davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-08-28
MARSHALL NOTIFIED
OF HIS NOMINATION
Vjce-Presidential Candidate Is
Happy in Reply
PROMINENT MEN TAKE PART
Hearty Congratulations Wired by
Governor Wilson

Governor Thomas r. Marshall was
August 20. at Indianapolis, Ind, OH 0
cially notified of his nomination by c
the National Democratic Convention
for Vice President. Judge Alton
B. Parker headed the committee.
ANON Governor Marshall's strik-
ing utterances were the following:
Democrats, like poets, are born.
not made. They are born with the
fixed and unalterable belief that
God made all men, not just some |
men; that all men are entitled to an
honest chance in life, unhampered
and unframed by law or custom
We may separate 10 language,
church and state, but we can never
have that social condition which we
call Democracy until all men living
in the republic are full, not half,
brothers.
All those who insist that 1t is not
the business OF government TO
eaualize the cost of production al
, home and abroad to the manufactur-
. err until it eqalizes the difference IN
the purchase price to the consumer
at home and abroad, who believe
= that the only eqalization lustitiable
n in our Government Is the equallza-
ton OF opportunity, who think that
! the public Office is public trust
70 who do not believe that disgruntled
and defeated politicians are genuine
=, reforms, and who think that reforms
are not born with sore toes, may
y vote the Democratic ticket.
. Iurge all those who are opposed
:, to special privilege TO ally them
=. selves this year with the histori
y Democracy. tho cornerstone
- whose edifice is the Declaration
" Independence and the keystone
" which is the Golden Rule. \
At Baltimore it proved its rigt
w. TO be because there it arose and b
- - its proposed policy met the neeC
and wants Of people.
The campaign does n
nee call for the bandying OF epithets n
ses for an appeal to the personal '
mt may safely leave that to sentle
nor mentia which has sliced the so ca
,es ed Republican party the persC
mt. aities of this campaign. Its uni
nor ness to rule the republic is discl
,oo,, ed bv its inability to keep its tie
the per.
ron 1 do not hesitate to say that if
,;,b be impossible to restore this
1T. public to its ancient ideal-whic
do not believe-and must make
...o, ultimate choice between the pate
alism of the few and the socialism
,o,o. the many, count me and nv no
ou with the throbbing heart OF hum
he ity.
y 90 Democrats believe in max
tod money, but they believe that CIV
,h;ob dollar made should be so clean
wao. an infant may cut it's teeth upon
= IN They hold that it is no par
o.hor government to boost one man an
:, so boot another and that any syste
huo government which enables one
,,orr. to take advantage of another is
system under which Democ
:, do condition Of life can thrive.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-08-28

The Rev. William f. Hatcher one
Of the hest known Baptist preachers
in Virginia. died Saturday at Fork
Union. Fluvanna county. Dr.
Hatcher was tor years connected
with Richmond College, was editor
Of the Religious Herald, and was an
o,,hor of some note. He was seven
weight years old.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-08-28

Subscribe for The Gazette, sl.OO
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-08-28
THE TARIFF BURDENS
INFANCY TO old AGE
Food, Clothing, Furniture, All
Effected Alike
MANS COFFIN ESCAPES NOT
The Consumer Pays Penalty of the
"Robber Tariff"


How the public bears the burden
If high tariff is wildly illustrated
10 a statement made by Majority
Leader Underwood, reciting the
record OF the present Congress.
He,e is how Mr.. Underwood de-
scribes the actual tariff burden upon
the public:
"Under the present oppressive
tariff law the laboripg man returns
at night from his toll clad in WOOL
en- suit taxed IS per cent, shoes
taxed IL per cent, stockings and
underwear II pei cent, cotton
shirt taxed 30 per cent, and wool
hat and wooden gloves taxed 78 per
cent. He carries a dinner pail
taxed As per cent, and greets his
wife as she looks through a window
pane taxed 62 per cent, with a cur
tain taxed 43 per cent.
After scraping his shoes on an
iron scraper taxed rs per cent, he
wipes them on mat taxed 5O per
cent He lifts the door latch taxed
5 per cent, steps on a carpet taxed
go per cent, and kisses his wife in
wooden dress taxed 10 per cent
, She is mending an umbrella taxed
so per cent, with thread taxed 81
/ per cent.
I THE house is made OF brick taxed
: 25 per cent. and lumber taxed "
s per cent. and plain furniture 80 pc
@ cent. He hangs his pail on stee
}. pin taxed 40 per cent, using soa
r taxed 20 per cent. His lookin
J. glass was taxed 40 per cent, and h
n combs his hair with rubber com
Is taxed 30 per cent. He proceeds
j. eat his supper. which was cooke
& ON stove taxed 40 per cent, Il
D. which his wife used pots and kettle
At taxed 40 per cent. On their table
st common crockery taxed 90 per cen
d. and cheap tumblers taxed 40 p
I'd cert. The sugar he puts in his
oy is ia xed 81 per cent. which he stl
," with a spoon taxed 40 per cent.
MT His meal is a frugal one, becau
or the cost of living is high. He us
III a knife and fork taxed 80 per ce
ee in eating salt fish, taxed 10
cent; bread, 20 per cent. potato
Tia % per cent salt, 33 per cent; b
nd ter. "a per cent, and rice, 62
ass cent. He proceeds to read b.
wo taxed % per cent, and at
hit. close of the day reclines in IL
ing framed bed taxed 40 per cent. v
ues a mattress taxed 90 per cent, sh'
The taxed 40 per cent, wooden blani
pre- taxed 70 per cent, and a col
,ry; spread taxed 40 per cent.
NAL He is taken ill, and the do
ON prescribes medicine taxed 70
that cent. which, being ineffective,
and passed from this active spher
di- life. and his remains are depos
4" of in a coffin taxed 80 per cent, W
old is conveyed to a cemetery in
for on taxed 80 per cent, deposited
way it's last resting place in me
in earth, and the grave filled in by
per- of a spade taxed 40 per cent,
,nty- over his grave is raised N
re of ment taxed so per cent.
Two Mr.. Underwood reviewed IN
two tail and at great length the les
q is ton passed by the Democ
the House accusing the Republica
own. breaking faith" in tariff legisl
'th is and of misconduct, eN'raVa'
ne Of and greed" in their general p
lmOSt
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16
Evidence Found by r. r. Glider Il
Provo Traditions Of the Omaha
Indians.

Omaha, Neh.-Tradltions among the
Omaha Indians to the effect that a
tribe Of cannibals once lived In the
Valley Of the Missouri have been YER
flied apparently by discoveries made
recently near this city by persons op.
Grating under the direction OF r. r.
Glider, a well.known archaeologist.
The Omaha Indians came to this
region from tho Ohio river about 300
years ago. These pioneers heard
from other Indians who then lived
here Of the former existence OF a
tribe that ate human flesh. Inquiry
among other tribes that had formerly
been in the valley showed that they
had the same tradition, and persons
Interested In uncovering the history
OF the early Inhabitants OF America
undertook to learn II there was truth
in these tales.
The search has been going on for
eight years. At the beginning 1t was
found that some race had lived on the
bluffs of the Missouri in dugouts,
which at times we're 10 feet deep and
were rooted with poles over which
were laid twigs, grass, and earth. In
the floors OF these were caches In
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16
Electricity viii PropeI War Ves-
sci In Future.
Plans for innovation Are Now Under
Way-Experts Declare Engine and
Turbine Are Not as Efficient
as Newer Motive Power.

New York.-The plan for future bat.
tleship propulsion Is to drive each ship
propeller with n powerful electric mo.
tor direct connected to the propeller
shaft, this doing away with all gears
and consequent loss OF power.
This new arrangement would also
sal an enormous amount Of coal and
greatly facilitate the handling Of the
ship, as with electricity 1t is quite pos.
sible to control the ship from the
bridge, eliminating the ringing of sig.
nal bells. or with t~elephoning to the
engine room, located far away in the
interior Of the ship. The man on the
bridge can start, stop, slow up or re-
verse the motors at will.
While the steam turbine engine
shows better results for ship propul.
sion than the old re%ciprocating types,
experiment has proved that turbine
| engines must travel at a high rate OF
speed to give their greatest economies
and when they are used for ship pro
pulsion this speed must be cut down
with the aid Of gear systems, incur
ring a serious loss Of power.
The United States collier Jupiter.
which Is being built at the Mare Isl,
and navy yard, will be the first large
vessel to be equipped with electric
propulsion, the Electric News re-
marks: The general scheme embraces
a steam turbo-generator set delivering
its electrical output to n pair Of In
duction motors, each Of which will be
direct connected to it's own propeller
shaft, r
The designer OF this equipment is
W. L. R. Emmett Of Schenectady, who
described its principal features and
the method Of control in a paper read
before the American Institute Of Elec-
trical Engineers. The generating unit
consists Of a six stage Curtis turbine
connected to an alternating current
generator.
The Golfers Neptune and Cyclops,
now In commission, are sister ships to
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16
AFRICAN PYGMY AT ZOO
New Workers. Soon to Have oppcrtus
nifty to See Rare Animal
CaptIVes.

New York.-For the first time on
record visitors to New York 200 will
shortly have an opportunity to inspect
what Is probably the rarest animal
that has ever been made a part Of any
such collection-that ia, tho pygmy
hippopotamus.
These pocket editions OF the blood
sweating behemoth" were discovered
In 1884 In Africa, and 1t has taken
nearly thirty years to secure these
first live specimens, although a few
mounted bodies have been shown,
since their habitat &C far as known is
confined to a remote territory poopled
by bloodthirsty eannibals. The two
specimens which have now been ac-
qnlred, a mnle and q female, cost the
zoo $4,000, a figure which indicates
their rarity.
According to descriptions that have
crossed the Atlantic ahead of the pair,
the male Is 80 inches high at the
shoulders, 7G inches long from tho
end Of his nose to the base. Of his
tall, and his tail Is IL inches long. no
weighs 40 pounds. The female, be
lieved to be only two years old. "a Is
inches high md weighs 17G pounds,
In comparison, Caliph, the enor.
nous male hippopotamus who nov
stands In a mounted state IN the
American Museum Of Natural His
tory, stood 4 feet az inches high at
the shoulders, was IL feet 4 inches in
length from end to nose Of root of tail.
his circumference was II feet s inches
and his weight has been given as
close to $500 pounds.
Beside the enormous bulk Of a fun
grown male hippo of the common spe.
cies, tho pygmy is like a SIX months
old human infant Of thirteen pounds
weight beside a man OF $50 pounds.
In bulk one adult Nile hippo weighing
5000 pounds is equal to fourteen adult
male pygmy hIppos.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16
MOTORS FOR SHIPS

the Jupiter. The Cyclopa Is equipped
with triple expansion reciprocating
engines and the Neptune Is equipped
with a pair Of steam turbines with
gear reduction.
The electrical equipment Of the Jupi.
ter was given a thorough test a few
days ago before a party Of naval Off
GERS. The test showed beyond a doubt
that electricity is the ideal power for
b~attleships and other large steam
ships. Nearly all the work aboard a
modern battleship, exclusive Of pro-
pulsion, Is now done by electricity
and there is no reason why they
should not be completely electrified,
Inasmuch as the Curtis steam turbines
take but little room, and the motors
even less, there Is no reason why the
available horsepower Of future battle
ships could not be much larger than
at present, thus increasing their speed
beyond the present record and max.
ing them more efficient. The saving
Of the power now lost in battleships
driven by r~eciproctaing engines would
make a vast difference In the speed
records,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16
BARRIERS ARE PUT IN PLIGHT
Consul In China Reports Market for
Supplies Upset by Recent Re-
form Order.


Washington .-Consul c. !. L. VII.
liams, from shatow, China, sends in
word that the recent edict In China
which commands that all cues be sew.
cred has rather upset the market In
that country for BARRIERS supplies.
There Is somewhat Of a tendency
to do away with BARRIERS altogether,
although BARRIERS, the consul adds.
never did thrive particularly well.
Itinerants-tonsorial artists who car
Red their kits about with them and
who never went to the trouble of es-
tablishing permanent stands-were
the rule rather than the exception.
A good many families now consider
that a hair clipper, which costs about
$1.35, is all that Is necessary. The
outlook for the sale of razors is very
poor, the consul reports. since the Gus.
tom of shaving the head has given
place to home hair cutting. The JAP
anese have entered the field and are
retailing a safety razor for about 18
cents, American money.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16
LIMIT ON BATHERs
Only One Hour Is Allowed SWIM
merS at This Beach.
Authorities Have No Difficulty In Reg
ulatlns Length Of Stay, but Can't
Make Them Come Out When
Their Time Is Up.

Boston, Mass.--Revere, a suburb of
this city, has a burning question. 1t
Is not who will be the next president
or whether the Red Sox will get the
pennant or not These important prob.
lens are discussed far less around the
popcorn booths and the cool trains of
the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn
railroad than How are they going to
Keep tabs on the bathers under that
new one-hour limit ruler"
VIII the policeman on duty have TO
stand on the beach and sing out the
time at minute intervals that the oc.
cupants OF the suits may get back to
their rooms within the hourY How
can the bathers be depended upon to
remember at which hour they went
into the water! Would IT be feasible
TO chalk the time Of day on each bath.
er as he springs gracefully down the
runway upon the sands?
These and many other conIectures
are being made. The proposal to put
IN a time clock Is strongly opposed by
the labor interests. They say that
play Will be just like work when they
nave to punch the clock" at the be.
ginning and end of their bathing hour.
Others say that under the new sys-
tenn the bathers will not fully enjoy
their hours splash when they have to
remember constantly that they are
swimming against time. The fun of
the dip is just to slosh around and
have a good time. Under the new sys-
TEN, they say, all you would have
would be a short time. And that con-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16

been given TO the cooking instead OF
to her appearance.
But SO deep an impression did the
article make that Saturday morning
she rose a little earlier than usual, re-
solved to look pretty and surprise
hubby. She curled her hair and coiled
IT high on her headt then she put on
some dainty pumps and lavender hose,
instead Of the slouchy comfort slippers
she usually hurried into. After pow
dering her face she slipped on a be-
coming negligee with bits Of baby blue
ribbon calling attention to the silken
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16
Cannibal Race i'm the West

which were stored property and food.
These from time to time have yielded
evidence Of c%annibalism, but nothing
that appeared conclusive was nm
earthed until this summer, when in a
small dugout, n Of eight, were found
bones which Mr.. Glider believes show
absolutely that human flesh was cook
ed to be eaten.
Tn all there were found parts Of a.
least 16 human skulls ranging from
the smallest infant to the senlle SUBJ
ject," said Mr.. Glider in announcing
this discovery. Many showed the pc
culiar color which bones assume on
being boiled. In my possession there
is a vast assortment OF food bones OF
q%uadrupeds and birds.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16
FIGURED CLOSE IN Filming HER
Woman Is Assessed SO for Making
Five inch Error In a Guees at
Auto Trial.

Minneapolis, Minn.-Mrs. Josephine
McMichael in municipal court paid 81
because of an error Of five inches in
Judgment Of distance revealed after
the Judge, the lawyers and spectators
all had puzzled their brains in flgur'
ing out an arithmetical problem. She
was charged with driving her car
within ten feet OF a street car dis
charging passengers.
The spot where the automobile
stood was agreed to easily enough
The street then was measured and al
lowance made for the "overhang" Of
the street car and the width OF the
automobile, and 1t was found that the
automobile was Just nine feet seven
inches from the street car.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16

slip beneath. So interested did she be-
come In adjusting a brand new boudoir
cap that she forgot she had not even
made the coffee. till she heard a bad
swear word from her husband, who'd
been impatiently waiting on the porch,
and he growled out: III you're going
to primp all day I'll go to the restaur-
ant and get my breakfast" and as the
front door banged shut the wife muir
INJURED. Men are SO unreasonable:
they think Of nothing but their stom-
achs."--Mrs. r. D. Boffett, In Cherry
vale. Kan. Journal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16

length on the fact that u husband
owed both his health and his business
prosperity to the fact that 1866 days In
the year his wife prepared him q de-
licious piping hot breakfast and sat at
the opposite end of the table each
morning p~rettily dressed, with her hair
becomingly arranged. A Cherryvale
woman was deeply impressed with the
article and thought r~emorsefully Of her
appearance In the bright revealing
morning light at the breakfast table.
TO be sure she always served a good
wholesome breakfast, but her time had
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16

slant consciousness Of the hour limit
would weigh on the heart like the
thought of the way the taxi clock is
piling up a dime every half minute
weighs upon the youth who has come
eagerly a half hour ahead Of time to
take his girl to the concert and has
to wait ~forty-tlve minutes for her to
adjust her millinery.
The problem Is a much a puzzle to
the officials at the bathhouse as any.
body else. They admit they have ar
rived at no solution to the riddle. Just
now bathers may stay in NJ long as
they like, owing to the cold weather.
One employee thought n good way
would be to check up the time Of each
key and then charge the bather rs
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16

cents for each hour or fraction there
of, to use the legal phrases of the par
eel check. A man might stay In the
water so long he would not have car
fare home, Therefore all he could do
would be to stay In the water and
keep increasing the tariff that he could
not pay.
Under this plan the state would get
all the quarters that are due, for It
could hold the bathers' street clothes
as ansom Altogether the ramihca-
lions Of tho possibilities of the one
hour limit idea are so fruitful Of com.
pllcations that the authorities are
rather glad that they have not been
required to enforce It a single day
since the order was issued.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16
Her Husband Wouldn't Talk

morning to Saturday night" Mrs.
Foerst appeared against her husband.
Howard Foerst Of East Cambria street,
charging him with nonsupport.
At the hearing It developed that
the woman had left her husbands
home, although he declared, his will.
ingness to provide for her. Mrs.
Foerst said her husband first found
fault with the meals she prepared,
and finally became 30 morose that he
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16

st. Paul, Minn.-The body Of Ram
som Phelps, veteran telegraph opera
tor, who took" the fret message an
nouncing the surrender Of Lee to
Grant at the close Of the civil war,
was cremated here. Ransom died at
Crooked Lake. MINI
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16

Eugene, Ore.-Twin boys, each
weighing eight pounds, were born
to Mr.. and Mrs. John Warning, who
live at Jasper. ~ miles southeast OF
here. Unusual as this weight Is for
twins, there Is a more remarkable
feature IN the fact that the father Ia
past s~ixty.seven years OF age.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16
Says Woman Pursued Him.

New York.-ComplaIning that Miss
Louise Nutter Of this city has pursued
him all around the world, wooing him,
Herman Hand, a trombone player, has
had the young woman bound over TO
keep the peace.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16
AZ a Result Wife Left Him and Sued
for support-slIent from Monday
Until Saturday.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Declaring that
she gould not live with q man who
would not talk to her, Mrs. Anna
Foernt explained in the Central police
court why she had left her husbands
homo. HE would not say a word to
noe" she declared, from Monday
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16
lnxItns Foes to His Funeral.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Herman Rohr Of
i449 North Comac street committed
suicide by Inhallng gas. He picked
enemies to occupy the same carriages.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16

refused to speak to her for a whole
week. This vas more than she could
stand.
Foerst vas held in $500 bail and al
lowed to sign his own bond.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16
DIDN'T WORK OUT JUST RIGHT
'"'nnPt to Follow Out Maaazine's
helpful Hint Made Trouble In
One Household.

~ awful lot Of tommyrot advice
49,. ps INTO women's magazines nova
snss And women who try to follow
j.. advice sometimes meet with
.s,neu results. For instance, not long
. magazine article dweit at
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16
Cali nBIuesr Insanity.

Baltimore.-The Phipps psychiatric
clinic OF Johns Hopkins hospital will
treat "the blues" as. a mental affec-
ton, holding 1t to be a mild form OF
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-08-16
Seven Whales are Sighted.

Sayville, L. IA school OF seven
whales was sighted off this beach.
The largest body Of whales ever seen
here.