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ZTbe lexington <5a3ette VOL. 107, NO. 21 LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, WEDNESDAY. MAY 24, 1911 $1.00 PER YEAR CONDENSED BUDGET OF CURRENT NEWS Brief aad Interesting Items for tht Busv Reader v A bill preventing* crime publicity was passed by Hm Illinois Legisla ?ure. The United States Circuit Court in St. Paul bas enjoined Minnesota from enforcing tbe 2-cent passengei rate. lt is charged tbat the Government has lost millions of dollars by thi admission free of creosote as creo sote oil, wheo a duty of UO per cenl should have been paid. Clarence W. Moomaw, genera manager of the Virginia Fruit Grow era' Aassociation, has -received de tailed reports from all the frui counties in the State to the efTee that a fino crop may be expectei this year if the youngapples remaii upon the trees. In all probability the glass plan at Salem soon will resume opera lions. The property has been sob to Northern capitalists, to whom th* town council of Salem has grantei free water for one year and lights a cost for the same length of tme. I is expected that the factory wil employ about one hundred opera tives to start with. In special elections held May 16th Ashby aud Stonewall districts o Rjckingham county, voted in favoi of compulsory education by a vot* of 390 to 6t>. Tho entire county c Rockingham is now under the com pulsory law. Rockingham is tb second county in Virginia to tak advantage of the enabling act or rel erendum, which was passed by th General Assembly 1908. That the production of raw cottoi by tbe American growers is far bc low the demand of the spindles c the country and tbe consumer i the opinion of Secretary C.B.Bryant of the American Cotton Manu fax turers' Association, wbo says tha for the last two years the suppl has fallen far short of the demand and cited approximate figures t prove bis ground. Last Wednesdaday morning whil engaged in excavating for founds tion in the Jeannette addition, Roi noke, workmen uncovered a skell ton. The bones were in a goo state of preservation, but were co ered witb dirt and rust and wet yellow with age. Several doctors who examined the skeleton, said il owner must have been buried n( less than one hundred years agi lt is presumed that the grave was part jit an old country buryin ground. A news item from Lu ray suv Levi Sager has just had his ow coffin made and hauled it home hin self, occupying a seat on the cask* while making the journey. Sage paid the undertaker for the coff before he climbed into the wagoi At his home he has stored the coff in a place of safety until it shill 1 needed. On bis farm he has, wil the help of hired men, dug an walled up bis own grave. He sa] it will be only a short time betoi the collin is needed, though be ai pears to be in the best of health. Bishop Coadjutor Coupland The Rev. Dr. Robert S. Couplan* who was elected bishop-coadjuU of the Vjrginia Episcopal Diocese; Winchester on Thursday afternooi is a native of Eastern Virginia, ll academic education he obtained William and Mary College, William burg, where he was awarded bachelor of arts degree in 1891. Aft* graduating from this institution I enteied the Theological Seminal near Alexandria, taking the usu three-year course therepreparatoi to entering the Episcopal ministr 1 n 1894 he was ordained deacon 1 Bishop Whittle, who also officiaU when he was ordained to the pries hood the following year. Dr. Coupland is just a little pa forty, and is in tbe full vigor manhood, both mentally and phy cally. The Southern Churchman, in i current issue, announces that t Rev. H. W. Hogue, reutor ot t Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, C., has just been called to t Church of tbe Ascension, Baltimoi in succession to Dr. Coupland. STANDARD OIL CO. MUST BE DISSOLVED U. S. Supreme Court Holds lt to Be a Monopoly COMPANY WILL OBEY DECREE Six Months Given Corporation for a Reorganization The Standard Oil Company was declared by the United States Su? preme Court last week to be a ii o nopoly in restraint of trade, and 1 j that tribunal orders its dissolution within six months. Inasmuch as the Standard Oil Company bas dis? counted the action by preparing for it long beforehand, it will not make a great revolution in its business. Neither does the decision set a precedent for other trusts, but each will stand and be tried on its mer? its. An important point in the de? cision and one that is shared in by business ictorests everywhere, is that it will help business. Everyone wM*e**na8 seen the steady growth of the monopoly known as the Standard Oil Company, which, because of its "potency for harm and the dangerous example which its continuous existence alfords, is an open and enduring menace to all freedom of trade and a byword and reproach to all modern economic methods," is at last scotched or at least made to understand that there is a greater for*:e in (this country than tlie mere power of money, and that it must change its methods. It may live, but must also let live. According to the layman's point of view, the Sherman anti-trust law, if meaning anything, was intended to strike at just sm-h methods of re **|straintof trade, us have for many s years been practiced by tbe Stand ?, jard Oil Company. To their mind '- j the cnly wonder is that the decision ?? j just handed down by the Supreme Court of the Uiited States, ordering a dissolution of that corporation has not long sinco been rendered. The statute is exceptionally plain in definition ami intendment. It pro? vides: "Section 1. Every contract, com? bination in the form of trust or oth? erwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the sev? eral States, or with foreign nations, is hereby declared illegal. Any person who shall make any such con? tract or engage in any such corabi nation or conspiracy shall be deoua ed guilty of a misdemeanor," etc. "Section 2. Every person whc shall monopolize or attempt to mo nopolize or combine to conspire witt any other person or persons, to mo nopolize any part of the trade ot commerce among the several States or with foreign nations, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,' etc. Coming well within the inhibiting provisions were these offence: charged and proved against thi Standard Oil Company. "Contracts with Ccompetitors ii restraint of trade. "Restraint and monopolization bi control of pipe lines, and unfai practices against competing pip lines. "Unfair methods of competition such as local price-cutting at point' afc where necessary to suppress com -, ; petition. I_ I "By oppressive methods itsecur at ed processes for refining oil and ob tai ni ng control of all newly discov er9d fields. "It caused rebates, preference: and other discriminatory pi actices ii favor af it by combination with rail road companies. "Espionage of the business o competitors, tbe operation of bogu independent companies and pay .j ] ment of rebates on oil, with the lik intent. "It obtained and acquired a ma st jority of the stocks of the variou 0f corporations engaged in purchasing .j.' transporting, refining, shipping am selling oil among the various State ts; and Territories and with foreig ha. I countries.' The Democratic horizon is bright euing everv day, and that a grea Democrat will oe chosen Presider next year is a growing conviction. ?j I I I ll ll l ll l l l ill l l I 11 ll H <g) American Press Association. By G< 1 Woodrow T New Je J Charles W ident I of H WOODROW WILSON "j. anya*) Kt t ?h-h-i-h-* By WOODROW WILSON 1 PROMISED if elected that 1 would be tbe voice and thc watchman of PUBLIC OPINION. The results achieved, therefore, are flattering rather tc the ability of the people to goverr themselves than to any group oi men in New Jersey to legislate ot govern for them. AND THE CREDIT BELONG! TO HONEST AND ENLIOHTENEC PUBLICITY. Thnt large section of the daih and periodical press which for i decade has been crying out like i voice in tho wilderness bas impart j ed an IMPULSE to POPULAI thought that has led it on to i stage of resolute deterniinatmi ?witnessed usually only in re vol u ? tionary eras. And those who giv thia kind of publicity are servin: the whole country. Much Advice of How to Keep thi Boy on the Farm When country boys read the dis courses of various and sundry well meaning folk who agonize over thi problem of how to keep boys on tin farms, most of these writers, mee who took their first Opportunity tt get away from the farm themselves and make their living by their wits these boys wbo are capable of doinf some thinking for themselves fee undoubtedly that they are the od jects of much wasted interest anc sympathy. Staying on the farm is all righ for those who wish to stay: it is al right for those who think they cai do better at something else am whose tastes do not run to fanni og to get away and try something else Most of the men who have done bi, things in our American world start ed on the farm: such men as th Fields, a family of great men in dil ferent walks of life; Rockefeller Lincolin, Jeff Davis, Stonewall Jack son. Edison, nearly all the big rail road presidents, college presidents judges, merchants like Wanamaue and Loiter: these and bu nd reds c ethers were farmers' boys and i tbey had stayed on the farms woul< probably have been dreamers am indifferent farmers. Some of us who are not farmer regard it as an ideal life, and hav always had our longings for th farm. Possibly if we bad bad th opportunity to gratify our longing we might have outdistanced th farmer's boy in running away f rot it. The farmer's boy knows betts what he wants than we outsider know fer bim. It ishisown careel this is a free country; let him wor out his own destiny.?Staunt. Leader. _ Both Sides to Visit Bull Run Tbe scattered veterans of th Northern and Southern Armies wh fought at Bull Run will meet a friends on the old battle field t Manassas, Va., for the first time i fifty years on July 10, in a jubile celebration which will continue se\ eral days. The old soldiers wi camp in tents on the same liel where tbey met in the "sixties." The jubilee is based on tbe cm tom of Biblical times when rn u mt every half century to cancel thei debts and wipe out all old differer ces. Invitations are being sect oi .- | to every survivor of the battle by tt committee of Manassas citizen: it headed by Lieut. George C. Rum U. S. A. ?Il I 1 l-l l-l! lill MM IlIltTItl-f illness of lb ity >vernor Wilson of rsey and . Eliot. Pres .merit-us arvard .'. '. CHARLES W. ELIOT "+ -*h^*-m-i-i-;--i-*i-i-i**;-h- Z By C. W. ELIOT C'nE greatest HINDRANCE / heretofore to the solution of social evil has been the FATaSE ethical standards that have lurked in the medical profes? sion. Physicians have believed it impossible tu report these diseases. They must be registered not neces? sarily by name, but by number. This is the first step in the evil. PUBLICITY IS NECESSARY. VICE AND CRIME SEEK SECRECY FOR THE COMMISSION OF CRIME WE WILL WELCOME ANY MOVE MENT WHICH WILL KILL SE? CRECY IN THE COMMUNITY. Mothers are tlie host teacher*!. But the question is, Are they the most COMPETENT? Haven't they been -hiing wrong in telling children in fabled form the mys? tery of life I We need a CHANGE r? in sentiment toward the whole .subject. Warm Praise for the Old Dominion By Kentuckian "Savoyard," the veteran Ken? tucky newspaper correspondent, with headquarters at Washington, in a recent article pays eloquet tri? bute to Virginia, as follows "It is everywhere conceded that Virginia is the most illustrious of the American Common wealths. She contributed to civil liberty the I tongue cf Henry, the pen of Jeffer? son and the sword of Washington. I She illumined the Christian civilize tion und exalted the human race t with the lofty character of Robert IS. Lee. The Constitution fell from the plastic hands of her Madison 1 and tier Mason, and to the Repub? lic she gave Kentucky and the opu? lent empire Called the Middle West. I I-eader of rebellion of '7ti. she was the citadel of the rebellion of '61, and in her generous bosom sleeps more valor than reposes in the soil , j of all the rest of our hemisphere - besides. When the South was at I- bay against what was practically , ' the world in arms and the Old Do r minion was bleeding at every pore, if the vulture tore her tortured vitals f and the vandal carved from her 3 side what is now West Virginia and i made it an annex to Pennsylvania. How to be Happy on July 5 The June Woman's Home Compan? ion contains practical and varied sug? gestions for a celebration of tbe 4th of July, which, if put into effect would save arms, legs and lives ir your community on the fourth of nexi month. And, what is more, the children would have a better time than they have ever had. There is still time to do this?in fact, this is exactly the right time. The rapidity with which this ide. is growing will gratify all those whe look forward with terror to the prospect of a Lu na re tl or more chil dren in the United States bein-, killed or injured on Independent Day. _ Keeping Honey at Home A short time ago South Carolina needed $500,000. In former days a " representative of the State would 1 nave gone to New York and nego tiated a loau of that amount. Hui *" times have changed. A Columbi* 1 j bank promptly raised the entire r j amount. South Carolina is* keepit: jj ?* j its money at home. The State, in '- stead of paying interest to a man I a j thousand miles away, is paying ii s> | to South Carolinians, who will in -? vest it at home.- Petersburg Index Appeal. PRESIDENT LINCOLN i CAUSE OF CIVIL WAR Declaration Made at Confederate Reunion in Little Rock SECTIONALISM IS DEPLORED President Taft Sends a Letter of Cordial Greeting "I hold that the responsibility for the Civil War, with all the blood and treasure that it cost, and all the desolation and ruin that it wrought, justly rests upon Abraham Lincoln and his advisers.'' This, the declaration of Dr. R. C. Cave of St. Louis, who delivered the annual oration at the reunion of United Confederate Veterans, at Little Hock, Ark., last Tuesday. After paying a tribute to the South, the sppaker discussed the memories kept alive by reunions of the veterans anil their descendants, and deplored any elTorts to keep alive bitter sectional feeling. Macon, lia., was chosen as the next city for the annual reunion of the old soldiers. The following offi jt-rs were re elected: Commander in Chief?General Get*. W. (Jordon, Memphis. Tenn. Department Commanders Army of Northern Virginia, Lieutenant General C. Irvine Walker. Charles? ton, S. C. Army of Tennessee Lieutenant General Bennett ll. Young, Louis? ville, Ky. Trans Mississippi, Dt-partuient? Lieutenant General iv. M. Van ZanOt, Fort Worth, Texas The Battle Abey committee's re? port was voluminous. Only por? tions of it vt ere. reail. lt sets forth plans for a Confederate memorial building at Richmond, Ya., to cost about 1*1-00.000. This building, it rrraa explained, would probably be completed during next year and it was understood that the intention was to hold the reunion o' l^K-i at Richmond, the building to be dedi? cated during that meeting. lt is declared there were more old Hixie warriors gathered for tbis re? union than have been assembled since the conflict between the States. Un the eve of the reunion the fol? lowing message came from Presi? dent Taft, to be read when the tirst ?sion was convened: "The White House, Wasiunuton. May 15,1911. "To the Confederate Veteran? ; who are now assembled in Little Rock, I send the heartiest greet? ings, anti express the hope thal they will have a pleasant and suc? cessful reunion. 'The men of the Confederate Army fought for a principle which they believed to be right, and foi which they were willing to sacrifici their lives, their homes?in fact, al those things which men hold mos dear. 'As we recognize their heroic ser . vices, so they and their descenl l ants must honor the services ren dered by the gallant sons of thi , North in the straggle for the pre . servation of the Union. J "Tbe contending forces of nearh i haifa century ago have given placi . to a united North and South and ti . an enduring Union, in whose re j sponsibilities and glorious destiny we equally so gratefully share. "During my visits South it hai (I gratified me greatly to see thosi who fought for the Blue and thosi , who fought for the Gray mingled to ! gether. worship the old flag ant feel a common pride in the deeds o * heroism that were displayed in tin Civil War. , j "One of the most pleasant inci i dents of my visits through theSoutl I was the evident desire on the par ?' of its people to confirm to the work : that we are getting closer and closet i together. i "1 congratulate the South on thi r wonderful progress which it is now - making and on the spirit of civit i pride which it is displaying. t (Signed) "William H. Takt." - lt is said that apples are an un ti ' dote for liquor and tobacco. OUR NEIGHBOR WILL SOON BE TRANQUIL Resignation of President Brings Order to Mexico President Diaz and vice-Presi? dent Corral will resign before June I, and Minister of Foreign Relatons de la Barra will become president ad interim, according to official an? nouncement made in Mexico City. Francisco I. Madero, Jr.. the rev? olutionary leader, will be called to Mexico City to act as de la Barra's chief adviser and to serve as the greatest guarantee possible that every pledge made by the govern? ment to end the revolution will be carried out. As viewed by the pub? lic it will be virtually a joint presi? dency pending the calling of a new | presidential election. The cabinet will be re-organized. The minister of war will be named by de la Barra. The foreign office will be in charge of a sub-secretary named by de la Barra. Other cabi? net members will be chosen by de la Marra and Madero acting jointly. A new election will be called within six months and political am , nesty will be recommended to the chamber of deputies. The foregoing are the conditions on which President Diaz will com? promise with the rebels. N Virtually they are admitted in high quarters to be a complete surrender to the revolutionists. The resignation of Diaz and the "joint regency" of de la Harra and Madero are said to constitute a guarantee so complete toat tneorig ina! insurrecto demand for 14 gover? nors no longer need to be considered. A dispatch from Jarez. Mex., says a general ti ve-day armistice between the revolutionists and tbe federal government was agreed upon to take effect immediately throughout Mexico, lt was signed by Judge Carbajal, the federal peace envoy, and l)r. Vasquez Gomez, Jose Pino S va re/and Francisco Madero, Sr. the members of the rebel peace com? mission. _ Newspapers vs. Circulars A writer in the New York Times recently compiled some impressive figures as to the relative cost of ad? vertising by the circular method. In Greater New York thereare moro than a million families. To put a circular into every one of these fam? ilies, the Times writer says, would cost for 1-cent portage alone moro than $lo,ooo. The paper, envelopes, labor of addressing, etc., would cost $5,000 more?"$15,000 for some i thing that would not even be looked i at by the public to whom it was ad? s'dressed." The average circular does not say as much as could be I told in 300 lines in a newspaper aud ' "an advertisement of that size placed iu all the morning newspa? pers could be put before every New i York family reading English news ? papers?about one million a day?? -for about $H00."? Huntington Ad 1 yertiser. Primarv -for Democrats Only There will be no special meeting . of the State Democratic Committee . to consider the proposition of Re ? publicans voting in the primary . elections this year. State Chairman J. Taylor Ellyson r announces that the party plan spe 2 cifically states that only white Detn j ocrats are to vote iD the primary. In discussing the matter, Gover ? nor Mann said he thought it was perfectly plain that the committee 5 did not intend that Republicans i should be allowed to vote in the 3 Democratic primary.?Winchester . Star._ j The "Cuckoo Parent'* Colonel Roosevelt has coined an other expression; it is the "Cuckoo parent," which is now expected to take its place along with "Moliy . coddle," "Dee-lighted," "Malefac I tor of great wealth, and other pic . turesque offerings to the English language. "The cuckoo type of a father or mother," Roosevelt told the De Witt Clinton High school, "is one who deposits the child at the school door and goes away with the feeling that all the future physical, mental and moral welfare of the child lies in the hands of the teacher." *