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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-05-23

the subject The keys shall
sion of the awarding committe during the
For the first thirty days the will coupon which
can be voted free for any lady contestant.
Contest days Closing of contest will be an
nounced % of closing POSTPONE date
closing is reserved if sufficient should
The shall close day announced later 10
DAYS to closing contest the judges will carefully ballot
box and take bank where the place where
voting be done during night
until close of when judges charge and count
and announce the young ladies winning n their turn
The last ten days all voting box at the bank
do not wish whom
cash for subscription together with your coupons envelope
which will be furnished and put ballot give
everyone a fair and square deal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-05-23
Rules and Regulations Governing Contest are as Follows

ANNOUNCEMENT Piano and Popular Voting
fairly honestly principles strictly with
justice and fairness to all concerned With the principles will
be assured
PRZESThe capital prize will be Obemyer
other valuable the of dollars
herewith
CANDIDATES. ladies adjoining are eigi-
Bile this the the largest
shall receive the beautiful $500 Obermeer Sons Piano
premiums will distributed standing
a the final
any tie in votes the
Publishers Company will prize according stand
he
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-15
HOW To GROW ALFALFA IN VA.

Take any Virginia land that is
we'll drained and has a good deal Of
humus in II (this humus may be got
ten by blowing under crimson clover
or red clover during the spring or
summer. This IS an ideal way Of
getting humus. Plow the land as
quickly as possible. disking into the
soil two tons of ground limestone to
the acre. making a fine. deep seed
bed. Apply 400 pounds of 10 per
cent. acid phosphate and 800 pounds
Of pure raw bone TO the acre. disk
ing again to thoroughly mix the
fertilizer with the soil.
For incubation get four or five
hundred pounds of soil from a field
which has successfully grown alfalfa
or sweet clover and spread evenly
over each acre. This should be
done late in the afternoon and har-
vowed in Immediately. before the
sun strikes it. as the heat kills the
bacteria.
Seed IS pounds of alfalfa and 3
pounds Of red clover TO the acre.
run a smoothing harrow both ways
in ORDER to get the seed in uniformly,
follow with a roller both WAYS.
A light ;op dressing of banyarc
manure applied from November Is
70 January 1st will take care of IN,
Young alfalfa during the freezing
and thawing winter period T. o
Sandy. state agent. Burkeville. Vir
ginias
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-15
MUCH PROPERTY WAS
SOLD HERE MONDAY

Although disappointed that there
was no session of court Monday, the
people present took great pleasure in
lively bidding on nearly dozen tracts
Of land and houses and lots sold at
public auction.
7. H. Geddy. trustee. in the suit
of Branch against the Morris heirs.
sold three tracts in Powhstan district.
N. l. Henley as special commission
er, sold the Odell house adjoining
the City Hotel. the former home Of
Mrs. John Seymour. to Frank Wolfe.
the price paid being SllS0.
Claiming Hall. as special COM
missioner. sold the Wyatt Williams
tract. aud Mr.. Henley as trustee. sold
the tract known as the Folly" to
II. N. Phillips. Of this city. for $1,000.
Sheriff Ware sold a fine ten year
old plug for SO. to satisfy a claim
in his hands tor collection.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-15
WANTS PICTURES OF KITCHEN
Present DAY Cooks Like 90 See Fs-
ture Working Place Before They
Engage Themselves.

a phase OF the servant girl Ques-
ton that VAS new 20 me was sprung
the other day when l called At an
employment agency 20 hire n cook.
said the nervous woman. A prepos-
sessing looking girl was brought for
ward for an interview. Her nrst QOee-
tion was: Have you any pictures ~
your kitcheng
Il said I had none.
"'It Is always best TO bring thOm.'
said the girl lOftily. II saves time
and trouble. for With them 70 look AZ
cook can see At = glance the posi-
tlon OF the sink. the tubs. the range.
and the cupbOards. and can tell II The
place viii suit her
While I wns adjusting my mind 10
that phase OF the proposition another
woman with 4 wider experience than
mine piped up that she had brought
View OF her kitchen. From that min
ute was out OF g as Far as that par
Ocular cook was concerned. The Pic
lures met her approval. and the other
woman hired her on the spot asked
the manager n IL was the custom for
housekeepers 20 produce views OF
their home when hiring servants.
The custom is not yet universal.
he said. but IL Is growing In one
sense the girl Is right. Il does save
time and trouble
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-15
Blow at Suicides.

a pet monkey that / shipped up
town this morning was bound on a
most unusual mission FOR monkey"
said an animal dealer.
He was bought by woman who
runs furnished room house in which
three persons have killed themselves
with gas recently. Those suicides have
upset her nerves. Now she IS goinG
TO try the same preventive means
adopted By three OF her friends
They too. keep roOmers. AlsS
they keep monkeys. There have beea
several attempts at suicide IN their
houses. but they have always beea
frustrated BY the monkeys. who have
smelled gas and set up such a chat
tering that they woke everybody up.
Monkeys are extremely sensitive
20 the odor Of gas. This customer OF
mine hopes 20 utilize hers as q new
kind OF life preserver. '-Philadslp hiA
Record.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-15
HITHERTO STRANGER TO FEAR
thing That Caused His Nerve 20
Forsake Him.

7 came. SIR. in answer 20 your ad-
vertisemeut You said you wanted
20 employ a man who Was a total
stranger 20 fear"
Are you a brave MANI"
i am. sir. have given proof OF
my courage In many parts OF The
world"
"YesT"
4 have faced bullets Ia Mexico and
machetes In Cubs"
Good"
4 helped 20 defend the missionaries
against the Boxers. and Vas pres
ent AZ the siege OF Port Arthur"
Fine"
Il have fought the Infatuated walrus
Of Bafin bay and tho maddened bull
elephants OF Central Africa. and
went through an Armenian massacre
without losing my nerve"
You seem 90 be the man I want
Would you be willing 20 20 out on
a field In front OF 10000 fair-mind ed.
EpOrt-loving Americans and umpire a
baseball game honestly. deciding
against the home team when neces-
saryf"
SO that's the Job. Is IT." replied the
MAI OF courage. aud broke into q
cold Precipitation and a run for the
door simultaneously
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-15

Persons who expect TO receive
money orders In q strange town take
infinite precautions TO identify than
selves" said postal clerk. "One way
for the stranger TO call on the payins
teller IN the money order department.
before his own order arrives and pre-
sent a bunch OF correspondence show
Ing pretty clearly who he Is. He then
explains that he is expecting a money
order from a certain person; can the
clerk remember him when he presents
q for payment?
Ate that impressive introduction
the clerk usually can remember. and
when the order 10 presented be eaaAss
h"
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-15
CAPT. JOSEPH SIMONSON

In the death laast Thursday morn
ing of Capt. Joseph Simonson.
which occurred at his home at Big
lers. York county. this section
lost one OF its oldest and most highly
esteemed men. Capt. Joe" was
known from one end of the PENN
sula to the other. especially among
oystermen and men who followed
the sea. For more than 90 years
his had been a familiar figure, but
the past four or five years have been
spent in sickness. II was only the
past few years that he was unable to
get around and take an active inter
est in affairs.
Capt. Simonson was born in Sta
ten Island. N. Y, 81 years ago
Most of his life was spent in Vir
GINA or on Virginia waters. II,
amassed considerable money durinI
his lifetime, and owned a prett!
home at Biglers. He is survived b,
four children. two sons. Capt. Gin
ton and Captain Fletcher SimonSo
residing at Biglers. Another so
and daughter live in Staten Island
Many friends of the deceased an
his family attended a short funer;
service at the home at Biglers Frida
afternoon, and the remains weI
sent from here Friday evening
Staten Island where they were lai
70 Fsss in the tanilw plot.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-15
Clever Eat Men

70 Is frequently sverred that Tat Is
deadening 90 the brain. and cOnse-
quently a foe 20 intellectual activity
But Is this 500 Some or the greatest
men the world has ever known were
plump even 20 obesity.
Napoleon VAS decidedly embonpoint
Or. Johnson was neshy even 20 aabhl-
ness. SO was bis Biographical shad-
Ow. Boswell Balzac. the great French
novelist. was so stout that lt vas .
days exercise 20 walk around Aim.
and be was encirclod with bandaEes
as 81 be were 3 hogshead Rossini he
composer. was regular Jumbo. since
for six years be never saw his knees.
Jules Janln. the prince OF critics
broke every sofa he ever sat down
upon. LAblanche. the great singer.
was charged three fares when he trav-
eled. Dumas pere was stout and
Sainte-Beuve carried the stomach OF a
Falstan. Eugene Sue had such aver
sion 20 HIS growing corpulency that
be drank vinegar 20 keep IL down. and
yet be wrote The Wandering Jew"
A man Is not necessarily fat-witted
because he has boundless stomach.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-15
SAYS CLOVER Is A
PROMISING CROP HERE

MIR. George Yeskel. who formerly
lived in Indiana. but who has now
been here nearly a dozen
years. owning a splendid farm
Msgruder. where in spite of all we
can do. ne will persist in keeping
bachelors hall. instead of becom-
irg benedict. says that the one
promising crop of this section is
clover. He was speaking of the old
fashioned red clover that IS such a
good land improver and is also one
OF the best forage crops.
Mr.. Yeskel says that this country.
the Peninsula. can grow all the seed
It can consume. for which the farmer
pays from SI2 to SIS per bushel.
and have oceans TO sell. He says Of
al grass crops he has noted he.e.
clover does the best. All that is
needed ne says. is the sowing of the
seed and the installation here of a
clover huller. He is enthusiastic
over the prospects along this line
and if more OF our farmer readers
will 60 in for its culture. we believe
ne would see that a huller was
brought in here. tits worth talking
and thinking about by our farmer
readers.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-15
BIGLERS NEWS ITEMS
Goo late for last issue

Biglers. Va. August 8-Misses
Msble and Nellie Oliver. of Glou-
cester. are visiting Mrs. J. c.
Maynard.
Mrs. Simonson. who has been
quite sick. is improving.
Capt. Larkin took a large crowd
of people down to Yorktown Tues
day to hear the trial of Hezekiah
Cook. which was put off until Thurs
day.
Miss Margaret Soul is the guest
of Miss Maggie Maynard.
Miss Maggie Maynard invited q
crowd of her friends on a launch
ride Monday evening. They took
in the grand sights at Yorktown,
then sailed around in the York river
reaching home about ten o'clock
Those that went went were Mr.. anc
Mrs, J. c. Maynard. Mrs. Eddie
Maynard. Mss Maggie Maynard
and her guest. Miss Margaret Scull
Misses Mable and Nellie Oliver
Eleanor Simonson. Mary Maynard
Ruth Hansford. and Margaret Da
ley, Messrs. Dick Malone. Peach,
Spencer and Albert Newman.
Miss Ruth Hansford has returned
home from school.
Capt. Larkin's sister. Mrs. Oar
nell. o. Gloucester and two grand
daughters are visiting Capt. Larkir
Mr.. Clint Gage. Of Hampton
spent Sunday with his brother, NJ
Geo. Gage.
Miss Nettie Marshall. of William
burg. came home Monday.
Mrs. Fitzhugh. of King an
Queen. is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. I
w. Maynard. Jr.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-15
:WHEpE THE PEOPLE asVE Their SAYs
STILL KEEPS EYE o. SilUATItE

Mr.. Editor:
The combat thiekensl on. ye
brsyesl'' Well. the primary will
soon DC on hand. How IS i'2 VIII
the Lamb be shoTn2
Weather very pleasant ever sioee
I came over. Never saw the ike Of
peaches in ali my hfe-Elbeita.
Lady Iugold. Mountain Rose, Riyes'
Favorite and Bell of Georgia. are
some Of the varieties. To my taste
DC Belle Of Georgia is the q es-.
Shipping peaches and selling them
from the trees dsily-aiso apples
Had a half inch OF rain Saturday
night and Sunday. A very SLOW
rain on, all soaked in the ground.
+ Ny people have all been well My
youngest is at Church bill with her
unc.e. am fauening daily
nope. preparing for my onerOus l-l
duties which begin about the middle
Of September.
Lucy's friends will be glad 70
/ earn that she is walking ABOUT the
yard and visits the orchard gathering
peaches for herself.
Oystermen are getting theig boats
ready tor the season beginning the
first OF September. Tney mad a
very Improbable year last season.
but hope for better things the com
ng tall.
Today is off-court" day-that is
90 court. but only the happy mear-
.ng OF The old county court" dav
They say as many assemble on thi,
OFT day as on the regular cay.
The rose garden OF my sister trou
New Obs rs vas much thrown bach
p BY the drouJn. but IS now much re-
freshed. The Pergola OF her garder
, is beginning 10 thrive and VII. b,
1 beautiful
Valley Front farm ships tomor
row two Hereford males 70 Oxford
B n. (. Crates are now being MADE
Z or their shipment. The old man
. Is resting. nave not been further thai
8 the nail or Csppahoosic. Cappa
noosic is nice little village. Tn
. cOlored people have an incusuls
a school thsTe-two very large build
ings and doing good work. A
Valley Front We hear their dai.
bells. rung tor the regulation @
Is labor Many students remain al n
g. school during the summer and wor
:, on the farm.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-15
Valley Front. Va. August y.

The Rev X. Ruffin Jones. rector Of
Bruton Parish church. who has been
doing special work at Columbia Uni
Versity this summer. VIII arrive IN
Williamsburg Saturday. He viii
hold his regular services IN BrutOn
Parish at ll.l5 a. NJ. and 8 P. NJ.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-15

FOR SALE My property in Bruton
district consisting OF sos acres. good
timber and buildings, saw mill, lath
mill, and planning mill. all kinds OF
farm machinery. cattle, mules. etc
Will sell the land alone. or all to
gether as IL stands. For terms and
prices see L. T. FEMME. Magruder.
Virginia.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-15

NOTICE My wife. Mrs. &. r. Tai
iaferro, has refused my bed and board
without just cause. and for that rea-
on / notify the public that / Will not
pay any of her bills. She has been
away since December j. 1910. and will
not come home 70 me. y. b. ITALIA
FERRO. July 81, 1912
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-15

FOR SALE offer for sale my Black
smith shop, including building. tools
and good wall of business. Shop mas
good trade and VIII prove a good M
vestment 90 practical man. Best To-
cation IN town. Easy terms. Ap-
ply 70 JOHN WILKINS. City AZ
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-15
Rub-My- Tism vii. cure you.
WEST end SUBURBAN NEWS

Dry weather is helping some
parties in this section. Mr.. Hugh
Jones is getting a lot Of nice marsh
hay cut on his farm on York river.
He cut over IS tons. which shows
that marsh land pays.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Metcalf gave
a party in honor of their children.
Mr.. and Mrs. viii Metcalf, one night
last week Quite number of young
people were present and spent an
enjoyable evening.
Some of the young people are
taking advantage of their vacation to
visit their homes. Mr.. Charlie Styrn-
brough. of Norfolk spent a week
with MS parents. Mr.. and Mrs. G..
A. Styrnbrough. Mr.. Dwight
Thompson. of the Richmond post
office has been visiting his step
father. Mr.. II. <. Jones and sister,
Miss Joyce Jones.
The following formed a picnic
party to York river one day last
week: Misses Emma and Nora Pill
<ington. Joyce Jones. Ethlyn Styrn-
brough. Mr.. and Mrs Will Metcalf
Wyne Metcalf. Charles Styrnbrough
Dwight Thompson. Howard Jones
and Thomas Thompson. From al
reports they had jolly time roast
ing oysters and taking pictures.
, A vast amount of i'll health is du,
, to impaired digestion. When tat
Y stomach fails to perform its functions
: properly the whole system become
q deranged. A few doses of Cham
q berlain's Tablets is all you need
They will strengthen your digestion
d lnvigorate your liver, and rGgulat
Il your bowels. entirely doing ava
Y with that miserable feeling due Z
c faulty digestion. Try it. Man
o others have been permanently cure
d why not your Fer sale by q
dealers,
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-15

WANTED TO LOANS $500 on unin-
numbered real estate at per cent.
in sums of not less than $500
y. Y. L., care The Gazette.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-15

FOR SALE-2OO bushels Of seed oats
and 50 bushels seed wheat. all free
from wild onions Apply 70 K.
HOUGE. Williamsburg. Va, Phone
2O52. II
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-15

FOR SALE good COW. will be- fresh
about the middle of september Ap-
ply % j.. y. ST JOHN. City Livery.
Williamsburg Va.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-15
Special Notices.

7OR RENT 5 room dwelling on Henry
street. nice location and in good condl-
ton. Apply % NJ ID. WALLACE.
Box l52. Williamsburg Va.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-15

FOR SALE-l0 bushels seed Potato.
Onions. l fine young mare years
old, weight about lzO0 yo1nnds. APP
ply to w. b. BURNS, Evergreen
Farm.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-15

FOR SALE-A good work mule, good
any where, gentle. VIII sell or ex-
change for good COW. have no need
for male, Apply V Box Ne. 3 VII.
hAAsessh W
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-15
FAITHFUL JANITOR
 DIES AT HARTSELLE

Hartselle, February 14.-(SpeciaL)- With dusky hands folded in the long last sleep, Moses Dean. for 20 years the faithful janitor of the First Methodist church at this place, was laid to rest today. Uncle Nose" as he was known to everybody, finished a long and use full career when heart failure came upon him Monday morning while in the woods chopping. When the news reached town white and black alike drove out to his humble home to do hi4h honor.
 So greatly did t..e Methodist congre- gation respect his honesty and integ- rity and in appreciation of his long and faithful service in the doing of which he sacrificed all other church privileges, they assumed all expense connected with his burial and had his remains carried to their beautiful new church which he loved and where he had been allowed communion, and many met to pay their last respects while the pastor, Rev. E. E. Emmerson. paid most beautiful tribute to the life he had lived among us
 Moses was 77 years old and retained the old time affection for the whites that is common only to ante bellum negroes together with a we'll defined understanding of the relations of the two races to each other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-15
RAILROAD AGENTS
 AFTER PICKPOCKETS

Railroad secret service agents have been scattered among the limited trains for the south to protect the passengers. In cident to the annual Mardi Gras travel to New Orleans through Birmingham an army of the light fingered gentry, en route to the annual harvest in sEew Or leans, pick the pockets and 'lift' the diamonds of many travellers.
 Louisville and Nashville and Queen and Crescent special agents are determined this year to protect as adequately as possible the passengers that are using the trains of those systems to New Or leans Last year it IS recalled that a covey of pickpockets on a Louisville and Nashville train were caught in the act and roughly handled by passengers. The thieves were only rescued after a hard struggle between officers and infurated passengers.
 The usual method of lifting a da- mond is for the pickpockets to get the victim between two of them and one jostles the intended prey and attracts his attention, the pal does the real work. Police officials advise all persons to avoid crowds and crushes while getting aboard trains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-15
BARKER'S TERM
 WILL SOON EXPIRE Hot Fight Expected in An nistOn Postmaster Race OPPOSED BY NOBLE
E. P. Cooper, Former Mayor Pro-Tem of Anniston, Attacks Governor. Fourth District Republicans
 to Meet at Tallageda

Anniston, February 4-(Special. 1.-The term of Postmaster Charles R. Barker, who is an applicant for reappointment, being opposed by Fred D. Noble, chair man of the county republican executive commmittee, who seeks the place for his father, George Noble, m Anniston pioneer. will expire in March, according to his statement Wednesday. He says, however, that as his appointment was held mp for two years, he has served only half of the full term of four years.
 The matter of appointing an Anniston postmaster is now in the hands of the state referees and MT. Barker states that he does not know when the appointment will be made He stated Wednesday that he is in receipt of resolutions from OK anna. Beat 20. indorsing his applieancy He now has 10 delegates to the county convention from Greater Anniston, it Is said and it looks as if he will control that body when an effort will likely be made to unseat MT. Noble as chairman In that event, a knotty problem will face the referees, as MT Noble claims the sup port of the state organization.
 The republicans of the Fourth Congress sional district will meet in convention at Talladega on March ,. and it now seems practically certain that J. M. Atkins, the Hefin banker and merchant, who Is a member of the state committee, will get the nomination for Congress as the repub- lican opponent of Fred L. Blackmon.
 In q statement given out here Wednes- day E. r. Cooper, former mayor pro tenn of Anniston, and a prominent business man, says: "It seems that no man in the state is doing more to bring the law into dlsrepute than the governor" He at tacks Governor o Neal for clemency' ex- tended to several violators of the prohi- bition law, and referring to the recess mass meeting at Gadsden to protest against the parole granted J. T. Howe, he says these meetings will become cpl demic if the governor continues his pres ent policy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-15
ANGELES RULINGS SOLVE LEGAL TANGLE

Detroit, Mich, February 1A-Three rui- ings made by United States Judge An gell at the opening session today in the trial of 16 firms and 24 individuals com posing the so-called bathtub trust, charged with criminal conspiracy in re- straint of trade, broke down the barrier extending for several days through long arguments over objections raised by the defense and enabled the government to attempt to prove, through testimony given by Edward T. Wayman that the de- fendants entered into agreements to il- legally control trade.
 Mir Wayman. it is alleged, prepared the defendants trade agreement, and he has been characterszed as an unwill- ing witness for the government.
 The government introduced in evidence today what purported to be an agree ment between Wayman and the manu- facturers and between the manufacturers and jobbers, and also introduced the price book which it was declared was sent to all jobbers. The agreement be- tween the manufacturers and jobbers stated that the latter were to receive a rebate.
 Wayman testified that under his agree ment with the manufacturers they were to pay him a royalty of s5 per day per furnace for the use of an enameled sitter the patent for which he owned. He declared that if the manufacturers ob- served the agreement he was to refuse s4 of each ss5. but if they broke the al- lesed arrangement he could keep the entire amount.