The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-09

burg Advance I'VE know that the state of
broke ness in strange land is mighty
pleasant" How about the state OF broke
in game with strangers?
The Fredericksburg Free Lance pays tribute
to the craftsmanship of those who SO promptly
passed the emergency currency bill. Tho
President and Congress arc to be congratu-
lated" 1t says, "on the prompt action taken to
protect business and credits in this country dur
ing the present situation. Rising above party
and looking only to the welfare of the coun-
try. Congress has made it impossible for n
panic to occur. and tho banks Of the country
Will be able to meet all requirements of the
people as result of congressional action the
emergency currency measure There is no
alarm in America over the European mix up
only regret"
Comptroller of the Currency williams says
all the currency needed is in circulation.
Somebody got our share remarks the Salem
Times Register You can search us, DO.
"Stll there is some consolation in the fact
that Cole Blease has been summariiy crowded
out of the limelight" says the Bristol Herald
Courier. Along with T. r.. Barnes. THE Same
Old I2ill' and few others whose greed OF the
front page has been satisfied a. the expense Of
the reading public.
The Norfolk Ledger Dispatch suggests: The
call Ia colors may have the effect of changing
of another nationality The Watch OH the
, Rhine Meantime. IT will he demonstrated
conclusivcly whether the tricoors fast or
will
Belgium Is the key to France the Alex
andr:a Gazette says. and continues: Army Of
hccrs think In the campaign through Belgium
lies Germanys only hope Of marching her sol
dicrs Into France" Estimates of the dead and
wounded received since that written lead
to the common belief that william got the key
in the wrong door when he tried Belgium.
This clue supplied bS. the editor OF the VIII
a"shurs Gazette. may put the farmers of vir-
snia on the trail OF the harvest hands whose
absence from the fields has occasioned alarm
and financial loss: we have even this year
seen men actually at work with sickles cut
ting the grass along the streets At almost any
time you may see man with shovel and hoe
working the streets II must not be inferred,
however that crops abundant In the streets
of Williamsburg. The Gazette was merely
commentng upon the inadequacy of the sys-
tom of street cleaning provided by the town
IN tncrs.
Claims the wheat growing chamDionship
of Virginia arc in order for consideration and
comparison. The Edinburg Sentinel throws
down the gauntlet in behalf of Shenandoah
champion, submitting the following: Hon r.
J. Walker. OF Mt jackson, claims to be
the champion wheat grower In Shenandoah
County. He had two and quarter acres Of
land that for twenty years has been farmed
every alternate year in watermelons. and this
the year according o his rotation for the
place TO be farned In wheat which was done.
From this piece. two and quarter acres only.
he harvested 1872 bushels of fine quality wheat;
average OF ffty-eight and two-third bushels
per acre 1t is free for all contest Who is
entitled to the wheat belt?
The Portsmouth Star philosophers: Man In
the beginning was given dominion over the
( ho1 of he 6e he fowl of tho III
fish of the sea. He is warning day over the
fields OF the EARTH upon the seas and under the
seas. and In the heavens above the earth" And
all because, in the opinion OF some authorities
Kaiser Wihclm's course of reasoning has been
some thing to this effect: The universe is the
Lords but Europe rlghtfully belongs to GER