Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-12-02
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2, Thanksgiving at Is and IS cent
Or per pound retail.
le The Virginia Legislature ig
y nored the Governors Thanks iv
y ing proclamation, the House voting
down a resolution to adjourn in
y honor Of the day.
- The amount the government
p. pays for carrying the mails and
/, for rent of postal cars comes very
- near paying the entire cost Of run
4 ming the passenger trains which
. carry United States mail.
). Mr.. Cleveland has written let
I ter to Mr.. Hugh Gordon Miller in
e which he says the jamestown ex-
position should be a thorough sue
cess despite the surfeit of the
D country with expositions.
= Reports made to the United
D States Department Of Agriculture
z indicate that the country's corn
, crop this year will amount to
| 1913, 900, 900 bushels, the largest
ever known, except that of 1901.
e Senator Byers of Washington
county, has introduced bill to
/ make ineligible to the presidency
: Of the University Of Virginia any
person who has not been resident
OF the State two years preceding
his election.
The Woodstock firemen are exer-
cised over the enforcement of
Virginia blue law that prohibits
games of chance. The firemen
were compelled to stop CHANGING
off rings and watches at bazaar
now being held by them.
William Jennings Bryan was the
guest of honor at the American
Society's Thanksgiving Day ban.
quet in London. In their speeches
he and Ambassador Choate en-
gagged in clever repartee, slightly
tlnged with acibility.
The Russian newspapers are
greatly agitated over the British
expedition to Tibet, declaring that
if the British get hold upon the
holy land Of Tibet, 500, 600, 600 Bud
dhists will believe England to be
the greatest power in the world.
Shocked by the news of her
daughters secret marriage in op-
position of her wishes, Mrs. Caro-
line Koth, a wealthy and we'll
known resident of Philadel ,hia.
committed suicide last Friday
morning by inhaling Illuminating
gas.
WOrkmen uncovered n box of
supposed gold dollars while tear
ing down a stone wall last week in
Winchester. They were much
elated until at the banks the coin
was pronounced counterfeit. 1t
had been hidden for years and was
with dirt.
Mrs. Ellen Bailey was found
guilty last Thursday in stanton,
IF planning the wreck of a pas
'enger train which occurred on the
Norfolk and Western railroad at
last December. The
ury fixed her punishment at
10 years in the penitentiary.
The Georgia Daughters of the
}onfederacy have inaugurated
movement to establish IA home for
ged and feeble ex-slaves, mean
ng to put those who served the
outh faithfully during the war
There they will not suffer from
he poverty which has come as
heir lot since they were given
reedOm.
The Governor of Colorado has
,ceived a warning letter of "A plot
blow up the capitol. Adjutant
eneral Bell declares that anarchy
i'll be put down if it take every
man in the State
do it. The War Department
rs honored the Governors re-
lisition fer 200 rifle. and other
ilitary supplies.
Gen. V. ID. Groner. II gallant
veteran, fot merly
neral agert of the Merchants
ID Miners Transportation COM
ny in Norfolk, died at the Sarah
Ugh Hospital last Wednesday.
: carried 'he message to General
from the Confederate
ar Department, ordering the at
TX upon Fort Sumpter.
The Virginia Polytechnic In
tute at Blacksburg, reports in II
e circular: "Of the 700 stu
hts Az are members of churches,
4 they represent fifteen religious
,inzations. The Episcopal
Irch leads, with 1877; heMetho-
[ coming next, with 1873: the
ssbyterian third, with al; the
ptist fourth, with l39."
Reports from various officers OF
army, pleading for the restora-
of the canteen privilege for
soldiers, continue to be made
the War Department The
,st is that of Inspector General
he Division OF the Philippines,
tanned in the annual report of
j. Gen. Davis, commanding the
isiOn of the Philippines.
Climatic Cures