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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26
CRISP NEWS.


Col. William Lamb, of Norfolk. noted
Virginian and Republican leader is
dead.
Henry M. Flagler, who is building
! that railway to Key West, and will soon
be sending trains to that point, en-
route for Havana. is 70 years old but
full Of vim still.
j. M. Barker, of Henry county, the
senior member of the State Board OF
Agriculture. was elected chairman of
the body. to succeed the late John w.
Churchman, of Augusta.
The Supreme Court of Appeals OF
Virginia Tuesday upheld the validity OF
that section of the Byrd law which re.
quires all persons who sell liquor by
sample in Virginia to pay a Stat.
license tax of $500.
Reports of the earthquake at Reggie,
Italy, show that the shock last week
was extremely violent. and that il
spread over a considerable territory In
the Reggie district. Many of the TEN.
porary structures which had beer
erected for the earthquake sufferers
were thrown to the ground.
Why should we penalize a man heavily
II he is caught carrying a weapon con.
ceaIed on his person and yet permit
anybody to sell him a pistols or any othe,
kind Of weapon2 Why do we fine o,
imprison man IL he Is found with 8
gun" on him and yet let every pawn
shop in town display firearms in their
windows at prices so cheap that almost
anybody can buy one?-BaltimoreN News.
More than 500, 900 is saved to the
cause of education in this State by viz,
tue OF the decision of the Supreme
Court Of Appeals in the fredericksburg
lacal-option case. BY the same token
bond issues for the Improvement of
roads in the State are validated to the
extent of Se02, 600. The validity of the
action, of the voters of the several
counties of the State who have voted
on these two projects is upheld.
Two hundred and twenty lone persons
perished by shipwreck and 50 vessels
met with disaster Oft the New England
and British North American coasts, or
while Engaged in the New England or
Canadian Trade. during the fall and
winter season of l90s-'O9. which ended
to night. OF the S9 vessels cast ashore
or los, at Sea. six steamers and sc sail
Ing crafts were totally wrecked. The
financial loss exceeds So, OOO, 900.
Waving a parting farewell with his
black SLOUGH hat, his smiling face beam,
ing in the morning sun as he stood on
the captains bridge OF the Steamship
Hamburg. ex-President Roosevelt sailed
Tuesday for his long planned African
"safari." He left amid the cheers of
thousands that swarmed the Hamburg
American Line pier. the whistles of
countless river craft and the thunderous
reverberations of the ex-President's
salate Of thirteen guns from forts Ham
ilton and Wadswarth.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26
FISH AND OYSTER NOTES.

Oyster season in Virginia closes We'd
nesday next. shutdown.
Very nice shad are selling here at so
cts a pair. Last season they Were
scarce and high. -Westmoreland Corr.
N. N. News.
In 1908 the product of the fisheries of
Canada was worth SOS, 500. 900. n de-
crease of $3.50. 600 from 1907, occurring
chiefly in Pacific salmon and sealskins.
State Commission of Fisheries will
meet in monthly session at Mathews C.
II. Tuesday next. 30th, to hear Pianka-
tank survey matter among other things.
Governor Brown, of Georgia, advises
that his State might with advantage
take charge of the oyster beds, just
as the States of Virginia and Mary
land do. and guarantee protection
against depreciation and thievery. For
many years the supply of oysters has
been decreasing. and the amount of
illicit longing of oysters has been in
creased.
CONDITIONS ON RAPPAHANNoCK.
Oyster shocking houses along the
river are closing for this season. Bal
timore packers are offering only 81 a
gallon for selects and go cts. for stand
ards, and even at these prices the de.
mand is small, not enough TO keep the
shuckers on hand. These prices some
claim are the lowest since they have
been in business.
The market for shell stock ranges
from 25 to 40 cts. bushel and more than
are needed can be had at these figures.
Two vessels. with capacity of 5000
bushels. are loading in Carriers Creek
now and are selecting cargoes at 35 and
40 cts. There are about one-third of
the tongers' plants yet unsold.
Packers claim that this season has
been below the average as far as profit
is concerned on account of the poor de-
mand for shucked stock. If they could
have gotten the orders TO run their
houses to full capacity they could have
gotten all the oysters necessary as she'll
stock has been more plentiful this year
than for several years past, and they
have been in good condition for shocking.
THE FECUND FISH OF THE CHESAPEAKE.
If every egg of the vast schools that
will enter the Chesapeake Bay during
the next eight weeks should be Matched
and should grow to maturity the Bay
and all of its tributaries would not have
enough water to accommodate the i'm
mense armies of the single seasons
There is no reasoa why the
roe of the shad and herring should not
continue to be enjoyed as breakfast
delicacy. but by judicious protective
methods and by more extensive hatch
ing system it should be assured that
the supply show gradual increase in
stead of a steady decrease.
Between now and the first of Nav
there will be hundrees of car loads of
shad and herring shipped from the
Chesapeake Bay region to cities of the
In addition there will be.
perhaps, half million barrels corned
and distributed oyer an even wider ter
ritory. There are single fisheries in
the state that pack from 40, 900 to so.
600 barrels annually. and there are
more than hundred firms that are
engaged in fishing Industries in one way
or another. The food supply taken
from the Chesapeake is vast, but it can
be quadrupled if not increased tenfold. |
= Baltimore American.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26
Mr.. TUCKER CONFIDENT.

H. st. George Tucker, in talking of
his prospects of being nominated for
Governor by the Democrats, claims the
First. Second. Seventh and Ninth Con-
gressional districts for certain, and has
hopes of the Sixth and Eighth, and es-
peciaily the former. Mr.. Tucker saws
Judge Mann can't name single con-
gressional district that he is certain to
carry. Judge Mann's political friends
are not saying much but chuckline
within themselves that losing candi-
dates are generally loud in claiming
every thing in sight. The truth of the
matter is they expect Judge Mann, like
Senator Martin did, to carry all, even
the 10th, Mr.. fuckers home district.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26

IT USED to be said that the
Democrats, nationally, fought
best when the under dog. They
are holding up that record just
now in Congress-butit is a scrap
among themselves. Instead OF
banding together to aid good
legislation and oppose the bad,
they are flying off, refusing to
follow an able leader and ever
and anon rotipg with the Re.
publicans
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26

AS A result of a triangular duel
with pistols in Suffolk, Va, ON
Saturday night last, Tom Smith,
acrazy negro, is dead, Policeman
Dentists probably fatally wound
ed, and Police Chief Brinkley is
seriously shot. Amore desperate
rencontre has never occurred in
Suffolk. The time has come that
should not only make the owner
ship OF a pistol a felony but the
selling OF one except on the order
OF a magistrate or court, with
bond given by the purchaser.
The man who puts secondhand
pistols in a window for sale
should be made in some way re-
sponsible for the misuse of anv
weapon he sells.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26
TWO-AND.HALE-CENT RATE.

Railroads Permitted to Increase the
= cent rate by Corporation Com
mission,
An opinion was handed down by the
State Corporation Commission last week
in which all the Virginia roads except
the n. Y, P & N. and the R., F. & P.
will be permitted to charge q cents q
mile after April LIST.
The opinion was written by Judge
Prentiss. the chairman and is concurred
In by Commissioner Willard. Judge
Rhea a member of the commission.
enters vigorous dissent, holding that
1t has not been shown that the two cent
rate is unjust or unfair, and that GER
tainly no increase should be allowed by
the commission until the roads give
some assurance that mileage books are
to be offered the general public.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26
GREATEST LIVING AMERICANS

The New York Herald puts
down the following as the ten
greatestliving Americans: Thos.
A. Edison, Andrew Carnegie, j.
+. Morgan, j. ID. Rockefeller,
Mark Twain, Admiral Dewey,
Charles W. Eliot, Cardinal Glib,
bons, Henry Clews, Alexander G.
Bell. Evidently the Herald is
waiting for MIR. Roosevelt to
leave for Africa. 1t does not wish
to write him down while yet alive
as greater still" for fear OF
embarrassing him.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26

The fellow that is spouting for
the newspapers about the wan
ishing oyster" produces nausea
in Tidewater, where the glut this
season has made everybody sick.
He would have hit the mark if
he had mentioned the vanishing
market, or acknowledgements
duced by DR.. Wiley, followed by
the panic and enshrouded by
newspaper scareheads.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26

The Supreme Court Wednesday
handed down an opinion in the famous
poll tax case, in which the court holds
that voter can pay his poll taxes by
going in person, sending check, cash or
money order by messenger or other
wise. and that such tender is a legal
personal payment.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26

"THE House of Representatives
Is not a communion of saints -
says the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
Still, it would appear that some
Democratic members arein pretty
close communion with the Re-
publicans.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26

The News-Leader correspon-
dent says Judge Mann had a
large audience at his opening
address in Petersburg; the Times
Dispatch says it was a small
audience, and the Journal, evil
IDENTIFY discounted, threw another
fit. Can't please the Richmond
folks even away from home.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26

A NORFOLK circuit court Judge
holds the record of not having
been reversed by the supreme
court OF Virginia during his
tenure of two years as Judge.
That's all right for the bench, but
it's a bet that he can't hold that
record at home with his better
half.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26
A DISTINCTION.

Governor Swanson willg0 into history
as an Executive who did not abuse the
pardoning power, though his term co.
incided with a wave of maudlin sympa-
thy for criminals. This is no small dis
tinction. Norfolk Landmark.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26
HARD ON FISHERMEN,

1t is hard season on the Chesapeake
bay fishermen A windy March is play
ing havoc with the nets. Some $40, 600
in nets are placed off the Lancaster
shores. and not $500 in fish were caught
last week.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26

In RE poll-tax, oyster decisions
and liquor laws our Supreme
Court is sure helping a good ad,
ministration along.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26

THAT tea tax will certainly pro-
duce another Boston tea party"
when the New England spinsters
read the Payne Tariff schedules.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-26

Col. William Lamb. of Norfolk. noted
Virginian and Republican leader is
dead.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11
ACCOUNTING ON THE FARM.

1t Is only an exceptional farmer VINO
keeps written record Of his bust
ness transactions. There is no cues
tion that 1t would be greatly to the
! advantage of all farmers to adopt
business-like method of accounting
! which they could readily acquire i
they would give the matter the atten
4 tion it deserves. Such system
would show what crops were raised a
! a profit and what at a loss and thu
| knowledge thus gained would be Of
material benefit in the conduct of the
farm. 1t would mean the proper uss
| Of brains in the farmers head and ad
ditional dollars and cents in his
pocket.
The government, through the cen
sus bureau, has seen the need OF a
better system in managing the busi-
ness of the farm, in its attempts to
gather farm statistics. 1t is disposed,
therefore, to encourage farmers to
keep accounts of their operations. To
this end the census enumerators
will call upon the farmers next year
for comprehensive statements of this
years work. Some of the informa-
ton a farmer will be expected to give
is set forth in the following para
graph:
He will be asked for a statement
of the acreage, yield and selling price
of all crops harvested this year, to-
gether with the value of his live
stock. dairy products, poultry, eggs,
fruit, etc. In addition, he will be
called upon upon for an inventory of
all live stock, poultry and bees on
hand April Is, 1910. The government
will ask how much money he paid out
for fertilizers in 1909, how much he
paid for farm labor, what amount he
paid for hay, grain or other articles
not raised on the farm, but purchased
for feed for domestic animals and
poultry, what acreage he planted for
each staple In 1909 and what acreage
he intends to plant in 1910, the num-
Der and value of animals sold in
1903: the number and value of ami
mails slaughtered Oh the farm, either
for home use or for sale, the number
and value of wool fleece, sold, the
quantity of milk and of butter In
pounds produced, and a comprehen-
sive statement of lnortgaged indebt-
edness. etc.
The information thus sought will
be valuable to the government and it
is hoped the farmers OF the country
will have the necessary data and be
prepared to submit It promptly when
called upon. They will find IL no less
to their own advantage tfan to that
of the government to keep written
account for themselves instead Of
trusting to memory or incomplete
records. The day for lax business
methods on the farm has gone by
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11

possible means of communication be.
tween shipper and receiver, and as a
regulator of freight rates absolutely
just and equitable in its operations,
enforcing its judgments through the
inexorable operation OF the law of
supply and demand
The policy of Improvement of the
inland waterways of the United States
has taken the place Of the policy OF
the particular project under which no
results OF good were had. but only In
eyitable and costly delays. The new
idea of A Policy; not a Project .
the platform of the National Rivers
and Harbors Congress, is response
BILE for the awakening of official and
citizen to the necessity for sufficient
appropriations and for continuous
work, with tie emphatic expression
OF President Taft experimenting that
platform and bringing the whole
country face to face. with thenpracti.
cal solution of the great problem OF
characterization. II is q solution f-o-,,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11

the Mississippi river. There was
nothing of politics in the river trip.
But there were emphatic recognitions
of the necessity for inland waterway
Improvement on definite plans to be
undertaken on the recommendation
of the Engineer Corps of the Army
upon the merits of the streams. upon
their tonnage bearing capacity when
improved. with appropriations suffi-
cient for the work, and with the Fed
eral government pledged to compile
ton of work undertaken.
The river itinerary was an object
lesson. The entire country is con-
WINGED that tae vital Importance OF
the work has at last been recognized
and placed upon a plane of recognition
by the government from which 1t can
not be displaced 1t was an object
lesson of the hitherto forgetfulness
and Indifference on the part of the
general government. 1t was magni-
ficent recognition of tae inland water
way as the certain and the cheapest
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11
PURE MILK.

Gradually the people in the cities
In this and other countries are
awakening to the wisdom of ensuring
a pure milk supply. Waterloo, in
this state, has local regulations which
contribute to this end and other
municipalities are moving in the
same direction. Over in England in the
city of Birmingham analyses of milk
delivered there have shown that 10
to IA per cent of the cans from which
milk is supplied to that city contain
the living germ of tuberculosis. AS
result the city of Birmingham has
offered its cooperation to the dairy
men with a view to stamping out the
disease in the herds of that vicinity.
The city offers to supply tuberculin
and veterinary attendance and care
for semi-annual tests of the herds
within ten miles of Birmingham, the
dairyman to agree to separate the
diseased from the healthy cows and
gradually to get rid of the former.
The plan seems sensible and practi-
cable. Keokuk cannot move too soon
in the matter of milk supply free
from germs OF all kinds,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11

yet gain-vast gain coming as re-
suit Of the progressive ideas pre-
scented. One Of the causes Of the
ridicule bestowed upon the freak pro
fessor is the startling manner in
which he presents his ideas. Some
light upon this phase of the subject
may be gained by a reading of the
following thirteen questions pro-
pounded to the pupils in the Chicago
university. The professor told his
pupils that they could consider them
selves educated in the best sense OF
the term when they could say yes
to the questions and there is sound
sense in the proposition, although it
may be put in novel manner. They
are worth reading and are herewith
presented:
Has education given you sympathy
with all good causes and made you
eager to espouse them?
Has it made you public spirited?
Has it made you brother to the
weak?
Have you learned how to make
friends and keep them? Do you know
what it is to be friend yourself?
Can you look an honest man or pure
woman straight in the eye?
Do yon see anything to love in a
little child?
Will a lonely dog follow you in the
street?
Can you be high-minded and happy
in the meaner drudgeries of life?
Do you think washing dishes and
hoeing corn just as compatible with
high thinking as piano playing or golf !?
Are you good for anything to your
self? Can you be happy alone?
Can you look out on the world and
see anything except dollars and cents?
Can you look into mud puddle by
the wayside and see the clear sky?
Can you see anything in the puddle
but mud?
Can you look into the sky at night
and see beyond the stars? Can your
soul claim relationship with the
Creator?
~ NC uoSlul etuu uiSU IllHueQ ana
happy-for the last is no less an
obligation upon the worthy than to
live up to the other requirements; and
to see God in everything but what
has all this to do with reading and
writing and arithmetic, and geo
graphy and history, and drawing and
Woodworking, and Latin and Greek
and French and German and the
sciences, and literature and machine
work and engineering and medicine
and the law? These are the rudi-
ments Of education, are they not?
These, from the worldly view. but
even then only along with the essen
tials underlying the Golden Rule.
When it comes to the final test Of
your education, the question must be,
sure enough, not how much do you
know OF language and literature. the
sciences end the industries, but what
of your soul?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11

which the country will not avert its
face, but which it demands shall be-
come the fixed and settled policy of
The Federal government. The COM
ing meeting CT the National Rivers
and Harbors Congress, unquestion-
ably the most important of the series,
and representative of the trade and
commercial interests OF the entire
country will present the question to
the Federal Congress In concrete
form, expressive of a demand for a
policy which can only enure to the
benefit of each and every section Of
the country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11
What Is Real Education?

Jacksonville Courier: What is real
education? Frank H. Hall, we'll known
in Jacksonville, where for several
year he was an active force, has
emphatic views respecting the ques-
ton. He stands fiat-footed for voca-
tional education, that education which
will impel the young to do some
thing after leaving school The uni
yersity professor may have a differ
l.ent idea of what constitutes educa-
tion-but both of them and most all
Of us will admit, taking off the ruff
f1es and embroidery and frills, that
education is something calculated to
make better and more useful men and
women of the generation-b better and
broader and cleaner and more human
than they would be without the edu-
cation.
Following are the closing words OF
an address delivered by Mr.. Hall be-
! for the meeting of the National Edu-
cational association at its Denver con
vention this past summer. They are
the final summing up of the thoughts
expressed in broad address on
vocational education
The goal of school life is useful
activity. In no other way can the
community realize on its educational
Investment and in no other way can
the pupil secure for himself the great
est good 1t is law as sure as that
1 of gravitation that he who does the
most for other people does most for
himself. This again suggests useful
activity, earning, vocation. Eliminate
thoughts of vocation from student life
and you emasculate it-deprive it of
its highest and most stimulating pur-
pose, and take away that which is the
most important incentive to effort
the very generator itself of yigor and
virility.
Manual training. domestic science,
agriculture and commercial instruc-
ton, are all suggestive of approved
vocations. It is believed that each of
these branches of study and training
has a distinctly ethical value; that
each should be given a place in the
schools, and that in connection with
these the germs and educative ex-
tracts Of as many trades and indus
tries as possible should be intro
duced.''
From this practical recital we may
turn to the rules laid down by one of
the professors of the University of
Chicago. The simple fact that many
of us regard the average professor of
the big university as Crank does
not detract from the value of the
presentments he may make. Many OF
the Chicago professors have been
ridiculed and made sport of until the
press has in measure succeeded in
casting serious reflection upon the big
schools endeavors. But the university
Is doing great good and even the de-
tractors will admit that with all the
freak manners and isms of the big
school regarded as handicaps there is
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11
Improving by Jerks.

When President Taft, at Corpus
Christi, characterized the course of
inland waterway improvement In the
United States as "a procession of
jerks" he epitomized not only the
interminable and costly delays attend
ant on tle work, but the strange in
difference of the Congresses from the
beginning of improvement, in 1923,
down to the present day. 1t was a
homely expression, but it was terse
and comprehensive. Equally true was
his statement that the value OF the
inland waterways was increased with
tho completion of each Improvement.
The policy of Improvement by jerks
was the certain begetter of the pork
barrel. Under that policy no atten-
tion was paid to the fact that the
inland waterways form chain OF
highways, with the Improvement of
one emphasizing the value of all, but
with no possibility of the complete i'm
provement even of one of the great
natural highways when appropriations
We're made more for the enhancement
of congressional reflections than for
the advancement of trade and com
merce through relief from freight
congestions that come oftener and
grow more costly with the growth of
the country.
There has been no part of the
presidential itinerary attracting more
serious attention than his trip down