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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
People S Forum
A Notable Change.


Editor Virginian;
Sir.-Wnl you please give me just
bit of space for testimony in re-
gard 10 the visible change in this
community since the State went dry?
My duties as a pastor of FIVE churches
talee me over good bit of territory
have had to go Just a little more
than usual this Christmas season and
am proud to say that | have not seen
a man for week before Christmas,
nor during the entire Christmas week
under the influence OF whiskey. ! was
in Lynchburg just three DAYS before
Christmas, and on the street all day
shopping, and not one drunk did l
see. Going and coming on the train,
I did not see one. ! asked a friend OF
mine, who is a brakeman on pas
senger train, what the difference was,
and he replied. THAT 1t was like
coming out OF the slums into a we'll
ordered Sunday school"
attended three different Christ
mas entertainments, and saw no sign
of whiskey or disorder on the road, or
at any one of these entertainments.
Our little town, whose past. record
along this line has made some of us
ashamed, was sober and orderly, ana
the entire week looked like Sunday.
Best of all. we have a heightened.
law abiding agent here, who will see
to 1t that the man who gets his quart
Mt any time. will only get It within the
strict limit OF the law. l do not be-
lievc there is thinking, honest,
reputab BILE citizen in all this community
who could possibly deny the fact that
great benefit has come to us Prohibl
ton may not prohibit sone-f few, but
know that prohibition has already
benefited very many in our COM
munity. ] am,
Very respectfully yours,
A J. PONTON,
Pastor Presbyterian Church. Pamp
lin, va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03

- we have spent much energy and
good white paper in discussion OF the
whole subject Of proper and adequate
freshmen for the sufferers from tu-
barcular troubles.
Perhaps we ought not 10 be impa-
tisnt over the slow progress Virginia
seems to be making toward properly
Auuipping itself for caring for the un-
xcrtuna.es and giving a fighHne chance
for their lives for those who are al
ready affected
We recently pointed out how read
tiy q fund of quarter Of million
dollars might be raised for the estab-
lishment OF q greater Catawha- Even
this would not fully sufflce--but IL
would relieve weli-nieh unthinkabIe
eituation.
& Catawba has its fun capacity on the
waiting list. There are fully four
'thousand persons in Virginia now who.
under a proper educational revival
along health lines. would seek treat
nsnt.
q The patient who, II treated now,
would probably be restored t. society
ind family as q citizen with earning
!p0Wer sanimpaired must soon pass the
Border line when his case may we'll he
leonsidered hopeless, and his very
flr&sence in the family circle a men
sAee TO those he holds most dear
Es Virginia has just got to wake up 10
~ daty to itself, to those who are
- suffering, and To those who other
2>1ee must fall yis1ims In course Of
|nAes
NJ Let 1917 not pass without deter
lined EFFORT 10 press movement TO
for ample facilities for hand
lfaE every ,ubercular patient white
- colored
ne endeavor not to be radical. bat
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03

Miss Gertrude Naille, executive sec
rotary of the Denver Charity Board,
furnishes another sidelight on the
matter of offenses against society.
Formerly we were called upon
rather frequently to institute cases
against husbands for not doing their
duty by their families. IT they failed
TO bring home their pay envelopes or
did not support their families We
would take action to make them do
what was right.
There have been few such cases
since prohibition Went into effect. In
deed we haven't had one in long
time"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
PUTTING CHARACTER IN ONE S WORK

I'VE shall build good ships here. at
profit II we can. at a loss n we
must---hut always good ships. Col
lis Potter Huntington.
I This sturdy expression of an honest,
upstandins business purpose. voiced
by Mr.. Huntington when he saw with
the vision OF great builder the New
port News shirbuildinr plant NJ today
Is gravened on bronze plate on the
monument erected TO his memory at
the Newport News plant. unvc4TTf'
with appropriate exercises New Years
Day.
The memorial Was erected rom the
voluntary contributions Of the othoers
and employees Of the great enterprise
which has made Virginia famous as.
the prompt builder OF good, stout
ships. safe in all westhers able scr
wants OF the nation IN way and peace.
Mr.. HuntinRton's sentiment has
been built In every ship constructed
hy the Newport News yard~-a very
clear demonstration Of putting char
acter into work. We go into some
towns Of our Acquaintance and see
houses standing strong and arm an
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03

we desire TO felicitate President
George w. stevens, OF the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway Company. upon his
very proper recognition OF faithful
ana intelligent service in the promo
ton of Mr.. Meade r. Spicer to the
position of executive assistant Mr..
Spicer. we are pleased to learn, will
Acontinue to have his once here. He
has for a long time filled the position
OF assistant secretary of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railway---most &C
ceptabIy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
NAMES DELEGATES TO
FORESTRY CONFERENCE

Governor Stuart yesterday appoint
ed the Following persons to be dele
gates 10 the International Forestry
Conference. to be held In Washing
ton on January IS and l9: Edwin
y. Cox. Richmond, Louis Swan, Rich
mond; B. II. Ellington. Richmond; w.
j. Parrish. Richmond; Ernest Will
liams. i.ynchburg; " o. Game, Bris-
tol: J. /. Camp. Franklin; C. I. Mil
lard, Norfolk Guy Buell., Suffolk:
Robert $. Hutcheson. Staunton: T. r.
Adams Richmond. and N. c. Jones.
University.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03

should. therefore, be compelled to
supply the funds.
This was the declaration of Mayor
Thompson while discussing the pro-
posed ordinance to increase saloon
license fees from $1,000 to 81 500
The Mayor produced a newspaper
clipping which quoted Ex-Governor
Foss of ssachusetts as saving that
so per cent of 10000 arrests in one
year in Boston were traced directly
to drink. while 100. 600 were arrested
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
American Sailors Return.

New York, Jan. 2,-One hundred
and twelve men who were on Ameri-
can steamships torpedoed and sunk
by German submarines In European
waters. arrived here yesterday on the
Spanish steamer Alicante, from Bar
celona Seventy nine were on board
the Columbian, attacked last Novem-
Der on a voyage from France to italy,
Thirty three escaped when the Che
rnung went down off Cape Gaia,
Spain. in the same month.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
American Engineers Escape.

London, Ian 2.-Seventy- five Amer
lean engineers who escaped from the
Rumanian oil fields during the Ger
man invasion have arrived at Goth
enburR on their way home, according
to dispatch to tho Morning Post
from Stockholm. The engineers quit
the oil fields at the last minute. they
say. and several persons were killed
when the rear car of their train was
shattered by the German artillery fire.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
A DESERVED PROMOTION.

The c. & o. under Mr.. stevens
regime, long since recognized the value
OF men who could and would not only
look properly after the interests of
the company. hut meet the public in
taCtful fashion
Much OF the old prejudice that ex-
listed against the railroads was be-
cause the men In charge persisted IN
rubbing the fur the wrong way.
Courtesy was tremendously lacking.
It's different now-thanks TO Mr.
Stevens and men OF the Fairfax Har-
rison type in railroadug.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
Woman Kills Detrnctor

Quincy. Mass, Jan. 2.-E @. lMize,
member Of the county board OF super
yisors and prominent farmer. was
shot and instantly killed here yester-
day afternoon by Mrs Winston Tubbs
The tragedy occurred at the railroad
and, according TO stories told county
officers, was the result Of remarks
made by Mize several months ago.
Mize leaves a widow and four chill
dren. Mrs Tubbs has husband and
two Children.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03

ID the state Of Massachusetts. Tho
t"riher Governor was quoted as has-
ing declared that alcohol COS. ,na
people OF Boston $4,000. GOO annually
and provided a revenue Of only 81
00G. GOO
Iha-AlaFer WITS asked II he carea
10 make any comment on the report
or the liuuor commission suhmit,na
"a the council He said he had no,
had opportunity TO study the report
ana did not care to discuss II
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03

Nashville, Tenn. Jan. 2.--Ths, six.
tieth General Assembly of Tennessee
began its biennial session here today,
organization being completed with the
election OF w. r, t1ahtree. of Chat
tanooga, as speaker Of the Senate,
and Clyde Shropshire. OF Nashville,
speaker OF the House
A message relative to the financial
condition OF the State will be receiv-
ed from Governor Rye tomorrow
Other business" to come before the
assembly Will be measures advocating
a strlcter enforcement of prohibition
laws, adjustment of fees for county
officials. restoration of capital pun
tshment and some form of increased
taxation. Anti-pass and workmen y
compensation laws will also be dis
cussed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03

The young lady who receives a pro-
posai OF marriage now should mako
certain whether II ia wife or the
undisputed right TO order his quart
that actuates the proposer.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
ISN'T THIS GOING SOME?

The research department Of the
Board of Temperance of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church Is responsible
for the statement that Of the 2,543
counties in the United states. 2.o47
were dry before the November cleo
ton, when 1e1 more were added to
the dry column, leaving only 366 wet
counties In the entire nation.
nation all gloriously dry by 1920
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
Boiled Down Items
From Everywhere
Invitations 70 wedding Recalled.

InNftHtIU1lS 10 WtltI1hI TUTEtIIttf
Fairmont, w. Va, Jan Judge
". s Raymond and Mrs Raymond
have recalled the invitations to the
marriage of their daughter, Miss
Genevieve Raymond, to John NJ.
Wolfe, which was to have taken place
Wednesday at st. Peters Church here,
on account of the critical condition
of Judge Havmond's sister. Mrs. Helen
Peddicorn. of New York The mar
riage will take place at the appointed
time. but It will be private.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
Fifteen Milton in Taxes

Winston Salem, N. c., Jan. p
Salem has paid to the United
states government during the past
year in revenue on stamps for chew
ing and smoking tobaccos and cigar
cites manufactured here the sum of
~ 5.2f9, $50, As, according to the fig
ures Of Deputy Collector n. L. Gran
ford. This is a remarkable increase
over 1915. the figures for that year
being $q22S44490
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
PROHIBITION HELPS.
STATE Of COLORADO
IN EVERY INTEREST
Crime Has Decreased; Arrests
Says Denver's Chief of Po-
lice, Have Fallen off.
JAIL POPULATION rs
CUT DOWN MATERIALLY
Scarcely Enough Men in City
Prison Now to Keep Place
Clean; Judge Ben Lindsay
Gives Testimony as Benefits.

Denver, Col. Jan. Crime has
been cut down materially In Colo
rado since the state went dry.
IN Denver, once known for its wide
openness, the number Of arrests for
all causes during the first six months
or 1915 was 4,l29, as compared with
a.9il during corresponding months in
1918, drop of 1912.
chief of Police Hamilton Arm
strong chief In the old open days,
who returned to the head of the Po-
lice Department when Mayor Robert
W. Speer took office last May, exhibits
these figures and SAYS:
prohibition has been wonderful
Thing Tar I Colorado There Is no tftft.~-
ZION but that II has cut down crime
ana improved morality. From a po-
lice point OF view IL has proved of i'm
mense benefit to the community"
ehief J. NJ. DAILY, Pueblo, said prac-
tcally the same thing and brought. out
ngures that are even more significant.
Ihey show that in Pueblo during the
hfst nine months Of prohibition the
number OF arrests have been cut in
two, For nine months IN 10 oct !
the number of arrests for all causes
IN Pueblo was 1897, as compared
with 3,512 during the corresponding
period in 1915.
r,,.,a,.
VI WEST
Fuebio Is Colorado's chief Industrial
ny anu because or large steel mills
and smelters Is called the pittsbure
or the West. 1t has q very large for
eign population. with Mexicans pre-
sent In considerable numbers The
total population Is around so 600
Armstrong shows by his books that
the arrests for drunkenness totaled
i'S 80, IN 1918 and only $40 IN 1916.
ne difference in regard 70 drunk
dirotn,. - +t eN'n s'edler tilah fgures IN
nrohfbit,on 80, e ,N.n befufe
urere 1o o,3. WI" VIZ. mo erect police
49,, WIN intoxicated men II
oouid n"F'eate reasonably well
.b W h't 'fea "ng a disturbance
Ne, naitaa WI" Seho them nome.
= r,aI aho,,.a n'uoh more strict II
a man SHOWS signs or lntoXication he
rot =, or er,e - an" ,i s.h' IN, me idea Is
- " p"l'I9H h!th Tor ih'oNlch-
oot pun also 10 "no OUT Whefe he
eot ms liquor
Ihere IN no question but that por-
hihltion has caused a, decrease in
CRIME IN general. We used to have
never less than $50 persons and most
or the time more than 200 in the
county jail Right now there are but
~ prisoners In the Jail
In the city iaiI> we ALWAYS hud
apout 80 prisoners. Now there are
scarcely enough 10 clean up the jti1.
During the first six months Of l3f5
me tos' OF CONDUCTING the county jail
was s@,634, During tho first six
months OF 1916 the cost was S3.343 a
/ SAVING or H.29o. In the first six
months of 1919 the expense of
conducting the CITY iatl was s654 In
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03

Dear Uncle Henry: We're getting
ready 10 start FOR Detroit with few
dozen Of fresh-laid eggs. right from
Joy farm, 10 swap for one of your
latest touring cars. Please pick us
out the best you've sor Yours truly
The Hoe Editor.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
Carolina Soldier Killed.

Fl paso. Tex. Jan. 2.--Corporal w.
C-lal.- of Company X, Third North
Carolina Infantry. enlisting at Ashe-
boro, y. c.. died here of conclusion
of the brain. following an assault by
Ian unknown person.
A double military funeral will he
held for Corporal Joseph II Wieder-
burn. OF Company !. and Private Har-
rs w. Remhy, Of Company r., Thirty
third Michigan Infantry, who died in
the Fort Bliss Hospital Yesterday
within a few minutes OF each other
from pneumonia The only two pre-
vIous deaths in this regiment result
ed also from pneumonia
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03

new-built by hands long since turned
10 dust. They had reflected char
actcr in their work. on the other
hand. we have seen snide, chcap-John
Jobs, put over" by characterless per
sons, which speedily went TO pieces.
These men cared little but to get
through their work and get their
money for It. The workman should
determine that the work worth doing
Is worth doing we'll.
Let us determine that, whether we
build In factory or on farm, IN news
paper office or carpenters shop. I'VE
shall build good ships here"
We may not always get the fnan-
cial return we feel the work merits
or our. needs demand hut let II be
always good ships" Then III years
n come we Will have the satisfaction
that comes TO every workman who
has been faithful to his task Riches
may never be ours, Grim poverty
may even knock at our doors. But
even the sheriff cannot take from ua
TO satisfy urgent creditor that aatis-
faction duty faithfully done brings
TO US.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03
LIQUOR TRAFFIC COSTLY

Mayor Thompson Finis IL Is Cause
of Many Expenses Borne by
City Taxpayers.
Chicago, H., Jan. 2.-The liquor
traffic Is the cause of many Of the
expenses of municipality and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03

Is our hope-~and our absolute pro
phecy by 1924, Americas safety as a
nation rests upon the sobriety Of it's
people.
II we place prohibition on no higher
plane than thar of making us more
efficient in the manly art of self-de-
Tense. that Is very well worth while.
Hang Johnny BarIeycorn on the sour
apple tree" In the words of Brother
John Hannon-''Amen."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03

IT'S sili 1916 with lots Of our cor
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-03

Why not probe Tom Lawson
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-02
Off With the Old On With the New

Why go on riding in hanson when you can get mol-
sine service? Why write letters long hand when you can
hire stenographer? Why live in dug out with the
prairie dogs when you have elevator service and soft
water and eyerythng-rght here in little old Vermont?
And why scuffle with the od-fashoned hand gear shift
when you float through traffic perfectly sure Of the
edge" which Premer's advanced type of gear shift
gives you?
You will concede that anybody would rather shift gears
with push buttons than shift them by hand-f he knew
that the push buttons would always and invariably do
their work SO job it seems is to SETTLE in your
mind right here and right all doubt as to the abso
lutte dependaby Of Premer's pusE-button gear shift
In the first place. Premers gear shift is made by the
Cutler-Hammer Manufacturing Company recognized as
the biggest and greatest manufacturers in the world spe
cializng on electric controlling apparatus
II New York is positive proof of the dependability of
CueT-Hammer equipment. The big talking sign at the
Lloyd docks the biggest of its kind in the world is operat
ed by CuterHammer equipment It has shifted gears"
so to speak, million five hundred thousand times in
the past eight years-wthout single miss That's de-
pendability enough for YOU
In the Brooklyn navy yards at this very moment are
American battleshps equipped with Cuer-Hammer an
paratus. Cutler-Hammer controls their gun turrets
submarines are Cuter-Hammer equipped If there is
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-02
Premier Plays With the Resi- OF
BraieEebOr0 Traffic

This Cutlerammer magnetic gear shift makes the old
style hand gear shift - laughable By of it, Pre-
mier simply cuts rings around any in traffic. In
Premier you get away and be gone before any hand
shifted car get into second.
You have driven traffic it should be driven
and can be driven until you play your way through the
thick of it on Premer's push buttons
There isn't wise salesman in Bratteboro who will
stake sale on comparative demonstration in heavy
traffic with Premier.
Now, if Premier is so immeasuraby ahead of other
ears on this one gear shift traffic solving advantage
since so much of your motoring must necessarily be
through traffic why in the name of common sense don't
you check up on these claims?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-02

Premier is the only womans gas in existence-be-
gear shift and therefore the only gas that
can drive as easily as she electric. It is ideally
adapted to woman's needs Your wife or your sister
can drive Premier in her white gloves and party DRESS
without once taking her hands off the steering wheel
and she negotiate congested traffic in safety because
Premiers push buttons give her new confident control
Of her that she could never acquire any hand shift
cd car
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-02

the slightest doubt about the efficiency of Premers Cut
er-Hamnler gear shft-heaven help the American Navy
You are taking chances on CHI electrical control
ling apparatus of any sort = and you taking
chances on Premier's Cutler Hammer gear shift
We have heard of the Premier gear shift failing
20 work in single nstance-and we have had hundreds
and hundreds of these model Premiers in the hands
Of users for months.
Here, though, is your big protection. The Premier
Motor Corporation unqualifedly guarantees this push
button gear shift perform it's function without fail and
so does the Cutler-Hammer Manufacturing Company.
And the final proof lies in your actually driving Pre-
mier and actually shifting the gears for Yourself
Remember Premier has done to gear shifting precise
y what the first with electric starter did to motor
cranking Would you crank motor by hand now? Do
you think you will shift gears by hand very much longer?
Ii SO, you going to have some difficulty in finding
good car to shift them because the general adoption
of some form of automatic gear shift by other cars is in
evitable.
Meanwhile, call me up personally at 67S-W and will
see to 1t that everything you want to know about Premier
is carefully explained will also see that you get chance
to drive the new Premier and to become initiated into the
new, advanced way of motoring
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-02
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-25

isn't she, Ned? Just the kind of a
woman a man would be utterly mad
about"
Depends on just how you mean
that" Ned returned finally. IT think
she's an empty-headed doll, If you
ask me-"
But, Ned, she's so feminine-so
different from me. Sometimes l
wish l were more like her."
This was so foreign to Hilda' s
general attitude toward life that
Ned looked at her in amazement
He saw the broad, high forehead,
the waves of copper-colored hair so
at variance with the brow they
covered, the wide gray eyes thought
full and serious now, the straight lit
tie nose, the curved lips and the soft,
dimpled chin. To him she was more
than woman-she was wife and COM
rade, everything he had hoped his
mate might be but had not dared to
count on. Then he visualiZed Clare
Claer's insignificant bolnde pretti-
ness. her rosebud face and her ex-
pense, useless clothes.
Let me tell you something, Hill
da," he said, leaning forward earn
estly. you've turned life around for
me. | never knew that there were
women like you in the world. Clare
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-25

of some expressed wish or desire.
Often during the winter they had
talked over the matter of furnish
ings, and she recalled how uncon-
sciously she had been led to make
suggestions which he had stored up
and acted upon. For the rest she
found her husbands taste beyond
criticism. There were draperies and
rugs and prints and odds and ends
that any woman might be proud to
have in her home.
you're an amazing sort of a
man. Jack" she said thoughtfully.
Is there anything you're not up
to? Even n Chinese servant in the
kitchen. It's perfect"
I'm glad you like it," he said. "I
hoped you would"
"TVho wouldn't?" she cried impul-
sively. 81 love pretty things. Wait
till l get done rearranging."
They introduced themselves to the
immobile featured Celestial when
they had jointly and severally in
spected the house from top to bot
tom. Sam Foo gaved at them,
listened to their account of them
selves and disappeared.
From that day on Stella found in