Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-03-30
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constitutes days labor in the state.
About 40 of the young women
students at the Randolph Macon
Institute, Danville, accompanied by
Professor Charles G. Evans, the
principal, and several of the teach
ers at the institute, left Friday
morning over the Southern Railway
to spend the Easter holidays at Nat
ural Bridge and Luray Cave.
The fact that woman would give
expression to a desire to get mar
ried is no evidence of mental weak
ness or her incompetency to trans
act business, even though she
evince more candor in matrimonial
affairs than is usual to her sex, is
the opinion of the Supreme Court OF
West Virginia.
Judge \. NJ. Aiken of the Corpor-
alton Court Of Danville has issued
an order calling for special election
to be cid on April 18th to determ-
inc whether the sale of liquor shall
be licensed. The order was in res
ponse to a petition signed by three
hundred voters, constituting more
than twice enough necessary to as
sure the election. Danville was
voted dry two years ago by forty
five majority.
Every man is intended to live a
certain length of time; if he doesn't
it is a case of suicide or homicide.
1t is a crime TO have a cold. The
first business of an architect is TO
see to it that his building will fur
nish enough pure air for the people
who will occupy it. . These were
some of the statements of DIR. N. W.
Wiley Chief of the Bureau of Chem
istry, United States Department OF
Agriculture, in a lecture to Cornell
students few days ago.
The oldest person in Shenandoah
county and probably in the valley,
passed away at Harrisonburg in the
death of Mrs. Phoebe Myers, who
was sc years old. Aunt Phoebe"
was born Christmas Day, 1914, in
FauQuier county, not very far from
Warrenton. She married Jonas
Myers 65 years ago, and 81 years
ago she joined the Baptist Church.
Her maiden name was Bowen. She
leaves two sons-Joseph, of New
Market. and John at home, and II
great grandchildren.
Governor Mann, when asked
while in Norfolk few days ago, to
say something about the newspap-
ers, the Governor, who has felt the
critism of the press, spoke out
boldly, declaring that newspaper
reporters usually were correct in
their statements. but they seemed
incapable of understanding that
public men as we'll as other people
were capable of mistakes. He de-
clared that he had reached the top
of his political ambition, and would
never be a candidate FOR Office again.
The election OF % Democrats to
seats now occupied by Republicans
will change the majority in the
House. If the latio of gain scored
by Foss in Massachusetts be main
tanned not only will a change OF
majority result, but that change
will be so great as TO make the vote
all but unanimous. 1t is quite safe
to assume, however, that the afore-
said ratio will not be maintai ed.
However, % new Democrats will
be quite enough to bring a new ap-
probation of the significance OF
of that mystic number to the pres
emit majority in Congress.
A dispatch from Roanoke Satur-
day says: Married for spite, re-
pented in a hurry, divorced on Fri
day, wed again on Saturday. That
sentence is the boiled down story
of an eventful portion of the life
history OF Mrs. Helen Scharf- Bull.
DeZouche. aged eighteen. dainty
blonde of Baltimore, who married
here tonight the man of her choice,
Montague DeZOuche of Montreal.