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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-06
Wasps and COpperheads
BY Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

| would like to serve notice right now
upon the various ladies and gentlemen
who are burdening my mail with appeals
to help them cripple the government, dis
credit the President and members OF
his cabinet and arouse sentiment against
one or another of our Allies in this war,
that their letters go straight to the ona-
nivorous wastebasket.
l am pacifst That does not mean l
am passive, much as the two words
sound alike. II means / am for peace.
And the only way to get peace Is to put
out of business the German military
government, which has broken the peace
of the world and will menace it as long
as it continues its present personnel and
policies.
| am for this war. We are IN n. We
have advertised our ultimatum, that the
world must be made safe for democracy,
and If we go back on that in any way.
if we DO not make good, even to our last
man and our last dollar, should be dis
gusted with and ashamed of my country.
and be tempted TO exclaim:
Then bear me from the harbor's
mouth. wild wave;
IN seek another shore"
| believe in orderly representative gov
eminent We elected our rulers and I'm
in favor of standing by them, and don't
want to join any Cave of Adullam group
a
ployed in heckling our lawfully elected
governors and accusing them Of incom-
potency or treason if they do not listen
To every wild advice.
have no use for slackers and do not
want TO join any society for defending
them.
have nothing but anger and con-
tempt for the buzzards that are hover
ing around Washington trying to make
fortunes out Of the governments neces-
sity. | don't want any Of their litera-
ture nor 10 listen to their SANDER of gov
eminent officials.
don't want to hear diatribes against
England She has her faults, but she's
the buwark today that has saved the
world from overflow by the hideousneSs
of the Hun invasion.
don't want to hear ANYTHING about a
peace that does not imply that we first
lick Germany and lick her thoroly.
Uncle Sam has his hands full now.
He's got his coat off and is in the fight.
His quarrel is just His heart Is sound.
He's my Uncle Sam and is fighting for
me and my chldren's children.
And | want no part nor lot with the
damned nasty wasps and copperheads
that are trying to get profit or notoriety
by bedeviing the old gentleman while
he's busy
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-06
Even Church Is
Kaiserized In Germany
ey IN. REV. cnARLss srELzLE

How some Of Germany's greatest theologians
and churchmen can justify that country's cam
pagn Of ruthlessness may be explained In part
By the fact thar Germany has a state church,
OF which these defenders are part
They are as much part OF the state az are
the army and navy and every other arm OF the
war governmental responsible 20 The kaiser
Under these circumstances q is to be expected
the preachers IN the state church will attem d
20 Justfv-or overlook-the atrocious conduct of
the Potsdan gang % pirates and murderers who
violate solemn treaties under the law ~ neces-
man 20 Kill you because he needs your money
II IL perfectly plain that among the reforms
needed IN Germany and N few other remain
ing countries--5s a church free from the dorniu.
ance of the state, 80 thar - preachers may
speak the truth without fear - losing their Jobs
In tines OF peace and their heads in times Of
war
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-06

duties, while time compounds their IN
IDENTITIES.
This is milking the celestial COW at one
end of her and making beef of her oppo-
site end, fguratively speaking, which is
not evidence at all of Outstanding,
civiIizing or democratizing spirit toward
perfectly sincere war ally.
Surely our Allies desire that China
hold toward them the same sweet Senti-
ment Of friendship which she holds in
the cases of America and Germany, that
blessed. comforting feeling Of obligations
discharged
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-06
Let Those Burning
Words of Bryan To
DislOyalists Sink In

In all America no man probably hates
war more sincerely and honestly than
William Jennings Bryan.
Whatever one may think Of proprlety
In doing so, there is little doubt ne left
President Wilson's cabinet because he
thought he could more effectively work
for peace in private life.
But Bryan Is no pro-German.
He is not a diSloyalist, nor traitor.
When his country has decided upon a
course of action, Bryan, like the loyal cit
izen he is. salutes and obeys
He is a good American, like most Of
US
Recently, in his paper Bryan wrote:
Before our nation enters a war It IS
proper TO discuss the wisdom of going
to war, but discussion is closed when
congress acts.
After that no one should cloak attacks
upon this government or aid the enemy
under the claim that he is exercising
freedom of speech.
mo sympathy will be wasted upon
those who have been arrested for unpa-
triotic utterances.
They abuse free speech and this ap-
plies to attacks upon the allies as well
as upon the United States.
I'VE can no more allow our allies TO
be crushed than we can afford to be
crushed.
The defeat Of our allies would throw
the whole burden of the war upon US.
I'VE must stand together and fight it
thru.
There are only two sides to a war.
Every American must be on the side
Of the United States
This should be the attitude of loyal
Americans.
It answers to every disloyalist in the
country. It answers the Sim Feiners
who attack England and the German
Americans who try to play the German
game, while skirting close to sedition.
It answers every pro-German editor
printing stuff in which poison is insidi-
ously inserted.
1t answers every senator like Varda-
man who, under his toga's protection,
talks like Junker in the Reichstag
It makes our duty clear 70 everyone
of us. There are but two sides TO this
war, the American and the German.
The English, French, Italians and Rus
SLAMS are with us.
The Austrians, Bulgars and Turks side
with Germany.
Any man in this country who is not
ready to talk for the American side,
put up money for it, write for it, pray
for 1t and fight for it is an enemy, avow-
ed or implied. And he should be treat
ed as such
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-06
Pointed Paragraphs
SIN water runs into Jugs

still water runs into Jugs
II is p mistake 10 forget n favor
Some men attempt 20 DO main
tent stunt On sidoshow ability
ono method ~ lodging popularity
~ 20 give your neishbors advice.
Success Is merely a matter OF do
nr the right thing al The right time
Rather than not TO get into II AZ
all a woman Is willing 10 get the
short end. OF an argument
n il just as we'll 10 look out for
the man who is always looking out
for himself
You can't lodge tho worst by sit.
ing down and hoping FOR the bcet
4 man thinks nv just as good as
any body When he goes 20 church IN
the rain
only fool cat will waste time
looking ~ king when there 81 a
mouse In sight
The average man thinks he Is
broad minded because he IL willing
20 forget the wrong endured By
others.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-06
From Another Point of NeD
BIZ c. T. S


One hundred and ninety thousand
words were spoken in the Kloka trial
They cost the county over a dollar apiece
according 70 the experts who have been
working on Tony's books.
As we understand Tony's sweetheart.
the auto Tony gave her has been parked
with the sheriff longer than the law al
lows.
However, the rockies in Battle Creek
get regular breakfasts
ramousp.sehes
Glad 70 see you. sit down
Next, II a Brooklyn butcher is correct,
we will be eating horse flesh And next.
just possibly, Iunked outer castings.
Uncle Sam has swooped down on the
l. W ". and herewith, we second the
swoop.
More bad news.
Bumper crop Of rice.
Lawyer jim Pound is TO assist Judge
Connolly in his grand jury probe of the
county building and not Prosecuting At
torney Jasnowski, as was (or was not)
20 be expected.
Tony Kloka'S auto it is found, has a
knock in il.
Everybody's doing It.
A man who went out 10 the fair
grounds and got caught in Wednesday
nights cloudburst, came home singing
ITS always fair weather"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-06
The Old Gardener Says

spinach seed ls scarce NOW.
anG likely 20 De- Ecarcfr novt
spring There le enough I'm fhe
stores Tho. for The uso ~ ann.
tour gardener. and being tn"
most useful ~ all greens. gen
cro1s planting ~ pinach houll
De- made nov LIT fhc rows be
q foot aparfN and pui fbo seed ln
an inch deep Keep Tho ground
cultivated uutil There, "a danger
OF hard fr09s and thru covnr
DO y0ung plan'- lo0ee oily with
hay grass or iIue from The
poultry house They will Je
ready FOR eating carly In tho
sprIng N Dr. well 20 remember.
tho. that spinach must have very
rich ground n n is 20 thrive
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-06
11heAd-Mirror
And Advice TO Investors
~ The Times Prints IT, The Times Believes u

NHs DEPARTMENT maintsinea 70 shed the light " truth on IN.
s"ndler u
es relating experiences with advertisers who Rave
uoed the reading public 4 ~" pay proper rseosnson 70 one'
NJ" not DC
spared II Will letters deemed public interest Aavee r @
ana
withheld as
Address Times Detroit. Mich
today make Tor
Individual well all readers OF The Tines
OF
edit he Mtrror and Is 8 he
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-06
Our Fighting Men"
eERKELEY ENocAs

fieg' col Berkcloy ED0chs the
neE mmandanf ar Fort Smelling.
Nina md u the national guard
training camp located there. is tho
young officer 20 be- named BY the
0at department. 20 have chVge o.
a training camp 10 was born IN
Nas aehnsetts In 1873, and grad
uafed rom West Point in 1898 He
attained the rank OF captain IN 1903
ard during The same year served on
fbo General staff In 1915 he Vas
mate military observer and a.
larh-f 10 the embassy In Vienna ia
fhi ao. iion DO Witnessed much ~
600 tesry aghfinr between thc Aus
sqGr aans and Tho Russians.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-06

thought the price high In the mid
die ~ The WafeVnnion bolt and the
hear ot 'hc sea HDu "a bold 10.
be said and bought melon Keep
die ord up. said fhe negro When
tho sherin cut fhe melon be- found
quart bottle % eight year old.
II a man occasionally tells won
an how pretty she looks she vii
forgive most OF tho other lies he
tells her.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-06
Took II For a Proposal

Tts, Gated themselyes az a table
"WW you have little shrimp -
20 aekpd
boar mo" she exclaimed. This
Is so sudden
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-06

verifying his words
We'll. 7 amt been taking
much ~ anything, doc that Is.
nothing 20 speak ~ TUX
couple q bottles o. Pinkham's
bitters a while back. an bot
tle OF Quackham's inyigorator.
with a couple O. boxes n
lLtrntn,a nLIla md a LOT N, nul-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-06
Laugh With Us

Have Won taken anything for your complaints"
asked the doctor 81 a long, lank hungry looking
man who came 20 him complaining OF being "all
Ii
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-06

n takes a homely girl FUZZY ton
seconds % forgive a young man FOR
having stolen kiss
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-06
The Keep Well
{ oiun1n
BY Webster.
GLUTToNY

Intemperance in eating is relative
for each individual.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-06

was not content
Please. m" she said ono
morning. II wish 10 give no
tice."
Indeed" exclaimed the mis-
tress. in surprise and dismay.
And what for. pray? Aren't
YOU well treatcd7"
"Oh. I've nothing to complain
confessed the maid. frankly:
walt NJ tho fahtc fhcro 10 too
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-06
Not Censored!

Hs Moneys Worth.
HAMMOND. Ia sheriff Dali
man came upon a neE-u selling
wa'ermeions az $50 apiece Hc
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-06

Very small quantities az alcohol
constitute relative infemperance for
the larger number % people who
have constitutional weakness Of
organization. especially In respect TO
The nervous system
Inherited weakness makes q pos
sihie then FOR those predisposed Per
sons % become diseased In one part
or another ~ the body under condi
lions ~ eating and drinking and
working which DO not seem 70 de-
part Nidely from he customs % the
time
In short. zone mans meat IL an
other mans POISON"
The human BODY wears ont as
everything else does under the
stress ~ all sorts OF activity The
digestion. com bustion and assimila-
rion ~ food Is continuous wear
and tear Y is necessary but in
many cases may become wasteful
and cause % disease. This usu.
allv occurs when Injury upsets the
natural balance between need and
greed
Disease caused rs 'ntemperance
In eating. drinking and working are
SLOW and insidious IN their develop
meni T. frequently happens Nat
there are no momenfous symptoms
until irreparable damage 20 the sys
TEN has been done
! These diseases should be recog
n'1od AZ tho earliest possible mo.
mcnf 80 that such alterations iu the
+ diet and mode 81 living may be
made "a will add The greatest mum
ber OF years OF usefulness and com
7 fort.
This NAV best BE done thru the
I habit % undergoing YEARLY or semi
yearly physical examination which
will reveal physical defects and de-
+ cav while there Is yet time 70 check
ftrto
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-06
HeaI.h ou...Ions An.wer.d.


J N VIII you kindly tell me
what 10 do Tor hyperacldify7"
Have an analysis ~ your stomach
contents made Treatment depends
on conditions which cen only be de
termined BY such an analysis
Miss g A Am troubled By m
excessive amount % hair on my
face r. there any sa'e way this
may be removed 30
Electric needle treatment e. about
fho only safe and sure cure for this.
There are others but they usually
cause he hair 10 return ooarser
han before Unless n really Is a
Disagreement n may be best 10
leave u alone
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-06

nine and some dandellon tea my old woman
made I've got mustard plaster on my back.
an livor pad on. an I'm wearing an 'lectric
bolt an takin' cod liver oil four times n day.
with a dose or two Of ginger cy'ry other day;
'cepting FOR that | amt takln nothin'"
Eliza Ann didn't ike tho place. The people
were awfuIly refined frightfuv suburban. and
4 lr, III huI
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-06

~ In that way.
but but when
much changing
food we have"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-30
FRIENDS ACTING
AS JURY IN CASE
Says Associates
Are Remarking About
Improvement Tan
lac Brought Him.

Hannibal, Mo-, Mar. 20, 1917
MY condition became so bad
that | had to quit work, but
since taking this new medicine
Tanlac, Pm back on the job and
feel stronger in every way" w.
H. Grow, concrete worker of
12551b Lyons street, this city
said on January 8.
my friends are noticing the
great change in my condition,
since I've tried Tanlac," Mr.
Grow continued, give suffered
severely from rheumatism and
| was also bothered with stom-
ach, liver and kidney troubles.
Anything l ate would cause my
stomach to pain severely and
make me feel miserable. | was
very restless at night.
MY daughter persuaded me
to try Tanlac. The rheumatism
has almost entirely disappeared,
since I've taken this medicine,
and my liver and kidneys are in
much better condition, | have a
hearty appetite now and my food
digests properly and never
causes me any trouble. Tanlac
certainly has made me feel like
a different person. l hope some
one else will see my statement
and try the medicine"
Tanlac is especially beneficial
for stomach, liver, and kidney
trouble, catarrhal complaints.
nervousness, sleeplessness, loss
of appetite and the like.
Tanlac is now being specially
introduced and explained in Lex.
ington at the Crenshaw & Young
Drug Store.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-30
WILL HAVE EGG SHOW
Exhibition Open to All
Producers at Columbia.

Livestock, horse, ham and
bacon, and corn shows have be-
come a recognized part of the
county fairs and of farmers
meetings-now comes forth the
egg show. An egg show for the
producers of Missouri at Column
bia, May d. The show will be
one Of the features of their an
nual Farmers Fair.
There viii be classes in ex-
and judging, and special
classes for boys and girls en-
rolled in the poultry clubs form
ed by the extension service of
the College of Agriculture. Any
egg producer will be eligible to
compete. No entry fee will be
charged. Details of the show
may be obtained from the secre-
tary Of the Egg Show commit
tee, College of Agriculture,
Columbia, Missouri.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-30
CALL "8gg."

When you call 1893" yOu ex-
peet something different, and it
Is cur aim not TO disappoint you.
Sur skill and energy is directed
60 give perfect satisfaction with
every item Chat goes out Of our
shop. If they were not we could
not expect that our business
would continue to grow, nor
would you repeat your orders so
consistently. We are receiving
catering comments on our bake
shop products, and il you have
not been a customer heretofore,
let US convince YOU that we can
give you perfect satisfaction
with anything you might call on
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-30
AMERICAN PAPRIKA.
Considerable of it Grown in Flor
ence County, South Carolina.

Ten years ago agents of the
Bureau of Plant Industry turned
their attention to paprika pep
per. We don't know what head
ed them toward pepper, and the
report of their work doesn't
tell us. Paprika pepper is prob
ably a mighty small item in our
national food budget. Up to that
time, we imported all chat we
used from Hungary and Spain.
Our agents studied the charac-
teristics of the plant, and soil,
climate, and cultivation that it
required. Then they came back
to this country to discover where
paprika pepper could be profit
ably grown here.
Down in Florence County,
South Carolina, they found what
appeared to be the required soil,
climate, and labor conditions
Moreover, the land there was
not giving a really profitable ac-
count of itself. After the de-
partment thad proved by their
own experiments that paprika
pepper could be successfully
grown in South Carolina. they
furnished its seed to a group Of
farmers who agreed to grow il
under directions. This was tC
insure a product Of a proper
standard.
The industry is now fairly
well established, and if ever VIZ
should be at war with Hungary
and Spain at the same time prob.
ably South Carolina could sup
ply all the jaded palates Of thi;
country with a standard brand
of paprika pepper.-Everybody'l
Magazine.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-30
Sloan's Liniment for Rheuma-
tism.

The torture of rheumatism,
the pains and aches that make
life unbearable are relieved by
Sloan's Liniment, a clean clear
liquid that is easy to apply and
more effective than mussy plas-
tiers or ointments because it
penetrates quickly without rub
bling. For the many pains and
aches following exposure,
strains, sprains and muscle sore
ness, Sloan's Liniment is
promptly effective. Always have
a bottle handy for govt, lumba-
go, toothache, backache, stiff
neck and all external pains. AT
druggists, 25c. Adv.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-30
TRUSTEE,S SAFE

Whereas, Fred Kessler and Emile
kessler, his wife, by their certain
deed Of trust dated the 1st .day of
1916, and recorded in the Of
flee of the Recorder Of Deeds in La
fayette County, Missouri, in Book 221,
at Page 1863, conveyed to the under
Trustee, the real estate here
matter described to c the paw
ment of the promissory notes in said
deed of trust described, and whereas
there has been a failure to comply
with the terms and conditions of said
notes according to their tenor and eff
feet, and default has been made in the
payment thereof, and there is a sum
of money due thereon and thereun-
der which remains unpaid; now there
fore, /, the said Trustee, at the re-
quest Of the legal holder of said notes,
hereby give notice, that | will on
Tuesday, April II, 1917,
between the hours Of nine o'clock in
the forenoon and FIVE O'clock in the
afternoon of that day, at the Court
House door in the City of Lexington,
Lafayette County, Missouri, proceed
to sell and will sell at Public Vendue
to the highest bidder for cash in
hand the real estate in said deed of
trust described, situate and being in
Lafayette County, Missouri, to-wit;
The northeast quarter Of section
tw~enty-six (26), township fifty (50)
range twenty-four (24), except forty
acres off the west side thereof, for the
purpose Of paying the amount due or
said notes and the costs and ex-
penses of this sale.
Given under my hand this Goth day
of March, 1917.
G. W. NEWTON, Trustee.
3-23-t4.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-30
PROCLAMATION
OF General City Election in the City
of IowinUfon Missour;


Whereas the Charter and City Or
dinances of the City of Lexington,
Missouri, a City of the Third Class,
provide for an election Of certain Of
icers on the First Tuesday in April
Of each year:
Now therefore, /, Louis Minor, Jr.,
mayor of said City hereby proclaim
and give notice that a general City
election will be held in said City of
Lexington on,
Tuesday, April Bird. 1917.
for the purpose Of electing the fol-
lowing officers, to-wit: One Council
man from each of the Four Wards in
said City.
The polling places have been select
ed and specified by the City Council
as follows:
FIRST WARD: In the old Hurley
building situated on Lot numbered
One in Block numbered Fifty in the
First Addition to said City.
SECOND WARD: In the Police
Court room in the new City Hall.
THIRD WARD: In Charles Bar
rons Grocery Store, on Franklin Av-
enue and located on part of Block
numbered Twelve in the First Adj
dition to said City.
FOURTH WARD: AT the Engine
House in Old Town in said City on
23rd between South Street and Wash
ington Street.
Said election will be held in accord
ance with the laws of the State Of
Missouri. applicable to Cities Of the
Third Class.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I,
Louis Minor, Jr., Mayor Of said City,
have hereunto subscribed my name
and caused the seal Of said City to be
hereuuto affixed, this 18th day of
March 1914
LOUIS MINOR, Mayor.
Grover G. Wright, City Clerk.
State of Missouri,
County of Lafayette,
City Of Lexington-ss.
/, Grover c. Wright, Clerk Of the
|. City of Lexington in said County ant
State, hereby certify that the follow.
, ing is the form Of ballot to be used al
the general election to be held in sale
City, on
iueSudyf hpii CRU Ayits
as provided by the lazy Of the State o.
Missouri in relation to Cities Of th'
Third Glass and the ordinances II sal,
City of Lexington.
Tor Councilman, First Ward:
r John Perry
John j.. Carroll
t For Councilman, Second Ward:
George G.. Schawe
For Councilman, Third Ward;
y Felix Bnellens
: w. A. Scott
! For Councilman, Fourth Ward;
! Frank Simmons
IN TESTIMONY WEREOF, / hav
e hereunto set my hand and affixed th
= official seal Of said City Of LexingtoI
O at my Office in said City this the l9t
day Of March 1917.
GROVER G. WRIGHT,
City Clerk Of said City.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-30
We Love Work.

We are prepared to do better
work and mofesol it than ever
Why half mix your concrete the
old way Let us mix your con-
crete the up-to-date way. We
have the best mixer on the mar
ket Your concrete does not
cost YOU as much as it did the
old way. Yet IL Is a hundred
percent better because when
we mix it, it's mixed. That's all.
JOHN Z. ASHURST.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-03-30

Ike Noyes spent Sunday in
Kansas City.
Rueben Slade spent Sunday in
Wellington.
Mrs. Phil Hogan spent Sun
day in Higginsville with her sis
ter, Mrs. Mary Welsh.
Miss Clara Zimmerman went
to Kansas City Sunday morning
for a few days visit.
Mrs. John Logan spent Sun
day in Grand Pass with rela-
lives.