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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-14

The day was beautiful and as is
usual at March courts the attend
ance was large-more colored than
for months. A special grand Jury
was sworn in aud an indictment
found against DR.. II. 4. Coles for
selling liquor in Northumberland.
'lt will be remembered that the in
dictment brought in a few weeks
ago along the same line was quashed.
SO another was deemed necessary.
The case was entered into at once
and resulted in hung jury.
LIST OF DEEDS, ETC,
Admitted to record since and dur-
ing February term of Northumber-
land County Court:
Deed from G. ID. Shirley and wife
to Griffin Whittier for tract of land.
Trust deed from Griffin Whittier
to Thomas III. Fallin on above tract.
Deed from Luther w. Mitchell
and wife to Charles Virgins for all
their interest in the estate of Henry
Mitchell, containing twenty-one acres.
Deed from j. M. Booth, trustee.
to A. S. Rice for acre in Lofts.
burg District.
Deed from l.. II. Coles to John w.
for ~ 15 acres in Wi
Trust deed from John W. Ander-
son to A. S. Rice on above tract.
Deed from John w. McNeal and
wife to the Megill & McNeal Com
pany for 1.47 acres In Fairfelds.
Deed from John w. McAloney and
wife to the Me gill Il McNeal Co. fer
4S-lOO acres in Eairfelds.
Deed from VIM. ii. Grafflin, Laura
Elma Buck and VIM. H. Graffiip.
Trustee, to the Patapsco Guano Co.
Tor tracts of land in Fairfields.
Charles j. Whitaker sets aside
certain property as homestead.
Deed from Thomas B. Hurst to
Carroll w. Hurst for 80 acres in
Trust deed from Carroll w. Hurst
10 VIM. S. Cralle on above tract.
Deed from VIM. S. Cralle and
Ihos. ii. Fallin, Executors of John
d. Fallin, decd, to Jeremiah Mid
ileton, jr., for 1 acre in Lottsburg.
Deed from Jeremiah Middleton
and wife to Justin p. Beacham for
acre in Lottsburg.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-14

DELEGATE LINDSAY, a gentleman
who does not "shy" at a good drink,
supported the Barbour-Quarles reso-
luton because be believed the people
should be given chance to vote on
all such important questions. AS
be says, this is sound Democratic
doctrine. There were many pro-
fessed temperance delegates, how
ever, who voted against the resolu-
ton, or did not vote at all, because
they were afraid of their political
scalps.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-14

kidney trouble.
Nldhey trouble causes quick or unsteady
neart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble. because the heart Is
oseI-working IN pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries
1t used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys
but now modern science proves that nearlv
all constitutional diseases have their bcein,
ming In kidney trouble.
IL you are sick you can make no rois,.,.
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect CT DR.. Kilrner,s
soon realized. 1t stands the highes, for ,.s
wonderful cures Of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits S-1k0S
by all druggists in fifty >rsss-sy1E "a zEsns
cent and one-dolar sig E.s ;ss s
es. You may have e=s;<satss;:
sample bottle by mail Home of swamp Roo,
Tree. also pamphlet telling you how to find
out II you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing Or. Kilmer
x Co., Binghamton. NJ. Y.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-14
MISKIMON.

Mrs. Bessie /. Crowther and hus.
band. Baily G.. Crowther, spent Sun.
day last with Mrs. Mamie l.. Gill.
Mrs. @. E. Dawson entertained
last Saturday evening and night as
guests Misses Della Walker and Lola
Corsa.
Free rural delivery is not workin Q
with that degree of success with MS
that had been hoped.
We are glad to learn that the State
Superintendent has decided the cues
ton as to whether or not pupils
should assist the teacher in prepar-
ing wood, bringing water and sweep
ing the floor. This question was
temporarily raised at Providence
school last session. 1t has been the
rule for pupils to assist the teacher
ever since the establishment of the
public schools in this State, and of
course the present State Superinten-
dent could not do otherwise than up-
hold this rule.
Our esteemed citizen, w. J. Marsh.
has recently sold the timber on the
tract of land known as Bunker Hill
to e. q. Wootten, of Lancaster. The
purchase price of this tract of timber
was $1,000. We congratulate friend
Marsh for having cleared $500 so
easily, for only $500 was paid for the
iand few years ago. Every tract of
tlmbered land sold in this commu-
nifty In recent years has yielded Just
about such percentage of profit to
the buyer. We often used to hear
the phrase "land poor" applied to
persons owning much land, but with
present prices for timber we think
the phrase will have to be discarded.
Y. A. G..
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-14
Northumberland Co
FAIRFIEIDS-

Capts. j. K. Marsh and L. A. Jett,
who went on to Richmond to repre-
sent our fishermen before the Legis-
iature, have returned and expressed
themselves confident as having ac-
complished the ends in view.
Our worthy citizen, Lyttleton Cock
rell, esq, though still in weak con-
dition of health, is able to be moving
about after his severe illness.
Since the value of horses has
materially increased, interest in rails
ing them has been given quite an
impetus around here. We are glad
to see our people alive to the ques-
ton of improving their live stock.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-14
TRILBY.

Mrs. w. G. Goodman, who has
been quite sick, we are glad to say il
convalescing.
School near here taught by Miss
Meta Omohundro will close Friday.
We regret to part with Miss ONO.
hundro as she is an excellent teacher
and has won the love of all her
pupils.
Miss Mary Beale spent Saturday
and Sunday with the Misses Cowart.
Miss Bessie Clark has returned
from a two weeks stay with rela-
tives at Village.
Revs. L. j. Wray and wife aud g.
n. Belts and wife were the guests of
Capt. and Mrs. 6. Ii. White Sun
day.
Miss Mamie b. Clark, who is
teaching school in the family of
w. Is. Zones, of Warsaw, will return
to her parental home here the first
of April.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Clark visited
friends and relatives at Oldhams,
Lyells and Warsaw last week.
WHITE LILY.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-14
COAN.

Some of our newspapers seem to
want to impress upon our feeble
minds that we are highly honored by
the visit to America of some foreign
ruler, who Is here no doubt merely to
crafty that curiosity for sightseeing
SO many of us possess; alas, it is evil
dent that the average American
presents to him sight he never
saw before; j. e. running with eager
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-14

Undoubtedly Prince Henry is the
most Democratic son of royalty in
good favor that has ever visited our
country. Upon two occasions during
his trip men who were common
sailors in his squadron in years gone
by were greeted by him with the
handshake, invited to take seat and
freely talked with by the Prince for
some minutes.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-14
HERE is query we have received:

HERE is query we have received:
DEAR EDIToR:-Please name all the
states of the Union in one of your papers.
BY doing so you'll oblige beginner"
The writing indicates that the
little child has been going to school.
Why this information can not be
given by its teacher is a perplexity.
We would like to accommodate the
little inquirer but two reasons forbid:
First. it is uselessly taking PIP space;
and the other, that its teacher
should instruct the pupil and
be hauled over the Goals by the
parents. We wonder if there are
many such instances where a child
has been taught to write an intelligi-
BILE hand and has not been taught,
or shown, how to fiud a list of the
states of this Union?
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-14
AND STATE TAXATION.

The Page Courier asks: Suppose all
the State taxes should be abolished, what
advantage would it be to the people II
they had to raise the same revenue or
more by county taxes to pay the same
expenses that they have heretofore paid
by State taxes.
The question Is home one, and very
much TO the point.-RichDsond Dispatch.
We think our usually conservative and
able contemporary Tho Dispatch-spoke
insdvisedly in the above uttersnce. The
people never have conceived such an
absurd idea as the abolition of all State
taxes. The reduction of taxation to the
lowest notch consistent with expediency,
and an honest and economical expendi.
ture of the States revenues are the ques-
tons which interest the Virginia people
The Free Lance.
The pith of the matter has hardly
been pierced by any one of the fore
going contemporaries. We take it
for granted that the Courier refers to
the abolition of certain State taxes
aud the substitution of county ones
instead. The point in favor of the
latter method seems to be that some
counties draw more from the State
for criminal expenses than they pay
in. Should the counties be made to
bear these expenses some would be
relieved of much Of the burden on ac-
count of good behavior while heavier
exactions would fall upon those which
merit it. This question, as the Dis
patch would say, is home one, and
very much to the point.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-14

HERE it goes again. The U. S.
Supreme Court has declared null
and void the anti trust laws of
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana,
Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Ne
braska, North Carolina, South Da-
kota. Tennessee, Texas and Wiscon-
sin. A full sweep.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-14

DELEGATE POWERS, of Caroline, in
introducing bill in the Legislature
to prevent obstruction of the States
waters by pound-nets and fykes, is
brewing trouble for our Chesapeake
Bay fishermen.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-14

BOOKER WASHINGTON warns the
colored race to keep away from the
cities-where they become worthless,
and often criminals-and to stick to
farming, as in this lies the hope of
the race. This is sound advice, and
no doubt.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-14

SAY, Fredericksburg, the commit
tee will not "tie you loose" You are
to still remain with the "old First
District" and take spot luck" with
this to be fearfully and wonderfully
gerrymandered district.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-14
DOINGs IN THE LEGISLATURE,

/ DVANVo AN Ahh hLVAo LA ~ II lie
1t is expected that general dog
law will be enacted before the Legis-
lature adjourns.
Delegate Clarke, of Surry, will
present bill to permit females to
carry pistols and other weapons con-
cealed on their persons for their own
protection.
1t is said that movement is on
foot to petition the Legislature to
enact a law authorizing justices of
the peace to wear brass buttons Just
as city policemen do.
The Cation fish bill-to prevent
sale of herring for fertilizer purposes
was dismissed in committee with
the consent of its patron. This much
for agitating the question.
A bill is to be presented in the
near future which will provide for
the working of convict labor upon
the public roads, though this would
not apply to prisoners who are serv-
ing life sentences or are convicted of
murder.
Twenty-one ministers have APP
peared before the Legislature and
endorsed the bill introduced by
Judge Mann on the liquor question.
The Anti-Saloon League has APP
pointed committee to urge the
passage of the same bill.
Representative West, of Louisa
county, has prepared bill to pro-
vide better protection for sheep in
Virginia, and compel owners of dogs
in sections where sheep are raised to
keep them tied. The dog tax will
be greatly increased under the law
and provision is made for killing
every one on which a tax is not
paid.
The committee on redistricting
has decided to take from the First
District the two Eastern Shore
counties and in return give the Dis.
trict Newport News and Williams
burg. and Warwick, York, James
City, Charles City and Elizabeth
City counties. No other change is
recommended in this district. The
Eastern Shore will be thrown with
the Norfolk district.
The Legislature passed a law a
few years ago requiring license tax
OF $10o to be paid by lawyers who
advocated any cause before commit
tees. So far only six have paid the
license though number of LAWYERS
are known to have been before the
committees for their constituents.
The licensed ones are Messrs. w. A.
Glasgow, }. Il. Lawless, Jno. l..
Jeffries, A. B. Guigon, Geo. E. Wise
and L. II. Wilcox.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
By Mr.. Powers: To prohibit the
obstruction of the waters of the
State by pound or net poles.
BY Mr.. Lawson: To permit Geo.
V. Wagenen, of Middlesex county,
% erect pier head and break
water on the Rappahannock river.
BY q. @. Baker: To incorporate
he Northern Neck Industrial Acad-
my.
BY Mr.. Lyell: To protect game in
he county of Lancaster.
q BILLS PASSED.
To authorize L. M. Thomas &
sons to erect pier and guard-house
n Morattico Creek, Rappahannock
liver.
To authorize the firm of Coulbourn ,
Sros. to erect pier in Corrotoman
liver In Lancaster county. Il
To permit A. @. Harding and w.
}. Potter to erect wharf or wharyes {
a Indian Greek in the county of 5
northumberland. d
To permit N. q. Oakley to erect a :
1harf. :
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-14

The kidneys are your
blood purifiers. they fill
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
II they are sick or out
OF order. they fail to do
their work.
Pains. achesandrheu-
matism come from ex-
cess OF uric acid in the
blood. due to neglected
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-14

Has anybody heard schley whinee-
Norfolk Landmark.
No, but if the Administration does
not stop pricking him there will be
an ominous Schley yell in 1904.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-14

1t is said that the James river floods
have mace the oysters sick. We are
not surprised at it.-Ricnmond Times.
Yes, their name must surely be
mud.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-14
Over-WOrk Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-14

nonpareil line.
Obituaries, religious notices of entertain
ments. excursions. etc.. one-h half regular rates.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-14

All communications or business letters
should be addressed to the VIRGINIA & IrIzEN.
trvington. Va. to receive prompt attention.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-14
ADVERTISING RATES.

ss-sspercent additional for special position
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-02-12
HOw'S THIS!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case Of Catarrh that CANS
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
FL CHENEY 4 o., Props. To-
ledo, o.
We tho undersigneu. Lave known
p J Sheney for the lAst Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in sll
business transactions and financially
able to carry OUT any obligations made
BY their firm.
WEsT 4 TRUAx, Wholesale Druggist.
Toledo, q.
WALDINa kINNAN IL MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o,
Htii's Ca,arrh cure il taken in-
t ruaiy, acting dire 'tly upon the blood
AMI mucous surfaces of the system.
Prie. 75c per hOtile. sold by all
Druygists, Testimonials free.
AAii's Family Pills arc the beat
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-02-12
Foiled by the Town Watchman.
He Comes Across PARTY Of
Bank Robbers and Opens Fire
On Them Wound. One Who
IL Afterward Captured.

Lancastsr, Pa, Feb, s,-Abeat
$3.50 o'clock this morning an at
tempt was made to rob the Gap
National Bank, at Gap, Pa, IS
miles east of this city. ending in
a lively exchange of shots hot wsen
tho towns watchman. David
Stamix, and the burglars. Stamix
heard an explosion in the dire ctien
of the bsak and upon procs ediug
there found three or four mon
standing in front of the hsnkbuild-
ing He demanded to know whatthe
were doing there and was promptly
ordered to bold up his hands.
Stsmix complied, but with = re-
volvcr in hand and hs opened Are
on the burglars, wounding at
least one, as thsrs we're blood
narks whore they had been stand
ing.
The robbers returned the 6rs,
etamix hacking awav towards the
home of the cashier, with The
view of getting assistance. Whom
the shooting began two or three
other men ran out of ths hank
building and joining their com
psuions, disappeared in tho dark
ness.
An examination Of the hank
disclosed the fact that the mon had
made an Intellectual effsrt to enter
the front Of the vault and then
attacked the rear end. They bor-
cd hole into the rear plating and
had attempted to blow the vault
open with dynamite or uitro-gly-
esrins, but also without success.
One of the supposed bank rob
bsrs, whose wounds Was dressed
at Atglsn, was subsequently, ar
rested at Psrk.burg. He wa,
brought to Lancaster this after
noos. He has . bad wound in the
face.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-02-12
Pl esident Will Not Come to Char
lesion.

Washington, Feb. S.-Ths
following statement was issued at
the White House at neon today:
"The condition of the Presidents
son is favorable. The doctors say
that tho president should not 60
to Charleston as at any time with
in tho six days the disease may
take sudden turn for the worse.
The president also is asked not to
go to Groton as his visit might
excite the boy who is not in i'm
mediate danger"
Owing to the request Of the
physicians the president has absn-
donsd his trip to Chsrlsstos.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-02-12
SAVED HfS CHILD's
I,lFE.

SIN three weeks our chubby
little boy WAS changed by Pneu-
monia almost to a skeleton"
writes Mrs. w. Watkins, of
Pleasant City, O. "A terrible
cough set in, that, in spite of
good Doctors treatment for sew.
craI weeks, grew worse every
day. We then used DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
and our darling was soonsound and
well. We are sure this grand
medicine saved his life Mill
ions know it's the only sure cure
for Coughs, Colds and all Lung
dieases. Crawford Bros. and j.
r. Mackey & Co. guarantee salts
faction. soc, $1.OO. Trial bot
ties free.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-02-12
Patterson, NeY !,
Jersey, in Ashes.
The Loss Ten Milliens-,Hun-
dreds Are Left Homeless
:. and Tho .sspds Witheat !.

D "
Patterson, N. j., Feb. "a
great fire swept through Patter-
son today and in it's dssolate wake
are the embsrs and ashes of prop
erty valued in preliminary esti-
mate at $40, 100000. 1t burned
its way through the business ,sec>
ton of tho city and claimed a. its
own > majority Of the finer stMes
lures devoted to. q eommero;sl,
civic, educational and religious
use, as we'll As scores of houses.
There was small tribute Of life
and injury to, the conflagration,
but hundreds were left homeless
and thousands without employ
ment. A relief movement for
the care OF those unshsltered and
unprovidsd for has bsen organ
lied already and Mayor John
Hsnchcllffs said +onight that
Patterson would be able to care
for her swn without appealing to
the charity Of other communities
and Statas. The great nanut4st.
urisg plants Of the place ara. sate
aud the community, temporarily
dszed by the calamity, already
has commenced tho work of re-
organization and restoration. ~.
The Ere ssme at last midnieht
and was checked only after Q
desperate fight that lasted until
late this afternoon. Every city
and town within reach of Pattsr-
son sent firsmen and apparatus te
the relief of tho thsatsnsdr city
and it took the united effotts Of
them oil to win the battle. A
northerly gale gave the copdagra-
ton ito impetus and carried it,
burning brands te kindls the
blaze afrssh at other points. The
hrsmsu made stand after stand
before wall of fire, but were driven
back repeatedly, aud when victory
hnally eams to them they were
gri ned and exhausted.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-02-12
I've Negro Dsssrtsrs Hanged i,
the Philippines.

Washington, Feb. 1.-Two
soldiers were undeu btsdly hanged
in the Philippines today, ia the
execution of sentences imposed by
military commissions by which
they were tried and convicted of
dessrting to the enemy.
Their names were Edmund A.
Duboss and Lee Russsli, and both
were attached to Company f, Of
the Ninth Cavalry, . negro regi-
mont. While their company was
operating against the insurgents
in the province of Albsy, in Aug
ust last, the two men deserted and
were aftsrward discovered serving
in the ranks Of the enemy. Prssi-
dent Roosevelt declined to inter
fsrs with the execution Of the
sentences.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-02-12
A Dangerous Counterfeit.
A One Dollar Silver Certificate
Raised to Ten Dollars.

Special to The State.
a OEa4s sharss Eass9 s9...AuAffext
which proved partially sl,scsssful
to raise United States pap,r
bill was detected hero ny Cashier
Wannanaker of tho People 8
hank. ln the deposit Of a promi-
nsnt merchant was found what to
80 men out Of 100 appeared to
he $40 silver certificate. But
Mr.. Wsnnamaker being familiar
With the more prominent marks
of the various denominations of
notes, discovered that . 81 Ger
tiicats of the series Of 1899, With
spread eagle on the face, had
been very cisvsrly changed and
raised to $40. The job, while t.
tho casual observer of such things
seems neatly done, .sxpsrts prD-
nouncs it very poor.
However, "a the rascsl who
fooled no doubt nsny with this
bill, has cnangsd numerous others,
and as the deception is Of such .
character as to miss detection by
msst men, it is we'll for oil to be
on the watch for the changed b,lls
and for the counterfsiter. The
gentleman dspositing the bill 10
out $40, a. the note is now Of NO
value. There Is no clue to tho
prspstrator Of tho act.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-02-12
The Cotton Situation.
Mr.. Theodore Price Repeat. his
Crop Estimate and Urges Hold
ers of Cotton to Dbmaud 8
Cents for it.
Special to-Ths Daily News.

New York, Feb. 7.-As it is
Impossible fer me 10 reply in
dividually and as fully rs should
like TO the very large number of
telegrnphic inquiries l am recsiv-
ing in regard to the cotton situa-
tion, | take this method of advis
ing nv friends of the facts:
The weekly figures made up to
date disclose a position of sxcsp-
tionsl strength and point to much
higher prices in the immediate
future. The worlds visible sup
ply of American cotton shows a
decrease for the week of 145, 900
bales and is now only 100000
bales greater than two years age,
when cotton went to ten and eleven
cents per pound and was practl-
cally unobtainsble at the end of
the season. Ofthis visible supply
there is in America at the ports
and interior towns 10000 tales
less than last year and 100000
bales less than ia the memorable
bull year of 1890. The quantity
OF cotton brought into sight for
the week is only $4,000 bales,
which is the smallest on record,
for tho corresponding week Of any
Ieasen In which the crop exceeds
5000, 900 bales. We have OK
ported approximately S,75o.00o
bales, which 10 more than ws did
last year, Japan alone having
taken lis, 900 bales against only
10000 last year. 10 every di-
rsction the demand seems to be
expanding and the decreasing.
The average weight Of bales 10 six
pounds less than last year, which
10 the equivalent of . reduction
of 10000 bales in the supply.
The cotton trade Of the wsrld
seems upon the eve of recognizing K
the extraordinary situation and q
very sharp advance in the market
appears Imminent: 1t 10 certain
to come promptly il those who hold
the small remnant of this year )
crop decline to sell except at It's
face value. 1t is worth ia visw
Of thesisnAtion today, as disclosed
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-02-12

certainly 9 cents and will probab-
lN command ten cents before the
end OF the season. 1t is only
through n very sharp and immsd-
to advance that an absolute Gotten
famine in America can bs averted.
THEODORE III Price.