Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-09
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There is only one way that the
purchaser can be certain of getting
good seed corn, and that is to pur-
chase from some one of reliability as
to the purity of the variety, and
item require the corn be sent him
on the ear.
A bill has passed the House in
Richmon i allowing toll gates to be
erected on certain roads in AugIs-
ia county. The revenue from the
tolls will be devoted by the county
to upkeep of the roads on which toll
is charged.
Papers were served Thursday on
Attorney General Williams at
WEIGH, w. Va, in the suit fol
twenty-five thousand dollars
brought by Judge Saunders for as
sault. This civil action is in addi-
tion to the criminal prosecution.
The confirmation of the plans of
the Chesapeake and Ohio railway,
which bought Greenbrier White
Sulphur Springs, with view to
making the resort the most popular
in the South, has been announced.
The company will expend something
like $3.50, 600 in improvements.
Governor Swanson will be can
didate for Governor Of Virginia four
years from this time" This de-
claration was made by a member OF
the State Senate some days ago, but
since that time it has been carried
from one man to another until it is
now taken seriously for the first
time. 1t is said that Carter Glass
aud Harry St. George Tucker will
also go into the race for Governor.
A special from Washington says
Representatives Slemp of Virginia,
and Mckinley Of California, will
present w. z. Kent, Republican
candidate for Governor of Virginia
in the last campaign to the Presi-
dent tomorrow for foreign APP
pointment. They will not press for
any PAL ticular assignment. 1t is
said that he can go back to Guata-
mala If he desires to do so.
One thousand dollars worth OF
wheat will take about $3.50 worth OF
fertility from ths soil; $1,000 worth
of pork, $50; 81 900 worth of beef,
$S5; $1,000 worth of milk, $leO;
$1,000 worth of butter only S125
worth of fertility. 1t should be
easy now to decide what kind OF
farming should be pract ced in
order to preserve the fertility of
the soil.
The voting strength of Virginia
will be more than ,doub and in
the neighborhood of 500, 900 will be
turned into the State treasurer an
nually if bill introduced by Dele
gate Lewis OF Essex, is adopted by
the Virginia Legislature. The bill
provides for the collection of the
capitation tax when it becomes due
and gives the tax collectors the
right to levy on personal property
to recover the tax.
Clement Cabel Dickinson of Clin-
ton, Mo. who was elected to succeed
the late Congressman De Almond
as a representative from Missouri,
is Democrat and native of Prince
Edward county. His father was the
late Judge Asa D. Dickinson, of the
circuit bench of Virginia, and he
was educated at the University of
Virginia. He is fifty years old, and
a brother of Mrs. ]. Horace Lacy,
wife of the pastor of the Winches-
ter Presbyterian Church.
Following is the complete list
commissioned as colonies on his
staff by Governor Mann: Alexander
D. Hamilton, Petersburg. chief OF
staff; Robert W. Arnold, Jr., Waiver
ly; G. Shelton Bowman, Salem; J.B.
Boyer, Tazewell; r. L. Brewer, Jr.,
Suffolk; Andrew Jackson Gray, Jr.,
Richmond; Lucius Gregory, Chase
City; Edwin A. Halsey. Lynchburg;
John NJ. Herndon. Danyille: L w.