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'ilbe Xexington <3a3ette VOL. 107. NO. 14 LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL b, 1911 $1.00 PER YEAR DEMOCRATS TO CARRY OUT GOOD POLICIES Responsible to Redeem Pledges of Last November Before tbe doors have scarcely closed on the old Congress, the -ew is thus ushered in, and with it comes to tbe Democracy the task of carrying out the mandate of the No? vember election. It is inconceivable that anyone should misunderstand or misinter? pret ti.e result of that election. Apart from its rebuke to Republi? canism, for having run counter to the public will, it extended to thc Democratic party an opportunity to prove its value. Herein is found the very great importance to the Nation ind to th* Democracy in the coming caucus. It is tlie Democratic duty to con? firm by proper legislation the Cana? dian Reciprocity agreement. This lagrn iii.-rit av-111 again tie transmit? ted by the President to Congress. How much or how little other busi ddss the Piesident will send lu can? not be anticipated at this time, bul it I* r- B*oaat>!a -o suppose that h< ? :'' ? I ' ?? iinnicd il of the receti ? i i fi uro*. Jt iir.kering ta always adan Xi, -n < .?!? ?'~h. The terms of th* ?.*." ?..???fl ind ?r?- intolerable, ant: >i '.' i oh. the nee ssaries of life . n -: i? 'I'lmi-ixl b>t the comict; I?> iii*!.-rai ic Congress. Especiall) in .st the iniquitous wool schedule ? revised, and it is our judgment st*ai it Aou'd he better at this ses sion to revise one or two of the most obiectioDable schedules thai. to attempt any extensive revision. The public is very apt to forgivt anything but inefficiency. To b* efficient the Democratic majority in thu House of Representative must be united, and to attain uniij on the tariff question there must hi a mu hurd i nation cf local interests t* the National welfare?there must In a strict adherance to the principlt that the majority shall rule.?Na tional Democratic Monthly. The Cost of Bad Roads Here aie some figures on the cost of bad roads in this country, com piled by the Cincinnati Post. Wagon roads io the United Slat*-! ?2.151,570 miles. Improved (faced with gravel oi something better)- 17fi,421r miles. Per cent, of improved roads? 82. Each fear 2B5.O00.O00 tons of Carn aud forest products are hauled u market or to railway stations ov-i American roads. This hauling costs $432,000,000, o: 23 per cent, per mile. It costs about 10 cents per toi per mile to haul freight over an im proved road. Thu-s, if all out roads were im proved, it would mean a saving c ?200,000,000 a year in hauling alone It will cost fully $3,000,000,000 t put all the mud roads io America i fair shape?to make them merel good travel roads. Three billion dollars is a big sun yak $200,000,000 per year lor fiftee years would settle ths bill. This country of ours is theriches in the world, yet the poorest, mos tax-burdened country in Eu rope ca boast better roads than can we. Odd, isn't it? Supreme Court Jnstice Jame Aloysius O'German, Democrat, * New York Ctty, was elected Unite States Senator Friday night by tl Legislature at Albany after tl most protracted struggle over th position ever held in the Empii State. On the final ballot, tha sixt fourth, he received 112 votes to cast for Chauncey M. Depew, who term expired March 4. Tbe resu was in doubt almost to the mi nu of recording the votes, owing to tl uncertainty of Democratic insu gents, who for over two months hi prevented au election because their opposition to William Sheehan. It ls announced that Wm. J. Bry: will speak at the Y. M. C. A. cc vention in Charlottesville os Su day morai ri *, April 9?.b, on "T Price of a Soul." This win attn to the convention. JONES OPENS CAMPAIGN The State Organization Scored for Neglect of Duty Hon. W. A. Jones opened his cam? paign last Wednesday night in Norfolk against Senator Thomas S. Martin for a seat in the United States Senate. It was not an enthusiastic throng which faced Mr. Jones, for the ap? plause came for the most part from those tried and true relormers who sat in solid phalanx upon the static. Hut twice did the insurgents really insurge, once when Mr. Jones stooii up to speak and again when the representative from the First Dis? trict, rising to heights of eloquence, declared: 'If 1 knew that I would suffer greater defeat than Tucker or Montague or Willard, I would stil' fight for the people and the State i love." This sentiment provoked a stone of applause which lasted foi perhaps half a minute. Here are a few of the thrusts which hu launched at the senio Senator: "Ninety-five por cent of the ofli ?uils nf tue Slate nf Virginia -*>ill ? ute lor Senator Marlin. Does not i his make you thoughtful? Thi tirst step is to turn out of ollice thc ? nan who is tho head and front of tin machine." In speaking of the Oeeau Viev speech made by Senator Marti i when he declared ho was proud u be a friend of the bosses. Mr. Jones said: '"The man who uttered such a sentiment has nu right to be a Sena tor of the United Slates. "The News-Leader, which ia now supporting Senator Martin, declare* that hu had vote! more often with AlJ.ich than any other Democratic Senator, with the exception of two Sen itors from Louisiana." he con? tinued. "I have entered this ti^ht for wai 8 d while my record is subject ti Ciiicism, 1 will se.e thal the people of this State learn the real record ol Senator Marlin." After declaring that Senator Mar? tin "dodged" a vote on the ship subsidy hill and then paired with a "dead man," meaninjf Senator Cul? lin!, of Illinois, who was ill. Mr. Jones declared, "I never dodged a vote in my life." "I challenge Senator Martin to meet me any where in the State be? fore any audience todiseuss the ship subsidy bill." In relating a speech made in Kan? sas City, in which a United States Senator declared that the three most corrupt States in the Union were Pennsylvania, Ohio and Vir? ginia, Mr. Jones added, "I do not care to defame the good name of my State, but if proof is demanded, I will prove facts that are known to every decent man in Virginia. "A great public storm is gather? ing and it will not bo lonj- before it bursts, "Will Virginia wear the yoke of despotism? Do you hate ring rule? Do you despise to weai the collar of a boss? Will you submit to the miserable, selfish, corrupt organiza? tion which is administering your affairs? "I can name the man who has brought this about. Martin is a man who does things, so his crea taros say. I do not despise mi terial things, but I say he should stay in Washington and attend to the affairs of his constituents and keep his hands off the local affairs o' the State." Virginia's Quota of Officers Adjutant-General W. W. Sale has been notified by the War Depart? ment tbat five commissioned officers of the Virginia Volunteers are to re port on April Bth at the headquar? ters of the United States army di? vision at San Antonio, Tex., as wit nesses of the extensive military ma neuvers which are in progress in the Lone Star State. These officers will remain iu Texas for two weeks, exclusive of the tini( spent in traveling. Whon they re turn another datachui >n'. will take their place, and this method of send ing officers to the fruit will be con .inn* d until twenty-five have re ceived instructions by observing the military maneuvers. Discoverer of the Disease Due to Hookworm DUTY TO THE AMERICAN WOMAN REQUIRES ACTION TO REDUCE THE 630,000 DEATHS PER YEAR IN THIS COUN? TRY?42 PER CENT OF THE 1,500.000 TOTAL?WHICH ARE DUE TO PREVENTABLE CAUSES. Recall that about 35,000 of these human sacrifices are due to that easily PREVENTABLE DISEASE?TYPHOID FEVER Re? call tbat mir typhoid death rate is about -10.5 per 100,000 inhabitants, that of Germany 6.9 and that of Switzerland +.80 per 100,000. This means that we American men permit our country to be about SEVEN TIMES AS DIRTY AS GERMANY AND TEN TIMES AS DIRTY AS SWITZERLAND. And besides these 35,000 deaths there are each year about 300,000 persons who contract typhoid. Recall that each year we bury about lf-0,000 of our fellow citizens who die from tuberculosis. Eaeli year we have over 1,500,000 cases of malaria and over 12, 000 deaths from this disease. We bury l.r>,000 to 30,000 persons front DIPHTHERIA, 6,000 from SCARLET FEVER and 10,000 fruin WHOOPING COUGH", Is the real trouble in this country that not enough children are born in any class or that too ninny are permitted to die in all classes. Ia it RACE SUICIDE by the women or UACE SLAUGHTER by the min? What real encouragement is there to the American mother to bear more children when the American father permits our country to he so behind tho itdntnce in science that we SACRIFICE OVER HALF A MILLION AMERICAN LIVES PER YEAR TO PREVENTABLE CAUSES? Shipments cf Virginia Apples Last Year Mr. Walter Whately of Crozet, the secretiry of tli9 Virginia Stale Horticultural Society, has compiled some interesting statistics concern in<; the shipment of apples from Virginia during last year. The figures are accurate, being made up by the secretary 'rom information furnished him by the general freight agents of the leading railways They show shipments as follows: Cumberland Valley Railroad, 136, lOi* barrels; Baltimore & Ohio Hail way. 184,1190 barrels; Chesapeake &Ohio Railway, 265,862 barrels; Southern Railway, 224,771 barrels. Norfolk & Western Railway, 260, | OOO barrels, (estimated). Total fi r j 1910, 1,061.832 barrels. - Tue following are the stations that shipped over 20,000 barrels each, in their order: Winchester, 150.976 barrels; Stannum. 75,140 barrels, Crozet, 42,411 barrels;!-V! ersvilie, 34 844 barrels; Afton, 38,. 724 barrels; Harrisocburg, 25,330 birrels; Waynesboro, 25,130 barrels; Front Royal, 23,748 barrels; Steph? ens City, 23,636barrels; Covesville, 231,440 barrels; Arrington, 20,10! barrels. The above returns were made in boxes, barrels and leese. For con veuiencb in tabulation all have been converted into barrels, at the rate of three boxes, and 150 pounds ol bulk apples to one barrel, respec? tively. _ At the annual stockhold ira" meei' ing of the Shenandoah Valley Fruit Growers' Association, incorporated, held ia Staunton lust week, th' members voted to chance t ie nairn to Virginia Fruit Growers' Incoi p inned, und to increase the capita stock from $25,000 to $50,000. St. l\iil.ps' Protestant Episcopa church, a wealthy negro congrega tion iu upper New York City, ba purchased a 'lock of ? t'-stoi"J apartment house buildings and wil dispossess th i 22J white fa allia* ' j who are now trna:, ts, lo make (dace! "! for parishioners. The pi kee pai* ' | for the property was $620,000 an* ' j the invest iimut is ex,i clod to ne j the ohurch an income of sligotl; j more than 6 per cent. High Misdemeanor to Wear Harem In Jersey Official recognition of the harem skirt was taken in the New Jersey Legislature when a bill was intro? duced aud discussed in the Assem? bly making it a "high misdemeanor" and fixing as a punishment life im? prisonment for a woman to weat that ultra-modern style of dress ir that state. Snveral women in the gallery hissei the measure, and, it is said two women spectators who won 'near-harems'' hurriedly left the Capitol. As soon as it was intro duced the consideration of the bil began. Several members though it would be a good law. as it wouli bar what they considered "impropei dress" from New Jersey. Other; asserted it is a bad bill and con tended women of New Jersey should be privileged to wear what the; pleased. Ono member suggested that th. | bill be amended to provide medal: from the Governor and pensions fo life tor women found attired in tha form of skirt. This member ex plained that it required courage of soldier for a woman to wear a harec skirt, it beingsoseverely criticised The bill was referred to a committee Without an Enemy ll.'liven he p the man who iraag ine-i beean dodge enemies by try in ti please everybody. If such an it dividual ever succeeded we shoul he glad of it?not that we believe i a man going through the world trj ing ta find beams to knock an thump his poor head against, dh puting every man's opinion, fightin aud elbowing, and crowding a who differ wit'i nim. That, agai is another extreme. Other peopl have a right to their opinion, < havo you. Don't fall into tho ern of supposing they k ill respect ye less for maintaining it, or resp... you more for turning your co every div to match theirs. Wei your own eolors in spite of wind t weather,storm or sunshine. It cos the vacillating and irresolute la times the trouble to wiudand shutll and twist th it it does honest, man independence to hold its ground. TO SAVE OUR STREAMS Government Prepared to Pur- ] chase Needed Lands In connection with the article last week in the QeaettS with refer? ence to the purchase of land in Rockbridge and other counties of Virginia by the U. S. Government as reservation, the following circu? lar issued by Secretary Wilson wil! be read with interest: The circular which the depart? ment is now having printed is in? tended to give information to the public as to where and what kinds of land are wanted. Owners of land the purchase of which will be con? sidered bv the Government are ex i pected on the basis of this informa i tion to irake known to the Forest Service, which will conduct thi: work for the Department of Agri culture, their desire to sell. The law is not restricted Ito par |ticular regions, except that lands may be bought only in the States whose Legislatures have consented to the acquisition of land by th*' United States for tbs purpose cf preserving kaia navigability of streams. The States which have already takeu thi* necessary action are Maryland, Virginia, North Car? olina, West Virginia. South Caro lina. M.;ine, ieorgia, New Hamp shire and Tennessee. Timbered lauds may be bought either with the timber standing or with the reservation by the owner ] of the right to cut it under certain j rules to provide fer perpetuation cf : the forest. These rules will form a part * f the (agreement for the pur chase of lund. Since, however, the Government cannot pay hinii pru i - it in not re i garded as probable thal much land bearing a heavy Stand of tuerchant |able timber caa bs bought1 Culled and cutover lands can he bought, as Well as land covered with bruah, which is useful for watershed pro? tection, burned land ard abandoned farm land, whethercleared or partly or wholly covered by young timber growth, tlood agricultural lands ? will not he considered. Owners ' may reserve the right to reserve valuable mineral deposits v. liol, are : known to exist. Proposals will be received f_r i small as wei! as for large tracts, si ? j though small tracts can be examined "; only where the purchase of aconsid 1 ; erable total of land in the same neighborhood is under considera? tion. With regard to the price which can be paid Secretary Wilson - '? indicates that the policy of the com 1 mission will be to make the availa ' ; ole money go as far as possible. ? "For the most part,' said the Sec - retary. "wo shall buy cutoverlands. - or lands without much merchanta r bio timber. I want to make it plain 5 at the start that 1 sh^ll recommend ' this class of land only when it is of? fered very cheap. Proffers of land '* lat exorbitant prices will not be con jsidered. 1 am frank to say that I s \ hope to see a great deal of public s spirit manifested by land owners. r 1 expect some lands to be offered ai 1 j merely nominal prices in order U ' laid the Government in getting well i started upon thiswise and ceces sary policy. "The lands acquired by the Gov? ernment will be heid as nationa forests. They will be protected from lire and the growth of the tim '- I ber will be improved as much ai K possible. The land will not be gam* '-i preserves, hut will continue to bi d open to the public for hunting an* n ! fishing, in accordance with the law; I ' of the State in which situated. Al d j their resources will be available lot ? | the public under reasonable condi g lions. Amther point which I wis! ti ; to emphasize is that we are not gvini n to take from the people their home '" I in order to put the lands into na ?o tional forests." >u Germany's remarkable prosperit ct | is again revealed by statistics show at ing that 1.500,000 foreign w* rkme ir i are employed in tho country. Ther >r are approximately SOO.OOO foi-eigt ts ers holding industrial places, an n | 7oo,tKX> who are agriculturists. Th e. : importation of these foreigners i ly necessary, owing to tho lack of Ge j man labor. IONDENSED BUDGET OF CURRENT NEWS Brief and Interesting Items for tte Busy Reader The time limit of tbe English na? tion's option on Rembrandt's paint ing. "The Mill," expired Friday night. Only a small fund had been raised to purchase the picture and it therefore will so to an American. The painting was owned bv Lord Lansdowne. He was tendered 1500.000 for it by an American whose identity is unknown, but offered to l*!t it stay in this country if the people would raise $477,000 for its purchase. This they have failed to do. Following are the Virginia committee appointments in tbe Ilousa as announced by the Demo? cratic caucus Saturday afternoon: Jones, chairman Insular Affairs. Holland, Elections No. 1, Territo? ries, census; Lamb, chairman Agri? culture: Turnbull, Naval Affairs, Electon of President, vice-Presi? dent aud Representatives in Con Congres.v Innustrial Arts and Ex? positions; Glass, Banking, Public Uuildings; Hay, chairman Military AlTairs; Carlin, Elections No. 3, Ju-, i diciary. Coinage, Weights and Measures; Flood. Foreign Affairs, Territories. The cow is to displace the horse on the famous Elmeridorf stock farm near Lexington. Ky., o*ned by Jas. B. Hagginof New York, according j to announcements made Saturday. . Not only is Mr. Haggin to stop rac : ing,but he is alsoaboul to se.l hisen ; tire breeding eslablisment and giro the big farm over to the production of milk, cream and butter. Two , years ago Elmendorf stud consisted of I.'2t)il horses, hut since the anti | betting bills were passed Mr. Hat, ?jin has been selling his horses in England, France, Germany and the Argentine Republic. The remain? ing horses will be sold this year. Good Teeth and Good Looks But the proper digestion of food is only one argument for good teeth. Another, and, to some people an equally important reason, is the fact that good teeth play a very large part in good looks and in the (favorable impression aoeraon makea on those he meets. A woman with clean, well-preserved and regular teeth is far more attractive than a woman of equal graces with bad, decayed, irregular and darkened teeth. Indeed, it is not too much to say that many discerning persona look at a stranger's teeth, first of all. as an indication of his personal i cleanliness or neglect. Good teeth are generally good-looking teeth. Bad teeth can never be made to look clean or attractive. Nor is this all. Upon a person's care for his teeth depends in large part, the odor of his breath. What can be more offensive or mora disgusting than a foul, fetid breath that pollutes the air and sickens any cleanly per : son forced by circumstances to sit or stand in close proximity to him? i Bad teeth mean a foul mouth.?Vir > ginia Health Bulletin. . To Improve Sewage in Small Towna Arguing that small towns are fre - quently tbe centers of serious epi 1 demies cf typhoid fever, owing to I inadequate sewage disposal, the - State Department of Health is now I engaged in a campaign to arouse - public sentiment in these towns to * secure tbe installment of adequate i sewage disposal systems. I It is pointed out by the health 1 authorities that some of tbe most r dangerous typhoid epidemics of re . t-ent years have occurred in small i towns and cities, and it is suggest . ed that much of the fever was s spread by faulty disposal of sewage. .- Conditions which have boen un? earthed by the sanitary engineer of the department, in recent ins pec - y tions have led tbe department to be - . lie ve that the typhoid problem can n , never be adequately settled until e I sanitary systems of sewage disposal i- are installed. It is expected that d > tbe services of the State sanitary e engineer, as an expert adviser to >s ' the towns and cities of the State r-wtll.be greatly in demand during j the coming typhoid fever season.