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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-09-20
ON WITH THE SONG

Off with the shadow and on with the
song,
The way and the day to the sunshine
belong;
Troubles will vanish and sorrows will
With song on the lips and heart full
of glee!
Off with the signing and on with the
smile,
The long lane will turn at the end of
the mile,
And over the ridges the valleys will
CLEAN
With velvet of violets and purpIe of
dreaml
OFF with the worry and on with tho
prayer;
Life has its thorns. but the roses are
therel
Toiling and spinning, o true heart and
strong,
Off with the shadow and on with the
song!
Baltimore Sun.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-09-20
BIfna vVomnn sorts Csolor,.

Mrs. S. NJ. Kirk OF Forest VALLEY,
Okla. who has been blind for many
years, has acquired a sense of feeling
that is remarkable. She prepares the
meals for the family, with little as
sistance, and in pairing potatoes can
pick out the imperfections with an
much skill as IL she could see. She
makes all the dresses for her two little
girls and can put all the different
pieces together without getting one of
them wrong. One OF the most remark
able things is in sewing carpet rags.
She can pick out ell those OF the same
color and tack them together without
a miss, and in threading a needle she
does 1t as we'll and quickly as If hen
eyesight were perfect. Mrs. Kirk has
never spent day IN a school for the
blind, but has learned to do oil things
In her own home and altogether by ap-
pllcation.-St. Louis Republic
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-09-20
THE EASHION.PlATE LADY.

From heathen to Quaker, men think thai
their Maker
Created all things of the earth;
The man and the monkey, the dude anC
the donkey
He gave every creature its birth.
My faith is much shaken, fear they re
mistaken,
And though men may spurn what say,
Pm sure (keep it shady the fashion,
plate lady
Was never created that way.
By her picture, this daughters nine
feet and quarter
From the top of her hat to the ground,
And measured by sight she appears like
she might be
About 'leven inches around.
Betimes have pondered upon her and
wondered
What folks would be likely to say
If sculptors should take her and venture
to make her
Sans clothes in that ''willowy" way.
l believe things they tell me until facts
compel me,
The statements they make, to deny;
l am not controverting the one who's
asserting
The dictum that Figures won't lie. -
When girls who are dumpy, or what
some call "stumpy''
Their garments so cleverly plan
That they look ''tall and fetching ]
know they are stretching
The truth" just as far as they can.
Nixon Waterman.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-09-20
No rlacc to Int

81 wonder" said the old time bohe
mian. 'if Now Workers ever dine az
home on Saturday nights and Sundays.
/ took my best girl under my arm last
Saturday night and went out on still
hunt for a place to dine. We walked
from place TO place until we were worn
out, and from sheer fatigue we lost
the desire TO eat. At each cafe there
stood crowds waiting meekly for
tables, patiently enduring the hustllng
by of walters and the lordly frown OF
the proprietor. who made his appear.
ance at regular intervals with the
news that there would perhaps be va.
cant tables in an hour or so. And tl>at
wasn't the worst of IT." he concluded
sadly; "at each OF these little bohemian
tables d'hote there had been tackled q
blazing card which bore the legend that
the price OF the dinner had been raised
for these two nights from 40 to 60 aud
40 cents. At one" more sadly still
at was raised TO 75."-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-09-20
The DIctnfinr Hnhif-

Booth Harrington does not dictate his
stories. He Is foe to the habit OF die
tation.
"The debating habit is a growing
one." he said recently. Everybody
nowadays has secretary and die
tates."
He smiled.
when was In the Indiana Iegisla.
ture." he said, "an old colored man an.
peared as a witness before one of our
committees.
In the course of his examination
these questions were put to the man:
"'What is your name?,
"'Calhoun Clay, sir >-F
"'Can you sign your namer
"'SahP'
~ ask If you can write your name.s
"Well. no, sab. All nebbah writes
mar name. All dictates It, sah.,a -.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-09-20
HOW,S THIS .

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. j. CHENEY s. CO., Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j.
Cheney for the last Is years and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tons' and financially able to carry out any
obligation made by his firm.
WALDiN, KINNAN 81 MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggist, Toledy, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by al
druggist.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-09-20

You need not hesitate about using this
new Hair Vigorfrom anyfear OF its chang
ing the color OF your hair. The new
Ayers Hair Vigor prevents premature
grayness, but does not change the color
or the hair even TO the slightest degree.
--MadS by the ]. G. Aver Co.. Lowell. A1ass.---
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-24

and bully children. and they won't grow up IN
selfish but the opposite"
She smiled.
Il knew a little boy" she said "Once. at an
Easter party, 1 had a long conversation with
him.
And, I said. as I helped him decorate a pink
egg, what are YOU going to do when you grUw
up?
Looking UP from the egg with a frown. he
answered.
Whip papa"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-24
JUVENILE AMBITION.

Mrs. NJ c. Black. of Gardiner Ore. who has
received one Of the last awards Of the Carnegie
Hero Fund for saving three young girls from
drowning, was talking about bravery the other
day.
'cDO think that bravery. herOism. can BE
cultivated? Yes she said In a sense do.
Heroism is unselfshness carried to its highest
point and children can certainly be trained TO
be unselfsh.
There is only one way to teach them that
though and that is the way Of kindness. Beat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-24
USPROFIT4BLE CALLERS.

Admiral Sissbee, in a recent after-dinne<
speech. said Of the naval virtue OF obedience:
Yet even obedience may be carried too far.
"A lawyer about TO so to court. said to his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-24

THE BOY WHO MAY YET BE SHAH OF
PERSIA
Sultan Ahmed Mira. who was chosen Crown
Prince on January Is. His Imperial Highness
is the second son OF the Shah, and is nine
years Cd. The principle Of primogenlture rs
not carried out in Persia, and a choice has
always to be made of a prince heir to tho
throne. The Sphere
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-12-04

There is more than one large,
strong, valuable lesson which
thoughtful people will draw frol
prevailing financial conditions. The
Bible somewhere tells us that no man
liveth to himself He literally can't
do it, no matter how much, in his
utter Selfshness, he may want to, and
the growing interdependence of conf
munities Mud individuals under
modern conditions is making it 50
that what affecA one must in varying
degree affect all the others. The run
on the Knickerbocser TEust Company
in New YoFA, City a fST weeks ago,
was apparently a purely local affair,
and YET out of UT Vent influences
which haye peneFatf to every home
in America, no halter how humble,
and no NAV, high for low, rich or
poor, has beeINaHe to escape it. The
Boston Post refers 70 this as follows
Now and then i've need such an
example as that which has been
furnished by the sO-called panic
from which the country is happily
emerging-of the duty which the in
diyidual owes to the whole in our
community. 1t serves to teach that
none Of us lives for himself alone.
but that his welfare is bound up in
that of all bis neighbOrs and even in
that of his far distant fellow
citizens"
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-12-04
GOOD FOR DAN.

The remarkable merging of phys
cal and mental training in our
modern colleges and universities Is
we'll illustrated in the news just mace
public that Dan MeGugin, the eele-
brated football coach, has made a
five years contract with Vanderbilt
UNIVERSITY to coach or train the foo;-
ball team OF that institution and has
also been engaged by the same school
as Professor of Constitutional Law,
and contracts based on Engineering
specifications. That bind of double
stunt is calculated to give a college
president like, good Old DR.. Nunnal-
ly, of Columbia College at Lake City,
sensations OF mixed disgust and des-
pair, and yet Dan is not only high
class athlete with the muscles of 4
prize-fghteC, and knows how to use
them, but ne is a polished gentle
man and Learned lawyer fully equal
to his prNfessorship. He stands for
the coniRg race which is to be strons
in body, as well as mind. the square
shouldered, manly fellows, with big
biceps, who seorn the weapons of the
man-killsr and can whip pistol-toter
before hecsn get his gun" out, and
leave no NdOw and orphans as the
results Of mOhentary loss Of
temper. 1t is The Athletic man and
the athletic race that are to come out
ahead in the stern competitions of
the future, and systematic athletic
sports should be heartily encouraged
in everySehOOl, big and little, in the
South. People not familiar with the
facts WOULD pc surprised to know
what fine specimens of athletic de-
yelaQmentt are a very large proper
ton 0&tbsnodern successful men to-
day, and that, TOO, along the most in
tellectual lines. And that very
muScularity, which made them strong
to endure and resist, has been a big
factor in their success.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-12-04
We call this. financial depression !

We call this, financial depression
which the country now feels panic.
but have you heard of banks any,
where in the South Suspending?
There hasn't been half a dozen bank
failures in the entire South, and very
few in the North, but if it had
been a real panic there would have
been hundreds of such failures and,
worse still, a general suspension Of
The public works" of the country
with men thrown out of employment
oy hundreds OF thousands Our
banks were never sounder than now
and their depOssers. so far from
kicking because they can't draw all
their money out andPring on a sure
enough panic, should be heartily
thankful for the WISH precautions
those same banks, have taken to keep
themselves solid aud SAY the cOun-
try from a stupendops CALAMITY.
Never in the history d the United
States has there BEEN a financial de-
preston attended WithA ess loss than
this one, and In comparison with
some of the old-time panics when
banks and industries were every
where collapsed, it seems almost like
prosperity. But some of US are
bound to kick because we can't be
happy unless We are kicking, and if
We didn't have any good cause for
kicking We would kick all the same
just because We didn't have.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-12-04

Here in the month of December
when grim old Winter has fairly set
tied down on his throne, Hastings,
in this State,Ns shipping lettuce b.
the carload to New York. The soil
and climate of florida are an mex
haustible sold mine u we only had
the gumptiOntsSWOrl8ft to advantage
Those people at Hast'ngs have that
kind of gumption Se are glad to say
but sOme\tew of the rest of us are
lacking. But what We lack in gump-
ton We make up in kicking. which
while it brings US in no money. gives
us plenty of exercise.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-12-04

Thirteen new members took their
seats in the United States Senate yes
terday. They are: William E. BOrah,
Of Idaho; Simon Guggenheim, Of
Colorado; Norris AFOwn, of Neb-
ras&a; Jonathan gSurne Jr., of
Oregon; Joseph NJ bi1@, of Mon
tana; John H, BanEheah and Joseph
2, Johnston, of Alabama; Frank o.
Briggs, Oh New Krsey; Jeffries
Davis, of ArhansaC Thomas Il.
Eaynter, Of Kentucky; Harry H.
Richardson. of Delaware; Isaac
Stephenson, Of Wisconsin, and Robert
l.. Taylor, of Tennessee.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-12-04

There is as yet very little crystaliz-
Ing Of public sentiment in the matter
Of the gubernatorial succession, and
II would be rash to say which one Of
tie accomplished gentlemen seeking
that honor is 6st in he popular pref
erence. But Me Stockton boom
seems TO have very rsbust qualities
in 1t andis highly suggestive of stay
ing power We doVt doubt that Mr..
Stockton caASsSsed the situation very
thoroughly before he announced and
didn't announce until he was firmly
convinced that he would have all the
boys beat at the showdown.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-12-04

The Florida postmasters of the
first, second and third class recently
organized themselves into a State AS
ISOLATION In Jacksonville, and elected
the following officers: President,
George W, Bean, of Tampa; vice
presidents, v. H. NOrthrup of Pensa-
cola, v. A. AIen pf DsEand, J. F.
strunk@ of | ees6urg, q. NJ. Weeks,
of Glen +. M9rys; seetetary to be ap-
pointed b Je president; treasurer,
ID. 7. Gerow of Jacksonville. The
new organizatiOpfwill hold its first
meeting in Tampa some time duriqg
the State Fair in February.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-12-04

Regret for the death of T. 7. Stock
ton seems to Be general all over Flor
ida il We judge the newspapers.
When integrity/aNd kindness CON-
Oine in any YGn win force of char
ac'er and Ne abilityNO do things
we'll that Han is always missed when
he goes away, for his kind are not
numerous and the world needs them.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-12-04

Give us an early primary next
year so that We bay put our State
and county candidates out of their
agony as soon as possible, and then
concentrate our QndiJ6ed attention
upon the q eat task il electing Will
liam J. Bryan Plesif ent of the United
States. We may Pot do it, but we
will give the other fellow a run for
his money that will make him know
he has had a race.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-12-04

The old war on the national bank
ing system has been Revived since the
present fnaneiaIltrodbles set in, but
under a NRepubI lcAS administration
We may no more expbet any material
change in thOt4ykem than We may
hope for any reai revision of the
tariff.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-12-04

Editor Harris. of the Ocala Banner,
pays this high tribute to the late
Thomas T. SSScktoS, business man
ager Of the Jacksonville Times
Union: n
I'VE knew MrN Stockton all
through his cffeer, FROM his bOyhOOd
until his death, and We know of no
incident In his life that will not bear
the most searching criticism"
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-12-04
The LIVE OAK PUBLISHING COMPANY.

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT will be
mailed to any part of the United
States, passage prepaid, for $500
per year; $3.50 for six months;
sl.25 for three months, or 50 cents
for FIVE weeks, in advance. De-
liyered to any part of the city. by
carrier, for 10 cents per week.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-12-04

Live Oak Is to nave a second
eOmIng-Out convection If all the
candidates tteTd they will have to
put sldeboar around the town to
keep them from crowding of into
the Suwabhee river1St. Petersburg
Independent.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-12-04

Beyond question the best man
available for the place was chosen
when John Sharp Williams was again
elected by the minority as their lead
er in Congress. IA learning. ability.
experience, tact aid temperament
Mr.. williamstes thS full equipment
for that pOsitidn,snd wfhOpe that
our Mr.. Lamar will ri superior to
his personal grhdge ind give the
minority lsadet his gordial support.
lie cannot in]Tre NJ Williams by not
doing so, but he may hurt himself
both in Congress apd at home by re-
fusing loyalty to party leader. In
subordinatiOn is only permitted to
political stars of the first magnitude.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-12-04

The Democrat has received the first
issue of the Florida Pennant. a
monthly magazine issued by the Dixie
Literary Society of the University of
Florida. It is a creditable publica-
ton with aH>Qteres,ing table of con-
tents. From IA editorial section We
take the following:
In view OF th4 fact that some
ignorant people ins th9 State have
made ridicNle at tie s. allness of our
student bOdA We SIMPLY state that
the University of FBrida at present
has more men fakinE collegiate work
in the fOA( cOpegeiclaSses than has
any other school il the State; and
we are prepared ID prove this state
ment. Remember that the State
University does not have Law, Medi-
cine, Pharmaceutical, Music or Kin
dergarten departments"
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-20
Celebrate THE SURRENDER
OF CORVALLIS AT YORKTOWN
Senator's Knox and Daniel We're the Principal
Speakers at the Great Gathering.

committees reported today. The con-
stitution urovides that only those who
can clearly trace their descent from
a signer of the declaration of indie
pendence is eligible for membership
in the society. The association will
consist of single national organiza-
ton, and no state bodies will be
formed. Washington was selected as
the headquarters of the society The
bylaws provide for the patriotic OBJ
servance of all holidays growing out
of the revolutionary struggle, and
also for the proper marking and de-
coration of revolutionary battlefields
and the graves of the patriot dead.
Many of the "signers" will go on
pilgrimage to Yorktown, the scene
of the surrender of CORVALLIS to
Washington, before returning to their
homes.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-20
Associated Press.

Norfolk, Va, October 19.-One hun
bred and twenty-six years to a day
after CORVALLIS surrendered the army
of England to the allied armies of
France and the United States at
Yorktown, thousands of people in
whose breasts the fires of patriotism
still burn gathered today on the
grounds of the jamestown exposition
to celebrate the anniversary of that
momentous event. The exercises
were under the auspices of the expo
sition management, the Thomas JEFF
ferson Memorial association and the
newly organized Association of Sign
ers of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence. Senator P. c. Knox of Penn
sylvania and Senator John w. Daniel
of Virginia, were the principal ora
tors of the day.
At today's meeting of the "signers,"
at which delegations from all the 10
original states were present, the or
ganization of the new patriotic or
hereditary" society was completed,
a constitution and bylaws adopted
and officers elected. headed by Will
liam Shields Mexican, the originator
of the idea. as president, and Thomas
Jefferson Randolph, a great-great
grandsonof Thomas jefferson. as sec
rotary.
The preliminary meeting of the
"signers" was held in the Pennsyl-
vania building. which is a model of
independence hall, on July 4, when
committees on constitution and or
ganization were appointed These
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-20

er them. This old historic church
shows with pride the shell which was
fired into its wall by Lord Dunmore's
fleet in 1916. The building is well
nigh covered with ivy; but at this
point it is kept cut away that the many
visitors may see this highly priced
souvenir of those anxious times.
In the early part of the last century
interments were forbidden in these
sacred spots, so by special permit in
1882 the faithful pastor who had
served the congregation for 26 years
was inferred near the door.
While there are many handsome
church buildings within the city we
could but admire the spirit which has
kept these old structures of former
age in such preservation. 1t is not
well that we should allow the present
to eliminate from our lives all the
recollections, and reminders of
glorious past. A recent stone erected
in the church lot at Old jamestown
bears this suggestive inscription:
Thou shall perish, but Thou shalt
endure Yea, they shall wax old like
a garment, but Thou art the same"
1t is well that organizations look.
ing to the preservation of these old
remains of our early history have
been formed and if the Ter-Centen
NAL exposition shall only arouse and
foster such a spirit it will not have
failed though the financial feature
may not make returns.
T. B. HOLLOMAN.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-20
CHURCHES AND CEMETERIES
OF THE JAMESTOWN COUNTRY

Editor Daily News:
No more fruitful source for learn
ing the customs of the nations that
have peopled the globe has been
found than the shrines and tombs
which they have builded, and while
as compared with the burial chambers
of the Egyptians and the catacombs
of Rome those of our country are as
but yesterday, still we are no excep-
ton. 1t is a significant fact that tenn
pies and churches live long after other
cotemporaneous buildings have fallen
into decay.
At old jamestown the only building
standing, even in part, was the tower
of the I'd brick church. The church
fir. erected was of logs but this gave
place to a brick structure in 1888. In
1900 all of the citizens having moved
to Williamsburg, and elsewhere, the
old church was abandoned; since that
time the building has yielded to the
ldNdSCo VI blhitN uAtii Oil nav ioAiSh
but the old tower. This has been re-
paired and the walls of the present
building are just outside of the foun-
dations of the original church as I'M
earthed Inside of the chancel of the
church were found the tombs of two
distinguished personages; one of
whom, it is clearly evident from the
coat of arms and Inscriptions, is
that of the governor OF the colony, Sir
George Yardley, who died in 1927, the
other is supposed to be the tomb, pos
sibly, of Rev. Mr.. Hunt the first pas
tor of the settlement. OF Mr.. Hunt
the history tells us, that while on the
voyage from England the passengers
became so discouraged that they re-
solved to return and that it was by
his persuasion that they finally de-
cided to continue the voyage-fit
resting place, indeed, for one whose
life had been so closely connected
with this first settlement in the New
World.
Just outside of the church, in the
yard surrounding, are some tombs of
much interest. On one we find the
name Berkeley, on another Clabourn
and or another that of Harrison, all
of which were conspicuous in those
early days, and that of Harrison is
the progenitor of that family which
has given two presidents to the Unit
ed States. Many of the inscriptions
have been so effaced by time that it
is possible to read only part of the
original writing. One slab which
covered the graves of husband and
wife has been broken in part by a
large elm measuring three feet or
more in diameter. These stones are
of sand or lime stone foundatian and
therefore have yielded greatly to the
action of the elements. The inscrip-
lions on some are unique and sug-
gestive of the times. In this GENE
terry there rests one honest soul whose
epitaph reads thus: Here lyeth Will
liam Sherwood, Born in the Parish
of White Chapel Near London, A
Great Sinner Waiting for a Joyful
Resurrection" The most interesting
place of this character in the city of
Norfolk is the church yard Of "old
st. Paul's," whi11r0fas within its en-
closure upward1H hundred tombs,
the earliest Fearing date of 1878,
Here lyeth the body of Dorothy Far
rell who deceased 18th of January
1878" S.,szas6,s.
Many others there BE some of
which may be ol1tr e1<n than these.
but the stones <1 IL scaled and
fallen that it is to disciph-