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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
VIRGINIA NEWS.

\ post Office has been established M
Scnler Gloucester county. with samuel
j. hrown postmaster.
The Southern Railway Companv has
contracted tOr = new commoiious station
at Round Him. Loudoun county.
Pensions issued AZ Washington. Ori,.ipal
Niham Mock. Accomac county -.
Davis Chambers. Accomac county.
The Republicans committee of the
Tenth District Of Virginia dc,hsed not 60
nominate a candidate for Congress
Gov. and Mrs Montague and children
have gone To the Jordan White sulphur
Springs. In Southwest Virginia for a
stay Of week or ten days.
Licened to marry In Washington.
Columbus Hall. of FairfaN county. and
Hattie-tarter. Ernest " Martin and
sarah H. Clark. both of Warreuton.
The Today eamp-meeting M prapes.
vile. loufoun county. has closed SiN
or eight thousand people visited the
grounds daily. Services were under
leadership OF Rev. Phoebe Han Luttrcu.
Washington.
When the primaries shall all have been
held the next matter oi political interest
after the general election will he them meet
ing OF the Legislature on the 18th of
Ncvem her to pass the laws necessary TO
put the new constitution Into effect
4 distressing accident happened near
Zion church. Hanover county. Sunday
evening. Little Mary Beasley. 1S-vear-
old daughter of " r. Beasley. was Killed
by the wagon overturuing and dragged
along the road by the frightened mules
The University College of Medicine of
Richmond. has prepared for tree distrilu-
;lon booklet entitled Teaching
Methods IL i noteworfhyas showing
the extent TO which the best IDEAS ON the
subject of teaching have been adapted
by them 10 the needs of their profession
nj schools of Medicine. Dentistry ana
Pharmacy.
In connection with the wave Of camhl-
ing reform going on in Richmond il j.
said that among the witnesses that will
be summoned will be a young man-vbo
II said to have lost in one of the places
$1,000 of his employers money. This
witness Is not in Richmond having gone
elsewhere and obtained a position. but
1t Is said he Will return if desired and
testify against the gamblers
With the announcement of therssnlt in
tue Second district. all the prmocratic
nominations in Virginia have been made
with the exception OF the Third district.
only one incumbent has 50 far been de-
ieated-Mr. Lassiter. Major Otey. Of the
sixth district. died and MIR Carter Glass
was put up 10 succeed him. The primary
IN the Third district viii not be held until
september Captain John Lamb and
Nr Jefferson Wallace are the candidates
Zach one claims he will win.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
GENERAL NEWS.

Generals Botha, DE Wet and Delarev
We're warmly welcomed in Holland.
Many British ex-soldiers are anplvinc
at the United Embassy IN LONDON Ia,
service IN the Philippines.
1t is said the Democratic campaign com.
inittee Will introduce Schley az an is-pe in
the coming Congressional contests.
All'of the unsanitary buildings in Ma.
MIA. It Is said, are to be DESTROYED. inyolv.
ing an expense Of about 100000
Owing TO the non-fulhlIment Of nro.
misses by Turkey there are strained reIa.
tions between the United States and thar
country.
Justice George Shiras. Of the L. : Sn-
preme Court. announces that he will retire
rom the bench early next year. havino
reached the age of 20 years.
Congress, at its recent session. annro
priated 81 ,O63, 33J. 96l 30. audit ise.ti.
mated an apparent deficit of S423 SI5
33l will be found at the end OF the nres
ent fiscal year.
In row on a Seaboard Air Line mas
eEger train, between Weldon and Hon
dersoD, y. C., Division Roadmaster Stever
wask killed and colored porter danger
ousiy wounded by a party OF negroes.
The retirement OF Charles N, Scbwah
from the presidency of the United States
steel Cooperation owing to i'll health i
now regarded as a certainty. Schwab
denies that he intends TO resign however
and VIII leave for Europe for a rest.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
Negro Attempts To Assault A White Woman

The people Of New Kent county ar,
greatly excited over the attempt az a.
Sault upon = white lady bv negro m,
victim II Mrs Glow. about - wears ola
who lives near Quinton. in that county
With her husband she recently moved in.
Co the county from Indiana She was n
tackled 10y negro soon after n.
-ot on a train. She was near her
home when negro man stepped No 10
her from the roadside. attempted his in
famous crime and then beat Mrs Glow in
a severe manner. She Is in a critical con
liiion. Mrs. CLOVIS assailant fled bur
was captured in "a clump % woods not
TAR from the scene of the attack lie
would have been lynched on the spot bur
for the appeals made by some of The old
er ones present. A. il was. the man was
put IN jail at New Kent Courthouse
should Mrs. Glow not recoyerit isdoult
ill whether the prisoner will be. safs In
that county.
IL seems that the law Will be allowed
70 take Its course. and that the negro
VIII be given trial The condition Of
Mrs Glow Is improved Though she is
SUI suffering She was able 10 identify
Johnston as her assailant The opinion
ms to be- that Johnston will be indirt
ell tried and condemned quickly.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
TRANSIENT RATES.


There Is no one subject that should
interest the people of Virginia more
than the public school system of this
commonwealth. We have on many
occasions taken the liberty 70 com
ment on the poor showing that the
Old Dominion was making along the
line of education.
Sometimes We have been accused
OF being too severe in our criticisms
but we have always informed our
critics that the Biennial Report OF
the Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion would bear us out in every
charge that We have made.
That report is now public proper.
ty- We have copy of it on file in
this office. 1t is valuable. because it
gives us true and correct picture Of
the real situation.
We have taken the trouble To
gather from the report a Few figures
that may be startling. but of treat
interest TO many of our readers The
figures follow:
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
SPECIALS.

Boys Madras Shirts. fast wash roiorS
10 cents. were - cents.
Boys lNouse Jackets. with sailor col.
lar. 10 cents. We're - cents.
White L X Skirts. with founc,. and
insertion. 81. were $3.50
Navy and Black Polka Dot Duck skirts.
with founce and braid. 75c. were ao.
Good " ash Gingham DndtrSkirts. neat
stripes 40 cents. were 30.
Heavy Galatea Cloth CnAcrskir,s i'm
stripes and dots. at 80 cents.
Extra heavy fine Feather Tick var.
rantcd. at l3s cents a yari.
blS Size Bleach >heots. hemmcd. at 30
cents each
Extra Heavy Large Size White Spreads
az - cents.
Heavy Single Bed Spreads. not often t.
b. had at - cents.
Old Reliable Hard Twist Shrunk storm
Serge warranted at 10 CENTS.
90 inch wide Blue GRAY. All Wool Dress
iannei. i.ic. WAS 80 cents
Good Sshool UMBRELLAS. new goods.
inst opened at 80 cents
Elegant Big Towels. fun Bleach huck
with red borier. at 10 cents
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
Ming George Notes and Personals

Correspondence of TIM FREE L,NcEl
h,ng George e. H.. Va. Aug. 10th 1902
Dr. and Mr. A. Barnes HOoe. of Wash
inston are visiting hi- father. Mr.. Isaac
+. Hooe. AZ "Lauderiale
Nr. William Tayloe. and daughter
Miss Mary of powhatan. who haveb ean
visiting friends in Washington. have
returned
Miss Mamie Byrd Turner. who has
been visiting VI IS Janet I.atane near
OAK Grove. has returned
Mr., and Mrs. George Roach and Misses
Roach. OF Ere iericksburg who have been
visiting friends in King George have
returned.
Or. Thomas T. Arnold. of Willow lin.
IL visiting friends near Warsaw.
Mr. Charles 4 Purss. of Igo. has pur.
chased the valuable estate Green
ielGht from the Misses fiansfori Of
Washington
The following named applicants stood
the examination b. fore Superintendent ~
schools Geo. ". Grigshv az tbe evanina
ton recently held for teachers of puhlic
schools: Misses Edna Suite. Ernestine
Hreen, Mildred Clarke. Male Ouesenberv
1eneFleve Grigsby. Lula VI. Davies. Mary
Ia"ood; Messrs james IL. Boggs
Daniei 'oakley. Eustace Green. Cleveland
'riS7by, Willie B. Carver. and /. h. Price
Miss Genevieve Turner. of Washington
i visiting her cousin. Mrs l. Fitz Jones
at Caledon
Mr. Bradley vile Of Rev. Paul Brad
,ey OF near Norfolk. il visiting her sister
Mrs y. b. Doherty. at Waverley.
Miss Ryland, OF King and Queen conn
" Is visiting Miss Mollie Billingslev.
Miss Margaret Stuart. who has been
visiting her cousin, Miss Nina Johns in
Nofiolk. has returned to Cedar Grove
Miss Elsie Reed. OF Washington. j.
visiting Miss Margaret Stuart at Cedar
Grove
Mr.. Walter b. GARRISON. Of Uavmar
ket, Prince William county. who bas
been visiting the Stuarts at Cedar rove
has returned home.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21

1t can readily be seen from the
above figures that not 30 percent. O.
the children of school age in the
above counties are enrolled as pupils
What shame. What are these
parents thinking about?
Some say cit costs so much to ruu
our schools" Let us see about this
richmond county pays 81 2S pei
school year for each of her scholars
King George, S3.7s, and SpotsvL
wanna. S3.G2. What an enormous
outlay for the education of n child
Lancaster leads off by keeping her
schools open just a little more than
os months each year, while Louisa
brings up the rear by giving her
school children : months vacation
in each year.
The average salaries paid to teach-
ers speak for themselves. No sane
man can expect much teach for
such miserable pay.
1t is high time for a great educa.
tional awakening in our midst. Nav
that time soon come.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
White Nan Joias Negro Church.

\ white man by the name OF Merrill
who halls from Norfolk. was baptized al
Newport News several days ago by Rev
= H. Howell. negro preacher there.
There were many other candidate. fo,
baptism that day. but Merrill receivef
The greatest attention After theimmer
SION, he went TO the negro church assist
ed IN taking the collection. and made =
-peech in which he said that the religion
which was good enough for the white
man was good enough for the negro. ami
one was a. much Of Christian a. The
o'her lie saw no reason why they
should not worship together. he said be.
ing Christian brothers
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21

HE two papers in reference to the
Charity School of Fredericksburg
printed elsewhere in TIE FREE LANCE
OF to-day, will be read with much in.
terest. One is a history OF the school
with the manner of conducting il
and the other is the annual report n,
the Secretary and Treasurer for the
year 1902. We have no means n;
Knowing who wrote the historical
paper, as no names are signed to IT,
out more than likely it is the produc-
tion oil Maj. benjamin Day, who was
the leader in the organization of the
school and long it's President. On his
tombstone in the Masonic bur;al
ground may be found the follow;no,
reference to his connection with this
school: 1.-THE Male Charity School of
Fredericksburg is chiefly indebted IN
him for its origin in 1895, and for its
prosperity to his unremitted atten-
ton in the principal management OF
its concerns, over which he presided
until the time of his death" Tin 1921
Archibald Mcpherson, who was so
generous to the poor children OF
Fredericksburg, and manifested such
deep interest in their education, was
a native OF Scotland and died in 1854
In the prime Of life, being forty-nine
years OF age. His tombstone, now
1913 years old, tells us that che was
iudicious, lover OF learning, OPEN
hearted, generous, sincere" To the
gift OF Archibald Me-
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
Public Schools BEGIN
MONDAY. Sept. LIST.
Mothers, Attention!

lou have children goiug Ia school this
session. Va doubt you will need To ~
plc1ish their wearing appar,l Naeatio-
days have worn what they had thread
hare. and you want your child To look a.
neat in her school appearance. as your
next door neighbours Here ia an oppor-
tunity To help YOU at a saving We've.
gone over our entire stock and .,otten
out all the Remnants. short Pieces. Ac..
~ Dress foods, Apron STUFF. Cottons.
Shirt Waist Materials and small lots Of
Hosiery Ends Of Hair Ribbon. Sc. and
these are to be found on table marked in
plain figures much less than actual value
We clean house To make ready for Fall
stock. You buy needful things at great
saving See Hurry in this matter. Guam
titles and lots are very limited and YOU n
have 20 see them quick
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
THE cluPBELL-cRAwFoRD CASE.
do' Montague to Be Asked TO Call Special
Session Of Legislature.

\ petition II 10 be presented 20 GOV.
Montague asking him 70 call a special
session of tn Legislature. with a view
IN reopening the Campbell Crawford
ease. and especially TO look into the ~
cent trial which acquitted Judge Camp-
hell This action comes from those who
think that the integrity of the Judiciary
demand that the trial in Amherst should
oe investigated. Those who are pushing
tiiS matter say that il will De Eight of
the people against bad government
The document viii. il is said contain
some very spicy reading. The petition i
designed 10 accomplish one OF two
things, the removal Of Judge Campbell
from Office or his impeachment.
IL Il not thought the Governor will call
the extra session. however. a. the ex-
pense would be about 100000 and the
Legislature meets anywayfn November
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
c. & o. R. R. Leases S2.OOO. 900 Worth OfRoII.
Ing Stock

The chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Company has leased rolling stock. con
sisting OF p consolidated wide fire.b oV
locomotives, GOO steel gondolas. 200
wooden box ears. 400 wooden gondolas
200 wooden coke ears. 10 wooden hon.
per bottom gondolas and 200 wooden
Hat cars for =. 600. 900.
The Girard Trust Company OF Phila-
deiphia has secured subscriptions to the
amount OF $2.OOO.OOO 10 a fund TO be
known as the Chesapeake and Ohio Car
trust Series OF the purchase price of the
new railroad equipment and rolling
stock.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21

fherson. supplemented by annual
subscriptions OF the generous citizens
and the liberal bequest Of Thomas
Colston in iS03, many of the Young
men OF the town owed theireducation
and splendid equipment for "A useful
and successful life. Anthony Buck.
the Secretary and Treasurer. who
submitted the animal report. was "A
generous man. friend of education.
and was worthy 60 be associated
with the most charitable. His name
has not Yet been lost TO the town.
although most of his descendants in
our midst bear other names. Mr..
Buck was a successful merchant on
the north corner of Main aud Han.
over streets, and was an intimate
friend of "Light-Horse Harry Lee. -
Mr.. Thomas II. Rootes, Chairman of
the Auditing Committee. was law
yer of ability. and lived ut Federal
Hill. He was the grandfather OF
those two distinguished soldiers and
statesmen of Georgia. Howell and
Thomas L. Il. Cobb. the latter of
whom was killed at the stone wall at
the foot of Marye's Heights on the
18th of December. 1852. and who
bore thefull name of his grandfather.
Thomas Reade Rootes.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
The cOIOred Industrial AssoeIs,i0o

The third annual session of the Virginia
Coiored business Industrial Associa ton
opened in Richmond Monday. On one Of
the walls of the building was displayed
this inscription. There are no lin
Crow ears in Heaven"
\ collection will he taken before the
close OF the meeting for the purpose of
raising money to fight the new Coustitu.
ton in the Federal Courts. Circulars
are Deing sent over the State calling up-
on the negroes to present themselves for
registration and to send the names to
ASSOCIATION OF all of those who are not
allowed to register.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21

Home Wedding Ia Spots,lssnis.

Professor George Ragland of Texas.
aud Miss Pearl Rawlings. daughter Oi
Mrs \ H. Rawlings. of Spotsylv0nia e.
H., were married yesterday at I I O'clock
NJ the home Of the bride Rev Decatur
Edwards officiating.
The wedding was quiet one. only
members 81 the immediate family being
pr sent.
frof. and Mrs. Ragland came here aud
leit on the afternoon north bound train
After a northern tour they viii return
here Tor few days and then leave for
their home in Texas.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
Caught In Wire Fence and Died

- frederick Embrey, an aged citizen Of
lauquier county met his death suddenly
tuesday In a peculiar way. In cIimniny
over barbed-wire fence. lie fell. and his
Ieet caught on the top wire In This
position ne remained for a considerabie
tme- When help came il was too lat"
And he died shortly after being taten
down. IL is presumed that the nressnra
oil blood upon the brain caused den,h
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
Noros Renew Attacks on Americans in
Philippines.

The MorOs in Mindanao are renewing
their attacks upon the outposts and
pack trains of the American column al
Lake Lanao. The Americans have snc,
eessiuliy repulsed the Moro attacks and
have suffered no losses
Inc commanders of the American forces
IN Ahndanao report aggressive action
against the Moros to be necessary. and
ask permission 10 move agaist Iecolod
ana other strongholds OF the hostile No
hammedans.
lnere are about ? 900 American soldiers
IN Aindanao available Cor the desired az
gressive movement.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
LOCAL MARKETS
Corrected by Simon Hirsb & B,o

Wheat, 40 to 10; corn, 60 te
u meal, Sl.4O to S1.45 per loo
pounds; oats; 10 TO 70; fowls Qive), s
70 y; turkeys (iye), 8 to 10
to per pound; Spring chickens
to 10 per pound; lard. 10 to II eggs
10 to IS; butter, - to 20: hams Ii
to 10; Irish potatoes. 40 to so. beef 4 70
.; veal, . to 6; pork 81 to 4; hides(greenl
? to .; hides dry, Z to 8; baled hay
$12 to Sl6 per ton.
Wool-Unwashed, 10 to 20; washed
"a &c %.
Leaf Sumae-5O to 50 cents per hun.
dred pounds.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
THE MURDER TRIAL N LOUISA.
Wesley Hicks to Hang FOR killiag NeliOu
Bourne

After trial lasting three days Wesley
Hicks has been convicted in the Louisa
county Court of murder in first degr,e
Counsel for Hicks moved for a new trial
but the motion was 0verruled hv Judge
Sims, who immediately pronounced sen
tence OF death by hanging liking Friday
October 3-19o3. a. the time.
Hicks aud his son in-law. Melton
Bourne. lived on smalliarmS. Some time
previous To the the above date they had
dispute and came 70 blows. Bourne.
lew pounds heavier than Hicks got the
best OF the fight. Hicks had Bourne ar
rested and bound over To- keep the peace.
Early Monday morning. June 23d
Bourne discovered that one Of his mules.
which he had Staked out To grass. WAS
gone. lie mounted the other mule and
went in search. He met Mrs. Hicks on
,he road. who told him that the
mule was in Hicks stable When he
n iehed the gate leading into HEX place
he was met 10y Hicks, who had seen him
roming.and had gotten ashot gun loaded
with shells He ordered Bournes to leave
and a. he started away brought him
Town with load of buck shot in the
back Then reloaded his gun aud fired
the second time into the body of the
PROSTATE man. Thinking perhaps that
his victim was dead he left him tempn
rarily and Bourne though wounded
unto death. managed To crawl into an
Old lady house some fifty yards away
AMI boitet the door behind him Hicks
followed IN the bloody trail broke the
door open and shot Bourne the third
time a. he lay on the floor. and with
several savage kicks finished his murder
Gus work.
The verdict meets with general ap-
prevail
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
Maynard Reaominated.

save Tor a few unimportant precincts
In Nansemond and James City counties
practically complete returns from the
primary in the Norfolk Congressional
Districts, held Tuesday, show MAYNARD
20 nave ,26s majority out of III 600
votes nes cast, he receiving approximately
p9,oOV votes, to Bryant's 300 and
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
Aged NeWspape r Man Diving

Harry linsley. Of stanton. who has
oeen an invalid Tor "a year. il very i'll. He
l. well known in newspaper circles. He
was editor q the stanton Spectator up
TO lew years ago, and before that was
connected with the Richmond Dispatch
lie was at one time managing editor OF
the New York Evening News lie is sew
enty years old.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
kirkland Grove Camp Meeting

Kirkland Grove eamp-meeting is now
10 progress and will close Monday. All
out two Of Kirkland = hundred odd tents
are occupied: Rev. W. W. Hamilton. of
Louisville, KY, is conducting the meet
ing and has several assistants. Four
Thousand persons were present Sunday
and even larger crowd is expected next
Sunday. "''
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
Audrey to be Put on The st,,e

Inc dramatisation of Miss Mary John
ston's Audrey" her latest story Vii,
De presented for the first time at ,h m,
academy oil Music, in Richmond. Va
ABOUT Nov. 10th, and from that boint n
will he made. p" '''e''
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21
Ter-centennial Exposition Company Soon 70
Issue Stock.

Ii Is stated that the jamestown Tor
Centennial Exposition Company will pro-
baby soon make its fist issue OF guaran-
teed stock $500, 900. After this, there
WI be general issue on a smaller scale
and shares will be sold at such prices
that even school children can buy and
contribute to the success of the 1907
event
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21

Mrs. Welch, wife Of Rev. Homer Weleb
OF Del Kay. Va. il visiting her brother
Mr. Frank Goodman, and family.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21

1t would be capital idea 70 try
the viva voce plan on the public
schools and good roads questions.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21

Another Congressional primary
has been held. The agony will soon
bc over
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21

Hon. Bobby" Blair. of Wythesille
wants to be the Republican candidate
for Congress in the Ninth district and we
imagine that Coagre s~man Rhea would
call that tackling a soft snap. Salem
Times Register
How smooth; but history tells Us
OF another man who thought Blair
was soft snap. Result.-Blair was
elected TO a seat in the Constitutions
al Convention. soft snaps" are
sometimes hard rubs."
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21

Now that the prices Of living have in
creased and wages. except I'm a very few
instances. have not kept pace. it i natu-
raj that there should be widespread dis
content.-Boston Globe.
II widespread discomfort were all.
1t wouldn't be SO bad but IL i the
cry of hunger and the wall OF misery
that calls for CONFERENCE.-The action.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-21

Oh say, give Us a rest on this
Bryan sprobablecandi business.
No sane man expects 20 see him nom
mated in 1901.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-08

first rank, and during the first year of
the present administration it numbered
among it's students young ladies from
twenty-three States. The build
ings and splendid equipments,
valued at $4,000, offer excellent
facilities both as a comfortable home
and as a school of high order. The col
lege faculty is composed of sixteen mem
berS.
Ten years ago the famous Bingham
School, after a most distinguished career
of ninety-nine (99) years in middle North
Carolina, was driven from it's former
location by three fires in less than nine
years, and came to Asheville on account
of the climate and with full faith in the
educational possibilities of the place.
The school is one of the oldest institu-
lions Of learning in the whole South
and the only one which has come down