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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-05-15
,iaI Programme SFsrfday
School Convention

The official programme for tn.
eleventh annual convention of tbt
Hockbridge County Sunday School
Association to be held at Oxford
Presbyterian church Thursday and
Friday, May 28rd and Oath, has
been prepared.
The Oxford committee on enter.
taipment is DESTROYS of knowing
as early as practicable the names
OF delegates who expect to attend
the convention. All pastors and
superintendents are members of
the convention, and each Sunday
school is entitled to two addition.
al delegates. 1t Is hoped, there.
fore, that the names of these two
delegates be sent at once to Mr..
John N. Hotinger. Oak Dale, Va,
chairman Of the entertainment
committee. Besides Mr.. Hotinger
the other mem bers of the commit
tee are Messrs. X. L. Morrison,
Charles b. Leech, Jas. Blair Will
son, Lacy L. Swirk and George
W. RAIDER.
Following is the programme:
THURSDAY MORNING
lO:SO-Convention Called to Order by
President j. Frank Stratton.
Devotional Services, Conducted
by Rev. @. w. Staples,
lO;45-Address of Welcome by Mai. A.
Elhart.
Response, by Mr.. VIM. r. Ken
nedy.
ll:l5-Address, Organization: Its I'm.
portance to the Sunday
School," Rev. Charles Manly.
ID. ID.
Brief Discussion.
300 Benediction.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON '
;3O-Devotional Services, Conducted
by Row, W. N, Mebane, u. ID.
from Sunday School
superintendent and Delegates
'3O-Appointment OF Quantities..
40 Song Service by United Cholrs.
OO-Voluntary Remarks for the Good D."
OF the Sunday School Cause, by
Superintendent aud Friends. I"
30-Address, 1.-THE Pastor and the
Sunday School," Rev. l.. L.
Lowance.
Q0-Gereral Discussion, al
30-Benedietion.
FRIDAY MORNING
:0O-Devotional Services, Conducted Re
by Rev. j. NJ. Shreckhise.
:l5-Reports from Sunday Schools by fe
Superintendent and Dele
r gates. by
OF Committees. de
45-Addiess, ''The Sunday School
Teacher Rev. J.A..McCiure.
15-General Discussion.
CQ-Benedlction,
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
O-Devotional Services, conducted :
by Mr. q. w. RAIDER.
5-Annuai Collection.
D -Address. How to Keep Up AT. =
tendance, Rev. w. s. Royal. 6
Address, 1.-The Parent end His !
Relation to the Sc holar,p Rev. s
p. ]. P. SRith, JT. lik
)-General Discussion. n
J. Report OF Treasurer. W. W.
Closing Exercises. nev
lief
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-05-15
Valuable Colt Sold

Dir. Thomas Kerr OF near Lexington
has RECENTLY sold valuable 3-yeaf.old
Percheron COLT. The animal was finely
developed, and Is said to be superior
draft horse. The price secured was
sS2O. Horses of this stock are in great
demand, and always bring good prices.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-05-15
Chr 6azrttr
LEXINGTON. Va. May 10, 1907
New Advertisements

w. r. acknowledgements to fur
nish pure factory ice.
A. b. Beckwith & Co.-Lotts RAPID
Steam washing machines.
D. E. Observation-Disclosures fol
Commonwealth attorney.
Robinson g. Hutton-in their new
quarters with large stock Of vehisles,
harness. farm machinery, implements,
etc
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-05-15
Disturbed The Congregation,

The person that disturbed the con.
gregation last Sunday by continually
coughing Is requested to buy bottle
OF Foley's Honey and Tar. Sold by
y. II, Gorreib druggist. =
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-05-15
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles

itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protrpding
Piles. Druggists are authorized TO re-
fund money If PAZO OINTMENT
fHils to cure in 8 TO Ia days. SOC.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-05-15
Lexington Presbyfef7 RI spff
Session at Mt. Horeb


The regular spring session o
Lexington Presbytor convene'
last Tuesday afternoon at Mt
Horeb church, Augusta county
Rev. G. R. Stribling of Waynes
bore, the retiring moderator
preached the opening sermon
Presbytery organized with thu
election of Rev. G. L., Altfathef Of
Augusta county, moderator. Revs
j. L. Lineweaver and J. P. Smith,
Jr., were elected clerks.
Delegates to the General Assem-
bly, of the Southern Presbyterian
Church, which meets at Birming-
ham, Ala, May 10, were elected
as follows; Ministers, j. N. vande
vanter and G. r. Stribllng; elders.
]. N. Mcfarland of Staunton.
and Frank Glasg0wuf f4exington.
Alternates: Rev. DR.. w. N.
Scott and Rev. j. s. Smith, Capt.
G. B. Koiner and A.. j. Lackey.
Cooks Greek, four miles west of
Harrisonburg, was Unanimous choice
as the place for the fall meeting of
Presbytery. 1t has been twelve or
fifteen years since Presbytery met
at New Erection.
A memorial to the late DR.. j.
A. Quarles, for many years a prom
neht minister of Lexington Pres
oytery, was reaG. Several minis
.ers and delegates paid hish |
tribute to DR.. Quarles as a minis
;er and Christian gentleman,
The Sabbath school report was
cad by Rev. Il. B. Scuthall of
lexington, chairman of the CON-
nittee in charge of this work.
The report showed that interest in
he Sabbath schools was on the in
rease, but there was still room
or improvement.
One of the in portant items of
usiness before Presbytery Was
be appointment of q COMMITTEES to
eport on the 0dviss bility of u
ivisioO of Lexington Presbytery.
is the opinion Of some members :
lat the jurisdiction CT Presbytery :
<tends over too much territory t.
,complish the most effective
Ork. The committee will make
report at the fall meeting.
Rev. T. B. Southall and Elder
. T. Barclay represented the
church at Presbytery. '
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-05-15
New Market Memorial

Today is the anniversary Of the
battle Of New Market, and the
cadets at the Virginia Military In
stitute have suspension. The
cadet graves In the Institute GENE
terry were decorated this sfterr Don
at 4 o'clock. The usual Palute by
the cadet battery wes< fred, and
music was furnished py the V. M,
/. band. The decorations were
under the direction OF the ladies
of the New Market Memorial AS.
soeiation.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-05-15
Commendable Action by Negroes
OF Lexington

OF Lexington
The action of leading colored
men of L Lexington, Virginia, fol-
lowing an unjustifable assault by
one Of their race upon a student
Of Washington and Lee University.
we trust marks the beginning of
better conditions and a more COM
mendable attitude of the best class
Of colored people toward disorder
ly and lawless elements of the race
says the Roanoke World. Among
all races there are different grades
or classes of people. There are
lawless people among them all,
and the duty of all others is to
run down and bring to justice all
engaged in lawless conduct. The
best friends Of the negro are in
the south, Southern white peo-
Pile know the negro better, have
deeper sympathy for him in the
trials that often overtaRe hin, and
no self respecting white man in
the sorth would consciously do
eny negro an injury.
1t is a good indication of high
sense of self respect, of personal
honor and integrity, that the bet
ter class Of negroes draw the line
Of distinction between themselves
and the evil disposed of their race. ,
When this becomes the rule in
very community, ard the bad {
negro realizes that he. is socially
'stl aclsed by -lhe good people of t
lis race and cannot hope to be /
hlelded by them from the Just I
punishment of bis crimes, he will S
ither get out or reform. That is
he rule with the white man whe f
as degraded himself ard lost rec n
gnition by his former associates. /
10 man wants to be cut off from
ocial recognition by his own PEG. b
lie and condemned to association >,
18th only the baser sort. Most =,
earthly do we commend this ac- -,
On of the best negroes of Lexing- n,
IN. Let all otheFs taAe like =,
,tion and it will heVe a mighty ~
fuence in making an end of =,
hat is often called mtLe nepro
lestion,n ~
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-05-15

The Sunday school Of Trinity
Methodist church viii hold chilo-
ren's day services next Sunday at
IL o'clock, q, m,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-05-15

MI. JOnn ". Bowman or New
York, secretary of the Carnegie
Foundation, was the guest of
President George H. Denny at
Washington and Lee University
Monday. He is visiting the var.
ious educational institutions in
Virginia. DR.. Denny is member
of the executive committee of the
Carnegie Foundation.
Rev. Samuel Register Neel, well
known in Lexington as a graduate
of Washington and Lee University
Of last year, and at present a theo-
logical student at Var derbilt Uni
versity, has been appointed tc
supply the pul pit Of Rev. DR.. |
Ieaac W. Canter al Martinsburg,
W. Va, during the summer. DR..
Canter has been granted a vaca-
ion until late in the fall on ac-
,ount of i'll health.
Mr.. Samuel w. Sterrett of High
and county, who represented the
district composed of the counties
# Rockbridge, Bath and Highland
md the city of Buena Vista in the
asst House of Delegates, was a
'isitor in Lexington last week. Mr..
'terrett intimated to his friends
Iere that he would again be a
andidate for the Democratic nom.
nation for the Legislature should
here be such desire on the part
f his constituents,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-08-02
Realism In Entertainments.

The August number OF the Scrap
Book, under the foregoing heading,
publishes these alleged incidents Of
early day thestricals in Virginia city:
A rather interesting bit OF realism
occurred in Virginia City, Nevada, in
early days when the late John Piper
ran Pipet's opera house. 4 repertoire
company, presenting a series Of West
ern dramas, required US one OF lie pro
pertiss a quantity Of dirt which the
leading man was to pan out at a bah
bling brook III the hope Of finding gold
traces. The big sceue occurred ID the
second act, when, 10 and behold, the
gentlemauly actor succeeded in locating
three pretty good-sized nuggets within
d minute after the water struck the
gravel. As soon Us the curtain fell he
dashed out OF the stage entrance with
the property man, located the spot from
which the shovelfull OF dirt was taken
and promptly claimed all the territory
fifteen hundred feet north aud six hui
bred feet west.
10 the same theuter a few years later,
a nowslde slipping from the face Of
Mount Davidson deposited u mule on
he stage. The animal proceeded to
kick the scenery down, jumped on the
piano, and tore out through the main
entrance.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-08-02
WaterSponi On Lake Tahoe

Tho gueats Of Brockway hotel, AT the
north end Of Lake Tahoe, were treated
TO the novel and exciting spectacle OF a
waterspout shortly after 3 o'clock Sat.
urday AFTERNOON. The day Ind been
warm and sultry. About noon dark
thunder clouds appeared over tic pou,h.
crn end 0f the lake. A6ou, 100 nm.
other thunderstorm appeared over the
mountains at the north side, and thcsp
Two storms met ut Cornelian bay, on.
poetic BrOckwav. In n short time ,h.
nstontRhcd watchers on .Ie pier Jaw the
spray rise from the lake in the torm Of n
pyramid, from winch nj timos extended
n column Of water 10 tho clouds. Tho
phenomenon slowly crossed the bay 10
within n fcw hundred feet Of Brock way
aud finally broke when il struck the
shore at Sta,cline point md disappear.
ed. -Four or live boats contained lisb.
ing parties had narrow cscapce.-Eu.
ter prize.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-08-02
High School Accredited at State University.

On July 3lst, Prof. G. f. Anderson
received notice that the EIko county
high school will hereafter be accredited
in all ito subjects tor admission to the
university.
Upon Recommendation OF the principal
Of the county high school, with the con-
%currence OF the professors Of ma.hemat
les and chemistry, students may he
given advanced credi, in mathe mates
and chemistry. These favors to the high
school are given upon recommendation
Of the university examiner, John Ed
wards Bray, who examined the schools
OF the state last spring for the uni
versity.
This places the high school On a
splendid fJotlng and the young people
who attend it hereafter should 10 their
best 20 maintain the high standing the
school has won. This standing should
never be lowered through the failure OF
the students to do their part OF the
work. The teachers will always do their
part.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-08-02
He Vas Sot Too Old.

Senator Pet,us was 10 years Of age
when be entered the senate, and it is
said lie was spurrei to become a candi
date 10y the lpjudicious criticism OF an
old friend, Senator Pugh. 1t was dur
ing President Clevelaud's second term
that MIR. Pettus sought aD appointment
as United States district attorney IL
Alabama. He asked Senator Pugb's
aid. He wa then u, but Senator Pugh
declined to commend him because he
was too old.
Maybe | an to ole for the office
mentioned, be replied, but / an. not
too old to go to the United States senate
and serve notice IN you DOW that !
shall be your successor"
Ia the following November Mr.. Petlus
wac nominated 10y the democratic party
and elected by the legislature of la
bama u. 5. Senator for tie term CON-
meDcing March 1; 1897. After his nom
inatioD the opposition to his election
was merely nominal. He received the
entire vote OF his party. Upon the ex-
piratiOn II his term in 1903, Senator
Peitrs was reelected, and it was tactily
understood among the political leaders
Of Alabama that Senator Pettus was to
be kept in the senate as long Rs he
should live
Though not 30 conspicuous in the
lie IA in the senat as his colleague,
Senator Morgan, Senator Pettus uccupi-
ed a position Of prominence and ill.,
tiuence in the upper branch OF the ma
tional Legislative assembly and his cuun.
sci was always sought by the democrats
when important matters were at stake.
With two exceptions Senator Pettus
WIS a delegate to all the democratic ma
uoual conventions held since the war,
and when a delegate was cbairuaL OF
the Alabama delegation.
Senator Pettus was a very uctiYe man
and a few who saw him on tina floor
OF the senate would pick hin as tho
oldest member Of the body. He WIS
born when Monroe was presidents; he
was "A grown man when Clay and Web.
ster and Calhoun we're in the senate.
and thus bis lie had spanued a larger
period OF stirring events than that OF nj.
most any OF his contemporaries in the
senate.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-08-02
Famous Woman Now Ia This County.

Mrs. Ella Rawles Reader. one OF the
most prominent financiera OF the world
and a noted mining promoter, has arriv
ed i'll Elko from New York. She is here
to rsoually inspect the mines OF the
Cooper Basin company at Bald Noun
taiu, and will probably take an option
on or purchase thom. She is one OF
the worlds famous wonen.-Elko indie
dependent.
In the curreut number OF the Satur
day Evening Post ia au interesting ar.
ticle on the "handlipg" OF employees.
Among 4 large force Of stenog rnphers
and ~ pc ritters, when conducting M
extensive public stenogr8phIc business
some years ago u New York, is mention.
ed. She kissed all the girls as the y
arrived at tho office III the morning. II
she adopts tina. system in running her
mines mt Bald Mountain, it will DO all
of for other operators in this section o.
the state Ter che 10 described as a most
fascinating woman, conely withal, and
an all around man tanner. That's the
system that would put out OF comm;s-
sion tho endict OF walking delegates
and "mner circles" II would likewi4e
create a labor famine in other camps.
As tho Independent sage, Mrs. Ella
Ita wles Reader 10 one OF the worlds
famous She has built rnilrOads
in the Orient, opened up mines in South
America, iinHDcied governmonte, fought
and vanquishod tho great t]inanciers OF
earth. She bas also met with defeat,
and took her medicine, blandly smiliuR,
like: tho thorou Shbred che is, with not
one drop o: cHyuse blood in her blue
veins.
1t was this little lady's cause whom
Senator Morgan obampioDcd a yenr or
go ago, In connection with bonding the
debt OF n Of the southern republics
which one, has escaped tho writer's
memory for a moment in which traneac-
ton 1t was clearly shown that the admin
istraaop was standing in with a crooked
New York lawyer, the same ono that
eawed of ON this government the gold
brick aescts OF tho old Ftonch Panama
Canal company.
Mrs. Reader is, Of cOurae, nm Ameti.
can-no other country on earth could
produce and develop euch another.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-08-02
South African Jab FLY.

a new menace to animals on the
desert has appeared in a for midable fly,
known to scientists as the 4colepoteron, >
and until recently thought to be con.
fined to the arid regions of Sonth Africa .
The insect Is commonly known as the
lab hy," and is said to be exceedingly
dangerous to animals. 4 valuable
horse belonging to r. S. Crate died last
week as the result OF 8 bite OF the
insect, and several others are i'll a
serions condition.
Tho animals nearly always are stung
in the neck, Immediately after which a
swelling OF the glands follows. The
Emphatic glands are later affected and
the swelling spreads over the body, the
sy mptoms bearing n striking resem.
blance to those OF laundering. The bite
usually prove fatal in the horse within
a week.
1t is less dangerous t. cattle, and
rarely kills them, although they are
greatly distressed by the flies, and
grazing in large arens in South Africa
has been abandoned ON account OF them.
Tho fly has a long shiny black body,
with white a%ntcnnae. and winga much
like beetle wlngs, which nave been the
cause Of its being wroDgfuDy classified,
scientists say, with the celeoptera.
Professor George &. Stearus, Of
Whitney college, vas the first to iden.
THY the insect M the terrible jab fly.
He found some Of the . e glued to the
hairs on Il horse, in the manner in
which the eggs OF Bott flies are attach
ed, apd from a microscopic examioa-
ton was enabled to classify. lie
watched them closely, and after they
had Matched the flee, fouud the to be
the jab fly. Professor Stcarus spent
Sc yeral years in South Africa.
Tho best known preventative for the
insect is n combination OF coal lar md
cbOI0rofnrm smeared on tho horses
mock and jaw. So far this is the only
known mixture that will keep .hem off.
-Goldfield Chronicle.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-08-02
The Western Pacific

The Humboldt Star has the following:
| That the laying of track by the
Western Pacific westward from Win
uemucca toward the Sierras ia 10 be
commenced by this fau Is the announce.
ment made in San Francisco by one OF
the prominent officials Of the road a few
days ago He further stated that some
time this fall the Western Pacific wonld
establish a yard at Winuemucca, which
viii be the headquarters Tor the greater
part OF the engineering and construction
work in this state. The official coz
tinued:
AT present we nave 1000 mer seat.
tered along between San Francisco and
Salt LAKE. City working on the road,
and nearly 5000 OF them are on the
stretch from Oroyille up the the Feather
river and the western slope OF the
Sierra. The construction of pig steel
bndges is the thing that holds continu-
Gus tracklaymg back. Tlere are only
about fifty men at work go far about
the San Francisco terminal, and they
are removing old buildings from the
site. And there are only eight SO Ear
on the proposed pier and ferry-slps at
the Oakieud side; they are the crew
operating a pile driver.
I'VE have the track all laid west from
Salt Lake for a distance of l42 miles, a
ehort stretch Of two miles of track near
the own OF Brock with on the western
slope Of the Sierra in connection with
the Boca and Loyalton railroad.
early in September we expect to
art our first train service with a line
INNING between Salt Lake and a place
now called Shafter, after General Shat
ter. This town Ia the crossing. place Of
our road and the Nevada Northern
railroad, which is running between Salt
Lake and the Guggeheim properties at
Ely, New. Our line to SLaiter wiz be
lag miles long"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-08-02
Entered at the ElKo postonlce for Transmission
through the mails as second-class matter.
A FALSE CONCLUSION.

Speaking OF the new Rooserelt-F arrar
heresy regarding the annihilation Of
state rights and home rule by a resort to
the post roads clause OF the constitution,
and the Root-Roosev welt heresy OF chang
ing the constitution by means OF Judicial
Interpretation instead of by amendment
in the way prescribed IN the constitution
itseli, the Washington Post says:
at is very Unfortunate that neither OF
the great parties Is in condition to
combat anti-stste nights propositions
in The campaign Of 1855"
The reason given for this conclusion is
that -Judge Farrar's Interpretation Of
OF the post-roAds clause Of the constitu-
ton and its Endorsement by President
Roosevelt are but samples of similar
theories advanced by men OF great
prominence in both Of the leading
parties
The conclusion stated, does not follow
logically from the premise. For it Is
certainly not true, hat because some
men-not all men-of both political
parties advocate unconstitutional theo-
ries, those parties indorse these theories
60 far that the majority in either party
should be unable to combat hem.
Despite MIR. BryaD's views regarding
federal Licenses for interstate corpora
tons and the government ownership Of
railroads, and despite Mr.. Roosevelt's
views CONCERNING constitutional amend
ment by unconstitutional methods and
he overthrow Of local selt-goyernment
ny means Of Il masked battery Of con.
atructiye powers, hidden behind a court
appointed by the executive, We venture
% say that a vast majority Of the voters
"f this country still cling to the prin-
ciples OF Jefferson, Monroe and jackson.
here is a vital distinction between
s)me men and all men. The democratic
party Ii today, as it ever has been, in
POSITION to combat aDtI-state rights pro-
positions, whether eusnating from
Roosevelt, Bryan, OF any number OF men
OF great prominence in either Or both
political parties, for il las always stood
fast for the principle Of home rule.
The fetish-man no law can bind is
an old saying, and quite true. But the
fetish.meu, the psuedo hero worshipers,
WHO place demegogues above sound
principles, are in the minority in both
parties. The democratic party will, in
its platform, undoubtedly reafirm its
ancient and distinguishing principles OF
state rights, home rule and representa-
tive government; and there is now every
reason to believe that it will have the
support OF a majority OF the electorate
~ the nation ill 1909.-E1chaDge.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-08-02
Nevada Coal Field Sold.

In order to demonstrate the CONNER.
cial value, il any, Of coal found in the
volcanic sections OF Nevada; Louis X.
knootz, acting for himself and eastern
investors including Pittsburg capitalists,
has purchased for SIS 900 a tract of coal
land lGO acres in extent, lying two miles
southwest Of CoaldIe, Eeme I'd Ida
county. The first payment Of Sl2, 500
cash was made yesterday, and the sec
ond, Of an equal amount, viii be made
on August .. The purchase was made
from William Groeznger OF CundeIaria'
who has owned the property for a long
time and is thoroughly satisfied that it
will prove 4 gigantic producer.