Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-01-26
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gin q ScElOS vi PuOliS aOSeoiO % Oh
health. The aim of the series will
be to point out in popular manner
the causes of disease, degeneracy
and death, and local physicians will
deliver the lectures.
Through the efforts o! Robert E.
Lee, Jr., who is administrators for
the estate of George Washington,
Congress has been asked to vote
$500, 900 to the estate to pay for
3,O51 acres of land which were Civ
en- to Washington by the State of
Virginia for military services short
ly after the Revolution. The bill
was introduced by Representative
Lamb Of Virginia.
Mr.. Koiner, commissioner of ag
riculture and immigration of Vir-
ginia, and others, were accompanied
by Senator Martin and Representa-
tive Food to call on Secretary
Wilson in Washington few days
ago in behalf of the apple interests
of their State. Secretary Wilson
assured them that his department
wo Id do all they could to aid them
in improving the apple industry of
Virginia.
Samuel Salyer, perhaps the oldest
resident of Virginia, was fou1d
dead in bed at his home. near Big
Stone Gap, a few days ago. Mr..
Salyer's age is not definitely known.
though he was believed to be 115
years old. Even in his extreme age
Selyer had vivid memory OF long
ago and recounted incidents Of the
War OF 1872 with much interest.
During that time he rode 20 miles
horseback to see soldiers Of the
American Army.
Bedford City has purchased the
dam at Suowden on James River
near Big Island, the price paid the
Amherst Pulp Manufacturing Co.,
being 500, 200. The city will es-
tablish at that point a hydro electric
plant. The property just pur-
chased includes 4, 500 acres Of land,
situated in the counties OF Bedford,
Amherst and Campbell, much OF
which is we'll wooded and valuable
for the lumber. There is an extern
sive water front, which can be util-
lied for other dams il necessary
Ownership of a majority interest
in the Baltimore Sun, hitherto for
three generations entirely the prop
erty of the A. S. Abel estate, is
now held by Charles Fl. Grasty,
managing owner of the News prior
to the purchase two years ago by
Frank A. Munsey. Final arrange.
ments for the transfer we're made
Saturday. 1t is reported that Julian
Leroy White, who was formerly in
terested with Mr.. Grasty in the
News, and Henry White, the former
American ambassador to France, are
interested with him in the Sun deal.
We get the following from the
Nicholas Chronicles: A county sup
intendent in a neighboring county
asked every teacher at the institute
who took his county papers to hold
up his hand and only six responded.
The superintendent expressed
great surprise and said: You
don't spend a dollar year with
those papers, vet you expect then
to print free of charge notices of al
ins titutes. insert long programs, ex
pect them to advertise you, thus as
sisting you to climb the ladder tt
better positions and better salaries
without cent in return"
This is the popular puzzle JUS
now: A banker going home to din
ner saw q $40 bill on the curbstOne
He picked it up, noted the number
and went home to dinner. While a
home his wife said that the butcher
had sent q bill amounting to $40
The only money he had was the bill
he had found, which he gave to hel
and she paid the butcher. The
butcher paid it to farmer for
calf. the farmer to the merchant
who in turn paid it to a washer