The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-10-31
ORANGE COURT
Big Crowd and Much
Speaking.
POLITICS THE ABSORBING THEME
NOTES, ETC

The delegation that went from here 10
Orange court Monday was smaller than
usual In lthe parry .were Mcssrs. NJ.
$. Chancellor, \. W Embrey, T.. e. Nindc,
Geo. L. King. James W. Musslcman,
Howard Harrison, of the Star, and TnE
FREE LANCE representative. \ large
crowd was present and there were many
attractions. The Democrats had three
speakers, the Republicans two, and Crew
did the high-iump act.
The business in court was hurried
through in order 20 give the Democrats
the courthouse for their speakers.
DEMOCRATIC SPEAKING.
At noon the speaking commenced. DR..
Ernest Voolfolk, County Chairman, iu-
PRODUCED the first speaker, Mr.. W. i.
Richards of Front Royal, to n small au-
dience. Mr.. Richards is man OF fine
personal appearance, aud made good
speech He spoke for nearly an hour,
when Col. George $ ShacklefOrd, acting
for Chairman Voolfolk, introduced Con
gresham John +. Rixey. by this time
the cour t-house had become crowded.
Mr.. Rixey confined his speech entirely to
State issues He made n strong appeal
to the voters OF the county To- go TO the
polls and vote for Graves. the Democratic
nominee for the Legislature, and his
speech aroused the Democrats among
whom much Indifference has prevailed.
Col Shackleiord was loudly called for Mt
the conclusion OF MIR. Rixey's speech, aud
in a short speech he returned thanks for
the confidence the people had bestowed
in nominating him for the Senate. and
also expressed his qualification at hav-
ing no opposition He urged the i'm
POI tance Of every man going To the polls
on election day, and not lett he repeated
that a R,publican should represent the
proud old county of Orange. lie then in
PRODUCED Congressman Lloyd. Of Mis-
souri,. who was "A guest of Mr.. RXey, and
who in his speech paid high cOmpl'-
ment TO Virginia aud Nirginans. anI
predicted a sweeping victory IN the
Stat,
Rrpt BIICAN SPEAKING.
There had been much preparation for
the 7 'publican speal ing at the Opera
House. and a big = flag waived from
it, tOnt. The Opera House j. several
blocks away from the crowd that had
: ben attro rid down town 10y the
"hieh-jump," "John Barleycorn' and
the horse lot. The crowd would
not go up there. n consultation
was held. Ii was determined to
go down to the high. jump crowd. The
speakers were Messrs e.. NJ. LOuthan. of
Charlottesville. aud X. g. Mason. the lat
ter the Rapublicou candidate rom the
! county for the legislature. Mr. Macon
led off from the steps opposite the Mon RS
hotel, but il was suggested that he speak
from a wagon nearby. lie got into the
wagon aud spoke To n very large crowd
for half an hour. He told his audience
"A remedy for the ills the people are
now enduring in the State, IL To elect Re-
pubicans TO the legislature, and Hose
Governor, and you viii enjoy freedom OF
the ballot, capital will flow into the
State. and her material r sources wilde
velop" Mr.. LOuthan spoke for an hour
and half. and kept his audience in u
good humOr 10y his many jokes. There
were more than a thousand people in
the crowd around the speakers, n ma
jority OF whom were attracted by Crew \
high Jump which took place during the
speaking.
NOTES.
There win be a close fight for the Leg
islature in thecounty, but Montague viii
CARY it. The feeling over the COnstitu
tional fight of last spripg still exists. and
this has b IN int 'nsiied by the methods
which are said to have been adopted in
the defeat OF Bond for the nomination to
the l. ,gislature. Mr. Bond is very bitter,
and when approached by n gentleman,
who expressed sy npathy for his defeat,
he in the most emphetic manner replied !:
IL was not defeated; / was robbed Of
the nomination" This is but an indi-
cation of the feeling which EXISTS.
The building to be occupied by the Ma
tional Bank of Orange il nearing com
pletion. IL viii be handsome aud im-
posing structure, and will add to the ap-
pearance OF the town. Mr. T. W. Bond
is the president of this bank
IN MEMORY or GEN. JAMES A. WA TER.
\ meeting was held by the survivors of
the 14th Virginia Regiment, which was
commanded by the late Gen. James a..
Waller during the war Of lS6l-G5.
Speeches were made by Messrs John &.
Williams and =. =. Barbour, and resolu-
tiOns of espect to his memory were
adopted and copy sent to his family.