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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-03-04
No More Whiskey Advertising.

The Twice-a-Wee Republic of
st. Louis, No, makes the am
n|ouncement that no more whisky
advertising will be printed in its
paper. This will be good news
to most of our readers. The
Twice-a-Week Republic is the
oldest, biggest and best metropol-
itqn semi-weekly newspaper in
the United States, and by cutting
out this line of advertising it
should greatly increase it's circu-
lation in this community. The
subscription price is so cents a
year, but for a short time only
they will make a special rate of
three years for 81. Be sure to
take advantage of this liberal
offer, and by all means advise
your friends and neighbors of
the fact that all whisky and
liquor advertising has been
discontinued and hat 81 will
pay for a three-year subscription,
Write for free sample copy. Send
orders to The st. Louis Republic,
St. Louis, No.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-03-04
KLAW g. ~ERLANGER'S
Stupendous Production of Lew
Wallace's.

To be presented in Kansas
City, Mo-, the entire week, March
10 to Is, which includes six even
ing performances and matinees
Wednesday and Saturday.
The management of the Willis
Wood Theatre, Kansas City, Mo-,
have arranged with Klaw \ Err
LANCER for the presentation of
Lew Wallace's powerful religio-
historic spectacle, "Ben-Hur, :"
the entire week, March 10 to IS,
with matinees Wednesday and
Saturday.
"Ben-Hur," with its lustrous
"Star of Bethlehem" its camels,
Arabian steeds, Oriental trap
perry and mimic splendor of the
gorgeous East, is beyond doubt
the most elaborate spectacle ever
staged in the history of the world.
Its series of scenes present to
the eye a feast of multifarious
beauty and variety all set to a
symphonic accompaniment of
graceful music. The exciting ep-
isOdes, such as the gallery
scene with its horde of chained
slaves, the sea fight, the rescue
in mid-sea, the thrilling race with
its quadruple teams of galloping
horses, combined with the pic
turesque scenes representing the
appearance of the Star to the
Wise Men in the Desert, the
moOnlit lake in the Orchard of
Palms, where Ben-Hur and Iras
make love while drifting in the
barge Of the fair Egyptian, the
palm-waving wOrshippers on the
Mount of Olives, simply captivate
the great audiences that are
nightly in attendance wherever
it is being enacted.
AS now arranged and staged
by Klaw & Erlanger, the public
sees a great spectacle which APP
peals not merely on the strength
of it's dramatic values, but as a
colossal and picturesque pa
geant. And in the chariot race,
the scenee which, coupled with
the popularity of General Wal
lace's book, gave the play its
enormous vogue, eight horses,
aided by the most intricate mech
HliSms, produce the prodigious il
luso on of the struggle for SUI
prcmacy in the arena Of the Gil
Gus of Antioch. Edgar Stillman
Kelly's brilliant musical score,
which so heightens the dignity
and solemnity Of the Biblical mar
r%ative, and was one of the most
potent factors in its success, is
made a dominant feature of the
present production, being inter
Preted by a special orchestra and
chorus carried by the company
for that purpose.
Seats for "Ben-Hur" will be
placed on sale at the Willis Wood
Theatre box office Thursday,
March 8. 1t is advisable for
persons who intend visiting Kan
sas City to see this great spec
tacle to reserve seats at once by
mail. The management of the
Willis Wood Theatre announce
that special attention will be
given to all mail orders. Prices
will range from so cents to $500.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-12-07
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE

Watson AMI his works. l was talk
ing but few days ago to a man who
hates you, yet you can't get him to
say to you as I said to him, we must
make allowance for prejudice, ignor-
ance and imbeeility, for his place is
IN the asylum. [ alec told him, after
he was dead, it would be only a short
time when he would be forgotten,
and the community would never
know that he ever lived. and if even
his grave Was cleaned off, it would
be by wild goose, who had lost his
way, and perchanee happened to
alight near his neglected grave. But
that Watsons name will forever live
in history, as bright, a thousand
years as now and that when Wat
son was dead, his followers, if no
one else is left, will erect a monu-
ment to his name, as high as the
Washington monument; the highest
in the world. Mr. Watson. fight on,
work on. In your times of solitude,
and when despair seems SO certain to
you, think Of the thousands of pray
ers that are offered in your behalf.
And may the thought of thousands
Of sympathiZers urge you on I'M
daunted to your arduous work. You
through the cruel war Of the cos;
and have raised up many boys who
are Chips off the Old block.
Yours truly, S. H. BROOKS.
Thomaston, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-12-07
WHERE THE SOUTH NUMBERED.

To The Editor: AS I understand
it, one of the cardinal principles of
Democracy as eXpounded by Jeffer-
son was manhood suffrage, not, Of
course including negro. The South
as is well known, has practically ex-
Guided the negro from the electorate
and with that, Jefferson if he were
alive would be in accord. How
ever, not content with eliminating
the negro the modern, Southern
constitution and lawmakers, have
eliminated from 80 to so per cent of
the Southern South" by making the
payment of tax or taxes a pre-
requisite for voting. I notice, for in
stance, the outgoing governor of
Georgia, points out that nearly or
quite 100000 white men are dis
franchised in that State, or some 80
per cent. of the total whites of vot-
ing age.
1t would appear that a relatively
large number are DISTINGUISHED in
such states as Alabama, Mississippi,
Virginia, etc. 1t should be remem-
bered that this tax paying qualif1ca-
ton is not only imposed, but the
manner and method of payment are
so devised that the feWest number
possible will pay. 1t being evident
that the tax is not for the purpose Of
revenue, but to limit the suffrage
Now, as the ballot lays at the very
foundation Of our system of govern
ment it seems to me that Watson's
Je1fs, in their fight for Jeffersonian
Democracy, should begin with the
disfranchised white vote Of the states
Of the Southern South. [ appre-
bend that this restricted white ballot
makes possible, for example, the re-
cent victory of Martin and Swanson,
in Virginia, the Aldrich and Hale Of
the South. Truly,
JNO. r. RODDLE.
st. Louis, Mo.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-12-07

ward with an honest and open con-
fession, and say, eve were wrong,
we had stopped to swap horses and
lie for false honors when you Pops
passed u.s. O. how Inundated
many Of us were made to feel, when
ridiculed and belittled by some of the
great 'Fcolonels' who have long since
had to come across on many of those
same points Of political doctrine.
Unconstitutional! That was their
cry.
Perhaps its an error to call at
tention to what they are doing; it
might retard matters.
We accept the prophecy Of Sam
Jones who said 81 believe that in the
main, the third party is right. that
they will reach Heaven, but never oc-
cupy the White House." What mat
tiers to the patriot since the princi-
pies are right. The White House is
but cabin, compared to the goal to
be reached by the principles of that
mighty movement for equal rights
to all and special privileges to none.
| have thought you hit too hard,
without due regard for the proverbi-
al belt. and that when you knock a
fellow out you should stop at the
rope, remembering that without are
the innocent. And again when I see
with what gall and cheek they can
devour crow, your acts somewhat ap-
peal to me-
And then again, I suppose we
should pattern after the Christ VINO
hated sin, but loved sinners, remem-
bering too, that His main conten-
tons were against the reversion of
truth and righteousness.
Believing that your advocacy of
principles will prove a God-send. to
coming generations, I trust your
evening Of life may be laden with
many blessings. Yours very truly,
Atlanta, Ga. j. w. BREWER.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-12-07
DEMANDING LEGISLATION FROM
OLD pops PLANS.

Dear Sir: From a careless survey,
it would seem that both yourself and
Populism were all down and out. But
when we note the constant demand
for legislation in such minute
keeping with the demands set forth
in the Ocala Platform we are
persuaded that the seed sown at that
time is to bring forth an abundant
crop.
Isn't it remarkable, that out of so
many Of the old parties who have
been priclcd up to q sense Of their
duty there are none to come for
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-12-07
FACE SIX
THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN j. A.
MASON.

The following letter explains itself:
''Opelika, Ala, Nov. 4th, 1911
My Dear Sir: My father J. A.
Mason, died last Monday night at the
home of his grand-niece, Mrs. J. T.
Hoge, near Mcintyre, Ga.
He was in apparent good health
for one of his age, when he went to
bed, but peacefully expired some
time during the night, being found
cold in death Tuesday morning, Oct,
31st
He was buried Wednesday at the
family burial ground in Wilkinson
County. Father would have been
seventy seven the 3rd, Of this month.
"Col. Watson, it is useless for me
to tell you that my father was an ar
dent admirer Of you and your life
work. Wishing you much success, I
am,
Yours very truly, j. c. MASON.
Comment:
There never was a truer man than
Captain Mason From what he be-
lieved to be right, it was impossible
to turn him. He was honest as the
day is long; and he was not afraid
to cast his lot for principles sake,
with hopeless prosecuted minority,
He served his country well, in war
and il peace, and he never Intention
ally harmed q human being in all his
life Companionable, cheerful, sym
pathetic and useful he probably had
as many friends as any man OF his
times. Although he had reached a
ripe age, it sadaons us to realize that
we viii never see him again. T. E. w.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-12-07
A KINDLY LETTER FROM AN OLD
FRIEND

Dear Sir: I am sorry to see from
the last Weekly the account of your
illness. I hope you will be UP soon,
and On the merry -go-rounds
Mr.. Watson, if the devil amt be-
hind the Catholic cfruch, then don't
believe there is any devil.
The Shiny trail Of the old se1t-
pent can be seen through all the
centuries, back to the first pope
about A. D. COS.
May the Lord ever be with you
as a wall Of fire, to save you from all
the firing darts Of the wicked ones.
Yours truly, G.. w. WHITE.
Musella, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-12-07
DOING MISSION WORK FOR TIE
,FEFES
,TEFFS,

JEFFS.
Dear Mr., Watson The bundle Of
sample copies received, and have
handed them out to some Of Liberty
COunty's best citizens, and among
some OF them. I found a few, who
honestly thought they had coed rea-
sons to doubt you-as to your po-
litical standing-one said that his
reasons were. that you were a flop
per. And I asked him in what way.
He said he never knew which side
Of the fence you were on. I asked
him if Bryan wv. J. Peerless) didn't
ride the 1896 mule on your plat
FORM that if you hadn't stood for
the masses since you had been elect
ed TO Congress, and on up to the
present day. And not one Of these
questions could he deny, And after
7 poured it into him about your writ
ings and never ceasing efforts, while
in Congress, to have the r. r. D.
established lie then seemed to lean
my way.
I have seen few religious papers
lately (Protestant), and they do not
seem to rail at you as they did when
you first began to throw hot shot in
ia cir camps; no use, the hit dog will
always boiler.
I have been hcoted at for being an
&. p. a, by some Catholics, and as
they are barred from all secret So
cieties, and most especially the Jr.
O. U. 4. M, L can readily see why
they hate an A. P. A.
We have a dO-nothing Congress
man who has sworn to fight the Cath
Ollie Hierarchy with all his power. but
I can't nnd his name on the roll of
honor This name you know only too
well, and If need be, will furnish it.
Since giving out some Of the
sample copies, a man read where the
Frost Garter Co., had withdrawn
their advertisement from your paper,
because he feared the Catholics. and
he told me he will let his sox hang
over his shoe tops before he will
use another pair. Gle has been USE
ing the same garter).
Any time I can be of any assist
ance to you, don't fail to let me
know.
Yours truly, J. r. McNAMEE.
Pennington, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-12-07
THE Tv70 "oTD PARTIES HAVE
ADOPTED POPS PLATFORM.

TIE TWO ''gfD FABTIE,S'' have
ADOPTED Pops PLATFORM.
My Dear Mr.. Watson: l have been
follower Of you over 20 years.
I am today as strong for you as 1
was 20 years ago. | know you are
right, and the TWO old parties know
you are right; they have adopted in
their platforms. everything you con-
tended Tor 20 years ago. When you
said YOU had come back to the Den-
ocratic party, you said something I
could not understand. They had
stolen every plank Of your platform.
And / say they came to you; you
simply stoed on your platform, and
they adopted it, hence You had but
to say, you were again in the Dsno-
cratic party.
Mr.. Watson, I have three boys Gid
enough to vote, and all the money in
Georgia could not keep them from
voting for your principles. I am
an old soldier, nearing the three
scores and ten, the allotted time
given rs to lve; yet my health is
good, so is my appetite" richer by
far. than Rockefeller with his many
millions, who is dyspeptic, and cant
eat Mr.. Watson, I am 81 Missionary
Baptist. or once was; but 7 am with
you in your fight against the mode
and manner Of present, bad systems.
While / am poor and have not much
influence, I feel I am doing some
good in UNFOLDING you in your stand
upon missions. All the Watson men
In this community will vote for joe
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-12-07

Why not give your friend a years
subscription to The JEFF, as a Christ
mas present?
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-06-08
PROLIFIC FISH.

Fishes have no call to blush
when Colonel Roosevelt declaims
against race suicide. Lewenhoek, a
great naturalist, who lived years ago,
is authority for the statement that
the cod spawns about nine million
in a season. He adds that the foun-
der usually produces more than one
million, and the mackerel more than
five million. II Mr.. and Mrs. Cod
and Mr.. and Mrs. Mackerel were TO
issue invitations for a family re-
union it would mean something.
There are more than one thousand
varieties of fish, and not one Of
them, if Lewenhoek be right, has
cause to fear the reproach Of Roose-
welt.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-06-08
VERDICT OF SCIENTIST.

Clement Wragge, who has inspect
ed what are known as the "tattooed
rocks" on the coast near Raglan,
New Zealand, is distinctly of opin-
ion that they are the work Of neither
Tamil nor Maori, but are the in
scriptions of very ancient race of
sun worship people, antedating the
advent of the Maori by untold CEN
turies. The spiral circle, ovals,
crosses and squares, he says, are most
significant, and confirm his opinion
that New Zealand has been inhab-
tied by early man. He considers
the inscriptions are probably con-
nected with those at Easter island
and Central and South America, and
are Atlantean or Lemurian I'M
origin; further, that the Maori
copied the spiral from the relics of
ancient people, and did not initiate
II.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-06-08
ALL LIFE BUT ONE CREATURE
Component Parts Are Merely indlvid-
gal Cells, According TO Argument
Of Samuel Butler.

Samuel Butler argues that, as au-
tomatic expertness in piano playing
proves previous practice, so also does
TIE immediate experiences in pecking
of a newly Matched chick. To' the
question Of personal identity; and
again. This brings up the whole
IN them), and can therefore do it
question: How can newly Matched
chick have had any practice in peck
ing? Butler replies that the essen
tials of the chick once lived in its
parents bodies, and that it remem-
bers what they did (or what it did
in them), and can therefore do it
again. This brings up the whole
question Of personal identity; and
Butler deals with it. We say that
an octogenarian is the same "per-
son" as he was when an infant; vet
there is no identity Of matter. Nor
does personality depend. upon any
or sense of such per-
sonality; it is not likely that the
moth remembers having been a
caterpillar, any more than we re-
member having been children of a
day old. And If the octogenarian
is the infant of eighty years ago he
is also the foetus of a few months
before, and-chasing him still fur
ther back-he is identical with his
parents. This involves the prob
able unity of all animal and vege-
table life, as being, in reality, moth
ing but one single creature, of which
the component members are but, as
it were, blood corpuscles or individ-
uab cells" which would fit in rather
well with the similar augmentation
Of Fechner.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-06-08
DIDN'T WANT GREEN HORSES
irishran, Seeking Mounts for ST. Pat
rlck's Day Parade, Wanted
Them All Gray.

A forid-looking Irishman drifted
into the Office of big firm of horse
dealers. He came from benevolent
association that is famous as one Of
the biggest aggregations of Irish
men outside of the Emerald Isle. Te
asked for Mr.. Kearney, of the firm.
"Oi want twinty gray horses for
the parade st. Patrick's day." he an
nounced after exhibiting his creden-
tials.
Twenty gray horses p exclaimed
Mr.. Kearny, chats quite an order
l don't believe we have twenty gray
horses in the stables. We could Civ
you about dozen grays."
The Irishman shook his head
there were twenty officials of the or
der that had to be mounted. Then.
suddenly it occurred to Mr.. Kearny
that a carload of horses was on its
way from the west; even then the
bill of lading was on his desk, and
the consignment could not be far
from Jersey City.
Hold on" said he, 81 guess ]
can fix you up. Pm expecting a car
load Of green horses, and"
"Green~ gasped the Irishman, as
he jumped to his feet; "green
horses! TIL divil roast emp But
he laughed just as heartily as did
Mr.. Kearny when it was explained
to him that green was not actually
the color of the horses.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-06-08

Recently a moving picture com
pany secured permission TO use a real
city street for one of their "stresi
scenes" While their actors wes
busy man came along and was told
that he could walk up the street
while the acting was going on.
He Immediately threw off his dis
glise Of a mild-mannered passer-by
and became an American Citizen.
He declared that nobody had any
right to stop him. The representa-
tives of the picture company were
firm.
"well, I'll leave IL to a police
man." roared the Citizen, and he
hustled over to bluecoat who was
standing near by.
"Can I or can 1 not pass along
that street," he inquired.
"You can NOT" said the police
man. 'That street has been hired
for the day. Get OF Of it. Get :
move on. Beat it."
Much crestfallen, the Citizen
obeyed, went up another street, and
was heard no more.
And the policeman, getting his
cue, hurried into the middle Of the
street to take his part in the "show"
and receive the congratulations Of
his fellow-actors.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-06-08
NOBODY WAS BEING KILLED
chambermaid Was Unduly Alarmed al
Strange Sounds Coming From
Hotel Room.

Taking parrots into the house is
against the rules at the Manhattan,
but yesterday when a large Canadian
family with a cage arrived from q
ship and the head of it said they
wanted suite of rooms merely for
the day, as they were leaving for
home at night, Beau Brummel Hill,
the room clerk, who was smiling
with the day, said he thought Polly
might be accommodated Just for the
time.
Polly's cage was hung up in a
window on the Forty-third street
side of the building and the family
went out shopping. An hour or 80
later the chambermaid on duty about
those parts rushed to a telephone
and called up the housekeeper.
Somebody's bein' murdered in a
room up here!" she cried. zone
mans groanin' somethin' fearful and
is yellin' 'Helpl Helpp an Pm
afraid to open the door" The cham
bermaid was advised to go back and
unlock the door, and by the time she
got there the noise had ceased. Look
ing in, she saw the parrot and under
stood.-New York Sun.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-06-08
REsovRcEFUL COUNT D'oRsAY.

D'Orsay was once dining at the
Old Ship hotel at Greenwich when
someone called his attention to an
inscription made with a diamond
upon the central pane of the bay
window overlooking the Thames, in
which his name was improperly con-
nected with that of a celebrated
German dancer. D'Orsay took an
orange from a dish, coolly remark
ing upon the good quality of the
fruit and tossed it mp in the air
several times, then as though by ac-
cident he gave it wider cant and
sent it through the offending pane,
knocking the glass ild0 the Thames.
-Jerrold: "Beaux and Dandies."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-06-08
NO NEED TO ASK.

"DOes your wife ask you for
things she knows you cannot az
fordY
"She hasn't asked me for q thing
since we were married"
"Greatl How do you manage itr'
when she wants q thing she does
not ask me; shs tslls ne"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-06-08
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Time Card No. ia
Effective Sunday April 80. 1911.

Effective Sunday April 80. 1911.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Nc. sc. & N o. Linn. 11:56 p.
No. 5l-St. L. Express 5:35 p. r
No. 95.-Dixie Flyer. 9:31 am
No. 55-Hopkinsville Ac. 7:O5 a. n
No 53-St. L. Fast Mail 5:33 a. L
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. &C. & St. L. Linn, 5:25 a,
No. 52-St. LOUIS Express. $685.
No. 94.-Dixie Flyer, CIT p. u
No. 56-Hopkinsville Ac. 8:55 o. II
No. 54-St. l.. Fast Mail, 1920 p. N
Nos. 95 end "a will make Nos. GO
and 9l's stops except "a will not stop
at Warrington and No. 95 will
not stop at Warrington or Empire.
No. 81 and "a connect at st. Louis and othsi
points west.
No. 81 connects at Guthrie for Memphis lin
points as far south as Erin and tor Louisvi
Cincinnati and the East.
No. 50 and IS make direct conn At Gut
Eie Tor Louisville, Cincinnati and ali point
aOrth and east thereof No. 50 and IS also con
acct for Memphis and way points.
No. 81 runs through 70 Chicago and will 40,
any passengers TO point South Of Evansville
Also carries through Sleepers TO ST. Louis.
No. % through sieepers TO Atlanta, Macon
Also Pullman sleepers 70 New Orleans. Con.
nects at Guthrie for points East and West. N
% win not carry local passengers for potts Nortl
Mash vile Tenn.
j.. c. H0OE. Agt.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-06-08
MAKING LIGHT OF HER YEARS.

Marie Dressler was inviting hel
friends to birthday party.
'There'll be a birthday cake, ]
suppose" some one remarked.
"Yes, there'll be a cake, never
fear" was the reply.
"And candles, of course?" went on
the alleged wit.
my friend" said Miss Dressler,
~this is to be a birthday party, not q
torchlight procession
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-06-08
PITY.

Dolly-Handsome Mr.. Rogers
danced with me three timssl
Molly-Wsll, Us a charity ball
you knsx.s--snaxs 81 fls1is