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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-11-09

A noteworthy feature of this West
Virginia case was that the poems were
all whites and many of them native
born American citizens.
In case which was tried at Char,
lotte, N. c., the evidence developed
the fact that the principal offender,
who is still in hiding somewhere and
so could not be brought to justice,
had gone after four escaping negro
poems, overtaking them, tied their
wrists together with ropes, placed
two of them in the rear of his buggy
and made the other two 'tfoot it, be-
hind while he trotted his team over
fifteen or twenty miles of North Car
DINA road.
In Tennessee, the case stands as
follows:
AS many as 500 poems, The Record
Herald correspondent was informed
today, may be found guarded and in
bondage in single mines They are
employed in the copper mines OF
Tennessee, in the phosphate mines
and in the coal mines. The rapid in
crease in railroad building has called
for thousands of laborers, and where
ever construction work is in progress
one is likely to find from one to three
hundred poems, guarded with shot
guns and rifles.
Two of the points in the article
are worthy of special attention.:
Where do the poems come from;
how do they happen to get into the
slave camps; and why are they SO
anxious to get from their employ
ment after getting there? Thousands
are gathered by labor agents in
northern cities, who grow rich from
the fees they receive from the south
ern employers. 1t is stated that
many of the poems come from agen-
cies.in Chicago, as we'll as New York,
Philadelphia and Pittsburg, the great
est draft naturally being from the
horde of freshly-arrived immigrants
seeking labor in the land of the free.
The second fact is this, that some
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-11-09

For while after the emancipation
proclamation went into effect all
friends of humanity were jubilant
over the fact that "the sum of all vii
lainies," human slavery, had forever
come to an end in the United States
Those hopes have been blasted; or it
is an established fact, proved by Of
fetal records, that, in the modified
form of peonage, SLAVERY STILL
EXISTS IN THE UNITED
STATES. The Chicago Record Her
aid has made careful examination
of the situation and we make men
ton of some of the facts disclosed
by its investigation, as follows:
In the Missouri case the defend
ants had been convicted at Cape Gil
rardeau, Mo-, of holding in slavery
under guards and guns a negro man
employed on plantation which the
defendants were clearing. The negro
represented fifty or sixty Others who
were employed in the same way.
t In the West Virginia case, the
principal offender--the Ritter Lum-
Der company was fined $4,000, and
as the agreement carried costs and
the expenses Of the final presentation
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-11-09
WASHINGTON SOCIETY
ETPT So

The Washington Society Girls
stands for the Standard Of quality
The ashington Society Girls
have long held the reputation as be-
ing the best company Of its kind in
existence, and this seasonit is grand.
er and better than ever The best
material obtainable has been secured.
Two new burlettas have been added,
which are replete with good, clean,
wholesome comedy, guaranteed to
drive away the blues. a host of
young girls and frst-c1ass comedians
will be, seen. The scenic effects, cos.
tunes, etc, are all Of the finest and
that will Be enjoyed. DON'T fail, to
get your tickets in advance, as a
crowded house is assured As an.
extra attraction The management has
secured Joe Cans, the lightweight
champion fighter of the world. Is
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-11-09
ROSE MELVILLE.
AS isis Hopkins" at the Grand
Next Week.

Next Week
sentiment Of the kind which appeals
to ones sympathies are the main
springs Of ISIS Hopkins, that de-
llghtful play Of Indiana country life
which Miss Rose Melville, the creator
OF the quaint character of Sis has
made famous the length and breadth
OF the land. This attraction begins
weeks engagement at the Grand,
Sunday matinee, Nov 10. There is
much more than mere sentiment in
the play; it. is full to overlooking Of
delightful comedy and humor most
beautifully shaded with pathos which
softens the high lights Of the wit of
the play There is no play on the
stage which has made the success
Sis Hopkins" has achieved sue
cess which is free from the c1ap-trap
OF artihciality; success which is
solid and lasting. Miss Melville's
portrayal of II the odd little country
girl who is thrown into the midst of
fashionable seminary society clad in
her home made, motler-ntade dress,
has become a classic, and the gentle
rebuke which she administers to the
girls who sreer at her unfashionably
made dress awakens sympathetic re-
Spouse in the hearts Of her hearers.
After listening to the whispered com.
me11ts on her appearance, this home.
sick, lonely little girl draws herself
up and with simple dignity says, My
ma made this dress for me and what
is good enough for her to make is
good enough for me to wear
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-11-09

of witnesses, not to speak of the fees
of eminent lawyers, it is said that the
company is out $4,000 or $4,000.
of the southern states have made
laws expressly designed to promote
this form of slavery.
State laws have been enacted max
ing it practically a criminal offense
to attempt to escape from peonage.
There are laws making it a penal Of
tense for a farm laborer to quit the
service at which he is employed un-
der certain conditions And in Flor
ida, Alabama, Georgia and North
Carolina, for instance, there are so.
called false pretense"' laws which
provide about the same result as laws
legalizing peonage. They are COM
plicated statutes which prohibit la
borer from leaving his work after
making a contract for which he re-.
ceives advance money, and making
the contract pri1na facie evidence Of
having received money.
In connection with the foregoing,
it is well to remember that the most
potential fact which led to the adop-
ton of the 18th Amendment was
that every one of the rebel states,
after being whipped back into the
traces forthwith proceeded to the en-
actnent of laws establishing a condi-
ton Of peonage compared with which
slavery was state of beatitude. We
are glad that the Ritter Company
was fined; but fine is merely form
of license and is very often gladly
paid by "malefactors of great
wealth" We think the proper rene
dy is the old Jewish law: Who so
shall steal man and sell him, the
same shall be put to death.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-11-09
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-11-09

!. VS..
Address the Senator Defines
House
Senator Albert
church of Oak Park Monday
4 .s# E
said #I
The Senate
the House Representatives When
OF Senate
though
whose opinion opposed
ION the other
going beyond safe bounds it
Because
he is the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-11-09

BUssE BALKs TALK ON RELIGION s.*.@ .tss
Mayor Denies Himself Revvas
but Tactfui
Mayor Busse is willing
ne discussed economic
conditions omen. f s.
men ne mas listened
mucn
He
primary
ne wont talk religion Eyangeistc council which
Torrey
Know something the
me members OF the city council
apeared u satisfy revivalis
W.T. taken
once PVT remained
usse had
Germ ard that he did touAscus 80 -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-11-09

According to some philosophers,
the Georgia prohibitory law is the
result of the Atlanta massacre. They
must think with the old lady in a
well-known yarn: God sent it, if the
Devil brought it.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-11-09

Treat each man according to
his worth as man. Distrust
} all who would have any one :
class placed before any other.
Other republics have fallen be.
} cause the INSCRIPTIONS have
substituted loyalty to class for
loyalty to the people as a whole. :
President Roosevelt's speech I
at Little Rock, Ark.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-11-09
PEONAGE.

NOVEMBER 9, 1907,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-11-20
MR.. BRYAN A CANDIDATE

The Hon. William Jennings
BRYAN has forn ally announced
his Willingness to become the
Democratic nominee fer the Presl-
dency in 1908, but with the dis
tiuct understanding that tho
honor must come to him unsought.
He declares that he will neither
ask for the nomination, ncr will be
make a fight for it. He has been
so amply recompensed by his
party that he cannot claim the
nomination as a reward, nor will
he assume to decide the question
of his availability.
The statement Of his position
was made through the medium OF
his paper, The Commoner. He
says that should the Democrats
select him as their standardbear-
er, he will wage as aggressive fight
as be can for the application of
Democratic principles to present
conditions, the principles of
"squal rights to all and special
privileges to noIe." The Demo-
cratic campaign, he declares.
must be carried on by volunteers
who will work because they desire
the triumph of Democratic ideas.
The party cannot hope to appeal
to the sordid or to buy the pur-
chasable, even if such a course
would contribute to Democratic
success.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-11-20
Money for Virginia Schools

f. e State Department Of Public
Instruction has arnOu cCd the fol-
!oWi. z apportionment C. funds, al
the rate of 50 certs er capita Of
school population. The whole
an cunt Of the arportionmcnt is
1853, 983.16. THIS GppOrtionment
is made on account Ct tie apprO-
priatlon by the General Assembly,
under act approved March 8, 1906,
and the accumulated interest on
investments OF the Literary Fund,
From the gross amount accruing
from these sources are deducted
the salaries of the superintendent
CT schools, the expenses of the
central Office, the appropriations
fer summer normal schools ard
the Jamestown Exposition, ard
the salaries and expenses of the
State Board of Examiners. The
money is to be applied exclusively
to the pay of teachers of primary
and grammar grades.
The subjoined table shows the
amount for several counties and
cities:
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-11-20
Offered to Farmers

The following notice has been issued
from the Treasurer ONCE OF the Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacks.
burg
The Virginia Agricultural and Me-
chanical College offers for the first time
a free winter course for farmers them
selves. There are no conditions of age
or education, young men and old are
both wanted. There will be practical
courses 10 Agriculture, Horticulture,
A imal Husbandry and Dairying. This
winter cuurse lasts three weeks and is
mainly demonstrations, just what the
practical farmer or dairyman needs.
Write to DR.. P, B. Barringer at
Blacksburg, Virginia, for an announce
ment.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-11-20
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION is
NEARING END

The jamestown Exposition is
nearing an end, although efforts
are being made to prolong the ex-
hiblt until December 10th, when
the feet will sail from Hampton
Roads to the Pacific. Other efforts
are being put forth, and many
think with success, to open the
great fair again next year The
board of directors have expressed
themselves as favorable to this
proposition, provided a sufficient
guarantee can be raised for the
purpose. Should it be decided
to close the last of this month, ac-
cording to the original program,
the lights on the night OF Novem'
Der Both will go out for the last
time on one of the most beautiful
expositions ever held in this
country.
The jamestown Exposition has
been a success Notwithstanding
and despite the knocking" it has
received. 1t has been essentially
an historical exposition. TEis
feature of the fair has never been
surpassed and is by far the mos'
interesting IF the exhibits, pre-
senting in pleasing manner the
history of this country and CT Its
PEOPLE, imparting almost at d
glance useful knowledge that
otherwise would take years tc &C.
uuire. The government, the lioeial
arts. the mineral, wood, grain
and fruits exhibits are most excel
lent; and one hardly realizes
the vast resources of the various
States until he sees all there al
jamestown.
The question as to whether the
exposition will be able to Fay out
was discussed a few days ago by
President H. St. Geo. Tucker, who
takes the position that the proper
ty will more than meet all obi
cations. There are 400 acres 81
land, worth $1,000 an acie, ard
on this land have been erected
some 100000 improvements.
He places the value of the entire
property at not less than $1,000
600.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-11-20
Real Estate and Property Trans
fers Recorded

n
fers Recorded
The following deeds of bargain and
sale were entered Of record in the
Clerks Office OF Rockbridge county for
the week ending November 10th, 1907.
Mrs. Sallie A. Moore to trustees
Lexington Lodge g. U. o. D. F.,
house and lot on west side. Of Main
street, Lexington, adj. r. s Bruce,
SO, coo.
A. T. Shields, clerk circuit court, to
H. p. Judy, 4S lots In Goshen.
Mrs. Mary A. Swisher ard husband.
John NJ. Rowe, etc, Serena A. Neigh
borgall, TO Amos N. Rowe, their I'M
undivided interest In estate Of VIM. F.
Rowe of 1919 acres on Walkers Creek,
$3.50,
John A. Hinkle to 7. w. Hardbarg-
er, tract OF land on headwaters OF
Bratton's Run, adj. Andrew P.Hinkle,
etc., Kerr's Greek district, $3.50.
Andrew P. Hinkle to 7. w. Hard
barger, tract of land on headwaters
of Bratton's X In, adj. Empire Iron &
Steel Co., Kerrs Creek district, $500.
Mrs. Bridget A. Mackey to Bernard
A. Strother, etc., house and lot on eI
tension OF Randolph street, adj. Mrs.
lakewood, In Lexington, $500.
c.. Fox to s. F. Blackwell, 4 acres
adj. W. l. Youell, South River district,
$500.
w. r. Humphris to James M. With
row. house and lot on northeast part of
Lexington, on east side Of Main street,
1926.
G. d. Letcher, spec'l cormr. to
Emma q. Poindexter, house and lot
on Randolph street, Lexington, adj.
Mrs. Lutte Masters, $410.
Miss Mamie w. Jordan to Isaac
Weinberg, lot on Jefferson street, Lex
ingtcn, adj. Herbert Vanderveer, $500.
John A. Champe to ]. A. Mapsplle,
lot or Houston street, Lexington, adj.
". p. Gillispie, $257.
Mrs. Lula May Carson and husband,
to John b. Harris, their undivided
one-third interest in 1923 acres adj.
Mrs. NJ. l.. Cook at Alone Mills, 3d.
9OO
Sallle j. Connevey's executrix to
James NJ. Withrow, house and lot in
eastern part Of Lexington, S225.
S. J. Green, etc., to Ct. A. Ayres,
their undivided interest in S7t acres Of
j. d. Green, decd, 5000.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-11-20
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE
To Owners and Those In
Charge of Traction En-
GineS

At an adjourned meeting Of the
Board Of Supervisors Of Rock bridge
County, Virginia, held at the Court
House thereof on Saturday the 10th
day Of November, 1907, the following
ordinance was adopted and ordered to
be published
That all owners or those In charge OF
traction engines operating in this
county, be required to carry with them
on the public roads, not less than four
N good oak plank, not less than
twelve (l2) feet long. twelve (l2) inches
wide and two (2) inches thick, which
they shall put on all bridges and cul-
verts that they may cross, as runners,
to save and strengthen said bridges
and culverts; and failure to use the
aforesaid plank by any owner or per
sons In charge Of said engine or engines
shall be held responsible to the Road
Board Of the District in which the
bridge or bridges aud culver are To-
Gated, for any damage done to any
bridge or bridges and culverts by fall
ure to comply with this ordinance, and
subject to the penalty OF an Act of the
General Assembly of Virginia, session
1906 at page 352.
BY order OF the Board OF Supervisors
Of Rock bridge County, Virginia.
A. T. SHIELDS, Clerk.
Nov. 20. o.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-11-20
FOX FINANCIAL Keller

Secretary of the Tres sury Cor
telyou has announced that, as a
means of affording relief to the
financial situation which has ex-
listed for the past several weeks,
the United States Treasury would
issue $4,000, 900 Of Panama bonds
and 500, 900, 900 certificates of in
debtedness, or so much thereof as
may be necessary. The action of
Secretary Cortelyou meets with
the approval of President Roose-
welt. In fact the plan for relief is
the outcome of conferences held
with the President, when the
financial situation was under dis
cussion.
In his letter authorizing the is
sue of the Panama bonds and GER
tificates of Indebtedness, President
Roosevelt said: "W hat is most
needed is that our citizens should
realize how fundamentally sound
conditions are and how absurd to
get into a panic and create
strirgency by boarding their saw
ings. The people can help them
selves and the country most by
putting back into active circula-
ton the money they are boarding.
/ appeal to the country to cooper
ate with u.s."
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-11-20
Along James River
Gazette CoJTeSboRdeHce.

Gazette CoJyesboRdeHce.
GILMoRE's MILLS, Nov. 10. Messrs.
George Lackey, recently of Roanoke,
and Lloyd Breford Of near this place,
have bought out the general msrchan-
dising business of Mr.. e. N. Chiles.
Miss Bessie Barger is visiting her
aunt. Mrs. Lee Barger at Lick Run,
BotetoUrt county.
Nus. II. L. Kennedy Of Natural
Bridge, spent few days the past week
in Roanoke, visiting her brother, DIR.
Charles p. Burks.
A number Of cages OF whooping
cough among the children Of this and
neightoring communities are reported,
with several deaths. A few CASES of
scarlet fever are also reported.
A few Wild turkeys have been seen
in the mountains near here. There are
very few tame turkeys raised In this
section. j. t..
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-11-20
Criminal Expense In "DryV and
"WetO Counties

Criminal Expense In "DryV and
"Wet,' Counties
The following information has
been compiled by the Virginia
Anti-Saloon League, and the re-
suits are of interest showing the
small criminal expense in the
"dry" districts as compared with
che "wet." The expenses are from
the records of 1905.
There are 48 counties in Wiz
ginia without any form of liquor
license. The total criminal ex-
penses of these counties amounted
to $50,019.10, or a reduction OF
$1,O76 on an average for each
county when compared with 1895
The criminal expenses of the 40
counties without any form OF
license averaged 80 mills for each
inhabitant, using the last census
report as a basis of the popula-
tiCn.
There are 20 additional counties
without saloons, but these have
dispensaries, distilleries, or some
form of license. The criminal ex-
penees of the 26 counties averaged
81 mills for each inhabitant.
There are % counties with sa-
looms; and the criminal expenses
of these counties amounted to $76,.
131. GA, or $26,011.94 more than
in the AZ counties without any
form of license. The criminal ex-
penses in the % counties with Sd
looms averaged 1879 mills for each
inhabitant.
The criminal expenses Of the
wet cities averaged 4l0 mills for
each inhabitant.
The criminal expenses of the dry
cities averaged 211 mills for each
inhabitant.
The criminal expenses in the
Eve counties believed to have TIE
strongest temperance sentiment
averaged As mills for each inhabi-
tant.
The criminal expenses in five
containing the largest
number of license places averaged
296 mills fer each inhabitant.
The county most under saloon
in its government and
in the numb Der Of license places is
Norfolk county, excluding her
cities. The criminal expenses IL
Norfolk county amounted to 48i
mills for each inhabitant, while
the average in all cur dry counties
was but 83 mills, and in our dryest
county 5 mills.
The percentage of prisoners
committed from dry" and "wet"
territory tc the State penitentiary
1urir & the fiscal year ending Sept.
30, 1905, rs implied from tie re
oort of the roard Of directors 81
he Virginia penitentisry, is as
.cl0ws:
Forty counties without AIRY
'orm of licerse> had ore p rson
con mittsd to the reniteniary for
very 1922 OF population.
The 26 additional counties with.
,ut saloons, bot WITH tistilleries,
iispeEsayies, or some form Of IL
.enee, had one committed for
very 1862 Of the population.
Tic % ccunties with saloO:s hao
me committed for every 2,9l3 CT
he rOpulptinn