Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-08-28
LONE STAR STATE LETTER
Rockbridger Writes Interestingly OF
Men and Events

Is in our home till this week, when
It went astray and for two days we
were without news from the ola
home" Why. some OF us moped
about as If a child had gotten lost. =
In fact, there is but one spot on
earth that stays unfading in the
mind of the writer, and that is dear
old Rockbridge county. There
sleep the ashes OF our ancestors
there we spent the happy hours oil
childhood, and there we enjoyed one
of the most pleasant pastorates OF
our pastoral life of twenty hve
wears. There live some OF the best
friends we ever had, and these,
added to the beauty of the landscape,
make that part of earth "a country |
beautiful" to me.
Now. just a word for old Rock
bridge in her influence on Texas.
Her schools, her men and her news
3 papers have not failed TO leave their
r mark in the moulding of the West
o Her men are in demand everyw here
n as leaders, because they are men OF
n ideas. Her college graduates give
It a good account OF themselves. And
it is always with q special delight
It that | see daily papers with long
l. columns of how splendidly old Vir-
a GINA does things. The speed ana
81
N suit. we're managed-notably the
h McCue case. the Beattie and the
a Allen cases-have become classic
to for the manly, dignifed and right
eous way the honor and dignity ano
ut majesty OF the law was upheld. anC
IT.. human life made more safe. This Il
gs but as it should be. Virginia ha'
ok long stood as the beacon-light oil tn
he continent. With her splendid CO
ed louial and later war history, and be
W. great National leaders from Wash
,,s ;ngton and Chief Justice Marsha
,se down to ]. w. Daniel the State ma
nat won the right to receive 10 conf
-ay dence OF the nation, such as ha
on been bestowed on her noble son u
re, day. All Texas was never more
one than when from the first to la
she cast her forty votes for Woo
eat row Wilson" at Baltimore. AT
this writer is excusable in his j
nth over the fact that the little beauty
=, who waved the flag on the last cou
and called out forty votes I
gnu Woodrow Wilson" is a granddauR
Veo ter of Rice Buchanan OF Rockbrid
county.
1ing Hand in hand Texas and Virgin
nese march in the forefront for right a
the progress. For civic righteousn'
Il as and for clean politics, the I
States have much the same hg
o'e' In the last election for nominal
COM Democratic officers the same ISIS
confronted us that you meet.
OK rights of the people against the I
days da,orv interests was the battle {
tne and as the opening of the great "a
neri- ,s tho tides of the worlds C
y merce this way, we see plainly
very the fight is going to be hotter
leans harder along this line. Why,
II ma rectly we will have protection
MADE every sort to fight all over this
said' Democratic stronghold. Capita
teams speculation only is drifting this
past. .,ordarfnllv fast. 1t comes
tnan manner unparalleled in history.
y four hons Post owns today TIVE
arrieo eight out of thirty miles squa'
'nteen Texas's counties. A strip OF
10 not miles wide running around
econo sides of the county is all Their
IS ana left to home patronage. This
law would not let syndicate
lulreo The largest rice farm on ear
~ con- owned by Jap on the coast IL
tables South Texas. And so on in a
nos OIL every line Of commerce.
. Inv But in the last election we ella
depart Will a did not
cuo'' Progressive" Governor (Col'
'er ""y we got our Virginian Comptr
cro"o Lane (of Wythe county, Va.
Lieutenant-G Governor, w. ii. N
voyage for the Supreme Bench, judge
reea'u dergast; for our local State Sc
lie nee IN M GihSon from Dauyille,