The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-10-05
MISSOURI NEWSPAPERDoM

WI AA1A &1N ~SN1 ~ 80 " III
Sentinel.
J. W. Cox, late OF the Shelbin,
Democrat, has purchased the Monro,
City News aud has taken possession
]. E. Swanger, the gifted editor o
the Milan Republican, has been ap.
pointed postmaster to succeed hi,
father, resigned.
W. r. Little of the Tarkio Iude-
pendent, has been admitted as an
attorney to practice 10 the United
States supreme court.
Lebanon Rustic. No portrait of a
man ever appears on Uncle Sans coins
and no picture of a woman on his
postage stamps, which, according to a
Missouri editor, accounts for the fact
that we squeeze the coin and lick the
stamp.
Oak Grove Banner: The Banner
begs leave 10 inform President Roose.
welt that the 'possum season is now
open in Missouri, and if he is still fond
of the chase he is hereby invited to
join the mighty hunters IN jackson
and Lafayette county in a grand
'possum hunt. Pawpaws and perslm-
ons are ripe, too, and the moon is Just
right.
Clay County Democrat: If the sod
in the orchard is too tough, and it is
not desirable to pillow it, turn the pigs
in and give them a free range. They
will always find something to root for,
and the result Will b. that they will
break up the sod and benefit the trees.
AT the same time the hogs will secure
a portion of their food aud keep in a
1AAiit1 SOuultIOu' /
Malta Bend Qui Vive: A Missouri
court has decided that the owner of a
wire fence is responsible for injury to
stock if the fence is out of repair. A
farmer in this stste brought sui. against
the Wabesh railroad for damage
caused by a horse becoming crippled
while walking on a piece Of loose wire
projected from the railroad
fence out into the public road.
Mexico Ledger; "If a newspaper
man knew how many knocks he re-
behind his back he would adopt
another calling" said a citizen the
other day. The citizen was mistaken.
The newspaper man who succeeds ex.
poets to be mallgned by every law
breaker, swindler, ~hypocrite, and
lover of notoriety who does not
agree with him on public or private
questions. ,
independence Sentinel: No state in
III this union has a more influential.
iignided or ADLER country press than i
has Missouri. 1t is the foundation I
'ock upon which the democracy of the t
tate is builded. 1t is intelligent.
progressive and aggressive, and is ever /
vide awake in defense of Missouri and |
dlssouri's interests. 1t never balks. {
Is motto is onward and upward and {
n 1t democracy has Its greatest advo- j
ate and strongest supporter. While t
city paper is the advertising j
1edlum" for the Office seeker, the a
ountry paper does the work tina, t
lects him after he is nominated. C
eedalla Democrat: The future of the Q
.ate school fund is a subject that v
eserVes the serious consideration of q
very friend of the public schools.
Don 1t must be decided whether to g
ay en- the certificates of Indebtedness g
presenting the state bonds Cancelled g
y the cash in the school fund and r
west the cash replaced by such pay v
lent IN some other form of security, c
rednc the state tax levy and make d
ie certlhcates a permanent levy. b
is the issue that will be presented O
The people when they come to vote (,
pom the proposed constitutional II
nenument' 1t is not a question as II
the honesty or wisdom Of past O
'Vestments, for there can be no oues- il
about that. 1t is the future of the F
lolic schools that is TO be considered T
Lees Summit Journal: 10 an inter- II
ew at St. LOUIS, last week, County p
'erK Crlttenden pays a fine tribute to T
lckson county democracy and paints OF
picture OF future harmony in demo- Sc
alto ranks which has a very rosy hue, to
% no doubt makes the democrats all W
good, Toms predictions can be OF
ade good if the factions will only 81
Ten 10 the rank and file In their ell
mands for a primary nominating o.
ceiling Governor Dockery nor any W
Der person can ever get the demo- ba