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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-14
that he would return IN
october to arouse the people of Hen
IN cnln ~
NEW SCHOOLS IN
BEDFORD COUNTY
Board to Spend $4,000 i'll the
Erection Of Two-Room Build
ings in Country Sections.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.l

Especial to The Times -Dispatch.1
BEDFORD CITY, VA, July 13.-In
each of the eight magisterial districts
of Bedford there is to be erected a new
modern school building of two rooms,
at an average cost of a thousand dol
lars. This will increase the number
of graded schools to twenty eight
buildings or fifty-six rooms.
The school population of the county
is 9,0SS: the number of school rooms
throughout the county is 160: the num-
Der of graded schools now in existence
is twenty, with two rooms each. and
eight new ones to be built as soon as
the plans and specifications are COM
.plete. There are three public high
schools in Bedford and three private
high schools.
MIR. William r.. Abbot, Jr. the super
intcndent Of schools for Bedford, is
very energetic and progressive as to
school work and has achieved great
success in the furtherance of a higher
education for the county, and under his
supcrintendencc there has been mark
ed advance In school facilities and the
grade OF. the public schools. This is
dcmonstra ted very admirablysin the cx-
hibit OF school work sent to the James
town Exposition giving the compara-
tive object lessons of work from 1904
to 1907.
Mr.. Abbot is a son Of Mr.. William
r. Abbot, of the Bellevue High School,
of this county. and was reared in an
educational atmosphere, and hence is
we'll fitted for the position Of super
intendent Of schools
Montvale, a very progressive scttle-
mcnt of the county, is making an effort
that seems to promise success to es-
tnblsh a high school in connection Will,
their graded school. 1t is due to the cf-
\ forts OF Mr.. Abbot- that the very excel
! lent high school department of the
| graded school here was established.
The county levy for schools in 1905
| was nine cents, the district levy ter
| cents, a total of nineteen cents on a
1 hundred dollars value of property; the
| levy for 1907 is fifteen cents each fol
| county and district taxes, or thirty
cents on the 500
Besides the public school of the towr
! there is Randolph Macon Academy, the
! attendance Of students of which was
| 2l5 for the past session, anu the Co.
! Operative Female School, which wa.
! filled to its limit of accommodation
more than a hundred students. New
| London Academy. in Bedford, is an OLE
! school, filled each year with it's fulles
1 complement of pupils.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-14
FINE INSTITUTE
At CONVICTION
Summer School in the Noun
tains Starts Out With Bright
Prospects.
EXAMINER THOMAS IN CHARGE
Special to The Times-Dispatch.

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.l
i CONVICTION, VA, July 13.-The
state Summer Institute. which OPEN
ed here July list, is in every way a
success. Mr.. Jeter, the local manager.
! had done his work Well in preparation
for the opening. Comfortable homes
had been secured for all who might
+ attend. and when the trains beganSito
1 unload the teachers at the local sta
i ton, no confusion resulted, but all
We're nicely cared for and quickly
taken to their various boarding places.
+ The opening day found q complete fac
/ ulty at their posts.
Mr.. Thomas is to be congratulated
upon his selections. The men and wo-
men who compose the corps of instruc-
tors are highly trained specialists;
4 they are consecrated to the institutes
/ best success, and are uniformly popu-
lar with the student teachers. All of
them are thoroughly acquainted With
public school work, and are giving the
teachers Just what they need--tlor-
ough drill in subject matter. and ac-
cording to the most modern meth
DDS
Enjoying Their Stay.
The Ito teachers who are in attend
ance seem to be enjoying their stay
Very much. Many excursions are taken
into the mountains, and weekly visits
are made to the most no!ed OF Vr-
ginia's celebrated mountain resorts.
Mountain tours in geography and ma
ture study are frequently made, and
under the guidance of an expert in
structor much benefit is derived. The
many local Industries also, are Wis
ited and home geography is recelv
y ing special emphasis.
Several eminent lecturers will enter
tain during the session. and the insti
tute is blest with evening entertain.
nlents once or twice each week The
institute itself will offer one evening.
entertainment to the citizens of III,
town in appreciation of their uniform
courtesy and kindness to teh facult,
and student teachers alike
The institute is decided success:
and nothing but the good cheer an,
spirit of hard work prevail
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manufacturing cities are in Massachu

MISUNDERSTANDING cues are III ha9SaSiii =
sets
OF the cities and towns that reported
over s1,OOO,0OO value of products In
1905, nine reported less than that
amount in 1900 and were not shown
separately at that census. and two.
Endicott, N. Y. and Lynchburg, Va,
reported no products at all.
Historical Data.
The bulletin contains a bit Of his
torical reference to the progress of the
industry. which is as follows:
Historians state that some kind of
a covering has always been used for
the feet, for even in the most ancient
times, when the ordinary individual
went barefooted, men OF rank wore
footgear of some sort.
"The cor1trivances devised to protect
and ornament tho feet ranged from a
single piece Of leather fixed to the
foot by means OF a strap to elaborate
sh oes, embroidered with gold and or
namented with pearls.
I'm America cordwainers. or shoe
makers, settled first in Massachusetts
about 1929, then later on in Virginia
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey
Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. They
did work for their neighbors or went
to the homes Of people In sparsely set
lleu regions TO lldke dilu lSIilI SHOcS
While at work the shoemakers sat
upon a low bench. having at one end
a leather-covered seat and at the 9th Ell
d series Of compartments for tools
Underneath was q drawer to hold
thread, patterns, etc, and within easy
reach other necessary articles We're
placed. 1t is remarkable that to-day
after several centuries. the same
style of outfit is used by thousands OF
shoemakers or cobblers engaged II
mending shoes"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-14
A Turtle of Great Age.

When the Island of Mauritius was
coded to Great Britain in 1910 there
was big turtle in the court of the ar
tillery barracks at Port Louis. The
turtle is still there, but now almost
blind. 1t weights $50 pounds, stands
two feet high and is eight feet six
inches long. 1t is said to be over zoo
years old.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-14
kentucky Coal.

LOUISVILLE, KY, July 1s.--In his
report for 1906 State Geologist c, j.
Norwood shows that 9,59S,527 tons Of
coal We're mined in that year in Ken
lucky, an increase ofn4,577,s54 tons,
or 9O.1s pei cent, over the produc-
ton OF 1900, and more than three
times the output in 1885,
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81 Z ~
BY virtue of deed Of trust exc
cuted to the undersigned by Julla
Florence Wells and her husband. dated
March 20, 1906 and duly recorded, In
the Circuit Court clerks office for
Chesterfield Che county, in D. b. lo9. page
b23. will sell at public auction (being
required SO to do by the benefic1ary2
that desirable house and lot situated
on the southern line Of Lee Street
between Seventh and Eighth streets.
Lot fronts 311-2 feet, being tho
eastern portion OF lot No, 3 In square
As. on tho place OF 'Purcells Addition"
TERMS: Cash as to expenses OF sale,
taxes II any be due. and to pay Of : a a
and interest tin paid, and upon the fol-
loving credits: Note due March 222,
1905, for s1l7.So; note due March *
1909, for $l121O; note due Mareh -
1910, for $1O6.40, and note due March
20, 1911, $100.70; residue upon such
terms AS announced at sale.
AUGUSTINE RoYALI. Trustee.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-14
Mnrehousc Mt Apnomnttox,

WEST APPoN1ATTOX, VA. July 10.
"A company has been organized here
to build and conduct tobacco ware
house. s. w. Ferguson, president: r.
d. Flood. L. =. Smith. B. +. Alden and
j. r. Atwood are the incorporators.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-14
New Cotton Mills.

ST. PAUL's N. c., July l3-The ST.
Paul,s cotton-Miil Company has been
incorporated with a capital stock of
100000. IT VIII be g 5,ooo-spinale
mill.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-14
BY j. c. woodson.
Real Estate Agent, o12 Main Street,
Lynchburg. Va.
FOR SALE,
A Valuable
James-River F arm

Situated at Manteo Depot. in Bucking
ham county, Va on tho southwest side
OF James river about ffty-one miles
from Lynchburg and about ninety-six
from Richmond. on the C. & o. r. r..
containing 626h ACRES, and known
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-14
1.-THE GIBSON FARM"

BU1LD1NGS--Th dwelling is a sub
stantially built frame house OF seven
rooms, covered with slate, besides pam
try, cement cellar and large attic;
situated on n hill overlooking the
river. with a large yard. in grove OF
fine oak trees of original growth, with
Kitchen in the yard. and we'll of
The best water In the county. Con-
venient to the house Is an ice-hou
smoke-horse. two large hen-houses.
corn -house. buggy-house and tool
house. A short distance from the house
is large granary and stable. There
are also at conveniently located places
on tho farm two large hay sheds, two
double tobacco barns and ono single
barn. corn grist mill and sawmill
attached. In addition to the above
mentioned buildings there Is on the
farm store-house and post-of1ice.
with a dwelling near OF four rooms,
besides Kitchen, stable. buggy shed
and corn house. There arc also two
tenant houses Of two rooms each on
the place. Tho store is considered one
OF the best stands In the county.
ORCHARD--Ther is an orchard Of
about 700 or 500 well-assorted apple
trees In full bearing. besides a large
variety of grapes, plums, pears and
damsons.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-14

BY Augustine Royal G. Co..
Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers,
Office No, 927 Hull ST., Manchester, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-14
TRUSTEES SAIL

TRUSTEES SALE
HOUSE AND LOT IN "PURCELL,s
ADDITION" in CHESTERFIELD
COUNTY, NEAR MANCHESTER. ON
K LEE STREET. BETWEEN SEVENTH
AND EIGHTH STREETS. ON
TUESDAY. JULY 16, 1907,
at $50 o'clock P. NJ on the premises.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-14
BY Pollard & Bagby.

AUCTION SALE OF A NICE LOT,
FRONTING CHIMBOaAZO PARK,
28kXl20 FEET.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-14

We will sell at auction, on the prem
ises,
at o'clock P. NJ. the above mentioned
desirable lot. This lot Is next to a
handsome residence now being built.
There are only a very few such lots
on Church Hill,
p TERMS: Easy; announced at sale.
POLLARD &s BAGBY,
Auctioners.
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THE LAND

is divided about as follows: 100 acres
good wood land: $50 acres OF wood
land of mostly second growth; about
SO acres Of JAMES RIVER BOTTOM
LAND. as fine land as is to be found
between Lynchburg and Richmond
large spoIlop Of which is set in timo-
thy HHif Island OF 40 acres. which can
he worked in corn every year; about
so acres of good high land, In good
state OF Improvement. suitable for
corn. wheat, tobacco and grass: the
balance Of the land Of about 226M
acres is good grazing land.
This is one OF the most desirable
farms on James river, being situated
in n good neighborhood. convenient to
schools. churches. post-offlce and depot,
with good roads leading In every direc-
tion from the farm. The farm is well
divided into fields. with an abundance
of running water In each field. This
farm could BIO cut UP SO as to make six
small farms OF over 100 acres each.
VALUABLE SLATE DEPOSITS.
There are valuable slate deposits on
the property, pronounced by practical
slate workers to be equal in quality
to the slate now being so probably
mined at Arvon. In Buckingham coun-
| ty, about twenty-five miles from this
/, property. The buckingham slate is
we'll known all over the United States
and also In Europe. The slate deposits
on this property are located about half
i a mile from the C. G O. r. r. This
4 Is a great opportunity for profitable
1 investment without any risk whatever
as the land alone for farming arc
other purposes is worth. more thar
! the price. at which the whole property
i is offered.
PRICE. $4,000.
TERMS: One-third cash: balance
one, two and three years, or lons%l
i time, If desired.
i For any further Information call or
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-14

]. C. WOODSON,
Admir- Of S. B. Gibson, decd.
9l2 Main ST., Lynchburg, Va.
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Auction Sales-F Future. Days

BY A. ]. Chewing Company,
Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-01-01
"RrGHT'' AND POWER. !"

II contend that the President has
misconceiyed his constitutional pow
er," says the severe Mr.. Foraker. He
is wrong. He knows he is wrong, only
he doeSn' think.
The constitutional power of the
President is to do whatever he cannot
be impeached for doing.
The constitutional right of the Pres
ident is to do whatever is set down in
the fundamental laws delimitation of
his functions.
Whatever may be said of right, as to
power there isno mistake. Two-thirds
of the House of Representatives may
impeach. Two-thirds of the Senate
may convict The critics of the Pres
ident could not muster a corporal's
guard in either House for the only
constitutional remedy they have for
alleged infraction Of the Constitution.
Congress cannot coerce a President.
The courts cannot coerce him. He in
terprets the Constitution for himself
accountable only to the impeaching
power. He is as free as the king of
any constitutional monarchy, 50 far as
courts are concerned He is freer iii
his relation to Congress. His minis
ters cannot be thrown out by ma
iority vote.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-01-01
sheriff SLIDE and the twenty Six Of

Sheriff Ship and the twenty-six 9th
er defendants in the Chattanooga
lynching case have lost their first line
of defense in the United States SUI
preme court, and things begin to look
serious for them. The court decided
that it had jurisdiction in the case and
will now proceed to hear it on its mer-
Its. The sheriff is accused of contempt
of court for not preventing the lynch
ing of negro under sentence of exc
cution whose lawyers had obtained a
stay from the federal supreme court.
At New York hearing of witnesses
for the Standard Oil company by way
of refutation of charges made by At
torney General Herbert S. Hadley of
Missouri it was virtually admitted for
the first time, it is said, that the
Standard Oil company controlled the
Republic Oil company and was inter
ested in the Waters-Pierce Oil com
pany. which has been alleged to be an
Independent concern.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-01-01

THE Sunday Call" in an article
on the Senatorial situation says in re
gard to one phase Of it =
There is one man who would meet
all the requirements of the times.
This is Mahlon Pitney, AS ociate JUS
tice of the Supreme Court. He is the
son of Vice-Chancellor Pitney and
lives in Morris county; he will be 40
years old on February 5 he has wide
experience in politics he was member
OF Congress for two terms, obtaining
eminence in the House; he was State
Senator and President of the Senate,
and has been Justice of the Supreme
Court for five years. He is regarded
as leader in the court, as he was in
Congress, in the Legislature and in
the practice of the law. He was
elected to Congress in a Democratic
district and has great personal popu-
larity. He is acquainted with the
business of the SenatorShip; he is a
tried and true Republican, yet far
sighted enough to exercise independ-
ence when it is necessary. He is we'll
to-do but not rich, and he respects
the rights of property but has never
been corporation tool. He is a ma
tive Jerseyman, of one of the best of
our native, Woodworking New Jersey
families.
Justice Pitney is not candidate
and would not be one. But if the
State Senator and Assemblymen from
Morris do not see the advantage of
electing such man TO represent the
State in the United States Senate,
they will disappoint many other legis-
lators and Thousand of their fellow
Republican throughout New Jersey.
While the people of Morris county
have the highest appreciation of JUS
tice Pitney, they will expect the Re-
publican representatives from this
county to take counsel with Republi-
cans and not Democrats when they
come to vote for United States Sena-
tor. In short TO Beware of Greeks
bearing gifts"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-01-01
vIRGINIA's TRl-cENTENNIA


The State of Virginia is going to
celebrate its tri-centennial, and has
asked financial assistance of CONGRESS-
to the extent of a million dollars, to
be given in the form of sloan. OF
course, it will be a loan that will never
be paid, and which no one expects to be
paid. 1t was recently that the Jour
nal referred to the practice Of cities,
upon the least pretext, and sometimes
without any substantial cause, asking
for National aid in financing Worlds
Fairs. We do not place the Virginia
case in the same category, however.
Virginia has ample cause for desiring
to celebrate in grand style the Booth
anniversary of its founding. 1t is an
event which interests not only the Old
Dominion but the entire Nation as
WELL
1t was in Virginia that the first per-
manent settlement of American race
was made, which fact should make the
Virginia celebration an event as inn
portant even as was the Centennial
Exposition in Philadelphia, marking
the Tooth anniversary of the birth Of
American independence. For that
reason the fair, or whatever the pro-
moters choose to call it, should be of a
National character.
There can be no question about its
success provided it is intelligently
managed. Sectional feeling has died
out, and the North and East and the
West will only be too eager to give
Virginia the glad hand when she pulls
off her big show
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-01-01

AssENGBLYMAN ARCHIBALD ALEX
AMBER has prepared corrupt prac-
tices bill which applies to general
elections, primaries and caucuSes. 1t
provides that every candidate and
every political committee must name
one person, political agent, who
shall be the only one authorized to re-
ceiye and expend campaign money ;
prohibits every candidate making any
expenditures except through the dis
bursting officer designated, and limits
the outlay Of every candidate. who
must, as well as the discussing agent,
file an accounting with the County
Clerk within twenty days after cleo
ton. The limits placed on the ex-
penditures are: For candidates for
United States Senator, Representa-
tive in Congress or Governor, S., 900 ;
Presidential elector, Mayor or county
officers, $500; member of Assembly
and all town, city and borough offices,
and all other offices, 500.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-01-01
HINTS FOR FARMERS
work the stallion.

We believe in the working of stall
lions, says a horse owner and breeder
in Farm Progress. We believe that
nothing is worse for breeding horse
than to be cooped up in stall and
small lot for weeks and months at a
time. 1t is far better to put the stallion
to work and make him earn his oats in
that manner. We have had great
deal to do with breeding horses during
quarter of century, and we have
never known working stations to be
excelled in prolificacy by idle ones.
A stallion, as rule, makes pleas
ant worker. There is no reason why
stallion should be FESTIVE or annoyingly
boisterous in the harness. 1t is all a
matter of breaking, and most stations
take kindly to the harness. We do not
think there is ever any real reason
why draft stallion should not do his
share of the farm work when he is not
travelling. A coach or trotting bred
stallion makes the finest kind of run
about horse.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-01-01
THE VOTE OF 1906.

/ Practically all of the States have
now completed their election can
vases, and by comparing the total
vote cast for Congress in 1906 with
that cast for Congress in 1904 a fail
measure can be had of the drift OF
/ popular sentiment in the interval OF
two years. In 1904 the total vote for
Republican candidates for Congress
was 6, 1868, 853 and the total vote for
Democratic candidates was 5, 195, 329.
This year the Republican aggregate
was 5, 547 ,2SS and the Democratic ag-
gregate was 4, 762,0S5. The Republi-
can plurality declined fiom 1865, 524
to 785 ,203. IKE decline Of more than
/ so per cent. taken as an isolated fact,
might seem to indicate decided Shift
| ing of the political balance. Yet
viewed in its proper relations with
other facts, it really shows no very
significant tluctuation. The national
campaign of 1904 was an exceptional
one in thai it saw pitted against each
other two Presidential candidates
with vastly unequal powers of attrac-
tion. Mr.. Roosevelt received the sup
port of hundreds of thousands of vot-
ers outside the Republican organiza-
tion, while Judge Parker was nowhere
able to command normal partisan
support. President Roosevelt ran $780,
900 votes ahead of the Republican
Congressional candidates and his op-
ponent fell 10000 votes below the
Democratic Congressional ticket. In
an "Off' year, with reduction of
about l, 900 900 in the national vote, the
decline now shown in the Republican
plurality is altogether natural. In
1902 that plurality was only 1886,
and, practically speaking, the Repub-
lican party is as strong to-day in the
Union as it has been at any time since
the radical readjustment of party di-
visions in 1896.
On the whole, the verdict of 1906
seems to emphasize widespread pop
ular satisfaction with present political
conditions. 1t is thorough endorse
ment of the Roosevelt administration
and of the work done by Congress since
March 4, 1905, under the leadership of
the President. The voters of the
country know when they have been
we'll served and are no longer to be
stampeded into the blind, increasing
and capricious reactions which used
to mark our politics in mid-adminis-
tion year. The canvass of 1906 en-
courages the idea that stability and
intelligence in popular judgments are
gaining Importance as factors in ma
tional politics.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-01-01

THE official returns from New York
State show that although nearly mil
lion and half votes were cast in that
State last election there were only ], 26l
defective ballots. This Isl most graft
flying showing, and demonstrates that
the people are beginning to thoroughly
understand the somewhat complicated
ballots. What makes the showing all
the more remarkable is the fact that
New York has a greater number OF
voters OF foreign birth than any other
commonwealth in the Union, and the
manner in which these aliens mastered
the intricacies of the American ballot
speaks volumes for their intelligence.