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and to amend the dispensary actor that
town.
REFUSED TO ENDORSE BROWN :
LOW ROAD BILL.
Bill introduced Permitting Lease Of
Oyster Grounds by Nom Residents.

Mr.. Rivercomb offered bill to H.
struct the representatives If Virginia in
Congress To vote for the bill offered by
Representative Brownlow, OF Tennessee,
distributing large amount OF money
among the various States for the i'm.
provement Of the public roads Ii war
referred.
The house roads committee reported
Iavorably the bill requiring steamship
companies 20 maintain separate waiting
rooms At their wharves for the races
A bill which will probably create great
cOmmotion in the oyster section was
that offered by MIR. Lion repeating the
law which prohibits non residents from
renting grounds and planting oysters In
the waters OF Virginia.
Mr.. Slaughter, II Culpeper. offered u
bill requiring the cremation within TWEEN
ty.four hours OF all animals dying OF "A
contagious or infectious disease.
Mr.. WilerOy ofielei bill requiring
dogs to be chained from May to Octo.
Der ! yearly, To prevent them hunting
and destroying game.
Mr.. Ould offered bill TO require the
school board of each county to make
public annually it's receipts and disburse-
ments. the same to be posted at court
houses and each voting place in counties,
and also published in one or more papers
in the boards discretion
ADVERSE REPORT on JORDAN BILL
The house committee on the Chesa.
peake and it's tributaries this evening re-.
ported adversely the Jordan bill, which
seeks to lease out the States barren oys-
ter grounds. The vote WAS I to t.
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Entertainmentln Ca,olina

A delightful entertainment was given
by Mr.. and Mrs. c. ". Colbert at their
home at Guineas Wednesday. Dancing
was INDUCED in 10 II late hour aud "A
handsome supper was served Music was
furnished by Messrs Jack Shelton and
+. NJ. Burton. The following guests
were present.
Misses Annie and Cora BeaEley, Myrf.
Lucy and Mary Dew. Hope Coleman.
Katie and Addie Motley, Ida Fippo.
Julia Hanstord, Lucy Dabney Etnel
Mann, Mrs. e.. G.. Dabney, Messrs Car.
rol Goodloe, Vernon Lacy. Kemp Cole
man, Richmond, Va; Clyde toleman,
Willie Lacy, Of Richmond; Endres Die .
erson. Richmond; Weber brake, l.unen-
burg county; Perry Wiggleswor,h, Len
Hart. Clarence lippO. ROJ eston Temp.
kins, Frank TUmpkins. Robert Catlrtt,
Edgar Bullock, IAN Lewis.
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LEGISLATURE.
SPEECH FROM DANIEL.
Legislature Upon His Re-
election.

GAG0htSHs
Before the legislature, which in joint
session Wednesday confirmed his re-
election TO the Uuited State Senate, SenH
tor John W. Daniel stated at length the
reasons which prevent him from support.
ing the Panama Canal treaty. He was
heartily spplauded by his hearers.
Senator Daniel, after expressing graft
tude for his fourth election, which was. he
said, unprecedented in the annals OF Nir
ginia aud many other States, alluded
briefly To his having been opposed by the
Republican members Of the body. He
fully conceded that il was their right 80
TO do. and declared that the fact should
not prevent him from serving them ~
zealOusly az he did any other OF his con.
stituents. He then urged the legislature
co hasten to take advantage Of the OPP.
portunity offered by the United State
government to secure the publication OF
a complete record OF the part taken by
Virginia in the civil war.
The closing portion of his address was
devoted to bis position on the Panama
Canal treaty, and he assured his hearers
that he was not actuate1 by partisan
motives, but would take the same posi-
ton were a Democratic instead of Re
publican administration in power.
The hall Of the house was filled with
lawmakers and spectators OF both sexes
when Senator Daniel was ushered in by
a committee, consisting of Messrs. Opie,
Patteson, jennings and Walker. Lieut.
GOV. Willard presided. General surprise
was expressed that Gov. Montague
Jailed TO attend.
At the conclusion OF the joint meeting
both houses held brief sessions In the
lower branch Mr.. Stub offered two res
olutions. which were referred. One in
structs the school committee TO inquir'
into the expediency OF establishing an in
stituti0n for the cOlored deaf, dumb and
blind OF the State, and the other calls on
the library committee 10 look into the
advissbillty of enlarging the State libra
~ building
A bill of Mr. Collier prohibits persons
not members of secret societies from
wearing badges OF the orders, under pen
atty of fine not exceeding $50.
A bill has been offered in the house de
signed to reduce the license taxes OF mer.
chants. They are now required TO pay
both q county aud State tax. the former
having been added by an act passed il
1900.
The Jordan bill. which provides for the
leasing OF the barren oyster beds OF the
state, was informally discussed by the
committee on the Chesapeake and its
tributaries. IL WAS decided that mas
much as the theme has been so generally
thrashed over, no public hearing will be
given. The committee will reach a vote
not later than Saturday. 1t is praticaI-
~ certain that it will be uniavorably re
ported
The House Committee on the Chesa-
peake and it's Tributaries reported iavoT-
ably the bill providing for the employ
ment q a surveyor by the State Board
81 Fisheries TO re establish any liae OF the
Baylor Oyster Survey upon petition OF
10 citizens OF a district.
Mr.. Lion introduced bill 10 provide a
new charter for the town OF Manassas
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THE NORFOLK COUNTY MIDDLE

THE NORFOLK COUNTY MIDDLE
Virginia incurred the enormous ex-
pense OF a Constitutional Conyen
ton, and OF a session of the Legisla'
ture thereafter which lasted, without
the vacations, practically year, for
the chief purpose of placing politics
on a pure basis. The Convention
gave this State a suffrage clause,
which was the concentration OF the
combined wisdom OF her best states
men and the Legislature, animated
by the same spirit which imbued the
Convention, enacted pure election
law, which, while it is not perfect, Is
a long step in the right directiop,and
has subsequently shown DISPOSE
ton to correct and strengthen it
where it needs correcting and
strengthening. In spite OF this we
are confronted by a condition OF
things in Norfolk county which must
bring the blush OF shame to the face
of every citizen OF this Commonwealth
who has one particle OF patriotism
or the slightest desire for good gov
eminent In his make up.
In all other counties OF this State
an honest effort has been made to
carry out the wisdom of the consti-
tutional provisions and to give to
Virginia an honest and intelligent
electorate. But in Norfolk county
INSCRIPTIONS white politicians, call
ing themselves Democrats, have reg
istered large numbers OF purchase
able blacks, in defiance OF the pro-
tests of the best elements OF whites.
Those who secured the registration
of these negroes used them in the last
election, with the result that all the
county offices of the county elected
at the last election are in the hands
OF these miscreants, and it is charged
that in one district Of the county,
with a majority OF seventy-fve white
voters, a negro was elected magis-
trate.
This condition of affairs, in one OF
the largest and wealthiest counties
in the State, shows that however
wise and wholesome legislation may
be, there are always some who will
evade it and even bring it into disre-
pute. The Lynchburg News suggests
that these conspirators against the
peace and dignity and progress OF
the Commonwealth be dashed out OF
the temple which their presence pro
fanes." The Democratic party can
not afford this blot upon the princi-
pies 1t has endorsed, and the suffrage
clause of the Constitution should be
carried out in the spirit in which il
was enacted.
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THE SUFFRAGE CLAUSES OF NEW
STATES.

Senator Quay proposes 10 his
statehood bill for Oklahoma and In
dian Territory clause providing
that the State shall never enact any
law restricting or abridging the
rights OF suffrage on account OF race,
color or previous condition OF servi-
tude, nor shall any educational quail
ification ever be imposed on the
right of suffrage.
Our esteemed contemporary, the
Washington Post, commenting upon
the provision of the bill, declares EN-
physically that it cannot be done.
In this proposition we entirely agree.
In more than one decision OF the
United States Courts, in States where
constitutions have been adopted, the
practical effect OF which have been to
eliminate the negro vote, has held
that the suffrage clauses in force did
not discriminate against any person
on account of race, color, &c., in
ssrms. So that il the new proposed
state did adopt q constitutional
SUI 1rage clause, such as we have in
Yirx1nia, for instance, aud that Con-
grdks did admit it under the pro-
posed absurd proposition, it would
not be violative OF the act under
which 1t was admitted to the Union.
g that If Congress had such power
"a place such limitation upon the
over Of a State, in this case, at
east, it would be imperative. But
w deny this right and endorse the
view OF our esteemed contemporary
/. Ia this connection as follows;
"Acts of Congress do not repeal,
suspend or in any way change the
fundamental law OF the republic. All
the States OF the Union have equal
rights under the law. No matter
what terms or conditions may be put
into a statehood bill, State once
admitted has the same rights as each
and all OF the other States respecting
suffrage aud all other matters. The
right OF a State to impose an educa-
tional qualification on voters is in
dubitable. 1t has been exercised for
something like half a century in
Massachusetts,, and for some years
In Mississippi and other States. The
United States Supreme Court has
affirmed It. And so long as that
affirmation stands no new State can
be deprived of that right by act OF
Congress.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-30

1t is reported that noted chemist
OF Philadelphia, Mr.. J. l.. Terrell, has
proved that such articles as excel
sior, wood shavings and pine chips
will not burn after they have been
soaked in sulphate OF aluminium. A
test was made with a canvas so
treated, when it smoked a little
around the edges, but would not
take fire. He showed by experiment
before the Western Society OF Engi-
neers that wood could easily and
cheaply be made impervious to fire,
the sulphate of aluminium costing
only 70 cents a hundredweight,
whereas the sulphate OF ammonia,
which has been largely used for fire.
proofng, is expensive.
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Local Markets

Corrected by Simon Ilirsb & Bro
Wheat y3 to %. corn, new, 10 t.
y meal, 81 30to LBS per Zoe ., u de
oats, 40 to 80; fowls dive, Z tu :;
,hickeps. live, o t. 10; dressed, 10 tn ] ! ;
lucks live y to 9. dressed. TO u; tur-
ley dress u | Ga 7;livtlOm -; ard a
i2.eggs 26 to27. tutter 5tozj hams.
IA to II Irish potatoes, 50 tt 30 f;
swret potatoes, 30 TO 81. beet 2 70 ~;
pork, & to I; veal, ~ to lambs, 81. 30 to
80 50; hides green 10 6;hitet dry = to
10 ssited hides, to 8; hsled nay 30 TO
slS per ton.
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

Licensed to marry in Washington.
Octavus II. King, Of Westmoreland Co.,
and Eva j. GOnpee
Mrs Geo. \. RiVercOmb died Al her home
at Peola Mills, RBppshannolk county.
Wednesday, aged eighty-three years.
Miss Ida Blanche Swan and d. J Swift
were married Wednesday at the + Netho-
dist parsonage, Northumberland county
Rev &. +. Garner ofiiciated
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-30

The Potomac Progress thinks that
upon the retirement OF ex-senator
Jones, Senator Martin would make
splendid chairman OF the National
Democratic Committee. That was
the opinion very generally expressed
some years ago when Mr.. Jones re-
tirement was talked OF.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-30

Panama has adopted the gold dol
lar Of the United States as the unit
OF value. The bill fixing the value
says that in the departments and
provinces where silver has hitherto
been current, coinage shall be kept to
the gold unit according to the price
OF silver in the market.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-30

Japan Is getting restless at the
silence OF Russia TO her last note, land
has intImated that reply is expect
ed without delay. The indication Is
shat Japan Is backed up by some
mowers in this controversy and she is
no longer timid.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-30

1t is rather a strange thing that
Mayor Harrison should be indicted
and bonded for his appearance to
answer criminal charge in reference
to the burning OF the Chicago thea
ire. 1t is alleged that 1t was his duty
to inspect the building and see that
she law In reference to public build
iDgs was complied with, and he failed
to do it. The mayor says he will be
on hand at the trial.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-30

The Congressional Library In
Washington has just come in pos
session OF the letters and papers of
ex-President James K. Polk, which
are regarded as very valuable. The
price paid for them is supposed to
have been $4,000.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-30
The Gases Are of Mild Form.

The three cages Of smallpox in the rail
Dad camp near Brooke, Stafford couo
y, are genuine, but Of a mild form, AM
'unfined To the colOred men # the camp
Doctors Paw and Sn6a IT the b larn
I heath f staff ,rd have charge If Ia.
cAstR
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FINE STOCK.
improvements At "Roxbury. "

Improvements ~ hSNOS'J'
Mr.. Jack Ashton, Of the splendid "RoI
bury" estaiein Spotsylvanis county, hAs
purchased a registered Aberdeen Angns
bull, Duke Of RoIbury, which he hss
taken to his farm Mr. Ashton has u
fine herd Of forty head and is getting
nearly all Of his estate in g-ass. lie hs'
about ten miles Of fencing and Intends g.
have one OF the finest stock farms 10 thIf
section in a few years.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-30

The fine mansion OF John ID. Rookie
Teller at Potantico Hills is to be a
present. for young John and his wife,
who is daughter OF Senator Alrich.
These many-times millionaries should
not be too hard to please with
mansion in this life. There is dan
ger that they will not be satisfied
with the mansion their Lord has
gone to prepare for them if they get
sheir ideas too high in this life, and
will demand different kind of man
sion and in different locality.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-01-30

In his address of "Moral Issues"
Mr.. Bryan said that some people
were quick TO see the hand of God in
a thing II it had dollar in it. Now
the clergymen come back at him and
severely criticise his declaration. But
Mr.. Bryan may retort that they
would withhold their criticism il there
was not a dollar in it.
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FOR SALE.

dwelling anil lots IN Frcdcricks-
burg. and a farm containing 80 acres
in Spotsylvania county. For further
apply 10 :. l. Foster
fredericksburg, Va. jjlslm
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SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY.
TREASURER'S REPORT.

Receipts and Disbursements OF County Levy Tor Year ending
September 1903 Levy OF 1902 BY w. &. DlLLARD
County Treasurer
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sells must ie GuiIl aT nome. not iiIi-
ported: that materials for vessels must
be American mined Snd made, not let
in free or otherwise; that our ships
must be American differed and man
ned, not run by crews Of foreigners.
and that even our merchSnts and un-
derwriters should be citizens.
In fine, our shipping, navigation and
commerce must be in our own hands,
on penalty of appropriateness for war,
of exploitation and spoliation both In
peace and war. Necessarily, also, our
navigation laws must be framed in
view of the practices and regulations
Of other countries, not to suit some
theory Of economy or to conciliate any
foreign nation.
Mr.. Rainey asserts that ''our laws
have always hindered the development
of our merchant feet and crippled our
shipbuilding industry" The law worse
than all the rest, Mr.. Congressman, Is
the act of May, 1928, that practically
you have just voted to continue In &C
cordance with the wish of your Brit
ISL mentors, WHICH PCHhiAtS thCAt vs.
sells to come with cargoes from every
country, thus infringing the rights of
American vessels. over 40 per cent OF
our commerce being thus carried, great
liz to the advantage of our rivals and
our own detriment The passage of
this act was after Jefferson. Madison
and Monroe had left the stage. and II
was their act of 1877, excluding for
eign vessels from indirect trade, which
was superseded by that Of 1923, under
which our carrying trade has been lost.
But if our navigation laws have al
ways been bad, as the British contend
ed until after 1923. how came we to
develop the superior marine of early
times and also the finest marine now
known. that in our domestic trade?
Verify for a country lawyer ga little
learning is dangerous thing" when he
would attack the statutes Of the found
ers Of the government.
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NOTES FOR THE FARM
AND THE FARMER



for the treatment of the early blight
and late blight Of potato and the leaf
blight Of tomato our recommendations
are essentially the same as in previous
years-to spray with bordeaux; says
DR.. Wood of the United States depart
ment of agriculture. Every years ex-
perience confirms the conclusion that
, hen this is done thoroughly and in
D diligently it Is highly profitable,
whether there IS a serious outbreak Of
disease or not, since there is added to
the protection from fungi the stimulat-
ing effect Of the bordeaux on the plant
which keeps it free from tip burn.
The deterrent properties Of bordeaux
against insects are also important In
the northern tier of states, where the
late blight of potato is prevalent, two
sprayings In August and September
are usually sufficient, but in the coun-
try as a whole the farmers should be
advised to use bordeaux in combina.
tion with an arsenite instead Of paris
green alone whenever poison is requir.
ed for the Colorado beetles. This usu
ally means about five applications and
assures against all disease, and, fur
thermore, it protects the plants from
injury from arsenical poisons.
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The False Attitude of the Democratic
Party of Today.
In the grist of Democratic literature
from the congressional mill some learn
ing might be expected. even on Ameri-
can shipping. but in speech of thirty
pages by Mr.. Rainey Of Illinois we can
find nothing but rehash of old saws
and abuse of the navigation laws"
He ought to know that the writer of
the Declaration of Independence was
also the father Of these laws. and that
Madison, the fa.ller of the constitution,
was also the champion OF "discriminat-
ing duties and other trade regulations
to which our flag owed its early pres
tige on the ocean If ever there were
three Democrats, they were Jefferson,
Madison and Monroe, who were all
their lives the powerful advocates of
American independence on the ocean
as on the land. In view of the loyal
standard of these statesmen. Mr.
Raineys speech is but travesty on
Democracy. Filled with foreign in
spiration. he says:
The way to accomplish the results we
all so much desire is to repeal our abb
surd and useless navigation laws; give us
free raw material for building iron and
steel ships. no matter In what trade the
ships are to be used. and give us wisely
framed free ship law.
In what tones of fable and OF
dream" does our country lawyer dig up
this specific? We can tell the public
1t is the prescription Of the Scotch
shipbuilders OF the Clyde. of the Eng
fish ship owners of the Thames and
Mersey, OF the Irish ship brokers of
Liverpool, and the Welsh marine I'm
derwriters of London--all big medI-
cline men Of our rival and old time en-
envy; all, to the utmost Of their ability,
responsible for the foul play that has
destroyed our shipping.
A general mistake Of modern stu
dents of the shipping question is in as
Stunning that 1t concerns private inter
ests only. that the laws should look
to this alone, and the only object of
any law at all should be to secure
cheap public service by any vessel
whatever, built anywhere. This mar
row view degrades the subject. This
is a subject, in its relations to the In
terests Of the people, peculiar and ex-
ceptional in several respects.
Our country Is not merely com
munity. but a nation. Our self defense,
independence. prosperity and advance.
ment depend greatly upon our ship
ping power. Shipbuilding and navi.
cation are naval as well as civil arts
which we must possess ana can only
have by practice ana experience. The
national interest In these arts greatly
excesSls that Of corporations. firms Of
individuals, and the body Of our mn
rine lssws must contemplate thia rnllne
ldea Reasons of state, Therefore, ncI
those d Sharp rvlvase advent Nv, soy
egn IL the lNax;la that Ansegscan vSS.
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Seeding Glover Alone.

The practice of seeding land to
clover with some small grain crop is
often criticised on the score that we do
not treat the valuable clover plant as
fairly as we do the ordinary crops of
the farm, says National Stockman.
The latter are given the land alone.
But, if we stop to think, the criticism
lis not well based, because corn, oats
and potatoes are ANNALS, requiring a
single summer to reach their maturity,
while the common clover is a biennial,
requiring two years to make full root
growth. II it were mere annual 1t
would indeed be foolish to retard its
growth in it's first few months of life,
but it is entirely good practice to start
these biennial plants in small grain
crop provided the latter does not kill
them by using all the water and sun
shine
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AND TEXAS POINTS,

AND IT1AAS F'UINIS.
Double daily limited trains
Through Pullman Sepe
nLEAdE TICKETS atS
Baltimore
Norfolk
including Tampa Fa Montgomery
Tourist Manufacturer
Atlanta, Ry AGana&w etP r
Il
inns Co mbia Newbuu &Iauren
LouHyn
r.
stern Ry OF
westm Atlantic r r.
SEABOARD AIR LINE
Home low
deciding
lpaiticu
w. II. PLEASANTS, Traffic Manager,
mo- T. PATRICK L ADAMS.
chief Industrial Passcng Agent
Pinebluff N. G. 1850 IiS3 Broadway New
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Feedfng Mature Rams.

The object in feeding mature rams
should be to keep them in thrifty, very
vigorous condition and not too fat, and
this can only be brought about by rea-
sonable, wholesome food and sufficient
exercise, says American Cultiyator-
When once ram has been made too
fat it is a difficult matter to thin him
down again without impairing his vi
tally, and in every case reliance
should be placed on additional exercise
rather than on lessening the food sup
ply. An overfat ram is likely to beget
only comparatively small progeny if he
breeds at all.
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Prison Better Than sunny Italy.

Hartford, Conn, June 10.-Antonio
Sperano, life prisoner at the state
penitentiary, who on Monday last was
granted conditional release by the
board OF pardons, has declined to ac-
cept the release offered him. When in
formed Of the condition Of his release,
which was that he should return to
Italy, he became very much excited
and said: Il cannot go back to Italy
and work for 10 cents day. / would
rather stay in prison.