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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
GROWING IN FAVOR

= The City Attorney, Mr.. Fitzhugh,
Friday night added the weight OF
his influence to that of those who are
advocating the appointment Of a
commissioner Of streets and several
Councilmen declared openly on the
floor for this idea. The matter came
up in the course of the tax rate dis
cussion and it is evident that Council
man Young's plan to have a special
levy of fifteen cents to be used for
the permanent improvement OF
streets would have been adopted but
for the fact that a majority Of the
members were unwilling to adopt
this plan until a street commissioner
or general manager is chosen by the
Council. Mr.. Young's idea is good
one and will carry as soon as the
Council is satisfied that the money
secured from the special levy will
not be wasted. Mr.. Ftzhugh prac-
tically made this statement and it
was informally -concurred in by a
number of the Councilmen, including
Mr.. Young himself. Since the bust
ness men of Fredericksburg and
members of the Council, their legal
adviser, Mr.. Fitzhugh, and citizens
generally desire to see the inaugu-
ration of a new system, we hope the
action of the Council in appointing
committee TO investigate the gen
eral manager plan" adopted some
time since in the city of Stanton
and which is said to be working in
that town to the entire satisfaction
Of the people, will result in some
thing definite.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
PROPOSALS FOR BRIDGE IN SPOT
SYLVANIA.

The Board Of Public Roads Of Spot
sylyania will receive bids on Friday,
March oath. 1911. at IL A. NJ, in the
Business Mems Association Room Of
this city, for reinforced concrete
bridge over Hazel Run. The plans and
specifications are on file in the state
Highway Commissioners Office, Rich
mond. Va -
The Board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
A certified check for 500 must ac-
company each bid. said check to be
payable % Dr.. W. A. Harris, Secre..
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
NOTICE TO FARMERS

We are row re dy to contract for
pickles and peppers. We will only buy
a limited quantity Of small bird eye
peppers. bot want full crop. OF req
finger peppers. Farmers growing pep,
pers for this factory will be expected
10 contract with us for cucumber pick
les also. Alart * McUulre'
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
ACCEPTS CULPEPER CALL

Rev. John J. Gravatt, Jr., son of
Rev. DR.. John Gravatt, who has been
secretary Of the Volunteer Church stu
since his ordination,
has acceptef call to CulpePer county,
where he will have charge Of Emmanuel
church. at Rapidan, and All Saints at
Cedar Mountain, succeeding Rev. P. i.
b. Cross.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
PURE BRED BOONE COUNTY
WHITE SEED CORN

Grown and sold under the rules Of the
Virginia Corn Growers Association.
This corn handled with ali possible care
to make it reliable, IS offered at the
following prices, fob. 400
bushel on cob S5.OO
bushel shellcd E:oO
SheIled corn Is fully equal IN quality
70 that on the ear and tip, butt and r.
regular kernels removed in order to M
sure accurate dropping
% per cent termination guaranteed.
c. u. Gravatt,
i2ltf Port Royal, Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
PREMIUM SEED CORN.

have for sale seed corn Of the Col
lier variety which took the first pre-,
MUM at the Fredericksburg fair and
second at the Richmond fair last fall.
Price 81 per bushel delivered in Fred
ericksburg. or at my farm on Plank
Road four miles from Fredericksburg.
Address J. c. Powell, r. F. d. No. !,
Fredericksburg, Va. 80,
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
PUBIC SALE

The undersigned will offer at public
auction at his farm at Berea church,
Stafford county, 5 miles from Freder-
icksburg on Warrenton Road, on Mon
day. March q, 1911. horses, wagons
harness. farming implements, house
hold goods, also groceries, dry goods,
notions, store fixture, etc. Sale begins
at 10 a. m. Terms made known at sale.
C. Hageman, Owner.
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
IN MEMoRIAM

In loving remembrance OF our
dear mother, Mrs. Sarah Whlte, "no
departed this life Jan. 20, lslO'
We miss her from our home, dear
mother;
We miss her from her place,
A shadow Ger our life is cast
We miss the sunshine OF thy race
In the graveyard softly sleeping,
Where the flowers gently wave
Lies the one we loved so dearly
In the silent. lonely grave
How Won suffered, darling mother;
Oh. the pain you did endure
Rut Inv Gods own will you bore III
Life is here, but death is sure
Gone from earth, yes gone forever,
Tear dimmed eyes shall look Ill
vain;
We shall see her face to face, on!
never,
Never more on earth again.
Home is sad, oh! God, how dreary'
Lonesome, lonesome every Spot,
Listening for her voice, still weary
Weary. for we hear 1t not.
Dear mother, you will never be for
gotten.
Never shall your memory fade;
Sweetest thought shall ever hnger
Around the grave where you are
laid.
May God. who claimed our treasure,
Lead us gently all the way,
Granting grace without measure,
Helping us to meet her again.
One by one our father gathers
Choicest flowers, rich and rare.
And transplants them in his gar
den,
Where they bloom forever there.
Gone but not forgotten.
BY her loving son,
Walter s. White.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
TO THE VOTERS OF STAFFORD
AND KING GEORGE

| hereby announce myself a can
didate for the House OF Delegates
from the counties of Stafford and
King George, subject to the action OF
the Democratic primary on Septem-
Der 18th, 1911. II elected pledge
myself to serve you honestly and
faithfully, to hold myself at all
times subject tO the will OF my con-
stituency and to promote, by my
best efforts the interests Of the
people, the party and the State.
Soliciting the honor of your suf-
frage, am
Respectfully yours,
George Ogle Tayloe.
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
nATcnING EGGs FOR sALE.

Buff Orpington eggs. 81 for 10,
$3.50 for As; some fine cockerels.
carly Matched, at 81 each; cores
poudenco solicited.
Mrs NJ. a. Payne.
r. f. b Box IS. Marshall. Va.
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT
March 18th, 1911.

The maximum of 740 on the 18th is
the highest since Oct. goth, when it
was 79o. Thunder storm 5 a. m. on
18th. Light showers on the l4th.
Thunder storm on the 18th $50 p. m.
High N. w. wind during night of 10Th,
continuing till afternoon of 18th.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
nn11nIn
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

Real estate Of every description for
sale. Large timber tracts In all parts
of the country. can supply every want
of the real estate investor or the home
seeker. J. T. Mason, Is Law Building.
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
TO THE VOTERS OF KING GEORGE
AND STAFFORD

I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the House Of Dele
gates from the counties OF Stafford
and King George, subject to the
Democratic primary on Sept. fth,
1911. Soliciting your suffrage.
am
Yours respectfully,
II. Thaeker Berry.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
FOR SALE

Bright, clean, sweet No. Shredded
Corn Fodder. All baled and welhoused,
at barn or delivered Phone Mr.. John
Hart. manager Of Judyvile farm, or
A. II. Judy, 7l3 Main street, Freder-
icksburg, Va. iebl5-low-s3w
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
HORSES FOR SALE.

| have for sale two good work
mares. weighing about 1000 pounds
each. and one good saddle and work
horse. weighing 900 pounds. when
will sell at reasonable price. Ad-
dress. f. w. Gayle. Leayelrs. va
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
For RENT

At Toluca, Stafford county, Va,
one large store and warehouses ana
farm and dwelling house and all
necessary outbuildings and good
we'll Of water in yard. One OF the
best stands In the county.
For terms apply to n. -. Mussel-
man. Fredericksburg, Va.
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
BOONE COUNTY SEED CORN

have for sale limited quantity of
carefully selected seed corn from lot
that produced over one hundred bushels
to the acre the past season. Can fur
nsh the above either shelled or IN the
ear. Prices quoted on application.
A. r. Turner,
INF Port Royal, Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
FARM WANTED.

| want to purchase a Virginia farm.
Write full description, naming lowest
price and best terms. Price must De
reasonable. Address Wisconsin, care OF
The Free Lance. mnwow
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
Mrs. Cleveland Sails For Europe.

WIZ OICEV'1I''7
New York, March 20.-Mrs. Grover
Cleveland, widow of the former presi-
dent. sailed for Europe for visit to
her son Richard, who is at school In
Switzerland. With her was her son
Master Francis Cleveland.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
WANTED

Five teams to haul excelsior wood
from Mr. Ralph lizard ; farm in Stafford
county to our yard. The Virginia Ex-
celsior Co., Inc Fredericksburg, va.
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
TO THE VOTERS OF KING GEORGE

! hereby announce myself can
didate for sheriff subject to the
Democratic primary on Sept. 7, 1911
Soliciting your votes, | am
Yours respectfully,
&C. ". Purks.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
REAL ESTATE WANTED

We have buyers for real estate on
Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers.
List your property with US at once.
Piedmont Real Estate Agency,
II fredericksburg, Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
ATTENTION FARMERS

High grade lime for sale, SO per cent.
pure, in 100 pound bags. Best lime at
lowest prices. b. J. Marshall
lml6-lm Fredericksburg, va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
EDUCATIONAL MEETING POSTPONED

The educational meeting at Brooke
for Mar. 18th, has been postponed un-
til Apr. 9TH.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21
Richmond, Fredericksburg &
Potomac r. r.
SonthWard
LEAVE FREDERICKSBURG

Accommodation trains arrive: From
Washington *l245 pm; from MILFORD
n :26 D. M; from Richmond t4:OO pm.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-02

Every boy and girl down On the farm
in times gone by used to'roast eggs.
pieces of meat and potatoes In embers
in the old wood cook stove or In the
big open fireplace. Barns were search
ed for hens nests. and the fine, fresh
eggs We're wrapped In heavy paper
The paper was dampened, and several
thicknesses of 1t protected the eggs
from scorching You know, wet pa
per In a ball Is hard to burn. Well,
the wrapped up eggs were put on the
live Goals and partially covered by
them In from Ave to fifteen minutes
the egg was roasting hot and ready to
eat with salt. pepper and butter A
pin hole was made lp the biz end OF
the egg SO as 10 let the stenm escape
to keep II from bursting the shelf aud
the meats from fsslniEg mi. " you
have never as small boy roasted such
eggs you have missed one OF child
hoods greatest joys.-New York Press
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-02
Fauors Annual Appropriations
For the Riuers and Harbors

Washington, Aug. al am most
heartily in sympathy and accord with
the policy of annual appropriations
for rivers and harbors and for a broad
and comprehensive system of water
way Improvement that SHAH s.adhere
strictly to treating the subject always
from national standpoint, approving
no local project that has not important
and intimate relation with the ma.
tional scheme of broadening and
maintaining navigation of all our
waters. That, 1 understand, is in
harmony with the purpose and reason
for existence of the National Rivers
and Harbors Congress-"
With this enunciation of principle.
Senator Miles Poindexter, of Wash
ineton. member OF tie Senate Com
merce Committee. whose home is at
Spokane, of the great Columbia river
ADDED that no people in the United
States were more deeply interested
nor more keenly alive to the import
ance of river and haror improvement
from the broadcast standpoint than
those Of the state of Washington
LiVe-and-Let-LiVe Policy
Il believe it is of so much import.
anoe to the country at large and the
people OF the United States are row
80 earnestly determined upon avail
ing themselves of every possible
means of reaching a live-andlet-live
policy with respect to transportation
that all political parties should speak
out in their next national conven-
lions for annual app opri, lions 20 be
devoted to a naticr-s, de systsia .. ia
provements The Republican party
has ALWAYS been proverbially liberia
toward internal Improvement, and J
have no doubt it would cheerfully in
national convention endorse This
idea. Certainly the Democratic party
shouldn't fail to fall in line. for its
father and founder, Thomas Jeffer-
son, was the first of American states
men to be attracted by the tar-reech-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-02
CHICAGO after
BABY KILLERS
Mothers Are Warned Against the Use
Of a Number Of Sooth-
ing syrups.

Chicago, Aug. "A campaign OF
education designed to save the lives
of Chicago infants and to warn the
mothers against soothing syrups and
other baby killers" has been inaug,
urated by the municipality of Chicago
through its board of health. Bulle-
tins, posters and leaflets have been
issued, dealing with the care of ba-
bies, and a list has been compiled,
under the heading of Beware of
These Baby Killers" of patent medi-
cines for infants which are alleged
to contain morphine or other danger,
Gus drugs. This warning has been
given wide circulation in the depart
ment's bulletins and through the Chi
cago newspapers.
I'm some instances in which sooth-
ing syrups are freely used and the
child does not succumb," says the ap-
peal, there is developed a case of
infant drug addiction. AS soon as
the effects of one dose passes away
the child becomes irritable and fret;
full with the result that another dose
is given, the craving is met, and the
child is quieted-a condition which is
analogous in every respect to drug
addiction among adults"
The List Published.
The board of health publishes the
following list of baby killers:
Children's Comfort (morphine).
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup,
(morphine).
DR.. Fahey's Pepsin Anodyne Com.
pound. (morphine).
DR.. Fahrney's Teething Syrup (mor.
phine and chlorofornsa.
DR.. Fowler's strawberry and Pep
permint Mixture, (morphine).
DR.. Groves Anodyne for Infants
(morphine).
Hopper's Anodyne. the Infants
Friend. (morphfne).
Jadway's Elixir for Infants, Eco
dein).
DR.. James Soothing Syrup Cordial
(heroin).
Kopp's Baby's Friend (morphine).
DR.. Miller's Anodyne for Babies, (mor
phine and choral hydrate).
DR.. Moffatt's >Teethina, Teethine
Powders, powdered opium.
Victor Infant Relief, (chloroforn
and cannabis indica).
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-02
FOOTBALL IS DANGEROUS.
u You Don't Think So Try to Start
Game In Turkey.

u You Don't Think So Try to Start a
Game In Turkey.
II Is. Or was until recently, II dliiirnl,
matter to be sportsman In Turkey
One Rechad Bey tried It. with re-
suit weird enough to serve as n basis
for a detective story or a comic opern
The young Turk had organized II
football team among his friends, ID
gether with some Greeks and ArnIe
mans. and began prn ticing Not very
long after, In the middle of the night.
police came to his house and carried
him Off to Scutari There he was sub
mitted to long Interrogation as to
the club and the game of football.
The authorities were convinced that
they had found a great plot and that
the club must be secret society.
special messenger was sent for the
ball. and that was duly examined and
found to be an Internal machine. The
rules Of the game were considered to
be another piece of damning evidence,
and still worse were the sweaters and
colors of the club
After long deliberation the culprit
was sent to the higher police authori
ties In STEAMBOAT. who went through
second long examination and came to
the conclusion that the empire had
been saved from disintegration by the
early discovery of great plot. They
dispatched the whole matter to be in
quired into at the sultan's palace at
Yildiz. and special commission took
the matter In hand
After much careful thought and ex-
animation of the evidence Of the crime
II was decided that there might not
be nothing In II. but that 1t must not
be committed again -Harper's Weekly.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-02

ing importance of caring for water
ways means of transportation. One
of the most interesting things in the
great yaEiety of subjects which EN-
gagged the mind of this versatile think
er was his Intention 70 che benefic:
ence Of navigatf6n. and IN IN all his his.
tory nothing is more striking than
when with pardonable pride, in his
old age in summing up what he had
done that was worth while he pointed
to the fact that while a young man
he got up subscriptions to clear OBJ
structions from the little river near
his home-the Rivanna-and after
ward obtained an appropriation from
the Virginia General Assembly for the
improvement of the river, and that
the improvement enabled the ship
ment of farm products to market
which otherwise would not have had
sale. He was always an eloquent
writer on navigation.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-02
Good Roads GOSPEL
BIZ PAUL CRISSEY

How can the community develop it's
local resources and revive its dying
business interests without huge in
dividual cost?
There are many ways that this prob
lem can be worked out At the pres
ent time the railroads have come to
see what tremendous bearing good
roads have upon the general prospect
ty of the country, and they have in
augurated what are known as gospel
trains"
By far the most important of these
is the Good Roads Special" train
of private cars that visits the stations
along the various railroad lines and
carries the gospel of good road build
ing Expert road builders accompany
this train, and free lectures are CIV
en- to the townspeople and the farm
ers at each stop. Practical illustra-
tions of how road building may be
done inexpensively are features of
each program, and the lectures are
all to the point.
Here Is town that has gradually
dwindled into comparative obscurity
The merchants have been losing bust
ness and they are disguised. The
town is surrounded by roads in such
poor condition that motorists shun the
place. The people in che town and out
on the farms are doing their purchas-
| ing by mail. Conditions must be
remedied. No one wishes to assume
heavier taxes. All want better roads.
however. How may this be accom-
plished? Here is how one town man
aged to improve its roads and rebuild
its broken business enterprises:
A good roads club was organized by
one of the progressive citizens, and
almost Immediately the idea found
popularity among the majority of the
inhabitants of the community Local
merchants showed an eagerness to
COOpeidte, evan III d SuDStduJihl way l.,
and in a short time an expert road
maker was called in to lecture on
the subject. The active good roads
movement dated from that moment.
Every farmer and vilager was mott
fed that he had been delegated to take
care of the road adjacent to and abut-
ting upon his own property. Every
farmer in the locality received the
same notice. No one had ever
thought of doing this work himself.
All of the road building energies of
the community had heretofore been
devoted to berating the road commits
sioner. Instantly sort of individual
pride sprang up in the hearts of the
people. Heaps of rough stone disap
peared over night, and the small
boys were gathered into a club OF
their own and spent much time un
der the direction OF an older person
cleaning mp the sides of the roads
and cutting away weeds. A general
cleaning day was set aside in which
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-02

every man, boy and woman turned
out to improve the looks and the con-
ditions of the roads in the town. That
is what happened in the town. But
in the adjacent country a bigger
movement was on foot.
Farmers who had waited patiently
for the road gang to repair the roads
now strolled out of their barnyards
and wondered how they might best do
the work themselves. They asked
the good roads club about it, and in
return they received literature telling
how to construct the simple, yet ia.
nous split-log drag. 1t was an easy
matter after that. Every farmer in
the locality spent his time scraping
the rough road around his land, filling
in holes with mud, disposing of huge
stones that Uttered the road way, and
in dragging out the ruts. The spirit
of rivalry entered into this, and later
the good roads club offered prizes for
the best sections Of good roads. Pol
ished country roads, like boulevards,
were the result. The young people on
the farms came oftener to town and
felt more satisfied The rural mail
delivery man began to whistle on his
route, and the storekeepers brighten
ed up perceptibly. 1t wasn't long be-
fore the automobiles began coming
through, and the money they brought
to that town made the old days, when
forgotten.
Such is the story of how one town
developed it's roads and built itself
up from an obscure little village to a
busy little city. There must be at
least one progressive man in every
community who is looking forward
to developing himself and his bust
ness along with the community in
general. 1t takes only one word of
this gospel of good roads to start the
ball moving, although there is on rec
, ord the story of one dying community
that refused to allow the state to
build a beautiful boulevard through
the town because 1t would disturb the
old cobblestones. that were In the
streets before the Revolutionary war.
But such places are scarce. The spir-
it Of progressiveness is here to stay
and its present watchword is Good
Roads, Active warfare against the
vile road conditions that exist all
over this country is what is needed
to make the old look like new and to
solve the problems that the present
day race is now facing-those of the
high cost of living, the desertion OF
the farms by the young people, the
resuscitation of home trade and the
general traffic conditions in the coun
try.
Good roads will work wonders
The blood of commercialism takes the
highways and follows the best roads
IN its wake comes prosperity 1t is
Inevitable.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-02
UNWRITTEN BOOKS.


Stories Planned and Promised That
Never Saw tho Light.
The Bookman republisbes a paper by
Professor Brander Matthews entitled
"Upwritten Books" that was first
printed many years ago. Professor
Matthews speaks Of the projected
books and plays that never saw the
light and have been read, like bills in
congress. by title only.
Moliere planned a comedy under the
tide "L'Homme de Cour." which was
to be hfs masterpiece. Nothing is
known of IL today. Richard Brinsley
Sheridan intended to write follower
to 1.-THE School For Scandal" and THE
Rivals" The subject was "Affecta
ton" 1t never went beyond a few
random notes.
For years the paper covers Of every
new book that victer Hugo issued con-
tinued to announce as soon to be pub
lished a romance entitled La Quan.
quengrogne." Many posthumous vol
umes Of the French poets writing in
prose and verse have been sent forth
by his literary executors, but of this
oddly entitled fiction nothing has been
heard In 1862 Aiphonse Daudet an
nounced as In press volume of short
stories to be called la Pentameron."
The book remained unpublished and
apparently unwritten. The younger
Dumas has left on record more tina n
one reference to comedy to be called
la Route de Thebes," planned before
''Francillon," but never given TO the
puhlic