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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-07-18
ADMINISTRATIONS NoTMA

Letters OF administration on the Mtoec OF
Anna O. Oberhellmann deceased were ggantaat
1903. by the probate court OF Lafayette 0sunEyr
Missouri, All persons having claims &Rsis8a
said estate are required To exhibit then% r
allowance TO the administrator within Ora.
year after the dhte Of said letters OF theg MY
be precluded from any benefit of such esSeEs *
and If such claims be not exhibited within twto
years from the date Of said letters they wiAl
be forever barred.
This It'll day OF July, 1908.
GUSTAV f. OBERHELIMANN.
7-llt5 Administrators
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-07-18
Notice to Bridge Contractors

1 will let to the lowest and best blcGvFs gyS
FRIDAY, JULY "a, A D., 1903.
the rebuilding Of the bridge across braEch,url
public road near the J. H. Gather farm. be-
tween sections 1917, township 81, range *.
about two miles northeast of Dover
Letting will be at bridge site at 10 o'cDcEs
a. m.
Plan and specifications can be seen at time
and place Of letting.
Contractor is to give bond for maintaining
bridge as the law directs
Commissioner reserves the right 60 retsct
any or all bids,
b. d. wEEDfn,
June 30. 1903, Commisss1asrr.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-07-18
II MAY Happen ANY Time.

That you will desire information re.
garding the great Southwestern terri
tory. we have attractive booklets tba.
are just the thing and from which
much can be learned. Let US send them
to you that you may know the great
possibilities for profit 10 the section
t~raversec by the line Of the NJ, K, &
T, Ry. Address
"KATYn
COL Wainwright Bldg, ST Louis, Mo.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-07-18
Address to WOOdmen.

Mayor Reed, of Kansas City, will
address the Modern Woodmen at May
view Park Thursday, July 20. Doubt
less many people from Lexington will
attend. Mayor Reed has many friends
in Lexington, who will not lose the
opportunity to hear him.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-07-18
G o JUN Y E
WELLINGTON AND VICINITY.
(BY LEALMA).

WELLINGTON AND VICINITY.
(BY LEALMAl.
Ola Hanson was in independence
Tuesday.
Dan H oelker of Napoleon was here
Monday.
Miss Bette Slade is on the sick list
this week.
S. G. Archer transacted business in
Kansas City Tuesday,
Thomas Larkin and Forest Crews
spent last Sunday in Sweet Springs.
John T. Heath and family spent the
day with friends in Odessa Sunday.
John A. Thompson and Charles
Hoffmen visited the county seat Tues
day.
Mrs. Matilda Knoeller came up from
Lexington on a visit to the homefolks
Monday.
August Limberg and wife came up
from Lexington and spent the day here
Sunday.
A. C. Casio and wife OF St. Joseph
are visiting his aunt, Mrs. j. B. Mey-
ers near town.
Mrs. j. F. Latkin left Tuesday morn
ing for a two weeks visit with friends
nea Waverly.
Mr.. Uel W. Lamkin OF Clinton was
the guest of Miss Georgia Ragland
Tuesday and Wedne' dsy.
Mrs. Reed Kincaid of Lexington is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Ben Porter
heal FaIrview this week.
]. l.. Forshs has purchased all the
interests in The house Of his father on
his farm S utheast of his city.
Mrs. joe Wilson of Buckncr was the
guest of Mr.. Fred Royce one or two
days IN tn" early rart ot this week.
James II tncock and Frank Woodland
were here Sunday visiting the home
folks, and some folks for whom they
would like to make a new home.
Miss Nancy Huston Of Lexington.
and Misses Yeager and Harris of Kan.
sas City, who we're Miss Georgia Ray.
lads guests last week have returned
home.
Poles have been set here for a new
telephone running through Camder
and Orrick in Ray county, and War
rensburg, Oak Grove, Napoleon, Bate
City, Buckner aud Levasy, and we arr
informed will run in to farm house
whenever desired.
About two O'Clock last Saturda.
morning lightning struck ana SET ut
to the barn en- Mr. j. L. Meyers farm
four miles south of town and the bar
with about thirty barrels OF corn, sew
eral loads of hay and a lot of harnes
and machinery was destroyed.
A little boy about four years old, so
ofMr. G. Ainsworth Of near Greento
was severely bitten IN the face by
dog Thursday morning. His mothe
brought him into town to DR.. j.. A
Mann, who dressed the wound, and a
last accounts he was doing well.
In according with resolution adop'
ed at the last meeting of the city cour
GIL, Alex Balm Of near Sunshine ha
been given the contract for taking tn
council room and calaboose out OF Tn
city park and mo wing it north to IN
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-07-18
Matinee Races
HiQ0inSylIIe Fair Grounds, Sat
urday Afternoon, July
18Th, 1903.

DThe matinee races at the Higgins
vile Fair Grounds, July IS, are ex-
pected to be Of unusual interest Some
Of the best horses Of this county are
in training there now and a number
OF horses from the other counties will
take part in the races. Races will
begin al 1880 o'clock Admission 10
and Is cents.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-07-18
Al tbe regular meeting OF Wellington

At the regular meeting OF Wellington
lodge No. 81, |. o. o. F., held Satur-
day evening, the following officers
GERS were installed for the ensuing
six months: Henry Harrison, N, G.;
J. L. Rider, v. g.; H. B. Corse, W.
e. Bryant and John L. Corse, secre-
~taries.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-07-18
Died at Greenyine. s. c.

Word has teen received here thaR
j. C. Smith, Of G~reenville, Soutfa
Carolina, brOther-in-law Of DR. Manly
died early in this week. Mrs SmitEa
died during DR., Manly's ~pastOrabs.
here.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-07-18

Died at Concordla, July 10, the in
FAINT son Of MIR, and Mrs. Joseph Dierk-
ing.
Died in Higgiusville July 10, 1908,
John Wise, 4-year-old son of Louis
Wise. He vas accidentally shot in
the side Saturday with 3 % calibre car
fridge.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-07-18
Base Ball.

There will be a game Of ball between
the Lexington X. F. NJ. team and
Kansas City Sunday, July 10, at the
X. F. NJ. park. All those wishing to
ride to the grounds please meet the
herdicS at Grand Central hotel.
Plenty of shade and water on the
grounds, Everybody will be seated.
Game called at 2;3O. Admission 25c.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-07-18

COL Wainwright Bldg, St Louis, Mo.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-15
Extravagance of Treating.

Springfield, (Mass.) Union.
 Is 1t no ta fact that men really spend in treating amounts that they really would hesitate to give away, no matter how deserving the charity? It is a trait of human character that comes through this all-absorbing disposition to hold your end up" when with a friend. Hun dreds of men take thousands of drinks that they do not want and other hun dreds pay for thousands that are not de- sired. Two men meet and one says: Mighty glads to see you. Let's have something" Neither generally needs or even wants a drink. But the man who offers it wants to show that he is gener- ous. He takes this method of proving that he is glad to meet his friend. The friend. after he has taken the drink that he did not want. to prove that he. too is a good fellow. insists upon a second round. The German custom of entering a saloon. taking a drink and paying for it. and for no others. if adopted in Amer ica, would prove a blessing The Amer ican custom of treating Is decidedly a curse. What we do for friendships sake costs us many a dollar and many a pang
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-15
The Boys of Today.
Frank Putnam in National Magazlr
 Thav rnad mora fhan hnXS did f

Frank Putnam in National Magazine.
 They read more than boys did thirty years ago There is more to read now than we had, of course. and this has something to say in explaining the change. One boy of years has read all of "Grimm's Fairy Tales" three times. Neither he nor any of his boon compan- ions, dozen or more of them, has ever seen Nickel Library" Think of that! They are ignorant of all the noble and thrilling exploits of the Red Rover and Old sleuth; they never hunted grizzlies with Old Ike of the Yellowstone. nor boarded rich galleons with Erik, the Pi- rate. I fear the hndergartens, catching them so young, have corrupted their taste for this delectable literature. They know more about the heroes of our navy than have forgotten. All the charming legen- diary stories about the great men of our history are eager at their tongues ends. They are very wise. One might almost boys bodies were 1t not that they re- veal the untamable juvenile at e, bedtime erant on the subject of unwashed hands and faces.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-15
FRIDAY, MAY IS, 1908.
AN ABSURD SUGGESTION.

The Advertiser a few days ago had something to say about Professor Gold win Smiths contention that the white men in the South are not tillers of the soil and he proposes to settle the negro problem by turning over to them the cul- tivation of the soil. Of his theory and contention The Chicago Tribune says:
 That is an old and an incorrect asser- tion. Even before the abolition of slavery h large per centage of all but few Southern products was grown by whits labor The percentage has increased since slavery was abolished. There Is no part of the South where white man who takes ordinary care of himself can not work in the fields, and his labor Is invariably mere effective than that of the black man. If there were enough white laborers in the South to raise the cot ton. tobacco, rice. and other crops their competition would be so potent that the blacks would be driven away from the land into the cities. where Indeed too many of them are f1ocking now The theory that the negro question can be disposed of by turning over to the blacks the cultivation of the soil is not even plausible.
 Professor Smiths remark shows how ignorant foreigner can be of conditions in this country and especially in the Southern section of the country. He is an Englishman and has little knowledge. apparently. of the Southern people or of ther habits and capabilities.
 There are sections of the South where the major portion of the farm work is done by negroes. just as it was done in the days of slavery, but these regions really comprise but a comparatively small part of the South. The old con- tention that white men could not work in the cotton, cane and rice fields never had any better foundation than supersti- ton. That some of the richest regions of the South are malarious and un- healthy. especially for white people. is true enough, and the colored people do not always escape. but such charge. against the whole South is unjust and not justified by the facts. At all events, most of the farming operations in the South are carried on exclusively or in large part by white farmers.
 Of course Professor Smiths suggestion that the race question may be settled by turning over to the negroes all agricul- tural work is an absurdity on the face of it. Neither race would agree to such division of labor, and there is no power to force such division. This. however is like a great many other race problem suggestions made by those who know little of the subject and are in no wise fitted to discuss 1t or to suggest remedies. But it is not fair, perhaps, to condemn an Englishman for ignorance of this sub ject when there are those in the States North of us who appear but little better informed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-15
rha nhin Convention.

Considerable interest attaches just now in Washington to the probable action of the Ohio Republican convention which Is to meet next month. It Is ande7Stood that it will be very much of a Foraker affair with a hearty endorsement of President Roosevelt as it's chief act of a national significance.
 Observers are concerned as to the nature of the contribution to the proceed ings which will come from the followers of Senator Hanna. The Cleveland boss and chairman of the Republican National Executive Committee is himself mani- fcstly averse to making any opposition. as but a few days ago he indicated clearly no lack of sympathy with the general Re- publican adherence to the Roosevelt cause. This attitude of Senator Hanna is believed by those who best know him to be simply for the reason that he does not feel physically able to cope with the draft upon his vitality which his own candidacy would involve. It is not be- cause he Is a Roosevelt enthusiast. He has resigned himself to the melancholy forego and put away all ambition to be President It is all the more melancholy in that the masses of the Republican party are going to give the nomination to Roosevelt against the Judgement of long time Republican leaders and cam paign directors. It Is melancholy too in the inevitable decline of Ohio's power and prestige in national politics.
 put the I1dIlnd lo1io"inS III Onio nus chafed sorely over ths condition ever since their chief gave it to be understood that he must not be considered in connection with the nomination. They dread the Ioosening of their hold upon the govern ment which they have enjoyed to degree unequalled by any State since the Re- publican party began existence. An early. unqualified endorsement of Roosevelt by the convention next month makes the Hanna people sick and sore to contem- plate. The question from this distance Is, will Mir. Hanna seek to control them,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-15

Advertiser Is happy to say that it does not belong to the "so many of us" family. but there are numbers of news papers. especially in the South. which used to swear at Cleveland in place of eating their daily lunch. but which are now setting ready to throw up hats for him as enthusiastically as any Of us if he receives the nomination. And they vii support him Loyalty, too. just as they did on three former occasions. It may give some of them pains in the '.tummy"
 but that is one of the penalties of editing a political newspaper. We don't always get just the man we want and sometimes 1t is dificult to look as if we had him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-15
DELAYEp APpREc1ArIon.

The recent sale at auction of the origi- nal manuscript of Poe's poem of The Bells" for the sum of $2,100, is but one more illustration of the irony of fate. and brings again to mind that coupiet of some unknown poet:
 Seven weathly towns contend for Homer
 dead, Throrgh which the living Homer begged
 his bread.
 or. as old Thomas Haywood phrased 1t: Seven cities warred for Homer being dead Who lived had no roof to shrowd his
 head.
 The sentiment is the same and the old Greek poet is not the only one whose work was most highly appreciated after his death. and to whom little care and attention in life would have saved much suffering and bitterness. The English called. was an example of hardships en- dured in the effort to live by literary work. His Paradise Lost" one of the grandest uninspired productions ever given to the world, was sold by him for five pounds down and the promise of three other payments of equal amount, If the sales of the book justified 1t. Even if all these payments were made he re- ceived less than one hundred dollars for the poem, and his other literary work was but little more profitable
 We have seen it stated that Poe only received $20 for '4The Bells," or less than the one-hundredth part of what the original copy has just sold for. If he had been paid for his literary work as many inferior poets are now paid his career might have been far different and his life might hove been happier and longer. His was another example of popularity and appreciation too long de- layed to be of advantage to the one who sieeded it worst. The money that Is now paid for his manuscripts, or the money that has been made by publishers and dealers in his works, would have meant independence for himself and comfort for his fragile wife whose brief existence was a living sacrifice. Whatever may have been Poe's faults his genius was beyond question, and if payment had been in proportion to the excellence of his litera- ry work his story would in all probability, have been a far different one.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-15
Thus wa,bles The Nashville News:

While the semi Republican, corpora tfon-owned newspapers cf the South are laying down exacting rules by which a Democratic candidate for President should be selected, the rank -and-tile of the Democratic Party is undistrrbed, and will go right along and make nomiua- ton to suit the majority.
 Would l. be disrespsctful or undignified If we should step aside and snicker a few times over the wormy chestnut? Of course the semi Republican, corporation owned newspapers" are those honest jour- nals which always had too much sound Democratic religion about them to burn incense at the altar of free coinage, and of course papers of that kind are obnox- ious to The News, but there's no help for 1t. And when the rank and file of the party nominates a good Democrat next year these much maligned "corporation- owned newspapers will be in the front rank of his supporters while papers like The News will be holding their stomachs to lessen the pain of having to support 0 real Democrat. like MT. Cleveland, for example.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-15
HERPICIDE's MISSION. New Remedy That Destroys the
 Dandruff Germs.

Nothing is more annoying to men or women of middle ages when they notice that their hair is gro wing thinner. when they must admit that the first indications of baldheadedness have commenced to ap- pear. Many would give a thousand dol- lars and more for a remedy with which to preserve their natural head-dress. However. they don't need to, Newbro's Herpicide removes the effect of dandrufr by destroying the cause. the only dandruff cure that actually destroys the dandrun germ. Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c in stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co. Detroit, Mich. E. c. Fowler's spe- cial Agent. -fTt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-15
Rural Free Delivery.

There will be no more rural free de- livery routes established until after July 1 next.
 Postmaster-General Payne said to The Advertiser correspondent today that a deficit of $20,0O0 was already apparent in the amount appropriated by Congress up to July 1, and the establishment of routes was suspended for the time to avoid a greater deficit. Ample provision, however has been made by Congress for the es- tablishment of additional routes during the next fiscal year.
 Speaking of the growth of the rural free delivery system, MT. Payne said that he was now engaged in an investigation with the view of ascertaining if the system could not be made self-sustain- ing and how soon. In one district in Maryland which he had been watching and where the system had been fairly tried, 1t had more than sustained itself
 The first year the system was establish ed, the total number of routes was less than 1,500 There are now in operation 15, 092 rural free delivery routes. During the next year, using the appropriation made by Congress, 1t is calculated that the number will reach about 27,000 that will be in operation. A permanent basis as soon thereafter as possible, when the whole country will be covered. will give about 5000 routes. The increase thence forward will be natural and commenstl- rate with the country's growth as in the case of postofffces.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-15
Promotion for Pershing.

There Is talk in circules that keep track of probable advancements in the army of promotion to the rank of Brigadier- General for Captain John J. Pershing of the 18th cavalry, commanding the expe- dition against the Moro instruction in Mindanao. There are half a thousand captains ahead of Pershing on the rank list, but his work has been so sfgnally effective and gallant that his friends are confident of g. handsome recognition for him. Captain Pershing was appointed to West Point from Missouri, his native State. and was graduated in 1886.
 The President has the right, under the law to appoint an officer of any grade to be Brigadier- General, but can not appoint to any intervening rank unless the officer has reached 1t by sen- iority. So,if recognized at all by execu- tive favor, Captain Pershing's promotion must give him a generals star,
 Two vacancies will occur in the grade of general during the summer with the retirement July 26 of General George W. Davis, and August of General Miles,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-15
Gossip from Washington

Washington, May H.-(Special)- )-The newspaper man who has just interviewed Colonel William J. Bryan at his home in Lincoln, Neb., which Is no difficult task as Colonel Bryan is exceedingly affable and approachable to newspaper men-in which virtue he strikingly resembles Con- see-is J. Martin Miller, the Washington correspondent of The Newark tN. J.) Evening News.
 Mir. Miller is no ordinary newspaper in- terviewer.s It was he who got the talk out of Admiral Dewey which hurt the feel ings of the German press, which the Ad- miral endorsed as all right, notwithstand- ing President Roosevelt sent for the na- val chief to catechise him about it. The doughty old son of Neptune stopped the executive inouisition at the start by bluntly and good-naturedly assuring the President he was just like him in coming right out with his honest convictions. It was Mir. Miller who sought former Presi- dent Cleveland in his seclusion several weeks ago, was repulsed by the Sage of ting at the banquet table of newspaper men at St. Louis when the man who turned his back upon him fronted him along with the rest of the correspondents and confessed in a speech replete with gleams of unsuspected humor that the time had come to arbitrate between him and the press. Before the banquet to the press men and just after the dedication demdnstration which made MT. Cleveland its biggest object, Correspondent Miller described to me his visit to Princeton and his attempt to interview his formidable subject
 Discussing the import of the ovation. MT. Miller, as did everybody else. won- dered what was coming over the spirit of the great mans dreams with respect to the Democratic party next year and his personal concern in its action. An even- ing paper of St. Louis that day contained some rather loose comments upon MT. Cleyelands appearance. saying among oth$r things that 'he showed evidences of aging"
 That is all stun" said the Newark papers correspondent. You'd not think so if you had seen him as I saw him at his home in Princeton
 Then MT. Miller described his visit and how Mir. Cleveland wouldn't be inter- yieWad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-15

In his speech at the late Republican conference MT. Hundiey declared that neither law, time nor custom can bring about social equality between the races" The Hartford Courant refers to this as "a sudden and rather curious divergence" The Courant evidently thinks the Hunts vile man should have declared for both social and political equality. and We admit that such a declaration would have been consistent and appropriate to the oc- casion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-15
Are No More.
Aee-Herald.


 The lily whites are no more. They met Public Patronage in the middle of the road. and they were shunted by it out of place and power. They are now back numbers in the Republican party, but the doors of the Democratic party swing wide open. and that is about where they will bring up. There will still be enough whites left in the Republican party to fill the Federal offices. and that is about all the referees desire.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-15
The Advertisers Circulation In
 creases

The guaranteed net paid circulation of the Daily and Sunday Advertiser continues to grow: Ths sworn detailed figures for the month of April. just passed, emphasize The Advertiser.s oft-rspeated statement that its guaranteed net paid circulation is greater than the actual issue of any other two Ala psma morning newspapers combined Taking this Tact. in connection with the high class or the papers readers. into consideration. 1t as no wonder The Advertiser prints larger volume of advertising, local and foreign. day py day, than either of its State morning con- teinporartas. and at a higher rate per inch.