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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07
Let Flags Show Richmond's Patriotism

No one who knows Richmond will question
It's patriotism, but to the stranger within
us gates there is little outward manifesto
non that II Is In any manner interested in and
dong Its share of the winning of tho w.r
Nhere are the flags, the Stars and Strines
"hlch should wave from every building as
symbols of Richmond's unselash devotion IN
the allied cause?
soon after war was declared there was
brave showing Of the national co,ors Ero,,
practically every business house and nrivata
u"eilihg they futtered in the breeze Ru,
II was Tor time only. Now one can WALL
the length and breadth of the CITY and eco
scarcely one of these bits of bunting on,
o.ehs Oh loyalty. Some of the flags pur
.""seu year ago still cling to their staffs.
torn TO shreds by the winds or rotted nv no
weather, and soied 10 an unrecognizabla
condition by dirt and rain. Their owners
ignorant or careless, have ignored tho resnec,
"ue 10 inc coiors, and have failed TO take
'n''' III al night or protect them from tho
otei'e.tS' Most of them have disappeared
entirely, while the few that remain AFRO ,
reproach and disgrace, visible signs. not of
uisio!ai'!' nut of negligence and proper feel
ing. 49,
II is time for change. for a bracine nm
all along the line While Other citiaa n
aoiaZc with color in demonstration ~ 49,;
support OIL the war. particularly al This tir,a
vi the lourth Liberty loan, Richmond capno,
'Hora In Justice TO itself to continue its drab
apa'hetic appearance On every business
pace on Broad and Main Streets on evarv
store ana factory wherever located and from
every residence flag should be unfurlsd
NO one Is so poor that he cannot afford IN
DuE AT icast small one, and surely m one
Is so unpatriotic as not TO want one Tbeir
aosehfe is notable 10 the thousands of sol,
aiers VINO daily visit or pass through Rich
mohd' ana to transient civilians who coma
from other cities where patriotism AMI honor
10 me nag are more apparent IL cannot holm
nut make bad impression which Ricbmond
does not deserve and should not permit ~ on
forth. ~ so
Let S turn over a new leaf Let's nIedpe
ourselves TO show loyalty as a civ. hv
d generous display of the colors. Let's Hing
tAeh 10 the breezes before the thousands or
falf week visitors come. Let's have Rich
mono ablaze with color before Liberty Day
II VIII help the city's outward aDpearance
give 1t better impression TO all WHO come and
It's psychological effect will result in a moro
icrvently blowing love for the common cause
ana IA more energetic support of the Liberty
roam campaign.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

Dispatches from the western front make
II diihcuit to determine just who is in charge
Oh the badly harried German armies. One
oay II is iiindenburg who is giving tue orders
.oi a''ack ana retreat; the next, the field
marshal seems to have beep sbalyea .ra :,
is Ludcndorff who appears as the command.
ing genius One of the two, of course. is
oelng prepared for the sacrifice following
defeat' and Hindenburg, the popular idol of
tne war. undoubtedly will be the victim. To
pace the blame on Ludendorff would too
Closely involve the little crown prince, whose
ADVICE and wishes were followed by Luden-
aorh IN launching the great western offen-
sse. come what may, to the sacred persons
of the Hohenzollern dynasty must attach
none Of the odium of disaster.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07
The Women OF Americn to Their
Soldiers.

The Women OF Amertcn to Their
Soldiers.
we who are your women, when have
We who stood beside you when dread
or doubt assailed you
In the old days of>iivng o'er the war
We who are your women, we handed
you the sword,
we bade you forth to battle in the
service OF the Lord.
we promised faith and aid and strength
TO be your sure reward.
We, who are your women. now that
you are gone.
Shall we sit,with idle hands thinking,
That her task has been fulfilled. that
her work is done?
We who n,.a are your women, you call
sterner things than these. 80
All that makes FOR might and strength
against our enemies
We, who are your. women, by all that
D.. makes our pride.
our hearts denied. ~ 'e''
service multiplied.
We. who are your women, be sure we
The sin single e d i LEFT , for us who sped
We, who gave the sword 10 you...we
must keep ii bright.
We, who: are, your women, when have
We failed you "s" nav
III inc ola DAYS OF living Der the war
AS we gave the promise so We Keep
VIC. who are your women, We shall
not fall you now.
by THEoDosIA GARRISON.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07
The Sorrows of .:yIyAst

S!lrest was sad he pulled the old s,rAe,
piano up 10 the curb last night and started to
play the Marseillaise. We asked him the reason
and lie sad:
Day benin yesterday ! gotta da new tuna FIR
ia pan an go play BY da residentials dees
trick where am sure get hurt as usual
| was play da tune fine when RI, hoAo.
womans wit ola hatsiron in her han, she comes
out from da house an she say: Won what For
tune Gets ees you play, what" An saw very
nice: Eet ees da John McCormackaI tuna which
arc entitle "Da Ending from da Perfckly D.r",
An she say: Fees Il at SO: You call Get da end
from Il pcrfeci day when my oil man go IA iail
an da clothes line break an da biscuits burn
bJ da oven IN Ia two kids come down BY da
munp. what" An she throw ,la natsiron mn,
she sinasha lFc an she take BIZ eek an smasha
da plan an she scream an set 6fty neisbhor
ladies' to chase me an pinch for maxine
da riot an | sleep by da Jail house Too moocha
troub. meester. One pcriickly day she is amir,
See by the dispatches Trotzky has been "sho+
again but not seriously II is time for some
body TO do some serious shooting over there.
One OF the tragedies of chiidnooa - 20 y.
SICK SO as 10 stay away from school and to
hnd out later that the teacher also was sicL
that day and there no school!
we VIII never fully believe in sweden's neu-
tra'ty until she proves that the matches she /.
sending Germany as worthless as tbose oh.
is sending us.
There's long, long trail winding
Into the land of Berlin
Where tho Yanks and French aro t,o,ns
There 10 hem the Kaiser in
It's been long long time 'a-comihs
And the Kaiser don't feel well
For Old Nick is waiting for hin,
On that lonE, Ions road to-well
CoKPORAL LEO SNYDER,
Camp Wadsworth.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07
Hold Open-Afr Service,

10 the Editor OF The Times dispatch.
SiI-The health authorities or rich
, ,,.,i, havlng ordered discontinuancc Of
Rupi,c ssemblies in closed huildin es
until the epidemic OF Spanish imf,uenso
a ans 4 5een nreu Ga, control open
opportnnits no' 9elns prohibited: the
Svnday religious services on strnn,
corners and In the several parks NJ RI.
ei,F; such outdoor services would be
ar PROCUREMENT 10 many peoplk TO rct
OUT IN the opeu air and warm sunsh!1n<
SiWaEs invtgoratinE. who o;herwise
might stay cooDed up in their homsn
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07
Much Ado About NOTHING
Those Grand Old D,,
by ROY X. MOULTON

when / spend an evening with R,,,e.
T mess around among his mytholo.ical
heroes and heroines. wonder
.pst now far we have advanced since ,h.
Hlr Gaiahau. he OF the marvellous deeds
VINO achieved such great speed
In search OF the Sangracl
Did not even know how to dr;"c , ni,r
Nins basdemagus. mighty ruler
Got along without blond stenorranb.r
Prometheus, the Titan. never heard
or Bilkins's porous union suits
AND Gree, when she transformed
Ulysses and his companions into swim.
Did not turn profteer and sell them
To the Aegean government at
Thirty cents a pound
In all the dom I'm of Olymnus
mere was not nickel-slot phone
There was no landlord to raise
The rent oil Venus and Adonis
And DrYope, gentle, old fashioned soul.
Never learned to torture ukuIele
.NpoHo never posed for the movies
Though his beautiful stony stare
filtcd nm eminently for that vocation
PsFchc never got her picture in the
Iaper for recommending Nine Blanks
race Lotion and BeaUtifer
lheY were an unsophistIcated lot
Back in those ancient days
iheE mad no modern IMPROVEMENTS
nut they performed some great stunts.
iEginalion, for instance carved
Ills wife out of marble TO get
The kind he wanted.
They wero happy lot back there
Can we say As much for ourselves.
win all our new-fanSled ideas"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

Many persons know by experience that
~hen warned that they are expected to he
Etranscendently brilliant on some special oc-
casion, they suffer instantly from intellectual
paralysis and fail dismaly in whatever their
hpecaiN may be. No child ever performs
ls 'rickS properly in company, and nobody
ever achieved a sane, lucid or crcditablc in
scription in an album or visitors hook Ar
'the beginning Of the war We enlisted q corps
Oh our most distinguished inventors and
scientists and babe them to invent and be
scientific and brilliant forthwith The news
papers proclaimed that this battalion OF brain
ana army OF ability would do the trick in
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

fortunes it had amassed were thrown into the
balance to turn 1t in favor Of the allies To-
day the exchange is buoyant. It sees vic
tory Just ahead. money is pouring into the
fourth Liberty loan and prices OF securities
are soaring There is renewed activity in
every line as reports come from the fields
OF oattie' ana Whatever clouds may have ap-
peared in the past have been most eIoriorsiv
swept away. New York has becon,e tho
worlds financial and commercial center: Ber
I'm Is trembling amid the ruins OF it's fallen
amotions. Thus have the plans of the Kaiser
ana his money and commercial barons gone
awry e
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

jig time and devise something to extermi-
nate tho Huns and wind up the war in a
hurry. So far tho aggregation has produced
nothing bat the suggestion that we sign our
letters Yours for the Fourth Liberty Loan
and il does seem that any quito ordinary
man could have thought that up singlehandod
Probably after it is all over some Of these
men Will come forward with an astonishing
device That is what happens to most of
us after the time for shining has passed
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

The application for admission TO the Of
hcers training camp at Camp Taylor OF Lieu
tcnant-Governns Edward Schocneck, Repub-
lican, of New York, who is a candidate for
reelection, has been accepted. and he will
enter training Immediately. Under the law
ne is not permitted to withdraw his can
didacy, but he announces that If reelected he
VIII resign on January 1. Inasmuch as he
recently got tangled up with the Federal
government under charges involving his low
any ms entering the military service of his
country to prove his patriotism is not a bad
idea.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

Beiglums fate, as pictured by Herr Mush-
i,ns' would be preferable to what 1T has en-
uu,ea IN nesh and in spirit under the blood
and-iron rule Of its invaders How.rer 49,
utter material destruction is not nrohshIe
Tor when the Teuton retreat gets under way
IL VIII be too rapid to permit Berlin,s tiendisb
plans to be carried out in their entirety.
should they be. destruction OF an area in
germany equal TO that laid waste in Bel
gum would be only simple Justice Better
sun let Belgium occupy the rich Valley of
.no nh'he until its own territory is COM
pletely restored
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

just ID! way oil contrast, gaze upon two
STOCK exchanges. one in Berlin, the other in
New YORK Before war was let loose unon
an unsuspecting world in 1914. the Berlin
exchange had long awaited Der Tag for IN
Fargo measure 1t had financed preparations
LOT tue connect which was 10 give Germany
nomination over the. nations OF the earth
" " '"ahc us money kings the supreme
financial powers under the war lord To-
day 1t is in panic Its tower of ambition
mas tuihD'sd Hlto the dust and il sees moth
ing ahead but bankruptcy and utter ruin
Nh''e Berlin awaited the ushcring in of
inc great day, the New York Stock Exchange
haa 10 thought of conflict 1t was busy
making and unmaking fortunes. Some dark
Gays followed after the clash came, but no
Crisis caused Wall Street TO faltcr, and the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07
The IanuIA Deyice

Miss T. j., Richmo d-Ths device OF
the eagle on national and royal banners
may be traced to very early times.
of Persia and Babylon. The Romans
at first adopted other hgures on their
camp standards. but Marius made the
and confined the other figures to the
cohorts. From the Romans. the French
under the Empire adopted the eagle.
empire used Black eagle; those OF
the East golden one. Constantine
was the first to introduce the two
standard to indicate that his empire
had Two heads or kings. but was new
erlheiess one body or empire. Austria
sars or Rome, and also OF Charlema gne,
aud the one head represents tho East.
Russia adopted the double. headed eagle
after having added that Of Poland 10
her own.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

Otto Khan wisely warns us of the danger
OF too much paternalism. But the danger
from which we have just escaped, tenn
porarily at least was that of maternalism
uncle sam might be severe and dangerous
IN oreeches, and We could be submissive but
IN petticoats and with ideas of parentage
chiefly theoretical, it would be more than
ne could bear.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

Ihat precious pair, the Kings of Wurttem
oerg and Saxony, took to their heels when
BRUSH shells began dropping into the town
"hieher they had gone in the belief that it
was quiet sector This time they escaped,
out some DAY they will not be so fortunate,
for the people are on the trail of tho Kin
ana hinglets who have oppressed them and
they will not be denied.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07
MONDAY. OCTOBER :. 1918,

King Ferdinand, OF Bulgaria, is reported
to have fed 10 Austria. If this is true, his
welcome was about as cordial that at
tending the arrival Of twins in family Of
eight inhabting fiat with four small rooms
and kitchenette.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07
Voice of the People
Letters must give the name aud ad-
eress OF the writer. Name will not BE
published II writer so requests,
Ready to join Wood CIuh.

10 the Editor OF the Times DisEatch:
Slr.-G!ad 10 ace your statement In
nus mornings paper about wood. and
VIII be one to torn club 10 buy one
or two carloaus.
Is this wood pine or oak. and VIII
IL be split from tue bodies, or viii 1t
be composed Of wood cut from limbs:
ana can you give estimate OF cost of
delivery per cord from depot 10 the
homes OF the purchasers?
JOHN w. RICHARDSON.
Richmond. Va. October 2, 1918.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07
information Bureau

lnauiries repordinE nimost rny ,o.,,.
ss.sepfins ca legal mud IirdionI sSH.
.,',n, are answered free. a, nil in.
IeS arc answered directly Nv nsr.
sone, letter a seif-addresseI, .tnmn.S
rrnnseicps Ia required. Aadre,s pss
i,,ai.. Dispnteh informnIioa Uure.U'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

people Of Alsace were loyal 10 the Father
land and satisfied and happy to be citizens
OF the empire, but it is not borne out by
the compulsory civilian evacuation. ordered
lest the inhabitants, on the approach of
French and American troops arise and at
tack their oppressors.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

Senator Bent, of South Carolina, is grand
son OF General MCGOWAN, Of the famous Nc
Gowau's Brigade, OF the Confederate army
The way in which the Senator stood against
all inducements to support the suffrage
amendment and gave that measure its death
blow indicated that he inheriis his grand
sireS talent for holding his position
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07
Home Guards.

D. q. c. Kenbridse- --E.oh
me United States has organized hon, =, u
guard regiments They are purely state
n nisaa 20 ol designed to take the
ptace OF The National. Guard in s,,',.
pressing disorders. They cannot n.
G i. tor duty outside the State. Mem.
oers OF Iomc guard regiments are moi
exempt from the draft law. ''"'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

New York announces as a fact that the
ticket spcculator has been abolished A
world war was necessary to achieve the feat.
Visitors who attend the theaters there and
miss the regular and familiar swndle will
be tempted to believe themselves in Phi!a-
delphia, Jackson's Gross Roads, or some
other slow and reasonably honest town
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

Even London is capable of a grim sort Of
huihor IN time OF trouble, as is shown by the
ruilng that minister en- route to marry
couple is engaged in work and entitled
to use his automobile.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07
News Of Fifty Years Ago
F'rom tho Richmond Dispatch, Oct Z, lSCs.

Rev. William l.. Hatcher.
late OF Baltimore, was on
sunday night regularly in
stalled as the pastor OF the
FIRST baptist Church of
petersburg. Rev. j. a.
Cnambliss and Rev. J. l..
Eurrows. ID. D., of this
city, took part in the in
teresting Installation SER
vices. Mr.. Hatcher is a
NirGinian, and was for.
inerly pastor Of the Man
chester Baptist Churc n.
Several years ago he ac-
cepted a call to the Frank
lin Snuarc Rantiat Churnh
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

Germany evacuates the whole of Bel
gum, as is minated, we may rest assured
it will be because OF military necessity and
not from moral considerations The destruc
tive power of Fochs cannon not only is fore
ing the Germans rapidly backward. but it
has SO decimated their fighting units that
the surrender OF this territory is absolutely
necessary to enable them TO shorten their
INES and make successful stand anywhere
this side of the Rhine. II never entered tho
mino OF the German general staff 10 sur.
render foot OF Belgium soil except as driven
from it by superior might
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07
Catnwbn Snnnto1iup,

M, ~. Amelia 9 H.-Catawba San,
a edn 81 IS as state institution, with rates
present w Nv as; as possible. Before the
M tnI. war The rates were anproxi
mately 20 week Cor patients.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

Austria's new peace drive through Hol
iahd is in Dutch from the start.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

from dream OF controlling from Pots
dam the destnies OF the world to the real
zation that il is necessary TO its continued
economic independence to get back its lost
colonies is long, long drop, but it has been
accomplished by Germany. While German
armies in retreat on every front give ma
teriai evidence that the vision OF world con-
quest is shattered beyond all hope of repair,
III Soil' Colonial Secretary, is picturing his
country isolation II its colonies are not re-
turned. HAD Berlin exercised as good fore
sight as its hindsight is proving TO be, it
would not now be reduced TO the awkward
ana Illuminating position of pleading for a
;chance to live. IT may be that some of her
colonies will be returned, but, if SO, il will
pc as voluntary concession and not as a
right.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

hicking the Kaiser out OF France and the
,,n out OF europe will prove the most pop
uiaf or all outdoor sports this fall.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

TELEl'IlONE: k1nuo.ph l.
Private branch EAeLnnso
connecting with I'LL depart-
NiSutS.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

nope the earthquakes will tackle some other
country besides Spain for a while why 80
shaking W 'hose influenza microbes every dav
SO? 49,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

ADDRESS ALI. COMMUNAL
TIOSS to Tho Times Dis
patch. and not to tnuiSiuuails'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

DRASCu OFFICES: WASH
ingtUu, lfl0 New York Ave-
nue.; Ne,s York CITY. Fifth
ANcnae Buiiuips; Chucnso.
l'evpie'S Gas Buiiuinxi
Philadelphia. Colonial Arust
DuIlutuE.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

rTgIIsHED day in the year At ~ sUatn aS
fishing Co.. Inc. Charles h. Innsbruck. Editor ANU
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

One OF the tragedies of childhood is to n,
sick so as to stay away from school and T.
find out later that the teacher also was sic,
that day and there was no school
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

We will never fully believe In sw.a.r,s
traiity until she proves that the matches she !.
sending Germany are worthless as those sh,
is sending us. ..
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07

See by the dispatches Trotz.y has been .sho
ahal"' ou' not seriously. II is time for some
body to do some serious SHOOTING over thero
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-07
Rirl1munn ainles-Dispatrb

Entered January 81, 1908. at tho Post -Ouiro at
Richmond. Va. seconds class natter.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-30

family, before resuming his duties.
The four colored selectmen for the
draft left here for Franklin on Train
No. Z yesterday afternoon, where
they will entrain for Camp Pike, Ar
kansas.
Mr.. Jim LaHatte returned to his
home in Atlanta, after spending sew
eral days visit with friends.
Mr.. Eddie Forth, engineer on the
Steamer Albert Hanson of Franklin
is home for a few days with his fam
lily.
Mr.. Kelly Giroir is a business Wis
itor in Franklin today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Boudreaux
and Miss Maude Smith, returned
home from Lawrence as the oyster
season has closed. Mr.. Boudreaux
will be in Berwick until the starting
of the next oyster season.
Miss Hermance Leblanc of Patter-
son is spending a few days with her
mother, Mrs. F. Leblanc.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-30
Colored Selectmen Modified

Colored Selectmen Mob;llZed
At five P. NJ. Friday, the colored
selectmen, ordered by the Local
Board to appear for mobilization for
the current quota to be furnished
Camp Pike, did so. Owing to the rain
they were directed to the Police Ju-
nv room. The roll was called by
Sheriff Pecot and II answered to
their names as called. Three men
were missing, and their names were
noted, so that they could be appre-
hended.
Notices were sent at once to the
next three men on the roll to appear
in the morning to take their places.
Rev. J. J. Dindsley Of the M. E.
church (colored) addressed the col
ored soldiers and made an address,
which was impressive. Wash Smith,
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-30
Berwick News Notes

Mrs. W. F. Bowman and daughters
are on visit to Mr.. Bernie Bowman
in Jeanerette.
Mr.. Berk Chotin has accepted a po-
sition with the F. B. Williams Cypress
Company of Patterson as Captain on
the Steamer Sewanee.
Miss Mary Eta Murray is spending
the holidays with relatives in New
Iberia.
Mr.. R. c. Thorguson, mechanical
instructor at Louisiana State Univer-
sity, is here for a few days with his
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-30

The Louisiana State University stu
dents. Misses Winnie Rogers, Messrs
Murphy J. Foster, Jr., James Barn
EFT, Victor Tourney and Mike McNul-
tv arrived Friday to spend the holl-
DAYS at their homes in Franklin.