Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-11-25
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completed elbows that it will con-
tain 2I9 Republicans and l72 DEM
Ocrats.
John D. Rockefeller was the star
witness last week in New York in
the Standard Oil Investigations. He
told all about the Organization of
that great trust.
The Commoner: IF what the
mighty hunter does to the African
Gig game is no more than what he
has done to the American trusts.
the jungleS will not run red with
blood, although the magazines
may run black with Ink.
IF had been q candidate for
President this time, / would have
carried Georgia and broken the
solid South, ," were the words at.
'ributed to President Roosevelt by
Commissioner of Agriculture Hud.
soD, of Georgia.
Among the wonders of modern
surgery is the grating of the leg
of dead terrier to a living dog,
out even the most expert surgeons
have found no remedy for that
strained feeling when the wife
pulls her husbands leg for a hat.
Hearst's independence League
candidates polled fifty votes in
Virginia at the election held the
Bird of this month. With an in
crease of this number every four
rears how old will Mr.. Hearst be
when his party lie able to elect q
Governor in this StateS
In an interview few days ago,
William Jennings Bryan said: II
would much prefer TO retire to
private life, and l hope that four
years hence circumstances will not
0e such ss to force me into the
campaign. But if circumstances
should demand me to battle, battle
1 will.
Stanton Spectator: A Demo
cratic fire was raging throughout
many forests of the country des.
troying valuable timber. But as
soon as possible after Mr.. Taft
was elected nice pure clean Re-
publican snow was arranged for,
and sent down on last Saturday.
Destruction has now ceased and
everything lie lovely.
Secretary Cortelyou announces
that he will receive bids up to the
close of business on December 4th,
next, for $50, 000,0 900 Panama Ca
nal bonds or any part thereof, to
bear 2 per cent interest. The
bonds will be dated November /,
1908, thus making this a new is.
sue. and interest will begin as Of
that date,
The reason for William Ran.
dolph Hearst's visit to the White
House developed recently when
the report was circulated that the
editor had placed before the Presi-
dent proposal that Mr.. Roose-
welt add to mis- literary duties af-
fer the expiration of his term of
Office by becoming a special edi.
torial writer for the Hearst string
of papers. Mr.. Hearst's offer to
the President was, it is said,a sal
airy of 100000.
The hustling town of Orange is
rapidly recovering from the disas-
trous fire OF ten days ago. The
ruins are being cleared and plans
are already under way for the
erection of larger and more sub
stantial business buildings. The
congregation of the Baptist
which was destroyed, has
already raised IS, 900 for Few ed
flee. In the ruins of this church
is a new pipe organ, costing 81, 200,
which was to have been used for
the first time the Sunday morning
the fire destroyed the edifice.
A movement has been set on
foot at Waynesboro, to build a
macadamized road across tbs Blue
Ridge mountains to connect Au-
gusta and Albemarle counties
which will be one of the links in
the proposed highway from Staun-
ton to Richmond. A meeting was
held the other day at the home Of
Col. j. w. Brown, near Alton,
when plans were discussed. The
old right Of way along the Chesa.
penke and Ohio Railway has been
on account Of its even
grade. Private subscriptions will
be asked to supplement the appro-
priations of the county supervisors
Of the two counties.
The elevation of Albert Kirby
Fairfax, one of the American Fair
taxes, to an English peerage, was
read with interest in Clarke coun-
ty. In this county are the ruins
Of Greenway Court, the cOlOniPl
home of Thomas (Lcrd) Fairfax,
which in its day was one of the
most notable estates in the New
World. Only the covered
mark where the old
house stood, but near by stiIl
stand some of the outhcuses-
5reenwsy Court is now owned by
he Kennerly family, relatives OF
The Fairfax family. The old es.
;ate is within a mile of the village
If White Post, which got it's name
rom large white post Lord Fair
AK planted in the middle Of the