Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-07-29
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is going to pieces. The members
are going TO vote for Bryan.
1t lie reported that Nicaragua
and Honduras are on the verge of
war because of the formers help
to revOlutionist.
President Roosevelt announced
at the Naval War College at New
port that be wanted a navy that
could fight.
W. j. Bryan has turned over 70
the state end county committees
one thousand dollars paid him by
two photograph companies for
talking into their records,
northampton county, Va, far
mere last week shipped "A, coo bar
reis OF IRISH potatoes, and it is es-
timated that their shipments this
week will average $4,000 barrels
daily.
The United States Circuit Court
of Appeals, at Chicago, overruled
the fine of S29, 240, 900 imposed on
the Standard Oil Company of In
diana, and the Government will
try fgein
OF the l05 counties in Kansas
thirty-fve have no county jails
and thiIty-seven have 70 criminal
ca seq on docket at the present
time. Forty-one counties are with
out a single pauper and twenty
five no pOGrhouses.
Mr.. Melville 4. ingalls,. the rail.
road magaate, said at Hot Springs
Tuesday that it will make little
difference with the railroads who is
elected president. Inslde of
month after election, he said,
things will settle and the country
will become prosperous.
Massachusetts, boasts of one
town which expelled the saloon
by high license, Through a mis-
take in the local option election,
the town voted wet, and in order
to keep saloons from coming ia
through this technical error the
town council placed the license fee
at 81, 100000. No one took out a
license.
A man whose business takes him
all over Iowa said to the CORES
pendent Of The New York Sun: Il
find Bryan getting more kind
words than ever. Some Of the Re-
publicans say they ARE going to
vote for him, anyway. But more Of
them are waiting to see what Mr..
Taft has to say III his speech Of
acceptance. They want to hear him
say specifically that there will be
mo backward step If he doesn't
there may be trouble"
Roanoke Evening World: Mr..
Bryan was determined to have for
a running mate a man whose name
ends with n. His preference was
Johnson, but, be is satisfied with
Kern. Possibly he is trihe super
stitious. He knows tull we'll that
all Presidential candidates whose
surnames ended with the letter n,
with a Vice Presidential candidate
whose surnames likewise ended
with n, We're elected: Jefeson-
Clinton, Madison-ClintoE, Jack
'on-Calhoun, Jackson-Van Bu-
ZEN, Lincoln Hamlin, Lincoln
Johnson, Harrison--Morton.
A total of more than quarter
If a million of dollars Was paid out
N the city of Newport News du-
ing the year beginning July l,
1907, and ending July /. 1908, by
he government for the maintenance
If its Atlantic coast transI OFT ser
,ice, which makes it's headquar-
ers in that port. These figures are
'osiderably larger than lie, per
laps, realized by the people of thar
'ity, to whom practically all Of
he pecuniary benefit accrues, and
t accounts in large measure
or the earnest efforts which New
York and other pc. t. on the coast
lsve for a long tine teen making
o take The service away from that
'ity.
A Dispatch from Bristol says C..
Sascoub Slemp, the Republican
tate chairman in Virginia, was in
difference at Hot Springs Monday
With William H. Taft, Republican
andidate for president. Mr.. Siemp
'Iomised good accounts from Viz
,inia in the election this fall. lie
will open Req ublican headquarters
II Roanoke eaily in August. "We
re going to make an earnest
fort" he told Mr.. Taft, TO carry
he state for the Republicans. We
ave many reasons TO be encourage
d with the situation. We propose
o place Virginia where she right
ully belongs as regards national
olttIcs-in the Republican col
NM"
Cambria which was until recent
= merely suburb of Christians
urg, is now town unto itself,
nd is destioed to be one of Vir-
inia's lively little cities. r. V.
lltizer is the mayor Of the new
municipality. During the past
hree years the town has been
tsadily developing. Industries
ave located there, business has
,omed up in all lines, anu now il
as a bank, or very soon will have,