Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-07
CONDENSED NEWS
Brief Items of Iatert It for the
Busy. Reader

The size OF the average family In
United States hss dscrea sed from
| 5 8 persons 10 1890 to A o In 1909.
State Senator Don P. Halsey OF
the Lynchburg district intim ates
that be will be q candidate for
Congress to succeed Carter Glass.
A movement has been started In
Roanoke for the organisation Of .
citizens party to place indspsnd-
ent candidates for ths city Offices
In the field.
Fol- the purpose Of using II prIn.
cipally to advertise and advance
the welfare OF the city, the Cham.
Der Of Commerce of Petersburg hes
secured an option on the Peters
burg Index Appeal.
The arsenic mines on the Blue
Ridge In Montgomery county have
resumed operations after three
years idleDess. 1t 10 the only place
In the United States where arsenic
is mined in paying quantities.
The Grand Lodge Of Pythisns In
Virginia has authorized the pur.
chase Of building IN Richmond
&c be devoted TO the use OF the
order. The building when com.
pleted will cost approximately
come $4,000.
The diversion scheme by which
the Appomsttox river was damn.
I'd of and IL feet of water obtain
ed for the harbor of Petersburg
has been completed. To complete
the work, Congress made On ap.
preparation of 100000.
Three quarters of q billion dol.
lars worth Of manufactured goods
were exported from this country in
the last fiscal year, or more than in
airy preceding year. And il may
ne added that oil or nearly oil,
these goods are sold cheaper in the
foreign than IN the home market.
The city council of Winchester
has awarded the contract for in.
stslling a sanitary sewer system
there to IRWIN Brothers of Green.
vile, OHIO, fer about $4,000
Work 10 TO begin at once and TO be
completed ia five months. Bonds
to the amount of $4,000 were
issued for . sewer system.
Indications are not lacking
that Speaker Cannon 10 regsining
control of the Republican majority
in the House, aud, with q few con-
cessions, which means nothing to
the country, will be able so to
weaken the insurgent force that
the Payne tariff bill may be passed
with few, II ally Of its. iniquitiss
removed.
The Board Of Aldermen Of Roa.
noke in special session doubled
the license on nearly al liquor
dealers. Mail. order and bottle
Houses wers raised from $500 to
$500. and saloons from $3.50 TO
81, 800. Wholesale aud retail deal.
ers combined, from $1,000 to ST.
800; distillsrs, from $500 to ST..
800; brewers Of malt liquors, from
$4OO to $500, and rectifers, from
$500 to 1000.
Walter Wbstely Of Crozst. GEO.
rotary of the State Horticultural
Society, and others have organ.
ICED q Fruit Growers Cold Stor-
age and Ice Manufacturing Com.
pany, with 3 capital Of $40, 900.
The plant will have storage capac-
ity for 5000 or 10000 barrels Of
apples and other things. IL 10 the
purpose to store . good part ofths
apple crop ~ hone instead OF
sending to the cities to store. They
will ship out then in rsfrigei sting
cars properly iced.
CAPT. G. G. Gooeh, one Of
Stauntcn's foremost citirens, died
March 81, sged ssvsnty-two years.
He was formerly member Of the
city council, . director in two
banks, president OF the Kings
Daughters Hospital, president Of
Dunsmore's Business College. pres.
ident of Daily News Corporation.
and memter Of Y. n. G. A. and
Blind Institution Boards. He
wac a retired railway contractor
and capitalist. He was one Of
the oldest and most widely known
Masons in the State. He leaves
u wife and two sons.
81 am busy attending to the de-
ties CT tie present office. with
which the people have horored
me, and have no time to talk Of
the future" This was the some
what positive answer given by
Governor Swanson when asked
what be had TO ssy about running
for Congress- again in the Fifth
district after tie end OF his term
of office as Governor. The Cover
nor has consistently maintained
silence about this matter, although
his friends have not been quite so
secretive. Time and again they
have mentioned him al the proba-
bic successor OF the encumbent,
Judge K. w. Saunders.
As . result Of o movement set on
foot last fall by President Alder
man, the Board of Visitors to the
r. skat.