The Washington herald., 1908-07-20

The monument to be erected 10 the
memory Of the Confederate dead will be
unveiled at the Confederate reunion. to be
held at Beverly. W. Va. September 90
Senator John W Daniel. of Virginia. viii
be the principal speaker. The affair viii
be in the nature Of a State reunion, a
call for It having been issued by Maj.
Gen. Robert White, Of the Confederate
Veterans OF West Virginia
The Goshen Iron Company is prospect
ing for ore on some iron lands on which
il has secured an option near Oriskany,
in Botetourt Should the results prove
satisfactory, Victoria furnace viii soon
20 into blast The concern expects. at
any rate. 70 put Il into blast ia the fall
Some of our contemporaries are pub
fishing an interesting story about The
Human Tide" II does not refer, how
ever. 10 the instructed delegations which
went 20 Chicago and Denver They were
the human Jied.-N0rfolk Landmark
For some time past there has been un-
der consideration between the town coun-
ell Of Salem and the Roanoke Railway
and Electric Company plan for extend
/ iag the car line from its present terminus.
Al The corner Of Main street and College
avenue, in a westerly direction out Main
street TO Lake Spring. a distance Of one
mile
Representatives Of the Roanoke Rail
way and Electric Company appeared be
fore The town council at a meeting held
Wednesday night. and after a full con-
side-ation Of the matter. the council
voted unanimously IN favor Of the ex-
tension. Under The law, the necessary
franchise viii have 10 be advertised for
thirty days. and then the council VIII
have 20 pass on the bid oT bids for the
4 Improvement In the present instance.
| this IS, Of course. merely formality--
TEe proposed extension viii prove an
/ immense convenience for the people Of
Salem. and viii also be OF great advau-
tage 10 that large number Of residents Of
Roanoke who love TO take frequent trips
or the trolley 20 Salem and return Lake
I Spring. the proposed new terminus, Is
the source OF SaIem's water supply, and
70 Is surrounded by pretty park
Preliminaries incidental TO the opera
tiun OF a steamer line between Norfolk
and Petersburg are now under way, and
l II is probable that regular schedule viii
De in operation within a short time.
Mr.. H /. smith IS president and Capt.
J. V. Phillips IS vice president Of the
proposed line. Capt Phillips is the for
mer operator of a line between these two
points. which was withdrawn some time
ago
The HouIt Coal and Coke Company has
about completed preparations FOR the
opening Of d new mine al Hoult. three
miles below Fairmout on the 8Io1ouga-
fa| az
lands. II Is proposed 20 establish coke
ovens IN the near future.
The Richmond Dispatch has pre-
sented 20 the public the third annual edu-
cationaI section OF that enterprfsing pa
per. Aside from the advertising features.
the edition IS replete with articles on
education by such noted personaEes as
William Il Taft. William J Bryan Car
cinaI Gibbons. Gov. Claude Swanson. W.
Gordon lIcCabe. J. Y Joyuer, Molly FL
lot SeaweH. J. D. Eagleston. r.. ArmI-
stead Gordon Thomas Nelson Page. Arne-
lie Rives. Prof. Charles w Kent. and
Waiter Z. Harris. Every educational IN
stitution in the State Of Virginia Is repre-
sented in the advertising columns. The
edition IS prufUsely Illustrated with half
tone enEraviuEs. and the whole puhIsca-
o. the able Richmond newspaper We
heartily congratulate our Virginia con
temporary
The Petersburg InCeX-AppeaI has en-
tered upon the forty-fourth year Of its
existence, and no paper in Virginia can
look back with more satisfaction upon
an honored and eveutful record. The
paper IS quoted very largely. which IS q
significant tribute 10 its genuine worth.
The farmers Of this country have been
q long time coming into their own. but
the year 1sS marks the climax Of that
event With everything that IS grown
upon the farm soaring in price. and
the prospects for heavy crops. the best
in the history OF the country the farm
CT is able 10 share the national prosper
ity-somethius he has enjoyed TO a very
limited degree in the past. As a re-
suit OF the agricultural outlook Il IS ex-
pected that the superabundance Of crops
VIII create g big revival il trade when
/ they begin 10 move. restoring the rail-
roads 20 a normal state Of business. and
scattering the vast sums Of money ac-
cumuiatiug in financial centers broad
cast over the country--Roanoke Times
president Roosevelt has Just done two
very pretty things one was 70 have the
feet Of war ships so regulate its journey
that II might pass the leper colony OF
the Hawaiian Islands in daylight and
give the unfOrtunates there a chance TO
see the finest marine spectacle the world
has ever beheld. This was a thought
fUl bit OF kindness. Characteristic Of the
spirit OF our country and IN every way
honorable to II There IS real poetry and
the sweetest Of sentiment IN the use Of
this mighty assembIage Of destruction
and illustration Of a nations war power
10 please and interest unfortunate and