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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-30


Corse, William B.. April S.
Coakley. Fannie V. April II.
Cadc. Lavinia. April rs.
Curtis, Rose c.. July IA.
Cation. Samuel F., August / /.
Carey, Clarence, September D.
Campbell. John W.. Octoben is.
Chauncey. James W., October IS.
Crittenden. Gilman D., Dec. l6.
Downey. James. January ,.
Delaney, d. W., February ).
Dent. Eva r., March Is.
Dent. Maggie. March 2G.
Dawson, George w, April j !.
Darling, John. May -.
Dwycr. Mary, June I.
Dwyer. Mary A., June -.
Davis. y. d.. .Iuly -.
Davis. Jesse w. September ~.
Dobic, William b., October =.
Dove, George, December ~.
Elliott. Aldridgc. January /.
Ellis. Josiah. February ,.
Emmcrl. j. W.. July -.
Entwislc, Edmund, November II
Evans. John. November 80.
Edclcn. Lewis. December -.
Foltz, George. April u.
Foltz, Lavinia. April %.
Fisher. Saliic A., April -.
Fletcher, e. c., April 80.
Faulkner. 4. g., June /.
Finney, Grover G., November Il.
Gates, Katie. January -.
Guick, S. e., February ..
Griffin, John a., February -.
Grady, Hester, May 26.
Gallahornc. Mary. August 6.
Gmndic, Lotto. September IA.
Gale, Annie. October u.
Grayson. Elizabeth, December /.
Hcon, james, February IL.
Haincs, Joseph. February lG.
Howe, Cora H.. February rs.
liullctt, Joseph, April u.
ilanzman. Agnes. July 4.
Huffman, l.. W.. September ].
Heinz. John, September =.
Haynes. William *. September 20
Harlow. George H.. September rs
Jasper, John r., July 10
Knight, John IT,, May -.
King. William NJ. May 30.
KELLY, Henry H., June IS.
Kane, Charles H., July i.
Kccne. John H., July I.
l<crrick. j. w. August ~.
katz. Stella, September !.
Lee, Bette. March 4.
Lawrence, Richard, April >.
Lukens. Courtland, April 5.
Lindsey Elsie, September &c.
Mudd, TheophiIus, January Il.
Manager. George A., April >.
Norris, Lucy. April &.
McArtor, George H.. June 10.
Marshall. John c.. July "a.
Mountioy, AscytiIa, November 10.
Mcknight. Elizabeth G.. Nov. Is.
Monroe. Julia \, November q.
Malcy. Mary y. c.. December -.
paxson. Edith. January 20.
Plus. Andrew j.. January y.
Pitts. Robert, February IA.
Peirey. Henrietta, March II.
Penn. Laura. April 10.
Pcttcy. George w. April l..
Padgelt. William NJ. April -.
Poss. j. w. May t.
Pitts. Henry s.. May 50.
Pcticy, John W.. May 80.
Poole, Edward. June :.
Penn, George. June y.
Pitts. Caroline g.. June ii.
Padgcrl. Eppa H.. July !.
Pitts. Sarah. August >
Pitts. Helen. August ~.
pc.ter. James T. August IS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-30

Petit, Samuel, August 81.
Ponton, Grace B., September p.
Petit, Carl, September %.
Parker, Robert, October 90.
Petit. Joseph. October 3 =.
Reardon. jr.. William NJ, Mich. %
Rein. Henry, April p.
Ramey. Horace B., May %.
Reynolds. Joseph, August -.
Rennard, Charles, August &c.
Reno. Jennie. September p.
Riner, Emmett. October 3.
RoNbury, Alice E., November | |.
Robey. Nettie, November %.
Rainey. Charles A., December 1G.
Smith, T. E.. January |.
Stuart. Albert. January ,.
Snowden, Cedric. January G.
Smith, Frank. January IA.
Steuernagcl. Katharine. Feb. l6.
Stoutenburgh. Esther, March 4.
Smith, J. Timothy, March 10.
Studs, Alice L., March Is.
Schwab. Frederick, March Is.
Smith. Frances A NJ, March %.
Senlmes, c. c.. March %.
Steel. i. T., jr.. June 80.
Skidmore, Emily c., August ;.
Steuart, George c.. August 16.
Swami, Mary Mason, August 80.
Schwah, Margaret NJ, Sept. !.
Stovcr. John T.. October ,.
Sutherland. D.. October 10.
Sides. Jennie. October -.
Small. John. October 10.
Sanford, w. j., Novcmbcr~20.
Swain. VIM. W.. November 20.
Smith, Samuel. November %.
Sunderland. Edgar. December IS.
Toomcy, Mary G., March %.
Treakle. Jane. May 9.
Thomson. Sarah Mex. August %.
Taylor, Frank, October 1.
Traycrs, Annie. October 81.
Trainum. Willie. December II.
Sanauken. f. L.. November s.
Webster, Daniel E.. March ,.
Williams. Margaret D., March 16.
Wilkesbarrc. James H., March IS.
Wood. Melissa A., June II.
Weston, Susie E., July 30.
Whitlock. J. e., September ).
Williams. William L.. Sept. is.
Wattcll. Alvin. November 10.
Wildt. Mrs. II. W., December Is.
Wimsatt. j. S., December IS.
Young. B. f., October is.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-30
BOOM BLACK ART IN LONDON
Wltchoraft Act of 1925 to BE Used
Against Fortune Tellers
Of Metropolis.

London.-This city is at the mercy
OF veritable plague of fortune tellers.
palmists and other selfproclaimed nee
romancers. who prey upon tha rich
| and poor alike. particularly in the
shopping districts. They have even be-
come SO fearless that they are adver-
Using by means of sandwich men
along the Strand. in Piccadilly Circus
and in Regent and Oxfard streets.
1t seems impossible to convict them
of obtaining money under false pre-.
tense OF foretelling the future. and it
is almost impossible to get evidence
against them, as they receive no un-
recommended clients. Their success
among the superstitious and the credu-
lous is due to the fact that their eli
ents unconsciously reveal information
concerning would-be visitors.
ut is all very well to say that the
official police view is that. SO long as
fortune teIlers ard palmists do not
dupe the poor. they should be allowed
to take money from the rich. Cath
cart Wason. NJ. P, has communicated
with the home secretary suggesting
that these persons who pose as NEGRO
manccrs in any way can be proceeded
against by the witchcraft act of 1876,
which imposes penalties upon persons
who pretend to exercise or use any
kind of Sorcery. witchcraft, cnchant-
nent, or conjuration.'
AS to those particularly dealing with
the wealthy, Mr. WATSON adds:
1T is all very we'll to say that the
ladies who patronize these fortune tel
lers are above the superstitions Of the
ignorant an not likely to be dipped,
but | maintain that the practice is
grave danger TO society. Suppose
woman asks-aS many do-how long
her husband is likely 10 live. and the
fortune teller discovers that there is
another man In the case, and the name
of that man. Imagine the possibilities
Of the situation.
THE more humble fortune tellers
are causing enough trouble in the prov.
inces. Welsh miners have refused 10
go down to work because Il local wise
woman has foretold disaster. In New
castle it was proved that 20 girls had
visited one fortune teller in a Siugle
afternoon. In the Isle Of Wight it Was
proved that one woman had correctly
foretold the future. but that did not
save her from fine. A disguised de-
tective went to her to have his fortune
told. and she informed him that he
would shortly undertake legal proceed
ings in which he would be successful.
She was right. He took out sum
mons against and successfully proved
his case. But the fact that these pro-
yincial people were all penalized
shows that the local authorities are
alive to the danger. Why do the Lon
don police refrain from taking action
against the West end fortune tcllcrs?'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-30
ANOTHER iEAl; EOR 1
THE
GAZETTE.

The Gazette closes its one hundred
and twelfth volume today. AS h; !.
often been shown, the Gazette Was
being published in this city the year
after the close Of the revolutionary
war, this fact being proven by the
records of the court. Its bound vol
umcs, however, or those" preserved
by its publishers, only go back to the
year 1893, the file OF that year con-
tanning all account Of the death o!
George Washington. During the past
eight months the old Gazette, while
retaining the many features which
has given it its individuality, has
assumed all the features of mod
ern and progressive journal. It's
volume of reading matter has been
Increased four-fold, and new and
interesting departments added. As
Il consequence its circulation has i'll
creased daily until it is now double
that OF few years ago. During the
past year it has moved into new
and modern building on King street
One of the handSomcSt newspaper
buildings in the South. The Office is
now in the heart OF the city. on its
principal business street, where it is
more than ever part OF the pulse OF
n
press now used in the publication OF
the Gazette does the work OF presses
used by journals in the larger cities.
while much OF the contents OF the
paper is set b. linotype machine.
Within a few weeks all the matter
which shall appear in the paper Will
have been set by these machines
which will soon be installed in the
office. Tie value of the advertising
columns Or the Gazette. always und-
erstood by widc-awakc people, is
better appreciated than ever, and
some Alexandria merchants who new
er could be induced TO advertise be-
fore. are now using its columns with
profit
The publishers will ever be on the
alert to keep the Gazette in I. posi-
ton to be able. as it has always been.
TO show the very age and body OF
the times II enjoys all facilities
to keep it's readers posted upon world
wide events, and its means for pre-
scnting the local news will enable ii
to give all Alexandria happenings in
cxtenso. and in the most readable
shape. The publishers will do all
in their power to make the paper an
essential TO every AleXandrian. and
in order to do SO they have procured
everything which enters into the pub
LEGATION OF daily paper. fully con-
WINGED that the community will show
their appreciation OF their enterprise
by liberal patronage.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-30
CLOSE OF 1911.

The year 1911 will at midnight
tomorrow night have run its course.
While it has not been noted for re"
markablc happenings. it leaves the
world in confused condition. to
say the least. The Chinese rebellion
against the Manchus is still in prog
ress. another revolution is likely to
occur in Mexico. Paraguay is in re-
bellion. against the powers that be.
ali: incipient .,retolution is noticeable
in Venezuela. another is about to oc-
cur in Ecuador. Italians and Turks
are warning, as are also the Turks and
Bulgarians on the frontier of the
COUNTRY Of tbs latter. strained rele-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-30
THE YEARS DEATH ROLL.
Names of Adult A1cNandrians Who
/" Have Paid the Debt of Nature
this Year.

According TO custom, the Gazette
publishes the names of those who
have fallen beneath the strokes OF
the Grim Reaper since New Years
bells were heard. In point OF num-
bers the list shows about the usual
average. In the column will be
found the names of representatives
of all classes. The memories of some
may be perpetuatcd by storied urns,
but the great number will doubtless
soon be forgotten. They arc all. how
ever, at present bedfellows in Moth
err Earth. awaiting the sound of the
archangel'S clarion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-30
Sl25,0OO THIEF IS NABBED
BOLD Robber Of a Postal Wagon in
Berlin at First Gets Safely
Away.

Berlin.-A bold robbery occurred in
this city when $4,000 was stolen
from a postal wagon used TO collect
the money shipments Of the sub-sta
tons.
The criminal got away. leaving no
clews to his identity. Later, however.
he was taken into custody accidental
~ aud most of the money was recov
cred.
=. Among the booty found on tue pris
oner was 1855 dollars. American, pre-
sumablya the contents OF registered
letters which had been mailed TO
America
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-30
tons exist betweea4 the United States

tons exist betwesp the United States
and Russia oyer the passport ques-
ton, EngE-hd and Germany are still
strengthening their navies for con-
fiict said to be inevitable, Russia and
Persia are in a fighting mood over
w. Morgan Shuster. the American
acknowledgement. turkey and Mace
donna are Quarreling, and Honduras
is excited over the Eonilla govern
ment. Such is the condition Of the
political sky at present. What the
next twelve months will bring forth
is hard to tell.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-30

The Alexandria Gazette Corporation
ROBERT S. BARRETT, President and
General Manager.
COWARD W. SMITH, Secretary and
Treasurer
GAZETTE BUILDING, KING STREET.
Entered at the fostofflce Of Alexandria,
Virginia, as second-class matter.
- TERMS: Daily-1 year, $500; s months,
$3.50; 3 months, $l.25: month, 43 cents
week 10 cents.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-08

made the best legislators. declares
the Boston Globe. The reason why
he thinks bachelors make the best
lawmakers presumably is because
they have more time to give to pub
lie duties.
We venture to say that married
men are just as good lawmakers as
bachelors, and we will almost wager
that they are better. The bachelor
may be care free, but it does not
follow that he spends his time any
more probably than the yoked
brother. The married man has no
illusions, while the bachelor may be
surrounded by them. No statistics
have ever been compiled to demon
strate the pre-eminent public SER
vice OF the single man, and we,
therefore. ask Governor Wilson to
explain his pleasantly or dlsclaim
the assertion.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-08
Health and the Resorts.

1t is generally conceded that the
chief reason why health resorts are
beneficial to health is that the peo-
pie who go to them follow a certain
prescribed code of rules calculated
to restore them and keep them in
good physical condition, says the
Omaha Bee. If they would observe
the same system of living at their
homes they probably would not
haze to 90 to the resorts. AS a
rule the resorts are in the same lat
itude and altitude as their resident
places and differ in no materia, re-
spect except that their managers
have reduced to science the
method of daily living and are able
to get people to adopt their meth
DDS.
This is saying nothing against the
resorts, nor that they are not need
full and helpful places. They are,
because people will not do without
them. A busy man, for instance, so
long as he stays at home, where he
is thrown in daily contact with his
business, $ going to pursue the
same old routine each day, and, If
he is suffering from nervous disor-
der, of course he is not likely to
make much Improvement. He has
to be removed from his work before
he will do what is necessary to
build him up. The resort is the
city of refuge to him. He goes
there, follows out a certain routine
for n few days or weeks and re-
turns all sound and ready for an
other tug at business.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-08

able. Much of the labor of a far
mer is too arduous for women, but
the culture of ruits and vegetables,
the keeping of bees ana the raising
of poultry are we'll adapted to such
as care to take up the problems OF
agricultural life. In the East some
of the schools of agriculture are re-
ceiying women students and they
find that the members of the weaker
sex are man!festing increasing in
terest in scientific farming.
Agriculture is now being taught
in some of the public schools and
certain phases of the subject are as
attractive to girl students as to
boys. Women are fast invading
many avenues OF employment which
in the past were monopoIized by
men. Now that horticultural
schools are beginning to turn out
girl graduates 1t may he that
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-08

A school of horticulture for
women which was established by
the state of Pennsylvania a few
months ago, is already filed to
overfowing and has a large waiting
list, notes an exchange. The
course in horticulture provides
practical training in the care OF
gardens and orchards, and includes
Bookkeeping, poultry raising, the
preserving of fruit and vegetables
and various other branches of farm
and household work.
Throughout the United States
there are many women engaged in
farming, and it appears that there
are many more not only willing, but
anxious to take up some branch OF
agriculture. To those who have an
inclination in that direction the
school of horticulture is most valu-
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-08
B. 6 Q. and west yirginla.

The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
begins in the June issue OF the
Manufacturers Record to tell some
thing of the marvellous resources OF
West virginia. one Of the most rich
ly endowed sections Of the world.
The Record says the management
OF the Baltimore and Ohio is fully
appreciative of how singularly for
tunate that road is in having part
OF its territory country with such
great natural resources OF coal, oil
and gas, timber and limestone, and
other things which furnish founda-
ton for great industrial develop
ment, and which give to West vir.
ginia possibilities for becoming one
of the greatest freight-creating CEN
tiers in the world.
Within the last year or two the
baltimore and Ohio has been vIgor-
ously at work spending many mil
lions of dollars in the bettrment OF
its lines through West Virginia, i'm
proving its road by building tunnels,
double-trackng, increasing its rolling
stock. and in every way equipping
itself to handle much larger volume
OF freight with greater facility. III
seeking to provide transportation
ahead of the growth of West vir.
gln!a by the milhons it has been
expanding in this state, and now by
the campaign OF broad advertising
which It begins with this issue Of
the Manufacturers Record to cal
the attention of the world to the
resources OF this state for industrial
development, it is setting an exam
pie to other railroads in Virgins
and West Virginia, and to ever,
railroad in the South and Southwest
which is not already doing work o.
a similar broad character.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-08

The cotfman primary election bill
provided that the senatorial, iudic~
ial and congressional committees
should be constituted of the chair
men of the county committees in the
respective districts or circuits. The
Democratic bill provided that
nominees for Congress, the state
senate and judgeships should name
these committees. Which suits the
people better-to have a committee
constituted of men chosen by a large
number of other men or commit
tee chosen by one man? And yet,
there is a constant cry on the part
of Democratic editors that there
ought not to he Capitalization of
power or dictatlon in politics. They
ought to practise what they preach.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-08
Legislation Needed.

1t is deplorable that legal restric-
lions and tax limitations are such
that no new school buildings can he
erected in the Clarksburg school
district this year. The board of ed
ucation instituted movement to
bond the district, If the people said
so by their votes, but in its examina-
ton OF the school law. 1t found that
bond issue could not be OF an ad-
vantageous size and the question
has been dropped temporarily.
All who read the report made by
Superintendent Burdette TO the
Board of Trade at its annual meet
ting must be impressed with the
pressing needs along school lines.
1t is hoped that agitation will crys-
talIze into effective legislation at
the next session of the legislature.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-08
Change in Advertising.

Many interesting things can be
pointed out in the history Of the
advertising business. From what
was formerly regarded as sort OF
charitable contribution to aid a
struggling publication, the business
has in a comparatively few years
developed into an essential part OF
commercialism. Modern merchants
who are the most successful would
as soon do away with system OF
bookkeeping as they would a sys-
TEN of advertising. The Wheeling
Intelligencer turns attention to a
notable change in the form of ad-
yertising, which has resulted from
practical experience:
All the business men can recall a
form of advertising that was very
prevalent about ten to twenty years
ago.
The idea was to fool a reader
against his will to peruse an adver-
tlsement. 1t was assumed that the
reader was hostile to all advertising
and that the only way to get him to
read it was to perpetrate fraud.
The practical result was to anger
the reader at so childish a decep>
ton, and few goods were sold in
that fashion.
The big dry goods merchants
we're the leaders in modern adver-
Using. They were early with the
discovery that the public does not
have to be cajoled, leased or de-
frauded in order to get advertising
read. They found, on the contrary,
tt<t the public was eagerly turning
to the advertising to get its ques-
lions answered, that the man who
did not answer those questions was
sighted, and the man who did an
swcr them got the business.
The public does not turn to adver-
Using for wit, humor or monkey
capers. 1t simply asks a merchant
to tell about some of his most at
tractlve offerings, to describe them
so clearly that they can know just
about what they are and what they
will cost.
The department store men have
built up their great business by
recognizing that the public wants
the news OF their stores, and 1t is
governed in its purchases by the
presentation of that news in the ad-
vertising. They found out that the
store that does not advertise is as
much out of the game as the news
paper that should print articles out
of the encyclopedia on It's first page.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-08

If the Democratic state machine
is in so much doubt as to whether
the people of this state want prl-
mary election law, it would do well
to have its subsidized press take a
straw vote OF the members of its
own party on the subject. But
such vote would prove to be what
Fred shinn dubs a flzzle, a fake and
a fraud, if the state machines JOB
presses were kept running day and
night to turn out alleged newspaper
coupons by the bales as is said to
have been the case few months
ago in one particular Instance.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-08

The Republican party as repre-
scented in the extra session Of the
legislature said to the people: 1--WE
want you to select the next nomi-
nees for governor and United States
senator" The Democratic party In
the legislature said to the people:
"We do not know whether you want
to select the next nominees
for governor and United States
senator and not knowing this
we will mot give you a
chance to do So" This is how the
two leading political parties stand
on the question of choosing two of
the most important officials the state
elects. One party catered to the
will of the people, while the other
defled that will.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-06-08
The New Automobile Law.

The new automobile law enacted
by the legislature last winter is now
in effect, and it should have a salu-
tary effect upon reckless motoring,
says an exchange.
in the compactly built portion Of
cities the speed Of automobiles is
limited by this law to ten miles an
hour, in residence districts OF cities,
towns and villages to fifteen miles
an hour and on the public highways
to twenty miles an hour, Another
very important feature OF the law
Is summed up by Judge Mason, OF
the Marion county circuit court, In a
charge to the grand jury as fol-
follows:
'In traverslng bridges, dams,
curves and descents the person OPP
Grating a machine is required to
have it under control and to operate
1T at speed not exceeding miles
an hour. The same caution Is re-
quIred in approaching and passing
over crossings of interesting high
ways"
Judge Mason thus interprets the
provisions of the law affecting the
approach of automobiles to vehicles
operated by animal power:
"a person operating a motor We
hicle shall at the request or on a
signal by putting up the hand, from
a person riding, leading or driving
a horse or draught animal, bring
his vehicle Immediately to stop AMI
If driving in an opposite direction,
reman stationery so long as may be
necessary to allow such horse or an
imal to pass, and II driving in the
same direction use reasonable eau
tion in passing, and II the animal is
badly frightened the vehicle shall
cease running so long as shall he
reasonably necessary to prevent ac-
cident and insure the safety of
Others.
SIN case of accident to the person
or property of another on the high