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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-11
"pLUNDERBUND" HEARD FROM

At last we hear from one of the "Plunderbund
Of the last Virginia general assembly who stands
forth in broad day and not only processes, but
proclaims that he voted against the bill for the
immediate destruction and extinction of the fee
system. He is Mr. Aubrey G. Weaver. of Clarke
county. He says:
A As I understand, Il Is proposed that the fees
now paid to the county officials shall be paid to
the State, In several Of the large cities there
car be no question that certain city officials are
receiving more compensation than Is Justly their
due but In my opinion, this condition does not
exist in small countiea Of the State. At the last
session of the legislature Il was proposed to abol-
ish the fee system and place all officials on a
salary basis, which salary was to be determined
IN accordance with .hc population of the various
counties Since the counties in my district are
two of the smallest in the State, fear that the
salaries to be paid would be so small that 1t
would be difficult 20 obtain efficient to dis
charge the public duties, In view of these facts,
] would rather see the fee system amended rather
than abolished thai could correct the
evila existing in certain sections without destroy
Ing the benefits that exist in others.
This is exactly the view that caused the defeat
Of the bill for change in the fee system at the
last session. Members of the assembly voted
with know ledge of the conditions in the smaller
counties. They were enrolled as members OF the
"Plunderbund" with the same promptness-and
the same justice and Observation-Disclosures by
Colonel Roosevelt in organizing his justly cee-
brated Ananas club
Enthusiastic newspapers dealing with this
question and other matters Of the State policy
forget in their ecstaces OF reformation that there
ere parts of Virginia outside the cities and the
big and rich counties and that delegates to the
general assembly are expected to 1egislate for the
State as whole, to study all the varying con-
eit;ons and needs and not to confine their atten-
ton to feverish spots-to think broadly and with
cool sense even at the risk of being enrolled IN
the "Plunderbund,'
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-11
il SERIOUS WORK WELL. DONE.

There is Uuch meaning In the fact that the
sentatives Thursday On the Underwood tariff bill
vas greeted with faint applause. The occasion
was not one for noise or hurrah or Roosevelt
convention crazy demonstration. It was rather
solemn time. Very serious work had been COM
p!atcd, so far as the house was concerned. The
Democratic party had faced at last tremendous
issue, accepted a vast responsibility. 1t had put
itself against forces which have dominated the
country many years and which represent power
almost endless, power of intellect. ingenuity en-
ergy and money. The party has staked it's hopes
Oh the work done and its results Many mem
bers are going to their homes to meet their con-
sttuents, to encounter bitter adverse criticism,
dismal predictions, faint hearts 1t was no time
for cheering aud exuberanee. Men required to
act sharply defined questions involving the
welfare of millions of people rarely are sure
absolutely of being right. brave and manly
man must act according TO the decision of his
sober and careful judgment and after close con-
sultaton with his own conscience and then &C.
cept the consequences to himself and the others
concerned.
The Democrats of the house have won the
admiration and respect OF the country. What
ever may be thought of the wisdom of their
course, they have proved that they have the
courage and the capacity to act and to be effec
tive. The American people admire above all
things courage and efficiency. Nobody can doubt
low that the Democratic party is a real party
With real purposes and principles which it is
willing to stand or fall. Aside from the four
Louisiana representatives, there was but one
deserter among 2S5 men. This Is C. B. Smith.
who lives III Buffalo N. Y. is a newspaper owner
and has individual interests at Niagara Falls.
The defections from the Republican and Progress
sive parties were as many, In proportion, those
from the Democrats.
Reports say that the Democratic senator's will
vote AS soldy as the representatives. This
should be true The house has done It's duty and
las been true 10 the pledges made for it. No
Democratic senator has the right to obstruct the
execution of the declared and overwhelming will
Of his party If the tariff bill should fail now by
Democratic votes or disputes the Democracy
would be left in a ridiculous position. The one
thing to do IS to go right ahead and put the
party theory and doctrine to the test of actual
application, No evasion. disguise or compromise
is possible. The bill as it is, of course excepting
amendment in some minor Details must go
through and become law the party will have
failed. If it's failure is caused by any men
elected as Democrats those men must be re-
gsrded and treated opponents and enemies of
the Democratic party.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-11

merit In the plan of small number of honest
and able men studying the many items of the
tariff. tracing out ramifcations, obtaining and
considering all the facts and reporting regularly
to congress. Such reports would be very valu'
able and instructive. They should be used as
guides and information, not as conclusions
Probably the Underwood tariff bill has some de-
fects and changing conditions may make amend
ments to the tariff right and necessary from time
to time, even II we get upon strictly revenue
basis. commission acting as the eyes and
explorer for congress would be valuable.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-11
THE VIRCIN1AN.S WEEKLY SERMON
PAUI'S SOUL POWER
BY REV. r. q. LANTNE.

PaufI's soul power IL his greatest IT.
set. In this he easily outTanks al
other men who have ever lived ex-
cept, Of course. the Man OF GAnlee
BY soul power ! mean q CMtktu Epta'-
ltua1 hospitality. a certain opening I'd
the upper windows of tho soul to As-
vine Impressions, q gentns Tor goaI-
mesa, a passionate and QuenehAhds
thirst after right eon1sneza. q fun-cFbcd
surrender of all talents. possessions
and possibilities to God, \ splendid
abandon Of spirit resulting in . QzSck-
entng OF the higher nature ana .
more radiant immediate spiritual en-
vtronment This fine favor Of soul
casts q halo about the form OF man
and pervades the whole reafm IN which
he operates We might call soul pow
er the highest expression OF religions
life, its choicest. rarest and riches
fruits We might cali II corporate
consciousness. divinely inspired altru-
'sm. ChristlikenesA
We may illustrate II best In the life
If Paul, the great-great not in any
single sense that the world calls great.
but great in that he 30 opened himself
to God, so emptied himself for God
that he walked tho earth with moro
Of God in him than any other man
since time began And liz not this
true greatness? God is all-great. all
good. all-powerfuL Our talents, our
possessions. our merit are from God
AS we partake of the nature of God.
we become OF value in life. He who
LIS imbued with moro of Gods spirit
and attributes than another becomes
logically greater than the other.
Faith. love, hope. gentenesS good
ness, purity. virtue. knowledge. kind
ness, long suffering, sympathy. god
likeness-these are the things that
make men truly great And 1t In not,
Al many believe, money, fame. beauty,
blood. prestige. worldly power, high
society.
In proportion as men tap tho reser-
voir Of Gods power they become pow
erful. In proportion as men connect
themselves with the resources Of the
unseen. they become resourceful In
proportion as men develop within
themselves. by divine aid, the attri-
butes OF God. they become like him
And as they become more and more
like him they become greater and yet
more great. And this is soul power.
Paul transcribed the utmost bounds
OF human achievement along this par
ticular line. Paufs faith was not his.
but the love Of Christ, which con-
strained him: Pauis goodness was
not his, but the goodness Of his Lord.
which wrapped itself as rare and
beautiful garment about his form.
Paups life was the street car; God
was the power house. Paurs life was
Niagara; God was the Great Lakes
back of Niagara. He was filled with
all Of the funness Of God. He was
stirred by the tides of Gods love. He
was fired with the passions OF God.
He was thrilled with the thoughts OF
God. For him to live was Christ.
Into his life had swept the currents
of the life of God. Paul was new
man: Saul OF Tarsus was dead man
there was no such man as Saul OF
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-11

In Judge Longstreet's Georgia Scenes an old
Southern classic new too much neglected, is a
character named Ramsey Snifiles. He was busy
little person whose function in the community
was to stir fights among the big and fighting
men His success remarkable. BY persis
tent irritation he contrved TO stir strife and
turmoil to disturb the peace and to hinder work
that would have been useful. Most of the Ran
sevs we have In these days seem to be in the
newspaper business and In that field their small
activities are ceaseless.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-11
A Consecrated Teacher

That was noble address which President
Henry Lewis Smith delivered Wednesday upon
the occasion OF his inauguration president of
1t was an address of conservation and prayer
for divine guidance. Besides President Smith
gave notice that 1t should be his endeavor to
make the college, over which he is called to
preside. training school for students, not mere
ly a place to cram knowledge, in all the re-
finements of life as we'll as in mind, and that 1t
shall not only develop the body by scientific
athletics, but teach him also manly ath-
letics has it's code of ethics which every gentle
man is required to observe
The college which thus trains the whole
man. said he. will realize the vast importance
of the body, and place Its systematic care ond
training a par with that of the mind. The
present one-sided and narrow development of
college athletics which, even without faculty
sympathy and guidance, has been of inestimable
value to American manhood, will be replaced
by universal systematic and compulsory bodily
development, correcting weaknesses, remedying
defects imparting knowledge, and guiding con-
duct thus giving the graduate physique which
will stand the long-contnued pressure OF mod
ern life.
ut will likewise take over as the object of
the fostering and expert guidance all the
social. literary and recreational activities Of
student life teaching the future citizens to loaf
wisely and to play happily as we'll az to work
efficiently and study diligently thus rounding
him into the full stature Of symmetrical man
hood"
Their, can be no higher no nobler, no more
compr, hei sive CONCEPTION and expression of
educatio. than this and lucky tina student VIII,
inacIrntls,n of his tcsch-r snd take his education
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-11

erful business men. II liz before us that the lv
ing mother with gray or changing hair and the
mother in the grave alike call out for obedience
to the high standards they have fixed and hope
for their children Will we see the oncomng
generations likewise?
In our cities will the cocktail drinking. Gig
srette smoking, professional and trading society
women give to the future men and girls who
VIII REVENGE Mothers Day and feel and respond
to the influence for good of their mothers? What
kinds Of Mothers Days will we have here in the
future? viii they come upon insipid, cynical,
prematurely sophisticated and calloused boys
and girls, shallow, cheap and SNOWY. marking
decadeDce by every word and act7 Or will they
give us generations of VIrsinians of the old and
strong kind, earnest. loyal, chastc, clean and Of
high aspiration. drawing the inspirations and
purpose of their lives from noble impulses given
them from the breast and the knees from tho
casping arms. the mother voice, from eyes and
lips ana life ordered carefully for its influence
in TIE fuEure ard its power and direction in the
2crsent?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-11

There is a smell of ducats judicously bestowed
I'm the sudden docility of King Nicholas, or Mon
tenegro. and of Esaad Pasha with his army OF
surrendered Turks in the mountains OF Albania
Mysterious things are happening in that region
where diplomacy has rung down the curtain
closely and grewsome tragedy and complicated
intrigue all the primal passions and the ele-
nents of the dramatic are at work beyond the
sight of a bafaed world. The story of it all will
be startling and of intense interest when II
comes to be written from the inside
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-11

Tarsus. With layash prndH2niy ana
n certain divine 1handon Of 1ea9-UurA
render. In cast away svSRy P0Me6s4
posgees1en u eana 0f TAxsn M threw
htmsek sznU&y hananA anA sm1tJ-
sonled upon GOD and fAs unaRek ~
usuA1 Old x141w AlmDalf 1u1o 0amrA
1fAA and tho rs1MA WAD IanA u
E111tnrs man OoA Ss~r xnAi1e-01UaA-
es3 hocanss q hin ak1s1y - Sm0U
hfmssaf and be SntaFslv 1i2sA ~flA 0oAI
because Of his pasufua fsr x3yA4D0D-
~. and tAtrst fer hs61aA xAis u
soul powSr. Some hnw~ snuuA. ana
soune have litde; Psxl haA mcsk
We try pitifuliy to BE- grsae II our
own :sIsnxth- We might - wan whss-
tie Wa boast Of our little virtues:
they are dress In the sight Of God,
In tho last analy1is there II mono good
but God. and logically Il y only -
God In in us that we approach rood
ness Paul was the ambassador Of
God. sometimes he was IN chainA'
sometimes In prison: but he carried
on his psrson and IN his soul not only
the marks Of his Lord but tho Gre
dentiAiS Of heaven God spoke through
Paul God worked through Paul
God lived In Paul Pnnrs spirit was
the candle Of the Lorxa--and how far
thai candle threw lis boAmsI Paul
was a fame Of dre. and about this
fire was a celestial glow. Men saw
God in Paurs fRoe. for his faco was
as radiant As tho morning with tho
light of God upon It Man knew that
marks Of his Lord were upon him.
Paul did not writc the thirteenth chap
tar of First Corinthians; God wrote
that marvellous thing Of beauty, that
priceless possession OF tho human raoe,
epic in Its sweep. lyric In conception.
idyl1ic In expression. and sorGoous IN
its wealth Of wondrously blended
words
This thing Of soul power Ia tho
prehcnds all that In best, and. again.
because It has its origin in the unseen
realms OF life. 1t is tho enduring
quality of art, tho living element In
literature. tho eternal note In music,
tho immortal characteristic Of man.
Poets may write exquisite poetry. but
without soul power it will not live for
all time. Painters may paint tram
scendently beautiful pictures, but
without soul power they win not Erip
the universal heart and hold II Nu-
sicians may build beautiful the pal.
ace Of music, but without soul power
II will crumble and fall. Men mas
carve out their lives angel forms, but
without soul power they will not riss
az high as tho starA This 10 the DOM
inant note, the great message OF PauPs
life. Over tho gulf Of the vanished
centuries comes this vast message to
our age, to us in these modern days
who arc too full Of life's passing treas
ures to let God into our lives, too rich
in the worlds goods to clothe our
selves in tho livery OF heaven, too
charmed with the glare and tho glitter
of materialism and artificial.ty to ac-
cord to Gcd the proper degree OF spi--
itual hospitality. II not the message
OF Paul the message We need1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-11
EXPLANATIONS IN ORDER.

While the subject of real and returned for
taxation values Is up, 1t will be interesting If
some of the Page, Warren Shenandoah and
Frederick county newspapers will favor the pub
lie with detailed reports of the difference between
the State assessments on mountain lands Just
sold to the government for conservation pur-
poses and the prices the government was re
euired to pay.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-11
RELIGIOUS WORLD

The only Protestant miesion for
Eskimos at Nome, Alaska, In that OF
the Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Orthodox Jews In New York city
are raising a fund OF 100000 for a
great social and educational center on
the lower Manhattan East Side.
During the past two quadrenniums
tho sales of the Methodist Episcopal
book concern to the Sunday schools
Of the church amounted to $6,S44, 304.
In tho city Of Detroit. Mich, the one
hundred and thirty-hvc Protestant
churches have $4,000 members and
the forty-three Roman Catholic
churches 10000 members.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-11

a decrease In membership Of Its,
although the number of prnhationers
shows an increase of 336. There are
65.S51 full members.
Baptists in Richmond, va, num-
Der 1859. and their contributions
to foreign missions during the past
year totaled $23.S03: Methodists.
numbering 0.7S4, contributed 39,272:i
Episcopalians, numbering 5.562, COM
tributed $11.166: Presbyterians, a.
$40 In number. contributed 310,72s.
Jacob H. Schiff. Of New York, has
offered to give $4,000 to aid In COM
plotting and publishing q revised
translation Of the Old Testament by
the Jewish Publication Society Of
America
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-11

Let congress undertake the investigation of
baseball if il wants to tackle something its
size-Knoxville Sentinel
Congress does investigate baseball and at first
hand So much so that when Walter Johnson
pitches a quorum in house or senate Is some
thing unknown.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-11
THE TARIFF BOARD.

Because the permanent tarif commission prop
osition has been used by the Republicans in at
tampts TO sidetrack tariff reform we should not
L Let the iIea hastily Or finally: Good instru.
ments may be applied>to bad purposes There is
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-11
MOTHERS DAY AND MOTHERS.

than 80 influence Of woman On the thoughts aod
as,s OF men Much Of e. II not r2st Of - ia
ailsaf. Invisible unconscious and not quite clear
" recognized ny those wao yield to 1T.
"A dsys Of oie ~hen conditions wero simple
comparatively. lhe knights Grant who, despite
their fo,f!as. gave cur civilization much OF its
Aeauty anal purity afa maintained It's ideaiism,
were ffauh- Iney wore On their creFts the
colors Of their ladies ant each ran going to
r.sl o. his nfe or limbs, announced the name q
the woman cor love Of whom and for whose honor
Re .ousst %ow we keep our affections dcvo-
tons. co1see~at!ons r.orc tn ourselves; hut they
compel us = would bo Interesting and
amusing parallel If somebody with time and
fancy would write of tourney OF armored
knights of France. England or Spain in thc days
OF ehivalry and Of any ordinary meeting of bald,
wbiskered, moustached and clean faced business
snen in sack suits any day Of the year in any
city or town OF this country. The knights tilted
headlong at each other, the ooIors. kerchiefs.
ribbons or gloves of theit ladies flying from their
helmets The men of today meet in grips on
some financial or commercial proposition and at
least four-ffths of them have In the backs of
their heads down in the real working parts Of
their brains the wishes. interests or influence
CT some woman The controlling power of
mans action at the polls. Jury, in a trans
action or investment or in direction of policies
or selection of persons in his daily work ana
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-11

San Antono's favorite book next to the Bible
ia Les Miserabes In this Squaremealopolis
the second choice is unanimously the cook book.
Columbia State.
Then why don't they profit by it?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-11

The Columbia State says that Montenegro is
the South Carolina OF Europe. That's the worst
said yet about King Nick. but Cole BIease should
feel complmented.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-11

We need salt for freshness-Times-D Dispatch
editorial, Thursday.
Sure sure sure, sure. True, true, true. true,
alas, Too true,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-11
PEOPLES FORUM
A Partl,ian Shot.

Editor OF The virginian:
punishment published in your paper a few days
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08
American Cocoa the Best.

Now that cocoa has become such a
popular and necessary drink, the
American factories are making the
best in the world. They buy only the
highest class Of cocoa beans and use
the most improved machinery. Most
imported cocoas are not ground suf-
ficiently fine, being more or less
ground like pepper, while the good
American cocoa is as fine and smooth
as the best wheat -four, and thus held
in solution more readily in milk or
uza4au
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08
Not Ine1haustibIe.
Mads HIs RIessino RetEeaetIve.

The father Of family who had
been striving to bring up his children
in the way they should go was very
much annoyed at his sons Uncouth
habit Of helping himself to few bites
before grace had been said The
stereotyped form called for: "A bless
ing on what We are about to eat,
but one occasion being particularly
exasperating. he astounded the young
man BY adding to his petition, and
on that which has already been
eaten"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08
War on Rats

Rats on ships do several million dol
lars OF damage to cargoes every year
70 say nothing Of the carrying Of dis,
eases. Rat-killing virus is used sue
cessluly on shipbOard, but some Of the
rats become immune to the disease
Whlcn the virus causes. This is not so
bad, because the rats which are not
killed. py the virus, but have gotten
used TO 1t, carry virus disease to other
rats, and these in turn are killed by
the disease.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08
Best Kind

On a country road two ladies met
a farmer with a load Of wood. The
ladies' we're socially inclined, and one
Of them called out chirpingiy to the
man on the wagon: What kind Of
wood have you on there?" This here's
wooden wood" was the curt reply
Woman's Home Companion.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08

The classification Of soils is usually
made on the basis of their content of
clay, as follows: sandy soils, 3 percent
or less Of clay; sandy loan, to 10
percent Of clay; ordinary loan. 10 to 10
percent Of clay; clay loan. Is to 20
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08
The hquisitiUe Pup

This is a new funny feature for the children-big
and ittle-which The Ell Paso Herald is running
daily 'The Inqusitive Pup gets into all sorts Of
trouble and always pays the penalty for his inouisi
some and at the same time affording laugh at tbe
ludcrous things that happen to the poor pup. This
feature viii be found of the Classified Adyer-
Using pages daily.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08
Observation Of Abs cvnr.

Some women appear to their hus-
bands to be angels after marriage; but
the husbands regret afterward is that
they lose their Wings.-Exchange.