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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-11-09

Mrs. and Mrs. George Carlyl.
returned yesterday to thei'
home in Harrisonville, after at.
tending the funeral Of OweI
Gafin.
Everett Mitchell, who was call
ed here by the death of hi.
mother, left yesterday to ioii
his company at San Antonio
Texas.
Mrs. B. S. Cromwell returned
Sunday evening to her home il
Kansas City, after visit her,
with the Misses Drysdale. Mrs
w, f. Cook of st. Louis, VIII,
was also geust of the Misse,
Drysdale, accompanied Mrs
Cromwell home for visit.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-11-09
Death of q Child.

James Woodson Slusher, the
thirteen months old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Edgar Slusher, 1906
Franklin avenue, died yesterday
morning at 8 o'clock after a
weeks illness of pneumonia.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-11-09
Joins Wireless Service.

Wingate Moorehead, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. James R. Moore
head, Sr., of Kansas City, has
volunteered for service in the
United States Radio Service and
is now at the Great Lakes train
ing Station. After the prelimina,
ry training at Great Lakes, he
will be sent to Harvard Univer.
sity for the finishing touches.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-11-09
Barker Galiaway.

Mr., Z. D. Barker and Miss Lill-
ian Galloway, both of Odessa,
were married Thursday after
noon in the office Of Justice of
the Peace, Clyde Wright, who
performed the ceremony.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-11-09

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. j. Davis left
Saturday for their home in
Olatha, Kansas, after a visit
with Clark Davis.
William Loomis left Wednes-
day for Camp Funston to join
Company "a" 21st Field Artil-
lery. Mr. Loomis volunteered in
June.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-11-09
Residence Damaged by Fire.

Yesterday about l0:3O the
residence of Ike H. Noyes, cor
ner of Goth and Franklin streets,
was damaged considerably by
fire and smoke. The fire originat-
ed in the basement and made a
dense smoke which caused most
Of the damage. The fire COM
pany soon had it subdued.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-11-09
Pierre Navel Seriously Injured.

IleIIe MdNti OSI louSlI AuJui Gu
Pierre Navel, a Lexington
boy and a member of the crew
of the U. S. S. Montana which
is undergoing repairs at the
Portsmouth Navy Yard, was Sc
riously injured Monday night,
October 20, in an, automobile ac-
cident. in which his skull was
fractured and one other Of the
party killed outright. An opera
ton was necessary and has been
reported successful.
Monroe Butler, another Lex
ington boy and a member of the
same crew, is convalescing from
an attack of pneumonia.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-11-09
KinchlOe- Rider.

Mr.. Curtis Kinchloe and Miss
Pearl Rider, both of Mayview,
were married in the Recorders
Office Saturday afternoon. Judge
S. N, Wilson officiated.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-11-09
Thomas A. Walker. ]. p.

The county court Wednesdal
appointed Thomas A. Walker al
justice Of the peace of Lexing
ton township to fill out the un.
expired term of John Hedge, de
ceased.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-11-09
FOOD CONSERVATION
ENROLMENT
1863 Person Have Thus Far
Signed the Pledge.

Seventeen hundred and sixty
three persons in the City of Lex
ington have signed the Food
Conservation pledge during the
first six days of the campaign
for members.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-11-09

lOI lilSlllDCIo.
The signers are composed of:
Men Men--......,..--.........,-....-...-...-..-- 367
Women. 870
Students .................................. 526
All persons who nave received
membership cards are requested
to display them in a front win
dow of their dwelling. If you will
display your membership cards
in the windows Of your homes, it
will assist the membership solic-
itors in recanvassing the city.
The total number of members
enrolled is about one-third of the
population and a larger per cent
should be secured before the
campaign closes. The campaign
has been extended until Satur-
day, November 13, 1917. Better
results during the first week OF
this campaign would have beer
obtained had the supplies for
the city been received at al
earlier date. We hope that We
will be able to enlist every cit.
izen in this city by the close Of
the coming week.
THE COMMITTEE
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-05-26
WON 100000 OFF $500
Texas Land Taken for Puny Debt HAS
Proved to Be Rich in Quick
silver.

Chicago.-F. Fl. Perry, of this city,
Is receiving a revenue of nearly $780,
600 a month from his quicksilver mine
in the Big Bend country of Texas
which he was forced to take over sew
eral years ago to satisfy debt OF
5000. In fact when Mr.. Perry came
into possession Of this 1850 acres OF
land he regarded it as worthless. lie
did not even take the trouble to go to
see it, knowing the region to be bar
rem and almost uninhabitable. How
ever. fate had decrced that fortune
should smile on Mr.. Perry.
Since the price of quicksilver mount
cd from $45 to $50 per flask of q
mounds because of the war in Europe
Mr.. Perry's mine has produced 50,
100000 worth of the material. "ha'
the mine is worth today no one ven
lures to estimate. but, figuring on IFS
revenue producing basis, it ought &c
have value OF not less than So,0Oo'
900.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-05-26

by his wife shortly after their mar
rage and after their separation. I'D
this letter Mrs. Gillings made the foi-
lowing statements:
1--WE are not living in the age OF
slaves or heather. nor 100 years ago.
nor even 30 years ago. Women are
waking up. They are no longer con-
sidered Il white slave of man. You
will receive no sympathy from any
we'll read man or woman of today
Another passage read:
"Not only l refuse on religious or
conscientious grounds, but my own
personal feelings and the welfare OF
the future generation of my children
You are to be pitied, surely-you, with
your century-ago ideas of the duty OF
wife to man, usual marital relations,
etc"
Mrs. Gillings had written this let
ter in response to his appeals that
she live with him and make a home
for him.
"And she was June bride, too ex
claimed Gillings. The court granted
| the annulment.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-05-26
I xxsx@<<%&&<<<&%<+<<<<<<h5
Urged TO TILL WASTE LAND
Secretary Lane Declares mi.''o''o -
Acres Should Be Put to Grow
ing Of Crops.

STANDARDIZATION of acres OF
prol,otted public lands in the west
ond tho idle farms of the East ana
south were pointed to by Secretary
lane as places where men who do not
enlist for the firing line may serve
tho,r country as effectually as they
could at the front. :,
"Our people cannot all be hghters'
tho secretary said. ave must have IN
addition to our armies of fighters
armies of producers, to sustain those
who struggle and to maintain those
for whom they struggle.
"NIen in close touch with the 1000
srnnly of this country predict that IL
the nresent decrease in production
lZeeps I'D for another year, we Will
fore q serious food famine. Two nun
dred and forty million acres or unai'
lotted public land In the western
states await the coming OF the 1arm.
or and the herdsman. Millions OF
acres of fine farm lands in the East
ern states lie idle through lack or men
m work them. Forty-two millions OF
our nopulation stife in crowded cities
ord complain of the high cost OF Nv
ing. - c.,.o.
ANY citizen Of the United State:
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-05-26
HELP FARMER DO HIS SHARE
Local Committees Can DO Much To-
ward Increasing Agricultural
Production of Country.

WaShingtOn.-AS only a few weeks
remain in which to prepare the soil
and plant crops for the coming season,
the government is calling upon all
the people to assist by local organiza-
ton in every way possible to increase
the acreage and intensity production.
The garden movement which is al
ready well under way will undoubted-
ly help out the situation, but the ce-
real condition is very bad.
Local committees to handle the vari-
Gus problems connected with the cam
paign should be appointed to work
along the following lines:
To confer with the national and
state bank for the purpose of work
ing out plan for rediscounting farm
ers' loans upon growing crops in or
der to give the farmers capital to put
in the maximum acreage.
To consider the problem of enlist
ing volunteers in cities and elsewhere
TO undertake farm work temporarily
until the crop is in the ground. This
plan includes the employment of men
of the regular wages paid in the indus
tries. Volunteers can do q patriotic
service by registering for duty for a
| wool, or two now and week or two
at harvest.
Placing the power of the community
Of the service Of the farmer by work
ing every tractor day and night until
the acreage is prepared for planting
Placing the best available seeds al
the disposal of the farmer.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-05-26
ANCHOR HOOKED ON AUTO
The Benham, "Somewhere on Atlantic
Coast" Lifted Five-Passen-
ger Car.

New York.-The destroyer Benham.
on guard duty somewhere on the At
Iantic coast" was ordered to move.
When the steam winch tugged at the
anchor chain it was found to be I'M
usually difficult to lift. and more pow
er was applied. When the anchor
came out of the water it carried five
passenger auto. The car was sold to
q dealer and the funds divided among
the crew of the Benham.
Just how the car happened to be in
the sea is not known, but it is sup
posed to have slipped from a distant
ferry and to have been driven toward
shore by the action of the tide.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-05-26

Nv AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR

@<11VI1%@VVN~T
! We thought that reason had mas
tered men.
Z That peace of the world was iord'
That never the roll OF the drum
again
9 Should quicken the thirsty
= sword
I But our bubble broke with suooeh
/ blow.
And we heard like the trumpets
din
That Ieyeled the walls Of Jericho
y Tho old stern cry-"Fall in!
We were numb. amazed. we were
sick and daZed
With a horror past belief.
Z silent we stood while Belgium
IN her martyrs glory Of grief.
Then it came. so near that we
& needs must hear,
q For the cry of our murdered kin
y prove in our heart like a searching
spear
& Tho call of the hour-"Fall in!'
Z NOT In the flush OF a barren thrii.
4 Do we come to our deed at last.
yye have weighed our will, we
6 must do our will,
4 For the doubting-time Is past.
4 We have faced our souls in the
4 sleepless night,
And what shall we fear but sin?
q Not for love OF the llShl' out io'
8 love of the right.
n 7, tho name of our God-"tall
z in"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-05-26
Raised the Roof With His shrieks.

He's going to take them back for i'm
perial regalia. He will also take back
the royal plate and tin knife and fork,
never before seen in Gilbert island
high society. He will return to his
subjects, who subsist on fruit mainly,
with some new ideas about victuals,
having learned to appreciate the vir-
tue of the taStable T-bOne.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-05-26

who has not already located home
stead, may apply for as many acres
of straight farming land as he wants
up to 160 acres in the restricted sec
tons and up to 800 acres in the I'M
restricted sections. Straight grazing
land may be had to the extent OF GAO
acres.
From Alabama to Alaska land is
waiting to be taken up. And with all
these resources we face an actual food
famine"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-05-26
Youna Giant, Small Girl.

Muncie, Ind. When Frederick
Knoblock. young farmer, whose
home IS in Paulding county Ohio. ap-
nlied for a license to marry Miss Mar
tha Hazlemeyer of Delaware county
the bridegroom admitted his weight IS
275 pounds and that he is six feet
seven inches tall, while the bride
weighs only 90 pounds, is only about
Ave feet in height, and is only sixteen
vears old. He Is twenty-one.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-05-26
stealinn Cats Not q Crime.

Bellefonte, Pa.-Judge Henry c.
Ouigley of Center County, Pa, has
ruled that stealing cats is not q crime
IN PENNSYLVANIA. Judge Quigley found
that cats are not subjects of larceny
OF common law and have not been
made such by q statute.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-05-26
TELLS COURT WIFE
\ WON'T KISS HIM
Denver Judge Grants Mans Plea
After Listening to Tale of
D5ml ste Woe.

Denver, Col5.-"isy VII" fa&"S 20
tics me or recognize me n her
band" Frank 1. Gillinss, r.-.r:. -
told the Denver district cour'
peaIing for an annulment OF MS 49,"
riage to Clara 4. Gillings.
"Why?" queried Judge Mullins.
Because her mother, who holds
similar views" replied the platinum
"has made her believe that it is wrong
for husband to even kiss his VIE.
The court was interested to n" eX-
tent of allowing GiilingS t" Introduce
portion of letter written to hIm
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-05-26

are not for him, he nas'g RES
other quarters. Don't stanl~FNAVk
boat and open I'D with a persH1
conducted sightseeing tour befo
you cast. He also hears, and ofte,
YOU will think that 10 is exceptionax
keen in both OF these senses. wuI
in a boat bear in mind that So;
brations carry farther in the@s
than you cast. and under water MS&|
mean frightened fish. Save uARE
casts in a pool from which the :.
have vamoosed, don't telegraph the
bass before inviting him to come In
out of the wet.
A bass will always gorge his food,
but there is quite difference in
his mounting Of bats. II you are
fishing with live bait, a minnow,
crawfish or frog, he will strike without
much force and will null the bait
around in his mouth bit before swal-
lowing it, in fact with live min
now he will turn it around in his
mouth and swallow it headfrst. IN
this case do not strike him too quick
ly, but give him little time to play
the bait before striking. A bass ham
dies live bait somewhat similar to
the play Of a cat with a mouse It has
caught. Many time I have torn
minnow in half through striking too
soon, having the pleasure of batting
again instead of landing the bass that
had half hold on my bait. II you are
using wooden minnow or plug, how
ever. strike quickly right after the
bass strikes, as he Immediately dis
covers that it is not choice morseA
Of food, and diaconnects.
DIXIE.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-05-26
the thrifty French housewife would

the thrifty French housewife would
feed all of France. What should go
into the garbage pail is what should
not 60 into the stomach
"3. Don't rush at the first sign Of
alarm to buy up all the stocks of the
grocer, the baker, the butcher. Have
some consideration for Your own in
telligence. This is q big country, its
not France. Germany or England. We
DO not have to depend upon imported
foods TO feed US Before we get through
our war program we will be feeding a
good portion of the world besides
ourselves and have enough left in our
warehouses for an emergency. with
increased production and well regu-
lated consumption America IS going
to experience its first successful as
Sault on the high cost of food living.
~ Don't be influenced by rumors OF
food corners, food shortages. Our
people are awaking slowly to the reali-
ties of the war cOnditlOnS-under
which this war is to be won by us
and authorities Will take good care Of
the miscreant who starts any false or
misleading rumor.
Keep Food Vision Clear.
as. Don't narrow your food vision.
Food stocks will be more plentiful
than ever before The farmer and
cattle raiser will be doing his duty
when you are sleeping. Look around
YOU, when YOU see the stocks of the
retailer disappearing, that is the time
to worry. That time will not come.
"6. Don't limit yourself to package
goods. Buy in bulk when you can. You
will find it just as sanitary, Mite
less expensive and perhaps more salts
flying.
81. Don't be Single-handed in youl
| Judgment on the selection OF foot
prices, consult the male members o.
the household; they eat out good dea
more than you do, and experience Wha
professional food buyers are doing II
restaurants and hotels. It's beneh
cial, anyway, to acquaint the man o
the family with the business end o
the home.
'F0rCWarned is fOrearmed. Ate
all. with intensified household manage
ment the American hOmenaker ma.
turn out to be better prepared to NEE
any new conditions, if put into opera
ton now, than other forces OF pre-
parednesS working along other lines.
.The American household manage
can so adjust the arrangements OF ne
home that the pinch of high prices o
scarcity on certain articles will not b
felt. AS q people we bid fair to com
out of this war, no matter when it tel
inmates, as sound and healthy, II nc
more so. than when we entered l
The great forces of the nation are l
active operation to serve the produce
distributor and the consumer. We ar
| in for a period Of action. Our con
bined cooperative effort Will leave U
, better and stronger for the part we al
, to have in future world progress.
, 1.-THE women of America might we
, don khaki in the home. 1t is a splel
: did working uniform. 1t may help
{ put us all in the same color"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-05-26
HOME LIFE OF THE BASS.
NY Dear Buck:

NY Dear BUCK:
You ask for a little info on II
habits and home life of the black pa
and when and where to find him. II
bass, both large and small-mouthS
is roamer. a lively, active hunter
the best place to gorge himself Oh = "
choice minnows. crawt1sh ana iteiAs--
mite, with a. dessert from the surface
Of the water of moths, flies and-trtfs.
He is a great little traveller, and soon
becomes big chief of the waters IN
which he lives. With such varied
menu. YOU will find him ever ready Ior
a fight. equally eager for hy-hook'
trOlling-spoon, live bait or plug, right
on the job to put up a struggle that
will test your skill. You can fish for
him night or day as he is a 24-hou
feeder. but early morning and lat
afternoon is the surest time to get -
right. He is an active rogue ~
continually rising from the bolt -
the surface, at times jumping ~
the water in pursuit Of his feet
changes his home and feeding gHaMsn
as the season passes. In the 81 >
he is found in the shallow water In
the streams and rivers, below rapids
and rifles, as the wafer warns up he
moves to the deep pools lying along
side of windfalls and logs, rocky
| lodges and Weedy spots. During the
hot summer he migrates to greater
DEPTHS where the water Is cool. Like
wise in the lakes, the bass are at
home" in the spring, in the shallow
est places, lying off Of the sand bars
and gravel formation, you can count
on a good catch, close inshore in the
very low water. A little later when
the weeds, lilies and reeds are well
grown you will find him in that VI
cjnitv. Both the large and small
mouthed bass are often found in the
same lakes, but in different locali-
ties. The small-mouth favors the
stony bars or shoals varying in depth
from two to forty or fifty feet, while
the large-mouth prefers the weeds and
muddy bottoms.
East Wind Not So Bad.
Weather conditions have been
blamed since the time Of Noah for an
empty stringer or creel. Rainy days.
pleasant DAYS, all kinds Of winds and
especially an east wind have been
cussed as the cause of 'isherman's
luck" Remember this. the bass
keeps on filling the feed-bag just the
same. and an east wind Is better than
no wind at ALL You will get more
bass when the surface Of the w.$1S. is
slightly ruf1led by breeze trt !,
fishing on a clear still day. Laastorl
at the opening of the season -.
consin, Jim and landed 10 q
mouth bass from Ivy fer *
in something less than i
one casting while the othe r.
boat off shore. There 'V%ii
stiff east wind blowing az me O. j.
. face Of the water was ~ ra,1.r,n
continuous roll of small raodf l,ea,
bass ranged from two as thei
five pounds and were Get CO.. or g.
| five and six o'clock,.dv. ..l
fished all day with
These fish. Buck, wswatb
: white Wilson won M '"'h II
head and with jar
1 ~
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-05-26
POLYNESIAN king
SHRIEKS IN LIFT
Narrowing Experience in Great
City Too Much for Is
land Monarch.
RETURNS TO SUBJECTS
Takes Back Some New Ideas About
VictuaIs, Having Learned to APP
preciate the Virtues of the
Tastable T-Bone.

San Francisco.-AcrOSS the perilous
channel leading to Tari Tari, north
ernmOSt of the equatorial Gilbert is
lands. the current averages 40 miles
in "a hours. But navigating it is SIM
pie compared to crossing Market
street, this city, for Chief Tumbremaa'
eighty-five years old, Polynesian ruler
Of the far-away isle.
Chief Tumbremaa is in San Fran
cisco getting his first glimpse OF TWEEN
tieth century civilization, while neS-
tied in the foliage of a 10O-fOot high
royal palm on Tart Tari. hour by hour
and every day, there sits LOOKOUT
watching for Il sail.
But nary sail. And IL there was
it wouldn't do any good, because the
natives couldn't get out and the yes
sci couldn't get in. The only pilot
who knows the intricate waters OF
Tart Tart is Chief Tumbremaa and
he isn't sure he wants to go back,
having tasted steam beer.
So He Came Along.
Tumbremaa came mere unlINlteu
and without Il passport on the steam
or Expansion. which he boarded to
pilot into his bailiwick. But the winds
went wrong after he had sent his roy
al flagship back to port under com
| mand of his prime minister. For SIX
weeks the Expansion tried to land
but could not, so it gave up the at
tempt and came here, bringing along
the islands king.
From the waterfront the captain
Of the Expansion took the chief in al
automobile to the center Of the city
and the hardy old fighting man trem
bled with fear. Trolley ears terrified
him. He was escorted into an express
elevator of tall building and the iii
made the longest trip on record there
because His Royal Highness raised
the roof the equivalent of two storie:
with his shrieks.
Clad in Regal Dignity.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-05-26
PAIR OF SHOES DOES
TWO ONE-LEGGED MEN

Dalton, Ga.-There are two
men in Dalton who are not w0r-
rying over the price Of shoes.
They are both named Joe-Joe
Fain and Joe Carter. Both are
mill operatives and both are
one-legged. However, there is
difference in the legs. as Carter
has a right leg and Fain a left
leg. They wear the same size
shoe and "split" their footgear
between them as ordinary men
would split a bottle of beer.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-05-26
Observation-Disclosures
Not That Way.

New York.-f you want to flirt with
a girl in the subway, don't try Orien-
tai methods on her. An esteemed clt-
zen from Bombay, India, tried this
method. He Is repining in the work
house.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-05-26

The queen of Holland supplies from
bor dairy. near the palace at Het Loo
a large proportion of milk consumed
by buyers In Amsterdam.