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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-08-29

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COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE-ss.
In the Circuit Court OF Lafayette
County, Missouri, October Term, 1913, at
Lexington. In Vacation August 18th, 1913.
Irene Miller and Robert L. Edmondson-
Plaintiffs,
Mamie Kimberly, Emma Bledsoe, Ar
temesia Williamson, Maria George, AL
bert Babbitt. Cora Rabbit, Godfrey Bah
bit, Alice shauter Thelma Waters, a
Charles l. Edmondson, a minor, Ray
mond ~Edmondson, a minor, Charles
Thomas, a minor, and Lafayette County,
Observation-Disclosures.
Now at this day come the plaintiffs
herein by their attorney and file their
Pctitioni alleging, among other things,
that Defendants Mamie Kimberly, Ar
temesia Williamson, Charles Thomas,
Albert Rabbit, Cora Rabbit, Godfrey
Rabbit, Thelma Waters, and Alice
Shafer are non residents OF the State OF
State in the manner prescribed in Chapt-
er Twenty One ed OF the Revised Statu-
ties OF the State Of Missouri Tor 1863.
Whereupon it is Ordered by the Clerk
OF Said Court in vacation as 10 lows; To
the said defendants, Mamie Kimberly,
Artemesia Williamson, Charles Thomas,
Albert Babbitt, Cora Babbitt, Godfrey
Babbitt, Thelma Waters and Alice Shafer,
lOu are uGitu9 HbAlllfu ludl Nut pam
tits have commenced a suit against you
in this court, the object and general ma
ture OF which is to. obtain a decree Of this
court for the partition and sale OF the
following described real estate situate in
Lafayette County Missouri, owned by the
parties hereto as heirs at law OF Rob
ert w Edmondson, deceased, towit- The
north west quarter OF the south west
quarter, and the north hall Of the south
west quarter OF the south vest quarter.
and the north west quarter OF the south
east quarter OF the south west quarter,
and all that part OF the north east quarter
Of the south west quarter, lying west Of
the old Missionary Road, all in section
eighteen as, Township forty-eight ,iS)
range twenty-elght 2sl, containing one
less; and that unless YOU, the said deien-
dants, Mamie Kimberly, Artemesia
Williamson, Charles Thomas, Albert
Babbitt, Cora Babbitt, Godfrey Rabbit,
Tbelma Waters and Alice Schafer be and
appear at this Court, at the next term
thereof, to be begun and holden at the
Court House in the City OF Lexington, in
said County, on the 18th day OF October
1913 next, and on or before the first day
OF said term, answer or plead to the Petit
ton in said cause, the same will be taken
as confessed, and Judgment Will be rem
dered accordingly.
And il is Further Ordered, that a copy
hereof be published, according to law in
che LEXINGTON lNTELLIGENCER a news
paper published in said county OF Lafay-
cite Tor o u weeks successfully, publish
ed at least once a week, the last insertion
to be at least fifteen days before the first
day OF said next October Term 1913 OF this
Court.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-08-29

If you want some cleaning or
pressing done in a hurry and
want it done right-telephone
l30-the wagon will be right
out, and the work back in time.
Crawford Dry Cleaning De-
partment, 724 Main.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-30
A MYSTERIOUS GET AWAY.

The escape of Portland Ned"
the convict paroied by Governor
Blease is creating a lot of com
ment from all sources. The
Governor communicated with
the United States authorities
before the prisoner Was allowed
to leave the penltentlary. and
they informed him there were
no charges against the man. but
it seems after he Was paroled
a warrant was issued by the
commissioner, and while the
officer deputiz-d to execute it
was waiting for the man to leave
the Governors Office he escaped
leaving the officer in the lurch.
The blame for this prisoner get.
ting away will be charged up to
the Governor, even though he
did all that could be done to aS
certain whether OF not the Fed
eral government wanted him, and
after It's officers SAID they had
nothing against him there was
nothing for the Governor to
hold him for after he had grant
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-30

Petitions are in circulation
in Sumter county for the re
establishment of the dispensary.
and in Tuesdays Item there IS !
strong editorial rather enc >ur-
aging the movement. Shoul1
Sumter vote back the disp ensary
1t will place CIarend m in an
awk .rd fix dnanci lily. The trade
movem.ut from this cnurty to
Sumter is already l.rg... bat If
the dispensary is established
there many vino do not now 90
to that city will g then.
The Sumter Item heretofore
leaned t,w .rds prohlo'tion, but
its utterances in yesterdays
is>u.. W ,uId leld the reader to
beIieve that it has given up all
hope of having practical proh'
bition uud.r existing State and
F .deral laws, and therefore
would welcu,ne the return Of Il
iegalized sale of liquor. Ths out
cone IN Sumter will BE- watched
with a grest d al of interest in
this COUNTY, and in the event
that the svstam is 'eSta DIished
thu question is, will it 1t, from
a business view, force Clarendon
to ask for 1t also?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-30
cted in behalf of the cotton

acted in behalf of the cotton
grower.
| have introduced and am
pushing my bill looking to the
exchanges. This is the same bill
tn 1t came so near passing last
session. This bill provides that
in each and every contract for
the future delivery of cotton the
grade or GRADS contracted for
Shall be specifically named in
the contract AMI such grade or
grades as are named shall be ac-
cording to government standard
iz .tion. This will legalize the
standardized grades in interstate
com merce and give the sanction
of law to the use of the standard
grades in every State. For the
interest of the farmers, l should
be delighted for you to en-
phasize the facts herein con-
tainei.
Very sincerely 20 ur friend,
Il. .. smith.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-30
SUMTER, S. c.,

not do better than to invite ex-
Governor John c.. Shepperd to
assume the judicial robe; we
know of no man in the State
who is better qualified in every
way to follow and take up the
work of the scholarly Woods.
Governor Shepperd on the bench
would bring confidence to that
department of our government,
and it would also be a recogni
tion of a long deferred merit.
Those of Us who are old enough
to remember the trying davs OF
long ago. cannot forget the
great service John G. Shepperd
rendered this State, and, al.
though he has not been reward
ed, but others have received
recognition who bore no bur
den, he has uneomplaininsly con
tented himself with giving to
the State such service as be
could; we feel the opportunity
is at hand for the general as
sembly TO rise up against fac
tional and political differences,
and too, personal aspirations, TO
do Justice to a patriot,-a scholar,
and a profound lawyer, by plac
ing the judicial ermine upon the
shoulders of John G. Shepperd
Of Edge6eld.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-30

If Mr.. Whaley adopts the to the
victor belongs-the Spoils, system
men who supported Mr.. Hughes
in the recent contest will have
to wait until some other day for
preferment.
The WATERFORD postmaster
ship has also become a bone Of
contentien. Mr.. P M. Murray
had been recommended for this
position by the late Congressman
George S. Legare, and was also
endorsed by Senator Tiliman,
but after Mr.. WhaIev was noml-
mated he went to Washington and
had this appointment held up
Monday MesSr>. P"dgett and
Mo re appeared in Washington
TO urge the appointment Of Mr..
Murray, while Solicitor Peurifor
opposed the appointment. Sena-
tor TiIlman said he had endors
ed Mr.. Murray and Saw no reas-
on whv be should change his
position now. Thus it is with d
newly elected Congressman, If
h.. made camp .isu promises to
his friends he is anxious to Carry
them out. but in this c Use the ap-
polnt,ueut for the Walterboro
posnhice Was recommended oy
Mr.. Wn,lley's predecessor, there
fore be can be relieved from any
embarrassment by letting hi S
predecessors recommendation
stand.
The Job of Congressman is not
d bed of roses when the party he
is a member of is in power, be-
cause, those who legged it for
him expect to be rewarded and
there are not enough offices to
go arouud. some Of his friends
must chew the cud of dlsappoint'
ment, and when he again becoul-
es candidate they will not be
as enthusiastic for his re cleo
tion. H. is bound to ALLEVIATE
some OF his supporters matters
not who gets the plum, especial
ly, if he, in the eagerness of his
election, was liberal with his tao
it promises.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-30

The situation in California is
so serious that Secretary of State
Bryan felt called upon to go in
person to discuss the Legislation
contemplated by the legislature.
Mr.. Bryan arranged for a
conference with Governor John
son in order to lay before him
the international complication
that antagonistic Legislation may
bring on, and if California per.
sists in adopting laws which will
prevent the Japanese from own
ing lands in that State treaty ob
legations will be violated aud it
will be a sword which may cut
both ways, at any rate, the ma
tional administration is greatly
concerned about the matter. If
California alone was affected it
would not be so serious, but as
we understand the proposition,
the whole Pacific coast is involv
I'd, and antagonistic laws NAV
bring on a relation with the Jap
anese government that will force
other foreign governments to
become involved.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-30
A Watch. a String and an AImanse.

SuplN,Se rnn wrrt III an open boat
on the ore;:n with a 'i:',i:',.:'' almanac.
piece OF S,rin2 and = W@'ra 80 a!t
run down and were ,.atjr-!y -:;l-aTIas
of your wherea bout: ;;uH. .'o1:c va
find ont where you ST:'.s:
The question ma gHE:;- -o:t. "-i
don't put forward ~: @i.>E~E 4. 1:iiy
as the following rel.... - - ~-."-.-.l-i
as to how man. times you ran sub
tract 10 from l.WW.NU- las often as
you like
But to return to the bout. the watch.
the Strin. and the almanac set the
watch going With the piece " string
measure al arms length the distanre
betweeu the sun and the horizon and
ascertain its ratio 70 the length Of the
arms This will give the suns attitude
at various times by the watch. and the
latitude and unlnent OF noon ran be
found approximately In the same way
New York Sun
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-30
TRousIE BEGINS EARLY.

Phe South Carolina Senators
are being urged by the friends
of the several candidates for the
position of Collector of the Port
of Charleston to recommend their
favorites for the place. Mr.. W.
J. Storen had been endorsed by
them but after the election Of
Mr.. Whaley there has been a
hitch to the extent that Storen's
name was temporarily with
drawn. It seems from what we
can gather from the newspapers
that the position is regarded by
Mr. Whaley's friends as local in
it's character, and that he is en-
titled to name the Collector.
Heretofore this place has been
left for the Senators to reco-
mmend but what the administra
ticn's policy is with regard to an
Office of this kind has not yet
been determined, should it be
decided that the Collectorship is
local there is no doubt but that
the Congressman will have the
naming Of the man, but on the
other hand if it is decided to be
of State wide Importance IN e
Senators will IN all probability
be the ones the administration
will look to for guidance. We
presume the only objection Mr..
Whaley has to the appointment
of Mr.. Storen is that he was not
one of his supporters, and as this
is day for the successful candi
date to look out for those who
voted for him, Whaley will prob
ably want to give this plum to
one of his friends. So far as the
rest of the State is concerned it
makes but little difference who
is put in charge of the big house
on East Bay, because the interior
of the State has very little bust
ness In that building, however,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-30
RaY ser sas. ,oHs c. saEaPEsp.

The appointment of Justice G,
A. Woods to the circuit federal
bench by President Wilson, is
indeed gratifying to the people
of South Carolina, and else
whereswhere that great lawyer
and scholar is known, it is a
recognition of merit. This ele-
walton to the federal bench
which is a life appointment
neeessitates a vacancy upon our
State supreme bench, and it be.
hooves the members of the gen
eral assembly to look about them
to find a man who can measure up
equally with the man who Is about
to leave it. We have in mind a
gentleman who we should be
delighted to see elevated to this
exalted place, but inasmuch as
there is already a member of the
supreme court from the same
county it would be next to use
less to urge him to offer, as the
custom has always been to elect
LAWYERS from different sections
of the State. Judge r. o. Purdy
of Sumter is our ideal of a man
to go on the supreme bench, but
as there is one from Sumter on
the bench it is not likely that he
would permit the use of his
name under the circumstances.
In filing this place the Gov
ernor has announced that he
has no authority to nominate a
nam for the position, the con-
ststution makes no provision for
suca q vacancy in the event
Judge Woods accepts the ap-
pointment from the President,
therefore it will be up to the
members of the general assem-
bly, to:6ll the vacancy.
There should not be any poll.
ties allowed to creep into max.
ing q selection from the many
members of the Bar, the man
should be chosen entirely from
the standpoint Of efficiency. Re
should be q man of judicial tenn
perment, and one known to bs
well learned in the law. To oul
mind, the general assembly coule
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-30
COTTON SMITH On HIS JOB.

Senator E. D. Smith is h.trd
at work in an effort to Interest
the government for the cot on
growers, and has had already
mad bill passed providing for
the testing of cott N grades to
determine their value one to the
other, this bill carries with it an
appropriation to defray the ex-
pense, and he has ais introduced
a DILL ito regulate trading in cot
ton future and provide for the
standard z.i5ion Of up land and
gulf cottons separately" With
regard to these measures W:
have a letter in reply to one We
wrote him, be says:
United States Senate,
Committee on immigration.
April 25, 1918.
Hon. Louis Appelt,
Editor Manning Times,
Manning: S. G.
Dear Applet:
By the way, I think the pro
vision that I nave b ID PASSED in
testing all the grad IS OF cotton
to determine their relative value
each to the other, is of vastly
~ ,re Importance t,au our pt
pers have ,e,ned appreciate.
As you know, I have had passed
It provision With an appreciate
sufficient +, defrAy all EXPENSES.
to test the tensIb;e strength.
that is, the y4rn-mAking q lallty
of each and every Crude Of cot
ton; t. bleach every grade.
whether in the form Of yarn or
cloth. in order to determine the
cost and result Of tn. bleaching;
to c ,refuiIy estim tie tle an ,unI
OF W tste in each grad in ;ldent
to converting it into warn aud
cloth; to estimate Carefully the
value Of this Waste. NV this
will give the flrmer the requls-
ite knowledge from al imp trtlal
official source of the real com.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-30
HoI. Wars by MoeIon,a.

There mas been no universal war BY
MosIems ON unhelievers since the
early days OF Mohammedanism 1t
has been supposed that only the ca
Iiph. an office now claimed By the sui
tanS Of Turkey. eau order general
var or tihad. but as the Pefaaus and
the Moors. who are Mohammedans. do
not acknowledge the spiritual authori.
ty of the Ottoman sultan and hook to
their own rulers for their cue IN such
case. 1t il not at all likely that there
will ever again be jihad Holy wars
have been proclaimed By the naahdis.
as WAS the ease In the Sudan In 1882,
when Chinese" Gordon was murdered
at Khartunl. but there has been no gen
erul war between the followers Of the
prophet and the intidei dogs since the
early times when Mohamned was
establishing his power. ~Arsonaut
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-30

ed the man his freedom. The
only question is, was the Gov
ernor justified in paroling this
notorious character? ''Portland
Ned" belonged to a gang OF
safe crackers that h I'd committed
depredations IN this and other
States, for which he served d
number of years in the Atlanta
penitentlary. but after having
served d federal sentence he Was
brought TO South Carolina and
again tried for the same ofense
and sentenced to the South Car
olina penitentiary, after serving
a large part Of this sentence
upon a strong petition from
SpartAnturg the Governor de-
cided he had been sufficiently
punished and therefore paroled
him giving him a chance to carry
out his promise to lead a better
life.
It doeS seem to US that If
there We're o.her charges against
this man, those VINO had them IN
their chArge We're dereIict In
their duty in not informing the
State authorities, 50 they could
have prevented his getting out
of the penitentiary even though
tie Governor was of the opinion
the punishment was sufficient for
which the prisoner was serving
sentence. Had they done this
We doubt if he would have
been paroled.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-30

The grape juice dinner given
by Secretary Bryan to the dip
lomatic corps has been the sub
iect of considerable newspaper
Jest, and also the subject Of Sc
rious endorsement bv the Wo
mans Christian Temperance
Union. Bryan has always been
a white ribboner and his not
serving wine to his foreign guests
was not surprising, however, we
think there is much ado about
nothing with this whole affair.
If Mr.. Bryan saw fit to entertain
his guests with grape juice 1t
was his affair. or if he had fur
nished them with red lemonade
nobody else need be concerned;
we presume the guests could hnd
drinkables to their liking even if
they had to wait until they reach
ed home, or their clubs.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-30

mercial value Of every grade OF
cotton. AS you know, b'th the
expert and domestic buyers have
made d difference between mid.
ding ami the lower grades Of
anywhere from $50 t. Sl5 per
b lie. The producer had no Way
of knowing whether this was
right. just or not. He had to
take the word Of the trade. BY
virtue of this provlsioa of mile.
be will be furnished a bulletin
giving full knowledge of all
these facts, SO that wher he
cnm IS to market be will | N
form ID, h.. will know the value
OF every grade in reference to
It's manufacturing value. We
have had the grades standard
lzeI and I have begun d cam
palgn to have every Shipping
p,,int where there is a sworn
we CHER or any competent OH.
cial that may take charge Of
these samples a full set Of the
sta ID ,rdizei < a:ies given them
NV you Can readily see tnat
ii II tile k low edgs fu:n shed oy
tile provision which Is already
law. as to the value OF each
grade, that If each shipping polut
is furuisne1 with a set Of samples
the farmer Is equipped to tuor
ougnly protect himself FROM be
ing ouncoed or dec.lvei as to
what grade his cotton IS and-the
value of that grade. To put IL
III It's political form, with these
TWO provisions enacted lnto law,
when a farmer CONS to ma'ket
aud cot III buyer samples hts
cotton a set Of 'stIndArd'z "a
s4mpies being On hand, all the
farmer has to do Is just TO Com
pare his sample with the grades
furnisnel by the government
and Can determine W.lat his
grade Is When he tds deter
mined what tile grade IS oy re-
ference to the government test
as to the value of tue grade as
com Jared with each Other or
with mIddliug. he can determine
what Is the value OF the grade,
that his particular oIle Of cotton
Is.
AS an illustration, suppose the
market qu >taJIon for 'niid'ln5
is - c.nGs and the particular
pale tile farm r. has for sale Is
low MI ling. Suppose the
ouyer off RS MIN / hlrf or three
Quarters IF a cellt less for this
low mlIduus btle th III The 9 40
ttUion f,r m'id'ln5. Slplose tne
farmer oy reference t, MS bal
letin hnis tnLt, co'dtn5 r)
government test, l,W milling
for mtIuflcturiIs parp ,Sei IS
as valuable as mid l.luy. With
this kl5wleig. he caa de'nan 1
the sa ne p.rce for his low mid
ding a, ne does for mlddliug
and it W,ui be up to him
WI tn ~ be- will TAKE less or de
lna:ld The sAne. In d word, he
Will be IN p )Sses>ion of all the
kuo wledg . Available 10 The n;ll
IN I'll aud buyer aud eau govern
accordingly.
III nv opinion this is the most
Legislation ever en-.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-30

Secretary Daniels visit to
Charleston has been so arranged
that he will not be in that city
long enough to be entertained
as those people would like. He
arrives on Sunday and leaves
Monday, which will prevent the
giving of banquet or smoker
in his honor. The Secretary Of
the Navy does not know what he
is gong to miss by his present
schedule. He had better change
it so as to keep the grape juice"
from souring.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-30

There is spirit of harmony ex
iSting among the Dem);rats at
Washington which to our mind
means tn 1t the party will carry
out its pledges unhamp.sred by
opposition IN iLs own h,usenold.
and the opposition fro'n the
Republicans and the Prosres
sive parties will not amount to
more than those parties putting
themselves on record. We have
never observed such submission
to leadership as is now apparent
in the Democratic party. Pres.
ident Wilson has the reins and
he is holding them with d grip
that must put all of the respon'
sibillty upon his party; If he
makes good as it is confidently
hoped, there wilt be along tenure
for his party, but should his
policies fail to prove beneficial
to the country disaster will follow.
The Supreme Court is having
a time to get at the facts in the
case of disbarment proceedings
against B. B. Evans. 1t dues ap
pear to us that the language US
ed by Evans in a heated political
debate ought not to be consider
ed as a just cause to dlsoar a
man from practicing law; il the
court is guing to go into such
matter for evidence to disqu slify
a member of the bar: it will find
plenty of room for it's operations
If it will look into the methods
some lawyers employ in their
practice. What Evans said about
other lawyers should have no
weight in considering whether
Or not he has so conducted him
self as a lawyer as to make him
unfit to practice in the courts. II
it is shown however, that Evans
robbed somebody, or by trickery
deprived them of their just dues,
that would be good cause to take
his license from him, but what
he said on certain occ ssious, rs
pecially when the man WAS la
boring under the stress OF hot
opposition in politics is another
matter that has no place in such
a proceeding, if 1t has any place
it is in the trial courts Where he
could be held accountable either
in monAy damages or by imprls.
Onment.