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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-07-03
ANY OLD STAMPS WILL
DO FOR PARCEL POST

After today no difference will ex
ist between parcel post and letter
stamps, according to an order re-
ceived at the postofffce from Wash.
ington. AS soon as the supply on
hand. about a thousand dollars
worth, is exhausted, no more will
be issued. Parcel post stamps may
be used on letters and letter stamps
on parcels.
The government made a special
issue of stamps f. parcel post N
order to keep track of the business
done. 1t is no .h1geE necessary to
do ttis.
change has also been made by
ihe roEtcffice authorities in the in
sprance Of packages. After today
packages fully prepaid may be in-
sryed against loss in an amount
equivalent TO fits actual value, hDt
not to exceed $25, on payment Of
q scent fee, and not to exceed $50
for q payment of q 10-cent fee. Here
tOfore the insurance fee for pack
ages has been q straight rate Of 10
cents for the actual value of the
up to $50. Parcels weigh
ng more than four ounces mast be
nailed at the office.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-07-03

Monument erected on Gettysburg
battlefield in memory of the First Min
nesota infrntry which made one of the
greatest charges In the history of
warfare and turned the tide Of battle
at a most critical point.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-07-03
TWO Automobiles Hit
BY Santa Fe Trains

fast. 1t was necessary to carry her
from the machine. DR.. Fanson wds
in the back seat and in the confu-
sion of the mr.ment was not aware
of how ae Nas injurei.
The force of the collision turned
the machine completely around, and
pushed II off the track. According
to DR.. Fanson the train gave no
warning of its approach, he mere
ly happened to glance up and down
the track from force OF habit. Mrs.
Paxson is confined to bed, and will
be for several days. Her condition
is not serious, barring possible in
ternal injuries.
A few hours after the Paxson ac-
cident the projecting side of a
freight car hit the front of Abe
Browns automobile, as he was turn
ing to drive in alongside the depot.
Neither Mrs. Reed, of Navarro, the
other occupant of the car, nor Mr..
Brown was hurt. The lights on
the front of the machine and the
radiator were bent.
Mr.. Brown was driving to meet
the passenger train. 1t was not en-
the track and he was unaware of
the switching freight train. He
started to turn, and seeing the train,
stopped. He was not on the track
but the edge of the car hit the very
front of the machine.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-07-03

AS a result OF collision between
( G. M. Parsons automobile and Santa
Fe passenger train No. 107 at the
Santa Fe crossing on Buckeye yes
terday morning Mrs. c. M. Paxson
received numerous painful bruises
and several scalp wounds, and DR..
w. o. Fanson sustained a broken
rib and was bruised about the head.
The other occupant of the machine,
c. M. Paxson, was unhurt, aside
from being severely shaken up and
bruised slightly. The machine was
wrecked.
Mr.. Paxson was driving south, and
had slowed up to cross the tracks
when DR.. Fanson saw the train ap-
preaching. He shouted a warning
to Mr.. Paxson who at once applied
the brakes with Tall his strength.
The engine was killed, but the ma
chine had sufficient momentum to
carry the front part of it onto the
tracks.
The train was too close to be
slowed down, and it struck the ma
chine near the front seats. The
seats telescoped, the top was broken
in and the front part of the machine,
lights, springs and radiators, we're
bent and twisted out of shape.
Mrs. Paxson was riding in the
front seat, and was caught between
the top bows and the seat and held
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-07-03
Advertised Mail.

For week ending June 80, 1913:
Letters: MIR. Foster Davis, Mil
lard Earnest, E. H. Engle, Miss
Catherine Grill, Mrs. L. A. Hultz,
H. P. Morris, Nicholas Strassburger.
w. A. MATTESON, p. NJ.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-07-03
TOPEKA PARTY ON THE
ROAD TO LOS ANGELES

L. L. Goodwin, v. NJ. Goodwin,
Frank Neely and Lee Hill passed
through Abilene this morning IN an
automobile en- route for Los Ange-
les. They are following the Gold
en- Belt from Topeka to Denver, and
say that 60 far as they have Travelled
# is in good condition.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-07-03
ABILENE WILL HAVE
RACES JULY FOURTH

Abilene won't be completely des-
titute of amusement on the Fourth
OF July. Matinee races are to be
held at the fair grounds in the af-
ternoon with 25 or more entries.
The horses come from over cen
trail Kansas, and are training here
for the circuits, which open soon.
some Of the best horses in Kansas
win be entered.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-07-03
GRANT TOWNSHIP BUILDING
CEMENT BRIDGES ON ROADS.

Grant township officers are i'm
proving the Golden Belt road east
Of town. Two small cement bridges
have been built q mile east Of the
city and the road is like q bOule-
ward. They expect to make tourists
remember Grant township for its
good roads.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-07-03
PROSPERITY FOR ONE is
PROSPERITY FOR ALL.
BY Holland.

II you are q farmer the
value of your farm depends
on the value OF the adjoining
farm, and the value of both
depends on the value of prop
erty in the nearest village or
town. Farms near prosper
Gus towns are always more
valuable than those near
dead or dying settlements.
And this is true without re-
gard to the fertility of the
soil.
The farmer depends on the
town just as the town de-
pends for prosperity on the
farmer. Their destinies are
interlinked; their iVterests
are common. What hurts
one hurts the other. Poor
crops will affect the city res
ident who does not even raise
radishes, and depressed bust
ness affairs effect the farmer
who depends on soil, weather
and muscle for his living.
Money sent to mail order
houses helps to turn thriving
towns into dead hamlets. 1t
thereby depreciates the val
ue of farm land. 1t decreases
the population of the towns
that most directly use the
products of the farm. 1t low
ers the price for butter and
eggs, for chickens and for
fruits and vegetables.
So, Mr.. Farmer, II you deal
with a mail order house in a
distant city you are taking a
course that takes from the
value of your farm, that rem
ders 1t less desirable as a
place of residence and less
productive Of profit. You
can't follow a system that
Injuries your neighbors with
out being compelled to shout
der some Of the expense
yourself. Take the safer
course and
SPEND YOUR MONEY
WHERE YOU Make 1T.
: 4 & & 4 q 4 4 4 AA q
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-07-03
MARKET DAY A SUCCESS
G020 TAKEN IN AT SALE

The market day sale Saturday
disposed Of s626 worth Of property.
This is larger than the last sale,
and a remarkably good showing for
this season Of the year, when farm
ers are busy In their fields. Mer-
chants report q lively trade 81 day.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-07-03

Monument erected on the battlefield
Of Gettysburg to the Seventy-second
Pennsylvania infantry, which occupied
the Stone Wall and assisted In repuls
Ing the Confederate forces at Bloody
Angle.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15

On Tuesday morning of this
week, Judge Claude Waller,
General Counsel for the Nash
vile, Chattanooga u st. Louis
Railway, made the proposition
that the NJ, Q. d st. L, Ry., and
he thought the other roads would
do the same, would put on the
II cent passenger rate, pending
the settlement Of the Alabama
case by the Supreme court OF the
United States, and, in the mean.
time. pay all outstanding cou.
pons. Judge Waller said that he
made the proposition to the
Railroad Com mission in order to
avoid all litigation on the part
of the State and the railroads.
The Commission took Judge
Waller's proposition under ad.
yisement.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15

Justice Gerard, who was a JUS.
tice of the Supreme court of
New York. and has been appoint.
ed American ambassador to Ger
many, fortunately has the coin to
pay more house rent than the to-
tai Of his salary--the rent &c.,
600 per year and the salary ST.
500. Justice Gerard married a
daughter Of Marcus DAILY, the
copper king, and the matter Of
house rent is and that does not
worry him. Gerard has a sister
in.law who married q German
count and with the money to
sustain such high connection
there is no reason why he should
be persona non grata to the Ger.
man Kaiser and government.
The place offs diplomat 10 the
job Of a rich man--and Justice
Gerard was diplomatic enough
to get fich--by marrying Miss
DAILY.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15

Bob Harper, aged o5 years,
shot and killed Albert Monroe,
aged, 81, in Sumner county last
Saturday afternoon. Monroe
persisted in hunting on Harper's
land after the latter had made
objection to Monroe hunting on
the land on Thursday, but on the
afternoon of the killing Monroe
appeared again With a gun and
Harper claims, shot at him twice
before going to the house, and
standing in the doorway, Har-
per fired the two fatal shots.
Both left families
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15
Double Murder.
Attorneys w. S. and Eiar-
nv Coulter, Father and
Son, Shot Down In Cold
Blood at Trenton.

Trenton, the county site of
Gibson county, was the scene Of
cold,blooded double murder,
when at 8 80 O'Clock p. M, Mon.
day, at the Mobile & Ohio depot,
]. A. Afford, prominent citizen
Of Rutherford, shot aud killed
Hon. W. s. and Harry Coulter,
father and son, both lawyers Of
Dyer, when the victims were IN.
armed and just boarding train.
Afford was armed with two auto.
matte pistols, and fred seven
shots, five of which took effect
in the bodies of the two men who
were killed instantly. Afford
not content with shooting down
the men, shot into their bodies
after they were down and the
elder dead.
No explanation was at first
given except that Afford was
aggrieved on account Of alleged
relations with his wife, who has
been for several months an in
mate Of the Bolivar Hospital for
F, the insane. Both the Coulters
and Afford are spoken of as
among the prominent people of
Gibson county, Afford being a
son.in:law Of W. P. Elrod, a
wealthy banker at Rutherford.
Unless there is too much I'm
written Law behind the scehss,
lit looks now like Gibson may
send a man to Nashville for cleo.
trocution or hanging.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15

There has been organized in
the little city of Paris, a new
coal and ice company, with $780,.
900 capital stock, which is to be
let out among the people of Paris
first, in shares of $50 90 each and
not over four shares to be sold to
any one person. The manner in
which the company is organized
and its stock sold, insures it's
success.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15

~
There is a considerable ex.
pectation among the people that
the Supreme Court will be unani-
nous in declaring no quorum
present in the Legislature when
amendment to the election law
was passed by the House. Not
even,the Regulars look for de-
cision in their favor, based on
feet, but some Of them are in
dulging the. hope that for some
trumped up or far.fetched reason
the court may decide 10 favor of
the desire Of the rule or rpin
element.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15

DR., A. l.. Soresi, New York
surgeon, who is just returning
to this country from Europe,
says thstsSithin month after
he reaches New York he will be
able to prove. by actual demon.
stration, that it is possible to
graft new limbs on human be-
ings and that he has alresdy sue
cessfully. put new Jews on dogs
legs tranferred from. another an
imAl, The doctor say that Of
cnnrse, the human limbs to be
tranferred will have to be OBJ.
tanned from the bodies of persons
who hare just suffered death
from accident or by electrocu-
tion, AZ it. would certainly be
ditficultto purchase them from
persons who had further use for
them. The TRANSMISSION of blood
referred to BY the same doctor
who read q paper on the subject
before the International Medical
Congress, does not strike US as
being 80 wonderful or new, for
we remember an account pub.
lished more than twenty. five
years ago, in which a man whose
life had been saved by the trans
fusion Of the blood Of a goat, got
down onhiia hunkers and tried to
nibble the Apwurs on the carpet
in the church aisle and followed
that prank b, butting his moth
er.in.lsw out Of the house Of
worship, TRANSMISSION Of blood
is as old yasathe motherin law
uap. IS s~
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15

Senator Owen, of Oklahoma,
stated several days ago that he
favored the demands pfsthe bank
ing interests for modification
ofthe reserve feature Of the cur.
rency bill, which Is to reduce
from Is to IL per cent. the re-.
serves required of country banks
and from 20 to Is the, reserves
required Of city banks In reserve
cities. Even q twelve per cent.
reserve 10 country banks would
represent 0 lot of idle money.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15

By explosion of the boiler of
the Majors sawmill, near Olarks-
vile, Texas, last Saturday, morn
ing, five men were killed and
the remaining two who were> at
work at the mill at the time,
were 80 injured that they were
unable to talk for some time. O..
j. Majors, the owner, who with
his son, George was killed, was
a wealthy Northern man who
went to Texas from Penneylvan-
ia about two years ago..
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15

1t will be a grand and glorious
day when Tennessee follows the
example Of Mississippi and be.
gins to put behind the stone
walls and steel bars Of the state
prison, the grafters who have
been robbing the people of their
hard earned money-but so long
as whisky, notification of law
and the withdrawing Of alleged
grafters shall control the law
making body Of the State, there
is little hope of the population
of the pen being increased as it
should from that source.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15
George Rutledge, of Mulberry,

George Rutledge, of Mulberry,
Lincoln county, severed q vein
while scnttling last week and
very serious results are feared.
He and his antagonist were hav.
ing friendly bout, when they
fell against a window, breaking
the glass. A Jagged piece Of
glass pierced Mr.. Rutledge's
arm, cutting large vein. Only
prompt assistance prevented his
bleeding to death at the time.
His condition is very serious, as
there are symptoms Of blood
poison.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15
A lawyer in court can bring q

A lawyer in court can bring a
mans character into question,
denounce him as q liar, a thief
and a scoundrel, and the first
time they meet the lawyer is
greeted with q pleasant Hello,
Squire" by the man who was so
severely dashed by singing
words. An editor can cali a
man a liar, and prove IL, and the
poor editor 10 carted off to his
last resting place and the com
munity extends sympathy to
the loved ones left behind. This
is another fact that cannot be
reasoned out. --Lauderdale Coun.
ty Enterprise.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15
The NC. M. S.

The Henderson County Medi-
cal Society met Tuesday, August
IL, 1918, in the Secretary's office.
The meeting was called to order
by President DR.. G, E. Bolen,
minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved, after
which the Society took up regu.
lar routine Of business.
DR.. R. H. Milan read a paper
on the Everyday Doctor which
was one of the best papers that
we have had before the society
at all and was discussed by all
members present, This was a
very enthusiastic meeting.
DR., Keeton made q motion
seconded by Dr.. Davidson, that
the President appoint commit
tee of three to draft resolutions
on behalf Of the Society asking
Judge Barham to charge the Law
on Counter Prescribing by Drug.
gist, and others, as well as the
Treating of cases by people not
having License to Practice Medi-
cine in the State of Tennessee,
as much Of this work is being
done and is a much greater evil
than the much Wanted bootleg.
ging that we hear so much about.
DR.. W. l. Howell will read a
paper at. our next meeting and
DR.. Johnston's paper will be
carried over as he could not be
with us at the last meeting.
Doctors present were Wyly,
Keeton, Milan, Bolen, David
son, Arnold, Watson, Howard
and Parker. There being no
further business the society ad-
journed to meet in regular session
in September.
Samuel T. Parker, Sec'y.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15

The little town and postoffice
of "Puryear- peryear" in Henry
county is'tFyingih get its name
spelled 10 one #ay only. The
Postoftice, Department or the
party who sept 10, the name to
Washington made the mistake
by putting an "e" instead Of
20" in the first syllable and the
department ought to make the
correction. As it now stands
the Nashville, Chattanooga & St.
Louis Railway station is "Pur-
year and the postofice Per
year n lfsindividuals were az
tiurs1 Eehe postoffics depart
ment auaeffort to correct errore
would be abandoned.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15
Postmaster 8 Primary.

Ex.Postmaster Moss wants to
know when We Democrats are
going to hold that primary for
postmaster Looks as If we
were not going to have any, Mr..
Noes. g01eIessman Slime has
decided tbAtthe people Of Jack,
son haven't got sense enough to
select their postmaster and that
he will have to select him for
them. And most of the candi.
dates seem to5think they wonld
have q betterschance with Mr..
Sims than with the people. To
make four applicants imagine
they haVexan equal chance for
tRg j6 issA modern exhibition
Of Mr. + acing-F Four Ways" on
the partyour distinguished con-
gressman -Jacksonian.
If thes Jacksonian had any
sense whatever Of decency, truth
or flair play, the above would
not hare appeared 10 its columns.
Nobody knows better than does
the editofef the Jacksonisn that
Congressional Sims has not got
the right to order 9 primary for
postmaster and that he could not
insure the appointment OF the
winner were primary held.
The Jackson postSffice is a Presf-
Dental appointment and Mr..
Sims can do nothing but advise
the president--fron the stand-
point Of the member Of Congress,
what ever that may be. II the
Democrats Of Jackson had any
backbone or knew their own
minds, they would already have
held primary, with run-off pro-
vision, and put the matter in
that shape up to Mr.. Slime, who
can every. time be counted on to
90 the right thing as he sees it,
The Jacksonian is doubtless in
spired tostry to nag Congressman
Sims, in season and out, and
when the appropriate time comes
Ito those who dictate the actions
and utterances Of the Jacksonian
that paper will advocate the
nomination OF some fellow whose
principal recommendation viii
be his ability to draw and spend
the salary of q congressman.
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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15

China is the only market for
Ginseng and to the Celestial En-
pire there is shipped about SO, 900
pounds year, worth about a
million dollars. 1t is said that
seven hundred acres of the ma.
tured plant, or allowed to grow
seven years, would supply the
demand. The amount exported
last year was $4,000 pounds,
valued at 1880 per pound.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15

John Bull refuses to have any.
thing to do with the Panama Ex,
position in San Francisco, Cali
fofuia. So will thousands Of
American citizens who have at
ten ded all other great exposi-
tions. The Panama Exposition
10, San Francisco is the result Of
one of Taft's mean tricks.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15

The Tri.StAte Fair will formal.
~ open at Memphis on Sunday
September 2l. Sunday amounts
to little ID Memphis beyond the
fact that no bill has yet been in,
troduced in the General Assem-
bly, to change the name Of that
day to one more appropriate to
the mahher in which it is OBJ
served in the Sodom of the
South.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15
Talk about having an Vi

Talk about having an iron
clad. understanding before the
independents and Republicans
meet with the so.called regulars
again in regular session Of the
Legislature. What sort Of "nn-
Outstanding" with advocates Of
whisky, whitewashers Of graft
and upholders of anarchy could
be counted worth a cent?
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15
To Mammoth Cave
August 9th.

Round trip, railroad fare $500.
Board at Gave Hotel including
the several routes In the Gave
for $3.50. Making total cost for
three days trip $l0.40. going on
regular train. Humboldt 3 1873 p.
m. Milan 3 $50 p. nj. Mckenzie
4:4b p. m. Paris 5:l5 p. m.
Limit on tickets 10 days. Write
or phone l.. d N. Agent.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15

All songs and plays under such
titles as Dear Old Tennessee"
ought to be suppressed until all
such gangs as that now running
the "rump" Legislature have
been run out of the politics Of
the commonwealth--along with
the gambling houses and unlaw.
full saloons.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15

George Parrish was tried at
HartsvilIe last week for the kill
ing Of Hon. Ed. Foust with the
result of a divided jury which
could not come to agreement.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15

A body taken from the Gum
berland river, at Nashville, last
Sunday morning, was that of j.
Randall johnson, assistant cash.
Ter Of the First and Fourth Ma.
tional Bank. The cause of his
death is a mystery.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15

Mayor Crump has entered the
lists to get lower passenger rates
from the railroads for Tennessee.
We trust the mayor will stick to
his campaign. as it lie a worthy
one. We hope be will not aban.
don the issue at a critical time,
as he did with regard to the
back'tAx system. Chattanooga
News.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-08-15
Suppose it were Canada In
stead Of Mexico-what then9

The evils that disgrace com
muhity owe their existence and
continuance to the so.called
GOOD people, who could Danish
them if they would.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-12
RAILWAY INQUIRY
TO BEGIN TODAY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

terday. asserts. with figures to support
the contention, that the surplus OF s., 1,707, =
600 claimed for the Washington Railway
and Electric Company dwindles to less
than one-third OF that amount when a
proper valuation is placed gpon the items
Involved.
The report asserts that the books show
that only $4,000 in reality has been set
aside in the last ten years to meet depre-
citation upon a property upon which a
valuation of 5000. 900 is placed. The re-
port claims that something over s4oo. 900
Of capital has been transferred to a So
called depreciation reserve, this capital
TO the public. An official Of the COM
had been sold to the public and bought
back in the open market by the COM
pany, the money for that purpose sup
posedly coming from surplus-thus max
ing the depreciation reserve still charge
against capital instead OF operating ex-
penses.
Referring to the action OF the board
of directors in setting aside these bonds
as a depreciation reserve, the report
made by Mr.. Williams states that while
the action might have been expedient, the
Commission should not approve the sale
and use for such a purpose because 1t
defeats the fundamental object Of a de-
probation account: viz: to provide that
the operations instead of capital obiiga-
tions shall pay the depreciation Of prop
erty. This conclusion, says the report.
would result in wiping out that amount
now carried as q part OF the surplus.