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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-07-26
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF MISSOURI.

COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE-ss.
In the Circuit Court of Lafayette
County, Missouri, October Term 1918,
at Lexington. In vacation July 9th,
1918.
Della Grindstaf Plaintiff
vs..
Elmer Grindstaff Defendant
Now at this day comes the plain
tiff herein by her Attorney and files
petition and affidavit, alleging, among
other things, that defendant Elmer
Grindstaif is a nonresident of the
State of Missouri:
Whereupon, it is ordered by the
Clerk of said court in vacation as
follows: to the said defendant Elmer
Grindstaf you are hereby notified
that the plaintiff has commenced a
suit against you in this court, the
object and general nature Of which
is to obtain q decree of divorce from
the bonds Of matrimony heretofore
contracted between plaintiff and de-
PENDANT upon the grounds that the de-
PENDANT has absented himself from
plaintiff without reasonable cause for
the space Of one year and that unless
said Elmer Grindstaf be and appear
at this court, az the next term there
of, to be begun and holden at the
Court House in the City Of Lexington
in said County, on the l4th day Of
October next, and on Or before tbs
said first day answer or plead to the
petition in said cause, the same vii
be taken as confessed, and judgment
iwill be rendered accordingly.
And it is further ordered, that 1
copy hereof be published, according
to law m The Lexington Intelligence
a newspaper published in said count.
Of Lafayette, designated by the plain
tiff and his attorney Of record, TO
-four weeks successfully, published q
least ouce a week, the last insertion
to be at least fifteen days before TIL
first day Of said next October tern
Of this Court.
W. n. TUTT, Circuit ClerI
BY T. A. WALKER, JR., Deputy
A true copy from the record.
Witness my hand, and seal OF tn
Circuit Court Of Lafayette Count
I this 9th day Of July, 1918.
) nv. ~ TUTT, Circuit Clerl
T. A. WALKER, JR-, D {
sl(sEAL) 7-is-ll
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-07-26
rINAI SUPERINTENDENT

Notice is hereby given to all cred
itors and other persons interested in
the estate Of Ella Ann Schooler de-
ceased, that the undersigned Admin
istratrix with win annexed will APP
ply to make a final settlement of said
estate, at tho August term, 1918, Of
the Probate Court of Lafayette
County, Missouri, to be begun and
held at the Probate Court room, in
the city of Lexington, on the second
Monday in August, 1918.
FANNIE BENTON,
Administrators with will annexed.
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Notice is hereby given to all cred
itors and other persons interested in
the estate Of Michael Howell deceas-
ed, that the undersigned Executor viii
apply to make q final settlement Of
said estate, at the August term, 1918,
Of the Probate Court Of Lafayette
County, Missouri, to be begun and
held at the Probate Court room, IL
the city Of Lexington, on the second
Monday in August, 1918.
LUCIAN D. LESUEUR,
Executor.
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FINAL SETTLEMENr

Notice is hereby given TO all cred
and other persons Interested IN
the estate Of Fred Casper deceased,
that the undersigned Public Admin
istrator win apply TO make a final
settlement Of said estate, at the Au-
gust term, 1918, Of the Probate Court
of Lafayette County, Missouri, to be
begun and held at the Probate Court
room, in the city Of Lexington, on the
second Monday in August, 1918.
HENRY C. CHILES,
Public Administrator,
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register in the Deferred class
viii be assigned only after the
Preferred class is exhausted.
Enroll at the nearest recruit
ing station established by the
woman's committee of the Coun.
cial Of National Defense.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-07-26
FINAL

Notice is hereby given to all cred
itors and other persons interested in
the estate of Henry A. Hoehn deceas-
ed, that the undersigned Administra-
tor will apply to make a final settle
ment Of said estate. at the August
term, 1918, Of the Probate Court Of
Lafayette County, Missouri, to be be-
gun and held at the Probate Court
room, in the city of Lexington, on the
second Monday in August, 1918.
WALTER B. WADDELL,
Administrator.
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FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given to all cred
itors and other persons interested in
the estate of Robert B. Berrie deceas-
ed, that the undersigned Administra-
trix will apply to make a final set
Element Of said estate, at the August
term, 1918, of the Probate Court Of
Lafayette County, Missouri, to be be-
gun and held at the Probate Court
room, in the city of Lexington, on the
second Monday in August, 1918.
JENNIE c. BERRIE,
Administrative.
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Mr.. and Mrs. z. W. Wright and
Miss Hazel Dierking went to St.
goseph Sunday morning for q
few days visit.
Mrs. w. B. Hamlet went to
Kansas City Sunday morning
for a visit.
Mrs. Laura Mitchell, who has
been spending her vacation with
homefolks in this city, returned
to Kansas City Sunday evening.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-07-26

C~hamberIain's Tablets.

these tablets are intended es-
pecially for stomach troubles,
hl|iousness and constipation. II.
Ou have any troubles Of this
40, give them a trial and real
8 for youself what a first class
medicine viii do for you. They
Nn|y cost d quarter.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-07-26

Miss Katherine Connell, who
has been the guest Of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. c. McFadin for the past
week, returned Sunday evening
to her home in Kansas City.
Miss Mariee Barron returned
Sunday evening from a weeks
visit with her sister, Mrs. Logs
don, at Blackburn.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-07-26
al coMMoA rAsLE.

Throughout the war we shall be
sitting al a common table with
the Allies. Good MANNERS say
that when there $ not enough
food Ia so around each one must
take a smaller portion The Food
Administration intends to see that
the Allies get the food they need
and that there viii be su1lcieni
for our own needs U s. Food
Administration. Missouri Division
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Mrs. A. w. Sexton and two
children of Centralia, Mo-, ar
gived Sunday morning fer a Wis
it with her mother, Ms. Mary
Drumm.
Mrs. C. L. Morris went to st.
Joseph, Mo, Sunday evening fol
a few days visit with her sisters
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ADMINISTRATORS NoTIcE

Notice is hereby given, that Let
tiers of Administration on the estate
Of William L. Martin deceased, were
granted to the undersigned on the
18th day of July, 1918, by the Pro-
bate Court Of Lafayette County, Mis-
souri,. All persons having claims a
gainst said estate are required to ex-
hibit them for allowance to the I'M
d~ersigned within six months after the
date of granting said letters, or they
may be precluded from any benefit
of said estate; and if such claims be
not exhibited within n year from
the date Of granting said letters, they
will be forever barred.
Witness my signature on this 18th
day Of July, 1918.
w. R. MITCHELL,
Administrator
Attested by
Stephen N. Wilson Judge Of Pro.
bate for Lafayette County, Missouri
(SEAL) July 10, 1918
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WANTED:
Women to Enroll
IN THE
UNITED STATES STU
DENT NURSE RESERVE


$4,000 young women to join the
United States Student Nurse Re
serve and hold themselves in
readiness to train for service as
nurses.
The war is creating an unpre-
cedented demand for trained
nurses. Only those who have Ia
ken the full training course are
eligible for service with our
forces overseas. These nurses
are being drawn largely from
our hospitals at home. Their
places must be fllel by student
nureses enrolled for the full
training course of from two to
three years. Every young wom-
an who enrolls in the United
States Student Nurse Reserve is
releasing a nurse for service at
the front and swelling the home
army which we must rely on to
act as our second line of hospit-
al defense. Upon the health of
the American people will depend
the spirit of their fighting fore
les.
Age.-The call is for women
between the ages Of nineteen and
thirty-five.
Qualifications re-
sponsible women Of good educa-
tion and sound health are want
ed-the pick of the country. "A
college education is a valuable
asset, and many hospitals will
give credit for it. Credit will al
so be given for a special scien-
tifc equipment or for prelimina-
ry training in nursing, such as
i that given in special courses now
being conducted by various col.
leges and schools. Some schools.
! on the other hand, do not ever
require a full high-school eduea.
ton.
observation-disclosures will bt
! given an opportunity to enrol
: in the United States students
E Nurse Reserve in any one o.
r three ways:
: (1) AS engaging to hol,
!. themselves in readiness unit
! April l, 1919, to accept assign
/ ments to nurses trainin,
schools. These women will b.
! sent to the schools as fast as va
d cancies occur. Those of superio
e qualifications will be given pre-
!. ference, and it is, of course, pos
D sible that not everyone who en-
$ rolls will be accepted.
!. ~ AS desiring to becom
candidates for the Army Nurs
ing School recently establishe
e by authority of the War Depart
e ment, with branch schools in Sc
e /, lected military hospitals.
e (3) AS engaging to hol
e themselves in readiness unit
April /, 1919, to accept assign
Is ments to either a civilian trail
TO ing school or the Army Nursin
. School. Those who so enroll wi
ie be called where the first need
n rises. The Government hop,
that a majority of those who e
v roll will thus put down the
names for both.
I. The Nurses Training Schools
There are 1879 nurses trail
ing schools in this country. The
M need is as great and imperati'
IN as that of the Army School
ITO Nursing. Those who enroll f
these schools will be assinged
ed vacancies occur.
ay Inc enrolment card will i
q dictate two classes of registrar
OF Preferred and Deferred. T
ION Preferred class viii be those W.
y. are ready to accept assignme
at, to whatever hospital the Cover
ion ment directs them, althon,
they may state what traini
school they prefer 70 BIZ sent
who register in the p
~
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EYECIITnR,s NnTICE.


Notice is hereby given, that Let
ters Testamentary on the estate Of
Isophene Martin deceased, were
granted to the undersigned on the
9Th day of July, 1918, by the Probate
Court of Lafayette County, Missouri.
All persons having claims against said
estate are required to exhibit them
for allowance to the undersigned with
in six months after the date of grant
ing said letters, or they may be pre-
cluded from any benefit of said es-
tate; and if such claims be not ex-
hibited within one year from the date
of granting said letters, they will be
forever barred,
Witness my signature on this 9Th
day Of July, 1918.
JAMES w. OLIVER,
Executor
Attested by
Stephen N. Wilson Judge Of Pro.
bate for Lafayette County, Missouri
(SEAL) July IL, 1915
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-07-26
Lame Shoulder.

This ailment is usually caused
by rheumatism Of the muscles.
All that is needed is absolute
rest and a few applications Of
Chamberlain's Liniment. Try it.
"-
Mrs. L. f. Mahan and two chill
dren went to Kansas City Sun.
day evening for a visit with MIR.
|Nahan's mother, Mrs. Thomas
lahan.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-01-22
A WAR LESSON.

The government has taken over the
control OF the railways OF the United
States by order OF President Wilson.
Secretary McAdOo Is 10 be their d.
rector general. This IL the outcome OF
the attempt to Tx the price OF coal
The mistake 0f fixing a low price was
committed and many Improbable
small mines Ia the south were at
once shut down. Then the government
Increased the price and thus stimulated
production. but In the stress OF WIN
ter the overburdened railroads found
IL impossible to make deliveries TO all
points.
Mr. Garfield. an able man In the
educational line, but without prac-
teal experience In coal mining or
railroad operation. did his best 10
meet the exigency by giving priority
orders to the railroads. This did not
solve the problem. 50 the president
has exercised his power and placed
all railroads under government con
troll. This az once relieves the rail-
roads from the opegetion az the Sher-
man Antitrust law that had prevon-
ted them from combining their IA
%cilitieH and pooling their earnings.
II government direction n successful
u will largely be because Of this pool
ing. forbidden by Law Tor over twenty
years. ls now permitted by the xer
else OF the presidential %prerogative.
Thus the war teaches one striking
lesson-the folly OF the Sherman law.
The presidents action Is no re-
Election on the railroad war board.
The members OF that body. now COM
wandered by the government. include
some OF the ablest and most expcr-
fenced railroad managers Ia the world,
namely. Howard Elliott of the New
Haven. Samuel Rea OF the pennsyi-
vania. Fairfax Harrison OF the Sou
thern, Julius kruttschnit OF the Sou
thern Pacific. and Hale Holden of the
burlington. DirectOr-General McAdoo
viii not be- able 20 assemble about
him q stronger cabinet of advisors
than these five practical and success
ml railroad operators. The llmita-
tons on his own experience In the
transportation field are obvious, but
az Secretary Of the Treasury he has
shown "a disposition 10 surround him
self with competent advisors. lie viii
need them sorcly 10 carry out the 81
gantic task which. In addition 10 all
his other manifold duties. has been
placed upon his oyerburdened shout
Dc. Lesllo's Weekly.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-01-22

edy. Witness the German empire.
But the spectacle of the state alone
maintaining its infallibility, while the
people demand to be shown, with the
state in the end getting very red be-
hind the ears and admitting that II
had made a mistake, has in it the ele-
ments of rollicking comedy. Witness
Raritan. y. j.
One morning a few weeks ago a con-
tingent of soldiers descended upon
Raritan and asked to be directed 70
the "Raritan Ordnance Depot" to
which they said they had been sent
by their local draft boards in accor-
dance with a government assignment.
The startled natives, after protesting
that there must be some mistake, no
titled the office of the Provost Marshal
General in Washington that there was
a steadily increasing body of soldiers
from all over the country roaming
about Raritan with instructions to
settle down in a camp which was, TO
the naked eye, not there. Washington
replied that it was sorry, very sorry
but that it had looked through the Of
fetal reports and there vas no ques-
ton about a depot being at Raritan.
III the meantime lnC INdAAbnhNAo ~
little faith went right ahead and made
up cots in the armory for the mysti-
fed soldiers. The government could
insist that it had an ordinance depot
in Raritan if it wanted to, but it was
too cold weather for anyone to be ex-
pected to sleep in it.
1t was finally discovered that, while
the government had been right in the
essential details, the depot had not
been built at the time (the plans, how
ever, we're in perfect shape), and that
when it was built it wouldn't be ex-
actly in Raritan. but a dozen miles
away in Metuchen.
Had this happened in Prussia the
citizens would doubtless have taken
the governments word for it and done
their best to see it in that light. Us it
treason to suggest, however, that in
Prussia the government would prob
ably have known where its ordnance
depots were?) But there is little dan
ger of the doctrine of state infallibil1ty
becoming a juggernaut in this coun-
try. Raritan, New Jersey, for instance,
will henceforth be a hotbed of lese
majesty. A government would have
a hard time tyrannizing over people
who we're laughing at it for looking
silly.-Colliers.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-01-22
WHERE HALF N WORSE THAN
NONE

n has been observed that the only
Interested parties who are being kept
in the dark by the censorship regula-
tons are the parents OF the men In
the war one Certainly the German
foreign office IL not baffled by our
~ChArAdeiike references 70 "A French
port aud The - regiment. hav-
ing probably received It's information
on these subjects long before the cor
respondent who sent the dispatch.
Hut simply because no better system
OF censorship has been devised To
GATE. there A. no excuse for the refine
mcnt Of torture which M phase OF
this repression OF names inflicts on
those az home. Some time previous
10 the official casualty list We are per.
mitted 90 see a dispatch stating that
"tWo %corpOrala and a private OF the
- regiment have died OF pneu-
monla. aud one lieutenant OF the
regiment vas killed By the prematur,
cKpoision OF y grenade BY the with.
holding OF the names OF these two cor.
porals and hat one private. even foI
"a day. this announcement OF three
deaths becomes a potential announce.
mont OF hundreds OF deaths. FOR In ev.
NAf WNNNf NWNAW MAH hANfA a WI lNAo
or q private 20 France there is arousco
the sickcuinE conviction that wher
the names do appear theirs will be the
one To thousands OF mothers OF lieu
tenants the general day -in-and-day
out fear o. focused 90 the cruelty def
ninte news that "a lieutenant ha,
been killed boy an explosion.
The effect OF such a dispatch rs th'
same as n the relatives of all the pri
Yates and corporals aud lieutenant
now BOO France we're to be assemble,
and told. In p~aiernally brusque tones
Four of your number have lost YOU.
boys Think hat over for a few days
and then. as soon as We decide wheth
- or not their names are of militarl
importance TO the enemy. We viii le
YOU know which four of you are th'
unfortunate ones No news may bl
good news. and all the news. ever ID
the form OF a casualty list. Is az lcas
definite HUT half the news. though /
be- in the interests OF censorship. ma,
ht ~ineNcusabiy Cruel-Colliers.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-01-22
MERELY sTRAws.

The nationwide criticism Of Secre-
tary Baker and the var department
does not spring from partisan bias
One hears no criticism OF Lansing.
Lane or Houston. They have meas
ared up 20 their responsibilities. Ba-
ker has not While Washington dis-
patches have for months teemcd with
the great accomplishments Of the war
department Il has developed that the
press censorship has kept the public
from knowing the real facts. They
we're knoWn Ia Washington. however,
and the military affairs committee.
controlled BY Democrats a. every com
uittce Of both branches OF congress
ia, roae 10 the demands Of the aitua-
ton and unmaaked the departments
Incompetence. Contrast the glowing
ccoun you have been reading with
the following current event note 10
ne Literary Digest dealing with the
hearing before the military affairs
committee on December 81.
Lack Of preparedness Ia clothing
and equipment was the cause Of a
large number ~ deaths from pneumon-
Ia AZ army camps and cantonmenta.
Major-Gencral Grchie and Major-Gen-
eral Wright tell the senate committee
on military affair During the cpl
demic 5000 men we're ~ az Camp
Bowie Texas. General Grebie declar-
I'd. because OF de%linquencies Of the
Army supply department
Following the disclosures Indicated
IN the above. Quariermaster-General
sharpe vas before the committee and
questioned Senator Mcclellan. in re-
ferrinR Go a telegram 20 the depart
Ment from Camp Bowie, said,
IA ] understand the course % that
telegram. 10 comes from the officer in
the field 10 the adiutant-general Then
u comes 10 the quartermaster-gener
al Then from the quartermaster-
general back 10 tine Acknowledgement
then from the adlutant general 10 the
assistant chief Of staff. and from the
assistant chief Of staff hack TO the ad-
jutant- general and the quartermRster-
general combined then from the ad-
yutant-Kenerai back to the officer. and
the Quartermaster general then acts
upon a."
General sharpe nodded assent.
Then n IL 10 approved" inquired
the senator. IA has 10 go through that
entire course ia order TO get back "a
the officer Ia the nold and 20 get &C
tom yes. replied he general
And this. he added, rs a thing that
always has been done. and army reg.
ulauOns require.
The hearing developed that more
than three months elapsed after the
sending Of the telegram setting forth
eondltions Al Camp bowie before &C.
ton was taken 20 relieve them.
HunEling inacti0n a. the complaint
against Secretary Baker.
To get a clear grasp of the situa.
ton. one shouil read Truth Thai
Hurts. But Helps. from the rhiia.
delphia North American. In this issue
This d q serious var. and The people
need 20 SNOW the truth la order Z,
meet the demands that sill be- made
upon them
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-01-22
$50 TO TIM T

There should De no politics in the
congressional Investigations OF war
preparation We agree with the New
Aork Umes an ardent friend and sup
porter o. the president that the probe
should go to the bottom lndecision.
and delay. are inexcusable always
IN a fighting army the incompetent
officer is displaced the moment his
inconpetenCY b. discovered The same
fair removal should follow upon the
exposure of inemciency among gov
eminent officials whose work Is TO
supply the army eith guns. shells and
equipment
President Wilson has sent 30 an cx-
ccufiFe departments a letter recently
addrfssea Dos Secretary Kedncld 90
his bureaH chiefs. l%ustructine them
io eliminate red tape. forget how
things Wcre done before the nar
The conditions disclosed by congress.
tuual investigating committee have
been "a matter % gossip at Washing
ton for moHtha bui because 81 the
censorship she American peopIe were
denied fhe opportunity tn express the
criticism that would have spurred the
government 90 more rapid prepau-
tons
Wnh the outbreak 10y the war many
81 The nations leading business mon
sent % Washington and offered their
SERVICES free of charge go The govern
mfnf The country viii never know
the full value ~ this service. hut thc
results have been limited by fhe ira
difluus and rules of government bu.
reaut one outcome OF the present
Investigation viii be- the centraliratloa
o. authority and the s%upplanuug 90
endless discussion and indecislon ~
the government method by the 81.
rect and prompt decisions that char.
acterize private business.
England and France found il nee
esaary 20 make this change in order
20 conduct the sar with yigor and
efficiency. aud Es should have begun
nine months ago. 10 follow their cx.
ample One Of the best things in thl.
line IL President Wilson's suggestion
that the house have a single appro
priatiOn committee. The pork bar
eel" politicians are opposed % IL. bu
We hope the president VIII fight IL a
vigorously as be has fought FOR som
other things Of lesser importance. Ma
lions Al war spend upon q scale an
heard Of In times Of peace. The eX
penoitures Of the United States STAG
ger the imagination. The estimate
expenditure for our first year Of Wa
-xz1. 900. 900. 0O0-is equivalent 20 m
expenditure Of each Of the other in
portant belilgerents N three years.
pOrtant Congress needs a singl
committee 70 s%crutinize every apprC
priatlOn, and the government need