Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-09-09
CONDENSED NEWS
Brief Items of Interest for the
Busy Reader

Bright tobacco growers Of the
Danville district are preparing for
a fight against the Tobacco Trust.
The custodians of the Russell
Sage Fund are considering the
ACCESSIBILITY of establishing cheap
insurance for the poor.
Congressman Nicholas Long
worth, son-in-law Of the President,
is to be on the list Of campaign
speakers.
Kermit Roosevelt lie to be the
official photographer of the Presi'
dents hunt for big gene in Africa
and he will also learn to hunt.
The Japanese government forced
to economical, has cut the army
and navy budget 800, 100000 and
postponed the proposed exposition.
A New York woman lie suing q
physician who che declares took
her sons heart away after perform
ing an autopsy upon his body.
A company of negroes has been
formed in Richmond to purchase
the Pine Beach resort for the ex-
elusive use of the colored people
of Virginia.
Richmond for the past few DAYS
has been infested with tramps, the
majority of whom are thought to
have been driven from the south
by the recent foods.
AS a rule, woman makes a sue
cess of poultry culture because she
il careful, watchful and mindful
of the small details-the little
leaks that often sink the big ship!
The Federal Court at Montgom-
cry, Ala, has decided that beer
coming into that city, which is
dry, is an interstate shipment un-
ill it reaches the purchaser.
1t is a good plan to know and
jot down the size of every field.
Measure a clothesline, tie stake
at each end. and measure the field
both ways. Then you can esti-
mate fertilizer, crops and land
exactly.
The longest funeral services ever
held in the Valley took place Sun.
day at Berryville, when four
prea cheers delivered sermons at the
funeral of the wife of Rev. Charles
Carr, a colored Baptist minister.
1.-The services lasted over four hours.
| An epidemic of typhoid fever 10
lprevalent in various parts of Fred
erick county, and the health au-
liberties are considerably alarmed
at the situation. At Cross Roads,
lin the western part of the county,
There are six cases, while at Lake.
view, near the Clarke county line,
sight cases are reported.
| Naked, with body covered with
hair and CRIME; mute and acting
| ike demented person, the human
aparition that has been terrorizing
the residents near Swamp, N. j.,
was captured last week by two con-
stables after a desperate struggle
and locked in padded cell in
Mercer county, N. j., Jail. The
constables went to the barn at
night and caught the man un-
awares. The nan has evidently
.ost his reason and power of speech.
Combining their operations with
n a radius of 100 feet burglars
were unusually active In Norfolk a
a few days ago. By unique meth
dds they entered three of the clty's
eading stores and got away with
500 in cash and a suit Of clothes.
They attempted to enter the ioulth
clace of business, but were fright
ened off. Those that suffered were
the Burt Shoe Company, the New
YorA Clothing Company and l..
la. Whitehurst's dry goods store.
D. W. Parry of Indianapolis, ex-
president of the Association OF
manufacturers and prominent Re-
publican, announces himself OPP
posed to the posting of "prosperi-
" placards" in factories in be-
half of Taft's election and against
! business scares gotten up for polit-
ical effect. The Republican lead
ere are resorting to all sorts OF
tricks to catch the unwary, but IN
5 vain does the fowler spread his
D net in sight Of the bird.
Speaking Of the results of the
Vermont election Chairman Mack
of the Democratic National Com
mittee sud in New York: "The
result is very satisfactory to u.s.
, We spent no money there and We
= sent no speakers, On the Other
hand the Republicans sent national
speakers, spent a whole lot OF mon
ey and made vigorous effort. The
u returns show the Republican vote
fell off from eight TO ten per cent.
=" while the Democratic vote is only
l. from two to four per cent. CON
pared with four years ago w
u don't intend to make any \ pecia
y effort In Maine y
Senator JOHN Walter Smith Of
- Maryland, on his return from q
n European trip, declared he wculc
4 support Bryan as loyal party
l, man. Richard Croker of New
. York, recently said that on his re-
turn to this country he would g
IN work for BRYAN, Former Sena