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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

grow old and leave the world rorevo-
ana therc were no new faces to take
their places before the counter. Tho
clcrking force began TO dwindle m,
thcrc were no now faces In the ranks
pehihd the counter The old book
Keeper died. and II was only natura,
mat the old clerk should be asked
l" take his place. working on the
books when no customers demanded
his attention. The expenses began 10
ehcfoach on the profits. The old sales,
man remembered il all now The Old
owner OF the store died But thu
widow kept on with the business
Closer drew the old store to bank.
ruptCy.
Ana now this was the end. A re-
celEcT mad been appointed. he had had
the s,ock invoiccd and it was TO he
SOFA as soon as possible. The old clerk
did not know whether the store wa.
TO be continued under new manage
hcNt, or whether II Was TO cease bus
mess entirely. lie was utterly crushed
SIX o'clock drew near. He remem-
nered now nc ana the proprietor had
gone OUT OF INC door together in the
ola days and how they had STONED
10 chat for a while on the corner.
The old cleric looked at the yOurc
clerk who had been put In the store
hE the receiver to help him The
younger was in the act Of lighting !.
''Rarel'e. what sacrilegc In the old
store that IN the DAYS gone by hal
known only the aroma OF cigars,
IL was closing time. and the old
clerk lifted his coat on the hook be-
nina his desk The young clerk was
doing tho closing now. Tho old clerk
stood Win his hat in his hand on the
c"rh undecided. The sun was sinking
below the edge Of tho world Then 1t
disappeared entirely. leaving a warm
glow In tho Sky as though unwilling
10 rcl!nGuish its hold on the earth.
Tho old clerk had watched the sink
Ing sun from tho corner for years.
ana habit was strong: N!Rht was fail
ing now. and the old clerk walked
slowly down the street -Iudiananolis
News
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT
BY S. w. STRAUS
Prudent Amrrioan Sonry for Thin

evidently considered that she was en-
titled TO AS much fame as Jeanne Dare
and Queen Elizabeth, since she occu-
pies an equal place with them ia one OF
his biographies.
Those men who started on infnitesi-
NAL wages and now earn large salaries
economical their time in such a way
thai they had enough TO develop them
selves in and to learn all about the
business. No time was wasted. Sam
uel NJ FELTON,. president of the Chi
cago Great Western Railroad and of
the Pcre Marquette Lines is reported to
have refused a salary OF s25O.00O year
from the Baldwin Locomotive Works
a few weeks ago. When he was ff-
teen years old he entered the railway
service as rodman for surveying engi-
neers.
Charles n. Markham. who receives
$4,000 every year for being president
OF the Illinois Central Railroad, start
cd as IL section laborer in 1881 with
pick and shovel at 81 - a dag.
These men knew what il meant TO
be thrifty of time, and they used their
time to III themselves TO become the
best man on the job"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

lions and Sympathies. has declined to join in
the loan only because no assurance could be
given that part OF its benefits would not go
~ Russia. Otherwise. ns Jacob II. Schih.
head of the firm. says. I'VE have felt that as
American bankers we should assist i'll what
VIC believe will result in promoting the i'll
totes;s OF the countrys commerce and indus
tries. II is said i'm New York that some OF
the partners i'll Kuhn Loeb ~ Co. will sub
scribe to the loan as individuals.
II is an American enterprise. obviously
more important TO the United States than 1t
is to Great Britain and France. That Rich
mOnd bankers should have perceived that
this is true is only what might have been
expected. but their active support. to the
extent Of st,250.000 is gratifying none the
loss to local pride
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
Renaissance. Rage and Vogue

| YOU are on or nea. the meridian OF time
regardless OF your sex. you will recall that
IN the time of mother and the girl who al
ways stood at her knees there was an article
oil feminine apparel without which no woman
or girl was properly attired. Pictures Of this
article were abundant i'll its day No painter
ever limncd his subject, if the subject were
OF the gentle seX without making the article
conspicuous.
1t. or they would have been conspicuous
anyhow. 1t, or they. couldn't he hid if nut
under bushcl. Early prints of Queen Vic
toria show that she displayed the style and
every picture of n Turkish harcm will give
the ignoramus an idea OF what we are writ
ing about
II, or they, are back again Men will be-
come accustomed 10 seeing them as men ac-
custom themselves to anything women wear
Mrs NlcholaS I.onSWorth. in spite Of the fact
mat her husband is politician, has appeared
III the crowded streets wearing-them And
MIS-. l.onGworth is what the fashion writer's
"oulo can the last word in fashions habia-
mcntS The pair she wore showed distinctly
below the skirt
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

II am glad to see YOU again. said the guide
OF Capitol square to Newcomer rive got per-
mission TO run this museum OF side
line. and want to make 1t right up to date
Some folks nave an idce that museum amt
good Tor anYthn except antiques and back
numbers. Not for AS TIERS nobody aroun'
/" listen, Ia like to asst your opinion about
putin up pair of the things women are
wearin. don't mean exactly new. but they're
new to TINS Jneration. reckon IL get a
pair it'll have TO be the sly cause amt
seen none in the store windows yit--hev YOU
I've just got in piece of newed statooary that
thought might fit a pair Let me know
what YOU think on the quiet"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

4 Warning.
once he was young, and 1.-the and
strong,
And always tit for action
The world seemed bright and fair to
him,
And work was an attraction. =
lie made his mind up to win wealth,
NO matter how he won ii:
Tic worked and worked. both night and
day,
And now at last he's done II.
~
Now nobody would call him young,
HIS forehead is all wrinkIed
And dull and heavy ars the eyes
That once so brightly twinkled
He's worked too much. and though he's
rich
For he was always thrifty,
At times he feels quite dull and old,
And yet he's only fifty.
--Somerville Journal.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

The Franklin Chronicle has sounded the fol-
rowing puSIe note; Wake M fellow citizens.
and Let us all get behind tho old town and M, ke
her what she should be--whnt nature intended
her to be- Organize a commercial association
and go after business. manufacturing enterprises
and desirable citizens. 1t Ia as bad TO no ,
S!uGSard as kicker. Arouse yourselves and
help us give push and n shove and s,nrt
Rocky Mount on the journey to Prosperi,v ana
Improvement" Stick 10 that kind OF talk and
Rocky Mount will surely become one of Vir-
gin!a's brag towns.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
SEEN ON THE SIDE
Tons of II.

Five hundred million dollars
u tcems an awful lot
That Did man Mars now collars
TO spend on shell and shot.
And yet It's forked up gladly.
And not Il soul repcnts,
While poor folks struggle madly
To raise five hundred cents.
II certainly seems funny.
Although we'll understood,
That there is always money
For things that DO no good.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

And now. just as we all thought that things
might ease down before the first furry. it is
learned that the brceZes are not blowing as
soft Ger Coyion's Isle as the old song would
nave MS believe. Some sort OF rebellion has
been in business out there ever since last
June, and the news has only been permit ed
Co pass the censor that more than 1000 ma
tveS have been shot. and monsoon has
nearly wiped the spot of the map.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

The Clifton Forge Review keeps good advice
constantly on tap Here is its latest: The Yves,
Point News says that West Poin, and nirrmora
ought to be closer together Since there il tn liz
OF petersburg anncSinE Hopewcll why not pcr-
mt west Point TO annex the capital city There
* nothing like getting together" West Point
is now pretty we'll known Fort Richmond
ana when the Richmond-Wcst Point -Urbanna
Railroad gets we'll under way further annexation
VIII he duly considered
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

When we con-
slider thrift we
are apt To over
look the fact that
economy in the
matter OF time is
often the same
thing as economy
In the matter of
money. Here Is
an illustrations:
a man once ad-
vcrtiscd for an
office boy W 1T n
the intention Of
advancing him in
the business as
lie showed him
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
The New sundny-schooI Scholar.

Teacher-You haven't lived In Richmond long ?
New Boy-Not so very long
What is the eleventh. commandments
You think you've got inc. don't YOU? But
know all roieht. all roight"
Well what is to-
suck tho eggs and hide the shells or as
dad says, hide the goods"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
Queries ard Answers


Arc there any ha:iGbooIis on the game Of
checkers? If So. please give the ana pub
hsher or the best. Can you give the names
applied to OF the games? f. T. HRONyE
Plenty OF them. Your bookseller can &c, ihe,l
Tor you. The following are wcl-known games:
Alma, Ayrshire, l-assic. Bristol Cross Fife
Laird and Lady, Maid 81 the Mil. Paisley OLA
Fourteen Soutcr, Douglas. Ediniturrh. Kelso
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
Water.
Winter.
Whore may have y ell water onalyz.Io

Where may ! have ucll-watcr analyzed?
II. Y. G.
BY any chemist by payment of his fees Tho
state OF Virginia. through the Commits Toner Of
Agriculture. Hon. G.. ". Eoner ,'a,ltol I,nild
ing. Richmond Va, VIII ono of the chem
lhts or the department to make ANALYSIS for
"a citizen of the state without charge when tho
work OF the department renders surh service
pnsSiblc.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

Says the Halifax Record Advertiser: "Rich-
m"nd is proud that the National Carriage
HniIdcrs Association will convene there in 1917
Appears to us thcre'll be such thing AS n
carriage in l?l1-only automobiles" Well lei
III" carriage makers hold the funeral In Rich
mond, and perhaps Of the mouruers will
decide to start an automobile factory here
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
Permanently Attached.

You may break, you may shattcr
That board il YOU will,
And all over the city
Its fragments may spill,
But the scent of its last break
VIII cling to il still
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

With tho pupils. the public and the World :
News 'o-operatnE," says the Roanoke paper
OF the above name. this undertaking. should
prove not only instructive and interesting but
most encou!aginSly successful" Truly, with all
that force behind II, the "undertakinE." what :
ever 1t may be- is bound to be pulled through.
quite unanimously
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
G;eorgia's
Pity for
Tom Watson

AS = matter or fact. feel
'c"' S,' ing for Tom Watson is one OF
III! iof pity and compassion. and this we
Tom Watson have .ried TO make clear from
the very outset; pity for man
who has thus prostitutCd his admittedly superb
talents 10 vicious and wholly unnecessary
purpose. and compa s3ior for him in the hope,
If not the belief, that HI would not do this II
his mental or moral vision not in some
NAL, but We can only feel sort Of pity for
the man who is so abnormal thai he is willing
to dcvot" himself 40 the most bitter and TN
warranted attacks upon large body of his
fellow citizens on account OF their race. TO say
nothing Of making equally vicious attacks upon
hundreds and thousands of individuals for no
better cause than that they do not agree with
him in politics or on qucs tions Of pubic pol
leg While plying such man for this misuse
OF his talents and hiE opportunities CON
slider ii as much our Guty public journal
10 warn tho public against him ard to expose
the folly and DANCE" Of his teachings as 1t is
the duty Of Il physician to vaccinatc the people
against smallpox or 10 'nliGhtcn them in mat
tcrs pertaining to health and hyGienc--and
that's just rs far an! personal feeling" or
any selfish motive exists in connection with
this discussion, FL: concerned
though We are quite prepared to fulhll our duty
to the public to the end. should any one seek
10 pitch the discussion any other plane
augusta Ga. Chronicle.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

Two boys with little wagon full OF green
wainnts. hulling them in The back alley says
the Winchester Star lis one of the rrandcst
experiences Of this mortal career" Yes but YOU
Will have to look under the head News OF
FIFTY Years Ago to get an account of walnut :
hulling in a back alley It's lost art
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

tonvicta of the Auburn, y. V. penitenliarv
observed Tom Brown Day quite like a col
leee commencement If the present lenient
prison policy Of the Empire State continues
diplomas will yet be handed out to each con
vicl when his time is up.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
Common. With Him.

Grubbs-That man in the black coat and silk
hat is very determined looking Individual
He looks like Il lawyer, and l would be willing
TO that lie has put lot of hard
undcrfuot.
Stubhs-Well. he isn't Il lawyer, but you would
win anyhow. He's an undertaken
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
Chats With Virginia Editors

Al iast the Norfolk Virg,nian- Pilot has found
Sood word to utter for w. j. L.. and here IL
WI prEah mat lie did not turn the other check
Wheh that hansan kissed him the other day"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
Sndly Changed.

le-Iefore we were married you said that
you could listen all day to the music Of my
voice
She-True enough. but in my later years
find that my taste for music has declined.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

The trenches on the Main street front have
been closed. and If YOU don't poke round too
h"th Tor other breaks IT looks as if the old
town has mt last struck state OF prcparcdncss
that's good for the winter
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
Peace to His
! ShcS-l9ln.

You couldn't huild a house
on that kind of a lot. but you
can on any one of these six
lots. each 60xl5o, in one of
the best places in Braintree.
Investigate.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
IN MIcNlOitI.A VI.

On Nevo's lonely mountain
This side OF Jordan's wave,
In Il land in the vale of Moab,
There lies a lonely grave
Six feet long two feet wide
That's where Moses was buried.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

indiana motorists who travel by night are
being waylaid by owls, which fly in the faces
90 ''' chauheurS, causing the latter to jump
FENCES and do other acrobatic acts AS owls
can talk, the statements OF the motor SITS
must DC accepted
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
The pcssimist SAYS;

The saying that lit is never too late TO mend
does not apply linen buster that has bee,
through automobile accident
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
Gossip From "Down Home"

The Lee County journal Says: NEARLY all The
gins III the county are now running on fun
time. and by next week they will be pushed i'm
taking care OF the short cotton crop which seems
to he all trying TO open time"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

.. , wlth wheat. and oats; their ha rms
WIN aitalfa and fodder; in their mes. dows
, eNs OF clover and other hay: their smoke
houses contain home made meat: theIr ranges
80 80 eo"s which produce milk. Up to this time
~ piiee OF cotton has been good, tobacco Is
sei'"s VOL for tho better grades, and the
,nrlhers are independent, and Gun afford to hold
II prices arc not satisfactory"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

81 course everybody in New Jersey knows
ms business but the laws of that State forced
MIR. wilson 10 admit that he is President of
INC uit"d states when he presented himself
al lhe polls. Count Won Bernstorff could
have answered the question if he had been
there
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

tiere III me first discoraant note heard from
uo"h nome 1t comes from the Andrews Sum
quoting a very prominent citizen OF one of our
e'shporihs counties the town OF Andrews Is
'he only COW pasture In this country with some
."ns ike 1000 men, women and children living
III it, He even went further and said: Andrews
IS mo only cow pasture with paved streets for
'"e cows to walk upon. and in which 1t costs
u man something s12 year TO live even
"a ne haSnt property valuable Il barlow
Rhiie. Up to this point nothing could be said
ior ne was right. but when he said the thing
'he people should do is to put troughs at
each corner for the convenience of the cows
"eii' mats what caused the trouble"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

mere is some sweetcnin g down in Carolina this
year. Inc WaNhaw Enterprise says: From all
inu'c"tiohs' this community will make IL bumper
crop OF molhsses this year Nearly every farmer
mas Goou-sized patch OF cane. and the cane IL
extra me 1t is now molasses- making time and
man! OF the farmers finding It difficult to
get barrels in which to store the sorghum
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

Now, If cotton we're low as It was last
inil.' says the Charlotte Observer. "imat inc the
rucus the farmers void be raising ahout
20-ccmt gasoline, But they are all feeling too
rich just now to mind small thing like that &"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

THE MOURNFUL REAL ESTATE
ADVERTISER.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

Northern papers, says the Raleigh Times
continue to write about the South driving nm >
as though this section not blessed with
abundant rainfall SIN, there has been "A good
deal OF specialization hereabouts in q very profit
able sort Of dry farming"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

The Wilkes Patriot says: Another large rat
'rS"aNe' carrying - bunch of nine rattles. was
killed last Friday by Willard Frazier ON biu
place near Poors Knob In the Same locaN,y
where he killed nine rattiers a week before
and within half-mile Of where Mrs Jobn
FRAZER was bitten by a rattlesnakc about three
weeks ago" " ~
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

lhe Herald is pleased to Frank Roddy
again enter the newspaper field in Texas County
Last week he purchased the Hooker Advance
and is now a full-fedged newspaper man. Frank
has had little experience in the business and
VIII undouhtedly give tho people OF Hooker n
good newspaper. 1t wouldn't surprise us n hit
If ne dabbled little editorially. in politics
when the notion hits him just right.--Oklahoma
Herald.
When YOU see two women talking contidentiallv
At this Time of year you can bet that they arc
discussing either the latest fashion fad or tell
ing each ether how many quarts Of fruit they.
have put up.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

Published every day I'm the ycnr by The
Times Dispatc!, Publishing Company. Inc Adj
dress sll communications to TIL; IlNES-DiS-
PATCH, TimcS-ni>pntch building. ~ south
Tenth street, Rici,m"nd. IN.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

on 10 Rlchmond.' is now the motto OF
me AhccHis ana they are looking forward
10 great time on the trip they are going to
S'arl on Saturday II Boston Globe. In CON
nection with the coming guests there is no
terror in the term Richmond has ONLY omen
arms tctc), for the Boston invaders
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

AS In some other things. the down home"
'"lks claim leadership in the matter OF Indus
trious hens. Look upon this from the Tavlors-
VILE Scout: Mr.. T.. j. Fortner tells us that his
white hen Is stu laying She began the Is,
of February and has continued to lay daily ever
since" Up to this time he has gathered in PCS
Of her eggs"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

This glowing picture comes from tho ed,tor.,
column of the Fayetteville Observer: ..In tb,s
year of 1918 the farmers OF North Carolina ora
most assuredly in the saddle. Their cribs arc
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
Apples
for the
Fighters

ncan warriors are little more than boys. and
they have not had time to outgrow the yearn-
ngs OF boyhood. '!he apple Is the boys fruit
the world over. We hope every soldier will
have enough for II Feast
Don't send them any middlings. Let them
have the primest of prime pckings. Let the
Evers exercise the selcctive judgment that a
boy when he raids tho orchard and chooses
for himself 1t was the apple that we told
brought death into this world and all woe.
If IL did, II has made happy amends for the sin.
The apple Is tho fruit delectable, and
hope that the boys OF tho ten more nations
now in tho trenches will get their fiji and have
plenty loft over for pi" Golden apples green
apples. russet apples, red npples--all appetite
uR all sustaining all brimful Of the JOY OF
living.-ChiCago Evening Post.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

American growers are going
10 send thousands Of barrels of
apples % the soldiers in the
trenches. They will prove crate
full gifts Most OF tho Euro
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

THE TIMES. Pounded. Observation-Disclosures. ISSS
THE DlSpATCIt. Founded. Observation-Disclosures. 1850
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

ny Iimcs-I'iSrntch Carrier Delivery Service
'n Richrmonh tHuI suhurhs) and .ctcrshurEi
Daily WIN Sundny. yrcrE ...... II cents
Daily without sunday, week 10 cent.
sunday only Observation-Disclosures. r cents
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
Guide Mnntr n rn,r for the Muscum.

-Braintree tMass.) Bee.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03

entered .;uuunr, -. 1905. Richmond. Nn..
Narrh .. 1870.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
Current Editorial Comment

AS matter of fact. our feel
ing for Tom Watson is one OF
pity and compassion. and this we
son have .rieh TO make clear from