Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-05-04
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had been in existence for many years
as a Baptist school.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
announced that all postmasters will
be given not exceeding five days
leave of absence from duty to enable
them to attend the meeting OF the
Virginia Postmasters' Association,
which will be held at Rockbridge /
Alum Springs July q to 20.
Mr.. Taft is said to be a fearless
rider. His horses, we see, come
usually from Bath and Greenbrier
counties. Little did the growers OF
those horses think when they, as
colts, grazcd peacefully over their
blue grass fields, that they would
ever grow to be strong enough, to
carry as heavy load as an elephant.
The town OF Bridgewater, Rock
ingham county, is in peculiar pre-
dictament. With the town election
five weeks off, the corporation poll
books are lost and no amount OF
searching is able to bring them to
light. John w. Jacobs, the regis
trar. died since the last election and
noone has been chosen to take his
place.
The payment of poll taxes this
spring in Lynchburg has already
gone beyond the total registration
for the gubernatorial election last
wear. This is due to the activity
OF the '.wets" and 'drys" over the
possibility of local option election
this fall. Both sides have been on
the quivive, and have been seeing
that every voter has his receipt fol-
his poll.
81 have ten times more reSpec
for the woman who goes out anC
earns her living, tolls for hersel
and family, and becomes a gooC
housekeeper than for the idle an(
gossiping society woman who passes
away her precious moments in dom!
nothing" Cardinal Gibbons spok
thus in the sermon at the contrma
ton exercises at St. Joseph S Catho
lie Church, Baltimore, Sunday.
Social equality is held out to tn
negro by Andrew Carnegie who pre-
diets that this race will, at some nc
far distant day, take its place in thi
country on the Level with the othe
races and that the race problem WI
be completely passed over. This wi
only be brought about, however b
means of education, he contende'
This was Mr.. Carnegie's foreca'
delivered Sunday afternoon at tt
dedication of his library gilt
Howard University, Washington.
1t is gratifying to know that Il
famous John Mashall house in Ric
mond is to be preserved. Action hi
lust been taken looking toward ma
ing repairs that are necessary
keep the place intact. The archite
tural lines throughout are not to
disturbed. New material will co
form to the old-simply genel
renovation being designed. That
work along the right line. Too oft
valuable mementoes of the past d
allowed to fall into such decay tt
removal for the material welfa
seems necessary and advisable. III
John Marshall house stands best
the handsome new high school as
inspiration to young and old for
bier living.
BY a single sweeping decisi
the supreme court of Louisiana
practically invalidated the misc
enation laws of that State. l.
case just decided by the court
Judges we're called upon to def
the word Negro" as used in
Louisiana statutes prohibiting
intermarriage of the races and
scribing new penalties for such m
riages. Contrary to the general
ceptation of the word the court
cided that where the term Neg
was used the reference was T.
''full-blooded Negro" and not