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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-03

Editor Virgnan:
Sir.--To buy bale of cotton Is a good thing.
but so few of the great body of the people,
comparatively are so situated. financially. as to
be able 10 invest fifty dollars in that way.
But every of us, especially every house
wife. go to the nearest store and buy some
cotton cloth garment--some kind Of cotton
goods for use in the home.
Pillow cases. sheets, shirts, cotton dress
goods fand they now manufacturing very
beautiful cotton dress goods), never come amiss
in the average household
Even IL not needed just yet, a full cotton
closet" is n mighty good thing for next spring.
Just what the concerted action of forty
millions of housekeepers would amount to-.
Suppose each bought, on average, only five
dollars worth, this would mean two hundred
millions toward the relief of the situation.
Again this buying Of the finished product Is
better than buying raw bale, because 1T bene-
fits everybody that handles cotton, from the
aser to the consumer.
Let us all turn out, as suggested by some
of the good ladies Of Washington, during the
week from October to 10. and lay in
supply of cotton goods for thenext year.
And let the retailer get busy. mark down
his stock a little. make cotton the leader. talk
it up, and then ne lay in a supply OF fresh.
new goods. q. f. Z.
Radford. Va October 2. 1914.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-03
PEOPLES FORUM
How Many Influences Helped.

Editor virginian
Sir,--The great temperance work is over In
part and victory partly won. And now If our
wet brethren who did all they could to defeat
LIS in this great Christian temperance work
VIII let US, forgive them. Then, now
won't they turn a new leaf and help us
enforce taa law, and not let 1t be said this
grand old State Of ours can make laws but don't
enforce them
Now we have been working and praying the
Lord to give us the victory. and we ought to
thank and ask Him to help us make it a
blessing 70 all the people.
Our precinct. that before the and just
after it, was called Old Okley, was the most
dissipate1 In the county. If not in the State
but its name changed to Shumansvlle In
1S72-sxteen years before we voted the county
dry Our precinct did not have whiskey
Shop In It, On the 22nd cast ffty-t three
votes; eight wet and forty-fve dry The COL
ored men, four in number. all voted dry.
Well. after all. the State fair helped us carry
the State The people wanted to attend the
fair. but wanted their boys to get that kind OF
education. it helped to make the county
people much stronger temperance people And
may God bless the dry fair and make 1t a
great blessing 70 all the people,
The whiskey men in wet cities and towns
helped to make the state go dry, by advertis-
ing and sending their whiskey Jugs. all over
the state. The better Christian people did not
think this was O. X. and so It helped to make
them stronger temperance people.
And now it may be the barkeepers have seen
how wrong they have done by having made
the moor poorer made homes unhappy, made
widows and orphans, and made boys drunkards
May they all how wrong their business was
and is ana turn over a new leaf and come and
help us enforce the law. for the Bible tells me
TO be obedient to the law. May God help and
forgive and bless all
Then, there are The virginian, the Religious
Herald and all the dry papers that seemed to
work night and day. May God help and reward
them.
Now ! go to the fair and my boys all
want to 60 as well as the girls There are twelve
of them.
C. A SHUMAN.
Shumansviile Va, October 2, 1914.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-03

may rebound upon their lives to their eyeriast-
ing good. / have pity for the liquor dealers
az we'll as for every member of the Local Self
Government league" Those wise, good think
ing men, may be great men--have eyes to see
great things for the peoples future good-but
with it all, may their spiritual eyes be opened
to see that in the economy of Gods love to man.
they cannot afford to be in partnership with a
business which is at the root of more evil than
any other one thing on earth. Hurrah for
Virginia, that she severed her partnership with
the traffic by such overwhelming majority!
! am IA regular subscriber to The Virginian,
wishing it could be in every home in Virginia
regularly.
A. NJ. Fl.
Richmond. Va. October l. 1914
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-03
Concentrations For State Fair

and buildings were concerned. years
ago, deferring to public sentiment
Our fair has prospered fairly well. We
can not tell how many people would
come with the prospect OF getting
drink or how many are kept away
by knowing they cannot get ono or
how many are drawn by a dry fair
Perhaps the attendance on the State
fair will tell the story Of the real
sentiment and purpose of Virginia
people. In any case. 1t Is creditahle
and honorable to Richmond to take
chances. accept the declared prefer
ence of the citizenship Of the State
and abide the result, be It good or Ill
Roanoke Times.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-03
MELLEN SPENDS DAY
ON WITNESS STAND

New York. Oct. 2.-Charles s. Mel
lens testimony before the federal
grand jury promises to consume even
more time than was at first expected.
The former president OF the New
Haven concluded his fourth session
with the investigating body late tAnis
afternoon having occupied the witness
chair almost exclusively since the in-
dufry began.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-03

II has been estimated that II all the Chinese
viii lengthen their shirts SIX inches the surplus
cotton crop will be more than consumed. Cot
ton will sell at normal. and the farmers be hap
Nv once more. We here 60 on record as favor
ing buy-a-iongsr-shrt movement
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-03

burg fair with nothing stronger than grape Juice
and nothing that sounded more dangerous than
oyster cocktail We refer the menu to the
Columbia State as an illustration OF how The
Iirgtnian force celebrated the prohibition vic
tory
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-03
Congratulations.


For many years 1t has been the
custom of the Virginia State Fair as
ISOLATION to sell concessions TO sa-
looms
There has always been objection to
this custom. and this objection has
grown stronger and stronger until
last year 1t took the form OF a pro-
test against the sale of liquor on the
fair grounds.
The protest fell on deaf ears. In
vain were representations made TO the
directorate, that the fair was visited
annually by men. women and children
from all parts OF the State; that the
sale of liquor on the fair grounds was
offensive to thousands OF them; ina.
the operation of saloons In the mids.
of large crowds was dangerous, ana
that 1t was unnecessary. since tnose
who wanted liquor could obtain II IN
the city of Richmond, OUTSIDE the
grounds.
The directors were obdurate. ihey
were determined to permit the SAFE OF
liquor on the GROUNDS. IN SPITE u ,..s
warning that 1t would interfere with
the attendance at the fair. The re-
suit was a considerable falling on IN
attendance. which the directors at
tributed to unfavorable weather, we
believe.
This year the protes, was renewed
but the directors Of the fair assoc.a-
ton gave it scant consideration Tnen
ann,ication was made to the Circuit
court for an injunction against the
sale OF liquor at the fair. but the in
junction was denied and the tair as
sociation secured a license for saioon
or saloons on the grounds
on Tuesday Of last week an cleo
ton was held in Virginia on the ques-
ton 81 Statewide prohibition. ~ TINS
election the people voted by an over
wheiming majority to abolish the
Wruor traffic. The vote was almost
two to one in favor Of Statewide pro-
on Monday OF this week the direct
ors OF the Virginia State Fair assoc'a-
ton met and passed resolution not
10 esta blish bars and dispense liquor
at the fair. :,
Cordial congratulations TO the d.
rectors OF the Virginia State Fair as
northumberland Herald-Courier
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-03

We note that Pola is the object of a Franco
British attack. We advise they quit Amy
twelveyearold urchin knows better than that
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-03

While the buying movement Ii on. why NO
buy -a.newspaper movement We endorse It.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-03

Mrs. Pennybacker is endorsee OF the move to
have society women buy cotton gowns The cotton
business needs more substantial support than
that
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-03

It is like Richmond to bow prompts
lty and gracefully and kindly to the
expressed will OF the State and take
chances Of having the State fair suf-
Ter or gain by cutting out the bar.
Roanoke did It, 50 FAR ~ the grounds
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-03
The Richmond Vfrginian.

Greater credit is due to The Rich
mond Nirginian in the victory won last
week than to any other agency Its
fight to rid the State of saloons be-
gan several years ago and was an up
hill fight at the beginning. But The
Virginian, at times with the odds
against it. kept on fighting until the
battle was won. The Virginian de-
serves the place in Virginia homes
that it is rapidly gaining; it is grow
ing greater all the time and 1t Is now
going into near. il not as many Fir-
ginia homes as any other news
paper.
Its fight has been and Is now for
the home and the church. the two
greatest things of an enlightened
country, and for that reason 1t will
succeed.-Chase City Progress
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-03

Hot contest In Floods district" Can't h
crown 1t out?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-03

The governors of Virginia and North Carolina
we're served an excellent dinnor at the Meckien-1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-03
o,acuAL ELECTION rraunEs.

~ eNs1Al count Of the prohibition vote full
= s1actior made 1t the time u the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-03
Better Than Buying A Bale.

Richmond. va, October 4. 1914.
Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-24
SCIENCE AND IMMORTALITY

Out of the batueroar of Europe comes Che quiet voice of Sir Oliver Lodge announcing the soul survives bodily leath a great scientist putting forward scenti- lc proposition Sir Oliver has been experimently for many years the realm of psychology and spritualism substituting the methods laboratory research for re- ligious inspiration he gives the that the prophets have given since the beginning the oldest problem of human life
 When John Smith says that he has talked with Bn. Jones' who died two months ago. we likely to listen ndulgently and go away doubtng Smiths sanity. When Sir Oliver Lodge says substantially the thing, we are to grant him respectful consideration He has talked he says with certain friends who have died and has had communications from them that be explain on possible hypothesis except that those friends sull exist with their old identity and memory There can be no deception he says hallucinaon The mes sages do not spring up of his own suoconscious mind The proofs are objective The spirits of his de parted friends have proved their existence by the most rigid tests
 When the rise of natural science first frightened heo,ogians, half a century or ago. it was little thought that the scientific spirit questioning and test ing everything would eventually become me handmaideI of religion Today faith and science nearer to eether than before.
Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-24
rHE RueAeoos oE coNeRess

Congress has decided not to dodge any longer the prohibition and woman suffrage bugaboos The house committee on rules has consented bring to vote on the floor of the house the amendment that the women and the ant-quor workers have fought for SO long It will be and square test of congressional opinion not to mention congressional courage Even with election over many representative would rather lace battery of machine guns the firing line than take a positive stand on these loaded issues.
 It seems hardly possible that the amendment should receive at this time the twothirds vote necessary to place them before the country There appears to be prevalent conviction that suffrage and prohibition are state issues and would be and unwise for
 constitutional majority states to impose their will in these matters on the other states Both woman sui frage and prohibition depend for their efficacy very largely on local public opinion. There isn't much use granting the franchise community that doesn't want 1t or won't fight for it, and there isn't much use mpos ing prohibition on state that prefers license. Both movements may eventually sweep the whole country and may then with propriety be handled from Washing on but it isn't evident that either has attained na ional dimensions
Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-24

capital enthusiastic to get within gates while our widely heralded slogan confonts them; when stepchild" treatment of capital already invested is we'll known?
 One thing radically wrong in Arizona is seemingly prevalent desire take crack at the mines and rail roads For this feeling among the people there is no excuse It should not be- Let be fair and give to the mining and railroad corporations the consider ation accord to other business It is nconceva be that the majority of citizens would continue this hue and cry if they the rreparable injury they doing to their state their individual pros perity
 There is a reason why mining operations curtaled in Arizona why the larger companies are chaf ing and dissatisfied; why no longer hear the gulches the singing with the music of the pick of the miner doing development for the small company Antagonstic sentiment unjust and discrmin ating laws and lack of capital these the reasons
 There are remedies for Nhe present distressing con dhions and they are easy of application. Every good citizen interested in the future of the state should af alate with the Mining Congress or he should ndi yduay protecting of biggest industries from
 unwananted, thoughuess and idle attacks He should use every effort to create spirit Of trendness for tho operators The mines one of most substantiai assets.
 The creation of friendly sentiment for the mines will undoubtedly the by the legislature of better more carefully considered mining laws For. as
 legislators but the weather of their con sHuens and forced at times to respond to popular camor The greatest of prosperity in Arizona will not be realized until large majority of the people awaken to the that the mining companies not bands of brigands lawbreakers but organizations which will develop the wonderful of the state and prove mutually beneficial to the people of Arizona end the capital they represent"
Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-24
CREDULITY OF THE
 PUBLIC AGAIN PUT
 TO TEST WITH GOLD
Tempe Banker AdvertiSes $40 Gold Pieces for S19; Has Ter rible Time Convincing Public That Coins Were Good.

TEMPE, Dec. 23--W. J. Kingsbu- ry was talking about fakes and fake advertising and the consequent in- credulity of the people The conver- sation grew out of the advertisement for several years of the Casa Loma hotel at Tempe of which Mir. Kings bury Is the owner that on any day when the sun didn't shine there would be no charge to the guests. There was some difficulty in conylnc- ing the public of the genuiness of the hotels offer Conversation on the subject was provoked last satur- day by the third day in the Salt Riy- CT valley this year when the sun was ashamed to show his face to sur prised bewildered and outrageous people. made up of old residents, new ones and tourists who had been brought here by the reputation of the climate for aridity.
 The unwillingness of the public to accept Che Casa Loma advertisement at it's face value led Mir Nings9uy to remark to tne cashier of his bank that one could not sell SEQ sold piec
Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-24

es at a discount. The cashier with more faith in humanitys thought oth- erwise. Accordingly Mir Kingsbury caused to be inserted in a conspicu- ous place in the Normal Student, the organ of the Tempe Normal school. the announcement that his bank would sell S2 gold pieces for $19. It was stated at the same time that some of them were off color slightly and others were worn The milled edges were not quite as distinct as they were when they came from the mint
 In preparation for the rush, the cashier picked out sixty Of the most worn pieces and those that were of particularly dark or particularly lihgt color and threw them into an unpre- posing looking pasteboard box Tdo days elapsed before ther was any re- ponse to the advertisement and then man came in apologetically and in- Quired regarding the bargain sale of $2O gold pieces. The cashier showed out the box, saying: You will not ! ice that they are slightly off color ! and somewhat worn but you may take your choice for $19" The man man sorted them over, hesitated and picking out one he said, This looks all right" He fished out S19 and when he left the bank the cashier saw him go to a store across the street and when the proprietor of the store that afternoon sent in his deposit it included that $2O gold piece This was the beginning and the end of the rush produced by that advertisement
 Speaking of Casa Loma induce ment MT Kingsbury said that when he was paying more attention to the management of the hotel than he has lately been doing, he made one prop osition that he thought would be fetching The mosquitos had been very bad and night life was hardly worth living for those who wanted to sleep out of doors A friend of Mir IKingsbury. who had lately returned from the Panama canal zone. where he had observed the sanitary opera tions of Colonel Gorgas, told Mir Kingsbury about the elimination oi the mosquito. Mr Kingsbury asked if that could be accomplished in Tem pc. His friend told him how it could be done and the matter was taken UT with the city council with the result
 that there ceased to be any mosqui tos in Tempe
 lt was then that Mr. Kiugsburl
 caused public announcement to br
 made that if any guest of the Cast
 Loma was bitten by a mosquito whil' sleeping on one of the porches of th,
 hotel, there would be no charge fo
 his lodging the following day N
 guest ever claimed a refund
 None of them probably were bitte
 but there was a condition attached t
 the proposition that perhaps woul s have prevented guests from putin , in claims. The guests who shout
 complain of having been bitten wer,
 if they were males, required to sho'
 the lady manager of Che hotel the ],
 cation and extent of the depredatio
 Of the mosquitos If the guests wer
 ladies they were required to satisl " MT kingsbury that their claims wer 's not uniounded.
Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-24

Speaking of-the madequacy and incompetency of the United States army, GovernorElect Whitman of New York has chosen Witherspoon recent chief of stan of the army as superintendent of public works His prn- cipa job win be to finish and the states great canal system an undertaking bigger and more expensive than the Canal And in this connection we seem to re- call that it is this inefficient and laundering army organization that built the Panama Canal
Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-24
NEW POSTMASTER

WASHINGTON, Dec 23.- Mamie B Mayer appointed postmaster of Mayor vice s. B. Mayor.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-08-13
waiser's Army Advancing Toward
the Interior OF Belgium
GERaANs BLOW UP MAIN ROADS
Cut OFF Retreat OF Liege Fort De
fenders-GermAns Moving 20
Prevent Junction Of the
French and Belgians

London, Aug. 12.-The German
..d allied armies are being massed
n Belgium for a battle which VIII
hy FAR surpass In size and decisive
ness any Of the previous engage
scents.
The Belgian war offices at Brus'
ssas have Officially reported that the
German forces are advancing !"
ssrOe upon the interior Of Belgium
Paris, Aug. 12.-The main ROADS
hstween the Belgian town Of Lou
rnine and Liege have been blown up
nv German mines, cutting off the
,rtrnat Of the defenders of the Liege
forts.
The Germans are moving rapidly
forward to prevent the effective CO.
operation of the French and Belgian
forces.
London, Aug. 12.-The British
French and Belgian allies are mass
ing their forces at Namur, Belgium
20 oppose the army Of 100000 men
which Germany has gathered there
Every indication is that an appaii-
sng battle win take place within "a
hours.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-08-13
STOP GERMANS, FRENCH ARRIVE
BELGIAN Forts Hold OFF Attacking
Army Until Aid Comes

Paris. Aug. 8.-Official reports
received here say the German troops
have entered the Belgian city OF
LieRe. but have not been able to
take the forts.
Fighting of the most violent char
acter took place in the streets.
The Belgian troops have captured
81 German cannon.
London, Aug. 8.-A dispatch from
Brussels to the Exchange Telegraph
company says the German troops at
lacking Liege have asked for IN
armistice Of "a hours.
The Daily Nails Paris correspon-
dent names three Belgian fortressei
-Liege, Namur and Huy--as seem
ing likely to hold proud place In
the history Of the present war, to'
they held back the head of the ad'
vancing German hostilities ald have
given the French army time in which
TO make up for the 80 hours disad'
vantage in mobilization which they
suffered through Germans earlier
preparations.
Another dispatch to the company
SAYS the French army has nov en-
tered Belgium and has advanced
we'll into the country.
Germany has already lost $4,000
men in killed and wounded at Licge
Germany has asked for 24-houi
armistice to bury her dead.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-08-13
GERMAN and ALLIED ARMIES ABOUT
READY FOR BIG BATTLE IN BELGIUM
BEGIN TO
TRANSFER MEXICAN RULE

washington, Aug. 1.-THE peace
full transfer of the government al
Mexico City from the carbatai ad'
ministration to the constvutionalisti
actually began today. according TO
official advices the state depart
ment.
The federal troops evacuated the
capitai. leaving the city in charge
Of municipal police, who BY agree
ment were to be regarded as neutral.
The federals withdrew from the city
10 a nearby point, there to await
announcement OF amnesty from Gen.
eral Carranza. Should guarantees be
refused officials here do not doubt
that a counter revolution Will De
set in motion Immediately.
The Brazilian minister to Mexico,
who is caring for the interests 81
the United States; Governor ltur-
bide. OF the Mexican federal dis
trict. and commission OF two
others, left during the day for Tula,
north of Mexico City, where General
obregon, commander of one OF the
three big divisions OF the constitu-
tionalist army, has headquarters.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-08-13
GERMAN CRUISER
GOALS AT PORTO RICO

San Juan, Porto Rico, Aug. TO-
The German cruiser Karlsruhe ar.
rived this morning, supposedly from
Haitian waters. 1t called for supplies,
including coal. The French and Eng
lish consuls protested to Governor
Arthur Yaeger that the cruiser had
no right to take coal.
The captain Of the cruiser claimed
the right under the proclamation OF
President Wilson to take enough coal
to enable her to make the nearest
home port. Hamburg. The governor
declined to interfere and the cruiser
is now eoaling and viii leave within
"a hours.
The captain Of the cruiser expects
an attack in these waters by English
and French cruisers, which are said
to be waiting outside.