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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-16
Thanks Extended to All.

The Times Dispatch also thanks
those who in any way furthered the
interest of the candidates. To the
judges who SO kindly consented to
act The Times-Dispatch extends it's
special thanks.
The Times-Dispatch never meant
this to be "someting for nothing"
scheme, and all who won have earn
ed their reward by ENERGY, AMBI-
TON and WORK. The Times-Dis-
patch did not vaunt itself as being
engaged in the pleasant task of Civ
ing away valuable gifts from pure
motives Of philanthropy.
A Business Proposition.
IL was with us a business under
taking. There we're people who had
not had time to find out what SUI
perior paper The Times Dispatch is.
and it was for the purpose of proving
that The Times Dispatch is the PA
PER FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE.
printing "all the news all the time"
If new and true, not otherwise, that
the contest was inaugurated.
BY means OF this contest The
yoDn ntCtN tnt,
in many thousands of homes not
heretofore reached. In some homes.
where people were looking for the
best, it has been eagerly adopted, and
for such length of time as proves that
once started they have no intention
OF giving it up. Even in those homes
where up to this time no paper has
been read a few samples were
enough to convince the family that
they could not do without The
Times-Dispatch. Thus The Times
Dispatch stands out as the leading
exponent of independent aggressive
ness.
Contest Proved Attractive.
The conditions of the contest
proved attractive from the first, and
as soon as the list was published the
friendly rivalry began, not only
among the contestants themselves,
but among thousands Of men. wo-
men and children in the city and sur
rounding country, seeking votes and
subscriptions for their fayorite can
didates.
with the excitement thus uniyer-
sal, the close race has been follow
ed from start to finish and great
earnestness, and so even has the run
ming been that though one day neo-
pie would venture guess as to the
winners the next day some one else
would bring a handsome reward. for
was found lower down the list.
Everybody Satisfied.
That every one might have an
equal chance, no matter where they
lived, the territory was divided into
eight districts, and each one knew
mat a reasonable amount OF effort
would bring handsome reward. for
there were many pies in each dis
trict' besides the grand prizes. In
this way every one was satisfied
which was the chief object Of The
Times-D Dispatch.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-16

The biggest, most liberal, most
successful prize subscription contest
ever conducted in Virginia ended
Saturday night at 10 o'clock, ard on
the afternoon of Tuesday the count
was completed by the committee OF
prominent citizens who consented to
canvass the vote in order to satisfy
every one interested in The Times
Dispatches great $4,000 prize sub
scription contest was fair as 1t was
successful.
To the winners of the prizes, great
and small, The Tines Dispatch offers
its hearty congratulations, thanking
the contestants for their fair and
businesslike way OF treating The
Times-Dispatch and one another, and
the convenient and expeditions way
in which they handled their business.
Contest Offices Crowded.
The contest rooms OF The Times
Dispatch were crowded Saturday
night by the contestants and their
friends, who came to bring their
final subscriptions.
OF course. there will be some dis
appointments. There were possibly
a few of the contestants who had un-
derestimated the strength OF their
opponents; but this feature in
contest cannot be overcome, much as
The TimesDispatch and the contest
ants would like to avoid it, Some
one must lose in match for popu-
larity, wits, endurance or any line
of endeavor whatever Often the
winner loses by over-confidence.
Often-but what's the use of NH
losophizing? "A GOOD LOSER"
One hears a great deal about this
fine quality OF being able to stand Il
defeat without going off into the
woods and sulking until the crack
of doom.
Committee of Prominent Citizens :.
One glance at the names of the
committee of leading citizens who
canvass the votes ought to convince
even the grouchiest pessimist upon
this happy sphere that there was alb
solute fairness everywhere. Fairness
and liberality have characterized the
contest from the beginning, and The
Times-Dispatch is proud of the can
didates' appreciation of the papers
aim. The names OF those who count
ed the votes appear in another col
umn.
Words written by one who is not
a candidate will, of course, be mis-
erably short Of adequately expressing
the happiness of the successful con
testants,
Seven Busy Weeks.
During The last seven weeks the
prize winners have found out what
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-16
Everybody Satisfied.

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-16

$025 Ford Touring Car.
Candidate w..
MIS- Susie Braxton West. 1900 Park Ave195soa
$500 Trip or Cash.
u Meade Mann. Jr, 13 East Grace Street. .1762ss
$3.50 victroIa.
MISS NJ L. Williams 2113 Grove Avenue 1904
800 Diamond Ring.
Miss Margaret Harman 1912 Grove Avenue 11640o
s35 Kitchen Cabinet
pert GORDON 519 West Marshall Street -....114,s75
$50 Gold Watch.
j. B. Krtley, lilo West Main Street,. 7b11+
District No. 2-AutomobIie Contest.
s1Os5 MAXWELL Touring Car.
Candidate. yotsa
J. H. Hunt 1901 Broad Street. 314414
5000 Trip or Cash.
Miss Lottie Lloyd $40 North oath Street .1S19s2
s1bO VictroIa.
W. j. Herndon, 425 North 25th Street. ....... 5ssos
500 Diamond Ring.
Miss Ellen Holman, 4o7h North 25th Street. 566s7
s35 Kitchen Cabinet.
Robert G. Hughes care w S. Mccoy. ....... 354s4
watch.
Arthur D. Wright, 1906 Third Avenue. 49,. 1858
District No. 8-Automobile Contest.
S1,02O Overland Touring Car.
5000 Trip IT Cash.
F. c. I. Tyndan. 700 North 25th Street 1884
VictroIn.
j. J. Mcdonald. Woodland Heights 254so
500 Diamond Ring.
Miss Marion Douglas. Decatur Street 10000
$50 Kitchen Cabinet.
Charles Green. 1915 Hull Street.... 1880
$40 Gold Watch.
Miss Naomi Goode. 225 East Tenth Street,. 1910
District No. 4-Automobie Contest
$62o Ford Touring Car.
H Preston Morris Charlottesville. Va. issI51
500 Trip or Cash.
Mrs. l.. NJ Spicer, charlottesville va.1s157a
$3.50 VictroIa.
P II. VIM, Keswck, Observation-Disclosures. o29s7
500 Diamond Ring.
Mrs. j. o Shepherd Palmyra. Va....... 1887
s35 Kitchen Cabinet.
Miss Martha D. Graves. Gordonsville Va 1880
$50 Gold
Miss Margaret Cherry. Chester Va ..... $3.50
District No. 5-AutomobiIe Contest.
S1,l80 Studebnker Touring Cor.
" p McGeorge, Mansohick. va............ S44'953
$500 Trip Cash.
w r. Broaddus, West Point, va.......2sst o1
Victrola
F. Keith Taylor Hanover c. H, Va.......174sso
500 Diamond Ring.
1ynwood Williams r. f. D. No. /. Richmond.
va 49, 49,. -: - ...'....... S5.Te1
$50 Kitchen Cabinet.
William Hugh Bagby. Stevensville. Va.. e5,225
$40 Gold Watch
w. V. Priddy. Ashland. Observation-Disclosures. s1o1s
District No. 6-Automobne Contest.
s725 Maxwell Touring Car.
w. H. Drewry Ivor. MISUNDERSTANDING ST3s
$500 Trip Cash.
Miss Helen Williamson Petersburg, 151soo
$3.50 VictroIa.
f. NJ. Mcintosh, Farmville, 131ooo
500 Diamond Ring.
Robert j. Duesbury, Church Road, va.. sos55
S35 Kitchen Cabinet.
Or. W. s. Briggs. Dinwiddie. Va........ $1,000
$50 Gold Watch
Mrs B. W sebrell. sebrell, Va.............. s727s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-16
SOME CONTEST FACTS

Intense interest prevailed contest 1t was
the most successful ever conducted
The voting and official certified COM
mttee of
The winners feel proud of accomplishment The Times
Dispatch wishes it's MANY friends tho
contestants the committee who
who in
subscription contest that in this v and
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-16
>line Touring Car
635,6O5 Votes
Third Grand Prize, Warren Touring Car
J. |. Willard . ST. Votes
District No. s-Automobile Contest
$3.50 II. c. H. Touring Car,

District No. 7-Automobile Contest
$3.50 II. c. H. Touring Car.
Lindsay Crawlcy. Appomattox. va...... .25i. 500
$500 Trip Cash.
Lucius H Bracey, Buchanan. va.... 1s1,ss7
$3.50 Victron.
Mrs. W. A. Crutcher. brakes Branch. Va. .171. SIP
800 Diamond Ring.
Mrs A L. Barksdale. Cullen. Va...... .1os $40
$50 Kitchen Cabinet
Miss Reamy Hamlin, Danville Va. los, $50
$50 Gold Watch.
James F. Norwood, Skipwith. va....--. $3.50
District No. s-AutomobiIc Contest.
$1,000 Hupmobic Touring Cnr.
wii6ur Ryiand Urbanna, y sSs s1a
$500 Trip Cash.
DR.. Lawrence Talinferro. Catawba Sanato-
s,,o ,;ct,n,, ''''''''''''S zo'oS7
L. ]. Giles, Clifton Forge 171soo
800 Diamond Ring
Miss Ada Berry Criglersville va es656
S35 Kitchen Cabinet
John S Davenport, Lancaster, Va........ s155o
$50 Gold Watch.
Mrs l. N. Jones' smithheld. Va. ...--..-... ss.lss
District No. Pony Contest.
Pony and OUTFIT.
Morgan Grafton. 400 North Robinson Street. 2sos4s
s35 Bicycle.
Stuart selden. 2522 Stuart Avenue sss1s
Gold Watch.
Herbert Chandler. 2419 Hanover Avenue essos
District No. Pony Contest.
Pony Outft.
j. Carlton stancil. 3ll North 21st Street, sss77
John S. Johnstone 1904 East Broad Street a117a
$40 Gold Watch.
Maben A Martin s12 East Clay Street. 49,. 1880
District No. a-Pony Contest
Pony md OUTFIT.
Marie A Scott. $40 West 2sth Street 171s as
S35 Bicycle.
Miss Mary Aleyse Godsey. 125 East 18th ST. 1s7ose
$40 Gold Watch.
Harper Shelton Peasants Forest Hill I17oI
District No. 4-Pony Contest.
Pony
Miss Daisy v. Bing. Free Union Va........ S. 500
$40 Bicycle.
Miss Lucy Crawford Barrel. Louisa, Va. 1852
$50 Gold
Early Thomas Terrell, Ir. Buckner. va.. 1924
District No. 5-Pony Contest.
Pony and Outfit.
Miss Lucille .. Beadles. r. f. d. No. /. Rich
inoho' va ....'....... a2.3o5
John F. Midyette, Jr. Ashland. va....... 3oe2s
Watch
Stuart Beal Tunstall, Observation-Disclosures. 2S34S
District No. 6-Pony Contest.
Pony and Outfit.
Miss Norma Chambers. Blackstone. Va. 1880
William r. Johnson. Jr, Elberon ....... T7152
Gold Watch
Miss Jessie May Britt. Boykins Va........ IS, 23l
District No. Pony Contest.
Pony Outfit
Miss Dorothy r. Fox. Elnporia. 1s2424
$40 Gold Watch.
Miss Mary L. Ams, Vrgilina va........... 800
District No. S-Pony Contest.
Pony Outfit.
Miss Julia Winston Taylor Oxford n. Co.. 51s47
bicycle.
O. l.. Rocks, Townsend, Va.............. 3111o
$50 Watch
MISS kathleen Anderton Hayes Store Va. 1o,400
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25
Women Are Citizens in Ten States

Golfers: At the forty-fourth an
nual convention of the National
American Woman Suffrage Associa-
ton held in Philadelphia, there was
significant demonstration. The
original Declaration of Woman's
Rights formulated at Seneca Falls,
n. Y, in 1916, was re-read in 1nde-
pendence Square, proclaiming all
men and women born free and
equal. There were only few brave
women among the first signers. The
suffragists in the United States to-
day are counted by the hundreds of
thousands. They won the greatest
triumph in the history Of the couse
when in November last Oregon,
Kansas, Arizona and possibly Michi-
gan simultaneously decided to en-
franchise their women With Cali
fornia, Washington, Idaho, Utah,
Colorado, and Wyoming that earlier
granted women citizenship, there
are now ten suffrage States, in
which there are 2,667,O00 women
who may vote. DR.. Anna Shaw con-
fidently predicts other States will
get in line this year. Pennsylvania
and even Massachusetts are among
those that show hopeful signs.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25
Levers and Outlets.

According to our view, based on
the experiment tot years which nave
proven disastrous, it would seem
that the plan best adapted to the
protection against the floods from
the Mississippi and other rivers Is
in a system of levees and outlets.
The system of levees and outlets
is no longer a theory but conforms
in every essential to the laws OF ma
ture. The Cowden plan, combining
levees and outlets, has been dis
credited by engineers who have in
sisted that by combining the waters
of the rivers within the banks and
the levees that the channel would
be secured in depth and this would
give easy flow to the flood, but in
sead of securing the river bed they
are filling it as is indicated by the
water guage and the water topping
the highest levees which, at every
recurring flood must be raised lit
tie higher. 1t has been demonstrated
that no levee is stronger than Its
weakest point, and no system OF
levees can be strong enough to hold
the floods of the Mississippi River
Why has nature provided outlets?
The query is plain. The outlets I'M
til closed afforded easy relief by
relieving the river from an accumu-
iation which never fails to over
whelm and destroy every impede
ment in its course.
Having give ma fair trial to the all
levee system, common sense would
suggest the plan of levees and out
lets from which relief may be as
sured against the floods which in
vo've thousands in misery and mill
lions in ruin.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
Programme for the Initiation OF
Candidates Today.

The Knights of Columbus have
programmed the initiation OF a
number of candidates today. Such
an event is always anticipated with
pleasure as the increase in men,
bership strengthens the Organlza-
ton and adds to tbe list of friends.
The candidates expected will
come from Marshall, Texarkana,
Natchitoches and other points OF the
district.
AS programmed, the knights Will
assemble at the headquarters, $40
Market street, at s o'clock TINS
morning and will march in a body
to Holy Trinity church where they
will attend mass. Rev. Father Mar
ing, S. j., will deliver discourse.
The knights will reassemble In the
hall at 1 o'clock for the initiation
of the candidates.
A special train will come from
Texarkana and Marshall with a
number of knights and their fami-
lies on a pleasure excursion.
A banquet at Trinity hall begin
ming at o'clock this evening will
close the events of the day.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25
Boulanqers Vinegar Story.

The story submitted by August
Boulanger in his appeal for new
trial-to the effect that it wasn't
whiskey but vinegar in the bottle
he was convicted of selling-didn't
Ego down" with Judge Land. The
Judge evidently is aware OF Inc
truthfulness of the old saying that
you can't catch flies with vinegar
Shreveport Journal.
Boulanger's vinegar story was
"too utterly utter for anything"
The Caucasian representative heard
the plea with subdued merriment.
It was noticeable that when the vim
egar story was being related with
emphasis and great earnestness that
the judge, John r. Land, could not
Fepress his smiles. In the defense of
.'bootleggers" there have been de-
vised many schemes to delude and
to mislead the court, but the vinegar
story is the climax without a paral-
lei or duplicate in originality.
Vinegar a substitute for whiskey
or near-beer? Not when Judge John
r. Land is within hearing.
With all due respect, it may be
said that the judge is more or less
familiar with all the tricks of the
trade" His experience is predicated
on practice of years as district at
torney and of years as counsel for
more than one viOlator of law, and
therefore he can readily judge if
the witness is fabricating or telling
the plain truth and only the truth.
THE tricks of the heather Chi
nee" are vain when compared with
the ways and the schemes of the
-bo0t1eggers" and the dealers in
near-beer which is beer.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25
Opposition te Shreveport Assess
ment Expected.

New Orleans Item, May 81: That
opposition to the new assessment may
develop before the police jury as a re-
suit Of this correspondence is believed
probable. There is very strong fac
tion in Shreveport, it is said, who do
not desire the city to be financially on
Easy street, figuring that continued
loss Of the revenues resulting from
the saloon business will finally result
in demand for the return of the IL
censed saloon. The city has felt this
loss keenly the past three years. The
expected raise Of not less than three
million dollars in the assessment, re-
sulting from the equalization process,
will mean, of course, large increase
in the city's tax alimony and make the
running Of the city government COM
paratively easy.
There has been some rather startling
changes in the assessment rolls this
year as a result Of the equalization Of
assessments on the front foot basis. As
an instance, one piece of residence
property, assessed last year at $4,000,
was this year placed on the rolls at
$27, 900 for the land alone. Another
instance was found where a business
building with a rental of $4,000 per
year was assessed at only $4,000.
Many Of these Determinations have
been wiped out, and while very few
property owners have had a reduction
Of assessment offered them, they are
now satisfied that their next door
neighbor is paying on the same basis.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25
Flood Prevention.

The Commoner: President Wilson
held a conference with Governor Cox
Of Ohio and made it known that he in
tended to order a complete investiga-
tion and report by army engineers on
conditions along the Mississippi and
Ohio rivers. The president intends to
take up the work Of flood prevention
in a characteristic way. 1t is safe to
say that the all too long delayed work
of protecting the people from floods
will be carried to successful conclusion
under the democratic administration.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25
high black stock, as he gave his orders
with stern d1stinctiyeneSS - 49,


with stern dlstinctiveness. -
General he pathetically express
ed, ''they are beating us back. =
"Then, SIR replied Jackson, "we II
give them the bayonet.o
These words were a new inspiration.
General Bee turned to his oxertaxed
troops exclaiming, "There are Jackson
and his Virginlans standing like a
'Stonewall.' Let US determine to die
here and we will conquer
This soubriquet of Stonewall became
the name of General Thomas J. Jack
son, whose deeds and whose name en-
bellish the records of history.
General Bernard A. Bee was from
South Carolina. He commanded the
Brigade of South Carolinians, and was
mortally wounded at the Battle Of
Manassas. He was one of the most
gallant of the Heroes of the Confed
eracy.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25
Henry M. FlaqIer.

Henry M. Flagler, many times mil
1ionaire, the man who developed the
State of Florida into nations
winter playground and who built
the wonderful oversee railroad from
Miami to Key West, is dead at his
palatial home at Palm Beach. Flag
Ter will be remembered for num-
Der of things, but chiefly, we take
it, for his successful effort to have
the Florida Legislature pass law
authorizing him to get divorce
from his aged wife on account of
insanity and thus permit him to
marry a silly young thing who had
been attracted by the jingle of his
dollars. Shreveport Journal.
OF what avail is his palatial home
and the money he has accumulated
and the railroads he has built and
all the things he accomplished when
his memory is discredited by his
severing the marital ties that bound
him to his wife, unfortunately in
sane? This is only an instance of
a husbands inhumanity to his wife.
These instances are the exceptions.
II Henry NJ Flagler had become in
sane would his wife have abandoned
him? Never. A true good woman
will cling to her husband through
every vicissitude and tribulation of
life, would cling to him till sepa-
rated by death. After all, there are
some things much better than mil
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25

or renresented at such meeting. Ten
davs notice of such meeting shall
no given in any daily newspaper
published in theeCity of Shreveport.
In case of dissolution or termina-
ton of this corporation either by
Iin,itation of its charter or from
onv cause, the liquidation Of its af-
fairs shall be conducted hy three
commissioners selected from the
stockholders. with like assent and
at a meeting called for hat pur-
nose. as above set forth in this
article Said commissioners shall
remain il office until the affairs of
said corporation shall have been
fully liquidated. In case of the
doatb of one or more of said COM
missioners the survivors or sur
vivor shall continue to act.
ARTICLE VII.
No stakeholder of this corporation
sball ever be held liable or respon- =
sible for the contracts or faults
thereof in any further sum than the
unoaid balance due the company on
tho shares of stock subscribed for
or owned by him; nor shall any in
formality in organization have the
effect of rendering this charter null
or of exposing a stockholder to any
liability beyond the unpaid balance,
if any, of his stock.
This done and passed at my no.
tarial office in the City of Shreve-s
mort. on this the 21st day of May
1919. in the presence of Lillian Rus
sell and E. B. Herndon, competent
witnesses of lawful age and resi-
dents of this city, who hereunto
sign their names, together with
said parties and me, notary, after
reading of the whole.
w. R. CAVETT.
S. B. HICKS.
Witnesses: r. E. COMEGYS. 8
LILLIAN RUSSELL. 81
E.B. HERNDON.
E. B. HERNDON, JR.,
Notary Public.
Endorsed: Filed and recorded May
22 1913. S. o. WILLIAMS.
Deputy Clerk and ex-Ofiicio Deputy
Recorder. :.
! State of Louisiana, Parish of Cad
do: l hereby certify that the above
and foregoing is true and correct
copy of the original act, as the same
now appears on file and of record in
my office. Given under my hand and
seal of office this 22nd day of May
1913. S., O. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Officio Deputy
! Recorder. May Is.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25
STONEWALL JACKSON.
A Statement Misleading as to an
Historical Incident and Repro
duced i'm Newspapers as Fact.

Editorial in New York World, May 2,
1913: "Fifty years ago tonight there
fell mortally wounded at Chancellors-
vile one of the great captains of the
English-speaking races.
tLee, who called Jackson his strong
right arm, once said that he would have
won Gettysburg if Jackson had been
there. Be that as it may, the almost
uninterrupted victories of the Army
of Northern Virginia, ended when
Jackson passed away. Charlottesville
marked the flood-tide of the Confed-
crate arms. Two months later came
Gettysburg, and from thence on to APP
pomattox Lees forces, despite all thei-
marvellous courage and tenacity, were
never again invincible. -
This reference to Lee may be as
cribed to a typographical error which,
perhaps, escaped the proofreader, or
was accepted as fact by the author
of the editorial In the New York Times.
Historical misstatements applying to
the South are very frequent in metro
politan newspapers Of the North,
which are accepted as true and are re-
produced in newspapers Of the South,
whose editors should correct such in
accuracies.
General Lee was not at the Battle of
Manassas, nor was General R. E. Lee
connected with the Army Of Northern
Virginia until after General Joseph E.
Johnston had been severely wounded at
the Battle of Seven Pines, one of the
seven battles fought around Richmond,
Virginia.
In the first part Of the battle Of
Manassas the Confederate were being
driven from the field. General Bee
and General Evans were retiring sui
lenly before an overwhelming number
Of Federals. General Bee found Gen
eral Jackson Is brigade Of five regl-
ments ready to support him. AS re-
lated in the Lost Cause, by E. A. Pol
lard" 1t was the timely arrival of a
man who since that day, never failed
to be on the front in q battles crisis,
and to seize the decisive moment that
make victories General Bee rushed
to the strange figure Of the Virginian
commander who sat his horse like
marble, only twisting his head in q