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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-03-14
Acute Sense Of Hearing

Deacon Charlie Griffin has a re-
marksble pair OF ears and tells
story that at FIRST blush would raise
a question OF doubt. did not one
1nOw the descon's reputation for
Truth. He asserts that while stand
Ing in his office in Williamsburg be
actually heard a rooster crow in
Richmond He was sure il was a
Richmond rooster because OF i5s
peculiar crosk. The story sounded
50 nshy that The Gazette sent a re-
poner 70 inteTyie~ the deacon who
declared that the story. fishy as il
sounds. was absolutely true.
The story told the reporter was
-hat while talking 10 a commissio n
merchant ia Richmond one day this
seek. big rooster gave a lusty
crow and he heard 1T away down
10 Williamsburg. Deacon Griffin
enjoys telling the story OF how he
stood 10 his Office in Williamsburg
and heard a rooster crow in Rich
nonc with much relish and if you
want the details. ask him about il.
He is one OF the fcw--the very few
Williamsburg merchants who
does not advertise.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-03-14
Back Elects Directors

The annual meeting Of the stock
holders Of the Peninsula Bank was
held mere Tuesday when all the old
directors were reelected. as follows:
G. L. Burleson. r. 7. Casey. Il. D.
Cole. T. r. Daley. 7. II. Geddy.
n L. Henley. n. n. Philips, r.
L Spencer ard Z. w. Warburton,
al Of Williamsburg; J. Z. Hubbard.
Of Charles City: r. u. Stephenson
and Z. T. Martin. OF Ioano; w. l..
Schenck. Of Osktrse; J. L. Trosvig.
Of Lightfoot. The directors will
elect officers a. the next meeting.
Williamsburg has two well con
Quoted and prosperous banks. the
Peninsula being the pioneer institu.
ton. I, was established in 1897 by
( lis present cashier. Mr.. Phillips,
&ho has seen i grow from insignifi-
( csnce 70 one OF tie largest in ths
state. outside Of the big cities. With
. capital stock Of $4,000 il mas
surplus ADD undivided profits o.
shout $4S.c00. 10 this respect i &
far ahead Of many Of tie other lead
ing banks Of the state. which re
fleets great credit Upon is manage
mxnt.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-03-14
LightfOOt.

Lightfoot. Va. March 12-The
Onward Young Peoples Society
met al the ChristoPherson home
Saturday evening with a fairly large
attendance considering that the roads
are almost impossible.
While splitting firewood at his
place near here last Saturday Mr..
II. o. Tweten had the misfortune
e Sat himself badly. The axe
handle caught on the chopping-6lock
causing the instrument TO swerve
sharply TO one side. cutting through
the flesh of his left hand to the bone.
In spite of the bad weather this
community was well represented at
the Agricultural School at Norge
last week.
Mr.. D. G. Wilson. Of Williams
burg. was in town yesterday morn
ing.
MessEs. Henry Strand and Albert
Levorson spent Tuesday of last
week in Williamsburg.
Misses Clara and Annie Levorson
visited their relatives. the Misses
Trosvig. Sunday.
Mr.. j. L. Trosvig spent a day in
Richmond last week.
Mr.. B. Jones. clerk at the store OF
L. I. Hsnkins. spent Monday and
Tuesday in Norfolk.
Mr.. Thos. L. Thomas returned
Monday morning. after spending q
few days ia Richmond.
Mr.. o. L. Skinner and family de
parted for North Carolina Monday
morning.
| Mr.. J. L. Trosvig spent Tuesda,
in Williamsburg.
Messrs. Steiner HaugEude anc
Tom Lawson called at Olsen's Sun
day night. Steiner and Tom seen
70 be always on the move these day
/ Cor. 50 be more exact. these nights
Mr.. w. NJ. Petit spent Sunda,
night il Williamsburg.
! Mr.. Gus FIatten. OF Norge. va
eeen u town this marning.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-03-14

One Of the few good measures
passed BY the lsmented legislature
was the so-csllsd Rolling Stock
BIZ. Il gives to the counties sad
towns through which railroads pass
IS per ceat. Of the assessment on
rolling stock. and the remsining Is
per cent. to the cities where the
principal offices Of the company are
kept Although this bill is just
and fair one. the cities did all they
could to induce Gov. Mann to veto
il On the ground that it was unconsti-
tusionsl. The governor has signed
the measure and 1t is law, until the
court says It is unconstitutional Be
il said 70 the credit of the city pa
DeTs. they raised TO objection to the
law. because of their sense OF justice.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-03-14

for nationsl honors because il capno,
produce tie man.
When n Kansas a few weeks ago.
cur chief executive. Governor Mann.
tod those people some things they
did not ike about John Brown. and
il met with apparent disspproval
The governor met the situation in 8
way that not only pleased the
KanSsnS. but showed what the
American people like most in an
American man. when he declared be-
fore his audience: 4 am an
American citizen and have as much
right to say what please here as
you have It is that spirit, backed
with the native common sense Of the
'sogtherDsr that VIII make one preSi-
dent OF the United States. Repinine
over lost glory. rafting bones Of dis
tinguished ancestors. raising The
corpse Of a departed nation, self
isolation and distorted loyalty to the
dead and buried past, VIII not do It
Il Is tine the young Southener was
becoming the young American with
the same spirit Of self q serdveneSs
that was manifested by William
Hodges Mann in Kansas. That IS
the South's opportunity and the
presidency and al that il means lie
Just beyond. Sow sectonalism and
we shall reap isolation; SOW American
ism and we shall reap national glory.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-03-14

Norge. VS. March l2tb.-The In
dustrisl school closed on Thursday
after three days OF speaking which
was very instructive and much en-
joyed by all who attended. While
the bad weather probably kept a
good many from attending. there
was however. a good crowd present
each day. Mr.. Barton ]. Jensen.
who was instrumental in bringing
this school here. deserves much
credit. and it would be good thing
If a school like this could be held
eSch year.
Misses Ellen and Nellie Anderson
spent Saturday night and Sunday at
Windsor Shades.
J. H. Kinde was in Williamsburg.
last Friday night attending the
Woodmen meeting.
MIR. and Mrs. o. P Flatten left
Saturday morning for Roman Coke,
Va, to visit their son John. who has
charge Of large farm at that place.
They will be gone several days.
Mr.. J. S. Susder was in Williams
burg Saturday.
Misses Lillian Jensen and Anna
Bergh spent Saturday in Williams
burg with their teacher. Miss Rose
Smith.
Mr.. Oney Swenson left this morn
ing for South Dakota, where he VIII
spend the summer.
Happenings along the Rural Route.
Mr. and Mrs. A. ]. Hall and child
ren spent Saturday night and Sunday
at Williamsburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Andrews were
in Williamsburg yesterday.
Misses Constance and Grace Fen
ton left Sunday morning for South
Norfolk, after spending some time
with their mother Mrs. K. A. Kirby.
Mr.. Geo. Pitts returned a few days
ago, after spending some time al
Norfolk and Newport News.
Mr.. S. P. Larry. one Of our largest
lumber dealers, has just finished
loading a vessel in York River, ano
is expecting another one in any day
Mr.. /. B. Clark. who recently
moved here from Accomac, has hi:
mill ali set and ready for operation
as soon as the weather will permit.
Miss Emma Rouland lett yesteT
6sv for Portsmouth to resume-he
! position at the knitting mill, ate
spending some time at her hons
here.
Mr. A. J. Johnson loaded i've
carloads of logs at Norge last weel
for J. B. Jenson.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-03-14

Look on the first page of this pa
per just above the head line The
Y rginis Gazette. and you viii he
able 70 read the record of the lat
Virginia legislature. All that they
lett undone could 10, be printed in
the tweniy-four columns Of the pa
per. 50 we dismiss it for the present
The people OF Virginia will have
something 10 say two years hence.
Il we mistake not their temper. The
dead Chow much that word means
in this connecticut legislature has
buried Itself. It is the strongest ar
gument for the initiative and refer
sn6um we have yet met
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-03-14

As was expected. the pie counter
Republicans Instructed for Taft,
What a glorious opportunity for a
strong minority party OF principles
in Virginia. and 70 think patriotism
has 10 be sacrificed for pie. The
Virginia Republican convention a.
3oanoke instructed for Taft. but Oh
served for Roosevelt.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-03-14
Amercanism VIII Win.

When the campaign Tor the seiec-
tn OF candidates for the presidency
bsEins. We OF the south hear the
steeotyped oussdoa- Why not e
southern mar for president? MOI
s.ncs the Civa War has there beer
any hope even in the hearts O.
soathsTners that L was possible O.
nominate. much less 10 elect. q south
en- mar 10 the highest cfhce 10 the
git o. the nation. T1e7e was
tine when i would have been pre-
poste-ous e bsrboT such a hope
Happily that time has passed. and
southern man usl YET be president
mere thsn that We bs-ieve that tne
South WI eventually be TIE maiusray
ana hope Of Republican government
n these Unirso States.
But much depends upon the future
course O the South IL must cease
10 lock upon itself as section H.
stead Of AZ infegral psr of 2 grest
common c5uuuy. Ii nust ban.sh
secuonsIisn and embrace nzuonaisu
IL lis highesr. ru=st sense instead
Of iso.zrng stse-f and keeping us
northern boundary line where Ezson
znd Dixon marked II years AGO. anc
winch was made osrre- AZ IRE
close Of TIE Clvsi Wa 2, nzmDe- ana
bind down IRE uen zhom Eate cas-,
SOUTH CT i, The Sou-a must be as BIZ
as the country irsslt OR you-s
nsn are hsmpered BY AZ fnbou
feeling OF zlieuisn foreign 10 the age
II WHICH they I've. Sci expsrrstca
Americsns II spirit a. least z. .ey srs
innolsrug themselves upor : tzlss
ccnccpuon OF cury-which beg;u.
and enos with me STATE Itisa p.r,
thar such 2 doc-ne should be IL.
cuicated IL the hearts OF TIE voutt
OF CIR land. because i means peroe.
tssl isolation from FABRICATION In ia
bigeg and greater tn.ngs that ar,
demanding ne besr brain OF II,
count-y and ealing Il 70 the frou
where the battle is wsging nzrdes
and where honors are greatest.
Tne struggle for mere ez5s.enc.
has ceased with the sourheln nan O
the twentieth century. his nue 4
10 loaeG wholly occupied IN pursui
Of bread and meat The pluck al,
discrimination OF AS slEe happily IA
overcome TIE Poyrry that grim
yisaged Ezs Istt q its wake. and b
csn now turn his thoughts 70 raing
beyond himself and us native heath
Wien TIE nan presents himself II
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-03-14

We have been offered pay by a
metropolitan paper 10 write up the
Williamsburg public schools. give
the story Of their progress in the
cast few years and 70 furnish pho
foEraphs of buildings. etc. Great
Cesser's ghost. how could We
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-03-14

Those who want the paper stopped
should 50 notify their postmaster who
ia rurn viii notify rs We cannot no
tfy our subscribers by mail Of expira-
ions and they should see % % that
their subscriptions are paid when Que.
The urice Of The p2Iser ls 81 per year
N ADVANCE lt your paper b uis-
continued after tins issue. * 81 because
YOU have not compiled with the terms
as set forth above. An y on the mar
gin OF wrapper indicates that subscrp-
ti1n has expired.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-03-14
An Object Lesson.

We would call the attention OF the
several thousand tax payers IN WI
Esmsburg 70 the condition Of ON
streets. and 70 Duke OF Gloucester
street especially. These mud holes
are absorbing your hard canned dol
srs al the rate o. about $50 per
res-. maybe more. They are yaVn-
ng for sill otheT OF your hard earned
cellars and we doubt not viii swallow
-nen Up as greediiy next summer as
-hey have from the very first day
-hsy were laid out as streets hundreds
d years ago. How much X has
.sken 10 al their hungry maws these
centuries IS beyond our comp-ehen-
son. but II has been thousands upon
thousands. Taking twenty years as
The limit. we should say about
$4,000.
The Gazette IS not cri6cizing the
council or the street committee. But
g lays the blame where II belongs.
-poa the whole people. OF course.
& the Xxx payers believe that the
streets are workek as they should be;
& they are satisfied with their pre-
sent condition and the manner In
which they have been and VIII be
worked next year. that is their bust
cess. Il IS our business 10 say that
The streets are a disgrace 10 a civil
-zel, selt-respecung community. and
g reelection upon our good common
sense
Inc city council is following along
ae old methods and me people take
3 eli as a matter o. course. presun-
3.y believing that there IS no bet
e way % make streets. All the
eork that is or has been done has
Seen simply temporary. except that
5zrt where maczdam was used. II
-az writer were q member OF the
city council ne would Try 70 get q
resolution through 70 borrow from
ne local banks z sum sufficient 10
nacsoamiz- Duke OF Gloucester
street from Palace Green 70 the old
capitol. Re would then hire al en-
s.neer 70 mark tle grades and lei
ne contract 70 tee lowest bidder
he would certainly vote sgainsl
Planting the peoples money 10 mud
lol=s.
Five thousand dollars would max,
Daze CT Gloucester permanently
5asssbls. L oosid be paid back Z
-loussnc q year. Al i've per cent
: sc would have q street that would
2 fsquas litsls expense 70 keep Up ane
e . credifto rhs CRY.
5 VIII nOi TIE city council eithe
E adopt . new method or keep shl
/. Dsoples money in the treasury III
!, sDough has been accumulated 70 d
Z permanent WoTkS This IS a seriou
= problem ano 0De that should &
p taken up 81 the tax payers.
/ When = candidate for cognc
4 comes CIT. ask him these two qussl
IS ions. Are you foE perna0ent streets
{ Are you for 2 decent pablo schos
a oniloingY Pin hin DOM; its you
e noney he ~iii spend and you has
a > right 70 know his position. De
II msnd Of him . satisfactory snsw.
Is before yoa pledge your vote. Tni
q is the only way you viii GET eish,
u cecens streets Or > decent scho'
bullciDg.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-03-14

Mr.. r. L. Spencer. who has been
confined TO bis home by sickness
the past several weeks. was so far
recovered as 70 be able to come
down to his store for few minutes
yesterday and today.
Evening star., 1912-09-06
SCORES AMERICAN POLICY
Didapp, Representing Mexican
Revolution Here, Attacks
Action in Nicaragua.

Senor Juan Pedro Didapp. representa-
tive in Washington of the Mexican revo-
luton and former Mexican consul general
in Spain. Constantinople and at Norfolk,
Va, has made a statement scoring the
State Department for its Nicaraguan
policy.
Landing American marines In Mica
ragua." declared Senior Didapp. under
the pretext of protecting American lives
and property is but a subterfuge Of the
State Department to back up Wall street
interests that have gripped unhappy
Nicaragua by the throat. 1t is an in
reference of the United States in the
interior affairs Of weak Latin American
country.
"The aggressive International policy of
the State Department has taken the al
legged form of protection Of American in
terests in Central America. but this pol
can countries to protect themselves.
There Is always a pretext for such pol
Icy Of coercion in the form OF 'protec-
ton Of American interests.
Nicaragua. as well as every nation,
has a right to settle its internal affairs
without exterior interference.
IF the Monroe doctrine means inva-
sion Of the United States into internal
affairs Of Latin America. then Latin
America must resist this doctrine.
THE Mexican revolutionary party has
had to vigorously protest against inva-
sion Of Mexico by American soldiers.
THE State Department has not even
acted the part of a good Judge in the
Nicaraguan invasion. because 1t has lis
tened to only one side of the Nicaraguan
controversy. The side it has listened to
belongs to the crooked interests, under
a corrupt administration, that are de-
vouring Nicaragua.
I'm the Mexican revolution the State
Department has not given the revoiu-
tionists square deal. Madero bad the
decided help Of the State Department in
his revolt against Diaz because Standard
Oil and the Pierce OIL Company were
backing him. For that reason now We
are denied all rights by the State De-
partment."
Evening star., 1912-09-06

II you want work read the want col
umnS Of The Star.
Evening star., 1912-09-06
RUSSIA SHOWING ALARM
Apprehensive Over China's
Grant of Concessions to
German Concerns.

LONDON, September 6-Apprehension
is felt by the Russian government in con-
nection with the granting Of a number
of concessions to German industrial con-
Germs by China, according to a news
agency dispatch from st. Petersburg. The
latest OF these concessions is for the
construction Of street railways In Peking
and other Chinese cities.
The Russian government fears that the
Germans have obtained the concessions
in return for loans made to China with
out restrictions as to the use to which
the money is put.
1t is believed In st. Petersburg that
China will utilize the money for the pur-
chase of arms and ammunition and the
Russian government contemplates send
ing a note to the interested powers In
order to endeavor to put a stop to the
making OF private loans to China without
the consent OF the powers
Evening star., 1912-09-06
MAY BOTTLE UP RIVER.
Jersey City Planning to Prevent
Contamination of Water Supply.

DOVER. N. j.. September 6.-It prob
ably will be necessary for the municipal
water commissioners of Jersey City to
inclose the entire Rockaway river in a
concrete fiume as it passes through this
city.
The river and its headwaters are one OF
the chief sources of the Jersey City
water supply Experts have recently
shown that contamination IS inevitable at
this point. as the natural flow of surface
water Is toward the river. and there are
many dangerous cesspools and vaults
within easy distance of its banks.
If the proposal to put the river into q
concrete tube is adopted the upper sur
face will be made into a roadway.
Evening star., 1912-09-06
FOR SAFETY OF LETTERS.
Post Office Patrons Assign Reasons
for Preferring General Delivery.

OF the thousand or more cards winch
have been given to residents of the city
receiving their mail at the general de-
livery window of the Post Office. on
which they have been requested to state
their reasons for not wanting their mall
delivered to their homes by carrier. ap-
proximately two hundred Of them have
been answered and returned to Post
master Merritt. During the ten days the
new order regarding the discontinuance
of the delivery of mail at the general
delivery window to persons having
permanent home address in this city one
OF the cards has been given to every
person applying for mail
Assistant Postmaster Robinson said to-
Evening star., 1912-09-06
GAyETY AT HOMECOMING
KEEPING POLICE BUSY
Many Arrests Made and Sta
ton OverfIOWS-ParadeS
Prove Big Feature.
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND. Md. September g.
Enough people were unable early this
to populate a good sized town. Cumber-
lands homecoming has attracted visitors
to the Queen City of the Alleghenies as
never before. All the hotels have turned
people away by the score. The streets
are given over to the multitude and the
police have been kept busy arresting vio-
lators, although the greatest laxity is al
lowed.
About twenty young men were corraled
for using stout twine to bind men and
women together in the crowds. The po-
lice station did not hold half that were
brought in After an hour or two of con-
finement each offender was dismissed.
The gayety has been carried on in way
that alarms the police and they fear the
Mardi Gras tomorrow.
Business Men Parade.
Early this afternoon the parade of busl-
ness men and civic organizations took
place. Frostburg contributed by sending
several floats that attracted much atten-
ton in the homecoming parade there
last week. One was the float Of the Con-
solidation Coal Company drawn by a
score of mules showing a mammoth
block of coal. About fifty local merchants
had floats in line. exclusive of historical
floats and floats Of civic organizations.
Beauty was added to the parade by the
entrance of the decorated automobiles.
The automobile parade was postponed
from yesterday evening and was consoli-
dated with the trades display. The prize
Of $50 for the most handsomely decorated
automobile caused several of Cumber-
lands 300 motorists to spend hundreds
of dollars on their cars. In place of the
children's chorus, the Boys Band OF
F'rostburg will give a concert tonight.
This organization. which made such hit
in the children's parade Tuesday. also ap-
peared in the industrial parade today.
The fraternal parade late yesterday aft
ernoon made a distinct hit.
Appear in Indian Garb.
The majority OF the Red Men, who
were in Indian garb and war paint were
horseback. Interspersed In the long line
were drags with wigwams and children.
The float of the Moose showed a great
moose head rising from a forest Of pine
trees. A little girl sat on the head of
the moose, which was surrounded by
guards in baldrics. Napoleonic hats and
other garb of the order. Six white
horses drew the float. The Pythian float
showed the initiatory team in their
garbs surrounding the king on his
throne. The Woodmen float showed the
probervial goat and the tree stump.
The Moose marchers wore hemlets of
patriotic colors. summounted by scarlet
plumes The Patriotic Order Sons of
America carried flags. This order had
112 marchers.
The first prize was awarded the Red
Men, the second the Moose and the third
the Patriotic Order Sons of America.
The judges took into consideration points
other than numbers. and for this reason
the Patriotic Order Sons of America.
dropped to third place, although they
had more men in line than the Moose.
The display Of the Red Men required a
great preparation. and 1t was said to
have been one of the most remarkable
of the kind ever seen in the state.
Evening star., 1912-09-06
A CH|LD'S WASTE
C[OGGED BOWELS,
Makes It Cross, Peevish,
Restless and Feverish-If
Tongue is Coated Give
"Syrup of Figs"

Children dearly love to take delicious
'.Syrup Of Figs" and nothing else cleans
and regulates their tender little stom-
achs, liver and 80 feet Of bowels SO
promptly and thoroughly.
Children get bilious and constipated
just like grown-ups. Then they get sick.
the tongue is coated. stomach sour.
breath bad: they don't eat or rest we'll;
they become feverish, cross. irritable and
don't want to play. Listen. Mothers
for your child's sake don't force the lit
tie one TO swallow nauseating castor oil,
violent calomel or harsh irritants like
Cathartic pills. A teaspoonful OF Syrup
of Figs will have your child smiling and
happy again in just a few hours. Syrup
of Figs will gently clean. sweeten and
regulate the stomach. make the liver ac
tive and move on and out OF the bowels
all the constipated matter. the sour bile,
the. foul. ciogged up waste and poisons,
without causing cramps or gripping.
With Syrup Of Figs you are not drug
ging or injuring your children. Being
composed entirely of luscious figs SIENNA
and aromatics it cannot be harmful. Full
directions for children of all ages and
for grown-ups plainly printed on the
package.
Ask your druggist for the full name
Syrup Of Figs and Elixir OF SIENNA"
prepared by the California Fig Syrup
Co. This is the delicious tasting, gen.
uine old reliable. Refuse anything else
offered.