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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-17

liquor jobbers and the saloonkeepers,
as well as the ex- and prospective
salooukeepers, may be depended upon
to line up back of the Republican
party on this issue.
The Washington correspondent of
the Richmond Times Dispatch re-
Gently interviewed United States
Marshal Morgan Treat in the capital
city. MIR. Treat talked on Republi-
can affairs and prospects in Virginia,
predicting a revolution in the States
politics and touching on the Mann
law as follows:
"All the Virginia Republicans
need is Moses to lead them out of
the wilderness" said Mr.. Treat. 81
have no idea where he is to be found
but he will be forthcoming. We are
on the eve of a political revolution
in Virginia. The State is ripe for
an exchange from Democratic rule
to Republican rule. The Mann law,
enacted by a Democratic Legislature,
has incensed the country people of
the State. The principle of local
self-government was involved. The
Legislature virtually took away from
the country districts by this law the
right to say whether whiskey should
be sold in them or not aud gave it to
a Judge. | believe the returns from
the next State election will. show that
the people resent this unwarranted
assumption of authority, and it will
be shown by an enormous increase
in the Republican vote in the State.
A Moses is all that is needed
The power of whiskey in politics
is very great and it would not be
surprising to see the Republicans
make a good numerical showing at
the next election on the single issue
of opposition to the Mann law.
However, they will need more
issues and better issues to stand
show of winning, and while
they cannot do the standing of
their party in the State much
harm, they will not add to its good
odor and standing among the better
element In country or town by oppo-
sition to the Mann bill.
PROFESSIONALLY, the carrying on
of the retail liquor traffic in the
country districts of Virginia was
fraught with proportionately greater
evils than attended the conduct of
the business in towns. Lack of
police protection in the country and
the greater temptation to minors
were two factors against the business
in the rural districts. The country
people who have the desire to buy
liquor and can afford it's use will
soon find that they can obtain better
liquor at cheaper prices from the big
distributing centers in the towns
and cities than from dirty little
crossroads groggeries. As it ie, the
continued agitation of the liquor
question in Virginia and a deter
mined and concerted fight for loose
liquor laws NAV result in the good
people of the State rising up and
carrying the entire State for prohlui-
ton. Stranger things have happened.
-Norfolk Dispatch.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-17
MIR. SWANSON SPEAKS.

Hon. Claude A. Swanson spoke on
the 4th in Columbian Hall to a large
audience. Mr.. Swanson's speech was
mastery effort and was well re-
ceived. 1t was patriotic, timely, log
ical, eloquent, and interesting. He
called attention to those event which
had brought about the Declaration
OF Independence, be spoke of the hap
plness it had produced, how it had
taught liberty throughout christen-
dom. but now it is on the verge of
destruction in the colonial policy we
are entering upon. He warned the
people of the dangers just now lurk-
Ing in our country, brought about by
the building up of an aristocracy Of
wealth, and a strong centralized gov
eminent. The laborer is being
treated as the serf, and the army and
navy are growing with such rapidity
as to lord it over the civilian. He
cited the downfall of Portugal and
Spain, and predicted that England
would yet suffer from her greed for
dependencies throughout the world.
When nation is strong at home. he
said, she may hold and manage colo
MES, but the drains of foreign wars
VIII after awhile disgust and weary
those who are taxed to carry them
on, aud then the downfall will come.
onr country was never intended to
have colonial policy. He criticised
the idea of the flag floating where
The constitution is prohibited, and
closed with an eloquent appeal to
The patriotism and loyalty of the
American citizen.-S launfon ,Spec. |
Iat0r.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-17
BLUFF POINT.

MIR. aud Mrs. William Robbins and
little daughter, of Baltimore, are
visiting Mir. and Mrs. Clay Crowther.
Andrew Morrow, of Baltimore. is
spending his vacation at the home of
John Simms.
James Kelley and daughter, Enid,
aud Misses Alleyne, Lily, and Una
Kelley spent Saturday in Norfolk
and report an enjoyable trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Chitwood
and little son, Luther, spent last
Sabbath as guests of Mr. aud Mrs. S.
Il. Moore, of Irvington.
Miss Eunice Todd spent few DAYS
last week with the Misses Potter.
Mrs. Annie Bond, of Washington.
Is the guest of her sister, Mrs. George
Bell.
Raymond Crowther is visiting his
parental home.
L. Ii. Hunton and Bernard Con-
way are IN Baltimore this week.
Miss Matte Edwards is quite i'll
with malarial fever. Ivy.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-17

dred people witnessed the excellent
rendition of thrilling detective
story, 1.-The Finger of Scorn," in the
NJ. 7. church building here.
The tomato canneries are running
at full drive, but the fruit is very
Indifferent. A certain trucker las,
week a year ago got four hundred
dollars returns for tomatoes; this
year for larger shipment he has
gotten twenty. This is the story
one hears all around him aud it is
distressing. There seems no room
for doubt that there will be a very
large corn yield this year and in this
bright promise the truckers are
taking heart.
Hon. g. II. Walker had the mis-
fortune to lose his fine young horse
on Monday night. This two-vear-
old Sable Rock colt was the most
promising animal in this vicinity. He
died with lockjaw.
Thos. Hatcher, the six .months-oid
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Hall,
died on Wednesday morning of last
week. The child had been sick bot
very short time and its death came
AS shock to the community.
Willie Anderson, who is receiving
treatment at Mt Hope Asylum, in
Baltimore, through his Attorney, A..
). Rlce, and his father, sold his one
third interest in the Rice hotel
property at this place at public auc-
ton on Monday. 1t was bid in by
Mr.. John Rice for $500. This az t
IN no wise interferes with Mrs.
Felicia Rice's life interest in the
whole property. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Rice left Monday on the steamer for
Baltimore.
Our much esteemed Superinten-
dent of Schools, Giles +. Eubank.
has just returned from three weeks
visit to his two sons in Colorado.
Rev. Lester Brown is carrying on
protracted meeting at Bethany this
week aud is being helped by Rev. f.
b. Beale, of King and Queen.
Misses Bessie Adams and Louise
Anderson are on two weeks visit
to friends at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Very few took the school examina-
ton here on the 14th and 18th.
Miss Snow and brother, of Wicom-
leo, are visiting at w. @. Shows.
Robin Beale, the handsome little
third. baseman of the Hague club,
Is visiting his cousins here.
With very best wishes for the
CITIZEN aud its vast number of
readers, | am, as ever,
Il. L. Headley has removed from
Coan to Rollins Fork, in King
George county. DESMOND.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-17
TENT ENDEAyOR FALLS.

The big tent Endeavor, where tn,
Christian Endeavor Convention has
been held for the past four days in
Denver, Col, was blown over late
Monday, more than 5000 people
being In the tent at the time. Nearly
score were injured, more of them
dangerously.
The presence of mind of A, M.
Ramsey, who spraug to a chair end
called to the people to hold up the
canvas and poles, prevented many, it
Is thought, from suffocatiug.
When the majority were extricated
all gathered round and an impromptu
praise service was held in the open
air.
The convention was in progress at
the time of the accident. The sides
OF the tent had been raised to admit
air, and this enabled the wind to lift
up the big canvas as if it were a
balloon.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-17
NtISKINfON.

That was sad affair at Evans
vile, InG The writer does not at
all believe in mob-law, but, on the
other band, he does not believe in
sacrificing number of respected
white citizens for few negro crimi-
mails. IF justice were always speedy
aud certain, there would be no lynch
lngs-no slaughter of outraged
citizens seeking justice in a lawieas
manner. Let our laws be purged of
their eyasperating techuicalities and
delays aud let us have only two
thirds or three-fourths majority of
the jury for q verdict instead of
unanimity and mob justice will te
no more. The law which REQUIRES
unanimity of juries for a verdict is
most pernicious. How easy it is to
slip in at least one juror who Is pre-
JUDGED in favor of prisoner or who
can be bribed is but too we'll known
to the unprincipled lawyer.
Children's Day exercises at EdSely
were very interesting as is always the
case at that church.
w. q. Harrison and j. w. Dawson
spent the 4th in Norfolk and New
port News.
IA. A. Gill has returned from Bal.
tlmore, where he went to consult the
specialists. They were unable to
help him materially, but advised a
trip to the tropics in the fall.
THUBAN.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-17
THE MANN LAW AS A REPUBLI.
CAN ISSIIE

The Mann liquor law has succeed
ed pretty we'll in closing up the
saloons of this vicinity on SUNDAYS
and has accomplished as we'll the
purpose of its Trainer in making the
most of the rural districts of Vir.
ginia dry.
There is now not a barroom ON
the line of the Norfolk and Western
between Lynchburg and PETERSBURG
a distance of 125 miles, and not one
on the Southern between Lynchburp
and Danville, a distance of SEVENTH.
five miles. There is not saloon on
the James river division of the Chesa.
peake and Ohio and Clifton Forge, a
distance of eighty miles.
Before the Mann law went into
effect two-thirds of the counties Of
Virginia were dry. Now practically
all of them are dry.
1t seems that the Republican Marty
Is going to make the Mann law the
issue In the next gubernatoriaI cam
palgn. In taking up this matter
and agitating it on the wet side thew |
viii command the powerful financial
influence and backing of the whiskey
md brewery men, who are viewing
With alarm the inroads which the
temperance propaganda going on
throughout the country is making
N their business. Moreover, the
'hiskey and alcoholic and malt
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-17
REV. ]. p. III. CRIsMOND LEAVES.
Has Been Fer 90 Years Clerk of
The Court In Spotsylya,ia.

Rev. j. p. III. Crismond. for q
years past Clerk of Court of Spotsyl-
vanIa county, has Iefthome. Mr.. Girls.
mond went TO Fredericksburg Tues
day night of last week AMI left for
the North. He made will ON Mon
day, 1t is stated, leaving his property
tn his wife. He has two children
soa and "a daughter-both of whom
are married.
lie left bis horse and buggy at a
livery stable there and notified his
wife to send for il, which Was done.
tits stated that in note ne informed
his wife that he bad gone way for
good and that she would not see him
again.
1t is alleged that his accounts as
clerk are little tangled, but he left
more than enough money ia bank TO
straighten his affairs.
Dir. Crismond has beer q gentle.
man of high standing aud is an or
dained minister, owns considerable
real estate and was well fixed >finan.
cially.
lie has been believed partially de-
mented ever since the death of his
brother, Hon. Horace +. Crismond.
of Fredericksburg, some mon tbs ago.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-17
REGISTRATION FOR 1909

The provisions of the law relating
to the registration of voters are
stringent, and should be complied
with fully, so that all complications
may be avoided. We have already
published some portion of the law,
but that the registrars may FULLY ap.
preciate its provisions we again call
attention to its salient points:
twenty days notice shall be given
before the commencement of regis
tration.
The Boards shall sit as many as
ten days.
The registration shall close by the
10th day of October, 1908.
They must deliver one of the
duplicate copies of the registration
books to the judges of election of
their respective precincts reason
able time before the day of election.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-17
HEATHSVLL1E

In February of 1899 dreadfully
deep snow lay over the ground. IN
consequence of which not a soul
came to our county court on that
memorable month. While the at
tendance here on last Monday was a
little larger than then, it brought to
mind the fact that it was the slim.
NEST since that time. Nothing
worthy of mention took place for
the day in the court, other than the
appointment of j. Il. Belts TO be
Supervisor for this district. the
resignation of L. III. Fallin, who has
made us a most serviceable officer,
having been accepted. Judge L. L.
b. Wright was here ready for the
unwilling of pictures in the court
house, which had been set for that
day. On account of the rain the
exercises were deferred for August
court Many of the speakers for
the occasion were also present, but
all believe it was best to POSTPONE.
There will be ten or twelve portraits
unveiled on the second Monday in
August, and everybody is invited to
attend.
1t was learned, automatically, here
on Monday that Chas. X. Lewis, who.
IN his brave efforts to save the life of
one of the guards who was being
overpowered by a desperate negro
convict, received a pistol wound in
his leg, has had three years cut from
his fifteen years sentence.
Politics are warming up a little in
the county and good lot of ia X
was INDUCED in here on Monday in
regard to the different Offices. On,
the 2Sth of this month the Demo-
cratic county board will convene at
this place to decide when and by
what means the candidates for the
different offices will be nominated.
Most of those persons with whom
your correspondent has conversed
are In favor Of an open mass meeting.
News came to this place Monday
that during an electric storm Satur-
day night the straw stacks of rhos.
M. Arrest, of Westmoreland, were
hit by lighting and burned. The
loss is estimated at one hundred
dollars.
Many from this section are attend
ing the Methodist District Confer
ence IN session in Mathews county.
Rev. +. +. Garner and Lloyd 6. !
Rowe are attending from this place.
J. w. q. Davis, of Westmoreland, ac-
companied those from here.
Though the Kilmarnock baseball
'eam did not fill its engagement with
he team of this county on Thurs
lay last there was game between
he HeathsVille team and the bows
rom Lewisetta. The former won
~ score of ~ to IA. On Satur-
lay Lively had date with the Nor
cumberland team to meet it on the
rounds at this place, but Irvington
'eat Lively on Friday afternoon
nd Friday night our manager got ,
Message from Lively, saying some
4 the members of the team there '
5ere sick. l venture the assertion q
hat when the ball season is over it
an not be said the Northumberland
cam broke an engagement, though ,
mere are circumstances when teams
nay be excused for not filling dates,
nd the above two cases may be in n
iances. The Heathsville team played V
ne Lewlsetta boys at Lewisetta on %
Wednesday, and at night the crowd II
'om this place went on a delightful N
III to st. Georges Island. The n
northumberland baseball team are al
laying the Cresents at Warsaw la
day friday. W
On Thursday night over one hum lin
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-17
TO BREAK BAYLOR SURVEY.

The esteemed Norfolk County
Democrat, commenting upon an ar
ticle in late issue of this paper
submits Its views in the matter OF
breaking the Baylor survey in I'll G
following:
well, the Baylor survey is not
sacrosanct. 1t has been demonstrated
time and again that many thousands
or acres of natural rock within i,
suitable for planting purposes has
been rendered barren by oyster ton
gers and dredgers and will remain
barren until thrown open and leased
to planters. If there is any valid
reason why this should not be done
We have never seen it advanced.
Consequently we confidently ex.
pect to see the commission report in
p favor of breaking the Baylor survey.
That is, in fact, what it was appoin TED
for-to find where and to what ex-
tent the Baylor survey should be
broken in order that barren rocks
shonld be thrown open to planters,
while the productive natural rocks
may be kept for the tongers."
That the Baylor survey will be
broken, in the opinion of our con-
temporary, it will be noted, is fore
gone conclusion. The commission.
If tue Democrat is correct in It's views.
''was appointed for that purpose, +"
could have arrived at conclusion in
the matter before leaving Richmond
and should not have burdened the
State with the expense of the cruise
recently made in Virginia waters. In
other words, those who now favor
the breaking of the survey are M
against packed jury and need hardly
expect more than respectful hear
ing at the hands of the members of
the commission.
The Democrat may be right. in
that the members of the commission
had made up their minds before the
late outing was begun and which
later ones cannot change, but it is
fair to presume that they will seek in
some way TO justify the decision at
which they will arrive before their
report is made to the Legislature
and there can be bat one as the
Democrat suggests, viz: That thous.
ands of acres of natural rocks within
the Baylor survey suitable for plant
ing purposes had been rendered bar
rem by oyster tongers and dred gers.
will remain barren and should be
thrown open and leased to planters. |
A decision on such grounds might
be satisfactory to them because in
accord with their wishes, but in the
light of facts, as we are advised. that
most natural oyster beds, however
barren they may be today, RAPIDLY
recurerate if given a rest, the query
3 suggested, how can they discrimi.
nate with their limited experience in
he oyster industry as to which are
productive and the contrary? Hun
lreds of acres of natural oyster beds.
y reason of the Baylor survey, now
'elong to and enrich individuals to ,
ne detriment of the public generally
nd shall a still greater wrong be i
Ione in giving away more of the nat i
Iral rocks because in their opinion I
they have become depleted ?' .
A sufficient answer to the above is, v
further encroachments upon the il
yster beds are permitted, the time a
J not far distant when, npon the "
imsy pretense Of being depleted, thu t,
inclusion will be reached that all Ii
them are "barren" and should be O.
nted.-PeninSala Enterprise. "
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-17


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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-17

HE Fredericksburg Star corrects
us in our broad assumption that nom
residents were prohibited from hunt
ing in the State under the new game
law. We had not read the provis.
ions and only had general impress
sion of it from the talk going around.
We see, however, that a nonresident
may hunt upon his hosts land when
accompanied by the host. At other
times he will have to pay license
tax.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-17
TERRIFIC STORMS.

Sunday Baltimore and vicinity
were visited by q terrific wind, rain
and hail storm, with cyclonic feat.
ures. Several hundred houses
were unroofed, and many had their
upper stories crushed in. Besides
the damage to buildings heavy loss
resulted to furniture in the partly
wrecked dwellings. No lives were
lost, but there were many narrow es-
capes. Many cellars were flooded
in the low-lying sections. 1t is
thought the loss may approximate
quarter Of million. Two hundred
houses were damaged in the tornado
section in East Baltimore alone.
In Western Maryland Hagerstown
was visited by a severe storm, max
ing the tenth or twelfth at that place
within as many days. A cloudburst
near Boonsboro flooded the lowIands
and washed away many acres of
wheat, Lightning caused less dam.
age than in previous storms, but the
rainfall was heavier. Heavy rain
caused q flood in the Middletown
Valley.
Three terrific storms, which were
said to be the severest in recent years
broke over Washington, ID. c., Sun
day. Lightning struck a boathouse
at the public bathing beach, killing
Robert b. Smith, a navy yard en-
ployee, and severely iniuriug six
other men. A policeman, while
running to hospital for aid, was
twice knocked down by bolts which
struck nearby trees.
Winchester, Va, was flooded, the
water reaching the highest point
since 1855. The town run broke
its banks, doing considerable dam.
age to residences and business houses.
In other Virginia cities considerable
damage was also done. Most of it
was from rains.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-17
"KETcE-AwLs" FROM EvEsYwHEsy

~S-4-0"- ~ SaVA EVERYWHERE
The Baton Rouge girl who became
engaged to Missouri man through
finding his photograph in a bottle
Heating down the Mississippi ough,
to inquire into the history of the bot.
tie tirst.-AtiaRta Journal.
"Now, children" said the teacher
to the class IN advaoced arithmetic
"you may recite in unison the table
of values"
And the children repeated in
chorus:
"Ien mills make trust,
len trusts make combine.
"Fen combines make a merger.
lien mergers make magnate,
"One magnate makes the money!
-BatimOre AMERICAN.
Worry is the interest mankind
pays on the debt of nature.
Some men are as ready to do an in
jury as they are to apologize for it.
Did 1t ever occur to You that the
average mans intelligence is below
the average?
Paradoxical though it NAV seem.
the right end of check to indorse
Is the left end.-Chicago Mescs.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-17
Northumberland Go
ELEETON.

Some evil-disposed person recently
shot and stabbed valuable bird dog
belonging to Pearl Waller.
Messrs. Thos. France and Lewis
Powell, of Baltimore, are visiting
relatives aud friends near Reedyiile.
Franklin Saunders, while attend
Jog ball game recently, was robbed
OF sklff and Its contents. The
boat was later found on Browns
Point, but the dip-aet and crab line
are still missing.
Miss Aogellne Eskridge is quite
i'll at this writing. Mrs. Bette
Edwards is also on the sick list.
Capt. Ben Jones made a set a. few
days ago around so many men
haden that he Was unable to raise the
net and had to lose the entire lot.
Capt. Elias Edwards, of Reedville,
was in Norfolk last week. Sd.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-07-17
IN SANGER'S PLACE.

President Roosevelt has decided to
appoint Gen. Robert Shaw Oliver, Of
Albany, N. Y, as Assistant Secretary
OF War to succeed Col. VIM. Carey
Sanger, resigned. General Oliver is
native of Massachusetts and about
5s years old. He is graduate of
West Point and served IN the. Civil
War. VIM. Carey Sanger, of San
Certified, N. Y, had been Assistan /
Secretary of War sinee March IL,
1901, when ne succeeded George D.
Meiklejohn.