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I>1.M<H 'HATir WKKKI.Y. IF.nteredat lrviujrtoo P.O.aaSd olaas matter.] VA. CIll/r-.N PtBLlHHINtt CO. IIIIIIMIIKS S>-hsi ription: $1.00a year. in advance, W. R. ROWE. Opficb Manager. AH comnionieatioiia or bualnea* Irtter* aliould beaddivaaed lo Ibe Vih.,imaI'itizin. ?r\ itutou. \ a.. tu i?vi\r prumpt aitrtitlun. Krlday, May. 7 ISMMft HELP THE REABfiR Sometiines \vo fear that tht* kiml triendswhoaond tntaa lateet news to Ihe CaTBBN t l.ink tli;it th?? most tln'v atv doing b to help the paperand oootrtbute t<? its Buobess. True this is. and that they ht'lp the pajwr is ol?vi t>iis. and tli?> t'mzKN is tbankful; lmt mav we remind our eentri butora that iu srmliutr iu newe th.it appeara In our oolamna they iiiv doing far more tluui aimply aiding the editor and printer. They areentertaining the reader attheothar.eod ofthecountj, aud the man whoremoved to another St.ite years ago, but wlio feels tliat he wauts the home paper to follow him still?wauts to hear from those who weiv liis associ atea fcong ago trotn his old home ?they are helping all these. Any newa that. you may l>e ahle to send your home paper will l>e Been and read by the family in the upper eud of Laaoaater, or further still, aml the good people ?your kin ii may he, to wliom you writebui seidom?they want the newa from home. and g*t it this way. It ia ivmarkable how interestmg the simple itema that look scarcely readable to usseem to those who are far awav. and the old man calls his wtfe and says "See here, Sally, if John Jenkins has'nt gone a'nd bought the old home tract back again". or 'SammyLynn has inni-ried nt last". and so on. The people who do not get Ietters from the old neiglibornoodare always gtad to known eren of Mvialhappeninga in the "old eoiinty '*. So, kind friends. send in tbe news iteins; almust anythiug is newe to aomebody, and you may ba sniv it will be read. You may set it down that vou are reallV (?ontiilmtingnioretotheplea^ure ol your distant friends than even to th.it of the newspajrer man himself. SALGON, NO SALOON AND PRO HIBITION-THREE PIIASES. The Citizkn Bapeed with ?ke Norfolk Landmark's repvodneed editorial m to the harmfulnem of state-wide prohibition. \\V are Mtill of opiniou that the inat - ter vvould have falleu of its dwn self if uot agitated fagr the ptese opposinaT it. Werannot agree with our a* UH-iiied friend, however, in its detiuition of "local option'" and "lOCal optionists." Is it not lwgguiK the question to atlini. that this or that Democrat is for local option, explaining that n imam local self-govermnent? Do you know of a Democrat ? hquor man or temoerance man? who is not a local optionist in ilussense? But when the ttqnor question is np, |s not "local op? tionist "accepted aa meuniujr one who not only favors local option but who votes "drv" when op portunity juvseiits?" || ,|c,(.s up t liis way. The editor of the Landmark says lie would vote "wet'in Nor? folk. The editor of the Citi/.kn would vote -dry". We contend the lormer is not a "local op. t lomst" in t he geoeraUj accepted meaningof tli.- term, while the lattens. Yet the Citizen's edi? tor would oppose a state-wide prohibition niovement to forre Norfolk or any other city "dry" if a niajority of the people there oeereed othenvise. (This latter declaration may put ourattitude elear in the eyes of another Inend, the Virginian-Pilot, alao. iTisall very well to say that improvidence, extrav.iganee and vie-are the niain faetors in thel mal.ility of families to liveonthe >niall uages so many areobliged to put up with. But, given a family of say five, the hread-win ner of the t'ainilv earning only f?00 a yeai?and that is not faV below the average wage of the toiler?27 per eent of this goe.s to pav house-rent, $100 goea for rlothing (and consider how little thisis, #20 foreaehTiieniherofthe family); so is it anv wonder that the end of the year tinds that family in debt? It meana that theHe five must obtain food, fuel htfhts, pay doctors' bilte and. iii our btate, bu.v sehool-books Aud even this f 600 is notearned ?y all, for either by improvi dence, sickness, loss of time from Huspension of work and other causes entirely outside the eon tiol of the wage-earner,the aver age must fall balow the suin statetl. If ever there was a time when our Isgithators should a ppl v theniselves to the problem ol making hvinjr for the poor man caeaper that time has come VW: don't just know how to express proper sympathy for Bd ltor W. A. Land, in the the destruetion by fire of his entire newspaper plant?the Blackatone Lourier?aswe have never paaaed through the dark waters. With a loss of some eight thonaand dollars, and with only a fourth of that covered l>v ' insuranee nieansa new l>eginning, alinost at the bottom round,for our edi torfiiend. Land, by talent and eoiKniering pluek. had huilt upl one of the liest plants ainOUff country newvptapem The fra ternity without exeeption svm pathize with him. Time was when otangef orliuv-' er,vlolating thecuH law, lu most parts of Virginia oouUlpayn law.j yer ftveorteo dottars, earry lns eats to the tnagistrate or eouui \ court and escape the peiialty. For the good of tlie oyster rocks jweareglad tosay that eoiidition iafast passhajgaway. Thanksto county offieinls?roui ts. justkvs aad coinmonweulth nttortievs |a[)peals in oyster eases that COSt the State and harass the people aregiouinjiheautifullyless. Hciv along the Rappaliannock anof* fender caughl in the acl Bnds it cheaper and better to aay the linspector or justice and not ap j peal hiacase. Tliis vigorous ad Imiuisteringofthe lawon tlie paii of ofllelals is iu>t only redueing Criininal expenses and the number of fines hut is saving the oyster rocks. TlIK ohlest of the known writ ingsof man is that of the Gover? nor of Egvpt, l'tha-hotep, carry in?;- hack t<i a period some :i.OOO years before Christ. \\ e judge from what hesays that niankiml (and womankind) has not ehanged inueh in all'these 0,000 years. Ptha-hotep uiites lhat 'ifthou will pe wise. fui-nisii thy houee well; iroo thy wife aml do not ouarrel with her: nourish her. deek her out. for line diess is her delight. EVrfutne her. make her ghul. as long as thou livest; she is a hlessing whieh her poseeaaor should treat aabecomea htaown standing ]te llut linici,?| to |,t>|. Hvidentlv old 1'tha knew sonie thing about the inelinations o| the fair sex. and i4 would seein thal these have not great Iv ehanged since then. Thk prohleiii of the schoolboy was "principal and interest": the problem of the present day poli titian is a struggle betweeu "principle and interest". Prinei ple prompts his vote with the old line Democrats; interest seems to impel him in the diree tion of voting the other way. U he does not vote to protect pen nuts. lunilier. cottOD and South ern prodnets he will l?e turned down by his eonst ituents. i! be votes tlie other way he will be <lassed as a convert' to Republi '?auisui. The ?ie\ il on oneside, thedeeji. deep sea on the other. Most of them seem disposed to try thedevil if only for experi ment. Truly the lines are casl in hard places for the average Soutbern Oonffressman, TuKiuanwhohasn't theabilitv. pluck or enera;y to 'get there'* on any proposition in life ia the "eqiieelingeat" pte in the peu when honors. positioii or pros perityeonie tOthe fellow who has the git upand git". Theeroaker would gladlv take the job, t he salary or the prosperiiv if he coiild get it, for? The atrenous ruah for money Or gain of any kind? The Klit'rinfc*, grinding triumi?h Of matter over mind ? Don't count usgrave offenaes Of morala gone aatray Among the alaves of progresa ? When It Comes Your Way. _.J A M i:s CALLAHAN, of I >el;i w;i n?. 2:Ti years old and rather lobust. thought he was man enough to beat his wife. But just then his wife's father. a genileinan of Nl\ eame along and interfered with ?lanies's ainuseineiit. thrashing the son-indawsothorongldvtha7 he had to he taken to the hospi tal for surgieal repairs. Which pmves that it isn't always wise to trust to age's daevepitode. A rscbnt bequeet of a philan thropist is of a fund fort hest >;,) v of women. No \\st>; wc'vo been studying the one supposed to rule in the quarteis wheiv we lodge. but after 20 years we eon elude we do not e'ven know he language she's writtenin. CRISP NEWS. The first atrawberries shipped to market from Virginia this year weut from the Eastern Shore Tuesday. Fishing steamer Wicomico, of th* Morria Fisher works, Reodville, is in Baltimore having new boiler andengine built and installed by the E. J. Codd company. News has been received here to the effect tiiat ex-President Rooseyelt has kilied three lions, and Kermit, his son and hunting companion, has kilied one, all of normal size. The building occupied by the Black stone Courier and its contents at Black stone, Va., were destroyed by fire Monday night. Loi8 about $S,0GO with only $2,000 insurance. SWANSON FOR PRESIDENT. iTimea- Dispatch. ] Oneof Mr. Bryan's mostzealoussup porters in the last campaign was the New York Realty Journal. In the last issue of that publication we find quoted with approval an article from the New York World, of April 21, ex |preasing the hope that Mr. Bryan will I continue to work for democratic prin ciples but that he will not undertake | again to be the candidate of the demo cratic party for president. The Realty Journal adds that it does not believe that Mr. Bryan will be the party's nominee in 1912, but that the nominee will be selected from a li.st of fifteen favorite sons. The leading candidate. according to the Journal, at present are George B. McClellan. Thomaa R. Mar shall, Judson Harmon, John A. John son, David R. Francis, C. A. Culberscn and Claude A. Swanson. This is the first definite suggeation we have seen of Governor Swunson as a poasible nominee for president. ( , r tainly the idea will be received v?-ry warmly in Virginia. CE GOOD, MR. TUCKER. lAccntme Nowa.l We retjr*.t exoveduigly a mud alinglng ! .onteat between two good Democrat v napirlng for the aarne ofllce, and f*l proud of the fuct that Judge Man* h? d been able to control himself in ti?? ^ce of the attack* aaadci npaa him uy his op.H.nent for the Demo.ratfj nomina t!<?n for Governor of thi* State. We :uv proud of the fact bee#,use we favor hia cuus.-. and would regret his falling into the same breach of decorum. However much our regrets we feel it is h?Kh time for his friends to take a hand. and we would rdmonish Mr. Tucker that tho_\ do not feel inclined to stand iuly by and allow the mud sling mg to be a one-sided matter. We pro pose to take a shot at the seemingly wnpn^nable Mr. Tucker. who has in vited it ever since his speech at Acco aaac C. II. on last court-day. That ?paach has k-ft a bad taste in our mouth that we cannot rid oursolves of and re poi ts of his speech from arross the bay in this district confirms ouropinion that Mr. Tucker proposes to keep this thing up until somebody gets busy. So here goes. Mr. Tucker, you were empioyed, as we understand it. at the munificent sum of ten dollars a day along with Booker Washington to father the move m* nt for compulsory education in the South and at Athens, Ga., in 1902, at the instigation of millionaire Robt. C Ogden and his coterie of educated Yankees you spoke as being unequiv ocally in favor of compulsory education without any qualilication as to the local option feature. Now we understand you as having turned turtle, and having *een the light of day now that you are not a paid hireling but a candidate for guberna? torial honors in your native State. Did you realize that to force compul? sory education on Virginia would mean that every negro child in the State between certain ages would be forced into a school-house to be educated at the expense of the white people of Virginia who have practically all the taxes to pay? Do you not think the negro is getting suffkient education out of the five millions we appropriate for the schools of Virginia, or do you think we should give up our entire revenues in order to make more schools for negroes and whites, mostly negroes, under a compulsory education law? If you are for local option as a great Democratic doctrine, then why not let each community settle this matter for Keetf, and elect its members of the Legislature comrnitted to educating negroes on the basis you are charged with advocating if the white people of Virginia will stand for it. We know they will not. Now will you be good! POLITICAL. Chairman Kllyaon has calledthe State Committee for Friday niRht, May 14, in Richmond. to set a date for the j ri mary. Judge Mann thrilled and charmed his friends at Montross last Monday. and the writer believes he will make us a Governor that both Mr. Tucker and his friends will be proud of.-Seldom in N. N. News. It looka like the county will cast a majority of its vote for Mann for Gov? ernor.-Free Laaaa mtaa on King George. With the possible exception of the little county of Jtichmond. indications are that the whole Northern Neck will go for Mann. Too much politics may easily become a nuisance. If we are going to have a Democratic State convention to "formulate the party politics" every time we have a State primary. and both every time we have. a state elec tion. we shall get very little time to rest -if we take any interest in poli? tics.?Norfolk I^ndmark Mr. Tucker is taking great paina to explain to the people of the State. and especially tothe people of the Tidewater section who lost their money, that he was not the business but the soeial head of the Jamestown Expopition. If he should by any chance be elected Gover nor of Virginia, we wonder whether he would be the soeial or the business head of the Commonwealth. - Accomack Newa. J. M. Harris, a welNknown business man of l.lacksfone, knows something of the conditions and feelings in his county. He aaid: "Nottoway will practically vote solidly for Judge Mann. The opposition to him is personal or due to his temperance record ofmanyl years. The county is a small one, and should give 400 majority for Judge Mann out of a possible vote of 500 to 600. The Judge's enemies in his own county do not question his character or ability." THOSE PROPOSED DEBATES. The report of the Christiansburg meet? ing where Judge Mann refused Mr. Tucker's proposition of joint debate was partisanly colored by the Times Dispatch man, as now transpires. Jucfee Mann was prepared for a joint debate and although a inud-slinging canvass is di.stasteful to him, and conducive to party disruption, if the Mongomery com mittee had permitted it Judge Mann would have waded in. Supportera of Judge Mann, knowing Mr. Tucker to be running a losing rac*i, view it as Demo crata have in the paat in Virginia about declining joint debates with Republi cans. Tucker, like the Itepublicans. has nothing to lose and everything to 'ffnia. At Lebanon this week when Tucker challenged. Mann accepted on terms of one hour each to be followed by ten minutes each. This was rejected by Tucker unless Mann would tie himself down to tensimilaragreements through out the State, which the Judge natur ally refused to do. KILLED BY STORMS. One hundred and sixty-aeven persons are known to have been killed, 2,000 have bet n injured, millions of dollara' wonh of property and cropa has been drstroyed, whole villages have been swrpt < ut of existence, and the means of communication and transportation completely demoralizrd, by the terrific stmms which swept rorth andnortheast through the Mississij j i valley April 30 and May 1. Many parts of the south were afflict ed, this biesscd xclon escaping. JUDGE ?m n noRTHAMPTON. aa (Tlniaa. CkpaCtiarlaa.) JT iling with th. fta i? their order. he |*? ->orated of course upon the methoda 1 y which he pr?:>ojed their accomplish ment. Then he paid hia respects to hia opponent. Mr. Tucker, after a manner which demonstrated that while amanof moderation and modeety he(Mann) lacka nothmg of the manly aggressivene??s needful in theadminiMration of a aound tongue thrashing; answering to the sat hafaction of all present the aevernl questiona propounded by Mr Tucker i and which some friends of the latter havesought to represent as unanswered he pressed the warfare into the inner moat courta of the enemy's camp bv ask.ng Mr. Tucker some questiona which as a matter of fact are as yet unanswered. What, among other things he asked. was Mr. Tucker doing for tocal option during his occupancy of the (hairof Constitutionallaw at Washing? ton and Lee when an election was held m the town of Lexingto.^ As one in a potential position for the shaping of human thought nnd character at the Umveralty. did he place before the young men there the example of adry vote or a wet vote? Declaring that he would do hia antagonist no injustice he preferred that Mr. Tucker answer on ? he hustings for himaelf. Commenting upon the fact that despite thirty-five years of public service. his enemies had found only five minutes in which they charged him with recreance to the tem? perance cause-which heexplained with his accustomed clearness - he asked them topoint to five minutes of Mr. Tucker's pohtical career when he had done any thing for the advancementof that Rreat question. Altogether, it was a Mann day. and Mann was equal to its requirements there with the goods." as some put it and they went iike hot cakes tobe aure WHAT ABOUT FAIR PLAY. What Ia ThoiHrht of the Bojdtoa nUcnsaloa by Local Ob.arvata A good deal has appeared in different papers concerning the unfairness ac corded Judge Mann by Mr. Tucker in their joint discusaion at Boydton on the 19th instant. In the issue of the ChaHe City Progreas of laat week, which is publiBhed in Mecklenburg county and whose editor heard the discusaion the following written by some citiien of Chase City and addressed to the editor gives his vlew of the matter. The communicatlon ia headed "Fair Play" and is as followa: Editor Prog?ehsTClty'V,l?Apri,22? Jomt discussions are seldom desirable for the reason that few men have them selves under perfect control and the temptation to take undue advantaje of reststed by them. We had this dearly demon-trated at Boydton Monday in ihe jotnt discussion between the two candidate. for the Governorsnfp ?f Virginia. Judge Mann acceptedi the terms as offere3 by Mr. Tucker. and his dignilied speech of an hour. which was rree from all feeling showed clearlv that he expected only a mjuare deal; but the end did not justify this conclusion M r Tucker had 20 minutes and Judge Mann only 10 in which to close. All exid-in" tions a.ked for by Jud*e Mann were nnssed without notice by Mr Tucker and he f.lled hia 20 minutes with ques? tions and charges. which would have retjutred an hour to anawer. knowing that Judge Mann had only 10 minutes that Mr Tucker gained any new laurels oncourtday. Fair Play. JUDGE MANN AND MR. TUCKER. The Evening Journal. of Richmond. is leaving "no stone unturned" to cre ate sentiment against Judge Mann and in favor of Mr. Tucker. So far as we have observed. the news^p. rs favor ing Judge Mann'scandidavy have not up to thia time. felt it m lajSjlJ to go muck-raking in his favor. but have been content to place him before the people on his own merita. But from one end of tho State to the other. and even beyond the limits of the State, thecountry has been ransacked, musty records dug out of duat covered debria and everything tangible or imaginnry supposable orgueasable. which could be strained into argument, has been brought forward and spread before the voters in the eflfort to prejudice public sentiment in favor of Mr. Tucker. So far as we can judge this course on the part of the Evening Journal has not injurtd but rather aided Judge Mann's candidacy. Such a course ar gues weakneas on the part of Mr. Tuck? er. A strong man need never throw I [ mud at or upon his opponent, and seek public favor because of the weakness of his opponent rather than because of his own strength. Such a course ia, alao, an acknowledgement of the strength of Judge Mann. The Journal knows that he is the preference of a large majority of the people of the State-logical candidate for the cffice which he seeks, and that heroic meas ures must be adopted if he is defeated. His nomination and election is a fore gone conclusion, and our contemporary is doomed to sit down to a diah of crow later on.?Clinch Valley News. CHAMELEON DEMOCRACY. "The Richmond Democrats and par ticularly the Richmond Democratic pa? pers are still confused and diaturbed with the problem as to whether thev are local Democrats, state Democrats, national Democrats or one or two or all three of these several kinds, parcels I and varietiea of Democrats, national i Democrats or like the News-Leader an j entirely independent, unshackled un- ! whipt, uncontrollable and unspottahlc Democrat who reserve the privilege of changing their status before. at, or after a primary or conyerjtion in which they take part, maintaining atail timea. likewise, the privilege of authority in advising. guiding and directing the policies of the party and at the same time of abuaing, disorganizing, demor alizmg and "side-awiping" it to do their hearts' content. Why don'i th?> insurgent sivgding, unhitehable Rich? mond Democrats form a Democratic party of their own. on the broad and patriotic hasia that nobody in the or i ganization is expected to do whab any | body else wants to do, or todo the mum I thing twice or to abide by any vote ,.f | the membership at any time, on any question?every man in fact to do just as he durn pleases-everybody. how? ever, to remain and be recognized as good and true Richmond Democrats." ? Henry Bulletin. IN CAROLINE. ??v. A. BroadtliiH Wrlt*N on th* "nbarnatorlttl IVuleat ii, the Free timnn Fr?? I ;|;i(.(.. Sparta, Va., April 22. 1909. Little intereat aeeme to be taken in the gubernatorial nomination. Both candidates have their following. Some who were supporters of Judge Mann tlve year* ago are now oppuaing him be ^use()f his vote in the Uhea matler. VNh.le I think it was shown that Judge Khea's reputation was not such aa a man ought to have for the position l.e holds. it does seem to me rather un fair to heap on Judge Mann the ohi, f blame of Rhea's confirmation when every member of tho committee of investigation. except one. favor. d the confirmation and a majority of the Legislature upheld their report. And isn't it strange that there are those who thus heap on Mann their l.itterest maledictions and who at the same time have been and continue to be the most ardent supporters of the Governor who made the appointmcnt and used all his infiuence to secure the confirmation, and whose responsibility for it is far greater than that of any other man in the State? Please understand that. I am not uphoiding or defonding Judfaj Mann in this matter. I am not. Hut I do like tosee people just. and it is not just to blame one man almnst wholly for an act which was shared as largely by others. There is one other thing I wish to say to those who may read ihe.se lines and who are really the friends of temper ance legislation. Judge Mann has been actively and prominently connect, d with about all temperance legisl.it ion in this State for the past tCfl years or mor To him more than to any other one n.an we owe many of the laws now on the statute books controlling or prohibirine the sale of liquor. Now that temper ance enactments have become iKipula. and many have flocked to the .tandard. let us not forget what we owe this man wno fought for us in the daya when it was unpopular to do *n. \n the dark daya of our need he stood hy us at the nak of hia own public career. Shall we now be so ungrateful aa to turn our backs on him and give our aupport to one who. so far aslam informed. never raised his voice for temporano- until h. hecame a candidate for the rovernor< ship? A WORD TO WIVES. Do not take your husband inro your full confidence. Keeji all those ngly little toiletsecret to yourself. If you piece outyourscanty, locks with switch and pulTs, hide them where he will not see them. A f t iend of mine carrn d the necret of two false teeth to her death-bed bacaaaa she knew that he detested them, and the kt.owkdge ol the manner in which she tried to s|,ar,. his Caalafi made him pai ticuiarly t.-n der to her mrmory. Battia Utadtia. FISH AND OYSTfcR NOTES. Shud. perch and h.-rring aaafj pU-nti ful, and above here in .\Yw K. nt two large sturgeon have aSM eaught, which sold for nearly $|<H) each. Wcat Point item. Oyster farming in Ameriradates l.aek t" th.- jaaaff \au, when aertale River (N. Y.) SfStMlaW, olw-erving that young ejStetl fastened in gr.-al numbers featfci asetti of etfc r eyaWra, ataited tlie practu-e ?f shelling their beda and the ground contiguoua totheai just before spawning time. CHRISTIANS STILL DYING. Some two weeks a^o five thousand Ctwlatiaaa ia Aaiatieaad Boiopaaa Tur key were butclured by Mahomeduii.--. and thia week ten thousand victims in Asia were add.-d to the list and lifteen thouaand made homeless. Men, women and childr* n are d>ing for Christ today in graatar numbers than in the days of Konian pai tions. LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS* PERIL A very dangemus accident oceui r? d j just ouuide Little Wioomico rivor Tbura? day of last week. Capt. Jamea Williams and mate, tenders of the Smith's Point | hght, had their boat tocapsize, and nar rowly eacaped drowning. They stay<d on the upset boat one-and-a-half hours. but at the crisis were rescued by J. T Crockett, William McGet and I. IL Hall. Mr. Williams was badly injured. CARD OF THANKS. Editor Virginia Citizen: Dear Sir,-Will you please allow us" spaee in your valued paper to express our thanks to the Masons for their kindnessand noble generosity in aAfiag the corner-stone of our church with their beautifuland impres.siveceremony and afterwards donating nuney to pay the remaining debts on our little church. We know not how toexpressour thanks, but will simply say we are profoundly grateful to them and trust and beiieve our Heavenly Father will reward th? m. O. J. Shki.ton, i BLUB C. Richardson, [ Building Com. T. S. Beent, ) DON'T ENDORSE NOTES. The system of endorsing is all wrong and should be utterly abolished. It has been the linancial ruin of more nun. than peihaps. all other causes, Hook keeping. a journal devot. d to merchants, clerks ar.d business men, advisea our young men especially to study the matter carefully in its beaiings, and adopt some sottled policy to govern their conduct so as to be ready to an swertheman who asks them to siKn his note. What reKponsibihty doeso.,e asaume when he endorsea a note? Simply this: He is hei.J for the pay ment of the amount in full, principal and interest, if the maker of the nolo through miafortune, mismanagement or rascality. fails to pay it. Notiee the endoraer assumes all this reaponsi bdity. with no voice in the manage ment of the business and no share in the projits of the Iransaetion if it proves prefitabV] but with a certainty of loss if for any of the reasona statrd the maker fails to puy the note - West Point News. Snaa hes All Kn-o ds. Aa an all-ruund laxativa tonio and haalth I.uiW^r noothfcr pillamn o,.mparo with |>,. KinR'n Naw Llfa Pilla. Th??y tone an.l r^ulalo ?t.?n?oh llverand kldn*y?. purify t?.. l.l.^nl. *t aaactfMBI the nervca. our* Oonatipatlon. Dyap^ia. Biliou?n.?,s Jaundio*. H?adach#. Chill* an.l Malaiia. Try thara. 25c at all DruraiaU. PL ANT WOOO'8 8KCDS ?or Suptior Ccopa, Cow Peas Th? Best and Surost Cropping of Summer Soil-improviri* and Forage Cropa. Makes poor land rich; makes rich land more productive, and im proves the condition and produc tiveneaB of soils wherever they are grown. * The erop can be cut for forage, \< making a large-yielding and most f nutntious feed, and the land can * be disked afterwards?not plowed ?making an ideal fertilixation and preparation for wheat and all fali aown graios. All of our Cow Peas and Soja Beans are reclefcned, free from huUs and ltn mature MU ?u;?erlor both ln cleanllnem aud quallty, and of tested germlnatlon. Wltta for prirea aud "Wood'i Crop ap*o al Klvlng tlmely luformatlon aV bout Seasonable Farm Hoeds. T. W. W00D& SONS, Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. WANTED. OAK AND CHESTNUT X TIES chestnut Telegraph Poles, white and re<l oak boards. Address. B?.x 1SI Citizkn Office, Irvington, Va. BARCAINS. 1 have just roceived an elegant stock Df? Laala-M* tiiie drosH g<?o?ls. uixler W ,,r Whlto Uooda. LaaeOfL 1 '"'?r??i(h>..v. Fiue Klioe* ? Hdies' H1..1 c;#MitN Iow and nlyli cut in Tan aml Black which nre strictly up-to-date, at prices ? ommensurate with the times. Mv assortment is complete. Conio nnd m-A" Miirt l?c eonvinced. li*A>. COTTINCJHAM. Ottoman, Va. Nafl PKEIUHT ON KILH DRIED P1NE LUMBER, ROUGH AND DRESSED, FLOORING, CHIUHG, SIIUNG, M0ULD1NGS, ETG. BOWLERS WH8FF, VA. P. ?-;i?FR WKITZEL A BKO. J S. KMciir. Jlanatcer. Davis 100 per cent Pure Paint is the IlEST-the VEkY BEST-that brains. machinery and honor can make REGARDLBSS OF 008T. It raalaiaa ONLY the best and most costly ii.^redients known to Paint Sci ence. Don't you U.ink this is the kind of Paint you wr.nt on your property? Vl?l* CANN gf Hf|r IlKlTUt Davis- tOO per eent Pure Paint will stand llw'Uat of the moat iiKi<l I'u,e Paint Law. l"or sale hy f. a. Gunby & tkaM. Irvin^toti, Va, What would be more appret-iated than a well linished and good like aaaa of a friend or relative? Then why not go to WM. FREEMA.V. PHOTOCRAPHER. 2G8 and 270 MAIN ST.. norfolk, - msinii Who is considerod one of the best in the south. PlCfUatl FKtMES. IASIMAN K01.AKS AND SL'PPLIKS. Special attention to finishing for amateurs. ,uu INVITATIONS fO.50 (Kngr?ve.l ti p|irr I'lalr) Handsomely Engraved. Rich in Stvle and quality including inside and outside envelopes, neatly boxed. TheJiP?rice named ?? for eight lines add 25 cents for additional line. Delivered prepaid to any addrcsa. bamples on retjueat. Our? engraving gives an iinpression of dignity and good tasle. *&uvntfa?%fa CHARLES & LOMBARD STS BALTIMORE. NO USE TAY1NG BIG PR1CES FOR JEWELRY. ggas gaes ??: -svsa >? always up to the minute in Htyl* and quality -A FEW Sl EOIALS. IjuJiea' Solid G..U1 Wat. h. ?,r ?? M . . lEIuinorWallham) ?C0O up Men a Pi,ljd Cold Watrh. S9S -^ , , IF.IK'i.M.rWaUhaml ?.0O up IjuIick aaaiaWaGoU.ftaaa WatriMn, $1000 uo Buva' C. ? . .V.Ti'u'" V!"X ?""''t? <iuaiat.tr*d| aajpa naal BMai Waeehaa. ?7 60 Un HuiHlr?lsof Watch?, to akaMM from. Name your -BEADQUAJTWOtt KOK WEDDING R1NCS - 1.1UU...11.1 Ensacaaaaait !<>?*?. tiu aa _ Otbar Dmn,,.,,,! Rhjc ?.O0. ?10.00 aud $K "P Kxlra valm-M *w.w BoM GaU Laaaaa' an.l Mi.s??,- Rinirs. $1 w up V\ i,rn you have a Weddlnir Pmmi to buy writa Z?nZ?? i?????iw*ai aud we wiU oTuote jWM. J. MILLER. ? I'AI.TIMORE'S .IEWELEK ? ; 28 F Pai o. Sl.. BAITIMORE. aaO. Refrr, t'ue, "The Etlitor." Wm "?'?'?*ru. a?%>, N. Kernl. O K. tierbard. GIRHIRD, RIEO l CO.. Itd TAILOR8. Mafcera of ao?>d t.'lotho-, I l?s V. K.H.4W Ht., (Srcood Flo.a ) KAI.TIMORK. .tlla. Wrli?? for hi> (!???. GOWAN'S """Stssr^ S3SiM?TaSfaS^S lUducrt 1-tvtr All Dru,.i*t*. 25c. io \l 00 NweUiu* rAID Pr CaPITAL $1.000 000, Your Money Will be SubjeGt to Check and Draw 3 per Icent interest. |Sla7aSaai?rLr ? *. ?.<L^**2*g *?? .? ?" *!?<% UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY, tMI?KM hUl KRVI8ION OF U. 8. TRBA8URY. ?? HRADI.EY WAVIUSOM Preaident. KMHAhb F. CLAUWHTON.Traaaarar. WASHINGTON, 0. 0. ^acrcRCNcc PFIftST NATIONAL r BANK BALTIMORE. MO S. M. LYELL & CO. General Gommission Merchants ?*?? OFFICE 4 WABEHOUSE. 4 E. CAMDEN ST BALTIMORE, MO. ragjsa a>lH UaWU gjiTSpTfTgg WALTEll SWINNEY Li \l\ ViVu- VH& 2* ' CLOTHING, tinua" LTr* m ' TA1LORING, Baltimore, M,i. FURNISHING forMe^tTErDofiaA8^,allrhi88rrn0f w-d-f"?yKood aui.s Likea, Berwanger & Co MISTER MERCHANT AND OTHERS): YOU CAN WORK THIS EXAM PLH, AND NOBODY CAN m YOU ON TBE RESULT. PARDON US FOR ASKING. THEN. WHY MONEY CAN BE FOOLED OUT OF YOUR POCKET BY HIGII-RATE INSURANCE COMPANIES? You are payim", or asked to pay. from 2 to 6 per cent a year-or $20 to ?60-on a $1,000 insurance pollcy. It has cost .,. ..erase of ?s.31 for tl,, ba* pmperties ,nd J1K ? t ... S1.000 for five yeara (entram-e feos and aaaeasments oombine,!)! FIGURE, AND ACT, FOR YOURSELP. Respectfully, NORTNERN NECK MUTUAL FIRE ASS0CIATI0N. ($10,000 capital atoek paid up ) Irvington, Va. *r COMPARATIVE HTATEMKNi SOME EXAMPLES IN CLASS X FOR PAST FOUR YEARS (All calculationa based on $1,000 insurance. for the period of one year.) 1905 1906 1907 1908 TOTAL MST 4 KEAJg AV1RAGE PER CE?T Rdte 25^ $15.84 8.75 26.25 13 75 $64.59 Little over Rdte3 $18.75 9.75 30.75 15.75 $75 00 Little over li peritnt. 1 i. ,kl'^' I E".trance '?* "nd aaaesamenta (all coata) included in above ??,. 1 . the cheipeat as8e.8n.ent rating in Ibi. Claaa; rate 2 ia the a??Ll --! tire. duHn* t.fty jeare. it ?! worst riskron,int?r^-plhrecehnt'',M' >"' *? **? racts are facta, and "figirers don't lie" is> ,k- j L . There is every reaaon to believe trLTlow rate* willl " reC?rd ** JSl*1 ahip increases. 8 WlU conl,nue aa our memlw r thir,eeAn ???*" " C'~ X "*? -d tW? -*- h claas A | We are 1896 1M{>7 1808 1899 1900 1901 1902 HERE'S A RECORD BREAKER # 96,D70 l.'lo.TTO 202,865 258,965 21)7,400 817.090 879,906 1908, 11)01, 1905, 1908, 11107 1908, * 529,870 658,878 l,M4.r.LM 1,740,489 2,224,935 2,781,342 In four years the business of our home fire a*wv*?.i~ has nr.ore than quadrupled, as shown above S arting in 696 with less than a hundred thousand dollars. there s 30 lme: that much on our books today-more than three mUHons Tf