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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-05-23

The State Of Arizona has On
anti.alien law. which will hss
Mexicans who hare bssn holding
lands in that state but rstsinin9
residence IN old Mexico. The
law does not contain : direct bar
against the japanese o does tie
California oct, the operation Of
which may be deferred b .ap.
peal to the referendum.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-05-23

Rosillo, = Cuban aviator, left
Key West, Florida. last Friday
Ut 6:SS o'clock p. m. and made
the trip to Havana, Cuba, reach.
ing there at s 10 Saturday morn.
ing, winning : prize Of 10000
offered by the Cuban sovern-
ment.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-05-23

The Southern Baptist conven.
tion in St. Louis last saturday
BY an overwhelming vote dscid.
ed to abandon the Sunday
school lessons prepared especial.
" for Baptist Sunday schools.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-05-23
Items Of Interest
In Tennessee and Else
where Picked up from
the Daily and Weekly
Press Of the State.

The militant sufragettes Of
England, As law. breakers. are
equalled only by the whisky .ssl.
lers aud perjnred maYors and
judges Of Tennesses. s
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-05-23

Try q patent spray to kill the
potato bugs and other insect
peets. Pafford has them, 10
Fielder Block.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-05-23
Mark Allison
Matthews
Something o. the Illus
trl0ns Useful and Fear
less Preacher who went
From Tennessee to Sea-
attic.


Rev. Mark Allison Matthews
who was several years ago pas
tor Of the First Presbyterian
church at jackson, Tennessee
has been made the subject OF al
article in the St Louis Globe
Democrat BY James Morrow,
special writer. With reference
to the Presbyterian Assembly ii
Atlanta, Georgia, last week, Mr.
! Morrow says:
The moderator Of the church
ID Rev Mark Allison Matthews,
DID, Ii. D., of Seattle. He
will call the assembly to order,
Officially, he is the head Of the
denomination. The moderator
travels the country from time to
time gnergizing ministers and
congregations. At all events
that is what DR.. Matthews has
done. preaching in three
churches every Sunday when
away from Seattle. In the
meanwhile, he has been the pas.
tor Of the largest Presbyterian
church in America, if.not in the
world" s4ys-
Mr.. Morrow says the Rev.
Matthews told the people Of Sc
attle. I'VE reQnire no more for
admission into the church than
is reqirred for admission into
Heaven, % he has Increased
the number Of h.s cona1i 6ioAnts
! from 400 to 5000 in elsSen years
More than 1000 persons attend
his church. He looks down
from his pulpit on the foremost
men Of his city. The poor are
at home in his pews. Fifty
ushers are on the main floor and
in the galleries. Seventy one
singers are in the choir. sJapa-
nese, Chinese and Korean, are
on the rolls. In 1902 the cong
regation owed $4,000 and 81,
600 in interest. The debt was
paid and q new building was
erected at the crossing Of two
streets. No church in the Uni
ted States is more complete;
few, indeed, are so beautiful.
II Or. Matthews we're a bust
ness man he would bea million.
aire. If he were . lAwyer-apd
he is one, though he has never
practiced for fees-he would
have sn Office in Wall street.
He is an organizer and an orator.
II work eighty,five hours a
week. he told me, which is
the equivalent Of ten and a half
days Of eight hours each" He
thinks be knows what is the
matter with the Christian
church. ''Lsckadaisica preach
era" 10 his answer. Incidental
", he exposed the municipal
gsafters Of Seattle, helped to re-
call the mayor and send the
chief Of police to the peniten-
tiary. =
(Lord--don't we wish we could
ret him back to Tennessee to
perform that operation on sew
sral mayors, Judges, Attorney.
Generals, Chief Of Police ct al. }
Quoting again from the words
* Or. Matthews: II VASE feet
and 6 inches tall as . boy, but
after ] got married and settled
down !. shrunk to 8 feet s in
ches." while in Jackson DR..
Matthews had not suffered any
perceptible shrinkage and we are
sure that 10 his experience there
his eye never saw the man that
his heart feared.
The special writer credits, DR..
Matthews with some statements,
which ii poudersi can not fail
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-05-23

to be Of benefit to both member,
Of the ministry and the laity
who may read them. He says:
Il can say that no minister
can succeed unless he works, un
less he keeps everlastingly jn
terested in his high Office. There
Is nothing wrong with oul
churches. The trouble lies il
the Incidence Of many Of oul
pastors, and what | say applies
to all denominations.
"A preacher has no boss right
on the spot to make him diligent
about his business. He gets up
in the morning when he rleasei
and goes to bed at night when
he feels like it. No whistle re,
minds him Of his coming tasks.
Customers are not waiting to en-.
ter his store. He goes out into
the street, meets q man and
talks for half an hour. Bank
ruptcy would overtske the mer-
chant who wasted his time in
that way. A lawyers clients
would hire some one else.
Il have four assistants. One
Of them was gone three hours to
q funeral. | had q funeral the
next day in. the same neighbor.
hood and was back in my Office
again in an hour and twenty
minutes. ! called the assistant
In and told him he would be q
failure unless he made profitable
use of every minute during q
days work. Organization also
is necessary. No business can
be run without it. Soma preach.
ers thought when I was elected
moderator that l merely had q
big mob in Seattle instead Of a
church, that people swarmed in
and then out, just as they did
with DR.. Talmage. After DR..
Talmage died nobody could find
his church. Well, the Seattle
congregation is not q mob, but
disciplined and cohesive body Of
Christian workers. | can touch.
every part Of the church inside,
Of twenty.four hours.''
One more quotation from DR..
Matthews and we shall close:
Every time a minister gets
up to preach before q large con.
gregation he sounds the death
knell of some soul. II is q fear.
ful responsibility. A doubter
balanced on the edge is sure to
be present. It is the phychol-
ogical half hour for that man or
woman. Ii the minister is not
equal to the crisis, the person
ready to make the turn goes
away and may never again be in
the frame Of mind that he was
when he entered the church. Al
minister must be much in earn.
est. He can't if and may and
shall and walk uncertainty 10
the pulpit. He must be intense /
and filled with zeal and convic-
ton. And the Holy Ghost, cant
be expected to take any more
interest in q mechanical preach,
er takes in himself" !"
"A minister is also a citizen.
Seattle was filed with bad men
and women. The chief Of police
was a crook. Members of the
city government took bribes. Il
said all these things publicly,
wrote out q paper containing
nineteen counts, and took it to
the city council. There are
the facts" I declared. j went
aud hired William J.
Burns, the dective. The chief
Of police is in the penitentiary.
Seventeen ballot box suffers
either took to their heels or
went to jail. There isn't q
gambling room IN Seattle today;
nor q disorderly house. So far
as municipal graft is concerned,
Seattle is the cleanest city in
the United States" !"
-. -.----
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-05-23
Yeni, Yidi, Yici
The Nashville Boosters
Came, Saw and Were
I Seen, Heard and Were
Heard and Doubtless
Conquered Trade for the
CITY Of Opportunity

S~Ah - - - - - s1$FsSS
Conquered Trade for the
CITY of Opportunity
Last Tuesday afternoon at :4s
the Nashville Booster specia
train rolled up to Lexington sta,
tion on the Nashville, Ohatta'
nooga & st. Louis Railroad ex,
actly on the dot and were met
by alocal committee, headed By
Merchant A. W. Sweat, with
almost every. vehicle that could
be put into commission By re.
QUESTION at that time Of the
week and day. The Boosters
claimed to be one hundred
strong and when they came
seemed 80 numerous that no one
attempted to verify that mum.
Der. With haste the Boosters
were conducted to the public
square, where quite Q crowd Of
citizens, men, ladies, and chill
dren, awaited them. The vel,
come TO Lexington was extend
ed BY Mayor John +. Hall and
the response came most happily
from Booster General" Leland
Hume, who is best known to our
people in his connection with
the Cumberland Telephone Com.
pany. J. B. Cnmmins. Of the
Hermitage Nationsl Bank, Of
Nashville, was the next Booster
to elucidate and Lexington ans
wered him through Judge T. A.
Lancaster, who knows how to say
the right thing at the right time
At this juncture Mel. Scott, rep.
resenting the Henderson County
High School and in behalf OF the
Periclean Society, which was to
hold its annual debate on that
evening, in theO College Building,
extended to the Boosters an in
vitation to tarry with US and
hear the Periclean boys "'spute"
--an invitation which they were
forced to decline.
The next man on the hurried
program was Mr.. r. 81. @Brans.
ford, representing the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad, and we
must say for Mr.. Bransford that
no Booster can outboost him.,
He paid tribute to the character
and wonderful business acumen
of that man whom we all loved
the late President John W..
Thomas, Of the Nashville, Chat.
tanooga Railroad, who is sue.
cesded iu the Presidency Of the
company by his worthy son Of
the same name. Mr.. Bransford
spoke Of the march Of events and
made the comparison with one
Isl" who predicted that q Ger.
tain railroad would never be
built, and when it was built that
the train would stall before it
got over the hill. When the
train, on ito first trip, loaded
with human freight, 81 among
the number, did pull over the
hill, 81 calculated, "Here we
go and the Devil himself can't
stop us.''
Mr.. A. S. Combs, q compar.
atively new but enthusiastic
Nashville man next addressed
the crowd aud called attention
TO the fact that Lexington seem.
ed TO be practically and to all
best purposes proof against wind
both that Of March 18th and
that of the Boosters.,.
The, boosters save their Mr.. |
A. b. Meyer, IL. the L. jonas
Millinery Company, for the des-
sertl ia the feast Of reason and
Aow Of .soul.' Mr.. Meyer in
Sweet days gone bE" worked
this country with : pack on his
back and once upon . time was
escorted from . point east to the
<os,r 80 Tnv;rckcc ~ : nnr<t.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12

A large, clean marble boiled in milk
porridge, custards, sauces or stews
will automatically do the stirring
whilst the liquid cooks. Any chance
of burning is prevented, therefore the
WEAKNESS of constant stirring is avoid
ed and time is saved.
Time and labor are saved, if before
preparing vegetables you first sprea d
piece of brown paper on the table
The refuse and dirt can be rolled up
in the paper and burned, leaving the
table as clean as it was before.
If the alarm o'clock rings too loudly
for the peace of the household slip an
elastic band around the bell to dimfn-
ish the noise; the wider the band, the
stronger the suppression, and a, few
experiments will demonstrate just what
width is most desirable.
Dissolve one handful of salt in a
pint of vinegar and wash the stove
with this solution. Wipe dry with a
flannel cloth and put a few drops of
turpentine in the backing with which
you finish it off. This will put the
rustiest stove in good condition
Croutons for soup can be made easily
in a corn-popper- They will crisp in
a moment, and quantity may be
made at a time. Cut the bread into
squares of the desired size, place in
the long-handled pepper and thrust
into a glowing furnace.
yellow from long use, or from wearing
in the dust. put them to soak for about
i've days in buttermilk- Use a stone
jar or a wooden bucket for this pur-
pose At the end of that time rinse
thoroughly and boil in a light suds.
Before dyeing a garment mark each,
right-hand or 1eft-hand piece so there
Will be no uncertainty about which is
the right or wrong side after dyeing.
A thread fastened at one edge of each
piece and left an inch or two in length,
will answer the purpose.
If the baby is afraid of the water
and cries and screams when taking his
bath, buy several pretti1y colored cork
''bobbers, such as fishermen use
Throw these in the bathtub, and baby
will get so busy trying to catch them
that he will forget to be afraid of his
morning bath, and even learn to like
When washing cream wool or cotton
goods, instead of using blueing, try
putting the water in which a few on
ion skins have been boiled in the last
rinsing water, and you will be insured
of clear, bright cream, much differ
ent from the muddy color so often ex-
perienced when coffee is used for the
same purpose.
If at any time you find your lamp
well almost empty, and you realize to
your dismay that there is no oil in the
hOuS6,s Tep10u1S1 the Wen WIN wafer
The presence of the latter causes the
oil to rise to the top, thus enabling
the wick to be saturated thoroughly
with it,. You will be surprised to find
your light just as bright and as clear
as ever
cut them out in the old way, but take
the whole batch of dough, form it in
a long roll about an inch in diameter
and cut in one-piece slices with a sharp
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12
sPREADERs OF Discomfort.

(From the Duluth (Minn.) Herald-)
The medical world is stirred up now
and then by the discovery of persons
who are walking distributors of dis
ease germs. There was Typhoid
Mary for instance, who was shown
to be living incubator of typhoid
germs, though herself immune to the
disease, and who had to be Quaran-
tined to prevent her from spreading
typhoid wherever she went. That's a
serious problem, too; and it is for
tunate that such freaks are rare.
But there are other distributors for
whom no quarantine is available They
are distributors of the germs of dis
content and gloom. Not the whole
some discomfort which stirs up dis
satisfaction with that which is wrong
and works to make it right, but the
unreasoning discomfort of those who
do not know how to be happy them
selves and who hate to see others
happy.
You know the kind. Such people
have a dash of. cold water for every
enthusiasm, and a word of pesslmisn
to darken the brightest situation
They protrude their sour visages and
dark disposition wherever there is light
and cheer; and their company is like
drawing a cloud over a clear sky.
Unhappy themselves, whether for
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12
CLEAN JOURNALISM.

Senator, Works of California has re-
Gently distributed a copy of his
speech in the Senate his bill max
ing it unlawful to publish reports of
crimes and accidents in the District
of Columbia.
Mr.. Works, in the conclusion of his
speech, admitted the futility of his
proposed statute, by conceding that
the evils of which he com plains can
not be overcome by law. But while
one may well deny the desirability of
Mr.. Works main proposition, many of
his criticisms upon the modern news
paper are fair.
For instance, in deploring unwar-
ranted intrusion in private life, he re-
fers to the desecration of funerals
by persistent efforts of newspa permen
to get pictures of the mOurners, the
casket, and the bearers. Most news
paper people will concede that when
people are struggling with bereave-
ment, rem orseless kodak fends might
well leave them free to fight their own
inner battles.
The queer thing is that so many re-
spectacle people will buy newspapers
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12

that sanction such coarse impertiness
While the average man dep1ores in
trusion into his own affairs, he seems
to want the newspaper to intrude into
the affairs of his neighbors.
There is a very large section of the
public that resents scandal, intrusive
gossip, and revolving details of crime.
These people should let severely alone
the newspapers that bride servants,
listen at key holes and desecrate fun
erals. The majority of newspapers
are made by men of kindly hearts
Competition occasionally becomes so
fierce, particularly in metropolitan
daily Journalism, as to dull the sense
of decency, and consideration of pri-
vate rights. Men who normally would
have generous instincts, lose all sym
pathy in their cynical rush for
scoops" Don't buy this morbid pro-
duct, and it will cease to exist.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12
WARM PLACE TO WORK.

They were talking about the wonder
full sayings of the sons Of the Emerald
Isle at a Washington club recently
when Senator Townsend, Of Michigan.
resaI1ed an incident that happened in
Detroit.
Some time ago, the senator said a
party named Pat returned TO Detroit
after an absence that had extended
over several months. One Of the first
to meet him was his friend. Mike, VINO
naturally began to question him as to
where he had been.
.'Shure. Moike, an OF have been
down in Tixis,'' answered Pat, an it's
mesiIf thot's moighty glad to be back.
agin.'
Faith. an is that so?" replied Mike.
with a thoughtful expression An
what's the matter wild Texis2'
Everything is the matter wild IT,"
was the prompt response Of Pat
Down where OF worruked the ter
n,ometer marruked wan hundred an
sixteen degrays in the shade"
"Begorra, an PLAT Of thot Pat,
quickly rejoined Mike, they didn't
make yez worruk in the shade, did
they? ''-PhiladeIphia, Telegraph
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12
FADs AND FASHIONS

Sleeves are nearly all full length
Skunk collars are dyed two colors.
Snare costumes are made of bedford
cord
new fall costumes
Printed silks are a favorite material
for afternoon costumes.
There are many scarf trimmed hats
among the new models
New collars are green's, reds, copper,
ORANGE browns and violet.
Many of the hats are fiat, resem-
bling the plateau or mandarin hats.
Costumes of black satin are bright
ened by touches of crimson satin
The new MODES in fall coats and
costumes Mcguire very elaborate neck
wear.
The chic AParisienne has taken an
emazing' fancy to the short tunic eff
fects.
Serge is the tmateriaI of the moment
for street wear and office dresses.
For afternoon wear there is the long
white silk glove with an embroidered
Ebaek-
F'1ower-sprigged chaIlis and wolfe are
popular materials+for making one-piece
frocks-
The outline of the dress neck of the
present invariably runs to a ''V'' at
the front
Some afternoon gowns are cut so low
that they might almost serve for even
Bandeanx, arranged at the side or
across the back. tip the hats well over
the eyes.
Skirts of plain .zibeline cloth, velour
and mousseline are Iooped at back and
sides
The briI1iant-colored silk tricot jack
ct is having great success at the pres
ent moment
Evening gowns have novel front
trains passing between the feet and
trailing behind.
Lace used as inside revers is fem
inine touch which has been given to
some Naistcoa is.
The English girls sporting jacket is
either yellow, amber cherry, green,
blue rose.
4 stunning vest can be made of
striped satin or bengaline, with the
cords clearly defined.
The black-and-white skirts are par
ticularly smart to wear with white
blOuSeS for mornings
Many entire lace dresses are ffounced
with net, bordered with narrow bands
of fur
The newest draped skirts are raised
short in front and widen in folds to-
ward the hips.
One of the pretty new modes is the
blouse of ecru tulIe, with collars and
cuffs of black tuIIe.
Among new fabrics are many broche
1alnes, garnished with sequins and
gold or silver lace
For every kind of sport the brilliant
Ehued silk knitted or wool coat is a
charming and becoming style
Evening girdles are to be wide and
draped, and will be worn both below
and above the waist line
This years wedding gown should be
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12

| fashioned of plain or brocaded satin,
crepe de chine or charmeuse.
Fabric hats will be leaders in the
millinery world, the Ioveliest being of
velvet, MORE, taffeta, crepe or velour.
Taffeta will be used to trim the new
fall hats; many of the draped and mob
crowns are of this material.
Fashion dictates that the contour of
the head must be outlined No rats
and little false hair must he used.
The most distinctly Oriental note in
the newest frocks is the broad sash,
which is swathed around the figure.
The newest fall Jackets are cut away
quite sharply at the front and slope
away to a medium short length at the
back.
The decidedly new thing about coats
is the wide turnover collar, sometimes
running down into revers at the front.
The charms of the f1ounced skirt has
returned to favor, and many pretty
dresses show killed f1ouncings of tu11e
or lace.
A favorite fabric for afternoon dress
es is net in all weights and in many
com binatione- It is washable, cool, in
expensive and new.
Striped materials are very fashion
able, and a red-and-black striped chif-
fon Jacket is effectively combined with
a gray tussor silk skirt.
Some of the new skirts are s1ashed
to the knee over the right foot, where
DOW-knOt Of Dr11l1antS catches the
drapery in place.
Fashion seems to have swung around
again to the separate Jackets and sep
arate skirts, and the selection of con-
trasting colors must be harmonious.
Among the new fall colors are putty,
absinthe green, eggplant purple, Sew
res green, F'Iorentine red, scarab green,
mandarin yellow and oak-leaf brown
Close-htting hats, with outstanding
trimming, are as much in vogue as
ever. The trimming may be either
feather, fancy or loops of ribbon and
velvet in fantastic shape
Collarettes- of maribou are short
and wide and finished with a bow and
ends. They come in exquisite chin
chilIa mixture, a softly shaded gray
and a variety of new Parisienne
shades.
For the young girls there are smart
little frockE of serge, chiffon, broad
cloth, charmeuse and wool brocade.
Some of them have quaint little Elton
Jackets, opening over vests of softly
gathered net or chiffon.
A black or dark blue gown is bright
ened with the Arab sash, woven with
white lines OF somewhat crude shades
into a kind of gold tissue. 1t is knot
ted in front and falls a few centimeters
over the skirt towards the hem.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12
SHOOTING UP THE EDITOR.

Formerly the fiction about the neces-
sity of having a fighting editor was
in many parts of the country joke
The common practice, when you did
not like the political views of a news
paperman, was to demonstrate the SUI
periority of your convictions by lick
ing him with a whip still more To-
gicaIly, by perforating him with a re-
VOlVer.
While these robust manners have
been somewhat decadent of late, a re-
hinder of the old war days in jour
nahsm is furnished at Sulphur, Okla,
where J. Y. Schenck, editor of the Sui
phur Democrat, was shot and killed by
a politician, because he would not ''eat"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12

his words.
All these methods of conducting Do-
IiticaI argument are going out of ia
Yor even in localities where uucou-
ventional manners still prevail. It be-
gins to dawn on most politicians that
to win out they must have votes, TO
gain votes, they must, in the long run,
convince the reason Of a. majority OF
the people, Bullets and horse whips
never convinced brains.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12

good reason or no reason or just mat
ural cussedness,'' they resent the hap
piness of others and delight in dissi-
pating it if they can.
There is no quarantine for such dis
tributors of the germs of discomfort,
but there ought to be.
The only defense is the cultivation
of a cheerful spirit that will turn the
gloom of the pessirnist as readily as a
ducks feather turn water.