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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-03
SOMETHING ABOUT RAILROADS.

The demagogues that have beer
teaching that railroads are the natural
enemies of mankind are learning some
thing. Says the Washington Post;
THAT school of politics which teach
es that railroad is an evil, a monster
that devours the people, has had its day.
1t taught that railroad presidents
hailed with fiendish delight floods that
devastated and droughts that bhghted
the farmers crops. The same set
taught in 1896 that as soon as a bank
loaned citizen money it set about
schemes to make him bankrupt and
pauper,
The fact is that the railroads depend
on the general prosperity of the people
for business, and depend on business
for dividends. Whatever works as a
calamity on the community, in the ex-
act ratio works injury to the railroads
that serve that community.
In fact the railroads are a perfect
and infallible business barometer.
When they have more freight to haul
than they have cars in which to trans
port it, prosperity is abroad in the land.
When they have more cars than there
is freight with which to fill them,
calamity is abroad in the land. Then,
what folly it is to say that railroad is
a nuisance and public enemy.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-03

In l9O2 the Ninth District cast 3,II3
more Democratic votes than the Fifth
District. that district casting the next
highest number of Democratic votes.
She cast twice as many Democratic
votes as the Third, Fourth, Sixth and
Eighth Districts.
In 1904, the year of the presidential
election, the Ninth District cast 948
more Democratic votes than the Second
District, the next highest; 2,527 more
than the Tenth, the third highest; 2, ,659
more than the Seventh, the fourth
highest, and 2,S2l more than the Fifth
District.
In 1906 the Ninth District cast twice
as many Democratic votes as any
other district combined with the
Tenth. She cast as many Democratic
votes as the Second, Third and Fourth
combined; the Third, Fourth and Sixth
combined; the Fourth, Sixth and Eighth
combined.
In the above table is not given the
number Of Republican votes cast, but
the Ninth District also casts more Re-
publican votes than any other district.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-03
PRAISES SOUTHERN WHITES.

Booker Washington in an address
made in Louisville last week-he was
speaking before the International S. S.
Convention-frankl told of the efforts
made by the whites of the South for
the elevation of the negro. He said:
1T may not be known outside of the
south and to the general public, but
nevertheless it is true that every
branch of the southern white church is
assisting in some manner in the educa-
tional, moral and religious development
of the negro through their colleges,
Sunday schools or church work. This
country owes debt of gratitude al
ready to a group of brave. unselfsh,
courageous, Christian white men and
women in the south which it can never
repay. 1t has been largely owing to
the influence of this group, working in
cooperation with the educated negro
that peace and harmony and good will
prevails in the south to the extent that
it does. The future for both of oul
races is not dark"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-03
SOME CONVENTION AFTERMATH.

Exit Roosevelt, and now that he has
really ceased to be the bugaboo of the
country, people are saying his
toes-that he was certainly a showed
politician. But is he statesman? That
character is supposed to lead, not drive.
and even the supine and submissive
Republican party has shown evident
signs of wincing under the blows of the
.'big stick.''
The Republican Convention declined
to endorse the publicity plank" They
know which side Of their bread the
butter is on, Not to let the left hand
know what the right hand is doing is
useful in the workings of that peculiar
organization, and if the pockets of the
''rich malefactor" is picked in order to
help the party he turns his head away
and affects not to be aware of the theft.
The attitude of the Convention to-
wards the platform was that of sheer
Indifference, Probably not one man in
a hundred had the slightest idea of
what it was, and indeed cared not. But
it is marvellously skillful party for
posing for effect, and the platitudes of
the platform will form good speech
making materials. 1t is like the witches
promises in Macbeth. pleasant sound
ing to the ear, and means anything or
nothing as may be.
There's one comfort anyway. If
Taft is elected he will not be filling the
pulpits of the country and ousting the
divines from their special calling
which, by=the-way, seems to have been
a shrewd political move to refute the
first statement that he was a Catholic.
He announces now that he is a Unitarian,
which sect denies the divinity of Christ.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-03

The political dreamer of the Richmond
T-D-ium continues to interview himself
with the usual results. feeble effort
to boost the candidacy of some one
whose aspirations his paper supports.
This political ventriloquist makes his
puppets say what he himself or his en-
ployer desires said, and possibly de-
ceives some credulous persons into the
belief he really did interview some
prominent leader"--for he only talks
to prominent leaders. Of course the
names of the persons whose views are
so much desired and are worth much
space are carefully suppressed. In re-
atty the enterprising political sleuth is
interviewing himself. = Danville Regis
ter.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-03
THERE'S A RACE OF MEN.

There's race of men that don't fit in,
+ A race that can't stay still;
So they break the hearts of kith and kin,
And they roam the world at will.
They range the field and they rove the
flood,
And they climb the mountain crest.
Theirs is the curse of the gypsy blood,
And they don't know how to rest.
If they just went straight they might go
far;
They are strong and brave and true;
But they're always tired of the things
that are,
And they want the strange and new.
From ''The Spell of the Yukon"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-03

bryan's nomination became an assured
tsct. Postmoster-General and Sec
retary of the Interior have been
mentioned. The Governor was for
many years, while member of Con-
gress, high up on the House Commit
tee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads and
In that position familiarized himself to
a great extent with the Post Office De-
partment. He has never been heard to
mention any such aspirations, if he has
them, but many of his friends declare
that they regard him as good cabinet
timber. The Governor is convention
orator whose earnestness and snap at
once capture his hearers, and he will
probably make a most entertaining
speech in seconding Mr.. Bryan's nomi-
nation as the Roanoke convention.
Times-Dispatch.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-03
F. Garner, R. L. Busby. J. R. Laughton,

F. Garner, r. L. Busby, J. R. Laughton,
w. j. Williams.
Delegates to conference in Norfolk
Mrs. Howard Jett, Mrs. B. B. Dutton,
Mrs. w. C. Beane, Miss Lula Richard
son, Mrs. Glenn.
Twolife members made-Mrs. George
Sanders, of White Stone, by the Dis
triet, and Mrs. Ola Hudgins, by the
Ware Auxiliary.
COMMITTEES on resolutions and finan-
ces-submitted reports which were adopt
ed. District treasurer and recording
secretary were elected as follows:-
Mrs, M. C. Walker, Oldhams, Va,
Mrs. T. S. ID. Covington, Lillian, Va.
Bowling Green was selected as next
place of meeting.
Thus ended a very interesting and
We trust profitable meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. T. S. d. CONVICTION. Rec. Sec.
Lillian, Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-03

We might without difficulty name a
score or more papers published in Vir-
ginia country districts and of limited
circulation that carry more weight in
Democratic circles and influence, more
voters than any one of the so-called
great New York dailies. This is due to
the fact that the former are controlled
by men OF character, possessing real
and seasoned convictions upon lines of
public policy. and are trusted to advo-
cate neither men nor measures likely to
injure the country. Richmond Journal.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-03
MURDERS IN WEST VIRGINIA.

Thomas +. Kelly, superintendent of
coal mining company in Wise county,
Va, is suddenly missing, and is the fifth
person to mysteriously disappear in the
Black Mountains of that county since
Edward L. Wentz, the young Philadel-
phia millionaire, more than four years
ago. Kelly left his home at Appalachia
last Thursday, expecting to return q
few hours later. No trace has been
heard of him and not clue that might
solve the mystery:
Edward L. Wentz. handsome young
man of Philadelphia, member of one
of the wealthy families of the Quaker
City, owning several million dollars in
Southwest Virginia coal and mineral
properties, left Big Stone Gap about
five years ago for trip into the noun
tains. He never returned Rewards
aggregating $3.50. 900 were offered for
his body or for information that would
lead to his location. Searching parties
consisting of hundreds of men SECURED
the country. explored caves and eayerns
and dragged streams for weeks, but
failed to find trace Of the missing
young man.
1t remained for q mountain bow to
stumble over the body in the fastnesses
of the mountains, six months later,
while driving cattle. 1t had been rid
died with bullets and the mystery was
never solved. Young Wentz was en-
gagged to Miss Brookmyer, wealthy
and beautiful girl of st. Louis, to whom
he left large estate, in a will dis
covered after he disappeared.
Shortly afterward, Thomas Gearhart,
q prominent and wealthy insurance man,
went for trip in the Black Mountains
and was last seen in a mile of the spot
where Wentz disappeared. He never
returned TO claim his property here and
his relatives never discovered clue
that might lead to his location or solve
the mystery. 1t is believed that he
met the same fate that befell young
Wentz.
Overa year ago Walter Kent, young
civil engineer from Pennsylvania, left
the railroad camps in the Black Noun
tains about three miles from where
Wentz's body was found, to go a mile
up the mountain to pay his washer
woman. He did not return and there
was meyer trace heard of him after
ward. He had about $3.50, his months
salary, in his pockets and the theory is
that he was robbed and murdered by
the moonshiners and squatters that in
fest that section, just across the line
from the feudist country of Kentucky,
whose slogan is Dead men tell no tales. 4"
A half dozen revenue officers and
others have either been murdered from
ambush or mysteriously disappeared,
their bodies never to have been recov-
cred, IN the same mountains. Hope of
finding Kelly, the latest to disappear,
has about vanished.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-03
FORAKER ON THE WAGON.

1T there We're Democrats who were
building hopes upon the division of the
Republican forces in the coming cam
paign, those hopes must have been
ruth!essly shaken by the acrobatic feat
performed by Foraker in Jumping on
the Taft band-wagon
Instead of being an insurgent, an
antagonist and the leader of the col
ored vote against the Roosevelt nomi-
nee, Foraker bobs up as the original
Taft man or the sagacious statesman
who first discovered the inherent for
ces in Taft, and gave them opportunity.
Here is the correspondence that passed
between them just after the Chicago
Convention;
DEAR Mr.. SRcRETARYi-Although I
fear it may be unwelcome and probably
misunderstood. it is nevertheless nv
pleasure to avail myself of the privilege
to send you heaFtiest congratulations
and best wishes for success in Novem-
ber. Very truly.
j. b. Foraker"
Secretary Taft's response follows:
"MY DEAR SENAToR:-I assure YOU
that your kindly note of congratula-
lions gave me the greatest pleasure.
and ] thank you for il from the bottom
OF my heart. have never ceased to
remember that j owe to you my first
substantial start in public life, and that
it came without solicitation.
With very best wishes, believe me.
my dear Senator,
Sincerely yours,
WILLIAM II. TAFT.
Now, where is the eolored contingent
that lauded Foraker and swore enmity
to his opponent Taft? 1t has ever been
the record of the Republican leaders
that they fight before the nomination.
but "stay regular" when it is over.
Fire alarm Foraker may have left
some of his admirers in the road, but
he has landed in good seat on the
Taft wagon. = Exchange.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-03
FORTUNES OF POLITICS.

champion Monitor)
Six little candidates
Heard the gubernatorial hive
But the Byrd Law reacted g
Then there want but FIVE.
Five jealous aspirsnts
With lots and lots in store,
Duke fought the primary
Then there want but four.
Four anxious runners
Beneath the old plum tree,
Glass broke into public print
Then there want but three.
Three earnest stumpers
Against a skyline blue,
Stuart jined the 'publicans
Then there want but two.
Two old-time campaigners
Basking in the sun.
Bryan came to the Exposition
But we do not care to
Enter into personalities
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-03
DEMOCRATIC VOTES BY DISTRICTS.

Mr.. e, Lee Trinkle. of Wytheville, in
his speech at the Roanoke convention
nominating Hon. ]. Hoge Tyler as a
delegate at large to the national con-
vention at Denver, made the statement
that the Ninth Congressional District
cast more Democratic votes than any
other district in the State. Here is a
table showing by districts the number
of Democratic votes cast at the cleo
tions held in 1902. 1904 and 1qOe.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-03
HIS BUSY DAY.

The glorious Fourth is here againp'
Now doth the doctor say,
"Get out the lint and bandages:
This is my busy dayp'
July Lippincott' 3.
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MORE ADVERSE COMMENT.

A strong stand against personal pol.
itics" waI taken in Leipsig yesterday
in the course of an extraordinary session
of the Imperial Pan. German Union,
which is composed of members of most
of the political parties of the empire,
President Heinrich G. ass. in his open
ing address, said:
"The public life of Germany exhibits
everywhere lack of courage aud sincerity
and self-consciousness. The German
nation las been leading life of self
deception. The personal Intervention
Of the emperor has not been confined to
foreign politics; it has bought about
also serious internal prsjudlces. The
wealthy are privileged flsiterers sre pro-
NOTED aud the weak and the cpwsrdly
are INDUCED. We set this forth a, loyal
patriots and we declare that 10 spite of
denials system of faVoritism hss been
developed. No change 10 the constitu.
ton is necessary. The ruler, the chan
cellor, the Reichstag and the people need
only to have confidence in each other
ADD TO make fall USE OF their right each
to control the doings of the other"
A motion embodying the ideas set
forth by Herr GAS was carried urani-
moUsly.
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Washington, Alexandria &
Mt. Vernon Railway,


For Washington, from corner Princa aaA
Royal streets. week days, at545. $40. s2o
go O4S, 200, 7l0, 100, 7S5, 80, S 90,
so 70 S%0, $50, $50, 910, $50, 8 so.
~ IL, 10 80, 10 so, II 10, IL rs, II so, II 80
M, IL 10, IL 25, IL 80, IL so, | 10. I25. go.
6O, ~, 20, 2 80, 2 so, 10, 8 25, 8 40. 4 co.
~, ~, 80, 4 80, 5 10, 8 30, 695, s As
6O0, 10, $50, so, 40, z so. 8 90. $40
wv, $50, 10 90, 1880, IL 10 and IL BOD m.
sundays 90, 735, s 10, $50, 8 40, $50. o 2n,
9 40, 10 10 20, 10 20, ii 90, II 20 and II 40
Q. M, IL 90, 20, u 10, leo 100. / 40. 2 90.
2 20. 2 40, 800, 20, $40, 400. 4 20. 40 & O0i
70, 5 40, s 90, 20, 6 40 2 o. 200 2 4O' on
ooV'' w. SSO. lOOO, 1913 and IL 10 D. m.
FOB MOUNT vRREoH.
Leave Alexandria for Mount Veynop w.sh
days. 40, 662, SS2, 1925. II rs a. M, f9 Is {
10. 20, SS2. 4S6, 635, 7O5 and $40
p. m.
Sundays 90, s 80, $50. 10 sOr11soa.m.
IL 20, 80. 80, 8 80, $50, $50, $50, $50
as and 10 is p. m.
SCHEDULE FOR ALEXANDRIA CITY CAR,
EoRTHRoUND.
Leave Ferry Wharf 10, 8 Al, 9 10, 9 90.
10 70, IL 90, IL 80 a. M; IL 80, / O5, 1 50,
z %, %, 8 30, 4 05, 4 35, 8 O5, 8 IS. 6 80,
z %, 2 40, 8 %, 9 90, 9 40 p. m.
soUTHBoUND.
Leave Spring Park s 05, 8 80, s IS. Q 80.
10 10, 10 As, IL 20 q. M; u IS. e So
l 20, l 50. 2 80, Is, 8 so, 4 20. 4 so. 5 3O
10, 8 90, rs, 8 10, 45, 9 25, 10 OO o. m.
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RALROAna
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Trains leave Union Station Al.v.ns...

la Effect Sept. 9Th, 1908,
-. b-Eoliowlngschedule figures puhlIahaa
only as information, and are nor sfsrsrtasJ
SO1 A.. h.-Daily-Local for Hsyr;son.
burg, and way stati0ns.s
S.S2 A. A.-Daily-U. 8. Fast Nail. Ston,
only for passengers for points south al which
schednied 70 stop. Frs class coaches, sleep-
ers 70 Birmingham and drawine.room sleep
eis 10 New Orleans. Dining car service.
:, 4;Z7 2. u. Dsily-Washington and Florida
limited. Sleeping cars between New YORK. An.
gusIa ano Jacksonville. Through 6rst-class
cYscns' between Washington and jackson.
tri-weekly. :" o'ii'Oi"i'
49, P. M.-week Days-Local far Hs,.
h tison1urS and way stations on Manassas
!. sig z, P; M.-Deily-LOoal for warrsntOn
10:H p. M.--Daily-WaSbinoto s,d rh...
tanooga Limited lvis Lyucb6nres NO T FsSt
class coach and sleeping cars 10 eoano%s
Anoxviue, chattanooga and Memphis. sleeo
er TO birmingham aud New Orleans. Wash.
ington to Roanoke. Dining car service
HOP T. M.-Daily-New YORK and Nsw
Orleans Limited. All Pullman train cInh
and observation cars TO New Orleans. Sleep.
ers to Asheyille, Atlanta, An New Orleans
Sleeper to Charlotte. Dinin9 car service
Through trains from the South arrive At Al
exandria 1928 and 6:I3 A. M ano ara
8:l3. and 1923 ?. n. daily. Hsrrisonburg
1908 I. NJ. week days and 9:1S p. n. daily,
From Charlottesville 1853 a. NJ
TRAINS ON BLUEMONT BRANCH.
Leave Alexandria wv. 80. ststion) s.22 A
n. and $50 P. II. week days, and 449 P,
N. daily e r Biaemont; 5:IS P. NJ. week
days for Lees burg; s:12 A, N. on Sundsys
only for Blue mont,
For detailed schedule figures, tickets. Pull.
nan reservation, etc., apply 20
WILLIAM g. LEHEW, Union Ticke
z. d. ACKERT, Vice Pres. ami Gen. MGR
., d; HARDWICK, Pass. Traf. Mgr,
w. d; TA1LOE, Gen. Passenger Agent.
l.. 3. BROWN, General Agent.
Warhinnf,r, "a
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In chaneery.

A. Carter Lee,
Memo. The object Of this suit isto obtain 3
decree Of divorce from bond Of matrimony for
wilful desertion and abandonment for more
than three years.
II appearing by an affidavit fled in this
cause that the defendant, A. Carter / &c, Is a
nonresident Of this State It is Ordered,
That said defendant appear here within If
and do what is necessary 10 protect his in
terests in this suit and that a copy Of this
order be forthwith inserted in the Alexandria
Gazette. newspaper published In the city Of
Alexandria, once week for four successive
weeks, and posted at the front door Of the
Court House Of this city.
A copy-TEsTE
NEWELL s. GREENAwAY. Clerk.
By LOUIS N. DuFFRY, D. G.
John N. johnson, a. roVl9 w4v-th
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FIRST WARD.

John Fl Baltimore house and lot OIL :
Royal st 1907, SO Is.
Geo SheltoR house and lot l05 Franklin st
1905. '07, IS 81.
David II Taylor lot cor Lee and Frank
lin SITS 1907, 81 o..
SECOND WARD.
Mrs Harriet Brown lot 4l6 orOnOco st
1907, 81 60.
Scott Butler house and lot ole n Royal st
1907 50 81.
Mrs Charlotte Campbell's est house and lot
400 Oronoco st 1905, '07, 81 as.
Humphrey Dudley's ct lot s cor Royal
end Montgomery 1906, '07, 81 90.
Mrs Bette Lee lot cor Royal and Oro-
noco SITS 1907, 50 80.
Daniel White house and lot n cor Pitt end
Oronoco sts 1907, So 10.
THIRD WARD.
Mrs Rosa Armstead house and lot 1904
0ronoeo st 1907, So o..
John Bordiner and ais house and lot ia
Alfred ST 1904, '05, '06, '07, $l75 So.
VM Bower lot number Ia Wheat q Suffers
sub div 1906. '07, IS o..
Geo NJ Emmert 3 houses and lots sO9-ll-l3
Madison st 1906, "a, $50 q.
Robert Gaines house and lot 1908 Cameron
st 1906. '07, Sl3 AZ.
Mrs Emma E Gaines house aud lot 119 n
Henry st 1907, 81 %.
Geo Grigsby's est house and lot 426 Pitt
st 1905, '07. 50 90.
Miss Julia Hamerdinger house and lot lll7
King st 1905. 'U6. OF, $40 o..
VIM Hollinger house and lot 3O7 n ST
Asaph st 1867, $12 81.
Mrs Matilda Jones house and lot 9i5 Al
fred st 1897, 81 90.
John Mckee's est house and lot $50 n Pat
rick st 1906, '07, $14 81.
FIJI NJ Murray house and lot 405 Alfred
st, 1906, O7, $40 9S.
Samuel Mobiles est lot on Henry bet Wythe
and Madison 1907, $50.
Robert Pinkhard house and lot Is cor
Alfred and First SITS 1867, "a 60.
j F Pinkney's est house and lot 2l7 Com
merce 81 1907, 50 81.
Mrs Mary Il Pullman or owners 3 lots num-
bers Al, AZ, 4S in square Payne, West, PEN
dleton and Wythe 1906. '07, IS 60.
II B Pulman's est house and lot W cor
Cameron and Fayette 1906, '07, $50 q.
Samuel b Boss house and lot 1918 Oronoco
st 1907, s. 10.
Henry II Waring lot on Princess bet Co
lumbus and Alfred SITS 1907, $6 10.
II Webb house and lot 22j Commerce st
1917, 81 go.
Mrs Leah E Williams house and lot 10l1
Princess st 1906. 'O7. $40 SO.
FOURTH WARD.
VIM II Thornton. hOnse and Let 1926 s. AL
fred St 1906-07, 1926.
Andrew Jsckson's est house and lot 500
GibbOn st 1907, 81 o.. u
Mrs Mary E Jackson lot 610I st Asaph st
1907, 50 o..
Jas A Taylor house and lot S16 Wcl'e st
1906. '07, So 81
Henry Il Waring house and lot 5O7 8 Co
lumbus st 1907, S12 "A.
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CHECKED HER BABY.

Shortly after noon yesterday we'll
dressed, middle-sgsd woman rolled go
cart ia front of department sore on
One Hundred and Twenty.6Ith street,
New York. A chnbby.fsced boy il
white furs wa3 in the cart.
81 want to check him." said the
won an.
'You are No. 49," replied the man
10 charge of the hugglGs. Better take
the child inside"
cob, no." replied the woman. 'tHe
will be all right ont here. shall be
gone for only few minutes"
Three hours later crowd OF women
blocked tho sidewalk, while the baby
howled. A squad OF police visited near
by theatres and picture shows and call.
iUg for the holder OF check No. SO TO
come get her baby. Il was just $50
o'clock when the mother saunteIed up
and handed over her check with the re-
mark:
81 don't see anything TO get excited
about. Where is nay baby ?"
Then the crowd got excited, and the
mother would have been mobbed had not
the police forced it back.
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Washington Southern Ry

Schedule in effect Sept 9Th, 1903.
Trains leave Union Station for Wasbing.ou
and points north at OF, 8 % and 8 Sc a. M.
~ 2SO' SO7, Sls, and II SO p. M, week
Sundays % and SSs 8. M, 1901, sO7,
For Fredericksburg, Richmond and points
south at 4 %, 81, 8 70 and IL 80 a. m. 4:I2
b Y Qocal), and 90 p. M, week days,
Sundays 81, 4S, and 922 9, .lO2.
6H (local), and 752 D. nl.
Accommodation for Fredericksburg at o Ss
NOTE Time Of arrivals and departure,
Ano connections not guaranteed.
GEM Sup P, W.P'TAYIOR.
I. TYaf Nor
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VIRGINIA. In the Clerks Office Of the
Corporation Court Of the city Of Alexsn.
dria, on the 10th day Of November, 1903.
Barbara z. Lee
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alexandria 6azette.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1908.
Why he Is 50 THANKFUL.

You ask me why Pm thankful,
Why poor man like me
Should attend Thanksgiving service
An fall on Bonded knee.
Neighbor III til ye gladly,
] no poor yet rich am
Fer we've syndercsted a trust
That Rockefeller he can't buy.
A precious blue-eyed taby
Was born our home 10 cheer,
To Tisb, or rOor, when oh ldles,
Amt nothin' half 50 dear.
reckon its SORT O. fooli'h
Bot me and wife, jes laugh an cry an pray
She'll grow Up sweet an smart, an healthy,
An prove she's come to stay
see ri h men at Sc vice,
An drvi y on the way.
But there wan Z no thsnkfuller man
Than me at church Thsnksgivin' Day.
MRS HARRY A. PRATT,
go West Broadway, sedalia, no.