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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-13
.curE NEED FOR HOSPITAL.

What does Richmond propose TO 90
for a hospital? The generous offer o.
the Memorial Hospital was permitted
70 Lapse. and this institution will soon
he devoted TO the service of the new
medical college. But a faiiure 10
accept this gift does not lessen the
urgent need for improved hospitai
facilities. How pressing this need has
become is emphasized by the present
epidemic OF measles and scarlet FEVER
The city Board OF Health has issued
repeated and serious warnings against
the spread OF these diseases. Strict
isolation and quarantine is demanded
10 check the increase of cases. But as
a. correspondent of The Times Dispatch
pointed out recently, the city oners
no isolation wards for the treatment OF
CONTAGIOUS diseases with the exception
Of tuberculosis. The parents who are
unable TO offer proper surroundings Tor
their sick children and keep them apart
from Others can look for no help at the
hands of the city. In the crowded
quarters of the city, where infectioh
spreads most rapidly. there is nothing
to do but to trust that others will not
catch these destroyers of infant life.
1t is true that most people can pro-
vide the proper isolation for their chill
dren. The lack of quarantine facilities
does not affect any great number direct
". But it threatens the health of every
child in Richmond, rich or poor, IN
directly. If the danger cannot be
stamped out in all directions il remains
as a menace to the whole population.
We are not urging hospital for TINS
type of disease on humanitarian grounds,
though such arguments should be con-
vincing in a large and modern city.
We are urging the instinct of self
protection Unless the city provinces
for its dependents. they will endaneer
the independents. Any infectious
disease is a social problem. 1t concerns
the entire community. 1t Is no re-
specter of places or persons 1t can
lump from the tenement to the mansion
with startling swiftness. The tax
PAYERS of Richmond need a hospital
to protect themselves. They should
demand it, and get it.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-13

tho least. superficial. The large cor
porations. Il IL true, In their financial
op.r.tions. must seek Mr.. Morgan's
aid. but this necessity has arisen DO
cause Of conditions created oy Mr..
Morgan and his associates. Inc Nor
nan interests dominate q chain OF banks
and +rust companies which In them-
selves and through their oorrespon-
dsnts possess immense resources. -
large corporation which muss secure
capital in enormous amounts through
the sale of securities finds ~ necessary
20 bave the assistance of these affiliat-
al financial institutions. If it has not
chair co-oneration. it's credit cannot
he exn,oited and Il will almost surely
meet with financial disaster ii IL does
not give 20 the Morgan or a similar group
of bankers the privilege OF marketing
it's stocks and bonds in norman years
II cannot hope for the assistance OF
these large banking interests in periods
of money stringency. IT rs TINS rear
which impels the large railroads 70 seek
the good will of Mr. Morgan anu the
noint which Holland fails to mention
is that Mr.. Morgan and his associates
have developed control of banking and
credit for the express purpose of fore
ing the large corporations 10 become
their vassals.
During the period lo0O-1sl0 the Penn
svlvania Railroad and New YORK Cen
trail sold stocks and bonds with an
aogregate market value of ss45 coo coo.
The railroads. however. realized ohly
s74s. 600 600 in cash proceeds from THESE
securities. In other words, these Two
railroads. which are mentioned oy
Holland as being dependent upon
MORGAN 4 Co. for credit facilities. re-
ceived from the sale of securities re-
ferred to 500 600. 900 less than the con-
market value OF the
stocks and bonds which they Issued.
A part of this loss to tibet companies
was undoubtedly due to bonuses to
stockholders. A large share OF IT,
however, consisted OF UNDERWRITING
com missions made necessary by the
banking connections OF the corpora
tions.
These two illustrations from the
world are typical. BY con-
of the control of banking
and credit facilities, the large corpora
tions of the country have been ex-
plotted in attempting to market their
securities. II we assume this CEN
tralization in banking resources, Mr.
Morgan's answer TO the question OF
the money trust investigatorsis' there
fore. true, but it does not follow that
the conditions which Mr. Morgan has
assisted in creating. and upon which
the correctness of his reply is based,
are sound and defensible. the fact
that Mr.. Morgan could make sucn
a statement without contradiction Is
sufficient condemnation OF the exist
ing condition of affairs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-13
On the way to Bonbright.
Monroe Be-

FRANK AlOEFOt ,
Twas on my return TO Bonbright-
RODE a dolciie bay
Just AT the swollen crossing
4 maid Was in dismay-
Her eyes were red with weepings
Disbeveled was her hair,
She wrung her hands. oh soreiy3
Her voice was fell despair
what il it. little maiden.,
/ asked in kindly tone;
Whatever has befallen.
Just make your troubles known.
I'd noticed that beside. her
There lay an only shoe,
Then I knew the loss OF t'other
Had coused the maids ado.
"Geod sir, the erteam il swollen
Replied the little maid;
81 pulled my shoes and stockings
1 knew that must wade
And then q rafting wagon
Came dasbing sudden. by,
NV shoe went in the water
And the girl began TO cry
Where were you going. my maiden:"
I asked IN kindest way.
"Oh, I was bound TO Bonbrishts
But woe me Is the day !.
How old are you. my maiden?
And have you kim" said.
on be fourteen in Augusts
But all my kin are dead
"They told ne of lady
She lives at Bonbright town
Who wants TO hire a housegirl.
And so I'd started down
But now one shoe is missing
Said /, what will you dor
sOh. cant go to Bonbrighe
Without another shoe"
gain the tears were rising
Into her swollen eyes:
Then what / told the maiden
She heard with glad surprise:
MY little maid, I've money.
And there's a store hard Dyt
Your tender feet III cover
You must no longer cry
She took the shoes IN giadness.
The erst Respondent maid.
She rode the bay, behind me
Far better than to wade
The proudest maid at Bonbright
Was she who lost a SHOE
r took her to the lady
our home became hers. too
FRANK NJ. BEVERLY.
Freezing
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a-pecping.
But during the dis

a-peeping,
And so ! Wilt say. and say it right here,
That ] have been preaching nigh on
Yet I cannot say in such a long roll
That ] have been the means Of saving
one soul
II bave saved yours I VIII not deny
But Sister sad Eye, she said not
Her sobbing alone all tRe noise hehcard.
And Brother Tun, who was fairly out
In getting no answer. new tack
IF I've saved not your soul. Why then
let me know
What part OF the discourse affected you
Then Sister sad-Eye. although she
wept STILL
Took courage and said. "If must
Bout thirty years gone. had an old
And she was good one. and zee her
Yes. she was so gentle and never would
shirk.
But come up as regular" as any clock
work
one eve She was missin. 1 went out TO
What on earth. was the cause-vhat
the matter could be:
And when got thar found OF uthe
riddle.
She stood in the swamp mir'd up to
her middle
I said. 'Sor den Rose; she gin me ono
look
That ! will remember till my last
breath is took.
Then she gin a long low which she
meant for goodbye
II made me so sad thought would
die.
So parson. to-day you my feelings did
reach.
For she iowd just exactly the way that
DUvAL PORTER /:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-13
AccordIng to Uncle Abner.


Mr.. Amos Butts. our gentlemanly
and congenial undertaken. also llv-
cry, feed and sales stables and fold
ing chairs TO. rent, says. by gravy
courage home Industries at all and
they don't seem 10 think that an uD-
dertaker has got 10 make an honest
living There has been only one
funeral in three years and that Eel
Ter was shipped in from out of town;
Amos says he can't see what the old
people of this town are waitin' Ter.
He SAYS there amt cent FOR MIN IN
a centenarian.
Every Teller ought to have an aim
in life. Then maybe he can get a
job shooting glass balls IN some via
west show.
Hank Tumms always buys domes-
tic cigars when he wants to smoke
at home.
Iod Purdy always carries his lunch
to work with him, but be eats IL pc
fore he starts, so as TO save Tune at
noon.
old LATE Tubbs says when he was
in the army he was where the bui-
lets was thickest, but Abe Renfrew
SAYS that IL is as run lie Tor the pu!,,
let's was all the dame thickness and
he knows 1t.
Lam Higgins says he always stops
he knows he has added at least twenty
wears TO his life by so doing
The old philosopher who said there
was nothing Impossible IN TINS wo1io
never tried to get a real poem pup
1t is natural for. a Teller to worry
if he is going to be hanged, but it
doesn't do no partickler good. at that.
If every woman spent as much
time thinlin' about marriage before
there would be fewer divorces IN TINS
country.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-13

his voice is sounding now in higher
forumsl he denounced the practice OF
tying helpless men down and cutting
their backs into rags and latter with
leather strap simply because they
failed TO perform some Impossible
task.
criminal oftentimes falls more heavily
on the innocent that or the guilty.
The wife and helpless children OF Inc
cry and helpless, into cold ana crcei
world. Yet It was written long ago
why should father eating sour
grapes set the chlldren's teeth on
What was it that made "big-hearted" :
Bob Taylor. the thrice Governor o.
thf 6el Sispiayed fo aS the
distressed and helpless that came
before him.
Oft have heard him say. in de-
Tending his pardon record. LEI tne
critics frown and wall and let threat
ening world condemn, for ne VINO re
fuses to temper justice with mercy.
the same shall cry himself for mercy
when he shall stand out in the gTeat
eternity before the Omnipotent Juose.
who shall judge both the just ana the
unjust for the deeds done in the body
Too often the labor or the result Sad
of the labor of convicts is paradeu
forth 20 the public as great asset
Is it creditabIe to a State TO herald
forth TO the world the harvest II mas
reaped from crime, and that often
in competition with free labor? ),
The convicts should be employed
on the public highways and upon
farms, and If there is any proft from
their toll IL should be turned over 70
their families II they have any. and
if not, placed TO their credit in some
bank and given 10 them when they are
released so that they may begin the
battle of life anew with some nope
of success The convict should be re-
garded as the ward of the State rather
Una" ' b. CLAY MIDDLETON.
Rich mond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-13

To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch-
Sfr-I notice in reading your paper
that you have a number OF times
stated that the first electric trolley
line was constructed and used IN your
town In your PAPER of yesterday you
announce the death NJ a man by name
barry. a man from Maine. who con
structed this first trolley line in Rich
mond. In your efforts TO slorify htcn-
rnond. which seems to be the sole pur-
pose Of your paper. and exploit her
progressiveness. you get Tar Deyohd
the bounds of truth
You are misInformed or you nave
never Investigated the eiectflc trorsy
line business in the United states The
frst practical overhead trolley line was
built in Kansas City. Mo. in lSsf- But
before this in 1879, what may be called
the first electric working railway OF
full size was constructed nus vas
a line 900 feet long. built at the Der
lin International Exposition. In 1885
third rail Iinewas constructed IN Baiti.
more. and the same year an Overhead
trolley line was built IN toronto, Cdh-
But II there is any honor in beng
first to introduce public utility,
kansas City deserves that honor
: citv OF 80 o00 people. twice the popu-
iation Of Richmond. and which, 70
nv knowledge. thIrty-six years ago
was only river landing 70 Mcs,-
port. town Of 400. ten miies oack
from the river. For progressive men
Kansas City's record - rnarveiogs-
~ ~ III irtv-six wears Richmond near
~ 30 wears. and boasts about being
Progressive II she II. she has not been
crowded for time. ,r~-cu.vv
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-13

Sister Sad-Eye and Her Cow.
As he had been "adoin" fifty years.
so they say.
And giving his members GOOD dress
As boys would say, in slang OF the
Ills subject OF discourse. as L have
was about Prophet Daniel. the good
man Of old.
III give a quotation 60 that you may
What q powerful preacher Brother
Tu1-Nut could be-
Is about a good man who kept on his
In spite Of all threats of the wicked
And 80 he was thrown in the Hons
And for What was he cast in the lions
For prsyins each day three times
a day-ah-
But brethren and sisters. have no
From any such cause you will ever
come there-ah-
In the amen corner sat Sister. Sad Eye.
And her feelings we're Touso and she
That startled the preacher. 90 long and
profound.
90 be crowned.
so he raised - still higher. an octave
But sister ssd-Eye he could not sub
But all things must end. ana after two
hours
Brother Tun-Nut-s srea. lungs had
su. hi, < eursosisy. a ns 20. ~ an
Fer Sister Ssd-Eye still kept up her
eousli.
And the cause OF her grief he tried 70
rsstsr sad-Eye.- said he. Il VA not
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-13
ACnnyersationaIist.

A stranger came to me,
He was a pleasan. man
He had. for sale, insurance
On the endowment PLAN
He started conversation
And started with vim;
l never heard a fellow who
Could hold torch to him.
He argued all the morning
And didn't get the hunch
When l got up and left MIN
And went out TO my lunch
When | got back / found him
Still talking twenty pay =
| do not think he realized
That ! had been away
l kept right at my business
Till dewy eventide,
But ne did not desert me;
He sat right by my side
l left him there still talking
When / turned out the light
And started home to dinner
! guess he talked all night.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-13

4 0ordonsviIie correspondent 81 the
PAGE vailey Record reports that sly
persons. all % orange County have
died n six months IN the chaTiottes-
Vile hospital. all from horse kick
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-13
On the Spur of the
Moment.
oh. Them WIN men.

merle England. f Tho Fog s Was denss,
dnd pd do %s deep e sod t tue aE1 za
beth, che of the Pains fireworks hair.
better known. TO her bridge partners
Now it happens that there was a
ter Raleigh. who had been making eye
winks at Queen Liz. He was tired of
working for living and the old throne
looked better TO him than a feather
bed looks 70, man who has been shoe
etand-in with Liz by making a trip to
America. but said trip, while 1t was a
good press agent stunt for Walt. didn't
cop the heart and hand of Queen LIZ.
on, no. She was an old maid for fair.
Walt kept banding around and max
ing noodle OF himself. however, and
went out for constitutional, he was
lurking behind the telephone poles in
the immediate vicinity. Finally queen
Liz came 20 spot in the road where
the ASPHALT had been worn baldheaded
and the mud had formed. She had to
cross,
Here is my chance. . Kissed Sir Walt
between his teeth and he ran to the
mud puddle and spread his new crava-
nette over, 1t so that she could trip
lightly and gally across without ac-
cumulating and English realty upon
her slippers. And she tripped across.
simmon 0q tfRousht A vast 90 10 Himself
If she won't fall for a neat and nifty
piece OF chivalry like that. there will
ne Me said Ge anfHf ow a ao it now. Liz?
Do | get your
Did he get herr
80 Not on ySgr zinc etching nssf al That's tt,s
go and do to him. after he had been
SO polite? she went and let them
chop his pompadour of right close un-
der his chin. That's what she went
and done to him.
oh, them wimmen.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-13

"suc,ssr g. MT what you 90 +" -
what ~ psblIc does 70 yov." declares
Oscar Hauners,eIn. what does 'ns
Mar - Armsge6son mink ABOUT
that? 49,.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-13
OUERIES&
ANSWERS
The Death OF jackson.

The Dean OF SacAScns
Lately in the Query Column II was
stated that Stonewall Jackson was
certainly Killed by shots from his own
men II this Is true. these men joined
the Confederate forces with the rur-
pose OF killing him About one year
ago I saw In Gettysburg, Pa, one OF
the gold medals struck as rewards to
the elayers OF Jackson Its bullion
value was some 81. and 1 was told,
but have forgot. what numoer OF such
medals were awarded =.
We can make no comment better
than the current query. Now. what ca
you know about that.
Rural Circulation.
Please tell me what publication
once a week or oftener-hss the lzrs~
est country circulation in georgia
Alabama ard Tennessee w
The Weekly Constitution. Atlanta.
Ca
Earliest pennsylvania Paper
Please give the date Of the punnca-
ton OF the first newspaper In rsnn-
sylvania- w IS 49,
ire. II was the American Wsekiy
Mercury. published by Andrew Sreo-
ford and John Copsor-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-13
Charlottesville.

Editors Note.-The Times-Dis-
match regrets that MIR. Renshsw's
intimate acquaintance with the bounds
OF truth did not inspire him 20 quote
accurately what The Timcs-Dispstch
stated. The ncws item referred to
declared that the Richmond line was
the fret in actual service, ana an
editorial founded on this item isia
claim only to the first commerciai
trolley line IN the world The authority
for these statements was the ex-
president OF the leading American
society OF electrical engineers. VINO
superntended the construction OF THIS
road. he mentions tho Berlin Mode'
Line and tie installation OF line IN
81. Joseph. Mo. after the Riohmono
line was begun. He says nothing aoou.
the Kansas City venture. we are
proud 70 slorify Richmond sna vir-
ainia and proclaim the progressive
ness OF both. but We sounetimes have
occasion 10 regret that some OF her
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-13

Evidently the postal card craze is
not over. 4 Lursy girl has i.szs vsFie-
ties and 10 stII taking them a. they
eg-re
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-13

30 vs DO not know who rst the
rin Ga virginia. but 8; is certain maj
ne caroiluss are trying 70 take most
u % out
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-13

Toosruz price. are stiii soaring. De
clsrss . xovernnent report IL " .
pad. Dot true. pan that the CONSUMERS
are soslns O. he prices.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-13

citizens are not flied With the same
public pride.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-08-19

1sol-The president ordered two
gunboats to cruise on the
coast Of Georgia and South
Carolina to protect the ports
Of these States.
ls1l-The French under Mcdonald
captured Figueras. In Spain.
after . desperate resistance
BY its famished defenders.
ls54-Canton. China eeA,pslt. BY
eq ~e7 qNSS. >
lssl-Un!on forces. under General
Warren, seized and destroyed
the Weldon railroad before
Petersburg, Va.
1so4-Russc-Japanese war; Japa'
nese begin general assault on
Rihlung; captured trenches
In front Of redoubt at foot Of
/ mountain.
1s0i-Russian gunboat sunk on Of
Port Arthur.
lsl2-General Booth, founder o.
the Salvation Army, died II
England. nj, funeral pa
geant took plac. In Londo'
: AUG. -.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-08-19

tbsstrick of the departed hclr:sman.
And 50. when sae ia Major Screws
d the montgomery Advertiser.
dropped at his post the other day.
Will SkeehaA, trained for years in
Advertiser JouraaNsm,11 stepped in
>stantaya into the vacant place and
there was no break or halt for a
moment in the machinery of the big
morning daily of Alabama's beauti-
full capital. He is richly equipped
for the arduous task and will meet
ell it's exactions like the high-class
newspaper man that he Is. Native
Of the State and loyal to her best
traditions he is the right man at
the head Of one Of her Oldest aud
best dailies::
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-08-19
THE NERvH REST0RER
IN THE WHITE HOUSE

President Wilson gets bigger and
bigger and better and better all the
time while holding down the Job to
which the American people called
him. He is a cool, tranquil, temper.
amental BLESSING and example to the
nervous millions Of his countrymen
and we hail him as tho great nerve
festorer who is doing more than any
other influence to sooth and
tranqullize his countrymen in these
perilous and portentous times. He
faces each emergency In its turn,
"decently and in orLer" as becomes
his Presbyterian training, and In
his smiling, imperturbable way han
dies 1t with the sagacity Of true
wisdom and the quiet firmness
which 90 we'll becomes . real man.
with Congress and the Mexican sit
nation both on his hands, to nay
nothing Of very many minor issues,
he is as calm as a May morning. de.
cisive as Napoleon, unfailing In
courtesy and Consideration and DOM
mated in all he says aud does by
On incisivc common sense and sound
Judgment which disarm the partisan
criticisms of his enemies. arouse the
plaudits of his friends and win the
respect and confidence Of the Amer
acan people generally
This schoolmaster st the head Of
the nation is a strange, new type In
che White House and he IL proving
equal to arduous things with Jefer.
Donian simplicity and strength.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-08-19

4 - =, ~, ... l.1>.,..,-}
Your true humorist has always a
golden thread Of truth and wisdom
running through his fun. George
Fitch, who makes jokes for millions
of readers every week, recently dis
cussed the subject Of hogs. He
concluded bis humorous remarks
with the solemn and awful state
ment which every one Of US knows
to be true:
EVERY day there goes to the stock
yards carloads of pedigree pigs
which have been raised more care
fully than thousands Of American
children. TAis latter fact Is because
a great many Of the most profound
hogs in Are:ica have only two legs
and cannot bs slaughtered without
violating the law"