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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-23

ny the name OF Virginia. In the Clerk :
4 Office OF the Corporation court OF the
y city of Fredericksburg on the l4th
day OF March, 1907:
Ab McGee, plaintiff. against Josephine
Mccall, - Mccall her husband. MOseley
Russell, Hannah Griffin, - Griffin her
husband, Bette Russell, John Russell,
William ii. Russell, George L. Russell,
W. d. Carter, substituted trustee, the
Merchants and Mechanics Perpetual
Building and Loan Association, OF Fred
ericksburg, Virginia; +. d. Cole, Joseph
Walker and J. Conway Chichester, ser
geant, administrator OF John Turner,
deceased, defendants.
The object OF this suit is TO subject a
house and lot in the city OF Fredericks-
burg. Va, on the northwest corner,
formed by the intersection OF Princess
Anne and Pitt streets, fronting 10 ieet on
Princess Anne street and running back
between pa ailel lines along Pitt street,
and owned 10y the heirs OF Stephen Rus
sell. deceased, TO satisfy a judgment OF
the plaintiff fully set out III the bill Of
complaint, and to compel the Merchants
and Mechanics Perpetual Building and
Loan Association, Of Fredericksburg,
Virginia, to foreclose a certain deed OF
trust upon said property, and to have
all OF the lien creditors OF Joseph Russell
convened before a master commissioner
of the court and their priOrities ascer-
tanned. And an affidavit having been
made and fled that the defendants, Jo-
sephine Mccall and - Mccall her hus-
band. Moseley Russell. Hannah Griffin
and - Griffin her husband, Bette Rus
sell. John Russell, William Ii. Russell
and George L. Russell, are not residents
OF the State OF Virginia, it Is ordered that
they do appear here within fifteen days
after due publication hereof, and do what
may be necessary to protect their inter
est in this suit. And it is further ordered
that copy hereof be published once
week for Jour weeks in The Free Lance
and that copy be posted at The front
door of the courthouse OF this court on
or before the next succeeding rule day OF
the court.
A copy-Teste:
A. b. Yates, Clerk
Frederick W. Coleman, attorney for COM
blainant. mlo-Wt"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-23
Southern Railway

{ B.-Following schedule figures published a.
. informatiOu and are not guaranteed.
Schedule effective January eth. 1907.
Trains leave Washington from Pennsylvania
station
/ 100 a. M. Daily-Local for Warrenton. Dan
/ Vile. AM way stations
rs a. I'D Daily-Local for Harrisonhurg. Va.
/ 100 "a. N. daily ashington aud Florida
/ Limited. Through coaches and sleeper To Co
lumbia Savannah aud Jacksonville. D.nin-
/ car service.
/ 800 "A. m. Daily-United states Fast Mail
First-class coaches and drawing room, sleeper TO
New Orleans. Dining ear service.
40l y. m. Week Days-L0ca for Hsrn-onbur-
aud way stations on Manassas Branch.
80 D. III. Daily-LOcal for Warrenton ana
] Charlottesville
/ pre-s-First class coach to Atlanta. Sleeper to
/ columbus. Ga. Mondays. Wednesdays. Fridays.
sunset Route Tourist sleeper Washington 10
/ san Francisco.
| Gl5 - m. Week Davs-Southern's Palm Lin
| iied solid Pullman train for Columbia Aiken.
| Augusta Savannah. Jacksonville and st. Au-
gustine. Diningcar service
| $50 y. m. Dailv-New York and Florida ~
press First class coach and sleeper To to'um-
| bia and Augusta. Week days sleeper for Pine
hurst. Dining car a la carte
| 1918 D. m. paily-New YORK ana memphis
| Limited (yia LynchburgJ- First class coach and
sleeping ear 10 Roanoke. Knoxville. Chatta-
J nooga Birmingham and Memphis. sleeper ia
/ New Orleans. Dnngcar service.
! II 90 D. m DatlY-New YORK ana New vHehh-
/ Tdmited-An Pullman trains club and observa-
ton cars TO New orleans. sleeper - Ashville
! Atlanta. Birmingham. New Orleans. Dining-car
/ service.
Trains leave Richmond FOR the South az Toll
lows: Daily. a. u. Ills a. m. ll.3o y. m. week
DAYS D. ~ makes connections at Danviiie for
all points south pullman sleeper. Trains
arrive Richmond $50 a. m, 33j p. ~. and SD
/ D. IN. daily 40 a. M. week days.
! Through trains.from the South arrive Wash
ington 7.35 a. M. A m, 905 a. M, daily. 23o
D. M SIS p. M. l.30 p. M. and II .4Op. m, daiN
! HarrisOuburg II - a. IN. week days and 92o p.
! H. daily From Charlottesville. SIC a. m. ana
| S.45 p. M, Lynchburg. 1918 a. NJ, daily except
Mondays.
/ Tickets seepingcar reservations. and detailed
Information can be had az ticket office, 100 l3th
st. 81 Pa. ave and Pennsylvania station
Baggage checked through from hotels and resi-
| dences
Phone $3.50 for F. r. r. Cab service.
e. II. ACkERT V. T. and Gen Man.
:. H. HARDWICk. Pass Traffic Mgr.
W H. TANLOE Cen Pass. Agent
/ L. = BROWN General Agent.
Washington. ID. &.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-23
Sells More Of ChambefIalns Cough Remedy than
of All Others Put Together.

Mr. ThOs. George, a merchant at Mt
Elgin. Ontario, says: 4 have had The
local agency for Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy ever since il WAS introduced into
Canada, aud sell as much OF it as | do
OF all other lines have on my shelves
put together. OF the many dozens sold
under guarantee, | have not had one
bottle returned. lean personally recon-
mend this medicine as have used it my
self and given it to my children and
always with the best results" For sale
by NJ. NJ. Lewis Drug Store.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-23
NUGGETS OF NEWS

The New Hampshire senate passed
bill forbidding state officials from
using free passes on the railroads.
Mrs. Russell Sage has donated $l0O.'
600 to the American Seaman's Friend
Society in New York for a sailors
home.
Edward Howell, one OF the most in
fuential negroes in Southern Missis-
sippi. and president of bank at Hat
tiesburg. was shot and killed by an
unknown person.
Rev. Henry w. Cleveland. who sery-
ed in President Davis secret service.
and a relative Of former President
Grover Cleveland, died in Louisville,
KY. aged II years.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-23
LET IT IN

when you're ieelin grouchy,
Let the sunshine in;
When your face gets ieelin hard,
Crack it with a grin.
Don't be 'fraid o. wrinkles.
Tear loose with your mirth-
An old face laughter wrinkled
Is the sweetest thing on earth.
Houston Post.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-23

Cut this out and take it to NJ. NJ.
Lewis Drug Store and get free sample
OF Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets. For billousness and constipa-
ton they are unequaled. They improve
the appetite, strengthen the digestion
and regulate the liver and bowels.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-23
Group.

Areliable medicine and one that should
always be kept in the home for immedi-
ate use is Chamberlain Cough Remedy.
1t will prevent the attack II given as
soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even
after the croupy cough appears. For
sale by NJ. NJ. Lewis Drug Store.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-23
PUBLICSALE
Valuable Timber Land

near Frederlcksburg, IN SpOtsYlvanla
county.
Pursuant to the provisions Of deed
Of trust from Thomas J Murphy 10 tie
undersigned. dated January ,, 1906,
and duly recorded in the Clerks office Of
the Circuit Court. of Spotsylvania coun-
IS. Virginia in deed book \. . 2. pol,
d-iault having been made IN the pay
inent OF the note therein secured. and be-
ing SO requested 10y the holder OF the said
mote. the undersigned trustee will offer
ior sale ~ public auction to the highest
bidder for cash at 1910 o'clock NJ AT
Spoisylvania courthouse. before the
front door uf the courthouse. on
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-23
ITS LIMIT

The blizzard keeps the roses back,
Likewise the bees and gnat,
But you never saw no blizzard yet
That would stop the Easter hat.
-StauntOn Leader
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-23
Monday, April l, 1907,

that being court day. the land in said
deed OF trust set forth. containing 100
acres. situated in Spotsylvania county,
Va. on or near the Gordon road. about
five miles from fredericksburg, Va, ad-
Joining the lands OF Misses Mary and
Annie Murphy and Mr.. John Murphy,
and is the same laud devised 10 the said
Thomas }. Murphy by his father, Thomas
Murphy by will probated before Spotsyl-
vania county court August |, 1898, and
recorded in will book b. b.. page 3
Terms oi Sae-Cash. unless otherwise
made known ON day OF sale.
This property il well timbered.
Alvin 4. Embrey,
m2w4w Trustee
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-23
WHITNER { SACREY
Undsrtakers and Embalmers

No. 719 Main ST.. FEEDER
icksburg, Va Phone SO.
Across from Exchange Hotel
and next to Western Union
office. Telegraph and telephone
orders receive prompt atten-
ton. Open day and night.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-23
fHAW FACES
THE MAD HOUSE
Jerome Says He Can Prove Him a
Dangerous Maniac.
MAY APPOINT LUNAcY BOARD

District ATTORNEY Tells Judge He Has
Facts Which Would Horrify Court
and Immediately Stop the Trial.
Says Prisoner Is Incapable of Con-
ferrine With Counsel
New York. March II. The blow
which Harry Kendall Thaw has been
IN terror OF ever since his trial for
the murder of Stanford White began
has fallen District Attorney Jerome
did not make formal application for
the appointment OF a commission in
lunacy. but in an impassioned speech
he appealed 10 the conscience of the
court. asserting that Thaw. as he sits
daily in court. is unable intclligcntly
to advise his counsel. and is believed
by every one VINO has watched and
come into contact with him to be in
sane.
Mr.. Jerome asserted that his own
alienists-the six men who testified for
the state-wcre convinced when they
had considered all the facts in conncc-
ton with the case that Thaw was of
unsound mind. Mr. jerome dramati-
cally accused the counsel for the de-.
Tense OF concealing testimony which,.
il presented To the court would mike
the continuance of the trial crime.
SO earnestly did he plead that Justice
Fitzgerald dismissed the jury Mcl
Friday morning. and viii consider
whatever evidence either side has 10
offer and decide whether the trial shall
20 on or whether a commission IN
mnacy shall be appointed to pass on
Thaw's mental condition.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-23

Sermons might be more interesting il
Won cOuld talk back.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-23
Don tRunChanCcS

OF purchasing your liquor any
where and everywhere, but al
waysgo where you are sure of get
ting the best and purest goods
Adulterated goods are not fit to
use. We are doing the largest
business In Fredericksburg, be-
cause we never misrepresent our
goods and always give you your
moneys worth in quality and
measure. We have the largest
assortment OF
Liquors and
TobaccOS
In this section OF the State
Our store is the only place you can
and the celebrated Wilson Whiskey
and Canada Rye drawn from the bar
rel. Our brands are too numerous to
mention. We have all kinds of bot.
tied LIQUORS and at our bar you will
dnd all the leading brand. Call OF
write
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-03-23
M. M. LEWIS
Patted on the Back by
Uncle Sam.
His Organization Mas Four Years
Ahead Of the Pure Food Law.

Mr. Lewis was Actively Identified With the
United Drug Company. Makers OF RsKaI REM
edes, Which has Been More Than Complying
With the New Law. Even Before II was
Thought OF in Congress.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-05-16
The Andersonville "Blot."

The case of the 'sHorrors of Anderson
ville'' has been stirred up again by G..
A. R. meeting in Plymouth Church, Brook
lyn, in memory of "our comrades who died
in the Southern prison pens.'' In vituper-
alive language several speakers discussed
the privations and sufferings Of the ''mar-
tyrs," but we notice nothing was said about
the fact that the horrors were due in infin-
tie measure to the policy Of the United
States government as dictated by General
Grant, which refused an exchange of pris-
oners, and would not permit medical sup
plies for Andersonville to come through
the lines.
Grant took the ground that the United
States armies could get all the fresh re-
cruits they wanted to carry out his tactics
of 'hammering" the thin gray line to
pieces, by weight of numbers, while on the
other hand, the recruiting material of the
South was exhausted, and it's only recourse
was through exchange. No one denies
that the Northern soldiers in Southern
prisons suffered great hardship as did the
Southern soldiers in Northern prisons, and
the subject is a painful one to discuss. But
by far the North would better avoid it than
the South.
The comparative war prison history, the
resources of the belligerants considered, is
all to the credit of the South, as shown by
official documents, especially the cores
pondence embraced in the report of the
Confederate Commissioner for Exchange
of Prisoners, the late Judge Robert Ould.
The Brooklyn memorialists would have
done we'll to have read that report and a
recent article in the Rochester Post-Dis-
patch, based on the information it contains,
before indulging in their narrowing de-
monstration. That the 'blot' of Ander-
sonville ''martyrdom" rests upon the
North and not the South is fact that can
be no more effaced than the blot ITSELF
Richmond News Leader.
Grants brutal and inhuman refusal to
exchange prisoners is alone responsible
for the privations and deaths of Northern
soldiers in Southern prisons, and the
Brooklyn Grand Army of the Republic
howlers-who no doubt were marauders
and incendiaries, and not fighters, during
the war-know this; but they prefer to
lie, hoping by lying all the time, to finally
overshadow truth with falsehood.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-05-16

The progress made in checking the raw
ages of certain diseases is illustrated by
some striking foreign examples noted by
Surgeon Generl Wyman in his recent ad-
dress before the South Carolina Medical
College. The death rate in London, which
in the latter part of the Seventeenth Cen
fury was S0per 1000, now averages between
II and 10. In England typus fever, once
formidable scourge, has been practically
eliminated. In Germany small pox and
typhoid fever have almost entirely disap-
peared. In 1906 there were only 26 cases
of small pox with five deaths in the whole
German Empire, and some of the cases
were imported from contiguous countries.
Germany has compulsory vaccination
law. In Italy the Government has con-
Quoted such a vigorous warfare against
malaria that it's extinction as an epidemic
is likely to be accomplished. The Surgeon
General referred to the projects of inter-
national sanitation, and expressed the hope
that the administrative energies of the ma
tions may find occupation in preventing
the spread of communicable diseases.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-05-16
An Ordinance

Ordering an election within School District No. II
OF Bossier Parish, La, established by the
School Board OF said parish, to take the sense OF
the taxpayers on the question of 5 mill tax for
ten years for the purpose Of supplementing the
salaries OF teachers and building and repairing
school houses in said district
Whereas, the petition, signed by more than one
third OF the property taxpayers Of School District
NO. II as established by resolution of the Parish
School Board OF Bosser Parish, La, of date April
1917, in regular session convened, has been pre-
scented to this body asking that special election
be ordered in said District No. IL to take the
nualy special school tax Of mills upon all prop
erty within said district for period Of ten years.
Tor the purpose Of supplementing the salaries Of
teachers and building and repaining school houses
m said district and, whereas said School District
NO. u has been duly created and its boundaries
defined by the School Board of Bossier Parish at
q regular meeting held on April 8. 1907,
BE Il Ordained, That there be, and it is hereby
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-05-16
An Ordinance

Ordering an election within School District No. 10
OF Bossler Parish, La, as established by the
School Board Of said parish, to take the sense
OF the taxpayers on the question of 4 mill tax
for ten years for the purpose of supplementing
the salaries OF teachers and building and repair
ing school houses in said district.
Whereas, the petition, signed by more than one
third OF the property taxpayers of School District
No. 13, as established by resolution of the Parish
School Board of Bosser Parish, La, of date April
3 1907, in regular session convened, has been pre-
sented to this body, asking that special election
be ordered in said District No. IL to take the sense
OF the taxpayers upon the question of levying an
nually special school tax of n mills upon all
property within said district for period of ten
years for the purpose of suppementing the salaries
OF teachers and building and repairing school
houses in said district, and, whereas said School
boundaries defined by the School Board of Bossier
Parish at regular meeting held on April 3, 1907,
Be it Ordained, That there be, and it is hereby
ordered, special election to be held in and for
School District No. Is, as created BY the School
Board OF Bossier Parish April g. 1907, for the pur-
pose OF ascertaining the Of the taxpayers Of
said district on the question of levying special
school tax of mills on the dollar of the assessed
property OF said district for period of ten years.
beginning at the earliest date possible after the
said election, and according to law for the purpose
OF supplementing the salaries of teachers and
building and repairing school houses in and for
said district, which is defined as follows
DCS inning dt GIlc east DdnK OF ReQ R1VGr near
Mrs. Arnold's, just north of her residence thence
east to the foot of the hills thence south along the
foot OF the hills to the line of Ward L. thence west
to Red River; thence up the east bank of Red
River to the point OF beginning
2. Be it further Ordained That said election be
held at Bossier City, the regular polling place in
and for said district on Friday, May "a, 1907, and
held In accordance with and under the general
election laws Of the State of Louisiana, except as
hereinafter modified.
3. That the ballots to be used may be printed or
written, and shall read: "For IL mill tax for
ten years" or against IL mill tax for ten
years.
4. That all legal voters who are property tax
payers shall be entitled to vote, provided women
who are taxpayers in their own rights shall be en-
titled to vote, either in person or by written proxy.
o.. That the following commissioners and clerks
shall hold said election, to-wit: w. E. Coleman,
c. G. House and Bryant Coffee, commissioners,
and J. R. Brandon clerk, whose duty it shall be to
make due returns to this body on or before its next
regular session after said election
3. That thirty clear days. advertisement in the
Bossier Banner be made of this ordinance before
said election.
J. G. LOGAN, President Police Jury.
r. B. HILL, Clerk.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-05-16
AMBITIONS.

Ambition is sometimes treated as though
it were vice, because by an unworthy
ambition the angels fell; but, as matter
of fact, ambition is one Of the great NOV
ing forces of the world, and proper ambl-
ton is great virtue. 1t is, after all,
nothing more than desire to advance
ones self, but it takes many forms, both
as to its object and as to the means en-
ployed to attain the object. The man
whose ambition is wealth and who is UNI
scrupulous respecting the means ne uses
to gain money may degenerate into COM
mon thief. But the man whose ambition
is success in his calling may acquire
wealth in consequence of that success and
may be scrupulously honest in all his &C
tons. The object of ones ambition IS,
generally speaking, test OF its quality.
Some men desire knowledge irrespective OF
the fame or money it may bring them.
They are under little temptation to employ
unfair or dishonest means in the attain
ment of their purpose. Their ambition is
honest and may be honestly pursued.
Others make knowledge the means to an
end Their ambition is notoriety, or fame,
or wealth, and such men are seldom
scrupulous about the means they employ
to accomplish their purpose.
Ambition is most useful incentive to
labor; it deserves encouragement rather
than repression, but it should be worthy
ambition honorably pursued. How are we
to tell whether an ambition is worthy or
unworthy? A simple if not infallible test
is the relation of ambition to selfishness.
If ones ambition is altogether sel6sh-if
the desire is to win personal prizes, money,
or fame, or office, it is an unworthy ambi-
ton; if the desire is to do good, to promote
the public welfare, to add to the enjoyment
of the world in art or literature, to ad-
vance knowledge or to alleviate suffer-
ing, the ambition is most worthy and may
bring to those who follow it the prizes that
of themselves are unworthy objects. To
counsel one to fling away ambition is to
counsel him to abandon the incentive to
earnest labor. Ambition should be en-
Outraged, but it should be the ambition to
acquire knowledge for the benefit it may
confer on humanity; the ambition to excel
in art for the sake of the influence of that
art upon others; the ambition to do good
rather than the ambition to acquire some
thing for ones self, as money, or fame, or
official distinction.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-05-16
THE STATE PRESS.
sissippi.

Monroe Star: Yes, there are others.
to fill the vacancy. Louisiana's educa-
tional advancement does not depend on
any one man. If Mr.. Aswell wants to go,
do not try to hold him.
Lake Providence Banner Democrat: The
platform of both Wilkerson and Sanders
are about the same, and we can see no
difference between them. Their platforms
are broad and manly, and either man
ought to make an ideal Governor, if he
only lives up to what he says.
Monroe Star: A penitentiary sentence
would probably have more impressive
effect on men who deliberately and con-
tinually violate the laws. Fines are usually
paid and the guilty soon forgets it, and
continues to disregard the law. A term at
hard labor would have beneficial effect,
no doubt.
Mansfield Journal: Now that the people
are in the saddle they are jealous of their
power and smart under anything that par
takes of Capitalization or dictation from
coaoeited office holders. Paternalism is
out of place in Louisiana, and we shall be
surprised if the reform movement so hap
PLY inaugurated by General Jastremski
does not continue until it brings about
changes in the public school system, not
the least of which will be the discontinue
ance of the State Board of Education.