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From the nic,scyvillc Clarion.

Renlrew Binks, our talented and
versatile station agent for the rail
road depot, said a lot OF fcllers got
next TO good tips on the stock mark II
by tapping the telegraph wires. Hank
Iumms climbed a pole next day and
tapped wire for an hour with his
jackknife, but he didn't get no in
formation. Hank Tumms SAYS Rem is
"A liar. Miss Amy PrinGlo has bought
a Gates Ajar" frame from the hot
house and expects to trim 1t up for
spring bunnit in the near future
Elmer Jones says he would like TO
own Il good dollhouse because a TELLER
could stay in all the year around and
Keep nice and warm for nothing. Since
Doc Hanks has had the mumps his
whiskers is too small and don't tit his
face.
y Teller that shoots glass balls in
Wild West show has certainly got
some aim III life. Miss Amy Prinele.
our milliner, says She would like TO
marry ono of them foreign counts nv
gum, she VIII marry foreign one II
she marries any, because there amt
no other kind except New York counts.
and they are oysters. Folks say the
count Amy marries won't 10 no oyster
He will be lobster. Hank Tumn.,
says Bryan is a humbuG when he poses
as the Peerless Leader Hank claims
To be the Peerless Leader himself.
as he has chawed more Peerless than
any other Teller in this country.
What the weather has lacked in
Guality lately il has made up in qian-
uty. An author is discussed, but an
editor is only cusscd.
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stove-pipe hats. Nor do we mean
that women must usurp the place OF
priests. and become spectacular par
Elephants in ceremonies. We do mean
that both might profit by sharing the
beauty and service OF q great cero-
mony.
If. by sad chance, all the women
had been kept at home, yesterday.
would Easter have been such time
or fragrance and beauty? No service
could have added the touch OF nature
and simple joy that their love of the
outer tokens contributed. If, by acct
dent. nll the men had been kept at
home. who would have performed the
inspiring Offices? There would have
been no service TO call for beauty.
surely men must feel some desire
TO put on the garments of spring
Surely. many women have messages
that would help a weary world. The
twin halves OF humanity in union
would surely gain inspiration and a
sense of larger life.
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THE INCOME TAX FIGHT.

The battle for the levyinG OF n ma
tional income tax is but half won. The
new sixteenth amendment to the Fed
eral Constitution gives Congress pie
nary power to impose this tax, but
about the construction of the bill de-
fning the nature and amount of tho
tribute to be eXacted a powerful strug
gle is yet to be waged. 1t is not sup
posed for an instant that the men OF
great wealth in the country. to whom
the tax will be exceedingly costly, will
framed. They may not be able TO de-
feat it, but they may succeed in post
poning the passage OF legislation i'm
posing it The wide difference OF opin-
Ion in Congress as to the amount OF
the tax will further the interests OF
those who would delay as long as pos
sible its levy.
Whatever income tax is laid will
doubtless hc gagged by the scope OF
tho new tariff act. II the new tariff
is so low that it cuts deep into the
revenue OF the Federal government.
the income tax viii be expected to yield
return TO onset the loss. If it's rate
does not effect that end. a national de-
felt VIII almost certainly result.
The amount OF revenue which an in
come tax would put into the treasury
can only be conjecturcd 1t is likely
that the income tax legislation will alb
sorb tho existing corporation tax law.
which now produces about $50. 1000. 600
annually. but the revision Of the tariff
will probably demand 100000 to
fiji the hole 1T makes.
If there is a substantial reduction
OF the tariff including the removal OF
the duty on sugar the new income tax
Will probably start with incomes Of
$500 and be graduated upward. Free
loss OF s50.0o0.00o 10 the country II
revision is effected along moderate
lines. the minimum income limit may
he $4,000. 1t has been generally pro
posed to make the amount of the levy
I per cent but it is said that such a
only $50, 1000, 900
The income tax amendment to the
Constitution is due to the Democratic
party. and that party Is now charged
with the duty OF seeing to it that an
adequate income tax bill shall be passed
as soon AS possible. The levy has
been postponed for Il quarter of a cen
fury; further delay would he intolcr-
able and inexcusable.
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Helpful Household Hints.

How TO keep cook: First catch
your cook. Then proceed noiselcssly
and rapidly to the Office of the reg
lister OF deeds and place your house
and lot In Your cooks name Then
buy her siX-cyiinder Mercedes and
Il pianola. Fit her UP an elaborate
boudoir on the first floor of the house
Hire for her a manicurst, butler
several hand maidens and second hand
maidens. also an Angora poodle. Place
Il theatrc box at the cooks disposal
and make your wife do the cooking
In TINS manner YOU may be able to
Keep Your cook. or course extreme
eases may require greater attention
How 10 make silk hat: Take one
Joint OF stovcpipe Then catch seven
or eight black cats and skin them
stretching the skins tightly about tho
stovepipe. Brush carefully. If the hat
is too tall use Il little shortening.
How 10 cure a bald-headed Brus-
sells carpet: Take a pair OF barber
clippers and clip the carpet All over.
then shave 1t carefully with safety
razor so it will all look alike. II will
then all grow out even.
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Virgininn for Diplomat.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-Two Virginians. through friends,
are zcalously wing with each other for
the honor Of representing the gov
eminent at some foreign court.
AS Virginia can have only one such
honor, the writer, as Il good citizen and
progressive Democrat, thinks that there
Is no question as TO who should be Sc
lected. Thus. one is n permanent res
ident of Virginia, most of his associa-
tons arc Nirg and all--or nearly
all-his interests are identified with
Virginia. The. other, though nominally
a Virgininn. is permanent resident
of Washington, where he is socially
prominent, and where, presumably. all
or most Of his interests are centred.
The one is progressive--and not
recent convert. either-and trains
with progrcssivcS. The other Is Il CON
servative by breeding and association,
and trains with OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
servativcs who sought by every means
In their power TO prevent the nomina-
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Voice Of the People
The Easiest WAY.

To tho Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir There is tragedy In that cx-
preston. II has cone to signify one
ling awful thing. horrible and
revolving. How long since those three
simple words have been freiehted with
such unuttcrable significance we do not
know. Men do not care to know. for
The expression is n fearful Indictment
of them
Had men held honor dear-had they
even held plain decency denr-this
three word term would not convey the
universal meaning that ir does.
The easiest way. What sarGoni-
cally humorous misnomcr! a birth
right for mess Of pottage! Christ
Tor thirty pieces of silver, Honor for
"a trinket and a gown, The contem-
piation provolcs wonder and horror
4 hysterical laugh or a low deep sob
When the great unmasking comes
and Infinite Justice holds the scales
dare We say that the crineing Magda-
lene VIII receive Il drcr condemnation
than he who made her so?
Savagery made the female the prey
Of the male; civilization curtains the
custom. bnt keeps it up SavaCcry
hunted with brute strength: civilization
scduces with gold Savagcry followed
success with lick civilization with
reputation and contuniely Savagery
sought no Justification: civilization cs-
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oun VALUABLE TEETH.

The lecture OF an expert on oral
hygiene before teachers and mothers
OF Richmond emphasized an aspect Of
public health that is too often neglect
cd because it seems incidental and OBJ
vious. Yet the proper and systematic
care OF the mouth and teeth is as es-
scntal Il prccaution against disease as
the right diet and pure water and air.
II has been fel, that the teeth were
an individual matter. and the indi-
vidual has been very careless. II is
a good sign that such lectures are
given and well attended. The right
very difficult to explain or expensive
TO perform. and scientific information
widely disseminated should be enough
to secure the establishment OF those
habits OF cleanliness and caro- that will
mean sound teeth and better digestions
among children. and later among
adults In this matter. publicity and
suits,
II the general public has been neg
lectful OF such things as healthy teeth.
experts WHO deal with large bodies Of
ncn under stress have long since
learned that good teeth are funda-
mental 1t is interesting to note that
the celebrated baseball chieftaIn. Nc
/ League team. has taken dentist with
I him OF his spring training trip to
oversee the molars and bicuspids OF
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Twilight.

The shadows are falling. the end draw
eth near.
sweet voices arc calling. long hushed
10 our ear:
Old homesick and weary. we sigh for
That comes when carth's drearv hard
toiling shall cease.
The temple UP yonder all glorious and
We glimpse oft and wonder. since God
Is its light
The silvcry river that flows NV ,be
or life In the city, in fruitase we see
The whitc-rohed immortals that tbrony
tho highway
seem passing our portals. and not far
away;
These-these all remind us. we're near.
ing the strand,
And soon far behind us will lie shadow
land.
Tho way often cheeriess-not much of
sunshine
But few leagues were fearless, down
all the long line; "
The twilight is cheering our old henrts
grow light:
1t tells us We're nearing the land OF no
Ills balm for our sorrow, for heart
ache relief:
Assures us tomorrow we'll be beyond
The place without sadness, and never
Il sigh,
Where life is all gladness, and none
ever die.
REV. d. H. KENNEY.
zoo Poplar street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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NOOK FARMERsv IN THE MA
JORIIN

More than 40 per cent OF the farmers
who have talked 10 agents of the United
states Department of Agriculture de-
clare that experience is the only
teacher of farming" and that they
have no faith In farmers Institutes.
demonstration agents. agricultural
schools or department bulletins. on
the other hand. is per cent of the farm
ers carry out in actual practice the di-
rections of the bulletins and "a per cent
the methods explained in institutes.
1T is encouraging that the number
Of rcactionaries is no greater than il
is the New York World comments
y quarter OF n century ago 50 per cent
OF farmers would in Il similar canvass
have derded the book farmer" Time
has wrought mighty changes The
farmer now goes 10 school lie is a
practical student OF chemistry; he
knows all about the bacteriological
fertilization of his soil. IIe believes
that experience is an Indispensable
teacher. but he is not averse to avail
Ing himself OF the experience Of others
The farmer who studies is the farmer
who succeeds.
In agriculture. IS In politics tho line
is sharply drawn between the progrcs-
sives and the reactionaries The re-
dictionary is the farmer who believes
that the methods his great-erandfu
ther used are not susceptible OF i'm
proNement; he is Of opinion that in
farming there Is nothing now under
tho sun Science can tell him moth
ing. The progressive farmer is open
, to new ideas: no has the courage to
experiment with the new. He stands
for applying brains to the soil His
ever Increasing tribe is working a rev
olution I'm agriculture. Progressive
farming is in the saddle
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On the Spur of the
Moment
RvP, X hHa,,I.
BY Roy K. Moulton
From tho Trnining Camp.

From the Training Camp.
The team Is lookin' simply great
Dere's nottin to It. boys,
Our aggregation's going to be the
one and only noise.
The pitchin' staff has got the goods
Yes. stree. hope t die.
And every slugger in tho bunch has
got his battin' eye.
We'r going to make the other seven
teams look mighty tame.
And wo can't fgger out just how
were goin' to lose n game
There's nothin' to the bunch at all
eXceptin' simple class;
They'll even win the plnudits Of the
Teller with the pass.
Just take this hunch right off the
bat, it someway seems as how
Us folks have just as good as got
that pennant cinchcd right now
The boy who writes the press stun
Is bound to view the matter with an
optimistic lamp.
He says we've got some runners who
could make Ty Cobb turn pale:
His burning words OF fulsome praise
almost cremate the mail
The big leagues overlooked a bet In
some uncalledfor way.
BY failing to sign up this crowd that
we have in our pay.
or course, the owner might say more,
but modesty forbids.
Although 1T Will be just like taking
candy from the kids.
But when we como TO recollect tho
by-gonc baseball lore,
1t seems as though we've road this
same old line OF stuff before
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4 note is lost to some reft hearts full
chord.
And lifes sweet undertone sinks to
q wall
The star fades out from some fond
gazers sky
And leaves but nights impenetrable
veil.
A voice is mute that to my ear was
dear.
An eye is quenched that TO my own
was light.
4 soul whose strange sweet spell my
spirit knew
Hath passed into the illimitable
night.
And will sweet Nature smile as she
hath done,
And spring birds sing and bcauteous
flowers bloom,
And soft low breezes bear the tones of
love
Still thro' the ceaseless roll OF years
TO come?
oh, voice awake! Oh, eyes beloved but
In mine again AS in those vanished
days.
oh. star come back! Oh. broken chord
restore
To my dark soul the melody once
more.
Crewc. L.
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;aolished moral s,anaard-for the

;aolished moral standard-for the
female.
Is II true. as SO many philosopher
aver. that beneath our veneer Of cul-
ture and respectability we are savages
still? What Of tho men who maize
the easiest way? The fathers. brothers,
husbands OF girls who prey among
other mems daughters and sisters and
wives who allure Their, with wealth.
the bribery of music and iowers and
Niands. of jewels, rich furnishings and
EownSf What OF those van pircs of
the soul, who, with glitterine pcrsua
sion. lure weak victims to a moment
paradise Of plenty, with eternal in
fanny as its consequence?
The great world condemns the
slaughter of beautifully feathered
bis DIS, whose plumage is sought TO dec
crate the hats Of it's women. 1t
passes laws to protect the birds. o.
eanizcd society condemns the practice
of obtaining a citizens wealth by de-
ception and fraud and makes it a crime.
Eut where is your man made law that
prescrbes a prison for the human vul =
turc that p"oyls amid poverty and
want and prostitutes virtue with gold:
r. u SWiNDitIL,
Wilson Y
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County Enterprise by Babe" who
WILDLY portrays the doings OF the
smart set whose Riviera is the broad
banks OF the noble Cowpasture. now
closed to navigation, but still open
to disciples of 1zaak Walton. 1t Is
ut McCiung that the beauty and the
ch!valry OF Buzzard. Panther. Failing
Springs and Crubbottom assemble TO
worship at the shrine of Terpsichore.
all indifferent to tho moro formal and
restrained social affairs ut the nearby
Hot" and Warm"
Again, society around McClung is
stirred" writes Babe" for again.
Miss Grace Bird OF Green Valley. is
the charming honoree of another ante
bellum' dance given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Liptrap as n farewell ball to
their dearly beloved teacher" AS the
honoree entered the brilliantly
lighted ballroom. leaning gracefully
upon the arm OF her gallant escort. Mr..
Cletis Brinkley. all eyes were turned
in silent admiration upon her beam
ing countenance and olive brow" Even
Cletis. we take it, could not unfasten
his eyes from that "ollve brow" es-
pecally when it is further related
that she was daintily attred in a
light airy costume, which added
she gracefully led the ball to the tune
of Granny. Will Your Dog Bite?"
The peris OF paradise ana tho naiads
OF earth must have seemed pale beside
her as. with dainty evolutions. she
marched away at the head of her at
feminine army behind her for victo-
rious surrender when the whistle
sounded for the break and the orches-
ira. concealed behind the palms
dropped into the enchanting cadcnces
of Granny. VIII Your Dog Bite?"
key in tho Straw and Billy in the
Lowgrounds." Who could doubt
Babes" verdict that never OH the
pages of history was =; dance moro en-
joyed, and long. long after the ball
is over will their minds turn back
W1iU 10 lHdI iiiciHcluDle uICnt, ana
long. long. will the soft, sweet strains
of the violin echo the same sweet
strains which noatcd out upon that
calm. peaceful air that nevcr-to be-
forgotten night. The host and hostess
will be pleasantly remembered
throughout all time for the many
pleasant hours spent beneath their
hosptable roof surely. that is ali
the Liptraps could ask i'll reward
many social functions have Immortal
fame, but few be the hosts and host
esses that are remembered through
out all time
How inspid and bromide seem the
seasons social activities at the Hot
when compared with the dancing
Marathon at McClung! How poor the
cotillion leaders from New York.
Newport and Tuxedo are beside Mr..
Cletis Brinkley. happier than ever
was Beau Nash. of old England's
Bath. Better to be the escort OF the
belle of Green Valley than all else;
and yet he must sigh, as we do. that IT
was a farewell bull"-"it may be for
years, it may he forever" Vale!
belle of Green Valley! Vale,
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ton OF Wilson, and who. after his nom
nation. showed no zeal In furthering

t.'A va " iiSOil, ana VINO. dllcT MS nom
inauon. showed no zeal IN furthering
his election.
one was among tho earliest advocates
OF WILSON'S nomination.. and was q gen
sfous contributor 10 his cause. both
heiorc and after nomination. The other
was little. if at NIL, prominent in VIII
son advocacy. either before or after
nomination, and. n he contributed to
the campaign. as he was abundantly
able to do. his contribution was not
great enough TO be bruited abroad
Ihe application OF one Is appropriate
ana comes with good grace, while the
Application OF the other may be fairly
considered inappropriate. and. under the
clrcnms stances. not altogether graceful
Now, II "Pa!mam Q.i rneruit ferat" is
sound maxim. which OF these two
men should receive the honor OF n di-
plomatic mission
The writer has no acquaintance with
either man. except through the press
and no personal interest IN either, but.
az citizen and Democrat seeking the
best interests OF country and party. he
hopes President Wilson will view the
matter in the same light in which III,
writer sees IT, CJVIG
March l3, 1913.
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THE DYNAMIC SOUTH.

The man who can read the industrial
section OF a big Southern newspaper
without feeling the pulsnC OF tremen-
dous energy and wealth in the life of
this section has neither wisdom nor
imagination. He cannot interpret
plain signs. nor build them into the
vision of n great future. The only
other reasons for a lack of enthusiasm
over the splendid possibilities OF the
South must be either that they are so
vast as to dazzle and bewilder, or that
the man himself is so engrossed with
his own little share OF the mighty re-
generation that he is blind TO its larger
Significance
Yesterdays Times Dispa tch contained
ono headline that sounds grandilo-
quent and boastful. To the outsider. II
may hint that we are dizzy with sue
cess. To the student of our present
industrial life who has learned Of what
we may hope TO achieve, it is nothing
but a plain statement of fact. The
headline read: south TO the Rescue:
Country Safe SO long have we heard
about the virie ana bountiful West.
or the solid and wealthy East and
North, that tho South has been look ed
upon as a kind of poor relation. Kept
in the family for sentiment. not be
cause it did very much for the com
mon good. 1t has been regarded as a
land of Incidence. pretty women. ira
ditions and obsolete methods. The
general opinion was that the country
had TO rescue the South.
But behind this apparently vainglo-
rious headline We're the plain figures
that proved it true. The item con-
cerned the increase in twelve leading
crops in 1912 over 1911 or these
twelve staples, the South produced a
total value OF nearly $4,000. O0o, 00O, or
an increase OF S1So.ll0,000 over the pre-
ceding year. In the rest of the nation
the value was $3.50. 00O. 0Go or a de-
crease OF S71.2S7 600. Tho South in
creased its output 1913 per cent; the
rest OF the country fell off about 2.3
ner cent.
In this day of increasing population
and almost stationary food production,
with the consequent high cost of liv-
ing, it is more than airy metaphor to
say that The South is coming TO the
rescue of the nation. II is contribut :
ing SO Inagniiiccntly to the wealth and
prosperity Of the whole people that it's
progress takes OIL ii Significance larger
Than its merely local aspect We are
doing more than our share. and the
present influence OF Southern men in
national politics is not the result of
chance. but OF fundamental, economic
and social laws
The south is dynamic. 1t is throb
hing with life aud vigor. 1t is grow
ing by leaps and bounds Men who are
working ~ the South know that they
arc there realizing great destiny.
they are proud OF the region. They
believe in its future They are per-
petuating its past glory. They know
that it's achievements are not accidcn-
Val The soil, The climate, the variety
and ahund*Gcr o..cvcry natural wealth
The honesty, Industry ana stability OF
The people, arc absolute guarantees
that IN this new South is IA land OF
plenty and promise worthy Of all the
ondeavors Of any mans heart ana mind
and spirit
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SOCIETY IN DA'Iu

The social whirl in Bath County is
just one magnificent rapture after an
other: in that care-free region, the
proverb seems TO run: II Len, intor-
feres with gaiety, cut out Lint Al
least, so IL wonld seem from the So
cial item concerning IA farewell balr'
at McClung, contributed to the Bath
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4 Virginia Poetess.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.--I have been Interested in poets
Of Virginia, as given in your Voice Of
the People column. and ask TO add am
other To the list. Miss Bette Fowlkes.
of Nottoway County. She writes under
The name Clyde Fowlkes" Kindly
publish this most beautiful and pa
thctic poem from her little book. To
all who love true poetry it will appeal
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gentleman from Illinois wants
election day put on July Fourth. so
people will be encouraged to vote.
That man certainly has the right idea
of IL large time
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That Canadian lumberman who got
lost In New York's Grand Central Sta
ton and took the next train back TO
the woods ought to BIO glad he never
got out on the streets.
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QUERIES &
ANSWERS
Mig Tree.

Can you inform me what is the Iarg.
est number OF cords of wood ever cut
from any tree? " r. n
So far as any record goes. the largest
tree ever cut was handled by the Ham
mond Lumber Company in their woods
near Samoa, Humboldt County Cali
fornin. 1t contaisn 15S.125 board feet
The equivalent i'm cords would be 3l2
and n quarter, the allowance being two
cords 10 the thousand feet The tree
was 800 feet high, about is feet in
diameter ut the butt and about $50 feet
to the first limb. 1t is commonly cal
culatcd that the average $4,000 house
requires about 10000 feet of lumber.
This tree would have furnished lumber
for seven such houses and the shingles
to cover them.