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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-02
PLANS FILED FOR
NEW SkYSCRAP Err
Virginia Railway and Power
Company's Office to Be
Thirteen Stories.

Plans were filed Yesterday in tho
office of Building Inspector Beck for
the new thirteen story Office building
OF tho Virginia Hallway and Power
Company. TO be erected at the north
cast corner of Seventh ana Franklin
Streets. The plans and specifications
arc the work of Architect a. c. Bos-
som, of New York, designer OF the new
First National Bank building. in course
Of erection here.
The new building will front 81 feet
inches on franklin Street, and 1903
feet inches on seventh street having
a height above the curb line OF 100
feet 10 the parapet. This parapet is
TO ne surniounted with ornamental
work Of stone. and a 20-foot electric
sign which should be visible from all
portions OF tho city.
Tho building VIII have thirteen
stories, with a granite base. the. upper
portion being Of brick with terra Gotta
trimmings.
Contract for construction has not yet
been awarded, but the preliminary
estimate Of cost Is placed at S25O.ooo.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-02
BLUE AND GRAY TO
HOLD BIG REUNION
Lee Camp Will Join Grand Army
OF Republic at Gcttys-
burg Next Year.
ALL ANXIOUS TO MAKE TRIP
Semi-Centennial Will BE OBJ
served on Scene OF Mem
orablc Conflict.

When the great Blue and Gray cele-
baton OF the semi cen tcnnial of the
battle of Gettysburg is held in July,
1913. Ii is intended that the Old Do
minion and the Army of Northern Vir-
GINA shall be fully represented. nc
cement the lasting Uricn ii is planned
that. exactly fifty years to tho day
lcycd against the breastwc:ks of the
Federal Blue the surviving soldiers OF
the Confedcracy shall be tho guests of
the Grand Army of tile Republic at a
festival ON the scene of the Civil Wars
greatest battle.
To the end that the mon in Blue
may be assured Of the full appreciation
and cooperation of the United Confed
crate Veterans. ths members of r.. e.
Lee Camp. No. /. last night adopted
the following resolution:
Resolved, That in conformity with
the orders OF Northumberland Walk
er. commander United Confederate Vet
Grams. X. L. Lee Camp. No. /. will at
tend as camp the seni-ccntcnnial of
the battle of Gettysburg. July |, > 3, 4,
1918. to be held on the battlefield OF
Gettysburg"
friendly way the very men whose life
blood had been 80 earnestly sought.
on the exact scene of tho memora BILE
conflict. appealed strongly TO tn, SOL
diers of Lee Camp, and the resolution
to attend the celebration was passed
with rousing vote. All members OF
the camp sanction heartily the pro-
posed cclahra tIon. and none will fail to
DC present If circumstances permit.
To Mike II Great Reunion
Naturally. as the Confederate Netcr-
ans are to be the guests Of the G. =.
X, the entire arrangement Of the cele-
bration is left In the hands OF tile
Northern veterans. Up to this time
Few details of the program have been
worked out. but II is PLANNED to make
the occasion the greatest reunion of
Federal and Confederate soldiers held
since the two armies faced each other
with weapons drawn. It is planned to
have the United States government
take material part in the cclebrat ton.
hut the particulars OF the whole affair
are still to be worked out
Plans We're discussed last night for
the annual inspection OF Lee Camn. TO
be held this year on the night of March
10. Every effort will be mad, 10 have
the entire membership OF the camp
present, and the inspection win he
mad, gala occasion
Mrs. Norman V Randolph last night
presented 10 the camp two applications
Tor Confed crate crosses of honor. Ger.
tain records necessary before the cross
cs can he granted are on file in the
records of the camp
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-02
HARMON CANNOT
COME TO VIRGINIA
Detained by Business, Will Not
Address Legislature Next
Week.

Much TO the regret of the admirers
OIL Governor Judson Harmon, of Ohio,
in the Legislature and in this city, It
was learned yesterday that he viii be
unable TO be present to address the
General Assembly on March Z. A let
Ter received from him states that ha
VIII be detained in Cincinnati In a law
case-the only one. he says. in which
he Is now Interested as a receiver.
committee had in charge the
preparations for the event, and its
plans nave been abandoned. y recep-
uon had been hoped for to rival tho
attention paid to another distinguished
candidate for the presidency-Wood-
George L. Richardson, of Henry. in
that ne regretted to report that Gov
ernor Harmon. the next President Of
tine United States would not be able
to accept tho invitation rendered him.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-02
MAY PROBLEM
UP TO new BOARD
Not Fair. Says Mills, to Saddle
New Government With High
Salaried Officials.

Further outlining the views nc ex-
pressed at meeting of the Water
Committee on Thursday night, Chair
man Morgan r. Mills said yesterday
that he hoped the election of a super
intendent OF the electric plant would
be deferred uR;ii the new Adninistra-
tive Board takes charge OF the man
agoment OF city affairs
1T docs not seem to be generally
understood" said Mr., Mills. that we
aavc electric generators in operation
az the pumping tation FOR the stand
pc service. and have had for fvc or
Sin years. The whole situation Is just
this: The city now has two power
stations located on the river about n
used for water pumping and the other
intended AS generating plant for
both pumping and street lighting. l
see no necessity of having two high
Mt the City Hall merely because the
city has two power stations instead
of one. ! think the power plants
should both be under the Water De-
OUTPUT and that the lower station
should supply to the Light Committee
Sufficient current for fixed number
OF arc and ornamental street lights.
I believe this would effect large
saving TO the city in cost of operation,
tn water pumping. eliminate duplica =
Tior, and also effect a saving in street
lighting, as with both the Light and
TIectricity Committees placing lights
haphazard there Is duplication and
dissatisfaction and consequent waste.
why not continue TO employ Mr.. Traf-
FORD al $500 per month, as At present,
snd tide this matter on until tho new
board takes office. when II can simplify
the matter. and not handicap 1T with
number OF high salaried officials
elected for a term OF years? II the
board IS any good. one of the first
things Il will undertake viii be the
consolidation OF departments and elm
tnat!on OF friction and waste and Of
useless officials"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-02
CITY BOUGHT BELL
IT HAS NEVER USED
Superintendent Thompson Would
Rescue 1t and Put 1t Into
Service.

In his annual report submitted to
the Mayor yesterday. Superintendent
Thompson, OF the fire alarm service.
recommends the installation of au-
tomato bell strikers in the various
clock work from the central fire alarm
Office at the City Hail. He calls atten-
ton TO the fact that the largest bell
in the city, purchased by the city
from the Grace Street Presbyterian
church, two years ago, and Installed
iung since IL was bought, ana that
there is no provision for ringing It,
the place In which II was swung te-
ing entirely unsa tisfactory and un-
suited. He recommends the erection
OF a of bell tower near the armory,
and that the bell have an electric
sounder TO ring the hours and fire
alarms.
Mr.. Thompson. who has been nj the
head OF the fire alarm service for
OF the machinery at IRE alarm head :
quhitcrs is becoming obsolete and
nusEsmust soon he replaced with more
modern automatic electrical devices for
ton of the Council in making sixteen
iiremcn heretofore employed as call
men fun time or station men. Will
make it possible to eliminate the ring
equipped companies, where all the men
sleep in the engine house and none
is dependent on the ringing of the
alarm
During the past year eighteen fire
alarm stations were installed in South
Richmond connected by cable With the
City Hall. The temporary cable cross
ing the Free Bridge is to lie replaced
by permanent underground construc-
ton, already laid to the north end OF
tho new Mayo Bridge.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-02
gNISTENTIoSAL ERROR IN
INTERVIEW WITH MONTAGUE

Through misunderstanding TNa tines
Dispatch yesterday published As on lat sr-
view with y. j. Montague some rema,ks on
the presidential candidates. whicA Ar. Nom
Is que states "ere made In = hurried con =
versation 20 a reporter on a street cat and
not, ne understood. tor publication. The
quoting OF Nj Montague thvoring Taft
over Roosevelt; was a mistake, and was done
by ua!ntentional error. Mt Montague
eaid nothing favoring e!;nei. o. either
one over the othor. He was pos,ivt Row.
ever, in his preference for Woodrow wilson.
who. lie thought, the mcst available candi.
date rnGcr ny cirrmrrEtn,.c.L
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-02
TO ELECT TRUSTEES
Joint Session of Council and Board Of Alder
men Ia Called.

FORMAL notice served City Clerk
Ben r. August yesterday thut the terms
OF tho following members OF the city school
Boar expire on April 3: William II. Owens
First District: DR.. NJ. D. Hoge. Jr., Second
District. and John q. Corlcy Third District.
President Robert Whittct. OF the Board
OF Aldermen. was notified and has issued a
cail for joint session OF the Common
Council and Board OF Aldermen for ruestiay
night, March 10. nj 1870 o'clock. just proceed
ing the monthly meeting OF The Board 81
Aldermen.
All three OF the school trustee. arc under.
stood 10 he candidates to succeed them.
selves. and no opposition has been announc-
3D.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-02
ASSESSMENT OF LICENSES
Hne Week Given TO Examine Schedule.
Committee to Henri CoMplnints.

TIE Coune!! Committee on Finance yester-
aay afternoon NJ pro!onged meeting CON-
ple;ed the assessment Of license taxes for
the coming year, n matter which has been
In PROGRESS for several meetings Under the
law the schedule o: assessments IS to BE-
MED in the AUDITORS Office MONDAY
morning. where 1t will be on cxhlbition for
one week for any person Who desires 10 *
anime e. The Finance Committee VII meet
m Monday night, March II, Tor the purpose
OF hearing any complaints that may be made
against the schedule AZ assessments.
=. few minor refunds OF taXes enormously
sy'esscd were recommended to the Council.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-02
Icn,Iynl OF Purln,.

The Fcs',val OF Purlm will be com
memoratcd ;his year by the Religious
men at al Entertainment In the sun
day school room on sunday morning at
lO:i5 O'Clock. AL friends of the school
are respectfully invited TO be present.
Or, L. : caliHch VIII deliver an nd-
gram wi so roudered The children OF
tho school arc requested TO be prompt
In Attendance. The sunday School
meets IT, tho basement OF the syaa !.
guguc, corner Eleventh and Marshall
Strnnts
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-02
INSURANCE COMPANY GETS
LICENSE TO WORK IN VIRGINIA

License 10 transact business in virginia
"as yesterday granted by Commissioned az
Insurance Button TO the Title Guaranty ana
surety Company, of Scranton, Pa The
company mas an authorized ca pital stock OF
made statutory agent. In compliance Win
lhe Ia" the Title Guaranty and surety Com
PAM mas deposited with State Treasurer
n","nah ING sum o: Sc5cro in Panama canal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-02
PLAN NEW STABLES
Architects Invited to submit Designs to
street Cleaning Department.

street Cleaning Department.
i competition In designs for the new
stable. OF the Street Cleaning Department.
was ordered last night by the Council Com
mit;.e on Street Cleaning, tho various Rrchi-
;ccts OF the city being invited to submit,
plans and sketches.
At the request of I. W. Joseph. realer o!
weights and measures, the committee or
dcrcd 2.ho tin signs. indicating measured
va CONS TO be used FOR marking such wood.
coal and other carts comply with proper
by the Inspector for inaccurate weights.
An ordinance was recommended to the
Council! transferring the fund for license
tins and medals from the Street Cleaning
Committee TO the Committee on Printing
and Claims.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-02
To raIk 10 sunncist,.

Mrs =. y anderson. vile OF the professor
OF history al. political economy al Rich
uoad Co0trs si.i talk 20 members o. tho
EQUAL snrraF- League Of virginia this az
tcrncou in 'eazgc rooms AZ 800 East Broad
street Sfs %u-trs9n's ,rbfcCt Will nc "a
western Woman n M Eastern City" She
hNrsal; IS ftur knasns City. and wil deal
with the 8vaser o; the suffrage rhoYemen,
from w"st go East In TIE United states.
Tho uec.trr Is ocnn to the public.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-02
Arrested for .As,,,,lt.

y. WclnStein was arrested yesterday and
taken L" the First Police Station . on a
charge o.. assanlting ". r. Richardson. \
eross.warrant was sworn out for Richardson
ny Meinstein accusing him OF using abusive
language,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-02
increase Exceeds $4,000

the duty collected al the custom house dur
Ing February than Tor The same month IN
ssil This year INC Iecrir,s amounted 10
s75..sA12. while tor February lsi. ta<y we're
s2p.02L7i
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-02

4 building permit was issued yesterday Il
George 3. Snead to erect three detached
iwo-story frame dwellings on the west sid,
Of Elizabeth street between Leigh and
Moore streets. to cost $500
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-02
He'll for Grand Jury

Clarence Russell. co!ored. was hold for
the grand jury yesterday morning In Police
Court on charge OF having in his pdsses-
sion and selling cocaine.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-02

Tn Fenr-sry term c. the Hu,,inss Court
e-5ad ycsrarl5y. NJ, there Will be Only a
hrie! vaca;iar Cor Judge L. II. Wells. who
Is sitting cot Judge : b. Witt. as the March
term ~ill AeEin Monday.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-02
Payrolls Approved.

Brief meetings were held last night by
the Council Committees on Light and Relief
OF the Poor for approva! OF payroll! and
transact !on OF ROUTING busines..
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-27
OUR RURAL SCHOOLS.

The United States Bureau of Education has re-
Gently issued an Illuminating pamphlet in which it
is declared that the present day tendency of most
rural schools is to direct the young people to cities
rather than to foster in them contentment with
country life II this be true and to measurable
tent it certainly is the methods and course of
rural schools are in vital need Of revision
There is, TO be sure, vast or fundamental diff.
ference between the kind Of education that is essen
taI to the welfare of the country and the city boy
There are certain things which they both should know,
and certain ideals with which they both should be
inspired 1t is important, however. that the common
school training country children should be adapted
as sympatheticaly is possible to their home life
and that it should open their eyes to the oppOrtu.
mites of the and divert their natural inter
ests to city things.
Professor NJ. L. Britain. Georgia's progressive
superintendent of education, has frequently empha-
sized this very truth and under his influence own
system schools is happily squaring itself ac-
cordingly
II is to the country schools that we must look
very largely for check upon the unwholsome trend
Of population to crowded cities, for it is through
the schools that those ideas which work for the
richment and broadening of rural life are to be
developed.
The schoolhouse should be the social center of
its district and the gathering place for parents as
we'll as children
1t should be substantially built and equipped with
a view to comfort and beauty.
The subjects taught within its cassrooms should
bear as directly as possible upon the human, worky
day side of country life. Agriculture and domestic
science should be given special attention
1t is particularly important that the teachers
themselves should strive continually to impress their
pupils with a due appreciation of the real life
about them.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-27
THE BOIL WEEVn,S COMING.

Four and twenty counties in southwest Georgia
have begun a systematic campaign against the coming
invasion of the boil weevil that deadly foe to the
states great money crop. In each of those communi
ties the farmers have organized coconbreedng clubs
They will cultivate the types of cotton which are
known to mature early and which, accordingly
are almost immune from weev attacks and also
soutly resistant to other parasites and diseases This
foresighted movement has been undertaken largely
through the leadership of State Entomologist Wor
sham and Commissioner of Agriculture Hudson.
The south Georgians have entered upon their
measures of defense none early. The boil weevil
is already approaching the Georgia line, if indeed
it has not already crossed In neighboring not
distant states it has wrought heavy destruction and
has set back agricultural interests for decade. Had
those states known much of it's peril and its hab
its as we do today and had they taken such precau
lions as are now being urged upon planters
millions of dollars would have been saved.
Georgia has had due warning, and truly ire
mendous example in the costly experience of her
neighbors 1t now only remains for her farmers to
put into practice those remedies which are known
to be effective It is considered impossible to pre-
vent the boil weevis incursion, but it is altogether
possible to lessen and largely to escape the i'll results
of its ravages
BY such cooperative campaigns have been
launched in southwest Georgia, our cotton growing
counties can save their crops They must act, how
ever, with due promptness and the farmers must
work together for their interests. The state
departments of agriculture and of entomology are
ready and eager to supply all needed information and
to aid in every way possible 1t is to be hoped that
every community which is interested in the safety
of it's cotton will hasten avail itself of this vau
able assistance.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-27
A TICKS TAX ON GEORGIA.

The households and business interests of Georgia
are paying in one form or another, yearly tax Of
some six million dollars to dynasty of insects.
The fact that this state has Jagged woefully be-
hind it's natural opportunities in the dairying and
cattle breeding industry the fact that thousands of
acres of ideal pasture land are lying idle and that
the people must depend for their beef supply upon
distant markets and high prices, all this and the con-
sequent loss it entails is due largely If not primarily,
to the cattle ticks.
With the exception of six counties Georgia cat
tie are under a federal quarantine because of the
prevalence of this destructive parasite. This means
that the breeder goes elsewhere to purchase sound
stock and also that cattle from this state must be
sold under quarantine regulations, which is always
at bottom figure In addition to this, there is the
everpresent peril of healthy herds being eontami-
mated so that cattle breeding will remain rather
hazardous and costly enterprise long the tick
is in evidence.
1t is impossible, therefore, to overgauge the i'm
portance of movement that seeks to free Georgia
from this devitalizing pest The agency institu-
ton succeeds in such will have rendered the
people as a whole, and the farmers in particular,
a tremendous and enduring service.
The students of the Eighth district agricultural
school have projected practical plan toward this
very end In their immediate territory, they have
organized vigorous campaign to urge upon every
farmer within their reach the vital need of tick
eradication anu Also 10 asssC HIM. IL hecessaIy III
applying the remedies and preventves at their COM
mand. They have furthermore called upon their
fellow students in each of the other tt district ag
ricultural schools to join them in this crusade, and
already there has come an enthusiastic response
This movement should prove especially effective
because it is local and intensive in character. With
in the past few seasons, there have been many
mendabe efforts to rid the state of its cattle tick
BAN The State College of Agriculture, together
the State Department of Agriculture, has always
been active in this work More recently the railroads
have Joined zealously in the undertaking and partc-
uarly good service has been rendered by Dr. E. M.
Nighbert of the United States Bureau of Animal In
dustry. Each of these endeavors has had a stimu-
lating and educational effect. The movement the
part of the district schools however will perhaps,
go farther than them all for that it will
strike directly home and will reach the indi-
vdual farmer with definite and continuous appeal.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-27
WILSON, THE ONE MAN.

Among the Democratic aspirants to the presiden-
tia nomination, Woodrow Wilson is the clear-cut
and broadly national figure.
There have been divers booms and boomlets of
recent months, with rather lively array of willing
Barkses and "favorite sons" Special interests have
sailed forth with possibilities of their own and
everything possible has been done to cloud the hori
and prepare the way to convention deadlock.
But when the field is surveyed in its entirey, Wood
Wilson looms forth the candidate who
has truly popular backing and the one Democrat
who lead his party to success,
This is due largely to the fact that Governor Will
son has let the people know definitely what he stands
for and with whom he is allied His convictions
have been clearly thought out and plainly spoken.
He is the man whom special interests have
centered their fire and against whom the reaction
aries of both parties have united
The effect Of such opposition is what might have
been expected. The people have measured his
strength by the antagonism he has aroused in their
enemys camp and they have come to trust him for
the foes he has made. He is the one candidate that
Wall street has taken seriously, the one probable
nominee whom the Republican party fears.
And so it is that Woodrow Wilson's prestige tow
today in every. corner of the Union His record
governor of New Jersey is as we'll known beyond
the Rockies in the east where he lives in the
south where he was born and reared. The rank and
file of Democrats and Independent voters the
country are rallyng to his standard. believing
that his nomination will his election and that
his election will mean, freer and truly pros.
porous nation.
These conditions bring particular message to
the people of Georgia 1t in this state that Wood
row Wilson spent the formative years of his life and
laid the foundations of that splendid career which
has reflected so much honor upon our own common
wealth and upon the south a whole. thousand
ties bind him to Georgia and make him virtually
of our own people. This being true the Demo
Gratis of this state, regardless of local differences or
past alliances, should unite upon Woodrow Wilson
the candidate who really counts or who can
lead the party to victory in the presidential election