The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-07-11
CAROLINE SOCIAL COURT
Crops and POIiiiCS.-BOth Much
Discussed.
EDUCATIONAL MEETING MEN CLERKS OFFICE

EDUCATIONAL MEETING MEN CLERKS OFFICE.
Social Court" did not attract "A hun
dr-d people Ia Bowling Gr-n Monday
The iArmerS arr busy saving hay. plow-
iug corn. vultivAting tobacco and pre-
pairing to thresh wheat Carolino IL
Y, nerally regarded ~ u county who's,
| ITople give their whole attention To to
hAcco. II you will take a look you will
find that in the vicinity of Bowling
Green are some Of the finest diversified
crops. Early in the morning this ~
porter went out with MIR. John e.. White
To hook at several crops. Al Mr.. r. u.
Coghill'= farm are thirty acres Of hay.
| which will make tons To- the acre
| Nearby WAS u lot belonging 20 Mr.
Eugene Broaddus. from which WAS
shocked hay with - yield OF , tons to
the acre. Jim Richards has his crop ON
one field cut aud stacked. with "a Weld of
> tons per acre. Another field of -
acres II not cut and il heavy Mr. John
q. White has 80 acres in grass. ON.
field of ! acres which he was cutting
Wa the heaviest We SAW. The big field
WAS OF timothy and herds grass. Ii WINS
free OF weeds aud was "a beautiful sipht
{" gaze ON. This field I'm average over
one ton To- the acre. Mowers Wer. al
work In Mr. A. y. Chandler field. wher,.
the grass l. said To be- fine We were
much impressed with the style and
beauty pi Mr.. Chambers residence aud
grounds Ii is probably the prettiest
home in the village
Owing To the failure of hay last year IA
large amount was brought from TIM.
west. Jim Richards bought 80 ears.
which averaged IL tons each. equal to
nearly 900 tons. Others bought many
4.
cars direct. IL was estimated that 500
600 was sent out west iurhay alone
Corn il selling now Tor 75c and hay
sold ~ high az SIS per ton. The wheat
crop il good all through the county; to-
baccO looks well, but corn il backward
There are but few peaches. apples and
pears
IL was late before peopl. began To ar
rive. The fredericksburg aud Richmond
conting,nts Were small IL was thought
the double attraction of politics and edu-
cation would bring n crowd. but they
did not.
Messrs. CoghiIl and Powers. candidates
Tor the Legislature, were early on the
ground, and DIR. Gravatt. candidate for
Senate. came later to spend the day and
departed in the evening for X ing William
G. unity, which. II was asserted positively
I by the knowing ones, DR.. Grayatt will
carry by good majority. Dr GrRvatt
aud his friends are very sanguine Of hi-
election DR.. Gravatt smiled when AN es-
innate WAS made of the result. to-wit.
"Dr. GrAvatt will get double the votes
in Hanover that Wickham will get In
: Caroline and DR. Gravatt will carry
81 King William Ii Is conceded ON all
sides that Dr. Gravatt'- strength il in.
creasing instead oidiminishing. and that
men who Were noncommittal are out
spoken for Gravatt. There il no fault
1" find with MIR. Wickham. excerpt that
iie II the representative of railrOnd cor.
porations. This Is having it, effect
The friends Of Me--r-. Powers and Coz
! bill ar' both sanguine Of the election al
their candidate Both gentlemen ar,
hu-tling aud both arr experienced cam
paiguerr
July l-t was the time limit for candi
dates To announce themselves and put NJ
The money Tor primary expenses. Capt
g. i. Smith. treasurer: T. Is. GILL sheriff
and W +. Ennis. commemorative AT
= torneN. had no opposition. They an.
splendid officers and the people show
their appreciation 10y letting them run
unopposed. The legislative candidates
ane Messr-. Powers aud Coghill. Mr. r..
q. Allen. of Bowling Green district. has
NO opposition for supervisor. In Madi-
iron district, e. =. Smith. chairman
ot board, il opposed 10y H. r. Coleman.
Port Royal district, j. e.. Chandler. in-
cumbcnt, has oPponeRt, q. +. Parish.
keedy church district, ". l.. Coleman.
incumbent. opponent John +. Terrill.
EDUCATIONAL MEETING.
An educational meeting was held At ,
.. IA. Superintendent of Schools John
Washington called the meeting to order
and Capt. G. T. Smith was made presid-
ing officer, and Dir. T. f. Butler. sccre-
tary. The purpose of the meeting was
To take steps To establish high school
Tor the county, and Hon. j. ID. Eggles.
ton, state Superintendent of Public In
struction, came up To make an address
IN advocacy of the school. He WAS in.
PRODUCED 10y Mr. A. r.. Chandler. Jr.. of
Richmond. Mr.. Eggleston made "A mas
terly speech, which had it's effect A res
nlution was unanimously adopted re-
puesting the board ofsupervisors To levy
"A special tax Of not less that Pc on the
500 Tor the payment Of IA high school
teacher, and the following COMMITTEES.
was appointed tn raise funds for "A
school building; Messrs e.. II. Smith. T..
y. Butler. Charles Mahon, VIM. q.
White, A. j. Reeves, Maxwell Broaddus
NEW CLERKS OFFICE.
Mr.. John q. White, chairman OF the
committee appointed by the board of
supervisors To have drawn plans and
specifications for fireproof building to
he known as the clerks office, presented
said plans to the board, which were
adopted, and the committee will adver-
tlse Tor bids Tor the erection of the build
| ing at the earliest date noaaihla