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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-12-28
Montgomery-Clemmer

Miss Laura Ray Clemmer. daugh-
asr of.MrssJ. A, Clemmer. was mar
ried today at noon to; Mr.. Colin
Stokes Montgomery. The nuptials
we're solemnized; at Oxford Presby-
terian church, and Witnessed by q
large gathering Of friends. MIR.
Montgemery and his bride are popu-
Lar. Ia -thsir neighborhood.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-12-28
Orphan Girl in Hospital

A little orphan girl is in the Jack
son Memorial Hospital under medi-
cal treatment. She is without
means, and DR.. Charles Manly has
the matter in hand to provide for
her expenses. Any one desiring to
contribute to this worthy cause can
seq DR.. Manly. and all help will be
gratefully received.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-12-28
Masonic Officers

-; Following are the officers for the
ensuing year for Mountain City
Lodge No. 81, A. f. & A. M: H.
M. Wallace, W. M; ]. Will Moore,
s. W.; E. S. Shields, !. W.. w. A.
Adair, treas. A. T. Shields, sec.
H. NJ. Witt, s. d. A. p. Wade, j. d.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-12-28
The Poor Remembered

AS has been the custom for some
years past. box of Christmas sup
plies, consisting Of toothsome
edibles, was sent last Saturday to
the inmates of the county farm. the
gift Of menbers Of Trinity Metho-
dist church..
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-12-28
Banner Carried BY Cortes.

In the national museum In Mexico
City there is very interesting relic Of
the Spanish, conquest Of this country
known as the banner of the conquest.
1t is said to. be the original standard
carried by Cortes In his wars of con-
quest In the land Of the Aztecs.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-12-28
Ube Lexington Gazette
WEDNESDAY, DEL. 3. 10
The Coming and Going of People
You Know

The Coming and Going of People
You Know
Mr.. ]. T. McCrun was a visitor
in Lynchburg Monday.
Mr.. Herbert Miley is of on a visit
to Lvnchburg and Washington.
Miss Lille Siler Of Lynchburg, is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. f. L. Kick
or.
Mrs. w. F. Edwards is visiting
Mrs. ]. r. Johnston In Danville,:
Va.
Mr.. r. T. Shiastt of Port Re-
public, is in Lexington visiting her
son, Mr.. c. f. Shifett.
Mr.. Edward S. Senseney OF Ros-
noke, is visiting his father, Justice
J. NJ. Senseney.
MIR. George L. Gassman has joined
his wife, who is visiting her old
home at Okonoko, w. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs ]. billiard Warner
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
w. Amole in Clifton Forge.
Miss BERTHE Beard is spending
the holidays in Norfolk visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Ashby Miley.
Mr.C. S. Glasgow, who is teaching
in the Bingham School in Asheville,
N. c., is at home for Christmas.
Mr.. W. G. Haitian OF Meyersville,
Pa, is in Lexington visiting his
mother, Mrs. Mark Haitian, Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Everett
Gutheridge OF Roanoke. are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank II. Swisher,
Mr.. Ernest L. Rhodes left Satur-
day for his home in Atlanta, Ga. +,
accompanied by Mrs. Charles F.
Rhodes.
Miss Annie Humphries of East
Lexington, is spending the Christ
mas holidays with friends in Flori
da.
Mrs. Ryland T. Phelps OF Poca
hontas, Va, is visiting her brother
Mr., Kenneth L. Morrison on Kerr's
Greek.
Mr.. James W. Hamilton arrived
in Lexington last week from the
Hot Springs to, spend the winter
with his family.
Miss Hortense Freeman, a stu
dent at Maryland College, Luther
o. vile, Md, is the guest of Miss
March Wilson.
Mr.. Ed vim X. Morris is home
from the Philadelphia College o
Pharmacy to visit his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. w. l.. Morris.
Mr.. John P. Birmingham who has
been ill for several months, accom-
panied by Mrs. Birmingham, was {
visitor last week in Roanoke to con
suit specialist.
Miss Bookie Campbell, Miss Ag
mes Irwin, Miss Mary Glasgow anC
Miss Margaret Davidson are bom'
from the Randol oh Macon Woman
College, Lynchburg. to spend th'
holidays.
Mr.. Albert S. McCown, instruc
tor in English at the Virginia Poly
technic Institute, is spending hi
Christmas vacation in Lexington
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
James L. McCown.
Miss Bessie Wray has returned
TO her home in Richmond afte
spending several months with he
friends. Mrs. G. A. Ebeling and fam
lily, accompanied by Miss Elsi
Ebeling and Miss Armour EbelinQ
Miss Mamie Larrick is visitin
her brother, Mr.. Albert E LarricE
at New Martinsville, w. Va; Mis-
Bessie Larrick is visiting relative
n Wincheste r, and Miss L. Bell
Larrick and Mrs. j. ]. Lewis ar
spending their vacation in Phil'
delphia and New York.
Miss Eloise Gassman from th
Normal School at Farmville, Mis-
Lizzie Gassman from Pawpaw. v
Va, Messrs. Harry W. Gassma
f-o.v, O.o~o Uo ond Tocanh Gac.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-08
BY Marcel Roland.

1T was here" said my friend, as we
stopped at a turn of the road, that old
father Rougnol was murdered last
year"
He pointed to a hill near the road all
covered with rocks and struggling fir
trees and beeches, and added: The
murderers were hidden behind those
trees
And who was father RougnoI?"
asked
so you don't know the story? Then I
will tell it 10 you, though I warn you,
it is very melodramatic.''
That does not matter. I am very
fond of melodramas.'
We'll. father Rougnol was one Of
those tramps who visit the farms regu-
larry on their rounds to clip the dogs
and the horses. and cure all the little
ills of domestic animals and birds; bat
besides these legitimate occupations
he was not above trying his skill asa
poacher. You know that beneath the
blouse of nearly every honest French
farmer beats the heart of a poacher.
The profession does so little harm to
anyone and is so useful TO the poor
people-but whether you think it
crime or not, father Rougnol was a
born pOacher-
"One morning as he was returning
sick horse he found fine rabbit
caught in one of his traps. He put the
still warm body of the animal into a Sc
cret pocket in the bosom of his blouse
and set out gaily, in spite of his sixty
odd years, for his next stopping place,
the hamlet of Roudache.
Suddenly, as he passed the very spot
where we are now sitting, two men
threw themselves upon him.
Now, in explanation of what I am
going to relate, / must tell you that on
that particular day there was to be a
county fair and the sale of horses and
cows at Y hrnemont, and the two rob-
bers, whd knew this took father
ROugnol to be a farmer on his way to
the market TO buy cattle and conse-
quently well supplied with money.
They had spent all night among the
rocks and trees with the intention of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-08
The Herald's
Daily Short Story
The Story OF a Crime

holding up the first passerby, and they
landed on the poor poacher.
Your money or your life cried one
of them, and took hold of his arms to
pin them to his body.
But Rougnol. who was still strong
man. stepped back and tore himself
loose Poor fellow. Before he had
time TO raise his cane--a stout IRON
bound cane that never left him-the
men were upon him.
SO you want TO fight shouted the
one who had spoken before. Then take
this
"A dagger glistened in his hand and
buried itself two, three times in Roug-
noTs bosom. The poor fellow fell to the
ground senseless.
suddenly the assassins heard the
sound of hoofbeats. A wagon appeared
at the bend of the road and they disap-
peared into the woods, leaving their vic
tim in a pool of blood in the dusty
road
1.-The wagon came up, and its occu-
pants. two farmers, got out and looked
at the PROSTATE figure.
lis he dead?' said one
ct think So replied his companion
1.-The scoundrels, they have stabbed
him. We must get a doctor.
Yes, and the gendarmes.
81 will run for them. You stay
here. But look-he is moving.
Ives, indeed; be careful man, do not
move much
Father Rougnol came to again, drew
a deep breath and stared at the men,
bewildered. Then he noticed the
blood and turned pale.
Am 1 wounded?' he gasped.
Yes, my friend, badly wounded, 1
am afraid
"One of them had the lucky idea of
unbuttoning father RougnoIs blouse
and drew forth-a magnificent rabbit,
streaming with blood gushing from
number of wounds Father ROugnol
was quite unframed.
From this truthful story you may
draw the conclusion that in spite of
game wardens, police and gendarmes
q poacher's trade is sometimes useful
one" my friend concluded.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-08
Dry Farming Insurance

Herald
"a scientific
q
which in those districts
at all Wilgr
rainfall
scientifically "the
is over / a
could made without
is
impossible
crop
o cultivation.
farming cultivation
farming
forcing all underground but
ua going paving general cleaning
prosperity
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-08

ID ERLIN, Germany. Aug. Seer
IA many possesses the imperial
instinct. That is to say, the
German people believe in their
own greatness, and are fully per
suaded that they Will do God and
man the greatest possible service
by the extension of the German en-
pire. German political writer's are fond
of saying that as the 18th century wit
messed the Prussianizing of Germany.
so will the 20th century witness the
Germanizing of the world. Although
Germans at home may quarrel among
themselves over the details of domes-
tic policies, all Germans even the most
radical of the Socialists, are united in
support of the imperialistic ideals i'm
pressed upon every man in his every
day fife.
American Imperialism.
Great imperialistic movements Of a
national character almost invariably are
preceded by period of congestion
caused by an era of prosperity and
lation. necesSitating an expansion Of
territory to accommodate the surplus
people under the shadow of the mother
flag Congestion and the consequent
need for more territory, is a purely
relative condition. The United States
was filled with the lust Tor more terri
tory long before any one of the orig
inal staten was even comfortably filled
with people.
AS national movement the peculiar
American imperialism stopped only
when it reached the Pacific ocean, and
was stopped ON the north by the Brit
fsh barrier and on the south by a sense
OF shame. There was a great outcry of
objection to that form of expansion
which took in distant possessions not
fitted to be colonized by temperate
zone race; but even to this form of
expansion the patriotic cry of Don't
haul down the flag" was sufficiently
effective rejoinder. Political imperial
ism may not now exist as an active
agent in American thought, but the
migration of American farmers to Can
ada shows that economic expansion is
made necessary by what Americans
consider congestion at home.
Remembering these things, Ameri-
cans, perhaps will be more merciful in
their judgment Of German aims and
ambitions. When the ancient German
imperial inStinct-1earned at Rome at
first hand from the founders of our
western eivilization-lon9 buried be-
meath the ashes of a hundred devas-
tating internecine wars. was recreated
pean purposes accomplished in Bis
marck. Germany looked forth for other
worlds to conquer.
No Land Left.
1t found that every thinly inhabited
fertile section of the temperate zone
both north and south. with the excep-
ton of Siberia and Manchuria, suitable
for actual German folk COLOMBIA ton,
was preempted by the Anglo-Saxon ma
tions- North America was divided be-
tween England and the United States;
the temperate portions of South Amer
ica were guarded by the American Mon
roe doctrine; temperate South Africa
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-08

By
Frederic
]. Haskn

and Australia were beneath the Brit
ish Jacks the East Asian territory was
already the bone of contention between
Russia and Japan. and there was moth
ing left for Germany.
With the increasing effectiveness of
the imperial governmental program,
Germans became more and more I'M
willing to emigrate to other countries,
and. thanks to an unprecedented in
duStrial prosperity, the congestion in
creased apace- In 1910 the population
of Germany within the present limits
of the empire was 33,000,00O. In 1871,
the year when imperial unity was &C
complished, the population had in
creased to 100000. In that 80 years
a growth of 100000 was considered
to be marvellous In the first 40 years
of the German empire. from 1871 until
now, the population has increased from
100000 to So, 900. 900, for the first 20
years at an average rate of 1900
a year, and now at an annual rate Of
100000. With the exception of the
United States which receives an immi-
grafton of 100000 a year, no other
nation of modern times ever has in
creased so rapidly.
Area of Texas VS.. Germany.
The $4,000, 900 German residents of
the German empire live in a land whose
II enough territory were carved out
of the state of Texas to make new
state the size Of Iowa, the reduced
remainder of Texas would still be larger
than all the German empire in Europe
II every one of the go, 0O0, 009 Americans
were to move 10 Texas they would be
no more crowded than are :he IS, 000. 900
Germans in Germany That is Il suffi-
cient reason why Germany is COM
PEELED to practice greater economy, TO
control extravaganza, to prevent waste.
to protect every individual with the
power of the state, and III rlany ether
ways do things not necessary and not
desirable. in a country like the United
States. where there still is plenty Of
elbow room, and still a vast amount
of natural wealth TO waste or to use
az the people see fit.
Thirty years ago Germans were emf
grating at the rate of 225000 a year
The United States was pleased 10 re-
ceive the greater number of these. The
average German emigration of late
years has been less than 10000, and
this slight loss has been made up by
immigration from Austria and Switzer-
land 1t is by no means unusual TO
hear Americans express regret that
German immigration to their country
has ceased. but In Germany, in spite
of the congestion. every expression is
Of self congratulation that Germans no
longer desire TO leave the fatherland- =,
Germans Love Home.
1t is obvious that Germans no longer
are willing to expatriate themselves,
and 1t is equally obvious that there is
no room at home for the rapidly in
creasing population 1t also is obvious
that Germans have no opportunity for
actual colonial expansion in a cline
suitable for German workmen. The
colonial experiments in Africa, and in
the south seas, have proved lamentable
failures so far as achieving practical
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-08
: 4 Years Ago To-
81 n From The Herald OF H.
This Date 1896. Qo y

Governor Ahumada of Chihuahua and
party of about so persons were ban
quoted yesterday evening at the Next
can Central depot dining rooms, in
Juarez- The banquet rooms were gor-
geously decorated and exquisite music
was rendered throughout the occasion.
Many speeches were made
Superintendent Watts of the water
company was around this morning test
ing the hydrants. The Sheldon block
plug showed a pressure of 30 pounds.
The machinery for operating the Nor
mon mine is a the Las Cruces depot,
and will be hauled to the mine and set
up as soon as possible by the new
owners.
Rev DR.. Little will speak at the Y.
NJ c. A. tomorrow
". A BisseT, general freight agent
Of the Santa Fe, has resigned to take
position as general traffic manag ger
of the Frisco system.
Cashier T. E. Clemmon of the First
National bank, of Longview, Texas, is
here. Mr.. Clemmon was in the bank
when the Dalton gang tried to rob it,
and was injured in defending his asso-
clates. He thinks of locating in Ell
Paso.
M D r r Payne and mother, Mrs
Allen, and sister, Miss Grace Allen
have returned from a three weeks visit
to Denver, Colo.
Mrs. l. Blumenthal has returned from
Las Vegas.
The city council met with full hand
last night 10 discuss the water question
Col. Watts of st. Louis was invited TO
address the meeting
Judge Hunter read an interesting pa
per yesterday afternoon before the Tex
as county judges conventio at Gal
weston on the subject, The County
General Fund"
Mrs. A Kaplan is expected to return
tonight from a trip to California, where
she has ben enjoying the coast breezes
Ior the past month. She viii be &C
companled by son of e. Kohlberg.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-08

her blue eyes fairly danced as she
laughed TO her friend, She doesn't
know us from Adam"
The friend stiffened her silly little
back and drew her foolish little mouth
down into a look Of rigid anger
she knows us well enough" she said.
fairly biting Off every syllable. as a
bad tempered seamstress bites off a
length Of thread she just feels above
US. that's all"
And all the way out to the park the
sptteful little goose who thought herself
sighted took up a glorious summer
afternoon in malicious gossip and hate
full comment on the all unconscious
woman across the aisle.
1 found out afterward that the wo-
man across the aisle was very near
sighted, and that that particular day she
had Just had n letter from her little
daughter telling her that the doctor
said there was something very serious
the matter with her eyes. She wouldn't
have known the queen OF England or
remembered the czarina of Russia The
good natured little woman never gave
the matter a second thought I'll war
rant the spiteful little one with "spunk"
tasted the bitterness of what she was
determined to call AN insulting slight"
in every mOuthful she ate for DAYS
Which do you think had the most
sense? Which of these women do you
suppose has the most friends and Is the
best beloved?
Keep your sweet, loving heart. dear
girl-youll find it treasure worth all
the money in all the banks OF golden
India. Don't let any one or anything
take Il away from you
If you have a quarrel. never mind II
the other person is in the wrong. You
were in the right once; be in the right
again, and do the making up. You are
big enough and strong enough and
happy enough TO afford to be gener-
Gus.
Let the poor in spirit, the small mind
ed the evil tempered keep their pitiful
little satisfaction IN their own pitiful
little self absorption.
A mole likes to live in the black
ground Poor thing. he knows no bet
ter Don't you listen 20 him. little, light
hearted, happy butterfly, out there in
the sunshine Of love and friendly
warmth, when he tries TO drag you
down into the dank ground to keep him
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-08
Bearice airfax o. n, Honey On; , Lamb, .,,. Co.

There is nothing to be ashamed Of in
a wholesome love letter.
Napoleon wrote beautiful love letters
10 Josephine, and so did Richard Wag-
ner to Mathilde Wessendonck, and they
are letters which, today, the whole
world respects and loves to read
They Were Real Love Letters
Many great men and women have
written wonderful love letters which
have been published. but there was not
one silly Ietter among the lot
Remember that men-even the best
OF them-are careless about letters:
they let them lie around or carry them
careiessly about in their pockets. So be
very careful what you say. and don't
write real love letter to any man but
the one whom you love, and who loves
You.
And never talk baby talk t. any man,
or allow him to talk IT to you: II is silly
and undignified.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-08
Under the Open Sky


"a WILDE timely
a
Of
realization J. A
in
COudoft
viii eceedingy interesting speaking
pleasures
stTang
experience
in the reaw o andp ine and md sunEp
must wanOwing n
awhile modification
in
andn
mpunty appears
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-08

thing 1t "coZy and companiOnable;" yet
| several of these husbands have been
known to regard with anxiety, the in
creasing power of the habit over their
wives.
Where Feminine Vice FIOurishes.
1t is, of course, the best grade of
cigarets which is used by women. No
one but the extremist will assert that
the habit IS absolutely destructive to
health and morals But no one. who has
real understanding of womanly
charm, of, pure daintiness and fine
ideals Df life, can advocate cigaret
smoking for the sex.
The whole picture is out of drawing.
once you undertake to combine the two
The feminine vice seems to flourish in
the social soil of England better than
anywhere else; yet coming over On the
ship a few months ago, 1 was surprised
to have a typical young Englishman
of the better class say to me, in dis
cussing the general trend Of the mod
ern day, Il do not like to see a woman
smoke a cigaret."
But you are accustomed to IT," re-
piled.
"Oh, yes" he answered. Il see it
among my friends everywhere in Eng
land. but I have never been able to see
it without a feeling Of repulsion. I new
er yet saw a woman smoke a cigaret
who did not lose something of her
charm and her womanliness in my
eyes"
II is not an unusual happening, in
these days. to meet a delicate, refined
looking, charmingly gowned woman,
who reminds you of an unfolding flow
er as she approaches you only to have
her eXhale the odor of stale tobacco.
INDUCED to excess (and very few
women can take up a habit of this kind
In moderation), it must, and DOES, in
iure the health.
The Child VIII Be Unhealthy.
Yet you will hear women complain of
their nerves, of their digestion, OF sleep
lessness of all sorts of maladies,
while stoutly declaring that their cigar
ct is healthful and innocent in it's
effects.
It is useless to argue that a women
has as good a right to smoke as man;
that it harms her no more than it harms
him
Motherhood is very different thine
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-08
On the Woman
Who Smokes
Ella Wheeler Wheeler Wilcox
Copyright 1870 by Evening Journal Publishing Company

from the fatherhood; for three quarters
Of year before a child comes into
the " orld it is dependent upon its moth
er's physical condition for its ply
steal well being.
The young man who sowS wild
oats" frequently declares that his life
is his own, and that it is nobody
business what he does with IT; but l.
he contracts the seeds of disease while
sowing his oats" and later transmits
these seeds to hi offspring, it becomes
the business of the whole world.
1t would require the combined effort
of all the good women of the world
to awaken the men of the day 10 an
understanding of their responsibility
in this matter.
What a disaster it is then, TO the
" orld, when we see women acquiring
an unnecessary, unhygenic, ungraceful
habit themselves, instead of helping
elevate the ideals OF men.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-08

results is concerned A consideration
Of these things throws light on the
wisdom of Bismarck when he said that
as for Germany he would not exchange
one new town added on the frontier for
a province over seas
Germany's imperial instinct is, after
all, Roman in extent The German en-
perOr, as the successor of the German
Caesars of the phantom Holy Roman
empire. would rule over that world
which was subject to the great Caesar
Of the real, but not holy. Roman en-
pire. The kaiser's arbitrary and ef-
fective interference with the plans OF
France in Morocco, his insistence upon
debating affairs in the Balkans. his
spectacular performances in Palestine,
his skiliful DETECTION Of Russian in
terest from the near east TO the far
east-all these things are Indicative of
a desire TO make German influence su-
preme in the territory which once was
Rome.
The German publicist may say that il
is the German desire to restore Glib
Tatar 70 the Spanish, Mata 10 the Ital-
ians. Cyprus to the Turks, the Suez
canal to the Egyptians, and thus to end
the British rule of the great Mediter-
ra1ean sea upon the shores of which
England has no territory But men will
continue to believe in spite Of such pro-
LESSONS. that Germany desires to destroy
British rule in the Mediterranean, not
for the benefit of Spain, Italy, Turkey
and Egypt, but for the glory and ag-
grandizement of Germany, which would
take England's place as the successor
OF maritime Rome.
Bismarck Clicked France.
The imperial instinct guides Germany
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-08
Il WAITS Dendtured Poem

wasou o
the odW
nd l had of of
raised
Of of
of to ton to its has
that am oMan of punes ands shredded
all is i only !rieyc
cand
will
de This graft of helping fellow all
hat makes lives worth while.
coDyr,rn. 1910 by e..rs. Matthew. Adams. (0aek T~s-