Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-12-02
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year will be the largest in the bis.
tory of the islard and will reach
500, 600 boxes.
MethodIsts of tie State are to
collect . fund OF 500 900 fer the
purpose of establishing an indus.
trial school ct Richmond in con-
nection with the Methodist Or
phanage.
The cost Of maintaining the
poJrhouses in Virginia, EXCUSE Of
outside help, amounts to $685.
554.77 for the year just closed.
These facts were included in a re-
port just compiled by the Stats
board OF charities and corrections.
The football season is nearly
ever. Thus far the casualties foot
up IL dead; 1913 seriously injured,
with many more eighty hurt.
Considering the number of combat
ants engaged the game is proper
tionately more deadly than actual
War.
Mr.. j. F. Spicer of Buchanan,
mas had On exhibition at his store
.ome large luscious straw berries,
plucked from his garden since the
Dig snow of the l4th. Some Of
he vince are in full bloom, others
tearing berries in the green state,
md some entirely ripe.
Roanoke city now faces a local
option election. The Anti.Ssloon
{ eague has presented to the Cor
ration Court petition, upon
which are TIA names, praying for
n election to pass upon saloons or
| 20 saloons. Judge Woods will de-
eide later when he will order the
sleetion.
The will of the late Joseph Bry-
an of Richm ond has been probated
in the clerks office of the Henric0
Circuit Court. TIE estate is valued
at $750,s0O. Mrs. Bryan, the wild
ow, Is left life interest in one
half of the estate. The five sons
receive the other half and the
mothers share at her death.
| Paper is to be manufactured
from cotton stalks, heretofore
useless by.product, according to a
report to the Bureau of Manu-
facturers. A company, capitalized
at $500, 900 has been organized at
Atlanta, Ca, for the purpose. 1t
is claimed that paper can be made
from cotton stalks at cost of
about $40 per ton.
Rev. Silas C. Swallow, the for
mer Prohibition candidate for
president, has written an open let
ter 70 the President criticislng his
ststen ent that q voter ought NOT
to consider the religious beliefs Ct
a candidate. He declares that il
does matter what a claimant for
popular suffrage believer, and the
citizen ought to consider it in de-
Gliding how to vote.
From the Businesses Of Kappa.
hammock county comes the report
that internal revenue officers Eave
seized an enormous still, confscst-
ed 1880 gallons OF apple pOmace
ready for distlllatlon. and have ar
rested Newman and Harrison Jen-
kins, alleged owners and proprie-
tors of the plant, for the illegal
manufacture of ardent spirits. The
still was located in the mountains.
By a special dispensation grant.
ed many years ago by the Pope,
Catholics are allowed to eat meat
on Friday only when Christmas
falls on that day. This year for
the first tire since 1908, the great
feast day will be celebrated on
Friday, and as result of the dis
pensatiOn Catholics may eat turk
ey with impunity. This privilege
applies to mem bers Of the church
all over the world.
A solid carload Of Virginia cram
berries has been shipped from
Waynesbcro TO New England.
There were 200 barrels in he car
load. and they brought So per bar
rel. The cranberries were grown
on the cheap lines on the slopes
of the Blue Ridge .nountsins.. The
suggestion has been made that
other land on the Blue Ridge may
be proftably given to this crop.
An unconditional gift Of $4,000
to the endowment fund of the
University of Virginia has been
made by Col. Oliver II. Payne of New
York. Announcement Of the do
nation was made by President AL
derman to the members of the
faculty, who were advised that
Col. Payne was an admirer Of
Thomas Jefferson and of the Uni
versitV of Virginia and had be-
come impressed with the great
: ess Of the university's work.
In view of the agitation which
- going on throughout the State,
and especially in Richmond. Pc
tersburg and Norfolk. amorg su.
'omobile owners concerning the
rprovemnt of the public high
wsys, it has been suggested that
hess owners may appear before
The next Legislature ara ask that
an annual tax of $40 be placed
upon each machine in TIE State, 10
I've utilized for road purposes. IL
is estimated that there arc about
! 500 automobiles in Virginia, and