Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-11-18
CONDENSED NEWS
Brief Items of Interest for the
Busy ResfeT


Harrisonburg will be dedicated
Sunday, Dec. II b, and Rev. DR..
g. b. Stricken Of Union Theolog-
ical Seminary, will preach the SER
men.
The town council of Honaker, in
Russell county, has passed an ord
nance providing for a fine of 80
to be imposed on any boy under
1e years of age who should be
caught smoking cigarette.
The large stables and courthouse
of the Eagle Hotel, at Standards
vile, Greene county, were des.
troyed by fire Tuesday morning.
The fire originated from a Gig
arctic in the hands of a small col
ored boy who was smoking in the
stable aud dropped the lighted
stub in the cutting room.
George E. Murrell. president of
the Virginia Horticultural Society,
which is to meet in Lynchburg
January 9th and 8th, has begun
preparation for the convention.
One of the features of the three
days for tie benefit of the orchard
owner, vii! be u spraying demon
stration at the Miller Park. A
fruit exhibit, ard enemies to trees
arc their effects, will be another
feature.
Speaker Richsrd Evelyn Bryd Of
the Virginia House OF Delegates,
in bis paper, the Winchester Star,
refers to the "TGft Democrats of
Richmond" as tie "Richro end
Taftocrats." He advocates a POL
icy Of excluding from the State
primaries those Democrats who do
rot vote the Democratic national
ticket, and ridIcules the "independ.
ent party" move in the State.
Mrs. Bette cambridge, the only
living former mistress of the " bite
House, with the exception of Mrs.
Cleveland, is recovering from an
accident which almost cost her her
life recently at her residence IN
Winchester. While waking near
stairway she slipped and fell
down, sustaining cuts and bruises,
which it Was fearsd, would result
serioutly in view CT her sc years.
1t is now stated, however, that she
is much better ant will recover.
Mrs. cambridge is a daughter Of
President Zachary Taylor.
DespoLdent over the defeat of
William Jennings Bryan for the
presidency, H. L. Smith, union
station agent at Varina, N. c.,
took a double bnrreled shotgun and
blew off the top Of HE head. Smith
left note in which be declared
that he was perfectly rational
and had contemplated suicide for
ONE time. Ever slnce the cleo
tion the man had been very des-
pondent. He was an ardent Dem.
ocrat, and is said to have taken
the defeat of the Democratic tick
ct very much to heart.
The fourth Virginia regiment,
whose colopel, Thomas j. Not ting
hem, recently resigned, created
sensation in military circles, lie
shy four companies. Twelve conf
panies should constitute a regi-
ment, and each company must
muster over tifty-eight men. In
this respect only two of the eight
companies in the Fourth have The
required number of men enrolled.
They are company C, of Newport
News, and Company NJ, of EN-
poria. Unless the companies in
which there are deficiencies in
numbers cen recruit W to the
minimum within sixty days after
Jan. l. next. they will be disband.
ed, according to a statement issued
by Governor Swanson, WHO lie
chairmsn Of tie State military
board.
Philadelphia Record: We are
in a habit Of congratulating our
selves upon our immunity from
standing army, Fartly because Its
cost is a great burden to the tax
payer and partly because Of
widespread Impression that the
conditions of army life are not es.
pecially conductive to high moral
ity. KiplIng has seen a good deal
of barracks life, and his conclusion
is that "young men in brrrscks
don't grow into plaster salnts."
But President Hadley, of Yale. Is
impressed with the conviction that
there is another side to the prob
lem of great army and compul-
cory military service. The best
German testimony. he cay, is that
"the German army gives the Ger
man nation habits of discipline,
cleanliness and efficiency which
cannot be obtained in any other
way"
A dispatch from Scottsville says:
Resem bling the ancient plaques of
Egypt is the invasion here this
fall Of millions of wasps in the
churches. The insects have con-
fneed themselves exclusively to
those of the Episcopal faith,
crowding into St. Johns in the
town OF Scottsville and into Christ
church, where Mr.. Roosevelt wor-
ships during his excursions to
Pine Knct. Great knots of them
collect on the windows, swarms of
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