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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04

a YOUNG MAN, NOW EMPLOYED AS
bookkeeper. seeks a position with
more opportunity for advancement
Would accept a position as bookkeep
er collector or of such nature. Age
twenty-four. and married. Good
references regarding character, etc
Address j 2I9, care Times Dispatch
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04

ENPERIE NCED LADY STENOGRA-
pher desires to locate with good
firm. References given. Address A
go care Times DISPATCH
The Lambertville record., 1913-04-17

L nave CI0SpdSScu Oll youI CllilC wv
long alreay"
On the contrary, | will gladly
go with you. That's my job.
Once under way up the street, |
opened upon him fire of questions.
How in the name of wonder, has
this change from unsighthness to
| beauty, from frowsiness to neatness,
from unsanitary to heathful sur
roundings been accomplished?
AS | remember the population,
this was just the sort of thing in
in which it was impossible even to
interest them, let alone bring them
to action.
Then there was the inertia when
a trifing betterment was once in
while proposed, there used to arise
perfect chorus of oh, you never
can do it, or That's just talkp or
you never can do that in Lambert
vile, prehaps in other places, never
herev and so on.
Then there was the real property.
This place in the past was inhabited
by people of moderate circumstances
and by the poor. Such being as
a millionaire was unknown. The
ratables amounted to rather limited
total and the income from taxes was
correspondingly small There was
practically no civic spirit, no real
desire for different state of things. !
The business men, suppose,
would have been willing to sell more
goods, but the mere thought of a
higher taX-rate, as a result of i'm
provements to attract population,
sent the cold shivers down their |
backs, and brought forth a chorus of
What was good enough for my
father is good enough for me-
How are you governed now?
Who directs and leads?
Where does the money come
from?"
It's rather long story" said my
guide, but there was no miracle,
just the most ordinary development
through forces already working in
what you call your day : though |
must not forget that we had two
pieces of great good luck.
I suppose | may say that the new
era began in 1915 when women re-
ceived the suffrage and our body of
voters nearly doubled.
We adopted the commission form
of government the next year and it
has worked so we'll there, from the
first that no one dreams of changing
it. We have three commissioners
who must concur in all matters of
l. y
The Lambertville record., 1913-04-17

this new expense to be met?
But here came in our first piece
of good luck. A gentleman of wealth,
sanitary engineer by profession,
fond ofwalking and of country scenes,
came to board at Lathrop's and there
making the acquaintance of Mr..
Anderson, who was manager of the
water company, the two enjoyed
many ramble through the woods
on the company's land.
"One day when Mr.. Anderson was
discoursing about the harassing diff
ficulties of the commission, his COM
panion said: The solution of your
problem is for the city to buy out
the water company After the
sewers are finished sooner or later
II all buildings must connect. That
will mean an increase of water rev.
enue great enough not only to pay
the interest on the water bonds but
to provide for the sewer bonds also.
Make me your superintendent and |
will show you how it could be done.
And in the end, this was the course
we followed. .
Il suppose" | said, with sneer-
it was only necessary to broach
such scheme to have it adopted.
Doubtless the citizens and water COM
pany fairly fell over each other-the
one in their eagerness to buy, the
other in their eagerness to SELL
On the contrary, y said my guide
TRANQUILITY, the opposition could not
have been more determined. The
plan was held up to ridicule as per-
fectly absurd. 1t was denounced as
impractical, it met the whole weight
of the inertia of the community to
the suspicious it seemed merely a
scheme for graft and other nefarious
practice.
The owners of the water stock,
from the first, took a reasonable
stand. They enjoyed dividend Of
say five per cent. If the town would,
in buying their property, guarantee
an equally good return, and at the
same time give proof of ability to
render good service, they were quite
willing to sell.
But this very willingness Of theirs
was taken by the opposition as proof
that the project was rotten.
Now befell our second piece of
good luck. Young Nc Guire, son of
one Of our well-to-do citizens, took,
at his university, the course in jour
nalism. He became so interested in
it that he persuaded his father to buy
one OF the town papers then at the
point of death in order that he
might try out a pet idea of his; name
ly, that the great field for pro-
gressive journalist was not in big
city paper but small local one.
He became Jealous advocate of
the new scheme and used his paper
to spread his news. His aim was
not to antagonize but to persuade.
He was clear and humorous what
they used to call "a good jollier, -
and he made even his opponents
1o,,ocI L
The Lambertville record., 1913-04-17


several functions.
who were your first commits
sioners?' | asked. 1t was before
| was born, and though Ihave heard,
| have forgotten all but one: that
was Mr. Anderson; but all the names
of former commissioners are inscrib-
ed in the city hall
His eyes twinkled as he added 1T
may surprise you to know that one OF
our commissioners who has held office
continuously for the past twenty-five
wears. is woman. There have been
many changes in the others, but she
is always reelected. And she is the
manager.
AS a rule, women do not like to
run for elective offices, though they
do admirable work in appointive
ones; but she is an exception. She
is good manager! The superiority
of our service in light, water, streets,
garbage disposal, control Of service
and the rest, is largely due to her
admirable organization and superin-
tendence. Her name is .
But my prophetic soul had sprung
forward to the fact before the name
was uttered 1t was she! She was
managing commissioner of the town
she loved! When the tumult of my
mind a little subsided there arose in
the background of my consciousness
the thought but it was her maiden
name he had spoken! So | managed
to say L used to know girl of that
name, but | understood she married
SO and so.
Nothing of the sort! She was
engaged to a fellow from Trenton,
who, on some trifling misunder-
standing, broke away from her, and
shortly afterward left this part of
the country. Worthless houndl She
was well-rid of him, but she did not
seem to think so for she never would
listen to anybody else. Yet much as
| despise him, | almost think we
should raise a memorial to him, since
her remaining single has been our
city's great gain"
This judgment on my conduct was
not resented. Fool, fool, fool!"
| was saying to myself. Trebly dyed
fool! So you might have been happy
all these long years! To divert the
current Of my thought, | said: But
the establishment of commission
changed nothing, except perhaps
a wiser economy in ex-
penditure. The income was the same,
the people were the same, the same,
problems confronted the city"
GTT
The Lambertville record., 1913-04-17
Lambertville as a Model
Continued from third page.

the wards and private rooms for
patients in the rear.
Just at the corner of the lot, a
graceful fountain tossed its spray
upward, while back of it a semi
circular seat of concrete, shaded by
shubbery, attracted the passer-by to
rest and enjoy.
Changes met my eyes on every
hand as | walked up Union Street.
1t was not that no old buildings sur
vived, for many of the most admir-
able were still standing though in
several instances transformed, but
the worst were gone.
Thus while chicken-coop row was
a thing of the past, the Presbyterian
Church with its manse on one side
and Kirk-house on the other, greeted
me like an old friend.
At the northwest corner of Della
van and Union the modest but pleas
ing city hall, opened its doors so in
vitingly that it lured me within.
Can | do anything for your ask
ed we'll set up, trinity dressed
official, instantly stepping forward.
oh, said /, I'm just a passing
stranger, who has been advised to
take look around your city, as a
specimen of well-managed one"
| thought so' he replied: we
have hundreds of your kind in the
course of the year; in fact SO many
that three or four of us are regul-
arly employed by the commission to
act as guides and explain matters
that are not understood"
| gladly yielded myself to his
leadership and enjoyed seeing the
city offices, the commissioners room,
the Justices court, the hall for public
meetings, all on modest scale but
admirably adapted to their respec-
tive uses.
The frescoes on the walls of the
last named apartment traced the past
history of the state and the city and
were really noble works of art.
In the hallway, as | was leaving,
| was invited to inspect the city plan
which, on huge scale and strongly
framed, covered a large part of one
wall. | was interested to note the
gradual spread outward, but also to
observe how carefully this was reg
ulated and how strictly the style of
building was limited.
Can | do anything else for you?"
He asked as turned toward the door.
What | would like is to have COM
panion on my walk who would guide
xooo - Lo oIco 10 hac+ x,yor+b
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-31

formed that it Is deceptive IN that il
states that the board OF trade as 49,
organization endorses the bin n COM
mission form Of government recently
prepared here by sef-appointedl
guardians Of the city's future. The
membership OF the board OF trade
was not even aware of the proposel
action much less given an opporrp-
Htty to express themselves on the
subject, and 1t is perfectly safe to
assert that an Overwhelming major
ity Of the institution is unalterabIy
opposed to the attempted infiction
of the fad upon the people Of this
community. This being true, the
resolution is an injustice toe the
membership of the beard and pains
should be taken to impress that
fact upon the state lawmakers.
The resolution is unfair to the legis-
Ilators themselves as it bears mis-
representation to them, and it will
be the cause Of an injustice to them
unless they are advised Of the true
situation.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-31
Women In. Pnbiic Schools.

How women have advanced from
the educational rgaks tc the high
est administrative positions in the
public schools is interestingly re-
vealed in figures just compiled by
the United States Bureau of Educa-
ton. Four statas-Colorado ida
no, Washington and Wyoming have
women at the head of their state
school systems, and there are now
as women county euperintendents
in the Uaited States. nearly double
the number ten years ago.
In some states women appear to
have almost monopoly OF the higher
positions in the public school sys-
TEN. Wyoming has a woman state
superintendent; the deputy state su-
perintendent is woman; and of the
fourteen counties in the state, all
but one are directed educationaNy
by women. IL Montana, where
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-31
our Cheap cas-.

The. following paragraph in the
Bradford, Pa; Era indicates that
that town is rejoicing very much
over the prospect of what it regards
CHEAP gas;
I 9Ettisyreported on good authority
that Bradford will have a new, gas
linetha the near future to supply gas
to manufacturers and brick works
at Lewis Run 1t is understood that
the price will be fifteen cents per
thousand for boilers and kilas and
twenty cents for gas engines"
Fifteen and twenty cents for gas
may be what the Bradfcrdites call
cheap, but they really do not know,
what cheap gas is. Gas mere Tor fac
tory purposes runs as low as four
cents thousand cubic feet and gas
for domestic purposes is sold at ten
cents a thousand.
When other cities regard Fifteen
and twenty cent gas cheap, clarks-
burg should regard itself in paradise
SO far as cheap gas is concerned.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-31
Originates At Home.

For his own benefit the editor o.
the Parkersburg State Journal ought
to read the other newspapers pub
lished in his city. Ifthe would thus
post himself, ne would make no
such erroneous cracks as the follow
ing in comment on a recent editorial
in the Telegram about the bad civic
conditions in Parkersburg: Z
I'VE have known Judge Dayton
nearly all his life and we youch for
his not being such a liar and black.
guard as to use the words trottenest,
sstinkingest and foulest' in speaking
of Parkersburg. city that has so
many times entertained him and
that esteems him and loves him.
He is not the kind of person to TURF
ion his friends in any such low way. :
All the Telegram asks that editor
do is to get Parkersburg Sentinel
of Saturday evening. January %,
1913, and read the federal court
news therein. Judge Dayton is
quoted in that article as saying that
Petersburg is the "rottenest, foul
est and stinkinges" city in the
state. That has been published in
several newspapers and so far the
Telegram has seen no denial by
Judge Dayton of the publication. He
has not said that the Sentinel mis-
quoted him.
In view of the source of the as
sertlon upon which the Telegram
based its editorial, the ParEersburg
State Journal should jump on the
sentinel fnstead Of the Telegram.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-31
Tie spec.al Charter Flood.

Charters, charters, charters. --,an.
;interminable string Of them-are
pouring into the legislative hoppers
at Charleston. all asking for special
municipal governments and many of
them providing for reyislons and
corrections OF the mistakes that have
been. made in the drafting of previ-
GUS special municipal charters.
Within two days Of but brief SEES
sions, the flood Of special charters
that poured into the House of Dele
gates alone. contained the following
municipal measures, which will no
doubt be increased by the addition
of many Others by the time these
lines are read by the public:
House bill No. Huntington
charter.
House bill No. 15-cArEsburg
charter
House bin No. s4-wneelng
charter.
House bill No. s1-Huntington
charter.
House bill No. Cameron char
ter.
House bill No. 7e-chsrles Town
charter.
House bill No. Piedmont
charter.
House bill No. ss-clarksDurg
charter.
eodse psil No. 1o1-charlest0n
charter.
House bill No. 1os-erafton char
ter.
House bin No. lilo7-daaiton char :
House bill No. 1l5-Marttasburg
charter. 81
Hoase bin No: 12l-weston char
ter.
House bill No. 15s-Mannington
charter.
House bin No. t2s-Huntlntgon
municipal elections.
House bill No. 1G4--Keyser char
ter.
The latest reports from Charles
ton at this writing contain the infor-
match that the committee on mu-
nicipal corporations OF the Senate
after one short session has reporter
faVorably nearly dozen of these
special charters, some of which are
fifty and even hundred pages in
length. This shows that the legis-
lator has no time in an already
overcrowded session to do more than
barely glance at these special meas
ures. The same condition will
doubtless obtain when these charter
bills are rushed through the house.
both ouses.
Such a haphazard and rushing
method OF legislatingi for a COM
munity. certainly does. not do JUS
tice to the people of the community
affected End the situation. calls for
the enactment OF "a munic ppal coda
law.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-31

there are thirty counties. only onels
maa isEeported as holding the po-
sition 81 county superintendent.
The increase In the number OF
women county superintendent is
most conspicuous in the West, butt
Is not confined to that section. New
York reports forty-two women dis
trict superIntendents. as against
twelve school commissioners" in
1900. Other states showing marked
increases are, iowa from thirteen in.
1900 to forty-four in 1912; Kansas
from twenty-six in 1900 to forty
nine in 1912; Nebraska from ten to
forty-two in the same period; North
Dakota from ten to twenty-four;
and Oklahoma from seven to four
teen. In only two states is de-
crease reported-Te Tennessee had nine
in 1900 and only FIVE in 1912, and
Utah has one less than decade ago.
Together with the advancement of
women n the administrative branch
of education has come a demand for
women on local school boards, and
this demand has been recognized in
many communities. The following
cities Of 100000 population or over
report one or more women on the
school board: New York, Chicago,
Cleveland, San francisco. Milwau-
kee, Washington, Indianapolis,
Rochester, St. Paul, Denver, Colum-
bus, Worcester, Grand Rapids. Cam
bridge and Fall River. Numerous
smaller municipalities have adopted
the idea.
The important places assigned to
women in American education has
become so usual as to excite little
comment in this country; yet Amer,
lean conditions in this respect are
the reverse of those Of most nations
1T, is probably safe to say that in nc
other country in the world are there
as many women teachers proportion
ally as in the United States; in fac
imen teachers greatly outnumber the
women in most European, countries
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-31
81 SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY..
$3.50 Hemnned Merrcetiized
Napkins, 9Sc boz.

of these splendid Napkins
launder
s inches
HI CSC
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-31
Unauthorized Action by Directors.

Unauthorized Action by Directors.
B That some of the ADVOCATES of
commission form of government for
Clarksburg would ruin the Clarks-
burg Board of Trade to accomplish
their end is apparent. Nothing,
however, hazardous to the best in
terests of the community is left un-
done by the commission advocates
to further the movement to inaict
upon the people a form of govern
ment, which by its very charter is:
shown to be far more expensive than
the government the city now has.
Indeed, in this mistaken effort which
will double taxation, such a great
and helpful business organization
as the board OF trade which has the
welfare or the business interests,
of the city and the cause OF the peo-
fple. at heart, has already been placed
in jeopardy by a recent act OF dig
irectors brought about by advocates
of the new government fad. Il
The board Of trade as an organi-
cation was not consulted on. the
question of changing the city's gov
eminent and the directors who
passed resolution over the pro
tests of other men closely identified
with the operations of the board
transcribed their authority and
failed to keep the trust reposed in,
them by the members of the board.
They labored under mistaken view
when they so hastily and unwisely
passed a resolution to be used at,
Charleston for the purpose of in
ducing the legislature to change the
city form of government to COM
mission form. Every man who reads
the following paragraph takea from
the boards constitution giving in
full the power of the board Of trade
itself rightly concludes that those
directors had no power to aid in
trying to change the government af-i
fairs Of the city:
Article II-The purpose of the
association shall be to protect and
encourage and develop the manufac-
turing, mercantile and other indus
trial interests of the city of Clarks-
burg and It's vicinity; ito collect, re- .
cord and Disseminate suph local and
general statistical information re-
lating thereto as may promote the
growth and financial welfare of the.
community; and to unite the bust
ness interests of said city and vict1
ity IN a concerted effort to accom-
piish such purposes"
Easily one sees that the board of
trade is not commissioned by its
charter to mix in politics or engage
Is body in any movement that has
political features. That changing
he form of government of cities is
politics no one will deny and be
rue to himself and the community
As the board of trade itself has no
authority to mix in politics, it's board
# directors as an organization or as
representing the board
# trade have none either. IL
While the Telegram has not seen r
he resolution in question, it is in 4
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-31
READING CLUB MEETS.

The Unreliable reading club of the
Eastern Star, colored, emit last even
ing in the home-of Mrs. Lucy Wilkin-
son and the business of the meeting
was very interesting, after which a
delicious luncheon was served. The
riext meeting will be in the home of
Mrs Rosa johnson at CSC Locust
street.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-31
FRIDAY. January 81, 1919.
An Eyenlng Ecllo.

The two CHIEF things that give a
man reputation in counsel are the
opinion Of his honesty and the op.a-
ion Of his wisdom.-BEN JOHNSON.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-31

Mr. and Mrs. II. P. Lambert, Of
Pennsboro, visited clarksburg Friday
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-31

Stop that cough! Take LOgan's
Pine 6 Terpin cough syrup and feel
relief ut once. Costs but a quarter.
ANY reliable druggist can supply you.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-21
GIRLS IN SUICIDE COMPACT
TAKE MERCURY

Pittsburgh, June 2O.-Added to the
list of bichloride Of mercury victims
are Kathryn Burns and Annie But
Ter, each II years of age, who en-
tered into suicide compact because
they did not believe life worth living.
Physicians say they viii both die.
Forced by their parents to admit
that they had visited a rooming
house with Detectives Leo ]. Kennel
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-21
ODDsNEW


New York.-Finding black baby
in place of her own child when she
came out of a grocery, Mrs. Fay Kel-
lar started a hunt for Hdnappers.2 It
led to the roof where a painter had
stopped over some black paint. on the
baby.
Fresno, caI-Fred Williams chip
ped off a piece of meteor sixteen
feet under ground while digging a
well on his farm. Jewellers say it
is full of crystallized gold and he's
probably worth more than a million.
New York.-Seeing two little girls
standing directly in front of his car,
Motorman August Erickson jumped
out upon the fender, grabbed one
with each hand and swung them to
safety.
Mt. Vernon, N. Y-Mrs. Joseph S.
Wood, leader of the anti-suffragists,
has been appointed to the police
force with badge and power to
make arrests.
Plymouth, Eng. - George Hut,
steward on the line Philadelphia,
caught his head in the dumb waiter
as the boat entered port and broke
his neck.
London.-Dams is the name of the
Vicar of Goring, HeIle is the name
of his priest and Heaven the name of
the vice of Horley.
Paris.-A letter that was posted
81 years ago at Origny has just been
delivered to the addressee at Eu, 100
miles away.
GIRLS IN SUICIDE COMPACT
TAKE MERCURY
Pittsburgh, June 2o.--Added to the
list of bichloride Of mercury victims
are Kathryn Burns and Annie But
Ter, each II years of age, who en-
tered into a suicide cOmDact because |
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-21

" and w. ]. LaFery of the local POI
lice force, the girls purchased and
swallowed the poison, then they went
to the Burns home and told what
they had done.
Plans are being made for a cru
.sade to preYentth sale Of bichloride.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-21

POI
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,ru-
ide.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-28

Yesterday morning an alarm was
turned in from the baseball park.
The department made a quick run
and on reaching the park the wains-
coating of the grand stand was
caught and was just beginning to
bl.ze. 1t could have been put out
with a dipper of water and the fire
department would have been saved
a long run.
This is the fourth time the grand
stand has caught on fire since it was
builftd every time it was the VAIN
scoMs3 There is but one theory as
to the cause. Doubtless the saw
dust catches from a lighted cigar
stump or cigarette and burns for
hours before it becomes dangerous.
The grand stand is protected by in
surance. W