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Staunton Spectator
AND VINDICATOR.
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Issued Every Friday floming by
R. S. TURK, t JTor and Proprietor.
Fast Main Street, - Staunton, Va
TERMS OF (JBSCRIFTION :
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In order lo a- oiu delays, on account
of personal absence, letters and all com
munications for the Spectator should
not be addressed to any individual con
nected with the office, but simply to
THE SPECTATOR.
Entered at the Postoffice at Staunton,
Va., as second class mail matter.
Friday, April 1.1910.,
SENATORIAL PARALYSIS.
The glad news comes that Senator
Daniel has so far recovered that he will
soon be brought home from Florida.
There seems to exist a peculiar disease
which may be termed Senatorial
Paralysis. Senator Tillman was par
alysed and did not speak for some
time. He lay for a while unconscious
and death was thought to be certain.
He got so well afterward that he is
now at home walking about enjoying
himself, better, we are told, than he
has been for years.
Senator Daniel was felled by a stroke
so terrific that he became speechless,
then he went into a state of coma and
remained that way for some days, his
death hourly expected. But he has
now spoken, indeed talks well and
pleasantly, and will soon be home.
Outside the Senate or away from Sen
ators there comes some times a very
serious paralysis. It is a sympathetic
sort of disease. When in any State,
Virginia for instance, one of the U. S.
Senators is paralysed, a certain sort of
exhuberance seizes certain other per
sons here and there, throughout the
State. They fall not into a state of
coma, but the opposite. They parley,
they talk in low voices, they fairly run
h«ie or there, they call in friends for
secret councils, they have this or that
one to write letters, they warm the
wires, they, in other words, OBT
BUSY.
Later on, if the stricken Seuator lin
gers, they get more and more busy,
they spin like tops. But if he begins
recovering they grow pale, as he gets
still better they become more feeble.
If he recovers they are paralysed.
Then their period of coma begins. In
the present instance some cases of it
are profound. This coma lasts indefi
nitely, that is as long as the stricken
Senator survives. The disease is not
called Senatorial Paralysis, though in
some respects it looks much like it,
certainly it is a disease which but for
prompt remedy might become very
fatal. It can be cured. Can any one
guess the remedy ?
Another mishap to one of our war
vessels has caused the death of eight
men. This is thie only use we have for
most of our war vessels, outside of
places for parasites, aud as money
w asters.
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CONGRESS AND THE PRIMARY.
The primary election for Congress in
this district has been called. 11 will
be held on the 9th day of August. Hon.
H. D. Flood will be in the race and
may possibly be opjiosed. There was
some talk of Hon. A. E. Strode, now-
State Senator from Amherst county,
shying his castor into the ring. At
present Mr. Strode has not fully made
up his mind. He thought he saw an
open way to a seat there when he tirst
adopted the cause of the Anti-Saloon
League aud began preaching State
wide prohibition, and became the cats
paw of Mr. James Cannon, Jr., J. D.
McAllister, and other *x-preachers,
who were pressing their political de
signs on the State. The hypocracy of
that movement was so apparent to the
majority of the members of the Legis
lature that the "Enabling Act" as it
was sonorously termed by those past
masters in the fakir's art, was badly
snowed under, and down with it went
Mr. Strode. It is doubtful if he will
now rise to the surface in time to get
his lungs cleared for the primary fray,
or cut a great deal ef icein the election,
notwithstanding he is well known to
be the most frigid proposition this side
the polar sea.
The recent announcement of the
Anti-Saloon League, that its purpose
now is to go square into politics, and
seize the Legislature, and force
State-wide, has in no sense strength
ened the political supports, aspirations
or chances of success of Mr. Stro;le.
Certainly it has not done so in Staun
ton or Augusta.
S SOS • —
Three gallons of whiskey reached
Mr. Roosevelt in Darkest Africa, sent
by Col. Castleman of Kentucky. Af
rica is without an Euablinsr Act.
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CALL FOR A RECOUNT.
Editor Richmond Evening Journal.
In your issue of March 23d you quote
from the Staunton "Spectator" the ex
amination of a dollar bill in which the
examiner found 92,000,000 microbes.
Do you believe it ? I don't. If there
were 92,000,000 on one, then must, of
necessity, be ten times, as many on a
ten spot. Why. my dear Mr. Editor,
there is scarcely room enough on a one
dollar note for those disease breeders
to get acquainted, and in order to be
effective it seems to be that there
should be some understanding between
them as to what disease they may be
the cause, manner, means or instru
ment of producing. There are not dis
eases enough known to medical science
for these fellows to get up.
I see no reason, in the law of nature,
but I may snap at him. How subject
old men are to the vice of lying ! It is
positively scandalous. Think of a man
holding a microscope before his eye for
over 300 days ! He would be "obliged"
to skip some. How the little varmints
can stick on so long puzzles me ! I
call for a recount.
RETTKKO.
Now there's a person suited for the
night school or for the colony of feeble
minded. Some night, after deep and
careful study, he may learn that he is
a very small microbe sticking to a very
few one dollar bills, and when he does
he will he far wiser than he is now,
and may write something real clever
and funny. We await that time with
hope.
VIRGINIA-WEST VA. DEBT.
There has not been a great deal of in
terest concerning the settlement of the
debt question between Virginia and
West Virginia manifested with us, be
cause the question does not seriously
afi'ect Virginia. None of the money
comes to this Stale. Not one of our
citizens is interested personally in the
issue, ami so far as we are concerned
there might never have been a suit
brought. But West Virginia politic
ians would never take the matter up.
They knew it meant political death,
and they also, somehow, seemed lo
think the case had settled itself, and
grew rather excited when it was men
tioned. Their legislatures had a kind
of habit of resolving that West Virgin
ia owed Virginia nothing, and these
resolutions satisfied their minds which
was all that was necessary. The suit
was at last brought in the Supreme
Court of the United States, it was re
ferred to a commissioner to make a
report, and last week that report came
in. Here is what he found, aecordiug
to statements of the press, and it is not
pleasant to look at from the side of the
Mountain State :
The report of Special Master Charles
E. Littlefield to the Supreme Court of
the United States in the Virginia debt
suit has been tiled with the court.
While sustaining many of the conten
tions of West Virginia, the report
would indicate that West Virginia
would be held liable, if Mr. Littleheld's
findings are adopted by the court, for a
debt of twenty million dollars in round
numbers with the interest from the
formation of the state.
Mr. Littleheld's report is not binding
on any one nor is it final. It is merely
a report of his finding after hearing the
testimony of both sides upon the ques
tion referred to him by the court for
investigation. However, his findings
donbtless will have weight with the
court in reaching a conclusion in the
matter.
Mr. Littlefield starts with the debt of
Virginia, January 1, 1861, placed as
agreed upon by both states in round
numbers at thirty-three million dollars.
Accrued and unpaid on that amount, is
agreed to be about 11,000,000.
The proportion of the ordinary ex
penses of the government as was pro
perly assignable to the counties now
forming West Virginia, he places at a
little more than $11,000,000. This is
figured at about one-third of the total
as West Virginia's proportion. If the
same proportion is used on the original
debt, this would make a total of $23,
--333,000 as West Virginia'sgrosspropor
tion of the debt, but West Virginia
would get a credit for moneys paid into
the Virginia treasury which according
to Mr. Littleheld's report should be a
little more than $6,000,000, less about
$3,000,000 expended by Virginia on
works of improvements in what is now-
West Virginia. This gives West Vir
ginia a credit of about three and one
third millions leaving a net liability at
the time of the formation of the state
of 530,000,000, with interest for almost
forty years.
Richmond slept whilst the Yeggmen
carried away everything in the post
office not nailed down with at least
two nails. And yet the newspapers
there occasionally speak of Richmond
as "wide awake."
a a rs» a• a.
JUDGE BREWER DEAD.
.1 ustice David J. Brewer who died
suddenly at his home in Washington
on Monday night last, was one of the
ablest man who hts ever adorned the
Supreme bench. He had a grasp of
great questions which placed him in
the front rank of the judiciary. He
saw the constitution as it was intend
ed to be seen by its framers, and gave
to it a breadth of construction and in
terpretation which it must enjoy if
this country is to be preserved as a Re
public. His views on some subjects
have not been in consonance with
what might be termed the corporatein
terests. There seemed to be a desire a
few years ago to change the constitu
tion by judicial construction, that in
strument being considered by some
advanced thinkers as and
unsuited lo the times. It was inti
mated that Mr. Roosevelt had request
ed the retirement of .lusiice Brewer
among others, that he might put
younger judges on that bench who
were known to be in favor of constru
ing away certain troublesome clauses
in the constitution. But Judge Brew
er declined to resign or retire, he block
ed such game if there existed such and
has given to the country much of his
wisdom since then,and made it strong
er. It is to be hoped no man will be
found to pull down that which he has
builded.
We are informed that many of the
members of the Maryland Legislature
who now want to curtail negro suff
rage in that State, are those who en
joyed it most. This is not unusual..
In Virginia the strength of the Repub
lican party has always been the negro.
Not long ago he was booted out into
the cold. No seat was allowed him in
convention. No voice was given him
in politics. The party was made "Lily
White." Such is the reward of politi
cal serfdom.
George W. Coleman who embezzled
funds of the National City Bank of
Cambridge, Mass., of which he was
cashier, has made a confession, lie
says he lost the money, $180,000, at
trying to break a Faro bank in New
York city. This accounts for his hav
ing gotten away with so little. I'sual
ly bank officers get hunks of the mil
lion size, and they drop it in that
larger gambling den, the New York
Stock Exchange.
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The wife of James Gailey, at one
time a vice-president of the U. S. Steel
Trust, has been granted a divorce.
This is only one of a number of divor
ces granted wives of the officers of that
corporation. Marriage ties there seem
to be by no means held by bands of
steel, or rivited so that they will not
break.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent. |
Washington, I). C, March 26.—The
political situation as viewed from the
standpoint of the national capital, is
much more interesting to both parties
than legislation and executive matters
just now. The election of Mr. Foss as
a Democrat to Congress in Massachu
setts this week by a plurality of ."i,G4O
in a district which elected a Republican
in 1908 by a plurality of 14,000, is re
garded here and throughout the coun
try as a most significant indication as
to popular feeling. Of course, political
figures are hard at work and will show
plausibly special causes for this remark
able political change. But crediting
the Republicans with all that they may
claim as causes for surprising result, it I
indicates that the trend of popular I
opinion has gone so far that nothing
but a miracle or Roosevelt can save the J
House next fall to the party in power.
Let it be said with whatever emphasis
can be brought to bear, that the party
in power is not responsible for high
prices or for unsatisfactory business
conditions, inasmuch as the party in
power, Democratic or Republican, al- ,
ways claims credit for whatever good
thing happens, it must face the re- •
sponsibility for some of the bad, even if .
it should be bad crops.
So great has been the excitement over
the rebuke of Cannon in the lower ;
house of Congress that the Ballinger
-I'inchot investigation has been to a
great degree forgotten. Mr. Pinchot,
since he has testified, has started to
Europe and is now well on his way
thither. It is reported that he is going
in answer to a cablegram from ex-Presi
dent Roosevelt. That one so near the
ex-President as ex-Korester Pinchot
should be the first to gel the ear of Mr.
Roosevelt, is subject of considerable
anxiety to the other side, or at least to
certain individuals of the other side.
So far, Mr. Roosevelt has been as silent
as the Sphinx which yesterday night
he saw by moon-light. Another sig
nificant fact is thai during Mr. Gar
field's residence in the city two weeks
ago he was the guest of Mr. Pinchot,
and he only yesterday made an address
to the Tippecanoe Cleveland Club in
Cleveland, a very temperate address,
but one in which it was plain to see
that his sympathies were with the in
surgents and that his advocacy was for
a more enthusiastic support -of the
Roosevelt policies than it is possible
for PiesidentTaft to accomplish, handi
capped as he is by those in the House
and the Senate with whom he has elect
ed to consort. It is a curious situation
and unprecedented in our political his
tory that a self-exiled ex-President is
at this moment more potential in the
political affairs of the country than the
genial gentleman in the White House.
What he may say or do when or before
he lands here in June is a matter of
keen solicitude to regulars, insurgents,
Democrats and to everyone interested
in current politics.
Mr. Garfield, in his speech in Cleve
land, made a severe arraignment of
those Republican leaders guilty of a
■ policy which he thinks is certain to
lead the party to defeat. He insisted
that the average American realized that
present conditions pointed lo some
thing radically wrong. He urged pro
gressive action and pointed out that
when a party fails to be progressive its
usefulness has begun to wane. "It is
our duty," said Mr. Garfield, "to
,squarely face the situation anil to stand
up and be counted for the policies that
are in sympathy with the best progres
sive thought of our country, and the
. people are justly calling upon us for a
fulfilment of that policy. They will
not be satisfied with inaction and
makeshift legislation." These words,
coming from "Jimmie," as Mr. Roose
yeit was wont to call this member of
his regular cabinet and of his tennis
1 court or kitchen cabinet also, after
; close communion as a guest of Gifford
'■ Pinchot, than whom none was closer
: to Mr. Roosevelt, naturally raise the
1 question as to who are the representa
tive of the Roosevelt policies. It is
' useless to deny thai Mr. Taft is or was
' Mr. Roosevelt's chosen successor and
" political heir. Nothing like such a se
lection has ever before occurred in
• American history, and the facts and
' the event are so recent that everybody
1 knows and realizes them. The situa
tion cannot but be embarrassing lo the
1 ex-President. Politician, statesman
• and historian as he is, he cannot but
- appreciate the difficulties with which
! the President has had to contend and
' is contending. No president has ever
- been more sincerely anxions to carry
- out the policies bequeathed to him by
party platform than President Taft,
and it is not mere fiction lo place the
1 odium of failure, if failure it must be,
' on his wicked advisers.
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JUSTICE BREWER DEAD.
i HE WAS THIHD IN RANK IN THE SU
PREME COURT, 73 YEARS OLD AND
A SPEAKER OF WIDE RENOWN.
Justice David J. Brewer, of the Su
preme Court, died suddenly of apoplexy
. about 11 o'clock Monday night in the
. bathroom of his home, 1923 Sixteenth
. street northwest, Washington, D. C.
. Mrs. Brewer aud his sisters were in the
house and quickly summoned Drs.
Ruffin and Taylor, but the stroke prov
ed fatal. Before they arrived Mrs.
, Brewer heard a fall and was the first to
reach her husband.
Ashley M. Gould, chief judge of the
District of Columbia Supreme Court, a
. neighbor, was the first friend to arrive.
Justice Brewer was the third in rank
of the Supreme Court. Besides Mrs.
Brewer, he is survived by three daugh
ters. He also leaves three sisters.
Justice Brewer was widely known as
a lecturer on church topics. He was a
Presbyterian, and was one of the most
earnest workers of that faith. He had
just completed his thirtieth year on the
bench.
HOT DRY SUMMER.
DARHVSAVS SO—HE HAS NEVER RE
CORDED A FAILURE.
Darby, Pa.—After having successful
ly predicted a long, cold winter with
several blizzards which arrived within
a few days of schedule. John T. Rob
erts, L. L., Darby carpenter, who has
been forecasting the weather for 42
years with such certainly that all Dar
by swears by him, is the first to come
forward anil say a long hot summer is
ahead of us.
"June will be warm as a month,"
said Roberts, "and the early part of
July will be slightly cool, but after the
first week it will begin to get warm and
will continue all month. August will
come in red hot and will stay that way.
Crops will be affected by the heat, and
many persons will be overcome. There
will be severe thunder storms all sum
mer."
Roberts forecasts the weather by tak
ing the direction of the wind for three
days of the equinox, taking the first
day, March 20, as an indirection for the
weather of June the second day, March
21, for the weather of July, and the
third day, March 22, for the month of
August.
BALTIMORE CONFERENCE.
Annual Session in Washington at
an End—Appointments of Local
Interest —Clifton Forge Gets Next
Session.
The annual session of the Baltimore
Conference M. E. Church, South, ad
journed its meeting in Washington on
Tuesday afternoon. Many changes in
appointments were made, including a
number in Rockingham district. The
Rev. G. Dorsey White was sent to pre
side over Moorelield district, and will
be succeeded by Rev. B. SV. Bond.
Rev. J.T. Williams is transferred from
Charles Town, W. Va., to Berryville,
Va., and Rev. H. L. Hout, well known
here, goes from Piedmont, W. Va., to
Washington, I). C. Other appoint
ments of local interest were made as
follows :
Rockingham District.
Presiding Elder—B. W. Bond.
Staunton, 1). H. Kern.
Staunton Mission, W. P. C. Coe.
Harrisonburg, H. H. Sherman.
Bridgewater, G. W. Richardson.
Mt. Crawford, J. C. Thrasher.
Parnassus, J. L. Henderson.
Churchville, C. E. Simmons.
Augusta, R. L. Eulsler.
Waynesboro, W. M. Complon.
Basic, B. 1). Harrison.
New Hope, G. H. Echols.
l'ort Republic, O. 1). Moses.
Rockingham, J. T. D. Collins.
Broadway, Robert Grant.
Elkton, M. T. Tabler.
Shenandoah and Marksville, R. M.
Wheeler.
Joliet and Mt. Pleasaut, C.W.Mark.
Luray, L. Hammond.
Page, H. M. Strickler.
New Market, G. R. Mays.
Alt. Jackson, W. E. Miller.
Fairfield, W. D. Eye.
Goshen, G. W. Staples.
McDowell, H. A. Wilson.
Monterey, C. L. Potter.
Crabbottom, to be supplied.
Lewisburg District.
T. J. Lambert, Presiding Klder.
Lewisburg—D. M. Brown.
Frankford aud Richlands—S. R. Neel
and W. W. Beasley.
Williamsburg—V. W. Wheeler, sup
ply-
Blue Sulphur—L. L. Lowance.
Hinton—H. I. Stephens.
Talcott—B. L. Parrott.
Greenville—W. F. Lowance.
Peterstown —J. B. Hedrick.
Alderson—G. C. Beery.
Union—J. M. Yorke.
Sweet Springs and Highland Park —
W. F. Watkins, supply.
Ronceverte— W. H. Best.
White Sulphur—J. H. Sc hooley.
Alvon—l>. G. Brimlow.
Callaghan—J. W. Beall.
Covinglon—F. A. Tyler.
East Covington—R. C. Meeks.
Potts Creek— E. G. Helmintoller,
supply.
Clifton Forge—W. O. Talbert.
Selma—O. I). Lambert.
Bath—l. H. Van Devander.
Hot Springs—S. B. Snead.
Huntersville—J. P. George, supply.
Back Creek—A. L. Goodall.
Marlinton—A. M. Cackley.
Levelton—L. B. Atkins.
Green Bank and Mission —W. C.
Spenaugle and C. C. Lambert.
Dnrbin—H. Q. Burr.
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L. & M. Varnish stain.
Cse it to renew and make entirely
new—old worn out chairs and old fur
niture. You can varnish a chair in 30
minutes, and make it as good as new.
Directions on each can. Sold by Cul
ton & Peale, Waynesboro; C. 11. Coh
ron & Son, Stuart's Draft.
Mr. A. B. Carter last week sold to
Mr. John F. Beard of Pensacola, Fla.,
his handsome suburban home "Selma,"
for $25,000 cash. This is one of the
prettiest country homes around Staun
ton, and was formerly owned by Judge
J. N. Hendren. Mr. Beard and his
family expect to locate here permanent
ly in the early fall.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on pre
scriptions from physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fold to the
good you can possibly derive from
them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufac
tured by F. J. Cheney <fc Co., Toledo,
0., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys
tem. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure
be sure you gel the genuine. It is taken
internally and made in Toledo, Ohio,
by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials
free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 7oc per
bottle.
Take Hall's Family Pills for consti
pation.
The Cause of Many-
Sudden Deaths.
There is a disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so decep-
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tive. Many sudden
deaths are caused
by it—heart dis
ease, pneumonia,
heart failure or
apoplexy are often
the result of kid
ney disease. If
kidney trouble is
allowed to advance
thekidney-poison
ed blood will at-
tack the vital organs, causing catarrh of
the bladder, brick-dust or sediment in
the urine, head ache, back ache, lame
back, dizziness, sleeplessness, nervous
ness, or the kidneys themselves break
down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from a derangement of the kidneys and
better health in that organ is obtained
quickest by a proper treatment"of the kid
neys. Swamp-Root corrects inability to
hold urine and scalding pain in passing it,
and overcomes that unpleasant necessity
of being compelled to go often through
the day, and to get up many times during
the night. The mild and immediate effect
of Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy
is soon realized. It stands the highest be
cause of its remarkable health restoring
properties. A trial will convince anyone.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is
sold by all druggists in fifty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. You may have a
sample bottle and a book that tells all
about it, both sent free by mail. Address,
Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
When writing mention reading this gen
erous offer in this -paper. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp-Root, and don't let a dealer sell
you something in place of Swamp-Root—
-if you do you will be disappointed.
Hicks' April Forecast.
A regular storm period extends from
the 2d to the 6th. It will come in by
rising temperature, falling barometer
and growing cloudiness over western
sections, attended by rain, hail and
forceful winds.
A reactionary storm period is central
on the Bth, 9th and 10th. The indica
tions are that very unsettled ami
threatening weather will continue
from the preceding period, and that
renewed slorms, with low barometer,
high temperature, thunder and wind,
will prevail generally on and touching
those dates.
A regular storm period extending
from the 14th to the 19th, central on [
the Kith. This period will bring low I
barometer and return of energetic;
storms on and near the loth, Kith, 17th I
and 18th, The Mars influence will
disappear after the middle of April,
and warmer, settled springlike weath
er may be expected. Very cool nights
will be natural from the ISth to 20th,
with frost to the northward.
A reactionary storm period is central
on the 21st, 22d and 23d. On and
touching the 22d the temperature will
rise suddenly to very warm, the ba
rometer will fall rapidly and storms of
thunder, rain, hail and wind will
touch many places in their quick tran
sition from west to east.
Another regular storm period covers
the 15th to 29th, central on the 27th.
Look for falling barometer and renew
al of decided storms during this period.
Much cooler as April ends.
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Long Glade Items.
March 29. —Miss Emma Christian's
many friends will be glad to learn that
she is getting along nicely after being
operated on for appendicitis at the Uni
versity Hospital, Charlottesville. She
was accompaniep there by her brother,
lc R. Christian and Dr. Bell.
Miss Annie,Ervine has returned
from a short visit to her aunt at
Churchville.
Dr. Fred. Bell returned home this
week from the Chicago Veterinary
College.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Hottinger
spent Easter with Mrs. Holtinger's
sister, Mrs. Friend, in Staunton.
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Founders Day at the U. Va.
Special Founders Day this year at
the University of Virginia will be one
of the most notable that has ever been
held at that institution. The exercises
will be held in Cabell Hall on Wednes
day, April 13, and will commence at
11 o'clock a. in. Among the notable
speakers will be Andrew Carnegie and
' Elihu Root.
As is the usual custom, the members
of the board of visitors, the Miller
Board, the Endowment Fund Board,
the alumni and the members of the
faculty, will assemble and march lo
the hall from the Rotunda.
Fauquier and Loudoun County
BLUE GRASS FARMS.
»(>ne valued at SoO.OOO. Two valued
$25,000 each. Four valued at $15,006
each. Six priced at $10,000. Full dcs- '
cnption upon application.
if. W. HI LLEARY & CO.,
apr l-5t Charlottesville, Va.
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS—
Fishel strain, Have a surplus of
cockerels, all beauties. $3.00 each. F.
E. FENTON, Goshen, Va. 3 IS 4t
WANTED—immediately, all guina
keets, chickens, eggs, rabbits anil
country produce in Augusta county.
Best market prices paid.
11 Stai-ntox Produce Co., I
°29 4t 11 W. Frederick St.
WANTED —An experienced farmer
and stockman (with some knowl I
edge of orchard work preferred) to
come January Ist next; for a 650 acre
■ farm, near Staunton, Va. Give age,
size of families qualifications, pay ex
pected. Apply by letter to B. M. S.
care Southern Planter, Richmond, Va
For Sale- '
At Lowest Market Prices:
('hoice Red Clover Seed,
Choice Sapling Clover Seed,
. ('hoice Timothy Seed,
Choice Kentucky Blue Grass Seed,
Choice Redtop Seed,
Choice Alfalfa Seed,
Choice Alsike Clover Seed,
Choice Orchard Grass Seed,
Detrick's Animal Bone Fertilizer,
Champion Corn Grower,
National Fertilizer,
Coon Brand Guano,
Patapsco Trucker,
Special Oat Fertilizer,
Choice Recleaned Western White Seed
Geo. W. Blackley,
(Successor to Jas.H. Blackley,)
Greenville Avenue. • - Staunton. Va
f " The Woman's Store." *
j Tie American Stock Co. & Palais Boyalf
1 Don't Buy Your Hat j
* Until you have seen our i
I display. It cannot be sur- I
I passed in the State, and I
I we feel certain you will j
|| regret it if you buy be- jj
j| fore seeing them. jj
# Yours for Correct Millinery, w>
l American Stock Go and Palais Royal I
I WANT PREACHERS !
L TO TALK DISEASE.
:
AXTI -TI'EERCTLOSIS ASSOCI A Till N"
ASKS MINISTERS TO OBSERVE
APRIL 24, 1910.
Richmond, Va., March 25, 1910—
Sunday, Apiil 21, has I een set
aside as a day for sermons against dis
ease, and every minister in the State will
all be asked to tell his congregation on
that day, how consumption may be
cured and prevented. The State Ant-Tu
berculosis Association, which is making
this request, is preparing literature for
the clergy who are interested in the
crusade against consumption and is
j urging the ministers of every creed to
co-operate in celebrating the day.
The National Anti-Tuberculosis As
sociation has chosen April 24, as the
"Church Day," and has asked every
State Association to name the same
day. The Executive (lommittee of the
Virginia Association on yesterday ap
proved plans for exercises in all the
churches of the State.
At the headquarters of the Associa
tion, the following additional state
ment was given out today: "The asso
ciation has made this request of the
clergy because the otlicers all believe
that the ministry is one of the strongest
forces for better health in the State. We
balieve that if the educated ministers
of the State, on April 24, will make re
ferences in their sermons to the ravages
of consumption, the people of the Slide
will receive an amount of information
which will be of the greatest possible
value in reducing the spread of con
sumption." Many ministers have al
ready agreed to preach on consumption, j
while dozens of letters are being receiv
ed daily from other clergymen asking
for Anti-Tuberculosis literature. We
have every assurance the Tuberculosis
Sunday will be a success.
'» + 4tt a a -
Big Coal Deal.
A dispatch from Roanoke Saturday
says: One of the largest coal transac
tions which has taken place in the Vir
ginia-Kentucky lields recently was an
nonnced yesterday. The deal called for
the expenditure of j3,000,000, which
was made by the Berwind White i>eo
ple, for 100,000 acres ot coal lands in
Kentucky, on Peter's Creek, between
the waters of the Tug Fork and the Le
visa Fork of the Big Sandy, near the
West Virginia and Virginia lines. The
price paid per acre was $30. The deal
was carried through by John Mayo
and Taylor Vinson. Bluefield people
were interested in the sale of the land,
which they have held for a number of
years.
*-4 a* ♦
Judge Aiken of the corporation court
of Danville, has ordered a local option
election in that city for Thursday, April
28. Danville is now dry.
Colored Post ~ Cards Free!
Not Cheap Trash, But 10 Beautiful
Ones.
In order to quickly introduce Spare
Moments Family Magazine in this vi
cinity we will send lo any reader of the
"Spectator" four months for 10 cents,
and we will give you absolutely free 10
beautiful gold or colored Springtime:
Floral or Friendship cards, which you
could not buy at retail for less than 20
cents. Write immediately enclosing
10c. stamps or silver to Spare Moments
Magazine Dept., Rochester, N. Y.
I Don't Buy
' Ilnt'l you have see Har
dy's complete line of
Buggies,
| Wagons and
Carriages
And you will be convinced that be has
the best. Second hand vehicles also
for sale. Repairing a specialty. Mor*
than 40 years experience in the car
riage business.
E, C. HARDY,
STAUNTON. VA.
4JL PREMIUMS FREE!
Return this "Adv." and remit us $4.95. the Special
trice we make you on 2 Boxes of our 6 and 10c Cigars
Assorted Brands, which we want to introduce quick ly
to 50.000 new customers, and we will send you in same
package 1 S. & W. Mod. Double Action Nickel Plated
Police Revolver, worth $7.00: 1 Stem Wind and Set
Gold Plate Watch, value U: I Hollow Ground Keen
Cutting Ringing Steel Razor, priced 13; 1 Set (6) Triple
Silver-Plated Tea Spoons, worth SI: also 44 other Big
gest Value Premiums which we have not space to men
tion, worth from 10 cents to $1 each, provided you
remit SI 95 with order and allow us to REFUND YOUK
MONEY it you are not pleased with goods. This
"Adv." will not appear after we enroll 60.000 new
customers. Give name of your Express Office and
Order TODAY. Reference Southern Express Co.,
f.ank of Montgomery.
Udress. CANDORSALESCO.,Candor, N.C.US..'.
AlcohoS to Children
Ask your doctor how often he prescribes an alcoholic
stimulant for children. He will probably say, "Very, very
rarely. Children do not need stimulating." Ask him
how often he prescribes a tonic for them. Me will prob
ably answer, "Very, very frequently." Then ask him
about Ayer's non-alcohoiic Sarsap-iriUa as a tonic for the
young. Follow his advice. He knows. J'cTAyer Co.,Low7ilJilass.
■■■i^HHaH_H_H___Baa___B_BflKZ— is ii
The first great rule of health — " Daily movement of the bowels." Ask your doctor il
this is not to. Then ask him about Ayer's Pills. Sold for nearly sixty yean.
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| CLEM BROS. ]
Pure Plate Ice ! I
i! MADE FROM CITY WATER. WEIGHTS I
i! AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. i
2 Phone 609. CLEM BROS. '
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I Hand Tailored Glothes for |
1 Spring! (
. A a
A The sort that looks as well at the
a beginning of the seeoml season as
V when you bought„tlieni, bccaunc
R they are not pressed or padded into
P shape, but worked, and moulded
W ami formed.
| OUR CLOTHES
4j) are tailored of dependable (fabrics, •
and sold to you at moderate prices |
J\ WE reconimend these Clothes ',
V because we want your patronage.
B OUR principal is "ONE good
ij SUIT brings you back for an- :
m other."
g Mothers.if you
£ would safely
fc save money,
p come to our
ft store for your
S Boys' Spring
? Outfits.
iJos. L. Barth & Co.,
No. 8 South Augusta Street. \
We Deliver The Goods!
at prices quoted, so don't delay in selecting now. Christmas
is nearly here and you will want that new suit or overcoat,
possibly both. So now is your chance to get the same goods
for less money and more goods for the same money than you
can get anywhere else in the city.
We are going to get rid of our clothing stock, and you
can have them at the following prices :
Men's Suits and Overcoats!
Sl'tl.OO Suits and Overcoats at *14.9S j
IS.OO " N ■: .1 [;{.4S
10.50 "• " " " li-ls
l&OO " " " " 11. is
12.50 " " " " H.!IS
MuM " " " " 7.1S
7.50 " " " " 4.!1S
These goods are actually worth the original price, if any dealer Is making
money out of his business, but we want the cash instead of'the clothing, and
we are willing to give you our profits on these lines.
And at the same time we guarantee lo save you money in all other lines of
goods. Come in and see what we have. You all wear shoes, and we have
them, and guarantee our prices to be as low as the lowest, and your Hosiery
thrown in when buying Shoes from us. You may be able to wear a pair of
Sample Shoes, and if so, you get them at actual wholesale prices.
DON'T FORGET THE Pl_.CE—ls North Central Avenue, nextdoor to
Adams Kxpress Office.
Swink, Diamond & Company,
15 N. Central Aye. Next to Adams Express Co
C _\ Ghadwe 11,
SOLE AGENT K)K
D. S. THOMAS, Bridgewater. Va.
Specials:
Rotterman and Luth Buggy,
Owensboro. Kentucky,
Columbus Buggy,
D. S. Thomas' Own Make,
Old Reliable Gem Buggy.
C T. GLADWELL,
R. F. D. No. 1, -" Moscow, Va.
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