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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-09-29
COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS.
They Have Been Awarded and the
Mostofthe Pupils Entered the COL


leoe.
The School Board OF the city have
awarded certificates to the following
scholars Of the public schools who attain.
ed the highest proficiency last session
and no are entitled to scholarships IN
fredericksburg College for this session
Misses Bette Ball, Alice Moncure, Mary
Thomas, Susie Tyler. Eva HUMPHREYS
and Flossie Garner, Masters Willie Cole,
Bernard Stone, John Rice and Wiley
Weaver. All OF these have entered the
College except John Rice and Miss Eva
HUMPHREYS II they do not enter their
substitutes will be Emmett Allison and
another, not yet designated.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-09-29
Store House for. Re Mt.

Store House for. Rent.
For rent by Oct. 15-large, eommo'
dious and well appointed store at
King George G, H., j. o. U. A; nj
building; r good stand and excellent
ly situated for general merchandise
trade.
For terms apply to
H. II. Hunter & X. T. Purkins'
sa2tWaw
woU 80 40 man Ia often hard to do
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-09-29

Don't fail 60 consult Norris, the Opt.
ian, about your eyes.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-09-29
Don't fail to soc Norris, the Ieweler and
opticians, diamond display,

sep22.2w
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27
CHICAGO STOCKS.
st0ct,. open. ILL., Low close Rld IAsksd.

FURNISHED by Charles C. Gates Co. Nos H. ls and
IS WaII-stJ
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27
Decrease.

No portion OF earnings derived from tne @
portaton of company material The average toS =
snue freight Per mile decreased from - - -
Is 81 or i aS rer tons OF IeVee
carried per freight train mile decressed ron -e
average fTei8ht
s, .sjn ,Iie increased nom 81 6S 50 IS OF SIt
p.r erut The average passenger revenue per paussi
ain milo Increased from 81 % 81 IS OF II - pe ce
total reveEue PEI PASSENGER USn III TIL ~
creased from 81 % ST ll6S per sem i9I OF
revenue freight carried mile decreased y llot W
20 per c~nt freight usaso increased ias-04I
mile pc
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27

Bankers' posted rates were:

DOMESTIC EXCHANGE.-New- Orleans 49, Com
mercial. 81 discount; bank. 81 premium. san Fran
csco-Sight. &c; telegraph TIC Boston-IOc to
l6 2-3c discount Chicago-2Dc discount Charleston
Buying. par; selling. 1-loc premium. St Louis-Oc
discount. MinneaPolis-P Cincinnati-50c pre-
MUM.
BANK CLEARINGS. - NeU-Tork 49, Exchanges
SI32.9507lf; balances. S7759793 Boston-Exchang nges
sl3,@2.6s9: balances s1l2G. .l62. Philadelphia-Ex-
changes. s125oso3; balances, 81 ,975 Baltimore
Exchanges. 1883 AZ balances. 1884 i46. Chicago
Exchanges, s27.43s. 255; balances. sl.TO.G51
FOREIGN MONEY MARKET-Cau money in
London. 11.a11a per cent Open market discount
rate for short bills, 5-l6Q2s per cent long bills
2asg2 ZIG per cent. Berlin discount rate, per cent
Berlin exchange on London, 20 marks 40l4 pfennigs
Paris discount rate 1Fs per cent Paris exchange on
London. "a francs IS centimes
FOREIGN SECURITIFS.-Bri consoIs for
money. sSis; for the account. sSls. French rentes
81 francs S2la centmes.
SILVER MARKET.-Bar silver. 577sc; Mexican
silver dollars. SIC. Bar silver in London closed
at 2e9zd-
GOLD PREMIUM-In Madrid, $3.50; Lisbon 10 so
MEXICAN EXCHANGE.-Mexican exchange on
New-York is quoted at 2l5
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS-Cu Customs receipts
reported from Washington, ss2s6s7; internal reve-
nue. receipts, S1.5S7y y359 miscellaneous receipts S73 .
444 Receipts for the day sass, 40 expenditures
S,s50odo- Receipts for the month 10 date s3s I72
65 expenditures. s. 900; excess OF receipts s.
742,e25. Receipts for the fiscal year to date $780,
ss24O4; expenditures sl5Os7O7ls excess Of expendi
lures. So. COS. .3l5
SUB-TREASURY.-The Sub-Treasury was cred
itor to the Clearing House s4Ss.4ol.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

MONEY MARKET.-Money on call opened at ,
per cent: highest. per cent; lowest ia per cent;
last loan. ia cent ruling rate. per cent Time
money quoted at per cent for sixty days.
;l4dSh per cent for ninety days 3&q4 per cent for
four. five and six months. Commercial paper was
quoted at 4d4N per cent for sixty ninety days.
4lsQ4ia per cent for four 10 six months and 5a5ia
per for others
FOREIGN EXCHANGE-Mark closed steady.
Actual closing rates follow:
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27

RAILROAD BoNDS.-Market strong Total sales
amounted in par value TO siOn.ooO against 2O76ooo
on Saturday. The heaviest dealings were in the
ana ais quincy 4s Chicago. Rock Island and Pa
clnc halifoan fs. Mexican Central IS, Missouri.
Kansas and Texas first and second Is. Oregon
Short Line ss Pennsylvania convertible Szs, ST.
Louis and San Francisco refunding Is. st. Louis
Southwestern first and consolidated Is, Union Pa
clhe 1rgt ane convertible Is and Wabash debenture
is. Consolidated Tobacco Is and United States
Stee. ~ were also active
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27
THE DAYS OPERATIONS IN BONDS.

GOVERNMENT BoNDs.-Market strong. Final
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27
ANNUAL REPORTS.
ATcHIsoNs ANNUAL REPORT.

AICHISON'S ANNUAL REPORT
The report of the Atchison. Topeka and Santa F,
Railway Company for the fiscal year ended juno
so shows balance. after all expenses and fixed
charges OF SIS s59 III which is equivalent 10 per
cent the preferred stock and "a per cent on the
common stock. Compared with the preceding year
gross earnings showed an increase OF $500 sO2 and
net earnings an Increase of s2O2j.SSO. The per-
ccntage OF operating expenses To earnings was
1.9t against GIGS in the year before The average
mileage operated in the fiscal year was S1pSe
miles. The total increase OF mileage was 297 on
miles while the increase in the average number OF
miles operated amounted to 214.<6. The com
pany's funded debt was increased In the year by
the issue OF So.o00ooo additional general MORTGAGE
bonds and reduced by the payment OF s25OOOOO
of serial debentures. making the net increase
S500,G0. The average amount OF funded debt on
the company's mileage was se.l75 mile compared
with Ss.50l in the year before while the interest
charges were H.l79 mile. against NiS2 in 1906
Expenditures In the year chargeable to capital nc
count for the construction and acquisition or nd
ditional railways. equipment and other properties
and for improvements amounted IN the a9xre-
gate. 10 Sli553.ISO The Of sSOOlOoO was
charged to profit and loss and written OF the
property accounts in respect TO hetterment- i'm
provements. equipment and discount on balance
Since the reorganization the property in 1896 ths
total amount expended on betterments and i'm
provements and discounts on bonds sold has
reached the immense total OF sO.1s9.29i while In
tue same perlou tne undiVtded surplus after de-
Quoting all charges and dividends has amounted
TO S33, ,0Si 5sS. In the last year 81 22s n mile was
spent for maintenance of equipment and sIsl a
mile for maintenance OF way and structures De-
tailed figures of income and expenditures follow:
Gross earnings from operation.
Income from other sources 12ssTT5 %
Income from all 500 OI5 Al
Operating EXPENSES. including taxes. rentals
and other charges 4s64i 10
Balance s2s 77sssi 81
Fixed charges, Including accrued interest
adjustment and debsnture bonds. e4is TTo
Net income o77I 81
This Is equivalent 20 per preferred stock
and S4oo per cent on the common stock outstanding
The following sums charged during the IN
profit and loss account;
Dividends:
On preferred stock
No. 10 I2is per cent?. paid August
i. ....
Nc IL C2,s per cent?. paid Febru-
sry J. iso4 Observation-Disclosures. 2.s9&.SiS
On common stock
No x per cent? paid December
skIuoo'itV
No q per cent?. paid June ,
4o7s,7o 90
Written en property accounts In respect OF
oettei.s4.ts. IN proveussnts equipment ana -
discount On bonds. AOoooOo 90
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27
ALBANY AND HUDSON.

The Albany and Hudson Railroad reports so The y,ar
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27

=. -, -x ,,r,d 239.51s 10
Aggregate charges profit and loss sio.Vot-o 70
Amount to credit OF profit and loss SIS ESQ %
90
Amount credit profit and loss June 90 N 1c- nOa ~
....,..r. ~ tha earnirgs and
me 20 ,bS rsce wear ending 80
1eos IN comparison with the pFeSe0iHs S
Year ending ending
Increase.
Earnings ue ie 80 a, Ga 4fa as Is sta63. 5s7 IS
passenger % a. zoo 43s II 31402f4 81
Freight a93Q=
& Express. SS55oo< s9R s
Miscellaneous 1.lSOlll 20 of1%-''--
,,s- - 100 "a ssas5o s07 q sss2 so2 so
Oper expenses.
Mainte'e OF -. ooa IA
structures SsltU@StVt - SO12 40
Main of equip. lOOSl3S ~ ol 80 81 S14 rs
COndg trans Zlso9ttt - 90 ~ ISL i72 p2
General l.ts9 - 4'"'@N'N1
Total Or eI- 2.2E2OS2 % sSs's0''iiUS1
from -. 80, oos O-S
operation -S2S.S49.lSt ol S<S'SlS'~7o ~ N~
Per cent Of
exp TO earn OISs
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27
AMERICAN SECURITIES ABROAD

London. Sept. 2s p. m.-Ths market for Amer
lean securities was dull at unimportant final
changes Last quotations follow:
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27
HIGHER PRICES FOR STOCKS.
London Sells in the Local Money Unchanged
Sterling Stronger.
quotations were:
STOCKS.

Closing prices yesterday Of the principal active
securities and net changes from Saturdays
New-York tribune., 1904-09-27

PoUGHKEEPsIE AND EASTERN.
The report ot the Poushksepsie and Eas,a
Railway Company for the year ended June 50 shows;
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-19
FOLK STILL WINNING.

The eyes of the Democracy of America
are upon their party friends in Missouri.
The whole country needs a spectacle such
as the nomination of Folk would give of
the power of the honest people to con-
troll political conventions. When thous-
ands of good Republicans rose up in Penn
sylvania to rebuke Doodle rule in Phila-
delphia the corrupt machine crushed
them utterly. In st. Louis the Demo
cratic machine started in to juggernaut
Folk He appealed to Caesar and
went to the farmers and the folks who
live near to nature. He had read in his
Latin books how Anteus renewed his
strength whenever he touched mother
EARTH" and he appealed to the farmers.
Though he lost the big city of st. Louis
he has carried every one of the twenty
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-19
A TRUE OBJECT LESSON.

The life of the late Col w. II. Green,
who held high position with the Southern
Railway, has given to the youths of the
South a new object lesson. With no adj
vantages, beginning as water boy at the
age of fourteen years he was promoted in
turn to these positions: Apprentice, en-
gineer, conductor. trainmaster, division
superintendent, general superintendent
and, finally, to the office of general man
ager. when a vacancy occurred in that Of
fee He discharged the duties of that CT
flee for a number of years with much
credit and marked ability. His. health,
however, failed and he asked that he be
given an office where the duties would
be lighter. Accordingly he was made as
sistant to the general manager Of the sys-
TEN.
That is fine object lesson for boys
who are apt to say they have mo chance"
ard cannot find IAN opening If w. H.
Green had waited for IAN opening" in a
soft berth, he would have failed. He was
looking first fora chance" to work, then
"a chance to be useful, then for a chance
TO do his work better than anybody else
and by making these chances he made
success in life that is an object lesson
to every worthy youth.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-19
PRETTY GOOD PLATFORM.

This is the time of the year." as the
almanacs say when people write plat
forms and plant their gardens. Both
pursuits are open to all who can get pen
ell and paper or rent piece OF land. The
county of Madison, controlled by Repub-
licans, has been the worst governed coun-
ty In the State. It's debt is large, its
taxes high, and it has an abnormally
large number of releases from poll tax,
and the people do not have as good pub
lie school facilities as adjoining counties
controlled by Democrats. With view to
securing better county government, the
Madison Record has drafted the follow
ing platform:
re stand for the continuation of the
dispensary at Marshall, the establish
ment of a dispensary at Hot Springs, the
converting of all the profits or nearly so
to the use of the county, paying interest
first and the remainder on the county
debt as accrued prior to the year 1903
We favor fewer releases and fewer insolv-
ents, a more uniform assessment of prop
erty, the repeal of the present extra tax
levy, a uniform stock law for all the
county, better school houses and better
schools, good roads and good churches.
I'VE are no candidate either but just
watch some little gimlet-head' on the
other side of the fence try to steal this
from us and run upon it,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-19
THE BLOW ALMOST KILLED FATR-
Err"

The Raleigh Posts second hand South
ing at the top OF it's voice some days
demanding "a public investigation of the
A. and N. C. R. r. AFFAIRS and falsely
trying to make it's readers believe it
forced the investigation and would re-
Quire it to be conducted as it desired.
The truth is that the Post had no more
to do with securing the investigation
than any other wheezy old engine on the
Southern Railway, and now all its
screenings and tootings and howGngs are
publicly rebuked by McBee's and Finch
chief counsel He wrote this stinging re-
buke to the organ on Saturday:
New Bern, n. c., April 16.
Editor of The Post:
AS the attorney for McBee and Finch
before the committee investigating the
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
Company, | desire to state, in justice to
the committee. that I approve the action
of the committee in withholding from
the public the testimony which is being
elected before it. On account Of my re-
lation to the investigation and my pres
ente at all of its sittings, l believe I am
better able to form an unbiased opinion
of the committees action than the pub
lie generally.
W. w. CLARK
That was the blow that almost
killed father Everybody in North Car
Gina, except the paid tooters, knows
that the Governor ordered the investiga
who knows him and the committee knows
that the truth will be given the public,
no matter who is helped or hurt by it.
And that's what will satisfy everybody
except the fool and the hired tooters!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-19
LET'S AWAIT ASCERTAINED FACTS

The Lumberton Argus is correct in say
ing that if there are any, chose papers
that are validating the delinduences of
the management of the A. and n. G.. r.
R., are doing either an unnecessary thing
or are doing wrong. If President Bryan has
done wrong it is just as 'venap to
apologize for those wrongs or palliate
them as it is for others to appear as
apoiosists for McBee and Finch"
Exactly so. If Mr.. Bryan or Mr.. Any
body Else has made mistakes, let them be
subjected to criticism. If corrupt, let
them be kicked out. But let us not as.
sumo delinquency or corruption from the
interested and unsupported charges of free
lunch soldiers OF fortune who conspired
to grab the property of others.
This paper will not stand for wrong
doing in. any quarter. But, if every.
thing charged by McBee ard Finch
was the truth. the remedy was
not to turn the $1,SOO,OOo worth of prom
erty over to the free-booters. If Finch
had been genuine stock holder and wish
ed to correct mistakes or wrongs in the
management he would have brought the
matter up IN the stockholders meeting
OF to the attention of the directors, or to
the Governor. Instead of that ORDERLY
course, without owning dollars worth
1
money invested in the property, he con-
splred with McBee to get the road thrown
into the hands of receiver with McBee
as the man In charge of the property. Il
was the most indefensible and infamou,
conspiracy against the rights OF propert,
ever known in the whole country.
There are legal remedies for private
stockholders without anarchy. The OWE
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-19
BOYS MORE DELICATE NOW.

During the past winter, the cadets at
the A. and M. College have not attended
morning prayers as previously, because
the new chapel was not plastered, ceiled
or heated. This does not suit the venera-
bic and God-fearing Rev. A. D. Belts, and
so he wrote to President Winston about
| it, and DR.. Winston replied:
1--WE will have daily worship here at
the college for the students and instruct
| ors just as soon as we are able to plaster
and cell and heat our auditorium. We
| have a very active and enthusiastic Y.
NJ. c. A, having probably, at least, a
hundred members, and attended regularly
by large number of instructors and stu
dents. Practically all our students are
dilgont in their attendance upon Sab
bath School. The young men are
thrown in close contact with the congre-
cations of their various churches, and
form social and religious ties that ale
exceedingly beneficial
This did not satisfy DR.. Belts, and in a
late issue of the Raleigh onristian Ad-
vocate, he says:
mo daily worship of God for the lack
Of heated chapel! >
Fifty years ago NJ. S. Davis, M. c..
Thomas, K. p. Battle, r. II. Battle, n. B.
Cobb. r. H. Marsh, and many others ran
through snow and ice at twilight to an
swer to roll-call and listen to morning
prayer in co.. chapel. They are per-
haps as strong as the A. and NJ. boys will
be fifty years hence.
when l saw the dress parade Of the
A. and NJ. boys last October, / thought
it would be a nice time to form a ''hol-
low square and listen to evening pray
en-
Dr. Belts ought not to expect the boys
of to-day to be as tough as the boys of
fifty years ago. 1t is true they can play
football better and go through the mil
itary manoeuvers in a manner that shows
splendid physical development, but that
is a very different thing from getting up
on very cold morning and budding in
cold chapel for prayers! Fifty years ago
did DR.. Belts, Kemp and Dick Battle,
Dick Marsh Marcellus Thomas Needham
Cobb and Matthew Davis belong to the
Y. NJ. C. A.? And was there any Y. M c.
A. then? Did they go to Sunday School in
the morning? Are not boys more delicate
and more sensitive to cold particularly in
attending prayers in a cold hall, than
fifty years ago?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-19
Spirit of the Press.
ARE THE LUMBERTON LAWYERS
GUILTY?

ARE THE LUMBERTON- EftS
GUILTY?
Rockingham Anglo-SaXon.
Judge PEBBLES has a mind to arraign
those Robson county lawyers for con-
tempt, and it is very likely that they are
guilty, and most people beheVe they
should be punished and many there are
who think they will be sentenced to the
Arson roads for two years. When old any
of you ever hear of Il lawyer belng pun
ished, more than a fine? ms class OF
folks know the law, usually govern them
selves accordingly, and as the recent ac-
ton Of the Lumberton attorneys was
little out of the common, ana mas gwen
them notoriety, and although they may
be fined 500 each it is cheap advertising
at least; for while many cenSure ana con-
denim, others will admire and applaud
people are rarely unanimous III ther
views-public opinion is tickle court
A member of the Lumberton oar had
what he considered a grievance ana MS
home folks sympatbized with hlm' ana
while this member was Wrlthln9 uhdef
defeat in matter where he peleVed IL
might have been otherwise, and under the
impulse of the moment an uhW'Se slep
was taken. But what was tnaC clFll
term of court was approaching; calen-
dar WAS to be made UP OF those cases IN
which all the parties were ready ior tiia!'
Who ever heard of a civil case IN Wnlcn
both parties thereto were ready iof trial'
Well, this judge has a reputation OF try
ing "A few cases when he gets 10 place.
and to so into trial ever the pfo1ests OF
half those interested amoun~5 30 as
courtesy to attorneys" To nave mace up
n calendar meant trial OF some cases u
long standing, no doubt ana those Jaw Jaw
pen :,
There are many reasons why civil cases
are not heard in our courts, out che Glllel
trouble is, one half the parties involved
are acting the grand rascal, and LAWYERS a.
ability to win suits is tile secret of their
SUCCESS
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-19

eTs of the A. and N. c. Railroad are com
petent to right any wrongs or correct any
soldiers Of fortune whose revolutionary
proceedings were not inaugurated or con
Quoted for the public veal. and if, upon
demand the management had refused to
correct mistakes, the State courts were
open.
Let US await the result of the investiga-
ton and pass judgment upon ascertained
facts.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-19
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