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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-05-24

every confidence in their ultimate sue
cess. Mrs. J. B. Henderson, whose
aversion to punch and wine is well
known, goes further and eliminates
meat from her menu. She is working
hard to make the use of intoxicants un-
fashionable, and is really at the head of
the movement.
The Anti-Saloon League is not a
mob of long-haired fanatics, as some of
the writers and speakers connected
with our business have declared. but is
strongly centralized organization, Of
ficered by men of unusual ability, finan-
clered by capitalists with long purses,
subscribed to by hundreds of thousands
of men, women and children, who are
solicited by their various churches,
advised by well-paid attorneys of great
ability, and it is working with definite
ideas to guide it in every state, county
city, and precinct. "-Bonford's Wine
and Spirit Circular.
For rigid political morality suggestive
of old time New England, one must go
South. One after another the New
England states have tried prohibition
in the shape of statewide laws. and
finding the experiment failure, all
have given it up, save Maine, where it
still stands, but with great and growing
disfavor. Meanwhile prohibition in the
shape of local option is rapidly covering
the South, and Governors of states and
many other influential citizens, in and
out of office, are teetotalers. There is
more general prevalence of extreme
temperance sentiment, of total absti-
nence sentiment in the South today than
anywhere else in the country. In the
East, North and West, as in the South
there is much less of drunkenness than
there was only few years ago; but
outside of the South there has been a
great decrease Of opposition to we'll
regulated drinking saloons. Washing
ton Post.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-05-24
ROMANCE OF A HAT.

The following poem, verbatim, wa
round accompanying a lady's yer,
stylish hat in one of MANY empty fsf
barrels shipped from Boston, Mass, tC
w. Il. Northern, at Bellows & Squires
factory, Ocran, Lancaster county.
SHE WON'T COME BACK.
A year ago last summer.
As road into town,
l meet charming maiden,
Her name was Susie Brown.
l got an introduction
And invited her to ride,
And thought had fortune
AS she sat by my side.
Her cheeks were read as roses,
She had dimple in her chin,
She could trip the light fantastic
And cut the Pigeon Wing.
Her dress was very stylish,
She wore this pretty Hat,
And when she promised to be mine
My heart went pity pat.
She wanted swell wedding
And pretty wedding dress,
Which she thought would cost thousand
Or perhaps little less.
| ordered the automobile
To drive her into town,
And gave her the thousand dollars
To go and buy the gown.
She said l was a Jewel
And handed me this hat,
She said, darling" l will soon return.
And patted me on the back.
But she hasn't returned or written,
And l am beginning to feel blue,
And now to drowned my troubles
1 send this Hat to you.
And now my southern sisters.
If you desire to try it,
Just put it on and go to town
And perhaps some fool will buy it.
For further information concerning
this Hat inquire of Geo. E. Cook, Reeds
Ferry, N. H.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-05-24
TEMPERANCE NOTES.

The "dry" ticket won by II majority
In the election at Shenandoah, Page
county, Friday of last week.
Emma Blackburn. a white woman
about thirty-five years old, was found
dead IN chair in her room in Richmond
Monday morning. She was last seen
alive at six O'Clock the evening before,
at that time being uuder the influence
of whiskey.
A concerted move is being made by
the ladies' in Washington against the
use OF wine at dinners, and the punch
bowl at receptions, and the leaders have
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-05-24

The following poem, verbatim, was
found accompanying lady's very
stylish hat in one of many empty fish
barrels shipped from Boston, Mass, to
w. e. Northern, at Bellows & Squires'
factory, Ocran, Lancaster county.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-05-24
AMERICAN NOTES.

We are glad to report Mrs. M. E. F..
Henton, of White Stone, is able to
move around the house on crutches. af-
ter being confined to her room for nearly
three weeks, caused by bad sprain.
James Lee and Mrs. Nathaniel Nick
ems, both of Kilmarnock, were married
recently.
Mrs. Annie Dixon, near Kilmarnock.
after long illness, died recently and
was buried at old st. John cemetery.
Tom johnson and family, of Kilmar-
mock, ereguests of Clarence Beacham,
at Merry Point, recently.
Mrs. Ora Morris and sister. Miss Lot
tie Wiggins, of White Stone, were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Solomon Raney.
at Tombs, recently.
Isaac Parks and family, of Tombs,
have moved into their new residence
just completed.
Jerry Thomas, of Eastern Branch, is
in Baltimore this week on business.
Mrs. Pauline Edwards, of Eastern
Branch. was last week in Fairfields look
ing after the interest of the order of
Galilean Fishermen, at Edwardsville.
Among the sick we note: Charles
Fisher Mrs. Martha Wright, Mrs.
Dorathy Granson, of Irvington; Mrs.
Maggie Beane, Miss Ada Green and
Henry Bascoe, of Tombs.
Miss Pauline Smith, of Baltimore,
is visiting her parents at Tombs.
Rev. Carey Nelson, of Lively,
preach for the True Reformers on Sun
day at the Samaritan Hall, near old st.
John. R. II. H.
Arlington Grove Fountain, No. 1854,
q. U. o. of True Reformers, celebrated
their anniversary at Beulah Baptist
church Sunday. Rev. d. Tucker was
speaker.
Miss Mary Curry has returned to
Philadelphia after spending two weeks
at her old home at huntsville.
John Weaver, of upper Lancaster,
died Monday of last week from kidney
trouble, after only "a few hours sickness.
Beulah Baptist church choir. at a
regular rehearsal last week voted Miss
Emma Elicit, teacher at Newtown,
their thanks in behalf of the church and
presented her with purse of $40 for
her faithful service as organist while
in that vicinity. II. C. r.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-05-24

Artist have no trouble i'm securing models
The famous beauties have discarded corsets
and nave become models in face and form
since taking HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain tea
% cents, Tea or Tablets. Ellis c. Richard
son, kilmarnoc<; X. NJ. Sanders, White Stone
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-05-24

fail the fruits there are in the land.
That grow on bush or tree,
would give up the choicest ones
For HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea.
X. VI. Sanders, White Stone: f. C. Richard
son, Kilmarnock.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-05-24

It's too bad to see people who go from day to
day suffering from physical weakness when
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea would make
them well. The greatest tonic known.
30 cents. Tea or Tablets. II. NJ. Sanders
White Stone; Ellis G. Richardson, Kilmarnock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-12
LONG TERM LEASES GRANTED

The land leased to individuals for & pc period snnuo ef s n ana n rents are based upon an
 Suppose you go Fairhope. you ask sor what member of the colony ..,--,--, ..
 Unlike the case in many other sociological expert eT viduas You would rent several acres of farm @ anG & or of % e % @ a o hs d s a
 oq would sgn o lease aae d9r nSeI h aws of the State, subject to renewal. You would then have the D of 6ng lace o eoo Nc what Improvements might be made. there would be no Each year the Executive Council appraises the value renting acre $5O for the best farm Town lots rent from a in the residential purposes to SIS lot in the central part of Ss aversss es is s @ by s2 feet sO to ~
 Any person who settles at Fairhope and understands upon payment of s1oo After renting lot person Sas the o and 6 the Soon s the granting to ndydHa or % G Of }6r the Single Taxers of Farhops tell you I've will supply we have built telephone system" they say land have run the wires d O % y0%F opy 'hf Se m your private property you pay for connecting with main wires and buy your own telephone; we'll
 of so sls year the people ..,g get the how the colony dealt with the telephone corporation Wfh m Baldwin company had fs at one o & f in hs section and that considerable nsscton wth the town The telephone company o
 ss Ss skeS did Gf the phon % They offered service on an average rental of SIS year constitution prohbtng private corporations furnishing public seryic@ M @ ntes b % witnn the % colony & , tho
 Fairhope to official of the telephone company We if you wish to connect with us on the same Ws & You give us free service & through
 There was howl from one telephone company. It agreement aadsL EnR azsAaknE- new switchboard
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-12
Rar. .0fha5ddeuce 6aczlm

r JUST what tho condition of affairs was in liO that
 caused the good monks of Dunmow to assume that
 perfect harmony between married persons TOT any great length of time was thing of great rarity, and therefore entitled reward has not been preserved in the records.
 But why should they offer as this reward fitch or side of bacon? might ask In those days bacon was kind of medium exchange Men sold cattle. houses and other property for so much bacon e .b, rr,za peaceful loving dispositions. Each couple had to oath before the local prior bishop that they had lived together in perfect peace and harmony
 Records these claims however have been lost The earliest record preserved shows that in ilo aoor himself V'th his wife and was awarded the fitch. and his wife Mir and Mrs. Stephen samuel who were also of Essex were the third couple receive the prize during period the Dunmow hitchs his
 When Henry VIII closed the priory and turned the of his followers, the old custom ap- have apsed at any rate there are no records
 But in l7O1 0 revival The records tell of court held under the auspices of Sir Ihornas May; application that period heard by special presided by judge appointed Tor the pur- pose - ,,-, -, the jury spnsters Later the uries composed of twelve persons-six bachelors and six
 As William and Jane Parsley were able to prove that they had lived happily together without me senoahee domestic storm, not only for year ana day put for three years they little difficulty fin obtaining tho coveted fitch In the quaint verbiage of the tme the
 ''Whereupon. this court. in full and open court came the said William Parsley and Jane, his wife. in their persons and humbly prayed they might be admitted to take the oath aforesaid, Al, ,. ,.-- and other officers of the court proceeded with the usual soIemnity the ancient and accustomed place for the aforesaid sa the two great stones lying near the church when the said William Parsley and Jane steward did them the aforesaid oath in thssA EaxdA OF to thA snaGt SapOEAGA lXzi
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-12

to hold all land falling into their posses son the great majority people. losing their brth right, become poorer and poorer.
 After long study and careful thinking Georse declared that the land belonged to all men, every who held land should pay certain percentage or value this afford just and natural source of public
 To encourage private enterprise George declared that property and improvements should not be taxedi py taxing land held by individuals claimed, the holding unutlzed land would be discouraged. be- cause the tax on the land be the only one public the system outneo py George became known the Single Tax plan .
 Under the laws of the United States the rght to collect value of land attaches to land ownershp Realizing this the incoporaors of FafhoPe m r W chasing the ands as corporation and instead of col lectng percentage of the land value as tax 10 do so under the guise of rent c,, ,r.~
 After this plan formulated the Single Tax corporation chartered under Alabama statute, with perpetual existence and to be conducted py e the statute. it's constitution ana py-a"s
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-12
Mn OldR@pqrdfor Couples Who Never Quarreted

You do swear by custom of confession.
 T6s' Eor nae zGS A9yS ySa never were wife
 or otherwise, in home or at e9aT1c Tcra.
 % ena9a I. eSe%6Sn s%sE S61 a tiSS fsss and Gay
 % 6epsnssd s6sd tS PSt church n ahy cek said Amen
 Wished yourselves unmarTied m d, again:
 As you joined hands in holy auire
 And immediately thereupon the said William Parsley Jane his wife claiming the said gsmmom oI DaSe Sess words or to the effect, following
 Since to these conditions, without any fear
 or your own accord SoG & do , freely d ssceiy. s%si
 And away with jqS and good .,I I'SYS; svo;vu
 TSo TSG % tbe pleasuto @ be ours the bacons your
 And. accordingly gammon of bacon was denVesSS CTS said William Parsley and Jane. his wite "tn ~ Just half century after this MT. and Mrs. John Shaeshat claimed and received the reward During tne session of the court wne me ury EI @ tbe worthy couple seated together in large wooden chaiT After the award made they were borne III tnis chair through the town Tn trlunpn Ao ,o.. .o +ha This too good an opportunity 10 DC IsI so 'nS money by selling slices of the bacon to the spectators 1763 the fitch once more awatueo' put tns that time did not approve of the custom the ancient swearing stones were removed ITO" ae John Glider and his claimed the fitch in lII2 but court to consider their apphcaon' so they It was not until 1851 that the fitch again claimed this time by couple named S la5r 5ue: rho iOfU VI '' Harrison Answorth in 1892 deteIned to nerSt r9Ts to9r cne 4iq to @ 6ed in tho historic place the town hall of Dunmow MT. Answorth acting as Judge. Finally court. counsel and claimants adJonrned to of 1000 people, and the sloes ot D"con "s p Mr and Mrs Hurrell. the vicar of Harnwel. Rev s S. Smith, and his wife and others were awarueq lns then there has been no bacon court at DunInow Tho proposition to re,establsh this curious oIH oSsson N aEousl1s widespread interest throughout EnsMna r
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-12

It was long before wise ones perceived a ioop. hole to escape the difficulty Subscriptions were solicited those who felng trees and labor from those un- contribute in cash material For money ma
 promsing to pay,' but promising to receive. money for dues O the association. .. =
 Thus a receiving certificate could use II in sn settement until the association paid for money worth of certificates issued, S5V wortn has cancelled The wharf was built in lssS @ Tns eoualing original cost of tho wharf, A ste4mssa. which Is owned by local company runs between Raaf
 Because of excellent agricultural facilities great noron of the the colony consists or ves February can be shipped north in April second crop can be planted in August Japaness perslons aLe ex tensvely cultivated other fruits successfully raised are kmduat Satsuma oranges, apples pluns pea.s nss and raised farms; cement blocks are In the woods about Bairnope million feet of lumber, consisting or ysho"
 i The government of Fairhope guarantees genuine. ,,nbossed of the people Officials are elected an of the The officials consist Of nresdent secretary Executive Council consisting nf the three trustees.
 All ordinances and measures are passed by these oL- but petition of 10 cent. or the rempers any measure be submitted to the vote or tne men bers Should the action or any oilcl meet .,I VIII Ja favor petition cent of the members Will pring the matter dismissal before the body to Dc decided ~ R,sness in the prospering. mills are going n inc farmers thriving the increase or popuation and revenue said be 30 per cent year Ater View.
 Enough the lie is endedi God only owns the isndi
 Out on bold bas1hemers who would eject the LSro
 And pauperize His children and tranpe on ms "osioi
 hed floor of sreemsward and for pillars
 And song for music. and beat of lambs for
 And incense of uprising everywhere
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-12
1emocratic character, the people having posoer to veto any unpopular ordinance passed by the
 officials.

All men rights the of the earth.-
 theory work Sgs the best gr0sf A LITTLE band pilgrims left Des Moines Iowa. A in the spring of 1894 to seek Promised Land. N Not a land where milk should flow in streams and
 honey drip golden drops from overburdened howers not land where grapes should grow to such that could them or that trees should blossom with such fruits Aladdin dreamed of
 No roseate visions minds of the little band put their theories test; where they might ma terialize their ideals.
 The party consisted of p. B.. Gaston his wife and four small children; James P. Tunnel and his father and mother. Several months before. in February, company of disciples of Henry George organized and incorporated Fairhope Industrial Association Each agreed pay s2OO membership fee; this sum was
 A committee which had been the proposed colony travelled for three months through certain States. and vote of the members Baldwin county Aa was chosen as the site Of the set
 Options were secured land, on November 12, MT. Gason and his party left their homes to start
 At St. Louis two other families joined the party; Mobile they couple who had come from California Baldwin county the party was reinforced by two other driven by team Ohio
 month spent wandering about 9 the county to dropped out In January, lss5 however, MT; Gasten purchased 4O acres of land The price s depleted the little The party pitched their tents and got ping of waters; night could be heard the cry ani- aorh nG hs forest ofen as the settlers heWed the and built frame houses they grey hOmesick but them to endurance and perseverance ,.. the members of the colony acquired iso0 acres land 2 more were recently d9nated to the cor on fapmS This land is rented by the eSTp0TatiOn ioF for from si to Sl5
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-12
A FLouR1sH1NG PLEASURE RESORT

The town contains a number of small stores. meat markets, two big hotels two restaurants three large general stores millinery store a drug store and
 As resort, Fairhope has become famous throughout the South 10 to 200 visitors to the place. During the the temperature Is cooler than it Mobile and the mercury seldom rises above degrees; winter temperature is 5S, and rarely falls below bloom in the gardens from December.
 Fully 20 per cent. the income tax of the colony from the hotels The entire income from rentals in 1906 amounted to $45O0
 After taxes and expenses paid all money remain ing from rentals is used for public improvements; no profit whatever members of the tion, of whom there sxty-fve members
 What is the Single Tax theory? how is 1t applied Farhope?
 Henry George. who had progressed mentally despite his poverty, expressed his views in his famous book Progress and Poverty" He maintained that "a men have equal right to the of the earh; that by T0i'''- e S~ GanstantX growing lAsS kn pumbeE-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-12

O NE of the most curious customs of olden times is about to be revived at Dunmow, VD England; or, at least, it's revival is be- O ing strongly urged. This IS the award and presentation of the Dunmow fitch.
 1he fitch is a side of bacon. More than TOO wears ago the monks of the priory of Dunmow tablished the custom of giving away side of bacon to such worthy couples who could prove, after careful and solemn trial of the case, that they had lived in contented matrimony and had not ouarreed for year and day.
 in 1855 several couples made application and were presented with the bacon. These were the last claimants, possibly because conjugal felicity hasn't been so marked of late years. Now, how ever it is proposed to resurrect the quaint old GUS tom and to award the famous Dunmow fitch to kha 4H11lu EaoxtIs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-12

>N HE shore of M obtfe Day, tn .dtd-
 hama, is beautiful aud prosperous village, I5o feet above he.waters of the bay. It is community sOhieh has solved saecessfally problems that soeigh heartily on large municipalities; in t graft, political mis- doing, social injustice and unjust, biased legis- Lation gre knosOn only as names.
 IL is the Single Tax colony of Fairhope -the only colony of its kind in the svorld. # is asserted.
 Utopiam undoubtedly this colony is, but Utopian in q practical sUay.
 All persons living in Fanhope pay about 4 per cent. of the valne of Their land as rent -their Single tax." The Fairhope Single Tax Corporation controls aboat 1000 acres of land; from rents collected t pays State and county taxes and pro0idss public improvs- ments and utilities. Instead of pooling in- terests and founding co-operative colony, the early founders of Fairhope, folloscing the teachings of Henry George, sought to enconr- age private enterprise by charging rental only for land exclnsive of improvements made by the lessees.
 Within ts0o years Improvements and ex- tensions in real estate reached S5o,ooo. The corporation erected its osUn telephone system, laid c pipeline svater syjfsm and sesOerage system and constructed or the bay one of the finest svharves or the Southern coast There are q free library, q public park and free bath ing houses along the bay.
 4 feature of the govsrnment is its purely
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-08
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS.

4 race between two big automobiles
from Milwaukee to 0kauchee, distance
of about % miles, with supper and $25
as the stakes, yesterday ended in fright
full accident TO one of the cars, resulting
in the death of two of its occupants and
the painful, though not fatal, injury OF
two others. The machine collided with
bridge over Elm creek, near Brook
field Junction, 10 miles west of Mil
waukee.
Miss May Bushnell, an attractive
young woman, 27 years old, was thrown
from an automobile two miles from
Beuyville, Clarke county, Tuesday
night, and killed. She was in a gasoline
rnnabout with Miss Camilla Rutherford
and Jack HardestY, OF Winchester, when
the automobile struck telegraph pole
that had been stretched across The road.
Miss Bushnell was seated on Miss Ruth
eriord's lap. The automobile was going at
a high rate of speed when it hit the pole,
throwing Miss Bushnell headlong into
the road. Her skull was fractured. The
obstruction was put across the road BY
intent, and the police authorities of Win
chester and Berryyile are now making
an investigation. Yesterday afternoon
Annie Locke, aged l6, and Ernest
Simons, aged 20, we're arrested and
lodged in the Berryville Jail.
William Catchings, broker, who was
the companion of Swift Tarbell, son of
Gage T. Tsrbell, at the time Of the col
lision of Mr.. TsrbelPs automobile and
Third avenue New York surface car last
Sunday afternoon, died yesterday. 1t
is stated that the physicians held out but
littIs hope for the recovery of Swift Tar
bell.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-08

IT Is announced by officials of the
Standard Oil Company that no advance
is contemplated in the price of oil. This
announcement is made in contradiction
of statement that the company would
take this method of preparing itself for
the payment of the tremendous fine i'm
posed by Judge Lands. l. goes with
out saying that the Standard will fight
the payment of tho fine to the last ditch.
The Government sleuths to the CEN
trsry Notwithstanding, any of Mr.. Rookie
feller's brsiny young men stand ready to
prove that but for the Standards i'm
proved methods and benevolent regard
for the general welfare the consumers
of petroleum products would now be
paying double the Standard prices. The
Standard will not pose as an svenger; it
is a martyr, Notwithstanding this report
OF the governments examining commit
tee which proved that the Standards
claim that it lowered the price of oil
was false.