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DOMINION OS" VIRGINIA.
We want to impress upon you the importance
of this great shirt sale
It does not mean a reduction of 20 or 25 per cent, but it means cut in two in the middle
and then cut and trimmed some more. Twice each year we have these Shirt Salesthe
midsummer Sale this year is the greatest yet. It includes more genuine bargains
than all the shirt sales that have been put on in Lincoln. One price
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Coat Shirts, Shirts with cuffs attached, Shirts with detached cuffs, Shirts with collars,
Shirts without collarsfancy ones for the fancy dressers, quiet ones for men of taste.
You owe it to yourself and your purse to attend this sale.
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.Order Given for Building of Jail Seems
to Have Been Beginning of Law
and Order Eules for
Innkeepers.
During one of his last lecture tours .
through Old Virginia Mr. Harry Ellard
was in a small town called Fincastle.
which is the county seat of Botetourt
county.. and there gave a talk to the
Confederate Veteran association of that
place. He met a number of gentlemen
who were connected with the court
house and who allowed him access to
all of the records of the county.
On looking back nearly 140 years he
came across a' curious order of the
court which he copied and which is as
follows:
'Be it remembered that at the house
of Mr. Robert Breckenridge. in the
County of Botetourt, on Tuesday, the
thirteenth day of February, in the
tenth year of the reign of our Sover
eign King George the Third, by the ,
grace of God of Great Britain, France
and Ireland, King Defender of tie
Faith, and in the year of our Lord
Christ one thousand seven hundred
and seventy, in the Colony and Do
minion of Virginia, that the Court or
ders that the Surveyor of Botetourt
county do lay off two and one-half
acres of land for the use of the county,
directed by Robert Breckenridge, who
shall appoint by court Christian and
Stephen Figg to agree, with a workman
to build a log cabin twenty-four feet
long and twenty feet wide, for a Court
house, with a clapboard roof with two
small rooms, one at each end, for a
jury room.
'The court doth give leave to James
M. Gepock to build a log cabin twenty-
four feet long and sixteen feet wide,
with an addition at the end sixteen feet
wide and twelve feet long, for a prison
and the Gaoler's House, the expense of
which to be paid by the county."
This was the first record Mr. Ellard
came across, so it will be seen that by
the Building of the courthouse and jail
law and order began to prevail in this
section. Another curious order which
Mr. Ellard copied is as follows:
'Order of the Colonial Court regulat
ing the charge of Innkeepers at Fin
castle, Virginia, 14th day of February,
1770, under King George III. of Eng
land, Defender of the Faith.
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UNION CONTRACTORS.
If You Want Building Done, Here
List to Patronize,
TO ENFORCE
PURE FOOD LAW.
The Clearing Sale Of
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HOUSE fUHNISHINGS
At the Auditorium Con
tinues. Have you been
There? Miller & Paine.
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tee will meet from time to time for
consultation as opportunities will be
Dresented. Public hearings will be
held beginning in New York city, Sep-
tember 17.'
COURT UPHOLDS THE STATE
Commission Holds Its First Meeting
at Washington.
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The following employers and con- ,
secretary of the treasury, secretary
tractors nave ueeu uecmieu n Qf commerce and laDor and the secre
Carpenters' Union, Local 1055, and we tarv of agriculture to formulate rules
request all parties contemplating and regulations for the enforcement of
building or repairs of any kind per
taining to our trade to please take
notice and consider the following rep
utable contractors and builders befor.3
letting your work:
S. W. Baker, 2237 R street.
S. W. Brown, 1750 South Fifteenth
street.
H. E. Chappell, 1624 O street.
L. Drybbra, Lindell Hotel.
S. R. Copeland, 110 North Twenty-
seventh street.
H. Dobbs, 329 South Twenty-seventh
street.
T. P. Harrison, Brownell block,
room 12.
V. B. Hester, 820 North Twenty-
seventh street.
Howa& Atterbury, 2025 Vine street-
Hammond & Burford, 3136 Dudley
street.
Alex Hutton, 1436 N street.
Jewell & Marsh, 2331 South Tenth
street.
A. Kiewit, 1620 N street.
A. L..' Myers, 223 North Twenty-
eighth street.'
Mitchner.
Chas. Mellor, 2149 South Fifteenth
street.
F. G. Odell, 1335 North Twenty-
fourth street.
J. W. Russell, 1527 North Twenty
fourth street.
C. W. Ryman, 1112 Pine street.
D. A. Rush, Normal.
T. K. Townsend, 1328 South Fif
teenth street.
Turner Bros., 1401 Rose street,
O. W. Vanderveer, 154 South Eigh
teenth street.
S. A. Webb, 2743 W street.
Lincoln Sash and Door company for
mill work.
This bulletin is issued by authority
of Carpenters' Union, and is subject
to revision at their order. Firms and
contractors can have names and place
of business inserted by applying to
Carpenters' business agent, at 130
South Eleventh street, or by phone,
Auto 3824, Bell L-1154.
Ordered that the following rates be
observed by innkeepers in Botetourt
county to-wit: For- East India rum
they may demand 10 shillings per gal
lon, for rum made on this continent
2 shillings sixpence per gallon, Madeira
wine 12 shillings per gallon, for Tene-
rift 11 shillings per gallon, for peach
brandy 5 shillings per gallon, for ap
ple brandy 4 shillings per gallon. For
Virginia strong msft beer, bottled three
months, 7 pence half penny per bottle.
same not bottled three months one
shilling three pence; for Bumbo with
two gills of rum to the quart made
with white sugar one shilling three
pence, for same with brown sugar one
shilling. For a warm diet with beer
sixpence, for lodging with clean sheets.
one in a bed, sixpence, two .in a ' bed
three pence three farthings, more than
two in a bed nothing."
There was no explanation given as to
what Bumbo was. but it mieht hava
the pure iooa law, neia us nrst meet- Deen a colonial highball.
ing at the department of agriculture.
Dr. H. W. Wiley, chemist of the de- Her Thoughtfulness.
nartment of aericulture. was elected An English cook dreamed of a lot-
president, and James L. Gerry, chief nu ar master s aavice ;
nf the division nf customs of tne treas- . . .. .. .
I -Ffvur rl o va I o tnl r h A an-i 1 -vir m
ury, secretary. N. D. North, director astonished to see that the ticket had:
of the census, is representative or tne won $100,000. He was a bachelor and
department of commerce and labor, she was an old servant. It was im-
It was decided to begin work at once possible to think of parting. He pro-
I upon the regulations, and the commit- posed and was accepted, and tey were
married by special license next morn
ing.
As they drove away from the church.
he said to her: f'Well,, Molly, two hap
py events in one day. You have mar
ried, I trust, a good husband. . You
have something else first let me ask '
about the lottery prize.'
Thinking ' her husband meant " to
Michigan Secures Decision in Suit J " i."?
Mgamst nanroaas. thought how it would be. and that I
iviicnigan nas gainea an iiuyun.an.. snouid never hear the last of it., so I
point in its last of the great railway sold the ticket to the baker for va
cases by a decision of the supreme guinea profit.
court in the case of the state against
the Michigan Central railroad to col
lect $4,000,000-in back taxes, claimed
to be due the state under an original
charter of the corporation and cover
ing the years from 1856 to 1893. Suit
was brought before Judge Wiest in
Ingham county circuit court to collect
Sprightliness Unappreciated. "'
A traveler relates that the steam-,
er was nearing' the completion of. a
very rough passage, and most of the
passengers . were silent, sad and;
thoughtful. Only one gay and spright
ly individual looked as though an
earthquake haTln't suddenly swal-,"
on the ground that the company had hwed up his friend and all his world-!
Bavarian Prince Killed.
Prince Eugene Murat was killed
near Munich, Bavaria, by the over
turning of his automobile, while he
was on the way to Karlsbad.
made a fraudulent report as to the
amount of property it had subject to
taxation. The company filed a demur
rer alleging that the state was barred
by the statute of limitations. The
c6urt below overruled the demurrer
and the company appealed. The su
preme court sustained Judge Wiest.
Its Earnings Come Second.
A preliminary statement has been
prepared of the gross receipts of the
Southern Pacific company for the
fiscal year ending June 30 last, which
includes the first two months and a
half following the San Francisco fire.
The figures show 100 million dollars of
gross income, making the Southern
Pacific in "that respect the second
greatest railroad company in the
United States. The Pennsylvania
comes first. The figures represent an
increase of five million dollars over
the year before' and $22,755,000 over
the company's gross receipts in 1901.
dancing nimbly about, "I'm all right.
If you chaps just brace up and be
cheerful, you'll feel all right." He
did a hornpipe and a jig, and one of
his fellow passengers raised his head
long enough to say: "George, will:
you do me a great favor a very
great favor possibly the last favor
I shall ever ask of you?" "Why,
certainly, old man! What can I get
for you?" "Nothing. I simply beg
of you to stop dancing. It shakes
the boat so."
No Room for His Kind.
"Bounders says ,he often knocks
at the door of opportunity, but he
can never get in."
"What's the matteT? Is it full in
side?" "No. But he is."
Evidence.
"What makes you so sure Bllggins
is a college man. He never, quotes
from the classics."
"No. But he knows every techr .
cality that pertains to athletics."
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