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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-06-09
Announcement

Quite number Of citizens from var.
ious parts of the County as well as
Town have voluntarily suggested that
l could be of soma service to the
State and District In the House Of
Delegates. After having considered
the matter carefully, and consulted
with a number OF friends. ] have
agreed to stand for the nomination for
the House OF Delegates from the Coun.
ty Of Rock bridge and City Of Buena
Vista, subject to the Democratic pri-
mary and hereby announce that fact.
May 800 HUGH A. WHITE.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-06-09
TO-
Housekeep ers.

This is the for Spring House Cleaning New
floor coverings draperies and house decorations
will be wanted.
largest dealer in China and Japan Mattngs in
this section.
bought for this business 226 rolls, all Of
which have been delivered
lam direct shipper from China and Japan through
favorable combination with another large buyer.
Besides showing larger can and do save
my customers money The quantity buy and the way buy
enables me to do this.
The design and has much do with the appear
and service of Mating Good quality in pretty patterns
be had and 25 though up as high as
60 cents Pr yard.
Mattngs not the only floor coverings sell. Have
Ingram and Busse Capetow priced and fine Art Squares
Stair Carpets Lnoeums, Oil Cloths, Carpet Paper Stair
Rods Window Shades, etc.
Just received from large Lace Curtain Mills 1875 pairs
of Lace Curtains at bargain These dropped patterns
that patterns that will not be made again for the coming
and sold at price to close out the odd lots Any.
thing in the lot at sO0 pair Will exercise our best judg
ment for mail phone ORDERS and allow our selec
ton satisfactory We offer from the same purchase SO
Bon Femme Curtains at 75 real bargain for those wanting
this style curtain
Curtain Net by the yard 49,. 1oc., l6c, 2bc
Stencied Scrm, both sides alike. ....... 25c.
Plain sclim for Stenciing .............. zoe.
Three notable White Goods bargains Kildare SuitinRs
at 10c Killarney Linen at l2c and 40 inch wide Swiss Or
Candle imported for especially % per yard Try
either of these three items for waist shirt or suit You
will thank us for bringing to your attention ...s
Big stock of Ladies' White and Colored Wash Skirts
from 81 90 to $500 each.
Big stock Ladies' Shirt Waists in White wash materials
and Silks, black and cream, from Too to $500.
J. Med. Adair
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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-06-09
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

EOR SALE-GOOD PIANO,
= Range. Photograph and other Fur
niture, cheap. Mrs. A. B. BECKWITH,
Main Street. June 90 It
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-06-09
NOTICE
To Persons Having Claims
for Loss of Sheep or
Other Stock Killed by
Dogs

All persons having claims
against the County of Rock bridge
for loss OF Sheep or other stock
killed BY Dogs from February LIST
1908, to January 31st 1909 in.
elusive, rot heretofore filed, should
file such with tie undersigned not
later than July LIST 1909. If such
claims are not filed by July lst,
1909, same will not be considered
By order Of the Board of Super
yisors of Rockbridge County, Vir-
ginia.
A. 7. SHIELDS, Clerk
of the Board Ct Sap rvisors. Rock
bridge County, Virginia.
June 9 o.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-03-05
ATTY. CENL. CUION'S RULING
In Reference to the Insurance
Agency License.
Receives A REMARKABLE LETTER
Sheriff of Sabine Parish is Recipient
OF Queer Epistle in Answer to a
Query About a Fugitive
From Justice.

Attorney General Guion has given
ruling to the Insurance Department
on the subject of agency license.
which will have the effect of revolu-
tionizing the method existing in New
Orleans and other large cities of the
State in the transaction of insurance
business.
The qpestion submitted by the De-
partment were:
"First-Whether every person
who solicits insurance, whether as
the regular agent of an insurance
company or as the representative or
employe of such agent, should hold
a certificate from your Office in or
der to solicit such a certificate is re-
quired, each person soliciting insur-
ance should hold seperate or indi-
vidual agents certificate for such com
pany writing the insurance on the
business procured by him."
The ruling follows;
I'm reply, l beg to state that such
person, soliciting insurance, whether
the agent of an insurance company
or the representative or employe of
such agent, should hold certificate
from your Office for such company
for which business is solicited, and
that the certificate issued to such
general agent is not authority for
any of its representatives or employ
es to solicit insurance unless such
person has himself certificate of
authority from your Office"
The effect of this ruling will be
that every fire insurance solicitor en-
gagged in the business must have a
certificate of authority for every com
pany issuing policies on the business
he procures.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-03-05
SHOT FROM AMBUSH.
Manager of Morris Preserve Assas.
sinated i'm Tangipahoa Parish.

Manager OF motifs preserve ASSaS-
sinated i'm Tangipahoa Parish.
Tangipahoa's love for human blood
has claimed another victim. 1t is
a peaceful old man, some SO years
old, well on the wintry side of life,
who is this time struck down by the
assassin's bullet. Chas. l.. Jordan,
overseer and manager of the celebra-
ted Mount Hennen, the Morris game
preserve, lies in his grave, innocent
of wrong-doing, martyr to law and
order. Allen Lagrue, against whom
circumstantial evidence, but no posi-
tive proof, has as yet been obtained,
occupies a cell in the Amite Jail,
charged with the murder. 1t is the
eighteenth crime in which life has
been lost within the past years his
tory of tn parish. Shot in the back
by a desperate Wednesday afternoon
Jordan sank to the ground on the
roadway, three-quarters of a mile
back of the Norris home, dying al
most instantly. 1t was not until IL:
80 o'clock that night that his body
was found in a pool of blood. No
one saw the killing, or knows who
did it, but Lagrue was seen in the
neighborhood not more than two
hours before the time when the Low
er people, living nearby, heard the
report of a gun that must have been
the one which ended the existence OF
the overseer. Sheriff John Saal,
therefore seized Lagrue. That he. Is
strongly of the belief that the pris-
oner is the guilty man is indicated
by the fact that the Sheriff has not
endeavored to make further arrests,
but confined his entire time to deve-
Looping the case against the man now
in custody.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-03-05
Dies From Wound.

George Reiber, aged ga years, is
dead, from the effect of gunshot
wound received while out hunting In
the woods near Bunkie, his home.
The trigger of his gun was accident
ally dragged across tree stump and
the load discharged into his abdomen
Reiber had for twenty-one years been
in charge of all the pumping stations
on the Texas and Pacific Railroad
between Boyce and the Atchafaya
River.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-03-05
Charged With RObbing Box Cars.

Monroe Davis and Tom Hamilton,
negroes, accused of box car thefts,
were arrested south of Port Hudson,
after a lively chase by Deputy Sher-
iff E. o. Mahoney and Operator G. E.
Barthel. The negroes are alleged
to have entered box cars on the
Louisiana Railway and Navigation
Company north of Baton Rouge and
stole several hundred dollars worth
of merchandise. Both negroes have
served terms in the state prison.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-03-05
Big Saw Mill to Begin Operations.

Manager Cassels, of the mill at
Folsom, lately purchased by Can
trelle C Sons of Covington left to
look over the property and get every
thing in shape to begin operations on
about March /. Mr.. Cassels states
that there is standing timber enough
near the mill to, keep it busy for
over twenty years.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-03-05
Postoffice Robbed of $4OO.

The Postoffice safe was robbed at
Iota of about $3.50, 5000 of which
belonged to Postmaster Daughen-
baugh. There were five twenty-dol-
lar gold pieces, three fives in gold
little silver, balance in paper cur
rency. A five-dollar Confederate bill
dated 1864, was in the lot. Sheriff
Fontenot is here with bloodhounds
from Lafayette endeavoring to trace
the robbers.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-03-05
Slight Wreck in Yards.

While the eastbound freight train
was switching in the yards at Jen-
nings a jam occurred with resulted
in wrecking one car and damaging
two others. No one was injured and
there was no damage to freight. On
ly one car is a total loss.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-03-05
Pistol Accidentally Discharged.

While Charles Glasspool one of
the Wells-Fargo Express Company's
employees at Lake Charles, was ex-
amining a revolver at the depot Of
flee the weapon was discharged. A
negro porter named E. Deteman, who
was standing near by, was struck in
the head by the bullet, which enter
ed his forehead and penetrated the
skull. He has no chance of recov'
cry.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-03-05

to have this gathering of the teachers
record-breaker in point of attend
ance. The final programme for the
meeting will be issued in the next
few weeks. The Programme Com
mittee has been able to secure the
services of several distinguished edu-
Gators for the meeting.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-03-05
Contract Awarded for Brick Curbing.

At Franklin, the City Council of
this place met in special session last
week for the purpose of opening
bids for the paving and curbing OF
the main street of the town. There
were six bidders for the contract, and
the work was awarded to the firm OF
Gaily and Clark, of Alexandria, who
were the lowest bidder. This con-
tract calls for 2S,500 square feet OF
cement sidewalks and $500 lineal
feet of brick curbing.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-03-05
Hotel Burns to the Ground.

A telephone message was received
in Baton Rouge telling of the burn
ing of the Denham Springs Hotel
at Denham Springs, Livingston Par
ish. The fire originated supposedly
from a defective flue. The struc-
ture, valued at about $4,000, was
burned to the ground. There was
s3,5OO insurance. The guests got
out of the hotel in safety.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-03-05
Fair Directors Plan for Next Display.

The board of directors of the Ac-
ada Parish Fair held a meeting for
the purpose of discussing plan for
the Parish Fair this fall. For the
purpose of arousing more general in
terest in the fair throughout the par
ish, it was decided to appoint ward
committees for each ward in the par
ish, the duty of which will be to Sc
cure exhibits from the respective
wards and to take such other mea-
sures as they see fit to arouse gen.
eral interest in the fair.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-03-05
Town Marshal Shot and Killed.

Sheriff Parker of Monroe, has been
notified of the killing of Town Mar
shall B. G. Gardner at Oakridge, in
Morehouse Parish. No details of the
killing are obtainable except that
man named Harris, who did the
shooting, was a stranger there and
that the tragedy was the result of
the Marshal's attempt to arrest the
man. Harris is in Jail.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-03-05
Gets Two Years For Killing.

Mccoy Parker a negro youth,
pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the
Ninth District Court at Tallulah be-
fore Judge F. X. Ransdell, and was
sentenced to two years in the Peni-
tentiary. Parker and another negro
youth, George Walker, became engag
ed in boxing match on nearby
plantation several weeks ago. and
when Walker began getting the best
of his opponent the latter drew a
knife and drove it to the hilt in Wal
ker's brain, the blade entering the
skull just above his. right eye. A
nail-puller had to be used to remove
the knife, as the strongest pulls by
hand would not bulge it. The boy
lived for three days after his brain
was pierced, and was to all appear
ance going to get well, when he sud-
denly dropped dead on the third day.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-03-05

Now some of the papers in the west
seem to think that the first thing MT.
Roosevelt will do when he arrives In
Africa will be to eat raw cannlDs1
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-03-05
Inv Bursting OF Fly Wheel.

Wrecked by Bursting OF Fly WheeI.
The big fly wheel in the engine
room of the Cranor's saw mill, at
Varnado, disintegrated almost de-
molishing the mill. Nobody was In
jured.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-03-05
M ALL :: ORDERS
Mail orders will receive
prompt and careful atten-
ton. Samples on request.
LINEN AND LINEN SHEETING.

AS regards our Linens, no exagger-
ated statements will be permitted.
The union linens are quoted as such.
90-inch Union Linen Sheeting, very
durable; 90c value. Yard. i. 69c
$1.25 90-inch pure Linen Sheeting.
YARD DOC
$500 90-inch pure Linen Sheeting.
36-inch Butchers Linen, 45c grade.
Yard :. -. -. -. ..3Sc
36-inch Waists Union Linen, 45c
value. Yard -. :. :. .55c
36-inch pure Linen Lawn, soc val
ue. Yard -. -. .39c
36-inch pure Linen Cambria; CSC val
ue. Yard 49,. -. -. ..48c
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-03-05
Teachers Association Meeting

Preparations have begun for the
State Teachers Association meet
ing, which will be held in Alexand-
rid April 1, 2, and 3. Teachers are
now being urged to make their pre-
paration to attend the Alexandria
meeting, as every effort will be made
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-03-05
Received a Remarkable Letter.

Some days ago Sheriff T. j. Gran
ford, of Sabine Parish, wrote let"
ter to the Chief of Boley, Okla, re-
questing him to arrest negro who
is a fugitive from justice from this
parish, being wanted here on a
charge of striking with intent to kill.
The Sheriff, in his letter gave des-
cription of the fugitive, stated the
nature of his crime and offered to
pay any expenses necessary. In re-
ply, Sheriff Crawford received the fol
lowing letter which is published ver-
batim:
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-03-05
Boley, Okla,
Mr.. T. J. Crawford,
Many La.

Sir: this is in response to your let
ter asking for (name). will say in
reply that / haven't seen your man?
but must say harty congratulate the
boy If he had nerve to strike man
in La, and get away. He has soap
ed hell as l consider La, to be. l
suppose he struck white man. He
has only played the part of man.
wish more negroes in your land who
would stand up for the write and
protect his rights. Now Boley is a
town of 1900 and all negroes so if
he has reached this land he is forever
free
w G. PERSON
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1909-03-05
Elk OF GREAT WHITE. GOODS SALE.

MOSLlN Shih1S.
Fine Muslin Skirts, made with 1S-
inch flounce, with 3 rows new
cluny laces; with edges to match;
very attractive models; $3.50 val
ue. Sale price -. $50. .$1.69
Muslin Skirts, good quality, full
sizes, with deep hemstitched tuck
ed ruffle; regular 15c value. Sale
price -. 49,. 49,. -. D.. 40c
Muslin and Nainsook Skirts, made
full, with deep embroidery flounce
and tucked flounces; $1.00 value
Sale price -. -. SOC
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-02-18
Rescuinq q Camel.

The camel has been called the "ship
of the desert" Like the ship, he may
be capsized, and In that predicament
he is helpless. His manner OF lying
down to rest is to fold his legs be-
meath his body. If he happens to roll
upon his side he cannot recover his
feet again. This inflrmity of the ami
nal Is mentioned by the Count de Les
dain in the account of his journey,
Prom rekin to Sikkim;"
1.-THE caravan was made up of cam
els. | had brought some new ones
and had no idea of taking any other
animals into a country largely COM
posed of loose sand. An amusing In
cident marked the beginning of our
march One camel. awkward as they
all are. managed to tumble into a
ditch of thick mud between the road
and wheatneld. When once fallen
camel can only get up again II 1t
can arrange it's feet conveniently I'M
der 1t and II the ground Is nearly fat.
''In this case II was not SO. The ami
NAL lay with all four feet in the air
perfectly resigned and incapable Of a
single movement to help itself. To
draw it out took more than half an
hour and required the united efforts
of many men with cords passed under
the camels back"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-02-18
An Awful Rebuke.

Once upon time certain commu-
nifty planned TO give a dinner to a
judge there. When the judge came to
scan the list of those invited he raised
vigorous protest against one name,
that Of man who had been the most
brilliant lawyer in town. but who was
now the town drunkard. They finally
overcame his opposition, but the town
drunkard had heard of it. He was the
last speaker called upon. He arose
ard said: Mr.. Observation-Disclosures
years ago l had practice in this town
that amounted to $4,000 a year. /
had a wife and family whom I sup
ported in comfort. had my swn
horse and carriage. At that time the
guest of the evening WAS on his way
west In an emigrant wagon. He land
ed in this town and started in to make
his living. Since then. Mr.. Toastmas-
ter" he cried. with pathetic break In
his voice-"since that time l have been
going steadily down, down. down. and
our guest has been going up. up. up,
until now we Are Just about On q
level"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-02-18

Man that is born OF woman is small
potatoes and few In hill He rises
up today and flourishes like rag
weed, and tomorrow or next day the
undertaken hath him. He goeth forth
In the morning warbling like lark
and is knocked out in one round and
two seconds. In the midst of life he is
in debt, and the tax collector pursues
him wherever he goeth. The banister
Of life is full of splinters. and he slid
eth down with considerable rapidity.
He cometh home Mt eventide and meet
eth the wheelbarrow in his pnth. 1t
riseth up and smiteth him to the earth
and falleth upon him and runneth one
of its legs into his ear In the gentle
springtime he putteth on his summer
clothes, and a blizzard striketh him
far from home and 6lleth him with
russ words and rheumatism. He buy
eth watchdog, and when he eometh
home from the club the watchdog
treeth him and stitch near him until
rosy morn. He goeth to the race
rourse and betteth his money on the
brown mare. and the bay Relding with
a blaze face winneth He marYieth
red headed heiress with a wart on her
nose. and the next day the parent an
cestor goeth under with a crash and
great liabilities and cometh home to
live with his beloved son-in-lnw,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-02-18
A BAPTIST ELDER
Restored to Health by Vinol

II was run down and weak from in
digestion and general debility, also SUI
fered from vertigo. ! saw a cod liver
preparation called Vinol advertised and
decided to give 1t trial, and the re-
suits were most gratifying. After tax
Ing two bottles | regained my
strength and am now feeling unusually
we'll" Henry Cunningham, Elder Bap-
fist Church, Kingston. N. C.
Vinol is not patent medicine-but a
preparation composed of the medicinal
elements of Gods livers. combined with
tonic iron and wine. Vinol creates
hearty appetite, tones up the organs
of digestion and makes rich, red blood
In this natural manner. Vinol creates
strength for the rundown, over
worked and debilitated, and for deli
cate children and old people. For
chronic coughs, colds and bronchitis
Vinol Is unexcelled.
All such persons in this vicinity are
asked to try Vinol on our offer to re-
fund their money IL it fails to give sat
isfaction.
+, W, buchanan. Druggist Skowhegan, Me,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-02-18
Welcoming the Traveller.

have always had good opinion OF
the enterprise of the life insurance
agent 1t has seemed to me that the
busy bee is lazy ne'er-do-weIl COM
pared with him. Recently this opin-
ion has been strengthened.
An old colored servant living in a
neighboring family made his first trip
away from home and visited relatives
In New York.
On his return to Louisiana he was
asked what he did while in the north.
We'll, 'mong uddah things done TUX
out n life insurance policy To- e. huned
dollahs."
why, what on earth do you want
with life insurance policy? You have
no wife or childrenw
Oats what done toll him, but !
had T. take It. all de same. De agent
man, he met me at de boat landin'. an
he said I'd hat Z have one or he'd sen
me back home. He warnt gwine TO t
low me t. land if | didntbuy one Dey
don't low no one in New Yawk less
dey has a 'suhance policy"-Woman's
Home Companion.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-02-18

Though frequently hard up. Whis-
tier had an income which seemed
princey to students who lived on moth
ing at ALL II Whistler had money in
his pockets, Mr. lonides says. he spent
1t royalty on others. II his pockets
were empty, he managed to refill them
in n way that still amazes NJ. Oulevey,
who in proof of 1t, told us of the night
when, after the cafe where they had
squandered their last sous on kirsch
had closed, he and Lambert and Whis-
tier adjourned to the Halles for sup
per, ordered the best and ate 1t. Then
he and Lambert stayed in the restau-
rant as hostages while Whistler, at
dawn, went off to find money to pay.
He was back when they awoke with
300 or 400 francs in his pocket. He
had been TO see an American friend,
he said, painter, And. do you know,
he had the bad manners to abuse the
situation; he insisted on my looking
at his pictures. The Life of James
MacNeill Whistler" by E. R. and ].
Pennell
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-02-18
A Maker of Bulls.

Some excellent bulls are credited to
William Arolin, who was London
police Judge In the thirtles of the last
century. He once remarked to coun-
sci, If you can show precisely at
what moment the offense was commit
ted and prove that the prisoner was
not there when he did 1t, he could not
possibly have done it." And he sagely
added, we cannot divest ourselves of
common sense In a court of justice"
OF a similar character was an axiom
he once delivered himself Of. which
has been mnliciously fathered on many
other occupants of the bench. If ever
there was case of clearer evidence
than this case, this case is that case"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-02-18
Rheumatism Cannot
Be Cured Unless
Uric-O is Used
Sudden Deaths. Heart Failure and PAraly
sis are caused by Poisonous Uric
and Rheumatic Acids.

The Rheumatic person is skeptical re-
gardng the claims of almost any remedy
advertised as cure for Rheumatism and
one can scarcely blame him for being so.
All the plasters and liniments combine
never actually cured case Of Rheumatism.
They may relieve it in one quarter but it is
sure to break out somewhere else. The
only true way to cure Rheumatism is to
drive it from the system, for as long as the
Uric and Rheumatic Acid re,.' aims in the
blood, one is never entirely free from the
trouble. Uric o seeks out the Rheumatic
poison in the blood, muscles and Kidneys,
renders it inert and harmless and drives it
out Of the system. 1t is composed of per-
feet antidotes for the rheumatic acid poison
in the system, and the secret of its Won
derful success lies in the fact that it is de-
signed to cure Rheumatism only.
Uric-O is sold by druggists at 75c and
SI.oo the bottle. A liberal sample may be
produced by writing to the Smith Drug Co.,
a25 Smith Bldg, Syracuse, N. Y.
Uric-O is sold and personally recon-
mended by +. w. Buchanan.
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