Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-04-29
Condensed News.

d England has larger Investment
IT in tropical America than all Othel
e European nations combined.
II This is the regular apple year
Il and it is said, if anything i.
+ foreshadowed by the bloom, tn.
prospects were never brighter for q
, finer crop.
E The two thousand six hundred
, and fifty-sixth anniversary Of the
foundation Of Rome, according to
p tradition, was appropriately OBJ
rvedin the Eternal City Wednes-
day.
, The St. Louis Fair is t. have no
Midway. The street Of the show
men is to be called the Pike. by
decree Of the directors, and tie
exhibitors, it is expected, will be
popularity known as Pikers.
4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Lee. Of
Missouri, is a fugitive from Justice;
that is to say, the State wants
hlm as a witness in legislative
bri' cry investigation. and he has
fled from her Jurisdiction and is in
hiding.
Many friends Of Hon. Joseph c.
Nysor think he is the logical
Democratic candidate for Con-
gress in the Ninth District. and
that he could easily redeem the
district from the Republican
victory won by Colonel Slemp.
Rev. Robert P. Kerr, d. D.. the
distinguished pastor Of Richmond.
Va, has been extend d "A call to
the Boundary Avenue Presby-
terrain Church, Of Baltimore. one
of the largest and most desirable
fields in the Monumental City.
The Board Of Public Service or
Cincinnati has abolished all tho
golf links in the public parks and
has forbidden the game there on
the ground that it would he
dangerous to the women and
children who frequent the parks for
recreation.
Last year the church organiza-
tions If the United States put
nearly $40, 900, 600 into new church
buildings. Every day sees the
completion Of from - to - new
church buildings in the United
States, and of that number the
Methodists lead with three per
day.
Mr.. C.B. Chapman. of Williams
burg, Va, has purchased Ncck-of-
Land farm for $50, 600. The farm
| 900 acres, and belonged
to H. 5. Larchhein of Phlla-
lelphia. The tract is adjacent to
jamestown Island, and is a fine
one. Mr.. Chapman will divide it
up into small tracts and sell to
Western men.
The Rev. Percy Stickney Grant.
'ector Of the Church Of the Ascen-
iion, New York City, preached
sermon April 10th, on the negro
question. in which he took The
ground that it is the duty Of the
hyperion white race 10 educate the
legrO, ID assume parental
elatiJn toward him, and to compel
i'm to work even, if necessary, BY
'tate supervision.
President Hadley Of Yale. has
aid that mistake was made after
be Civil War in giving the negro
he ballot before he was prepared
D use it intelligentIy. He declared
lso that Il e suppression Of the
egr0 vote was inevitable, but he
dded that "A mistake equally as
reat as giving the unprepared
egro the franchise would be to
ithhold it from him when pre-
AIRED for it.
Knife and fork surgery is the
anne given by the profession toa
ew method of Koeing. of Berlin.
Y which he avoids the dangers Of
illuminating wounds by putting
: fingers in them. BY practice
ith suitably devised metal in
ruments, which, Of course. are
patle of complete sterilization.
has found that Re can .
rough very many operations
thout even touching the wound.
The Board of Directors Of the
rginia Press, tine new Repuhi-
n daily paper which will soon be
lrted in Roanoke. has selected
m. Robert W. Blair of Wytho.
lie, one of the most prominent
ung Republicans of Southwest
rginia, and II recent member of
, Constitutional Convention, 10
lvass the State To secure the
uisite capital stock of $50
\ curious case involving Il leper
der in the Philippines is be-
e the War Department, having
N referred tc the Judge advocate
Ieral to determine in what man
the afflicted soldier shall
eipt for his pay. The leper is
man in the artillery.
at present is isolated in South
'olina. Pay officers don't care
ave him handle the rolls to
the receipt for his pay, so
e arrangement will be made so
soldier can be paid through
'er of attorney.
hicial advices received at the
y Department from the Philip