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LEXINGTON
LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16. 1901.
No. 43
111
E.
imes to Appear Behind
lollights at Last.
.EARANCE TO BE IN OHIO.
L With Friends in the
Indian Territory.
Junes, the noted ex-bandit,
O'Neill, of Monett, Mo., at
editor of the old St. Louis
i, left the early part of this
the Indian Territory to
nil days hunting and fish
to the departure of the
(juantrell for the east.
tan-, s is to go on the stage
t appearance will be made
?. Ohio, Monday, Xovcm
a melodrama entitled,
lH'sert,"and the season
ton weeks. The company
Ohio and other states east
mil a part of Canada,
billbnards and the theater
s Frank James will appear
i nn name.
portray the character of a
westerner and will le seen
nee Allien coat, crcasel
id a fedora hat . He will
Mirth act and the curtain
wn with Frank James in
nt tiit stage. ,
Sir. James was called upon
as to the reliability of the
wid to a representative of
'irt is true. I have con
' appear for a brief, and I
inconspicuous part in a
LA has already made a good
fwy. I have said nothing,
J-re-not lecause I am blind
aiitages of advertising, but
o troupe does not come this
and because advertising
1 he without bene tit, while
provoke much inquiry and
jM'vc marl's a radical change
on my part, but the devel-
f eruditions has been such as
n; course a rational one.
do now, without offense to
fitiment, what I could not
years ago before I had
imputable proof by my con-
the apprehensions of those
11,1 faith in me were ground-
not expect to become an
the true sense of the word.
' delude mvself with the
;'t I have any talent in that
i I do not think that any
who have offered me
!ltsl"goon the stage did so
!'ey thought I had the
act.
11 'v,,r value I may possess as a
attraction comes from the
and thn litit-ial liction
'"" 'he published stories
"'''ells men and the James
;i!,l;i'"aiice on the stage,
"ill 'h- more of a personal
1 "'an a dramatic per-
"'"iia Is not made up of
1 thunder.' 1 will not have
do with :i noifonivmce
raises l;lw liivakltur mid
h"l'lf the law breaker. It
!r'' "o phenomenal ability to
'' r,'se a play so !is to serve
'M'"f bringing me before the
""'.I'-if.vingtheir curiosity
''"'eliing an immoral lesson
iipplause for violence.
F 1 !'ipear in will be clean
'Sl,1i' and my part will be a
" 11:1,1 '"any good offers to go
W. but have declined them
'lie present.
'"" do(htli; I.,,,,,,. ,..ilnn I
M ....., nii'Ml I? IIVII
r('lf "i to the authorities of
"Hieteen years ago, it was
"' '(' to find i.n,nlivni..nt,
"l(1 yield a llvellliond Mini !lt,
;i' "uie allow me to enjov the
;i,,llr,,tli'einent 1 desired".
''"pcric f Willi luilrlwuill ll 111
tl,;it. there were few things
'"'earn awihirv I'HM the
jt,"lll and by close economy
lived within a very small i...,p
"Offers of all the way from .ioo to
1,000 a week came to me-sonie of
them from thoroughly responsible
people-but all of them were based
on my public appearance under con
ditions whk-h I regarded as out of
keeping with the record of citizenship
I desired to make.
"My thorough knowledge of horses
fitted me for an honorable place in
connection with race meetings and
that enabled me piece out my income
so that I was able t.o live comfortably
and provide a modest education for
my boy.
"In the past three years, when 1
officiated at races in the smaller cities
of Ohio and Kentucky, it was plain
that a large numler of those who
attended came for the especial pur
pose of seeing me. It finally dawned
upon me that, as much as I disliked
the idea of appearing on exhibition,
I was really doing it in every case
where I appeared as a race starter;
and I was doing it, too, without any
financial benefit to mvself.
"I reasoned this way: 'I am get
ting old; unless I build up a small
surplus within the next few years I
must hud my way to the Confederate
home. I convinced myself that my
future appearance in public ought to
bring me a profit. When a favorable
offer came to me a few weeks ago, in
volving my appearance in one act of a
clean play that was already earning
good money, I was in a frame of mind
to consider it favorably, and I finally
accepted.
"I am satisfied that mv course will
not lie criticised by any real friend or
by anybody else, except Ihe limited
class whose ill will has outlived my
acquittal by the courts of the land
and my nineteen years' record as an
unoffending and self-respecting citizen
of St. Louis.
THE TABERNACLE MEETINGS.
Dr. Wliartou Began Holding Services
Here Wednesday night.
Dr. II. M. Wharton, ot Philadel
phia, the noted evangelist who bag just
closed a wonderful revival at Cameron,
Mo., is now preaching in Lexington in
an itumeDBe tabernacle that was pre
pared by our people especially for
these meeting?. The first sermon of
the great preacher was beard Wednes
day night and he preached again Thurs
day night and las', night. He is a
forceful, earnest talker and the Intel
mgknckk thinks great good will result
from bis meetings here.
Dr. Wharton's meetings will continue
up until and Include December 4.
There will be preaching every night
at the tabernacle with the exception of
Saturday night, on which day no meet
ings will be held. The nig'et services
are preceded by an inspiring song ser
vice led by Piof. Horace Geiger, the
noted vocalist who travels with Ur
Whar'.on, an enjoyable feature of the
worship.
The meetings are under the auspices
of all the churches and the various re
ligious organizations of the town will
uniti! at the tabfi naehi on Sunday,
morning and veiling, to hear Dr.
Wharton preach. At three o'clock
Sunday evening meetings will be held
al the tabernacle tor men only.
The very best musical talent of the
city h moisting l'rot. (ieiger, the mu-i-cal
director, at these meetings, forming
one grand choius that sends font:
siraiiis to Puity bearing evidence in
verse and son-; of I lie great love of Uie
Master by His children. Many uui.ii-
cians with Nfiing.'tl and brass mstru-
meiiis have off.-rtd their services, ami
the church soloists of the town
will lend their assistance.
Over tit Cameron so earnest became
tba people in the meetings of Pr.
Wharton that the business men closed
their houses in the evening and every,
body went out to hear the word preach
ed Many people confessed Christ
luriii" Pr. Wharton's stay there.
Should similar results follow the Lex
ington meeting there will bo such a ra
hgous a.vttktning as has not been
known in this town for lo these many
year.
Milwaukee capitalists are leasing
laud In the northern purl of Buy
county and when they shall have
secured 5,000 acres they will bore
for oil.
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AND mm GOVERNMENT
The State Made no Mistake in Making Him its
Chief Execulive.
HE HAS SHOWN THE STATE'S VILLIFIERS UP.
Mr. Dockery's Name Mentioned in Connection With
the Presidency.
The democrats of Missouri have every reason in the world to be
proud of the man they chose to preside over the destinies of this great
state for four years at the fall election of 1900. Though some disgruntled,
sore-headed fellows arc continuously barking at his heels, the masses
the so-called common people are pleased with A. M. Dockery's adminis
tration. They realize that in him they have a governor who respects
their wishesand looks to their welfare in each and all of his official acts.
Though everybody who was at all acquainted with the true condi
tions appertaining to Missouri's finances, knew what the verdict would
be, Gov. Dockery. has covered his administration all over with glory
in "calling down," to use a much empled phrase, those who for years
have been villifying Missouri at the f'se of truth a gang of yelpers
who can see no good, in anything fUiocratic and who, in attempt to
overthrow that party, have resorted to lying- so long that they have
become more proficient in that line than' was Annanlas of old.
Gov. Dockery, after reading these charges time and again, went to work
to show these defamers of a great state.up In their true light, and he did
so in a manner incontrovertible. Bringing into the state expert
accountants from the east men who were in every way unbiased the
work of going over the books bearing entries of the state's financial
affairs for over a third of a century back was entered upon and after
dilligcnt labor for days the findings were announced. What were they?
A verdict in favor of the democracy showing that never a cent of
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HON. A. n. DOCKERY.
the state's money had been lost through officers elected to place by
that party.
Not so clean a bill was found for past republican administrations',
but that is another story.
Some people have criticised the governor for entering upon this
investigation, on the theory that the game was not worth the ammuni
tionthat no good citizen doubted the integrity of the state administra
tion, but the governor had good grounds for believing the move
necessary. In the closing paragrapli of his address to the people of
Missouri accompanying the report of Auditor Allen, Mr. Dockery said:
"1 know that fair-minded Missourians have confidence in the
financial Integrity of the administration of state affairs, but the auditor's
statement was necessary, that our credit might not be put under
suspicion in other states of the union. The examination of the books
lias fully maintained the honor of the state."
This gang of coyotes in Missouri who would soil the fair escutcheon of
the stale in order that the political machines to which they belong may
gain power, will continue to howl but it will be the, howl of untruth
assertion disproven by a thorough investigation the wail of the liar and
the defamer.
A. M. Pockcry was not untried when the people of Missouri made
liim their governor. Continuous service in the congress of the Tinted
States for sixteen years a service emphasized by strict adherence to
duty, to party principle and to the interests of the people of the slate,
ho came back to us with t lit earned plaudit, "well done, good and
faithful servant. " While in congress he bnildod for himself a reputat ion
for sturdy honesty and integrity that became world-wide and the Intel
uokxcku prides itself in the fact, as a democratic newspaper and a
lover of Missouri, that no state in the galaxy of great commonwealths
that form our union hits at the helm a more thorough man of affairs or
one who is more entitled to the respect and esteem of those who placed
him in office. Here and there we hear some interested party sending up
wails of discontent, but In every case they bear so plainly the ear-mark
of self interest or petty spite that they are thrown aside with the
thought: "God bless Dockery for the enemies he has made;"
In a recent interview at Kansas City a leading democrat of the
nation gave out the opinion that the democracy would come to Missouri
for Its next presidential timber. Whether this be true, or merely a
deserved Ixmqtiet thrown at the sturdy, never-failing democracy of the
state we know not. Should result verify predict ion, however, the Intel
lhiknckk rejoices that it Is published in a commonwealth that lias
several favorite sons who are in every way big enough to head the gov
ernment at Washington, and that A.M. Dockery stands as the peer ot
them all.
"Peter Lemen,"aone time "show"
hog, having traveled some 27,000
miles with Lemen Bros.' circus, was
taken to the stock yards at Kansas
City Tuesday morning by II. N.
Ilyer, of Johnson county, Kas. Peter
has been trained to the saddle, and
the yard men had considerable run
riding him about. However, he was
sold at just the same price as his
companions, in spite of all bis educa
tion, ne will soon grace the scald
jig tank and the sausage machine.
QUITE PHENOMENAL.
Remains Well Preserved Though
Buried Forty-Five Years Ago.
On Thursday the remains of Mrs.
Henry Curtis, who died at the age of
thirty-three years, and who was buried
in a family burying ground on the
Alexander place, four miles south of
Higgiusville, forty-five years ago, and
those of her two children, who had
been buried beside their mother in
the years loniz past, were disinterred,
brought to Lexington and reburied In
Machpelah cemetery.
When the relatives of the deceased
concluded to have their remains re
moved they found it qilte difficult to
locate the exact spots at which their
mortal parts slept. The graves were
located, however, after a search of
two or three days, and the remains
found.
Strange to say, the body of Mrs.
Curtis, though it had been asleep in
death for nearly half a century, was
In almost a perfect state of preserva
tion. Sue was in a metalic casket
and when the cover was removed that
protected the glass frontls-piece of
the colli n, those who looked wondered
if their eyes were notdeceiving them.
As if in peaceful slumber she lay,
with eyes and lips closed, presenting
a most natural appearance.
Shortly afterward, however, the
body began to turn dark and the lips
parted, the supposition being that,
though the cover proper to the casket
had not been removed, air In some
manner found Its way into the box
when the metallic cap that covered
the glass over the face was displaced
The only remains of the children
found were the bones and teeth.
They had been buried in wooden
coffins and the march of time had had
effect upon them that could not apply
to contents of the metal case.
Death of (ieo. W. Trigg.
Geo. W. Trigg died at his home at
Richmond at three o'clock Thursday
morning of typhoid fever. For years
he , had figured in Missouri politics
and was one of the best known men
in the state. He was a native of
Ray county, was born near Morton,
November 30, 184G, and should he
have lived until the last day of this
month would have celebrated the
55th anniversary of bis birth.
Mr. Trigg had relatives in Lex
ington with whom the Intelligent
ceu sympathizes as well as with the
bereaved members of his immediate
family.
Killed By a Train.
Ed. Ilicklin, deaf and dumb, was
run over and killed bv a C. & A.
train about ten o'clock Monday morn
Ing between Bates City and Odessa.
He was walking on the track, meet
ing the train. The wind was blow
Ing hard and the supposition Is that
he had his head down and did not
hear the warning whistle of the loco
motive. The body was badly cut to
pieces.
A Fondness for Wheat.
Arthur McGee, colored, is in jail
He went to C. S. Mitchell, the feed
store man, on Monday and bought
some wheat on time, claiming that
he iiad hogs to feed. He took the urain
to McGrew's mill, sold it, was caught
up with by Mr. Mitchell and very
properly pulled. It is thought that
McGee stole a wagon load of wheat
from Prof. Williams, of Central
college, last summer.
The "Knights of the Belgian Hare"
had a little feast at their den Thurs
day night. Green wing teals were
disposed ot and not a member
grumbled at them not being good.
Mrs. Mansfield Wllmot and daugh
ter, Miss Willie, returned to their
borne at Hlgglnsvlllo Monday morn
ing, after a short visit with Mrs.
Wilmot's sister, Mrs. E. B. Young.
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Crowing Ignorance in Metropol
itan Newspapers of the Day.
LATEST OUTBREAK AT ST. LOUIS.
Strange That More Attention is not Paid
to Matters of Fret.
The almost daily display of
ignorance in the columns of the met
ropolitan newspapers of the country
is in a manner inexcusable. True,
taking into consideration the great
piles of stuff that pour into the olllce
of the telegraph editor of a modern
news journal, it must be admitted
that mistakes will occur; but when
error is so common it docs seem that
more attention would be paid to
assertion of fact made by correspondents.
recent issue of the St. Louis lie-
public contained the following special
dispatch:
"Columbia, Mo., Nov. 8. Miss
Ethyl M. Fine, of Columbia, Mo., has
been appointed a notary public by
Governor Dockery. She enjoys the
distinction of being the first woman
to hold such an office in Boone county,
and, in all probability, in the state,
outside of the three largest cities.
"Miss line is the assistant to J. G.
Babb, proctor of the Missouri State
University, and is a young woman
of unusual business ability. Her
duties as such bring her into daily
association with large numbers of
people, and she invariably wins their
friendship and esteem. As a notary
public she will transact all that por
tion of business of the university,
which is large and entails great
responsibility."
So elated was the Columbia corre
spondent of the Republic over the fact
that ne. i hud disuovered something
extraordinary in the news circles of
Missouri that he sent along Miss
Fine's picture which adorned the
brief story in the newspaper.
Buf hear again. Here is another
glaring display iof ignorance In the
columns of the same paper:
"Elden, Mo., Nov. 10. Mrs. M. E.
Broekman of Miller county is serving
as a notary public and her services are
In frequent demand. She was
appointed by Governor Stephens in
April, 1899, and disputes the claim of
all comers as the pioneer woman
notary public out in the state. "
Now, if the Republic and its enter
prising correspondents at Columbia
and Elden will listen the Intel
uoencek will enlighten them as to
the matter of female notaries public.
Miss M. E. Ilollis, of Lexington,
was appointed a notary public by Gov.
Phelps, August 8, 1879.
She was reappointed by Gov. Crit
tenden August 25, 1883; by. Gov.
Francis Angust 20, 1891; and by Gov.
Stone August 20, 1895.
But that is not all.
Miss Aileen Rothrock was named
as a notary public by Gov. Francis
September 15, 1891.
Again.
Miss Laura Mitchell, of the Confed
erate Home at Higginsvllle, was ap
pointed a notary public by Gov.
Dockery August 13, 1901.
The correspondents of the Republic
at Columbia and Elden should "go
way bitck and sit down" and' the
telegraph editor of the Republic
should lay olT a while and study up
on state afiairs.
The appointments of females as
notaries public referred to ly the
lNTKLMuKNCKit only etl'cct Lafayette
county. The Lord only knows what
tale would be told were every county
in the state heard from.
I). L. Mitchell, of near Lexington,
returned from Ilobart, Okla., Mondiv
morning. He has just conpleted a,
house upon bis claim uortuof Ilobart,
and will move his family there nexi,
February. His sons, Aubrey an 1
Leslie, will run his Lafayette county
farm. Mr. Mitchell Is one of Lafay
ette's best farmers and stockmen, and
it Is with regret we chronicle his
intended removal -.Teffersoulan.
Mrs. Otho M. Gallic and children
.left for Kansas City Tuesday af ten.
noon to join air. uamn, wno naa
preceded them. They will make
that city their future home.