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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31

the negro to the public square OF the
place, and there burned him alive:
The tortured darkey succeeded in get.
ting out Of the fire, but was hurled
back amid hurrahs Of the large crowd
which swarmed about the scene.
Little boys had climbed trees to
witness al! this and hundreds OF ut
tie girls Witnessed the gruesome
scenes also.
We spend millions upon public edu-
cation annually, and there is nothing
too good for our schools. This is all
proper, but are not procedures like
that referred to above decided SET
back to the education we impart !!
Are they not object lessons calculated
to have a baneful effect upon the plas-
tic minds of boys and girls? Those
who precipitate such scenes are set
ting horrid example to those
who are destined to take our places.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31
POPE BENEDICTS
APPEAL FOR PEACE.

AS will be seen elsewhere III the
Gazette, Pope Benedict XIV. makes an
earnest appeal to the warning nations
to bring the frightful contest to a
close. The pontiff asks in the name
of humanity that the powers listen
to proposals. which will terminate
what is the most horrible clash OF
arms in the history Of the world. The
Pope attempts to arrest the atten-
ton of those bent upon continuing the
war and calls their attention to the
fact that they are assuming at re-
mendous responsibility to their
Maker.
The pontiff's appeal is pathetic. he
saws "blessed is he who shall flrst
raise the olive branch" and he pro-
nounces a blessing upon Catholics
and Protestants alike who make any
movement toward bringing hostll-
ties to a close.
While we hope for the best, II loohs
as though those to whom this hu-
name appeal is addressed will be like
those referred to in the 5sth Psalm
"the deaf adder that stoppeth her
ear; which will not hearken to the
voice of charmers, charming never
so wisely"
While Pope Benedict is praying
for peace, the Kaiser is ordering
prayers to be made to the GID OF all
the earth for success upon German
arms.
The Good Book: tells US TO pray 1o1
the peace of Jerusalem. While TINS
was directed to the ancient lsraelltes
it is equally incumbent upon others
of the human race to make supplca'
tions for peace not-on1y upon oul
own land but upon all Countries
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31
r. f NaxsAuctioneer

Bysvirtuer of a deed of trust, bear
ing date on the 25th day of August
1892, and duly Of record in the land
Records of the City of Alexandria,
Virginia, in Deed Book No. 20, page
2S9, and at the request of the party
thereby secured, default having been
made in the payment of the note Sc
cured by the said Deed of Trust, the
undersigned Trustee will offer for
sale at public auction, on Tuesday,
the 18th day of August, 1915, at
twelve o'clock M in front of the
Royal Street entrance to the Market
Building, all that lot of ground, with
improvements thereon, in the said
City of Alexandria, and bounded as
follows, to-wit;
Beginning on the west side of Pat
rick Street, two hundred and six feet
four and one-fourth inches COG IT,
4 IA in south of Duke street, and
running thence south on Patrick
street fifteen feet two and cne-fourth
inches Us #. IA in. to the line
of the lot of ground conveyed By the
said Robert Elliott to George T..
Klipstein, M. D.; thence west one
hundred (1O0) feet to q court; thence
north on said court fifteen feet two
and one-fourth inches Us #. 2 Ia in.)
and thence east one hundred (100) it.
to the beginning; with all appurtena
noes.
Terms: Cash. Cost of conveyance
ing at expense of the purchaser.
SAMUEL H. LUNT, Trustee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31
70 CITY Tax Payers NOTICE.

To City Tax Payers NOTICE.
I Collecor's Office, July 26, 1915
NOTICE is hereby given that the tax
bills for 1915 are now in the hands
of the collector. The attention Of all
parties interested is respectively call
ed to the action of the City Council
directing me to allow discount OF
five per cent upon all bills. for the
year 1915 paid in full on or before
August 10th, 1915, and also direct
ing me to file with the City Auditor a
list of all persons to whom the i've
per cent is allowed not later than
August 16, 1915.
Tax payers are requested to call
and pay at once in order to avoid
the rush and crowd usually present
on the last days in which the dis
count is allowed. Bring list to maize
sure you get bills for all your pro-
perty as the collector will not be res
nonsfble or allow the discount after
the time fixed by law.
P. T. GORMAN,
Collector of City Tares-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31
MEXICANS STAND
IN BLOOD LINE.

William C. Potter, chairman OF the
National Mexican Relief Committee
of the American Red Cross, recently
received a letter whose. contents give
some idea of the desperate conditions
Of the starving population of Mexi-
co City, The letter says:
"The blood got from animals killed
in the slaughterhouse was formerly
used for fertilizer; now it is given
away to the poor. Daily about $500
women and children stand on this
blood line waiting with jars, tins,
bottles and pals to get some OF the
precious fluid. Time and again, in
spite of the police, persons at the
sgd Of the line rush for, a better posi-
Bios, for only about 900 can be SER
vpA. Dead animals which used to be
brought to the slaughter house to be
made into fertilizer now arrive with
nine-tenths of their flesh stripped off
by the famished population.
Mr.. Potter also received telegram
from the Red Cross representative at
Eagle Pass, Texas, from which this
extract is taken:
people in Monclova now eating
cactus. Saltillo conditions terrible;
people dying there"
It must be admitted that such con-
ditions are disgrace to the civillza-
ton of-the twentieth. century. Mexico
is one of the most productive coun-
tries of the world, and the fact that
many of her people are compelled to
beg blood and eat carrion in order
to exist calls for drastic measures
from those in position to bring about
a much needed transition.
The unfortunate people Of Mexico
that is those not responsible for
the horrible scenes now witnessed
are practically on the verge of cam
nibalism. They are adjoining neigh
bors of our country, which is blessed
with abundance. How long shall cruel
would-be leaders and bowling mobs
be allowed to overrun this country:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31
Washington Southern Ry

Schedule in effect May 30, 1915
For Washington and points north
daily at 6:53, sos, 1888 1901, 1915
1928, 2:30 Through train for New
York, via F. R. r. 6:27, 1858, 1888
p. m.
For Fredericksburg, Richmond and
points south at 4:37, and 10:17 a. NJ.
1916, 1922, 3.32, SIT (locol) 6:57,
9:47, p. m. daily.
Accommodation for Fredericksburg
at OPT a. m, daily.
NOTE-Time of arrival and de-
parture and connections not guaran
iced.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31

According to plans now being push
ed forward by Captain Joseph LIE
Masurier, chief clerk to the Adjutaht
General of Virginia, who was recent;
ly elected department commander Of
the United Spanish War Veterans Of
Virginia, the officers of the Third
Virginia Regiment, in which Captain
LIE Masurier served as first lieuten-
ant of Company M and regimental
adjutant pro tempore, will meet in
Richmond for reunion on November
&
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31
DIsGRACEFUL
PROCEDURE.

Revolving scenes were enacted in
Temple. Texas. last night 4 young
negro man had committed a triple
murder, having been made the tool
of others. He had been arrested and
by ;sdues process of law would have
been samnarily disposed of, But the
mob could not wait, and early in the
night they had secured the murderer.
The uncomfortable element brought
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31
Norfolk and washington
Steamboat Company.

Every day in the year for Fort
Monroe, Norfolk, Newport News and
points south, via suberb powerful
steel palace steamers.
Through connections made at Nor
folk with steamers of the Old Domln-
ion Steamship Company for New
York and Merchants and Miners
Steamships for Boston.
General Ticket Office 720 J4th st.
Bond Building, Washington. D. G.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31
Maryland, Delaware and
Virginia. Railway
Company

Steamers OF this line leave Alexan-
dria Monday, Wednesday and Sat.
urdays at 4:30 P. NJ.
FOR BALTIMORE AND ALL THE
USUAL RIVER LANDINGS
Cuisine and appointments unexcelled
Freight for Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York solicited and handled
with care. Through rates and bills
Of lading issued.
Single fare to Baltimore, $500
return trip, $4.OO; state rooms one
way s1.5O up, meals, so cents.
Reardon & Grimes, Agents
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31

Samuel Sharp, aged 81 years, was
killed yesterday morning at his home,
near Tannery, Nd, when he was
thrown into the flywheel of a 20
horsepower gasoline engine. His
skull was crushed and one of his legs
broken. Mr.. Sharp was operating a
feed grinder, when the belt dropped
off. He attempted to step across the
belt, which was attached to the re-
volving flywheel of the engine, and
caught his foot. He leaves widow.
The Holland-America Steamship
Line, between Holland and the United
States, as result of thehigh ocean
rates due to lack of shipping facili-
ties, will be able to declare the big
gest dividend in it's history during
the first year of the European war.
1t is stated that during the first half
of the present calendar year the Hol-
land-America Company has earned
sufficient funds to pay 80 per cent,
which is equivalent to $50 per cent
for the year.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31
NEWS OF THE DAY

The Germans have penetrated the
first line trenches of the British on "a
front 500 yards wide north and south
of Hooge.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31

The Germans will still be fighting
on foreign soil year from now, ac-
cording to prediction by Kaiser
Wilhelm.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31

Severe transforms passed over
Waynesboro and Pen-Mar, Pa,
Thursday night. There was acloud-
burst at the former place.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31

FOR RENT-Store and dwelling, 1876
south Royal street Good location
for insurance office, lunch room,
or other business. Apply 321
Duke street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31

/ Impeachment charges filed against
John Purifoy, secretary of state, by
Bradley c.. Brown. of Birmingham,
Ala, were read in the house yester-
dsy and referred to the committee on
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31

$1,000 to loan on Alexandria City
real estate. Howard w. Smith, 107
North Fairfax street. 12-tf.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31
r PIJRII 3 'p,AfLt

PUBLISHED DAILY
BY Alexandria Gazerte corporation
ROBERT S. BARRETT, President
and General Manager.
HOWARD W. SMITH, Secretary and
Treasurer.
Entered at the Postoffice Of Alex
andria, Virginia, as second class mat
ter. .
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31

Waynesboro and Pen-Mar, Pa,
Thursday night. There was cloud
burst at the former place.
Mrs Calvin Norris, of Belair, Md,
wandered into woods about mile
distant from her home yesterday and
shot herself. For several weeks she
had been in i'll health and it is said
mad become mentally unbalanced.
When his bicycle skidded as he rode
beside motortruck on the Annapolis,
Md, Boulevard, near Revell Station,
yesterday afternoon, an unidentified
youth about 10 years old was thrown
under the wheels Of the truck and
almost instantly killed.
The Norwegian steamship Trondh,
/ jemsfjord was torpedoed and sunk
Yesterday in the North Sea by Ger
i. man submarine. The Belgian steamer
Prince Albert also was sunk by strik-
ing a mine. The crews of both YES
F! sells were saved.
! More than s1,OOO,OOO,OOO is the
value of the gold and silver in the
mints at philadelphia, Denver, and
San Francisco and in the assay Of
flee at New York. The books of the
Treasury Department and the coune
placed the value of the silver and
gold at S1,1OOOOO,OOO.
| Melvin Summers, az years old, des-
pondent because his wife left him
three weeks ago and returned to her
parent in Waynesboro, Pa, shot
himself above the heart last night on
Hagerstown Interstate Fair Grounds,
after kissing his IL year old daugh-
ter Helen goodby.
Cardinal Won Hartmann, archbishop
of Cologne, has instructed the clergy
of his diocese to hold special services
of thanksgiving for the powerful
blessings accorded German arms IN
many victorious battles in the east
and the west. All the priests will
pray for divine assistance in reaching
an early, lasting, and victorious
peace.
Kansas farmers will harvest Ill.,
! 100000 bushels of winter wheat TINS
year. Continuous rains and hail dur
ing the harvest season have cost the
State 100000 bushels of wheat.
| The June report estimated the crop
at 1873, 100000. Corn conditions were
estimated at 74.6 per cent. an IN
crease of 10 per cent over June. Inc
acreage of oats were estimated at
l, ~, 493, with prospective yield OF
27.S bushels an acre.
The Austrians attacked the Italians
at Gorilla with 100000 men, includ-
| ing 10000 Bavarians, on the nlght
of July % with disastrous results
The Austrian losses numbered $4,000.
On the following day fierce Aus
trian attack on Carso plateau also
was repulsed The Italians hold all
the positions they have captured tn
the last fifteen days except the ad-
vanced trenches before Gorilla, which
have been evacuated.
i Mrs. Granville Williams was shot
and killed Thursday at her home on
| Quicksand Creek, near Jackson, ky'
and yesterday a sheriff's posse was
pursuing Amos Fugate, 10 year old
boy, through the mountains of Breat'
HIT county. Fugate shot Mrs. Will
liams when she complained of his
having shot two of her geese. Two
years ago Fugate was tried for the
killing of William Combs, but was &C.
Quilted.
Impeachment charges filed !, against
} John Purifoy, secretary of state, b!
) Bradley c.: Brown. of Birmingham
Ala, were read in the house yester'
day and referred to the committee OF
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31

Moses M. Myer, proprietor of My
er's bookstore, at First and Broac
streets, Richmond, died suddenly yes
terday morning.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31
VIRGINIA NEWS

Moses M. Myer, proprietor of My
er's bookstore, at First and Broad
streets, Richmond, died suddenly yes
terday morning.
Seized with cramps while swim
ming from houseboat early yester-
day morning, James B. Tarr, q years
old, sol Of Patroln an and Mrs. <.
Simp,:s TAR, of Baltimore, was
drowned at Reedsville.
By a unanimous vote the Richmond
Council Committee on Finance last
night recommended to the Council
FOR passage The resolution reducing
the price of gas from 80 cents 10
81 cents thousand cubic feet.
Free text books will be provided
for the public school children of Nor
folk if the council concurs in the &C
ton taken by the school board, which
adopted resolution favoring the in
novation and asking of the city an
appropriation of $4,000 to make it
effective.
In the statement of revenues and
expenses of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad for the twelve months, end
ing June 30, there appears a decrease
in the operating income of $2,O16,-
| 4S9.54, which is equivalent to % per
cent. The operating income for the
previous year was $@,G53, 65D.G4, and
| for 1914-15 S7,O43, 5000.
The Herzl Zionist Club OF Rich
mond, is calling mass meeting Of
all Zionists in Virginia, the same to
take place at the grounds of the Bap-
fist Encampment, at Virginia Beach,
Sunday, August l. Delegates from
the following cities have responded:
Norfolk, Portsmouth, Petersburg,
Lynchburg, Roanoke, Danville and
Newport News.
One residence and several trees in
Norfolk were struck by lightning;
street car traffic was held up fol
more than three hours; telephone
service was suspended to large
extent; electric lights were out fol
almost am hoasr;; i trees were }bloys;r
| down and Several of the Streets we're
flooded as a result of the wind ant
rain storm that swept over Norfolk
early Thursday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31

For the third time in the history
of Kentucky a double electrocution
took place yesterday morning at $3.50
o'clock at the Eddyville, KY, peniten-
tiary. The first to be executed was
Turner Graham, Jr., "a years old, a
white man convicted for the killing
of R. J. McMurtry, sheriff of Hardin
county. The second was Will Lane,
25 years old, negro, convicted at
Pineville on charge Of killing his
wife.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31
MONDAY
WHO PAYS?

Drama the twelth-"TO1L AND
TYRANNY"-the story Of man
who dealt in hard blows and how ne
got the worst of a bad bargain-also
of a man who lost the "COMMON
TOUCH" and a woman who paid
for the sins of her fathers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31

Mrs. Calvin Norris, of Belair, Md.
wandered into a woods about mile
distant from her home yesterday and
shot herself. For several weeks she
had been in i'll health and it is said
mad become mentally unbalanced.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31

Armed intervention in Haiti by the
United States is believed to be vir-
tually an accomplished fact as the
result of disorders which resulted
Thursday night in the killing of two
sailors from the U. S. S. Washington
at Port au Prince. The men killed
are: Seaman William Gompers, a
nephew of Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation Of Labor,
and Ordinary Seaman Cason S.
Whitehurst, of Norfolk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31

BY unanimous vote the Richmond
Council Committee on Finance last
night recommended to the Council
FOR passsge The resolution reducing
the price of gas from 80 cents 10
81 cents a thousand cubic feet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31

Seized with cramps while swim
ming from houseboat early yester
day morning, James B. Tarr, q year
old, soA Of Patrolnan and Mrs. K
Simp,;S TAR, of Baltimore, wa
drowned at Reedsville.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31

When his bicycle skidded as he rode
beside motortruck on the Annapolis,
Md, Boulevard, near Revell Station,
Yesterday afternoon, an unidentified
youth about 10 years old was thrown
under the wheels Of the truck and
almost instantly killed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31

Z
judiciary, Il is charged Purifoy paid
s., 900 to- J. H. Nunnellee to with
draw from the race for secretary Of
state, and did not makesan accounting
of it in his expense account, accord
ing to law.
Eight men, were killed and IL in
jured at the Patterson mine of the
United Coal Company near Eliza
beth, Pa, yesterday afternoon when
a cable hauling IL cars up a steep
incline broke. The cars dashed down
the hillside, left the track at the tip
pie and toppled over to the Pitts
burgh, Virginia, and Charleston Rail
road. A crowd of laborers working
on the tracks were buried under an
avalanche of coal and broken cars.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31

Cardinal Won Hartmann, archbishop
of Cologne, has instructed the clergy
of his diocese to hold special services
of thanksgiving for the powerful
blessings accorded German arms IN
many victorious battles in the east
and the west. All the priests will
pray for divine assistance in reaching
an early, lasting, and victorious
peace.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31

The Norwegian steamship Trondh'
jemsfjord was torpedoed and sunk
Yesterday in the North Sea by a Ger
man submarine. The Belgian steamer
Prince Albert also was sunk by strlk-
ing a mine. The crews of both YES
sells were saved.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31

More than s1,OOO,OoO,oOO is the
value of the gold and silver in the
minis at Philadelphia, Denver, and
San Francisco and in the assay Of
flee at New York. The books of the
Treasury Department and the coun.
placed the value of the silver and
gold at $1,100,000,0O0.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-07-31

Melvin Summers, az years old, des-
pondent because his wife left him
three weeks ago and returned to her
parent in Waynesboro, Pa, shot
himself above the heart last night on
Hagerstown Interstate Fair Grounds,
after kissing his IL year old daugh-
ter Helen goodby.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-12-31
HOLD CONVENTION Of
HIGHWAY BOOSTERS
HERE ON JAN. 9TH
CALL FOR MEETING IN THE IN
TEREST OF JACKSON ROUTE
ISSUED.
Big DELEGATIONS EXPECTED
Will Be Here From Northern Ala
bama, Mt. Pleasant, Lawrenceburg
and Williamson county-To Work
for Florence Route.

Dr. C. Y. Clarke, vice president of
the Jackson Military Highway Asso-
citation, has issued the following call:
"All good roads enthusiasts are re-
quested to be present at a good roads
meeting to be held at the court house
in Columbia on Wednesday, Jan ), at
2 o'clock.
This meeting is to be held in the
interest of the Jackson Highway and
delegates from all of Northern Ala
bama and from Lawrence, Maury and
Williamson and Davidson counties, of
Tennessee, will be present.
&c, Y. CLARKE, Vice President, Etc. 4"
At this meeting plans will be pre-
pared for a renewal of a vigorous
campaign for the location of the Jack
son Highway route through Columbia
and Mt. Pleasant by way of Florence,
Ala. Data will be obtained and fur
nished to the general commission on
the location of the road and every eff
fort will be used to insure proper
presentation of the claims of this Sec
ton before the locating board.
1t is expected that there will be a
large attendance of road enthusiasts
from all of Northern Alabama besides
a big delegation from Lawrence coun-
ty and Mt. Pleasant. An effort will
be made to get the Williamson coun-
ty people aroused
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-12-31
I EXPRESS PARCELS
SHOW AN INCREASE
THE BUSINESS THIS YEAR WILL
LARGELY EXCEED THAT OF
A YEAR AGO.

The Christmas rush has been on at
the southern Express Co. for the past
v eeN and it vas found necessary to
ada four more employees to handle
the increased business. All Column
bans are full of Christmas spirit and
packages are pouring into this office
daily to be shipped away to friends
and relatives. This years business
compared to that of last year is near
ly so per cent better, this increase Is
due to the picking up of business in
all lines all over the country and by
the optimism shown by the citizens
of this nation.
The great Trade at Home Move
ment" is one Of the greatest trade
builders in existence, this Is shown by
the overwhelming shipping business
being done through the Southern Ex-
press Co.. parcels post and by freight,
most notable feature of this is, that
these goods are being bought right
here at home and are shipped to
friends at other places.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-12-31
THE c. H. S. SIGNAL
WAS ISSUED TODAY
Is ONE OF THE BEST ARRANGED
PAPERS EVER GOTTEN OUT
BY THIS SCHOOL.

The c. H. s. Signal was issued to
its many subscribers today. The
nifty little paper ranks among the
best of school papers and one that is
greatly admired by its readers. 1t
has twenty-eight full pages Of upto-
the-minute reading matter and five
pages of ads. Its cover Is Of a purple
color with gold bronze letters, in
whole it speaks for itself of the abun-
dance of talent and work put forth
by the editorial staff and news gath
erers. 1t is paper that should be
in every home of Maury county as it
tells within Its pages, the progressive
ness of the student body and the hap
penings within the walls where cen.
tiers the hope and interest of every
school child, man and woman in the
county.
The stories, poems, athletic notes
and Jokes are 90 written and arrsng-
ed as to DO credit TO any student body
Of any school