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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-06

of America could have kept US from
sstarvation during the past Butenow
fdrink has blocked up the channels
| through which cur resources flow. and
our wheat and -four rot II, our ware
houses for want OF a market and the
/ women and children are crying Tor
bread. what is pure and Undecided
religion? Here IT is: ITO visit the
fatilerfess and the widows in their af-
| Fiction and keep himself unspotted
/ from the world" The way to visit
the widow and orphan is to come in
time to help Let me illustrate;
Suppose as I go down the road to
night with my friend Bob Dewsbury
walking by my side. man should
|, rush up and draw a keen-bladed knife
and stab me three or four times.
After seeing me fall by the road
side Dewsbury runs up and says:
Here, Hardy, you may bleed on my
silk handkerchief, Is there anything
/ can do for you? ] VIII stay with
you and give you anything have" /
would reply: Nothing now; you came
too late. When the blade of THAI
knife shone above me you should
have caught the arm and stopped the
knife"
Fellow-citizens, the liquor traffac
has Its knife crimsoned with the blood
Oh IHlltiot}N VI ibuotNHL lIFtst hiLGu
above the homes of this country, and
almost every hour, yea. every min,
ute OF the day. it comes down with
fearful execution. and we follow up
and help the widow and orphan In
their affliction. The sensible thing
to do Is TO grab the arm and stop tho
knife.
Here are four machines. they are
all American machines, Watch them.
One is a sawmili. second a grist-mill,
third a paper-mili, and fourth a GIN
mill. will ask them some ques-
tons: Hello. sawmill. what is your
power Steam or water?'' start IT
up and let the wheels buz. What is
your ram materiai?" Logs" What
is your manufactured article 2.
Lumber" Lumber more valuable
than logs Yes" Then YOU
create values; take your place among
tho industries of honor"
:. machine: what are you ?'
"A grist-mili." What is your power p"
Steam or water" start her up;
let us hear the wheels. the creaking Of
the old mill, Maggie" What ia your
What is your manufactured article 2"
Flour and meal" Flour ard meal
more valuable than wheat and corn ?"
Yes" Then you create values; we
welcome you with honor"
"Hellow. machine; what are You %
IA papermill'' What is your
powery" Steam or water" What
is your raw material?" "Old rags"
What IL your manufactured ar
ticle?" Linen paper" "Is linen pa
per more valuable than rags" Yes"
''Then take your place along with the
other !ndustries''
Hello machine, what are your" "a
gin mill" THAT sounds suspicious
You will have to have some witnesses
to prove your right to exist. What
IL your power7'' THE votes of the
church OF this country"
shut up" Yes. that's right" says
the gin-mill. ASK some of these men
The very days that, all the church,
members cease voting for me that
very day stop stock still. never to
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-06

true that we could make large
amount OF money out of the BUSINESS.
could the fathers and mothers Of
America afford to barter away stheir
boys for money.
This campaign reminds me OF a fox
chase:
The old fox has been lying peac eful-
ly in his bed for many years. He has
grown old and fat feeding on his as
sociates Of the animal family he
thinks he has a mortgage on them and
a lease of life for ever. But not SO.
On one beautiful October morning he
hears beautiful music. for a while it
charms him. but suddenly 1t ap-
proaches too near. his instinct whis-
pers. flee for safety" He rises and
runs for liberty and life He has lived
dishonesty by taking life and giving
nothing in return but misery and
death. Being dishonest and cunning
he tries to cheat his pursuers. When
he gets far enough he tacks. he tyies
to cover up his tracks. he leaves the
earth and tip toes down rail fences.
After awhile the dogs gather the facts
by hard work about his ~trickery At
last they bay him. Then the men who
have watched the chase watch the
dogs as they punish him unto death.
What happens then? They sever the
! hold upon the fox and save his hide.
Why? That is the only part Of the
fox that is worth saving
The licensed saloon has been rest
ing undisturbed in the cities for more
| than nifty years. 1t has heard the
prayers OF good women to arouse it,
II has seen millions OF men, women
and children stagger and fall from
its wicked blows, it has witnessed
flower covered graces. that echoed
back the words: You did It," the
echo comes back as from the fox.
| I'VE are put here for business. what
! care we for prayers. for the Nslaying
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-06

|of innocent lives. and flower covered
graves, N long - the law does not
lift its hand. this misery and death 10
on your own head, check the misery
and death at the source from which
1t came. we are too busy to listen to
your appeal" At last they have been
aroused, they are UP and running for
life, they are lacking, they are try
ing to cover UP their tracks with
money. but the blood OF innocent souls
only freshen their tracks. They are
telling us. Catch the demon whiskey
in Maine, North Carolina, 0eorGia ana
Kansas" oh isn't this like q cunning
fox? Fellow citizens, on September
22nd we will Kill the licensed saloon
and protect the souls that offended so
long by saying to them, in the Ian
guage of Paul: Let US run the race
together in an honest business that
Is set before U.S."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-06


eAls tax that the amount OF tax de-
rived from.
~ That convenient pet child of the
Tsxtcc~atic party. Local Option" was
tneTtf intended TO he applied to the
liquor tr.af'ic. any more than to health.
,s&nitary' conditions. race track gamb-
Ting the traffic question. the money
nueAtton, the thief, the liar and the
murderer andsali other questions that
protect the people from abuses. But
we have lived u see local option tern
away from all questions except the
fsouor question. And now when the
people have the knife clinched to
saver this connection. the Local Self.
Government league CRIES Out; We
submit TO all other changes. but You
must not apply il to the license
saloon" Why IS this7 Because IL ans
rockets with money and stonachs
with liquor
put people here and there differ as
20 our greatest trouble. Some say
the spirit Of anarchy causes unrest
over our, country and the people suf-
fer fromsits effect Only a few years
ago this spirit was so dominant In
one of our large cities. that II took
500 armed policemen TO dispel the
-schs ana eyrry time they were found
assembled in 4the upper rooms OF the
saloon. That spirit IS born In the
AaIoen SOMEONE says another great
trouhie.'s strikes and mobs. and when
they become uncomfortable. the very
fsrsf shing the mayor does Is to order
every saloon closed. He goes ia. the
fountain from which the mob springs,
ard the only hope for life end safety
ss 70 stop he fountain. Again We
look into the face or the most heinous
and wicked corruption in our political
life. and everysmar knows that~the
,,ouor business Sis back OF political
corrn ption.
Again we saw ,what ia tho matter
with the country Let va ask the
politician The answer comes back,
settle the tariff question properly
and we will have.rrosperity." Let us
&c to the custom houses Of America
ana write down every import into the
United States at its ad valorem value,
to say nothing of tax. and the whole
business will not settle our liquor bin
for one year.
What la the matter with the coun-
try. Mr.. Politician The answer comes
back. Settle. the currency question
properly thattwe may be saved from
"a MICS. and wes~will have prosperity"
Let us go to New York and get every
national bank: New Orleans and
get every national bank; to Boston
and get every national bank: take
every national bank In the United
States. not leaving out one, and pile
them down lere in a pile: also every
4pll4r Aof national bank stock In the
Untt3d States. and the whole bust
mess will hardly pay our liquor BIN
6eie year. When a few banks In the
5afxs cities break. the whole country
becomes alarmed, yet we can throw
cur arms around every national bank
ii the United States and the country
akal1 HIVES. How can we live? Moth
mr. hat the almost infinite resources
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-06

was elected modsrator. Mr., B. =.
Haean. Of ChfiatiAnsburg, reaain9
clerk. ana the Rsv. ~ 8. Rachel. q
Bramweii. W. Va. rscording clark pro
tenn.
Mr.. Leslie L patterson. of psars
church. was received under care 81
the presbytsry - candidate for glas
ministry.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-06

COMPARISON and CONTRAST
CONTINUED from First Page.)

bell o nsg about bout that Before st that law rcs brew
and then cry that prohibition does not prohibit
After receiving letter had interview with manufac
rer who OF man have known
State and when he began his manufacturing Maine He
He avows that even before the WebbKenyon bill
passed conditions much better than in wet State But since
that bill passed. conditions in Maine hundred
better operatives He gets work and better work out
his
This does not mean that everything is perfect in Maine but
that when the of the law broke off the liquor
traffic tyranny by making unlawful for outside the State
ship liquors into the State then the people Maine had
for the first time try out their prohbor laws They have
not the figures that Mr. Cabe used
Not all the people Virginia know that Maine
State with fishing and business its chief industries
Millions of Of fish from the pound mackere to the oound
wordfsh always biting the Maine Iobse CLANS
na the @ak hn and ne hts the at
tens OF thousands strung along its coast for with their
cities AUTOMOBILES yachts dash along
hundreds of miles Of coast the most beautiful the world Of
handed from friend But part
would be used if there saloons along the How then
CUES does Would thousand saloons along the coast make
the fish bite better Would the clans LIQUOR
Holsters multiply Would better people Maine to
spend their vacations there million saloons here
Maine does prosper The people Of Maine happy and
looking big long bite and
he Holsters into traps and the tens of thousands of
caonss delight live in cottages there and good taxes for the
privilege the people of Maine satisfied there
taxes on valuable properties who would not 60 there the saloon
there Our cottages would not be safe absence
would not be pleasant when the coast drinking and caroung
and all the other Accomplishments of the liquor traffic there
Mr. Cabe must have known these things He must have known
that the statistics show that there people hundred
thousand houses Ohio than Maine many
ayums in Ohio than Maine and that only affirmed
proved to be the direct influence liquor States he and
the liquor dealers for whom he spoke equen really believe
there is much liquor drunk States wet States they
you'd all vote for prohibition license
DO not let Vrgnans be deceived The best people of Maine
wish nothing better for Virginia than that she should have prohibition
under the laws which easily made effective under the Webb
Kenyon bill j. B. LEMON
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-06
CANCER CURED AT THE KF1A
Lam HOSPITAL

The record OF the Ksilam Hos
pftal IL without parallel in HIS
tory, having cured without the
use OF the Knife. Acids. X-RAy or
Ra.Eum, over ninety per cent OF
tho many hundreds lot sufferers
from Cancer which II has treated
during the past eighteen years.
We want every man and woman
in the United States to know what
we are doing. KELYAAM HOSPI-
tai, 1871 W. Main St.. Rich-
mond. Va
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-06

Special local Data Fer Yesterday.
II noon Temperature ...... $1,000. n
p. N. temperature -. ........ ~
Maximum temperature up to r. NJ 20
Minimum temperature up to 8 r. N. 81
Mean temperature -. .......... ~
Normal temperature -. ....... ~
Deficiency In temperature today.
Deficiency in temperature since
March ......s...- .......... III
Accum. Deficiency in temperature
since January ............ 1ol
Rainfall last twenty -four hours. o
Deficiency in rainfall since Meh 1. 1856
Accum. deficiency in rainfall since =.
January ! ........... 7.06
Local Observatipn r. NJ. Yesterday.
temperature -..s ..'......... ~
AAuHiuty b3
Wind--Direction ..... ......... NE,
Wind--yelocity $3.50. ........ 3
Weather 1880. Clear
Rainfall last II hours ........ o
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-06
BEER AND Wines
WILL BEAR bRUNT
Of THE WAR TAX

Washington, Sept. 6.---A decision
that the tax on beer shall be in
creased from 81 to $3.50 or $50 q
barrel and that tax shall be levied
on wines and soft drinks, and pos
sibly an advance in the rate on
ments of the conference OF the DEM
ocratic members OF the ways and
means committee today on the pro-
posed bill to raise s109,000,000 for
the needs of the government. The
conference lasted throughout the day
and was lively one from start to
finish. Vigorous protests were made
against the proposal OF Representa-
tive Underwood that q tax OF per
cent should be assessed on railway
tickets and a small tax on gAsolene.
and it IS apparent that il these times
are placed in the bill they will pro-
woke bitter fight
Estimates in the conference today
made the yield from wines, soft
drinks and a few other articles not
specified at 375,000,000. AS the COM
mittee is required to prepare bill
that will bring In $10o,000.000. there
yet remains several articles or
utilities to be selected for purposes
of taxation.
Protests that come from various
sections Of the country Indicate that
whatever the conclusions of the COM
mittee, the revenue bill will have a
rocky road in both houses OF con-
gress.
Present indications are that II will
be necessary to invoke caucus rule to
put the bill through the house. This
Is foreshadowed by the murmurings
among members generally over the
news that has trickled from the con-
ference room OF the committee on
ways and meane.
In seeking articles to tax, the COM
mittee today considered magazines as
legitimate prey. They also discussed
the advisability OF levying a tax on
the magazines that accompany many
Sunday newspapers.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-06
The Weather

For Virginia: Fair and warmer Sun.
day. Monday cloudy; moderate varfa-
BILE winds.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-06
Monfanner Pr,e1

Montgomery Presbytery.
Floyd. Va. Sept. 5.--Montgomery
presbytery convened here with jack
sonvile church at p. N. yesterday.
Eighteen preachers and twelve elders
answered roll call.
- W. G. Campbell OF Roanoke,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-06
Dest eeashore Ousing.
HOTEL wACHAPREACUE.

Homelike Comforts, Surf Bathing,
Boating. F1shing. Automobiling. Ten
MIS-. Music Bowling and Pool Free),
Electric Lights. ArtesiAn Water ana
Row Boats. Ten Miles Outing In
Power Boat. 10c. Send for Booklets.
A. H. g. NEARs. wachapreague. East
ern Shore Va
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-06
], \. HARDY'S ADDRESS

xcpnsinued From EDITORIAL fags,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-11-28

The Papuan women Of Parimau
have no great attractions. either nat
ural or artificial. to hide or conceal
With the exception of few beads
they wear nothing but the loin cloth.
made from the bark of tree.
Poor wretches!" exclaims the ex-
plorer, their days are one long round
of toll, and they have little leisure to
think of trinkets or decoration. Wom'
an, the weaker creature, Is relegated
to very inferior position, and Is IN
fact the slave, body and soul, OF her
lord and master, becoming his prop
erty to deal with as he pleases. Mar
riages, except on special occasions.
are not considered of much tmpor-
lance, and are not celebrated by
feasts or jollif1cation. Nor Is any at
tention paid to the birth Of child.
If dress can be looked upon as q
source of pleasure, widows In Paupua
are to be envied, inasmuch as they
are required to adopt outward and
visible signs Of their bereavement. A
widow OF standing will decorate her
self with a short and scanty bodice
of woven grass, which leaves the
stomach bare, while from the hips Will
hang a still more ragged form OF
skirt. Surrounding all Is a peculiarly
shaped poke bonnet, made Of the same
material, which, unless the lady
wishes to be seen, completely hides
her face. Young widows are not 80
careful to conceal their charms, and
are usually satisfied with the scantiest
of skirts in the form of punches OF
grass hanging in front and behind,
and If they fancy it. with more tufts
hanging from the biceps."
Probably nowhere else in the world
are the birth and death rates 30 high
as In New Guinea.
The suggestion here occurs, that
the gift of $100,000,000 for q world
health campaign-which benefaction
Ambassador Page announced the
other day in London as having been
projected by a number Of wealthy
Americans-may find scope in New
Guinea.
1.-THE income Of this fund.-" accord
ing to published announcement.
which will amount to about 100000
q year, will be applied to the study
and cure of diseases among native
races in all parts Of the world"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-11-28
OH Bearing Tree Found.

Scientific investigation is being
made Of a newly-discovered oil-bear.
ing seed found abundantly on the Is
land of Catanduanes, in the Philip
pines. It grows on q large tree and
comes from . brown pear-snaped
fruit that opens not unlike q cotton
boil when ripe and emits the seeds.
The seeds are rough of surface and
OF q dark brownish color, about the
size of large dried prune and slight.
ly kidney-shaped. The tree has not
yet been fully identified. but 1t is
thought to belong to the genus
Amoora or Dysoxylum. Tradition
shows that before the advent of pc
troleum the inhabitants of Catan.
duanes used the oil from this seed as
q luminant.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-11-28

| friendly relations set up with the
| Tapiro, as these newly-discovered
pygmies are called, the men submit
ting willingly to measurements, which
showed an average height of four feet
nine inches. But no offers Of metal
knives and axes would induce them to
| let their women be seen. prOba bly,,
Mr.. Wollaston conjectures, because
they feared abduction by the Papuans.
He supplies interesting details about
them, although vagueness attends
these, "for they are SO indescribably
dirty that it is not easy to know which
Is their true color" but the type Is
distinctly Negrito.
The language of the Tapiro pygmies
seemed to be radically different from
that of the Papuans, and the Wollas-
ton party we're unable to make even
the smallest vocabulary of it. Their
voices are high-pitched and nasal, and
full of animal-like throat sounds i'm
possible to render phonetically In
writing
Captain Rawling and Doctor Mar
| shall had somewhat better luck.
Through q forest filed with birds Of
paradise and emerald green serpents.
they penetrated to the pygmy village
Of Wambirimi, high up in the hills and
spent day and a night there. photo
graphing and parleying with the Lilli-
putian natives. In the line Of femi-
mist study, however; they made no
further advance than their predeces-
sors had done. It was only among
the pygmies' grownup cousins, the
taller Papuans of the plains, that they
secured those pictures Of women and
children which form 80 striking and
convincing a complement to the pub
! lished narratives.
"The more one sees Of these peo-
ple." writes Rawling, the more one
realizes that their lives are one long
struggle for existence. Precipitous
mountains with deep and gloomy
gorges surround them on either hand,
every foot Of ground clothed with the
densest forest, with perpetual rain,
with no wild fruit or edible roots, and
flesh in any form scarce and hard to
procure. One must see the ground to
appreciate the amount Of labor that
has been expended In clearing away
the great trees and vegetation In their
efforts to cultivate the less precipitous
land. When 1t is realized that this
has been accomplished solely with the
aid Of fire q difficult operation in this
wet climate), stone axes and two i'm
plements fashioned out of a couple of
small pieces of hoop-iron fastened to
bamboo handles. the magnitude Of the
task will be understood"
The visitors displayed large butcher
knives, which ELECTED gasps Of admi-
ration and envy from the pygmies,
and explained that these prizes were
for such men as would induce q wom-
an to show herself. Yet all to no
purpose. The old men formed the
obstructionist party; the young ones
by themselves might have yielded to
the temptation. They said the women
had surreptitiously peeped at the
white men from the screen of the
jungle. but had been scared OF by
the clothes they wore!
The pygmies, 1t IL believed, inter
marry with the Parimau people Of the
plains. who are Of larger stature. and
not 90 Turkish or Mormon-like in 4
their ideas about the segregation Of
the fanaalA ~.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-11-28
important FIGURE.

Since my boy entered public life
I no longer feel like sending him on
IN errand to the grocery store"
I'm public life. you say?"
Yes. Hes . boy scout now"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-11-28

Constipation causes and aggravates many
serious diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured by
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The favorits
family laxative. Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-11-28

And too much learning is also q
dangerous thing.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-11-28
Equipped for II.

Equipped for 1t.
"Your friend, Mr.. Hewgag is quite
In adept at light conversation"
HE should be. He's lantern
jawed."
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-11-28
YGMYLAND, in the Ma

Y0MYLAND, In the Ma'
lay archipelago. has been
found and explored, de-
scribed and pictured. 1t
is as weird and wonder
full as Gulliver's Lilliput.
and is actual fact, not
satirical fancy. It is
hidden in the mountain
GUS heart of New
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1914-11-28

Public-Spirited.
Eyes, sir, old Skinflint, across tn
street there, has done more to boon
this here two than any other ms
in It,"
HE has? Why, he acts like sur
ly, Quarrelsome fellow who wants y
get the best of everybody"
II know 1t, but that man has ben
the making of eleven of our lawyefh
Cupid could give the fool killer :
lot of pointers.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-01-15
NRS.LOU|SF bODE
DIES IN THE HOME
Of HER DAUGHTER
Resident of Cairo 81 Years is
Stricken Oh Anniversary OF Mar
riage and Husbands Dcah.

Mrs. Louise Bodc, IS years OIL, a
rcsiden. of Cairo for the past 81
Years died at the home Of her dangh-
ter. Mrs. Louis Oehlcr. 5G2 CONNER
cial venue at eco o'clock yestcr-
day morning. Death was due 20 u
complication of diseases and cancer
of tae stomach, for whjrh shc u2dcr-
went M operation last August. Since
that tine she bas been confined To
her bed.
Mrs. Bolc U bern in OHtrton,
Wcstflleu. Germany, where she was
married "a years ago. comina di-
reetly to Cairo after the marriage.
Yesterday was the anniversary Of
her marriage ana also the eighth
anniversary of her husbands q ath.
Mrs. Bodo il survived By one
daughter, Mrs. Louis Oehlcr ard
three sons. August, Carl anI WIZ
BoIc, al, Ct this city, IN s'ster,
Mrs. Edward Schneider of Pitts
burg. Pa, a niece. Mrs. Louis liam
mock f Raleigh, y. c., and an aunt,
Mrs. ..cuisc Nichols OF this citF.
The deceased was a memlc" of
the Emmanuel Lutheran church and
ur ,&. p-,rtl.ni, pahoEab lode.