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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1906
Page
2
The Che Gazette lists editor William R. Kennedy and announces a weekly Wednesday issue from Lexington Virginia dated December 26 1908. It details subscription rates in advance including one year for $1.00 and six months for 50 cents, with notes on obituaries business notices and advertising rates.
The year’s end holiday is a call to love and goodwill. The author urges sharing time, gifts, and kind deeds to brighten others and receive a double blessing in return.
The piece notes railroads’ power to haul or withhold coal amid freezing West, contrasts with Baer’s boast on private control. It cites Koiner’s foreign labor push, a Danish injury, and a Georgia bill for congressional district colleges. It reports a Lexington cold snap, Roosevelt backing demobilization of Negro troops, and peak Christmas package traffic.
In a commemorative piece, General Robert E. Lee is portrayed not only as a renowned general but as a devoted educator and moral guide. It notes his four year presidency at Washington College, enrolling over five hundred students, and highlights his August 1865 letter urging peace, harmony, and duty to educate youth. The article links Lee’s legacy to postwar reconciliation between Massachusetts and Virginia as living proof of national unity.
Rockbridge correspondent in Gardner Kansas writes to GAZETTE advising young men with limited means to seek work in the West. He describes farming pay of 20-30 dollars monthly, public works 1-3 dollars a day, notes Western life has plain friendly folk but money seekers, and mentions churches and leisure as contrasts to Virginia life. He plans a January trip to government lands in New Mexico and promises a full report.
Deeds of bargain and sale entered in Rockbridge county clerk's office for the week ending December 26. Listings include McFaddin to Wade 704 acres on Hays Creek and other parcels, prices from 5 to 5,200 dollars, transfers between individuals and heirs on Colliers Creek, Irish Creek, Pedlar River, and nearby districts, with several properties including homes, lots, and riverfront tracts.
The Race Question and Southern Symposium reviews the negro problem from white Southern opinion with editorials on segregation and miscegenation, plus contributions by Gen. Stephen D. Lee and others. It argues for separation, outlines racial theories, and covers related books and articles for readers of Southern Public.
Governor Heyward of South Carolina told the Southern Club of Philadelphia the South has outgrown its labor supply and must widen opportunity. He argued that negro labor on farms is insufficient for manufacturing and urged securing a large white majority in Southern states as a practical race question settlement. Skating is being enjoyed today by many Lexingtonians.
A new book by Mia Mary Teats promises to solve marital difficulties through biblical and scientific insight. It argues divorces can end by obedience to God’s laws and explores prenatal influence, social issues, and the rights of the child to be born healthy. Published by Physical Culture Publishing Co. in Spotswood NJ, the 300 plus page volume costs $1.50 postpaid.
A local shop promotes a wide range of inexpensive gifts and imported items in a 5 and 10 Cent Counter. It touts Fancy Mural Goons and Japanese goods, from brass inks to silk umbrellas, with substantial discounts on heavy weight suitings and plaid broadcloth, and promises profit sharing on new purchases.
The grocery department is described as always busy with a steady flow of goods. Shoppers are encouraged to try the department if not already served, highlighting the department’s efficiency and availability.
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