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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16
NEW QUESTION IN BRISTOL.

Bristol, Va, July 14.-The question
of whether a church member may
the cause of the saloons and
oppose prohibition IS being discussed
in Bristol, following the recent local
option election. The opinion OF the
majority of the ministers OF the city Is
that the saloon is one OF the cnurch
worst enemies, and that person can
not consistently be in favor OF both.
AS result of the agitation proml-
nent member of a large church IN BIS
tol. who was an officer and took an ac-
tive part in the recent election, has re-
signed and left the church.
A prominent Bristol minister ana
pastor of one of the largest churches,
declares that he is in favor of asking
every church member who voted OF
| worked for the return of the saloons
to leave the church. The theory
is that the church is unalterably
against the open saloon, and that
man cannot be for both.
The ministers are engaged in discuss
ing the question, and the general opln
ion here among the leading church mer
is that those who voted or worked To-
the vets should be ousted if they az
not repent.
Here we see the beginning OF VIVA
may always be expected from PROM
bition elections. There is no liberation
no liberty, no freedom of thought 0
action. One man or set OF mel
Law down rules for another man or Sc
of men, and those who disobey then
must suffer such penalties as those VIII
prescribe for them choose to admins
ter. This is really but one phase
prohibition. The phases are as Tn
sands upon the sea shore. One neve
knows where they are to end.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16
RESIGNATION or Punishment.

In the current issue of the Com
moner, Mr.. w. ]. Bryan points out
the change of position assumed by Re
pubIicans of the country in the matter
of the tariff. The great Nebraskan
says:
SIT is interesting to read the editor
ials which are appearing in the Repuo-
lican papers now. They are preparing
the people for observation-disclosures
ing an air-cushion, as it were, to fall
on. The Denver Republican is one OF
the latest to take up this task. In a
recent issue, under The title, Let Well
Enough Alone it indulges in labor
ed effort to show that the Dingley bill
is not so bad after all. 1t begins:
"If the extraordinary session OF
Congress would adjourn without date,
having determined after grave consid-
Grafton and debate and many paper
experiments that the Dingley tarlf1
measure now in effect cannot be inn
proved upon, the nation at large would
heave sigh of relief and the treasury
of the United States would begin te
refill
"And vet it was this very Dingley
law that aroused all the agitation II
favor of tariff reform; it was the Ding
lev law that caused President Taft u
travel through the West and hold ou
the hope of tariff reduction; it was thu
very Dingley law that Republican re
| formers promised to revise in the IN
terest of the consumer-and now thes'
reformers would be delighted to accep
the Dingley law as compromise. I'M
tariff barons have control of Congress
and are audaciously, impudently ant
arrogantly raising the tariff rates.
$50 completely have the tariff re
form Republicans been routed tina
they are proposing to lay down thel
arms if they are only assured that tn
tariff wall will not be made higher
What an ignominious failure! Blu
resignation will be the cry OF the thici
and thin Republican papers from nov
on; the Republican voters will be urg
ed to be resigned to their fate and t.
make no faces while they swallow tn
bitter dose that the leaders are prepar
ing. But if patience ever ceases to be
virtue that time is certainly here; i
righteous Indignation is ever justified
! it surely is now. A whip OF scorpion
is the thing needed now-not talk
resignation and 'let well enough
alone.'"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16
SHORT HEALTH TALKS NO. 10,
COMFORTS IN THE CITY.

The men and women who have to
spend the summer months in the Cit
les of Virginia are generally held up as
objects of sympathy by their friends;
but, as matter of fact, they can really
be much more comfortable, by proper
care, than many persons who spend
the summer in the country, or at dis
tant resorts.
The secret of simmer comfort in the
city is to be found i'll u correct combi-
nation OF moderate work, cautious liv-
ing and recreation. These three factors
can be so combined as to make city
life truly enjoyable even in summer.
Much d ponds upon suitable cloth
ing. In the hot months, all unneces-
sary els thing should be discarded and
comfort should be sought in the style
o. clothing used. AT the same time,
changes III the weather should always
be a signal for changes in clothing.
| Unnecessary draughts should lie
avoided as much as possible. OF
course, in very hot weather, this ad.
vice " Ill be often disregarded. But al
least, the stiff breezes of street cars
should be avoided by people wher
overheated. Summer colds are gener
ally contracted i'll THIS way, and they
are among the most annoying anC
Troublesome of summer ills.
Recreation in the cooler hours of tn
day should always be sought. Whel
it is impossible to go to the park, tn
back yard or the front yard should b
used. In many cases, very conven
lent little lounging- place may be al
ranged on the roof Of the house. /
few dollars spent in having a falls
floor laid on the roof Sill not only lie:
sen the heat in the upper story room
but it will give the family roof-ga
den that can be used almost as soon 6
= the sun is set. Generally, the entil
family will find fresh air and CO..
breezes on such roof-garden, no ma
ter how hot it may be inside II
house.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16

With $500 arrests for drunkenness IN
Atlanta, Ga, in a short time, one ought
to see how vain prohibition is as means
of enforcing sobriety. We admit that
that if a man is locked up and guarded
he may be kept from drink, but it Is
hard to lock up great city. We should
meet a condition as we find it. Some
diseases can be cured by treatment, few
can be eradicated with the knife, and
if the attempt is made they often re-
turn in worse and more extended
form.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16
Extra Edition.
Friday, July Is, 1909.
DANGER IN UPHEAVAL.

If Staunton is not the most prosper
GUS, the best regulated and altogther
one of the most inviting towns in the
State, then we have read the signs in
vain. If those who have large busl-
ness interests here are divided as TO the
course she should pursue on the ques-
ton of sumptuary laws, it is not be-
cause the majority of our business men
do not subscribe to proper and just
moral regulation by law. The conser-
vative business man believes that we
have conditions well regulated, that we
need no drastic change; that we take
great risks in upheavals, and surely we
want no panics, nor business depres-
sion. We have had enough OF that.
Then we say why invite it? There
can be but one answer given by those
who seek a change. That answer is
1--WE want a moral uplift." The bust
ness men almost universally have sub
seribed to churches, to schools, to the
Y. M. C. A., to benevolent orders, to
everything having for its base the ele
walton of humanity by precept, exam
pie and teaching, but they balk wher
confronted with proposition which
scepter in hand, marches up and with
the imperiousness of an ancient mon
arch commands them TO be good, and
does so at the risk of general distur
bance of all business, because the busl
ness of city like this is dependant OF
conditions which are not subject u
daily upheavals.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16
INCREASES THE Gust.
Tariff Adds Many Millions to the
Price of Clothing.

Unless the Congressional conference
to which the tariff bill has
been referred, shall change the wool
the cost to the people OF wool
en- wear of all kinds in the next year
will be increased 2OO,0O0,0 900. General
advances of from 20 TO % per cent on
all popular grades have already been
announced by the mills. In mems
suits alone buyers must pay S120,O0O,-
600 more than former prices.
This prospect can be averted, if at
all, by inducing the conference COM
mittee to rewrite the wool schedule.
Clothiers have already begun work in
this direction by sending through a
committee, in which several cities are
represented, an appeal to members OF
the conference, and they will address
each member of the Senate finance and
the House ways and means committee.
The Cincinnati clothiers are urging re-
ductions upon every member OF the
Ohio delegation.
The appeal is non partisan. IL is
hoped that dealers in other lines OF
wooden wear will join in it. The con-
ference committee will not change the
schedule unless convinced that public
sentiment backs the demand. There
will be chance of relief if such senti
ment finds prompt response.
Prices of wooden wear are regulated
bv the National Association OF woo
Manufacturers and the American
Wooden Company, both of which hav'
headquarters in Boston. They contro
the majority of the mills On Tia
pleading that increase of population
has outpaced wool production, price
, have been increased. In England In
increase on the same pleading has bee
y per cent. The Boston trust there
upon put up American prices from
: to So per cent. The independents hav
: adopted trust figures.
5. The clothing industry is the thlr
v largest in the United States. Its GU
f put is valued at $500, 100000 annual.
. AS fully 95 per cent. of the poop
v wear American clothing, the clothie
b claim to voice the preponderating SCI
timent in favor of the change they pr
Il pose. Quality has already been T
If duced and weight diminished in Il
" cloths from which popular price
t. clothing is made, and still worse co
10 ditions are threatened under trust dor
r. inance,-New York World.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16
Prominent Hotel Man Dead.

White Sulphur Springs, July To-
H. Clay Cabell, proprietor of the Ca
bell hotel, of this place, died last We'd
nesday of Bright's disease after a pro-
tracted illness. He was born in Char
lesion, w. Va, in 1S4O.
The whole of his life practically was
spent in Lewisburg, w. Va, until he
came to this place and entered the no
tel business Is years ago.
He was Confederate veteran, hav
ing served through the Confederate
war with the Twenty second Virginia
remiment. The burial was in Lewis
burg, w. Va, yesterday afternoon, the
services being in charge of the local
Masons. A widow and nine children
survive.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16
KILL KING ALCOHOL.

A conscientious man who advocates
Temperance has our highest regard.
We are with him hand in hand. We
try to practice it, and we encourage IL
in all the ways known to us. To en-
courage temperance, is not to preach
prohibition in our humble judgment
When we handle fire and are burnt
by it it, it is useless to tell us fire does
not burn. To see prohibition tried as
temperance measure, and see it fail
makes it hopeless to try to convince
us that it is a success. One might as
we'll try to convince the ordinary ply
stefan that amputating the arm would
cure kleptomania, as to try to con-
vince us that prohibition cures the
drinking habit or stops the sale OF
LIQUOR We know better by actual
test and experiment, and to those who
deny it, we have only to say "Come
and see.n We will take them to Dry
States and cities, and if they will only
spend a reasonable time with us we
will give them living examples OF the
absurdity of the attempt Iowa after
ten years of prohibition went back te
saloons, and there they are now, te
show for themselves, a proof positive
| that prohibition failed there. Wher
: our friends say $50 long as we live VIZ
will fight liquor" we say, "Do it by
all means-fght it as an enemy o
5 mankind. Don't spend your who'll
time ON it alone, elevate your subjects
Sin began before alcohol was distilled
! Break down sin and you insure tenn
S perance and with temperance you hav
E nuerthroMn liking ALCOHOL
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16
LONG WAYS APART.

There is no disagreement between
ourselves and most at our friends ON
the other side of the license question,
but there is wide difference of opin-
ion. They ask, how can you be for
temperance and still advocate license
We answer, ''because we prefer the IL
censed bar to the no. licensed bottleg-
ger, the gambling den or the bagnlo.
We know just as well that men will
drink whiskey as we know they will
chew tobacco or smoke it, knowing
this, and knowing that there will be a
supply of it furnished by some one
we look about for the safest and best
way of taking care of the evil and OF
limiting the supply, and at the same
time protecting the community and
the man who drinks. We know that
prohibition laws do not prevent
drinking man from getting a supply
of whiskey, and we know that so well
that no man can tell us differently.
What we have seen with our own eyes
WE KNOW and no theorist need talk to
US on that question further. We know
that the sale of whiskey goes on in
prohibition States almost as freely as
in licensed ones. We know that the
regularly licensed bar cannot go on,
but they exist, and if they exist they
exist as law breakers and should be
crushed out. We know that places OF
sale exist in every large town in prohi-
bition States, which to enter would be
crime. The dive, the gambling hell,
the bagnio, all flourish in Dry cities,
and their success is due largely to the
fact that they sell whiskey and beer
Men resort there to get intoxicants
who might never enter one of them.
Knowing these things which are be-
gotten of prohibition, is it unnatural
that we are opposed to the double dan
ger which these results beget if prohl-
bition prevail? That is why we are for
license.
We do not believe drunkenness is
stimulated thereby, we believe we
greatly aid morality. We go in for
making conditions the best under ex-
listing circumstances, and not for max
ing men good at one fell swoop. Any
real temperance advocate commands
our respect. He cannot go further than
we in making the best out of an evil
But temperance and prohibition are
about as far apart as Iceland is from
Patagonia.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16
Teachers to be Appointed.

Teachers will be appointed for the
public schools of Augusta county, as
as follows:
Beverly Manor, July 2Sth, at Staun-
ton.
North River, July 18th, at Moscow.
Middle River, July Is, at New Hope.
South River, July %, at Waynesboro.
Riverhead, July q, at Greenville.
Pastures, July "a, at Staunton.
Teachers will please send their ap-
plications to the clerk Of the district
in which they wish to teach. Please
state grade of certificate which must
be in full force Teachers who take the
July examination may be appointed
subject to the result of said examina-
ton. The district high schools will
open Sept. Ii, all other schools Oct. 4.
f. M. SOMERVlLLE,
iuI92t Div. Supt.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16
Every Old Thing Made New.

An old chair with small can of L..
& M. Home Finish Varnish Stain. Any
old furniture with small can of l.. d
M. Home Finish Varnish. A kitchen
floor, porch floor, with small can of
the l.. & M. Home Finish Floor Paint.
Old kitchen chairs, benches, any old
small things with pound or two of
the L. M. Home Finish Domestic Paint
A carriage, 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 can
of Eclipse Roof and Bridge Paint. All
old things made new with these little
cans of L. & Nj. 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, 1909-07-16
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-
staehian Tube When this tube is in
famed you have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed, Deafness is the result, I'M
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
inflamed 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.
f. J. CHENEY d CO., Props.
Toledo, O.
sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16

Adam and Eve were at one time the
only occupants of the whole broad
earth. They fell, and their fall is not
charged to the saloon. They had two
sons, Cain and Abel. Cain murdered
his brother Abel, a most henious crime,
and the murder is not charged to the
saloon. AT that time one-third of all
the people inhabiting the earth were
murderers, and the saloon did not fig
ure in the causes of the crime. How
strange?
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16
Teachers Examination.

The last examination Of teachers for
the public schools of Augusta county
for the session of 19O9-10 will be held
in Staunton July 10Th, 30th and 31st.
White teachers in the Main street
school building. Colored teachers in
colored school building.
All persons wishing to teach must
have certificate in full force. Emer-
gency certificates will be at discount.
Do not depend on one of that kind.
Bring pen, ink and scratch paper.
Cap paper will be furnished by super
intendent at cost.
Examinations will begin promptly
at o'clock. No opportunity will be
given to mike up lost time.
F. M. SOMERVILLE,
jul 8 st Div. Supt,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16
Not on Stump for Prohibition.

The Texas Brewers Association Of
fers to give 500, 1000 to charity if it can
not prove conclusively that more beer
is sold in prohibition States than in
States without prohibition. However,
don't hear of any brewers being on the
stump for prohibition. - New York
Herald.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16
ABLE TO READ AND WRITE.

A gentleman in Staunton, who is in
terested in the local option fight, adopt
ing the side in favor of license, received
a few days ago portion of the Spec
TAToR of July End through the mails,
the part sent being the editorial Sec
ton. The sender gave no name, but
wrote on the margin: 81 have always
voted Wet, but after reading this lot
of rot and lies / am going to give you
the go by this time" 1t seems that
this party not only is able to read lies,
but to write them also.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16
Petrol Butter.

Alton, ILL.,, July 12.-The first roll of
petroleum butter, the Standard OPS
latest product, is to be turned out at the
Wood River refinery near here.
Preparations are being made to man.
ufacture the product here and the ma
chinery has been shipped.
The new product will be known as
"petrol butter" 1t is said to be of the
same consistency as tactical butter, but
brown in color 1t does not become
rancid with age.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16

Some letters showing the relationship
between Judge Mann and General
Malone at the time Malone left the
Democratic party have been published.
These, it is claimed, will greatly in
jure Judge Mann's prospects. He and
his friends claim they can be explain
ed and will not injure him. We can
not see how it is possible they will not
hurt him-with some people-unless
they have forgotten those days.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16

The public is informed that the move
ment which produced the ticket put
I'D against Messrs. Echols, Walker
and Churchman two years ago twas
partisan movement"
A study of the term non-partlsan
does not enable us to see how it could
have been anything else.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16

The prohibition agitator must earn
his money. He can do it only where he
thinks he can make things boil. He
is not teacher but an infiamer. If
he cannot excite his audience he is no
good. If he he can send them out with
feeling so bitter that they would
burn, destroy, insult and denounce
those who differ with them, then he
has done ''a great work"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16

Winchester, Va, sends out through
the Anti-Saloon League report of
conditions under license for six months
beginning with May, 1908, and ending
November /, 1908. When read it is by
no means fiattering, but six months is
too short time in which to tell much
about it. Look at Kansas after 36
years, and Maine afieI 46 years, and at
the world generally, after 5000 years,
and tell US what prohibition has done.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16

Prior to 1902 Vermont had a prohib-
itory law. 1t fell into such disrepute
that in 1902 it enacted high license
local option law, and that condition
prevails there now.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16

DlduuOI iShiNNtb
cause of its remark
able health restoring
properties. Swamp
Root frlG1is almost
every wish il over
coming rheumatism,
pain in the back, kid
ncys, liver, bladder
and every part of the
urinary passage. 1t
cOrrectS inability to
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16

Mr.. w. p. Kent, who has been spend
ing several weeks here, has gone to his
old home in Wytheville. Mr.. Kent is
prominently mentioned in connection
with the Republican Gubernatorial
nomination.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16
OFFICE,
y Staunton, Va, June %, 1909.

y Staunton, Va, June %, 1909.
James II. SINNERS EX'ors,
VS..
Fanny Skinner, and ais.
Pursuant to decree of the circuit court
of Augusta county, entered in the fore
going cause on the 10Th day of Septem-
Der, 1908, I shall proceed at my office
in Staunton, Va, on the
26th day of July, 1909,
to make further settlement of the ac-
counts of Joseph A. Waddell and Alex.
F. Robertson, executors of Jas. ii.
Skinner, decd, and of H. M. McIlha-
ny, agent for the real estate.
ARMISTEAD G.. GORDON.
6 % 81 Master Commissioner.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16

We have no Kelly Institute nor
inebriate asylums in Virginia. Posi-
bly, we ought to have. But these use
full appendages TO civilization are re-
served for Prohibition States.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16

A voter was asked, care you Wet or
Dry?u He answered, Else jest slightly
DAMP
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-07-16

One can well understand why per-
son who has son or friend addicted
to drink might conclude that prohibit
ton would restore the drunkard to
usefulness, and make him good by
removing temptation. This is very
natural, but at the same time by no
means likely, as people are now con-
stituted. If it does not do it elsewhere
why may we expect it to do so here.
There are always persons who are
ready to deal in liquor for the money
there is in it, whether outside or inside
the law, and these will supply the
drink. 1t is just as easy to keep a
cigarette out of the mouth of a small
boy as drink out of the mouth of a
big boy if either wantsiit, and the for
mer has been tried in vain, We VEN
ture the assertion that there is less
drunkenness in StauntOn than in any
prohibition town in this State or else
where of equal size.