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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17
Voice of the People

Letters Tor tho "Voico OF the
Pcople"sColumn should not exceed
3oO words In length. beyond that
number tho Editor reserves tho
right 10 blue pencil. Name and
nudrc"s must accompany each COM
municntiOn. not for publication. II
the writer does not wish IL. but
ns evidence OF good faith.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17
UnIIey,s Comet

Reader. Hot Springs.-Ialley's
comet last appeared in April, 1910,
for the twenty-ninth time within
recorded history. Its periodic timc
is 7G.S years. This comet has n record
dating from $40 -. c. Its appearance
spread alarm and fear throughout
Europe during the Middle Ages. 1t
was the first whose return was ac-
cnrateiy predicted by an astronomer
royal OF England, and has always
terest.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17
MI,. Mnr, ,Irnnnn,,uh

Tho funeral Of Miss Mary Nc
bcnoGrh. who died Friday at her
homo. pa South Fifth Street. Will 10
from ST. Peters Catholic church this
afternoon At 3 O'Clock. Tho burial
VIII be In Mount Calvary Cemetery
Miss McDonouGh is survived by two
sisters. Mrs. l.. ii Guthrie and Mrs.
W j. Hogan
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17
The mI.cnd. I'm Pencils.

Miss j.. Il. e.. Radford.--For n long
time graphite has been used for the
leads" in so-cailed lead pencils.
which contain no lead whatever.
Real lead was used many centuries
ago by the ancient Egyptians, who
discovered that lead would mark on
papyrus. The Romans also knew Of
this popularity OF lead. and they
made small rods OF il. which they
used for marking and writing. Then
n substance that made blackcr
mark was found. and II was called
black lead. This substance was
graphite.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17
Theater Calendar
ACADEMY-Dark.

ACADEMY-Dark
LikIC--Keith vaudeville.
COLONIAL-Thom MeiShnn,
in "A Prince There Was"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Mac
Donald. In '"The Beautiful Liar"
Fostar and Joyce will appear In n
musical offering at each perform
ance.
BlJOU-All-star cast. In Hail
the Woman"
1SlS-Doraldina. In Tho I'm
tanned Woman" Signe Patterson.
dancer. and Hawaiian musical re-
we will appear at each perform
ance.
oDEON-Zane Greyis Tho Mys-
tcrious Rider"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17
Min IurIllc AIusnn

Tn" funeral of Miss I.ucil!c Macon.
who died Saturday morning ut hor
home. ITO North Twcnty-third Street,
Was from Ncnable street Baptist
Church yesterday afternoon at =
o'clock. The burial WAS In Oakwood
Cemetery
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17
INFORMATION BUREAU

inquiries regarding almost any
topic. excepting on legal and mcdI-
cal subjects, are answered free, AN
nil inquiries nre answered directly
by personnl letter, u self-ndd rcsScd
stamped envelope IL required. Ad-
dress The Tlmes-DIsphtch Informal
ton Diircnu, Richmond, yn.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17
Charcoal Eph. Daily Thought.

IL don owe Il whole lot nohow.' said Char
coal Eph, modify hut hit sure do make me
worry lot L feel like somebody walkin' de
10 all night Grpanin' count a md bein'
broke. Eat pickle. Mstah Jackson
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17
Spirit of Virginia Press

The Lynchhurg News discussing the Gov
crnor's proposition to ccntralzc the state gov
ernmcnt says: TO what extent this change
should be provided here IN Virginia is a
matter yet 10 lie worked out But the fact
seems obvious that the Governor Of virginia
should he given larger powers than he now
has, and that the various departments under
him should he related TO form
general administrative machine, and in a way
responsible to the chief cxccu,ivc--this. in
stead of the unsatisfactory loose jointed affair
that is now operating"
The Gloucester Gazette favors a bond is
sue. Ii says: We ought be for the bond
issue from the broad standpoint OF progress
and state pride. The good roads OF our sis
ter States. Maryland and North Carolina. put
to shame, and these were made possible
only by bond issues. The question resolves
itself into this: Shall We issue bonds
tinue to FOUNDER in the mud? \ compre-
hcnsivc State highway system cannot be com
pleted within the next six eight years with
bond issue"
Says the Petersburg Index Appeal: 1--WE
are glad to that two OF the counties
of the South Side are in the list OF seventeen
counties "f Virginia which paid into
the State treasury last year than they got
ont OF It, Chesterfield and Dinwiddie are en-
titled to this distinction. We regret To note
that the rest OF the counties of the South Side
received more from the state than they pa id
TO the State. This Is general situation
which can he remedicd and without hardship
to anybody. II Is for which a remedy
will be found If tho solution OF the question
is approached in the proper spirit OF fair
ness, patriotism ana determination to do JUS
ticc all the people
The Northern Neck News speaks right out
as follows III Virginia ever expects to
have good roads it will have to 60 so by
issuing bonds for that purpose. and We hope
to see this done along conservative lines"
Hero is what the Norfolk Ledger Dispa oh
has to say about Governor Davis personally
dry and politically wet talk: "rhe Cover
nor's recommendation is ntercsting-chicny
| because it will afford an opportunity to the
| public 10 just how far both professional
| and real prohihitionists arc willing go
| But 1t Will not be proposed by the Legislature
| TO the people. and the people would not ap-
prove II II II were proposed"
I Scottsvilic News, that very few would OBJ
| ject bonds II they could he assured thai
| there would be no waste OF money no need
| lees extravaganza In road huilding-that over.
| dollar expended would produce full dollar
| worth OF good road
| After lcnGthily setting forth the badness o
| tho present fee system In Virginia. the Acco
! mac News lectures the Leg islaturc after thi
| fashion: The main point, as We II, Is tina
! our officers shall receive salary CONNER SUI
| ratio with the service rendered Why SHOULD
some officers OF the State receive n stated sal
AIRY and no fees. while other officers rcceiv
both? Why not make tho salaries sufficient,
nut them all on he Al ma has al 2'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17

Whoever invented the dollar sign started
trouble
The liar has a Inc time keeping cases
Never mind tho up hills. Son; i;'s all down
the other side
The rouEhcr you treat 'em the they
love.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17
,,uc, sander. Gilman.

CHARio1'r ESNlLLE. VA. Jan. &c.
ICY Sanders, wife OF DIR. Cuthhert
Gillian, died this morning al IN. uni
vcrsi;y. The funeral rs 10 Ice held
Wednesday at the church OF the Good
Shepherd, Evlngton. va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17
I'roIiItscii,

and. darling she said ancctionatcly.
always remember that long 1.-Two
will share your burdens ease your troubles"
"Rut, dear he said rcassurinEly. Il have
no troubles TO speak Of, YOU know. and"
"Of course not" she replied "but wait until
We are marricd,'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17
The Hog.
+, vonng son Of mine"

'Somc boy. that young son OF mine"
"Is hit selfish. isn't hc?
Selfish! told him I'd buy him fiddle and
he's yelling his head or because won't make
IL n baSS Viol.'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17
Up With the Times

Immigration officials who admitted II mother
and excluded her 3-m"nths- old baby in order
10 keep the quota right have furnished u
striking illustration of what red tape will do
TO mans brains.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17

Insurance for farm crops Is one OF the
newest proposals. Something ought to be
done to save the farmer from being the
ccuntry's leading professional gambler.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17

Now that France has her collection Cabi-
net all nicely shaped up, the world will
watch with interest the next squeeze OF the
German tnrnip.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17

Haven't heard Of Mr.. Lodges lawn being
trampled down by 5000 pairs Of feet lately,
have you?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17

Southern girls. according to investigator,
wear Shorter skirts than the girls OF other
sections Must have been lot of tourists
around here lately.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17
Local Temperature Yesterday

III. NJ. temperature. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. :
Maximum temperature tn y. ~ " :
Minimum temperature 10 J.. N... s
Mean temperature ycsterday....... 3
Normal temperature for this date 3
Deficiency yesterday ........
Excess sine" March I............ Sc
Deficiency since January l...... J
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17

Carpenters bid for another match with
Jack Dempsey is calculated to shake the con-
victions of those who have been proclaiminE
Georges the most intelligent In the
ring.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17

i. J.. @" Chester.-The number of
hattles fought during the Civil War
we're as follows: 1861, l5s: 1862, G64;
1863. 627; 1864. 77s: 1865. 1s5-a total
of 2.26I,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17
The Weather
Furnished by u. 8. Weather Bureau.)

Forecasts: rirEinin-
Itnin or snow nnd
somewhat warmer to-
day; tomorrow rnin.
North Cnrolinn-rn-
settled md probably
rain today: warmer In
north and west portion;
tomorrow rain.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17

The coal miners may quit work March l..
The railroad men may knock Oft about April
/. The rest of only wait for July 4,
when it Will again lie appropriate to tell the
world what a free country this Is.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17
Local Rainfall.

Rainfall ~ hours ending y. NJ. -:
Rainfall &c hours ending l.. Nj. p.
Excess sine" March l............ II
Deficiency since January l.... o.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17
Mrs. Fiskc Here Friday.

Mrs. Fiskc Here Friday.
Z One Of the real dramatic treats Of
the year may be anticipated In the
coming engagement, of Mrs. Fiskc at
the Academy OF Music on Friday and
Saturday. with Saturday matinee. in
her latest comedy triumph. Wake
Up. Jonathan" In which she ap-
pcarcd Mt the Henry Miller Theater,
New York. all last season. There Is
the perfect art or Mrs. Fiskc. fore
most actress, and ihcrc Is the play,
the combined WORK OF Hatcher
Hughes. professor az the drama at
Columbia UNIVERSITY. and Elmer l..
Rice, popular dramatist. Sam II.
Harris IL the producer, and the play
was staged under the personal di-
rcctlon of Harrison Grey .Fiske. Mrs.
l'iske is surrounded by notable
east. including Charles Dalton. Don
aid Cameron. Helen Holt. Walton
Rutterneld. Richard Abbott. Nora
Sterling, Freddie Goodrow. Herbert
] HodCkins. Lois Bartlett and Edith
Lawson.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17
Amusencnts
Good Vaudeville Mt Lyric.

Good Vaudeville Mt Lyric.
High class vaudeville is on the
Lyric menu this week. The manage
mcnt has outdonc itself and furnished
its patrons a genuine sorprisc. 1t
was worth n walk through the slush
last night.
Saucy little Nola st. Claire. n dash
ing little composite Of Frances
White and MizZo IiajOs. had u snnp-
by little musical farce. with pirates
cave and all as fine bit as we have
had In many days.
Edna Droen. versatile and clever.
with limitations and costuminE, gives
Il mighty interesting advertisement,
with Il surprise party following.
Albert lloyd and Earl Christie. In
conversation, Southern style. evoked
more laughs than one cared to count.
y combination OF nonsense and ac-
robatics was contributed by the Two
Ladcllas, while the Carmcns, Ethel
and Frank. displayed much dexter
ity with the hoops.
The bill was way above the aver
age. J. G.. II.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17

It's really remarkable how often these
groups of 5000 to 10000 persons feel i'm
PEELED to visit the house Street to re-
mind Woodrow Wilson that he and his ideals
has bccnS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17

Wind direction. northeast: wind velocity.
3; weather at l.. NJ. showing.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17

Clonorchiasis is now disease said to have
been imported from China. II they're going
to keep that door open, for Heavens sake
give 'em screen.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17

The Far East's Shantung tho latest cx-
animation. sim carried decidedly bilious
coating.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17

Europc's agitation over the theft of the
sofa which Napoleon rested during tho
battle OF Jena is unwarrnnted Europc's in
tcrests would be promoted by the disappear
ancc Of all such furniture.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17

The Salvation Army, b.st-kuown exponent
of the dOughnut asks a small return.
The dough. pcasc--not the hole.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17

PUBLISHED every day In tho year 81 rIms..
Tenth street Richncpd, Va. by Ths
DiapAtch PublIahInx Co, Inc
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-17

The Northern Neck News speaks right out
as follows: III Virginia ever expects to
have good roads ii will have to 60 by
issuing bonds for that purpose, and We hope
to see this done along conservative lines"
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-09-05
PERSONAL SIDE TO "PROGRESSIVISM."

The Empire holds no brief for Senator Newberry
Senate secured in a manner that should be taboo
Il believes that he never would have been elected II
it had been for the great expenditure of money
in his behalf and Therefore, that he bought his seat
That is something that belongs q time that
had hoped had passed forever in the United States
However have little patience with the big
berry and at the time attempting to justify
Clifford Pinchot for the great expenditure of money
in the Pennsylvania primary campaign There is
altogether too much personal politics with a great
many OF these fighting Reformers." They attack
the standpaters for political methods and office
and then do the very things they complain of. 1t
conceded that Mr. Pinchot would have got the
nomination in Pennsylvania if it had not been for
the lavish use of money 1t is asserted that he
has spent nearly $500. GOO Yet yled progress
gives think that is all right. 1t is only crime for
enc who does not belong to their elan to great
Gums of money in elections
Like unto the Pinchot matter is the argument of
Arthur Brisbane that Senator johnson should be re-
elected by California because he got a protective
tariff on certain California products. 1t would be
Very wrong for Seantor Smoo for instance to get a
tariff for Utah wool growers, but it praiseworthy
Tor Senator johnson to get tariff for the benefit
CT the long fiber cotton growers of the Impral valley
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-09-05
Arthur Griffith.
Cincinnati Enquirer. J

The Irish Free State suffers a melancholy loss in
the death of Arthur Griffith Foreign Secretary in the
Cabinet of the Government
Mr.. Griffith will be ckoned in the est em of the
world hero who succumbed to the
tnartyrdom of duty. Refusing heed the advice of
his physicians he devoted the last remaining ener-
ees of his life to the service of his nation and its
people
To Arthur Griffith, perhaps, is due the chief credit
for lrelands emancipation from centured serfdom.
He the original founder of the Sim Fein though
never director of, sympathizer with numerous
activities of lawless violence which times brought
discred upon that organization.
In all his adventurous blot seems ever
70 have attached to the character of this man who
through the years faced death, and, perhaps worse
in his uncompromisng battle for Irish freedom
1t was given to him to live to see accomplished
one of the most potential achievements of civilization
the liberation OF great people 1t was a reward
such but few men have enjoyed
With Michael Collins Griffith led the fight for the
Anglo-Irsh treaty, the constitution and the Free
State They the respect of sIreland's immemoral
enemy. They proclaimed the Irish Nation They JUS
ifed their faith by works. They sternly upheld the
order. but, with noble maganmity, unfailingy
tempered justice with mercy.
Rebellion in Ireland sporadic will die out.
\ wonderful day is at hand the day of union,
progress. prosperity and happiness And generations
If the future. not only in Ireland but throughout
the world wherever liberty is esteemed will reverence
The memory of Arthur Griffith and the men who with
him. erected the Irish Free State
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-09-05

lieutenant in the English navy. Now it is preeminent
as the name of of Americas most distinguished
mountains Chicago muddy and dirty little
stream of water Now it is of the great cities
Of the world.
There is only one Peachtree City in this country,
and when il mentioned does not think of rural
scenery or fruitces he thinks CT of the nation
beautiful thoroughfares in the capital city of the
great Southeast And there is only Fifth Ave
nue. Just as there only Broadway, though
of cities have streets bearing both of those
names
If Atlanta should change the name of her prize
street to Fifth Avenue 1t would be placed in the
shadow of the only real Fifth Avenue, and just
Brooklyn Albany $ and Los Angees's Broadways are
known only locally, so would be Atlana's principal
street
Today Peachtree, Broadway and Fifth Avenue
PENNSYLVANIA Avenue, Euclid Avenue Woodward Ave
nue. Market Street, Michigan Avenue and eral
other thoroughfares require other designation in
the public mind They Atlanta, New York
Washngton Cleveland, Detroit San Francisco and
Chicago just as plainly though the of the
cities were mentioned Why omit Atlanta from the
list?
The name of Peachree Street is one of Atlanta s
most valuable assets. it stand and if the street
should become wholly business keep it still for his
historical associations and for its local color.
1t is absurd for a community destroy "a valuable
asset in nomenclature anything else that is dis
tinctive for the purpose of imitation. Fifth Avenue
would be a cheap imitation in Atlanta compared
with Peachtree Street. Suppose Lincoln had changed
The name of his poverty stricken and ne er-d O well
ancestors after he had distinguished it, for that OF
Alexander the Great, Caesar Charlemagne!
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-09-05
Aviator Prest. .
{ Fairbanks News Miner. J


Aviator Priest who is with us this evening may
truly be said be the pioneer of aviation in the
North. and will probably be the first penetrate
by air the North by individual effort year
he will make it to Siberia.
The Black Wolf Squadron beat Mr.. Prest to this
country by years but theirs de luxe trip,
with all the difficulties possible smoothed and warm
ished for them. They had an advance agent, VINO
went ahead and arranged for any had every ,neces-
aary thing, or everything that would be necessary if
it the ground when they arrived They had
the population of every town route working for
them creating landing places and preparing for tie
banquet afterwards. They had the Government of
the United States back of them, the command of
telegraph lines and the Weather Bureau doing moth
ing but keep them advised to how the rooster on
the weathervane "devating" at that particular
hNur. Every pilot had a mechanician, and every
meclaEician had pup, and life just ga 1
%eet sohg 10 them from start finish of the trip,
but at that they all had troubles of their own
hen did Mr.. pest his trip.
Mr. Prest left New York all alone in a Standard
machine. He was his own advance agent, mechanic
ian and weather prophet He took every gamblin'
chance there the way and flew to within
100 miles OF Fairbanks when fool little spark plug
went peluk and landed him in the tundra where the
nsgerheads were four feet high and there was no
possible chance to set out of there by air Alone,
with only herd of caribou for company he stripped
his machine and started to pack it to some place
which showed signs of human life, and he would have
done it if he could have lasted, but he found the
weeds full OF NOrtherners who We're out searching
for him and they took him into camp
Mr. Prest is of the stuff of which real pioneers
are made. He will get by, in any flight he under
takes if spark plugs and other machine contra ptons
Cont throw him down. And, if they DO-well he
amt afraid
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-09-05
THERE ARE NOT TWO SIDES TO HEAR

The organizers of the Ku klux Khan think The
Empire should hear both sides before characterizing
their organization a n-American.
Well, both sides pretty thoroughly set forth
by the New York World, New York Times and other
newspapers which have Investigated the Order and
when they got through there not much more to
be said.
However. we need nothing else than the admission
that the order is anti-Catholc, anti-Jewsh anti
foreign born anti-coored characterize it
"un-American. 1t takes among others nearly
90 600, 900 Catholics and Jews, something than
half that many Americans of foreign birth and
nearly half that many Americans of the colored races
make the United States what she is Those all these
elements are Americans with rights identical with
those of all Americans under the constitutions and
laws of the United States and the separate States
An organization whose existence is that it
is against them is supporting the things upon
which the American Nation is founded
Under the circumstances there not two sides
the proposition hear. No further investigation
is needed
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-09-05
BEAVER CULTURE.

Although the practicability of beaver farming has
not been fully demonstrated the United States De
partment of Agriculture believes that the business of
raising beavers fer their fur may develop, under pro
per control measures into profitable branch fur
farming With small beginning the enterprise seems
TO promise advance to good returns and even great
possibilities
A fertile field for beaver culture may be found
in connection with projects for the refores alton with
conifers OF burned cut-over timberlands Many of
these areas cleared by fire later covered
with second growth CT aspen. willow, and pin
cherry. for the time considered almost worthless
Over much Of the northern border the United
States and stiM larger of Canada where such
land is found il is generally unsued for agriculture
and would not pay taxes until again covered by
valuable forest timber, but would supply ideal food
for beavers. and if stocked them could be made
10 yield income while the process reforest alton
is going on, says the Department.
The animals should not be introduced uncontrolled
into places where their activities may menace rriga
ton or power bitches. important road or railroad
grades. agricultural districts A suitable food
supply and permanent water should be assured.