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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-08
QUARREL RESULTS IN
|. PROBABLE FATALITY
THOMAS HOWARD is SHOT AND
SERIOUSLY WOUNDED By
ROBERT wTLTSE.

As the result OF a duel yesterday
in the railway station at Rilothian.
Chesterfield county. Thomas Howard.
negro. Is lying in the Memorial hos
pital at the point OF death with a
bullet wound In his abdomen. while
Robert Wiltse, also colored. Ia In the
hospital department of the Richmond
Jail with a deep cash In his body.
The two negroes. who are said TO
have been drinking. became engaged
Ing for the train. Several words
were exchanged, and a quarrel en-
sued Thomas Howard proceeded TO
pull bowie knife from his pocket
and made a lunEe at Wiltse, the blade
of the knife penetrating the left side
Of his body. Believing that his life
was in danger, according 10 Wiltse's
statement. he drew revolver and
fired at Howard.
Owing TO the close range the bullet
sunk deep into the abdomen of the
victim. Accompanied by DIR. J. 3.
Fisher. Of Midlothian, he was taken
to the Memorial hospital on the lao
clock train yesterday afternoon.
Magistrate s. G. Cowan. of Bon Air.
hurried Policeman Flynn to the scene
In an automobile. He found W!itse
and placed him under arrest. The
negro was carried to the Richmond
tall. where he lis undergoing treatment
for the wound he sustained when the
negro plunged his knife into him.
IT was stated last night at the hos
pital that Howard was not expected
TO live.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-08
Scientific Management
of Christmas

It has long been felt that something should
be done TO curb the excuses of the Christmas
spirit Beginning about month before the
25th Of December. a large part of the world
falls victim to the most extratagantly benevolent
crowds of careworn. irritable persons who glare
at another and exhaust their ingenuity In
efforts, usually vain, to get the clerks to pay
some attention to them. The evenings of the
average home are given over to discussions now
and then verging upon the acrimonious. to
what presents shall be purchased and where
they shall be sent This is often varied by con-
lectures to what is likely TO be received. and
from whom. 1t is inspiring spectacle Every
body is thinking about giving. Finally the
ong-awaited day arrives. The packages are
opened. The mystery of whether Cousin Kate
would send anything not Is cleared up, leaving
such residuum OF satisfaction regret be-
fits good a bad guess regarding her prob
able action With the strain of all these de-
cfsions removed and their consequences known,
there ensues a brief period in which people give
way even more completely to the impulses OF
goodwill. They exchange greetings with some
show Of warmth, inquire after the prosperity of
those who do them any small service. and for
get, for the moment, that business is business.
and that life is short. 1t is sometimes much
ditions restored.
VIII descendants believe that II not
until the second decade OF the twentieth century
that the world became aroused to the viCousness
OF this annual debauch of kindness? VIII they
believe that IT actually necessary to form
societies in order to keep our better selves from
getting the better of us? Such must be
humiliating confession. The first step towards
| scientific management of Christmas the
preparation of lists of gifts that no debt
har from he tong =hct1ld yyn
unpaid. But this not Immediately follow
| ed by another People were still completely
under the control OF their unregulated i'm
pulses that they gave without thinking whether
their gifts useful only representative OF
sentiment, Fathers still brought drums and horns
to sons who were in dire need of books How
/ to Study Mothers still presented their dapgh-
ters with dolls instead of copies of the election
laws. And the amount of cards sent round
I from hand painted ones TO those bought by the
gross, staggers the imagination, From this IN
/ temperance of generosity Just emerging.
! Its shadow Is yet us, that not
always absolutely sure Of the distinction between
the useful and the sentimental But are
learning,--New York Evening Post.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-08
CURRENT COMMENT
Statues for the Living.

When the people OF Kentucky erected a heroic
bronze statue to General John B. Castleman a
gentleman who is still alive. they did a very
unusual thing. IT may be well asked whether
their example is not worth following
In the past we have been accustomed to erect
monuments to our heroes only after they are
dead BY this means sought to do honor to
their memory, and to keep alive among their
But is it not more sensible and more graceful to
express our gratitude while those who have
earned it still here to receive It? In a
measure, of course. this is already our custom.
We reward our heroes with office or with titles
or with votes OF thanks: but we do mot extend
this custom to include the erection of statues
and 1t Is the statue which Is tho supreme ex-
preston Of country's oonlmunitys graf
itude to the who has served 1t well. 1t Is
the image In bronze or stone in the public square
enduring, conspicuous looked upon each day by
the streams OF people in the streets, that in all
countries proclaim the hero.
We must not cheaper thu statue. It is an
honor that must be denied all save those who
have really earned II. That General Castle
mans fame is almost purely local does not nee
essarily mean that his people have unduly mag
nified his virtues That question however needs
no discussion; but the precedent set by Castle
mans people-the expression of public appre-
citation in the form of statue in honor OF a
man who is still alive-is Observation-Disclosures
ton News and Courier.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-08
MONDAY
NONCOMMITTsL

The New York Erenfn9 Post In discussing tho
question as to whether we shall be confronted
with imitation OF currency when the new bank
note issues are authorized by the new currency
bill, reaches no definite conclusion. though &
seems to argue that we will not when It says that
TN the proposed new system the central hank
would redeem the notes and the individual banks
by sending them In for redemption would in
crease and not decrease It's reserves against its
own deposits"
This is true because the commercial paper sent
in for rediscount creates credit at the regional
bank This credit might be used as part of its
reserves against deposits or to procure notes for
payment to customers. Used to procure notes its
reserve against deposits would be decreased.
Those notes redeemed that reserve would be In
creased TO its former proportions
Bankers seem hopeiessly divided on the ques
ton raised by the EUenin9 Post Some of them
declare that it would result in imitation and
others in a contraction Of currency. Well-known
bankers have testified before house and senate
committees TO both Of these phenomena. As
both contraction and initiation cannot result at
the same time obviously. the noncommittal post.
ton Of the Erentng Post. at least is the part OF
wisdom.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-08
The Adventures on Santa Claus.

From his place in the Arctic, Santa Claus sc.
out one day;
ut is time to pay visit TO the natives on
Broadway,
And I'll take" he cried. some candy, and a
Noah's ark or two:
That's the stuff that always tdckied all the kids
/ knew"
So the saint in fur and whiskers reached the
streets Of gay New York.
And decided he was hungry, and would ply a
knife and fork
So he dropped into a mission where he ate and
drank his fill
And told that It was Christmas, so there
wasn't any bill
Next ne got the auto fever and he found him
self in Jail,
And he had to sell his reindeer for the money
for his bail
He colIided with a trolley and went skating
on his face.
And he took hand at poker. but he never
held an ace;
And he tried flight at Hampstead. but the
aeropane went wrong,
And 1t dropped him in the middle of a scared
theater throng,
Where a real estate sold him superb
suburban lot"
But he found the Hudson river rolling briskly
DER the spot.
Then he Joined a crowd that swept him in a
big department store,
Where the toys were of pattern he had never
before.
And he knew the woody poodles, and the soldiers
made of tin
And the tops he felt so certain ell the boys
would love to spin.
By Manhattans pampered youngsters would be
viewed with lofty scorn
And be promptly reIeeated to the ashcans
Christmas morn.
For they wanted perfect copies OF each scien-
tifC fad.
So he dumped his pack OF playthings in the bay
with feelings sad.
But what next he saw induced him TO let fall
Rows OF trees before him glittered full OF gifts
for girl and boy,
Stacks of turkeys, pies and puddngs waited
ready for the feast.
There's enough to feed an army" said old
Santa, "at the least"
And ne asked big policeman who tramp
ing to and fro
Where the heaps Of Christmas goodies and the
trees meant TO go
ITO the poor folks said the bluecoat, from
the rich who like to play
Santa Claus to all the city every year on Christ
day"
strolling up and down. delighted. everywhere
he the shops
Full of caps and coats and ntttens, sleds and
skates and lollipops
Every child though high or humble, from the
slums to Riverside,
Had a present in its stocking, and a share Of
Christmas-tde.
"Hoi" cried Santa Claus, Manhattan has a
thousand OF my name.
Any of which can beat me at the good old
Christmas game
SO I'm going back to Greenland by the icy
Northern sea,
For these commanded people have longer
need of me"
-Minna Irving, in Leslie's.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-08
HOW HE CNN GET EVEN.

Captain Carlton Mccarthy IS doubtless righ'
when he proeaims that many matters OF public
Importance which comes before the admiuistra
tive board should be made public and discussed
In public before the board takes action thereon.
But IT is proper and right that the board keep
ron the public some matters Of report or rumor'
which might tend to create alarm. until the
board has fully looked into the rumor or re
port. and is ready to speak by the book
Newspaper men naturally seek the news.
Tney not only seek It, but they dig for it. and
sometimes. It is sad to relate they create news.
Such newspaper mon as a rule get out Of the
newspaper business before they have grown old
in the cause. because no reputable newspaper
will hold a man who feels impeled to create
news
No selfrespecting newspaper wants to print
"news" ot any character which may tend to in.
ture the community. nor to reflect upon any
citizen of the community. Clean news, and that
alone. n what the real newspaper wants, and 1t
wants only the men who can get such news
The daily record Of the administrative board
usually carries number OF good news stories
II Is Wfii-knoNh thal thNit are 9FNti"A A'P"th
on water and gas now IN the boards possession
These reports are being studied and digested
BIZ tie members Of the board. They are being
discussed in private and they will be acted
upon at the proper time.
Rut, Captain Mccarthy says. some members
Of the board take advantage OF the opportuntt,
Of going before the public through the press b!
talking about the reports which are now beinI
considered by the board. and upon which nj
off ial action has been taken
The only way for Captain Mccarthy TO "ge
eyca' is 70 do some talking himself
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-08
war Unlikely.

1t must have attracted the notice Of all who
read the foreign news published in American
papers. that every power to which General Huerta
has appealed for help has declined to interfere.
He asked France, the leading Latin power,
to intercede for him with the United States but
France probably remembered her former ex-
pertinent in Mexico, and discaimed any interest,"
in the matter Spain, Germany, and finally the
Pope, all told him that the dispute enc In
which they were not concerned. but 1t is moro
than probable that the present unsettled and
delicate situation in Europe itself, makes the
European powers hesitate about becoming n
volved in any further complications
The present outlook Is certainly grave and II
Is possible that 1914 may be marked by gem
eral warfare 1914, but when nations con-
template the awful cost of war in men, rnoneS
and resources, the curious paradox comes true
that the nearer they to war, the farther
from Il they become-Staunton News
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-08
TWO DAYS MORE
FOR POLL TAXES
PROSECUTED VOTERS MUST GET
IN LINE TODAY AND TO-
MORROW.

Today and tomorrow are the las.
days IN which taxpayers may pay
their poll taxes In time to vote at
the coming spring election. Just two
days. and It Is said at tho ONCE Of
Treasurer Pace that the number OF
voters this time will hardly reach that
OF last year.
while the treasurer has not com.
piled his list yet. from observation II
Is thought that the vote, from the way
taxpayers have so far interested them
selves. with be far less than that of
November.
The election this spring will prove
of vast Importance. The city council,
and two members OF tho administra-
tive board will be elected. There will
be opposition in the fight for tho
administrative board. and there will
be much opposition In tho council
manic race.
IT Is therefore important that as
large an electorate as possible be
available. The next council will have
many important matters to attend to.
Annexation will be in a chaotic state.
and will require close attention by
capable and honest men.
Many financial matters will be be-
fore the administrative board. Two
men are to be elected to that board.
The terms OF both commissioners, Nc
Carthy and Hirschberg, expire next
December. Their successors must be
elected early In the fall.
Get in touch with the treasurer's
Office and pay your poll tax" said Mr..
Pace.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-08

dent, but taken from the preface of the
Baptist Bible
Then follows this remarkable statement: That
part OF his immortal speech was written 500
years before Lincoln. and written in the
preface of the baptist Bible. The inscription
from which the lines were taken was: This Bible
is for the government of the people, by the
people, and for the people"
The Baptist Church may be very old, but no
one would, believe. claim that it antedates the
Reformation. Lincoln born in 1909. Five
hundred years before that time would take one
back TO 500. wyclife did not make his trans
lat!on of the Bible until 1850. and Martin Luther
did not post his ninety five Theses until 1917.
] am at a loss to know whore DR.. Barnes pick
ed up this amazing bit OF history. II Is not true
that John Smith and Thomas Helwys were the
pioneer Baptsts in England in 1911, the year In
which the authorized version of the Bible was
given to the world?
w o. RYBURN.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-08

says Clark Howell in opposing Mr. Wilson's
presidential preference primary suggestion:
Washington jefferson Monroe, Old Andy Jack
son. Lincoln. Cleveland other great presidents
were good enough and they were nominated IN
conventions
It seems TO us that we have read somewhere
Of Abe Lincoln's stump debates with stephen A.
Douglas and we have long labored under the
impression that but for his stump speeches made
in his campaign for the senate and at other times
there would have been no President Lincoln
But to follow Mr. Hovell's logic further:
am also opposed n senatorial candidates
making that kind Of fight Cmeauing stump cam
paiens).
Lincoln again comes to mind He made that
kind of nght.
And then again:
should he Put the hustings 70 go out and
solicit votes
Before the Bryan campaign Of 1896 1t was not
as common for presidential candidates to go out
on the hustngs and solicit votes as 1t is now but
they did so on occasions. Mr. Howell objects to
men who are not candidates stumping the country
for the nomination. but he says nothing against
those who candidates. and. therefore. raised
to more dignfned state going out on the stump
and speaking to the people in the interest OF
their candidacies for the presidency. II a man
may make public speeches for the presidency
why may he not make them for the opportunity
to make them for the presidency?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-08
EPISCOPALIANS TO
CALL RECTOR TUESDAY

No action relative to calling new
rector of Meade Memorial Episcopal
church was taken up yesterday morn
ing following the regular services.
A special meeting of the vestry and
congregation has been called for next
Tuesday night ut which time call
will be extended. The vestry has sew
eral ministers under consideration. but
the name of the one whom the MEM
bers will recommend will not be dis
closed
The church has been .rectorless
since the resignation of Rev. F. Ern-
est Warren. who accepted a call to
Barton Heights.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-08
PEOPLES FORUM
Taxation Many Times Over.
Editor OF The Richmond Virginian:
Sir.--Mr. Legislator how IL this?

Editor OF The Richmond Virginian:
Sir,--Mr. Legislator how is this?
We contend that money is not property. II
is simply u measure Of values. like a yard -stick
Of lengths or a half bushe measure OF quaint
ties
To illustrate, Mr.. Farmer sells A a horse on
January lat for $500 "A" pays him with n
hundred doilar bill Mr.. Farmer says / Will
mark this bin Just to see If It Will ever come to
me again. then deposits Il In bank. January
7th Mr. Farmer sells II two for 500. r
pays him with q hundred dollar bill. and 10! 1t
is tho bill Farmer got for his horse, "B,"
gays Farmer. where did you gct'this bll?" II
borrowed It from the bank" replied r. Farmer
again deposits It In bank January 4th Farmer
sells c 400 worth Of hogs G pays him with
hundred dollar bill Lo! the same bill! &c
where did you get this bill 2" II borrowed It
from the bank" Farmer again deposits 1t in
bank. January 21st he sells ID $i00 worth of
sheep. and the same thing happens January
2sth he sells 500 worth of TO e with the
result.
The first day Of February 4 is assessed with
a, horse valued at $50 r with COWS $50; g
with hogs $780, p with sheep, $50; with corn
perhaps And Mr.. Farmer is assessed with a
$500 deposit Does not his absurd? Just
us well assess the half-bushel measure for the
value OF the wheat II measures. What is the
intrinsic value Of a hundred dollar bill? Adj
hitting that money is property. don't you sup
tnat the deposits of the citizens Of the State
many many times the amount of actual
money Ia the State2 Just as Mr.. Farmers de
post IS five times as much as the actual money
he received.
TAXPAYER
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-08
Great Britain Stands with Tia.

The British government splendidIy retrieved
the blunder made by Sir Lionel Garden, its min
lister to Mexico, in his recent indiscreet loqua-
city On Thanksgiving day in address at a
dinner of the American society in London, vis-
count Haldane, lord high chancellor of the
Kingdom, gave expression to sentiments which
are construed as an official endorsement &C.
ceptance, and commentator of what Is known az
the Monroe doctrine, embodying the policy or
this country with reference to the territory OF
the Western Hemisphere The address was ex-
cellent in tone, and gave express recognition to
that alliance by blood and tradition which binds
the two great English speaking nations together
by a bond more invioiable than that of treaties,
and which. in Judgment makes t incon-
ceivable that the two nations can ever be ar
rayed against each other again in armed hos
tility.-Danviile Register.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-08

The historic convention which met at Balt-
more last year declared It to he an article of
orthodox democratic faith that no president
should have a second term Hartford Courant.
The Baltimore convention did declare In favor
Of single presidential term, but it also declared
In favor Of certain method Of putting its be-
lief into practice. Until congress shall have
adopted a resolution amending the constitution
in this particular and until the States shall have
ratified 1T. neither Mr.. Wilson nor any one else
Is bound 10 a single term
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-08
MANCHESTER ELkS
PAY TRIBUTE TO DEAD

In honor of the deceased mem bers
of the order. memorial services were
held yesterday afternoon by Manches-
ter Lodge OF Eiks at the Elks' home
Eleventh and Bainbridge streets.
The principal speaker OF the even
ting wss % z, O-F1aherty, who praised
the good work that has been done by
the Southside lodge Besides this ad-
dress brief addresses were made by
some OF the past exalted rulers.
None of the mem bers have died
since tho last memorial service. and
the services were In honor of all the
mem bers who have passed away since
the inauguration OF the order.
bazaar will be given all OF this
week IN Sacred Heart church. Four
teenth and Perry streets. Many fancy
articles will be sold. while interesting
musical programs will be rendered.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-08
with The Police,

walter winser was arrested yes
terday afternoon on a warrant charg-
ing him with trespassing on the prop
erty of James Perry.
winser Immediately swore out an
other warrant before Squire Franklin
against Perry, alleging that some abu-
sive language had been directed at
him.
Susie Jones, a negro girl. who Is be-
lieved to be mentally unbalanced. was
lodged yesterday afternoon in the Third
police station. A commission Of lunacy
will be held over her early this week.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-08
TRAINING SCHOOL TO
OPEN THIS EVENING

Opening tonight with a mass meet-
ing. the school for Sunday school
workers viii be held all the week in
st. Paufs church. The school will bs
held under the auspices OF the Sunday.
school institute.
At the meeting tonight addresses
will be made by Rev. Lester c. Brad j.
ner, Phi. D.. and Rev. s. U. Mitman,
PHI. d. This school will be a big helm
to the Sunday school teachers of this
city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-08
With the State Press
Fntility of the "snug.r

What often seems to be a useless gift,
simple. inexpenawe and almsot trifling has
often kindled in the heart of some unexpectant
recipient joy not TO be measured by the gift.
The thought, the remembrance, the token of
kindly interest invests the merest trife with a
significance beyond the intrinsic value OF any
present
The "Spugs' may cling to their fine spun
theories of giving rather not giving, but the
spirit of Christmas will have its reign
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-08
Has History Mixed.
A TAXPAYER.

Editor Of The Richmond Virginan;
Slr.-In your issue of the 4th you print an
eNcerp from the Pulaski Times that contains n
remarkable statement. This reprint quotes tha
Rev. Or. l. G. Barnes as saying. in an address
at Washington, d G., that the LincolD phrase
"Of the people by the people. and for the peo-
plc, did not originate with the martyred presi-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-08
Farmville Tobacco Sales.

FARMvILLE. VA, Dec. THE
farmers have had a season" and
sales OF tobacco largely increased ON
this market Some $4,000 pounda
have been sold during the week. Far
mers complain that grades are lower
than last season. The better grades
are selling fairly we'll Trashy bright
Tugs bring as high as $50 per hun-
dred. and many growers Of dark to-
bacco are thinling Of growing tn
bright In future.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-08
james Baird Ii Buried.

Funeral services over the body of
James Samuel Baird, seventy-eight
years old. the prominent Southsider,
who died early Friday morning, We're
conducted yesterday afternoon from
Meade Memorial Episcopal church
Rev. r. Ernest Warren. former rec
tor of the church. officiated.
Mr.. Baird was an old Manchester
resident and was at one time well
known business man. The burial was
In Maury cemetery.