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Saturday, April 2, 1904.

Intered at tLe Postoffloe at Aooomac C. H.Ya., u seoond-clasi matter.

Hon. William A. Jones bas againshown his interest iu the people ofthe Eastern Shore and his desire to

serve them by securing an appoint¬ment for a young man of the county,Harry E. Parsons, to the NavalAcademy at Annapolis. Always will¬ing to serve us, in this instance

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special effort was made by him inthat direction and with success. Idother words, when the appointmentwaa atked for by Mr. Parsons he badnone to give and would have noneduring his present term of office, ex¬cept as a special favor from theSecretary of the Navy. The Beeretary was appealed to, his intluencewith that .official prevailed and Mr.Parsons will enter the Academy nextJune. The result of the effort of MrJones in the matter, of course, is

gratifying to his constituents on theEastern Shore. They will appreciatelt for the reason, that he is not onlywilling to help them and to go out ofbis way to do so whenever the oppor¬tunity is presented, but because byreason of bis ability and long ex¬perience as our representative, hehas intluence whicb commands at¬tention and enables bim to serve usin a way that is creditable to himand beneficial to us.Io this connection, it is a pleasure

for us to be able to say that we be

lieve, that do district In the Statehas a more capable or efficient repre¬sentative or one who can be couutedupon with more certainty at all timesto discharge well all the duties per¬taining to the office. Indeed, bisability and honesty is so well recog¬nized throughout the couutry thatbe ls regarded as one of the most use¬ful and influential members of Con¬gress.and it is gratifying to believewill continue to serve us in tbe body-to which he now belongs or in theSenate, if the people of the 8tate areever permitted to have a voice iu theselection of representative for thatpositioo.

A meeting was held in AnnapolisTuesday by the committee of Mary*landand Virginia,appointed to draft alaw for th* better protection of oys¬ters, and a subcommittee was ap¬pointed to draw a bill which willcontain provisions for a joint culllaw, providing for the stricter en¬forcement of it;ehorteniog the seasonby prohibiting the catching of oyt-ters during September and permit¬ting the taking of seed oysters abovea line drawn from the northeastbluff on Cobb's Point, on the Mary-land side, to Colonial Beach, on theVirginia side of the Potomac RiverTheir action, of course, is only a

recommendation and amounts tonothing without the approval of theLegislatures of the two States. Theopinion, however, seems to prevailthat it will get the endorsement ofboth.

The result of the primaries in NewYork, Wedne*d-iy, makes it certain,it is thought, that Judge Alton B.Parker will receive the solid vote clthat State in the St. Louis Conven¬tion to nominate a candidate for tbePresidency, and mean8.it is believed,the beginning of the end ol thiHearst boom throughout the coun¬try. The 8outb, it is conceded, bjrepresentative Democrats of Virglniland other States will approve tinaction of New York Democrats ancthe leaders of the party generalljthroughout the country are expectedsoon to be in Hoe for him. The conelusion In fact seems to bave beeireached by them, that the nominatlon of Judge Parker means a Demofrat In the White House to succeeiMr. Roosevelt, and that the nomination of anybody else means MrRoosevelt for aoother four years.

General William H. Payne, counsefor the Southern railway, a distinguished Confederate officer and commander of the Black Horse cavalrat the lirst battle of Bull Run, dis!in Washington, Wedoesday aged 7years. He had been io failing healtlseveral years and his death was duto general breakdown. General Paynived at WarrentoD, Va., and practieilaw in the Virginia courts for manyears. He organized and was the firscaptain of the Black Horse cavalnwas colonel of the Fourth Virgin!cavalry and became a brigadier get"ann 1864, commatdiog a brigadunder General Pitzhugh Lee.

The House Committee on Induitrial Arts and Expositions WedneBdaheard Judge John Goode.of Virgiuiiand John Temple Graves, of AtlantiWa., who spoke in favor of the bimaking an appropriation of $3,000 IXtoward the exposition to be held jJamestown, V*., in 1907 At the suigestion of Chairman Tawney of tlcommittee, the name of tbecompauconducting the enterprise has betchanged to the Jamestown lutenational Naval and Marine Exposit^Company.

The selection of book* by the StaBoard of Education on the mnlticplan seems to have given general stIsfaction. The number of books ISouthern authors is particularly notworthy, and the histories selected anearly all written by the hlstoriaof the Southland.The superinenderand trustees oi the various couotiand towns will now select their boofrom the multiple list, and these Iiiwill be passed upon by the educatiboard at its next meeting.

Representative Lamb says ththere is no prospect whatever 1a favorable report from his coimittee, that od agriculture, 00 tgood roads'legislation now pendibefore Congress There is strong 0position in tue committee to it.

Interest to Tax-Payers and Voters.

Since the new Constitution haside Borne changes in the Tax-Lawl deem it our duty to inform thex-payers and voters what it now

quires of them. We find tbe luiesBion prevailing among manyx-payers that if they don't voteiey need not pay tbe capitation-tax$1.50. ThiB is not true. While

ie Constitution does say, that tbeeasurer or aoy other officer shall>t force the collection of the caplta-on-tax until it ie 3 years past due, itoes provide, that it shall be return-1 delinquent and at the expiration[ the 3 years.theu that the Attorney-eneral appoints a collector aodlaces all the accounts for tbe delhi-uentB into the hands of this collec-jr with Interest aud expense of col-¦cting, with the power to collectlid accounts out of aoy propertyliat is not otherwise exempted, thattie delinquent may have. So you?e it will be much cheaper for theax payer to pay $1.50 or $1 58 (ll theper cent, be added) when due, theno wait 3 years and pay from $5 to7.00.In reference to the time that theapitatlon tax shall be paid in ordero be able to vote. Tlie NationalElection comes off tbe lirst of No¬vember. The Constitution provideshat no voter will be allowed to votewho has not paid his capitation taxit least six months before an elec-ion, so you see that io order to voten the November election, the capi-:atioD tax must be paid by May 1st.Id refereoce to deliDqueuts uoder

the old system: We made our de¬linquent list io November, giviog theLax-payer tbe advantage of the fallto pay their last years taxes.but nowwe have to make the list in June.and all who don't pay by that timewill be returned delinquent, as thetreasurers can't afford to make themselves responsible for uncollected ac¬counts.Mr. Editor, we write this and beg

you to insert it in your paper, for the

following reasoos: Should any voterpresent himself to tbe polls to voteand lind he bas not met all the re¬

quirements, or if he should tee hisname advertised among the delin¬quents, or if some officer pouncesupon bim for capitation taxes withlots of cost's Lc, we want the blameplaced upon the tax-payer and notourselves.

Yours very truly,John H. Hopkins,E. T. Powell.

A Good Investment.

When a man is bo pleased with thereturns on his investment that bewants more of the same kind, his ex¬perience is always interesting.

Mr. Arthur W. Swarts, Manager,The Mutual Life Insurance Co ,

of N. Y.,Wilmingtou, Del.

Dear Sir:I beg to ackoowledge receipl

through Mr. T. W. Turoer of checkfor $818.96 iD settlement of policy No348,355, issued on my life on Januarj26, 1889. The policy was for $1,001on the Fifteen Payment Life planThe annual premium being onb$3380, the entire cost of the policy time was lesB than the amount of casiwhich you dow pay io settlement osame. Considering the fact that irisk of $1,000 od my life bas been carried for the past fifteen years, I wislto state that 1 regard this Bettlemenas eminently satisfactory.

I also wish to acknowledge receipof policy No. 1,425,538 recently issueito me for $3,000 on the Twenty Payment Life, twenty year distributioiplan. As a protection to the tamiland a provision for old age, I havseen no policy that surpasses this.With bett wishes for the continue

success of the company, 1 remain,Very respectfully,

O. L. Corbitt.Marionville, Va.,March 1, 1904.

Shot His Wife and Killed Hlmsel

Edward Walker, colored, arriveat Onley from Northampton countSaturday, accompanied by FanniLindsay, colored, whom he said wjhis wife, and on Monday morninfWalker after shooting his wife twicwith pistol, in shoulder and tbrougleft lung, put the pistol to his neaand shot himself, the ball paseinthrough bis brains and causing iislant death. The woman le still alivand may survive her wounds. Stsays, that they bad never had a dilagreement and she cannot accoutfor the attempt made upon her liland for killing himself.The above facts in regards to tb

tragedy were submitted at the corener'8 inquest held by Justice GeorgF. Parker on Monday.

Best Cough Medicine for Children.NY hen you buy a cough medicine f

small children you want oue in whityou can place implicit confidence. Ytwant one that not only relieves bicures. You want one that is unqu<tionably harmless. You want one this pleasant to take. Chamberlain('ough Remedy meets all of these co(liticns. There le nothing so good!the coughs and colds incident to chilhood. It is also a certain prevent!Mud cure for croup, and there isdanger whatever from whoopi;cough when it is given. It has beused in many epidemics of that disesWith perfect success. For sale bymedicine dealers.

BUSINESS NOTICES.For Rent.For year l!H)5 two-hoi

farm near Modestown, and eveithing furnished but labor if desiriA tenant is wanted who will cultiviland and has a b^at or will furnione to assist me in planting oyet<for a reasonable compensation, ifurther particulars apply to

M. Northam.Modestown, Va

For Salk.Cabbage plants.EaiJersey Wakefield, Early SummEarly Flat Dutch.$2 per 1,000grower's count. Cash must accopany all orders. Mooey refuodedplaots all sold. File order at ooceobtaiD plaDts for early plaoting.

Job. 8. Bunting, agent,Bloomtown, Va

Wanted . a good, InduBtrious,nmg white man to work od farm,

pply to ThoB. M. Scott, Eastvilleatioo, Northampton Co., Va.

NOTICE.The thirteenth annualir of the Onawa Social Union, nearappsburg Station, will commenceugust 30th, 1904, and continue 4iys. Alexander Booker, Sec'y.

Belle Haven, Va

Notice.I bave for servicetioroughbred Poland China male hogOliver Coard,

Accomac CH.9

Notice.All persons are herebyorewarned from clamming or oysterag on my shore or my rocks,

knowu,b Roan rocks, uuder peualty of airoBecutioD to the full extent of lawM. Northam.

ModestowD, Va

For Sale.I offer for sale at pri-;ate cootract my farm, Dear Horn-own, Va., cootalDlng 90 acres. Foruitber particulars apply toW. J. Ardis,

Borntown, Va.

Notice.Two heifers, one red withfar cropped and oue black with nomarks.one black bull with no marks,aud a male hog with white list havebeen od my premises for the last threemonths. The owner will please callfor same, prove property.pay chargesami take them away.J. H. Kellam,

Mappsburg, Va.

FOR Sale.8. C. Brown Leghorneggs for setting, 50 cents for Itt eggs,special price for larger quantities.These birds are guarded aud care¬fully bred. A. ll. Sterling,

llorotown, Va.

Public ktiiOF VALUABLE

(kater Planting Ground-AND-

Personal PropertyBj virtue of power vested in

me as administrator of estate ofGeorge W. Martin, deceased,and as Attorney-in-fact for H.T. Porter & Co., I will sell atpublic auction, beginning at 10o'clock a. m., onTUESDAY, APRIL 5th, 1904,in front of George W. Glenn'sstore on Saxis Island, Virginia,certain valuable Oyster Plant¬ing Ground in Meseongo andDrum Bay and oyster and shellethereon,

One Canoe, Skiffs,Household and Kitchen Furniture and many other articles olPersonal Property.

TERMS OF SALE.Cash will be required for all pur

chases with exception of oyster planting ground and oysters.in this casitwo thirds ii) of purchase money is tibe paid on aay of sale, with libert;to purchaser to pay all tbe remaininjone-third U) of purchase mouey.to bevidenced by Dote of purchaser witlapproved security, carrying interesfrom day of Bale, payable in si;months and waiving benefit of Homestead Exemption*Giveu under my hand this 25th da

of March, A. D., 1004.WILLIAM P. GODWIN,

Administrator of George W* Martiedeceased, and Attoroey-iD-Fact feH. T. Porter.

For Sale-AT-

-Public Auction.The old Pungoteague Academy i

Pungoteague, Va., on thc road lcadirto Harborton, will be sold at public aution, to the highest bidder, on

Saturday, April 23d, lill)at 2 OJclock P. H.

The building ia nearly new, large atcan easily be arranged into a dwellinIt has two acres of land attached therto.The purchaser is to pay one-third ca:

with the remainder to be divided intwo bonds, of six and twelve months, rspeetively, bearing interc»t from datwith approved personal security, or wiprivilege of purchaser to pay all easSaid purchaser to furnish the deed, ai

I property is to bc at thc risk of the pte chaser as soon as hid off.

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8. W. AMES, Secretaryof Trustees Pungoteague Academy.

Notice toCreditorCommissioner's Office, . )

Accomack, Va., >March 29,1904.)

To the creditors of Jo!Kimmerle, deceased, and sall others concerned: You aare hereby notified that, at tlrequest of the personal reprsentative of the said decedenthave appointed tho 6th dayApril next, at my said officfor receiving proof of all deband demands against the said d

^ cedent or his estate; at whiitime and place you are requinto attend and prove your elainaGiven under my hand the di

and year first above written.Sam'l. T. Ross,Commissioner of Accounts of Ad

mack Circuit Court.

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