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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-08-25

Chas. Graham of Blue Springs,
Mo-, and Forest Graham of
Buckner, spent Friday here
with relatives.
Miss Pearl Fulkerson of Kan
sas City spent Friday here
with relatives.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-08-25

Circuit Court Of Lafayette County.
Missouri, this 18th day of August,
w. 7. TUT,
Circuit Clerk.
By FRANK BOWMAN,
(SeaD Deputy.
Thomas A. Walker, Attorney for
plaintiffs.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-08-25
OWEN OWEN,
City Marshal

Anyone violating the above Or
dinance will be punished by a
fine or Imprisonment or both, if
necessary. This nuisance must
he stopped.
D. L.
Police Judge.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-08-25
Livery and Feed Stables.

livery and Feed Stables.
We are prepared to furnish the
public with carriages at reason
able prices to churches and other
public gatherings, and also bug
gies and other accommodations
pertaining to the livery business.
SCHABERG BROS.
Successors to j. c, Young, Sr.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-08-25

Office free from hampering
pledges. But if free from
pledges, he is not free from OBJ
legations. Having courted and
gained the support of Col.
Roosevelt, it would be impos-
sible for Mr.. Hughes, as a mat
ter of practical politics, to sign
a treaty with Colombia redress
ing the wrongs done that nation
when Col Roosevelt seized" the
canal zone. Mr.. Roosevelt has
angrily and bitterly opposed
such action on the part of our
government, correctly estimat-
ing that it would be a repudia-
ton of his course and a person
al humiliation to him. Conse-
quently, for Mr.. Hughes to sup
port such a treaty would be to
invite an experience similar to
that which befel Mr.. Taft. Yet
adjustment of Colombia S
wrongs is important for the
United States, not merely as a
matter of national honor, but as
a matter of dollars and cents in
our commercial dealings with
all Latin America, where sym
pathy could be gained to so
large a degree by no other one
act. .
Wilson is Progressive.
Under Mr.. Wilson's leadership
the Democratic party is to-day
a better instrument of progress
i've government than in a gen.
Grafton, if not in its entire his
tory, and, what is more to the
point, a better instrument, in the
opinion Of this paper, than the
Republican party promises at
this moment to b ecome under
Mr.. Hughes. Various episodes
have emphasized the fact that
the Democratic party has had
comparatively few outstanding
leaders of national reputation.
But it is one of the chief items
of Mr.. Wilson's leadership that
during his term progressive and
enlightened Democrats such as
Newton D. Baker, secretary of
war, have been brought more
and more to the front while the
reactionaries have been sent
more and more to the rear. The
party has been in training and
it has gained. But in spite of
any comparative lack of leaders.
the Democrats meeting in eau
Gus, whenever has been neces-
sary, have threshed things out
and determined to support, one
after another, a long series OF
soundly constructive legislative
measures of historic importance
notable among them the in
come tax, the banking and cur.
rency act, the rural credits act
the child labor bill, the fedora.
unemployment service, the hu.
manitarian features of the sea.
mems act and the provision fol
vocational training for civil life
while in the army. To achieve
such a record without leaders
if it ere literally true that the
Democrats had no leaders
would be in itself a triumph Of
democracy and a better promise
than any amount of Leadership
stamped with the political con.
ceptions of Boies Penrose.
Admirable as was Mr.. Hughes
record at Albany, there can b.
no definite assurance that HI
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-08-25
Children CRY
FOR FLETCHER'S
CA 9 O RIA

Miss Ora Mosely returned Fri
day to her home in hide
pendence after a visit with Miss
Mayme Stewart.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-08-25

Circuit CLERK.
By FRANK BOWMAN.
Deputy.
a true copy from the record.
witness my hand and seal Of the
Sircuit Court Of Lafayette County,
ms 18th day Of August, 1916.
W. T. TUTT,
Circuit Clerk.
By FRANK BOWMAN,
loeai) Deputy.
Plaintiffs.
First insertion August IS, 1916.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-08-25

Mrs. Mamie Shaw Rose re-
turned to her home in Warrens-
burg Saturday after a visit
here with relatives.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-08-25
W. 7. TUTr.

by FRANK BOWMAN,
A true copy from A. Deputy.
witness my hand and seai
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1916-08-25

COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE-ss
In the Circuit Court of Lafayette
County, Missouri, October Term, 1916,
Harvey A. Farrell, William Alvin
Farrell. Emma T.. Ward, Charles w.
Farrell. Bernetta NJ. Hamilton, John
G. Farrell. James Thomas Farrell, and
Earl Rowe and Thelma Rowe, minors,
bv Edward Rowe their Guardian and
Curator-Plaintiffs.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-18
Present Fortune and Future Need

The highest figure in the history eof American
exports was reached in February according to the
Bureau OF Foreign and Domestic Comlterce, when
this country sent abroad goods valued at $4O9SS6-
525. That was gain of eighty-three millions over
January and some fifty millions over December,
1915 hitherto the record month. 1t is noteworthy,
alsos that our imports for last February overopped
all records for that month They fell little short OF
one hundred and ninety-four million dollars.
This extraordinary volume of foreign trade
is enriching to every field of American industry.
Even those lines of business not directly concerned
feel reflected stimulus. Labor is we'll and pro-
ftably. employed. Capital has fresh and inviting
opportunities for investment The forces of pro-
duction fully astir.
1t is the part of prudence to bear. in mind,
however, that in far these conditions depend
on our present relation to the outside world they
will not continue indefinitely. We cannot expect
to maintain our record of exports to Europe when
the war is over. We cannot expect to have an I'M
rivalled field in Latin American when peace re-
turns and the war-impoverished nations set out to
recover their commercial losses. Those nations
will be constrained to buy little they and
to sell as much as they We shall find them
keen competitors instead of heavy purchasers,
IT, then we are to preserve eour prosperity,
it is affected by foreign trade must be prepared
for the new order of things that is certain to fol-
low the war. We must rely on inward energy and
efficiency not on the favor of outward circum-
stance, as now. We must adjust our methods and
resources and adjust them Betimes, to the pro-
found and far-reaching changes that loom beyond
the day of peace.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-18
EASTER SOULS
: BY DIR. FRANK CRANE

About the theological implications of Easter
let US not talk now.
Pass by, for this time, such questions as
whether the soul shall live after death, anG
where and how; the resurrection of the body;
and the transmigTation and pre-eXlstence OF the
human spirit--not that they are not most tootn-
some morsels for argument-but pass them by, ana
consider here, during the running of these lew
lines the issue: Does Easter mean anything L
can use today? -. ::
Does the Easter idea contain any meat for to-
days spiritual dinner?
The net utilizabIe contents OF Easter are that
out of death may life, out of failure success
out of despair hope, out of ugliness beauty out ol
sorrow and defeat JOY and victory.
Whatever the theologic facts, unless they mean
this to YOU they are Of no practical value. :
And we'll for you if the real significance Oh
Easter works into your conviction:
Easter souls are like the tabled Antaeus VINO
received from his mother, Earth, new srehsIh
whenever he thrown. i. ~
Stripped whipped, beaten, bruised-Easter
souls are found next day. sword IN hand, smiling,
high-hearted, ready for the fight again.
Easter souls of the temper of that Ameri-
can general in the Mexican war who won the bat
tie because "he didn't know when he was licked.
There is more come back to the human spirit
than to ANYTHING else known earth or in heaven.
Easter souls are they that are immune against
the germs of despair fear self-pity, and giving up
which attack and destroy the fabby.
Easter souls are they that the hounds OF des-
tiny cannot bring to bay. The fates and rurles
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-18
A Government Nitrate Plant.

The Senate acted wisely in adopting the army
bill amendment which empowers the Government
TO establish a hydro-electric plant for the manu-
facture of ntrates. No item in the preparedness
program is more important The United States
cannot afford to depend foreign source for an
element that is indispensable in the production OF
gunpowder. Every pound of nitrate which we now
either for that purpose for making ferti-
lizers comes from Chile that being the only land
where any appreciable supply of mineral nitrate
is found. If the Chilean imports were cut off, as
they might be in time of war, our army and navy
would be in desperate plight unless were pre-
pared to convert the nitrogen of the air into the
needed substance.
The practicability of fixing atmospheric nitro
gen and turning it into forms available for the
manufacture of explosives and fertilizers has been
demonstrated beyond further question. 1t is by
this means that Germany procures the nj
trate used in her vast output of ammunition. BY
the efficient application of scientific principles and
methods she has solved a problem which other
wise would have spelled her speedy disaster The
United States should not neglect delay so i'm
portant factor of national defense IT.
Economic as we'll as military preparedness de-
mands that nitrate producing industry be firm
ly established in this country. On every dollars
worth of nitrate which we buy from Chile, the
Chilean Government exacts an export duty of six
ty cents. In the course of normal year this tax
amounts to more than twelve and half million
dollars A few millions added to that sum would
be sufficient to establish a nitrogen-fxation plant
by which We could supply our needs at home The
saving thus effected to agricultural interests would
be enormous. Indeed, one of the most commen-
dable features of this plan is the fact that would
be as serviceable in time of peace in
A provision similar to that which the Senate
has adopted by amendment was in the original
army bill of the House but, unfortunately
voted down II Is much to be hoped that the
Senate's wise action will prevail in the conference
committee.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-18
Comparative War Losses.

According to the latest and most reliable es-
Inmates the losses of the Entente countries
in men killed and permanently disabled amount
to two million, and those of the Teuonic allies to
one Million nine hundred and eighty thousand
The record assumes a different aspect from that
which a first glance might perceive, when it is
noted further that the proportion of these losses
to the total population is seventenths per cent in
the case of the Entente and one and four-tenths
per cent in the case of the Teutons. On basis
of reserve strength, therefore, the losses of the
Teutonic group are. comparatively far greater
than those of the Allies.
To Golfers Weekly, these figures suggest
that talk about wasted and deyasted Europe is
not warranted by the facts" The death or dis
ability of seven-tenths per cent of total popula-
tion or of even one and four-tenths per sent does
not impress Golfers tending to unpeople Eu-
rope. But as the New York World aptly observes
the war remains none the less 1.-The most destruc-
tive to the populations concerned which is known
to modern times"
If the entire army with which Frederick
the Great entered the Seven Years War had
been completely wiped out and put under
ground in the first year and Il half of the
struggle, the loss relative to population would
have been no greater than Austria Ger
many France has already suffered in hui
man values from this war And Fredericks
losses were very far from being total. There
was not time in the Napoleonic wars,
either side. when the armies In the field to-
tailed as large percentage of the populations
involved as the estimated dead and wholly
disabled alone already total for the three
countries mentioned And we rightly think
of those very devastating to Europe.
However small the present war losses may fig
ure in percentages or in economic calculations
they are from a human standpoint the most apall-
ing the world has known.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-18

cannot crush them, and retire disguised because
their victims do not know how to whmper.
The high gods favor them because they are I'M
afraid.
= The devil will not annoy them because they
laugh at him.
When comes to them they open it, as
a nut, and find kernel of nobility-they pene-
trate it, as dark cave, and find altar with
lighted candles.
The sea of adversely cannot drown them; they
bob up serenely, exclaiming What an invigorat-
ing BATH"
Sickness to them is spiritual opportunity.
They never have tragedy, because they refuse
to go out with the crowd when the curtain falls,
and persist in remaining for the next scene, which
Is always comedy.
They will not quit. They will not whine.
they will not capitulate.
They the tough, obstinate, unconquerable,
everlasting soldiers of Hope, Faith, and Joy-and
may God bless EN- and multiply em upon the face
of this wormy wabbly cowardly. and weakling
world
Come boy, try it again. They got you the
first time. but you can beat EN- vet.
Come girl, never mind if they broke your doll,
and your tea-set blue" and your reputation and
your heart You come back" you can, you
can--and you will!
The trumpet of Easter Morn is not alone for
the dead in graves, it is also for the dead who
still must live: and to you now it declares, as
clearly as it will declare to the dead in earth and
at the Last Day:
81 am the resurrection and the life"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-18
Nv Window

BY JOHN wINGFIELD GATEWOOD
From nv window 1 bit of earth and sky,
That feeds the hungry soul of and rests the
3 eye;
A vista rich in stalwart oak and green with state
ly pine
With here sweetly blooming shrub and there
trailing vine.
FROM nv window 1 can the songs the wd-birds
sing,
And feel the heartbeat each note. ushers in
sweet SPRING
Sweet spring, whose vernal mystery. in Natures
all-wise plan,
Renews in earth the beauty. that revives lost
hope in man.
From my window I the rosy dawn of day;
The twnkling stars, the crescent moon and blazing
milky-way;
And from my window 1 feel, what mortal
For in that bit of and sky, 1 eternity.
Re not downcast, o weary soul: lift up thy eyes
And gaze once with cheer d'hope brightly
lighted skies.
For in the beauty there revealed in sky and grow
tree,
You'll find again faith hope; will sense
eternity.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-18
PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS
BY II. ADDINGToN BRUCE

order They deliberately or thoughtlessly act in
such way as to hasten it's deterioration.
The man who dissipates sexually or alcohol
cally, the man who over-eats, the man who per-
sistently overaxes his physical powers in any way
every such man is working injury to his brain
in common with his whole physical organism.
So likewise with the man who thinks he get
along without exercise, and the man who neg
lects to keep his living and sleeping quarters
clean and we'll ventilated
These men, too soon late, will find their
minds working badly because the brain has grad
ualy been poisoned.
What all men need, in order to acquit them
selves we'll in the battles of existence is to be-
come familiar with the laws of personal hygiene.
and to make practical application of these laws
to their own persons.
There are certain things which every man must
do if he would gain efficiency and keep it at
high level. There other things which he
must avoid doing.
The most vigorous constitution gives no man
complete exemption from these requirements
Every hygienic indiscretion has in some degree
weakening effect on the strongest of men.
On the opposite. systematic regulation of the
Tally life in accordance with the laws of hygiene
is certain to have upbuilding effect both on
body and mind in the case even of those natur-
ally weak.
There manuals in which the laws of per-
sonal hygiene are set forth in the simplest of
possession of every man who would fulfill the
1uty of personal preparedness
Copyright, 1916, by H. A. Bruce)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-18
The State Chamber of Commerce
CQuitman Free Press

CQutman Free Press.)
Edward Young Clarke, former secretary of me
Brooks County Industrial club and now managing sec
rotary of the Georgia chamber of commerce. was in
Quitman this week to confer with local people in
to the development plans of the state chamber
immediate plans for the work, include diversl-
farming campaign and better marketing systems IN
the combat the boil weevl to business
advertising campaign the state chamber is dolns
the ambitious yet undertaken by any southern
basis is the Georgia motion picture and the
Georgia exhibit cars, which, after their tour of the
state will be through the country.
Both the picture and the cars are meeting with
deep interest from all Georgians,' said Mr. Clarke
THE people what doing and evidences OF
cooperation manifest all sides. The motion
pictures rebuilt, points in the state not in
it now incorporated in the film which will
finally be The exhibit will also be com
petey before leaving the state The people
now understand what want and will ask for the
best exhibits obtained from each county to make
IN the final exhibit which will be sent out.
MIR. Clarke declared the Georgia chamber was in
splendid condition financially and otherwise. 1t has
fifteen people at work the various activities now
under way An interesting plan is that of special
building for the body Atlanta of four stories The
ton story is auditorium where, at stated hours,
the Georgia motion picture will be displayed for inter-
ested parties. one floor will be comprehensive
agricultural exhibit from whole state and
other an exhibit of manufactures and minerals The
offices will occupy the first floor.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-18
The Test of AmeriCaniSn1.

Americanism never faced so crucial a test as it
does today. Events not of our making and beyond
our control are threatening the nations interests
and honor. Problems which heretofore hung
darkly on the horizon overcast the heavens,
with flashing omens of storm Issues which here
tofore could be met with words must now be met
with deeds We still trust for peaceful outcome,
but We should be prepared for any event.
In. these circumstances there is but one attitude
for loyal Americans to hold. They should stand
unitedy and unswervingly behind the President in
his resolve maintain the principles of justice and
humanity on which this republic is based. No mat
ter to what political party they may belong from
what European land they their ancestry may
have sprung, true Americans will have but one
thought in this crucial hour-and that will be for
the rights and honor of the United States.
The issue with Germany over her submarine
lawIessness has reached point beyond which
diplomatic relations cannot continue. Develop
ments in Mexico tense with grave contingencies.
In both situations the immediate burden of respon
sbility is upon President Wilson 1t is by uphold
ing him that the American people best express
their moral unity and serve their interests
That they will uphold him with the most loyal and
generous of patriotism doubt
The college graduate will soon realize that there
is some truth in what he considered was mostly
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-18
Life is one bomb plot after another.
Food Crops and Land Values.

''One of the most beneficial effects of the
diversifcation of crops in the South is shown
in the sudden rise in the value of farm lands
Atlantic States, as shown by recent figures of
the Department of Agriculture. The increase
in this division of the country nineteen
per cent in the past year, as against
age rise in value of eleven and ive-tenths
per cent for the whole United States. THE
Manufacturers Record.
Crop diversificaton leads noT only to surer
and more profitable returns for "a particular
son but also to a permanent enrichment of soil
ues The planter who devotes his fields exclu-
sivey to cotton from year to year is exhausting
foundation of his welfare He could proceed just
as reasonably to work his mules without feeding
or resting them as to tax his soil with the con-
tinual demand of cotton. There are divers crops
which yield substantial monetary rewards and at
the same time upbuild instead of impoverishing
the lands fertility. And when the raising of live
stock is doubtly pronounced.
The more broadly and thoroughly the South
practices diversified agriculture, the more its
farm lands, whether improved or unmproved
will be worth. The more foodstuffs the South
produces, the greater its prosperity will be, and
the value of all its natural will rise &C
cordingly Southern farmers should bear in
mind, therefore, that in planting grain and vege-
tables and in raising livestock this year they are
conserving their interests for all time come as
we'll as protecting them for the present.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-18

THHESE war times have brought increasing
phasis and interest in, national prepar-
edness. Discussion of military, naval, and
industrial preparedness is heard on every side.
What is not discussed as frequently it ought
20 be is personal preparedness This is integral
part of preparedness for national defense. The
strength of every nation manifestly depends, not
simply on its organization for military and eco
nomic purposes, but the mental and physical
well-beng of the individual units of which 1t is
composed.
And, indeed, personal preparedness is indispen-
sable for other than military ends. 1t is always
of Importance to the nation and to every man III
the nation.
life itself has about it warlike aspect. 1t is
full of. problems and dangers. 1t involves con-
slant stress and strain
The man who would fight his way through life
successfully must be properly prepared Especial
ly does need to be prepared to think clearly ana
to act vigorously.
Otherwise he will fail to grasp opportunities
He will falter in the face of unexpected OBSTACLES
He will beat cowardy retreats when nrm
offensive would surely bring him victory
Preparation both for clear thinking and vigor-
ous action rests fundamentally on keeping him
self in as good condition physically as he possibly
If his mind is to work we'll, and if efficient do
ing is TO follow efficient thinking, the physical or
gan of thinking and doing-that is, the brain
must be kept in good running order.
Many men, unfortunately, not merely fail TO
lake steps to keep their brain in good running
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-18
The Farewell of the Poet

(From the French of Nicholas Gilbert)
l.
At Lies gay feast. a stranger guest
One day 1 did appear;
died. and my tomb at rest,
None came to shed tear.
II.
All. canst thou perish.
While friends unheedng go
Whose memory all will cherish:
Whose death the world will woe?
Oh, fields and streams loved, goodbye!
And thou, Oh woodland vernal;
And works of man, and earth. and sky
A last farewell. eternal
Translated by
Dache McClain Reeves
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-18
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