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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24
CRISP NEWS.

some people seem to think that
there must be something wrong about
anything that they do not know about
Ledger Dispatch.
The wheat crop. which promises well.
is in some places badly injured by rust.
but the Rappahannock valley crops are
reported as over the average.
The statue of Father Ryan, the poet
priest, born in Norfolk in 1889, died in
Louisville, 1886, has been put in the Hall
of Fame. He, was a chaplain in the
Confederate army, but fame knows no
sectional lines.
The tide of immigration is setting
virginia-ward. North Europe, which
has been sending its best blood to the
northern states of the American union.
is awakening to the attractions of the
Old Dominion and to the opportunities
offered here. The Texas arrived at
Newport News recently from Chris
tiana, Norway with 81 passengers. OF
these nearly all will make their homes
in Virginia. Claremont, Virginia, will
take the bulk of the newcomers. its
being thirteen, ten of whom
are farm laborers, one blacksmith, one
baker and one merchant.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24
SCHOOL BUILDING BURNED.

The public high school building at
keedville, in the southern part of North
cumberland county, was destroyed by
fire Sunday. The building had been
closed for about one month, and the
origin of the fire is unknown but thought
to be from spontaneous combustion. II
started in the second story, the floor of
which was falling in when the fire was
discovered and only few desks were
saved. The building was large and
handsome frame structure, erected two
years ago at a cost of about s., 900. the
larger part of which was contributed bv
private individuals. The building and
furniture were insured in the Northern,
Neck Mutual Fire Association for 81, 100.
and $1,000 in an old line company.
Steps will be taken at once to'replace
the burned building with larger and
better one.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24
STOP YOUR CUSSING.

Virginia's anti-cussing law went into
effect yesterday. The man who finds il
difficult to keep a curb on his tongue
also will find it difficult TO keep out of
the clutches of the law in Virginia, for
the bill prohibiting cursing at the last
session of the General Assembly, went
into effect at midnight Wednesday night.
The bill is brief but Enthusiastically clear,
for it says:
If any person shall, in the presence or
hearing of another, curse or abuse
another person or use any violently
abusive language to such person con-
corning himself or his relatives, under
circumstances reasonably calculated to
provoke breach of the peace, he shall
be guilty of misdemeanor and on con-
viction shall be fined not less than 81. so
nor more than $500. Exchange.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24
POLITICAL.

Senator Tillman will not be a candi-
date for. the Senate again, his health
being permanently shattered.
frrtfie election at Colonial Beach. H.
w. b. Williams was elected Mayor, de-
feating three other candidates. The
councilmen elected Were Geo. Staples,
c. S. Rowley, Henry Hull, WA. Coop
er, w. +. Renshaw, J. M. Ruppert.
There is popular impression that
about the only duties of a representa-
tive in congress are to shake hands with
his constituents and attend SUNDAY
school celebrations. This is a mistake.
1t is also his duty to draw his salary.
kiss the babies and diligently distribute
garden seed. Ledger Dispatch.
Judge E. w. Saunders was nomina-
ted as candidate for Congress from the
Fifth district in the Democratic conven-
ton at Rocky Mount Thursday. For
mer Governor Swanson was permanent
chairman, and made the nominating
speech. The convention recorded it
self as being opposed to the present
primary plan.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24
REEDVITJ,E

The Daughters of the Confederacy are
rehearsing for an entertainment to be
given by them in the Reedvile Hall on
July 4th.
Palmer & Moore's new yacht, "Stran-
ger, is about completed.
Mrs. Albert Somers, of Atlantic City,
is visiting her mother, Mrs John Ket-
cham, at this place.
w. A. Edwards, of Baltimore. is Wis
iting his father, Capt. f. w. Edwards.
at Election.
Capt, j. G. Fisher is in Baltimore.
Mrs. o. w. Douglas has returned
after an extended visit to relatives and
friends on the Eastern Shore and in
Baltimore.
Miss Marie Blundon is visiting friends
in Salisbury and Baltimore.
John Smith, Polish laborer at the
Morris, Fisher Company's factory.
cut his throat with razor in an attempt
at suicide. He was taken to Balti-
more hospital.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24
DISCUSSING POUND FISHING.

Hon. w. Mcdonald Lee. Commits
sioner of Fisheries for Virginia, is in
Washington this week where he was
invited for hearing before the United
States authorities who are considering
the subject of restricting the pound
nets in Virginia waters.
This meeting is the outcome of the
preliminary hearing in Baltimore some
two weeks ago, and the matter will
probably be finally decided as result
OF this meeting. 1t is understood that
the U. s. Fish Bureau and the Mary
land Fish Commission are anxious to
greatly restrict the pound fishing in the
lower Chesapeake. Commissioner Lee
will strenuously oppose any such action.
Only the u. S. Commission, the Mary
land Commission and the Virginia Com
mission are admitted to the Conference
this week.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24
D0INGS IN CONGRESS.

Arizona and New Mexico have at last
been admitted to statehood, and will
each have two u. S. Senator'S Both
new States are normally Democratic.
Senator Martin has introduced bills
to pay $1,000 to the Oak Shade Episco-
pal church and 81, 500 to the Forest
Chapel Methodist church. both in Cul-
pepper county.
The House Committee on Elections
has reported that John M. Parsons was
duly elected member from the Fifth
Virginia District, and that Edward w.
Saunders has no right to the seat henow
occupies. The majority report, giving
the seat to Parsons, declares that the
General Assembly had no right to
change the lines of the Fifth District
after that district had been arranged in
1900; the. minority Tor Democratic) re-
port, uphOlding Mr.. Saunders's claim to
his seat, declares the Assembly had the
right.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24
TO ALL WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN

The undersigned have been appointed
by the Circuit Court of Lancaster County
Joint receivers of Chas. X. Webb. who
sometimes trades under the, stvle
name OF d. M. Webb, and some
Webb, and who has been CONDUCTING
a general merchandise business AT
Road View near Molusk, Va. All
parties to whom this business is indebted
Will file their accounts, properly proven.
with one or both of the undersigned
within the next fifteen days; and all
parties who are indebted to the said
business will at once make settlement
with the receivers.
The receivers have in hand for sale a
general stock of merchandise in good
condition. inventoried at about $500
the same. (Sipned) 'o'
r. o. Norris, JR.,
L. j. DOWNING. RECEIVERS.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24
DO GOOD ROADS PAY?
From Richmond virginIan !

lrTonl richmond NirKinian.
Does it pay to make good roads? 1t
seems to have paid in New Jersey. for
the road commission of that State saws:
"The great value of good roads to
New Jersey is becoming more and more
apparent each year. They have brought
within our borders large and desira-
BILE citizenship. Communities have
grown to boroughs and cities. Manu-
facturers have been quick to see the
advantage of locating in suburban dis
tricts with good roads over which to
haul their products to the railroad sta
lions. Industrial centers have grown
from what few years ago were bat
villages. In almost every locality of
the State real estate values have been
enhanced, and there has been STEADY
and healthy advance in our taxable
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24
LOCUsTS TIE UP RAILROAD.

Millions of II year locusts have in
vaded the village of Peckville, Pa, and
the valley is being rapidly devastated of
vegetation by the pests. From early
morning until shutdown the noise made
by the whirring of the locusts is all
permeating, and can be heard a mile,
sounding like the faraway blowing of a
factory whistle.
They have covered one of the little
coal branches of the Ontario & Western
Railroad. swarming around the rails.
which gather and retain heat during
the day, until it is impossible to operate
the road, and tons of coal are standing
on the sidings because the locomotives
can make no Roadway against the slip
perry bugs.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24

WHAT would people have said
had George Stephenson told that
committee he was trying to con-
vince of the practibility of the
locomotive, thatit would one day
he 30 perfected that one railway
would have 24 900 miles OF track.
carry 00,O0O.O00 passengers
with only one accident causing
the loss of one life? Ina other
words that the danger of death
would be about one i'll 300
900, 900? And what if he had
said-what is literally true-that
the safest place on land or sea
was the state-room of an ocean
liner? Yet all this has come to
pass.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24
APPROPRIATIONS FOR VIRGINIA.

among the Virginia items in the
rivers and harbors bill which was re-
ported from the conference committee
are the following: Improving Potomac
at Alexandria, $50, 900; at Mount Vernon,
$ll,000; the harbor at Cape Charles,
$40, 600; harbor at Milford Haven, IS, 900;
Norfolk harbor and the approaches
thereto and the channel to Newport
News, 100000; Appomatox River,
1900; Dymer's Creek. 1000; James
River. $3.50. 700; Nomini Creek, $1,000;
Onancock River. $l3,5cO Pagan River,
$4,000; Rappahannock River, $4,000;
Upper Machodoc Creek. $4,000; Ur-
hanna Creek. $500; York, Mattaponi
and Pamunkey Rivers, $50, 600; Nanse-
mond River, S., 200.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24
DOES HE KNOW?

Declaring lower class whites in
the South are rs ignorant aus
the negroes and not so anxious
to learn, President Taft lately
told the. directors of Marion In
stitute, an Alabama school. that
the solution of the race problem
lies in education for both races.
That sounds pretty harsh. MIR.
Taft. Yet when IL high school
department of the school in our
town starts with 43 students
last falland these drop off to 13
1T looks as If he knew and had
read the tJTIzEN statement as
TO the condition of educational
affairs in lrvington. Truly. if we
here IN Lancaster want to know
things we shall have not only
to take out the money we have
put III our purses and spend
some of it, but take livelier i'll
terest in what is being done in
school matters. COMPULSORY
school attendance seemsa severe
remedy, but what's the use of
paying teachers to occupy "a va
cant school room? And what
foolishnessi 1T is to buy Il great
building and have it empty OF
pupils? Wake, up citizens!
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24
NORTHUMBERLAND NOTES.

Miss Alleyne Kelley, of Baltimore,
spent this week with friends in lower
Northumberland county and took part
IN the Gresham-Pinckard nuptials.
Luther Douglas, eldest son of Jack
Douglas, of near HeathsviIle, died early
last Friday morning of pneumonia. In
terment in the cemetery of Coan Bap-
fist Church.
w. Slater Cowart, of Northumber-
land county, was among those receiving
the degree of Bachelor of Science from
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Blacksburg, the past session.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24
WHAT NEWS Is.

A Toronto paper in endeavoring to
describe what news is says:
Some people never can understand
what news is. Let Us define it. A daily
paper will never publish an extra be-
cause Maltese cat eats a canary. But
let the canary eat the cat, and see what
will happen.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24
NORTHUMBERLAND CO.
ELECTION

Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Neal, of Balti-
more, are on visit to the formers
brother and sister, Chas. Neal and Mrs.
Frank Haynie.
10. Brilliant. the enterprising
merchant here, is on visit to his
mother in Pennsylvania.
Mrs Insley and family left last Sat-
urday week on an extended visit to her
parental home in Bivalva, Md.
Mrs. Rachel Waller. of Fairport, is
visiting her daughter-in-law.. Mrs.
Lolita Waller.
Mrs. Tom Hsynie and family are on
visit to Baltimore and Washington.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24
VIRGINIA PRESS ASSOCIATION.

The Virginia Press Association will
hold its business session of the next an
nual meeting on board a steamer. The
members will meet at Richmond on
Tuesday, July 18th, at O'Clock D. M
Wednesday morning, July 18th, a
steamer will be taken for daylight
trip down the hist ORIG James to Newport
News and Norfolk, spend the night in
Norfolk, and taking the steamer early
Thursday morning for trip up the Rap
pahannock and on to Onancock and
probably other points.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24
LARGEST DRYDOCX.

The congressional appropriation OF
$3.50. 900 for the purpose of charging the
dry dock at the Norfolk navy-yard
means that this city will soon have the
largest dry dock in America.
Beekman Winthrop. Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy. advises that the
actual construction work will not con-
sumo more than three months time and
that the dock will be out of commission
only few days while the improvements
are being made.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24

Tue Goths and Vandals were
supposed to have been the proxi.
mate cause of the downfall oil
Rome, and the luxury and disso-
luteness of the rich the Indirect
cause, but Professor Wheeler of
Harvard says it was the mos
quito that did the work. Thus
little by little the facts of history
come to light.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24

,.lHEsum, slowly climbing north
ward, reached on Tuesday last.
the 21st of June, the sign of the
Crab, in the Zodiac, marking the
longest day of the year. From
that point the days gradually
decrease i'll length until at the
same date in December they reach
the shortest. On Tuesday last
twilight began less than two and
nall hours after midnight q. 20
n. m and ended close to ten d.
IN. (9:3O. The SUI rose at / 80.
setting mt I'll. This makes a
long day, and the harvesters are
needing all the light available. If
the days grew warm with the
advance OF the sun northward we
should have our hottest weather
/. now, and "a steady decline from
this date; but the heat has "a
cumulative action. and though
July days are shorter they are
warmer. BY the same rule Spring.
is slow in following the suns
coursenorthward. Hot DAYS and
nights make corn grow, crops
mature and fecund nature to
put i'll our hands food for the
coming winter. After all it's a
good world to live in and we
should not grumble because of "A
little work, when all nature is
hard at it.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24
Kept The King Al Home

For the past year we have kept the King of all
iaNatives- DIR. Kings New Life Pills-in our home
and they have proved blessing to all our family.
writes Paul Mathulka. of Buffalo. N. Y. Easy.
but sure remedy for all Stomach. Liver and Kidney
troubles. Only 25e. at all druggist.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24

An ARTICLE i'll an exchange on
vegetables us food strikes n note
OF good sense in commencing
onions as perhaps the best food.
relieving govt and rheumatism
and toning up the system gen
orally. We rather incline to
believe it having noticed that
onions greatly strengthen the
breath.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24

. a DAY or SO ago, almost. the
Wrlghts were playing with "a
thing they called afiying machine
and most people were laughing
at such a project. Yet today the
Tying machine is us well estab-
llshed a success as the automo-
bile. 1t flies, scars, dips like "a
swallow, ventures out of sight
over the ocean, drops silently
down in another country and is
away again before people are
aware of its coming. What will
1t not do to revolutionize war.
trade, travel, politics? No one
can tell in this cure day what may
come. Time was. and not far
remote, when the telegraph was
n like pElything. the telephone "a
myth, and to make forty miles a
day on horseback was a real feat.
Now we talk over continent
vide stretches, send messages
over half the world without a
wire, and laugh ut the interfering
elements. We may not change a
single law of nature: and laws
which mother nature seems zeal
ously To strive to hide we know or
are knowing. We master sea and
land, the deep sea and the view
less air. We take a few thinos
longlooked OH as useless and To-.
nature is conquered. Can any
man say i'll this our day. this or
mat Is impossibleg
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24

York, Pa, had a hailstorm the
other day, and "a single stone
weighed so odd pounds, measur-
ing rs inches by IA. This is a
pleasurable variation on the big
fish stories.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24

lT SOUNDS queer, but that's
what seems to be the great ques-
ton of the day-Will Roosevelt
endorse Taft's policies?
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24

lT Is estimated that there are
500, OOOstammerers in the United
States. Just suppose they took
a notion to- call a convention.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24

The aIrcients, who had curious
fancies, named that part of the
heavens, or rather that cluster of
stars into which the sun enters
on his nOrthward course, Cancer.
or the Crab, and on Tuesday last
the sun, moving north, entered
that constellation, pausing there
at before turning southwark.
Things are growing. hot days
coming or at hand, crabs plenty.
corn jumping, all things bound
ing and springing towards full.
frultion. The fecund earth smiles
and bears herlap full of blessings
and we are glad for the summer
and rejoice in its heat, for with
out it all hope of life would flee
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24

WE USED to think that war
stories were about all told. but
after reading "a bit of "a story in
The Circle-"A Little Rebel.'F we
conclude that the real story of
the South has hardly been begun
If any one can read little Vircie
Carys story, us she told it to a
yankee soldier. and keep dry eyes
he can do more than could the
writer OF this. Get The Circle for
June, Circle Publishing Co.. n.
Y. Loci read what little Virpie
told the officer, and you will
agree with us that the true strug.
gle of the South was with the
wonderland children. And this is
not u paid notice, but written
that the past may not be forgot.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24

AND now that summer is really
here we are grumbling about the
heat.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-06-24

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The San Francisco call., 1910-07-11
ENGINEER STOPS
Train ROBBERY
Escapes From Bandits, Leaps
Into Cab and Dashes Away
With Coaches
Shots Fired at Grew by Thieves
Throw Katy" Passen-
gers Into Panic


ST. LOUIS. July 1O.-CIeverness on
the part of the engineer prevented
three bandits from robbing the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas Southwestern
flyer No. 3. near Larimore, st. Louis
county. about fifteen miles from ST.
Louis early this morning.
Engineer Quinn. through a ruse.
prevented the baggage car and pas
senger coaches from being looted The
bandits, armed with revolvers, COM
pel1ed the engineer and fireman 10
descend from the cab and go with
them TO the baggage car to assist in
uncoupling it, While tinkering about
the coupling the engineer and fireman
managed TO slip away in the darkness
The two started on run for the
cab. The bandits opened fire on them
Springing into the cab. the engineer
threw the throttle wide open and
dashed away with the train.
Five miles farther on. at Spanish
Lake Quinn rang up o. c. Hill. yard
master of the ST. Louis, Keokuk and
Northwestern in St. Louis and told him
of the attempted robbery.
Several shots were fred during the
attempted holdup and the passengers
were thrown into panic.
According to Katy" officials here.
there were thousands OF dollars in the
baggage car in addition to the mail,
which was unusually heavy.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-11
AGED MARKSMEN OBSERVE
ANNIVERSARY Of VICTORY
Four Members of Famous Team
Gather at Banquet

The first craftsmanship victory of
the California schuetzen club, when in
ternational honors were won in 1875,
was celebrated by an anniversary sup
per and by four members of the orig
inal team last night at a downtown
cafe.
For 80 years annual suppers have
marked the passing of the day. Dur
ing this time two deaths have cut the
number to six survivors. A number of
years ago one returned to Germany
the other member is somewhere in the
state.
Proudly the silver loving cup won by
the club at that meet was exhibited
last night. A garland of green's was
placed upon it, symbolic of the victory
so fresh in their minds.
Those at the table were: Philo ia
CODY. aged 73 and president of the club;
Adolph Strecker, aged 5s; A. Rahwyler,
aged II, and William Ehrenpfort, aged
SO. The absent members of the team
are William Koenig and William
Streuly. The dead are Captain A.
A silent toast was drunk to the de-
parted, toast to the absent ones and
a toast that all four might live to the
next anniversary.
The meet of 1876 was held in Phila-
delphia. Twenty-one teams partici-
pated. California schuetzen had just
organized. With their muzzle loading
California rifles they gave the contest
ants a great surprise, winning by IS
rings