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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22
A Surprise Party.

An enjoyable surprise party WAS
given to Miss Lola Cheatham on FRI
father, Captain James a. Lipscoinb. Of
1903 Maury Street After PLAYING.
games until late hour, the party
freshments were served Among thoso
present were:
Misses Louise Rudd. Lorenc Moody,
cent. Lucy Wells, Vera BEDFORD. Estelle
Moody. Mary Atkinson, Verna Lifsey,
Jella Williams, Inell BEDFORD, Vir-
ginia Harris. Nellie BEDFORD. Rena
'Lipscomb. Lola Cheatham; Mcssrs. Mack
Hague, Raymond Smith. Paul E3rinser.
Jessie Jessie Mastin. Harry Talbot Eric
Wells. Raymond Neister. Oscar Red
ford. Archie Ellis, Jasper Durham.
John Robertson. Charlie Robertson,
Daniel Atkinson. Aubrey Reams, Gin
ton Chalklcv. Carlton Redford. lie Roy
Robert Claiborne, Shelton Lifsey, Elmo
Lipscomb; Captain and Mrs. Lipscomb,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22
SOUTHERN TO RUN
FARMERS SPECIAL
State Agricultural Department
Will Aid in Extending Knowl-
edge Along Line in Virginia.

Working in cooperation with tho
Virginia Department OF Agriculture,
tho Southern Railway Company VIII
operate a special agricultural train
over It's system In this State next
month. Forty-eight stops Will be made
on the tour; which. begins at West
Point. on February 3.
The train will DO operated for the
purpose OF disseminating the latest
information OF Improved farming meth
viii consist OF two coaches for lecture
purposes, one coach with seats removed
for exhibits and another car to carry
the lectures who Will accompany II.
w Il. Gross. agent Of tho land and
Industrial department of the Southern
Hallway. Will be in charge OF the train.
sehtatives from his department viii
deliver lectures and conduct demon
strations. Following Is the itinerary:
Lester Manor, p: NJ.
February i-Mdlothian. 10 a. NJ:
Amelia, Z. NJ.
Meherrin. . Z. NJ: Keysvilie, 7:30 r. NJ.
February 6--Chnse City, 10 A. NJ.
Clnrksviile. . II. NJ
La Tss5%srG ssf p. h nm 10 a. Nj
February 9-Capron, 10 \. NJ; Frank
lin, j. NJ
NJ: sco,tsburg, =. II; South Boston.
100 T. NJ
February ll-Pacc, 10 y NJ; Ring
gold. . l.. NJ
February I2-Oals Hll. . a. A.. Cas-
cadc, 1880 r. NJ; Axton. p. N.
FEBRUARY 1S-stuart, 10 a NJ. Crlts.
. T. M
February l4--spencer 10 a NJ; Mar
February l6-Dry Fork. 10 a. NJ;
Febrnary I7--Al,avis,a. 10 A. NJ;
February ls-Amherst, 10 A. M; AR
February 1e-covesvilIc 10 A NJ;
North Garden, . l.. NJ
February charlottesville, 10 4. NJ;
Eebruary 2l-Culpeper, 10 a. NJ;
February 23-Tho Plains. 10 a. NJ.
Markham, . i. NJ
Febrnary 24-strasburg, 10 a NJ;
February 25- Edinburg. 10 a. NJ; Nj
Jackson, l.. NJ
February 26-Timberv!Nc, 10 A. NJ;
Linville. = =. NJ.
February 27-Harrisburg, 10 =. NJ.
February 2S-Manassaa. 10 a. NJ.
Burke, . = M.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22
OUR LITTLE DELILAms.

| u nn very much In sympathy Will
Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley and their daugh.
| ter Delilah, and don't think tho child
| should DO censured any moro than hci
parents. No girl at tho age OF six
| teen should bo allowed to leave hcr
home and go from tho watchful care
| and training Of her mother, if she has
| ono. Mt that age. This girl 4Eos too
young to be placed in II stenographers'
| office, and moro especially with one
who could put every allurcment before
! her. Children at that arc are easily
| attracted by wealth and show. No
doubt II Delilah could havo waited
| until sho was eighteen or twenty she
| would have acted very differently.
MRS. O. II. NJ.
Our correspondent is right Society.
and not this wrotched little prodgal.
is AZ fault; we who sit snugly In our
own virtue and thank God that we are
not as other men. mako other men
MS they arc. And we sin first of all in
that our industrial system makes us
sacrifice childhood to tho dollar, youth
to livelihood.
We arc not SO blind as not to see
that there come times when the girls
OF family must either work or starve
If these cases be investigated the vast
majority OF them arise because some
one-a parent. mn employer--has failed
TO do his duty. Nothing that wc can
do rs n nation will mean more for the
next generation than Il concerted effort
to save from toll and from the temp
tation that sometimes follows it. the
girls who are to DO tho mothers OF
tho next generation. Better slower
industrial life. better less OF that which
VIC vaunt as progress, than riches pur-
chased by the blood OF our children.
Better wise child-labor laws than
larger dividends.
or this cnse. in all its pathos. we
know little more than has been printed
In our paper we cannot say how or
wherein tho mother failed In her duty.
or whether she failed at all. Yet this
we know: that social usage which
would mako child woman overnight
that foolish haste which would give
child tho prerogatives OF maturity
without the experience OF years. IS ro-
sponsible for our DellIah Bradlcys
IT may sound old Fashioned in a
day when Hfteen-v ar-old children have
their beaux, md when thirteen-year-
old girls go uncscorted to dances, but
we lose so many OF our young women
because we will not let them remain
children,
oh, for a return TO that sanity and
good sense which would lead n child
gently into life--opcning the doors
only as strength is given. meeting tho
Zoe only as knowledge arms.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22

Falmouth. They were destroyed by tho
Confederate cruiser Alabama.
Tho Yankees havo captured Hugh
Logan. charged with having piloted
General Lees army Into Pennsylvania.
He was sent to Pennsylvania for trial
General Rosecranz has been given
tho command of the Army OF Mis-
;rouri. supplnnting General SSchofield.
A. NJ. Palmer. rank Republican
and who was recommended by Horace
Greeley for opposition In the New York
Custom House has been arrested.
charged with running the blockade to
bring supplies to the South. IIo was
arrested. and probably will be con-
yicted, on the testimony Of Lewis
benjamin. who has been engaged In the
same business
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22
The Torrena System.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-Mondays paper tells the
good news that old North Carolina has
adopted the Torrens system of land
title registration. by means of which
the State guarantees the title TO u
purchaser OF o parcel OF land.
Now that Virginia Is about TO follow
suit, and adopt this needed reform. it
is the proper thing to do 10 place the
credit for this good w"ik in construc-
tive legislation whore 1t belongs. for
such reforms do not como about sud-
denly, but are tho result OF slow
growth Of new ideas
And the reformer often has little to
reward him for labor for the good of
the community, for custom" and
self-intercst arc very jealous of
their privileges. and so we see that
social justice and economic liberty are
not an accomplished fact but only
ideas that hover dim and shapeless
in the might have been
II | am not misinformcd the man
who has done most In Virginia to pro-
mote the Idea of land-title reform Is
Colonel Eugene Massie. of Richmond.
who. ms member OF the Legislature,
first advocated the Torrens plan. and
has boon preaching II ever since.
Wo arc progressing some, though
very slowly. and the people now know
choHbh ana Tcdu enough TO understand
that IDEAS must rule In the future. as
opposed to the old rule by the strong
arm Of entrenched privilege.
The Timcs-Dispatch has been sowing
lot of good seed lately-new ideas
| that may fall on good ground and
spring to life, and grow into great
actions. like particularly your sew
eral editorial references 10 the idea
OF eNempting Il portion of tho tax as
scssment on buildings, SO as TO en-
courage more and better building and
home making for the people
The wonder Is that more peoplo
have not seen and understood that the
taxing power OF the community can
be used to better purpose than as n
mere cXpedlent 10 raise money. 1t is
most potent weapon. and If il Is
not handled with due regard for the
science of civilization" IT will be
our enemy instead OF our friend
If YOU tax capital. IL is hidden, or
invested in community that has
seen the cat" and does not tax capital.
! If you tax improvements, you en-
courage vacant lots. and idle farm
land and labor goes where production
Is considered better than speculation.
| If you tax land values" the rule
Is reversed, for land cannot be hidden
! or run away, and Il tax on it stimulates
use ana production. and that means
healthy and natural growth all along
! the linc--real prosperity
"PIEDMON-r"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22
DEVELOPS SMALLPOX.
Visitor to williamsburg Family stricken


ISpecial 70 TIE TlMeH-D INpatch-T
Williamsburg. Va. January 2l--Kenneth
A. Agee formerly principal OF Nicholson
High School and for a number OF years a
student at William and Mary, visitor
al the home OF II. s. Cooley from Saturday
Till Monday evening, and was suffering from
an attack OF smallpox ut the time, c'tS~-th
he not conscious OF il. Mr.. Agee. who
is teacher in the Portsmouth High school,
was sick all of last week. but not Ill
enough to need the attention OF physician.
Feeling better he came to Williamsburg on
Saturday to spend the Weekend returning
TO Portsmouth on Monday Yesterday MIR.
Cooley received telegram from physi-
clan announcing that MI Agee was Ill with
smallpox.
Mr.. Cooley has had all the members OF
his family vnccinated precautionary
measure. and his daughter Miss Blanche
Cooley. who is teacher OF the seventh grade
in the williamsburg High school. IL ut
home under qua rantine. Naturally much un-
ca siness is Tel, by the members OF Mr..
Cooieys family over their exposure 10 the
disease.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22
Poinsett-Ifi. Flower.

10 INC Editor of The Times Dispatch:
SUFFICIENTLY the Voice of the Poo
ccrning Joel r Poinsett. the distin-
Euishcd American diplomat, who died
IN iHo3, Just sixty years ago.
statesman and representative citizen,
he Internationally built perpetual
memorial to himself in the discovery
o. an interesting plant, now widely dis
iouted. which, at Christmas time.
nrlghtcns the florists windows and our
MONIES, and is coupled with good wishes
cards.
Poinsettia pulcherrima, plant ma
i've OF Mexico and Central America, the
surrounding the small grcenish- yellow
nower head. is conceded as unrivaled
among decorative plants. and this bo-
.Mhlcal wonder was brought from the
wilderness OF new country nv In,
man whose name was given to- It by
an uppreciativc botanist. w. ID. II.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22
PerHOnal Mention.

MISS Anna Page Willinms, Of Groens-
horo. y. G., IL visiting Misses Alice and
Eliza Ingram.
Mrs. Joseph w. Ankcrs will leave on
Monday Tor Emporia to visit friends.
The Industrial Chapter of Meade Me-
mortal Episcopal Church will give n
,,nad II, ,i tea on February Ia In tho
Instead OF the prayer-Ineetinu aervica
last night, the congregation OF Porter
street PRESBYTERIAN Church Joined In O
tcrian Church.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22
HEAR AUTO SUIT
Case of Mrs. Meyer Against halfway
COmpany ON TrinI To.Day.

. The $4,000 suit of Mrs. Emma Never
'ngairst the Virginia Railway and
Power Company for damages to her
and Broad Streets Will be heard to-day
IN Hastings Court, Part IL. The plain
tiT claims. that q Laurel Street car
ran into her machine on August ,
smashing 1t against trolley pole.
In her declaration flied by counsel.
Otlahcrty, Fulton & Byrd, Mrs. Meyer
Meyer, wero seriously injured by fall
Ing from the car. Her husband. who
was running It.. was also hurt, the
plaintiff asserts. She alleges that
proper warning was not given by tho
motorman.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22
FOR THE PEOPLE. NOT THE
UANkEItS.

FOX IIE pJ;OfBt, NOI
l DANI<ERS.
! Two mistaken ideas OF tho bill 10
reduce tho tax on bank deposits seem
| to stick In the minds OF those who are
not familiar with the practical opera
ton OF our laws. One is that this
bill, in some strange way, Is for the
/ benefit of the bankers, and is king
their business.
| AS matter OF fact this amendment
| OF IN outrageous statute is for the
| benefit OF the people, and not for the
! benefit OF the bankers. Tho latter do
| not pay the tax, and have nothing to
| lose by its operation. They must. to
be sure, expect large Withdrawals dur
Ing the last days of January. as long
as the present law continues in force.
and must make preparations accord
!nsly But to do this they merely have
to call in their loans, inconvenicncing
not themselves, but the business or
the State.
And beyond this they arc. neither
directly nor indirectly, In any way ar
fectcd by the operation OF the law
The people who have money on Ger
tncatc OF deposit and pny more than
half their interest in taxes. tho bust
ness mon who have open accounts.
widow whose little estate is in Il saw
!ngs bank-thcsc, and not tho banks.
benefit by the far-seeing mercy OF the
bill that has passed the Senate.
There is. TOO. in tho minds OF some
legislators, belief that the amend
mont affects only money in bank"
There could be 10 more mistaken idea.
Under the terms of the present law.
all money is taxable. whether 1t be in
the vault OF a Virginia bank or in an
old stocking under the mattress at
home; whether on deposit in Rich
mond or in New York BY tho ruling
Of tho Attorney General, the only pos
sihlc escape from tho tax. save
through violation OF tho law, is to in
vest money in nontaxables Every
mhn who signs his interrogatory is
supposed TO list tho money he has In
bank tho money he has on his person
even tho money he may have sent to
another state to avoid tho tax
The bill deserves support in itself,
and deserves it still more in that II
demonstrates to the people or Virginia
tho real desire OF the Assembly to rive
them relief. Heretofore there has been
naught but talk and promise--here is
All opportunity for decision and action.
Once the Assembly passes this bill Il
will have given 10 the people OF the
Commonwealth convincing evidence OF
its desire to substitute Justice for con =
hscation equity for robbery by law
The passage OF this act we take il.
will not be an isolated application OF
Il just principle 1t cannot be. With
II there must be a classification OF
which Will not encourage the sale or
securities TO take advantage of the
exemption OF money. a classincati ton
/ which will fix on stocks and bonds a
tax in proportion to their earning
power.
! In view OF these facts-thc positive
I BENEFITS 10 the citizen rather than TO
| the banker, the utter injustice OF the
I present statute, it's significance to the
cause of reform and the possibilities
Of tax revision. which IT anticipates,
We cannot SEQ how members OF tho
House can oppose the bill as passed ly
the Senate
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22
SOUTH RICHMOND
Mr.. and Mrs. a. b. Cheatham, Bire. J. r.
Moody and Robert Baughan.
Funeral OF Sylvan Moody.

The body of Sylvan Moody, son OF
Mrs: Indiana ID. Moody, n former resi-
ment or the Southside. who died on
tuesday in Pittsburgh, Will be brought
mere for burial this morning at T:50
o'clock. The funeral services will TAXI
where the interment will be mado. BE-
sides his mother, whose homo Is In
brooklyn. N. Y. Mr. Moody is survived
by u sister and brother, Linwood Moody,
OF Chesterfield County. and wifo and
two children.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22
SPIKE CAUSES WRECK.
That, II Is Believed, VIII he Report Of
Iuyestiyafprs
Especial to The Times Dispateh.l

Especial to The Times Disputch.l
Winston Salem, ". c.. January 21.--Messrs.
Archer and Cash, of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, conducted an invcstiga-
tion here this afternoon inQuiring into the
cause OF the wreck at Davidson on Sunday
night. which resulted in the death OF En-
ginecr Curlee and Fireman Wilson. They
declined to give out any statement as TO
their findings, but II is known that the offi-
Gals of the Southern Railway who attended
report will give the thoughtless placing of
a spike tho rail by ninc-ycar- oId boy
as the direct cause OF the derailment.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22
\ DOUBLE nARREIlID LAW.

10 make the carrying of concealed
WEAPONS felony ANA TO prohibit the
sale of revolvcrs except for causes,
clearly defined in the statute, which
also would provide adequate punish
ment for dealers Violating The act
would be TO tackle the problem OF
gun-toting from both ends, ana to
close i'm large measure both avenues.
to practice which is an admitted and
serious. menace 10 life.
Carrying concealed weapons is
no Longer = custom on the part
Of white people. but st is more
than custom, IL is habit among
certain elements OF the blacks. ana
among the whites is not by any means
a thing unknown. il is still tho cause
OF suicide murder ana fclonlous shoot
Ing. 1T stu gives our ccroners
inries work to 90. and sim helps keep
The criminal courts busy.
To break up the practice Is I; CON
summation admittedly n necessity 10
'ho better protection OF life TO
that end attention has been devoted
by LEGISLATORS for Years, ana yet prac-
tioaliy nothing has been accomplished
! 10y law. Some advance has been made
as tho efficiency OF police protection
has increased, and as communities have
become less exposed to the dangers of
/ outlaws and tho outcasts OF society.
hut progress, even along these liaes
has not kept pace with tho constantly
. diminishing needs OF weapons TO law
abiding citizens, ana practically no al
vance has been made toward stoppina
the practice on the part OF the actua
and potential lnwbroakers.
The liehtness of the penalty, no les.
than the d!mcultv OF detection, ha!
boen one cause of the inefiicacy of Tn,
laws on the subject and another ha.
been the failure Of the lawmakers /,
devote their attention as much 10 pre-
vention at the source as to prcventioI
by tho example OF punishment Of tn,
sun toter. y heavier penalty Will aid
in that 1t VIII tend to eliminate tn
: man who carries concealed weapon
for no good reason and with no ma
licious purpose. and prohibition of tn
sale. except for good cause. will max
It more difficult and more dangerou
for the professional gun-to:er to prac
tice his profession.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22
Queries and Answers
Inhn nrn,rn,s Cnnnsel

Did John Brown, the aholitionst,
have good counsel Of his own choos-
ing or did the court assign him law
yers" TEIOS. DOWNES.
Both. The record says pursuant to
summons, the court of Justices met OH
October a5 and immediately entered
upon the examination of Brown and
his associates, which was for treason
and murder. Upon inquiry OF the court
| it was aScertained that, the prisoner
had no counsel Here Brown arose
and addressed the court to the effect
that ne had been promised Il fair trial
but he did not believe he would have
ii. He had no counsel, but if allowed
time he would have counsel OF his own
choosing. He did not care for the
mockcry of trial; the court could
save itself the time and expense OF n
mere form. The court explained that
this was only "a preliminary eXamina
ton, and could not await the arrival
OF counsel from the North The court
appointed Hon. Charles j. Faulkner and
Lawson Bolts. Esq. to represent the
prisoner subsequently, Thomas G..
Green took the place OF Mr.. Faulkner.
and on the morning of the 2Sth George
! IL. Hoyt, OF Boston, arrived TO act as
counsel for Brown, and on the same
day Messrs. Green and Bolts Withdrew
| lack OF confidence in them On the
2sth additional counsel, Samuel Chill
| ton. OF Washington, and Henry Girls
void. OF Cleveland, o., appeared and
| remained through tho trial.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22
Improving From In,prx

Street, who was injured on Monday
night by striking herself with an ak
while cutting wood. was reported to be
improving yesterday. The ak was
cauusht In n clothesllne. and then foil
on her head. She wns treated by DR.
-. t. Rucker. who said that her Injury
was not dangerous.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22
Pronertx 1,rnn.f.r,

Joseph Il. Ankcrs and wife trans.
terred to Arthur II. Sully the property
at i9l5 Decatur Street for $1,000. ac-
cordins to deed of bargain and salo
recorded yesterday In Hustings Court,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22
WHERE POWER nAs GROWN.


show a more married. example OF power
Commerce Commission, TO which tho
President proposes authority shan be
given to pass on the stock and bond
issues and purchases OF railroads.
The commission was croatcd less hy
law than by necessity Despite the
broad ground taken by Chief Justice
Marshall In tho case of Gibbons VS..
ogden % Wheaton ~. Congress claim
cd for forty years that competition
would regulate the railroad rates Of
the country. But when. in 1856, the
Supreme Court held that no State could
snterfere with interstate rates CNvabash
az Illinois. lis u. s., 55D, Congress
had TO establish some agency which
ahould prescribe proper interstate tar
Its. The commission established Feb
Yuary 4. 1887. by bill, OF which SEN
ator Cullom was author, was expected
so be little more than legal fiction to
discharge pcrfunctory duties.
Within two years, howeves, TX became
manifest that II the commission were
10 set aside unreasonable rates, 1t must
know wherein the rate was Improper,
and must accordingly, have access to
the books OF the railroad companies
che result was tho act of March, 1889
to which we owe our first accurate re-
ports of railroad operations.
as the rulings OF the commission
were subject 20 review by the courts,
these two acts were soon construed to
define though not always to enlarge.
the powers Of the commission Thus
IN the famous Troy case, decided in
1896. the courts empowered the COM
mission to allow different rates where
the element OF water competition en-
tered and established a new principle
But In the maximum rate case of 1897
tho Supreme Court held that tho pow
/. or OF the commission to declare a rate
!, unreasonable did not carry with j, tho
right to nX a reasonable rate
While the latter ruling temporarily
crippled the commission. other acts
OF Congress gave TO It new authority
: IN other directions. Feeling That ii The
commission should exist IL might as
we'll earn its pay, Congress, in 1898,
placed ia its hands the administration
OF the safoty-deyices act. and, in 1901
vested it with authority to Investigate
wrecks ana accidents
For almost q decade after tho DO
o!sion IN the maximum rate case the
commission was forced to content it,
self with the scmblance OF authority.
unable TO enforce IFS rOliu~ an. In go.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22

what men In this country who came
rs cnniGrants have made great names
for themselves? MISS T.. S.
You would be able to secure AN an
sWcr satisfactory to yourself only by
letting us know whether you desire
TO include the period of early settle
mcnt on not. and just what your own
definition OF great names is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-22

Can you tell me tho fun namc Of the
great lawyer, $, s. Prcntiss. when and
where he was born and OF what an
cestry? REV. Il. JOHNSON.
Scargent Smith. Prentiss He was
horn September 30. 1905, at Portland,
Me. The first of his paternal ancestry
i'm this country was Henry Prentice,
who settled as planter" in Cam
bridge. Mass, prior To 1886. his name
being in the list OF members OF the first
church ia that place in the early part
of that year Ills great grandson, the
Rev. Joshua Prentice. altered the SPELL
form.