The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-04-07
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Found Dead iir. Rogers Article en- The Public
SchooS-0ihsr Notes Of Interest
Duun-giiIe. Va, April =, 1906.

Duunsgiile. Va, April ,, 1906
At au early hour yesterday m,rnia <,
Mr.. George Rice. vino lives between
I}owlri- and Oz.aua, iouhd the body Oi
Wiley Gn,u, "a rulur.d boy. lJyear- old.
Iylng lu The road between liF K.rr'-
house and the kippahanpockrivT Mr..
a.. Is NHwDill, j. + acting c0fJn"f. SUN
mourd un inquest jury, and it Was dr-
cidei that tine boy came o. aIs death by
rxposun.. after having h"el intoxicated
Rev Mr. Watson oi ih' Ruppuhnn-
mock church. has gone - lie bedside Oi
his IN sister in the Valley.
Mr. Mitchell, Oi De- Molucs. Iowa. who
b. selling lightning rod. here. has an eA-
hiuJ in the form Oi miniature thunder
storm. which i- very realistic. You can
near the lhuuicr rolf, see tue lightning
lash -ee the committing rols take nap
the -nDtl, tIid. and pas- DO harmin--ly j.
dOAn thr ~ilc, of thr hitis dwelling oyer
the rods t0 lh. grOuud o. I-ptl where
rHi7tant moisture exists.
The attaoa mddr Uy Sir. james J.
Rogers. 81 Ming Gcurg', against thrpu0-
lic school system. published in your
columns. l. a ph.I'pp.c ot the classical ol-
der truly IL has bsea commented or
here cN truSiye.y and much interest IL cX-
pressed in the article. 5lr Rogers taught
lu the public schools OF this county Tor
years, and there is many young man
and young lady VINO owe bin debt
Of gratitude Tor his speulii drill 10 mat
ter- educational ltls not within my
province to take up the ligit against Oh,
public school system Ol Virginia. And
III truth Mr. Rogers needs TO one TO all
MIN. lie is a whole army OF regulars
with rapid moyement,a and a. navy Oi bat
tleships with bursting brOadsides.
Could poor Philip have feit worse when
DemOsthenes had scathed him, and
hayed him, and irieG him, and dressed
him OF with red pepper and an extract
of Browns bltters. than the several
legislatures OF Virginia should feel. u
what Mr. Rogers says iscOrrect. fJr their
various and -lndry failures 10 give the
State a system Of public schools worthy
Ol the name? | venture 20 remark that
there has appeared nothing more with
eiing. more acrimonious, more burdrned
with severity and bitterness of criticism
for the last decade than this attack Oh
the public school system, not even except
ng the scathng iuvrctlye hurled against
the chair now and then when mlnOri-
IS reports are ''jockeyed ' of the track
Ii is almost "a pattern OF icOnOclastlc
destruction The Free Lance Oi the 24th
has been sought anXiously by those who
DO not take the paper
Every one is behind with his farm
work. Very few have even planted
green peas and Irish potatoes. The land
is very wet and cold
Mr.. Robert l.. Ware was out 10 at
tend services at the Rappahannock yes
terday. the first time Tor many weeks.
having been sick.
r. r. Rice. Of Ozeana, leaves Tor Balti
more today Oh business.
Mrs. Laura Garnett has a private
phone line to her residence There viii
probably follow other private lines. The
country is looking up some.
George NJ. Tribhle says his alfalfa ls
waving. This tells how high it l.. tie
insists on using lime 10 get a stand.
b. Ware. Oi Wares. says Norfolk Is
booming aud people are coming In
very rapidly. The large hotel going up
there il worthy 10 I've cassed among the
largest buildings ior entertainment in
the world.
1t is to be hoped that Mr. Sedgwick
may be able to report that the jim Crow
law is a. much To the liking OF the better
class OF colored people as To the white
people when he gets back TO Boston
Massachusetts and Virginia are too
closely related in their early days OF set
Element and development for Massa-
chusetts not to honor Jamestown and
the great effort Virginia is putting forth
to have an exposition.