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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-12-11
ROCKBRIDGE POWERsl INCORPORATION
LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA
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Since took charge the Electric
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forced prompt
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bills not settled within fifteen after being
sented discontinued without
not be necessary for adopt this plan
Our monthly bills for operating expenses and
still greater than total and
greatly aid efforts give Lexington
efficient lighting service by making prompt settlement of
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By W. T. PAXTON, Treasurer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-05
BIAS E BALL
OOOOO % o o %
 NATIONAL LEAGUE. o IOOO OOOO OOOO poo

lis and Miller; Marquard- Wiltse land Hartley.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-05

Bostoaese have weaknesses. The ill- Qictolcnt of Carrigan's batting eye is s trfa bill, and it $ likewise true ! that ,'adys fielding game dees not measure up to worlds championship stand rds. Until the last few weeks Cllef Meyers was the one and only receiver for New York, but when his Illness gave Arthur Wilson a chance to show his wares that young man through with a string of perform anees se consis entity grand in ali de- partnents that many are HOW clam or ng for McGraw to give the young ster < chance in some of the big game. The fact is, the Giants have two oatchers in the forefront of the ifs rom which the greatest catcher in the game would be chosen. Wilson is dee ded favorite over Cady, but the difference between them is net SC great as the Indians advantage over carri&an, fer the Chief $ batting nearl 1e9 percentage points bet ter than Big Bill.
 New Ycrk's regard for Meyers is n9 greater than Boston's admirat on for Garrigan, but the Chiefs reputa- tlon is based on something that Il count for more in tGe series, namely, ais tremendous hitting. Carrigan won ais fame as the developer of Bo5- tons famous pitching staff and as a mastem Of ins de baseball. in this last respect he Will doubtless prove d greater asset than Meyers. New York, however is not worry ng about the matter of generalship, as long as Mr. Napolean McGraw is on the bench.
 Tae Giants, then, have the edge on the Red SoX in batteries. The pitch ing staffs are even, but there is 4e. marked difference in the catching corps.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-05

reap hafNes of votes in the c31ning city election. Interest is centered chiefly in the office of mayor.
 AEIough the city primary may rot pe A9ld uillll January numerous pre- mlnaIy statements of candidacy nave cen made, in several cases sup- plemented to the effect that forn,ol ammo lncement would be made in the near future. A report S current mat fhe Jefferscn County Central Cam- h'itl2e VIII meet before long, prob ably within the next week or len days, to set date for the primary | nee: nave been some expressions in favor of folding the primary lata in Decellber and same for making i4 q m2ntl later.
 Among the Drab2ble candidates are Dr, I. c. Jordan. mon Bloom, w. b. sorreils, Majcr w. J. parkes. AL derm1n Ben Veil, Will N chol and VI. |. Gross. Tie first four of these
 
 gentlemen are ayoWed candidates a] though they have not yet made their formal announcements.
 ET Jordan has been waiting to see SoW many entries there were be- fore he made his announcement However, he said yesterday that he would surely be candidate for re- election and would SC formally an- nciAce within few days. He stated that Ee was heartily in favor of q comm sslon government for Pine Bluff and was in favor of it two years ago. ''I will advocate it's adcp- ten rom the stump when the cam palgn actually begins,' he said.
 As to certain statements which appeared over signatures in you1 paper th's mcrning,- continu-
 ayor but I will have mere to say ssodt tha. later," he finished. Simon Bloom, when interviewed last night in connection with the num- erous entries said smilingly, "the more, the merrier.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-05
G|Ah : HAVE EI)GE| Oh TIE BATTER|Eii) A Toss Up As To Pitching staffs-The Difference
 Being At The Re
 ceiving End.
MAI:EY AND TESREAU
Will Be McGron's Dependence While Wood and GolIins Ire Expected De Most of jiurling
 For Red S0X.

How yuh tettin on .,ae seereez?e
 IT s bromidiom calls the Jebalng club 70 order oil the street corner. ill the ctfice or any place where men can pause fir m ment. The affirmative grabs eff a generous allotment of time for tae opening argument and l als off wi |, for instance, this har-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-05
IFS INJURED
 ANKLE 0 K.
1NG ACCIDENT HE WILL NP INTO WORLDS SERIES
 IN FINE FETTLE
'ood's Pitching Average For son Is Only Few Lower Than
 Spaulding's In 1s75.

York, Ocj. 4.-Larry Doyle, baseman and mainstay of the infield appeared at his post game against the Dodgers and |he announced after the game ls lnju1ed ankle had so far i'm tat, barring another strain, |uld go into the worlds series Tuesday without an sche. Doyle If the field after Thursday $ With a badly wrenched ankle |requlred medical attention.
 as attested by his winning an pbile as the most valuable man am in the National League, is lyot of the Giants infield and ss would be irrepamable.
 Wood, of the Boston Americans 'epart for duty against the next Tuesday with the greatest hg record hung since A. c. ling tore off a percentage of n iSfa. Wood pitched 34 vic out of a possible 39 this req Tn average of .S72. Mathewson With ,So6 in 1909 and King Cole n 1910 with .S3s.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-05
ID WORLDS SERIES REPORT ASSURED
kiat Has Completed Arrange. |nts for Wire Service at Cot. ton Exchange.

'aser A. M. Riat, .of the Cotton 'ge, sa d yesterday that he had s'lly completed arrangements the championship games be-
 Boston and New York by wire. iahs readily contributed to the
 eng made up to lease the wire |Nefs of the game will have tie unity to ''see" and hear the
 Tight at home for much less \ seat in the bleachers would F:'aef at New York Or Boston Fis to the fact that the cotton
 ohs will be coming at the
 ane the returns will be re-
 from the game, MT. Riat sad |9phone calls with reference to Fus Would be answered.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-05

migh.y strong looking triple allianc but mikhty strong describes New York slab squad toe. There $ nc Sainsay ng he fact tha- Mathewson is still the steady, reliable bowman he Was of old and that he is pretty certain to pitch at least one brilliant game against the SoX. The best pitcher in the world would have his hando full opposing Jeff Tesreau, and then there is RGbe MarQuard. t is far from imposs hla that the holder f tAA worlds record fir consecutive victories will prove the hero of the series
 Everything considered. it is non sense tc say hat either one of thess pitching staffs outclasses the other. They are just about equal. This woull be by no means true if Joe Woed were to suffer a reaction on ac- count of his record run. but indg n@ from the way he pi ched against the H ghlanders his slump lasted about as loae as the flight of a shooting star acrG:s the sky. Ray Collins. the sec ond best pitcher in the Stahl crew, while not generally figured as formid- able as either Mathewson or Tesreau, is a consis ent winner and his pert de delivery may prove even m re ef- fective against the Giants than Woods r r'gh-handed smoke balls f.. the Giants do not bit up to form against fork-hand flingegs. In t'o post-sea ason series playel by the Gian5S and Red Sex in 1869 MatheW- son defea ed Wood but was conquer ed hy Collins Sturdy Verment youth wen undying fame in Boston in th2 | victory over Matty. He held tie Gothamies to i've scattered hits. two af which wer decidedly lucky ones. le Colli,s has not had worlds series experience, this pre- yicus appearances against the Gotha- mites vii, tend to make hihl feel at home and anyway, his record shows him i'll the light Cf ! i ne riser to his occasions. He has done his best work in critical games.
 Bedi4nts excellent record for the seasCn places him on a Lar as q rescue man with old doctor Otis Cranlall, New Works mos. illustrious savia' of losing games.
 Now let us turn our attention t2 Carrigan and Cady, and ell the other hand. Meyers and Wilson. Hardly anvole outside of Boston will dispcte the superiority Of the latter pair. The supporters of these two stars of the Giants squad have a pretty. clear: case. neye.c and Wilson are great both in batting and fielling, and have no ma teriaI deficiencies, while both of the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-05

iioW Nuh bettIn on -,'ae seeTeeZ?' ?'
 Tls bromidiom calls the Jeba lng club 70 order on the street corner, in the ctfice or any place where men can rausa fir a m ment. The affirmative grabs eff generous allotment of time for tae opening arsumont and als off will, for instance, this har- angae:
 They're all aaIking sox just Ike they all talked .Iefrries. And tie Giants are going to surprise them. just like Johnson did. And I'll tell you %hy. Joe Wood is Eostan's ene best bet. Ii hes off color .ts good night SoX. Naw, listen. You know wha vim ng nineteen straight disl to Ma"quard. And Joe Wood has just finished the Americ9n Leagues rec ord l9n We'll the nervous sirain has st aim 50 wobbly that,
 So wobbly that the Yankees ham, meyed him for tctal of two hits in the @irst game he pitched after his run was broken. He $ so Wobbiy tha. ais jump bail wobbles out of the way When a b3tteg swings at it, Yes, les gone so far back that they would begin making hts off him if they could only see the ball when he shoots i evef.
 That's all right The Yankees are I buncA of dubs. I tell you fiat record Of Woods has put him on the blink fer the series As was going to say, in d skoft series it's all in the pitching and you have got to have men who you can depend upon, The Gianrs can depend cn Mathews Il and Tesr,au. Tesreau is the sensation of tlis season. He has go, better every day S nee spring, and the Wy hf goinn now they can never stop him. And Nattewson is the greatest pitch CT in he world.
 "Mavbe he is. considering what he has done in the past. But wat man used to be able 10 do won t count in deciding the baseball champion ship ot the world.
 A! right. You say M1tty used ta be .ha greatest, We'll, he's as good today as he used to be and the fig ures show f. What dc you t1jnk of that? Last year he won 2l games and lost 1?. Ths yc9y he has won 26 and lost 13-Just rhc same perceh- tage, and this year he has had the greatest control in the world, aver aging :ess than one base on balls 10 a gaaie, aad moreover, he has had more games cked away by bad sup port lbis year than ever before.'
 The debaters are certainly right about the importance of pitching Tn a short series like the great classic The dcath-deal ng war club of John Franklin Baker are like those which were featured by the tw.ling of Dill Deneen, Mordecai Brown JACK Coombs, Ed Walsh, Chlisy Mathew son and Babe Adams. Mathewson IS the greatest of all W. s. Heroes. lie set i mark fer them all to shoot at when he won three straight shutou' triumphs over the Athletics Ill lsoo' He had the White Elebhans eating out of his great right paw. He beat Eu- die blank 80 in the first game trimmed Andy Coakley 9~G Ill the third game and blanked the great redskin, Chef Bender, 20 ill the fifth and .decidNg game of the series.
 Bedient, who will likely be Sti'hi third choice in the box, with Joe Woods and Ray Collins makes q
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-05
EYfRYBODY'S D0lN' IT,. C0MINC OUT FOR MAYOR DIR. JORDAN SAYS HE WILL. BE \ CANDIDATE TO SUCCEED
 HIMSELF. Is For Commission Government and Will Advocate It's Adop.
 ton.

Ill these me ancholy days still reminescent Of summer, M hen most crops are beng harvessed, our citi- zens' who have weather eye open to tho main political chance, are sow ng seeds from which they hope to
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-05

Big Chief Myers, catcher of the Giant upperleft; Jeff TasIe eau, pitc9 CT Gians, at top: Pee Wood, Boston pi eht@. at riga.: ChristY Math vson. Giants pitcher, center R y Collins, E st9H pl,cher lower light aud Bill Gaf4isan, lBoston, eateaef below Il the center
 That Mathewson and Tesreau will
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-05

goo worth for sl.45 Monday, sept. S0 See our W ndows Sunday. Reap X Crawford Furniture Go. If.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-05

take sate of the b ssest share of the t#ifllas aeains the Red soX in tfe com ng series is fors5He eonei6s- 5ea, i'd i is expected tat lake stahI VIII choose Ray Collins and 5oe Wood as lis chief gunners. lie work of all ef these twirlers dur ng tie past season has been of t4e highes. class and i $ toss up to select that pair
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-05

that will prove superior in such d snort series. Meyefs, of the tHants. nd Eafrlsan 9f Boston, will be fhe 'irst string eatehers in he big games. oA aHer Meyer is considered the oe't4t all-around player, but Boston foot@fF are back ns Big Bill,v to sho" the Indian a thing of two when the il% batteries are under way.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-09-13
BUMPER CROP YEAR.

Observation-Disclosures crops OF corn,
white potatoes, spring wheat, oats,
barley, rye and buckwheat are fore
casted by the crop reporting board Of
the department of agriculture in its
September report.
Corn probably will reach 2995 0o0,-
600 bushels, exceeding the record crop
of 1906 By about 6S,OO0OOO bushels,
the crop Of last year by 4G4,OO0000
bushels and the crop of 191 by l09,-
100000 bushels.
The potato yield this year, It Is es-
timated, will be 398,OOOOOO bushels,
overstepping the bumper crop Of 1909
by about 100000 bushels, the short
crop OF last year by about l05,00o0oo
bushels and the crop OF 1910 By about
10 600 900 bushels.
Spring wheat crop probably viii be
3OO,OOOO00 bushels, or 100000 bush
els over the record OF 1905, l90D0,-
600 bushels over last years crop and
99.0OOOOO bushels over the 1910 crop.
The harvest Of oats. according 10
the report. win be 100000. 900 bush.
els. exceeding the record crop Of 1910
by 1O4,0O0OOO bushels and last years
crop by 100000 bushels.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-09-13
ChIld's Popularity Explained.

A winning lottery ticket OF $780,,
600. In connection with the Mobiles
Bank, was recently presented for
payment at the state Bank in st
Petersburg. and IL now transpires
that the owner Is an eight-year-old
orphan. and inmate OF the orphanags
at Pskofr. The lottery ticket was her
sole possession. Her relatives have
hitherto done nothing for the child.
but when tho news OF her good for
tune became known they were one
and all eager TO adopt her. The au.
thoritles have placed her In the
charge OF an arch-pricst. distant con-
nection OF her father.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-09-13

Achikar rebukes him for II ho SLAM
ders tho wise old man, denouncins
him 20 tho king az traitor. Achikar
is so stunned with horror that ho 10
unable 10 utter "A word In his own do
fense, whereupon the ruler gives or
ders TO Nabusamach TO put him 20
death. But Nabusamach, who had
once been saved from death by Acht
kar, kills IA slave In his place and
hides tho old man I'm IA secret dun.
geon.
The Egyptian Pharaoh hears OF the
vizier's downfall and promptly de
clares war on the Babylonian unless
he shall ransom himself by the per
formance OF heavy task. The kings
councillors are at loss for words OF
advice. In this dire need Nabusamach
confesses that Achikar still lives and
the king may avail himself OF his
counsel The old vizier promptly res
cues the king. 10 the great annoyance
OF the Pharaoh.
THE conclusion OF the tale rs as
naive as It is amusing in It's oriental
viewpoint Madam is deposed and
brought in chains before Achikar. who
has him incarcerated and fed on bread
and water. Meanwhile he daily ro
gales him with intellectual sustenance
I'm the shape OF stories and fables
which are packed with both worldly
wisdom and spiritual edlhcation. This
ia especially interesting because II ro
calls the plan OF the ancient Sanskrit
collection of instructive tales known
as the IIitopadesa.
THE wretched Madam takes the
treatment very III. Overcome with
anger and chagrin-and possibly en-
nui--he "Bwclls up and bursts
This history was widely known In
the Orient and was piously com
mented on by the writer OF the Book
Of Tobias as follows;
:" Behold, my son, how Nadab INA
dam dealt with Achikar, that he
brought him alive into n dungeon un'
der the earth But Cod recompenBcd
him for his sorrow. he came again
unto the light and Nadab went hence
into eternal darkness"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-09-13
An EARLY BIBLICAL ROMANCE
First Popular Story In Literature
World is Discovered In Ele-
phantine.

Assouan.-What is declared 10 be
the earliest popular romance in the
literature OF the world has come &c
light in Elephantine,. az sncient Is
land in the Nile, near Assouan. This
tale, bearing the title "Acicarius," 10
found in an ancient African manu-
script. IL was written about 500 b. c.
The tale is referred TO by the author
OF the Book OF Tobias. and later II
appears In modified form In the
Arabian Nights. The manuscript has
been restored by German transa
tor, who gives an entertaining synop
sis OF its contents;
THE wise Achikar is tho yisler 81
the king Sinacherib and his son
Asurachiddln. He Ia extraordinarily
rich, but has no son. When he com
plains OF this To the gods he receives
the advice 10 adopt his nephew MADAM
in place OF son. He follows the ad'
vice and instructs Madam in all wis
dom-the romance gives his precepts
I'm detail-and then commends his fos
ter-son 20 the king as his own suo
cessor. Asurachiddln agrees. but Ma
dan misuses his position, and when
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-09-13
a FOOD CONVERT
Good Food tho True Road 10 Health.

Tho pernicfous habit some persons
Etill have OF relying on nauseous drugs
20 relieve stomach trouble keeps up
the patent medicine business agd helps
keep up the army OF dyspepuSs.
observation-disclosures -- is caused
by what is put into the stomach in tho
way Of improper food. the kind that
30 taxes the strength OF the digestive
organs they are actually crippled.
When this state is reached, 10 resort
10 tonlcs Is like whipping a tired
horse with a big load. Every addi-
tlonal effort no makes under the lash
diminlshes his power 10 move tho
load.
Try helping the stomach by leaving
OF heavy, greasy, indigcsuble food
and take on rnpe-Nuts--light, easily
dgested, full OF strength for nerves
and brain, IN every grain OF Il. There's
no waste OF time nor energy when
Grape Nuts is the food.
II am an enthusiastic user OF Grape-
Nuts and consider Il an ideal food"
writes a Maine man:
Inb ll'i NbAAn ~ NnAh anu ~
oil run down and my food seemed 20
DO me but little good. From reading
on advertisement tried Grape-Nuts
food, and, after a few weeks steady
use OF II, felt greatly improved.
Am much stronger, not nervous
now. and can do more work without
feeling so tired, and am better every
way
- relish Crape.Nuts best with cream
and use four heaping teaspoonfuls as
the cereal part OF \ meal. am sure
there are thousands or persons with
stomach trouble who would be bene-
ftod by using Grape-Nuts." Name CIV
on by Postum Co. Battle Greek. Mich.
Read the little book, "The Road TO
Wellvllle." in pkgs There's a rear
son"
Ever read the above Ietterf A new
one appears frorn time 60 time. They
are genuine, true, and full OF humna
Interest
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-09-13
MONKEY HELD UP THIS TOWN
slmlan put Police 10 Flight But 10
Finally Captured by Small
Boy.

Lancaster. PA big monkey
used by side show faklrs, demoralizec
the police and had the western part
OF the city in an uproar. when - 80
capped from its owner, John Gormley
70 made "A raid on a grocery store ane
clawed young college student who
tried 10 capture H.
Tho police were summoned. but
the monkey charged them and they
fed Then Il got into a back yard
where u tore a cat 20 pieces. Finally
a small boy coaxed It into a chicken
zen, where Il Was captured.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-09-13
CARDINAL IS GENIAL AND DEMOCRATIC

The most popular man in Balti'
more, bar none. is Cardinal Gibbons"
says a newspaper reporter who served
term OF six years in that city. He
is also the most democratic man and
maybe that's the reason for his popu-
larity. He is not only revered for his
learning and his wisdom, but liked per-
sonally by every one, Jew and GENTLE
Roman Catholic and Protestant. And
the children-they put him next TO
Santa Claus in their affections. The
cardinal is as fond Of the children as
they are OF him.
Some OF the cardinals best friends
are newspaper men. All Of them have
the greatest respect and liking for
him. He is always open and frank
with them. He has been interviewed
thousands OF times and | don't think
he has ever been misquoted or his con-
fldence betrayed. He was wont 10 re-
ceive the reporters on Saturday after
noon, when they desired 70 get his ser
mon for the next day. He would bring
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-09-13
JAMES R. NANN, THE "GREAT DIRECTOR"

Hon. James r. Mann. the Republl-
can leader in congress, is known as
the great objector." Whenever he
rises the house expects his opening
words Will be 81 object" or 81 reserve
point OF order" and the house is
usually justified in its expectation.
Probably In recent years no one has
surpassed Mr. Manns record I'm this
respect. He will filibuster indefat-
igably to make his point, and appears
TO be no respecter Of persons.
From the standpoint Of the parlia-
mentary tactician Mr.. Mann's selec-
ton as leader is commendable, for
with the exception OF Mr.. Kinds there
is probably no man among the Re
publicans who is more a walking en-
cyclopedia OF precedents and decis-
ions than Mr.. Mann, and he will have
Mr.. Kinds at his side He has given
Speaker Clark many uneasy hours, for
the gifted Missourian is not so strong
as he might be in parliamentary law.
Oratory is his forte, whereas Mr..
10 speaks for his purpose. That pur.