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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-01-17

and Mpnin. on both sides Of that long.
straight read, ! am sure ! did not see
one square foot of soil that was not
a part ct a shell crater. What had
once been the richest soil Of the
world is today but a waste, made so
by the shells that fell upon it be-
Cause Germany sought world domino
lion. This soil has been destroyed by
countless thousands Of shells falling
actually one upon another. each dig.
cing deeper into the earth until the
very suhsoil has been turned over and
the land made worthless for cultlva.
ton for years to come, II indeed 1t can
ever be reclaimed.
Unexploded Shells Buried in Soil.
There lie today on the surface Of
this land many thousands Of unex-
pIoded shells, and there are buried in
the soil many, many thousands more,
each one Of them a menace to any
farmer who attempts to put a pillow
into the soil In an effort to reclaim it.
And this land is destroyed, as the
homes were destroyed, because of Ger
man ambition, Of German cruelty, Of
German lust, of German w]antonneSs
and German brutality.
Who is to pay for it? Who is to
risk destruction that II may again he
put into condition for cultivation. that
1t may serve the purposes Of the hui
man race? Shall the peaceful Belgian
peasants, who had no part in the start
ing Of this conflict, suffer their loss
without compensation? Shall these
peasants who have endured more than
four long years Of homeless agonies,
who have suffered not alone the loss
OF homes and land but the loss Of
relatives and friends as well. be the
ones TO risk destruction in the effort
TO again bring these lands back to a
condition where cultivation is posi-
blet Shall they be blown to bits by
the bursting of these shells, hidden as
they are beneath the surface Of the
ground, when the pillow strikes and cx-
plodes them? If undiStmbed, those
shells continue to be a menace for
years to come, but who are to risk
their lives in removing them?
Gould the American people gcncr-
ally and especially the American farm
ers, have seen the sights | have seen
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-01-17

roadwayS, and the families that culti-
waited the fields lived not OF the little
farms but In closely built villages Of
from 100 to 500 people each,
Devastation Is Complete,
II is hard to realize today that these
villages ever existed, that the land
along this long, straight road was ever
cultivated, ever produced foodstufs
for a people. In fact. it is hard to
realize today that this was ever an in
habited country,
OF these peaceful villages, the living
places of these farm people, there is
no trace left. There are not even piles
Of debris, Of broken bricE and stone
and lumber, to mark the spots where
they stood. There is no single thing
by which the returning pea SAINTS, wear
lily dragging themselves back to that
spot which had been home to them and
to their ancestors for almost countless
generations, can mark the place where
not only their home but their village
had stood
| have seen old men and women,
wearled by four long years of exile,
stand beside this road and gaze long
ingly over the devastated landscape.
In an effort to locate some familiar OBJ
ject that would remind them of the
spot they had known all their lives,
and then turn away with tears on their
cheeks because they could not find
even one small object that would tell
them of the homes, the only homes,
they had known,
1t was German ambition, German
cruelty, German lust, German wantOn-
ness, German brutality, that were the
cause Of the destruction of these
homes, of the Ogonies Of n peaceful,
thrifty people.
What can possibly compens safe these
people for their loss, for the misery
they have suffered and must still suf-
fer, for the homes and the associations
that are gone forever? No, Germany
can never pay in full, but she can cOn-
tinue to pay and pay and pay until
there has been bred out of the German
people that desire for war, that love
q conquest, that brutality, that ii has
hNken centuries, almost, to breed into
them. and which has resulted in laying
a whole world waste.
In all that 20 miles between Ypres
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-01-17
THE HALF-PINT SKIRT
Indianapolis Institution That
Was Devised to Help the
Thirsty.

Sonabodv soma tira in tbs
distant mast orioina+ed an ov-
nression that q car+ain tbino
was as handy 90 o. ,ooLo+ :, .
shirt Had he lived in tbo tin,o
of Statewide prohibition and
consequent tbirs+ no dorh+Io,s
would saw that , nool,o, i, o.
skirt would ba stiu bondior
Evidence was submitted IN +bo
Civ Court to shou tbot o. NOW,
an had boon maxine trims 70
cities in Ohio Trror bo,. ,,otr,.,
TO Indiananolis sbo stonrod soft.
w and did NOT make .ny attor,n+
to have her net+icoat initiate +bo
f~rou-frou that conas from, siuL
garments She waIsod ca,of,II,.
for the reason that in hor undo,
skirt were several nockats and
in each pocket was a balf-nint
bottle Of booze. As a conse-
quence Of this discovery the no.
lice are going to pay greater at
tention in the future to WON
ems fashions. In the past thev
have noticed that luggage fire.
quently is interesting because
much Of it that crosses the State
line contains Intoxicating liquor.
Bringing it home in ones petti-
coat is a new scheme. however.
and one worthy Of Investigation,
If the practice continues the
State may have to establish Of
ticials at all boundary lines, sim
liar to those on duty on the lines
that separate two countries.
The old-fashioned tailors used
to ask their customers. with g,
wink meant to be sIv. whether
pockets should be made mint n,
quart size. This was . hit of Inn
NOR that car,o nom l.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-01-17
GERMANY MUST PAY.
Nation Will Never Be Able to
Make Amends for Damage.
FERTILE SOIL is DESTROYED
lnnumerable UnexpIod ed Shells Will
Make Cultivation Precarious-
Doubtful II Land Can Be
Reclaim ed.
BY WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
What must Germany pay for?

What must Germany pay for?
That question can be adequately an
swered only when it is remembered
that Germany started the terrible CON
tict in Europe for 40 reason other
than that of conquest and loot ; start
ed 1t only to satisfy the selfish ambi-
tons of a selfish people for world
domination. That is being admitted
today by what is left of the German
nation; 1t is admitted by those who
were directly responsible for the war.
And it is because Germany started
this conflict for no reason other than
that Of conquest and loot that Ger
many owes to the world full payment
for all the devastation which the war
has brought, not only in so far as she
can pay now, but in so far as she can
pay for generations yet to come.
Among the many, many sections Of
Belgium and northern France that |
personally covered, following closely
on the heels of the retreating Hun
army, was that which lies between
what were the cities OF Ypres and
Menin, approximately 20 miles apart.
Here, before the coming Of the invad-
ing BOche, was what was considered
the most productive soil of the world,
and the most Intensely cultivated.
Here in a number OF farm villages
lived the Belgian pea SAINT families,
happy, thrifty people, each family cul-
tivatlng the small fields which It
owned, No fences separated these
fields, no hedges cut them off from the
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-01-17
ENDORSED AT HOME
Such Proof as This Should Con-
vince Any Lexington
Citizen.

The public endorsement of a
local citizen is the best that can
be produced. None better. none
stronger can be had. When a
man comes forward and testi-
ties to his fellow-citizens. adj
dresses his friends and neigh
borS, you may be sure he is
thoroughly conviced or he would
not do so. Telling ones expert
ence when it is for the public
good is an act of kindness that
should be appreciated. The fol-
lowing statement given by a
resident Of Lexington adds one
more to the many cases of Home
Endorsement which are being
published about Dona's Kidney
Pills. Read it.
Mrs. M, Gavin, Sixth St..
says; 81 used Doan's Kidney
Pills for a short time and found
them to be successful for the
purpose advertised. My opinion
of this medicine is a high one"
6Oe, at all dealers. Foster-Mil-
burn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-01-17
Cured at a Cost of % Cents.

Cured at a Cost of % Cents.
Eight years ago when we first
moved to Mattoon, | was a great
sufferer from indigestion and
constipation" writes Mrs. Rob
ert Allison, Mattoon III. "a had
frequent headaches and dizzy
spells, and there was a feeling
like a heavy weight pressing on
my stomach and chest all the
time, ! felt miserable. Every
morsel Of food distressed me.
could not rest at night and felt
tired and worn out all the time.
One bottle Of Chamberlain's
Tablets cured me and I have
since felt like a different per-
SON"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-01-17

along this long, straight road between
fpres and Menln, they would say, as
| say, il is the German who must pay ;
it is the German who must risk de-
struction in the effort to put this land
again into condition for cultivation.
I believe that one condition Of the
peace treaty should be that Germany,
either as n nation,'or proportionately
from the several small nations that
may he formed out of the German en-
pIrc, should call its military classes to
the Colors each year as it has done in
the past; hut in place of putting guns
into the hands Of these men, and train.
ing them for the purposes of wur-a
war Of conquest-that It should put
these men into the territories she has
devastated, to reclaim the soil and To
rebuild the villages, the towns and
cities the Huns have destroyed. Let
these Germans, urier guard of Bel,
glan troops, take tnc risk of deStruc-
ton let them guide the pillow that may
strike the u]neXploded shell, and let
Germany pay them The meager wage,
Of the German soldier while they are
doing this.
Should Pay and Pay and Pay.
That would be- the nearest thing to
an accounting that Germany can rem
der to the world, but she should pay
all that it is humanity possible for "a
people to pay who have 50 ruthlessly
deSpoiied the world. Her people should
pay, and pay, and pay, until they have
learned beyond the shadow Of a doubt
that war for the purpose Of conquest,
for the purpose Of loot. for the graft.
tication of selfish ambitions, is the
most improbable business they could
possibly engage in.
And remember that the devastation
to be seen along the road from Ypres
to Mpnln is hut an example of all the
terrible destruction To be found
throughout Belgium and northern
France and Serbia and other countries
that have been ovcrrun by the con.
quest-seeking armies Of the Boche.
And remember, too, that It Is not alone
the devastation that is to be paid for.
but il is the work and the tears and
the ecouomic loss of every nation that
was called into the struggle to dcfea
the selfish purposes Of Il selfish PEG.
pie, thar the world Tiaht c % decent
place In which free me, u4si, live.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-01-17
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

office, Lexington, Lafayette Co.,
Missouri, week ending Saturday
January II, 1919. Compiled by
Lafayette County Abstract Co.,
Lexington, Mo-, Ike H. Noyes.
Manager.
Benz. B. Frazer and wife to
Fred H. Kopmann W. D. $1,000
part lot IA Woods Subd. Lex
ington.
Benz. B. Frazer and wife to
Fred H. Kopmann w. D. $50 pit.
lot IA Woods Subd. Lexington.
Geo. j. Cramer and wife to
Tifen c. Smithey w. D.. S1O,-
500 N Sc 32-51-28 except 10
acres.
Virginia f. Cushard and hus-
band to Arthur T. Robinson w.
D.. $468O SW NV, G. 20 acres
NV SW 29-48-28.
Anna Oehlschlaeger and Her
man Oelshclaeger to VIM. Saas
w. D. $147.85 part NV 25-49-24.
VIM. J]eiteries to Mary Lou
Jeffries w, D. $500 lots II, 70
Blk, 3 Ramsey's Add Odessa.
John S. Santmyer and wife to
Nolan f. Hodge w. D. 5000 lot
y Blk. 10 Odessa.
Ed. F. West and wife to Jas.
T. Buck W. D. 81 and encum-
brance SW 6-48-29.
Mamie W, Gillespie to Ster-
ing Tiffany Gillespie w. D. So
600 NV SW 24-49-29.
Jerry E. Barnhart and wife to
Elisha S. Shelton w. D. $3.50 lots
10 & ID Rlk : Odessa
James f. Blackwell and wife
to Manlies L. Bell and wife W
d.. $l1,4OO Sc Sc, SW Sc. Il.
SE NE &, Nh NF * 40 On
Robt. NJ. Taubman and wife
to Alfred Amor w. D. S3O5O lot
& 10 it. off E side lot ? Blk.
/ Taubman's Add. Lexington.
Samuel A Crav OF 81 - u,
B, Scott w. D.. $500 SW SW
6-4S-28.
Samuel A. GRAY OF al 70 Coo
NJ. Scott and wife $4,000 NV SW
6-48-28,
Fred w. Lehman and wife 70
Robert G. Smith w. D. $17,36O
part NE 1O-49-26 cont. 1857
acres.
G.. B. & Pauline KurroI,ouor
to VIM KeIlerman w. D. S175O
lots / to Is inclusive Blk 2 Al
ma.
u,,,u ~ ~
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-01-17

In Praise of the BolSheyik.
Whatever else may be said of
the generous-hearted Bolshevik.
he is at least ready to divide
your last dollar with him.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-01-17

Mrs, Oscar Westerman accom-
panied by little Miss Catherine
Allen, spent Tuesday in Kansas
City.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-15
new OFFICERS
ARE INSTALLED
BY ROTARIANS

New officers of the Amerieus Rotary
club were elected and installed at the
regular weekly luncheon today in the
Windsor Hotel They are as follows:
w. W. Dykes, president; u. E.
Hightower. vice-president; Joseph e.
Johnson, secretary; John Sheffield,
treasurer; Dave R. Andrews, sergeant
at arms.
The board of directors are: w. w.
Dykes, j. e. Hightower, Joseph e.
Johnson, John Sheffield, w. E. Taylor,
Arthur Rylander and Lovelace Eve.
Rotarian George Ellis expressed his
thanks to the Rotary club for the as
sistance the club members gave him
in the Victory loan. IF | did not
feel that Sumter county would have
gone over the top regardless of who
helped or who did not, / would say to
you that but for you Rotarians the
loan would have failed here" Mr.. Ell
lis said. ITO a man you laid one
side your business and rallied to me,
doing everything that men could do
and it is to you that a large part of
the credit and honor should 60"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-15
| ANDERSONVILLE VANDAL COURTMARTIATFD I'D
Dr.Burrows Holds
Reunion With odd
Church Comrade

\ TLANTA, May 15.-Dr. j. B.
"A Gambrel, of Fort Worth Tex,
presiding officer at the annual con-
vention Of Southern Baptists here,
and DR.. Lansing Burrows, of Am
ericus, former president, are old
comrades In arms enjoying their an
nual reunion here. Standing side by
side year after year, these venera-
bic men have fought the religious
battles of their denomination with
the same courage and fidelity they
showed on the field of Virginia in
the army of General Lee. They are
bosom companion friends of a life
time: their comradeship is pointed
to with pride by the younger mem
bers of the convention as a thing
lovely out and beyond the usual
tie of friendship.
DR.. Gambrel wear a jeweled pin
presented to him by the convention
in 1906 in token of the love in
which he is held and the appre-
citation of the church for his faith
full services DR.. Burrows has
been in active service of the church
and state for sixty years and still
retains his youthful vigor. 1t is
stated by close friends that DR..
Gambreil captured 125 yankees,
single handed in one of the battles
of the civil war.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-15
5 Mules Killed by
Train; ;$1,6OOAsked

Five fine mules, killed by a Cen
tral of Georgia. passenger train Lear
Andersonville Sunday night, represent
a loss of $1,000 sustained by w. A.
Joyner, whose fine farm is located in
the vicinity of the accident. The train
which struck the mules was delayed
some time by the accident, the engine
being derailed, but no other damage
was done. The railroad authorities
are now in consultation with MI.
Joyner it is stated, and the loss
sustained will be adjusted at an early
date.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-15
NEXT SESSION OF
.P.O. S. OF A. GOES
TO FITZGERALD

Endorsement of the Americaniza
tion bill in congress, as introduced by
Senator Hoke Smith and Representa-
tive Bankhead, and killed by the ad-
journment of congress before it had
been reached was voiced by the state
convention of the Patriotic Order
Sons of America in a set of resolu-
tions passed before adjournment yes
terday. The next state convention was
awarded to Fitzgerald.
The resolutions follow:
Whereas, There remain in the Uni
ted States eight and half million
persons who cannot read American
newspapers, magazines or handbills or
even the placards that seek to warn
them against danger to life and limb,
and
Whereas, The problem of reaching
them by printed matter in the English
language is still before the Nation,
and
Whereas, Expert testimony has
shown that literacy would add at least
S. a week to the average earning
power of such labor-two billion dol
lars annually to the income of the
nation and
Whereas To meet this situation the
Americanization bill was introduced in
the last Congress by Senator Hohe
Smith and Representative Bankhead,
it was favorably reported by the COM
mittee in both houses to which it was
referred but the adjoudnment came
before it became law, Now
Therefore, Be it resolved by the
State Camp Patriotic Order Sons of
America, this day assembled at Am
iericus, Georgia, that we do most
heartily endorse said Americanization
bill and urge upon our representatives
in congress and the senate the vital
Importance of its passage at the next
session of the legislative bodies of
the United States government.
Respectfully submitted
-. E. SHEPPARD,
&c. WILLIAMS,
IT. NJ. A. FINCH,
Committee on resolutions.
The evening and final session of the
state camp was preceded by barbe-
cue supper in the convention hall
which was declared to have been "the
best barbecue ever served in the state
of Georgia.
The delegates were profuse in their
expressions of thanks for the hospi-
tality shown them. They we're espe-
cially leased with the reception given
them at Souther Field by Colonel Ra-
der and his staff, and greatly enjoyed
the program of aerial thrills put on
by the flyers for their benefit and en-
tertainment.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-15
IL Ships TO Handle
Dixie Ports Trade

WASHINGTON, May Is. -.(By Asso-
ciated Press )-Five German ships,
seized when the United States enter
ed the war, will be allocated for SER
vice in the South American trade out
of New Orleans.
Six additional ships will be ALLOTTED
to the South Atlantic Maritime asso-
citation, giving it fleet Of ships for
South American trade o1t of Savan-
nah, Charleston, Wilmington, Hruns-
wick and Jacksonville
1T was stated additional vessels will
be assigned as business is developed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-15
SKODA GUN WORKS
MIST BE DISM,ANTLED.

PARIS, May 15.-(By Associated
Press.)-The Austrian peace terms
probably will be presented to the Aus
trian delegation Wednesday. 1t is un-
derstood they will require the dlsman-
Ting of the famous Skoda gun works,
among other armament plants.
The Council of Four this morning
discussed with it's military advisors
the military terms of the treaty. 1t Is
understood these are similar to the
terms in the German treay.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-15

An act of dastardly vandalism that
Is both regretted and disclaimed by
the officers and men of Souther Field
was the characterization Lieut.. Col.
Ira R. RAIDER, commanding officer. to-
day, in speaking of the action of un-
known parties in desecrating the Wirz
monument at Andersonvilie Tuesday
night
The offense was first reported to the
military authorities at the field by
Town Marshal Williams, of Anderson
vile, Wednesday, when an investiga-
tion, which is still under way, was
commenced. Marshal WILLIAMS re-
ported to the military authorities that
he had traced car in which the van
dals probably had ridden from the
monument to Souther Field.
This resulted in Colonel RAIDER or
dering a preliminary investigation 70
establish the whereabouts of every
car assigned to the flying field on the
previous night, and today it was an
nounced positively that no military
car was used by the alleged vandals
1t was said, however, that a car he
longing to civilian and left in Gus
tody OF an attache of the field. was
found with paint spots upon the seat,
and this car has been seized and is
being held by the authorities there
This car, it is said, is the property of
the event the evidence adduced before
the investigation commission is sum
eient to warrant preferring charges.
| will further consult with the civil
authorities, and they will in all prob
ability be given their option as ia
whether or not the accused shall be
tried before military or civil courts.
i do not desire to be quoted as indj
eating either the guilt or innocence of
anyone in connection with the crime,s
he added, but want to say that such
an act is one of dastardly vandalism.
and is both regretted and disclaimed
by the officers and men Of Souther
Field. | want the people Of Americus
and Sumter county as well as those of
Georgia and the South to know and
understand that the officers and men
Of the post here fully appreciate this
cordial relations now existing between
the two communities, and it is the
urgent desire of all here that these
pleasant relations be not Interrupted
or In the least altered by the unlawful
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-15
Philadelphia Greets
the Returning 18th

PHILADELPHIA, May 15.-(By AS
sociated Press-The city and state
today formally welcomed home the
men of the Twenty Eighth division,
composed largely of Pennsylvania
guardsmen.
1t is estimated that at least 2,OOO,-
900 people saw the parade and the
greeting given the soldiers was the
most enthusiastic ever extended by
this city.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-15
Lieut.. Lackey Recently Discharged,
His Brother, and Private Nc.
Anally Accused
SENTENCE OF PRIVATE TO BE
ANNOUNCED, SAYS STATEMENT
Affair Denounced and DiScIaimed by
Officers and Men Of Air
Post

The following statement, authorized
by Lieut.. Col. RAIDER and signed by
Lieut., Floyd A. Wilson, personnel ad-
jutant, was given out at Souther Field
at O'Clock this afternoon relative to
the findings of the post commission
investigating the AndersonvilIe monu-
ment desecration. 1t was stated that
a courtmartial was in session at that
hour to try Private McAnally. one of
the accused, and that the penalty to be
fixed would be announced Friday: The
statement:
By authority of Lieutenant Col
onel RAIDER, commanding officer at
Souther Field, Georgia, board of
officers consisting of Major E. S.
Schofield Lieutenant Walter l.
Sutter and Lieutenant Floyd A.
Wilson convened at Souther Field
for the purpose of investigating
the defacing of the Wirz monu-
ment at Andersonville The find
ing of the board implicated Myron
e. Lackey, a recently discharged
officer and Harold Lackey, dis
charged enlisted man, aided By
Private McAnally, now in the SER
vice at Souther Field
Immediately upon the finding Of
the board a special courtmartiaa
was convened for the trial of Pri-
vate McAnally. The sentence has
not been made public. The other
Offenders are now civilians in
California. The whole act was one
of michieveousness and not Of
malice
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-15
New Schooner Burns;
One Missing, Z Hurt

MONTIVEDIO, Uruguay, May IA
(Wednesday)-(By Associated Press,)
The new American five-masted
American schooned City of Mobile,
which arrived March 2S, burned here
this afternoon. One of the crew is
missing and seven are injured. The
loss is estimated at $500,000