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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-03-17

In the year 1907 the deposits In the
commercial banking institutions OF the
United States amounted to about $ll2
per capita of population.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-03-17

This certificates Deposit Payable demand the
interest the rate of three @ cent
from their date provided the remains sixty 6O days OF
longer
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-03-17
FIRST NATIONAL BANK

| OT LEA1NJ1O yin, NIr\SnNAA
REGULAR Statement Dec 81 1908
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts $413 ,662.1o
Bonds Securities, Etc $4,000
ill., S. Oh Bonds 100000 $464,092.16
Banking House, Lot, Bank and Post
l Office Furniture and Fixt0res 5o,4ll.Io
Premium on u. S. Bonds l,9lISI
Treasurer U. S. $50 Redemption Fond 2,SOO.OO
rOther Real Estate 100000
Cash On Hand 35,625.O1
Doe from Banks 43228.57 78,853.58
$685., 574.89
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock $5O,OOOOO
SIjRPI us FUND 100000
Undivided Profits (NET oO864
Dividend (5a0 PAYABLE Januarv ., 1909 100000
Circulating Notes 5OOOO w
Bills Payable 2,5OOO w
DEPOSITS
individuals, subjectl to
check $199155.6o
Doe to Banks 1886 ae2,466,O5
$685., 574.89
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-03-17

A Gua ranteed Cure fOI Piles
Itching, Blind. Bleeding. Protrudire
Piles. Druggists are .sutborizei TO ie
fund money II PAzO OlNTukAT
tsils toesss n to 1xdAys. 60c.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-03-17

.uIe cutie lltL IL
drug which is more deadly. So
beware OF the soft drink 1t 10
more harmful than cotfee, and l
advise all your G people sgsinst the
uee Of this t,imulsnt. Perhaps
you would be interested to know |
have collected more than 100 SAN.
Piles of soft drinks sold at soda
fountains, and each contains caf-
feline and many a deadly drug"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15
Cotton Factories.

Natural laws which are at first OBJ
scure often overthrow the cunning
and capital of able men. An instance
arises in the manufacture of cotton.
At one time conservative investors be-
lieved that ultimately the south would
manufacture all of its own raw cot
ton. against Lancashire and New Eng
land. The southern factories multi
piled and enlarged, to be sure, until
they learned to use more cotton than
New England. The relative gain, how
ever, does not include the finer and
more highly finished grades.
If there is an enduring cause which
in the future forbids the south to DOM
mate the manufacture. it is the
homely one Of insufficient water of
the proper quality. Persons who
ought to know, say that this defi-
cheney is permanent. Large investments
have been made in establishing bleach
cries, but they have been failures. Few
cotton men expect results from arte-
sian wells. Cotton intended for high
grade manufacture goes to New Eng
land or to England.
Labor is another weakness Of the
south. The negro is not considered
most desirable in highly organized fac
tory work and the white labor from
the hill country is as a class not
steady and dependable. These labor
conditions might be gradually altered
for the better, though up to the present
the good factory hands come from the
old Huguenot. Scotch and German
stock which was there before the rev.
olution.
The water problem seems beyond
the arts of human ingenuity. II makes
a separation which confines the region
OF raw cotton TO the unbleached cloth
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15
PERSONAL NOTES.

1t is all settled. Cook is a democrat.
Peary is a republican. No democrat could
beat q republican to it.
The surprising thing about the revelation
Of graft among the Chicago police is that
anybody should be surprised at it.
President Taft is going to take with him
on his western trip a cook who knows how
to make apple pie, hot biscuits and corn
bread in the true Yankee way.
A nobleman is under arrest at PittsburR
on a charge OF false pretenses. He seems
to nave been guilty Of trying to get hold
Of American money in some less forma
way than marrying il.
T. st. John pronounced Slnjln) Gaffney,
consul general at Dresden, is so ardent an
Irishman that he wears green clothes, green
shirts, green ties, q green hat and green
socks. He is having some green spats built.
The district attorneys of the various
counties of New York seem to have a
pretty good opinion Of William Traver
Jerome. They have just formed a state
association, and Mr.. Jerome was unani-
mously elected president.
The hero Of innermost Thibet, Henry
Savage Landor, intends also to be the hero
Of farthest south, If possible, and Lieu
tenant Shackleton must race for his laurels.
The Lander idea is a trip to the South pole
in all aIrship of the Zeppelin type.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15
State Fair Attendance

The shortage in attendance on this
years State fair is provoking more or
less general discussion, focused princi-
pally at Lincoln. as to the why's and
wherefores. After interrogation of
local merchants and business men the
Lincoln Journal summarizes as fol-
lows:
The causes offered for falling off In
business are: The rainy season, which de-
creased the state fair attendance on the
first three days; the lack OF decorative
illumination and street attractions in the
city; and the fact that Lincoln is a dry
town, While some declare that prohibition
has hurt their trade, others declare 1t had
no effect whatever on their business, and
others say that their business has in
creased since the prohibition rule has been
In effect. Some complaint has been made
that the night attractions at the fair
grounds hurt business in the down town
section. Three attractions served to draw
people from the clty-the saloons at Have
lock. the fireworks at the fair grounds
during the evening, and Capital Beach.
Capital Beach did a business during the
end OF the week that was measured only
by the transportation facilities
II is everyone's guess and all these
reasons doubtless enter into the aggre-
gate result, but there lie one additional
suggestion that seems thus far to have
escaped notice. and that is that the
State fair as 3 great modern agricul-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

President Taft begins his tour at a
time when both he and the country
will be receptive and absorbent to-
ward the major subjects Of govern
ment. The president has pleased the
south with a remarkably we'll selected
list Of local officials and with an
equally tactful series Of ~utterances.
The northwest and central west are
in the good humor of rich crops and
busy wheels.
It is not a swollen phrase Of COM
parison to say hat at this time Mr..
Taft and the country are In what can
be called a more "chummy" frame OF
mind than the country and any presi-
dent have wei been. He will listen
while he talks and they will talk
while they listen. Neither will be
curbed with the caution of suspicion.
Mr.. Taft may be more popular or less
popular than either OF his immediate
predecessors. The conditions bring
him nearer to the voters in the discus
sion Of the issues f~oreseen at the
moment. The tour is a sort of pageant
in which the first executive appears
before the people. The deeper mean
ing is that the president takes account
of the state Of the country. In JEFF
ferson's or Jackson's time a president
could deal only with reports and they
would be meager In this period he
can literally make a series Of calls on
the people, sit on the step and talk
things over.
Mr.. Taft is exactly the man to get
the most and give the most in such
an unprecedented experience. He will
touch closely every part Of the coun-
try and understand every syllable and
information Of what he hears. 1t is a
mighty thing that the president is
transparency honest and understood
by the people. The tour is not a dis
play, but a grand inquiry on the evolv-
ing opinions of this nation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15
The Eagles Convention.

Omaha is entertaining the national
convention Of the Fraternal Order Of
Eagles. 1t goes without saying that
the hospitality Of the city belongs to
all the delegates to this convention,
and all the friends who accompany
them.
The convention Is here by invitation
extended by our citizens and CONNER
cial organizations, and as hosts we
wish for u guests the most success
full meeting the order has ever held.
Realizing that the Eagles conven-
ton is here for business, as we'll as
pleasure, u people have endeav-
ored to provide all the necessary facil-
tiles for the speedy and effective trans
action of the business, and also an en-
t~ertainment program to make the
pleasure hours a source Of real
pleasure.
To the Fraternal Order of Eagles
Omaha extends greeting and best
wishes.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15
irresponsible Atlantic CITY.

UP and down the Atlantic coast the
papers treat Atlantic City as a regular
and absorbing topic of discussion. 1t
ranks as one Of the non-assimilated
facts Of the country's scheme Of ex-
~istence. The New York Evening Post,
a paper as serious as any we have,
calls upon the New Jersey legislature
to end a situation that is freshly scan
dalous every Sunday.
There is nothing unnatural about
this situation. Atlantic City differs
from other communities in having an
insignificant local population: Even
that Insignificant c~itizenry recks little
of what happens unless it is on the
day 'twixt Saturday and Monday. 1t
Is a strip Of beach holding a board
walk and many hotels of many ranks.
In short, 1t is the greatest Sunday
summer resort in eastern America.
With the resolute persistence of a
beleaguered Rochelle or Joppa, the peo-
pie have decided to let anybody sell
what anybody else will buy, regardless
Of the minor subdivision of time. There
Is no dispute or battle. They just re-
fuse to stop taking good money from
the ~wayfarer. Sheriffs, constables,
judges and the governor have notified,
%lectured, decided and proclaimed. The
Evening Post let's Governor Fort take
refuge behind a plea that he has ex-
hausted his powers. He has not, for
he can call out the militia and put the
army Of New Jersey in camp. IL 1t is
not mosquito time, and a sentinel at
every neglectful door. At this point
the governor lodges, because he knows
that he would touch the New Jersey
tickle-bone and p~ocketbook. This is
not a fling at Governor Fort, who is a
man of dignity and shrewd good sense,
unluckily caught in a situation, like
fitting at pillows, striding on the edge
Of the ridiculous. II there were a local
population big enough to be respon-
sible or formidable, the governor
could act effectively. AS 1t is, weighty
organs of thought, like the Evening
Post, should not harass the poor gov
ernor with appeals to the law. No man
takes an oath to make himself look
foolish. Atlantic CITY resembles a
run of herring or a flight OF snlpe. 1t
does not obey the law.
|. That is the story OF Atlantic City.
1t is not vicious. wicked, immoral or
immodest. 1t is simply irresponsible.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15
SEPTEMBER.

Beneath the blue September sky
The golden sunlight lingersi
All but the jays and ~blackolrds
lave gone, our woodland singers,
The katydid's shrill orchestra
Is tuning in the trees,
Whose graceful ranches sWaying,
Fling network to the breeze,
The sunflower heads are hanging,
Their necks are growing Timber;
There's a cloud of blackbiros setting
In yonder far-off timber;
Two lovers pause beside the road,
The sneeze-weed flaunts in view
He asks the maid to be his bride;
Her answer is "Hac-tchoo."
The rain storms of september
Have now begun to roar;
The wind comes tearing down the hllli
He bellows at our door;
But the radiant sunlight comes again,
Leaf shadows fleck our rugs,
While father sits outside and fights
Those "pesky III green bugs.
These warm lays Of September,
The hammock IN the shade
OF yonder maple would entice,
But somehow I'm afraid,
AS I wander meath low-bendlng boughs,
The air grown still and stiller,
Is rent by one heart-piereing shriek;
IT'S ma-and q caterpillar.
-BAYOLL NE TRELE.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

tural exposition needs a systematic
and up-to-date publicity and promotion
campaign. Present methods may have
been all right in their day, but their
day Is passing. Il is not enough to
have a good thing. but the people must
be made aware OF Il and impressed
with the desire to take advantage Of 1t.
The State fair management APP
parently spent in the neighborhood Of
100000 to produce a show lasting FIVE
days, and success or failure depended
on getting the people there at the par
ticulsr time the gates we're open. How
much of the $4,000 was spent for ad-
vertising and other forms Of publicity
we do not know. but we venture the
guess that It was a comparatively
small amount. Tens Of thousands of
dollars are hung up as premiums and
speed prizes and other thousands paid
for amusement features, salaries and
wages Of employes-doubtless all
legitimate, 80 far as they go, but
bound to fall far from the mark If the
people are not brought out to see the
exhibits. The state fair ought to take
in 100000, and 1t doubtless would IL
it spent $4,000 or $4,000 for adver-
Using and be big money ahead at that.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15
Harriman's Successor.

In an elaborate analysis of Harri-
mans temperament and methods the
Boston Herald judges that speculation
as to where the mantle will fall is not
settled by picking a natural heir or a
personal representative, but by answer
ing the other question. Can the mar
shals whom he has trained be relied
upon to command the confidence of
the same men whose vast stores of
capital we're intrusted to his genius?
The question points to the answer
These marshals will have to prove
themselves before they wear for a term
of years the Hartman crown and
are settled on the Hartman throne.
Judge Lovett is a man of strength,
versatility and resources, but to handle
the routine Of property without serious
error is widely different from fighting
great battles, formulating great poll
cies and e~ncountering great obstacles.
He may do all that Hartman did as
well or even better than Hartman,
but he has to demonstrate his ability
to go it alone.
1t may be safely predicted that the
chief Hartman properties will each be
preserved intact, in good order and in
profitable condition. How much Of
the vast mass of capital will be oper-
ated and directed as a whole, no man
can say with confidence, because not
even Mr.. Hartman, brought to life
again, could tell. Too much depends
on ~intractable factors. Too much
hangs on the uncertain factor of what
notions other men will take and what
is their ability to carry a notion into
a policy.
Taking the most optimistic view of
the provision and foresight of Mr.. Har-
riman, the good faith Of strong men
who will try to uphold the stocks,
and the skill of Judge Lovett and his
colleagues, there are yet many COM
pick problems yet to be solved. The
successor of Hartman must find him
self, must fight. strive and acquire,
NASA AO JuobAAAOS ASSuSISHip anu COm-
mands submission to the dual Lam
guage Of whip and reins.
Shrewd men will be on the lookout
for a successor of the calibre of Harri-
man among the newly elected board of
directors. The law Of finance seems
to be to throw greater and greater
power into the hands Of men of the
great commander class. It is a one
man age, though people waste a great
deal of platitude on efforts to prove
the contrary. Today there is no man
on earth who knows how to align all
the so-called Hartman properties.
Yet alignment is desired by the share
holders. The situation of a group of
more or less un~articulated stocks calls
for a Hartman to maintain them in an
orderly and closely knit working pro-
cess OF operation. 1t is better to wait
for what happens than to nominate the
next autocratic ruler. Meanwhile, the
people Of the Hartman territory have
the duty of helping the officers to
maintain the credit and develop the
facilities of the roads.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

and assigns fine cloth to the north.
There has been surprise in the public
mind that the spindles Of New Eng
land have been largely increased, even
within a Ia In ten years, while the
number Of factories in the south have
developed, the spindleage Of the north
has steadily kept it's place at the head.
The New England trade papers have
now settled down to confidence that
New England still has It's work Of
finishing cotton cloth and making It
into the varied staples generally
known as dry good and white goods.
1t is a valuable lesson in the laws Of
natural production.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

Observant spectators in a court
house audience always noted that it
took a smart man to nav the evidence
right in COW cases for railroads. Judge
Lovett gained fame by that route and
now he is executive head of the Harri-
man roads. The moral is that young
lawyers should learn the real people
by close application to COW cases.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

According to the financial exhibit in
the annual report Of the Young Mems
Christian association, along with re-
ceipts on the building fund Of about
$500, is the item, Cost OF collec-
ton, $%99S.9S." Why should the
Young Mems Christian association
have to pay 10 per cent discount to
collect subscriptions made when the
building fund campaign was on?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15
Taft as a Phrasemaker.

Humor is q shock absorber," says Pres
ident Taft; and the felicity Of the phrase
that constant practice in public
speaking is developing his powers OF ex-
Epigrams begin to crop out in
occasional addresses. and, In a short
tire, he may shine az a p~hrasemaker I'm
comparison even with his two immediate
predecessors
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

Ex-Banker Heinze is ready for a
new career. All his indictments, ex-
cept one or two, are quashed or mol
lied. He has the class Of brilliant
hnanciers almost to himself il he is
going to open a new game.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

Those republican editors at Lincoln,
who are now baking on the repub-
lican state platform which as dele
gates they voted to adopt, must have
been caught unawares In the conven-
ton by having the motion put before
they had time to consult with their as
sociates on the outside and get orders
on what they should do.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

If the Panama exposition comes in
1915 it is not premature to start the
preparations. Still, there is time.
Mr.. Taft's second term will, at the
swiftest, be at an end before the canal
is complete.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

A literary journal has unearthed
the news that in Rome they had car
ried advertising to the point of stick
ing posters on g~ravestones. Yet the
democratic party is boasting of its
progressiveness. How long, oh, con-
script fathers?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

Those present remarked that the
pole was like every day" That is
the tragedy of life. Every day is like
every day when you see it. The thrill
comes to him who sits back and reads
about IL.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

Secretary MacVeagh's economy dis
missed a clockwinder and convenience
was constrained to reinstate the pub
lie servant to make the clocks run har-
moniously. Ours is a great and pro-
gressive government.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

Philadelphia Record.

PhlIadeIphIa Hepord.
II the water is 1900 fathoms deep over
the pole how are the United States going
to accept Commander Peary's present of
sovereignty over the entire region? Ma
tional jurisdiction extends only a marine
league from shore.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

Nov. MFoyTaft comes 10 the test of
the T~hirty5third degree. He meets
the south and west on the deck Of a
river steamer. 1t will be the mastery
triumph of his term. White House au-
diences are the mere mechanics of the
presidency
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

Julius Chambers writes that MI.
saw SO far ahead hat the
other brokers used to regard him as a
wildcat operator. Men like Hartman
usually have some such reputation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

That nonpartisan democratic candi-
date for supreme Judge might have
volunteered to represent the dear peo-
pie In defending the corporation tax
law, to which the democratic state
platform points with pride. but the
corporations saw him first.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

1t would be interesting to have the
real p~resent-day sentiments OF "Bill''
Oldham on the s~idetracking Of his
candidacy for a nomination on the
democratic state ticket.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

Before Christmas, marketmen pre-
sage. butter will sell at 90 cents a
pound. II so we shall repent all the
hard words We have used about good,
old, faithful Oleo.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

OF course, we are all glad to know
that our democratic congressman from
this district has returned home safe
and sound. but 1t is too bad that he
did not leave his smutty stories in Eu-
rome.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

Big bankers at the Chicago meeting
are opposed to postal savings banks
because they need the money them
selves. The reason is no sign that
Mr.. Taft will not get the law through
congress
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

Increases in iron and steel exports
will bring James ]. Hill to his feet.
1t is but a year since he told us that
selling American manufactures abroad
was an idle dream.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

A mill for vegetable silk is mem
toned. What's the use? Silk is like
champagne. 1t is no better than
many other things. but only costs more
money.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

Two doctors testify that Cooks sin
certify is known, while Peary has often
deserted the truth for quite a distance.
That was Cooks day on the high side.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

Every additional democratic decla-
ration Of principles reads more like
Mother Goose. 1t. is familiar always,
but never convincing.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

Miss Elkins is a woman of talent.
She is ~prolonging her engagement on
the principle that one courtship is bet
ter than twenty weddings.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

We know one fact about the North
Pole. 1t is nearly all wind and ice.
Anybody seeking to capitalize it would
find 1t a good place for hot air.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15
SUNNY GEMS.

IT would lay down my life for you,' wrote
the poet to the ideal of his wildly beating
heart, to which she replied:
II won't ask you to do that; II you will
but lay down your pen 1 shall be salts
fled. Houston Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

Kansas city star,
DR.. Cooks undoubted popularity in the
arctic controversy now pending is a note
demonstration that it pays to be
and civil.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

Judge Lovett will try to fill Mr.. Har-
riman's shoes. which he will find will
be no easy task. Here's hoping that
he wears them comfortably.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

One honor MIR. Hartman squarely
o The bravest death is hat of the
man who prepares to die and dies pre-
pared.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

Modern literature has nothing similar to
advice to his SON.
mo chance for it. No modern Polonius
would attempt to tell his son anything
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

Eagles have a reputation Of taking
things as they come and making the
best Of them, and they will do SO with
the weather.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

The great railroad king is gone, and
the railroad business resembles Eu-
rope after Napoleon's hands were tied.
There are SO many little kings. @
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15
Playing the steIIar RoIe.

Washington Post.
The wind gaugel seems to be playing a
more important part in the discovery Of
the North pole than either the compass or
the sextant.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15
increasing the Pressure,

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
It is gravely to be feared hat by the
time the president has made the round
OF banquet tables through the west his
waist line will indicate the wisdom of its
beginning again to tee his own ball.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State OF Nebraska, Douglas County. SIS;
George 3. Tzschuck, treasurer OF Tne
Bee Publishing Company, 3eing duly
sworn, says that the actual NUMBER OF
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month OF August, 1909. was
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

Peary is at the least a humorist.
His gigantic boatswain driving the
starving Cook away from the latter's
stores is equal to the best thing in lit
erature.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

Subscribers leaving the aztv tenn
pORaFily OuId have The bee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed as often a. requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-15

Divorce costs in San Francisco from
$12 to $40. But staying in Frisco is
hard on the lady's reputation.