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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-04-25
7. W. Sims.
T e n(nessee Congressman
Introduces Two Amend
m e mt $ t o r Il e $ 0 I
House.

Washington, april 10. Rep
resentative Sims has begun o
war upon the secret party eau,
Gus. He is opposed to the bind
| ling of mbers to caucus meas
ures and caucus committee as.
signments. His fight on com.
mittee action by the caucus
grows out of the adoption of a
resolution by the Democratic
caucus limiting chairmen of com
mittees to that Craftsmanship
without mem bership on any 9th.
err committee, and likewise lin
iting members of twelve of the
leading committees of the House
to membership on but one Of
these committees, and taking
him off of all others, and at the
same time depriving him of the
Craftsmanship Of any committee
if he be q member of one of
these important organizations.
Representative Sims resents the
caucus action which resulted in
taking him from the head of the
Committee on War Claims.
His resolution demanding a
change in the House rules per-
tanning to committee assign
ments is as follows:
THAT the rules of the House
Of Representatives for the Sixty
third Congress be amended so as
to provide that it shall not be in
order to appoint any member of
the House on any standing or
special committee who has been
selected or suggested for such
appointment by secret party eau.
GUS"
A second resolution introduc.
ed by the Tennessean is aimed
directly at the secret party eau
Gus, as follows:
THAT the rules Of the House
of Representatives for the Six
ty-third Congress be amended SO
as to provide that it shall not be
in order for any committee Of
the House to recommend or re-
port for passage any bill or reso-
luton that has been considered
in or approved by any secret par
ty caucus, nor shall be in order
to consider any such bill or reso.
luton in the House on the state
Of the Union, nor shall be in or
der to consider any bill or reso-
luton on a motion to suspend
the rules and pass such bill or
resolution. Waiter S. Gard
ner, Nashville Banner.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-04-25

| w. 81. Griggs, of the old ST.
district, continues to be an ap
preciated reader of the Progress
DR.. r. Fl. Milan, Of Chester
field, accompanied by his son
Oscar, went to Nashville Tues
day.
Postmaster William Bray and
wise, of Henderson, have beer
Lexington visitors and conyen.
ton attendants this week.
Misses Glen Hearn and Beulah
Foster spent the latter part of
last week in Decaturville a
guest of Mrs. @. A. Smith.
Rev. r. M. Walker will hold
services at the pool room near
the depot Sunday afternoon at
$50 O'Clock. Everybody invit-
ed.
Mrs. N. R. Barham and daugh-
ter, Celestia, spent from last
Friday until Monday in Mem.
phls visiting Mrs. John E. Nc
Gall and family.
Joe and Felix Davis enter.
talned quite a number of their
friends last Friday night at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. M.
Davis.
Mrs. Howard Lassiter aud baby
arrived from Buena Vista Mon
day to visit grandfather DR.. W.
T. Watson and other relatives
for several days.
sMrs. Addie Henry has pur-
chased the j. R Dennison place
one block distant from the
Northeast side OF the public
good home.
DR.. A. B. Hanna, Of Sardis,
spent Wednesday in Lexington
on business relative to the es.
state Of the late e. d. Smith of
which he is executor.
Attorney D. e. Scott has
made one of his not infrequent
professional visits to Decatur
Vile this week, the Ohancery
court of Decaturville being in
session.
The Progress editor went to
Memphis last Sunday to visit his
cousin, B. Miller, who was in
Lexington recently and has since
been kept from his work by i'll
ness. Mr.. Miller was so much
improved that he resumed his
work in the freight Office of the
n. @. & st. L. Railway Monday
morning.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-04-25
r1Other Dead.

Rev. e. e. Folk, of Nashville,
editor of the Baptist Reflector,
while here Tuesday night at.
tending the West Tennessee
Baptist Sunday School Conven.
ton, received by wire news Of
the death of his mother, in st.
Louis, at the home of her sou,
ex-Gov. Joe Folk. In the loss
of their best friend, the surviv-
ing members of the family have
statewide sympathy.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-04-25

Cloy Butler, the Is year-old
son of Grant Butler of the Gar
rett's Mill community, accident.
ally shot himself Friday while
working in the woods. A crow
alighted on tree near him. In
pulling his gun over log with
the muzzle toward him the ham.
mer was caught in some way and
discharged the gun. The load
tore away the flesh from the
wrist to the elbow.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-04-25
Wanted at Once.

Salesman and collector to sell
sewing machines and collect on
accounts. Must be a hustler, a
fine proposition to right party.
Do not apply unless you mean
business, must have a man at
once.
SINGER SEw1Ne MACHINE Go.
2l6 North Liberty ST., Jackson
Tennessee.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-04-25
Return Sacks.

All persons who have carried
out cement to build the county
cattle dipping watts, must return
the sacks at once in order that
the county may get credi )r
them. --THREADeILL Bros.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-04-25

FARM FOR SALE-100 acres,
% cleared, balance well timber \
ed. All good for general pur.
poses. One mile east of Lexiug-
ton, on Perryville road. Address
GEORGE E. COUNCIL. r, +. D.,
Lexington, Tenn.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-03
HcBsoN ASKS LARGER NAVY
Former OFFICER, In Chicago, Says MiSa-
do Presumes on Americas
Greatest Weakness.

Chicago. The balance of power In
the California land question lies with
Japan because OF the small navy Of
the United States and because there
Is no United States feet in the Pacific
now, according to the views expressed
recently by Captain Richmond r.
Hobson. Spanish war hero and con-
gresham from Alabama. a
THE small navy of the United
States is entirely the reason for this"
he said. Japan is supreme on the
seas right now and has everything its
own way 1t ia impossible for the
United States to make the Japs come
to terms. and all we can do, as see
1t, is to take what Japan chooses to
give us. IT,. a
1.-Two years ago l was in favor Of
sending fleet to the Pacific ocean.
and have been an advocate OF this
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-03

4 .
and time are not measured, and there
lare wants within him, and these his
deepest wants to which the things of
time and sense cannot minister. The
real tragedy of human existence
ARISES from this fact. The constant
progress of the human race, the I'M
limited mental power and the bound
less possibilities of the moral and
spiritual nature of the individual all
prove mans kinship with the infinite.
Not less important are the peryer-
sions of character with which we are
too familiar. The Unsuitable greed
of this age is but another proof that
God has set eternity in the hearts of
men. 1t is the prostitution Of spirit
'ual energies to material pursuits, the
direction of infinite powers to finite
ENDS. And there is just the tragedy
of the world. There is no. .satisfac-
tion in material gains for the nature
that is kindred to the infinite. And
the restlessness and misery of the
world are largely due to this one fact,
that men into whose hearts. God has
set eternity are striving to satisfy
their souls with the gains of time
ne Highest cravings vi thc sOui may
be satisfied in this world but not with
the goods of this world God is in
this world and waits to impart to us
the good which can satisfy our souls.
Truth, beauty and love are the signs
by which He reveals Himself and the
soul that delights in truth, that re-
joices in beauty and that lives in love
has entered into life. For the eter-
nifty that is in our hearts this is the
provision The evening service was
of a musical nature. A concert by
the Farmhouse orchestra and very
pleasing vocal solo by Mrs. Abbott,
were its chief features. On account
of the excessive heat the address of
the evening was omitted, and the pas
tor gave only brief outline of what
he had intended to say.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-03
PLIGHT OF AN OLD COUPLE
Pathetic Battle Against AImshouse
10 Revealed by Death
of Wife.

Philadelphia.-How an old couple
battled for years against the necessity
of going to the almshouse while their
strength declined, their eyes grew dim
mer and sickness overcame them was
revealed recently in the death of Mrs
Elizabeth Webb. seventy-tiye years
old. who fell lifeless in the street
while searching for work to buy food
for her invalid husband. Even when
the husband, Edward Webb eighty
years old, learned Of his wife's death
he refused to allow himself to be
taken to the Philadelphia hospital.
Webb sat in his cellar room, lighted
only by candle stuck in the neck OF
a bottle. when DR.. 7. F. Buchanan, the
district surgeon. called to take care
of him.
No. will not go to the poorhouse,
he sobbed. We kept out this long
and will keep on fighting. She would
never want me to 60 there"
From neighbors. 1t was learned that
the old couple had lived in the cellar
several years. hr.s.t
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-03
TELLS TRAGEDY OF THE WAR
form Found In Mountains
Near Gettysburg.

Gettysburg, Pa.-What may be mute
testimony to one of the many trag.
edies Of the battle of Gettysburg was
found in the mountain region eight
miles west of town, when the bones Of
supposed Confederate soldier, with
much Of his equipment. were discoy.
cred under foot of leaf mold. the
accumulation Of half century.
The find was made by Clarence A.
Wills while surveying tract of land
seldom traversed save by hunters.
He was first attracted to 1t when he
stepped ON the end of the barrel Of
an old musket. Digging away this
leaves, he found the hammer and lock
and the trademarks showing the Eng
lish made gun. Which was much used
in the Confederate. army. g.,
A belt buckle, part OF d canteen.
several dozen Confederate MIME balls
aad other equipment were found upon
further search, and, finally, shoe was
discovered. All were close together
between two huge rocks. A fiattened
bullet bore testimony to the manner
In which the soldier met his death.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-03
RULES FEAT IS IMPOSSIBLE
Judge Declares That No Power on
Earth Can Stop Woman
From Talking.

New York.-A magistrate presiding
In a court of justice went ON record
recently as being of the opinion that
no power on earth could stop wo.
man from talking. The opinion was
expressed by Magistrate Murphy
when Morris ]. Klein. resident OF
the Bronx. asked Murphy to issue
some order that would silence a wo-
man who lives In an apartment across
from his and who makes the days
and nights .hideous by talking and
shouting across the areaway,'y .4s-s
ut can't be DONE" declared Muir.
ply. Il am but magistrate. 1 have
no supernatural powers There is no
power under heaven that will keep
quiet a woman who wants to talk"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-03
BLOOMFIELD.

The rain OF Tuesday night kept the
farmers out of the fields for few
days r..
j. r. Hoover has a new auto.
' j. r. Hoover delivered hogs in Os-
kaloosa Friday
Children's Day program Sunday,
June %, was well attended. ~
Arthur Sage helped Presley Ank.
ney put up hay this week.
Misses Louie Price, Marguerite
Sage and Edna Hoover attended the
w. c. T. U. convention at Keota Tues
day and Wednesday They reported
having good time.
Mrs. Ella Hoover returned home
the first of last week from Lovilia,
where she had been visiting with her
daughter, Erma Hilliard.
Carl Larson is doing some carpen-
ter work for John Edgren.
Miss Bess Martin visited recently
with her sister, Mrs. Harold Hoover.
Y. P. BIS are planning on a picnic
July 4th.
June 80. .-t B..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-03
COUNTY NEWS.
HAWKEYE,

Miss Helen Jones and Mr.. Kelly of
Oskaloosa We're Sunday guests at the
home of Mrs. E. l.. Jones. &c. &c.,.
There will be church services at
the Glenwood school house next Sab
bath evening at 8 o'clock. ,....
The following program was given
at Hawkeye Sunday, June 20: $500.
Song by School-No. no. g-....
Invocation-Mr. Wright. r.. ....,
Salutation-Floyd Sopher.
Recitation, "A Message from God
Unto Yon"-Sarah Nation %. -:
Scripture Reading = oelwein Sci
Recitation, Welcome Helen Oak
ley. &..,,.,...y Lille. -.
Song, God is Love"-Y. p. Class.
Exercise-"God is Love" -.'
Recitation, Greetings to the Cra-
die Roll"-Vera Sopher. g., a~s,
Cradle Roll Song - intermediate
Class l,,l..- ... y,
Recitation, Real Reward"-Ike Da-
Wis. XIV. 49,. 4...- ...+
Recitation, ''Children's Day Gifts"
-Alfrieda Thatcher. .t ...
Reading by Oeilwein Seibert "a
Recitation, THE Missionary Hem
Byron Thatcher.
Recitation, Little Messengers
Lucille Davis.
Recitation, His Secret" - Eugene
Oakley.
Love Song" by two of the smaller
classes.
Exercise, In the Rose Garden"
Reading, by Agnes Oakley.
Song, Little Sunbeams."
Recitation, "A Little Sunbeam"
Duet-Mabel and Myra Jones.
Recitation, Before the Offering
Byron Thatcher.
Offering taken.
Recitation, Goodbye" Maxine
Hull. !i., '''' ~
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-03
DELTA 4 BUSY Town
WORK ON NEW PoSToFFIcE
Will BEGIN NEXT MONDAY
DELTA WILL GIVE FREE NOV
ING PICTURE SHOW JULY 4.

Delta, July 1.--C.y Ed Beman return.
ed from Chicago Thursday evening,
where he had been to purchase fix
lures for new postoffice building. The
brick work will be commenced about
July Z Tom Smith Of Oskaloosa has
tho job.
Delta will give free public NOV
ling picture show July 4, In the even
ing. instead of fireworks, as we be-
lieye this Is nearer a sane and safe
way to celebrate. Blyth and Delta
base ball clubs will contest for the
prizes for the free ball game.
George Upton, who used to be a
resident of this vicinity but now of
Kansas, has come back after a twen-
ty-fiye years absence. The old SOL
der finds a great change in folks he
once knew
Touch gently. We do not wish to
jar any ones finer feelings; but if we
were to jot down that which is upper.
most in our mind would say, it has
been anything else but cool the past
weeE
Union services will be held by the
churches of the town in school park
during the heated term. The plank
seats and platform are already. in
place. Rev. Arthur o. Wright preach
ed Sunday at 6 p. m. aa .5.
Roy Fry had little mix.up with
horse and buggy, was thrown out and
scratched up little was about .. the
only damage. 1t happened on the
street Sunday evening. roma ".
Mrs. John Taylor was buried Sat
.urday in Conner, cemetery. Mrs. 'Tay-
Tor was near 80 years of age, and has
been in feeble health for quite
while, She leaves two sons, Alexan-
der and James, and a daughter, Mrs.
Lottie Bitner, and her husband to
mourn their loss, She was quiet,
lunassuming; person and we'll liked by
all her nelghbors., 3e.v,gzorl 20, ba:
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-03

but the fault sis not with the combina.
ton. The big lever which throws the
bolt after the time lock has marked
the minute for opening the, massive
door will not bulge. 1t Is stuck fast
and until it could be moved the other
mechanism is useless 49,.
Experts finally bored through the
door.
Meanwhile heavy demand was
made over the First Nationals coun-
ter. Mr.. Swinney was prepared to
wire out of. town, for money, but the
New England and the Southwest Ma
tional Bank of Commerce informed
him that he could have all the money
he needed for businessi in case the
vault could not be forced.
Rather annoying" was Mr.. Swim
ney's comment, but not SO bad as the
last time it happened In 1s93-right
In the middle of the panic--the vault
door stuck and we were without
money to meet insistent demands"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-03
MANY LOST. ARTICLES HERE.


lFl4tHF .A1
Paris.-The wonderful depot Of. lost
articles, which, for thirty years had
its temporary headquarters at the Pre-
lecture Of Police. is about to be. re-
moved to the Caserne de la Cite. with
its stocks OF 100 300 heterogeneous arti-
Giles, According to these figures, one
out, OF thirty adult Parisians loses
something every day. and the police
depot was really growing too small
There Is a story OF one particularly
obliyious lady who lost the same UNI
brella twenty-three times. She went
to fetch. il twenty-five times. but the
twenty-thtrd time she was too much
ashamed to redeem 1t. However q
few days later she thought she would
Just go out Of curiosity and see II her
umbrella was there. Sure enough il
was, and as all the employees by that
time knew her. one OF them said to
her with smile: Madame, will you
not come and take your umbrella? o.
She had to take 1t the twenty-third
time. even against her desire, We
are not told how many times she lost
1t after that.
Other stories which the police have
to tell are scarcely less amusing.
Loads of lost articles find their way
to the depot after some great celebra.
ton. The day after the departure OF
the king Of Spain the most astounding
finds were made, The depot received
two swords with damask blades and
handles Of solid gold. neck chain OF
diamonds. rnbies and eineralds. ear
rings with brilliants and two hats OF
naval .ofic GERS e. 49,
On another occasion an employe at
the opera found a bracelet with dia-
monds which formed part of the
crown jewels, and belonged to a mem
Der of the Orleans family.
{ A general once found a purse in the
Bots de Boulogne. He handed it TO
the policeman, and a year later the
same purse was restored to him with
the injunction that he was, according
to the law. to be its depository for
thirty years, after which time, in &C
cordance with the statute of limita-
tons, he would become the definite
owner. The purse contained $l.25. e.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-03
MILLIONS | D! STOCKED | 0|CI'k!|E! UP
Kansas city's First National
Bank Vault Wouldn't OPEN
Business Done on Borrowed Money
With ss,6oo,oo0 Just Out Of Reach
--"Rather Annoying" Says.
u. Mr.. SWlnnsy.

Kansas City, Mo- With $3.607 900
In currency in its vault the First Ma
tional bank for q few days ran its
business on borrowed money. When
the, hour for opening the vault came
the banks open Sesame" wouldn't
work. 1t resisted every effort, and
when the banks customers began to
come in for money to do the days
business ON their was no money In
the till E
E. F. Swinney, president. seized his
hat and scurried over to the New Eng.
land National bank. just across the
street. and borrowed $4,000. Mr.
Swinney can do that. It's a way bank
presidents have. The $4,000 was
sufficient to take the bank through the
morning hours. %.... .
Meanwhile safe experts worked on
the vault 1t has a time combination.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-03
LIVE AFTER MONTHS DEATH
Rats and Other Creatures, CONCEALED
g. In Liquid Air That Fila
Jars, Revived.

Baltimore.--A third state between
life and death. q state of latent life. "
or suspended animation has been In
dicated by series of experiments re-
Gently made in the psychological and
astrological laboratories of the Johns
Hopkins Medical school. These ex-
periments, which have been under
way for a number of months, show, it
Is believed, number of steps be-
tween life and death. 1-'t. :, 49,.
The fact that life In various organ
isms may be suspended by freezing in
liquid air and by other processes and
the possibility Of it,
There are instances where such ami
mails, as frogs and rats. snails ana
even Ash have their lives suspended
by the freezing process, sometimes so
thoroughly that their intestines can
be taken out amass, and yet on being
"thawed out" after period Of weeks
revive most actively.
These animals are perfectly normal
when placed in a refrigerating jar.
Just large enough to hold one animal.
The jar Ia filled with liquid air at a
certain temperature, and after short
time the. animals appear lifeless, A
month later they are removed and on
being massaged show signs of life.
sometimes reviying completely. ,
No claim is made that after death
life can be restored, but in many in
stances where life Is thought to be
extinct, it is only masked, and it re-
mains. for the scientists to discover
through experiment whether he is
dealing with death itself or with lat.
ent life. - ...... ,.-.z =.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-03
Refuses to Resign.

Collector of Customs l.. s. Daniels,
who has been asked to resign his po-
sition and close up the customs Office
at Burlington and forward the sup
plies to Des Molnes, will pay no at
tention TO the request. The only way
the government can get rid, of him
is to discharge him. Daniels is one
of the best known old soldiers in that
part OF the state. Burlington business
men will take the matter up and the
customs office there win be closed
without an emphatic protest.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-03
FOOTPRINTS CLEW TO THIEF
Yesgmen Enjoy Feast Of Pie and
l Pastry in Postoffiee at Port
E Monmouth, N. J.

New York.-After blowing open the
safe in the postoffice at Port Mon
mouth. N. J.. for the eighth time with
In ave years and the second time with
IN sour days. yeggmen had feast on
pie and other pastry and smoked
cigars and cigarettes.
Walter q. Walling. ths postmaster.
does a pastry, cigar and confectionery
business In the same room with the
postoffice. The yeggmen obtained
only an insurance policy belonging to
Mr., WalIing. footprints in a piece
Of pie and in cigar butts lead the DO.
lice to believe that at least one OF
the yeggmen has lost q tooth. This
is the only clew the police have.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-03
Excitement at Knoxville,

Knoxville Express; There was
considerable excitement in the Q
yards for few minutes last Satur-
day when one of the M. & st. l..
through freights came in with a fierce
fire burning at the brake end of a
car marked Explosives" Then there
was some scurry and hurryfng to
and fro and some mysterious disap-
pearances" while Captain General
Johson was commanding General
Stewart TO call First Lieutenant Mar
tin TO prod Hop along with the fire
extinguisher Inside of three minutes
some of the platform loafers, were
seen crossing Whitebreast' and pass
ing east through Flagler, but before
half that time had elapsed Lieuten-
ant Martin and Hop had subdued the
flames and the cargo of giant powder
was as safe as if it had been dumped
in the Des Moines river.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-03
Fortune Teller.

John Meisner, OF Uskaloosa Col
eye, picked up a pocket-book on High
avenue West containing thirty dol
lars in bills besides other valuable
property. He brought the property
to the Herald office to be advertised.
In the course of an hour or so a
woman, much perturbed, made appli-
cation to the Herald Office for infor-
nation as to the location of for
tune teller" who might give her in
formation as TO her money and pro
perry. She gave her name and other
Information that fully Identified her
self and pocket-book and was then in
formed that the Herald office was a
fortune teller" knew all about her
missing pocket-book, where it was
who had 1t, etc. The woman was
loath to believe the news, but was
fully convinced and thankful accord
ingly upon the restoration of the
purse and contents.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-03
REGULAR STAMPS VIII Do.

Beginning today, parcel post
stamps may be used on any kid of
mail matter, and any postage stamp
may be used on parcel post packages.
Commencing today, parcel post pack
ages may be sent c. o, d. An extra
charge of 10 cents to cover insurance
and collection will be levied against
the shipper. At the destination
enough excess to pay for the money
order TO the sender will be collected.
Hereafter parcels valued at less than
$25 may be insured for s cents.