The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-10-12
MISSOURI NEWSPAPERDOM

road and If 1t proves satisfactory then
push it all oyer the county.
James L. Bradshaw has sold his
paper at West Plains, Mo, and
returned to C~hillicothe, where he has
bought an interest in the Mail and
Star. May success attend HIM.
Columbia Statesman: Early in the
campaign it was thought Ex-Gov.
Stephens would be for w. j. Stone IN
the race for u. S. senator. But Stone
called on Gov. Dockery one day while
passing through the capital, and this
indication of friendship was too much
for the ex-governor. He is now telling
where Stone is weak and where Clark
strong.
~Higginsville Advance: "Grandma'
Taylor, as she is Familiarity known by
her neighbors, met with a sad acct
dent Sunday morning. She was out in
the yard and in some way fell,
dislocating her left hip, and it is
feared fractured the bone. She has
been suffering intensely, though all that
care and medical skill can do Is being
done. She is 70 years old, and her
health 10 not the very best. Mrs.
Taylor is the mother of Perry Taylor,
our night Waterman. Her many
friends hope for her recovery.
Fulton Sun: Early In the summer it
was said by many that there would not
be much corr raised in Galloway
county. This is true as to many points
in the county, but Mr.. j. CottriIl, of
the Hatton n~eighborhood, was in
Fulton Friday and had with him eight
ears of corn, which he took out of a
field of twelve acres on his farm, of
this years raising. Four OF these ears
were of the yellow variety and four of
the white. The corr was weighed four
ears at a time. The white corn
weighed SIX pounds and five ounces
and the yellow six pounds and seven
ounces. This Is the best corn we have
heard of this year. MI. Cottrill sent
twelve ears of white and twelve of
yellow corn to the Centralia fair and
captured first premium on the yellow
corn, but was beaten on the white
= variety.
Richmond Conservator: Ray county
. real estate has been in great demand
for several weeks and a number of val
! liable farms in different parts of the
, county have changed owners recently.
g Real estate men and leading farmers of
the county attribute this demand to
r the drouth of the past summer.
0 While crops IN many counties of the
e state we're so badly injured by the
? continued dry weather that they will
amount to practically nothing, Ray
county soil is gong to produce about q
r half corn crop this year. This fact i:
e becoming known throughout the state
d and persons who depend upon farming
tor a living want to secure land which
will produce a crop in any kind of
y season. Ray county contains thai
Is character of land and Just now there II
q great demand for it.
Richmond Conservator: Mrs. Mar
~ Black and her daughter, Miss Annie
:, gave a dining Sunday at their home oil
South Thornton street in honor of Mrs
=. Blacks brother, Stephen G. Trigg, o
Lebanon, Tennessee, who is ~visitin!
relatives and friends in Richmond anC
:, other parts of Ray county. Thos
present were Capt. John P. Quesen
70 berry, Capt. A. A. McCuistion, Jos
F. Duval, Judge Thomas McGinnis
-, Major Robert j. Williams and Geo. S
Ewing, all of whom are confederat
veterans aud comrades of Mr.. Trie,
70 during the civil war and this was tn
- first time they had met him for nearl,
~ forty years. The dinner was great
;. enjoyed by those present and the oil,
70 veterans spent several hours durin,
DC the afternoon relating "reminiscences O
s. the war aud recalling happenings 0
W their ~boyhood days.