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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1906-01-04
Strayed or Stolen

from the rack in Lexington on the
25th of December, 1905, one bay
mare pony and saddle and bride. She
is branded on her left shoulder and
left hip. Has a white spot in her
forehead and white spots on her back
where the saddle works. Any inform
alton will be thankfully received. ,Jo-
seph NJ. Wigley, Coxburg, Miss.
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COXBURG.

Photographer Fuller was in Cox
burg last week on bnsiness.
Mrs. S. A. Killebrew and children
spent the Christmas holidays with
her brother, Mr.. Harthcoek, on Cy-
press.
Misses Lula Mcbride and George
Chisolm spent the latter part of the
week with the Misses Eagan, of
Zeiglerville.
Mr. ]. Long, constable of Beat 4,
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To NV Friends.

Meet me at K. K Il. Sontheimer's
the fountain Of 0yerhowing and
excellent values in all lines of
goods. OCCiE MCLEAN.
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Mrs. A. G. Wiley spent the hoii-
days with her brothers family at Itta
Bena.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1906-01-04

Rev. Eugene Johnson, the new Pre-
siding Elder Of the District, will
preach at the Methodist Church.
Lexington, next Sunday (June 7th)
at IL o'clock a. m. and T o'clock p.
m. Everybody cordially invited.
K, A. TUCKER, Pastor.
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Pastor Kincaaon is feeling good
over the pounding given him by the
members and friends Of his congrega-
tion.
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J. 7. Rhyme, of Thornton, Ark,
during visit to his kindred and
friends here during the past two
or more weeks, made the ADVERTISER
several pleasant and appreciated
calls. Although Mr.. Rhyme served
his country in the sixties and ap-
preaching the western horizon in
years, his looks still retain vigor and
capacity for enjoyment and interest
in life.
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Our Merchants 4 Farmers Bank
will open branch bank at Black
Hawk with W. M. Meek al cashier.
about March lst, 1906, under the
name Of Bank Of Black Hawk Mr..
Meek is leading business man in his
section, knows and has the confidence
Of everybody and assures the new
bank success from the opening.
The Washington times., 1906-04-22
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Declared O. Truce.

Another woman in the yards dis
trict had walked the streets for three
nights In a fyuitless effort to learn
where her boy of fifteen was in the
habit OF meeting the neighborhood
gang and spending the night. In
despair she appealed 10 Miss Grace.
The young and pretty policeman made
a few Inquiries OF her Juvenile friends
and soon learned that George Brady
had fallen in with a crowd of boys
several years his senior. who met
nightly in an old barn. At the hour
the boys were in the habit of as
sembling Miss Grace went to the
barn. and. singing out Brady. held
long conference with him. The lad
sullenly refused to go home
II suppose I'll have to take you
home, them" said Miss Grace severe
ly
The boy scanned the pretty police
man from head to foot, Laughed scorn-
fully. and then went home. All the
way home the probation officer talked
to the lad, and before the humble lit
tie house was reached a truce had
been declared. The conditions of the
truce were simple. The boy was to
stay away from the barn and break
away from the gang. Miss Grace was
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Retains WomanIg Charms.

contact with the world usually rubs
the finer edges from a woman's na-
ture- When women put their Shout
ders 70 the task OF earning a living
in competition with men they usually
almost invariably lose the best part
Of their womanliness. The masculine
influence usually is too strong for
them, and, II they do not assume q
mans apparel to a degree. they as
sumo his ways and manners. They be-
come mascuIinized- Miss Grace has
retained her femininity in spite Of her
close contact with the rougher element
Of society She has lost none Of her
womanliness- She is playing mans
part clothed in the dress and the man
ners Of refined young woman.
Miss Grace not only is the prettiest
policeman in the world. but she IS
probably one Of the most conscientious
policemen in the world. She has new
er slept on her beat; she never has
grated, she never touches a drop
For the present Washington cannot
hope TO rival Chicago in this II will
have TO admit, for gaIlantry-s sake il
nothing else, that the Windy CITY has
the best looking policeman In the
country But It has achieved a gen
uine juvenile court of its own. and IT
1t evident that Mr. Copp will soon
have to have assistance in his v-o~lr
as probation officer. So that il is
not impossible that before very long
Washington may proudly claim the
prettiest policeman in the land.
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Refuses to Be- Interviewed.

When Miss Grace took up the work
as probation officer in the district Of
the great stockyards she determined
TO secure the friendship and confidence
Of the boys under her supervision. She
wanted to get in touch with them and
let them feel that she was interested,
first OF ali in their well-beinE- Con-
sequently she arranged for a meeting
with all the boys paroled TO her once
q week. This meeting is held every
Saturday morning in one Of the small
parks OF the district
Miss Grace presides at the meeting
and talks TO the boys as might an
older sister She never says, you
must do this" or you mustn't do
that" She talks about the work Of
boys. their prospects Of success in a
great city; she encourages them; she
shows them What right living means;
she stirs up ambition in every breast.
The talks are given in A friendly
spirit, and the boys enter into the con-
The Washington times., 1906-04-22

ference with the same feeling Every
lad tells Miss Grace how he Is get
ting along in school and at home. and
Miss Grace compares his report with
the reports she already has secured
from his mother and his teacher.
Usually they compare in every detail,
for II there is one thing Miss Grace
instiIls in her boys more than any
other one thing II IS respect for the
truth.
None Of the ffty-1ve boys paroled 10
Miss Grace by the juvenile court has
violated the parole. and. without ex-
ception. every one Of them gives prom
Use Of becoming a respected, law abld-
ing citizen.
Miss Grace is devoted 10 her work.
She believes she is doing more good as
a probation officer than she could do
in any other line OF work It was this
feeling that inspired her TO abandon a
life Of comparative ease for the hard.
disagreeable work Of mendfnS broken
hearts and souls.
Personally Miss Grace IS a young
woman Of exceptionally strong char
acter. and Is equipped with a superb
bundance Of Will power. She is en-
dowed with enough magnetism 10
draw people 10 her. To describe the
prettiest policeman in the world would
be 10 describe a young woman with
bronze hair, touched with gold; light
brown eyes that sparkle when they
look At YOU; eyes that can laugh and
be serious al the same time. Her
complexion is clear and briIIant-the
color OF her cheeks bespeaks good
health She is above medium height,
and remarkably graceful: in fact. she
and her two sisters are often referred
70 as the Three Graces.
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10 get him good job The lad kept
his word. and so did Miss Grace.
Hes a different boy altogether"
said his mother yesterday, smiling con-
tentedly. Mis- Grace got him to see
that he was doing wrong She told
him that as his father was dead he
should be a man and take care OF his
mother. He came home to me and
said: Mother, I'm going 10 be man;
Miss Grace says I'm old enough 20
take care Of you. and that you're too
old to have to wash for Twin. She's
goin' TO get me a job. and I'm goin' TO
look out for you -
a Jew days ago Miss Grace was
walking along HaIstead street look
Ing for boy who was wanted in the
juvenile court Finally she saw him
sitting on an ash barrel in the center
OF a group half way down narrow
alley.
Jack. she began. stepping Up 20
the boy. didn't you know you were
10 go 10 court with me this after
nocn?-'
Yep: but / amt a-goln'.'' muttered
the boy.
20. yes, you are insisted Miss
Grace. kindly You're going because
you promised me you'd 60"
Il don't give a d what I promised
you"
Miss Grace took the lad BY the arm,
and he broke away and ran One OF
the boys in the crowd ran after him
Here he is" he said. bringing Jack
back Then turning TO Jack he went
on;
You keep your promise 10 her or
I'll make you" Jack went 10 court.
These are only a few OF the many
stories told about Miss Grace in the
big district in which she is a good
angel She blushingly denies the truth
OF all the sores the boys tell Of her
adventures. and treats her experiences
as nothing. When asked last week to
relate some Of her experiences she
steadfastly refused. and the stories
printed We're gathered in the district.
Every haunt Of boys and girls in the
long. wide district is known 10 Miss
Grace, and time and again. on her way
home, she has stopYed ions enough 10
take a boy home from his club"
The Washington times., 1906-04-22

A dyspeptic is a man whose meals
dent Mt him.
The average man is stronger in sd-
versity than in 'osperity-
\ man makes allowances for his
faults. even though his wife may be
one OF them
The fellow who gets it in the neck
ought to be glad he isn't a giraffe.
1t may be possible to love two women
Al the same time. but not IL they know
it.
The doctrine of the survival OF the
httest doesn't appeal to those who set
left
Even the milk Of human kindness may
contain A few germs
Some people regard a collection plate
as a slot machine in which they drop A
dime in the hope of getting a dollar 3
worth Of religion.
The more children woman has the
fewer theories sire has concerning them.
There Is no anguish quite so keen as
that felt by a woman who gets a new
dress 70 wear 10 a party. and then Isn't
Invited.
orations at the feast of reason.
A quick lunch maketh a slow liver.
The Washington times., 1906-04-22

quite as subject to their influence as
boys Of large growth.
The delinquent boys in her charge
obey her as they might a ruling
queen. She seems 20 inspire in them
all that there is Of good; she kindIes
the spark of chivaIry that every man
has dormant in him somewhere, and
the lads parOled TO her by the court
stand ready to fight and die for her.
If anybody says anything about
Miss Grace said one of the burly
lads of the stockyards district the
other day, he'd better not come
around here to say it, for he'd git
all that was a-comin' to him"
Miss Grace has been a probation Of
fcer for only six months, but in that
short time she has made an enviable
record for herself, so enviable in fact
that some of the older probation Of
their heads together and are saying
that she is too young and too pretty
to do the work they do. In spite of
these protests, however, Miss Grace
does the WORK, and there is not a
probation officer in the Juvenile court
who is better liked by the boys and
girls in her charge than this pretty
young poiiceWOman. Nearly sixty
boys have been paroled to Miss Grace
by the court. and she watches over
them with the watchfuIness OF a
mother. The lads range in age from
seven TO seventeen, and where moth
ers fail with them Miss Grace sue
ceeds. In the brief period of her
service as an officer of Judge Mack's
court Miss Grace has made a dozen
of the worst lads in the stockyards
district respecters Of the law. With
this dozen she has succeeded so well
that whenever a lad in her district
commits a crime or violates a city or
dinance Miss Grace is the first person
in the district 10 know it.
When Miss Grace first became a
probation officer she found the work
difficult. 1t was entirely new to her
and she came into close contact with
the side of life she never before had
seen. Her life had been full of sun
shine: her home surroundings had
The Washington times., 1906-04-22

hands on her apron Sure. my suds
all git cold If I talk 10 ye. but I'll
tell ye II ye must know-but &c amt
one OF them reporters. air ye? Wen.
It was this way-wOn't ye come in an
have a seat? 1t was this way-John.
he's my man, drank up IN livery clint
ne ARMED at tn saloon. He'd be paid
on Saturday night. an he go straight
from tn packiE' house to tn saloon
There he'd drink and drink until he q
nothin' left Then he'd come home
and want tn children to give UP a
Soin' L school and go out and sell
papers and gum. l took in washin'.
and IL was that way We was able TO
live at all Saturday a week he come
home and TUX the money I had laid
by for 10 buy food. and that went
into the saloon where the rist had
gone. Miss Grace heard about 1.-THE
Lord only knows how or where-and
she come here and looked tn situa-
shion over and then wint straight to
tn saloon and got my man. She made
i'm come back to me and give me is
money. She told him she'd send him
to tn Bridewen if he didn't. God bless
her
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The Worlds PrettieSt Policeman

Personally Miss Grace is young exceptionally
strong character and equipped with Superabundanc of will
power She endowed with enough magnetism people to
her To describe the prete policeman in the world would be to
describe young with bronze hair touched with gold light
brown eyes that sparkle when they look you eyes that laugh
and be serious at the time Her complexion clear bril-
nathe color of her cheeks bespeak good health She
medium height and remarkably GRACEFUL fact her two
sisters often referred TO the Three CraceS.
The Washington times., 1906-04-22

mothers; she has seen little children
starving and dying; little girls have
sobbed in her ears the story Of their
degradation. Yet in he composition
there is not a strain of pcssimism.
Miss Grace believes there is no soul
so poor as to have no room for good
ness In it. Working on this principle
she has striven TO arouse the dormant
goodness in everyone with whom she
has come in contact How well she
has succeeded is best told by the stories
of some of the children OF the stock
yards district and their mothers The
district over which Miss Grace has
CONTROLLER beat-extends from West
F'orty-seventh place to West Fifty
ninth street. and from Wentworth ave
nue. west to Ashland avenue. In this
great packing district there are many
thousands of children. There is scarce
" one of them who does not know
Miss Grace by sight.
There goes Miss Grace. fellers. ="
shouted lad of ten years, as he ran up
TO a group of boys few days ago at
the corner of Wentworth avenue and
Fifty-fifth street boulevard. She's
the lady what got Jimmy's father TO
come home from the saloon and buy
milk for Jimmy's baby sister.
AN so We want e hear tn story
about me an Miss Grace" said Jim
my's mother, standing in the doorway
of a little gray house and drying her
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Di8armed Youthful Hiahwaymen.

When woman turns her face from
sunshine to shadow and in the dark
ness sees all the woes of the world
huddled together pessimism usually
seizes her. Miss Grace has picked up
the wreckage of young lives; she has
seen homes destroyed bv drink: she
has dragged young girls from the
sitting air of dance halls and saloons:
she has taken the weapons of the
highwayman from young boys whose
souls had become saturated with
desire to follow in the footsteps Of
some dime novel hero: she has reason
ed with dissolute fathers and profane
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been wholesome: her mother had i'm
bued her with high ideals. The life
with which she came in touch when
she took up the work of a probation
officer was full of shadows and heart
aches. The atmosphere Of the homes
she went into was unwholesome: she
met people without ideals. The task
of adjusting herself to the new en-
Vironment was not easy: il is a diff
cult task for women more experienced
than Miss Grace The process OF
weaving bond Of sympathy between
yourself and some one entirely diff
ferent from yourself - different physi-
cally mentally. and moraIly-is slow
The process usually brings both you
and the other person TO a common
level. In six months Miss Grace had
woven strong bond of sympathy be-
tween herself and all the lads within
the limits Of the territory assigned
to her by the chief probation officer
Instead of meeting the people Of the
other world on a common level this
young officer of the law has tried to
uplift everyone with whom she has
come in contact to her level.
The Washington times., 1906-04-22

In this age OF commerciaIisnI even the
poet is generally sure OF his breakfast.
Bad mon are apt 10 make themselves
scarce. Good men are already scarce.
Put up n good front and you won't be
talked about behind your back
The open door offers no inducements
10 the knocker.
Good advice is the kind that is never
given until il is asked for
Charity begins AT home. but IL is apt
to be out when anybody calls.
We are all apt TO strain at q gnat and
swallow a camel. but 1t is always the
other fellows Gnat and our camel.
4 new leaf is really the same old one
with another t1rn.-PhiIadelphia Public
Ledger.
The Washington times., 1906-04-22

HERE are good looking men
on the Washington police
force. Hundreds of good
looking maids will bear tes-
timony to that effect-if
said men are out of earshot-
Scores of them might truthfully hum
the old air from Patience"
When I first put this uniform on,
1 said as / looked in the glass
1t is ten TO a million If any civilian
This figure and dress could surpass-
For well they know the power Of
brass buttons and a uniform And
each one Of them cherishes a secret
conviction that he's not such a bad
looking fellow after all And he isn't!
But. It is stated on good au-
thority that absolutely the best look
ing policeman in these United States
the prettest that ever came over
the pike"-is in Chicago, and doesn't
wear a uniform. no blue coat and no
brass buttons TO impress the impress
siOnable. but just the good looks that
nature gave. And the Washington
force will probably be ready to lift
its multiple helmet from its manly
brown and acknowledge that the
statement is probably true when it
learns that the police officer in ques-
tion is Elizabeth Grace-Miss Eliza
beth Grace. if you piease-attached
TO Chicago's Juvenile court.
One can hear a sigh of relief go up
from the manly chest of the local
force, that The prettiest policeman in
the country is a policewoman. to
whom IL is no disgrace TO yield the
laurel for good looks. She is tall and
slender and graceful, and says she's
twenty-five, though she could knock
of five years without endangering her
reputation for veracity. She hand
cuffs her prisoners with so winning a
smile that they feel it a real honor to
ride on n street car with her to head
quarters. Miss Grace is probation
officer OF the juvenile court. and is
the youngest woman ever sworn into
The service OF Henry w. Thurston
Judge Mack's chief of staff She is
said to be as pretty as a picture. as
lively as a school girl during a holi-
day, and yet serious enough for the
very serious career she has entered
upon. OF course. it's they" that
say all that: she doesn't say any
thing. She just goes quietly about
her work.
Perhaps she doesn't realize how
much youth and beauty help her in
The Washington times., 1906-04-22
NOBODY KNOWS BUT MOTHER"

NOBODY KNOWS BUT MOTHER!"
How many buttons are missing today2
Nobody knows but mother.
How many playthings are strewn IN
her way?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many t1imbles and spools has she
missed?
How many burns on each fat little fst2
How many bumps TO be cuddled and
l1issed2
Nobody knows but mother
Unknown.
The Washington times., 1906-04-22
The Philosophy of a DySpeptic

A dyspeptic is a man whose meals
dent fit him.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-04-26

Every farmer would do we'll to set
apart a choice tract OF ten acres and
devote the same to corn breeding.
BY SO doing and selecting perfect
seed, raising only two stocks in the
hill and giving the crop frequent but
shallow cultivation, he would soon
learn to raise seventy.five bushels per
acre instead of forty.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-04-26

District Attorney Jerome of New
York ought to have the decency to
resign his Office now that all of the
courts of the state have ruled that
he lacks proper conception of his
duty as a public official.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-04-26

The publishers of The independent
want agents everywhere to canvass
for subscriptions and sell Mr.. Berge's
new book, "THE FREE PASS Bril-
Berry SYSTEM See advertisement
of book elsewhere in this paper. We
receive hundreds of orders through
the mails. 1t is the only book writ
ten upon a subject IN which~the peo-
pie are just now vitally interested.
The people everywhere will want the
book. Ex-Governor Larabee of Iowa
ordered ten books before same were
off the press. We receive orders from
all parts of the country. This book
is seller. All you have to do is to
tell about it, You can make 500 per
month. Write at once for terms.
THE INDEPENDENT, Lincoln, Neh
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-04-26

Farmers should not forget that the
first essential to a good crop of corn
is good seed he'd, and the second is
perfect seed, and, that corn should
be planted as early in May as proper
conditions will admit of.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-04-26

Many senator's decided to snub
Senator La Toilette by absenting
themselves from the senate while
the senator was making his speech
and allowing him to speak to empty
seats. But before the senator had
proceeded very far with his remarks
they changed their minds and re-
turned 10 the senate chamber and
occupied their seats.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-04-26

vote he received for governor in 1904,
and is convinced that the Roosevelt
landslide alone prevented his cleo
ton, and that if again nominated he
will be elected, and under the clrcum
stances he will enter the race as a
candidate for the nomination by the
conventions this year.
In 1904 Mr.. Berge received SOFIA
more votes than the combined vote
cast for Parker and Watson, and a
larger vote than the combined vote of
the six fusion candidates for congress
in the state. An examination of the
abstract of the votes cast in the state
in 1904 shows Mr. Berge in the lead
over every other candidate voted for
by the fusion forces of the state.
Under such circumstances who can
should be Inundated by the sugges-
tons that his services in the future
Will Uc tSCCBtoblC, III on lhlNi ioA
position in the ranks. Mr. Berge is
constitutionally incapable of accepting
such tender He knows that such
is not the voice of the voters OF the
state.
In the minds of the voters OF Ne
braska the name of George w. Berge
is blended with the hope and purpose
of Kidding the state of railroad domin-
alton. His campaign stamped him as
a courageous and aggressive leader,
the kind that inspires to victory. He
is the choice of the multitude and it
will be impossible to convince at least
the 10000 voters who voted for Roose-
welt for president and Berge for gov
ernor in 1904 that refusal to re-
nominate. Mr.. Berge this year would
not be reputation of the issues
that distinguished his campaign and
won their support.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-04-26

amendments. Watch these pretenders
shrivel In size when amendments are
to be voted upon that really mean
something to the people.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-04-26

After Senator La Toilette had stated
the case of the American people
against the railroads, the Roosevelt
Hepburn-Dolliver rate regulator looked
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-04-26

The railroad regulators on the re-
publican side of the United States
senate chamber will now have a
chance TO show their good faith by
voting for the Bailey and La Toilette