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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-11-11
HIdH SCHOOL DEDICATED~
Rebuilt and Modernized Buildings
Complete IN Luray

Luray, Va, Nov. 4-Yesterday
marked an era in the history Of the
Luray High school. dedicatory SER
vices of the rebuilt and modernized
building on South court street, occu.
plying the day. Distinguished educa.
tors throughout the state have been
in attendance.
The services began last night in the
main auditorium Of the building. Mr..
T. G. Northcot, owner of the Luray
Caverns, presided. Addresses were
delivered by Col. r. F. Leedy Of the
Seventy -second Virginia Regiment,
and by F. p. Caster, Commonwealth
Attorney of Rappahannock county.
These were followed by an address by
Mrs. Mary Shelly Pechin, an authori-
ty of national reputation on domestic
science.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-11-11
pies After Short IlIness

Daphna, Nov 5.-Geo. H. Kline, a
well known farmer, died yesterday
morning at half past 10 O'Clock at his
home, Klines Mill. mile anu half
west of Daphna, after an illness OF
only a few days from bronchitis. AT.
ter resting we'll during the night he
arose yesterday morning, talked free
~ with his friends and appeared to be
making satisfactory progress until
about clock when he became sud
denly worse, and died in two hours
and a half. His father, John B
Kline, died four years ago; his moth
or, Mrs. Magdaleue Kline, died f1ftv
years ago. when he was but a. small
chiln.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-11-11
c. 1. O. EARNINGS LESS
Gross Revenues Increase but the
Net Revenues Fall Off

Richmond. Va. Nov. 6.-Fiznres
issued Thursday By Comptroller L.
+. Sullivan show that thu net earnings
Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
for September are s4S. 447. SO, snort as
compared with the same month TO
1903. Gross earnings for September
1910, totaled %, 9sl, sal.5l.
= Gross earnings for the month show
an increase over the sponding
period of the preceding year, however,
the decrease in net earnings being due
70 larger expenditures for general pnr.
poses Gross earnings for September
Increased $2a9. 056 So over the same
month of 1909 whils expenses inoress'
ed $2S7, 504 GO. Net earnings for Sep
tember, 1910. were 81, 0S4. $40. 81 for tint
same months of 1909. 81, 1873, 090. 90.
Net earnings of the Norfolk ant
Western Railway Company decreased
per cent. or &si,0s turing September
1910, as compared with tbs same month
Of 1910. Total earnings foy the month
were $3, 800, 664. IL, an increase o
s1S7, 8l9. 70. or per cent over Septem
Der, 1910.
A ma -
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-11-11
BODY OF sPR0UsE REACH
Esf|hAl RESTING PLACE
Impressive Services at Funer-
al of Only Cave-in Victim.
Laurel Hill Baptist Church
Crowded With Friends Of
Unfortunate Workman, Born
And Raised in Augusta
County

The funeral of Mr.. Stuart NJ. Sprouse,
who met his death while excavating
in Lewis street on Wednesday after
noon, was held Saturday morning at
Lanrel Hill from the Baptist church
of that place. Impressive ceremonies
conducted by Rev. Mr.. Barker, assist
ed by Rev. Mr.. Ran, marked the clos.
ing chapter of the most distressing
incident yet connected with the now
famous cave-ins which occurred Ill
this city in August.
The unfortunate man formerly liveo
in Laurel EHill. He was born ana
raised in Augusta county AMI at
the time of his death his age was 81
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-11-11

years 4 months aad days
Besides his wife, who prior TO her
marriage was Miss Fockler Of this
county, he is survived by five daugh-
tiers and one son, viz, Mrs. <Holsnn
Coley of Long Glade; Mrs. John Snt-
ton Of Verona; Mrs. Van Rankin OF
Staunton; Mrs. NJ. G. Deffenbaugh OF
Laurel Hill; Miss Bessie Sprouse OF
Stanton and Mr.. Frank Sprouse OF
Laurel Hill.
The attendance at the funeral was
large and the floral offerings very
beautiful. The following gentlemen
acted as pallbearers: Messrs. Chas.
Whitmors, Samuel Cox. Alex. Sutton,
Chas. Mclaughlin. j. P. Hogshead, r.
s Myers.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-11-11
Kills Daughter. Wounds Sell

Scranton, Pa. Nov. Airs. Harriet
Turner, 40 years old, shot and killed
her II year Old daughter. Margerie,
last night and then ssnt a bullet into
her own bTenss, inflicting what physi-
clans believe TO be a fatal wound. The
tragedy was discovered by a millman
today, who found Mrs. Turner halt
buried in IL inches of snow on heI
front r lrcll.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-11-11
"BOOK OF WELCOME"
Ellen Terry Overcome by Reception
Glyen Her IN New York

New York, Nov. 4. President and
Mrs. Taft, Mayor and Mrs. Gaynor,
J. P. Morgan, E. b. Gary, of the
United States Steel Corporation; Will
liam Dean Howells, the author, and
some 30 other friends of Ellen Terry,
united In surprising her yesterday af-
ternoon with a "book OF welcome, "
bound In goli and vellum and signed
with their names.
Miss Terry arrived hers yesterday
from Chicago and had no inkling of the
presentation awaiting her. When she
stepped to the platform of the Hudson
Theatre TO deliver her lecture on
"Shakespeare's Heroinss Triumphant
the audience rose and cheered for five
minutes. Tears of gratitude came tc
Miss Terry's eyes, but she deferred
any formal acknowledgement aud be.
gan on her lecture.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-11-11
ILL HEALTH CAUSES SUICIDE
Mr., Charles C. Henkle Of New Mar
.ket Shoots Himself Through Breast

Harrisonburg, Nov. 5-Mr. Charles
g. Henkle, we'll known resident OF
New Market. c ommitted suicide yas-
terday morning at his home by shoot
ing himself through the heart with q
pistol. He had bean in Ill health for
several years and this was thought to
be the cause of him taking his life.
Besides his wife he is survived by
bis parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. nj. Hen
kle, of Shenandoah county, two sisters,
Miss Leila Henkle Of New Market,
Mrs. George B. Williams, of Broad
way, and one brother, Mr. Stuart Hen
kle, of Washington city. He was a
relative of Rev. D. S. Henkle, former
pastor Of the Christian church, Of this
placa
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-11-11
SleepIess NiQhts

Many a nights rest is spoiled by fire.
quent fits of neutrality-suspicious. by
q mere tickling in the throat that is SO
annoying as to prevent sleep. Kemp's
Balsam will cure coughs if any medi-
cine will, and wifi relieve the irritation
in the throat. For all throat and lung
troubles take Kemp's Balsam. Drug
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-11-11

a license was issued In tina CITY
Gle ks office here yesterday to Mr.
Water s. Thomas. divinity student
ct Bridgewater College, to marry Mrs.
John n. Carroll The ceremony was
performed In Harrisonburg by the
Rev. Mr.. Wayland.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-11-11

Harrisonbura, Nov. Go. u. Rob
inson, Richmond architect, is sub
hitting plans for the new Methodist
church to be erected ON South Main
street, across from Gen. ]. E. Rollers
residence. The church will probably
cost $50, 600. Rev. H. Fl. Sherman is the
pastor.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-11-11
Consider This Advice.


No woman should submit to q surgi-
cal operation, which may mean death,
until she has given Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made exclusive
" from roots and herbs, a fair trial.
This famous medicine for women
has for thirty years proved to be the
most valuable tonic and invigorator OF
the female organism. Women resid-
ing in almost every city and town 10
the United States bear willing test1-
mony to the wonderful virtue OF Lydla
r. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
III cures female ills, and creates radi-
ant, buoyant female health. If you
are i'll, for your own sake as well as
those you love, give it trial.
Mrs. Pinkhan, at Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
:ier for advice. Her advice Is free,
and always helpful.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-11-11

COukA INV W. ssA
my housework. MY
sickness was called
Retroflexion. When
1 would sit down ]
felt as if I could not
.ge t up. l. took
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We &c t BILE Com.
pound and did Just
as you told me and
now l am perfectly
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-11-11
CARRIES VERACITY DOUBTED
Saloon Smasher However Offers 500
for Disproof

Cape Charles, Va. Nov. 4-Carrie
Nation lectured at Parksley. Va,
Wednesday night before large audi.
ence. Her subject was, "How ]
Smashed and Why Smashed. During
her talk on the social evils abe singled
out q fraternal organisation for some
sharp criticism, and while describing
her knowledgs Of the initiation, a
prominent citizen Of Parksley arose
and de ,lared her a liar. She offered
$lC0 for disproof. After leaving the
hall she went to local billiard and
pool parlor with the cry "Tbis is a
hole," started in to smash things in
general She caused considerable dis
turbance By causing the men to fight
among themselves. each blaming the
other for allowing her to put them,
ont.
Carrie was finally taken bodily out
of the place by the proprietor.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-11-11

Mr. Gus Chafuchas who, bad been
living in Cumberland, Md. has return.
ed here to assist his brother Pete In
/ he Csndy Kitchen.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-11-11
engagement Announced

The eng age menf of Miss Mary Boys
ter. of Norfolk, to William H. Whits,
of the Kic;lmon Fredericksburg and
Potomac railroad and Mis-. White, has
ust been announced.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-11-11
ANOTHER
WOMAN
CURED
BvLydiaE E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Black Duck, Minn.-"About . year
ago wrote you that ! was sick and
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-11-11
Lie Saved by Brother

Richmond, Va. Nov. 6.-G. W.
Robsrtson,o of Chase City, one Of whose
legs was amp1tated Thursday at a
local hospatial, will live. He owes
his life to his brother, George Rob:
ertson, WHO furnished blood to strength
en- the patient, whose condition was
too weak to Withstand the operation
Robertson was bitten on the leg by
hog some DAYS ago ana blood pois.
0ning Developed.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-11-11
FROM vEsuv|Us

Vesar ia, N5s. g. Capt. 2 II. Raw.
lings and u ifa OF Vesuvins, left Thurs
day morning for Lake City. Fla
where they will spend the winter with
their daughter, Mrs. Tribe We hops
the warm. SAMMY South will improve
the Captains health ard he will re-
turn in the spring with renewed
strength and vlgor.
Miss Rosa Hnmphries OF Rockville,
lad. who has been visiting her uncle
MI. W. S. HUMPHREYS, leaves next
week for Sale N, where she will be one
of the attendants of the Whitesell-
Wright wedding Mr. Whitssell has often
visited In this community and his
many friends wish him much hap.
piness.
Many of our people are attending
the chrysanthemum festival at New
Providence this week. Chickenpox is
in the Midway School and number
of the little tots are fOroed to stay at
home, but no serious trouble is ex.
pecteu.
Mr.. A l.. Beaver, continues to grow
weaker and suffers more each wsek.
with his afflicted limb.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-11-11
Leans Prolific Wheat.

9Ae Most Prolific aao
Best Of Milling Wheats
Yields reported from our custom
.ers from twenty-five to ffty.two
bushels per acre. Whe1 grown side
by aide with other kinds this splen-
did beardless wheat yielded from
five to eighteen bushels more Per
acre on same land and under same
conditions as other standard wheats.
Wherever grown it is superseding
eli other kinds and, it should be
sown universally by wheat growers
everywhere.
Wrice for price and 'Wcod's Crop
Special" which contains new and
valuable article, "How to grow big
crops of wheat"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-11-11
7. ". WOOD ( SONS,
Seedsmen. =. Richmond. Va,

We are headquarters for
Farm Seeds, Grass and Clover Seeds.
Winter vetches. Dwarf Essex Rape.
Seed Wheat. Oats. Rye. Barley. etc.
Descriptive Fall Catalog mailed free.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-10-01
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER p
FALL OFFICIALLY BEGUN
The Gentle Rain Was Supposed to Come Pattering Down
On That Date Furnishing Moisture for Us When
Jack Frost Paints the Leaves-But It Didn't Patter
In the Pecos Valley.

the cook stove, and persist during that
endless period in which the members
Of your harem wait for things to warm
The sparkling frost Of the mornings
up. When you move abroad after u
meal in which nutty pork sausage and
hot cakes and maple syrup are sup
planted by baled hay and Battle Creek
Coffee, every on.of-s-gun you meet
seems to be looking at your last sum.
mer's whickerbill of "a hat and to in
sulting flaunt "A new overcoat before
your eyes. The ~domineering demand
of the ice man gives away TO the cash
on.delivery arrogance of the coal man,
and the highway robbers of the cleo
tric light persuasion lay back and lick
their chops in anticipation OF the har.
vest that never fails while the even.
ings are long. Thin socks seem TO ac-
centuate the brevity Of your oxfords
and YOU think more about max ing your
last season union suits last another
hptlA man sNu w dbUuN Nh' i''uiN VI
the insurgent's influence. Every kid
you nave must have a new outfit of
school books, and an array of clothes
must be had somewsy for everybody
in the family except yourself. They
are all sorry that you have 10 make
a winter. before.last = suit do, but the
sympathy doesn' Z endure long when the
fall openings get TO going. Every stove
in the house has TO have a new CRATE
Along about this time the tax collec,
tor advertises your property for sale
and the bank notifies you that YOU
account seems TO be overdrawn.' just
as il you didn I know it! You go Il
the last ball game and catch a cold
that calls for quinine and whiskey, witt
more of the latter-and wake 10 the
realization that the town is about th'
dryest burg on the map. Thus one af
ter another the grim and CHASTITY reali
ties of the romatic fall season are
intmded upon your sensitive feelings
and when il sinks into YOU, il YOU caI
enthuse over the coming Of fall yol
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-10-01

me-" F'renchy Immediately had the
papers drawn up good and stou, aud
fell down and worshiped what he had
laid at her feet. Ip the last act Cband'
Ter looks like the last rose of umner
Frenchy gone, money gone, dreams
gone, fun gone. He has been left by
the roadside of lite with none save the
good Samaritan to rub arnica on his
sore spots. II behooves you men TO
look out for Trenches, and the French
les are not all from France. They'll
get your wad il YOU don t watch out.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-10-01
ALSO DATE OF THE
EQUINOX
The Coming OF Autumn

On the 23rd day Of September, the
sun crossed the Tropic of Cancer, and
Fall officially begun. 1t was also tho
date Of the Au;umnal Equinox, when
the pertle rain is supposed Ia. come
patteiIug ,luwn, furnishing tb' nccrs.
sary moisture for use when Jack Frost
paints the leaves and gilds the pie
fruit. IL didn't patter down in the
Peeos Valley so that you could notice
il, and the painting of the leave does
not promise TO be a very gorgeous pro-
cess. The cottonwoods don't take pig.
ment readily. Spotty showers have fal.
len on the range and the grass jump.
ed for n while. lac remaining carica'
lures of cattle also jumped to the
spots, and what they did To the grass
was n little short of humiliation. They
are now hunting for more spots and
wondering where next winters q Il of
fat is going 10 come from. There used
TO be times of the year when | felt
very POLITICALLY inclined, and one OF
them was in the fall, along about this
time. Looking back over the centuries
I am moved 10 deny the fathership OF
many of the odes 70 autumn that have
been attributed to me. II there is any
joy in the coming of the sheet lee
on the edge Of the fishing hole, ! can =
see il now. II simply means the com
ing OF months Of discomfort, and Oh,
spectacular features haven much OF
o show whore the only forest tree is
the slovenly mesquite, and there are
only tweuty.six Bob Whites 70 whistle
in ten thousand acres of Kaiiir corn
The sparkling frosst Of the morning.
rubs of when you sally out for al
armful Of wood that a shiftless woma
failed 70 cut mp and bring in the nigh
before, aud regiments 81 bumps ris,
on your shapely limbs while you ar
waiting for the cheering Flames q
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-10-01
Hurrah for Teddy

IIurrah for Teddy! With all his
hun KUN and bombsst, with all of his
pugnaeity and public meddling, he does
something once in u while that is really
ineritorious. And when he does some.
thing good he does it in such II way
that il leaves no doubt AS to his pur.
pose or of the effect he desires 10 bring
about. The Roosevelt methods are
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-10-01
Happiness is an Endowment

There is Just one word that has come
to bo accepted rs good English, which
should have no place in u country like
this and that il ''grouch.' OF course
this doesn't apply to anybody who
has to do with a gasoline engine or
whose wife insists on stacks and stacks
of clothes. when those of last year
are no, nearly worn out, but 10 the
rest of humanity il does. Not that the
word il 80 very new. Jeremiah had Il
bad ease of it. and he has had disciples
ever since. Not that there is any par
%ticular reason for il with people who
have any sense to speak of. Having a
Crouch don t help You, aud ma kes ev
ervbody who comes in contact with
YOU feel like using an elm club. All
the grouching YOU may be able TO do
won I help things a bit, and IL you
nurse il, you won I be ready TO grab
hold OF smiles when they come around.
The only sensible thing to do is TO 10
your darnedest and then if things go
wrong, let them rip. You nave done
the best you can. Having done your
best it ism I your fault "a things get
stances should be allowed to shake you
loose from your tail hold on happiness.
II belongs 10 you. ingalls, was right
when he said that happiness is an en-.
dowment, and not an acquisition. 1t
depends more upon temperament and
| disposition that environment. IL IN a
state or condition of mind. and not a
commodity TO be bought or sold on the
market. A be2gar may he happier in
his rags than n king in his purple. Pow.
erty j. no more incompatible with hap.
pine>s than wealth, aud the inquiry,
how Ia be happy though poori implies
u want of understanding OF the cordi.
tion upon which happiness depends.
Dives was not happy because he was
a millionaire. nor Lazarus wre;ched no.
cause he was q pauper. There is u
quality in the soul Of man that is Ill.
l''A'A w wv " ~ aNH'7
calamity and misfortune. The man
who is unhappy when he is poor would
he unhappy ii he was rich. and lie who
il happy in u palace in Paris would be
Apply in II dugout on the frontier OF
Dakota. There are as many unhapp,
Iich men Us there ar. unhappy poo
men. Every heart knows it, own bit
t%erness ana its own JOY, Not thai
wealth and what it briggs il not de
sirable--books, travel, leisure, comfort
the best food aud rainment, agreeabl,
compsnionship-but all these do no
necessarily bring happiness and may 90
exist with the deepest wretcheduess
while adversely and penury, exile AM
privation are not incompatible with tn
~loftiest exaltation of the soul.
More true JOY Marcellus exiled feel
Than Caesar with u Senate at hi
neels.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-10-01
A Peculiar Brand Of Liar.


A Peculiar Brand Of Liar.
IL takes All sorts of liars TO make
up the golden west, and II is my pri.
vate opinion that Olin w. Hill of Den.
Yer is entitled to the championship belt.
Either that or he is a consumed chump,
and too slow to move IL a battery of
Modocs were after him. Olin is forty
and then some. incidentally he il a
cashier Of u big trust company, healthy,
fairly good looking, and with u right
smart bunch of emerald of his own.
All Of these attributes are common
places. Lots of mel answer TO them
IL il had not been for a chance re.
mark of Olin =, the rest Of us would
never have known hat he is on the
map. A newspaper story told il On
him that he vas going to be married,
and in rebuttal he assured the re.
ported that al have never been in love
with any woman and never kissed
one" And him forty years old. II
that yarn Is true, just think of what
Olin has missed, Even granting that
he now realizes what he has missed. he
can never in the world catch up in the
time remaining to him pfcording 20 the
normal calendar. II fefells the truth,
and has put in all these years without
a single m looking good to him,
there must be something wrong with
DIN. With the sure enough he man
II begins early, and seldom or never
fades away. The boy who is worth
killing has his sweethearts by the time
he is eighteen. The violent attacks OF
youth don Z usually last long, but they
serve at least to show that their poss'
essor is noasuch piker as 0lin, who re-
eording TO his own confession has new
er known what a joy IL is TO mako
dive into a sunbonnet and see IL his
arm was long enough 10 reach around
twice. ANY man who would live TO h,
forty aud then ma rs such u confession
il altogether too slow for this moving
and flyless west, or TOR that matter
any country where folks have red blooo
in them. More likely, though, Olir
is Just simply a low grade liar, wh'
has accidentally h;r upon u brand new
line of prevaricatie endeavor.