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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30
'arsons and Squires in Wedding War

The pastors divided fees and got the
business.
Finding that without the runners
business was at standstill, the
squires met and sent a committee to
the pastors, stating that if the pastors
did not stop dividing fees with runners
each magistrate would again employ
runners and take the trade" from the
clergymen. The pastors refused to
heed the request and Immediately the
magistrates employed two runners
each and the war wes Gu
A marriage ceremony for a dollar
has long been considered an impossi-
bility, but from now until the rate war
is settled, clipping couples will not
have to pay ia.Te than that
One magistrate has opened head
quarters near the railroad stations,
where he is handy for clippers who are
in a hurry to have the knot tied be-
fore messages can forbid tie issuing
of licenses.
The man who is regarded as the
leader of the marrying justices is
James S. Keigwin, recently elected
to succeed his father-in-Faw, Benjamin.
Nixon, as justice Of the peace. Keig-
wins prestige Is inherited, his father
in-law and father. Ephraim Keigwin,
having held the ONCE to which he sue
ceeds for Is years.
It Is said that the two predecessors,
of Squire Keigwin have married $500
couples and now the sons and daugh-
ters of the former clippers are coming
here and they ask for Keigwin's office
when accosted by runners. 1t is of
record that the Keigwfhs have re-
ceived all sorts of fees, ranging from
a hand Of tobacco or a pocket knife to
500 cash.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

I OUISVIILE, KY.-A unique mar
Il rying war" Is now on at Jefferson
vile, Ind, the city just across the
Ohio river, where, it is said, more
couples have welded than any other
town in the United States. For many
years the magistrates have, with the
help OF runners or solicitors, per-
formed the wedding ceremony for
practically every clipping couple that
has gone to the Gretna Green to dodge
church weddings or the wrath of par
ents.
The cause Of the marrying war was
resolution adopted by the squires
short time ago to the effect that the
runners should be dispensed with.
Heretofore the runners have met
all couples at the trains and
boats for the purposes of es-
corting them to some particular magis-
trate, who after tying the matrimonial
knot, would divide the fee with the
man who brought the couple.
Following the adoption of the reso-
luton doing away with the runners,
this body of hustlers held a meeting
and decided that they would work for
the pastors of Jacksonville instead of
seeking other employment AS re-
suit the pastors did thriving bust
ness, while the magistrates waited
patiently for couples that never came.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

IN several of the departments of the
government young women are prov
ing more efficient than young men. In
the treasury, in particular, they excel
in many lines of work Here is a
story in point: Not long ago United
States Treasurer McClung received a
letter from the Royal Bank Of Can
ada telling about fire that had ia
ken place in one Of it's branch Offices
in Cuba. The fire had destroyed, or
almost destroyed, so the letter re-
lated, large sum of money in Amer.
lean bank notes which were in the
safe in the bank.
The charred notes were in such
condition that if they were sent back
to the United States they would prob
ably fall to pieces. The bank wanted
to know whether it would be possible
for the treasurer to send one Of his
experts down to Cuba, there to ex-
anime and identity the money and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

NEW YORK.-Almost the first thing a
~ New York boy learns is to hate the
law. He soon finds that if he is going
to keep on the absolutely safe side of
it there won't be much left for him to
do but twirl his thumbs and kick his
heels
If he's a tenement youngster he
can't play in the house. Chasing the
devil around the stump would be a
rowing life compared with the posi-
bllities Of play there. Anyway, when
he's too big for his mother to step
over him with ease If not grace she
turns him out.
First to the fire escape-his porch
from which he is apt to take a short
cut over the railing to the pavement
below. There his broken and bruised
little body is witness. sometimes liv-
ing, sometimes dead, to the disadvan-
tages Of fire escapes as Fairgrounds.
One family last summer lost two chill
dren that way.
Dozens of others every year die or
are crippled by falling from the roofs
and windows and fire escapes to which
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

JERSEY CITY, N. J.-Using his belt
y as a pants duster," Police Ser
geant Wolfe brought an inglorious fin
ish to a glorious idea of liberty, short
or hours and an immediate transfer to
fine new school house. The strike
leaders were boasting that not a pupil
would return to the classrooms in the
old school house. Their principal
grievance was that other pupils
were being transferred to the new
building and they feared their places
would be taken. Hence the strike
was called.
Just to make sure there would be
no trouble Sergeant Wolfe was sent
to the school house. All was quiet.
The girls were coming In sedately and
the primary boys were sneaking up
the stairs with scared faces. Out in
front stood the big, grim Sergeant
Wolfe, father Of six well-behaved boys.
with his weather eye open for trou
BILE.
Presently half a dozen boys came
along, stopped on the corner and be-
gan talking excitedly. Sergeant Wolfe
frowned and walked over to them.
Teachers waitin'. Beat It'll" said
Wolfe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

ERIAL warfare-battles between
IA men birds in aeroplanes, destruc-
ton of Notifications and battlesh1ps
by shells and bombs dropped from
dirigible balloons and aerial craft
brought to earth by projectiles-Was a
vision of mania that took John W..
Currell, soldier, sailor and inventor,
to the government hospital for the in
sane, but today he is free man and
working almost night and day on his
inventions.
Now backed, it is said, by inf1uen-
tial men and under the guidance OF
army and naval officials, he is working
on instruments Of destruction that
will mark long stride in aerial war
fare equipment, according to friends
of the eccentric genius
A year before Currell was sent to
the government hospital for the in
sane, he had submitted to the then
Secretary of the Navy Newberry his
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30
Woman Who Counts the Burned Money

supervise it's shipment back to Wash.
tngton.
The officers of the Royal Bank OF
Canada declared their willingness to
pay the salary and expenses of the
government expert who should be sent
down. Miss Elizabeth Smith, who
was selected to go, did not wish to
make the trip alone and the bank
also agreed to pay the expenses of
her sister,
So the two young women set sail for
Cuba. When they arrived at Mayari.
a small village on the coast Of Cuba.
opposite Santiago, where the burned
bank building was located, Miss Eliza
beth Smith found that the officers Of
the bank had not touched the scorched
money because of their fear that the
charred remnant would fall to pieces.
The safe was still lying In the ruins.
The officers of the bank had only
opened 1t once and after seeins tho
condition of the money had closed 1t
hurriedly to await Miss Smiths ar
rival
At the end of three weeks the work
was accomplished. Miss Smith found
that she had been able to identify
$4,000 worth of notes. This was the
exact amount which the bank had on
hand in American notes, according to
it's books
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30
Directory of Congressmen's Wive:

stock flows in the veins of the wives
of many congressman. Whether 1t
be that the sturdy descendants of the
New Englanders have survived under
the hardships of pioneer days when
other strains have persisted is Ques-
ton about which many interesting
speculations might gather.
At first the congressional women
treated the request for biographical
material as a joke, but soon they saw
that the information they gave. il
made accessible for all the members
of the Congressional club, would af-
ford mighty interesting reading. Now
that the women of the present con-
gressional circle are so shortly to
scatter, some of them never to return
to Washington, they have taken hold
of the directory idea with new vigor.
The general public will, of course.
have no such opportunity of reading
the directory of the feminine congress
sional contingent as it has had in the
case of that compiled by the senators
and representatives but it is expected
that more than one edition de luxe of
the new directory will be made, and
Washington is looking for some inter-
est1ng reading from the bulky volume.
The senators and representatives
themselves are showing considerable
interest in the volume. The biogra-
plies have one radical point Of de-
parture from those in the masculine.
volume-the biographers are not eD
pected to tell when they were born.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30
Signal Corps Man Not So Very Crazy

ideas and his inventions, and they
we're being subjected to an examina-
ton. 1t was on the strength Of let
tiers he had received from the navy
department and the testimony Of pat
ent attorneys that he obtained his
freedom.
Both in the army and navy Currell
was regarded as a crank. He became
convinced in the Spanish-American
war, he says, that the time was not
far distant when aeroplanes or dirigi-
BILE balloons would be important fac.
tors in warfare, and acting on this
belief he began a systematic study Of
the problem that led him through sew
eral branches of the army and later
into the navy and then to the United
States army signal corps, and finally
to the madhouse, after his discharge
from the army.
Currell was released from the gov
eminent hospital for the insane on
October 6, and since then has bent
all his energies toward perfecting his
inventions in preparation for applying
for patents. His inventions consist OF
a dirigible aeria! torpedo, a detonator,
and an aerial rifle, and he is now
working on a time torpedo and an
other rifle for use IN an aeroplane.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30
Impressive American Possibilities

enough balancing it's imports of food
by its exports to prove that it feeds
more than 100000 of it's people. :.
France is much less heavily popu-
lated, but the French rate, in proper
ton to the area of the country, would
make the Inhabitants of the United
States number not less than 550,000.-
900, and France almost feeds it's own
people. If isolated from the outside
world they could all be kept in COM
fort, as far as food goes.
1t is not necessary to make COM
PARSONS with crowded countries of
Europe or with the most densely.
populated parts of the United States
to discover IL the census returns re-
markable evidence of the possibili-
ties of growth which almost daze
thoughtful Americans.
The state of Ohi>, for instance, has
not much more than half of the popu-
lation which the sta,e might contain
without exceeding thelimit of density
already reached in FRANCE. If it were
filled up as Germany is the popula-
ton would be much more than
doubled, and Germany keeps a very
large part of it's area in forests.
If the entire country were occu-
pied as fully as Ohio is, the popula-
ton of the United States would be
supported easily, at the present stage
of scientific and mechanical progress.
From whatever point of view the
census returns are studied, in the
light of old world conditions and
some demonstrations of the posi-
bilities of population and production
in this country, the future is rich in
overwhelming visions of American
greatness The more the facts of to-
day are looked into and weighed, the
more impressive they become as in
dications of the growth and progress
Of the future
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30


than
legislature
served for
subsequently elected
representative of the south
orally profound
Justice White
federation
ment all socaled
island
Northern
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30
kEUSKOGEE, OKLA.-We never miss
lIR the water until the mains run dry,

hEUSKOGEE, OKLA.-We never miss
WI the water until the mains run dry,
but most Of the towns in the south
west are missing it now. For many
years there has not been such a
drought as Oklahoma, Arkansas, north
Texas and southern Kansas are now
suffering. The drought began the lat
ter part of August and has been In
evidence since.
Muskogee and Tulsa are the only
two cities in Oklahoma today that are
not alarmed about their water supply.
The former draws it's water from the
Grand river which is fed by springs
and in the dryest season will furnish
water for half million population.
Tulsa draws it's water from a series
of deep wells along the Arkansas river
and this supply is supposed to be un-
limited.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

will
100000 shall be expended Is lett by
Mr.. entirely in of the trustees .
degrading evil OF e'
and
Of men,"
of
recently Is secono
foundation advance
increased $15ooo In 1908 20
the Sl20oo
Washington
estimated
for the Unite and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30
WHITE NOW CHIEF JUSTICE

Edward Douglas White, whom Presi-
dent Taft has appointed chief justice
of the United States Supreme court,
is a native of Louisiana.
He was born in the parish of La
fourche. La, in November, 1845. In
his early youth he attended the school
at Mount St. Mary's, near Emmits-
burg, Md; later he entered the Jesuit
college in New Orleans, and finally he
went to Georgetown college of Wash
ington, D. C. Justice White served in
the Confederate army during the civil
war and practised law among the
people of Louisiana.
In 1891 Mr.. White became a national
figure. A senatorial contest was waged
in Louisiana and Mr.. White entered
the race. He had managed the cam
paign of Governor Nichols for re-elec
ton and had been prominent in the
reform element of his state. He had
fought in favor of the anti-lottery
movement. The legislature finally
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30
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The hundreds of millions of Andrew
Carnegie, which he has declared he
will give away before he dies, will be-
come, it is believed, perpetual power
for the good of mankind, fund con-
trolled by self-perpetuating board of
trustees, the income from which is to
be used through the centuries to aid
human beings in ending war and CON-
batting all other evils that stand be-
tween them and the good of a perfect
civilization.
This belief is based on the broad
terms of deed by which Mr.. Carne-
gle has transferred to board OF trus-
tees $10,000,O00 in five per cent. first
mortgage bonds, the revenue of which
will be used first to "hasten the aboll-
ton of international war and establish
a lasting world peace"
The lofty purpose expressed by the
ironmaster to make this foundation
continuing force for reform suggests
the probability that this S10,00O.OO0
may be only a starter in a movement
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30
THE NEW SOLICITOR-GENE

Frederick w. Lehman of St. Louis
has been appointed solicitor general
of the United States to fill the vacancy
caused by the death Of Lloyd w.
Bowers
Mr. Lehman was born in Prussia
in 1853. He came to this country with
his parents when a child, his father
settling in Ohio and subsequently re,
moving to Indiana There, at the
work bench, while his father was en-.
gagged in cobbling the brogans Of a
farming community, was laid the
groundwork of Fred Lehmann's educa.
ton. BY the aid of a primitive Egyp.
tan Tampa wooden rag floating in a
saucer of grease-the youth devoured
such books as came into his posses.
sion.
A short time in the little red school.
house and he started for the west, de-
termined upon acquiring an education
without the aid of which he could not
hope to achieve success. On the plains
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30
GOVERNOR WAS ONCE A WAIF

Politics aside, the case of the new.
governor of Tennessee goes to prove
that the day Of equal opportunity has
not entirely passed in this country.
The new governor signs himself Ben
jamin w. Hooper" but what his real
name is, no one knows. He does not
know himself, and although now near.
ly forty years of age he does not know
who his parents were.
He was found on the streets OF
Knoxville and committed to the care
of an orphan asylum, whence he was
taken ten years later by Captain Hoop
er of Newport, Tenn, who gave him
his name and educated him. From
orphan asylum to the executive man.
sion! From nameless waif to COVER
nor of a sovereign state! The way
would seem always open in this coun-
try to those who work and strive.
It is said that Mr.. Hooper, the law.
yer from the mountains of Tennessee,
was nominated because he hadn't a
record, and, consequently, few enc
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

Still another biggest-yet and most
luxurious steamship is planned. Event
ually, we suppose, no passenger ves-
sci will be complete without a golf
course, a portecochere and outdoor
sleeping porches.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

The councilmen of several of the
cities are legislating against the long
hatrin. If they were wise they would
Issue their commands to their own
wives first, to ascertain what measure
of submission they are likely to meet
with.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

A Wellesley student has been ex-
PEELED for getting married. 1t was
probably decided that she took an un-
fair advantage of the many Massa-
chusetts spinsters who are looking for
men,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

Prince Henry of Prussia has made
several flights in an aeroplane But
the prince had convinced Americans
some years before the aeroplane that
he was pretty high flyer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

New York is erecting building IS
feet higher than the Singer building.
If this goes on, aeroplanists are CO.
ing to protest against the obstruction
of traffic
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

The school board Of Pocahontas,
Va, has issued a rule forbidding the
schoo'ma'ams of that place the right
to attend dances. What has become
of southern chivalry?
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

Hobble skirts hinder business. IS
the conclusion of the Atlantic City
shop keepers. Maybe the Atlantic
City girls can show speed in other
ways than walking.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

When the ocean liners take some
thing Of their size for collision pur-
poses the results are different from
those achieved when they run into
fishing smacks.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

A man who was killed by a street
car in a Michigan town was carrying
q suitcase containing seven quarts of
whisky That's new way Of running
4own the liquor business.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

It Is announced that the govern
ment is going to substitute dollar bills
for bills of $40 and more. That's
good; it will make it easier to flash
q large roll
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

An Ohio man offers $4,000 for an
airsh1p ride. If that sum is to be es-
tablished as the regular fare the at
mosphere will not be crowded for
long time to come
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

A schoolboy was directed to write
an essay about cotton, and he began
1t by saying lit is chiefly used in ma
king wooden goods" That boy keeps
his eyes open.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

There are indications that the rec
ord for hunters who were mistaken
for deer will be broken this year. It
Is remarkable year for broken rec
ords.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

Only 100000 pounds of chewing
gum were sold last year. This leads
hs to suspect that large proportion
sof what we have seen in use must
have been stolen.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

A man in New York, fired upon on
the street, was saved by the opal pin
in his necktie. This ought to lift the
ban Of i'll luck from that unlucky
stone.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

The population of New York state
is nearly 100000, but there is still
plenty Of room to get around there
without touching elbows.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

Notwithstanding the fact that upper
berths are to be lower, it will be nee
essary to use ladder for the purpose
of getting into one of them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

Somehow we can't get real good
and scared over the announcement
that a. new counterfeit 500 bill is in
circulation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

More people would be satisfied to
take things as they come, were it
not for the fact that most of the
things that come are not worth wait
ing for.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

him through
classics
in the her, reading h
Louisiana Purchase
as az in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

The fight which Pennsylvania
lumber buyer had with a bear may in
vite recognition of Bruin as one of
our leading conservationists
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

1t cost an Ohio farmer $1425 for at
tempting to kiss his neighbours wife.
Near kisses are as costly as one SEAL
ed and delivered.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

There is one merit which the air.
ship can boast. 1t leaves the streets
clear for pedestrians to walk without
fear of being run down by speeders.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

Japan Is going to buy herself
$12,000,000 warship. This ought to
precipitate another war scare among
the nervous contingent.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

British medical experts want insan1
fly made the basis for divorce. And
some will say "ain't it great to be-
craZy!"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

With aeroplanes falling from the
clouds, and automobiles blowing chauf4
feurs into trees, this is truly an un-
settled time.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

Natural ice has been almost entire
ly absolved of the charge Of harbor.
ing fever germs. These little pets de-
test cold feet.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-12-30

One way to remain happily mar
ried is to cut out your relatives who
are afflicted with the butt-in habit.