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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24

present conditions. but arc looking and
striving for g more glorious futtre.
based upon and growing out OF our
glorious past
The writer has Travelled roccutly In
several southern States ana IL has
surprised and panied him 20 be- com.
PEELED 10 admit that NiTEiuln. iustoad
OF leading. as she used to do. Is now
iar behind many OF hcr southern sis
tors ia industrial Prosperity. cdnca.
uouaI enthusiasm and Political wisdom
and uns"liishnesS What IS tho cause
OF IT, Is the noble old mother grow
ing decrepit? Docs she no longer give
hlrth ana nurture 10 leaders OF mere
has The exodus OF her sons for lack OF
opportunity AT nom" weakened and
discouraged her? Too inauy of those
within her borders now sccn 20 tie
backward looking men. She mus, 20
leges. family sQunbblcs and ncirhhor-
hood politics weaken. and. In many
cases, destroy the efficiency o( hci ;iuh.
lie schools. and small politicians h0ld
the highest Offices within her gift not
by serving tho nation ~ statesmen but
by getting Jobs for their constituents
using the seats Of the mighty 20 serve
themselves and shaming the mother Of
statesmen by their insiGnirCsucc There
ar" signs, however. OF better day.
and many recent editorials i,l your
paper marked By breadth Of vision ana
unselnsh. courageous patriotism. voice
tho hopes of those who long 10 sec
unseliish and cnl!ehtened iatriots I'm
the places OF leadership, and those who
serve the State for the spells OF Office
relcGated TO the ranks whcr. they be-
long PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT
Winchester. Va. July -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24

dated by n century Virginia's Oldest
names The Virgnian-PUot points out
the very important fact tina; the strain
oil spanish blood in Florida is small
beyond discernmcnt. and that some OF
the best families of Florida trace their
descent from Virginia stock
/ Far be It from us to rush to tho
rescue Of one who knows Virginia his
tory from its beginning. and who has
been in many stirring chapters "magna
pars." Yet the truth might as we'll he
told and the First Families OF Vir-
| Sinia set straight. The fact is. when
one speaks of f. Z. VS. no is using
relative term, There have been nrst
families during every period OF our
development. and many have wancd as
others have waXed
strictly speaking. OF course. our frs,
families are those OF the earliest set
tiers the jamestown cavaliers and their
successors; but OF these very few have
remained In precisely the same way.
the second half OF the seventeenth
century saw the rise in Tidcwa:cr
Virginia OF a large number OF families.
IN" descendants OF which. in some in
stances. are unknown to-day. Then |
too. with the beginning OF tho oirh- |
teenth century came into prominence
some mon whose names were unknown
IN the previous era. while by 1850 or
thcreabouts rose those generally |
rcckoned as our FIRST families SIN
later with tho ovorthrnv Of ,,o,,,,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24

MIR. Cumming on Low Plane

10 tne ,:hltor OF The Times Dispatch,
Sir,-ln your issue OF this morning
you quote MIR; Gordon Cumming az
SAYING: had rather go down In de
fcht than TO take woman from the
nigh pedestal on which God placed her
ana reduce her 10 the plane you and
occupy" What he means by this IS
not altogether clear "a fault thai has
also characterized some other utter
ances from the same sourcc). hut ii
seems To imply some low and DEGRADED
state in which he lives. moves ana has
his being ] had taken Mr. Cumming
10 be an honorable gentleman, but since
he claims 10 lie on plane lower than
woman J, as q woman. protest against
his aspiring TO the position or Attorney
General Of Virginia, and deny his fit
ness TO govern those who. according
10 his asscveration. are above him
ALICE ONERBEN TAYLOR
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24
VIEWS OF THE
VIRGINIA EDITORS
Segregation the solution.

Mr Moore has probably solved tho
problem for the Virginia taxpayer.
There seems 10 be no reasonable ground
for opposition 10 the plan which turns
over 10 tho state for taxation Tho cor
iioratlon and leaves To counties an!
cities all other subjects OF taxation Tor
their own revenue. Wherever State
taxation IS Levied city and county tax
alton ceases. and Wherever city and
county taxation is levied State taxa
ton comes 20 an end Double taxation
becomes thing not 10 be seriously
foaTee Is there any rca souablc grouua
ol direction TO segregation OF course
We need not be surprised that men
VIII Disagree about this subject as they
nave about all others The working
over ~ details has always furnished
iu!iful ground for the growth OF dis
;utes. but IN the end ~ must come 10
u solution e our tax problems that Is
at once effective and Just The pres
cut system IS Ineffective and unjust.
aHt SIC nave lived under II longer man
: Just people should have done Wo
know the Injustice inherent in sys.
TEN wherein assessments vary 50 per
cent and moIe.-Charlottcsviil Prog
EcsS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24
4 SWIMMING rooL ron orn noYs.

The Administrative Board should fol-
low tho suggestion made the other day
by Captain w. II. Myers, of the Howit-
zors, when he proposed. in explaining
why his armory swimming pool could
not be thrown open. that the city build
a swimming pool for our boys
Why not? Some of us arc young
enough. thank heaven. 10 remember
when there was glorious swimming
hole off Belle Isle and when the ven
turesomc could pass from the calm
waters OF Cherry" to the more turbu-
lent current of Little Hen" If we
enjoyed the joys of these natural swim
ming pools, why should our city fathers
deny the boys OF to-day an artificial re-
sort in licu Of these holes" which the
new dam has dried up?
We are beginning to see that when
we make boys and girls stronger We
the making them better and we can
hardly carry this truth too FAR. we
have made n start-a small one, TO he
sure-towards public Fairgrounds. Let's
turn our attention now to tho water
front and build a good swimming pool
for tho citizens OF tomorrow
While we are on the subject. we beg
our readers to stop and sec how the
boys are enjoying that ballncld which
has been provided on the site OF old
Ford's Hotel From in the morning
until tho MONDAY sun gets too hot for
them. and then again in the after
noon crowd of boys arc playing. the
most exciting games. Tho City Hall
stops business 10 watch them when tho
score is close; staid old state officers
across the Square survey the contests
They are fine!
Rut tho field is so fcarfuily rough
that our future Joe Bochlnes Get very
shaky support. Why should no, we
level tho lot, remove the bricks and
give the barefooted lads field where
thoy can run bases without fear of
stone bruises
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24

10 thc Editor of The Times dispatch:
Sir,--The writer is one of that vast
majority OF Firginians whose interest
In the old Commonwealth is not based
on the collection OF official fees and
salaries and who do not aspire to pub
nc Office as means of serving the
state they love. and he wishes YOU to
know that the abuse OF Tho Times
Dispatch by unfaithful officials and the
ISLANDERS of bahled politicians and
pie towards this most influential public
journal
We take new heart and hope when
VIC think Of your able and outspoken
structures on the state political ma
chine. tho Courthouse" cliQues, the
selfish and narrow minded little Office
holders and others who are blocking
the path, OF progress. and we CRATE
fully acclaim YOU the leader of that
increasing host OF our people who are
not satisfied with past achievements or
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24
Voice Of the eople


TO the' Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
SID Delegations Of negroes calling
on Mayor Ainslic have declared Thai
parks exclusively for negroes would
pc dangerous. rs they would he Visited
ny the shiftiess ana criminal classes,
Of negroes
If this is a fact then tho shif,less.
the criminal and the better class OF
negroes. one and ali alike. should he
prohibited from louneinS in the Capi-
toI square. Monroe Park CANDLES Iiill
iark and other parks in the CITY visited
~ thcm, Tor II negroes are afraid OF
tn" shiftlcss and criminal Of their own,
class the white people should not have
The same danger thrown about them
IN the most accessible parks in The
city
Another thing The policemen at
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24

Monroe. Park. Capitol Square and Gam
hIrS nm should receive special instruc-
tons TO watch the negro nurses sent
70 tn" parks with white children. often
these helpless babies ar" allowed 10
lay on their backs, the hot sun baking
their faces. while the nurses chat with
huriY negro men or are busy Couvcrs-
ING with each other.
In some respects tho mothers are 10
blame Tor permitting shiftlcss law
negro girls taking their babies out II
appears mat II IL anything 70 get rid
OF INC care OF the babies, and the little
ones are tho sufferers II makes tho
blood Of real man or woman boil 10
iWh!k through the parks and SEQ tho
luattenton given babies intl.istcd 10
the care OF lazy or lovesick negrcsees.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24
One Thing After Another In or,nr.

The horse show season is now on
The thunderstorm season is we'll or.
our people now partake OF peaches
and rlums.
This. the year 1913 is now more than
half past.
"on to Manassas wnl be the cry
rcXt week
Corn is hcrc-and now we eat from
car 10 ear.
The DAYS arc growing shorter ard
thc nights Longer
Monday, July IS. will he Orange Cir
court Court day
70 show horse or not to show a
horse is now the question.
We must have a town clock in tho
courthouse tower
Peaches ana cream arc now some.
thing more than dream.
lntcrmiss!On between thunderstorms
five and ten NOTWITHSTANDING OBJ
server.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24
We'll. Whnt II They Do.

If YOU think YOU are wise and WE'LL
Informed just see if YOU can answer
these questions. YOU have seen hun
Creds OF white horses. why did YOU
never see n white colt? Why does n
horse eat backward and n COW eat for
ward? Why does n hop vine twinc to
The right and a pea vine to the left?
Why does a horse. when stakcd ont bv
- rope, unwind the rope. while n COW
winds ii up? Why does COW get IN
on her hind feet and horse on his
front feet? Why does a dog turn
around three times before lying down?
Abingdon Nireinan.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24

We meet again. the Blue and Cray,
AS foes in battles stern array.
But brothers cvcrmorc
Tho loud huzzah. the ringing yell
Like two opposing seas
OF. voices, no longer swell
Defiant on the breeze:
Hut Blue ana Gray comminele now
And show 10 all that live.
Aye. show 70 all the world just how
crave soldiers can forgive.
The nag that noa;s on yonder height.
The Tag is ours to-day.
The emblem Of our nations might
And that II came 10 stay.
Upon that hill both long and large
Brave Picketts men made greatest
The world has ever known.
See through tho mist Of vanish'd years
Emotions deep and strong
'3 Mh OYER me, ! write in tears
That courage such as theirs should fail.
-, That valor such should lose,
That Fate against them should prevail
And victory refuse.
Twas best, we see 1t thus to-day
such Valor was not lost
rms glorious Union came to stay
In spite Of any cost.
Both sides were true to what was right
seen pv opposing eyes.
twas This that nerv'd their hearts to
fight
And die to win the prize.
United now let rancor cease,
And brothers all agree
TO win the victories OF peace
on land as well as sea
The Starry Banner let us love,
Inat thousands died
Ana thank the Lord IL waves above
people free and brave.
DUNAL PORTER.
Cascade. Va
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24

chen see that II is used for helpful and
legitimate purposes
What We really need is park com
mission with control OF the improve
ment OF parks. music md recreation.
some park policc-including women
would help. The peoples fragments Of
outdoors should be kept out of poll
tics and given into the charge OF cx-
perts who are working for the peoples
pleasure
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24
On the Spur of the
Moment
BY Roy +. Moulton

Song OF the Crouch.
Why be cheerful?
Why be gay?
Why be happy
Al. the day?
Why be smiling?
Why be glad
When you really
Should be sndr
Why throw bouquets
At your friends?
Flowers all wither,
There /; ends.
Why be pleasant
And ccntcnt
When you're broke
Or badly bent?
Why be boosting
Your friends stock
When it's easier
To knock?
Why I've aiding
Charity?
That's poor business
Yes. stree.
He Il cynic.
BE a gloom.
And when YOU must
Meet your doom,
Makes no difference
What is said
Though the folks arc
Glad you're dead.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24

1t is good thing To hold tho family
picnic carly and then forget ii so as
to enjoy the rest of the summer Pic
mes Will happen. OF course. in tho best
OF families, but the average family out
me is a horrible thing To have to look
forward to
Vincent Astor has an automobile that
viii 20 100 miles an hour. He is ono
Of tho few young men in this country
who can afford one
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24
F L | E S /!

Horse manure Is the principal
Matching place for flies.
IL cnn he made stcrilc with co,I
oil. cnrbolic acid. copperns winter or
dry io"m by mixing thoroughly.
Iiorscmen, hfnblcmcn, owner, OF
horses and nnnitmry inspectors. pny
attention! Cut this OUT
Let 1913 be nyIcss ycnr-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24

II those stranded actors wan, to get
to Sew York very badly, they might
80 TO worl,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24

That st Louis girl who slcp, l5o
hours straight knows how to take a
cheap vacation
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24

Maybe FeliN fardela WAS too elias
-'eai name for Leader stein
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24

The last families Of Virginia ava -.
'"'s Of greatest Importance to tho state
rieht now
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24

is his middc name Garlard bcc,,sa
he gets tho laurolsc
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24

Please name several good books for
boy TO read during the summer
Great favorites arc the fIenty and
the Aigcr series. and they would at
least do no harm. The stories OF Miss
Edgcworth are excellent. and Conan
Doyle's white Company" and Steven
sons Treasure Island" and kid
mapped" and David Balfour" are fine
Crockctts sir Toady Lion" and his
Sir Toady Crusoc," especially the for
mer, are charming books.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24

SIX more weeks Of living IN smmlcr-
lana
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24
Poison Onk.
hooks for IinXs.

Are poison oak and poison ivy IN,
same? w. u. SELLERS.
Yes
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24
Butcher. and Bakers.

NNFVHFTN HHU DHKFTS.
Please state the average annual in.
comes of butchers and bakers
j. s Il.
No one knows The Census Bureau
Washington, u. c.. probably has som,
sort Of estimate which could be sem
TO you.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-24

We meet again, The Blue and GRAY.
Not as wc met before
As foes in battles stern array.
But brothers cvcrmore
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-04
QUICKSILVER BAD ON TEETH
FHmes Of Mercury Produce Salvation
END klAors Seldom Live More
Than Tive Years,

Quicksilver miners follow the most
unhealthy trade in the wOrld. The
fumes OF the mercury produce con-
slant salvation. and the system be-
comes permeated with the metal; the
teeth OF the unfortunate men drop out.
they lose their appetite. become ema.
ciated and, as q rule. seldom live long.
er than two years.
Chloride Of lime. employed by
bleachers. frequently destroys the
enamel and dentine Of the teeth. But
phosphorus. used 10 largely in the
manufacture Of luciter matches, af.
fects q very large number Of persons.
women. girls and children greatly pre-
p~onderating.
People who work in soda factories
are affected by the teeth becoming
soft and translucent: they break OF
close to the gums.
DR.. Hesse Of Leipsic states that b.
kers are likely to suffer from decayed
teeth on account Of the -four entering
the mouth during work collecting on
aAd around the teeth, where II decom
poses aad generates an acid destruc.
tive to dentine.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-04
IS IT RIGHT TO ADVERTISE COCA
COlAf

Men who play the willy game Of poll.
tics have discovered that the best way
to distract the attention Of the public
from their own shortcomings IL to
make q leud.nouthed sensational at
tack upon someone else A the cut.
fetish eludes its pursuer by clouding
the surrounding water with the con.
tents Of it, ink sac, 80 the political ad
venturer takes advantage of the igno-
rance and prejudices Of the people to
escape from his. i~ndefensible position
by muddying the waters Of public
opinion.
A case in point IL the recent attack
made upon the religious press for
carrying Coca-Cola advertising. This
attack was made by q politician who
was supposed to be an expert in chem
istry but who. having brought q suit
against the Coca-Cola Company, was
Inundated by having to acknowledge
that he could not qualify al an expert.
The court decided in favor Of the Coca
Cola Company as It was clearly shown
that the only essential difference be.
tween Coca-Cola and coffee or tea 10
that the former contains only about
half as much caffeine as the latter and
that the flavor Is different.
The question as to whether It 10 right
to advertise Coca-Cola seems to resolve
itself therefore into the question 40 to
whether It Is right to advertise coffee.
tea, chocolate. cocoa and other bever.
ages Of the caffeine group.-Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-04
NO PENALTY FOR
PRISON TRUSTEES
EVEN IF MTSFEASANcE PROVEN,
WOULD CARRY NO PUNISHMENT.
Sentenced to Prison for Ten Years, For.
mel Secretary of, Penitentiary
Board Is Held Until the Grand
Jury Investigation Ends.

Jacksonville only incidents of note
IN connection with the investigation into
the alleged penitentiary fraud cases
were the discovery that even though
%supposing that the penitcntiary trustees
might be indicted for misfeasance in
office BY reason of the irregularities
which have existed, there is no statu-
tory penalty provided under the Grim
inal law, and the issuance of a subpoena
for Mrs. O. NJ. Spickard, secretary of
the board, succeeding Lawrence Yerger,
to appear before the jury. Mrs. Spick-
ard was wanted only for the purpose
Of identifying the minute book of the
board of trustees. She was only de-
tanned in the room for a few minutes,
leaving the record book with the jury.
Attorneys of the Illinois Central Com.
pany here accepted service of the at
tachment writ to restrain delivery of
the LBS balls of cotton in transit to
the account of Boyce & Co., as sued
out by Attorney-general Collins by d.
rection of the governor. No date has
been set for a hearing by Chancellor
Jones. and this detail will not be de-
cided until the defendant firm files an
swer, notice of which is awaited by the
state officials. The bulk of the cotton
is held at the Illinois Central docks in
New Orleans and will not be shipped
until released by the court.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-04
"GO HALFENS"
At Least When One Is Buying Booze in
Mississippi.

J~ackson.-It is unlawful to go half
ems" in buying booze in Mississippi, &C.
cording to a decision of the supreme
court.
The case of Charley Horton against
the state came. up on an appeal from
. lower court, where he was convicted.
The record disclosed the fact that Hor-
ton had put up 40 cents and a man
named Heatherly contributed IS cents
to form a pool for the purpose of buying
Q bottle of whisky. Here. to quote from
the opinion, is a reference to the quick
manner in which the men put down.
the booze:
Appellant took charge of the money
for the bottle Of whisky. He and Hea-
therly afterwards and speedily con-
sumed the same.
The appeal was taken because the
lower court refused a request of appel
liant to instruct for a verdict of mot
guilty" The supreme court, in decid-
ing the case, says:
"The fact that the respective shares
of the parties were not in separate con-
tainers does not alter thu fact that ap-
pellant assisted the seller to sell Hea-
therly whisky"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-04
How Mad She Was.

The limit of forgiveness was surely
reached by the woman who. after re-
ceiving rs gashes from q Ratchet and
having two ribs broken, refuses to
prosecute her husband, and asks:
What 10 the 8 Of starting up q bot
Of troubled" Perhaps 1t Ii as much
dependence as forgiveness. In Lon
don. where wife-beating is a favorite
sport Of the slums, the police find the
greatest difficulty In bringing the Of
tenders to book because women have
to choose between denying that they
Nero ill-used or starving while their
brute husbands are In Jail. One wom-
an was brought into court all bruised
and beaten up, but she denied that her
husband had done It and pleaded that
she had fallen downstairs. But" said
the Judge, "a piece Of your ear has
been bitten or" Yes, l did that my
self; ! was SO mad."-San Francisco
Chronicle.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-04
Wireless Lighthouse Stations.

We have the horseless carriage,
wireless telegraph, smokeless powder,
etc, and now we r having the light
less lighthouse. Should the wireless
lighthouse stations installed at Brest,
France. which automatically send out
warning messages to ships every few
seconds without the help Of man.
prove q success, as they are report
ed to be. 1t. will mean that the old
system Of lights. bells. horns and 9TH
or danger warnings at sea will be rem
dered unnecessary. The. lighthouse in
each case would act NJ m aerial mast.
BY q simple ,clocIwork arrangement.
which only needs attention once q
week or 30. distinctive messages are
sent out by each station every few
seconds. One set of signals. are sent
out BY each station every few seconds.
One Get Of signals IN sent out every
ten seconds and another set every 30
seconds. 20 that ships may positively
Identify the lighthouse that 10 talk
ing."-Pathnnder.