Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-03-11
Condensed News.

has taken steps to reduce the legal
rate of interest in that State to
10 per cent. Money seldom brings
less than 7 per cent. out in South
Dakota.
Mrs. Annie Painter is dead in
Page county at the age of 80
years. She had been present at
the birth of 1928 children in her
neighborhood, only two of whom
were lost.
A new libel bill now before the
Illinois Legislature makes it
criminal offense for any person to
give false information to a Lews-
paper with respect to the COM
mission of a crime.
The uniform examination for
teachers in the public schools of
Virginia will be held on the 18th
and 18th of July for white appli-
cants, and on the 10th and 18th
of July for colored applicants.
DR.. George B. Moore, for twelve
years professor of philosophy and
economics at Furman University,
in Greenville, S. c., has accepted
the position Of superintendent Of
the Virginia Anti-SalJon League.
He will take charge of the work
April LIST.
Pope Leo XIII celebrated the
twenty-ffth anniversary of his
coronation on Tuesday, March
3rd, at Rome. The ceremonies
were interesting and elaborate,
and were witnessed by $4,000
people, at least 1000 of whom were
Americans.
There have been established
seven rural free delivery routes
from the Stanton postofiice,
which cover all the principal roads
leading from Stanton. The
carriers report that their patrons
are highly pleased with the new
service.
The bill to authorize the placing
Of a statue of Gen. Robert f. Lee
in Statuary Hall, in the nationi |
Capitol at Washington, was passed
in the House Wednesday last amid
an impressive silence, not a word
of debate being uttered. I he vote
was Yeas, A: rays, 7. Several
weeks ago it passed the Senate
with only two dissenting votes.
At meeting of the Town Coun-
Gil of Harrisonburg last week it
was decided to equip the town
with a complete system of automa-
tic fire alarms, complying with the
reques made by the Fire Depart
ment. The exact number of boxes
to be placed is not known, but the
alarm will be sounded by gongs
t oil of the reel-hOuses and by
"wild-cat" whistle at the tannery
plant.
One day last week brick wall
in Baltimore which had not been
touched since 1871 Was torn down,
and in little cavity, completely
inclosed, was found a bat which
must have been there for thirty
TWO years. 1t flew out and was
captured. In the same cavity was
found the skeleton of another bat
which had not been vigorous
enough to stand the long wait for
light and food.
Congress has made provision
for the construction of five battle
ships and two training ships and
one training brig. 1t has also
provided for doubling the number
of cadets at Annapolis and increas-
ing the enlisted men of the navy
by 5000. These and other items,
together with this years work to
be done at the governments navy
yards. and expenses of the navy,
make up bill of over $50, 900, 600.
Frank Jay Gould, first vice
president of the Virginia Passenger
and Power Company, has autho-
rized General Manager :. w.
HUFF to expend $50, 200 on i'm
provements to the suburban lines
of Richmond. This makes total
of $40, 900 he has ordered TO be
spent in that city. 1t is said he
further il tends spending over
1000, 600 in the Improvement Of
the properties IN RE hmond and
Manchester.
The Roanoke Wholesale Assoc
citation has taken most decided
steps against the holding of II May
carnival by the United Commercial
Travellers. They will petition the
City Council, requesting that
body not to grant a license to the
festival company. 1t is also under
stood that the retail merchants
will petition the authorities to
take some steps to prevent the
holding of the show, for which "A
contract has already been signed.
The Philadelphia Record says
that ten days ago negro shot and
woul ded white man in certain
town, and escaped. The white
residents of the town ordered all
the negroes to leave, which they
failed to do, and the white resi-
dents attacked the negroes stacks
with ropes and poles and demol-
ished them. The negroes picked
nm their be oneings and boarded