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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-13
wuAr WEST POINT NEEDS.

II West Point wants TO be Rich
mond's nearest popular summer re-
sort ii must set two things first,
good transportation facilities; second,
the right sort of attractions and ac-
comm odations at West Point. People
are not going to any resort If the
trip must be made in a dirty, tiresome.
!nconven!ent way. They want sched-
u!es arranged TO suit their comfort.
and trip that is quick and pleasant.
Both West Point and Richmond should
cooperate on this matter
Again, there must be something to
get to that will amuse, refresh and in
s;ruct tho visitor. The summon
pleasure seeker wants good time
This does not mean an uproarious
water sports. and tho usual attrac-
tons of beaches Nature has been
very kind to West Point IN fine water.
scenery. fish and location. Now it IS
up 20 West Point 10 make these gifts
so charming that Richmond Will Just
naturally have to come
The West Point News sharply says.
and truly we think. that the town is
Handicapped by the old. ugly. ram
shackle and dangerous park buildings
and hotel that now usurp the south
crn poin: and shut off the most beau
tiful water front. II declares that poor
management has deprived the town
from any real advantages from Beach
Park, and so West Point has dropped
lower and lower in the estimation of
Richmond people as season followed
season. and the park with its build
ngs was let 20 10 ruin" For two
years the park has been open only on
special holidays. The News ends by
urging that the Council protect tho
peoples rights. The people have the
right to demand that Reach Park be
converted into something clean. beau
t!ful and attractive"
We would % delighted to see this
lovely spot developed into a first ella SIS
resort only one hour from Richmond.
We DO not want anything cheap and
nashy. II is up 10 West Point to make
us want to come.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-13

to report 10 tho nag. That order
changed the status OF the railroad en-
ploye from civilian to a soldier. and
at once he was ordered back to the
railroad under military authority. Back
they went. the strike was broken. and
II. BRAND found himself beaten by the
voters for his handling of this situa-
ton.
The present case of the Eastern
railroads and the trainmen brings the
danger and the distress that strike
causes the public into very clear relief.
We have been able to build the finest
railroads In the world. we have de-
veloped the best equipment. we have
run a great democracy. and. when the
pressure becomes sufficiently acute, this
country will learn how to deal with
the arguments between great public
service corporations and their en-
ployes without having recourse to n
method OF argument which impover-
ishes both sides and the public as we'll
The question is whether the United
States will settle this problem with
out first having to suffer n realization
OF how dangerous such strikes can be!
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WHAT KILLS THE NEGRO.

In recent editorial The Times-Dis-
patch voiced a solemn warming about
the negro death rate This warning
has been repeated and emphasized in
the Richmond Planet a newspaper for
negroes. II misnterprets our state
ment that the real fight for health is
not against temporary increases of the
death rate for local causes. The fight
for health means to fight everywhere
TO save human life. but the big cam
paign must be made against funda-
mental and persistent sources Of dis
ease The Planet fails to appreciate
what The Times Dispatch has done
when its editor questions our agitation
about the typhoid scare and accuses us
of inactivity about the increased death
rate
Any unprecedented person who will
read the files 0! The Times Dispatch
:or the past years viii find steady bat
tic for the negro and improved condi-
tions Good health is one Of our main
demands for better Virginia Since.
then. We agree as to the gra witty Of the
menace Of this slowly vanishing race.
| Lei us get 10 business to remedy con-
dtions.
II is plain that the excess of negro
deaths above the national average is
! due 10 three combined causes: gen
eral weakening Of racial vitality under
modern conditions; the pressure Of eco
nomic and social conditions from The
outside upon the negro. and the failure
Of the race to take action TO preserve
its own numbers and health
We quote the Planet 10 show how
the city and the whites fail 10 safe.
guard the negro:
There are not enough sewers. the
drainage is defective. the crematory
and ash dumps are within smelling dis.
lance ana regularly send up their per.
fumes during the sul,ry nights OF a
torrid summer
In this section. too. decaycd fru!, and
Negetab lcs and other eatables. sold al
low prices attract the poverty stricken
and they eat and-die Hundreds OF
coloied people, TOO proud 10 beg anf
too honest TO steal. deny themselves o,
the necessities OF life ana drag out :
wretched existence from dav TO da,
until tired nature Will stand no more
and they arc found stiff and stark !,
death
In brief the housing and living con
ditions Of the negro are undermining hi!
strength The civic conscience is no
awake to the duty we owe this par
Of our community
We also asked what the negro is do
ing 10 promote health work in his owl
race. The Planet hits the nail on n,
head in these sentences
We people composing the colored "a
should PROFOUND the same question !,
ourselves Our numerous societies AN,
. organizations should create A fund no
only to investigate these conditions
but 10 help our own people who ar
suffering and dying in our midst Tn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-13
THE LATEST BALKAN OUTLOOK.

III 1t be true, as reported, and there
seems good reason for believing IT is
true, that Bulgaria has thrown herself
unreservedly into the hands of Russia
and sued for peace through that power,
the Balkan outlook may have been
rendered more hopeful" But when
that is said all will have been said, un-
til Servia and Greece have been heard
from on the question of being content
or not content.
Tho victories of these two have in
Jected n new and possibly greater dan
ger into the situation. as affecting the
peace of Europe. This danger is in
volved in the question whether they
will not be encouraged to ignore the
decision of the powers to erect Alban MIA
into an autonomous state, and combine
in an attempt to partition that country
between themselves. and add II TO any
other spoils they may secure from Bull
garia's defeat
The Serb still dreams Of the restora
ton OF the old Servian kingdom. and
the Greek of the re-establishment of
the ancient Hellenic empire. and both
may see in the opportunity" the prom
Use of realization in part. at least
Should Roumania, which Russia has
for years been aiming to detach from
sympathy with the triple alliance. join
the combination, as Montenegro UNI
doubtedly would do, should it be form
ed, obviously Austria Hungary would
be faced by a menace before which she
"A
her viewpoint every justification. for
not only rafting the sabre" again,
but for drawing II. Equally obvious
would il appear that what with the pan
Slavic sentiment at home, which found
such vehement expression, as the re-
suit OF Austro- Hungarian policy regard
ing Albania and Montenegro, Russia
swering the dual monarchy's challenge
in kind.
Austria Hungary has gone too far in
the policy cited 10 turn back. without
retrogressions being construed as con-
fession OF weakness by her own Slav
subjects. and inspiring these with the
hope of their Slav cognates in Serva
and Montenegro. Russia is too fully
committed to the protection of the
Southern Slavs. and to ambition
for Southern Slav hegemony. not to
go forward in the "auspicious circum-
stances" and under the provocation en-
tailed
In this aspect OF the problem, there
fore, 1t may we'll be that. despite the
hopeful factor named, Europe may be
on the verge OF a third and more
terrible and disastrous Balkan war
than either OF it's two predecessors.
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The XIrcInin Girls.

Virginia girls, Virginia girls.
With eyes of brown and gray and
With rosy cheeks and wavy curls,
And hearts whose evry beat is true;
With accents soft and voices sweet,
y welcome smile to those they meet.
can't forget those eyes. those curls,
Those cheeks and smiles, Virginia girls.
Within their presence one could find
Naught that was cold, nor too severe,
But ever n smile-so gently kind,
a Southern welcome, to revere:
Unlike the beauteous, blushing flowers
That bloom within the vernal bowers
No thorn within the radiant furls
OF lavished smiles-Virginia girls.
Dear Old Observation-Disclosures State
Who leads the list with heroes grand
Who gave SO many statesmen great,
Renowned Ger ev'ry patriot land;
No wonder that in evry cline,
Your sons immortal virtues shine,
And to their names each flag unfurls
Brave scions of Virginia girls.
HOWARD w. PEAK.
Richmond, June II.
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-13
Voice Of the People
Why Women Should Vote.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
sir wish 10 express my appre-
cation OF the. editorial In yesterdays
Times Dispatch on. rs the Militant
an intelligent and sensible article
as one would expect to sec In an up to-
date. progressive newspaper like The
Times Dispatch.
Please allow me to say however. that
II Is not necessary to wait for equal
suffrage till large majority OF the
women want il. No great reform was
II is the discriminating few who really
bring things about. and the majority
enjoy the benefits later. The proof Of
whether women want suffrage or not
Is seen best in the way they use the
privilege after II Is granted to them.
and you know that In countries where
equal suffrage prevails large per-
eentage OF the women do vote and vote
intelli gently. If any class OF women
service to their country and to their
fellowmen by opposing the vote for
their sex, they should be ignored on
account Of their self!shness or of their
ignorance OF modern conditions.
But there cannot be any question OF
than there is of forcing the exercise
OF the franchise upon indifferent men.
Among us. voting is not compulsory,
and until 1t is, this is not good arsu-
ment against equal suffrage. The real
questions are, Does any woman or
class of women need the vote" Does
the country need woman's influence and
ours a democratic government If II
is governed by one-half the people
]. r. HENNING.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-13
THE FIGHT FOR BETTER GOVERN
MENT Is CONTINUOUS.

Many people Of good intentions,
really interested in improving the po-
ltical conditions in Virginia. fail 10
perceive tho continuous quality of the
progressive movement They want to
fight ono sharp battle and have II over.
They do not enlist for the war. They
imagine that things can be put OF
solid basis OF Justice and opportunity.
and will thereafter remain in this
pleasant state These are the same
folks who believe that mans char
acter is built by years instead OF by
days
To make clear our meaning, we take
the present candidates for the Legis-
lature Many Of these gentlemen have
published platforms stating the gen
eral principles they expect to repre-
sent Some OF these statements are
clear-cut and promising others are
vague and have no binding force or
comprehensive meaning. The honest
and conscientious progressive reads
these platforms and casts his vote for
the man in whom he thinks lies the
greatest hope OF real achievements for
= better Virginia Then he thinks his
share il right government is ended.
The representative may live UP TO his
platform. He may, on the other hand.
by devious and scarcely realized meth
DDS. !cpudiate every promise. He may
throw il 10 the winds utterly. In many
cases the honest voter never sees how
lie has been fooled. In others. he feels
angry and resentful for time. Then
portunity TO vote for this representa-
tive comes around. there is new plat
form of new vaCueness. and the igno-
rant or forEctful voter goes through
tie whole farce again
Nanifestly. therefore the scrutiny Of
the representative has to be contin-
uous. II he can successfully fool the
pcopl and serve himself at the same
time Without punishment, he cares not
n rap for all the preaching and adjur-
ing and swearing OF mighty oaths. He
runs no risks unless vengeance fall
upon him for his misdeeds toward his
constituency
such a conundrum is by putting down
a few main principles TO guide the hon
est voter. BY no possible means can
every public man be tested on every
measure in all his official life Yet he
can he measured by his attitude and
deeds when these are related TO GER
tain permanent articles OF faith among
the people.
Therefore. to fight the continuous
aeiiishness and personal interest and
unfaithfulncss OF the false servant. the
people must trust in the only cont!n-
nous basis for their unity In action.
This is the plain truth. stated boldly.
yet accurately, repeated without fear
or :avor. regardless of whom il NAV
touch When Virginia rpts her trust
il! the open declaration. or a few prin-
cip!es, the soldiers who fight for a
better State Will have an unbroken line
that Will remain tas, from year TO
year. and not be often both fragmen
ttry and futile
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-13
I'm no the Women.

To the Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Shall things pure with the pure,
why all this howl about turning on the
light in "the movies?" Are you not
.straining at gnat and swallowing a
camel?" Don't MASKING" as you call
buses. your automobiles and squeeze
me-tight buggies in broad daylight be.
fore the editors eyes. and you dare, not
''mashine" when the women are armed
with a hatpin two feet long? Did you
ever hear OF q masher having one used
on him? No. not even joyr;ding at 3
o'clock in the morning. with ten in a
two seated automobile. Please don't
agitate any more laws-the State is
burdened with laws now I have seen
several men arrested for. giving away
tobacco samples and medicine samples
in one of your Virginia towns. and
mado to pay n fine for 1t. If you keen
making laws all the men will soon be
crazy. Turn the light on the law
makers and let the movies run their
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-13
iollnrd would make IdenI omciul.

Il the campaign, however. we shall
SUPPORT Hon. John Garland Pollard 70:
thebffice. as we believe he more nearly
rep$sents the type that Virginia needs
for her chief officers. Fully qualined
ntelectually. splendid legal attain
mems. honest and courageous he would
mako nearly the ideal official He has
not hen bitter partisan in any OF
the p,litical fights during the past ten
years. and his election, without any
di spar 10 cement of the qualifications OF
the otter candidates. would mean much
for thu State. AS Attorney General he
would be member OF the State School
Board ind there would be none who
would believe he in any way would
use hiseppointive power to further any
political ends he might have, 1t is
worth much to the State to have an
official 4 this kind, who would be FREQ
from any suspicion.-Emporia Mes
Sengcr.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-13
Politics Hurt schools.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir'-About year ago the standing
published and Virginia stood way down
low in the list Recent events explain
this when we read of the consideration
OF district supervisors, ETC. by the State
board and learn of conditions that
bring about the election OF some and
the defeat OF others, but the most en-
Tightening part is to read that the At
torney General of the State. member
by law of the Board of Education, finds
ii necessary to lay great stress upon
the applicants politics. This high off,
Ger raises the question, lis it not a
fact that he (the district supervisory
tickct?"
second. Did he not vote for Roose-
velt?" etc.
Small wonder that the Virginia pub
lie schools do not reach a higher point
in the scale of education. Never will
SO long such politicians as the At
torney- General manipulate them.
PROGRESS.
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white people can do much for us. but
we can do much more for ourselves.
knowledge, education. just pride
these can help the negro to help him
self, This grave problem can only be
solved by the unselfsh cooperation of
both races. Economic necessity and
every tender sentiment of a humane
people demand that we give the negro
q square DEAL put him in proper sur
roundings. and then help him to over
come his own weakness and realize his
possibilities
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-13
HAVING TIME.

HayinE time and hog killing time
bolic seasons OF farm life They mean
the gathering in of the fruits of toll.
In way they dominate the summer
and fall as no other events can. To
the farmer and his family they mean
mostly hard work. To the mild phil
osopher they are full OF color, human
feeling, and natural history.
For one thing. never is the depend
ence OF man on the weather better
shown than when the anxious eye
looks aloft to judge of how the sun
and the rain will conspire to help make
hay. SO essential and close is this
relationship that there is no more use
full and poignant proverb in the Lam
guage than that Of Make hay while
the sun shines" Hay ripens in the
sun. and is cured by the sun, and so
this genial orb is really the dictator
OF the pastoral program. II the hay is
let grow day too long It becomes
dryer than is proper. Some OF the hne
juices begin 10 evaporate, and the full
richness and flavor of the food for cat
tie is lost Again after II Is cut, there
must be just the right Communicating
Of air and warmth TO change the green
lush grass into the crisp. brown hay.
No moment is more anxious than those
when the farmer sees his crop spread
on the ground. waiting TO be saved by
quick action. Then a cloud in the sky
is no joke, but n token OF gigantic
effort, and strained men and beasts.
The pictorial side of haying is mag
miiicent. There is plenty of rhythm
and color. Some occupations are ST.
lent and stationary--never the making
Of hay. From the time the clatter of
the mower breaks against the still
dawn of the first great day until the
shouts and humping OF putting it
back" in the barn die out on the eve
ming air, pleasant noise fills the time.
Horses neigh. and men yell. The wa
CONS strain and creak under great
mounds. Rakes rattle. Bees humble
and drum. Dogs bark. Whips crack.
| Memorable, indeed. are the motions
/ OF hayinG. The mower and rake take
long swings round and round. each
laying down or picking up its wide
swath Of grass. The men who toss
the windows into shocks give n fine
impression Of busy toll When the
wagons parade slowly through the field
and the men bend with overloaded
forks sending huge punches ten feet
into the air To rest at last in exactly
tho right spot 10 balance the load
there is something for the trained ath
lete TO admire. When they trundle of
along the road, they look like lazy
elephants in procession
Haying is work. after ALL but 1t IS
outdoors and clean and involves cheat.
Ing no man 10 save a penny. We be.
ileNe' when YOU come down to IT. al
the honest trades and tolls arc beau.
tiful 1t is only the crooked and NEAR
events OF harsh business that are ugly
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Old Dominion, Etc.


piled to Virginia rest on any basis
stronger than the suppositlon that the
people OF the Colony were GENERALLY
loyal to the Stuarts? Why did the
motto on the Colonial arms read first,
ZEN dat Virginia quintam" and after
wards quartam"? What accounts for
the loss Of one of the first five?
T. y. DAVIS
Certainly. Sir William Berkeley and
Richard Lee and other prominent men
held the Colony to its allegiance to
Charles and the Cromwell government
sent vessels to subject Virginia to its
authority. Somehow the gentlemen
above MENTIONED secured from the com
mander of the squadron treaty in
pendent dominion" and this treaty
was ratified in England During the
residence Of Charles II. at Breda.
Richard Lee hired q vessel and visited
him to learn II he could protect the
Colony In case OF It's formal return TO
allegiance to him. Finding the exile
without means to this end, Lee re-
turned to Virginia and at the death of
Cromwell managed. with the aid Of
other loyalsts, to have Charles de-
clared King of England, France
Scotland. Ireland and Virginia" two
years before his restoration to Eng
land. The King ordered the arms OF
Virginia to be added to those OF the
hold Virginia furnished the fifth" and
this motto. upon the union" Of Scot
land to England. the two Kingdoms
then becoming "one." was altered to
read, the fourth" in place OF the
fifth"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-13
Words Tint Dnmn.

They say" Have YOU heard?' Two
wee phrases, Five short words? But
they have done moro damage than all
the rest OF the dictionary rolled to-
gether! They have wrecked homes anu
broken hearts They have ruined
promising careers and thrown business
firms into bankruptcy. They have dis
rupted churches and plunged old
friends into bitter legal fights They
have driven men TO drink and women TO
INSANITY. They have robbed innocent
children of their parents and sent
young girls broken hearted and un-
lwedded TO their graves. They have
turned merely foolish girls into wicked
Ines and have sent innocent men 10
rison-Clifton Forge Review.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-13
Wire Do They stnnd on surras.

w hre Do They Stnnd on SufrnRcf.
To the Editor OF The Times Disoa tch:
Sir,-As a subscriber TO you: most
valued journal. I Will take the liberty
OF asking through its medium that The
three candidates now in the fed for
Attorney General = Messrs. William s.
Pollard and Cummins-will Civ. The
voters of Virginia through your oil
umns their full views on the ,sf-
frage question While It is admitted
the suffrage movement will not beam
issue In this campaign. the voters or
Virginia are mostly progressive
looking ahead" DEMOCRAT
Milford.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-13
VIEWS OF THE
VIRGINIA EDITORS
Going to Seed in s,,,,n,on

II seems TO US we heard some ti-rc
ago the changing was going TO cut
the weeds out OF the cutters around
town; and I'VE have been watching tho
crop Of healthy weeds In parts OF town
We traverse. and we are happy TO say
the crop has about passed through all
the vicissitudcs Of growth. and the seeds
are ready TO mature for u second crop
II nothing happens to prevent the
chaingang may get around in time 10
spoil the second crop: but don't de-
pend on it.-Staunton Leader.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-13
WHATS the Usef

They say the strongest language
President Wilson uses when playing
gpf is Tut! Tut" Then what earthly
PLEASURE can he find in the gamer
Saem Times Register.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-13
REPLY TO BLACKSTONE COURIER

Elsewhere in this paper will be
found reply made by the Messrs.
Bryan individually TO the charges pub
lishcd by ". y. Land, in the Black
stone Courier.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-13
TIL: HATTIE or IIr,r

Selected for The Times Dispatch
There is no discharge in that war"
- Eccles. Will s.
The question is often asked in these
days-'ls NE worth living?" Many
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-13

The way those irish "Orangemen"
carry on, we think they must have
used the peel in something stronger
than water.