Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-04-27
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An uncle of,the Emperor OF China
has arrived at San Francisco to
study army methods.
The milk ordnance OF Staunson
forbids the sale ofany milk in Staun-
ton except from cows that have been
subjected once a year to the tuber-
Gull, test. The Augusta County
Creamery has induced the council
to permit milk to be shipped out Of
Staunton that has been pasteurized.
President Barringer, cleared Of
charges at the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, may retire in 1912. He
was investigated by the board of
visitors and the majority called the
charges trivial, ill-advised and un-
sustained" while the minority of
two said they were anything else.
Anybody can raise some kind of
corn, but when we see fas fields OF the
thrifty farmer, the arched neck and
noble bearing OF the we'll bred horse,
the fat, sleek cattle, we cannot but
realize that there is something in the
principle OF breeding and selection.
GUod corn is not an accident.
Eddie Fay and Little Dick"
Harris, the notorious crooks who
recently robbed the Richmond post
Office of $50, 900 10 stamps and cash.
were on Thursday sentenced to ten
years each in the u. S. prison at
Atlanta and fined 81, 900 each. They
plead guilty knowing there was no
showing for them.
The Shenandoah town council has
refused to lower the $1,000 liquor
license. The dealers claim that the
license is prohibitive. Then, too,
the council refused to recommend
the issuance Of licenses. The bars
will elose in Shenandoah May L,
and the matter may be threshed out
in the circuit court of Page coun-
ty.
What promises to be the hottest
municipal campaign for many years
in Harrisonburg was opened Fri
dav when A. u. Lewis, town re-
corder and Democrat, announced
his candidacy for mayor against the
present incumbent. Colonel o. B.
Roller, Republican. A fight on
purely local issues will be waged
with complications and new align
ments as a result Of the local option
election last summer. The election
will be held June II.
There is talk tin Kansas, it is
stated, of sending statue OF John
Brown as part of that States con-
tribution to the Hall of Fame, in.
tending it as an Offset to Virginia S
selection of Lee. Well, if Kansas
can stand old John Brown. as the
representative Of all that is best aad
highest in that State. surely Vir-
ginia can. And as for the offset
ting part, We recall that General
Lee was instrumental in 'offsetting"
or setting off" old John very eff
fectually about half a century ago.
The appointment of Speaker Byrd
of-the House of Delegates as attorney
for the schools and colleges of the
State, has caused widespread sur
prise and much unfavorable com
ment. 1t is claimed by some of the
leading lawyers of Virginia that
Governor Mann violated the consti-
tuition when he appointed Mr.. Byrd.
because the constitution prohibits
the appointment of o member of the
Legislature to any Office created by
the Legislature, and Mr.. Byrd was
not only Speaker of the House that
created the Office Of special attorney
for the schools and colleges of Vir-
ginia, but took an active part In
having tho measure passed.
A dispatch for New York says:
Close observers of the food products
market today expressed belief in
the probable speedy setting in of an
era Of lower prices for foodstuffs.
THE wish may in some degree be
father to the thought" said ono pro-
vision man, as lower prices would