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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-09
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
(By Clyde H. Tayenner, specla!
Washington correspondent of The

| (By Clyde H. Tayenner, Specla!
Washington correspondent of The
| Reporter.)
| Washington, Dec. 27.-"There is
one way, and one way only, for the
democrats to remain in power; by
giving the people after election what
they promised before the election
The people don't want excuses; they
want Deeds
This is Speaker Champ Clark
idea of what the democratic party
must do to make good and to be re-
tanned in power
eff there is anything l believe in
! strongly" said Mr. Clark, lit is that
promises made to win an election
should be religiously carried out
! after the election is won
| Men should say what they mean
! and mean what they say; and they
should speak the plain language OF
the plain people so that al may uh,
| derstand. The voters OF the lanu
have a right to be treated honestiy'
candidly, fairly and cOurageously
They are entitled to that square
zeal of which we hear so much ana
see SO little. - A.,
"Robert ]. Walkers report on the
tariff remains to this day the great
est paper on that subject. In 1t he
laid down this general principe:
"The highest rates should be paid on
luxuries: the lowest or none at all
on the necessaries of life. InaS
should be the basis of our revision
of the tariff to which we are solemn
" committed
.:The tariff should be arranged so
as to produce the maximum OF re'e-
nue., while taking from the ultimate
consumers the minimum OF money
, in the shape of tariff taxes. That
statement may appear paradoxlcal'
but what it proposes is perfectly
feasible, There is maximum reVe
nue-producing tariff rate on each
particular item which can be ascer-
tanned, and which should be ascer-
tanned. The moment the rate on
any article goes above the maximum
reyenue-producing rate the revenue
begins to fall off, and the more the
rate is increased the more the reve-
nue. dwindles until it disappears en-
tirely. and the rate becomes pro-
hibitive."
such is the case with blankets
nine feet long, worth not over forty
cents per pound, an article OF prime
necessity on which the compound
specific and ad valorem amount to
a tariff tax of between 165 ana
1921 per cent"
without going into wearlsome
details, it is safe to say that three
fourths of all the tariff rates OF the
Payne-Aldrich-S moot tariff bill are
above the maximum revenue produc-
ing rates and should be reduced at
least to a competitive point.
THE truth is that the words a
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-09

Janus won immortal fame while
serving as janitor Of heaven and at
the same time guardian Of gates and
doors on earth. He presided over
the beginning Of everything and it
was natural that the first month
should be called in his honor.
nine on common years and thirty each
fourth year. This would have been
so much more simple that had it been
kept we no doubt would want to give
thanks to Caesar But then came that
other Caesar and spoiled it all. July
had been named for julius and Angus
tus insisted the month to bear his
own name must have as many days
as July. One day was taken from
February and added to August to
crafty the vanity Of this ruler.
When the Julian calendar was in
troduced the equinox fell on the 25th
of March. In the course of few CEN
turtles it changed. The error in time
amounted to day in 1913 years. In
1882 Pope Gregory XEII. abolished the
Julian calendar in all Catholic coun'
tries and introduced the one now in
use. At that time the equinox had
slipped back to March II. Ten days
were dropped from the calendar.
Every one hundredth year that by the
old style would be leap year was to
be common year, the fourth century
divisible by four excepted; 1900 was
10 be leap year, but 1900, 1900, 1900
of the common length, and 1000 leap
year again. Some countries were slow
to accept this method, but Russia is
the only Christian country that does
not follow it.
Although for many centuries there
was so great variety in the selection
of the day regarded as the first of the
year, religious observances and festive
rejoicing were general among all peo-
ples-Egyptians, Jews, Chinese, Ro-
mans and Mohammedans. Solemn In
auguration Of the new year was one
Of the customs retained upon the es-
Establishment Of Christianity. The date
ranged from Christmas to Easter un.
til late in the sixteenth century.
Finally the date was accepted that
had been named by Numa, who also
had named the month in honor OF
Janus. the two-faced, who was thus
supposed to turn at once back upon
the old year and forward to the new.
A i Z y =
Feasting and the Interchange OF
presents have been customary in all
ages 80 far as can be learned from
records Of celebrations of this day.
Wishing Happy New Year has been
a custom as old as antiquity, but let
us hope it may never grow 90 OLD as
70 be out Of date Chicago Record
Herald s
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-09
BY EDGAR ELLSWORTH OWEN.

ECORDS of the
flight of tim g
were in a sorry
muddle in the
early ages. You
accept as a mat
ter Of fact the ar
rival Of N 9 W
Years day and
1t never &C.
ours to you that
there might not
be a new year,
nor any year, and
even If the year
did have a sys-
tematic plan it
might open up in
the early spring.
time, or late in
fall, or some other
time Of the year
90 uyo kDnuy =
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-09
A Hero in q Lighthouse.

For years J. S. Donahue, So. Hav-
en-, Mich, civil war veteran and
captain, as lighthouse keeper,
averted awful wrecks, but a queer
fact is he might have been wreck,
himself, if Electric Bitters had not
prevented. "They cured me OF kid
ney trouble and chills," he writes,
latter l had taken other so called
cures for years, without benefit and
they also improved my sight. Now,
at seventy, l am feeling fine For
dyspepsia, indigestion, all stomach
liver and kidney troubles, they're
without an equal Try them. Only
so cents at Bell & Robinson
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-09

IA Jealous woman really believes
inany things that aren't true, IN the
same manner that an incessant llar
finally gets to believing himself.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
WOMAN IS FORCED
OCARE FOR CHILD
Especial to The Times Dispatch.l

Fredericksburg, Va, June "A
woman giving her name as Mrs. Phil
Carpenter, claiming TO be from Madi-
son County. stopped at a boarding
house here yesterday. She had with
her a boy baby about one month old
She took the child 10 a colored woman
and gave her So. saying she would
send her more. The woman then hired
buggy and went to home in
Spotsylvania County, fifteen miles from
here. Sergeant j. c. Chichester went
to the country place, arrested the
woman, brought her back here and
placed her and the child at a board
ing-house until the case can be brought
up in court The woman was before
Justice Dannehl to-day on the charge
of desertion, and gave an account OF
her troubles. She is from Madison
County. as stated, and her father would
not permit her TO return home. She
has been a widow for two years. and
has two other children with her father.
The grandmother had brought these
two children TO relatives in Spotsyl-
found and arrested
The name of her father is John
Sparks. q prosperous farmer of Madi-
son County. Mrs. Carpenter was fined
$500. but the fine WIS suspended if
she would promise TO provide for her
child, which she did. She expects to
go to Richmond and work in a tobac-
co factory.
r. c. Lippard. who has been a member OF
the faculty OF Fredericksburg College the
past session has gone To Versailles, Ky.
wheer he will be assistant 10 Rev. Henry
Ward Dubose pastor OF the Presbyterian
Church there. until fall when he Will en-
ter the seminary.
Captain r. Conroy Vance and family of
Mansfield Hall, near this city. sailed from
New York to-day FOR Liverpool and will
travel abroad For two months or more
Electrical storms have been very frequent
In this section recently. and more or less
damage has been done by them, The most
recent was the loss OF several fine cattle be
longing TO Mrs. Jane Ycrby. in Spotsyivania
County. near this city. The cows were stand
ms near wire fence when they were struck
and killed instantly.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
CHURCH SOUGHT
AID OF J.P. MORGAN
Pope Plus Asked Him to Consoli.
date and Readjust Financial
Interests.

Especial Cable TO The Times Dispatch
Berlin. June u. Pierpont Morgan
was In Rome at the time OF his death
IN answer TO 4 reques tfrom Pope Plus
that the American banker readjust and
consolidate the gigantic financial in
terests OF the Roman Church. according
TO statement made tonight by a
close friend OF the Morgan family who
is visiting here.
According to this friend. Mr. Morgan
Immediately realized the possibilities Of
such project and felt highly cornpli-
mented that he should be asked to pla n
the carrying out OF this consolidation
and toward the last looked 10 the com
pletion of he task as a means Of
browning his career as Il world wide
fnancier. II is believed that he would
have followed the general scheme OF
consolidation as used in the Standard
OIL or Steel Corpora IN as n model.
The entire proposition probably will
BIO dropped unless tho younger Nor
gan undertakes TO carry out the task
assigned his father,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
Times-Dispach Bureau.
o Bollingbrook Street,
fyohnpn 1AS6N


petersburg, va, June q.
The school board. with ten of The
twelve members present, met last night
and discussed the situation brought
about by the refusal OF the Council to
appropriate the fund the board asked
for and considers necessary TO carry
on the schools during the next fiscal
year. The board asked for $4,000 and
the Council reduced this sum to Silica,
and adopted it in the city budget.
There had been some talk of the resig-
nation OF members OF the board but
none was offered last night. Instead,
the board deemed it best to make fur
Their effort to induce the Council TO
furnish tho money necessary to main
tain the schools up to the highest
standard committee consisting Of
II. S. Seward, the Rev. Charles r.
Stribling and a. ID. Donnan, was ap-
pointed to make the plea for the
schools before the Board of Aldermen
on Monday night, and before the adj
journed meeting of the Council next
Friday night. The budget, carrying
the item of s4l,724 for the schools, will
come up before the Aldermen Monday
night for concurrence. and IL is then
that the committee will speak. .
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
DEMAND RENEWED
BY SENATOR LANE
Continued From First Page.)

t(OnllnueO FROM FIRST PaRe.)
reau. the Indian service and the adj :
ministration of all funds.
Senator Lane filed a protest with
the committee to-day. in the form of a
letter, in part as follows
81 have asked for 4 reasonable and
plain business statement on the facts.
without prejudice to any ono as they
relate to the many differing provis-
ions of the measure. This bill pro-
vides for specific appropriations
amountinf to between 100000 and
slo.o00,o00. and in addition confers
power to administer property and
monies amounting. l am informed, TO
hundreds of millions more
Up until to this time, / have been
unable to secure informa ton except
what pertains to a few agencies, which
in every instance. shows that the
monies appropriated have not been ap-
piled for the purpose FOR which they
were asked. In addition. such state
ments prove conclusively and beyond
dispute that appropriations are ac-
companied by rights of absolute CON
troll over millions OF dollars worth OF
property, no accounting for the man.
agement OF which anywhere appears.
II is my desire to ascertain now
whether or not the committee intends
longer to deny me the right of having
the tacts as they pertain to this meas
ure laid before it for consideration"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08

To Mother. wearied with the multi
plicity of domestic duties. Music brings
delight. peace and love, 1t has pow
err to soothe" as we'll as satisfy, and ia
the inspiration to most personiaed self
sacrifice and supreme courage. IT lures
the tender babe to sleep, 1t quickens
the soldiers step and fires him with
Uncomfortable courage. did meets the
requirement OF every soul from the
rosy dawn Of youth to tho close. of
life's fair day. p.
Have Your MUSIC IN THE HOME.
There was time when only tina
weii-to do could afford music in the
home-7it is not so to-day. The man
or woman who has not Music in tho
HOME experiences this condition. as n
perhaps. to the fact that he or she In.
never awakened to the realization of
Mnsic's place in the souI--revealing IT.
self In the Individual life. Some one
has said There would be moro nm
right lives in the world IL there wer.
more upright pianos in tho home"
and 1t is true. The prices of Tnsrtu
ments are about the same as in other
days. the average mans pay has in
crGh"ed 20 to so per cent, and the easy.
PAYMENT plan on which instruments
ma be bought make IL poss.bI, Tor
you to acquire just sucn instrument
as you want Our line Of Instruments
range from Grand Pianos to Mouth Or
cams. Our prices are the lowest Our
terms Will be arranged to suit your
condition in life. Visit our house and
be convinced
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
MUSIC AS SOUL FOOD
ITS PLACE IN THE HOME

Tho word ''HOME" occupies a CEN
trail position In the grandest trio OF
words that have ever fallen from NOR
tai lips. namely. Mother. HOME and
Heaven. and indeed the first and last
OF these seem centred in. and absorb
ed by that word occupying tho central
position; for who can think of Mother
without concimitantly associatlng with
her, HOME. as the domain over which
she presides with queenly dignity: and
1t is fact that Heaven is nothing
more than our eternal HOME.
Make Home Attractive.
How necessary then. especially in
this day of temptation and allurement
that the HOME be made attractive. 1t
is not enough to-day to provide n place
of comfort and rest. 1T is true that
these arc necessary for the body, but
called the soul. must be provided for
made away from home, oftentimes by
sin. and the soul receives, and for a
time, appears to thrive on this i'm
proper food.
Food for the Soul.
There are many things on which
the soul can exist. but MUSIC is the
best food. regardless OF the station or
position in life. Busy with the tolls
OF strenuous day at the Office at
his tools, or in tho store, Father the
busy man, comes home to drown his
thoughts of trouble in the calm lake
or Music's delight, and his soul Is sat
isfied
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
LARGE CLASS OF GRADUATES.
Ihirfy-TNo to Receive Diplomas mt
Exercises on Tuesday.

The Petersburg High School will
nave the largest class of graduates in
IT'S history this year, There are nine
Teen girls and thirteen boys in the
class who will receive their diplomas
at the Academy of Music on Tuesday
night. The list of graduates is as fol-
lows:
February Class-Helen Allgood, Lula
REID Lila Marie Gerow, Odessa Jones.
Lillian Alfred Powers. Cornelia Armis-
stead Seabury. Helen Virginia Thomas.
Georgiana Elizabeth Williams. Bernard
Erayer Andrews. Frank Austin Buch-
ahan' Robert Gillian Butcher, Russell
; Perkinson. Harry p. Pillow. William
D. Waymack. The frst-honor grad
uate. Lillian A Powers.
June Class-Annie Britton. Bessie
wells Calender, Eleanor D. Dillon, Es
telle Il. Gates. Mary Hall, Sallie Duty
rays Nellie Truman Hood, Myra A.
hruse' Carrie r. Lanie.r Madeline Lee
moine. Agnes r. Stribling. c. Robert
Gill, Frederick G. Ribble Jr., c. Frank
Scott Charles r. Stribling. Jr.. Gustav
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
Personal and Otherwise.

This morning at 9 o'clock at the
home of the Rev. +. w. Moore, the
officiating minister. John Alonzo Bar
bee, of this city. and Miss Lilly May
Henshaw. Of Smythe County. Va, were
united in marriage. The bride was Mt
tended by Miss Lillian Drake, and the
bridegroom by r. L. Hunt
Annie, the bright little daughter Of
Charles e. Upton. died this morning
at the home OF her uncle. w. II. Upton,
in Dinwiddie County. after weeks
illness. She was in her eighth year
and had been living with her uncle
since her mothers DEATH
A. P. Hill Camp, Sons of Veterans
last night decided to erect appropriate
markers during the services at Fort
Gregg and Lees Dam In Dinwiddie
County. Fort Gregg was the scene of
one of the last most desperate battles
around Petersburg.
Mrs. Lula Scott Jones has issued in
vitations to the marriage OF her daugh-
ter. Helen MacLean Scott. to Lawrence
Hamilton Romano. Wednesday. June
IS. at $40 P. NJ, at "Scottdalc,, Ches-
ter, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
WnItcr T. Payne.

ISpeciaI 20 The Times Dispatch
Norfolk Va. June 7.--Waltcr T
Payne. foreign freight agent of the
Norfolk and Western Railway Com
pany passed away early this afternoon.
having been in falling health for some
time. Mr. Payne was widely known In
transportation circles. and had many
friends all over the State. He was in
his sixty seventh year. and is survived
by his wife, two daughters. Mrs. w
y. Everett, OF Rockingham. y. c.. and
Mrs Marlborough Pegues, OF Green
Vile. S. c. and six sons, Pinckney T..
James w, Walter w. and George NJ
Payne. all of Norfolk. and Eugene G.
and Beverly 7. Payne. both OF Rock
!nghan y C
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
News of Peter sburg

ut that place this morning, and mar
rowly escaped very serious injuries
While driving with companion
across the railway tracks a short dis
lance from the station, his car was
struck and the rear half crushed BY
shifting engine. Mr. Dyers and his
companion were fortunately occupying
the front seats In the car and. there
fore. escaped the force OF the crash
Mr.. Dyers is reported TO have had
two ribs broken. Mr.. Dyers is large
~ engaged in the manufacture Of
slaves. and has Ave or six stave mills
in the city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
He Threatens Roosevelt.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.]
Philadelphia, Juno John Prior.
hfty years old, student in Temple
University, was arrested to-day by pos
tai inspectors on a charge of sending
threatening postals and letters through
tho mails to Colonel Roosevelt
Prior, when arrested at his home this
afternoon. gave the inspectors n battle
he Is a tall. wiry man. and has iron
gray hair. When placed under arrest
all that Prior said was:
ITS simply a personal affair. and
It's none Of your business" The in
spectors are inclined to think that
Prior Is unbalanced.
In all. Prior has mailed three postal
cards and two letters to Colonel Roose-
welt The letters are rambling and in
coherent. Prior, however is evidently
a man of good education
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
TO COMPLETE ORGANIZATIONS.
Services To-Day for Third Presbyte-
rim Church In peierahiirr

services To-Day for Third Prcsbyte-
rim Church in Petersburg.
The commission appointed by East
Hanover Presbytery to organize the
Third Presbyterian Church OF Peters
burg will meet tomorrow afternoon
to complete its work. The commission
consists of the Rev. j. Calvin Stuart.
of Richmond: the Revs. James A Nc
Clure and Charles r. Stribling and
Elders George w. Jones and Willis e.
Smith. of Petersburg. a welcome to
the new pastor, the Rev. j. Woodrow
Hassall. will be extended by the Rev
Charles r. Striblng, and the following
officers recently elected will be ordain-
ed and installed: elders, John w
Friend, Jr.. ]. +. Birdsong and r e
Graves; deacons, o. j. F. Smith, f. H
Turncs j. NJ. Birdsong and p. a. Hub
bard. The ordination sermon will be
preached by the Rev. ]. Calvin Stuart
of Richmond. These services will com
plete the organization OF the church.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
CONFEDERATE MiEMoRIAL DAY.
Exercises VIII Tie Held
In DInndford Cemetery on MondnS.

Under the auspices of the Ladies'
Memorial Association. the annual Con
federate memorial exercises will be
held In Blandford Cemetery on Mon
day afternoon, June 8. BY request of
the association all places of business
in the city will be closed after /
o'clock. The parade will be in charge
OF General Stith Boiling, and in line
VIII be the a p. Hill Camp of Con
federate Veterans, the Sons of Vet
Grams. the Petersburg Grays. the Junior
Memorial Association and other or
ganizatons. The address at the Gene
terry will be delivered by the Rev. e.
r. cambridge, and there will be sing
ing of odes and hymns. Many thous-
ands of people from Petersburg and
surrounding counties will join in the
memorial tributes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
FIRST EVIDENCE
IN MURDER CASE
ISpecial 10 The rimes-nisna1ch

WELDON, =. G, June 7.-Court opened
at 10 o'clock this morning in the sec
ond day. OF the Show murder trial. in
are on trial for the murder. The addi-
iional Juror was easily secured. and at
gan. A little figure, in heavy mourn
ing, took the witness stand and in "A
fearful and pathetic manner she told
or the death Of her husband Her little
son, the only eyewitness. who was
with his father when the fatal shot
was fired, told Of the holding up and
known assailant.
The next witness told of tracking the
blcYcle. on which 1t is alleged the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
BLEAsE NOT THERE
Special to The Times.Disnatch

I.'PSII OF 70
Columbia, S. c.. June OH receiving
telephone message last night that
Governor Cole L. Blease was playing a
game OF poker at Ills club, the Com
mercial, Chief Cathcart and squad OF
police made raid on the establish
ment They arrested the card players
but 1t was found that Governor Blease
was at home In bed.
The police have been at war with the
Governor since he pardoned his negro
chauffeur, Harrison Nicely. after he had
been convicted by the police for ex-
ceedinG the speed limit
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
SnmueI O. Houchnna.

Especial 70 The Times Dispatch
Hampton. Va, june Samuel q.
Houchens, sixty -four years old. for tho
past twenty-eight years Chesapeake
and Ohio agent in Phoebus. died in his
home on Cary Street to-day Thirty
three years ago Mr.. Houchens was in
turcd by q hand car. causing paralysis
OF the lower limbs. He had never re-
covered from the accident The body
viii be taken to Charlottesville on sun
day for burial. He is survived By his
wife and one son, w. f. Houchens,
Chesapeake and Ohio agent in Hamp-
ton.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
Y. NJ. c. A. BUILDING.
Contractors Will Turn Over Completed
Structure by April 10, 1914.

Structure by April 10, 1914.
AT the opening of the bids for the
erection of the Young Mems Christian
Association building last night. the
contract for the work was awarded to
the Harrison Construction Company, at
S'1.290. There were seven bids. and
The successful bidder was the lowest
This was the second series OF bids
opened by the board Of directors. the
first Of which there were fifteen. made
under the original plans and specifica-
tons. being all too high 1t was found
necessary, in order to come within the
means Of the association. TO make some
slight notifications OF the interior
plans. Hence the second bids. The
contractors bind themselves to com
plete the the building and turn over
the keys by the 18th of April. 1914.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
MeMMy10ypazy
1.-THE House That Made Richmond Musical"

try, and will be sadly missed native
OF Amelia. he enlisted in the War Be-
tween the States from that county and
served his country Gallantly during tho
four years. His cross OF honor. pre-
scented by the L. d. c.. was proudly
worn. lie leaves besides his wife. who
was a Miss Booth. three sons, r. A.
Adams. E. r. Adams. Jr., Gordon Ad-
ans; six daughters. Mrs. Clara Kello,
Mrs. Rosa Linney, Misses Mary Adams.
Alice Adams, Ethel Adams Preston
Adams. The nternent will be at
Blackstone on Sunday afternoon.