The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-05
MCCLURE.

who has been visiting friends here
the past week has returned.
| The silica plant opened up new
silica mine in Happy Hollow last week
and took out 25 tons of fine material,
the indications being for thick vein
of good silica The mine is located
on the J. T. Mcclure land. The sill
ca plant is running steady and has
orders for many months ahead. The
plant shipped out four cars of No, l
and one car of Ak last week
| Willis Porter of Mounds was home
to visit his parents Saturday and Sun
day.
Contractor Newell who has been
building the double track on the l. M.
& S. has finished his work and gone to
Gale to do the ditchng for the I. NJ
& S. r. R.
| With the exception of few pranks
on Halloween night, the boys here be
haved themselves very well and are 10
be commended for their good beha
vior.
1 DIR. p H. McRaven and wife and
Miss Beula Culley left for st, Louis
Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Barton and Miss
Clara Perez and Claude McRaven
drove over to Anna on Halloween
bOndale.
Mr. II. G. Curtis of Carbonate was
here in the interests of the elevator
busienss. He is more than surprised
under the management of Arthur +.
Sans. The sale of flour is greater
than at any previous time and the
amount of wheat it has taken in past
all expectations. Already eight cars
have been shipped out and there are
three more cars in the elevator and
the wheat still continues to come here
in large quantities.
! Mr.. Ed Stokes of Makanda was hero
on business and was visitor with
Mr. and Mrs Oscar Taylor
Mr. John ]. Porter, Oscar Taylor,
James Carmack, Ross Skyles, Jeff
Manner and II. J, Presnell were IN
Cape Girardeau on busienss Monday
Engineer Boaz Frizzell and his as.
sistant Of Cape Girardeau are busy
surveying the lands from the Union
county line to Gale for the Clear
$ Creek Drainage district.
@ a dispatch received late Tuesday
3 night from the assistant superin
a tendent of st. Louis hospital, Rod
ney Bunch, that Dr. P. II. McRaver
was brought there with broken leg
S His son Claude, left Wednesday
morning and is now with him. Elk
pressions of sympathy and regret arc
= heard on all sides at this misfortune
@ to the doctor,
;, Section Foreman Vest Rushing G
Howardtown took charge of the l. NJ
& S. section here relieving Sector
= Foreman Palmer who has gone t
!! Wolf Lake, John Smith having re
Signed his position there.
The Calhoun brothers Of Chicago
| have bought 100 acres of land adioin
y ing the farms of John Perkins AM
John j. Porter and have taken posses
t sion. Timber cutters have been busy
{ taking the timber from this land fol-
sometime and the arrival of these
l. men put a quietus on the work as
v they intend to prosecute any one
n trespassing
John Smith of Wolf Lake was here
, Tuesday making preparations tC
move back to Mcclure.
=, Nj H. p. Perdue and Miss Lettit
y Johnson of Marion, ILL.,, were married
= at Cape Girardeau Oct. /.
9 w w, Harvel and Miss Cora Wes
y of Delta were married Wednesday a
q Cape Girardeau.
C Clarence Gearing, better known as
. Spread, and Miss Pearl Dover lef
for Tennessee to be married AS thC
couple was still in knee pants an,
= short dresses, the authorities in this
state refused to grant them a license
Henry Wilson loaded ont anothe
car of ties this making Ii cars The
past thirty days, He still has 10,00I
ties to take up here.
William Carmack who for the pas
ten weeks has been very i'll, and wht
now is under treatment Of DR.. Cause
shows signs of improvement.
A surprise party was given at tn,
home of M. and Mrs. Lightner Mon
i day evening. The members of thu
party were in tacliy costumes an'
took a hay ride out to the home
Those present were Mr. and Mrs. O
Taylor, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Barton
{ DR., S. Norris and wife, Claud McRa
! ven, Marie and Maud McRayen
jeanette and May Rockwell, Pearl
Ellen, Susie aud Wilma Eightner an
, Mrs. Lightncr. Tho evening wa
, spent in games and dancing afte
which refreshments were served
Mrs, O. Taylor received lads frs
prize, and Mrs, Barton the secon,
v piae, Dr. Norris and Mr. Bar
b ton drew straws, DR.. Norris winning
Mr.. Hensy Hardin is reported quit
\ i'll
n Rev. Russell of East Cape Girar