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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24
SOME FIRES.

A lame hay barn belonging to Com
missioner of Revenue Jos. PIERCE, near
Litwalton, was destroyed by fire Mon
day night, along with about Is tons of
hay that was in it.
The Richmond Press building and its
contents were burned Saturday. night, a
loss of probably $3.50, 600. Adjoining
property, valued at millions, was threat
ened. The Richmond Press published
the Southern Churchman, Christian
Advocate, Central Pres byterian, and
Civ ic Sentinel.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24
KECH-AWLS FROM EVERYWHERE.

E. d. Rock, of huntsville, has pur-
chased Of the Lewis-Lankford-Tull Co.,
their mercantile business at Wheaton.
w. w. Walker is busy making
plans for his new dwelling. 1t is Mr..
Walkers intention as soon as the
building is completed to have a big
house-warming and reunion of the
Walker family. N. N. News. 4
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24
RICHMOND COUNTY.
SHARPS.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Cook entertained
number of young boys and girls
Monday evening in honor of Mis-.
Mabel Elders 18th birthday. Refresh
ments were served and games played
She received number of nice presents.
Each member reported delightful
time and we wish Miss Mabel many
more happy returns.
Messrs. Manoah Balderson, Earl
Barker, Graham Harris and Thomas
Carter visited Mr.. and Mrs. Coverdaly.
of Simonson, Sunday.
Those mentioned on the sick list last
week, we are glad to report. are con-
valescent. SKIppoo.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24
NOTICE THESE:

Administrator sale at Palmers Sat
urday, February lst.
Oyster supper and entertainment in
Irvington next Wednesday night.
w. III. Warren will sell horses and
farming implements at public auction.
T. w. Wood & Sons, Richmond, have
spring garden seed on the market. See
ad.
Large bugeye and interest in oyster
shore belonging to Jno. NJ. McCarty's
estate for sale.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24
WHITE STONE. /.

venerable citizen, Jos. T. Yerby,
hasremoved to Cape May c. H., N. j.,
since the death of his good wife.
Anti-Saloon League 2:30 p. m. next
Tuesday at the Baptist church here. All
delegates elected from the county in
September are expected to attend the
State Convention in Richmond Februa ry
40.
Major John Gresham, of the United
States Army, is visiting his brother,
Jas. r. Gresham, and nieces, Mrs. Am
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24
POPLAR NECK.

The young people of this place and
White Stone gave MIR. and Mrs. r. II.
Humphreys an oyster stew Friday night
of last week. Joseph VERIFY, near here,
was given a like treat by friends
Tuesday night.
Mrs. Mamie Penny will return to
her home at Good Ground, Long
Island, this week after two months
visit to relatives and friends here.
VIM. I. Chase is down with the grip,
and Miss Gertie Bellows and r. H.
Humphreys are also indisposed.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24
NORTHUMBERLAND co.
wICOMICO CHURCH.

There is a good deal sickness in this
locality.
Otis Cockrellhas built an oyster house
near Tipers.
w. o. Barrett gave work feast one
day last week.
w. A. Rowe & Co. have shut down
their shocking house for the season.
They have opened up woodward here.
Capt. P. o. Lewis shipped two vessel
loads of oyster to Baltimore last week.
1t is reported that high school will
be built here in the near future.
An oyster supper was given at Mia
Hall on Thursday night of this week by
the p. o. S. of A. of this place.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24
OYSTER SUPPER AND EN-
TERTAINMENT.

Washington Camp. No. 81, p. o. S.
of A. of Irvington, will hold an oyster
supper and entertainment in the Opera
House next Wednesday night, January
20. Entertainment will consist of
speaking and musical concert. Sup
per Is cents; admission to entertain
ment 10 cents. Everybody invited TO
attend.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24
LANCASTER COUNTY.
MYERS CREEK.

Mrs. r. J. Stephens visited her
brother, George Belfeld, Sunday last
at Beech Creek.
MIR. and Mrs. Edmonds are much
pleased with their new home at Yankee
Point.
Mr. and Mrs. Hazelip, of Neales,
were the guests Of Mrs. Ella Carter
Sunday.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24
CRISP NEWS.

Most unusual lynching in North Car
DINA. Negroes hanged negro show
man as fraud.
The Potomac and Rappahannock Tel
ephone line is nearing Colonial Beach,
Mr.. d. II. Griffith is president of the
company.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24
sHAREHoLDER's MEETING

Annual meeting of stockholders of
the Northern Neck Mutual Fire Asso-
citation will be held February IA. 1908,
10 a. M, at Irvington.
By order of Board of Directors.
w. Med. LEE, Sec'y.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24
LOCAL MENTION.

All communications should be addressed &c
he vIR1JNrA cITJzeN. trvington. "a.
Pereie Jones, of King G Queen. is
visiting al the home Of S. b. Griffith.
Anti-Saloon League next Tuesday
afternoon White Stone Baptist church.
Lee-Jackson Day last Saturday was
observed generally throughout the
South.
Miss Norma Bussells has returned
from visit TO her aunt, Mrs. Harley
Robinson, at Anti-Rap.
Subscribers having copies OF the VIR-
GINA CITIZEN of October 4 last will
confer great favor by mailing to us.
Baltimore prices paid for eggs 10y L. L.
VERIFY * Son, kilmarnock.
Bud Broadus, OF Washington, and
Miss Bessie Barrett, of Bluff Point,
were recent visitors at the home of
Geo. w. Sanders.
Mrs. S. z. Simmons has been at Lit
walton the past week, called there by
the sickness and death of her
aunt, Mrs, JAS p. Saunders.
Judge 7. r. Is. Wright has been
elected without opposition to succeed
himself as Judge Of this circuit for
term of eight years. Congratulations,
yer Honor.
Z. S. Mitchell, who has been employed
in Philadelphia the past seven years,
has resigned his position and returned
home. Ernest expects TO go west after
a visit here.
Among the recent sick, now improv-
ed, are: Mrs. B. S. Hammonds, Virginia
Hamilton, Capt. j. L. Bussells,
whole family. Claybrook Griffith, Miss
Annie l. Long.
Have you called on Schwartzman
Bros, Kilmarnock, during their price,
cutting sale and secured some of their
bargains? If not, why not?
Inspector Howard sends us a splendid
photo of his terror 10 oyster pirates, 4"
the "P. d. O." the fastest craft for her
inches in these waters. Sorry it did
not arrive in time to get in Board of
Fisheries pamphlet.
w. Med. Lee, our editor, leaves to-
morrow to attend national executive
committee meeting of the National
Press Association on Monday in Wash
ington. Mr.. Lee is the national COM
mitteeman from Virginia.
Late arrivals at Irvington Beach Ho-
tel: q. T. M. Hundley, Charles Gee,
r. o. Norris, jr., Geo. f. Davis, w. II.
Cox, Sam Mcfarland, A. S. Brown
James Bohannon, Shorter Leftwich,
w. e. Shacklcford, Carroll Wright,
Mr.. Murdoch, b. +. Hart, Z. b. White
house, J. Y. Stannard, II. Shep Chown-
ing, Capt. Taliaferro, J. d. 3atters-
hill.
Just as we thought they would do
our friends are paying up subscriptions
and coming back 10 us, with many
apologies and kind words. Reasonable
people appreciate that we cannot do
business on too much credit basis, and
also that we have to follow "Uncle
Sans" mandates. or so out OF business.
He says we shan't carry any dclin-
quent subscribers on our list ie we want
to go through his mails. and we are
culling out fast as can be reasonably ex-
pected. Reader, you may have to fall
out next; but we hope not If you are
behind let us have your remittance at
once. We cannot send out statements
every year for dollar that we have
already more than earned. We have
for years been using an up-to-date
mailer which indicates when your sub
scription expires, and if you will take
the trouble to glance at your address
label you will see whether you are
behind or not.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24
POLITICAL.

Hon. C. B. Slemp, Chairman of Re-
publican State Committee, has called a
meeting of that Committee, to meet at
Richmond Va, February LIST, Murphy's
hotel, to designate time and place for
holding State Convention to name
delegates to the Chicago Convention.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24
FOR SALE,

QToCK OF MERCHANDISE, inven.
~ tory $1,000; located at Lively,
~ Va; formerly owned by B. w.
Wright. Terms cash.
Apply to r. o. Norris, jr., trustee,
Lively, Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24

All communications should be add dressed to
he VIRatSrA JiFJxcN. lrviugtoR. Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24

Pereie Jones, Of King c Queen, is
visiting al the home OF 5. b. Griffith.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24

Anti-Saloon League next Tuesday
afternoon White Stone Baptist church.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

THE SALE OF GOODS AND CHAT
/ tells of j. M. Robertson, deceased,
which was advertised to take place
Saturday, January Is, has been post
poned to Saturday, February LIST, 1905,
to be held at his late residence near
Palmers. Nets, weir poles, boats. etc.
Tor sale. HERBERT ROBERTSON,
Administrator.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24

Lee-Jackson Day last Saturday was
observed generally throughout the
South.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24

Miss Norma Bussells has returned
from visit TO her aunt, Mrs. Harley
Robinson, at Anti-Rap.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24

Subscribers having copies OF the VIR-
GINA CITIZEN of October 4 last will
confer a great favor by mailing to us.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-24

Baltimore prices paid for eggs 10y L. L.
VERIFY * Son, &ilmarnock.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-14
HOLDS TWO RECORDS

and Wood. and II was at Siboney, June
20. that his cork foot was shot of and
he was ordered by Gen. Wood to re-
port to the wheelwright for surgical
attention.
Whltmore blew the last bugle call
that President William Mckinley ever
heard. AT that time he was a civilian
attached to the military force at the
Pan-American exposition. and as Pres
ident Mckinley entered the Temple
OF Music he sounded three flourishes
announcing the approach Of a distin-
guishcd parsonage to the people gath
cred. within. Hardly had the notes
died away when a shot rang out. Whit
more was near enough TO be an eye
witness OF the assassination. and his
testimony regarding the occurrence is
on file In Washington.
Whltmore's foot was torn off in Gal
weston harbor when he wns serving
on the revenue cutter Galveston, in
1892. While a wire rope was being
unreeled, it caught his foot and tore
the member on. After several months
in st. Mary's infrmary here he was
able 10 get about. and devised d foot
which enabled him to walk about al
most as we'll as he formerly walked
with his natural foot.
In 1895. despite the absent foot,
Whitmore applied for admission into
the army and was examined personally
by Surgeon General Sternberg. This
examination was supplemented by an
other in which experts Of the Johns
Hopkins hospital participated. They
pronounced him capable Of doing mill
tary duty. and he was permitted. on
the authority of a special board, to
continue his military career.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-14

I don't know whether I like the eli.
mate of South Africa or not, but you
can have any kind Of climate you are
looking for, from the Alaska kind to
the tropical kind. the same day.
think Il Is the climate that makes
all the animals so mad One minute
lion or a tiger may be lolling with
his tongue out. fighting flies and
scratching heas. and the next minute
there are icicles on his mustache,
and he has to crawl into a hole In the
ground to keep from freezing.
These natives beat me. They do
not wear any clothes except a dolly,
made of bark or grass, over their
loins, and from the dolly above and
below. their skin is bare. and they
ought to be arrested for disorderly
conduct and exposure, but their skin
is thick and warty like a rhinoceros.
and when Il freezes 1t looks like
picked pigs feet.
One man we have hired to help cap
ture animals is a native chief with
so wives, and he has brought them all
to camp with him, and we have to
feed them, and It is rumored the
women all have their caps set for Pa,
II the husband dies, and Pa is afraid
they will kill their old man and select
Pa to MI the vacancy. that being the
unwritten law that mans wives can
select a husband
Gee, IL had to be a stepson to all
those go senegambians that look like
monkeys in the face and when on
dress parade like oxen. / should die,
or they would. If I could find enough
chloroform to go around.
Wen, Pa is trying his best to save
the life ofthat husband of the 60 wives
and every time one Of the wives pats
Pa on the back or chucks him under
The chin he has a chill, and / know
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-14

held their legs together while Pa tied
all four legs so tight they couldn't
move muscle, and then Pa told me
to blow the horn for the cages to be
sent out
Gee, but was proud of that morn
ings work, two tigers and a lion with
no more danger than shooting cats
on back fence with a bean snapper.
and Pa and ! shook hands and patted
each other on the back. told Pa he
was wonder, and that Mr. Hagen
bach would probably make him gen
eral IN the Prussian army, but Pa
looked modest and said: "All II needs
is brain and sand TO overcome the ter
rors OF the jungle" and just then we
saw the cages coming across the voldt
and Pa said: Now, when the boys
come up with the cages you put one
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-14
Up He Thew al

while to investigate that thing that
was rising like a big ant hill on the
prairie and smelling like natural
gas well. Finally the tigers got near
enough to the gas bag with their
claws, running their noses down into
the holes where the gas was escaping
and fairly drinking in the gas. Their
weight sent the bag down to the
ground, and they were in the middle,
inhaling gas, and pretty soon the lion
came up and clawed a hole in the
gas bag and acted as though he was
not going to let the tigers have all
the good stuff and pretty soon we
could see from up the tree that they
were being overcome by the fumes.
and Pa said in about four minutes we
would have mess of animals chloro-
formed good and plenty, and we would
go down and hobble them and hog-tie
them like they do cattle on the ranch
es What bothered us about going
down the tree was the rhinoceros that
was coming roofing along, but after
a. WhlAC hC OdAlC up anu SlHelItQ OF the
gasoline can, tipped it over. and as
the gasoline trickled out on the ground
he laid down and rolled in it like a
big pig. and after he had got well
soaked in gasoline he rolled near the
fire. and in minute he was all
ablaze and about the scaredest rhino-
ceros that ever roamed the prairie.
When the fire began to scorch his
hide he let out below that could
be heard a mile and started towards
the camp on gallop, looking like
barn afire, and Pa said now was the
time to capture our sleeping animals,
SO we Skinned down the tree and found
the lion dead to the world, and we
tied his feet together and put a bag
over his head, and then climbed over
the gas bag and found the two tigers
sleeping as swectly as babes, and :
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-14

he win do something desperate if they
get after him in flocks.
suppose / ought not to have done
it, but told one of the wives who un-
derstands a little English that Pa
liked to be hugged and squeezed, and
held on the girls laps, so when we
get through our work at night and
sit around the camp fire they take
turns holding Pa on their laps, and
he thinks one of the women broke one
of his ribs hugging him, cause they
are strong as giants, and have ter
rible squeeze.
| told one of them she could make
herself solid with Pa il she could get
him a nice long snake, so she went
off into the jungle alone and came
back dragging a snake more than 20
feet long, and put it in Pas tent when
he was asleep. When Pa woke up in
the morning and found the snake
coiled upon his blanket he threw a
fit and went to the doctor and got
some medicine for chills and fever,
and we put the snake into cage to
sell to a menagerie.
The old airship got in its work the
first time we tried it, though we didn't
make gas enough to more than half
fill it, and it wouldn't fly, but we got
some tigers and a big lion, all right.
We took the airship out on an open
prairie and built fire to make the
gas for the balloon, and Pa made
everybody stay away from it except
me, and when we got it inflated we
were to blow horn, and the people
we wanted to go along could come,
but the crowd of workers and negroes
must stay back, so as not to scare
the animals, and be ready to bring
cages up when we blew the horn three
consecutive times.
We wese not locking around much
but just paying attention to our gas,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-14
HE SAILS WITH
THE EXPEDITION

and steering il into the gas bag, and
We had got the bag about half full,
and Il was lying on the grass like
big whale that has died at sea and
floated ashore, and we were busy
thinking Of how we would sail over
the veldt and have our cowboy rope
few lions and choke them into sub
mission, when / happened TO look
around towards the jungle. and there
were two tigers crawling through the
grass towards the gas bag, and lion
walking right towards Il as though
ae was saying 10 the tigers: "Ah,
g'wan, saw It first" and a rhinoceros
was roofing along like a big hog,
right towards us | told to look
out. and when he saw the animals he
seemed to lose all appetite for lions
and tigers in their wild state, for he
started for a tree and told me to
climb up, too Well, Il took Pa quite
while TO get up on a limb, but he
and was right with him, and Pa
looked at the animals creeping up to
the gas bag, and he said: "Bub the
success Of this expedition will be set.
tied right here II that lion drinks any
Of the gasoline"
Well, have seen cats crawling
along the floor towards a mouse hole,
and stopping and looking innocent
when the mouse stuck his head out of
the hole, and then moving on again
when the mouse disappeared. and
these tigers acted that way, stopping
every time the wind caused the gas
bag to flap on the ground. The lion
acted Ike big St Bernard dog that
smells something ahead that he don't
exactly know what to make of, but
is going to find out, and the rhinoc-
eros just rooted along as though he
was getting what he wanted out of the
ground, and would be along after a
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-14
TEXAN HAS HAD SOMEWHAT Pc
MARKABLE CAREER.
C. E. Whitmore lie Only one-Footed
Man That Ever Served In Uncle
Sans Army-ls Champion
Military BuaIer.

Galveston, Textile only One-foot-
ed man who ever served in the United
States army Is c. L. Whitmore, an
employe OF the fremont hotel. this
city, and he also enjoys the distinc-
tion OF being the champion military
bugler of the United States and OF be-
Ing the only one.footed man who ever
served in the United States revenue
cutter service.
Whitmore. during the Spanish-Amer-
lean war. had his foot shot of by the
Spanish, but he was not injured. and
was only temporarily disabled. Il was
cork.
His service IN the army lasted two
years, and he was In both the cav
airy and artillery branches of the gov
ernments fighting force. He served
In the revenue cutter service eleven
years and two months, and retired
only when more stringent regulations
made It impossible for the authori-
ties to further overlook the absence Of
his natural foot
During the 32 years which he spent
with the United States forces Whit
more saw service In almost every
branch of the military and naval
forces. HIS service began when he
was 13 years Of age. At that age he
enlisted as an apprentice on the
Philadelphia. and was first assigned
to the gunboat Saratoga. under Fight
ing Bob Evans. He served under
Evans four years, and rose to be chief
bOs'n mate.
Whitmore's title as champion bugler
Of the United States was won in 1900.
when he was trumpeter at the West
Point military academy. He blew 1856
calls. ordered at random. In one hour
and thirty-hve minutes. winning the
prize, n silver bugle, This he present
ed to the military academy. and it is
there now among the institutions
relies.
During the spanish-Amerlcan war
Whitmore served under Gems. Shafter
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-14

foot on the lion and strike an attitude
like lion tanner. and will play with
the tigers"
When the cages came up ! was on
to my job all right, and the boys gave
me three cheers, and they asked
where Pa was. and / pointed to the
center Of the gas bag and said Pa
was In there having a little fun with
mess of tigers, and when they
walked over the billOwy gas bag they
found Pa with one of the tigers that
had partly come to playing with him
and chewing his pants, but they res
cued Pa. and in a few minutes they
had our three animals in the cages,
and we started for camp, Pa walking
behind the cages with his coat over
his arm, telling young Hagenbach the
confoundedest story about how he
subdued the animals by just hypnotic
ing them, and / never said word A
boy that will not stand up for his
father is an idgit
When we got to camp the natives
had all scattered to the four winds.
II seemed that when the fiery rhi-
noceros came towards them they
thought the Great Spirit had sent fire
to destroy them, and they took TO the
jungle, the rhlno after them, believing
all kinds of cheering messages from
the Great Spirit.
Along towards night they came to
camp dragging a cooked rhinoceros,
and they turned in to eat It, and all
those so females brought nice pieces
of rhino, cooked by gasoline, to Pa.
and wanted Pa 10 eat 1t, but Pa said
he was dieting. and it was Friday.
anyway, and he never ate meat on
Friday.
Then we all sat up all night, and
everybody made speeches glorifying
Pa as the greatest hero that ever
came to Africa, and that he had Stan
ley beaten a mile, and Pa blushed.
and the women held him in their laps
and said he was the dearest thing
ever.
Copyright, 1908, by w. G. ChapmanD
Copyright in Great Britain.)
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-12-14
plans to Breed snannsrs.

Hamburg, Pa.-Charles Aschenbach
is experimenting in raising snappers,
with apparent success.
Six weeks ago. in plowing out his
potatoes he found "a young turtles,
each the size of a silver half-dollar,
took them home and placed them in a
box containing wet sand. He feeds
them milk and meat scraps Since
their captivity one has died.
They are mindful of the weather,
disappearing under the sand during
the fair weather and coming out dur
ing rainy weather. His neighbors are
anxiously watching for the result.