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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-22
POSTMASTER'S EXAMINATION
FOR RICHMOND OFFICE

The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an open
competitive examination for fourth
class postmasters. TO be held at Rich
lmond, Va, on August u, 1916. as re-
suit Of which the position of post
master at Richmond College. Va, will
be filed The examination is open to
the residents of both Richmond and
Richmond College
Information may be secured By ad-
dressing VIM. II, Ham, local score
.tary. [. S. civil Commission. Rich
mond, Virginia
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-22
Funeral ~ Mr.. Margaret Spencer
lane.

Especial 20 The ElcE fnorf Y3FSfnlan.)
williamsburg July zi The funeral
Of Mrs Martha 9phne@r IAns. Wife u
Captain L. " Lane ioDk ylAnA al
II O'Clock this morning from Ers1ton
Episcopal Church ~ whieh shs kad
been a devoted member for many
years. The pallbearers we're her
grandsons and the funeral was con-
Quoted by Rev. Henry Lane. OF New
port News In the absence in New
York Of the rector. The church was
crowded with friends of the deceased
who represent all classes of the com
naHnity Deceased had been In fail
ing health for several years and she
passed away quietly and peacefully,
remaining unconscious several DAYS
before her death. Mrs. Lane was in
her seventy fourth year She was a
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-22
Wilmer w Fisher,

Portsmouth, Va, July 2l.-Wilmer
w. Fisher died at ? o'clock yester-
day morning in a local hospital at the
age Of twenty eight years
The body was conveyed to the resi-
dence of his father-in-law. John w
Morris 1898 A Street, Park View,
whore the funeral services will take
place at O'Clock this afternoon.
Burial will take place in Oak Grove
Cemetery.
Mr. Fisher Is survived by his wife.
Mrs, Lena May Fisher: his mother.
Mrs. Susie f. Fisher; a sister, Mrs
w y Tignor, of Hampton, and a
brother. Mr.. Selden S. Fisher. of Prin-
cess Anne, Nd.
Mr. Fisher was an engineer in the
service Of the Ferris Company. and
was member RI ths marine en-
giueers organization
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-22


.,r},o rooa ,.t,.,,, Dta,
y,,a.,f,',+r ~ illoi'N ol'N
nassafIf ava -, s,,,rt...', ~
to risk Their ca,s th,o,,e,I, s,,.t, ~
sfr{,, of r,,d tJ,.a,,,,. -. ,t.i
viz balcb,rf,et sr,,, ~ 80 w. 80
highway is conducted Tho rnaa he
tween Richmond aud Northumberland,
j4 ,uqt ahout az ,,nCd a. l,,,,ia 49,. :
pected There win he many Tnrtbc,,
tourists passing through I-iroin{a nc
soon &C tbis ,boro,,l,faro a.; $3.50 - &c %
completion"
MIR. Ferguson declared that a r,,ntor
trip is much more pleasant than navel
on either a boat or ON a train ~
said that people lose practicaIh. an -,
the beautiful scenery on trains ana
boats that Is afforded in automo1,re
trips.
PcIQuxc NlSo Sf,cats
e c. u iou1e, secretary Of the
Richmond Automobile Club. also made
brief talk He said that after nf,,--
! ing with tho .EIchmond- WASHINGTON
highway for some four years II was
about time that there was some real
action Ii was during his remarks
that he asked Highway Commissioner
"'eth"n when he contemplated start
ing work on the thoroughfare. and the
'>'NNi l'littA mat II would be thirty
days at the latest
'@s!uen' vance of the Fredericks-
l,I ''H'"pHe C4uh' HaVs ed all
',tS On 'f"lh from Ions Island,
{" ne ~ ms nome town 10
N.e'" tne hlchmond MOTORISTS a wei
,' re SAID mat 1t was Thursday
-. n"h ne recalled the fact that
tt ..o Hlohaefs were due In the city
iN@>' ana ne Immediately packed his
peIs"l'ai belongings and started for
e,,i4a soI''
ing the alter luncheon talks
.i., e"i"ois u the Fredericksburg
~" esNor'eo ths visiting autoists
r lIaoue" me cry pointing out the
pt"seN % In'eIest. me Richmond mo-
'Fi' ffeoeFleksburs late yes
| 1,uas AIt''nooh ana most Of them ar
/ ~" /" Hit"nhota around : o'clock.
ne H'ehhohu automobiltsts left
hF"oo" ana Broad streets yesterday
morning at ' O'Clock and most of them
arrived In Fredericksburg around noon
me cars WIN the time of their ar
''Na'' starting time and running time
ana occupants are given below.
NO. Sheitdt~t owner. X r. All
port dfiNtf g. - lowers. left. 9;1s;
arrived as running time, 2;30. Oc-
cnpahts i'r. c. A. Eziekel, L. O.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-22
Mrs. Laura III. Myers,

Mrs Laura II. Myers. who had been
Ill for long time, died Thursday
night at the home OF her daughter.
Mrs. George w. Kemper, s04 Barton
Avenue.
Mrs. Myers was 70 years OF age.
She came to Richmond six or seven
years ago when Rev. Mr. Kemper ac-
cepted the pastorate of Hanover-Ave-
nue. Christian Church. Mrs. kemper
was her only child.
The body was taken on the 2 o'clock
train yesterday TO the old home at
Paris, KY, where the interment will
be made.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-22
SENATE PASSES BIG
Continued From First Page.)

were all adopted by vote Of sixty-one
to fifteen and the bill flraily passed
The hill was largely the product OF
Senators Tiliman, chairman OF tn"
Naval Affairs Committee Of the Senate.
and senator Swanson. Of Virginia
Owing to Senator Tnlman's indispo-
sition, the bill was presented to the
Senate and ably supported in a strong
speech by Senator Swanson.
The effect Of the measure II agreed
to by the House viii be To place the
United states in second place as a
naval power, surpassed only by Greet
Britain.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-22
Mrs. Isnhell A. Long.

Mrs. Isabel A. Long. wife of John
L. Long. died last night at $40 o'clocl,
at her residence in Caroline County.
Va. Her death was sudden and unex-
pected
Mrs. Long. besides her husband. is
survived by Ave children. Mrs. r. e.
Moren, of Richmond: Miss Louise B.
Long. of Caroline;- Edward w. and
Jacob A. Long. OF Washington. d. c..
and John T. Long. Of Caroline: three
sisters. Miss Rachael A, Thompson. Of
Caroline;. Mrs. c. e. vorges and Mrs.
Jacob Umlauf. Richmond. and four
brotherA James -. John W. and w.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-22
Y.M.c.A. Entertainment Draw. Crowd.


Another very successful entertain
ment was given on the roof garden of
the Central Y. NJ. c. A. last night with
splendid attendance. The singing
by Mr.. Clifford Walker, the piano solo
by Professor Herbert Reese, and the
music by the orchestra were all very
much enjoyed. Lemonade was served
while the orchestra was playing the
last selection. At the close of the
program on the roof n basketball game
was played in the gymnasium. At the
same time the entertainment was in
progress. ladies night" was being
celebrated on the bowling alleys, FRI
day night being set aside for members
to bring their lady friends to PLAY.
There will be another social on the roof
next Friday, and probably every week
during August. There is no charge
for admission, and all members are cor
daily urged to attend
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-22
n1pynble Program BY Miss IAggon's
School of Music.

Y1Osr AiV&tStih tsN -FiiN~ A@ESpIi -
School of Music.
45SA musicale by the scholars of Miss
kda IArgons School Of Instrumental
snEussc was enjoyed hy a Laygr audience
the Assem- bly, hall Of he new
( nthaniel Bacon Publfo school Uuild-
40 on Thursday evening The SPLEEN
program was directed by VI Sc
ron and the members were an
Iaced by Master Louis Garue.t. one
Ne scholaFs. which duties We're per
ned with admirable grace The
7yam comprised piano solos and
- and several vocal choruses Nv
~ of cute little girls. Miss IAg-
aupeared in several duets In
1f1ax the opening nunIper. when She
Eacconpanied by Mr. OTIS Jones.
Recipients Of medals were Miss
III Mitchell, scholarship 3. aEt
1921 Rosa Chalkley, LOrena Nun,
Hicks. I-ottie Garnet Rosa
and Master Louis Garnet for
Nancy. There was a profsion
vers for the medallsts and the
rrforS also received tokens Of
Mr. Bickers delivered the
~ and highly commended the
n and their insfructress for
sov4dent proficiency, His humor-
nouoiogue and burlesque OF the
xanartette" caused considerable
S0nt
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-22

Gordopsville, Va, July william
n. Jordan died at his home on Main
Street yesterday afternoon, In the
sixty-frst year OF his age. He leaves
his wife, a son. J Bernard Jordan a
daughter Mrs. !. L. Jones. and sis
ter, Mrs. NJ. Forbes. all of this place.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-22
Mrs. Ann Clark.

Christiansburg, Va, July 21.--Mrs.
Ann Clark, aged seventy-six years,
mother Of C. r. Clark, supervisor of
the Norfolk ana Western Railway. died
at her home here Wednesday evening
and was buried from the Baptist
Church OF Cambria yesterday
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-22
f.. l.. Butts,

Lynchburg, Va, July PIE l.
Butts, aged fifty-one years who was
we'll known here, died at local hos
pital "Wednesday night. He was ma
tive of North Carolina. but had re-
sided here for more than twenty years.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-22

why tsrt South"Afrioa a good place
to keep that man Legum? 1t will cost
more 'han a good round thousand TO
bring him back to this country and
much az ne Will be by making him
stay away Looks like good radiance
Of Ind rllhNlshl
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-22
Funeral of Mrs, Hamburg.

Funeral services for Mrs. Matilda
Hamburg. seventy-nine years old, who
died in the home of her daughter.
Mrs. Daniel Whitlock, 2207-A Monu-
ment Avenue, will be held from the
home al o'clock this afternoon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-22

70 learn that she is progressing nicely
towards recovery. In addition TO
largo personal acquaintanship, Mrs
Robey is widely known as graceful
writer her folklore poems being es-
pec.aIly prIzod-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-22
Mrs. Charles Richardson.

Christiansburg. Va, July 2l.--Mrs.
Charles Richardson. aged fifty-four
years. died here yesterday. following a
brief Illness, She is survived by her
husband and two sons.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-22

@. Thompson. Richmond, and Joseph
A. Thompson, OF Philadelphia
Arrangements for the funeral have
not yet been made.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-22

RObey Progressing Nicely.
Sn3ny friends OF Mrs. Mamie F
Nrf1f be- paired. to hear 81 her
YSwhich necessitated hospital
bat viii also DO GrAtified
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-22
Is1lira1HaNrEL BACON" MUSICALE

xf st. Paul were alive today. he
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-22

LONG-Died. suddenly at the residences
OF her husband. in Caroline County,
Va. MRS. ISABEL A. LONG, wife
of John L. Long. Friday evening.
July 81, at $40 o'clock
Funeral notice later.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-22
DEATHS.

LlPSCOMB-MIss ANNETTE G. LIPS.
COMB, only daughter Of Mrs. @. F.
Lipscomb. died at St LukSs Hospltal
Thursday. July 30. at . p. NJ.
The funeral will be held from the
residence. 40 w. Clay Street, at $50
r NJ Saturday. and owing to illness
in the family the services will be
private
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-22
FREDERICKSBURG GIVES

Continued From First page.)
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-27

Kansas avenue as inner street Jnan
all the streets that he had seen. And
he declared it was the men on that
street that made it fine He pictured
the Kaw valley flooded in sunlight and
carpeted with green and edged with the
purple of the alfalfa bloom and swept
by the health giving winds of heaven.
We both sat in happy contemplation
of the picture he had drawn, and then,
after awhile, we looked out of the win
dow at the smoke and fog that lay
across ST. Louis like shroud on the
face of dead man in the morgue. I'm
consciously we both sighed.
Captain King has gone to brighter,
fairer home even than Kansas, and |
am still a pilgrim in the valley Of the
earth, far from Kansas STILL and seeing
no place that looks as fair and meeting
no men l like as well as I like Kansas
men.
The other day l met Chaplin, the ia
lic and we talked about Kansas. Chaplin
used to work ON the Kansas City Star
and he has made many trips through
the Sunfower state. 81 have never seen
the sun shine so bright as it used to
shine in Kansas" said Chaplin to me.
When 1 first went to Kansas some
twelve years ago 1 was carrying one of
those 98-cent telescope valises and l
of oIo hot
was as rough on the surface as the
wool on the back of a sheep. l imposed
on BILLY" Weaverling to give me job
as foreman of his Coffeyville Journal
printshop. A month later he made me
editor of his paper 1t is only in Kan
sas that such miracles take place. In
any other state in the union you have
to work for eight or ten years to win
recognition and then you must show
your pedigree and give guaranty bond
that you won't carry off the Duplex
press some dark night.
l worked for Weaverling all winter
and l figured to leave in the spring.
But when the June winds slipped across
the prairies to come and play with the
roses l had lost my heart to Kansas
land and l determined to stay as long
as they would let me.
After awhile L. L. Kiene, that fat
prince of the province of golden hearts,
who was then editor of F. p MacLen-
mans Topeka State Journal, called me
to the capital city and I worked there {
as reporter and city editor for many a
happy year.
The lure of Kansas l wonder what 6
it is anyway The wind blows a gale
here in the daytime and a tempest at
night. The weather changes quicker
here than it does at Medicine Hat. @
Everyone in the state is rich but me. S
There is no lure of lands in Kansas a
or me, or houses or money. The only
and own in Kansas is lot in a Coffey- f
lille cemetery where my New England o
mother rests after life's journey to await t
he coming of the Morning.
The lure of Kansas. All, its lure for n
ne is a mightier thing than lands or q
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postman leaves the mail in eight little
boxes in the front hallway. There is no
room for refrigerator, so we chuck the
escape for exercise and look at little
patch of grass in the side yard when l
want to rest my eyes. l do not know a
living soul in the apartment and not
soul knows me, or wants to make my
acquaintance The man next door to me
dies and is buried, and the third day
thereafter | hear, by chance, of his
death. When / am sick the doctor alone
calls to see me at the rate of three dol
lars per call / ride six miles on a
street car, holding to strap, and people
tread upon my weary feet.
A friend from Topeka comes to see
me, and, with a pomp that is pathetic,
l swell up with pride when the elevator
boy calls me by name. | take this
friend to lunch and nudge him so that
he will get the full weight and effect
of the fact that l know the waiter.
l walk the streets from Dan to Beer
sheba and then back again, and never a
friendly face or friendly greeting is
my portion. A barber barkeep and a
newsboy honor me with a nod of greet
ing. | sit in my Office on the ninth
floor of a steel and concrete building,
that is not nearly so hard as the heart
of the man that | work for and look out
of the window and see the smoke from
many chimneys, and the fog from
many rivers and the murk from many
fields of lost endeavor, and | think of
the peace of the Solomon valley and the
fresh sharp air of the plains and the
men l used to know in Kansas
Sure! draw my pay every month,
and it is more pay than drew in Kan
sas My apartment is decorated with
brindle fringe and there is thing in the
Railways and marble half way up the
walls and blue doves on the fretted cor
nices. I'm not sore or sad or down and
out. Something doing in the city every
minute. Big work to do in the world
Get ahead Beat your neighbor to It,
Speed, paving, theaters, society, the wild
cat walk, trains every minute, smoke,
clangor, servants, taxis, selishness,
show, gliding, dross, fringe and fiutter
Listen! The orchestra is playing the
''Ragtime Picker Man" But know that
the Swanee River still flows through the
sun-kissed meadows and green groves
Of the south and that in Somewhere
Land they are still singing Annie
Laurie" and Ben Bolt" and men listen
with parted breath to the magic melody.
The lure of Kansas. Hardest thing in
he world to withstand. The lure Of
the enticement of kindli-
ness, the invitation of fairness, the at
raction of honest praise, the attach
nent of staunch men. These lure me,
md l trust they always will.
They have lakes in the northern
tates, and cotton and romance in the
outh, and wonderful climate on the
Pacific coast, and money in the east,
III surprising Kansas for the vain de-
CONTINUED on page tlOeIUe)
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-27
By CULLEN A. COIN

pie themselves l do not rave, as a
general thing, over the Kansas land
scapes or climate or fields of growing
the fairest, richest farm land and the
most beautiful valleys and brightest
days and finest nights l have ever seen
between Topeka and the sea. But the
Kansas people, and their way of treat
ing the poor pilgrim who comes there
to live, that's what makes me love the
state, and that's what draws my heart
to it now.
Those Kansas people You meet all
of 'em in Topeka. They come to town
once or twice or ten times a year, and
they are the best ever. Sam Fitzpatrick
from Montgomery county Ed Jewett and
Henry Allen of Wichita, Dick Hopkins
of Garden City, Billy Morgan of Hutch
inson, H. A. and ]. B. Dykes of Smith
county, Joe Mercer of Chase, Charlie
Scott of lola, "Ironjaw'' Brown Of King
man, Foley of Rice county, John Davis
VI hlONd, OHdIllo DlOWuS VI IlOl IoH
and Will Beck of Holton and Ewing
Herbert of Hiawatha. Name of name!
what a long list. And l cannot bear
to shorten it, There is A. NJ Keene
of Bourbon and Ed Ziegler of Coffeyville,
Shelf ingalls, and Bailie Waggener of
Atchison, Senator Huffman of Cherokee
nd Drfao Of Glo RI Toco No
pier of Harvey, Senator Porter from
Pittsburg, Fred Quincy of Salina, Sig
Lehman from Labette, and about two
hundred others l would love to name
and whom l remember, and always will
remember we'll
And there was the statehouse bunch.
Dear old Chief Justice Johnston and
Justice Silas Porter of the warm heart
and Justice Burch of the brilliant mind.
And John Dawson, the Scotchman who
was my friend and brother and Jim
Nation and Joe Dolley and Hoch the
eloquent one, and Stubs the fighter,
and Frank Ryan and Henderson Mar
tin and last, but not least, Mark Tulley
and Gene Denton, who have both crossed
over to the Morning Land
And those Topekans! by their works
shall we know them. There is the won
1erful Captain Waters, and Major Har-
7ey, the grandest Roman of them all;
md the four Charles of the House of
and Gault and
Sessions and Gleed and Dave Mulvane
ind Robert Blair and Charlie Curtis and
frank farrell and ]. E. House and Ed
typical Kansans, all these,
md there could be no higher praise.
Why did | leave Kansas? Only the
Lord, with His infinite understanding,
,nows. l don't A gent came along
ne day with his siren song about high
alaries and the crowded market places
nd the sounds of the strife Of the cities.
md / left the pleasant valley and free
elds and brave towns and true hearts
( Kansas and came to cast my lot with
he men of the cities.
And now / live in a six room apart
lent, second floor. The milkman leaves {
he milk on the back stairs along with
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ocrat office. Captain King leaned back
in his chair and looked out of the win
dow of his Office on the seventh floor
of the Globe-Democrat building and
gazed thoughtfully at the fog and mist
that shrouded the city in blanket of
gray. 81 have heard many men speak
in many tongues on many subjects since
| left Kansas" he said but never have
| heard anything that sounded as fine
to me as the Kansas language"
| had only been away from Kansas a
few months at that time but | knew
even then, away down in my heart, that
l. too, would never hear any man or set
Of men speak in tongue that | would
like as well as the Kansas language.
The captain slid down in his chair and
placed the tips of his long slender fin
gers together and held them in this
V-shape just under his chin, and looked
at me in kindly fashion with those black,
penetrating eyes that shown under his
white brows. His face was thin and
drawn from the illness that he was fight
ing with his indomitable courage, but
which in the end was to conquer him.
His white mustache did not conceal his
strong, straight mouth In fact, he
looked like an eagle in its eyrie as he
sat that day in his bare Office in the top
of that big newspaper building.
But the man who had the courage to
cross the threshold of his Office and
brave the eagles eye was sure of a
kindly welcome from this grand old
newspaper man. He had brave heart,
a great mind and gentle soul. AS a
rule he was not much of a talker, but
on this day, as he sat waiting for death
ness, his thoughts turned to Kansas
where he had worked and loved in the
old days, and he talked on and on about
the days when he was editor Of the To
peka Capital and of the men he had
known and the events he had gone
through. His voice was soft and his
glance was retrospective as he sat there
and reviewed the past.
He had met many men, had Captain
King, big men, high in the councils of
the nation; little men, shysters seeking
newspaper notoriety capitalists seek
ing to be let alone by the newspapers;
adventures, teamsters, police captains,
artists, authors, promoters, preachers,
merchant princes, clubmen, and he ran
lightly and rapidly over the list, touch
ing upon their failings with charity and
upon their strong points with praise,
but it was only when he spoke of Kan
sas men that his eye burned bright and
his voice became earnest with enthu-
siam.
He talked of the many cities he had
seen, of the spires and wharves and
crowded streets and stately avenues and
PARKS and libraries and palaces of art,
,ut his manner was Indifferent and his
roice was a monotone until he came to
peak of Topeka on the Kaw. All, then
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January, 1916
= I'm Sorry, Now, | Left Kansas
4AA# By Az
CAPTAIN
HENRY KING

BOUT a month before he died l
had a long visit with the late
Capt Henry King, veteran ed
itor of the ST. Louis Glohe-Dem-
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the Buckeye street crossing of the
Union Pacific railroad, to replace
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lar with the minstrel troupes-and
for which he received a hundred dol