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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-01
NANsEMOND BOARD.
Meet at Suffolk, Organize and
Elect Registrars.
-fsneclal to rhe rImes-p Ispatch.l

IA n (Specal tOThe Tim eS- DlSputCn.l IITII-H
SUFFOLK, VA, March 3l.-Thc Nanse-
mond county electoral board met here
o-day and organized by tho election Of.
l.. A. Deans, Churchland, as chairman,
and John b. Primer, Suffolk, secretary,
DR.. Thomas II. Barnes, Of Ewood,
former State senator and member Of the
Constitutional Convention. is the third
member The following registrars were
elected The Judges and clerks OF election
Will be chosen In May: Suffolk. 2. B..
Britt; Holland, Jesse Holland; Holy Neck,
John r. Rawles: Copeland. ]. K. F..
Daughtrey; Kilby's Mill. w. Frank Eley;
somerton. ], o. Spiers; Cypress, Frank
e. Parker; Junction. J, II. Jordan;
Yeates. j. S. Arthur; Chuckatuck, NJ, w.
Crumpler Ebenezer. ]. P, Rives; Myrtle,
a, w, Ballard Paul's Branch, James
Rrittain as3}
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Died, Thursday evening e as
West Cary Street, MARY ELIZABETH
LIESFELD. wife Of the late
I1iesfeld, In the fortleth year Of her age
One child, j ohm Jacob fLesfeld ;gone sls-a
ter, Mrs. b. G. Wars, and ono bro therss
+ Mr.. u. J. Guvernator, survive her VIZ
Funeral notice later. i}S 983; Il \ 8S4
March 81, 1904. at her
mothers residence, 1875 West Cary
Street, MAGGIE, daughter Off Kate
aged seventeen years. 5
Tho funeral will take place SATUR-
\ DAY MORNING at 10. o'clock from
Sacred Heart Church, Interment Mt
Calvary Friends invited to attend.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-01
WYTHEvILLE STATION
TO BE, ENLARGED

Especial to Tho TImes-D spntch) 3.
4 vYTHEV1LLE, VA, March 3l.--Presi-s
dent Johnson General Manager Maher,i
Division superintendent Cook and other
ofr,cials Of the Norfolk and Western
were here this morning on a special train.
They inspected Wytheville station and
announced that 1t would be enlarged and
many improvements made to surrounding
grounds. The citizens are jubtlant. The
work Will begin May 1st.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-01
Pretty Home Wedding.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.)
marriage OF Miss Florence fairfield Tim
berlake, Of williamsburg, va, and Mr..
Judson j.. oPwers. 0" King Z. William
county was solemnized Tuesday at
p. NJ. at the home of her mother. The
bride was bccomingly attired In a travel
ing suit of blue and carried bouquet
of Bride roses.
cut flowers. and under the glow of candle
lights. Rev. j. King performed the
ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Powers left for their
homo In North End, Newport News, Va
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-01
French Lecture.
(Special to The Times-Dispatcl

Il UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, VA.
March 31.-Count de Wierzbicki lectured
in French before the University. of Vir-
this afternoon on the Roman Contempo-
rain. Tho lecturers method, admirably
adapted to an American, audience con;
sists of painting one author on the field
Of another Fiaubert fills the picture
from which Maupassant, lola. Daudet:;
Huismans, Lott and Anatole France stand
out slightly blended, yet each dis tinct. Inc
effect is quite happy.
Tho New York Central Committee OF
the Alliance Franchise Is to be congratu-
lated on having chosen Count de Wierz-
bicki to represent the organization at the
University Of Virginia,
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Mrs. X. E, Whitehead.
fsnecial 10 Tho TImes-Dispatch.)

Especial to The es-DispatcnJ
Ks SUFFOLK, VA, March 31.-ilss Kate !.
Elliott Whitehead. q. member of one OF
the oldest families in Suffolk, died nero
last night, aged siNty-nine years
She was an aunt OF Circuit Judge ROD
ert r. Prentls and Miss Susie Prentis. OF
Suffolk, and Mrs. Nat. Beamon, OF Nor
folk
The deceased also leaves sister, Mrs.
Margaret A. Prentfs, ard brother. Colonel
Richard o. Whitehead. of Oakland Cal,
who, during the CIVIL War, was colonel
OF the sixteenth Virginia Infantry, Ma
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-01
NEW TELEPHONE LINE.
Colored Preacher Kills She Bear
and Captures Her Cubs.
peclal to The Tlmes- DIspatcf

(Special7 to Tho Tlmes-D Ispatch,I
new telephone line e. has is been = completed
in the county, the Rockbridge Baths line.
No, co.. With the addition Of this line
Rockbrldge has good telephone service
In nearly every section,
Parson Anthony, colored preacher of
Glasgow. killed q bear In the mountains
across the river at that point several
days ago. With the mother bedr were
two cubs. which We're caught. and are
now In Glasgow.
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Stanley-Brewer.
Especial to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)

Especial to The Tlmes-D ispatch.)
ROANOKE, VA. March 3l.-Mlss Es-
.telle Brewer, daughter Of MI and Mrs
r. C. Brewer, ard Mr., William ]. stan
ley fireman OF the Norfolk and Vest
ern, were married last night at the resi-
dence OF the brides parents. Rev. T. j.
shipman oflciating. Mr.. Ed. Brewer
brother of the bride. was best man. and
Miss Mamie Glasgow, OF North Carolina.
was maid of honor
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also recommended for the s1iperarnuated
list. and was referred to the same com

Also RECOMMENDED IOT tIIle
list. and was referred to the same com
fnittee. IT, u. N 55 K. 49,,
Tile renort OF The Sunday aehool editor
of tho Southern Methodist Church WIS
si1bfnitted and read by the secretary. II
showed d decided increase y, all direc.
TONS, There are now 4 .4S Sunday schools
wear. Of S0S rho number If scholars was
Stated as B34li0, an Increase Of 49,1sl.
Beforo the .a1jo,irntii,ent. At moor, mo-
elder its action In the earlier part of the
morning relative TO tho placing OF It's
IN the tlisse,iisslon, as TO the ~
turc management Of tie church paper I,
pointed By the bishop, and to refer It
to the Committee on Publications. This
"a meeting Of the two committees was
held this evening. ut. 1880 o.clock, The
trustees Of Randolph. Macon College met
this afternoon at o'clock az 3:a9 4'olock
Nv REV, Dr.. james Adkins.
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Whole Family Jailed.


Especial to Tho Times-Dlspatch) IS.
TAZEWELL, VA, March 31.-Thomas
Morehead, his wife and three children.
colored, are In jail here. charged With
burglary in ,Burke's Garden. and after
wards attempting to burn the storehouse
and dwelling Of H. B.. Groseclose,S in
Burlses Garden. One Of the children Is
lust enc month old. .f5&S n "a {t
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McHenrY-White.
mccall r. .rha Ttmes-Dlspatch)

-|-1 topecTaI 70 TIC -II1Hes-D1SP1tc1t7
LEXINGTON, VA. March 31.--Mr.
Kirkpatrick McHeriry and Miss Clara
Lee White were married at the brides
county. tuesday afternoon, by. the Rev.
D. "A. Penick. The young couple left tho
same afternoon for Long Branch, Iowa,
where they will make their home.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-01
MARYLAND, 9; Fredericksburg, s.

Especial to The Times-pispatc
i RlcKsBuRG, yAr March Sir
The most exciting game Of baseball ever
witnessed here took place this afternoon
between fredericksburg College and
Maryland Agricultural College before g
large crowd; score 0 to 5 ~ favor of
Maryland. a
Attic end Of the ninth inning the score
was a tie, to S, and 1t took three more
innings before Maryland secured an addl-
tional score. this deciding the game.
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Mrs. Minerva Fonshill.

(rJpecial to Tho Ttmes-Dlspatch.)
EOYDTON, VA, March 3l.-Mrs. Ma,
nerva Fonshill, relic Of the late w. Fl.
Fonshill. of this place, died last night
.nt1 her. home. Mrs. Fonshill was about
sixty-two or three years old and had
slent the greater part of her life IN this
town. <
She leaves three sons, Ira W., Bailey,
both Of Baltimore, Md, and George W.
Fonshilrfg and three daughters, Mrs j !.
Fl. Dramright, Mrs. Eta Bowman, OF
Baltimore, and Mrs. IT, Briggs.
II The remains will DO buried tomorrow
In the Episcopal Church yard,
II. Y. Clark.
rs fSpecinl to The Times Dispatch)
LEXINGTON, VA. March 31.-Mr.
James Young Clark died at his nome
near RuffaloN Mills. Roclbridge county,
after All illness Of several years. aged
seventS-six years. MI Clark was We!l
known farmer and extensive cattle deal
az. and was prominent in church and
sunday school work. At tho time OF his
death he was the Oldest ruling elder IN
railing Spring Church. He Is Aurvlved
nv his wife, who was q Miss Fitzpatrick.
of RockbrIdge, and two sons, Messrs,
Randolph w. Clark and Emmett NJ.
Clark. Of Rockbrldge.
Captain w. II. Vernon.
Especial to The Dispatch.)
Z NORFOLK, VA. March Sl.-Capta1n
William Hamilton Vernon. a veteran OF
tile express service died this afternoon
al his home. In Portsmouth. He was
sixty-eight years OF age, He had been
on the retired list for some time past,
and had been carried on the rtgular pay
roll ever since his retirement, He was
q native Of Richmond. but married N
baltimore, many years ago, Miss Theresa
o'I3rien, whom he survived but two
Years. Fills remains will be taken to
Chattanooga, Tenn, for lnterment
John r. Echols.
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&TAZEWEII4 VA. March Sl,--Mr John
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Funeral Services.

The funeral Of Mrs. Elizabeth IaaWson
took pl1Ee at o'clock yesterday AFTER
noon from the residence, NO. sl4 l l- west
Clay Street.
The funeral OF Mr.. James Lewis But
Ter took place at 1870 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon from the Pine Street Baptist
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r. Echols, prominent. clt lien of Rich 81
lands, died suddenly at his home at 2 i,-
lands trls morning. lIe retired AT 10
o'clock IN his usual good health, but
woke up about o'clock feeling unWeli,
and died in few minutes. sfss
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Irving Brown, No, Zig IL Beverly Street.
The funeral took place at q 80 9 CLOCK
yesterday afternoon from the residence.
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OBITUARY.,
James T. Netllerland,

RI / p 4 i 4 e 1.
Mr.. James II. Netherland died We'd
nes,lay at his home, No, h05 l9ast Clay
Street, He was seyenty-four years OF
age.
The funeral Will take place at II o'clock
this morning from the residence, The
interment. Will be made IN HOLLYWOOD.
Miss Maggie Eubank,
Miss Maggie Eubank died at o'clock
yesterday morning at her home, No, 1895
West Cary Street She was daughter
OF Charles u. and Kate Eubank. and was
seventeen years of ago.
The funeral Will take place this morn
ing from the Sacred Heart Catholic
Church.
Infant Dead,
Henry Archiville. infant son of Mr.,
and Mrs. Bruce Jennings, died Wednes-
day night at the home Of MI. and Mis-.
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William Kenney.

WINCHESTER, VA. March 31.-Wil-s
liam Kenney, popular young man. died
of consumption at his home. near steph-5
enson. this county, to-day a ged twenty
follr wears * IS ~ 84f5
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Mrs. N. Trenasry..
lfSpecial q The. T1mcs- Isl s,p,atttjch.J

Nh1k'VSttIt " NC
WINCHESTER, VA, March sl.--Mrs.
Naomi Trenary died & tonight a her
home iii this city Of dropsy, aged about
fifty-eight years. She is survived by ilors
husband. Captain r.. E. TreEary, and six
sons, one Of whom, Joseph an express
messenger OF Baltimore, arrived here
just as his mother died.
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fTohn w. Dixon.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.)

h sTAuNToN. VA, March s1.-John W.
Dixon, a prominent citizen, Of the Ncoun-
ty. died to-day. after q lingering illness
with pneumonia. aged about forty years
EIe is survived by his wife and several
children; also six sisters and one ther-s
Captain ]. r.. Briggs. ~
Especial to Tho Times Dispatch y Il!
E NORFOLK,,fV4A March Sl.-C Captain J.
r. Briggs Is dad. He was sixty-seven4
years or age. and had lived In Norfolk
practically all his life. He served inNthsag
Eighteenth Virginia Regiment during the
Civil War, rs TX
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-10-13
The Philosophy of Freedom
An Open Forum for Single Takers

world. The following are few rea-
sons why it should be destroyed:
| It denies to men the natural God
given right, to use the, earth in order
to earn living for themselves and
families.
2. 1t locks up labor's natural field OF
Iemployment-th land-tlius forcing
men either to accept the wages en-
ployers are willing to pay or starve.
g. 1t keeps constantly an army OF
men out of work, who, in order to get
work, underbid those who are at work,
which tends to bring wages down to
a minimum.
A. 1t diverts from labor and capital
in high rents, wealth, over which labor
and capital are waging destructive and
wasteful wars.
| 5. 1t reduces the production of
wealth by forcing labor and capital
from the more productive onto the
poorer and less productive land.
6. It dlverts capital from being in
Ivests,<as in wealth producing enterprises
into useless afldnaaan ,proGuctive land
Speculation.
7. 1t is responsible for business de-
pressions and panics, which take place
when industry and commerce are rem
dered improbable by TIE enormous
drain of speculative ground rent.
8. 1t forces families into tenement
houses and the slums because of the
high price of city lots, making it i'm
possible for them to get homes of their
own.
g.. It produces an increasing army
of men, who rather than go through
this fierce struggle for an existence,
sacrifice their honor and self-respect
and turn tramps and beggars.
| 10. 1t widens the vast gulf which
today separates the rich and the poor
into two distinct classes.
/ H. 1t is the chief cause of all wars
of conquest, which are Instituted,
when the government falls into the
hands OF spectators who seek to en-
rich themselves by selling tae lands Of
weaker nations and then tax or rack
trent them to death.
IL. 1t not alone makes worthless
drones of those who get a living from
lit, but it actually condemns men, wom-
en- and children to involuntary pow
erty, to crime, to prison, by locking
up the natural avenues of self-sup-
lport.
i 10. It is the last barrier standing in
the way of Gods kingdom coming to
/ this earth for which the prayer of hui
neatly in vain has gene up for cen
turtles. Lana Speculation must be de-
stroyed. The single tax VIII aae~it.-..
P. CULLMAN, JR.
Cor. Sec Chicago Single Tax Club
Chicago, ILL.,
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THE SPIRIT OF THE SINGLE TAX

The SPIRIT OF' The SINGLE TAX.
The sentiment to which i would ap-
peal is not envy, nor Self-interest. but
that nobler sentiment which found
strong, though rude, expression in that
battle hymn which rang through the
land when a great wrong was going
down in blood:
In the beauty of the lilies, Christ was
born across the sea,
With glory in his bosom to transfig-
ure you and me;
AS He died to make men holy, let us
die to make men free!"
And what is there for which life
gives us opportunity that can be COM
pared with the effort to do what we
may, be it ever SO little, to improve
social conditions and enable other lives
to reach fuller, nobler development.
Old John Brown, dying the death of
the felon, launched into eternity with
piniOned arms and the kiss of the slave
child on his lips-was not his a great
| r life and grander death than
though his. years had been given to
lself-seelling? Did he not take with
him more than the man WHO grabs for
wealth and leaves his millions? Envy
the rich! Who that realizes that he
must some day wake up in the be-
yond can envy those who spend their
strength to gather what they can not
use here and can not take away? The
only thing certain to any of us is
death. Like the swallow dartina
through thy hall. such, o king. is the
| life OF mani" We came from where
we know not; we go-who shall say,
|Impenetrable darkness behind ant
gathering shades before. What, wher
our time comes, does it matter wheth.
er we have Jared daintily or not
whether we have worn soft raiment o.
not, whether we leave a great fortune
or nothing at all, whether we shall
have reaped honOrs or been despised
have been counted learned or ignoran
las compared with how we may hav,
used that talent which has been in
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trusted to us for the Masters service?
What snail it matter, when eyeballs
glaze and ears grow dull, if out OF the
darkness may stretch hand, and into
the silence may come a voice:
"Well done, thou good and faithful
servant; thou hast been faithful over
few things, will make thee ruler
lover many things, enter thou into the
ljoy of thy Lord!
shall speak of rights, shall speak
| of utility, | shall speak of interest, |
shall meet on their chosen ground
those who say that the largest pro-
duction of wealth is the greatest good,
and material progress the highest aim
Nevertheless, I appreciate the truth
embodied in these words OF Mazzini to
the working classes o. Italy, and would
echo them:
"Workingmen, brothers! When
Christ came and changed tie face OF
| the world, he spoke not of rights to
the rich, who needed not 10 achieve
them; nor to the poor, who would
doubtless have abused them, in imi-
tatfon of the rich; he spoke not OF
i.s:tilitv, nor of interest, to a people
whom interest and utility had cor
[rupted; he spoke of duty, he spoke of
Hove of sacrifice and of faith; ana NJ
said that they should be first among
all who had contributed most by their
labors to the good of all.
/ "And the word of Christ sbreathed
~ in, vTYhio oil
life was extinct. recalled it to exist
ence, conquered the millions, conquered
the world, and caused the education of
the human race to ascend one degree
on the scale of progress.
"Workingmen! We live in an epoch
similar to that of Christ. We live in
the midst of a society as corrupt as
that of the Roman Empire, feeling in
our Utmost souls the need of reani-
mating and transforming it, and of
limiting all it's various members in one
Isole faith. beneath one sole law, in
one sole aim-the free and progressive
development of all the faculties of
which God has given the germ to his
creatures. We seek the kingdom of
God on earth as it is in heaven, or,
rather, that earth may become prep
aration for heaven, end society an en-
deavor after the progressive realiza-
ton of the divine idea.
But Christs every act was the WISH
BILE representation of the faith he
preached; and around him stood apos-
ties who incarnated in their actions
the faith they had accepted. Be you
such and you will conquer. Preach
duty to the classes about you, and full
fill, as far as in you lies, your own
Preach virtue, sacrifice and love; and
be yourselves virtuous, loving and
, ready for self-sacrifice. Speak your
thoughts boldly, and make known your
, wants courageously, but without an
ger, without reaction, and without
!, threats. The strongest menace, if in
deed there be those for whom threats
are necessary, will be the firmness, moi
the irritation of your speech. Henry
George in Social Problems ;,
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HOW TO TAX TEXAS OIL LANDS.

HUW tn TAX TEXAS OIL LANDS.
Editor independents: The oil COM
panies operating ID the Beaumont,
Texas, field object to the proposed
state tax on their gross receipts. This
does seem like clumsy way OF reach
ing these properties. Is there not a
simpler method? While the one pro-
posed would be more effective than
the present one of trying to tax the
individual stockholders on their cor
pOrate holdings, and thus missing 80
per cent OF it, more simple, direct
and effective way would be to deduct
the value of all work done on the oil
plants from the market Value of the
companies stocks, thus discovering the
exact value of the natural resources
which they monopolize, and levy the
tax on that
Why tax their capital at all? A
tax on capital (stored UP labor prod
ucts) operates as discouragement to
industry. The tax above proposed
would not be open to that objection,
No matter what improvements were
made in the oil industry the companies
would not be penalized. They would
pay taxes only on the natural bounties
to which all the people of Texas have
the same natural right as themselves
A.. FREELAND.
Mt. Pleasant. Tenn.
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CRUSOE'S ISLAND.

Every child who reaas, no doubt,
knows the story of Robinson Crusoe.
II will be remembered that he was
shipwrecked on lonely island. lie
obtained the things he needed by TIL
ing the soil and applying his labor 10
the natural resources OF the island.
On awakening one morning, he saw
great ship lying helpless upon the
waves OF a furious sea ana Deins
driven to certain destruction upon the
rocks.
AS he watched with anxious eye, ne
saw men on board lowering three
boats to come ashore. He ran 10 the
shore to help if he could, over]oyed at
the thought of having company on
his island. One boat succeeded In
reaching the shore, the others being
beaten to pieces against the rocks.
C,saYye aassited the shipwrccked sailors
ID His cabin, where frc~frnvided them
= IN food as he listened to then ~ssssi'y'zs
Adventure and>told them his own.
gave them food, seed and Such
IBIS as he had made. that they might
syrltivate the land and build huts to
Awe in.
When the crops had matured the
sailors came to Crusoe and offered to
greturn the same amount or grain ne
mad let them have with interest, and
( also offered to pay him for the use
l4Cf his tools. But to their surprise.
$Robiason told them that the island
i was his by right OF discovery and
that they must pay him an additional
amount for rent. Then dialogue
something after this manner ensued:
I Sailors-But you can't use all the
land yourself.
Crusoe-That makes no difference; it
Is Is ss.II mine.
AZ Sailors-Bu if this is all yours,
where is ours?
Crusoe--I don't know where yours
is, but this is mine.
Sailors-We must live somewhere on
the earth.
Crusoe-I know that. hut as was
here first the island belongs to me,
and don't see why you should expect
to use my land without paying me for
it.
Sailors--We can't pay you, for we
= have no money.
Crusoe-I will rent you all the
ground you need for one-half of all
you cssa. raiSe upon it.
Sailors-We VIII accent your terms,
as there is nothing else for US tc do
The contract was accordingly closed
and the sailors returned to their work
in the fields Crusoe collected his rents
with severe regularity and soon founG
that he need never work again. His
store houses were filed to bursting
with the produce of the island, while
the sailors remained as poor as they
were at the start.
Notice, in this illustration, that be-
fore the sailors came Crusoe had tC
work and earn his ywn living.
Because of his monopoly of the land
which the sailors recognized, he was
able after their coming to live in idle.
ness and luxury, while they worked tt
support him. Are you in the position
OF Crusoe, or are you one of the sail
ors?
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LAND SPECULATION.

Editor Independent: Land specula-
ton is the cause of many evils in this