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Chauffeur's Joke Costly.

From the New York Times
 For knocking him down, as he alleged. Henry Fisher of Fair Ground. l.. l., yes terday hauled a chauffeur from his seat and beat him severely. He compelled him to pay for q new suit of clothes be- fore releasing him.
 Fishers companions held another man in the automobile while Fisher attacked the driver Two women in the car screamed with fright when Fisher mauled their companion.
 The automobile party. whose names are unknown. had been to Huntington and were on their way to New York Meet ing Fisher and his party. they conceived the idea of making them jump out of the way of the car, western cowboys make a tenderfoot skip out of the way of bull lets from their reyolvers. Finally the auto knocked Fisher down.
 Fishers companions had been gathering stones from the roadside and with these they bombarded the auto party. Fisher pulled the chauffeur from his seat and beat him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

r HE subject before us is, of course,
 too broad in it's range to be
 \ adequately treated in this paper. I shall, therefore attempt suggestion rather than an exhaustive discussion.
 Is the subject real one? Has the preacher any attitude towards litera- ture? To answer this question prop erly, we must first ask, What is the preachers business?" Obviously, to in- fluence the character and the conduct of men. This includes about all that he has to do as preacher. What is the spring or source of conduct? Thought. We have inspired authority for this answer: "As he thinketh in his heart, so is he." Moral excellence Is the product of thought. Man is what he thinks. Even religious emo tion depends upon thinking. It must be reached by appealing to mans thinking power. He must have some thing about which to feel. Luther Rice used to say: "If I wish to make you feel, I stick something into you" Emotion. without an apprehension of the truths upon which it should be based, is worse tban worthless. It may make sentimentalists; 1t will never make Christians.
 Emotion sometimes takes the wrong side. A gentleman of much taste once bought fine painting of The Christ ians to the Iions." The savage beasts were tearing the Christians limb from limb at dreadful rate. The gentle man showed the picture to his little 4-year- old boy, who at once burst into a flood of tears. Delighted to see his a flood of tears Delighted to see him manifesting so much sensibility, you crying about?' And the little fellow, pointing to the painting, said with fresh burst of sobs; That little lion over there in that corner amt got no Christian to eat
 We must now ask: What is litera- ture? Itsis thought put into accessi- ble forn1-for us, practically, printed thought. Printing however, is only an accident, and not an element, or a necessity of literature. Excellent liter ature-indeed the very best we have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

and his death. His creed would have been cant, and was cant. in the throat of Henry Wilson or Timothy O. Howe He too, tried to enslave the white men, wom- en, and children of the south, and would have succeeded had it been possible Thad Stevens was a club-footed man, and David Philpott warns us that it was a club foot that God gave Cain that all might ware of him.
 As for the Burnt district that was made illustrious by George w. Julian, the greatest orator Indiana ever produced. Could he and O. P. Morton have stalled together in one barn, no democrat could have got much higher than constable in Hoosierdom. But you could no more manage George w. Julian than you could stay Niagara. He and Morton started
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

Official station never made statesman illustrious. Could that be shyster eh the robes of Marshall might have the fame of Marshall. A great writer or Eng fish letters expressed 1t thus:
 Cato lost the election of praetor and that of consul, but is any one pima enough to truth to imagine that these re- pulses reflected any disgrace on nm The dignity of those two magistrates would have been increased by his wearing them They suffered; not Cato.
 Pope said something Of not alien lm- port when he rhymed of Marcellus exlled and Caesar with a senate obsequious.
 But what I started to write about was illustrious constituencies, and the CIVIC duty of every electorate to choose It's pest and ablest men. Send him to congress and keep him there. Legislation IS a trade, so recognized in England, and 1t IS no less so here Gladstone, the youth, was a splendid orator; Gladstone, at three score and ten, was a sage. You can [ buy statesmanship like you can cora wood or limestone, or cotton or tobacco. It is much a matter of inspiration. Some- times it is the child of genius; always 1t is the child of common sense. It is mat ter of thought; too frequently thing Of lungs.
 Here are our illustrious constituencies Quincy, of Massachusetts,; Lancaster, of Pennsylvania; Nineteenth Ohio; the Burnt" district of Indiana; the Ashland, of Kentucky, and Charlottesville, Ga. John Quincy Adams made the first of these the first American constituency for eighteen years. He was the greatest of his name and one of the most accom- plished statesmen of any age or country. The "old man eloquent" he set fire to the fuse that spread the confiagration from Bull Run to Appomattox, and. like Theodore Roosevelt, he was half south ern, cousin german to R. Barnwell Rhett. He had the pugnacity Of the southerner. was born fighting and died fighting We might have had our nggers yet if it had not been for him, with his right of peti- ton. thus batting Tom Marshall and Henry A. Wise to desperation and forcing slavery to paramountcy Perhaps he stands first among Americas common ers.''
 Thad Stevens made the Lancaster dis trict famous. He had the lame leg, the impedous will, perhaps the genius for action of Tamerlane. the scourge of the east. Intellectually he was inferior to none. As a parliamentary gladiator, he never met his match between secession
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NLp age accompanied by poverty
 and infirmity is a sad conclusion O life of toll, and yet that is the prospect which confronts the great majority of men whose employment dur ing the working period of their lives is found in the ranks of unskilled la bor. With no provision made for their declining years (for what provision could they make out of the small wages they receive?) they must either become mendi- cants on the streets or inmates of the alrhshouse. This is one of the problems that every civilized nation is trying to solve, and one which, as MT Gladstone once said if not solved will solve it. self
 The unskiled labored is an indispensable element in the social fabric. There must be hewers of wood and drawers of water so long as there is wood to be hewn or water to be drawn, and these require ments are likely to last about as much longer as they have already existed. Edu- cation and invention may dc much to tighten the load of labor on human should CTS but they cannot remove 1t altogether. Spades and shoVes and axes may be improved so as to dc work easier and bet. ter, but it still requires the laborer, the unskilleG lahorer if you will, to wield the axe or handle the spade So long as walls are built of brick and until cotton bales
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
!. BIII. was pakged at the summer

4 BILL was passed at the summer "A session of the legislature making 4 A the tax assessors of the counties eontributory to the field of the state De- partment of Archives and History to the limit prescribed.
 The title of the act announces the ob- Ject to be the preparation of a census of surviving Confederate soldiers and all surviving militiamen, home guards or others who, in any manner and at any time. participated In the military or naval operations of the Confectionery. The de- partment supplies the blanks and pays tue cost of carriage through the mails or express. For these expenses the act ap- propriates $500 The tax assessors re- spectiyely make the census and receive from the state a fee of 10 cents for each name so enrolled One copy of the roll Is to be placed in the Department Of Archives and History, a permanent record and one in the office of the Judge of Probate.
 Better late than never The work should have been done in 1865, and would have beensdone then but for the natural apol- ogetic atmosphere that overspread tine
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democrats and rivals; they entered the republican party on the repeal of the Missouri restriction, falsely called "com- promise" and were together in the earlier stages of reconstruction. Morton was an opportunist, essentially so. Like Chase. as soon as Julian got freedom for the negro he went back to the demo- cratic party. What sort of a campaign document would it make for the c. o. P. Oliver P. Morton's speech on negro sui frage made in 1866 or 1867?
 And now I come to the most illustrious of them all-the Ashland district. Here are some of the men sine has sent to council with the sages of the nation; George M. Bibb, William T. Barry, Henry Clay, Robert P Letcher, A. G. Hawes,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
The Real Neuro Problem.

From "'Che Negro and the South, by
 John Sharp Williams, in the November
 Metropolitan magazine.
 Some people talk as if the repeal Of the fifteenth amendment would get rid of darkies It is the physical presence of the negro that constitutes the problem. That cannot be too often repeated and that constituted the problem even when his status was one of slavery. The physl- cal presence, as far as 1 can see, Is un- avoidable. It cannot be escaped by the deportation of the negro race. It cannot be escaped by the white people moving out of the south and leaving the negroes in possession of the accumulated fruits of their intelligence and civilization. It cannot be escaped by the extermination of either race by the other. That thought is absolutely horrible to a good man. 8
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
CONSTITUENCIES

Richard M. Johnson, Garrett Davis, Thomas F. Marshall, Charles A. More head. John C. Brecknrldge. A. K Mar shall. James B. Clay. John J. Crlttenden, Brutus J. Clay, James R. Beck, Joseph C. S. Blackburn, William c. P. Brecl<in- ridge. and numerous others.
 Where can you match them? More brains came out of that electorate to solonize in the councils of this capital than any other district in all America can show. It is the heart of the blue grass. the home of Clays, Breckinridges, Crittendens and Marshalls Talk about plumed knights-Henry Clay was the ottiest of them all. Old Throckmorton, of the Galt House, painted him when, in an ecstacy, he roared Take him in the
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-06-22
A Card.

To the voters of Atlantic district;
oh, NtaH Stale be- Cornelius Bonawell,
Angelo Taylor, Samuel II. Taylor and
myself went to Accomac G. ii. to get
Mr.. William L. Mock, then supervi-
sor of Atlantic district, to drain a
certain piece of road from Neal Cor
bins store to POcomoke river. we
stated to him at that time that the
land owners on the road would pay
one-half the expense. He positively
refused to consider it and told us 10
take it to court, and said that he
could not spend the county's money
TO benefit private individuals. In the
next election (soon thereafter) ne
had opposition by MIR. Joshua sharp
lev. He came to us and asked for
our support, and also stated that he
was going to cut the ditch. He did
cut the ditch before the election came
off. Neither of the seven promised
to vote for him, nor did we vote for
him. The county paid for cutting the
ditch although we had previously
promised to pay for one-half OF 1t.
There is in circulation report that
in the event Charles W. Feddeman Is
elected supervisor of Atlantic district
that would be appointed road ma
chine manager. have never chang
ed a word with Mr.. Feddeman as to
who he would appoint az road ma
chine manager | positively deny
this report and will not take the posi-
ton under any circumstances.
James B. Taylor.
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Who Is Edward ColonaF

In reply to query contained III last
,yaelx,s issue of ''Enterprise", the I'M
begs to submit the follow
ing facts: oa roared
near the town of Greenbackvliie, aC
which place he resided until he was
is wears of age. During early man
hood. he followed oystering for
at the age OF Is years ne
accepted employment with the T. w;
G. r. r r. 90. at Franklin City ana
for the past II years has been Win
the N. Y. p. & N. II. r., as agent ana
operator at Parksley. Since moving
to this place he has married daugh-
fer of the late Hon. ID. Frank White
and q sister of Roy d. White. He IS
. member of the board of directors OF
the Accomack Banking Company OF
Parsley and Bloxom. While PARKS
lev was incorporated he was mem
her of the town council and has been
for several years and is now secretary
Of the Parksley Baptist Sunday
school. Mr.. Colona is now 80 years
of ace. AS a man and official ne
merits the highest esteem. Though
he has always been a loyal ano
straight Democrat, he has never =, DC e
fore been candidate for public office
Independent in thought thought and al a CT tb,
neople and no class or faction, no
viii WIFI his past official connection viii
lthe r, r. hamper or influence him
He is a candidate on his own motion
without individual or corporate sue
gestion. His record as man IS clea
and above reproach. His morals ar
cod his habits excellent, he does nc
oreach one thing and practice another
| other, champion the cause of one ma
and cast his ballot for another, but o o
all public questions he STANDS a,d 10
, morality, temperance ana ciea
1 government. He will receive n
= Strongest support from the poop
who know him best.
B, "N One who knows him.
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A Card.

To the voters of Atlantic Maglsterlai
District:
was very much surprised at the
tome of the announcement of my OPP
ponent (Mr. G. w. Feddemaht ioI
supervisor of Atlantic MagisUeTlal
District, and regret exceedingly unaU
he seems to have started his canvass
i'm bad humor. l am especially al
loss to understand his ill feeling TO-
wards me or his grievance against me
when remember that | had pleas
ant and friendly talk with him at
Bloomtown the day before the date
of his announcement of May %, l9OL
and that in that conversation, ne
never referred to or mentioned any
Grievance he had against me, as IL
Seems to me he should have done, II
he had heard had circulated any re-
port concerning his candidacy that
was untrue. wish to say that never
circulated the report that he com,
nlai,,s of. viz: that he was brought
ont by a certain clique to defeat me-
and this clique was S. Wilkins MAI
tbews.u wish also to deny the
charge he makes that l had sald
could not afford to ride over the as
/ trict to look after the roads tor UhG
small compensation the office pays.
believe now as l have always belieyeo
that if man accepts public once,
| he should perform the duties OF the
office no matter how small the COM
pensation, or even though he gets nc
COMPENSATION at all. l have tried tC
perform my duties in this respect a.
, we'll as in all others pertaining 10 t N
3 office, and shall continue to do SO, IL
= am reelected. Thanking the voter
e for their support in the past, ant
G honing that my record as supervise
v has merited their approval, l am,
4 Very respectfully,
y w. l.. Mock.
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no the voters OF Atlantic magisterial district.
Atter the solicitation Of many voters, one ,ha
900 I announced myself candidate ioa o0
"s,ice NJ supervisor at the approaching sieS ~
S;nce INV announcement my opponent MI; W., ,as
Wock has circulated the report thst : him
hronGht out by a certain clique 10 uelea. ,hich
and this clique was S. wilkins mattneW hs never
cmnhaticaily deny. as Mr.. Matthews mas heuIi
noniioned the Office to me. furthermore sn S~re
have been utterly surprised for HIM 10 nave h;n,
s"ch knowing that never did agree WIN n,'n
nIit;calIy since he was candidate Tor treasure,
! wish To say that am not governed py ot;n9
or Nocks have been free man al my SDaS
days and expect to remain so. l nav sn" or
co,c ont for this office 10 try 10 ihp'vNe ~ IL
woad system II possible. knowing unless lle'e -
| y tremendous advance in labor that can 81,
r,ore work done for 5000 yearly than mas DE-
d"ne for the last decade. Mr.. Mock also snj .,
hat he can't afford TO ride all over the u,sS' ~
| fnr such n small compensation ,SSoUoyeaIy has
oot after the affairs OF the roads MI N1Gn n he
side line now This banking business "nion "s
con take along with him and thorouRhs can i ,ni
,he district for his reelection. can aIoi o,,se
! shall not attempt to make a mouse W .Ia,',
convass. If the people want me VIII serve
and viii pledge myself TO full in an honest a'''
o ~ ,yay every trust imposed by the ONCE
| g. w. Feddeman.
Dreka. Va.
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To Voters of Accomac.

While we have used every precau-
ton in making up the list of those
who paid their capitation tax, it is
possible that we may have left some
off, which should not prevent them
from voting in the coming Primary
election, if they will produce their
receipts showing that they have paid
the required amount. K. II. Powell
can be reached on day of Primary by
phone at Wachapreague up to noon,
and at Onancock from l 80 to 5o'clock.
John H. Hopkins can be reached on
day of Primary at Parksley, from IL
to 5 O'Clock.
John H. Hopkins, Treas.
E. II. Powell, Deputy Treas.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-06-22

Ex-President Cleveland, dangerously
i'll of late, according to the latest re-
ports has passed the crisis and his
speedy recovery is now hoped for. The
specialists, summoned in consultation
by his physician, diagnosed his case as
one of internal malignant growth and
for several days feared the attack
would cause his death. 1t is expected
that he will have to spend the entire
summer in seclusiOn.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-06-22

The superintendent Of Virginia
schools as we'll as the conductors of the
summer schools are being sent copies
of the outlines of the courses of in
struction recently published by the de-
partment of public instruction. This is
being done to invite criticism and sug-
gestions from the educators. The course
embraces seven years, four being pri-
mary and three grammar grades.
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Parksley, Va. May Both. 1907.

To TIE voters of Accomack county
announce myself a candidate to represent the
are tes Subject to the Democratic primary, and
will If elected, endeavor to discharge the duties
that devolve on me to the best interest OF all my
constituents l certify further that il elected to
tha t,,rtherance of the Temperance Cause. ] also
declare that my previous association with the
Railroad company has nothing to do with my
candidacy for the above Office and without fear
NV constituency. Edward COlcna,
my Parksley, Va.
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Candidates Cards.

To my friends and fellow citizens of the county
announce myself a candidate for reelection to
the legislature OF Virginia. subject TO the rules
in NV humble way. the people OF Accomack
county in the above body for the past two terms
during which time have striven faithfully ana
fearessy to represent all the people all the time
ro@a rdIeSs of politica factions or corporate IN
auence. My humble record is before the people;
and. if they can conscientiously endorse 1t,
trust it will be theii pleasure to return me.
Thanking my friends Tor the confidence ON 'he'
Very gratefully,
John r. Rev,
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To the voters OF Accomac:

To the voters OF ACcOmaC. -, =,
announce myself candidate for the Once OF
,rroasnrer Tor Accomac County with Henry f.
Byrd as my deputy at the coming primary cleo
ton to be held June 18th. next subject TO the
rules of said primary. have served two terms
as Mayor of the town Of Onancock and am now
INV record as Mayor. and TO the various personal
trnsts committed to my hands for the past TWEEN
ty wears. will feel under lasting obligations 10
every friend who will render me assistance IN
his contest and IL / am elected will devote my
time and attention to the business OF the Office
with courtesy to all.
Very Respectfully,
Leondas r. Doughty
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-06-22

NlRGl NlA:-ln the circuit couiI
for the county of AccOmack, in the
vacation of the said court, on the 18th
day Of June, AID, 1907.
Revel ]. Onions and Laura G. On.
ions, his wife, in right Of said WIFE.
.Plalntl11s.
against
Samuel NJ. Taylor, William Harrison
and Willianna, his wife, in right OF
said wife John @. Parks and Jeanette
F., his wife, in right Of said Wlfe,
Beauregard Ewell, Avery Hamilton
Ewell, John Il. Matthews and Ida M,
his wife, in right of said wife, Joseph
N Taylor and Jennie, his wife, the
said Avery Hamilton Ewell being an
infant under the age Of twenty-one
wears. ......... Defendants.
In Chancery.
The object of this suit is to partition
the real estate of which Samuel y.
TAYLOR died seized and possessed, or in
the event the same cannot be partl-
toned, then for sale and division OF
the proceeds among the parties enti-
tied thereto.
Affidavit having been made before
| the CLERK OF the sdlu COuIt tnat OoIhuoi
NJ. Taylor, William Harrison and
Willianna, his wife, John G. Parks
and Jeanette F., his wife, and Joseph
N. Taylor and Jennie, his wife, seven
of the defendants in the above enti-
tied cause, are nOn-residents Of the
State of Virginia, on motion Of the
plaintiffs, by their attorneys, it is or
dered that they, the said nonresident
defendants, do appear here within
fifteen days after due publication OF
this order and do what is necessary to
protect their interests; and that this
order be published once week for
four successive weeks, in the "Penin-
sula Enterprise" a newspaper publish
ed at Accomac @. H., Virginia, and
also posted at the front door OF the
Courthouse of the said county on the
third Monday in June, A. d., 1907.
John d. Grant, Z. q.
A Copy-Teste:
John d. Grant, G. G.
Rev & Rev, p. q.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-06-22

Charles G. Carlin of Alexandria re-
ceived the nomination for Congress
by a good plurality in the Democratic
primary held in the Eighth Virginia
District Wednesday, according to re-
turns from all the counties excepting
King George, which it is conceded
will also give him a majority.
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To INV friends and fellow citlzens; .,, = CON
take this method Of Announcing m H,nmn Kim
Dstrict subject TO the regulations Oh
tbe democratic party Should my friends honor no.
rne NV eIecting me to said office, promise the
people Of Metompkin MagisteTa plstLG. 10 the
hns, Of NV ability. Thanking my friends IN al
vance for any assisianSe. which they may "
ieni~in Teagle L. Byrd.
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To the voters Of Atlantic Magisterial District
Have been faithful to you in the discharge OF
INV duties as public servant, as promised you
I would be when l was first elected? II so l
again Kindly ask you for one more term as con-
stahIe am candidate subject to the Demo-
crafic Primary and il my friends will honor me
With one more term again promise a faithful.
honest and efficient discharge of the duties OF the
office 10 the best of my ability. Thanking my
Find friends for all past favors and for all they
,yiIl render me in the future. remain
Your humble. public servant.
+. T. Ross. ST.. constable.
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.nda and fellnH cltlzenn.

To my friends and fellow citizens.
take this method OF announcing myself car
didate for the office of constable Of Netompkin
Magisterial district. .,a q,
Should my friends elect me 10 said once
promise the people an honest and efficient ad-
ministration. Thanking my friends IN advance
Yours very respectfully,
Thos. ii. Walker.