The Taney County republican., 1907-09-05
LOCAL @.TEMS

DR.. Keltoh and wife have gone south,
to visit relatives in Arkansas it is said.
The Beaver bunch, Ben Hammond
and others, pulled out for Oklahoma
Sunday.
Mr. Reesemau went TO the kissee
mills Friday, accompanied by his bet.
ter half,
Those reunion bills, gotten out by
the Republican, are "stemwinders, "
up-to-date and done in Colors.
Everybody is looking forward TO the
feast of bean soup that will be served
by Dick Blofcld at the reunion.
Sally Ann, daughter of Lewis Rob
inson, has been very sick. Dr.. Will
Jams reported her better Monday.
The concessions for the reunion
brought over fifty dollars. Comrade
Davis was the auctionccr of course
The Church Of God contempIates
erecting n tabernacle on the picnic
grounds, and is trying to negotiate for
the lots.
Johnnie Clemmons, who rented his
farm and removed to Webb City, has
returned in poor health. Moral
stay hitched.
VIM. Wampler was over from Beaver
having some repairing and other work
done, and says he will have a half
crop of corn, provided its rains soon.
Some Of our folks who have made
sales preparatory TO going to Okla
homa, say that II they had their stuff
back again they would stay in Tancy
county.
John Kilby gave a swing musicale at
Prataer Park Friday night. Our To-
cal talent, assisted by some of the For
syth professionals, added much TO the
occasion.
James Bennett and family, who have
been visi ting in Christian county, have
returned much improved in health and
spirits. Mr.. Bennett reports good
crops in Christian,
Sam Franks and brother Han, with
James Dillon, went to the mouth Of
Beaver Friday on IA fishing trip. Han
thought he might recover the watch
be lost last spring.
VIM. Caudel reports the biggest
passenger business last week at any
time since he has been carrying pas
scngcrs. They number more than
sixty for the one week.
John w, Bateman, a veteran Of the
l56th Illinois, with his wife, came in
from Chicago and Springfield, pre-.
paratory to moving to his farm re-
Gently purchased from MIR. Jackson,
L. B. Patrick and D. C. Saxton, mi is-
sionaries from the Gospel Union, who
live here, have out appointments to
preach as follows: Patrick at Union
Hill and Eastview the 1st and I'd Sum
days respectively, and at Bradleyvill Q
and Brown Branch the Sd Sunday, and
at Riverview the 4th Sunday in the
month; Saxton at Union Flat the first
Sunday in each month.
COmrade Combs, who has been visit
ing his boys in western Kansas, has re-
turned: He reports that the boys have
each good homestead but are not
satisfied. An unending eXpanse OF
prairie, with not so much as sumach
bush TO break the monOtony and rest
the eye, makes one wish he could see
the blue outlines OF the hills Of Taney
and hear the murmur of its springs and
brooks,
Ben and Mrs. Hammond were in
town rounding up affairs, getting
ready to go to Oklahoma. Some OF
Ben's old friends said they would chip
in when he returned and help him get
new start. Jess Lambert said he
would give a bushel of meal, Davis a
side of bacon, another promised sit
ting OF white leghorn eggs, aud so on
until a goodly quantity of stuff was
pledged.
Betsy has been reading about the
new comet and was anxious TO see il,
so she got up about two o'clock and
took an observation OF the eastern
horizon, and located it about where
the sun would be at uine or ten o'clock
In the morning. She at once aroused
Sam from his peaceful slumbers and
insisted that he should get up to see
for himself. Sure enough, there il
was, just as the papers said 1t was.
She thinks the excessively hot weather
is caused by the comet, but says the
man in the moon may turn the switch
so that it will hit Mars instead of U.S.
We hope the Chadwick branch TO
White river will be finished before the
comet hits anything, but it begins to