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Friday, .Fune 18, 190?.~
POOB OYSTEB SEASON.
The Baltimon oatmn have
toW us that Maryland, as the
other States, wenl through the
past season the niosl disustrouB
one in years. They, as all Fair
niinds, ailn.it that it was not
[rom a searcitv <>F oysters bu1
rrom thegeneral business denres
s"'"- ???'''' are some extracts
froni those papen:
From a monetary viewpoint the sea?
son just ending was not a success. This
was not due, it is said, to any falling off
in the supply of Oyaten, but the result
of thegeneral business depression. Those
who make it a business to catch oysters
are complaining bitterly of their luck.
not on the oyster beds, but in the market.
Throughout the season dozens of cargces
were brought to this market by boatmen
who could only dispose of their catches
at a loss. Before the season was half
over many of those who have for years
made it a business to catch and freight
oysters were compelled to abandon
the trade for some other more profitable
occupation.- Baltimore News.
There is reason to believe that there
w*re not sold during the past eight
rm.nths from Maryland bottoms one
ftxth the quantity of oysters which
annually were marketed during the
ivnod when there were more than one
hundred packing houses in Baltimore
handhng the mollusks. But, notwith
standing the fact that the Maryland
jrWd has been so vastly reduced, there
has bgjgg] very general complaint among
oystermen that prices have ranged low.
It H not difflcult to undersUnd why the
l)u!k of the Maryland oystercron nlar^l
upon the market during the past season
CgJtad to command satisfactory prices.
Hiere are twoapparent reasons: first a
great many of the lots otfered for sale
wa*g just as small as the law will allow
them to be. Large sized oysters
selects"-have brought good pric-s
during the past season, aa during other
seasons. The seeond reason is that
oysters marketed from the farmed bot
toms of Rhode Island, Connecticut.
New Jersey and Virginia are allselects.
The oyster farmer does not waste his
crop by shipping it at a half developed
stage. And these cultivated oysters
aro driving the inferior natural yield
from the interior markets.
DIVINO R)R OYKTKUs.
iMvin- for cnrsten nmst have
beena jery ,,]<l ,rit-k, ?s ii??,..r.
who lived probably 8,000 reara
npo, refera to such a enstom.
i atroirjos, having Rtrudc his
antagonisj in tbeforehetid with
;? stone, the latter IV11 headfore
niost from his ehariot, when his
^queiwexclaima: -Out on it.
now oimble a man, how lightlv
^dwirfW Y...-I, if perehanS be
were on the teemhig deep, this
man would satish manybjsstk
m$ for oysters, feapingfroni the
jhip, rrveowereitetormyweather.
verfly among the Trojans
tnere l>c diving men."
A \ irginia judge says he knows fifty
cit.zens who keep more than two quarts
of whiskey in their homes at all tirnes
l.ueky judge.?Haltimore News.
K^i^thetwoquarta?han?v
leasinitaalf, the trouble is that it
will not keep, bul leakaout Half
aguJIon ofcorn juk?8eie.yIocked
in coeeupboard ieinnocaoua, but
the raischiel is in baaoent draw
iii?-id tbecork. No, Judge, the?
<1<mi t keep it.
i eople claiming to bv bandi
capi>eU l?y circumstarjcee ehould
the Btorv, recentlv
re
lished
<>i' an oiiio law
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loel both liai.dsin a
?u,;,;;'<-.;7'<l whohae learned to
?mtewithapen betweenhis teeth
--iearned ao u.ll that J.,. takea
down anawenin courl exaraina
u,,,| giaat rapidity.
!><?n t sit 00 ttaeepring gofa in
aatortn, forMiasMarr, ofOkla
noma waa doin- this with her
??'???'? during .1 aeyere thunder
etorni when lightning atruck the
npiiHe, Rhorl circaited with the
Jteel sprniga of tl?. s,,ia, Ihrew
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udj'alapon deeceading
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nadeanappronriation of *20O
J00 tora new lii-l. school? frJ.
ington cituens cannot hone t,?
approxiinatethisbul theyeando
a k>1 towards defraying the eosi
<>t lraprovingour now highschool
iHiildiiiir. i
Skvknty young men ofa west.
ern coDege have been sentenced
to ivir.ni, from talking to the
pnafora u,vk. .u last thegirfa
have liii'irciiamo. "
Uats coal oof eoantry tlOfl -
opo.OOOayear, atri these are not
tbeaort thatareaaed in-thai i*
Uu>y are live rata.
WINS OYSTER SlIT.
The SiipraniP i ourl Agala Ipholda,
the i omtuisBloa of Fiaherl* .
The Supreme Court last week re
vers?.d the Circuit Court of Nangemond I
which latttr had declared unconstitu-1
tional a statuta that eropowers the Corn- j
mission of Fisheries to remove stakes
of planters encroaching upon the nat
ural rocks. W. W. Old & Son were
counsel for the State and JefTries &
Wolcott for the plant* rs.
The case was the suit of the Hamp
ton Roads Oyster Company against the
Board of Fisheries, and was of more
than a year's standing. The Oyster
Company, after having been given time
to remove their oysters from natural
grounds staked in in the Nansemond
river, refused to remove their stakes.
Upon the order of Chairman Lee the
steamer Commodore Maury pulled the
stakes and threw the ground open to
tongers. Then suit waa brought against
the Board in Nansemond court, which
judgment was against the Board. The
eaaa was appealed by the State, and
last week the Supreme Court, in an
opinion of thirty-five pages, unanimous
ly reversed Judge McLemore, corn
pletely vindicating the Board of Fish?
eries and declaring the latter had au
thority to protect the public oyster
Ki-ouniJs from invasions of all kinds.
While the Board has gpaat more than
a thousand dollars in defending this
suit, it is well worth it aince there
would have bten no statute to protect
the Baylur Survey if this one had been
held unconstitutional.
The Commi8sion of Fisheries has been
eminently sucressful in its important
and coHtly suita, winning all three?the
ones of E. C. Jordan on the Eastern
Shore; W. S. Boneville in Warwick and
this Nansemond case, all of vital im
portance to the people of Tidewater.
M?. TUCKER IN MATHEWS.
iFrOm MathcwH Juurnal.l
It would be fooliah to deny that Mr.
Tucker's speech on yesterday waa a
good one or to say that he did not
handle the subjects upon which he
touched cleverly and ingeniously, but
it is also true that had his speech dealt
more with his own claims and less with
insinuations against and denouncement
of his opponent it would have in all
probability gained him more votes. It
U rather remarkable for a man to state
that he believes another man to be
honest and then Insinuate that he ,iag
done things of which no honest man
would be guilty. Such action is incon
sistent to say the least, but this is
what Mr. Tucker did on Tuesday.
It is possible to injure a man more by
insinuation, inuendo and sneering re
marks than could possibly be done by
bold accusations, which he could deny
and prove false. This seems to be Mr.
Tucker's special forte and it seems that
Judge Mann hewed close to the line
when he said in answer to one of Mr.
Tucker's challenges:
"I do not wish the Senate Journal to
be regarded as a sealed book, as you
have taken orcasion to state. I have
no objection whatever to your quoting
from it; but I do most emphatically ob
ject to, and protest against your ineor
rectly atating the facts to my prejudice
as you have frequently done".
POLITICAL
If Judge Mann has the support of the
machine people, the temperance peo?
ple and the liquor people, as is charged
by Mr. Tucker's friends, how in the
name of the seven blind goats of Go
shen does Mr. Tucker expect to be elec?
ted.?Mathews Journal.
While not feeling inclined to take any
very aetive part in a fight between two
worthy Democrats for the gubernatoriul
nomination, this paper has not failed to
indicate in terms that have been un
mistakable that it would like to see
Judge Mann the next Governor of Vir?
ginia. His service to the cause of tem?
perance, when that cause was not ns
popular as it is today. is one of the
reasons leading us to believe that he
merits substantial recognition.-Glou
cester Tribune.
It is probably because James Trehy
the 4'boss" of Norfolk, is supporting
Judge Mann that Mr. Tucker is charg
mg a league with the "whisky ring
bosses." But he must show better
proof than that. Mr. Trehy makes
public reply as follows: "Judge Mann
has been my friend. He is for local op
tion and so am I. We are all for local
option and so is Judge Mann. What
little influence I have I shall use with
my friends to support Judge Mann."
Further than the statement quoted Mr
Trehy refused to talk. He said he did
not see why anyway he should express
pubhcly his convictions on the matter
as he did nothing the public was inter
ested in. When told that everybody
wanted to know. Mr. Trehy smiled
that's all.
Out of the maze of evidence pro and
con in behalf of the respective candi
dates for the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination the glaring fact is para
mount that none other than Judge
Mann is entitled to the honor. As in
1905 this gentleman of the old school
began his campaign on the solid rocks
ofthemeritsystem, asking no favors
save those he was honestly and justly
entitled to for the many years of ser?
vice to his party, and especially for the
many years of his activity in the moral
uphft of the people of his State His
record and the impression he has made
in pubhc life caused such profound con
viction among hisconatituents throueh
out the State, that he alone was en?
titled to the honor that his opponent felt
it necessary to begin a campaign of
personalities and mud slinging in order
to muster around him the corterie of
malcontents who are expected to fur- I
nishwhat willie termed on thefinall
reckoning day a complimentary vote for "
Mr. Tucker.-Accomac News
JUDGE MANN ON SOUTHSIDE.
In addition to his appointment at Ur
banna on June 24th, Judge Wm. Hodges
Mann will speak at Tapp^hannock next
Monday. court day, and at two other
points in Essex county the 22d and 23d
He will speak at some Middlesex
point the afternoon or nipht of 24th
and the following day in Mathews
county and later in Gloucester.
THE REUNION.
Yeterans and Ladies in the Great*
est Evcnt They Ever Held.
Clad in the rough gray homespun
which they wore in the sixtieg and
carrying theancient rifles, 10.000 United
Confederate Veterans marched at Mtm
phis, Tenn.. in what waa probably the
last big parade in which they will ever
participate. Some of them wore strag
gling beariis aa gray as their uniforms,
and there were many empty sleeves.
The heat was intense?the culmina
tion of three days of the warmest
weather Memphis has had in years.
The sun beat down pitilessly upon the
usphalted streets and *as thrown back
into tbe faces of the heavily clad vet?
erans as they marched along. Com
manders of divisions and brigades di
rected that the older and feebler mem
bers of their commands should drop
out. But orhcers reported that they
could find no men old enough or feeble
enough to take advantage of the indul
gence.
Bands from all over the South, 26 of
them. were interspersed here and there
through the parade, and when steps
lagged or aged legs trembled, stirring
notes of "Dixie," or "Maryland, my
Maryland," were sufficient to reinvigor
ate the marchers. Everywhere were
tlags -the stars and burs of the lost
cause.
C.lRl.S HEADED DIVISIONS.
At the head of each division rode the
sponsora and maids of honor. Sputhern
liirls, wore huge crimsqn shoujder
knots that told of their proud posit.op.
The uniformed choir girls (sorne from
Lancaster) rode in tioats and created
considerable applause. Following the
repular divisions came the survivors of
Forrest's famous cavalry corps, &ray
elad, with the flauptjng ye||ow tpui
minga which denoted their arm of the
service.
The Sons of Confederate Veterana.
several thousand strong, closed the pa
rade. These were headed by the com
manding officers and their staffs on
horse, and here again Virginia came in
for great applause.
SALUTED GENKBA*. GRAtfT
In the reviewing stand. in the plape
of honor. surrounded by the Uovernors
of three States, Btood a heavy, athletlc
looking man in civilian garb, his closely
trimmed black beard sprinkled with
gray. The man was Gen. Frederick D.
(Jrant, United States Army, son of the
federal pommander who received the
surrender of the flouthern army af. A.p
pomattox. Gen. Qrapt shook handg
with Gen. Evans, head of the Confed
erate Veterang, and hundreds of the
old vete.
GREAT DEMONHTRATlON.
Governor Patterson, of Tennessee,
delivered the address of welcome tothe
Veterans and it waa eloquently re
sponded to by Judge Theodore S. Gar
nett, of Norfolk.
Immediately before Governor Patter
son spoke. Mrs. J. Qriff Edwards, of
Portamouth, Va., eominamier-jn-chjef
of the choir, sang "Dixie". This
sweet faced young lady, with a voice of
wondrous charm, carrying in her hand
the silken banner of the Lost Cause
g!id?d to the speakers' stand. In her
uniform of gray, wearing the three
stars of a colonel, she stood a moment;
then. before she could give the uignal
to the orchestra, nearly every man on
the stage stood up. Heelg clinked to
gether with military precision, and
hands roae sharply to forehead in mili?
tary salute. But it was when her freah
sweet volce trilled out the words of the
famous battle hymn that the big dem
onstration of the reunion broke out.
As the last words died awgy there was
one of the old yells that falrly split the
atmosphere. Men threw their hats into
the air, hugged one another, and more
than one of them broke into tears which
they made no attempt to hide. The
convention was a sea of wavlng Stars
and Bars, and the music of the band
was drowned by the cheers.
ln the afternoon sesalon of the choir
ladiea and Oaughters of Confederacy
Mrs. Edwards received another ovation.
In fact it was enthuaiasm wherever
she appeared. This convention was
presided over by W. McDonald Lee, of
Irvington, Va., wbo made the response
to the welcome from the city of Mem?
phis.
Mrs. Edwards' party of twenty-two
Virginians made the trip and retum in
a special ear, stopping off a day to viait
Lookout Mountain and the battlefield
of Chickamauga.
RICHMOND'S NEW BRAND.
Richmond has a new brand of Demo
crats. They are the offspring of the
Democratic committee of that city and
a sort of go-as-you-please kind. "The
person voting their ticket declares him
aelf a member of the Democratic party"
and that is all that is required of him.
This is the only pledge he has to maka
and it matters not, it would seem, how
far he may have wandered from the
Democratic fold in the past or what
his politica! delinquencies may be in the
future. He is bound by no pledge. we
take it, to give his support to the Pem
ocratic party, city, State or national
unless it suits him, and can even repu.
aiate the candidate of a primary or
convention in which he has partieipa
ted, if he desires to do so. This new
brand of a Democrat may be of the si
mon-pure kind, a better Democrat it
may be than those remote from the
State capitol, but to those living at a
distance there is something queer about
him that does not commend him to us
and which suggests that he might be
induced upon a very shallow pretence
"to give aid and comfort to the ene
my.*'- Peninsular Enterprise.
FISH PLENTIPUL
Fish has been so plentiful in the
Chesapeake that fine herring have been
sold for *1.50 the 1,000. Captain Howsrd,
of the Maryland oyster navy, says
that buck shad sold on the bay for 8
cents each. He saw 90,000 herring sold
fort he above price per thouaand.
The catch of trout and blue fish. and
sea mullets along the Virginia Capes
and Chesapeake Bay have been phe
nomenal. About the middle of the month
one might buy at the local market fine
rresh trout from 6 to 12 pounds for a
quarter of a dollar. The fish were so
plentiful that the netters decided to let
up to ease the market. -The Oyster
man.
NEW STEAMBOAT UNE,
T.? <>|.?.u >,va* IfleM ??ia Tha
?WeMt-rn Muira ??t Ylrglula.
?Norfolk V n felBavPUot.)
A company i? con nnplating putting a
steamer on U.e ( hi uapeake Bay to run
from points on the Wastern Shore of
Virginia to Cnafiald. Md.. and thence
to Baltimore. Agenta of tha company
have been in Crisfield looking ovar the
s.tuation and making arrangementa for
wharf rightsand privileges. The pro
motera aay they have ample capital and
already have a boat.
The boat will touch pointa on the
Rappahannock river, where at present
(on boats stop. The Western ahore of
j Virginia is a rich territory, but the
; people, lacking shipping facilities, have
j had to come to Crisfield and hire saibng
, vessels to transport their produce to the
I Baltimore markets.
| Those back of the new enterpriae are
I Western Shore men of means and say
they are assured enough business to
, rnake the route a profitable investment.
| The new company expecte to put on the
, steamer at least by July 16.
MILLIONS TO TIDEWATER.
! Hichmond Timea-Diapatch 1
It is true that the oyster and fish
mdustry concerns Tidewater more than
any other section of Virginia. but
the presa and public of Tidewater mis
take the temperof the times if they
feel that this indastry is one in which
the whole State is not vitally inter
ested. Any buainess that can produce
from *7,OQO.OOO to 110,000,000 ofwealth
for the pitiaeqs of Virjrinia is a mat
ter that cf?ncern? the whole State.
While. therefore, a convention of dele
gates from Tidewater alone would
doubtless help to clear the way for the
final settlement of this matter, the ad
ministration by the Tidewater repre
uentalives in the Legisjature durinp
the past twenty years unforiHnateh
does not give much reaaon to hope that
a broad. Intelllgent and Instructive
policy will be evolved by the propoaed
convention. Judging by theexperience
of other states, we believe that the best
poasible course for Virginia to pursue
?? tq ger disjpterested expertsto formu
l?tp ft pjnn fpr thp protection of the
oy.tera and for the (Ifv-elopment of that
industry, and Bubmit their ftndings to
the whole Leglslature.
TUCKER AND Hls"pAPERS UNFAIR.
I Mathrwn Journal. |
It seema that Judge Mann has more
to fear from the news columns of sev
eFal State papers than he has frpm
their editorial opposition. In the East?
ern Shore Herald of last week there
appeared a whole columo of Tucker ad
vertlaement wh|ch was only mgrked
with the date and number of times it
was to be run. AU newspaper men
know of course that this ls an adver
tisement but not one ln a hundred ot
the general public would recognise it
as such but would accept it as a state
ment of facts. Matter of this sort
should be plainly marked advertisement
at the top sp that the public may ac
cept lt at its valus,
Not that this will probably Injure
Judge Mann. for while the friends of
Mr. Tucker are acorlng Judge Mann
for being a machine candidate. this
article to which we have referred aet
forth in triumphant manner an account
of the desertion by some of the machine
me.i who were formerly Mann men
to the Tucker camp. This ls conaist
ency to sing the glad anthems of prai.se
at the addition of a ao-called machine
man to the Tucker camp and at the
aame time strongly condemn Judge
Mann becauae he ig gupported by the
unholy machine. About ?? gcnsiatent
aa Mr. Tucker'g plea to the pc, ple who
believe in local option to vote for him
becauge Judge Mann atands for State
wide prohibition and his accusation
which shortly followed that Judge Mann
was in league with all the liquor deal
ers of the State. We trust that the
rank and flle of the people will not be
deceived by any of these campaign
bluffs but will vote their honegt ponvic
tiona as should all free men and good
citizena.
OYATION AT BLACKSTONE.
Judge William Hodges Mann, candi?
date for governor, stopped off at Black
stone on his return from Hampton Syd
ney College and addressed an audience
of five or six hundred people in the
Music Hall in the interest of his candi
dacy. He was introduced by W. Mon
cure Gravatt aa a Nottoway candidate
to sfNottoway audience. The address
which followed was splendidly adapted j
to the occasion and was enthusii.srw.ui
|ly received from beginning to end.
There were many present not only from
various sectionsof Nottoway, but from
adjacant counties, Blackstone being a
strategic political point.
Information is to the effect that the
old Fourth district is waking up and
rallying to Junge Mann in overwhelm
ing numbera*
ECHOES OF THE STORM.
Reports from all over the state tell
of much damage. both by water and
hghtning. Wednesday night and Thurs
day of last week.
Lightning struck a poplar tree in the
yard of A. P. Garner, Irvington, Wed?
nesday night of last week, and jumped
from that to the well-house and dairy
which were badly damaged.
On Thuraday afternoon of last week
lightning struck a yoke of oxen belong
ing to Nathan Taylor. near Irvington
kilhng one and erlppling the other'
They were tied near a wire fence. Jno
Davis. of White Stone, had hia horse
killed by lightning the same day.
A nqmber of wells caved in from the
effecte of the heavy raina laat week
among them being J. K. Leonard's and
Geo. StC. Smith's, at Irvington
The dam at Clarke'a mill, near Bur
gess Store, broke gf ter the heavy rains
last week. leaving a gap some hundred
or more feet. Damage several hun?
dred dollars.
The storm also swept away several
milldamsin Middlesex county. entail
ing severe loss aswell as inconvenience
to farmers.
A pieceof road near Wicomico Church
suffered from the effects of a perfect
land-slide last week. Tons of earth were
dislodged from the banksand completely
Hosed up the gorge. Transporution
has been blocked at this point.
HON. JNO. CURUETT REPUES TO
MR.RICEANDNEWSEDITORIAL
CiTWBN* of Richmond and Lancaster
COUNTIES:
j 5?..wbo h*DdI?? Pitch ia sure to be
deftled. and suoh I feei to be the case
when I honor W. H. Rice with a reply
to his vicioua, ungentlemanly, and per
sonai attack upon me in the News.
And the News does not publiah undig
mfied. unfair letters! Towhat Jepths our
angehc editor has fallen-or does Rice
pay forhisarticle? The "Farnham" let
terwas written by a voter who has paid
his poll taxes in Farnham District. will
vote at Farnham and has always voted
there: and the rest of Rice's misstate
ments are just on a par with this.
Had I known Mr. Rice would be so
jealous, he should have aopped in the
aame bowl, assuaged his hunger and
?aved his spleen. He may go to dinner
with me next time.
This State pays in revenue to the
general government from our citizens
about $4,500,000 each year. My resolu
tion provided for a return of 10 per
cent. not to exceed $500,000 to each
atate, for the benefit of military, vol
unteer-firemen, and soldiers who have
served in any war. This would have
drawn the support of all of these organ
izations-doubled our pension funds. It
passed the House without a dissenting
voice-old Confeds voting for it-and
I AM GOING BACK to see it through.
As to renting out the natural oyster
rocks, Mr. BJea is either woefully ignor
ant or willfull, yile. flad I sp desired
I feel secure in saying I could have
done this; any tidewater man could do
it. but some tidewater men ean't stop
it. Every oysterman knows tbat since
my term of service began they have
not been called upon tp sentf lawyers to
Richmond to defend. their jn^eresta at
their own expense. Iask credit fprTHIS.
The Jprdan bil| (some yeara ago)
passed the House by a bjrge majorlty. lt
was talked to death ln the Stnate by J
Boyd Seara (talk some tlmes counts). 1
again ask theoystermen WHO is oppos
ing me-and WHO was bebind the
Jjrdau bill.
Now I have made it my business to
see Mr. Rice and ask him if he meant
to reflect upoo the truth of my atate
ments, and mycp tQ my ayrprjse and
gratihcation he denles any such intent
or purpose on his part, slmply stating
that when I sent the bill for Brewer to
Dr. Lewis I should have exercised
better judgment, in which I cordially
sgree with him. I truat this statemept*
willsatisfy my friends as *o Wnat coiirs*
they wo?ld have me pursue ip this
matter. In regard to the editorjal in
N. NT N?ws as tp pop-residentp pyrss
na tiahjng in Virginia water*, \ wiii say
any jnslnuatloi, that J ?ver ftvored apy
such law is absolutely f^lse and con
temptible. 1 wssrequested to atave off
all bah legialatlon by the president of
this same association. 1 regarded these
bills as vlcious in many ways-I believe
they are today violated as they stand,
by some of the very people who were
so anxious to secure their passage. Why
not prosecute? After the bills had been
introduced I opposed tbem. \ was then
r^quested by thig s?me president lu let
then, pass. l did so. Now l do not seek
to repregent my own ideas in Richmond,
but the best Interests of the two
counties, dictated to by the people at
home, and by the people ALONE and
not a bunch of politicians who seek to
control a representative's every ac*.
The News says \ $p ngt crjtjcjse Mr
Wellford'a record. \'ou oan't read a
blank sheet of paper!
I have served faithfully, honsstly
mistakea l may have made, but honest
ones. i ?sk for volJr help-for your
votes. Respactfully,
Jno. Curlett.
Whealton, Va.
DOINGS IN CONGRCSS.
The President has sent a special mes
aage to Congress recommending an
amendment to the Constitution confer
ring power to levy an income tax and
urges that a bill be paased so amending
thrf present tariff regulations that all
orporationg and Joint gtock oonipanles
(a-xcept naUonal banks) have an excise
tax ftxed of 2 per cent on their net in?
come. He thinks that this will add at
least *25,000.000 to the revenues of the
treasury.
The tariff bill is still under discussion
in Congress, slow progress being made
on t he different sections of the measure.
Confident predictions are made that the
President will, in case the bill is not
framed to make real downward revision
?nd a redyction on the necessities of
life, veto it. As essential differences
exist between the Senate and the House
bill (already passed) it is probahle that
the conference committee will make the
reductions urged by existing conditions
W1XDMMAKE FISH HCAICCF.
Does the average fisherman know
how much the influence of the prevail
ing winds have to do with the average
catch of fish? We wot not. We learn
that on the coast of New South Wales
this has been observed and hshermen
have governed themselves according
ly. Let us cite some facts: In 1898 J
there was a general scarcity of fish.
men atterwarda up till 1901 they be
camegradually more abundant. Again
in 1906 there wag a scarcity of fiah, but
the following year they began toieturn
ln increasing numbers. Men began to
look for the cause of these vanations
and th-y discovered it was the influence
of windg from a certain quarter. This
may enable us to predict with a meas
ure of certainty, two or three years in
advance, as to the prospects of the catch
of fiah, -The Oysterman.
TEMPERANCE.
Petersburg has voted "wet" by a de
cisive majority. If chat suita Peters?
burg the rest of us will have to stand
it. But, if you read the Richmond
Times-Dispatch's special correspond
ence from that city the morning after
the election vou could rmr i?,i? ??-_
nauseated by the senaationally unfair
j treatment of the entire subject by the
correspondent. Usurping the editorial
prerogative, he made his paper vir
tually gloat over the "wet" victory
Nothing too savage could he aav -h^.a
the "dry" side of the case. and there
was hardly good enough English to be
found in which to sing the praises of
the "weu." We do not recall ever,
aeeing a more biased report of any j
event in the public prints.
CONFUSION OF TERMS,
"When the liquorquestlon comes uu,44,
"on. i. not local optionist accepted a.
meaning one who not only ravors local
ajtfsa, but who vote. dry^haToppor?
tumtypra^nUT It doe. up thi. w??
,tJnH *~T t0 *" the "***r ??ir
m^T I^*1 ?Ption and P"*Jbition
in the vocabulary of most persona are
m?*rchange.ble terms. But they llZ
thi. connectaon denotea the right of
each and every community to decide by
popular election whether or not the
bquor traffic shall be prohibited. A
local optionist ia a man who believe. in
thatpnnciple. And he may be either ?
proh.bitioniat or an anti-prohibitioni.t.
A Ocal optionist may with perfect con
sistency vote either "dry" or 44wef
Newport New. Timta-Herald.
SWINDLING NEGROES.
(Gloucaatar Tribuna.)
One of the most unique swindling
games yet operated in this section has
recently been worked upon the credulous
negroes of Warwick county. A negro
calhng himself J. J. Works and who
was also known as Walker and Cooke
recently passed through the county
aellmgto elderly negroes pension checks
representmg that all ex-slaves were to
bepaid pensions and that he was author
?zed to pay aame. He gave his victims
cnecus rangmg from $6 to fsOO, slgned
C. C. Cook, telling them that on a
certain date they would be paid at the
Newport News Custom House. He ia
aa.d to have collected in fees sums
ranging from $1 to #6 from about twenty
old colored men. The county officer*
are on his trajL
The fight* for universal justlce will
not be t'ompletoly won until the mule
is petted more and the dog less The
mule is the greatest worker in the
animal kingdom, but all it geta credit
for ia its stubbornness and kicking.?
Rxchange.
A (AKH.
At the request qf many friends I an
'S\amtiUi3 c*nd!d*V?r nomin!..
tion to the House of Delegates for
Lancaster and Richmond Countles su?
ject to the Democratic Primary. j
R. Carter Weixford.
OITIZt-NHOFTHE loUNTlKS Q?
LANCASTER AN1.|||C|) MtfMi,
? i u ^ able to call upon you rver
-onally, but vhall deem it my dutv to
*m wty aml all opponenu uuon thl
rendered a faithful aervice I feel free
?n agam asking your support
Respectfufly,
Whealton. Va. JN?- <*?"?*
Happahannock
Marine Railway Co..
WEEMS, VA.
Now eq,ilppmi f,,r hauling
??ud r.p?r,i,g %\\ Q\^utV9 Qt
'KiaU lu ibisc water..
Wa also bave a coaipfl?t,i
force of ???pa?u.ers.caulk.ra
and rfgg.r. Term. modei
ate; aatiafactloii jiuaianie
We alao have a ?faga u,.*
of moulds for launchea and
vaclit. Call .nd (gjgj u?
T.ll Oak. froa. Iltllg acora. rra,w
Big Klre.fratxi lluieHalchei. *ia,w
Toerefoie, be wi*e .nd lumre ggggg
pn.perty bafore it is too |.t, lo ibe
NohTHEBN Nac. MoTDAI. Fl?K Am'n,
(Home offlce) Irvlnirtoo, V?.
OTLe.. than h.ir the co*i of old htae
eomp.uies u ""'
L^(1ABTER UNlON LODOlC.No 3
Sll.NAHNOCK, VA.
Stated Comnionicatlon*
mouttaly-Thursday after tht
thliuMouday.il a. aaV
bkathhvillTloi>gK,No l09
aVajPa* A. M.
Btat-d Commuuicailont monthy
KnU yafterthef Ird Honda ' 1 | m
What would be more appreclated
than a well finished and good like
ness of a friend or relative? Then
why not go to
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PHOTOCRAPHER,
268 and 270 MAIN ST..
NORFOLK. - yiRGIMM?
Who is considered one
of the best in the aouth.
PICTURE FBAMES. tASTMAN
KODAKft AND M i'l'LIKS.
Special attentlon to finishing for
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outside envelopes, neatry boxed
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TAILORS.
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NO USE
PAYING BIG PRICES FOR
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Ladiea andlatens Gold-rilled Watrh? ..nm
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-HEAD4JUARTERS POR WEDDING RINra
Other Duajnond Rm^gatog. Wo.00 and BSS "*
aaaifMi i*du- andkw Rint1l>
ioweat oric?a. mo"t de"ir?1 *"d wa wiU Qoot.
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"BAI.TIMORE'S JEWEI.ER ??
28 E. Balto. St.. BAITIMORE.MD.
Reference, "The Editor."
nC'caicNcr.
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General Coiwnission Merclianfs
?Fn'1 4 *"<tHOUr.> 4 E. CAMDCN ST
BAl IIMORE, MD.
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?_W j 1* 11_
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Baltimore. *d.
CLOTHING.
TAILORING.
FURNISH1NG.
for Me^atT^DotLA^td ^***? ***** ?? -i?
Ukes. BerwanierVct "* ^C,al Ta,,?r*d ,<>ord<,r fcui'? " **>? -
MISTER MERCHANT
(AND OTHERS :
YOU CAN WORK THIS EIAM
PLE, AND HOBODY CAN
FOOL Y00 ON THE
RESULT.
PARDON US FOR ASKING. THEN. WHY MONEY CAN BE FOOLFn
OUT OF YOUR POCKET BY HICH-RATE INSURANCE
COMPANIES?
You ?re paying. or asked i0 pay, from 2 to o ptr cent
. year-?r |20 lo *?0-Hin a ?|,000insurancipo""
?even thousand dollars fur losae, ^Tim' k 5 *" ^ "" "-arl>
?,ooofurfivey_(entran^i^:^t;;raV,m,y,,? -
PIGTJRE, AND ACT, FO? YOURSfiLF
Respectfully,
NORTHERN NECK fcJUTUAL FIRE ASSOCIATION.
($10,000 capiul stock paid up )
_Irvington, Va.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT
SOME EXAMPLB IN CLASS X FOK PAST FOUR YEARS.
(All calculation. based oo $,.000 insurance. for the period of one year)
1905
1906
1907
1908
TOTAl t*Sl 4 .EAB
Rgte I
$ 8.34
5.34
12.34
7.34
133.36
RatelX
$11.25
6.75
17.25
9.75
$45.00
Kdlc2
$13.75
7.75
21.75
11.76
$65.00
fou*2,V
$15.84
8.75
26.25
_J3.75
$64.59
Rete3
$18.75
9.75
30.75
15.75
$75 00
rating. and rate 3 the higheat. Find your rat*.^. u av?*&e store
T. O. Smither. KiTn^rr^k ratedT was'aakedTl ' - T V?a'
panies. It ha. not cost him 2 per c^nTwtth ut fa la^raTl 5 ? ?* COnV
bres during fifty years. it costTur worst lil^i*^,^'"* >? to
aWFacta are f.ct., and "fiarirers don't iu? n pV.cent
There is every reason to believe ^ i?\..? will ? r " reC?r<J * h"rt?1
ship increasea. ates W|U co??Hnue as our member.
A miJlion dollars in clasg X todav anH ??,? _aaaa
thirteen yaarg old. y nd tWO m,,,,on8 ,n *?**? A ! We are
BEBES A BECORD BREAKEB
!K MK. !SS ? agg
189K 4a?aO*MaK *?*"+, 000,879
1809 qro (u.,. '.'"??, 1,-A44,?>24
IQllil 0/.7 .a-v i,u"- A,.4(1,48!)
1WW, 207,400 1 i>07 2 .,.,. oprt
1902, 379,905 ,908? 2.781,342
In four years the business of our home fire ascnriot^
has more than quadrupled, as shown above S artin^ pq?
with less than a hundred thousand dollars there K^n i '
th^much on our books today-more'^tte^Zn^i