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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-22

fishes, which, by being divided, were
multiplied until IL baskets were
filled with the remnants. It is like q
torch, with which so lamps may be
lighted and yet the torch remain as
bright as before it lighted the first
ramp.
But this grace will not come to it's
coronal until it reaches the heavenly
sphere. What world that must be
where selfshness and jealousy and
pride and acerbities of temper have
never entered and never will enter!
No struggle for precedence. No rival
ry between cherubim and seraphim.
No ambition as to who shall have the
front seats in the temple of God and
the Lamb. No controversy about the
place the guest may take at the ban
quet. No rivalry of robe or coronet.
No racing of chariots No throne look
ing askance upon other thrones, but
all the inha bitants perfectly happy and
rejoicing in the perfect happiness of
others. If I never get to any other de-
lightful place, want to get to that
place. What a realm to live in for.
ever! All worshiping the same God.
all saved by the same Christ, all expe.
the same emotions, all ascend.
ing the same heights Of love and exul-
tation, all celebrating the victories,
Courtesy there easy, because there will
be no faults to overlook, no apologies
to make, no mistakes to correct, no die
agreeableness to overcome, no wrongs
to right. In all the ages to come not
> detraction or a subterfuge. A per-
ect soul in a perfect Heaven. In that
realm, world without end, it will nevet
be necessary to repeat the words of !
ny text, words that now need oft req.
,tiioo: "Be courteous"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-22

| OeAeAo VI d SuAPWTcCh, Oh t0c 1Slanu
of Melita visited the governor of the
island, he was most impressed with
the courtesy shown them and report
ed that visit in these words: ''In the
same quarters were possessions of
the chief man of the island, whose
name was Publius, who received us
and lodged US three days courteous
ly." And then see those words of ad-
vice which he gives: "Bear We one
another's burdens;" I'm honor pre-
ferring one another" "Honor all
men,"
What mighty means of useful
ness is courtesy! The lack of it
brings to many dead failure, while
before those who possess it in large
quantity all the doors of opportu-
nifty are open. You can tell what ur-
banity does not come from study of
books of etiquette, although such
books have their use, but from a
mind full of thoughtfulness for 9TH
ers and heart in sympathy with the
conditions of others. If those condi-
tions be prosperous, gladness for
the success, or if the conditions be
depressing, sorrow for the unfavor-
able circumstances. All, this world
needs lighting up! To those of us
who ere prosperous it is no credit
that we live in . state of good cheer,
but in the lives Of 80 out of 100 there
is pathetic side, taking of, def
icit. an anxiety, q trouble. By q
genial look, by kind word, by a help
full action, we may lift little Of the
burden and partly clear the way for
the stumbling foot. Oh, what glori-
Gus art it is to say the right word
in the right way at the right time!
How reprehensible the behavior Of |
those who pride themselves on the |
opposite quality and have . genius J
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-25

MI, John F. Rag and, Mer chant
Tailor, Shayes Cfl His Beard
After Twenty-Five Years.

Mr.. John f. Ragland, the popular uler
cre Mt tanOr, is s.vlhg MS frlenuS great
Christmas SURPRISE tie is known Tar and
VIDE as haYlng the ndnuSo.neSt louS
b s,rd OF any man in the CITY But ne VIII
he known so no more, for has now 40
beard at ali, his tuli mouStache alone re-
raining. Yesterday morning ne 4sS.isCd
himself to MS eldest and most Intimate
Il 4eLds by shaving Off his beard and now
Is bus.ly engaged In introducing himself
I, all his trends. Though living openly
il, Richmond, no man mas seen ttle lace
OF this esumable g-ntleman Tor quar-
ter OF a century, and all may be pardoned
ter having forgotten II in that time. Ills
liz ard was jet black and about fourteen
inches long. Because of its beauty, as
b.slus go. Mr.. Ragland was pointed out
on the street and in all assemblies where
ne happened to be. 1t was likened for
leasIh unto Aaron beard
Eut the animation OF it has also
number of advantages. II collectors have
{. way Of visiting SIR. kaSland. as they
do every one else ABOUT tnIs time Of tue
year, he has Only to say. MIR. Rasiand
is not In and said collectors go away.
leaving the bill. wnile Mr. Ragiand keeps
IN msrriiy with his work and his Christ
mas money in his pocket. again, MI.
R;.Sland looks some fifteen years
younger. He has always been a boon
COM anion with his three boys, and looks
Tacre like an eld5r brother now than tnetr
father.
III the meantime. many amusing incl
dents are occurring because OF MS friends
fa:ung to recognize HIM. Judge Hancock.
Wnt has known him for years, saw him
IN Berl-y's yesterday and owned up after
all the time he wanted that he did not
know him. He thought at first 1t was DR..
IcrieuX, the Baptist minister. One OF Mr..
R7gland's customers of many years
st:nd.ng walked a square with him with
out in the least recognizing him. and
when told it was Mr.. Ragland. asked il
he were the merchant tailors son.
There is said to be something back Of
this decision Of Mr.. RaS.and to sacrifice
his beautiful hirsute appendix appertain-
icS TO his chin, but that is another story.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-25
RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG &
tC7CnAC Eh.LhOAD COMPANY
Holiday E cursion Rates.

TIL, Richmond. fredericksburg and Po-
tornac Railroad Company will sell spe-
cfaI excursion tickets to points on the
p T. and P. r. r and w. S. Ry.. ac-
cf,nt of the Christmas and New Year
hoIidays. at reduced rates. as follows:
To the public: Tickets 70 De so.d os-
cembsr 23d. 24th. 18th. Soth ard 5lst 1877
and January list, 1868. good returning uii-
I'll January 81.
To students and teachers OF schools ana
colleges. only on presentation and surren-
der oe certificates signed oy, the Fresi-
dent. Superintendent or Principal OF
sohoo, or college. December 10Th to I'D.
inclusive. good returning Until January
Sth. p;.h-or5 80
nouitu "a q. and to other points In
Era arc ..spu G. SEQ: sAteN .ttiri>t- >f-4o:
nronortion. Tickets good going only on
~ aara ~ sale. and for continuous passage
~ AMY t., Richmond Transfer Company.
ora Fsst Main Street. Jefferson Hotel.
..a Nurphy's Hotel. or ticket agent.
Rvrd Street, 5Elba. end Main Street Sta
800 w. P. TAl aoR. Traffic Manager.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-25
ouutcastle-EdWards.

One OF the PROTEST weddings Of tho
season was that of Mr.. Dorsey Es5isstcn
Mountcastle and Miss Norma Edwards
in tn. home Of the brides sistsr, Mrs.
Llewellyn Neaie.
mis-, Edwards md Mr.. Mountcast'e are
vel: known and popular young people VI
this city.
Miss Edwards Is .he youngest daughter
Of MIR. p, c. Edwards, now OF Chati-S
City county, but formerly for many years
one of RichmoEd's most successful tner-
t:?;,nts
Air Mouotcastle Is 2 trusted enp:oSe
OF the First Natiorai EanS. ;.
Tire bride gowned in travelling SUE
OF ga. cloth aud Carrying b:i.."s 70 :cs'
c.ime IN on he arm OF hcr sister. 9isS
susie Edwards. WIG -:orc &c
&C: tune Of VIE chiffon ard carried a
s'7cw.r bouquet OF Ma,.ane Ie5toEt
rcSeE.
S~ece :irs .hc bril-. came Na-te- Val
l,.cc Ncale, c";!s:w OF TIE h.l''a, hcsf 8
tne ring. cncirc!.d " Wrc1th OF PINK
carna tons and NIL. n':.ir ferns H:ilcn
rested On q white sin cushion.
The other ntte,Ga:ts wc:c Ni"ssrs. r..
D. yvilkerson. John Rates AID james ~.
Richardson, the latter acting as ocse
1.:an.
The Rzv. Carey f. Morgan performed
the ceremony il g. most beautiful ana
il7rreasive manner. ;,
The wedding march. "Oh. Promise Me-
vas rendered by Mr.. burke slaughter.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-25

The manure In. and for three years the re-
turns were nothing like sufficient TO JUS
thy the cost. In addition 20 This he
planned to give his crops thorough cult'-I
walton. and instead of employing one
man to ten acres. the average In those
rsrts. he employed three men to every
ten acres. and then four. In busy seasons
h.. has extra help.
After three years the result OF this sss-
t.n Of farming began to show. The earta.
according to his theory, serves merely 10
hold the plant upright. while 1t is fed
end fattened: its food has to be furnished
by the farmer. The yield of potatoes arose
from, LIS bushels to 400 bushels to the
acre, while onions, carrots and cabbases
did even better in proportion. To-Day ne
has one Of the most profitable farms IN
the State of New York. and 1t requires
large steamboat. which he. himself. has
provided, to carry his produce to market
The wholesale value of his crop: de'iv-
cred In New YORK. or New London. is
about s23 cUo The value Of the iarn is
about SIG c0o. and the buildings. steamboat
and equipment are worth about slo.'W'
more. making the investment something
more than s3o,co. His labor costs about
5000 a year and the manure almost rs
much moe. making about $4,000 In cx-
verses. which deducted from $4,000. leaves
a nrofit of $4,000 year on an invest
-.cnt of $4,000.
We venture that there are very few
Industries In the country which pay
hotter profit than this on the investment
This shows what scientific farming on bus
mess principles will 90.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-25
Drank gu, ct a Finger Bowl,

Editor Of The Times:
Sir.-That was an amusing scene wit
messed at one OF our hotels when
guest innocently drank the water from
the finger bowl and We need not wonder
that the Spectators were highly diverted.
Let ME recall similar occurrence which
took place many years ago in Washing
ton. city, when Judge JOAN 7. Mason,
'claruul ct venerable nonen. name
that should always be held in honor and
grateful remembrance by the people Of
Virginia. because Of his eminent services
to the State and the country at large.
The only thing to his disparasenlent l
ever heard of was his unfortunate mis-
take in allowing himself to be born in
the county of Southampton. If he had
selected as the place OF that interesting
event the adjoining county of Sussex
which was the scene of my nativity,
nothing could have been said in depre-
citation of his distinguished career, but
Dame Nature is provident and farseelnS
mother and may perhaps have permit
ted this centretemps to redeem the coun-
ty from the stigma which would other
wise be alta ched to it as being the birth
place of George II. Thomas.
There is something in a name after all
Mr.. Editor, if you will allow me to con-
trovert a long-established and wel-known
saying. My people came from Sussex in
England and settled in Sussex in Virginia,
and there they have abided for two hum
dred years and it is only within quite
recent tlmeS tQat lQey nave discovered
that there are other places in the world
as good and perhaps better than their
beloved Sussex and hence there has been
quite an Exodus from the county.
Pardon this depression If you please
and let me say that was about to re-
mark that when Judge Mason was Sec
rotary of the Navy. he on one occasion
had to dinner a friend from his native
county. who was not entirely familiar
with the customs and usages OF polite
society and who during the repast re-
freshed himself by drinking the water
from the finger bowl. Presently the
Judge. without a word: or look OF obser-s
walton. raised his own bowl and cook q
deep. and copious. draught. libaticn
was conspicuously eSempli1ed while he
vas president of the convention which
was held In this city to form new Con-
-sutution for the State.
Look on this picture and then on that
. and tell me which you most admire.
IS ReSQectf ully 4
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-25

hurst, drr:,,s the ho.!sav., and VII. go
to Atlanta, Ga. to live after The u ST q !
January.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Miller are expect..Is
In Richmond to spend the ho.iuays ~ W.! ~
Ar. Alillcr.s parents. ar. and Mrs. VIZ
liam 6. Miller Of East Grace Street
Mrs. Horace Wexford Jones. 81 Sew-#
port News. is visiting her sister. NJ s.
VT. Robins. at No. 80 East s. .sl.l,
Street. Mrs. Jones will be in Ricnnloi..'
untii sone Zine in January.
spend he Christmas holidays in Rich
nlond.
ifr and Mrs. Jack Lindsay. Of Pits
burg Pa. will ~ the Christmas guests
of Nh. and Mrs. D, ar. Burgess.
Miss Elizabeth Robins and Miss kash-
crime alichaux will leave Monday 70
spend. some time with friends IN 6aiu-
more.
Miss I1!ic Mnury Werth will be the
guest for the holidays CT Miss Marsar
Garland. of Wilmington, Del. MISS an. g
Burwell Jones, Of Newport News: WIZ
also be Miss Garand's guest and the
young hostess will give a lovely dinn'r
dance next a-on1ny evening in nonor OF
her visitors.
'Eir JJuGwcll Harrison, OF New-ort
News. will come TO Richmond FOR CHRIST
mas week.
Mss Mollie vitten. of Witten's Mills,
Taznwc!l county. ard Miss HATTIE
Walker. of La Crosse Academy are
guests Of Misses Ora and Carrie Rey-
nolds. NO. Gee North Sixth Street
Miss Maiorie Lowree. OF Maryland. ar-
rived in Rfchmcnd yesterday TO spend the
holidays with Captain and Mrs. Samuel
REGISTER, No. SIS West Franklin Street
Mrs. Reuben shirreffs. who has been
visiting her aunt. Mrs. c. St John How
ard, of Newport News, has returned
home.
Mr.. Menalcus Landlord. who is study
ing medicine here has left to spend
Christmas at his home in Norfolk.
Miss Mary Canrady, student Of this
year at the Woman's Collece. has left
to be with her parents at Salem Va
until the college ras'-n1es class work.
Mss Lena Pollard and Caaet E. c.
Pollard, of the Virginia Polytechn'c In
stitrte are in Richmond for Christmas
week.
Miss Lizzie Atkinson OF CHICAGO. who
has been visiting friends in R7anoke, IS
now in Richmond for few days
Miss NTarporie Loweree. OF Maryland.
Is now the guest of CAPTAIN and Mr..
sam-el REGISTER at no. sl5 West Frank
lin Street.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-25
lnEkl GOVERNMENT,


honest i'''' se'''e' 't''F7S :
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@'c'7sSI'l ''Nfh'''N't :
n~ ire pNese"F9tl'n 70 "" pSo'i7
a'u ~
"NfnenltE. FeNha0S "o sNo'l7 rat'eT cay
= VIZ $500 -
arc IS "'A'' ~ m
''V9Sh'" or or ''oh' We g
'H6o'ie ot fnn t0''e7 a@eS. N or6er TO
NHr-'1 ? moro '"f UNION. Hsob IN vs.
80" 'Ts'-a "7r'@ef'c fraTn'ifNv n-oV'"e
(ort ro COMMON ad7'"''"e r-"r-'ot" +h' vel
faro a~d secu-" The hlees.res Of Ih~r'v
% n'rTo'TH@ 2nf' orr roS4H"tv 20 rA'a'n
'''S ee'nh''@h THIS CONSTITUTION for the
lied safes o. Ar|7ari69
S'rch is or- ideal Of government AID
81 7o~~ a~ theee n"''ri-'es are phi -
,-d cor-ind '-+o o~a ctica in tho establish
cont ara execution Of o-r 1o-r-s the dol
--.'' be a++a;red. s'1o"''r~ fo- i1''roon IT,
-,e-fec.ione. Pvt when TIE coveran-oe-t
-ticf o''-nosa is TO use the reven"es Of
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-25

Now a Democratic newspaper In Eir-
ginia declares that Mr.. Cleveland is the
most prominent man in the party! And
Mr. Cleveland has never depar1e1 from
his political Observation-Disclosures Times.
If he ever had any. In particular. be-
vond belief in the infallihi'ity Of
Grover Cleve!and's judgment. thev are
not exemplitfed in his public career
Norfolk Virginia-Pilot.
What chumps and degenerates the
Democrats OF these United States We're?
three times to nominate for the Presi-
dency and twice to elect man who
never had any political principles!
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-25
SPEND CHRIS TMAS AT Ho
Greatly Reduced hates via N RI.

Western Railway on Aocoui.
Christmas and New Year Ho,jdaI
Tickets Will De sold on the folio,
dates: To points on Norfolk and Nss,
Railway. Dec q, %. "A. %. n. 30. 81
Jan. l, to all points south of the Poton
and east OF .he Mississippi river ss,
dates as above except Dec %. all %
for rum passage until Jan. ). 1905.
students and teachers with proper CO
1ificates these tickets VIII be sold D,
l6 20 -. final limit Jan. $. 1905. R.u,
trip rates from Richmond 70 NoroI
SD; Lynci,burs. s5.Go.
For tickets and further Efo-mato
apply Richnond Transfer Company. 81
East Main Street; ticket agent. Bro
Street Station. or at company's off,
S3s East aiain Street: John E yEasn
city passenger and ticket agent.
c.. Fl. BOSLET, k
District Passenger Asen
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-25

In concluding its editorial review Of
The recent address of Mr.. Charles Fran
els Adams in Charleston the News and
Courier says:
We 90 not know what Mr.. &Sams'
neishbors will do with him WHEN he gets
back home. but he has made SINE very
good friends in the Snuth bv coming
to Charleston. where thu right of Sc
cession. no longer proclaimed as a the
Dry. was first resorted to as a fact"
Having proclaimed here openlv that the
South YVES right in its construction Of
the Constitution as 1t was urderst ond
by those who made it and first lived
under it. we Do not care par leu ary
what view be and TIE reople of the sec
ton from which az caves nav taHe of
the achievements Of Might over Ri@ht.
We are perfectly willing to let the case
res, there for all time.
Quite so. Mr.. Adams Is to US very
satisfactory exposition of Confederate
principles.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-25
Christmas Eve Ta~ty.

Last afternoon little Miss Nell Wise,
the daughter OF Mrs. Barton h. wise.
thad CHRISTMAS tree ceiebratlon III her
home No l16 Morris Street.
Tbs tree had been painted in the pay
window o. the dining room on mat Or
n.1nented with a holly wreath, inside OF
which Santa Claus appeared in his slelen
full Of toys driving has RENDERS at tull
speed.
The Christmas Saint himself beamed
hcnevolently from the top Of the tree,
which had been ornam snted in or
thcdox Christmas fashions with tapers,
tlnsel, brilliant balls, pop kisses and
all the gay little devices that stand out
so handso melv when Illuminated. Those
who were invited to share in the
treasure of the tree and in the Christmas
games to follow were Sarah and Hen
~ Oppenheimer, Elise ana Alice Atkinson,
Alint Roy. NiclSetti and Helsn John
ston, Braxton, Katherine and Martha
Valentine, Elizabeth Hobson. Brydon
Tenant, Nancy Perkins. Alice Blair Anne
Myers. Edward Trigg Margaret and VIII
lam 3 gger. EVE Freeman. Alice and
Marion Meredith, Ludwell and Thelma
Hill, Alice Berna. d, Frank Beirne, John
Dunn George Wayne Anderson. Mary
Nicholas Ainslie, Maude Ainslie. Dabney
Crenshaw, Buford Scott, Isabel Scott,
Mary Guest. John Guest. Mary Wingfe d
Scott, Adair. Archer. Nellie Reynolds,
Philip Shields, Stewart Shields. Weyman
Cahell and Richard Pegram Camel on.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-25

EFh9M THAT PAYS.

correspondent of the New York Eve
ring Post. writing from Greenpolt Long
Island. tells an interesting story about
.'one farm that pays" The land in that
parr Of Long Island is not very fertile
and il is news to us that every year
nearly hund-ea head of deer are shot
in the wilds Of the island between the
ocean and the sound The interior section
comprising. perhaps. two hundred square
miles. was largely used for farming pur-
poses in the middle of the century, but
with the emigration to the West farmir 6
Was given up. and much Of the land has
been allowed to revert to wood.
It will be seen from this description that
The lands of Long Island 90 not offer
much inducement naturally to those who
wanld engage in agricultural pursuits.
Isut in spite Of the disadvantages. this
correspondent says that George ". Hal
lock has been most successful in his
OPERATION. he purchased tract Of eighty
acres lying along the shore and deter
ndned to make a model truck farm. He
decided that his principal crop should be
potatoes, and judging by the experience
OF his neighbors he could not reasonably
count on getting more than 100 bushels to
the acre. But the new owner believed
that by properly improving the land he
could make the yield far greater. and so
he determined to spend several thous-
and dollars year on manure alone.
His neighbors thought that he was in
rare. but that did not keep him from try
1ns hsrexper,ment He nJt on pouring
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-25
excepting CHRISTMAS. y

The social Christian festival comes
around again. with its cessation from Toll,
t;s exchange Of greetings and tokens, its
hearty good cheer, its plum pudding and
turkey. its din of horns and era ckeTs. its
modest nistletoe and festive holly; above
sn. with its peace and good will. good
will and peace to all mankind"
To make the best of Christmas one must
bear in mind that it is the Christ festi-
val. the earnest Of divine goodness. the
7,,.6se OF human brotherhood. 1t must
he Kept as the old phrase goes. With
reference to It's origin and its purposes.
1t has long been cti,drea's festival, and
II is we'll to preserve Cor their sakes its
o,d-time atmosphere Of mystical illusion,
rs innocent superstition of Santa Claus
and alI tie naive infantiIe credulities that
hover about his jovial personality. Yet it
IS to be feared that this patron saint OF
The nursery is in danger Of Gecanon!za-
ton. The costly. bulky, manifold juvenile
luxuries that form the staple Of Christmas
shopping and overload the 1icky-or shall
they be called the unlucky?-nodern
SlS incompetence with CHIMNEY
nles and tiny reindeer sleds. Santa can
rot, by the widest stretch of infantile
fancy. be snueezed down the chimney
With such . rack as now cumbers his jolly
ehoulSers. He is about to yielu to the
f.isillrsoning ma+erialsn1 of n'o7e-n life.
which does not stop even at the nursery.
But this is really giving UP more than
grown peon7e or children either can spare
This is sacrificing the most lovely of the
Iule1ide traditions to ineScusable sonl,is-
ticatioH. Worse than that. 1t is robbinE
childhood Of what is more desirable. more
satisfying than the piled-up wealth of the
nest gorgeous of toy shops: for this takes
from the little ones their filth in ths
gentle fiction of a universal chilFren's pa
t-on saint whose Christmas touch makes
al the world of childhood alvin. Instead
Of soul-.ouching. heart-nllirg child
faith. children are given a wooSen. dead
eninc pro, ass of barter and exchange of
ccs+lv ard stunefvins merchandise. from
which all tho Measure hos zone. with the
Gc'i~h+ful illusions and simple customs
that once characterized it.
The si-1plici-v and s-o-ta-ei'r of the
old e-hso-eH CHRISTMAS is si-l-i-g under
+he weight Of mere shop stuff that nov,
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-25
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Social End
Personal
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Tonight at twelve the play which aas
Teen enacted Cor the LAST week in The
stores and on tl,e streets Of edmond
Will DO played out the curtain rung down
ard the players ssnt to happy dreams.
while Santa CLAUS makes his rounds
I h.. stores hatk had crowd OF buyers
ar | the sending and receiving OF Echrlst-
mas naci,s ges was failure of yester-
day evening. To-day will witness the
irea thcrir. Of families and the family
celebration OF the day. Other sayeties
vii, have their turn in the week to toll
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-25

The Portland Oresonlan. a rantanker-
Gus Republican sheet. Is getting exceed
ingly generous in these holiday Tins. It
says: 1.-The people Of the South must Re
permitted and required to run their poll
tics in their own way. There must be
no interference from the North in their
local problems, including regulation of
the elective franchise. upon existing
lines