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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-12

be hone Of rcdeeming Virginia from the
clutches OF this terrible oficeholders
trust and restoring the government to
the people
1t seems to me, however, this could
best be accomplished through the or
ganization OF AN opposition party.
known as the Democratic Progressive
party; one could serve AS n check on
the other. Thomas jefferson. tho
founder OF Democracy, says i'm every
country having a republican form OF
soNcrnmcnt there should be two great
political parties, one To keep the other
on It's good behavior while the other
one Is IN power IT seems to me that
IL is the violation OF these plain Dem
ocfhtc principles that has brought all
this trouble on the country We farm
cFS notice as the taxes increase sal
aries increase and other Offices ara
multiplied. We observe that there have
hccn created great many unncccs-
sary boards. and that the Legislature
makes great many large ana UNI
necessary appropriations under vari-
GUS hcads We are not Directing so
much To the unnecessary high taxes
as We are TO the manner In which they
are being used. We arc beginning to
realize that we have placed ourselves
IN me attitude of playthings before the
politicians OF the counties. and they
are making use Of us 10 their most
decided advantage.
TalN TO these oniccholdcrs about
taxing out OF power one Of their num-
Der ana putting another one OF their
number in, and they laugh tried
an experiment on them the other dav
IN farmers meeting by getting upon
a stump and procla inning :. platform
OF Il new party. In an instant their
ears We're all pricked up. paying at
tehtion TO me for the first time | had
ever been able TO get them to hear me-
ana after he meeting broke they
gathered around me in alarming mum
hers, had no idea there were so
many OF them in that locality: they
We're rs thick as flies in iiades many
oil them assuring me that rates of tax
alton would be cut and salaries low
cred, and of course there would be no
necessity OF new party Now there
VIII be mass citing of the citizens
~ Ioinwiddie Courthouse on August 20
Tor the purpose OF nominating a candi-
date Tor the House OF Delegates from
Cinwiddie County on the Progressive
ticket Holm ~ ,rtICIL,rr
Dnwidde. Va, August L. 1919.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-12
Test the Primary.

To the Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
toriai OF some days ago, entitled Test
the Primary Fairly and Completely"
and | wish to indorsc it. and to ado
that If the primary has done no other
good, ii has relieved us or the wrctched
convention plan, under which set OF
ring ruled machine politicians were
able TO run the. convention with lot
Of cut and dried rules. and thus select
4 lot Of their stripe" for us to vote
for or to stay away from the PRECINCTS,
and thus lose our privilege Of suffrage.
L. for one, have not lost faith I'm the
primary plan, and believe that the
secret efforts OF the "ring" in our State
against il have been the main cause
of whatever partial failure. has been
alleged by some of its friends. Do not
give il up. but let us perfect the. Byrd
act in the next, Assembly. and let us
give much further trial of the .pri-
mary before we are thrown back into
the tender clutches of Office seeking.
fcc-paid. "cotehouse" sets, led by the
head machinist at Washington.
The writer has never voted any other
than Democratic ticket
K-RIBBED DEMOCRAT.
Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-12

mado to project the writcr. Nor can
we guarantees the publication Of any
letter on specified date. Letters viii
nearly as possible. unless the editor
sees ut to print n communication On
account OF It's timcliness or for the
purpose Of comment N negro
paper recently appeared complaint
that we did not print letters from
referred to had been set in type. ana
is SIN waiting it's regular turn.
Once more. unsigned letters will be
destroyed. Others will receive cour-
tesy and justice.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-12

Virginia. Massachusetts ana New
Jersey are the only three States which
this year elect their Governors Next
year thirty-nine states choose their
executives.
The Virginia primary is already
over as everybody around these parts"
lis aware. III Massachusetts, the sit
uation is decidedly complex. since the
Progressives are better organized there
than elsewhere. ana because the Bay
state voter is very independent at the
polls and has grown more so Of late
in New Jersey Unusual interest will
be attached to the campaign becauee
of its connection with President VIII
son The policies initiated by him Will
be at issue
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-12
VIEWS OF THE
VIRGINIA EDITORS
a Noted Bird.

Page County's famous turkey COB
bier who. respondent with the rapid
growth of woman suffrage, thought il
his duty to assume the maternal du-
ties OF the hen, has quit his job. The
pathetic story of the gobbler's domcs-
tic trials was recently told by the
Page News and Courier, which related
how the fowl, belonging to one John
w. Long disappeared from his usual
haunts, and was found few days
later in grass field sitting on n nest
OF turkey eggs
Many were the editorial comments
on the proposition. 1t seems a pity
that the gobblcr did not, for the sake
OF the curious world. push his ex-
plot to the bitter end. Happenings
that are unhcard of elsewhere have
their habitat In Page, and any sort OF
result would have been easily believed
But. alas! the News and Courier OF
this week informs us that the COB
bier has thrown up his job and tina,
hen is now trying to hatch the eggs
Is this proph notwithstanding News.
Record.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-12

never happened, The new member
from Arkansas, making his maiden
speech to two members and the benches,
can take his address and so ill II with
applause" that the reader would be-
lieve that the speech was one of the
most notable ever made in Congress.
The practice is friendly To deceit. and
IL NlilN rensn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-12
DICE Of the People
Mmmts PrnGrensIxe purt. al

Wants Progressive Party In Nirci,,io.
To the Editor Of The Times Disnatcb,
Sir,-I am farmer and constnnr
reader OF your very valuable pap.r
think il is q great pity your papcr IL
not in the home of every farmer in
Virginia. YOU are throwing so much
Indispensable light on the political
situation as it exists in Virginia to-
day II the balance OF the papers OF
Virginia would emulate The Times
Dispatch in this respect there would
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-12
F L | E S !!

Horse manure is the principal
Matching place for fiIcs.
Ii cnn he rnnde sterile with conl
oil. curbulic ncid, cnpprrns water or
dry loan by mixing thoroughly.
IIOrsemen. Etnbiemrn. owners of
horses and sanitary inspectors. pay
attention.. Cut this out.
Let 1913 be nyicss year
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-12

TIL many friends o Cy Peters II
be glad L learn that his wife has run
away. Cy is nm ole town boy that
begun with nothin' and worked up
like n sational story. What we
want in this country is an elastic cur
rcncy thatll stretch from one Satur-
dNy L another.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-12

The Danvillc "Specdometcr"-th in
strument what Registers the speed Of
the machine v know-comes out boldly
with this aftermath acknowledgements:
our deliberate judgment is that Mi
Cumming viii take rank as high or
higher than either Of his opponents as
q lawyer" step up, sui, and take your
rank, and may it be both balm and con
ISOLATION. SLOW music. Mr. Band
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-12

Moving pictures may be All right in
the other parks, but the devotcos of
the Capitol square benches are all
content with sim life exhibitions.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-12

Maybe Joe Boehling would como
back and pitch eleven Eamos Tor the
COLTS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-12

It's no use, folks. Virginia is doomed.
When things get so cataclysmic that
the williamsburg Gazette prints mis-
blunt unvarnished statement we pun
down the nag and hunt hole: The
o'her weak places VIII he bolstored up
and carried along until Virginia shall
again be able to rid Itself OF the dead
wood mat clings to her like grave
cl"the"" TO carry along a lot Of boil
H'ercd-up weak places Till our wooden
ceremen,s drop OF is too, too much.
The jis's mp.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-12

We imagine this coming winter will
be very lively if the militant suffra-
ge'tes and aeropiancs tango together
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-12

Anyhow, the {. $ succeeded in put
ting the "a i'll Lind
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-12

The backbone of summer may be
broken. but some Of the leftover YER
Itebrae are certainly sizzling
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-12

4 Mr. Tank Badgers house at Birds
nest is newly painted" says the North
Ialnrton Times. We add Tank to the
list Of progressive Virginians
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
60 Resting Place.

For years Rossini's body resteo
In Pere Lachaise, and then cit,
of Florence asked that it might be
transferred to the Church of the
Holy Cross in that city, where the
bodies of Galilei, Michelangelo
Machiavelli, Alferi and other great
Italians are entombed. Consent
was received from the municipality.
but the masters widow, Dona
Olympia, would consent to the
translation only on condition that
when her time came her BODY
might be placed next to that of her
husband. This request was bEuntly
denied, for the reason that only
Italians "who had achieved great
ness" could rest theee. In 1878 the
widow died and before her death
consented in writing to the removal
o. her husbands body to Florence,
provided her body be placed in the
grave from which his would be TAX
en- in Pere Lachaise, and after 9
long time for consideration this
Vas done.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
Iliumin atinq Gas.

In the Philosophical Transactions
of the Royal Society Of London for
1889 is printed Il letter. written in
1901, in which tie Rev. John Clay
tor details a serlrs of experiments
he made III distilIing coal in a re-
tort, showing not only that he had
observed tale Iniia.nmable gases
evolved. ht that he had collected
and $i1rcd them for some time in
bladder. - l.81 Lord Dundonald
made ~ I'm coal. with which he
lightcl H., hail of Culross abbey,
In - 't;sert Murdoch began the
expo -. uh:eh resulted in the
estalt ..aarnt Of coal gas-as an illu-
minaiJng agent. In 1877 he public.
ly showed The system he had ma
tured, and in lfeS, being employed
in the factory Vi H,alton & Watt,
Birmingham. he fitted up an appa-
ratus for t'tY manufacture of gas
in that .;,bItsha6nt. with which
it was Il 'ted THIS was the first
use Of iltg:a:nntiAg gas except by
way Of experiment.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
SPOKE We'll Of Her.

A preacher in the reign Of
Charles III. was to receive fl0 IL IN
his sermon at the funeral of Nine.
Creswell he said nothing but well
Of her. She was rather a bad char
acter and herself had dictated the
clause in her will. So, after a gen
eral address on mortality, he thus
concluded: "By the will Of Il dc.
ceased sister it is expected that
should mention her and say moth
ing but what was we'll Of her. AL
that l shall say of her, therefore. j.
this: She was born well, she lived
well, and she died well, for she wa
born with the name Creswell, she
lived in Clerkenwell, and she died II
B~rdewelr-Minueapolis Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09


a glass six inches In diameter, before
which the talker stands. and a receiv-
Ing plate one and three-Quarters inches
across, in which the transmitted image
appears. This smaller disk is close to
to the mouthpiece. so that the user Of
the phone nay see the person at the
other end OF the wire and talk with him
at the same time. Inside the box are
an extra induction coil and two more
batteries than in an ordinary telephone.
The visual image is transmitted in the
form of n photograph, and the working
of the apparatus is said to depend "up-
on the variations in the electrical re-
sistance Of q ribbon OF Selenium pro-
duced by variations in the intensity Of
a beam Of light impinging upon It"
What a boon to the busy housewife
the televue should prove! No more
buying Of understood OIL sickly vegeta-
bles over the phone, for the grocer will
have to hold each one to the glass.
Madam may ever order her bonnet by
wire and watch II progress to perfec-
ton by merely calling UP the battery
from time TO time, Street car compa-
MES will be driven to the verge Of
bankruptcy and dry goods stores Will
be converted into vast telephone ex.
changes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

al movement was on foot for
the alliance Of King Charles OF
Wurttembcrg and the Grand Ouch
ess Olga OF russia" said an artist.
Gan emissmy Of The Russian court
came to the voune king. laid certain
proposals before him and submitted
a portrait in oils Of the royal lady,
King Charles. after a close scrutiny,
said:
"Ihis portrait 0attcrs over.
much. The ewes arc too large and
brilliant. the hair too abundant, the
complexion too nowcrlike and the
neck and arms too beautiful alto
gethcr.'
"'But. youl majesty said the as
tonishcd Rgssian, YOU do not know
the grand Duchess
Ono said the king, but | know
court painters"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
STRETCH YOURSELF.
Do II the First Thing After You Wake
In n Eornino. S

A splendid thing for the body is
stretching When you first wake
up in the morning, take a good. long
stretch Stretch the hands as far
out sideways u possible Then
stretch them over the head as far as
you IA reach. and at the same time
stretch the feet downward as far as
you can. Raise the feet and stretch
upward just as higa IL YOU IAN and
then lower the feet and legs very
slowly.
When You GET ont of bed. raise
your arms ovc veir .cast Nn@
standing Oh t!pi.4'. haw aoagla
can reach tic r%,il~us j.'es w.
about the room Vii lc ~ i!lS S
ton. Stand Oh lie RI; ft' -
stretch the =; IT p II r.. ~
upward as high - A,tr~t,
the same tiinc DE- 4. ~
from the floor a..
ward, and the icf' im = -"
backward and downn
fine exercisc for the i iee
is especially good far t:,e M
hips, making !heri fir ~ r.
Stand:n@ ~ thr III ia~a
else ear 10. reversed
ii yoa bar iara ,itung - 7
Same ;'os...nn .1f a long - = -
liz, + ii .ns, writing Or - agi
the nta.cles have b'co'I tned u
cramped, the best thing 70 do Is
get up and stretch. Stretch II
arms upward alul QUIT. al {
ward and backward !iit he
ders as hirh a. tpl can ,i.i IL
them. E&pard &c rei Il
breathe deeply, Of. It - ir L
chair, stretch TIC ha:ls ppH4rI. III
the feet from The floor and -"tretcl
them forward rs far a. possible
any way 50 you give the muscles 6
good, vigorous stretch.
When Il is very tired, there is
nothing more rcstful than stretch.
ing the muscles and then relaxing
Exchange
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

at amt true," said the milkman,
chat we always put chalk in our
milk"
"Do you mean to say" demanded
Mrs. H~ourlleep. "thas = III never do
FTP"
"Well-es--neve. oa,ept after a
heavy rair when, the water gits
brown and muddy" - Ohio STATE
Journal
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
THE SEEING TELEPHONE.


ahftsiACH ~ n D4.Al1 Use.
You have probably heard the story
Of the absentIuinded man at the tele
phone answering the inquiry OF the
friend who had forgotten his umbrella.
as this it," be shouted. Holding the
rain defer to the mouthpiece OF the
phone. This discontinued man was 0
prophet as well as an unconscious hui
morist, for 1t won't be long, they say,
before he can see umbrellas and al
sorts OF things over the. wire. The de-
vice which IS expected to accomplish
this miracle is called the televue. II
was invented By j. r. Fowler OF Port
lana Ore. and has already been tested
with success over q distance Of 6,00c
feet. Preliminary patents have been
issued in Washington.
The televue looks very much like an
ordinary telephone. On the cabinet are
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
What Attcs cts -
Solemn i.sr.t

One Of or
brought hnrr tir ,ol.
his last trip:
The PROPRIETOR ~ tYa.r~i.nn
q stand on one o. f'rl4la tecet
Of a Virginia togu Tor ,bo p,rpose
of selling leather end buying new
| hides.
When he had completed the build.
inc, he considered for n long time
what sort Of n sirn to put up to at
tract attention to the new establish
mcnt. Finally a happy thought
struck him.
He bored nm auqcr hole through
the d%oorpot and tuck n calf's tail
into ii with the tuited end outside.
After awhile he saw a solemn
faced man standing near the door
looking at the sign. The tanner
watched him a minute and then
stepped or and addressed MIN.
"Good morning, sir" he said.
"Mornirg!" said The other, with
out taking his eyes of the sign.
"Want to buy leather 7" asked the
tanner.
No"
Got any hides to sell?"
mo"
care you a farmer7"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-05
They Ran the First Ten Miles in
Fourteen Minutes.

fellow began to wonder If there
was a blacklist, and why he had
become its victim.
The roundhouse foreman could
have explained the situation, but
he thought too much of Doc to
hurt his feelings. The boys on
the dog watch could have enlight-
cned him, but they priced his
company and sincerely hoped
that things might take a turn for
the better,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-05

The truth of it was that Doc
got wild" every time he touched
la locomotive throttle-just as
men go music mad when they
hear the sextette from Lucia"
To him an engine was a living
thing, a vital steam horse that
loved to show its PAGES; and
never was there a more spirited
driver than Doc.
Once he had run No. "a on the
wrong track where the depot
girders came low and knocked off
the smokestack. Later he had
dumped locomotive and tender
into the turntable pit. Finally he
had disregarded a signal, smashed
up a grain car, and there was
loose corn in the vicinity for all
the chickens in the neighborhood
for two months afterward
was never a second late,
clipped right along and always
claimed the right of way" ex-
planned Doc dauntlessly, deeming
the minor mishaps mere trivial
inCidentals.
Doc believed he was still on the
extra" list, but never got a call
to go on duty for a whole month.
He came down to the roundhouse
every morning regularly. He was
there the last thing at night.
Then it began to dawn upon him
that luck was against him.
Tell you, Ruth, he said to the
fair, devoted girl who was the one
-An- Is Lo-,o nnL hon--A-- 80, L.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-05

THE NIGHT EXPRESS
By Walter Joseph Delaney.
Copyright by w. G. Chapman.)
Doc Newton was out of a job,
and that situation was becoming
chronic. Never a brighter, brisk
Ter, more accommodating fellow
than he, with friends everywhere,
but the railroad company did not
seem to want him, and the young
The Sentinel=record., 1913-01-29
ESPiONAGE GVfR PRIVATE PROPERTY
COL. JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS cRiTIclsES GOVERNMENT
 FOR ITS POSITION.

Chicago, Jan. 28.--Criticism of gov ernment espionage over private prop erty and private interests was the burden of an address before the Chi cago Traffic club tonight by Col. James lFIamilton Lewis, democratic candidate for United States senator from Illinois.
 "The business of tomorrow said Col Lawis, is to correct the errors of the governments business of yes terday. This nation, in the fascination of usurped national authority has plunged into regulating the citizen in bis private conduct and in the con duct of his personal affairs until 1t has regulated business to the verge of conflscatic1 and relegated the citi- zen to the plane of a dependent on governmental favor or as the victim of it's spies.
 If the reports of the departments of the federal government can be re lied upon there is now jn this nation under the designation of agents, 46, 900 individuals who serves as spies detectives investigators watchers, de- coys, betrayers, silent accusers and secret islanders of everything whicI pertains to the citizen in America.
 There is no man engaged in any large undertaking who is not pre- sumed by the government to be dis honest and his business a fraud. N small business man can aspire tt equality of competition, except as thu government shall permit him to do so National regulation has now become national strangulatioa of many noble men and mny worthy things.
 What this country needs is that there shall be more men over tho government and less government ovel the men, more liberty to the state and to the citizen in private and per sonal conduct"
The Sentinel=record., 1913-01-29
BALKAN DELEGATES, DISGUST ED, THREATEN TO DEPART
 FOR HOMES THIS WEEK.
ANOTHER DAY OF INACTIVlT
Europe CounseIs Delay of Yet An. other Day-Constantinople En- gagged in Drafting Reply to Last
 Note of The Powers.

London, Jan 2S.-With the pre- sentation of their note to the Turkish delegation, the date for which how ever, has not yet been fixed, some of the Balkan delegates consider that their mission in London is ended. The Greek premier, Eeutherios Veni- zelos, announced tonight that he would leave before the end of the week, and the others within the next few days.
 Financial advisers and military of ficers attached to the Bulgarian dele gation will start for home tomorrow.
 Despite this, the diplomats have not gwen up hope. and many still think the Balkan note is another at tempt to exercise pressure on Tur- key and that the allies really intend to await the answer of the new Turk ish cabinet to the joint note of Flu rope, course which the powers have advised.
 Another day lost" exclaimed those who believe that the only solution is to be found in the resumption of hos tilities when the meeting of tine four allied nations adjourned this after. noon
 Another day gained" retoEted those who believe that peace. is to be reached by postponing extreme measures.
 Today's meeting of the allies last ed five hours and the discussion was animated. The delegates re viewed the whole situation and de bated both the resumption of the wal and the policy of delay, trusting tt time to solve the difficulties The head of each delegation reported the conversation which he had had witt Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign secretary and reference was made again to the advice of the ambassa dors to observe prudence and mod eration This greatly strengthened the arguments of that section favor l ing procrastination, their view being that after the powers not to Turke, which was in favor of the terms o the allies, if the latter continued tt i follow Europe's advice, Europe woult continue to give it's support. The note was left with StjaI Novakovitch, head of the Servial | delegation, the delegates "entrustini him to choose an opportune momen for it's presentation. Some believ
 he will present it tomorrow Other I are of the opinion that this particu
 lar form was adopted with the objec of avoiding an immediate rupture an
 giving Turkey time to reply to tn powers.