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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-01-03
LOCAL HAPPENINGS FOR 1911
Some Important Events of the Year
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Following are some OF the more
important events of local interest
recorded in the columns OF THE GA
zETTE during the!past year.
JANUARY
l. Rockbridge Realty Corporation
began a general real estate bust.
ness.
l. Rockbridge Power Corporation
took charge of electric light plant Of
Lexington and began extensive i'm
provements,
). Reopening after holidays Of
Washington and Lee and Virginia
Military Institute, with a number Of
new men for mid-winter term,
5. Mr.. Abram T. Staples, Jr,, and
Miss Jean Duncan Watts married
in Roanoke.
Z. Mrs. William p Hartigan died
in Lexington, aged 65 years.
Greek water supply for Lexington.
13. Dr. Harvey w. Wiley, head of
chemical division. Department Of
Agricultural, Washington, address
ed Chemical Society of Washington
and Lee.
81. Election for bond issue of $75,
600, for additional water supply for
Lexington, carried by vote of 221 to
81.
81. Prof. James A. Harrison died
at University of Virginia, aged g.
years.
FEBRUARY
l. Nomination of Mr.. McClung
Patton for postmaster at Lexington
confirmed by U. S. Senate.
3. Mr.. Walter f. Quisenberry Of
Lexington and Miss Pearle Lily
Slower of Augusta county married
in Staunton.
6. Rev. Henry Miller, pastor Of
Bethesda Presbyterian church,
Rockbridge Baths, died of pneu-
monia. aged sc years.
8. Mrs. F. ]. Elford died in
Lynchburg. aged GA years. Buried
in Lexington.
IA. DIR. r. Frank Davis and Miss
Bessie Lee Lackey married at Fancy
Hill.
Is. Mr.. William A. Rhodes and
Miss Mamie Warwick Taylor mar
ried az Bethel Methodist church,
near Lexington.
20. Seventy seven members of the
Third Class at Virginia Military In
stitute dismissed for insubordna-
ton.
90. Judge S Houston Letcher an
nounced that ne would not be can
didate for reelection to the Judge
ship of the Circuit Court of Rock
bridge and Augusta circuit.
%. A get-together banquet was
held by the Retail Merchants Asso-
citation OF Lexington at Dutch Tea
Room.
26. Board of Visitors Of V. M. l..
at meeting held in Richmond refus
ed to reinstate dismissed cadets o.
Third Glass for characterization.
26. Rev. w. COSBY Bell, rector R
f. Lee Memorial Episcopal church
Lexington. accepted call to St. An
drew's chul ch, Louisville, KY.
IS. Mr. Jacob M. Shoulder dice
at Wilson's Springs, aged IS years
%. Mr.. Hale Duncan Austin anC
Miss Mary Burgess HUMPHREYS
married at Vesuvius,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-01-03

-. ~ H. Lee memorial Episcopal
church extended call to Rev. Oscar
de Wolf Randolph OF Shenandoah
county.
30. Clerks G. F. Revely and ]. p.
Alexander reinstated in the Lexing-
ton poStoffice.
JUNE
g. Confederate Memorial Day OBJ
served with Rev. w. S. Hammond
of Woods took, the orator.
4. Heavy rainfall broke long
drought.
6. Closing of Lexington High
School.
Ii. Commencement exercises be-
gin at Washington and Lee.
Is. V. M. l. finals begin.
30. R. V. Patterson shot and
killed S. II. Campbell near We
Suvius.
JULY
4. Buena Vista fittingly celebrated
the Fourth. "
IL. Virginia Press Association
opened annual convention at Nat.
ural Bridge.
16. Rev. DIR. Emmett W. McCorkle
OF Nicholasville. KY. accepted cal
to bethesda Presbyterian church
Rockbridge Baths.
II. Miss Susan Davidson of Ley
ington, died at Atlantic CITY. aged
20 years. Buried in Lexington.
~. Mr.. Ohio Charlton Jackson
and Miss Virginia Shepley Shannon
married in Stauntop. -
J Is. Mrs. ]. Robert Montgomer,
died at Collierstown, aged 81 years
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-01-03
MARCH

2. Postmaster w. NJ. Nuchols died |
at Rockbridge Baths. aged 81 years.
5. Town Council appointed COM
mittee, composed OF Councilmen
Corse, Wise and Pole to arrange for
piping Moore's Greek water to Lex
ington.
5. Mr.. Archibald Alexander died
in Lexington, aged Sc years.
5. Mr. L. NJ. Leibig died near
Lexington, aged ~ years.
g. Postmaster McClung Patton
received plans for new postoffice
building
s. Mr.. J. NJ. Fauber of Rsphine
and Miss Gertrude II. Womeldorf of
near Lexington eloped to Hsgers-
town, Md, and were married.
IL. Mr.. Joseph H. Ettinger, Jr.,
buried in Lexington.
IL. Mr.. Alexander H. Thompson
died at Loeb Laird, aged 63 years.
Is. Mrs. John A. Jackson died in
Lexington. aged so years.
81. Dining Hall at w. L. U. let to
NJ. b. Stoddard of Stauntou.
%. Catalogue of w. L. L. issued
shows 6l6 matriculates.
%. Mr.. n. Wilson Davis of Har-
risonourg engaged to survey route
for MoOre's Greek water supply.
20. Rev. w. S. Hammond closed
four years pastorate at Trinity
Methodist church.
%. Mr.. c. Melvin Painter and
Miss Annie E. Ayres married on
Toad Run.
2S. Mr.. John 2. Birmingham died
near Lexington. aged SO years.
APRIL
3. Rev. Murray D. Mitchell as
signed pastor of Trinity Methodist
church by Baltimore Conference at
Clifton Forge.
Z, Mr.. and Mrs. John Gibson
Alexander celebrated the 18th an
niversary of their marriage at their
home near Fairfield.
IL. Mr.. George Winston Hillsman
OF Lynchburg, and Miss Bessie Vir-
ginia Lackey married at the
home of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. W. R. Lackey at Timber
Ridge.
Is. Mrs. E. d. Junkin, who died
the 10Th in South Carolina, buried
Lexington.
10. Mr.. G. W. B. Harris and Miss
Julia L. Wilson married at home OF
brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A.
Wilson, near Fairfield.
81. Mr.. c. A. Brady died at Buff
falo Forge, aged 81 years.
MAY
l. Mrs. William f. Junkin died
at her home, Mulberry HILL" Lex.
ington, aged rs years.
1. Col. Robert Catlett elected
T chairman of Democratic Executive
Committee Of Rockbridge TO succeed
Mr.. Frank Moore, resigned.
5. Remains of Rev. William Ora.
ham brought from st. Johns
; churchyard, Richmond, and rein
, TERED in campus of Washington and
Lee.
IL. Lexington Baptist church
celebrated 10th anniversary.
Is. V. NJ. /. cadets left on annua
march to Natural Bridge.
20. Industrial exhibit at Lexinp
ton colored school.
%. Southern Seminary at Buens
I Vista reorganized with Rev. T. T.
Fishburre of Roanoke. president O.
the corporation.
%. County Sunday School Con
vention held at Natural Bridge.
20. r. f. Lee Memorial Episcopa
church extended call to Rev. Oscar
de Wolf Randolph OF Shenandoah
county.
30. Clerks G. F. Revely and ]. P
Alexander reinstated in the Lexing.
ton postOffice.
JUNE
B. Confederate Memorial Day OBJ
served with Rev. W. S. Hammond
of WOodst took. the orator.
4. Heavy rainfall broke Ions
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-01-03

We have cut the prices all SHO ES and for
cash and cash only 1t means big saving cash buy
ere During this sale goods charged except at regu
lar prices None sent approval and taken back
exchanged
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-01-03

Lexington, aged 81 years.
Is. Lexington postoffice desig-
mated postal savings depository.
2s. Roanoke District Conference
convened in Trinity Methodist
church, Lexington.
%. Hon. Carter Glass of Lynch
burg, addressed the voters of Rock
bridge.
2e. Joe Hinton of Lexington, shot
and killed Herbert Peasants at
Rockbridge Baths.
30. Kerr's Creek Baptist church
dedi Gated.
AUGUST
l. Miss Margaret Graham Robin
son died in Lexington.
4. Bloundhounds from State farm
brought here to track firebug who
burned William Zollman's barn on
Buffalo.
6. Mrs. E. r. Funkhouser died in
Lexington, aged "a years.
:. Mrs. Margaret S. Humphris
died in Lexington, aged "A years.
s. Policeman S. NJ. Lindsay shot
and killed Hugh Cummings.
16. Rockbridge Musical Couven-
tion opened at Bethany Lutheran
church.
81. Mr.. James ]. Dixon died near
Lexington. aged rs years.
SEPTEMBER.
z. Democratic primary held in
Rockbridge.
10. Trial jury of R. v. Patterson
failed to agree.
IL. Trial jury OF S. NJ. Lindsay
failed to agree.
20. Rockbridge Automobile Club
organized in Lexington.
%. Joe Hinton given five years
for murder OF Herbert Peasants.
"a. Mr.. Harry Estill Moore dieo
at his home west of Lexington, aged
Sc years.
80 President George H. Denny
announced his acceptance CT call L
presidency of University of Ala
bama, and rendered his Resignation
as president of Washington and Lee
effective December 81, 1911.
OCTOBER
Z. Bristol to- Washington High
way Scouts held meeting in Court
house.
10. Rev. DIR. Emmett w. McCorkle
installed pastor of Bethesda Presby
terrain church, Rockbridge Baths.
II. Seventy-fve cars of the Gid
den tourists from New York to Jack
sonville passed through Lexington.
20. Mrs. Elizabeth A. HintY died
at East Lexington. aged az years.
%. Mr.. Jonathan Shafer Alexan-
der Herring and Miss Lucy Madi-
son Effinger married at Falling
Spring Presbyterian church.
IS. Bid awarded by U. S. Treas =
ury Department for the Lexington
postcffice to George Leigh & Bros,
Louisa, Va, $44, 907.
NOVEMBER.
l. Mrs. Henry St. George Tucker
| present ted to Jackson Memorial Hos
pital the Davidson property adjoip-
ing hospital.
2. Annual chrysanthemum show
| at New Providence.
IL. SecoLd trial of r. V. Patter-
son for killing S. II. Campbell re-
suited in con viction, with six years
a in penitentiarY.
10. Rev. S. B. Hannah installed
pastor OF Collierstown Pres terrain
church.
10. Mrs. Samuel NJ. Wilbourn
died at Buena Vista, aged 81 years.
Buried in Lexington.
: 20. Boys Corn Club and Domes-
tic Club held attractive display at
High School Auditorium.
20. Ex- Policeman S. NJ. Lindsay
at second trial for killing Hugh
Cummings. given one year in peni-
tertiary. His counsel gave notice
of appeal.
20. Sneak thieves are active in
Lexington.
22. Executive committee of Wash
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-01-03

Thursday, January Is, ~
AT 10 A. NJ.
the following personal property:
Young Percheron Horses and Colts
q Mares in foal.)
Mich Cows, Yearlings.
l FINE BROOD sow.
l Binder. l Mower, Buggy Rake,
Gail Mccormick
l Bickford s. Huffman Drill.
Spring-tooth Harrow.
III. p. Gasoline Engine.
l Cutoff Saw.
l Feed Grinder and Crusher.
4-Horse Wagon. ? 2Horse Wagons
Turning Piows Il Vulcan, Oliver.
Triple and Single PIow.
l Corn Shelter.
Some Harness and Collars.
10 BEEHIvES AND SUPPLIES.
Ca Most Of Machinery is new.
A set of Blacksmith Tools.
TERNS:-Under $40. cash: over $40
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-01-03

TERMS:-Under SO, cash; over SO,
a credit of seven months. notes salts
factorily endorsed, without interest.
n. LEE WHITESIDE.
Jan. 3 3t
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-01-03
ChiIdren's Shoes
Ladies' Shoes

These Goods are all of the newest and latest
styles and are great values for CASH buyers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21

of the parcels, a little bronze paperweight
| of Chinese mandarin.
He thanks you,' said Rudd at her 81
DOW, bowling low. his is indeed a sur
| prise. Boys. you will find Santa Claus
has left parcels in on my desk for you
Joe tumbled first. and led the way, un-
III only Rudd and Nell were left in the
outer room, facing each other across the
desk with the lighted tree between.
have something to put on your tree
If you don't mind" he said after a pause.
Nell thought of the letter. He would
probably try to give her a consolation
prize before discharging her.
you may do quite as you like, Mr.
Rudd' she said. clearly, lin your own Of
rlce l am sorry I have done this
He did not seem to hear her, so busy
was he in hanging very small parcel to
took the little bronze image from her, and
held it in his hand.
DO You mind opening it now, before
She reached for it in silence. The outer
paper slipped from her hands. WithAn
was a small dark green leather case, and
fingers. Then she looked up at him fror,
the ring that lay there, a circlet of mar
row gold set with one diamond, not too
large, just an imprisoned bit of sunlight
like the high light in her eyes now.
Rudd watched her. The lines of the
fight softened in his lean young face. He
looked hungry and yearning. Against the
dark, rich background of the spruce, with
its cleaning candle points of light, she
SGeAieO luuSlVe, ike some spirit OF the
hour almost in her Hght-fitting gown of
dark red, with narrow bands of fur at
sleeves and throat. He had never seen
her dressed up before. She always
wore black, he knew, but this was Christ
mas eve, and she was the lady of the
revels.
viii you wear it, Nell?'' he asked I'M
der his breath.
''Why?" her dark eyes sent a signal of
distress toward the closed door where Joe
and the rest were. II can't; don't you
see that can't Mr.. Rudd? It's good OF
you, too good, but truly don't want it.
don't mind your sending me away. I was
been said about another secretary"
Did your His eyes held a CLINT of
quick amusement in their depths. II am
getting another secretary. Nell, to fill
your place. dear"
Don't you dare to call me that" flash
before she could get away.
Nell he pleaded. Cant we be mar
ried right away, and go home for the
holidays? Don't answer If you're going
to say no. I've been trying to tell you for
a month, every time you came near me.
Bob, and they're with me. It's just up to
you, sweetheart. 1 can't put it the right
wav but, Nell, want you; 1 want you
for comrade and sweetheart and wife, do
you understand? How could I talk to
you the past three months when every
time l opened my lips they tried to say
that?'
Joe's head appeared at the door of the
inner office. Nell could not see him from
where she stood. Somehow her head lay
back on Rudd's shoulder, and he motion
ed to Joe to go away. The lady of the
revels was busy.-(Copyrighte 1912, by
the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate0
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21
EVENING CHAT
What Nobody Wants to Do.
BIZ RUTH CA11ERON.


| Thinking is just what nobody wants
to do" said Arnold Bennett once on q
| time. And to my mind he certainly
| struck twelve with that sentiment ii
| he ever did
| How few people really do think about
the little matters of everyday life!
| Last summer I frequently had occa-
! sion to make a short trip during which
changed from one train to another.
! The second t. in always stood on a
siding waiting for the passengers.
There was usually a large crowd so
that all could not get seats. On leav-
ing the first train this crowd divided
itself into two groups,-the hoi polloi
of those who were not in the habit of
thinking about little things, and those
few who were The first group rushed
over to the train, jumped on the near
est car and scrambled for seats. The
second class walked rapidly along the
outside of the train to the front cars
where there was no crowd, then leisure
ly selected comfortable seats. By the
time the overflow of the first group
had managed to make a difficult way
down the crowded aisles of the rear
cars, they founG the front cars fully
tenanted by the people who were in the
habit of taking thought about the little
matters of everyday life.
Occasionally I used to look about at
the faces of the people in the front
they were intelligent faces, thoughtful
faces, the faces of men and women
who were undoubtedly making their
way in the world because they had
learned to do something besides fol-
low the leader in the game of life.
There is a best way to do every little
thing, whether it be washing dishes, or
trying to get a seat in the train, or
writing letter. There is also a routine
way of doing every little thing.
Occasionally these two ways are one;
more often they are not.
And the successful men and women
are those who use their thinking ma
chimes in deciding whether the routine
way is the best way, and do not accept
it unless it is.
It is easy to do things in the routine
way.
1t requires effort to think.
That is why thinking is just what
nobody wants to do."-at first at Ieas ST |
After you have made the effort a little
while, like all good habits, it ceases to
be an effort.
habit of thinking about little things are
the men and women who can think to 1
some purpose about bigger things. In |
aries rise as inevitably as the rivers in |
spring. in the home they are the folks /
who astonish their neigh bors because |
they accomplish so much so easily.
Do you think? Not Just when YOU
are up against it, and have to put
your rusty machinery into Intellectual
motion, but every day, every minute
about every thing?
1t pays
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21
LAYHAWKER JOTS

Speaking of plutocrats, John Gary, of
Haddam, marketed 108 fat hens there
recently.
1t is cas-. to do your Christmas shop
ping early if you have the price, points
out the Alma Signal
Some saying of Uncle ST, in the
Ottawa Republic: A liar is a Teller ac-
complished in TIL art of dodgin' facts 4.
IT tooth-puller, same as tn grocer,
sells extracts. Sometimes tn girl
with rosebud mouth eats onions. An
then you don't think of the roses.
A writer in the current issue of a
popular magazine gives as reason for
the decline of the old-fashioned sing
ing school, that there are not enough
tenors to take the altos and sopranos
home This reminds Marguerite" the
Bodarc correspondent of the Douglass
Tribune, that that community's supply
of bass sing IS has been overlooked
again.
Last year the packers charged us
high prices for meat charging the
shortage of feed as an excuse" re-
marked an Alma butcher to the Alma
Signal recently, and he continued:
Now, with feed plentiful, they are
charging about the same prices and
claiming a shortage of cattle. Buy
from whatever packer we may, We find
the price exactly the same. No COM
bine. perhaps, but a mighty good I'M
derstanding''
The other day a man went into a
Marion store and bought a small ar
ticle and told the proprietor to charge
1t. 1.-The charge is ten cents" said
the proprietor. why, how is that
said the man, 81 have been paying
only five cents" well" replied the
five cents is for the article
and five cents is for booking and col
lecting.'' The man paid the five cents
This is a very little incident but there
is considerable in it to think about if
you want to take the Standardization
Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21
says UNCLE CIV

No thoughtful man ever complains
/ that he fails for lack of moral en-
! couragement. There are more boos-
ters than knockers on earth and we
have inherited the habit of hero wor-
ship from hundreds of generations oil
ancestors. If there is one universal,
ineradicable instinct in the heart OF
humanity it is that one.
We literally adore success. To pay
homage to strength is as natural as
sunshine To ascribe to others even
greater merit than they possess is no
less natural. The whole world is a
great mutual admiration society, with
an occasional discordant note repre-
senting some ones personal interest.
Those who make good even in a small
way, we delight to honor.
Even the street sweeper has his adj
mirers who will pause to remark that
he's 1.-The best in his business" The
policeman on the corner is something
like a hero to half the people who
pass. The small merchant is a mar
vel of business acumen to most of his
neighborS, and the banker who is
gradually getting grip is hailed as a
captain of finance. The poor pest who
pounds piano in Tin Pan alley num-
bers of his followers by the tens of
thousands and the writer of dribble
and drivel is no worse off.
No announcement. No lOVeSick,
little wisp of a school girl ever paid
greater homage to a handsome stran-
ger than the mass of humanity pays
to him that does the least useful thing.
We have the habit of boosting and we
must find our heroes and demigods.
The fact that we waste our worship
upon some mighty poor material is
only another evidence that were hum
CRY to honor some one. It's a fact
fraught with extreme significance to
the man who is capable of making
good.
Even if you don't catch the eye and
the ear of the world at large the "I-
Knew-Him When club will see that
you are not overlooked. Next to pay
ing disinterested homage, we love to
baSk in reflected light. 1t is true that
some members of this particular or
ANIMATION are moved, through envy,
to say all manner of evil, but the
anvil chorus was never yet able to
drown the deeptoned diapason of the
boosters tie deum.-(Copyright, 1912,
by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News1
Free food for thought may be had at
any public library.
There are more little big men on earth
than big little men.
Some people find pleasure but a step
ping stone to misery
In some communities the heaviest de-
mand is for light literature.
Platonfc friendship is seldom practiced
on girl who has money.
Fortune may be tickle, but misfortune
can always be depended upon.
It's easy to get a man TO agree with you
II he wants to borrow money.
Some of the charity that begins at home
is too feeble to cross the road
There are lot of dead ones that are of
no benefit to the undertaken.
A short prayer from the heart is more
effective thar a long one from the lips.
Many a woman IS blind to a mans
faults because he threw gold dust in her
eyes.
After a jealous man gets married to
Jealous woman there is something doing
every little minute.
loyal wife Is one who has implicit
confidence in her husband, even when
he's running for office
No, Corde1ia, the bride never marrfes
the best man at her wedding, but She
probably thinks she does.
Ever notice that all old fashioned photo
graphs of a bride and groom look as II
they were standing up to be shot2
1t isn't very consoling to a homely girl
to be told that a beautiful disposition n
more admirable than beautiful face.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE.

Did anybody ever collect punitive dam
ages?
You may feel sure of a good deal that
isn't true
An assistant may not do most OF the
work; he may only think so.
When the styles in mems hats get as
bad as possible, they may begin to inn
prove.
There are times when one should take
life easy, like an agent takes your money.
We also rejoice in the fact that this
world seems better to us than it does to
an evangelist
Unless you get the postoffice, or some
thing Just as good, politics won't help you
much.
If your health is good you can't main
tain a crouch steadily. Or, play 1t the
ether way across.
A snob is the guy who devotes q lot of
time to show the superiority he doesn't
possess
Most other crops are sometimes short,
but the supply of blotters is usually up to
the demand.
If YOU buy a railroad ticket you pay for
it now, but if by any chance you shouldn't
use it. you wait till next year to get your
money back
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21

There could be no money trust" is
the opinion of j. Pierpont Morgan.
Maybe so. But there seems to be
something that makes a good strong
noise like one. Perhaps it is merely a
combination of the money interests.
Mr.. Morgan declares that he believes
in combinations. rather than competi-
ton. And there doesn't seem to be
any particular reason why the men
who have their paws on the bulk of
the money in the nation could not
effect a combination if they so desired.
Then. too, there appears to be some
power that fixes the rate of interest
daily, or as often as is necessary for
all sorts of loans that are made in the
big financial centers, just the same as
the quotations ommittee of the Elgin
board of trade used to fix the price of
butter daily.