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The Home news., 1916-02-18


 Miss Ida Tarpley who has charge of the music department of the high school at Harrisburg came home last Saturday for a short visit to her mother, Mrs. L. A. Jelks.
 ''Bill'' Mccain has accepted a position as assistant bookkeeper in the Bank of McCrory. Bill is one of our best and most popular young men, deserving of any po- sition of trust, and we are glad he has secured the above position.
The Home news., 1916-02-18

Dr. s. M. Self went to Little Rock Monday.
 See our new line of ginghams and percales. F. LEWIS. If Adv
 Tom Stanley and T. D. Wilkes of Augusta went to Little Rock Wednesday.
 c. M. Crossett has planted his onion sets and reports that they have already "come up."
 F. Lewis returned Tuesday much improved from a two weeks stay in Hot Springs. Messrs l.. c. and J. B. Baxter were in Jonesboro and Mauldin, Mo-, the first of the week on business.
 LOST: Round Gold Pin with word "Corinean" engraved on it. Finder please return to this office and receive reward. If Adv
The Home news., 1916-02-18


 New stock of garden seeds and onion sets at F. LEWIS. If Adv
 Messrs Dane Angus, Chas. Shue, Jess Daniel and Arnie Ball transacted business in Augusta Tuesday.
 MT. and Mrs. J. R. Yancey of Marianna visited in the home of Rev. and Mrs. s. M. Yancey the first of this week.
 Big shipment of Peters shoes just received. Let us fit you with new pair of these good shoes. F. LEWIS. If Adv
 Owing to the conflict with the lyceum number last Tuesday night, the Young Peoples Society postponed its meeting until pext Tuesday night. Let all our young people attend and keep the good work going.
The Home news., 1916-02-18
Woman's Missionary Society

The Woman's Missionary So- ciety held it's regular meeting Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. T. w. Woodbury where we were cordially received and made welcome in every way.
 At this meeting Is members were present and all manifested great interest. The subject was the Immigrant" and Women of China. /" Mrs. Jason Baxter who had charge of the program had prepared a full and interest ing program and each member to whom parts had been assigned responded. By this means we were able to have a very in- structive meeting.
 1t is very gratifying to me that, since Christmas, our at- tendance has increased so much and that our ladies have taken a new grip on missions and God, and confidently we expect great things of our society. May many more of our ladies become members and help in this one of the greatest of all causes. If you are undecided about whether you care to join or not, attend one of our meetings and we feel assured you will want to become a permanent member.
 The first of next week our free-Will offering envelopes will be mailed. Remember that you, as a church member, agreed to help us carry on our missionary work by the free will offerings instead of sales, suppers and numerous other ways to which we must re- sort in order to meet our obliga- tions. The money that we ask for, goes to the support of our local work, the parsonage and other local duties, and to the payment of our pledge which is $75.0 % this year.
 We trust that all our people will respond freely and immedi- ately as our remittance and re- port must go in soon. Give freely of your means and pray much for our work and. workers.
 MRS. s. M. YANCEY, Pres.
The Home news., 1916-02-18

H. Arnof and wife spent this week in St. Louis.
 Mrs. Dora Bradley has pur- chased fve-passenger Ford from Riggs Brothers, the local dealers.
The Home news., 1916-02-18
Candidates Assessments

Following will be required of candidates for the defraying of cost of holding elections. The assessment against each county office is taken in toto, which will be pro-rated among the number ofcandidates who qualify for each oH1co
The Home news., 1916-02-18
Morton News

Mrs. G. w. Haynes is on the sick list this week.
 Mrs. August Materna visited in McCrory Monday.
 G. M. Ellis was a business visitor in Wynne Monday.
 Charlie Taylor and family left Monday for Heber Springs.
 J. E. Miller of McCrory visited friends here the latter part of last week.
 Mrs. Fora Mitchell and family of Fair Oaks visited her mother here Sunday.
 Mrs. LeRoy Glenn of Hamlin visited friends and relatives here the first of the week.
 Mrs. H. L. Ball and son of McCrory, attended the funeral of Mrs. A. D. Cain, Sunday.
 We are glad to note that Grandma Cain is improving after a severe attack of lagrippe.
 Our school teacher, Miss Lottie Johnson, spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents at McCrory.
 DIED: At her home in Morton, Saturday, Feb. 12, 1916, Mrs. Panic Cain, age 35 years. The deceased was one of our best citi- zens and leaves an husband, A. ID. Cain, three children and two brothers, Babe Baswell of Pine Bluff and Ike Baswell of Tip, to mourn her loss. The remains were laid to rest in the Morton cemetery, Rev. w. l.. Blackstone conducting the funeral services.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-07

publican politics. He was the
republican caucus nominee for
senator id 1857 when Gen. Bate
was elected and received fifty
one voter in the Legislature more
than the rest Of republican aspi.
rants combined, among whom
were the following other candi-
dates: Hon. ALI Taylor, Judge
WArder, Gen. Nancy and r. r,
Butler. He was collector Of in.
ternAl under the administration
Of President Arthur from 1882
to 1886, and postmaster at Co
llumbia. Tenn, from 1902 to
1907. Col. Hughes IL . vigorous
stump speaker.
II nominated" !" he said, u
shAll'ask the democratic noini
nss fof asointAd discussion. I"
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-07
Bishop E. E. Hoss
Returns to America

Bishop e. e. Hoss Of the Meth.
odist Episcopal church, South,
has returned to America after
an extended trip to the Orient.
Accompanied by his son, X. E.
Hoss, jr.. he sailed from San
Francisco early in July last, and
during their trip they visited
Australia, China, Korea and Ja-
pan. In Australia, Bishop Hoss
assisted in the celebration Of the
one hundredth anniversary Of
the founding Of the Methodist
conference in Korea, China and
Japan.
A letter TO a friend in Nash.
vile, written BY E. E. Hoss, Jr.,
on board the steamer. records
that after several illnesses dur.
ing the hard trip, the bishop
rallied splendidly. and is now en-
joying good health ---Tsnnesss IN
and American.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-07
Dangerous Crossing
Eliminated.

A. dangerous railroad crossing
on the Nashville, Chattanooga N
st. Louis Railway, at Manches-
ter, Coffee county, will be elm.
mated by the construction Of
yiaduct, which will close up the
crossing, The viaduct will be
built BY the town Of Manchester
and tie railroad company in con.
junction. the town footing the
bill for the approaches to the
property line >of the railroad.
and the railroad compsnv w
complete the work. lbs SfOsa
ing il said to be . dangerous
one. on which one man haS been
killed and another seriously IN
jured. Lexington has .. similar
crossing. which the town ought
to take in hand. 10. eliminate. AZ
President Peytou has already
sigaifed the readiness Of the N
O. 1t any time to do its part ia
the matter.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-07
NEGROES
KILLED.
Four Shot and Two Burn.
ed to Death In Cab-
I'm near Blakeley
Georgia.
WHITE PLANTER HAD. BEEN KILLED.

Growing out Of the assassina
tion Of Henry Villipigue, a plan
tation oyerseer, near Blakely,
Georgia, in the last weekend,
four negroes were shot to death
and two others burned to death
Ia cabin where they had taken
refuge on Wednesday Of last
week.
Villipigue was.shot in the back
with load Of buckshot near his
home, after having had trouble
some days before with a negro
named Grandson Goolsby and
his two sons. One OF the no.
groes had been impudent to Vii.
and he had given the
darkey a thrashing. The elder
Grandson and an unknown ne
gro we're shot BY the sheriff and
posse and the two sons Of Grand
ison were burned to death later
10 q cabin where they had sought
refuge after being driven from
the house in which their father
and the other negro had been
killed. The two other negroes
were killed early in the after.
noon by a posse Of white farmers
who were seeking to avenge the
death Of their neigh Dor.
The reason the cabin was fred
was that when the sheriff and
his posse demanded the surren.
der Of the Goolsby boys, they
were answered by a volley Of
shots.
It was reported that two more
negroes were killed and four ne.
gro lodge buildings burned in
the Western part Of Early coun.
ty, Alabama, last Friday. the
collected white farmers being re-.
.inforced by several from the AL.
ALBANIA side of the Chat tahoochee
river, the dividing line at that
point between Georgia and Ala.
bama. 1t was reported that on
the person OF one OF the negroes
killed was found q lodge book
showing that a negro organiza.
tion had delegated Goolsby and
his sons to kill Villipigue be-
cause the white overseer had
whipped one Of the younger
Goolsbys.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-07

COM. COM.
Approves sReadjustment
of Freight Rates by
the Railroads In
the South
EFFECT Or CHANGE NOT YET KNOWN.

Washington, Dec. 81. .-Gener.
al readiustment Of freight rates
on railroads serving the south,
between the Mississippi and the
Atlantic and the gulf and the
Potomac river was approved TO-
day by the interstate commerce
commission in the most impor-
tant, case touching that section
which it has had undersconsidsr.
alton for many years. The com.
mission declined to suspend tar.
ifs ofsouthern carriers propos-
ing changes In rates on all class.
es Of freight and the new tariffs
will become effective tomorrow.
The new schedules were fran.
ed by a committee Of southern
railroad men on order Of the com.
mission to the southern carriers
to reduce and eliminate viola
tions OF the so.called long and
short haul provision of the inter-
state commerce act which for
I. y =
bids 1 higher rate for q haul to
on intermediate than to terini.
nal point. The new schedules
reduce hundreds Of violations Of
this sort and eliminate many
others, but they provide for an
increase in many cases in the
rates to such terminal cities as
Atlanta and Birmingham. The
general effect of the commissions
order will be to increase rates to
and from the important centers
where traffic originates orreaches
its destination.
Railroad officials declared here
tonight that they did not expect
the order would yield any addi.
tional revenue. but they could
not determine this point until
the readjustment had been tried
out. The revenue derived from
the increases to the larger
points, they declared, probably
would balance with the reduc-
tions to smaller points. how
much added revenue this means
to the carriers no one connected
with the commission would care
to estimate at this time. Ten.
nessean and American.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-07
FARMERS
UNION BANK.
Established in Lexington
in 1907, has Meeting
and Changes to
Central State
ALL OLD OFFICERS ARB REFLECTED.

The Farmers Union Bank
established in Lexington in 1907,
with capital stock Of $40,000.00
has been changed in name to
Central State Bank.
The stockholders and direc-
tors Of the Farmers Union Bank
held meetings in the Bank build,
ing last Saturday, the 1st inst,
and beside changing the name
Of the institution, as above Civ.
en-, elected tie following officers
and directors for the year 1915,
which was in fact q reelection
Of the officials for the year just
ended:
.Presidsnt-T. Edwards.
let Vice Pres. -. s. league.
End Vice. Pres. q. B. Gibson.
Cashiei-R. A. Lewis.
Aest. CAshisr--Geo. H. Max.
woll.
Dirsctors-N. r. Barham, e.
r. Muse, w. ]. Manley. I. NJ.
MAXWELL, J. D. Timberlske, T..
Edwards, r. W. McKelvey, ].
A. Bray, J. n. Gibson, g. b.
Gibson, T. n. Winslow, j. s.
league. .. w. Murphy. J.. N.
Douglass. ]. N. Duke, W. O..
Johnson.
The bank declared an annual
dividend Of ten per cent.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-07
A CANAL
WANTED.
To Redeem Three Thous.
and Acres of Land
Along rliddleton
Creek
SURVEY aADE IN CHESTER COUNTY.

John Sheppard, Frank Shep.
pard and w. r. Wright tried
last Monday to get before the
Quarterly court q proposition for
the county to loan them the sum
of $250.00 for the purpose of
making a preliminary survey Of
A canal to drain 8 or Z miles OF
Middleton creek iu the old 18th
district, to the Chester line,
within one mile Of which q sur
vey has already been made 10
Chester county. These parties
had already a bond to secure the
county but failed to get the mat
ter before the court because Of
the fact that it was not . full
session on account of the illness
Of CountyJndge, Appleby. The
proposal canal will. drain 5000
or more acres Of fine land in
Henderson county. John Shep.
pard SAYS that it is right up to
the people to have this canal
made or continue to make moth.
ing on Middleton's creek when
the year happens to be 4 dry one.
The matter will be taken up
again when the court meets in
the next regular session on the
first Monday in April.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-07
Died IN Jackson.

Richard Henderson Wright, .
wsll.known Confederate veteran
and for the past eight years jan.
itor Of the Pythian building,
MED at his home on Wells street
last night at 8 6o'clock after .
weeks illness Of pneuinoniA. He
was 70 years Of age.
Mr.. Wright was = Tennesse IN
by birth and enlisted in the 90 d.
fedsrate army at the out break
of the civil war. He was mem
Der Of the famous Ksrn's battery,
part Of the time and. saw valiant
service under the stars and bars.
After the war he was engaged in
railroad work and for a number
Of years was valued employe Of
the N. Q. 4 S.. L. road.
Hs is survived BY his wife Of
this city aud one son, Henry
Wright Of Memphis. II.
The remains were shipped 1t
noon today over the N. @. &st.
1. road to Oordovs and the fuh.
eral services and intermert win
take place there tomorrow morn
Ing -JaSkson San. Dec. 90,
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-07
S--s-
JUSTICE
]. R. LAMAR.
Georgia ilember of Su-
preme Court Of Unit
ed States Dies In
Washington
HAD BEEN ILL SEVERAL MONTH";.

Joseph Rucker Lamar, associ.
ate justice of the Supreme court
Of the United States. died at bis
home in Washington City last
Sunday night, after an illness Of
several months and at the age Of
.ffty.elght years. The immedl.
ate cause Of his death was grad.
nal heart failure hAstened by IN
flamation Of one Of the lungs.
Il was in the afternoon that
the end came, the distinguished
iurist having recognized III vifa
aud two sons. Phillip and vii.
liam. dropped off to sleep.
Had Justice Lamar. lived but
one more day he wonld have
completed Ave years on the Su.
preme bench of the United
States.
He was born 10 Ruckerville,
Georgia. Oct. IA, 1857, began
the practice Of law 10 1878. he
Was appointed and elected to
the Supreme bench Of Georgia
and was appointed BY President
Taft to the United States Su.
preme court Dec. 2, 1910, and
took the oath Of Office Jan. 8,
1911.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-07
Charge Camden rlan Con.
nected in Bank Failure

Deputy o.. s. Marshall Gene
Maxwell, Of Paris, last Friday
arrested Arthur Balm, Of Gam.
den, on a warrant charging him
with aiding in bringing about
the failure Of the First National
Bank at Wartrace recently. He
is charged with aiding Cashier
;Hooser, who had already admit.
ted his own guilt.
Balm was carried to Nashville
and given a preliminary hearing,
and made bond for sl2,500 for
appearance in court Jan. 4, to
answer the charge against him.
Balm is q prominent lumber and
stave manufacturer, Of Camden;
be ID about 40 years o. age, mar.
ried and has q family. He has
many acquaintances in Henry
county. 1t is claimed that Balm
received some Of the money that
cashier Hooser II charged with
misappropriating, and II is said
that he and Hooser we're part.
ners in the lumber and stase
business. Paris Post InteIligens
Ger, Dec. 81.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-07
Good Showing for State
Banks.

Assets Of state banks in Ten.
nessee have increased nearly
100000 since March 80, 1915.
This is a part Of valuable and
interesting data given out by J.
L. Emerson, Superintendent Of
Banks, in bulletin No. 4, Of the
state Banking department.
The bulletin gives the aggre.
gate figures Of the 30S state
banks in Tennessee a. shown 10
the called statement Of Novem-
Der 10.
The statementshows total de.
posits Of s69,7o6. .75e.37 in the
state banks.
The last previous call for
statement was made March 30,
last, and q comparison between
the two shows an increase OF re.
serve amounting to 81, ,O85. 900,
while deposits have increased
! sc, ,S0O.00Os OF this increase
q. SOC, 900 are savings deposits.
During the period between the
two calls there was no failure OF
state bank. In fact, during
1916 only one bank has failed
aud in that 6Ass-.the dspositors
were'psid itabN within 80 days
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-07
Tennessee Elections.

Three unusual features will be
added this year.
The first is preferential pri.
mary by the Democratic voters
Of the state to select delegates
to the Democratic National Con.
vention in st. Lonis and to elect
a national mmitteeman to sue.
ceed Judge Cordell Hull; the
second is the election in August
on whether or net there shall be
constitutional convention, and
the third is the general election
in November for a United States
senator to succeed Senator Luke
Lea.
These are the unusual fea-
lures. OF course, a constitution.
al convention is not a rarity in
Tennessee, but most Of the vo.
ters who will decide the question
IN August will vote on it for the
first time. The last constitu.
tional convention was held in
1870. Several times since then,
but not since 1900. the voters
have rejected proposed amend
ments to the constitution, but
have never voted on q new con.
stitution.
Besides all this, there will
probably be an election Of dele
gates to the constitutional con.
vention. If the voters 10 the
August election decide that
there shall be . convention then
delegates are to be elected in
November. There will be 80
delegates, and each county will
be entitled to as many delegates
a. it has representatives in the
lower house of the General as.
sembly.
OF course, all these elections
mean many and varied cam
paigns. In the year just closing
the people Of the state rested
fairly well after the adjourn.
ment Of the Legislature, Though
they did have d touch .of politici
insthe senatorial campaign last
fall. But the New Year brings
forth many elections, and there
will be plenty cf'intsrest Tor all
politicians. Com mercNlAppeal
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-07

A cablegram last SATURDAY.
said Ford party goes TO Rotter.
dam.'' The Ford party seems
to have been i ''Rotter" when it
was organized and has turned
ont deserted by its protector, to
be not worth the terminal sylla.
Bile Of the destination referred
to in the. above quotation.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-07

What's the cheapest and most
jackassical'' way to get across
the Atlantic ocean? Ford" it.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-07
REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION.
To Nominate Candidates
Governor, u. s. Sena-
tor and to Name
Delegates
CALLED 70 MEET NAY s, 1915.


The State Republican Execu'
tive Committee met in Nashville
aud on Thursday Of last week
called one con vention to meet 10
Nashville Mays. to nominate q
candidate for Governor, d candi.
date for the United States Sen.
Ate, and to elect delegates to the
National Republican, convention
TO be held-in Chicago June 7.
The report made Of the com.
fnittee meeting by the Nashville
Tennessean and American, stat.
Cd that the real fight of the
meeting was between Chairman
James s. Beasley and former
i United States Senator Newell
0anders.sin which Beasley won
By Gsote o. II to Z aud with the
Two. new members elected Beas.
ley finally hada majority Of six.
Frank Elgin, Of Memphis, and
q. NJ. Riddick, Of onion City,
werethe new members elected.
II was klso stated that Congress.
men Austin and Sells lined up
ththe BeAsley faction, while
ex- Gov ernor Ben. w. Hooper
was "htnds'off" !" in the dght. It
has further been since given out
by Democratic report Of the
meeting that the candidates
slated are Hooper for the Senate
and John W. Overall for Cover.
noe.
Mayor Jesse Littleton, Of Chat
tanooga, . cousin Of our former
citizen, Bob Littleton, was on
haud, and not only invited the
convention to meet in Chatta-
nooga but promised q free audi.
torium and plenty Of ice water
withIa thousand dollars IN cash to
help. defrav convention expenses.
J. Sam johnson, Of Hunting
don, represented the eighth dis
tIict ~ proxy for w. r. Arnold.
Upder the plan adopted coun.
ty conventions must be held be-.
tween the FIRST Monday in Feb
ruary andlthird Monday in April
and all county conventions must
be-Advertised two weeks in ad.
vance. y
The State Committee will
meet May 1, for the purpose Of
making up the temporary roll Of
the. convention and the rules
adopted in 1908 and now 10 force
shall prevail in the making up
NJ AHA roll .
Col. Arch Hughes, Of Colum-
bic, announced last week in
Washington that he will be .
candidate for the Republican
nomination for United States
Senator from Tennessee, before
the State convention which will
meet. in Nashville on the 3D. -of
May,
Col. Hughes made it his bust.
ds1s TO make d fling atGov Hoop.
eruof py statlng tnat ne would
run g s@straight Republican,
that il elected he would put Re.
publicans only in Office and that
he would not 60 about proclaim.
ing that he had been nominated
BY any independent Democrats.
We take the liberty Of making
the prophecy right here that Col.
Hughes will never go about
telling that he has been nomi-
mated BY nybody.
A Washington special to the
Nashville Tennessean and Amer.
ican hAs the following to say Of
Ool. Hughes history.
Col. Hughes hasQuits an Ia.
tsresting record in Tennessee 70.
The Washington times., 1916-09-11
ARGENT|NANS SCORE.
BRITISH BLACKLIST.
Big Demonstration ip Buenos
Aires Demands RetaHatory
Action by Government.
BY CHARLES P. STEWART.

BUENOs AIRES. Sept, 1.-THE
greatest demonstration against the
new British blacklist staged in any
country attracted an immense crowd
to the Plaza ConEreso Sunday after
noon.
The plaza was packed. Ten political
aud patriotic organizations partici-
pated In the demonstration. but their
members were outnumbered by the
great throng OF business men and
their employees who gathered to pro-
test against the blacklist.
The speakers included some Of the
most prominent politicians and pro-
fessional men In the Argentine 'capi-
tai They accused the British OF at
tempting to break down the whole
structure OF international law, and
declared that no neutral nation
should submit to the throttling OF it's
own trade by any belligerent.
The retaliatory Legislation passed
by the United States Congress has
greatly strengthened the hand OF the
opponents OF the British blacklist
here. In demanding anti blacklist
legislation at the Sunday demonstra-
tion several speakers referred to the
stand taken by the United States.
The meeting was advertised by
placards scattered throughout the
city.