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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-06-08
County
correspondence.
Redart.

Quarterly Conference was held
at Shiloh, Crab Neck last We'd
nesday. Elder Whitley delivered
an excellent Sermon which was
very much enjoyed by all present.
Rev. w. L. Ware will exchange
pulpits with Rev. ]. o. Moss Sum
day. He will preach at Shiloh in
the afternoon. We are always
glad to have Bro. Ware in our
midst.
Rev. w. A. Snyder filled his
appointment at Shiloh Sunday
afternoon and preached to a very
large audience. We believe that
he is the right man in the right
place.
Misses Nora HURLEY and Maud
Marchant left last week to visit
friends in Norfolk.
Mrs. Jennie Gwynn was pleas
ant caller at Mrs. w. b. Dixon
Sunday Afternoon.
Misses Pearl and Bessie Trader
were the pleasant guests of Mrs.
U. B. Dillehay Saturday after
noon.
Miss Effie Mariner is spending
few days with her aunt at Grim
stead.
Capt. Will Ward of Crisfeld
Md. and John Forrest of Gwynns
were seen in this vicinity Sunday
night.
Violet.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-06-08

Senator Sears Announcement
Mathews, Va, April 10, 1905.
To my acknowledgements of the
3oth Senatorial district:
l hereby formally announce my
candidacy for the Democratic
nomination for the office of State
Senator from the goth Senatorial
district.
-Four years ago you honored
me with your confidence and a
seat in the Senate of Virginia.
My ambition again prompts me
to ask of you my return to this
high position.
AS your Representative l made
every effort to faithfully discharge
every duty and responsibility rest
ing upon me, and if you shall a.
gain honor me / will endeavor 10
be deserving of your confidence
and esteem.
Very truly yours,
]. Boyd Sears.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-06-08

$etC- 1 has convict labor seems
4 important question, honest la
or says: Keep the convicts in
Side Of the prison walls and we
will run the factories and support
our families But the question of
convict labor is getting to be a
large one. SO large that a halt
mS3t be called somewhere. What
is the cause of all this? Who are
these convicts! The saloons of
our land are the cause. Convicts
are the products of these saloons,
or in other words the saloons
make the convicts, for statistics
will prove that nine tenths of the
convicts in our prisons today are
there for crimes committed while
drunk. The State and nation are
taxed to death to support the In
sane asylurns, aims houses, pau
pers, criminal courts and the long
train of expenses which are the
direct or indirect result of the IL
censed saloon, but oh! the reven-
ne, the license money is so much,
when we as sensible people will
say by our vote, that we will have
convict labor in preference to
honest labor. Remove the saloon
by popular vote and you remove
convict labor, hence there will be
no opposition to honest labor.
We can never look for prosperity
in its true sense so long as we IL
cense crime, for the hand of God
is against it. Just as we'll look the
matter square in the face. The
saloon is opposed to every thing
that is pure and good, and just AS
long as we vote for men who are
not directly opposed 20 this mon
ster evil. just so long will the sa-
loon live and the present state of
affairs exist.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-06-08

hgo. Admiral Togo
3 p of Japan. in proba-
greatest naval battle in
worlds history. again demos
rated the superiority of his coun-
ky over Russia in modern war
lie ssilitary world is wat
The wonderful and always
iSuccessfGi --novements of Japan
with the same interest manifested
10y the North in the ever victor
ious march of Stonewail Jackson.
The yellow peril may be the
80 OF old women to brighten the
children. yx tbis Nine the ma
tons of the eartisS very much
like children in the dark. looking
apprehension upon the shad-
that seem to be gathering a.
Id them in the East. Today
AgIand. France and Russia each
tests upon a baYonet. and peace
pld greatly 1eIevsse strain
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-06-08

. When the Death Angel
cred the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ashley White and took from
p their little daughter, Mar
Claybrook White. For six
ks or more she battled brave
It'll that dread disease, ty-
IS, and lat last, in the
ght June day, in the
ing of life. passed a.
&c the going out of a can
GENTLY, peacefully and quiet
little Marion was only eight
ears old, yet a purer gem of
sweet, innocent childhood l new
er knew. Her bright, winsome
smile would touch the innermost
recesses of a saddened or angry
heart, melting away the sadness
or anger as gently as the morn
ing sun kisses the dew from the
flowers. All who knew her low
ed her and were better for having
known her; but she has gone and
her mission on earth is over, and
and the memory of her will ever
linger with us like the sweet fra
GRANGE of rose around a vase
until life's latest hour.
Father, mother, you will miss
her.
But she does not need your
For she's gone where there's no
sorrow,
And where, for her, death has
no fears.
It was the Savior who said
Forbid it not. but suffer her
to come"
The kingdom of Heaven is of
such,
And he called Marion home.
BY one of her friends.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-06-08
THE MATHEWS COUNTYVA.
FiTZHUGH LEE MON
UMENT FUND.

Names of children contributing
to the Fitzhugh Lee monument
fund since our last issue:
Lucy V. Sibley, =.
Mary 7. =,
Ruby >. (
Merritt >,
Juliete b. Garrett,
Genevieve Burke,
Mary L. >,
AS the undersigned should like
to see all the children in Math-
ews County subscribe to the Fitz-
hugh Lee Monument fund, he
will be glad 70 receive a penny
from each child, (whose name
will appear in the columns of the
JournaD and will toward contri-
buttons to the committee in Rich
mond.
Giles b. Cooke,
Rector of Kingston Parish.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-06-08
CIVIL FIGHTS.

Equal rights to all men, says
bur grand old Constitution. Every
man has a right and / regard it.
/ am ia favor of the rum sellers
right. Our law says every man
has right to make living with
PIT injury to his fellowmen then if
he rum sellers can engage in the
4 his goods. intoxicanfs that
Zone reason. takes the lab
hard earned dollars and in
ID of sending him home on
grday nights with clothing and
isions for his family. ne takes
rs IN exchange for rum
Transforms that father into
mon and that home into a
FELL. a business that fills our pen
ptiaries with men and women
otherwise wouM make good
business which is the
Z Of anarchy and mother of
D. If he can carry on his bust
Ess without injury to his fellow
hen. -thes6 regard his right. but
the loo<frain of evil that results
the sale of this goods denies
this moral right. At the
X Her and gives
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-31
The Circus.

Well, the circus has come and gone and we are out so many dollars" re- marked Birmingham citizen. But doubt if any of us have any regret, for it has been so long since we have had a circus in our midst that we were all more or less like children. and the the atre and other attractions had to take second place last night.
 When the papers stated a city ticket office would be established at Parker drug store, I expected a crowd, but noth- ing like what I saw there directly after the parade. The line extended from the center of the store to the corner of the Metropolitan hotel, and those in the line had the price of several tickets for those who felt their chance to procure them for themselves was uncertain, sc asked the ones fortunte enough to secure a place to buy in lots.
 Ringing Brothers put up good show and I suppose we feel better today for having had another glimpse of the clowns"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-31
Total

The papers disagree over the fig ures for Memphis, but there is no dis agreement over the figures for the cities with which Memphis is com pared. The News-Scimetar obtained the facts from official sources, and 1t is thus seen that Birmingham has a tax rate far below that of any neigh boring city. The rate in Birmingham, including state and county taxes, is $2.20. but owing to low valuations, the rate falls to 721s cents per $100 of the real and full value of the property.
 Birmingham has no reason to object to the comparative tables published in Memphis if the other cities mentioned can stand them this city can Tax rates are low here, and yet valuations here are as high as they are in the rest of the state. The tax rate is al ways misleading because it depends upon the percentage of valuation. The Memphis tables elucidate all this in a fair and just manner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-31
CANNOT LOAF.
General Jacob Smith Finds 1t Hard to
 Do Nothing.

New York Cor. Chicago Tribune.
 General Jacob Hurd Smith, Hell Roar Ing Jake" went abroad for a two years stay after his retirement from the United States army. He came back to America last June. He says he's a scientific loafer now, and he can't find any one in the United States to loaf with.
 'Im a loafer. Who are my friends in America? Busy lawyers, business men, doctors, editors. My army friends are mostly either buried between Chick amauga and Iloilo or are retired officers like myself, hiking over the world trying to find some one to loaf with. Lord, loaiing is coming to me. l earned 1t forty-fve hard years in the army
 ''In Paris last year met Judge Maxie of San Antonio. Now. there was a great. grand loafer-in Paris. My loafing was merely scientific. He was positively ar tistic. We had six bully weeks together he, Mrs. Smith. whom I am educating at doing nothing. and I.
 "On my swing west I came to San An tonic and looked up Judge Maxie. He was trying case He saw me enter the court room, sent for me, and had me up on the bench beside him. I listened for two hours to a lot of talk about re- bates, hogs or something. At last, In a pause. I whispered to him:
 Judge, this lacks thrill and excite ment on one hand. and on the other hand it is deficient in poise, repose and calm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-31
From the New York Mail.

From the New York Mail.
 N HINT contained in a recent ad- WV dress by Anna Garin Spencer on "The Woman's Ideals in Life'-never mind the ideals themselves, since they are really too numerous to mention-suggests that women need not be much concerned after all in getting the right to vote. since they form today the majority of public servants in this coun- try, and have thus gained the lead as office holders.Y
 What Mrs. Spencer meant is explained by her own words: we have the largest army of public servants, those martyrs and saviors as well, the public school teachers, mostly women; we have the next largest army of public servants, the nurses and the caretakers of the in- firm and the unfortunate, the defective and the weak, again mostly women. Not any new kind of work; it is the old job at new stand" In the United States in 1900. there were SS2,252 female school teachers. No such army of women as this ever before served any state in any capacity. Few of these women pos sess votes; but how far above any single exercise of the suffrage is the power they swingl
 For that matter. woman is always teacher. The American people seem to have been the first to recognize the fact that they are always and invariably in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-31
Will Benefit the City.

Horse shows and races help a city" said O. P. Updegraff, judge of the horse show and races. People naturally love horses.
 "As a result of the horse show in Bir- mingham number of citizens have pur- chased some of the animals exhibited here, and next year they will be able to show them on an equal footing with the visiting horsemen.
 ''As result of the races there has been much good sport. The public has had some innocent amusement and the love of good horses has been increased.
 'I am great believer,in a city having races once or twice a year, and also an annual horse show. l especially like to see a good horse show in a city every year. It is not only a great society event, but it encourages the purchase of fine horses"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-31
IN HOTEL. LOBBIEs
Riq Gift hu Atlantian.

My old town.'' said the ex- Atlantian yesterday, aoutdoes all the rest of the south on the gift line for Hugh T. In- man has just given John w. Grant, his son-in-law, the Kimball house.
 'The stock of the hotel was divided into So,O00 shares. each valued at $l0. but each worth twice as much. Mr. Inman transferred to his son-in-law all but four shares, and the gift easily amounts to half a million dollars.
 This certainly eclipses all other gifts in this section, and is but an illustra- ton of Atlanta's greatness upon occa- sion.
 The present hotel was built soon after the old house was burned in 1882, and it has been associated with Georgia politics ever since, It may be said to be the heart of the business district of Atlanta, and the new owner proposes to expend S100,000 upon the building. It is a valua- ble property, although it no longer stands across the street from the union railroad station.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-31
New York's Battle.

One week from today New York city will elect a mayor and district attor- ney. besides several other officers. Greater New York elects the mayor, and the county of New York-practi- cally the old city-elects district at torney. Both contests are deeply in teresting to the people in the big city, and the contest is daily changing.
 The mayoralty race is a three-cor- nered affair. The Tammany candidate, George B. Mcclellan, stands high in public estimation; MT. Wins, the re- publican candidate. is a reformer, and MT. Hearst. the candidate of the Mu. nicipal league, is a reformer whose re. forms are planned on radical lines. He appeals to the discontented. He favors municipal ownership and variety of other new departures.
 The registration in . Greater New York this year stands at 64S,000 Two years ago Mcclellan boiled 3l4,7S2 votes. A like vote this year would give him heavy plurality. The truth is the candidate that polls 250,00C votes will be elected. Undoubtedly that man will be George Brinton Nc Clellan.
 The Hearst vote will approximate the republican vote. He appeals to the working men, to the Jews, to the ltal fans, to the Latin-Am ericans-to all in short, who will listen to his bids fol election. He is a modern Jack Cade He hopes to cut down the Mcclellan vote until he can secure a small plu rauty. MT. Wins, the republican, or the other hand, hopes to step in be tNssn Heaxst and Mcclellan. But all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-31
pr. Cunningham Explains.

Some opponents of Lieutenant Governor Cunningham are seeking to attack his candidacy for governor by revamping a speech made by Dr. Cunningham in Montgomery after the senatorial fight be- tween Senator Morgan and Governor Johnston.
 In an after-dinner address made under somewhat hilarious conditions, Dr. Gun ningham was reported as saying that the candidacy of Senator Morgan in that con test represented patriotism and honor. and that "deeency forbade him (Dr Gun ningham from saying what the other side Governor Johnston's candidacy represented
 Some papers, now opposed to pr. Gun ningham are reprinting this story and calling upon all Johnston men in the state to vote against Dr. Cunningham for governor.
 In his speech at Union Springs Friday, pr. Cunningham explained the circum- stances under which the speech was made and said he never intentionally ot- tended any man. What 1 meant when I used those words" said he. was that decency forbade my growing over van qushed adversary
 The Union Springs audience ardently applauded pr. Cunninghams explana- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-31
RICKETTS, MAKES ESTIMATES.
Can Save Nearly a Million Dollars In
 Public Printing Office.

Washington, October 30.-Mr. Ricketts, the acting public printer has submitted his estimates to the treasury department for transmission to Congress showing the amounts required for the conduct of the government printing office for the next fiscal year. The total amount carried in the estimate, including an item of sS5o0oO for leaves of absence, is s5,S53234.62.
 The amount expended for the fiscal year which ended last June was S6,760, .66, or an excess of s9O7. O22.o4 over the amount which the acting public printer estimates as necessary for the coming fiscal year. MT. Ricketts tonight stated that his esti- mates were compiled without reference to any action which might be taken by Con- gress or the executive departments look ing to further reductions in the printing bill He said that if Congress would remedy the defects In the printing laws, which he regards in large part responsl- ble for many of the wastes in printing, the saving to the government would be much larger than that indicated by the reduction shown in his estimates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-31
Second Week of the Fair.

The horse show is ended, but horses have by no means been withdrawn from the fair grounds. There are scores of them out there in their snug stables. and track events will be a marked feature of the closing week.
 The management proposes to make the three remaining days interesting in various ways, and all who have not visited the fair should join the throng that Is daily handled so cleverly by the trolley company. And, by the way, too much praise cannot be award ed to the trolley company for it's ad- mirable service. Even on the day of President Roosevelt's visit the com pany handled tens of thousands with celerity and resultant ease and com fort
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-31
BULLS EYE BILL,
The Man Who Shot Whisky Jake Full
 of Blue Chips.
From the Butte Miner.

From the Butte Miner.
 Bulls Eye Bill sat in the street out side the Cowboys Coffin saloon, the principal building of Purple Pup. From time to time he drank a quart of whisky from a jar that stood beside him on the street. Between drinks he swore pictures quely, for Bulls Eye had a high record for local color.
 A cloud of dust down the street in- dicated that some one was in haste to reach Purple Pup.
 Presently Bulls Eye made out the rider to be Whisky Jake. of Splodge City. Whisky Jake. in consequence of slight misunderstanding which Bulls Eye in ! which a bullet had taken away half of his nose, had announced his intentions of perforating the man now reposing before the Cowboys Coffin. Bulls Eye, however, made no move, for the day was warm and the whisky far from exhausted.
 Whisky Jake dashed rapily past
 "Four-fushin' again" drowsiiy oo- served Bulls Eye, slipping another quart of red-eye.
 But Jake had gone around the cow boys Coffin and from the door or the saloon he now fired two charges Of buck shot into the back of Bulls Eye. i The proprietor of the Cowboys Conin' finding Bulls Eye prone in the street. for one agonizing moment suspected that his friend and patron had at last sue cunnbed to whisky. He was greatly re- lieved to learn from investigation that buckshot and not red-eye had laid low the pride of Purple Pup. As he was extracting the last pellet with the cork screw, which was the sole surgical instru- ment. Bulls Eye revived slightly.
 Did he smash the whisky jarg' he gasped.
 Three weeks later Whisky Jake was dealing faro in Splodge City when Bull Eye entered and bought stack Of blues, Carefully ramming the chips down sawed-off shotgun he carried, Bulls Eye shot the dealer so full of those tokens that he resembled a man caught in storm of blue snow.
 l With the easy familiarity that showed the frequency of such interruptions, the case-keeper promptly took the box and Bulls Eye placed the senseless Jake upon the Jack. The jack won and the new dealer showed over another stack of l blues.
 To make a long story short Bulls Eye, in the words of the proprietor of the Cow bov's Coffin. turned Whisky Jake into a wall of stacks that would have made forSa around the Double Cross Ranch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-31
Children Obedient.

Parents have had little difficulty in the past few days,' said the father of sev- eral little tots yesterday. fin controlling their children.
 Every command has been promptly and willingly obeyed, at least when the reminder was added that the circus is coming The children were careful in what they ate, retired promptly and were very obedient. After being careful for two or three days before the circus my little fellows expressed fear last night that they would get sick in spite of their precautions. The three or four days pre- ceding circus are the easiest time of the year for parent to manage his chill dren."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-31
A Contrast in Two Cities.

Tt is always stimulating" said Bir- mingham man yesterday. ito get back to this town after an absence passed in other southern cities. A few days ago l had occasion to go for few days to an interior city-an old city-and one, too, that is plentiful in historic interest. The change was agreeable in its way. but at the end of two days passed there, found myself growing impatient with the tedi- ous monotony of the town and longing for the push and dash and fresh ac- tivity of this young and prosperous city of ours In due time I got home, and I cannot tell you how refreshed l was at the sight of the crowds that thronged the streets of Birmingham-their good humor, hopefulness and energy. For ar all-round town that's alive and up-to- date, Birmingham is unexcelled in this section of the country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-31
Russia and the AutOcracy.

Russia is rent and torn almost be- yond belief. No great government was ever so suddenly paralyzed. The Czar has very little influence in any part or the wide land, among a population numbering, all told, nearly twice as many as that of the United States. Communication with the army in Man churia is cut, and this peculiar revolu- tion. with its industrial side, seems to be in control of the situation. The army went over to the people | in 1789 and this made the French rev olution possible. There are already signs in Russia that the Russian sol dier will do likewise, even the Cos sacks. If so, autocracy is not only doomed, but it will be speedily abol- ished
 Two things may, however, save some fragments of it. The money Of the strikers or revolutionaries may be- come exhausted, and starvation may drive them into submission. How well they have planned against this re- mains to be seen.
 The only other chance that the Romanoffs have is summed up In one man. Count Witte. His wife, now countess, is Jewess, and for the first time she was recently received by the .zarina. Count Witte is now f1fty-six years old, strong and in the full pos session of all the powers given nm by nature. If the Czar makes conces- sions enough, and makes them quick enough entrusting their execution to Count Witte as premier, possibly the country can be induced to tolerate tho Romanoffs.
 But it is plain that political reform must be thorough in order to retain t.e reigning family. A ministry re- snonsible to a parliament elected by direct manhood suffrage must be granted. There are difficulties in the way. Fully so per cent of the country consists of mijiks or peasants, who cannot read and write. What kind of representatives will they send to par. lament? The problem is difficult, but difficult as it Is, it must be tried, and the Russian people will accept nothing less. unless there are rapid changes that cannot now be foreseen. The douma must be elected by the mass of the people acting directly, and there must be liberty of the press, freedom of public assemblage, freedom of worship and equal rights, and over all a ministry responsible in part, at least, to the representatives of the people. The step from autocracy to western constitutionalism is long one, but it will have to be taken if anything is to be saved out of the wreck to the lautocrats