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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
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Editor virginian:
sir,-There has been considerable
interest manifested recently over the
apple and pear tree blight which is
somewhat prevalent over Virginia and
other States, as well. There has been
more Juror raised than is warranted
by the true state of the case. This
blight Is quite common--worse In some
years than others, but the real and
lasting damage Is not near so great
as the fears OF the people indicate.
Four years ago this blight was
twice as great in our large Stuart or
chard OF $4,000 trees, but we could
not see that any material damage re-
suited. Two years from now people
will forget about the blight of 1915.
The worst blight ever knew was In
,1S85--fifty years ago-when saw
many trees black as a mourning dress.
and yet no lasting damage resulted.
If the orchardist has time 1t would be
well to cat out the hllghted twigs be-
low the part affected and burn all the
part cut out; hut II often happens
that there Ia so much else to do in the
orchard and farm that this cannot be
done, and so 1t must he left to nature
to rectify the small damage that ac-
crues.
The scare headlines INDUCED In by
so many periodicals, an almost wholly
unnecessary. though few sections
seem to be hit pretty hard. Yet af-
ter all. II can be truly iikened to our
old familiar hymn. Behind a frown-
ing providence He hides smiling
face Underneath the brownish
coat OF leaves you will md the vixor-
Gus green that says After clouds, sun
shine.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
VERSES BY vTRGTNIANs.


June-TSnae in the Cumberiands.
When come the balmy days OF June,
When wintry winds have fled,
/ wander mid the Cumberlands
with light and gladfu1 tread.
From hili to hin the songsters sweet
Pipe glad their clear refrains,
And as I listen to their notes
grudge not all my pains.
The June-time breezes gently stir
Ger hills and valleys fair.
Come laden with their sweetnesses,
Perfumes beyond compare.
oh, as I wander mid these scenes,
NV heart with Joy expands.
I think no others quite so sweet
As are the Cumberlands.
The squirrels from the tree-tops call
To tell me I intrude;
Although / heed them not, yet /
Would never treat them rude.
/ see the bees as sweets they con,
Each flow'r yields it's store:
How patiently they labor on,
Each fiowery nook explore.
The shiny rtlls are ripping sweet,
AS seward they are bound
o stranger give them ear attenti
There's music In their sound.
Yes, I'm the fair and balmy June
He's blest who understands
The g4adful spirit Of these hills.
The thrice-fair Cumberlands.
FRANK MONROE BEVERLY.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29

The pro-Gcrman press was very
bitter ever the seeming liberty allow
ed yIctoriano Huerta to go and come
A he pleased In New York. wsaen
Dablic sentiment practically drove DIR.
4 l4eruArd Dernberg out OF the country.
f11e pro-iermans failed to realize that
xSAd Huerta conducted himself as did
M Bcrnberg. he, too. would have met
~ same fate. Had the Doctor kept
~ ino1fh closed we would never have
4 1on hs Was present. Haarsa kept
= mouth reasonably closed. but the
x1apers announced ne was present.
t1nx on the principle that II given
IA rope he would hang himself,
6sefnrnent allowed Mr.. Huerta to
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
Buying out SALOONS.

Springfield. ILL.,. June 2S.--A new
campaign issue between the VETS
and "drys' In Illinois, which may be
used in other States, took life during
the closing days of the Illinois Legis-
lature. 1t was embodied in a bill that
proposed that saloonists who are put
out of business by popular vote should
be recompensed to the full value OF
their stocks and fixtures and compcn.
stated for the good will' attached to
their places of business This ex-
pense was to come out of the public
funds OF any community voting out
the saloons
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
AdoDts Foreigner.

Los Angeles, June 2s.-The sweet
voice of Aiois Mayer, twenty-seven
years old. who earns his living by
singing in a cafe, and whose parents
were alive in Germany the last he
heard, won him a fortune when the
Superior Court granted the petition
of Mrs. Edith Amos, forty-seven, to
adopt him as q son.
II couldn't very well marry him"
Mrs. Amos told Judge Sidney N.
Reeve, i'm urging her petition. Mayer
came here from Munich a couple OF
years ago. He said he had not heard
from his parents for months.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29

The former segregated vice district
IN Petersburg is closed More than
that, the significant statement lie made
In the press that petersburg officers
are known TO be in sympathy with the
closing movement and will enforce the
law"
\ What a surprise some OF the good
people OF Richmond would receive
were they to be told that Richmond
officers are in favor of enforcing this
lawi We freely predict tsnat Peters
burg will have little trouble in enforc-
ing her Law, because her officers be-
iseve 1t can be enforced. Here in
Richmond where officers Of high and
lax- degree did not believe the law
could be enforced we had for years
an open and fragrant violation of law
and Of oaths of off1ce. For a few
months we have had the law enforced
In a certain fashion by the same Of
sscers, hiesl and low, who before pre-
vented II from being enforced, and al
ready the chief OF police, who favored
the segregated district as the best
means of controlling the evil, has de-
riared officially that conditions in the
late segregated district are the best he
has ever known. and that fewer com
plants of houses outside the district
are being made.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
Eats without stomach.

Baltimore, Md, June 2S.--Meyer
Captain. merchant Of Newberry. N. c.,
is at a local hospital here learning,
under the direction Of trained nurse.
to eat, virtually without stomach. He
came to Baltimore two weeks ago to
be treated for tumor OF the stomach.
and the surgeons removed all but
about two inches of that organ. The
small flap attaching to the aesopha-
gus was Joined to the duodenum, a
part of the small intestine. The man
is now able to take into his system
food that Is easily digested.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
CEDAR WORKS. CASE ON
TRIAL AT RALEIGH
Carolina Editors Hold Convention.
Alabama Satisfied With Dry
Laws.
BIRMINGHAM WANTS COLLEGE
Would Move Medical Department OF
State Unlyersity-Bees Swarm IN
Atlanta and Live In Chimney--In-
vestigation OF Strawberry Crop
Shortage.

Raleigh, N. c., June 2s.-Trial of
the case of the Richmond Cedar
Works against the Pittsburg Lumber
Company began before Judge Conner
in the Federal Court here today.
The suit involves contention over
timber In Tyrrell County. N. c., in
which the plaintiff alleges 1t is due
damages in the sum Of approximately
$4,000.
Judge r. w. Winston. of Raleigh. is
appearing for the plaintiff and e. f.
Aydlett, OF Elizabeth City. for the de-
PENDANT.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
Ceterate .Bat,y week.. "

Pittsburg, June 2s.-"Baby Week"
began with sermons in many churches
in response to the request of Mayor
Joseph G. Armstrong. The week Is
organized under the auspices OF the
Pittsburg Department of Public
Health.
Tomorrow will be Flag Day."
when several thousand banners will be
hung out of windows to indicate the
location of the 1914-1915 crop Of
babies.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
Atlanta is Literal Beehive.

Atlanta, June ga swarm of
bees from the country caused a sem
sation by invading Atlanta's business
district in compact, buzzing cloud,
and after startling Peachtree Street
went up seventeen stories over the
roof of the Healey Building and set
tied on the low roof of the Central
Club. There they picked out VEN
tilator hood as their home and,
headed by their queen, proceeded to
set up housekeeping.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
NEW EvIDENcEt
OF HENRNC. !

Pending the hearing VI
to set aside the verdict inn
Drewry case, friends OF d
hunting all possible evidence
as added weight In the arguS
be made by Attorney Futon.
said yesterday 1t has been diecf
that when Drewry went to this 4
to purchase his ticket, he asked
one to Washington. He was inf0r1sl8
the train had just gone. He waA u
that train was just being male =
to leave for Atlanta. whereuposl ~
bought ticket Tor that city. IN
erratic movement will be used "a IT,
dictate his state Of mind. 9S&|
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29

dent Wilson. We wondered what the
significance was. Now the New York
Times comes with the very proba BILE ex-
PLANTATION that the paper was not sup
pressed Tor any criticism of the United
States or of President. Wilson. but be-
cause IN the course OF that criticism
reference was made to Chancellor Won
Betshman-Hollweg as an Inadequate
statesman" Prompt suppression fol-
lowed Equally as prompt was the
lifting of the ban ana the publication
of other articles against our President
and country. but not against Ger
manys chancellor. This incident
taken in connection with the stimuli
taneouR suppression Of a socialist
paper. which dared to advocate a
movement for peace. indicates that
the militarists in Germany are still in
full sway. Any hopes or fears to the
contrary may be dismissed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
SURETY OF PUNISHMENT.

the country, and particularly in more
Southern States, recognizes the ex-
.celience of the Virginia judicial sys-
tenn. and the reputation of the State
for law enforcement is pointed to with
envy in every state where lynchings
have taken the place Of legal pro-
cedure and mob rule usurped the
throne of justice
virginia could better AFFORD to break
any Of her highly priced records of
public service than her record of
swift punishment for crime.
We have already. In the past day or
two. commended this record. and We
quote the following from tsne Lynch
burg News TO show just what the
record Is. The News says:
I'VE are rather sure that no
tynching occurred I'm virginia dur
ing Governor Montague's admin
istration, which began in 1902. II
this DO so, then Virgfnias slate
has been clean of the lynching re-
preach for thirteen years Nor do
we think that case of the sort
occurred in Virginia while Major
Hoge Tyler was Governor. whose
term began in 1S9S--seventeen
years ago. And according to our
recollection. during co1onel O'Fer-
rails incumbency as Governor. no
death was wrought by mob vio-
~ IL
which event Virginia could pre-
sent Hawless' lynehing record
extending over more than two
decades.''
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
Send Guns for Arizona.

Norfolk. June 28.-The United
States naval auxiliary Cyclops. now at
the navy yard, will sail next Wednes-
day for the New York yard with tnree
seventy eight-ton gun slides for the
guns of the new battie-
ship Arizona, which was launched at
Brooklyn a few days ago.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
Demanded Open Door.

Peking. June 2S.--Warning that the
EEited States would not recognize
any agreement between China and
Japan which impaired American
rights in China or endangered the
open door policy, was conveyed to
the governments of both China and
Japan in an identical note from
which was delivered
about May Is.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29

Editor Virginian:
Sir.--Within the last two
months negroes have criminalY
assaulted a six-year-old white girl.
fifteen-year-old white girl. and
young married white woman
right here in Virginia And yet
despite this unparalleled record of
negro bestiality and defiance OF
law sou have the nerve TO assert
that the protection of the law af-
n fordad these monsters OF iniquity
saaS the effect of lettering them
from perpetrating their crimes
against the white race,
One burning at the stake would
have more effect in this direction
than one hundred legal execu-
tons.
e. R1oRDAN.
While we nave no intention of In
auaztre iii ans extended arganen
wtt; our correspondent. we cannot fat
to remark that II Is a generally &C
eepted axiom of criminal law that 4
I'd not so much the severity as tbs
certainty of death, or other punish
ment. that is counted on to deter
crime We note that in every instance
cited In the above communication tbs
death penalty was inflicted on this
criminal within record time. In fac
we doubt If there has ever been @
record Of swifter or moro severe pun
Ishrnent in the history of any STATE
than that Of virginia in the very in
Hsa-aceg- mentioned IF our correspon'
dent might glance over our exchanges
he would find that the press all over
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
Destroy Still.

Asheville, N. c.. June 2S.--Three
large distilleries were destroyed by
officers In Pennsylvania County. ac-
cording to reports made at the local
headquarters. The three plants were
seized during the later part of the
week and all showed the effects of
recent operations.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
Students Against war.

ithaca. N. Y.s June 2S.--Students
representing forty American colleges,
attending the Conference OF Interna-
tional Relations at Cornell University
under the auspices Of the World Peace
Foundation. today passed resolutions
addressed to the students of war
ring nations" asking their help In an
effort to secure peace.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
Church Conference Ends.

Asheville. June 2S.--The Summer
Bible Conference of the First Bap-
fist Church, the most successful ever
conducted by a local congregation,
which has been IN session here for
the past two weeks. came to a most
gratifying close.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
bulletin of Prisoners.

Raleigh, N. c., June 2S.-The Caro-
lima Prisoners Aid Society will soon
begin the publication of a bulletin
aimed to give the records of habitual
violators OF the law. Copies of the
bulletin will be sent to the various
court officers throughout the State.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
Oatholics Oppose Dancen.

South Orange, n. J., June 2S.-One
hundred rectors of the Catholic
diocese Of Newark. n. j., meeting at
Seton Hall College, today voted not
to announce from the pulpit any en-
tertainment or social at which modern
dances will be allowed. The dances
were declared to be becoming
worse"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
INVESTIGATE strawberry Shortage.

Raleigh, June 2S.-The North Car
olina Department of Agriculture Is
endeavoring to discover exactly why
there has been a decline in the straw
berry industry of North Carolina and
to interest strawberry growers in the
organization of strong association
for the full development and protec-
ton of the industry.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29

after a year and day. as the
fairy stories say. since the Austrian
Archduke was slain on Servian soil,
the incident has been magnifed by the
deaths of millions of men into one of
the most horrible murders OF history,
not in Its own cruelty. but in the I'M
utterable woe that It has brought to
the world.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
OYster aScarsrrnwa..

Port Norris. N. j.. June 2s.-Sub-
marine "scarecrows'' are being used
by oyster planters in the Maurice
River cove, to protect their oyster
beds from devastation by large schools
of drumfish or channel bass, which
threaten to wipe out the young
oysters, unless they can be driven off.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29

Mason Childress, carpenter. ri
ing on Claiborne Street, was xilf1|
$40 yesterday morning IN Police Gou|
for striking Or. w. ~. SiMmnn1 l1
Z stick and applying abusive laneu1
ewcying call to cDYneS 70 hf1 lIo
DR.. Simmons = IN assistant cf r 70
a. p. Nuckala 1e14 MonuIaont M
nue.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
Wants Three billion.

London, June 2S.-Regarding the
prospect of the new war loan 1t is
stated that the Government will not
be dissatisfied IL 1t can get 100000.
900 pounds $4,000, 900, 000).
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
Hold Rhodes Examination.

Chapel Hill, June 2s.-An-
nouncement has been made from the
presidents office that the next quail
flying examination for the Rhodes
Scholarship for North. Carohna will
be held in Raleigh on Tuesday,
October 5, and Wednesday, october
6, 1915.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
Marcnni I'M ARMY.

Rome, via Paris, June 2S.-Gug-
lselmo Marconi, of wireless telegraphy
fame, today began his duties as a leu
tenant of aviation in the Italian
army. The inventor received an en-
thusiastfc reception at the barracks.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
RiIIion nollar Imnch.

New York, June 2S.-Weafth of
more than: a billion dollars was rep-'
rensented at a luncheon given by
George w. Perkins to mark the open
ing of the Bear Mountain Inn.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
Plan to Move College.

Birmingham, Ala, June 2S.--Whas
New Orleans has done for Tulane,
Birmingham would do for the medical
college of the University of Alabama
IL it Is moved to this city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
Freight Lost.

Mobile. June 2s.--The Norwegian
bark Anda, which sailed from this
port on June 4 for Liverpool with
cargo of timber is ashore off the
Bahama islands, underwriters here
were informed by cable. The Anda
was driven aground in a storm on
June II and her crew, who put off in
small boats, were rescued by a pass
ing vessel.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
Carolina Press Association.

Raleigh, N. c., June 2s.--From
many parts of the State this week
men will turn their faces
toward Montreal where the forty
third annual press convention will be
held June 80. July liz.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
Defunct Bank to Reorganize.

Birmingham. Ala, June 2S.---It is
generally reported that the plan of A.
ID. Jackson, of Decatur, and associates
for reorganization of the Jefferson
County Savings Bank had been con-
summated.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
D0RAhD0 AND MARCONI
FIGHT IN ITALY's ARMY
Athlete and Inventor Both Join Forces
Of Their County for
Battle.
AMERICA DEMANDED OPEN DOOR
In Recent Crisis Stood Firm for
American Rights-EngIand WIN
Be Satisfied With Three Billion.
Submarine scarecrow for Oyster
Beds.

Rome. June 2S.--Dorando. who was
disqualified in the spectacular Mara
thon race held at the London Oiym-
pic games in 1908. now is driving
military automobile at the Italian
front.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
The oranrs Observer saws:

The Orange Observer says:
I'VE are delighted to note that the
dear Richmond virginian is being
issued as usual. 1t is a splendid daily"
Thanks; before long wen be a regu-
lar "old darling" won't WEI
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29

Birmingham. Ala, June 2S.--The
prohibitionists will not attempt to put
into effect in Alabama the Tennessee
"ousteg" law, a law under which an
official Judge insufficiently diligent in
enforcing prohibition statutes might
be deprived of his office.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
W |

DIS Dictionary distribI
dust be Withdrawn. W.
IND many who have not
/ advantage of our gen
offer because thay
t get a chance to clip
coupon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
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The Board
missioners met
In the office Of
terday at noon.
city were found
shown by the |
The sum OF $500
to be taken from
pay interest on th
Members present vi
treasurer. Preside
Peters and Chairmsss
Finance COMMITTEES. nf
clerk of he commissN
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-29
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-12-04
Big Fire at Alexandria.

Alexandria. La, Nov. 3d.
Fire between 11:30 and l O'Clock
tod y destroyed thirty-seven
small houses occupied by negroes
and Italians in South Alexandria.
The loss is estimated at about
thirty thousand dollars. The
property was outside of the dis
trict served by the water mains
and only one line of hose could
be placed to fight the fire which
was raging in a dozen different
points. Flying sparks carried
the fire to new centers for sever
al blocks around. The occupants
lost their household effects after
taking it out of their house. 1t
was burned in the street. There
are at least forty to fifty negro
families thrown out of homes and
most of their belongings were
destroyed. There was very lit
tie insurance carried on the prop
erty.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-12-04
At the Parting of the Ways.

We are for prohibition first, last and
all the time, as Bro GOODWIN can tes-
tify, for we have both worked for il
shoulder to shoulder when it was an Is
sue in Grant, where We both live, but
local option is the plan by which We
have gained all of our victories, 1t ls
democratic and fair between man ano
man, not only so, but local option Is
practical ana feasible and can be en-
forced when adopted, and We are gain
ing ground on this plan, just carried an
other stronghold, Rapides, and are
making new converts every day, and
we are 10th to side-track on the advice
of a new convert, who sees the COVER
norship dangling before his eyes,
WINFIELD Times.
The editor of the Times has
come to the parting of the
ways" and we cannot afford to
accompany him in his erratic gy-
rations, but prefer to pursue the
even tenor of our way. Several
years ago we were glad to have
him come to our aid in the just
cause of prohibition. and would
rejoice now if he were truely in
the temperance fight. In those
days. if our memory serves US
right, and we believe it does, we
contended for prohibition with
out any frills- Parishwide, State
wide and Nationwide.
The object then, as now. was
to secure the very widest prohi-
bition enforcement possible. As
a Democrat we stand by the de-
crees of the party, and as a pro-
hibitionist we stand upon the adj
vanced battle line away from the
cramped local option parish
unit. This has been adopted by
the >Anti-Saloon League and the
W. c. I. U. as more in keeping
with their principles.
If Editor Brian prefers to re-
main in the old deserted local OPP
ton camp while this fight is in
progress, that is his great Ameri-
can privilege, but he should be
fair in his statement of the case,
and not seek to hide his defalca<
ton under the thin guise of sup
port for candidate who openly
avowshis hostility to the advance
ment of the parish unit, and
would limit prohibition in the
most effective way that can be
devised.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-12-04
Red River Oil Field Law Suits May be
Adjusted.

Shreveport, La, Dec. AS
sistant State Attorney General
Harry P. Gamble, accompanied
by a representative of the State
Board of Engineers, visited the
Red river parish oil fields We'd
nesday in connection with suit
brought some time ago by the
State of Louisiana under its
claim to the bed of the river, and
certain batture properties, on
some of which oil companies have
been : operating through what
they consider lease and owner
ship. In oil circles it was under
stood that Mr.. Gamble, follow
ing the trip to Red River. would
meet representatives of compa-
MES involved in the litigation.
and it was reported that the liti-
cation would most likely be ami
cably adjusted.