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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29
THE FREDERICKSBURG
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
Ths sssm shsnEthsnss-Hsw PIgSs-G Fine
SehsduIs Fa the Season.

The Frsderieksbnrg Athletic Associa-
tiOn, which was organic 10 November.
has about completed its plans Tor plae.
Ing strong team 10 the field this sum.
mer. This association IL eomposed Of
100 OK the best business men Of Freder
ieksburg, who have subscribed 10 the
stock, and expect TO reap their dividends
BY breaking the mOnOtony of the LONG
summer day with the diversion OF a good
game accompanied by all It's roofing and
excitement. The games this year will
not be called until > o. IN, as At that
hour nearly all the business men and
clerks can go, as the business Tor the
DAY except on Saturday, IL about over
ana lt VIII be the policy OF the mansge-
inent TO have a. lew games on Saturday
as possible. Monday. Tuesday and Wed.
nesday being the preferable days
The schedule Is practically all hlled
nov, particularly the month OF Jolly,
every open date being filled for that
month. The team will play some very
strong mines this year and will have to
hustle TO take PERCENTAGE OF the games
scheduled. HagerstOwn, Petersburg,
Winchester and Manassas are already
scheduled here, and the team will take a
weeks trip to Hsgerstown, Baltimore
and Atlantic City. The team has been
playing the College schedule as . prelimi-
nary practice. and while putting up good
ball Ia spots. the work has not been as
consistent ss IL should be- The team
will be shaken up considerably before the
hrst game, and certainly two new
play ers who have not been In the line up
b fore will be IN the fret game.
Negotiations are now being carried ON
with fret class coach, TO whom, n be
is secured, the team will be turned over
and he VIII lave full authority.
Every man on the team this year dra " :
pay, aud therefore every player will be
Expected to earn his money. The coach
viii have the power to discipline a man
either by benching or flning for any &c
ticency In playing. or failure To be Ia
place, as the public Is paying TO support
the game. and the game must be pla, ed
To suit the public and not the within ui
the players
The fret series OF games will be begin
with Manassas on the LIST, 2nd and 5rd
OF June, and every effort will be made To
take the entire series. The pitchers are
In good condition and the team b A.
been hitting well 10 the past lew gamss.
and should put up good game
~ there are any who have not taken Z.
share OF stock, they can do 80 by calling
on the secretary, G. X. Howard, and
they will be more than repaid by the
pleasure obtained after business hours
during warm weather.
The officers OF the association for the
year are: DR.. J. Garnett King, president;
Henry Warden and +. J. Smith, vice
Presidents; ClaTance r. Howard, secre-
tar A. Randolph Howard, treasurer.
Directors-Capt. NJ. b. Rowe, Capt. 7. NJ.
Larkin. X. n GOolrick, +. W Feuerherd
}. Conway Chichester, X. F. Bullock, ID.
5. Quinton. and John r. Gouldman, Jr.
". ). Embrey, business manager, and
F. W. Feuerhsrd, schedule manager.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29
THE Val DAENFEI FOUNDRY
A Growing Iadushy

One Of the busy corners Of Frederick :
burg II at the Intersection Of Prince Ed
ward street and National Boulevard
What was n few years ago a bog and
swamp is today the site for the Val Tan.
nehl Foundry and Machine Works The
lot running from Boulevard To Wolfe
street has been filed TO grade and wit.
it's substantial buildings adds much 20
the real estate value OF this section of
our city. Mr. Val. Dannehl il a Freder-
icksburg Toy and learned his trade ss
practical machinist as an apprentice of
that grand old citizen, genius and master
mechanic. the late BENZ. Bowering, to
whom, IA the owner of the old Hope
Foundry. is due the reputation our city
has rs a supply point for sawmills, min
ing. manufacturing. milling. Transports
tion and transmission equipment and re
pairs.
At one time our city was "A trade cen
tire for ALI kinds of manufacturers SUP
plies for Virginia and the CarOlinas. The
towering Foundry" was the base of
this trade
When the old Hope" works Were sold
10y Mr.. towering and he lost control of
it's management, from some cause this
old established plant, with it's force of
killed workmen and mechanics steadily
soon closed; the fire of furnace and forge
went out and all of this trade was d.
verted ~ other centres
Mr.. Dannehl was one among those
who was thrown out of employment 10y
the closing of what was then called
southern Foundry and MachineWo Works &"
He was young man without capital.
but confident In his ability and training
"a Il mechanic, he started with a small
equipment and by an effort to send no
work out unless satisfactory, ne has
built up good business and many Of his
customers are from those who a few
years ago were trading in Baltimore. Al
exandria or Richmond. The Dannehl
Machine Works are now well fitted TO
meet the demands OF their growing trade
having it's own well equipped foundry
blacksmith shop and a full outfit of ma
chine tools, lathes. planer, slOther, sharp
er, drill press and bolt cutting machin
cry, etc, and a force OF skilled mechanics
Mr. Dannehl is now planning the cree.
ton Of a building for wood working ma
chinery To facilitate the building Of tn,
Towering" sawmill, 81 which he has
long made a speciality.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29
ITEMS FROM LAHORE

Lahore. May 2S, 1909.
Monday most every body went to court.
impelled by various Il stincts; this hoo
wanted to see the people, many OF them
dear To childhood days. | was gratified
IN big measure. There was the judge.
erI ct and commanding, his dictum a
mighty power, not least in building I'm
p'ovements. There stand Barbour and
GJss, the twin bachelors OF Somerset:
culture and prosperity abide within their
homes, and IL Is pleasant to spend a
moment In the sunshine that plays about
them. There comes Jim Willis. whoae
gentle smile and graduating grip is a
benedietion to all who come his way.
happy in the prosperity and goodness OF
his family; he lie blessing to the CON-
munity; but must hold; space forbids
this pleasant reverie. Let me have a word
about the Lance man; few more beloved.
none better known than VIII Bradley; he
is. as a boy, alert and spritely, ready
for good news and to impart useful
knowledge; court without him is not
complete. The segregations at our courts
are varied men and women with
horses and snacks are in evidence. The
major portion however are imbued with
socialimpulses, glad notwithstanding social
intercourse, enjoying good news about
the home folk and cherishing a fellow
feeling for one another.
Rain has added charm to field and
garden; only the road man has to check
up q while.
Miss May Sanford. OF Coventry"
Spotsylvania, has been q welcome guest
OF Mrs. James Frazer at Orange this
week. Charming girls. indeed; popular and
pretty.
Miss Mary Pinkhard spent several days
this week at the genial home OF Mrs.
A. N. Daniel, of Pemunkey.
Mr.. w. w. Butzner, q prominent
attorney OF Fredericksburg, Visits Rev.
W. J. Decker this week and attends
Orange court; he ia popular In this
section.
DR.. &. N. Harris has been a guest OF
DR.. Eugene Voolfolk and Mira. Geo.
Frazer this week. The doctor Is slowly
recovering from his accident last week,
bnt Il will be some time before he can
uee his lame arm es q stump extractor.
The early potato crop gives poor promise
OF reducing the price OF corn, which IL
close to the dollar mark.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29
CAROLINE NOTES
Bowling Green. Va. Nay %.

ROHAnk Oreeus va, May 20.
The closing exercises Of the Bowlins
Sieen Seminary began on last SATURDAY.
night with Junior Concert. which tool
place 10 the assembly hall of thai
institution before large and apprecia
tive audience On Sunday morning the
annual sermon was preached in the
Methodist church a 81 On sunday nighi
Mr.. Parker delivered the missionary ser
mon. Monday at IL O'elOck DR.. Day. ol
Randolph Macon College, addressed the
pupils aud faculty, alter which there Wa
q Distribution OF distinctions and diplo.
mas On Monday night the final con.
cert took place. thus closing tue sessions
OF l9OS-O9, and the future OF the old
Seminary Il brighter today than for
years. The program for Monday night
Was as follows:
A Streamlet Full OF Flowers-Chorus.
Plano, Military March-Misses Broad
dus. Andrews, Parker and Broaddus,
Plano. The Last Smils-Miss Ruth
Blakey.
Reading. Leap Year Mshaps-Niss
Susie Butler.
Vocal, Vslse Of Lov,-Mlss Lucille
Collins.
Fares. The Chrystal G..z,r.Charaeters-
Madame la SOrciere, clairvoyante. Miss
Barlow; Mise Bsssi, Blant. a Young
lady who lost her lover, Miss Julia
Collins
Piano. March, Observation-Disclosures
Eula and LOttie BrORddus
Monologue. Telephone Romance-Mis
Ruth Blakey.
Vocal, Would That My Love-Misses
White aud Perkins.
Pine, Silver Spring-Mlss Mary
Andrews.
Reading. Sombre-Mlss Barlow.
Plano, RspsOdie No. G-Miss Kathleen
Aahon.
Farce, A Backward Child, Characters
Mis- hiliiken. governess, Miss Dunn:
Florence, aged eleven, Miss Lucille Collins.
Wanderers Night Song-ChOrus.
Miss Emma Lear, OF the faculty OF the
Seminary, spent a portion OF this week
with Mrs. X A. COghill.
Miss Ethel Collins has returned tn he,
home Ia StaifOr1. after "A visit to he'll
Sister. Mrs. T y CoghiIl.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. b. Travis moved on
Monday into their new house in the
northern end OF town
Misses Myers and Beattie are the
guests OF Misses Estelle and Julia Collins
The J. . Z. gave farewell least on
Tuesday evening at the home Of Mist
Annie White, In honor OF Miss Bessie Lee
Baker, who leaves on Friday Tor her
future home in Knoxville, Tenn.
Mrs.W. q. Coghilli Is spending this week
with relatives In Richmond
Misses Belle and Liza Scott have rent
ed rooms OF Mr.. Ernest Smoot and vii
occupy same during the summer.
Mrs. {. l.. Baker and family will leave
on Friday for Knoxville. where they wi
in the future reside.
Mrs Edward MetcaH has gone &c
Washington, here she will spend severa
weeke
Mrs. Granvills Burruss and two chill
dren are spending this week with hei
grandmother at Ruther Glen.
Little Misses Moncure. OF Stafford spent
the week end at the home Of Mr.. ant
Mrs T q. Gill
Mrs Charlie Cary, OF Suffolk, IL a gues
oi her parents. Mr. and Mrs. BIG. Blythe
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Garrett. of you
city, spent Sunday aud Monday with hi
parents. Mr.. and Mrs W. r W Garrett
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29
NEAR BEER CASE POSTPONED

The appeal case OF Commonwealth v.
.. M; Armstrong. charged with selling
near bedr, was called in the Corporation
court Thursday morning. Judge
Embrey, counsel for Armstrong, asked
Tor postponement, for the reason that he
had been busy IN other cases and was
not prepared for trial. This was not
objected to by Commonwealth Attorney
swift and IL was continued to a date to
be named.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29
WHITE VOTE OF SPOISYLVANIA

The blowing l. a tabulated state
ment OF the voters Of Spotsylvania " ho
have paid their cspitation taxes and are
eligible to vote at the election In Novcm
Der provided they are registered Ii In
eiudee all white Democrats and Repubn-
cans. but no colOred voters la &c il a
comparative vote Of 1908 - 1909, aud
the Increase and decrease In the districts
o. the basis OF former elecii ms fully 30
PER cent arr Republicans 10 this i cor
rect, about 800 will be able to vote IN
the Democratic primary on August 5.h.
Oliy one district, Livingston. shows q
decrease on the 1908 vote.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29
At THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Wednesday night the Rev. f. b. Motley
spoke To an sppreciative audience on
"Doing Our Best" IL was n good ser-
mon, pointing out the duty OF each and
every Christian as doing their best. Mr..
Motley IL q forcible speaker and de-
serves good congregations.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29
VETERINARY HOSPITAL

DR.. A.E Cline has leased OF Judge Alvin
T Embrey q lot at corner Of George and
Liberty St.. on which he will erect q
veterinary hospital for horses and cattle.
DR.. Cline says this institutiOn will be Of
the most improved character.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29
ANNUAL MEETING 3. 7. 81. CO,

the Upper Rappahannock Telephone and
Telegraph Company. for purpose OF elect
ing officers Tor she ensuing year, and also
meeting Of board OF directors OF com
pany, will be held at Exchange Hotel,
fredericksburg. on Thursday, June 3rd q,
3 q. IN.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29
HON. ]. THOMPSON BROWN

Hon. ]. Hill Beverley, OF ESSEX, was
here Thursday with Hon. J. Thompson
Brown, OF Bedford, who is a candidate
for Commissioner of Agriculture agaiost
Hon. g. W. Koiner. the present incum-
bent. He was being introduced to our
people
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29
WILL SPEND SUMNER
IN NEW YORK STATE

Mrs. Robert s. Knox, with little daueh-
Ter, left today for Madison, Barracks, N.
y. accompanied by her mother, Mrs II.
ID. Wallacs, and sister, Miss Ellen Wal
lace, who will spend the summer with
Mrs. KnCx.
Mise Ellen Wallace Is to be bridesmaid
at Miss Affords wedding.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29
TAKEN TO sTAUETOR

Mrs Euberia Coates, of spotsylvania,
who was adiudged a lunatic by q com
mission held ia this city two weeks ago,
and since confined at the aims house, was
Friday taken to Staunton.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29
Totals 7O7 79i |
|. N. ESTES BURIED HERE

Mr.. Lucius n. Estes, OF Spotsy lvania
Was buried here In the City Cemetery at
? p m Thursday. Services conducted
by Rev. Decatur Edwards, assisted by
Rev. X. A. Williams. The pallbearers-
hessrs. X l.. Todd, WIN. Kent, N. ~
Poole, Bowen Embrey, p. T Finney and
j. T. Haney.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29
cARNeAL- PITS

Married in the city at the home OF the
bride on upper Main Street, Wednesday
evening, Mr.. John r. Carneal and Mies
Martha Pitts, both OF Frederieksburg.
Rev. DR.. 4. s. Dunawsy performing the
ceremony
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29
LIST or VOTERS POSTED

Sergeant J. Conway Chichester accord
ing tn law posted Tbursday morning
lists OF all parties having paii their poll
taxes. furnished by the treasurer, X T..
Knox. at the two voting wards In the
city OF Fredericksburg.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29
STAFFORD LAND FOR SALE

| offer for sale six acres Of land, near
Stafford c. H.. on the road leading from
the Courthouse to Brooke station.
There is a nice oak grove on the place
suitable for the location Of house.
Apply to
r. L. Fritter,
m20-wAw Stafford c. II Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29
FOR SALE

Double tenement house, good location,
pays per cent interest on : 1897 90.
will sell To quick buyer for 81 400 90.
Another double tenement house pays g
per cent interest on $4,000 90 will sell
for 81 900. 90; both of these properties
are good Investments.
Address, Jno. w. Allison, Jr.,
Fredericksburg, Va
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29
REVIVAL SERVICES
IN SP0TSYLVaNia

Rev. T. G. Pullen and family ere Wis.
their kinsman, Mr.. Richard HisdFup, oil
Spotsyivania- Mrs. Pullen is the daugh-
ter OF Rev. J.W. Hildrup, late Of Virginia
Conferences, and for many years an active
and very useful Methodist minister.
Rev. Mr.. Pullen is the pastor OF Rappa-
hammock Circuit and lives at Flint Hin
and IL an accomplished and effective
minister. Mr.. Pullsn will preach ct
Tabernacle N. z. church next Sunday,
both, at IL g. m and 81 1907 N.
DIR. Ray viii hold revival service In thia
church. and for several evenings assisted
By Rev Mr.. Pullen-
AT AsBURY CHAPEL
Rev. g. II. Ray, ID. d.. viii preach and
hold all day service st Asbury Chapel
on 9th Sunday. May 30th. In Asbury
Chapel.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29
PRAYERS FOR SUCCESS
OF LOCAL OPTION

large number of ladies assembled in
the Baptist church Thursday and earnest
prayers were offered for the success OF
the AnttSaloon League in the local OBJ
ton election 10 progress Ia Petersburg.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29

For the Genuine Malta Flows and
steels for same call ON Decker K Alrich
The three shovel Malta Is hard to beat
4bey have the Iron Age tooth cultiva
tors and blades. Give them q call
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29
POLICE COURT

There were two cases before Justice
Dannehl Thursday morning. Fins were
imposed and paid IN each.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29
SUCCESSFUL REVIVAL

Rev. r ID. Garland. of the State Mis-
sion Board, has just closed one of the
most successful revivals ever held 10 Ur-
hanna; thirty persons proiessed con
version
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29
IS CHAIRMAN OF NORMAL
SCHOOL BOARD

Rev. Sidney J. Peters, who was one Of
the participants in a fight at the polls In
Petersburg Thursday, is chairman Of the
board of visitors of the Normal school
here
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29
WANTED

A strong. respectable white woman to
wait on invalid. Addesss Box 157,
fredericksburg, Va. m25l3t
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-05-29

HISTORY or FREDEmcKsBURo FOR SALE
AT JoaNsTos a PEARsox's DRUG STORE.
PRICE s1.5O.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-11-10
A LANCASTER CORN RECORD.
MIR. Helms, Of that County, Makes a
Fine LOt-Little Fertilizer.

Reports of some fine yields Of corn
In various parts of the State are be-
ing published, but, considering the
small quantity of fertilizer used, a
one-horse farmer in Lancaster coun-
ty is thus far in the lead. J. F..
Helms, of the Unity section Of that
county, is the man referred to.
Mr.. Helms had been reading in the
papers about the Williamson plan
and while he did not follow that
plan altogether, he concluded to try
some of its leading features on five
acres of a siX-acre field of upland.
One row Of corn, the rows being 70
yards long and feet wide, has been
gathered, shelled and weighed, the
weight being 105 pounds. AT this
mately SO bushels, being 9S and a
fraction. The row in question was
an average one Of the five acres,
says Lancaster dispatch.
AS stated, the field on which the
crop was raised is upland-red,
loamy soil, with yellow clay snhsoi!.
The land was thoroughly prepared.
1t was broken up twice and then bed
ded with turn plow, the beds being
four feet apart and thrown up as
high as possible. The corn was
planted about the Goth of May, be-
ing dropped by hand, deep down into
the furrow, the grains about a foot
apart. At the same time, or rather
just before the dropping of the seed
corn. 200 pounds to the acre Of COM
mercial fertilizer-S-3-3 goods-was
placed in the burrows. No fertilizer
at all was applied during cultivation.
A fairly good stand was obtained,
and the only cultivation the plants
received was five furrows run with a
plow, two in running round" the
corn and three in throwing out the
middles.
Considering the small amount of
fertilizer used-only 200 pounds to
the acre-and the comparatively lit
tie cultivation given the crop, the
yield is truly wonderful Mr.. Helms
attributes his success mainly to the
manner in which the land was pre-
pared and to the planting in the
water furrow.
Mr.. Helms doesn't pay much at
tention to the raising Of colton-has
only five acres in cotton this year
On his one-horse farm he raises plen.
ty Of corn, peas, small grain, clover
grasses, etc. He also raises an
abundance of poultry, for which he
has rye patch. His sales Of chick
ems and eggs on this market the past
year amounted to $98.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-11-10
The Cotton Tree an Old Bluff.

Henry S. Reed, in an interview for
the Atlanta Constitution relative TO
the reported use of the fiber OF Gree
cotton as substitute for cotton,
says:
q have noticed in New York COM
mercial papers a letter from Ger
many to the effect that a German
chemist has succeeded in treating the
fiber Of tree cotton, and thus make
1t spinnable. For the purpose of
counteracting any i'll effect such q
report may have upon our Southern
people, beg to state that tree cotton
Is not new thing. Nor has 1T re-
Gently been discovered. Neither has
1t ever conferred a blessing upon
mankind. 1t grows In tropical coun-
tries, flourishes in Mexico, South
America and india, and Is as old as
time itself. 1t fluorished on the Is
| lands in the South Atlantic prior to
the discovery of America, and when
| the plant was first introduced into
America 1t was perennial. The eli
mate Of our country was OF such
rigor, however, that 1t readily be-
| came an annual. There is nothing
| worth talking about in connection
with tree cotton that can be treated
by German scientists from a textile
standl mt The stuff Is a fine fuZz
there Is no fiber to it, treated or
not treated.
| "The truth Of the matter is, 1t was
this worthless tree cotton in Mexico
that gave birth to the boll-weevil, as
We know it, in this country, and from
Mexico, after years of travel, the Wee
vii crossed the Rio Grande river into
| Texas. Our people need lose no
sleep over this proposed substitute
for cotton. There is no substitute
and the talk sent out by the bears
along this line is utterly absurd, even
for the intelligent bear to foster"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-11-10
GUARANTEED AND SOLD BY DR. j. w. BELL. "
TRIES TO CHEAT GALLows.
Georgia Physician Condemned to
Death Attempts Suicide.

LaGrange, Ga, Nov. 4.--Dr. ]. NJ.
Elliott, who is sentenced to pay the
death penalty on the gallows to-mor-
row, attempted suicide here tonight
by taking nine grains of mercury in
tablet form. The condemned man
was found in an unconscious condi-
ton In his cell at o'clock. 1t was
at first thought he was dead, but af-
ter two physicians were hurried to
the jail he was restored to conscious
ness. Elliott must have taken the
poison after $40 o'clock, for he was
last seen by the jailer at that time.
Another Respite for Elliott.
Atlanta, Nov. 6.-Dr. ]. NJ. Elliott
did not hang in LAGRANGE yesterday
for murder. A further respite has
been granted him until November 10
by Governor Brown. This action was
taken by the Governor after consul
tation with the LaGrange physicians,
who attended Elliott after his at
tempted suicide in jail on Thursday
afternoon.
Attorney Nj. U. Mooty, of La
Grange, called up Governor Brown
over the longdistance phone at Sa-
vannah, catching him before he en-
tered the banquet hall to take part
in the banquet to President Taft. He
explained the situation, and said it
would probably be week before El
lott had recovered from the effects
of the mercury he had taken with
suicidal intent.
The Governor next communicated
with the LaGrange physicians who
had attended Elliott, and learned
that the condemned man had very
nearly succeeded in his attempt to
take his own life, the day before the
one set for his legal execution.
At the dictates of humanity, and
moved by natural repugnance when
he thought Of the half-dead man be-
ing dragged to the gallows, Governor
Brown wired the sheriff of Troup
county 70 stay the execution.
During the next two weeks it is
probable that Messrs. Mooty, of La
Grange, and Mcneil, of Macon, attor-
neys for Elliott, will make further
efforts to save his life. An extraor-
binary motion for new trial may be
made on what is said to be newly
discovered evidence. showing that FL
lott was insane at the time the
crime was committed.