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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-27
INNEsTIG ATE PROMPTLY.

The General Assembly having ordered an in.
restigation into alleged discriminatory prices OF
text books. il II incumbent on the committee OF
Investigation TO see that prompt and conclusive
report Is made The Board Of Education,
Through the Superintendent of Education has
declared that apparent Determinations on in
svestigatlon do not appear TO be real dscrimina-
tions but that certain reforms in the laws OF
the State are needed 10 make stronger the con-
troll OF the Board over book awards,
In pursuance of this view the Board has pre-
scented a bill which ii considers sufficient to
cover the situation. The committee Of investi
cation will, perforce rely largely on the data
gathered by the Board of Education The real
necessity Of the Investigation is not TO bring
anything new to light for 1t ia scarcely TO be
expected that there Is anything new TO bring
out. What the committee can and Will do is
10 set at rest prevalent misunderstanding
THAT the public is interested in the school-book
Sauestion Is a healthy sign. This interest should
md must be turned into satisfaction with the
work of the Board Of Education If the public
nchool system Is TO fulfl! the mission for which
4 IL is intended II any facts are brought
n nut, satisfaction will result from the knowledge
80k them. If, as we believe. nothing new is dis
Erovered the public viii be satisfied with tbs
hnowledge that its affairs are being conducted
~ capable and responsible hands
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-27
WILSON, THE SOUTHERNER
beyond debate

Wilson, the American, as we most often think
OF him, is no less Wilson, the Southerner Born
OF Southern family, reared and educated in
Southern States, and native Virginian. the
President of the United States has demonstrated
again the right Of the South to claim pre-
eminence as the mother OF true Americans, true
Americanism, and tho Hottest american ideals.
Here alone is the Angio-Saxon American in I'm.
questioned sway Here alone are the principles
OF American freedom most widely maintained.
AS the section to which the nation must still
turn for its leaders the South has cause to give
thanks that its families and its ideals still set
the standard for the nation
To a first Virgnian +. r. v. If you please,
tho President Of the United States OF America
bowed low the other day. To the daughter OF
General Robert F. Lee, he presented a bouquet
Of flowers from Ills desk. Southern chivalry
rejgns in the White House.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-27

we retard this movement, or endeavor to 40
SO? There is always one to nag and
backbite progress. The great difference De-
tween Mr.. Sunday ard his critics is plain to
the observer.
Mr.. Sunday handles the job TO suit MIN
self. He speaks his message and the people
act upon it. His critics speak the people S
message, they perform the job to suit the au-
dence and the people freeze to death in their
own ways Which method shall adopt for
our own welfare? God makes preacher and
man makes a critic. God touches the heart, a
critic touches and tickles the intellect. There
will be critics in he'll than in heaven.
There will be more preachers in heaven than
in hell l had rather be preacher than a
critic. would rather warm man up to life
with honesty than to help freeze him TO death
with deceit. ] have never met Mr.. Sunday, but
have watched him for several years l have
talked with men that have been saved by his
methods They all say he aims straight. and
you can't dodge the shot. There seems to be
some chance of securing his services In Rich
mond. Let US have him If If he can
reform Philadelphia ne can turn Virginia into
almost n paradise Ny hat is off to Billy
sunday.
j. Fl. HARDY.
Church Road. Va. Jan. IS 1915
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-27
TIE MODERN TELEPHONE.

Of all the remarkable inventions Of modern
times, few, II any surnass in wonderful efficiency
the modern telephone. It's final completion and
perfection has come with remarkable rapidity.
In the life time of it's original inventor, the
final touches have been put to the instrument
which now covers with It's tangled net countless
miles of territory ali over the world.
A conversation direct from New York TO San
Francisco was the feat achieved this week by
Or Alexander Graham Bell,
Because he has added to the benefits Of life
has made the world better place in which ia
live, DR.. Bell deserves the rich reward that
comes 10 him in the knowledge Of work well
done task performed with patience, ability
and success. AS one of the worlds greatest IN
| yentors his place in the Hall Of Fame is secure
beyond debate.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-27
is FOODSTUFFS
WAR CONTRABAND!

London, Jan. 26.-The attitude
which the British Government will
adopt toward the cargo of the Amer
lean steamship Wilhelmina, which
sailed from New York for Hamburg
last Friday with foodstuffs for Ger
many, has not yet been decided. The
WilheImina.. originally the British
steamer New Borough. Is the first
food laden vessel to leave an Ameri-
can port for Germany since the open
ing Of the war, and the question OF
foodstuffs as conditional contraband
will come up, for the first time,
! The United States and Great Britain
are agreed on the principles of con-
ditional contraband. They also admit
the contention that foodstuffs placed
J on. the conditional dontraband list
may be shipped without danger oil
seizure, providing they are not de.
signed for Il belligerent government
or the use of the enemys armed
forces.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-27
THr SENATE AND SEGREGATION,

The Virginia State Senate yesterday did a
good days work-sooa IN length If in 10 other
respect The good or bad results Of TIE bills
passed o; course. oalg time car reveal
BcfOrs tina, body tae-e are now The three
propositions for tax reform, Tie measure en-.
hodyinr the skeletons an which 1Hl be built
whatever system is 70 bee adopted These bills
should he taken up with all possible promptness.
They should be given the undsputed rightol
way for The balance If the session something
That has been denied them IN the 6rst half Of
the work Having had half the time Tor the
consideration Of local BILLS, il is not asking toe
much that both branches Of the Assembly de
vote themselves now TO The exclusive business
OF tax systems. Dry. it may be, but necessary.
In advocating the adoption Of the system II
partial segregation. Ihe Virain,aa feels that It
is advocating what the majority Of Nrginians
desire That fact is rot our reason for adyocat
ing segregation We believe the principle should
be adopted al tar as possible now. and extended
further as time ana experience Justify, because
the principles Of the system. that IS already
followed to a large desrce IN Virginia, are sound
and best calculated to adjust the system Of taxa.
ton to the needs Of fae State.
The assurance that What seems 10 be a ma
5ority Of the Senate favors segregation in prin
sIple. should lend added impetus to the final
work Of completing the system that will but
begin with the passage Of the bill that win
record tee State for the segregation principle
Perhaps the most important part Of the worl
OF the session will come in providing the en-
forcement and supplemental acts for whatever
principle is adopted
It may he that members do not find all they
would like TO find in any one bill, In some case
these points may be amended. Where this il
To be done. prompt action viii bring the amend
ments themselves sooner to the front In othel
cases points may have TO be yielded; most legis
lation is accomplished Ivy yielding II It 4
thought best To embrace clements of anothe
plan In the segregation plan. to make IL
/ enforcement more certain there SIS no good rea
son why, II those suggestions are good, the!
may not be adopted. II by giving officer o
the State government. he Auditor perhaps
supervisory or reviewing power, the State ma,
be assured of a more equitable system, thos
i provisions may be introduced
Push the bills to vote. gentlemen, and lie
us know what The system will be, so that the,
1 We may construct about 1t the necessary bu
4 warks.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-27

Editor Nirginian
sir-Why should VIC crit.cise Mr. sunday?
Il he is doing humanity an injustice If he Is
blocking the progress of higher morals, If he is
dragging Christianity down by the use of un-
chaste language which tends 10 lower the dig
nifty and divinity of Christ. then his critics
would be performing a service which would
meet with universal approval. All these state
ments can be answered by the record. When
aud where has he done humanity an injustice?
In what manner has he blocked the progress
Of higher morals? When and where has he
dragged Christianity down by the use of
chaste vulgar language? The record also
shows that the common people hear him glad
iy, Can his critics have much said about
them? There is practically only class OF
men who endeavor. by abuse. to injure his work.
They the ID. DIS, l.. l. DIS and the P.
II. DIS. ! hope the criticism from them Is not
caused by abundance of knowledge and
lack Of religion. Can it be jealousy? Mr.. Sun
day is pointing people in the right direction
by the tens of thousands Why criticise the
mans methods? If he not guided by the
spirit could he accomplish this end9 His critics
would save men by handling them more In a
more dignified way. Most of them would per
Ssh under the administration of their dignity.
Suppose thousand are being drowned,
they must be rescued by some means. Shall
We be dignified in saving them9 Shall grace
fully take hold of them by the finger tips and
allow them to walk out of the water free
dom? How many would be saved by this
method? 1t would be necessary catch some
hy the heels, oy the collar, some by the
head, and in many cases the drowning man has
to be struck the head 10 lei him know
/ his awful condition When the battle is
the saved man does not question how you saved
him. He thanks YOU and then he saves some
one else. This is just what Mr.. sunday is do
ing. He strikes the blow which causes men
to look and feel. they are convinced they
knowledge their conviction. What other changes
does he bring about? He causes the saloon
keeper to become ashamed of his business
he causes the booze Fighter to leave It alone
he crooked men to get straight. he
( causcs unfortunate women to forSake the past
ana look to the future, he turns clubhouses
and gambling dens into prayer meetings, he
is teaching men to love and support their fam
HES. he is teaching women to cease quarrelling
with their husbands. To sum II all up. he IS
raising the standard of morals religion and
human progress all over America. Why should
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-27
BALTIMORE GETS \ SUBSTITUTE

M preliminary reports indicate that there viii
~ granted TO the Baltimore eemplainants a
Seciai branch bank o! the Federal Reserve
8nonk OF the Fifth District Should this predlc-
|x1on prove correct, the people Of the Monumental
E91xy who felt SO sighted at the award of the
oS6nln bank TO Richmond, win have balm for
100 wounded feelings. Better half loaf than
bread. says Baltimore Very good replies
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-27

mission line. All stations and other
railway buildings will be lighted by
electricity.
The signals will be of the ga ma
type-upper quadrant. three position
now In use on the double track por-
tons OF the Washington Atlanta line
In connection with signals now In
service between Danville and Pelham
and between Denim and Charlotte.
the installation now undertaken will
give continuous stretch between
Danville and Charlotte, 141.5 miles
and total of 1866 miles so pro-
tected of the Gao miles between wash
sngton and Atlanta
The force doing the work will have
headquarters at Reidsvi4le. n. c..
where a storehouse for material has
been established.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-27

On the War.

On the War.
Ye men of England hear the call,
Your country's call to one and all.
Arm. arm yourselves ere it's too late,
Do not delay or hesitate
Be worthy souls Of noble sires,
Rekindle all your altar fires
Go forth, the kaiser's hosts defy.
Fight for your homes. If needs be die.
Your fight will be for OLD England
Shoulder to shoulder nobiy stand
Remember how your fathers fought,
Your heritage with blood they bought
Take warning by poor Belgium's fate,
First victim of tho kaiser's hate
Her cities, fields. he has laid waste
And France fair France Is now menaced
II the allies he can defeat
His heilish deeds he will repeat;
Mercy this tyrant never shows
Women. children, he treats as foes
This god OF war. now incarnate.
Would make Of France vassal state
Would make her coasts his bound'ry line
And wave DER all his own ensign
Very plainly 1t now appears
That England. too, he hates but fears;
He'd gladly crush her meath his heel,
Or make her as a suppliant kneel
But on her shores he'll never stand
Not while her ships defend the land:
Let him Just try to cross that sea
Fearful will be the penalty.
o England, of his hate bemare,
For awful conflict now prepare
All resources YOU must unite
And let him know old England's might.
IT. +. r,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-27
SOUTHERN RAILROAD
INSTALI4S MODERN SYSTEM

Danville. Va. Jan. 26.-Contract
has been let by Southern Railway
and work has been started on the in
staliation of electric automatic block
signals In connection with the double
track now being built between Pei
tlam and Denim. N. c.. thirty-six
miles
Forty-three signal towers will he
erected. The signals will be operated
by alternating current, supplied by
substations at Danv.lle and Green's
boro, and carried by . special tfans-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-27
appreciation.

I+uIIOr NITGIlItII.
sir,--l wish to express my very sincere thanks
for yoar kind mention of my history in your
editorial columns on Friday. 1t has been a
labor OF love to make a textbook to help chill
dren To know more truly and to love better
our country. our section and our State and
no other commentator OF my work is so dear
rs that Of my own home State. And / am.
with deepest appreciation,
Very gratefully YOURS,
EDNA TTRPlN.
III East Cary Street,
Richmond Va, Jan, 25,f91s.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-27
Richmond Italians Aid nclsiap.

Contributions for the Belgian fund
are still being received by Colonel
Henry NJ. Boykin, chairman OF tho
State Belgian Relief Committee Yes
terday he received $3.50 from the
kicnmond ltaian Society to be APP
piled in Belgium. Previous TO this
donation the Italian Club had CON-
tributed $50 to the cause.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-27
SIGNALS OF DISTRESS
HEARD AFTER RATTLE

Amsterdam, Jan. 26.-The corres-
pondent of the TELEGRAPH in Ameland
telegraphs that signals Of distress
were heard Stewards at o'clock A.
N. on January rs. The coast guards
aged In the North Sea fight
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-27
Sparklets

Ed-He seems to be wandering in his mind.
Fred-Well. he can't stray far.-Princeton
Tiger.
Willie-Pop what's a crouch?
Father--A crouch, my son. Is one who adds
TO the happiness of others by staying away from
them.-I4ife.
Diner--Waiter. why do YOU call this home
made bread?
Waiter-The cook always sleeps In the
kitchen sir-Stanford Chaparrai.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-27
Criticism of Rev. w. a. Sunday.

Richmond, Va, Jan. Is, 1915.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-19
CRIME IN GEORGIA.

A writer in the Dalton Citizen dis
sects the annual report of the state
prison commission. A careful analysis
of prison statistics furnished some
very interesting, although somewhat
startling facts.
Most people are of the opinion that
cities are huge centers of crime and
that practically all virtue is centerea
in the country districts. This is per-
haps due to the fact that the daily
newspapers exploits criminal happen
ings in the cities and as rule have
little to say about what happens in the
country. But let us look at the fig
ures: The report shows that the en-
tire prison population of Georgia on
May 31st, 1915, was 7,376-a right nice
little army of soldiers or workers this
wouldmake. OF this number 1882 are
felony convicts on the prison farm
The whole number of misdemeanoT
convicts on roads and at the farm total
4.094. For misdemeanor convicts nc
statistics are given as to class OF
crimes, but in the felony list some
interesting figures appear. The total
Of lawyers, doctors and school teach
ers is only four, while there are eleven
ministers of the gospel
939 murderers are in the state pris-
on, and 1888. who attempted homicide
Murder appears to be favorite bust
ness in Georgia among certain classes
Considerably more than one-third Of
the felony convicts are murderers OF
would-be murderers. OF the 1892 fell
ony convicts 1884 are farm laborers
which is quite large proportion Of
the whole. Perhaps as the writer sug,
gests this may be partially due to tht
fact that a large proportion of farm
laborers are negroes. However there
are also negroes In the cities, perhaps
more than in the country. ',~i~,
The total cost of administering the
state prison is $107,, ,27S.99, of which
one-fifth is paid to employees. Taken
as whole the report of the prison
commission makes interesting reading,
and its perusal is well worth the aver
age readers attention.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-19
ABANDONS MORNING FIELD.

The Columbus Enquirer-Sun, estab-
lished in 1923 as q weekly and later
becoming a morning newspaper, an
nounces in its issue of Sunday morn
ing that in the future it is to be pub
lished as an afternoon paper six days
in the week with Sunday morning
edition. A paper established 81 years
and which has served its readers for
large part of that time as a morning
daily now finds that it can best render
the service expected of modern news
paper by printing in the afternoon.
The first evening edition went to
press yesterday.
In the announcement to its readers
and patrons telling of the change in
it's hours of publication we find this
significant statement:
AS an afternoon newspaper the
Columbus Enquirer-Sun will be
able to render greater and more
valuable service to the advertis-
ers who use its columns.
This is the situation that confronts
many of the morning papers today. To
give the advertisers the best service
they must either abandon the morning
field entirely as the EnQuirer-Sun has
done or must pin their faith largely to
their afternoon editions as the grea.
newspapers in New York do a
Modern conditions mean that the
afternoon papers are prepared to print
the news first. Rapid methods of
communication from points as widely
separated as, say Washington and
Petrograd, or Savannah and Berlin.
have madt the afternoon papers invalu-
able to those who would know what is
happening in the woodland know it
first. Discussing this feature the En-.
quirer-Sun says:
When the Columbus ENQUIRER
Sun changed from weekly to a
daily many years ago it had to be
issued in the morning for the
reason that in those days there
were no facilities for the publica-
ton of newspaper on the same
day that he news happened.
The Columbus paper has shown II
self abreast Of the times in changing
its hour of publication in order to give
the newspaper readers in its territory
'today's news today"-Savannah
Press.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-19
THE DEBT YOU OWE.

Regardless of the extent to which
humanity Gibbs in the tide that
flows through the brief span of exis-
tence termed life, there dwells in the
heart of every man under the corrup-
ton of the skin of sin, shame and
even hypocrisy, a discoVerable flame OF
the Spirit of God, and it is called Char
ity. The Biblical strain dwells on the
essentials of religion and with the
great fundamental virtues of Faith,
Hope, Charity, the greatest is Charity,
The image of Our Maker cannot be
destroyed, and the small and faint
virtue which we show is Charity.
The call of God is the call to every
soul in Georgia today None are too
old and none are too bad to answer
this call Of distress.
"He that hath pity upon the poo
lendeth unto the Lord and his good
deed will he pay him again, reads the
Proverbs.
You have an opportunity to make
God your debtor The answer is the
price of sweet Charity.
Thousands of your poor, sick, suf-
fering fellow men, representing almost
every community in Georgia, have
found relief from their pain and free
dom from the bondage of disease at the
Wesley Memorial Hospital. in Atlanta
While the hospital is directly con-
nected with the Methodist church, 1t is
inter- enominational. At this time 1t
is overtaxed with charity patients
coming from all over the state-Meth-
odists, Baptists, and Presbyterians.
The trustees of this institution hay+
announced that a deficit of $4,000 ex-
lists. They do not feel justified in in
creasing this debt, and they do moi
wish to turn away any charity patients
who ask treatment.
1t is a call to you-your call. vii
you respond?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-19
ONClNNY THINGS
IN FRANK CASE
Especial to Times-Recorder.)

ATLANTA, Aug. 19.-some myster-
ious and uncanny things happened in
Atlanta before dawn yesterday morn
ing in connection with the lynching Of
Leo M. Frank-thfngs which pass the
bounds of ordinary comprehension and
recall the ancient belief that strange
psychic influences are in the air when
tragedy is afoot
At least two Incidents, either one
enough to send cold SILVER down the
spine, are vouched for by reputable
men, and bring to mind the pages OF
history which tell that on the night of
certain tragedy in Rome the lions
on the Capitoline hill roared with
strange fear and that shrieks which
came from nowhere were heard in the
darkened streets.
About midnight, or shortly after
ward on the night when Frank was
lynched, bulldog belonging to AL
jutant General J. Van Holt Nash awak-
ened the general at his country home
| by rushing to his bed and barking vio-
| lently. The dogs hair stood up on it's
back from fright and excitement. Pre-
sently two other dogs on the place
| began to whine and sniff the air and
bark excitedly. Nothing could be
found to account for the strange &C
lions of the animals, but they could
not be made to hush. 1t was nearly
two hours afterward that the tele
phone rang violently and the first in
timation of what had happened was
received by the adjutant general.
The other incident concerns a well
known Atlanta business man who was
member of the grand jury which or
iginally indicted Leo Frank. He had
gone to bed early, without having d
single thought that he can now recall
in connection with the Frank case
Shortly after midnight, about the same
time the other described event occur
red, he awoke as if from nightmare
bathed in cold perspiration and his
wife told him that he had been trembl-
ing like leaf in his sleep. He hal
dreamed that he saw Leo Frank LED
from the state farm, pale as death
with rope around his neck, ani
placed in an automobile. He said tbs
dream was so vivid that in it he saw {
fence-corner with weeds growing, anc
cotton patch indistinct in the dark
ness beyond it. After telling his wife
he went back to sleep, thinking that i
had been simply vivid nightmare
About four hours afterward he was
awakened a second time, this time b!
newsboys shouting that Frank ha;
been taken by mob.
1t is out of fashion to believe il
supernatural things, and both Ties
incidents may easily have been merely
strange condolences, but however on
may choose to view them. they actual,
occur