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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-05
BENJAMIN r. IRELAND
DIES SUDDENLY
Prominent Citizen And Cashier
Traders Bank III But a Few
Hours.

Benjamin r. Ireland, one of
LexingtOn's best know men and
an honored and respected citi-
zen, died Thursday evening a.
bout $50 O'Clock at his home,
1407 South street. Mr.. Ireland
was lightly i'll of indigestion in
the morning after he had break
tasted and on the advice of DR..
Chalkley. his Son-in-law, had
kept his bed. His condition was
not alarming and throughout
the day no evidence of fatal re-
suits was shown. His life passed
out with the setting of the sun,
peacefully, quietly, and without
pain.
Mr.. Ireland was born in Leb-
anon, Tennessee, November 20,
1897, and came to Lexington
| April 2, 1852, where he had Iiv-
ed ever since. He saw service
during the Civil war with the
Confederate army. In 1872, ne
was elected treasurer Of Lafay-
cite County, and was reelected
for six successive terms, retir-
ing in 1884. In 1885 he became
cashier of the Commercial bank,
which position he held until
June 9, 1893, when the Traders
Bank was organized and he went
with that institution and became
its cashier. This position ne
held to the time of his death, a
period of twenty-seven years.
Mr.. Ireland joined the Pres
byterian church February rs,
: 1856, became deacon in Sep
: tember, 1865, and treasurer OF
!. the church in 1872, holding both
4 positions as the time Of his
death. He was a life member OF
Lexington Lodge No. l49 A. F
& A. NJ, having been a Mastei
j, Mason since March 19, 1860.
S Mr.. Ireland was married il
e the summer of 1862 to Cynthis
Y Jane Hutchins, who with thret
s daughters, Mrs. Fannie Stone
e street, Mrs. B. 3. Frazer, ant
Mrs. DR.. A. j. Chalkley, survive
The funeral services conduct
ed by Rev. RObt. L. Cowan, wer'
s held at the Presbyterian church
s Saturday Afternoon at 8 o'clock
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-05
James Harris Dead.

James Harris died at 2::30 o.
clock Wednesday morning at his
home, 122 North Twenty-fourth
street, after a long illness of tu-
berculosis.
The deceased is survived by
his wife, one son, Dyer, Of st,
Louis, and four daughters, Mrs,
Chris Wilcoxon, and Misses
Bertha, Elsie and Ethel Harris,
all Of Lexington.
The funeral services conduct
ed by Rev. Baxter Waters, were
held at the Winkler Undertak.
ing Parlors at 1O:SO yesterday
morning.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-05
Williams -Thurmon.

Mr.. Eugene Thurmon and Miss
Vienna Williams were united in
marriage Thursday, October 28,
1920, at the home Of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Williams, three miles east Of
Lexington. Rev. E. C. Miller was
the officiating minister. The
groom is the son of H, Thurmor
of near Wellington.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-05
A MOST GLORIOUS DEFEAT
Democrats Proud of the Survi-
vOrs Who Will Not Shirk.

Everybody voted the Repub-
lican ticket Tuesday who had a
sore spot at present, or in mem
ory. The Democrat ticket was
torpedoed fore and aft, gassed
bombed from the air, and delug-
ed with TINT. 1t is a glorious de-
feat and the story is simple.
However, The Intelligencer ac-
cepts the verdict in as good a
grace as possible and wishes
the successful candidates the
hearty upport of the citizens in
their best efforts in administer
ing the affairs of their respec-
tive offices.
The unofficial vote in Lafayette
4
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-05
Body of Ewald Beisenherz Has
Arrived in New York.

Mrs. Katherine Beisenherz has
received word that the body of
her son, Ewald Beisenherz, who
died in France, October 10, 1918,
from injuries received IN action,
had arrived in New York. Pri-
vate Beisenherz was a volunteer
in Company A, 14Oth Infantry.
The body will be taken to Con-
coridia, his former home, for
burial,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-05
CHILLICOTHE CAME
LOADED
Wentworth Fought GameIy A.
gainst Terrific Odds, But
Were Defeated.

1t must have been humilitat-
ing to the ChilIicothe Business
College coach Friday to see
his team of experienced huskies
held to a Al to 0 score by a
bunch of high school boys, some
of whom had never played the
game before this season. The
loss of the game by Wentworth
was a foregone conclusion and
the surprise to everyone with
any knowledge of the game was
in the ability of the cadets to
fight off their heavy and expe-
rienced opponents so successful
". The old heads on the Chill
icothe team, and there were
many, were not long in finding
out that the officials were in
experienced and that they could
pull almost everything and get
away with it. The officials fail
ed to detect many violations Of
the rules. Violations never at
tempted except by old hands at
the game and of a character that
welLcoached teams seldom il
ever use. One very noticeable
violation of the rules was tho
use of hands in blocking. This
put the lighter Wentworth mer
to great disadvantage and ac.
counted for many of the l0nf
end runs.
The cadets stood up wen un,
der the terrific pounding, AMI
many were heard to express th'
opinion that thought defeated
as to score, they; gained more dis
tinction than the visitors. Went
worth's line held its own an,
Chillicothe was helpless in tina
direction. Wentworth made sew
eral good gains through Chill
icothe's line.
The visitors had the best in
dividual aggregation seen oI
the Wentworth diamond i
many years, and its quite phe
nominal that the school was abl
to assemble in any one year a
many experienced football play
ers as it has this year
The score indicates defea
for Wentworth. But those VIII
saw the game marvel at tn
gameness, spirit and stayin
qualities Of the cadets agains
such tremendous odds. Chill
cothe made four toucndowns !
the first half and kicked eac
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-05
Scott.HendersOn.

Nat Henderson of Wellington,
and Miss Laura Scott of Kansas
City, we're married at the home
Of Mrs. Fanny Short, Sunday
afternoon. The ceremony was
performed by Justice of the
Peace Clyde Wright.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-05
Prine-Rivers.

Mr.. Herman Rivers and Miss
Daphne Prime, both of Kansas
City, were married Tuesday ev-
ening at 7 o'clock at the Chris
tan parsonage, Rev. Baxter
Waters officiating.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-05
Lambert-Mace.

Mr.. Jesse H. Mace of St. Louis,
and Miss Lulu Lambert of Lex.
ington, we're married Tuesday
afternoon at 2::30 o'clock at the
home of the brides parents
Mr.. and Mrs. William Lambert
Rev ]. c. Bierbaum was the of.
fiicating minister.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-05
WheeIer-FOster.

Sergeant Jack Wheeler of
Camp Benning, Georgia, and
Miss Ruth Foster Of Lexington,
were married Monday evening
at 5 o'clock, at the home of the
brides mother, Mrs, Ida Foster
Rev. Baxter Waters performed
the ceremony.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-05
Notice.

The Ladies' Ali Society of the
Baptist Chureh will hold a rum
mage sale at the City Hall, We'd
nesday, November 10, from 900
a. m, to $50 p. m.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-05
Notes of Republican Avalanche
"Life's darkest moment"

Heretofore every cloud has had
a silver lining; now it is as black
as ink. Va
Charles Swift, Democratic
nominee for county surveyor led
his ticket. He had no opposition.
Judge Larkin of the Western
district is said to be reelected,
but we wouldn't state it as a
fact.
The Republican majority in
Lafayette county will be near
1900.
When Harding's majority in
New York reached a 100000,
the count was stopped.
We went back to ''normalcy
with a bang.
Who said Woman Sufrage7
It is reported that Capt. Mil
ligan is defeated. S-s-slong Cap
Jim Reed grandstanded to the
last.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-05

Substitutions for C. B. C.-Phillips
for Hedgeock, McNamee for Place.
For W. M. A.-Mullendore for E.
mrick; Washington for MullendOre;
Mcmillan for Bradheld; Masters r.
L. for Miller A. c.; Patrick for
Poole; Taubman for Fannin; McMan-
us for Emrick; Ssnderson for Flem-
ing.
Wilson. Pennsylvania, refereej
Moore, Topeka, umpire; Van Bus
kirk, X. C. A. c., feadlinesman.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-05
entertainments at WestwOrth

Entertainments at Wen'twOrth
The Hawaiian Entertainers,
under the auspices of the Senior
class, viii give a program in the
Wentworth gym Tuesday night,
November 8, 1920.
On Wednesday night, Novem-
Der 10, the Jesse Golfer Martha
Miller Company will appear in
"The Rivals" This is one of the
numbers of the Lyceum course
and a program of exceptional
merit may be expected.
Everybody invited.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-05
Mrs. TOdhunter State Historian.

Mrs. Ryland Todhunter of this
city, was chosen State Histori-
an of the Daughters of the A
merican Revolution of Missouri
at its annual meeting in St.
Louis last week. Mrs. Todhun-
ter received majority of sew
enty votes out of a total of
eighty-six.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-05
c. of c. Will Dedicate School
Building.

The Lexington Chamber of
Commerce has been invited to
dedicate the new school build
ing in the Slusher District. A
program consisting of nuunbera
by male quartet, vocal solos
violin solos and duets is being
arranged for the occasion. The
program win begin at 8 o'clock
Monday, November 8.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-05

goal, making 28 points. In the
second half they were held to
two touchdowns, and one goal
was a failure.
Kemper and Mexico would be
fully justified in forfeiting their
games with Chillicothe.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-05

Have you anything for sale or
rent? Use our Want Ad Column.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-05

Rev. Robt. L. Cowan went to
Mexico, Mo-, yesterday morning
on church business.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-05
Score BY quarters:

Score by quarters:
c. B. c. Z 2l g Al
W. NJ. A. 0 % o o 0
I Lineup.
W N A. n q
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-05
Marriage License.

A marriage has been issued to
the following:
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-11-05
Hey Therel elLumber Buyersl

THE YARD THAT SAVES AND SATISFIES
The Neshoba Democrat., 1920-12-02
SPECIAL


2k ID scrap bundles, each..... &c
Mems all wool sox, the warm kind at
only, per ..:..............-.4yc
Yd wide domestics.
A.A.A. brown domestic SO inches wide,
heaviest made, 40c value now going at
per yard I've
Heavy weight domestic SO inches wide,
regular 35c value Adjustment e......16c
Extra fine quality bleached domestic
previously sold for 49c Sale price........22c
Bed Ticking-The extra heavy 10 OF
ticking, regular $1.25, Adjustments Sale
Price 69c
75c value ticking, now................49c
4Oc value, Adjustment Sale Price.......22c
Pepperel 10 IA sheeting previously sold
for $l 90 O5c
Pepperel 8 Ia sheeting regular 9Oc val
ne, Adjustment Sale Price............. ...59c
All wool French serge, the very best,
regular $4 value, Adjustment Sale. So. SO
A No. serge in good weave, $2 value
Adjustment Sale. 0Sc
The very best wool poplin 60 inches
wide $7. so value now......-.............$4.49
A real good $3 value, now.............. % lag,
All Jersey cloth and wool plaids will 60
at Adjustment Sale Price.
The line OF Millinery that we are show
ing is now at Adjustment Sale prices, and
this means we want TO sell you regardless
Of cost to us. They must go. The lack
Of space prevents us giving prices.
Amoskeog outing 1921, heaviest, not
as heavy, but the heaviest made, regular
SOC value, Adjustment Sale price, all col
Ors.,.,.....-,......... -
A second heavy grade as heavy as the
others heaviest, Adjustment Sale, all col
OrS. ~
The Neshoba Democrat., 1920-12-02

: . s
The very best messalines and taffetas all
shades, previously sold for $3.50 and
81, now.
Silks previously sold for 81, ADJUST
ment Sale price. .................-.....$1.19
Silk shi.tings, all shades, in very fancy
patterns, will be sold at Adjustment Sale
price.
I Yd wide silk poplin, regulr 81 value Sale
price.
Our entire stock OF White goods must
be closed out at Adjustment Sale prices.
Percales, in all colors, I'd wide 40c val
ues, now only ......,...............10c
American shifting going at Adjustment
Sale price.
The lack Of space keeps us from giving
you prices on everything, but everything
will be marked in open figures at Adjust
ment Sale prices, and il you need any
merchandise it will pay you to come to
our store. Your time to read this paper
will be well spent, for such prices as we
are quoting, you cannot afford to miss.
Your friends will be here, you come to.
Ready -to-wear Ladies and Misses suits
In serges and velours, tricotine, 10 the
latest models and high grade tailoring
regular $125.00 values now. w........ @64 %
$75 value Ladies suits, Sale price &34. %
$40 values in extra values now. .@24 %
Only a small amount Of $25 suits will be
closed out at Adjustment Sale.......$0 06
Ladies and Misses coats-silk plush
coats of the latest styles $75, now@34 90
500 values, Sale .........,....$29. 30
$35 values in velours, extra big collars
$14 o5 and $40 values Sale price. SO. 90
A limited amount Of Ladies' high grade
coats, in broad cloth $40 values at So. 90
The biggest line Of Ladies high grade
skirts to be had IN this town that must
90 at Adjustment Sale prices.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1920-12-02

Now is the time for the public to get busy and
come to this big Adjustment Sale, and buy your
needs for the Holidays. Never in the history have
we offered YOU in sale OF seasonable merchandise
at less than manufacturers cost prices. No matter
where you go, this sale will be the banner one OF
them all
The Neshoba Democrat., 1920-12-02

a. wonderful line of Ladies' waists in
georgette and crepe dechine at Adjust
ment Sale price..............-....... " u
Underwear Union suits $5 values, Ad-
justment Sale price,. -..... 81 SO
81 values 10E
80. so values at..........-......----...... ~
So values for. .............. .....,.......... I.S0
81 so values for. go
Separate garments in ribbed and feeced
81 25 values, Rch......-.......-.-....-. 7Uc
Mems and Young Mems clothing, the
very best blue serge In the latest models
$75, Adjustment Sale ....,............&84.06
$40and $50 suits in mixed colors in all
wool, best makes, Sale price....-....&27. .05
A limited amount of Mems suits will be
sold at Adjustment Sole price......o o12 .05
Mems pants, regular SIS values in all
colors, latest makes, Adjustment Sale
price,. ................~-....-.... 10 III
$8 values for..... ~
$6 values Sale price only y...-.-..-,.- 7. 98
Boys clothing, high grade, all wool.
Boys suits, chamois skin lined, excep-
tionsl values, Adjustment Sale. $12 90
$40 values, in first class mixed cOlors, Ad-
iustment Sale. I'll 20
$17. 80 values that must 60 ior-....& &0 90
$12 90 values, q real bargain ior... SO
$1,000 values, in good one for. 44 %
A limited amount of boys suits that will
be sold at Adjustment Sale price, $2.08
Big lot Of boys knee pants that will bs
sold at Adjustment Sale price 40c and up
Sweaters--An extra fine lot of Ladies
all wool sweaters that must 60.
$12.5 and SIS 90 values for........ 97 O5
$10.O values at........................... .S9
500 values for...................... ........ 81 30
g. 90 values 30
3. 90 values for i 0S
$50 values ior..........-..........~.. L ~
The Neshoba Democrat., 1920-12-02
SALE
Forced To Sell, We Must Have Money.

We are just in receipt OF telegram from Mr.. D.
Kasdan, in which he states that he will be here to
conduct this Sale and give his personal attention.
He states that everything must be sold during this
Sale. We are going to take our loss, and going to
want their money.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1920-12-02

justment Sale price.
Shoes--The famous Julia Marlowe shoe
for women will be sold at Adjustment Sale
price, 1880 and 500 values. s.........S7 49
1000 values. 90
A limited amount OF Ladies' all leather
shoer in brown and black at Adjustment
Sale price. .....-.....................$4.95
Ladies' heavy everyday oes...$198 up
Children's shoes are going at Adjustment
Sale prices, real bargains. ........y..$1 SO up
Mems Shoes Walk-over and Emerson
Lines, in Mems high grade styles that al
ways wear to your satisfaction 1880 to
Is. 90 values now 50
1000 values now.....................!...S So 90
500 valres Adjustment Sale.......-..S405
Boys Shoes-Our boys stock OF shoes
is complete and prices are from. 81 98 up
A limited amount OF boys button shoes
extra values at.......................... 81 20
Mems Hats j ohm B. Stetson, special
during Adjustment Sale.................S6 So
No Name, the hat that wears, now. 50
A few specials in hats at........+........ So 98
Boys Hats--Our stock of boys hats
was never 80 complete, now.-...-..ASc up
0veralls, Best Brands Head Lights
$50 values ior................ ..~.$2.S9
Big Overalls, 300 values now. $2.19
All others In good makes. S1.5O
Unionalls, 800 values, now............$1 08
Blankets and Comforts Get your sup
ply Of these blankets and comforts while
they are being closed out at Adjustment
prices.
1700 values in blankets. s..-.......... Sc 05
o.OU vaiu0e o. 70
BOO values at.......... 81 80
BOZ values tOr.................-......t 20
n 90 comforts ..............-........S3 SO
500 comforts r...................-.......$2 98
HE QUALITY STORE
Philadelphia, Miss.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-30
TAKE IT EASY IN THEATER
Japanese Customs That Seem Odd to
Those Accustomed to the For
malities Of the West.

Japan must be a happy land for
theatergoers, because in that land
seats are not paid form fact there
are no seats. The Japanese much pre-
fers to squat, feeling, no doubt, much
more at home in this comfortable at
titude. Seats, however, are usually
brought for the use Of any foreigners
who may be present. There are no
hard and fast laws of convention. The
japanese playgoer may do as he
pleases; he may eat, drink, smoke
and criticize to his hearts content.
Conversations are carried on, and, if
they merit it, the actors are met by a
storm of criticism and chaff. When a
man enters the auditorium he removes
his boots, and if the weather is hot.
any clothing that appears to him ta
be superfuous. The naive frankness
Of the actors prompter is rather de.
lightful, for If an actor forgets his
lines the prompter comes on the stage
and, quite openly, points out to the
actor where he is wrong. A boy IL
kept for the express purpose of walk
ing on the stage and wiping the per-
SEPARATION of the actors faces; this
duty he carries out without disturbing
the even tenor Of the play.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-30
Shall We Discard Hyphens?

In the struggle for the conservation
Of energy and material we are urged
to cut out the hyphens from our books
and writings, says the Chicago Jour-
nal. Their use causes us to waste an
enormous amount Of time, ink and
physical force. Some nations build
up compound words without any n.y.
phen to break them, but the English
find one necessary for simple word
Of five letters, like to-day" 1t may
be roughly estimated that each Of the
2,000,O00000 people who write Eng
fish write "today." tomorrow" or
tonight" three times a day. Half an
ounce Of force is required 20 make
a hyphen with pen or pencil, So
this superfluous symbol entails a to-
tai waste of 1S,50O,0O0 pounds daily, or
enough to draw a passenger train
round the world.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-30
Beetle Cultivator-

Ants are not the only insects that
practice the cultivation Of mushrooms.
although for long time it was thought
that they were the only creatures Of
a lower order than man that possessed
the intelligence to follow such an agri-
cultural pursuit. Bouverie, the ento-
mologist, had found that a certain
wood-boring beetle, known as the bos-
trychide, is as familiar with mushroom
cultivation as is the species of ant Of
which so much has been written. Pro-
fessor Bouverie discovered that the
beetles in question bore holes in wood
and half fill them with a prepared
fungus which makes an ideal mush-
room bed. The garden is carefully
spawned. and in course of time the
mushrooms appear. In this way the
beetle provides itself with food suf-
ficiently tender for it's feeble jaws.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-30
Humming Birds Nest.

Burroughs, in his charming little
book, "Wake Robin" says it is. an
event in ones life to find a humming
birds nest. The event happened to
me without any effort on my part.
Looking up from seat in the grove,
saw the rubythroat drop down on
its nest, like a shining emerald froia
the clouds; it did not pause upon the
edge of the nest, but dropped imme-
diately upon it. The nest was situ-
ated upon an oak twig, and was
about the size of black-walnut and
from where I sat it looked more like
an excrescence than a nest. 1t was sit
uated in the fork Of two twigs, and
firmly glued at the base to the lower,
but was not fastened to the upper
twig-Mary Treat in "Home Studies
in Nature"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-30
REGISTRATION NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the
registration books of the City of
Fitzgerald will be opened at eight
o'clock a. m. on the morning of the
18th day of July 1920, and kept open
until the 18th day of August 1920,
each day between the hours of 8 a.
m. to E p. m. for the purpose of
enabling the qualified voters of said
city to register for al election to be
held on the 23rd d. of August 1920,
to elect President of The School
Board to succeed ]. c. Brewer, re-
signed and member of the School
Board from the Second Ward to sue
coed c. A. Fretwell, resigned.
dA13 DAVID L. PAULK,
City Clerk
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-30
MAKES THE SAPPHIRE BLUSH
hadium Treatment Turns the Cheaper
Stones to Rubies Which C~n-
Tand the Highest Prices.

Modern science has not brought US
very much nearer the magic stone Of
the old philosophers, but it has enabled
later experts to play some surprising
TRICKS with the existing materials Of
the 1eweler and lapidary. The old
alchemists set out to discover the phi
losopher's stone, and achieved gunpow-
Der and other adjuncts to civilization
as the accidental by-product Of their
original inquiry. Their less credulous
descendants reverse the process; tbs
invention is made first and it's applica-
ton to magic is discovered afterward.
The existence Of the electric furnace
makes 1t possible to create diamonds
that are the veritable stone, and to
fuse clippings and fragments of ruby
into one complete jewel. Now arrives
report that with the aid of radium
successful transformations have been
made In the appearance, if not in the
nature, OF certain precious stones. A
sapphire, it Is said, has been turned
into glorious ruby by long exposure
to the effect of radium. Chemically
considered, this is not very surprising,
for the two stones are both examples
of corundum, and the mysterious acct
dent of color is the principal difference
between them. If sapphire can be
made to blush hard enough for it's
mistake in not being a ruby, pre-
sumably 1t could blush itself into a
most accomplished example Of the
more valuable stone.