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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25
News Of Petersburg

long been IN the courts. Will be DO.
cided this week. unless Judge IVES,
who is hearing the cause reserves his
decision. The dispositions In the cause
argued before the court MI eight vol
uFnes. covering probably 1000 pages of
typewriter matter.
General News Notes.
The Rev. w. II Meade. y. D., OF Roa.
hoke, Is visiting Petersburg az tho
guest Of the Rev i. Il. Scott, d d
w l.. Davis and Frank Stephenson
OF this city. report that as they were
auto'nobilins last night between EN-.
poria and Jhrratts. an attempt was
made by three negroes to hold them
up. shot nrcd by Mr.. Davis caused
me negroes 10 scatter and disappear
IN the woods and no harm resulted.
James Green. negro. WAS sent on
to the grand jury by the Police Justic..
this morning for breaking into ca
boose car on the Scaboard Air Lin.
Railway ann stealing clothing ana
shoes
The Retail Merchants Association
mad "a fine meeting last night, and many
matters or Interest to tho association
and 10 the trade were discussed
Contract has been awarded for a fine
pipe organ 10 be installed in the
Church OF the Good Shepherd in Bland
ford.
MISS PEBBLES, OF Petersburg. has &C
cepted the position OF principal OF the
Prince George High School. and has
entered on her duties. Her assistants
in the school are Mrs. J. A. Pulliam
and Miss Margaret Taylor
The concrete bridge constructed by
Prince George County over the stream
under the Torn bridge OF the Norfolk
and Western Railway near this city
has been completed. and is great
convenience TO the travelling public
{. l.. Patiilo. n farmer Of Dinwiddie
County near Church Road. this week
killed an eagle which measured feet
10 inches from tip TO tip.
City Treasurer r. c. stratton re-
Gently operated OH 1T Richmond hos
pital. is recuperat!ng at Lassiter. Va
and expects to return home in few
days
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25
Helpful Household Mint.

TO strain milk. hang one end
OF the milk on nail near the
ceiling and tie a heavy weight
10 the other end OF the milk
Providing TIE weight is heavy enough.
ii Will strain the milk If left hanging
over night. but care should be taken
not TO leave the milk hanging too long.
rs the weight might break t.
To make heavy biscuits light. i'm
merse them fer several hours i'm kcro-
sene, and then touch a match to them.
TO tel. strictly fresh eggs from stale
ones. boil them three minutes and
serve them - the head OF the family.
If they are bad YOU will md IL out.
and this test is absolutely certain Of
results
To get the best results out OF n hot
mir furnace, get all the advice you can
from your friends. then abandon the
furnace and start coal stove
To keep the cat off the dinner table.
take the cat firmly by tho neck ana
chuck it into meal sack, lilo the
mouth OF the sack firmly. attach four
or Ave pacing bricks TO it ana drop 1t
into the river. Your dinner will then
be perfectly safe until the cat gets
back, which is usually in twenty or
thirty minutes
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25
According to Uncle Amer.

No lnattcr how hard they try. no
Teller Will ever invent anything handler
TO throw at a cat than an old-fas
toned bootIack
The book agent has passed away, but
the automobile salesman more than
takes his place.
So long as a Iellcrs oatmobilc horn
is up 10 date. It don't make much diff
ference what kind of u car he has
got
Tho fcllcr who Invented the celluloid
collar didn't think he was n practical
joker but he was one. Just the same
Uncle IN Harkins dates everything;
back to the year the picplant froze.
Everything in his calendar happened
either before or after that event
Ann Hilliter started to run a news
paper about nine years ago, but soon
found the newspaper was runnin him.
and he is at present drivin' n stone
boat for .hnsc Judson.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25

| OF tho session. This report was in an.
swer to the overture from tho preaby.
''iy OF east Hanover. requesting tho
| transfer OF tho Home and School from
inc general assembly to tho Synod or
| Virginia
Answer In Affirmative,
inc overture was answered In the
anirmative, and is rs follows:
Il. That this synod renew g.. ra
quest to tho general asxomh,,, CO.. a.
transfer Of ownership ana control -.
requested.
Ihat touching the suggestion,
contained In said overture. wc reco,,
mend: ta) that the committee. n,raa
VIZ. Drs. a. NJ. Fraser. Is. j. Broo,e ~
- mcNiiiiah and Elders John w. Cor
ooh ana j. w. Adams-bc apnointod ,,d
'u'horiZeu TO receive and conduct .,id
homo and School for the poriod of n,,n
ycar' o. until their successors shall
% "ppoih'ed. CD That an adj Interim
committee composed of one renre..n.
.atVe from each prcsbytery. renre.eu
,a'Ne TO be elected by prcsbyterv nt
no hcAt regular meeting. and said rem
lresehtatives to choose their own ON,
GERS DC appointed to prepare and nre
N''N - hod VI IJlt full
pectus Tor the constitution and CON
uuct OF the Synodical Home and School
az feeder TO our colleges and othc,
hiener institutions of learning"
me general assembly. lie said b,s
practically abandoned the whole scho,a
or inc Home and School. and has also
abandoned absolutely the con,nunItv
phase or II. lie said he knew tho idca
was oiten advanced that these chill
oreh could be educated in the public
schoois, but they cannot receive Chris
,iah training in the public school.
hehce these schools do not meet tba
need He urged tho establishment ~
the school at FrcdcricksburR also on
account OF the influence for good !,
"ouid nave on the town ana surround
ing community. and said il SHOULD he
open TO other than ministers children
me last argument he presented wa,
mat the school would tend to Increase
INC growth of Prcsbyterianistn tD
fredericksburg and the surrounding
country. and It would prove an evan
gelistic power.
Rev. j. Calvin Stewart, y. d. n,
Richmond. also spoke In favor OF tho
school and read several letters from
persons at Frederick sburg Interested
In the same. Tho report was edop,ed
Just before the close OF the after
noon session the moderator appointed
Rev D. K. Walthali d D.. OF Wayne.-
boro. chairman OF tho committees on
Systematic bcncNcencc.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25
Denth of Old Citizen.

Benjamin +. Judkins died last even
ing at his home. on Bollingbrook
street. OF paralysis, with which he was
recently stricken. He had been a rail
road employee for over half a century,
ana was connected with the Norfolk
ana Western Railway for great many
years. He retained his membership
In Binghamptor. y. Y. lodge OF Ma
sons. from which section he originally
came TO Petersburg. and OF which lodg @
he had been member since 1856 At
the request OF the Binghampton lodge.
Blandford lodge, OF This city, will take
charge OF the body and conduct the
funeral ceremonies tomorrow after
noon. Mr.. Judkins was In his eightieth
year, and liz survived by two daugh-
ters-Mrs. Augustus Lewis. of Brook
Ign. y. Y. and Miss Dottic Judkins OF
this CITY.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25
FOOTBALL IN THE SOUTH.

We are glad that tho football team
OF tho University of Virginia will pla,
the gladiators of tho University o,
Georgia in Atlanta t. day. 1t Is rooG
thing for Southern colleges to develor
cordial athletic relations among them
selves. 1t VIII help tho South tc
| realize It's own solidarity to build uu
friendly rivalries between States. /,
liz flne thing Tor Virginia to play the
| Indians and the Navy, but there is
nothing in logls or tradition that picks
those teams out for our especial rivals
But games like this one. and the big
event between Virginia ana Wander
bilt, Mt Charlottesville next Saturday,
have n meaning and value very much
worth while.
Just rs n stimulus OF college spirit.
such games count. Old Virginia men
from all over tho country are going
back for the Vanderbilt struggle.
Richmond will send a special train
There will be society reunions and n
bis tlrne. The authorities expect some
ium on Lambeth Fold. II Is sure that
the Northern teams would never arouse
this interest. Yet such interest is of
vital aid to the college rs a centre OF
learning and a trainer OF young men.
We hope these two games will he
added TO tho historic Virginia North
Carolina contest for many future years.
This season 1t looks as II tho Orange
and Blue should win. though against
Vanderbilt anything is possible The
Virginia team is heavy, fast. and
sprlnkled with experienced men. 1t
has made n splendid showing IN Its
preparatory games. Heres hoping that
we trim Georgia this week md Van
dcrbilt next But IL we don't 1t Will
not matter. The game is tho thing
and cordial friendship between Vir-
ginia. Georgia, Tennessee and the
Carolinas will be fostered. whoever
wins.
BY the way Richmond could stage
some OF these interstate contests with
right good will.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25
.FLAGMAN KILLED
IN TRAIN WRECK
Fatal Accident Caused by
Spreading Rails-Rainfall
Records Broken.

Wilmington. y. c.. October 2i.-Iu a
train crash on the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad at Bolton. near Wilmington.
this afternoon, Flagman w. S. Cox. OF
this city. was killed and a negro fire
man seriously injured. Due to spread
ing rails. five freight cars piled on top
of each other and Cox was buried be-
meath the wrcckage Up to . o'clock
tonight his body had not been found.
Coming as the result OF quiet but eff
fective work among the women of VIII
minGton, the call was issued to-day for
the organization Of a Housewives
League. 20 fight the high cost of liv-
Ing and boycott all merchants not oh
serving strictly sanitary methods. The
enrolment Is already large. but those
In charge declare they Will not stop
short Of 200 members.
All records Of rainfall for the month
OF October i'm the twonty-eigh years
history OF the local Weather Bureau
were broken to-day. with precipta-
ton of 1872 inches, bringing the total
for the month to 9.24 inches Lumber
ton, -. c., to-day reported the heaviest
rain ever known.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25

There is lots OF human interest
about tho rainy fall dusk downtown.
There is more hurry, and the cars get
crowded. for folks who usually walk.
swell the traffic. Tho conductor packs
EN- In. and tho smells OF wet clothes,
stale air. queer packages of oysters
and pickles and onions FOR supper and
"reminiscences OF pipes and violent to-
bacco makes tho traveller wish he were
around with hands full OF umbrella
and skirts They never seem quite
properly dressed for damp days. Men
with rcefod trousers, long raincoats.
soft hats and umbrellas look much
more efficient.
on the corner common place little
dialogues spring up about tho weather.
You can tell the optimist and the pessi-
mist by what they think OF the rain
There IS not much bad temper. though.
Folks are too busy getting homo. Au-
tomobiles slip and slithcr with scrap
ing chains. a tramp with hunchcd
shoulders slouches hastily along, in
tent on some scheme for nights
lodging. Boys and girls laugh with
tho gay disdaln OF youth toward the
mere earthly. They ind Joy in the
glimmerlng lights. and the shining
pools OF water. There is Il lot of buy
ing OF tobacco. candy and magazines
against the long evening
Best OF all, YOU can sec home reach
ing out for these folks. They endure
damp and crowding. strong In the
sweet knowledge that tho supper Will
be smoking hot. the lights and fires
trimmed for welcome, and some
thoughtful soul busy laying out dry
clothes. They get along to their rami-
lies leaving downtown TO the sour
workers who keep the cars going. the
telephone convenient, the wires fun of
Highland the papers fun OF news.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25

in defcnse of our Times Dispatch poets.
Poetry and the art OF song are be-
coming more democratic. and it Is one
only gay to learn to write poetry is 10
try to write It. but, OF course, there
must be limit to what the editor will
pass.
inclose a poem by n Virginia poet
who should DO moro widely read. and
as his songs are mostly INCLUDED In his
volume. Songs of Love and War;"
want to recommend 1t to readers
Henry Clarksons poems have u worry
man OF the "old school" and n Con-
federate veteran he has put much into
his work that has = lasting value
strong feeling, local color and the best
ideals of old Virginia.
EDMOND FONTAINE.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25
rhe water Question.

While the details are not known, It
is reported the Virginia Railway and
Power Company has submitted Il
proposition for furnishing tho city
with an abundant supply OF water
from the river. which may meet with
tho approval OF the Council. The mat
ter is in the hands of tho Special Com
mittec on Water Supply, which will
probably make report at the Novem-
Der meeting OF the Council.
The water in the river has been so
low for some time as to interfere with
the operation of the mills dependent
upon water power.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25
Ono Ready letter Xyr,tcr.

we believe in the conservation OF
INK md typewriter ribbons. There Is
too much wasted In being polite A
man is apt to writo fifteen or twenty
Unnecessary words into letter In
order to soothe the feelinrs of the
person addressed. That is n mistake.
This Is buy ego. and having re-
ceived numerous inquiries, wo would
present the following formulas in up
o-date letter writing.
Tell tho truth at nll times
dunning letter should READ as fol-
lows:
John Smith: DR. Sr: A man who
doesn't pay his hills is thief. Como
across at once, or wo sue you.
"KErCHUM & SKINNEAL-
"A reply TO letter asking credit
should read rs follows:
'"Hiram Bkks & Co: Gents. If
YOU can't pay cash. get out Of bust
ness and give somebody else n chance
II We extended credit TO all tho bone
heads. we would go bankrupt. You
give us triangular pain.
"HOoPLE COUNTY GLUE CO"
When 4 magazine editor declines a
Wanuscript. he usually uses two or
three sheets of white paper and about
four thousand polite but Unnecessary
words. 1t would be cheaper 10 write
as follows:
Dear Sir: Your stur's punk. Get a
Job in livery stable. Yours.
EDITOR BIrNNUA1 MAGAZINE"
Instead o. the long nowery letter
declining an Invitation. note should
be written as follows:
Dear Madam: / decline your invita-
non. We cannot afford to associate
with ANYBODY who drives four
cylinder ;ar Instead OF six.
Mrs. FITZGERALD FIrZAIAURICE
I'ITZHCGlI."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25
Queries and Answers
John =. Preston.

John =. Preston.
Please obligc me by brief sketch
OF John S. Preston. who married Caro-
line Hampton. Il. II. T..
y. Preston. was born at the Salt Works.
Virginia. April 20. 1909. He grad
uated ut Hainpden- sidney and attended
the University of Virginia and studied
law at Harvard. Ho married Caroline
NJ. Hampton, daughter of General Wade
!iampton, April 2s, 1890, and first set
tied 1T Abingdon. Va, After the death
iumbia; $. c.. where he died, May !,
1881 lie was largely engaged in bust
nesl particularly In sugar planting in
Louisiana. but always found time for
study and for appreciation OF fine
things in every direction OF art. He
WAS the most prominent OF the early
helpers OF Hiram Powers, who gave
Ills oratorical gifts were OF the very
hrst order and received national recoS-
milton after his great speech OF well
come TO the Palmetto Regiment on its
return from the Mexican War. a recog-
milton which grew wider with the
speeches delivered on the approach OF
secession. He was chairman OF his
Convention OF 1860, and commissioners
from his state TO urge Virginia to So
cedc. He served on Beauregard's STAFF
in 1861. and WAS transferred to the
Conscript Department. with rank of
brigadier-general After the war he
spent some years abroad.
A Month o. Sundays.
contained nve Sundays, and when it
1850. 1920
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25
r,,r'on, SITES.

IN day when busy Giles are com
pcting for the establishment of new
! industries and are Offering every pos
siblc attraction TO the manufacturer
Richmond cannot afford to be back
ward. western cities ARC Offering free
/ factory sites. cheap water power. low
rates for electric current and exemp-
! ton from taxation for n long term OF
wears. We. who can not offer SO much.
should not despair OF the competition.
but should give tho best we can and
| rely upon our climate. our location
and our railroads TO do the rest
The proposal 10 grant free factor,
sites 10 new Industries is certainly in
line with the movement OF tho day.
but whether 1t Is within the means
OF the city to do so remains to be
seen II the city can afford TO pur-
chase suitable property and can avoid
LEGAL technicalltics, it will do well TO
give the plan the most serious con-
sdcration./ It may mean u return in
taxes speedily equal to the outlay in
land
In the meantime. however. especially
Mt IL time when we contemplate ex-
tended annexation. wo would remind
our counciimen that there is clause
in the state Constitution. which can
be employed to advantage.
This is section 100, which reads in
part as follows:
'l69 . The General AS
sembly may allow a lower rate
of taxation 10 he imposed for "A
Of l,-
town upon land added to its
corporate limits than is i'm
posed on similar property
within its limits at tho time
:aid land is added. !"
This means that If Richmond wants
10 encourage the establishment of new
Industries near tho city. IL can do so
by adding now territory and getting
the consent OF tho General Assembly
TO impose rate OF 80 cents. or 81
instead OF $40 the hundred dollars
valuation. As the Constitution does
not limit tie number OF years for
which the lower rate may be imposed.
it is possible at law to grant a marked
reduction for ten. or even for fifteen
years
1t takes no eXpcr. IN city govern
mcnt TO see that such a provision
would serve as Il powerful magnet to
draw 10 Richmond the new manu-
facturics we want We need not be-
como n paternai city TO be progress
svc. and we shall certainly lose moth
Ing by generosity.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25
Improvinr the Turn,,k..

Forces are now at work from both
ends of the Richmond and Petersburg
Turnpike. repairing and improving that
thoroughfarc. The work at the PETERS
burg end is being done by the road
force OF Matoaca District. and that for
the Richmond end by the force of Man
chester District. The expense of the
work will be borne by the several mag
isterial districts through which the
road runs. supplemented by private
contributions from Richmond and
Petersburg.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25
Married in baltimore.

Councilman J. Wcstmore Brown. Of
tho Fourth Ward. was married in Bal
timorc. Wednesday afternoon, to Miss
Carrie Barth. OF that city: and the
young couple are now on their we'd
ding tour. The marriage was "A pleas
ant surprise TO the many friends OF
the bridegroom. his intentions being
only known TO his close relatives. Mr.
Brown is n we'll known and popular
young business man, and the bride ia
favorably known In Petersburg. whero
she has visited.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25
THE LITERARY surrnAcIsrs.

THE LITERARY SUEERAGISTS.
An interesting aspect OF the State
Convention OF Women Surragists, and
indeed. OF the whole movement In Nir-
gina, is the predomlnance Of writers
ginia suffragists with which people are
familiar are those OF Ellen Glasgow.
Mary Johnston. Louise Wilcox. Kate
Langley Boshcr. and others This is
natural in part, since these women have
gained wide publicity, quite aside from
The woman's movement. They have
been exploited as propagandsts for
this reason. Moreover the phenomc-
non Is not local to Virginia. The au-
thors over the whole country play n
big part In suffrage councils.
Perhaps one reason for this il that
writer's arc artioulatc. They can TALK
ana argue and make converts They
become good pamphletcrs For such
service, there is great need In the first
steps of a new idea. Moreover. liter
airy folks are usually farther along
in thinking. NJ least. In theoretical
thinking than other classes They
break ground for changing times.
Yet the stern fact remains that vot-
ing or even getting the vote is not n
matter Of the studio. or OF lectures
and pamphlets. Any political achieve
m"nt Is born OF a deep desire felt
! IN The lives and hearts of great masses
oil people 1t must become vital. ac-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
BY ROY K. MoULroN.
o. Promise Nc.

q. Promise Nc.
0, promise mo that some day, Mag
gle, dear,
You'll wear gown that Is not built
too near"
gown that Is not slit up to the
Knee,
a gown through which no mortal eye
can see.
O. say that you Will bark back TO tho
safe and sane,
Ana not wear clothes that give us n
three-cornered pain;
That You Will be as modest as YOU
used to be.
.. promise me-
Q, promise me.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25
Times-Dispatch Bureau.

I7tttrFOuTB. va, OctObcr z, l9l3.
The first OF n series of Sunday-sch DOL
institutes, under the auspices Of the
Methodist sunday school Association.
Will be held on Sunday afternoon at
High street Church. Several expert
enced instructors Will speak on the art
OF teaching children
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25

We insist on defending The Times
Dispatch School Of Poets, but MUSES.
help us, If We can find anything TO say
Tor tie massacred verse published by
IN" Newport News Times Herald. ad-
Nocaiine local Arbor Day. Play this
oNcr on Nonr cider mill.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25

II is queer that the ominous words
MORO Castle" should bob up In the
Mexican tanRlc fifteen years after we
learned their Significance In cuba.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25

If these Washington health dances"
are like some OF the other dances Of the
day TIA" open air is certainly the place
Tor them, preferably the open air OF n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25

me most useful weapon to put IN
stov" With IS Il dictionary
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25

We note that "Koiners Bulletin to
Farmers" is out again. I, IS too bad
tho state of Virginia publishes no bull
letin for farmers
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25

u doesn't make amy difference what
Kind OF horns an automobile has. the
pedestrian Is the goat.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25

richmond needs homes for working
people IT also needs people working
Tor better Homes
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25

Tho don5cy-car trimming is the
latest on womcn's hats. Men sun
wear theirs on their heads
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25

~ IN" stars ana Stripes COOS into
Mexico 'hcro win he more need for
the stripes than for the stars.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25
\ city Beautiful.

Wv" vow orGcrs Tor trees
Before the ground docs freeze
And be quito dutiful.
For when the spring is hero.
behold what will appear
Wen MIR. Bones. what VIII appcar--
tho eround-hor?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25
ELECTION Of omcern

The Philathea Glass of the Grove
Avenue Baptist Church, at its meeting
last night elected the following of
fcers: president, Miss Addic William
son; vice president. Miss Ruby Whitby
secretary, Miss Allie Wood; assistant
secretary, Miss Daisy Smith; treasurer
Miss Minnie Mack: librarian, Miss
Matte Crowder.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25
NOfunlnous Rccor,

VOfuminous Record.
1t is expected that the chancery
cause Of Avery We. Tartte, inovIving
the control Of the Harrison Street
(Colored) Baptist Church. which has
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-25

Our Poets. Once More.
| To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-I thank YOU for your editorial