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The Holbrook news., 1914-12-05

The state corporation commis- sion would make a big hit with the people of the state if they would investigate the rates made by fire insurance companies doing business in Arizona. Speaking of strong combinations they are about the worst in the state.
 ''The News congratulates the Sun on it's new quarters. ex- tends it's sympathy to them dur ing the trying period of moving, and will be lenient with them as per request.
 As for MT. Breen's issuing the best weekly newspaper in North ern Arizona afner he gets settled, we will say that he will have to set a lively pace and keep it. if he does. Williams News.
 That's the pace, this is the place, watch the race.
The Holbrook news., 1914-12-05

Says the American Press: Commencing with this issue, the Leader is all printed at home a step which has been in con- templation for long time. The publishers believe that the change will not only be bene- fclal to themselves, but that the readers of the paper will also appreciate it. for it gives us the entire control of the contents of the paper, excluding possible ob- jectionable matter, and at all times affording space for the publication of local and county news"
 That ''all home print" is growing among country publish CTS IS evidenced by the fact nhat many enterprising papers now are changing to print all of their papers at home instead of buying ready print stuff from publishing houses. An all home production is worth more than double the size in foreihn mail order stuff. " The Sun is all home print with all local news of interest to readers and no cheap foreign advertisements to fill up our space and the other fellows pocket book.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-08-14
MURDERER IS THEIR TEACHER
stransest School In the World Surely
10 Located In Maryland State
~Penitentiary.

The strangest school in the world In
at the bottom Of a long fight OF steps
in the Maryland state penitentary.
Not the fact that 1t is a penitentiary
makes 1t strange, nor the long row
Of whitewashed cells that almost
touch the desks, nor the blue coated
guard who occupies the extreme back
seat. There are schools in other PEN
itentiaries, some Of them with long.
honorable histories. But the strangest
school is different in its teachers, its
pupils. its methods and its results.
There are 112 pupils, 16 teacherSs
and the average age Of pupils and
teachers together is thirty-three and
one-third years. One OF the teachers
is a murderer doing life; n is q
highway robber doing 20 years; one
is q bigamist, one a forger. and only
the warden knows what the othera
were or did to bring them there. In
one class Of eight scholars are two
bigamists, a murderer, q burglar. and
one who had burned down a stora.
The baby OF the school is barely twen-
ty.one. hardly more than a boy; the
eldest Is seVenty-two. Altogether the
school constitutes nearly q third Of
the whole population Of the prison.
and not q man Of the whole ia Schol-
ArS now enrolled could read a daily
paper or write his own name.-EI'
change.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-08-14

D0LLING LIZZIE UP
BY BEVIs ALTON.

Say, ma'am, some folks is
dalous mean in a town like Haver
sham. Now, there was that Lizzie
Smith that / have in mind. Lizzie was
verging on twenty-five and never had
a beau. You see, she's been a sort OF
drudge to that cranky old aunt Of
hers. and when Miss Rogers died It
was found she'd only left FIVE hundred
a year to Lizzie and the rest went to
an old beau Of hers who was a married
man with nine children in Littlefield.
We'll, ma'am, Lizzie had got so sub
dued that she couldn't perk up even
when she found herself sort Of fixed
for life. She wore the dowdiest old
clothes, and hats that had been out oil
style for Is years. She boarded with
the Flynn sisters, and you know
they're cranks, too. They didn't en-
courage her to spruce herself at all.
Results; At twenty-five Lizzie looks
like a our old scarecrow that couldn't
get married nohow,
Then ALI Perks comes along. Ali
travels in drugs. He comes through
every year, and last year, because he'd
fooled all the girls around these parts
and couldn't get anyone to go with
him, what does he do but make up to
Lizzie. My, how tickled she was
They hadn't got half way to the pic
ture show before the word was al
over town, Lizzie Smiths got a beau!
'Who?' All Perksl' Never!' That's
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-08-14
COULD FORGET HIS TlMlDITY
Child Wac Not Shocked BSyond POwSe
Of Speech In Presence Of Dread
superintendent

An eccentric city superintendent
was seated Rwkwardly at his once
desk. his head poked forward from
his STOPPING shoulders. his elbows
doubled up. his back bent and hiA
feet twisted round the side rounds OF
his chair. when two ladies entered
bringing a ~six-yearold youngster for
admission to school
The dear child Is so timid, Mr..
r." said the grandmother. I'VE
couldn't think Of sending him alone
"Yea, Mr.. r." said the fond aunty.
'-rhe boys have been telling him thai
you whip little fellows, and he II 30
timid-so shy and sensitive that
She vas interrupted BY the umId
youngster, who had all this time been
attentively studying the superintend-
ent's doubled-up proportions.
Say, stand up, will you," he said
Il want to e how tall you ara
' Lippincott's.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-08-14

the way 1t goes in places like Haver-
sham, as you may have seer for your
self, ma'am.
Nov, it may have been deviltry on
Alfs part, or it may have been kind
heartedness, because he knew as we'll
as anybody that Lizzie couldn't get a
beau and was beyond hoping for one.
But 1t took courage for him to walk
down the street with that addressed,
homely creature, all giggles and
bushes, because no man had ever
spoken to her before, except in a bust
ness way. Sort of made love to her.
too, but, Of course, that was all fool
lshness. Anyway, when he come back
six months later, on his return jour
ney, not selling drugs this time, he
didn't speak to Lizzie. Might have
meant to, but he met Susie Riley,
who'd given him the cold shoulder the
time before, and they got so thick to-
gether inside Of five minutes that they
walked right past the Flynn porch.
where Lizzie was setting. and he didn't
even raise his eyes. Which, OF course.
was what Susie Riley had wanted.
Nov. l was saying folks are mean.
II wasn't a month later when the Argus
started a competition for the prettlest
girl in town. There was to be a voting
match, and the one that had the most
coupons filled out won the prize OF a
silk dress and q picture hat And some
Of the young people put their heads
together and decided to have Lizzie
win the prize.
You see, Lizzie was a sort OF re
preach to HRversham with her dowdy
ways, and they thought 1t would teach
her . lesson. Everybody knew she
q a homely as Sin-and yet Il
wasn't exactly homeliness, but q Sor'
Of disspiritedness. remember once
actually thinking her pretty. That wal
let me seel Why, now recall It, tina
wss when | met Lizzie and ALI Perkl
walking TO the picture show together
WNAAf AAu AOnA AhN eh0 ehOAN VI 4
Was, everybody began sending in eou
pons naming Lizzie Smith as being IN,
prettiest girl in Haversham. Every
body in town almost was In the secre
except Lizzie. l thought II kind o
mean myself. because. II she WAs
scarecrow, there wasn't no sense rut
bling II In. Maybe some OF the girl
wanted to get even with her for wall
ing on with All Perks that day. ANY
how. the fact remains that, when III
competition came to a close Llzzi
Smith was voted the prettlest girl l
town with s5T votes, Susie Riley, wa
second. getting only "a.
"of course, Susie didn't care, 81
knew she was the prettiest, and, Il
the matter Of that, each Of the cir
in town thought that she herself WI
the prettiest. There might have be,
some fighting and heart breaking ov
the matter II II hadn't been arrang
to vote Lizzie the prettiest girl. VIII
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-08-14

4 heard the result l screamed. Lizzie.
who'd had a beau, the prettiest
girl in Haversham! The joke was on
her and no mistake.
She'll leave town, sure, says Cy
Holt to me, as we read the announce
nent. Nobody but a hippopotamus
could stand for a thing like that and
survive. And Lizzie amt no hippopota-
nus l saw her crying after ALI Perks
turned her down. She was going into
town, and the tears was Just stream
ing"
Now, you may have heard It said
that an evil thought turns back to the
person that thinks 1t. And in this
case the plot proved a boom-boom-
boomerang. Amt that the thing you
throw that comes back and hits your
Well, Lizzie Smiths silk dress and hat
duly arrived by the new parcel post,
and, being only a woman, II she was a
scarecrow, she put them on. Miss
Georgine Flynn told me she thought
she'd wear out her pier mirror, she
stood looking at herself so long In It.
Then Lizzie took the dress and hat
of and put on her old rags and liked
into town. We had been watching to
see what she'd do. In she goes to the
shop Of Miss Peters, the women's out
filter.
She hadn't been gone I'VE minutes.
carrying a whole raft Of parcels, when
all Haversham was in the shop to find
out what she'd bought. Some folks
are 80 snoopy, you know. I asked Miss
Peters. Well, you could have knocked
me down with a featherl She'd spent
FIVE and twenty dollars, She'd bought
underwear and shoes and gloves and
jabots and hankerchiefs and waistsl
Say! l met Lizzie that evening on the
street.
why, what's happened, Lizzie
SMITH I asked her. The shock was
terrific. She was all dolled up like a
actress.
Haven't you heard?' she answered.
The Argus has voted me the prettiest
girl in Haversham by g majority Of
833 votes. My! never dreamed that
l was pretty at all. Did you think me-
pretty she asks, throwing back her
head.
mot so as you would remark It, I
wanted to say but l didn't. For Lizzie
was standing under the big electric
light in front of HI Taylor's drug store,
and the change in her struck me all
Of a heap. Pretty? You bet she
I'd never seen such a transformation
in my life. In her silk dress and the
picture hat, and the new gloves, and
the other things, she looked like a
queen. All the droopy look to her
mouth had gone, and her eyes was
shining like two stars. And her
cheeks was like r%osebuds.
And l don't know how It happened.
but suddenly the thought of how mean
Haversham had been to her, and how
the folks had tried to hurt her come
over me like a blow. | took Lizziels
\ face in my hands and / kissed 1t.
That's all. No, hat amt all, Meth
er. l forgot to say that when ALT
Perks come through this year he saw
Lizzie and he wouldn't go to the show
with any girl but her. And they're
going to be married next month, Il
ALI can get a couple Of weeks leave Of
absence"
Copyright. 1914. by W. G. Chapman.)
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-08-14
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Deeds Filed in the Recorders
Office, Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo-, for week ending
Saturday, August Sth 1914.
Compiled by Lafayette County
Abstract Company and Tinan-
cial Agents, Lexington, Mo.
Charles S. Mcdowell and
Pauline, his wife, to Butler w.
and Eta S. Moore, w. D. $500,
part WE NEA 1-348-29. Tin
odessa
Albert Tyree and Maud NJ, his
wife, to Annie Sanders, w. D.
$24OO, sos acres part SWA
NEH and 4 acres part SEA
lNEA all in 19-49-27.
Ellen Calyer, a widow, to An
derson and Sallie E. Stanley, w.
D. $11O0, lot IA, block 5 Patter-
son & Smiths addition to
Odessa.
Fred Morgan and wife to John
Morgan single to William c.
Carlton, W. D. $3.50, lots 10 and
IA, block "C", Frank Meierand'S
second addition to Corder.
Marie Petering ct al to Edward
wv. Petering, w. D. $500, part
NWH SWH 4-48-24 (strip il
Concordia)
Cordelia C. Moore single tt
James E. Kincheeloe, w. D. $1OO
part NEA 1892, strip of lane
in MAYHEM.
Henry M. Keller and Mary ].
his wife, to Joseph G. and Flor
ence l.. Grady, W. D. $4,000
lots 8 and 10, block 81, First ad
ditiOn to Lexington, Mo.
Taubman Realty and Agricul
tural Co. to Robert M. Taubman
W. D. $S,16O, NEA VEL 20
E19 NWH NEA 20, EH2 WI
lNWA NEA 20, NWA NW1
28, 35 acres off N end Mel
w %, 1.55 acres off w side
acres off S end VEL NWA Is
Elk. R. R. all in 51-26, 1876 acres
Frank M. Prick and Johnnie A
his wife, to Emma A. Campbe
@. c. D. $4,000, NEA SEA 6, V
60 acres Ne NWA 7-4S-2s.
Willie M. Lane and M. H., n
husband, to Elva Carter, w. 1
, $69.SO, lots 10, IL and II, bloc
2, Asbury's addition to Higgin,
vile.
Doris Wehrs ct al to Loren
Meyer, w. D. $50, part NW1
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-08-14

l have recently purchased the
bus and transfer business from
John R. Potts, and am prepared
to give the best of service in
either case. Moving and freight
hauling will be given prompt
and careful attention.
LEE j. McFADIN.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-08-14

Miss Mable Strodtman Of Kan
sas City arrived Monday for
a visit here with her sister, Mrs.
Vince Owen.
Mrs. F. Young returned to her
home in Excelsior Springs yes
terday after a visit here with
Mrs. George Blackwell.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-08-14

Oscar Aldreen went to Kan
sas City Tuesday for a few
days visit.
Rev. A. E. Rogers went to
Wichita, Kansas Monday even
ing for a few days on business.
W. A. Marquis went to K. G..
Tuesday for a few days on
business.
Misses Helen Groves and Dol
CatroD returned to Carter, Mo-,
Tuesday after a visit here
with the family of g. L. Wilson.
Mrs. Lawrence Peak went to
Kansas City Tuesday morning to
spend the day.
Gustav Hearle went to Kansas
City Tuesday to spend the
day on business.
r. A. Wilson went to Kansas
City Tuesday for a few days.
Miss Laura Hyde Wilson went
to Sedalia Tuesday for a visit.
Mrs, j. H. w. Gers of st.
Louis arrived Monday evening
for a visit here with Mrs. E
Winkler.
Mrs, John Finley of Warsaw
Mo-, arrived Monday evening
for a visit here with her mother.
Mrs. Cordelia Marshall.
Miss Leona Pace left yesterday
morning for a visit in Jefferson
City and st. Louis.
The WTld's Big Saddle Stalk,
offered by the Missouri Stat,
Fair has filled for the 1914 Exhi
bition ard the wonderful contes.
of last year will again be repeat
ed. The most sensational Sad
die Horses of the world are en-
tered and it promises to be al
epoch making show in Saddl
Horse History. The contest vii
be held on Friday, October 2, ID
front Of the Grand stand.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-08-14

William E. Allworth and Stella
o., his wife, to Henry and Au-
gusa Wehking, W. D. $4,000, lots
6, 7 and 8, block7 and a tract 35
feet by 80 feet off east end lot 5
and south p of east end lot A.,
7, Criminal MAYHEM.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-08-14
For Sale.

so acre farm, / mile northeast
of Lexington. Address, Box
116, Lexington, Mo.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-31
CHOOSE We THIS DAY
WHOM We WILL SERVE
Rev. DR.. Pierce Urged Necessity Not
Only of Choosing, but of Making
Choice Without Delay

notwithstanding the inelement
weather and the fact that Monday Is
busy day for many, fair sized au-
dience greeted Rev. Dr. Pierce i'll the
First Baptist church last evening The
first Psalm was chosen as the scripture
lesson, and emphasis was laid upon the
two WAYS of life as described therein
This Psalm portrays the progressive
ness of sin, and then sets ever against
that picture the blessedness which
comes to those who are oodiv. DR..
Pierce spoke OF the multitudes who are
missing from home; lost in the swell
ing mass OF humanity and pcrishin@
amid the sins OF the world He then
called attention to the purity oil the
young life bonn into the world. ana
which for the first few years. untn
reaching the age of accountabitity has
wrapped around it the love of the Say
iour. Then comes time when there is
the consciousness of good and of evil
and when the choice must be made be
tween the two WAYS. This choice must
be made by each Individual for himself.
and every one Is free to act as he
| pleases.
He then called attention to the folly
I of attempting to live divided life,
! giving part OF the heart to the world
with its pleasures. and the gi> ing of
I tho other half Of the heart to Jesus
/ Christ. The choice between the two
ways must he made quickly. as we have
I no right t. bauk upon the future. Now
is thp accepted time He emphasized
/ the fact that while love is the greatest
thing in the world, time comes next.
and is so precious that God does not
/,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-31
ADMITS RoBBING STATION.
Maxine Seymour of Winooski, vt
Confcsses After Being Arrested.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, March 81
Maxine Seymour, 20, of Winooski, Vt.
WHO was arrested as suspect Friday
night by West Springfield police. con-
fcssed, after severe questioning Dv
Chief Of Police Edward Bromage. to
having robbed the railroad stations at
Essex Center. Vt, and Jericho. Vt. on
February -. aud the station at Win
ooeki on the Sth. Chief of Police
Charles \. Palmer Of Winooskl was
communicated with and stated n reply
that the stations mentioned had been
robbed and that there was Il warrant
out for the arrest of Seymour 4 re-
yolEcr. cartridges, several mileage
books and other articles were found on
the man.
Seymour WAS arrested by Officer T.
II. Benton about II O'Clock Friday
might at Mittineague. Whgn searched
at the police station the 3Aealibrc re-
Tolvcr. cartridges and mileage books
wore found He was charged with ear
wing "A dangerous weapon His ease
was continued until April 8. Seymour
was questioned aud finally stated that
hc bad secured IS mileage books from
THE Ez.cx Center aud jericho station,
latd -G& iu cash and four mileage books
from the Wiuooski station. The man
| wa be- lurHcd over to the Winooski
police after ii>position Of his case in
| the Springfield police court
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-31
EMERSON STORE
VISITED BY 1900
Opening Day Proved Attraction for
Big Crowd-orchestra Played and
Refreshments Were Served

Ip spite of the inclement weather
Yesterday afternoon and evening about
$40 persons visited the immense
house furnishings store of Emerson &
Son on Elliot street. which was thrown
open for inspection yesterday after
noon at O'Clock for the first time
From that hour until late in the even
Ing there was steady stream Of visi-
tors who marvelcd at the immensitv of
the building with its five floors and
basement, the variety and quantity of
the stock and the methods adopted for
its display aud storage.
What appeared to bc one of the
greatest attractions was the window
display of Syracuse china by the
Onondaga Pottery Go. The display was
the one that won the general prize IN
that department at the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition and was sent to Mr..
Emerson especially for his opening.
Not only were beautiful samples OF
the finest Of crockcrv displayed attrae-
lively. but with them were shown many
of the molds in which the china is pre-
pared and which attracted ~ much at
tcntiou as did sample monogram din
ner plate inlaid with gold. a dinner -ct
of which would shattcr Il $1,000 bill so
/ thoroughly there would not bc enough
left to purchase the food for 81 small
family dinner.
All during the afternoon and even
/ ing refreshments Of ice cream and
cakes were served Oh the upper floor.
where Leitsiugcr'S orchestra of FIVE
pieces furnished me~je Each woman
visitor was presented ~ sample plate
.,+ Z
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-31
WANT EMERSON TO
RUN FOR GOVERNOR
Many New Hampshire Republicans Urg-
ing Son of Brattleboro Man to
Become a Candidate.

Many OF the Republicans of New
Hampshire are urging Charles :. Emer
son Of Milford to become a candidate
for governor. Mr. Emerson. who is 4
son of Summer Il. Emerson and brother
Of Hurry l.. Emerson oiS-thIs town. has
been here this week 10 assist in the
opening of II. L. Emerson : furniture
store On Elliot street. Relative to the
moyemen to place him in the field as
gnhernatoriai candidate the Milford
Cabinet Of March rs says:
=. For governor. Charles =. Emerson.
That is the sentiment of great many
Republican voters about the state. and
while Mr.. Emerson has not stated that
he would he It candidate the pressure
brought to bear upon him Is growing
greater every day.
The party is in great need of a
man who stands right with the Repub
licans. has not antagoHized the Progrcs
sjves. and who is we'll and widely
known throughout the state. There
are not many who fill these require
ments. Mr.. Emerson is one OF them
Men all over the state know that If he
becomes a candidate he will make a
strong campaign for election. aud his
neighhors here know that if elected he
will make q strong governor.
MIR Emerson : name Is very favor
ably received by the newspapers, the
following from the Newport Champion
being u fair sample:
Mr.. Emerson has the stuff In him
that good governors are made OF. tie
/ is live wire in Milford. he was a i've
/ wire in traternal circles, he has always
been IA live wire in anything To which
he has turned his attention While Mr..
Emerson IS generally progressive. his
head ism t filled with the fool stuff that
has been prevalent in recent politics
and while he is reasonably conserva
/ tive, his back ism t covered with moss
Mr.. Emerson looks quite good if he
sees fit to take chance"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-31
Took $4,000 From 4usband's pockets.

Took $4,000 From Husbands Pockets
IN the April American Magazine, Hugh
: Fullerton. continuing his series Of
articles entitled American Gambling and
Gamblers. describes gambling at Palm
Beach. Following is Mr. FnIlcrton.s ac-
count of one story hc heard ~ Palm
Beach last season.
Persons Who frowu over tie grocery
BIZ ana housewives who cllew the ends
of lead pencils and grow wrinkles because
the price Of steak is up two cents will
nc interested III the following yarn. one
evening my wife and / were strolng
over u the Beach club TO see the sights
Just ahead Of us was party-three wo-
men and two men--aud the narrowness
Of the walk compelled to fall in be-
hlnd them and follow to the club Veranda.
one of the men was telling a story of
woman who, in spite of her husband 5
riches, Was stinEy That day in the no.
tel SHE WAS dressing for tea and her hus-
band Was lettering in tho boudoir wait
ing to escort her To the outdoor grih
Accidentally SIZE Knocked her bank book
o. the floor He picked 1t up and glanc-
cd CarelesSly 1T the figures then, IN sur
. prise, demanded to know where she had
accumulated so much money There was
a scene She stormed, wept, but finally
confessed ii was money she had taken
from his pockets during the six weeks
they had been in the South. The sum
was more than twenty-seven thousand
dollars, and he had not missed 1t.