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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-09-08
beavers BATTLE

Spring business is about over.
Summer is here. If you want to
do business you have got to put
the RIGHT PRICES on your
stuff. Now that's what / am do
ing-marking my goods down
not up. People are buying better
stuff. / am glad to see it. A
poor merchant don't exactly have
a pudding He has simply big
picnic. Customers want shoes
not to leak, shirts not 10 fade.
clothing not to wear out, hats not
to get wet, ties not to wrinkle.
I just can't tell you what they
don't want. / want part of this
country myself. YOU GET ALL
THAT'S COMING TO YOU
HERE. Come and see me.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-09-08
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

pECEIPTS AND DISBURSE-
~ MENTS OF SCHOOL FUNDS
FOR ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY FOR
YEAR ENDING JULY 81, 1909.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-09-08

Eg Office Telephone No. 8. Lon
Distance Metallic. connects With town
and county lines.
SFBusiness local notices 10c. line
or first insertion and DC. line for
each subsequent insertion.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-09-08
Receipts
BUFFALO DISTRICT

Receipts
BUFFALO DISTRICT
| Total balances on hand from
previous years 8 208. n
Amount received from State
school fund e,787.9
Amount received from coun-
ty school levy 1,54S. 88
An cunt received from dis.
trict school levy 1,1e4 So
Amount received from tuition
Of pupils 262. 20
Amount received from TUT
lon, other districts 1888
Amount received from citi.
- zens and Latrons 424. 46
Amount received from Bank
OF Lexington 1859
Total receipts and balances 8 6,427. SS
CENTRAL DISTRICT
Total balances on hand from
previous years 3 929. 70
Amount received from State
school fund 1,OCs.7S
Amount received from coun-
ty school levy 854. 30
Amount received from dis
trict school levy 653. 80
Amount received from Tut
lon. other distiicts 1904
Amount received from Bank
OF Lexington 7.64
Total receipts and balances 5 3,416.42
KERR'S CREEK DISTRICT
Total alauces on hand from
previous years 3 607.19
Amount received from State
school fund s,l5S.93
Amount received from coun.
ty school levy l,29s.9s
Amount received FROM dis.
trict school levy 1,354.43
Amount received from tuiticn,
other districts 1881
Total receipts and balances 5 5,541. 40
LEXINGTON DISTRICT
Total balances on hand from
previous years Sl,254.59
AR cunt received from State
school fund 2,119.O3
Amount received from Lex
ington town council 100000
Amount received from tult-
ion, individuals a,N4.oO
Amount received from sale
of old desks 5O.55
Total receipts and balances 5 9.s28.27
NATURAL BRIDGE DISTRICT
Total balances on hand from
previous years s1,935.72
Amount received from State
school fund 3,9e7, SS
Amount received from coun-
ty school levy 2,1l9.85
Amount received from dis
trict school levy 1,si3.29
Amount received from Bank
q, Lexington 5000
Total receipts and balances 9,186.77
SOUTH RIVER DISTRICT
Total balances on hand FROM
previous years ! 828.26 |
Amount received from State
school fund S,3ee.Sl
Amount received from coun-
ty school levy 1856 SO |
Amount received from dis
trict school levy 2.487O0 |
Amount received from other
sources 1905 |
Amount received from TUT
ioa from individuals 14l.50 |
-
Total re eipts aud balances 5 9,18788
WALKERS CREEK DISTRICT
Total balances on hand from
previous years $l,606,94
received from State
school fund 3,67668
Amount received from cOun.
ty school levy 2.060.C5
Amount received from dis
trict school levy 1,547.54
A Mount received from Bank
of Lexington $50
Total receipts and balances S 5000 As
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-09-08
LISTEN, MEN!
Here is Shoe Snap For You

we have put 100 pairs of mems Low CHARTERED
Shoes on Bargain Count r. Thu oxfords
are OF the best makes, Stetsons, Crawfords,
thompson Bros. he feathers are Pat Mt
Leather, Tan and Russia Leather and Gur
Metal.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15
NEGRO is LYNCHED By MOB.
Burlington Train Derailed While Co.
ing at High Rate of Speed.

Arcadia, Fla, April II. John
Smith, a negro, who Saturday drag.
ged Miss Mary Steel Ewing from
her buggy, two miles from Arcadia,
in an attempt at criminal assault,
was taken from the sheriff and his
deputies early yesterday and hanged
to a tree.
Miss Ewing. who had been to the
city on a shopping tour, was return
ing to her home, four miles from the
city, when the negro sprang into the
buggy, seized Miss Ewing and drag
ged her into the bushes.
Miss Ewing's screams attracted
Will Knowles and his brother. The
negro ran. After taking Miss Ewing
to her home, the men came to this
city, spread the news, and blood
hounds, followed by a posse of 300
men, were soon on the blacks trail.
The negro was found at a turpentine
camp and taken before Miss Ewing,
who positively identified him Sheriff
Freeman and his deputies succeeded
in placing Smith in Jail, but, fearing
an attack, attempted to spirit him
out of Arcadia. They were met by
an automobile party, held up and
forced to give up the prisoner.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15
PERSONAL.

Prince Franz Emile zu Sayn-Witten-
stein-B erlebourg died at Munich. He
was born in 1912.
James Place, for ffty-fve years en-
gineer on the Illinois Central, is dead
t Waterloo, Iowa.
Moses Taylor, ninety-two years OF
age, Oldest employee of the State of
Michigan. has resigned as crier for
the supreme court, a position which
he has held for twenty-nine years. Ill
ness necessitated his action.
George F. Miller, known as "Calli-
ope" or "Foghorn" Miller, well known
a decade ago as a professional base
ball player, died at his home in
Brooklyn. He played in Pittsburg, st.
Louis and Fort Wayne, Ind.
Samuel l.. Clemens mark Twain
has purchased $50 acres Of lend ad-
Joining his recently acquired property
at Redding, Conn. The Farm" as
the author calls his estate, now COM
prises $50 acres of agricultural and
wooded tracts.
John Koehler, director of athletics
At Denver university, will. according
to Coach A. A. Stage, take charge of
athletic work at the University of Chi
cago in July and August. Stagg in
tends to spend the summer at Idaho
Springs, Colo.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15
SINS AND SINNERS.

Jim Patsie was killed and four men
and a woman were injured at West
| Clarion, Pa, in a battle between Ital-
ians.
Patrick A. Maloney a bridegroom Of
a week, was arrested at st. Joseph,
Mo-, trying to pass a check alleged to
be bogus.
James Smith, a negro, convicted or
the murder Of James Flynn, a Confed-
crate veteran, was e~lectrocuted in the
penitentiary at Richmond, Va.
Cleveland Carroll, a mail carrier OF
Springfield, Mo-, was sentenced to six
months in the reformatory school for
appropriating 2 cents given him to
buy a stamp.
Charged with the murder of Arthur
Baisch, a white boy, at Evansville,
Ind, Dec. 7, 1908, Burque Parham, a
negro. was arrested at Paducah, Ky.
He admits killing the boy.
Mrs. Minnie M. Young, widow Of
Henry d. Young, who lived with her
son, Delmar J.. Young, at Erie, Pa,
was outraged and murdered. A man
who is said to have been seen near
the house vas arrested on suspicion.
twenty-five years Imprisonment
and $4,000 fine was the sentence i'm
posed at Philadelphia upon George
Washington, a negro, convicted of
holding Mrs. Ella Curtin, a white
woman q n%rtsOner in his room and iII
treating her.
Ten thousand dollars in bank notes,
stolen from the National Bank Of
Reilly, Ohio, Dec. Z, 1907, by yeggmen,
was found last week on the farm of
Fred Schneider, near New Palestine,
Ind. Schneider found the package hid
den in a thicket he was clearing
away. The amount stolen was $12,-
700.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15
TWO KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK.
Fiend Who Tried TO Assault White
Woman Is Hanued.

Tacoma, Wash, April 10. - The
w~recking of Burlington train No. 16.
eastbound on the Northern Pacific,
one mile vast of Bristol, last night.
resulted in the death OF Engineer
Franklin j. Hammond of Tacoma and
Fireman Johnson and the injury of
nine passengers more or less serious
ly. The cause of the accident is I'M
known.
Striking the sharp curve near Bris-
tol at a high rate of speed, the train
left the track and ran nearly its own
length on the ties before coming to a
stop. The engine turned completely
over, the baggage car was turned
crosswise of the track and the mail
car slid down the track to the edge
of the river. A car of fresh fish in
the train was also badly damaged.
All of the cars in the train left the
track with the exception of one rear
sleeper, but no one was injured back
of the day coaches.
non of the baggagemen or mail
clerks was injured, although their
cars received the brunt of the shock.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15
OTHERWISE

The lower house Of the Texas legis-
lature has passed the bank deposit
guarantee bill.
Prohibition was the main issue In
the municipal election held in Colo
RADIO outside of Denver. The Anti-sa-
loon party generally was victorious.
st. Louis has gone Republican after
eight years of Democratic rule. It Is
predicted the entire Republican city
ticket, with possibly one exception,
has been elected.
In a bloody battle Jimmie Dasher
Of Savannah received the credit for a
knockout owe Ownie Liss of Brooklyn
in the seventh round OF a scheduled
nfteen-round bout at Savannah, Ga.
John w. Warrington was sworn in
at Cincinnati as associate Judge of the
United States circuit court of appeals
for the Sixth circuit. 10 fill the vacan-
cy caused by the death of Judge ]. X.
Richards.
After keeping his eyes open for
more than twenty-five years, John An
derson died from tuberculosis in st.
Louis. his eyes remaining open even
after death. This strange affection of
the eyelids was contracted while he
was working in a lime quarry. The
dust so irritated the eyelids that they
became raw and grew to the eyeballs.
The navy department has refused
The request of citizens of Natchez and
other cities of Mississippi that the
battlesh!p Mississippi be allowed to
ascend the Mississippi river to
Natchez for the presentation of the
silver service purchased by the people
of the state. The presentation will
be held off Horn Island. in the Gulf of
Mexico. on June 4.
Exports FROM Berlin to the United
States are gradually returning to a
normal level. The total from the dis.
trict of Berlin for the last quarter is
32 per cent greater than that of 1908.
and only IL per Ten below that OF
1907.
Letters have been sen by Harvard
10 Oxford and Cambridge with regard
to a challenge from Harvard in case
the Crimson crew is successful again
this year against Yale. The letter Is
not In the nature of a challenge. but
orly to ascertain the sentiment In
England.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15
NEWS OF The WEEK IN tPITOMf
Digest of the News Worth Telling Con-
densed for the Busy
Reader.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The senate has ratified an extradi-
ton treaty between the United States
and France.
President Taft rendered to former
Senator Fulton of Oregon the post OF
minister TO China, TO succeed w. w.
Rockhill. Senator Fulton requested
ten days in which to consider whether
or not he would accept.
The famous South Carolina dispen-
sary case, involving the disposition
of about 5000, 900 of ~dispensary funds
held by the state ~dispensary commits
sion, was decided by the supreme
court of the United States in favor OF
the commission.
Acting on a question referred by
secretary Of the Navy Meyer, Attor-
ney General Wickersham has decided
that congress was fully within its con-
stitutional rights in the Legislation d.
recting that marines be restored to
luty aboard naval ships.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
approved a rectangular design for a
special issue of stamps on June /,
commemorative of the Alaska-Yukon-
Pacific exposition. The stamp bears
a ribbon inscribed Alaska Yukon-Pa-
cihc Exposition, 1909" and a circle
frames the picture of a fur seal stand
ing on a cake Of ice.
The gratifying information was con-
yeyed to Secretary Knox that the
Nicaraguan government would make
an early effort to settle, either by
compromise or arbitration, the claim
for damages of the G. d. Emery com
pany, whose concession for cutting
mahogany was cancelled two years
and a half G for alleged violation
of the terms.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15
FROZEN FROM BANK TO BANK
For the Second Time in the
Memory OF Man the Great
River Is Silent.

Buffalo, N, Y, April l3.-The voice
of Niagara was mute yesterday Tor
the second time in the memory OF
man. The first time was late in
February, when, following a severe
! northerIy blow, the falls ran dry.
| Now, following a severe Southwestern,
| the river is frozen solid from bank
to bank, and it is silent, absolutely
| ~voiceless.
Unprecedented weather has brought
about unprecedented conditions. On
Wednesday of last week the worst
gale of the season and the most vio-
lent in the history of the weather
bureau for April was recorded and,
following the lakes and the channel
Of the Niagara, left ruin in its wake.
The solid ice fields of Lake Erie was
churned from end to end and. piled in
a huge con&lomerate mass at the
lower end of the lake.
Forty Feet Above Normal.
At Niagara Falls there had been a
heavy ice bridge in the pool below
the cataract since the middle of win
ter. Under the impact of the mass
of ice from the lake above and the
added floods brought down by the
wind, the bridge gave way and began
to surge down the rapids. But before
it could win freedom in the ample
waters of Lake Ontario, the wind
shifted again to the north. Instantly
the moving foes packed at the mouth
of the river. Each instant of cold
CONCEALED the pack more solidly, and
each hour brought additional pres
sure from above.
Unable 10 escape by it's natural
channels, the level Of the river rose
by leaps and bounds. The highest
food level recorded in previous years
is twenty-eight feet above normal.
Friday night the river was forty feet
above normal.
Damage Over 100000.
Water poured over the stills Of the
power house of the Ontario Power
company and flooded the machines.
Every boat house, fishing shack.
pumping station, pier and landing
along the lower stretches of the river
is buried under thousands of tons of
ice.
Conservative estimates place the
damage at 81, o. 900.
All estimates of ultimate damage
are conditioned by what the weather
may have in store. The best that
can be hoped for is a succession Of
calm, warm days. Then the ice will
melt gradually.
The worst that could happen would
be another violent blow from the
southwest. By no means all the ice
in the lake is out. If that great
mass should be driven down on to
the jam below, the damage would be
uncomfortable.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15
TARIFF BILL IS
PASSED BY HOUSE
One Republican Votes Against
1t, and Four Democrats
Vote for II.
PETROLEUM IS ON FREE LIST
Provision for Duty on Tea ana Coffee
Is Stricken 0ut-VOte on B;l
III TO I61.

Washington, April 11.-After three
weeks Of consideration the Payne
tariff bill was passed by the house Of
representatives last night by a vote
Of 217 &c 161. One Republican, Aus
tin Of Tennessee, voted against the
measure, and four Democrats, all
from Louisiana, Messrs. Broussard,
Estopinal, Pujo and Wickliffe, voted
for IT. An attempt by Champ Clark,
minority leader, to recommit the bill
with instructions signaily failed.
The day was filled with excitement
from the moment the session began
at noon until the minute of adjourn
ment. The members were keyed up
to the ehighest pitch and a practically
full membership remained on duty
throughout.
Petroleum on Free List.
One of the principal changes eff
fected in the Payne bill since it's in
PRODUCTION was the placing of petro-
leum on the free list. This involved
any Of the other amendments. AL
though en- amendment to place oil on
the free list was lost Thursday, a
similar amendment offered by Chair
man Payne yesterday was carried.
Among the other important amend
ments that have been made were
those striking out the provision for a
duty on tea and the c~ountervailing
duty proviso on coffee.
"Joker" Is Corrected.
To the free list were added ever
Green seedlings, cloves and nut oil,
which is used in making varnish. The
5c-C1l!ed Joker" in the cotton cloth
schedule, which it was claimed would
increase the d ty of the Dingley bill
several hundred per cent, was cor.
! ected.
The section restricting the contents
Of packages of tobacco was amended
conform with the present law that
union labels may not be excluded
from such packages. The drawback
was added so that it would
not be taken advantage of for the
purpose of specializing in grain. and
the Philippine free trade provision
was amended so that rice ill not lie
admitted free from the islands. The
countervailing duty clause o.. lumber
was stricken out, but a strCng effort
20 place lumber on the free list did
not succeed.
Duties increased.
The duties on barley. barley malt,
charcoal, iron, ~pineapples in crates,
Saccharine, medicated cotton and cot
con collars and cuffs, as originally in
the bill, were increased. There were
technical changes IN the
Iteel schedule, principally downward.
curtain and netting machines
were included in the proviso which
permits the entry free of duty of lace
machinery prior to May |, 1910.
Hides, hosiery and gloves were left
as reported by the committee. hides
remaining free and an increased duty
being presented for gloves and stock.
Census Bill in Senate.
During nearly five hours yesterday
the bill providing for the thirteenth
and subsequent censuses was under
discussion in the senate. The con-
of the bill had not been
when the senate adjourn
ed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15
CASUALTIES.

Six business buildings in the center
Of Chesterville, Ont. were destroyed
by fire. Loss, $4,000.
Fire at Midland, Tex, caused a loss
Of $500, 900 In the business section Of
the city. One hotel, two banks and
many stores were burned.
David Anderson, eighteen years
old, will hang in Chicago April % for
the murder of Policeman Callaghan,
the supreme court having denied An
derson's petition for a r~ehearing.
Wallace Gagnier. twtenty-three
years old, was burned to death, and
Ed Pombert, twenty years old. was
seriously injured In a fire which de-
stroyed a garage at Kankakee, Ill.
Between 600 and 700 pupiss were
safely marched u of the McKees
Rocks public school In a suburb OF
P'ttsburg when the building was
found to he on fire. Not one of the
children was injured. The building
was practically destroyed.
While playing wild West with
Ave companions at Linton. Ind, Cliff
ford Wolford. fifteen years old. was
shot In the head and killed by Loren
Hamilton, eighteen years old. Ham
llton tried to commit suicide, but the
other boys tool his rifle from him.
Accidents from buzzsaws have been
numerous Of late. The latest to suf-
Ter severe injury was William Dohr-
man. who resides near DEBORAH. Iowa.
With a number of men he was saving
wood. One o~bstreperous stick caught
on the carrier, and William thought
be could kick it loose. and he did, but
with the result that his foot slipped
into the saw and 1t was cut of at the
ankle joint.
w. A. Evans. fifty-ive years old. of
Philadelphia, who has been employed
for more than twenty years as a So
licitor for the Presbyterian minister's
fund, was killed In Chicago when at
tempting to cross a downtown street.
He was struck by a wagon.
Fire OF unknown origin DESTROYED
the plant Of the Logan company, man.
ufacturers of mantels and tiles. and
that of the Pittsburg Stained Glass
comrany In East Liberty. a suburb of
F%ittsburg. The loss of the former con.
cern is $4,000 and Of the latter S.
700.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15
POWERS ALL TURN
AGAINST CASTRO
ACquiesce in Desire of United
States to Keep Him Away
From Venezuela.
IS SUDDENLY TAKEN SICK
Former President Is in Very Grave Con-
dition at Fort de France
Scar Opens Up.

Washington, April 10.-The efforts
of the American government 20 keep
former President Castro out Of Vene-
zuela and away from the nearby main
land and islands have every indica-
ton Of being crowned with success.
Most Of the powers having posses
sions in that part OF the world have
indicated to the state department
that Castro's presence Is not wanted
within their boundaries and that they
are willing to acquiesce in the de-
sire of the United States that he be
far removed from the scene OF his
former prestige.
Castro Is Taken Sick.
Fort de France, April l0.-Shortly
after returning from a drive through
Fort de France yesterday morning
Cipriano Castro became suddenly i'll.
He complained of severe pain in the
abdomen and it was apparent that he
suffered greatly. The sea left by the
operation performed in Berlin has
opened for a distance Of several cent?
meters and his condition undoubtedly
is grave.
The former president Of Venezuela
was Informed yesterday of the deci-
sion of the French government to ex-
pei him from Martinique. He appear
ed not to believe the news.
Castro drove through Fort de
this morning to see the town.
The attitude OF the people toward him
is n Of sympathy. He maintains
absolute silence with regard to his
intentions and is awaiting tie arrival
of the mail steamers from Venezuela
and Port of Spain.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15
R O II SHORES.

A bomb exploded on the street at
Barnay, France. Three men were in
jured and considerable damage was
done TO buildings.
The death is announced in London
of Peter Robert Burrell, fourth Baron
Gwyder. He was born in 1910 and
vas the oldest member of the peer
age.
A 300-ton schooner for the north
pole expedition under Walter Well
man was launched at C~hristianland,
Norway. 1t will be taken to Spitzber-
ger in May.
The Venezuelan government has
asked the Argentine minister to Italy,
DR.. r. Saenz Pena, to accept the Of
fee of arbitrator in questions pending
between Venezuela and .he United
States.
An attempt made by laborites to
place wreaths in the Place Gesu,
Rome, where the victims of a recent
manifestation fell, led to disorders in
which several persons were wounded
and many were arrested.
A national committee, headed by
Premier Clemenceau and composed of
the most prominent artists, actors
and literary men in France, has been
formed to arrange for the erection OF
a monument to Victorien Sardou.
Hassan Fehmi Effendi, editor of the
Liberal newspaper Serbesti, was shot
and killed by an unknown man as he
was entering his Office at CONSTANT
nople. A government official accom-
panying the editor was wounded. The
crime Is believed to be political.
A new law of naturalization has
been promulgated at Pekin. 1t pro-
vides that Cinnamon may no longer
adopt foreign citizenship, and it de-
that Cinnamon who in the past
have become subjects o. citizens of
other states are still Chinese.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-04-15
BOY HANGED ON HEN RooST.
Coat Catches and Draws Collar About
Wearer's Neck.

Atlantic, Iowa, April 13.-On open
ing the door of his chicken house
late yesterday Henry Heiken, a well
known farmer living neal Wiota, was
Mortified to find the body of his six
year-old son hanging from the roost.
The position of the boys body indi-
Gated that while playing he had
climbed upon the roost and that he
had either fallen or attempted to
Jump off. In doing so his coat, which
was buttoned. caught on the roost
and left the lad suspended with his
entire weight hung on the top button
Of his coat, which drew tightly about
his throat. He had strangled to death
when found.