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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-06
GIEV PllNiEAI NOTES


A gckcral org goes 40 rofs conl
plcie changc m municipal ahaIrs fhu
Inc city has suffered from nalRdnnIs-
Triton during the past two years IS
universally conceded and the desire
Tor general cAnnge is deep and nole
nant The policy Of the present ad.
mlnis,raiion Ia voting away money.
deals. c0ualerdeals lobbery etc. in
public improvements has alarmed The
people Whet Is wnh.ed IS more
liberal policy and more improvements.
When bonds are yoled the people want
what they 1ote Cor -hey sparn the
residue after the Yhai aas been cu.
nr. y ciiy counc.i maae az rerfd.
antaIiye business men, ~ especially
neeCfu 80 q resrll tho people efe
looking % lthe Democrats % brlag
rellag
Taus rss nc Democratic candidates.
for ncyor have announced There are
several Ia he background. however.
Attorney Jefferson Clll be Demo.
cratic candidate for city ellolaeg He
Il good material
Ed Cheney rs asking for the Demo.
cratic namluation Tor onisi a. police.
Democrats will hold NcrS crucua
meetings Nhursday next
lestercSy was The les. day Cot Pc.
publlcans to ale with The Republican
committee 10 enter the primaries.
Dr Barker announced last night to
Che Republican, committee lhrt ae
would be nryoralty candidate.
-
Col ~ "a Seward present Justice
oi the peace lled yesterday With rne
Republican central committed as d
candidate egalant ) Boles, che pres.
emf roiics iudgc.
Frank seamer has ennounceG 81
eounclman from the With ward or
ne Republicans Ticket agelns, Bob oy.
criol. 2oaacr Owls more property
lr Che ss,lh ward than any ether man
The Republican Central e5nmlssne
met last might ane 1xed the voting
nlacus tor the primaries which vii be
helc March 18TH .udgen and inspac
lnrs o. precinct wore nHMed.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-06
Democrats will hold NcrS crucua
meetings Thursday next

Col. I "a Goward, present Justice
of the peace fed yesterday With Tne
Republican central committee as d
candidate against ) Boles, che Dles-
emf raiies Judge
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-06

Frank seamcr l2a ennOunceG 81
aounclman FROM the with ward or
ne Republicans Ticket agelns, Bob oy.
crloa 2oaaer Owls more property
lc ,he ss'lh ward than any ether man
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-30
Washington's Plague Spots

lie in the low, marshy bottoms of the
Potomac, the breeding ground OF ma
laria germs. These germs cause chllls,
fever and ague, biliousness, jaundice,
lassitude, weakness and general deblli-
ty and bring suffering or death to
thousands yearly. But Electric Bit
tiers never fail to destroy them and
cure malaria troubles. "They are the
best all-round tonic and cure for mala-
ria ever used," writes r. M. James,
of Louellen, S. C. They cure stomach,
liver, kidney and blood troubles, and
will prevent typhoid. Try them, sue.
Guaranteed by B. F. Hughes, Staun-
ton, Va.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-30
WHAT CAUSED THE DRY VIC
TORY.

Of course everybody can tell just
how it happened. 1t happened all
right, there is no doubt about that.
Whether it came about by reforma-
ton, an advanced morality, a determi-
nation to seek higher things, twill re-
main doubtful until the great book is
opened, and the secrets of all hearts
are known. But there is kind of
idea that good deal of politics was
worked on Thursday, the I'D, and that
some knifeing was done to get even on
account of former offenses.
Then again, there are many who be-
Heve that on the day of the election
there was a-shall we call it-'plot"
Matched, by which certain bunch or
bevy of men less than 20 in all, agreed
with certain other set of men, that
they would go in and vote dry-pro-
vided those ''dry" men would do some
certain other things. This, we are told,
is leaking out through the pores OF
That treacherous political mantel winch
is always thrown around or attempted
to be thrown around doubtful, dark
and gloomy transactions. The election
of governor is approaching, and there
is approaching very bitter political
fight. Things are not very beautiful
in some quarters, the powers that be
are growing nervous, and combinations
are sometimes the only safe guard. If
they be needed the organization in
Virginia is capable of making them.
In doing so they may or may not sue
coed. There is certainly hornets
nest about to be stirred up here if the
facts, as some think, are found to be
true. Things are liable to be warm, if
not warmer, and there will no doubt be
few sparks.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-30
Every Old Thing Made New.

An old chair with small can OF L..
g. M. Home Finish Varnish Stain. Any
old furniture with a small can of l.. d
M. Home Finish Varnish. A kitchen
floor, porch floor, with small can of
the l.. & NJ. Home Finish Floor Paint.
Old kitchen chairs, benches, any old
small things with a pound or two OF
the l.. M. Home Finish Domestic Paint.
A carriage, a buggy, with rbout dol
lars worth of L. & M. Home Finish
Carriage Varnish Paint. Porch furni-
ture, lawn swings, iron ratings with a
small can of L. & M. Home Finish
Porch Enamel Paint in all colors. An
old leaky roof made tight, with a can
of.Eclipse Roof and Bridge Paint. All
old things made new with these little
cans of L. & M. Home Finish Paints.
Cost is trifiing. Be sure to get them
from J. B. Roden, Waynesboro, Va. At
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-30
Friday, July 80, 1909.
OUR POSITION.

The position of the SPECTATOR in
the late Wet and Dry election, was not
question of "whiskey" or mo whis-
key" Had it been, the SPECTATOR
would have been on the side of ''no
whiskey." Ever since corn grew there
has been alcohol in it, and will be as
long as there is grain to plant. Sc
long as there is alcohol in corn and
men exist they will extract it. So long
as men extract it, men will drink it.
The question then arises which is the
best way to manage a business that
exists and will always exist. On that
question we declared for licensing it,
rather than turn the business over &c
the bootlegger, the dive and the bagnio.
This is the policy of every great nation
of the world after hundreds of years OF
trial. We believe it to be the best pol
icy yet discovered.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-30
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infiamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the Eu-
stachian Tube. When this tube is in
famed you have a rumbling sound OF
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed, Deafness is the result, un-
less the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal
conditions, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are caused
by Catarrh, which is nothing but an
infamed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circular free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Props.
Toledo, 0.
sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-30
10 The Voters of Augusta
County and the City
of StauntOn.

Believing that every voter owes it not
only to himself but to his fellowman to
keep his elective franchise absolutely
that he may on the day of the election
be at perfect liberty to cast his vote for
the candidate he has then made up his
| mind is best qualified for the office to
| be filled.
Believing further that this is most
important period in the history of Vir-
ginia regarding MORAL, EDUCATION
AL AND INDUSTRIAL advancement,
which demands of each voter a special
| duty of correctly informing himself as
to the real record of each candidate in
his advocacy, aid, effort and sacrifice
| IN behalf of such advancement, which
should receive his support regardless
| of POLITICAL PREJUDICEs AND PAR
| TY AFFILIATIONS
therefore, by request of many citi-
zens OF both county and city, announ ce
! myself an Independent Candidate for
the House of Delegates, subject to your
| choice only on the day of election,
among other candidates asking your
trust and confidence in the discharge
OF such duties as may devolve upon
each member of that honorable body
at its next session in dealing with
| questions of vital importance now be-
fore the people.
| The hearty support the Independent
Candidates received from nearly fifty
| per cent. of the voters two years ago
was highly appreciated by all temper
ance advocates. l stand now on the
Liquor Question as | stood then-the
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-30
DEATH OF DR.. J. ]. LAFFERTY.
WIDELY KNOWN EDITOR AND PROMI-
NENT FIGURE IN SOUTHERN
METHODIST CHURCH.

MEL 1OO1ol Cf1O
The Rev. John j. Lafferty, for many
years editor of the Richmond Christian
Advocate, died at Crozet, Albemarle
county, Friday morning at 10 O'Clock,
after protracted illness.
The funeral took place Sunday morn
ing from the Methodist Church at
CrOzet at 10 o'clock. The Rev. +. o.
good Smith conducting the service,
and the burial was beside the grave of
DIR. Lafferty's wife at Mt. Mariah
Church, near CrOzet.
DIR. Lafferty was widely known in
Southern Methodism. His extended
service as religious editor, his speeches
at college, university and chatauquas,
have made his name household one.
DIR. Lafferty was native of Virginia
and was born in 1887. He was the
only child of George and Elizabeth
Lightfoot Lafferty. His father was
educated in Ireland and was member
of the staff of Colonel Charles Fenton
Mercer Garrett, the engineer who
achieved the feat of surveying the
railroad running out of Virginia across
the Roanoke into North Carolina.
DR.. Lafferty's mother came from the
historic Virginia family of LIghtfoots
When DIR. Lafferty was but an infant
his father, with some friends, was
drowned at the ferry on James River
known as Osborne. A sudden vino
struck their carriage and upset the
boat.
AS preacher Dr. Lafferty was inter
esting and often very effective. The
subject chosen was pretty apt to be al
unusual one, and the treatment O
same quite out of the ordinary. Tht
characteristics of style, in general, wert
those of his writings, eliminating the
humorous and satirical.
Early in the sixties DR.. Lafferty
married Miss Matte A. Brown, of AL
bemarle county, a representative O.
the ancient family of Methodists O.
Browns Cove. Of eight children two
were cut off in infancy and two have
died after reaching mature life. Theil
home had always been the abode OF
warm and hospitable Christian cour
tesy.
The public life of DIR. Lafferty ha;
been sketched in various Virginia pa
pers and prints of his face has made
the public familiar with his appear
ance He had lectured in the prlncl
pal cities of several States and I'm
counted times in Virginia. For up
wards of fifteen years he devoted mucf
r of his time to lecturing for churche'
, and parsonages in the Virginia Con
ference, thereby contributing thous
ands of dollars to the cause,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-30
BOND ISSUES AND GOOD ROADS

The people who are not willing to
put debt on their county in order to
secure good roads lose sight of the fact
that bad roads are heavier tax on
them in many ways, such as loss OF
time, wear on stock and vehicles, re-
tarding advances in price of real estate,
ETC., than would be the interest on the
bonds and the sum annually put to
the sinking fund for payment of the
principal. EXpending money in prop
erly building .roads is not spending
but rather investing it in way which
will be sure to bring good returns to
the investors and to those who come
after them.-Charlotte Observer.
This strikes the nail squarely ON the
head. The one and only way for any
community or State to secure good
roads is for it to make up its mind to
furnish the wherewithal to build them
and to do it. Objection to bond issues
for the purpose is founded in short
sightedness and false ideas of economy.
Take Virginia, for example. There is
not a county in this State which is moi
sum sufficient to pay the interest on a
considerable bond issue and to provide
a sinking fund for the retirement and
cancellation of the bonds at maturity.
For present expenditures we are get.
ting absolutely nothing in the way OF
lasting Improvements and permanent
l.. oil
and temporary repairs, which have to
be kept up continually and in the end
leave the public highways in no bet.
ter condition than they were in the
beginning. Bond issues, on the other
hand, would soon result in the acquisi-
ton of good, hard, permanent roads,
without entailing upon the people a
\burden Of taxation appreciably heav-
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-30
A New Railroad.

A special dispatch from Lynchburg
on Saturday says: Captain T. o. Troy,
president of the Carolina, Virginia and
Western Railway, which was recently
chartered by the State, to-day quoted
the rumors about the large surveying
corps which is at work in Campbell
county, near the city, when he gave
out an interview in which he shows
the work is for his company, and that
the road is intended to tap the Chesa-
peake and Ohio coal fields to pass to a
point yet to be determined upon in
North Carolina. Captain Troy thinks
the road will go through Danville, and
one survey will bring it into Lynch
burg. He declares the company is in
dependent of any other company.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-30
THE AFTERMATH.

For the last month Staunton people
have thought of little else than the
Wet and Dry election. 1t overshad-
owed all other issues and was the only
subject of conversation. The tariff
bill, the hunting in Africa, the crops,
indeed prosperity and other ordinarily
important things, were relegated to the
rear, and this one issue advanced to
the front. Staunton will now with
her usual wisdom and business meth
DDS get down to work again. If she
suffers loss OF business by the change,
she will try and rectify the loss by
some move in another direction. Ii
she feels shock from the suddenness
and extent of the change from Ii
censed town to a prohibition one, she
will try as hard as any other to recover
from it, and all known restOratiVes
will be applied. 1t is bound to be felt
this change. Our people will realize
this to degree soon. If the change
had been gradual and we had worked
ourselves up to the moment OF dissolu-
ton by easy stages, then the effect
would not have been so marked.
About IA business houses will be shut
up on one morning. This shutting W
is not like fire. That might destroy
as many more, and still the town
might not feel any serious shock. II
is not the loss of houses that interferes
with trade, but the loss of the trade
itself. All business is interdependent
If there is an established business
whether considered ''morap or sim
moral" other lines are dependant to g
degree on it and the sudden taking Of
it away, and the turning of number
of people into the street or sending
them out of town will be felt in more
places than one. The other establish
ed businesses and the people, however
will go to work and if the business gal
can be readily closed, Staunton is the
town of all towns to do it.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-30
Virglnian to Build Lines.

The Virginian Railway is preparing
to construct large number of feeders
in the coal fields through which it
passes. Profile maps for several of
these lines have been filed with the
county clerk of Raleigh county, w.
Va, and officials of the road announce
that work will begin at once. The
proposed lines have an aggregate mile
age OF about % miles, all of which will
be in Raleigh county except part Of
the DEVILS Fork branch, which will be
partly in Wyoming. These roads and
their approximate lengths are as fol-
lows:
Stone Coal branch miles long.
Laurel Fork extension of Stone Coal
branch, miles long
DEVILS Fork branch, miles long.
Upper Stone Coal branch miles.
Tommy Creek branch Al miles.
Piney Creek extension of the Wind
ing Gulf branch miles.
This line will leave the Winding
Gulf branch at Pemberton and will
parallel the Raleigh and Southwestern
for at least two miles, the latter now
having two miles of road on Piney
Creek in operation above Pemberton.
The Sullivan Coal d Coke Co. has a
mine in operation at the present ter
minus of the Raleigh Il Southwestern.
The Winding Gulf branch, beginning
at Mullins, and ending at Pemberton,
will have mileage, exclusive of the
proposed branch lines, of % miles.
This, taken with the lines now to be
built, will give the Virginian Ry. a
total mileage of more than so miles
above Mullins, traversing territory
every foot of which Is underlaid with
coal of an exceptionally fine quality.
The Winding Gulf branch alone is ca
pable of making the Virginian great
coal carrying road.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-30
CAPITAL-TO-CAPITAL ROAD.
NEWSPAPER AUTO SCOUTS DECIDE ON
ROUTE FOR BIG HIGHWAY.

NEWSPAPER AUTO SCOUTS DECIDE ON
ROUTE FOR BIG HIGHWAY.
Atlanta, Ga, July 24-The officials
of the New York-to-Atlanta automo-
bile highway completed their delibera-
lions here tonight, and announced the
selection of the route which will be fol-
lowed in the good roads and reliability
run between the two cities next Octo-
Der.
The New York Herald's experts de-
cided to adopt the road leading from
, New York across Staten Island to Perth
Amboy, to Philadelphia, to Gettysburg,
across the historic battlefield, down
through the beautiful Shenandoah Val
ley, through Lexington and Natural
Bridge to Roanoke.
| AT Roanoke, Va, the Atlanta Jour
nails scouts took up the choice of roads
and selected from Roanoke to Greens
boro or Winston-Salem, to Salisbury
to Charlotte to Spartanburg, to Green
vile, and on to Atlanta.
| The route was chosen after the scou
cars of the Atlanta Journal and thu
New York Herald had covered NOR
than 1900 miles of road, and is believed
the best one available. The scouts sa,
that both the capital-to-capital and tn
Bristol routes will be built, but in thei
Judgment at present there are too man,
ferries and too few bridges to justify tn
selection.
The route selected is about l, 1856 mile
long, and before the big endurance be
gins next October sign board will b
lerected at every crossroad to guide tn
drivers in the race
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-30
Big Lumber Plant Stops.

Roanoke, Va, July 26.-The 81, 800,
900 lumber plant under construction at
Honaker, and which is building 80
miles of railroad into Buchanan coun-
ty to 3O,OOOacre tract of lumber land
recently acquired by it suspended ope-
rations yesterday pending the settle
ment of some rights of way up Lewis
creek for the railroad. This is one of
had already spent over 500, 900 on it's
lumber plant. 1t will require millions
to construct a railroad. 1t is estimated
that the company will cut 500, 900, 900
feet of high-grade lumber, and the road
will tap immense coal deposits.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-30
Twas a Glorious Victory.

There's rejoicing in Fedora, Tenn. A
mans life has been saved, and now DIR.
Kings New Discovery is the talk of
the town for curing c. V. Pepper of
deadly lung hemorrhage. ST could not
work nor get about" he writes, sand
the doctors did me no good, but, after
using DIR. Kings New Discovery three
weeks, l feel like new man, and can
do good work again." For weak, sore
Or diseased lungs, coughs and colds,
hemorrhages, hay fever, lagrippe, asth-
ma or any bronchial affection it stands
unrivaled. Price SOC. and 81. Trial
bottle free. Sold and guaranteed by
B. f. Hughes, Staunton, Va.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-30
Mr.. Kemper Accepts Call.
Staunton, Va. June 2stb. 100

Staunton, Va, June 2Sth, 1909.
Messrs. H. E. Summerson, John H.
Bowman, John w. Montgomery, w.
w. Sproul, VIM. II. East, Bailey
Dunlap, ii. Clay Palmer, w. G.
Abney, r. w. Moffett, P. V. Coffey,
John T. Smith, Theo. Conner, M.
Bruce Whitmore, r. A. Todd, r. F.
Larew, c. S. Watson, f. McLear, III.
b. Sproul and others:
Gentlemen:-In response to your call
published in the Staunton Dispatch
and News on the 9th, inst, allow me
to say, that this expression of confid-
ence on the part of so many of the good
people OF Augusta County and the City
of Staunton, is very gratifying.
Relying on the cordial support of my
friends who have signed this call, and
many others who have urged me to
enter this race, L announce myself a
candidate for the House of Delegates
from Augusta County and the City Of
Stanton, subject to the Democratic
primary to be held August 9Th, 1909.
Ii nominated and elected, [ pledge
my best efforts to secure the passage of
such laws as will best promote the
moral and material welfare of my
County and State.
Respectfully,
july 2-tf JAMES r. KEMPER.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-30
Accepts Call to Stand for House Of
Delegates.

To Messrs. Clarke Wofthington, Elijah
Conner, w. H. Gardner, NJ. r. Ellis,
T.. p. Bowman, ID. L.. O'Conner, Sam
Yount, w. F. Gilkeson, S. M. Shep-
herd, w. A. Freed, T. G. Dickerson,
John III. Mcclure, G. l.. Hartman, W.
w. Sproul, J. w. Montgomery, An
drew Bowling, John S. Pancake, j.
w. Vawter, W. HI. LanAes, and 9TH
erS:
Gentlemen:-In response to your call
extended to me to become a candidate
for the House of Delegates, | have
deemed it prudent to materially con-
slider this matter, hence the seeming
delay In its acknowledgement.
Such call from the sturdy citizens
of Augusta County and the City of
Staunton, can only be regarded as a
compliment worthy of the highest APP
probation. 1t is a source of much
qualification to feel that so many of my
friends and fellow-citizens manifest
this confidence in me.
AS an humble citizen, deeply inter
ested in the welfare of our people 1 de-
sire to advance and promote their ma
terial interests in every way to the best
of my judgment and ability. On each
OF US some public duty is imposed, and
in such light l regard this call. To
yield to personal considerations would
relieve me of this responsibility, but |
am unwilling to deny such service as
in the opinion of my fellow-citizens l
am able to render
/ have never been candidate for Of
lice, county or state, but in response to
this call, and pledging my best efforts
to faithful performance of the duties
such trust will impose, and relying
upon your active aid and cooperation,
l announce myself a candidate for the
House of Delegates, subject to the dem
ocratic primary to be held August 5th,
1909. Very respectfully,
july 2-tf J. f. TEMPLETON.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-30
FOR HOUSE OF DELEGATES,
To the voters of Augusta County a

To the voters of Augusta County and
the City of Staunton:
frequent inquiry having been made
by friends, both i'll the county and city,
is TO whether it was my purpose to be
Il candidate for reelection to the next
House of Delegates, | feel it is due ]
should respond to the inquiry.
Being very grateful to the people OF
the county and city for their cordia
support i'll the past, again announce
my candidacy for denomination before
the next State DemocI atic Primary
Ii nominated and elected, shall us,
every effort TO promote the interests O.
all The people SO far as they are brough
to my knowledge.
| Hoping to receive your influence ant
vote, L am, very respectfully,
5. II. WALK Err.