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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14

Calling attention 10 the various estimates of
$1,000. 100000 trade balance in favor OF the
th1teo states in 1918, James A. Farrell said
The years of greatest prosperity in the United
states have been when the balances were large
" IN orr favor. Ii ia NOT inprudeHt- to predict
that our total farm values for the current year
Tor the first time in the annals of this or any
other country will pass the ten billion mark.
leel safe In saying that II you will strain Il
point just now and trade little more with each
other and talk encouragingly as to conditions.
rather then pessimisticay. the business of the
country VIII take on 81 momentum which with
carry us INTO better times. and. What is more
important. create more employment for labor"
indications point Enthusiastically to a profita BILE
year for American industries Our enormous
exports now include various factory products
requiring the employment of labor and it is
impossible not TO see a steady decrease In the
number Of unemployed Mr.. Farrelis sugges-
ton, II followed by employers and business
men generally should hasten the days OF pros
perity.--Washington Herald
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14
The Name of Taft.

II is interesting to note the editorial reference
IN the New York Times to the fact that the
name OF William Howard Taft presidential
possibility keeps creeping into print: and these
references to him as the most influential Re-
publican came from various quarters. Rumors.
says the editorial. but rurnors TO be reckoned
with.
This respectful calling of attention to the
fact of the vitality of the former president
personality oft OF office is significant In itself
The trend OF the country away from the ex-
perimentalists Of Washington, is a trend to-
ward the legal view the sober Judgment and the
trained perception OF balance that character
lied the administration OF Mr.. Taft.
The name Of MIR. Taft is potential Ii is a.
name that commands the respect and the atten-
tion Of the country and the name that Is pointed
10 by those who not necessarily in sym
pathy with his re-cmergence as presidential
candidate. as that of the most gossiped
about the likely candidate at the present mo-
ment for the high office in 1916. Four months
aco The American put forward the name Of
Taft as the Republican candidate for the presi
dsncy in 1916. This was the first newspape
~ the county 70 make the suggestion which
mot with very general approval among solid
mon of the party the country over. No better
selection could be made.-Baltimore American
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14
SWIMMING AT PRINCETON

Hereafter no student will be awarded Prince.
ton degree who cannot swim We don't know
what they call frst-year up there, but If
their name is fish they will scarcely be out of
water.
Princeton seems to be taking wholesome
ricw OF athletic conditions, officially but the
trouble about most large institutions of learning
these days is that the officials or the ,nsttturrcn
have fairly little to say about the conduct or
athletic affairs. which are directed In many in.
stances entirely apart from the control of the
general activities of the college. The first step
TO be taken In good many of our colleges is
the bringing Of athletics under control OF the
regular college authorities. We hope that the
Princeton requirement which we believed has
also been adopted By Washington and Lee. Will
be taken up by others.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14
AMOR HER GOOD WEEK FOR BUSINESS.

With discounts OF s769.o00 and some odd dol.
lars. the Richmond Regional Reserve Bank has
closed another week of substantial service to
the district. The accompanying statement of its
president that the condition Of the money market
is easier and that credit is more abundant CON
stitutes what might be termed the practical in
depreciation Of the situation. Mere announce
ments of figures do not inform the general pub
lie very much. 1t takes a financial expert, a
banker, or perhaps a bank Office boy. TO know
what the figures mean
In Richmond, with this good weeks work done
at the Reserve Bank and the cheerful view of
the future taken by the Chamber Of Commerce,
We should have even more successful weeks to
follow.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14
EATINf. PEAS WITH \ KNIFE.

New York hotel waiter detected that a
guest at the hotel was not the gentleman he
claimed to be because when dinner was set be-
fore him the stranger proceeded In the good old
time-honored fashion of conveying peas to his
mouth nicely balanced on the end of his knife
Now, in our opinion, that was cruel Of the
waiter. What If the guest had just left the
Hotel dc Gink in a borrowed suit and after a
weeks board IN the fashionable rcsor. given
bad check for his board? We think it was not
fair TO take advantage Of him that way and use
one Of IFS greatest accomplishments rs ground
for proving him crook. No doubt at the
Hotel De Gink eating peas was the final test of
the examination in social graces. We have no
doubt the poor fellow held the championship in
the peaeatine contest and that satisfied OF his
ability and bearing the diploma Of social graces
issued by his famous abode had sailed forth to
see the wide, wide world of upper New York
social life
And they have given the poor fellow
year in the pen just because his learning be-
trayed him. Truly might he say much learn
ing hath made me mad"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14
ACC1TON SALES.
BY RI FIN & SLOAN.
Real Estate Auctioneers.
TRUSTEES SALE

BY virtue OF Il certain deed of trust.
dated February %. 1909. and record
ed in the clerks office, Henrico Cir
cult Court. IN d. n. ts4-A, p. 447, to
the undersigned trustee. to secure the
payment of certain money therein
named, default having been made in
the payment Of same, and being re-
quired so to do by the beneficiary, I
shall sell at public auction. on the
premises, on
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY IS, 1915,
AT 4 O'CLOCK i. NJ,
the real estate and personal property
described in said deed as follows; All
of those two certain tracts Of land
living and being in the County of Hen
rico. Va, and described as follows:
First: That certain tract of land
containing twenty-five acres more or
less, on the south or west side of the
New Market Road, about twelve miles
east OF Richmond. commencing at n
cedar tree on said New Market Road
having three marks on the lower side !;
thence along Il straight line TO the
mill pond, in westerly or southwest
erly direction; thence IN q westerly or
northwesterly direction along the
south bank OF said mill pond on the
top OF an old mill dam TO a stone on
Cotman's line: thence In an easteriy
mans line Il Swinnie's line: thence
along Swinnies line TO the New Mar
llet Road. thence along the New
Market Road in an easterly or south
eriy direction to the beginning: be-
ing cut off the north side Of land
formerly owned by VIM. G. Crttten-
den.
Second. Also tract of land on
Four Mile Creek, commencing at
persimmon tree on said creek, near
VIM, c. Crittendens buildings, run
ming from thence down Four Mile
Creek TO Swinnie's Creek: thence up
Swinnie's Creek TO sycamore tree
notched with two chips cut on the
creek side: thence back along the
edge of the low land on the line of
the open land to the place of the be-
shining, containing twenty-five {25)
acres, more or less, and also two
black mare mules
TERMS. Cash.
A. J. CLASSCOCK.
Trustee
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14

in which every aid to efficiency OF both indi-
vidual and nation must be made seized on and
made use of, the French Chamber OF Deputies
has passed bill prohibiting the sale and manu-,
facturc of absinthe in the French republic. The
bill is now before the Senate, where it will doubt
less pass. as there would have been small chance
for the passage of bill of this nature in the
House did not the whole nation demand It, And
when a whole nation demands action from it's
legislative body. action is usually forthcoming.
Every day brings evidence of the worlds
realization of the practical wisdom of the cause
of temperance. What seemed impossible few
short years ago seems now drawing near to
national prohibition for America.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14

signed up, the yard is better supplied with
work than 1t has been in many years But we
understand that 1t is the only shlpyard in. the
United States that is thus favored The New
port News shipyard has made for itself an en-
liable reputation and it's ships the most
popular the market. The campaign of edu-
cation carried on last spring gave the yard val
liable publicity, and 1t has become sort of
fad In shipping circles to have Newport News
ship.
The port OF Newport News is also buster than
it has been in many years, and exports from
week to week breaking the record.
The people of this community have cause
to he thankful and optimistic.--Newport News
Times Herald.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14
Prohibition Anvil
Don't Shoot the Editor.

Sometimes good people get impatient with
the editor. Some times editor becomes
impatient with other editors ard proceeds to
"cnss them out
Editors have their. limitations, yet ii has
not been proven that class. they can prop
ery be dubbed examples Of total idepravity."
The Temperance Society Of the Methodist
Church, whose hea dqusrters at Topeka,
Kansas. has taken poll of the daily papers
II the tinted states with Significant results
Letters of inquiry were addressed to 2,f60
daily papers and replies received from
679. Here arc some results:
Favoring national prohibition. $3.50
Opposed TO national prohibition. 200
Favoring local prohibition. ......,. 397
Opposed To local prohibition. .....176
Out OF the 679 papers responding, only i59
accept liquor advertising
And then tho society publishes list Of the
$50 daily newspapers IN tho United States that
refuse to accep: liquor. advertising.
suppose that 519 business men were selected
at random throughout the United states. 1t Is
likely that $40 of them would declare that they
would allow their Property to stand vacant
rather than rent it for saloon purposes.
So please don't kill the, editor on sight. there
may be people in the world than he
is, after aH,--New Republic.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14
The President Can stand Ii: Can the
Republicans?

woodrow Wilson and the Democrats who are
working with him for the passage of the shin
purchase bill can we'll afford, politically speak
ing, to that bill defeated. II the war CON
linues for long time, as it IL likely to: IL the
scarcity of ships increases and the ocean freight
rates mount vet higher: if our export trade is
diminished because Of these facts 1t will be a
me thing FOR Wilson and the Democrats to be
able TO say to the American people In the cam
paign of next year I'VE did best to prevent
this" And all that Senator Lodge and his fol-
lowers will be able to say in reply is I'VE pre-
vented them from preventing this"-Baltimore
Sun
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14
PICKPOCKETs GET
NJ. DAVIDsON'S PURSE

NJ. Davidson, of S West Cary Street.
reported to the police yesterday that
pickpockets who jostled him as he
boarded an lakewood and Broad Street
car at Seventh and Broad last night
managed to secure his purse. contain
ing about IS. While two of them
Jostled Mr. Davidson for purpose of
disconcerting him, another robbed his
pocket. His loss was not discovered
for several minutes and the thieves
escaped.
A description of them was obtained
from the conductor of the car, who
noticed their peculiar action and de-
tectives were yesterday investigating.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14
LEGAL NOTICE

VIRGINIA.: IN THE LAW AND EcUI-
TY COURT OF THE CITY OF RICH
MoNp. THE 18th DAY OF FEB
HUARY. 1915:
Bessie Louise Jeter, plaintlf)
vs.. } Chancery.
Charles Q letter defendant)
The object of this suit 10 TO OBJ
tain an absolute divorce from the
bonds of matrimony for the plaintiff
against the defendant upon the ground
of desertion.
An affidavit having been made and
dled that the defendant. Charles o.
Letter. is not a resident of the State
Of Virginia, and the plaintift havin r.
made application for an order Of pub
LEGATION. II Is therefore o-dcred that
The said Charles Q. Jcter appear here
within fifteen days after due publ
cation of this order and do what is
necessary to protect his interest in this
suit.
A copy--Teste:
LUTHER LIBBY. Clerk.
Benjamin Lovenstein. p. q.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14

Eleven men without resources entered New
York restaurant, ate their fill and then an
nounced they had no money. They were sent
TO the city vcrkhouse. When they were exam
incd there a quantity of l. w W. literature in
their pockets indicated that they had been work
ing for the very sentence imposed on them.
One declared that the city ought to take care
of them. This reminds Us OF the story OF the
old negro who vainly urged his educated son
to work. NO. sir" declared the youth tho
world owes me- a living" To which the old ne
gro replied, "Yas, but you'se got to IDENTIFY
you'sef as de one its coming to-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14
CURRENT VERSE


Two little toddlins feet
Forever on the go.
Rosebud lips SO sweet,
And always iiSping so
Hes a hard one to beat.
Is my little 10y Joe
Curlyhead ed innocence
a stranger yet to woe
Expectant heart beats tense
With feelings babies know:
There's little OF pretense
About my little Joe.
His playthings strewn around
Fer all the world as though
In each place they are found
He'd put them there for show.
Tell where, though sleeping sound,
Has been dear little Joe
Grudge ms not, angel band
As through all space We go,
Caress OF his dear hand,
That fills and thrills me So
Whatever we demand,
oh spare me little joel
r. w. GR1ZZARD.
insburg, w Va
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14

To be sold at auction, Monday, Feb
ruary Is. al 3 \. N. in the warehouse
Of the V. Hechler Packing and Com
mission Co: One Butcher Refrigerator.
Three Marble Top Counters One Retail
Meat Rack, ono Set Beam Scales One
45-Gallon Stove and Kettle
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14

The Lovers
The lovers by a messy spring:
They pressed together cheeks soft fair.
Touched the dark. the sunny hair
And heard the wooing thrushes sing.
o budding time,
Q loves sweet prime,
They welded from the portal stepped
The Bells made happy carollings
The air was soft, from wings.
White petals long the pathway slept.
o pure-eyed bride,
@ tender pride,
Two faces Der a cradle bent
Two hands above were sweetly locked,
Two hands each pressed two gently rocked
Eyes watched life that love had sent
solemn hour
sacred power!
Two parents by the evening fire.
The red light fell about their knees
ON heads that rose by slow degrees
Like buds upon the lily's spire.
patient life!
tender strife.
The two still sat with chair by chair
Still fell the light about their knees
But all the heads by slow degrees
Had gone, and left that lonely pair
voyage fast.
vanished past.
The red light fell upon the floor
And nlade the space between them wide;
They drew their chairs up side by side,
Pale. withered cheeks were Joined once more
g yoath sx'ift fl;>ds .s,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14
TIE FIXING TEMPERANCE SQUADRON.

THE FIXING TEMPERANCE sQV ADRON.
This week there will be In Richmond an or
ganization embracing some OF the ablest temper
ance WORKERS and speakers in America. They
viii hold a three-day meeting in the interest
of national prohibition and, coming as they do
at time when Virginia is just preparing for
the entry into the dry column, they and their
messages VIII be or much interest TO the people
of this State, and city.
National prohibition has made tremendous
strides, the recent vote In Congress clearly DEM
onstrating that when the matter comes to a
clear-cut issue tho people win demand that their
Legislatures be given the right to vote on a CON
sttutional amendment Therefore the people
must be educated to the cause just as they had
to be educated in Virginia to the issues of the
Statewide campaign. Trusting as we do in the
ultimate wisdom of the people when correctly
informed public issues, and educated on the
questions they must pass upon, we have no fear
that when the day does come for the vote of
state Legislatures on the national liquor ques
tion the people at large will have already in
structed them in the way the people believe
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14
General Comment

Several incidents OF men running away from
women having recentiT appeared i'll the psblic
prints, in Of which IN unkssed youth of
sixteen broke his leg running from married
woman who wanted 70 christen him and in an
other (which men in n theater kissed
by chorus girl whom he promptly sued for
damages the Baltimore sun is inspired TO make
the violent assumption that the women were
pretty. Our observation IL that the pretty wo-
men still have to run away from being kissed
these days just ther always have.
The Petersburg Index Appeal protests that the
reason Petcrsburgans fmore modernly Petro-
STadansl are seeking cheaper rates from Pet
ershurg to Richmond, and vice versa. is not to
come over and see our international LeaGuers,
but to inhuce us to come over and see their
Virginia LeagUers. From which Judge that
il is harder support team in Petersburg
without outside aid than have been expected
to beiieve.--Richmond Vrginian.
There you GO Hero we were telling of our
honest efforts to provide an easy opportunity
for the Richmond fans to sec good ball when
Richmond should have dropped out of the In
tcrnational League confidently expect
her to do after three, ppssibly four weeks
following the opening of the season. and our
cold-water contemporary responds to our eff
torts by taking fling at poverty or stsngr-
ness, lack of sporting blood. we haven't fie
ired which, However just wait until Richmond
Is without a ball team We shan't crow We
simply SHAH send the Virginan man round-trip
transportation, beg a hall pass OF some of the
Petersburg magnates and thus heap Goals Of
fire on the head of him who 50 richly deserves
& scorching.-vpetersbure Index-Appeat.
Well maybe the scorching will come when
sc get out on those Petersburg biea cheers, we
take II for granted there is no grandstand But
then the Appeal must remember that in the
city we editors have tc work and really have
very little time to spend at ball games or
course IN The country
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14

Wiihesbarre Pa. claims TO have captured a
carrier pigeon which was conveying a message
from German soldier in Belgium to his wife
Evidently we need not wait for Count Zeppelins
many.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14

The French have turned down eonscript on
the ground that he is only forty-six inches tall
and weighs sisty-fiVe pounds. The French, what
over their original views may have been. do
not seem 10 regard as child's play now the war.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-14

Her Father Judge a man. SIR. by
the company he keeps. Suitor--Then
I'm all right. for I've been keeping
company with your daughter for over
two years.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-06-24
Mound DWeIIers.

The name mound dwellers, for want
of better is given to the prehistoric
and mythical inhabitants of the cen
tral West, who antedated the Indians,
The mounds, on which the name is
based, were parts of Notifications or
tombs, and their builders are supposed
to have been remote ancestors of the
Indians. One authority says: THE old
theory that the mound builders were a
distinct race of highly civilized agri-
culturists who had lived from remote
antiquity in the regions of the mounds
and were eventually exterminated by
the nomadic hordes coming from the
northward, represented today by the
Indians, is no longer supported by
ethnologlsts. who hold that the Indians
are their descendants" Where they
came from or how they got here are
matters of speculation.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-06-24
Expectlnn Another pron.

Some time ago Mrs. Green called on
her friend. Mrs. White, and after
clutching, kissing and saying how
dreadfully delighted they were to see
each other, they turned to the inter
esting topic of the day.
by the way" said Mrs. Green,
after time. 81 haven't heard any
thing about Eva's divorce lately. |
wonder what has become OF it?"
Il heard few days ago that she
had dropped all proceedings" an.
swered Mrs White.
Dropped all proceedings!" was the
wondering rejoinder of Mrs. Green.
"You don't really mean it?"
"Yes," returned Mrs. White. "Her
husband has taken to aeroplaning and
she has decided to let the thing ad.
just itself"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-06-24
Cumulative Injury.

DO seventeen-year locusts arrive
every seventeen years?"
"They come oftener'n that" said
Farmer Corntossel.
"Then how do they get their name?'
II s'pose mebbe it's because when
they come around It takes place sew
enteen years to get over it
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-06-24
About the Same 1hlno.

Old Lawyer-How did get my
start? Well, shortly after hung out
my shingle a rich uncle died and |
came into possession of a large sum
of money.
Young Lawyer-Then you owe your
success to relative.
OLD Lawyer-No, he was no iela-
tive; II was clients uncle who died.
Boston Evening Transcript.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-06-24

Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubs. famous
all over the United States as an ar
dent worker for the cause of woman
suffrage, recently became the wife of
Benton Mackaye, forest examiner
in the government service and a son
OF the late Steele Mackaye, noted
playwright, This picture was taken
on the day of the wedding.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-25


And, as he locke at her, he real
lied with mingled sorrow and joy that
it was exceedingly unlikely that Miss
Perkins would get home to Brooklyn
for an infnity of time. ...r
Certainly there was no way Of
reaching the street from where they
stood under the stairs and above the
dome. While, if they essayed that
long journey up to the potion of the
Platt building they would emerge.
into the upper air. Only a bird
could solve the problem.
Cheer up, Miss Perkins," said
Hodgson, slipping his arm about her
waist. There's no doubt a fleet of
aeroplanes will be organized to take
us from the upper levels. At present
we are simplyo off our bases"
Miss Perkins head went down on
Cyrus Hodgson's shoulder. The SEN
sation of that wealth OF hair against
his cheek threw the mans prudence
to the winds.
miss Perkins-Ada, love you" he
cried. 81 love you, but I thought I
was too old Tor you. NOW l can re-
strain myself no longer. 1 want to
be your husband, to pass through life
with yoU-yes, even if our lives are
to be in the Platt building forever and
ever"
''This is so unexpected-so sud
den, Mr.. HodgsOn, - faltered Miss Per-
kins, ''but my answer-may answer
you when it is more private?"
Of a sudden Cyrus Hodgson per-
ceiVed that they were alone no long
er. They were in the elevator, but
right side up, and a sympathetic
crowd surrounded them. He was 'Iy-
ing on his back and Miss Perkins was
bending over him.
NASTY jar you got, Mr.. Hodgson,''
said the elevator man. 81 couldn't
help it. 1 was closing the gate and l
warned you not to Jump, as YOU al