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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-02-20
AN OPEN LETTER.
Mr.. L. F. Boswell:

Replying your complimentary remarks in regard to my
statement of JAN 49, do inoim how much mistaken
when you made that the Finance Commit
did with said statement The Board of Al
dermen passed resolution January by unanimous vote a
horizng Mr. 0de and myself take legal steps to procure the
paid and other legal documents belonging TO the cy IN
order that might fulfill pledge to the taxpayers the town
and have the books audited order that they might know the
condition of their affairs and could ao proceed with the
audit until the secured we refrain
ed from taking legal steps believing that might get them
without it, Notwithstanding the fact that the Board had auhoz
ed us to do otherwise.
think this is sufficient proof that the Finance Committee to-
geher with all other members the Board did with
in my statement.
Mr. Boswell you further that my statement false and
had turned all belonging the city and at the
time you admitted that you had not but stated that you
had that day turned Mr. Ode certain property deeds be-
longing to the Town lexington and that you still held your
the paid warrants that private property
You evidently know better am persuaded believe that Mr.
Hall your legal advisor any other lawyer wnld have
known better.
Now, Mr. Boswell insist that turn all paid
belonging to the Town of lexington before Feb 25 1914
Your failure to do will will force take legal steps pro-
lcure same.
you that it not my desire to put you the city of
Lexington penny expense and it is only matter of duty
that l make this request
sorry that fit to make personal matter out
of public document pertaining to the welfare the city and
far concerned you may all the anderou remarks
about that to- long it is in to public
matters pertaining to the cty's welfare.
Respectfully
ADV. o. SWEAT.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-02-20

Referring to the elections law
decision by the Supreme court,
the Jack-sonian says: We
have no unfriendly criticist to
offer upon the majority mem
bers." You don't need to. Sam
my. Justices Dickey Lansden
and Grafton Green have said q
plenty-but if you were not
afraid of jail fair, bedding, ETC.,
we'd like to read what you'd un-
load on Justices Neal, Buchanan
and Williams.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-02-20

One of the prettiest little pub
locations in Tennessee is the
Highway Magazine, which comes
from Nashville. The reading
matter is he best to be had on
the subject of good roads and
the illustrations are ine. We
see nothing to indicate the pub
Usher and editor, but if Charlie
Gilberthas anything to do with
it, it must be well done, for
Charlie is natural born, highly
cultiva ted "Highwayman."
Drop the Magazine a card and
ask for a copy.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-02-20

The fraternal Order of Knights
of Pythias, founded Feby. 10,
1854, was fifty years old on We'd
nesday of this week. The order
was founded by Justus FL. Rath-
done and while not the oldest of
fraternal societies was the first
to bar from membership saloon
owners, barkeepers, gamblers
and others of that ilk.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-02-20


United States Senator Angus
tus Octavins Bacon, OF Georgia,
died in Washington City last
Saturday. He had been in the
Senate nearly nineteen years
and since the ascendency Of the
Democratic party in March 1918,
had been Chairman Of the For.
eign Relations committee. He
was the first Senator elected by
direct vote Of the people after
adoption of that amendment to
the Constitution
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-02-20

Democracy may be lin fine
condition" as reported from
Washington, following the ar
rival in that city of National
Chairman, VIM. f. McCombs,
but perusal Of an article in the
Saturday Evening Post of last
week, by WilllamsHs Taft, for
mer President, viii convince
even the casual reader that over
confidence among Democrats
might easily be disasterous in
1915. 1t will especially pay a
Democrat to read the article.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-02-20
Fifth Sunday Meeting.s

The Fifth Sunday meeting of
Beech River Baptist association
will be held at Parsons, Tenn,
beginning Friday night, March
~, att O'Clock and continuing
two days. The following is the
program:
Introductory sermon, A. U.
Nunnery; alternate, A. L. Rog
ers.
Organization.
SATURDAY.
why am a Baptist, j. B.
Hays, W. X. Brooks.
Bible Tithing," w. F. b.
rem, S. T. Darlington.
Missions in Beech River AS
sociation," A. U. Nunnerv, 4. s.
Garner.
The Security af the Believ-
ers, h. l.. Rogers, Clarence E.
Azbill.
Explain Ezekial 81: 1-IO," IS.
K. Hurst, l.. M. Matheney.
The Act and Design eff Bap.
tism, j. B.. Eads, @. V. Jones.
Importance Of Ministerial
Education" T. M. Newman, W.
T. Names.
SUNDAY.
Sunday School Mass meeting
led by l.. l.. Walker.
Missionary sermon at II
O'Clock, W. +. Boren; alternate,
s. X. Aurst.
Query Box a speciality. The
Executive Board will meet dur
ing the sessions.
Committee.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-02-20

Immediately following the
closing Of the Mercantile Bank
in Memphis the papers of the
city loudly proclaimed that all
the other banks Of that town
were sound. How do they know?
Any paper in the city, would
have taken oath that the Mer-
camille bank was as impregnable
as the Rock of Gibraltar-and
all can now see that the Mer-
camille was rotten long before
the crash ind expose came. No
man can tell to-day what may
happen tomorrow.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-02-20

The Cumberland Presbyterian
church and an adjoining resi-
dence at Jackson were destroyed
bp fire, which originated in the
church, last Monday morning,
Loss over $40, 900, with $4,000 in
surance on the church and $500
on the pipe organ, which was
worth 81, 500.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-02-20

Lent, that forty days season of
abstinence and fasting, which is
observed by the Catholic aud
Episcopal churches, will begin
next Wednesday, the 25th and
will end with Easter Sunday or
rather with the Saturday before.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-02-20

law enforcement. and white
washed and protected back tax
grafters, turn the vote count
ing in the State over to the thor,
oughly INSCRIPTIONS whisky ele.
ment in the big cities if not in
the country. Some men are very
thoughtless.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-02-20
Society Meets.

The Henderson County Medi-
cal Society met last Saturday in
the Office of the Secretary, Dr..
Samuel T. Parker. Minutes of
the previous meeting were read
and approved. DR.. O. K. Bolen
read a verb interesting paper on.
Pneumonia which was freely
discussed by all present. Ow.
ing to the extremely bad wealth
er there was very small mum
Der Of doctors from the country
present but what we liked in
number was made up in enthn-
siasm.
DIR. Ambrose Mccoy was en-
II for re appointments on the
a,lical Examin-,
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-02-20
Non Resident Notice.
MONTGOMERY, WARD g. co. J
vs..
G.. ". WILSON

vs..
G. Y. WILSON.
Pending before II. e. draper. jus
tiee of the Peace, for Henderson
County, Tennessee.
Toe. v. WILSON.
In this case it appears by the afIl-
davit that the defendant, G. V. Will
SEE. IL justly indebted to the plaintiff,
and Is nonresident Of the State. so
that the ordinary process OF law cam
not be served upon him, and an orpi-
nal attachment having been levied
upon his property and returned To me:
Il Is therefore ordered that publica.
ton be made in The Lexington Pro.
gress, newspaper published In Lex
ingt0n, Henderson County, Tennessee.
Tor four consecutive weeks, Command.
Ing the said g. v. Wilson to appear
before me- at my Office In Lexington.
Tenn, On the 23rd day Of February.
1914, and make defense tosaid suit, Or
Y will be proceeded with exparte.
This January z3rd. 1914
- Fl. II. DRAPER,
Justice Of the Peace
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-02-20

Our elections will be all right.
We have plenty of Regular Dem
ocrats who will do to trust-in
the county-but it was the cor.
rnpt cities to be dreaded both in
the casting and counting of votes.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-02-20

Now is the time for all good
men to stand shoulder to should
err in the interest Of the town
and the county. The shirkers
will please go way back and
sit down."
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-02-20

State Auditor CLARK has made
grave charges Of incompetency
aud extravagancs against the
management of the West Ten
nessee Hospital for the Insane
at Bolivar.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-02-20
Course in Agriculture.

For several years the Univer
sity of Tennessee has been hold
ing schools for farmers at differ
ent places in the state. Practi
cal lectures are given by experts
on the subjects of interest to the
farmer. Generally the school
lasts one week.
Such men as Profs. Morgan
Keffer and Wilson are the in
strnctors. Each of them arc
men of very much experience.
Such a course as this must not
be confused with one day sess
ions where the work is oil of q
most general nature.
In order to secure this course
the citizens Of the county must
show enough interest to contrib
fte 500 tJward defraying a
part OF the exdonse. II you de.
sire to have this work done in
our county help ns by contribu-
one dollar or more. This is
Of the farmer and
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-02-20

The Springfield Herald says
there is no such thing as an off
season" in Tennessee politics.
When we are not doing some
thing, we are talking about it.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-02-20

Senator Bacon, of Georgia,
who died last Saturday, after 80
years in public life, left practi
cally nothing but his library and.
his home in Macon.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-02-20
Senator Luke Lea has humps.
State Treasurer Kennedy, of
New York, cut his own throat
last Saturday.

President Wilson was laid off
a part of last week by a severe
cold but was able to go to work
Monday morning.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-02-20

Many men in Tennessee who
have staunchly stood with the
independents and fusionists, ex-
pressed the advance opinion that
the Supreme court would reach
unanimous decision on the cleo
ton Law case but those me-
~ ally realized hor
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-02-20

The Republican, Citizen, the
new, consolidated paper over at
Camden, Benton county, talks
right III its first issue. Hear it:
It seems that all parties,
creeds sects are declaring for
Law Enforcement. This is, a
rure sign that the people are 60
ing to have an inning after all.
Ihere is no question butsthat a
rriority Of the voters Of
re for stats wide pro-
IRE un erably op,
they are
la q 49,
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1914-02-20

Adv.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-21
Daddy sBedtirne
CtOrV.
Gerry at the
. Monument of
George Washington.

~" ERHl proud his
tel 4
~ great great grandfather who Revolutionary
with General George Washington TO
little chair that had belonged to George Washington 1t
down to Gerry aud of all the the world
the little chair the wonderful
the little George Washington of
But lac all his and
did anything lie
was any possibility Of being brave
one day-Washington birthday i
chair thinking
heard Of
band lie
window There olls
beside
his followed the
They marched distance,
old
ad Fought with George Washington
grandfather had told him he
present lie told that the
to fight for Now the day had
They need fight OF
bravery and goodness To be the right followers Washington
that little should unselsh Kind
II would be right
And then It's o thee.
And thinking he ALL
did and sadder
grandfather would he
he be and
dreamer on
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-21
ORIGIN OF THE TELEPHONE.
II Sprung From Bells Efforts to Teach
the Deaf to Speak.

Professor Alexander Graham Bell
Is reported TO have explained in II lee.
ture how he came to invent the tele.
phone as follows:
MY father Invented symbol by
which deaf muteS could converse, and
finally | invented an apparatus by
which the vibrations of speech could
be seen. and it turned out TO be Il telc.
phone. 1t occurred to me to make a
machine that would enable one To hear
vibrations. ! went To an aurst. and
he advised me to take the human ear
as my model lie supplied me with a
dead mans ear, and with this ear I
experimental, and upon applying the
apparatus | found that the dead mans
ear wrote down the vibrations.
Il arrived ut the conclusion that If
could MAKE iron vibrate on "A dead
mans ear could make an instrument
more delicate which would cause
those vibrations to be heard and I'm.
derstood. ! thought if placed a deli
cate piece of steel over an electric
magnet could get vibration. and
thlis the telephone was completed.
The telephone arose from my at
tempts To teach the deaf to speak. II
arose from my knowledge not of cleo.
triclty. but us IA teacher of the deaf.
iiad ] been IN electrician | would NOT
have attempted it,"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-21
EMBARRASSING THE CHIEF.

There have been several instances
lately OF representatives of the WI
son administration making public ut
teraHees likely to embarrass its chief
The secretary of labor is in this list
he often talks more IKE Socialist
than like "a Democrat The postmas-
ter generals advocacy Of government
ownership and operation Of telegraph
and telephone lines rardly can have
been the result Of previous candid
conferences with the president and the
latest wild horse act was that of Com
missioner Camnetu, when he plunged
into "a campaign of uncompromising
hostility 10 the japanese There is At
Iumor that his object in this was to-
.neratuc himself with the masses in
California preliminary TO an effort 10
obtain The Democrati. nomination for
the govcrnorship Of that state.
10 is limited from Washington that
the president feels soreiy tried by
reason Of this political play of his
Commissioner OF immigration. who
made matters difficult for the admins
'raton once before, by using his per.
-onm and official influence with the de-
r#r'ment OF justice TO case matters for
His SON when the latter was defend
ant I'm % prosecution under the Mann
Write slave act Notwithstanding the
great prnvocation on that occasion.
thn president RETAINED from betray-
ing eElacnce of lmpaucuce. but it is
limited that now he has reached
point where ho would accept the elder
iaWtnc'is resignation if the latter
should send it iu. We're Caminetu out
If mis- federal office ba would have a
tree hand rp engineer for the govern
'rship of California. II his mind is set |
N making try for that office he may |
outsider 10 hopeful To hjs chances To- |
withdraw from lis federal berth.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-21
CONCERNING CARNOTITE.
Rare Mineral From Which Radium is
Mainly Derived


Carnotite. the principal source OF ra /.
ulo-active Substances. Is I'M ore Of vann-
dihm and uranium. named for II presi-
dent or France. It's principal occur
renee In the United States is i'm Colo
RADIO, where much ore Is mined and
lnilled Some .arnotite occurs also in
Utah.
tnrnotitc Is probably IN alteration
rrodnct OF pitchblende and is the min.
erll whence the major portion of our
rhdium supply is derived. SAYS n writer
III the Engineering and Mining Jour
nal. Ii was discovered by Charles Pou.
lot. late in 1887 or early in lSSS. in the
foc creek Tor possibly LII Sal creek,
district OF western Montrose county.
COLO In the beginning small lots were
shipped To Il little wooden shed near
the east end of Chamua street. Denver.
where the ore WIS treated 10y pOuOt
and T.. Cumengc, both chemists. who
were associated with VI. Noille,Iue In
Tie rare meta. business in Denver.
fotllot Travelled extensively through
Colorado AMI acquired Il pitchblendc
deposit In Gilpin county, which he sold
10 Tie Roman Catholic Bishop Mach
b"cuf OF Denver. The l1tter died In
lS'm and bequcathed II to his successor.
bishop Matz, who sold il in 1917 to
Yale college for $1,000. I'ouiot was
Interested also In the tungsten deposits
OF Boulder county.
The uInniun-vanadium mineral was
named carnotite in lSSS by Mr. Pou.
lot. at the suggestion of Mr.. Cumenge,
III honor of Marie Francois Sadi Car
not, president of Ernnca
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-21
BIRTHDAYS or NOTED PERSONS

Thomas Sterling United States
senator from South Dakota. was born
.n Fairfield county ohio. Feb. Il. 1851.
When ac was four years old his par
nnts moved 10 Illinois and located on
farm Do Mclean county. ana ON this
farm hc grew t. Manhood. He grad
uat"d from Illinois Wesleyan Univer.
-iiF in lN'1 I'm 1850 ne became city
attorney of Springfield. Two years lat
"r Do" moved TO Dakota, where he con-
iiuued the practice of law. He was a
member OF the first state senate of
South Dakota and excrted a strong
Huenoe iu shaping the legislation of
lhe new state In 1901 he became
dean OF the college Of law at the state
university and held hat position UNI
ui 1911, when he resigned to become n
candidate for the United states senate.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-21
His Foot In IL.

Well said the hostess, bidding her
guest good night. you have a lons
drive home. but it's lovely evening
Yes isn't II fine night?" answered
the guest addressed.
so you'll have nice drive and
won't wish you hadn't come to see
me-" W
On the contrary, ! assure you, ! al.
ways think that the drive home Is the
very pest part of affairs like this"
Another one Of the things that might
nave been put differently II one had
had Time to think 1t over-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-21
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.


1903-Execution of Colonel Despard
for plotting to dssassinate Kins
George III.
1S69--Austrian warstip "Radetzky'
blown up, with loss of $50 lives
1St4-Benjamin pisraeli became pre-
mier of England for the second
time.
1SS5-Dedication of he Washington
monument at the national cap
ital.
1S96-Warships of the powers bonn
barded the Cretan rebels near
Canca.
1900-Gen. Butler crossed the Tugeln
river and drove in the Boer rear
guard.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-21
NEWS FORECAST OF
the COMING WEEK

Washington D. g.. Feb. sl.-Puhn,
Affairs and much private business will
bc suspended throughout the nation
Monday in tribute To the memory OF
George Washington and i'm oelebra-
ton II the anniversary of his birth.
~ many cities throughout the coun-
Try the day will be marked 10y ban
quets at which eminent speakers will
DE heard
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-21
Will Pension Germ Carrier.

\ peculiar bargain is being struck
by some local governments i'm England
for the prevention of the spread Of
disease. The Manchester city govern
ment has just agreed to grant a pen
sion To- a woman carriers of enteri,
germs in return for which she has
given her promise To give up the keep
reports Of ply sicians attached To the
local government board the landlady
was responsible for an epidemic of en-
tcriC fever among her dodgers, and il
was decided To buy her Off with u
weekly pension.
\ more serious ease is reported
from the West Riding of Yorkshire
whore a woman employed as house,
keeper at various farms is declared Il
he the source of sixty cases of entcric
fever. six of which have proved fatal.
For three years after her discharge
from the hospital where She was treat.
ed for the fever she lived with her par
ents and no cases of Infection Wero
traced To her. Then she took up WORK
as temporary housekeeper in the coun-
try and the enteric fever epidemic f6l.
lowed her from farm To farm. Thu To-
cal government board inspectors or
dered her To return to the home of her
parents and soon aftcrward the cpl.
demic in the country ceased The WON
an will he paid by the local govern
ment To remain at home.
In the British army new regulati.l
provides that known carrier of en-
terlc germs may he discharged whe
his condition refuses To respond to
treatment and he is allowed pension
if he permits the fact that he is a car
rier to be disclosed in his dischafss
papers.
An Epidemic Of Mumps.
An epidemic of humps has become
SO serious i'm London that lively busi-
ness is being done insuring business
men against the disease. Mumps il
not on the list of notifiable contagious
diseases and the result has been that
during the present period of cold damp
weather the epidemic has gone like
wildire through the Office district II
the city
one physician has written To the
papers protesting against the levity
with which the outbreak has been
treated by the press. He asserts that
the only funny thing about the diseas So
IS It's name and concludes that since
there are no specifics against the
humps once acquired, strong preyen-
live measures should be taken.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-21
USES OF MONEY.

] desire money because ! think |
know the use Of it. Il commands,
labor. il gives leisure. and to give
leisure to those who will employ il in
the forwarding Of truth is the noblest
present an individual can make to
the whoIe.-Shelley.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-21

Pittsburgh, Pa.-"F'ilet steak. thick,
double order French fried, toast. salad
and coffee" was the order Of a Vol
unteer" snow shoveler when told by IA
street-cleaning foreman TO eat all he
wanted "on the city"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-21

Flint pebbles gathered on the coast
GOO worth are annually exported from
Favre To the United states, are val
nod At Iresent $40 per metric ton.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-21
CONCENTRATIONS to

congratulations to.
Brig Gen. George p. Scriven, Chief
Signal officer Of the 4. :. army, 60
years old today.
Or. j. Brander Matthews, eminent
author and critic, 81 years old today
the richest boy IN America, II years
Old today
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-21

Cumberland. Md.,-While loading
scrap iron in the railroad yards Hans
Denmark telling him he was an heir
to 100000. He will start a dairy.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-21
ARTIST

L. y. H. Widener, Of Philadelphia,
Widener evidently has found out that
money Is no longer tight.--Chicagn
Record Herald
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-21

Topeka, Kas., last year received q
gross revenue of $12i.55S from it's wat
erworks department.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-21

Eleven members Of the poultry trus'
have been sent To- jail in New York
iiut is that going to make the hens lay
more and better eggs?
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-21

Swiss boy with two stomachs has
been discovered Every boy should
have two, for he needs them.