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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-06-07
BROWN SULLIVAN

Mr. Sam Brown. o' Richmond. an ON
ployee OF tine r. T. a Z. Il. K ana MISS
Matte Sullivan, OF this city lett Nednes-
day for Washington to be married. The
viii reside at Quincy =, Caroline county.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-06-07
ASK CLEMENCY FOR BATTAlLE

More petitions were received Tuesday
u Richmond asking c.ennnry Tor
Gabriel HatiaiIr. tle negro 90 hang
Friday AT King George g. II. THE gov
err0r declined o. reopen Tire case
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-06-07
POTOMAC. FREDERICKSBURG
And PIEDMONT RAILROAD


connections AZ Frci,rickshurs with q. F. 4 e..
r. X And NArsla Delaware aud Nir.-inih Kali
WAY Go. Al OrsnEC With southern Is. H. Auh
ahr-apaake 4 Ohio d. o..
The only line to tho Chanc-llorsvillo and WI
derness battl.relt-
kast.rn standard Time. Daily excei. sunday.
WI. RICHARDS. ten. Mauager.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-06-07
WHITSUNTlDE PICNIC

one Of the most delightful picnics Of
Whifsuntide was given by Miss Dorothy
Freeman at Alum Spring Monday.
There were Is happy children present.
Games. bathing. dancing and singing
were INDUCED in. At - o'clock II sub
stantial repast was served. Aitera long
happy day the children returned home
having had splendid time. Those pres,
ent were Dorothy Freeman. Harold
Genthcr. Margaret Sacry. Willie Demp-
-ny. Adele Allison. Ward Freeman, Doris
Green. Madge Dempsey. Irma Dempsey,
Audrey Freeman, Maurice Rove, Hans
ford Rowe. Josiah Rowe. Edgar Good
rick. John Freeman. Chap@rOned by
Miss b. Rowe and Miss Dempsey.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-06-07
CURRENT COMMENTS

Col Ed. Cole was in Washington
/ Tuesday
Judge T. r. b. Wright was visitor
here Tuesday
Mr. George " Davis, of Caroline, spent
/ Sunday and Monday hele.
Joe Poole found a hail cent Friday
dated 1901
Mr. o. b. Hopkins, Of Richmond was
in the city Monday.
Mrs. VI. T.. Terrell is SPENDING a lew
days in Washington. ~ guest a. friends.
Mr.. j. ". Allison WAS at Milford,
Tuesday on business.
Miss Haiti, Il Hay has pturacd home
To spend the summer
Miss Mary Carmichael i. guest of
friends ia Caroline county.
Mr.. Allen Smith, OF King George couu
ty, was in tine city Tuesday.
Mr.. A. D. Alexander spent several
days here this week.
Mr.. and Mrs Nelson, of >latltimore,
Md. urr guests oi thcir daughter, Mrs
John r. Ro~eOro
Mr.. Melee Latham is i'm Alexandria
attending the sessions Of thr State Fed
Grafton OF Labor
Miss Annie May Baker has returned
from Observation-Disclosures Noman 3 college
1 ..,... f.,tt... Inn Q .... .trltLff0ff
Expert hand engraving and waich IT,
pairing at HI. T.. Norris the r'te"i "h"
opticiAn. 50 Main ~tn~t
Thrr. were tno nrv member, Initiated
IN, the order uj l.lh~ Moulay nights alter
t,r initiation time ~pnad Wa enjoyed.
Mrs j. J.. Smith, of Richmond. h'~
b,,.n Il guest of her mother Nr- j. llor-
ac,. Lacy. tor ~,Nera. days.
SrcS : kaufman. thr icwcier and
opticiau. 500 Main street. ior W,Ddn q
gifts iu silver and cui glass.
Mr. George Fcrrrn. who las been
connected with Singer Sowing M"'i.
O.. htrc lit Tues lay lur richmond lo +
accept "a position
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$50 M','- L. r.,, d. 'n',- 49, ,i,..,.,. ,hn
nav. h.,.i, quests OF pr. 4. e.. bose. 60,
returned home "Wednesday.
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moved ihe "'' s''', '''i'' u" ''' ..,..,...r.
afnr, tn r.placiurthcm Wituuco cement
stem.
Miss Uovi,ou. of fredericksburg. who
ha~ been SPENDING -umr time 80 Prof.
T. +. Huntington al tnr tH''r>il\,
returned TODAY toAeruour natutt'.-
viii. p,nrp.,-
w are now showing thr MOST CONE
piri' niue "i '''i'S "''' ''' '''','.. y..i
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best made. The r y Brent Store
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9~ cents gets % great Miil' '''' '''l'
gam al Jones lni. "'.n' , '..' "o,.l
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MR. W G.. Davis o' Richmond. i~Nl-lt-
ug beer parents. Mr.Wd Mf-. Ja-."""r.''
az ''''''
Exquisite gifts Con j ui'r ni'.'-' u. $40,
icvcler, 500 Main ,tnrt i' ~ ~. u,
quality and especially 'i'' price WIZ
please you
N,. ChiI.. and Ht,l, daughter.
'ie''i'''c' ''' nav -''''. ''' '''''.'''
to spend 'l' summer
TRADE withS. $ kaufman, ta' ""rirr
AMI ,pti,iau. "oH Mau street. Largest
SELECTION ot watches. diamonds. l'N'iil
silver t-IN tA4fi fAt rt'A i-
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In the course Of ten years, this means
one and one-half million dollars. Aver
aging the profit on this amount at
twenty per cent, it means mat in ten
years time three hundred thousand
dollars profits are taken from the town.
Now, on the other hand should the
farmer, instead Of sending away his
money to the foreign place for goods
he requires, give all his trade to the
home town, its business would be i'm
mediately doubled, and with twice the
employment for the people. Year af-
ter year, the profits made by the mer-
chants would be retained in the town,
would seek investment in starting new
industries, and at the end Of the ten
year period, instead Of a town Of one
thousand, there would be lively city
of from two to three thousand, and
every acre of farm land within the
trade radius of the town would be en-
hanced in value from ten to twenty
dollars.
ENRICHING THE BIG CITIES.
1t can be plainly figured out that the
individual farmer who would divert
half his trade to Chicago, New York or
some other foreign city. in the course
OF ten years would send away three
thousand dollars. II 1t we're possible
that he could save ten per cent on this
amount, in ten years. time he would
save three hundred dollars. His only
compensation would be dead home
town, poor schools, poor home mar
ket, and no increase in the value OF his
real-estate holdings.
On the other hand, by giving his
patronage to the home town, even
though he must pay the merchant ten
per cent more than the foreign house,
the result would be like this: On &C.
count of increase in farm values. one
hundred and sixty acres Of land worth
ten dollars more per acre. sixteen hun
dred dollars; or, thirteen hundred dol
lars better OF in ten years than II he
gave half his patronage to the foreign
concern. His home town is lively
one, all public improvements, all mod.
ern conveniences, high schools. to
which he could send his children
cheaply, good churches, good roads,
and everything that can add to the COM
fort and happiness Of it's residents.
and those who reside near 1t. Not
withstanding, that the farmers land is
enhanced in value, his taxation will be
but little greater, - the business inter-
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greatest good for the greatest number,
the farms of each agricultural area
surrounding a town should support
that town to their uttermost.
KEEP THE MONEY AT HOME.
Every dollar that the farmer spends
in the town indirectly comes back to
him in the way of benefits. The town
grows, it supports better stores. more
churches, better schools to which he
can send his children, furnishes bet.
ter near-at-hand markets for his prod.
ucts, and finally increases the very
value of his farm land. AS good II.
lustration, the Dry Goods Reporter as
sumes that such an agricultural town
has a population of 1000. its support
coming from the country tributary to
it. The life Of the town is it's retail
trade. II it secures the entire purchas-
ing business of the farmers, 1t must of
necessity grow rapidly. But Mont.
gomery Ward and Co., Sears, Roebuck
and Co., and others of the enormous
mail order houses send out their great
four or five pound catalogues describ-
ing everything under the sun. Suppose
that instead of spending his 5000
year in his home town, each farmer in
the community diverts SO per cent OF
his trade from his town and sends $500
year to the catalogue houses; 1t
means that half Of the business of the
town is gone. On the basis OF one hun.
dred or one hundred and fifty square
miles of territory to support the town,
1t can be estimated that there are five
hundred farmers in the district. Three
hundred dollars year in trade from
each of the farmers means that one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
annually is taken from the home town.
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taking effort and constant care from
a boy of this age; encourage 1t but do
not compel 1t.
He can be taught by example all OF
the needs of plant growth but his hoe
Ing and wedding may be superficial.
II you ask him he will allow you to dig
in his garden to loosen the soil deeper
than his strength permits. 1t is wise
to do this for there must be carrots
and cabbage to harvest or there will
be no play ground here next year
If the boy of five has been allowed
the run Of garden, If at eight he has
garden or his own, at ten he will love
gardening and will have absorbed an
amazing store OF knowledge, and to
him may be impaired at this age in a
way and manner that will awaken the
the purest and best that is In him, the
mystery OF life.
A pumpkin plant on n compost heap,
sending It's vigorous shoots over the
weeds, climbing where 1t cannot creep,
thrusting its snake like head through
the garden fence, Is thing OF wonder
TO boy If he Is but taught to see It.
and when its great golden blossoms
appear there is a still greater wonder
| unfolded.
Boys OF twelve and fourteen may de-
sert the garden for the ball field or the
fishing rod, and 1t is well they should,
for the serious time of life is coming
soon and play days should be as many
and long as school and home duties
VIII permit But garden for boy at
this age may be greater factor in his
training for life than at any other, for
by this time the root of all evil" has
entered his soul; he has learned that
money is essential in order to procure
the many things boy must have, and
the garden, which to this time has
been a recreation field, a place Of won
derful possibilities in the way OF good
things to eat and pumpkins for jack-o'-
lanterns. may be most fertile field
Of revenue
Whatever the crop the proceeds
should be wholly his own, n he has
produced the crop wholly by his own
enorts. There is but one way that he
can learn the value of money and that
is by earning It, The wiee use Of
money must also be learned but that
is outside the sphere Of gardening.
From address Of Prof. Cransflsld,
Wise. Agr. ColIege.
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CT all the agricultural products. So
that the greatest factor in land value
is the nearness to good markets. 1t
becomes plain, therefore, that the bet
ter the home town can be made, the
more valuable is the farm land tribu.
tary to It, In the purely agricultural
sections, the average country town Is
located in the center OF from 75 to 15O
square miles Of territory; that is the
town is supported by the trade result
ing from that area Of farms. Accord
ing to federal statistics the average
farmer spends 1927 year for supplies
clothing for his family. household
utensils. food that he does not grow
himself. farm implements, etc.
Now il must be evident that II b plan
vers to be followed looking to The
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ests OF the town will pay the burden
of taxation. and the amount of each
taxpayer will be less in proportion to
carry on government.
is THE SAVING A REAL ONE?
While the country household in
looking over one of the big catalogues
and sending an order for $50 worth of
goods, may be able to figure out an
immediate saving Of five or six dollars.
even after they have paid the freight.
there Is no question as to the final out
come, II the practice Is persisted in by
all the people OF any particular local
ity. The home town will suffer, the
home market will fail to increase. II
1t does not decrease. as will also the
value of the farm lands. Undoubtedly
the catalogue houses can sell goods
cheaper than the average country
store. for they do a cash business
you send on your cash with your
order. There Is no risk In the cata-
logue or mail order house business.
Possibly II you arranged to do business
on the same basis with your country
merchant-cash down with your pur-
chase-you could get almost as favor
able prices. But the country merchant
Is supposed to extend credit to every
one: he has bad bills which lr never
collects and consequently must make
a greater percentage OF profit on the
things he sells.
Every community which is imbued
with the spirit of building up its own
industries and of supporting its home
town with local pride, is sure to be the
most prosperous; there can be no gain
saying this fact
The Delta independent., 1906-07-20
THE HOME GARDEN.
The Story of the Boy and His Little
Plot of Crouno

The Story of the Boy and His Little
Plot of Crouno
At the age of five every boy is by
instinct a gardener. II guided by op-
portunity. example and intelligent di-
rection he will dig. plant and develop
an interest in growing things: lacking
these the call of mother nature leads
to mud pies. Given square yard OF
mellow ground. tiny hoe and hand
full of beans. healthy five year-old
boy will have combination that ex-
cells anything yet designed in nature
study"
From five to ten the world begins to
dawn. He looks up and out; he sees
and initiates, but does not reason. He
should play without nindrance. II the
square yard of ground be enlarged to
a rod, the handful OF beans TO a collec.
tion Of seeds (the kinds for sale in the
grocery stores are best as these have
brilliantly colored pictures on the pack
ages and the boy learns thereby what
manner of thing he Is to expect. this
square rod will be the play ground to
surprising extent.
He may not plant the kinds you ex-
pect or want him to plant, as his view
point is different from yours. II is un-
wise to insist on any given plan. Let
this garden be his own. II II has been
entirely to carrots or cabbage let it re-
main carrots and cabbage, for they are
more to him than your choice variety
1t is unwise to expect careful pains
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MAIL ORDER BUSINESS.
ENORMOUS STRUCTURES TO BE
ERECTED BY MONTGOMERY
WARD AND COMPANY AND
OTHERS.

Suggests Question Whether Giant
Catalogue Houses are Benefit or
Detriment to the Farmer and the
Country Generally.
Chicago is to have the greatest build
ing the world ever constructed for COM
mercial purposes. 1t will have floor
space of so acres-a good sized farm.
1t is to be 10 stories high, including the
basement, and were it to be all
stretched out on one floor it would
cover 13 of the big city blocks in the
windy city. 1t will be 900 feet in length
and 27O feet wide and will be built of
steel and concrete. The cost will be
$2,5O0,0 900. The present building oc-
cupied by Montgomery Ward and Com.
pany is huge affair, but is stated to
be entirely inadequate to the needs OF
this enormous mail order house, and
SO this new pile is to be constructed.
1t seems to be the time Of big COM
merical houses in the great centers OF
the country. Another big firm is to
erect a building on Chicago avenue,
which will contain a million square
feet-20O feet by 500 feet; Sears. Roe
buck and Company is a big Chicago
business rival of the Montgomery Ward
firm, and has just also been incorpor-
ated to do business in New York, with
a capitalization of $40,O00,000. paying
the State incorporation tax Of 100000.
TO BE PROUD OF.
These are fine projects, and at first
thought may make one proud Of Amer
lean business Institutions, but what is
the real effect of the success of these
gigantic commercial houses upon the
country's prosperity? How does their
business affect the country merchant,
the country banker, the country town
itself and in fact the country people
who are the patrons of the great mail
order houses. What creates the village,
the town, the thriving city? What
keeps 1t a live and bustling center ra-
ther than a dead congregation Of few
houses with one or two miserable
stores? 1t is the patronage and sup
port, is it not, Of the surrounding coun-
try homes. Towns are butt up only
when they have support from an agri-
cultural territory, if agriculture is the
surrounding industry, which is the
case in nine out of ten instances. But
conversely. the richness Of the soil
alone does not make the most valuable
farms.
THE MARKET FOR PRODUCTS.
lHeTe HnuSL De u SoOu HdTheI loi IhC
farm product; If the farm is adjacent
to live growing town supporting ac-
tive and well-to-do-people, the market
for the farmers products will be ac-
tive and the prices good. II the town
be a dead one, he will have to turn
elsewhere to dispose of his products,
and perhaps incur heavy Transports
tion charges in their shipment. This
fact is set forth unmistakably in the
last census figures which show that In
a small area of te United States, the
regions where factories abound,-a dis
trict comprising but little over 10 pei
cent Of the United States-the value
of the farm lands is over half that o1
all of the arabic land in the entire
country. The farms in these regions
are located close to the factories
which afford profitable home marke
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EOuOATION
0O.OPE q ALTON
OpPOR TUMOTY
NOmE OTIS


We believe that the Patriotic Slogan
of the Whole People OF this Nation
should be Every Child In Garden
Every Mother In Homecroft-and1 In
iyidual Industrial Independence for
Every Worker In Home OF his Own
on the Land and that until he owns
such Home. the concentrated purpose
and chief inspiration to labor In the life
Of every wage worker should be his
determination to Get nm Acre ana
Live on it."
We believe that the Slums and
Tenements and COngested Centers OF
population In the Cities nre n savagely
deteriornting social, moral and pOlit-
ical influence, and that great public
movement should be organized, and
the whole power of the nation ana
the states exerted for the betterment
of all the conditions of Rural Life, and
to create and upbuild Ccnters OF so
cIal and Civic Life In Country and
Suburban Towns and Villages, where
Trade and Industry can be NO firmly
anchored that they cannot he drawn
into the Commercial MaelstrOm that
Is now steadily sucking Industry and
Humanity into the Vortex OF the
Great Cities.
We believe that every Citizen In
this Country hns an Inherent ana
Fundamental Right to an Education
which will train him to Earn Liv-
ing, and, II need be, to get his living
straight from Mother Earth: and that
he has the same right to the Opportun-
ity to have the Work to Do which Will
aiford him that living, and to earn not
only C. cor 'ortable livelihood, but
enough more to enable him to be
HomecrOfter and to have n Home OF
his Own, with ground around IT
sufficient to yield him and his family
Living from the Land us the reward
for his own labor
We believe that the Public Domain
Is the most precious heritage of the
people, and the surest safeguard the
nation has against Social Unrest. Dis
turbance or Uphen val. and that the
Cause of Humanity and the Preserva-
tion Of Social Stability and Of our Free
Institutions demand that the absorb
tiOn Of the public lands into specula-
tive private ownership, without settle
ment, he forthwith stopped: and that
the nation should create opportunities
for HOmecrofters by building irriga-
tion and drainage works to reclaim
land as fast as II In needed to give
every man who wants Home on the
Land chance to get II.
We believe that, a. Nation. We
should be Dess absorbed with Making
The Delta independent., 1906-07-20
THE COMING PEOPLE.

Outward changes, economical and
political. more or less marked. are
always going on in the forms and or
ganizatiops OF society. But to-day on
can make a specially strong argumen,
that great and radical changes are i'm
pending. No one can believe that
existing conditions will continue In
world where nll things move and
change. Waste. extravaganza. political
corruption. fierce mercantile rivalries.
colossal monopolization OF wealth AMI
OF the Industrial plants OF the world.
masses OF drcary poverty.-thcse are
natural subjects for profound. pntri.
otic and humane concern. In not the
old social and Industrial machinery.
the competitive or wnge system. show
Ing signs OF breaking down beneath
Its load?
'"rhe question is quite fair whether
any system is Just thnt permits indi'
viduals to roll up immense fortunes M
the result Of lucky spcculntions. or OF
the rise OF land values about greatp
city. that permits other individuals to
inherit almost unlimited money power.
as men once Inherited duchies and
Kingdoms, while millions OF working
men, with small wages, live close d
the danger line of debt. or even of cold
and starvation, and are liable to h
thrown out OF employment for months
mt n time.
when In the face of natural wealth,
never 80 abundant. and forces OF pro
duction augmented indefinitely by
science and invention. no many almost
fail to reap any benefit from the re.
sources which surely belong to the
race. 1t must at least be confessed that
our present system. both OF production
ana OF distribution. is not intclligcntly
or humancly managed. Its results do
not represent an ideal democracy.
brotherhood OF man."-From '"The
Coming People. by Chas. i. Dole
1t belfOOves everyone who has eyes
to see and ears to hear and brain
with which to think to study the ire
mendous social problems with which
we are face to fnce to-day.
Whether they nrc settled right or
wrong will AFFECT every member Of the
community. No one can escape tine
evils that will result from wrong
settlement and everyone will he bene-
fitted by right settlement.
Nothing In more important than that
we should get started right. There ls
guidance and Inspiration In every linS
OF 'THE COMING PEOPLE" by
Chas. r. Dole.
In order to bring this book within
tho reach OF all. n popular edition has
Just been issued by the Homecrofters
Gid Of the TRlisman which can be had
for % cents, postage included. RenNs
by postal money order, express money
order or postage stamps to "THh
HOMnCROFTERA 148 Main d.
WateEtown, Mass"
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THE slums and tenements Of the
great cities are social dynamite. GER
tain to explode sooner or later. The
only safeguard against such dangers
is to plant the multiplying millions Of
The Delta independent., 1906-07-20

This book is the first of q Series
that will Chronicle the Progress OF the
HOMECROFT MOVEMENT
and inform all who wish to cooperate
with 1t how they may do 30 through
the formation OF local Homecrofters'
Circles, Clubs or Gilds to promote
Town and Village Betterment. stimu-
late home civic pride and loyalty to
home institutions. Industries and trade.
improve methods and facilities Of edu-
cation In the local public schools. aud
create new opportunities AT Home"
that will go far to check the drift OF
trade and population to the cities.
The first Gid Of the Homecrofters
has been established at watertown.
Massa achusetts. The Gildhall, Shops
and Gardens are located Mt 143 Main
now fully organized and over one
hundred children are ut work in the
Gardens. The departments for train
ing In Homecraft and Village Indus
tries are being installed. The weavers
are already Mt work mt the looms.
1t is not designed to build here an
isolated institution. but to make a
model which can be duplicated In any
town or village In the country.
Copies Of "TME FIRST 0ook OF
the hoMEcRoFTER8" can be
obtained by sending twelve two
cent stamps with your name and
address Carefully and plainly
WrItten) to Tho hom0crofters' OLD
Of tho Talisman 1A3, Main IT,.
WatevtoWn. massaohuoottS.
There is New Hope and Inspiration
for every Worker who wants n Home
OF his own on the Land In the
CREED AND PLATFORM OF THE
HOMECROFTERS' which Is as fol-
lows
"Peace has her victories no less re-
nowped than war"
The Delta independent., 1906-07-20

!!!E!E!!:E!E!EEE !!!!!:E!EE Isl !!!s!EEzEEss

THE FIRST BOOK -, %. HOmECROF TIERS
HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED CONTENTS ARE
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES OF ABSORBING
The Brotherhood Of Man
Charity that Is E0eriastinS
The Secret of Nippon,s Poa0er
Lesson Of Great Calamity
The Sign Of Thought
The Delta independent., 1906-07-20

our fast Increasing population in in
dividual homes on the land-home-
crofts. however small. owned by the
occupant, where every worker and his
family can enjoy Individual Industrial
independence" e."-GeOrgc ii. Maxwell.