Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-02-16
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Brief and Interesting Budget for the
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ObSy NVo0Sk
Manufacturers Record: In con-
sidering the postal rate on news
papers and magazines it would be
we'll for Congress to find out how
Canada can handle newspapers and
magazines at one quarter of a cent
per pound and still run the Post
Office Department on paying basis
and have a surplus.
Representative H. d. Flood in
troduced resolution in the House
authorizing the Secretary OF State to
confer with the tobacco buyers OF
Spain, Australia, France. Italy and
Japan, with view OF forming q
Federal bureau of tobacco industry.
His plan is to have the foreign buy
ers purchase all their tobacco
through this bureau, obviating
might riders" disorders.
Williamsburg wants a dispensary.
The ancient capital of Virginia is
now dry, but her citizens have pc
titioned their representative, DIR.
II. U. Stephenson, for bill allow
ing vote on the question, and a
measure to this effect has been Of
fered in the House. The bill pro-
vides that the election is to be
called upon a petition to the court
of one-fourth OF the qualined voters.
Presidents and executive commit
tees of the Virginia State Bar AS
sociation and of the Maryland State
Bar Association have determined to
hold joint meeting at Hot Springs
in the last week of July. Both AS
sociations will unite in inviting
some distinguished speaker, not a
resident OF either State. and in ad-
dition each association will have
two speakers, besides their respec-
tive presidents or from its own
membership.
Interest i, the anti-tuberculosis
fight now being waged throughout
the United States is evidenced by
the fact that in the year 1909, 163
new anti-tuberculosis associations
were formed, 1873 tuberculosis sani-
toriams and hospitals were estab-
lished, and 81 tuberculosis dispen-
saries were opened. Compared
with previous years, this is the
best record thus far made in the
fight against consumption in this
country.
A dispatch from Jackson, Miss,
says: Declaring that his resolution
was chance for the North to dem
onstrate its earnestness in the as
serticn that the Civil War has been
forgotten, State Senator Anderson
introduced bill in the Legislature
providing that the Mississippi
Niche in the Hall of Fame remain
vacant until the nation is willing to
accept the statue of Jefferson Davis,
as the most famous son of the South
ern States. The bill was referred to
a committee on Federal relation.
After meeting for three weeks
every night the special committee
appointed by the City Council to in
vestigate the Staunton police force
has made its report to the Council. |
The report, which was unanimous.
ly accepted, scores Mayor Wayt,
Chief Lipscomb and all the police
force, except Officer A. H. Jones.
The report charges drunkenness on
duty, dereliction, and in some Gas IS
frequenting low dives. Sealed
charges were preferred against Of |
ficer Palmer, which are of such. SER
ioIs nature they are not given to
the public.
If the House of Delegates concurs
in the bill passed by the Senate
the divorce laws of the
State so as to allow either party to
the suit asking for a final decree.
absolute divorce, Virginia may be-
come the mecca for all those with
marital woes. Just one word is
changed, but it changes the entire
meaning of the act. Under the
present divorce law the aggreived
party to matrimonial contract NAV.