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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-12-06
The DOrrance Cases.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Dorrance
OF near Keytesville are promi.
nent characters in the court of
general sessions in st. LOUIS this
week.
Mr.. Dorrance owns q large
and valuable tract of land, five
or six miles northwest of Keytes.
vile, and he and his wife have
been living apart for about two
years, their domestic troubles
having arisen over Dorrance's
attentionsto otherwomen and one
Lena Robinson, COL, in particu.
lar.
A year ago Dorrance obtained
decree of divorce from his wife
in st Louis, making affidavit to
the effect that she was q non.
resident of this state, and ser.
vice was had upon her by order
of publication. As q matter of
fact at the time Dorrance made
the affidavit named his wife was
either stopping at the Florence
hotel in Brunswick or was at the
home of her parents in Kansas
City.
For this reason she instituted
suit to have the divorce set aside.
but the case was decided against
her in St: Louis recently and sh Q
took an appeal to higher court.
In the mean time she had her
husband arrested for perjury in
connection with his divorce suit
and his trial took place in st.
Louis this week before Judge
Rodsrs of the court of general
sessions.
Two letters written by Dor.
rance to Mrs. Ural Hayes, COL,
nee Eliza Robinson, COL, sister
to Lena Robinson, COL, and one
to Ural Hayes, COL, we're ad.
mitted in evidence, and in the
two letters to Mrs. Hayes, Dor
rance referred to Lena Robinson
as "my Lena"
More than 20 witnesses were
subpoended in the perjury case.
but Lena Robinson was "con.
spicious for her absence.
Mrs. Dorrance wept on the
witness stand when she told the
story of her and husbands
t oubles and the causes that led
up to them.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-12-06
Calendars.

The COURIER has received 500
very MISUNDERSTANDING, fruit
design, for 1908, which Bwelswill
give away to the first 500 persons
who renew their subscription OF
who become new subscribers 10
the COURIER. These acalendars
are an excellent production OF
the art of fancy job printing and
are particularly appropriate for q
d&naag.room.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-12-06
Arkansas.

Walton Real Estate Co., land
and immigration agents, Spring.
dale, ! Ark, do a general real
estate business. Tell us what you
want to buy or what you have for
exchange.
We have a few exceptionally
good bargains in both improved
and unimproved fruit lands. Land
ranges in price from S25 to S1O0
per acre,sin this part of this
country.
We would be glad to have your
bu inesss,s sand.for our response
bility, we refer you to the Bank
of Springdsle.
Write as to-day.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-12-06

Mrs. G.. l.. Korff of Harrison,
Ark, is visiting her sisters, Mrs.
j. A. Coll of near Dalton and
Mrs. Lee Cuddy of near Keytes.
vile, her father, j. P. Hayward
of Salisbury, and other Charlton
county relatives.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-12-06

The ladies of the KeytesviIle
Christian church will hold their
annual Christmas bazar at the
church Thursday, December II.
Many articles, both useful and
ornamental, will be on sale that
will make nice Christmas pres
ents at reasonable price.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-12-06
Adams Chapel.

Next Thursday, the 18th, we
will have prayer meeting at
Adams chapel at 1880 p. m., and
shall be glad to see al. who can
come. Preaching at Centenary
next Sunday, the 9Th, at 2:3O p.
N. q. H. PHILLIPS, Pastor.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-12-06
MAN WAS MADE TO HUSTLE.
r. kEyTEsv1LE MISSOURI FRIDAY DECEMBER 1907
Opposed to Negro School.

Fk~~>A ~ @s>0A ~ o>AAOOAs
A mass-meeting of the white
citizens of Dalton was held at
the Odd Fellows hall in that viii
lage Tuesday afternoon at which
they made known their opposi.
ton % tn proposed negro college
or industrial school, of which
Booker T. Washington, COL, the
noted southern educator of ne.
groes, is the promoter.
The farm of John W. Ewing,
COL, on the eastern outskirts of
Dalton has been contracted for at
S75 an acre and the plan is to
erect suitable college building
and about 20 cottages on the
land, but no money has yet been
raid on the deal, although the
school has been started and ia
being temporarily conducted in
the colored Baptist church at
Dalton, Prof. Bruce, COL, late
of st. Joseph, being in charge.
The white citizens of Dalton
and vicinity feel that such ian
enterprise would be a detriment
and are going to make an effort
to stop further proceedings.
At the mass-meeting Tuesday
afternoon r. r. Hamilton pre-.
sided as chairman and DR.. H. E.
Kirkpatrick acted as secretary.
After considerable discussion
the following preamble and reso-
luton were unanimously adopt.
ed:
"Whereas, it has GOMEZ tos the
knowledge of the undersign ed
petitioners that an effort is being
made to establish in Dalton or
vicinity what is known as an in.
dustrial school for negres in this
locality, therefore be it
"Resolved, That we, the under.
signed citiz ens of Bowlingss Green
township and Charlton county
Mo-, are unalterably opposed: to
the establishment of the contem .
plated industrial school for ne .
groes in this locality, and 1--WE
hereby pledge ourselves to US
every legitimate means within
our power to prevent same from
being established. We are
prompted to do this for the
public good.
"And, moreover, we, the un .
dersigned petitioners, will ever
pray the promoters to cease their
efforts to establish said in stitution
in this locality
Judge John A. Coll, A. W.
Sullivan and G. E. Jaeger were
appointed on a finance COM
mittee, and T. H. Carskadon, F.
H. Grotjan and H. s. Freeman
were named by the chairman to
secure signers to the petition.
The meeting adjourned tomeet
again next Tuesday afternoon
when a large attendance of the
cit z ,ns of this colny, and OF
Bowling Green especially j.
earn estly desired.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-12-06
Attempted Bank Robbery.


When the fire whistle blew at
2:15 Wednesday morning, the
people of Salisbury sprang from
their beds and rushed out doors
looking for fire, but, failing to
see any signs of a conflagration,
returned to their couches wonder
ing what it was all about.
The explanation came later,
when it was learned that an at
tempt had been made to rob the
Salisbury Savings bank, and that
Marshal Ashley w. Dameron,
who sleeps in rear room of the
bank building. had been shot in
the mouth and dubbed over the
head by the would-be robbers.
1t seems that about 2 O'Clock
Marshal Dameron was awakened
from a sound sleep, and. looking
up, saw two masked men stand.
idg over him with drawn levol.
vers, and when he moved, one of
them fired, striking him in the
mouth, and then dubbed him
over the head with q pistol or
some other blunt instrument,
leaving him, as they doubtless
supposed, for dead, and then
went forward toward the bank
vault, where they had left a lot
of tools, taken from J. F. Rol.
ing's machine shop.
AS soon as the marshal could
he slipped out at the back door
and made his way to the home OF
Don Brummall, next door up
stairs, and turned in the fire
alarm and raised the town.
It is not known how the rob.
bers escaped, but they evidently
left as soon as they heard Dam .
eron go out of the back door.
When Dameron was shot one
of the robbers said to the other
"Wtat did you do that for?"
The other replied: "Why, he
was trying to get gum"
Entrance was effected into tht
bank building by prying open
the side door that leads into the
stairway.
No attempt, it seems, was made
to enter the vault, after the
shooting of the marshal, but the
tools were left lying in the lobby
alongside the partition railing.
Marshal Dameron's wound is
severe, but not necessarily fatal,
as the bullet entered the mouth
ranging backward and coming
out &C the side of the neck. He
is resting easy, and if no com.
plications arise, ought to be out
in few days.
So far as we can learn there is
no clue to the robbers, but every
effort will be made to locate and
capture them.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-12-06
Sam Staples, Jr., Shot.

Sam, the youngest son of Mr..
and Mrs. j. S. Staples of Keytes-
vile was shot at twice Friday
afternoon on the premises of
Bert McMahill, three miles north
of this place, and would have
probably been seriously wound.
ed had it not been for the pro.
lection afforded by the ''bump"
board on the wagon bed in which
young Staples was hauling load
of corn he had gathered on land
his father had rented from Nc.
Mahill.
Shortly after wheat harvest
the senior Staples and McMahill
had a misunderstanding over the
wheat that the former had rails.
ed on McMahill's land, and as
they could n OF settle their differ.
ances they went to law in Justice
J. M. DeMoss' court, McMahill
suing Staples for S198 rent.
Staples won the suit and ever
since that time an ill feeling has
existed between the parties.
1t Is said that McMahill became
so incensed that he warned J, s.
Staples, Sr., not to undertake to
gether the corn he (Staples) had
raised on his (McMahill's) farm,
and told Staples if he or his boys
came on the place they would
have to stand the consequences.
| The first shot was fired at Sta e.
pies from the northeast corner
of McMahill's house Friday
afternoon as he was leaving the
field with load of corn. Only
four shots struck Staples and
neither of them hit him with
sufficient force to penetrate the
flesh, but raised four blisters on
the skin. Sixty-five other shot,
we are informed, took effect in
the "bump" board. Had the full
charge struck Staples he would
have likely been seriously wound
ed and perhaps killed.
The sound of the shotgun
scared Staples horses and they
gave a lurch forward, and by the
time he got them under control a
second shot was fired from the
direction of the southwest corner
of McMahill's house, but none OF
the laden missiles of this shot
struck Staples hard enough to
60 through his clothin g.
| A warrant was issued by JUS.
tice J. M. DeMoss for McMshill's g
arrest and placed in the hands of
Sheriff s. ]. Shaughnessy who
went out and brought McMahill
to town. When taken before Jus.
tice DeMoss, McMahill gave
bond in the sum of $500 with his
father, John McMahill, as Sc
curity, to appear before Justice
DeMoss for trial tomorrow (Sat.
urday).
| McMahill emphatically denies
that he did the shooting, and
thinks it must have been done by
quail hunters, and he says that
he was not even at home when
Staples was shot.
| On the other hand Staples feels
certain that he was shot by Nc q.
Mahill. And while he did not see
| McMahill when he shot, yet the
shooting was in keeping with
McMahill's threat.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-12-06
re New Suits.

The following new suits for the
February, 1908, term of circuit
court at Salisbury have been
filed with Circuit Clerk W. l..
Wright during the past week:
CIVIL CASES,
j. j. Mccoy ct al VS.. Solomon
Lindsey ct al, suit to quiet title.
F. G. Sasse of Brunswick brought
the suit for plaintiffs.
J. B. Martin VS.. Jas. H. Brown,
suit to quiet title. Benecke &
Benecke of Brunswick are of
counsel for plaintiff,
Beatrice L. Woman vs.. FL
mer E. Worman, divorce. Plain
tiff states in her petition that she
was lawfully married to defend
ant in Jasper county, Mo, Feb.
ruary 3, 1907, and continued to
live with him, as his wife, from
and after that date until the day
May, 1907; that during all that
time plaintiff faithfully demeaned
herself, etc., but charges that
defendant, wholly disregarding
his duties as the husband of
plaintiff, was lazy and would not
work and neglected and refused
to provide for her, 80 that for
more than month before she
left defendant she had nothing in
the house to eat except a few
soup beans; that defendant was
on able bodied man and perfectly
able to provide a good support
for her. Plaintiff states further
that she is now resident of
Charlton county and has resided
in this state for one whole year
next before the filing of this pc.
tition; that defendant is q non.
resident of this state, 80 that the
usual and ordinary process OF
law can not be served upon him.
Wherefore, plaintiff prays to be
divorced from the bonds of mat.
rimony contracted with the de-
fendant as aforesaid, and all for
all other orders, judgments and
DEGREES that the court may deem
just and right. U. A. House of
Sumner is of counsel for Mrs.
Woman.
Flora B. Ashbrook vs.. Jas. F.
Ashbrook. divorce. According
to plaintiffs petition she was
lawfu' 'ly married to defendant in
Linn county, Mo-, September Z,
1897, and that, she continued to
; live with him, as his wife, from
that date until September Is,
1906; that during all that time
she faithfully demeaned herself,
etc., but says that defendant,
wholly disregarding his duties as
her husband, without reasonable
cause or excuse, left plaintiff on
said 10th day of September, 1895,
and has ever since remained
away and absented himself from
plaintiff and has failed and re-.
fused to provide for plaintiff and
their two children, and plaintiff
has been compelled to work out
and by daily labor support her.
self and two said children, one a
boy, now aged 8, and the other a
girl, now 5 years of age. Plain.
tiff also says that efendant is
now a non. resident of the state
and that his present whereabouts
are unknown to her, and that the
ordinary process of law can moi
be served upon him. The plain
tiff, therefore, prays to be dlvorc-
o: from the bonds of matrimony
contracted with defendant a!
!. aforesaid that she may be grant
ed the care and custody of two
said infant children, and for sucf
other orders, etc., touching The
premises as may be proper. F
G. Sasse is plaintiffs attorney.
If you want to see and enjo!
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-12-06
Roll OF Honor.

We are grateful to the following
friends who have either become
new subscribers or who have
renewed their subscription to the
COURIER since our last issue.
May heaven bless 'em:
NEW SUBSCRIBERS.
Mrs. T. 81. Walton, Frank A. Slender,
Miss Grace Moore, D. r. Brown,
Crons Hutchinson, col. -
RENEWALS.
T., Pinepar. Chas. Shannon,
J. W. McCully. Jonas Long,
B. Rayl, Judge b. +. fleelWooo
81. B. Egan, c. Fl. Nichols, $1fa
John E. Perkins, BA. warford,
o. Turner. Ell Dormer,
VIM. Cupp, Mrs. B. Wiseman.
Keytesville merchants are un'
usually we'll supplied with holi.
day goods this year, and it would
pay the buying public to investi'
gate.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-12-06

Love laughs at locksmiths, but
not at 9oldsmiths.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-12-06

If you want to see and enjoy
the good things of life, call on
DR.. L. O. McKee,the eye special
ist, al Brown hotel, Brunswick.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes.
day, December 8, 10 and ii; Al
Dalton, Thursday, December II
and at Brown hotel, Keytesville
Friday and Saturday, Decembel
13 and IA.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-10-25
Appropriated itonors

1t is openly charged by Chelan
visitors to the Spokane fair that plate
of Red Bittingheimer apples belonging
to the Lake Chelan exhibit was appro-
priated by Wenatchee parties and
placed with one of the Wenatchee
exhibits. This plate of fruit won
second prize on that variety. The
apples were grown by Mrs. ]. Howard
Watson on her First Creek ranch, and
she contributed them to the collection
gathered at the Commercial club
rooms. A number OF experienced fruit
growers who saw them there and noted
their unusual high color and perfect
form, readily recognized them when
they saw them with the Wenatchee
fruit at the fair.-Chelan Leader.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-10-25

The marriage of Gertrude Hansen
and Frank Searles, occurred Oct. II.
Rev. Rumohr performed the ceremony
at the home of F. S. Searles and should
have reported the same but failed to do
so, for which reason mention of the
wedding was omitted last week.
Miss Hansen is quite we'll known
here having lived here for the past
four years with her parents. Her
father Chris Hansen moved from here
to Bellingham last spring. The groom,
Mr. Searles, has lived here with his
parents for the past two years. Both
the young people are popular among
a large circle Of friends.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-10-25
Manifold Typewriter Paper
For sale at The Echo Office
NATIONAL FOREST WORK
An Interesting Interview With District
Forest Supervisor D. B. SheIlar

D. B. Shellar, supervisor in charge
of this district, was here several days
last week with his right hand man, S.
A. Blankenship. He talked at consid-
erable length with a reporter for The
Echo in regard to the work that is be-
ing done for the better protection Of
our national forests. He was here on
his way to the Icicle, purchasing sup
plies. He stated that the forest service
has available funds for permanent i'm
provements, such as trail building,
roadways, rangers cabins, etc.
His visit here is to put men to work
building a trail from Leavenworth up
the north side of Icicle river to con-
meet with the Jacks creek trail, and to
build cabin near the slide, which has
been selected as ranger station. This
group OF men will be under charge Of
Mr.. Blankenship. From here Mr..
Shellar will proceed to Merritt and start
another group to work upon trail
leading from Merritt up Mason creek,
and thence up Pine creek to the head
of Icicle river, there to connect with
the Jacks creek trail. The Chiwaukum
creek trail will also be improved. A
trail will be started from near the
bridge above Merritt to cross the ridge
to Little Wenatchee river and thence
to Lake Wenatchee.
This is only a beginning of the forest
service work on permanent improve
ments. The service pays $3.50 per
day and board for good men, while
they work only. Tents or cabins are
furnished, but no blankets. Eight
hours is counted as working day.
Experienced men in this kind of work
are desired. 1t will last until severe
weather and as soon as spring opens
will again be resumed. Mr.. Shellar,
with the different crews, will do some
good work in this line if the weather
permits. Of course the funds available
for this purpose are limited, but with
good management much good can be
accomplished.
The forest service has come to stay,
and those who do not know what the
service is doing for the people should
post themselves. Mr.. Shelln gives
out information quite cheerfully and
always finds time to answer questions.
He has officers out to report upon the
homestead applications under the act
of June II, 1906. In order that all
reports will be made before Nov. l, c,
B. Simmons was also here in that class
of work. He will make his reports
soon and then assist Mr.. Shellar in the
trail work.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-10-25
SCHOOL NOTES

The monthly report cards will be
given out for the first months work
Immediately after institute. These
will give the parents and the pupils
a fair idea of the kind of work that the
pupils are doing at school.
Every child, whose age is between
8 and 10, unless excused by the
principal is now registered in school.
-Four have been excused on account of
illness. Our total enrolment now is
230. Of this number 7 have left
town, leaving US total attendance of
223.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-10-25
A Monster Cabbage

John Bjork, to prove, not only the
productivity of the land in this vicinity,
but as showing what he can do when
he turns his attention to cultivation Of
the soil, brought in and left at this
office a cabbage head that weighed
before it was stripped down to the
white solid head, almost 40 pounds.
AS it is now it weighs 80 pounds and
measures almost a half yard in
diameter.
He also left some potatoes OF the
Burbank variety that are unusually
large. The yield per acre being, he
assures us, abundantly satisfactory.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-10-25
ONE KILLED, ONE INJURED
Premature Discharge of Dynamite at Gal
Iagher's Cut

The premature discharge Of eighteen
sticks of dynamite killed one man in
stantly and severely injured another at
Gallagher's cut, about two miles this
side of Cascade tunnel, last Friday.
Both men were Italians employed at
drilling, and the supposition is that the
dead man was engaged in tamping the
explosive with an iron bar and caused
the explosion. His body was reduced
to an unrecognizable mass, while the
other man, who was at the time of the
explosion several yards distant, will lose
the sight of one eye, but will recover.
He is at DR.. Hoxsey's hospital.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-10-25
Church Services

Subjects for sermons next Sunday
as follows: Morning, Following Christ
Afa Off; evening, Character Build
ing" Our services are held in Fra
ternal Hall, over the postofice. We
have secured more seats, so that the
difficulty we had in providing chairs
for all who came has been obviated.
M. Rumohr, Pastor.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-10-25

Martin Lewis, who is interested in
nickel and cabalt properties on Niger
Creek, spent several days in our town
the past week. Mr.. Lewis faith in
the property does not seem to be
without justification. We have good
reasons for believing that Mr.. Lewis
has a valuable property.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-10-25

The Washington Good Roads asso-
citation will hold its sixth annual meet
ing in Bellingham on Nov. II and II.
The meeting promises to be well
attended and may be expected to give
good roads a big boost. That indie
fatigable good roads advocate Samuel
Hill is giving much Of his time and
energy to the movement. We ac-
knowledge an invitation to be present
and regret it will be impossible to
attend.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-10-25
Football at Wenatchee

The Wenatchee Waterville high
school game came off last Friday and
proved a rout for the Waterville crowd,
the score standing "a to nothing in
favor of the Wenatchee boys. Ralph
and Lyman Shotwell were the star
players. The former received some
hurt, though not Of serious nature.
No other casualties.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-10-25

There will be services at the Con-
church next Sunday at II
a. m. and 1880 p. m. Sunday school
in the morning at 10 o'clock. Parents
send your children. Everybody well
come
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-10-25
Notice rCloslng Books sorRegistration

Notice is hereby given; that regis
tration books for voters will be closed
on the night of November II, 1907,
that all persons wishing to vote at the
municipal election in the Town OF
Leavenworth, to be held on the 3rd
day of December, 1907, must register
at the office of the undersigned, on or
before the said date of closing the
books of registration.
Dated this 21st day of October, 1907.
Guy A. Hamilton,
Clerk of the Town OF Leavenworth
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-10-25

Jack Leach, who while working with
an engineering party in the Tumwater
canyon in August last, suffered a com
pound fracture of the leg between the
knee and ankle, was out for the first
time on crutches this week.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-10-25

There will be social meeting Of
the Ladies Aid, M. E. church, at
the home OF Mrs. Ida Smith, Oct. II,
at 3 p. m. Mrs. Sadleir and Mrs.
Smith will serve. All members of the
Aid are requested to come and bring
their friends. All are welcome.
The Ladies' Aid will give a dinner
at Fraternal Hall Oct. %. Dinner
will be served from S to 9 p. m. You
are all invited.
The Ladies' Aid will hold its next
meeting with Mrs. Paine, Friday, Nov.
/, Q to S p. m.