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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-05-04
Incident in the Confederate Reunion
at Mobile

Following is the graphic reception
by the Confederate Veterans at their
reunion last week in Mobile, Ala,
OF the grand daughter Of President
Jefferson Davis:
A slender, black clad, frightened
girl stood on a raised platform today
and while G, 900 Confederate veter-
ans cheered, and while the bands
played Dixie" q score or more
gray haired Confederate general OF
ficers passed in review before her,
and with uncovered heads kissed
her hand. The young girl was Miss
Lucy White Hayes, granddaughter
of the only President OF the Conted-
eracy. The incident was the climax
of the first days session OF the
United Confederate Veterans.
The big tent which is said to seat
comfortably 6,0O0 people was packed.
When the new Daughter of the
Confederacy was being presented
to the convention, the old veterans
went mad. The band was playing
Dixie three of them-but the
combination could not drown out the
cheers. The veterans surged for
ward, but the ropes stopped them.
Then one by one the stately general
officers on the stage moved in revie "
before the frightened, trembling
girl, and each kissed her hand as h'
passed. Miss Hayes seemed over
come with emotion as she passed
back to her seat on the arm OF hel
maid OF honor, Miss Ella Mitchell
Miss Hayes is the sponsor for TIN
] Southern Confederacy in the re
| union, and takes rank over all 9th
ers, sponsors and maids.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-05-04
w. Kent Gets Better Place

The President Thursday named
William H. Robertson, of Virginia,
to be consul general at Callao, Peru,
and William p. Kent to be consal at
New Chang, China.
Capt. Kent, few weeks ago was
nominated by the President to be
consul at ST. Johns. N. b., at d
salary of So, 200. His friends among
the Virginia leaders considered that
this position was not an important
enough one for their colleague. ano
called upon President Taft, to whom
they voiced their protests. That thu
President took heed TO these protests
is evident by the nomination OF Mr.
Kent to be consul at New Chang
China, O position paying $4,000.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-05-04
Attorney General Williams Fined
S10O for Assault

Roanoke Times: Messrs. Marsh9 Ii
Mccormick and W. j. Henson re-
turned last night from WEIGH, Me
Dowell county, WestVirginia, where
they appeared as counsel in behalf
of Attorney General Samuel W. VII
liams, who, Wednesday. was cou-
victed of assault on Judge Sanders
and fined 500.
Messrs. Mccormick and Henson
yesterday expressed themselves as
being very much gratiied over the
result of the trial. 'Notwithstand-
ing the fact" they said, that 1T had
been supposed by some people in
Virginia that Judge Williams would
not get a fair trial in Nc Dowell, ht
had an absolutely fair and impartia
jury and a presiding Judge equally
fair and impartial"
Immediately after the jury rem
dered Its verdict, Judge Williams
through his counsel, asked the cler
of the court for statement OF a
costs incurred by West Virginia i
connection with the case. and bein
informed that the total sum was $Sj
he wrote his check for $50, repr
t senting the amount Of fine land cost
q The payment was at once entert
by the clerk on the court records.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-05-04
Danville Voted Wet Thursday b.
Ten Majority

In the local option election Thurs
day Danville went wet voting
back the open saloon by majority
of ten. The total vote polled was
1,150.
The election was quiet although
the interest was intense. The
principal speaker for the "drys
was Richmond Pearson Hobson, the
hero of the "Merrimac," now Con
gresham from Alabama, who hit
the liquor traffic sledge hammer
blows in addresses at the Ridge
street tabernacle Wednesday night.
The Anti Saloon League held pub
lie meetings regularly. Among
their speakers was Ex-Governor
Glenn of Nol tn Carolina, The Anti
Saloon League also used newspaper
space freely.
The liquor men, aided by outside
dealers, put up gum shoe" fight.
They used no newspaper space,
they publicly combated none of the
arguments of the drys, they merely
registered and voted the'T
friends" Their friends proved
sufficiently abundant, though witt
only small margin to spare. The
full vote on each side was polled
The drys had expected to win bv
majority Of from 80 tc 100.
Two years ago, on the 10Th O
April, Danville went dry b; a ina
!ority of 40. Seven years ago tn
city voted out tue saloon by owe
t 200. Then it tired Of the dry RI
j gime and went back for sewers
n years to the license system.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-05-04
w. ]. Bryan Ordained Elder

Sunday, in Westminster Presby
terrain church, midway between
Lincoln and Fairview, Neb.. w. ].
Bryan was formally ordained and
installed as elder of that denomina-
ton. The ordination was conduct
ed by Rev. II. b. Comm. the pastor.
before an attendance of 800, practi-
cally the capacity Of the church
building.
The Sermon on the Mount" form
ed the basis of Mr.. Bryan 5 remarks
following his obligation. Mr..
Bryan said he accepted the elder
ship because it imposed no new OBJ
legations which he as a Christian
heretofore entertained. He dwelt
on the life of Christ and the duties
imposed on citizens to follow the
Nazarene as an example. Mr..
Bryan, coincident with his install
lation as an elder. was elected q del
egate-at-large to the Presbyterian
EcumeRical Council, 10 be held a
), Edinburgh, Scotland, in June. II
h was also made delegate from tn
Q Nebraska Synod, of which Lincol
il part.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-05-04
GENERAL CONFERENCE
Nj. E. CHURCH, SOUTH
Ouadrennial Sessions Begins Today
In Ashville, N. c.

In Ashville, N. c.
The General Conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
convened in AsheYille, n. c., today,
May 1, and will continue in session
about three weeks.
Bishop Alpheus w. Wilson, who
is row the senior bishop of the
church, will presided at the opening
session.
The delegation from the Baltimore
Conference is headed by Rev. DR..
Collins Denny, professor in Wander
bilt University, Nasheville, Tenn,
and a member of the Baltimore Con
ference. The other ministerial dele
gates are Rev. f. V. REGISTER, pre-
siding elder Of the Baltimore dis
trict; Rev. Forrest ]. Prettyman,
presiding elder of the Washing
ton district; Rev. H. =. Hamill
of Blacksburg and Rev. I. J.
Lambert, presiding elder of Lewis
burg district. The lay delegation is
headed by Mr.. Louis w. Davis, Of
Baltimore. The other delegates are
! Messrs. II. I. Fishburne, of Roam
oke, Nj. L. Walton, of Woodstock,
Va; e. Chase Bare, Of Anderson W.
Va; and a. 3. Pugh. of Washing
ton. Besides these delegates Rev
c. D. Bulla, editor of the Batimor'
Southern Methodist; Mr.. G. NJ
Armstrong and eX Mayor Thoma
G. Hayes of Baltimore, will attend
for part of the time.
An important work for the con
ference will be the election OF bishop
y to fill the places OF those who hav
died during the quadrennium an
to meet the growing demands of til
church. The conference will b
called upon to elect five or 81
bishops, and probably more, in cas-
Bishop Wilson retires.
Rev. DR.. Denny is said to be
probable appointee. He has bee
:, seriously considered before, an
only failed at the last general cor
ference of election bv few votes.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-05-04

Thirty years young couple "Vre au THEY Hau cVe
braion because they had scraped together
enough money carpet down their front floor
ago this couples married He but lit
had BEEN but there humble life
and his bride They had with completely fur
nshed fiat and BEGIN WITH EXPENSES THAT WOULD
HAVE STAGGERED THE OLD MAN.
THE ANSWER FOR THE PRESENT
AGITATION. 1T is NOT so MUCH THE
POOR
AS THEIR PARENTS DID. EACH
LUXURY STYLE.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-05-04
SWAT PESKY HOuSEFlY
Little insignificant Insect Has
Slain Its Thousands
DEATH FOLLOWS IN ITS TRAIL
Disease and Death Carried Into Our
Homes


Homes
The most dangerous animal on
earth is the fly That is the con-
clusion, not of sensation mongers,
but of cool headed and cautious
scientists. That little, insignif-
cant, pesky house fly is thousand
times more dangerous TO you and
your babies than all the man-eating
animals OF the world could be.
Roosevelt in his hunting trip
through the darkest jungles OF Al
RIGA never faced the danger that is
now bcsetting the men and women
and children of America. The
blood thirsty denizens of that dark
continent do not harm the human
family as much in a century as does
the fly in one single summer. The
poisonous reptiles Of India are harm
less playthings in comparison. Rail
road accidents kill and MAIN many.
but the fly is tenfold more destruc-
tive.
Hitherto the fly has been regarded
as a harmless nuisance and consider
ed to be an annoying creature with its
persistence and excessive familiari-
ty. That was the way the last gen.
Grafton looked upon the household
pest.
Now. however, the fly has been
: publicly indicted as murderer OF
, the human race, and the efforts to
I rid the world of him ale not because
' he is a common nuisance-w which
3 should be enough--but because the
, flv is the greatest disease breeder
n and the carrier Of more disease
y germs than all other animal life put
r together.
The health authorities of New
-, York estimate that about one-hal
4 of the deaths from typhoid in tina
II city are attributable to the distri
\ button OF the germs of the flies
4 They also declare that about three
g fourths of the young children wh'
~ die from the bowel complaint
- which flies are chiefly instrumental
a. in spre lding would never hav
n been sick had proper precaution
been taken against flies.
The numbers OF bacteria upo
one fly have been proved to rang
=. all the way from $50 to $500, OOC
~ The average is about 1,250, 000a fly
- This represents the number of ba(
-, terra that enters the human sySteI
~ when one swallows glass of liqui
49, into which fly has fallen.
- Flies caught in the rooms OF p'
=. tients suffering from typhoid feve
smallpox, scarlet fever, tubercul'
~ sis and other diseases have bee
~ examined under the microscop
and in nearly every instance it hi
ne been found that they were not on
IN covered but filled with the speci
las bacteria of these diseases.
AK From the sick room, from the re
10 ten filth of the garbage pail, fro
&c the heaps of refuse, manure, al
oe offal Of all kinds, the death brin
On ing fly walks on the butter, t
TAI bread, the meat, the fruit upon t
Is table, leaving everywhere the di
Ten ease germs it's furry feet have gat
81 cred up.
nat From the outhouses it goes to
are baby's bottle; from the scum-cover
nat pools it hurries to the family d
loe ner table. And the victims
an victims needlessly, for it takes {
no little precaution and little exper
to rid the house OF flies, and but
ion same effort upon the part OF ever
has body to rid the country OF the fly
Egg
n w. p. Kent Gets Better Place
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-05-04
WILL ACCEPT FEES
INSTEAD OF SALARY
Byrd's Statement With Reference
to His Appointment

Speaker Richard Evelyn Byrd
has made the following statement
with reference to his appointment
by Governor Mann as counsel for
the educational institutions of the
State, at a salary of 81 900 a year:
Shortly after the adjournment of
the Legis' ature l happened to be in
the office Of the governor upon an
other matter. Governor Mann
preached the subject and stated that
under the section of the appropria-
ton bill authorizing him TO do so,
he intended to employ me as cour-
sci to perform such services for tt"
various departments of State and
the institutions as the attorney
general was either not required to
perform or might not be able to per-
form OF as to which ne might desire
assistance. These services, howev-
err, were to be under the direction
and with the association of the sttor-
ney general
u thanked the governor and ask
ed him to defer the matter for a
while. On another occasion. early
in this month, saw the governor
again. was preparing to leave the
city and somewhat hurriedly made
an arrangement with the governor
which was in substance published
in the Times-Despatch.
4 left the city the next day and
did not return for eight or nine days.
Shortly after my return the matter
was again taken up and more care
. fully considered. 1 then agreed
with the governor that l should not
! receive any salary whatever. but
that when my services we're requir-
, ed, should be paid a reasonable fee
/, not to exceed in the aggregate the
t sum of 81, 600 for two years. The
r governor thus carefully safeguarded
= the interests OF the State The
10 amount of the avaiia bic appropria
T. ito is $1,000 for two years and not
: $1,000. because the appropriation
was only made in one of the yearly
budgets.
a The purpose which Governor
e Mann and 1 had in view was the
2 same. that is, to carry out the idea
o which controlled the Legislature il
h making the appropriation which wa;
to 10 put limit on expenditures foi
Is counsel fees and thus save the Stat
40 money.
lie In 1908. 500 600 was appropriate
d. by the Legislature for special counse
fees. and Of this amount $4,000 wa
We actually expended. The VARIOUS II
to stitutitious and departments eS
ce pended about So. 600 more.
gh The employment was tendere
and accepted il the spirit whic
ed actuated the Legislature in maxim
he the appropriation. 1t was know
sr- that threats had been made to attac
de a number of the tax bills.
". should the governor designa
NO me to try any clse. will certain
in feel that can do so with prophet
wo Such employment would not cOnst
he tute me an officer and therefore
Irs perfectly constitutional.
led If | am not designated for any
me gal work, receive nothing. In ar
case, the State is safeguarded fro
nd paying out great sums Of money fl
ut. special attorneys fees,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-05-04
THE VALLEY RAILROAD
Breakdown and Delay the Order
Of the Day
EXPERIENCES OF PASSENGERS
Train Held Up at Timber Ridge for
Needed Repairs

TO her matter Of fact hus-
band that she prepare lunch to
take with them on their trip to
yesterday, he pulled
cut his chest, patted his pocket
book and said No, no, dearie.
Nothing so commonplace as a shoe
box lunch for US. We accent on
the WEI will dine on tue pullman car
Thelma, which will be attacked to .
our train at Harrisonburg.'
50 the magnanimity Of the spouse
put a crimp in the frau's thoughtful
ness and they boarded the train at
Lexington, bound for Tafty, or
Cannouville on the Potomac, without
the lunch. Engine 400, on the B.
x o. has u good bell, a fair smoke
stack a we'll buruished number plate
and can whistle when necessary
but her tires have been expanding
since the spring of 1913 and at the
regular wrecking place On the road,
near Timber Ridge, the tire on the
haw driving wheel became detached
from the wheel itself, for the third
time in the month and as a consequ-
ence, right there Eastbound passen-
ger train No. s due at Harrisonburg
at $40 a. M, stopped and staid
stopped.
Capt Jacob Roderick, conductor
of the train. sized up the situation
and with the engineera post mOrtem
examination was held which result
ed in hurry call being sent to
Harrisonburg for the hospital crew
and notification to the agent that
= he would not be here. The wrecker
. hurried 10 the scene with such ap
paratus as is necessary to re
habilitate old wheels. attach sep
j arabic tires, and make tire do it
. duty whether it is fit for it or not.
= From 4:20 4. m. until two p. N.
$ the passengers sat in the cents
u mile seats and gazing out on tn
e hills of Rockbridge envied the graz
/ ing kline, for that under vest feelin
+ OF nothing to eat made them wis
f.. for the pie which mother used I
2 bake. \ nearby farm house wa
v finally spotted by a gentleman WI
re did not wish TO emulate the examp
i. of DR.. Tanner, and others followed
as and here they ate.
"a The husband from Lexington ga,
the news butcher twenty cents
Il hit him over the head with a Poll,
p Gazette ana the lady smiled throus
We her hunger.
nd At two o'clock the train return,
he TO East Lexington and No. in t
be morning became No. Is in the afte
TX noon. and the second start was ma
Sc for Harrisonburg, siXty.miles ava
Finally and eventually the mornil
afternoon mail and express comb
en- ed into one reached this point ~
nd and half hours late and at 6:10 t
N return trip was started, three hOu
AMI five minutes late-delay caus
by second break down Of engi
leu 400
Now. in conclusion, delays a
qn mixups of this sort are not attribl
re- able to employees in charge of traiI
lc- but the man higher up somewhe
ere is at fault.
alf Then again, this is no state
Ill railroading in the early sixties fr,
,u- Podunk to Persimmon Bridge bu
ers statement of what occurred vest
day on the b. & 0. at HarrisOnbu
son in the thickly populated Virgil
as Valley. Harrison burg Times.
u Il. 3.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-05-04

Congressional elections will take
place in Virginia this year on the
first Tues day after the first Monday
in November, the Sth. The voter
who participates in that election,
unless he be veteran OF the civil
war, must have paid his poll tax at
least six months before November
9Th. May Sth, this year, however,
falls on Sunday, Hence, the Vir'
ginia voter who has not paid his pol
tax and wishes to vote in the fal
election or the preceding Democra
tic primary, will have to qualify b.
paying on or before May 7th.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-05-04
Not SO Much High
Cost of Living as
Cost of Living High
of York

DOR people are LAYING BY LESS AND LESS
MONEY EACH YEAR. They say that their expenses
are greater that they can't afford put much money
in the bank But believe it's this way
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-05-04

The Richmond Evening Journal
calls editorial attention to the fact
that Mark Twain was of Virginiar
ancestry.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-05-04

Always stand up for the right,
but do not wear yourself out with
worry because you can not turn the
world and make it over in day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-16

last midnight that the fight would most
likely be declared on within seventy
two hours. after Rickard and Gleason
received wire returns from the different
cities Of the country which had been
felt OUT by the promoters with refer
ence 10 tickets 70 be bought and paid
for IN advance for the fight. This was
the last day allowed sportsmen Of Pitts
burg, and. 1t Is understood, Of other
cities also, 10 make up their minds as
10 going TO the fight
By noon Richard, Gleason, etc, were
70 have telegraphic acceptance OF all
tickets needed by the localities 70 which
they had been sent. Pittsburg and Pitts
burgers wired at last midnight 10 Cali
fornia accepting only g per cent Of the
tickets which ha6 been allotted this
city, stating that the certified check for
this number was on The way.
This meant that cf every hundred
seats which had been set aside for Pitts
burg ninety-one were thrown back on
the hands OF the promoters If other
cities did no better than Pittsburg In a
fight way. local sportsmen believe they
can see Just where the trouble all lies
In short, Pittsburg spOrtsmen do not be-
ference really caused the fight 70 fail
through, but that on the showdown the
promoters found the country Was not
supporting the night as had ben expected
and that they had machinery set in mo-
ton and finally prevailed on the gov
ernOr TO call the fight of.
Pittsbprg had already arranged 10
take three special trains TO the coast in
time for the fight. The trains had been
made UP and money deposited for pass
age in all cases. but PitNburgers would
not buy tickets so far in advance for the
fight
Gleason and Rjckard made their mis-
take so far as PittSblrg was concerned
in doubling the price of tickets recent
". This so angered PittsburE sports
men that they declined to buy tickets
at any price, but subscribed to the tour
OF Colorado II is likely that not one
OF ten leaving Pittsburg on the excur-
slons would have seen the fight Not
unless they were furnished tickets at 40
or less at Frisco.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-16
FINANCIAL HITCH
CAUSE Of SLUMP

PITTSBURG. June 1s.-Word from
an authoritative source saws that
financial differences between Honus
Wagner and Tommy Leach and Presi-
dent DreyfUss is the real cause Of
dissensions among the members Of
the worlds champion Pirates.
Wagner and Leach accompanied
Dreyfuss 10 Pittsburg when the lat
ter assumed control Of the club. Il
was promised the two star players
TIT they should prosper with the
management, but II was not until re-
Gently that they learned the profit 70
Dreyfuss out Of last seasons games
was 100000, and then went Up a
mighty howl. Wagner and Leach may
enter suit.
II is said that in addition TO these
two, others who came 10 the Pitts
burg club from Louisville with Drey-
fuss received similar promises. and
with the hope Of a reward greater
than their salaries, they played TO the
best Of their ability. EVERYBODY
seems to be convinced now that some
thing more serious than bad luck is
the cause Of the Pirates prolonged
slump
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-16
Would Not Influence Vote

Representative Sims Of Tennessee
said:
I favor New Orleans. but I would
not have voted against San Francisco
simply because she permitted a prize
tight. 1 do not think that tn two things
nave any connection"
Representative Miller OF Kansas said =.
Now that the question has so shaped
Itself, 1 would not vote for a State or
CITY that encourages prize fighting. /
mink state should observe the wishes
OF Its people, and the people OF the
country, or the vast majority of them
are opposed 10 such sports. Therefore
1 woulG be inclined to favor a State
which respects the sentiment of the
majority If its Inhabitants
Represen 1ative Douglass Of Ohio said.
4 am glad the fight has been stopped
It should have been stopped long ago
I am surprised that Il has been allowed
TO run so long. Do you think we would
permit such exhibitions IN Ohio or the
District Of Columbia I am glad that
Mr. Renet took the action he did
Delegate Andrews Of New Mexico said.
I regard IL as detrimental To a stare
10 permit prize fighting. None OF the
Eastern States would do II. Some mem
bers doubtless would be ininicaI TO fav-
oring a State where such practices are
condened-