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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1902
Page
2
Community newspaper urges Lexington readers to support local home merchants during Christmas. It argues local shops offer up-to-date, affordable goods with reliable service and quicker delivery than distant city retailers. Encourage examining The Gazette ads to compare selections and prices.
A detailed 19th century summary shows Virginia land and building values by race. Whites hold the vast majority of acres and property, with Negro owners comprising a small fraction in land and buildings across state, county, and city totals. Specific Rockbridge county and Buena Vista figures are listed for land, town lots, and structures.
The President’s Message, delivered Tuesday, extols national prosperity and industrial growth, repeats prior political stances, and urges regulatory legislation for trusts, coal on the free list, banking reform, a new commerce department, navy expansion, civil service merit, and favorable foreign relations, with pride in the army in the Philippines.
Thomas Brackett Reed former speaker of the House and a prominent public figure died Saturday night at the Arlington hotel in Washington DC. The immediate cause was anemia with complications from appendicitis and kidney trouble after a week in the capital for Supreme Court matters. Reed was a famed but partisan lawmaker and lawyer who had clashed over seating in Congress while maintaining personal friendship with John Randolph Tucker.
Tense dispute in Amherst involves Commonwealth's Attorney Otto L Evans confronting Judge Clarence J Campbell over remarks. Evans confronted by pistol in view, magistrate bound him to keep peace. Legislative Courts Committee backs a commission to try Campbell for past horsewhipping of Rev Dr Crawford amid broader public feuds and funding questions.
The report details early snow and plunging temperatures with a peak at 14 degrees. Fuel shortages loom as hard coal runs scarce, forcing Lexington and Rockbridge to rely on wood and soft coal despite higher costs. Some eastern cities limit coal supply, forcing households to board to cut fuel use.
Senator Bryant calls for a game warden in every district and Senator Tyler seeks to regulate general and primary elections with liquor rules in booths and penalties. Clerks and judges to be paid three dollars daily. bribery fines set at five hundred dollars and jail terms. Senator Sale targets insurance rate collusion with annual affidavits and perjury penalties. West seeks fire insurance reform reviving the Wharton plan. Also reports deaths: Mr. Rosenberger’s suicide in Campbell county. a Richmond area youth, E M Broadus Jr., found dead near Richmond College with chloroform suspected. notes a provocative linkage to Fairfax/Isle of Wight connections.
Confederates entitled to 1902 pensions must file by January 1 1998 or within one month. The extension applies to the 1902 pension filings under the recent law aact. Obtain blanks from the County Clerk or Auditor of Accounts in Richmond.
At the Roanoke Virginia wedding of Miss Elizabeth Gray and Mr. Charles Wenenger last week the bride’s mother presented a farm in Illinois valued at forty five thousand dollars as a dowry or gift.
Thirty four five thousand dollar damage suits were entered in the U S court at Richmond against members of Virginia’s Constitutional Convention. The actions seek jurisdiction under common law likely via the Revised Statutes. Hayes and U S Marshal Treat arranged papers. secrecy was urged. The cases target officials who voted for the constitution as the state’s organic law. The West Virginia certificate holders advance toward settlement ahead of January legislative sessions.
The Line of Delegates Finance Committee favors a fifty thousand dollar appropriation for the St Louis Exposition and plans an appropriation for the Jamestown centennial amid expected opposition. Other notes include a new eight year term setup for district judges and a call for teachers to wait for twenty days of December instruction before reporting. The Mary Custis Lee Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy meets Friday at 4 PM at The Pines with important business on the agenda.
The dealer showcases a large varied stock for the holidays including Bronze Ornaments Vases Napkin Rings Sterling novelties and leather cases. He emphasizes freshness value and easy purchase with extra holiday staff and deliveries }
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