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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-08

SHme letters brown and faded were
in my desk toolay.
some letters that I've guarded. lest
Time purloin away.
For once these gave me pleasure TO
con thcir pages DER.
And SIM in dream and silence I'm
reading them once more.
OF style antiques the paper. the Ink.
Of purplish hue,
But Vel the thoughts they're holding
are fresh as mornings dew
The name thereto appended Is swee;ly
Sounding quite.
\ name that hears repeating-it is
l.stellc Mcknight.
! know not Of the writer If in the
flesh or out.
For since had these letters It's thirty
Years about
But from that land Canadian. from
distant Stromness town.
These letters brown and faded. sim
hand her name adown.
Twas never mine to study that face
! dream was fair
But OFT upon her pages I saw visage
The head WAS crowned with aureole.
the face was handsome quite
But lost save in sweet memory is now
tstellc Mcknight
FRANK MONROE BEVERLY
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-08
WILSON'S CHANCES IN NEW
ENGLAND

What chance has Woodrow Wilson TO
win electoral votes In New England?
Tho Democrats of that section declare
that he WI como In for good share
OF support. and some are bold enough
TO say that lie VIII sweep Massachu-
sets. but answer to the question must
be made with care now. because the
Presidential campaign has not yet
shaped itself. nor can anyone foresco
what effect the third party movement
VIII have.
7 1t has been exactly twenty years since
Grover Cleveland carried Connecticut
Tor the las- time after having carried
it tv-'ce before. but since 1892 no Dem
ocratio Presidential candidate has
broken through the Republican align
ment Of New England. 1t can be
broken, however. Maine Connecticut
ana Massachusetts now have Demo
cratic governors and that proves that
those three States are good lighting
ground. Maine went for Plaistead,
Democrat. by S.57S votes two years
ago. Connecticut elected Baldwin.
Democrat by a.s9o and Massachusetts
has twice in succession elected Cover
nor Foss, his plurality in 1911 being
S.lo2. Certainly these three states are
debatable.
There Is another side to the qucs-
ton, however as the Boston Globe
points out, for II reference is had to
the Presidential election Of 1908. it Will
be seen that TAFT carried all six States
by total plurality Of 25345c Hts
smallest plurality was 1926 in Rhode
Island. Ills next smallest was in New
hampshire, which he carried BY 49,
iei He swept Maine by sl.5s4. Yer
mont by 2S,o5e. Connecticut by 1900
and Massachusetts by llo,42e. These
margins seem safe ana unrevcrsible,
but It must be recalled that they were
given when Roosevelt was behind Taft.
since that time. Taft has = record
which will hurt as much as it viii help
him in New England. and his party is
rent into two factions.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-08
Voice Of the People


wilson aud the Old North strte
20 the Editor OF The Times-Dispatc
Silt was at the bottom of the col
umn. sure enough. but 1t was there
nevertheless. What? Why. this pearl
or wisdom from the editorial pen:
NeNt thing YOU know. Wilson. y. c..
born there"
Judging from the way the Virginia
delegation supported him for the
preSidential nomination he probably
wishes he was born in North Carolina.
II every newspaper had been as warm
an advocate for Wilson'S success at
Baltimore as the News and Observer
or the Tarheel State. ono ballot would
nave been taken simply as a matter
The man behind the gun" Josephus
llanlG!s; has warm SPOT IN his heart
Tor wilson county and its capital OF
ne same name He. therefore. easily
ic4 INTO tho habit OF thinking and
Mttering the magic words. "Woodrow
Nison NJ any and all times If FOR
no otner reason. North Carolina can
ei.,lil s'ennton's son on account OF tho
support or JoseDhus Daniels
ny the way Tho Times Disnatch re-
cently referred 20 Henry lawson wv
itt, the nfst confederate soldier killed
IN nat,e I; rightly SAYS that this
martyr 10 the southern cause was hor,
IN richmond. but Ii failed to brine
Iortn the fact that he moved TO No-,b
r,rtroilna and enlisted from that state
n' Query Column editor was the Of
,enelng member of your STAFF Henry
"a wson WYATT lived in Tarhoro nj The
reak Of hostlities and becam me n
t,Ia.' ot tho EdGecombc Guards
~ lHpn county was partly formed from
hdeeconbe. This section is called b,.
many ~ the natives the pnrden sno,
~ earth and woodrow Wilson Mi,
~ ven 70 retire here on leaving the
prcsldcntial chair He viii no u.5,,,,,
welcomed and adonted I'M!
pioh CASTOR LICHTENsTErN.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-08

To the Editor OF The Times IJfspatch.
sir.-As q supporter OF Wilson it has
given me ggent deal Of pleasure to
know that the machine" ia Virginia
was too late In getting into the band
wagon 1t IS amusing to sec how they
wrigelcd and tried to explain WHY The.
did not get In sooner. Martin and
Flood and that iik lid all they could
to defeat him and lie knows 1t. and
Bryan Gor whom | never voteG) held
the machine up by tho tail aud did a
service to tho Democratic party when
nc stated to tho convention that no
nominee OF the party could afford to
accept his nomination BY the vote OF
the Ryan and Belmont gang That was
the keynote OF the convention. and Ii
took courage. and / commend him for
it. All this talk about Flood defending
the honor OF Virginia is the Veriest
hosh. Flood had Ryan made a delegate
without tho Knowledge of half the
voters. ana may heaven save this state
when 1T has to he defended by Flood.
He is n pygmy as compared with Brvan.
In fact Wilson towers SO far above
peanut politics thar the whole Trims. is
ridiculous BYRD, OF all the leaders of
political thought in Virginia had the
intuition TO comprehend what is repre-
scented in Wilson. The rest of them
simply could not understand il. be.
cause politics means with them loavc5
and fishes.
After an acquaintance with wilson
OF thirty-nve yenrs. and with my
knowledge of the history Of this coun-
try. ] state most emphatically that If
Wilson is elected President he VIII be
ranked along with Washington. Jeffer-
son. Monroe and Cleveland.
Richmond
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-08

,he Editor Of The Times-D snatch
IT. arden me for what NAV be
N,rtss upon your overoccupied linz
~ loi "hat may seem to assam
,it Non ana our fellow ConsressInen
,I.@s -"t be aware Of the facts | men
s'on ooi9 w-for DO assume that vou
;nt, ~rL informed and are devotcdIy
but 1t occurs to me that n few state
ments from ne might assist l,oi, ~,
g,nefS in uncovering some Renublican
races and lay bare some shams
,Htt tnat rlrty. or it's leaders. have
"esn penetrating wear after wear
nave pad nearly twenty years OK
lltllehce ln civil service work. and
snow whereof I speak as to how
sH'HS5 have econ done. and have
neeH assured fr very Responsible par
rs 20" go the service. that the same
Is helng peTrctrated this year 10 swell
iNcpupilcan eampaign funds.
Mhat personally know to be n fact
Is inat niior io every presidential cleo
Hon' 'in'fiollF. each and every per
son connected Win the pos:-onice SER
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-08
4 DAMAGE SUN nAn1.1No

More TO be piticd than praised Is
LII Artha," sometimes otherwise
known as Jack johnson. the prize
fighter who has knocked another
white mans hope" into a cooked hat
Fearful calamity visited him before
victory did and sorrow and suffering
are his for tho rest Of his life Alacka-
day. the luclless wight.
Ever since Aprn 81. johnson has
been hopeless cripple. There is no
doubt about that because he has
sworn to it in bill Of complaint in
suit Tor $4,000 damages which his
counsel have brought in his name
against Oscar Orringer. a PITTSBURGH
produce dealer The bu with much
solcmnity and impressiveness appeals
to the Goddess Of Justice in her hirh
seat 10 stretch forth her mighty shield
OF protection over this helpless. frac-
tuTed victim OF mans mad rush FOR
sreed. For on the day herolnbefore
mentioned. g motor truck. driven. pro
PEELED. pushed. pulled ana generally
made 10 progress by electricity owned
by the aforesaid defendant oaroless,v
reeAlessly ruthlessly. thoughuesslv
unfeliinsly. and nesligently directed by
az cmpoyee. agent ana servant OF the
aforesaid defendant did run into.
smash. demolish. wreck and renerallv
knock al 10 pieces an automobilo
owned rum cnerr+sd s.a ,.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-08
Richmond.
The .Dcnth-Ilneil" OF the NI,cb,,c.

To the Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Sr-Please allow me to conRrntu-
late you on your splendid editorial in
your issue OF yesterday. In which you
indorse the nomination of Governor
Wilson for President by the Baltimore
convention ana commend Hon. VIII
liam Jennings BRYAN for the great
fight ne made and his noble work.
which was the great motive power
that brought about this all-important
result. This great champion Of the
people was insulted. maliGned, snecred
at, barked at by yelplng gang OF
political ours. hacked AS they were by
the money kings of Wall street. po-
litical machines nnd corruptlonists or
every str!ne. but he never faitered.
Like "A stone wall. he stood towering
giant and hurled defiance at them and
exposed their corrupt plans and
schemes to defeat tho will OF the 0co-
Pile and never left his guns day nor
night until the greatest. victory OF
the Last twenty years was won for
the people by the greatest. man in
liam Jennings Bryan could have aa-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-08
rur snrEp N woLr's CLOTHING


And there were voices ana thun-
ders and nghtnings. and there was a
great earthquake, such as was not
since men were upon the earth. so
miehty an earthquake. and so great.
And the great city was divided into
three parts"
II that was what Roosevelt pictured
as the result Of his labors rs at Chi
cago he shouted. I'VE stand nj Arma-
Eeddon ana we battle for the Lord"
he has realized ere this that though
DE may divide the political alignment
OF the country into three parties. no
matter how great the noise he and has
disciples may make. they cannot shake
the old parties from their formations
Believer in his own near-omn+notence
as he IS. he knows that his third party
cannot prevail. and chat it must so the
Inflated way OF all third parties that
have appeared upon the threshold OF
american political history.
Tie cali for third party convention
in August issued yesterday. IS weak
and impotenl 1t strikes no note OF
confidence in triumph and its measure
is not militant It is 10 more than q
''"co'a summons 20 como sec Coiohel
SulNo'e i''ouA' nus No@'nan'e ana s0
''-t'Ns "s@'Hst nope
The nomination OF Woodrow Wilson
mas forced the Republican progressives
'n'o strange situation. they must
support wilson or they must pFaeu-
oally ally themselves wi'h reaction as
represented by the regular Repuoh-
cans headed by TAFT Wilson'S nomi-
nation closed the door Of hope for the
election OF Roosevelt Wilson'S nomi-
n"'io" hoias out 'Ae promise Of pro-
sFess'Ne commencement while the Roose-
Ne.t more Is ioFiofn ana impossible
II Inc vast silent ana sinister inter-
es's whieh ie"r 'Ae elaet'on OF Wilson
car. prevail upon i''oseYel'' Roosevelt
VII run FROM nose Ozark sources ne
WI receive every eneonFasemenr
Ns'' oAiS nope Is lai'' ana 'heir only
nope Oh success Is through splitting
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-08


My idea OF a natural born crook Is
a Teller who will cheat himself playin'
solitaire.
Hank Purdy had his boots half
soled with n bee:steok that his dauEh-
tor cooked for him last week She
has been taking . correspondence
school course In culinary art
Hold Renfre told his SON. Willie. that
he wanted him to grow up to DO as
good man rs his father IS Willie
will probably be able 70 do this with
out much effort.
Almost any feller can think UP sew
entcen good excuses Why he hasn't got
the time 10 beat a carpet
The distance OF years lends consid-
erablc enchantment to the old-fash-
toned coolSin. after all
I never yet see Il poet who had re-
tired TO live on what he had earned.
The dog Is mans hest friend when
the man IS starvin' and somebody
hands him frankfurter sandwich.
There seems to DO almos. evcrv-
thing on an oatmoblo cxceptiir =
whipsocket
never see n woman who didn't like
dandelion salad or man who did
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-08
yyhnt mas ncco,nc OF 1,hcmf

Tho old fashioned MAJ who used to
go home to lunch
Those neclties with hnnd-pHirted
flowers on them
Tho party who used TO tal5s pcpoer-
mint drops to church.
The statesman who used to chew
pride of tho Gravel Train =
The old fashioned person who
thought dancing was sin.
Those hand-carved rneerschaum cigar
holders.
The presidential candidats who
thought 1T undignifed to make stump
speeches
THO torctHght PROFESSIONS and tho
oil u tn uniforms
The or troidered mo--rs nat unoc
Is hang In tho parlor.
Ths party who coldlt sleep en-
anything but reatl.r bod
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-08
On the Spur Of the Moment
By Roy (. Moulton
Hope Deferred.

Hope Deferred.
I hope to buy touring car this year.
Awhizzing through the country 1
would go
That was the hope that I had hold
most dear.
And had scrimped and saved up all
tho dough.
Alas. my plans wcre changed quito
suddenly
My hopes of motoring have fallen
Hat.
Ny wife is going to use that coin. you
Sec
To buy herself n stylish Paris hat
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-08

er 20 be divided among tho children Of
the dead brother Probably very large
You should send II. Il YOU desire 10 get
valuation. 10 some rcsabie firm OF c&-
perts Name ana address will be fur
H!shed II YOU VIII send stamp. The
Mexican dollar is OF very small value
N nne condition you could probably
sell at about SieO TIC coins Vol.
mention have no premium value
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-08
&
ANSWERS
canvnssing in nichmond.

Please let me know the license fee
for housc-toh house canvasser in
Richmond II. Il. X
rhcre is no license for canvassing.
If one delivers goods and collects, the
matter is very different. AS you so
from city TO city. you might do wei
to write in advance to the commits
sioncr of the revenue. who would in
form You OF conditions in his town
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-08

If bachelor die without Will. leav-
Ing property ana one brother and one
sister aad several nephcws and nieces.
children OF q brother. how viii the
estate be divided What is the vnine
OF 4 Holbein painting? is a Mexican
dollar OF 1879 of amy value? What is
the value OF the coins represented In
inclosed drawings? MRS k
Into three equal parts-one for tho
brother, one for tho sister and tho 9TH
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-08

are you not IN error when you state
that the cry Does your mother
know you're out?" was ever used in
y chmond2 / have lived here .or MY
six years as school boy and college
BOY ana business man. and never
heard IT, Lately / have read the Query
Column with great pleasure and this
ana one other occasion arc the only
Instances have noted OF error In IT,
MAIN STREET.
We, refer our friend to letter re-
ceived IN the same NAL with his and
published below; hope the "one
other occasion" - OF the same sort as
this and shall he glad 20 learn what
ID was The Query Column may be
made the means OF great entertain
ment T weil-informed people Will con-
tribute 10 correct mistakes and to am
Pity Information IN It. As 10 the use
Of tho cry here. we could name quite
Z number Of persons now living In
Richmond who remember It. and we
recall that by the hunianer lads II was
much tasted in ,-a.in dress. "Sc!t no
mater te foras eXisse?' bestowed upon
u. probab bly, for some OF his pupils hv
thnt gallant gentlema, Thomas II
Norwood. anectlonately referred TO bv
so many Richmond boys under the
sobrlGuet. "Oid Tom"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-08

Miss Mart Spry. Physical instructor
% iU heh school. ovcrtaxed hcrs elf
Yesterday whio helpln her mother.
somehow ih fellow that turns over a
new leaf never wants L pay any ole
b.llA
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-08
photographic stone.

Would stone well fitted for litho.
grapher's use be OF much value? be-
lieve l have 1t on my farm.
y. s. HUBBARD
You should have IT tested. The l,no
of work known as photo engraving has
TO some oytont taken the place of lith-
ographs. but the hi~ner grade of the
Autograph work and the incessant
growth Of all this sort of thing mako
demand for tho stone you mention
greater and greater the years 60 by.
Bavaria furnishes now the worlds
supply Of this stone and the quarries.
IN the Pappenhcin: district. must be
reckoned among the most lucrative
works In the world. In some places
stones have been found having como
OF the qualities OF the Pappenhim for
nation, but. generally. they have oc-
CURED In small quantity. difficult to
get out" they are surrounded by
harder rock. and most important oe
all. they have not the proper STRATA
cation-the grain does not run right
and they are liable to break under
tho press.
The Fourth.
Please state whether the Fourth of
July is a national holiday
A. p. GTLBEN
Draw poker.
Which is the better hand In draw
poker, four aces or straight flush?
L.
Straight flush
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-08

some tlm@ 90 ! understood that an
index TO Stth's History OF Virginia
WIS being prepared. Can YOU tell me
whether II is finished. whether st is
desirable. and where may get copy
T. s. A.
1t Is. it IS a very nne piece OF work.
From Morgan Robinson. Esq, Mutual
Building. Richmond. Va. the compiler.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-08

\ ring about 1900 miles around
would. say. exactly IT over the earth
At the equator. what length must DO
OF rom The earth ave feet a, everv
point along tho $4,000 miles? n ii. {.
About fifteen feet
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-08

Congress VIII adjourn before Augns+
T. and the action wiz meet with no
popular opposition
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-08

'' ''ou"'e ABOUT most Conerossmen
"ao ify to make campaign car.tni hv
asserting taai ehcs aro stcRine al
iReir poatsSof dlty az Washlngton. io-
tead of handshnking ii, home. IS that
tAey spend most % thoh time a, home
doing that very th'ng,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-08

TeHsfi ia certliniy taking "a long
ie4D over Beverley this simmer to- pub
ID. atteution
Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-09

Hartford has offered a contract to Roy Rock. recently let go by Provi- dence. Rock would fill in nicely at short for Hartford. but Rock is think ing over the matter.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-09
FEAR THE BOSTON RED sox.
Cause for Alarm Among other Amer
 ican League Teams.

Just at present the Boston Red Sox make 1t appear as though they were going to do the New York Giant act in the American league. just as Nc Graw's athletes are doing in the senior organization. It's a cinch that if such a runaway race should happen in the American league as is going on in the National the financial standing of nc one club will swell to any great extent It would be a foregone conclusion who the winner would be before the contest starts, k and hence all the spice and drawing power of the game would be eliminated
 Take, for instance, the recent series of the New York Giants and the Bos- ton Nations. The latter Clouted the ball equally as hard as the leaders, but used exceedingly poor judgment on the bases, besides getting the worst of the breaks in the luck. To use the time honored and worn expression, Tt was like taking candy off baby" for the Giants. If certain teams in both leagues don't soon take a brace they will be forced to play to many empty benches in the near future Of course the fact that Boston has secured a lead in five or six games in the Amer ican league does not mean that they have the pennant cinched by any means, for, as a matter of fact, the season has not yet hit the halfway mark. But the National league race appears to be a real runaway.
 From present indications no other team in that league has a possible chance when the Giants become riled They simply wade right in, and that's all there is to it. But it is somewhat different in the American league, al- though a six or seven game lead does make a team feel a little chesty But last year the Detroit Tigers had in the vicinity of IS games on the Athletics at one time. and what the Mackmen did after that is too well known to be mentioned. Last year, 'tls true. the Athletics were tI first place by the Fourth of July. It was not possible however, for the Boston Red Sox or the New York Nationals to be pulled from the top rung when Independence day came around this year, or for a couple of weeks after. especially the Giants, who would have to drop every contest for the next two weeks before they would be within even striking dis tance of their nearest rival.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-09
RIGHT FEEDERS BEST
 BALL PLAYERS.
Figures Show Them Better Than 9th CT FieIders in Batting, Fielding and Base Running.

If figures are to be believed, the best combined work on attac kand defense in the big leagues is being done by right fielders. Although the records do not give an absolutely trustworthy line on the work of players, they are, nevertheless of considerable assist ance. Ttking the batting, bass running and fielding records of last year, and combining them as much as possible they show that right flelders rank high in point of attack and defense, as high, If not higher, than the players as whole in any other position.
 From these calculations pitchers are eliminated. To calculations have to do solely with batting, fielding and base running, and it would not be fair to pitchers to include them with the oth- CTS. who are in the game every day and have opportunities in fielding and batting which the pitchers do not have. Pitchers usefulness, while none the less as great, lies mostly in other lines.
 And only in general way are the figures themselves indicative of the comparative worth of the different groups as represented by the different position. For one thin, the figures are incomplete. Some are missing.
 There Is no great difference in the fielding averages of outGelders They rank above those of infelders for the reason that the Outhelder has fewer chances and not so many difficult one. By the same token first basemen
Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-09
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Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-09

Russell Ford, star pitcher of the New York American league baseball team, and Miss Mary H. Betheu of Reids- vile, N. C., were married at Washing ton, D. C., Friday night.