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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-06-26

nTOWNRs,
80 HELPS
BETTER HOUSING CALLED FOR
Community Can Not Be Made At
traotive Without the Cooperation
Of tho Builder.

The housing problem is one OF the
velopment and good homes are the
keystone of the whole social arch"
writes Edward T. Hartman, secretary
of the Massachusetts Civic League, In
the annual report of that organization.
Mr.. Hartman discusses the housing
problem in towns, and says in part:
Il want particularly to mention
three aspects of the housing problem;
the aesthetic, the social and the eco
nomic. For many years we have had
In Massachusetts a succession of
short-lived organizations developed to
improve the appearance of towns.
They have in the main died because
their aim was superficial. Beauty
cannot easily be engrafted upon rot
tenness. People are beginning to see
that in a town in which every house
is of good design and in which main
tenance work is carefully looked aft
er, there are those elements of art
which when combined make for a
beautiful community.
THE social aspects Of the housing
problem are enough, it seems to me,
to cause every one Of us to re-esti-
mate the values of the items covered
in our efforts for social advance Bad
homes are responsible for a large per-
centage of the immortality which the
churches are trying to cure; they are
responsible for a large part of the
sickness the hospitals, dispensaries
and nurses are trying to cure, and d.
rectly or through immortality or sick
ness they are responsible for much Of
the poverty the charities are trying to
! cure
THE economic aspects OF the hous-
ing problem are serious. Towns get.
as a rule, that for which they bid.
! That is. if force of circumstances
brings a large number OF people to a
town, the quality of these people will
| depend In large measure on the kind
| of homes which are offered them II
the people have to content themselves
with the abandoned dwellings. out
buildings and similar inferior homes.
they will be OF an inferior type OF peo-
pie, because self-respecting people
will not live in such homes.
1 LUZ NAC BSOplC NOIllllS lHlO
a town are offered attractive homes
on well planned streets self-respect-
Ing people will come. they viii in
crease the taxable value of the town.
they will pay their way through the
schools, the streets and elsewhere,
and they will decrease the per cap
tia demand for all the remedial insti-
tutions.
1T is not enough to develop good
homes. They must be maintained in
a good condition. There is therefore
a call for an active local healthy au-
thority. To meet its conditions and
needs every town must have a good
law. the efficient enforcement OF
which will give the town what II
needs In the way of houses. and il
must have an active board of health
that will see that houses are always
kept clean and sanitary"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-06-26
STRAIN & PATTON
ClOthierS and Gents FurnisherS
LEXINGTON. VIRGINIA

Class tells in CLOTHING as in
everything else. Good material and
good workmanship are the things
that count. Unless the fabric is
good the Clothing won't wear. I'm
less the workmanship is expert and
painstaking the clothing won't hold
its shape. It's economy to buy
good Clothing and Furnishings and,
not meaning to brag about it; we
are prepared to furnish the goods
atPRICES that are sure to PLEASE.
s1r If it's clothing you need come
to see US.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-06-26
Alfalfa Better Than Glover,

AS food for all kinds OF live stock.
alfalfa has been found the king of
forage crops" 1t is rich In protein
and well adapted for the use In a
feeding ration with corn. II makes
excellent hay, and Is more digestible
than most forms Of rough feed Num-
erous feeding records show that Il is
worth fully a half more than clover
hay, and many feeders claim II to be
almost equal to such materials as
wheat bran.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-06-26
Action In Liqht Horses,

Action is extremely important in
light horses. 1t should be straight
and true. At the trot It should be
what is known as the straight line
trot, no wabbling from one side to
the other, or swinging the feet. The
action from behind should be straight,
the feet picked up smartly, hooks
well fiexed and the feet OF both fore
and hind legs at each step placed inn
mediately in front of the former po-
sition.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-06-26

1t is II by Is feet in size, with a plat
form OBJ of heavy material built
about II inches from the ground and
extending s feet beyond the shed.
Another platform CD 10 by IL feet.
serves as a place for the pigs to stand
while feeding. The litter from the
two platforms can be scraped down to
the earth part (C), and wagon
uriven through to haul 1t out. The
gates at each side of the pen are d.
vided to drive through. The feed
trough has a swinging gate Of, which
may be dropped to position G to keep
the pigs out while the trough is be.
ing filed.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-06-26
Not the ORIGINAL Liberty Bell.

A correspondent Of the Literary d.
gest AYERS that the famous crack in
the Liberty Bell is not a crack. but
only the fac-simile of a crack His as
sertion is that the original bell was in
deed cracked. but that the present bell
Is a recast from a model OF the old
one. with the crack filled up. though
still showing the lines OF the de-
feet
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-06-26
A4sz ~ Z! StM7lS l;5ae
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COMPEL HORSE EAT SLOWLY
Habit Of Boiling Food by Animal May
Be Remedied by Constructing
ScIf-Feed Box.

II your horse has the habit OF boiling
his feed you can easily remedy It by
making a self-feeder on his feed box,
says the Iowa Homestead. The accom-
panying Illustration shows how a feed
er may be made similar to a poultry
Iced hopper. The contrivance may be
made OF inch boards large enough to
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-06-26
Increase Your Yields
of Corn, Oats, Wheat, Grasses
and Strawberries, as Mr.. F.
]. ShillitO, of !Rhea Springs,
Tenn, did.

MIR. f. j. ShiAito, of Shillito,
Hardins d Ewing, Rhea Springs,
Tenn, writes: l have used fertili-
zers on both of my plantations cast
and south of Spring City, for the
past several years. Your brands
have given entire satisfaction whcr-
ever used, and personally l am
satisfied that NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Fer
tilizers are the best all-around fcrti-
lizers for all kinds of soils and
various crops l have ever used, in
creasing my yields of wheat, corn,
oats and grasses from 333 &c tc
so %. The past season my wheat
was sown last winter Just before
the great freeze, and some lay in
the ground, and never came up I'M
til about February LIST of this
spring, obtaining a good stand, how
ever, and it made an increase of
fully 333 % over the year before
and any person can see for himself.
My present corn crop / consider
the best crop l have raised in many
years, using 200 pounds per acre of
your fertilizers at the time of plant
ing same. I am confident that if |
had used 200 pounds more Virginia
Carolina Fertilizers per acre as o
top dresser at my second blowing,
SO as to furnish plant food at the
growing season, the yield would
have been much greater. / shall
urge all my friends to use your fer
tilizers. | wish to add: Virginia
Carolina Strawberry Fertilizer
which is being used in this section
of Tennessee by our strawberry
growers, generally very extensively
has proven great success, increas.
ing thin yields and making a more
marketable and better shipping
berry.
This is only one of many letters
from farmers who have been very
successful, which you will enjoy
reading in the Virginia. arolin,
Fertilizer Year Book or Almanac fol
1912. If you will write to Virginia
Carolina Chemical Co., Advertiser,
Department, Richmond, Va, givin,
them your name, they will be glat
to send you a copy of this book fire,
of cost.
This company also has sales
offices at Atlanta, Ga, Savannah
Ga, Columbia, S. c., Durham, N
G., Alexandria, Va, Norfolk, Va.
Charleston, S. c., Columbus, Ga.
Montgomery, Ala, Memphis, Tenn.
Shreveport, La, Wmston-Salem, N
c., and Cinciai-a-i, 0.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-06-26
Warner, Pole & Co.
Furniture and Undertaking
Main Street, Lexington, Va.

The time has come you will want
to get the good of your porch.
We have the furniture needful:
ROCKERS, CHAIRS,
SETTLES, SWINGS,
NUDAR SHADES, ETC.
Also for the Hall, Parlor, Dining
Room, Bed Room and Kitchen all of
which will prove satisfactory in
quality and price.
We can save you money if you are
going to buy sewing machine.
s@ Registered Embalmer in charge
of our Undertaking Department
which is conducted in manner
that will meet with approval.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-06-26

hold one feed. The horse can get the
grain only in small quantities and so
cannot eat it more rapidly than he
should. The bottom must be made
with enough slant to insure all OF the
feed coming out in the trough.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-06-26
MODEL PEN FOR THE SWINE
Feed Trough Has Swinging Gate,
Which May Be Dropped While
Feed is Being Prepared.

This model pig pen should be 10
Gated on level ground. built cold-tigh'
on three sides and facing the south,
writes Carroll Murray of Wadhams,
N. Y, in the Missouri Valley Farmer.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-11-02

Baled hay takes up about one NTH az
much room as loose hay ana for ths
reason the entire crop OF sbaled hay can
usually be stored under cover while
ocse hay must be exposed to the wea
her in stocks and ricka. !.
Baling breaks up coarse nay SO that
the stock will eat it more readily and
there is no waste in feeding baled hay
Ba'ed hay is always ready sor the
market. 1t is convenient and satisfac-
tory to handle in every way. 1t can be
hauled by team or shipped by railroad.
Much of the tops and sides OF stacks
Is spoiled by the weather.
Loose hay becomes dusty and musty
Baling hay keeps out the dust and pre-
serves the hay.
faled hay retains much OF the sweet
hay odor that stock relish. There's a
freshness and sppetizfny quality ana
feed value in baled hay that is never to
be found in loose hay
We should bale our hay whether we
feed 1t ON our own farms or sell It, OF
course, the market demand is for baled
hay-and fro baled hay only and for
this reason baling is the only way to
be sure of having a market for It,
The growing OF hay and especially le-
guminous hay as cowpea, soy bean, pea
nut and lespedeza will rapidly increase
the fertility Of our soils, make the rails
ing of good live stock profitable and add
very much to the income on the farms.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-11-02

lFtUIulstIHEdII-
FIRM FOUNDATION
Nothing Can Undermine Il In Elktcn

People are sometimes slow to
recognize true merit, and they
cannot be blamed, for so many
have been humbugged in the past.
The experience of hundreds of Elk
ton residents, expressed publicly
through newspapers and other
sources, places Doan's Kidney
Pills on firm foundation here.
David H. Clayton, Elkton, Md,
says: Il cannot recommend
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| have used several boxes at diff
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work, exposure and neglect of the
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or lift. Mornings ] was stiff and
Lame and hardly able to straighten.
Doan's Kidney Pills helped me
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keeps my kidneys in a normal
condition"
For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cts.
er-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the nUited tsates.
Remember the name-Doan's-andt take
no other
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-11-02
This Is the M IAN for YOU!

rich man. WHO can afford it, is paying duty 1unuries
as 0gcr than has been in tie history of the nation!
Business nn-RepubIicans and Democrats alikcagree on
There isn't ANY ARGUMENT about it!
Instead OF the tariff being merely paythng of politics
usettng business at frequent ntervasAr. Taft tariff
sense BUSINESS AFFAIR.
Then will progress steadily instead Of by series of tariff
''jumps
Mr. Taft is the only who definite remedy for the
trust problem He does believe policy that practi-
cay means nonlnerferencelike the thirdem candidate
does he believe that any practical good from
putting corporation officials and big business men, ndcrmi-
nately in ja-as does the Democratic candidate
To vote for Mr. Taft to continue present pros
pertv to run the government economically instead If ex
travagant to solve the high cost of living not by running
the farmer with low prices but by providing money
higher to for the comforts and uxures that
more plentiful IN Aneca than in any other country in the
world
That is WHY the American people CANNOT TRUST
THEIR PROMISES.
Mr.. Wilson-and his party-promise ANYTHING in their
efforts to Office Should they succeed they would
EXACTLY THE SAME AS THEY HAVE ALWAYS DONE.
They would kick to pieces bndy and recessy the very
things that have brought to marvellous prosperity
that is the envy of the whole world.
They would tear out successful methods and tested plans and
put in their places dangerous theories and haphazard
work!
They would bring back the spois SYSTEM, make orr
efficient civil service partisan machine put Democrats
in every Office in the country.
Our good times, prosperity open mills and fac
tories weed freight great foreign trade our
busy wor kers, would all come mblng into the pit of lou
prices and Work.
This isn't theory; and it isn't attempt to
people! 1t is plain, brutal TRUTH! 1t is HISTORY!
Do you want to travel THAT ROAD again'
If you for Mr. Roosevelt gov are helping to produce
enocty the effect if you voted for Mr. Wilson and the
Democratic party.
You WORSE THAN WASTING YOUR VOTE-for
assisting the attempt to put into force things YOU
DON'T WANTyou helping to buy the powder to wreck
YOUR OWN prosperity and your own happiness
There is not the slightest POSSIBILITY of Mr. Roosevelt's
election! He doesn't expect it HIMSELF!
1t is Taft and SAFETY!
Or Wilson and DANGER!
Which do YOU choosei
Published by authority of John B. Hanna Chairman and
Treasurer.
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BURIED AT NORTH EAST
AN ACCIDENT.

A young man named William
Manly, came near losing his life
while walking on the railroad be-
tween Sites Mill and town, on
Friday OF last week. Being hard
OF hearing, he was not aware Of
the train coming until it was with
in a lew yards OF him. He then
endeavorcd to make his escape
but before he could do so, was
struck by the cars and knocked
off the track. He. however, was
not seriously injured.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-11-02
ELkTON UNION RELIEF
ASSOCIATION.

A committee of ladies rom the
Association found in the hospitals
Cecil volunteers; three OF the 5th
Maryland Regiment Charles Eum,
John Shippers and Robert Otley)
and one OF the I'd Delaware (Henry
Roberts,. They were we'll attend
ed to and their wants supplied in
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-11-02
NOU need not lie awake nights figuring out how to vo
in November!
The right road is plain!


The right road is plain,
Just use the commonsense, the caution, the good
judgment that you exercise every day of your life.
Decide what You want; and pick the and the party
that have proren that they get 1t for y0u.
Don't forget that DEEDS speak louder than WORDS
that what man does is worth more than what he SAYS.
Don let clever argument eloquent speaker smart
politician get you away from the p' simple idea of what is
We ALL of us want the hings-good crops and good
prices for the darmer good times in the small towns and
in the big Cities increased foreign trade busy mills and fac
torres freight all III work and money for everybody
We ALL share in the general prosperity of the nation
We all share the good tines and all share the ''hard
tines
VOTE FOR MR. TAFT because both Mr. Taft and the
Republican party have good record They have brought
prosperity to the nation and to YOU.
DON'T VOTE for Mr.. Wilson because Mr. Wilson has
NO national record and the Democratic party has bad record
he DEMOCRATIC party has brought panic and hard times to the
Roosevelt is WORSE THAN A VOTE THROWN AWAY.
It is simply vote for Mr. Wilson and the Democratic party
If you vote for Mr. Roosevelt you do EXACTLY THE SAME
THING if you voted for Mr. Wilson. Mr. Roosevelt
not by any possibility be elected He does not expect to be-
All that he hope to domany believe it to be all that he
is trying to dds to defeat Mr. Taft.
Either Mr.. Taft or Mr.. Wilson will be elected
SO that you have only to choose between TWO reads
Mr.. Taft and good tes-prospery continuance of what
oRMr rev WiIso2 and G1 hard teslow wagesno work.
mortgaged farms. With danger of panic and poverty!
1898 we suffered from panic brought on by the Demo
cratic party We recovered from it in 1897 by putting back
into force the Republican principle of protecting American
industries and American farmers and workers.
In 1907-JUST BEFORE Mr.. Taft elected President
we had another kind of panic brought by influence that
grew up during the and half years when Mr. Roose
welt was President
In FEW MONTHS after Mr. Taft had elected he had
changed panic into prosperity millions of idle had gone
back to work at good wages mills running full time; rail
roads using all their freight farmers getting
rich
These are PLAIN SIMPLE FACTS! No political trick
cry platform gbble gable get from
them! Even Mr. Wilson admits they true; and tries n
vain to find some for them!
Some people howed heads off Mr. signed
the tariff law.
Yet THE FIGURES PROVE that the poor is NOW
paying duty necessities than beforei And that the
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-11-02
heir respective hospitals.
DRAFTED BORDER STATE
MEN.

Tie drafted Militia Of Maryland
will not be required to leave the
State under any circumstances.
The Secretary is known to have
made such an announcement to a
prominent Baltnnorean who con-
versed with him last Saturday.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-11-02

Red wheat, $I.45; white do,
SI.55; corn, 90; oats, .33.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-11-02
BaIe..The Hay

Fa'ed hay is much more valuable as a
,ed than loose hay, even when the loose
'ay is wei housed
ocse hay csrr,es great quantity of
IL s and often gives the farm animals
% severe cough while baled hay does not.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-11-02
FIRE.

On Thursday morning last,
about 4 o'clock, the pot shop of
John B. Magee, at North East,
was discovered to be on fire. The
alarm was given and soon many
citizens were assembled, who with
buckets, carried water from the
creek-the building being located
near it-and succeeded in prevent
ing the fire from catching to the
ady accent buildings. Tie loss is
estimated at about $500.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-11-02
the United States Circuit Court,
which commences in Baltimore on
next Monday.
ABIGPEAR.

A pear which weighed 22 ounces
was raised this season, by DR.. H.
II. Mitchell, on his farm near Elk
ton.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-11-02
DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE

Dlo lKESSlNG OCCU CE
Misses Emma and Anna, daugh-
tiers OF J. M. Christopher, OF Phil
adelpllia, accompanied by Henry
Rltchie, started last Saturday, on
a pleasure trip, intending to visit
friends i'll Port Deposit, but while
the Fairy" was on her way up
to Havre de Grace two of them
unfortunately met a watery grave.
1t seems that Miss Anna was
standing on the cabin deck with
Mr.. Richie. 1t is believed that
looking at the water as the boat
went through the waves made the
young lady's head grow dizzy, and
in the young mans effort to save
her from falling, both were preci-
plated into the waves. The BODY
OF Ritchie was found Sunday af-
tfrnoon, but the body of Miss
Christopher has not yet been
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Geril Gnhin
FIFTY YEARS AGO
ELkTON, NOVEMBER 1, 1862
THE MARKETS.

ELklON, NOVEMBER I, 1862
THE MARKETS.
Red wheat, $I.45; white do,
SI.55; corn, 90; oats, .33.
MARRIED.
Reynolds Kitchener. By Friends
ceremony, in presence OF Alexan-
der Henry, Mayor OF City of Phil
adelphia, sd day, 10th month, 18th,
David NJ. Reynolds, to Mary a Jne
Kitchener, both of West Noting
ham, Cecil county, Md.
Cooling Reece. On the 18th
inst, in the borough OF West Ches-
ter, by Rev. James Trickett, Mr..
Stephen S. Cooling. of Whining
ton, Del, to Miss Margaret Reece
of Illinois.
BURIED AT NORTH EAST
The remains OF John S. West,
who was a member of Company
A, 5th Md. Regiment, and died OF
typhoid fever, in hospital, was
brought home to North East, on
Tuesday last. The corpse had to
be embalmed before removal.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-27
WOMAN'S REPUBLIC
FORMEDINST. LOUIS
Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood, Of Wash
ingtOn, as Attorney General, As
sists in Framing Constitution.

Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood has returned
to Washington ffom her trip to Univer-
sity City, st. Louis, where she went
to assist in the formation OF the Ameri-
can woman's Republic, an organization
composed Of 5000 women from all sec
tlons OF the country, governed after the
manner OF the United States.
While at the organization convention
Mrs. lockwood, who Is attorney general
OF the republic, assisted In the drawing
up of the constitution, administered the
oath Of ONCE TO the President. and de-
livered the principal address at the in
auguration.
Mrs. Lockwood is the only woman in
America holding the title OF doctor OF
laws, and because OF this fact she
donned her cap and gown at the con-
vention. After the Inauguration the
Senate and House OF Representatives OF
the republic convened. Mrs. Margaret
]. earns, OF Lincoln. Nebr., was elected
Speaker of the House. Sixteen bills
were passed, most Of them appropriating
money for the defrayment OF general ex-
penses.
An appropriation OF 100000 was made
for the Advancement OF woman suffrage.
Men are permitted to vote in the re-
public in those States having equal
suffrage at present. The President OF
the republic is Mrs. Mabel c. Lewis.
Among the Washingtonlans who ac-
companied Mrs. Lockwood to the con-
vention were Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Anna NJ.
Bughee, Mrs. Julia w. Leavitt, and
Miss Ellen Burroughs Foster.