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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-11-16
APPOINTMENTS BY
MEMPHIS CONFER
ENCE AT MURRAY,

The Annual Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
which was held last week and in
cluded last Sunday and Monday, al
Murray, KY, always transacts busi-
ness of Importance and intense in
terest to all the people within the
bounds of what is known as the
Memphis Conference, which covers
a part of at least three states.
First comes the placing for the
conference year of the preachers
and presiding elders and it is custo-
mary to publish in the local county
papers the names and appointments
Of those in whom we are most close
ly interested. Rev. j. V. Freeman,
late Presiding Elder of the Lexing-
ton District, gets the excellent work
OF Elder of the Brownsville District.
Rev. Fred H. Peoples comes back
to Lexington as pastor of this sta
ton warm welcome from
everybody in the town, irrespective
Of denomination, awaited Bro. Pee
piles.
Rev. j. M. Pickens, former pastor
of Lexington church, GENES to us as
Presiding Elder Of Lexington Dis
.trict.
Rev. I. M. King, late pastor Of
Lexington Circuit, goes to Adams
vile Circuit--and that people are
to be congratulated on getting so
excellent a gentleman and preacher.
Rev. w. A. Lampkin comes to Lex
ington Circuit.
We publish the appointments for
the Lexington District in full below:
Rev. Cleanth Brooks, Conference
Secretary of Education. Rev. W.
A. Russell, Conference Missionary
Secretary. Rev. L. D. Hamilton,
Presiding Elder Paducah District.
Rev. w. A. Russell, Hayes Avenue
Church, Jackson. Rev. c. A. Water
field and W. C. Barham were as
signed to the Y. M. C. A. work in
the United States Army. Rev. c.
c. Newbill, Trinity Church, Jackson.
Lexington District Presiding e.
der, j. M. Pickens; Adamsville Cir
cult, |. M. King; Bath Springs Cir
cult, A. G. Barnes, supply; Beech
Bluff Circuit, T. F. Saunders; Bethel
and Selmer, R. W. Newsom; Cam
den Station, A. B. Jones; Camden
Circuit. O. H. Lafferty; Gainesville
Circuit, w. E. Guthrie; Eva Circuit,
R. A. Staraill, supply; Holiday Cir
cult, W. T. M. Jones, j. A. Spencer.
superannuate; Hollow Rock Circuit,
J. E. Jones; Huntingdon and Mt.
Zion, H. G. Ryan; Lexington Station,
F. H. Peoples, H. L. Johnson, super
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-11-16
President Wilson's
Thanksgiving Day
Proclamation.

The proclamation fixing Thursday, Nov. 20. as
Thanksgiving day, follows.
1t has long been the honored customof our people
to turn in the fruitful autumn Of the year in praise and
thanksgiving to Almighty God for His many blessings
and merces to US as nation That custom we can
follow now even in the midst Of sorrow and great
peril because even amidst the darkness that has gath
cred about u.s. we can see the great blessings God has
bestowed upon u.s. blessings that better than mere
peace of mind and prosperity Of enterprise
We have been given heopportunity to serve man.
kind we once served ourselves in the great day of
our Declaration of independence by taking up arms
against tyranny that threatened to master and debase
men everywhere and joining with other free peoples in
demanding for all the nations Of the world what we
then demanded and obtained for ourselves. In this
day Of the revelation Of our duty not only to defend
our own rights as nation but TO defend also the
rights of free men throughout the world there has been
vouchsafed in full and inspiring measure the resolu
ton and spirit Of united action We have been brought
to one mind and purpose vigor Of common counsel
and common action has been revealed in us. We
should especially thank God that in such circumstances
in the midst Of the greatest enterprise the spirits Of
have ever entered onwehave If we but observe
reasonable and practicable economy abundance with
which to supply the needs Of those associated with us
as well as our own A newf light shines about us
The great duties Of new day awaken a new and
greater national spirit in ps n shall never an be
divided or wonder what stuff we are made Of
And while we render thanks for these things, let us
pray Almighty God that in all humbleness of spirit we
may look always to Him for guidance; that we may be
kept constant in the spirit and purpose of service that
by his grace minds may be directed and our hands
strengthened and that in His good time liberty and
security and peace and the comradeship of common
justice may be vouchsafed all the nations of the earth
Wherefore l. Woodrow Wilson, President of the
United States of America do hereby designate Thurs
day. the 29th day of November next as the day of
thanksgiving and prayer and invite the people through
out the land to upon that day from their ordi
nary occupations and in their several homes and
places of worship to render thanks to God the great
ruler of nations.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed
Done in the District Of Columbia, this 7th day of
November in the year Of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and seventeen and Of the independence of the
second
WOODROW WILSON
BY the President:
ROBERT LANSING
Secretary of State"
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-11-16
NUMBER "a
PLACES AND TIMES
OF RALLIES IN B.
R. ASSOCIATION.

Following are appointments Of
rallies in Beech River Association.
Missionaries W. L. King of Parsons
and C. E. Azbill, Of Lexington, will
spend day with each church
speaking and preaching on the is.
sues Of the Masters Kingdom. Pas.
tors and others will join them at
various places:
Bible Hill and Pleasant Ridge, at
Bible Hill, Saturday Nov. II.
Parsons and Bear Creek, at Par
sons, Sunday, Nov 18.
Hopewell. Monday, Nov. 10.
Standing Rock, Tuesday, Nov. 20.
Friendship. (U. B. church et
night, Wednesday. Nov. 2l.
Perryville, Thursday, Nov. 22.
Decaturville, Friday. Nov. 2S.
Bath Springs, Saturday, Nov. "a.
Sulphur Well and New Prospect,
at Sulphur Well, Sunday, Nov. rs.
New Fellowship, Monday, Nov, 20.
Sardis, Cedar Grove and Pleasant
Hill, at Sardis, Tuesday, Nov. 27.
Piney Creek and Mt. Olive. at
Riney Creek, Wednesday. Nov. 28.
Union Hill, Thurrday, Nov, &c.
Enville, Friday. Nov. 80,
jerusalem and Jacks Creek. at
Jacks Creek, Saturday. Dec. 4,
Luray, Sunday, Dec. 2.
Union Grove, Monday, Dec. 8.
Chapel Hill. Tuesday, Dec, 4.
Hepzibah. Wednesday, Dec. 5.
Ridee Grove, Thunday, Dec. s
Cilead and hhamah. at
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-11-16

The cheapest things in connec
ton with this war are money and
human life. Everything else comes
high.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-15
KEEPS KIDNEYS
ACTIVE WITH 4
GLASS OF SALTS
Must flush your Kidneys oc.
casionally if you eat meat
regularly.
Noted authority tells what
causes Backache and
Bladder weakness.

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make a mistake by
flushing the kidneys occasionally,
forms uric acid which clogs the kid
ney pores so they sluggishly filter or
strain only part of the waste and
poisons from the blood, then you get
sick. Nearly all rheumatism, head
aches, liver trouble, nervousness,
constipation, dizziness sleeplessness,
bladder disorders come from slug
gtsh kidneys.
The moment you feel a dull ache
in the kidneys or your back hurts, or
II the urine is cloudy. offensive, full
of sediment, irregular of passage or
attended by a sensation of scalding,
get about four ounces of Jad Salts
from any reliable pharmacy and take
tablespoonful in a glass of water
before breakfast for few days and
your kidneys will then act fine. This
famous salts is made from the acid
of grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for
generations to flush clogged kidneys
and stimulate them to activity, also
to neutralize the acids in urine so 1T
no longer causes irritation, thus end
ing bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and can
not inJure; makes a delightful effer-
vescent lithia-water drink which all
regular meat eaters should take now
and then to keep the kidneys clean
and the blood pure, thereby avoiding
serious kidney complications.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-15
A Beautiful Complexion
For Only rs Cents

Keep on using expensive creams
end washes and ointments if you
want to-" says Peterson. It's none of
Iry business how you squander your
I2Oney, but if you really want to get
rid of pimples. facial blemishes of
rny kind or any skin disease, my
honest advice is to get a twenty-five
cent box of Peterson's Ointment to-
day"
Men and women: If you want a
complexion clean and clear, soft and
velvety; one that will compel the ad-
miration of all the people you meet,
start to use Peterson's Ointment to-
night-use it freely, rubbing well
into the skin. Continue for a week or
until every pimple, blackhead, erup-
ton or rash is gone.
Don't fail to try it and you can
take my word for it you'll be proud
of your lovely skin and your friends
will envy your bewitching complex
ion. Amy fair minded druggist will
back up what Peterson says because
he is authorized to return your
money without question if Peter
sons Ointment doesn't make good.
Peterson's Ointment so cents after
December 1st.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-15
FACE PEELING HABIT
BECOMING FASHIONABLE

Women of fashion and refinement in
this country as in Europe seem to
have been acquiring the mercoliZed
wax habit, depending less and less
upon cosmetics for their complexion
difficulties. 1t does seem lot saner
to Just peel off the wornout skin when
it loses it's youthful color and appear
unce-now that this can be done so
easily, safely, painlessly and eco
nomicallN.
There's no trouble getting mercol-
iZed wax at any drugstore (an ounce
will do). since its virtues have be-
come generally known here, and
there's no trouble using it-just as
Gu use cold cream, applying at night,
washing il off next morning. The wax
takes off the old scarf skin, in tiny
nakes, a little each day. This new
lndGr-slin which gradually appears,
j. velVety soft and beautifully white,
radiant with girlish loveliness. Any
surface trouble like chaps, pimples,
r,d or yellow patches, freckles, etc,
vanishes of course with the discarded
le.-Advertisement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-15
OLD-FASHIONED
HOGHOUSES HIT
State Expert Says That They
Are the Best For Raising
of Swine Today

MANY people have a mania to
build large swinehouses of concrete
says l.. w. Lightly, farm adviser of
the State Department of Agriculture.
Invariably the larger and more
elaborate these "hoghouses" are the
more the pork costs that comes out
of them. One of the largest and
most elobrate one in the state
has been cleaned out by hog cholera
three times in a dozen years. very
frequently meet people who tell me
n bout their hog ailments. Then L
nook at the shelters and find them
better adapted for root cellars than
swine shelters. No wonder the pigs
have rheumatism, and break down
in the spine, the sows have infiamed
udders and fail to nourlsh the pigs
and everything goes wrong.
What animal could thrive on a
cold rock and wet cement hoor
Sometimes they make wooden rack
. of Stats and put it on the cement
floor. That multiplies the trouble. II
adds a constant cold draft under
meath the animal. Also it adds 10
the foulness of the place.
The small breeder needs nothing
but good inverted V-shaped houses
for narrowing shelters. These are
movable. The large breeder needs a
winter farrowing house and it should
be built for the comfort of the soWs
and not for his comfort.
Il never met a man who had the
heart to build a dogs house in the
manner he builds his hoghouse. He
builds the doghouse for the dog
comfort but when he builds the hoS-
house he never for a minute consld-
ers the hogs comfort.
The litter of the old sow OF the
woods numbered ten to fourteen
pigs. The new sow bred to all
kinds of fancy points that do not
count in pork pounds, and kept In
sixteen-foot high solid concrete stable
with all kinds of automatic hNtures
for the owners amusement. itters
from two to six pigs.
IF they come little early they
usually keel over in few days.
Every practical swine grower knows
] am stating facts. The old 'pigpen
by the barnyard was better shelter
for the SOW to farrow in than the
new solid concrete coldstorage ar
rangements now called hoghouses.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-15
Submarine Losses Are
Smallest During Year

London. Nov. 15.-Only one British
merchant vessel of more than 1900
tons was sunk by mine or submarine
last week, according to the weekly
statement of shipping losses issued
this evening. This is the low record
since Germany began her submarine
campaign. Five vessels of less than
1900 tons and one fishing boat were
sunk during the week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-15
Japan's War Chief Says
Army Can't Reach Europe

Toxic, Nov 14.-Lieutenant General
Oshima, the Japanese minister OF
war. informs Japanese newspapermen
that the despatch of troops to Eu-
rope is an absolute impossibility ow-
ing to the tremendous cost and the
lack of tonnage. Baron Takahashi,
former minister of finance. and one
of the leaders of the Selyukai party.
in a lengthy article in the newsna-
pers declares the Japanese armx is
deficient in ordnance and airpIane
equipment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-15

Pillow cases to match
at ........... 15e each
BOWMAN'S-Second Floor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-15
TO DEDICATE CHURCH

Womelsdorf, Nov. TO. = The New
Zion Reformed Church here, built on
the site of the original structure
which was put up in 1892, will be
dedicated on Sunday. November .25.
with impressive services. Prominent
clergymen will take part in the weeks
paogram which has been arranged to
follow the dedication ceremony. The
week will close with a Reformation
service on Sunday. December 2. The
new church is one of the finest and
est-equipped in the Lebanon Valley,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-15
TO SPEAK ON WAR

Things That Follow War" is the
title of an address to be delivered
this evening to the Brotherhood of
the Covenant Presbyterian Church by
Captain George F. Lumb. president Of
the Rotary Club and acting superin-
tentendent of the State Police.
The Denver star., 1917-12-08
DENVER CITIZEN MAKES GOOD
IN TEXAS

Prof. J.. P. Starks. principal
of Fred Douglass Public
School has shown greater en-
Iterprise in conducting that
school than is common to be
found among Afro American
teachers. Some time ago. it
was mainly through his ef-
forts that the city was in
duced to build. what is per-
haps the best ward school
building to be found in the
South. Not satisfied with the
building and the labor which
is to be found in the books of
the grades. he at once set a
bout acquiring the means to
install some useful industries.
Accordingly. sewing and cook
ing were added. To make
practical the latter. he began
the preparation of a penny
lunch for the children, as 4 re
suit, the gross receipts last
year were $500 90. The sue
cess Of the sewing and cook
ing departments served to op-
en- the eyes of Mr.. Starks as
to the possibilities of what he
chooses to call "the oppogtna-
lty school school" Today he
has induced the city to fully
equip Shoe Repairing De-
partmenr with a Mr.. Chas.
Jones. colored, at its head.
Thirty boys are being taught.
each spending one hour each
day. The shoes of school
children and other persons
will be repaired, at the cost
of the material. With this
new experiment. it is hoped
that while reducing the cost
OF shoe repairing. a goodly
number of boys may 60 forth
prepared to more successfully
fight the battle of life.
| The school authorities of
Dallas have won the praise Of
our people generally for their
generosity, and we breathe
the hope that the colored
children at Fred Douglass
school will show a proper ap-
probation for the advantages
here given them tor develop
ment.-Dallas Express.
The Denver star., 1917-12-08

A communication reaching
the Civic and Commercial as
sociation from Reed college,
at Portland, Ore, announces
tha. Denver has been award
ed third place in a study of
civic conditions by the depart
ments of economics and soci
ology Of Reed college. Thir
ty six leading cities in the U.
S. have teen given considera
ton with respect to rates of
wages, cost of living. death
rates, infant mortality rates.
proportion of people married.
church members. child labor.
parks. pavements. FIRE losses,
public properties. library
books. teachers salaries. mum
Der of pnpils to a teacher, illit
eracy, school attendance. non
English speaking foreigners.
Apparently on many OF these
subjsees Denver ranks hrsts
The Denver star., 1917-12-08
NEGRO BURNED At STAKE BY
MOB N tennessee

Dyersburg. Tenn. Dec. -
Lyon Scott, the Negro who
attacked a young white wo-
man in this county Nov. ~,
was burned at the stake on
the public sqnare here this af
ternoon. The Negro. who
was arrested at Jackson Sat
urday. was being taken to Un
ION City by officers when a
mod intercepted them and
took the Negro. The entire
county soon knew of the cap
ture of the fugitive and thou
sands f1ocked to town. A trial
was arranged for and 4 jury
selected. and the mob was i'm
rortuned to- withhold action
until the jury decided his fate
The Negro confessed.
An iron stake was driven in
the ground and the Negro
tied to the stake He was
stripped>of his clothing and
red hot irons applied to all
parts of his body. Finally a
bonfire was built around him
until even the bones were con
sumed.
The Denver star., 1917-12-08

Sergeant Ward Conley. the
nb,v Negro soldiers among
sir thousand ont the Canadian
boyder. has been ordered to
Caap Bosdea' ~ military 'n
q recsos.
The Denver star., 1917-12-08

Camp Mcclellan. Ala
Thirty colored soldiers. mem
bers of the First Separate
Company OF Maryland. are
prisoners in the guard house
at the remount depot. charg
ed with refusing to work be
fore breakfast. The remount
depot is about three miles
from the other part of the di
vision camp. between the
camp and Admission. About
70 of the First Separate Co.,
we're sent from the horse sec
ton of the ammunition train
to serve at this point. Their
duties were to look after the
horses in the corral and do
general stable work. More
than ten thousand horses and
mules are kept there. The
famous Richmond Blues of
Virginia. tho only cavalry out
fit retaining its identity under
recognition is camped there
and the Maryland colored
men have clashed with these
troopers frequently and the
strike is the result. The 80
men seem unconcerned about
the outcome of the trouble.
The Denver star., 1917-12-08

:The Baltimore and Ohio
railroad are among the first
to install colored men as
brakmen. At this writing four
men are employed as night
in the Dayton
Ohio yards. More will be
put to work as soon as the
right kind can be obtained.
The Denver star., 1917-12-08
A IEeRo DIVISION TO Be l.
MONS 1ST TO 60 TO FRANCE

OV BOu ~ w ~ utUWO6
Washington DC. When the
full strength of Americas new
} arRy arrived on the battle
froat of France Negro troops
will aake up approximately
one eleventh of h c Negro
regiments are oficered ex.
clusiveiy by white West Point
ers.
The following Negro Nat
ionai Guard units are now in
the federal service and officer
ed exclusively by Colored OF
hcers:
First Separate Connecticut
company 90 men. officer;
First Separate District of
Columbia Battalion. SOB men.
~ officers: Eighth illinois
regiment. 1850 men, 7S off,
Ger: First Separate Maryland
company. lso men. ) officers;
Fifteenth New York Infantry
regiment. 7o53 men. 81 Off.
GERS; Ohio Ninth Separate
Battalion. Is7a men. 4S Off
Gers; First Separate Tennes
see company. H7 men. 3 ofh
GERS: First Separate Massa
chuseses company. I5o men.
I officers. Total. 6Io%I men
3oa officers.
They have just been com
m;ssioned from the training
eaap Tor Negro ofiicers-lo6
captains. gao first lieutenants
and 100 second lieutenants.
The total training camp
a.d National Guard officers
3,6-constitutes the present
visiblo-supply of Coiored OF
hcers-except a few holding
minor staff position in n E
regular army.
The young Colored m e n
commissioned at Des Moines
have won high praise from
their instructors and are first
class material. Every state
in the Union was representa-
ted at the camp a large mum
ber coming from the south
erN states.
The Negro troops drawn
for service are being trained
At all of the l6 national army
cantoa ment0in separate ba
.ailions and regiments. whe"
the training is complete. one,
and probably two or three
divisions OF Negro troops ex
clusively will be formed, and
one of these will be among
the first national army units
sent to France.
Negroes have fought in all
American wars from the Rev
ol.t;on to the brush at Carri-
~. In the Civil War hun
'sdreds of thousands wese rails
ed and did some fine fighting.
There we're a few commission
ed as officers, but nothing like
the number now given com
maad.
The Denver star., 1917-12-08

An army to defeat the enemy
of democracy and freedom.
aud the army we are building
contains both white and color
ed men. We are expecting
that they will all do their duty
and when they have done it
they will be alike entitled to
the greatitude Of their Coun-
try.
(Signed.)
NEwroN D. BAKRa,
Secretary q War.
The Denver star., 1917-12-08

1850 colored men who COM
pleted the course at the Re
serve Officers Training Camp
at Fort Des Moines. Iowa,
have been commissioned as
officers in the United States
Army;nearly 100 colored ply
sicians and surgeons have re-
ceived commissions as officers
in the Medical Reserve Corps,
and full fighting force of
10000 colored soldiers, includ
ing rer resentatives in practic
ally every branch of military
service. will constitute the
e2nd Division. to be detailed
for duty IN France under Gen
eral Pershing.
The relations between the
coIored and white men. in the
camps containing both. have
been worked out on a very
satisfactory basis, and little or
no trouble seems likely to
arise. All Of my reportsi ndi:
cate that the colored men are
accepting this as an opportun
ity to serve and not an occas-
ion Tor creating discord or
trouble, and white men and
officers are passing over the
question of race difference in
a helpful spirit. What we
need in this emergency is the
help of right thinking people
in the cities and towns around
the camps. and we are getting
that cooperation So generally
that our course seems free
from embarrassment, if Ger
man propagandists. who want
to make discord by stirring up
sensitive feelings. are simply
not allowep to do their work.
AS matter of fact, the col
ored people and the white peo
pie in this country have lived
together now for a good many
years and have established re
lationships in the several
parts of the country which are
more or less we'll organized
and acquiesced in. Gradually
the colored people are acquir
ing education in the industrial
arts. and are rendering them
selves more and more useful,
in our civilization, and more
and more entitled to our re-
spect. On the other hand,
the white people are coming
more generally to realize the
value of the good citizens a.
mong the colored people thru
their industrial importance
and their eager desire to learn
aud qualify themselves for use
fulness in the country. aud
this has brought about a
growth of good feeling marred
it is true, here and there. by
such incidents as that at Hous
ton and that at East St. Louis
which grew out of sad misun-
derstandings, and were per
haps contributed to. in a,
least one of these instances,
by the malicious activities Of
of people who would rejoice
to see any embarrassment
come to US as sign of weak
ness against our enemy
Therefore unrest among the
colored people and, suspicion
Of the Government on theil
part are, by all means. to b.
discouraged at a time like thi.
We are bending al our en-