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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22
CAROLINE
DIR. Caves Lecture A Marriage Other
Items.

Bowling Green. Va. April 10.
Under the auspices OF the L. ID
c.. DR. r. c. Cave. OF St Louis
delivered lecture last Thurs
day night in Antioch Christian
church on The Loyalty OF the
Old Dominion This highly histori
cal and classical address. thrillingll
delivered. was listened to with in
tense interest by large and appre-
ciative audience IL was indeed q
masterpiece OF oratory and rare
treat to those who were fortunate
enough 10 hear il.
Miss Caroline G.. Broaddus left
on Tuesday for Waverly to be pres
ent at the wedding OF Miss Sulie
Burt, Of that place
Mrs. Clarence Campbell, OF Rich
mond. spent Easter with her pa
rents. Mr.. and Mrs. o. = Smoot.
Mrs DR.. Gregory and daughter
Mrs Frank lie Roy. OF New Kent,
spent the weekend with Mrs. Lucy
Voolfolk AT her home near town.
Calvary Baptist Sunday School
had an Easter egg hunt in the
yard Of Mrs. Jane Wright on Mon
dag afternoon 4 large number OF
children participated and after the
hunt icccream and cake were sold.
About $40 was realized
Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Boyd and
little son. william. OF Richmond.
spent Sunday and Monday with her
parents. Mr. and Mrs +. ID. Coghill.
Mrs. p. c. Cave has returned
from a visit OF a week to relatives
in Maryland.
Miss Virginia Lacy returned Tues
day to Richmond. after spending
several days at the home OF MT.
and Mrs. Il. a. Coghill
MIR. and Mrs Brenz, OF Philadel-
phia. are spending a week at the
Lawn. They are on a visit TO their
Miss Jean Brenz, who Is
a pupil at the seminary.
The remains OF Mrs. Kate Nc
Curdy. who died in Philadelphla.were
brought here and inferred in Lake
wood cemetery on Saturday after
noon. She was sister Of Dr. {.
S. Webb and Mrs Elizabeth Cum
diff. of this place.
Miss +. Irene Lambert returned
on Tuesday to New York. after
spending a week with Mr. and Mrs.
r. d. Vincent
Mrs. W. r. Broaddus left on Tues
day for Pennsylvania. where she
will spend several weeks with rela-
tives.
Messrs. Harold Wright and Cliff
ford Haines. Of Richmond. spent
Easter with their parents here.
Miss Helen Broaddus has return
ed from visit OF several weeks to
relatives and friends in Philadelphia
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Vincent and
two children have returned TO their
home In Norfolk, after spending a
few days with his parents. Mr.. ana
Mrs. r. D. Vincent
Mrs. Sallie Anderson and daugh-
ter. Miss Linda. have returned TO
their home here, after spending the
winter in Savannah.
Mr.. Bransford Leftwich, OF Rich
mond. spent Easter with Mr.. and
Mrs. W. G. Coghill at Milford.
Mr.. b. G. Blythe left on Tuesday
for Richmond to be treated at 81.
Luke's Hospital.
At the pastors home on Milford
street Wednesday afternoon, Rev. {.
X. Cruikshank united In marriage
Mr.. Julian Satterwhite and Miss
Lucy +. Payne. both Of Caroline
county.
Don't forget the weighing party
on next Monday night at the Lawn
Hotel. An interesting program has
been arranged.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. c. Reed had as
their guest for the weekend Mr..
James Eubank, of Richmond. the
father Of Mrs. Reed.
X. Y. u.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22
IN HONOR OF MRS. HOLIDAY

Miss Mary Thompson gave a pro-
gressive euchre party of nine tables
Tuesday afternoon in honor of her
guest, Mrs. w. Meade Holiday, OF
Annapolis, Nd.
The first prize was won by Mrs.
A. B. Yates, second by Miss Louise
Bleight.
Delicious refreshments were serv-
ed after the game.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22
SAYS GLASS MADE CONVERTS
Rexburg. Va, April 10.

Rexburg. Va, April 10.
To The Free Lance.
Your paper giving account of the
speech of Hon. Carter Glass re-
ceiyed. | note that you say that
MANY of the crowd were attracted
by curiosity.
II is said that one of the worlds
greatest preachers was attracted by
curiosity to a religious meeting and
was converted, and while it may be
true as you say that many were
attracted by curiosity to hear Mr..
Glass, it is nevertheless true tha'
fully nine-tenths of them were COLI
verted. oha
II Mr.. Glass continues to MAKE
conversions everywhere he speaks
as he did in Tappahannock his o OPP
ponent when he awakes on the o,n
day of September will quite likely
exclaim with the lost statesman
from Georgia, where am l 81!
Benz. C. Rennolds-
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22
GRAND COUNCIL ROYAL
ARChNUM ELECTS OFFICERS

The Grand Council of the Royal Ar
canum of Virginia in Richmond Tues
day night elected the following officers:
Minstree Foxes, Richmond. grand
regent; r. c. Stearnes, Richmond,
grand e-regent S. II. Savre, Hamp-
ton, grand orator; II. X. Field, Alexan-
dria, past grand regent; James b.
Blanks, Petersburg, grand secretary;
Albert B. Bolts, Fredericksburg, grand
treasurer: w. Floyd Reams, Richmond,
grand chaplin; John R. Doles, Norfolk,
grand guide; w. Withers Miller, Rich
Spratt, Roanoke, grand sentry.
Capt. w. +. Coates was the delegate
from Fredericksburg.
Mr.. A. B. Bolts, of this city, who
was reelected Grand Treasurer has fill
ed this office acceptably for a number
Of years.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22
Midnight In the OzaI'ks

and yet sleepless Hiram Scranton,
of Clay City, ILL.,, coughed and
coughed. He was in the mountains
on the advice of five doctors, who
said he had consumption, but found
no help in the climate, and started
home. Hearing Of DR.. Kings New
Discovery he began to use 1t. Il
believe it saved my life," he writes,
for it made new man Of me, SO
that can now do good work
again" For all lung diseases coughs
colds, la grippe, asthma, Group
whooping cough. hay fever, hem
orrhages, hoarseness or quinsy, It's
the best known remedy. Price soc.
and 81. Trial bottle free. Guaran-
teed by M. NJ. Lewis.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22
IN 1865
A Message From the Seat of War.

Mr.. Robt. T. Knox has in his
possession a copy of the New York
Herald OF date April 18th, 1865, In
which is an account of the shooting
and death of President Lincoln.
The paper also contains a report
from Farmville, Va, under date
April 9th, 1865, in which it refers t
the heavy Confederate losses and
the capture by the Federals Of a
large number OF Confederate pris-
oners. Among the latter were Gen.
Ewell. Gen. Corse, Gen. Barton
Gen. Hunton and the following Fred
ericksburgers: Lieut.. Robt. T. Knox,
Capt. Jas. S. Knox, Mr.. st. Geo. H.
Fitzhugh.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22
POLICE COURT

The desk in the Police Court had
the appearance of bar "Wednesday
morning.
Elliott Snellings, of Stafford, re-
turned from Alexandria Tuesday
In his pockets were bottles OF
various sizes filled with whiskey, al
cohol and cologne. Mr.. Snellings
was also full and paid the penalty,
81 and costs, 1910, before depart
ing for his home.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22

try Peruna, and after using four bot
ties can say was entirely cured"
Unable to Work.
Mr.. Gustav Himmelreich. Hochheim,
Texas, writes:
For a number Of years l suffered
whenever l took cold. with severe at
tacks Of asthma, which usually yielded
10 the common home remedies.
Last year. however. 1 suffered for
eight months without interruption so
that could not do any work at all.
The various medicines that were pre-
scribed brought me no relief.
After taking six bottles Of Peruna,
two of Lacupia and two OF Manalin.
am free Of my trouble so that 1 can do
all my farm work again. l can heart
fly recommend this medicine TO any
one who suffers with this annoying
complaint and believe that they will
obtain good results"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22
SALE OF BERRY
PROPERTY CONFIRMED

Judge John T. Goolrick Wednes-
day entered a decree confirming the
sale of the Berry property.
MIR. w. Scott Berry secures the
corner lot on which the dwelling is
situated. The Elks' Lodge the lot
on which is located the old brick
house, and Mr.. J. w. Masters the
other lots.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22
Kicked by A Mad Horse.

Samuel Birch, of Beetown, Wis,
had a narrow escape from losing his
leg, as no doctor could heal
the frightful sore that developed,
but at last Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cured 1t completely. It's the great
est healer of ulcers, burns, boils,
eczema, scalds, cuts. corns, cold
sores, bruises and piles on earth.
Try It. Csc at M. M. Lewis
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22
PHYSICIAN IN TROUBLE
Did Not Use Standard COntainer.

Another Virginia physician is in
trouble and Is facing indictment for
violation OF the postal laws because
he sent an improyised container
through the mail. containing a spec
linen to be examined for hookworm.
which was broken in transit. As
this is by no means the first offense
Of the kind, a vigorous prosecution
ia expected to follow. The State
Health Department, to which the
specimen was sent. has issued an
other warning to physicians to use
the standard container which II
provides, free Of charge. for the use
of those who wish to send specimens
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22
CHlNN-GREEh

Mr. Turner Ashby Chinn and Miss
Leslie Daisy Green, both of Wash
ington, came to this city Wednesday
and secured a license from Clerk A.
B. Yates. They were married by
Rev. w. s. Jackson at the latter's
home in this city. They will reside
In SpOttsylvania county.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22
SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

The personal property Of the es-
tate of Mrs. b. w. Chancellor was
sold at public auction by n. b. Kim
sew. auctioneer, Tuesday The ar
ticles with a few exceptions brought
good prices. The sale amounted TO
$3.50. which was more than the APP
nraisement
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22
PROF. H. H. M'LEAN REELECTED

At the regular monthly meeting
of the school board Monday night,
Mr.. II. II. Mclean, who has been
in charge OF the schools here Tor
the past two years, was unanimously
elected for another term. The
superintendent stated that there
was a need for a larger teaching
force in the high school and recon-
mended the addition of the eleventh
grade. or fourth year of high school
work This recommendation met
with the unanimous consent of the
board. -Farmville, N. c., Enterprise.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22
RETURNED FROM WASHINGTON

Judge and Mrs. John T. Goolrick
have returned from a visit to friends
In Washington. While there Judge
Goolrick called on some OF his
friends in Congress and Mrs. Cool
rick attended the sessions OF the ID:
A. R. and a meeting Of the National
Mary Washington Monument Associ-
alton.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22
REV. {. G. CANNON

Rev. Edgar G.. Cannon, son OF
Mrs. J.P Cannon, of this city who
successfully passed the examination
and was licensed to preach at the
Lexington Presbytery, has accepted
a call to the pastorate OF the Pres
byterian church at Clarksburg, W.
Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22
MsssRS. WHITE AND ROBINSON HERE

Mr.. Peter ]. White, of Richmond,
a member of the Normal School
Board. and Supervising Architect
Robinson were here Wednesday in
conference with President + II Rus
sell in regard to the Normal School
buildings.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22

The busiest little things ever
made are DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
Every pill is a sugar-coated globule
of health, that changes weakness in
to energy, brain-fag into mental
power; curing Constipation, Head
ache, Chills, Dyspepsia, Malaria. On
" 25c at M. M. Lewis.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22
Doctors Said
Health Gone
Suffered with Throat Trouble

Mr.. b. w.
ID. Barnes.
ex Sheriff
OF Warren
c o u n I y.
Tennessee.
in a letter
from Nc
Nj ] n n vile,
Ten nessee,
writes:
Il h a d
I h r o a t
I r o u b e
q n d h a 4
three doc
tors treating
IN e. A | l
failed to do
m e a n y
90 d, and
Onounced
m y health
gone. | con-
cluda a 70
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22
PAINTING RESIDENCE

The residence occupied by Mr.. II.
F. Crlsmond and owned by Mrs. A.
b. Yates. on corner of Prince Ed
ward and Amelia streets, Is being
painted.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22
IMPROVEMENTS

The Shepherd home on Princess
Anne street is being handsomely
painted. The color is straw with
white trimmings. Messrs. Jefferson
and Gouldman are doing the work.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22
LICENSED TO PREACH

Mr.. J. o. Armstrong, OF this city,
was licensed to preach at the Lex
ington Presbytery at Staunton this
week.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22
WILL GO TO SALT LAKE CITY

Mr.. Edmund Bradford will leave for
Salt Lake City Thursday to engage in
mining engineering work.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22
ANOTHER DONATION

President Russell Wednesday re-
ceived a donation of twenty-five val
liable books for the library Of the
Normal School.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-22

The Culpeper ball team defeated
Woodbury. Forest Monday at Gull
pepper. score 10 to 4.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01

always was called David and so the military acad
envy held friendly David and Goliath thereby
establishing better record for arnity and friend
Illness than that contained in the Scriptures.
When the army engineers went to Panama to
take charge of the work they knew that in order
to make progress with the digging they must have
a contented family of aborers They also knew
that they must maintain discipline In the army
discipline is maintained as a matter of course.
the men who enlist knowing that they must sub
NIT themselves without question TO the proper
orders of their superiors.
The men who work on the Isthmus of Pan
ANA are mostly civilians, and Colonel Goethas
and his assistants knew that they would resent
anything like army disciplinary methods
though they intended for their benefit and
would soon prove their worth Goethals is
most tactful man. With his assistants he secured
army discipline on the isthmus without allowing
the civilians to appreciate that gradually
they were coming under the guidance of rules
laid down for men who wear the uniform OF the
service The army officers worked at first In
suggestive way. Men were directed to try" GER
tain things and how they came out.
Trial was made and then other suggestions
were made and finally the big working force
found that 1t was living a regular healthful life
with time for regulated recreation, and that it
was possible to get pleasure out of existence by
other means than by drinking 1t in Sugges-
ton rather than command made a disciplined
force out of the forty-odd thousand laborers.
There probably is not a healthier place on the
face of the earth today than the canal strip OF
the Isthmus of Panama.
Colonel William C. Gorgas of the medical de-
partment of the United States army is the head
of the department of sanitation on the isthmus.
Under his direction disease virtually has been
killed and fear itself has been set at defiance.
A large part of the food for the isthmus is
purchased in the United States and 1t is shipped
under the most favorable conditions. A paper
called THE Canal Record" is published at fire.
quent intervals and its last page is devoted to
a list of the food which be obtained at the
commissary department with the prices affixed.
Living the isthmus Is just cheap IL not
cheaper than 1t is in this country and the food
is of the highest possible quality Many of the
civilian employees constituting clerical and engi-
neering forces have taken their families to Pan
They have fine quarters and they buy their
food virtually at cost price
The army on its metal when 1t put in
charge of the Panama canal building. Thus far
admittedly It's work has been nothing short OF
wonderful in all lines of isthmian endeavor It
may be that President Taft's prophecy will not
true and that the canal will not be opened
until 1915, but 1t should be remembered that the
latter date is the set for the opening by
Colonel George W. Cocktails, the enginer-n-chief
1t is probable, however that he hopes to see the
procession of ships, with the old Oregon leading
pass into the great waterway on some day within
the next two years.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01
C0i Manners.

Mourning the loss of old-time man.
ners, an aged Englishman said the
other day Boys are not like they
used to be. If they do not like a
schoolmaster they show it nowadays
by treating him with studiously cold
politeness. Why, / remember when
was at Eaton a lot of rs getting hold
of master who taught us mathemat-
les and whom we all cordially detest-
ed. and holding him by his heels over
Barnes pool bridge until We saw in
the distance another master coming
in our direction, when wa gently
loosed our victim and let him slide
headforemost into the water
A New York man writes: L was
taught to offer my seat to ladies when
travelling. foolishly did so a few days
ago in the subway. All l got IN re-
turn from the lady was a CLASSY
stare. devilish grin and Oh sit down,
my boy. | don't want your seat And
| am just thirty"
In the Society islands two persons
on meeting salute by rubbing the ends
of their noses together, and the saluta-
ton is followed by each taking the
hand of the other and rubbing it upon
his own nose and mouth.
Moors of Morocco ride at full speed
toward stranger, as If they intended
to run him down. and as soon as they
have approached near they suddenly
stop and fire a pistol over his head.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01
Mo Use for Molly.

admiral Schley, as his own SPLEEN
did career showed. didn't believe in
automatons, said a Washington vet.
eran. He didn't believe in the sub
ordinate who let's his boss do all the
thinking for him. | once heard Ad-
miral Schley talking to a young An.
napolis student He told the student
that unreasoning and unquestioning
obedience to orders was, if the orders
were wrong, a foolish thing. He said
the navy had no more use for men
of that stamp than the Widow Black
had for her maid Molly.
"The widow, he explained, told Mol
iy one evening that il any one called
she was only at home to Mr.. Mum.
Then she retired to her room and
took a little nap! On toward ten
O'Clock she awoke and, ringing for
Molly, she asked; Did any one call 2
"'Oh, yes, ma'am, said Molly Mrs.
Blank called, and Miss Dash, and the
pastor
"'And you told them what l told
you tor
Eyes. ma'am. said you was only
at home to Mr.. Mum.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01

My boy! My boy!" cried the ia
!her in his anguish. Almost the words
with which the breaking of King Da-
Vid's heart was registered for all time
when they brought him word of the
death of his erring son Absalom.
Deal gently with the young man."
the old king had said to the soldiers
he sent out to capture the rebellious
youth. And when divine justice cut
him off in his sins, David cried, "Oh!
Absalom, my son, my SOM"
Through the ages this cry has rung.
1t has burst from the heart of almost
every father whose son has commit
ted crime.
Much is written and said about the
weeping mother of the son who goes
wrong-a figure full of pathos that
obtrudes itself forcibly, often over
shadowing the equally pathetic figure
of the father OF the prisoner, for a
mans grief, though no less deep than
woman's clamors not from the
housetops, but broods in the dark ST.
lences of the heart.
Fathers Grief Worse.
A mothers grief differs from a ia
Tiers in this-that she, In spite of
overwhelming evidence, can never
believe her son to be guilty Thus
her passionate tears are those of re-
bellion against injustice to one who
is dear to her. She will fight, as the
mothers of Carlyle Harris and Harry
Thaw fought, to save their sons from
what they believed an unjust fate. A
father, on the contrary, may know his
son to be guilty. He may be obliged
TO let the law take it's course, to sit
silently alone at home when his son
Is being led to the gallows or the
electric chair. knowing that the boy
so dear to him is meeting a just fate.
In cases like this-and they are by no
means exceptional-the fathers grief
transcends in its miserable tragedy
even that of the weeping mother
The figure of Judge Paul Charlton
quietly coming to the aid of his son
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01

over the wild career that led his
hayward son Into these direful straits.
Much was written about Carlyle
Harris mother when that boy was on
trial for killing his young wife, and
Old Charles Harris, the father, was
mentioned only incidentally. Back
into the shadows cast by his strong
VIE sank the figure Of the unsuccess-
tul old man. Nobody paid any atten-
ton to him. He was alone with his
great sorrow.
When DIR. Crippen was being hunt
ed, tried and put to death for killing
his wife lonely old man in Califor-
MIA followed the reports Of the case
with trembling interest. Myron A.
Crippen was too old to be of any help
10 the son who had left him long ago.
Though unheralded, the greater trag-
edy was the fathers, not the sons.
When Albert Wolter was convicted of
killing Ruth Wheeler his old father,
a veteran OF the Franco-Prussian war,
felt the blow as long-delayed retri-
Dutlon Tor the one great sin of his
lie, and so expressed himself Albert
was the child of woman Carl Albert
| Wolter had known in Germany De.
sorting the mother and baby, the elder
Woiter had come to America and
welded another woman. She had died
and he, stricken by remorse, had sent
FOR the mother and child to Join him
In America and had legitimatized thu
one by wedding the other.
"The Sins Of the Fathers"
And now this child had committed
a murder so tiendish in its horror that
the old Prussian soldier bowed his
head under the shock and murmured
words about the sins of the fathers
being visited upon their children
Another case was that of Gen Jere-
miah V. Messerole of Brooklyn, whose
son, Darwin j. Messerole, killed Theo-
dore w. Larbig in fight The cid
soldier fought bravely to save his son
and the verdict of acquittal, followed
as it was by the young mans CONVEX
sion and reception into Plymouth
church, was balm to the fathers
wounded heart.
There can scarcely be a doubt about
the grizzled Confederate veteran, Col.
T. " Richeson. believing in his sons
innocence, But the tragedy of sSch
an accusation against a dearly be-
loved son is less only than that of his
conviction.
These fathers whose gray hairs are
brought down in sorrow to the grave,
as the patriarch Jacob expressed it,
are tragic figures. They appeal for
sympathy, but their weight of woe is
too heavy II be alleviated by Words
New York World