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Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-16

Upon an occasion, as man was max
ing his way homeward after hard days
work shearing lambs he saw crowd on
the corner and said to himself;
II will halt and ascertain the reason
Of this congregation of people. Perhaps
someone may drop words Of good advice
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-16

10 cents glass, ginger bread 10 cents
hunk, and It cost him 50 to sleep In a
shed with cross-eyed man. He come
home and kicked the gate or its hinges
and tore down three rods of fence. but
/ didn't blame him one mite Samuel is
a man that would fight for his country
as quick as anybody else, but when you
leave the hyenas out on him he braces
back like mule and can't be moved"
JOE KERR.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-16

AT THE JAMESTOWN HOTEL.
Guest Your prices are outrageous. Why
can get better food and cooking in
cheap restaurants.
Waiter-Yes, but those cheap kind of
places don't take so much time to get
your order ready,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-10-25
BOAT NOTES.

The Lusitania, the new worlds record
steamer burns $50 tons of coal a dav.
Sloop White Wing, belonging to
Jerry Carter, Weems, was reported for
not having her harbor light UP at S:45
p. m. Sunday, October i3. while at
anchor in Hampton Creek, and is SUBJ
Ject to the penalty of $50 on the master.
and $500 on the vessel.
Upon recommendation of Inspector of
lighthouses the Board has ordered a
beacon erected on Gally Hook point. in
carriers Creek. A favorable report has
been made the Engineers department
Tor several feet more to be taken from
Point Francis, at the mouth of the
creek. 'iiS
The proposition to deepen the waters
Oh the James river from Richmond to
Hampton Roads, or as far in that di-
rection as may be necessary to make
richmond a deep-water port, capable
OF holding ships of almost any size. is
not in the slightest degree farfetched.
according to Richmond people the
thing can be done and it is going to be
done. OF course, it will require a
great deal of money to make this i'm
provement, but it is believed that the
money can be had from the United
States government and other sources.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-10-25
NEWS ITEMS.

The wireless telegraph has succeeded
IN spanning the Atlantic. A message
was sent from Novia Scotia to ireland
last week.
The twentieth Annual reunion of the
Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans
OF Virginia is in session this week in
Norfolk.
POLK Miller, who has acquired nat
ional reputation as an impersonator of
the old-time negro, announces that he
wlii retire as an entertainer. He says
his business demands his entire time.
At the jamestown poultry show. to
be held at the Exposition from October
I'd to November LIST, there will be
from twenty-five hundred to three
thousand entries-aIl varieties being
shown.
Campbell county, Va, road COM
missioner was fined $40 under indict-
ments for failure to work the roads of
his district. The bills were sent from
the Circuit Court for trial before a
magistrate.
Baltimore and New York capitalists
talk seriously of bridging the upper
Chesapeake bay so as to bring twenty
towns on the Eastern Shore in touch
with Baltimore. by trolley. These
towns now deal nearly altogether
with Philadelphia and New York.
The general convention of the Episco
pal Church of America closed its ses-
sions IN Richmond Saturday with SER
vices at Holy Trinity Church, in which
sixty bishops took part. The sermon
was preached by the presiding bishop.
A Vermont woman narrowly escaped
death by her hair being hooked in
cows horn. The cow threw her head
around at a fly, entangling the woman's
hair. Becoming frightened the COW
started across the field. The prisoner
wrestled with the animal until a man.
hearing the woman's screams as she
was being dragged by her hair about
the mclosure, caught the animal and
released her.
Baroness Alexandria, still handsome
woman, is about to bestow her heart
and fortune on fourth husband. The
man is Count Jacques du Brley. Baro-
ness Alexandria was the wife first of
Phneas I. Barnum, the celebrated
Snowman. Then she married Denet-
rus Caileas Bey, Greek in the Turk |
ism Sultan's service. After his death
she gave her hand to Prince Alexandra. !
French nobleman, who also died. |
Inc Baroness has an annual income of
S1O0, 900.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-10-25
SOME TEMPERANCE NOTES.

r. E. Byrd, Democratic nominee
for the house of delega te s
from Winchester. pledged himself to
support the Anti-Saloon League plat
form. Mr.. Byrd, who is the leading
candidate for the speakership, states
that he is in favor of the whole legisla-
tive program of the league.
WHAT TEMPERANCE HAS DONE FOR
LANCASTER.
Ten years of local option in Lancas-
ter county and ten years of prosperity
has been the result of taking bar-rooms
out OF the county. Men have only to
look around, and on every hand can be
seen improvements greater than in any
ten years before. But for a few wears
black cloud of shame and disgrace
has been gathering over our God blessed
county, and today the temperance peo-
pie OF Lancaster have as great a task
before them as they had before the
glorious victory of 1897. The soft drink
and ambrosia shops have sprung up.
one by one, and spread from one 70
another, until some of our county
stores are nearly as bad as bar-rooms.
The desire for greed and gain has SO
fastened itself on some people that thew
would do most anything for the al
mighty dollar. Many will saw thew
don't like to sell it, but if their neigh
bors do they will do it also, and grad
ually self-respect, or respect for everv-
thing good, is being trampled upon bv
these people until they find themselves
engaged In a business inviting men to
be drunkards and boys to train their
appetites and desires for drink.
Selling something that only does harm
because there is big profit in it; TAX
ing men'sand boys hard earned money
and giving only what any man would |
be better off without n return. They
show by getting a United States license
that 1t is business not desirable and
that they are afraid of Uncle Sam
but not of the county officers. 1t does |
seem that the violators of local option
laws have sympathy from some whom
they ought not to have and are en-
Outraged in the business by people who
ought to be disguised at its very
thoughts. 1t is true many have been
lined for breaking the local option laws
and many paid, but some have
not been paid that should. Sin
will spread; men will go from bad to
worse. Not many men who would
buy United State stamp to sell am
orosia, but what would buy and sell
else when the patrons of |
such places want it.
LANCASTRIAN.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-10-25
SEIZES TRUSTS GOODS.

The action of the Department of
1ustice IN seizing shipment OF tobacco
at Norfolk Monday consigned by the
br1tish-American Tobacco COMPANY
from its factories in Petersburg and
Durham to New York and LivernooI
Is probably the forerunner of several
similar actions in connection with the
products of other trusts. The consipn-
ment is valued at about 81. 600 The
government is now proceeding against
the trust on the ground that it is a
monopoly, in violation of the Sherman
antitrust law. The case is PENDING in
the United States court in New yo1l-
State. The department CHARGES that
the British-American Company w.s
created solely for the purpose of v;ol.t
ing the laws of the United States aga;nst
monopolies. While its principal Office
is III London, the chairman of the board
of managers is an officer of the Amer;-
can Tobacco Company, against which
the government has instituted suit to
compel dissolution.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-10-25

and all the coast people viii be aroused
by the conditions to the realities. II
they are not. we hope that the members
of the coming legislature will have
enough nerve to disregard immediate
political considerations and to act f.
the real advantage of the State anr .s
people. The oyster industry has reach
ed condition where it needs careful
nursing, every protection and encour-
agement the State can give it.
OYSTER SEASON GOOD THERE.
Capt. Jno. T. Anderton, a we'll
known seaman of the Eastern Shore.
writes the CITIZEN as follows:
Il see an article in The Ovsterpap
OF October 10, copied from the Rich
mond News-Leader, which | think is
somewhat misleading. The article saws
tnat the oyster business this wear will
DE failure. This is certainly not true
OF all sections of the State. Here lin
focomoke Sound) our oystermen are
catching more oysters than thew have
Tor SIX or seven years, the catch beinp
from 10 to 20 bushels per boat per dayr
They get from 81 to 81. 10 per busheI
inns is better than they have done for
several years; and believe there will
be more money spent for oysters this
year IN Pocomoke Sound than has beer
spent for several years. One firm here
~. 1. Weaver & Bro, of Saxis. Va.1
spent for oysters and clans nearly
nve hundred dollars one day and are
puylng all they can get at 81 per bushel.
Inns same firm shipped at one shipment
TINS season rs barrels of oysters and
60'O00 CLAIMS. Besides this firm. Cant.
+. Mckay Stanford p. o. and F. C.
Lewis q Co. Hopkins p. o. are buyinp
ana shipping a great many oysters and
cams. There are several boats from
Crlsteld that buy daily from our OYSTER
men for the Crisfeld oyster packers
A number of our oystermen
nave gone to the James and Potomac
rivers las has been their custom for
several years. to catch seed oysters.
Ihese all report the catch fair and will
stay until cold weather drives them
nome. There is no general strike of
young oysters in Pocomoke, the oysters
caught being on the edges of the rocks
IN the lower part of the sound. The
top OF rocks is claiming ground,
CLANS bring from So to Sc per thousand
ana the average catch is about 500 Der
man. =" pc
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-10-25
WRIGHT TRIAL DEFERRED.

The trial of M. B. Wright, jr., OF
Iappahannock, for the murder of T. C..
Mcdaniel, his stepfather, did not begin
Monday. Judge Mullen, of Petersburg.
who was appointed by the Governor to
sit in the case for Judge Wright, was
delayed in arriving until 2 o'clock by
the steamer being five hours behind time.
AS soon as he opened court counsel for
the defense asked continuance because
OF the enforced absence of two wit
nesses-one sick and the other out of
the State. This was agreed to, and it
was decided that a special term of the
court be held December 10th for the
trial
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-10-25
POLITICAL.

Several persons were talking about
the Senatorial primaries to Governo,
Warfield and the question of the Gov,
ernor's election came up. eff YOU get
fair count" said one man, ''you
might win." 81 think. the Gov.
ernor-''and l intend to say it from the
stump next week-that a Democrat
who will cheat another Democrat in a
primary election is the most detestable
and the most contemplate creature
that lives" Amen?
Within the next week or ten DAYS
Governor Swanson will make a tour of
inspection of all the State hospitals for
the insane in Virginia, and will use the
information thus gained for what it NAV
be worth in connection with his mes
sage to the Legislature. 81 look upon
the care of the insane of the State. :"
says the Governor, ''as most impor-
tant feature of our government, and it
is my purpose to get into the closest
possible touch with conditions at the
various hospitals; to see how the money
appropriated is being spent,
and to inform the Legislature officially
what, If any, reforms should be insti-
tuted- deem it of Importance, too, to
find out conditions at the various COL
leges and educational institutions re-
ceiving State aid, and shall personally
visit these as well, and require their
chief officials to report to me as often
as four times year.
WILL OPPOSE MR.. JONES.
Mayor Samuel R. Buxton and w. C.
Stuart well known attorneys of New
port News, have announced that thew
would be candidates for the Democratic
nomination for Congress in the First
District. The primary will be held
next summer. 1t is also stated
that Congressman William A.
Jones, who has represented the
district for over fifteen years, will
be candidate to succeed himself. He
with his family have removed to Wash
ngton temporarily.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-10-25

ONE OF the latest and best of
President Roosevelt's expressions is
the "milksop," descriptive Of weak
ling. 10 bis gallery of undesirable
citizens. along with the weakling,
the mollycoddle and the craven, ne
has now placed the milksop, whom
ne describes as the man who "sub
'mits tamely to wrong doing and is
afraid to hold his own" An obiec-
tionable aud contemplate person is
the milksop, but is he more to be
desplsed than the puppet, the imita-
tor or automaton who has to act or
speak "by the book? Such q per-
son is worse than a weaklipg, be-
cause he borders on the craven in
doing what bis master says, whether
right or wrong, and waits for cue
before he dare express himself.
The milksop may not be mentally or
physically able to act with indepen-
dence, but the puppet is willing
and eager tool, usually of some
ability, preferring to do dirty work
for the plaudits of his "purist"
leader.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-10-25

THOSE who have bad to buy soft
coal this year have suffered severely
At times the demand could not ha
met and at sill times the price has
been high, and going higher. Fac
tories in this section have paid the
nieh-tarln fiddler. and although the
hshers have made good seasons
work, their profits have been consid-
erably reduced because of high priced
commodities, chiefly coal. Norfolk
has been unable to supply the de-
mand for the excellent Pocahontas
coal, and many buyers have had to
De satisfied with the inferior steam
coal procured in Baltimore. Some
got in early on Norfolk contracts.
and have saved money and also pro-
cured the best quality of coal, but
those who did not purchase or con-
tract last spring have had a hard
time of it. CThe State of Virginia
In buying early thousand tons for
It's police steamers through Capt. W.
IL. Messick, of Irvington, has been
saved thousand or more dollars and
been regularly served.) The demand
for coal throughout the world has
been the chief cause of advance. but
the demands of the fleets about
Hampton Roads this summer has
pinched the Norfolk market, the
one-track roads being inadequate to
supply the demand.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-10-25

BRADsTREEr AND DUNN, trade
espionages, tell US commodities have
increased on an average SO per
cent over what they cost ten years
ago. In other words, $15 will not
today go as far as $40 then in sup
porting a family, or for that matter,
In any general line of business. The
newspaper man has been harder hit
than that. He has not only had to
pay % per cent more for his living,
but for that of his employees,
80 per cent more for his printers
material and hundred per cent
more for his paper, yet be Tor we dc,
anyway furnishes his paper for the
same old price of one dollar-aud
oftentimes for nothing, not even
"thankee" from the delinquent SUBJ
scriber.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-10-25

Our of $4,000 women in Aus
tralia qualified to vote only ia ex-
erclse the right of franchise. This
Is a sockdoioger to advocates of
woman suffrage. Many of those OPP
posed to woman's suffrage believe
that of right our women should vote.
since they are as intelligent as
the men and far more honest in their
convictions, but it has been found
that the best women shrink from
the publicity of the polls and only
the worst element exercise the right,
which, without argument, it will be
accepted is bad for the public veal.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-10-25

OUR child-readers will doubtless
recall some months ago an article ir
this paper from Ellis Nibs" on the
wild-pigeon roosts Of Mexican
county, Pennsylvania. A recent
writer In northern periodical la.
ments the slaughter of these beauti-
full aud toothsome birds and shows
how law, if enacted promptly, would
have saved the billions of wild
pigeons and left livelihood to those
among their hsuuts Thirty years
ago wild pigeons were found by the
millions in Potter, Warren, Mexican
and Cameron counties, Pebnsylvsnis,
and in Ohemung, Steuben and ALLIE
ghany counties, New York. La Pot.
ter and Mexican counties was one of
the largest nesting grounds in Amer
lea. The pigeons migrated to these
parts annually in April, legions of
them. Their roosts were from four
to five miles long and from one to
three miles wide, and their number
no man could count Hunters were
permitted to shoot and net them on
their Meeting grounds. The slaugh-
ter OF the iunocents was something
terrific. In one day the American
Express Company carried from the
Northern Tier of Pennsylvania and
Southern Tier of New York over tie
Erie railway seven tons of pigeons to
the city market. In one week
the total aggregated Sc tons. Then
the law came in and prohibited the
trapping or Strengthening within two
miles of their "roosts" But it was
too late. As with the buffalo 80
with the pigeon; "the stable was
locked after the horse was gone" Is
this not pretty applicable to vlr-
ginis's oyster beds? If we can do
no more, let us rear the tiny colt that
Is left and keep him from thieves.
Every FISHERMAN should help in this.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-10-25

cit is now conceded that the nat.
ural oyster beds of Pocomoke Sound
aud the lower part of Tangier Sound
In Maryland have been scraped up
and sold, leaving barren bottoms y
says the Fishing Gazette. This is
true only TO degree, as will be seen
oy a communication in another
column from Captain John L. An.
dertou, of the police schooner "Poco.
moke." The statement if confined
to Maryland waters is most probably
true. but Pocomoke Sound lies more
largely in Virginia and we know
that today this condition does not
exist. Many rocks there have been
made barren by depredations in the
past, and some will never recuperate
unaided by man. But strict guard
ing within the past two years, such
as has been general throughout Vir-
GINA waters, has revived some of the
barren bottoms, and the picture
Captain Anderton draws is accurate
so far as Virginia waters are con.
cerned. Oystermen in the Potomac
Rappahannock and James say, un-
reservedly, they never saw as many
small oysters before. These were saved
to the rocks last year and this, and
there is reasonable hope that next
season will find the public rocks in
condition to furnish many more a
livelihood than they do TODAY.
There are not near the number of
public tongers licensed this season as
last, because the Gull law is being
rigidiy enforced, and many of the
cutters do not wish to work when 30
closely watched that they cannot
trough" all in. While the State will
lose little in revenue from license
this condition is preferable. It
gives the ones working a better
chance, and it saves the rocks.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-10-25

To THE VOTERS oFLANCASTER COUNTY:
l announce myself a candidate for
reelection to the Office of Sheriff of the
County of Lancaster and earnestly solicit
the support of my friends. Should it
be your pleasure to elect me l pledge a
faithful discharge of my duties to the
best OF my ability as has been nv aim
at all times in the past.
Very respectfully,
JAS. A. CHowNING.
Merry Point, Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-10-25
j. WIN. CHOWNING.
Bertrand, Va.

AT the request of many friends, l
nave decided to stand for election as
supervisor for White Chapel district at
the coming election in November. |
fully realize and appreciate the impor-
tance of the duties attached to this of
ilce, and promise if elected to guard
the business interest of the district and
county.
Having ample time at my disposal 1
propose to give my personal supervision
TO the making and working of the pub
lie roads, tosee that the peoples money
Tor TINS purpose is properly and equita-
piy expended and that the roads in this
district be improved / ask the sup
port OF all and promise in return a
faithful performance of duties.
j. =. BLAND.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-10-25

TO THE CITIZENS OF LANCASTER:
Subject to whatever action the Demo
cratic party organization may take,
L hereby announce myself a candi-
date for the position of Attorney
Tor the Commonwealth for Lancaster
County. Four years ago you entrusted
the duties of this office to my hands,
and If my efforts to fulfill them have
met with your approval, / shall feel
grateful for endorsement by your votes
for second term.
Respectfully,
FRANK G.. NEwBILL.
Irvington, Va.
10 THE CITIZENS OF LANCASTER COUNTY:
l take this opportunity to announce
TO my friends and to the citizens gener-
ally that am candidate for the posi-
ton of Commonwealth Attorney of
Lancaster county, subject to whatever
action the Democratic county committee
may decide upon. If elected | shall
endeavor to discharge the duties of the
position tot the best of my ability, while
II defeated, / shall humbly bow to the
will of the people.
Respectfully yours,
r. O. NORRIS, JR.
Lively, Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-10-25

To THE VOTERS OF LANCASTER:
L hereby announce my candidacy 70
office of County Treasurer of Lancaster
and will appreciate such support as yo
see fit to extend me.
Respectfully,
r. r. DUNAwAY.
White Stone, Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-10-25

To THE VOTERS OF LANCASTER:
hereby announce myself a candidate
Tor the office of Sheriff for Lancaster
County: shall appreciate the support
OF my friends at this time, and if elected
l shall discharge the duties of this office
the best can, faithfully and conscien-
tlously as have endeavored to do in all
IN the past. Respectfully,
j. r. GRESHAM!S
White Stone, Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-10-25

To THE VOTERS OF WHITE CHAPEL.
DISTRICT:
hereby announce myself a candidate
Tor the Office of Supervisor of White
Chapel District, and promise. ifelected.
to discharge the duties of said Office. as
economically as can be done under the
prevailing conditions and honestly as
know, l have done in the past. Am OBJ
posed to the newly proposed Wagon
tax for school purposes in White
Chapel District.
]. VIM. CHowNING.
Bertrand Va
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-10-25
WEIR POLES and LUMBER.

THE UNDERSIGNED will be pleased
10 communicate with parties In want
short lengths, VI
w. 81. JEssS, Litwaltop. Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-10-25
WASTE IN OYSTER WATERS.
(Richmond News-Leader1


Three years ago we predicted that
unless something was done to protect and
extend the oyster beds and to restrain
the system of ndiscriminate longing.
one of the most important sources of
revenue and means of employment for
our people that we possess would be
destroyed. Now comes the Hampton
Monitor, which always has been a warm
friend of the tongers, with dismal full
fillment. We learn that at Hampton
more than $4,000 will be withdrawn
from the business this fall and
more than two hundred men will be
thrown out of employment. These are
facts. We cannot escape from them
and we would be fools to close our ewes
against them or to undertake to es-
cape the conclusions to which thew
must lead every intelligent mind. We
have been killing the goose that Welded
the golden egg. We have been sconr-
ing the bottoms of our oyster bearino
waters, taking the oysters in ever in.
ereasing numbers each year, replacing
none OF them and making no provision
for the future.
We earnestly hope that the tonoers