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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-11-24
STAFFORD.
Store Robbed The Roads County
Defended Other Items

Onyille, Va, November 2Oth, 1903.
The farmers are busy a. usual with
their work
Dr. X j. Payne is having quite an i'm
proyement made on Garrisonyiile Cor.
Der, by erecting new buildings Mr. Thos.
Callahan has a nice new dwelling nearly
completed. Quite large number OF new
houses are being built in upper stafford
Two strange men coming distance OF
thirty-siX miles camped out one night
last week and found the next morning
that they had camped in IA yard.
They soon bade farewell to their resting
spot.
There will be Thanksgiving services at
Ebeuezer church next Wednesday night
et 30 p. m.
eOn last Sunday night the store house
Of Mr.. John A. Evans was broken into
and robbed of a considerable lot Of
groceries. The party or parties entered
at the back door Mr.. Evans may retire
from merchandising and 20 TO raising
Japanese persimmOns; ~ some Of biz
friends are 80 fond OF them, he can sell
them by the cart load
The little daughter Of Mrs + T.. Flat.
ford continues very sick.
Mr.. James A. Evans, Of Spotsylyania,
visited the home Of his father, Mr.. John
A. Evans, OF Mount Sunset, in Stafford,
this week. he has many friends in Stat
ford, and they gre always glad 70 rec
him.
The farmers are busy killing hogs.
Mr.. James Il. Evans has bought two
very fine hunting dogs 10 take 90 mis-
home in SpOteylyania
The roads are not quite ~ bad in this
section as they have been, but the num-
Der OF lumber wagons passing over them /
daily will make them bad. Ii the stat
lord roads are bad they are not the
worst roads in Virginia, and the stat
ford people can make good living with
out losing on wild game, aud il they do
let the fields grow up, timber brings a
good price and is in great demand.
Strangers coming TO Stafford cannot
say that Stafford lacks the true old Nir.
ginia hospitality which il always shown
to strangers when they do right.
"SunhOwer"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-11-24
WHAT is DISPERSAL


5rems Thames a Symp,om-Seieoife Wei
BY Which i Can be Cured
Mi-ona cures dyspepsia by the only
natural method of giving tone and
strength to the digestive organs,
soothing and healing the irritated
and innamed conditions, and ming
ling with the food so that il is more
easily assimilated and dlgested.
Extreme thinness and emaciation
is one OF the priociple symptoms Of
indigestion, but many of the follow
ing symptoms are also in evidence:
Uneasiness at stomach. acidity,
ater-brash, splitting up of food collie,
sensation of weight or heaviness at
nit OF stomach, sore mouth, constipa
/ ton, sediment i'm urine, night sweats
| headache, cold hands or feets, pair
under shoulder blade, pain between
shoulders, confusion OF mind, defects
OF vision or hearing, flatuleney heart
burn. nausea, gripes, coated tongue
sour taste in the mouth, diarrhoea
dry skin, nervousness, sick headache
congestion OF the head, vertigo o
l.. dizziness, sleeplessness, palpitatiol
oi the heart.
Mi.o.na will cure dyspepsia. A .
, cent box will give strength and ton
to the digestive organs and aid tn
food to assimilate, while its continu
. ed use for reasonable length OF tim
will bring back natural weight an
restore health and strength.
A few days use of Mi-o pa will sho'
marked gain in health and in a fey
weeks the cure will be completed
This Is a strong statement, but X. n
= Cioolrick emphasizes it by agreein
: to refund your money il Mi-o-na doe
mot do all that is claimed for it.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-11-24

The worn-out stomach OF tine over
fed millionaire is often paraded in
the public prints as horrible exam
pie OF the evils attendant on the pos
session OF great wealth. But million
aires are not the only ones who are
afflicted with bad stomachs. The pro
portion is far greater among the
toilers. Dyspepsia aud Indigestion
are rampant among these people, and
they suffer far worse tOrtures than
the millionaire unless they avail
themselves Of a standard medicine
like Green's August Flower. which
has been "A fayorite household remedy
for all stomach troubles for over
thirty-fve years. August Flower
rouses the torpid liver, thus creating
appetite and insuring perfect diges
tion. IL tones and yitalizes the entire
system and makes life worth living
no matter what your station. rria
bottle 25c; regular size, 75c. X. n
GOolrick.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-11-24
GEN. GRANTS PEACE LETTER.
Acceptance OF Presidential Nom ma
tion Rescued From Waste Box IN
Hartford.

The original Of the famous let us
hnye peace" letter oi Gen. L. Hrant
has been found in a box oi waste paper
IN the room Of Senator Joseph Il law
lev in the Courant building, Hartford
Conn. ,-t,
The l.tter. in Gen. Grants hand~rlt.
ing and dated May -, lNdS' iS nndress' i,'
ed tn General lIawley, president Nation
al Republican Convention, aud accepts
the nomination to the presidency mahe
May a. .i,..,oi
IL closes thus. Peace aud universal
urosperity. its sequence, with economy
~ indministration. will Tighten the bur
den Of taxation while it constantly re-
dures the national debt. ct uS nave
peace" The letter was written on 'ne
regulation stationary Of the headquT'
t4rs nf the nited States army hnt the
letter head was marked of aud Washing
ION u e.. written above. The box oi
waste in which the letter whs ionnh Was
inst about To be taken away 10y rag
man
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-11-24
DAYS OF MY YOUTH

DAYS Of my youth.
We have gllded away;
Hairs OF my youth,
Ne are frosted and gray,
Eyes Of my youth.
Your keen sight il no more.
Cheeks Of my youth,
: Ie are fnrrOwed all DER.
Strength Of my youth,
All your yigor is gone;
Thoughts Of my youth,
Your gay visions are iiown.
Days OF my youth.
| wish not your recall;
Hairs of my youth,
am content you should fall
Eyes Of my youth,
You much evil have seen;
Cheeks Of my youth,
Bathed in tears you have been:
Thoughts OF my youth,
You have led me astray;
Strength OF my youth,
Why lament your decay
Days OF my age,
You will shortly be passed;
Pains Of my age,
Yet awhile We can last.
Joys Of my a2e,
In true wisdom delight
Eyes Of my age,
BE religion your light;
Thoughts OF my age
Dread ye not the cold sod
Hopes OF my age,
BE fixed upon God.
By 81. George Incker
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-11-24
cured 81 piles After 40 Years

Mr.. G. Haney, of Geneva, o., had tho
niles for 40 years. Doctors and dol
lars could do him no lasting good
DeWitt'sWitchHagel Salve CURED him
nernanently. Invaluable for cuts
burns. bruises, sprains. lacerations
eezema. tetter, salt rheum, and al
other skin diseases. Look for ths
name Dewitt on the package-al
Others are cheap, worthless counter
feits. Sold by ID. G, Bowman, drug
gist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-11-24
Some OF Bishop Gibsen's Appoint
nents.

Among Bishop Il. A. Gibson's appoint
ments are the following:
Dec l3, Yawter's and st. Matthew =
Essex county. II, st. Joseph's. Tapps
hammock. and st Psul's, Essex. Is, 81
Dayid's, King William, and Emmanuel
King and Queen rs. st. Luke's, Essex
Il, Christ church and Urbauns, Middle
sex county. Is, Petswortb Gloucester
county. 10, Ware, Gloucester 20, Ab
iugton and Holy lnnocents, Gloucester
n, Trinity and st. Johns, Mathews
county. %, Christ church. Mathews.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-11-24
For Over Sixty Yeara.

Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over sixty years by millions
ol mothers ior their children while teeth
ing, with perfect uccess. 1t sOothes the
child, soitens tn gums, allays all pains
cures wind colo, and is the best remedy
for Diarrhoea. IL will relieve the poor
little sufferer Immediately. Sold BY
Druggists in every part OF the world
Twenty-Five cents a bottle. BE sure and
ask Tor Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syruo." and take no Oshsr
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-11-24

From personal experience testify that
DeWiIt's Little Early Risers are
as a liver pill. They are
rightly named because they give
strength and energy aud do their
work with ease.-W. Il. Eastou,
Boerne. Tex. Thousands Of people
are using these tiny little pills IN
preference TO all others, because they
are 80 pleasant and cfIectual. They
cure biliousness. torpid liver, iaun
dice, sick headache, constipation, etc.
They DO not purge and weaken. but
cleanse aud strengthen. Sold 10y ID.
&. Bowman, druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-11-24
Relics Of Prehlstorle oaxs.

Workmen az Fort Hunt have recently
found embedded l30 feet in the earth
searks' bones and teeth and shells oi
bivslyes similar to those Of clans. Sew
ersl Of these specimens have been brought
to this city and given 20 citizens. IL has
long been a theory Of geologists that this
continent was at one time the bed Of an
ocean, and these finds tend TO corrobor
ate their belief Alex. Gazette.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-11-24
The Best Remedy For Group.
From the Atchison, Kan, Daily
Cloha

I From the Atchison, Kan, Daily
Globe.
This is the season when the woman
who knows the best remedies for
Group is in demand nevery neighbor-
hood. One of the most terrible things
in the world is TO be awakened in the
middle of the night by whoop from
one Of the children. The Group rem
edies are almost as sure TO be lost, in
case of Group, as "A revolver Is
sure to be lost i'm ease OF burglars.
There used 10 be an oldfashiOned
remedy for Group, known rs hive
syrup and tolu, but some modern
mothers say that Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is better and does
not cost so much. lt causes the
patient TO throw up the phlegm'
quicker and gives relief in shorter
time. Give this remedy as soon as
the croupy cough appears ard II will
prevent the attack. Ii never fails and
is pleasant and safe to take. For sale
by NJ. NJ. Lewis, druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-11-24

If YOU nave "A bad cold yon need a
,nnJ reliable medicine like Chamber
jain's Cough Remedy To loosen ana
and relieve it, and TO allay the irrIia
and Inflammation nl t.e lhIo'' ul'''
lungs. For sale 10y NJ. NJ Lewis drug
gist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-11-24
ARE YOU GOING SOUTH?
Low Winter Tourist Rates via Sea
board Air Line Railway.

Seaboard Air Line Railway an
nounces special WINTER TOURIST
rates to all the principal points in
Florida and the Southwest. Tickets
on sale October 18th to April 3Oth,
returning until May 81, 1904
The Seahoard offers a most at
tractlve schedule. fast trains with
Pullman's latest and most improved
Drawing Room Sleeping Cars; Dining
Car Service south of Hamlet.
Information az to rates, tickets
etc, cheerfuIly furnished on applica
tion TO the undersigned. HIS. Leard
Dist. Pass'g'r Agent, Richmond. Va
O90 On
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-11-24
JUST WHAT YOU NEED.
Chamberlain's stomach And Liver
TnDIels

Chamberlain's Stomach And Liver
Tablets.
When you feel dull after eating.
When you have no appetite.
When you have bad taste in the
mouth.
When your liver is torpid.
When your bowels are constipated
When you have "A headache.
When you feel bilious.
They will improve your appetite
clanse and inyigorate your stomach
and regulate your liver and bowels
Price % cents per box. For sale 10y
NJ. NJ. Lewis, druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-11-24
Women don't deliberately get out 10 liei
they only plan not 10 tell the truth.
A sclentihc Dlscovery

Kodol Dyspepsia Cure does for the
stomach that which it il unable to
do for itself. even when but slightly
disordered or overloaded. hodol
Dyspepsia Cure supplies the natural
iuices of digestion and does the work
of the stomach, relaxing the nervous
tension, while the innamed muscles of
that organ are allowed 10 rest and
heal. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests
what you eat and enables the stom
ach and digestive organs to transform
all foe d into rich, red blood. Sold by
DC. Bowman, druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-11-24
Loss Of Flesh

When you can't eat break
fast, take SCOTS Emulsion.
When you can't eat bread
and butter, take SCOTS
Emulsion. When you have
been living on a milk diet and
want something a little more
nourishins, take Scotts
Emulsion.
To get fat you must eat
fat. Scott's Emulsion is a
great fattener, a great
strength siver.
Those who have lost flesh
want to increase all BODY
tissues, not only fat, ScOtt's
Emulsion increases them all,
bone, flesh, blood and
nerve.
For invalids, for con.
valescents, for cOnsumptives.
for weak children, for all
who need flesh, Scott
Emulsion is a rich and com.
Portable food, and a natural
tonic.
SCOTS Emulsion for bone
HeSh blood and nerve.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-11-24

One of the most remarkable cases OF
a cold, deep-seated on the lungs, caus-
ing pneumonia, is that OF Mrs. Ger.
trude Il. Fenner, Marion, Ind. who
was entirely cured by the use of One
Minute Cough Cure. She says; 1.-THE
coughing and straining so weakened
me that 1 ran down in weight from
14s TO % pounds. tried a number OF
remedies to no avail until | used One
Minute Cough Cure. -Four bottles
of this wonderful remedy cured me
entirely of the cough, strengthened
my lungs and restored me 70 my nor
NAL weight, health and strength
Sold by ID. g. Bowman, druggist.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-11-24

For sick headache try Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets; they viii
ward OFF the attack Il taxenti2 fimo.
For sale by n .M. lAwie, dfp 's,
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-11-24
BruIIe <
qimberIake
WHITNER & SACRDY
Undertakers and Embalmers

No. 7l9 Main ST., Freder-
icksburg, Va Phone SO.
Across from Exchange Hotel
and next to Western Union
office. Telegraph and telephone
orders receive prompt atten-
ton. Open day and night.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-11-24
A Remarkable Case.

Luxury is apt to transform pleasures
into burdens.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-11-24

Even the girl with a good figure ma.
display shockingly bad form.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-24
MANN BILL TO
BE UNTOUCHED
House Committee Refused to
Consider the Cumming
Amendment.

The House Committee OH Finance yes
terday afternoon heard Mr., Cumming. OF
Hampton, In favor of his amendment to
the Mann feature of the general revenue
bill and declined In executive session 10
take the matter up on the ground that
the bill needed no correction and that
1t was now in the form In which 1t was
originally Intended,
The portion OF the bill which Mr.. Cum
ming sought to amend was that insert
ed by Mr., Cogb!ll, of Chesterfield. In the
Senate. designed to exempt Swansboro
and Ettricle In Chesterfield county from
the operations OF the act. the language
being to the effect that territory having
certain population adjacent to cities. etc.,
should be exempted, Mr.. Cumming oousht
10 amend by Inserting the words "or
towns' after the word "ctles." SO as 10
exempt certain territory adjacent to
Hampton and other towns from the ope-
rations OF the bill, The committed decided
that the Cogbill amendment was In the
form in which 1t was originally intro
auced and therefore declined 10 report
the Bill offered BY MI. Cumming,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-24

Iy have they elevated the tone of the
agricultural communities. Now, however.
there is greater need than ever for the
establishment of the training schools.
which Is was first desired to found, The
intermediate agricultural school Is now
developing In many parts OF the country
a system OF agricultural and Industrial
high schools Is bound to develop. Agri-
culture teaching Is now much moro than
a mere affair of teaching technical agri-
culture; 1t Is concerned with the whole
problem OF tho rural schools. This new
movement was traced at some length.
The speaker also discusser the nature
study movement. and defined 1t as that
kind of teaching that Is designed to
put the child into sympathy with its own
life, to make 1t content with Its custo-
mary environments, II Is, therefore, very
different In purpose from the teaching
of science. however elementary this
science teaching may be. Professor
work Of Cornell University, an enterprise
that is regularly reaching nearly 10000
persons. His full IDEAS on the subject
are expressed In a small volume THE
Nature-Study Idea" Just from the prass
this week, The nature-study mCvement
Is not the adding Of one moro subject to
curriculum; it is not teaching this nor
that; 1t is a fundamental movement that
Is bound to change the point Of view OF
education,
The remarkable revival of interest IN
agricultural college work In the Middle
West was also traced. whereby mil
lions of dollars are now being expended
III the work. incidentally. the exodus
from country to city. the economic and
social status of agriculture, and cog
nate subjects were discussed
CONDITIONS IN LOUISIANA.
Mr.. B. G. Caldwell, of Louisiana. was
called upon to take the place of Hon,
H. T., Whitfield, OF mississippi who was
absent, Though called upon his feet with
out n moments notice. Mr. Caldwell mad
an excellent talk. IN which he Informed
the audience of the obstacles In the way
now OF popular education in Louisiana
and the far greater ones which existed
few years ago, The State was divided
into classes and conditions as distinct
as the people of Texas We're different In
the manner and mode of living from the
people of Minnesota, The strong ob1ec-
ton to the public school had to be
overcome.
This has been done. and the people
are taking liveler interest In educa-
ton than ever before.
Then followed one of the most de-
lightful as we'll as one Of the most
far. DIR. Peabody has q .knack for stating
very profound 70. %M simple
Dr.. rs "a s ~ ~ az yestes
should S a% w x asg en by q Sogtisfae.
tlon viii sq staSt si Ses si9s e5Iem 9f
to bel ." Il they held Il whose
prlp| "a 'spperior bafriect!y
AZ q FIR with
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-24

he should be provided for He believed
that each school should own its resi-
dence for the principal just as the church
has It's parsonage for the preacher He
believed in normal training for boys and
girls and both should be given that edu-
cation that would best fit them for life 8
work. He believed that singing should
be taught and that in the selection OF
teachers, six In number, their aoilltys
to teach the subject assignee lheM'
should he the main consideration always.
The address made fine impression
and was generously applauded. The meet
Ing was pronounced adjourned until .
p. M. by Mr.. Murphy, who had been
IN llcd 10 the chair.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-24
BEST OF THEM ALL
Night Session Brought Out Brilliant
Audience Superb Addresses.

( -. DILL o,t
Night Session Brought Out 6r'''lan'
Audjance-Superb Addresses.
ma n,rht session began at $40. with
President Ogden again mildly scolding the
audience for not being more prompt The
session session was to have begun at O'clock ,s X,
~. - 80 no ,irht to complain when
!, ~ h,d 40 once gotten in. Richmond people
have i,'n never been accustomed to get to any
l,nu earlier than $50. except church.
M NJ OGDEN announced tho programme to
so,,o1~ad at tho University of Virginia
~ romr The address of welcome was
delivered by Dr.. narringer, to which af "a
te e.,sonanco DR.. Charles W. Kent will
o ,uta,, 81, the .Relation of the University
sse 1nr. oI "a the public School SYSTEM
~ I,rofassnr Dabney. of the University will
lloi.sso' ..Ieffersn as an Educator" and
spean IN, ~ w pabney, of the Univer-
-, ~. - rennessee will speak on the
s ~ snf e. From the Standpoint OF the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-24
THE MODEL SCHOOL.
Fine Discussion in Afternoon on Making
of Public Schools.

Tho address which opened the after
noon session, devoted to general discus
sion, was made by Mr.. George II. Hull
vey. Of Bridgewater, Va The attend
nnce was excellent The theme assigned
for the afternoon was 1.-THE Consolidation
of Schools and Transporta ton OF Pu-
pills." Mr.. Hulvey made u most accept
able talk, He has the honor Of having
made one of the most delightful discus
sions of this subject at the conference OF
Virginia Supenntendents, held here In
January. Mr.. Hulvey Is the super!ntend-
cnt of buckingham county, and has been
instrumental in having introduced In that
county both consolidation and transport
tation. This was one of the reasons that
he was selected. Mr.. Hulvey Is q one
armed Confederate veteran. For a NUM-
Der OF years he has given much of his
time to the Improvement of the rural
schools of his county and lie has had
wonderful success. He gave an idea how
he has accomplished this and the story
of how he overcame opposition frequent
ly aroused applause. He was followed
by Mr., G. p. Glenn, superintendent or
the schools of Jacksonville. Fla. and the
adjoining county. Mr.. Glenn has had
wonderful success In introducing trans
portation of pupils and the consequent
consolidation of schools. He told what
had been accomplished and how 1t had
been done, Mr. Glenn Is regarded as one
OF the most enterpris!ng superntendents
OF the South,
A RINGING TALK.
President Ogden. at the conclusion OF
Mr.. CLIENTS address, called on Mr.. w.
W. Stetson, the superintendent of the
schools of Maine. This gentleman made
delightful address and captiyated his
audience. He told In most interesting
way of some of his experiences In Maine,
incidentally to show that the common
people We're worthy of all confidence. lie
told of meeting an old man in The back
woods of Maine, who looked like a model
for Uncle Sam and who astounded him
by showing him the scheme of the mod
el school. He made the school after such
modern ideas that he asked him where
he studied pedagogy. The old man turn
ed on him and asked: What the hill Is
that?" He sought to illustrate that tho
country people know great deal about
what the schools need,
DR.. j. B, Hawthorne, of Richmond, who
was on the platform, was called upon by
President Ogden. This well-known gem
tleman gave his idea of some of the
characteristics OF the man or woman
who is TO he successful teacher. He
said that no man will sver succeed In
ANYTHING for which he has no natural
THE MODEL SCHOOL.
DR. Hawthorne was followed by the
last sneaker Of the evening, Prof. p. T..
Claxton, superintendent of the Summer
school of the South, Knoxville. Mr.. ClaS-
ron is a good speaker and quite q young
man, considering the position he holds
with so much credit to himself,
He gave his idea OF what school should
be. what the teacher should be and low
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-24

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Dear Sir: Oct. 49, 1909
al had been suffering severely from
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