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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-19

10 the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir have read with interest the
conducted at the Bon Air home for
delinquent girls of the white race as
ordered by tho Governor Of the State.
AS q colorcd man. my attention was es-
pccialiy drawn to the prominence given
Beverly Banks. IA member of my race
ana an cmploye at the home.
Coming TO the point. some of tho
daily papers have inferred and suggest
ed that Banks be removed because he
is a negro. All of the testimony which
was honest. capable and efficient. Too
black, 1t appears, to think himself
white. yet lac must be denied 81 SER
wants place in home for dolinQucnts.
that Banks was the "noblest negro God
ever made but some of us feel that
God has made some negroes SO noble
that me plus ultra" would properly
adorn their humanity.
Yet. In spite of this par excellent tcs-
timony. Banks, the faithful servant,
who held the keys. locked the gate. an
swered the phone, worked the garden
by day and guarded the premises by
night. who did what he was told, knew
heart was pure. conscience clear and
record good but whose skin is black.
must go because he is a negro.
do not know this colored man, never
heard his name before. and have no
personal interest, save that vital in;
uplift.
In the name OF an oppressed people.
ask when will prejudice yield to
truth, and character have n meaning
Wo used to DO told that Justice is
blind, and so 1t sometimes seems but
/ believe that one day she will open
her eyes and mete out to every man
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-19
LET CITIES CONFER ON LEGIsLA.
TION,

In six months the Legislature will
meet. 1t is time Richmond and the
other cities of the State were getting
together to plan and organize the cam
paign for freer and simpler municipal
government. The Newport News Press
points out that City Attorney Italia
ferro of Hampton. hopes the League
OF Virginia municipalities Will. at it's
next meeting in September appoint n
committee to frame the legislation
wanted. The Press has advocated q
conference for this purpose. but adj
mits that ii can be accomplished
through the league. 1t can if the
league can get the cities together and
formulate a platform that will cover
the needs of the entire group.
Certainly this pressing step should
not he postponed until the Legislature
meets 1t is not n matter for over
night judgments. The laws OF other
States and the needs Of Virginia cities
have TO be investigated. The cities
must have time to attend to their local
issues The time is short enough
In Richmond we do not believe the
majority of the voters will say that
the present system is the best possible
solution. There are too many occa-
sions for harmony parties" We have
all the luXurics OF government with
little efficiency. We have "a Mayor, a
bi-cameral Council and highly ex-
pensivo Administrative Board Doubt
less. we can present our special plea
and fight for any change that we deem
an Improvement Yet we must also
fight for wider measure OF home rule
so that some day we can change our
own local government to suit our own
needs without running to the Legisla-
turc Tor special dispcnsations.
The condition of Richmond is that
Of the other municipalities All are
hampered by restrictions that prevent
progress. Since the difficulty is gen
cral the remedy should he general. and
the best way TO secure such wider on
portunity is by concerted action on
one comprehensive piece OF legislation.
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a WORLD OF LOST Nrs,c

one OF our honored correspondents
writes TO kno~ 1--WE caa tell him where
he can find copies Of the southern
negro songs" which he is dosrous of.
procuring. We presume that our
reader refers not to that syncopatcd
and boisterous hodge -podge of sound
which is called 'ragtime." but 10 those
delightful old slave melodies which
constitute a world OF lost music.
We wish we could answer this query.
We wish We knew for ourselves where
we could End the music Of those won
derful old tunes which too,hless old
nanny crooncd in The darkness to every
Southernb born boy. Was there ever
amy sweeter music and did weary young
eyes ever close 10 a more soothing
lullaby?
Some OF them have been preserved.
in fragments at least. The wise men
who have conducted the Hampton In
stitute have appreciated the value OF
This music and have collected a few
Of the old songs. on state occasions
the institute pupils sing them with
that peculiar intonation characteristic
of all negro music And Il one doubts
'ho magic OF THIS melody lie, him listen
70 these songs and then TO the inane.
senseless ballads of sentincntalism ,hat
The pupils prefer when LETT alone.
Then. too, that remarkable negro.
Coleridg Taylor. has taken the theme
Of few Southern negro songs and
woven them into very croditablc piano
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COMMISSIONERS KoINER,s."

We have no quarrel with The Hon
George w. Koiner. Commissioner of
Agriculture and Immigration. At the
it is that publications issuing from
the State Department OF Agriculture
are announced to the press as Com
missioner Koiner's" or mir. Koincr's''
bulletin.
AS we understand ii, Mr.. koincr
works in cooperation with state
Board o. Agriculture, and is himself
an official Of the State Department OF
Agriculture. 1t would seem to us,
therefore, thAt the publications sent
out from his Office should DE an
nounced az the production OF his
board or his department rather than
OF NIr IIoiner himself To be sure.
the monthly agricultural bulletin
bears the imprint of the department.
and is To that extent impersonal, but
are rcligiously labeled with the name
of the commissioner
Would state Librarian McIlwaine
be justified in sending out press no
tees announcing the bulletin of his
library as cdr. McIlwaines bulletin?"
Woald DR.. t1rnion Williams be war
rantcd In telling the public through
his weekly press service that DIR
Williams's" new pamphlet on typhoid
fever has appeared? Or does it make
a difference when one officer is ap-
pointed by a board or by the Gov
ernor, and another is elected by the
people?
a personal label strikes us as
would be voters etter
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IONs,-BO\V GIiDI.S.

We have keen sympathy for that
Was hington tourist guide whose mis-
adventures were reported so humor-
ously in yesterdays PAGER We know
now he felt. and we see that h., was
a good sport. lie had Just finished a
long Grafton on the spiendors OF the
Luther Memorial Church In the ma
tional city, and had apos,roph!zed
over the statue Of the great roformer
which docorAtcs the yard. Naturally
when thoughtlcsa sightsecr asked
VINO Luther was, the guide did not
want TO show his iEnoranco Conse-
qucnily, hc made a SAB at 1T, ana
solemnly told thcrn that Martin Luther
was first pastor Of the Washington
church
1t was certainly = game exhibition.
As it happened. the guide guessed
wrong, and doub, not. was
promptly elected from his high place.
i'u, at that h did what hundred
Washington guides do every day ana
vas only Unfortunate III TIA, he Was
caught
y guido is forced 10 draw tho long
bow. HIS employers ana his calling
demand it, Fancy a man WHO has de
, iivered his vocal thundcrs ana ,old
his wen-pointod stories for AN hour.
Fancy the gaping. admrine crowd
The wondering looks Of tho yokcls
Can flesh rests, the temptation OF no,
soaring from heigh, to height? Car
mortal man overcome the desire to
win completely the glory nc secs
aglimmering?
We have seen our Richmond guide.
some of 'hem in tho same plight
and. instead ot laughing. we have al.
mired the Ingenuity with winch the,
hid their own Ignorance or movcc
boldly on through fields OF faisohood
Take, FOR instance. the real courae,
/ of that colored hackman who answer,
good old gcnueman's inquiry "a
sarding the alleeorical figure on In,
| Davis Monumcnt by telling him III,
statue is of Mrs. DAVIS. Stand in aw,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-19
On the Spur of the
Moment
Accordlng to Uncle Abncr.
By Roy X. Moulton

One way to find how much the rela-
tives love one another is to get up
a family picnic. y friend OF ours got
one up last week and every woman
was told to take whatever she wanted
to in way of a lunch. Every woman
took pound of crackers.
There amt nobuddy who kin work
more destruction in short space of
time than Teller with souse and
a motorcycle.
This won't be much of world to
live in until every baseball team .,n
be at the top OF tho column every day
In the season.
II costs about as much to screen
in front porch as II does to go away
and spend the summer in Switzerland.
| never heard of a pig that would
chaw tobacker or drink whiskey.
After tho train comes in. there amt
much dom in 4 small town until the
next one comes in.
Those fellers who brag that they
have never taken 4 vacation In their
lives generally look the part.
There are only two kinds of wimmen
that are smarter than the men. They
are married wimmen and the single
wimmen.
1t amt place for an innocent by
stander when woman gets to swat
tin flies with broom.
Reginald Hickey IS away to college
gcttin' liberal education. and his
father is stayin' around home gcttin'
an education in libcrality.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-19

The evening sun was setting over Fair
Oaks battleheld
Two soldiers lay a-dyinG. their young
lives soon 10 yield
When one 10 his comrades saying, Just
wave II DER me. boys,
j loved tho colors always, and it's bon
ME bright blue stars
When Sumter's guns were fired at
West Point still marched |:
In Virginia hills awaiting l heard n
mother sigh;
still at West Point kept marching
Oh, boys. what could ] do?
! chose the home and mother, and
threw aside the blue.
When Cuba's guns were sounded. once
| changed. you see.
The old gray uniform | wore and went
in blue with Lee
Ger Guantanamo's burning sands and
san Juan's valley. too,
] marched beneath the Stars and Stripes
with Lee in bonnie blue"
When the morning sun broke over Fair
Oaks bloody held
Two soldiers In their countrys flag
were wrapped as In "A shield
That one whose uniform ne'cr had
changed was Grant. as you viii
And he WHO wore them both was Mars
ter Fitahugh Lee.
Cape May Courthouse, y, j.
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THE HARMLESS POET LAUREATE.

Not many people know the names of
ever heard of DR.. Robert Bridges. the
elderly poet and scholar. who has been
named poet laureate of England AS
usual. tho honor is given to safe and
sane talent. rather than TO dangerous
genius. Rarely has the Office been held
by the best poet Of the day in England
Rarely has it been held by the best
known. Precedent has been faithfully
followed in the present selection
DR.. Bridges has written poetry of
authentic merit. He has written much
about the versiication of others He
is truer poet than was the late Alfred
Austin, with certain exalted and
classical beauty In his lines His lyrics
are appreciated by little clan that
has the time and energy to read broad
ly in current literature. Yet he is
old. and the great world has never
been stirred by single ringing poem
with n message to the mass of men. It
is too much to expect that he will break
into splendid fury of eloquent poetry
in his sixty ninth year.
Perhaps the British government does
not want anything ringing and modern.
1t does not want the people reused by
the strains of new prophet of emo
ton. 1t wants an amiable student of
taste and discretion to lend certain
dignity to the tradition of letters.
Otherwise. il would have chosen
kipling, Noyes, Watson. Masefeld. or
some younger singer who sounds the
strirings OF modern social progress in
his notes Since 1t could not. for rea-
sons of state. perhaps. get real poet,
the wonder is that the office was filled
at all. The wise course would be to
let the people choose their own poet
and name him laureate by acclaim The
official title can mean little even to the
man who wins it,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-19

Yes, it is hot. 1t is always hot in
the summer. If YOU don't like it why
don't YOU move TO Spitzbergcn instead
of sticking around here and kicking TO
the rest of us about L. We arc just as
hot as you are.
II we didn't have hot weather in
the summer we wouldn't have any
thing to eat in the wint~r. Ever stop
to think of that? There wouldn't be
a buckwheat pancake in this country.
Just try and think how you are
going TO enjoy those buckwheat cakes
and that maple syrup and pork gravy
next winter.
While it is hot take the muller off
your oatmobile. Why allow the poor
thing to suffer?
How would YOU like to be a wooden
Indian and have to stand in the sun
in front of cigar store all day?
How would YOU like to be a wax
beauty in store window just about
now?
How would you like to be putting
on tin roof or painting a steeple?
How would you like to be stalking
a battleship--
or working in n nice cool foundry +?
What are you Kicking about?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-19

an ardor of repression. What was my
surprise when, expecting TO be shown
some vulgar chrome or Paphian pastel
that would cause my modesty to sound
Il hasty retreat. | was led before the
picture OF a pretty little girl wadinr
tiin!dly ono doubt because of her limo
cence and retiring disposition as well
as the chill on the waterl in crepus-
Nuious pool OF gorgeously -hucd tints'
rho whole effect was n pleasin one Of
nature in a radiant mood. and far, in
deed. would the imagination go TO looil
upon this maiden. svclte and fair. as
anything but a delightful unit in a
harmonious ensemble Here Is d rev
morn stealing over the face OF the ca, tn
&c add itself to tired aeons but so eff
iiorescent in its birth and pure and
clarified of atmosphere that what
should be its prototype and central fig
ure but this slip OF n girl as an incar-
nation of purity and innocence? For
10th, with the flight of time. the colo,s
fade and the glory dims. but not yet
/! the picture have the outpourings OF
forge and factory dispelled the morn
lng's incense, or the onslaughts OF age
lifted the aureole OF youth.
II Major Werner wishes to withdraw
from the gaze OF the prurient the Oh
Jets dart, which, doubtless. have an
erect upon diseased minds. let him go
into half the saloons Of Richmond and
more particularly into the dives fire.
qnented by the drunken rout. there TO
strip the galleries Of their pictures,
which must aggravatc inha,ned pas
sions more than poor little September
Morn" who is not half as bad as she
1. painted.
This crusade against a picture that
has made warning factions Of the aes-
thetes and the ethicists smacks OF the
martial flavor OF that other military
engagement in which a famous knight
GRANT jousted with a windmill and
made fool OF himself Prudery is
proving the hest press agent NJ Chabas
could employ Most people viii merely
conjure UP and pronounce the artists
name. and say, In eXecrablc French
perhaps, "Pshaw! BAH
Very truly yours.
COMMON SENSE.
Portsmouth
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whcre the Shoe pincbe,.

Many cities OF the State. we observe.
viii endure substantial net losses
should the Moore scheme prevail,
Lynchburg, for example. when count
ing her losses and gains. comes out
net loser to the extent OF si9.3s234:
Roanoke losses s5s.I35.5l Richmond
S96.629,si. Norfolk gains s62.76l: New
port News Sl0,505.72: Danville. 3d.
oi1.59-losscs and gains in other cities
Icing comparatively small. \ rough
calculation makes II appear that ten
cities Will experience a total net loss
OF about 1862, 600. while eleven COM
hined show "A total net gain OF about
$4,000. thus leaving a balance on tho
wrong side of the ledger OF something
like $4,000. II Is but fair TO add that
the losses thus defined include de-
crease In revenue resulting from the
reduction OF the rate on Intangible
property to a maximum of IS cents on
of Lynchburg. for example. It is worth
noting that its loss under this intan-
gible property introduction is esti-
mated at $4a,42i45, while its net loss
under the general segregation plan Is
s49.3S2.34, the difference between the
two sums being only Si2.1l. 1t should
also be stated just here that Auditor
Moore claims that 1T can very rea-
sonably be expected low rate OF in
tangible property will result in plac-
ing on the tax books large amounts OF
such property not there now because
OF the excessive tax rate. which often
amounts to from 33 Ia 10 so per cent
OF its earning power: thus will be
wiped out many of the losses shown
in the Notwithstanding News.
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Voice Of the eople
rhe Glory of "scrtcmhcr Morn."

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-Ha wing read with mingled feel
ings of amusement and curiosity the
articles on September Morn that made
such good copy for your Monday paper,
and being further melted by the critique
OF your chief policeman placing the
print under the ban as regards show
window exhibition, | went boldly into
an art shop OF this town to-day and
tremendously asked to be shown a copy
OF the picture that has aroused the
conservative city OF Richmond to such
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sat in bondage.
Are they lost forever. irredcemably
lost? Is there no man in the South
with patriotism enough and genius
enough TO collect them and weave them
into masterpieces beside which the
rhapsodies OF List will seem tawdry
and the folk songs of Gricg be weak?
The South and the country can i'll af-
ford the loss Of it's most distinctive
single possession,
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of that guide who declares tho
Daughters Of the Conrederacy main
tain the Houdon Statue and that the
picture in the Corporation Court room
is of the bloody battle of jamestown.
Such men have to lie to live. and
when they fall or fai!--all pity for
them. An honest guide who cXplodes
myths and skaters romance would
starve in q week
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nAYwooD,s WITHDRAWAL.


sweltering people may we'll afford
to pause, even in July. and reflect on
the significant spectacle which Pater-
son witnessed when William Haywood.
Americas most notorious red. with
drew from the silk weavers' strike and
left town
OF course. il may he true, as his
champions declare, that Haywood is
sick, and that the strenuous days OF
his bitter campaign in Paterson have
shattered his nerves of iron and weak
encd his magnificent frame The ave
rage man, however. will agree with
the general view that Haywood has
quit because his methods were too ex-
IRENE. and the peace-lo loving citizen Will
read a moral in his leave taking.
The country has watched the war
within the ranks OF labor during re-
cent years with perhaps greater in
terest than they have given TO any
single subject. Men who were in other
days the outspokcn enemies OF the
American Federation of Labor have
seen how from the ranks of that great
organization have been excluded those
who believe in bloody strikes. in forci-
BILE conquest and in ruthless recrimi-
nation. And those who watched have
come really TO regard the federation
safe and sane. compared with the
organizations which seceders have
formed
Especially has there been concern,
deep, though sometimes concealed. at
the remarkable progress Of the In
dustrial Workers of the World--that
so-callcd union OF laborers which con
Quoted the memorable strike at Lowell
/ These men and women made no con-
cealment OF their purpose: they were
| for direct action" and they would
organize and recruit until they could
seize the sources of wealth and use
them for the benefit of those who toll
| with these. II viii be recalled. VIII
liam Haywood allied himself. and
when the Paterson strike was called.
| he FASTENED TO the lk-rnaking city.
not only 10 fight the manufacturers
but TO fight the "spineless la Dor
unions" as he dubbed those bodies af
hliated with the American Federation
And now his own have received hin,
not lie has failed in his great effort
and even before ne left, stood discred
ited in the eyes OF labor. If he is sick
1t is fortunate: if he is well. his re-
tircment is Il confession Of his defeat
Labor rebcllcd against the excuses Of
iabors worst cncmies-irrcspon
and hlOO1 thirct,, le.,J.,c
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Gives n Basis for Work.

First reading OF the plan shows it
to be just what Mr. Moore calls 1t
only basis on which to work. Further
information must come from the Audi
tors office as 10 the practical results
of many of the suggestions he makes.
Countless possibilities present them
selves as the Moore article is read.
The effect on certain localities from
loss of railroad and other corporation
taxes must be carefully gone into.
Tax, students are given food for
cation of this plan. Mr.. Moore is to
be commended for his zeal in behalf
Of the cause Of tax reform. for the re-
search that preceded publication. for
tho effort put forth in. securing infor-
nation. Too few public officials pre-
sent plans for the public good in CON
nection with the administration OF
their Offices. The public services Of
c. Lee Moore have been signally great
and deserving OF the utmost common
dation.
This does not mean that his plan is
best, or that II can be made workable
at once. Only study Of the details can
demonstrate these things-Harrison-
burg News-Record.
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equity and opportunity or else the
whole scheme OF Christian religion is
but a cunning!y devised fable. the
deceivins dream. and the RENTED
vicartous death OF Christ mere fig
ment OF the INA gination"
: :. MORRIS
Pastor OF Third street a. ". e church.
Richmond VA
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Same OLD Cumbersome systcm.

1t appears to be the same old cum
bersome tax system, which is proving
so detrimental to the State. masquerad-
ing in new guise by allowing certain
of the assessments TO the State ex-
clusively and the. remainder to the
cities. counties and towns
The enumeration of the taxes to be
levied by the State, cities counties
and towns is formidable, and causes
a a, ,person. to wonder IL there is any.
by Mr.. Moore's tentative plans. This
brings more forcibly to mind that this
State is overburdened with a multi
plicity of taxes. But
Mr.. Moore deserves to be congratu-
lated on Offering his taxation reform
ideas at this date as it will give the
members of the next General Assembly
q. chance to study over the plans before
the session meets. At the same time
1t will give those who have made the
taxation system n study courage 20
advance their plans, which may be far
less complex than Mr.. Moore's com.
binaing simplicity. eomprehensiveness
horde of unnecessary officials. and ba
the means for the Industrial and com.
mercial development Of the State
Fredericksburg Journal. a
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such worthy enterprises as the out
ING camp Cor coiored children now
being pushed by the Colorcd Juvenile
Frotccticc League, are better WAYS or
Fighting disease than all the medicine
in the world
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Greatest SUSPENSION Dridpc.

NVEI IIIC
suspension bridge in the world
SUBSCRIBER.
The costliest is the Manhattan Bridge
in New York, estimated at $4,000 600
The Brooklyn Bridge, in the same city
Is longer, having total length OF
bridge and extensions, of 1850 feet,
the Brooklyn has the longer river
span--1.595 feet 6 inches against 1910
In the other. The Manhattan has the
greater width--122 feet 6 inches,
against sc feet in the Brooklyn.
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Many mad-dog scares could he avoid
cd by giving the dog drlnk-or keen.
ing the man from it,