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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-11-30
Land and Money

/ have a few Lafayette county
farms left that a sell you at
reasonable prices. None any better.
aud all know it,-and they sell.
Some city residences and vacant lots
iocated to suit purchasers. win take
pleasure in showing you anything /
have for sale. Can see me at Gratz
Bros phone 22s, Z. b. yanehn,s
phone ss or home phone 25s. w, u
CURTIS.
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The Alton pay car arrived here
last Friday, and contrary to ex.
pectations paid out only half the
amount due employees in cash.
and left the remainder incheSks,
payable only through the clear
ing house a Chicago. MANY of
these checks were accepted by
merchants in payment of &C
counts and deposited at the
banks, where they we're given
credit forsame, butthe banks re.
fused to pay out any currency
On them for the simple reason
mat the company had sent no
funds here for that purpose, and
70 pay out the currency meant a
reduction Of their cash. An adj
Of $1,000 was sent here
tuesday to the agent and paid to
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-11-30
DR.. ShOoD's
Night Cure
Or. SiIverstOnes Drug Store.
Real Estate Transfers.
Saturday, Nov. 16. 1870

Saturday, Nov. 16, 1907.
Geo L Trail to Mary Block
hart land in 8, go, q, considera
ton, $1,000.
Monday, Nov. 1s, 1907.
Buck to G G Christie land
in IS, ST p, consideration
s., 1000.
lie Chiles to Byrd Campbell
u. and Frank Campbell All 81
lot Il and other, 81.
John W Fishback to Chas
Fixing lots 6, Z, and Q blk /
Odessa, consideration, $500.
Alex Stefanski to Chas G
Meinershagen lot 5 blk 1 Higgins
vile, s275.
Jerome B Simpson to John Il
Drewell contract Is, 40, 81 con
sideration, $1,000.
G N Shelby to Geo A Webb
lot 9 blk G Bates City.
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1907.
F Brinkman to VIM Cal
braith lot 36 Wellington consid
GRAFTON, $500,
VIM S Jackson lots 10 and III
blk Z Odessa, consideration.
sl25.
just opened a Dbl. Of new Herring
At 2oca doz, new fat mackeral at loo
each, new cod fish, whole fish, brick
GOD fish, shredded cod fish, smoked
1Allibut, new Holland herring n
Kegs, rowled picked herring ready
Tor use at Jos. L. Long, Cash Grocer.
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Rhodes Scholarship Examination in Jan.


President R. H. Jesse, Of til,
State University at Columbia
has just announced that the
qualifying examination for the
Rhodes Scholarship viii be held
IN Columbia, Jan. 21 and p. 1908.
All applicants for admission Il
this examination are required to
oe Med on or before Dec. 81.
1907. The State University has
been exceptionally fortunate IN
the matter of having men qualify
Tor the final test. More men
from the University rolls have.
qualified than from any school Of
equal size in the country. The
hrst scholar for MISSOURI was 4
) unlor Of the University, Ralph
Eugene Blodgett. He went 10.
oxford in 1904 and completed his
work last June. He is now
law at the Washington
University Law School, at ST.
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those holding unpaid checks,
which took up about all the sur
plus checks. The payments
Friday were made in gold
Slater Rustler.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-11-30
THERE ARE OTHERS

who have 1908 patterns Of wall
paper. With past years Of ex.
perience, and our SUPERIORITY
in HANGING OF IT, charging 10
more for good work than
bOtchers DO for poor work, Are
the SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS that
We have to offer al all times.
UT BROS. Phone no.
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out OF his works were made by
other hands than his. But his
statement, if in it he included
dramatic art, is susceptible Of
mountains Of proof. GOOD
PLAYS NEVER DIE. They go
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the death OF Its author. eIhe
plays Of NARROW and Ben John
son, Shakespeare's contempt
raries, and Of Beaumont and
Fletcher, his predecessors, still
hold the stage. WITHIN
LIMITS MORE CIRCUMSTAN-
TIAL THAN THOSE THAT
INCLUDE THE CENTURIES.
IT is POSSIBLE TO FIND
PLAYS THAT HAVE LIVED
LONG AND PROSPERFD.
"Richelieu," -"The Lady Of
Lyons" "The Two Orphans
"Monte Cristo," aUncle TOMS
Cabin" who shall say that
they have not proved their
worth by long life. q
THEN THERE us THE
HIDDEN HAND", WHICH
WILL BE SEEN IN o W
BEFORE MANY DAYS, ana
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THEATRE.TALK NO. NJ.

WHEN HENRY LONGFELLOW ANNOUNCED
THAT CART is LONG AND IS F~LERTINGn he could not
have been thinking Of dramatic art. The only successful plays made
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-11-30

TO contradict certain talk
and 60 ptst the CONSUMING pob-
lic Ia possession Of the trsth.
say In plain words that no
one IN this town can SELF as
coffee as Aebuckles'
.riOsa fOe as little money.
Misbranded and make-beIieve
Mocha and Java, or coffee sold
loose cut Of a bag Or a bin, IS
not as good value for the money
nor can it be sold at as narrow
profit. nor reach the consumer
under as favorable conditions.
When you buy Arbuckies,
Arlosa Coffee you pet more f7an
10 net ozs. of straight, wholesome
Brazilian coffee from the LARGEST
coffee firm in the world, with that
fIrm's direct assurance .that thev
are giving youthe best coffee Il
the world for The money.
ARRucKLE BROS, New York CITY.
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Good Plays
Never Die

into states Of coma, and suspended
for years and sometimes for centur.
they still live and make their appe
times and Under the most Unusual cir
TO SEE ON THE STAGE TODAY
HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO. All
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-11-30

For all kinds Of Fire and Tornado,
both City and Country, Hay and
Grain al right Prices, See
W. v. CURTIS.
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ded animation that lasts sometimes
INJURIES, but if they are good plays
appearance at the most unexpected
Al circumstances. IT IS POSSIBLE
DAY PLAYS THAT WERE SEEN
All Shakespeare was acted before
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-08-31
BIG SHOW OF POULTRY
Insured for Louisiana State FaIr--$500
IN Cash PfcmIumS. Prominent
Texan Selected for Judge

Shreveport. La, Aug. 28.-One Of
the largest poultry shows ever seen
in the South or Southwest will be
held in connection with the State
Fair of Louisiana, which will I've held
ut Shreveport October 5th to 18th,
inclusive. Three hundred different
prizes are offered in this department
and as the cash premiums are very
liberal this year the poultry entries
are coming in very rapidly.
Hon. r. A. Davis, Of Farmersville,
Texas, one of the most widely known
poultry experts OF the country, has
been selected by the association to
Judge the chickens. s. NJ. Watson.
Of Shreveport, is superintendent.
Mr.. Watson had charge of the poul-
try show at last years Fair and
made many friends among the fan
ciers who sent birds Tor display.
-
Secretary Brueggerhoif, of the Fair
Association, SAYS: As a poultry
man myself | know from experience
that more attractive programme
could not have been arranged by the
association. Breeders all over the
Sonth ARE writing for information
and Indications are that there will b
more than 2OOO chickens exhibited
here. A fancier whose pen wins 9
prize 10 such q show certainly hal
something tn he proud Of, and thi'
fact is realized"
The publicity agent Of the Fair Az
s6ciation has on hand several hun
drrd copies 0f the premium lists
Any person desiring one of thes
books free Of charge should address
Secretary State Fair, Shreveport, Ii,
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Taken ND by J. H. Jones and es-
trayed before use the undersigned au-
thority. one bluck cow and cali,
marked staple fork and underbit ~
right ear. and crop. split and under
lit In the left ear. short crumplefi
horns, and about 81 years old. APP
praised By W. H. Norris and T. G..
Ljrcecum to liz worth e15. Unlesn
the owner comes forward, proves
property and pays all costs. satsl
stock will he sold u, the last AMI
highest bidder ut II a. NJ. on katur-
day. the 7th day III September. 1907.
J. D: JOHNS.
Up. 4fh Ward. Grant Phi. La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-08-31

We present to our readers this week
a good likeness OF Hon. Theodore 5.
wilkinson, candidate for governor
in the approaching primary election
The following short resume OF bis
public life and services, from the Su-
gar Planters Journal, Of New Or
leans, will be found interesting and
esta blished history, as well as com
pIimentary and deserving tribute to
q man of undoubted worth. As
follows:
Born ON his grandiather's planta-
ton, below this city, atn,ut fiftv-nine
years ago, Theodore Stark Wilkinson
traces hls ancestry back to the old
Revolutionary stock, hisprogenitors
ON both his fathers and his mothers
side having played prominent parts
in the great fight for freedom. On
his father side his great grandfather
was Gen. James Wilkinson, who at
the age Of only twenty years, wrote
the terms Of surrender of Gen. Bur-
royne to Gen. Gates at Saratoga,
Gen. Wilkinson ut the time being on
the latter's staif. His great grand
father on his mothers side was Col.
Horatio Stark. At the close OF the
Revolution Gen. Wilkinson was made
comma sler-in-chiei of the army by
President Washington, aud retained
in the command by President Adams
while he was also one OF the three
commissioners named to receive thu
Territory OF louisiana from Napo
leon.
Dr.J. b. Wilkinson, Mr.. Wilkinson
father, WAS not only n prominent
physician and planter, but was aIss
a member Of the Legislature and o
the secpssion convention. He mad'
New Orleans his home after brie
residence at P.,ss Christian, Miss.
After receiving his preliminary ed
ucntion, Theodore s. Wilkinson en-
tered Washington and Lee Universe
ty. in Virginia, from which ne WA
graduated in 1870, with distinguish
ed honors, among which was o gol'
medal offered for the best debater j
the institution. While residing i
Virginia he attained his majority
and his first vote was east at Lex
ington, in 1869, for Gov. Gilbert I
Walker. On leaving college he too
up planting. and, after acting for
time as manager Of his fathers plaI
ton, undertook the work on his ow
account.
Mr.. Wilkinson's furmal entry int
political life came in the nation'
campaign Of 1872. when he earns
the reputation Of the ablest of Il
Younger orators on the stunt
While in charge OF the parish return
in the Greely campaign. MIR. Wiki
son was approached by Unite
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istrat'on. After serving wild u'St'nc
ZION as Cohec1or, AT. "nh'nse"
tired 10 private i'e on "'s "s'.E
uroVe piantation' IN raque'"'''es
parish, Wnich sect'on oi 1''e co"n''y
mas oeeh mace 'ar more prouuc''se
IN the past ten years, que % nus op
erations' tnan u nad oeen LOT SEVERN
'e'a"e' p''''oo'''
one OF the most no1aoie acniese-
ments Oh MT. "hkinson III 'acer
years. was ms remarkao'e per'or.n-
ance Iist spring I'D tne c'os'pR VI e'e
Live Oak cravasse' ~ tne 'ace "
raging n'gn water. In's nc u"' ~
rnvo'ving pan OF proeseou'e dh
nis own, AFTER .'e engineers a"" 'eseV
ooarus hao given up nope " c''s'ii
the gap untH tue "aee.s e'
Win no eno"s"' ~ Ha"' a"u w
0hougne VI HISS 'o' tna' '''".sei' 'u0
"
tnat ls one OF 'ne c"arac'er's'c 'ra's
OF "hk'nson Tue man. NC p'es''
on tne Lesee Doa'us 70 P'os'ue '"e
necessary i'nus anu a"o" n'"' "
carry Oh Tue "os' "S''''" 'e' -
tue success.u' ou'co'"e' soo" "oe n'e
coun''e"ce ~ cue P'a" NC 90 '"0
only way ~ ene'' 'ne ''o'u
1t IL remarked that u was no
Thought OF loss that rhused Mr.. WIZ
kinson to undertake. tbs crevasse
closure, and this Is said advisediy'
for neither of his several ne'gnooring
plantations were liable 70 any severe
damage from the overflow but ne
saw that unless the break was stop
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VOL XXX colFAx GRANT PARISH La SATURDAY AUGUST 1907


Judging from the impossible con-
nection j. Y. Sanders made in leaving
an Illiaois Central train thirty min
utps late and holding back a Texas &
Pacific train already delayed fifteen
minutes, at Gretna in order to make
two speeches. and believing that Mr..
sanders is not an ingrate aud APP
preciates ia vors, even from Railroads.
it might he that he will feel under OBJ
LEGATIONS, to rpilroads, despite the
the fact that he has repeatedly been
attorney for several railroads, the
Illinois Centralnot excepted. Whetb-
er he is or not, it is indeed strange
how he made an impossible train con-
nection derpite the fact that the train
he wis ON was thirty minutes late.
Surely it wins not all guess work,
somebody with influence arranged it,
somebody with influence is back 81
Mr.. sanders, somebody with sufficient
| influence to command two railroads
and undoubtedly soml,ody whom the
railroads viii command afterwards,
and command Sanders To ress.enl,eI
Poncha t0ula and Marthavilie. that
| il it had not been for the as'comsda'
Il 4 Al l. IL
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Ehen your joints ache aud you suffer
from rheumatism. Buy bottle Of Bal
,ard's Snow Liniment and get instant
relief. A positive cure for rheumatism.
burns. cuts, Contracted muscles, sore
chest, etc. NJ. l. +. BoRy. prominent
merchant at Willow Point, Texas. says
that be finds Billiards. Snow Linimcot
the best all round liniment be ewes used
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States deputy marshal, reinforced by
a file of soldiers. who demanded that
he turn over the documents, but this
he refused TODD, and held on to them
despite all threats. On the demand
of Mr.. Wilkinson, the parish offices
we're turned over tn the Democrats
in the revolution of 1874, but were
later returned to the Kellogg regime
after the latter's reinstatement by
President Grant.
From that time on, Mr.. Wilkinson
figured prominently in political life,
and in 1874, 1876, 1873, 1880 and
1882, he WAS one Of the most influ-
ential members of the Democratic
State central comurtte. His first
appearance as candidate for an inn
portant political office cal in 1884,
when be stood for the congressional
nomination in the first district, but
was defeated by the late Col. Louis
Il st. Martin, to whom he gave his
most hearty support throughout the
ca ppaign which followed
In 1886, Mr.. Wilkinson was elected
to the national House of Representa-
tives, receiving the nomination after
a protracted struggle. in which 269
ballots were taken. His first term
was followed 10y a second, but be war
Obliged to decline third nomination
through the oyerdowing OF his plan
tation, which occurred during hin
residence at Washington. The con
vention that nominated his successor
Gen. Adolph Meyer-passed resolu
, tions of regret at MIR. Wilkinsou's re
tirement from Congress.
II Later on, Mr.. Wilkinson took NJ
active part in the campaign which
, nominated Gov. Foster. and servet
as ttfstiEHidii III tiift coifs'-nt F" "''
he afterward served as chirmnn. q
: the State central comittee Of tina
: wing of the party. Attheconclusiol
of the campaign he took an activ
) part i'm the movement to reconciI
: opposing factions. and the success
of the attempt was said to have beel
!, largely due to bis efforts and infiu
D ence, for which the reunited part,
!, rendered him vote of thanks for hi
: spure patriotism and unswerying d
:. yotion tn the Democratic party.
He later declined to stand as cat
a didate for the United States Senate
+ although strongly urged to do SO b
n n large number Of friends, both Will
in aud outside OF the Legislature.
o The last political Office filed by N!
i wilkinson was that OF Collector
d the Port at New Orleans. the mos
Ie important Federal honor that ma
}. be bestowed in the South By II
IS President, to which post Mr.. Wiki
\ son was appointed ny Mr.. Cevelau
4 in the latter's second term Of adlDi
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NUMBER "A.


any father has for years been troubI-
ed with diarrhoes. and tried every means
possible to effect . cure, without avail.
writes John H Kirkle. Of PhiIiippi, w.
Va. "Efe cav Chamberlaln's Collie,
Cholera and. Diarrhoea. Remedy sdver-
tised 10 the Phillip Republican and de-
cided to try It. The reeult is one bot
tie cured him and he has not suffered
with the disease for eighteen months-
Before taking this remedy he was con-
sufferer. He is now sound and we'll.
and although sixty yssra old, can do as
much work ~ young man." Sold oy
Valley Drug Store.
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Have your clothes cleaned and
pressed at the Colored Odd Fellows
Hall opposite depot, operated by
HENRY HATCH,
42-St COlfax. La.
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Special reductions for 30 days AT
j.. w. Duncan Co.
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Come to }. v. Duncan Co. for bar
gains.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-20

them in the four-horse stage before ne recovered SUM
c:ently his dignity and his official poSo"
He then out out his official hand to greet the newcomer
but the Englishman msinterpreting the gesture said
carelessly: I'll see you around the hotel. my boy
Fifty cents" said Bill the stage driver as
he unloaded the last of the bandboxes at the front door
the Verdigris House
Chalk II up, old man." replied the stranger WI"
a smile of such radiant sweetness that BIZ stood
dumb and unprotesting while Hazelhurst walked into
the hotel accompanied by the landlord bearing his
luggage
Hazelhurst was soon settled in the bridal suite
where vivid pink cupids flew over the wall and
cherub with ultramarine wings looked up at him from
the bottom of the bathtub.
The ripple of excitement caused by the arrival of
newcomer became a tidal Peek. the local ed
itor addressed him as Dock" and in conspicuous
paragraph referred to the appearance of royalty lin
midst"
Hazelhurst was about so. six feet in height
and with a stately British dignity and realization of
his own Importance which, to the democratic West
erners. marked him as a distinction.
He dressed for his first ride in pair of white
duroy riding breeches. puttees tan shoes and small
He carried a riding crop, and rode an English
pad saddle which he produced from his numerous
boxes A crowd gathered to watch him mount and all
repaid their time when the top of the Hon.
Charles Calvert Hazehursts head hit the small Of his
back.
He gallops bloody high doesn't he?" painted the
Englshman between jolts: second later there was
fine the soft, white dust of the
main street
1t not long before change took place in
Hazehurst's appearance The small cap replaced
by a sombrero with rattlesnake skin for hat
band. The shoemaker expended his mightiest efforts
a pair of high heeled cowboy boots. The tailor
made him clothes from his best corduroy, and consd
cred it privilege. Finally he owned the woolest
chaps the biggest spurs in the Basin; real cow
boy looked like a horse wrangler beside him.
At the end of six months he had purchased, without
money, 100 sageDrush and two which
bucked him alternately. In fact all that remained of
the British subject his his dignity and his
indifference to his debts. He kept the swinging door
between the hotel office and the tanning the air.
the barkeeper serving drinks with hand and chalk
them up with the other. His bill at the general
merchandise store matter of intense envy to
Candy, the town beat.
For time his continued residence though fatter-
ing a Of wonderment the inhabitants,
but gradually it dawned upon the community that a
slight financial cloud had. perhaps dmmed the Hon.
Charles Hazelhurst's parliamentary In
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-20

ton of which made his back ache scuiing of feet
drowned the groan which broke from him, 1t the
blacksmith to whom he shoeing his broncos.
Certainly, yes I'll chalk up old man." said Hazel
hurst savagey he threw the package counter
grim owner blacksmith grinned and walked
out.
There came the Jangle Of spurs the sidewalk Buck
Bemis had called for his byearly wash.
Them fOrty-nine-hfty shirts of mine done7"
Hazelburst produced d pile of double-breasted blue
flannel shirts which had with large
buttons before they through the washing machine
Three dollars fiat" said Hazehurst. it go
that little poker debt of mine eh? He had taken
words out of the cowpuncher's mouth.
By the time the accursed package had left the
shelves the harnessmaker back with steely
glitter in his eye which made Hazehurst reach instinct
lively for the stove poker.
MY wife wants to know where them three red flannel
petticoats trimmed with crocheted lace is?"
Flannel you say? repeated Hazehurst. sparring for
time while tried from the of brain
a recollection three such garments
Flannel, say reiterated the harnessmaker
I'VE particular to mark everything
''Perticuar" sneered the harnessmaker again. You
put my brand in red ink in the middle of every billed
shirt 1 own"
I'll look up the articles and let you know" Hazel
bursts conciliatory
I'll hold you responsible declared the harness.
maker. he the door behind him. 1t burst
open Immediately the wife of the proprietor of the
General Merchandise Store.
My combination didn't come backl" Her eyes were
cleaning. You've lost it,
Pardon me. MADAME" interroga-
ton.
THAT looks like pointed suspiciously to a
mouse-colored half-inch which slipped below the
Honorable Charles Calvert Hazelhurt's sleeve
Hazelhurst Redeemed
This is my own, madam"
The shifted.
.'TI be back Monday morning get it." She empha-
sized her words by tapping the counter with the long nall
of her forefnger.
Speeches. with resentment, Hazelhurst bowed.
The echo ponderous footsteps scarcely died
away when the quick cIank of Bemis spurs heard
again. His buttoned tightly his chin,
had grown round stouldered.
What for a deal you call this % demanded as
he open exposed Hazehursts startled
gaze a considerable expanse of decollete put mans
size and gifts back boys size. can't straghten up
splttn' somewheres.
They must have shrunk little" Hazehurst admit
ted, feebly
"Shrunk a fttei Oh, mster Why amt wore a
shirt this size since nine old did you
cut buttons off FORE"
Hazelhurst guilty handful of buttons
scooped from the bottom OF the washing machine
twin brothers of these mine ain
waitn' for Monday mOrnin' you and nell have to
settle this little dispute in the good old way" Bemis
down bundle and touched with sckenng signi-
fcance bulge the back of his holster
grew.
Hazelhurst turned the key in the lock and, behind
the counter, rested his tired head upon his palms
The VITAL Amazonic ladies of the laundry, after ad-
dressing language incompatible with their posi-