Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-06-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Throughout this Tidewater sec
ton more "Seasonable" seasor
could hardly have been desired. All
crops are looking exceedingly we'll
Although / was in Montague
section | found more than half
met with were Martin men. | pre-
dict Martin will get three out OF
i've votes.-Culpeper letter in Free
Lance.
Miss Lily Cary, daughter of Col
w. Miles Cary, of Richmond, bas
been appointed sponsor for Virgins
at the United Confederate Veterans
reunion in Louisville, KY, this
month. Miss Virginia Taicott, OF
Richmond. is maid of honor.
A news item going the rounds Of
the press, to the effect that all cigar
boxes had to be destroyed as soon rs
emptied, is incorrect. The law re.
mains the same on that point-the
stamp only Is to be cancelled or
destroyed.
Mecklenburg is perhaps the ban
ner county of the State in the paw
ment Of the capitation tax. The
county treasurer's books show that
2,065 whites and 1888 colored.
making total of 3,603, paid the tax
before the 9th of May. This show
ing is creditable to the colored
people.
The Virginia Summer School of
Methods will be held this year at the
University of Virginia, beginning
Monday, June 26th. A State sum-
mer school will be held in Norfolk,
beginning Monday, June 26tb, and
closing Friday, July 21. DIR. Il. j.
Stubbs, of William and Mary Col
lege, will be the conductor.
The man who ever stood mp for
the weak-the man whose voice was
ever raised for truth and light and
liberty and who died with a plea for
freedom on his lips, will live. He
will live In song and story-live in
hearts Of flesh, and in marble shafts
live in the record of his deeds, live
in the great thoughts he gave to the
world.
There is nothing so inspiring in
this great big world as the sight of
the man who,- in the midst of mis-
fortune, keeps his head level and his
heart mellow; who can be knocked
down gracefully and get up smiling
ly; and who can receive the "slings
and arrows of outrageous fortune
without hating the world or despis.
ing himself.
Bascom Slemp, the chairman OF
the Virginia Republican Committee,
should have campaign fund OF
Sl5O,O00 for use this fall if he il
successful in the attempt he il
making to induce every man in the
State who has a job under the Fed
eral government contribute five pei
cent. of his salary to the support of
the party organization. In a recent
circular letter Mr.. Slemp requested
this.
To the great regret of Virginian' 1
there is scandal in our highest and
most important commission-the Cor
poration Commission. The resigna-
tion of Maj A. S. Lanier, first assis.
taut clerk, has been requested it is
reported that Major Lanier is inter
ested in the Virginia Corporation
Company accompany formed to Sc
cure charters for other companies
and that Judge Crump, chairman of
the Corporation Commission is q
stockholder.
Colorado, originally q part of the
"Great American DesHt," is now
confronted with an over-production
Of potatoes, beets and other farm
products which the farmers find
difficult to handle for want of cheaE
transportation. This applies par.
ticularly to potatoes. The great
output of potatoes in Colorado largely
affects the market. It was in this
State that the potato-bug (CoIoradc
beetle) first made its appearance
spreading as a pest Throughout!
America.
Lady Brassey, of England, is the
owner of one of the most expensive
coats in the world. It is made OF
feathers and cost $1,000, 900 and il
insured for $500,000. The founda
ton of the coat is of hemp grown in
the Sandwich Islands, and to it il
sewn the feathers from the raresi
birds found in the Hawaiian Islands
Around the mantle runs a border oi
crescent-shape figures of crimson and
gold colored feathers. The coat wal
made in America, and it took twenty
years to complete 1T.
So far as we can discover, there il
no war on the Mann bill in any
quarter. One of the candidates ID
probably not as explicit as he might
be on the subject, but his vaguenesl
does not arise from opposition to tn,
measure. As matter of fact, ther,
is no declared issue in the presen
campaign on the liquor question
Judge Mann himself protesting thai
he is not prohibitionist in thii
fight, but straight-ont Democrat
favoring proper regulation of tn,
liquor traffic by law.-Index- Appeal
Rev. j. A. Thomas, pastor Of
Laurel street Methodist church Rich
mond, requested the ladies of his
congregation to attend the services
without their hats. He explained
that ne made the request because hs
thought they would be more com
Portable during the warm season il
they appeared bareheaded and mol
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