The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-06-13

Alexander wedding.
Prof. D. F. Conrad. OF C. F. c.,
left Thursday night for Chicago Ia
spend a few days before returning "a
his home in Warsaw, Ind.
Miss Lavinia Warren went to Hig.
ginsville Thursday morning to spend
a week or so with home folks before
going TO Kansas City to visit.
A marriage license was issued
Thursday to Herman Book and Chris.
tine Schrieman, and to Henry Homer
and Martha Book all OF Waverly.
Rev. and Mrs. E. B. Beatie and
two children came up from Higgins
vile Friday morning to spend the day
with the family of Upton Wilson.
Mrs. 1. G. Neale aud son and Miss
Georgia Gllkerson went to Aullviue
Friday MORNING to spend a few days
with, the family of Talbot Simpson.
Miss Estel Evilsizer, who has been
visiting the family of o. M. Gafin
for the past three weeks, returned to
her home in Kansas City Friday
morning.
Miss Nan Austin left Thursday
morning for Willow Springs to spend
the summer. She was accompanied
as far as Kansas City by her aunt,
Miss Mamie Shaw.
Judge Walter Osburn arrived Fri
day morning to judge upon the sanity
of Lenord A%rmbruster, of Corder.
Armbruster was judged insane and
will be sent to the asylum at Nevada.
Mrs. Mamie Steele left Thursday
morning for Waverly to spend the
summer with relatives. Her daugh-
tiers, Misses Norma and Nadine, went
to Blackburn also to spend the
summer.
Richard Vaughan left Thursday
night for Chicago to accept a position
G. A. Chapman, an engineer of
that city MIR. Vaughan graduated
the engineering department of
NJ, S. U. this year,
Miss Elizabeth Smith, who has been
teaching the vocal department of
Seminary, near Pitts
Penn, returned Thursday
morning from New York, where she
been visiting since school was out.
Mrs. f. Lee Wallace and John
went to Kansas City Friday
morning to spend the day and meet
Palmer and Doris Griswold,
who are coming here to spend the
summer with the family of their
grandfather, Judge John f. Ryland, {
Tax on Babies.
Extreme hot weather is a great tax
lpon the digestive power of babies;
when puny and feeble they should be
given "A few doses of Whites Cream
the childrens' tonic. 1t
stimulate and facilitate the diges-
of their food, so that they 1901 be-
come strong, healthy and active. 25c
Crenshaw & Young's. 6-6m1
Judge Samuel Davis came up from
Marshall Thursday night to hear a
lebeas corpus case between Mrs.
Nannette B. Cunningham of Kansas
Jity and Louis Lake and wife of Hig-
owe the custody of a child.
lr. Cunningham who died recently,
placed the child in the hands Of Mr..
nd Mrs. Lake five years ago and the
mild was adopted by them. T.,
A newspaper man recently asked
.wo well known educators why it is
hat so few teachers can write good
He declared that he is IN a t
to know whereof he speaks, =
ince he is in constant communication |
With a large number of teachers. One
ttributed the failure to habit of pick
ng choice literature to pieces in
modern teaching of English. Another ,
aid that children learn to use good
much like a boy learns to
win by jumping in over his head and
his OWL padding. Another
aid that there had really been no 8
SYSTEMATIC teaching of Language and t
.rammar in the schools since 1891 due |
cry largely to the lack of unity and
.armony in the text books used.
The question of endorsing csrtlf-
interests teachers who live in one
ounty and teach in another. The law :
} silent on the subject. 1t, however,
Ixes a penalty on county boards of
ducation for granting grades not in
ccordance with this provision of law.