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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-12-19
1t The National Capital.

The President has sent 20 the Scna-
ate che following nominations. Collec-
tor % customs. John y. Thornton Tor
tho d-trict OF Teche. Ia. Postmaster.
Virginia. s. W. Tardy. Nucna Vista.
President Roosevelt has selected
W I. Buchanan. o. New York. 90 be
the first minister q the Republic Of
Panama.
John r. Proctor. president % the
national civil service commission.
died In Washington.
Additional protests were hled
AGAINST Senator Smoot. who IS dcclar-
cd 20 be polygamist by citizens Of
Utah.
The Democratic steering commit
tee Of the Senate decided % offer no
amendments 20 the Cuban reciprocity
bill
The Republican Senators GIN caucus
decided upon Rev Edward Everett
Hale. ~ Boston. Tor chaplain OF the
Senate. beginning January l. He Is
a Congre nationalist and Is now So
years old
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-12-19
OLD DOMINION NEWS
Legislative Proceedings.

Richmond. SDeciai--TAe features %
TIE sessioa % the Cenc-af Assembly
last week we're TIE adoption ~ the
Horsc q Delegates q the Lake
amendment 20 the Rarks1afe Pure
Eicction law BY q vote % fe % -. ana
the int-osrcticn On tae Senate ~ Nr.
A. tcrscn. OF Richmond city. o. a bsif
appropriating sl59oc9 ;n at1itcn 10
the 800 900 already appropriated for
the renovation. improvement and en-
iargement % the state capltoi and
placing the work In charge 81 the iegis-
iativc Joint committee appointed last
spring. Nth the Governor as chairman
Toe bin went 90 the Finance Commit
tee The plan % enlargement Is By The
cxtension o. wings 20 east and west 81
che present structure.
The I,cske Amendment 90 the Barks-
dale law provides Tor special grand
f iury NEGOTIATIONS after al regular
ani primary elections. It's passage vas
7 preceded D. enc ~ thc sharpest de-
z bates OF the session. IN the course OF
which Mr.. ISakc. % Coochiand. snd
NJ. Allen. Of Boietourt. became IN
VOWED in a heated colioQuy. which at
/ one time threatened 20 strain the reia-
I tons OF tbe two gentlemen. II not To
provoke personal encounter. Mr.. Al
i len denounced ss unCuaiihcdly false a
statement attributed 90 Mr.. Leakc. but
which the Goochiand member denied
having used. The dispute Ms amicAoly
adjusted
The Senate voted down the bill In re-
ilafion 20 asserting who are ha1itual
drunkards after brief debate and BY
the bare margin ~ Is 20 rs.
The jordan oyster bin. providing TOR
breaking the baylor survey and leasing
olt barren or depleted oyster rock en-
braced therein. VAS set hy the Senats
as a special order Tor TUESDAY. Deem
her Is. az III a. m. Debate on thc meas
ure was not limited. 70 has already
passed the House.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-12-19
f1ERR

/ must get my stun done for the early /
post" and Chum went ont while Noel 4
turned again to his interrupted work
Between each line on every pase .
quaint turn of expression. quaint /
thoughts haunted him. a dead past /
spoke 10 him.
The girl-wife had been very sweet. /
very iovable. very beauuful-and had
married two lives.
There should be a special place OF
torment for the person who deliberate
~ comes between two people who love
each other and smilingly warps two
lives
Pearl Clayton was as easily led as
child. a soft. emotional weak little
woman. and when Noel returned from
few days holiday he found the house
closed and Pearl and Baby had de
parted.
Noel drifted for little bit. the
shock unnamed him terribly. but his
pen was his sole source of income.
and it had 10 be piled if body and soul
were To be kept together. and in
very few weeks he had. TO some extent.
| rcsaiued his mental balance. and his
work improved
The eve of Christmas and the day
itself appeals To most hearts. aud ON
! this particular eve Noel kept thinking
back and thinking back while he
wrote.
How we'll he remembered the extra
sized stocking he induced the nurse
to knit. and how bulky il looked and
felt on Christmas morning And then
came school. college, and then married
life.
When the scribbling ut was on him
Pearl used TO draw her low wicker
chair close TO his writing-table. knit
ting. or dainty lingering white mate
$ rial. soft and downy and duffy for TN,
p prospective wearer. and the few re
D marks she made seemed TO chime il
y and Identify themselves with what h
n was writing; but. OF course. all Thu
4 happened i've years ago.
r one odd little trick Pearl had. an,
n Noel remembered IL this evening-an'
d missed II.
When his pen was working eStr
Susiiy she used TO lay the tips OF he
l. 6~gers upon his right hand-just wher
Z hand meets wrist. She did not in
commode him in the least. He declare
her touch inspired him; they We're sue
e. pink-tipped fingers. and SO small. an
IS he had often written with the tin
4 touch on his wrist almost unconscious
ly-only peeping up from time to tim
at sweet oval face. into deep vicle
lie eyes love lit.
But, OF course. this was five year
* ago.
so he wrote on. feeling little b
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-12-19
Miscellaneous rlatters.

Lillian Nordica. the singer. is suing
her husband Herr Doeme. for "a dl
vOrce
Manager w. S. Cleveland claims
that Nance O'Neu is under the hyp-
motto influence OF Mckee Rankin.
Lord Abinger. grandson az Commo-
dorc Magruder United States Navy.
died from the effects of a fall in Par
S.
GeneraI Hcyes. COiomman envoy.
has engaged Wayne MacVeagh and it
is reported tho canal question viii be
appealed % The Hague Court after
statement has been ISSUED 20 the
American people.
The members OF the Republican ma
tiOnal committee do rot seem in pri.
vate 70 show much enthusiasm over
the nomination OF President Roosc-
welt.
The Turkish government declares
the AleXaDdretta anair was caused
oy Consul Davies trying % procure
Illegal immigration and then by his
attacking the police.
The correspondent Of The Morning
Leader. at The Hague. says IL is re-
ported here both Holland and Great
Britain insist that the republic OF
Panama shall assume liability for
$4,000. 900 CT the Colombian debt.
Charles NJ. Wallace committed sui
eide In prison al Thomaston. Maine.
after pardon had been refused hin.
The conference between d. p. Hn
and Charles Murphy. Il was stasct. re-
suited in q compromise and harmony
n New York Democracy.
PROT Alexander H. Phillips. OF
Princeton University. was reported 10
have discovered sadium in Utah.
The Society for the FERMENTATION OF
| Cruelty 10 Animals prevented a deer
chase by society people ~ Lakewood,
N. J.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-12-19
Pilots Upheld.

Norfolk. Spccial-A case instituted
TIA this city with a view % ending dis
Compulsory Pilotage laws has thus far
resulted vict0uously for the Virginia
Pilots Association. In the supreme
Court OF Appeals at Richmond a writ
~ error was refused In the case OF Oar
den vs. Thompson. from The Norfolk
Court OF law AID Chancery. This
means that the Court OF Appeals has
1sain decided that the Pilotage laws
are constitutional and that the aSso-
citation S members have a legal right To
collect the charges from sEipmasters
and shipowners IL is understood that
aa appeal viii be taken % the supreme
Court OF the yaited States.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-12-19

Christmas seems to be- the only holt
day that remains exclusively family
day Football has wrcsted Thanksgiv-
ing day from its seciusiOn. fashion has
turned New Years into n day OF So
cial functions. but neither fun nor
fashion has been able t0 tear down the
traditional Christmas stocking. or 10
lure individuals away from the enjoy
ment OF private pleasure To be sure.
Santa Claus himself has been brought
before stern ethical judges and the
Christmas dinner has been criticised
by hygienic ones The Christmas tree
has been called a firebrand and we
olden time yule log" has been sup
planted by the gas CRATE But I'm spite
OF these changes and criticisms the day
remains what it has always been. q
day when family feeling runs high and
when the flower of fraternity is nj its
fairest Business and politics are for
gotten for once. it is not how the mar
ket goes. but how his new muller be-
comes him that interests man Ou that
day. and it is the fate Of buildings
rather than OF politicians that he
watches with eagerness. 1t is a mat
ter for congratulation that. aside from
its religious significance. Christmas
still retains its rights as a day set
aside FOR domestic observances.- Chi
cago Tribune.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-12-19

Richmond. spcciai-The word -sor-
wants" used ia the will os Major
Lewis Gintcr Is construed BY the SUI
prone Court In an opinion rendered
by President Keith under which a
large number of farmhands become
1cnohciaries under the viii Of the
millionaire cigarette Manufactured
In codicl 20 Il will Major Ginter
beQueathed $50 90 each servant In
his employ az the time or bis death
The executors held that this applied
only 20 household or domestic ser
wants. while about 100 laborers on the
farm claimed the legacies. The Cir
cult Court recognized these claims
and the Supreme Court arirms this
ruling. holding that Ia Is not for thS
court 70 "stlnt the stream OF the tes-
tntor's bounty"
The court adds. And Il may Well
bee that this remembrance of the hum
bic and the needy Is what he now re-
calls with greatest satisfaction"
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-12-19
rom Aeross The Sea

The Russian answer 20 Japan's de-
manls was received In Toxic.
Sir Richard Cartwright. Canadian
minister OK trade. advocates an illl-
ance OF English speaking countries
The Mikado dissolved the japanese
Diet because the House adopted res
olution attacking the cabinet for tn
action against Russia
The provisional government Of San
to Domingo is Sinchned 60 repudiate
Wos y CHS agreement regarding
United States claims
Emperor William went 20 Berlin
for the first time since his recent op-
GRAFTON.
pr. Nordenskiold and other mem
bers Of the Swedish Antartic expedi-
ton sailed from Buenos Ayres Tor
home.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-12-19
The Pinata.
An importer L Member Of the Mexiesn
Christmas Party.

One Of the Important members OF the
Mexican Christmas party IS the pinata.
which may be the figure OF a clown.
a ballet dancer or n bull fighter. but
Il always dressed in a pair OF bloom
ers Stuffcd with good things One 81
the children biindfoidcd and armed
with q long pole. attempts 90 break
these bloomcrs.
10 attempts. but fails ingioriouSiy.
says the Ledger Monthly. for there
seems 90 be n sort - centrifugal force
abont the pinata. And the pole strikes
FAR wide OF its mark. not even coming
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-12-19
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.


81. g. Jameson. comptroller OF the
norfolk &Wcstern road. died
The Norfolk & Western train
wreckers arrived at the pcnitenfiary.
There was an exciting scene in the
Virginia Senate over the State capt.
tol bill
The Virginia Senate defeated the
bin creating the Bureau Of Insar-
ancc-
II Is charged that a Louisville gas
company has been attempting 70 de-
stroy material gas field
Many vessels are loading with coal
az norfolk Tor the government sta
tions abroad
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-12-19

sorry that Chum had not stayed. for
after all he only had another half
hours work before him. and then they
could sit and chat. and perhaps drown
the sound OF the bells that he knew
would ring out in few hours.
lic was just IN the frame OF mind 70
summon his iandiady's children. but
except for himself. the house was
empty. There was Christmas Eve
party going on. and Mrs. Marsh and
her progeny were attending 10.
He had been writing for half an
hour since Chum had left him. ana
felt the old familiar touch on his wrist.
IL was Imagination OF course. ne did
not even turn his head. and then ne
was looking into blue eyes. in the
round golden-cu-led framed face Of
boy OF four. who laughed up az him
and presented rosebud 10 be kissed.
Goodness. child where on earth do
YOU come fromt ami whO-whO brought
you. What is your namcF"
Erie and the child began make
preparations FOR climbing a lofty knee
who brought you here. Baby Erics
How did You Gomez"
Noel felt like an Irish member OF
Parliament for "no answer was given.
but wee form. fun OF hugs and kisses
got fast hold upon him. and said grave
/ Is. and get with sweet air Of COM
mand.
~Just comc'd-and now III you're not
too busy. mister Father
Yes. my SON"
"P'raps-Td better 90 90 bed"
brought You here2 Where IS your
mothcre~ and the tail man paced up
, and down. OF course. Chum had LETT
the door open. and someone had told
the child TO walk straight in-and tn,
| child had-straight in.
The author tiny son was on the
/ floor now. saying things 60 the cat
and IL deserved every word. being
cat that ticks stamps OF letters. ant
loves bacon and boiled eggs-thrus
his hands deep into his pockets an,
looked down. sad eyed. at little Sunny
face"
Eyes. perhaps YOU had better come Z,
bed"
IT Chum would only come. IN some
thing would only happen Co break th'
silence. silence cniy cleft by the sig.
of % child.
The church was only at shc end o.
tho street,
He could hear the beU-rinecr
shumng along the frosty pavement q
Few minutes and Doe bent to hi
work
Half asleep HALF awake hc was con
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-12-19

On one particular evening he was
alone and writing. when Jim COurte-
ncy was shown inland Jim was an
old and tried friend-ahOut the only
friend the lonely. self-absorbed man
had. and so the incomer sat down and
lighted his pipe. and did not bother
the author for quite quarter of an
hour. apd then Noel rose aud stretched
himself
what is Ii this time, Noel?"
"Oh. the usual thing-love; and can
didly. l am getting so sick OF writing
love stories"
'Ah, you feel like that?'
Man alive. this is Christmas Eve.
and somehow-somehow-my thoughts
went back with jump. and remem-
Sered one Christmas Eve when"
your pipes out. Noeir'
AYE. so IL is. Well there was one
Christmas Eve when"
my dear boy. are you worrying
about her stslls''
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-12-19

And then the bells FLASHED forth
their message, Peace on Earth. Good
viii Towards Men, and 20 two hearts
they carried sweeter. deeper message
still.
No word was spoken. y small figure.
in n smoking jacket that reached TO
his heels. stood at the dividing door.
an eager face turned 10 either.
And husband and wife kissed silent
ly.-\ew York News.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-12-19

a white hands. small ami
IL ~ nervous looking. were as
well kept as those OK
woman.
lie was thirty. and q splash or gray
on either temple. q strand or two OF
white liza his mu>tachc made him look
older.
He was hroad-chested ana muscular
by an ruics-he should have been
sollicr-hc looked ana "open air- man.
but for five years he had been writing
short stories. novclottcs ami serials
for the weekly press.
Il was good. nervous work. Ills
name was becoming known. FOR ne
had the happy knack OF blending
pathos with humor. He had travelled
widely. and am Australian bush idyl
az the beginning OF the week would
be followed by a London society story
20 hc followed again by story OF
rustic lie I'm the dear West Country
that he loved So we'll
lie lived quite alone worked-and
smoked-from morning 20 night. loved
bis profession. and had practically
dropped al his friends-male and fe-
male-and when a it OF the not lnfre-
quent blues got him 10y the throat.
threw his pen into the CRATE and or
dered up his landlady's children. and
pandcmonium reigncd for an hour
Sometimes be gave them pennies.
but not always-small coin OF the
realm is not always available TO au-
thors-but the romps were huge. and
he enjoyed them.
OF course there was a woman at the
bottom Of the tangle Of the mans life
and women complicate things some
umes-hc would have said always"
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-12-19

the blouse hid and the pole struck.
come raining down and impartialiy
strike alike the heads OF the just and
the unjust. and for which there Is il
general scramble.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-12-19
BY Arthur Stringer

From town = nd tower. with ilit q nd tune,
4 gust Of chimes takes flight
Where that dim soidcn boat the moon
Drifts slowly down the night
IL.
Like stN rtled birds. IL swings end climbs.
Alone. aloud. ATARI
4 thous q nd pinioned flock Of chimes
Thai float from star 90 star.
III.
They tire. and fail. and turn. and cease
JOYS hOn,inS birds.-0nd then
For one clad Christmas Day Of p~0So
Neat in the hearts Of menf
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-12-19

OIL CLAYTON was tan
and gaunt. with clear. cam
did. blue eyes. and his
white hands. small and
demonstrating. were as
well kept as those OK "a
Democratic messenger., 1903-02-07

Otis c. Rayne, Collector of Municipal
taxes for the town of Snow Hill for
the year 1900. ex parte.
In the Circuit Court for Worcester
County
WHEREAS, certain Otis G Rayne,
Collector of Municipal taxes for the
town of Snow Hill. in Worcester County,
Maryland. for the year 1900, has re.
ported to the Circuit Court for Wor-
cester County sale made by him of a
certain lot of ground situate on the
Southeast side of Martin Street in said
town of Snow Hill which was conveyed
to William Z. Dickerson by William s.
Wilson and wife. by deed dated the
twenty. fifth day of February. 1895, re
corded among the land records of SAID
county III Liber, f. II. p, No. 81. folio
l30, which said property was assessed
for Municipal taxes for the year 1900 to
said Dickerson and was sold to satisfy
and pay said taxes for said year 1900
due, in arrears and unpaid and whereas
said Collector has reported all the pro.
ceedings had i'll relation thereto, and
whereas upon examination it appears to
the Court that the proceedings are reg
ular and that the provisions of law in
relation thereto have been complied
with. now, therefore. it is ordered by
the Circuit Court for Worcester County,
this Goth day of January, 1903. that
notice be given by the publication of
this order once a week for three success
sive weeks before the first day of March.
1903. next in the DEMOCRATIC MESSEN-
GER, weekly newspaper published in
Worcester County warning all persons
interested in the said real estate to be
and appear in this Court on or before
the first day of May Term next to show
cause. if any they have why said sales
should not be ratified and confirmed
The report states the amount of sale
to be 800.
CHAS +. HOLLAND.
FRANCIS HENRY PURNELi., Clerk.
True copy. Test:
FRANCIS HENRY PURNELI., Clerk
Democratic messenger., 1903-02-07
Shake-Up in the Oyster
Navy.

Frequent violations of the oyster law :
owing to the laxity of the State navy
have resulted in lively shaking up in
that organization. Commander How
ard has suspended Captain Jesse Stevens
as commander of the Upper Choptank
police boat for 30 DAYS for neglecting to
properly patrol his district.
The Maryland oyster navy is made.
quate to protect the vast waters of the
Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
There are only two steamers, the
rest of the fleet being sailing craft
which IN many instances are no match
for the swift sailing oyster pirates. The
advocates of a general planting law do
not seem TO realize that widespread
leasing of bars and bottoms would
necessitate the maintainance of a costly
naval force TO prevent nightly depreda
tions by piratical dredgers of leased
grounds.
Democratic messenger., 1903-02-07
ROBLEY D JONES. Attorney, at.La'
Order NiSi.

Ellen b. Warren and Gaylord Warren,
her husband. VS.. Joseph Cropper and
Kate Cropper. his wife, ct. al.
In the Circuit Court for Worcester Co.
In Equity. No. 1910 January Term,
1908. To wit: January 9th. 1903.
ORDERED. That the sale made and
reported by Robley ID Jones, Trustee
for the sale of the real estate in the
above cause described be ratified and
confirmed, unless cause to the contrary
thereof be shown on or before the 23rd
day of February, provided a copy OF
this order be inserted in some news
paper printed in Worcester County once
in each of three successive weeks before
the 18th day of February in the year
nineteen hundred and three.
The report states the amount of sales
to be $500.
FRANCIS HENRY PURNELI., Clerk.
True Copy. Test:
FRANCIS HENRY PURNELI.. Clerk.
Democratic messenger., 1903-02-07
SNOW HILL. Md, FEB.
B. s L. ASSOCIATIONS.

Worcester County has excell-
ent local building and loan as
sociations and there are none
in the county more prosperous
than the two i'm Snow Hill. yet
at times some of our people
have got into foreign associa-
tions which have held out to
them alluring bats of immense
profits and i'm the end have been
heavy losers. We advise all
who desire TO own their own
homes to take stock in their
local associations.
b~-.1ing and loan associa-
tions have been eminently use
full when confined to local oper-
ations, when the credit of indi-
vidual and the value of proper
ty are pretty well known to
most of the members. Many
State and national associations
have failed because they We're
financial institutions conducted
by men who were not financiers
or who had very little of their
own money invested. Men with
little money of their own at
stake, or with little experience
in handling money, who have
loaned funds intrusted to them
in many localities, have natur
ally enough made a great many
bad investments, and in an eff
fort to extend the business have
run up the costs of management
to high figures. The Commits
sioner of Banking and Insur-
ance of new New Jersey recon-
mends legislation prohibiting
he formation of any more State
national associations.
Democratic messenger., 1903-02-07
Tax Collectors Sale
OF
Lots Nos. 1856, 200, 2O3, and
2O5 in Ocean City, Md.
For Corporation Taxes.

BY VIRTUE of authority vested in
me as Collector of Corporation Taxes for
Ocean City, Worcester County. Mary
land, | have levied upon and seized all
those lots and parcels of land situate
at said Ocean City, and described as
follows
Second-Lots Nos. 1876. 200. 203 and
205 North on plat of said Ocean City. re-
corded in the office of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Worcester County,
Md. and assessed to Albert c. Carey.
and on which the taxes for the year 1901
are due and in arrears
Said lots having been levied upon
and seized by me, Collector as aforesaid
to pay and satisfy the corporation taxes
aforesaid due on the same to the Mayor
and City Council of said Ocean City,
and hereby give notice that will sell
said lots Nos. 1876, POO. 203 and 20j
at public sale. on the premises i'll Ocean
City. in said Worcester County, Mary
land. on
Democratic messenger., 1903-02-07
ROBLEY D. JONES. Solicitor.
Order NiSi.

Albert NJ. Bailey next friend to Cleve-
land III Bailey VS.. Cleveland H. Bailey
and Humphrey III. Bailey.
In the Circuit Court for Worcester Co.
In Equity, No. 1851 January Term.
1908. To wit: January 18th. 1903
ORDERED that the sale made and
reported by Robley d. Jones. Trustee for
the real estate in the above cause de-
scribed be ratified and confirmed unless
cause to the contrary thereof be shown on
or before the 9th day of February next,
provided that copy of this order be
inserted in some newspaper printed in
Worcester County once i'll each of three
successive weeks before the End day
of February. in the year 1908
The report states the amount of sales
TO be SI00
FRANCIS HENRY PURNELL, Clerk
True Copy Test:
FRANCIS HENRY PURNELI.. Clerk
Democratic messenger., 1903-02-07

Notice is hereby given that the sub.
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court of Worcester County. Maryland,
letters of administration, cum tesla.
mento annexo. on the estate OF
WILLIAM ID. PENTLAND,
late of Worcester County. deceased.
All persons having claims against the
deceased are hereby warned to exhibit
the same, with the voucher thereof, to
the subscriber. Oh or before the 9th day
of June, 1903 They may otherwise
bv law, be excluded from all benefits of
the said estate. All persons indebted
to said estate are requested to make i'm
mediate payment. Given under my
hand this eth day of January 1908
WILLIAM +. JOHNSON,
Administrator. G. Z. A.
Test: EDWARD p. DAVIS,
January 21th, 3t. Register of Wills