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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-10-05
PRAISE GOD FROM
FROM WHOM ALL
BLESSINGS FLOW. =

When William Gupton, a reputa-
bic and successful business man.
beat Hilary Howse for mayor of
Nashville, on Sept. 9th, Noah W.
Cooper, of that city, sent as word to
old Sawney" Senator w. R.)
Webb, at Bellbuckle, in the words
constituting the caption of this no.
tice.
Mr.. Cooper is of the opinion that
the prayers and wishes OF the good
people all over Tennessee had some
thing to do with the defeat of
Howse and the election of Mr.. Cup.
ton. Anyhow, a hearty Thank
Cod was uttered by many a Ten
neSsean outside of Nashville, when
the wires end the daily papers
brought the news that our once
proud capitol city had at least been
redeemed to the extent of the de-
feat Of Howse, who had been ousted
by law from the office of mayor of
Nashville. Nashville has, in late
years, been so besmirched and be-
smeared in SC many ways and by
so many dirty hands that it will
take Mr.. Gupton or anybody else a
long time to win back the fair name
the city enjoyed in former years,
even when the whiskey traffic was
in full swing g--but the better 1peo-
pie believe that GuptoD is going to
do his best and with the majority
Of the city government against the
old gang, he may be able to work
wonders in the four years Of his ad-
ministratiOn -. So.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-10-05

due by D. W. Herring. want to
add just little to this well written
article in view Of the fact that it is
regard to Chancellor Ross, who
serves this county as its chancellor.
Il agree with Mr.. Herring that
yaller dog democracy is a thing of
the past, and we stand to-day on
the threshold of a better day for
that reason. The idea of any one
supporting party has never ap-
pealed to me, because parties come
and 60, but principles live forever.
Parties, it is true, must be organiz-
lied in order to carry certain prin-
ciples into force, but how often have
the people lost sight Of principles
and supported parties That is the
thing that has or will pass away.
Never in the history of the J. world
have people thought just like they
are thinking now The idea of par
ties ruling the day will not stand.
The Old order of things is passing
away and a new order is taking
their place Thrones are crumbling
because the people are reasoning
and are answering the question of
the ages-why has one man the
right to rule over another man by
inherited power? They have
answered this question in parts Of
the world already. Our revolution
ary fathers answered this on many
a bloody battlefield from Bunker
Hill to Yorktown, and at last wrest-
ed from the unwilling hands Of
England this power and we by their
answer enjoyed the blessings of a
free people. 1t has been said when
people begin to think; thrones begin
to tremble and this is true.
AS was said by Mr.. Herring,
Chancellor Ross deserves an in
dorsement and this not alone be-
cause Of his work for the Red Cross;
but he deserves it because of his
splendid qualifications as a judge,
his fair rulings, and his square deals
that he gives all parties who come
into his court. This is a democrat
ic county, but Judge Ross carried it
before when he ran by over 500
majority, and this he will do again
should he have any opposition.
Benton county desires to make his
domination unanimous,
Sincerely,
| &C. N. FRAZIER
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-10-05

The anarchistic workmen in the
Argentina unions began a revolu-
tionary strike last Saturday. but the
socialistic workmen refused to
join in the movement. For some
time Argentina has been regarded
as on the brink Of a brea with
Germany.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-10-05

Col. Roosevelt is telling the peo-
pie about La Toilette, By the time
he gets through with the Wisconsin
senator we will wonder why he has
been allowed to run at large for so
long a Observation-Disclosures
Which he" Roosevelt or La Fol-
lette!
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-10-05
URGES INDEPENDENCE.

URGES INDEPENDENCE.
Editor Tennessean and American
Il have just read with pleasure
the article in your paper on the 5th,
entitled Honor to Whom Honor is
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-10-05

country when Blaine and Bismarck
and Gladstone were more talked
about than any other three in the
world, and were easily the world:
|most illustrious trio. And the fac
THAT | was a Tennessee Democrat
never made me less proud of the
Igreat Jim Blaine of Maine. AS
when people get to Heaven, the
fact that they are Christians is
Tenough without bothering whether
they were Democrats or Republi,
leans here, so in any other country
1.-THE fact that you are an American
Is all that counts, regardless OF
What was your politics here. II
Ieyen in times ofpeace, to be an
American is so great, how much
Imore should ii be so in this terrible
conflict, when the greatest power
on earth is in war against us, all OF
us alike, simply because we are
| Americans. And, when is there
lever a time we should stand more
Iclosely together, ignoring all small
Ter differencesg
1T is said family quarrels are the
most ireconcilable, yet the deadly
one Of our fierce civil war has been
lso perfectly adjusted that the blue
has faded into the gray and the
tgray into the blue until, as often in
the heavens above us. we can't tell
whether it is mostly one or the
l0ther, or whethet it is really blue
or cray And all this under the
! sonderfnl and 40 greater charm
than just to be an American. II
the fathers could rise, as they did,
from that bloody conflict and be-
come so reconciled each side to the
other as to ask no higher privilege
than to stand closely together with
nothing between them, under one
flag, then in these times of danger,
how much more should we, who
have divided only in opinion and
not in bloodshed.
If this kind Of preachment is
wrong, then your great President
Wilson is the greatest sinner Of us
all; for he ignores party lines en-.
tirely, as so recently in the select
ion of Elihu Root-one of the
strongest, best known Republicans,
simply because the president
thought him the best man for the
place he wanted him; and this is
only one Of the many cases where
he has crossed party lines for the
man he wanted.
But you are not here asked to
follow so far the lead or example of
your illustrious president, or to vote
against your politics, in selecting a
man for political Office. But only
not to let politics keep you from
getting the best man for a strictly
non-political Office; especially in
these critical times when it is so big
and all-sufficient just to be an
American.
1T is in truth a very far call
from President Wilson's exalted
patriotism to the low plane Of the
olden time when it was thought
one must vote for a "yaller" dog be-
fore he would for a decent Republi-
can, or for one who did not wear
the party collar or stamp of De-
mocracy to show whose dog he
was. But "yaller dog" Democracy
is played out, especiallg when it
comes to voting for the non-politi-
cal Office Of judges; and more espe-
cially in these critical war times,
when petty. paltry, partisan politics
! pales and patriotism predominates
Respectfully,
ID. W. HERRING"
vypCrc NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-10-05

DISTRICT CHzlRMEN HENDERSON CO.
1st.-J. L. Stanford, Cedar Grove
Mrs. P. Coffman, Juno.
2nd.-J. R. Pope. Luray; Mrs. |
X. Pope, Huron.
3rd.-J. l.. Hare, Mrs. Geo. Rob
erts. Route 2, Lexington.
4th.-Anderson Sego, Miss Sallie
Youngerman, Route 8, Lexington.
5th.-W. C. Crook, Mrs. R. L
Smith, Luray,
6th.-G B. Gillian, Mrs. J. r
Reed, Life.
9TH. Ed. Hays, Route S, Lexing.
ton; Miss Flossie Waller, Juno.
8th.-Cecil Fesmire, Route S
Lexington; Lillian Pearson, Wilders.
vile.
9th.-B. W. Walker, Mrs. Dennis
Landers, Wildersville.
1Oth.--R. H. Wheatley, Miss Raul
lie Yates, Lexington.
11th.--W. R. Wright, Mrs. Bot
White, Reagan.
12th.-J. f. Segerson, Mrs. Adam
Powers, Reagan.
w M. Holland, Sardis
Mrs. R. L. Wylie, Scots Hill.
14th.-J. H. Riles, Mrs. W. W
Rogers, SCOTS Hill.
15th.-T. M. Maxwell, Parsons
Mrs. Lola Maxwell, Darden.
6th.-W. G. Frizzell, Mrs. Jas
per Bray, Darden.
17th.-R. E. Lee, Mrs. Luther Ad
ans, Wildersville.
18th.-B. P. Parrish, Mrs. T. A
Hendrix, Yuma.
17th.-Alvin Holmes, Mrs. E. X
McCollum, Juno.
20 I. r. Sisson, Mrs. Newt Shack.
elford.
Every minister Of the Gospel in
Henderson county is requested te
meet me in Lexington at p. m. OF
the End Monday in October. 1t is
necessary for each one to be pres
ent.
j. H. CASON, CHMN.
Council of Defense
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contest because Of the opposition
that had arisen in the eastern part
Of this county and from the city OF
Lexington and other parts of Hen
derson county. This puts to an end
a most vigorous campaign waged
by the Jackson associations COM
mittee, which has left absolutely no
stone unturned in order to try to
get the camp. Options have been
secured on property and every pre-
liminary arrangement possible had
been made by the committee.
Lieut.. Col. Howell of the scouting
squad of the War Department stat
ed that Jackson had an ideal site to
offer, but the opposition in this and
Henderson county killed any chance
OF 8etung the camp.
By some it was talked that if the
territory in view. in Madison and
Henderson counties" suited the gov
ernment, it would take it anyhow"
but we have never had that idea of
our government, and we are proud
to note that the opposition of the
country people, those to be most
adversely affected, is given credit
for destroying the success of the
scheme-and now we send to Bob
Hurt, Rev. DR.. Savage and the Rev
Mr.. jenkins at Jackson, this heart
fe.t message from our people"
PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM
ALL BLESSINGS FLOW"
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-10-05
VOLUME XxxIv
H lend { RS ON COUN-
TY SENT UP A FER
VENT "THANk GOD. "

The people of Henderson county
came to Lexington last Monday un-
der d cloud of gloom because of the
threatened location of an Infantry
Arms and Machine Gun School
which would remov e from at least
temporary use for all but military
purposes practically all Of that part
of the county West and North Of
the Nashville, Chattanooga g. st.
Louis Railway, which territory had
promise Of having quartered there
on a minimum Of twenty thousand
soldiers.
AS the citizens came to town in
twos, threes and larger numbers, they
talked among themselves OF the
threatened danger to the homes
they love, for the loss Of which no
money could recompense them and
when they Got here they sought in
formation Of the status Of the pro-
ject being pushed by the jackson
Association Of Commerce. The ten
sion was great and the distress evi-
dent until the Memphis Commercial
Appeal arrived in the mail at 9:2O
o'clock in the morning, bearing the
following glad tidings as a special
to that paper:
Jackson. Tenn, Sept. so. The
Jackson Association Of Commerce
committee having charge Of the
campaign to secure the army rifle
range for Jackson was informed by
wire from the War Department to-
daxt that jackson and Madisunnoun
I IN ~ I1tlE n llk1)C y ! lt.e,v-s4l.a
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-10-05
LEXINGTON TENNESSEE. FRIDAY ocroBERs, 1917
COUNTY AND DIS
TRICT CHAlRMEN
COUNCIL DEFENSE.

At meeting held in Lexington
last Friday, presided over by ]. H
Cason, County Chairman Council oi
Defense. W. V. Barry was made
Secretary and the following County
and District chairmen appointed:
County Chairman Defense-J. H
Cason, Lexington.
Woman Chairman Defense-Mrs
N. R. Barham, Lexington.
County Chairman Food Supply
W. R. Wilson, Wildersville; Mrs. L
I. Fielder, Lexington.
County Chairman Farm Produc.
tian lncrease-J. R. Timberlake,
Mrs. H. A. Powers, Lexington.
County Chairman Farm Labor
Supply--R H. Gunter, Huron; Mrs.
Murray Roach, Lexington.
County Chairman Farm Finance
u. Finley Pope, Huron; Miss Bet
tie Diffee, Beech Bluff.
County Chairman Farm Prod
ucts Distributions. E. Muse, Mrs.
John |. Hare, Lexington.
County Chairman Food, Feed.
Seed and Breeding Stock Conserva-
tion-F. M. Davis. Mrs. John A
Jones, Lexington.
County Chairman Finance m. G.
Rosser, Wildersville.
County Chairman Vigilance w.
H. Mcbride. Lexington.
County Chairman Public!ty--W.
Y. Barry Lexington.
County Chairman Reliei--Fleet-
- f}nll Sf 49,
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-06
THIS WIFE WON'T LET
HUSBAND BE EXEMPTED

ALBANY, July 6.-Not all women in
New York State want their bubbles
kept off the firing line. Mrs. Mildred
|. Mount, postmistTess of Olcott, Nj
agara county. doesn't for one.
The adjutant generals office has
received communication from Mrs.
Mount in which she takes issue with
her husband, Harry Blosser Mount, on
the matter of dependency. Post
mistress Mount declares that her hus.
band registered on June and claimed
exemption from military service on
the grounds that he was an assistant
postmaster in the service of his wife.
This, Mrs. Mount says, doesn't jibe
with the facts. Her husband, accord,
ing to the letter, has been employed
on the International Railway fol
about two months prior to registration
and had in no way assisted her in the
Office.
81 am perfectly capable of caring
for my two children and myself" the
postmistress wrote, and to clinch the
case adding, and am in TO way de
pendent upon him"
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-06
FOOD DRYING
STOPS WASTE
Appeal to Readers of lndepend-
ent to Dry Food-InStruC-
tiOn Free

WASHINGTON. July - 6-Why
should any food products be wasted?
What excuse will America have to of.
fer the world IL she allows her allies
to suffer for lack of food? Now is
the time to overcome the spirit OF
waste. The war makes it imperative
that the national abundance of this
years two million food gardens should
not merely supply the needs OF the
summer but the needs of the winter
as well.
To this end this commission calls
every American to the flag of food
drying. To save vegetables and fruits
for winter uses Is no more trouble
than to prepare them for immediate
consumption.
The importance and ease of drying
have been overlooked by the modern
household. Our grandmothcrs treated
dried vegetables and fruits as an in.
dispensible feature of their winter
stores. If they did this, with little
or no help from scientific research,
how much more does the development
OF modern methods make II the duty
of the present generation to do the
same and do il on scale never be.
fore approached.
The drying of vegetables and fruits
may be done with ordinary household
utensils. with dricrs easily made in
every home or with apparatus bought
at low cost. 1t may be done in the
sun, in the kitchen stove or outdoors
Groops Of families may club together
and buy equipment at small Individual
cost To dry vegetables and fruits on
u larger scale.
No matter how IL Is done, do it
enclosed &c stamp to the commission
to pay postage for its free instruction
on Drying and Canning Nationa
Emergency Food Garden Commission
! Washington, j. G.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-06
HERE TO INVESTIGATE
TUSCAR0RA PROPERTIES

Prof. E. r. Holden, OF New York.
who has an international reputation as
n smeiteY man and who is Interested
in Tuscarora properties. is in Elka
today on q business trip. He is &C
companied by L. r. Holder. Jr and
wife. and w. C. Green a mining man.
Prof. Holden has been interested for
some time in the dumps of the mines
at Tuscarora, and ii was announced
about year ago that he intended to
erect at that place a Holden smelter,
of which he Is the inventor. for the re-
duction of ore in the dumps. Exhaus-
tive sampling tests were made and it
was announced that they were salts
factory.
Prof. Holden has not made known
rhe object OF his visit at this time
hut Il is presumed that 1t is in con
nection with his project at Tuscarora.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-06
SILVER WILL
REACH 80 CENTS
BY Al II. Martin

Late developments in India and
China have had a decidedly .buoyant
influence on the silver market, and
support the general belief that eighty
cent silver Is assured within sixty
days. The Hongkong & Shanghai
Banking corporation reports a heavy
drain of silver from China to India,
and that it is inevitable that China
must soon become a heavy buyer of
the metal, as the stocks of the coun-
try are being rapidly depleted. De.
spite the heavy imports OF silver by
the Indian government, the stocks at
Bombay continues to shrink. Natives
of India are turning their silver jew
elry into coinage and boarding silver,
as gold is no longer obtainable for this
purpose.
In the course Of the past year the
Indian government has purchased ap-
proximately S7i.OOO,OOO worth of sill
yer and vast sums have been also
used for financing of military opera
tions in Egypt, East Africa and Meso-
potamia. The scarcity of gold is al,
ready keenly felt in the Orient, and
silver coinage offers the only financial
relief.
Improved living conditions in Rus
sia, together with higher wages, mean
the requirement of a heavier coinage
TO meet new financial necessities of
100000 people. Italy and France
are increasing their silver reserves
and from Germany filters the news
that the people are boarding silver
Gold becomes increasingly difficult to
obtain in all the warning nations, save
for government expenditures. Conse
quently it becomes obvious that silver
must enjoy a still broader demand and
rising prices.
The possibility of Mexico. normally
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-06
NEVADA PRISONERS TO BE
HIRED OUT FOR WORK

Prisoners in the Nevada state peni-
tentiary will be put TO work on the
farms in the state and arrangements
have already been completed by the
Plymouth Land and Live Stock COM
pany in Smith Valley and Charles L.
Fulstone of Douglas county to use a
number of these men, says the Ga.
zette.
II was decided yesterday 10 allow
the prisoners TO work for individuals
and arrangements were completed
with the Plymouth Land & Live
Stock company to use fifteen men on
their holdings. The company agreed
to pay $3.50 a day for the mems
services. This money will be paid
into the prison fund and the board
will decide what disposition to make
of it.
Fulstone expects to use between
thirty and forty men from the prison
on his property during the haying
time, and it is understood that other
ranchers are making arrangements
to use prison labor.
This is the first time that prisoners
have been put to work on properties
of individuals in this state. The
movement was decided on because oi
| the shortage of labor and also be
cause the board felt that there is am
pie opportunity for the prisoners tC
earn their keep and do some good.
The Plymouth ranches are abou
forty miles from the prison in Lyor
county and one guard will be sen
with the fifteen men. Fulstone'
ranch is near the prison faru an,
the care of the prisoners here will no
lpresent any problem.
Just how many prisoners III
board has decided to place on farm
is not known. There are q larg
number in the prison whose record
are not considered bad, and II is pO!
sible that all these men will be giN
en- Jobs.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-06
.ELKO TO PLAY
OGEN TEAM
Best Game of Season Sche-
duIed for Sunday on Local
Diamond

Next Sunday the baseball team from
TIE Southern Pacific shops at Ogden
will be here to do battle with the gang
looked after by Joe Snelson. The
Ogden performers have been winning
with great regularity this season and
the locals have some task before them
Sunday afternoon.
The fans will be well paid for theri
attendance for game OF real baseball
will be staged. Even the most pessi-
mistic gent hereabouts must concede
Elko chance as a result of the prac-
ticn during the past two weeks. Spe-
cial attention has been given to hit
ting and every player on the squad
is now afflicted with the Batting
Eye" somethin gthat was noticeably
absent two weeks ago.
"Gilly" Gilberg, a brilliant young
HEAVIER hailing from Salt Lake, will
be on the hill for Elko. Some OF the
boys saw him work against Lamoille
on the Fourth and all of them know
that he's class" The visitors will
find him better than anyone they've
faced so far,
Come down to the park any even.
ing at $3.50 and look the boys over.
If you can't find time on week days,
be sure that you show on Sunday. The
game will be called at 1880 sharp.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-06
.ELKOANs SECURE
FINE PROPERTY
Local Men Have Promising
Property in Idaho; Will
Motor There

Tomorrow morning two we'll loaded
automobiles will depart for Burgdorf,
Idaho, where Messrs. Frank Middle.
ton and Joseph Snelson have some
mining claims which give rich promise
OF becoming rich producers. Several
months ago they grub staked a pros.
pector who believed that there was
mineral in that section, and he is said
to have located some very valuable
Mr.. Middleton inspected the
find last month and he is greatly
pleased with the showing.
In the party leaving for that place
tomorrow will be Mr.. and Mrs. Mid.
dleton and their son and daughter
Tom and Dorothy, Mrs. May Bradley,
Miss Alice Bradley, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Snelson.
They expect to reach Twin Falle
tomorrow night, Boise the second
night, Mccall the third night, and
Bursdorf the following day. The dis.
tGnce is between six and seven hun.
dred miles. Messrs. Middleton and
Snelson expect to remain until about
the first of September. The others
will remain a couple OF weeks or
longer.
The many friends of Messrs. Snel.
son and Middleton wish them success
in their venture. The Independent
joins in the wish that their hopes for
big bonanza may be fully realized
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-06
GENIAL FRED MAY
HAS GONE DRY

Declaring that he had to do some
thing TO protect himself from the
never ending invitations to drink, Fred
May, who weighs go pounds and is
over six feet tall, appeared before
Sheriff Ferrel of Reno yesterday after
noon and asked to be 'piuted," or
posted as person to whom 1t is un-
lawful to furnish Intoxicating liquors,
says the Gazette.
{ The sheriff issued the necessary
,papers which makes Reno prohibit
tion town so far as May is concerned
and wrote across the face Of the docu.
ment, which bears Mays signature,
the words, Eat his own request"
May says he knows every bartender
and saloonman in Reno and finds ii
utterly impossible to keep away from
liquor.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-07-06
MUST HAVE
GAME LICENSES

4 question recently arose OVER
the county are obliged to
procure licenses If they want to hunt
and FISH. IL seems that they had been
advised that they did not have to So.
curS licenses, but Game Warden Fee
took a contrary view. He wrote to
State Game Warden Grover for his
Upinicp in the matter anG he received
u reply this morning. Mr.. Gr'ver
says that in his opinion soldiers are
not exempt from the game laws, and
that they must secure licenses the
same as civilians IL they wish TO fish
or hunt.
Several days ago Game Warden Fee
found a number of soldiers fishing, and
when he asked to see their licenses
they replied that they had been ad-
vised that soldiers did not have TO Sc.
cure the same. He told them that
they were subject to the provisions OF
the game law just the same as civil.
ians in his opinion, but that he would
confer with his principal before giving
final answer. On receiving his reply
from Mr.. Grover today he advised the
officers in command. Of the State Game
Warden's opinion in the matter, and
gave notice that he would act accord
ingly.