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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-27
NEWS ITEMS.

Castro, President of Venezuela
has resigned.
Shamrock Ill, the new Euglisl
cup racer has been launched.
The Missouri Supreme Court ha
dlsoanded five firms of the Bee,
Trust.
The president of social club
In Norfolk was fined $500 for selling
liquor. Other arrests are to be made
The annual meeting and summer
outing of the Virginia Press Assocla
ton will convene July 2Sth, prob
ably at Hot Springs. Va.
Wheat, corn and oats all took 8
tumble this week. July wheat in
Chicago touched the lowest point
for several years. 1t closed at 693
A local option election has been
ordered in Gloucester county fol-
April 30th. A similar election for
Marshall District, Richmond county,
is asked for April 29th.
The Farmville Herald, which is
one of the best weekly newspapers in
the State, will be issued on April 10
under the exclusive control of the
young ladies of the Normal school.
The Normal school issue of the paper
promises to be something unusual.
Hero, a powerful st. Bernard dog.
saved the life of his masters little
girl In st. Paul at the expense of his
own. The child had wandered into
the street railway tracks and did not
seean electric car travelling at high
rate of speed. The big dog sprang
from the sidewalk to the little girls
side, seized her dress in his teeth and
dragged her clear of the tracks, but
himself stopped too close. The
animal was struck and his neck
broken.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-27
Friday. March 81, 1908.
THOUGH the ming redistrict

THOUGH the Cumming redistrict-
ing bill has been defeated by the
Legislature the Richmond papers
tell us that Senator Sale, of Norfolb,
will shortly introduce another that
seeks to redistrict the First and
Second districts only, and that such
bill would likely go through. 1t
is all poppycock to talk about the
proposition to redistrict these dis
tricts as not being fair. No politi-
clan or office holder is expected to
consider fair any bill that reverts
to his own or factions detriment,
and vice versa. A new census al
ways demands a redistrictiug, and
why this is not to be done in
this State where the districts are
80 outrageously out of proportion can
only be answered through personal
and political schemes. The Second
district is by far too large, and the
First one too small. Why should
they not give aud take without re-
spect to any particular individuals
fence building? OF course, what
holds good in respect to these two
applies also to others that may be
out of proportion.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-27
tCommunicated.l
THAT BOND ISSUE.

The people of Lancaster have been
running in a rot of their own making
until it seems this winter the climax
has approximately been reached-or
we may say the bottom has dropped
out of some of our roads.
We do not appreciate the force(?)
of the letter of Girls, nor fear the
ohasm into which Mr.. Claybrook is
endeavoring to lead us. He is funny
fellow, is Girls, or thinks he is, which
for hun is all the same. AS far as
Mr.. Claybrook is concerned he is a
man OF recognized business ability,
besides being minister who would
not direct, spiritually or temporarily,
any other but a true course, but your
writer is not defending this man; he
needs it not.
There are of course two sides to
this question.
In the first instance can we find
business men who will faithfully
execute this trust after we raise the
$4,000? Surely there are three
capable, honest men in our little
county! Again, could we meet the
bond issue of $4,000 after thirty
years? 1t is very true the interest
on $4,000 would be $500 annually,
which in thirty years makes S15, 900,
or $4,000 more than we borrowed,
the total debt being $25, 900, though
the $4,000 would have been paid.
AT first thought this is a serious
obstacle.
Now for the favorable side to this
question. The road tax in this county
is about $4,000; now from this we
take $500 annually to pay the interest
on bonds, another $500 to lay aside
as a fund to meet bonds when due.
Each year We lay aside $500 which in
thirty years will make alone $I2, 900,
which is $4,000 more than the bonds
call for. But this is not the point.
Each year the $500 draws, if loaned
out, 6 per cent. interest, which if it
self reloaned will make the S4OO
saved double itself in twelve years.
La other words the first $500 having
20 years to run would bring back
some where near $500 at the least
possible estimate, taking everything
into consideration; and as each 800
is put aside it brings back its own
original amount with the interest.
| think | make it very plain when
| say the interest on the bonds NAV
be offset in this manner, and also the
original debt paid besides paving
the three directors fair salary.
Our roads will be kept up with
the other 81, 100 left in our treasury,
and we may leave to our posterity
good roads, no debts and knowledge
that we met successfully a serious
problem in the face of stern and
critical opposition.
80, gentleman of the board, do your
duty, borrow the amount specified.
and trust the rest to the people. |
am only sorry the amount is not
$25, 900 or $4,000 instead!
Yours truly,
JNo. CURLETT.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-27
Tomatoes, Tomatoesi Are the Great
Boom Of Our Four Counties.

LAST year was record breaker, and this
year DDS fair 20 treble IL. Boilers for COOL
a sng purposes are In great demand, and some
~ ~ Parties nave written me for cash terms on
WIN the Fsrquhar Co. to sell them dfrecf IN
ciuos Tor cash. thereby saving az per cenf ~,
SSontrsce prices for 1903. Over 40 OF these
nansS steei boilers now In use In the Norfh-
1 S x ~ ~ AS rood tomato cookers will refer
10Y 10 Soo. r. Baily. kinsale; L. w. Courtney
Son, Mnndy Point; Garner Bros. LeWisetts
anu most or others. The day has come vi an
the consumer wishes 10 push the middlemsn
Ssiae and buy direct from the manu- facturer.
viii treat Them an r, Sye them this chance. but
NOW Tor the goods to grow tomatoes with
IN that line we are on top. M n naw
SOL SOL says other goods are good but GiIi,s
that With Ma s,, Setssr; Willie DilIer says
many tomatoes on one acre last wear ss ~
mmssignoors Old on two acres with S2e stuff
inIs Is the verdict up and down the Hannah
annock. TRY Me" has no equal for wheat as
~Sra a. somatoes. Not quick enough for early
ny lbs: nitrate OF soda, costing s2-M extra'
Inc mixture thus forces and ripens tcmatoes
very early. ',ooS
We " make a g. y. 3 goods: Chas. Dawson, Jas.
past say it grows potatoes and early trucits so
aounuantly they can't get room on the b. nd
w WI harvesting. This goods we sell S2S cash
o.. on Tine; nc Is put up to take the place OF
Truckers should not be deceived I've haar
~ tnis business since 1875, and manu- facturin no
Tor 10 years. In 1909 bought $S5 O00 worth os
= oasn OASIS, orders coming by mail daily from
Farm wagons Ms S of aII yyina. hun. ..,.
fasn. Thanking the public for past patronage.
anv Yours To serve.
4. H. GILL, Avalon. Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-27
BUNDICK.

Our truckers are busy transplant.
ing tomato plants and getting read Y
for other spring crops. English peas
have not come up very we'll, as the
extremely unfavorable weather has
caused the seed to rot in the ground.
We regret to learn that Mrs. Clare
Rice. who has been quite Ill for some
time, improves very slowly.
Miss Z. Q. Moon is suffering from
an attack of la grippe.
Mrs. Caroline Robinson, who has
been spending some time with her
daughter, Mrs. Chas. Fulks, has re-
turned home.
The "stork" alighted at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. j. Il. Mcneil on the
9TH inst, and left them. "the prettiest
baby girl you ever saw"-so ali the
family say.
Mrs. Thos. Pippens gave a quilt.
ing recently. In spite of the rain,
which fell steadily nearly all day,
quite number of ladies were present.
and they finished the quilt.
Raymond Mothershead, who has
been absent from this place for
about four years, has returned. He
Is spending some time with his kins.
man, w. r. Claughton. Raymond
has great many friends who are
pleased to see him back.
Ann Cockrell, a worthy colored
woman of this neighborhood, who
has been seriously i'll, is rapidly inn
proving under the skillful treatment
OF our popular young physician, DR..
Robert Booker.
Rev. G. w. Beale, preached an
able and interesting sermon Sum
day night, 10Th, at Coan chapel to a
large crowd. His text was s.Abhor
that which is evil, Cleave to that
which is good" Romans 1879.
SUNLIGHT
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-27

The feast of Purim, recently cele-
brated by Jews throughout the
world, is, we believe, in commence
ration of the escape of the Jews
from the clutches of Haman. His
torians and theologians ascribe all
the praise to the woman Esther,
and not to the uncle Mordecai. 1t
is beautiful text for discoursing
on the saving virtue of woman. Men
of the world know that but for the re-
Inning spirit and innate purity of wo-
man this old globe of ours would be
trotting at 2:1O gate to the "dem-
milton bow-wows." The man must
be very low, indeed, who never in
the course of his life came in con-
tact with and felt the oyer-aweipg
influence of woman's purity; and that
same influence, exhibited in myriads
OF cases, has been the one thing that
redeems mankind and keeps him
from falling in morals beneath the
brute creation.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-27
FISHING NOTES,

The run of shad and herrins
Stacked up somewhat last week
Prices are far, but only few of tn,
pound METERS will do well this season
as the business seems to be overdon,
on the Chesapeake. There are NOR,
fish running than at this time last
year, but prices are not SO good.
Bellows Il Squires, the pioneer
menhaden fishermen of this section.
started out their steamer, Geo. p,
Squires, on Monday to chase the
bunker. These fish are showing nm
unusually early this year in the bay,
and as usual B. & S. are on the alert
to open the ball. The Atlantic
Fisheries Co., of Cape Charles and
Wilmington, also started out a
steamer this week. Owing to stormy
weather no menhaden were caught
this week.
Officers of the police boats of
Maryland and Virginia are vigorously
enforcing the laws for the Potomac
which forbid the taking of small or
seed oysters from their beds, and a
number of arrests have been made.
Captain Hudgins, of the Virginia
oyster police boat Rappahannock.
rounded up fleet of nine vessels in
Upper Machodoc creek one day and
found small oysters or four of them.
The -masters of the vessels were ar.
rested and the vessels taken i'm charge
by the crew of the Rappahannock.
On the Maryland side of the river
the Maryland oyster police boat
Governor Thomas Monday arrested
the masters of three vessels ON which
seed oysters were found, and took
them into Rock Point, for trial. A
determined effort is to be made to
put stop to the depletion of the
Potomac oysters beds.
The Baltimore american saws: The
manufacture of netting in Baltimore
Will, in the future, doubtless be con-
trolled by New York capital. The
.. >. johnson Company, 12I South
street, the only Independent manu-.
facturers OF fishing net in Baltimore,
has been negotiating with the Linen
Thread Company of New York, and
Will in q few days turn over their
business and machinery to the New
Workers. The Linen Thread Com. |
pany, which some time ago acquired
The William j. Hooper Manufactur-
lng Company, has for some time past
been endeavoring to secure control of |
me netting business in this section
u the country. The j. s. johnson
20, continues in the Cordage, Irvine
md Fishing Tackle business and
vii carry all materials used in the
lshing business except netting.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-27
.REEDVILLE.

Garnett Haynie will attend busi
ness college in Baltimore this fall.
There was quite large crowd a
the Hall one night last week.
A deep artesian we'll is being bored
at Fleeton.
Everett Marsh and Frank Saunder,
are the champion backstoppers or
the Election team.
Bernard Taliaferro has gone to
Solomon's Island to visit his aunt.
}. Q. Walker will drum at Fleetor
for ). j. Scoggins and James Kirk.
patrick.
Oak Grove school will close 18th
of April.
Everett Marsh has accepted DO.
sltlon as assistant cashier in Reed.
vile bank.
Ben Croswell, of Reedyille, will
be Ice man, wharf agent and drum
mer at Election.
Misses Annie and Nader Marsh.
who have been attending college.
have returned home.
Great improvements are being
made In our town by raising the
middle of the street and Smelling the
pavement.
Capt. w. j. Saunders will fish the
steamer Hannah Leonard the COM
ing season.
Stark Jett, who has been for some
time studying for the ministry, has
returned home.
Randolph Haynie, one of our most
obliging little gentlemen, will soon
leave for parts unknown.
Frank Saunders has proved him
'eif an expert marksman. Ee killed
20 cedar birds at one shot.
Its reported that telephone ap-
oaratus will be placed In DIR. Saun-
iers' office in the near future.
Robert Douglass has had about
90 cords of pine wood cut this win
er' HoNEYsUcKLE.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-27

EVERY reason and argument that
was advanced for an appropriation
to the st. Louis Exposition, granted
by our Legislature, holds equally good
In behalf of the jamestown Expo-
sition whose request for an appro-
priation is now before the Virginia
Legislature, and there are many
more reasons in addition. If Vir-
glnia Legislature has not faith
enough in its own States enterprise
to appropriate decent sum how can
We expect Congress to give us a
helping hand? Wide awake citizens
are pushing new enterprises, and
the whole State is longing for i'm
migration and labor help. We can
not expect to get these things if we
are not willing to dismantle the wall
of fogyism and inertness that some
Virginians erected and others are
trying to keep up.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-27

section and Crisfeld, Nd. Since
there's no hope of railroad this
move seems the wisest our people
could make. Having our produce in
orlsheid we stand on equal ground
with our sister counties on the
Eastern shore, and the only difference
between this and that section is the
latter has access to many and the
largest markets in the country. We
nail with delight the day when a line
OF steamers gives us the choice of
these markets.
hr. Caulfield has placed a hand
some. new piano in the home of Mrs
Dr. A. M. Brent on trial. Our peo.
pie, we are proud to say, are lovers
or music and there's hardly a home
IN the village where there is not an
organ or piano.
The Echo, which has occupied the
office facing the monument since it's
birth, will change quarters soon.
1t will occupy room at Shirley's
hotel.
Alley Sisson, talented young man,
is gladly welcomed into our midst
where he will engage in all kinds of
repair work. Sissop is no less than
agenius, and in taking up watch and
all other similar repairing has proven
himself skillful workman. On
the violin he performs with the art
OF one trained long for the business,
and more wonderful still, he makes
his own instrument. We heartily
welcome Mr.. Sisson and are sure of
his success 1920 .ss-fr--
Postmaster Bramble has taken a
room at Shirley's and will hereafter
stay Immediately in the village.
Misses Blundon and Farinholt
spent Saturday and Sunday at Poplar
Plain, the home of Miss Estelle Belts.
Howard A. Straughan is visiting
at the nations Capital.
Miss Rosa Besle gave her scholars
a treat at the Baptist parsonage on
Wednesday afternoon; also to her
brothers. Bates Gill is boarding at
ShIriey's and attending school here. |
James Dodson swore out a warrant
against John Augustine and the case
was tried before Justice Eichelberger
charging Augustine of practicinp
medicine, with no lawful privilege, on |
his wife. In justice to Mrs. Dodson, |
let it be said, she was in a desperate
condition, but she did call on Angus
tine at his home and accepted his
treatment. Augustine admitted his |
guilt butswore be knew his prescrip-
tons were harmless since he was ac-
customed to taking them himself. |
Augustine received no fee for his |
practice. At first he was fined one |
hundred dollars but indignation was
sogeneral, holding one party as guilty
as the other, that the justice was in |
duced to lower the fine to the mini
mum of thirty dollars and cost. The
case was full of interest and manv
laughable incidents occurred. Angus
tine is pledged never to use his @liz-
card OIL and frog dust stirred in a |
pint cup over negro woman's grave
at twelve o'clock at night on the |
wane of the moon" again as long as |
he lives. Mrs. Dodson is now in a |
Baltimore hospital.
The quarantine has been raised at |
Lottsburg and the patient been driy-
ing through most of the country
no ABOUT. DESMOND.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-27
SOME JAW" FROM "DESMOND. /,
DEAR CITIZEN AND CrTrzrNs.

Small as is the credit one gets for
his efforts to hold up his home place
alongside the communities that are
included in the circuit of its local
paper, that it may not suffer by the
comparison; small, l repeat, as is
the appreciation of a poor reporters
endeavors to stand all readers where.
IN true light, they Can see the life
or place a week at time; vet. de-
spite 1T all. it wasn't without its re-
greet to me that Heathsville was alb
sent from her accustomed position
In the CITIZEN last week. And that
all were silent / take it as a point
In the proof that to some people it's
matter of no concern whether
their news is reported or not. Now
may have misjudged here, but l am
positive the CITIZEN is not receiying
at Heathsville, as our weekly visitor
the universal welcome which. NO
man will deny, it merits and de-
serves. Good people of nv own
nome, the CITIZEN is rightly our
local paper, and as such / beg Won
to support it. Who'll come first
with his subscription?
DESMOND.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-27
SIMPSONS WHARF.

Frank Percifull has recently pnr-
chase a piece of land near the wharf
and it is expected that he will build
on 1T when he takes notion to 90 IT,
the life partnership business.
While at court last Monday Chas.
Lunsford traded his horse for a more
gentle one.
Since my last writing Mrs. Samp-
son rendered her son George a very
nice birthday supper, to which he
invited many of his young friends.
Mrs. Estelle Lunsford has been a
little unwell for while. We hope
she may soon be all o. K. again.
Miss Maggie Lamkin, of Wicomico,
has been spending a week with her
sister, Mrs. Mamie Ashburne.
A Mr.. Weadon, of Cambridge, Nd,
will soon move in the house on the
Island and manage the farm for Mr..
Robertson.
On last Wednesday evening there
was an excellant pound party given
at the home of Mr.. aud Mrs. A. A..
Ashburne in honor of Miss Edna
Harrison, the popular school teac her,
who boards there. Miss Edna's sister,
Agnes, and brother, Jeter, of Marvin,
were in attendance and stayed with
her till the next day. There were
about thirty young people present
and very enjoyable time was had.
Plenty of vocal and Instrumental
music and games were engaged in.
a sumptnous table was spread con-
slsting of lemonade aud various kinds
OF cakes, candies, raisins, oranges
and apples. At late hour all left
for home, after expressing them
selves as having had fine time.
HARD TINES.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-27

AS REFRESHING as stepping into
an ice bin on a sweltering Angus,
day Is an acknowledgment of error
or apology for wrong done from
man to man. In these days it almost
takes ones breath away to see such
public announcements, but here is
one that came from the columns of
the Southsiae Sentinel:
Il take this method OF apologizine to
MT. Lane for the item which wrote in
reference to the tax books, etc. was in
error and was acting on information
that came to me, not of my seeking. I did
not mean in the article that Mr.. Lane
mad acted wrongly, but that and Others
thought that he placed Mr.. Billups in an
uncomfortable position. I now see NV
error and am frank to acknowlede rho
same In his answer to the said article
he raked me fore and aft and made me
'eei iiAe Ihifty cents. JUSTICE"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-27

A PROMINENT and pleasing cir
cumstance connected with the big
Confederate Bazaar shortly TO be
held In Richmond is the fact that
ladies and gentlemen of Northern
and Federal proclivities and affiia-
tons are working enthusiastically
with the daughters, sons and veter-
ans of the Confederacy to make
the movement success. Richmond
seems to be all agog over the coming
event, and the best people of our
Capital City are among the enthusi-
astic workers.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-27
DOINGS IN CONGRESS.

The Senate, which was in extra
session, has adjourned.
The Senate ratified the Cuban
treaty 80 to 16. Senator'S Daniel and
Martin opposed the treaty.
Senator Martin was not absent
from the Senate but a single day
during the regular and extra SEES
slons. 1t is not believed that this
record is surpassed by that of any
other SENATOR Washington Corr. OF
Times Dispatch.
The President has reappointed DR..
Orum (coloreO to be collector at
Charleston, S. o., and the CARPET
Dagger Harris to be postmaster there,
and will trust to the next Senate to
confirm them. He will probably call
Congress in extra session about
October.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-27

WHEN viii our local contempora-
ries learn that niuety-nine per cent.
of the concerns that advertise
through their papers to pay big sala-
ries to any and everybody are the
yeriest humbugs? Not one in ten
pays for his advertisement, aud the
additional injury is done the public
In taking" it by getting ones time
and money for promises that are
never fulfilled. Payment in advance,
at least, should be demanded of such
concerns.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-27
RAINSWOOD.

w. A. Jones, of this place, visited
friends at Sunnybank recently.
M. III. Douglass has placed his
ssw-mill on the land of James Dew.
berry.
I. E. Brown, of Ophelia, was
visiting this place Sunday before last
On his return home he was accom-
panied by Mrs. Balderson, of this
place.
Misses Evelyn and Lula Walker
who have been sick the past two
weeks, we are glad to see out again.
w. II. Pugh, of Downings, passed
through this place few days age
for Reedville on visit.
j. I'll. Weaver has bought of Fuller
Hall a fine horse which he expects 10
make something of.
Sydnor Booth, of Heathsville, saws
that he intends to go out of the real
estate business and go to preaching
the gospel. He says that he sees
so much wickedness he cannot re-
frair from preaching, and that he
has controlling power over the sins
of mar if he can get hold of the
man. RED TAPE.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-27

OUR friends of Mathews and
Gloucester are still contendipg over
the fish tax. Why they cannot lie,
well enough alone it is hard to see.
1t is largely because of such agita-
tors and kickers that we have Sc
much trouble with the western peo.
pie over oysters and fish. The tax
on these industries is in no case ex.
orbitant, and the man who protests
against paying it is an enemy to his
whole section and people.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-27

WE UNDERSTAND it was proposed
to run an electric road from some-
where out in the west into Spotsyl-
vania, Stafford and other counties mn
the Neck; also that Stafford county
overwhelmingly defeated the PROPOSE
ton to issue bonds to aid the said road.
We suppose Stafford desires to i'm
press the outside world that she is
or, rather, that she lives up to the
psuedonym she glorics in-"The Free
State of Stafford" Hard in-tbe-rut
Stafford has cut this sort of caper
more than once before, and when
emitting her own throat she also draws
little blood from Others.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-27

1T WAS a bitter pill to Roosevelt
to give up one of his darling schemes
of appointing negro as postmaster
at Wilson, N. O., but Senator
Pritchard had taken the dose, aud
so pumped it also into Teddy.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-27

WE ARE Injured to such hardships
as total abstinence, but we are anx-
ious for the Farmville Herald to
keep us posted as to what happens
next in Farmville as a result of the
sudden closing of bar-rooms.