Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-05-26
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days ago for s4144.
The cornerstone OF the PEilliL-
pine Capitol building was laid at
Manila last Thursssy.
An especial effort is being made
this month all through the South
to raiss money to build mOnu-
msnt worthy OF the Confederate
dead at Arlington, the home OF
Robert 4. Lee.
Mr.. Bryan 10 planning another
trip abroad and q contemporary
has been cruel enough to assure
the people that he will return in
time to accept the Democratic
nominate for President in 1912.
With the people Of Petersburg
spending $4,000 in one Gay to
entertain President Taft, that
gentleman has . right to believe
hat prosperity has returned, as
be said would be the case In the
event of his election.
The committee raising 100000
for a memorial statue to Grover
Cleveland 10 experiencing no diff.
Guilty. 1t 10 said that about half
has been subscribed, although the
finance committee has taken al
most 20 formal action.
81 am glad to meet the great
harmohizer Of ell CUR hearts,. " said
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, widow OF
the great Confederate leader,
when she greeted President Taft
shortly after his arrival in Char
lotte, N. c., last Thursday, to par.
ticiIate in the celebration COM
memorativs Of the Mecklenburg
Declaration OF Independence.
Bad roads are always more ex-
pensive than good roads. Bad
roads mean a direct tax on every
one compelled to use them, and a
tax far greater than any tax that
would come from a tond issue.
Nearness to market means added
value for ell farm products and
nearness depends ss much on the
state of the roads as upon the dis
lance.
A skeleton, supposed to be that
; of human being, was unearthed
the other day not far from Staun-
ton by several workmen. The
skeleton is almost Intact, and is
said to have bean found fifty feet
below tho surface Of the earth.
The men were digging in a clay
= bank when the find was made. TIE
skeleton had been imbedded tor
many years and will be preserved
az q relic.
. A Winchester special says: Jos.
eph Lupton Jollig, a young mer.
, chant of Stephenson, and Niles
!. Laura A. Robinson, daughter CT
William T. Robinson, were mar
RED last Thursday in the home of
the bride, near Winchester. The
|. bride and bridegroom are promi-
' nent membsr Of the Society Of
: Friends, and the ceremony was
performed without minister, the
marriage vows being sealed with
:, an exchange OF kissss.
. II. II. Rogers, the Standard Oil
y and railroad Tagnate, died sud
. denly in New York May 10th. Mr..
: Rodgers was parslyzed about two
: years ago and never fully recovered
a mis- health. Though retired from
:. active business, he made a tour OF
mis- new Virsinisn Railway several
months ago, and visited many
points in Virginia. He Was tho
is main promoter Of tho Tidewater
y and Virginisn system in Viz
Is ginia.
r The naue Of Jefferson Davis has
l. been restored to the tablet on
It Cabin John Bridge. The actual
d chiseling was done by l.. Z. Horne,
stonecutter from Mississippi,
}. who is an ardent admirer OF the
is President Of the Southern Confed'
eracy. The name was originally
placed on the tablet in the sos
lp when Davis was Secretary OF War
and was erased by order Of Seere'
le ,ary Caleb Smith, Of the interior
n Department, in 1862. Forty sew
en- years later President Roosevelt
yielding to the urgent appeals Of
The Oaug htsrs Of the Confederacy
he directed that 1t be restored.
Il, For several weeks tho news
"a papers from the mountain sectionI
Oh Of West Virginia, have been tell
lie ing about the monstrosity dubbed
~ the "dsvil" which has frightened
al people in the country sections
ne The negroes became 50 badl!
70 frightened that they would no
.eave their homes, and not q few
u white people were scared out o
ne their wits. Now 1t has all com
's- cut what the "dsvil" Is. Som
farmers near Glen Wilton, who ar
not superstitious have laid hand
on him. 1t turned out to be
- Lalf-crazsd negro With a cow
,sJ uide and head on his shoulders.
The town council Of Rock
de Mount has placed the license tax o
I'D ,sloons at $4,000 for the ensuiu
Mt ear. Heretofore, two bsrcon
have been doing business in th
in. own, paying . license Of $500
each, but one Of the owners di
to rot apply Tor renewal Of liceS'
IL. Ami . ,ion ~ Tho yaar pn(