easter
at the national capital.
Miss Alt.iea EEgieston. OF East
Marshall street, WIN spend the .hoH-
days in Charlottesville. the guest OF
friends
Miss Ethel Lee Wells Of Peters,
burg. will spend Easter with friends
ana relatives on the hall.
Miss Lizzie Reed, of Blackstone.
Va, Is the guest OF her sister. Mrs.
8. j. Battin. at st. James parsonage.
Miss Phyllis Eggleston. OF Last
Marshall street, II spending the holt.
days with relatives In TunsfalI, Va.
Miss Louise Spain II quite slck in
her home on Chimborazo Boulevard.
Miss Elizabeth Kennedy Is homo
from Hanover, where she has charge
Of q school for the holidays.
Miss Louise Goode and Frayser
Evans are members OF an Easter
house party given by Mise Ella Smith
In her nome. "Goldensville." Hanover
county.
Mrs Battin. mother OF Rev. g. J.
Battin. Il the guest OF her daughter
in Norfolk.
Mr.. wyiie BIankenship. OF Twenty.
seventh and Clay streets. IL slowly re.
covering from long sicknAss.
y Master SClin .Eggles4on IL spendanr
Easter In Dumbarton with friends
Mira G. w. Bounds. Of Weldon. ".
c., was the recent guest Of her aunt,
Mira L. A. Guy. OF 1901 East Broad
street.
Mr.. Jessie Lee. OF EmporiA. viii
be the guest Of his cousin. Mrs John
Hunt. OF East Broad street. Tor the
coming week.
Miss Emily Burton. who y teacAing
IN Quinton. Va, arrived In tina city
Friday to spend the holidays With
her mother on East franklin street.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-06
SETTLE STREET CAR wRANGIE

In the quarrel of the Richmond and Henrico
Company and the Virginia Railway and Power
Company have nothing to do. They have
been quarreling for months Naturally every
move OF the company. every concession 1t
asks OF the city authorities. finds protest at
akie hands OF the old company, Let a
people consider that as business. and have done
with it. Partisanship in such contest is worse
than useless 1t Is suspicious.
Under many restrictions the new company
has been enabled TO partly construct Its own
and partly utilize existing lines OF street rail
way. The arrangement which has been con
cluded works to the advantage of the public.
however, 1t may operate as between the two
contestants. What the new company Is now
asking Is that II be permitted TO enlarge its
neld Of operations, In order that 1t may go
comparatively into the lighting and power bust.
ness. This the existing corporation is fighting,
with all the argument 1t can bring to aid its
interest
II 1t were possible to have in city board
with the power of fixing rates for the product
Of public service corporations, should not
another corporation to competition for the ser
vice OF people already well and economically
served would be an economic folly. But the
city has no such commission in the first place
and no authority beyond charter limitations to
enforce its orders, If it had The question,
therefore, comes down to the mere matter of
the benefit possible to the people of Richmond.
- A. halt To- hattc
lighting service, or In equal service at a lower
price, then the duty is to grant the franchise.
I. the obvious objections TO a tearing up OF
the streets. to the Inconvenience CT the install
Iation of plant, outweigh the probable
benefit, then let tbs franchise be refused. The
matter is one that properly falls under ques-
ton Of city economies, with favorites played.
The suggestion of partisanship between corpora.
tions In the determination OF such a matter l.
discreditable to the men who supposed to
represent the impartial city.
Whatever is done II should be done quickly.
gone on. and gone on 1t threatens. for going
on, to rival the classic brook. One duty stands
out clearly That !s that the city to pro-
vide a ring for these corporate controversies:
that it clear the deck The only way in which
this can be done is to decide, once and for all,
a controversy that too long has been raging.
The people want decision between the railway
and power companies. After the decision is
made the people will know where they stand,
and how to act The issue should find a certain
settlement anyway before the primaries,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-06
Bachelors MisHts.

The womans Homestead Association. OF
which Mrs Charlotte Smith, the author OF the
bill to tax bacneiuis, pIesiuent ana whose
membership Is comprised largely OF spinsters.
has declared war bachelors who aspire to
public Office.
In statement issued today by the commits
toe on legislation of the association, bachelors
are characterized insists of society. and
the announcement Is made that the following
resolution has been adopted by the organiza-
ton:
BE 1t resolved, That the Woman's Home
stead Association purposes to keep tag on all
bachelor candidates for public Office at the
hands of the people until retire them to
private life. where they properly belong, be-
cause they are the insists of society"
The members of the association whose names
appear the resolution Charlotte Smith.
Harriette Farrar, Susan E. Stevens Anna Amcs
and Eleanor Brown
In another statement signed by herself alone.
Mrs. Smith declares that confirmed bachelors
are arrogant, egotistic and make money their
God They dodge. sdurm and evade their
duties to society and seek to hold public Of
fees which they are incompetent to fill. she
asserts,-Boston dispatch to New York Tribune.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-06
Hat on to Doorkccper.

OF the four new Senators from Arizon and
New Mexico who have presented themselves
at the Capitol today. though they will not take
the oath until tomorrow. made deep
impression. That one is Henry F. Ashurst Of
Arizona. 1t was his manners that did It
Though Mr.. Ashurst is Democrat from the
Far West he was welcomed by the Old Guard
as new Chesterfield.
On the arm Of member of the House Mr..
Ashurst began his progress toward the Senate
chamber shortly before converting. He was
attired faultlessly In becoming frock coat
and striped trousers.
As no announcement of approaching states
men had gone ahead there was only single
doorkeeper to receive them. but the states
men made the most OF him. Five feet this
side Of the door they stopped, doffed their
hats to the doorkeeper and bowed profoundly.
They advanced and introduced themselves with
warm handciasps that until today had been
considered distinctly Southern. After that
they entered the chamber.
member Of the Senate. and no took Mr.. Ashurst
in tow. presenting him to everybody he could
find Then the Senators the fine shadngs
IN Mr. Ashursts manner. To the older mem
bers he bowed till his frock coat at right
angles to his trousers--to the venerable Cullom
he bowed even lower than that. But to the
young Senators his greeting was more virile-
bowling. just giants grasp and long
look in the eyes. fashion. His softest
manner he reserved for Mr.. MARITIME alone
Washington dispatch to Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-06
CURRENT COMMENT


One Of the stories they tell Of the late Sena-
tor Bob" Taylor Is that ne won his bride ta
cousin OF North Carolina's famous Governor
"Zeb" Vance) by winning his campaign for
Congress as a Democratic candidate IN dts
trict where the normal Republican plurality
was 5000. He had been admitted to the bar
only a fortnight before the nomination. That
was the first OF his "1ddling" campaigns: there
were others to follow. Once he ran for the
governorship against his own (Republican)
brother and their joint canvass Is one Of Ten
nessees hilarious memories. Once, hndins
himself on return to private life about
$40, 900 In debt he lectured. sung and hddled
himself out He had good tenor voice. was
born story-teer, would probably have done
well on the stage.
have been born In Happy Hollow Poor Car
mack, his predecessor in the Senate. looked
at the world with unmrthful eyes and was
shot dead on a Nashville street 49, Hartford
Courant
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-06

Park. He will preach the initial
sermon Of his pastorate sunday morn.
Ing. Special music will be rendered
and tho church beautifully decorated.
Very beautiful win be the Easter
program at Union Station Sunday
school Sunday, when cantata en-
titled The Conqueror" will be rem
dered by the children Of the school.
There will also be special music un-
der tho direction Of Messrs. Snedker
and Smithie. and tho decorations will
be in keeping With the glad Easter
season, The children have been train
ed by Mrs. While Binns for the cas,-
tata. and the exercises are expected
to prove very enjoyable. Friends Of
the school are specially invited.
The marriage OF Mis- Ruby Pearl
Hart. daughter Of Mr.. w. D. Hart Of
72s North Twenty-eighth street, 10
Mr.. w. r. farewell. has been quietly
performed in the pafior OF the Ter
minal Hotel. Weldon. n. G.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society Of 81. James church held jts
regular meeting this weak. with Z
large attendance. Three new MEM
hers were received. They have started
out with renewed seal for : splendid
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-06
PEOPLES FORUM
More on Car Rowdyism.


Editor of The virgnian:
Sir--A member of my family was on the
car which left Chester March %, and re-
ceved some attention from the ball players
OF which your paper has made mention.
would like to say this about the letter OF
Chester" in the paper today:
Discourteous treatment Of women by men Is
much matter Of tone. manner and ges-
ture that It Is sometimes diffcult to describe
but IL never misunderstood by the well-bred
woman against whom 1t may be directed And
when these women say the .hoys. were rude and
insulting and meant to be BOTH every man
who knows them know the boys were exactly
that And their gentlemanly conduct elsewhere
where and the presence OF teacher and coach,
and the character OF the conductor have moth
inx to do with It
The remarkable letter Of Chester doubt
less makes the boy think their critics were
prudes and that they were smart; and the next
time that club goes abroad self-respectins
women should keep on the electric cars.
Respectfully.
So ~ s.ss;s. ..a- ts2s THOMAS G.. DTGGg. 50
Richmond. Va, April s.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-06
Tho Hat in the Ring.

The latest popular song. heard nightly In a
Broadway cafe at cabaret show. runs thus:
There was an old fellow who had an old hat
There isn't anything strange about that;
But stranger than fiction the truth is, you see
And In his old bonnet he once had a bee.
The bee got to buzzing around in the lid;
1t buzzed and buzzed. and here's what 1t did:
He took his fedora and gave 1t fling.
And everybody heard somebody sing:
My hats In the ring, Ny hats in the ring!
It's bound around with an old cotton string
I'm filled with delight: I'm ready to fight.
Hooray! For my hats In the ring!
New York World.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-06
AN ORATOR WITHOUT PRICE.

Charles 3. Aycock once Governor of North
Carolina and aspirant for the Senatorship
to succeed Senator Simmons. died appropriately
In the act of making an educational address,
Aycock's fame was limited only by his mod
esty. Had he taken TO the platform, he could
easily have distanced the heroes of the Char
tauquas The most finished orator, possibly
in the South which means the Nation ii would
have been an easy matter for him TO turn WORKS
into coin. The lecture platform lost when he
resisted the temptation to take 1t as pro-
ssion. Aycock gained in selfrespect: he gained
more In reputation.
Here was a man who had all the require
rents which the American public is satisfied
to receive as the credentials of statecraft. A
native wit left him little to know about politics
and the game and rules under which it is played,
But with all of this, and the ability to draw
IL words the living pictures which give eyes to
the imagination. he elected seriously to 60 into
public life only as service. His Goyernorshp
cost him thousands of dollars in money. He
refrained six years ago from a Senatorial con-
test, in order that by labor he might pay his
debts. In the meanwhile, he worked. and
worked hard, giving of the gift of golden speech
where others sold 1t by the yard; using as
trustee talent out OF which he scorned to
drain the dollars donating to the public good
a platform genius that he might have used
for selfenrchment., s So. q .ss.,s.s....>A ~.
We need not dwell on the contrasts They
suggest themselves 1t is significant OF the
final accuracy of popular judgment that Aycock
remained in favor. without price. where others
who demanded 1T have gone into obscurity,
1t would have revoted him to think that any
message he was capable OF delivering should
have a price tag. AS a result, he died deliver
ing his message of love, where numerous others
had been driven away from the deliverance of
messages with a bill OF lading attached.
We said that 1t was appropriate that Aycock
should have died while speaking on education
He was known as the Educational Governor"
He won that title by Drawing every political
Ill: by fathering what those who did not wish to
learn called fad; by antagonizing. in many
Instances. his best friends; by so many told
him, sacrificing his future The point with
this man was that, so far as public life was
concerned, 1t was not his future, but that OF
the public, which was involved. OF course. he
had a liberal estimate of his own value as any
man who does good work must have. But he
was enough OF a Democrat to put the matter
OF his own opinions to the test. and abide the
result. Sometimes a goose Is the better for
stuffing. and Aycock certainly stuffed North
Carolina with education. He believed passion
ately In the possibilities latent In the average
run, and the duty Of the State to give those
latent possibilities opportunity Of growth. In
carrying this gospel to distant State he fell
in the harness He might, or might not, have
been Senator from North Carolina. He would