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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-05-09
INDUCED THE COOK TO STAY.
Simple Financial Transaction That Was
a Complete Success.

What are you laughing at?"
grumbled Carleton G. Crane, all in one
word, as he Strengthened up, red in
the face, with a handful of clearing
house certificates recovered in frag-
ments from the New York Central
w~astebasket. into which he had cast
them, thinking they were cigar cou-
pons, says the San Francisco Chron-
icle.
mot at you" chuckled John A. Gill,
soothingly. "This letter here's from
an old friend Of mine, Capt. Hutchin-
son, an Englishman living down at
Lindsay, a Porterville. He's the
man that planted the first orange seed
that raised the first orange blossoms
for the first marriage ceremony ever
performed at Lindsay. Listen to this:
Gave my Chinese cook All Lui his
regular check for $50. He took 1t to
the bank. All they'd give him was So
in cash, rest in certificates. He came
back, threatened to throw up his job;
fine cook, too; had him a long time.
"AIl lite, no go, you make me
one check five hun dollar
"''Five hundred dollars, All Luil"
l exclaimed. Il can't afford any such
prices as that"
"'"No afiod. l takee CHECK five
hun dollar, blank he pay me fifty dol
lar all same he play me five dollar
one fifty dollar check"
$50 he handed me back the So and
the certificates, and l wrote him a
check for $500 and telephoned an ex-
PLANTATION to the bank. All Lui got his
$50 in cash, and he's still cooking for
usbp
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-05-09

O'Fannigan came home one night
with a deep band Of black crepe
around his hat.
why, Mikel" exclaimed his wife.
what are ye wearing thot mournful
thing for7"
"Tm wearin' II fer yer frst hua-
band" replied Mike, lrmly. I'm sor
~ he's dead"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-05-09
APPALLING COST OF WARFARE.
Victor and VanquIshed Are Alike In
Dire Financial Straits.

Russia is without a feet, deprived Of
her place among the powers Of the
world because she has neither navy
nor credit with which e Liil =
is practically impossible for her to re-
sumo her place as a irst-class power
because she cannot hope to be such
without a navy, and even If she could
raise the billion dollars which she
wants, it would take many years to
get a navy built, and generations to
make It more than a paper feet. Rus
sia's prestige is gone, her army de-
moralized, her credit ruined, her debt
unbearable, and all the forces Of dis
order and turbulence are loosed in her
society.
So much for the loser. Turn to
Japan, victor in the most wonderful
succession Of Titanic struggles of all
history. How much better is her con
dition? She is utterly exhausted; hel
people stagger under the fearful bur
den of a debt that would be small FOL
a wealthy country, but that is beyond
her resources. She has acquired a pc
sition in the world which she canno
afford to support, No nation has
more magnificent army; no navy is su
perior to hers, unit for unit, and non
is comparable to it in training and e1
perience; but how shall they be mair
tanned?
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-05-09
odd PAINTING Appears d church Val

Old Painting Appears on Church Wall.
Rev. T. D. Gray has communicated
to the Cambridge (Eng.) Antiquarian
society particulars Of a curious pic
ture which has come into view on the
interior wall of Babraham church.
The rural congregation assembled for
worship on a Sunday morning were
surprised to see a shadowy looking
figure facing them on the north wall,
where no such object had been known
to exist before. 1t would appear that
the picture had been covered by a
thin layer Of plaster, and that the
damp had caused 1t to show darkly
through the coloring above. On at
tempting to peel of the plaster 1t was
found that black. red and yellow col
oring came off with it, being only
mixed with water and size. The face
Of the figure is In three-quarters or
profile, with a beard and curly hair.
The head dress was apparently a
crown. The left hand grasped a wand
15h inches long, surmounted with a
heur-de-lys. The clothing. in a long
robe Of ermine, over which was a
cloak, was open in front. The wall Is
Of the fifteenth century, and the fig.
ure is believed to represent either Ed.
ward the Confessor or Henry vi.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-05-09

For a clean hand made long filler
call for Hinesley's cigars. MetrOpol-
itan, Senate Chamber, Capt. Bluitt or
Road House. 4-l3 4th
Try some Of u hne peas in cans
or snccotash. stringloss beans, golden
wax beans and string beans and can
corn from n cents to Is cents a can
at Jos. L. Long, oaah Grocer.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-05-09

what kind Of 8 figure Is Mrs. ORES
sgt"
We'll, II you 80 BY the quantity Of
stun Il takes to make her dresses. she
IL quite tall: but when Il comes to pay.
Ing for them, che Il very short"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-05-09

"say," began Gilman, you were
saying the other day that you needed
a reliable alarm clock. Get one like
mine; it's sure"
Don't need II now interrupted
subbuba. my next-door neighbor has
Just got q Shanghai rooster"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-05-09

Yes. Tommy" said his mother.
you've been = very good boy to-day.
AN right" cried Tommy, eagerly,
gimme a nickel then"
"Oh, no.
Why. ma. you told me WlIllo Mex.
do-e was GOOD for nothin' an you
don't want ne to BE- like him, d
your-Phila4eiphla rTesn.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-05-09

you look worried" remarked the
muR-box.
-And l have cause 70 BE-" sighed
the long plag Of navy; TT won't be
long before I Am cut ur,"
"Oh. that's nothing. my friend. Il
.vsn't Be lOng hssOrs ! am pinehsa."
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-05-09
FINE PAINTINGS GO TO WEST
Valuable Art Collections Guido Those
Of the East.

American oil painters get much
more encouragement from the wealthy
men of the west than they do from the
millionaires of the east" said Henry
Reinhardt Of Milwaukee in New York
the other day. There is more patri-
otism among the western men of
means, and they pay better prices for
American pictures than the fasteners.
American works are going into the gal
leries of the west. Many New York
collectors Of oil paintings would be
greatly surprised If they should make
an inspection of the private collections
OF Milwaukee, Toledo, Cleveland, Dem
yer and other western cities. In the
city of Milwaukee alone we have at
least 20 private collections which will
run over the 500, 900 mark, and fully
half of that number will u into 5000,
600. In New York you have some won.
derful paintings in your private collec
lions. but they are hidden as complete
ly from the public as though they
were in the wilds OF Africa. Nobody
gets the benefit of a view OF them, no
even their owners, because they arr
constantly in Europe collecting othel
pictures to hide in New York"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-30
P|G IRON TRADE
 RATHER UNCERTAIN

Cleveland, O., April 29-The Iron Trade Review tomorrow will say:
 The oversubscribing of the Pennsylvania per cent bond issue of s4o,0OO,000 and the prospect that other railroads may be likewise successful in financial opera tions have caused some improvement in the iron trade situation, but actual con- ditions are not better as slight increases in some lines are offset by decreased activity in other products.
 The first sale of iron ore for delivery after May 1 at agreed prices has been made, 1t being block of 5o,OOO tons for southern Ohio interests.
 The Pennsylvania Railroad company ad- vises us that it's new bond issue will be used to meet the expenditures on it's New York terminal and complete im- provements on the main line, which are now under way. The company adds that with nearly 90,OC0 idle cars and 500 idle locomotives on it's hands, it could hardly be making plans for the purchase of additional equipment. The New York Central has closed a contract for 10 900 kegs of spikes with the Carnegie Steel company.
 A crisis is imminent in the pig iron market. Owing to the general circulation of the report that powerful interests are in favor of adopting a new schedule based on s10 Birmingham which would result in selling pig iron in many parts of the country at less than cost, only such buyers as were compelled to come into the market for Immediate needs have been placing orders and keen interest is manifested in meetings to be held next week and later in the month.
 While the probability seems to be in favor of low prices there is possibility that an important proposition in harmony with the general movement In favor of maintaining reasonable prices will be sub mitted by some interests that have been accredited with making low quotations. Should this proposition be accepted, peace may result
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-30

last year was but little over 11,000,- 900 bales-really a minimum crop. The truth is, there has been a steady shrinkage in the demand for cotton goods. The spinners are compelling the farmers to finance all the cotton they hold, and the penalty is a price below the cost of production. You can trust spinners to secure raw cotton for their mills at bottom prices. There is no one else at present to buy the staple, and the spinners will not buy while the crop prospect is promising.
 But raw cotton Is not much worse off than other raw material used by manufacturers, We are importing less pig tin, less raw silk, less crude rub Der, much fewer hides, and less ma nila hemp and copper. All the crude materials of manufactures are under a cloud because of the decline in indus trial activity, and cotton is simply sharing the common losses in the pro- duction of manufactured goods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-30
ONE NEGRO HELD
 ON MURDER CHARGE

negro answering very closely the de- scription of the negro who killed Motor
 man W. H. Watkins was arrested near
 Gurney Junction yesterday afternoon by
 Deputy Sheriff J. J. Davidson of Shelby
 county and brought to Birmingham last
 night and lodged in the county jail Two
 boys, Walter Britain and W. D. Mallory
 who were on the car at the time of the
 killing and who caught glimpse of the
 murderer's face, went to the jail last
 night to identify the negro arrested, but
 were not willing to state whether ile was
 the right one or not.
 The negro arrested they say doesn't
 seem to have as much hair on the front
 of his head as the one who did the
 killing, but otherwise they state the de-
 scrption fits exactly. An effort was made
 to get Conductor M. Courington to iden-
 tify the negro last night but he failed
 to put in an appearance He will prob
 ably take look at the negro this morn ing. Courington had a scuffle with the negro and had a better look at him than anybody else.
 Deputy Sheriff Davidson arrested the
 negro about 3 o'clock yesterday after ilOOH d Hdll filllc IOIlii Ol 1uTnty JunC-
 ton, which is located several miles north
 of Birmingham on the Louisville and Nashville Mineral railroad. He was walk ing with another negro down the rail-
 road track towards Winton at place
 called Anita, when Deputy Sheriff David son accompanied by Section Foreman J. O. Robinson passed them.
 Both men had read the description of l the negro given in yesterday morning. $ Age-Herald and were immediately struck
 with the resemblance of the negro they 1 had just passed to the description. Ac- l cordingly Davidson turned, went back to 1 the negro and placed him under arrest | The negro gave his name as Clarence
 Jones and made no attempt to escape, but Deputy Davidson stated last night | that he was the most nervous negro he
 had ever arrested; that he was shaking l so that it was hard to put the handcuffs | on him. Both negroes claimed to have been to a camp at Marvel, where they | had tried to get work.
 The arrested one admitted that he had ! been in Birmingham, stating that he had | worked for man named Silvey at Twen- | ty-third street and Third alley, north, last
 Saturday night but that he had gone to 1 Gurney Junction Tuesday morning and | denied any knowledge of the crime. At | the time of his arrest he had a bundle containing a pair of shoes and two pairs | of pants while the clothing he wore | tallied with the description of the negro ! doing the killing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-30
FITIFIED NEGRO GIVES NEAT TURN

A negro man threw fit in Dewberrys $ Drug store late yesterday afternoon and almost threw William B. Hicks of Shaw & Son. undertakers, into fit when he attempted to put him in an ambulance MT. Hicks had responded to a call from the drug store for an ambulance, and had carried the ambulance cot into the store to get the negro, who was stretched out on the floor.
 The negro was assisted to a sitting position, but fell backward. He was caught, however, and assisted to the cot. Up to this time he had appeared uncon- scious, but suddenly looked up, glanced around at the small crowd. looked at the cot jumped up. walked to the end and seized the handles. Genial Hicks aroused to the occasion immediately, caught the handles at the other end and said, "all right''
 The crowd parted and the negro kindly helped Hicks carry the cot to the ambu- lance and place 1t back then proceeded to sit down on the sidewalk curb and kold his head in his hands. The crowd was startled at the strange exhibition, while Happy Hicks shaking his head in wonder, drove sadly away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-30
PRATT CITY CLERK
 SHORT IN FUNDS

Pratt City, April 29.-(Specal.) )-Another chapter has been added to the mysterious disappearance of former City Clerk J. w Gibson, who has been missing since Jan uary 8. The expert accountant employed by the city to audit the books of the city found a shortage of s1610.25. Early in January Mir Gibson was granted a weeks leave of absence, presumably to join a fishing expedition to South Ala bafna. As he failed to return and as his family could not account for his ab- sence a successor was elected to fill his place and an expert employed to inspect his accounts. As MT. Gibson had served under two administrations the investiga- tion extended over his entire term of of flee, resulting in the accountant report ing a shortage of s161O25.
 The report was kept quiet in the hope that Gibson would return and make resti- tution However as he failed to show up the City Council ordered the deficit do be collected from his bonasmen. The city will take no action against Gibson; what the bondsmen will do is another matter. Elmer Cole and c. J. Powell are the bondsmen. Gibson has always borne an excellent reputation and was well known and we'll liked, having been practically reared here He is about 3o years of age and married His wife and three children are still here and are ignorant of his whereabouts.
 The 2-year-old son of MT. and Mrs. R A. Wilson, who died yesterday, was buried today at Pratt City cemetery. Sam Foley directed the funeral.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-30
cullman,s Prosneritv.

Business in Cul'man is fionrishing,' ; said Henry M. Yandcrputte secretary and manager If the Germun Farmers associa- ton, Who came to Birmingham yester- day afternoon to attend the Knights of Columbus entertainment "The Cullman strawberry crop Is a record breaker, and the prices are well maintained. Not only is the crop exceptionally large, but the berries are of fine flavor and are in per feet condition for shipping.
 Tn former years Cullman shipped a large part of it's strawberry product to Birmingham. but we find it pays better to ship to northern markets. This is no reflection on Birmingham from q produce market point of view. but the change came about in this way: By the time Cullman berries are ripe Birmingham has been feasting for weeks on those grown in the far south, and naturally the prices have become cheap. We have been ship ping berries north for about two weeks and the season is now at it's height.
 Last year the strawberry crop was badly hurt by late freeze; but the yield is so big this spring that everybody In Cullman is in the best of spirits. As Is well known, Cullman county's principal commercial crops are strawberries and sweet potatoes. These products return about equal profits, about $200 an acre. In view of our good fortune in both quan- tity and price of the berry crop no hard times talk will be heard in Cullman this spring"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-30
Exterminate the Flies

While the city authorities are en- deavoring to regulate the stables and other places where flies are bred the careful housekeeper proceeds to put screens in doors and windows. But even screens in homes will not suffice to keep germs out of food that goes into the alimentary canal, which is in close touch with the locality in which typhoid fever germs nest in the human system. Articles of food may become infected with typhoid germs in butchers shops and groceries, in most of which flies fairly swarm. Buy CTS should, therefore, buy only at butchers stalls and grocery stores that are properly screened.
 It is impossible at once to prevent the breeding of flies. This dangerous insect breeds with almost unprece- dented rapidity. Nor can all flies be killed after they are matched The sole hope of minimizing typhoid, there- fore, rests in the use of screens screens in the homes, in the places where articles of food are sold screens everywhere human beings sleep and in particular eat. Pure water and general sanitation are excellent, but as things stand, screens are the more efficient so far as typhoid germs carried on the feet of the pestiferous and dangerous housefly are concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-30
Weather Forecastinq.

'Notwith standing the fun which joke smiths poke at the government weath : CT forecaster, everybody interested in weather conditions watches eagerly for the official reports" said an old citi- zen. "The official forecaster has ren- dered valuable service. He has usual ly hit 1t right for a period of 24 hours or even 36 hours in advance, but in undertaking to forecast for a week ahead the government is not making a very successful start. Official ob- servation at close range is easy enough but at long range 1t is as un- certain as politics.
 Here is what the weather bureau at Washington gave us for the week beginning Sunday. April 19:
 Reasonable temperatures will con- tinue from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic coast. There are no present indications of temperature that will in- jure vegetation. In the gulf states and lower Mississippi valley the excessive rains of the past week will give way to period of more settled weather
 "As many people know to their sor- row, the weather did not turn out tha way, for last week was a week of tor nadoes."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-30
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

Although not much larger in circum- ference than the ordinary umbrella, it was certainly Merry Widow" hat. On 1t was flower garden in which seemed to thrive a profusion of roses and lilies From the garden dropped a great, black ostrich feather, over the far edge of the hat brim in graceful curves, and the end was lost in fluffy faces. Underneath the brlm there were ribbons-yards of them, or many and varied hues, so cunningly placed that 1t would take jealous women to tell just where the hat touched lux urious brown locks, which were the glory of a very demure and pretty face with pleading eyes. That's what held me up last Saturday on Second avenue and tagged me as you would an express pack age, and 1t only cost me a dollarl
 Judging from the tenor of his remarks, it is wonder that he didn't mortgage his salary for the rest of his life We have since learned that the man who wrote the effusion printed above is married, but it wasn't his wife who did the tagging.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-30
Convention Time Approaches

As the months of the conventions of the two great parties approach, 1t, IS seen that both are ready to regulate" predatory wealth. Wealth of that sort has no friends Such reactionary can didates as Cannon, Knox, Foraker and Fairbanks were Iong ago left at the favorite-son post. No reactionary can be nominated even by the party that has heretofore sheltered and promoted trusts, tariff lords and magnates in gen. eral. As we approach an appeal to the people the republicans drop all their reactionaries, and the only choice is between the selection of Taft and stampede to Roosevelt No man can say which it will be. Taft would be weak in the ranks of wage-earners, and Roosevelt would be weak in the re- spect of the unwritten third-term rule. But the republican nominee is to be one of the two men.
 Mr Bryan is plainly the choice of the democracy in particular and of the plain people of the land in general. He wants no slush fund from the trusts, and he can get none. He believes in states rights and in the regulation of all predatory wealth engaged in inter- state trade. He desires an income tax, and he favors the initiative and refer endum, which is almost pure democ- racy.
 The race will, therefore, be between two men who stand pledged to fight in every possible manner predatory wealth. The lineup will be a hot one, for each side must make it's claim as an opponent of monopolizing and az. gressive wealth good. The campaign will probably be the warmest in many years-perhaps the most severely con- tested in the entire course of our polit- ical history. The nomination of Roose- welt would eliminate big slush funds but the nomination of Taft would not There's one difference and more would probably be developed later on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-30
LIGHTS AND WATER
 COMMITTEE MEETS

Ensley, April 29-(special)-Th lights and water committee of the City Council met tonight at the city hall to consider several matters that were referred to them at the last meeting of the City Coun- ell. Those present were Mayor D. F. Sugs, Aldermen Dupuy, Brlgman and Angwin. F. G. Moore, city attorney, was also pres ent. The petition in reference to the new scale charged by theS Birmingham Rail- way Light and Power company for run ming fans was discussed. A lengthy com munication from President Ford was read, defining the eompanys position, and the matter was finally referred to the city attorney for legal investigation. The ques- ton of the extension of the water mains in the Fifth ward was taken up and the committee will recommend that the Bir- mingham Water Works company be re- quired to comply with the provisions of their contract. These matters will be re- ported in full at the next meeting of the council
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-30
Wheat and Cotton

Food prices are better maintained in periods of depression than fibre prices This has long been an axiom in trade and it finds ample support in current quotations Wheat is 19 per cent higher than it was one year ago, while cotton is 12k per cent lower. Cotton, in other words, is worth s6 less a bale, while wheat is about 16 cents bushel more. Old clothing is possible economy, but food cannot be treated in any such manner Even corn is worth 21 cents bushel more than it was one year ago. And yet the crop prospects of both wheat and corn are excellent.
 From the top price of the season cotton has declined cents a pound, or $15 bale, and yet the crop grown