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MONEY IN SENATORIAL ELEC
TIONS.
A good deal is now being said over
a confession by some democratic state
senators in Illinois to the effect that
some one brought them money which
assisted t em—the democrats— iri vot
ing for Mr. Lorimer, a thing they
would not have done but for the
money. In as much as there are . a
number o t persons in Illinois who
wanted the plum Mr. Lorimer got,
including his excellenoy Governor
Deneen, it is possible that there will
be an investigation,and a lot of insin
uation ar"< crimination before the
matter settles down to a solid basis,
and is brought to an end.
The question naturally arises, how
many U. S. Senators are there now
living, and how many dead in recent
yean, who reached the sacred confines
•f the capitol without the use of
money, either directly or indirectly?
The general opinion is that their
same is not legion. Occasionally one
reaches there by fair means, but foul
i* thought to be more usual. Sen
ator Clarke of Montana went out on
an investigation, then got back in,
admittedly by the very same means
in the second, that he employed >»
tne first instance. The recent elec
tion of Mr. Guggenheim of Colorado
has not as fresh .and pure an odor as
live been about it, had the
i occurred in 1808 instead oi
?he stalwart senator from W.
o is now in the midst of a
fight the l:'ke of which he
ticipated _a few years ago,
re his barrel open at both
re will not mention our own
enators' first election, further
say, that he rose as tlie gourd
i known as Jonah's gourd, he
greatness in a night, and he
a Jonah to his party ever
le will sink it so m unless be
ito the ocean or the party
lim overboard. The use of
n aenatorial elections lias be
common nobody regards it
y, unless it is so bold as t > be
tionally obnoxions.
"Green Goods" and "Bunco
chaps were arrested by U. S.
in Philanelphia on Tuesday
ley were living quietly and in
and professed to be "retired
" The trouble was that their
is not confined to Wall Street,
ich persons become immune
est
DANGEROUS MOVE.
the people's standpoint the
s are doing the wisest thing
They have without any ap
eason raised freight and pass
tes over a large territory. The
* principally affected is the
vest and north wset. There is
Ing up. An election is com
every congressman is to be
a November. It is needless to
this act on the part of the
railroads will seriously affect that
election. In many portions no man
need expect election unless he open
ly and avowedly opposes such con
duct, and promises support of such
measures as are best suited to end
such unhallowed conduct on the part
of the railroads. The blind policy of
anilroads has been inexplicable for
some time. It is more inexplicable
just now, and their best friends have
warned them in vain. The experiment
is very dangerous.
BENEVOLENT ASSIMILATION.
Senator Guggenheim, of the Morgan-1
Guggenheim syndicate, has been talk
ing. He says :
. "There has been a lot of talk about
syndicate control of Alaska because a
syndicate happens to be building a
railroad there. The thing to do is to
stop talking and to act. To have large
undeveloped quantities of gold, silver,
lead, copper, tin, zinc, coal, oil, etc., at
•ur very door and to refuse to avail
ourselves promptly of this proffered
wealth is to hold the country back.
Why should not this country take ad
vantage of the Alaskan opportunity
now?
Mr. Guggenheim mistakes the con
ditions. So long has that gentlemen
walked over the western mining States
rough shod, that he imagines he has
power and right to do as he pleases
with everything not otherwise appro
priated. Of coarse Alaska is full of
wealth. Only corporations will devel
op It, but there need not be aa entire
surrender of public rights fer private
gain. It is strange corporations cannot
understand that the people have some
rights, but possibly not strange to the
Mergan-Guggenheim ryndicate. They
are so imbued with the omnipotence of
ferporatiorß, and have gone unchecked
d unmolested so long, that they teel
a sort ef divine right to universal pos
session. But even Mr. Guggenheim's
command to "stop talking and act"
has net entirely shut all mouths. Con
gress has determined for once, we hope,
to stop the entire seizure of that great
country by even so powerful a person
age as the Morgan-Guggenheim syndi
cate, and prevent that sort of benevo
lent assimilation.
The late Benator Morgan of Alabama,
is quoted as saying that the Democrat
ic party would always be in the Slough
•f Despond until it put Mr. Bryan in
the company of Tom Watson. Tom
has just gene back into the Democrat
ic party, so they are in company. Is
the party thereby getting out of the;
ARE THEY FRIENDS OR ENEMIES?
The friends of the Hon. Henry C.
btuart are wondering what effect, if
any, his candidacy lor Congress in the
Bth district will have on his future am
pliations. It is even intimated that
his quondom friends are winking the
other eye, and smiling behind their
{hands over the situation. They, so
say some, that is those on the inside of
that side, urged him to run believing
Siemp would beat him, and they could
then tell the people of Stuart's weak
ness. It is certain unless there is a
banana peel somewhere to be stepped
on, that Stuart will be the next Dem
ocratic candidate for governor. This
will not suit the organization. Every
I mother son of those in power now, has
no use for Stuart He is the most ob
noxious person politically to them in
the State, and anything that would
likely kill him politically would be re-
I garded by them with peculiar pleas
use, it is even intimated that these
in his Congressional district, will
lay down on him when the time
comes. To beat Mr. Slemp in the
strongly republican 9th district, would
be to accomplish what has not so much
as been seriously attempted for years.
There would be prestige acquired by
such success, too much prestige for one
not of the sacred coterie, the Big Four.
Such an one the people might want for
United States Senator some day before
a great while, and this would be slate
breaking with a vengeance. Mr.
Stuart's success is, therefore, said to be
not devoutly prayed for by what is
now known in Virginia as the Ring.
They are not laying any mines to blow
themselves up, and as the fight pro
gresses, possibly this fact will not only
appear upon the surface, but become
so plain that even those who run may
read.
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SHOULD NOT BE A STUMP
SPEAKER.
We notice in the current number of
the Atlantic Monthly in the diaryof
Gideon Wel Is, Secretary of the Navy in
President Andrew Johnson's cabinet,
that he swung with "Andy" around
the circle. This was way back in 1866,
and he jotted down these words, "The
President should not be a stump
speaker." In those days a president
had no $25,000 to junket on. He had
no vast fund like this to boost ideas, or
enrapture crowds, or make party capi
tal. He had to pay his own expenses.
Yet occasionally the president did
take a little air. He of course had to
speak. Andy Johnson was a cam
paigner. Hecou'.d speak. He could
run Mr. Taft or any president we have
had in a decade off the stump in joint
debate when it came to talking to the
crowd. Even with these things in his
favor Gideon Wells loconicaliy writes
"The President should not be a stump
speaker." Mr. Tatt would do well to
read and ponder this.
Texas is not going to allow any of
Mr. Rockefeller's money to be spent
there on the hookworm. Texas pre
fers a little hookworm to a great big
octopus.
PEACE BETWEEN CARRIERS AND
SHIPPERS.
The hubbub caused by the miscon
ception of the motive and purpose of
the railroad injunction suit has not
measurably subsided on the surface,
but it is not as one crying in the wil
derness that Mr. George W. Perkins
raises his voice for peace. He reflects
Kentiment of the conservative ele
—the banking world—when he
upon the railroads and shippers
mrx.se their differences, and thus
avert the painful situation to which
a prolongation of their hapless
quarrel threatens to bring the country.
As the first result of Mr. Perkins' per
sonal efforts, the shippers will meet in
conference with the railroads on Tues
day. He told the leading spirits on
both sides that they were radically
wrong—the railroad presidents in talk
ing panic and the shippers in pushing
the railroads too far; that the gravity
of the financial situation already pro
duced by the quarrel demanded sober
ing thought and action, and they must
work together amicably.
The above from the Washington
Post of Monday is pleasant to the ear.
But there is nothing in it to cause the
shipper to subside. What Mr. Per
kins, who is a leading member of J. P.
Morgan & Co., wants is for the ship
per to subside and leave what the rail
roads have done stand. If there is a
panic the railroads are the paramount
cause of it. They stirred up the trou
ble, and they can avert a panic if they
want to by leaving rates as they were.
This, they say, they will not do. They,
dare any interference, and Mr. Perkins
is no doubt at their backs in the fight.
Bland county, Virginia, has only
one resident attorney. Why endure
that one ?
DEFIANT RAILROADS.
Notwithstanding the Taft adminis
tration has enjoined 25 Western roads
from increasing their rates until after
a hearing, the Chicago and South
eastern Committee have advanced the
rates on 22 trunk lines in the east from
•to 31 per cent. This is the usual con
duct of railroads. Their disregard is
proverbial, and their contempt for law
and courts universal, as well as defiant
and insolent. They, however, have
nothing to fear, and they knpw it,
from those in power. With Knox,
Wickersham, Dickinson, and several
others in the cabinet, to say nothing
of the President, himself, who had the
nerve to father their bill in Congress,
it need not be wondered at, that these
roads should set the nation at defiance
and take the bit in their teeth.
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Developments in the case of Charles j
R. Heike, the Sugar Trust magnate,
now being tried for frauds on the gov
ernment, have shown that the trust
cheated the shippers as well as the i
government Their mode of cheating
the shippers was to lower the tests.
Thus if sugar did not reach a certain
degree of fineness according to their
tests the shipper lost The government
had no interest in the quality so. they
cheated it by false weights. Having
Rhow these two were cheated, we
magine what happened to the
one, the consumer.
"A President should not be a stump
speaker," so said the late Gideon
Wells. But a Piesident is—so say we
all.
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It is not so long now until June 18.
If predictions be true as to what is to
happen that day, the seismograph will
show marked disturbance.
IS ROOSEVELT A ROYALIST ?
The peculiar energy of Mr. Roosevelt
is striking. He can endure more than
any man living of a certain kind of
mental and physical strain. His
nerves are hard and unyielding, and
his muscles "strong as iron bands.' 1
His enery is the remark of the world.
The trouble many find with him is
that he is too active, too much given
to creating surprises and to meddling
with other people's affairs. This is
to some extent true, if we may judgt
from his utterances in Egypt, and at
Guild Hall, England. Both were lack
ing in taste. The utterances were pos
sibly true, but one ought hardly to ac
cept an invitation to a feast and then
tell his host that bis wines would have
bren more enjoyed had he procured
other brands, or his sweets better, had
he used other seasonings. Mr. Roose
velt did this. He told the Egyptians
who are beginning to show independ
ence and cry, "Egypt for the Egypt
ians," that they were on the wrong
tack and should be m ide to hush and
submit to the English Oovernment.
He told the English at Guild Hall how
they could better govern Egypt, and
he was in Egypt only a f ew days, while
the English have been in Egypt many
years. All this was impolite, not
wrong possibly. But his sayings and
doings since bis lion hunts have led
many to believe he is Royalistic. Mr.
Hearst says as much, but we don't re
gard what Mr. Hearst says seriously.
Mr. Bryan did not call him royalistic,
but intimated that he seemed less dem
ocratic since traveling abroad, and Mr.
Bryan did rap him over the knuckles
for piesuming to give England advice.
The greatest dread this nation has of
Mr. Roosevelt is his imperialistic ten
dencies, so say many authorities. They
If not be very pronounced,but there
many who believe that if he had
power he would brook no delay in
digression from his ideas. They
have watched bis course since he en
tered the New York Police Board. He
dominated everything there. He did
the same as a member of the Civil
Service Commission. He would have
overturned many things as Secretary
of the Navy. As lieutenant-colonel of
the Rough Riders he took the reins en
tirely out of the hands of the colonel
and became "the whole show." As a
subaltern in Cuba he set Shafter, the
general in command,'aside and prac
tically assumed command of the army.
His "Round Robin" would have lost
the head of any other officer. As pres
ident he would have weeded out most
of the Supreme Cciirt, and as for the
const it u> ion he paid' little attention to
it, speaking of it as "antiquated," and
unsuited to the, requirements of ,a
modern government. These are the
dangers some see in him. They seem
to be magnified, however, by corpora
tion influence, and through the news
k;rs controlled by the trusts,
bold and daring aviator, we are
told, flew across the English Channel
land without alighting then flew back
again. Being an English army office
he had possibly gone through that wel
known maneuver where, "The soldiers
all marched up the hill, and then
marched down again." One of those
ancient double feats, also on record, is,
where—"James took his arm from
round her waist, then put it round
again"—a good many times.
"My Policies" have now pretty wel
circled the earth, at least they got as
far East as Egypt.
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ABOUT WASTE.
Statisticians tell us that our republic
is the richest, the most opulent, coun
try on earth, and if put up to the high
est bidder at the courthouse door on
county court day the sheriff, in pursu
ance of a levy of fieri facias, or the
master in chancery, under a decree
ordering liquidation, would knock
down ihe United States for a bigger
price than even Great Britain would
fetch under the hammer, or at private |
sale. That is true, or not, as may be.
Let us militant patriots hope it is jus
tified by the fact, the one stupendous
thing in this world; and pity 'tis that
all of them are not founded on accura
cy and truth.
But rich as we are, the American
people have the besetting sin of waste.
What we lose by neglect, prodigality,
and other sorts of thriftlessness every
year amounts to more than we save, j
In the matter of soil erosion alone, j
through the ignorance or indolence of j
farmers, the waste is frightful, reach
ing into the millions. Then there is
the waste, or rather vandalism, due to
weeds. That is immense. The clover
plant takes from the atmosphere to
enrich the soil; the noxious weed takes j
from the soil fertility to waste on the
atmosphere. And this waste is not
confined to the field; it is in the forest.
In every virgin woods there are trees
that are as detrimental to the giants of
that forest as weeds are to potatoes, or
corn, or wheat, or meadow.
Indeed, the waste that we are callous
to in this country exceeds the profit
we reap. It is a very great pity that
every American farmer has not the
leisure to read and the capacity to un
derstand and profit by Victor Hugo's
great chapter on the subject. France
understands it, and that is what has
made France the richest country per
capita in the world. In France it is a
penal offense to allow a weed to go to!
seed—Washington Post.
Back Broken
Harrisonburg, June 8. —Charles
Nis wander, a former resident of the
Daplina neighborhood, met with a
distressing accident several days ago
at Lima, Ohio, where he has been livj
ing for a year or two. A brief mes
sage received yesterday by relatives
in the connty stated that Mr. Nise
wander was thrown from a gondola
car on Friday last and seriously in
jnred. He was removed to a hospital,
where on examination by physicians
revealed the fact that the man's back
had been broken, and that he had
sustained a spinal inury which ren
dered his condition hopeless.
A Voice From Georgia.
Roswell, Ga., June 4, 1910.
STAUNTON Spectator:
Looking at my "bible" I see it is
quite time to send on remittance for
the coming year. , I will never lose
interest in STATj&TON my beloved
I home of 27 yean.
THE HOTEL MAN—AND THE WISE
CUT. , ,
"Pull down the blinds and shut the
The man who owned the hotel said."
"Iv'e got enough of this I'm sure
To give me wheels within my head."
"Ah," said a wise guy standing by,
'The trouble here I plainly see,
If you will let me tell you why,
I'll make it plain as plain can be."
Do you not see 'tis over done,
This Hotel business here today.
The thing to do is burn this one,
And put it clean out of the way.
"We warned these suckers oft and o'er
To put oo money in this thing,
We told them they would lose it sure,,
Then such a song as they would sing.
"We tried to stop 'em from the start
We preached the folly of the deal
How money and a fool will part.
And then the fool is bound to squeal."
The win guy seemed to have no stop,
No check upon his windmill grind.
Of hotel learning such a crop
A fine tooth comb could never find.
It seemed to everybody near,
That thus wouud up he'd run a year.
The hotel man was paralysed,
He looked the wise guy up and down,
"Such wisdom" thus he emphasized,
"Should s not be held in one small
town."
'How kind, dear sir, to ease my cares,"
Thus spoke the man with the hotel,
"Splendid must be your own affairs,"
"Now favor me—and go to ——
the corner and see whether there is a
policeman on the block and if so, wake
him up.
Trie wise guy went and sought the cop,
He found him not upon his beat
Just then he heard a—something drop,
A loud guffaw came up the street
The wise guy beat a brisk retreat
And ever since that scurvy trick,
The word '-'Hotel" just makes him sick.
EARTH SINKS
Mysterious Cave-in in Garden in
West End
A rumor was circulated around the
city yesterday afternoon that Middle
brook Aye., near the C. and O. trestle
bridge had fallen in, but upon visiting
the scene, it was ascertained that the
cave in was in the garden of Mr. Geo.
W. Sensabaugh, who lives in tne Bear
property on Maple Street. From what
could be learned, and from the appear
ance of the hole, it seems that some
years ago there was a well near the
spot that has fallen in, but which has
long since been filled up. Mr. Sensa
baugh, who has charge of the coal
and Wood yard of Mr. J. S. Sensabaugh,
stated to a DISPATCH and NEWS
reporter that on Friday afternoon he
noticed that the ground in that partic
ular spot was cracking, and that it
seemed to be sinking slightly, but he
thought nothing of the affair until
yesterday afternoon when it began to
sink rapidly, and when it was viewed
by a representative of this paper. The
cave-in covered an area fully ten _,by
twelve feet, much too large for an or •
dinary welL
About 300 yards from this spot the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad com
pany has a 552 foot artesian well,
which was driven about two years or
more ago, and Capt. Tyler who is in
chartre of the pumping station stated
yesterday afternoon that for the past
three weeks the water from this well
has been muddy, but he attributes
this to a blast that was put off on
Maple street about that time.
As yet there is a mystery surround
ing the whole affair.
MUCH SPECULATION
Could Colonel Roosevelt Leash the
War Dogs?
Washington, June 3.—Diplomatic
experts and disciples of the move
ment for world peace are beginning
to wonder today how Colonel Roose
velt would muzzle the dogs of war in
his proposed new capacity as chair
man of the World Peace Commission,
which congress soon will create.
There is not much doubt that con
gress will establish the commission
and there seems to be little doubt
that Roosevelt will be at its head, if
he will accept the post.
The way has been paved for the
commission by the proposal of Secre- j
tary Knox to establish an arbitral
court of justice at The Hague by en
larging the powers of the prize court
established by the last Hague confer
ence. This proposal is now before tlie
powers. So far it has been considered
favorably, but no formal reply has
yet been made by any of the govern-
Bridgewater, June 3.—The mar
riage of Prof. Charles W. Roller and
Miss Gertrude Floyd, the approach
of which was announced some days
ago, was a pretty and interesting
event here in the chapel at Bridge
water College this afternoon a half
past 3 o'clock. The impressive cere
mony that welded the two lives into
a bond of unity was performed by
Prof. T. S. Moherman, who holds
the chair of theology at the college. __
Immediately after the ceremony
Prof, and Mrs. Roller left for
Stauntom were they boarded a
train for Winnoa Lake, * Indiana,
where they will spend a few days,
after which they will visit anum
ber of points of interest in that
section of the west. They were ac
companied as far as Staunton by Miss
Margaret Floyd
Kept the King at Home.
"For the past year we have kept the
; King of all laxatives—Dr. King's New
Life Pills—in our home and they have
proved a blessing to all our family,"
writes Paul Mathulka, of Buffalo?- N.
Y. Easy, but sure remedy for all
stomach, liver and kidney troubles
Only 25c at B. F. Hughes.
Charleston, W. Va., June 7.—At Ce
dar Grove during a fight Geo. Jarrett
subbed John Drake, 25 years old,
through the heart killing him instant
ly. Jarrett was arrested.
CHARLES £. DOYLE
DIES SUODEMLY
Stricken With Apoplexy in
R His Private Car
and, Va,, June 6.—Charles
i, vice-president in charge of
ition of all lines embraced in
the Chesapeake and Ohio system, died
yesterday afternoon at 1:45 o'clock
in the private car attached to Chesa
peake and Ohio passenger train No 4,
due to arrive in Richmond at 2:45
p. in. Death resulted from apoplexy,
following a stroke sustained at Clif
ton Forge, about 2 p. m. yesterday.
The | body lias been transferred to
his home, 916 ark Avenue, aud the
arrangements for tne funeral will be
completed on arrival of members of
his family who have been summoned.
Mr. Doyle had bjen in the service
of the Chesapeake and Ohio' Railway
for twenty years, and many of hit
associates last night, from Act nz
President Decatur Axiell through all
of~the departments, expressed tbeii
sense of personal loss at the sudden
ending of a successful railroad career.
President George W. Stevens, of tlie
Chesapeake and Ohio, sailed for Eur
ope on the Steamship Arabic on Sat
urday, and was notified of the death
of Mr. Doyle by a wireless message
yesterday afternoon from a station
on the coast of Halifax.
While he had not been in the best
of health for some time, there was
little or no expectation of so sudden a
stroke. Recent changes in the Chesa
peake aud Ohio system had advanced
him from the position of general man
ager to that of vice-president in
charge of operation of all lines, E
W. Grice succeeding him as general
manager. He left. Richmond on
Saturday at 2 o'clock in his private
car for Cincinnati. In order to make
the entire trip, which was in the nat
ure of an official inspecton, by day
light, the car was detached in the
Clifton Forge yards, and laid over
there Saturday night, the officials ex
pecting to go on to Cincinnati yester
day. It was about 2 a. ni., that he
was stricken with what at tirst did
not seem a serious attack. Dr. J. C.
Wysor, of Clifton Forge, was sum
moned. Mr. Doyle himself did not
consider his condition serious, and
expressed the wish to return to his
home in Riohmond. Accordingly, his
car was attached to t.-ain No. 4, com
ing east yesterday morning, due to.
arrive in Richmond at 2:45 p. m.
Dr. Wysor accompanied him. Gen
eral Manager Grice was notified and
left here yestorday morning about 4
o'clock by special train, taking Mr.
Doyle's family physician, Dr. W. T.
Oppenhimer, with him. The special
met the eastbound train at Millboro
station. All efforts, however, were
unavailing. The patient's condition
deepened into unconsciousness several
hours before the end, which occurred
as the train passed Fredericks Hall
Station, about I:4a o'cloak.
Telegrams were sent on ahead and
a large party of railroad men were
gathered at the Main Street Station
when the train arrived.
Mr. Doyle is survived by his wife,
who was Miss Josephine Elliott, of
Danville, 111., and by two children, a
son and a daughter. Hobart E. Doyle,
the only son, is a student at Cornell
University and will reach here this
morning. Miss Alice E. Doyle, the
only daughter, was at Ninirod Hall,
not far from Millboro Springs. She
came to Richmond yesterday after
noon on a special car, arriving shortly
F' 6 o' clock.
. Doyle was a native of Missouri,
was born May 29, 1851.
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"BAREFOOTED BURGLAR"
Midnight Marauder Still Eludes
*sa
Pursuers.
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Hampton, June 7.—At an early hour
yesterday morning the "Barefoot
Burglar" was discovered in the
grounds of the Hampton Normal
School, having burglarized the home
of Mr. Albert Howe.
The man made a good "get-away,'
and, notwithstanding the fact that
blood hound trailed him to the heart
of the town of Phoebus, the noted
night operator, or at least a very good
Imitation of him, made bis escape.
That elusive and original marauder
known to fame as the "Barefoot Burg
lar" was out on a business trip that
night in and around the grounds of
the Hampton Normal, and performed
-iome of the most daring feats of house
breaking that he has ever been guilty
of.
Haver meyer Knew
New York, June 3.—That Charles R.
Heike, as secretary of the Sugar
Trust, called the attention of Henry
O. Havemeyer, then its president, to
the discreiiancies between the customs
weights and those on which paynuiit
f>r sugar were made was stated in
court today.
Heike, who has been on trial for
three weeks, charged with conspiracy
to defraud the government, presented
his side today. His associate counsel
George Scott Graham, of Philadel
phia, iv opening his defense, declared
when Heike called Havemeyer's at
tention to tl.e discrepancies, "he did
his full duty.'
Pretty Girl Missing
Parkersburg, W. Va., June 7—Beat
rice Johnson, aged 15, of this city, is
strangely missing and is believed to
have fallen into the hands of white
slavers. She was last seen in com
pany with a strange woman on Satur
day night The authorities here be
lieve she was taken to Akron, Ohio.
An investigation is being made. The
girl is exceptionally pretty and of a
good family.
Christian—Hite.
Chas. R. Christian of Augusta
County, and Miss May Bell Hite, Jof
Bridgewater, were married last night
at eight o'clock at the latter place
The groom is a farmer of this county,
and the bride is a native of Bridge
water.
J ill HUFFMAN'S STORE
man's Store Va., Jnue 4. ..The
great Shenandoah Mouutaius looked
from here this morning, like they
were covered with snow,aii<l it seemed
almost old enough to snow here.
Mrs. M. F. Kotsei a long time sub
scriber to the STAUNTON DIS
PATCH and NEWS is much indispos
ed, and has been for some time.
William Lane killed the largest
snake seen in this co.umnuity for a
long time, on Maple Terrace farm.
It was about rive feet long, and. al
most as thick as a quart measure,
with a very dangerous looking horn
on its tail. After the snake was dead,
it was aplaced in the path of the color
ed man who works on the place, and
who had gone to dinner. Iv a little
time the man came along, and saw
the snake—lie gave one awful yell
and took back as fast as he could run.
As he ran he tried to get something
off the fence to defend himself with,
bnt everything seemel to be fast
He was going at soch a rate and was
s > badl/ scared that those' who were J
matching thought it wu .best to call
to him and tell him the snake was)
dead. >.
Miss Rlioda Batton is very much
complaining at this time.
It is reported here that some kind
of a wild animal went to the farm of I
J. C. Plaine and killed a large hog,
ate about one half of it, and made
off without any one seeing it. This
happened last Monday night. . _
There will be a baptising in tlie
hollow back of Blackrock springs to
morrow. Many from this place ex
pect to attend.
John Baber has discovered a wild
cat on Maple Terrace farm and is
trying to sell the hide. He expect?
to catch the cat some time soon.
Miss Nora Criekenbarger came home
from STAUNTON a few days ago to
visit her parents.
Mr. H. R McCansland,a student at
Bridgewater College, is spending his
vacation with his sister, Mrs. T. A.
Humphrey.
A large lot of ties are being shipped
from Harriston. A large amount of
shipping is done from this place, and
why the railroad company wont build
a depot at this place is very strange
indeed.
There will be quarterly conference
in the U. B. Church at Grottoes on
June 25th.
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TO OPEN PROPERTY
Lake-View Corporation to Make
Valuable Improvements. j
The Lake-View Corporationr* com
posed of STAUNTON business men,
who several months ago purchased the
Wayt property, adjoining the reservoir
lot, are making arrangements to open
up this section, and are now soliciting
bids for street excavation. It was
stated yesterday afternoon by one
in authority that the corporation
would run a street through this'prop- i
city, connecting Filmore street with j
Thornrose avenue, and another street
from Cliurchville avenue to one of the
streets on reservoir hill, thus opening
a new and hitherto unimproved sec
tion of the city. They will also put in
sewerage,gas,water,and lay granolith
ic pavements. When this work is
completed they will offer the improved
property for sale as resident building
lots. This will be quite an addition
to STAUNTON, and the streets to be
run will prove of much advantage to
those who own property adjacent to
the holdings of the Lake-View Corpo
ration.
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Make Your Carriago or Buggy New.
Get about one dollars worth of L. &
M. Carriage Varnish Paint in any color.
You can make a buggy iook as fresh
and new as when just from the maker.
Get it from Culton & Peale, Waynes- j
boro, and C. H. Cohron & Son, Stuart's
Draft
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Deafness Cannot be Cored
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con
dition of the mucous lining of the Eu
stachian Tube. When this tube is in
flamed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing', and when it is en
tirely closed, Deafness is the result, un
less the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal
conditions, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are caused
by Catarrh, which is nothing but an
inflamed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by ca
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bold by Druggists, 75c.
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Swamp-Root is not recommended for
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readers of this paper, who have not al
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more about Swamp-Root, and how to
find out if yon have kid
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When writingmention
reading this generous
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send your address to'
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Lynchburg, Va., June 6.—SoeciaL
—Owen Jackson a menber of the
Lynchburg ball team is ill with ( ty
phoid fever in a Norfolk hospital.
Harrisonburg, Va., June 4.—Ebener,
the little son of Capt. B. C. Shack
le tt, of the Southern Railway, was
brought home last night from Wash
ington, wheye he underwent an oper
ation on his right foot at the George
Washington Hospital. The little fel
low had been in the hospital for three
months. He was greatly benefitted
by the operation and treatment.
Lynchburg, Va., June C—Special.
—It was learned here today that a
Philadelphia Syndicate has just bought
more than a hundred thousand dollars
worth of property in Campbell and
Bedford counties to develop. The
syndicate has obligated itself to give
to the purchasers of the property
the advantage of the street cars with
in two years. This property is located
a mile from the present car system.
Lynchburg, Va.,June 6.— Announoe
ment has been made of the coming
marriage of Miss Janet Elizabeth
Kelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.
L. Kelly to Mr. Frank Roy Gay at
the home of the bride on June 15.
The prospective bride has for several
years been connected with the music
department at the Virginia Christian
College, and Mr. Gay has taught
Greek in the same institution for two
or three sessions.
Lynchburg, Va., Jun* o.—Rewards
aggregating $200 have been offered
for tlje arrest of John Moore, who is
charged with the murder of Frank
Howell in Nelson county. Howell
died suddenly three weeks ago and
his stomach since has been __found to
contain strychnine. Moore has dis
appeared.
Lynchburg, Va., June 6.—lndica
tions are that the horse show to be
he Id Saturday, under auspices of the
Lynchburg Hunt Clnb, promises to be
a successful event. In addition to
local horses, quite a bunch will be ex
hibited from Thomas F. Ryan's Oak
Riage stables and others from the
stables of C. J. Ryan in New York
City.
Lynchburg, Va., June 6.—lt is
learned that the Southern railway has
completed plans for the new passeng
er station here.anl work will be start
ed as soon as the excavations can be
completed. These have been under
way some weeks. The new station is
to be located on the new route in the
West End and is to cost at least $50, -
000.
Lynchburg, Va., June 6.—The feat
ares of the finals at the Randolph-
Macon Woman's College today was
the floral procession and the planting
of the ivy by members of the senior
o lass. These annual occasions occurr
ed in the forenoon. Tonight at the
Sivermont Casiuo in the Riveimont
Park a short distance from the Col
lege the clats exercises were rendered.
Lynchburg, Va. June __6. —Tobacco
planters in this very badly
behind in the planting of the coming
crop, but the recent rains will greatly i
facilitate them in the work of trans
planting. The belief now is that the j
1910 crop will be a very small one, as
the acreage will not be as large as
last season.
Huntington, W. Va , June 3.— Judge
Doolittle, in circuit court, here, has
ruled that the statute providing for
the assessment of national bank stock
at its actual value, with no allow
ance for the personal indebtedness of
the owner, is unconstitutional.
Harrisonburg, June 4 —Miss Mary
Carr Gibson,of Montgmery, Ala., left
Thursday afternoon for her home af
ter spending several days with her
aunt, Mrs. Frazier Furr, on Newman
Aye. Miss Gibson is a niece of Siud
-ney Lanier, the great Southern poet
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Wood's Late
Seed Potatoes
are selected seed potatoes
carried in cold storage, so
as to supply them unsprout
ed and in the best condition
for summer planting.
The best time to plant
Late Potatoes is in June or
early in July, to make the
largest yielding crops for
winter use or market.
Write for "Wood's Crop
Special," giving prices and
seasonable information a
bout Late Potatoes and
other Seeds for Summer
Planting.
T. IV. Wood & Sons,
Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va.
Agents are making $.->oto $200 week
ly with our new substitute for slot
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These farms have good buildings and
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then examine these properties at once.
Our agency covers the best portion
of the State, so it will be to your inter
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For free full description write to
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3jun2t Charlottesville, Va,
Southern Railway.
N. B.—The following schedule figures
are published only as information
and are not guaranteed. Schedule
in effect May. 29 1910.
Leave Charlottesville as follows :
No. 9, daily, 11.50 a. m. Local be
tween Washington and Danville.
No. 29, daily, 7.10 p. m. Birming
ham Special. Through coaches
and sleeping car to Columbia, Savan
na and Jacksonville ; sleeping car to
Augusta and Aiken. Sleeping car to
Birmingham. Dining car service. Tou
rust to California 4 times a weeks
No. 35, daily, 12.10 p. m. U. S. Fast
Mail, first-class coaches and drawing
room sleeping car to New Orleans ;
dining car service.
No. 41, daily, 1.05 a.m. New York and
Chattanooga Limited I via Lynchburg)
first-class coach and sleeping cars to
Roanoke, Knoxville, Chattanooga.
Sleeping car to New Orleans. Dining
car service.
No. 37, daily, 1.42 a. m. New York
Atlanta aiuTNew Orleans Limited; all
Pullman train, club and observation
cars to Atlanta and New Orleans;
sleeping cars to Asheville, Atlanta,
New Orleans. Sleeping car to Char
lotte. Dining car service.
7:25 a. m. daily. Memphis special.
Through sleeping cars and coaches for
Roanoke, Knoxville, Chattanooga and
Memphis. Dining car service.
Trains leave Harrisonburg for Wash
ington 6.40 a. m. week days, and 2.55
p. m. daily; arrive Washington 11.45
a. m. and 9.30 p. m., respectively
Trains leave Washington for Harrison
burg 8.30 a. m. daily, and 4.30 p. m
week days; arrive Harrisonburg 2.55 p
m. and 10.15 p. m., respectively.
Immediate connection in New Union
Depot aU Washington for and from
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York
E.H. Coopman, Gen. Mgr.
S. H. Hardwick, Pass. Traffic Mgr.
H. F. Cary, Gen. Pass. Agt.
L. 8. Brown, Gen. Agt.
Washington, D. C
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