The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17
VIRGINIA TOPICS.

Mr.. c. L. Wilson. we'll known white
Republican of Nottoway county, prints
a card in the Blackstone Courier in whtcb
| he says:
In your last issue you state that 1T
IS reported. in fact. we believed 1t has
been published In the papers, that Mr..
C. E. Wilson. the defeated Republican
candidate for Congress from this district.
sat upon the stand ut Au.eiIa - H while
Sidney Miller, the negro speaker. was de-
| lVer1nG his thanks 20 God at the action
of President Roosevelt in dining Booker
Washington. You seem TO tniuk 1t IS
fair to presume that he approved OF this
unless lie expresses his thsapprovaI
/ have no means OF knowing what has
been reported 10 you. feel very sure
that no such statement has been pub-
ilsfsad, at least it did not appear in Rich
mCnd Dispatch or Times. did not SIT
upon the stand, as there was no stand or
seat to sit upon. l did hear what Mile:
said and | am positive that he made no
such statement
There is in ChrIstianburg young wo-
man from Floyd county who was born
and reared in that county somewhere IN
the nelshbGrhOOd OF Sh0waIter. rhls
young woman. perhaps % years old, never
saw Il train of cars nor a circus until
she came to ChrIstiansburS. Recently
was SllONIb an oyster ana asked 10
II. onc repeiled the offer with dis
suSt and declared she wouldn't touch 1t
for s.. She would perhaps sooner eat u
lOac. Ih.s woman is here to earn little
rsoney to help pay for a farm her family
b .sht the price of which was 81 an acre
Truly Floyd is a wonderful county Tor
women and land.-MontSomery Mcssen-
ger.
Do Mr. w who hoe hoo vii
the Salem Sentinel as maIHs ger since IS
establishment sey en- years ago. has bought
oct the interest Ut Mr.. VI. q NcCIung
III the pope: ana Is now solely ir control.
The County News extends him best
wishes The Sentinel has always shown
enterprise. in gathering FER its readers
the news in its local tieId.-Salem Tines
LEICESTER.
j. T. Lightner, general manager of the
Rich Patch Iron and Ore Company. OF Low
Moor, has been in Philadelphia arra1g
ing for the erection eli the property v hat
he says will be the largest iron tunraca
in the South. The Rich Patch Company
is now getting out $50 tons of ore daily
and supplying many other furnace COM
panies. WHEN it erects its own furnaces
it expects to double the output of ore
Fincasic Herald.
Ii the Thorn suffrage bill be adopted
It is our opinion that inside of three
years revolutionary party CT good white
Virginians viii gain complete control OF
the: government and stop extravaganza,
as did the people in reaGjuster days. we
have anlIyZed the proposed suffrage hill
and, II adopted, will bring forth the hon
est sentiments at the Ballot box that Will
relegate to the rear forever the domi-
nitnL set OF demagog and WeakIlrSS
now in power-Louisa News
Little VIII be gained by he eltuina-
ton OF the negro as a voter. II a suf -.t:a
law is bnilt in the Constitution, whica
will cloud the right of suffrage and make
its enjoyment depend cl tho discretion
of any man or set of men. The bound
arg between voters ara Eon-votcrs should
be clearly and sharply defined 10 re
auicc that an officer or set o: officers shall
pass On The understanding or the mnr;tt
character of an applicant Is Srotcsfue
lbsurity and II shameful ntocEery OF tEe
citizens rishts.-Hcnry Bulletin.
Not since the good old days If. Virginia
when patriots, rot paytriots. controlled
lus. de- tinics Of the parry and such men
occupied the executive mansion ut Rich
Yl,rnd do we believe the State has hnd
such a.. acceptable Governor as Mr. Moi
tccIIc VIII prove. Or one more ambitious
to keep the party worthy of the CONT
derce and support OF the public. Mr..
Montague is yet 4 young mantle young
est. indeed, that ever occupied the gFI3-
erratc,ial chair in Virgiuia-aEd h. may
not be insersib,c TO the fact that there
is yet to him an u!exploreti field OF nom
ers. but underlying all such dreams ne