Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-02-03
cONDRNsRD NEWS
Brief Items o, )nt.sSs. for the
busy GsaCer

burb NSdCer
"a mar 10 drunk ~hct pub.
lie nuisance" MAS definition
given by the Court when one Of
the Carnsck Jurors ct Nashville
was challenged.
The Dixie Mine, owned by the
Oriskany Ore and Iron Company.
at VesuviuS, on the Norfolk aud
Western Railway, resumod opera.
items en- February /. One hun
drsd Dsn are employed.
The Geological Survey Ls, re-
ports showing that the production
Of coal in leC8 fell off from Is
TO 20 FER cent. from thai OF the
previous year. In 1907 it reached
he record total of 460. 3sS, 424
tons Of which IS, 60.,oi2 tons
were artLrHcits. The reaFon for
thir falling eff 10 rot set forth.
Lester Lsyne and Joe Canada,
yourg white men, were convicted
IN Danville of being runners for
"hliad tigers" AID o n:s Of $40
{ nd a jsiI senle;ce o. thirty days
we're imposed il sSch csss. Mayor
Wedding, In his ruling b.ld tAss
parties who made y practice OF
goirg ont aud purchasing whisky
from th Illicit 'iqLrr joirm we're
"a guilty ~ TIE operatives.
Judge William Hedres Yam Of
NruOwsy, lee GgttLEc.d hat he
will open his LesGqusIfers for the
guberEstorisl nomination % Rich.
uond on March /. Judge Mann
Is raking toll OF lts rsuth'
west in tie interest OF his forces.
1t lie not yet decided who will be
in charge. but it IL presumed that
lis nephew, Gel. James MsLn Of
Norfolk, 9 we'll known lawyer aud
former member Of tie general as
Sembly, will b. the active Lead.
Within the last seven years rot
less than low Palocns ard 4C1 die.
tilleries have been closed in the
State Of Virginia. Eleven out
Of her nineteen cities have voted
dry; l40 cut Of her 1872 towns lave
abolished the liquor traffic. Eigh-
ty.fvs OF her EQUITIES are without
any saloons ut all; sixty.fve Of
them being without any form Of
licsnte. There ere only ten FALCON
:, wns in the State, and twelve
other towns which have dispSR-
sariss.
Al E. called meeting Of the beard
Of slcermsn Of Roanoke lew days
pgo resolution Was adopted 70
iEvCstif ate the charges recently
published in tie oaily papers By
Mayor joel H. (utChin. to the
Effect that SIS, 200 oil tie citys
money WAS berg utsd for The ben
Eft OF private individuals,
and that the boarG kew it.
A committee Was empowered 10 in-
yesiisste every department Of the
city government and ascertain
Whether or not the mayors charges
o. o true.
MS. Mclls Grsytill, widow OF
Rev. L. II. Graybill Of tie Bslt.
mere Conference Meshcdis. Epis'
! c, pal Church, Sosth, md Pauline
Atkins, a lItils white girl in her
employ, are dead at their home
nerr Fincsstls ~ 0 resuli Of an se-
cident last Thursday morning.
While attending to the kitchen
fire the clothes of the girl became
igpited. She ran ~ Mre. Gray
ill, and In the latter's attempt TO
save the girl her own clothing be-
can ignited. Both were terribly
burned.
Ore hundred million 2 cent
stamps bearing tho portrait OF
Abraham Lincoln will be issued OF
cr before Lincoln's birthday, Feb
,usry ~. 10 eommsmcrats the cen
tennial anniversary OF tic great
President. The design for the
new stamp is simple SID di Ihihed.
IL will consist OF the rortr OF
l. Lcoln in an slliLticA! medsllion.
eur -: ~ by a spray Of laurel
...vrs. the inscription ~. ).
Postage" will te pieces aero" tho
top OF the stamp, and below this
Twin the dates, "ls09-Fsb. l2-
leoo." TIE s,apr will be red,
ike the Scent stamp.
Such distinguished sucesss at
ter ded the celebration Of the uni
versity Of Virginia Of Edgar Allen
Poe's one huDdredth birthday that
that institution will fstue hand
some volume In order To preserve
the addresses. poems and letters
called forth by tie occasion. The
editorial responsibility has been
{ committed to DR.. Charles W.
Kent, Of the committee OF arrange
menis for the recent centenary sx-
srcisss, and to Mr.. John s. Patton.
librarian OF the unworthy. The
work 10 slrsady in progress and
will be prcrsed with the purpose
TO preserve - fully 80 possible the
story Of the four days Of special
devotion by the rott's alma mater.
Mr.. George W. Stevens. prssi'
dent Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway, hes announced . contract
made by lis company With the
| Richmond branch Of the American