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The Laclede blade., 1906-12-15
Locust Creek Items.

J. @. Lewis baby has been quite
sick for the past few days.
Geo. w. Estes was in Chillicothe
last Saturday on business.
Mrs. w. w. Hoskins and daughter
spent Monday with w. A. Balcom
and family.
Mrs. Silas Thompson, of Laclede, is
spending the week with her daughter,
Mrs. Frank Kicker.
Mrs. L. Eichman was called to
Dean Lake last Saturday on account
of the serious illness of her sister.
Miss Sallie Piggott, of Forker,
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with her sister, Mrs. G. M. Burnett.
Mrs. E. j. Watson and two daugh-
tiers, Misses Ellen and Zellah, spent
Tuesday evening with Mrs. ]. Q.
. Lewis.
Ten loads of coal were hauled from
the Estes and Lloyd mines last Sat
urday. Work at the mines is being
rushed now getting ready for another
cold snap. :
The Laclede blade., 1906-12-15
n. w. A. OFFICERS.
Annual Election wednes.
day Night; Installation
January 9.

The Modern Woodmen camp of
Laclede is in q healthy and prosper
bus condition, having nearly one hun
dred members, owning its hall proper
ty and entirely out of debt. At a
: well attended meeting last Wednes-
day night officers for the ensuing year
were elected and much other business
transacted.
On January 9 thara will be joint
installation Of Royal Neighbor and
Woodmen t,fficers. The services will
be held at the opera house and will
be open to the pubh>o. Following the
installation the Royal N elghoors .e. and ID
the Woodmen and their fam. nes WILL
have supper to be served at the ope.ra
house. A regular program is being
arranged for the evening.
The Woodmen officers elected last
Wednesday night are: H. J. Libby,
venerable consul; J. @. Aber, worthy
advisor; j. Clair Lomax, clerk; E. E.
Toothaker, banker; j. G. Brown,
escort; DR.. F. W. Burke, physician;
A. r. Bissett, watchman; Ed. E.
Love, sentry, and DIR. T. d. Fawcette,
member of board of managers.
The Laclede blade., 1906-12-15
J State School Notes.

~ State School Notes.
The next annual report Of the state
superintendent of public schools will
show some interesting facts. Among
them will be:
The compulsory attendance law has
brought 26,263 children into the
schools the first year after it was
adopted.
The highest annual salary paid a
rural teacher in Missouri is 5000 for
term of eight months at $40 per
month; the lowest $50 for term Of four
months at $15 per month. The aver
age is below $500.
st. Louis has an assessed valuation
of $24O, 900 per teacher employed and
pays an average annual salary OF
$72O. Kansas City has an assessed
valuation of 81 10000 per teacher and
pays $3.50 as an average annual sal
ary.
Rural districts in most counties
show a larger assessed valuation to
the teacher than do the town schools
of the same county, and the average
for the rural teacher Is above that OF
the city and town teaches OF the
state.
The average levy for school purpos-
es in the rural school districts is
about AZ cents on the hundred dollars
assessed valuation, while in the cities
and towns it is about 80 cents.
The above facts indicate that there
should be some legislation requiring
longer terms and larger salaries, es-
pecially in such districts as can sup
port them on a levy within the con-
limits.
Both the Southwest and Northwest
Missouri teachers associations held
during the Thanksgiving holidays
passed resolutions favoring legislation
state uniformity of text
books for rural and village schools.
There is great demand for trained
state stat normal schools 1J are wksff kaffaa aataten1Ehe The
The enrolment in these five schools
so far since September is, in round
numbers, as follows: Kirksville, 600;
Warrensburg, 700; Cape Girardeau,
400; Springfield and Maryville, each
200.
The fiftieth anniversary of the state
teachers association convenes at Mo-
berly December 27 with Superintend-
ent Greenwood, of Kansas City, as
president. He is the oldest member
in point of continuous membership.
The attendance will be large. Rail
roads and hotels give reduced rates.
Write to supt. Greenwood for pro-
gram. Let the attendance be several
thousand.
State Superintendent Darlington
will hold his last examination for
state certificates on December rs at
Moberly and Jefferson City. He gives
but one day this time so as to allow
those who have begun examinations
to complete them before the end Of
his term. Supt.- Elect III. A. Gass has
announced that he will, for a time,
continue the examinations about as
they have been.
Oufwits the SURGEON.
The Laclede blade., 1906-12-15
Paw Your civ Taxes.

The tax books for the city of La
clede are now in@my hands for collec-
ton. Pay your taxes now and avoid
the penalty that viii be added Janu-
ary 1. A. s. BYRD,
City Collector.
The Laclede blade., 1906-12-15
Some Evening RsvsrIs,.

gry-hearted before its empty stockin G,
while all the rest of the world Is food
ed with Christmas gladness.
No, it is the child of the verr, moor
the fatherless, the outcast. the forgot
ten child Of the darb alley that Joy
never enters and the heartless novels
that shut out cheer and hope; the for.
lorn child whose moaning reached
the heart Of God and caused Him to
send His Son into Che world to teach
cnAfy ~ and love; the forgotten child
whom Christ admonished us to give
especial care--that as we do unto this
poor child we do unto the Father in
Heaven.
1t is delightful to see joy shining
from the eyes Of your own little loved
ones. But can you imagine the sor-
row of that Father, who, on that day
when the world is gladdest in celebra-
tion Of charity and love, sees His own
best loved ones forgotten and left to
weep and moan alone in the dark al
leys and bitter coldness of human
neglect?
Where in all humanity is there
greater longing, dearer expectation,
sweeter hope than in the heart of a
child on Christmas morn?
In all the earth there is no look so
sad, no sob SO stabbing as are called
forth by the empty stocking.
In our Christmas joy let us not for
get the poor and friendless whom he
commends to our loving care. Let
US not forget that on this day heayen
as we'll as earth should have some
share of joy.
Xxx
Young men and old men, how do
you intend to spend Christmas? Have
Won -nrdAr0d- -iunr Of mhiskau and in.
spend Christmas with you in drinking,
cursing and whooping like a. gang OF
Indians, or do you intend to get your
wife and children some nice little
presents and Christmas morning take
the little fellows on your knee and tell
them about the good old Santa Claus,
and about Jesus, whose birth we Will
soon celebrate? Men, don't spend
Christ's birthday in drinking and
cursing. Make this the happlest
Christmas that your wife and children
ever spent. Young man, don't keep
YOUR mother in trouble during this
Christmas. Make it pleasant for her.
When you leave home, tell her where
you are going and when you are COM
ing back, and then you will leave her
with smile, instead of eyes red from
weeping and uneasiness.
**
Woman achieves her greatest trl-
umphs when she fulfils the will OF her
Creator. She was created to be the
helpmate, not the rival, Of man. They
| are to work as one, neither striving to
take the position which belongs to the
other. Woman is to be the queen in
the quiet and peaceful domain Of the
home. Yet the fact that she is at
home does not mean that she has no
influence on the progress Of the world
| outside the home. The ideal that is
formed at our mothers home is the
highest we will form in all our lives.
***
Many a discouraged mother folds
her tired hands at night and feels as
if she had, after all, done nothing, al.
though she has not spent one idle mo-
ment since she arose. Is it nothing
that her little helpless children have
had someone to save them from harm
and to listen to their little childish
griefs and joys; that her husband feels
safe when he is away at his work, be.
Il
cause her careful hand directs every
thing at home and makes it safe
The Laclede blade., 1906-12-15
TOWN AND COUNTRY
Local Events Of the Past
Week Recorded For
Blade Readers.
Cranberries at Bensons'.

Mrs. Jno. I. Lomax is spending a
week in Kansas City.
Spurs coffees cannot be excelled.
Benson Bros. sell them.
Persons indebted to me please call
and settle. j. L. Burke.
About 100 cords of good cord wood
for sale by E. B. skulley; phone SO.
Roller skating at the rink tonight.
Don't miss it as all are having q good
time.
New things in china, The Buster
Brown and his dog Tige china at
Hilton's.
Saturday, JANUARY ~, will be the
date of DR.. Grifith's next visit at the
Foreman house.
Candy at less than you ever paid
for good wholesome pure sugar candy
3 pounds for 25c at Hilton's.
My farm of 25S acres 2 miles north
east of Laclede tor rent. Address j.
G. Myerly, Des Moines, Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. z. White returned
last week from spending several days
with relatives at Tina and Bosworth.
Shadrock Griffith has erected a
mail box at his farm northeast of
town and is now a patron Of route 3
from Laclede.
Miss Alma Loomis, of Meadville,
and Miss Florence Jones, of Linneus,
spent Saturday and Sunday in La
clede, guests of Mrs. M. P. Benson.
Benson Bros. have this week added
a delivery wagon for the better ac-
commodation of their customers and
all orders will be delivered promptly.
next season, having s1gueu wrUH Uff0
Montgomery, Alabama, club, which
is member of the southern league.
The salary is said to be remunera-
tive one.
L. w. Rummell announces in The
BLADE today that the big slaughter
sale of the B. F. White stock of
clothing at Brookfeld will continue
but a short time longer. Better take
advantage of it now.
In the circuit court at Linneus this
week Joe B. Moore who shot Geo.
Denbo in his restaurant here last fair
day, plead guilty to "felonious assault
and was fined $100 and sentenced to
one year in the county jail.
To new subscribers, The BLADE
will be sent from now until January
1, 1908, for one dollar, and if you
will add $3.50 more we will send the
Daily Globe Democrat one year, pro-
viding you are a patron of a rural
route.
Rev. DR.. j. B. Trimble, missionary
secretary, will deliver most interest
ing address at the Methodist church
next Monday night. No one should
miss this address, as it will be almost
the occasion of lifetime. Come and
bring all your friends.
DIR. Putnam, of Marceline, surgeon
for the Santa Fe, was here Monday to
see Guy Asbury, who has brought
suit against the Santa Fe for $4,000
for mashed foot received while work.
ing on the road as section hand some
time ago. G. G. Bigger, of Laclede,
is the plaintiffs attorney.-Mendon
Constitution.
A letter received yesterday from
Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Swearingen, who
are in the Canal Zone, changing the
address of their BLADE from Empire
to Las Cascadas, states that they are
well and we'll pleased with their home
and that Mr.. Swearingen, who is an
engineer on the government railroad,
likes his lob. all of which is good news
The Laclede blade., 1906-12-15
HERE AND THERE.
DoinGs That Have Taken
Place in Laclede the
Past Week.

place and we'll remembered ny the
older residents, died quite suddenly
at the home Of his brother Dan in
Taneyville, Mo-, about three weeks
ago. The Harris lived on farm just
south of Laclede some twenty-five
years ago.
w. L. Love has gone to railroading
again. He was rendered and has ac-
cepted the position Of tourist conduc-
tor on the Burlington, his run being
from Chicago to Los Angeles, Cali.
He left here Wednesday and took his
first run out Ct Chicago Thursday
night. The family will remain in
Laclede.
To our customers: The delivery of
goods to your homes has been, 1 think,
satisfactory-twice each day, at 8 a.
m. and 8 p. m. If, however, it is
your wish for a delivery at all times
a day, I will pee to it that it is done.
I would like to have the sentiment Of
the people on this matter and would
like to have you express yourselves at
M store. G. E. Hilton.
Cards have been received in La
clede announcing the marriage of
Miss Gineyra Anderson to Mr.. John
Oryille Boyd at the home of the
brides parents. Rev. and Mrs. J. W.
Anderson, at Stanberry on December
s. They will be at home after New
Years at Keokuk, Iowa. The BRIDES
many Laclede friends extend congrat-
ulations and best wishes.
Strange as it may seem, there are
people who have been going to the
fostofiee on an average ofthree times
that haven't yet 1earueu tnat tne
quickest and only way to get their
mail is to present themselves at the
delivery window. Instead, they will
hide behind the case and peck on
their box and expect the delivery
clerk to guess who it is that wants
mail. Your face at the delivery win
dow is sight draft for your mail and
is always promptly honored, while
pecking on the box does no good and
is wholly unnecessary.
A clumsy, foolish and fruitless bur-
glary was committed sometime during
Friday night Of last week, when the
postofice building was broken into.
The thief entered through the print
ing office by breaking out one Of the
back windows and tore the cash draw
er in the money order department
from its place and carried it away.
It was found the next day near the
railroad pond broken open. 1t didn't
contain even a penny. The thief got
nothing for his trouble but a few pen
nies taken from a private drawer and
molested nothing belonging to the
government. The job was evidently
the work of a novice.
Last Tuesday evening the boys Of
the r. A. M. club gave a skating
party at the local rink and had a
number of their young lady friends
present. The young folks spent a
very enjoyable time, skating until 10
o'clock, when the skates were removed,
the piano opened up and music and a
good social time was had for an hour
or so. Those present were Misses
Ada Thompson, Eta Dye, Anna
Brooker, Lizzie McGrew, Esther
Rowland, Katie Harter, Myrtle Nc
Coy, Julia Harter, Mildred Cupp,
Vivian Hurlbut and Lola Brown;
and the following members of the R.
A. NJ: Roy Hendricks. Frank
Weaver, Carl Heryfor,l, Bert Weay.
er, Virgil Harter, T. K. Willard,
Max Jones, Lonnie Bruins and Nova
Randall. Misses Daisie Rankin and
lI.a.,.ao Ru-lro mara nrosant M chan.
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
JORDAN & BL00MER,
THE BIG REALTY FIRM

For five years the incorporated firm
OF Jordan & Bloomer has been doing
very hourishing real estate and insur-
anee business. Ihe firm is composed of
Messrs Eldridge Z. Jordan. president :
Bert 7. Amos. vice president. and q.
Beal Bloomer, secretary and IreaEur-
er. The firm has very attractive quarters
at lSli q street northwest. They do a
general realty and insurance business.
being agents for the following COM
Ddnies: Insurance Company of America.
OF New York; GeFman-American Fire
Insurance Of Baltimore. Nd: Granite
STATE nsuFance Company. y h: Scot,
ush insurance Union and National In.
sufance Company Of Scotland Hamilton
insurance company. OF New York They
also negotiate loans on real estate The
nrm has splendid reputa ton with an
mated deais. a real estate firm of THE
character = valuable addition 10 the
business interests OF auy citv ana
especially 10 Washington. The Capi-
TAI N3ty Is entering upon a perio,l
or unprecedented growth In such ca ses
there is always danger Of certain FIRMS
Decom'2g promoters and specuiatorE to
the eXtent that they iniure commereisi
interests irreparabiy The citizens ~
Washington recognize this fact, so they
give tnelF support 70 companies that an.
managed by conservative. vet nro9res
SiFe business men. Messrs Jordan a
Bioomef are IN this class and as sueh
they nave won the entire co1Cae..ca 80
large ana prosperous clientele durfne,
the nFe years they have been engaged ts,
business. -
The Washington times., 1906-01-28

him, as IL is OF the company of which
he Is so jealous guardian. that during
the whole course Of his career there has
never been the loss. by foreclosure or
oT herWise, OF so much ,as one cent, In
principal or interest, en- any real estate
note that has passed his scrutiny. In
an transformations way he has been the
controlling means Of financing many of
the largest private enterprises that
nave added substantial beauty and value
TO Washington real estate. 1t has also
been said of Mr.. Rheem by the pTesi-
dent of one of the title companies that
he has been named as trustee in a great
er number of deeds of trust here than
any other Individual or corporation
since the establishment of the land rec
Ords Office OF the District. Mr.. Rheem is
a director of the Commercial National
Bank. the Potomac Fire Insurance Com
pany and the Real Estate Title Insur-
ance Company, secretary of the cris-
well Chemical Company. member OF the
Board OF Trace. Capital Camera Club,
Harmony Lodge, r \. a. NJ. and many
organizations of a literary and scien-
tific character.
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
EDWARD P. SCHWARTz'S
REAL ESTATE DEALS
Has Negotiated Many Important Trans
fe.s of Property to the United
States Government.

For fifteen years Mr. Edward p.
Schwartz has been one OF the most active
men in the real estate business in Wash
ington. His business has gradually in
creased until today he is recognized as
one OF the leaders in his line of work
Mr.. Schwartz occupies the entire
floor of GA + street northwest. where
he employs = large and experienced
clerical force. His several departments
of rents, loans, and insurance are in
the hands OF capable and experienced
men, while the proprietor maintains a
general supervision of the whole work
While Mr. Schwartz has been recog-
nized for some years as a vide awake
and progressive real estate man, he
has come very prominently before the
public within the past few months a.
result Of his very extensive deals in
city property with the United States
Government as the purchasing party
one of the biggest deals made during
1905. by any individual dealer, vas the
sale By Mr.. Schwartz of over half Of
a city block To the Government. The
property referred TO is that lying i'm
mediately in the rear OF the United
States Postoffice Department building.
and was purchased as the future site
OF the postoffice annex. soon 10 be
erected. The consideration was SIS9.-
600. The sale OF the remainder of the
block is being conducted by Mr.
Schwartz also.
MT Schwartz makes a speciality OF
sales 10 the United States Government
and TO large corporations He handled
much OF the property purchased as the
site OF the new Union Station in north
east Washington He also sold To the
Government an addition 10 the Gov
ernment Printing Once which had a
great deal TO do in keeping the big
printery where IL is today.
These numerous sales give some idea
or Mr. SehwartZ's : prominence In real
estate circles OF the Capital City
Men OF progressive spirit ike Mr..
schwartz, are doipB much 10 further
the cause Of 'G'sater Washington. :"
By keeping the reai estate market ac-
tive they stimulate the interest of ont
siders IN the developments and the pos
sloilities % be sounG here. Only bv
such publicity and energetic mana ge-
ment OF her real estate interests can
Washington hope TO gain that position
IN the ranks OF great municipalities to
which her position as the National
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
10th Street Dwelling

we'll built; 4 stories and
cellar; II rooms and baths; steam
heat magnificentIy finished and
decorated; e IN perfect condition; Iot
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
F. R. GORDON HANDLES
MT. PLEASANT HEIGHTS

The most important suburban deal of
the year was the purchase, OF a por-
tion OF Argyle by Fulton r. Gordon
from Charles C. Glover, president of
the Riggs National Bank The name OF
this new addition. MI Pleasant Heights.
is very appropriate. as the property
lies on that beautiful wooded plateau
overlooking old Mt. Pleasant. from
which it takes it's name. You can stand
on this new subdivision and actually
look down ON the houseteps in old Mt.
Pleasant
This new addition was only placed on
the market last spring and from actual
count OF the number 10 date nearly all
the lots have been sold. The great
activity In this section Is caused no
doubt by the mary important Govern
ment improvements snd the phenomenal
building growth o. the city in this sec
tien. In fact. this property lies directly
Ia line wiz the city's greatest and most
substantial growth
The important Government improve
ments now underway in this locality
is the extensieE OF Fourteenth street
and the building OF the $50. 900 Sixteenth
greet bridge across Piney branch-these
with the extension - Sixteenth street,
the extension OF Rock Greek park. and
the extension of-the Fourteenth street
ear line 1t Is predicted by realty experts.
will create the greatest building move
ment ever known in the history OF
Washington.
This property is under the manass 2
ment Of Robert +. Heater. in the Colo
rado building. who is considered an au-
thcrity on high-class suburban property.
Ait. Pleasant Heights is 10 be restrict
ed to high-class dwellings costing from
$500 10 $1,000. thus making il one Of
the finest residence sections OF Wash
ington.
Arrangements have already been made
for the erection OF a large number of
houses In the early spring. one OF these
VIII be built for Fulton r. Gordon on q
plat containing doO00 square feet, which
Will be laid out and improved under the
direction Of an experienced landscape
gardener.
The Washington times., 1906-01-28

Mr.. Alexander 7. Hensey, the secTe-
tary OF the company, was born in New
York City April a. 1S61, and came TO
Washington as a boy. He studied in the
public schools here and was graduated
from the high school, He was financial
clerk of the Washington City postoffice
under Postmasters Tulloeh and Conger.
From 1889 to 1894 he engaged in news
paper work as proprietor of the Wash
ington Sunday Herald. In 1895 he en-
tered the real estate business where
his name and influence have since been
associated with the negotiations OF many
large and important realty transac-
tions. Mr.. Hensey has accomplished
the difficult problem of thoroughly sys-
tematizing the sales department of a
large real estate office, and as a result
The Washington times., 1906-01-28

Lewigtown (Pa) Academy. He came
to Washington when he was but nine
teen years OF age. after having already
had some business experience with the
banking firm of Doty. Parker & Co. He
Immediately associated himself with
Mr.. r. II. Warner in the real estate
business, and has ever since been promi-
nent In the field of the city's activities
Not only is he Identified closely with
al movements Tor the material pros
perity of the city. but on ali questions
Involving its social advancement and
especially its charities. MIR. Swartzell
has strong and liberal views which he
has advocated ard carried out with un-
sVerving devotion. He is a trustee oil
Eiamline NJ. z. Church, OF the Meth
odist Home for the Aged, and of the
Lucy Webb Hayes Training School for
Deacenesses. a member of the board OF
managers of the General Missionary So
ciety Of the Methodist Church. aud OF
the Young Mems Christian Association.
a director in the Columbia National
sank and the Potomac Insurance Com
pany. and member of the Board OF
Trade.
Mr.. Clarence B. Rheem. the vice pres
ident and treasurer Of the company.
was born In this city March 5. 1862 He
was educated in the public schools here
and was graduated from the high school
with Its pioneer class in 1873 He was
secretary OF the School Board from 1850
10 1880, when he resigned to connect
himself In minor way with the COM
pany In which he has since become
prominent. Mr.. Rheem has conducted
the negotiations OF some Of the largest
loans on real estate ever made in the
District OF Columbia, and il is said o.
The Washington times., 1906-01-28
Has Had Steady Growth
Since Established
in 1871.
REAL ESTATE DEALERS
Something About the Men
Who Have Advanced the
Firms Interests.

Conspicuous among the business men
OF the community are the officers of
the Swartzell. Rheem & Hensey Conn
pany. AS individuals and in their re-
ation TO the corporation with which
they are associated, they have been
for over a quarter OF a century pre-
eminently identified with the material
and moral development of Washington.
The business of the Swartzell, Rheem
& Hensey Company was established in
1871. and through the enterprise and
strict conservatism of its officers has
grown TO a commanding position among
the real estate and financial institu-
Iions OF the city.
Mr.. George w. F. Swartzell, presi-
dent of the company. was born in Mif-
Fin County, Pennsylvania. February 4,
1885,, and received his education in the
puhlic schools Of that State and at the