Hbe Xexinaton anette VOL. 108, NO. 47 LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1912 ?tan $1.00 PER YEAR SCHOOL FOR FARMERS TO BE HELD AT V. P. I. Special Instruction Given Last Week In December The Virgini i Polytechnic Institute aQtuiiDCDs a new course in Agricu' ture. The V. I*. I. already has fe four years' course in Agiie.'lture for the traininnof agricultural -poe lallat*.; a two years' course in Agri? culture for the training of young men who ex poet to engage in farm? ing; and several courses of one month each, given in the winter, for tile instruction if fanners jami their sons. Tho n< ? cou rae lusts only four days, and w ll be given this year from December 31st to January 8rd. It is for practical farmers who cannot spare a longer time from their work, hence the name, "Partners' Week." The preliminaiy announcements, just received, state that the four days will be devoted to discussions of some of the most important prob lama ot Virginia fanners, including methods of maintainingaoil Fertility, the use of fertilizers, corn, grass and potato growing, crop rotation, dairying, the farm orchard, the breeding and feeding o' live stock. Those ;md other subjects will be discussed in ii practical arny by tin agricultural faculty of the V. P, I aud by a Dumber of speakers from different purls of tba St.ito and from Other States. Two hours each dav will ba devoted to demonstrations of important farm operations. Tho Virginia Slate ('urn Growers' Assn elation will meet at Bleoksbura. during Partners' Week, and will have i cotnpatatlve exhibit of corn. The expense of attending Farm ers' Week will be small. It is pro? bable that the railroads will grant reduced rates, and visitors will be boarded by the College at cost. No fee is charged. Siuce Farmers Week comes during tba holiday sea? son, when the regular students aro absent, tho College will be able Ut take care of all who come. Tbe idea that the Agricultural College has a duty to tho mature farmers of tho State, as well as lo the comparatively few yoting men who matriculate as regular stu? dents, is now generally recognized. Nearly every Agricultural Coiloge now offers shore winter courses.auil at many Panuara' Week, similar to tiiat established by V. i\ 1 , has been a profitable feature for several years. Wo hope our farmers trill go to Blackaburg In targa numbers. The Agricultural College wu-, es tab lishe d to serve the fut mars of the Suite, and hore is a good opportuni? ty for them to get in touch willi it. Real Estate and Property Transfers Recorded The following deeds ef bargiin and suli were enteied of record in the Clerk's Office of Rockbridge county for two weeks ending N.-v. 18, 1912: Jessie C. Weaver, O. B. Carter, P. P. Davis, J. H. Kelso, A. V. Davis, Jas. King, C. W. Wilbury, Jas. S. Hall, J. T. McAllister (apec'l couiinr.), to VV. J. Payne.options on parcels of lauds inGoshcn Pana, Walter O. Harris to W. F. McDan? iel, 56i acres nine miles south of lexington, Natural Bridge district, $1,800. Ellen J. Bradley tu S EL Elite, 2 acres near Vesuvius, adj, N. A W. Ry. and W. f. Humphries, $1(10, J. A. Walker to J. G. Walker, 7 acres on Walker's Creek, adj. J. W. Whitmore farm, $100. buena Vista Iron Co. (Inc.), to James Slithers, 41 61 100 acres north of city limits of Huena Vista, adj. H. S. liucker, $772 06. C. C. Snyder toGeo. W. Lawerence, lot io Goshen, on Maury avenue, $100. F Et, Kennedy, spoc'l cuinmr., to Susie M. Swisher, 174 aires about six and one-half miles northeast of Lexington, adj. .1. Eft. Gaylor, $M,600. Walter Lair lo LC Angie Rhodes, villa site in Glasgow, $300. Paul M. I'onic.K, i ralstan, ta Mc? Donald Fitzgerald. 7 acres and 54 poles, adj. li. V. Patterson, South River district. , Frank Moore, spec I commr., to W. Bi Arnold, all tha int. i. st of Mrs Ol ie M. I.? n and Mrs H. W. Arnold io tract near High Hridge church. THE TWO EX PRESIDENTS Colonel W. J. Bryan's Comment on Taft and Roosevelt William J. Bryan in bin last Com? moner has the following to say of President Taft and ?-x President Roosevelt: Mr. Taft's retirement from the presidential ellice would he humil iating to him hut for tbe consolation that he finds in the fact thal by run ning he made certain tbe defeat ol Hr. Roosevelt. Whatever may b* the reasons for the personal bee ti li ty between tho President and tha ex-President, there is no doubt that each one felt justified in Buffering defeat himself rather than permit the other to succeed. The Demo eratic party is tba immediate bene? ficiary of this personal hostility but the country in the goiter, for the disruption of the li publican party will result in an advance thal ari s not possible otherwise. Mr. Taft h.vs done a number of things which reflect credit upon his adminlatra t'on, but ho has fa'led so signally to trust tho people and to rec*OS>niaR tho trend of progressive sentim'M-.t ihat his good deeds are likely to he ? ?vet looked by his pol it cal abort oinings. Ho is an hones*, man. fe areli meaning man. aiid personally a lovable man, but all these qualities f.iii to satisfy when he stands in the w.iv of a people's progress. How over much one may dissent from the conclusion that the people reach, lie is cot justified in opposing the pop ular will wl.en that will is constitu? tionally expressed. Tho people may uno mistakes, but they have fe righi to make mistakes. Noone eau claim the right to make mis takes for them. Mr. Taft's failure to satisfy the demands of the people will be a lesson to those who come after him. But in spite of the mon Ll men tal reverse lie has suffered, lu will carry into private lifo the pi r sonal good will ufa multitude vi o voted against him. They will wish him long life, health and prosperity. What about M r. Roosevelt? Mr. Roosevelt's overwhelming defeat can not but dampen tho ardor of those who worship him so blindly as to think him invincible. They will now have time to meditate upon the largt ness of the American elec? torate and to realize that it takes a great many supporters to give a man a majority. There were several causes that contributed to Mr. Roosevelt's defeat, first?the fact that he was a bolting candiiste. All of the inertia of the party was against bim, all tbe forces of regu larky. Then the investigations showed that he was intimately asso? ciated with men who do not enjoy public confidence. The men who contribuied the bulkof his campaign fund are a liability rather than an asset to a candidate. His attitude on the trust question alarmed those who have studied the trust question and appreciate the monaco of pri? vate monopoly, but the strongest argument against bim waa tho argu? ment against the third term. He uot only asked a thi rd term but refused to discuss any limitation on the nun; ber of terms. M.-. Roosevelt's ca? reer as ollice seeker is over if past events furnish any basis for judg? ment, but his career foi usefulness may be only begun. As a moral force he may not only he a National power but a world power. It all depends upon the purpose that ani? mates him. li is true in politics as in the sphere of religion that he that naveth his life shall lose it, and one can lose his life in the i srvice of a cause and by so doirr, find tbe larger lifo. Women Taking to Strong Drink Women, especially young girls, are rapidly becoming more and more addicted to intoxicating J .quorin the National Capital, whilo the mon are as rapidly growing more abstemious, according to Albert K. Shoemaker, attorney for the Anti Saloon League of the District of Columbia. Mr. Shoemaker made his charge before the Distriot Women's Chris? tian Temperance Union recently, at tributing the increasing thirst among women to the heavy competi? tion among proprietors of handsome? ly furnished cafes and their willing ness to "take a chance" In permit tingwomenard youDggirlstodrink. OAUSHTERS CF SOOTH LAY CORNER STONE Shaft to Confederate Soldiers in Arlington Cemetery SECTIONALISM IS DISSIPATED Colonel W. f. Brynn Made One of The Addresses Ir. v io w of thousands of spectators, an assembly made np largely of Southam avomen and Confederate veterans, the corner stone of a mon? ument intended to crown tba po,ice ?vt a ooo North and South was laid last Thursday aftornron in ti tioa.nel apart for Confederate dead in the Nit ona! com ol erv at Arlington. Th** elaborate cereon mies wen- hold under the direction of the United Daughters of the Confederacy,which raised MO 800 for the project. After former Secretary of the Navy Hilary A. Herbert had laid the corner stone and William J. Bryan had pronounced a dedicatory oration, lauding tho dissipation of Sectionalism, the form il program of tin* dav ?raa concluded. Hut Col OOSl i lorbert, as mister ol ceremo? nies, surprised the throng of spec? tators by calling upon Corporal James Tanner of the Grand Army of t'ne Republic, for tbe final word from the North to the South. ! .? ining heavily i n his stiok. Cor? pora Taaner raised his hands over tur crowd and pleaded for the ulti? mate el iin inat ion of sectional feeling. " i'o you of lin* younger goner,. tion," he said, turning to the Daugh? ters of tbs Confederacy crowded about, "1 appeal for the establish? ment ol true community of feeling between the North and the South. Yon can form no conception of the eommunity of feeling that exists be? tween the oid Johnny Rob and the old time Yank. " Prom tba little group of old hom in faded gray who swung their tat tared Stars tad liars over the new laid corner stone, a shrill "i yell" arose, and from then on tin talk of Corporal l*anr.er was punc? tuated with eliot rs. Hr eas inter? rupted with ? round of applause when hu claimed Virginia as his "graveyard.'' ". or." he explained. "I was mustured out of tho Union Army :it the second Hull Hun by Stonewall Jackson a. artillery." Hilary A Herbert, Secretary of the Navy in the Cabinet of Grover Cleveland, laid the corner stone Ho made an address recounting the circumstances of tho struggle be two. ii tbe North and South that pro toked tho Civil War, reviewed tho history of tbe monument project fend told jf the many incidents of recent times which indicate the dissip.i tion of sectional feeling. The orator of the day was William J. Bryan. Mr. Uryan paid tri bu U lo the Southern ".omen, ttie cou rag* of tho Cod federate soldier, and ap pla.-dod their acceptance of tbe vcr diet of the sword. He said, in part "It is appropriate that the erec ti i of this monument should be in trusted to tho United Daughters nf the Confederacy -that splendid or ganiution which oas called forth the energies of the women of tha South ami h.ought them into CO operation in the doing of no much for the welfare of their sections and tbe country. "On the summit of the Andes, where Argea ca and Chile meet, the represent! ives of the two coun? tries have plan! 1 a bronze statue ol Christ. It is t. heroic ligurc and represents the Prince of Peace, oue hand holding aloft the cross, the other Stretched forth as if invoking a benediction. Around it are the snow elad peaks of that lofty inonu tain range. lt embodies a s,wilina. sentiment, nnd the monument is in itself a pledge of perpetual peace between the nations. "So let this -110111110001 be embie Mt?M! of our nati.m's unity of aim and purpaise. Standing on the line that once separated two unfriendly sections, it becomes a bor.d of unity, and, breathing the spirit of Him who laid lbs foundations of a uni? versal brotherhood, it will be to the country a promise; of never-endinn goodwill." CONGRESS IN EXTRA SESSION APRIL 15 Action Would "ot Be Limited to Tariff Legislation WILL REDEEM PARTY PLEDGES Definite Announcement Is Made by Piesident-Elect Wilson "1 Congress together in extraordinary session not Inter than April lot!:. I shall do this not on v beeauss I think 'hut lin* p|i- ..- -..ft I- p irty ooghl redeemed as promptly us but aiso because I know ;t in the lateresl of business tbs! eertslotv .,s to what tbs pariii ular items of turitT riv [sion are should be removed as soon us possi-' ble.'' President-elect Woodrow Wilson took trie firs! imoortanl step I towards carrying out his pledges lo thu pa- i|> years oin, and has tbe Foot Uot! '?ne Set of Injunctions ard High Cost of Living, old enough to wean, sired by Goldburgs and damned by everyb dy' ie ' i tne Kop iblican 1' attora good as rew. has only been used for Campaign Pur poses. In this Ta form a largo number of Hanks from tbe Democratic Platform hive hoer ???d. bul they cannot bedistin guiahed and they will go with thi (d) One Big St - ewhat wen from over use' One Republican Machine. somewhat oul of rep i (i) < tne I"n ii Rtem, w <> supplied a se Ger t Settee and rerj lit) e cash! (a) A large q uar. tit j of G O. P Bric a-Brae, cousisi i _ Old Din s, Grand-Pa H . Teddy Hears, Taft Smiles. .md other tilings tax) numerous t< mon' ion! Thia sale wi I p sitively take place on above d ty ai ? gard ess i ! weather, andover, -ed out on thal Toast Crow will he served '? <> d Bi ivs' Repub lean C Everybody, regardless of past po servitude, is in ?ited' This stuff must bp cleared away. Terns? Casu be'ure removing property! Joe Cannon, Auctioneer. l: ok--fe er, J. I*. Morg n. Mit'rs. I Blt, N i >. -Til - - ni R er ove salo. Boy of Denever Claims Descent from Stonewall Jackson Emanating from a Denver news igency and accompanied ?)?: pictures aa evidence of authenticity, news? paper-* ot the country are being tl oded with heroic accounts of the efforts of Dee Te I far, a "thirteen year 0 d great grandson of CJeneral '-tone-vail Jackson," to support his widowed mother. The story would be an right save for tbe well-known facl tbat General Jackson left no such descendant. Tbe Only child of the Confederate hero of Cl rill was Julia Jackson, born during the war who married Colonel IV. E Chiristian. She died some years ajro, and is survived hy her husband and by two children, Jackson Chris tian, graduate of Wost Point and er in tbe United States Anni now io the P? pp nes md Christian, now Mrs. Reward R. Pr sion of Charlotte, N C. The Denver story, wini pictures to match, refers to Jackson, whose ungainly attitude on horseback bas boen a matter of some comment, as ;, "dashing cavalry leader." Dee re far is pictured as the office boy ufa Denver newspaper, al 95 per week, supporting a ? idowed mother .md two children. Tbe fathei was j i printer liv trade. According to the story, the boy's grandfather. Dr .Innes Telfer, married Mary Jane Jackson, the "general's favori?e daughter." Onaccountol bis sup? posed distinguished aocestrj tie newe agency is appeal inf] tc the nation for lords lo give tbe boy a technical education ano support his mother in comfort moan while. Since the boy observes newspaper boars from - p. m. to 2 a. m., bis plea would nodoubl be meritorious wen [it not for ti,o claim of ancnsti* on which it is erroiu ?i..s. > based, Pledging Democratic harmony in j the Senate after March 4, when the Detnoerats will be in eon tl Ol, Sena? tor Thomas S. Martin of Virginia, Stoats leader, endorses a special session and of the legislative reform. This includes tariti revision and the dost ruction of protection, forming of anew monetary system,strengthen? ing of tho Sherman anti trust law and tbe laying of an inooma tax. WOULD TAX SALOONS TO SUPPORT DRUNKS Superintendent of the Western State Hospital's Idea Druggists and saloon-keepers would be taxed for the supportif the drunkards and dru*? victims v. ho are cared for ia State institu? tions if Dr. J. S. DeJarnette. sup erintendent of the Western State Hospital for the insane. h..d his way. In his sanual report the superia lendentdeals in vigorous manner ?.vin this important matter, and l very interesting recommen? dations. His r , rt in p.art WS8 iws: "As usual in all my annual re? ports, I insist on the necessity of * gpecl ii institution for this class, as they are knocking a? the door of the ospitals for the insane iu in? creasing Durnbers. "I believe they should bi sent to la special institution for not less j than a year at a time, and made to : work and in this way partly sup? port themselves. "I do not think they ought to be a burden on the State, though they should certainly be under State con? trol. This can be done by specially taxing the saloons and drugstores for the necessary funds to build and maintain this institution, in propor? tion to the numberof drunkard' and drug habitues confined therein. This will make the drunkard and drug fiend manufacturer resp ole for their products, and have some tendency to make them more careful in selling to this class." The following extracts are taken from tiie report of the superinten? dent: Number inmates at beginning of tiscal year, male. bjs; female. 6H4. Tot a'. 1 Number received during yea:-, tn i e. Iii."); female, 138. Total. 303. Number di-.charged during v \ '. female. 71. Tot.i . lau. Number diod during v.>.ir, n ale, a7; female, 45. Total, 102. Daily average attendance, 1 373. Number onieers si vees, 168. About one-sixth of the patients admitted durirg the your .vere Sui? cidal and the suicidal wards con? tinue crowded. Last year fifteen died :"? un tuber? culosis, this year only e {ht, show? ing that segregating the tuberculo? sis patients in then- separate wards is reducing tin .i.sease. There are M tacant beds in the male department, but none in the female department. Received from the State for sup? port during the fiscal year, $136, 468.30. Subtracting the surplus, I$10,181.73, leaves SUfi,287.73 Thii jgivesaper capita cost of $111.72, 'which includes repairs, transport.i tion, clothing, board, besting and lighting, dental biiis, medical sup . attention and every expense, I being #5 67 lower than last year. this being made possible by t . < y'u-id of the farm end garden. Washington and LeeDeafeated North Carolina Greensboro, N. C. Nov. 16.?Four touchdowns, as many goals kicked by Captain Miller and a field goal by Miller from tbe 47 yard line gave Washington and Laseascoreof 31 to o in t.ie games with tbe Cai varsity of North Carolina hero today. Hurl straight fuotbad, with Beti li ring, Mi - ler and Francis bearing the bru nt ut tiie work tor tlu* Virginians, was responsible for the lour touchdowns. Raftery and Francis got away for several good gains by clever for? ward pusses. Captian Ti I leif, f >r Caroona, played a great game, skirt the ends for several spectacular runs. Washington and Lee lineup: Hiatr, Harker, left end, Schultz, left tack i ; Miller, left guard, Monro, center; Rodgers, Walton, right guard; Mi.es, Stuart, right tackle; Francis, right end Raftery, quarter back; Pee? bles, Uouohoe, left halfback; Rurke, tlone, right halfback; Reuhring. Carver, fullback. Touchdowns, Raftery, Reuhring,'_', Donohoe. Goals. Miller, 4; tieid goals. Miller. Officials: Gass, Le? high; Referee, Williams, Virginia; I umphire. Hodgson, V. P. I., head |lineeiuao.