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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-14
GENERAL NICHOLS
ON SPEAKING TRIP
V. M. I. Superintendent Will De
liver Addresses at Several
Institutions.

Lexington, Va, May 1s.-Gencral T.
w Nichols, superintcnden Of the Vir-
ginia Military Institute. left Lexington
Wednesday evening for New York city
where, on New Market Day. he will
address the alumni association OF that
city NJ Il banquet given in his honor.
From New York he will make tour
"I the most important military schools
OF The North Atlantic States. going
from New York City to CcrnwnIl-on-
the Hudson 10 the New York Military
Academy While there he will 20 over
TO West Point to see parade and in
spect the grounds and buildings After
short visit 10 MS nephew. Lieutenant
Nichols. OF the Coast Artillery CORPS
at Fort Totten. he Will deliver an ad-
dress at st. Johns Military Academy.
Manlius. y. y. ON his return trip he
Will make addresses Mt the Pennsyl-
vanin Military Academy. Chester, Pa;
the Maryland Mechanical ana Agricul-
tural College. the Shenandoah Military
Academy. Winchester. and at the Au-
susta Military Academy, Fort Defiance.
returning to Lexington on Wednesday.
May 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-14
EI1G!!!!z I!ll!y,agg4S';sfHI;dN2 Remedies

over the buildings together Mr. Smith
testified that the contractor. after max
ing q critical examination and finding
thinSs worse than he had anticipa ted,
expressed the hope that. the buildings
would b" ordered torn down. so tina: he
might be relieved rrom~Eis repair CON
tract. Mr.. White does not put this
construction ON the conversation. but
Mods mat he merely wished TO keep
out OF tho controversy going on be-
tween the Building Inspector and Po-
lice Justice.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-14
PREPARING FOR "wHrrEwAY.,
Sycamore Street Soon VIII lie IrII-
linnuy Illuminated.

The Virginia Railway and Power
Company has completed the erection OF
the concrete poles to he placed on Syca-
more Street. and is now ready to begin
work towards the conversion OF the
street into a ''whiteway." sixty OF
these poles. upon which arc lights are
to be placed, are TO be erected on Syca
more, between Old and Oak Streets,
making forty lights in addition to those
now in use. Overhead telegraph wires
IRE to be put underground. All the
present wooden poles are TO be removed,
oNerhanging business signs and old
fashion frame awnings are to disap-
pear. and every obstacle that will In
any way interfere with the brilliant il
Elimination OF the street will be re-
moved.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-14
NEW COMPANY ORGANIZED.
Plnnt for Manufacture OF Wood Fibr,
Rrick to be Built,

The Andrews Paving Brick Company
was organized Yesterday, with NJ. p.
Andrews as president: E. q. Andrews.
vice president, and r. q. Strailman, sec
rotary and treasurer, all of this city.
The purpose of the company is to es-
tablish plant for the manufacture OF
n wood fibre brick of chemical prepa :
ration. for which a patent has been
granted. The minimum capital stock
Is $4,000, ana the maximum 100000.
The plant Will be located in Dinwiddie
County, with principal office in this
city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-14

rI,rri.n,,h,ro Va us ~, ~ Patch
lish officers are in This Vicinity IL
speeding and visiting the batlleficId.
OF the Civil War. They were in New
Market to-day, having visited Port Re
anniversary OF the battle OF New Mar
kct will be celebrated. and many old
Confederatcs viii be on the ground
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-14
ALLEGED nIGnwAyMAN CAUGHT.


Casey Jones. alias Marshall jackson.
colored. was arrested at the Carnival
grounds last night by Detective Eanes
and officers Carr. Fink and Prichard
on the charge OF highway assault and
robbery. He is suspected of being the
negro who some weeks ago assaulted
and robbed n Chesterfield farmer on the
Midlothian Road. an account OF which
was published in the Richmond papers
at the time. The arrest was made at
the request of the Chesterfield authori-
ties, and the negro exactly answers the
description given of the highwayman
He Will be held for the city authorities.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-14

ton of the order In session in that city.
n meeting or the General Hospital
Board of tho State will be held to-mor-
row at the Central State Hospital. at
which reports from all the state hos
pitfalls will be received
petersburg Chapter. Daughters of the
Confederacy, has given $25 to aid vet
Grams in going TO Gettysburg, and
FRANCES Bland Randolph CHAPTER.
Daughters OF the American Revolution.
has donated $40 for the same purpose.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-14
Interest In Delegates.

More than usual interest is felt in the
lay delegates to represent the Peters
burg District in the Virginia Annual
Conference to be elected by the Distric,
Conference now in session at Emporia
The Virginia Conference is to elect
delegates from Virginia to tho General
Conference OF the Church. South. to he
teld next May in Omaha. There is al
ways an animated friendly contest for
the position of delegates to the GEN
eral Conference.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-14
Destroyed by rlrc.

Especial % TIC Tim es- DEspatch.J
Sta stan mf r, y, r., Va. May 2.Tho
wood, was destroyed by q fire of 7,ln
known origin on Tuesday Mr. Hucher-
son carried about $500 insurance on
tho building and Its contents. but the
loss Is much greater.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-14
News Of Petersburg

Mrs. India Rainey. OF Portsmouth The
burial will be at Disputnnta to-mor-
row. Deceased was a Confederate sol
dier OF good record and a respected
citizen.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-14
Personal mud Otherwise.

Mr. and Mrs. Archibald McCrea. of
New York. are temporarily at their
home in this city. stopping OH their way
to their country home In Brunswick
County.
State Deputy James II. Bailey. OF tho
knights of Columbus with Past Grand
Knight ii. A. Rowan and Grand Knight
Thomas j. O'FarreU. have gone to
Lynchburg to. attend the State conven-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-14
DEFENDANT WINS
No Negligence shown on Part of Stree


Nv -NVNF'ECHVF NHUWH on IHrt OF Street
Car Employees.
In the case OF Sarah +. Patterson
against the Virginia Railway and
Power Company. tried yesterday In the
Law and Equity Court. in which dam
ages were claimed in the sum of 81 GOO.
the jury returned a verdict for the
defendant company. The plaiutiff
claimed damages by reason of falling
from the step or a street car some
months ago. The Jury held that no
negligence had been shown on the
part of the street err employees
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-14
DEATH Of A VETERAN.

IL. y. Leyermnn Passes A>yny in Sew
cnty-Scventh Year OF His Age.
II. y. Leverman died at an early hour
this morning at his home at Disputanta.
lie was in his scventy-seventh YEAR
and is survived by two sons---C'. Lever
man, Of Petersburg, and G. J. Lever
man, Of Savedge. Va; also by sister
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-14
schncHer-Clnrke.

Fredericksburg. Va. May 19.-Chris-
tian Schneffer. of Rapidan, and Miss
married in Culpeper County several
days ago, Rev. r. p. Rixey performing
the ceremony. The couple. after q wed
ding trip. will make their home al
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-14
ENTERTAINED AT CAPITOL
Jnmes j. Hill and Goyernor IN,
IIunchcon Guests of Speaker Clarke

Luncheon Guests of Speaker Clnr,sc
Special 10 The Times Dispatch
and Governor Cox, OF Ohio. were cuasts
of honor at luncheon given ri the
Capitol to-day by Speaker and Afrs
Mrs. James. OF kentucky; Senator and
Mrs. owen, former Senator Dubois
REPRESENTATIVE and Mrs. Sherwood
representative and Mrs: Davenport,
Representative and Mrs. Johnson Rcn
nett Champ Clarke. There was no
speechmaking.
Governor Cox left tonight for New
York.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-14
APPOINTED TO NAVAL ACADEMY.
Arthur Leslie Thornton, of FrcdericIts-
burg. Nmmch by CnnKrc.smun .Ioncn

burg. Named by Congressmun Jones'
Especial 70 The Times -Dispatch.l
Freder! cksburg. May IS.-Congress-
man w a. Jones has appointed Arthur
Leslie Thornton to the Naval Academy
Mr.. Thornton is son Of Arthur p
Thornton. Of this city. and a grandson
OF Archdoacon Elliott II. Thomson. OF
shan gha! China
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-14
Refused IN Ma-a

Refused to Move
Claronce Dearhcart fined S. and cost,
yesterday In Police Court for being drunk,
ana refusing to move when ordered to do so
oy ratrolmen Duffy and Sweet
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-17
UNDER The FORMS OF LAW

In another part OF this paper will
be found an article copied from the
Tampa Times in which it says that
rather than being lynched under the
forms Of law" it would prefer being
left to the mercy of the mob.
Well, when a man deliberately for
feits his life there are but two alter
natiyes-the orderly process of the
law on the one hand, and the fury of
the mob on the other. Both lead in
the same direction ana to the same
end.
IN the case under discussion all the
forms prescribed by the highest forms
of cur civilization We're carried out.
The speediness of the trial was only
an incident. The prisoner was repre-
scented by counsel He was tried by
a jury, selected as the statutes pre-
scribe. Every juror was sworn on his
yoire dire. The prisoner was given,
and exercised. the right of challenge
fed in his own behalf His lawyer
exhausted all the resources given to
him under the statutes. If the trial
had been delayed three months or six
months. or had dragged its slow
length along for many, many days
the result could only have been the
same.
IN his trial under the forms OF
law" it was made absolutely clear
that the right man was on trial, and
was convicted. Mob violence was de
throned, and the law, in its might
majesty and essence. was indicated
We say all in saying that in all its
orderly processes the majesty of the
law triumphed and justice was en-
throned.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-17
IDAHO JAILS FOR "CONTEMPT
OF COURT"

Freedom to critise the courts is an
inalienable right of free and SOW
erign people-a right that has been
wel-nigh smoothered by the exagger-
alton and misapplication of the
courts power to punish for con
tempt"
This power was designed to equip
a iudge with authority to maintain
order in the courtroom and to enforce
the DEGREES of the court. 1t never
was meant to enable the judge to
choke off public criticism. This ex-
tension of the idea of contempt is
one of many judicial usurpations. i. 1t
has protected corrupt and lawless
Judges; it has fostered judicial
abuses: it has promoted injustice.
In Idaho the judicial creatures OF
the Mormon conspiracy have dared
to visit fines and imprisonment upon
editors who used the rights OF a
free press to denounce wrong COM
mitted in the name Of the law.
Will their act of oppression really
check that freedom Of speech that is
of the essence of popular liberty
Rather will it prove the undoing OF
the whole illegal system OF judicial
terrorism that has tended to make
the courts immune from just criti-
cism. and enable them to make the
peoples laws and to unmake them
to usurp the functions of legislatures
and administrative officers, to muzzle
the press, to bind across the eyes Of
Justice the impenetrable folds of for
malism.
In the Grass inquiry of the Idaho
decision, the pepole will see the mon
strous harm of system that enables
Judge to be at once plaintiff and
court and to visit punishment for
contempt upon any one who differs
from him. And the courts will be
shorn of this power that rests on nc
law, but solely on usurpation.-New
York Evening Mail
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-17
MEETING OF THE DAUGHTERS
OF THE CONFEDERACY

The meeting Of the Daughters OF
the Confederacy, which was called
to meet Friday afternoon with the
president, Mrs. E. NJ. Howard, was
entertained instead by Mrs. F. B.
Beckham on account of the illness OF
Mr.. Howard. His friends will be sor-
ry to learn that he is ILL.,
In the absence of Mrs. Howard
Mrs. D. E McIver, the first vice pres
ident, presided, doing so with ease
and facility. The regular business of
Importance to the chapter was trans
acted.
Plans for the annual celebration
of the birthday of Gen: Robert E. Lee
were discussed at this meeting. AS
the birthday of General Lee falls this
year On Sunday it will be celebrat-
ed by the Daughters on Monday, Jan
uary the goth instead. The exercises
will include an excellent program,
which has not yet been made out, be-
stowal of crosses of honor on the
veterans. 1t will also be a silver tea,
and will lbe given at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. S. T. Sistrunk, on Lime
street.
After the business session Of the
Daughters Friday Mrs. Beckham, as
sisted by Mrs. A. A. Winer and little
Misses Virginia Beckham and Agnes
Burford served delightful fruit salad
sandwiches and coffee.
The next monthly meeting of the
Daughters will me with Mrs. D. NJ
Smith, treasurer of the chapter
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-17
THE SALE OF THE EVERGLADES
vANISHES INTO THIN AIR

On Monday Governor Gilchrlst ao-
dressed a communication to the poaro
of trustees of the internal improve
ment fund giving an epitome OF the
workings of the board for the past
four years.
OF the recent proposition of Colo
mel Cromwell Gibbons to buy the EV-
erglades for a syndicate of Dutchmen'
the governor says:
Several weeks ago Mr.. Cromwell
Gibbons appeared informally before
the trustees. He intimated that ne
felt sure that he had a Dutch synd'-
cate which would take the lands OF
the trustees at So an acre, one-fourtn
of which was to go to the state
school fund. The syndicate was TO
issue bonds and that even this one
fourth-$2, 900, 000-was to be paid IN
the bonds of the company, and that
the company would drain the Ever
gIades themselves, using the pro
ceeds of the remaining bonds. The
only cash which he intimated would
he maid was left blank on the paper
but he said he thought that 100000
would be paid down, 100000 in three
months and 100000 in six months
This was all the cash that was to BIT
maid You will observe that the state
was to receive only about 81 an acre
and that in bonds of the compan"
Later. about two weeks, ago, Mr.. Glib
bons. with several gentlemen, arriY
ed in Tallahassee-Mr. Gibbons haV
ing notified the trustees that on )
certain day definite propositions
would be made. On the day before
we were to meet Mr.. Gibbons and the
Representatives of his so-called syn
dictate, the trustees met and agreed
upon counter proposals. The repre-
sentatives of the Dutch syndicate
stayed here about a week, and never
did appear before the trustees; il
fine, they left without even popping
a cap at us. What has become Of
them do not know. think they are
circulating in the newspapers,
Very respectfully,
albert w. GILCHRIST,
Governor"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-17
ATTORNEYS FOR THE DEFENSE

The Savannah News reviews
communication from distinguished
Georgia iurist, in which the writer ex-
presses the opinion that the state
should employ a public defender as
well as a public prosecutor. He says
that the defendant who is brought
into court to answer to a criminal
charge without the means to employ
competent counsel does not get a
square deal.
1t is stated that the law in Georgia
makes it the duty Of the court to as
sign the defendant counsel in such
cases, but, as the task is disagreed
bic, and without compensation, only
young and inexperienced attorneys
are appointed by the court for the un
pleasant duty.
The author of the communication
referred to, Judge Hammond, thinks
that there should be a public defend
err in each county who should be an
pointed by the judge of the superior
court (Which corresponds to our cir.
cult COURT who should also fix his
compensation, which should be paid
out Of the county treasury, The du.
ties of this officer should be to defeni
al persons charged with crime who
are unable to provide for their own
| defense"
Though the idea has strong sup
port among experienced jurists, we
are not inclined to view it with favor
1t would be liable to gross abuses. OF
course, before the services of the pub
lie defender could be invoked the
party charged with crime would have
TO show to the satisfaction of the
court that he did not possess the
means to pay an attorney to defend
| him; but when it is remembered that
! the very large majority of men charg-
| ed with crime are guilty and that
! criminals have few conscientious
| scruples about false swearing, it will
be readily seen that in very many
instances the privileges afforded by
such law would be grossly abused
and that in numerous cases those
possessed Of ample means would re-
ceive the benefits of a law designed
as a benefcent measure, and for the
! relief Of the Indecent
1t would also be extremely preju-
dicial in it's workings to the interests
of the legal profession and would de-
| priye many an attorney of good fees
from those we'll able to pay them
Tampa Times.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-17
HERE 1T is AGAIN

What is the difference between
lynching by mob and lynching under
the forms of law? The matter was
illustrated a day or two ago by the
disposition of the case against the
negro charged with rape in another
county. The miserable brute was
only to be lynched by the court, for
while his trial was conducted strictly
in accordance with the forms of law.
it WAS in the matter OF its excessive
haste a concession TO the mob spirit
almost as fragrant as would have been
the willing yielding Of the prisoner to
the mob by the sheriff.
OF course the able and upright iur-
ist WHO presided over the court saw
that all the forms OF law were care
fully observed and that the defendant
had every right and privilege that the
law in its mercy conceded to him.
but the fastening of a prisoner to
his death by crowding Indictment,
trial, conviction and sentence within
the space of a single day has some
thing gruesome about it that is revolt
ing to the sense of legal decOrum.
We believe that if we had the choice,
for the credit of the state we would
prefer lynching at the hands of the
mob.-Tampa Times.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-17
THE "FLORIDA CRACKER"

Congressman Frank Clark Tuesday
took the floor in vigorous denuncia-
ton of remarks made a day or two
ago by Congressman Mann of Illinois,
and Ferris of Oklahoma, when Flor
ida crackers" were placed in the
same category as rabbits, as declared
by Mr.. Ferris, and put on plane with
indians by Mr.. Mann. The occasion
for making these remarks was when
the Indian appropriation bill was be-
ing discussed, when Mr.. Mann started
the trouble by declaring that Indians
have as much sense as native crack
ers of Florida, and are quite able ia
take care of themselves" Mr.. Clark.
when he got the floor Tuesday, de-
clared that no drawer people than the
SeminOles ever existed. Don't call
them rabbits" He said, Cracker is
title proudly worn by every true Flor
idian, whether he be a son of that
great commonwealth by birth or by
adoption. The man who lives in Flor
ida for two or three years, whether
he halls from the north. east or west,
or some other portion of the south.
assumes that the title of Florida
cracker and wears it as a badge of
the greatest honor And why
shouldn't he be proud of the distinc-
ton? Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, one
of the greatest. one of the manifest,
one of the bravest of that magnifi-
cent body Of men who constituted the
commanding officers OF the Confeder-
ate states army. was a native born
Florida cracker Gen. Edward A.
Perry although born in Massachu-
setts, was a Florida cracker by adop-
ton, and a brigadier general in the
Confederate army He illustrated his
dauntless bravery and un1inching
courage in many hard fought battles.
Or. John Gorrio, the gentle and faith
ful physician, who invented the pro
cess Of manufacturing ice artifcialIy,
and thus became the greatest bene-
factor of humanity of modern times.
was a Florida cracker"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-17

Corn and canning club work in
Georgia is getting results outside OF
the increase in corn and tomato
crops harvested by the boys and
girls. This is hown conclusively by
the large attendance of club prize
winners at the state college, of agri-
culture, for the short course. What
they learn at the college should en-
able them this year to better last
years records. While their example
and the methods they use in making
big crops should add new impetus to
the growing of corn by the boys and
the work of the girls in the tomato
patch. Nothing but the greatest
praise can be said of the club work
and the methods that are making it
such a wonderful uccess.-Savannah
News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-17
mot A WILD GOOSE CHASE"

All of US have participated in this
form of amusement many times, one
way and another, but a wild turkey
chase is something different, especial
ly when the valiant crew of the Ocala
Northern take hand in the game
One day last week, while the north
bound Ocala Northern was waiting
for a delayed train in the hammock
between Silver Springs and Burbank.
some one sighted a wild turkey near
the track. 1t had been wounded slight
ly but was able to fly for a short dis
lance. Vera Allison took up the
chase, in which the bird gave him a
good run for his money, he captured
1t, though not without resistance on
the part of Mr.. Turkey The bird
was dropped off at Fort Mccoy and
en- the following Sunday formed the
piece de resistance of a dinner at
the home of w B. Allison. Several
Of the ladies in the neighborhood who
had never had the pleasure of cooking
a wild turkey, prepared the dinner
with the usual holiday accompani-
menss, and the following persons en-
joyed the spread; Mr. and Mrs. Ell
). Dawson. Mr.. and Mrs. Percy COT
lee. Mrs. NJ. H. Scott, Miss Nuriel II.
Scott and Messrs. w. B, Allison, Ed
Allison and Vera. Allison.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-17

One of our exchanges says that
Mr.. William Jennings Bryan is in
creasing his investments in Florida
and is now the fortunate possessor
OF everglades lands with the prospect
OF soon becoming a Florida farmer
He should like Horace Greeley write
a book entitled: What l Know About
Farming" 1t could perhaps rival
the Tribune editors as brilliant werk
of fiction.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-01-17
WEALTHY BoYS TO START
FARM IN SOUTH FLORIDA

Though Florida is a land Of home
seekers, it is not often that young
men in the height of prosperity turn
anywhere to become tillers of the
soil, especially when they are at that
age when the blood of youth desires
to have its way William W. Cowan,
son of the retired millionaire packer
of Chicago, with Roy McCormic OF
Syracuse, and J. r. Upham, a cousin
of the wealthy packers son, also OF
Syracuse, who arrived here on their
handsome yacht, Media, last Friday.
came to start an experimental farm
in the southern part of the state.
The boys have just graduated from
a we'll known agricultural college in
the north and have come to Florida
with the intention of becoming farm
ers. Young Cowan was recently left
a fortune by his uncle, who was also
a prominent packer of Chicago. On
arriving here the yacht and crew was
ordered to sail for Miami in order to
pick up the party. which will tour the
state for a while before giving their
attention to crops.
The boys will cruise about Cuba,
and will go as far as Panama, and
will then return to the large tract OF
land they have purchased near Nj
ami.-Jacksonville Metropolis.