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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-28
To the Teachers of Hen.
dersOn County.

I want to call the attention of
the teachers Of the county to
two or three things in this notice.
1st.--Ihave decided that it is
best for the schools to stop this
year 1 little short Of what has
been heretofore an account of
the financial condition OF the
county. We allowed the schools
to run last year two weeks too
long, and the funds have not
been in good condition this year.
The schools will run this year
four and three. fourths months
for the entire year, two for the
summer and two and three
fourths for the winter. From
this amount the teacher will
take one day for each 500 used
as expenses for his school, aid
one day for each two school Iesks
bought within the past three
years. Please look s.ftsr this
matter at once.
2nd.-Ths next examination
will be held on the 10th and 18th
Of March. On the 10th those
who did not get into the Dscsm.
Der examination will be given
IN opportunity to take these
subjects, a. we'll Is any who fail.
ed to make 40 much as 60 per
cent on any, one or more branch
90 in that examinations on the
18th examination will be given
in the two histories aud geogra.
ply. Be sure to be on hand in
time.
The last thing one is,l the Hen.
derson County Teachers Assoct
alton will be held Ia Lexington
on Saturday, Feby S, 1916. BE
here with Ill the force possible.
Very respectfully,
w. FL. DRNIsoN, 90. Supt.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-28

1t has been our intention to
earlier rise up and remark "
about the Partisan, published in
the nifty" seat Of government
for Henry county, but it is not
vet too late to claim our say.
Eugene Travis, the editor, is one
Of the brightest mem bers Of
whatever estate" generally a
moneyless and often a thankless
the force" may claim to repre-.
sent in Tennessee. It lie little
more than is due Gene Travis
to state that he put Camden on
the map a. a live and progress
sive town and we feel that he il
equal to the job he has tackled
in the good town Of Paris, in the
splendid country Of Henry. If
the merchants, Of Paris will fur
nish the advertising and the zoe
menry OF Henry will separate
themselves from enough Of their
bones" to be able to see what
Gene will do for them, the
town and county will not be
long in estimating him at enough
of his value to see that he be
comes a permanency there in the
newspaper business, Paris also
has another excellent paper ir
the old acknowledgement ani
the two publications ought Il
pull in front Of the same double
tree for the good Of their towr
and county.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-28

II the Crump gang is finally
routed in Memphis and whatev.
er Of beslnearsd judicial ermine
there may be turned over to the
"dry cleaning company dele.
gated by the law to renovate dir.
ty clothes, not all the credit will
be due the Commercial Appeal,
for the Memphis Press, which
circulates but little il any out
side Of the Bluff City, has beer
hammering st that same result
for quite ! time. The Press be-
gan it, work years ago and hal
continued. il through all the
years since adopted for his 20
liticsl motto Il am 1T and be.
side me there il no other"
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-28
Trade Week. |"

February II to 26 has been de.
cided upon by the Jobbers and
Manufacturer Association at
Nashville, as tho dates on which
that city will entertain the re.
tail merchants Of the South.
Noticing the name Of Green Ben
ton, OF the firm OF j. s. Reeves
& Company, az a member Of the
Publicity and Reception Com
mittee, we feel authorized to
say to each and every merchant
from this section Of country,
who takes advantage Of that oc.
caslon to visit Nashville and
have presented to him the at.
fractions which are offered by
the jobbers and manufacturers
Of our capitol city, that an es-
peeisi welcome awaits them in
the wholesale drygoods house Of
j. s. Reeves & Co.. one Of the
largest and most substantial
Wholesale houses either in Ten
nessee or in the South. The
merchants who make it q point
to vint Nashville during the
trade week mentioned, will not
only be offered every induce.
ment to support and sustain
Tennessee jobbers, but will be
the recipients Of all possible
courtesies and will be given
the time Of their lives" 1t is
our hope that every Henderson
county merchant who believes
in Home First as his business
motto may take advantage OF
that occasion to visit Nashville.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-28

A special from Memphis to the
Nashville Tennessean and Amer
lean Of last Friday stated that
fifty or more Wholesale liquor
dealers in that city had pledged
themselves to obey the law-to
do a strictly interstate business,
Wholesale dealers in liquors
were notified that only inter
state orders received by long
distance telephone or postal
money order would be held legal
and that any variation from this
would be considered q violation
of the prohibition laws. Whole
salers must close their doors te
oil visitors and only employers
and their attaches will be allow
ed inside. With all this, with
any promise made by liquor
men, whose word in the past hai
not been good, we do not donbt
a moment that If fifty liquor
houses remain running in Mem
phis, they will violate the law
and will, a. heretofore, be the
grubstakers" for bootlsggers,
We yet trust that some way may
be found to close them one and
oil, for the wholesale liquor
house is no more worthy OF re-
spsct than the doggery, Lawful
and unlawful, which it supplies
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-28

The Progress does not appose
the proposition to make needed
changes in the constitution Of
Tennessee, but we rejoice in the
fact that we are not going to
have to swallow whole any sort
Of mess in order to get q little Of
needed medicine, nor are we CO.
ing to vote upon any omnibus
bill" as it were, and be forced
to take the whole load. On the
other hand, the people are 60.
ing to vote separately upon the
proposed changes, accepting
what they want and rejecting
that which they do not desire.
II the state had a chance at 4
constitutional convention, with
the number OF delegates based
on area instead Of population we
should jump OF the chance, but
to apportion the delegates just
~ the various counties and 10.
calities send members to the
House Of Representatives, thus
giving Memphis nine aud Hen.
derson county . fraction Of one
land that fraction dictated by
Madison coun.y) we should have
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-28

Bert Akers, who was killid in
Mexico, near the Texas line last
Friday BY . band Of Mexican cat.
tie and horse thieves, came from
GLASGOW, Kentucky. He went
to Texas several years ago with
his sister. Akers was trying to
recover stolen cattle when he
was killed. The Mexicans were
caught, confessed the killing
and were executed last Sunday
by the authorities.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-28

Hon. Joe B. ode, Of Camden.
has been elected Worthy Grand
Patron Of the Order Of the Eas.
tern Star, by the Grand Lodge
at Nashville. Mrs. Geneva
Dodd, Of Mason Hall. Worthy
Grard Matron.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-28
The state will be ready to be

The state will be ready to be-
gin the distribution Of anti.hoR
cholera serum and hog cholera
virus on February 10, 1915, from
the State Serum Plant located
1t No. 1902 Clinton street, Nash.
vile. Hog cholera virus cannot
be obtained except by those who
hold . recently issued virus per.
nit.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-28

We wonder II members Of the
legislature are enjoying the
''cussin" they are getting in con.
nection with the law which au-
thorizes or forces the uss Of GER
tain kind Of gasoline can. 1t ia
pity that the people can not
drop the use Of the darn, tricky
stuff, 50 that its value might
drop to q level with ditch water.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-28

to change our minds before ac-
cepting. 1t has just about come
10 the point that ell the balance
Of Tennessee il in danger from
the few larger cities and the
country voter who gives assent to
anything fathered and fostered
|by the city crowds had better
know mighty well what he is do.
ing before he irrevocably pledges
ibis support.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-28
By the way: Judge Jesse Edg

By the way: Judge Jesse Edg.
ington, Of Memphis, being vice
president Of the Jefferson Clean
ing q Dye Works, would doubt
less like the job Of cleaning and
dying to his own notion his ju.
dieial garments which he had
rented from the State Of Tonnes
see.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-28

The bill to allow Kentucky to
vote on q constitutional amend
ment to forbid the manufacture
and sale Of Intoxicating liquors,
was defeated in the Senate Of
the legislature of that state on
Tuesday BY : vote Of 20 to IA
II was : victory for Stanley. the
Democratic governor, and his I'D.
ministration.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-28

The Legislature Of Mississippi
passed an act Tuesday requiring
oil conslgnees Of wet goods to
pay to the county court clerk q
recording fee OF Is cents for each
shipment received.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-28

Liquor wonin the Democratic
primary in Louisiana Tuesday,
by asinaiority Of 10000 to 25, 900.
As usual the bis city took the
immoral side, and New Orleans
voted wet some 10000 majority.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1916-01-28

w. E. Weldon Of Henry coun.
~, d a caAdidate for the State
Senate on the idea that tbs next
10 the time for Henry county to
nome the man-and the Tonnes
see Republican, published At
Huntington says that Henry
county named the man" the
last'time, and named Joe Fl.
MCCALL, Of Carroll county. The
Republican goes further and
claims that the next will be
Carroll county's time to name
the nominse--all of which goei
to show that the Republican
feels some interest 10 Democrat.
ic Rmbsrs Of the State Senate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
Many Women Use Cigarettes.

Women putting cigarettes in restau-
rants is so common in New York that
it no longer attracts attention, but
whom they do their smoking in hotel
Hobbies mere man is sure to give them
the once over. One afternoon recently
an attractive young woman was en-
gagged in an animated discussion with
a man in the foyer of the Vanderbilt
hotel. She gesticulated with graceful
waves of the hand and tapped neatly
shod foot impatiently against the floor.
He fumbled for a cigarette case.
extracted a cigarette and lighted
it. Then, as if remembering his
manners, he extended the ciga-
rette case with an apology. The
young woman smiled her thanks,
took cigarette, rolled it deity
between her fingers and perched it be-
tween her lips. She motioned her
companion to give her a light, which
he did. Then she took a deep puff and
returned to the subject matter in hand.
Of course, everybody in the lobby tried
to appear unconscious. They looked
at the palms, admired the cut flowers
on the desk and then went back to a
discreet and yelled contemplation of
the absorbed couple, enmeshed in their
own problems and cigarette smoke.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
Importina Mexican Quail.

Officials of the state game commits
sion are expecting the first consign-
ment of large number of Mexican
quail. The quail were secured on the
Mexican highland and will be liberated
in this state, southern counties first.
1t is also the plan to secure fifty or
seventy-five elk from the Yellowstone
and probably 1000 deer from Northern
states to liberate in game preserves
or closed counties during the winter
and spring.
The game to be placed about the
state will be the largest number ever
known since the game commission
was established.-Har (Pa)
Dispatch Philadelphia Inquirer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
LOVER PAID FOR HIS WIFE
Indian Chief Called Her His Daughter,
But Sweetheart Found She Was
a White Girl.

ere lives in a small city in one
OF the western states happy old cou-
pie who passed through many thrilling
experiences during those times when
the West was in the making. The old
man is fond of relating these expert
ences, and he often tells of how he
found a wife among the Brule Sioux,
who were at that time the most rest
less and troublesome of the plains In
dams.
At the close of the Civil war this
man was about twenty-five years OF
age, and of an adventurous nature.
He went to ST. Louis, Mo-, where he
fell in with party of traders bound
UP the Missouri river to barter for buff
falo skins with the Indians. The ven
ture was successful, and after year
spent in the wilderness the party start
ed back, their fiat boats loaded with
the baled buffalo hides.
One evening the party stopped for
the night near an Indian encampment,
and here the young man met what he
considered to be the most beautiful
Indian girl he had ever seen. She
was apparently about twenty years of
age, and although she was dark COM
pleXioned and had beautiful black hair
and eyes she did not possess the fea-
lures of an Indian. Anyway, the
young man gave little thought to her
nationality. 1t was a case of love at
first sight, and although his compan-
ions resumed their journey the follow
ing morning, the young man remained
to court the maiden, who it appeared
was the daughter of a chief. He won
her hand, and, according to Indian
custom, paid the chief the purchase
price of the girl.
The girl, according to the chief, was
not Indian, but Of white parentage.
She had been adopted by the chief
when she was baby, her parents hav-
ing been killed by the Indians on one
of their raids against the frontier set
Elements. Subsequent Investigations
proved the truth of the chiefs story,
and eventually the girl was able to
get in touch with many of her rela-
lives in the East.
The young man took the girl to St.
Louis, where she was placed under
the care of a relative to learn the
white mans language and ways of liv-
ing. A year later the marriage took
place. After few years spent in the
East they returned to the prairies,
where they took up land and where
they have resided happily ever since.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
fruit LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHM
California Syrup of Fiusp s,.,
harm tender stomach '''''
liver and bowels.
Every mother realizes. off,

Every mother realizes, afte, -,
her children California SvrS s''as
Figs that this is their ideal lava p o
because they love its pleasant =.
and it thoroughly cleanses the .. 'as's
little stomach, liver and bowels ''ua o
out gripping. "'VS
When cross, irritable. feyeri.,
breath is bad, stomach sour lool. "
the tongue, mother! If coated o., q
teaspoonful of this harmless ~s
laxative" and in few hours all ~
foul, constipated waste, sour bno s1' w
undigested food passes out Of tba b.'
els, and you have a well, plavm ohn,
again. When its little system io +~
of cold, throat sore, has stomacb.ooS
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic-rarn"
Der, a good inside cleaning" sboI,
always be the first treatment given
Millions of mothers keep "CaHfor,.
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know :
teaspoonful today saves sick ohm,
tomorrow. Ask at the store for "a
cent bottle of California Syrm :,
Figs" which has directions for bab,.
children of all ages and growp.r
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
"pipIcmat's Work All Humbuo."

George Fred Williams, former minis
ter to Greece, recently stated his opin-
ion Of diplomats in general, and said
that they were the cause Of the pres
ent European conflict
81 tried to be diplomat" he said.
1T is the most stupid business l know
of. 1t was matter of deciding on the
right tie for a certain function and de-
termining what kind of trousers to
wear when we met the king and how
to behave at dinner. It was a con.
tinual swapping of humbug with as.
sociates, and never, in any circum.
stances, lapsing into truth It's the
meanest, rottenest occupation a man
ever got into"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
Man knonu Men. ~

Abraham Lincoln. the spirit in
caFnate OF those who won victory in
the Civil war. was the true represent
ative Of this people. not only for his
own generation, but for all time, be-
cause he was man among men-a
man who embodied the qualities of
MS fellow men, but who embodied
them to the highest and mo7t unusual
degree OF perfection; who embodied
All that there was in the nation of
courage. wisdom, of gentle, patient
kindness, and OF COMMON sense
Theodore Roosevelt
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15

than ever was and recommend your
remedies to all my friends. Mrs. Lena
WYNN, 2S12 E. 0 Street, Richmond,N
While Change Of Life is most crit
ical period of woman's existence, tho
annoying symptoms which accompany
it may be controlled, and normal heath
restored by the timely use of LydisE
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Such warning symptoms are sense
of suffocation, hot flashes, headaches
backaches, dread of impending evil
timidity, sounds in the ears, paIpitatn
of the heart, sparks before the eyes
irregularities, constipation, variable o.
petite, weakness and inquietude, and
dizziness.
For these abnormal conditions do not
fail to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
Lincoln's Book Friends

till he quit OF his own accord" She
honOred his private bookcase between
the logs next 10 his bed. and the big
fires he used to build to read BY At
night. She knew that he carried .
book out TO the fields so that he could
read while his horse was resting ard
often she would ind him copying out
with his t1-key-buzzaTd pen and brior-
rect ink, some favorite psst to remsr,-
Der. A boy Ike that deserves to have
ais chance" she would say to hersel.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
Roston,s Nocturnal Habits

A wild pigeon that has a ham
somewhere near the old Boston On
club has formed a habit of conf,
down into the street late at night n
his supper.
Several nights lately as have com
through Beacon street have seen III
bird having it's midnight meal
strikes me as something unusual n
pigeons to do so.
Shouldn't self-respecting pigeons h
at roost at such an hour?-BostO
Post.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15

A few fine books. Wen known. like
few fne friends, are worth more
than many mere acQuairtances. The
Bible. AesopS Fables. Robinson Cru
soc" and Pilgrims Progress" were
Lincoin's real friends He used 70 lie
on the floor and laugh ever the Ara
bian Nights When his stspmo,her
saw that books meant a great deal
more to him than they did &c any Of
her own children. she TOOK particular
care" as she said, not TO disturb him
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15

being ever showed the omnipotent
power Of prescience. Lincoln surely
had premonition not only that he had
been set aside for a given task but
that it was to end in death.
Plunged into fratricidal war, him
self a victim. Lincoln was q man oi
peace. ! cannot close without remind
ing You that upon Pennsylvania soil
in 1851. before the first gun was fired
when viewing the State militia al Har
risburg. Lincoln said; 1t shall be ny
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
The Old Carpet Sag.

The old-fashioned carpet bag as
quoted in many Lincoln stories was a
fact and not 3 fancy CT Il story teller,
and played an interesting part on
many occasions in Lincoln's life Ii
seems that Lincoln had preserved
many OF his speeches and notes in con
neCtiNa with the famous debates with
Douglas, and had slowed them away
IL an CID carpet bag.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15

A prose love letter was written by
the celebrated earl of Chesterfield in
1861. Madam" his letter begins.
The duilness OF this last cold season
doth afford nothing that is new to
divert you; only here is a report that
fain would know the truth of. which
is, that an extremely in love with
you Pray let me know If it be true
or no since an certain that no one
but yourself can rightly inform me;
for If you intend TO use me favorabIy.
2nd DO think ] am in love with YOU.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
His Whole Life a Tragedy

Iincolns whole life was fraught
with tragedy, declares a biography.
A nature overburdened with melan-
Choly, face masked by the tragic
muse. a life never free from the bur
den Of poverty. in his birth and early
life apparently the sport CT the fates.
il was enough for this strange man to
have lived Z great life, it but adds 70
his grandeur to have him die noble
death. StrangulstIs pro Repubica
,light well be Lis requiem. II q finite
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.

SAID Abraham Lincoln in 1859: AS
the Author OF nan makes every indi.
VlduaI with one head and one pair of
hands' 1t was probably intended that
neaos and hands should cooperate as
LIlends' and that that particular head
should direct and control that pair of
nanas' 1t took over fifty years for
the country to grasp the fun signih-
canoe OF this pithy saying. In fact,
We nave not yet fully grasped 1.-THE
Outlook.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15

endeavor to preserve the peace Of this
country so far as it can possibly be
done consistently with the mainte-
nance CT of the institutions of this
country. With my consent this coun-
try shall never witness the shedding
of enc drop of blood in fraternal
strife"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
What She Thought of II.

81 saw you at the concert last
night"
Yes; me and Hiram are both so
fond Of music, you know"
What did you think of Sawmores
technique?"
Well, to tell you the truth, didn't
notice it; but thought his fiddlin' was
just grand"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
Ambiauous.

The Grocer-Do you mean to tell
me that that pale-blue looking stuff
you're selling is milk?
The Milkman-You're the tenth guv
that's taken up that -rgument. and
made everyone Of them take water.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15
VALENTINE MORN.

Such starved bank Of moss
Till that gray morn,
Blue ran the fash across;
Violets were born!
Sky-what a scowl Of cloud
TIL, near and far,
Ray on ray split the shroud
Splendid. a start
World-how Il walled about
Life with disgrace
TIL Gods smile came out:
That was thy facet
Robert Browning.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-02-15

most certainly am so; but II you In
tend to receive me coldly, and do not
believe that l am in love, I also am
sure that am not; therefore let me
entreat you to put me out of a doubt
which makes the greatest concern of
Dear Madam. your most obedieut.
faithful servant,
Chesterfield.