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Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12
automobile business would virtual,

automobile business would virtually
have been prostrated.
But they stood. gamely to their guns.
They would tide the motoring business
over a most crucial period. Had any
thing happened this year that would
have made it impossible to sell the
great number of automobiles on which
prominent makers have been lavish
ing their skill and wealth for the last
couple of years, the blow would most
certainly have been a severe one.
The tiremakers did their part. They
stood up. And now they are in a po-
sition to announce through the North
American that there will be tires
enough for the present season.
The writer has had communication
with representatives of the leading
companies. and without exception they
promised to take care, of the motoring
industry on the subject of tires, no
matter what money they might happen
to drop in the process.
Business has seldom seen more no.
table act of devotion. The public also
owes its need of praise to the tire
maker. Hundreds who planned to own
automobiles this summer would have
given up the attempt rather than face
the prospect of being unable to get
tires at any cost, or of having to pay so
much In excess of last year that the
result would add more to the upkeep
of the car than the prudent motorist
cared to spend, can thank officials of
the various tire companies for having
been willing to stand the gaff.
The argument of upkeep is perhaps
the one with which the motor salesman
has most often to deal. There are thou
sands of folks who have the money to
pay the first cost of machine, but who
would find 1t out of the question to
spend heavily to maintain it.
Trouble to get tires would have been
disaster, costing numerous sales. But
such a calamity has been averted by
the action of the makers. They state
unequivocally that they will go right
on, and that they will be able to take
care of a far greater output of cars
than even this year will see. Therefore
1t Is safe to buy an automobile. There
is nothing to stop the man who wants
one and who has the price
The tires will be there all season, and
whether they do business at profit
or a loss, the makers are going to see
to It that there Is no trouble in fitting
out a machine.
The big dealers and brokers in rub
ber all tell the one story-that there is
no money they would not be willing to
spend in order to get rubber. But they
can only depend on their South Ameriz
can agents, who do busienss directly
with the natives.
The pneumatic tire. though it is just
now coming into its biggest demand,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12

and demonstrations in such form and
manner as the association may adopt;
to promote and encourage in all law
full ways the adoption and enforcement
of laws and regulations providing for
and securing safety, convenience and
comfort in the use, keeping and oper-
alton of such vehicles; to encourage
and assist in the establishment and
maintenance of improved highways,
roads and streets, and all other means
of rendering the use Of automobiles
and auto-vehicles more attractive; TO
afford opportunity to the members OF
associating and interchanging views
with one another and establishing GUS
toms, plans and systems, to the end
that the manufacture, disposition and
use of automobiles may be improved,
the service to and requirements of the
trade better appreciated and fulfilled,
to the mutual advantage of the dealer
in and purchaser of such vehicles.
Southern California ranks first in
the number of automobile owners In
proportion to its population. In the
whole country there are In round fig
ures about 250oO0 automobile owners.
California alone has $4,000, or 10 per
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-12
TIRE MAKERS
FILLING ORDERS
DESPITE RISE
UNUSUAL SITUATION FACES
MANUFACTURERS
OPERATING AT DECREASED MAR
GIN OF PROFIT
Demand for Rubber Has Mounted ir
Leaps and Bounds, but Makers
of Tires Have Been
Generous

For the present, at least, the pros
perity of the automobile business is
deeply indebted to the enterprise and
unselfishness of the tiremakers.
An unusual situation faces the men
who produce the curved rubber-bound
cylinders of air which have made the
comfort of motoring possible.
The automobile business was never
what it is just now. There never was
time in the history of motoring when
so many cars were being turned out
An enormous profit should be the need
to which the tiremaker has perfect
right to look.
But as a matter of fact the increased
number of tires he is now compelled to
turn out really amounts to a burden
on him.
He can't get the rubber at a price
that will give him a fair margin of
profit, The demand for rubber has
mounted in leaps and bounds. Where
only a year or two ago 1t cost some
thing like so cents a pound for the raw
rubber, 1t now costs in excess of 81,
and the price is still going up.
The increase is perfectly natural, the
result of unprecedented demands. The
tiremaker is the victim of inevitable
conditions
Natives Hate to Work
Rubber in the crude is not produced
in a country where it is only neces-
sary for some alert official to demand
more.
The raw m4terial comes from the. in
terror of South American swamps, and
the use of native labor Is essential. The
natives have never learned the hust-
ling modern methods of the north. They
work when they please, and dealer in
rubber has not yet been able to lind
way to control their hours.
Therefore, the rubber business is
largely influenced by the habits of the
lazy denizens Of the south Under old
conditions II was possible for the alert
manufacturer to keep enough rubber
on hand to make up for shortages in
delivery but now has come condition
when a demand out Of all proportion to
the past faces him. The market has
not yet succeeded in adjusting itself.
Eventually it will so, but in the inter-
val the tiremaker is the sufferer
Were he any less game, he would
temporarily at least have given up the
fight.
But ii is a remarkable demonstration
of business enterprise and far-sighted-
ness that those in charge of the tire
business have refused to sacrifice the
possibilities of great future market in
order to avoid possible losses this year.
Had they declined to make any more
tires. and ignored the obligation to NIL
contracts, it would not have been sur
prising. While undoubtedly 1t would
have been a catastrophe, the right OF
the tiremaker to recede for a time from
a business in which he could make no
money could not be denied
Makers Stand to Their Guns
But they have not stood on this price.
This would have been the natural thing
to do. but it would have been deadly
blow to business.
Had such plan gone into effect the
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-28
A STRIKING CONTRAST.
Entering the United States Senate and
the House of Lords.

When a senator is elected in the
United States he sends his creden-
tials on in advance. They are pre-
scented by his colleague, read from
the desk and filed in the secretary's
Office unless some objection is
raised, when they are sent to the
committee on privileges and cleo
tons for examination. When a sem
ator elect appears he steps quietly
up to the clerks desk, escorted by
his colleague, takes an oath to sup
port the constitution of the United
States and is then led to a desk on
the outer row, which his colleague
has selected for him, where he re-
ceives the congratulations of his
friends and introductions to the
senators who care to make his ac-
quaintance He looks as wise as
may be and waits for adjournment,
when he goes to the secretary'S Of
flee, writes his autograph in a big
red book for the use of the cashier
and draws his mileage.
In the English house of lords the
proceedings are very different. a
newly created peer enters that his
toric chamber in a robe of scarlet
velvet trimmed with ermine, at
tended by two fellow peers, who act
as his sponsors and escorted by the
black rod, as the sergeant-at-arms
is known, and the garter king at
arms, arrayed in a gorgeous tabard.
The procession marches around,
low bows to the empty
throne and to the presiding officer,
who is the lord high chancellor,
from different parts of the gilded
chamber, to which that imposing
person gravely responds. When the
new peer reaches the throne no
kneels reverently and places upon
the empty chair, where lis majesty |
rSsht to be sitting, the patent of
he has received from his
sovereign. He is then led to the
where the lord chancellor
administers to him the oath. His
sponsors next lead him to the prop
er bench, where he takes his seat
for a moment. Then all three rise
and bow three times at the vacant
throne and three times to the pre-
siding officer. The lord high chan
,ellor then leaves the woolsack and
comes down to shake hands with the
new peer and welcome him to the
house. The other peers come also
ind tender their congratulations.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-28
PR0DlGAL WITH MONEY.
An Author Who Was Constantly In
Financial Difficulties.

Of Robert Buchanan, an author
whose books seem nowadays in {
fair way to be forgotten, there are
some interesting glimpses in Cham
bers' Journal. A friend says of hin
that he was a man who was con.
stantly in difficulties in regard tC
money matters. He would have a
pocketful of money one day and
none at all the next. He "gave
money away right and left to those
who appealed to his sympathy" and
he was absurd in generosity as re-
garded his friends. This particular
friend says of this trait:
81 found it extremely difficult to
get him to accept any money due to
him for transactions undertaken for
me. II asked him, How much Go
| owe you, Bard? he invariably an
swered in the same strain, Eight
thousand five hundred and nineteen
pounds four shillings and seven
pence, OF Give me half a million,
and we will cry quits II we dined
together casually, one, two, six Of
us, he invariably managed to get
hold of the bill and pay it.
"This trick of his, of course, be-
came familiar, and we seldom asked
him to dinner unless we had ar
ranged the matter beforehand with
the powers that be- When he dis
covered that fact he would say:
oh, this is a dukes affair. All right.
| expect to be treated as in ducal
mansion 1t was the same with
cabs and trains. He was a large.
stout man, but he had a curious fac
ulty of reaching the claimants hand
or the ticket office before the slim
NEST of us.
"He was confirmed turf specu-
lator-a strange pursuit for singer
of songs and dreamer of dreams
and it need hardly be said he lost
far more than he gained, but when
he was succeSsful-and occasionally
his winnings were large-he always
managed to find a means of sharing
his good fortune with those less
than himself. One of his
many methods Of telling white lies
was this: How are you, "? ]
owe you f?O.' This is the first
have heard of it, would likely be
the reply. 'Oh, took the liberty OF
putting a sovereign on King Charles
for you, and he started at 20 to L.
and forthwith he handed over the
money"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-28
Jenner as an Eater.

DR.. Jenner, the famous English
physician, was a great tea drinker
and very abstemious, never taking
any stimulant except a measured
glass of brandy when he had indi-
gestion. Once for that cause he
lived on stewed chops and rice for
luncheon and dinner, with tea, for
a couple of years, but ordinarily he
was a great feeder.
81 reccllcct," said his friend, DR..
Cooper Bentham, son one occasion
Reynolds came to see him. Jenner
was at dinner. He had soup, fish,
the greater part of a chicken, and
he was in the middle Of Il huge rice
pudding when Reynolds entered and
asked him how he was. Jenner
drew a pitiful SIGH anj replied, q
am not at all Mcll-no appetite. "
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-28

The inspector was examining
standard !, and all the class had
been specially told beforehand by
their master, Don't answer unless
you are almost certain your answer
is correct"
History was the subject.
"Now, tell me-" said the inspect
or, "who was the mother of our
great Scottish hero, Robert Bruce ?"
He pointed to the top boy, then
around the class. There was no
answer. Then at last the heart Of
the teacher of that class leaped with
JOY. The boy who was standing at
the very foot had held up his hand.
'Well," my boy" said the in
spector encouragingly, "who was
she ?"
"Please. sir. Mrs. Bruce"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-28
WTCHCRAFT IN ENGLAND.
The Last Of the judicial Prosecutions
and Executions.


Sir Matthew Hale, it is true, hac
hanged two poor women at Cam
bridge in 1864, but few years later
Lord Chief Justice Holt set him.
self strongly against such charges
and in every case tried before him
directed the jury to bring in YER
dict of acquitta1. In a celebrated
trial at Guildford in 1701 not only
was the supposed witch found not
| guilty, but her false accuser, one
John Hathaway, was condemned to
a years imprisonment and to stand
in the pillory three times. Yet,
horrible to relate, woman named
Hicks and her daughter, a child Of
nine, were hanged together at
Huntingdon on July %, 1716, for
raising a storm of wind in league
with the devil.
The last judicial sentence for
witchcraft in England was in 1886,
one Jane Wenham being actually
found guilty, according to the in
dictment, of ''conversing familiar
ly with the devil in the form Of a
cat" The judge, however, procured
a reprieve for poor old Jane, and
she was ultimately released, to end
her days in peace.
Last, the witchcraft act was re-
pealed for the United Kingdom in
the same year. 1t was quite time,
for only nine years earlier, in 1927,
woman was brought before Cap
tain David Ross, deputy sheriff Of
Sutherland charged with causing
her daughter to be shod by the dew
H." and so making her lame both in
hands and feet. The fact having
been proved to the captains salts
faction, the old woman was put into
a tar barrel and burned at Dornoch.
The weather being cold at the time,
we are told that she "sat composed
ly warming herself by the fire pre-
pared to consume her while the 9TH
er instruments of death were get
ting ready"
The last attempt to execute a
witch in England ended disastrously
for the perpetrators. In 1851 at
Tring two old people named 0s-
borne, man and wife, being suspect
ed of witchcraft, were seized by a
crowd, stripped, cross bound and
thrown into a pond. Both died of
this brutal treatment. But the
witchcraft act had been repealed,
and, a verdict of willful murder hav-
ing been returned against one Col
ley, the chief instigator of the as
sault, he was in due course tried
and hanged.-Cornhill Magazine.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-28
Embarrassing For the Lecturer

Civilized people when they lister
to a lecture Oh some abstrusc scien
tiGc subject applaud even if they dc
rot understand. But there is evi-
IDENTIFY more frankness among say
ages, according to story told 10y
Captain Gay Burrows. A white mar
one evening tried to explain to
some members of an African tribe,
Che Mobunghi, the wonders of the
steam engine and steamship. lie
drew diagrams on the sand, and the
audience listened and looked with
apparently intense interest. At last
he asked his hearers whether they
understood. "Yes," they replied
they thought they did.
"Thcre was a deep silence" Cap
tain Burrows said, 'for some time,
and then a voice in the center of
the crowd expressed the unspoken
sentiments of the whole assembly in
one emphatic word, uttered in a
tone of the deepest conviction
LIAR"
Embarrassing for the lecturer!-
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-28
He Accepted the Apology.

A prominent New York lawyer is
noted for his ready answers and
skill in repartee. When a young
practitioner he appeared before a
pompous old judge, who took Of
Tense at a remark the lawyer made
criticising his decision.
"If you do not instantly apologize
for that remark, Mr.. Blank" said
the judge, 81 shall commit you for
contempt Of court "
upon reflection, yoHr honor" in
stantly replied Mr. Blank, i find
that your honor was right and |
was wrong, as your honor always
is"
The judge looked dubious, but
finally said that he would accept the
apology.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-28
Gems In Verse
AGE AND SONG.

I'm vain men tell US time can alter
4 Old loves or make old memories falter.
That with the old year the old years
H. life closes.
The old dew still falls on the old
sweet flowers.
The old sun revives the new fedged
hours
The old summer rears the newborn
roses
Much more muse that bears upon her
Raiment and wreath and flower OF honor.
Gathered long since and long since
woven.
Fades not or falls as falls the vernal
Blossoms that bear no fruit eternal.
BY summer or winter charred or cloven
No time casts down. no time upraises
Such loves. such memories and such
praises.
AS need no grace of sun or shower,
No saving screen from frost or thunder.
To tend and house around and under
The imperishable and peerless flower.
Old thanks. old thoughts. old aspirations,
Outlive mems lives and lives Of nations,
Dead. but for one thing which survives
The inalienable and unpriced treasure,
The old Joy Of power. the old pride OF
pleasure.
That lives in light above mems lives.
-Algernon Charles Swinburne
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-28
ENGLISH In Java.

A book published in Java, called
THE West Java Travellers Guide,
says of a certain sanitarium: "At
the establishment is a physician
The sick may invoke the physician
for daily treatment, with use Of
indictments. Children below ten
years pay for lodges half of the
price"
Under addresses and Announce
ments" is politely recommended
''the hotel prigin, with occasion for
warm baths, where till now all re-
convalescents, as well as Mrs. Physi-
clans and particulars and officials,
have found back their health. Cures
malaria, complains in the chest and
other fatnesses, green sickness, GU
taneous diseases" etc., and we are
assured that "this healthy abode for
reconyalescents has also occasion to
many delightful idylic excursions
to which saddle horse and tandees
are stationed when before timely
ordered"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-28
Fraternai Orders.


Kockbl idge Lodge, No. So. 10. o. &
meets every Thursday night, at Odd F
ows' Hail.
Lexington Lodge, No. SO, K. Of P
meets every Tuesday night, at Odd Fe
lows Hall.
Liberty Lodge, No, 2, Daughters @
iiebekah, meets every Monday night. a
odd Fellows Hall.
Mountain City Lodge, No. 81, Ancient
York Masons, meets 1st and Bird Mon.
lay nights at Masonic Hall
Natural Bridge Council, No. 1920 Royal
Arcanum, meets 1st and 3rd Wednesday
nights In each month, at Odd Fellows
Hall.
Lex. Council. No. 179, Junior Order
United American Mechanics, meets
every Friday night at Odd Fellows
Hall
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-28
One Weak Spot
Most Lexington People Have a
Weak Part and Too Often
It's The Back


It's The Back
Everyone has weak spot.
Too often it's bad back.
TwiDges follow every sudden twist.
Dull aching keeps up, day and night.
Tells you the kidneys need help
For backache is really kidney ache.
A kidney cure is what you need.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kid
neys.
Cure backache aud urinary Ills.
Lexington people recommend the
remedy. -
ton, Va. says: 'For long time suf-
fered from dull, weary ache across
my back which often Changed to such
sherp, darting pains that was unable
to move. l also had rheumatism which
made my arms very stiff and sore.
Hearing about Doan's Kidney Pills and
knowing that they were highly recon-
II ended for such troubles, procured a
box at Gorrells drug store and used
them according to directions. They
helped me from the first and thus en-
couraged l procured further supply
and used it with the most satisfactory
results. | can iecommend Doan's Kid
ney Pills as a reliable remedy
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the naIpe-D0an's-and
take no other
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-28
The Mound Builders.

N. II. Winchell, writing in thu
Popular Science Monthly, dwelli
upon the enormous antiquity il
their present habitat of the In
dian tribes who constructed the
mounds" The great variety Of
dialects, none of which are con
nected with those Of Europe OF
Asia. indicates, he says, either tha'
the present populatea originated
from a number of successive mlgra-
tions or, which is more probable
from a continuous occupation o.
American soil. 1t is certain thai
the mound builders were the ances
tors of some of the existing tribes
Both the Algonkian stork in the
northeastern United States am
Both the Algonkian stock in tn
great plains west of the Mississippi
were mound builders. In MINES
ia the two stocks coincidentally oc
cupied the territory, dividing it be
tween them at the same time when
the white mans invasion began.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-28
a Tabloid Fable,

A man once coIlided with an op
portunity. ~
.'Why don't you look where YOU
are going? p growlcd the man.
"Don't you recognize me?'' asked
the opportunity pleasantly.
"No, and don't care to. You
have troddcn on my corns," replied
the mar as he limpcd away
Moral.-Ihn't believe the people
who say they have never had Il
chance. New York Times.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-28

People past middle life usually nave
some kidney or bladder disorder that
saps the vitality, which is naturally
lower in old age. Foley's kinney Rem
edy correc;s urinary troubles, stimulates
the kidneys, and restores strength and
vigcr. 1t cures uric acid troubles by
strengthening he kidneys 50 they will
strain out the uric acid that settles in
the muscles ard joints causing rheu-
matism. B. IL GorrelI.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-28

Foley's Honey and Tar is safeguard
against serious results from spring
colds, which in flame the lungs and de.
veiop into Pneumonia. Avoid count
erfeits by insisting upon having the
genuine Foley's Honey aud rai, which
contains no harmful drugs. b. h..
GOrrell
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-28
Cures Blood and Skin Diseases
Eczema, Greatest Blood Puri-
fier Free

II your blood Is impure, thin, diseased,
hot or full of hum IS. il you have blood
poison, cancer. carbunkles. eating
sores. scrofula. eczeme, itching, rising
ard bumps, swellirgs OF superating
sores, scabby. pinply skin, ulcers, bone
peins. catarrh, rheumatism, or any
blood or skin disease. take Botanic
Blood Balm (B. B. b. Soon all sores
heal, aches ard pains stop and the
PioCd is made pure and rich. Drug
glsts or by express 81 pei large bottle.
Sample free Dy writing Blood Balm Co.,
Atlanta, Ga. B. b. b. is especially ad-
vised for chronic, deep-seated cases OF
blood or skin diseases. as it cures after
all else fails. Nov. 2001 .-yl
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-28

During the spring every one would
he benefited by taking Foley's Kidney
Remedy. 1t furnishes needed TOXIC tC
the kidneys after having the extra
strain of winter, and it purifies the
blood by stimulating the kidneys, AND
causing them to eliminate the impuri
ties from it. Foley's Kidney Remedy
nparts new life and vigor. Pleasant
to take. b. II. Gorrell.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-28

Cuttings from the mature asparagus
bed should be made regularly aud
thoroughly being always careful not to
njure the crowns Of the plants with
the knife. Keep weeds out. Beds set
This spring or last fall should not be
cut at all this season; let the plants
grow unmOlested.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-28

We often wonder how any person car
be persuaded into taking anything but
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung trouble. Do lot be
fooled into accepting 'own make" OF
other substitutes. The genuine con.
tains no harmful drugs and is in vel.
low package. b. H. Gorrel.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-28

All fruit trees need pruning immed
lately after planting. Make the tops
correspond with the roots. Peaches
need the most trimming after setting;
trim these to mere switches about two
feet high and without eide shoots long
err than one inch.