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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-01
: Literary BattaIions.

n library we are surrounded by
many hundreds of dear friends, but
Nhey are imprisoned in these paper
md leather boxes. and as they are
1ffG4sed, like battaitons Of infantry. in
~ and Jacket of one cut, by tht,
Ousands. your chance of hitting on
lne right one is 10 be computed by
- arithmetical rule of perturbation
~ acOmbinsfion-not choice out OF
Aeoe caskets. but out Of half mil
@ fasketS all alike. Would that
ln14 charitable soul, after losing IL
ut deal Of time among the false
9@ks and aiighting upon a few true
- which made him happy and
3&oe. would name those which have
80 bridges or ships to carry him
Ioe1ay over dark recesses and barren
nas into the heart OF sacred cities.
lot& palaces and temples.-Emerson.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-01
WAR PLANTS ARE REGULATED
There Has Been Very Little Direct
Management Of Business by Great
Britain and France, However.

Contrary TO the common understand
ing In the United States there has
been very little direct management OF
business by the governments Of Great
Britain and France In those countries
since the war began, according to a
report on "the relation of the govern
ment to war industry" made to the
National Civic federation by Prof. Jer-
emiah W. jerks.
There has been. however. Professor
jerks explains rather strict regula-
ton Of industries producing or hand
ling war supplies, but virtually no d.
rect management of business outside
the regular government arsenals and
certain special factories. few In num-
her, built by or for the British gov
eminent. The power given the Brit.
ish government under the defense of
the realm act is outlined In the report
as follows:
ITO require any work In any factory
or workshop to be done In accordance
with the directions Of the government.
TO regulate or restrict the carry
ing on Of work In any factory or work
shop or to remove the plant.
ITO take possession of any unoccu-
pied premises for war purposes.
'In actual practice, the government
gets its work done:
by paying liberal prices TO estah-
ftshmpnfs for all work done white
guarding against monopolistic or other
extortionate prices.
making Of certain classes of goods
not needed for war purposes.
"By prescribing rigidly the order In
which the various classes of work are
10 be finished and delivered.
by regulating through various re-
strictlons. the distribution of the sup
ply Of labor and the conditions under
which work shall be done
While the government does not d.
rectly manage establishments" Pro-
fessor jerks says. at does tell what to
do. determine the order of work. con-
in proper order, forbid workmen who
are needed for production of NUM-
Mons to enlist and forbid trade except
lNder license.
Nhese regulations" he says, "are
enforced by committee Of suhordl-
mates acting in friendly way by
unanimous agreement. Their deci-
sions are on disputed questions laid
before them. and are subject to an ap-
peal to their superior officers. Their
cSssifications may be put into effect
by employers or contractors subject
likewise to an appeal. Disputes Of all
Kinds regarding prices, wages and con-
ditions Of labor are settled by com
mittees representing all parties"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-01
WAR BULLETINS

Copenhagen. June 30.--Russin
has again been offered an armis-
tice Germany. 1t was reported
from German sources that Field
NarshaI Won HindenburE has made
the ofrer. desiring to %1spend hos
tiiitics during the election Of dele
gates to the Russian constitutional
convention.
Mexico city. June 30.-The Mexi-
can steamship st. tree, carrying a
cargo Of oil and gasoline was de-
stroyed by fire about ten mile. from
gobos Island. The crew was saved.
The Are Is attributed here to at
temptx by German spies TO hamper
the oil traffic.
Madrid, june 30.--Atl sobma rines
of the countries nj war are barred
from Spanish ports, by decree
s,Rned by King Alfonso. All sub
mersibies Of beIiiEerents entering
spanish waters will be informed.
his prisoner
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-01
Change In Schedule
& Ohio
Railway

Effective at--Jf ffv-tst trains
leaving Richmond 100 P NJ, for tho
| West, and 1900 noon for Norfolk and
Old Point. will be discontinued, as will
| also trains arriving Richmond from
Charlottesville 9;55 A. NJ. and 1:1b T..
! NJ, and from Norfolk and Old Point
Las F.. NJ
Under this change local train will
leave Richmond for Charlottesville
$40 A. NJ. daily Gnstead Of 7.25 A.
NJ, through trains for the West so
T. NJ. daily tinstead of zoe P M
and 1900 =. NJ. daily. Local for Cor
louisville SIS p. NJ daily except Sun
day. Fast trains will leave Richmond
for Norfolk 900 A. NJ. daily (instead
OF $50 A. NJ and 400 =. NJ Local
for. Newport News 7:40 A NJ daily
dinstead aof 700 A. NJ and Sis P
NJ. daily James river trains will CON
tinue 10 leave Richmond 1000 a. NJ.
daily and BIS =. NJ. daily except San-
day.
Fast trains from Norfolk and Old
Point will arrive Richmond 1f:4n A.
NJ. daily. and $40 r. NJ daily, local
from Old Point and Newport News
port News sos r. NJ. daily. Through
trains from the West will arrive Rich
mond a7:30 A. NJ. daily. and 3:45 r
NJ. daily; local from Gordonsville $50
A M. daily except Sunday. and from
Charlottesville 1850 p NJ. daily:
James river trains arriving Richmond
ASa2a "A, NJ daily. except Sunday and
$40 r. NJ. daily1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-01

Our company will be greatly in.
creased this week.
Registering to date are MIRA J, w.
Sherman. Roanoke: Mr.. Obenshain and
Miss .Wingerd. Roanoke; DR.. J. W.
Quick aad-A.-D,-Eis ilIzfs,oiat; r.,
l.. Penn. Roanoke: K. e. Echols. Miss
Richardson, Miss Rosa Thornton Rog-
ers. Miss Katherine Coke. MIR. Harris
Hart, candidate for superintendent Of
public INSTRUCTION.; .. p, Hull. Jr.. r,
w. Epling and f. n. Quinn, all of
Roanoke.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-01
In Days Of Hard. DRINKING.

In the days of George ", when abil-
lily 10 drink hard was regarded as a
mark of distinction, every glass on the
table was dedicated TO one or other
dlgniiary. The guest who dared to
omit any part Of this elaborate baccha-
naitan routine was looked upon and
treated as an undesirable fellow, the
spirit being identical with that of the
bad man" Of Bret Harte's stories who
emptied his pistol into anyone who re-
fused TO drink with him.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-01
! IS NOT DOUBTED
i Dickinson Known as Pa.
mot, Despite Actions.
01eesed ~ sien Declaration Of hide
I'll peAdence, but Fought for Cause
18th In Field and In coun-
ellis OF State.

J0nn Dickinson. patriot member oi
congress of '76. who opposed tho
4 hrafion of Independence, died nj
IlMtngton. Del, on February II. 1908,
\ 8 he age of seventy-four.
Dickinson came of English Quaker
tock, his ancestors having left Eng.
M In 1854 to escape imprisonme
nonconformists, observes the Wash
kApgtoD Post. They settled first In VI
Aia, later removed to Maryland and
III later to plantation near Dover,
a1sa William Killen. young Irish
AN. who afterward became chief Jus
ssHfe OF Delaware, had the direction
II young Dickinson's education until
- wAs sent abroad to study law in
- Middle temple. London. His first
public service was as a member of the
ASSEMBLY from the flower counties. ''
~ Delaware was then termed. and
later as a delegate from the city Of
Philadelphia.
81 During the Initial years of the war
~ independence he was a delegate
Dm Delaware to the Continental Con-
ess and was n recognized leader.
Few contributed more to the move
Ment for separation from the mother
kountry than did Dickinson. and esre-
Eially through his writings as "a Penn
tyfvanla farmer" and vet he denounced
the Boston tea party as revolutionary
and contended that the tea destroyed
should be paid for. Notwithstanding
ali this, his patriotism was never
doubted.
"a He drafted he famous "deciaration
Of causes for taking up arms" also
drafted the first letter 10 the king
md ta1r address to the people Of Amer
m. He opposed the Declaration of
independence on the ground that ii
would not strengthen the colonies "by
-Nae man or by the least supply; that
Il would expose the soldiers TO new.
cruclties: that without some trial of
I'm alternative where to recede would
/ be injury and to persist might he de-
gtruction. He declared the document
Nv = menace 70 England, an affrdnt
20 France. and cause of dissension
among the colonies themselves"
When the crucial moment came the
imposition melted away, but Dickinson
simply absented himself and persist
emily declined To sign the immortal
document. His opposition to II de
4eAted his reelection to congress. and
when, at a following election Dela-
KAr0, named him ne declined to serve
LIE did not sulk, however, but strove
- the cause both in the councils and
"a the feid.
A. president Of the Annapolis con
ntfun he ras the author uf n report
a congress commencing conSritil-
! fiOnal convention, and as a delegate to
that convention insisted on the States,
Regardless Of area or population, being
AQnn|ly represented In the senate He
aha0 several important military com
mandE. and rendered efficient service
~ an officer In the field,
His voice was ever against slavery
and he was an early advocate of the
emancipation of the slaves of Della
ware and against the extension of the
Institution In the territories. Dickin-
NON was positive character, and en-
rountered greater personal risk in the
cause of freedom than many who
championed the cause
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-01
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway

Gin. Lou'vle & West, 80 p. III 90 r.
Main Line Local. $3.50 A.. 1915 r
James River Line, $1,000 A. f5:ls P
N. News. MIX. Old PIT, 900 A. "4.eo r.
Newport News. Local '7.40 A. '5:1s p.
Trains ar'v' FIN MIX, '1l;40 A. $40 p
n. News. 1856 A. 'S:o5 r. From West.
'7;so A. 's:45 +. 1890 A. $50 P
James River, 1928 A. '5;i0 r.
"Dai1y. > Except Sunday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-01

The decorator and . the appro5
were lime-washinK the bakery.
the Baltimore Americans. They Il
about halfway through their
when the master decorator cams
look around. 80 - -..s.. : I. Us. zs
The apprentice was splashimg
lime-wash' about. The master not i
ishing this waste ..said.--.kind yI
eyes. lad"
The lad said 1T is ali right. ~
have just had one eye full, but
didnt waste. it, put it back IN
busket.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-01
A Poor Counter.

Hes an expert accountant"
II don't believe it,
"Why not:''
u played golf with him the other
day and the scores he handed in con-
WINGED me that he had never studied
arithmetic"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-01
-FOUR MEN KILLED
WHEN TRAINS COLLIDE
Three OF the Dead In Freight Wreck
Had Homes In Portsmouth, Va.

Raleigh, y. G., June 3o.--Four
men were killed today when two-Sea-
board Air Line freight trains collided
head OF while running at full speed
The dead are:
n. Gaskin, engineer, PORTSMOUTH,
Va.
o L. Wells, fireman. 1rtsmoutl,
Va
George Napier. brakeman. Ports
rpodth, Va.
Samuel G, Linkous, engineer
Raleigh. y. G.
Two trainmen, r. O. Jones and
John Smith. of Raleigh. wee severed,
injured
Both engines we're dest- oyed About
thirty freight cars and their con.
tents were burned. Responsibility for
the collision has not been fixed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-01
DIVIDEND NOTICE.

Fidelity Loan and Savings Co. Inc,
Richmond, Va, June IS. 1917.
AT meeting of the board OF direc-
tors OF this institution, held this day.
a dividend OF four a. per cent on
he capital stock was declared out
{ the earnings OF the past six months,
payable to stockholders of record
me 80 1917
Clerks will be mailed
JULIAN T. WfNFREF.
Secretary Treasurer
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-01
Ssaboard Ar Line Rwy. Go.
.TThe Progressive Railway OF the
Gnuth's

- Trains leave daily q A. NJ. Norlina
local: 1850 ?. NJ. sleepers Atlanta
7nd Jacksonville; s;3S F. NJ. sleep
RS Jacksonville. St. Petersburg; 1873
i. NJ. sleepers. Atlanta. Birmingham.
'a9kaonville, Tampa and Miami. Trains
.rFlve oc20 a: NJ. I:52 A. NJ. go 2 NJ
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-01

Their viii he no more trials for
lsse majestic in Russia. said Ivan
shinsky, editor Of the Novoe Nremya,
sihieage. according to
the Philadelphia Bulletin
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-01

1tn4 he win know when and
way 70 enforce these .linits-
III ~ are giving the president
~ sQr-t6 contrib the food. lie him
ol me drink Also. Let congress
E frors administering eftter. -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-01

Inpersonating a policeman. your
honor
lmpersonating a policeman, EN-?
Yes your honor. He held up his
hand and stopped an automobile. in
stead OF letting ii run over him. "
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-01

-. - = 80 anyway, always
f@ ~sseulous II always
Reminded me Of the policeman who
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-01

N Material for Hirth.
16per-You know, Miss Giggles,
acpmtng 80 / can make a Joke
SG sfAins.
II GicEies enthusiastically --0h.-
lsoak Ne, please. z
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-01

s4as
- 80 Elssrs whst 4 shs sAsxss. axa,nst
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-24
PROFESSOR OF PRINCETON
LECTURING IN NORTH CHINA

PICKING, Jan. 24.-Professor Rob
ert McNutt McElroy, head Of the de-
partment of history and politics of
Princeton University, who came to
China several months age as the first
exchange professor from America, has
completed series of thirty lectures in
North China, and left Picking this
month for central and south China
where he will lecture at the leading
colleges.
Professor McElrOy had an audience
with President Ii Yuan-nung and prac-
tically all the members of the Cabinet,
who showed much interest in the ex-
change professorships. and expressed
their qualification that the Chinese
students are to have the opportunity
TO hear prominent American educators.
Professor McElroy will visit India
and the Philippines before returning to
the United States.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-24
MOTHER TELLS HOW VINOL
Made Her Delicate Boy Strong

New York City-"My little boy was
in a very weak, delicate condition as a
result of gastritis and the measles and
there seemed no hope of saving his life.
The dictor prescribed cod liver oil but
he could not take it. decided to try
Vinol-and with splendid results. 1t
seemed to agree with him so that now
he is a strong healthy boy.'-Mrs
THOMAS FITZGERALD, 1890 Park
Ave-, N. Y. City.
We guarantee Vinol, which contains
beef and cod liver peptones, iron,
manganese peptonates and glycero-
phosphates, for rundown conditions,
chronic coughs. colds and bronchitis.
Hooks Pharmacy. Also at the lead
ing drug store in all Georgia towns.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-24
JAP COMPETITION FELT
IN THE NETHERLANDS

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Jan. "a.
japanese competition is making it
self felt in the Netherlands. The big
Nymegen Incandescent Lamp Manufac-
tory, which up to a few months ago
was making electric pocket lamps at
the rate of 100000 a week, has been
obliged to discharge a considerable
part of it's staff on account of such
competition. Japan Unexpectedly APP
peared on the European market last
fall with these lamps, offering an over
whelming quantity at a price far be-
low that hitherto obtained, with the
result above mentioned.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-24
MEAT CAUSE OF
KIDNEY TROUBLE
Take a Glass il Salts ii Your Back
Hurts or Bladder BOtherS-Meat
Forms Uric Acid.

If you must have your meat every
day, eat it, but flush your kidneys with
salts occasionally, says a noted au-
thority who tells us that meat forms
uric acid which almost paralyzes the
kidneys in their efforts to expel it from
the blood. They become sluggish and
weaken, then you suffer with dull
misery in the kidney region, sharp
pains III the back or sick headache,
dizziness, your stomach sours, tongue
is coated and when the weather is bad
you have rheumatic twinges. The
urine gets cloudy. full of sediment, the
channels often get sore and irritated,
cbliging you to seek relief two or three
times during the night.
To neutralize these irritating acids,
to cleanse the kidneys and flush off the
body's urinous waste get four ounces
of Jad Salts from any pharmacy here;
take tablespoonful in a glass of wa
ter before breakfast for few days and
your kidneys will then act fine. This
famous salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
Ithia, and has been used for genera
tons to flush and stimulate sluggish
kidneys, also to neutralize the acids in
Urine so it no longer irritates, thus
ell ding bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
lure, and makes a delightful effervesc-
ent lithia-water drink. advt.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-24
LONDON POLICEMAN KNOWN AS
"FATHER OF THE FORCE" DEAD

LONDON, Jan. 24.-John MulVaney
superintendent OF the Whitechapel di-
vision of the London police, who has
just died at the London Hospital, was
known as the Father Of the Force"
Probably no man knew so much OF
the inner criminal life of London. He
took a leading part in the investigation
of many celebrated crimes during his
fifty years with the force.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-24

many potatoes in the province of A,
with the result that prices were low,
the formers in this province would
make inquiries of the farmers organi-
cation in a neighboring province, say
CT B, how its supply stood, and so on
through several provinces, until the
whole potato question was gone over,
and the potatoes shipped to the point
where the supply was least. In the
United States, at present, given the
condition of the province of A. the
growers there merely continue to sell
their potatoes to the big city buyers
st whatever prices they choose to Of
fer, the farmers in Kentucky. say. be-
ing unaware of conditions in Ohio, or
at least, sinexactly informed.
Wholly a Farmers Affair.
The German plan is valuable, be-
cause it is a farmers affair. All the
business of information is carried on
through their own agents, and not by
outsiders. Their organization is rec
ognlzed by the government. All leg
islation affecting agriculture must by
law first be submitted to a standing
centre committee of the farmers. The
organization is entirely Independent of
the department of agriculture, as it
SHOULD be, since no such department
can ever cooperate directly on matters
affecting prices and business.
Congress has already passed the
Rural Credits act, and this winter con-
gress will also be called upon to con-
slider this German remedy for the high
cost of food. The rural credits act by
itself will not vastly benefit the farmer
unless he is further aided to get equit-
able prices for his products by the
adoption of the other and compliment
airy act. By this creation if an official
farmers organization, the farmer will
be turned into an efficient merchant,
ana the people in California will, say,
should they be lacking in food plenti-
full in New York state, be able to buy
food at prices helpful to the New York
farmer, and not prohibitive to them"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-24
Suggests Cutting ofH. C.L. By
System Plan tor Farm Products

. ROME, Jan. 24.-"The remedy for
the high cost of living in the United
States is adoption by the national gov
eminent of a scientific plan for dis
posing of farm products" according to
David Lubin, the American represent
alive of the International Institute OF
Agriculture here and himself the or
iginator of the plan of founding that
institution.
1.-THE remedy was worked out by
Germany years ago and all we have
to d. is to adopt this remedy" he said.
"Th trouble with our present farming
conditions is that the middleman and
the speculator rather than the farmer
get the biggest profit from the sale OF
farm products. This is shown by the
fact that soon nearly fifty per cent. OF
the farms of our country will be mort
gagged, or merely occupied On lease by
the soils cultivators.
Fright here in Rome, long while
ago we had a striking example OF
what poverty means to the farmer. In
the time of Emperor Tiberius Grac-
Chus, Rome began to buy her food from
africa, instead of encouraging her
farmers. The land rapidly passed then
from the hands of the cultiyator of the
soil to other ownership, and the small
farmers ruin entailed that of the ma
ton.
America won't solve it's high cost of
food problem by putting the specula-
tors in Jail We must make it impossi-
bic for the Spectator to operate by
strengthening the farmer. The Ger
mans saw this many years ago, and
they worked at a welfare plan for
the farmer, and thereby for the ma
ton. which resulted in placing eighty
six per cent. of the farms in the hands
OF the cultivatOr.
Key to Plan Of Germans.
'The key to the plan of the Germans,
known as the Observation-Disclosures, is
that of keeping the farmer informed
regarding the needs of the cities, OF
the market, so that his distribution
system is good, so that he knows how
to sell his products, how much they
are worth, and how to plant his crops.
"All of Germany is divided by prov
inces, and each province is kept in
formed of the others doings through a
central office Suppose there were too
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-24
The Medicine That Puts
the One Bright Spot i'm
Lives of Humanity.
What One Convinced
Person Says:

81 wish to thank you all for the marvellous
miracles you have done for me- | know no one
ever saw worse case of indigestion than / have
had for nearly two years. was given UP by three
of the best doctors in our town as hopeless but |
took Mrs. Joe Persons Remedy and mended from
the start. l have gained twenty five pounds in
flesh and one thousand per cent in strength. have
took great pleasure in recommending it to lots of
my friends and have in mind dozen or more
people that it has done everything for. keep after
my husband to order it and keep it in stock for
sale until he finally ordered some and we have
sold several hundred bottles this year. | hope
everybody will read my letter when it is published
for owe it to humanity to tell the world what |
know about Mis- Joe Persons Remedy and will
gladly answer inquiry by mail"
Respectfully,
MRS. A. S. BLANTON,
109 Woftord Street,
Spartanburg, S. c.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-24

"The giraffes and the ostriches are
the most forgiving animals in the
ZOO" remarked the keeper.
''Is that a fact?" asked the visitor.
1T certainly is. Why they overlook
everything. "-Yonkers Statesman.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-19
Really This
Is Worse Than
Going to Circus

If mother or father comes home
dead to the world" tonight,
young people should have a little
pity and not hit the keys of the
piano to "Over There" or Good
bye, Broadway, Hello France" or
other Jazz pieces.
Many fathers and mothers
were standing in a seemingly
endless chain in front OF the
parcel post window at the Fargo
postoffice this morning. They
were human trucks, weighted
down with Christmas parcels.
Some waited in that line from
s TO rs minutes. Conditions were
about as crowded at the registry
window.
According to postal clerks the
rush during the morning and the
afternoon hours is nothing in
comparison with the chain which
forms between and 6 o'clock
each evening.