The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-06-16
LAFAYETTE pREsBYTERy.

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McCausland, j. b. White, J. L. Fades,
j. X. Anderson, 5. F. McBurney and j. A.
A communication relative to dissolving
pastoral relation of Mt. Olive church with
Rev. Barbee was read, and on his request,
the relation was dissolved.
Request Of Rev. Dupuy for letter of dis
missal to presbytery OF North Mississippi
was granted.
Rev. T. s. Simeral, Of Missouri presby-
terry, was received and enrolled as a menu
Der of Lafayette p~resbytery.
A. c. McGeachey, licentiate from Fay
cite presbytery, was received and enrolled
under care of Lafayette presbytery.
John Andrew, of Lexington; Henry A.
Young, OF Lafayette county, and Mr..
McGeachey were examined and preached
trial sermons before the p~resbytery and a
large audience. All were sustained, the
discourses commended, and those of
Young, Andrew and McGeachey, es-
pecially, pronounced able and eloquent.
A call for McGeachey to the church at
Pleasant Hill was placed in his hands,
which he accepted.
Judge Field in an impressive and forci-
BILE address presented the claims of +. A.
Seminary to the consideration and en-
couraging care Of the p~resbytery.
A resolution was adopted commencing
this school, and recommending that
churches, ministers and friends of Pres
byterians give it their sympathy and aid
P~resbytery ordered 300 copies of the
minutes OF this meeting in connection
will fall meeting printed.
On his request, and with the assent Of
his church, the pastoral relation of Rev.
II. b. Banks, of Odessa church, was dis
solved, to take effect July LIST.
Committee in the case of Dover church
reported the number of members con-
tiguous thereto, the condition Of the
building, and recommended that the
presbytery provide for services to be held
there until the spring meeting OF the
presbytery.
The examination Of the young men for
licentiates was especially close and occu-
pied the greater part of the time Of the
presbytery. They stood the trying ordeal
well and passed the test examination with
credit to themselves and the institutions
where they have been students.
Read the statement of the Traders bank
in this issue. This institution is scarcely
q year old and yet its official statement
shows 1t to be sound, safe and prosperous
in every particular. To its officers the
banks prosperity is largely due. No bet
ter men ever controlled a banking house.
Mr.. w. g. McCsusland, the president, has
been identified with Lafayette county for
years. His record has been characterized
by rugged honesty, tireless energy and
merited success. Likewise, Mr.. Ireland,
the cashier, is an old Lexingtonian, whose
business, social and political career is well
Known. He is a careful, painstaking and an
honest man, and any business intrusted to
him will be attended to iudiciously. The
and storms in the financial world will
rise high before 1t succumbs to adversely.
On Monday, two gentlemen representing
the A. p. A, of Kansas City, came here TO
secure q place to hold a grand Fourth OF
July picnic. They had been to other
PfaSCs, Jul "hCu tuCy ~ II
City, they said, they would recommend to
the association the old battle grounds fol
the site of their picnic. Nothing definite
can be ascertained as yet. The commitee
that was here said they would have with
them, IL they came on the Fourth, oveI
five thousand people.
Miss Bessie Standish, one of our most
popular young ladies, who has worked
long and faithfully in the book store oi
Mr.. Z. q. Loomis, will enjoy a vacation
for the ext few months. She will visit
in Richmond, Sedalia, and other places
resuming $50 she ssys) her old position in
the fall. We wish Miss Bessie a pleasant
vacation.
The miners are still striking. A meet
ing was called to be held here, Thursday
but it was an entire failure. The opera
tors, having no compromises to make
did moi attend the meeting. All the Goa
that is used here is being shipped from
other points.
We are informed that Notwithstanding
the coal famine, our waterworks anG
lights will not be turned off. As long as
there is n coal in the country hat car
be obtained, Lexington will have water
and lights.
A young colored man was drowned, al
st. Joseph this week. He was a son OF
Baker Hook, OF this city. The body had
not been recovered at last accounts.
There is a coal oil war in Indiana, and
oil is selling ut four cents a gallon, deliv-
cred. We would like to have some of tina,
kind of q disturbance.
The county Jail contains fifteen prison
ers, five of whom are females. This is
more women than the Jail has contained
for some time.
Editor Frank Bowman will take charge
of the p~ostofice about July 1. His deputy
will be his brother, Mr.. Joseph Bowman
the e%x-sheriff.
Examine the bank statements. They
speak volumes for the progress anG
enterprise OF Lexington.