The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-11-29
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interesting Address Accidents The
Game Law Game Can be Shipped
Out OF the State Only as Git
Other Items.

{ Game law 6aWo "a" 10 O"'Fr~
4 Out Of the State Only as Git
Other Items.
Dunnsville, Va, Nov % 1901
Rev .losephus IIopwood, president oi
Nirglnia Christian College, OI l.ynchburg,
preached nj Kappahannock christian
church Sunday morning last. and on
Monday morning delivered an interest
ing address before the pupils OF the
! pnnusyile High School. Ills subject
was. III We're Boy Again What |
: Would DO" The learned educator IN
derrtands child life To the fullest. lie
! was for 30 years the president oi Millgan
, College. Tennessee, aud but recently TOOK
mp the work in l.ynchburg.
] John SegaN well thought ol negro.
who lives near huntsville, received a
painful blow from falling timber while
| doing some carpenters work last week.
Mr. j. Phones. of Bathurst iarm, was
struck senreless by falling limb yester-
day while cutting fire wood in the White
Oak swamp. lie Is improving from the
shock.
Itis stated that large quantities OF
game are carried from the Rappahan-
mock by the steamboats, to Baltimore Tor
sale This. II true, is O most tlagrant vi
olation of our game laws and should be
stopped. To this end we urge every
game warden to cooperate with your
correspondent. There are two oifenses,
AZ least in every shipment OF game out
of the State for sale-the man who ships
the game and the common carrier. and II
the party who ships the game bought
them. he very probably bought them
from an unlawful hunter. one who shoots
large guns at night The law specifies
inst what game may be sent out OF the
State and how many oi each kind, hut
even then the game il sent IA gift and
not for sale, the name of the donor and
the dOnee heing written plainly on the
package. Those who pay non resident
hunting license may take so many OF each
/ kind of game with them, and Of course
they may sell them or use them or give
them away. But with the exception OF
old hares and sora. no one has the right
20 ship game from this State Tor sale,
either dead or alive Nehaye heard that
there IL much unlawful night hunting
carried on along the shore and up the
creeks in Richmond county, and In order
To have the matter investigated we have
w,.tien the Commonwealth attorney
OF Richmond county asking his help TO
put a stop TO it through the wardens oi
his county.
Many are disposed to make light fthe
game laws. even men OF high standing
{ DO this. but our game laws are a. sacred
az any other law of the State, and II
seems to us the duty Of every good citi
zen TO uphold the laws by example a.
well a. by precept, and TO irown upon
/ any violation OF those laws. We grant
/ that some Of the game laws seem un.
lust But breaking a law does not annul
the law. Appeal TO the lawmakiDg
mower and correct the errors. Every
citizen has the right to petition, and hts
petition will be heard. But do not
/ trample the law under foot and cuss
out the legislature and game wardens
aud all such IA that just because il does
not suit your ideas Of what IL should be-
| That is anarchy in toto We wish that
/ there were q coditicatiOn OF the game
laws 20 that not only the j. P.'s and
wardens had them handy. but that each
postmaster and each school teacher Ia
! Virginia had copy Of them. Many
good boys igaorantly violate the game
laws. and the same Is true OF some
grown folks.
Mr. K W. Eubank has returned from q
visit to Baltimore MIR. Eubank raised
perhaps the finest crop OF late white po
tatoes ever seen in this section. Some oi
them weighed pound a piece, and the
Weld In number was equal TO the size
Ashland plantation Is noted Tor its high
state Of cultivation and it's excellent
management. And this is not said be
cause we received a present OF some oi
the potatoes:
We are glad to zee Rev. Mr.. Watson
ont again. Mr.. Watson by his unaffected
manner and sincere disposition is last
winning friends in this section.
Judge II. l.. Newbill passed through
the village on Monday on his way from
Tappahannock. 1t is inspiring to Il
teacher TO hear the Judge talk on the
subiect of education. 81 am doing all |
can for nv boys" he said. 81 tell them
II tbey will show me that they will take
II. | shall bend all OF my Efforts to see
both of them graduate OF the University
of Virginia. This and a good name, as
far az am able to hold one, is all that
can hope to give them" Enough, quite
enough, we thought, and with these in
this day OF opportunity, they well might
hope to win in the battle for bread.
There are more wild geese passing over
than we have seen for years. Hundreds
of them light near Lowery's Point every
night.
Hon. Wm. Campbell has q live sora
caught on Bathurst farm by Mr. Wood
Stephen. II the sora migrate, as ID
Thought. this one was certainly leit be
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