Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-05-05
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The Citizens League Of Ros noke
Ess been organized to break up
the political "ring" in control OF
affairs in that city.
President Goodrich, OF the Pea
out Groweis' Association CT Vir-
ginia, advises planters to hold
their crop, predicting that the
market will reach four cents.
Horace Smith, "a years old, was
burned to death in a fire that de-
stroyed the home of his nephew.
Jerry Smith, four miles south Of
Charlottesville, a few days ago.
Thirty-fvs additional locomo.
tives have been ordered by Presi.
dent George W. Stevens, Of .hs
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, all
OF thsm to be built by the Rich
mond branch OF the American Lo-
connective Works. The order for
fifteen locomotives was placed a
month ago. Each of these fifty
locomotives will cost $4,000.
The wedding of Lieut.. Abnsy
Payne, u. S. A., and Miss Evy
Tucker Mcclure, daughter of DR..
and Mrs. William Mcclure of
Winchester, and niece of Hon.
Harry st. George Tucker, candi.
date for governor of Virginia, took
place Wednesday evening at Christ
Episcopal church, Winchester. Rev.
William d. Smith, rector of the
church, affiliated.
That a lock canal of Panama
will be a colossal failure is the
opinion of d. K. Van Wagenen, a
mining ard consulting engineer of
Los Angeles, ard who is now in
Mobile on his way to New York.
Mr.. Van Wegenen declares that il
the lock canal is butt, and vast
lake Is created at Gatun, the dam
will break some day. and Colon
and Cristobal. as we'll as every
thing in the sweep of the great
body of water, VIII be over
whelmed. Alter that the canal
would have to be constructed over.
Philadelphia Record: Only
1
few months ago President taft
sald-and he meant it, toc-that
the interests of the masses OF
American consumers must be
taken into consideration in revis-
ing the tariff. But be is leurn-
ing already that tn. politicians in
che Senate who are manipulating
the tariff in the name Ct the Re-
publican party (and in the inter-
est of the Trusts have as little re.
gard for his opinion ss for the
welfare of consumers.
That Roanoke lie to have an-
other local.option election within
tie next two or three months 10
plainly indicated by tie following
extract from published state
ment from Rev. j. A. Taylor,
Southwest Virginia field manager
for the Anti.salooh League: "Of
course it goes without saying that
the local-option matter is not set
tied. The majority has spoken
and has been over ridden. 1t is
up to you, therefore, men of Roam
oke, to make the majority go over.
whelming that men will fear TO In.
woke mere technicality to defeat
the will of the people and thus
subvert your liberties"
After being mourned as dead by
his family for month, Charles
Young turned up safe and well at
the home of his father.in-law,
Charles Atkins, ut Blackeburg, a
.ew days ago, and his wife and
children discarded dresses of
black. Young was supposed to
have been killed in q railroad
accident in March at Dry Fork,
Va. The body of man killed in
the wreck Was terribly mangled,
but the remains were identified as
those of Young, who was known
to have been in that vicinity about
that time. Young's people bad
the body buried at Dry Fork, pay
ing for the coffin. The identity
of the man killed in the wreck is
not known.
Claiming that they are taxed
almost out Of business, nearly all
the fire and life Insurance com-
panies represented In Winchester
have decided to resist paying the
specific license tax imposed by the
Common Council recently, and
Judge T. w. Harrison, in Circuit
Court, has granted a temporary
injunction restraining the city
from collecting the tax. The in
surance companies have a brilliant
array of Winchester. New YorL,
Richmond and Atlanta lawyers to
make this test case before the
Virginia Supreme Court OF APP
reals. The insurance companies
pay three different taxes to do
business there in addition to a
State tax.
Builders seldom seem to consid-
or il worth while to ,entilste oofs-
On a hot dav the roof has al oven
like temperature thar must nee.
essarily be retained, for time.
and gradually diminished through