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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-30
PROGRESS AT
RUTHVILLE SCHOOL

The following is a report of Pat
ron's Day. made by Martha Brady.
teacher OF colored school number 5.
Harrison district. Charles City coun /
ty:
The day selected for Patrons
Day was not very bright one bu,
patrons from far and near responded
cheerfully to the call bringing their
rakes. hoes. axes. picks. scrub
brushes. soap. pals and baskets.
Ours is a new building and the yard
was almost covered with stumps.
After a few words OF greeting 70
each other the men fell 70 work or
the stumps. while the women worked
on the inside OF the building. scrub
bling. washing windows. etc Not a
halt was made until time for lunch
con and then a few minutes were
taken for refreshments. Cheerfully
to their work again they went auo
when the hour for leaving came one
hundred and twenty five stumps had
been gotten up and carried off. the
/ floors ef the building scrubbed. win
dows washed and almost the entire
) yard gru5bed up.
I The men set the following Fri
2 day on which to finish the YARD
On that day they came out withou
/, a call and GOT up about seventy-fiv'
: stumps. making a total of two hun
c dred stumps. Those who did no
: work gave money.
The above report shows a tal
; school spirit The colored peopl
! Of Charles City are to be com neno
: cd for the splendid work they ar
Il doing in their schools. They wan
.e better and cleaner buildings whic
Z are sanitary In every respect. tn
y. school lev.es. at the maximum. VI
h not make the Improvements needed
e therefore. the people are doing n
work tor themselves. A most =
cellent and oommendable effort
being made.
- The Rlthvi.lr graded school bui
q. entirely by the colored people OF Il
be county at a cost OF $500. is no
about lady TO 90 TO work in its indu
:. rial room. This is a three roo
on building located in the center of q
,e. county. Julia b. TAYLOR has int
ested the colored people sufficieDt
10 get an industrial room ar b
* school Others are being plsnn
SIT aud each school. II the good wo
continues. will have its industr
= room.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-30


save them from starvation I do
not remember thar congress donated
this money to save the furnishing
Philippines from starvation, but does
President Taft know that a consider
able part OF 1t was expended on the
Benquest automobile road OF which
I havs sDokea2
But az their proper time and in
due season those who are RESPONSE
Die for conditions IN the Philippines
will have graver charges than these
TO answer. I predict. for instance.
that somebody will be required 10
explain why it was that three prom
inent American officials OF the city
OF Manila were not removed from
office, as was recommended 0y the
committee appointed 10 investi.
gate the grating charges preferred
against them. The subordinate:
were punished. be said. out the
superiors escaped.
Mr.. Jones estimated that ii,
annual cost OF the military occupa
ton OF the islands. including III
maintenance OF the 1900 regulars
o.0OO Philippine scouts. the uAnspoI
, system. and other expenses q
SO. 0OO.OU0. he estimated II
I total cost at between $3O.0OO,OO
r. and $40. 100000.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-30
Special Commissioners Sale
OF Valuable land in the County
Of James City.

Acting under decree 0f the Circuit
Court for the city Of AlsxAndria. Viz
.rnia. entered on January o. l9l3. in
The chAncery suit therein pending. IN
der the short name and style Of Pred
erick Z. Russell v. Colonial Portland
Cement Corporation, the undsraigned
Special Commissioned, appointed for
the purpose and having given bond AZ
required. viii expose for sale at pubic
auction. GA
MONDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1913
A. the recess Of th- court. that be-
iug court day. in front of the court
house door Ia the city Of williamsburg.
Virginia. the following property. 10
sit.
All that certain tract or parcel of
and situate In jamestown District.
James City county. Virginia. contain
nK az - acres. bounded by the prop
srty Qf j. ~. Pew. A. O.. Harwood. aud
the county road. and being more fully
described in q plat anu survey made BY
r. ". Hammond. surveyor. and re-
corded In deed book No. S. page 30.
/ and being the property conveyed 20 the
i Colonial Portland Cement Corporation
by deeds dated October ~. 1910. and
/ May 3. 1911. respectively. recorded "a
said clerks office. 20 which references
Is here made.
Terms. Cash.
NORvELL L. HESLEY.
Special Commissioner.
II. l.. Spencer. Auctioneer.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-30
Temperament and Temperatures.

~You don't avoid hot weather By
going away from home
No." replied Miss Cayenne. but
It's better 20 be among strangers
where the formslities prevent giving
way 70 the irrttatfons OF climate
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-30
SEED PEANUTS
Try a few acres of
VALENCIA PEANUTS
for. a money crop.

=
They yield twice the hay
and - per cent. more nuts
than the white peanut and
require less hand work
They bring tull market
prices with an unlimited
demand.
Hand picked seed for
sale as it runs, delivered
in Williamsburg every
morning at 10 o'clock:
10 pounds, &c
90 pounds, $3.50
100 pounds, $500
which is one-half price
charged by seed dealers.
Telephone orders TO
/ JOHN \. BECHTEL,
Phone No. POP.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-30
NOTICE.!

Will pay cash for stand
ing Yellow Pine Timber II
inches and larger on the
stump, any size tract, with
in , miles of railroad. Will
also purchase lumber and
mine props, cash when
loaded on cars. Address,
Fleming Brothers Lumber 8
Manufacturing Co., Inc.
WILLIAMSBURG, VA.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-30

Master HsFTy Phillips. who had
one Of his arms dislocsted by a fall
While playing with a companion.
was operated upon in a Richmond
hos pital yesterday.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-30

New York.-Fredsrick Hsrnby. aged
81. Of Philadelphia. has besn married
In Long Island city. 70 Miss Emile
Fleming. who - only Is.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-30
snnhurn <IlIa Ma.

New York; blister caused By sun
burn proved fatal % winthrop Jordan.
Q summer resident a. Hay ahoc&
nlnaa pnison deTaaopsA
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-30
Her Prsfsrenee.

she-Jack tells me all his secrets.
Her Friend-wsI. you DON'T object
70 that. do youf
She-oh. dont know. I think 70
rathaR End tAan 80
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-30

The Commonwealth Male Quar-
t.t,e. of Boston. will appear at The
Palace" Feb. 7sh. Lovers OF
good music cannot afford to miss
this treat. -S
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-30

N Thy CIxcUfT COURT OF THE ct1r cF
WILLIAMSBURG AND COUNTY or JAMES
CITY.
Georxs Slmpson. . minor q ~
ags % a. ySsrs. who sass ~
chNS b. kakfns. his n~xt
frisne- .--.- conplainant
VI IN Chanoery
Heary Er>@s-s ss-szk - sts....... Dsrs1tanss
tIn vscatiou. SanaAry ~ lEa
TIE oofscs q thls sun = - sn,sln so -
strata . sa,s % tnat portioa % ths reai e<aa1s
Wnereof Henry Hama DIED .olned and pCs.sss-
"a. devised under nis wiii. ana ~ ave sd
real esta1e 80 aVuArt 10 ne eevlasss rospsct-
ively th0rsanesr, And " direct = sAls ~ ~
andsvized reAl estate ~ sat1sry nis lnceo1sd-
nesS- asa alsc - ascertain aad dsserznins -
nights % Josspn =. Lizard under nis ooatraet
eith sd Hsnry Raa.n. dAtsd Ocssosr q tsla.
and - ssstis said estate under ~ directlous
% tns coart.
And Is aDgeArsng ~ AaidaVt alsas AID SID
laat dkllzsnce has oeen n-ed ~ and % seaaH
% NE complainant - ascertain IN uhAs coun-
81 O. Corporation Nollis Dickcrsons one q -
cerendsnts nereto, bA withoat eG~e1 - 10
thsrsCore orlsrod mas ne sAsc noslls D1rkor.
-oa APg-oAr Wilnla Is dAys arer - paoiicA-
son ~ tbs hotties. In ne CLERKS Oacs o. car
,Ald cour1 and % wnAS . neoes.4ry ~ prosscs
her lnteress rnis sotics shAa - pa0l..hsd
once Wvek, Tor four successive ~ssks, IN
ne NlrxiuiA ss<zelts. nswspaper p0olisne1
la TIE CItg ~ Williamsburg. NlrgiulA. Aad
Tsass, 7. a. eEDDY. Gers
Acopy-rcste, I. IA GkDDN. CserE-
Henley. GNrnstt a Hail Pc
VlSalSIA.
J N THK CIRCUIT COURT o. TIE CITY OF
WILLIAMSBURG AND COUNTY % Jams
CITY.
In vacAtion. JanuAry a. IsaA
. b. ". HeGsFrou. wno suse On b.
nAlf og himself and sucn
other aen cresiiSors 90 VII
iii liam I. Wyanc, and sucn
other crudltors % OrFid
HI wsune. deceased. rrl-y
cons in and coaJruuts -
the cosls "a sals ssit- .-...... Complainant
W Ia Cnsucery
II Marcus Wynue. et AIS. ............ Defendants
The ooject 90 thls sait - % p1rsitioa $40 "a.
estate enereof Thomas ynne a.ei -si-ssi aud
.Jssc-sed. situate La stsneaou.s pi.trict
! James Dity cuuaty. Virginia estimated % coa
Il tam Il IS ACRES. .dioin.ns lle lambs q aaes
ll4ndall and lo .aul~ct tGs interest," ~ sn
Il lam a. WYuue tneruiIi. ro ne payment VI
1 sine Items rcsSinz tnereou. AMI Aipo % -uoisc'
tnc intsrc-i THERESA ~ Orvid " ynns. ds,css.-.,i
a. tle payment of ais deoJs.
And be- Appearing ny auidAvit made kad hles
-hat Marcus Wynae aud Fhillip Wynne aFe ~
residents of this state. ia ID. therefore. oriers.
lnat tuey 40 appear lea the Cierks ozcs 90 tht
L court. Within ucecu days after due guDiicEliua
y og ms order. and 90 shat IA acce-sary O. grl
sssrt their lntsrusts.
.c Tnis order shall us Published once = week. "a
T, four successive suoks in me Virgins slssetts
a, a newspaper published La ms ctty % ~ llianu
III uul X Virginia. and posted according 10 lAs.
Al rrste T n. GEDDf. CisrE.
copy -Tcsts, T a. GEpDY CieEk.
a Henley, EARNEST a Hail. p. q.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-30

What are you going to sell at the
next Farmers Auction Time you
were sending the list 10 The Gazette.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-30

In connection with the Farmers
Auction Saturday. Feb. 8, fine
matinee will be given at The
Palace" beginning at 3 o'clock p. NJ.
This is specially arranged for the
benefit OF visitors.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-30

The next Farmers Auction will
be held here Saturday. Feb. 8.
Are you coming2 It IS the bust
ness of every farmer 10 offer
something for sale.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-30

What is the difference between a good
steak and a poor steak
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-30
BIGLERS NEWS ITEMS

Biglers. a..-Mr. Edward Sax
by drove UP 10 New Kent TO visit
some Of his children last week.
Mrs. Wallace. OF Fox Hill. who
has been visiting Capt. and Mrs. K.
w. Maynard. is now visiting Mrs. J.
D. Handsford.
Mr.. w. B. Schenck. OF Oaktree,
is confined to his bed quite sick.
Measles has carried the day around
this vicinity for the last month.
Expect a few more TO get it yet, as
they have been lucky to escape
thus far.
Mrs. Larkin. Mrs. Handsford
and Mrs. Wallace spent the after
noon yesterday with Mrs. < w
MAYNARD. II.
Capt. and Mrs. J. Z. Simons or
and Miss Eleanor Simonson spent
Sunday evening with Mr.. and Mrs
w. S. Evan.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-30

The young ladies of Williamsburg
will give a mid-winter german in the
college gymnasium tomorrow night.
This is said TO be delayed leap
year dance
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-30

rs rHx cIxcUfT coUET or THE CRY o.
WILLIAMSBURG AND COUNTY or JAMES
CITY
Georxe Slmpson. minor q -
axe % n ySors Who $685. ~
Ch&s n k0kfns. hks neKt
Fr4ar.E
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-30
CONGRESSMAN JONES REPLIES
TO TAFT ON PHILIPPINES

CONTINUED from page one)
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-09
STATE ASSOCIATION

Through their state organization.
therMonthna public ~libearians have Ays-
tematized their work. They have been
able to get their plans before the peo-
pie of the whole state in this vay.
The association is vigorous. and pro-
gresslVe. Its officers are: Gertrude
B~uckhouse, state university, president:
Stuart, first vice president
and honorary president for life; Mrs.
X. A. Hammond, Havre, vice presi-
dent; Louise Fernald, Great Falls, Sec
retary-treasurer. The present cam
palgn in behalf of extension work is
one of the results of the annual meet
ing of the association. The campaign
committee is headed by Miss McCord
Of the Bozeman library; she has done
excellent work and her associates in
the association are lending every as
possible. The Importance Of
the work cannot be overestimated;
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who would have peer comnelled TO
seek amusement in the pool hall We
KNOW that the good, clean, quiet warn
room is making a strong appeal, and
we KNOW that even the most idle read
ing of a magazine arouseS a train
OF thought and QuiCkcnS the sluggish
to explore, and it is our firm resolu-
ton to supply all the proper and good
material for these explorations.
feel that Elathead county would
ne very much benefited by working
up q good cooperative county library
plan, and as Poison is the second ritv
III size and is So near the center, we
Wlil be moro than happy to do what
we can to arouse enthusiasm and for
ward the movement in other towns.
we nope to secure funds-but we
nave demonstrated what can be done
without funds or calling upon q sin
gle business man. AS an institution
or merit in the town we are sure of
hearty support when we invite the
public to a money making function,
Our bylaws say this dissertation is
absolutely non-sectarian and non-po-
iltlcal. And feel that that is a good
thing that a library should he dis
tlnctly educational and not in the
least shade a propaganda for any sect
or political body.
Yours Very cordially,
JEANETTE Il. DENSMORE.
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district are not to be compared with
the joy of service.
Aside from the libraries receiving
appropriations there are 81 libraries
which circulate books to any one in
the county who gives a sufficient
guarantee, so that with the state
commission supplying it's travelling Ii,
braries, Minnesota comes very near
to giving every one in the state his
rightful heritage of books. What Min
nosota has done in the past nine years
can be repeated in Montana with ever
greater success. California's expert
ence demonstrates this and Montana
with her great distances and her
sparsely settled districts, can have
this wonderful advantage Of books for
everyone in the state if she but
chooses.
The old saying. Where there's a
VIII there's a way is no less true
in library work than in any other
line. 1t will mean s~elf-denial on the
part of the librarians, charity on the
part of the county superintendent
and teachers and the cooperation of
all. but We look for nothing less than
his.
LOUISE M. FERNALD,
Librarian Great Falls, Mont.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-09

February 14th is Valentines day
changed between friends and between
loved ones. The custom is founded
n sustained by a sentiment which
is as natural as it is beautiful. The
majority of the authorities on the
subject of its origin agree that the
connection of the customs of Nalen-
tines day with the saint by that name
is purely accidental, as in the legends
of the different saint of that name
recorded in the Acta Sanctorium no
trace of the practice peculiar to the
14th of February is found. 1t has been
suggested by a Well known antigua
rian that the custom may have de-
scended to us from the ancient Ro-
mans who during the Lupercalia cell
ebrated in the month of February
We're accustomed among other things
to put the names of young women
into a box from which they were
draWn by men as chance directed
and carried off into slavery by these
young Roman dandies. The Chris
tian clergy finding it difficult or
practically impossible to eXtirpate
this aga practice gave it at least
a religious aspect by substituting the
names of particular saints for those
of the women, and it is still more or
less a custom of the church in IGu-
rope to select either on St. Valen-
tlnes day or some other a patron
saint for the year who is termed a
valentine. Other historians think it
lar more probable that the custom of
choosing valentines is a relic of that
nature-religion which was u~ndoubted-
ly the primitive form of religion in
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-09
The 9r Do1bR LH51IIpe
AeZLx1 Ca<0

northwestern Europe as elsewhere,
and that it sprung from a recogni-
ton of the popularity Of that sea-
son, hence Bailey's Dictionary gives
the following explanation of the day:
About this time of the year the birds
choose their mates, and probably
hence came the custom of young men
and maidcns choosing valentines or
special loving friends on that day"
Even the etymologists have been
consulted on the subject and the re-
suit of their special studies is curious
to say the least. one of them points
out that the letters V and G were
frequently interchangeable in popular
speech, and as a notable instance pro-
duces the words gallant and val
liant which both spring from the Lat
in Valens. He then explains that the
Norman word galantin, a lover of the
TAR sex, or what in these slangy days
might be called a "masher,'' was fire.
quehtly written n pronounced
"~Valantan" on valentine" and from
these premises he concludes that by
a natural confusion of names Bishop
Valentine was established as the pa
iron saint of sWecthearts and lovers
although he has no real connection.
not even an chronological one, with
that class of beings. This is an in
tereSting explanation but hardly a
satisfactory one as st. Valentine was
a bishop or pope of Rome who was
martyred in the third century and a
who had little to do with the
affairs of lovers. The other Valcn-
tine known in history was a bishop
who healed the son of Grafton the
rhetorician, and who a few months
later met his death in the most unro-
manti fashion imaginable - being
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-09

town and sing under his window. The
favored one would then throw them
Wreaths of ribbons and true lovers
knots with which to adorn themselves.
Two or three of the girls then Sc
lected the youngest among them
generally a boy) whom they decked
up with the Wreaths. Placing him at
the head of the line they marched
around the town in great glee singing:
Good morrow to you Valentine,
Curl your hair as / do mine
TWO before n three behind,
Good morrow to you, st. Valentine"
This they repeated again and again
as they passed under the windows.
Few of the inhabitants refused to
throw them the pennies they expected
to help buy sweets for the feast they
held at the close of the day.
Another English custom of st. Val.
entine's day was for a young man to
pin a bay leaf to each corner of his
pillow n one in the center. He was
then supposed to dream that he would
marry his sweetheart inside of a year.
make SURE that the dream would
come true he boiled an egg, took out
the yolk n filled it with salt and ate
shell and all, just. before he retired.
He would speak to no one nor would
he drink water until morning. Such
diet is likely to bring dreams of a
most understandable nature and an at
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-09
HEADS OF MONTANA PUBLIC LIBRARIES INDORSE EXTENSION PLAN

are kept there. he books being
changed from time to time.
In conjunction with the library the
Noman's club maintains a reading
room at the same place on the other
week days, This proving to be a
marked success and is a splendid ex-
ample of library extension, as it would
apply n work out under the pro-
posed bill; as by means of the week.
day loan the people of that ward, who
are not at a distance from the main
library, are supplied with reading
matter without extra expense.
This small station would be multi
Piled by man throughout the coun-
try and by means of these, a better
relationship and a nearer SYMPATHY
with city and country people would
be established.
JOSEPHINE NJ. HALEY,
Librarian Helena Public Library.
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choked to death by Il fish zone.
In the latter part of the sixteenth
century Val ntinc day customs were
at their height and the love missives
sent out We're of suCh a tender nature
that the church in the person of ST.
Francis de Sales attempted to reform
the customs by forbidding these in
t~erchanges of love missives between
boys and girls, but in the n the
young men and maidens triumphed
and the custom continued. In France
during the same period there was a
quaint ceremony. There young peo-
pie of both sexes had their names
written on slips of paper and put in
to reccptacles. Drawings took place
in which each sex could secure q
partner from the other. 1t was GUS
tomary for the sentimental bOnd set
up by the selection so made to en-
dure for one year and no longer UNI
less sooner terminated by the mar
riage or death of the parties. During
the year each stood to the other in
the relation of Cavalier and Lady of
Beauty, the knight being bound to
honor and defend the fair one whose
name he drew, for II months at least.
this she repaid him in smiles and
silk faVors, when silk VAS obtainable.
rms same custom prevailed in Scot
and England. 1t was a particu-
larly picturesque custom in Scotland.
whore it seems the young man became
sort of medieval knight of romance
to his lady love.
In Hertfordshire, 200 years ago, it
was a st. Valentines day custom
among the poor and middle classes
for the children to assemble in one
part of the town and her go to the
home of the chief parsonage of the
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one or MeEIrU(
2rXzkea Iz2e1kkx2eC

The lace paper valentines with it's
Cupids and sentimental verses is still
popular, and hundreds of people are
engaged in manufacturing these ar
ticles. Ten years e the satin valen-
tine with celluloid t"'~mirgs was in
vogue. These WCr, rc,1l" very pref
ty with their satin putting and fancy
cut c%elluloid trimmings. There was
usually a hand painted scene In the
center with the words with my love"
just beneath it.
The picture postcard craze is re-
sponsible for a number of pretty val
ertine cards. One of the novelties is
a double or return card. On each
caro- there is a large red heart held
up by golden Cupids. On one heart
is the embossed head Of a woman and
on the other that of a man. Under
meath each are the words Your i'm
age is indelibly stamped upon my
heart" If a lady receives this card
she is supposed to return the one
which bears the face of the man to
the sender as an evidence that their
love is mutual.
The valentine of the present day
sometimes consists of candy put up
in boxes appropriate to the day. This
year the special offerings in this line
are heart-shaped boxes covered with
roses, the flower which means true
love. Heart-shaped boxes made of
fancy white paper with a dainty china
Cupid sitting on the cover is n Of
the newest. One especially handsome
o has a beautiful doll dressed in
Empire costume standing IN the lid.
The doll holds a bunch of lilies-of-
the-valley in each and. The arms
are outstretched as if offering the re-
cipient with posies. These boxes are
filled with heart-shaped candles. Bou-
quets of flowers, too, are used as VAL
e%ntines. and in these roses and lilies
of-~the-valley predominant.
The day is frequently celebrated
with parties where the old game Of
choosing partners. is played. Nat
urally, the favors and ices are in
variably in the shape of hearts. The
caterers now a special prepara-
tons for ST. Valentines day, and tha
success of the valentine parties Of
1913 depends upon the ingenuity of the
hostess to provide some novel and APP
propriate entertainment for the occa-
sion over which Cupid presides.