Morgan County democrat., 1906-02-02
Items Of Interest.


Sufficient amount of money has been
sighted" TO erect a new twelve thous-
and dollar church building, Of the
southern methodist persuasion, in War.
rensburg, and work is expected to begin
as soon as weather will permit.
In alluding to facts in ancient history
the editor of the Osceola Democrat men
toned that in "old times" the people
believed that kissing pretty girl was a
sure cure for headache. And, although
married man the editor is brave and
human enough to declare his belief that
"some of the old fashioned remedies are
worth trying yet"
The man who cannot use advertising
III his business, in this age, really has no
business TO be i'll business. It's no long
er a question with the business man.
"can afford to ADVERTISE" but rather,
"can | afford not to advertise ~
The Chicago Tribune favors pension
ing the father or mother who is the par
ent of twenty-sevcn children. If among
that number thereaie no children capable
of and willing to take care of the old
folks the achievement is Of no ben.h ht TO
the country and should not be rewarded
New Madrid. Cape Girardeau, Oran,
Sikeston and several other prosperous
towns in southeast Missouri are prepar-
| ing to build CONNECTING electric lines
this year Within the next ten years
Missouri Will be covered with network
OF electric lines connecting the various
towns with each other. All over the
State there is talk of electric lines.
Much of this talk means business. ! he
towns and the country are getting in
closer touch all the time. The telephone
and rural delivery have done their work
and done it we'll. The next thing is
electric cars.
The Scott County druggist who was
lately fined 3, 400 for the illegal sale of
WHISKY, will doubtless divorce his dram
shop from the drug business in the fu-
, tOIc IoltN upDo SdIDouS III q community
can hardly do the harm of single whis-
ky drug store. The vile stuff these
| Joints sell under The name OF whisky is
responsible for ouellaf Of the crimes
committed III the rural dis riots of the
State. 1t is not whisky, but a mixture
of wood alcohol with some other vile in
grelicnts. Wood cohol is itself a
| poison. II is an old saying that If a rab-
bit would take ten drops of this kind Of
stuff. lie would have the nerve to walk
up and spit III the face of bull dog
, Between the coufts and the State Board
of Health, it looks like the DAYS Of whis-
Ky drug stores in this State were about
| at an end.
Tie Missouri state Baptist Assembly
will meet at Warrensburg July % to
J July 81 inclusive. There are one hun
drei and sixty thousand Bap,ists III this
state and j, is safe to predic, tina, several
thousand Of them wi. pay Warrensburg
a visit this summer.
/ Looking backward, causes us to won
der why any Inau runs ior Office. There
/ is scarcely one that any money can be
saved from, especially if an expensive
race or two has to he made. The public
/ is OF the opinion that every officer ought
! TO put down literally TO every subscrip.
tion and that his sary is more or less
! public properly. The same activity ex-
pended III Amos any other business
Won d weld a, great return, and much
more permanent. 1t seems to he in the
American blood and some time or other
N lie almost everybody has touch Of
, the fever and 1t generally has to run It's
: course or rntil the money gives out
/ they all have our sympathy. We have
been there. Moberly Democrat.
Hon. Thomas Shackeitord, of Glas-
gov, who will speak before the state
Il storicai society, at Columbia, Tehru.
AIRY /, l. one OF the few surviving mem
hers of The Missouri convention o. 1861
In III FIRST sessl-n he was prominent as
a conservative union man, and was the
ar,hor Of the aul.rd,n,n, to the fifth
resolution OF that conytuton This
amendment was an earnest appeal to the
president to wi hdraw the national
troops from the seeding states, in order
to remove any possibility of civil war.
Howard County Advertiser.
One of the faa.,,.c ,g =,