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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-01-09

Hugh Rogers returned to his
home in Vermont, Mo-, Monday
after a visit here with hi
brother, DR.. A. g. Rogers.
Griffith Bates returned to Full
ton Monday after a visit
here with homefolks,
Ben Simmons returned to Des
hoines, Iowa, Monday after
a visit here with relatives.
Misses Dora and Allie May
Horn returned from Kansas City
Sunday evening.
Miss Florence Davis, who has
been visiting in Kansas City, re-
turned home Sunday evening.
Rev. F. u. Gordon went to
! orth Missouri Monday morning
on business.
Mrs. Emil Larson and daughter
Miss Alma, left Monday for
Victoria, Texas, to make their
future home.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-01-09
TELLrALE MARKS.

"It's not only the thumb prints
that leave a clew," said Mr.. Dolan,
as he laid aside the detective story,
q can tell you oifhand now that Ca
sey the contractor has been having
trouble again with his WIFE"
GLOW can you tell that?" inquired
Mr.. Rafferty,.
"By the knuckle prints under Ca
sey's left ear"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-01-09
Children Cry
FOR FLETcHER'S
CA O RIA
GOVERNOR MAJOR WILL
BE GUEST OF M
State Executive to Attend Far
mers' Week Banquet at the
University Of Missouri.


Governor Elliott W. Major will
attend the Eighth Annual Far
rmers' Banquet 10 be held Fri
day evening, January 16, at 6
Q clock, during Farmers Week
at the University Of Missouri.
Members Of the state boards Of
agriculture and horticulture and
representatives from twelve other
associations will be present.
The menu will be provided
from the products Of the Agricul-
trial College Farm Of the Uni
versity Of Missouri, One Of the
.ftttest prize beeves will be killed
for the banquet
IT viii be on old fashioned
English. roast dinner, said
Dean r. B. Mumford Of the Col
.lege Of Agriculture.
The banquet will be held at
The Commons, the University
dining hall. Members Of the
different state associations meet
ing in Columbia during the week
will be invited to attend. Plates
viii be- set for 500.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-01-09
LARGE PER CENT. REJECTED
Leading Book Publishers Accept About
One In Every Hundred Manu-
scripts Sent TO Them.

We have heard a good deal Of the
mistakes of publishers, but now
comes Mr.. Macmillan to assure us
that the publisher stands between the
public and a lot Of sad nonsense. Mr..
Macmillan's firm accepts about one
in every hundred manuscripts sub
mitted TO them, but it is to be feared
that other publishers do not show
the same discrimination. Consider
ing the amount Of drivel that finds
its way into print one can only de-
jectedly wonder what sort of stuff it
is that is rejected. At the same time
Mr.. Macmillan admits that the man
uscript Of "John ~Inglesant" was de-
clined by several leading publishers
and eventually a few copies were
printed for private circulation. Mrs.
Humphrey received one Of these
copies and sent it to Macmillan's and
they decided to take the risk, and it
need not be said that the story is now
regarded as a classic. Mr.. Thomas
Hardy was once declined with
thanks and has since professed him.
helf as profoundly grateful for the
rebuf.-San Francisco Argonaut-
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-01-09

have been hoping for this for
many years, but never had ex-
pected it. Heretofore the ma
tional banks and the big fnan-
clers have had all the favors.
Inc new currency law destroys
the money monopoly and adj
mlts state banks to all the priv
ileges of national banks.
Il know something about the
power Of the money trust. For
twenty years it has been impos-
sible to advocate any kind of
monetary reform without com
ing face to face with the powers
that controlled the nations fl
nanees. This power has stood
mistaken, it has terrified parties
and the nation. 1t attempted to
stop the passage of the currency
bill, but a fearless president kept
it out of the White House. The
bill was passed and the money
trust dissolved.
Even now young Morgan is
unscrambling the eggs which
his father a year ago said could
not be unscrambled. There will
no longer be one money center,
but eight or twelve. tt will be
impossible for a small group of
men to do as it did in 19O7-to
assemble in the rear room of a
great bank and send kilograms
to all corners Of the land telling
men to break the law. There will
be no more panics of this kind.
1.-THE people are accepting
these measures and are using
them. That is a hugely i'm
.portant fact. The people are be-
hind President Wilson. He
trusts them and they trust him.
They have seen he cannot be III
undated or terrorized, that he
.is fearless and persistent in his
championship of the masses.
while the president has been
doing these great things at
home, he has been doing another
great thing abroad. He has ma
.terially advanced the cause of
the worlds peace. He believes
with the rest Of us that men
were made for a higher pur-
pose than to kill each other. His
peace proposition has been ac-
cepted by thirty-one countries,
representing four-ffths of the
worlds population. Only two
OF the great nations have not
accepted it, and there are spec
ial reasons why they have not.
1.-THE plan contemplates the in
vestigation of all disputes be-
tween nations for one year be-
fore war is declared and the nc.
LITIGATION of the world of the
cause Of the dispute. It means,
in effect. that wer will be no
more. Six nations already have
signed treaties carrying out this
plan and others will sign them
in the near future, we believe.
"Your president is making
progress. Behind him is a coun-
try rousted to ethical things. He
is successful because he is APP
plying common sense to great
common sense and
true democracy. / have hun
gered for years TO make such a
speech as this-it is rood to
bring you this message"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-01-09
WayerlY Notes.

Miss Mary Adele Wantuck is
the guest Of relatives in Mar
shall this week.
Miss Marie Oelscheager of
Kansas City is visiting her
grandmother, Mrs. Alice Bur
nette.
Miss Pearl Riley of Grand
Pass was the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. William %Iseral, last week.
Mrs. Warren Groves and her
daughters, returned Sunday from
a two weeks visit in Kansas City
with her mother, Mrs. Fannie
Walton.
Miss Minnie Thomas went to
Boonville Tuesday to visit her
cousin, Miss Ruth Thomas.
Mrs. Chas. Lewis and little
son Tommie, of Topeka, Kansas,
is visiting her parents, Mr.. aud
Mrs. W. H. Landrum.
Mrs. Sam Graham returned to
her home in Pittsburg, Kansas,
Tuesday after a short visit here
with her mother, Mrs. Ed Bar
nard.
Glenn Prauser and wife and
little daughter returned Tuesday
from a short visit with rela-
|tives in Weir City, Kansas.
Born Sunday, January 4, 1914,
TO Prof. d. A. Clawson and wife,
"a son.
Gordon Cooper Of Kansas City
IS visiting his aunt, Mrs. Alice
|Purnette.
Mrs. Oscar Thomas visited re-
|latives in Lexington the first Of
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A., Allison and
children, Leo and Erma, are Wis
lung relatives at Sedalia and
O~tteryille.
Mrs. Alice Brunette returned
home Thursday from Kansas
City, where she has been visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Herman Del
scheager.
Chas. Ward and wife returned
to their home in Mexico, Mo,
Sunday after a short visit with
james Bridgewater and family.
Tommie James and James Lee
of Corder we're Waverly visitors
Saturday evening.
Misses Mary and Kate Yancey
returned to school at Fayettt
Monday after spending the holi
days with their parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Paul Yancey.
Henry Thomas and sister, Mis-
Ruth, returned to their home IL
Boonyille Tuesday after a short
visit with their aunt, Mrs. Lizzie
Thomas.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-01-09
Fruit Growers Cooperative
Meeting. Columbia. Mo.

Meeting, Columbia, Mo.
Twenty-four successful organi-
zutions Of cooperative fruit grow
ers associations will meet in con
ference at Columbia, Missouri
January 18th to 10th, 1914, to
frame working plans for the or
ganization of the ideal commun-
ity fruit growers association. In
addition to>this, these men, in
conference with the representa-
tive fruit growers from Missouri,
viii organize an Interstate mar
keting bureau, that will extend
direct benefit to middlewest
growers in the distribution Of
the 1914 apple crop. This meet
ing win be held during Farmers
Week. More than fifteen hun
bred farmers attended Farmers
Week" last year, and the
meeting this year promises to
be much larger.
The fruit growers Of Missouri
want cooperation.
The Missouri State Board Of
Horticulture is in possession of
data gathered by personal rep
resentatives who have visited
more than fifteen thousand grow
ers in the State Of Missouri,
There are less than five per cent
of the growers in this State who
believe that fruit raising in Mis-
souri, pays. More than ninety
per cent of the growers who sell
thru cooperative associations in
this State believe that fruit rails
ing in Missouri pays.
Ninety-nine in every hundred
growers say that they believe in
the principal of cooperation.
This meeting is designed by
the Board Of Horticulture to fur
nish the growers of this State
with specific directions as to the
organization of the best type Of
association. There will be com
/ lete records from six a%ssocia-
tons similar to Missouri condir
tons, and selling their fruit on
markets accessible to Missouri
growers, and have in many In
stances made an average profit
of fifty dollars and more an acre
for their members.
A word as to the interest that
Missouri growers are showing in
this meeting. 81 tell you I
don't know anything about such
an association, but / am willing
to meet with you and do all in
my power to promote association
work"
Two days Of the meeting will
be given TO the discussion Of
ways and means Of organizing
and maintaining a community
fruit growers association. This
discussion will include talks by
the different association mama
gers giving a comparison Of diff
.ferent methods used by the diff
'ferent associations. When this
discussion is completed the Roch-
Ioport Fruit Growers Association
win be organized. Boone coun-
.ty fruit growers win organize
this association, with visiting as
ISOLATION managers as an advis-
Dry board Visiting growers
who attend this session viii see
an association actually organized.
lf you are interested in sue
%cessful fruit raising in Missouri,
attend this meeting.
JOHN BLAND.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-01-09
NATURAL RESULT.

"How about that yellow dog found
they discovered in the course Of the
Investigation?
"0f course, it raised a howl"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-01-09
We Certainly Do Love Work.

We are prepared to do better
ork and more Of it than ever.
Why half mix your concrete the
old wayf Let us mix your con-
crete the up-to-date way. We
have the best mixer on the mar
ket. Your concrete does not
cost you as much as it did the
ID way. Yet it is a hundred
per cent better, because, when
". mix It, IT'S MIXED. That's
ali.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-01-09

Miss Laura Davis went Co Kan
sas City Monday for a few
days visit.
Mr., and Mrs. Robert Simms
went 10 Kansas City Monday
for q few days visit.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-01-09
No WoNoER.

"rhere is . mad dog epidemic in
that town."
81 don't wonder. They have been
trying new plays on the dog here"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-01-09

"0ficial timber rarely does the
thing"
"In what way?"
at seldom takes to the woods"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-01-09
JOHN l.
Notice.

! hereby give notice that / will
prosecute anyone hunting or IN
any way trespassing on the farm
known as the Eckle farm.
c. W. JOHNSON.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-01-09
POINT OF VIEW.

She-O horrorsl Our son has
married the cook.
He-Thank heavenl Now we are.
sure Of keeping her in the family.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-01-09

Bprley Cope went 10 Kansas
City Sunday evening for q visit.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-05
SIX INJURED WHEN
STANDS COLLAPSE
Section Of Circus Seats Falls
Pinning Members of Crowd
Beneath II

EAST LANSING. Mich. Feb. So
Special Six students were injured.
none seriously. and a crowd Of 200
was nearly thrown into panic When
a section OF 800 circus seats In the
college gymnasium collapsed shortly
ue iore the game between the Michi-
gan Agricultural college and Notre
Dame here last night
impatient stamping of the crowd
while waiting for the game is alleged
60 have caused the collapse OF the
section The injured
Miss Morton Dorothy Donough, Cas-
sopolis, knocked unconscious; badly
ca about head.
Miss Louise Taylor. East Lansing.
struck by falling chairs, cut on left
shoulder
l. II. Beiknap. Lansing. knocked I'M
conscious. taken home.
II NJ Belknap Lansing, bruised
Don Barman, Chicago, leg sprained.
Don Toand, Grand Rapids. legs
bruised
All will recover
The Detroit times., 1914-02-05
CURTIS WILL LEAVE
PROGRESSIVE RANKS
Flint Senator Joins Exodus from
ArmageddOn-Seeks Repub-
lican Nomination

lansing. Mich. Feb o. Spe-
c.al) Edwin j. curtis. senator from
the Flint district has renowned his
alliliatiOn with the Progressive party
and bias announced that he viii BE- "a
candidate In the primaries Tor the
Republican nomination for lieutenant
governor
IN making his public announce
ment, Thursday, Senator Curtis said
II do not believe that there IS any
reason why men who think alike pc.
htically, should be voting different
tickets. IL seems TO me that those
VINO oppose free trade and believe in
protective tariff, should unite under
the banner OF that party which has al
ways advocated d protective tariff
system
Il believe that the National Pro
gressiye party discharged it's mission
in 1912, and that now progressive
thought and progressive action can
best be- secured through concerted &c
ton IN the ranks OF the Republican
party 80
The Detroit times., 1914-02-05
WOMAN ELECTION
CLERK ATTACKED
Chicago Ward Worker Strikes
Woman Watcher and is
Placed Under Arrest

CHICAGO, Feb. g. -SIiss-Mav Walsh
- pretty little woman who served
as Democratic clerk OF election in the
Fourth ward on registration day. was
uhaer me care OF physiCiacn TODAY
"hen James McDonough ward
WORKER was arraigEed ON the charge
ei prn'ally assaultmg her.
Accompanied by Edward Oehl Re.
publican election clerk. Miss Walsh
Went through her precinct last night
verifying the registration lists. When
She stopped al the McDonough home
she told the police, McDonough. a man
OF powerful built, called her A vile
name and struck her in the abdomen.
rft-f10uUueh was arrested early to
day and promptly bailed out by his
fiends
The Detroit times., 1914-02-05

s,OWen Johnsons largely The llarte
story r. chosen by him. with MIR Page
asSenting. The two POO tales are his
choices. that for The Gold Bug" M
dorsed by Mr. Chambers. that for
The Fall OF rhe House OF Usher bN
Mr. Morris
These four have long been estab-
hshed fayOrites, classics; the frth, a
new story. first published not so many
months ago is recorded here as On"
choice OF Mrs. Cutting and OF the
man who designed Potash and Perl
mutter THE Belled Buzzard. by IN
win 5. Cobb.
These stories thep-ar the pre-
ferred list-the very best OF all But
iu a sense il is well for ms To- con
slider each and every one OF the stories
named as the best. or as of the best.
or just as great. great fayorltes. aud
We hayc-what? \ list Of forty-hHe,
n Is a list OF the best short stories.
~ H. no list compiled within a public
library, nor selected by a professor OF
English literature. nor chosen by
some editor or publisher OF a collec.
lion with due regard TO the copyright
Limitations. II Is just a list contrib
uted- by successful short-story writer's
the list OF their fayorites from the
writings OF other men aud Mnmen.
OF course, they did not all contrib
ute alike Under the guise OF ina
bility TO name any story at all, there
has oeen some unblushing stutiing OF
this literary ballot box. IL is pointed
out for us that a man can never say
what story is best that he can say
only whether he likes II or does not
like IL. Well. these forty-dyo are the
stories our shortstory writer's like.
In tie words OF tho American am
bassador 10 italy, they are the stories
at the top the very top, This. then,
is the list published here the forty
hye best short stories" in The Eng
lish language
The Detroit times., 1914-02-05
The STORIES They Name.


BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.
a lodging for the Night
The Merry Men.
Pavilion on the Links
VIII o. the Mil
Providence and the Guitar
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Markheim
By RUDYARD KlPLING.
Without Benefit OF Clergy
The Brushwood Boy.
The Man Who Would BE King
Bread Upon the Waters
Beyond the Pale.
The Maltese Cat.
The Jungle Book
amy one OF the first series1
BY CHARLES DICKENS
Christmas Carol
The Cricket on the Hearth
The Story OF Richard Doubledick.
Or. Marigold
By EDGAR ALLAN POE
The Gold Bug
The PurlOinod Letter
The Murders of the Rue Morgue
The Fail of the House OF Usher.
BY BRET HARTE.
The Outcasts OF Poker Fiat
The Luck OF Roaring Camp.
BY WASHINGTON IRVING
Wolfert Wgbbpr
Rip Van Wrinkle.
Heart OF Darkness Conrad
The Belled BuZzard Cobb
Municipal Report %. Henry
The Bible Story OF Ruth and Naomi
Rebecca and RoWena- Thackeray
The Turn OF the Screw James.
The Man Without a Country
The House and the Brain--Lyttou
The Ring and the Troth-Doyle.
The Jumping Frog-Twain.
Uncle Remus-Harris
(Any one OF the first series)
Marjorie Daw-Aldrich.
His Wife-Whitman
A Journey--Wharton
An Incident Elliott
The Claws OF the Tiger Morris
The Stolen Story-Willams.
Love In the Mist-Lyon.
The Door I'm the Wall-W Wells.
The Authors Who Voted
Samuel Hopkins Adams,
james Lane Allen,
Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews,
irving Bacneller,
Robert w. Chambers,
irwin S. Cobb,
Mary Stewart Cutting.
Richard Harding Davis,
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Edna Ferber,
lnez Haynes Gilmore,
Montague Glass,
Wallace Irwin.
W w Jacobs,
owen Johnson,
Alfred Henry Lewis,
Jack London.
Leonard Merrick.
Gouverneur Morris,
Thomas Nelson Page,
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Booth Harrington,
Mary +. wilkins,
owen Wister.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-05
ICE JAM DRIVES
FAMILIES FROM HOMES

BlNGHAMTON, y. Y. Feb 5.-Twoa
hundred families have been driven Q
from their homes by an ice jam in the.
Chenango river which has resulted in
great section of the lowlands being
flooded The river Is nearly mile
wide north OF the city. Scores OF fam
lies are marooned in their homes and
are being rescued In boats.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-05
GRAY DENIES HE /.
RESIGNED FROM ROAD

ST PAUL. MINI. Feb 5.-Carl n
Gray. president OF the Great Northern
railroad, today repeated his emphatic
denial OF the story that he had re-
signed, but high railroad officials who
would mol allow their names TO BIO
mentioned In the matter declared II
was generally known thar friction ex
isted between j. j. Hill and Gray.
The rumOr started in December that
Gray was 20 resign. Both Louis Hin
and his father, j. j. Hin. were said 10
DC disgruntled over the financial
showing OF the Great Northern.
President Gray today would not an.
sn eF any questions regarding the va
rioVs rlmors. merely repeating that
mel had no intention OF resigning. and
that any reports 20 the contrary wers
untrue.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-05

SOC LaValleIes 25c-God-inished LaValieres,
with cameo and rhinestone pendants. Some very
attractive ones IN the lot--at this most unusual
price, It's good Friday only-and only as long as
the quantity lasts. First Floor
soc Hat Pins 39c Par-A new, beautiful kind
cut silver, set with brilliants. You'll like themal-
most every woman does. Friday only they're 39c-
worth soc at least. First Floor.
SOC Music Rolls, 29c-Leatherette, in walrus and
sea lion grans-coth-ined Wonderful values, both
of them Friday only First Floor
Up to 1Oc Ribbon &c Yard-An assorted lot of
Ribbons that the &c Friday price is going to clear
Come early for best choice. First Floor.
Women's lOc Handkerchiefs, 5c-They're such
good values at l0c that we're very glad to have been
able to buy them to sell at half their value. Of fine
easily Numbered Swiss - with pretty embroidery.
Friday only, 5c First Floor
$3.50 Bust Forms, $1.1s-Here's fine chance for
both dressmakers and amateurs. $1.19 is the Fri
day price of these good $50 bust forms. First
Floor.
$3.50 Wilton Carpet Samples. $l.5O-Finely pat
termed samples OF Wilton rugs with bound ends 27X
~ inches. Worth $350-for $50 Friday only
SOC Storm Serges 29c-A splendid serviceabe
serge in light and dark Copenhagen, light and dark
its regular price Friday only. Second Floor.
see Silk Moire, 43c-19-inch MORE in many good
shades of tan, gray, old rose, light blue, reseda,
myrtle brown red gray, taupe, old blue, navy, pur-
pie and black It's cotton warp makes it very strong
and practical Friday only it will be 43c yard Sec
ond Floor.
Percales I've Yard-Only marked so low be-
cause they're remnants and because tomorrow's Fri
day. Yard WIDE TO 8-yard lengths Friday only
Second Floor.
12lic Chambrays 7Ac-Fine English chambray
in to 8-yard lengths-pnk, blue. gray, tan, brown
and heliotrope. Soft fnish--so it makes nice little
kiddies' frocks Friday only at 7l2c. Second Floor
25c Colored Pique. SHEA sturdy, practical fab
rio that we've sold many hundred yards of at 25c
27 inches wide. Friday s12c. Second Floor.
SlOO Lingerie Waists. 59c-Because they're not
quite fresh. OF fine crepes, lawns and figured voies
all smart models with dainty trimmings 59c is
the Frday-oniy price Third Floor
81 100 Kimonos, 79c-Full length flanneette XII
monos in floral patterns finished with strong
sateen bands These launder very easily and wear
we'll 79c is really far too little for them. Friday
only. Third Floor.
81 9S Sweaters, S1.59-All-wool Sweaters-plain
sacque and Norfolk models, with shawl collars belts
and pockets White gray and cardinal. Sl59 Fri
day Third Floor.
l0c Stair Carpet, 29c-2212 inches wide--Brus-
selquette and Cordeman-Frday, any length up to
so yards, at 29c yard Fourth Floor
200 Of on Picture Frames-On Friday only we
will sell all made-to-order picture frames at POO
less than their regular prices There are holdings
of mahogany, walnut, FURNISHED and antique gold
at from &c to Soc foot. Friday only Sixth Floor.
25c Window Shades 12c-Not even half, because
they're seconds 80 inches wde-reguaton
length Nearly all colors-sprng rollers Odds and
ends left from years business. This half price
The Detroit times., 1914-02-05
REV. AKED WILLING
TO GIVE UP PULPIT

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. Rev
Charles F. Aked. John d. Rockefellers
fol mer pastor. is willing 10 resign
the presidency of the local church fed
Grafton because Presbyterian minis
tiers object to his recent denial OF
the doctrine OF Christs miraculous
birth and the belief that Christ was
God. He Is pastor OF the First Con.
gregatiunal church here.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-05

A $4,000 defense fund is being
raised by the women OF Illinois 10 es-
tablish the validity OF the equal sui
frage law, a fight upon which has
been carried TO the supreme court OF
the state.
Contributions from women In lump
sums pa TO $500 are being made daily
Mrs. G.. A. Soden, first vice-presdent
OF the Illinois Equal Suffrage associa-
ton. is chairman OF the committee
raising the money.