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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-07
PcrannnI Mcmillan

Mrs b J. Walker. Mrs. NJ p Pull,
and Miss Matte Walker left yent.r.iay
afternoon for Eutaw, Ala, where thev
VIII spend several weeks as the guests
of friends and relatives
A l.. Adamson, OF Forest Hill. 40
companied by his daughter, Mrs Cowan
York
Mrs Walter 4. Watson. who has been
the guest or Mrs. Julia McRae. OF For
est lsill. has gone TO Nottoway where
she VIII spend short time before re-
turning TO Washington.
Mrs. G. c. jenkins. Misses Resale and
Maggie jenkins and Master Raymond
jenkins are visiting relatives in Penn
sylvania.
Rev. Wesley Baker. who has been
taking special ministerial course at
princeton University. will return TO
the Southside to-day, and VIII conduct
both services tomorrow at Porter
street Presbyterian Church, TO which
he was recently extended u call.
Miss Alice BONNER Rudd has re-
turned homo from Roanoke. where she
has been the guest OF friends.
Morton Graves, manager OF the
Southslde branch OF the Standard Oil
Company. is In Roanoke on business
Mir. and Mrs. Albert Mayo. OF Peters
burg. are visiting Mrs. Charles Thorn
ton. OF Porter street
Dr. and Mrs T. -. Jones will leave
tomorrow on a ten-days trip TO Gin
cinnati, Louisville and Nashville
Mrs. " ] Walker is visiting rein
tives at Elk iiill Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-07
FARMING THE SEA.

Sea food is coming back TO its an
cient glory. Fishermen since the dawn
! OF history have been main sources of
food supply. Maritime nations have
depended upon them for cheap meat.
/ Inland peoples have depended on the
I shepherd. In this country. however,
/ fish have been neglected even by the
coast dweliers for beef and mutton and
pork. II not neglected, fish came to
be looked upon a. luxuries. why this
happened is not clear. unless the cheap
beef made a better ration for labor
than even the cheaper fish.
Now there is no cheap beef The
diminished area for grazing has raised
! the price to the sky. Eggs and fowls
are equally costly. 1t is time for the
wise housewife once more to consider
the gifts Of the sea in her ceaseless
struggle 10 make the ends meet. In
Virginia, more than almost anywhere
III the world, the variety and accessi-
bility of fish and sea food should help
TO cut down living expenses. We have
hundreds OF miles of tidewater. where
oysters, shad, crabs and scores Of small
fish abound. The cost Of securing them
is slight and the cost OF transporta-
ton small. Why should not the agri-
cultural station. the V. p. l., the Fish
cries Board and other agencies make
an effort to extend the use of fish as
Il regular article OF diet?
This week the United States Fish
Commission has issued bulletin upon
the diamond back terrapn. They de-
scribe the Carolina and Chesapeake
species. and declare that these hitherto
regal shellbearcrs can be made i
source OF great benefit to Atlantic
Coast fishermen The work done AT an
experiment station in North Carolina
indicates that the terrapin. which has
been dying out. can be revived by
proper culture and made a source OF
big revenue. This is merely a hint of
what can be done by intensive fish Gull
ture 1t viii not ne long until farm
ing the sea will be as systematic and
necessary as the proper farming OF the
land.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-07
oun FIRST vynlrE-MISGs.

That is cood news that the street
Cleaning Department is to put six
white wings. with special apparatus. on
Broad Street. The street surely needs
cleaning. For the main thoroughtare
and shopping street of a city like Rich
mond to present the general appear
ancc OF an alley is d disgrace The
rti"alry of the South should Ions
s;nce have dcmanos d thai women ana
children be protected from dust and
gins and ruined clothes - proper
and continuous cleaning OF this main
walk. Such thickly travelled roads
cannot be swept once q day. or thrice
week and remain decent. There Is
too much traffic and TOO much liter
constantly on them. We congratulate
the department on this first move 10
give Richmond something approach
ing metropolitan cleaning system.
This will nc a good time to test the
ability and industry OF our street
cleaners. They will be given certain
territory. and held responsible for 1T
1t will be easy for the taxpayer to
see how much tho men do, and
whether they do it efficiently or not
Hitherto it has not been easy to tell
whether the dirty streets were helped
or hindered by what scant attention
they receive.
Two practical points must he noted.
Not sixty white wings with brooms
will be able to sweep the dust and lit
ter from ill-paved streets and market
districts pouring into Broad street. II
is time for us 10 realize that cleanli-
ness does not come in spots. Dirt
spreads. and YOU must fight it every
where. Second. IL is also time 10:
some trash cans along Broad Street
for the public TO use for depositing
waste in. The people need education
in keeping their own town clean.
Let's begin &c take some pride in our
best street, and do little white
winging for our own glory and to
help the lad in uniform.
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knocking persons down. At Fork
Union Academy over 500 worth, OF
Fork Union housekeepers' protracted
meeting chickens cleaned up.
one instance is reported by n neigh
Dor whore he had n new agateware
pan left out In tho yard. from which
was beaten the agate coating and maxi
Ing dents In the pan. and at the same
place holes were beaten in an iron
roof. and another sufferer reports that
his garden pnlings were denied.
You city folks can't understand why
farmers are always complaining; you
think our lack OF prosperity is due
mainly to our bad management, lack
OF industry. that we spend much of
our time loafing and whiting sticks
ana notching soft pine boxes around
the stores. Just try 1t, my critics, and
sec what we have to contend with Our
best laid plans are often knocked into
cooked hat by the uncertain elements
Just let me give a few instances:
little earlier the long spring drought
Interrupted the preparation of land for
the crops, and when il did rain it con-
tinued until the land was too wet for
preparation, with now and then n dam
aging freshet in creeks and rivers, and
now comes this destructive wind. hail
and rainstorm. which has beaten our
crops and quilted our lands
And the elements are not all we have
to contend with. Our tobacco raisers
are held hard by the throat by the pri-
rate tobacco monopoly, which the
writer Is very willing to exchange for
government monopoly. and the in
sidious lobbyists in Washington are
trying to destroy our prospects as we'll
as those of the city folks of cheap
sugar and cheaper wooden clothing
The writer has come into contact
with many OF these people who have
borne the heaviest losses. and 1t is re-
markable with what cheerfulness they
bear up under it, They realize the
enormity of 1t. but they are ready to
go ahead and try to keep the wolf from
the door.
But despite all these misfortunes. we
have much to be grateful for in this
section. 1t is one of the healthiest
sections in the whole country. We
have n law-abidng, conservative and
well educated people as n whole. and
that is not all. The recent great i'm
provement in train schedules given us
on the Virginia Air Line Railroad is
cause for congratulations and good
feeling on the part of the patrons OF
the railroad for the Chesa peake and
Ohio Railway Company. and ] suppose
James River Division patrons have also
cause for congratulations
FARMER
Carysbrook.
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coNy1NcE rI1D couNo1L.

Richmond needs public library.
More Importantly. Richmond wants a
public library.
! The ideal plan would be for an i'm
/ posing central building on the old
/ Ford property. to cost $4,000 or 5000. :
600. and four branches-one on the
Southside. on Church Hill. in the West
End, and one for negroes in old Jack
son Ward. These are erected in other
cities for from $4,000 to s35. 900 each
This totals s25o.ooo.
1t is clear that Richmond cannot
afford this amount II is clear that
vided now. 1t is clear that the West
End branch can be secured and put
into operation for less than $4,000
For $4,000 apiece the East End and
Manchester could be supplied Is it
not time TO consider the investment
of 100000 in n library system as
cold business proposition for the peo-
pie?
The Times Dispatch congratulate ties
the gentlemen of both branches of the
Council who visited the Richmond Col
lege property. They gave n new inn
petus to the best things of our civic
life. They showed their own interest
In the people and their breadth of vi
sion and recognition OF the fact that n
library is not a luxury. but munich
pal necessity, like schools ana ar
motes we believe if these men are
shown where this proposition will
serve Richmond they will be ready and
eager to find the money to make the
dream come true.
This site is too far west for the main
library permanently. We agree that
this should be around our present civic
centre Yet since we cannot start on
the big scale. let's start somehow No
better location for the West End branch
could be found. For less than $780,
we can secure fine building and 200
feet of land. This can be used for the
central library. with distributing sta
lions in the schools and elsewhere un-
I'll other branches are provided. 1t will
afford n nucleus for library system.
II would he fine TO buy the additional
land on Franklin Street for q plaza,
cost over $4,000. The Times Dispat ch
believes that this money had better
he spent in suitable branch libraries
on the south and east sides OF the city
More OF the people would be served
and the library system would be COM
plete until the money for magnificent
central building could be found. We
think the people of the other sections
need and Will use library, and we do
not want library confined to the
West End We do want a start. and
this looks like n good business deal
We DO not think il would be good bust
ness TO buy lot of extra land for the
looks, or TO buy land and give it back
in streets. Just get enough land and
the building and the books and erect
two branches where they will do most
good. and the vital needs of the situa-
/ ton Will be met.
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CONGRATULATIONS For ALL.

CONCENTRATIONS are to the point in
many ways for the choice of Thomas
Nelson Page as ambassador 10 italy.
and Joseph Willard as minister to
Belgium. Virginia is honored in hav-
ing two sons secure diplomatic posts of
the first rank. Their names viii add
TO the prestige Of the old state in the
new Democracy. President Wilson is
TO be congratulated for wise choice
among the many Virginans who would
have glazed the Offices. The rest OF
the nation is TO be congratulated on
having Virginia ready 10 supply charm
ing and distinguished men for the
proper representation OF great ma
ton TO the European world
The traditions Of letters VIII he
ably upheld by DR. Page In many
ways he stands 10 the world as the
typical interpreter OF Virginia lie.
AS an essayist. novelist, short-story
teller and poet, he has caught much
Of the glory and tradition OF the old
Dominion. His culture is broad ana
syipathetic, and his temperament ana
sentiment such as viii make a era-
cious impression on the gentle nation
where he viii live. For him the op
portunity 10 linger in the sunlit scenes
that have charmed generations Of ar
lists and 10 serve the nation VIII
bring manifold pleasures
Colonel Willard brings to his SER
vice broad experience. the tact ana
wisdom o. man of affairs, and the
ideals OF the progressive spirit Of his
time. Ills interest in politics has
proved his intelligent understanding
of modern America Virginia is glad
that one Virginian has been moved to
honor the state through the honoring
OF two OF her snns
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-07
ognizes the utter fallacy OF the claims

osnizes the utter fallacy of the claims
put forward by the representatives OF
special interests. II Louisiana's Sena-
tors are to allure the Democratic
pledges and sever their relations with
the Democratic President because their
personal and private advantage con-
Germs them more nearly than the well
fare of the country, why cannot any
other Senator who sees 1T to do so set
his own private advantage above the
public welfare and break away from
the party's promises? A chain is no
stronger than Its weakest link. and a
| few more links like Louisiana and
Nevada will make the Democratic sena-
/ torial chain only Il rope of sand that
the Republicans and protectionists may
laugh to scorn.
And such an action, while 1t de-
stroys the Democratic party. would no
less effectually drag down the protec-
ton lobby, for in the face of Demo-
cratic betrayals the lobbyist would
lose his usefulness and his reward.
For why should private interests pay
for protection that recreant Senators
count upon this weakness must not
overlook the enormous effect that is
being produced upon the public mind
by the simple eXpcdient of turning on
the light. President Wilson has tested
and tried the value of public senti-
ment before. He knows its strength:
he has measured its power. and he has
seen legislative bodies far more
strongly intrenched than even the SEN
ate of the United States yield to
moral suasion that they could not
Withstand or escape. And he judged
wisely in believing that this senatorial
period OF heart cleansing would pro-
duce a higher quality of legislation
than the public has enjoyed for long
season. Meanwhile after such protes-
tations of virtue. poverty and patriot
ism. he will be n bold Senator indeed
who exposes himself to the charge OF
oeins lobby controlled legislator
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-07
This. That and the Other.

Richard earle and the writer attend =
ed moving picture show recently. and
III one OF the pictures Garlic recognized
an Ola friend. an actor. whom he hadn't
seen in years. The man in the picture
was bent over reading a paper "Why
doesn't he look up?" we asked He
doesn't dare look up" said Garlic. II
loaned him $50 nine years ago in New
York and he probably knows l am in
the audience"
The Missouri Legislature is asking
again: What is a sausage?" There is
a suspicion that n sausage NOWADAYS
Is made OF almost anything excepting
sausage. But, to answer the original
question. and it is n shame TO do il. az
II has been answered the same way
ever since Joe Miller wrote his famous
Joke pook: \ sausage is n hamburger
steak in tights.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-07
THE UNIVERSITY AND SERVICE.

The Charlottesville Progress takes us
to task for seeming to imply that the
University of Virginia is not doing
what il can to serve the State The
editor declares what the university
needs is not a hint as to new fields. but
more support With this latter PROPOSE
ton we thoroughly agree. The people
Of Virginia. through the Legislature,
should provide ampler funds for the
social service that a great public
institution can render in these days.
university to achieve what Wisconsin
does on an income about one-sixth the
size The Times Dispatch has urged
larger appropriations for years. and
will continue to urge them.
The fact remains: even with the
present income and faculty, could not
the university do more for Virginia ?
Take the law school, for example.
What has IT done in the way of framing
and furiherng the highest type OF
legislation? Has ii done in small
way what Wisconsin does in the large ?
1t certainly turns out good lawyers,
but Is it q vital influence for better
things in time OF rapid change?
What has the department of econo-
mics done in practical manner to
help Virginia solve the many problems
that confuse her people? The head has
rendered valuable service 10 the United
states on the Tariff Commission. He
could also lend counsel to the State
in many ways. The list could he ex-
tended The university has done little
for Journalism in this State. Few OF
its graduates are inspired with that
eager sense of public duty TO be rem
dered by clean and honest presenta ton
Of facts through the newspaper. The
medical department is not achieving
the work in preventive medicine and
the study OF the peculiar health prob
lens of the South and the negro that
are within its field. In drama. music.
art and the whole sphere of woman's
life, what does the university contri-
butte?
1t is doing profoundly good work in
education. The help i, lends TO other
colleges, to the high schools. and to
the whole system, is a matter of pride
to thinking men The great summer
school OF 1900 is an instrument OF
social Improvement not often excelled
In one sense, this is the most worthy
work for the university. since it is
fundamental TO other things.
The university is accomplishing
much, l, does need more money Yet,
1T also needs a close. practical. hard
working interest in concrete affairs. II
needs to mix with the people. 10 come
out OF its isolation, to forget its
academic dignity, to understand that
living people are more Important than
dead languages, and that culture is
nothing unless mated to service The
university needs no defense. 1t should
rejoice in lis oppor,unities-and use
them
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-07
A tribute to uollywood,, Hero n,,a

a iribute 10 uOllywood's Hero Dend
hollywood. Virginia. with holly-mag
nolia green,
Ihou art the fairest spot that ever I
Virginias lowly buzzard. circline ~
in yonder sky,
Looking down. down, too, sees the
beauty with its far-discerning
yes 1t sees the fatal beauty. of thy
sacred hallowed ground
SINCE MY years ago, when the bleed
ing army lay around;
Virginia, fifty years ago, everywhere
lthin thy border.
rom James to Potomacs shore,
Everywhere. one stood and listened.
iou could hear the muslcets crash, and
the cannons roar;
Everywhere the shells were burstins
screaming
WIN Shrek, so sharp, so shrill
now everything's so different,
Tor everythng's so deathly stlu:
An mark, listen what is that | hear?
an us but the fantest sound.
IT Is Just Il gentle zephyr playing
Among magnolia blooms
To watt their fragrant breath
over silent tombs,
.! hollywood. ]. too. have stood on thy
sacred grounds.
win thy countless thousands of
mounds.
Where thy magnolia and nolly abounds
with thy gentle slopes and rills.
Thou art the beauty spot of Richmond,s
seven hills.
0! Hollywood, with moss and WV con-
vered mounds,
Everyw where l look dead heroes are
Hollywood, l. too. have felt thv mystic
spell
o. so long ago, when In Richmond
did dwell;
And ] would live there vet II fate had
not otherwise decreed nv lot.
Richmond o. Richmond. Thou arr 70
me beauty spot.
q! Hollywood, in thy mystic shrine.
Fain would I. too, have nv hodv con-
signed,
And that thy great obelisls no,nt,ne
appealingly TO the sky.
POINTING up to that great Redeemer.
For Christ has not those heroes do
MED;
And that this great shaft might cast
It's shadows over my tomb
O! Hollywood! Hollywood. is there stui
room?
Fain would at some time dwell with
thee;
That my body would (when life Is DER,
intermingle and turn to dust with
thee.
o! Thou hero dead of the once great
Confederacy.
WILLIAM PAETzELL.
Trenton, y. j., May &c.
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complnin of Forest uilI spring,

Again there are complaints OF the
Forest Hill Park springs. The prop
erty was recently pronounced n
menace 10 health by Dr. Richard
Messer. Of the State Health Depart
ment, who was called in by the Forest
Hill Citizens League. The park pro-
motors Immediately began TO npro'-
conditions. but the surroundings are
still in an unsan!tary condition The
principal objection seems 10 be the
drainage. which is wholly Inadequate
Users OF the water empty the dippcrs
on tho ground and the waste water
seeps back into the springs. In view
Of the epidemic OF typhoid fever in
Chesterfield. II Is probable that tho
Citizens League Will make formal
complaint 10 the h.'altn officials
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-07
The Disputed Lee Letter.

To the Editor OF Tho Timcs-Dispatch
Sir,-The communication OF w"
tNoice or the People column) in your
issue of 27th ult., discussing the letter
of Colonel Robert E. Lee, dated Jan
uary %. 1861, has been carefully ex-
amincd.
In my original article mentioned
this letter as the most important"
| ever written by Its author because 1t
stated the views and beliefs OF Colonel
Robert L. Lee Qater General Lee) at
the time of its production
II the belief of Colonel Lee at that
time is the point in question, the ac-
curacy of his quotations and the foun-
cation OF his belief are of less i'm
The letter seems to be accepted by
those persons best qualified 10 Judge
to-wit. General Long in Memoirs of
General Lee USST): Professor White
OF Washington and Lee University. in
federacy" GS9D: and in Life and Let
ters OF General Lee" By Rev j. VIII
liam Jones $1,000
This letter also appears lin mutt
lated condition. in Robert r. Lee, the
Southerner" Q9os). and in Robert
Na11).
The last two books were written by
Ihomas Nelson Page and. without ex-
PLANTATION, he changes the letter as
/ given ;pE Long, White and Jones, by
cutting out tho very heart and centre
ana emitting the following words
The trainers of our Constitution
never exhausted so much labor. wisdom
ana toroearance in its formation, and
surrounded it with so many guards and
securities, If IL We're intended to be
broken by every member of the Con-
tcderacy at VIII. II is intended for
perpetual union so expressed In the
preamble. and for the establishment Of
"a government. not a compact. which can
only be dissolved by revolution or the
consent OF all the people in convention
assembled 1t is idle 10 talk of seces-
sion Anarchy would have been es-
tablished, and not government. by
Washington, Hamilton. jefferson. Mad
ison' and all the other patriots Of the
Revolution"
According to my memoranda. Colonel
Robert z Lee resumed command Of
the Second Cavalry. at Fort Mason
TEX, IN December. 1860. and relin
quished his command on February IL
Bridgeport. Conn.
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MAY HAVE CELEBRATION
southsiders Want to Mark Opening OF
New Mnyo Bridge

For the purpose of deciding upon a
suitable method of celebrating the
opening OF the new Mayo Bridge
PRESIDENT ID. L. Toney. OF the South
richmond and Chesterfield Business
Mems Association, is considering the
question Of calling the organization
together within the next week The
opening of the bridge will be one OF
the greatest events in the history o,
the Southside. and many Of the leading
business men think 1t should be wei
coined with n fitting celebration. The
meeting Will hardly be held until at
ter the primary next Thursday
The progress on the bridge has been
remarkable since the spring freshets
Contractor 1. j. Smith has announced
that he will be ready to turn the
bridge over to the city next month.
1t. however. VIII not be ready tor
wagons until n later date. as the Coun-
ell has made no arrangements for
erecting the approaches on the south
end The bridge at the foot Of Hull
street is three feet above the street
level Foot passengers will be able
to make use Of the structure immedi-
ately.
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On the Spurofthe Moment
By Roy K. Moulton
The Artistic Tenperomcnt.


The folks they all just gather round,
And. stare at him without sound.
In admiration rapt they gaze
And love him for his winning ways
And callers. they all hovor near
And whisper. Amt he just dear?"
1t seems they can't get close enough;
They are sincere; ii is no bluff;
It's worth trip of many miles
When baby smiles.
But they do not remain to gaze:
They scatter fifteen different WAYS
They dash out TO the open air.
Glad to escape. most anywhere
Ihey jump through windows to the
ground
And smash the glass with fearful
sound.
They do lot of funny stunts.
And all try to escape at once:
They make for far-off woody dells,
When baby yells