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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-07-20

1t has been intilnated that the
government would like for all the
county papers to publish the full
list Of those who registered on the
9Th of June for army service. The
Progress would have liked to &C.
commodate Uncle Sam, but could
not afford to donate both the space
and the typesetting necessary t.
publish the 1923 names---and ex'
pense Of somewhere between $2s
and $50, but the space will be civ
en- If the U. S. will have the names
linotyped.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-07-20
LUTHER 3. JOHNSON.

We present this week the an.
nouncement Of Attorney Luther B.
johnson, as a Republican candidate
for County Judge. subject to the
primary to be held on Saturday,
Sept. Is. MI. Johnson is q native.
born Henderson countian--a self.
made country boy" who fought
his way up until he was admitted
to the bar to practice his chosen
profession, in which he will eradu-
ate and take the degree Of L. L. B.
in January Of next year. He is
the most recent addition to the bar
at Lexington and as we have be-
fore stated in these columns, has
already won friends and business
in the pursuit Of his profession. In
character, Mr.. johnson is moral, in
habits steady" and in his contact
with the public has a pleasing ad-
dress and candid manner. AS q
member Of the Republican party,
he logically submits his candidacy
to the primary Of that party. and
asks the voters to investigate his
general standing and fitness to fill
the position he seeks. If success
comes to him in the primary and in
the general election, he solemnly
pledges to the whole people his
best efforts to diligently guard the
interests Of Henderson county in
carrying out the duties Of the very
responsible and important position
he is seeking.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-07-20
Life VI D, J. Howard.

Benjamin j.. son Of Benjamin F
and Francis Timberlake Howard
was born in Lexington, Tennessee
Dec. 81, 1859 and died at his home
on Market Street, in Jackson, Ten
nessee, at GAS o'clock, a. M, We'd
nesday. July II, 1917, following a
stroke Of paralysis, which was the
immediate cause Of his death, but
after an illness which had confined
him to his bed for twenty-eight days,
his illness dating from Wednesday,
June IS, when General Howard was
here performing his duty in the
June term Of the Circuit court. On
that day was attacked with hurting
in his breast, which did not leave
him, but until Friday of that week
he stuck at his post. On the Sun
day following the first illness GenL
Howard was reported to have come
very close to death, but after that
he seemed to improve and have
promise Of recovery until he was
stricken with paralysis a few days
before his death.
When Ben was a boy his parents
moved to Madison county and in
the city Of Jackson our subject was
educated in the public schools and
finished in the literary department
Of what was then the Southwestern
Baptish University. His first bust
ness venture was in the conduct Of
q livery stable with his father, but
he became ambitious to take part
in public life and at the age Of
twenty-three years was elected to
the Office of Circuit court clerk,
which place he filled one term.
While filling that Office, he took up
the study Of law under the late and
much beloved Chancellor E. L. Bull
lock, but after being admitted to the
bar just a short time he was nomi-
mated for the Office Of attorney.sen.
eral twenty-three years ago over a
man who is Chief Elective Of
the State Of Tennessee, the Hon.
Tom G. Rye, who was then q
struggling young attorney in the
town Of Canlen, Benton county.
Fr6m that time until his death he
had continuously filled the office Of
at torney-gcneral Of the twelfth ju-
dicial circuit and on the 10th day
Of June had been declared again the
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-07-20
JERRY BOY" LINDSEY DEAD.

jeremiah Lindsey, aged So years.
known familiarly as Jerry Boy"
died last Saturday night, Of flux. at
the home Of his son, Tom, four
miles East Of Lexington. He is
survived by three sons. Tom, viii
and John, and four daughters, Ma
ry, who is unmarried, Mrs. John
Sisson, Mrs. Jasper Pirtle and Mrs.
Alex lowers. Mr. Lindsey had
been a well known man in the
county for many years. His wife
died years ago,
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-07-20

President Wilson has issued a
proclamation prohibiting German
insurance companies from further
taking war risks In the United
States and forbidding American in.
surance companies from reinsuring
with them. Payment on present
contracts is suspended during the
war except on vessels now at sea.
The Germans are not going to slip
many acts over on Woodrow.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-07-20

The papers have given 1t out
thai the draft Of first soldiers under
the CONSUMPTION act will be made
on Saturday Of this week. AT the
first Of this week eleven states
which had not reported were mott.
fed to speed up Tennessee was
re; one of the dilatory states, but
Alabama. Mississippi and Virginia
were given in the list.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-07-20

Italy refused last week to surren-
der to the United States one Alfre-
do Cocchi. who murdered a girl
named Ruth CrugeF, in New York
and then skipped for the old coun-
try but President Wilson has not
quit trying to secure the return Of
Cocchi to this country. Cocchi
killed the girl and buried her body
in the cellar Of his bicycle shop.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-07-20

Congress ought to pass law sem
fencing those picketing suffragettes,
at Washington, to serve in the war
until it is ended, instead Of sending
them to jail for go days. The more
such women we lose, the better off
the country will be. NJ
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-07-20
MULES WANTED.

| want to buy 500 mules from
l4.2 to 1871 hands high from 5 to 8
years old. will be in Lexington
every day until this amount is Sc
cured. r. r, OAKLEY.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-07-20

For short while my business
will be in charge of my wife, and |
wish to thank all for very liberal
patronage and request continu-
anoe of same.
EUGENE B. FOSTER.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-07-20

Wanted---Sale Manager.
With small capital we will show
you how to make $50 a week.
First-class opportunity for NAL or
female JONES MEDICINE Co.
Care this Office,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18

Sooner or later the oldest friends
must part. And so, while Topeka may
feel lonely for awhile, she must yield
to the inevitable and part company
with her pipe organ debt. The two
have been companions for many years.
defying every effort to separate them,
but the city commission has decided
that they must part. Following the
suggestion of the late Horace Greeley
that the way to resume specie pay
ment is to resume" the commission
has concluded that the way to pay a
pipe organ debt is to pay it. We shall
miss it but let it go. 1t had long since
ceased to furnish material for the col
umns of the newspapers, but the pub
lie knew it was resting securely in
somebody's safe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
TRAWEL,ETTE

BY NIX sab

Few Americans are aware that they
live in a country enclosed in a circle
Of mines and nets; yet such is the
case. Since the declaration of war
the navy department has been sowing
the waterways and harbors of the
country with means of destruction. In
harbors. nets designed to catch sub
marines are the chief reliance, while
in rivers the channels are planted
with mines.
Naturally, these efforts at protection
should be kept secret, but it is neces-
sary to give peaceful traffic an idea
of their whereabouts in order to avoid
accident. The double purpose is ac-
complished by declaring barred zones
of considerable extent. Everyone
knows that somewhere in these zones
the deadly explosives are hidden, and
traffic is limited to certain hours.
Thus, for example, the approach to
the capital by way of the Potomac is
defended by a barred zone which in
cludes the government proving
grounds, where the big guns are test
ed, at Indian Head. Maryland. This
and it is unthinkable that an enemy
vessel could get SO far; but in case
an invasion should be attempted the
channel is mined at this point All
traffic is forbidden in a strip of river
some five miles long, except during
certain hours, and on Sundays. One
result of this regulation has been to
make the lazy Potomac appear quite a
busy river during some of the open
hours. Especially when there is a ia
vorable wind, veritable professions OF
schooners and other small river craft
are to be seen lacking thru the barred
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18

There seems to be the greatest
probability that Greece soon will en-
t. the war on the side of the entente.
Her sympathies have been with that
side from the beginning of HOSTILE
ties but she was held back by her
king now happily gone from the
country. Under other conditions per-
haps Constantine would have respect
ed the will of his people, but he was
dominated by his wife, who is a sister
of the kaiser. To all appearances he
remained on the fence fearing to de-
scend on either side, but really, he has
been of much assistance to the central
powers. He has been able to keep
General Sarrail's army of 100000 men
inactive and always looking over its
shoulder in anticipation of an attack
in the rear. Greece can put an army
;of 800 900 men into the field in short
order This force, added to the 200.-
900 of the allies would constitute a
military power which should be able
TO aid greatly in bringing the war to
a speedy close.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
AID THE RED CROSS.

Our people of liberal means and
generous hearts are called upon to do
more in these days than to give un-
grudging support to the government
in heavy taxation as well as loaning of
their surplus at a moderate interest
rate. There are causes to support at
home and abroad in which no obliga-
ton is imposed by public authority
but which cry out for help to miti-
gate the sufferings and sacrifice of pa
triotism and strengthen the forces en-
gagged in the war for civilized govern
ment There is a chance here for
liberal contributions in support of the
work undertaken by the American
Red Cross society, for which, in CO.
operation with similar organizations
abroad. a war council has been estab-
lished at washington under the direc-
ton of Henry p. Dawson of the j. r
Morgan banking house.
Mr.. Dawson has set out to raise a
fund of $1OO,OOO,0O0 for the support
of this service on the battlefronts in
Europe, in camps and hospitals back
of the lines and in the interior of the
refugees and homes of the wounded,
the sick and the suffering of those en-
gagged in the struggle for liberty and
peace in the time to come. We have
been accustomed to regard a hundred
million as a large sum in any enter
prise, but it dwindles in these days of
great cost and sacrifice.
Mr.. Dawson makes clear in his plea
for support of the Red Cross that
much more than this may well be
used in this work of relief and the saw
ing of life and restoring health. 1t
will be done with much freedom of
service and with the best effect and
least cost possible and there is every
reason to believe that it will be worth
all it costs, not merely from the point
| of view of sentiment and humanity,
but from the practical point of view of
conserving the productive as we'll as
for future service.
Two large corporations, profitably
employed, have declared extra divi-
dends with a view to having them
turned over to this fund by the recip-
| tents.
This is an excellent example, es-
pecially for those who are profiting by
the war, says the New York Journal of
| Commerce, but it should not lessen
the desire of others to do what they
can to help such a cause. There will
be ample reward for all the self denial
it may require, in the feeling of salts
faction which must come from it. The
war is bringing out much of the better
side of human nature as we'll as ex-
hibiting its worse side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
Mexican Dogs.

A recent letter to the committee Of
congress which drafted the war reve-
nue. bill suggested that the necessary
sum be raised by a tax on dogs-five
dollars for boy dogs, and twenty
thousand for those of the opposite sex.
This taA would work a tremendous
hardship upon the Spanish American
citizens Of the Southwestern elss
upon their dogs. For the Mexican
villages of New Mexico and Arizona
are the most dog-infested places on
earth. There are at least three logs
for every inhahitant and the poorer
the family the more dogs it owns.
Some of these dogs are used for herd
ing sheep, but most of them function
only as watch dogs, and make 1t their
occupation in life to chase every We
hicle that goes by. The coming of
the autom obile has somewhat reduced
the number of dogs along the better
roads, ana improved the breed, by
forcing them to develop unusual
speed and lodging ability.
The only breed of dog that can be
distinguished among this canine null
titude is the Mexican hairless. This
is a miserable creature, entirely de-
void of pelage except for a sandy tuft
a the end of his tail The Mexican
hairless dog seems always to be the
pampered pet of some old woman He
is the only kind of dog that gets
enough 20 eat in a Mexican vill-ge.
and his raked ugliness is usually ac-
centuated by an aldermanic girth-
Barelas a Mexican suburb OF Albu-
querque, New Mexico. boasts one of
the most enormous and noisy dog
populations In the world Recent dis
patches from Albuquerque state that
a pack OF these underfed brutes have
gone wild and taken up their hanita-
ton on an island in the Rio Grande,
from which they are committing
depredaticEs on live stock. TIE local
deDuty sheriff a DOrtly Me-ican went
after them on his mare. who was fol-
lowed by a young colt He tied the
mare on the bank of the river, and
waded out to the island armed with
a shotgun a six shooter ard four
pounds of strychnine. He coull not
find the dogs, but when he returned
they had eaten the colt and Sc red
the mare to death These who doubt
this yarn are referred &C Albuquerque
papers of recent date.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18

\ report issued by the United States
shipping board shows that the work
of repairing and making ready for
sea the German and Austrian vessels
which have been taken over or pur-
-chased by the United States since the
outbreak of the war is making entirely
satisfactory progress, in most cases
the work being finished ahead of
schedule time. The work on many
vessels has been completed. and the
ships have already been allotted to
different services; the present month
will see a considerable additional ton
mage placed in commission. and July
will see another important increase
in the disable tonnage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
Tic Expert who Blundcrs.

The accident by which Edwin G aid.
jr.. killed himself came not from the
blunder Of an inexperienced hunter,
but rather from the negligence that
skill AMI much experience so often
breed. 1t it a regrettably old story of
every hunting ground.
Very much the same story runs thru
all life. 1t is not the beginner the
novice. who has the most accidents.
For him. alertness and excessive eau .
ton balance the likelihood of blum
ders. In the list of drownings Of
bathers every summer there is an ap-
pailingly large number Of expert swim
mers rhe beginner seldom takes the
chance of real danger.
The psychology of careIessness
among machine workers shows paral-
lei results. No matter how long a man
has been working a particular ma
chine and how thoroly he is familiar
with the exact risks before him, TIE
tendency to take chances Is never alb
sent.
The most that any human being ca n
do is to keep his sense of caution al
ways lowering in the background OF
consciousness and trust It's instinct
completely the moment il seeks tn
take command.-New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
GLOBE SIGHTS
lFrom the Atchison G1obe.l

Very few people suffer in silence.
Everyone knows something he can't
tell.
People don't mean it when they say
they expect to lose.
You may dislike a man because you
are not very likeable.
A gossip is usually a person who is
always trying to be interesting.
When a man asks you for advice
he is really asking you to confirm his
opinion.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned child who collected buttons for
a charm string?
Many people would be more truth
full if it were not for their uncontrol-
liable desire to talk.
When fellow admits a mistake he
usually feels underneath the skin he
made a mistake in admitting it.
How happy the average man would
be if he were half as well satisfied
with everything as he is with himself
About every church is accused of
being cold toward strangers. How
ever. some strangers expect more at
tention than anyone is entitled to.
Experience, that wonderful teacher,
often finds it necessary to explain to
young men the difference between be-
ing fast and being swift
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18

The prices of meat animals-hogs,
cattle, sheep and chickens-to pro-
ducers of the United States increased
IL per cent from April 5 to May 49,;
in the past seven years prices de-
creased in like period IL per cent.
on May Is the index figure of prices
for these meat animals was about
asa per cent higher than a year ago,
74.2 per cent higher than two years
ago, and I'LL per cent higher than
the average of the past seven years on
May Is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
Our Entry Into War.

Whatever may be its longer OUT
come, the entry of America into the
European war has had Immediate
consequences of profound histori-
cal significance. Two doubtful uues-
lions Of the day had been the real
position of the United States toward
England. and the actual relations be-
tween this country and the Latin
American republics. The first SEQUEL
to our action was the extraordlin-
airy London celebration with the
American flag floating over Parlia-
ment house beside the British ensign:
the next, the reception by our people.
as fraternal allies. of visiting DEL
egation of English and French pub
lie men; and, simultaneously, the fol-
lowing of the example of the United
States, in its break with Germany. by
most OF the states of Central and South
America.
What will be our full part in the
war. only the future can determine
me expeditionary army to northern
France was an idea which deveioped
slowly. We knew at once what orr
mercantile marine and home produce
ton had to do. and the Imagination
Grew the picture of our navy's possible
aehlevements But by the very na
ture of the case. our financial co-oper-
alton was the immediate consideration
Alexander Dana Noyes, in Scribner.s
Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
THE SEARCMLIGMT
Latest News from the Fields of
SCIENCE. EDUCATION, INVENTION


DOSWOOu.
If the United states were to
choose a national flower it might
well be the dogwood. At this
time of the year, from Maine and Min
nesota to Florida and Texas it lights
up and beauties the countryside with
the abundance of it's white blossoms.
Even the most unobservant know it in
the spring, and no one seems able to
resist the temptation to break off the
blossoming branches and carry them
home. The result of this practice is
that the dcgwood is disappearing from
many woodlands. This is tho more
regrettable, because, altho it is gen.
orally too small tor saw timber, its fine
hard wood is used in making tooth
picks AMI skewers, and it's bark has n
medicinal value.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
FRANCE.

FRANCE.
Shot and healed, and shot again,
Manned and patched, and sore beset;
Yonder where the bullets rain,
Fighting yeti
Spliced and bandaged, back they go
Eager to erase debt;
Keen to meet again the foe
Fighting yet,
France shall never bleed in vain,
When such sons her homes beget,
Bruised and worn, and back again,
Fighting yeti
On the fields the dead men lie,
Fields where death and glory met;
But the spirit will not die
Fighting yet.
Adding luster to a name
That the world cannot forget
Tins the poilus play the game
Fighting yet.
Honor to our brave ally;
With the "Tri" Old Glory's set
TO the end these twain shall fly
Fighting yet!
William w. Rock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-18
sPECULAyIVE MARKETS..

Whenever prices go up 1t is as
sumed by many people that specula-
ton is responsible for it and that
nothing is required but action by the
government, preferably by hanging
somebody, to bring prices down to
comfortable levels again. The effect
of such talk, particularly when it
comes from persons of high position,
is to mislead and inflame the public,
and probably aggravate the situation.
There must be two parties to every
speculative transaction-them man who
buys and the man who sells. The man
who refuses to eel, be he producer or
dealer, is the orc who is blamed for
high prices.
The situation in the wheat market
has been an extraordinary one this
spring, as the visible supply dimin-
ished, new crop prospects deterior-
ated and the export demand became
seemingly more imperative. The May
option had been the one commonly
traded in since last fall, and large
quantities of wheat had been sold for
May delivery. The agents of the al
lied governments were the largest
buyers, and their purpose was to take
the wheat.
OF course there were spectators on
that side IF the market, but contrary
to the common understanding it is ap-
parent that most of the professional
traders had been on the selling side.
They had believed there would be
wheat enough to go around and had
sold short, or, in other words had
sold what they had not yet required,
expecting that before May had passed
the wheat would come into sight and
that they could obtain it for their
| contracts. So far as the mere statisti-
cal situation was concerned they were
right: it is now evident that there was
wheat enough in the country to fill
the normal demand, but they made at
least one serious miscalculatfon. They
overlooked another set of spectators,
the housekeepers.
The alarming reports about the
winter wheat crops and the food stu
alton in general. with the extraordi-
nary efforts over the country to i'm
press upon the public the Importance
Of practicing economy in food sup
plies, and of growing more food, had
an effect not anticipated: it started
the housekeepers to laying in unusual
stocks of flour. Grocers' stocks were
cleaned out, the grocers bought heav-
lily of the millers. and the millers went
into the market and bid the price OF
cash wheat. to a high premium over
May delivery, and took the wheat
As the market got into May, with
practically no wheat in store for de-
liveries, the short-selling spectators
awoke to the fact that they were in a
dangerous position, and started to
cover their contracts. That was the
one thing remaining needful to send
the market kiting. The situation he
came abnormal and dangerous With
out having been planned by anybody
the market was virtually cornered
altho cornered is hardly the word
for a market which has no stocks; il
was oversold. chiefly to the allied gov
ernments.