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The Falls City tribune., 1908-08-07
HOW IT HIT MOBILE TAXPAYERS.

The last session OF the Alabama leg
i~slature enacted a law providing for
statewide prohibition, TO take effect
In January. 1909. 1t is too soon, OF
course, to get facts showing whether
or not the new law has injured BUSH
ness or impaired property values; but
1t Is not too Don to gather facts from
Alabama showing that the taxpayer al
ready feels the effect of the new poll
cy. This Is shown by the following
extract from a letter written by the
secretary of the Mobile Chamber Of
Commerce, under date of June 18th, TO
the Merchants and Manufacturers. as
ISOLATION at Omaha. 1t reads as fol-
laws: =
by act OF legislature long years
ago, Mobile county was allowed to use
the liquor licenses in support of her
schools in exchange for government
building sites. The first act Of our
Legislature last year gave the right OF
local option, but at the extra call OF
the legislature, state prohibition was
forced through. This will leave the
school system OF the county after the
first of January, 1909. with a large de-
felt, and to make up this, a special
vote "a taken two weeks ago to pay.
an additional tax of one mill, but the
voting returns show that the extra tax
was lost; SO that our school term must
either be much shortened, or the sal
aries Of all teachers reduced below a
living wage. This effect on our
schools has caused more heartaches
than anything else so far"
Note-If Nebraska ever adopts pro-
hibition, the salaries Of school teach
ers will be reduced all over the state
and the term of school will be short
ened for lack of funds. thus depriying
children of needed instruction.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-08-07
IN RuSHVILLE.

Editor c. l.. Mayes of the Rushyille
Standard writes of the local situation
as follows:
Rushville has voted out the saloons
for the past two years and it has in
no way ~lessened the liquor traffic here.
There is not a train reaches this place
but what Jugs and barrels of whiskey
or beer Is brought in on 1t and a class
of people who did not drink very much
when we had the open saloon now
keep it by them for fear they might
want a drink and not be able to get it,
and as a consequence, are drinking
much more than they did when we had
The Falls City tribune., 1908-08-07
BLAIR MERCHANTS AROUSED.

The merchants of Blair (Nebr.)
have organized an association which
may be regarded as n local branch Of
the Merchants and Manufacturers as
ISOLATION of Omaha. The objects Of
the Blair organization are Identical
with those of the state association.
The immediate cause of the action of
the Blair merchants is explained by
the following extract from a letter
written by one of the leading men of
that city:
blair, June 26. 1908. Gentlemen
From personal inquiry with the lead
ing merchants of this city | learn they
have had a very marked decrease of
business since the beginning of the
dry year. They notice they are not
getting the trade of their old rural
friends. A great many of our people
are incensed, and are showing resent
ment. There Is the usual underground
way to drink which Is the result of a
dry town, and the express company
is doing a thriving business in pack
ages which bear the outward appear
ance of the desired liquid"
A further incentive for such organ,
fact that the mail-order traffic for
wet goods and merchandise shipped
into Blair has increased enormously
since that town adopted the dry policy
last spring. On reliable authority 1t
Is stated hat the number of post
office money orders going to points
outside of Nebraska has increased
since April first at a ratio of twenty
five to one, and the express money
orders issued in Blair have increased
in about the same proportion. All this,
of course, is apart from the large num-
Der of orders SEN by the farmers of
Washington county to catalogue
houses-the greater number of these
farmers declining to go to Blair TO
trade except when it is absolutely
necessary. The net result is the out
put of a large amount of money every
month which hitherto was spent
among the merchants of Blair, who of
course must pay the same amount of
taxes and rental rates as formerly. In
addition to this state of things Is the
forfeiture of $4,000 per annum in H.
cense money which must be made up
by additional taxation-tne burden
falling upon the responsible property
wner and business men of Blair. This
m at an inopportune time to Blair,
which Is now in debt several thous-
ands of dollars for current expenses,
there being registered municipal war
rants In the sum of $4,000, which, by
the way, is the first batch of registered
warrants known to the municipal his
tory of that town, since all claims
against the city were previously paid
promptly without the necessity of is
suing the city's I. o. US in the shape
of warrants.
In view of these untoward facts, the
merchants of Blair found it necessary
to organize for concerted action in
support Of a movement the object Of
which Is to C u relief from hurtful
conditions which have never before
obtained In thai city.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-08-07
SOUTHERN KANSAS MlllERS'
COMMERCIAL CLUB.

Wichita, Kan, July 6, 1908. Mer-
chants and Manufacturers ~associa-
ton. Gentlemen-Replying to your
favor of the 29th as to the effect OF the
prohibition law in the state of Kansas
and the city of Wichita, will say that
there is no question but the law as 1T
has been enforced in this city and
other towns in Kansas has hurt the
material and business interests OF the
state; however, If prohibition pro-
hibited as it is intended by the law,
results might be different, yet we have
never had an opportunity to judge, as
there seems to be just as much whis-
key and beer sold at this time as ever
there was, yet it is supposed the lid
The Falls City tribune., 1908-08-07
A RAID ON THE SCHOOL MONEY.

Leading men of the Anti-Saloon
League in Massachusetts confidently
predict that the legislature will enact
a law taking all from IL
cense out of the local school districts
and transferring such funds to the
state treasury.
A circular, issued by the league in
support of its contention, quotes the
decision of the Massachusetts, supreme
court, to.wit:
That while the question of grant
ing licenses in any state or town is
determined by the vote of the inhabi-
tants thereof, still, the license is grant
ed by the state. Under this decision,
the license tax is a state tax, and the
etc.
By the terms of this bill, license
money now derived from the liquor
traffic in wet towns would go into the
common fund, and be apportioned on
the basis of population, alike to dry
and wet towns. This would mean that
the license money from wet towns
would go to help maintain the schools
of dry towns in Nebraska.
The injustice of this scheme is SO
apparent that it need not be dwelt up
on. The only basis for the conten-
ton of the league in Massachusetts,
is the fact that such license fees are
authorized by act of the legislature,
as they are in Nebraska, and in that
The Falls City tribune., 1908-08-07
l, n. PHILLIPS, ATTORNEY.

Girard, Kan, July 10, 1908. Mer-
chants and Manufacturers associa-
ton. Misunderstanding to your
favor of June Sd relative to the work
n g of the P%rohibitory Liquor Law,
l will say that the way the matter Is
now handled, it amounts to almost q
farce. This is largely due to the way
the county and city officials handle
the matter.
In this county, l presume there are
at least one hundred saloons. They
run night and day, Sundays included.
There has never been a time since the
liquor law was enacted that II hasn't
been sold in this county. 1t is worse
now than it was some years ago.
Very truly yours, l.. II. Phillips.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-08-07
FOR BETTER ENFORCEMENT.
Hundreds of Business Men Have Joined
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association Under the FOLLOWING
Conditions.

las business men and taxpayers we
favor the movement to form an Assocla-
ton OF Merchants and Manufacturers for
the purpose Of adopting measures to
Slocumb liquor license law throughout
the stated law making 1t optional with
the people Of a town or city to say
whether or not liquor shall be sold. We
believe the said law has been of great
benefit to the state and that there can be
not better means for regulating the sale
Of intoXicants. We stand for It's strict
enforcement. We join this association
with the understanding that no d~isttller,
brewer, liquor dealer or saloon keeper Is
eligible to membershiH N object is
to protect property int ) from the Ill
effects Of unwise legislation
The Falls City tribune., 1908-08-07
They Explain Why Prohibition in
that State Is q Dismal
Failure
IT IS DAMAGING TO BUSINESS
Owing TO the Blight of Prohibition, In
migration into Kansas in "A Years
Has Been Less Numerically
than the Birth Rate.

The Anti Saloon League in state con-
yention at Hastings laid plans for con-
Quoting a campaign in Nebraska. Res
olutions were adopted declaring the
league to be in favor of every meas
ure looking to statewide prohibition.
The agents of the league were In
structed to work for what they call
county option" County prohibition)
as the most practical means of attain
ing state prohibition.
A publication said to be the official
organ of the Anti-Saloon League, in
its issue of January, 1908, said: 1--WE
must have the county law to demons
trate the value of prohibition in its
larger division before we can hope to
win the state" Superintendent Palmer
of the Anti-Saloon League in Mime
sofa, recently said: 1--WE favor ultimate
prohibition by the state, but county op-
ton is the natural step thereto DR.,
P. A. Baker, national superintendent Of
the Anti-Saloon League, said: state
and national prohibition is the ulti-
mate object of the league"
The only active work being done
In Nebraska today to attain state pro-
hibition is that performed by the
active, paid agents of the Anti-Saloon
League. They are travelling the state
getting signers to petitions to the
next legislature praying for a law pro-
viding for what they term county OPP
ton" but which, in fact, Is county
prohibition-there being no element
of option in it.
These facts are not disputed. The
action of the league is forcing the sup
porters of the Slocumb local license
law to take steps in its defense. This
law has peer on the books since 1887,
and is regarded as the best law for
the control of the liquor traffic ever
written. Many rtates have copied it.
Since the sole aim of the Anti
Saloon League is to attain statewide
prohibition, it is necessary for the sup
porters of the Nebraska license law
to ascertain the facts attending the
operation of prohibition laws in other
states. This is why the Merchants
and Manufacturers association of
Omaha has collected much informa-
ton on this point from so-called pro-
hibition states.
Incident to this showing, the asso-
citation has collected evidence from
members of commercial clubs of
Kansas, to which the following letter
was sent, with request for opinions
on the subject:
To-day we received the following
letter from an editor of the Kimball,
Nebraska Observer:
Gentlemen:-I came here over a
year ago from Kansas, where | lived
fifteen years. I had ample opportuni-
ty to observe the workings, or rather,
the ~non-working qualities of the pro-
hibitorv law. / am sick and tired OF
drugstore saloons and joints which
nav no license and which cause more
drunkenness than open saloons. The
Slocumb law in Nebraska is all right
as 1t now stands, and needs no chang
ing. A saloon run strictly in accord
ance with this law Is a great lea
more to be desired than a dry town
with it's drug stores, it's bootleggers,
and it's numerous shipments OF mall
order booze and consequent drunken
ness"
The following replies were received:
The Falls City tribune., 1908-08-07
FORT SCOTT COMMERCIAL CLUB.

Fort Scott, Kan, May 80, 1908.
Gentlemen-In answer to your letter
of May goth regarding the effect OF
prohibition, will say that your editorial
informant at Kimball, Nebraska, is en-
tirely correct. The writer has studied
and seen the effects of the prohibitory
law In Kansas since its inauguration
over twenty-five years ago. At no time
the present included-has it been
impossible to procure liquor, and that,
generally speaking, of the very worst
quality. The %drunkards of ten years
ago, If still alive, are the drunkards
of today. If not alive, their places
have been taken by an army of new
recruits. Kansas, with its natural re-
sources, is the most productive state
in the Union, and yet We have gained
less in population than almost any
other state-the increase OF immigrant
population in this state being less
than the birth rate. The writer has
seen more blackmailers, more perjur-
ers, and more ~dissension caused among
good people by this same p~rohibitory
law than from any other cause that
may be named. The majority OF our
people in this locality feel that it is
an unjust law and that it has greatly
hampered our progress and well-being.
l sincerely hope hal the merchants
and solid business men of Nebraska
will not burden themselves with such
a law. You may rest assured that
if they do you may say goodbye TO
progress; at least, our experience is
that way. About the only benefit the
law has proven to us is to give a good
advertising medium for sensational
preachers, evangelists, and grating
politicians Furthermore, any rep.
%resentative business man of any town
in Kansas, if he speaks the truth, is
bound to tell you the same thing.
Should you find that l am able to as
sist you in any way to further informa-
tion, please command me, and I will be
only too willing to do all | can.-Yours
truly, w. B. Sellgrave, Secretary.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-08-07
WINFIELD COMMERCIAL CLUB.

Winfield, Kan, June 8, 1908. Gentle
NERVE acknowledge receipt of
yours of the goth. The ex-Kansan
gives you about the correct informa-
tion as to the working of the prohibit
tory law, yet we believe the drug
stores and the joint proposition are
better than the open saloons in Kan
sas. The objection we had with open
saloons in our town was that they
occupied the most prominent loca-
lions we had. While we believe that
the rent values were higher here when
they were running than they are at
the present time, as a whole we do
not believe the change affects the
value of real estate.-Yours truly,
Business Mems association, o. H.
Bevis, President.
The Falls City tribune., 1908-08-07
cOFFEYVILLE CHAMBER OF COM
MERGE.

%Coffeyville, Kan, June /, 1908. Cen
tlemen-This will acknowledge receipt
The Falls City tribune., 1908-08-07
Figures From Official Record.

Up to February I, 1907, 1,648 TED
eral liquor licenses had been issued Ia
North Dakota, compared with 1929
in South Dakota. There were 319
more federal liquor licenses issued in
this state than in South Dakota.
When 1t Is remembered that North
Dakota is q prohibition state, while
the showing is apparently a very bad
IN for North Dakota.
North Dakota, with a population of
437,070 souls, consumes annually about
$4,000, 600 worth of intoxicating liquors
in utter defiance of law.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-09-12
Got Away With the Fourth
Ball Game in Rich.
mOnd Thursday.
THE SCORE WAS 8 to 0
BrOckman Pitched Shut-0u Ball and Re.
ceiyed Good SUppOrt-LexiugtOn-
ianS Handy With the Board.

When the base ball representatives
of Lexington Lodge No 749 went to
Richmond some time ago and won by
a nose in a brilliant ninth inning
finish the entire fandom of Rich
mond, Ray county, Mo, and vicinity
issued a proclamation saying that it
was an accident pure and simple.
The city council even went so far as
to defy the NOZZLE battlers from this
dump to repeat the dose. "We'l
show EN-" vouchsafed the Lexing.
ton exponents of the national pas
time, "and the next time we poke
our pugnacious countenance IN their
hamlet, we will leave no room for
rs rs, y Yesterday was the day select
ed for the exclamation of how it was
done and with rejuvenated lineup,
containing members who are noted
for their ability in swinging the
board, every one of whom was chuck
full of confidence, the Lexington
forces waded into the Richmond lay
out and mired their rivals so deep in
white-wash that they will be pale for
many moons to come. The score
is too numerous to mention, but for
the benefit of those who enjoy great
things, there is pleasure in stating
that it was 8 to 0, no more no less.
If the Lexington branch of the Elk
lodge would play ball all the tune in
the same fashion which they per-
formed yesterday, the National
league bunting would probably be
seen haunting the breeze on the dome
of the calaboose at the close Of next
years season. They clouted the pill
with fury and handled weird chances
in the field with a self satisfied grin.
In the first sessionthey had it on
Richmond, and scores piled up in ever
increasing multitudes until the gray
suited warriors from Dryville called
for quarter. Everyone starred in the
game; but Clemens, Brockman and
Meyer were the most conspicuous
sparklers in the Great Dipper group.
Another game will probably be
played next Thursday although Lex
ington has already won the series.
A very large crowd of Lexington bugs
stood in the shade and eyed and
scrutinized the combat. Nelson um-
pired fairly.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-09-12
Total State and County AS
SeSSments Aggregate
lS6,l42.66.
HORSES NUMBER 1896
Other Statistics Show How Rich Lafay-
ette County School Tax A
Fairly Large One.

The County Clerk this week turned
over to the Collector a complete
statement of the county and state
taxes for Lafayette county for the
the year 1908. These taxes are
based on the assessment made last
summer.
The taxes on town property are
DIVIDED as follows: State 5000. 10;
County Sl3,9S7.52; School SIG, ,47LOl;
Lexington township bonds S2,9l9.32;
Washington township bonds SlO5.4O;
Sni-a-bar township bonds SS9437.
The following are the taxes on
farm property; State sa.6s2.88:
County 45,4523O; School $25, ,27737;
Lexington township bondss3, ,3sO.3S;
Washington township bonds S., ,273.O6;
Sni-a-bar township bonds 81 ,946.l0
The taxes on personal property
are: State SlS,684.6l; County 81, ,96S.
90; School 500, S26.8l; Lexington town
ship bonds SO, 253. l6; Washington town
ship bonds 81, 1862; sni-a bar town
ship bonds Sl,4S1.03.
The total school tax is S62,5Sl.l9;
the County tax SS7, ,427.92; the State
tax SlS, ,6S4 81; the Lexington township
tax so, ,562.s6; the Washington town
ship tax s4,565 IS; the bar
township tx S3,S3l5O. The total
taxes for the county are 1856, 1926.
The total assessed valuation of the
town, farm and personal property of
the county is sl2S4s, los.
There are 1896 horses in the
county valued. at s424,es5. Thee are
4, TO mules, valued at S22O, ,7s0; 25,-
l24 head of cattle, valued at sS42,-
435; 8, 79l head of sheep valued at
2,l3O; 33,OOl head of hogs valued at
Sli3,6lO.
There are 3s7, ,23O acres of unplatted
land in the county. The number of
land tracts is 1890.
This array of information brings
to mind the we'll known statements
attributed variously to Hsop, Solo.
mon, Confucius, Socrates, William
Randolph Hearst and Theodore
Roosevelt; Figures don't lie, but
fgurers do" and ''There are lies,
- lies and statistics
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-09-12
DR.. PATTILLO TO LEAVE
Given TrOOst Avenue N. E. Church
10 Kansas City.

The Southwest Missouri Confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
church South adjourned Monday
after weeks session and Bishop
Morrison announced MS appoint
ments.
DR.. c. E. Pattillo was withdrawn
from Lexington and assigned to the
Troost avenue church in Kansas City.
This may be considered a promotion,
as the Troost avenue church is one
of the best of its denomination in the
state. DR.. Pattillo's loss win be
keenly felt by all the people of Lex
ington regardless of denomination.
He has established reputation as a
scholar, an able preacher, an efficient
pastor and good citizen. He is to
be congratulated on his assignment
to larger field, and the Troost ave-
nue. church is fortunate in securing
him. He was also made conference
secretary of education.
Rev. J. T. Pritchett was withdrawn
from Higginsville and assigned to
Lees Summit.
Appointments in this district we're
as follows
Lexington District-G. J. Warren,
presiding elder. Lexington, o. M.
Hickman, T. NJ. Cobb, supply; Wav.
erly aud Dover, H. J. Rande; Hig
ginsville, X. l.. Pyle; warIeusDuig <
W. H, Conner; Lamonte, S. G. Wei.
born; Corder, W. B. Cobb; Odessa
and Mount Tabor, j. C. Savior and T
P. Cobb, supply; Sweet Springs and
Rlackwater, j. z. Diggs; Hustonia
and Herndon, ]. ]. Hill; Hughesville
and High Point, W. F, Wagoner
Knobnoster and Dresden, T. d
Payne; Otterville circuit, V. A.
Powell; Green Ridge, C. Bruner; Sc
dalia, ]. E. Caskey; Lincoln and
Prairie chapel, l.. L. Pinnell; Warsaw
circuit, L. 2. Sieclof; Grand Pass
and Blackburn, II. NJ. johnson; May
view circuit, to be supplied
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-09-12

Aunt Hannah Waddell Wednesday
celeb her 74th wedding anniver.
sary. She is now in her 9lst year.
Miss Anna Morgan of Excelsior
Springs arrived Wednesday evening
to spend a few days with friends.
Miss Lottie Lehr of Paola, Kans,
arrived Thursday evening for a visit
with Miss Mary Lillian Atkeison.
Miss Nancy Vivion returned Tues
day evening from an extended trip to
Kansas City and Eldorado Springs.
Miss Bessie Files of Warrensburg
arrived Tuesday evening for a visit
with her friend, Miss Mary Glasscock.
Miss Agnes Farley returned to her
home in Sedalia Tuesday evening
after visit with friends in this city.
Misses Maude and Nancy Wright
returned from Lawson, Mo-, Thurs.
day evening.
Mrs. r. c. Cousley left Wednesday
for her home in Alton, Ill. after
a visit with her sister, Mrs. q. c,
Barnard, in this city.
The Steamer Tennessee passed up
Thursday morning at 6;25 Mrs. Nielsen
helter and daughter, Mrs. Jess Min
augh, made the round trip.
The following members of the Lex
ington Gun Club went to Higginsville
Wednesday to attend the two days
shooting tournament, which was held
there Wednesday and Thursday
Chas Kinkead, A. Gillen, Joe Schaal,
John Slusher, ). Barth ard James
Rankin.
Mrs. Howard B. Henry and her
little daughter, Virginia, left Thurs.
terday evening for a short visit to
Miss virginla's great-grand-parents,
Judge and Mrs. William b. Henry at
Olathe, Kans. They will also spend
a few days at their home in Chill
howee, before returning to Lexing-
ton.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-09-12
Merchants Lost Both Games.

The Lexington Merchants returned
Tuesday from Marceline where
they played two games with the fast
team of that place. The Merchants
lost both games, the scores being
1l-6 and 80. They say the Marceline
team is an exceedingly fast bunch.
Mcdonald and Terhune pitched the
first game and Evarts the second.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-09-12
Letter List.

The following letters remained un-
called for at the Lexington postoffice
Saturday, Sept. II, 1908.
VIM. II. Chinn, Raymond Duncan,
I, S. Greene, B. e. Glenn, Miss Anna
Gowen, w. P, Harp, Miss Pearl Hay
den, F. T. Heard, Emil hug, Mrs.
Sarah Jackinson, The La France
Copper Co., Lexington Nat. Bank,
Lee Mirise, Frank Mullen, Mrs.
LAME Newman, Charley Neal, Miss
Nellie Noreld, John Person, ]. T..
Price, Mrs. S. B. Phifer, j. A, Stam-
per, Master Robert Stewart, Geo.
w, Stigler, Geo. ]. Smith, Chas.
Thomas, Willie Washington, Mrs.
Della Wells, Miss Louise White,
Bryan Williamson, Miss Emma
Yosen.
When calling for these letters
please say they we're advertised.
DELLA CRowDER,
Postmaster.