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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-06-20
Ice Cream and Ices.

Delivered to any part Of the
Vanilla cream $1.OO a
gallon, Chocolate cream $l.2O a
gallon, Fruit cream $1.30 a gal
lon Brick cream so cents a
brick. Five gallons or more
less money per gallon. Watch
for the wagon and listen for
the bell, will sell in town nearly
every day. Try my cream once,
if not good tell me. l want
your trade and l will treat you
rig ii. Phone your wants to 694.
Also good pasture for stock.
Phone your wants to 694.
G. H. NEER.
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Satur-

Angelo Kohres left Satur-
day for PART, Greece, for an ex-
tended visit
Mrs. M. +. Cockrell returned
to her home in Kansas City Sat
urdqy after a visit here with
her mother, Mrs. Mamie G.
Steele.
Mrs. J. Il. Moorehead, who has
been visiting in independence, re-
turned home Friday evening.
Miss Nell Ross went to Kan
sas City Saturday for a visit.
Mrs, D. B. Thieman returned
to her home in Aullville Fri
day evening after a visit here
with relatives.
Misses Floyd and Isabel Green
who have been visiting in Galena
Kansas, returned home Friday
evening.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-06-20
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTOR RIA

Rev. c. Lewis Fowler left
Tuesday on a trip through
Colorado.
Mrs. L. F. Evans and three
children Of Independence, No.
arrived Tuesday for a visit
here with her parents, Judge and
Mrs. Richard Field.
II A. Groves went to Excei-
sior Springs Tuesday for
few days stay before leaving
for his home in Santa Fe, New
Mexico.
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We Certainly Do Love Work.

We are prepared to do better
work and more of it than ever.
Why half mix your concrete the
old wayY Let us mix your con
crete the up-to-date way. We
have the best mixer ON the mar
ket. Your concrete does not
cost you Us much as it did the
old way. Yet it is a hundred
per cent better, because, when
we mix it, IT'S MIXED. That's
all.
OH l. ASHURST.
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JOHN l. ASHURST.
To Water Consumers.

Two new boilers are being in
stalled at the Lexington Water
Company's plant and during the
interim one of the old boilers
will have to supply the services
for the city. Mr., Haerle re-
quests therefore that the patrons
will conserve, as far as possible,
the supply Of water until the
new boilers are installed.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-06-20
FREIGHT LAW UPHELD
United States Supreme Court
Decided Railroad Cases in
Favor of the State.

The maximum freight and pas
senger rae laws passed by the
General Assembly in 1907, and
applicable TO most Of the rail
roads in the state, was declared
valid Monday in a decision hand
ed down by the United States
Supreme Court.
The maximum freight bill was
written by the late James G. Nc
Grew and his attorney, Hon.
Alex. Graves, and was considered
by experts to be one Of the most
comprehensive, yet technically
perfect bill ever introduced eff
fecting railroads relations to the
public.
The maximum freight rate law
is effective against all of the
railroads Of the state and the
two cent passenger rate against
the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy, the Santa Fe, the Kan
sas City Southern, the Katy, the
Rock Island, the Frisco, the st
LOUIS Southwestern, the Missouri
Pacific (this includes the Lex
ington branch), the Iron Noun
tain, the Wabash, the Chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul, and tn
Chicago & Alton.
Those exempt are the st. Lou
& Hannibal, the Kansas City
Clinton & Springfield, the Chica
90 Great Western, the Quincy
Omaha & Kansas City and the S
Joseph & Grand Island.
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Attent;onl Attention!

Ladies desiring to place orders
for made to measure Spirella
Corsets, I have the latest Par
isian models as well as the most
up-to-date American styles. Sat
isfaction guaranteed. Call or
phone me at Nickell'S Home.
MRS. A. B. T0MLIN,
COrsetiere.
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Miss Helen Patton of Joplin
arri, ed Monday evening for a
visit here with Mrs. A. S. LOOMS.
E. 7. Sitter and Worth Bates
went to Kansas City Monday
evening to attend the wedding OF
Hubert Bates and Miss Norma
Conner Wednesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs, Leslie Mitchell
returned to their home in Well
ington Monday evening after
a visit here with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Shouse re-
turned Monday evening from a
visit in Kansas City.
Miss Anna Phetzing went to
st. Louis Monday for a visit.
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Ice Cream Social.

The Epv crth League will hotd
an ice cream social Saturday,
June 81. The place will be an
nounced later.
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LEXINGTON
Ancient and Modern-In War
And in Peace.

One Of the most picturesque
and commanding old residences in
Lexington. Missouri. fronts on
Highland avenue. The rear
overlooks many miles Of the
Missouri river and a part of sew
eral counties of the richest and
most beautiful land in the world
The spacious grounds are embow-
cred in trees and all the walls of
the house in ivy. In the fore
ground are the lofty Lilies of
Solomon and the Crimson Ramb-
ling Rose.
The antique or old fashioned
door knockcr, on the front, to-
gether with the high toned, far
reaching voice Of a splendid
door bell, reminded us of a quiet
lady, some years ago, who was
knitting on the Fourth of July.
A six-gun battery of artillery
was suddenly fired near her
home! She responded "'Come
in" thinking it was a gentle
knock at her door! The owner
of this splendid old Lexington
home can hear the telephone
bell, but she cannot hear the
words spoken. Her general re-
Spouse to such telephone calls, is:
81 am as deaf as a post, and no
one else at home The interior
Of this old home charmed us, with
its rich, antique furniture, sculp-
ture, paintings and its general
works of art.
Here we spent one Of the
most delightful hours of our
life, listening to one of the most
animated end interesting con-
versationlaists, who says of her
self. that She is "as deaf as a
post.' She was born long ago
in Campbell county, near Lynch
burg, Virginia, and married W.
G. NcCausland, who is still an
agile and successful merchant
here in Lexington, though he is
"a years young.
About the time Missouri Sc.
coded from the Union there was
large quantity of Federal ann.
munition at Liberty, Missouri
and a brass cannon at Licking
ton. which attracted Gov. Clay
burn Jackson and Gen Sterling
Price, on their journey to Neo
sho. This brass cannon, captur
ed by Col. Doniphon's regiment
in the Mexican War, becam'
quite famous in the Civil Wa
as the frs gun in Bledsoe's Bat
terry, and was named.
GOLD SACRAMENTO"
On the arrival of Gov. Jack
son and Gen. Sterling Price, mai
Confederate flags fluttered abo1
the hills and homes of Lexins
ton. but after they departed fc
Neosho. and a steamer appeare
in the distance, bringing FEEDERS
soldiers, these flags suddenly on
appeared There was one fla.
however. ~fllttering high on tt
premises of w. G.. McCauslan
which renamed quite conspicuo
in its daring loneliness VINE
the steamer landed and Col. St'
y fel saw the lone Confederate f'
still waving, his roaring RAJ
knew no bounds He rushed |
Dutch regiment up the hill, do
Bile quick, and surrounded :
McCausland residence! With
few of her lady friends, NJ
McCausland stood on an ele'
ton in the front yard in defen
Of the flag
Col. Steiiel, in a gorgeous u
form. mounted on a magnltic'
steed, g%alloped along his r
iment. tuning like Vesuvious'
ing the air with Dutch anat
mas. which were incomprehei
Bile to the lady at whom u
were aimed, except in to-
When she persistently refused
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W NloV fhoAVON uN " NAi
ward Windsor, a native OF Mary
land, who IS now in her ninety
third year. She reminded us OF
the mother of Bishop Hendrix,
who was also a native of Mary
land.
The school which developed in
to
THE OLDEST MASONIC coll
LEGE
in the world. was first an Indus
trial School in Marion county,
Missouri, near the present site
OF the town Of Palmyra. Rev.
David Nelson, who was an inf
del. and afterwards converted,
and wrote Nelson on Infidel-
ity, was ITS first president. Viii
liam Muldrow, who was the or
iginal of Mark Twain's "Col.
Sellers" was the general agent.
The Legislature granted the char
ter in 1881, and the school was
called marion College" A
large farm Of 1900 acres of land
was connected with the school,
and each pupil was to cultivate a
certain amount Of the land. In
1913 this property was purchased
by the Masonic Fraternity of
Missouri to educate the orphan
children of deceased brothers.
In 1913 all this property was
purchased by the Grand Lodge OF
Masons Of Missouri. During
the same year the institution
was Incorporated under the name
of Masonic College by a vote Of
the Legislature. In 1913, dur
ING a session of the Grand Lodge
in Lexington, the building was
dedicated. Two hundred Ma
sons. 200 Sons of Temperance,
$50 SundaJ School children and
more than 1000 men and womel
walking in the procession which
marched from the court house
Tho orator of the day was A. Il
| Slayback. the father Of the brave
and brilliant Col. Alonzo Stay
, back. who was afterwards {
student in the college, a bril-
r liant officer in the Confederat.
a Army. and met his tragic fate il
r an editorial office in st. Louis!
4, Among other students of TIL
: college who became famous, wer
: Senator Stephen Elkins, and Gov
9 John S. Marmaduke. 1t wa
= once thought Mark Twai
= was a student here. Before h
died the famous humorist col
e rectcd the mistake when he wa
r heard to say it was anothe
t. Clemens. Capt. Samuel Ruffne
son of DR.. William Ruffner, was
student here. He made a BRAY
< leader of artillery in the CIV
ny War. and after the war a falthf
We Presbyterian preacher.
g COL. JAMES A. MULLIGAN
Or a handsome, brave and brllllal
Irish-Ameriean lawyer was Sc
al to Lexington in 1861 to strong
IS fortify this lofty Acropolis, ma
g. ing this college building, with
he walls three feet thick the impre
d, nable center. 1t became t
nus scene and center of many trag
EN- and thrilling episodes. There W
an orphan hoy in the buildll
ag named Charles A. Lantheun
&c When the laundering artillery
MS the Confederate was hurting re
~ hot balls through the windows
he to the college building this bra
a boy with a shovel threw thu
rs. out so rapidly as to prevent
va conflagration, Had it not be
nee for this boy the Methodists
today would not have the pr
MI pect and probability of the gre
emit est Woman S College west OF
Egg Mississippi riverl
fill Another memorable scene
he the seige was when the Conf
nsi- crates. with hemp bales satura
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cred it. She still keeps one float
ing ON her hack porch.
We also visited here, Mrs. Ed
ward Windsor, a native OF Mary
Land, who IS now in her ninety
third year. She reminded us Of
the mother of Bishop Hendrix,
who was also a native of Mary
land.
The school which developed in
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- THE NEW BROOM

Tom. I'VE shall have 10 call in an ex-
pert. The results OF the system are
simplicity and time saving. but it has
to be worked out by a specialist"
ITS your plan" said Mr.. Barker
land l must leave you to carry out the
details"
| One OF the details was that Bob Green
was dismissed and a smart young man
was brought from London at double the
salary to reorganlze the office. MIR
Tom began to feel himself of superim
portance
Now. Bob Green was engaged to be
! married.
| He had in fact been engaged to be
married for five years. He and ENID
Smith were just the people who should
be encouraged to marry. for they were
loving, healthy, bright and hard work
ing. For some months now they had
been buying things for the home anC
that evening they had arranged to meet
at a second hand furniture shop to lool
at an old oak bed which was COINS
cheap
| They had really decided to buy It, fol
the second best bedroom. Each knew
that its purchase was certain, but there
was pleasure in considering II to-
! gether. and talking about its good
points, and how we'll II would look.
| Enid was waiting impatIently for him
outside the shop when he went UP &c
/ her.
You mustn't look 80 gloomy wher
you meet me-" she said. What will you
look like when we have been married a
year, II you're SO sad now?"
She took his arm. and drew him to-
ward the shop.
| II was almost afraid it had gone. "
she said. II do think we had better
buy 1t to-day The man won't lower
the price any more, I'm sure. | saw q
bedspread that would go beautifully
with II. Do you think we can AFFORD
that this week too?''
Dear" he said gravely, Tets walk
out into the country. I've something tc
tell YOU"
one OF the most terrible things abou,
the modern State is the insecurity Of
decent mems livelihood. AT the whin
OF an employer the bread winner car
| be thrown into the street. with abso-
lutely no reward for years of faithful
work beyond the slender wages that
have, of necessity, been spent almost as
soon as received.
Enid, the corners OF her mouth droop-
| ing and tears in her eyes. chung 10 him
| dumbly. She wanted TO marry him.
| There was nothing on earth she wanted
more. few hours ago their marriag sc
! the beginning of pleasaut NearS-haE
seemed certain within couple of
| months.
| That morning she had Weakened up
| joyous, because she was a day nearer
| the attainment of happiness Between
rising and going to bed il had become
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4 Complete Short Story

am able to send for you, you shall
bring them out with you. No other
things could be quite the same"
On the fourth Monday Dodson was
The next day, too, he was missing.
When Wednesday came, and he had
made no sign, Mr.. Barker began to in
quire. A messenger was sent around
to the absent mans lodgings, when it
was found that he had packed up and
gone, without exerting himself to leave
any address.
The old manufacturer called in firm
OF chartered accountants, and spent
several days in the examination OF the
neat little cards.
In the end they admitted they were
affled. for the figures and facts on the
cards related to nothing in particular.
I'm fact" they said, at appears TO
as as if it was a deliberate design to
fog your accounts. We advise you TO
call in the police
They then returned to their investiga-
tons
It was at this time that Bob Green
got a letter from Mr.. Barker. asking
him to come around and see him, if he
had time.
II made great mistake in discharg-
ing you," said the old man. Would
you care to come back"
But I've booked my passage for
Canada
Don't worry about that. | will re-
fund the money, II you like to stop
81 was going to be married when you
discharged me-" Green said. what Sc
be sacked again?'
80 long Ps you do your work as well
as you did 1t before. You needn't fear.
give you my word for that"
When Mr. Tom came back from Nor
way, he found Green busy again in the
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M Old Sns . .as knew s"'G s'
business from beginning to end;
but he had one weakness-admiratio
for his son.
Mr.. Tom Barker the SON had spent
two years in an American mandatory
of the same kind as that belonging TO
his father. and he had come back with
passion for various complicated bust
ness systems. He would almost rather
have read on card figures showing a
loss than figures showing sub
stantial profit in a ledger. Ledgers
incensed him, and day books filed him
with contempt Very frequently he took
his father into his confidence about his
state of mind.
Now all this threatened Robert Green
the young head clerk. Bob had been
with the firm for seven years. lie had
started as junior clerk. and he had
gsen because he was not only q good
accountant but a sound business man
At the very least he was the equal Of
Mr.. Tom in brains. although he never
had much to say, apart from his work
The old man knew In a general way
that Bob was a very useful servant, but,
like most capable men. Bob made no
commotion or fuss In the office. In
short, he did not understand the art OF
Embarrassment.
one morning. about II o'clock, Mr.
Tom. irritable because he had not got
to bed before ) o'clock, STROBE through
the office. and saw Bob turning up an
account in one OF the big ledgers. He
went into his fathers office and found
him busy preparing a tender for large
contract he hoped to get from the Gov
eminent
Good morning. Tom,' said Mr.. Bar
ker, You're very late. You might go
and ask Green what the price OF the
largest leather washers is
MIR. Tom did so, and Bob supplied him
! with the facts within three minutes.
after turning up certain references
II you had a proper business system"
the Young man told his father. you
would be able to stretch out your hand
| to take a card from cabinet and see
| the cost Of those things all in a second
| or two. ! can't understand why . first
class firm like ours is content with the
| moth eaten methods we employ Be
| cause they were good enough for your
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greatgrandfather, 1t does not by any
means follow that they are good enough
for us. They waste time, and time is
money"
Thine is money" said the old man.
You were two hours late this morning.
What is this wonderful new system you
are always talking about?"
Mr.. Tom, in complicated detail. ex-
planned to his father the particular bust
ness system which was the latest fash
ion Just before he left America.
at seems to me-" said the old man.
that all It means is that, instead of
keeping books. YOU keep cards"
"Ay." said the son; but each OF those
cards shows you exactly how every ac-
count stands. 1t shows you what each
firm owes you, and II shows you the
exact cost OF each article supplied, and
therefore. the exact profit you have
made Books won't do that for you.
He Believed Him.
Now. Mr.. Barker believed that his son
had brains. He was right Everybody
has brains. The main point Is. what
sort OF brains they are Mr.. Toms
brains were bright; they shone. But
they were paste. not the genuine hard
diamond that drills its way through the
world They wer good paste. and good
paste Is something TO be thankful for
however
"Do you know" said old Mr.. Barker
81 think I'll try your plan. There must
be something in II. Everybody knows
that American business men are not
fools!"
He pressed a button on his desk three
times. and Bob Green came in.
do you know anything about keep
ing accounts on cards." Mr. Barker
asked him. ITS the everything at
a-glance and know where you are-in-
an-instant system. l don't understand Il
myself but my son says It is wonder
| fully useful. What do you know about
it?"
Bob went white, forsseeing calamity
Pm afraid l haven't got into that
method. str" he said.
Mr.. Tom looked at him coldly.
"If you were an enterprisng man. and
wanted to get on" he told him, you
would have kept up with all the lates,
business ideas"
II can soon learn" said Bob.
Yes, he'd learn quick enough" Mr.
Barker said. and Bob looked a little more
Il don't think he would" said Mr..
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almost as far off as 1t was when she
had first met him.
I'VE would have been glad with SO
little" she said, when he left her out
side her fathers door.
Mr., Tom. having first fused i'm
portantly at the arrival OF the business
expert. with his polished boxes of neat
little cards. went to Norway for his
summer holiday. He felt he had done
great things, and deserved a rest.
Mr.. Jeremy Dodson, the new man,
got busy" as he put II. He had cabi
| nets OF this sort of card and cabinets
| full Of that sort of card, and he hustled
about, making all sorts of inquiries,
with an air of resolute gra witty remark
| able in such a young look ing person,
Costs Worked Out.
! Mr.. Barker never pretended TO him
| self that he liked him, and he was sure
he could not understand the inner meth
DDS OF the wonderful new system. But
| he had TO admit that. whenever he
wanted to know anything. Dodson was
always able TO inform him in a moment
Costs were worked out TO the seventh
| place of decimals, accounts were re-
vealed at glance, and there was an air
OF go" and snap about the office
that appealed TO his mind. The csbi-
nets and the cards reeked of efficiency
But, all the same, Mr. Barker was
vaguely uneasy. because he could not
fathom the mechanism OF the thing. He
knew everything there was to know
about the processes in his manufac-
| tory, and Bob Green's old fashioned
bookkeeping was as simple to him as
A r c. But he felt he would have TO
leave this new tangled business to his
/ son.
Bob Green did everything he could to
/ find work. and failed 1t was the slack
season, and far more people were being
discharged than engaged.
81 can last another Fortnight" he
told Enid. After that. shall have to
go TO Canada"
why not sell the things we've
bought" she said They're no use
now. I'm beginning to wonder II we
shall ever be married. II you sold them,
YOU could stay in England longer"
~ wish Ia gone out there at once"
he said "Englsnd's no place nova
days"
He looked helpless and gloomy. and
somehow the clothes he wore reflected IL.
do try England a bit longer" she
said After all. it's home. We ought
to get twenty or thirty pounds for the
things we've bought"
He shook his head. In some ways he
was not very practical, and he remem-
bered her delight at each purchase they
had made.
II won't he told her you shall
look after them. and some day, when
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Tabloid Fables

w THO is the woman, Mother Dear.
'" with that hair on her upper lip
and none on her head; the one
with the pasty complexion, and the red
mise. and who is so fat she waddles?
That. Dear Child, is the famous beau
" specialist who has made so much
wealth and fame compromising reme-
dies to make women beautiful.
hear so much. Mother Dear of per
feet Housekeeping What is meant by
the words?
II is an expression often misused,
Dear one The perfect houselSeeper is
the one who keeps her floors so highly
polished that her friends fall on them
spd break their legs. No one may claim
10 be perfect housekeeper whose
friends walk her floors without fear
my do we ascribe all wisdom TO the
ant, Mother Dear? Is 1T wise to work
~ day?
We make the ant the emblem OF wis
com, Little one, TO encourage Others
10 work. Just between ourselves. Pre-
t'ous the butterfly Is wiser than the
ant II takes no cares, no responsible
lilies, Is admired and sought for its
beauty, and osme one always provides
f0r II No one would hurt a butterfly
but every foot is ready to step on the
ant
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-28
LIVE CHEAPER-cUT YOUR
MEAT BILL DOWN

You can cut down your meat bill
two-thirds and get more nutritious
food by eating Faust Macaroni. A
10c package of Faust Macaroni con-
tains as much nutrition as 4 lbs. OF
beef-ask your doctor
Faust Macaroni is extremely rich
in gluten, the bone, muscle and flesh
builder 1t is made from Durum
Wheat, the high protein cereal.
Delicious, too. You can serve
Faust Macaroni hundred different
ways to delight the palate. Write
for free recipe book showing how.
In alright, moisture-proqf packages,
j and 10 cents.
MAuLL BROS,
St. Louis, Me.
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81

office with the ledgers. His fathers
reception of him was not warm.
" Where's Dodson?' repeated Mr..
Barker IF I knew that, 1 might have
a chance of getting back some of the
$500 he stole. l think it's time you
learnt the business. I've had enough
of your smart notions and fancy sys-
TENS. You've got TO buckle to, and go
through the works."
Enid, working hard in her little home.
always feels grateful to old Barker for
taking her husband back for she feels
that she owes her happiness to him.
Her husband is much more grateful
to Mr.. Jeremy Dodson's up-to-da sys-
tenn.