Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-05-20
CONDENSED NEWS
Brief Items of Interest for the
Busy r. ader

Louisiana HOcte of Representa-
tiVes prohibiting dealing in cotton
futures.
County cow tions held
throughout Texas instructed for
Bryan, and Bailey was endorsed
for Vice-Presideut in many couI-
ties.
Small Virginia Tags are being
sold by the hundred in Richmond
as a mears of raising money for
play grounds for the children of
that city.
Rev. DR.. Theron H. Rice of At
lanta. has been elected to fill the
chair of English Bible and Pastor
Theology In the Union Theologi-
cal Seminary In Richmond.
Vice President Fairbanks will go
to Quebec on July 20 to represent
the United States government at
the exercises commemorating The
three hundredth anniversary of the
landing of Champlaln.
Washington city last week was
swarming with Governors, yet
such is the change of manners that
the Governor of North Carolina
did not have word to say to the
Governor Of South Carolina.
Senator Culberson gays it will Ell
Their be Bryan or Pandemonium at
Denver, according to the Memphis
Commercial Appeal. Pandemoni.
umf Never heard of him but he
might do for Vice President.
The Washington Herald: The
edlct has gone forth women's hats
are to be smaller in circumference.
We are not surprised to hear it. We
have felt all along that some of the
straw in this country would be
needed for a few more breakfast
foods, bottle covers, mattresses
and things.
The western end of Charlottes-
will was thrown into CONSERVATION
by the wild antics of COW, which
became suddenly mad and raced
up West Main street, attacking
everything in her path. Three
horses were badly cut by the beasts
horns. The intense heat is supposed
to have caused the animal to 90 on
its rampage.
Lynchburg Advance Republi-
can newspapers attack Mr.. Bryan
for making living by lscturing
over the country. When Mr..
Bryan lectures, those who do not
hear him do not have to pay; when
Mr.. Taft lectures the people have
to pay whether they hear him or
not. lie draws salary from the
the peoples treasury.
The contract has been let and
work wac on Monday commenced
on the new building at the Virgin.
ia School for the Deaf and Blind
in stanton. This was authorized
by the Legislature last winter, and
the sum of 100000 appropriated
for its erection. 1t viii be three
story brick structure, for class
and recitation rooms, and will cost
about $4,000.
"There's reason for every
thing, said the dry goods mer
chant. "There's reason for odd
prlces-Sl.49, 1926, SS.4S, ETC.,
etc. The reason is that these odd
prices keep a customer waiting for
his change, and while he waits he
looks around, sees something he
wants, and buys it. odd prices,
causing a customer to wait, are re-
sponsible for some 10 or 20 per
cent, of each days sales.
The town Of Abingdon, thirteen
miles east of Bristol, which is
reaping II harvest of $4,000 per
year in net profits from its dispen-
sary, since Bristol went dry last
year, is preparing to vote on the
question of prohibition. Ii is pre-
iicted that owing to the tremend-
BUS profits derived from the dis
pensary, it will carry almost unan-
Imously.
On last Sunday Mr.. and Mrs
John II. Hoover, of TimberVille,
gave a dinner to four of their fe-
male relatives aid it was unique
Inasmuch as the youngest of the
four was ~ years of age, and all
in good health for persons who
have passed the three score and
.e n mark. The combined ages of
he four made exactly 800 years
md 8 months, or something over
IN average of n years.
The Grand Lodge of Odd Eel
ow, at the CLOSING session in
Lynchburg last week, took the in
tai steps for an endowment fund
# 100000 to maintain the or
,hanage and old folks home, both
If which are located there, and
1900, which was returned from the
san Francisco donation was placed
n the fund. Hereafter these insti-
utions will be maintained by
,er capita assessment and all do
Nations and other funds will go
nto the endowment fund
New York Herald: The power vi
dvertlsing lie told by the manager
# the toilet department Of a large
Jew York department. store. owe
AVE six different makes of one tot
ct article" be said, land they are