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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27
Goes to Prison at lO2

Although Thomas Gogg!ns, OF SYRIA
cuse. who claims to be one hundred
and two years old. is said to be worth
at least $4,000. and admits himself
that he has a few little dollars" in
the bank. he is locked up in the county
Jail for contempt OF court. and stub
ooIniy refuses to pay fine Of SIS
and costs. levied by Judge William
q. Cady. in county court.
Mr.. Gosgins is unusual and baf-
ming. he is i'll with an incurable mall
adS and has all the appearances of
an aged man. Some time ago DR..
George NJ. Price. who performed an
operation on Mr.. Goggins in an effort
10 restore his health, went into court
TO recover comparatively small
amount for professional services Mr..
Goggins had refused 10 honor the
Dill on the ground that the physical n
had not accomplished a cure.
y Judgment was obtained in NUM-
cipal court. but every attempt to COL
lect it failed An order was then
issued by Judge Cady recurring Mr..
GogSins to appear before referee,
and explain why he had not paid the
judgment.
The aged man ignored the order and
second order was issued, summon
Ing him to appear. This summons was
likewise Ignored and he was taken
into custody at his home.
The fine and costs in the contempt
proceedings amount to $2l, but all
appeals TO the man to pay this amount
and gain his liberty failed Mr. Cog
gins considers himself a martyr. and
cannot understand why he is being
abused"
I'm an old man, sick and harm
less" he said in his cell. II was sick
and a doctor said he could cure me.
20
ated on me, but 1t didn't do any good.
! don't know why they want to abuse
me. | never did anything wrong and
/ never hurt anybody.
I've got few little dollars in the
bank that I have saved to carry me
seems to want to get them away from
me. ! guess will die here in Jail
I'm useless, nobody cares anything
about me and I'd Just IS soon die here
as anywhere else. It's comfortable
Mr.. Goggins either could not or
would not understand what he was
locked up for. and has refused all aid
in gaining his liberty. He lived alone
in small house at 149 Lakeview Ave-
nue.. and took his meals at a neigh
bor's home.
At that place the family declared
that Mr.. Goggins had lived alone many
years and they knew from bank books
they had eeen that he was worth at
least $4,000. Several weeks ago. ne
lost these bank books and SIS, and
il is believed they were stolen. The
banks were notified Although Mr.
Coggins claims to be one hundred and
two years old, there is no proof Of
his age obtainable. The family with
whom he boarded believes he Is pa st
ninety. He was horn in Ireland, came
to this country iifty-iv" q,
and has lived in Syracuse ever since.
f,uI
case, but there was no other recourse
under the law.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27
War and Wages

Al the outbreak Of the war last Au-
gust there was much suffering among
the poor in England because OF a lack
VI work Employers were alarmed at
the prospect of war. the effect OF which
they had no way Of gauging, and work
ing people were dismissed Conditions.
nearly approached a panic. In Lon
don the number OF children on the
school feeding registers Increased
enormously and charitable organiza
tions found 1t difficult to cone with
the situation. The reaction set in when
government war orders began TO be
received and men were drawn from
Industry into the army The war order.
created an extraordinary demand for
labor, and recruiting shortened the
supply OF available workers with the
result that the labor situation, from,
the view OF the worker, steadily i'm
proved until now it is said to be bet
ter than t any time in English his
tory.
Conditions for woman workers did
not improve SO rapidly. for the reason
That women were more generally en-
ployed in the other trades, such as
dressma king. etc. than in those which
benefited from the war orders. and,
OF course. the ranks of the women
workers were not thinned by enlist
ment. SO for several months there
was surplus OF woman labor and a
shortage of. male labor. This condition
eventually resulted in the substitution
or women in the places ordinarily oc-
cupled by men. In the manufa curing
town Of Dundee, however. where mar
ried women were formerly employed
In factories and mills at low wages,
they have quit their employment by
the hundreds. and the industries are
seriously hampered. Recruiting In
Dundee has been heavy, and as a re-
suit many women are In receipt of
government allowances in excess of
the total earning power OF the family
IN times of peace. They are, therefore,
refusing to work away from home. In
other cases the men OF the family
have developed greater earning power,
due to higher wages and overtime, and
are able to support their families un-
aided by the labor of women. Thus it
is that the jute and linen mills OF
Dundee and other industries in manu-
featuring centers which depended
largely upon the labor of married
women are suffering from a severe
shortage of workers.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27
College Athletic Reform

Z X-PREsIDENT TAFT is in many respects
u right in his criticism Of college athletics.
He depoTes that lack OF real craftsmanship
which has its chief manifestation in the de-
sire to win at all costs, and in the offer of
special inducements to athletes by rival col
leges to enter them.
This criticism Of college athletics, however,
years our colleges have progressed from the
English athletic system to something that has
much Of the faint of professionalism. In the
English colleges athletics are pursued by
practically the whole student body as a branch
of education. Some men are better cricket
players or oarsmen than other men. and
make the varsity" teams and crews but
there are plenty Of other teams and crews
for other students. The average English
college graduate is an athlete--at least a
man OF strong and well-developed physique
In our American colleges, on the other
Aand athletics is practically reserved for a
Nv proficients. The football squad averages
ON forty to fifty. mep-often fewer men
.-Iay-and the baseball player are not much
more numerous. The ma jority of our stu
dents 60 through stupid and wearsome
gymnasium stunts, and that is all the athletic
training they receive Their chief participa-
lion in college athletics is to pay the dues of
athletic associations and TO escort young
women to football and baseball games In
other words, they look on.
Our system should be radically revised
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27

search has been rather misdirected. Some
spurred on by the effect OF keen. really harmless
retorts courteous. have started out in search Of
expressions that go further They have. to
DC sure. found no worthy substitute. and the
spirit OF the age seems only reflected in their
hard. harsh, mountaineering Of tho English
language Such expressions have breeding
IN them; no culture wit. 1t is plainly
evidence of OVERRIDING. II soft answer turneth
away wrath, then harsh must certainly
kindle 1t. Perhaps the studied usage Of dun
dunn English is only n fad; perhaps it is only
an expression of tho new freedom Of impulses
and temper. The woman whose tongue is clever
and whose wit is fleet is always favorite. Men
nnd particular fascination in rhetorical SPAR
ring with her. But how quickly uninteresting
Is she whose tongue is brutal and vulgar. and
whose wit Is club footed.-Portland Oregonian.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27

Tho French in particular are often
referred to as examples OF economy.
ana the French home is kept up on
Il sum that an American family in tho
same circumstances would consider dc :
cidcdly meager. The French woman is
particularly saving. She saves the sou.
anG even the confines. and they make
tho francs. 1t was the small savings
OF hcr citizens that made IL possible
for France AT the end OF the Franco
Prussian war TO ray the huge inacm
nifty imposed upon her.
But I'm America We are learning Tho
value OF thrtft--we are learning TO turn
waste materials into account
For example: Wornout automobile
tires are junk to the automobile owner,
but they arc making fortunes for four
or five large dealers in Chicago who
make specially of handling them II
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27
Money.

Can you give any simple, reasonable explana-
ton OF the cause OF the scarcity Of money? I
have read many SO called eXplana tions, and I am
much In the dark before. r. O. S.
= The dollar Is not scarce. II has become tenn
porarily extinct. 1t has rolled along those pa this
Of daliance the Avernian descents which border
the upper reaches OF Salt River, and when one
attempts to raise the wind he finds that like
the wind, no one knows whittier it goeth 1t is
vain to seek the steps down which the stated
dodo has descended to oblivion and vain to pry
into the causes which have removed the amiable
Eyascutus from our midst and II Is than
hopeless to attempt to trail the absconded dollar
20 Its lair and speculate whether or not 1t will
see its shadow when il does out. In a few
months the person who heralds the annual APP
pearancc OF the sea serpent may write to The
Times-Dspatch to say that round mark be-
lieved to be the trace OF silver dollar has been
observed in the road his home, and some
rural correspondent will gladden. with the
news that pair OF quarters seen building
nest In peculiarly inaccessible Cliff and that
his neighborhood was praying for big hatch
Then Will come report OF two capitalists twit-
terinS In some lonely grove the park police will
pack a few silver feathers-riXae pax ct uscula-
a convey Of ha f-eagles will be flushed in Chester
held. and. Ike the evasive sora, money will be
plentiful again..
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27
Queries and Answers
Some Information.

What is the date of tho loss of the Lusitania?
When Arizona and New Mexico admitted a.
States? What Is tho area OF the Philippines and
of the Canal Zone? What their popula tion?
What is the date OF opening of the Panama
Canal Exposition and what does it commemorate
and what BENEFITS will be derived from 1t?
j. T. WALKER.
% May 7. 1915. (2) February a. 1912: Janu-
airy 6. 1912. t3) 115.o26 square miles a strip ten
miles wide having the canal in the middle; 470
square miles. 90 S460.052. 1856 (5) Feb
ruarN 90. 1918. The completion OF the Panama
Canal. Such usually come from great gath
erings of the kind.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27
A Treatise and a WARNING

\ T this epochal period in the history Of the
"a world. when TO the citizens OF the Irn,,od
States-even the most observation-disclosures.
national rights and obligations have become
OF supreme and immediate Importance such
book as Henry ST. George fuckers "Limj,a
lions on the Treaty-Making Power Under ,ho
Constitution OF the United States comes as
something more than fine treatise: ii is a
warning.
During the years that have passed since
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27

Extra va gance
has been grow
ing in America
FOR years. and
seems to be in
our blood. The
demand for lux
uries which seem
necessities to so
many the de-
sire to live as
do others whose
! n e q mes ar
greatcr-is the
cause OF these
cN raw a K a n I
habits in many
instances
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27

Editor Warner, of the Lexington Dispatch
strikes right from the shoulder and talks from
the heart in this paragraph: Lexington is the
best town in the State and it's future ia ex-
ceedngly bright. What It needs Ia the CO.
operation OF all good citizens, working to-
gether for a greater Lexington
working unselfshly for the common good OF
all the people. We do not need knockers we
don't need who get in tho way Of every
progressive movement We don't need
who try to prevent their neighbors from be-
ing successful. men who will try to create
factions and bitterness. for that course only
leads to destruction. II hurts the town and
every individual In 1t"
The Raleigh Times is not at all frightened
1t says: we are not concedins that the North
Carolina Constitution is in serious danger by
reason OF the Oklahoma decision but we ven.
ture the assertion that the Democrats would
gain more In any event than the Republicans
The people of this State will not stand for
some things and one OF them Is the participa-
ton in the elections Of unqualified persons"
Tho -Duplin Enterprise is proud Of its distin-
gutshed fellow citizens, the Honora BILE Jo.ephus
1t says: Secretary Daniels Is quietly holding
on to the boat. He has always been a live
wire. In the newspaper field he has wielded
powerful influence for good and in the navy
he stands for one that will be strong and un.
conquerable. The South is proud of his record"
The delights of Belhaven are pictured by tho
shore
an attractive spot these sultry nights for the
young people. There is nothing like moon
light night backed by the placid waters
to make fellow whisper words OF sweetness
into the ear of his lady love, and the boys in
these parts are said TO be experts in this
line
There is something doing In and about Tay-
louisville. The Mountain Scott says: "Messrs
carp Bros. have just received a fun ca rload Of
egg crates. enough to hold 27,ooo dozen Of eggs
Another proof that Taylorsville is the best pro-
duce market in North Carolina"
IT is dewberry time down home The San
ford Express says: III good prices are real.
lied for the dewherry crop. il ought to bring
some $4,000 or<sl5ooo to Lee County This
will he great help at time when money lis
scarce"
Here's a snake story for you. II comes from
the Asheboro Courier: Mr. w. r. Poole of
Randleman, was In town last Monday and told
Courier representative a snake story that
sounds snaky indeed, but Mr.. Poole vouches
Sunday. his mother in law Mrs. Nancy Rob-
bins, killed three chicken snakes OF unusual
size at his home He said the two largest
snakes were each six feet and four inches long
and as large mans forearm. The three
snakes made a bulk sufficient TO fill a half
b,,Sh al
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27
A Certificate of Eligibility.
IINnunla Il

Somebody suggests that each new
citizen Of tie nation should be given
national f1ag-a flag that hs can display
at his home, flag that will typify his
new allegiance and his new patriotism.
1t looks like a worthy suggestion.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27
Which Is Cracked.
portland oregonian.)

The Liberty Bell Will be here six
hours and Colonel Roosevelt will sop
twenty minutes five days later. That
one is cracked and cannot make a noise
does not account for the difference In
length OF stay.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27
vvomnn's Increased Armament

1 IN
Down at Martins Ferry woman
armed herself with n barrel stave and
put an end to strike of niillworkers
n barrel stave And heretofore wom-
ans most effective weapons have been
the rolltng-pin and the broomstick.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27
SONGS AND SAWS.
Something Wrong.

If two blades make of shears a pair.
II trousers follow that same plan,
Why is 1t the two legs you wear
FAN to make you pair OF man?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27
Chats With Virginia Editors

they declared" says the Bristol Herald
courier, that Mr.. Bryan incompetent
Secretary Of State and then denounced him as
traitor TO his country for resigning in n
crisis. But isn't in crisis the best time for
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27
Explained.

Grubos-What does that political orator mean
when he refers to 1.-The voice of the people?
Stuohs-He uses that term to describe tho
Photographic records of his own addresses.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27

General Carranza finds it impossible to
agree with President Wilson's plans for as
Surlng peace TO Mexico. 1t is not unnatural
uenera! Carranza does not agree with any
body-not even with his Cabinet or himself
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27
How the Auto Docs Push In:

tDetrolt tree FreSS.)
Henry Ford is going to rcwrite Gray's
Eleey to this: "Homeward the plowmarI
chugs his CHEEKY way"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27

New York bride finds it impossible to
I'VE on $4,000 year. IL she would inquire
OF some OF the people over on the East Side
she might learn how the trick is turned on
considerably less
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27

Some Nashville officials are trying to put
mat city IN the hands Of receiver Either
they nave never observed the workings of
mat legal device or else they have not much
affection for Nashville
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27

A New York German periodical has dis
covered that the German-American vote will
be cast solidly in the next election against
President Wilson. If this were assured the
Presidents reelection, with the exceptions
noted would be unanimous
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27
The Pe..imtst SAWS,

Faith Hope and Charity supposed to b.
constant and afectionate companions but Faitl
and Hope sometimes treat Charity as though sh
were the black sheep of the flock.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27

war loans are said to be popular in all
the countries now at war. but they are Of
!cred so frequently there is danger, it would
seem. OF their losing the charm of novelty.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27
Gossip From Down Home"

The increasing number of travelling libraries
now being put to in North Carolina is u
good sign"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27
Attainment,

Attachment.
There was man in our town
Who labored to rise higher;
To rise and then to rise some more
He always did aspire
He smoked within a powder mill
And won his whole desire.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27

The Urbanna Sentinel is pretty we'll sati.-
fed TO let we'll enough alone. says In the
meanwhile we. who cannot know as we'll as
the PresdeSt and his ad visers what is best to
40 ana say, should be satisfied to leave the
matter IN their hands and determine that come
what may we will support his policy and trust
to his wisdom and patriotism to do the right
thing
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27

according to DR.. Woods Hutchinson. "med-
ich! science has conquered the fly" Those
we nave seen around lately must he the
sfagslers OF the defeated army.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27
Nothing to AIuckrake.

washington Post.)
Secretary Lansing's quiet and un-
eventful past is going to give tho muck
rakers some hard digging.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27
The Wrong Remark.

The Wrong Remark.
He (sympathetically) = I
trust you are not hurt,
Miss Sweetthing?
She (acidly) - Not at all.
I do this sort OF thing con.
stantly, just to afford amusc-
mont for people who haven't
sense enough to look in the
opposite direction.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27

Mf bryan still thinks it possible to quell
.ue war spirit Ivy hypnotizing it with the
charm OF his eloquence.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27
NIuzzled.

DO YOU find the you promotes gas
economy?
Yes indeed. took Squawker out for a spin
the other day, and we went fast he couldn't
fnd word to say"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27
The Old Stor,

The Old Story.
This Is about the time Of year
When we must hear what anglers say
In words that oft evoke a tear
About the fish that got away
THE TATrLER.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27
Oppff~ St.nDl

Quite Simple.
Can you tell me- inquired the nice old gentle
man the best way to get to the nearest hos
pital?"
You bet I kim" replied the wise urchin.
'Ihere's a French restaurant down tho next
corner Stick your head in the door and yell.
Hoch der Kaiser"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27

Here is the way Editor Land. of tho Black
stone Courier. looks at serious matter. He
says; "A Richmond minister tells the men not
10 lay all their sins upon their wives; that the
latter had enough to bear But how can he
change what has existed from the day Of
ADAM"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27

Published every day in the ycnr by The Times
Dispatch Publishing Company. Inc. Address all
tconnmonicationA TO THE TIMES DISPATCH
Time Dispatch building, 10 South Tenth Street
Richmond. Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27

The difficulty about getting the Republic,ns
together" says the Norfolk Virginian- Pilot
has been mainly the deep-rooted antagonism
between the Taft and Roosevelt factions Now
that both these leaders have appealed to the
country to support President wilson Tint
seems to offer common ground for agree
ment between them. Make it unanimous for
Wilson In 1916"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27

charlottesville has begun to wake up to its
possibilities" says the Progress .'one ri tie
clearest duties is now after long neglect 70 he
performed; that is, Charlottesville is not going
to ignore It's youth any longer its future citi-
zenship is not henceforth to be left to blind
chance. SO far as the community as whole is
concerned"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27

IT is dewberry time down home. The San
ford Express says: If good prices are real
lied for the dewherry crop. il ought to bring
some $4,000 or<sl6ooo to Lee County. This
will be great help at a time when money is
scarce
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27
Current Editorial Comment

Amba ssador Page sends word
from London that, In spite OF
efforts to prevent, Americans
insist on coming to Europe. and
in increa sing numbers: that they
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27

The Minister of Munitions Is
the man of the hour In England,
and must finish the work
that Kitchener began. Lloyd
George has stepped into the
hreach and assumed nerSonal re-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27

There is something doing In and about Tay.
louisville The Mountain Scott says: "Messrs
carp Bros. have just received a full carload OF
egg crates. enough to hold $4,000 dozen Of eggs
Another proof that Taylorsvilie is the best pro.
duce market in North Carolina"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27

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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-27

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BY Times Dispatch Carrier Delivery Service In
Richmond (nnd suburbS) md PeterHburEf
Daily with Sunday, week. rs cents
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-08-05

pupil or any dates concerning the in
cident which registered blot on the
teachers federation.
Yesterday he was asked if he had
brought these to the meeting and he
answered the query of Senator Can
aday with, 81 didn't think you wanted
those facts" although the charges
were a strong slam at the federation.