Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-28
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M '"0 1oHe W" u IN HIcn tney
: were born.
Governor Swanson has commut.
ed to life imprisonment the dee tn
U sentence Of Howard Haler, con-
! ! victed of criminal assault uron a
] colored girl in Pulaski county.
The board of aldermen has con.
Cured In the report of the COM
non council, ordering so per cent
increase on whisky licenses in
Roanoke. The new tax law will
become effective May /.
IL is estimated that the profits
II the forestallers of the wheat
market In Chicago from first to
asst will not be less than $4,000
coo. During the last fiscal year
the revenues Of the Government
from the duty of % cents a bush.
el on wheat amounted to $8011.3 8.
No rise in the price of -four is
EXP ected in Norfolk. The Norfolk
akers announce that they have
enough -four on hand to last them
a long time, and if the price of
wheat falls within the next few
months there will be no necessity
to increase the cost of bread.
A misplaced switch in the Roa-
noke yards of the Norfolk and
Western Railway,caused the death
last week of one man and the in.
Jury of seven other persons when
II passenger train crashed into a
double header freight. The man
killed YVES j. X. Sharrett, % years
old, fireman on the passenger train.
1t is announced by the Norfolk
and Western Railway, that work
will begin within tie next few
weeks 10 the Roanoke shops Of the
company, on al order for 800 all
teel cars. These will be the first
all-steel cars ever built in Roanoke.
The order will give employment to
many mea thct hpve for long
tire been idle.
A young man of very limited
means, after the marriage cere-
mony presented to the minister u
large copper cents. all spread cut
on the palm of his hand. "This
IS al! I've got, rarson," be said.
Seeing disappointed look in the
minister's face, he added, "If We
nave any children we Will send
them to your Sunday school"
A forty foot tight of way for
pubic road has teen secured
from Roanoke to Cloverdale, and
work will begin at once Oh the
new highway. which will be ma
cadamized and will cost $4,000.
Roanoke and Botetourt counties
will divide the cost. The road
will shorten the distance between
the two points about three miles.
Last week. while Mr.. Charles
Booze wac blowing on his farm
near Buchanan, the ground sud
denly gave way under one of the
aoises attached to the plcw and
-ank from view. With remarkable
.'resence of mind though endanger-
ing himself, Mr.. Booze cut the
harness in time to cave the other
aorse. The strange occurrence
Ias not been accounted for. Many
think it was an earthquake.
An aged lady of Richmond who
supports herself by doing needle
work, called at St. PauPs church
md handed $1O0 in gold into the
fund tor the rebuilding of the
:teeple, as a memorial to Davis,
Lee and the soldiers who fought
in the Confederacy, and who were
mem bers of the famous old church.
The woman is one of two sisters
who were actresses in Richmond
when it was the capital of the Con-
lederacy. Her name has been
witht cid at her request.
A dispatch from Bristol, Va,
says: 1t is the opinion OF leading
u edical authorities that smallpox
and other contagious are being
spread in this section by passen-
ger coaches coming from the coal
ields, where thousands of foreign
abcrers are employed. There has
been three epidemics of smallpox
within recent months, saEd they
AVE started among car cleaners at
he railroad shops. SteI 8 may be
AIKEN to compel railroads to be
1 ore careful about fumigating
heir cars.
In an address in Kansas City
William j. Bryan discussed at
ome length the causes for his
,arty's defeat, and then referred
o the possibilities of the rext
am paign as follows: "While |
lope that my party will not find
t necessary to call for me as
Presidential candidate in the next
aupaign, make the emphatic
20 tement that | have no intention
f retiring from politics. ] began
0 fight for Democratic principles
Ong before nv party heard of me,
nd as | live l snail continue as
ong as l have siren 9Th.
An immense crowd in Richmond
lew days ago held it's breath
'bile japanese elm bed to the
izzy :op of forty-foot sway
no role on TIE root of the ten