Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-09-15
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The schoo,. authorities at Denver,
Col refuse to allow student to
register il he belongs to a frater-
nifty.
Two years ago Aus ust 18th,
Woodstock voted dry by majority.
A petition has been presented to
Judge Harrison asking for a. other
election, which be has ordered held
Friday, October 1st.
President Taft's two brothers.in.
law were defeated for public Office
in the primaries at Cincinnati. One
wanted to be the president Of coun-
Gil or vice mayor; the other to be
councilman from the second ward.
A large an enthusiastic meeting
was held in Culpeper the other
day by ex-Confederates and others
to launch a movement to raise funds
for a monument to the Confederate
soldiers from Culpeper in the Civil
War. Major John W. Daniel and
others spoke.
A general order has been issued
by the commander OF the United
Confederate Veterans for the obser-
vance, on September 9th, of the
one hundredth anniversary OF the
birth of Rear Admiral Raphael
Semmes, OF the Confederate navy.
The most daring holdup Rich
mond has known in years occurred
last week, when P. Fl. Ford,
Waterman, was robbed by two
young white men, who took his gold
watch, valued at 5000, the chain ac-
comparing it and a silver match
box. Ford had no money with him
when the robbery occurred.
The presence OF water and vapor
on the planet Mars is clearly shown
in some remarkably good photo
graphs of the planet that have just
been takel by W. Campbell, direc-
tor Of the Lick Observatory, and
several other astronomers, who have
returned to San Francisco from the
summit of Mt. Whitney, where the
observations were made.
Tazewell News: The editor has
cut and s4ved two nice crops Of al
falfa, and a third will be ready to
cut by August 18th, and if the sea-
son continues good fourth crop
can be easily gotten before the cold
weather comes. The first crop was
cut June 7th, the second on July
9th. The present crop promises to
be the very best Of the three.
1t is reported at Lynchburg on
what is believed to be good authori-
ty that the Chesapeake aud Ohio
Railway is arranging for a through
train service from Lynchburg to
Washington, by way Of the James
river branch, the Virginia air line to
Gordensville, to Orange and then
over the Southern by it's trackage
arrangements with the last named
company.
Merrill OF the Utah experiment
station made six tests OF alfalfa hay
in comparison with timothy for
horses under varying conditions OF
ork, aud found that it was less
difficult to maintai, their weight
with alfalfa. The appearance OF the
horses in every comparison was in
favor OF those fed alfalfa, and no i'll
results were roted on their health
by long-continued alfalfa feeding.
Harrisonburg is face to face with
shutdown OF the municipal cleo
trio light plant. II has been dis
covered that a leak is undermining
the dam and also the plant building
proper, and it may be that the cleo
trio service, which furnishes both
} light and power for Harrisonburg,
will have to be turned off for several
weeks. The power plant is located
on the Shenandoah River, twelve
miles from Harrisonburg.
The Virginia West Virginia Debt
Commission in the debt suit between
these two States have compiled their
figures and filed them with Special
Master Littlefield. According to
the attorneys statement, Virginia
owes that State 81, 408, SO9.Sl while
virginia's attorney claims West Vir-
GINA owes that State $40, IA, $500.
The State debt case will come up
before Special Master Charles E..
Littlefeld September q in New
York city and will be attended by
all the attorneys representing this
State and West Virginia.
The first fruit Of prohibition in
Tennessee has been the invention OF
the odorless Jag" Though the
State went dry" some two months
/, ago il is evident that considera-
, BILE number of its citizens still hold
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