Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-06-02
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one divorce for every four mar
riagss in Los Angeles county Cal,
the ratio in 1908 being one to six.
In speech at Howard Univer.
sity, President Taft advised the
negroes to strive to win the friend
ship and respect Of the Southern
people.
Rev. DR.. Selden A. Lloyd Of
New York was elected Coadtutor-
Bishop of Virginia at the Episco-
pal Diocesan Convention held OF
Leesburg last week.
Protection on manufactured cot.
ton goods was demanded OF Con-
gress in q series of resolutions
adopted by an overwhelming vote
by the American Cotton Manu-.
facturers' Association at ito clos.
ing session in Richmond last week.
DR.. Long, who has been stigma.
tized by Mr.. Roosevelt as a "na-
ture faker" says that Mr.. Roose-
welt is ga game butcher pure and
simple, and his interest in animals
lies chiefly in the direction of
blood, butehsry and brutality"
A dispatch from Roanoke says
more than two miles OF track of
the Virginia Anthracite Railway
were washed out, bridges were
damaged and the Merrimac coal
mines, near Blacksburg, were
flooded by cloudburst a few days
ago. The storm at Blacksburg
was the heaviest for many years.
A move 10 to be made in Lynch.
burg, to break up the sale Of hard
cider in the city and warrants will
be issued against every retailer
there. The Anti.sslCon League,
which will ask for the enforce.
ment Of the Byrd law, as It's at.
torney CONSTITUTES 1t, will fight for a
conviction in each case, instead of
lSohoshbhS " tcss Saecs
The board Of supervisors Of
Augusta County have acted fav.
orably on petitions to macadanizs
parts Of three roads Of the county
those leading from Staunton 70
Greenville, to Mount Scion, and to
Spring Hill. One will be let to
contract and two worked with con.
victs. All will be paid for out Of
regular county levy with private
subscriptions. The combined dis
lance is over twenty miles.
Petersburg in the local.option
election last Thursday gave a
"wet" majority of SIS In q total
vote OF 1892. The overwhelming
majority for the "wsts", it Is be-
.ieved, shows the strength of
Harry st. George Tucker for
governor. Tucker is liberal in his
views on the liquor question, while
Judge Mann, though declaring
for local option, has been recog.
nized as one of tie strongest op-
ponents Of the saloon in Virginia.
Tidewatsr Virginia bitterly re-
sents the speech of Judge Mann,
denouncing the jamestown Expo.
.ition as q failure. The local
governors, being majority. met
in Norfolk and issued q state.
ment in which they exonerate Mr..
Tucker completely of any respon-
sibilIsy In the management of the
exposition and deny that it has
not valuable assets, which may
| pay oil debts. They call attsn.
tion to Judge Mann's failure to
attend the exposition, and accuse
him of lack Of information on tho
whole subject.
A joint committee of the two
bodies Of the city council Of Roa-
noke to which the matter of bopd
issue had been referred, have vot.
ed in favor of the issue, and . re-
port recommending that the
amount be $4,000 will be made
to the council. The bonds will
run thirty years and bear Al per
cent, the proceeds TO be devoted to
streets, sewers, fire department,
city market, police and municipal
departments. Streets will be Civ
en- $500, 900, while 1886, 900 will
be appropriated for = new police
station, Jail and municipal build
Ing.
A remarkable burial occurred
in the channel Of Hampton Roads,
off Sewslls Point, last week, when
the ashes of o former Confederate
soldier, who recently died In
Seattle, Wash, were lowered into
the water in q tiny silver cssket
in which they were sent from
Seattle, hrst to Richmond and
then to Old Point Comfort, by d.
rsction Of the deceased. The bur-
lal was made BY w. II. Fitzgerald
of Richmond, by whose side the
deceased Seattle man fought in
the United States Artillery of
Norfolk, at Sewalls Point, during
the Civil War. The identify of
the deceased has not been revealed.
Bristol was chosen az the next
place Of meeting by the Virginia
Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias,
at the meeting in Newport News
last Thursday night. The old
officials were reelected as follows:
Grand chancellor, Rev. John Hal
lowell, Richmond; grand vice
ch.uoallcr II AZ Tawie Staunton.