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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-10-26
Inc Aged Citizen Passed Away at His Home in Lexington
Early thursday Morning.
HIS WAS A LIFE OF GREAT ACTIVITY AND USEFULNESS.
Bar Association Took ActiOnservce First Baptist
Friday Afternoon Interment Machpeah.

The Hon. Henry G. Wallace, Sr.,
one of Lexington's oldest and most
highly respected citizens, a man
whose name was SYNONYM for hon
esty and integrity, died at his home
in Lexington at fifteen minutes after
twelve O'Clock Thursday morning.
Mr.. Wallace had been gradually falling
since the 10Th of August and the
end was not unexpected.
With him at the time of his death
we're his devoted wife and children,
who witnessed his passing with the
consoling knowledge that in the
beyond he had implicit faith in the
loving care and protection of never
failing Savior.
The children who survive this
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payers during the past twenty-eiobt
years. (Applause.)
"Let me say here and now. in ad.
vance of that statement. that it will
De SHOWN that there has been an hon
est accounting for every dollar of pub
llc moneys from the day of Silas Wood
son down to the close of Lon Stephens,
administration" Cheers and ap-
plause.)
Before the speaking began the
seventeen young ladies illustrating the
l6-l theory, who were stationed on a
decorated platform, close to the speak
er's stand, took an informal ballot to
see which of the four statesmen was
the beSt-lOoking man. The result
was; Bryan, 6: Dockery, 5; Clark, 5:
Stone, l. 1t afterward developed
that the young lady who had voted
for Stone had mistaken Bob Kern, of
st. Louis, for the ex-governor.
Portraits of the distinguished speak.
erS on this occasion, with the except.
ion of that of Gov. Dockery will be
found on the third page of this issue
OF the INTELLIGENCER.
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Baptist, having been consistent men,
Der OF that church for the past sixty
two years. He was prominent in
church work and for twelve years sue
cessively was moderator for the Lafay-
elite and johnson county association.
Politically Mr.. Wallace was a whig,
out after the demise of that organiza-
ton he became an earnest member of
the democratic party.
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honored citizen are Henry Crockett
Wallace, Of Lexington; Fidelio Lee
Wallace, of Lexington; Mrs. Berthe
Wallace Mcdonald, Of ST. Joseph;
Maxwell Sharp Wallace, of Kansas
City, and Mrs. Florence Wallace
Cooper, of Kansas City, all of whom
were with their father at the time
of his death.
Hon. Henry C. Wallace descended
from most illustrious families. He
was born Angus! Is, 1928, in Wood
tord county, Ky, and was son OF
Henry and Elizabeth Wallace. HIS
mother was daughter of George
Carlisle, soldier in the revolutionary
war, aud his father was soldier in
the war of 1912. The elder Wallace
WAS born in Kentucky soon after The
admission of the state and IS supposed
to have been the first male child born
in Kentucky after It's admission into
the union. During the war OF 1872 he
served with distinction under Gen
William II. Harrison. He removed
with his family to Missouri in the
spring of 1874, settled in Lexington
and remained here until his DEATH
May 81, 1875.
The grandfather of Lexington'S dead
citizen, Caleb Wallace, was member
OF the convention that framed the first
constitution of Kentucky, at DanvilIe
in 1892, as we'll us a member OF the
convention that framed the second con-
stituuon for that state at Frankfort II
1877. He was one Of the first judges o
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A LIE UPON IT'S FACE.
Partisan Folly Led to Needless
. lnvCStiga ti0n.
GOV. DOCKERY SAFE IN HIS OFFER.
High Character Of tn Man Attacked a
Surety OF The FaI schools Told.

Governor Dockery has said Speciti-
cally that he will personally make
good any deficit that may be discover
ed in the state funds and which is
shown to be chargea ble to democratic
inetficiency or democratic dishonesty.
The World does not doubt the ability
and willingness of the governor to
make good his word nor does it doubt
that he is taking NO risk whatever i'm
making the offer, says the Kansas
City World
The rancorouS partiSan5hip which
led the st. Louis ote-Democrat to
make the baSelesS charges it did male
regarding the handling of the state
funds was so Obvious that it is to be
regretted that twas seriously thought
necessary to refute the allegations.
The st Louis organ mnders to the
political prejudiceS OF class of parti-
sans that readily bel ieyeS any evil that
it utters of democratic officehOlder.
When the organ made the unbluShing
statement that it dId concerning the
state funds its partisan readers no
doubt accepted the statement as true.
They will continue to believe it true
even now when it has been disproved
by competent authority. There is no
use trying to show them that it is not
true. They are, politically, the same
kind Of men as those who decline to
sit on a jury because they have con-
victions that evid enCe would not
move.
But it has been mOnStrated to the
satisfaction of the thinking people of
the state that there was nothing in
the charge to start W ith 1t is for their
behOof that the mat ter has been taken
up and the vicious character of the
assault shown. They have been con-
vinced.
The Globe DemOc rat In it's narrow
partiSanship, assumed that the people
of Missouri would believea charge so
prepoSterouS that republican politi-
clans deplored it because of its
absurdity. Had it been true, it would
, have shown a cont inulng conspiracy
involving the honor Or good sense, of
all the men the state has delighted to
honor for three decades.
Governor Dockery would have been
d. perfectly safe in his offer even if he
l had nothing but the high character
1 and ability of the men attacked to
warrant him in the making of it.
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the court of appeals of Kentucky,
having been appointed in 1892, and
serving for twenty years in that
capacity. He was also member of
the electoral college that chose John
Adams as president of the United
States.
Hon. Henry c. Wallace began his
educational work in the schools OF
Kentucky, and at the time his father
emigrsted to Missouri was student at
Center college, at Danvllle, that state.
A severe attack of typhoid tever al
about that time precluded further
collegiate work. After coming tC
Missouri Mr.. Wallace pursued bis
studies IN the schools Of Lexington
aud in 1847 he became teacher a
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tins place. After spending year and
half as a pedagogue he began the
study of law with his brother-ln-law,
F. G. Sharp, who afterwards became a
prominent member of the st. Louis
bar. In the year 1S49 Mr.. Wallace
was admitted to practice, but after
wards completed his legal education at
u law school in Louisville, Ky, from
which he graduated in 1851. He
thereupon returned to Lexington,
resumed the practice of his profession
and continued to reside hero up TO the
time of his death.
Mr.. Wallace was married June 4,
1868, to Mlsss Lizzie Sharp, sister to
the distinguished lawyer mentioned
above, and daughter of AbsOlem NJ.
Sharp, of Christian county, Kentucky.
The wife of his bosom for so many
years aud the five children who sur
vive the deceased are mentioned IN an
initiatory paragraph Of this sad story.
Although often urged to allow his
name to be used In connection with
candidacy for office, Mr.. Wallace
chose rather not to yield. Hence,
with the exception of having served as
justice of the peace and city attorney
for Lexington his only poltca! pre-
ferment was election TO the Missouri
constitutional convention which met in
1875, from the district then composed
of the counties Of Lafayette, Pettis
and Saline. He bore an important
part in framing the splendid organic
law of this state.
In religion Mr.. Wallace was
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THE WHARTON MEETING.
Judge Samuel DAVIS Euloglzes the
Noted Evangelist.
cemetery.

Judge Samuel Davis writes as fol-
lows to friend in this city:
l am glad to learn that DR.. II. NJ.
Wharton is to hold series of union
meetings in Lexington. He is a
great preacher-an evangelist of the
highest order. He held tent meet
ing in this city last summer for
four weeks. 1t was during the hot
test and dryest period of the great
drouth, yet multitudes, l use the
word advisedly, attended the meet
ingS every night and the interest
never tagged.
There was no undue excitement.
The gospel IN its simplicity and
purity was preached and the effect
upon this whole community was
wonderful.
At the beginning of his services DR..
Wharton stated that both the pastor
and the evangelist were mentioned in
the New Testament. He described
their functions: and then he said he
was an evangelist, and you may eX-
pect all his sermons to be along
evangelistic lines. His preaching is
sometimes topical and sometimes ex-
pository. He eXcelS in both. He is
essentially gospel preacher; by that
| mean he breaches the cross and
divine grace. Those who 60 to hear
him must expect to hear that, always.
He is perfectly saturated with that
idea. He breaches it from the pulpit,
talks it, and acts it. He loves men
and from the deep earneStneSS of his
preaching shows it. He does not ask
men to come and promise to be better
men-to turn over new leaf-and
other patent processes; but to accept
Christ and confess Him before men
as the only hope of salvation.
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MR.. WATTERSON COMMENTS.
Sees Hope For Democracy in ROOse-
yelt-WashingtOn Incident.

Henry Watterson discusses, edi-
torially, in Wednesday mornings
issue of the Courier-Journal, the
RooSeyelt-BOOker Washington in
cident.
zone does not know precisely
whether to laugh or whistle, " he says.
"Assuredly it is the part Of wisdom
in democrat to say nothing and saw
wood. "
Mr.. WatterSon contends that every
citizen has the right to pick his own
company. lie goes on to argue that
Mr.. Roosevelt has only shown him
self true to his political religion, and
states that its foundation was to free
the negro, to seat him in the high
places of the land, and that for
great moral lesson it kept the seat Of
Jefferson Davis vacant until it could
be filled "by gentleman of color. "
Mr.. WatterSon mOurnS for Booker
Washington and says that in the end
he will pay the freight. "Truly," he
says, "the president did Booker Wash
ington an ill turn"
In his concluding paragraph Mr..
WatterSOn says: Looking at it from
a private point of view, democrats
may take no little comfort to them
selves. Whatever happens this is not
our funeral. Out in the cold as we
may be, shivering as we are, and
hungry, yea, verify, and thirSty-yet
as we stand around the white house
and look in through the windows and
see Teddy and Booker hObnobbing
over their 'posSum and potatoes, not
one of us is disposed to envy either of
them, or to eXclaim of either,
Wouldn't it be bully to be him.
We prefer to take our chances of
the future. We had rather wait till
our time comes. Somehow the look
ahead does not seem so hopeless, nol
the distance 50 long. For there is
here radical inirmity of Judgment
, a plain lack of common Sense-anc
o bless the Lord we are not in 1t
Indeed, the ShortcOming implied by II
means Il great deal to us. Mistakes
like fortunes, never come Singly
They travel in groups and arr
2 cumulouS.
"We democrats have but to ge'
together and keep our powder dry u
carry all before us three years hence
. because this young man is a DrOncho
- buster. and he is going to raise NOR
- of that stuff from the very hot plac
- with the very short name TO IN
SQUARE inch than was ever ralSe'
before in that particular neck OF Tn
woods Sursum corda. There is
- oood time coming, boys; wait a littl
longer" "
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A Tuesday Evening Wedding.

Mr.. John A. W ittenberg, an em-
ploye Of the firm Of Wttenburg &
Gratz, and Miss Lima Taylor were
quietly married at half past seven
O'Clock Tuesday ev enng at the home
of the brides parents Mr.. and Mrs.
John Taylor, the uptal knot having
been tied by the Rev j. X. Dunn in
accordance with t he usual Episcopal
ceremony. The att eudants were Mr..
Thomas Fletcher and Miss Sallie
Taylor, sister TO The bride. Master
George Cullom and little Miss Mary
Taylor were the children who took
part in the ceren Cny. Only rela-
tives OF the high GOntraCting parties
were in attendance.
Mr.. Wittenburg isOne of Lexing-
tons most induSL riOuS and highly
respected young me n, while the bride
is very popular and generally loved
by those who knew her, for her
womanly qualities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wtenberg will
forego the pleasure of bridal tour
but will go to housekeeping at once
at the home of Will / am Cullom, where
they will be at hou1 e to their friends.
The INTELLIGE NICER joins the
large circle of their acquai aintances in
wishing them the fullest measure of
happiness.
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pronprty Aggregate of County.

Appended the lNTELLiGENoER gives
the aggregate amount OF properly
assessed in Lafayette county for the
year 1907 as follows
Real estate, S., 6,73l,1S5.
Personal property, S2'56S' no.
Railroad, bridge and telegraph
S1,2i2,45O.
Merchants stocks, SIOO,565'
In order that comparison may oo
made the figure, for 1900 are given;
Real estate, 6,754, ,9SO'
Personal properly, S2,474,O'o'
Railroad, bridge and telegraph
81, ,229,67O
Merchants stock, SSS9,0So'
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SnulOu WOih anu IOL tWClN0 gOoAS ouO-
cessively was moderator for the Lafay-
elite and johnson county association.
Politically Mr.. Wallace was whig,
out after the demise of that organiza-
tion he became an earnest member of
the democratic party.
BAR MEETING.
A called meeting of the Lexington
bar was held at the court house Thurs
day afternoon to lake action regarding
the death of their brother practitioner,
Mr.. Wallace. The meeting was presided
over by Judge John L. Ryland and
w. H. Chiles was chosen as secretary.
A number of speeches were made by
members of the bar, all highly eulo-
CYSTIC OF the deceased.
At the conclusion of the meeting a
committee was named to frame resolu-
tions commemorative Of the departed
lawyer, composed of the following
gentlemen: John S. Blackwell, Judge
Field and Judge Yourg.
On motion Judge John E. !land
was made Il member.
1t was agreed that this committee
should report at meeting of the bar to
he held at the circuit court room
Monday afternoon.
1t was also agreed that the members
OF the bar should meet at the cour
house and attend the funeral in body
THE FUNERAL.
The funeral took place at half pas
two o'clock Friday afternoon from th'
Baptist church and was under th'
auspices of the Masonic fraternity o
which the deceased was an honore,
member.
The funeral sermon was preached b,
| tuO lttN' Ia houIJS WhO Pdiu SiO"
ing tribute to the life of the deceased
With the exception of those who's
duty called them 10 the ranks o
societies to which they belong, th
mem bers of the Lexington bar met a
the court house at two o'clock in tn
afternoon and attended the funeral In
body.
The large general attendance at tn
funeral of Mr.. Wallace attested in
manner stronger than words can i'm
part the high esteem in which he wa
held in this community. 'Tis seldor
the case that such universal, earnes
regret and sorrow are manifested 6
the demise of citizen.
Interment took place at Machpela
cemetery.
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The Rev. DR.. Given and wife went
to Kansas City Thursday morning.
From that place they so to Odessa,
where DR.. Given will preach Sunday.
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The following ge ntlemen left We'd
nesday morning for Kansas City TO
attend the horse and cattle shows:
Geo. JohnSol, +. Il. MCFadin, Judge
Pearl Smith, Percy Silver, DR.. e. L.
Smith, Geo. LanlS ford, G. w. Carr,
Lee Slusher, G. W. Schulz, Min Me-
Fadin and Dave 81 usher
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Ar MACON CITY,.
klc Hosts Hold a Grand
4 Inspiring Meeting.
THOUSAND IN ATTENDANCE.
he, Clark and Dockery There
Ldidates for the Senate.
rHOIISAND IN ATTENDANCE.

10ludl1s "
as a grand democratic rally
Macon City. Bryan, Stone,
Goy. Dockery made speeches
h fifteen thousand people.
kery oficiated as chairman
luced Mr.. Bryan and the
bakers. He introduced
.the idol of the Missouri
as well as the great leader
stionql democracy. Good
Eailea ilring the day-a
loye feast-giving the lie to
rculated by Ex-Gov. Stones
10 the effect that he had
|th Mr.. Bryan.
Clark was first of the sena-
.6rants to speak, Immediately
n the great Nebraskan. Mr..
/ that every time he gave
i any thought he was glad
bladder that his wife and
we're born in Imperial Mis-
hOugh Mr.. Stone and him
Kentuckians by birth.
- he said, "we came here
Il we could, and are here vet.
of Mr.. stones friends say"
Mr.. Clark, "that | ought to
run against Cockrell. But
a it would be easier to beat
s year than to beat COckrell
from now.
Stone wants anybody to
1ell, why not try it himself
be have Mr.. Vests place?
her going to beat Mr.. Stone
Or | will nave to wait until
bell dies. | am going to run
"
rk referred to his consistent
public life, and then turned
ion to the issues.
ID like the political field hac
tty well covered when Mr.
DSe late in the afternoon t
closing address. He begaT
ing a little sarcasm at hi
b, he alleged, was just in fuI
g for the senatorial nOmina
friend, Mr.. Clark, " said Mr.
pas practically stated that 1t
idate. (Laughter.) He ha
4 it in clear and unequivoca
aughter, but that is tn
one might be justified il
from his remarks" II
Re OF one Of Mr.. Clark S mos
traits of character, which
"aS modeSty. This created
ured laugh, in which Clar
ZONE then reviewed his cor
With the free-silver move
peating in elaborate detail a
the subject in a recent iSSu
EcpubIic, He said he had az
lne policy at a time when
unpopular, even in the Wes'
lhg the State election, NJ
pa; 81 have no more fear
lOIlcanS being able to swee
Otratic phalanx from the tieI
nan | was in 1896 or 100
Fmy is always dcfaming Il
calming they are going
H. They have compelled Il
IN the discharge of what
4 TO be his duty, to give an a
'he finances of the state.
pow what the account will
out | am sure as | live tn
VlleerS ana applause
VT Stone concluded, Cove
Aefy addressed the audienC
'o remained in an almost u
mass during all the long hol
peaklng. The Governor sal
'e''ee was made by Govern
'''e action of the present {
q" submitting to the people
Il, VI The receipts and diSburi
Y the public moneys since t
.''' party mas been in pow
"0o That when that sta
,'"'pleled, and it soon "
~ Will be submitted to I
'''e state and / am will
H., OF my own pocket ev,
''I has been lost to the t.
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In inexperienced Hands
Letter from Cross Keys.

Your correspondent by invita- ton
visited the home of Mr.. B. G.
Haynes last week, together with that
popular educator, Newton G. Little
john, of Asbury, S. G. Mr.. Haynes
lives near Pacolet depot. A more
hespitable home cannot be found any
where. Next morning, in company
with Mr.. S. fl. Littlejohn (who, by
the way is the father of our foreign
missionary, Miss Susie Littlejohn),
| visited Rich Hill, spending pleas
ant night with Hon. r. A. Lancas-
ter, thence to VIM. w. Murph's and
many other places of interest. did
not ascertain why it was called Rich
Hill, but | can say there is more
push, energy and independence
among the farmers around Pacolet
and Rich Hill than any place I have
seen in many day. When farmers
are in the condition of those referred
to above, they are the richest people
on earth. | saw the work of the disk
pillow, drawn by three mules, making
the best preparation Of the soil |
have ever seen. Their roads are be;-
ter worked than ours, in fact, they
a~e ahead of us, not only in farming
and roads but from an educational
standpoint; they pay their teachers
more than we do. Bro. Newton G..
Littlejohn was once one of our cor
RESPONDENTS why does he not let us
hear from him again? Few men can
write like he.
DIR. G. E. Johnson reports some
grippe in our section. G. G. Shet-
tIesworth and wife have been suffer-
ing with this dreaded disease. Miss
Ida Lawson, daughter of Mr.. Cole
Lawson, is also sick with it. Mrs.
Il. E. Moore is still quite feeble.
We had a great sermon from a
great preacher Sunday, at old Bel.
mont, Rev. M. R. Banks, Jr. We
were glad to meet w. S. Gregory,
Esq, at the cid church in the same
pew that he has occupied many many
years. How true it is that the
places that know Us now vii! soon
know US no more forever"
l had the pleasure Of meeting H..
Flag Gaffney,no long since our Dist.
d. 6. NJ, 5th Dist. s. c., he is
thinking Of making Union his future
home. We welcome Bro. Gaffney
among US, to our county seat.
| Mr.. w. d. Hollis and family
occupies the house formerly occu,
pied by G, II. Hollis. The loss ot
one is the gain of another.
r. II, GORE.
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Beware of Oinfmenfs tor Cata1 rh
that Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole
system entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be
used except on prescriptions from 1eputa-
bic physicians, as the damage they win do
is ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive form them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. j. Cheney & Co.,
Teledo o., contains no mercury, and is
taken internally, acting directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
In buying HALLS Catarah Cure you get
the genuine. 1t is taken internally, and
made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney &
Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggist price Toe. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the bests
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RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.
Judge VIM. III. Wallace.

AT a meeting Of the Union Bar on
Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. James Mum
ro presiding, it was unanimously
carried that the chairman ap-
point a committee to prepare and
present at an adjourned meeting on
the following day resolutions on the
death Of Judge w. H, Wallace, for
years leading member of this Bar
and throughout his life an honored
and distinguished citizen Of Union.
On Wednesday afternoon the Bar
met with Mr.. J. A. Sawyer as chair
man and Mr.. ]. E. Hughes as secre-
tary. The following resolutions pre-.
pared by the committee were unani.
mously adopted:
WILLIAM HENRY WALLACE.
SOLDIER, STATESMAN, JURIsT.
Died March II, 1901.
THEREFORE,: Resolved-By The
Bar of Union, of which he was an hon
Ored member,
I. That in his death, the State suffer
ed the loss of one of her most patriotic,
honored and noble sons, whose life had
been given to her in most efficient service
on the field, in the forum, and upon the
bench; and whose death leaves to her
sons, in his record. "a legacy, rich in in
spiration to faithful service, pure lives,
and noble effort
III That his life in his social and do
nestle relations, was a constant force,
for refining and elevating the communi.
ty in which he lived, and for elevating
and dignifying the Bar Of which.he was
a member.
III That we extend our profound
sympathy to his family, in this hour of
their sad bereavement.
Nv That the committee present these
resolutions to the court at it's next sit
ting and have the same entered upon the
minutes and page dedicated to his
memory that these resolutions be pub.
lished and copy sent to his family.
j. Clough Wallace,
G. III. Peake, Committee
Victor e. DePass.