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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-11-13
In the County Court

OOuIlLy OOuII ulcI III uldI
monthly session Monday with
Presiding Judge Wright, Asso-
ciate Judges Larkin and Vogt,
Sheriff Waddell and Clerk Glass
cock.
Ernest Campbell presents and
files his resignation as commits
sioner of Odessa Special Road
District to take effect at once.
Accepted and filed. T. R. Bur-
ton selected to fill unexpired
term.
Bond Of John Keith as treas
urer of Odessa Special Road
District No. 3 approved. Signed
by John Keith on principal and
C. Y. Ford and j. C. Calfee as
securities.
C. w. Osborn presented and
filed his bond and contract for
concrete culvert in sections &C.
AZ, range 81, 10 miles southeast
of Odessa. Court approved
same.
Court ordered that j. w.
Phillips rebuild culvert west of
Cox school house that washed
out in September.
Court ordered that County
Foreign Insurance be apportion-
ed as law requires.
Clarence ViviOn offered resig-
nation as Back Tax Attorney
and accepted. C. A. Keith to
fill the vacancy.
Court ordered that Treasurer
transfer from Poor House fund
of $4,000 and place same 10
credit of Road and Bridge Fund.
Also that $4,000 be transferred
from Contingent Fund to Road
and Bridge Fund.
Court ordered that cost of
1896 for viewing dead body of
j. w. TOmpkins by DR.. Cope be
paid; also $500 on body of j.
M. Swearenger.
Court ordered State Auditor
to draw check in favor of Ike
H. Noyes for the amount due
said county for the County Su-
perintendent of Schools.
Court ordered that sheriff be
allowed so cents per day for
boarding prisoners for the en-
suing year.
Court drew the following jury
for the December term of Grim
inal court.
Clay-Wm. Carpenter, H. T.
Gillespie, w. E. Chinn.
Davis-Roy White, R. C.
Prigge, Jr., Arthur W. Fuhr.
Dover-Jesse L. Hit, Webb
Cole, Fletcher Cox.
Freedom-T. w. Hill, R. C.
Caplinger, Ewd. A. Duensing.
LeXington-Frank w. Camp
bell, Geo. Logan, M. Ladeson.
Middleton-Ralph Cant, War
rem VanMatpr r p Mott
Sni-a-B Bar. E. Wilkinson,
A. L, BraXdale, L. W. Gibson.
Washington - Herman H.
H%oefner, T. Ed Murray, Chas.
Glover.
Court ordered that Judges and
clerks Of election be allowed SO
per day for services.
E. j. McGrew, Treasurer of
Lexington Special Road District
files statement for year ending
July 31st, 1914.
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Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
GAS SIC RIA

Mrs. George D. Little went to
st. Louis Wednesday for a few
weeks visit.
Lee Shippey, Editor of the Hig-
g%insville Jeffersonian, was in
Lexington Wednesday on bust
ness.
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Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
GAS Q RIA

DR.. C. H. Briggs of Sedalia ar
rived Wednesday to attend a
meeting of the Masonic Lodge.
Prof. B. M. Little went to St.
Joseph Wednesday for a few
days stay.
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THE SERIOUS CRISIS
WHICH CONFRONTS
MISSOURI RAILROADS
Continued from Page u

the last 20 years, the railroads
stand out as the one gigantic in
dustry in the Nation which haA
not only not been permitted to
increase its rates, but compelled
TO continually reduce them.
The Situation in Missouri.
Looking at the matter from
purely a Missouri standpoint, the
time has come when the people
must choose between giving the
railroads some substantial in
crease in freight and passenger
rates or sending a lot more of
them into the hands of receivers.
There isn't a single road in Mis-
sour which isn't losing money
by carrying passengers at two
cents per mile and the same is
true of freight rates, which in
many instances are 40 per cent
lower than those Of adjoining
states or numerous interstate
Yates which have received the
approval of the Interstate Com
n1erce Commission.
In the meantime, the recent
statements in the metropolitan
press to the effect that the rail
roads are asking for general ad-
vances of from so per cent to
225 per cent are of course untrue
and misleading. In the near flu
ture the public will be informed
of the exact requests which the
railroads will make.
AS a general proposition, how
ever, the general public is in
chned to view an increase of rail
road rates with exaggerated a.
harm. An increase of 10 per
cent, for instance, over rates in
effect now on distances of be-
tween 500 and 1000 miles would
amount to between 8 mills and
one cent on the average suit of
clothes, 3 to a mills on a pair of
shoes, less than one mill per
pound on meats, less than two
mills per dozen on eggs, 1919
cents on a two-horse pillow and
93b cents on a farm wagon
and for hauls of less than from
500 to 1000 miles the increase
would be proportionately less.
Is there, therefore, anything
about this problem which should
alarm or inspire the antagOnism
Of the average citizen?
For every postage stamp a
Missouri railroad uses it must
haul a ton of coal five miles, and
many similar examples could be
shown. To give them adequate
rates for the services they ren,
der means they can go ahead
with a comprehensive program
Of statewide improvement, that
they will be able to put millions
Of dollars into betterments anC
new extensions, put many add.
tiOnal men at work in every rail.
road shop in the state, increase
section gangs, improve theil
road beds, install block signals
buy new engines and cars anC
otherwise inaugurate an era Of
progress which will enable u.
TO make the most of our agricul
tnre, manufactures, mines, lum
Der and other interests.
AS matters stand, numerous
railroads in Missouri are paying
out more money in the stat
than they collect on Missouri
freight and passenger traffic. 4
notable example of this is tn
Missouri Pacific which, durini
the last fiscal year, paid into tn
state SLIPS, 126 in excess of it
total receipts on Missouri traffi
and which, but for its Inter-stat
business, would have been for
ed into the hands of a receive
long ago. When the people of
great state are actually receiy
ing hundreds of thousands 0
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against the abnormal conditions
produced by the European war
is not true. While the foreign
crisis has greatly intensified
their difficulties, the fact re-
mains that the present rates
have been unremunerative for a
number of years and a readjust-
ment would have had to come
anyway.
Missouri Should Stand for Pro-
gress.
Before the wonderful resources
of Missouri can be fully develop
ed we must not only bring our
present railroads up to a high
point of efficiency but we must
also build many new lines and
extensions into those sections of
the state where farmers and To-
cal commerce and industry are
still inadequstely provided with
transportation facilities. The
chief reason why the farm lands
of Iowa and Illinois are valued
so much higher than lands of
fully as good quality in Mis-
souri, is because those states
have about double the railroad
mileage found in Missouri at the
present time. But investors will
not put their money into new
Missouri lines if we continue to
advertise to the outer world
that capital cannot get a square
deal within our midst. In an adj
dress delivered before the Com
mercial Club at Jefferson City
several months ago, w. B. Nc
Kinley, the big traction builder
of Illinois, gave this as his rea-
son for not having built inter-
urban lines in Missouri up to
this time-and until we prove to
the investing public that this is
not the true attitude of Mis-
souri, people we will continue to
suffer the penalty.
In many respects the American
railroad problem presents queer
and p~aradoxical phases. What
ever abuses many have charac-
terized their management in
some instances in the past and
the frequent charge that they
are highly "watered," the fact
remains, as was shown in a pre-
vious article, that they not only
furnish the cheapest service in
the world, but that they are cap
italized for many thousands of
dollars less per mile than the
state owned railroads of Europe
and yet despite this fact, the
country is full of reformers who
are vociferously demanding gov
eminent ownership.
The Government and the sew.
eral states already make the
rates and are now about to take
the last vestige of financial au.
thority away from the railroad:
by supervising the issuance Of
their securities. If the Govern.
ment owned the railroads, coulC
it exercise authority farther
reaching? Would the assump
ton of a government debt a
mounting to billions of dollar.
secure greater rights or protect
ion for the people? Is it no
barely possible that these crusa
ders who are continually crop
ing about for a new issue are a
bout to precipitate a state of af
fairs which will make the gigan
tic American railroad industr,
the tool of the reigning politica
faction at the National Capita
placing in its hands a tremen
dous instrument through whicI
it can reward or punish any sec
tion of the country as the expe
diency of politics may dictate
:. A Vital Force for Progress
! All thinking men admit tina
the railroads are the very four
dalton upon which rests the er
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Mrs. S. P. Silver and daughter,
Miss Mary Ellen, left yesterday
for their home in Mercedes,
Texas, after an extended visit
here with relatives. Mrs. Ed
ward Aull accompanied them as
far as Kansas City to spend the
day.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mountain
went to Kansas City Wednesday
evening, where they will spend
the winter.
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velopment of our great common
wealth in the past, and the
further fact that we are still in
need of many new lines and ex-
tentions before we shall be able
to realize the fullest possibilities
of the matehless resources of
our state, invites the co-opera-
ton of all thinking citizens and
our law-making bodies to the
accomplishment of the above
ends. In this connection, we
heartily endorse the non-parti-
san proposal of Congress to sur
round the issuance Of railroad
securities with such safeguards
as will henceforth protect the
public and the purchaser of rail
road securities alike.
Mrs. H. E. Mahan and little
son went to Kansas City We'd
nesday for a short visit.
Mrs. W. D. Goodloe and daugh-
ter, Miss Honor, went to Kansas
City Wednesday to spend the
day.
Miss Mable Ainsworth went to
Kansas City Wednesday for a
visit.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-09-02


Mr and Mrs o. D. wuu.r,. 81,
Wh.eseiling. spent sunday Win relatives
VI and Mrs. Percy BYRD ~ cv.,S.-
burg spent sunday d the city visitinr
Mlss AIMS Gale Stuck. Of osl~.tyr-
" ne guest N Misses AnFsia and
Col John r Mcgraw aueuf ft. y-..t,-
enc ~ BE home nf Deer Park
Mr. J. y Keeran and daughter ~.
ggoseptine have LEFT Tor their home IN
.era,tI 100 after visif ~ the home
of W and Mrs James B Moran
Mles Nellie E0rrt ~ West Msf,
.treet T. visitinE friends ~ Keyaer fhis
Mr. william panser ana s.gvb,.,
NrlHe. end sister Niles Nefffe w.
are fpendinE week ~ Fafrrnonf
Mra. Iufhrr Morris and rfafer Ma.
Helen Jndre. spent sunday ~ r0r Han
Mr snd mrs ~ r. s-br,t,t - p.f,,
move have refurned home amer = nfess-
at Welt Win Mr and Me- Ffraf mi
Ihey ~ere a voung bridal couple ~ but
Niea Belle Goufy ~ Vev vorr 49,
been visiting her parents NJ and NJ
Miss Gail Rogers spent SUNDAY a. tt.
camn n John BRADSHAW. near rair-
mont
Rev a. y. Richsfdaon Who Ia. b.,
conhned % hla home win IN rriups D.
nov much improved
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Miss sue Waddell. Of West Liberty.
attended the Ohio county teachers IN
suiute That b. being held III Elm Grove,
yesterday.
Lester Vermillion. motorman on he
West Virginia Traction a. Electric Co.
lines. spent yesterday hunting
Brad Smith Of Patterson. left yes.
torday for weeks vacation In camp
on Big Wheeling Creek
Earl Biggs. Of West Liberty. spent
Yesterday with friends IN the out.the.
pike district.
Several Of the young ladies Of Film
Grove enjoyed a bowling party AZ the
Seibort a smith bowling alleys Mon.
day evening
Extensive improvements are being
made 70 the West Alexander Prosby.
terian church
Mrs Mary Bowers ciass 81 tho
stone church WIN hold their picnic a.
Green's at Triadelphia. Saturday
Misses Lucy Hess and Anna Uuahon
have returned 10 their homes at Park
View. after having spent the past frv.
eral days AZ the guests ~ friends NJ
Tothany
Mice Edith Whalen. OF noi,,ro od. o.
spending several days ~ the guest Of
fr'en o. and relatives ~ Woodlawn
Miss Hazei Ray. clerk nt DE t.rler
pharmacy. % Elm Grove. viii scave 10.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-09-02
MOUNTED GUNS
On American Liner Merton Called 20
Attention Of Collector AZ Phil
adelphia.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept i.-Dr. Ar.
thur Mudra. German consul AZ PhiIa-
delPtia, to-day omcially called the at
tention Of William VI. Kerry. collector
Of customs a. this port 10 the fact
that the American line steamship Ne
rion. which flies the British flag. and
which arrived here to-day from IAv.
trpool and Queenstown. had four six.
inch guns mounted on her decks The
German consul said he had made no
protest to the collector. but expected
him 10 consider the question % the
morton clearing from here With
mounted guns under the neutrality
proclamation.
Collector Berry has referred tho
question to Washington. 10 a. ssxpecf-
- that the action 70 be- taken In the
case Of the British Adriatic. which Or
rived In New York several dave ago
with runs mounted. will be followed
in the case Of The Merton
The captain % the Merton said the
guns on his ship were for protective
purposes ouJy
The Merton brought ffs passengers
from Enriand. and expects 10 sail for
Liverpool 10 a few days
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ISLAND GARDENERS
ARE GIVEN PRIZES
m'FApoEN PLOT GARDENERS
AND BOYS CORN CLUB RE
cElvED DONATIONS.
Miss Cecilia speyer and Other Mem.
bers Of Wonsn's Club Present.
Gardens Looking Fine.

The young gardeners OF the Nc
Fadden property. on Ohio street. Isl
and. and the members OF the Boys
Corn Club were awarded cash prizes
Tuesday afternoon The money. ave
dollars FOR each garden. was donated
by Mr.. w. II. Frank. On the McFad.
den property the children have a
beautiful garden. with everything prop.
erly planted and bearing nicely. One
Roy has already used "a tomatoes and
two dozen ears OF sweet corn a day
Tor week and one dozen a day FOR
ten days. The cucumbers. melona
beans. etc. are looking fine Mr.. NJ
l.. Maxwell. who devised the plan for
the garden. Is to be CONGRATULATED.
Funds were given By the Kings
Daughters Day Nursery. The chill.
dren on the Ohio street gardens are
from the school Of Miss Martha Ross.
who also aided In the work
Those winning the prizes here were.
hrst three dollars. PM Citizens. sec
ond. Kenneth Acker. third. Elizabeth
smith. The judges were Mr W Fran.
Gle HYDE. Mrs. Julian Hearne. Mrs
Mcfadden and Mrs. Charles Proud.
foot
AZ the Boys Corn Club the Judges
were Mr. Hyde. Arch Dorsey and Mrs
McFaddcn. The prizes were won hy
Paul Majesty fret. Carl Miller. sec
ond' Harry Kline third David Mar.
TN and Henry Miller
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Work Is progressing rapidly on the
erecting Of Mr.. Newman's house on
taehiand avenue. south OF Fifth street
large gang OF men are working on
the fixing OF the tracks OF the Pennsyi-
ysnta Railroad company north Of rwes-
Harry Hendershot well known con-
ductor on the Panhandle Traction line
Is erecting large house In the north
ern end Of town,
Mayor w. r. Helfenbine was reported
20 - Improving at his home on Eish-
teenth street
samuel feamen. Of Wheeling. is erecr-
ING a large house corner Eighteenth
street and Richland avenue
X, A Robson who has been visiting
AZ the home Of Mrs. Frederick Peridon
Tor sometime has returned 20 his home
In Washington. y. g.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bible Of South
Warwood have moved into their new
house on Orchard avenue
Miss 9. Brown. Of Glenns' Run a.
improving after being IN AZ her home
Homer Wiles Of Twenty-hfth street
spent yesterday squirrel hunting IN the
hills near Beach Bottom. He returned
home with a good catch.
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NINE OPERATORS MAKE OFFER
OF SETTLEMENT; WAS REFUSED

proposition to settle on the basis Of
the scale now In operation In the
Pittsburgh district. This Is 44.12 cents
per ton However. this offer was not
forthcoming. and Il Il now doubtful
II such an offer viii be made. That
such an oner would be promptly re-
Jected by the miners Is a foregone
conclusion. as one OF them said YES
terday. 1T II better 10 have 1900
men on strike than TO have 80 600 or
possibly 10000 on strike. which would
be the result II we settled on that
basis Since the miners in the other
districts. he explained. have signed
up at ~ cents or more, In some In
stances for more than So cents. N the
miners OF the Fifth suh-district were
now TO sign for less than AZ cents
the operators In other districts would
demand such a scale. which would
precipitate a general strike"
While no official account Of the pro-
ceedings OF the scale committee's ees-
sion's IL made public. Il was reported
last night that yesterday afternoon
the operators. in making their first
proposition. moved that a scale OF Sc
cents for lump coal. and 20 cents for
hne coal. be adopted. The refusal OF
the miners to accept this price was
so emphatic. II Is understood. that al
most Immediately another offer was
made. OF IS cents for lump coal and
p cents for fine coal
This offer is regarded as the equiv
alent OF about 43.5 cents on the mine
run basis. or approximately three and
a half cents less than the miners de-
mand OF a. cents.
Mlne-Run Law An Issue.
)m reports. the mine-run law OF
OHIO is playing an important part
IN the settlement. though indirectly.
The miners allege that the operators
are trying TO evade the law and say
that they are determined that the
strike will be settled only on this
basis.
IL is reported that early in the de-
liberations of the scale committee Q
miner moved that all coal under what
ever scale might be adopted be mined
on the run OF mine basis. but that the
operators voted against Il. II is said
that sometime later another motion
to this effect was made by a miners
representative and that again the
operators voted In the negative.
Presidwent Moore arrived yesterday
morning and attended the sessions or
the scale committee. He win remain
until the committee completes its
work and the conference adjourns, y
was announced yesterday.
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day for a visit Of several days with
friends and relatives at Pittsburgh
George Ross r. confined TO his home
90 Fulton on account ~ illness
number OF people from Elm Grove
and vicinity are attending the :air he
ins held az Washington. ia
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fugale Of
Patterson. are the proud parents OF a
faty boy
Rev. r. II. Craig has returned 20
his home AZ Butler. Pa. after having
sp,nt a few days a. the guest Of E!rn
Grove friends
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Between $1,000 and $4,000 will ne
speht on the Baptist church during the
course OF some improvements which
nave Already been started on the church
nuiidlhg. Inc church VIII be extended
~ sunQnY school purposes The re-
mlialhner u TIC space N the new addi-
space for the pipe organ a do,.stsr
~ tl.vuu was recently received bv the
church from Andrew Carnerfs ana
sum was added 20 this By the iadies ~
the church which permftted Ire -.
chase o. 2.500 organ. which viii b.
paced in the building The work h. 10
- romnlnIed By Nnvnrrhar ~
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All arrangements for the annual
picnic and outing Of the Keystone
Bible class Of the Stone church Sun
day school have been completed. The
AFFAIR VIII be held Monday a. tho
Wayman farm short distance west
of Elm Grove Arrangements for one
81 the biggest and best picnics ever
held BY the class are being made A
large number 81 the friends 81 the
members will accompany them on the
outing. beside a number from the
other classes Of the Sunday school.
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saturday was pay day on the paitf.
more gnd ohio Railroad and a new svs-
tefn or paying the men waa used Tbe
men received their pay checks or vou~h-
80 ~ me usual manner from the
lIelshi ana hcket agents a nav car
Waf then storpcd here and the men
prefentel their checks or vourhsrs AZ
tre WINDOW and had them raahrf
their checks cashed a. the local banks
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move to the city within the near
future


Two touring parties from Illinois.
who have been spending their summer
vacation In the east. passed through
Elm Grove last evening enroute 10
their homes. The trip both 10 and
from the east was made In touring
cars They report the roads in ideal
condition for travelling
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The annual meeting OF the Mite Box
Circle Of the Short Greek NJ 2. church
viii be held az the home Of Mrs. r. j.
McColioch. Friday afternoon The
purpose Of the meeting win be the
opening Of the Mite Boxes" The
meeting will be called 10 order al 1870
D. m, and all interested In the work
are invited 10 attend
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"A. p. Appointments.

The Methodist Protestant Conference
AT Parsons. Monday announced the ap-
pointments for the various churches and
notice was given than Rev. T. j. Hickele
who has been pastor OK The local church
TOT two years. would not return TO
Grafton Rev. Hickle will be conference
evangelist and will 20 TO his farm near
ST MAYS 70 retire from active work
"a. VIII take charge Of the local church
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GRAFTON

GRAFTON. w. Va Sept Clyde
Barnes. who has been working for MIR
Alph shaw on repairs TO the Brinkman
opera house. was seriously injured
Monday while at work removing paper
from the ceiling OF the hall that leads
10 the opera house. Barnes had placed
a ladder on the floor near the door and
from this ladder n board was placed
across 20 the steps. The board slipped
from the ladder. and Barnes fell about
10 feet He sustained several fractur-
ed bones In his left hand and his back
and hip were injured but he Is expected
To recover
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John W. Carroll. one OF the Oldest
residents OF the city. died at his home
on FAST Main street sunday morning at
: O'Clock from paralysis. He was aged
80 years and was among the towns old
est residents He was an employee OF
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad here
FOR several years and was well known
In railroad circles especially. He is sur
NtVed by his wife and hve children: Mrs
humphreys. Jack Carroll. Mrs. A T
Riley. Mrs William Kesser and Mrs
Wesley Knots
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0UT-THE-PIKE


Large parties Of the Nimrods from
the out the pike district. who spent
yesterday In the woods In quest OF
squirrels returned last evening to their
homes. No exceptionally large catches
we're reported and II Is said that there
Is general scarcity Of game through
out the country. The largest catch
reported last evening was that OF John
smith OF Elm Grove. who returned
with 10 OF the furry animals.
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The board Of directors o. the Grafton
or Wilmington. Del. 20 act as general
secretary OF the local association during
the absence OF Secretary Middleton who
receptly accepted the invitation of the
flylng squadron. Of America. TO take
part N It's national prohibition cam
paikn curing thesneNt eight months He
mas mad many years OF experience and
- recommended as a very capable man
FOR this position