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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-09
THE CITY ELECTION.

The city election Tuesday was a
quiet one, the vote being not above
the average. The interest Of the
election did not seem to be centered
upon any particular race, In the
main the old officers were re. elected
A canvass of the returns indicates
that the people endorse the city gov
ernment Of the past two years and It's
programme of conservative puolic
improvements, The present city
administration solved the waterworks
problem to the satisfaction Of the
people. It's course 10 the matter OF
street improvement has been in the
main conservative, and in a few
months there will be more to show
for the money expended than in the
last twenty years of the city's specia.
charter existence. The revenues have
been 50 applied as to reduce the city,
debt almost to the vanishing point
Care aud prudence have marked thu
course of the council 10 the matter o
street contracts-a subject Will
which it was wholly unfamiliar in thu
beginning. There is much that need
to be done in the matter Of stree
and sidewalk improvement, especial.
the latter, aud it is believed that th.
people will continue to sustain th.
council SO long as 1t moves in tina
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The daily newspapers that are sup
porting the candidacy OF Judge
Parker announce in flaming headlines
that Cleveland has Endorsed him in a
prepared statement. Upon reading
the statement" it is found to be
nothing stronger than an expression
Of his personal opinion that If Judge
Parker should receive the nomination,
there would be no good reason why
he should not get the full democratic
support. 1t has been known all along
that Cleyeland's choice is Olney, and
Cleveland is not a band wagon
politician. Besides it will hardly add
to the acceptability Of Judge Parker
to have him paraded before the couu-
try in the daily papers as Cleveland S
man. No public nan 10 America has
warmer friends or more savage ene'
mics than Cleveland. His positive
advocacy of any man would hurt a.
much as it would help. Mr.. Cleve
land knows this and he would be tht
last man in the country to warmly
espouSe the cause OF any man wheI
his party is making an effort to Sc
cure harmony along rational lines
Judge Parker is as warmly endorsed
by many Bryan Democrats, anl
Cleyeland's statement merely indi
Gates that he regards Judge Parke
as one of those who could unite tht
warning factions Of the party. Mr.
Bryan, however, is opposed to Parke
aud seems to be lending his l%nAuenc
TO William Randolph Hearst.
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James H. Whitecotton has turned
a neat campaign argument which is
deserving Of a place In scrapbooks.
He says that he did mutilate and
falsify official records, but that his
prosecution for it is merely political
persecution because he is 10 favor Of
Mr.. Folk for governor. This explana-
tion is doubtless entirely satisfactory
to those who want to see it that way.
1t is a worthy complement Of that
other delicious morsel Of argumenta.
ton that twelve Galloway county
farmers found Ed Butler not guilty
because he was opposed to Mr.. Folk
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-09

The most objectionable OF the con.
stitutional amendments which we
will be expected to vote upon in the
November election is the one requir-
ingdthe railroads to furnish free trans
'RSortation to public officials. 1t
would be just as reasonable to require
hotels to board them free Of charge
and tailors to cloth them without ex-
pense. The constitutional guarantee
that private property shall not be
taken for public use without Just
compensation is to be brought in
question; or perhaps it is the idea OF
the legislators who proposed this
amendment that it is better for pub.
lie officials to be bribed wholesale and
under sanction Of law than singly
and clandestinely,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-09

The commission consisting OF Gov
ernor Dockery, secretary of State
Cook, and Auditor Allen appointed
BY the last legislature to erect suita-
BILE monuments at the graves Of three
former governors Of Missouri, Gratz
Brown, Joseph McClurg and Aus
tin King, has let the contracts fol
three monuments to cost 1000 each.
King was buried at Richmond, Brown
at Kirkwood, and McClurg at Lebanr
on.
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Prof G. R. Chamberliu. who has
been principal of our public schools
during the past term, left Monday
evening for his home near Odessa,
Prot. Chamberlin has proven himself
one of the best educators in the county
BY the highly satisfactory ann in
which be has conducted the school
He has made many friends while here
who regret 10 see him leave. --Waverly
Waterman.
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The election OF Douglas Meng to
succeed Sanford Thornton as secre-
tarY to the County Democratic Gen.
tral Committee will meet with general
approval. Mr.. Meug comes from good
democratic stock and will prove a
valuable party worker. He is widely
acquainted, highly esteemed and thor.
Oughly equipped for the duties Of the
Office.
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Resolutions Of Respect

Whereas, 1t hath pleased our
Heavenly Father to remove from our
midst, our beloved brother, Sanford
B. Thornton, therefore be 1t
Resolved: That we deeply mourn
our loss and shall ever cherish his
memory as n OF the brightest Or.
naments Of our Fraternal Order.
Resolved End: That we offer 70 his
bereaved wife and stricken family,
our sincere coincidence aod sympathy
in their afiiction, and commend them
to the kindly care and protection of
our God, whose loving kindness
faileth not.
Resolved ard: That me charter a
the lodge be draped IN mourning ard
a COPY OF these resolutions placed 10
the hands Of our deceased brothers.
widow and also published 10 the city
papers.
DhkfEL ECEgEL,
JOsgPB A. Wilson, :
THo8As WED0E,
Committee.
BY order OF Lexington Lodge No.
157, Knights Of Pythias.
JOSEPH A. WILSON, G. G.
ELIAS SPRUcE, X r.. S.
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Mas Meennr.

There will be a mass meeting OF The
me mbers Of The Baptist churchof Lex
ington, Sunday, April 10, at $3.50 p,
m. to consider the proposition OF erect.
ing a new house Of Worship instead
of remodeling the old enc. Every
member is requested TO be present and
answer to his or her name when the
roll is called. Every member who
reads this notice IS asked to mention il
to another. d&w 4.gtd
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Tuesday resulted 10 a victory for the
republican ticket headed by Net
THE vote was as follows:
Nen, Republican 1850
Kemper, Democrat lS,Os7
Smith, Labor 1859
Shelley, Democrat S,lsS
Neff's plurality, 2,5sS.
The story Of the two democratic
tickets is familiar to most OF the
readers Of this paper, There was no
good reason why the Kemper con-
veution should have been bolted, that
is, no reason in connection with city
politics. The Kemper men wanted
a city primary, but it was not per-
mitted them by the Shannon Walsh
crowd which had a majority OF one
on the city committee. To the pre-
liminaries the Kemper men elected
24O delegates against Shelley's 80.
The certificates were thus regularly
issued. or the fourteen wards Kem-
per carried eleven. Walsh who was
the head and front of the Shannon
faction was overwhelmingly defeated
in his own ward. Before the Shelley
convention Walsh made one Of his
characteristic violent speeches. 1t was
largely devoted to a denunclation Of
Governor Dockery and the state ad-
ministration A large part Of the
speeches made 10 the Shelley cam
paign, according to the reports 10 the
daily papers, was devoted to a denun-
citation Of the state democracy and the
state administration. A study of the
election returns printed above shows
what unnecessarily disastrous results
have been accomplished by a handful
of f%actionists There is no good
reason why Kemper should have been
asSailed and beaten by men Of his own
party. Personally Kemper and Shelley
are both exceptionally fine men.
Neff is also a first rate man. There
was no issue between the two demo-
cratic candidates worthy Of a fight
which is likely to be OF statewide
consequences later on.
Who is responsible for this state OF
affairs? Bear these facts in mind
aud watt
VIM. H. Phelps was kicked out Of
the democratic party several years ago.
Joe Shannon was Phelps personal
representative at Jefferson City last
winter, while Phelps was out of the
state to seek health for an invalid
member Of his family and to escape
the St. Louis grand jury
Walsh was dropped from sne demo-
} cratic state central committee two
years ago against his will
Walsh was reported two weeks ago
| 10 the editorial columns of the Kansas
CITY World to have gone to Vernon
county with Phelps in Phelps private
" car to lend a hand in the Vernon
county primaries,
D The Kansas City Journal Of Thurs
$ day reports Shelley as saying: II do
not feel like a defeated man. l have
e been trying to figure out when this
laugh Of mine ends Folk will be
D governor for four years, and l will
have a smile coming all during his
i administration, for l will realize that
r 1 had something to do with putting
+. him In the saddle"
The Post. Dispatch Of Wednesday
n says: "Nelther Shannon nor Walsh
d expected Shelley, who polled only
1850 votes, to win. Their prime
q object was to defeat Kemper and thus
give a black eye to the supporters Of
Mayor James A. Reed.
II Both Phelps and Walsh are given tt
paying their political debts aut
grudges. They doubtless care moth.
log for Mr.. Folk. But his candidacy
, 10 thoir CONCENTRATES
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direction at a prudent rate and with
a careful regard to the rights and
interests of those who have these
improvements 30 pay for
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There have been thirty-four en-
tries for the airship race at the
Worlds FAIR. The prizes offered by
the management aggregate 5000, 900.
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" VII ID EI3tLt
JOsgP8 A. WILSON,
Thomas WED0E,
Case Postponed.

The Stones hrisman case has been
postponed by consent Of parties until
the August term Of court.
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NNOUNcEMENTs
DEMOCRATIC TICKET,

REPRESENTATIVE.
J. B. ELLING
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
MI HOUX
COLLECTOR.
GEORGE B. GORDON
SHERIFF.
CHARLES n. KINKEAD
TREASURER.
BATE c. DRUMMoND
ASSESSOR
CLAUDE MARQUIS
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS.
DOUGLAS MENG
CORONER.
DR.. FRANK W. MANN
COUNTY SURVEYOR
B. D. WEEDIN
ASSOCIATE JUDGE-wEsTERN DISTRICT.
ED. S. BUTT
ASSOCIATE JUDGE-EAsTERN DISTRICT.
W. A. Redo
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10 this issue will be found state.
ments Of the Commercial Bank, the
Traders Bank and the Savings Bank
three Of the strong financial institu.
lions of the county The tootlngs Of
these statements are Indicative OF the
general prosperity Of the county and
Of the abundance Of surplus cash
The loans are ample to insure salts
factory dividends but are well within
the limits OF conservative banking.
These institutions are in the keeping
Of prudent business men who enjoy
ADD deserve the confidence Of Their
patrons. Bank statements are inter.
esting reading to those who car
interpret the significance OF the
various items. The statements found
in these columns this week car
hardly fail to please those who arr
interested in these institutions.
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A late bulletin Of the Missouri
Board of Agriculture affords some in.
teresting statistics. In 1902 Missouri
had one-fourteenth of the acreage of
corn raised in the United States and
produced more than one-tenth of the
crop, The. average yield for the
whole country was 27.8 bushels per
acre. The average of the "big five'i
corn producing states was as follows :
Missouri 80, Illinois 3S. 7, Nebraska
20. 3, Iowa 80, Kansas 29.0. In 1908
the averages were a trife lower but
the same order In the states was pre-.
served, except that Iowa and Nebras.
ka changed places. In 1902 the es-
timated value Of agricultural product:
in Missouri was SlS5, O9S, O83. o.
this sum corn represented "a per cent
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THE KANSAs en- ELRcnON.

The city election in Kansas City
Tuesday resulted 10 a victory for the
republican ticket headed by Nef
The vote was as follows:
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TO BE HELD FOR TRIAL.
Negro Charged With Wrccking No. 40,
the SOuthern's Fast Mail
Especial to News and Observer. }


Salisbury, N c., June 22-Duncan
Arthur, cOlored, who is charged with
wrecking No. 40, the Southern's fast
mail at this place two weeks ago, was
given preliminary hearing in Rowan
county court house yesterday after
noon before Justice d. M. Miller, of
Salisbury. A number of witnesses
were examined though most of the ev-
idence was purely circumstantial
Many believe Arthur to be guilty and
his life was saved only by the prompt
action of Sheriff Julian in removing
the prisoner to Concord Jail. Justice
Miller has not yet handed down his
decision as to the disposition of Ar
thur
Later-Justice D. M. Miller, before
whom the preliminary trail of Dun
can Arthur, colored, was heard yes
terday, has just announced that Ar
thur will be held for trial at the next
term of Rowan Superior Court with
out bond. The prisoner was at once
remanded to Jail.
Miss Blake, a trained nurse from
st. Peters Hospital at Charlotte, was
called to Spencer yesterday, supposed
~ by a physician of this place, to
care for a patient. On her arrival
however, she found it impossible to as
certain the name of the physician who
made the summons, neither could she
locate the patient desiring her SER
vices in consequence of which she re-
turned to Charlotte very much be-
Wildered.
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LOCAL JUNIORS ACT.
They Will Tender Banquet to Mr..
FaiSon Next Monday Night.

Upon the announcement of the press
dispatches that Mr.. Faison had been
elected National Councillor, Mr.. o. d.
Green, Councillor of Capital City
Council No. /, of which Council Mr..
Faison has been a member since it's
organization, appointed Messrs. A. T.
Horton, j. M. Wilder and l.. w. Alder
man as a banquet committee to ar
range for a banquet to be given in
honor of the new National Councillor
Monday night at the hall of the local
Council here, to which all local and
visiting Juniors will be heartily well
coined. Mr.. Faison will arrive
here from st. Louis Sunday or Sunday
night. The members of his Council
in the capital city feel a pardonable
pride in the elevation of this worthy
member to the highest gift of the Ma
tional Council, apd a great number of
his friends have telegraphed their
congratulations.
The local Council at the banquet to
Mr.. Faison Monday night expect to
have as guests State Councillor r. b.
Cobb, of Statesville; State Vice
Councillor u. p Smith, of Raleigh, and
other distinguished j. O. u. A. M.
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BLOOD DUMB CRY.
Did 1t Flow From Erwin
Wise's Veins.
There are the Stains and Voices Tell
of Agonizing Cries Heard.
Working on The Mys-
terry.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer.)
Durham, N. c., June 22.-In East
Durham there is a decided sensation
and one tells of the blacklist crime
ever committed in this county Little
more than week ago a white man
by the name of Irvis Wise disappear
Led. That night he was out drinking
with three rowdy companions and the
supposition is that he was murdered
and his body hid away.
In back room to a cider stand,
where the missing man and three COM
paniOnS are known to have been late
on the night he disappeared, there are
blood spots about the room One ne
gro woman tells of seeing three men
! take mans body from the room late
at night. One of the men in the party
is known to have taken his mother S
wagon and mule after o'clock at
night and bring it back as late as 4.
| Another negro woman who lives with.
in a yeW yards of the old room where
murder was evidently committed, tells
of hearing cursing and fighting and
heard one man say: Don't kill him. -
Another insisted on killing him and
there were cries and groans that be-
came weaker and weaker until they
ceased.
Your correspondent visited the scene
and saw the blood stains and heard
the various stories told. The story
was published in the morning paper
here today and this afternoon one of
the men suspected fled. At least that
is the report and he cannot be found.
If a crime at all it is shrouded in
more or less mystery and is the black
est ever committed in this county.
officers are at work on the case this
q &c nf
sational nature are expected at any
time
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May Have Fallen Overheard.

Berlin, June Pc. A. Gimbel, who
was a passenger on the North German
Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II from
New York which arrived at Plymouth
Monday morning and at Bremen yes.
terday, tells the Associated Press that
Kent J. LOOMS was last seen shortly
before the vessel reached Plymouth.
Mr.. Gimbel is not certain whether Mr.
LOOMS disembarked or disappeared
while crossing the channel. The vessel
was detained thirty minutes at Cher
bourg for thorough search of all the
cabins, which was without result. Mr.
LOOMS intended disembarking at
Cherbourg. 1t appears that Mr.. Loom
is was in the habit of sitting high up
on the upper deck among the boats a
position regarded as dangerous.
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else to take the place and he positive
~ refused to be a candidate for a
fourth term. He was elected as the
first president of the Central Labor
Union of Raleigh, serving six success
sive terms, and twice representing the
organization in the American Fedora
ton of Labor.
Mr.. F'aison was a charter member
of Capital City Council No. /, Jr. O.
L. A. M. of Raleigh, which was in
stituted in February, 1898, and was
elected Vice Councillor. In July of the
same year he was advanced, and in
December was further honored by be-
ing elected representative to the State
Council. The State Council appreciat-
ing his ability at this, his first, appear
ance in that body, selected him as
State Council Secretary. This place of
honor and trust was held by him for
two terms when he declined to hold it
any longer In 1897 the State Council
again called him to a place of trust
and elected him State Vice Councillor.
The next year he was advanced to
State Councillor, his term expiring in
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THE OLD NORTH
STATE IS HONORED
1t Captures the National
Councillor.
w. E. FAIS0N The MAN
The Record Mr.. Faison Has Made in
the Jr. O. U. A. M. State and
National Councils is an Epvia-
BILE One, and He Has Now Re-
ceived Highest Honor.

Especial to The News and Observer
st. Louis, Mo. June 22.-W. E.
Faison was today elected by acclama-
ton National Councillor at the Thirty
Sixth annual session of the National
Council of the Junior Order United
American Mechanics.
The attendance this year was large,
and great enthusiasm prevailed.
Mr. Faison is native of Raleigh,
N c. He was born December Sth,
1869. He was educated at the public
schools; served a regular apprentice
ship as printer; had the perfect con-
fidence of his co-laborers, who elected
him for three terms as President of
Raleigh Typographical Union, and
would have continued him as Presi-
dent but for the fact that he thought
it best for the Union for some one
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LOOMS IS GONE
The Shadow of Mysteryis
Gathering Over His
Fate.
(By the Associated Press


London, June 22.-Apparently moth
ing is known in regard to the disap-
pearance of Kent j. LOOMS, brother
of Assistant Secretary of State Loomis,
who was passenger on board the
North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm II which left New York June
IA and arrived at Plymouth Monday
morning and at Bremen yesterday.
Inquiries made at Bremen show that
Mr.. Loomis was seen at midnight Sun
day on board the steamer and that he
was missing at l o'clock Monday
morning. No one seems to know what
happened in the interval. The repre-
sentative of the agents of the line who
boarded the Kaiser Wilhelm II at Ply
mouth, spoke to Captain Hoegemann,
the purser, the doctor of the steamer
and others Oh board, but they had
heard nothing of the disappearance of
the passenger.
A dispatch received here from
Bremen today reads as follows:
''The North German Lloyd company
has no information about Mr.. Loomis
beyond the fact that he was missed an
hour before the arrival of the steamer
at Plymouth. Whether it was an acct
dent or suicide is not known.
A dispatch from Paris says that APP
prehension has been aroused there
concerning the whereabouts of Mr..
LOOMS and that on the request of
friends the agents of the company are
making inquiries.
p. f. Murphy, passenger on the
Kaiser Wilhelm ii, who is now in Lon
don, says he saw LOOMS shortly be-
fore the passengers landed at Ply
mouth. Mr. LOOMS was going on the
Cherbourg. Mr.. Murphy does not
credit the idea that Mr.. Loomis COM
mitted suicide or the theory that his
disappearance is due to an accident.
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Oxford Seminary
OXFORD, N. c. s
The 5ith Session Opens September 9TH. 1904.

BuidngsFour high standing IS
Waerwors building by
a
a
his Office private Faror Dining Room with panes The plan of
i. L. HOBGOOD President
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Safe Crackers Visit BakersviIlc.

Especial to the News and Observer
Bakersville, n. c., June 22.-Satur-
day night safe crackers visited Green
& Pritchard's store, entering by the
front door, which they opened with
the aid of a crow-bar, they cracked
Green & Prtchard's safe. securing
about $500. They also cracked the
county treasurer's safe which was sit
ting in the same room about three
feet apart, securing between four and
five hundred dollars, exact amount
not known.
1t is thought that the crackers were
not experts from the fact that they
visited two blacksmith s shops and Sc
cured so many unnecessary tools.
The robbery was discovered about
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1899, when he was at once elected Ma
tional Representative for a term of
five years. This term expired last
year. He was elected National Vice
Councillor at the session at San Fran
cisco, Cal. last June.
His career in this order has been a
brilliant one, honor crowding honor,
until now the highest honor has been
conferred upon him. In honoring him
the National Council has simply shown
its appreciation of indefatigable, in
telligent and faithful interest in every
thing that pertains to the upbuilding
OF the order and his friends through
out the United States, who have de-
llShted to honor him, and who have
watched his course ever since his adj
vent into the National Council, are
TINS afternoon extending their hearty
congratulations on his promotion to
the highest honor in the gift of the
Council
The Masons of his native city have
also delighted in comforting upon him
the highest offices of honor and trust
that they had to give. He is Past
Commander of Raleigh Commandery,
knights Templar; Past High Priest
Raleigh Chapter, Royal Arch Masons,
and Past Master of Raleigh Lodge
No. 500, A. f. and A. M, and is also
oil dCtiNe IHe1llDer OF OASIS Iemple OF
the Shrine at Charlotte
He has also taken an active inter
est in Odd Fellowship, and is Past
Grand of Manteo Lodge No. s, l. O. O.
f., of Raleigh, n. G.
Mr.. Faison was born in the city of
Raleigh, and with the exception of
eighteen months, he has always re-
sided there, where his strong person
atty and sterling integrity have made
him force for good. He is an en-
thusiastic order man, bold, yet con-
sentative; safe, yet fearless; strong
man and an able leader.