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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-11-07
Verdict for Railroad.

jackson, Tenn, Nov. Upon
motion Of G.. G. Bond, attorney
for the railroad company in the
case Of the administrator Of the
estate of j. E. Dupoyster for
$780, for the death of Mr.. Du-
poyster, Judge John E. Mccall
instructed the jury to return a
verdict in favor of the defen.
dant. This was based upon proof
showing the deceased, being a
superior officer above the conduc-
tor, gave orders to the crew
which constituted contributory
negligence. Mr.. Dupoyster, was
supervisor of the road, and was
enroute to a washout caused by
excessive rains. As before ex.
planned the Illinois Central Rail.
road Company had, by agree
ment with Mrs. Dupoyster, paid
her $500 on account Of the
death OF her husband.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-11-07
Might be Worse on Some.

Although the new tariff act,
with its lowered rates Of duty,
has been in effect practically a
month, the customs receipts have
SO far shown little falling off.
According to the treasury state.
ment last Saturday, these
amounted to $50, 1873, 900 for DC.
tober, about $4,000, less than
October, 1912. The deficit for
the fiscal year to date, the state
ment shows, is 5,757 1927, about
IS, 100000 more than at the cor.
responding period last year.
Pension payments under the
Sherwood act are apparently
largely responsible for the larger
deficit. These for the period in
1912 through October amounted
to about $52, 100000, and for the
same period this year to nearly
$57, 100000, and increase Of more
than 100000 in this one dis.
bursement item.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-11-07

premiums published in this issue.
We shall next week endeavor to
secure the remainder of the pre-
MUM list for publication. In
the County Fair, Messrs. w. K.
Wilson and j. A. Deere are en-
titled to credit for their excel
lent work. 10 the displays made
in the courthouse, Mesdames j,
o. Brown. Felix Creasey and A,
IS. Stanford did splendid work,
in which they were aided by
other ladies. In the agricultu'
raj display in the Office of the
County Register, j. 81. Casor
was the presiding genius-and
made a good one. All those who
showed themselves capable IL
such matters are urged to helT
take hold of the movement tt
give the county q frst.class fail
| in the year 1914.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-11-07
Tbirty.Thlrd
Degree Masons.

AT the one.hundredth annual
session of the supreme council
thirty.third degree Of the Scot
fish Rite of Free Masonry for the
United States held in New York
last week, the following officers
were elected:
M. N. Bayliss, Washington, D.
O., sovereign grand commander
Josiah r., Long, Boston, lieuten-
ant grand commander; Ohas. s.
Webster, Worcester, Mass,
grand minister of state; Holden
.. Hill, Providence, r. l., treas
urer and general: Marcus w.
Morton, Providence, grand secre.
tary general; Walter, Seymour,
Newark, N. j., grand keeper Of
the archives; Leander g. Sher-
man, Providence, r. L., grand
master-general Of ceremonies
VIM. E. Biscby, Haverhill, Mass.
grand marshal-general; John P.
Messenger, Syracuse, N. T.,
grand standard. bearer; John w +.
Bean, Haverhill, Mass, grand
captain of the guard Thomas g.
Waller, Lowell, Mass, grand
senechal.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-11-07
CAN YOU DOUBT IT2
When the Proof Can be
SO Easily Investigated.

When so many grateful citi.
zens of Lexington testify to ben.
eft derived from Doan's Kidney
Pills, can you doubt the evil
dence7 The proof is not far
await is almost at your door.
Read what a resident of Lexing-
ton says about Doan's Kidney
Pills. Can you demand more
convincing testimony?
w. M. Hopkins, farmer, R. f.
D. No. S. Lexington, Tenn, SAYS !:
II had pains in my back for
years and my kidneys were
weak. The kindey secretions
contained sediment and the pas
sages were too frequent and
painful. When | heard about
Doan's Kidney. ] used them and
was soon cured. l have had no
trouble SINCE"
The above statement must
carry con viction to the mind Of
every reader. Don't simply ask
for q kidney remedy--ask dis.
tinctly for Doan's Kidney Pills,
the same that Mr.. Hopkins, had
the remedy backed my home
testimony. SOC all stores. Eos
ter.Milburn Co., Props, Buffalo,
IN. Y.
When Your Back is Lame
Remember the name"
For sale by all dealers. : Price
so cents. Foster Mllburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name--Doan's
and take no other. ladv.)
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-11-07
Presto Change.
Local "Moyie" Theatre
Changes Name a d
Management this Week
and Adds new Features.

The Crystal Moving Picture
theatre this week changes its
name to the RI BY and will be
continued at the same stand un.
der the management of Messrs.
j.. A. Pope aud j. A. Carpenter,
both of whom are taking hold of
the new enterprise with the de.
termination to put the nightly
show on higher rlane than IL
bas ever before occupied.
Beginning tonight friday
each lady who attends will re.
ceive q souvenir of the occasion
and hereafter Fridays can be re.
membered as Souvenir Nights.
Wednesdays will be FEA.
TURE AND PREMIUM NIGHT
aud at each Wednesday night
show, 5000 feet Of films will be
run on the one 15 and 8 cents
admission, which the Ruby man.
ayers claim is one of the great.
est inducements held out to pa.
irons of moving picture shows
anywhere.
Messrs. Pope and Carpenter
have arranged to give Ruby pa.
irons the best pictures Of the old
aud new world, and cordially in.
vite you to become q regular
Ruby attendant.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-11-07
Last Week.

Last week was not so bad in
Lexington after all. The good
weather. Of the last half of the
week enabled the carnival and
fair to attract crowds that pre-.
vented financial loss, Of which
fact we are. assured By Mayor
Cooper Sweat, in spite Of diff.
culties and needless expense.
Mayor Sweat Of his own accord
makes the statement that no
such carnival or show company
will ever again set up on the
streets Of Lexington so far as he
is concerned-and it is no trou.
BILE at all to see where he is
right. The so-called carnival
companies, made up of fake
shows and gambling schemes,
some Of which are not even dis
guised, cannot do the county or
town any good.
The County Fair feature Of
last week, gotten up almost on
ADhe spsaAafthe moment, turned
sout to be quite creditable, as
shown by . partial list Of the
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-11-07
Notice to Teachers
and the Public.

After making investigation of
the progress in the county In
gathering the crops, am Of the
opinion that the schools Of the
county can be ready to start
about the Third Monday, Nov.
II, 1918, and If there 10 a com.
munity that will not be ready
by that time, proper arrange.
ments can be made to wait for q
further time by taking IL up
with the local members Of, the
advisory board of that district.
1t is the intention Of the coun.
ty board of education to enforce
the Compulsory Attendance law
this winter strictly, and those
who are not willing to comply
with its provisions for the good
Of their children and the com.
munity in which they live will
be required to bear the punish.
ment for their neglect. Other
counties are furnishing under
this law, why not Henderson
county?
The age requirement is'from 8
to 10 years, and an attendance
Of 80 consecutive days. That
means to be there every day un.
less for a lawful excuse. / be-
lieve this is a good law, that it
will do more for the ultimate up.
lift of our county than any law
that has been passed for q long
time.
! shall place in the hands Of
each teacher the names Of all pu.
pills belonging to his school with
their ages, and the teacher will
report to me the names Of those
not attending regularly as re.
CURED by law, and they will be
dealt with as the law requires
at my hands.
Very Respectfully,
VIII. DENIsoN, Go. Supt.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-11-07
Tuesdays
Elections.
In New York City Every
Claw o. the Tammany
Tige, but One, Safely
Clipped. Mitchell Elect
ed.
Democrtic Success in Many
States and Cities.

In the election of last Tues.
day, there was a preponderance
Of Democratic success except in
New York City, where Mitchell,
the fusion candidate for mayor
was elected by over 100000
plurality and the general result
indicates that the Tammany Tig-
er saved but one claw--one vote
Of the sixteen in the board of es,
innate, which holds the purse
strings Of the city.
Massachusetts, elected q Dem.
ocratic Governor.
The Democratic ticket in Vir-
ginia had no opposition.
Republicans won the Legisla.
ture Of New York and William
Sulzer, the impeached Governor
was elected to the Assembly Of
the State on the Progressive
ticket.
James j. Fielder, Democrat,
was elected Governor Of New
Jersey.
Maryland sends Blair Lee,
Democrat, to the Senate.
Bell, Democrat, elected May.
or Of indianapolis, Indiana.
CINCINNATI elected q Republi.
can mayor and Cleveland, Ohio,
q Democrat.
The Legislature Of Maasachu-
setts continues Republican.
In Southern Illinois saloons
were routed In three cities BY
the votes Of woman, who voted
dry" In the proportion Of four
to one.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-11-07
A Violent Death.
Nashville Democrat Turns
Up it's Toes--Dies With
Liquor Dominance.

Born in Nashville, Tenn, Sep
TENDER 20, 1911, The Nashville
Democrat, advocate Of liquor
and libel on Democracy. Was
fret taken i'll when Judge A. B.
Mel was converted" and began
movement to close Nashville
saloons. : Suffered entire paraly-
sis when the recent extra session
Of the 6Sth General Assembly
passed law enforcement bills and
was not again rational before its
death, "unwept, unhonored and
unsungn on last Sunday morn.
ing, aged 2 years, l month an Il
days. Experts diagnose the des'
ease as want Of nourishment and
excess ofsspiritus frumenti infan
tum.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-11-07
Fued Town.
Business Section of Jack
son, Kentucky, Practi-
caiiy Wiped out by Fire.

Jackson, Breathitt county,
Kentucky, suffered $3.50, 900 loss
BY fire last Friday night. Prac-
tical.y all the business section,
with many residences were burn.
ed--the leading hotel, postofiice,
two churches and a score of resi-.
dences. The Governor was asked
to call out the Jackson company
Of militia to protect property,
but against whom the dispatch
did not state.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-11-07

Chattanooga, Tenn, Oct. 81
The jury in the case Of Hayes
Brummett, member Of the Ham.
ilton county court, on trial Oh
the charge Of attempting to Sc
cure a bride in the matter Of
purchasing . county workhouse
site, returned . verdict this
morning Of guilty Of attempted
larcency, one Of the counts in
the indictment, and fixed his
penalty at from one to FIVE years
in the penitentiary.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-11-07
Ex-Gov. Patterson.
To the Editor Of the Banner

To the Editor Of the Banner:
Nearly every day we hear of
some one of the former friends
Of M. r. Patterson say, "Oh, he
has gone over to the prohibition.
lists and left the Democratic
party" Also it is said in the
daily papers Of the regulars"
(of which there don't appear a
great number), that he is play.
ing politics" and will be candi-
date for something, 1t is init.
mated that he is not sincere and
that he is doing it to spite
somebody" All this TRADE Of
abuse and criticism of the ex-
Governor appears to be based on
his change Of front on the liquor
question and dated from the
time of his conversion to Chris.
tianity.
What are we to understand by
this2 Has it come to pass in
these later days that a man can.
not be a Democrat and be a
Christian? Oh, bat they say,
"he may be converted to the re.
ligion Of the Bible and be q
Christian, but he need not to have
left the party" and gone over
and advocated prohibition and
law enforcement.
Well, does a man have to leave
the Democratic party because he
is opposed to the liquor traffic?
Are the only simon pure Demo-
Gratis in Tennessee, those who
want open saloons, by law, if,
they can get them, but without
law if they can't? Is advocacy
Of the liquor trade, legal if we
can, illegal if we must, to be the
future policy Of regular Democ.
racy" in TENNESSEE If a man
gets religion and reverses him
self on the temperance question
he is no longer worthy ~ to be
q DemocratY
Has anyone ever heard the ex-
Governor assert that he had
left the Democratic party?"
If it was true that to be a
Democrat a man must be a sinner
and an advocate Of saloons, with
all their hordes Of vices and
crime, the Christian element in
Tennessee could not and would
not abide by it.
God speed the day when more
political leaders and public men,
high up in civil government,
shall bow the knee to the Great
I Am and learn at His feet the
principles Of good government
and true Democracy.
ISAAC A. M'SWAIN.
Paris, Tenn, October 20.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-11-07
GONE HOME.


The subioined signed acknol-
cdgement, appeared in the Ten.
nessean and American Of last
Sunday. There was q day when
Senator Luke Lea might have
sold his then financially losing
newspaper holdings at a profit
over all losses, but he would not.
Now the tables are turned. The
law enforcement advocate buys
the anti.law enforcement plant
for q song as 1t were, giving the
Tennessean and American, again
the whole morning field in the
Capital City Of the State and the
trus.hearted. big Drained (if
sometimes mistakenly Luke Lea
makes graceful and grateful &C.
Acknowledgement to those who are
making his Tennessean and
American q great daily news
paper. Here is the acknowl-
ment:
In announcing the resump.
ton, without competition, of the
morning newspaper field in Nash
vile BY the Tenessean and
American, it is but fair and just
to say that the greatest factors
in the upbuilding Of The Tennes.
sean and American to. the posi-.
tion that rendered further com.
petition impossible, next to the
fact that the issues that gave
birth to The Tennessean and
American were right-and that
right is eternal-were: The
clean, progressive and able man
agement of its business affairs
by J. II. Allison, its business
manager, assisted by O. r. Nor
row, secretary of the company
and circulation manager; the in
dependent and intelligent super
vision of it's news features, Civ.
ing absolutely impartial end fair
reports Of the events Of the day,
by Marshall Morgan, its manag-
ing editor; and the able edito-
rails defining its policies upon
The questions of the hour by
Frank W. Lewis, its editor.
1t is "a pleasure as we'll as q
duty to make this acknowledge.
of workTwell done; and the an
nouncement of the continuance
Of the service. Of, these gentlemen
with The Tennessean and Aneri.
can ia their same capacities is q
guarantee for the future Of the
same efficient management and
fidelity to principles in the con-
duct Of the paper LU KE LEA.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-11-07

James l. Finney, in his Oolum.
bia Herald, a man for whom and
whose writings we usually have
the highest admiration and re-
spect, said in a recent editorial
under the caption Patterson -
IF there had been a man in
Tennessee who, three months
ago, had predicted that in this
good day Patterson would have
been the hero of the forces Of
good government, the idol Of the
evangelists and shining star of
hope for the prohibitionists, he
would have been laughed to
scorn. Presto, what change. )"
Bro. Finney may speak il he
will for his middle section Of the
State, where the rocks and dells,
the fells and falls have been the
theme Of poets and songsters,
where Jack Daniel No. T." was
so long made until the people in
one judicial circuit had either
the good sense or the want Of in
formation to lead them to put
Ewing Davis on the bench, but
we here and new deny that Ham
Patterson has become, so far as
West Tennessee is concerned
The hero of the forces Of good
government" the Idol Of the
evangelists," or the Shining
star Of hope for the prohibition
lists" or anybody else. We are
simply plain people who have
been the dependence to save
Democracy and good government
in the State always making no
claim for nor defense Of Mem
phis)--a people who are willing
to give any. man chance to turn
his face toward the better world,
to turn his back upon the sins
that have beset him through no
matter how many years. The
independent Democrats of this
section are willing to give Pat
terson a chance to prove himself
a changed man, many regulars
will take the lead of Patterson
as q long-wished-for chance to
drop the whisky utilization and
the ex. Governor is being jeered
at only by those who defended
him when he was VIGOROUSLY bad
and the plant tool Of the whisky
interest. The Ex-Governor hit
bottom and we are led to hope
that he has taken advantage Of
the chance that is offered all
men when that happening comes
in their lives the last chance
perhaps, but a glorious one if
used.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-11-07
Fertilizers
And the Use.
Commissioner Peck Tells
The Farmers How Not
to Waste Money on
Them.

Speaking Of better farming.
Commissioner of Agriculture T.
F. Peck, had this to say:
Il wish our farmers would do
the simple, practical things they
can do before they waste time
trying to solve problems they
are not ready for. Do not worry
about soil analysis until you
have made available the plant
food in your soil. Then by an
examination of your crops you
can better tell the deficient ele.
ments Of plant food than by soil
analysis, because your soil does
not run uniform. One hundred
samples taken from 100 different
places in q 10-acre field would
each vary in plant food. If we
will turn under vegetable matter
and subsoil we will find we have
made available plant food ample
for profitable crop production
and much cheaper than by an
injudicious use Of commercial
fertilizer.
Thousands of dollars have
been wasted by Tennessee farm
ers every year by the unintelli-
gent use Of fertilizers, not be.
cause the fertilizers were not all
that was claimed for them, but
the farmers using them did not
give the fertilizers a chance to
feed the crop. do not care how
good the fertilizer may be, the
soil conditions must be right to
make the fertilizer available for
plant food. The soil must have
sufficient moisture to dissolve
the fertilizer, and the soil also
must be thoroughly pulverized
and there must be moisture suf-
ticient during the growing sea.
son. Some people have an idea
that the poorer the soil the more
fertilizer they should use, in
fact, the better your soil is sup.
Piled with humus and moisture
you can proportionately increase
with profit the use Of fertilizer,
while the poorer the soil the
more sparingly should fertilizer
be used.
There is one more fundamen-
tai principle Of agriculture that
I want to emphsize, and that is,
we must cultivate the soil to
grow crops to feed animals to
feed the soil--thus completing
the agricultural cycle, a law Of
nature that cannat be violated
without paying the penalty Of
depleted soils and decreased
crop productions. We are pay
ing that penalty now and will
until we grow more live stock
on our farms"
- 80
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-11-07
Business Change.

The Denver Jewelry Co., in
the Council Block, has sold out
to the D. Jacobs Sons Company
Of Cincinnati; the transfer being
consu mated on last Monday, the
Bird inst. Mr.. Il. v. Denver will
continue In charge as local man.
ager and will keep up the repair
features as heretofore.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1913-03-21
Railroad Extension from Condor Fossil Depends the Placing of Feet of
OW Official Reporo Farrell

The timber would mean 80, $50
ears of 100. .000-capacity for the
new road. 1t is further learned
that the railroader found Fossils S
tributary country to contain Ia
townships with a population of
1860 people. 20, $40 acres in cul-
tivation in that area. So, 070 acres
of tillable land and 230. 900 acres
of grazing land. He also found
that there were 2. 200 horse. 3, 800
cattle. 3. 200 hogs and 45, 900 sheep
producing 800, 600 pounds Of wool.
The grain and hay grown are
consumed and fed in that terri
tory. A coal field, said to ex-
tend over 1000 acres. is located
about ten miles south of Fossil.
Yet, all these resources outside
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1913-03-21

of the timber, according to the
railroad official. are not sufficient
to warrant the building of rail
extension to Fossil.
The timber which means so
much to the present building of
the Condor branch into Foss il
would demand the construction
of a logging road pButte Creek
from Fossil, it being 6 miles to
the timber line and Is miles TO
the heavy timber. With hume
rous spurs the entire timber area
could be easily reached and the
logs brought into Fossil where
one of the largest saw mills in
the west would be erected to cut
up the 900, 600, 900 feet of timber.
Opposing strongly the bring
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1913-03-21

As far as can be learned at the
present time the building of the
extension of the Condor branch
to Fossil entirely depends upon
the placing on the market Of
800. 600, 600 feet of timber. tri-
butary to the Wheeler county
seat. This would make an i'm
mense business for a railroad and
assure the extension as n paying
investment from the start. 1t is
understood that a railroad official
of the 0.W. r. & N. has been
looking over every inch Of the
Fossil country and that he will
report favorably on the extern
sion providing the owners of the
timber can be induced to place
that product on the market.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1913-03-21

ing of the timber over the Con.
don and Fossil extension is the
most feasible outlet for this tim
Der down to the John Day Valley
by means Of logging roads down
Alder and Kohler creeks to the
Spray country because of
rumored plans of the not far
distant building of a main line
from the Deschutes road at
Gateway running east to and up
the John Day Valley on through
the Burnt river divide into the
northern part of Malheur county
to the present line at Brogan
which connects at Vale with the
new Oregon Eastern railroad, a
part of the shortest transconti-
mental line in the country. This
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1913-03-21
LONEROCK NEWS
THE PAST WEEK

Lonerock, Mar. 20, (SpeciaD -
Mr.. aud Mrs. o. l.. Hawk went
to Condor Monday. Mrs, Hawks S
mother, Mrs. Sarah Bennett will
come home with them.
Misses Hazel Coleman and Mel
lie Robinson made a visit at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Car
penter in Porcupine Gulch last
Saturday.
G. G. Andrews returned home
Friday from Heppner where he
has had his wife for medical
treatment.
Mrs. l.. A. Miller was city
visitor Tuesday.
Mrs. S. j. Wick moved to her
city residence Saturday.
Mrs. M. w. Crawford is visit
ing her mother, Mrs. c. d. Rob-
inson.
M. N. Mulligan received the
sad news that his brother was
accidentally killed in a railroad
wreck while on his way home
from Alaska,
Walter Duncan is driving the
Heppner-Lonerock stage.
A. Neel, Miss Leila Neel, Misses
Oma and Leola Bennett, and AL
va Bennett were called to the
bedside of Mrs. |. C. Bennett or
Monday. Mrs. Bennett is nj
better at this writing.
E. M, Leathers moved his fam
lily to the Frank Golden place
near Condor Sunday.
Continued on page g.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1913-03-21
EASTER SUNDAY
AT THECHURCHES
Congregational Church

Services will be held in the
Congregational church next SUN
day morning and evening.
Come. Sunday School at
10 a m, preaching at IL a m and
7.30 pm. Specialmusic in evening.
Junior Endeavor at 8 p. m. Let
Continued on page 6.
j. ]. Wasson went to Portland
Wednesday.
Mrs. Henry Wilkins was up
from Glenn Tuesday.
Geo. Blake of Portland was
here a few days this week.
Lester Wade went to Arlington
Saturday to ship a bunch of
cattle from there to Portland.
Wilbur Bennett returned from
Portland this week.