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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-06-04

nj. duu MIS- NlCAu MCul
to independence Tuesday morning to
attend the funeral Of Mr.. A. F. Saw
yer.
Charles Owens a former Wentworth
student returned to Sweet Springs
Sunday night aftera visit with friends
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. V. Curtis and
Boyd Curtis went to Higginsville
called there by the death Of Mrs.
Benjamin Bllncoe.
Mrs. s. P. Schooling, who has been
visiting her sister Mrs. Oscar Andreen
returned to her home 10 Higginsvilie
Tuesday morning.
Misses mary aud Ada Tickell of
Larned Kansas, who have been visit
ing friends in this city left for st.
Louis Tuesday morning.
Miss Ress Chinn of MAYHEM, a for
mer pupil Of Central College, arrived
Saturday to attend the commence.
ment exercises of @. F. G.
Mrs. T. @. Sawyer and daughter,
Miss Mary, went to Independence
Sunday morning, called there by the
death OF Mr.. A. f. Sawyer.
Mrs. L. B. Woodward Of St. Louis
a graduate of the G. f. c. and sister
Miss Ada Magruder, of Brunswick, are
attending the closing exercises Of C.
f. c..
For ExCHANGE-5lx roomnrlck res.
idence in Lexington, Mo-, to exchange
or farm in Lafayette County. Will pay
difference or assume in~cumbrance.
m30tf JOHN M. PRICE, Agt.
Mrs. W C. Comstock and three
children, Misses Gladys, Grace ant
Katherine came down from Kansas
City Tuesday night to visit her moth
err, Mrs. w. @. Chiles.
Miss Lillian Moorehead and brother
James R., left Monday evening for
visit with friends at Romney, Yves
Virginia. Mrs. Moorehead accom-
panied them as far as Kansas City,
Miss Myrtle Terhune returne,
Tuesday night from a visit witt
friends at Kansas City and Liberty
Little Misses Helen Williams AM
Ella Ramey of Liberty accompanle.
t her home.
Mrs. Augusta Chambers, Miss LuUi
Chambers, J. G. Crenshaw and Ken
Chambers went to Bonneville Tues
day morning to be present at the wee
ding Of DR.. j. Q. Chambers and Mi,
Nellie Pulliam,
e WAETED-Faithful person to trav,
for well established house in a fe,
counties, calling on retail mercbau.
e and agents local territory, Salar'
800 per week with expenses addition
al, all payable ID cash each weel
Money for expenses advanced. Po>
ton permanent Business successfI
and rushing. Standard House, 81
Dearborn St, Chicago. 11-14t16
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-06-04
LOCAL BRIEFS

James Kinkead returned from indie
pendence Monday night.
Douglas Meng went to Higgins
Vile Wednesday morning.
Miss Minnie Neale returned to
Kansas City Monday evening.
Jllius Hainkel and son Slgel return
cd to Kansas City Monday evening,
Miss Eda Love went to Warrens-
! burg Monday morning for a few days
Fisit.
Mrs. John Welborn went to Kansas
City Tuesday morning for a short
stay.
Mrs. W. L. Gregory, Of Gas City;
Kansas, spent Tuesday here with
friends.
S. N. Wilson and little daughter,
Elizabeth, went to Fulton Monday
morning.
Mrs N &. Tompkins went to Kan
sas City Tuesday afternoon for a few
days visit.
Ed Ludwig Of Springfield spent
Sunday here with his father, G. G
Ludwig.
Geo, Kerdolff arrived Monday after
noon from Memphis for a stay with
home folks
Miss Anna Worthington spent Sun
day in Kansas City with Miss Matte
Lou Catron.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bowman and
daughter Mary went to HigglnSville
Sunday morning.
James Russell and mother, Mrs
Sarah Russell, went to ~Higgiusville
Wednesday morning.
Lemuel Hicklin went to Kansas
City. From there he will go to St.
Louis to attend the Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas NJ. Williams
arrived Saturday night to visi the
family ofD. W. B. Tevis.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Studdard lef
Sunday morning for Topeka, to visii
their son, j. W. Studdard,
N DR.. and Mrs, G. L. Smith left TO
Colorado Springs Wednesday morn
ing to spend several weeks.
Misses Bette Trail and Sallie Fitz
gerald went to Marshall Wednesda!
morning for few days visit.
Mrs. T Barrett of Sedalia, returned
to her home Monday morning after
visit with Mrs. Upton Wilson.
Mrs. @. B. Sexton Of St. Louis an
rived Tuesday night to visit he
mother, Mrs. T. B. Stramcke.
Alphonse Aguayo left Tuesday al
ternoon for a trip to Hot Springs
Ark, and to points In the East.
Miss Olive Carter Of Kansas Cit
came down Tuesday night for a vlsl
to her mother, Mrs. Ada Carter.
Tom Buckingham. who has bee
visiting friends here returned to hi
home at St. Joe Monday morning.
F. A. Major, of Pueblo, Colorado
who has been attending w. M. A
left for his home Wednesday morning
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. @. McGrew an
little grand daughter, Estelle Duval
left for st. Louis wednesday morning
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Reinhart
Dover and Miss Lee MeUg left Tues
day for St. Louis to attend the Fai
Harry Blee aud three daughter
Misses Maggie, Genevleve and Patti
spent Sunday and Monday In Richmor
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-06-04

Brit Cobb aud wife have opened up
attract Of land near he eastern limits
OF Inc city and have laid it off in town
10 = and sold this week one acre to
Ava Laughliu for $500; z acre 10
Nellie Hughes $500; q acre to lille
Hughes 5000 sales made by Bascom &
2 jwell.-Odessa Democrat,
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ate OF Ohio, City of Toledo |
mans NOunfv I

Lucas County.
Frank J Cheney makes oath that be
Il senior partner of the firm Of f. j
utney & Co doing business in the
city ot Toledo, County and State afore-
,uid, and that said firm will pay the
-um OF one hundred dollars for each
aud every cast Of Catarrh that cannot
DE cured by tie Use of Halls Catarrb
Cure. FRANK CHENEY.
Sworn 10 before me and SubrIrIbed
IN my presence, this 9th day of De
cember, A. d, 1856.
(SEAL.)ta8 A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public,
Hall, Catalrh Cure is taken inter
,aly, aud ac'> directly on the blood
nd mucous .u,t.ces of the system.
N-,d ir l,s'in "hials free.
+. j Ctt.,l & Co., Toledo, 0.
ST." by ~ Druggists. Use.
axe HANS E'amlly Pills for constipa-
ION. 5-7-m-1
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Bulls.

Two Her eford bulls for sale. B. B
Frazer, n mile northeast Of Lex
ngton. 4-S0t
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Noticel

To the farmers Of Lafayette county
and citizens Of our ueighboring vii.
ages, II you want the best "dlnnern
that can be served for 25c stop at the
Commercial Hotel. Good parlors and
waiting room Courteous treatment
&. NJ. Coon. Proprietor
Fresh country butter al stallinps,.
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Fresh country butLer a. stalnngsI
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-01-16

The scene of "The Little Home
steadn the sterling melOdrama
from the pen Of w. b. Patton. au-
thor of The Minister'S Son, which
viii be the attraction at the Ven
dome Sundyy, January 18th, to-
morrow matinee and night, is
laid IN New EngIsnd village. all
Of the homely down East environ
ments surround the pretty thrill
ling story, lending the real touch
Of realism to a chapter taken from
life, The interior of the little
homestead j self is a fai hful por-
troysl to many another New En-
gland home made dea" to memory.
The storm scenes of the New En-.
gland winter and the blizzard, sre
strikingly realis ic. The attention
which has been paid 10 details in
mounting up the play. has added
much to it's charm and has been
4 material factor to it's success
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-01-16

erly represent you There wae bill
introduced by Senator Price for
the improvement of Its navigation.
Lafourche No. lO4 for the purpose
of making a dam at the head of
Bayou Latourche to dredge open
drains into the LafOurche, construct
open Syphones, to build addi-
tOnal dams and Locks so as TO main
tain a depth of feet of fresh water
at all times By act No. 9 of the
Atchafalaya BASIN Levee district
TO issue bonds to the amount of
100000 for this purpose The object
of these acts were certainly intended
for leveelng OF the Lafourche and
This is great outrage upon the
people of the Teche in the way Of
taxing them for levees whose
lands were never known to re over.
flowd and also for improving the
navigation Of the Bayou The Lafour-
che people have never helped us one
dollar in improving our navigation
or to get the locks at Plaquemine
and l think it is a great outrage
for them to tax US for any such
purpose, still l am Informed by
Senator Liable that both of your
men in the Leglslature--McIlhenny
and Burke voted for that measure.
This shows the Importance Of having
men we'll posted in regard to Rivers
matters TO represent you. l have
suffered much from overflOws and
have been studying Levee questions
for fifty years, it is for this reason
1 have allowed my name to be put
before you TO the nomination. If
honored by you choice 1 pledge you
my word that l will keep a strict
watch on all such legislation. | will
also advocate better primary later
than the one we now have and give
to the People the right to elect
their own officers.
EFT. KING.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-01-16
An1uSenlentS
PLAYS and Players to Visit This
City Ere Long.

Ted E. FAust's Suverb Ministries
has been booked by Manager Burke
Of the Opera House to play here
on Wednesday, Jan. 9th.
This is positively one of the
big, est and best minstrels on the
road and the New iberia theatre
goers should not miss it. They
carry plenty of special scenery and
will use all of 1t wheen they appear
in our city on the day and date
mentioned above. Don't stay at
home and when they are gone say
"vly didn't somebody tell me it
was good to be good" but attend
you self and see one the finest min
strcl entertainment ever in this
section. The Co. is a large well
Sc ected one and contains many
bri. Int stars Of the minstrel world.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-01-16
Low Rates on Morgan's La & Texas
Railroad and Steamship Go.
Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Rail
road and Steamship Company
will sell tickets from New
Iberia, La, to

New Orleans and return, December
18th and 18th. with return limit De-
cember 2lst. at rate Of one fare plus
25 cents, on account OF Centennial
Celebration Transfer of La. Pur-
chase.
Ruston, La, and return. December
9th and 2Sth, with return limit De-
cember 3lst, at a rate of one fare plus
25 cents, on account of Louisiana
State Public Teachers Associa-
ton. M 40
New Orleans and points in South
East Arkansas. illinois. Ksnas, Mn
nesota, Nebraska, Mexico CITY and
Monterez and return. December 49,
20. q and 26, with return limit sc
days from date of sale, At arate ofone
fare plus rs cents. on account fitht
Christmas holidays.
All points in Louisiana and Teaxal
to Southern Pacific points in Texa
and return, December %, "a, Is, 26, 8
and January /, with return limi
January 4th. where one way rate i
less than So at one and one-third TAR
not to exceed $3.50; where rate II s
Tor more at fate Of one fare plus ten pc
cent, on account Christmas Holt
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-01-16
E. 7. KING.

Governor Bowen, "The Kentucky
Whirlvlnd,' who appeared last sea-
son with Qulnlan and Wall will
appear the opera House Wednesday
Jan. 9th with the Ted E. Fraust
Superb Minstrels. Mr.. Bowen will
do principal end and have charge
CT the dancing, which has been
highly praised.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-01-16

Interest in the street fair is not
tagging in the least 10 all appearen.
ces, and the attendance last night
and the night previous wac about
as large and enthusiastic as on
the opening night Today and to-
night thousands Of people will
again be on the scene to Gee the
"slgh,s" and enjoy the pleasures
afforded only when the street fair
comes to town. The circus enter
ta,ns for day-the street fair for
a whole week.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-01-16

The da'e and day for the inau-
Ruration Of the fire. mail delivery
system here in: New iberia il ra-
pidly drawing near.
February the first is the date
eet Tor the commencement of deli
vering mail 10 this city and many
- those who are eagerly awaiting
she approach Of that date. esp :
e'aily those who live quite . dis
sancs from the post Office and Who
- It : long walk to 60 and get
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-01-16

In "Alphonse and CASTOR
which will shortly be the attract
lion at the Vendome Opera House
there are three hours of solid com
edy, inthr spered with popular
music, notable specialties and ella
borate marches and assemblies
The entire entertainment is des-
cribed to be . melange of funny
situations, catchy music, beauti'
full costumes, fine scenery and
pretty glfls. The Company mum
bers 40 people, and includes an all
star cast of such well known ar
tists al the Powers Brothers, Mon.
geometry and Pearl, Harry watson,
Lawrence Cover, jennie Lamont,
and the Beardsley Sisters. There
are also eight bewitching and
lovely show girls, adorned with
dazzling costumes, and as a spe
cial feature the management ha'
engaged the worlds famous ''Bri
tish Roses" Sunday, January 31st
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-01-16

With the coming of "The Little
Homestead" to the VendOme
Opera House on Sunday Jan. 18th
matinee and night, theatre goers
are promised 3 treat. The play
Introduces q happy little home in
. New England village, broken up
through the desire for revenge
upon the young husband. 1t tells
of blind infatuation which leads
the wife to forget her vows and
depicts the sorrow and remOst
consequent. The ultimate triumph
Of right, though too late to atone
fully for the past, points to
healthy moral. The play and Go
are among the best on the road
this season. The author of 1.-THE
Little Homestead" is W. B. Pattor
whose play "The Minister'S Som
has been an unequaled success.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-01-16

Chicago, ILL.,, and return. Novem-
Der 9th, 2Sth and 29th, limit De-
cember 18th, at rate Of $27.9e.
Coupon tickets can be had at all
stations to all points beyond our
line, also, low rates to all summer
resorts, on application to your To-
cal agent, or address @. B. Ellis,
Division Pass. Agent, New Iberia,
La,
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-01-16
Capt. {. 7. King
Issues an Address to the Voters
and Public.

and gunboats having hot fight
in Fort DeRousev with whole
Army Corp under Gen. Smith
where lost my eye and was cap
ture1. After exchange | was sent
down here to stop deserters and
police the Atchafalaya Basin IN
which service bad several hot fights
and had several men killed. This
is a brief sketch of my service dur
ing our Civil war. Since the war l
have taken great interest in the
locking of Bayou Plaquemine and
the improvement of our Navigation
going over the Teche Parishes
taking statistics of their CONNER
ce, writing in the principal papers
and making two trip 10 Washing.
ton and one to Evansville in be-
half Of this measure for all this
work 1 was not paid enough to pay
my expenses. Again few years
ago the people of the Teche made
an effort to the improvement of the
Teche and the locking the Bayou
so as to make it navigabIe through
out he whole lenghth knowing the
importance of this l again came
to their help, took statistics made
Two trips 10 Opelousas to get the
st Landry Police Jury to join us in
this work but failed. I will venture
the assertion that there was never a
measure brought before Congress
that was better gotten up than this
still nothing came from 1t. l did not
receive for all this work enough to
pay my expenses. l see great dan.
ger 10 the beautiful Teche country
from the Mississippi River coming
down the Atchaiayala and drown
ing out our whole country. The
distance from the Atchafalaya to
VermllIion Bay is only sc miles
from the mouth of the Red by the
Mississippi River is 325 miles.
the heiget of the water at the
mouth of the Red at lis highest
stage Is over So feet. So you see
that the fall is more than 3 times
greater by the Atchafalaya. This
accounts for the deeping and wide
ing so rapidly. During our Civil
war I found great difficulty IN get
ing up 1t; now it is mighty river
800 yards wide and 100 feet deep.
The only reason why the whole
River does not come this way is
that 1t lie not yet deep and wide to
carry off the whole flows of the
Mississippi River There is in the
valley and basin of the Atchafalaya
4,5OoO.OOO acres of the rlghtest
land on the world 100000 of this
land can be reclaimed and made
ready for cultivation with little or
no expense for levees by dlvorcing
the Mississippi from the Atchafalya
so forever protecting our beautiful
country from all the danger
of being drove out at the same time
lnsaring the city of New Orleans
it's mighty River the very basis Of
its wealth and prosperity.
These arc measures 10 which ou1
pc pie have great and vital Interest
as we'll as the people of the whole
State. The men you select to re-
present you in our State Legislatu
re and Congress should be well pos
ted about these things so as TO prop
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-01-16
CO MIN q!
THE LITTLE
HOMESTEAD
Jan. 18TH.
G. O M IN q J!
Jan. 18TH.

Hundreds of country people
are in the city today stalking in"
the sights of the street fair and
Carnival.
Strength and vlgor come of
good food, duly digested. ''Force,"
a ready.to serve wheat and barley
food, adds no burden, but sus-
tains, nourishes, invigorates.
At recent meeting of the City
Council, a committee of three was
appointed to look into all the de-
tails of street paving; a question
which is receiving no little atten-
ton at the hands Of our Mayor,
City fathers and quite few of our
citizens and business men This
committee is composed of Council
men F. G. Blumenthal, Albert De.
court and Mayor pro tenn Leon Lee
maire. a good selection and a
committee who will undoubtedly
give the matter serious considera-
ton.
Iberia Fire Company No. l held
a very interesting meeting Monday
evening. The annual election of
officers was held with the follow
ing result:
Louis Pfster, President.
Louis Bazus, Vice President.
Charles A. Dupuy, Secretary.
Frank Laughlln, Trearurer.
Henry Levy, foreman.
James B. Finney, LIST assistant
foreman.
Walter Boutte, End assistant
foreman.
Of those named above Messrs.
P6ster, Dupuy, Laughlin and
Boutte are re- elected, the others
being new officers.
Hon LIE Deaux Smith, candi.
date for Auditor, arrived in the
city yesterday, and is at the st.
Charles. Speaking of his canvess'l
Mr.. Smith said. ~ have made al
most a complete canvass of the
entire State, and in every way
am satisfied with the conditions.
am not, like some candidates for
Office, claiming: the whole world
bnt l think I will get enough to
put me in the second primary.
Times Democrat.
"a Runaway Tramp" which
was billed to show here on Thurs
day night was cut out by the man.
agement of the Opera House be-
cause all advlces from the towns
where the troupe had performed
indicated it's unworthiness to re-
ceive the patronage of our show.
going people. The engagement with
the troupe was cancelled previous
to it's arrival here. In Napoleonville
the report is that the curtain was
rung down in the first act and the
troupe not permitted to proceed
with the play.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-01-16

District, composed of st Mar
tin, Iberia and Lafayette
Parishes:
l have been induced by many
friends to announce myself as a
candidate for the nomination of
Senator of this District at the
Democratic Primary to be held on
the 10Th, next Tuesday.
I was IN hopes that ! would be
able to visit you and give you my
resons for coming before you and
asking your support and the policy
l will pursue If elected to that Of
fee.
All the old citizens of the District
know my war record, but the young
generation may not. For these
reasons [ will give short sketch of
1t. Within three daye after COM
pany was organized with Captain E
w Fuller, myself and officers with
about forty men with no arms but
shotgans went 10 Morgan City, cap
tured that city and all the Yankees
tEas were there, took possession of
the railroad and went a few miles
New Orleans and cut the levees to
prevent pursuit anu brought back
with Us all the roaming stock and
every thing of value that we conld
get. At that time all this country
was IN peaceful possession of the
Federal forces, the forts evacuated
and destroyed. Shortly after this
the country was occupied by the
Confederate forces and was held by
them until General Banks made bis
great raid through this country.
Shortly after this we we're ordered
to Old River to guard that passage
into the Mississippi River and to
bring over all the ammunition,
arms and Announcements that were
needed to organize the Confederate
army We also crossed over the
Mississippi to the east bank soma
thirty Thousand beef cattle to feed
the army on that side. After being
in the service some six months, We
received orders to seize the best boat
tina could be found for the purpose
of converting them into gun boats.
This l did sc:z'rg the Cotton and
Hart for that purpose and brought
them to the reche We went to
work on the Teche, but never
succeeded in getting her fipished.
We armed her with such guns as we
fished out Of the abando ed forts
and held the Teche against all the
gun boats that the Yankees could
send against us until General
Witzel came with an army of 5000
men to destroy Ler We fought
them ali day and succeeded in get.
ting her safe behind General
Mouton's intrenchments. Captain
Fuller was wounded, Lieutenant
Sterns kill d and a good many men
killed ami wounded. That night
received an order from General
Mouton to take he- down below his
line of rentrenchments and sink and
burn ner to prevent the Yankees
from Coming up the Teche. This
did and this was the last of thu
Cotton.
| After this we served for some
times a. Ssige Battery on fort
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-01-16
You Know What You Are TAX
ing.

When you take Groves Taste
less Chill Tonic, because the for
mula is plainly printed on every bot.
tie, showing that 1t is simply Iron and
Quinine in a tastless form. No cure,
No Pay. Soc.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-01-16
COMING:

"rhe Little Homestead"
Jan. 18th.
Ted E. Faust's Superb
Minstrels, January t h e
9th.
"Alphonse and CASTOR,
January 3lst.
All H. Wilson, February
3lst.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-01-16

AL H. Wilson, the golden voiced
singer, will be with us next mon, b
on the 14th--supported by a very
strong and capable company and
presenting a play that has made a
distinct hit in all the large cities
of the land. On the 14th of next
month at the VendOme Opera
House and DON'T forget it
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-01-16
Free Delivery
of Mails Will be Inaugurated on
February lst.

their mail once or twice daily.
There will be no further post
ponement- February the LIST you
can watch for the letter carriers
on duty for the first time in New
Iberia.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1904-01-16

Latar---Slnse writing the above a
horse has been purchased, large
bay. The Council has also assisted
the company in the way of paying
for their new horse wagon and will
allow the sum Of $s5 per month as
Z salary for house keeper whose
duty will be 10 attend to the horse
and company's equipment AMI at
tend all fires.