Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-03-27
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g u ls reward and his strength,
n Mr.. Bryan says that he wen
:. into politics by accident and re
NAMED in it by design.
All letter-carriers of the rurs
delivery service having routes "a
or more miles are to have pay in.
] creased to 5000 per snnum.
. Senator Carmack's friends in
Tennessee are going to present
him with loyirg up. And this
at time when Tennessee is going
dry.
A law to legnlize assaults on
newspaper men for printing matter
not meeting the desires of the
assailsrts is proposed in Pennsyl.
wanna.
AT t5e last meeting Of the Rock
inham county supervisors the sum
Of $4l6.20 was allowed for sheep
killed by the destructive dogs
probably broke the record.
A man in New York in suit
tettIfed thrt .is library was pap
cred with bonds. Which pre-
sumably was sarcastic reference
to their value as sending him to
the wall.
Out of total of lI9 counties
IN Kentucky only twenty-four are
now "wet". One more "dry"
county added to the list and tho
old Kentucky "booze" joke will
lave to "skiddo".
Twelve young women from Au.
gusta ana Rockingham, together
with some older people, left
Stanton for various points in
Indiana last Wednesday evening.
They 90 to seek employment.
By an almost unanimous vote
the State Senate OF Utah has
passed bill making the playing
of bridge whist fer Prize a fel.
ony, punishable by Imprisonment
in the penitentiary from two to
five years.
Miss Selma Adelaide Allen of
Atlanta, whom President Roose-
welt pronounced tn "most beauti-
full girl l have seen in the South"
will be married on April 9th to
Leonard Day, an engineer and
lawyer of New York.
An appeal to all Southerners to
stand by the railroads for the sake
Of the development of the South
was made by w. w. Finley, presi-
dent of Southern Railway, alta
banquet given him by business
men in New Orleans.
The entire membership of the
senate of Virginia as we'll as that
If the House is to be elected this
rear for the first time. Many Of
he incumbents are candidates to
ucceed themselves but not a few
lave declined to stand for re-
lection or ere opposed therefor by
ormidable candidates.
The Virginia United Brethren
church in conference at Edin-
urgb, Va, has taken a decided
tand against the promlscucus
ranting of divorces. Ministers
re forbidden to marry divorced
ersons who have been separated
n eny but ScriptuIal grounds.
Newspapers are the best givers
l any community. No one but
ne newspaper Tal knows the
mount of free service the news
aper daily and weekly gives the
lblic causes. The newspaper
.ts an example OF public service
lat other institutions of the CON-
unity may we'll emulate.
Tennessee has closed the race
ecks, Missouri has Outlawed the
icketshOp7 and Utah las mGde
'idge whist a crime. At the rato
which moral iCeas a.e spread
g, the Stock Exchanges, sug.
sts the Philadelphia North
rerican, will soon have monop-
y OF the gambling business.
Two months have not passed
zee the cnactu ent into law OF
e HcCGmber service PEGS sion
easGre, which pei sions soldiers
the cIvi war owing to their
van"ement in age, yet claims
der the law nun bering POI 900
We already been fl d with the
nsion b"rear. To meet the de-
lnds the measure makes upon
2 resources of the pension bu-
III, an additional apprt priation
ten million dOilars will have to
made each year.
Stauntoa Spectator: The rail
We nave Teamed TOO late that
en- they broke away from the
SIS fcllowir g the command OF
imperial Cassatc, that they
N and there met their Water
. The PRESS was insulted by
ng placed In the class CT graf.
5 and like the Indian 1t may
give but never forget. A kind
press could today do more for
railways in one month than
President could accomplish in
hole term.
rank D. Tubbs, principal of
high school at Marion, Ohio, a
of 10000 population, will lose
position as the result of a
ech he made recently to the
Tor class while teachir % bistory