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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-12-21

1t takes fully two weeks after Christmas
for trade to resume its normal balance.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-12-21

The "stand pat" Republicans believe in
protecting the protective tariff.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-12-21

Safes in country post offices seem to be
considered a shining mark by crackmen'
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-12-21

Constant complaints never get pity
German rroverh.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-12-21
E.tats Of Eli,a A. Jsnck %

RoRArE COURT oF THE TowS or JoHssIos
November 3, lps.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-28
Coming Wedding.

Especial to The Times p spa tch: }
& WEST POM 7, VA, August 27.--Nr
Kate i. ii Richardson has issued invita-.
lions to the marriage OF er$dauehter.
ELLEN Thorn, to Mr.. Harry Wnrng
Walker, Thursday afternoon septenbet.rr
9Th, at the Methodist Church, West Point.
Miss Richardson Is well known In du-l
.cntional as well as social circles having
graduated at the State Normal College at
Farmville. and tho r3andolph- Macon Col
,lcge, at Lynqhburg and has been a most
successful teacher wherever she has
taught 5i
MI. Walker was originally from King
and Queen county Then he was q suc-
cessful business man at West Point.
Now he is largely engaged In the lumber
business out West. 4. M ji
After the marriage they VIII take a
short Northern trip, return In "a rev rev
days to West Point; thence to Oklahon1;l
City, where Mr.. Walker has charge Of
an office for tho Southern Pine Lumber
Company, and where they WILL reside.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-28
!. y Z | I. \! rI';el: q! Joking.


Very Ltksly Mrs Rubba: = wonder
Why that woman Is watching me SO. Mr..
Tsubba: Y 4 Probably she's trying to find
out why you are staring at her. 5@----l hil-,
adelphin Ledger. .5 f59t
Sss w orse T ON n We'll, Miss aoxley and
are strangers now I've been told not
to call Sthcrs again" Dick: '.Ail! I sup-l
pose old Roxley had hand in that
Tom: 8'. w ell--e r.-not d hand, exactly '' 80
Handing Him An ice.-- softleigh: Good
evening Mrs. Moran. ! came to 500 If
your daughter, Miss Mabel, would 90 for
/ q walk with me- Miss Mabel: How do
I sou DO, Mr. Softleigh7 l shall be ldellgh IT
Cd. Mamma do look At to go to q res
5taurant ?n--Life. 5s5 issF
53 IN Newport miss Gaysett: "Oh, mann. y
ma! What a nice. sensible, decent look
ing young fellow that is over there!"'
Mother: & Hush, child! It must be / q
Walter.'"'=-P lex. S
& All y OF 80 She appears to- have fallen
In love with him" y. Oh, that was some
time ago. She's suing him for breach Of
promise now a = Counting upon getting
damages for the fall, oh ?,'---Phila delpiin5
Press. VI \. III ii 4;
y No Let v She says she was dying
to speak to you this morning when she
saw yoll,''' & said the peacenak or. NJ { Yhy:
doesn't she, then?' replied the girl with
tho steely eye. Az ou mean you'd like her
to speak to you y No; die."!--P hilad ell
phia Press. az u t,sl t iS5
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-28
Italy and Her Railroads.

"a Somo OF our readers will dou btless
recall an article which recently appeared
in The Times-Nlspatch on the experience
'.of Italy III the Ownership and operation
..of railroads. The New York Tribune on on
l'Sunday publishes an article from q cor
respondent at Rome on the same subject
in which he confirms the general state
fments made in this paper. He tells $, US
fsthat as far back as 1865, before Rome
became tho capital of Italy, tho govern,
g,nent of Victor Emmanuel adopted the
principle OF state ownership Of railroads,
and began the purchase OF existing lines
from the corporations which had built
them. Tor nine years after 1868 the
IsEoyernment continued this policy, until
Fit owned :rnost OF the railroads In the
tklngdom. In 1877 Signor Depretis Min
sister Of Public Works, began the railroad
Irpuildlng policy. There were then about
ENfty-nine railroads in existence, mostly
owned by tho state, signor Depretls
Isthcn offered bill for the immediate
construction by the state OF twenty
seven additional lines, with a total mile
age OF 300. at a cost Of Sl25. 900. 900. He
kwent out Of Office with his plan unfnl-
Failed, but his successor, Signor Raeca-
Print! took up tho plan and substituted a
'Ebill calling for thirty-eisht lines. Of $3.50
iimiles This proposition WAS submitted
7 TO parliamentary COMMITTEES, which en-
/ larged upon It, Increasing the number OF
a.,
hf2.70D. Parliament enlarged on this report
\ and Increased the number of lines to fifty
eight and the miIeage to $3.50.
hut It was not enough, Influential
members of Parliament declined to sup
port the bill unless they could directly
Z profit from A. Each demanded, as the
Il price OF his support. that u railroad limo
should be built where IT would benefit
4 lainl, and TO such demands tho Eoyern-
ment had to yield. .Nhe result was that,
\ when the bill finally became law. in July,
1870, 1t provided. for the building OF sixty
four railroads. with q total length Of
& $780, miles. and. as It was said In those
4 days, every deputy who voted for II was
TO have railroad running through Ills
Z dooryard! THE cost OF this siupendous
\ Job WAS to be s262. 10000. ofwhich s2i.opD,-
4 seV / would be contributed by provincial
i AZ municipal governments. ana AL the
4 rcst by The nation,
Tha work was begun with n ruah, and
\ BY! 1855 IL was found that the cost OF thu
+ rosdgf you'd be two or three smeI az
Y 1nusiii as had been expected, And The
/ government found itself actually unable
4 - keep sssI roads siready constructed n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-28
4 A. NEGRO n boy SHOOTS
ANOTHER 8 KNEE GAP II
Arranging for An An. Eld,ucati onaa1
Meeting at Y.
Chester.
Especial to The Times lspatch.)

Es Especial to The Times Dlspatch.)
III CHESTER, VA. August 27--Nathail
Branch, young colored man Of this
vicinity, this morning pointed an "trl F,
loaded gum at a son OF Lawson Friend,
another colored boy, and pulled tho. trg,,
ger. and put him out OF ts.,waalking com;
mission" taking off the knee ca f.#sssE1 8 I
was the same old story Of IT thought
twas not loaded gS3 5s5 lg
The carpenters have finished their
work on the High School building, and In
a few days, after the painter puts on the
finishing touch, tho house will be ready
for use. HI * fl
There is proposition on hand to get
the teachers and school officials Of the
county and as many OF the severe gns''
as will turn out, to assemble at the.
Masonic Hall In Chester, about the
middle OF October, and hear Governor
Swanson, the State superintendent and
other literary men discuss educational
topics, II ~ N 5,lj.
Superintendent Blanklngship has. the
matter under advscment, and will make
tho arrangement In due time.
Mrs. 4. N. Wilson, OF Brook Road Hen
rico county, and an old resident OF Ches-
ter. visited friends here this week.
Tho Nlasons will meet here Thursday
night
Miss Vinia Emorick, who was killed on.
tho Seven Pines road yesterday morning.
was we'll known here. and q former resi-
dent of this place, and her death - q
great shock to hor friends. is *
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-28
TUESDAY, AUGUST q, 1905,
Under all speech that is good for
anything there Hes silence that ls
better. ss3 NJ Nj. l36 # 80 arly we.
#Facetthe Issue.

4 81 Again making the mistake Of taking
seriously ono OF a the reckless assertions
Of the News Leader, Of this city, The
I Times Dispatc OF Sunday directly denied
the News Lenders accuracy. challenged
it. to submit Its statement to q commis-1
I sion, and remarked that our nelghbor
must now make either a Showdown or
a. second back down. The n avs Leader
has again preferred n back.down. Its
assertion had been SO unequiyocal and
unqualified, and our challenge SO instant
|. and 1at-footed, that we anticipated on
i Sunday 3-'no possible chance for techni-
calties, hair-splittings, subsequent ex-g
. plantations and evasions. i appears
that I'VE had. inter all, moderated our
neighbours facility in this department Of
/ controversy. Yesterday 1t artlessly an
nounced that It would like to qualify"
Its challenged assertion of two days bo-i
|. fore by explaining that It "had in mind"
something wholly different from what$it5
had plainly and Enthusiastically stated as.
10 fact :iE Il 3.i 4
Il An irternlinable pursuit of the Will-o'-3
! the-wisp OF irresponsible Ion has n
place among the plans and purpo SEES Of
! this paper Staying the thrice slain is
II 4 pastime that has small charm for our
I selves and less interest, we Imagine, for
\ our eaders. Our contemporary, like4a an
! other Proteus, slips nimbly on from u one.
form to another. In tho process it has
succeeded only In thoroughly mystifying
its readers as to what 1t really means
to assert, and, quite concetvably. in lays vi
ing its allegations regarding Its own and
4 its nelghbors' circulation for the future
open to doubt in the minds Of sober and
,scnndld men. 8,s: ,I3l III
ss We feel dlsp osed to disndss tho News
|: Leader, its Challenges, evnslons, OK
h plantations and back downs, aas unworthy
4 OF further serious consideration. II. how
ever, az It seems, the News Leader does
not know what newspaper circulation is
we think tho proposition we i. made to
them on Wednesday, last, that the whole
i question at issue should be left to the
decision OF five OF the best business men
! OF Richmond with full power to- make q
thorough examination; would furnish a.
means Of settling all questions. II our
rrsneighbor can screw its courage up to
sthe sticking point we commendsth solu-
ton OF It's difficulties, doubts and un-
tcertaintlcs. !.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-28
.RAINE ID. AS If|T HAD lad
NOT RA.I|H| l. D. & !. II
Dams Washed Away and Mills
Injured Quarantine
lsnrciill 10 Tho lmes-Dlspatoh.l

IN q Especial t0&The Times Dlspalcil,)
Ri FIR DERRICK DURG VA, August ~ -
One Of the heaviest rainfals of tha
summer occurred here this mornlng.tit
mas raincd foEtyrone out of the past
iforty-four days. Conditions from the con-
Stinuous downpours are very serious Algll
water In Madison county resulted IN q
portion Of Crigler's Mill being washed
away and the dam damaged, About forty
feet OF the dam Of the addison WOODEN
Mills was washed away and the machln-
cry In the building injured. The dam Of
tho Hawkins and Smith Mill was
also washed away. Much stock has been
drowned and the crops in some places
ruined. }
The smallpox quarantine IN Lancaster g,
county which was lifted recent ly, tllo
scare having subsidized, cost the cout'Fy
over 81 900. u * y, ~, !,
At a Methodist revival at White stone
Church, In Lancaster county. connIete1
by Rev. r.. i. I.nughton, Which closeu
last week. there We're Oyer. forty eo''F
5yerts. M AZ 81 Sa u II rs !. Il 4. ~,
baylor District School Beard, OF oranss
county, has ordered the erection OF
school building at llnionYille, 20 Pc g, e, ~
o,pied by tho higll SCHOOL 5to % es apt's''T
ed at that place, y ,ii "a 4, 4, n,
4 i. A. Kirk has sold his resi- denee ana
farm containing 2022 acres, nesal ~ ~ al'se
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-28

decent running order. Cars, engines and
5road.b beds all deterlorhted, ard ro,tld not
be renewed It was estimated that
more than \ $40, 600, 100 would be required
at once to pitt them III fairly good cor.
Iditidn. III tliis dilemma the government
leased ali its rallronds to private cor
s,,orntions fora ii term Of sixty years and
sold the rolling stock to them on fright
for tSs, 900. 90. But, II spite OF lite expert
Sence, 1t went Right on with the building
of railroads authorized IN 1870, ehactii1,g
iii 1883 d law under which the lesse t.s
\ of state railways wero To help in that
work. Instend Of costing $i25, COX, goo, a ls
estimated by signos Depretis, the roads roads
have cost tho government nearly aty one
billion dollars. Of which more than N two
thirds has como out Of the national trea
&ury, or, rather, ins been added 5le TO ' the
national debt. III. IA
@ Under the terms of the lease tie soy
sernmeilt has not received any rental from m
tho operating companies, but. onath \ \, con-
ttrary, has had to make good It's deficits
In their accounts, for many years nmo unit
ing to about s1,boO,ooo a year, fora con- t'l
siderable portion OF the new railroads
built under the law OF 1870 have nevor5
vet paid running expenses. SO, IN inter-.
est ana deficits, 1taly's railroads have
been costing the nation moro than $50, co.,
900 a year, with not q cent Of returns
10 counterbalanco It. SS. u s.i 55ss
tUR =
But. In spite Of this enormous outlay,
the roads are said to be in wrctched con-
dltion, ana the equipment totally made
squnte. There Is n great o,tcry from
various cities against the poor service,
which is seriously impeding trade. Often
It Is announced that because ofSthe over,
crowdtng and the lack OF facilities for.
transportation, no moro goods will NJ be
received for shipment for q week or more.
Perishable goods, such as fruit, vegeta--i5
bles, meats, ETC., have rotted by the train
load, and passeng gers have had to walt Walt
for days and weeks for tho delivery OF
their baggage. Si n. N II ~ III
n Tho reason FOR this inferior service Is
not hard to find. Although the roads
wore leased for sixty years in 1885, there
was a provision that the lease might be be
Cancelled and Z, the government resume
possession Of the roads at the end ot
twenty years. Naturally4the corporations
operating the roads have not been dis
posed to spend more money than was
absolutely necessary, and the service has
accordingly run down, The government
now proposes to take advantage OF this
provision in the lease and to return to
its former policy Of state ownership and
operation, and before again Undertaking
the task st has decided to investigate
the American plan, Therefore, the King
will send to the United States q royal
commission to study and report upon the
railroad systems OF this country.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-28

Courthouse. to y. III. Evans ri; 10000
Leo Shaw, Of r'lttsburg, Pa, ms No! PUT
chased Of Captain II. q Newton Ivy
ter,s farm in Orange county containing
ST acres, for s.. 900. 5.
w. CT Fltzhugl,, who ilas been co OF
Quoting The Ross House, Mt Irbalna, LOT
some years. as Il hotel, has purchased tl'a
property for $4,000. .5 !,
Mrs Edwards, widow OF the lat az n FJa mes
II. Edwards, Of King Geor n. 9 county, y
hnY pcen stricken With paralysis at the
i,onia - her niece Mrs. Howard Jett, In
&Northumbert nd county. where she waa
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-28
Killed BY Officers.

Editor Of The Times-Dispatch: a3}@
H. Sir,-I have just noticed in your issue OF
the 2lst a dispatch from AsheYille, N. g.,
wherein Is MADE statement [e
Crab Orchard some ten miles northeast
3of here, whore the Virginia and South
western Railway Company. have large
holdings of coal lands and have recently
begun operations preparatory TO removing
the vast quantities of coal found In those
mountains glt NJ ssSs ~
The people or Southwest Virginia are
very sorry that q correct statement could
mot have been given.
Smith and Powers wero foremen for
George B. Doggett g. Co., Powers having
been In the employ OF AIessls. Il Doggett
for some several years past, and was
known by all who knew him as q very
irrational man, 8 Rt Il rs y a
The circumstances relating to tho incl
don't are very brief. and Us u have had
the sam. story corroborAted by seYerA!
influential citizens who were there and
Wore summoned to help make the arrest,
and also BY several DISTINGUISHED by-
ISLANDERS. there seeming to be nothing
that could In nnywlse contradict It, we
can rely on the following statement as
being correct: IA ~ FL e}s
negroes had obtained goods Il to- the
amount Of s. from n store owned ri by
Mitchell Robbias undor crcumstances
that resulted in "a warrant being Issued
for his arrest. This being placed IN the
hands OF ConstanbleT John Norris no. as
sisted by Robbins and John Thomas.
went to the camp to execute the warrant;
he and his men hastily disurmed the of
atlcers. forced them to leave tho camp and
warned them TO keep away Returning
next day with other officers and n
large squad of citizens, they Ewcre
received by a yolley of#shot from
Powers's men; hut this tlme Powers was
pverpowered and the warrant finally exc
Cutcd, A III n
On his death bed Powers confessed to
the killing OF over one hundred negroes
Like many others that give way to their
passions, he eventually met his DOOM
Doggett, his employer, said after seoing
him dead, that although he was sorry to
500 him thus. yet, no doubt It was the
best thing for tho camp and for hlmselfi
that he would have turned him OFT long
ago, hut thnt he was afraid OF him.
Powers, no doubt hud been welding his
power in more mild communities nndlit
Is tho verdict OF all that no struck the
wrong crowd OF officers--a people who
are willing to lay down their lives rRthor
than have the law OF their state yio-
lated IN the least extent. We intend to
force obedience to the law Mt MI hazards
and, on account OF so many negroes tl-
habiting these mining camps. md of
their ignorant state and lnwlcHsncss. we
arc compelled to demand that Justice DO
accorded to all.
Yours very truly,
y. n. YOUNG.
l II tnnn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-28
s,R e, !, o. M
Life Itself Is Not So Simple
\VX3U1D that, my hentllong Teddy
$W5#lS;Y ou "a been u lot less ready n lg
To- turn your siinplif ters on to

sAN4/slULDSt that, my hentlollg ~ euay'
y GU Il been u lot less read N S
y,v ToSStur your sitnplifters on&t to
Milton's pretty speech 4; 4 U
X 81 nipli ~ YOU Sintist, sir. " 'tg
Just Simplify tho trusts, sir, IA 5i
And slenve phonetic spelling to tho wishes
s8gl Of us each K +
50 many things aro lying y. a
AFRO ind for simplifying, 5l3 81 @s tf,s
80 many mustybo settled Il they shan ! be
or they shall: Il S5
n r. \, YOU d be more square II
You'd simplify tho TARIFF
And And? easc along the digging Of the Panama
Canal. ,s NJ u 81 y, AMI
And tlere'sBthe Filipino st "a l 3l5
Whose llfe#1s pretty mean Q, 5 8
Whose lot is not rs simple as It surely.
s5 ght to MUS t. X NJ e 81 NJ " " "a
And socialistio clattors
And boasts Sof andlng-patters,
And marty other matters which must
simplify or bust. S n a
o howl wish that Teddy s5a
Had grown UP much less heady
And Ga kept A himself moro steady Vt,
the wood that must bc sawed
1S,vlsh, II i swear by lingo, "a 81 ~
He'd done most anything Or l3l N 4.
But doctor UP DUR lingo In the tyle5 o.
Arty Ward. FL
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-28
Another Hotel.

400 Especial TO Tho Vines DlspntcH,)
\ NORFOLK, VA,3 August T.--Judgo
Hanckel has approved the application for
q charter OF the PoWhatan Hotel Com
pany. Of Norfolk. The company proposes
to build d 2o0-room $50. 900 exposition hotel
at Pine Beach. Tho capital Is placed at
$4,000. Tho officers are: c. w. ,Tebault,
president r. L. Grasty, vice-president,,
and Daniel Coleman. Jr., secretary ana ''lll;
treasurer, ~ l{8s5s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-28
Bitten By a Rather.

& FREDERICKSBURG IA, August N----
j, Kraft, ono OF the members OF the
Hampton Amusement Company, Which
has been giving exhibitions here, Was ",
severely bitten last night by a pct rattle
snake. He was handling tho snake, when
he WAS bitten on the hand,
a physician WAS called IN, and no ~
expected to recover E} Il
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-28
Warning to the Absent Minded.

wv al 44AAAS W SAA~ = AA~SSAe~ N'~>AAAS~~s
Several days ngo an article was pres
pared for the Times Dlspatcl, on troll.
ley-cur accidents, III which 1t was stated
that In most cases whore pedestrian
Is struck by a passing car tho fault Is
due to the carelessnoss or righteousness
OF the victim, 1.-THE philosophy OF lire.t'
the article went on to say, rs TO make
II ones business to attend to what he
is doing Mt the time and to concentrate
his thoughts on that object. whatever
It may be- When a man Is at work his
thoughts should be- on h!s work, when
MIC is at play his thoughts should be
OH play, when he is walking on tho
street It Is his business to keep his
wits about him and not 20 heedlessly
along like a star-gazer, with his feet on
tho ground and Ills head IN tho sky.
SO many OF us are accustomed to for-
get our surroundings to think about
this, that on tho other matter. wlien
we ure taking our walks abroad, and
80 become more or less obliyioua to our
surroundings. 1T IL that sort or Absent-
lnindsdhess that is largely responsible
Tor accidents on the street" ei
The article was laia aside for future
use, Had Il been printed 1t might have
been the means Of saving the lifa Of
lhe unfortunate young. lady who was
killed on the seven. Pines Road last
/ Sunday She WAS walkini, IN tha runn
| and tho report says "sbe was evidently
IL deep thought. for she had her head
bowe,! deep down, as II she Was l,on-
dering over some subject when the
car sHertook her. ,flcl' apscn:rminded-
ness cost her her Ms,
II is q sad story, but u snoull be d
| warning to all persons Who fall into ,f,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-28
Used a Worthless Check.
Especial 10 Tho Times lspalcho

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES VA, August a.
Raymond Limerick. Of Stafford county,
vent to the Virginia Clothing Store here.
purchased suit or clothes ma some
other articles, amounting to $l2. He
handed check for SIS on Conway Cor
don and Garnetts Bank, e payable to
Richard Johnson, ana signed r. j, Mon
cure. The check turned out to boa fnrg-
cry, and Limerick was arrested and sent
on to the grand jury. "a @ 55sl A r. 5
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-28
The Bill Of Rights and the Negro.

y Does our friend doubt for a moment
that its author would 5e5among the first.
to laugh 4 to scorn The suggestion that.
the bill OF Rig ts, or the principles Of
liberty formula ted Hie rein, dld, or could
or were Intended to apply to the negro
race ?-The Dwentng Joirnni
35 The bills Of d Nights provides that a no
man shnll-be u eprlvedf OF hlsTlife or llber.t
ty, except by tho law Of tho land. 1t
also provides that no person shall he
deprived OF his property without due
process Of law. II tho Bill of Rights does
not apply#to the negro ] ace, a negro iclti-,
zen may be lynched not for one crime,
but for any crlnlo, and may be despoilod
OF his property, or deprived OF his liber-
.ty without any legal process. That Is,
what the Journals rank assertion means,
or 1T means nothing; and It shows to-
what frenzy tho lynching spirit viii LEAD
a man when once 1t has taken possession
Of him. 5y
1.-THE Bill Of Rights says our con-
temporary, was never drawn for, Is In
no wise fitted for, and never Intended to
be applied to negroes. Mason no more
had In mind the negro when he for-5
INFLATED the Bill Of Rights than had JEFF
ferson when no laid down rs n funda-
mental principle in the Declaration, that
all men arc born free and equal''"5 j
but George Mason did not write our.
present Bill Of Rights. IT was written, or
to be exact, rewritten from Mason draft.
aby Judge Berryman Grcon. Of Danyllle,
and unanimously adopted by the Virginia
Constitutional Convention OF 1902. Yet
the Journal would make 1t appear that
the convention did not intend 1t to apply
to the negro rtsce. s55
{ Such, revolutionary statement should
not BIO. made ,by tho. Journal unlessi 1t can
furnish nffidavits from tho members OF
the convention to support It.
T - ll4 -